In a recent posting on the band’s CASH Music site, Kristin Hersh, frontwoman for college rock heroes Throwing Muses, revealed the group had called time out on their activities largely due to the fact that they couldn’t make a living out of being a band. According to Hersh, the Muses “could no longer afford to work” due to the cost of recording and touring, and that “Happily or sadly, we were at the top of our game when we made the decision to stop”. But, fans of the band now have a reason to be cheerful, as – in a move not dissimilar to that of Michael Gira’s Swans that we recently reported – they have taken to the internet, using CASH Music to solicit donations from the public towards recording the new songs that Hersh has been working on. You can find out more about CASH Music, a open-source nonprofit company, founded by Hersh herself here, and don’t be shy to donate, as I for one want to hear those new jams!
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Bits & Pieces
Michael Gira to Resurrect Swans for a New Record, Fans Invited to ‘Executive-Produce’
01.20.10Hey post-punk fans, are you bored without much to do this winter? How do you like the sound of being an executive producer of the new Swans album? Well, if you’ve got $100 lying around, or just a whole bunch of quarters hiding down the back of the sofa (well, at least 400 to be precise…) you could do just that. Michael Gira, vocalist for the Swans, who went on unofficial hiatus in 1997, was apparently struck with the idea of reforming the New York band whilst on tour with his current project Angels of Light. So inspired was Gira by a particular moment of a show (performing with Akron/Family as his backing band) which he described as “equivalent of a deep and soulful act of copulation” that he thought it was time to resurrect the Swans moniker. But beware, “THIS IS NOT A REUNION” says Gira nor is it “some dumb-ass nostalgia act,” but a way for the band to “move FORWARD, in a new direction.” So, Swans fans, consider yourselves warned, but go be excited nonetheless!
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Concert Reviews
Camera Obscura @ La Tulipe – 06.26.09
07.02.09
A hint of tangy blackberry icing and sweet angel food cake washed through the mouths of La Tulipe’s attendees, as the Scottish collective Camera Obscura regaled Montreal with acute love and pain… maudlin style. (more…)
