Dear people, this is Sophie Klahr, Cass McCombs social media manager / czar. You can find me in all sorts of ways and modes here on the internet, ask questions, send comments, links, videos, articles, anything that might spark curiosity or inspiration. Heres an excerpt of a speech on by the poet & activist Paul Monette - he has some powerful things to say about truth-telling & oppression that I think applies also to the oppression of ideas & anyone that deviates from The Norm: synonymforliving.wordpress It has been a great year for us, and the end of the Cass McCombs Band tour with the Meat Puppets is nearing, taking place at the end of the month in Arizona ( Crescent Ballroom), San Diego ( Casbah San Diego), LA ( Troubadour ), San Francisco ( The Independent ), Seattle ( Neumos Seattle), and Portland ( Doug Fir Lounge). cassmccombs/shows/ Watch Big Wheel here: youtube/watch?v=m_jA8-Gf1M0 and, here, some Praise for Big Wheel and Others, and Cass McCombs: “…A hard man to pin down.” -THE GUARDIAN “…A massive, sprawling tapestry..” - THE NEW YORK TIMES Sometimes I hear one of his [Cass McCombs’] songs and its hard for me to believe that he wrote it. Its hard for me to believe that it hasnt been around forever, that its not an institution.” - ARIEL RECHTSHAID, Grammy-nominated producer Playing with him, watching him, listening to him, you realize hes a bridge… His songs have this flow, where they just keep going and going, like a biplane over rolling hills, continuing and continuing to the point where they become meditations.” – Mike Gordon of PHISH spin/articles/cass-mccombs-big-wheel-and-others-interview/ “…The absolute must-hear.” -SPIN “…His best work to date.” -VILLAGE VOICE “...One of the foremost singer/songwriters of our generation.” -AMOEBA RECORDS [LOS ANGELES] “his masterpiece... an adventurous, playful album.” -Q “his most immersive and stirring to date” -DROWNED IN SOUND McCombs at his hypnotic, country-downbeat best...it’s brilliant. - NME A massively impressive undertaking, with richly rewarding, flourishing, beautiful songs. -THE FLY It’s one great adventure across genres, emotions and highways, and one that’s ultimately rewarding. - SHOOT4MUSIC Cass McCombs is an understated talent, who makes song writing such an effortless craft and plays with such delicate and consummate musicianship.’ - CRACK – 16/20 Sheer beauty and genius writing.’ - DAZED – Top 10 Albums of The Month A success, featuring some of McCombs strongest song writing to date…a musical voyage worth entering.” -FADED GLAMOUR Onwards....thank you... and keep listening ....
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 00:55:01 +0000
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