John Vanderslice
Indie
San Francisco, CA
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About
You can pre-order Emerald City CD/180g LP direct from Barsuk or iTunes.
Mp3s, lyrics, photographs, b-sides, and links galore at johnvanderslice.com
John Vanderslice wrote the bulk of his new album while knee-deep in legal limbo after a visa application for his girlfriend, a French national he met in Paris, was rejected by US Immigration.
The songs and themes in Emerald City are fueled by an era of deep insecurity and paranoia; they develop in front of a backdrop of ritualized and mythologized current events. Lyrically, JV's characters and storytellers track Manifest Destiny from burning wagon wheels to two-bedroom homes with full amenities in Bakersfield, California.
Along that rough road, there are bewildered commemorations, peace-lovers and revenge-lusters, psychotic reactions to unnamed episodes, and the grief-stricken and the vengence-hungry wrapped up in the same skin. Weaving throughout the entire album is the ever-present danger of opposition. But at it's simplest, and captured with straight auto-biography in album closer "Central Booking", Emerald City is made up of JV's love songs - confused and angy, afraid and defeated. The red-tape tie-up for JV and his girl remains unresolved.
Emerald City was tracked quickly and mostly live at Tiny Telephone in San Francisco. The album was performed by David Broecker, Dave Douglas, Ian Bjornstad, Scott Solter, and JV. The record's title refers to the Green Zone in Baghdad.
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Dec 2, 2008
Tiny Telephone 10th w/ Vanderslice + Magik*Magik Orchestra
Come Celebrate 10 Years of Tiny Telephone!John Vanderslice performing w/ Magik*Magik OrchestraJanuary 30, 2009 | Great American Music Hall--I'll be playing new and old songs, backed by Magik*Magik, Ti...
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Jeremy Hoekstra, Oct 08, 2007:
I've got some new songs up on my site. Check them out and let me know what you think!
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Ziplok, Aug 03, 2007:
Craig Gore, Jul 29, 2007:
Thanks for the add!
Gagosian Liga, Jul 28, 2007:
I thank you for adding me and hope you enjoy my music! Feel free to download it! Greetings from Munich/Germany!
Moon Mission Death Squad, Jul 27, 2007:
John Vanderslice is the Moon Mission Death Squad's producer-hero of the century.
curt, Jul 26, 2007:
bought the cd yesterday. i like it
jlawrencem, Jul 24, 2007:
Trance Manual was my song of the year in '05.