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Beck News:
Jamie Lidell Enlists Beck, Feist For 'Compass'
From www.billboard.com at 08/02/10 09:39 PM. 0 comments.
Jamie Lidell, the celebrated singer and electronic musician known for his unique, soulful voice and funky, improvisational live performances, has enlisted an all-star group of collaborators for his upcoming album "Compass," due May 18 on Warp Records.
The White Stripes News:
The White Stripes: The Ballet!
From www.pitchfork.com at 08/02/10 08:40 PM. 0 comments.
Homepage photo by Autumn de Wilde
Update: In other Stripes news today, the band and its management's Third Man Records site is claiming that an ad that ran during the Super Bowl for the Air Force reserve is a re-recorded, unauthorized version of "Fell in Love With a Girl". Go to their site for a side-by-side comparison and the Stripes' understandable anger.
Chroma is a contemporary ballet by choreographer Wayne McGregor that features music by the White Stripes as interpreted by an orchestra. The award-winning piece debuted at London's Royal Opera House in November 2006, and now it's coming to Toronto as part of the National Ballet of Canada's forthcoming season. (Via CBC News.)
Chroma features five pairs in flesh-colored outfits artfully moving to White Stripes songs like "The Hardest Button to Button" and "Blue Orchid", according to a Guardian review of the London show.
The CBC reports that Jack White has been invited to the Canadian premiere, which takes place in November. And the Stripes love them some Canada, so a Jack sighting does not seem completely out of the question. Head over to the National Ballet of Canada's site for more info.
Thanks to reader Damien Ferland for the tip.
Radiohead News:
a week of number 13s
From www.radiohead.com at 08/02/10 03:52 PM. 0 comments.
1. Murderer by Low from Drums and Guns
2. Hotel Freund by Black to Comm from Alphabet 1968
3. If you go away by Scott Walker from Scott 3
4. Ancestors by Gonjasufi from 2010 from Warp Records
5. Turn it on (instrumental) by Mark Pritchard + Steve Spacek
6. Homenagem A Unios do Viradouro by Macunaima from Sambas de Enredo 2000 Ate 2006
Thom
Vampire Weekend News:
Listen: Vampire Weekend Cover Rancid
From www.pitchfork.com at 08/02/10 03:20 PM. 0 comments.
Photo by Napoleon Habeica
During a BBC radio session last week, chart-topping indie rock band Vampire Weekend played a cover of Rancid's 1995 pop-punk hit "Ruby Soho". (Via Abeano.) If you think about this for more than five seconds, it makes a lot of sense. And, unsurprisingly, the cover is a relatively tucked-in alternative to the spiky original. Check it out here.
As Abeano also points out, Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij compiled a mini-mix for Annie Mac's Radio 1 show, featuring Vampire Weekend's "Taxi Cab", the 6ths' "As You Turn to Go", and a Vampire Weekend remix of Lykke Li's "Dance Dance Dance". Listen to that over at Abeano as well.
Beck News:
Beck, Feist Guest on Jamie Lidell LP
From www.pitchfork.com at 08/02/10 02:00 PM. 0 comments.
If you've ever seen electro-soul whiz Jamie Lidell live, you know the guy can deliver ample amounts of ecstatic joy. It just feels good to be in the same room as him. So it makes a lot of sense that talented people including Beck, Feist, Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor, Daniel Rossen, and Chris Bear, Wilco's Pat Sansone, legendary R&B drummer James Gadson, soul belter Nikka Costa, Beck keyboardist Brian LeBarton, and producer/songwriter Gonzales would want to help out on Lidell's new album. That album is titled Compass and due out May 18 courtesy of Warp.
This isn't the first time Lidell has worked with Feist (he contributed to The Reminder sessions) or Beck, who got Jamie (and Feist and Wilco and Gadson) to sing and play on his most recent Record Club covers project. Compass was recorded at Hudson Studios in Los Angeles (where Beck and Lidell teamed up to write and produce some songs), Hollywood's Ocean Way Recording, New York City, and Feist's ranch in Ontario's Niagara Escarpment (where Feist helped write and sang background vocals, while Chris Taylor did some producing, mixing, and bass clarinet playing). Expect dates for a full-band Lidell tour soon.
Stream the album's title track below:
The White Stripes News:
Jack White as a svengali? Here's how not to do it
From www.guardian.co.uk at 08/02/10 12:44 PM. 0 comments.
The White Stripes front man and his latest project, the Black Belles, should beware! Rock history is littered with manager-producers who got a little too hands-on
Alongside a wonderful version of Amy Winehouse's You Know I'm No Good by rockabilly legend Wanda Jackson, the latest batch of releases from Jack White's Third Man record label contains a minor mystery. Released in shops today on the usual extremely limited seven-inch is a record by The Black Belles, a group about whom little is known except that they were assembled by White, feature Nashville burlesque model Erin Belle and have a fondness for slightly medieval-looking wide-brimmed hats. As well as recruiting the Belles, Jack produced and wrote one of the songs on the record (the other is a cover of The Knickerbockers' great 1960s Merseybeat homage, Lies) and directed the accompanying video.
What is clear, however, is that The Black Belles mark another stage in Jack White's strange career. After being an upholsterer, actor and mogul (Third Man is the umbrella name for an organisation that includes a record company, pressing plant, photo studio and design agency in a building in downtown Nashville) it appears that White is now trying on the role of svengali for size.
Both White and the Belles themselves would do well to take a lesson from rock history, the pages of which are littered with stories of what happens when the manager-producer gets...
Vampire Weekend Link:
Line of Best Fit: Bexhill live review
From www.thelineofbestfit.com at 08/02/10 10:49 AM. 0 comments.
Basement Jaxx News:
The Look of Love
From www.basementjaxx.net at 06/02/10 02:46 PM. 0 comments.
Valentines Day is approaching fast.
Worried about what to get for your loved ones ? Don’t panic !
Basement Jaxx provide the perfect romantic gift - just click on the heart below for immediate delivery.
Thom Yorke News:
Billboard Bits: Kanye, Howard Stern, Noel Gallagher, Thom Yorke and More
From www.billboard.com at 05/02/10 10:46 PM. 0 comments.
Billboard Bits serves up the best bite-sized nuggets of music news and gossip every afternoon.
Titus Andronicus News:
Whisper words of wisdom - let me pee
From titusandronicustheband.blogspot.com at 05/02/10 08:17 PM. 1 comments.
Hey gang. Did you see this little blurb about us that is in Rolling Stone this month? Pretty cool, right?
Yeah, except for one thing - the actual lyric is "let IT BE on a stretcher if I get carried away," not "let ME PEE on a stretcher if I get carried away," even though that is funnier. Hopefully that bodes well for the critical response to the abundance of actual scatalogical references on the record. Anyway, just wanted to clear that up. Heh heh... let me pee.
Yr friend,
Patrick
Radiohead News:
Why British pop let cool get in the way of a good charity single
From www.guardian.co.uk at 05/02/10 04:18 PM. 0 comments.
How amazing would it have been if Radiohead, Dizzee and Elbow had contributed to Everybody Hurts? Sadly, they are too cool to return Simon Cowell's phonecalls
There's nothing like a charity single for making musicians pull together â€' as long as they're American. The lineup that recorded We are the World 25 Years for Haiti in LA this week is impressive no matter how you look at it. Proper legends â€' Brian Wilson, Tony Bennett, Gladys Knight â€' appeared with young guns like Kanye West, Pink and Lil' Wayne. No matter how wretched the music (Celine Dion is involved, so expect, at the least, crescendo after raging crescendo), that's a premium-rate cast.
And the British effort? Not so premium. If the "official" British single, a cover of REM's Everybody Hurts, appears to have been made by people who've come straight from the X Factor green room, that's because they have. Virtually every artist on the single, from anomalous Americans (Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus) to pop heavies (Kylie, Robbie Williams, Take That) to actual X Factor winners (Lewis, Burke, McElderry) is associated with Simon Cowell's evil empire. Cowell himself masterminded the single, which will be released Monday.
So there you are: the UK music industry's response to a shattering natural disaster. America musters some of its greatest pop names; the British turn to reality TV. Where are the Brits who would have given the thing some gravitas? Radiohead, Dizzee Rascal, Arctic Monkeys, Damon Albarn,...
The White Stripes News:
Jack White plays plays surprise show in Nashville record shop
From www.nme.com at 05/02/10 03:30 PM. 0 comments.
White Stripes man plays in his own Third Man store
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Friendly Fires News:
XL Eggs Benedict Mix
From wearefriendlyfires.com at 05/02/10 11:15 AM. 0 comments.
Tracklist:
Jesse’s Gang – ‘Real Love’ – Geffen
Jodie ‘Fingers’ Finch – ‘Jack Your Big Booty (BHQ No Acid mix)’ – Lets Pet Puppies
Terre Thaemlitz – ‘Masturjakor (Kink and Neville Watson remix)’ – Mule Musiq
Green Velvet feat. Kid Sister – ‘Everybody Wants’ – Relief Records
Ike – ‘Dizkadenz’ – Philpot Records
KZA – ‘On&On&On’ – Endless Flight
King Cosmic – ‘Freaky Queen (Paul Hardy remix)’ – Hot Milk
Basic Soul Unit – ‘Hope Unity Vision’ – New Kanada
Kink – ‘Psyche Funk’ – Kolour Recordings
Quince – ‘Electric’ – Delsin Records
Rebolledo – ‘Guerrero’ – Comeme Records
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – ‘Don’t Think Twice (Love)’ – Paw Tracks
The White Stripes News:
Liam Gallagher teams up with Paolo Maldini - Daily Gossip
From www.nme.com at 05/02/10 10:56 AM. 0 comments.
Madonna vs McCartney, Cullum loves Jack White, Marina's fame â€' your music gossip stop
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Vampire Weekend Link:
Stuff.co.nz live show announcement
From www.stuff.co.nz at 05/02/10 01:47 AM. 0 comments.
Thom Yorke News:
Thom Yorke Guests on New Flying Lotus Album Cosmogramma
From www.pitchfork.com at 04/02/10 10:55 PM. 0 comments.
In an interview last month, Los Angeles beat mangler Flying Lotus told us a little bit about Cosmogramma, his forthcoming album: "I'm finally getting to the point where I can make the kind of records that I want to make-- that I wanted to make when I was younger, things that I dreamed about making. It's this fusion-y kind of thing where all the elements of the music that I love are there."
Warp will release Cosmogramma in the U.S. on May 4 and a day earlier in the UK. And hey, look who's on there! Some guy named Thom Yorke.
Yorke sings on a song called "...And the World Laughs With You". Other guests include vocalist Laura Darlington, who sang on previous FlyLo album Los Angeles, and jazz sax great Ravi Coltrane (who is Flying Lotus's cousin).
That image above is the cover art, and we've got the tracklist below.
Cosmogramma:
01 Clock Catcher
02 Pickled!
03 Nose Art
04 Intro//A Cosmic Drama
05 Zodiac Shit
06 Computer Face//Pure Being
07 ...And the World Laughs With You [ft. Thom Yorke]
08 Arkestry
09 Mmmhmm [ft.Thundercat]
10 Do the Astral Plane
11 Satelllliiiiiteee
12 German Haircut
13 Recoiled
14 Dance Of the Pseudo Nymph
15 Drips//Auntie's Harp
16 Table Tennis [ft. Laura Darlington]
17 Galaxy in Janaki
M.I.A. News:
Sleigh Bells Working With M.I.A.
From www.pitchfork.com at 04/02/10 08:35 PM. 0 comments.
Last night, Diplo posted the following message on his Twitter: "All day finishin up these @_m_i_a tracks... Its official.. This team is from the FUTURE!! - diplo rusko switch mia blaqstarr sleighbellz FTW"
And while we already knew most of those producers were getting in on M.I.A.'s forthcoming LP, the addition of Brooklyn noise-pop act Sleigh Bells is new. And it's official, according to Sleigh Bells' manager, who told The Village Voice that Sleigh Bells songwriter "Derek [Miller] did production work on the album." The duo's publicist confirmed it as well.
It seems like just yesterday we were watching M.I.A. watch Sleigh Bells perform at Brooklyn DIY haven Market Hotel during CMJ. How far they've come. If you want to see what all the Sleigh Bells fuss is about, try to check them out when they open for Yeasayer and Major Lazer in the coming months.
M.I.A.'s album is due out this summer.
Titus Andronicus News:
MONITOUR eFlyer 1.0, plus, "I won't fuck us over, I'm Dr. Pepper"
From titusandronicustheband.blogspot.com at 04/02/10 08:06 PM. 0 comments.
Hello friends. I hope this blog finds you well. Do you guys remember that short tour of record stores that we said we were going to do? Well, we are still going to do them, and to make it easier for you to remember to participate, the good people at Extra Large Recordings have prepared this eFlyer for you to look at. Behold!
Damn, that looks sharp. Well, now that we have that out of the way, let's get down to more serious (read - YouTube related) business.
Did you happen to see this video of us that was posted on PitchforkTV a couple weeks ago? It was from a performance we did at their offices as part of a birthday party for Pitchfork founder Ryan Schrieber. Do you like it? It is just another classic from the magical eyes of Ray Concepcion, who really stepped up his usual game into new, more psychedelic, high-octane territory. Yr crazy for this one, Ray! It will also give you a chance to observe Dave and Amy outside the context of a still photograph, which isn't really very helpful when you are wondering what something sounds like, know what I mean?
Speaking of PitchforkTV, you know what video I like to watch on that website? This one, of the National performing their song "Mr. November" from the album Alligator....
Devendra Banhart News:
Liars Reveal Deluxe LP Tracklist, Art
From www.pitchfork.com at 04/02/10 04:20 PM. 0 comments.
Liars' fifth album, Sisterworld, is out March 9 on Mute in several listening formats: CD, vinyl, and an extra super special 2CD version featuring remixes and reinterpretations of songs on the album by Thom Yorke, Tunde Adebimpe, Devendra Banhart, Bradford Cox, and more.
