Thursday, February 23, 2012

Katharsis Feb. 26 '12


Chris Reimer 1986-2012

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Chris was an amazing artist, and a great guy. He accomplished a lot in his 26 years and we can take heart in the fact that he was able to tour the world doing what he loved: playing awesome music with friends. He will be missed by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. Read more about him here

This week's show was a tribute to Chris. I first met him in 2005 when he played live on my show with Beneath These Idle Tides and again in 2006 with Azeda Booth. Over the years I saw him play a few times around town with Azeda Booth, with Women, and as a solo artist. I always enjoyed catching up with him at these and other local shows. He was very gracious, down-to-earth, and humble; a super guy.

I am privileged to have known him, however briefly/peripherally, and to have been impacted by his considerable musical talent.

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The tracks: [format: Artist - Song - Album (Label)]

Women - Eyesore - Public Strain (Flemish Eye)
Azeda Booth - Landscsape (with Grass) - Live on Katharsis Oct. 9 '06
Beneath These Idle Tides - Untitled - Live on Katharsis Aug. 8 '05
Chris Reimer - Benelux - Eye Spy (Flemish Eye Compilation) (Flemish Eye)
Esmerine - Why She Swallows Bullets and Stones - Aurora (Madrona Records)
Tiny Vipers - Dreamer - Life on Earth (Sub Pop)
Greg Haines - Snow Airport - Slumber Tides (Miasmah)
Peter Broderick - Asleep - http:\\www.itstartshear.com (HUSH/Bella Union)
Gareth Dickson - Noon - Quite a Way Away (12K)
Orcas - Arrow Drawn - Orcas (Morr Music)
A Whisper in the Noise - Sad, Sad Song - To Forget (Exile on Mainstream)
Sleepingdog - Horse Lullaby - With Our Heads in the Clouds and Our Hearts in the Fields (Gizeh Records)
Marsen Jules - Birkengeflüster - Golden (Genesungswerk)
Oren Ambarchi - Fractured Mirror (Ace Frehley cover) - Audience of One (Touch)
Mark Kozelek - Duk Koo Kim (10" version) - The Finally LP (Caldo Verde)
Ryan Teague - Shadow Play - Field Drawings (Village Green)
From The Mouth Of The Sun - The Crossing - Woven Tide (Experimedia)


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Sunday, February 19, 2012

Katharsis Feb. 19 '12


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The tracks: [format: Artist - Song - Album (Label)]

Sharon Van Etten - Kevin's - Tramp (Jagjagjuwar)
Loom - Wholesome - Epyllion (Self-Released)
Damien Jurado - Life Away from the Garden - Maraqopa (Secretly Canadian)
Cold Specks - Holland - Holland (Arts & Crafts)
Mark Lanegan Band - St. Louis Elegy - Blues Funeral (4AD)
Birds of Passage - Disaster of Dreams - Winter Lady (Denovali Records)
Damian Valles - Taxa - Skeleton Taxa (Drifting Falling)
Crooked Fingers - The Hatchet - Breaks In The Armor (Merge)
Piiptsjilling - Ferware (Worn Down) - Wurdskrieme (Experimedia)
The Field Register - Dreams - Miles Distant - Eastern Shore (Ships at Night)
Hammock - Sora - For Nihon (Unseen Music)
Shearwater - Insolence - Animal Joy (Sub Pop)
Lowercase Noises - Persistence - Migratory Patterns (Self-Released)
Colin Kenniff Featuring Hollie Kenniff - Wind and Distance - For Nihon (Unseen Music)
Peter Broderick - Colin - http://www.itstartshear.com (Bella Union/HUSH)
Andrew Bird - Desperation Breeds... - Break it Yourself (Mom+Pop/Bella Union)
Alog - Et Besøk - Unemployed (Rune Grammofon)
Amiina - Púsl - Puzzle (Sound of a Handshake)
1982 - 03:52 - Pintura (Hubro)
Beans - Moon - Inner Cosmosis (Foreverbad)
Beans - Earth - Inner Cosmosis (Foreverbad)


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Katharsis Feb. 12 '12


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The tracks: [format: Artist - Song - Album (Label)]

Marion Williams - The Day is Past and Gone - The Gospel Sound (Disc 2) (Columbia)
Tindersticks - A Night to Still - The Something Rain (City Slang/Constellation)
Mark van Hoen - Holy Me - The Revenant Diary (Editions Mego)
Xela - Recitation - Exorcism (Self-Released)
Clinker + Blake Carrington - Dust Flights, Mirror Softly and Moan - Iron: Dragon's Eye Sixth Anniversary (Dragon's Eye Recordings)
Windy & Carl - Fainting in the Presence of the Lord - We Will Always Be (Kranky)
Larkian & Yellow 6 - Sequences Inversees - Offtempo (Basses Frequences and three:four records)
Bry Webb - Get You Up in Peace - Provider (Idee Fixe)
Fennesz + Sakamoto - 0402 - Flumina (Touch)
Slow Six - This is Your Last Chance (Before I Sleep) - Private Times In Public Places (Western Vinyl)

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Sunday, February 5, 2012

Katharsis Feb. 5 '12


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The tracks: [format: Artist - Song - Album (Label)]

Mother Falcon - For Papa - Alhambra (Self-Released)
The Drift - Luminous Friend - The Blue Hour (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
Shearwater - Run the Banner Down - Animal Joy (Sub Pop)
The Caretaker - Increasingly Absorbed in His Own World - Patience (After Sebald) (History Always Favours the Winners)
Songs of Green Pheasant - Deaf Sarah - Soft Wounds (Rusted Rail)
Woodpigeon - For Paulo (Acoustic) - For Paulo (Boompa)
Williamette - Always in Postscript - Always in Postscript (Own Records)
Xiu Xiu - The Oldness - Always (Polyvinyl)
Heidi Hazelton - Head Down - N/A (N/A)
Jannick Schou - We Are Safe in This Room with Cold Sunlight - Sequence2 (Futuresequence)
Burls - How Have You Been? - Burls EP (Bandcamp)
Birds of Passage - Hollow - Winter Lady (Denovali)
Scissors and Sellotape - I Say 'get used to it' - For the Tired and Ill at Ease (Fac-ture)
Damian Valles - Ascent of the Past - Skeleton Taxa (Drifting Falling)
Borealis - Skyhall - Sequence2 (Futuresequence)
Steve Hauschildt - The Impossible Flower - Tragedy & Geometry (Kranky)
Radere - Good Evening, Ghosts (Version) - I'll Make You Quiet (Futuresequence)
Swod - Largo - Drei (City Centre Offices)
Windy and Carl - Spires - We Will Always Be (Kranky)
Zvuku - Cold - Sequence2 (Futuresequence)
Sean McCann - Transplanted Heart - Sincere World (Amethyst Sunset)
Morgan Greenwood - 58936juiceboxe - Winter (Bandcamp)


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