The Colourist: EP

I know several of you are bored by the exorbitant number of northeasty Ivy-League deliberpoppers that have been coming out of Brooklyn lately, many have been featured by PaisleyTunes due to the catchy, concise, and easy listening nature of their oeuvre*. Let me now tell you about a new band – one that will blow the […]

My Transcendence into a Kishi Bashi Wonderland

Why hello there friendly readers. I am writing to the internets to tell of a grand and wonderful event. On a now not-so-recent evening, I spent 3 hours in a glorious frenzy of music and passion and dancing that was fueled 98% by Kishi Bashi and Tall Tall Trees and 2% by several dirty martinis. […]

Jupiter One: Sunshower

Finding new music is not always a straight forward experience, sometimes it requires a little bit of reverse engineering. Take, for example, the previous PaisleyPosts on Attila, The Last Names, and (future post) Giant Giant Sand, bands that are tangentially connected to Billy Joel, Bishop Allen, Howie Gelb & (more recently) Brian Lopez. The tracing of creative […]

Plume Giant: Callithump

The snow fell the duration of the weekend. We hid ourselves away Friday, peering through smeared window panes, as inches upon inches of crystalized oblivion piled upon the landscape. With the snowfall came statewide directorials: NO DRIVING… until Sunday morning. No problem. Our plans were few; Saunter to Harvard Square’s newest nickelodeon, The Sinclair, and […]

Kishi Bashi: 7″ Box Set (Limited Edition)

Seems the folks over at Joyful Noise have produced another beautiful box set and, as is their tradition, it’s a limited edition (naturally). What’s special about this one? It’s Kishi Bashi! JN‘s exciting description: Announcing… three elaborate 7″ singles from Kishi Bashi! Each of the three releases features a single from Kishi Bashi‘s acclaimed debut […]

Kishi Bashi: It’s Christmas But It’s Not White In Our Town

Despite the sporadic sunshine peering through PaisleyEast’s Cotton Street headquarters, it is, in fact, December and that means time for holiday over saturation! First up, Kishi Bashi’s minute and change Macy’s ad of a tune – perfect for anyone who enjoys Christmas music but not much. I can’t help but think that K is attempting […]

Tall Tall Trees: Moment

The long brisk Alston night culminated in K Ishibashi sitting alone, completely exhausted, just outside the Harvard Ave & Commonwealth bus shelter. It was one in the morning and no busses would be arriving – but nobody seemed to care, fans milled about enthusiastically recalling another stunning performance. However this post isn’t about Kishi, it’s […]

King Charles: Loveblood

I took a trip to New Hampshire this weekend and grabbed a handful of CDs for the ride. Included in this pile (of course) were my most recent favorites: Kishi Bashi, Brian López, The Shins, The Beach Boys, and King Charles. Surprisingly, one of our pals riding along in the car mentioned that he had […]

Brighton Music Hall: Kishi Bashi & The Barr Brothers

Tuesday, May 15, 2012: It was a homecoming for The Barr Brothers and the room showed it, locals and friends loitered near the stage and at the green-room door. Kishi Bashi on the other hand is relatively new to town yet still had a throng of young girls (and at least one talkative man) swooning […]

Kishi Bashi: Live in Washington DC

If you haven’t seen enough of Kishi Bashi on the blog lately (exhibits A & B), I am alerting everyone to the fact that NPR has a couple live shows on its website, streaming both mp3 and HD video. Or, look no further than the PaisleyBlog to provide you a link to the Washington DC show and check […]