The deluxe version also features special packaging that "allows a surreal glimpse into the Sisterworld concertina." The guys were nice enough to provide a handy visual aid for the accordion-esque artwork which you can check out, along with the bonus disc tracklist, below:
Sisterworld bonus disc:
01 Scissor (Pink Dollaz, Lance Whitaker & Transformation Surprise)
02 No Barrier Fun (Duetonal aka Alan Vega of Suicide)
03 Here Comes All the People (Atlas Sound aka Bradford Cox)
04 Drip (Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead)
05 Scarecrows on a Killer Slant (Tunde Adebimpe of TV On The Radio)
06 I Still Can See an Outside World (Boyd Rice of NON)
07 Proud Evolution (Thom Yorke 500qd Remix)
08 Drop Dead (Fol Chen)
09 The Overachievers (Devendra Banhart and the Grogs)
10 Goodnight Everything (Melvins)
11 Too Much, Too Much (Carter Tutti of Throbbing Gristle)
Titus Andronicus News:
Spoon, Broken Social Scene, She & Him, Titus Andronicus Headed to SXSW
From www.pitchfork.com at 04/02/10 04:10 PM. 0 comments.
The annual Austin feeding frenzy SXSW has already announced a bunch of the bands who will play this year, and now we've got another set of names to report. The shindig will take over Austin March 17-21, and the following people will be there:
Spoon, Broken Social Scene, She & Him, Titus Andronicus, Les Savy Fav, Fucked Up, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Bear in Heaven, the Very Best, !!!, jj, Here We Go Magic, Hudson Mohawke, Killer Mike, Black Milk, Grant Hart, the Drums, Trae, and Cold Cave.
And as a special bonus to Texas rap nerds: Paul Wall and Chamillionire. Together.
Radiohead News:
Have Radiohead recorded a new album in Hollywood?
From www.nme.com at 04/02/10 12:49 PM. 0 comments.
US blogger claims the band decamped to LA to escape the English weather
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Dizzee Rascal News:
Dizzee Rascal, The Flaming Lips, LCD Soundsystem to play Bestival 2010
From www.nme.com at 04/02/10 11:08 AM. 0 comments.
Echo & The Bunnymen, Gil Scott Heron and Hot Chip are also on the bill
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Vampire Weekend Photos:
Vampire Weekend @ The Garage
From www.flickr.com at 04/02/10 09:54 AM. 0 comments.
Peaches News:
Clash Magazine Shoot
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 04/02/10 08:00 AM. 0 comments.
Nothing else to say than HOT HOT HOT!
PeachesTV brings you exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of a photo shoot Peaches did for Clash Magazine, filmed on 14 Dec 2009 in London, England.
Clash Magazine hits the newstands today 04 Feb 2010.
Pt. I- get the who what where when and why on the designers & costumes used for the shoot here.
Click here to view the embedded video.
Pt. II- doesn’t Pea look HOT!!!!!
Click here to view the embedded video.
Pt. III- stylist Johnny Blue Eye explains a little bit of his background and the inspiration for the shoot.
Click here to view the embedded video.
Credits:
Concept and Styling by JohnnyBlueEyes.
Assistants: Lauren Armes, Sonia Shahid, Vicki Carr and Camilla Felici
Fashion Direction Rose Forde
Photographer: Nicolas Bourbaki
Assistant Ben Ottewell
Hair: Charlie Le Mindu using Fudge
Make-up: Georgie Hamed using MAC, Chanel and Lancome.
Peaches News:
Clash Magazine Shoot
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 04/02/10 08:00 AM. 0 comments.
Nothing else to say than HOT HOT HOT!
PeachesTV brings you exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of a photo shoot Peaches did for Clash Magazine, filmed on 14 Dec 2009 in London, England.
Clash Magazine hits the newstands today 04 Feb 2010.
Pt. I- get the who what where when and why on the designers & costumes used for the shoot here.
Click here to view the embedded video.
Pt. II- doesn’t Pea look HOT!!!!!
Click here to view the embedded video.
Pt. III- stylist Johnny Blue Eye explains a little bit of his background and the inspiration for the shoot.
Click here to view the embedded video.
Credits:
Concept and Styling by JohnnyBlueEyes.
Assistants: Lauren Armes, Sonia Shahid, Vicki Carr and Camilla Felici
Fashion Direction Rose Forde
Photographer: Nicolas Bourbaki
Assistant Ben Ottewell
Hair: Charlie Le Mindu using Fudge
Make-up: Georgie Hamed using MAC, Chanel and Lancome.
The Horrors News:
Teenage Cancer Trust / Change to Ghent Show
From blogs.myspace.com at 04/02/10 03:41 AM. 0 comments.
..The Horrors have been asked to play a show with Depeche Mode as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust's annual run of shows at London's Royal Albert Hall. The show will happen on 17th February.As a resul...
The White Stripes News:
The Strokes Return to the Studio
From www.pitchfork.com at 03/02/10 10:05 PM. 0 comments.
The Strokes are back! Kind of! Or on their way to being back, anyway!
The early-decade New York rock kings are already set to headline two festivals this summer-- England's Isle of Wight and Scotland's RockNess. And now Spin points out an update on the band's website. According to the Strokes themselves, they've returned to the studio, where they're working on the long-awaited follow-up to 2006's First Impressions of Earth.
The band is working with producer Joe Chiccarelli (White Stripes, Shins, My Morning Jacket) and mixer Gus Oberg. They also promise to post "video vignettes" from the sessions on their website.
The White Stripes News:
New Dead Weather album due in April?
From www.nme.com at 03/02/10 09:11 PM. 0 comments.
Jack White reveals he'll 'start mixing the album in the next two weeks'
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The White Stripes News:
Dead Weather Prep New Album, Tour
From www.pitchfork.com at 03/02/10 07:40 PM. 0 comments.
Just seven months after their blooze-rocking debut album, Horehound, Jack White's band the Dead Weather are already planning to release their second LP this April, according to a recent interview with the singer-drummer-guitarist-workaholic on Australia's triple j radio. (Via TwentyFourBit.) The news dovetails nicely with a new Dead Weather tour set to start Down Under this March before heading to the U.S. in April. All those dates are below.
Naturally, there's even more Jack White-related news than that. In the interview, the man said he takes lead vocal duties on the forthcoming Dead Weather single, called "Blue Blood Blues", and that the new record is "bluesier and heavier than we ever thought we could be." He's also apparently editing no less than six music videos right now, including two for new Third Man Records band the Black Belles.
And if you're looking to stock up on Third Man releases and you're heading down to Austin for SXSW this year, you're in luck-- White and company are planning another pop-up store at the fest, which takes place March 17-21.
Listen to the triple j interview-- in which White sounds more like Elvis than ever-- here.
Lastly, Third Man is starting a new live concert series called, um, Third Man Live. The afternoon shows will take place at Third Man HQ in Nashville and will be "recorded direct to 8-track analog reel-to-reel tape for the purpose of producing...
Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend Do La Blogotheque
From www.pitchfork.com at 03/02/10 07:20 PM. 0 comments.
Fresh off scoring a Billboard #1 for their new album Contra, Vampire Weekend recently stopped by La Blogotheque's "Les Soirees de Poche" series, playing acoustically for a crowd of ecstatically happy French people. The six-song, 20-minute set includes VW tracks old and new, as well as a cover of the Honeycombs' British Invasion classic "Have I the Right". And for at least part of the set, Chris Tomson drums on what appears to be a leather couch cushion.
As with everything else La Blogotheque puts together, it's filmed beautifully. Watch below:
Peaches News:
Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu to Cover Joy Divison's Unknown Pleasures
From www.pitchfork.com at 03/02/10 06:35 PM. 0 comments.
Unknown Pleasures, the 1979 album from Joy Division, is already a pretty dark and unhinged piece of work; more than 30 years after its release, "She's Lost Control" still reliably raises goosebumps. But in a couple of months, the album could possibly get even darker and more unhinged. That's because art-pop titans Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu are teaming up to cover the LP live in its entirety.
The big event will take place April 29 in Krems, Austria as part of Donaufestival, which runs April 28-May 8. Other performers include Panda Bear, Dan Deacon, Rufus Wainwright, Fuck Buttons, Wolf Parade, Peaches, and Alec Empire and the Ex.
In other Xiu Xiu news, Jamie Stewart has teamed up with Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg to form a band called Blue Water, White Death. Their debut album, Gail, was produced by the Paper Chase's John Congleton and will be released on Graveface.
Also, Xiu Xiu recently released a seriously disgusting video for "Dear God, I Hate Myself", the title track from their forthcoming album (out February 23 on Kill Rock Stars). The entire thing consists of Xiu Xiu member Angela Seo making herself barf. For three minutes straight. With almost no cuts. It's hard to watch, but if you're feeling strong, it's below:
Radiohead News:
Radiohead Drummer Phil Selway Announces Solo Tour
From www.pitchfork.com at 03/02/10 05:40 PM. 0 comments.
Photo by Jonny Greenwood
Last year, Radiohead drummer Phil Selway sang two songs on the Oxfam benefit album 7 Worlds Collide: The Sun Came Out. Soon after, news circulated that Selway was working on a solo album in Radiohead's Oxford studio, with help from 7 Worlds Collide collaborators Lisa Germano, Sebastian Steinberg of Soul Coughing, and Glenn Kotche and Pat Sansone of Wilco.
In a recent interview with Wears the Trousers, Germano revealed that Selway is possibly releasing his solo album under the name Boybrain. Wow, Phil Selway. Maybe you should think about not using that name?
WHEW! According to Radiohead's publicist, Selway is NOT using the name Boybrain.
But terrible name or no terrible name, Selway will embark on a solo tour of the Mediterranean areas of Europe next month. Germano will open the shows and also perform with Selway, and we've got the dates below.
Phil Selway/Lisa Germano:
03-27 Turin, Italy - Spazio 211
03-28 Florence, Italy - Sala Vanni
03-29 Ferrara, Italy - Sala Estense
03-30 Bologna, Italy - Covo Club
03-31 Rome, Italy - Circolo Degli Artisti
04-01 Milan, Italy - Tunnel
04-03 Barcelona, Spain - La (2) de Apolo...
Friendly Fires News:
This and That..... [3]
From wearefriendlyfires.com at 03/02/10 04:51 PM. 0 comments.
Hi there. How’s things? You well? Healthy? Happy?
It’s been a long time since any of us rapped at ya (to paraphrase Jim Anchower) but we’ve been more or less hard at work on some brand new music. Seems to be going pretty well at present, although no-one’s yet learned how to play the cuica we impulse-bought at the beginning of the year. We’ve tried everything; licking fingers, not licking fingers, all manner of damp cloths, and still we’re can’t coax the faintest hint of an hyperventilating chimp sound out of it. I’d say right now its sounding half loud, percussive and frenetic, half thoughtful, soft and poignant. Nice to have a bit of light and shade in your life. Anyway we’re gonna keep cracking on with that, and I’m sure you’ll hear some of it at a point between now and the end of time.
It may not have escaped your attention that we’ve been nominated for 2 Brit Awards. That’s surely pretty good going, so well done us. Sadly, we’re not going to be at Awards because we’ll be busy topping up our heatstroke and falling asleep in the middle of the day in Australia. If we win we’ll have to send over one of those excrutiating videos where the singer stumbles over his words of thanks while the rest of the band stand behind him in sunglasses nodding. Before we get to that awkward rite of rock band passage, we have to win one...
Devendra Banhart News:
McGee on music: My alternative Brit awards
From www.guardian.co.uk at 03/02/10 11:59 AM. 0 comments.
Forget Lily, Pixie and Florence, this year's Brits should be about Male Bonding
Reading the Brit awards nominations is a depressing affair. The major labels and their well-documented fiscal failings have served up another year's worth of vacuous, reality-TV pop â€' proof, if any were needed, that these giants are now in their final death throes.
But when the majors finally fall into irrelevance, will this mean the death of music? Of course not. Don't believe the anti-piracy propaganda. Instead of buying the records the majors put out, the kids are making records for people to buy instead.
The forthcoming (and rather awkwardly untitled) compilation by Male Bonding is a great example of all that is right with modern music. It's a joint release between Paradise Vendors Inc and Italian Beach Babes (already home to a slew of tapes and 7"s). Paradise Vendors Inc is Male Bonding's record label, and already they have put out music by Pens and Graffiti Island. This forthcoming compilation continues the same brutal, fuzzy, DIY manifesto of classic artist-run labels like SST.
It's even more heartening to know that Male Bonding are continuing with their label after signing to Sub Pop. In doing so, they're in the strange position of becoming figureheads of the UK's burgeoning acid-pop, lo-fi punk scene. The scene already has a strong following in the US, with blogs hyping up the likes of Times New Viking, Psychedelic Horseshit, No Age and Vivian Girls â€' but...
Gil Scott-Heron News:
Exclusive album preview: Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
From www.guardian.co.uk at 02/02/10 09:43 AM. 0 comments.
Your chance to hear the stunning new Gil Scott-Heron album before anybody else
Not since Johnny Cash bumped into Rick Rubin have we been so excited about a comeback record. In what will surely be regarded as one of the year's best albums, Gil Scott-Heron's I'm New Here is a project that's been four years in the making â€' ever since XL boss Richard Russell tracked him down at Rikers Island prison and offered to produce a new LP.
The result is an album that touches on many genres, from hip-hop and gospel to dubstep and blues. Above all, though, is the unmistakable sound of Gil Scott-Heron. His is a voice that suits age, be that on the feral blues of New York Is Killing Me or the redemptive, folk-flavoured title track (a cover of a Smog song, indie fans).
The guardian.co.uk/music team have fallen in love with I'm New Here. But we'd like to know what you make of the record, too, which is why we teamed up with XL to bring you this exclusive widget. Feel free to let us know what you think. Rosie Swash spoke to XL boss Richard Russell recently, and will be popping on to the comments section to impart her wisdom from time to time.
Radiohead News:
Hear Peter Gabriel Cover Bon Iver
From www.pitchfork.com at 01/02/10 11:15 PM. 0 comments.
Peter Gabriel's forthcoming all-covers album Scratch My Back features the former Genesis frontman giving his take on tunes by bands like Arcade Fire, Radiohead, the Magnetic Fields, and more. And now Stereogum has the stream and download of one of the more intriguing track selections: Bon Iver's lo-fi falsetto-fest "Flume".
Gabriel's version is much more heavily orchestrated, and pitched way lower, but you'll know the tune when you hear it. Click here to hear it. And if you haven't already, check out Gabriel's cover of Arcade Fire's "My Body is a Cage" here.
