The Sea and Cake Frontman Sam Prekop to Release New Solo Album

07/22/10 The third solo album from Sea and Cake front man Sam Prekop , Old Punch Card , hits September 7 on Thrill Jockey . But while Prekop's first two solo LPs could've been confused for Sea and Cake jams, that is apparently not the case with this one. There are no vocals or beats on the record, and only one track features guitar. Instead, Old Punch Card is an experimental record based on the sounds of ...

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Life within sound

01/18/11 MUSIC Peer carefully at the expansive gatefold cover art of Barn Owl's Ancestral Star (Thrill Jockey), and what at first glance looks like two interstellar vessels cruising through the night sky coalesces into something much more grounded, tethered to the spectral shadow of the image's photographer, Barn Owl guitarist-vocalist Jon Porras, holding his hands over the light source in the foreground.

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Dolphin double

03/15/11 MUSIC San Francisco's Mi Ami was a trio when it released the spazz-punk albums Steal Watersports (2009) and Steal Your Face (2010) on Thrill Jockey. Then bassist Jacob Long announced that he was going to leave the group.

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