Christina Kubisch
"Magnetic Flights"
On April 26, Christina Kubisch, among the first generation of sound artists, will release Mondo Fluido and Magnetic Flights, both excellent album titles and probably excellent albums, too. The former is a collection of two unreleased works, while the latter features two new compositions. The title track from Magnetic Flights is streaming above… and in your heart. [Sniff sniff]
• Important: http://www.importantrecords.com
Title Tracks
“All Tricks”
D.C.’s Title Tracks, featuring John Davis of the now defunct groups Q And Not U and Georgie James, have a new album, In Blank, due April 19 on Ernest Jennings.
• Title Tracks: http://www.myspace.com/titletracksdc
• Ernest Jenning: http://www.ernestjenning.com
[Photo: Shervin Lainez]
Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Vetiver
Featured in The Family Jams documentary [trailer]
The Family Jams, a documentary by Brooklyn filmmaker/musician Kevin Barker, follows Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, and Andy Cabic (of Vetiver) touring the US in 2004. Antony and the Johnsons, Espers, Meg Baird, The Pleased, and Linda Perhacs also make appearances. Check out the trailer above, and if you’re living in New York, it’ll screen for a week starting next Friday, April 8 at reRun. If you’re not living in New York, it’ll still screen there for a week.
• The Family Jams: http://thefamilyjams.com
• Factory 25: http://www.factorytwentyfive.com
Jerusalem and The Starbaskets
“Walkin’ Across Yr Grave”
Missouri’s Jerusalem and The Starbaskets, featuring Jeremy Freeze and Kim Sherman, will release DOST on May 7 via De Stijl. The group is terribly under-recorded (so I’m told), so De Stijl has taken upon itself the duty to spread their tunes.
• Jerusalem and The Starbaskets: http://myspace.com/jerusalemandthestarbasket
• De Stijl: http://destijlrecs.com
Channel In Channel Out
“Invalid Entry and The Enchanting Word”
Portland’s Channel In Channel Out, the music project of Marcus Cotten, will release his debut full-length, The Author And His Narrator May 24 on Karaoke Kalk. Check out the Music Tapes-esque video above.
• Channel In Channel Out: http://channelinchannelout.com
• Karaoke Kalk: http://www.karaokekalk.de
Asva
“A Bomb In That Suitcase”
Asva’s Presences Of Absences drops May 26 on Important. It’s a limited-to-500 double LP, and after friends and family get their copies, there’ll be, what, like 20 left? As Todd Rundgren once sang, “I gave you fair warning.”
• Important: http://www.importantrecords.com
