This Is Book's Music

What you see below is an EP of live material recorded by Zammuto, recorded at the Georgia Theater in Athens on June 21, 2002 during their recent tour earlier this summer in support of their self-titled album (my review can be read by clicking here). If the music helps to create interest in seeing Nick Zammuto and his band live, that’s good, for he has a lot of shows lined up for the rest of the year. The dates are the same as those posted in June, but some of the shows will now feature Australian vocalist Gotye:

September 5 – Charlottesville, VA (The Southern)
September 6 – Richmond, VA (The Camel)
September 7 – Raleigh, NC (Hopscotch Music Festival)
September 8 – Asheville, NC (Grey Eagle)
September 9 – Knoxville, TN (Pilot Light)
September 10 – Atlanta, GA (The Earl)
September 11 – Tallahassee, FL (Club Downunder)
September 12 – Birmingham, AL (The Bottletree)
September 14 – Kansas City, MO (Richard Berkley Riverfront Park)*
September 15 – Bloomington, IN (The Bishop)
September 16 – Cleveland, OH (Jacobs Pavilion)*
September 17 – Columbus, OH (LC Pavilion)*
September 18 – Detoit, MI (Fox Theatre)*
September 9 – Hamlton, ON (Casbah Lounge)
September 20 – Toronto, ON (Molson Amphitheatre)*
September 21 – Monreal, PQ (Jacques Cartier Pier)*
September 22 – Burlington, VT (Signal Kitchen)
September 6 – Wasington, DC (U Street Music Hall)
September 27 – Brooklyn, NY (Williamsburg Park) *
September 28 – Boston, MA (Museum of Fine Arts)
September 29 – Phiadelphia, PA (Johnny Brenda’s)
October 1 – Nashville, TN (The Basement)
October 2 – Little Rock, AR (Stickyz Rock’n'Roll Chicken Shack)
October 3 – Denton, TX (Dan’s Silverleaf)
October 4 – Austin, TX (The Mohawk)
October 5 – Huston, TX (Fitzgerald’s)
October 6 – Bton Rouge, LA (Spanish Moon)
October 8 – S Louis, MO (Luminary Center for the Arts)
October 9 – Cicago, IL (Schubas)
October 10 – Cincinnati, OH (MOTR Pub)
October 11 – Pittsburgh, PA (Andy Warhol Museum)
October 12 – Ithaca, NY (The Haunt)
October 13 – Northampton, MA (Pearl Street Nightclub)
October 29 – Phoenix, AZ (The Crescent Ballroom)
October 30 – San Diego, CA (Soda Bar)
October 31 – Santa Barbara, CA (Muddy Waters)
November 1 – Los Angeles, CA (Troubadour)
November 2 – Santa Cruz, CA (The Crepe Place)
November 3 – San Francisco, CA (The Independent)
November 5 – Portland, OR (Doug Fir Lounge)
November 6 – Seattle, WA (Barboza)
November 7 – Vancouver, BC (The Biltmore Cabaret)
November 10 – Minneapolis, MN (Walker Art Center)

* with Gotye

Chrome Canyon seems to create the kind of synth pop that is what you might hear as your soundtrack when entering your favorite video game room. Fairlights, Synclaviers, a Moog, and who knows what else, all coming from the mind of one Chrome Canyon, who also directed this video along with Noah Kalina.

The song is from Chrome Canyon’s forthcoming album on Stones Throw called Elemental Themes, due out on October 9th.

Holobody – Way The World Goes Round from Mush Records on Vimeo.

Holobody’s Riverhood EP on Mush is still going strong (you can read my review here) turning people on to their music, and now the duo have released a video for one of the songs, called “Way The World Goes Round”.

Now you can also compare the real Holobody with the illustration they had given out earlier this year.

Some might feel this video is a bit too freaky, but this may just be the right amount of freaky for you. Or in truth, it may just be. SSION is bold enough to spell his entire name in capital letters, and his video is bold enough to become a visual sensation to the boldness of the music itself. The cool thing is that he wants to create a video album, or basically making individual music videos for each song on his forthcoming album called Bent. If this video is any indication, the entire projects looks and sounds like a blast.

