Thule (pronounced TWO’lee)is a short film being produced by some super-geniuses from AFI (American Film Institute) in LA and we’re making the ruminant and slightly menacing Phase III Storm soundtrack to it, along with some sound design.  Photography has just finished, and it will be a few short months before release.  The soundtrack will be cold strings, sweeping breathlessness, and military-reminiscent drums.

Gunsling Birds has been hard at work raising money for the new album!  Kickstarter is the venue, $3000 is the goal.  We want to make wonderful packaging for this album, then we want you to hold it in your hands and say “wow, this is nice packaging…”, then we want you to turn off the lights and listen to the record from start to finish while possibly saying “wow, this is good music… and the packaging is nice”.  We might even want you to tell us that this all happened.  Just a thought.  In case you didn’t see the hyperlink, this is where the beef resides: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2032876798/cash4disc-gunsling-birds-is-making-a-new-album

The Capitalist Youth is tying the last knots on the long awaited friends-in-a-room studio album of songs from the southern tier.  This will be a hand-clapping, sing-a-long, wondershow of tuneage which will hopefully make you clap your hands and sing. out loud. both the clapping and the singing.  yes.

Matt Simons has finished tracking his newest effort, which will be a 5 track EP called “Living Proof”.  It will be home to some great songs, and the performances of several wonderful musicians.  Editing and overdubs have begun and are promising great things to come!  In the mean time, check out Matt’s free single of the week on Bandcamp.com (essentially an album’s worth of music, for free!)

The newest Capitalist Youth effort is near completion.  Left to finish: mixing, eye-design, and mastering.  All is looking good for completion in about 1-2 months.  It will be wonderful to the ears.

The trifecta of EPs being created by Gunsling Birds is a slow growing infant, but learn to walk it shall, and talk to boot!  I’m proud to see each spurt of learning and development from their tiny feet and fingers.

‘City of Parks’ is still viewable on the Channel 13 (PBS in New York City) website.

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September 27th will be the PBS premier of a new documentary about the lesser-known parks in New York City.

This will be Cosmonaut Union’s television debut!

More in the City of Parks project page.

The Capitalist Youth have started tracking for the new full length album.  Recording will take place in several living rooms from Philly to New Jersey to Brooklyn and beyond!  If you have a living room you would us to record a song or two in, let us know!  Room-rocks the new jolt of awesome.

Gunsling Birds will start recording 3 simultaneous EPs within the month.  It will be like 3 siblings, each with a unified parentage, but conflicting feelings about what posters to put on the walls.  I’m siding with the one that still loves KISS.  We’ll see who wins, I’ll try to keep score.

More HERE.

You can visit the CD Baby main page on May 5th to join in the fun, or visit the Gunsling Birds CD Baby page now and for ever.

JerseyBand has just put up another track from the new album Beast Wedding.  It is for sale on their website, or for listen on their myspace.  Possibly more/equally important is that they’ll be playing May 9th at Webster Hall in NYC.  Frank will be there doing sound.  Come say hi and shake your arms at the noise.

Jerseyband has offered one teaser track from the new album on their website, for purchase.  Likewise, have at it.

Frank Wartinger has just signed on to score a short PBS documentary entitled The Unseen Green.  It will be a 30 minute number comprised of 6 short vingnettes regarding different parks in and around New York City.  More later.

Frank has finished his part of the mixing (part of the album is being mixed by Ryan Ferreira, Jerseyband’s guitar-meister and recording engineer), and is about to be mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music, NY.

Obviously we are all excited and hope that feeling spreads.  The band will be playing in Brussels later in March, and will have a featured article in Alarm Magazine in the coming months.

Also, The Gunsling Birds record is nearing completion after 2 full years of production.  It is in the capable mixing hands of Wil Farr at the moment.

Also Also, Matt Simons‘ EP “I Have Said Enough” has been mastered by Peter Denenberg at Acme Studios and will be avaliable on iTunes and other digital download type sites in the near future, maybe a month or so?

Keep up with the world!  It be spinning.