July 26, 2010
I recently went out to hot and humid Chicago for the Pitchfork Music Festival. Highlights of the trip: Pavement, Lightning Bolt, stumbling upon a free T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo concert at Millenium Park, picking up some great new publications at Chris Ware's Quimby's Bookstore, and finally checking out the Art Institute's museum. Last Wednesday I saw the Dead Weather put on a fantastically heavy rock and roll show at the Palladium. This past weekend I checked out the inspiring John Baldessari exhibit at LACMA.
July 12, 2010
I'm looking for productivity to increase now that the World Cup is over. Vuvuzela forever! I went to the final baseball game before the All-Star break last night and saw the Dodgers whip the Cubbies. Tomorrow I'll be cheering on the National League and four Dodger All-Stars. This weekend I saw the movie Cyrus and loved it. Fantastic work from the Duplass brothers and highly recommended. Let me know if you're going to be out in Chicago for the Pitchfork Music Festival this weekend. Good times lie ahead.
June 28, 2010
Last Thursday a group of us went to a backyard Solstice Salon Screening featuring rare film shorts from the late 60s / early 70s. There was some short documentary work, freakout music performances and psychedelic animation, with live sitar and tabla accompaniment to the silents. They also debuted a projector kleidoscope that my friend has been building over the last year. I went to two of the Dodgers vs Yankees games over the weekend. Unfortunately the Dodgers lost both games by one run. And I'm still watching plenty of World Cup.
June 24, 2010
On Tuesday, the AmApAc office took a field trip to Laurel Canyon to see Carolina Chocolate Drops play an acoustic set as part of Go Music's Mimosa Music series. The gang enjoyed bagels, delicious Carmela ice cream (they even had a Carolina Chocolate Drops flavor just for the show), mimosas, and of course, a great set by the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Violinist Justin Robinson forgot his jug, so the band improvised, using a Diet Snapple bottle. The intimate crowd couldn't help but tap their feet and clap their hands along with this incredibly talented string trio. Thanks to Gary Calamar, his wife, and his team for hosting such a lovely midday concert. Thanks also to Julie Muncy of Warner Bros. for organizing.
About Gary and Go Music:
Gary Calamar, president of Go Music, is a Grammy-nominated producer and music supervisor for his work on HBO's “Six Feet Under.” He is currently overseeing the music on some of the most acclaimed and popular shows on television: “True Blood” (HBO), “House” (Fox), and "Dexter" (Showtime). Gary has also chosen the songs for the films “Varsity Blues,” for which he received a gold record, “Slums Of Beverly Hills” and the forthcoming release “I Love You Philip Morris”. Gary hosts a hit radio show every Sunday night on public radio powerhouse KCRW in Santa Monica. Gary’s unique brand of “adventurous pop music both timely and timeless” has been a favorite of listeners for over a decade. Gary’s book, Record Store Days (with Phil Gallo) about the rise and fall of The Record Store was released on Record Store Day, April 2010 from Sterling Publishing.
June 21, 2010
I just got back from a great weekend out in Boston. Thanks to Steve, Doug, and Canada from Pirate! for showing me a good time on my first trip to the city. Most of our days were spent watching sports. Besides our daily intake of World Cup we went to two games at Fenway Park, including Manny Ramirez's first game back in Boston. The streets were saddened on Thursday night after the Lakers beat the Celtics in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. I'm not a fan of either team, but it would've been fun to celebrate in the winning city. On Saturday we went up to Maine and stopped at the coastal town of Ogunquit. We had a nice walk along the Atlantic Ocean and had some delicous lobster for dinner.
June 14, 2010
Hope you all had a good weekend. Much of mine revolved around the World Cup. I've yet to get up in time to see the 4:30 AM PST games, but I've been watching most of the others. I have to be satisfied with the outcome of the USA-England match, although now the pressure is on to win these next matches. Friday night I watched the Dodgers get blown out by the Angels in the Freeway Series opener, Saturday night I went to Rose's Pawn Shop's Record Release Party at Spaceland, and Sunday night a group of us went back to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery Screening for Michelangelo Antonioni's Blowup.
