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Posted in To Do | music on August 28, 2008
the Capstan Shafts playing rare NYC show tonight w/ Charles Bissell (Wrens) & Matt LeMay's band Get Him Eat Him
The Capstan Shafts @ Stannard Church, Stannard VT, 10/6/07 (tasrepus)
"On October 6th, Dean Wells (aka the Capstan Shafts) played his first-ever live show at a tiny church in Stannard, Vermont." [Matt LeMay, PitchforkMedia.com]
I think The Capstan Shafts then visited NYC soon after to play a small CMJ-related show. I have no idea what the Jandek-like Dean Wells has been doing since. Probably writing music...
With over 17 releases since 1999 (self-released under his own Ladder The Xmas Monkey and through labels such as Asaurus and Yellow Mica), describing The Capstan Shafts as steadily prolific would be an understatement. However, until now, there has never been a properly distributed release, although word on Wells' deliriously prodigious recordings has been percolating in the indie pop underground and building momentum with each new release. The band has signed to Rainbow Quartz in 2007 to release a brand new 29-track LP, environ maiden. (Think early GBV meets Lou Barlow with a dash of the entire Elephant 6 collective.)I do know what The Captain Shafts is doing tonight (Aug 28, 2008) though. He's playing a show at the Knitting Factory in NYC with the great Charles Bissell of the Wrens and Get Him Eat Him, WHO, is fronted by Captain Shafts fan and Pitchfork writer Matt LeMay.
[from an October 2007 press release]
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Posted on August 28, 2008 1:28 PM
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Comments (4)
Wow, I didn't realize that Matt LeMay was the singer in Get Him Eat Him. Too bad he's a shitty writer, because his band is good.
Posted by Anonymous | August 28, 2008 1:38 PM
Get Him Eat Him is awful.
Posted by Anonymous | August 28, 2008 2:03 PM
Yeah, 1:38, I think it's the other way around.
Posted by Anonymous | August 28, 2008 2:26 PM
Capstan Shafts is also playing tomorrow night at Glasslands in Brooklyn with the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, My Teenage Stride, and the Beets. 9PM
Posted by Jeff K | August 28, 2008 2:57 PM