Great Lake Swimmers

According to http://www.greatlakeswimmers.com · Great Lake Swimmers are offering up a free 5-song live EP from their sold-out show at Toronto's Church of the Redeemer. Please visit http://tinyurl.com/2hx93v to download. ARRGH FUCK ME, I CAN'T STOP LISTENING TO THIS AMAZING EP!!! And, also, I MUY MUCHO HIGHLY RECOMMEND The Great Lake Swimmers most excellent 2007 release _Onigara_. As far as recommendations go, it doesn't get mucho better than the fabled _MUY MUCHO_. ... MORE

I was lost in the lakesAnd the shapes that your body makesThat your body makes, that your body makesThat your body makes The mountains said I could find you hereThey whispered the snow and the leaves in my earI traced my finger along your trailsYour body was the map, I was lost in it Floating over your rocky spineThe glaciers made you, and now you're mineFloating over your rocky spineThe glaciers made you, and now you're mine I was moving across your frozen veneerThe... MORE

What is this MOG business all about? How do I get people to trust me? Is this going to be something I become obsessed over and check constantly? Hahaha. I hope not. =o) Though I think it's a great music community network. Woohoo!

I love the Great Lake Swimmers for their folky, quiet, haunting, and wistful sound and lyrics. Here's a beautiful new vid from their latest release, Ongiara. Scheduled U.S. shows:June 5 Cambridge, MA; Middle EastJune 6 New York, NY; Joe's PubJune 7 Arlington, VA; IotaJune 8 Philadelphia, PA; Tin AngelJune 9 Pittsburgh, PA; Garfield ArtworksJune 10 Chapel Hill, NC; Local 506 June 11 Charleston, SC; The Map Room June 12 Atlanta, GA; The EARL June 13 Birmingham, AL;... MORE

It was just an ordinary day...then we said goodbye. Listen: here Merge, a vessel, a harbourPerfect unionOf gift and receptionEach an eyeOn the same faceLoss and gain Fly into the mouth of the groundSix feet underThanks to some failureFly into the mouth of the groundSix feet under One for the lightOne for the darkTaste each otherFor a moment, and combinePolarizedShare the same airOh lay it downOh lay it bare SpeechlessNaked as a fiery sunsetEternal, but fleetingDe... MORE

XPN is hosting the Great Lake Swimmers on Friday at the World Cafe Live. If you're unable to join us for the Free @ Noon concert, you can hear the performance broadcast live at XPN.org/listen. Great Lake Swimmers explores the worlds of indie folk, roots music and alt-country pop, with a focus on lyrics and the craft of songwriting. Their records are permeated with the lush natural reverb of various acoustically unique locations, which create the backdrop for the melan... MORE

SHIRT _felt like it there for a bit_
been out of the loop, been far far from a computer, been sleeping in and staying up late been seeing excellent shows in the nitetime but then, received a lil' presey in the mail - what was it? well, my friends, it was a delightful mog t-shirt and this is how i came to be a walking ad, so i took a picture of myself at night.

There are the sounds that do more to evince quiet than simple quiet itself, songs that steal emerging stillness from the late-latest parts of day. It's a voice and a guitar that came out here to search the dimming landscape, to recover things obscured, and me, tonight? I came here to sleep in the backseat.

1. It was rad! 2. Opener Clay George is a fox in the way that Caetano Veloso is a fox. By which I mean a silver fox who wears a classy suit. (Also he plays lovely alt-country ballads.) 3. Second opener Great Aunt Ida started with the songs I suggested in my MOG post. Point for me? 4. Great Lake Swimmers are charismatic! The singer radiates folky poetry about brothers and daughters and peace, but in a way that makes him seem strong. Point for HIM. 5. They are m... MORE

I picked up a GLS song from the 2006 SxSW torrent, and liked this particular song. I tried to see them that same year at a crappy 6th street bar at 5:00 in the afternoon - not the best time for a quiet alt-folk band... But, just getting home from an SF show and heard this song live. Tony Dekker, the singer and songwriter of the band, has this unbelievable and haunting voice. My point is, for the $12 it cost me, I got a lot of value for my entertainment dollar. Go out a... MORE

I just picked up Ongiara, by the Great Lake Swimmers today. Haven't listened to the whole album, but the first song sticks out. I'll let it speak for itself.

What's a good band name? I've discussed this a little with some friends, and haven't come up with a name I like a whole lot. I think it's tough to stand up to the repetition. Clever names suffer from the Be Sharps syndrome. Books, movies, and even albums don't seem to have this problem, perhaps because they have a theme to work off of. If clever's out, what's left? Maybe being informative. I like bands who let me know who they are, like Rage Against the Machine, P... MORE

it's cold here in Michigan but everytime i hear this song i get warm all over. such a beautiful, peaceful song