Ethan Rose has received a coveted 7.4 rating on Pitchfork for his new album. Here’s an excerpt - For three weeks I have attempted to finger the thematic underpinning of Ethan Rose’s Spinning Pieces. A collection of three pieces recorded between 2003 and 2007, each track sources a different mechanical device: music boxes on “Miniature & Sea”, player pianos on “…The Dot and the Line…”, and an automated carillon– a 100+ ton tower containing dozens of large bells– on “Singing Tower”. Each source is digitally kneaded into extended, wordless compositions.

Ethan Rose - Singing Tower [MP3]

CRACKER AND CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN JOIN FORCES ONSTAGE AS THEY CLOSE OUT 2007

After 17 Years, 8 Albums, 4 Gold Records, 21 Countries, 8 Bass Players and, more recently, a successful run through the nation’s Heartland as part of their fall Tornado Alley Tour, Cracker will be closing out the year with a string of dates with co-founder David Lowery’s first alternative rock band Camper Van Beethoven. Check out a cut from Cracker below.

Cracker - Teen Angst [MP3]

Webisode 1 of 7 is ready for online consumption.

Here’s a little blurb about what lady wasteland is about:

“Lady Wasteland is a webisode series that tells a story rooted in the misfortune of individuals left to scour a vast wasteland in search of their own private destiny.”

The remaining 6 will be released weekly. Be careful out there in the wasteland.

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credits (not full list)
director: mark roush
creative director: brian treleaven
flash dev: josh k