Peep some photos by Kat Cheng of Charlemagne and Scotland Yard Gospel Choir live at Sound Fix Records, Brooklyn.
posted by Gold Skull Tuesday, November 20, 2007 (another) New Member
Matt Ricchini, Carl Johns, Michael Heinzer, and new kid Jordan Parker outside the Mercury Lounge, NY.
True to Charlemagne form, no lineup can stay the same for more than a few months. The band gets bigger, the band gets smaller, people go to grad school, have kids, jail, etc., so it's with great pleasure that we introduce Jordan Parker who is helping out on keys and guitar. Jordan has made a lot of electronic music with if_then_else, drummed with Madison country band Brown Derby, and written classical compositions. oooooooooooooooo
posted by Gold Skull Tuesday, October 23, 2007 Profile in COOL'EH Magazine
Read it here:
http://coolehmag.com/frontEnd/interview.php?i=37&s=47
posted by Gold Skull Tuesday, October 23, 2007 Three NYC Shows in October
Sun Oct 14
The Mercury Lounge, 217 E. Houston (corner or Ave A/Houston)
Charlemagne plays at 10pm
w/ Corn Mo & The .357 Lover (9pm), Drowning Girl (8pm), Seedy Ease (7pm)
$8
mercuryloungenyc.com
Wed Oct 17
The Lion's Den, 214 Sullivan St. (btw Bleeker/W 3rd St.)
CMJ SideCho and Anodyne Records Showcase
Charlemagne plays at 9pm
w/ 1090 Club (12am), Meat Puppets (11pm), Via Audio (10pm), The Valley
Arena (8pm)
$15
www.cegmusic.com/lionsden/
Tue Oct 30
New York, NY- The Delancey, 168 Delancey (btw Clinton/Attorney)
Charlemagne plays at 9:30pm
w/ Baby Teardrops (10:30pm), Batorats (8:30pm), Nikki Shapiro (7:30pm)
$6
www.thedelancey.com
posted by Gold Skull Monday, October 08, 2007 We Can Build An Island out Tues Sept 11 The third Charlemagne album, We Can Build An Island, is out Tuesday September 11, 2007. In contrast to the first two, this one is more live sounding and less produced, more raw less candy, more angles less lush. Differences aside however, it showcases the pop sensibilities oft compared to The Kinks, The Vaselines, and 80's-90's Australia/New Zealand pop bands, that have long been signature Charlemagne.
Tracklist:1. Crushes
2. Quivers On An Overpass
3. You Are My Diary
4. New Train
5. Saturn Return
6. You Dipped Your Toes In Blood
7. The First Day Of Spring
8. We're Gonna Hate All Over This Town
9. Death Brings Us Together
10. Until We Are Called Beyond
11. 8X10
We Can Build An Island was made at Tucson's Wavelab Studio where a wide variety artists such as Calexico, Robyn Hitchcock, Iron and Wine, and Animal Collective have recorded. The whole thing was tracked on 2" analog tape and mixed manually over 10 days. Instrumentation includes a lot of vintage guitars and amps, drums, 12-string, Rhodes, Hammond, Wurlitzer, violin, vibraphone, and a tone generator.
Pics from the sessions, trip the to Meat Rack, the desert, etc.
Backing Mr. Johns on this one are Matt Ricchini (drums, percussion, harmonies, guitars) and bassist Michael Heinzer (bass, 12-string), both of the Philadelphia band Soft People. These fellas also make up the current live band. And in addition to playing both gentlemen brought additional talents to the project, Matt as a producer and Michael as the cover artist.
Some places to listen:
+ myspace.com/charlemagne
+ sidecho.com
+ purevolume.com/charlemagne
+ virb.com/charlemagne
Some places to buy:
+ Merch table at a show
+ Local independent record store
+ beholdcharlemagne.com
+ sidecho.com
+ iTunes (get 3 bonus tracks), emusic, rhapsody, etc.
+ Pretty much all major stores and online catalogs
posted by Gold Skull Sunday, September 09, 2007 "New Train" Video
Charlemagne just finished a video for track 4 of We Can Build an Island, "New Train." It's by filmmaker Mike Zaleski and was made in about 6 hours at a house in West Philly. It's got a shower scene, cooking, a cat, drawing, and fake blood. Here ya go:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFKIGGrEbt0
posted by Gold Skull Sunday, September 09, 2007 New Pics: Australia and Brooklyn In July Charlemagne played three gigs in Australia as a duo with the lovely and talented Emily Farrell:
And our friend Leyla of Soft Action Style took some polaroids in Brooklyn:
posted by Gold Skull Sunday, September 09, 2007 Digital Decor
Wallpaper and buddy icons now available from SideCho.posted by Gold Skull Tuesday, July 24, 2007 "Pink and Silver" Video
Behold chocolate-covered cherries, thorns, blades of grass, flashlights, making-out, and dorks with swords! All this and more in a video for Detour Allure's "Pink and Silver" by Chicago filmmaker Jennifer Reeder which earned a screening at the 2006 Rotterdam Film Festival."Pink and Silver" Video
posted by Gold Skull Saturday, June 09, 2007
| Email List |