The Low Anthem performs live on KUT in Austin, Texas, today at 2 PM CT, prior to tonight's concert in Austin. The band "frequently dazzles on both recordings and in live performance," says KUT. Their recent performances at Philadelphia's Kimmel Center for WXPN and on Mountain Stage are both available at npr.org. The Low Anthem's Hear Ya Live Session is also up now and includes the song "Boeing 737," which Hear Ya calls "triumphant, almost prophetic." Watch it here.
The Low Anthem will perform songs from their latest Nonesuch release, Smart Flesh, live on KUT in Austin, Texas, today at 2 PM CT, prior to tonight's show at Austin's Central Presbyterian Church. "Combining strong folk influences with a more ethereal modern-rock sensibility, Rhode Island quartet The Low Anthem frequently dazzles on both recordings and in live performance," says KUT. "Utilizing criminally underutilized instruments such as the pump organ, clarinet and harmonica, the band creates a rustic ambiance on their haunting, country-flavored ballads." Tune in online at kut.org.
Late last month, while in Philadelphia on tour with Iron & Wine, the band performed a free noon set at the Kimmel Center as part of NPR member station WXPN's Live Fridays concert series. "Citing Tom Waits, Neil Young and Bob Dylan as their main influences," says WXPN, "the members of The Low Anthem craft a folksy, layered sound." The set included Smart Flesh tunes "Ghost Woman Blues," "Matter of Time," "Burn," "Hey All You Hippies," and "Boeing 737," as well as the song "To the Ghosts Who Write History Books," from their Nonesuch debut album, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, and their earlier song "This God Damn House." You can listen to the complete performance at npr.org.
The band's performance on Mountain Stage recently aired on NPR stations across the United States. The set included the Smart Flesh tunes "Ghost Woman Blues," "Matter of Time," "Hey All You Hippies," "Boeing 737," and "Love and Alter." You can listen to the complete set at npr.org.
The Low Anthem also gave live performances of a number of these songs for a Hear Ya Live Session. Oz at Hear Ya describes "Boeing 737" as his "favorite song of the year ... favorite in recent memory" and says it "has the capacity to weaken your knees or reduce you to tears and its song craft is triumphant—almost prophetic." You can watch the band's performance of the song for Hear Ya, recorded at Chicago's Shirk Music + Sound, below and listen to the complete session at hearya.com.
Band member Ben Knox Miller spoke with American Songwriter magazine's Matt Popkin about his songwriting technique and a bit of the band's history, from its early days to touring with the likes of label mate Emmylou Harris. You can read the article at americansongwriter.com.
To pick up a copy of Smart Flesh and Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, head to the Nonesuch Store now, where orders include high-quality, 320 kbps of the albums at checkout.
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