June 7, 2010
Lately it has been a lot of work during the week and plenty of fun on the weekends. Three weekends ago I went wine tasting just North of Santa Barbara. Over Memorial Day Weekend I went to two screenings at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery: North By Northwest on Saturday and Purple Rain with Dam-Funk and Peanut Butter Wolf DJing on Sunday. I just got home last night from a great weekend camping in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park. Here I am next to a giant sequoia tree that was cut down. How refreshing to get out of Los Angeles to a place without cell reception.
May 20, 2010
I went to both Flying Lotus shows in Los Angeles last weeked. The Friday night one was one of the loudest, bass-heavy shows I've ever attended. Saturday night featured Gaslamp Killer, Gonjasufi, Ravi Coltrane, and the debut performance of Flying Lotus' incredible new band: Infinity. Tuesday was bobblehead night for the Triple Crown threat, Andre Ethier. The Dodgers won, stretching their winning streak to 9 games, but Mr. Ethier was not in attendance because he broke his pinkie last weekend. Hope he heals quickly. Looking forward to Everest and Minus the Bear tonight at the Mayan Theatre.
May 13, 2010
Lots of great stuff has been going on this past week. Last Thursday I hosted Craft Night at my place for the first time. I did a bit of doodling, but my main craft was making food for everyone. On Saturday evening I went to the Getty Museum for the Les Savy Fav show with a great group of friends. It had been a while since I last saw them, and they still put on a thrilling and energetic show. On Sunday I hiked Runyon Canyon for the first time. The trail gives you one of the best views of Los Angeles. I just can't believe it took me so long to see it. More crafting is scheduled for tonight and I have tickets for the Flying Lotus full band performance tomorrow night. Good times in sunny Southern California.
May 3, 2010
I had a fantastic, fun-filled weekend. My good friend Wes from Barsuk was in town for the Phantogram show. On Saturday we had a delicious brunch and went up to the Griffith Observatory. That night I went out for Mexican food and then to the Dodger game. Andre Ethier hit a 3-run HR and they beat the Pirates 5-1. On Sunday I went to the Amoeba Garage Sale and picked up some steeply discounted 90s indie rock 7 inches. Afterwards I went to the Hollywood Farmers Market and bought some veggies and herbs. I picked up some clay pots and soil on the way home and planted my new herbs. I finished off the weekend with a Les Blank music documentary screening held at the house of the guy who puts on the Hollywood Forever Cemetery screenings.
April 26, 2010
What a nice and relaxing weekend in Southern California. On both Saturday and Sunday I went to Unique LA, the largest independent design show in the country. There were over 300 designers and artists showing and selling their work and thousands of people in attendance.
April 19, 2010
Hope you had a good weekend. Mine was full of fun. Saturday was Record Store Day. I went to four different stores in Los Angeles: Origami, Vacation, Amoeba, and Rockaway. Here a look at my stash of Record Store Day finds. It was so exciting to see the Built to Spill 7" in stores with my drawing on the cover. All of the stores were packed and Record Store Day seemed to be a huge success around the world. Thanks for supporting your independent record stores. Saturday night we did a S**tledger Radio Broadcast and then went dancing at The Echo's Funky Sole night.
Sunday was full of sports. I went to the Dodgers vs. Giants game where a great pitchers' duel ended with Manny hitting a pinch-hit 2-run home run to win the game. Later on I watched some of the NBA playoffs, and was happy to see both the Mavs and Blazers win.
April 16, 2010
I passed on going to see Pavement last night and instead finished a drawing that I had been working on for months. Plans for the weekend: no Coachella, record shopping, Birthday Karaoke Dance Party, Dodgers vs Giants, and NBA playoffs.
