Max Carmichael
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Max Carmichael – Kill U
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www.maxcarmichael.com
Stanford-educated rocket scientist, boxcar-hopping hobo, urban bohemian and desert survivalist – indie folk rocker Max Carmichael has headlined at New York’s Knitting Factory and appeared in a feature article in the Village Voice. With a range of styles placing him in such varied and storied company as Paul Simon, Calexico, Moby, and The Clash, Carmichael’s work is continually surprising, yet surprisingly familiar.
Raised in the foothills of the Appalachians, much of Max’s childhood was spent outdoors exploring nature. From the beginning, he excelled in both the arts and the sciences. He attended the University of Chicago on an art scholarship but, poor and with no job prospects, he transferred into engineering, winning a fellowship to complete a Master of Science degree in spacecraft dynamics.
Then he rebelled, riding boxcars, squatting for a year in a studio at California Institute of the Arts, jamming in dark basements with the upcoming stars of the international art scene, casting off the final fetters of his traditional upbringing. Heading north to San Francisco, where the underground post-punk scene was in full flower, Carmichael founded Terra Incognita, an experimental band and art space, and collaborated with African musicians, including Nigerian pop star Orlando Julius Ekemode and Algerian DJ Cheb i Sabbah.
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Plateau
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3.1 & 2.4
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The Sheep
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Moses of Indiana
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Come On Over Whitey
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Helicopter
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Promised Land
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Take Me Up
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Long Way Home
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Date With Destiny
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jakebartmess
Rated #5 on NBTMusicRadio's Top Albums of 2012, Max's new album Long Way Home inspired eloquence in this review: http://thenbtreview.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-nbtmusic-review-142/
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jakebartmess
Dive into this revealing interview in the London web zine Song Revelation, and discover more secrets and lost treasures of the life and world of music: http://songrevelation.com/2012/02/featured-artists/artist-interview/artist-interview-max-carmichael/
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jakebartmess
Max's hometown paper, the Silver City Sun-News, published a well-written profile with studio photos: http://www.scsun-news.com/ci_19913117
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jakebartmess
Check out Richie Frieman's surprising new interview of Max in the Baltimore web zine Pen's Eye View: http://www.penseyeview.com/content/max-carmichael
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jakebartmess
NBT Music Radio, an eclectic internet station based in Berlin with listeners worldwide, announced the 50 top albums of 2011 by independent artists. The list includes PJ Harvey, James Blake, Okkervil River, Wilco, Florence and the Machine, Kate Bush, My Morning Jacket, Chemical Brothers, and Bright Eyes. Max's album Promised Land appears in the #4 position, with Take Me Up at #11. Moses of Indiana, from Promised Land, appeared at #4 on NBT's Top Songs of 2011. In the words of NBT's MC Sparky: "Max Carmichael's unique blend of african and american guitar styles in 'Moses of Indiana' is a heartfelt emotional and relevant piece of work that should attract new audiences wherever it infiltrates."
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