"TURN THE RIVER" OPENS IN NEW YORK & LOS ANGELES

"Turn the River" is a new drama by writer/director Chris Eigeman starring Famke Janssen, with an original soundtrack by Clogs.

> > > Anthony Lane's film review for The New Yorker. < < < (May 12th issue)

• NEW YORK CITY - FRIDAY, MAY 9
  Village East Cinema
  181-189 Second Avenue
  New York, NY 10003
  http://villageeastcinema.com
  


• LOS ANGELES - FRIDAY, MAY 16
  Regent Showcase
  614 La Brea Ave.
  Hollywood, CA 90036
  Buy tickets: http://www.fandango.com/

"The music, written and performed by Clogs, complements the movie perfectly, building the tension at just the right moments and meanwhile lingering in the background, carrying the movie along."
-- Isthmus | The Daily Page 04/04/08

"TURN THE RIVER" REGIONAL SCREENINGS

"Turn the River" features new music by Clogs, and marks Chris Eigeman's directorial debut, starring Famke Janssen.

• LOS ANGELES
  Tuesday, May 6th, 7:30 PM
  Film Independent
  The Landmark – West Los Angeles

• NEW YORK CITY
  Sunday, April 20th, 7:00 PM
  Museum of Modern Art
  11 West 53rd Street
  between Fifth and Sixth Avenues

• BOSTON Independent Film Festival
  Saturday, April 26, 7:45 PM
  Somerville Theatre

Sunday, April 27, 2:00 PM
Coolidge Corner Theatre

• INDIANAPOLIS International Film Festival
  Friday, April 25, 8:00 PM
  Landmark Keystone Arts Cinema 5

Sunday, April 27, 6:00 PM
Landmark Keystone Arts Cinema 5

Film Description:
Kailey, a divorced, tough-as-nails mother who makes her living playing poker upstate and hustling games in a Manhattan pool hall, wants to get her 11-year-old son Gulley back from his upper-class but abusive father. Taking the ultimate gamble, Kailey kidnaps Gulley in order to secure $50,000 for bootleg passports to travel to Canada to start a new life. Her only way to make the money is to participate in a $10,000-per-rack game of nine ball, backed by a longtime pool hall owner and friend Teddy. Starring Famke Janssen, Jaymie Dornan, Rip Torn, Matt Ross, Lois Smith, Terry Kinney, and Marin Hinkle. Directed and written by Chris Eigeman.

MUSICNOW PHOTOS ON PITCHFORK

Visit www.pitchforkmedia.com for photos from the 2008 MusicNOW Festival.

Part of Karl Jensen's installation for Memorial Hall

A selection of articles about the Festival, to tickle your fancy. It's great reading!

Ric Hickey's terrific blog on Spill It, with photos by Keith Klenowski:
Wednesday, April 2nd
Thursday, April 3rd
Friday, April 4th
Saturday, April 5th

Each Note Secure, a Cincinnati music blog:
MusicNOW 2008 - A Balanced Musical Diet

Mike Breen's cover story for Cincinnati City Beat
Now...and Again

The New York Sun's preview of Bryce's new compositions, premiered in March at The Kitchen, NYC and performed at MusicNOW Festival on April 2nd.

Kudos to Bryce and his family for a vibrant, new festival!

3RD ANNUAL MUSICNOW FESTIVAL IN CINCINNATI

Bryce Dessner curates the annual festival in Cincinnati, and this year's program includes Bang on a Can All-Stars, guitarists Bill Frisell & Ben Verdery, plus rock bands Grizzly Bear, The Dirty Projectors and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird.

Opening Night at the Contemporary Arts Center features pairings of music & film, with performances by Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire & Bell Orchestre) and composer/pianist, Nico Muhly, among others. Show at 7 pm.

On April 3th-5th, the festival continues at Memorial Hall, where artist Karl Jensen has created a new installation for the theater. Shows at 8 pm, doors at 7.

For a preview of Bryce's new music which will see its midwest premiere in April, see the March 11th article in The New York Sun.

CLOGS PERFORM "DANGEROUS MUSIC" IN SCHENECTADY

Recently back from Australia after another fabulous Sydney Festival followed by a productive week of mixing the new record (we're all still speaking with one another!), Clogs travels to upstate New York to perform at Proctors Theater for the inaugural Dangerous Music Series, dedicated to bringing innovative music to audiences.

