the dotmatrix project

A taste of the bands:

Project Tritium: Affectus Incognitus

The Raving Knaves: Big Empty Detroit

Poster by Justin Reich.

Dawn Chorus: Oh Please from Sean Coon on Vimeo.

Dawn Chorus has a music video! A big shout of thanks to Aaron Aadland and Justin Sale for shooting and Jason Pierce for shooting, directing and editing the video. Apparently, it got a bit tricky with the overdubbing, but the final product looks great.

(extra thanks to Andy for framing the open/closing sequences at the last minute)

We at DMP are happy to announce that Tom Beardslee Live at the dotmatrix project is now available at Amie Street… for FREE. Get in quick, because the price will be rising soon.

For those of you without Amie Street accounts, here’s a way to get free money in your new account.

Enjoy!

You can purchase tickets now for the September 12th show.

A few videos from the other night:

Will Ridenour: The Kora from Sean Coon on Vimeo.

Invisible: Binary from Sean Coon on Vimeo.

If you’re a fan of Southern Rock, you’re going to love Possum Jenkins.

The live album, free download, is now up on Last.fm. And if you’d like to directly support the band once you try out their sound — my favorite tunes are Carrborro Nights and Someday — head on over to Amie Street and buy the album for a lot less than you might expect.

Lyndon Street Artworks: Thursday, 8pm

Will Ridenour

photo by John Leonard

Possum Jenkins stirred up the crowd real nice last week, all the way to the point that going home wasn’t an option for some. The kids in the front row chanted “encore!” for a good 30 seconds while the fellas played it cool, huddling, visibly, about five feet away from the closest mic stand.

And then the crowd got what they asked for:

Nasty Nate’s Shotgun Blues (live @ DMP)

Workin’ Man Blues (live @ DMP)

If you missed them last week, you can catch Possum Jenkins at The Garage in Winston Salem tomorrow night.

photo by John Leonard

photo by John Leonard

photo by John Leonard

photo by John Leonard

Tom Beardslee wove together a beautiful, soulful solo set and then Possum Jenkins stepped up and absolutely tore the roof off. After two encores and a posse of fans throwing their PBR’s sky high, PJ left the room a buzz, wailing and wanting more. I’m going to post the encore tracks as soon as we mix them down.

Killer.

A huge thanks to the media crew who participated tonight — particularly Jason Pierce for stepping up last minute and filling in as the third filmmaker. And from the look of John Leonard’s shots above, I think we might have raised the quality bar once again.

And while it might not seem like a huge number elsewhere, I counted over sixty people in the back bar at one point during PJ’s set. It was a friggin’ sauna back there, but everyone seemed to be having a great time nonetheless.

Look for the albums soon.

Photo by Tanya Peterson

Josh Neas and I had a blast rapping about DMP, talking ConvergeSouth and listening to some of the live tracks by veterans of the project on his Wednesday night, 6pm to 8pm show on 90.9FM WQFS.

Check it out: