Anathallo

Olof Arnalds @ Prospect Park in June (more by Chris La Putt) tonight in NYC * DANCE * The Rapture @ Matchless * Blood Orange @ Bruar Falls * We Are Ivy League @ Union Hall * Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival * Son Volt, Sera Cahoone @ Irving Plaza * Aretha Franklin @ Radio City Music Hall * The Horrors, Crocodiles @ Bowery Ballroom * The Sounds, Foxy Shazam @ Roseland Ballroom * Ramona Falls, Music Video, We Are Country Mice @ Pianos * Olof Arnalds, Nadia Sirota, Emilyn Brodsky @ Union Pool * Face to Face, Pegboy, Polar Bear Club @ Gramercy Theatre * Richard Lloyd & The Sufi-Monkey Trio @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * Datarock, Esser, JDH & Dave P, Karin Park @ Highline Ballroom * Fun...

* Matt Joynt - Vocals, Guitar, Auxiliary Percussion, Piano * Bret Wallin - Trombone, Auxiliary Percussion, Vocals * Danny Bracken - Guitar, Auxiliary Percussion, Vocals * Seth Walker - Bass, Vocals * Jeremiah Johnson - Drums, Percussion, Vocals * Erica Froman - Vocals, Auxiliary Percussion, Autoharp * Jamie Macleod - Flugelhorn, Auxiliary Percussion, VocalsAs previously mentioned, Sam Amidon is currently keeping busy over in Europe (with and without Doveman), playing an upcoming show at The Stone, and joining Nico Muhly (and Doveman) for a show at Lincoln Center...

DOWNLOAD: Jennifer O'Connor - Here with Me (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Jennifer O'Connor - Valley Road '86 (MP3) I'm doing pretty good with my guesses so far...

Anathallo's is the standout music release this week, one that is sure to end up on many "best of 2008" album lists. Other albums released this week that I have heard and can definitely recommend include Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band's The Mountain, Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan's Sunday at Devil Dirt, Max Tundra's Parallax Error Beheads You, and Momus's Joemus...

Anathallo @ Mercury Lounge, NYC - May 23, 2008 (more by Kyle Reinford) tonight in NYC * Metro Area @ Love * Islands @ Webster Hall * Lucky Dragons @ Silent Barn * Mike Ladd & others @ The Yard * Dosh & Anathallo @ Union Hall * Holiday of Hardcore @ Studio B * Firewater & Cordero @ Southpaw * X & The Detroit Cobras @ Irving Plaza * Olive Juice Independent Music Festival * Team Robespierre & NinjaSonik, Bikes in the Kitchen Party There's also Jam on The River in Philly and Sasquatch in Gorge, Washington...

Gothamist: I assume you're going to be with Andrew Bird at All Points West? Dosh: Absolutely. Yes. That's going to be awesome. Gothamist: Where are you guys at with his new album...

DOWNLOAD: Dosh - full set @ Hi-Dive (2/9/07) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Dosh - Henderson Four (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Dosh - If You Want To, You Have To (new MP3) , Martin Dosh's fourth official LP, arrives after its architect spent nearly a year on the road--touring solo and as a member of Andrew Bird's band--and yet, he sounds reborn...

01. Parenthetical Girls - If it's a time for Christmas (2:46) 02. Ween - Silent Night (1:40) 03. Andrew Dost (Anathallo) - Yeah, I Know, It's Christmastime (2:04) 04...

Whether Andrew Dost is still a member of Anathallo is not totally clear. Wikipedia has him as a "former member", but an update posted to Anathallo's MySpace page on August 17th doesn't make it seem like he's going anywhere - except out on the road as a solo musician for a bit...