April 15, 2010
Baseball season is underway. I was at the Dodgers home opener Tuesday afternoon, watching every Dodger outfielder hit a home run as they cruised to an easy 9-5 victory over the D-backs. Coachella is this weekend, but I believe I'll be staying home. I've said that the last two years and still ended up out there for at least one day of the festival. I'm planning to celebrate Record Store Day on Saturday by stopping by as many Los Angeles area stores as I can. I'll probably start at Amoeba and then make my way to Vacation and Origami, the two all vinyl stores in the city.
April 5, 2010
Hope you all had a good Easter weekend. On Saturday I had a nice brunch with friends, went to an engagement party where I also got to watch some Final Four basketball, and then went to the Bell Gardens' record release party for their new Hangups Need Company EP. The MLB season kicked off yesterday with a great game between the Yankees and Red Sox. The Dodgers just got their season underway, playing the Pirates in Pittsburgh.
April 2, 2010
I'm getting used to life without the beard.
One of my drawings is going to be used as the artwork for a 7" that is coming out on Record Store Day (April 17th, 2010). More details to follow. Go here for the full list of Record Store Day releases. Maybe you can guess which one it is.
The Yankees and Red Sox kick off the MLB season this Sunday. Unfortunately I have to wait until April 13th for the Dodgers home opener. Go baseball!
March 29, 2010
Hope you all had a good weekend. The Bell Gardens show on Friday night was fantastic. It was nice to see a lot of friendly faces in the audience as it was the Radar Bros. record release party. I'm looking forward to seeing Bell Gardens again this Saturday when they celebrate their upcoming debut release, Hangups Need Company . I spent most of the weekend resting and recovering from a bit of a fever and SXSW. It was nice to watch some of the NCAA Tournament in bed on my laptop. Yesterday felt like the first day of summer. It reached 85 degrees and I went to my first BBQ of the year. I decided that it was also time to shave off the beard that I have been growing since November 1st. Here's a photo taken about halfway through the trimming.
March 26, 2010
My group's Dodgers season ticket draft was at my place on Tuesday night. For my first three picks I got a pair of tickets for one of the Yankees games, Opening Day, and Andre Ethier Bobblehead Night. I got some good drawing in at Craft Night last night. Tonight I'm going out to Spaceland to see Bell Gardens and Radar Brothers. I'll definitely need the weekend to finally fully recover from SXSW.
March 22, 2010
I had a great time out in Austin, TX this past week for SXSW. Highlights were: Sun Araw, beef brisket, GWAR, walking down 6th St on St. Patrick's Day as the bars let out, Carolina Chocolate Drops, the Third Man Records pop up store, Black Keys listening party with Pat, and not getting sick. I've already had a house guest since coming home. One of my old friends from college was passing through town. Tomorrow night we're divvying up our Dodgers season tickets. Opening Day is on the horizon. This Friday night is the first show from a new local band that I've recently started working with called Bell Gardens. I'm looking forward to checking them out when they'll be opening up for the Radar Bros. at their record release party at Spaceland.
March 15, 2010
I saw a great ROCK show last Thursday with 400 Blows and Thee Oh Sees. The next day I started feeling under the weather and spent most of the weekend catching up on sleep. Ready or not, here comes Austin.
BBQ and Shiner!
March 8, 2010
Getting called in for jury duty ended up not being that bad. It was a beautiful day in downtown Los Angeles and a friend of mine happened to get called in on the same day. We got brought in for two possible cases, both for people on trial for murder. I was excused from both since they were expected to last for 2-4 weeks and I have travel plans booked next week for SXSW. Speaking of, let me know if you plan on being in Austin next week. I'm looking forward to some tasty BBQ.
News of the Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse) suicide was a terrible way start to the day yesterday. I shouldn't look at the internet before I get out of bed. I just rolled over and went back to sleep, hoping to wake up to another new day a couple hours later. In the afternoon I stopped by and hung out with 400 Blows in the studio. Their new recordings are turning out great. I can't wait to hear the finished album.