When and where
Saturday, March 8th at 7:30 pm
Proctors Theater
432 State Street, Schenectady, NY
(518) 346-6204

In addition, Clogs will be offering workshops at the University at Albany open to the general public on Friday, March 7th at 7 pm. Workshop is free, but a ticket is required due to limited seating.
Location: Recital Hall at the Performing Arts Center. More information...

CLOGS & THE NATIONAL AT 2008 SYDNEY FESTIVAL

Clogs and The National will be sharing the stage for three shows during the 2008 Sydney Festival. Clogs' set includes new songs by Padma Newsome that will be released later in 2008. The National are featuring their latest album, Boxer.

> > > Sydney Festival website < < <

When and where
January 21-23, 2008
8:00 pm
City Recital Hall Angel Place

RECORDING & NEW RECORDING...

Clogs is recording a collection of songs for our next album...yes, songs. With vocals!

We are delighted to collaborate with several guests on this project, including Shara Worden, Osso, Michael Atkinson, Ha-Yang Kim and Aaron Dessner. We will keep you posted as the 2008 release date approaches.

Below is an excerpt of one of the manuscripts from the new collection, inspired by Lady Walton's renowned gardens in Ischia, Italy:

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And speaking of recordings, check out Loop 2.4.3's debut album, Batterie, featuring Clogs' percussionist Thomas Kozumplik and Lorne Watson.

> > > Milo Miles' review of Batterie on NPR's "Fresh Air"

THE 2007 BANG ON A CAN MARATHON
June 2-3

26 Hours of Uninterrupted Music starts at 8 pm Saturday. (FREE event)

Clogs performs on Sunday morning, June 3rd, around 11:45 am. We hope to see you there, and be sure to come early/stay late for the rest of the great music being performed!

>> Bang on a Can Maration Directions & Schedule

WFC Winter Garden
2 World Financial Center
New York, NY 10281

SPRING TOUR IN MIDWEST
April 2-5

Join us for three concerts in the midwest:
• Monday, April 2nd - Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, PA
• Tuesday, April 3rd - Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, OH
• Thursday, April 5th - Memorial Hall in Cincinnati, OH (MusicNOW Festival)

GROUNDHOG DAY REPORT (a few days late)

In spite of what that critter may predict, we northern hemisphereans are guaranteed to have several more weeks of winter at least, and so are looking gleefully forward to Clogs' spring concerts in the midwestern US and in New York City this April and May when all the spring flowers will be in blossom.

Visit the gigs page for all the concert listings and links to the venues.

A big thanks to all our friends and family in Australia who made the Australian mini tour such a delightful experience. Thanks to the Sydney Festival and folks at The Famous Spiegeltent for having us! And greetings to our wonderful hosts & friends in Mallacoota to whom we are indebted for their kind hospitality. Strum on...

CLOGS PERFORM AT SYDNEY FESTIVAL

Join Clogs during the 2007 Sydney Festival in The Famous Spiegeltent:
Thursday 18 January and Friday 19 January

We're looking forward to seeing all of our Australian friends and family with great anticipation! Not to mention the warm summer sunshine...

CLOGS & RACHEL'S AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL

On Thursday, May 25th, Clogs and the Rachel's perform at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City. The concert marks the close of WNYC's 19th Annual New Sounds Live series, presented by New York's legendary radio host, John Schaefer.

Join us for this exciting evening as we transcend category and tease the imagination. Post-rock, indeed!

Thursday, May 25th at 8:00 pm
Merkin Concert Hall
129 West 67th Street
(212) 501-3330

CINCO DE MAYO IN CHICAGO

Join Clogs in Chicago on May 5th along with Montreal-based Bell Orchestre and Snailhouse. Just back from a sold-out show at Cincinnati's Music Now Festival, we invite you to an evening of dynamic and original music-making, including songs from Lantern and new music by Padma. Bell Orchestre is a fabulous instrumental chamber/rock outfit featuring members of Arcade Fire.

Friday, May 5th, doors at 8:30 pm
Logan Square Auditorium, 2539 North Kedzie Avenue
Presented by Empty Bottle
with Bell Orchestre and Snailhouse

Karl Jensen's installation and suspended lanterns appeared at Cincinnati's Contemporary Arts Center during the 2006 Music Now Festival last month.

