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That Sound Mixtape Vol. 9

Tycho "Awake" LP on Ghostly International
Release date: MARCH 18, 2014

Purchase "Awake": shop.iso50.com/collections/awake

formats:
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artwork by:
ISO50

For nearly a decade, Tycho has been known as the musical alias of Scott Hansen, but with the release of Awake – his second LP for Ghostly International – the solo project has evolved into a three-piece band. Relating closer to post-rock than ambient soundscapes, the record is situated in the present, sounding more like Hansen than drawing from his influences. “This is, in many ways, the first true Tycho record.”

Following 2011’s Dive LP, the San Francisco-based designer toured extensively, and with a full band on stage, his sound coalesced into a percussive, organic whole. Zac Brown (guitars, bass) rejoined Scott on the road for this tour, but it was the particular addition of Rory O’Connor’s live drumming that ultimately sent Hansen back to the studio with a more precise vision. “After the tour, I decided that I wanted to capture the more energetic, driven sound of the live show on the next album,” Hansen recalls. Bringing musicians into Tycho’s creative process was a step towards expanding his own songwriting and advancing the project beyond its current sound.

In a cabin near Tahoe last winter, Zac and Scott began fleshing out the structure of the new record, but it wasn’t until they set up shop in the hills of Santa Cruz with Rory that it all fell into place. “It crystallized the vision of how the drums would come to the forefront on this record,” says Hansen. The sound was much more stripped-down and concise with more organic instruments in the fold. Songs like “Montana” and “Awake” are a departure from Tycho’s previous material – unique to the group effort poured into the songs on the new record – while “See” and “Dye” echo ideas from previous works, bridging a middle ground between the old and new. Working with Count Eldridge, who also engineered Dive, the team could fixate on the pulses that Tycho might previously layer under synthesizers and exhume them with distinct bass and guitar patterns.

Also known for his design work as ISO50, Hansen’s visual and sonic efforts have dovetailed throughout the course of his career. “This is the first time in my life I've dropped everything to focus on one artistic pursuit,” notes Hansen. Previous Tycho releases came to fruition when an amalgam of songs were nearing completion, but Awake is where music becomes the focus and true expression becomes the result.

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Awake

The Lost Weekend

We wrote this record about the race to the moon and the incredible optimism in an idealistic future that went along with it. "Irrepressible Future" is the first song we'd love to share with you and the full EP is available now; we hope you enjoy it! Thanks for listening.

Irrepressible Future

From Chris Staples' Barsuk Records debut 'American Soft', available August 12, 2014.

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www.barsuk.com


Chris Staples "Hold Onto Something" (from American Soft)

From Faded Paper Figures' 4th album, "Relics" out Aug 5, 2014 on Shorthand Records

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"On The Line"

From the upcoming album, Dead Man's Town: A Tribute to Born in the USA. 

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"I'm On Fire" -  Low

Autumn is the opening song on the forthcoming Bear In Heaven record; Time Is Over One Day Old.
Released on August 5th (4th in the UK) on Dead Oceans / Hometapes.

Pre-order the album at: bit.ly/BIHmerch

On tour (buy tickets at: bit.ly/BIHshows)
Mon. Aug. 4 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade (record release show)
Wed. Aug. 20 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
Thu. Aug. 21 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
Fri. Aug. 22 - Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel
Sat. Aug. 23 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle (Back Room)
Sun. Aug. 24 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
Tue. Aug. 26 - Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
Wed. Aug. 27 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues (Bronze Peacock)
Thu. Aug. 28 - Austin, TX @ The Parish
Tue. Sept. 2 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echoplex
Wed. Sept. 3 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
Fri. Sept. 5 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
Sat. Sept. 6 - Spokane, WA @ Bartfest
Sun. Sept. 7 - Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
Wed. Sept. 10 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry
Thu. Sept. 11 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
Fri. Sept. 12 - Columbus, OH @ A&R Music Bar
Sat. Sept. 13 - Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
Sun. Sept. 14 - Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
Tue. Sept. 16 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Wed. Sept. 17 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Thu. Oct. 2 - London, UK @ XOYO
Fri. Oct. 3 - Brussels, BE @ Beursschouwburg
Sat. Oct. 4 - Paris, FR @ Espace B
Sun. Oct. 5 - Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoet
Mon. Oct. 6 - Cologne, DE @ Club 672
Tue. Oct. 7 - Berlin, DE @ Berghain
Thu. Oct. 9 - Copenhagen, DK @ Ideal Bar
Fri. Oct. 10 - Lund, SE @ Mejeriet
Sat. Oct. 11 - Stockholm, SE @ Kagelbanan
Sun. Oct. 12 - Goteborg, SE @ Pustervik
Mon. Oct. 13 - Oslo, NO @ John Dee
Tue. Oct. 14 - Bergen, NO @ Landmark
Thu. Oct. 16 - Aarhus, DK @ Atlas
Fri. Oct. 17 - Hamburg, DE @ Aalhaus

BIH Merch

Bear In Heaven - Autumn

From the album, Lost In Alphaville, out now.

