Pitchfork

By the time they built up those Ships back in the spring of 2006, Daniel Smith's Danielson (with and without his Famile) had been making with the music for more than a decade.

Two whole discs of favorite tracks from the pre-Ships era-- plus some previously unheard alternate versions, live cuts, and various unreleased material-- have been collected for a new anthology entitled Trying Hartz. In addition to 28 Danielson tunes, the set features Smith's personal thoughts about each and every track in the collection, plus some additional liners from The Ice Storm novelist Rick Moody. Trying Hartz is due November 4 from Secretly Canadian.

But enough looking back! There's a whole slew of Danielson fall tour dates with Cryptacize to look forward to, kicking off on Halloween in New York City. Gee, wonder what Daniel will dress as?

Trying Hartz:

Disc 1:

01 Now Try
02 Body English
03 Flip Flop Flim Flam
04 Singers Go First
05 Jersey Loverboy
06 Animal in Every Corner
07 Rubbernecker
08 Sold! To the Nice Rich Man! (live)
09 Thanx to Noah
10 Rallying the Dominoes
11 The Lord's Rest (live)
12 A Meeting With Your Maker
13 Daughters Will Tune You
14 Runnin' to Brother

Disc 2:

01 A No No
02 Good News for the Pus Pickers
03 Don't You Be the Judge (live)
04 The Wheel Made Man
05 Fetch the Compass Kids (live)
06 Idiot Boksen
07 Nice of Me (live)
08 Cutest Lil' Dragon (live)
09 Pottymouth
10 Southern Paws
11 I Am My Beloved's (live)
12 Hammers Sitting Still (live)
13 Smooth Death
14 Cheer Hart

Danielson:

10-31 New York, NY - Knitting Factory *
11-02 Philadelphia, PA - TBA *
11-04 Pontiac, MI - Crofoot Pike Room *
11-05 Chicago, IL - Reggies *
11-06 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club *
11-07 Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room *
11-08 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive *
11-09 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court *
11-11 Seattle, WA - Vera Project *+
11-12 Portland, OR - Backspace *+
11-14 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill *
11-15 West Hollywood, CA - Troubadour *^
11-16 Phoenix, AZ - Modified *
11-18 Austin, TX - Mohawk *
11-19 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington*
11-20 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater *$
11-21 Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone *
11-22 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club *
11-23 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle *

* with Cryptacize
+ with Bart Davenport
^ with Soul Junk
$ with Mount Righteous