[Mp3] Nomen Novum: “Parallel Eyes”
I normally only post new stuff here, but I decided I would go retro today and post a classic mp3 from way back in 2009. Short of a couple of Deerhunter records, November is pretty much my favourite album born in Atlanta since Outkast were together. So, consider this a reminder that you are sorely missing out if don’t yet own a copy. Back to a solo project for David Norbery again, Nomen Novum did a rare thing at the last show I caught in performing some older songs, and hearing this live reminded me how great it is:
Also, Norbery is taking his act on an east coast jaunt, so if you reside in any of these cities, you should check him out:
Nomen Novum Tour Dates:
7/15 – Charlotte, NC @ Yauhaus w/ Rough Hands
7/17 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fire w/ Ladies Auxiliary + Noncanon
7/18 – Brooklyn, NY @ Glasslands w/ Ladies Aux., Multitudes, STATS, and Inzinzac
7/19 – Buffalo, NY @ Sugar City w/ Bebe’s Kids + Lulldozer
7/21 – Washington, DC @ Everlasting Life w/ Lord Scrummage + Altered States
7/24 – Knoxville, TN @ The Pilot Light w/ Royal Bangs + Cool Runnings
8/27 – Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn w/ Gobble Gobble
- Posted by Davy Minor on July 14, 2010 at 4:23 am
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[Photos] This Piano Plays Itself, Untied States, Nomen Novum @ Drunken Unicorn (5/21/10)
Photos 1 – 13 by Clint Miller. Photos 14 – 22 by Kevin Griggs.
Nomen Novum:
Untied States:
This Piano Plays Itself:
- Posted by Ohmpark Staff on June 4, 2010 at 1:09 am
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Best New Atlanta Music: Nomen Novum – “Go Primal” EP
The prolific duo of David Norbery and Mark Godfrey have turned out yet another gem. Here’s a little info on it via facebook:
The new Nomen Novum EP, “GO PRIMAL” is finally finished! It is free and available in MP3 or WAV format via our website:
http://www.nomennovum.net/goprimal
The files come lovingly zipped with a PDF booklet of lyrics, notes, and photos.
The web page features a special visualizer composed of eleven video loops created and processed by Mark. Our goal was to convey the idea of primordial ooze using things from the kitchen (and a lot of glitter.) Thomas Barnwell of Orphins/Thy Mighty Contract fame helped us with the Flash programming. Thanks Thomas!
GO PRIMAL includes more field recordings than any other NN release to date, many of which were made during our tour of the West Coast last May. Many of you will recognize your own voices on “It’s In The Air,” whether you helped sing the chorus vocals or almost blew your face off at my Fourth of July party.
Oh, and we cover a Natalie Imbruglia song (sort of…)
The EP is another dose of pure musical gold from one of the best bands in this city, so go grab it up:
- Posted by Davy Minor on January 27, 2010 at 5:59 am
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Ohmpark’s Top 20 Atlanta Albums Of 2009
Most of the time in this city, bands rise and fall based on who they know and how exciting they are live. But for this list, I’ve considered only what is contained on their recordings. Over the course of the year I’ve given roughly 75 records from inside the perimeter a spin, and these are the essential twenty that I recommend listening to most. There are actually many records that I really liked that just missed the cut, so this was very tough to piece together, especially the final spots.
Looking at this list and comparing it back to my favourite local stuff over the two years before, it’s apparent that music in this city just keeps getting better. Atlanta’s independent music scene is running deeper than ever both in terms of quality and quantity of music being produced. Outside of Brooklyn, you’d need quite a compelling argument to convince me anywhere else in America has a better scene right now. Promising young bands keep popping up out of nowhere, and the veterans keep delivering the goods. It sure makes my job here a lot easier to have so much great music to blog about.
On a technical note, anything that has been released over the holidays I’m grouping in with my 2010 lists, and so a couple of albums on this list were released over the holidays last year. Take a gander:
20. Noot d’ Noot: Cash For Gold
19. Harken The Hands Askew: Thou
18. Slushco: Sometime Tonight
17. Sound On Film: The Eloquent Reginald
16. Thy Mighty Contract: Thy Mighty Contract
15. Club Awesome: Dynamos
14. Jungol: Places
13. Lee Harvey Oswald: Lee Harvey Oswald
12. The Selmanaires: Tempo Temporal
11. Tealights: Take Us By Sea
10. Deerhunter: Rainwater Cassette Exchange
9. Slushco: The Silver Surface Demos
8. The Orphins: Wish You Well
7. Mastodon: Crack The Skye
6. Lotus Plaza: Floodlight Collective
5. From Exile: Monolith
4. Nomen Novum: Paradises
3. Untied States: Instant Everything, Constant Nothing
2. Atlas Sound: Logos
1. Nomen Novum: November
In the Atlanta music scene, 2009 was the year of Nomen Novum. While most musicians take a whole year to scrap together enough decent songs to fill a good EP, the prolific Nomen Novum were able to drop two virtually perfect full-lengths, plus a great live EP, and they’re already posting new stuff to their myspace.
