Author: Chad

April 29, 2008 In Laura Gibson

Laura Gibson on the Netwaves.

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Laura Gibson barnstormed the netwaves of NPR both nationally and regionally this week. The influential All Songs Considered put her version of “Freight Train” at the top of their broad/net/podcast, remarking “Her singing feels transported perhaps from the early days of sound recording.” If you didn’t catch her disarmingly unvarnished video of her singing in the desk of producer Bob Boilen in the NPR offices, it’s worth a peek. (I think the video clip has been reposted in its entirety.)

In our own fair state, the excellent OPBmusic aired a previously recorded studio performance and interview. These studio sessions really are gifts to the internet republic, so surf on over and listen a spell!

ps. You’ll find performances from Nick Jaina and Loch Lomond archived there as well. Shout outs go to Weinland, Laura Veirs, Portland Cello Project, and Pseudosix sessions too.

April 23, 2008 In News, Shelley Short

Water for the (Earth) Day.

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photo: Laurent Orseau

Yes it is the day after Earth Day, but I suppose we’re being fashionably late with a few announcements regarding the lovely Shelley Short.

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  • Water For The Day is out now. Available at finer retailers and via iTunes and others.
  • We just posted the FREE enhanced HUSHcast of Shelley Short’s Water For The Day available also via iTunes.
  • Water For The Day is the first of several releases to sport our new HUSH 100% recycled content packaging. It’s an eco, handsome and nice-to-touch packaging alternative. Consider a purchase at the HUSHshop.
  • Shelley shared a few words about her latest album with The indefatigable Large Hearted Boy blog for their Note Books series.
  • Lastly, here’s what the locals have to say about it:

    • “Shelley Short The sweet-voiced Short knows how to bring power to her vocals, with a broad emotional range that makes her folk songs sometimes fierce, sometimes gentle, sometimes both. “ – The Oregonian

    “Sounding like the gorgeous-voiced kid sister of Neko Case, Shelley Short treats folk music with a mere fleeting interest, liberally picking and choosing from the storied genre with great care on her third full-length, Water for the Day.” – Portland Mercury

    “She’s able to come across cute and wise all at once, which is no easy feat. On “How Grand,” she employs coos that might seem campy or twee in another songwriter’s hands, but Short comes across more like a gentle owl offering tidbits of worldly insight from high atop a gnarled, windswept tree.” – Willamette Week

    April 22, 2008 In News

    The Auteur at Tribeca Film Festival, NYC, this week.

    The Auteur is a hilarious indie film, made in Portland by writer / director James Westby, featuring HUSH artists on the majority of the soundtrack. It’s screening serveral times this weekend at The Tribeca Film Festival, which had the presence of mind to highlight its “great indie rock soundtrack”. Below is a making-of reel. (A brief warning: may not be suitable for work, etc. Features blocked out nudity and language.) If you are in the NYC area this weekend we implore you to go see it! It’s an original mix of raunchiness and sweetness that will have you rolling in the aisle. For showtimes and more go to theauteurmovie.com or make friends on myspace.

    April 21, 2008 In Rauelsson

    Bienvenidos Rauelsson

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    Raúl Pastor Medall is the first of our roster to break our anglophone release history and we’re thrilled about it. We became acquainted with Raúl during his Portland residency last year as he made fast friends with The Loch Lomond crew and Laura Gibson, among others.

    His forthcoming release for HUSH is as stunning in form as it is in sound: Two satisfying EP CDs are housed in sturdy black board gatefold with Evan B. Harris (Cover artist for Laura Gibson’s If You Come To Greet Me) scribed text, printed with gold ink.

    Raúl has given several interviews for Spanish radio recently and is presently at work on a soundtrack. We are looking forward to having him back in the Northwest in May.

    Until then, enjoy this lovely tune (Featuring Laura Gibson):

    Otoño Pacifico

    And say ciao over on his site or myspace

    April 21, 2008 In Laura Gibson, News

    On The Road With Laura Gibson

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    Laura’s been out on the road with Colin Meloy for a couple weeks now, opening the shows and singing duets with the most famous HUSH alumni. The route took them through DC, where Ms. Gibson had the pleasure of meeting Bob Boilen of NPR. Bob intived her to his desk cubicle to perform for those who weren’t on deadline for an off the cuff performance of “Hands In Pockets”. Have a look. The payoff is a the end, I think.

    Very endearing, as always.

    April 15, 2008 In News, Nick Jaina

    Checking in again with Nick Jaina

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    Burlington Free Press offers this classy audio postcard montage. The lads are working their way back to Stumptown, but if you’re a Californian you’ll have no excuse not to catch them live, as they play every locale in the golden state over the next three weeks or so. (see sidebar for dates).

    As if maiking up for lost time, Nick waxed poetical in a tour diary update to rival the likes of Melville at localcut.com. The scene was Wichita, KS, and the outlook is temporarily dour (but in case you don’t make it to the end) everything is okay, everything is alright. The music goes on.

    We’ve also added Nick’s 2005 CD effort The Bluff Of All Time, and some handsome Nick Jaina related Tees to the HUSHshop.

    April 10, 2008 In News, Shelley Short

    Shelley Short: Gifts From Paris & Portland

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    photo: Laurent Orseau

    We’re pleased to announce that Shelley’s third album Water For The Day is now available for early order in the HUSHshop. Shelley will be playing a not-to-miss CD Release show at The Someday Lounge in Portland this Sunday April 13th before a short west coast tour to begin later in the month.

    Thanks to Laurent Orseau, who since 2001 have fostered creativity with rare kindness and warmth with their nonprofit association Hinah, a true gift to humanity from which songs, images, and writings spring eternal. Shelley Short recently stopped in and annointed their new flat with a few songs:

    Find this and more at Hinah.com

    1 – “Godamn Thing”
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    2 – “Sunny Side”
    00:02:37 / 2.99 MB
    3 – “Swimming”
    00:03:23 / 3.88 MB
    4 – “How Grand”
    00:03:18 / 3.78 MB
    5 – “Bells Of Hell”
    00:01:57 / 2.23 MB