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New Jesse Harris Video"How Could It Take So Long?"This is one my favorite songs from Jesse's most recent album "Feel." It was not until I heard Jesse talking about the song during an interview that I realized it was about New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. We asked him to tell us about the video and here's what he had to say: I met Naama at Palacinka Cafe in Soho, where she was a waitress. It used to be my neighborhood cafe before closing just this past January. One day she told me that she was a film student at the New School and wanted to make a video of my song "How Could It Take So Long?" Why not? When we met to discuss her idea, she said she had been seeking old Super 8 films online that she would use to cut back and forth between them and me, in the present. My father had recently passed away and it so happened that I had just re-discovered a trove of a Super 8's which he made and labeled meticulously from 1969-1980. When I told this to Naama, her eyes nearly popped out and she said, "I have to have them!" She transferred all of the films to digital, taking up 6 DVDs worth of space, and picked out the footage. In the end, the video may not have much to do with my original idea of the lyrics, which I wrote from the point of view of someone stuck inside the Super Dome in New Orleans after Katrina, but somehow it captures the feeling of the song and suggests a meaning that perhaps I did not even intend; besides, what inspires a song is often not what it ends up being about. It's an understatement, I'm sure, to say that my father would be pleased to know that these films are being used and that, in some way, however small, he has made his mark as a filmmaker. - Jesse Harris
Undertow at SXSW 2008Please stop by and say hello if you are in Austin this week.Aaron Robinson Undertow Showcase 3/13 - Habana Calle Patio 6 [8:00 pm] Anders Parker SXSW Showcase 3/15 - St David's Episcopal Church [11:00 pm] Caleb Engstrom Undertow Showcase 3/13 - Habana Calle Patio 6 [8:45 pm] Centro-Matic Misra Records Showcase 3/12 - Friends [1:00 am] Christian Kiefer Undertow Showcase 3/13 - Habana Calle Patio 6 [12:15 am] David Bazan Twangfest / KDHX Party 3/13 - Jovita's [2:00 pm] Hotfreaks Party 3/15 - The Mohawk (inside) [3:30 pm] Barsuk Showcase 3/15 - Maggie Mae's Patio [8:00 pm] The Drams Beerland 3/11 Mother Egan's / Guitartown Party 3/12 Club DeVille / New West Party 3/13 18th floor Hilton / SXSW showcase 3/13 Glossary Undertow Showcase 3/13 - Habana Calle Patio 6 [10:15 pm] J. Tillman Undertow Showcase 3/13 - Habana Calle Patio 6 [1:15 am] Jesse Harris Velour Records Showcase 3/13 - Hilton, 18th Floor [8:00 pm] Magnolia Summer Undertow Showcase 3/13 - Habana Calle Patio 6 [9:30 pm] Monahans Undertow Showcase 3/13 - Habana Calle Patio 6 [9:30 pm] Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin A Fine Tooth Showcase 3/12 - Beso Cantina DAG & Tangled Snark Party 3/13 - Hole in the Wall [6:00 pm] Paste & Stereogum Party 3/14 - Volume [3:00 pm] Polyvinyl Showcase 3/14 - Habana Calle 6 [12:45 am] Porchlight Pop Fest 3/15 - Salvage Vanguard Theater [6:00 pm] Will Johnson On guitar with Monahans 3/13 - Habana Calle Patio 6 [9:30 pm] On drums with Jandek 3/15 - Central Presbyterian Church [7:30 pm] # # # Labels: News
Undertow Welcomes Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin! All of us at Undertow are thrilled to announce the addition of Someone Still Loves you Boris Yeltsin to the management roster. We're all huge fans of SSLYBY and are very excited to help the band be able to focus on making their wonderful music.SSLYBY will release their second full-length, Pershing, on Polyvinyl Records on April 1. You can hear the lead single, Glue Girls, here.
Undertow Welcomes Ohtis! Undertow is very happy to announce the addition of Ohtis to the management roster. Ohtis is a wonderful band which you need to familiarize yourself with immediately if you haven't yet done so. Check out some tunes here.Ohtis has a few shows coming up, one of which will find them sharing the stage with Anathallo & Aloha, and their second full-length is nearing completion. In the meantime, go check out Ohtis' first record, Saving the Planet, available now in the Undertow store.
J. Tillman's Minor Works available now! J. Tillman's Minor Works is now available in the U.S. Please pick up a copy at the Undertow Store. Also, look for it soon on iTunes, and in select independent record stores."Intimate, conversational, lovely late-night album...Its nine melodic songs...sound spare despite the divine presence of the holy trinity of melancholia: cello, harmonica and steel." -MOJO "Snatches of those half-remembered midnight conversations spill out of the folk-rock of his third album, Minor Works, while Tillman's gentle chords display a deftness of touch so light that he risks missing the guitar altogether." -The Word, UK "[Tillman] writes big, warm, sloppy Neil young-like ballads that draw you in...the regret-filled, after-midnight intensity of his voice matching the personal nature of the material." -Ireland Times www.myspace.com/jtillman Labels: J. Tillman, New Releases
Happy Holidays from Undertow!Greetings! From everyone here at Undertow, we hope 2007 treated you well. We had an exciting year with much to speak of:+ Aaron Robinson, Damien Jurado, J Tillman, & Ohtis joined the family, and we're all honored to be able to take part in spreading their wonderful music! + Many of you came out to see David Bazan while he toured relentlessly to support his EP Fewer Moving Parts, which saw a re-release on his new label Barsuk. Damien Jurado toured on his own and supported Okkervil River on their USA tour, Centro-matic kept to the road as always, headlining there own tour and in support of ex-Drive By Trucker Jason Isbell, while J Tillman, Glossary, Dolly Varden, The Drams, Aaron Robinson, and Death Ships were all honored to play music for you as well throughout the year. + 2008 looks to be an exciting year for Undertow! New releases will be delivered to your ears by David Bazan, Centro-matic, South San Gabriel, Damien Jurado, J Tillman, Ohtis & Aaron Robinson! You'll be able to catch them all on the road at some point throughout the year, and Mr. Bazan already has first quarter plans to play seven European shows, a few midwest college shows, and three dates in support of the wonderful Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon). See those dates here. + New items are always being added to the Undertow Store so make sure and check in frequently. There have been a few recent additions such as new Centro-matic shirts, CD's from Aaron Robinson, Ohtis & J Tillman and there will be plenty of new wearable and listenable goodies for you in the coming months. You can also see what most of the mens shirts look like on a real human now, and we're working on getting some pictures for you of the girls shirts! Have a great 2008! With love and respect from everyone at Undertow Music Collective Labels: New Releases, News, Tour Dates
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