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Moomaw ~ Aminalia album out today! Pay what you like!

nathan — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:49:46 +0000

Yes, my friends! 14 songs of love and aminals to trip along to, humming merrily from the brush!

You can listen to the whole album, pay what you want for the digital download or buy it from one of the usual digital vendors (iTunes, Amazon) using this handy link:
aminalia.gazebomusic.com

So, for real, it’s real gone. Take a moment to check it out, send the link to your friends. You can pay whatever you want for the album! If that isn’t groovy, then Samson only knows what is.

The release is digital only. That doesn’t mean that it has any less value, just less plastic. If you want a physical product then make sure to meet up with me or the other artists on the album for your very own copy of this 6×6 artwork with specially hand-written secret code which gets you your download. Here’s a great place to meet me to get your artwork:

Moomaw ~ Aminalia ALBUM RELEASE SHOW!
Friday March 12, 9pm (Moomaw plays FIRST!)
SMiLE @ The Knockout (3223 Mission Street @ Valencia)
BART DAVENPORT
BLUE SKIES FOR BLACKHEARTS
JESSICA PRATT
MOOMAW including Brad Robertson on Rhodes and Dale Means on drums and tabla!

Or better yet, grab a copy or listen online and then you can sing along at the show!

There’s alot of love in this record and I want to thank all these folks for being part of it:
Brad Robertson (B and Not B) - Rhodesing, glockenspieling, scheming
Aubrey Anderson (Skating Club) - mixing, mastering
Dale Means (Sevi Katur) - tabla and kit drumming
Dusty DiMercurio (B and Not B, Coloring) - singing
Yuan Zhou - celloing
David Ricardo (B and Not B) - singing, trumpeting
Linnea Oliver - fluting
Raul Sanchez (The Aerosols) - singing, accordioning
Dana Goldberg (Upstairs Downstairs) - singing
these are the things I did - singing, looping, ukuleling, guitaring, kaosing, sawing, toying, drawing

Begin Filling Illusions With Beauty

nathan — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:57:58 +0000

Today we commence a sorted and sly musical journey for your mind. Given a minute to think one might laugh with lunacy. But listen, my friends, for we start in San Francisco: Hemlock Tavern @ 9pm (not a band to miss, so show up on time!) ~ Wed Feb 17 w/ Mark Matos & Os Beaches, Little Wings, Moomaw, Apache Thunderbolt. This swirl of a poster has been updated and there are new shows added, so gaze:

Feb 17 - 9p ~ Hemlock w/ LITTLE WINGS, APACHE THUNDERBOLT :: San Francisco, CA
Feb 18 - 9p ~ Smiley’s Schooner Saloon :: Bolinas, CA
Feb 19 - 9p ~ The Hub w/ SEVI KATUR :: Sacramento, CA
Feb 20 - 7p ~ Upstairs Art Gallery w/ VESPERTINE QUARTET, DARK RIVER :: Placerville, CA
Feb 21 - 7p ~ Sally Loo’s w/ CANDLE, SPARROWS GATE :: San Luis Obispo, CA
Feb 22 - 8p ~ Secret Show TBA :: Los Angeles, CA
Feb 23 - 8:30p ~ Bici Centro :: Santa Barbara, CA
Feb 24 - 9p ~ Parish Publick House (MOOMAW only) :: Santa Cruz, CA
Feb 25 - 9p ~ Maiden Publick House (MOOMAW only) :: Big Sur, CA
Feb 25 - 9p ~ Plush (MARK MATOS & OS BEACHES only) :: Tucson, AZ
Feb 26 - 9p ~ Fox & Goose w/ JAY SHANER, MAGIC NUMBER NINE (MOOonly) :: Sacramento, CA
Feb 27 - 9p ~ Shuniaa (MOOMAW only) :: Nevada City, CA

Beautifulled Illusions Tour

nathan — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:43:22 +0000

If you find yourself in California within the next 2 weeks, beware a band of misfits, possibly wandering roadside or speaking with the trees. Moomaw (including tabla player, Dale Means) will be traveling around playing music, causing havoc, with Mark Matos & Os Beaches. If you see a far out transvan, flag it down and hop in for some Beautifulled Illusions!

The kickoff show is with Little Wings and Apache Thunderbolt @ Hemlock Tavern on Wed Feb 17, 9:00pm. A proper ceremony will take place, a summoning of songs of the shaman.

Otherwise, the new Moomaw record is finished and ready to release on March 9. Check out the Moomaw myspace to listen to a few songs off this wild album.

Otherly otherwise, shortly after return from the Beautifulled Illusions Tour, Moomaw will be heading out of the country once again, this time with That Blasted Hound (Davyd Nereo of Beatbeat Whisper and Winnie Byrd). We will be trouncing through Spain, France, Holland, Germany and Italy. Pangealogical, you say? PANGEALOGICAL!

Haitian Relief Benefit Tonight

nathan — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:01:27 +0000

Tonight is a great show of eclectic bands playing for Haitian relief and I’m happy that Moomaw is a part of it. All of the proceeds go directly to Red Cross and it’s only $5 for a bunch of music. Please come and bring friends!

Mark Matos
Slippery People
Soul Wide World
Moomaw
One Fell Stoop
Siddhartha
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DJ Circuit 73 (Magnificent 7 - Siladi)

Family Folk Opry this Wed @ Yoshi’s Lounge SF

nathan — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:13:35 +0000

Please come and join a bunch of delinquent artists as we play at a swish jazz club this Wednesday. I believe we’ll all be playing stripped-down folk sets and it’s bound to beautiful and lovely. I’m not sure when you’ll get a chance to see something like this again in San Francisco:

Family Folk Opry
Wed Jan 27, 9pm
@ Yoshi’s Lounge (1330 Fillmore Street, San Francisco)
just $5
LITTLE WINGS
THE BLANK TAPES
MARK MATOS
KACEY JOHANSING
MOOMAW

Unicorns…

nathan — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:56:09 +0000

Bursting through space, time and enchanted forests with glittering wonderment these magnificent beasts billow in like the wind itself imparting magic upon those whose minds allow belief. Come hither. Ride the unicorn love this Friday at a short film screening followed by a live unicorn-based performance by Moomaw. The event is happening in an underground bat cave in Hayes Valley and you are required to bring Champagne or pie.

