Black tape for a blue girl are in the middle of a Kickstarter for a deluxe edition of their 1989 release, ashes in the brittle air.

Ethereal ambient band, black tape for a blue girl, isn't a band that rests on their laurels. New recordings frequently appear but the band has also taken the odd look back at past efforts. In this case 1989's ashes in the brittle air is being remastered and the final release will include six unreleased songs from the era.

Fans of ethereal, dreamy, music should take a look at this fundraising project. You can do so HERE.

Black Tape For A Blue Girl have a new Kickstarter for their upcoming release, To Touch The Milky. Like many underground artists the group is funding the
release (as they've funded other recent releases) via crowdfunding. Some bemoan the new state of the music industry and its finances but btfbg's Sam Rosenthal sees an upside.

"I did a radio interview at Portland’s Xray.fm on Monday; I haven’t done an in-the-studio interview in a while. DJ Bob Ham asked about getting to know so many of the backers over the course of my nine crowdfunding campaigns. In the 90s, when Black Tape For A Blue Girl’s Remnants of a deeper purity was the most successful release on Projekt, the CDs shipped out to Projekt’s distributor, out into the void," he says. "I felt disconnected from the people who loved what I create. Now I know their names, and answer their questions. It was great selling 16,000 CDs back in the day, but it’s also great being directly in touch with people who value the art at $50 or even $500. That’s pretty great, too."

Like many btfbg records this one is a first person narrative of an individual in conflict.

"I see the characters in the seven songs as being at a point where something has to give, something has to change, they are sort of hitting a wall in life and they need to try to get beyond that. There’s also this other thematic idea: one of the song’s is Samsara, which is a Buddhist idea that life is a cycle where you come back again and again to live this existence and maybe you understand a little bit better how to get through life, or how to get out of the sorrow of life. I picture the photos I’m shooting with Mercy for the cover and art cards as displaying this characters coming back again and again."

The title, to Rosenthal, reflects a feeling of longing and hopefulness balanced agains the recognition of the absurdity of actually "touching the Milky Way."

You can help out with the Kickstarter HERE.

OK Go are heading out on tour. Current dates are below but more will be announced soon. A new LP, Hungry Ghosts, comes out later in 2014. This is the first release from the band in four years. You can check out a "teaser" below (usually I don't post teasers but this is worth a look if you are a fan).

An EP, Upside Out, is out June 17 and includes tracks from the LP. You may have heard one of the songs when you went to see the Amazing Spider Man 2.

There is also a Pledge Music campaign to fund the record where you can get neat stuff.

Luscious Jackson are back November 5, 2013 with a new LP, Magic Hour. Please feel free to whine about how it was crowdfunded. It really amuses me how some people hate crowdfunding--usually people whose daddy pays for everything they do (or people who've failed at crowdfunding). Check out the new track, Show Us What You Got, below.

The record is on the band's own label, City Song, and is their first LP since 1999. Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys lends a hand on the song, So Rock On. The band was originally signed by the Beastie Boys label, Grand Royal.

You can check out a new song via Youtube below. You can also still get on board with the crowdfunding (via Pledge Music) HERE.

More at www.LusciousJackson.us.