Grails

Art for the Lilacs & Champagne LP It’s nearly impossible to nail down a Grails release as far as influence is concerned; odd 70s soundtracks, prog, kraut-rock, post-rock, goth and dashes of metal all rear their head in every release in equal measure…

Typhoon played a great set with thirteen people on stage, a friend notes that every time she sees the band there’s someone else in it. After their set, lead singer Kyle Morton goes and sits with his family in the crowd after and obliges a female fan who asks to take a picture with him…

Emil Amos with Grails at KF in April (more by BBG) Holy Sons, aka Emil Amos of Om/Grails, will support Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks on part of their upcoming jaunt across the East Coast/Mid-West, including at Terminal 5 on 9/26…

Emil Amos, the drummer of both Grails, and Om (aka Holy Sons) will be opening up for Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks on their 2011 fall North American tour…

Here is the initial lineup for Willamette Week‘s MusicfestNW, scheduled for Sept. 7-11, 2011 in Portland, Oregon, and it’s pretty great. The multi-venue fest includes big outdoor performances (Sunday, Sept…

Battles @ (le) Poisson Rouge (more by Benjamin Lozovsky) today in Chicago * Deftones @ the Riv * Battles, cpkay (DJ Set) @ Lincoln Hall * Dax Riggs, Brighton Ma @ Beat Kitchen * Grails, James Blackshaw @ Empty Bottle * Femi Kuti & The Positive Force, DJ Warp @ Metro * Scattered Trees, The Loneliest Monk, Chaperone @ Schubas Scattered Trees‘ show at Schubas tonight will also act as their record release for the forthcoming LP Sympathy…

We dip a bit into May this weekend, and I don’t want to jinx it…but the weather has been fantastic so far! Below, you’ll find some amazing lineups taking form, head out and see something…

The eclectic sounds of Grails played Knitting Factory on a wet Easter night (last night, 4/24) with tour-mate James Blackshaw. Unfortunately, I missed all of Moonrises‘s set and at least half of James Blackshaw’s, though his twelve-string guitar’s resonant (in tone and emotion) and gorgeous compositions sounded amazing…

DOWNLOAD: Grails – “I Led Three Lives” (MP3) Grails at Newtown Barge Park (more by Greg Cristman) Want to see me nerd out, and quick? Throw on the new Grails LP Deep Politics, which combines bits of the KPM Library with Lalo Schifrin, 70s prog, David Axelrod, and 100s of oddball influences to create a wholly cohesive and ballsy record…

today in NYC * Bars Mitzvah @ Southpaw * Ozomatli @ Irving Plaza * Questlove @ Brooklyn Bowl * Chuck D @ Apple Store SoHo * Bad Reputation @ Barbes * Colin Stetson @ The Stone * Lotus, D…