Results tagged “goldenghost”

                       

Between the house party and the club show lies the nebulous House Show, a tricky hybrid that attempts to straddle the world of booking, touring, sound checks and bartenders with your average party, the kind punctuated by loud talk, dark rooms, and limited toilets. At face value, a house show really just requires two things: a band or musician willing to play, and house to host him or her. Even electricity isn't a given, as many acoustic-based, un-miked shows have flourished in Austin living rooms, to be sure

Viking Moses has been self-releasing cassettes since 1994, and ten years after his start, the music he made found a truly receptive audience after being included on the Golden Apples of the Sun compilation put out by Arthur magazine. The comp, curated by Devendra Banhart, also featured Joanna Newsom, Iron & Wine, CocoRosie, Little Wings and Jana Hunter, and it signaled the rise (in popular perception, anyway) of what came to be known as New Weird America.