Akron/Family

After the Angels of Light brilliant record We are Him, it looks like Young God records is about to release another contender for this year's best albums. According to Michael Gira, Akron/Family are _four extremely nice, sincere and well-mannered young men from rural America who came to NYC (in 2002) to make music, hoping to find a thread of real magic still winding through this city’s music scene._ Following last year's Meek Warrior, they will release on September 10t... MORE

2007 was poised for greatness. Around this time last year, we knew that we'd have new records from Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire, Radiohead, New Pornographers, PJ Harvey, Andrew Bird, Iron & Wine, and scores of other established acts. The future of popular music never looked brighter. And while none of those records were by any means terrible, my personal expectations were slightly less than met, and the bar didn't seem move a notch. I can't even come up with a list of my 10 f... MORE

Forgive me in advance if this gets a little...well gets a little out there...in the ether. I was driving home tonight without my glasses (my eyesight isn't TOO bad but i should probably still wear glasses to drive) and i was listening to the Akron/Family album Love is Simple, and it struck me as something hypnotically human. I, like most of you, am a serious music listener. I take things apart, lyrically, technically, and experientially. I think about the mastering, th... MORE

“Now that my bodies grown the lonely heart poetryDroning in hearts becomes songs that all objectsSing to each other like friends telling stories” (from “Ed Is A Portal”) To compare Akron/Family to anything, you kind of have to compare them to everything. Either way, you’re risking a deserved reviewer’s remorse. While you can hear the classic rock influences so forcefully at moments, they are only moments. That is to say that these flashes of homage to the greats are no ... MORE

Here's a track off the latest album from indie folk outfit Akron/Family, who record for Michael Gira's Young God label. The new album is Love Is Simple. Where's they ever get that crazy idea?

Originally posted on Puddlegum.net Akron/Family is about to release the anticipated Love Is Simple, set for September 24 on Young God Records. The four piece is known for energetic live shows, and has received much love from music blogs for their experimental freak folk songs. Akron/Family spent two weeks tracking the album with Andrew Weiss (Ween) at Zion House Of Flesh in New Jersey. Akron/Family are currently touring with Megafaun and Greg Davis in the East, Midwest... MORE

So I've got a co-worker who has fairly similar musical tastes with me - I think I veer out into the harder end of the spectrum farther than he does, but we share a lot of good music between us. Co-worker was kind enough to share with me a disc of some stuff one of his friends put together for him, and man there's some REALLY good stuff on here - Akron/Family being the stuff that's sticking best today. Akron/Family has a very simple and chill, yet lush folk vibe going on... MORE

...with Akron/Family's Love Is Simple. I'm all caught up in the bizarro - hippie-love - acid - trip - in - the - woods feel of the record, and I just keep hitting repeat. There have been plenty of "really good" records so far this year, but few have cut me to the core like this one. Definitely a contender for best of '07. Here's one of my favorite tracks: The album cover (more info on it here): AND it's available on emusic!

The Brooklyn based four-piece folk group Akron/Family have announced the release of their second full length. Love Is Simple drop September 10 via Young God Records. In support of their sophomore venture, the group has also committed to a what a spokesperson described as a grueling North American tour. Akron/Family - "Love Is Simple" Following the release of their self titled debut in 2005 they released a split CD with Michael Gira/Angels of Light, then the M... MORE

mmmmhmmm

We've just posted 4 live Akron/Family videos from their performance at The Turf Club in St. Paul, MN on March 11th, 2007. Songs featured include Moment, Running Returning, Love is Simple, and Colors into Sunrise Sunset. check them out here: http://scheduletwo.com/video/akron_family This is our second set of Akron/Family videos, the first was shot one year prior- to the day- on March 11th 2006 at Treehouse Records. http://scheduletwo.com/video/more_akron_family

Cool video, cool song, cool band. 'nuff said.

Last year, Akron/Family almost landed two albums in my top ten, their self-titled debut and the rougher, more exuberant split with Michael Gira's Angels of Light. It didn't seem fair, and anyway, I was having a lot of trouble reducing my list to ten, so very late in the year, I just switched the split with the debut, which had been holding down #2 all year to that point. This is not really very interesting, but the point is that Akron/Family is a really exciting, challen... MORE

I'm listening to the new Akron/Family, Meek Warrior which is out on Young God next week, and it's fantastic. The first cut, "Blessing Force" is a nine-plus minute free-jazz leaning freakout, which has a lot of fans' panties in a bunch, but look, they've always liked the improv, it's in the self-titled too and what is "Raising the Sparks" but an extended riff? Anyway, I noticed that MOG has slyly replaced all the new song titles but "Blessing Force" with the softer, more... MORE