May 2012
2 posts
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I'd like to understand but I'm already gone...
Check out “Already Gone” in the first scene of this episode of Private Practice. Buy the song on iTunes or buy the whole record on LP or CD !
April 2012
2 posts
Think Like A Man
Hey! My song “You Come Around” from my new LP I Want What You Want is gonna be in the new movie Think Like A Man which opens tonight all over the U S A. Gotta say I’m pretty psyched to have my song in a movie that also features music from James Brown, Earth Wind & Fire, Beyonce, Luther Vandross and Al Green!
Have a great weekend!
Cheap Tunes
I Want What You Want is on sale for $3.99 over at Bandcamp. That’s like 30 cents per tune. A BARGAIN. this picture below is from our last show on tour in Pittsburgh and is completely unrelated to the Bandcamp thing. That is all, all is this.
March 2012
2 posts
Free stuff!
For the remainder of March, when you buy anything from the Kiam Records webstore and or the JO’C Bandcamp page, we will send you a free JO’C t-shirt or totebag (while supplies last). We’ll email you after your order to get your size/choice, etc.
TCB,
JO’C
Durham, NC
Sitting in the lobby of a hotel in Durham, waiting to go to dinner then play a show. Touring is crazy - I had forgotten how much so. I went running for the first time in 3 weeks today and it felt like a million bucks. Tom and Michael and Jon are out looking at guitars. Alexa went swimming. This little girl just ran up to me and tried to steal my diet coke. Life is funny and I am happy.
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NPR Song of the Day "You Come Around" →
there was something back there but it’s been a long time….
February 2012
8 posts
Preorder I Want What You Want on White Vinyl or...
Preorder IWWYW at the new Kiam Records webstore. There are 500 copies of IWWYW on white vinyl. And 1000 cd digipack copies. Preorder now before they are gone!
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I AM GOING ON TOUR
It’s getting close to time! I have not been on a proper tour with my band since 2009 and this is going to be a great one. All dates with Tim Foljahn (except for Boston on March 1). Great local bands on each bill that we have hand selected. My band will consist of me, Jon Langmead, Michael Brodlieb, Tom Beaujour, Alexa Wilding, and Tim on a few jams. Alexa will play her own set in...
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Parenthood
Hearing a song of mine - with me singing it - on a TV show is pretty thrilling. This one (which I think may very well be my best song) was on the NBC show Parenthood tonight.
Happy.
January 2012
7 posts
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Kiam Records Compilation
Helllllloooo!
In case you don’t know, I run a record label called Kiam Records. I just made a Soundcloud page for it with a label sampler spanning the first decade of its existence. Enjoy, share, etc…
Kiam Records Label Sampler #1 by kiamrecords
Low Times Podcast
Listen to me talk to Daniel Ralston for the new, hard-hitting Low Times podcast.
Other guests on this episode include Georgia Hubley from my former label mates and current pals, Yo La Tengo and Dan Friel from Parts & Labor. I used to work with Dan at the Knitting Factory, in what seems like decades ago. Oh wait, that’s because it was.
I Want What You Want Vinyl + CD + Tour Dates
Hello and Happy New Year friends!
Before I bombard you with information, please look at this pretty photo of the sky I took this week:
Ok, on to biz.
I’m writing to let you know a few things.
1. A cd (digipack) and vinyl (WHITE WAX) version of I Want What You Want will be in stores on March 6, 2012. Both will be available for pre-order in the Kiam store too at some point in the...
Pitchfork reviews I Want What You Want →
and i thus have a busy morning. now i will go running.
December 2011
2 posts
Jennifer O'Connor Holiday Newsletter
Hey everybody!
Just a quick note to say Happy Holidays to you and yours from myself and Kiam Records and Paco (company and personal mascot): Click here to stream a song from I Want What You Want called “Hidden Hill” that I feel is appropriate to the holiday season and might even serve as a soundtrack to your holiday hot chocolate sipping, stocking stuffing, or...
Fingertips Q&A about digital music →
November 2011
9 posts
Tampa Instore at Microgroove Dec. 2/The Ballad of...
I lived in Tampa, Florida from May 2001 until June 2002 - one of two brief stints I’ve had away from NYC since moving there on Halloween 1997. I got a job working for my brother selling insurance and contemplating whether or not I should really make a go at music (I had one self recorded EP at this point - Truth Love Work - that had garnered some good press in NYC but I had little idea...
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From the Vault: New York Times Popcast 2008
Short interview with Ben Sisario for the New York Times Popcast and live acoustic version of “Always In Your Mind” from 2008. It was recorded at the New York Times offices right before the release of Here With Me. Pretty cool to go there.
Check it out here:
http://podcasts.nytimes.com/podcasts/2008/07/30/30musicreview.mp3
My portion of the podcast begins at 7 minutes.
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Magnet MP3 AT 3 →
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Buy my new record. It's good. It will make you...
(That furry black rug behind me in the photo is my dog Paco. He likes to be close to me at all times.)
Follow the pretty links to buy the:
Limited Edition CD (I am hand numbering and hand stamping these - they are being printed right now - real cds, not cdrs!) Only 500 and I’m probably gonna send like 100 to radio and other biz folks, so really only like 400 and I’ve sold 50...
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Free MP3 of "Already Gone" from Rolling Stone →
I Want What You Want is out TODAY!
Hello everybody! My new record “I Want What You Want” is out today! It is also my birthday and I can’t believe how happy it is making me that I have combined the two.
I will get to the point:
I love this record. It was hard to get to in a lot of ways, but I learned more about myself and music and friendship in the process of making it more than probably in any other time...
Stream I Want What You Want right now!
Jennifer O’Connor - I Want What You Want by Jennifer O’Connor
Village Voice Interview/Download →
October 2011
6 posts
7/12/09
Jennifer O’Connor - 7/12/09 by Jennifer O’Connor
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JO'C Interview with NBC New York →
Hello and welcome to the new Jennifer O’Connor website. It exists because I am putting out a new record called I Want What You Want on November 8 on Kiam Records!
It’s been a while since I put out a record (3.25 years give or take) and this is by far my favorite one. It’s very near and dear to my heart, which is why I have decided to put it out myself on my own label.
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Running Start
Jennifer O’Connor - Running Start by Jennifer O’Connor
Download for free here