WET DREAMS DRY MAGIC
Wet Dreams Dry Magic (WDDM) is the obsession of San Francisco-based songwriter Luke Sweeney, mostly an occupation that mines the sounds of the subconscious states of mind. The original recordings under the moniker, compiled from dusty 4-track cassette musings taped inside his Sunset District bedroom, surfaced in 2007 as a self-titled EP consisting of mostly instrumental vignettes and nebulous, phase-shifting sonic ideas. Sweeney formed a live group around the name soon after and championed it around the Bay Area at spots such as Brick & Mortar, Make Out Room, and Great American Music Hall. With an ever-burning desire to explore the inner science of unanswered questioning and churn the findings into a collective nod, sometimes this music is descibed as simply as “alittle bluesy, a little lo-fi poppy, and just about right” (The Bay Bridged, 2012). A new EP from the same bin of outtakes is currently under construction as Sweeney contemplates what it all means.
- Dawn Dejesus, 2015
AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH MICHAEL SHAW (RECORD RELEASE)
Michael Shaw wants to spend some time with you. In fact, he’s set the date and picked out a lovely spot.
An Intimate Evening With Michael Shaw’s debut album, This Is It, set for a June 2015 release, is a lush sonic pasture set amongst rolling hills of electric piano lit by soaring guitar and bright, layered vocals.
WE ARE THE WEST
We Are The West is a convergence of sound and space both welcoming and honest. The Los Angeles-based duo records in storm drains and shipping containers, performs on sheep farms and in abandoned convents, and hosts a concert series in the underground parking garage of an office building the Saturday before each full moon.