March 4, 2010
I've been jamming to some great new tunes that I bought up in San Francisco at Aquarius Records this past week: Omar Souleyman, Pantha Du Prince, Blues Control, King Midas Sound, and Black Man's Cry: The Inspiration of Fela Kuti. I got called in for jury duty today, so it might take me a bit longer than usual to get back to you. Who's excited for SXSW?
March 1, 2010
I got home late last night from a trip up to San Francisco for this year's Noise Pop festival. It's pretty much impossible to not have an amazing time up there. Two A man A plan A canal artists were playing: Tiny Television and The Magnetic Fields. Other highlights from the trip: MOMA's 75th Anniversary exhibit, Mission Burritos, Four Tet, Single Malt Scotch, Mediterranean Tapas, City Lights Books, Aquarius Records, and Beautiful Weather.
February 22, 2010
Last week we got my stand-up Ms. Pac-Man machine up and running. I had a party on Saturday night to celebrate. Here I am setting the high score of this night at 152,950. That's nothing compared to the personal all-time best score of 263,040 that I got the night after we fixed it.
I finished my first book of the year over the weekend: Bill Drummond's 45. I loved every page of this memoir from the KLF / K Foundation member. I had no idea that he managed Echo & The Bunnymen too. Also highly recommended is his book The Manual (How to Have a Number One the Easy Way), co-written with his partner-in-crime Jimmy Cauty
February 15, 2010
I hope you enjoyed / are enjoying the Valentines vs. Presidents weekend. I went to the Commerce Casino to play Texas Hold 'Em for the first time in ages. I lost a bit, but had a great time. I also went over and sold a bunch of bad CDs at Amoeba and came home with good ones: Dam-Funk, 5 Years of Hyperdub, Four Tet, Sunn O))), David Sylvian, and Pan Sonic vs. Keiji Haino. Quality listening lies ahead.
February 13, 2010
This past Superbowl Sunday I attended Guac Bowl X. Once again the competition was fierce with dozens of eclectic guacamole entries. My friend Tim won two trophies for his entry of “The Guacapellas”.
While I have never entered the competition myself, I have been going since the beginning. I even tallied up the votes for the first one. The only Guac Bowl that I missed was when I was following Jeff Tweedy up and down the West Coast in 2006. That just happened to be the year the Seattle Seahawks, the team I grew up watching, made it to the Super Bowl. Fortunately I was able to watch the game with some great friends and fellow Seahawk fans up in Portland, OR. Unfortunately they lost to the Steelers. It's so strange that Los Angeles still does not have an NFL team. For the most part it seems that people here follow either the Raiders or the Chargers as their local team.
Visit www.guacbowl.com for more info on the greatest and most celebrated guacamole competition/SuperBowl party in the world.
February 9, 2010
I had a great party at my place on Friday night for some close guy friends that are going to be fathers soon. Here I am typing this update. Hope you all had a good Super Bowl weekend.
February 2, 2010
Babies were the theme of the weekend. On Saturday there was a birthday party for twin girls turning three. In attendance were at least two other sets of twins. The theme was Fairies and Pirates, and the cuteness factor was a little overwhelming. Here are two of the guests dressed as Robin Hood. Four of my good friends from college are expecting babies and on Sunday there was a wonderful shower to celebrate. Bekah and I finished wrecking havoc in Los Angeles and she's back up in Seattle starting her new job at Sub Pop.
January 25, 2010
Hope you all had a great weekend. Bekah arrived on Saturday morning and we've been having a great time under the sunny and smogless Southern California skies. We decided not to splurge $500 each to see Radiohead last night and opted for a lazy day of football watching. Within an hour of driving her rental car we had a flat tire. Here's a photo of her and the AAA man changing the Yaris' tire on Sunset Blvd.
Let me know if you have new office hours for the new year. It would also be a good time to make check and make sure that I am on the list to receive your emails.
January 18, 2010
Hope all has been well with you during this winter season. Now if only CMJ could get their act together. It might be time for someone to step forward and create an alternative.
