Rich Wexler of Sherman Arts in Philadelphia has been booking great shows there for years, but he's closing up shop. He put together a compilation of some of the bands that have come through, including Tom Thumb. It's free to download, so please do so. You'll find something good, guaranteed.


"ALL CREATURES" COMPILATION AVAILABLE NOW! (I Released This Early as a Holiday Gift)

FREE DOWNLOAD LINK AT BOTTOM




ALL CREATURES COMPILATION TRACK LISTING

1. Bent - Snow Caps
2. Why Can't We Fall In Love Forever? (Anything Is Possible) - The Physics Of Meaning
3. Steady Hand - Buried Beds
4. Miscommunication - Josh And Pete Band
5. Nebraska -The Armchairs
6. (William Cresent Gets) Fired - Busman's Holiday
7. The Stars Are Cities - Seth Petterson
8. Sioux Falls - Lemming Malloy
9. Don't Do This To Me Baby - Butterfly Fairweather Featuring Joe Jack Talcum
10. Cardboard Wings - Birdlips
11. Say Yes - The Theater Fire
12. The Ground Beneath Our Feet -The Chairman Dances
13. Infinite - Arlo And The Otter
14. Lavender Gray - The Baird Sisters
15. Robert L. Sinclaire Up - Christopher Bell
16. Norway - Sandcastle
17. Physics of Night - Emily Lacy
18. Alma Song - Pwrfl Power
19. Sing To Me - Stephen Bluhm
20. A Song For Me - Noa Babayof
21. Been Caught Stealing - Bob Carlton
22. Passwords - Birdie Busch
23. Minneapolis - Boca Chica
24. Cantaloupe Sky - Angel Ocana
25. In The Woods - Horse's Mouth
26. Acid Rain - Tom Thumb
27. Clear Recollections - Strand of Oaks
28. All Creatures - Bird and Flower
29. Building A Bomb - Little Tybee
30. Content/Contempt - Cuddle Magic
31. Birds Have Worries - Power Animal
32. Numbered Days - Ravens and Vultures
33. Ode To Long Hikes - Controlled Storms
34. Mow Your Lawn - Agent Moosehead
35. Ketut (Recorded Live at The Green Line) - Mikronesia
36. Improvisation #3 - Andy of the Future featuring Chrome Tongues and Step
Brother
37. Before We Begin - Cloud Minder




ABOUT THE BANDS AND MUSIC PURCHASE INFO.


SNOW CAPS



http://www.myspace.com/thethesnowcaps



THE PHYSICS OF MEANING



www.myspace.com/thephysicsofmeaning



BURIED BEDS



http://www.myspace.com/buriedbeds



JOSH AND PETE BAND



http://www.myspace.com/thejoshandpeteband



THE ARMCHAIRS



http://www.myspace.com/thearmchairs



BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY



http://www.myspace.com/busmansholiday



SETH PETTERSEN



http://www.myspace.com/sethpettersenmusic
www.sethpettersen.blogspot.com



LEMMING MALLOY



online store:
http://neckbeardrecords.com/nbr/store/

http://www.lemmingmalloy.com/
http://www.myspace.com/lemmingmalloymusic



BUTTERFLY FAIRWEATHER Featuring JOE JACK TALCUM



http://www.joejacktalcum.com/
http://www.myspace.com/joejacktalcum23
Link to my music:
http://jacktalcum.com/audio.php



BIRDLIPS



http://www.myspace.com/birdlipsmusic



THE THEATER FIRE



http://www.myspace.com/thetheaterfire



THE CHAIRMAN DANCES



http://www.myspace.com/thechairmandances



ARLO AND THE OTTER



http://www.myspace.com/arloandtheotter



THE BAIRD SISTERS



http://www.myspace.com/thebairdsisters



CHRISTOPHER BELL



http://www.myspace.com/thechrisbell
purchase music at www.silenthomerecords.com



SANDCASTLE



www.myspace.com/thesandcastleband
sam.kassel@yahoo.com (to get a cd)



EMILY LACY


http://www.myspace.com/emilylacyfolkmusic



PWRFL POWER



http://www.myspace.com/pwrflpower



STEPHEN BLUHM



http://www.myspace.com/stephenbluhm



NOA BABAYOF


http://www.myspace.com/noababayof



BOB CARLTON


http://www.myspace.com/carlbobton



BIRDIE BUSCH



http://www.myspace.com/birdiebusch



BOCA CHICA



http://www.myspace.com/bocachica



ANGEL OCANA



www.angelocana.com
CD Purchase
www.angelocana.com/shop
http://www.myspace.com/angelocana