The Unicorn Girl (short film by Amelia Mulkey)
540 Laguna (at Hayes)
Friday January 22nd
9:00 - doors open
10:00 - doors close for film
10:30 - The Unicorn Girl is shown
11:00 - Moomaw plays music about unicorns

It will be nothing less than magical. Just remember to bring Champagne and pie! They are key!

And if unicorns aren’t your thing, maybe pirates and cowboys are:

Next week I will be part of a really great show at Yoshi’s in San Francisco. Please mark your calendars for this memorable date in which a bunch of hippies take over a jazz club:

The Family Folk Opry
Wed Jan 27 ~ 9pm
@ Yoshi’s (1330 Fillmore Street, San Francisco)
LITTLE WINGS
THE BLANK TAPES
MARK MATOS
KACEY JOHANSING
MOOMAW

Single of “Pirate” available now up for free download on Ondarock compilation

nathan — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:27:05 +0000

A preview of the upcoming Moomaw record, “Pirate of This Bottled Ship”, is now available for free download as it appears on an Ondarock compilation entitled “OndaDrops Vol.1: Do you know the way to blue?”. Please take a moment to download the whole compilation, as it is lovely and I’m very proud to be a part of it. There are some wonderful words written in Italian as well. I’ve been told what they mean and hope that hope that the lovely Italian-speaking bird who whispered them into my ear before she flew away wasn’t coating them with any of her sugar. Download the song or the whole album here:

Things that spin in the wind shall also say I am playing an out of town show this weekend with Erinn Williams out in Old Hangtown:

Sat Jan 16, 7:00pm
Upstairs Art Gallery (420 Main Street, Placerville, CA)
Moomaw
Erinn Williams
Kaitlyn Weber Band
All on 7
Kayla

A Year To Make A Mountain To

nathan — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:29:57 +0000

I am to play an epically wild psychedelic dance party extravaganza set this Friday, Jan 8 at Hotel Utah in San Francisco. It will be my first show of the year it’s special because I haven’t played in the San Fran area for awhile, so in turn, I will do it well. I am happy to be opening the show (ON FIRST @ 9pm SHARP) before 3 other lovely bands including Beatbeat Whisper, Mia Riddle (NYC) and Ari Vais.

Friday Jan 8, 2010
Hotel Utah Saloon (500 4th Street @ Bryant)
Beatbeat Whisper
Mia Riddle
Ari Vais
Moomaw

A Collection Of Songs To Light The Yule Log With

nathan — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:43:48 +0000

Last Friday a lovely bunch of Bay Area artists and friends crammed themselves into every square inch of Tory’s house in Mission/Potrero with an unlikely amount of drinks and treats, even for that crowd, and rowdily sang along to eachother’s songs next to a plastic tree and decorations aplenty.

Below is a Youtube playlist (also found on Youtube here: Outta Sight Holiday) with 13 holiday songs, some original and some traditional, from 13 stellar artists. You should be able to press play and pretend you’re there, working towards the gift of a holiday headache, as we all felt the next day!

Let’s face it, these songs go well with alcohol. You can navigate through the songs with this Youtube widget.

If you want even more holiday music, you can always go to and download last year’s holiday show:
Outta Sight: Such a Holiday!

Holiday Crazed, Babe You Made Me

nathan — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:45:52 +0000

Kissin’ under mistletoe,

Tomorrow night will the be Outta Sight Holiday Extravaganza and you absolutely know what that means. Yes, you do. I may even play a brand new Christmas song! Here’s the details:

Friday Dec 18 @ 8:30
Tory’s Winter Wonderland (Mission/Potrero SF)
Bring Your Own
free as the holiday feeling

All Holiday songs by the following CAROLERS!
Delivery is Possible
Justin Frahm and Noelle Cahill
Upstairs Downstairs
David Ricardo (B and not B)
Dusty DiMercurio
Loraine and Francis (Donald Meints creation)
Blue Rabbit
Moomaw
A&R (Raul and Alvin)
Jason Lakis (Mist and Mast)
Andreas Trolf
Lindsay Irving
Anna Wren Woodrum
Casey Wright
more, I’m sure…

I have some new videos up on Youtube from my touring travels. Originally, I was to write a proper tour summary, but there’s so much more to do. So much, so much. If you haven’t already checked out the real gone Tour Journal you should waste a few minutes doing so. It’s full of all the art that you may have put into it when I came and played in your town this past November, totally unedited and full of what exists out there when one travels around:

It’s better than photos and it may be better than videos, but here’s some anyway:

Moomaw (featuring Dusty Di) at Penny Arcade at The Makeout Room in San Francisco

Moomaw in a Yuba City prune orchard, playing Summer Hands to the sunset

Black Forest plays the same orchard, a song called Not Like You Think I Am

Yoko Kikuchi plays By The Trees, by the trees of the orchard

A Fermata plays Chlorophyll, soused with wine, later that night in a rose vineyard in Healdsburg

Moomaw up in Portland playing All The Pieces Of Fire with animals doing things in the background

If you’re thirsty for more holiday things to do please check out Neil Martinson’s Holiday SMiLE on Monday Dec 21 @ The Knockout!