Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Trey Anastasio: free "Shine" MP3 from "Original Boardwalk Style"

Trey Anastasio and The Undectet

Yet another taster from the forthcoming Trey Anastasio album Original Boardwalk Style:

MP3: Trey Anastasio and The Undectet - Shine

The new live album drops June 10 on Rubber Jungle Records. Pre-order the album from trey's online shop or download it from LivePhish.com (MP3 | FLAC).

Proceeds from this album will benefit the Seven Below Artist Initiative established by Trey to foster artistic development and support arts education in the state of Vermont. The program offers residencies for visual artists at The Barn, a uniquely restored property on 65 acres in Vermont. The residencies are designed to provide artists with a peaceful, inspiring, and supportive living and working experience. Through a partnership with Burlington City Arts, Seven Below is open to artists at any stage of their career and working in various visual arts media. For more information about the program, including how to make a direct contribution, please visit trey.com/nonprofit.

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Omni: Ghosts

Omni

Seattle trio Omni is a progressive left-field shoegaze outfit which is best experienced with the lights turned down. Their album Ghosts is an update of late eighties UK electronics based bands like Depeche Mode and This Mortal Coil. Main songwriter Chris Cullmann has a gift for telling meandering stories that fit seamlessly with the soundscapes that the band comes up with. You don't dance to this music, you listen to it very carefully, discovering something new each time.

Omni:
Will Andrews: drums
Chris Cullmann: vocals, bass, Warr guitar
David Green: guitar, vocals, electronics

Ghosts is released on Faux Pas Records.

MP3: Omni - Mother Night

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» myspace.com/omniband

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Escape from MySpace #11: Anna Laube

Anna Lube (c) Copper Carras

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San Francisco singer Anna Laube can be described is just one word: tender. If you like mellow folk songs, this is a singer you want to check out. She released an album in 2006, Outta My Head, and has a busy touring schedule covering the coffee house circuit that has been embracing her kind of music for decades.

She sounds like the favorite aunt most people never actually had -- a husky voice embedded slide guitar, upright piano and easy going drums and bass.

MP3: Anna Laube - If You Build It
MP3: Anna Laube - Something I Can Feel

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» myspace.com/annalaube

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