Next Friday, October 30th, I’ll be joining Mike Sule of Asheville on Bikes and KP Whaley of WPVM on-air to talk about Melanaster and AOB’s upcoming Halloween event, The Pumpkin Pedaler. The interview begins at 2:30PM, during which you’ll hear excerpts from a soon-to-be-released DJ mix. On Halloween night, I’ll be DJing outside of Clingman […]
read moreThe New York Times just posted a really insightful article exploring the algorithms employed by Pandora to customize listeners’ playlists. It also delves into the discussion of music taste based on social and cultural context rather than the music itself, which is one of my favorite thinking points (see: this post from about a month […]
read moreAnd now for something completely different. This week I’ve been feeling completely overworked, co-opted, sickly, and cold (the temperature in Asheville has taken a swift nosedive on the way to “wintry”). I decided to forgo what probably would have been a fantastic night of music on the town (both Bonobo and Bassnectar are playing next […]
read moreBeach House is a Baltimore duo that makes beautiful, dreamy indie pop. That descriptor “dreamy indie pop” usually conjures Nineties groups like My Bloody Valentine and Ride, but unlike the wall-of-guitars approach favored by those bands, Beach House does it with spare, deliberate arrangements – usually no more than guitar, keyboard, voice, and gently-pulsing electronic […]
read moreSolo DJ set this Thursday, October 15 at The Hookah Bar in Asheville. $3, 10PM. Advanced DJ techniques, challenging music and and an inviting atmosphere!
read moreThe final track listing has been released for this year’s What.CD artist compilation. Among the 100 artists that submitted tracks for consideration, Marley Carroll, Mr. Invisible, and The Good Earth Project (a collaborative NC hip-hop effort featuring members of Mr. I, Ike Turnah, Mr. Mattic and others) were selected for inclusion in the twenty-one track […]
read moreThe Prefuse 73 show and the Melanaster Band’s debut were rolling successes, thanks to gracious fans, great musicians, and the Asheville music scene. As the dust settles, there will be recordings, photos, and video from both shows posted to the blog. See you soon!
read moreAs part of the transition into the new phase of the Melanaster project, I am retracting the free download of the album more than year after it was made available online. Here’s your last chance to download the album for free (well, at least officially):
read moreGarfield Minus Garfield is a concept comic by Dan Walsh in which Garfield (the character) is removed from the strip, revealing Jon Arbuckle’s troubled inner life – his paranoia, loneliness and existential angst. The comics are alternately bizarre, hilarious and thought-provoking. The sampling provided here doesn’t really do it justice; click on the strips for […]
read moreIt’s official : the Melanaster Band’s first show will be Thursday, September 24th at the Emerald Lounge in Asheville. The lineup includes Marley Carroll (vocals, keyboards), Billy Cardine (dobro, samples), Ryan Lassiter (drums), Barrett Smith (guitar), Jake Wolf (bass). Expect to hear songs from Melanaster as well as brand-new material developed in collaboration with these […]
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