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.

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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)