morning of stubborn obstacles

Artist - Song - Album

Hotels - Kite Fight - Where Hearts Go Broke
Cotton Jones - Blood Red Sentimental Blues - Paranoid Cocoon

Laura Gibson - Shadows On Parade - Beasts Of Seasons
Laura Gibson - Come By Storm - Beasts Of Seasons

Andrew Bird - How You Gonna Keep 'em Down On The Farm - Solder On
Mountain Goats - San Bernardino - Heretic Pride
Okkervil River - Plus Ones - The Stage Names

Laura Gibson - Spirited - Beasts Of Seasons
Laura Gibson - Postures Bent - Beasts of Seasons

Sigur Ros - Inni Mer Syngur vitleysingur - Med Sud i Eyrum Spilum Endalaust
Racconteurs - Steady As She Goes - Steady, As She Goes

Laura Gibson - Funeral Song - Beasts of Seasons
Laura Gibson - Where Have All Your Good Words Gone - Beasts Of Seasons

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Jason Lindner from Live/UK

Elvis Perkins in Dearland

Artist - Song - Album

Hotels - Kite Fight - Where Hearts Go Broke (self-released)
Asobi Seksu - Layers - Hush (Polyvinyl Records)

Elvis Perkins in Dearland - Hey - Elvis Perkins In Dearland
Elvis Perkins In Dearland - Hours Last Stand - Elvis Perkins In Dearland

Bon Iver - Blood Bank - Blood Bank
The Features - Lions - Some Kind Of Salvation
Ben Lee - Blue Denim -Rebirth of Venus

Elvis Perkins In Dearland - I Heard Your Voice In Dresden - Elvis Perkins In Dreamland
Elvis Perkins In Dearland - Send My Fond Regards To Lonelyville - Elvis Perkins In Dearland

William Orbit - Optical Illusion - My Oracle Lives Uptown
Galvin Castleton - Coffeelocks - Home
Neko Case - People Got A Lot Of Nerve - Middle Cyclone

Elvis Perkins In Dearland - I'll Be Waiting - Elvis Perkins In Dearland
Elvis Perkins In Dearland - Chains, Chains, Chains - Elvis Perkins In Dearland

Eleni Mandel - Artificial Fire - Artificial Fire
Cotton Jones - Blood Red Sentimental Blues - Paranoid Cocoon
Robyn Hitchcock and Venus 3 - Up To Our Nex

Elvis Perkins In Dearland - Doomsday - Elvis Perkins In Dearland
Elvis Perkins In Dearland - Shampoo - Elvis Perkins In Dearland

Laura Gibson - Spirited - Beasts Of Seasons
Laura Gibson and Portland Cello Project - Hands In Pockets

Elvis Perkins on Saturday Morning

Hi All,

 

I got hold of an advanced copy of Elvis Perkins new album, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, and will be featuring it on the show this Saturday.  Elvis is a contemporary folk musician who mixes inspired lyrics with a range of musical influences from New Orleans Jazz to funeral derges.  He is the son of Anthony Perkins of “Psycho” fame (who died of AIDS in 1992) and Berry Berneson, a Life magazine photographer.  She died on American Airlines flight 11 after it was crashed into the World Trade centers on September 11, 2001.  He was in the process of writing his first album, Ash Wednesday, when his mother was killed, leading him to interrupt the process for a year.  Ash Wednesday was ultimately released in 2007, and was strongly influenced by these two great losses in his life.  While Elvis Perkins continues to explore issues of life and death in Elvis Perkins in Dearland (also the name of his band), there is more is more celebratory tone on this album.  I think it will prove to be one of the best albums of the year. 

 

I will also be playing new music from Laura Gibson’s haunting and beautiful Beasts of Seasons. 

 

Hope you can tune in.

 

B