I've spent much of the past month reorganizing my office, growing a beard, and getting ready for a fantastic 2010.
Let me know if you're planning on being up in San Francisco for this year's Noise Pop festival at the end of February. Both Tiny Television and The Magnetic Fields are playing, so I plan to be up there.
Let me know if you have new office hours for the new year.
December 7, 2009
Happy holidays. My fake tree has made it up from the garage, but hasn't been put up yet. I'm slowly getting into the spirit. We're having what is possibly our first real rainstorm of the year in Los Angeles. I had two great museum visits this weekend: Joseph Beuys at LACMA and Collection: MOCA's First Thirty Years.
I was saddened hearing of the death of the exceptional guitarist Jack Rose this weekend. Heart attack at 38. Terrible. A fine tribute can be found at Arthur. Arthur Fest was the only time I saw him play in person. R.I.P.
10/18/2009
I am playing in NYC at a CMJ showcase this Saturday, October 24th at 7:45 PM. Check the Shows section for all of the info.
06/13/2009
I just lined up an L.A. show at the end of the month. Here are the details.
Dramaturgy Presents
Lazy Sundaes
Sunday June 28th, 2009 (last Sunday of every month)
@ The Mandrake
2692 S La Cienega Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90034
Between Venice & Washington
21+
No cover
Free Ice Cream
Bar opens @ 6pm
Open Mic from 7-8pm (anyone can come and play 1-2 songs) Let your friends know!
8:30pm-9:10 Graham MacRae - www.myspace.com/grahammacrae
9:30-10:10 Gin & Frolic - www.myspace.com/ginandfrolic
10:30-11:10 Nadine - www.myspace.com/nadinesongs
04/30/2009
The website has been revamped. I have added my music video, drawings, and some other treats. Take a look around. You can now sign up for my email list too.
07/23/2008
Next week I will be performing in Athens, GA at the annual Team Clermont bash.
Saturday, August 2nd
10:00 AM
East Athens Community Park
705 Sunset Drive
Athens, Georgia 30606
And stick around afterwards for the Koalas vs. Walruses Kickball Showdown.
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06/24/2008
Pop Matters reviewed my record and posted my video for "Who Will You Be Talking To?" today. Here's the link:
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/reviews/article/59793/graham-macrae-graham-macrae/
Also, I am going to be playing on Friday, July 4th at the Unknown Theater. Here are the details:
Friday, July 4th
The Unknown Theater
1110 Seward St.
Los Angeles, California 90038
Cost: $5
18+ open domestic beer and wine bar for 21+ Doors at 10pm, 10:30pm set time
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06/17/2008
Paste Magazine is premiering my video for "Who Will You Be Talking To?". It was directed by Jurassic Technology, who are currently making a new video for Prefuse 73. It just went up this morning, so go take a look:
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/media/2008/06/graham-macrae-who-will-you-be-talking-to.html
Some more friendly reviews and postings have been coming in from the likes of American Songwriter, the KEXP Blog, Paper Thin Walls, All Music, the Daily Vanguard, Muzzle of Bees, Metromix, Largehearted Boy, FensePost, and CMJ.
My debut album ended up peaking at #112 on the CMJ Top 200. Stations that added or charted the record include:
CILU (Thunder Bay ONT), CJLO (Montreal, QC), CJSW (Calgary, AB), KALX (Berkeley, CA), KAMP (Tucson, AZ), KBEACH (Long Beach, CA), KBUT (Crested Butte, CO), KCRW (Santa Monica, CA), KCSU (Fort Collins, CO), KFAI (Minneapolis, MN), KGLT (Bozeman, MT), KHNS (Haines, AK), KHSU (Arcata, CA), KLPI (Ruston, LA), KNDS (Fargo, ND), KNOM (Nome, AK), KRUI (Iowa City, IA), KTCU (Fort Worth, TX), KUMD (Duluth, MN), KUNI (Cedar Falls, IA), KUOI (Moscow, ID), KWCR (Ogden, UT), KWCW (Walla Walla, WA), KWUR (St. Louis, MO), KXZY (Stillwater, OK), KZFR (Chico, CA), KZSC (Santa Cruz, CA), Lasell College Radio (Newton, MA), SCAD Radio (Atlanta, GA), WDCE (Richmond, VA), WDOM (Providence, RI), WEGL (Auburn, AL), WGBK (Glenview, IL), WIRE (Norman, OK), WMUC (College Park, MD), WOUB (Athens, OH), WPKN (Bridgeport, CT), WSYC (Shippensburg, PA), WUML (Lowell, MA), WUSR (Scranton, PA), WVUA (Tuscaloosa, AL), WVUD (Newark, DE), WVUR (Valparaiso, IN)
Thanks to everyone who came out to my record release party at the Unknown Theater last month.
