NEW RECORDS BY OUR FRIENDS

The National release "High Violet" on May 11th.
americanmary.com

Padma Newsome and Belgian poet, Daniel Hélin, have released "Mallacoota," a poetic-musical collaboration. Preview four tracks on Daniel's website:
danielhelin.be

La Strada have just released their pop-folk-rock "New Home" and are touring throughout the summer.
La Strada at Myspace

PRAISE FOR THE CREATURES
“They were the hit for me...Great performers, great writing. I’m going to buy their CD when I get home.” —Terry Riley, to The New York Times after Big Ears

All About Jazz review 3/18/10, by John Kelman, and many others on our press page.

Thank you to our wonderful concert hosts: John Schaefer at WNYC, Southern Theater in Minneapolis, The Bell House in Brooklyn and Big Ears Festival in Knoxville.

Thanks also to all of our musical collaborators, and the support team at Brassland and Constant Artists! We are looking forward to more shows in the fall.

CD RELEASE PARTY

WNYC'S SOUNDCHECK WITH JOHN SCHAEFER
MONDAY, MAR 22, 2 PM

Live on 93.9 FM in New York at 2 PM
Visit the link (below) to hear the show / download a podcast

THE BELL HOUSE, BROOKLYN, NY
with Òlöf Arnalds & Julianna Barwick

WEDNESDAY, MAR 24, 8 PM
149 7th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215

2010 BIG EARS FESTIVAL, KNOXVILLE, TN

Clogs is joined by Shara Worden, Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner & Sufjan Stevens

After the show at Bell House, we'll head for Knoxville, Tennessee for the second annual Big Ears Festival. This year features the likes of Terry Riley, The National (with My Brightest Diamond), Bang on a Can, and many others. Check out the complete program, here.

SATURDAY, MAR 27, 4 PM
Bijou Theater
803 South Gay Street
Knoxville, TN 37902

ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF OUR FIFTH ALBUM:
THE CREATURES IN THE GARDEN OF LADY WALTON

We are thrilled to announce the arrival of The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton (aka "The Creatures," for short), and hope you will enjoy the music!

Below are details about our CD Release party later this month at The Bell House in Brooklyn, followed by a performance at Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN. We hope to see you soon!

Brassland has put together a great set of offers for our fans, including several 'package deals.' Visit the Brassland Store for details.

Package deals on Brassland:
$12 – Creatures CD + free download of Veil Waltz
$20 – Creatures CD + T-shirt + free download of Veil Waltz
$50 – The entire Clogs’ discography (5 CDs!) + free download of Veil Waltz
Also available - Lantern on vinyl. 500 pressed; each is individually numbered

More on the making of Veil Waltz and The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton on Stereogum.

> David Raposa's review of The Creatures (8.2/10) and Veil Waltz for Pitchfork.

> Take a listen to the album on Spinner.com's FULL CD LISTENING PARTY

THANKS TO THE SOUTHERN THEATER!

Thanks to Kate, Lindsay, Phillip, Austin, and all the folks at The Southern Theater and the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis for a great pair of shows this past weekend! It was our debut presentation of the complete The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton in performance, along with some oldies and a stunning My Brightest Diamond set by Shara Worden.

Lovely photos from the concert by Jon Behm are available on Reviler; here's a sample:

Left to right: Rachael Elliott, Bryce Dessner, Shara Worden, Lorne Watson, Padma Newsome, Thomas Kozumplik

CLOGS AT THE SOUTHERN THEATER, MINNEAPOLIS, MN

Bryce Dessner has put together two unique shows at Southern Theater on Friday 2/19 and Saturday 2/20. The programs include music by Clogs and members' side projects, including percussion duo Loop 2.4.3, together with songstress Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond, and a preview of Clogs' new record, The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton.

A discussion with artists and curators takes place at the Weisman Art Museum on Saturday, 2/20 at 5:30 pm. Free event, RSVP recommended: rsvp@southerntheater.org or 612.340.0155 ext.310.

Southern Theater
1420 Washington Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55454
Box Office: (612) 340-1725

VEIL WALTZ (EP)
THE CREATURES IN THE GARDEN OF LADY WALTON

Veil Waltz released January 26, 2010
This is our new EP of assorted ephemera, cinematic soundtracks and the odd tidbit of song & instrumental musings to captivate and tease your ears for the long winter between now and March 2nd, when The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton will be released.

