The Capstan Shafts

The Capstan Shafts made a new album, scheduled dates

The Capstan Shafts (aka Dean Wells) released a 14-track album called Kind Empires to his bandcamp last night. The album release date is written as July 17, 2011, so maybe a physical pressing is coming, but right now you can download the album (name your price)…

Bass Drum of Death releasing 'GB City', playing NYC w/ Capstan Shafts (MP3s & tour dates)

DOWNLOAD: Bass Drum of Death – Heart Attack Kid (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Bass Drum of Death – Get Found (MP3) Mississippi duo Bass Drum of Death are in town for two shows this week: tomorrow (1/18) night at Glasslands with Smith Westerns (now sold out) and Wednesday (1/19) at Pianos where they’ll open for the Captain Shafts (Smith Westerns were originally on this bill too, but dropped off a while ago)…

Elf Power released an LP, on tour - Brooklyn tonight w/ Capstan Shafts, T5 w/ Broken Bells, other dates

“Elf Power” was released this week…Elf Power is dedicated to the memory of dear friend, mentor, and close collaborator Vic Chesnutt, who committed suicide in late 2009…

new Capstan Shafts (MP3 from Revelation Skirts - out soon)

DOWNLOAD: Capstan Shafts – Quiet Wars (MP3) Since his first live show in 2007, Vermont songwriter Dean Wells (now a West Virginia resident) has been slowly expanding the Capstan Shafts, his bedroom-pop project that’s prolifically released lo-fi albums since 1999…

What's going on Wednesday?

The Whitest Boy Alive @ Coachella 2010 (more by Rachell Carr) tonight in NYC * The Luyas secret show * The Specials @ Terminal 5 * Kings Go Forth, Rafter @ Mercury Lounge * Micachu & the Shapes, Mon Khmer @ Mercury Lounge * Sonos, Peter Bradley Adams @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * Capstan Shafts, USVS, Lame Drivers @ Public Assembly * Sunglasses, My Gold Mask, Lagoon, Neighbors @ Union Hall * The Thermals, Past Lives, The Tony Castles @ Brooklyn Bowl * The Whitest Boy Alive, Keepaway @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * The Midnight Sounds, Valleys, Sally Head, Psychic @ Glasslands * Kelis, Maluca, Skeet Skeet, Sammy Bananas @ Santos Party House * Apples in Stereo, Generationals, Laminated Cat @ Bowery Ballroom * Mixel Pixel, Hosannas, Unicornicopia, Hermit Thrushes @ Cake Shop * Jakob Dylan & Three Legs (with Neko Case & Kelly Hogan) @ Town Hall * MATA Festival w/ Ensemble Pamplemousse, Lisa Moore @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * Miniature Tigers, The Grates, The Stationary Set @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn * Amanda Diva, Apollo Heights, Black Thought, Styles P, Currensy @ Highline Ballroom * Mastodon, Between The Buried And Me, Baroness, Valient Thorr @ Starland Ballroom * Dusty & The Dreaming Spires, Atlantic/Pacific, The Oxygen Ponies, Cat Martino @ The Bell House Miniature Tigers headline a show at Knitting Factory tonight, which is one night before they open for The Morning Benders at Knitting Factory which is four nights before they go out on tour with Free Energy and Jukebox the Ghost, which is three days before they are back in NYC with that tour to play Bowery Ballroom The Grates open that show at Knitting Factory tonight…

What's going on Friday?

Lee Fields @ Pop Montreal 2009 (more by Ryan Muir) tonight in NYC * Thrones @ The Stone * Baye Kouyate & The Tougarake @ Zebulon * Tinariwen, Fool’s Gold @ The Bell House * Jospeh Arthur, Chris Garneau @ City Winery * Editors, The Antlers, The Dig @ Terminal 5 * Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck @ Madison Square Garden * Fucked Up, Kurt Vile, Frankie & The Outs @ Europa * Ghost of a Saber Toothed Tiger, Mi-Gu @ Union Pool * The Death Set, Freshkills, Ghost Blazer, Hulk Smash @ Lit * Elk City, Bird of Youth, Gold Lake, LookBook @ Union Hall * The Capstan Shafts, The Octagon, Corsair @ Ding Dong Lounge * Xylos, Pocket Knife, Emilyn Brodsky @ Studio at Webster Hall * Boom Chick, The Powder Kegs, In Cadeo, Noah Nite @ The Cameo * Game Rebellion, ESSO, Emilio Rojas, Donny Goines @ 92YTribeca * Leslie & the Ly’s, Christopher the Conquered @ Mercury Lounge * Stars of Track and Field, Leisurely @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn * Goes Cube, Rosetta, East of the Wall, Restorations @ The Charleston * Dirty Projectors & Alarm Will Sound @ The Allen Room at Lincoln Center * Secret Machines, Bear in Heaven, Mon Khmer, Noveller, Papa @ Glasslands * Dawes, Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons, Jason Boesel @ Bowery Ballroom * Truman Peyote, Many Mansions, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Cop Magnet @ Surreal Estate * Lee Fields & The Expressions, Charles Bradley and The Menahan Street Band @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * Heads Up Display, No One & The Somebodies, William Manning, The Drinkers Themselves, TJ Desola @ Shea Stadium Hi from Norway…

Capstan Shafts, now a full-band - dates (NYC tonight)

The Capstan Shafts @ Stannard Church, Stannard VT, 10/6/07 (tasrepus) Since the first Capstan Shafts live shows in 2007, Vermont songwriter Dean Wells has been playing out more and more…

The Capstan Shafts is playing CMJ (again)

DOWNLOAD: The Capstan Shafts – Middles of June (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Capstan Shafts – Anthropecene Stealers (MP3) After his first-ever show, an acoustic performance in October 2007, bedroom-pop singer-songwriter Dean Wells (aka The Capstan Shafts) has been playing live more and more…

What's going on Thursday?

Scott Matthew @ Bowery Ballroom – Aug 26, 2008 (more by Chris La Putt) today in NYC * DANCE * FREE STUFF * Paramore at Summerstage! * Xiu Xiu @ Bowery Ballroom * Dissapearer @ Union Pool * Lykke Li @ (le) Poisson Rouge * Robbers on High Street & Radio 4 @ Fontana’s * The Capstan Shafts, Charles Bissell & Get Him Eat Him @ Knitting Factory Common Eider, King Eider (aka Rob Fisk) is opening for Xiu Xiu…

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…