Rock Garden Tour

GROWING TROPICAL PANTS IN NORTHERN CLIMATES

Intense show last night, we talked about Glen Campbell, Chip Davis, and whether or not Oil Can's shark skin polyester pants were more tropical than my denim Levis. Probably sounds boring now, but just wait until you hear it on the radio. Above: Our corporate approved pic of the week. It's a three parter featuring visual images that reference wind power, wood power, and ear power. Below: The playlist from last night's show featuring new tracks by Glen Campbell and old tracks by Brian Wilson. 

Roe Family Singers - Crow Black Chicken***

Future Islands - Give Us The Wind

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Stranded On The Wrong Beach

The xx - Islands

Willie Nile - Far Green Hills

Chuck Prophet - Hot Talk

Broken Bells - The Mall & Misery**

Bob Dylan - Christmas Island

Tune Yards - Gangsta

Mike Doughty with Roseanne Cash - Holiday

The Beach Boys - Brian Wilson Falls Into A Piano

The Beach Boys - Vegetables

Jami Lynn - Sod Busters

Fleet Foxes - Grown Ocean

Glen Campbell - Any Trouble*****

The Mountain Goats - High Hawk Season

Tonic - Flowerman

**Tunes I played in response to a segment about mall walking.

***Tunes by bands that might be playing at this year's Sioux River Folk Fest at Newton Hills State Park

*****Glen Campbell

It's time to fill your earbuds with wonder. This week we're featuring a lady-heavy lineup (sorry Dr. Dog), including Marissa Nadler, Dr. Dog, Sharon Van Etten, PJ Harvey, and The Dø. Check out the fresh flavor below the jump.

DOKTOR BARKEY | TRAIN | LIVE AT IPSO GALLERY 

Last month, we tore down the beloved Totem Box in the Ipso Gallery at Fresh Produce to make way for our current show, Artifact. The Totem Box high jinks became something special around the shop. Whether it was holding an important team meeting, or doing the "fire hose" to some Genesis, the Totem Box served as an impetus for creativity.

When it came time to tear down the old boy, we couldn't just go to town with a claw hammer and pitch the wood onto the burning pile. We had to send it out in style. And then we could take our claw hammer and go at it with the fury of a disgruntled beaver.

To help us bid farewell to the Totem Box, local musicians Chad McKinney a.k.a Doktor Barkey, and Thomas Hentges a.k.a Burlap Wolf King, each performed a three-song acoustic set within the plywood playground.

The Totem Box offered a unique acoustic setting for our artists. While vocals carom off of the walls, the open ceiling allows ambient noise to creep in, providing a more intimate feeling for the listener. In the first video for our Totem Box series, while Doktor Barkey performs "Train", you can even hear his four-year-old son taking in the performance.

Check back over the next few weeks as we continue our Totem Box series.

- The Music Director

SHE & HIM - "A VERY SHE & HIM CHRISTMAS"

"I’ve just always loved Christmas music, and Matt did too. We’ve been talking about it for a long time... We wanted it to feel very intimate, like you were just sitting around the fire and making music." - Zooey Deschanel, She & Him

 IN PHILADELPHIA BORN AND RAISED, JOHN SNYDER MOVED TO SD AND PLANTED A GARDEN

This week's Rock Garden Tour features less talk and more witty banter on green bean casserole, Neil Dimaond and whether or not he belongs on our Macy's Day Parade Float, and this interview about John Snyder's corn. Enjoy the podcast and keep it rural. 

It's time to fill your earbuds with wonder. This week we're featuring tunes by Atlas Sound, Dinner Belles, Tom Waits, Laura Marling and Blind Pilot. Check out the fresh flavor below the jump.

DINNER BELLES - "WEST SIMCOE COUNTY"

“The barn, where we practice during the summer, is on a farm that is owned by the Harleys ... we love going there to play. We will go there on Sundays and play all day long. And it really has become a big family affair where friends and family come over and and hang out and barbecue while we practice. It creates a really neat sense of community.” - Terra Lightfoot, Dinner Belles

It's time to fill your earbuds with wonder. This week we're featuring tunes by White Denim, The Miserable Rich, The Horse Thieves, North Highlands and Parenthetical Girls. Check out the fresh flavor below the jump.

CASS McCOMBS - "HUMOR RISK"

"Bringing the individual into [music and art] only distracts from the universal and makes it trivial. And then it's easy to wash your hands of it because you might not be from their background, or you might disagree with their personal perspective. So you discount it and go back into your corner instead of coming out and engaging with everything." - Cass McCombs

Mythic Ipso-lope

Last Friday Rock Garden Tour took part in Ipso Gallery's latest biggest thing, an arts event called Artifact. We posted about it the other day. The above photo features the object we handed off to our artist Andrew Kosten, and some kazoos. While the kazoos did not inspire Kosten's piece (see elements from said piece below), they do inspire us nearly every day.

Ipso Gallery, located at Fresh Produce (the same yahoos that produce our show), supports the arts by throwing art parties and donating money. This year's take goes to the downtown sculpture walk in Sioux Falls. Please stop by the space and have a look for yourself. Our piece is even better in color.