Veil Waltz is our quirky little prologue to The Creatures and includes heretofore unavailable music, such as songs from two recent film soundtracks: Turn the River (2008), a drama about a single-mom/pool shark directed by Chris Eigeman and starring the striking Famke Janssen; and Colony (2009), a documentary on the plight of bees directed by Carter Gunn and Ross McDonnell. Both films feature original music by Padma Newsome & Bryce Dessner, performed by Clogs.


Mr. Parrot offers a little window to the fanciful album artwork by Danish design team, Hvass&Hannibal.

Finally, an album of songs by Clogs! After four mainly instrumental releases, The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton is our first record devoted to the art of song. The vocalists include Padma Newsome, Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond), Matt Berninger (The National) & Sufjan Stevens, together with a host of guest instrumentalists, including Aaron Dessner (The National) and Osso String Quartet.

The Creatures is a song-cycle composed by Padma during his 2005 residency at Giardini La Mortella, sponsored by the Fromm Foundation. The Garden is a rich botanical paradise created by Lady Walton (the widow of the late British composer Sir William Walton) on the island of Ischia in Italy's Bay of Naples. The album was then recorded in stages in Brooklyn and Sydney during 2007-08 with another year and a half for mixing and finishing. It embodies some of the fortunate vagaries of creating music with four people in three cities on two continents, not to mention the cadre of additional musicians who brought their own presence of character to the project.

For updates on the release, or to order, please visit Brassland.

"SONGS OF LOVE & DESPAIR"
A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO PABLO NERUDA

Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), one of the greatest and most influential poets of the last century and winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature, will be celebrated in words and music in the Arts > World Financial Center presentation, Songs of Love & Despair: A Musical Tribute to Pablo Neruda on Wednesday, April 15.

With musicians & poets drawn from Australia, France, Spain, Czech Republic (Neruda’s pen name was derived from Czech writer and poet Jan Neruda) and the United States, the evening will comprise readings and world premieres of new musical settings of Neruda's poetry including songs by Padma Newsome for Clogs with voices and 2 bassoons. With Irene & Vojtech Havel, Colin Stetson, Pedro Soler, Beñat Achiary, Bob Holman, Laurie Anderson, Cecilia Vicuña, Lynn Hileman.

Wednesday, April 15 at 8 pm
Free and open to the public
World Financial Center Winter Garden
New York City

NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW OF SHUFFLE MODE

"TURN THE RIVER" OPENS IN NEW YORK & LOS ANGELES

"Turn the River" is a new drama by writer/director Chris Eigeman starring Famke Janssen, with an original soundtrack by Clogs.

Anthony Lane's film review for The New Yorker. (May 12th issue)

"The music, written and performed by Clogs, complements the movie perfectly, building the tension at just the right moments and meanwhile lingering in the background, carrying the movie along."
-- Isthmus | The Daily Page 04/04/08

3rd ANNUAL MUSICNOW FESTIVAL
PHOTOS ON PITCHFORK

Visit www.pitchforkmedia.com for photos from the 2008 MusicNOW Festival.

Part of Karl Jensen's installation for Memorial Hall

Ric Hickey's terrific blog on Spill It, with photos by Keith Klenowski:
Wednesday, April 2nd
Thursday, April 3rd
Friday, April 4th
Saturday, April 5th

Each Note Secure, a Cincinnati music blog:
MusicNOW 2008 - A Balanced Musical Diet

Mike Breen's cover story for Cincinnati City Beat
Now...and Again

The New York Sun's preview of Bryce's new compositions, premiered in March at The Kitchen, NYC and performed at MusicNOW Festival on April 2nd.

ABOUT MUSICNOW:

Now in its third season, MusicNOW Festival is curated by guitarist Bryce Dessner, who celebrates his hometown of Cincinnati each year by bringing his favorite musicians to play, far from the fracas of touring life. This year's program includes Bang on a Can All-Stars, guitarists Bill Frisell & Ben Verdery, plus rock bands Grizzly Bear, The Dirty Projectors and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird.