WED MAY 13 | SOUND LAB | BUFFALO, NY
(with Bev Beverley)
THR MAY 14 | DEATH BY AUDIO | BROOKLYN, NY
(with Buffalo Stance, Spiral Beach)
FRI MAY 15 | KANSAS HOUSE | ARLINGTON, VA
(with Blues Control)
SAT MAY 16 | HEXAGON | BALTIMORE, MD
(with Blues Control, Javelin, Dream Neighbor, Polygons)
SUN MAY 17 | WOODSTOVE | PHILADELPHIA, PA
(with Javelin, Buffalo Stance, Mincemeant or Tenspeed)
TUES MAY 19 | SONOTHEQUE | CHICAGO, IL
(with Gatekeeper) (DJ / LIVE PA SET)
SUN MAY 31 | RONNY'S | CHICAGO, IL
(with EAR PWR, Golden Birthday)
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
FREE MUSIC ARCHIVE
"Its not just free music, its good music"
Over 5000 tracks available for free on the new FMA curated by WFMU.
Check out a few CHANDELIERS tracks available there..
http://freemusicarchive.org/
Over 5000 tracks available for free on the new FMA curated by WFMU.
Check out a few CHANDELIERS tracks available there..
http://freemusicarchive.org/
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Dirty Moves review
As denizens of a vibrant and eclectic music scene that hinges around the Shape Shoppe recording space on Chicago’s near South side, Chandeliers hail from the same community that includes the inventive Chi-town entities Icy Demons, Bronze, Killer Whales, Bird Names, and Mahjongg. With their 2008 debut The Thrush, the band introduced audiences to their own brand of keyboard-heavy dance rock -- a sound that twisted and shifted through an array of styles and compelling rhythms and proved that the band had a lot of tricks up its collective sleeve.
While listeners might’ve thought they’d gotten a fix on Chandeliers from what The Thrush had to offer, it now seems that we were only getting small part of the picture. The group’s new “mixtape” release, Dirty Moves, offers an extended look at the multi-faceted creative energy that filters into the group’s music.
Selected from a backlog of practice tapes that span the group’s four-year history, Dirty Moves not only charts the band’s evolution, but also displays their stunning artistic flexibility. Over the course of 33 tracks, we hear Chandeliers digging deep into groove mode, all the while engaging in the sort of open-eared improvisational interplay that fuels the band’s music, as melodic motifs get bounced around and the beat gets taken in unexpected and delightful directions. Over the course of 33 tracks, the group snakes all over the musical map and brilliantly runs through a diverse array of styles. From middle eastern synth-pop to Congotronic clatter, electro and 21st century techno-funk, plus a few slips in cinematic mode and a couple of brief sojourns into celestial realms.
Now available on Cassette and LP via the HBSP-2X label, Dirty Moves reveals the working processes of a group that’s percolating with ideas and restlessly pursuing possibilities. Tight on the one hand and loose on the other, occasionally gritty but consistently crafty -- those are the sort of moves (“dirty” and otherwise) that Chandeliers can call their own.
-- Graham Sanford
While listeners might’ve thought they’d gotten a fix on Chandeliers from what The Thrush had to offer, it now seems that we were only getting small part of the picture. The group’s new “mixtape” release, Dirty Moves, offers an extended look at the multi-faceted creative energy that filters into the group’s music.
Selected from a backlog of practice tapes that span the group’s four-year history, Dirty Moves not only charts the band’s evolution, but also displays their stunning artistic flexibility. Over the course of 33 tracks, we hear Chandeliers digging deep into groove mode, all the while engaging in the sort of open-eared improvisational interplay that fuels the band’s music, as melodic motifs get bounced around and the beat gets taken in unexpected and delightful directions. Over the course of 33 tracks, the group snakes all over the musical map and brilliantly runs through a diverse array of styles. From middle eastern synth-pop to Congotronic clatter, electro and 21st century techno-funk, plus a few slips in cinematic mode and a couple of brief sojourns into celestial realms.
Now available on Cassette and LP via the HBSP-2X label, Dirty Moves reveals the working processes of a group that’s percolating with ideas and restlessly pursuing possibilities. Tight on the one hand and loose on the other, occasionally gritty but consistently crafty -- those are the sort of moves (“dirty” and otherwise) that Chandeliers can call their own.
-- Graham Sanford
Monday, March 30, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
'Dirty Moves' mixtape on HBSP-2X
'Dirty Moves' is a mixtape collection of improv jams and room recordings and loops from us Chandeliers in various forms over the past 4 years. It is what the title describes, and everything (except one jam: thanks benjamin balcom) was recorded by the band on our Tascam 4-Track tape machine. Most of the recordings involved only one mic, so compared to our studio recordings, this is more like being in the same room with us while we're playing. A seamless collection of 33 lost mini soundtracks to the films in your head.... Here is the tracklisting:
SIDE A:
01. Analogue Cabin (2:30)
02. Rubber Room (0:42)
03. 3rd World (2:30)
04. Rotation (0:31)
05. Dragon Contest (2:17)
06. Telekinesis (4:19)
07. Pharaoh's Fury (2:47)
08. Baker Bros (1:35)
09. Taste of Cherry (1:12)
10. San Miguel (1:48)
11. Aerobiz (1:27)
12. Prisoner (0:59)
13. Yaqona (2:27)
14. The Durks (1:04)
SIBE B:
01. Barcelona (0:49)
02. Mayfield (0:52)
03. Triumph (0:42)
04. Ravecrunk (0:41)
05. Everybody Knows (1:35)
06. Sarah Lynn (0:33)
07. In the Octagon (2:01)
08. Street Talk (1:47)
09. Champion (1:40)
10. Color Motion (0:35)
11. Moon Lit (1:00)
12. Yellow Sky (1:00)
13. Arms Deal (0:49)
14. Hotshot (0:54)
15. Circulation (2:18)
16. Sensory Deprivation (0:32)
17. Fiji (1:06)
18. Axis (1:19)
19. Rice (2:20)
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Kindred spirits
JAVELIN !!
can't wait to meet/ jam with these dudes in may!
Javelin - Soda Popinski from Ian McAlpin on Vimeo.
Friday, January 30, 2009
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