M.I.A. News:
More Details on the Le Tigre/Christina Aguilera Collaboration Revealed
From www.pitchfork.com at 01/02/10 07:55 PM. 0 comments.
After much speculation, Le Tigre are finally speaking about their collaboration with pop star extraordinaire Christina Aguilera. Though there's still a possibility that the "couple of songs" Le Tigre made with Xtina won't make the belter's forthcoming album-- dubbed Bionic and reportedly due in April-- Le Tigre member Johanna Fateman had lots of positive things to say about the unlikely pairing in a recent blog post. "For a feminist band obsessed with pop music, it was pretty much a dream come true," she wrote.
Apparently, Xtina wanted to work with the NYC feminist icons because their wiry 1999 post-punk banger "Deceptacon" is her "jam." (Amazing.) According to Fateman, the megawatt chameleon even used LT singer Kathleen Hanna's "secret signature vocal FX box" during their sessions, which went down last winter. Also: Aguilera apparently owns "a million great pens."
Commenting on the oddness of the team-up, Fateman wrote, "[we] found a ton of common ground in our aim to make upbeat danceable tracks celebrating female friendship, strength, and of course, PARTYING," and, "The songs have a lot of elements we're known for like a garage guitar sound, schoolyard chants, new wave-y synths, electro beats, and somehow it all sounds crazily right with Christina's unbelievable voice." We are convinced! Good lord are we convinced.
Le Tigre aren't the only P4k-friendly acts working with Aguilera on her new LP-- Goldfrapp, Ladytron, M.I.A., and Santigold have clocked in studio time...
Radiohead News:
Phoenix, David Byrne and Brian Eno, Neil Young Win Grammys
From www.pitchfork.com at 01/02/10 05:10 PM. 0 comments.
Last year, the Grammy award show was unusually exciting, trotting out Radiohead and the insane Jay-Z/Lil Wayne/Kanye West/T.I./pregnant M.I.A. star-wattage onslaught. This year, we got Will.I.Am in a Destro mask, Quentin Tarantino's insanely funny introduction speech for Drake, Beyonce randomly doing Alanis Morissette, and Lady Gaga and Elton John dropped down a funhouse mineshaft.
But, as usual, many worthy awards didn't make the telecast itself.
Phoenix's Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix won the anachronistically named Best Alternative Music Album Grammy, and David Byrne and Brian Eno's Everything That Happens Will Happen Today won Best Recording Package. Bruce Springsteen's "Working on a Dream" won Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance, and Maxwell, who kind of killed it in his performance, won Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for "Pretty Wings" and Best R&B Album for BLACKsummers'night. Eminem won Best Rap album for Relapse and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Crack a Bottle" with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent. Steve Earle took home the Best Contemporary Folk Album trophy for Townes.
Beyonce won six trophies, more than anyone else and more than any female artist in a single night in Grammy history. (Her husband Jay-Z took home two three, so the mantle at the Carter/Knowles home should be pretty crowded right about now.) And, staggeringly enough, Neil Young won his first Grammy ever, taking home the award for (get this) Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition...
Peaches News:
Scene and heard: Zef
From www.guardian.co.uk at 01/02/10 03:38 PM. 0 comments.
This is a sweat-stained South African cousin to the UK's own white, working-class rap variant. It's District 9 donk
Language reveals a lot about the culture it springs from, as anyone grappling with more than 40 Finnish variations on the word "snow" can attest. Zef is a lurid form of South African rave-rap that has grown from the ramshackle Afrikaans suburbs of Cape Town. An online glossary of zef slang contains 10 words for "masturbate" and 12 for "vagina". At the forefront of this scene is Die Antwoord, whose moniker is Afrikaans for "the answer". But if they're the answer, what's the question? Judging by the x-rated trio's super-stylised videos, it's probably "what do you get if you cross Gummo with Scooter?"
The band is led by Ninja, the latest incarnation of Watkin "Waddy" Tudor Jones, a wiry, tattooed MC and veteran of the South African rap scene. In an interview with Vice magazine he translated zef as "fucking cool" and described his band as, "like, 2Unlimited, C+C Music Factory kind of thing ... but a bit more gangster, with a street edge". An unhinged hotchpotch of Euro dance, snap beats and rapid-fire rapping, zef is a sweat-stained South African cousin to the UK's own white, working-class rap variant. It's District 9 donk.
Ninja's partner in rhyme is the astounding Yo-landi Visser, whose eerie singing voice and potty-mouthed rapping pitches her somewhere between Liz Fraser and Peaches. The synth-heavy ringtone rave...
Vampire Weekend News:
Baio DJ Sets - February 2010
From blogs.myspace.com at 01/02/10 11:49 AM. 0 comments.
Vampire Weekend's Chris Baio will be DJing at the following clubs during the band's February European tour:2/3 Syndicate/Bristol, UK2/4 Blush/Cheltenham, UK2/6 The Forum Herts University/Hatfield, UK2...
Peaches News:
Peaches' Laser Show
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 01/02/10 11:11 AM. 0 comments.
Filmed at rehearals in Paris on 11th Dec 2009.
Peaches and the band rehearse with their new lasers, while Max Weidling–the man behind the magic –explains how it all works.
Peaches News:
Peaches' Laser Show
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 01/02/10 11:11 AM. 0 comments.
Filmed at rehearals in Paris on 11th Dec 2009.
Peaches and the band rehearse with their new lasers, while Max Weidling–the man behind the magic –explains how it all works.
Vampire Weekend Link:
Under the radar album review 8.5/10 'a kaleidoscope of an album"
From www.undertheradar.co.nz at 30/01/10 01:56 AM. 0 comments.
Sigur Rós News:
sigur ros and babymaking
From www.sigur-ros.co.uk at 29/01/10 10:39 PM. 0 comments.
congratulations to orri and his wife lukka on their newborn son! the little dude born last thursday is the latest in a string of sigur ros births (kjartan and georg both had babies last year, and jonsi’s baby go is due in record stores april). since the band members are all currently tending their offspring, georg told frettabladid today that sigur ros probably won’t be releasing any records this year.
“we’re all pretty busy at the moment so sigur ros is just taking it easy. when we have time we meet up and write new stuff at our own pace. we have some ideas and foundations but nothing final, since we’re not really in a rush. jonsi’s pretty preoccupied with his own projects these days and we’re gonna let him do his thing.”
when asked about what he thinks of jonsi’s solo album:
actually, i’ve only heard that new song on the radio [boy lilikoi]. jonsi still hasn’t let me hear the album, i don’t know if he’s too bashful to let us hear. but the new song is really great, and very jonsi-like.
jonsi has also been talking about sigur ros in new interviews about his upcoming solo record. sigur ros had recorded some new material last year, which at the time was described as ambient and atmospheric, but according to jonsi they will probably start all over again.
we started working on something a few months ago, then we scrapped everything and sold our studio and...
Radiohead News:
Stephin Merritt Covers Peter Gabriel
From www.pitchfork.com at 29/01/10 08:15 PM. 0 comments.
On February 15, Virgin will release Peter Gabriel's covers album Scratch My Back, on which he'll sing his version of songs by artists like Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Bon Iver, David Bowie, and others. After that, Gabriel plans to release I'll Scratch Yours, an album of the artists Gabriel covered on Scratch My Back taking on Gabriel's own songbook.
Apparently, Thom Yorke is already planning to cover Gabriel's "Wallflower", and now you can hear another track from the project: Magnetic Fields leader Stephin Merritt giving his version of "Not One of Us", a song from Gabriel's 1980 self-titled album (the one with the melty-face cover). Merritt's cover, interspersed with Merritt's own commentary about it, is streaming right now on Gabriel's website. (Via Stereogum.)
Sounds like Merritt's back to using synthesizers! But be advised: He also uses copious amounts of vocal effects, or what Merritt calls an "evil dwarf choir."
Tomorrow, Merritt's cover will go on sale at iTunes, along with Gabriel's version of the Magnetic Fields' "The Book of Love".
Thom Yorke News:
How JD Salinger created the original rock star
From www.guardian.co.uk at 29/01/10 04:54 PM. 1 comments.
The literary legend, who died this week, inspired the modern idea of the rock'n'roll rebel with his character Holden Caulfield, the outsider antihero from The Catcher in the Rye
The death of JD Salinger has naturally got everyone reminiscing about his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye, one of those rare books that virtually everyone read when they were a teenager. Its distinctive mood â€' that mix of sarcasm, pathos and pained nostalgia for lost youth â€' never quite leaves you (it also has the dubious distinction of being the only book Ricky Gervais has ever read).
It's ironic that a book which pre-dated rock'n'roll has gone on to influence generations of rock lyricists, but then The Catcher in the Rye has an uncanny knack of staying forever young, speaking to successive waves of teenagers. In recent years, it's variously been a hipster bible and a sort of emo set text. To own a copy when you're young is to signal that you're something of an unquiet soul â€' an underachiever but brainy with it, a misfit but not a nerd.
It's often said that the character of Holden Caulfield invented the teenager. I'd argue that, in some sense, Caulfield also set the mould for our modern notion of the rock star â€' damaged, hyper-sensitive, infinitely cool, creative, hungry for sensation, an authentic voice in a world of phonies. Kurt Cobain, Nebraska-era Bruce Springsteen, Richey Manic, Gerard Way are all Holden Caulfields in their...
Vampire Weekend News:
Echo Chamber: Ezra Koenig
From www.pitchfork.com at 29/01/10 04:10 PM. 0 comments.
"critics ignore it when the Best Rapper Alive says faggot, but hulk-out when the Worst Rapper Alive says balaclava"
-- Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig says "Hi, haters!" (And makes a pretty good point.) (via @arzE)
Adele News:
Today Only: "19" is $2.99 on Amazon MP3
From blogs.myspace.com at 29/01/10 07:56 AM. 0 comments.
Grammy Winner Adele is Amazon MP3's Daily DealFor one day only, download her debut album, "19" for $2.99 on Amazon MP3Download your copy here
Adele News:
Today Only: "19" is $2.99 on Amazon MP3 [2]
From adele.tv at 29/01/10 07:56 AM. 0 comments.
Grammy Winner Adele is Amazon MP3's Daily DealFor one day only, download her debut album, "19" for $2.99 on Amazon MP3Download your copy here
Beck News:
Video: Beck and Charlotte Gainsbourg Perform Live in the Studio
From www.pitchfork.com at 28/01/10 07:10 PM. 0 comments.
Photo by Autumn de Wilde
Yesterday morning, Beck and Charlotte Gainsbourg stopped by the California radio station KCRW, performing live in the studio on the station's famed "Morning Becomes Eclectic" show.
Below, you can watch a video of Beck and Gainsbourg doing "Heaven Can Wait", their bouncing, ramshackle duet from Gainsbourg's IRM album, which we hit with a Best New Music this morning. They look so relaxed! And you can listen or watch the whole session here.
Jack Peñate News:
Jack Penate, Dev Hynes, Invasion for intimate London Haiti benefit gig
From www.nme.com at 28/01/10 05:21 PM. 0 comments.
Friendly Fires also set to DJ at Old Blue Last
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Friendly Fires News:
Friendly Fires, Billy Bragg, Marc Almond for Camp Bestival 2010
From www.nme.com at 28/01/10 03:37 PM. 0 comments.
Example, Wurzels, Pete And The Pirates added to line-up
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Dizzee Rascal News:
Kasabian, Prodigy, Specials for Benicassim Festival 2010
From www.nme.com at 28/01/10 02:36 PM. 0 comments.
Ian Brown, Dizzee Rascal, PiL also on Spanish festival bill
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Peaches News:
Peaches Guide To Berlin
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 28/01/10 11:46 AM. 1 comments.
Peaches gives you a personal tour of her hometown of 10 years- Berlin, filmed one month before the start of her “I Feel Cream” tour.
*This footage appears courtesy of VBS
Part I
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Part II
Peaches News:
Peaches Guide To Berlin
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 28/01/10 11:46 AM. 0 comments.
Peaches gives you a personal tour of her hometown of 10 years- Berlin, filmed one month before the start of her “I Feel Cream” tour.
*This footage appears courtesy of VBS
Part I
Click here to view the embedded video.
Part II
RJD2 News:
Week 2, folks. Grab your copy of "The Colossus" here:
From blogs.myspace.com at 28/01/10 10:34 AM. 0 comments.
..http://www.rjselectricalconnections.com/..storelots of exclusive offers here!
Vampire Weekend Photos:
Vampire Weekend at New Slang, Kingston
From www.flickr.com at 27/01/10 07:32 PM. 0 comments.
Monkey News:
Drive-By Truckers: New Song, Tour
From www.pitchfork.com at 27/01/10 06:10 PM. 0 comments.
MP3:> Drive-By Truckers: "This Fucking Job"
As previously reported, the Southern rock institution Drive-By Truckers are gearing up to release album number 10, The Big To-Do. The album will arrive March 16 via ATO, the label that Dave Matthews co-founded.
That picture of a top-hatted monkey riding a freaky black dragon-bird? It's not actually a deleted scene from Avatar; it's the album's cover art. And you can click above to stream or download "This Fucking Job", the album's lead single. It says good things about Dave Matthews that he's willing to release a song called "This Fucking Job" as a single.
A documentary about the Truckers called The Secret to a Happy Ending will premiere February 5 in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Also, the band will hit the road this month on a run of North American dates that'll take them clear through May. We've got their itinerary below.
Drive-By Truckers:
01-28 Huntsville, AL - Crossroads Music Hall
01-29 Mobile, AL - Soul Kitchen
01-30 Tuscaloosa, AL - Jupiter Bar & Grill
02-11 Greenville, SC - Handlebar
02-12 Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre
02-13 Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre
02-14 Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theatre
02-25 Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre
02-26 Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theatre *
02-27 Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theatre *
03-04 Wilmington, NC -...
The Horrors News:
Orbital, Tindersticks and The Magic Numbers added to SOS 4.8 festival
From www.nme.com at 27/01/10 04:34 PM. 0 comments.
Spanish festival already features Franz Ferdinand, The Horrors and Madness
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Elvis Perkins News:
Elvis Perkins in Dearland Announce Two Brooklyn Shows
From blogs.myspace.com at 27/01/10 08:52 AM. 0 comments.
