The eco-friendly Green Man took over Brecon Beacons, Wales this past weekend with a heavy dose of Americana: from midwestern folkies (Bon Iver, Wilco, Andrew Bird) to wailing east coast electropoppers (Animal Collective, Gang Gang Dance) and reinvigorated psych legends... CONTINUE READING GREEN MAN FESTIVAL 2009 IN PHOTOS»
Posted on August 26, 2009 in , (3 comments)
Tags: Andrew Bird | Animal Collective | Beach House | Beth Jeans Houghton | Bon Iver | Camera Obscura | David Thomas | Dirty Three | Emmy The Great | Four Tet | Gang Gang Dance | Green Man Festival | Grizzly Bear | James Yorkston | Jarvis Cocker | Joe Boyd | King Creosote | Robyn Hitchcock | Rodriguez | Roky Erickson | Scott Matthews | The Aliens | The Pictish Trail | The Three Craws | Vetiver | Wilco | Wooden Shjips
The first single from Vetiver's Sub Pop debut is a straightforward and breezy little jangle-pop ditty, coming from a crew which has gotta have a sense of humor (of people who can tolerate Devendra, I assume it must be so),... CONTINUE READING NEW VETIVER VIDEO - "EVERYDAY"»
Posted on March 6, 2009 in , (8 comments)
Tags: Phoenix | The Dutchess And The Duke | Vetiver
Just before Halloween we premiered Vetiver's cover of A.R. Kane's "Miles Apart" from More Of The Past. Well, here's to the future: Next month Andy Cabic & Co. are releasing Tight Knit, their first album for Sub Pop (and fourth... CONTINUE READING NEW VETIVER - "EVERYDAY"»
Posted on January 13, 2009 in (5 comments)
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As a followup to Thing Of The Past, psychedelic San Francisco folk-rock troupe Vetiver, aka Andy Cabic & Co., is releasing a companion covers EP called More Of The Past (11/11, Gnomonsong). In addition to the EP, the band's putting... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP LXI: HEAR NEW VETIVER, WIN AN IPOD & IPOD SPEAKER SYSTEM»
Posted on October 29, 2008 in , (1 comments)
Tags: Ponytail | The Long Winters | Vetiver
The last we heard from Andy Cabic & Co. was a pretty heady section of the 10-minute extended ProTooled remix of "You May Be Blue." But Naturalismo blog caught and videotaped his show at the Troubadour in West Hollywood this... CONTINUE READING VETIVER SINGS AND TALKS LIVE»
Posted on May 14, 2008 in , (2 comments)
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Ever wonder what would happen if a major purveyor of what was once called "freak folk" turned into a dance-floor demon? No, we never did either. But goddamn if this Vetiver remix isn't hot stuff! Andy Cabic is Vetiver, and... CONTINUE READING NEW VETIVER - "YOU MAY BE BLUE (NEIGHBORS REMIX)"»
Posted on February 14, 2008 in (1 comments)
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Since I'm in the area, it seems appropriate to throw some love at San Francisco neo-folkies Vetiver. Here's what music mecca Aquarius has to say about Andy Cabic & friends' new one To Find Me Gone:"Unlike their debut, where the... CONTINUE READING NEW VETIVER - "BEEN SO LONG"»
Posted on June 1, 2006 in (25 comments)
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