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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Go check out Ryan’s Smashing Life to download a new track that they recorded at The Grinding Tapes House in November. It’s a fantastic cover of Bob Dylan’s “Girl from the North Country”.
Also, you may know that The Points North are currently touring Australia. Check out this video from their first night Down Under!
Posted December 30, 2009 by Matt at 12:50 pm ·
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Celebrate with us by checking out this traditional New Year’s song that The Points North just recorded at the Grinding Tapes House!
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Here is an excellent unreleased cover of the Magnetic Fields’ “Come Back from San Francisco” by Grinding Tapes artist The Points North:
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And for those of you looking to compare, here is the original by Stephin Merritt & co. from 1999’s 69 Love Songs:
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Posted October 29, 2009 by Matt at 5:09 pm ·
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Phosphorescent is an overlooked artist to begin with. Being on the very new and exciting Dead Oceans label did help that fact a little bit, and he got some decent press for 2007’s Pride. But this album, 2005’s Aw Come Aw Wry is certainly a disregarded nugget which brings this music lover much joy.
Cut from the same cloth as country tinged folk artists as Bonnie “Prince” Billy or Damien Jurado, Matthew Houck (the man behind the magic) also incorporates recurring themes and some orchestration (horns, piano, accordion, and slide guitar) into his music. The result is a soothing yet provocative blend of beauty and balladry.
Organic, authentic, haunting, heartfelt and fun, this album is really something to behold. Whilst maybe not as immaculately produced as Pride (which I also suggest checking out), Aw Come Aw Wry really has something going on that just keeps on bringing me back. It may or may not have something to do with the repeated utterance of the albums title on three of the album’s tracks.
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If you already enjoy the stylings of the one they call Phosphorescent, and are looking for something else juicy to chew on, why not try Grinding Tapes’ very own The Points North, who’s new album I Saw Across the Sound came out earlier this month. Similarly tuneful, haunting and beautiful, these lovely folks from Boston’s Jamaica Plain are certainly going to be considered classic, but will not be lost if you simply take a minute to listen.
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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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Here’s The Points North’s “Nut Island”, which is from their forthcoming album.
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