HORSE'S MOUTH



www.myspace.com/horsesmouthband
http://tavocarbone.bandcamp.com



TOM THUMB



http://tomthumbmusic.com
http://facebook.com/tomthumbmusic



STRAND OF OAKS



http://www.myspace.com/strandofoaks



BIRD AND FLOWER



www.birdandflowerband.com Purchase link: www.sunkentreasure.org

http://www.myspace.com/birdandflowerband



LITTLE TYBEE



http://www.myspace.com/littletybee



CUDDLE MAGIC


http://www.myspace.com
cuddlemagicwww.cuddle-magic.com
www.fyorecords.com



POWER ANIMAL



http://www.myspace.com/poweranimalpa



RAVENS AND VULTURES


http://www.myspace.com/fistsofharmony



CONTROLLED STORMS



http://www.myspace.com/controlledstorms



AGENT MOOSEHEAD



http://www.myspace.com/agentmoosehead



MIKRONESIA



www.mikronesia.com
http://www.myspace.com/mikronesia



ANDY OF THE FUTURE



http://www.myspace.com/andyofthefuture



CLOUD MINDER



LINK TO THE COMPILATION ZIP FILE

THE LINK MAY TAKE 10-45 MINUTES TO DOWNLOAD

COMP AC.zip

There's a review of We Never Die over at Nick Sounds Off.

The album is up at itunes, where if anyone already has it I encourage you to post a review of your own. You could do the same thing with the Taxidermist. Unless you don't have anything good to say about either. In which case, why are you reading this?

See you on the road,
AA

I put the link up a little early for ordering the cd. There's a button for paypal ordering in the band bio (it's the grey album image). It's on tomthumbmusic.com too.  If you order now it will ship by August 3, and you'll get a coveted low-number copy. You'll then be able to trade with holders of other numbers in a hearty market of sexual favors, foodstuffs, anything of value. Certainly one of the first couple dozen will hold significant value, particularly in these tough economic times.

Enjoy,
AA

I put up two more new songs from the new Album. Wolf's Breath and Acid Rain are now streaming here with Cabin Building and Better Days. All the artwork is done for this first limited run, and hand-stamping is under way. Any day now I'll add a button here that you can use to secure one of these lovingly made, one-of-a-kind cds. At which point I will make another announcement that I have added said button. Do you miss the days yet when we weren't talking?

Enjoy! And watch out, Mainers. I'm coming to a couple towns near you at the end of month.

-AA

Ok, we haven't talked in a while, but I still think about you all the time. I made a new record, just for you. All this time I've been working away. It's called "We Never Die", and I'll be putting up a couple songs a week here until the CDs are made and ready to ship, August 3. Starting now. I hope you like them.

Thanks to Ryan's Smashing Life for putting the Taxidermist in his 20 New Albums You Need to Own in 2008 list! Follow the link for the rest of the list.

In more Taxidermist news, there are songs from the album in the new climbing movie The Sharp End, from Sender Films. These guys make some incredible movies, so introduce yourself to a whole new subculture and check it out.

And finally, a second edition of the Taxidermist is available with a new cover after selling out the last one. While one can only assume the future value of this in the hands of collectors will be slightly less than the first edition, you never know. There may be* a typo or additional bonus track making this even more valuable than the first edition.

*editor's note- There is no bonus track.

Hi all,
Have a listen to my Reckoner remix if you haven't yet, and take a second to push the vote button. It's based on some handclaps from an old song because all I do is listen to handclaps these days. All day. I'll see some of you in Maine and Boston in a few weeks.
-A

I'm playing Brooklyn next week and Boston the week after. Tuesday Sept 16th I'm at the Public Assembly (formerly Galapagos) in Williamsburg. Haven't been back there in a while, so stop by. Then it's up to Somerville Sept 25 for an Obama benefit/voter registration drive, at which I will not only perform but will ceremonially register to vote, on stage in a shower of confetti. Free to see.

The Taxidermist is now available on and Amazon mp3, and just for you loyal fans I've negotiated a deal with Steve Jobs to remove the DRM on the itunes files. So there are no limitations to how many burns or who you can share them with. If you buy them from itunes they're protection-free. And if you buy them from Amazon they're cheaper. There's also still a handful of the limited pressing if you want an actual cd.
Enjoy your summer!

To my New York friends,
I had to cancel the June 5 show, so sadly I won't be seeing you Thursday. Hopefully I can make it down some time soon.
Sorry,
A