Posted September 21, 2010 by Jason at 12:40 pm ·
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Don’t miss tiny mtns at Gordon College on Friday! It’s going to be a great show full of effected autoharp, vocoder, synths, drum ‘n’ sing alongs and stick clicks! Confirm on the Facebook event here.
8pm
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Posted August 18, 2010 by Jason at 3:10 pm ·
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Hi everyone! Come check out Grinding Tapes’ big summer showcase. We’ll be holding it at Club Passim, Boston’s premier folk venue this Friday (August 20th) at 8:00pm. Here are the bands on the bill:
Since a few of our recent showcases were close to selling out and this one is over half sold out, we encourage everyone to buy tickets in advance at the Club Passim website. Tickets are $13 for Passim members and $15 for everyone else.
tiny mtns
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The Points North
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Dreamtigers
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We just finished printing the CD jackets for the Grinding Tapes Mp3 Subscription! The design is classic GT and was intended to look quite a bit like our long-out-of-print first promo disc. We only made 50 copies of this CD, but there are still a few available on the subscription page. We’ll also be awarding copies for our favorite mix swap submissions, so check that out, too!
Here’s the track list:
1. The Woodrow Wilsons: Anthropomorphics (live at CHURCH in Boston, MA 6/24/2009)
2. tiny mtns: Pretzel Teeth (live at The Attik in Peabody, MA 8/24/2009)
3. Dreamtigers: Settlement (acoustic version live at The Attik in Peabody, MA 8/24/2009)
4. The Points North: New England Daughters (Live on WMBR 11/23/2009)
5. Manners: Knives (live at The Middle East in Boston, MA 8/23/2009)
6. Elijah Ebenezer Wyman: Fantastic Lovers (live on WMFO 11/29/2006)
7. Mr. Sister: Santa Baby (live at the Middle East in Cambridge, MA 12/18/2008)
8. The Points North: Auld Lang Syne (live at the Red Door in Portsmouth, NH 12/12/2009)
9. Elijah Ebenezer Wyman: Kitten’s First Christmas (live at the Vault in Salem, MA 12/1/2007)
10. Dreamtigers: Water and Smoke (live at The Red Door in Portsmouth, NH 12/12/2010)
11. The Points North: Whale Song (demo, January 2008)
12. Laura Smith (of The Woodrow Wilsons): Bloodstains (home recording)
13. Elijah Wyman: Rocks or Ankles (pre-Butterfly Needles home recording 2006-2007)
14. Saint Joe Hazelwood: Moth & Wool (live at Eastern Nazarene University in Quincy, MA 9/4/2006)
15. Manners: Breath of Your Heart (live at The Middle East in Boston, MA 8/23/2009)
16. Sylphid: A.05.01.09 (outtake)
17. The Woodrow Wilsons: Dormancy (Freedom or Decomposition Songs outtake)
18. Hello Shark: Still Warm After the Storm (outtake recorded at Grinding Tapes House)
19. The Points North: Recycling Song (kalimba and bass version recorded at Grinding Tapes House)
And, for your enjoyment, here are three rarities from the subscription CD:
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Posted April 8, 2010 by Jason at 2:26 pm ·
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Don’t forget that our two-night Grinding Tapes showcase at The Armory in Somerville is coming up on Friday, April 16th and Saturday, April 17th. Tickets are $9 for one night and we are offering a limited number of double-night passes for $14 each! This venue is really small, so we encourage you to buy tickets in advance (sold directly through GT, no special fees).
We will also be accepting submissions for the Grinding Tapes mix swap at the showcase, so make sure to bring 3 copies of your mix + $5/$7 for shipping and materials. Get in on the Facbook event, too!
Also, catch Grinding Tapes’ on the radio a week from Friday (4/16). Jason, Elijah, and Laco will be hanging out with Ed Rand between 12 noon to 1pm on 1530 AM Middleboro Mid-Day. Cool!
The Points North
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tiny mtns/Elijah Wyman
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Mr. Sister
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Dreamtigers
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Manners
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The Woodrow Wilsons
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Hi everyone! We are very excited about the Grinding Tapes showcase that is happening at The Middle East tonight! Here are the bands on the bill, all of which were hand-selected by Grinding Tapes:
Sunday, August 23, 2009, 8pm
The Middle East Upstairs
472 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA
$9, 18+
He truly hope to see you there!
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Posted June 8, 2009 by Matt at 10:23 am ·
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Quirky Music Lovin’ Christians Rejoice!
mewithoutYou, those Pennsylvania lovers of art and peace and post-rock, have turned to none other but the New Jersian lynch pin of Christian weird-folk, Daniel Smith to produce their new album “It’s All Crazy! It’s All False! It’s All a Dream! It’s Alright”.
Maybe I’m the only one, but I totally didn’t see this pairing coming. It does seem to make a lot of sense ideologically, but honestly this could have ended up sounding like any number of things. In my opinion however, it could not have manifested itself any more beautifully than this album. Here-in we see lead singer Aaron learn to sing, a wealth of Danielson influenced folkiness, and carefully incorporated manifestations of mewithoutYou’s rock and roll spirit. Most importantly we witness the absolute beauty of perfectly framed, fantastic, fascinating lyricism that both artists are known for.
If you were like me and loved the adventurousness and spiritual insight that mewithoutYou offer, but thought that their music needed a sort of tweaking or a kickstart. This album is just what you have been waiting for. It certainly comes off to fans of both artists as sort of a collaboration, as Daniel definitely seems to lend a lot to the picture. But that is in no way a detrimental factor. In fact, just upon two listens, I’m gunna go ahead and suggest that this one definitely makes one ponder the “Masterpiece” tag.
Definitely a rock solid effort.
If you are a mewithoutYou fan, a fan of Danielson, or a fan of any of the artists on Grinding Tapes, do yourself a favor and wait not a second longer to check this album out. Here’s an mp3:
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ALSO, at the risk of going on too long…
If you are just stopping by out of the blue to check out the mewithoutYou album, do not leave without first encountering Grinding Tapes very own Elijah Wyman, a similarly gut wrenching, thought provoking folk artist and his (if I may) masterpiece album Butterfly Needles for FREE or with a $6 dollar donation.
Here’s a taste:
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My iPhone is completely integrated into every bit of my life. It gives me directions, controls my computer and my tv, tunes my guitar, and wakes me up. So I just downloaded the app TweetMic, recorded a song I wrote tonight and tweeted it! I’m excited about how easy it is to share music with friends all over the world within minutes.
The only downside I’ve found with TweeMic is that there is no way to save your recordings. While you can listen all you want off of TweetMic’s site I wish that I could save it to my phone and put it on my computer.
Elijah took a break from recording to play a killer set at a Grinding Tapes house party on Friday night. Thanks to everyone who came out to see him!
He currently has three songs fully completed, and is working on the last two tracks for the EP. He’s hoping to finish up recording by tomorrow! Yesterday, he collaborated with local multi-instrumentalist, Samantha Hale on a new track.
Posted March 27, 2009 by Jason at 7:38 am ·
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Here’s another quick post to share some progress on Elijah’s new EP. In this video, the choir members rehearse their vocal responsibilities, as described by Elijah.
