“COMMAND PERFORMANCE”
The Arthur Magazine Email Bulletin
No. 0061
December 8, 02006
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A correction to our ‘Golden Apples of the Sun CD is sold out’ announcement in the last bulletin:
The egg’s on our face.
Turns out we actually have around 250 copies left.
We’re selling them at $12US/$14Ca/$17World postpaid until they’re gone.
Go here and scroll down to order while supplies last:
http://www.arthurmag.com/store/bastet_cds.php
INFO:
“Golden Apples of the Sun” is an April 2004 compilation of current underground folk music, as selected by Devendra Banhart. Features artwork and handlettering by Devendra on cover, back cover, sleeve, tray and the disk itself.
Some praise for this album:
“The list of names (Vetiver, Espers, Joanna Newsom, Antony, etc) gathered on Devendra Banhart’s compilation of ‘underground folk artists’ for the totally-free US counter-culture bimonthly Arthur now reads like an astonishingly prescient list of 2006’s big musical talents. Two years on, the CD still works as a joyous trip through the hollow and hilly lands of the senses, down into the genre’s core.” – Andrew Male, Mojo (Dec 2006)
“The standard [nouveau folk movement] compilation for beginners…” – Ari Spool, The Stranger (30 Nov 2006)
“Essential.” — Mojo (September 2004)
“Sparkling.” — The Wire (July 2004)
“8.6 (out of 10): [Its] sprawling landscape presents a persuasive case for the depth of a scene that seemingly sprung up (like mushrooms) overnight.” Pitchfork (8 July 2004)
Complete album running order:
1. Vetiver (with Hope Sandoval) – “Angel’s Share” (from the “Vetiver” LP)
2. Joanna Newsom – “Bridges and Balloons” (from “The Milk-Eyed Mender” LP)
3. Six Organs of Admittance – “Hazy SF” (previously unreleased)
4. Viking Moses – “Crosses” (from “Crosses”)
5. Josephine Foster – “Little Life” (prev. unreleased home recording)
6. ESPers – “Byss & Abyss” (from “ESPers” LP)
7. Vashti Bunyan & Devendra Banhart – “Rejoicing in the Hands” (from the “Rejoicing in the Hands of the Golden Empress” LP)
8. Jana Hunter – “Farm, CA” (since released on her Gnommon debut)
9. Currituck Co. – “The Tropics of Cancer” (from “Ghost Man on First”)
10. White Magic – “Don’t Need” (from the Drag City EP)
11. Iron and Wine – “Fever Dream” (from “Our Endless Numbered Days”)
12. Diane Cluck – ” Heat From Every Corner” (from “Macy’s Day Bird”)
13. Matt Valentine – “Mountains of Yaffa” (prev. unreleased)
14. Entrance – “You Must Turn” (prev. unreleased home recording)
15. Jack Rose – “White Mule” (from “Red Horse, White Mule” originally released thru Eclipse, now on VHF)
16. Little Wings – “Look at What the Light Did Now” (from “Light Green Leaves”)
17. Scout Niblett – “Wet Road” (from “Sweet Heart Fever”)
18. Troll – “Mexicana” (from “Pathless Lord”)
19. CocoRosie – “Good Friday” (from “La Maison de Mon Reve”)
20. Antony – “The Lake” (from “Live at Saint Olaye’s With Current 93”)
Kiss us we’re human,
Arthur Correction Crew
Los Angeles, California
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