Free Mark Kozelek “Live at Lincoln Hall” album to be released May 1

Starting May 1, all orders through Caldo Verde Records (excluding digital downloads but including pre-orders like Sun Kil Moon’s “Among the Leaves,”) will receive a “Mark Kozelek: Live at Lincoln Hall” limited CD. After May 1, the previous CD that was free with orders, “Mark Kozelek: Live at Union Chapel & Sodra Teatern,” will be out of print.

“Mark Kozelek: Live at Lincoln Hall” was recorded on July 8th, 2011 at Chicago’s Lincoln Hall. Track listing:

1. 13 (written by Danzig)
2. New Partner (written by Will Oldham)
3. Half Moon Bay
4. Sunshine in Chicago
5. Third and Seneca
6. Young Love
7. Australian Winter
8. Up To My Neck In You (written by AC/DC)
9. All Mixed Up (written by the Cars)
10. Carry Me Ohio
11. Like The River
12. Church of the Pines
13. Heron Blue
14. Summer Dress
15. Duk Koo Kim

You can read reviews of this show in our forum.

UPDATE: New Sun Kil Moon album ‘Among the Leaves’ due May 29th

Updated February 13 with CD2 tracklist

Great news!

Release Date May 29 – Caldo Verde Records

Among The Leaves is the 5th full length album by Mark Kozelek under the Sun Kil Moon moniker. Played almost entirely on nylon string guitar, this 17-song all original album was recorded between October 2011 and January 2012 in San Francisco. Among The Leaves – words which caught Mark’s attention from a John Connolly novel – finds Mark relaxed, singing playfully about his life as a musician while retaining the melancholic spirit of his 20 year catalog. Mark’s love for San Francisco and Northern California are at the heart of this new album. “My first album (Down Colorful Hill) was released in 1992″ says Kozelek, “but creatively, I feel like I’m just beginning. The new album was written and recorded impulsively, without second guessing. I didn’t have that kind of confidence in the past.” Unlike Red House Painter’s epic Rollercoaster, described by Rolling Stone as “the slowest and mopiest self revelations ever put to tape” or Sun Kil Moon’s Ghosts of the Great Highway, which Billboard Magazine called “heartbreaking,” Among The Leaves displays a more raw and humorous side of Mark’s songwriting.

Aaron Prellwitz, recording engineer of Red House Painters and all 5 Sun Kil Moon albums describes the latest effort as “wonderfully direct.” Kozelek curiously ties together legends Joe Frazier, Bobby Fischer and Ed Gein in ‘The Winery’, ‘Song for Richard Collopy’ is a touching tribute to the late San Francisco guitar repairman, and ‘Sunshine In Chicago’ – written just before taking the stage at a Chicago venue last year – is a funny, self-deprecating poke at life on the road. Though Among The Leaves is mostly in the solo, nylon string style of Admiral Fell Promises, a new ensemble of players joined Mark for a portion of the record, recalling the same spirit as April and Tiny Cities, but with a fresh, new sound. The album will be released on CD, vinyl, and digitally, with bonus tracks to be announced. More information soon at www.caldoverderecords.com

1. I Know It’s Pathetic But That Was The Greatest Night Of My Life
2. Sunshine In Chicago
3. The Moderately Talented Yet Attractive Young Woman vs. The Exceptionally Talented Yet Not So Attractive Middle Aged Man
4. That Bird Has A Broken Wing
5. Elaine
6. The Winery
7. Young Love
8. Song For Richard Collopy
9. Among The Leaves
10. Red Poison
11. Track Number 8
12. Not Much Rhymes With Everything’s Awesome At All Times
13. King Fish
14. Lonely Mountain
15. UK Blues
16. UK Blues 2
17. Black Kite

CD2

1. Among The Leaves (alt version)
2. The Moderately Talented Young Woman (alt version)
3. That Bird Has A Broken Wing (live)
4. UK Blues (live)
5. Black Kite (live)

Also, check out this pro-shot video featuring live versions of ‘Heron Blue’ and the new ‘Sunshine in Chicago’ from Fredericton, NB over at Southern Souls. You can discuss the new album in the forums.

Desertshore’s Drawing of Threes

For those who don’t follow Sad Reminders on Twitter or haven’t liked us on Facebook, you may have missed that Desertshore’s second album Drawing of Threes came out on November 22 on Mark Kozelek’s Caldo Verde Records. Desertshore features former Red House Painters guitarist Phil Carney and classically trained pianist Chris Connolly. This time around Mark Kozelek sings and plays bass on 6 of the album’s 10 tracks.

