Archive for November, 2011
DECEMBER TENTH.
Posted in Paradisaical, Photos, Releases, Soundsystem on November 28, 2011 by Paradise of BachelorsTalkin’ Turkey with Bright Phoebus.
Posted in Brethren and Sistren, Miscellany, Other Sounds, Paradisaical, Press, Releases on November 24, 2011 by Paradise of BachelorsHappy Thanksgiving! The Bachelors would like to share some holiday cheer with Hiss Golden Messenger fans.
First, please consider taking a few minutes to read this righteous, and heavy duty, profile of Hiss Golden Messenger in the Independent Weekly, which plumbs the spiritual and paternal perspectives articulated in Poor Moon and spares some kind words for yours truly at PoB as well. Jordan Lawrence, the author of said essay, has also written a rave review for the Indy, asserting that “Hiss Golden Messenger’s lush and intelligent Poor Moon is a masterpiece that new and old music lovers can agree on,” featuring “brilliant” and “incredibly focussed” songs “reckoning with religion in the perilous middle ground between atheist and believer.” He also gives a nod to the ”immaculate packaging.” Thanks!
Our friends at the highly recommended online journal Art of the Rural likewise dig deep in their perceptive portrait of M.C. Taylor, teasing out in particular Poor Moon‘s lyrical links to Yeats and early twentieth-century notions of pastoralism and workaday poetics. It’s rare to read such insightful, long-form coverage of contemporary recordings, and we’re honored to pass on these press blessings.
If you haven’t yet secured your copy of this highly limited edition release you can purchase the LP here.
Here’s a seasonally appropriate clip of Hiss Golden Messenger and William Tyler performing Mike and Lal Waterson’s “Bright Phoebus” at a gig supporting the legendary Martin Carthy in Preston, Lancashire.
Expect more such magic when William plays with HGM at the Poor Moon Release Party on December 10th at Nightlight in Chapel Hill. Please join us at that event if you’re within reach/roads. (If you haven’t yet heard, local progressive jug band the BJ Creepers–Blood Jar or Bug Jar, take your pick–have recently signed on to support David Strader’s oracular yarns, and Nathan Bowles of the Black Twig Pickers will sit in with HGM too.)
We were delighted to discover the Songs from the Shed project; HGM recorded a session in Somerset during his recent autumn tour of the UK. Here are the fruits of that woodshedding.
Speaking of Albion, HGM devotees in the UK and Europe can now buy Poor Moon directly from Norman Records in Leeds. Their sly review name checks Tom Petty, David Bowie, and Dire Straits. Not bad.
Finally, during your indulgences this holiday weekend, please keep in mind the salient message of this fine title track–and the astounding cover art–to the George Hatcher Band’s 1977 album Talkin’ Turkey. Hatcher, like Said I Had a Vision impresario David Lee, hails from Cleveland County, North Carolina.
That’s all, y’all. Like Charlie Mingus so memorably sang, it’s time to eat that chicken! Or turkey, or other delicious Bird of Courage.
Hiss Golden Messenger “Poor Moon” Release Party: December 10, 2011.
Posted in Brethren and Sistren, Other Sounds, Paradisaical, Records, Releases, Soundsystem, Videos on November 6, 2011 by Paradise of Bachelors
Friends, please save the auspicious wintry date of Saturday, December 10th, and the hours of 9pm to 2am, whereupon Paradise of Bachelors and All Day Records shall present the
HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER POOR MOON LP Release Party at the Nightlight, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Featuring::::::::::::::
+ Hiss Golden Messenger, in a rare performance as a full band, with Scott Hirsch on bass, Terry Lonergan on drums, Nathan Bowles (of the Black Twig Pickers) on banjo, Zeke Graves on synths, and William Tyler on guitar;
+ William Tyler (of Lambchop and Silver Jews renown, sideman to Charlie Louvin, Candi Staton, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, et al.) playing an incantatory solo guitar set;
+ David Strader‘s enhanced prophecies delivered on and offstage, accompanied by the Bug Jar Creepers, plus a sruti box and perhaps other machines as well;
+ The Paradise of Bachelors Soundsystem and DJ Mental Feelings conjuring the finest boogies available to humanity.
Yours to feel for only $8, the price of a hoagie. PoB and HGM records will be available for sale at discounted prices.
Please join us. If you like, RSVP here. If you don’t yet have a copy of the album, or if you’re looking for a gift for a loved one this holiday season, you can purchase Poor Moon here.
Drop by All Day Records the next day, Sunday, December 11th, for a very special afternoon Bobby Charles Brunch Jam featuring many of the above musicians. More details here. It’s just Small Town Talk.
Moon Landing.
Posted in Brethren and Sistren, Paradisaical, Photos, Press, Records, Releases on November 2, 2011 by Paradise of Bachelors
Interview Magazine–as in Andy Warhol’s Crystal Ball of Pop–has just published an interview with M.C. Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger about songwriting, his new Poor Moon album, and what it means to be a professional folklorist. Check it out here, and buy your copy of the LP here.
Also, the plant that pressed the record, Cleveland’s Gotta Groove, has featured Poor Moon in the wake of their own recent feature in the New York Times.
Stay tuned for more press, forthcoming shortly.
Poor Moon + Meshes of the Afternoon = El Día de los Muertos.
Posted in Paradisaical, Press, Videos on November 1, 2011 by Paradise of Bachelors
Today, an apropos date known variously as the high harvest holiday of Samhain, the liturgical All Saints’ Day, y el primer Día de los Muertos, is the official birth date of Hiss Golden Messenger’s masterful new Poor Moon LP. Read more and purchase your copy here before they’re all gone, or ask your local record store to stock it.
Stream “Westering” here:
In the spirit of the album, and the spectral occasion, here’s an oblique endorsement in and out of time from the great Maya Deren. These are the days of the dead. POOR MOON IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. Buy it here. Thank you for your support.
