To quickly address the elephant in the room - certainly, collections of demos, outtakes and home recordings are mostly bogus, but obviously you're reading this, so obviously I've somehow been coerced into releasing this batch of tunes, and you've bought it or stolen it or borrowed it or gotten a promo or whatever, so let's cut to the chase. In my defense, all of the cuts contained herein are 'songs' in the traditional western sense - my experiments in "surf harmonica" and "doom zydeco" will not be chronicled here, deep and plentiful as those archives may be.
Everything here was recorded by me on either a Roland BR-8 digital 8-track or it's flashier, more cosmopolitan cousin, the BR- 1600, with incalculable assistance from Jexie Lynn, who accompanies me on many of these songs and who's encouragement and creativity allowed many of them to be. Most of the recordings were done at my then-home in beautiful Knoxville, TN between October 2002 and January of 2007, just prior to the retirement of the Wooden Wand name. You've already pardoned the narcissism, now pardon the cliché: I stand behind these songs as snapshots" and enjoy them despite their many flaws. I hope you do, too.
The Wand
Nashville, TN
Winter 2007
WAND Preps US Tour!!
James "Wand" Toth sets dates on Daytrotter as well as with Akron Family, Destroyer and more...
MP3: Arriving
WAND
'Hard Knox'
OUT NOW on Ecstatic Peace!
Track Listing:
1. Arriving
2. Chrome
3. Lady of Situations
4. Eyes
5. Saturday Delivery
6. Blamelessness
7. All The Generous Men
8. Trails
9. Urchins
10. Dead of Nights
11. Dark is Blending
12. The Drag Pit
13. Death Dealer Blues
14. Soldier Movies (For Larry McMurtry)
"These lo-fi hymns succeed because they're highly listenable. The collection's direct, unadorned, honest, idiosyncratic. Like neo-folk's most interesting players (Banhart, Ben Chasny, Joanna Newsom), Toth sounds more like his precursors than his contemporaries, and very much like himself."
Brandon Stosuy, Pitchfork
"This collection's six-year recording history is belied by the cohesiveness of the tracks. It may as well be Wand's first proper album but then again, who knows what his next move might be?"
Exclaim!
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http://www.myspace.com/jamesjacksontoth
Everything here was recorded by me on either a Roland BR-8 digital 8-track or it's flashier, more cosmopolitan cousin, the BR- 1600, with incalculable assistance from Jexie Lynn, who accompanies me on many of these songs and who's encouragement and creativity allowed many of them to be. Most of the recordings were done at my then-home in beautiful Knoxville, TN between October 2002 and January of 2007, just prior to the retirement of the Wooden Wand name. You've already pardoned the narcissism, now pardon the cliché: I stand behind these songs as snapshots" and enjoy them despite their many flaws. I hope you do, too.
The Wand
Nashville, TN
Winter 2007
WAND Preps US Tour!!
James "Wand" Toth sets dates on Daytrotter as well as with Akron Family, Destroyer and more...
MP3: Arriving
Wed 7/22/09- Pilot Light Knoxville TN
Thu 7/23/09- River City Grill Fairmont WV
Fri 7/24/09- Metro Gallery Baltimore w/Crazy Dreams Band
Sat 7/25/09- Issue Project Room Brooklyn NY w/Michael Gira
Sun 7/26/09- Webster Hall Studio New York NY w/Larkin Grimm
Tue 7/28/09- Artifacts of the 20th Century Northampton MA
Wed 7/29/09- Valentine's Albany NY
Thu 7/30/09- The Apohadian Theatre Portland ME w/South China/Seymore/Fire on Fire (please note venue change)
Fri 7/31/09- Paradise Rock Club Boston MA w/Destroyer
Sun 8/2/09- Rhumba Columbus OH
Mon 8/3/09- Russian Recording Bloomington IN
Wed 8/5/09- Empty Bottle Chicago IL
Thu 8/6/09- Daytrotter Rock Island IL (session and show)
Fri 8/7/09- Magic Stick Detroit MI
Sat 8/8/09- Sneaky Dee's Toronto ON w/Woods
Sun 8/9/09- Green Room Montreal QC
Tue 8/11/09- Rock and Roll Hotel Washington DC w/Akron Family
Wed 8/12/09- Cat's Cradle Carrboro NC w/Akron Family
Thu 8/13/09- E.A.R.L. Atlanta GA w/Akron Family
Fri 8/14/09- The Bottletree Birmingham AL w/Akron Family
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Thu 7/23/09- River City Grill Fairmont WV
Fri 7/24/09- Metro Gallery Baltimore w/Crazy Dreams Band
Sat 7/25/09- Issue Project Room Brooklyn NY w/Michael Gira
Sun 7/26/09- Webster Hall Studio New York NY w/Larkin Grimm
Tue 7/28/09- Artifacts of the 20th Century Northampton MA
Wed 7/29/09- Valentine's Albany NY
Thu 7/30/09- The Apohadian Theatre Portland ME w/South China/Seymore/Fire on Fire (please note venue change)
Fri 7/31/09- Paradise Rock Club Boston MA w/Destroyer
Sun 8/2/09- Rhumba Columbus OH
Mon 8/3/09- Russian Recording Bloomington IN
Wed 8/5/09- Empty Bottle Chicago IL
Thu 8/6/09- Daytrotter Rock Island IL (session and show)
Fri 8/7/09- Magic Stick Detroit MI
Sat 8/8/09- Sneaky Dee's Toronto ON w/Woods
Sun 8/9/09- Green Room Montreal QC
Tue 8/11/09- Rock and Roll Hotel Washington DC w/Akron Family
Wed 8/12/09- Cat's Cradle Carrboro NC w/Akron Family
Thu 8/13/09- E.A.R.L. Atlanta GA w/Akron Family
Fri 8/14/09- The Bottletree Birmingham AL w/Akron Family
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'Hard Knox'
OUT NOW on Ecstatic Peace!
Track Listing:
1. Arriving
2. Chrome
3. Lady of Situations
4. Eyes
5. Saturday Delivery
6. Blamelessness
7. All The Generous Men
8. Trails
9. Urchins
10. Dead of Nights
11. Dark is Blending
12. The Drag Pit
13. Death Dealer Blues
14. Soldier Movies (For Larry McMurtry)
"These lo-fi hymns succeed because they're highly listenable. The collection's direct, unadorned, honest, idiosyncratic. Like neo-folk's most interesting players (Banhart, Ben Chasny, Joanna Newsom), Toth sounds more like his precursors than his contemporaries, and very much like himself."
Brandon Stosuy, Pitchfork
"This collection's six-year recording history is belied by the cohesiveness of the tracks. It may as well be Wand's first proper album but then again, who knows what his next move might be?"
Exclaim!
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http://www.myspace.com/jamesjacksontoth
