Owen Pallett, post-structuralist dialectic
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"The Songsmith's Heartland" is a webcomic illustrated by Nick Thornborrow, based on the album "Heartland" by Owen Pallett. A young farmer named Lewis lives a restless existence, until he's called upon by The Songsmith to become the hero of Heartland. All too eager to fulfill his destiny, Lewis takes up the sword, slaying monsters and spreading the word of The Songsmith. But as Lewis becomes the object of The Songsmith's infatuation, he is unable to ignore the fact that he's just a character in The Songsmith's narrative. Heartland and the entire world of Spectrum stand in balance as the unhinged warrior confronts the eccentric artist who created him.

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Owen Pallett's violin concerto is now co-commissioned by the Barbican Centre and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, with dates on March 16, 2012 and March 7, 2013 respectively. The concerto is "inspired by the solo violin music of Bach." Pekka Kuusisto will be the soloist.

Michael Silverman has uploaded a Flickr photoset of a songwriters workshop with Worden/Pallett/Muhly/Dessner at Stanford. David Lang explained why he picked these four musicians for his latest work.

Snow Patrol did a track-by-track commentary on their new album with arrangements by Owen Pallett.

There's a novelty Tumblr called Animals Tweeting as Owen Pallett... perfect timing for Owen's new snowshoe hare.

Kotaku has named Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP (by Jim Guthrie) the best game music of 2011. Owen Pallett played violin for the menu piece "The Cloud".


k215 on Tumblr has gotten a Heartland tattoo over his heart:



NOW Magazine asked Owen about Justin Bieber: "No adult male singer should be expected to hit a high E-flat, that's castrato territory. Overall he's doing great, considering his voice is probably so fucked right now. He's gonna have a beautiful high tenor in a year or so."