Elvis Perkins in Dearland are proud to announce two shows at the Bell House in Brooklyn. Details below:
April 23+24$18Dawn Landes supports on April 23rd
THE BELL HOUSE
149 7th Street
Brooklyn NY 1...
Adele News:
Inky Fingers: Maggoty Lamb wonders if January really is a strange time to release an album?
From www.guardian.co.uk at 26/01/10 02:30 PM. 0 comments.
If the music industry hype-cycle continues to gather speed, this time next year we could be experiencing nostalgia for an era that hasn't even dawned yet
"Everything is more beautiful in the past," Midlake's Tim Smith tells Andy Gill, in the current issue of the Word. But as the frozen retrospective wastes of the decadal cusp have finally given way to a torrential thaw of new names and faces, this month's music press has actually contained a good deal of encouragement for those in whom Smith's contention that he "should probably try to get better at living in the moment" strikes an increasingly urgent chord.
NME's "New Decade In Music" and "Albums Of 2010" issues were two of the rusting rock-crit mothership's best in ages: I especially liked the sentence-making lineup of Giggs Hurts Kindness at the foot of the former's cover. Alex Miller's review of the These New Puritans album was exactly the kind of bold and thought-provoking piece that the paper's previous editor seemed determined to discourage, and the downloadable new acts mixtape is a happily instantaneous successor to the long, drawn-out coupon-collecting thrill of NME cassettes of old.
Hopefully, the non-availability of either of these two benchmark editions in my randomly selected local sample of one newsagent and one supermarket (supplanted by DJ International and Wired respectively) is not an omen. It would be a cruel irony if the NME were to disappear at precisely the time when it finally...
Radiohead News:
Radiohead's Los Angeles Haiti benefit gig raises £355,000
From www.nme.com at 26/01/10 12:54 PM. 0 comments.
Thom Yorke and co played gig at short notice
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The White Stripes News:
Jack White and Raconteurs record with Wanda Jackson
From www.nme.com at 26/01/10 12:09 PM. 0 comments.
'Queen Of Rockabilly' to cover Amy Winehouse and Johnny Kidd
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The White Stripes News:
The White Stripes announce cinema release of 'Under Great White Northern Lights'
From www.nme.com at 26/01/10 11:00 AM. 0 comments.
Film showings come alongside live album and DVD
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Radiohead News:
Radiohead set to cover Peter Gabriel's 'Wallflower'
From www.nme.com at 26/01/10 01:04 AM. 0 comments.
Thom Yorke and co to cover the 1982 song
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Vampire Weekend News:
Stars Gather Hope for Haiti, Vampire Weekend Talks 'Contra'
From www.billboard.com at 25/01/10 10:58 PM. 0 comments.
Stars shine in Hope for Haiti Now telethon, We Are the World to be re-recorded for Haiti benefit, Vampire Weekend talks about chart-topping album "Contra" and the success of first single "Cousins".
Radiohead News:
Thom Yorke Plans Peter Gabriel Cover
From www.pitchfork.com at 25/01/10 08:15 PM. 0 comments.
Peter Gabriel's new album Scratch My Back (out February 15 via Virgin) features the art-rock godhead covering the likes of Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Talking Heads, Neil Young, and Radiohead. And, according to Billboard, all the covered artists will take on one of Gabriel's songs for a future record appropriately titled I'll Scratch Yours.
Details are slim on the latter release, but Gabriel himself let it slip that Thom Yorke is planning to record a new version of "Wallflower", a six-and-a-half-minute epic political ballad off of Gabriel's 1982 solo album Security. (Via At Ease.)
In a recent podcast, Gabriel talked about covering Radiohead's "Street Spirit (Fade Out)", played a snippet of his version, and said, "Thom wanted to do a version of 'Wallflower' which I'm very curious to hear. I think that was an important track for him when he was 14. That'll be a treat for next year." Indeed.
Listen to the podcast here (the Radiohead bit starts around 13:20). Listen to the original "Wallflower" here:
Peter Gabriel: "Wallflower"
The Cool Kids News:
Wilco Offer Show Downloads for Haiti
From www.pitchfork.com at 25/01/10 07:50 PM. 0 comments.
Add Wilco to the list of artists pitching in to help raise money for Haitian earthquake relief. Recently, the band took to their website to post recordings of two live shows (including the show from last July at Brooklyn's Keyspan Park that included live collaborations with Feist, Yo La Tengo, and Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste). You can download the shows for free, but the band is asking that you donate at least $15 to Oxfam or Doctors Without Borders in return. Check it out right here.
After the jump, we've got more news of musicians raising money for Haiti.
-- Drowned in Sound reports that Los Campesinos! frontman Gareth is auctioning off a glockenspiel and donating the money to Haitian relief efforts. Gareth's got a funny rant about why he wants to get rid of the thing.
-- On February 9, the Minnesota rap label Rhymesayers Entertainment will hold a benefit show at the Minneapolis club First Avenue. Slug of Atmosphere will host, and performers will include Brother Ali, Freeway and Jake One, Sage Francis and B. Dolan,...
Radiohead News:
Radiohead Play Haiti Benefit Concert In L.A.
From www.billboard.com at 25/01/10 05:14 PM. 0 comments.
Watch video from Radiohead's Haiti benefit concert at Los Angeles' Music Box on Sunday night (Jan. 24).
Radiohead News:
Radiohead Plays Haiti Benefit Concert In L.A.
From www.billboard.com at 25/01/10 05:14 PM. 0 comments.
Watch video from Radiohead's Haiti benefit concert at Los Angeles' Music Box on Sunday night (Jan. 24).
Radiohead News:
Radiohead Performs Classics, 'Lotus Flower' At Haiti Benefit Concert
From www.billboard.com at 25/01/10 05:14 PM. 0 comments.
Watch video from Radiohead's Haiti benefit concert at Los Angeles' Music Box on Sunday night (Jan. 24).
Radiohead News:
Radiohead Haiti Benefit Show in L.A.: Photos, Video, and More
From www.pitchfork.com at 25/01/10 03:45 PM. 0 comments.
Photos by Sung Kim
Last night, Radiohead played a benefit for Haiti at the Music Box at the Fonda in Los Angeles. They played 24 songs, according to a set list at At Ease, and Thom Yorke did a solo take on new song "Lotus Flower", which the singer debuted at his non-Radiohead L.A. gigs back in October.
According to our photographer Sung Kim, the show raised $572,754 for Oxfam, with tickets auctioned off to the highest bidder. The highest ticket price was $2,000, and the minimum winning bid was $475.00. Kim reports that celebrities in attendance included Justin Timberlake, Drew Barrymore, Charlize Theron, Daniel Craig, and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Watch a YouTube of "Lotus Flower" and check out photos from the show below, along with the set list:
Thom Yorke: "Lotus Flower" (Live at Haiti Benefit)
VIEW MORE FULL-SIZE PHOTOS IN OUR PHOTO BOOK
Set list (Via At Ease):
01 Faust Arp
02 Fake Plastic Trees
03 Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
04 The National Anthem
05 Nude
06 Karma Police
07 Kid A
08 Morning Bell
09 How to Disappear Completely
10 A Wolf at the Door
11 The Bends
12 Reckoner
13 Lucky
14 Bodysnatchers
15 Dollars & Cents
16 Airbag
17 Exit Music
Encore #1
18 Everything in Its Right Place (Thom)
Vampire Weekend News:
The Strokes and Vampire Weekend's record labels sign up for new MP3 file format
From www.nme.com at 25/01/10 02:55 PM. 0 comments.
'MusicDNA' creators aim to shake up the music industry
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Holly Miranda Link:
Transparent Blog (Album Preview and Track Giveaway)
From www.transparentblog.com at 25/01/10 02:50 PM. 0 comments.
Holly Miranda Link:
The Last Broadcast (4*)
From www.lastbroadcast.co.uk at 25/01/10 02:48 PM. 0 comments.
Peaches News:
Burlesque in Berlin
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 25/01/10 12:56 PM. 0 comments.
Check out Peaches doing an extra special live rendition of “Relax” , with sword-swallowing extraordinaire, the beautiful “Jewels”!
Filmed live at Astra, Berlin- May 9th 2009.
Peaches News:
Burlesque in Berlin
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 25/01/10 12:56 PM. 0 comments.
Check out Peaches doing an extra special live rendition of “Relax” , with sword-swallowing extraordinaire, the beautiful “Jewels”!
Filmed live at Astra, Berlin- May 9th 2009.
Vampire Weekend News:
Plan B tops NME Chart with 'Stay Too Long'
From www.nme.com at 25/01/10 12:00 PM. 0 comments.
Singer knocks Vampire Weekend off the top spot
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Vampire Weekend Link:
8.6/10 on Subba Cultcha
From www.music-cultcha.co.uk at 25/01/10 10:45 AM. 0 comments.
Radiohead News:
Radiohead play one-off Los Angeles gig for Oxfam's Haiti earthquake appeal
From www.nme.com at 25/01/10 09:07 AM. 0 comments.
Band break from recording and play new song at fundraising gig
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Blue Roses News:
First Frost Night
From blogs.myspace.com at 25/01/10 05:51 AM. 0 comments.
Hello friends,It's been a while since I did the blog thing...today seemed as good a day as any, maybe even better since there are a couple of things to share with you.Firstly, the eagle-eyed amongst y...
Radiohead News:
Radiohead star in money warning
From news.bbc.co.uk at 24/01/10 05:16 PM. 0 comments.
The music industry is suffering because money is being put ahead of creativity, Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien warns.
Basement Jaxx News:
Help Haiti with Oxfam
From www.basementjaxx.net at 23/01/10 10:59 AM. 0 comments.
The biggest stars in British music have come together to raise funds for Haiti with an exclusive fundraising auction. The Jaxx have donated two sets of signed rare vinyl & limited editions. The full auction, organised by Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis and Oxfam, can be seen here . The auction is live at until 0900 2nd February. All the funds will be going to Oxfam’s work in Haiti. Please make a bid!
Radiohead News:
Radiohead's Ed O'Brien: 'Piracy isn't killing music'
From www.nme.com at 23/01/10 12:48 AM. 0 comments.
Guitarist speaks out about the current state of the music industry
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Holly Miranda News:
"Waves" Streaming Now + 2 NYC Dates!!
From www.hollymiranda.com at 23/01/10 12:08 AM. 0 comments.
Friends!
You can now hear “Waves” from my forthcoming LP The Magician’s Private Library out February 23rd on XL : : LISTEN HERE
Also, I’m excited to announce that I’m performing a solo acoustic show for the Happy Ending Music & Reading Series at Joe’s Pub on February 10th with authors Joshua Ferris, Ron Carlson & Padgett Powell. Purchase tickets here
If you can’t make it to Joe’s Pub, come see me and the band perform at our Other Music in-store on February 15th @ 8pm. FREE!!
xo,
holly
Radiohead News:
Spoon's Daniel, Bon Iver's Vernon, and St. Vincent Team for Haiti Benefit
From www.pitchfork.com at 22/01/10 07:05 PM. 0 comments.
All week, we have been following the various efforts underway to raise funds for Haiti earthquake relief. Tomorrow night in Brooklyn, there's another big event planned.
Bowery Presents and Brooklyn Vegan have teamed up to bring a number of indie rock stars to the Music Hall of Williamsburg, including Spoon frontman Britt Daniel, Bon Iver guy Justin Vernon, St. Vincent, and John Shade.
The bill also includes comedians like Zach Galifianakis, Janeane Garofalo, and "Daily Show" correspondent Wyatt Cenac. All money raised will be split between the Red Cross and a Haiti orphanage chosen by Galifianakis.After the jump, we've got more Haiti benefit news.
-- R.E.M.'s website reports that Simon Cowell is working with the British newspaper The Sun to organize an all-star cover of "Everybody Hurts". Leona Lewis, Rod Stewart, Michael Buble, and boy band JLS have already signed on to take part, and many others are in talks to join in.
-- LAist reports that three big shows are coming up in the next week at Read More
Radiohead News:
Damon Albarn Auctions Your Very Own Song for Haiti
From www.pitchfork.com at 22/01/10 04:15 PM. 0 comments.
Glastonbury Festival co-organizer Emily Eavis has helped put together a Haiti benefit auction, with proceeds going to Oxfam.
Items being sold to the highest bidder include a Fender Stratocaster from Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner, a turntable from DJ Shadow, the jacket that Chris Martin wore on Coldplay's Viva La Vida tour, an original piece of Radiohead art, and the chance to hear Gang of Four's forthcoming album with guitarist Andy Gill.
But one prize stands out: An exclusive song by Blur/Gorillaz leader Damon Albarn.
According to the eBay auction page, "The successful bidder will own a recording of a composition especially written performed and recorded by Damon Albarn for their exclusive personal use (*subject to terms & conditions). * The winning bidder will need to sign a contract before receiving this piece of music." But still, your very own Damon Albarn song? That's pretty awesome.
As I write this, bidding on the track is already up to £1,550.00, so get your money up. Bidding on all the items ends...
Radiohead News:
Glastonbury and bands auction off goods for Haiti
From www.guardian.co.uk at 22/01/10 04:10 PM. 0 comments.
Fancy helping Haiti and having a song written for you by Damon Albarn? Then get bidding!
Glastonbury festival has joined forces with Oxfam for an online auction of music-related goods. Among the items on offer are VIP tickets to the festival, the Fender Stratocaster played by Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner in the video for I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor and a Technics SL-1200 Mk 2 turntable donated by DJ Shadow. There's also the opportunity to pay for a bespoke piece of music written by Damon Albarn or even a long, hot shower at the Eavis's farmhouse during Glastonbury festival. Which, if you've ever been during a muddy year, you will know is worth more than all the other prizes put together. Head to Oxfam's website to see what's on offer. All proceeds go to the Haiti relief effort.
Peaches News:
The 1980s revival that lasted an entire decade
From www.guardian.co.uk at 22/01/10 02:53 PM. 1 comments.
From post-punk to synth-pop, the noughties saw a never-ending 1980s revival that left no trend unturned. But has it finally run its course?