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The album features: Matt Sharp (ex Weezer), Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig (Lucius - vocals), Ryen Slegr (Ozma - guitars), Lauren Chipman (The Section Quartet - strings) and Patrick Carney (The Black Keys - drums). Mixed by D. Sardy (Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem).

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The Rentals - 1000 Seasons

U Get Me High

Taken from the album "Chorus." Out now on Slumberland Records.

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Philadelphia, PA’s Literature features Kevin Attics, Nathaniel Cardaci, Chris Schackerman, and Seth Whaland. Attics, who’d written for numerous music trades as a teen, met Cardaci and Whaland at the house venue they both operated in Austin, TX. Cardaci and Whaland each ran small imprint labels and, a million adventures later, the trio decided to form a band. Upon moving to Philadelphia the group befriended Schackerman who also joined the fold. 

In 2012, following a well-received single and a track on Gerard Cosloy’s “Casual Victim Pile II” compilation they released their debut album, "Arab Spring," which became a cult hit within the indiepop community. That album is sharp and immediate, almost mod-ish in its attack, but always tuneful and going for melody where it counts. They toured the US in support, and have performed with the likes of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Eternal Summers, Ted Leo, Sic Alps, White Fence, Gentlemen Jesse, Hospitality, and Brown Recluse. They also appeared on Terre T's Cherry Blossom Clinic.

In 2013 they released a follow-up 7”, “Tie Dye” and contributed a track to Esopus Magazine alongside artists like Jens Lekman and The Shins. They also played at that year’s NYC Popfest, which helped cement the buzz that was steadily growing amongst savvy pop fans. "Arab Spring" was treated to a re-mastered re-press, which followed the first pressing and quickly sold out.

Autumn of 2013 saw the band begin work on their second album, "Chorus," with lauded engineer Gary Olson (whose body of work includes records by Crystal Stilts, Mad Scene and The Beets) at his Marlborough Farms studio in Brooklyn, NY. As a beautiful autumn turned into one of the harshest winters in recent memory, Olson and the band began stretching out, enhancing the album with studio techniques dating back to the late 60s including true-tape flanging, sending vocals through Leslie speaker cabinets, and the same analog style of automatic double-tracking created at Abbey Road Studios.

The result is an album that is as immediate as it is timeless, full of effortlessly catchy and well-crafted tunes that echo pop legends like Smiths and Orange Juice. All of that time in the studio has resulted in a rich, considered sound that puts the band's arranging and playing front and center. "Chorus" is one of the most exciting pop records in years, and marks Literature at true contenders.

Tour dates:
Sept 05 - Bethlehem, PA - Nancy Run Fire Company w/Slow Warm Death
Sept 06 - Baltimore, MD - Holy Underground w/Expert Alterations
Sept 07 - Washington DC @ George Washington University
Sept 08 - Marietta, OH  @ Project Active Media
Sept 09 - Cleveland, OH @ Dag House w/Heart Attack Man, Sunmouth, Two Hand Fools
Sept 10 - Dayton, OH @ South Park Tavern
Sept 11 - Nashville, TN @ Betty's
Sept 12 - Athens, GA @ Hi Lo Lounge w/Gold-Bears & Deep State
Sept 13 - Savannah, GA @ The Bomb Shelter w/Gold-Bears
Sept 14 - Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor (early show)
Sept 15 - Philadelphia, PA - RECORD RELEASE SHOW @ Underground Arts w/The Drums & Beverly
Sept 16 - New Brunswick, NJ @ Paradise Lost
Sept 17 - Brooklyn, NY @ Death by Audio w/Expert Alterations, Gingerlys, Kissing Is A Crime
Sept 18 - New York, NY @ Cake Shop w/Grand Resort, Crazy Pills, Big Quiet
Sept 20 - NYC, NY - Bowery Ballroom w/The Drums & Beverly
Sept 21 - Albany, NY - Low Beat w/Neighborhood of Make Believe, Drgn King
Sept 22 - Cleveland, OH - Happy Dog w/Cheap Clone
Sept 24 - Grand Rapids, MI - Mulligan's Pub
Sept 25 - Chicago, IL - Quenchers
Sept 26 - Milwaukee, WI - Quarters w/ROM, Soul Low, Lost Spirit
Sept 28 - Omaha, NE - Sweatshop Gallery w/Nathan Ma & The Rosettes
Sept 30 - Boise, ID - The Crux
Oct 01 - Spokane, WA - The Bartlett w/Sebadoh
Oct 02 - Portland, OR - Foggy Notion
Oct 03 - Sacramento, CA - Witch Room w/Soft Science
Oct 04 - San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern
Oct 05 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo w/ The Shivas
Oct 06 - San Diego, CA - The Hideout
Oct 07 - Phoenix, AZ - Lost Leaf
Oct 09 - Oklahoma City, OK - Blue Note
Oct 10 - Tulsa, OK - Soundpony
Oct 11 - Denton, TX - Macaroni Island w/Fishboy
Oct 12 - Austin, TX - Hotel Vegas w/ Beth Israel