ONUINU / Happy Home from Andrew Sloan on Vimeo.

When you hear a song like this, you might not expect to see a video like this? What is this? Have a look and listen. The music by Onuinu is a nice pop blend of electronic pop but quite danceable. The video looks like something… well let me put it this way. A dance track like this is often reserved for a video in a nightclub. You actually see sunlight in this. Musically and visually, it is not a “proper” mix but in your mind you make it proper because it sounds and looks good. You can thank Andrew Sloan for the visuals on this one.

Onuinu will be releasing his album called Mirror Gazer on 9/11, courtesy of Bladen County/Bad Cop Bad Cop. You’re able to see him right now on tour, so if the video moves you, move yourself into one of these venues.

July 11… Montreal, QC – La Sala Rossa *
July 12… Portland, ME – Port City Music Hall *
July 14… New York, NY – Webster Hall *
July 16… Pittsburgh, – Rex Theater *
July 17… Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups *
July 18… Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom *
July 20… Seattle, WA – Capitol Hill Block Party
September 6… Portland, OR – Music Fest NW – Doug Fir Lounge
October 15… Santa Barbara, CA – Soho Restaurant & Music Club ^
October 16… San Luis Obispo, CA – SLO Brewing Company ^
October 17… Sacramento, CA – Harlows ^
October 19… Eugene, OR – WOW Hall ^
October 20… Bellingham, WA – The Wild Buffalo ^
October 21… Spokane, WA – A Club ^
October 22… Pullman, WA – Bellflower Concert House ^
October 23… Boise, ID – Reef ^
October 25… Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby ^
October 25… Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge ^
October 27… Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater ^
October 29… Lawrence, KS – The Granada Theatre ^
October 30… Columbia, MO – The Blue Note ^
October 31… Tulsa, OK – Cains Ballroom ^
November 1… Little Rock, AR – Revolution Music Room ^
November 2… Dallas, TX – Trees ^
November 5… El Paso, TX – Lowbrow Palace ^
November 6… Santa Fe, NM – Sol at Santa Fe Brewing Company ^
November 7… Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom ^
November 8… Flagstaff, AZ – The Green Room ^

* = w/ Tycho
^ = w/ Starfucker

You like Zammuto? He and his group will be headlining for the first time on a forthcoming tour. Here are the dates:

September 5 – Charlottesville, VA (The Southern)
September 6 – Richmond, VA (The Camel)
September 7 – Raleigh, NC (Hopscotch Music Festival)
September 8 – Asheville, NC (Grey Eagle)
September 9 – Knoxville, TN (Pilot Light)
September 10 – Atlanta, GA (The Earl)
September 11 – Tallahassee, FL (Club Downunder)
September 12 – Birmingham, AL (The Bottletree)
September 14 – Kansas City, MO (Richard Berkley Riverfront Park)
September 15 – Bloomington, IN (The Bishop)
September 16 – Cleveland, OH (Jacobs Pavilion)
September 17 – Columbus, OH (LC Pavilion)
September 18 – Detoit, MI (Fox Theatre)
September 9 – Hamlton, ON (Casbah Lounge)
September 20 – Toronto, ON (Molson Amphitheatre)
September 21 – Monreal, PQ (Jacques Cartier Pier)
September 22 – Burlington, VT (Signal Kitchen)
September 6 – Wasington, DC (U Street Music Hall)
September 27 – Brooklyn, NY (Williamsburg Park)
September 28 – Boston, MA (Museum of Fine Arts)
September 29 – Phiadelphia, PA (Johnny Brenda’s)
October 1 – Nashville, TN (The Basement)
October 2 – Little Rock, AR (Stickyz Rock’n'Roll Chicken Shack)
October 3 – Denton, TX (Dan’s Silverleaf)
October 4 – Austin, TX (The Mohawk)
October 5 – Huston, TX (Fitzgerald’s)
October 6 – Bton Rouge, LA (Spanish Moon)
October 8 – S Louis, MO (Luminary Center for the Arts)
October 9 – Cicago, IL (Schubas)
October 10 – Cincinnati, OH (MOTR Pub)
October 11 – Pittsburgh, PA (Andy Warhol Museum)
October 12 – Ithaca, NY (The Haunt)
October 13 – Northampton, MA (Pearl Street Nightclub)
October 29 – Phoenix, AZ (The Crescent Ballroom)
October 30 – San Diego, CA (Soda Bar)
October 31 – Santa Barbara, CA (Muddy Waters)
November 1 – Los Angeles, CA (Troubadour)
November 2 – Santa Cruz, CA (The Crepe Place)
November 3 – San Francisco, CA (The Independent)
November 5 – Portland, OR (Doug Fir Lounge)
November 6 – Seattle, WA (Barboza)
November 7 – Vancouver, BC (The Biltmore Cabaret)
November 10 – Minneapolis, MN (Walker Art Center)