NEW MUSIC AT PRINCETON

On Tuesday, April 11, Clogs premiere five works at Princeton University written for the ensemble by Princeton composers, including the premiere of Minor Alterations by Paul Lansky. Also featured is a performance of Ingram Marshall's IN DESERTO (SmokeCreek).***

Tuesday, April 11 at 8:00 pm
Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University
Presented by Princeton University Department of Music
Free and open to the public

***Clogs is the recipient of the 2003 NEA/CMA Special Commissioning Award, made possible by a generous gift from an anonymous donor with matching funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. Funds for this commission have been provided by Chamber Music America's Commissioning Program, supported by The National Endowment for the Arts, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.

RESIDENCY AT THE KITCHEN

Clogs perform two nights at The Kitchen in New York City on
Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1.

• On Friday 3/31, singer/songwriter Shara Worden opens for Clogs. Ms. Worden has recently been recording, touring and collaborating with Sufjan Stevens, in addition to her own work.
  
• On Saturday 4/1, singer/songwriter Diane Cluck opens for Clogs. You may have heard Diane at the Bowery Ballroom show back in January - we hope you will come out to hear her new set!

The shows also feature an installation by sculptor/architect Karl Jensen, who has created a new piece which muses on the role that structure, pattern and
ornament play in both music and visual art. His installation will act as an
intimate and magical setting for the music.

At the end of April, Jensen's installation will travel to Cincinnati's Contemporary Arts Center for Chamber Music Cincinnati's Music Now Festival...Festival dates are April 26-30th.

The Kitchen, 512 West 19th Street, New York City
(212) 255-5793 ext. 11, www.thekitchen.org

BRITISH TOUR PRESS, & THANKS

We would like to extend a special thanks to Guy Morley, Jonathan Brigden, Jo, Oli, and the folks at the Contemporary Music Network for making Clogs & The Books' British tour such a wonderful experience.

Praise for Lantern: visit our PRESS page for the latest.

Order Lantern from Amazon, CDBaby, or Insound.

"If this is your first exposure to Clogs, you've picked a fantastic time to become acquainted." --David Raposa, PITCHFORK

"Sensuous, subtle but emotionally overwhelming dreamscapes, whose luminous beauty makes pigeonholing nigh on impossible." --Sharon O'Connell, BBC Collective

CLOGS & THE BOOKS TOUR ENGLAND

January/February CONCERTS & TOURS:
Clogs opens the New Year with a show in NYC during APAP
Sunday, January 22 @ Bowery Ballroom with Bell Orchestre

British Tour with The Books, 28 January - 5 February
Sponsored by Arts Council England's Contemporary Music Network

CLOGS & BELL ORCHESTRE
We had an incredible tour last month with Bell Orchestre. Here are some links to blogs about the tour, including photos, mp3s, and commentary. Thanks to all of you out there for participating!

Brooklyn Vegan
bradley's almanac
The Simple Mission.
gilmoreboy (livejournal)
stereo gum
the secret life of antlered girls

Come hear Clogs & Bell Orchestre at Bowery Ballroom in New York City on Sunday, January 22, 2006.

FALL TOUR WITH BELL ORCHESTRE
The 2005 East Coast tour begins November 3rd with shows in Boston, Burlington, Hanover, New Haven, New Jersey, and New York. Featuring new music from Clogs' forthcoming album, Lantern (January 2006), along with Ingram Marshall's IN DESERTO (SmokeCreek)***.

Clogs will be joined by Bell Orchestre, a chamber instrumental project of Richard Reed Parry (multi-instrumentalist) and Sarah Neufeld (violin) of indie rock sensation, the Arcade Fire.

LANTERN RELEASE: FEBRUARY 2006
A preview of the title track of Clogs' forthcoming album with video by Parisian artists Vincent Moon & Gaspard Claus is now available on the web. Lantern will be available in February 2006!
>> View the video on ZeD

>> Listen to a medley of songs from Lantern (6.4 MB mp3)

AWARDS & PRIZES
Kudos to Padma on his Fromm Music Foundation Award! Last fall, he was named a recipient of a Commissioning Award, and was also awarded a summer residency at the Walton Estate in Ischia, Italy where he composed several new pieces.

CLOGS IN THE NEWS
Need we say more?

>> Profile of Clogs in Pitchfork

>> Stick Music review in Pitchfork

>> Article and band photo in The New York Times

Clogs also appears in the American Music Center's Web Magazine, NewMusicBox.com in an article about its performance of Ingram Marshall's IN DESERTO (SmokeCreek) at Symphony Space this January.

The New York Times described this as a "compelling performance of Mr. Marshall's...evocative and curiously soulful piece."