In December, I went to see Neon Indian play in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. They were great, the spangled kitschadelic wooze of their Psychic Chasms LP so much more imposing live than on record. But I was actually struck even more by support band Tiger City. Not because they were amazing or anything, but because, while clearly an indie band, they sounded for all the world like Go West: they had that tight, slick mid-80s pop-funk sound down pat, the singer flexed a supple falsetto in the Daryl Hall blue-eyed soul mould, and the net effect was like time travel to 1986. Yet in an article on the web I found the day after the gig, Tiger City are described as "entrenched members of Brooklyn's underground rock scene". Not only did all this underline the meaninglessness of the word "indie" nowadays, it reminded me of the endless, endless 1980s revival that has run the entire course of the noughties. Perhaps, now we've reached the point where hipster bands strive to sound like Then Jerico and Robert Palmer, it's finally run its course?
Every decade seems to have its retro twin. The syndrome started in the 1970s, with the 1950s rock'n'roll revival, and it continued through the 1980s (obsessed with the 1960s) and the 1990s (ditto the 1970s). True to form,...
Radiohead News:
Radiohead to play one-off gig this weekend (Jan 24) for Oxfam Haiti earthquake appeal
From www.nme.com at 22/01/10 10:37 AM. 0 comments.
Band are auctioning tickets for Los Angeles show
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The White Stripes News:
The White Stripes to release their first official live album
From www.nme.com at 22/01/10 10:20 AM. 0 comments.
Duo ready new record to accompany DVD release of 'Under Great White Northern Lights' film
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Vampire Weekend Photos:
Vampire Weekend @ Barnes & Noble on January 21st, 2010
From www.flickr.com at 22/01/10 03:43 AM. 0 comments.
Radiohead News:
Radiohead to Do Haiti Benefit Show
From www.pitchfork.com at 22/01/10 02:50 AM. 0 comments.
Phil Selway just announced on the Radiohead website that his band will perform a Haiti benefit show this Sunday, January 24, at the Music Box at the Fonda in Los Angeles.
The money raised will go to Oxfam.
"We're in the middle of recording at the moment, so you'll be catching us on the fly.... but if you're up for it, then we are too," Selway writes.
Radiohead News:
Radiohead for Haiti
From www.radiohead.com at 22/01/10 01:11 AM. 0 comments.
Just to clarify times for ticket sales
Auction starts Thursday 21st January 08.00 pm PST
Auction ends Saturday 23rd January 11.00 am PST
Well, that's all clear now....
x
Philip
Radiohead News:
Radiohead for Haiti
From www.radiohead.com at 22/01/10 01:00 AM. 0 comments.
We're doing a show this Sunday (24th January) to raise funds for the relief effort in Haiti. The venue is The Music Box Theatre at The Fonda in Los Angeles, doors at 7pm. All proceeds are going to the Oxfam Haiti relief fund. We're trying to raise as much money as possible, so tickets will be sold by auction at this site from 8pm tonight until 11am Saturday (PST):
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09004434FC1C86AC
We're in the middle of recording at the moment, so you'll be catching us on the fly.... but if you're up for it, then we are too.
See you then
x
Philip
Vampire Weekend News:
Chart Beat Thursday: Vampire Weekend, Train, Shakira
From www.billboard.com at 21/01/10 10:55 PM. 0 comments.
Vampire Weekend sees the light of day atop the Billboard 200 with "Contra." Despite its coronation, the band has yet to reach the Hot 100.
Radiohead News:
Hear Peter Gabriel Cover Arcade Fire
From www.pitchfork.com at 21/01/10 10:30 PM. 0 comments.
On Peter Gabriel's new covers album, Scratch My Back, the former Genesis frontman and formidable solo artist tackles songs by Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Talking Heads, Neil Young, and the Magnetic Fields, among others. It's out February 15 via Virgin. That's the album cover above, and you can read the backstory behind the album over on Gabriel's website.
Stereogum has a stream of Gabriel's version of Arcade Fire's "My Body Is a Cage"; head on over to listen. You can hear excerpts of his versions of David Bowie's "Heroes", Paul Simon's "The Boy in the Bubble", Neil Young Elbow's "Mirrorball", and Bon Iver's "Flume" here.
In other Gabriel news, he tells Rolling Stone that he won't reunite with Genesis when they're inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And Gabriel will tour this spring, including a few just-announced North American shows. Dates below:
03-22 Paris, France - Paris Bercy
03-24 Berlin, Germany - O2
03-25 Berlin, Germany - O2
03-27 London, England - O2
03-28 London, England - O2
04-28 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre
05-02 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
05-03 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
05-07 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
M.I.A. News:
Major Lazer Schedule U.S. Tour
From www.pitchfork.com at 21/01/10 08:50 PM. 0 comments.
Diplo and Switch's globe-trotting dancehall party project Major Lazer is hitting the road this spring. The "Lazers Never Die" tour will travel from East Coast to West, from the Ultra Music Festival in Miami to Coachella in California, from the end of March through mid-April. Rusko, a new signing to Diplo's Mad Decent label who produced the new M.I.A. track "Space Odyssey", will open.
Dates below:
03-27 Miami, FL - Ultra Music Festival *
03-28 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade *
03-30 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle *
03-31 Baltimore, MD - Bourbon St. *
04-02 Philadelphia, Pa - Starlight Ballroom *
04-03 New York, NY - Terminal 5 *
04-04 Cambridge, MA - The Middle East *
04-06 Columbus, OH - BoMa *
04-07 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues *
04-08 Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue *
04-09 Detroit, MI - The Fillmore *
04-10 Chicago, IL - Metro *
04-11 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
04-13 Denver, CO - Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom *
04-15 Reno, NV - Knitting Factory *
04-16 San Francisco, CA - The Mezzanine *
04-17 Indio, CA - Coachella
* with Rusko
Titus Andronicus News:
The MONITOUR Phase One: "On the Record"
From titusandronicustheband.blogspot.com at 21/01/10 05:54 PM. 0 comments.
Hello dear friends. It is our pleasure this day to announce phase one of THE MONITOUR, which, as you may have guessed, is the tour during which we shall promote our new record The Monitor. Get it? Moni-tour? Anyway. This first bundle of promotional exercises will occupy our time between our record release show at the Bowery Ballroom with Parts & Labor and the Babies (but you already knew about that, right?) on March 6th, and the annual South by Southwest music conference in Austin, TX, beginning March 17th.
During this time, we will forgo playing the typical "rock concert," as it were, and play primarily independently owned and operated record stores. These shows will be free, all ages, and typically take place in the afternoon or early evening. Why would we do a thing like this, you ask? Well, we would do it because it is important to us to stack our chips with the mom and pop businesses, stores that represent the best of our free market system, capitalism not going awry (for once!), and enrich the culture of their communities in a sound and decent fashion. With the demise of Tower Records, Sam Goody, et al, it is essential that we all show our support for these businesses, who are on the front lines of the war on cultural whitewashing. Besides, since these performances will be the first that we do with our record officially available, where better to celebrate its release? Yes, you surely agree...
Radiohead News:
Radiohead: 'We nearly split up in 2007'
From www.nme.com at 21/01/10 05:31 PM. 0 comments.
Ed O'Brien says 'In Rainbows' 'half killed us'
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M.I.A. News:
Spice Girls musical being planned by Simon Fuller and 'Mamma Mia!' producer
From www.nme.com at 21/01/10 04:54 PM. 0 comments.
Musical is going to be more than a tribute show, claims Judy Craymer
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M.I.A. News:
Fuller plans Spice Girls musical
From news.bbc.co.uk at 21/01/10 04:06 PM. 0 comments.
A stage production based on the Spice Girls and their music is being created by Mamma Mia! producer Judy Craymer for London's West End, music mogul Simon Fuller says.
The White Stripes News:
White Stripes Documentary U.S. Premiere at SXSW
From www.pitchfork.com at 21/01/10 02:00 PM. 0 comments.
The White Stripes documentary Under Great White Northern Lights will receive its U.S. premiere during SXSW, taking place in Austin, Texas March 12-20. The film, which follows Jack and Meg White's whirlwind 2007 tour of every province and territory in Canada, had its world premiere in Toronto in September.
Under Great White Northern Lights will be released on CD and DVD and as part of a massive box set on March 16. Watch the trailer below:
Vampire Weekend Link:
Kingston Hippodrome review on Fake DIY
From www.thisisfakediy.co.uk at 21/01/10 10:39 AM. 0 comments.
Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend top US albums chart
From www.nme.com at 21/01/10 10:14 AM. 0 comments.
Band's success is first chart-topper for a British indie label in 19 years
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Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend Goes No. 1, Michael Jackson to be Honored in 3-D
From www.billboard.com at 20/01/10 10:47 PM. 0 comments.
Vampire Weekend's "Contra" tops album chart, Michael Jackson 3-D tribute planned for Grammys, Raekwon of the Wu-Tang Clan talks about changes in the biz.
Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend / Jan. 19, 2010 / New York, NY (Bowery Ballroom)
From www.billboard.com at 20/01/10 07:32 PM. 0 comments.
Vampire Weekend had plenty to celebrate at its Bowery Ballroom show on Tuesday, the day before is new album "Contra" topped the Billboard 200.
Thom Yorke News:
The xx Premiere "VCR" Video, Remix Gil Scott-Heron's Entire New Album
From www.pitchfork.com at 20/01/10 07:00 PM. 0 comments.
In director Marcus Soederlund's video for British group the xx's skeletal love jam "VCR", a pretty young couple tenderly and carefully break into a room, smash it all to pieces, and then light a fire. Then they kiss. Romantic! You can watch the clip below or at Pitchfork.tv.
"VCR" also has a new remix courtesy of shapeshifting producer Matthew Dear, which can be downloaded below. And speaking of the xx and remixes! During his radio show with Thom Yorke last night, DJ Gilles Peterson mentioned that the band will remix I'm New Here, the forthcoming album from the legendary soul singer and spoken word artist Gil Scott-Heron. The remix has been confirmed as being in the works. Interesting pairing!
MP3:> The xx: "VCR (Matthew Dear Remix)"
Radiohead News:
Hear Thom Yorke's Radio Show Now
From www.pitchfork.com at 20/01/10 06:30 PM. 0 comments.
As previously reported, Thom Yorke co-hosted Gilles Peterson's radio show on BBC Radio 1 yesterday. You can now listen to the show right here. In between dubstep tracks (Yorke plays a lot of dubstep and dubstep variants), Yorke had a few things to say.
On the state of both Radiohead and his solo career, Yorke said, "Radiohead is still doing stuff. In fact, we're starting another session for a month in two days. And the Eraser band that I got together, we're going to do something, hopefully in April, but I think that's just more gigs. And then maybe that'll lead somewhere, as well. There's lots of stuff going on, but not enough coming out yet...My biggest trouble at the moment is trying to keep up, but I prefer it that way." Yorke will indeed play Coachella with his new band, which includes Nigel Godrich and Flea.
On the show, Yorke also talked about tentative plans he once had to work with abstract rap producer Madlib, saying that Madlib sent him beats but the project never worked out because "the timing was crap". Yorke reported that he's also done "some stuff with" Madvillain, and a remix will probably come out "soon". He also said that it's "perfectly possible" that he'll do more than a remix...
Titus Andronicus News:
Indie Rock is Dead, Long Live Indie Rock
From titusandronicustheband.blogspot.com at 20/01/10 06:05 PM. 0 comments.
Firstly, I gotta give a big shout out to Extra Large Recordings, who, as we have surely all heard by now, are enjoying their first ever number one album in the form of Contra by Vampire Weekend. I feel like there is something to be said about this and what it means for our band and for indie rock in general, but I am sick as a dog right now and not feeling my most loquacious. I will simply say that this news merely reaffirms what we at Titus Andronicus LLC have long known to be true - Extra Large Recordings is the best record label. Fresh for 2010, you suckas.
So, speaking of alternative rock bands who have had number one albums, here is some good news for people who like bad news. I was thinking today about the tour that we are going to do in a couple months, and so I thought I'd see what was going on with the Monolith, an all-ages, DIY show space in Tulsa, OK for which I have great admiration. Imagine my disappointment to see on their MySpace that the space closed a long time ago due to "an inability to communicate effectively amongst ourselves in addition to a lack of turnout the past few months." Shit, what a fucking drag! The Monolith was a super-cool storefront with a comprehensive library of alt literature and was operated by a bunch of very cool, caring punks, and the show we...
M.I.A. News:
Lavender Diamond Recruits Colin Meloy, Tunde Adebimpe for Show
From www.pitchfork.com at 20/01/10 05:45 PM. 0 comments.
Lavender Diamond frontwoman and Decemberists collaborator Becky Stark is the brain behind "Califunya", a new web variety show that features music and unbelievably twee comedy.
The short webisodes appear every other Tuesday morning on the website of advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy, with the first three episodes up now.
According to a press release, "Califunya" "parodies a high school play that is parodying a kids' show from the 60s as performed by grown-ups -- with all the expected exclamation points muted." Basically, it features Stark and her friends acting as childlike as possible.
Singer-songwriters Mia Doi Todd and Ariana Delawari both make regular appearances, and Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy shows up in episode two, briefly guesting on a song about a bluebird. TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe will also appear on the show in the future.
Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend Hit Number One
From www.pitchfork.com at 20/01/10 05:00 PM. 0 comments.
Billboard reports that Vampire Weekend's Best New Music album Contra has sold 124,000 copies in its first week, making it the highest selling album in the country. Contra debuts at number one on the Billboard 200 today, beating out the likes of Susan Boyle (number two), Lady Gaga (number four), Taylor Swift (number eight), and the Black Eyed Peas (number ten).
According to Billboard, Contra, which was released by XL, is only the 12th independently distributed title to hit number one since 1991, when SoundScan started tracking sales.
The Horrors News:
New Gorillaz: "Stylo"
From www.pitchfork.com at 20/01/10 04:25 PM. 0 comments.
UPDATE: The official stream of "Stylo" can be found HERE.
A day after the announcement that Gorillaz would headline one day of Coachella, the first track from the new album by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's cartoon band has appeared online. (Thanks to Steve Maviano for the tip.)
Go here to hear "Stylo". UPDATE: Link has been removed, but you can hear it at Spine Magazine. Gigwise reports that the song features Bobby Womack and Mos Def.
The new Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach, should be out this spring or summer. As previously reported, it features contributions from Snoop Dogg, Lou Reed, Barry Gibb, De La Soul and the Horrors. Mos Def, playing a character named Sun Moon Stars, appears on three songs.
