December 2011
2 posts
Discontinued Perfume #1 Independent Pop Album of...
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September 2011
1 post
August 2011
2 posts
Daytrotter and Upcoming Dates →
If you haven’t already done so, please stop by the great Daytrotter and download — for free — The Caribbean’s performance in the Daytrotter studio. Matt’s snare drum rules, by the way. Well, Matt, too.
Also, we have some shows coming up:
• August 4 - The Woods, Portland OR
• August 5 - The Rendezvous, Seattle WA
• August 6 - Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver BC
•...
July 2011
1 post
New Single/Kickstarter →
Getting there—pitch in if you can!
June 2011
1 post
THE CARIBBEAN: VELVET LOUNGE JULY 9TH →
^ Here (above)’s a Washington Post review of the group’s performance at the Velvet in June (Photography: Josh Sisk - For The Washington Post)
April 2011
2 posts
WASHINGTON POST: THE CARIBBEAN, A BAND THAT'S IN... →
March 2011
1 post
THE CARIBBEAN: OUT OF EXILE →
February 2011
1 post
DISCONTINUED PERFUME ENTERS THE WORLD TODAY
Our new album, Discontinued Perfume, is out today.
Pitchfork is all like: “It’s as though the band had all the pieces for comfortable indie pop in its possession but no interest in putting them into a standard order. This is of course what makes them interesting. They are bound to confound your expectations several times on any given album, and if you’re into that, they’re...
January 2011
4 posts
TRISH KEENAN
Important to us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we3uPdZWBto&feature=related
AND REMEMBER -
November 2010
1 post
1 tag
THE CARIBBEAN: MAKE THE DAY OUT OF RANGE,... →
In antipation of the February 2010 release of The Caribbean’s gilded cage of luscious pop music, Discontinued Perfume, Hometapes has assembled a sampler/retrospective of the group’s work for free download!
October 2010
1 post
August 2010
2 posts
November 2009
1 post
All Tiny Creatures
Just contributed vocals to a song on the new All Tiny Creatures record, due out on Hometapes some time in the next six months or so. Thomas Wincek is the main songwriter in the band, and is also in Collections of Colonies of Bees and Volcano Choir. The song’s called “Tough Decisions,” and is dope. If you didn’t hear Tom’s contribution to the Volcano Choir record...
October 2009
5 posts
Kaoss
To be featured prominently on the new record. I agree with the ranking. See Jonny Greenwood use it to its fullest potential here.
Order
So on this record I think one of the first completed songs was “Mr. Let’s Find Out,” which came from a New Yorker article about Leonard Bernstein. Apparently a nickname for him. (I had no idea what a screwed up guy he was in a lot of ways). One of Michael’s best first lines ever:
It’s a good thing You’re a no one Because there’s nothing I can do
A...
Bout It
(1) Tony or Don or I [Matt] play some drum parts at The National Crayon Museum (the “studio”) in DC(Michael’s basement, specifically); this is usually done over an extended period of time.
(2) Michael takes the drum part and hammers it into something resembling a song, usually editing heavily for tempo issues (ahem — Tony) or just to make it make sense with the song he’s...