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05/09/2008
Howdy,
It’s been far too long since the last update…so here we go:
My self-titled debut record is finally coming out. May 20th, 2008 is the
official release date. I don’t think the CD will be in very many stores
that day. I am also doubtful that it will be available on all of the
digital retailers such as iTunes, Rhapsody, and the like. I’m doing my
best, but I am only one person. The CD is available on my website and at
all live performances for the time being, and coming soon elsewhere. I’ll
keep you in the loop.
To celebrate I am having a record release party in Los Angeles. Here are
the details:
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
The Unknown Theater
1110 Seward St, Los Angeles, CA 90038
$5 / 18+
open domestic beer and wine bar for 21+
Doors at 10pm, 10:30pm set time
Some very kind early reviews have come in on the record already.
Click here to see what Americana UK has to say:
Click here to see what The Flagpole in Athens, GA is rapping about:
http://flagpole.com/Music/RecRev/GrahamMacRae/2008-04-09
Some noteworthy occurrences are going on in that good ol’ college radio
world as well:
Last week my CD was the 14th most added record at CMJ with 30 adds.
Stations that added the record include: CILU (Thunder Bay, ONT), CJLO
(Montreal, PQ), CJSW (Calgary, AB), KALX (Berkeley, CA), KAMP (Tucson,
AZ), KBUT (Crested Butte, CO), KCRW (Santa Monica, CA), KGLT (Bozeman,
MT), KHNS (Haines, AK), KHSU (Arcata, CA), KLPI (Ruston, LA), KNDS (Fargo,
ND), KNOM (Nome, AK), KRUI (Iowa City, IA), KUMD (Duluth, MN), KUOI
(Moscow, ID), KWCR (Ogden, UT), KWCW (Walla Walla, WA), KWUR (St. Louis,
MO), KXZY (Stillwater, OK), KZSC (Santa Cruz, CA), Lasell College Radio
(Newton, MA), WEGL (Auburn, AL), WIRE (Norman, OK), WOUB (Athens, OH),
WSYC (Shippensburg, PA), WUML (Lowell, MA), WUSR (Scranton, PA), WVUA
(Tuscaloosa, AL), WVUD (Newark, DE).
This week the record debuted at #154 on the CMJ Top 200. Stations that
charted the record this week include: KCSU (Fort Collins, CO), KGLT
(Bozeman, MT), KHNS (Haines, AK), KUMD (Duluth, MN), KUNI (Cedar Falls,
IA), KUOI (Moscow, ID), KZFR (Chico, CA), SCAD (Atlanta, GA), WDCE
(Richmond, VA), WEGL (Auburn, AL), WMUC (College Park, MD), WOUB (Athens,
OH), WVUD (Newark, DE), WVUR (Valparaiso, IN)
My video for “Who Will You Be Talking To?” is finished. It will be on the
internets as soon as possible.
Be on the lookout for a West Coast Tour this year.
Thanks for all of the support.
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12/22/2007
Happy Holidays,
Next Thursday, December 27th, I am playing at the Tractor Tavern in Seattle with Damien Jurado. I go on at 9pm and I'll be playing a pretty short set, so you should plan on arriving on the early side. Hope all of your Christmas dreams come true and I hope to see you at the show.
