We are very excited to announce the line-up for our third annual SXSW Lawn Party, which we’ll be presenting with our friends, Dig for Fire and Babelgum. Once again, we’re hosting two free days of music at the French Legation Museum, a beautiful outdoor space off the beaten path of 6th Street, its rolling lawns the perfect respite from the sensory overload of the main drag. As you can see below, this year’s line-up is extraordinary, so if you are in Austin for SXSW, please do join us on the Thursday and Friday afternoon of the music festival. And whether you can stop by or not, Dig For Fire will be filming the performances and you’ll be able to see all the highlights on OtherMusic.com and Babelgum.com.
FRENCH LEGATION MUSEUM: 802 San Marcos Street Austin, TX
1PM to 7PM both days
Sponsored by:
On Friday, March 12, Other Music, Enabler Network and The Crucial Getdown are presenting Arms Around Haiti, a benefit concert for the Haitian relief effort. We’ve booked a great, eclectic line-up of bands and DJs, and the proceeds from the door will go to Doctors Without Borders and Lakou Grand Bwa’s relief trip to the country. It will be a great night of music for a tremendous cause, we hope you can join us.
FRIDAY, MARCH 12 PUBLIC ASSEMBLY: 70 North 6th St. Brooklyn
Doors at 8PM | $10 minimum donation at door to go to Doctors Without Borders & Gran Bwa’s Haitian Relief Effort
We were already stunned from the tragic news out of Haiti, and now comes word that hits even closer to home for many of us: the passing of Jay Reatard this morning. From Matador Records‘ website: We are devastated by the death of Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr., aka Jay Reatard. Jay was as full of life as anyone we’ve ever met, and responsible for so many memorable moments as a person and artist. We’re honored to have known and worked with him, and we will miss him terribly.
Jay and his band performed at Other Music’s first SXSW Lawn Party back in 2008, and even with a broken kick drum and a bass guitar going in and out for part of the set, they put on one of the most rocking shows we saw at the festival. Below is a mini-documentary with Jay Reatard that our friends at Dig For Fire produced leading up to that SXSW performance. Needless to say, we’ll miss you too Jay.
Other Music is pleased to be presenting Vampire Weekend’s record release party, along with our friends at XL Recordings and SPIN magazine, tomorrow night in Manhattan. Contra is out next Tuesday and to celebrate in their home town, the band will be spinning records, playing ping-pong and tossing back a few drinks, and you’re invited! RSVP to contra@spin.com but show up early, because RSVP DOES NOT GUARANTEE ADMISSION. It’s first come, first served with an open bar from 8pm-9pm. (The party is all ages but you must be 21+ with an ID to drink.) There will be lots of give-aways including tickets to the group’s United Palace show in NYC plus, Other Music will be handing out free Vampire Weekend remix discs to the first 50 attendees in line, and a coupon for a rock-bottom price on the Contra CD or LP to everyone. All the information is below.
Other Music Download Gift Cards are available for that music lover in your life, with three different price options: $25, $50 and $100. To order, just click on one of the links below, which will take you to our Mail Order site’s shopping cart. The Gift Card will be sent to you, the purchaser, to pass along, but if you would like us to mail the card directly to the gift recipient (or simply email the redemption code), contact giftcertificates@othermusic.com and please include your order confirmation number.
$25 MP3 Download Gift Card
$50 MP3 Download Gift Card
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We were all deeply saddened when we learned of the passing of Jack Rose, who died this past weekend from a heart attack at the all-too-young age of 38. He was one of this generation’s most gifted guitarists with a great body of work, from his drone-rock days in Pelt right up to his impressive, virtuosic solo guitar albums of recent years. He was also a good friend of the shop, always stopping by Other Music to say hello whenever he was in town, often hand-delivering his latest LP or CD. You’ll be sorely missed here Jack, but we’re sure that you’re up there somewhere bending strings with Fahey and Basho right now, and the heavens must be smiling.
Last Sunday, we were privileged to have Camera Obscura stop by to perform a warm-up set before their show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. It was the second time, in fact, that we had welcomed the group to an Other Music stage, as they had played our SXSW Lawn Party earlier in the year in Austin, Texas. This performance, however, was delightfully as intimate as any Camera Obscura fan could wish for, the group playing a semi-unplugged set which consisted of about a half-dozen songs, mostly from their latest album, My Maudlin Career. OM staffer Mikey IQ Jones was at the shop shooting photographs, which we’ve posted on our Flickr page. You can also check out his photos from earlier Other Music in-store performances this year from Tortoise, Dirty Projectors, and Nite Jewel, along with various other OM-related events and parties.
EL PERRO DEL MAR: TUESDAY, OCT. 20 @ 8PM
Sweden’s El Perro Del Mar will be stopping by Other Music to celebrate the relase of her great new album, Love Is Not Pop, which comes out that same day on Control Group/TCG.
THE VERY BEST: THURSDAY, OCT. 22 @ NOON
This unexpected paring of Malian singer Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit has resulted in a pretty unique and absolutely infectious musical fusion of sunny Afro-pop and various western sounds. Get ready to dance!