Literature - The English Softhearts

When the Cellar Children See the Light of Day

The Dirt

Mirel Wagner "The Dirt"

Download this track for free at: http://www.theraveonettes.com
New album PE'AHI out now!

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Sisters

The Aislers Set
"How I Learned to Write Backwards (reissue)" CD/LP/DIG
Label: Suicide Squeeze Records
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Emotional Levy by The Aislers Set

Bishop Allen "Why I Had To Go" from the forthcoming album 'Lights Out', available on CD/ LP/ Digital, on Dead Oceans, August 19, 2014

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Twitter: http://twitter.com/BishopAllenNYC

Bishop Allen "Why I Had To Go" from the forthcoming album 'Lights Out', available on CD/ LP/ Digital, on Dead Oceans, August 19, 2014

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Bishop Allen - "Why I Had To Go"

Lia Ices "Higher" from upcoming album 'Ices' out September 16th on Jagjaguwar.

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Lia Ices
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Facebook: www.facebook.com/LiaIces
Website: www.liaices.com/
Twitter: twitter.com/liaices
Tumblr: icyeye.tumblr.com/
Instagram: instagram.com/liaices



LYRICS:

i got wings and baby i am made for flying
i seen apparitions as i keep on getting higher
you gotta keep me close, you gotta let me go
i said, i got wings and baby i am made for flying
i seen apparitions as i keep on getting higher

the farther up the farther up that i can go now, 
the nearer into to you i promise i will fall down 
you gotta keep me close, you gotta let me go
the farther up the farther up that i can go now, 
the nearer into to you i promise i will fall down

I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU LONELY

i got the city and the desert all in my mind
but i'm up here to look for somewhere else that i can memorize
you gotta keep me close, you gotta let me go

desert, city i got u memorized
but i'm really needing somewhere else to put inside my mind
when i am very far, i know right where you are

and i'll always be looking for you you
when i'm higher up from a from a different view ya
i will always be looking for you when i'm higher up from a different view

i will always and i will always be looking for you
sometimes we need to see each other from a different view

I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU LONELY

Lia Ices - "Higher" from 'Ices' out September 16th on Jagjaguwar

Pre-order on iTunes

Lia Ices - "Higher"

This is the first single off of Stolen Jars' upcoming sophomore album Kept.
Website: http://stolenjars.com/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/stolenjars 
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Bandcamp: http://stolenjars.bandcamp.com/

Music and Lyrics written by Cody Fitzgerald
Lyrics co-written by John-Elio Reitman
Vocal harmonies co-written by Molly Grund

Cody Fitzgerald - Vocals, Guitar, Drums, Percussion, Keys, Organ
Molly Grund - Vocals
John-Elio Reitman - Vocals
Elena Juliano - Flute
Steven Whiteley - Trumpet
Will Radin - Drums

Self-Produced / Self-Released
Mixed by Eli Crews
Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA
Assistant Mastering Engineer: Maria Rice

Folded Out

DEBUT ALBUM 'INNERWORLD' OUT NOW:

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Electric Youth North American Fall Tour:
11/03 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy
11/04 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
11/06 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
11/07 - Victoria, BC @ Victoria Event Centre
11/08 - Vancouver, BC @ Imperial
11/12 - New York, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
11/13 - Washington D.C. @ Black Cat
11/14 - Philadelphia, PA @ District N9NE
11/15 - Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
11/18 - Toronto, ON @ Hoxton

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Electric Youth - Runaway

Teenage Heart

Saturday Looks Good To Me - Meet Me By The Water

They Might Be Giants stopped by the 88.1 KDHX studio in St. Louis on October 09, 2009 for a live performance. Discover more great music at http://kdhx.org

They Might Be Giants "James K. Polk" Live at KDHX 10/9/09

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That Sound Mixtape Vol. 9

Dave Cusick