Thursday, December 27th
Damien Jurado
Josh Morrison
Josh Ottom
Graham MacRae
Tractor Tavern
5213 Ballard Ave., Seattle, Washington 98107
All Ages
$10 advance / $12 day of show
Doors open at 8:30pm
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12/9/2007
Hope you're all enjoying the holiday season. I'm happy to say that I finally finished my first official full length CD. It is now available here on the website in the store section and at my upcoming shows. I will be having a release party in Los Angeles early next and year, and I hope to have the CD more widely available at that time.
Some west coast shows this month:
Thursday, December 13th
Dramaturgy Presents
Terence Leclere 9:15
Graham MacRae 10:00
Frequentscenes 10:45
Scott Kinnebrew 11:30
Knitting Factory (7021 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90028)
$7 All Ages
Thursday, December 27th
Damien Jurado
Josh Morrison
Josh Ottom
Graham MacRae
Tractor Tavern (5213 Ballard Ave., Seattle, Washington 98107)
$10 advance / $12 day of show All Ages
I am also looking to play a show in Portland on either December 26th or 28th. Let me know if you can help in getting one set up.
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10/02/2007
There are a couple of upcoming shows to tell you about, and one of them is
in Los Angeles this week.
Thursday, October 4th
Dramaturgy Presents
Graham MacRae – 8pm
Micah Wolf – 9pm
Josh Ottom – 10pm
Math & Science – 11pm
Knitting Factory (7021 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90028)
$7 / All Ages
I am thrilled to be playing my first show in New York City during the
upcoming CMJ Music Marathon.
Friday, October 19th
Banjo Jim’s (700 East 9th St. NY, NY 10009 – Corner of 9th Street and
Avenue C)
11pm set time
Last night I finished mastering my debut record. The record is going to be
self-titled, and it will be the second release on my A MAN, A PLAN, A
CANAL imprint. There is not an official release date, but it should be
available in the next month or so.
Tracklist:
1. I Can’t Trust You
2. Who Will You Be Talking To?
3. Forty Winks
4. Voice and Guitar
5. Future Days
6. Wedding Wind
7. Things Couldn’t Be Better
8. Oh How He Knew
9. A Pick Me Up
10. Hollywood
11. Sign Off
Contrary to the rumors that keep spreading, I am not working on a musical.
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06/06/2007
Hello, here is the first installment of what will hopefully be a more regular update with what is going on in my musical world.
The first bit of exciting news is that I have a show coming up at The Knitting Factory in Los Angeles next week. Here are the details:
Thursday, June 14th
Dramaturgy Presents:
Graham MacRae 11pm
Samuel Markus 10pm
Ric Veda 9pm
Flashing Red Lights 8pm
With DJ Sets by High Voltage
Doors 7:30pm
$7
All Ages
Alterknit Lounge at The Knitting Factory (7021 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90028)
This past December I finished a nine track CD-R release that I passed out to some folks. I have made all of the tracks available for download in the discography section.
I am putting the finishing touches on an album that I finished last year and hope to have it available by this fall. It was recorded by former Mighty Lemon Drop, David Newton (The Little Ones, The Movies, Aberdeen) and mixed at Tiny Telephone by Scott Solter. Hope to get the final master and the artwork finished soon.
I’ve been recording quite a bit this past year with Mr. Newton and have some projects in the works to come out in 2008.
The Sea Level era is coming to an end as the store is finally closing this month. There will be a going away party on Friday, June 22nd at Safari Sam’s (5214 Sunset Blvd.) featuring live performances by Division Day and The Switch as well as DJ sets by Sea Level Todd, Sylvia, Nikki (Silversun Pickups), Magic Marcos (The Movies), and Kevin Bronson.
Hope all is well in your world.
Graham MacRae
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05/09/2006
Hello, www.grahammacrae.com is now live. The store section will be up
soon. Thanks to all of you that were able to make it out for the "Sing
Song Celebration" last month.
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