Reviews

• The Onion’s A.V. Club
• Spin CDs
• Mark Kozelek on Desertshore’s Drawing of Threes and his Favorite Songs playlist

Buy

• Caldo Verde Records
• Amazon MP3
• Google Music

Listen

• “Diana” on Caldo Verde’s site
• “Mercy” on Caldo Verde’s site
• Drawing of Threes on Rdio
• Drawing of Threes on Spotify

Stream “Mercy” from new Desertshore album featuring Mark Kozelek

On November 22, Caldo Verde Records will release Desertshore’s sophomore album Drawing of Threes. Desertshore features ex-Red House Painters guitarist Phil Carney and classically trained pianist Chris Connolly. Interestingly the album will feature vocals and bass by Mark Kozelek on “several tracks.” We don’t know exactly how many tracks he lends vocals to, but if it’s anything like “Mercy” then it’s definitely going to be excellent. You can pre-order the album on Caldo Verde Records’ site.

Stream or download “Mercy”

If you like what you hear, you can also stream Gwynnedd and Mojave Mirage from Desertshore’s debut album Drifting Your Majesty, also on Caldo Verde Records.

Mark Kozelek “On Tour. A Documentary.” DVD coming August 16

Big news this morning from Caldo Verde Records:

For 19 years, critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek has toured solo and as front man of both Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon. Until now, he has never given filmmakers access into his life on the road. Filmed during portions of Mark Kozelek’s European and North American tours of 2010 and 2011, this is a rare glimpse into Mark’s backstage areas and passenger seat travels. Shot in black and white, this dynamic film captures the fast paced travel of a singer on a solo-acoustic journey, giving viewers an inspirational look at its high points, and also a stark view of its mundane realities. Footage includes an intimate version of ‘Katy Song’ performed at Sant’Ambrogio Church in Bologna, a mesmerizing ‘Half Moon Bay’ performed in Switzerland, and a flamenco-flourished ‘Third and Seneca’ filmed in a Copenhagen hotel room. The film’s soundtrack includes album tracks, concert recordings, hotel room performances, and a score written and performed by Mark Kozelek.

June 24 update: pre-order the DVD here.

Update - Here’s the full tracklisting:

• Sam Wong Hotel
• Ålesund
• Void
• Katy Song
• Half Moon Bay
• Australian Winter
• Tonight In Bilbao
• Lucky Man
• Trailways
• Four Fingered Fisherman
• Like The River
• Lost Verses
• Blue Orchids
• Third And Seneca
• Carry Me Ohio
• You Are My Sun
• Natural Light
• Moorestown
• Heron Blue

New Mark Kozelek live album out today; rare Red House Painters radio broadcast

Lots of things going on in the Kozelek world in the last month. As always, follow @sadreminders on Twitter for the latest news!

Mark Kozelek — Live at Union Chapel & Södra Teatern

Mark Kozelek returns with another live album available right now! It was recorded at the Union Chapel in London on July 29, 2010 and at Södra Teatern in Stockholm, October 25, 2010. The CD version is available for free with any purchase (except digital downloads) on Caldo Verde Records website. You can also download the digital version for $7.99 (in both MP3 and FLAC formats) and you’ll get “Randolph’s Tango” (a Thin Lizzy cover) that will also be available on the vinyl version. No date as to when the vinyl version will be released, but you can bet it will be limited.

New Music!

Mark has donated a new track “Chin Swee Suite” to Patagonia Music, Volume 2.

Buy a song, benefit the environment. Patagonia has teamed up with a diverse group of world-class musicians to help protect and restore our natural environment. The musicians donate an exclusive song, you buy some great music on iTunes® and non-profit environmental groups receive much-needed funds.

Check out the website here.

I’ll Be There EP for sale

If you didn’t pick up Admiral Fell Promises from Caldo Verde’s site, then you never got the free I’ll Be There EP. The good news is that it’s available for purchase for $4.99, but there is a very limited quantity and they will not be repressed. And don’t forget – if you buy the EP, you’ll get the new live album for free!

Bill Janovitz of Buffalo Tom Covers Sun Kil Moon

Bill Janovitz of Buffalo Tom has covered Sun Kil Moon’s “Glenn Tipton.” You can download it here.