The Gorillaz website and YouTube channel are currently showing a few brief teasers for the album. There's also a countdown to something happening in about 32 hours days, which means Monday, February 22.
Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend Lands First No. 1 Album
From www.billboard.com at 20/01/10 04:00 PM. 0 comments.
New York band Vampire Weekend sees its sophomore set "Contra" debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 124,000 copies sold according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Vampire Weekend News:
Rising: Dum Dum Girls
From www.pitchfork.com at 20/01/10 02:00 PM. 0 comments.
Photo by Lauren Dukoff
In 2008, Dum Dum Girls started out as the one-woman garage-pop project of a California girl who goes by Dee Dee (real name: Kristin Gundred, pictured at left). Speaking about the humble origins of her MySpace page, Dee Dee says, "I just thought Dum Dum Girls was a cool name and I wanted to reserve it."
Since then, the 27-year-old singer-songwriter has recorded and released a batch of punk-smeared girl-group tunes for tiny indies Captured Tracks, Zoo Music, and Hozac, before getting signed by big indie Sub Pop last summer. She also put together a full band to bring her creation to the stage that includes drummer Frankie Rose, who used to play with Crystal Stilts and Vivian Girls. The quartet are set to play a handful of shows in advance of the Dum Dum Girls' debut LP, I Will Be, which hits March 30.
Produced by Dee Dee and industry vet Richard Gottehrer (who co-wrote "My Boyfriend's Back" and produced key albums by Blondie and the Go-Go's), I Will Be aims at a reverbed haven somewhere between bad ass 1960s girl gang the Shangri-Las and 1980s distortion gods Jesus and Mary Chain. The taught attack is highlighted by Dee Dee's vocals, which are both bubblegum and tough. The one-time "square, all-black, straight As, alterna-teen nerd" grew up listening to Hole and performing musical theater,...
Radiohead News:
The bands who don't miss a single thing
From www.guardian.co.uk at 20/01/10 12:12 PM. 0 comments.
Like Led Zeppelin and the Manics before them, MGMT are releasing their new album without the aid of any singles. But will this make fans judge their music differently?
"We'd rather people hear the whole album as an album and see what tracks jump out rather than the ones that get played on the radio â€' if anything gets played on the radio!"
That was what Ben Goldwasser of MGMT told NME, explaining why his band are planning to not release a single, er, single from their new album, Celebration.
In a statement that might not have been music to the ears of Sony BMG executives, he added: "There definitely isn't a Time to Pretend or a Kids on the album." It certainly sounds like it will be a far cry from their first effort, which the Guardian's Jude Rogers described as "so radio-friendly it's practically kissing your aerial".
Of course, many acts have previously opted against cherry-picking the best or most poptastic tracks from their albums either in the interests of artistic vision, cohesion or pretension, and plenty of them haven't suffered. In fact, Manic Street Preachers did it last year with Journal for Plague Lovers.
Led Zeppelin managed to reach No 6 with their debut LP and then went on to secure eight consecutive No 1 albums without the aid of any singles. It wasn't until 1997 that they relented with the belated release of Whole Lotta Love. Which means that Led...
Basement Jaxx News:
JAXX ADD 2nd TOKYO SHOW
From www.basementjaxx.net at 20/01/10 11:50 AM. 0 comments.
Tickets for the Jaxx in Tokyo are selling fast so we’ve added another show at Akasaka BLITZ on Thursday February 25th. Get your tickets here These Japanese dates will be the last shows on the “Scars” tour so don’t miss out !
Gil Scott-Heron News:
Gil Scott-Heron announces comeback single details - video
From www.nme.com at 20/01/10 11:32 AM. 1 comments.
'Me And The Devil' follows the release of Scott-Heron's new album
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Dizzee Rascal News:
Dizzee Rascal tries to fight audience member â€' Daily Gossip (video)
From www.nme.com at 20/01/10 10:56 AM. 0 comments.
Pixie on the pull, Barlow on his 'fat years', Macca's Globes veggie plea â€' your music gossip stop
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Elvis Perkins News:
Elvis on Sweetheart 2010 Compilation
From blogs.myspace.com at 20/01/10 07:52 AM. 0 comments.
Elvis recorded a beautiful version of the Chilean poet Violetta Parra's 'Teneme en tu Corazon' (Keep Me In Your Heart) for the Starbucks Sweetheart 2010 compilation. Also appearing are Jose Gonzalez, ...
Thom Yorke News:
Thom Yorke to bring supergroup to Coachella Festival?
From www.nme.com at 20/01/10 06:02 AM. 0 comments.
Flea, Nigel Godrich and co are rumoured to be playing with him this April
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Beck News:
Billboard Bits: T.I., The Jam, Whitney Houston, Beck, Kandi Burruss And More
From www.billboard.com at 19/01/10 10:24 PM. 0 comments.
Billboard Bits serves up the best bite-sized nuggets of music news and gossip every afternoon.
Adele News:
happy new year
From blogs.myspace.com at 19/01/10 09:39 PM. 0 comments.
paolo nutini smashed it! love him!this winters horrible. im not a fan of the sun, im a pale brit and i burn easily. but my local parks been frozen for weeks! id rather have heat rash over this any day...
Adele News:
happy new year [2]
From adele.tv at 19/01/10 09:39 PM. 0 comments.
paolo nutini smashed it! love him!this winters horrible. im not a fan of the sun, im a pale brit and i burn easily. but my local parks been frozen for weeks! id rather have heat rash over this any day...
Elvis Perkins News:
Spoon, Shins' James Mercer, Yo La Tengo Cover Love Songs for Starbucks
From www.pitchfork.com at 19/01/10 07:30 PM. 0 comments.
In 2005, Starbucks' Hear Music label released Sweetheart, a compilation of indie-leaning artists covering love songs for Valentine's Day. Last year, the label released a sequel. Today, Starbucks dropped yet another Sweetheart album.
This time around, the Shins' James Mercer collaborates with his brother Robert on a version of Bob Dylan's "Spanish Harlem Incident", Spoon take on the Damned's "Love Song", Yo La Tengo try out the Zombies' "You Make Me Feel Good", and Jose Gonzalez contributes his version of Kylie Minogue's "Hand on Your Heart". Elvis Perkins, Grand Archives, Mate of State, the Long Winters, and the Avett Brothers also make appearances. The compilation is for sale on iTunes right now, and we've got the tracklist below.
Sweetheart 2010:
01 Jose Gonzalez: "Hand on Your Heart" (Kylie Minogue cover)
02 Grand Archives: "Cupid" (Sam Cooke cover)
03 James Mercer & Robert Mercer: "Spanish Harlem Incident" (Bob Dylan cover)
04 Spoon: "Love Song" (The Damned cover)
05 Elvis Perkins: "Teneme en Tu Corazon (Keep Me in Your Heart)" (traditional)
06 The Long Winters: "Give Me All Your Lovin'" (ZZ Top cover)
07 Yo La Tengo: "You Make Me Feel Good" (The Zombies cover)
08 Ceu: "Eu Amo Voce (I Love You)" (Tim Maia cover)
09 Diane Birch: "I Go Crazy" (Paul Davis cover)
10 Jason Collett and Zeus: "Every Night"...
Radiohead News:
Taking Peaks, Part 3: Nos. 50-26
From www.billboard.com at 19/01/10 06:55 PM. 0 comments.
Elvis Presley, Radiohead, the Beatles - and the Bunkers - continue our list of classic titles that have peaked at every Hot 100 position.
Thom Yorke News:
Thom Yorke to Co-Host Radio Show
From www.pitchfork.com at 19/01/10 06:50 PM. 0 comments.
Tomorrow, January 20, at 2:00 London time, Thom Yorke will co-host Gilles Peterson's radio show on BBC Radio 1. (Via TwentyFourBit.) According to the show's website, Yorke and Peterson will "join the musical dots - soul, hip hop, house, Afro, Latin, dubstep, jazz and beyond." A preview video on shows Yorke goofing around and doing his trademark adorable/nerdy dance moves. Check out that video below.
In related news, Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that the "Thom Yorke ????" billed as playing this year's Coachella is indeed the same band he debuted last fall: Yorke joined by Flea, Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker, and Mauro Refosco. The question marks are simply due to the fact that they never came up with a name for the band.
Thom Yorke News:
Gorillaz, Jay-Z, Muse to headline Coachella Festival
From www.nme.com at 19/01/10 04:06 PM. 0 comments.
Thom Yorke, LCD Soundsystem, Them Crooked Vultures also on bill
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Thom Yorke News:
Coachella Lineup Announced
From www.pitchfork.com at 19/01/10 03:30 PM. 0 comments.
So it begins. California's Coachella Festival, the first of the summer's massive multi-day American festivals, has now announced its lineup, and it's once again a doozy. Jay-Z! Pavement! Faith No More! Public Image Limited! Gorillaz! LCD Soundsystem! Vampire Weekend! MGMT! Phoenix! Sly and the Family Stone?!!!! And yes, that is how Thom Yorke is billing himself these days.
That poster above has everything we know so far. The festival will come to the Empire Polo Field in Indio, California this April 16-18. Start planning your trip now.
Thom Yorke News:
Jay-Z, Muse, Gorillaz Top Coachella 2010 Lineup
From www.billboard.com at 19/01/10 03:25 PM. 0 comments.
Jay-Z, Muse and Gorillaz will headline the 11th annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, to be held April 16-18 at Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif. Also confirmed are LCD Soundsystem, Faith No More, Thom Yorke, Pavement and The Specials.
Dizzee Rascal News:
Brits and misses: a lesson in playing it safe
From www.guardian.co.uk at 19/01/10 01:00 AM. 0 comments.
Last year, the pop underground stormed the charts, but you wouldn't know it from today's Brits nominations. What a missed opportunity, says Caroline Sullivan
It's normal to feel disappointed by the Brits nominations, which have a way of including every landfill-indie outfit and reality TV android you hoped you'd never have to look at again. But this year's list is particularly dispiriting. The eligibility rules mean that the nominations will always err on the side of conservatism (artists need to have had a hit single or album to qualify). That much one accepts. But 2009 was the year that commercial success and musical credibility intersected in the charts â€' meaning that, for perhaps the first time in the awards' 30-year history, the nominations panel had a plethora of interesting acts to consider. So where were they all?
Accordingly, Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine, who is both inescapably successful and critically acclaimed, has three nods, Dizzee Rascal, grime's first superstar, has two; the polarising but top-selling La Roux gets two. That's great news. But the omissions are more noticeable. Little Boots's kitsch disco sold 100,000 albums; Frankmusik's precision-tooled synth-pop got him a top-20 album and shoals of excited fans; and Tinchy Stryder's consistent success helped grime to finally break into the mainstream â€' but where are they? Stryder, an obvious contender for best male, has received only...
RJD2 News:
No more blabbing. "The Colossus" is officially out NOW
From blogs.myspace.com at 18/01/10 11:42 PM. 0 comments.
..January 19th, 2:44am EST-live from the Sheraton in Chattanooga, TN. Wow. It's official: "The Colossus" is out. Tell your friends and lovers. Available on Itunes/Amazon/etc, your local retailer, and ...
Titus Andronicus News:
Meet our new team, plus: A punk band meets the "A-Punk" Band
From titusandronicustheband.blogspot.com at 18/01/10 10:22 PM. 0 comments.
Hello dear friends. If any of you happened to see our performance at last night's Vampire Weekend concert at the United Palace Theater, you may have noticed that (geez, how many times have I said this?) we have some new members. Yes, it's true - Titus Andronicus v. 6.0 Beta is up and running. Who are these people, you ask? Well...
The woman on the right is named Amy Klein, and she is a native of Glen Ridge, NJ, and a current resident of Fort Greene, Brooklyn. I have known Amy for a few years now, as she used to play in a band in college with a woman that I was dating at the time. Then she moved to Japan for a while and I was pretty sure I'd never see her again, but a couple of months ago, I happened to run into her at a Double Dagger/Future Islands show at Death by Audio (side note: the most recent Double Dagger album More is the best punk album since... gee, is there a better one? "The Lie/The Truth," which features the singer of Future Islands on backing vocals, is the sort of uplifting punk anthem that Double Dagger must not have heard isn't supposed to exist anymore. Anyway, I could go on and on), and I felt the hand of destiny on my shoulder. Maybe it was the Four Loco coursing through my veins, but I demanded right then and there...
Dizzee Rascal News:
Lily Allen, Robbie Williams, Pixie Lott nominated for 2010 BRIT Awards
From www.nme.com at 18/01/10 05:47 PM. 0 comments.
Friendly Fires, Dizzee Rascal, La Roux also up for gongs
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Vampire Weekend News:
Why Sub Pop's world-music imprint will find an audience
From www.guardian.co.uk at 18/01/10 04:16 PM. 0 comments.
The label that gave us grunge is now releasing music from west Africa. But for a generation raised on the Afrobeat stylings of Vampire Weekend, this may not be as strange as it sounds
It may never entirely shake its reputation as home of lumberjack shirts and loud guitars, but venerable Seattle label Sub Pop has added a new string to its bow â€' world music.
Next month sees the release of I Speak Fula, the excellent second album from Mali's Bassekou Kouyate and his band Ngoni Ba. The LP, first issued on Out Here Records last Autumn, is the debut release on Next Ambiance, an imprint under the Sub Pop umbrella set up by label boss Jonathan Poneman and presenter Jon Kertzer (who helms the Best Ambiance show on Seattle-based public radio station KEXP).
Should this be a surprise? Perhaps not. This is new territory for Sub Pop, but thanks to the light-fingered, Afropop leanings of Vampire Weekend and Dirty Projectors â€' not to mention MP3 blogs like Awesome Tapes from Africa â€' there's a new, young audience out there that has been exposed to non-western sounds and might want to dig a little deeper. Nor is Sub Pop the first US indie label to dabble in African sounds â€' Drag City's Yaala Yaala imprint, founded in 2007, has chalked up several releases from Mali's vibrant street-music scene, some salvaged from cassettes sold for a dollar in the Bougouni shanties....
Beck News:
Camera Obscura Plan American Tour
From www.pitchfork.com at 18/01/10 04:05 PM. 0 comments.
New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Portugal, Indonesia, the U.S., and Mexico are all about to become a little bit more twee. Because Scottish indie pop moppets Camera Obscura are going to tour all those places in the coming months.
