Hex Vinyl: Sufjan Stevens

dinsdag 6 oktober 2009

Sufjan Stevens & Osso - Run Rabbit Run 2xLP

Yet another Sufjan Stevens record, let's call him the Aidan Baker of folk/indie from now on, okay? So, back in 2001 Sufjan Stevens released his sophomore album "Enjoy Your Rabbit" which was heavy on the electronics. Years passed and he made some new friends, one of whom was called Bryce Dessner who most of us know of his band The National. Mr Dessner suggested that it might be cool to rerecord "Enjoy Your Rabbit", but this time around have it done by Osso, a string quartet who also played on "Illinois". So, they did. "Run Rabbit Run" is the result. I haven't heard it yet, but it sounds interesting to say the least.

The 2xLP version of "Run Rabbit Run" is being released today and sets you back $16,00 from Asthmatic Kitty

donderdag 10 september 2009

Sufjan Stevens - The BQE LP

Sufjan Stevens is back with a new project called "The BQE", a cinematic suite inspired by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Hula-Hoop.

Orginally performed 2 years ago live "The BQE" is about everything you can imagine, in the words of Asthmatic Kitty: " ...best described as a grand creative franchise-incorporating movie, symphony, comic book, dissertation, photography, graphic design, and a 3-D Viewmaster® reel-in which a songwriter's interrogation of one of New York's ugliest landmarks expands athletically to forums and formulas outside of the song itself. In fact, the BQE is everything but a song."

Sounds intriguing right? Well, this limited edition vinyl is available as a double gatefold and includes the soundtrack on 180-gram vinyl, a large-scale 32-page booklet with liner notes and photographs, and a black-and-white version of the 40-page Hooper Heroes comic book. Pre-order it for $25 (S&H included) from Asthmatic Kitty

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Born and raised in the 80s, my first music purchase ever was Metallica's "Kill Em All". After that, Guns N Roses and Maiden followed, to become submerged in the booming hardcore scene and into the likes of Kindred, Biohazard, Congress, Snapcase, Boy Sets Fire, Liar, Culture, Morning Again, etcetera. In the late 90s my attention shifted more towards bands such as Botch, Converge, Coalesce, Cable, Rorschach, Deadguy, Starkweather, Reversal Of Man, Charles Bronson and the likes, as well as all the emobands coming out like Mineral, Elliott, Texas Is The Reason, Cursive, Waxwing, Joshua, etc. Then I got older. Nowadays, my tastes range from Appleseed Cast to Animal Collective, from Black Mountain to Burzum, from Cat Power to Converge, from Damien Jurado to Down, from Earth (hence the name of this blog) to Elliott, from Forensics to Fugazi, from Girls Vs Boys to Grizzly Bear, from Harkonen to Hey Mercedes, from Isis to I Am Kloot, from Jesu to Jucifer, from Karate to Koop, from Liars to Leviathan, from Mineral to Mastodon, from Neurosis to No Warning, from Om to Owls, from Pelican to Phosphorescent, from Q and not U to Quetzal, from Radiohead to Racebannon, from Samothrace to Sunn0)), from These Arms Are Snakes to Two Gallants, from Ulver to Unbroken, from Venetian Snares to Vampire Weekend, from Wolf Parade to Waxwing, from Xiu Xiu to Xasthur, from Yob to Young Widows, from Zombi to Zoroaster. Yeah, that was fun, thanks for asking.

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dinsdag 6 oktober 2009

Sufjan Stevens & Osso - Run Rabbit Run 2xLP

donderdag 10 september 2009

Sufjan Stevens - The BQE LP

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