http://liepaper.com/blog Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:32:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Portland's Gaarden Records are taking orders for their first release: Miniatures by Matthew Robert Cooper of Eluvium fame. This vinyl release is limited to 2,000 copies with the first 1,000 being on colored wax. If the track below is any indication, Miniatures should tide fans over until the next Eluvium ... http://liepaper.com/blog/2008/08/04/matthew-coopers-miniatures-lp-now-available/ On August 4th, Tom Meluch will turn 24. In the world of independent music, Meluch is known as Benoît Pioulard, one of Kranky's most exciting artists. In 2006, Meluch released Précis, an album that showcased an artist well beyond his years. Précis married introspective songwriting and experimental soundscapes in a ... http://liepaper.com/blog/2008/08/01/interview-benoit-pioulard/ The New Year video teaser clip #3 As the saying goes, good things always come in threes. The New Year fully subscribes to the maxim and proves as much with this, the launch of their third and final album teaser video clip. A little secret: this one includes a brief audio ... http://liepaper.com/blog/2008/07/29/the-new-year-post-third-teaser-new-dates/ On September 23rd, Astronautalis (Andy Bothwell) will return with his third full length, Pomegranate. This is Astro's first album since 2006's The Mighty Ocean And Nine Dark Theaters. Since the release of that album, Bothwell has relocated from Jacksonville, Florida to Seattle. Bothwell has also made the move to Eyeball ... http://liepaper.com/blog/2008/07/29/astronautalis-signs-to-eyeball-drinks-pomegranate/ Stars Of The Lid's Brian McBride has joined forces with producer Kenneth James Gibson to form Bell Gardens. The duo are working on an album that Gibson describes as "a new heady, classical, pop record" that contains "lots of vocals, strings, horns." I know that isn't much information, but I'll ... http://liepaper.com/blog/2008/07/23/brian-mcbride-joins-bell-gardens/