Cam Ob's Pacific Rim tour kicks off this week, and it includes a Tokyo show with a band called OGRE YOU ASSHOLE, which is obviously awesome. After that, Camera Obscura will hit Portugal and Indonesia before arriving on American shores in April. We've got all their dates below.
Camera Obscura:
01-18 Auckland, New Zealand - Monte Cristo Room
01-19 Wellington, New Zealand - San Francisco Bathhouse
01-21 Sydney, Australia - Beck's Festival Bar (Sydney Festival)
01-22 Brisbane, Australia - The Zoo
01-23 Melbourne, Australia - Corner Hotel
01-25 Perth, Australia - The Amplifier
01-28 Tokyo, Japan - Fever *
01-29 Tokyo, Japan - Fever ^
02-27 Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal - Antonio Lamoso Teatro
03-20 Bandung, Indonesia - The LA Light Indiefest
03-21 Yogyakarta, Indonesia - Java
04-03 Iowa City, IA - Blue Moose Tap House (Mission Creek Festival)
04-04 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon
04-05 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
04-07 Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
04-08 Norman, OK - Meacham Auditorium (University of Oklahoma)
04-09 Austin, TX - Emo's
04-10 Denton, TX - Hailey's
04-11 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live Studio
04-13 Mexico City, Mexico - Lunario
Peaches News:
"Mommy Complex"-Yet Another Web Exclusive
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 18/01/10 03:19 PM. 0 comments.
Peaches Official Blog is proud to announce the debut of the latest music video from “I Feel Cream”-
“Mommy Complex”
Directed by: Antoung Nguyen
Click here to view the embedded video.
MySpace Australia was the first to debut this hot video last week on Thurs- Jan 14th, coinciding with the beginning of Peaches NewZealand/Australian tour.
It took Peaches and crew an agonizing 4 days to get to Auckland. Plus the airline lost her costumes, resulting in Peaches having to do her first two shows naked!
Just kidding… but not about the naked part.
Luckily our favorite XXX singer hooked up with a local stylist who helped her shop for impromtu costumes.
Don’t miss Peached Down Under!
PEACHES NZ/AUSTRALIA SUMMER TOUR 2010
Jan 14 â€' Auckland, NZ â€' The Transmission Room
Jan 15 â€' Auckland/BDO
Jan 17 â€' Gold Coast/BDO – Parklands
Jan 18 â€' Brisbane – HiFI
Jan 22 â€' Sydney/BDO – Showground
Jan 23 â€' Sydney/BDO – Showground
Jan 24 â€' Sydney/HOME â€' The Venue
Jan 26 â€' Melbourne/BDO â€' Flemington Racecourse
Jan 27 â€' Melbourne/ Hifi
Jan 29 â€' Adelaide/BDO – Showground
Jan 31 â€' Perth/BDO â€' Claremont Showground
Feb 01 â€' Perth/Astor Theatre
Hey, shhhhhhhhh. Don’t tell anyone. Click on the link below to download an exclusive remix of Mommy Complex.
Peaches – Mommy Complex (Barletta + Ernold Sane Remix) FINAL CUT
http://www.mediafire.com/?j5bgennntmv
Peaches News:
"Mommy Complex"-Yet Another Web Exclusive
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 18/01/10 03:19 PM. 0 comments.
Peaches Official Blog is proud to announce the debut of the latest music video from “I Feel Cream”-
“Mommy Complex”
Directed by: Antoung Nguyen
Click here to view the embedded video.
MySpace Australia was the first to debut this hot video last week on Thurs- Jan 14th, coinciding with the beginning of Peaches NewZealand/Australian tour.
It took Peaches and crew an agonizing 4 days to get to Auckland. Plus the airline lost her costumes, resulting in Peaches having to do her first two shows naked!
Just kidding… but not about the naked part.
Luckily our favorite XXX singer hooked up with a local stylist who helped her shop for impromtu costumes.
Don’t miss Peached Down Under!
PEACHES NZ/AUSTRALIA SUMMER TOUR 2010
Jan 14 â€' Auckland, NZ â€' The Transmission Room
Jan 15 â€' Auckland/BDO
Jan 17 â€' Gold Coast/BDO – Parklands
Jan 18 â€' Brisbane – HiFI
Jan 22 â€' Sydney/BDO – Showground
Jan 23 â€' Sydney/BDO – Showground
Jan 24 â€' Sydney/HOME â€' The Venue
Jan 26 â€' Melbourne/BDO â€' Flemington Racecourse
Jan 27 â€' Melbourne/ Hifi
Jan 29 â€' Adelaide/BDO – Showground
Jan 31 â€' Perth/BDO â€' Claremont Showground
Feb 01 â€' Perth/Astor Theatre
Hey, shhhhhhhhh. Don’t tell anyone. Click on the link below to download an exclusive remix of Mommy Complex.
Peaches – Mommy Complex (Barletta + Ernold Sane Remix) FINAL CUT
http://www.mediafire.com/?j5bgennntmv
Holly Miranda Link:
Pinglewood (Interview and track giveaway)
From www.pinglewood.com at 18/01/10 01:03 PM. 0 comments.
Vampire Weekend Link:
Click Music: 4 out of 5
From www.clickmusic.com at 18/01/10 11:24 AM. 0 comments.
Sigur Rós News:
best of the decade lists
From www.sigur-ros.co.uk at 17/01/10 08:44 PM. 0 comments.
we’ve been compiling mentions of sigur ros in the many “best of decade” lists that have been published over the last month or two.
there were mentions for “agaetis byrjun“, “( )“, “takk” and “med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust” as well as the video for “untitled 1 / vaka”. below is a selection of mentions from the various lists:
agaetis byrjun: rolling stone
sigur ros conjured magic with drones, using strings, brass, electronics and guitars that took jimmy page’s bowing technique to new heights. but the showstopper was jonsi birgisson’s otherworldly voice, swooping between tenor confessions and falsetto ballet.
( ): npr
great records often come from unexpected places and sources: 2002’s () is the unforgettable work of sigur ros, an icelandic band playing slow instrumental music when it’s not singing in a made-up language, performing songs and an album with no pronounceable titles. cinematic and beautiful, every song captures a spirit of hope and sorrow, inexorably intertwined.
agaetis byrjun: pitchfork
discovering the music of sigur ros was an active process, because a series of questions inevitably followed: how do you pronounce their name? what does it mean? is that a man or a woman singing? did i hear right, that the words aren’t actually in any language? indeed, since agaetis byrjun was one of those records that filled a deep-seated need listeners didn’t even know they had, experiencing it was at first a little confusing. punk had taught us...
Vampire Weekend News:
Florence And The Machine's 'Lungs' finally tops UK albums chart
From www.nme.com at 17/01/10 07:08 PM. 0 comments.
Vampire Weekend's 'Contra' is highest new entry
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Titus Andronicus News:
Freek-A-Leek!
From titusandronicustheband.blogspot.com at 16/01/10 02:09 AM. 1 comments.
Okay, gang. Perhaps by now you have heard that our new album, The Monitor, has been leaked onto the internet, and I would be remiss not to remind you guys that we'd really much rather you not download the record but actually just buy it when it comes out. I know that sounds pretty old-fashioned in 2010, but I had to say it.
I am glad that it seems those of you who have eaten from the forbidden tree of knowledge seem to generally enjoy the record, and it is a thrill to have Warren Ellis approve of our debt to Billy Bragg on Twitter (did I mention I love comic books? Because that is kind of important!). Still, you guys have to understand, that if you all just download the record for free, it will mean bad things for yr friends in Titus Andronicus, who, as we learned earlier, have to eat.
Also, there is going to be a two-LP vinyl release of this album that is going to sound way better than the lossy mp3 rips that you could listen to now. We expended a great deal of effort trying to make it sound as good as we could (no "lo-fi" aspirations here), and we want you guys to have the highest quality version possible, if that it something you care about.
That said, great big thanks to all the decent folks who...
Vampire Weekend News:
News in Brief: Net Neutrality, Big Ears, These Are Powers, Harvest of Hope
From www.pitchfork.com at 15/01/10 09:35 PM. 0 comments.
-- As the FCC considers instituting formal rules with regards to net neutrality, the DC-based advocacy nonprofit Future of Music Coalition has started a new online tool to help artists and fans file comments with the FCC in support of net neutrality. R.E.M., the Hold Steady's Franz Nicolay, and OK Go's Damian Kulash are among those who have already filed comments. Check it out here.
-- The Big Ears Festival, which will come to Knoxville March 26-28, already had artists like Vampire Weekend, Joanna Newsom, the xx on board, and its bill continues to grow. The National, Dirty Projectors, Ben Frost, and Tim Hecker are among the lineup additions, and St. Vincent and the National's Bryce Dessner will premiere new works.
-- On February 23, RVNG will release World Class Peoples/Candyman, the new EP from the Chicago/Brooklyn art-punk trio These Are Powers. It contains three new songs and two remixes, one of which is by Teengirl Fantasy. The band will tour the U.S. this March and April.
-- The second annual Harvest of Hope Festival will come to St. Augustine, Florida March 12-14. The Mountain Goats, Billy Bragg, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Bear in Heaven, Dr. Dog, Rogue Wave, Dead Prez, Kimya Dawson, James Husband, Man Man, High...
Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend admit they're missing Horchata at final UK free gig
From www.nme.com at 15/01/10 09:10 PM. 0 comments.
Band wrap up two-day tour with intimate instore show
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Vampire Weekend News:
Photos of the Week: Katy Perry, Vampire Weekend, Adam Lambert, Ke$ha
From www.billboard.com at 15/01/10 05:48 PM. 0 comments.
Katy and Russell got engaged. Simon Cowell quit "Idol." Vampire Weekend rocked London, and Adam Lambert hit the town. It all happened this week, and we've got the pics to prove it.
Vampire Weekend News:
Photos of the Week: Katy Perry, Vampire Weekend, Adam Lambert, Ke$ha
From www.billboard.com at 15/01/10 05:48 PM. 0 comments.
Katy and Russell got engaged. Simon Cowell quit "Idol." Vampire Weekend rocked London, and Adam Lambert hit the town. It all happened this week, and we've got the pics to prove it.
Vampire Weekend News:
Echo Chamber: Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig
From www.pitchfork.com at 15/01/10 05:30 PM. 0 comments.
Photo by Kirstie Shanley
"To even throw your name among the Susan Boyles of the world is an honor and a privilege."
-- Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig takes the deferential route when considering the likelihood of Contra topping the charts in the U.S. and UK next week. (via the BBC)
Vampire Weekend News:
Video: The Very Best With Ezra Koenig
From www.pitchfork.com at 15/01/10 03:55 PM. 0 comments.
The Very Best's "Warm Heart of Africa" is pure Afropop sunshine. It's the best track from the album of the same name and it features Vampire Weekend singer Ezra Koenig. There's a reason why it was one of our favorite tracks of 2009.
The song's video features Ezra and Very Best frontman Esau Mwamwaya shuffling and mugging while making their way around the streets of New York City (in real life) and the plains of African (via green screen). It looks like these guys are having an incredible time, so it's no wonder some Manhattan passers-by get in on the action toward the end of the clip. Watch it below (via mtvU):
Beck News:
Director's Cut: Charlotte Gainsbourg and Beck: "Heaven Can Wait" Video
From www.pitchfork.com at 15/01/10 02:00 PM. 0 comments.
From the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" to Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance", great music videos are bursts of sound and vision that leave an indelible impression. Director's Cut is a Pitchfork News feature in which we chat with music video directors about their creations. The men and women behind the camera are often overlooked in today's YouTube era, but this feature aims to highlight their hard work while showcasing the best videos currently linking around the internet. A little behind-the-scenes dirt couldn't hurt, too.
Director Keith Schofield is the prankster behind Charlotte Gainsbourg and Beck's wonderfully random video for "Heaven Can Wait" from Gainsbourg's new album IRM. Schofield is responsible for the viral phenomenon "SFW XXX", which creatively censored classic porn clips with some well-placed animation, and the BPA's "Toe Jam" video, which creatively censored naked people with some well-placed black bars. (Watch those clips and more at his website.)
There's no censoring necessary for "Heaven Can Wait", but it's no less mischievous than his previous work. For the video, Schofield embraced the contextless stream of images constantly cycling through the internet and turned it into something joyous and a little unsettling. The result involves Charlotte Gainsbourg holding a baby in a hot dog costume and Beck playing Super Nintendo with a dude in a horse mask. In our interview, Schofield talked about...
Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend set for Glastonbury Festival says Emily Eavis
From www.nme.com at 15/01/10 12:22 PM. 0 comments.
Band seemingly set for Friday (June 25) slot
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Basement Jaxx News:
DJ Brixton!!!
From www.basementjaxx.net at 15/01/10 11:39 AM. 0 comments.
Simon & Felix return from their “Scars” world tour to DJ at Plan B in Brixton on Saturday January 30th. Buy tickets here
Vampire Weekend Photos:
Vampire Weekend at Somerset House
From www.flickr.com at 15/01/10 12:15 AM. 0 comments.
Beck News:
Artists React to Jay Reatard's Death
From www.pitchfork.com at 14/01/10 06:20 PM. 0 comments.
Photo by Andy Eisberg
Yesterday brought the sad news that Memphis garage rocker Jay Reatard had died at the age of 29. As the news circulated, many artists and indie music figures who knew or admired Reatard expressed their feelings about his death. Below, we've collected the thoughts of many of those people.
UPDATE: Jay Reatard's website has posted his cover of Nirvana's "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle". It was recorded in May for a tribute to Nirvana's In Utero album. Jay played all the instruments.
Prefix points out that in addition to the many written tributes, No Age have posted a photo tribute on their blog, and Beck's website is streaming Reatard's cover of the Beck song "Gamma Ray".
-- Deerhunter/Atlas Sound frontman Bradford Cox: "Jay was what few people have the capacity to be. He created an undeniably classic album that contained so much pain transferred to tape in such an explosive way that it made you feel different after hearing it. He was transgressive and honest. His flaws were something he focused on and overdubbed and distorted until they made you forget who he really was-- a person with feelings and a good heart. He loved music and worked hard from a young age to...
The Horrors News:
The Horrors and Franz Ferdinand confirmed for Spain's SOS 4.8 festival
From www.nme.com at 14/01/10 04:05 PM. 0 comments.