Although, all five records at the top of my list were legitimate contenders for Atlanta album of the year, and I would have probably been content with any ordering between them. The other 3 records to round out my top 5 each happened to be crafted over about 2 years, and the extra time and care in putting them together just right payed off. A big mistake I notice younger bands make is trying to push out a record too quickly on some arbitrary time scale and in the end get stuck with something that is less than what they are capable of producing. Atlas Sound, Untied States, and From Exile all spent more time than they probably wanted to on their respective albums, but the extra effort was well worth it in the end.
Looking back over this list after I finished it, I noticed that it is almost entirely dominated by veterans of the scene, and mostly by artists I was already familiar with before starting this blog. There is only one true first recording from its respective musicians to make the list. If I were to make a “Best Atlanta Artists of the Decade” shortlist, most of those artists would have an album included on this list, so I feel like it is a good snapshot of not just where the scene is at today, but where it has been heading for the latter part of the ’00s. There is so much diversity in sound and so much talent in this city, and if you have any interest at all in Atlanta’s music scene, don’t let anything on this list slip by you, because all twenty are well worth giving a listen.
- Posted by Davy Minor on December 13, 2009 at 10:20 pm
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Ohmpark Mixtape #13: Our Favourite Songs of 2009
If you’ve been paying attention around here this year, there is no doubt you will be familiar with everything on this list, and perhaps even a little burnt out on some of these tracks. But each of these songs are strongly linked to different moments and memories I have of 2009, and they make up the ultimate soundtrack to an amazing year in music. So jam them out one last time:
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse w/ Wayne Coyne : Revenge
Animal Collective : My Girls
Atlas Sound w/ Noah Lennox : Walkabout
The Dirty Projectors : Useful Chamber
Grizzly Bear : Two Weeks
Bat For Lashes : Daniel
Andrew Bird : Anonanimal
Here We Go Magic : Fangela
Loney, Dear : Airport Surroundings
Mew : Introducing Palace Players
St. Vincent : The Strangers
Do Make Say Think : Do
Phoenix : Lisztomania
Nomen Novum : Miracles Come True
- Posted by Davy Minor on December 7, 2009 at 5:02 pm
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Best New Atlanta Music: Nomen Novum – ‘Paradises’ LP
Nomen Novum’s second full-length album, Paradises, proudly showcases the multitude of strengths of one of Atlanta’s most versatile and talented outfits. The 8 song collection sees the experimental rock duo of David Norbery and Mark Godfrey continuing down an arc of trading the guitar-centric, conventional song structure of their Moorish Idols roots for loops, electronics, and pushing boundaries. The record has a terrific balance between Nomen Novum’s more avant-garde tendencies and their brilliant song writing abilities. There are so many minute details that greatly enhance the sum of its parts, like seamlessly weaving field recordings and samples throughout the entire record. Songs start and end at different sides of the spectrum, for example the title track begins an upbeat, acoustic folk jam and ends in trancey, synthetic harmonies, sound effects and loops. But despite being so dynamic in terms of both its sounds and its methods, Paradises still retains a simplistic and easily accessible feel. It’s almost too perfect for a mere half an hour of music. Together with their November LP, one could make a strong case that Nomen Novum have the two best records to come out of the city so far this year. So if you have yet to become acquainted with this band, you can stream all of Paradises at Nomen Novum’s website.
Nomen Novum : Miracles Come True
I was first introduced to many of the songs on Paradises during their 2008 “Vegan Tour”. I caught them in Brooklyn on my way to All Tomorrow’s Parties New York. They played in a dark basement under some weird bar giving away pizzas with every beer, or something like that. I remember being totally blown away by the drumming jam at the end of “Miracles Come True”. The band put together a great little mini-doc of that short east coast jaunt that features many songs from Paradises:
Nomen Novum @ Nophest 2009
Nomen Novum will be at The Earl with Bear in Heaven this Sunday, October 11. (Tickets/Info here)
- Posted by Davy Minor on October 7, 2009 at 4:56 am
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Photos: Fishhawk, Nerd Parade, Tree Creature, Nomen Novum, This Piano Plays Itself, Larvae, Jungol, Onset @ Nophest 2009
Photos 1 – 11, 17, 18, 20, and 24 by Clint Miller
Photos 12 – 16, 19, 21 – 23, 25 – 35 by Kevin Griggs
Onset:
Jungol:
Larvae:
Click here to read the entire post…
- Posted by Ohmpark Staff on September 11, 2009 at 3:36 am
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Free Albums!
It’s become clear that I’m not going to get very much more blogging done until I get back to Atlanta and have had some time to rest up, so consider it summer break around here at Ohmpark. To tide you over until then, here is collection of great records that the artists are giving away for free or by donation that you have absolutely no reason not add to your collection. Click on the album to download:
Adron (Atlanta/Brooklyn) : Burdwurld
Mice In Cars (Atlanta) : 53 Bicycles and a Dead Man
Nomen Novum (Atlanta) : Room For Rent
Russian Spy Camera (Athens) : Mutiny In The Kitchen With Knives
Prussia (Detroit) : Blessed Be, Yours Truly In Spirit & Soul
Slushco (Atlanta) : Sometime Tonight
Lee Harvey Oswald (Atlanta) : Lee Harvey Oswald
- Posted by Davy Minor on July 22, 2009 at 9:23 pm
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