Yaviz (Lentonia) is a new album by Emmanuelle De Héricourt, who you may enjoy under the name EDH. June 12th is when the album will be released, but you are able to hear her brand of electronic pop by hearing the song “Ice”, which you can also download for free by clicking the Soundcloud player below. Héricourt has been releasing music for nine years and this is merely part of the path she has created for herself, and it seems to be a good path too.

The vinyl pressing of the album will come with a CD featuring remixes by Hype, Stereovoid, Elmapi, Subtitle, Unison, Nicolas Jorio, Ricky Hollywood, and others.

(Remixes From) The Nutty Tree (Mush) is a remix album of a project I really liked two years ago, and it’s nice to hear not only a return to it, but for Zoon Van Snook to allow others complete freedom to do whatever they want with the songs. I can relate to this.

This album features great remixes by Daedelus, Lost Idol, Fujiya & Miyagi, Woos, Ape School, and many others. The interchange between artist and remixer will be good, for fans of the remixers will discover someone new while Van Snook fans are able to open their minds to their favorite songs taken on into new worlds. It also comes off like a brand new Van Snook album with all new material, even though they are remixers so… dive into the pool.

For some American fans, this release may come as a bit of a shock, especially since Propaganda‘s music was not heavily pushed/promoted here. After the release of their debut album, A Secret Wish, Zang Toom Toom Records decided to put together what worked as a greatest hits EP consisting of the hit singles that had come from the album, put in a few album tracks, but created brand new music of everything so that even if you bought the 45, the 12″, and the cassette singles, there would still be something unique upon listening to it. The album was (perhaps) aptly called Wishful Thinking, as if the label was perhaps aware of what they were doing, but despite the marketing plan, the album did work on its own merits. It allowed Propaganda fans to hear their favorite song in a new way, and the production work made it possible to dig deeper into the mechanics of the machine. While the album was released in the U.S. in the late 1990′s, it was a bit after the fact and did not get much attention, if at all.

Over 25 years after its original release, ZTT have remastered it and are releasing it as a deluxe edition, complete with liner notes about the album along with previously unreleased material, as the ZTT vaultmasters continue to find delightful goodies.

Here is the official track listing for the deluxe edition of Wishful Thinking:
1. Abuse
2. Machined
3. Laughed
4. Loving
5. Jewelled
6. Loved
7. Abuse
8. Thought
9. Strength to Dream (Outtake 04.02.84)
10. p:Machinery (The Beta Wraparound)
11. The Murder of Love (Murderous Instrumental)
12. Dr Mabuse (Outtake 24.04.85)
13. Frozen Faces ( A Secret Sense of Rhythm)
14. p:Machinery (The Voiceless Beta Wraparound Edit)

The original album consisted of tracks 1-8 (with the instrumental “Thought” being a personal favorite), so even if you have the original CD pressing, you have some extra goodies to dive into. This deluxe edition will be released on June 12th.

For that electronic pulse/injection you need, consider Auto Body. Their style of electronic music mixes in with a decent pop sensibility, which means you’ll hear them and go “this is familiar to me, a bit like what I hear on the radio or on a streaming radio station.” Maybe it’s better than what you hear on a TV show, and this would drive you to dance and grind your hips over a… I don’t know, a puppy? Yes, let’s go with that image for awhile.

Auto Body self-released the Say What You Will EP this week, so have a listen. Grinding optional.