Sam from Dub Narcotic Studio’s (downstairs) K song pick of the day.
“What’s A Dollar?” - Chain & The Gang - Down With Liberty…Up With Chains!
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LAKE practiced their cover of “Hungry Heart” down in the studio this week. Dream boats, much?
Video taken by Joel Brazzel.
Joel caught The Hive Dwellers in the middle of a jam session. “Tell Tale Heart,” with Calvin Johnson, Gabriel Will and Evan Hashi. The Hive Dwellers are totally hitting the road tomorrow for their six week tour. Check out the dates! Dance hard at a show near you.
We just found this in the basement (Dub Narcotic Studio), underneath some things—Calvin’s print-out of the lyrics for Ruby Fray’s “Mint Ice Cream.” (In case you want to try out the harmonies for yourself)
lake and phil elverum // olympia, washington
LAKE and Phil were in the studio yesterday! Man, look at those guys!
Jeremy Jay performing “Wild Orchids” (off of Dream Diary) at Dub Narcotic Studio, in the basement of the K office. Video taken by Sarah Cass.
Jeremy Jay and his band have been practicing down in Dub Narcotic Studio all this week, from early in the morning until late at night. They’ve got an amazing work ethic. It’s been great listening to them for the past few days, but now they’re heading out to tour the United States. Tonight they’re playing in Portland, OR, and then tomorrow they’ll be back here in Olympia to play at Midnight Sun. If they’re coming to your city, check them out!
This is Emily Beanblossom. She plays in the band Christmas, but is coming out with a new LP on K this spring under the name Ruby Fray. The new record is called Pith, was recorded at Dub Narcotic Studio, and sounds fantastic.
The Curious Mystery are gettin’ back in the Dub Narcotic Studio today! Chain & the Gang last week, Curious Mystery this week - all sorts of magic sounds are happening these days.
Here’s their video for “Black Sand” from 2009’s Rotting Slowly [KLP209].
To all you budding recordists out there: we recently re-discovered the Tape Op article about K’s own Dub Narcotic Studio, featuring in-depth interviews with Calvin Johnson and Phil Elverum. There’s some seriously awesome audio nerdage in here, so dig in… and bookmark the blog it’s posted on, because it’s run by DubNar studio manager/Evergreen audio teacher/all-around all-star Bob Schwenkler.
If you aren’t receiving Tape Op, then you’re missing out on the single best engineering and production magazine out there… and it’s free! Those Tape Op folks are class acts. Check it out.
This is the previously-unavailable music video for “Bass Drum Dream” by the Microphones. Feast your eyes and ears.
This video is one of many gems in Calvin Johnson’s VHS collection, which is currently in the midst of being digitized and uploaded to the Pink Elephant’s Graveyard on the new K website.
What a dream - nobody brings the ruckus like Dub Narcotic Sound System, and no one can sing it like Lois. When you put the two together… you get “Ship to Shore”, one catchy-ass, hearty-heart jam.
This magic moment is from 1996 - and by golly, we’re still swooning for this song fifteen years later. Go listen and you’ll know what we’re talking about.
Here’s the Wednesday magic button: this is “Distorted Cymbals” by Mount Eerie. If you’ve been waiting for something to satiate your hungry soul, this be your tonic. Get hungry and let this song Phil you up.
“Distorted Cymbals” was recorded with Calvin Johnson in K’s very own Dub Narcotic Studio, and the B-side features a Selector Dub Narcotic remix entitled “Anglepoise Cymbals”. Put this date on your calendar: “Distorted Cymbals” b/w “Anglepoise Cymbals” (DBN122) hits the streets on February 7, 2012.
Selector Dub Narcotic has cut up the sheets of “Lynch the Swan” and sewn them back in weird, warm ways - here’s “Dub the Swan”, the B-side of the upcoming Dub Narcotic Disco Plate by The Hive Dwellers.
“Lynch the Swan” b/w “Dub the Swan” will be officially released on November 15, 2011 but can be ordered now from the K Mail Order Dept.