Rare Red House Painters radio broadcast

Saving the best for last with this one. WREK in Atlanta, Georgia recently re-broadcast an in-studio session with Red House Painters from August 9, 1988 – their earliest known radio session. Recorded only 3 months after they formed, a young Mark Kozelek sings live in studio like you’ve never heard before. Among the live acoustic songs that Mark performs, there’s also 2 studio-recorded full-band tracks. It’s a rare glimpse into the early days of a singer/songwriter finding his voice – literally. Download the whole show here, or if you prefer the tracks cut up and named, click here.

Here are the tracks played:

• Thoughts In My Head (acoustic)
• I Miss You Virginia (acoustic)
• Surrounded (acoustic)
• Shackles and a Picture of the Key
• Nearly Clubbed to Death (acoustic)
• I Love You (acoustic)
• A Nice Place to Visit (acoustic)
• I Need To Lighten Up (acoustic)
• Surrounded
• The Starving (acoustic)

New Mark Kozelek live album to be released March 1

From Caldo Verde Records:

Mark Kozelek

Live at Union Chapel & Södra Teatern

AVAILABLE MARCH 1st – LIMITED EDITION

Available FREE with direct purchases at caldoverderecords.com beginning March 1 (NOTE: “I’ll Be There” EP will be OUT OF PRINT beginning March 1).

Recorded live to DAT this 78 minute CD includes 14 tracks of solo live material recorded at London’s Union Chapel and Stockholm’s Sodra Teatern in 2010. The vinly and digital versions include a bonus cover version of Thin Lizzy’s ‘Randolph’s Tango’.

Digital version will be available exclusively at www.caldoverderecords.com beginning March 1.

Vinyl release date to be announced.

TRACK LISTING:

• Third And Seneca
• Moorestown
• Katy Song
• Australian Winter
• Heron Blue
• Blue Orchids
• Bay of Skulls
• Cruiser
• Like The River
• Half Moon Bay
• Get Along Home Cindy
• You Are My Sun
• Church Of The Pines
• The Leaning Tree
• Randolph’s Tango* (*vinyl and digital download exclusive)

Get Along Home Cindy is a new song.

Thanks sg70471 for spotting that!

2011 tour dates; AFP vinyl; 2006 radio show

Happy holidays! It’s been a while since my last update, but that’s because there hasn’t been much going on in the Kozelek camp as of late. However, there’s been some recent activity I thought I’d recap.

A bunch of 2011 tour dates have surfaced on Mark’s official site. See the right sidebar for those. I expect more US dates will trickle in over the next few months.

If you were lucky enough to snag one, Mark had some numbered, autographed marbled vinyl Admiral Fell Promises albums up for sale on Caldo Verde last month for $50, but that didn’t last more than a day. I tweeted it out when I found out about it, so definitely follow @sadreminders for timelier updates. The white vinyl versions have sold out, but you can grab one on eBay for some ridiculous amount of money. If you’re not worried about color, you can still grab the standard black vinyl version at Aural Exploits or Insound for about $25. All of the different versions have 2 extra tracks recorded live in France.

Finally, forum user seven1082000 spotted a 28-minute radio show and acoustic performance over on archive.org from KEXP on January 13, 2006. Tracks played: Four-Fingered Fisherman, Tiny Cities Made of Ashes, Salvador Sanchez and an amazing version of Bubble. If you use Google Chrome, you’ll be able to stream the file, or there’s a link to download as an MP3 as well.

Watch a 45-minute live Mark Kozelek set

Check out this pro-shot Mark Kozelek performance recorded live at Sommerfesten, Giske, Norway on July 31, 2010.

Setlist:

• Duk Koo Kim
• Moorestown
• Carry Me Ohio
• Heron Blue
• All Mixed Up
• Australian Winter
• Third & Seneca

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Change to upcoming Spanish tour dates; AFP vinyl

A couple things going on in the Sun Kil Moon camp as of late.

Without any warning, the Spanish dates have been cancelled with the exception of Barcelona, which is now 2 nights at Heliogàbal. He’s appearing October 22 and 23rd. Updated tour dates and links are in the right sidebar.

All 1000 copies of the white vinyl version of Admiral Fell Promises are sold out through Caldo Verde, but are still available at Aural Exploits. Aural Exploits should also have the regular black vinyl versions up soon.

Additionally, for those going to the Scandinavian dates, there will be 100 copies of a marbled vinyl version that will be exclusive to those shows later this month.