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Swift is...
goody, good-gooooood!
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oh so baaaad!
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i don't even know.
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__(fill in the blank)______.
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08/06/08 RICHARD SWIFT Releases Free Digital EP, Hits the Road With Stereolab and The Walkmen
Secretly Canadian is pleased to announce "Ground Trouble Jaw," a new digital EP from RICHARD SWIFT, which is being given away for free for a limited time via our friends at EMusic. The EP is sure to please fans of classic Swift, as the five tracks run the gamut from 60s girl group pop to Motown soul to Onasis-flavored 50s street gang doo-wop to synth-fueled pop classics (think Prince sitting in on the "Plastic Ono" sessions) - all with Swift's emerging trademark vocals which bring his songs to life like few other singers do today.

You can find it for FREE from EMusic HERE!
http://www.emusic.com/album/Richard-Swift-Ground-Trouble-Jaw-MP3-Downl oad/11262460.html

Additionally, Swift will hit the road at the end of the month in support of his good buddies The Walkmen, following it up with a string of dates with Stereolab.

TOUR DATES:
08/21/08 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour w/ The Walkmen
08/22/08 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour w/ The Walkmen
08/27/08 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge w/ The Walkmen
09/25/08 Costa Mesa, CA - OCPAC: Samueli Theater w/ Jose Gonzalez
10/17/08 Seattle, WA - Showbox w/ Stereolab
10/18/08 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom w/ Stereolab
10/19/08 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom w/ Stereolab
10/21/08 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore w/ Stereolab
10/23/08 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre w/ Stereolab
10/24/08 Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern w/ Stereolab


another d/l option:

http://www.secretlycanadian.com/onesheet.php?cat=SC187

i've not had the chance to download it yet, so i have no opinion.
free is good though, no?

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Awesome! Thanks for the link. Richard Swift rules.
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Awwww, I desperately wan that man in Boston.
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http://www.blogotheque.net/Richard-Swift,4393

some video/singing at Swift's b-day party.
(he adds some choice words in a song Laughing )

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http://www.secretlycanadian.com/onesheet.php?cat=SC183

RICHARD SWIFT
The Atlantic Ocean CD / LP (SC183, released: 04/07/09)
The Atlantic Ocean is the fourth release from American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Richard Swift. Celebrated for his lo-fi, experimental mélanges saluting genres from Doo-Wop to lush American Pop, Swift adds jaunty synthesizers and Motown soul to make Ocean his most danceable record to date.

After touring the US with Cold War Kids, Wilco and Stereolab, Swift started recording The Atlantic Ocean in Wilco's Chicago loft on a vintage analog tape machine sold to him by Wilco's frontman Jeff Tweedy. With a methodical approach and help from engineer Chris Colbert (The Walkmen) and mulit-instrumentalist Casey Foubert (Sufjan Stevens, Crystal Skulls), Swift's vintage mixtures on Ocean are seamless and bright. A collaboration with producer Mark Ronson on track "Ballad of Old What's His Name" features the talents of Ryan Adams, Mark Ronson, Sean Lennon and Pat Sansone of Wilco, a strange pairing of musicians, producing beautiful results.

The Atlantic Ocean continues Swift's tradition of defying musical categorization while showcasing his signature wry, whimsical style. Title-track "The Atlantic Ocean" opens the album with bouncy synth-powered pop while orchestra swells blend with electric guitar solos on "The First Time." Ragtime horns parade on "Bat Coma Motown" and single "Lady Luck" brings the album to a close with Swift's signature croon hearkening serious 60s soul. With a balanced mix of dry, minimal rock and roll, and futuristic synthesizer stabs, Swift himself refers to the album's sound as "Prince sitting in on John Lennon's Plastic Ono sessions".

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Richard Swift is pure amazing, and I must see him live one day.
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the LP cover is really cool.
his website has a bigger picture of it so you can see more detail.

i don't know how to put it up here though.

the mountain from the Dressed Up cover is out the window.

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i haven't been able to pick up his album yet - it's not widely distributed enough - but he's had a full album stream on myspace since before the record came out.

i didn't know what to think of it at first as i was not prepared for all the synths on about half the songs, but listening again today it's really gelling for me.

i have a big online order i have to do and i'll be getting this.

why websites like Pitchfork won't really try and get the word out on him i don't understand.

www.myspace.com/richardswift

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http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/instruments-science-and-techn ology-music-paradise-armor
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I need to check this out ... He's too good to be so obscure.
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http://richardswift.tumblr.com/

he's posting unreleased songs on his website. anyone know how to download from Tumblr streams?

here is something he announced today:

http://otherpeoplessongs.tumblr.com/

“Other People’s Songs Vol. 1” is a collection of covers recorded on the weekend of August 21-22, 2010 (with the aid of a four-track cassette recorder and a Coles-4038 ribbon microphone). It is available to you (the world) via the inter-webs for FREE. These recordings came about spontaneously, and we wanted to share them in the same manner. Look for another one around Winter time. “Thanks, Brochacho” - DJ/RS

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CREDITS:

Damien Jurado: singing, guitars, percussion, fx

Richard Swift: singing, guitars, bass, drums, various keyboards, fx

Josh Ottum: additional guitar on “Hello Sunshine”

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Recorded/Mixed by Richard Swift @ National Freedom

Mastered by Christopher Colbert @ Cobra Research Center

Photo by Sarah Jurado / Layout & Type by ONASIS

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THANKS: Josh Ottum, Chris Colbert & The Swansons

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“Be Not So Fearful” - Originally by Bill Fay

“Hello Sunshine” - Originally by Relatively Clean Rivers

“Sweetness” - Originally by Yes

“Sincere Replies” - Originally by Oh! Calcutta! Original Broadway Cast

“If The Sun Stops Shinin’” - Originally by Chubby Checker

“Follow Me” - Originally by John Denver

“Outside My Window” - Originally by The Fleetwoods

“Radioactivity” - Originally by Kraftwerk

“Crazy Like A Fox” - Originally by Link Cromwell & The Zoo

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http://richardswift.tumblr.com/post/8095236647

Free download of a new song. Sounds great. So thankful he didn't distort his vox like on the Walt Wolfman EP.

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