Fatboy Slim and Madness will also play Spanish event
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M.I.A. News:
Official Info on Mysterious M.I.A. Video
From www.pitchfork.com at 14/01/10 03:55 PM. 0 comments.
On Tuesday, M.I.A. posted a video for what looked and sounded like a brand new M.I.A. song. And guess what? It is a brand new M.I.A. song called "Space Odyssey" that's to be included on her forthcoming album due out this summer, according to her label, Interscope. (Watch the video after the jump.)
The dubby track was produced by M.I.A. and hot-shit UK beatmaker Rusko on Monday night. The track was apparently inspired by a recent Sri Lanka travel story in The New York Times that M.I.A. did not care for very much.
M.I.A. News:
The new wave of music virals
From www.guardian.co.uk at 14/01/10 12:02 PM. 0 comments.
Ladies licking tar? A boy hiding under a skirt? Hunters in the woods? That'll be the latest crop of clips promoting albums
Two weeks into the New Year and the music business is yet to lumber into life and start churning out new releases. January, though, appears to be the perfect time to start dropping some big hints about the year's forthcoming albums and prompt that most desirable and inexpensive of all marketing campaigns â€' the "online buzz".
What's notable about this new spree of virals is that they all seem to be more sophisticated than your typical clip of music and a web address, building an atmosphere around an album without risking you being bored by the time it hits the shelves.
Take Liars, who launched the campaign for their forthcoming LP, Sisterworld, with a slow drip-drip-drip of information. The promotional push began last November with a website populated by videos of beaches and woods shot in spindly stop-frame, followed by brief clips of the band hunting in thick undergrowth to the chirrup of cicadas. But by the time the first teaser track, Scissor, went viral, you already knew this album was going to feature spooky, backwoods weirdness.
MIA is back, too. At least we think so â€' there's been no official announcement on her new album, but the other day she posted this four-minute video clip of a new track to her Twitter with the title "THERES SPACE FOR...
Friendly Fires News:
In Brief: These Arms Are Snakes, Peter Hook, Gil Scott-Heron, Snowbombing
From www.pitchfork.com at 13/01/10 10:10 PM. 0 comments.
-- The Seattle post-hardcore band These Arms Are Snakes have announced that they're calling it quits. In a statement, they thank pretty much anyone who has ever had anything to do with the band, including those who "made us pay shitloads of money to get off your punk label".
-- The BBC reports that former Joy Division/New Order bassist Peter Hook is opening a new nightclub in Manchester called FAC251: The Factory. It will occupy the same space that once held Factory Records' offices. The club will open on January 29 with Hook performing songs from throughout his career. Hook recently published a salacious book about the legendarily hedonistic (and now defunct) Manchester club the Hacienda.
-- On February 9 in the U.S. (February 8 in the UK), XL will release I'm New Here, the new album from the pioneering spoken word artist Gil Scott-Heron. This will be Scott-Heron's first album in 13 years. It includes a cover of Smog's "I'm New Here".
-- April 5-10, the dance-heavy Snowbombing Festival will come to Mayrhofen, Austria. The bill includes Fatboy Slim, De La Soul, Editors, Doves, 2 Many DJs, Wild Beasts, Friendly Fires, Vitalic, Crookers, Skream, Benga, and Kris Menace.
Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend Eyes No. 1 On Billboard 200 Next Week
From www.billboard.com at 13/01/10 08:40 PM. 0 comments.
Vampire Weekend's sophomore album "Contra" is looking like a good bet for No. 1 on next week's Billboard 20.
Beck News:
Final Johnny Cash American Recordings Album Due
From www.pitchfork.com at 13/01/10 05:50 PM. 0 comments.
Front page photo by Martyn Atkins
In the early 90s, Johnny Cash signed to Rick Rubin's American label and began releasing the American Recordings series of albums. Produced by Rubin, the American Recordings were stark, stripped-down, mostly acoustic meditations on the more apocalyptic side of his persona. Cash covered Beck, Nick Cave, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Soundgarden, Danzig, and, of course, Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt". And he cemented his reputation as one of the reigning badasses in American music history-- not that that rep really needed much help.
Four of these albums came out before Cash's 2003 death. Another, American V: A Hundred Highways, emerged posthumously. And on February 26, American/Lost Highway will release American VI: Ain't No Grave, the final volume in the series. February 26 would have been Cash's 78th birthday.
Rick Rubin produced this volume, just as he did all the others. And once again, Cash covers a whole lot of other people's songs. This one will include Cash's versions of Sheryl Crow's "Redemption Day", Kris Kristofferson's "For The Good Times", Tom Paxton's "Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound", Bob Nolan's "Cool Water", Ed McCurdy's "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream", J.H. "Red" Hayes and Jack Rhodes's "Satisfied Mind", and Hawaiian monarch Queen Lili'uokalani's farewell song "Aloha Oe". It'll also include a new Cash original called...
M.I.A. News:
New music: MIA â€' There's a Space for Ol Dat I See
From www.guardian.co.uk at 13/01/10 10:53 AM. 0 comments.
She promised an album free of gimmicks. Then she went and posted this cryptic new track on Twitter
Just yesterday, we reported that MIA's new album would be "odd", "musical" and free of "gimmicks". No sooner had the ink dried on the, er, screen, than she posted this ghostly new song, with accompanying vid.
Titus Andronicus News:
More pre-order info, Smoking Popes, hate mail
From titusandronicustheband.blogspot.com at 13/01/10 04:45 AM. 0 comments.
Hey gang. Guess what I just read on our favorite website, Insound.com? Apparently, when you pre-order our new record, The Monitor, you will also receive a free copy of the "Four Score and Seven" seven inch! Hey, wait a second - Four Score and Seven Inches? That's funny. It appears to me that this offer only relates to purchasing the vinyl edition of the full-length. Did I mention that it is a double LP? Damn, that's badass, right? Anyway, learn more here. How many times do I have to tell you this???
Anyway, remember that band from the 90's the Smoking Popes? I do. They were awesome. I recently obtained a used cassette copy of their 1995 album Born to Quit and it holds up nicely. Peep the video for their great song, "I Need You Around," which has some totally awesome fish-eye lens shot. I swear, if we ever get to make another music video, it is going to have so much fish-eye, it is going to be insane.
Why do I bring this up? Well, it is all because of that band Surfer Blood everyone is talking about. Amidst all this talking, why has no one mentioned that this Surfer Blood guy's voice sounds just like the guy from the Smoking Popes? Am I crazy? Just listen.
I am not crazy. This dude is taking a lot of...
M.I.A. News:
New M.I.A. Video?
From www.pitchfork.com at 12/01/10 10:00 PM. 0 comments.
Earlier this afternoon, M.I.A. posted this video on her Twitter with the words "THERES SPACE FOR OL DAT I SEE". In the video, we see M.I.A. (or someone who looks and sounds exactly like M.I.A.) singing while a kaleidoscopic green light throws different patterns of dots on her. The logo for N.E.E.T., M.I.A.'s label, also comes up at the end, and "there's space for all that I see" seems to be a lyric in the chorus, so maybe it's the song's title.
So what is this video? We haven't been able to confirm that it's a song from the new album that M.I.A.'s been talking about lately, but it definitely seems like a very good possibility. Watch it below, via the Fader:
M.I.A. News:
MIA releases new song online â€' video
From www.nme.com at 12/01/10 09:41 PM. 0 comments.
Watch the video for new song 'THERES SPACE FOR OL DAT I SEE'
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Monkey News:
Premiere: Ruby Suns: "Cranberry"
From www.pitchfork.com at 12/01/10 09:20 PM. 0 comments.
On March 2, sunny New Zealand psych-pop outfit the Ruby Suns will release Fight Softly, the follow-up to the BNM'ed 2008 LP Sea Lion, on Sub Pop. (It's out March 8 in the UK on Memphis Industries.) That's the space-bar-averse cover art above.
Talking to Pitchfork back in October, frontman Ryan McPhun described Fight Softly as "probably the opposite" of Sea Lion: "I used a lot more synths. And there's a shitload of effected guitar on it. But I didn't use a lot of live drums. Going into it, I wanted to use organic sounds but I didn't want them to sound organic, which is the opposite of what a lot of people do. It's safe to say the new stuff is more bass-y."
Right now, we're getting our first taste of how the more bass-y Ruby Suns sound. Click below to stream or download "Cranberry" from Fight Softly. (UPDATE: The album version has been replaced with the radio edit.)
Shortly after the album hits, the Ruby Suns will tour North America, bringing glo-fi youngster Toro Y Moi along for the ride. They've also got a few New Zealand dates scheduled for next month We've got the band's full touring itinerary below.
MP3:> The Ruby Suns: "Cranberry" (radio edit)
The Ruby Suns:
02-19 Port Chalmers, New Zealand - Chick's Hotel #
02-20...
The Horrors News:
Memory Tapes Plans First U.S. Shows
From www.pitchfork.com at 12/01/10 07:00 PM. 0 comments.
Dayve Hawk, who records wistful soft-focus synthpop under his Memory Tapes alias, is something of a recluse, as Hawk himself told Pitchfork in this interview. But last month, Hawk announced a pair of British dates, the first-ever Memory Tapes shows. And now Hawk has announced a whole tour, including his first U.S. shows, which feature a run at SXSW. (He's also playing the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, one of the last places we ever expected to see hypnagogic pop's most mysterious figure).
Speaking of unlikely places to find Memory Tapes, on February 8, Urban Outfitters stores in the UK will start carrying a double-disc reissue of Seek Magic, Memory Tapes' debut and Pitchfork's #23 album of 2009. The reissue, which will also be available digitally as an iTunes exclusive, will include a second CD. It's only four tracks long, but those four tracks add up to 48 minutes of music. We've got the tracklist below.
Memory Tapes:
01-16 Manchester, England - The Corner
01-19 London, England - The Social
01-20 London, England - Luminaire *
02-03 New York, NY - Bell House
02-16 Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock Hotel
02-19 Philadelphia, PA - TBA
02-20 New York, NY - Tribeca Grand
02-26 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
02-27 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of...
Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend to play free London ice rink gig
From www.nme.com at 12/01/10 05:39 PM. 0 comments.
Band to play at Somerset House on Thursday (Jan 14)
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Golden Silvers News:
Online Link to Golden Silvers Mercury Live Session
From goldensilvers.co.uk at 12/01/10 05:24 PM. 0 comments.
M.I.A. News:
M.I.A. Slams The New York Times Over Sri Lanka Tourism Support
From www.pitchfork.com at 12/01/10 04:25 PM. 0 comments.
In a recent New York Times article titled "The 31 Places to Go in 2010", Sri Lanka took the top spot, with the paper hailing the island nation's "pristine coastline" and "tropical zoo"-like attractions. M.I.A., who was born in Sri Lanka, does not agree with this rosy assessment.
"HERE IS THE LUSH COASTLINE THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT," wrote the singer in one of several outraged posts on her Twitter, adding a link to a gruesome picture of dead bodies-- apparently victims of the civil war between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers. "FUCK NEW YORK TIMES! DO YOU THINK YOU NEED TO GO HERE ON VACATION?" said another Tweet, accompanied by another deathly photo.
The 26-year civil war technically ended last May when the Tigers admitted defeat. M.I.A.'s father was a political activist for the Tigers, and M.I.A. has been very vocal in voicing her disapproval of the Sri Lankan government's conduct.
Peaches News:
"Relax" Making Of...
From www.peachesofficialblog.com at 12/01/10 12:52 PM. 0 comments.
Hey folks, hope you enjoyed the exclusive web premiere of “Relax”. Here’s another video you will not find anywhere on the web, special behind the scenes footage of the making of the Relax video, filmed in Berlin, Germany.
Peaches just left home yesterday, and is headed down-under for some fun and sun at the Big Day out in New Zealand and Australia. If you live down-under, get ready!!!
Here’s the footage we’ve been promising you…
Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend On Ice
From blogs.myspace.com at 12/01/10 10:53 AM. 0 comments.
5:30PM THURSDAY, 14TH JANUARYSOMERSET HOUSE, THE STRANDLONDON, WC2R 1LATo celebrate the release of their brilliant new album 'Contra', Vampire Weekend will be playing a free outdoor show in the beauti...
Vampire Weekend Link:
Stuff.co.nz album review "xx is an album capable of making you swoon"
From www.stuff.co.nz at 12/01/10 01:49 AM. 0 comments.
Vampire Weekend News:
Watch the Video for Toy Selectah's Vampire Weekend Contra Megamix
From www.pitchfork.com at 11/01/10 10:00 PM. 0 comments.
Today, we dropped a BNM on Contra, the brand new album from Vampire Weekend. The Mexican DJ and dance producer Toy Selectah has paid the album his own kind of tribute, turning several of its tracks into a blippy, hyperactive, Dan Deacon-esque six-minute jam. (If you buy Contra from an independent record store, you'll get a bonus disc featuring three Toy Selectah remixes.)
Click below to watch director Ferry Gouw's kaleidoscopic, eyeball-abusing video for Toy Selecta's Contra Mash (via The Guardian).
Vampire Weekend News:
T.V. Eye: January 11-17
From www.pitchfork.com at 11/01/10 09:30 PM. 0 comments.
Live music on T.V. this week:
Monday, January 11:
NBC: Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien: Vampire Weekend
CBS: Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Nellie McKay
Fuel TV: The Daily Habit: Vampire Weekend
Tuesday, January 12:
NBC: Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien: Rosanne Cash
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: The Raveonettes (rerun)
Fuel TV: The Daily Habit: Vampire Weekend
Wednesday, January 13:
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: The Hot Rats
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Aziz Ansari
Sundance Channel: Spectacle With Elvis Costello: Lyle Lovett, Ray LaMontagne, John Prine
Fuel TV: The Daily Habit: Vampire Weekend
Thursday, January 14:
CBS: Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Vampire Weekend
PBS: Tavis Smiley: Rosanne Cash
Fuel TV: The Daily Habit: Vampire Weekend
Friday, January 15:
NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: The Hot Rats
Fuel TV: The Daily Habit: Vampire Weekend
Saturday, January 16:
PBS: Austin City Limits: Mos Def, K'naan
NBC: Saturday Night Live: The Ting Tings
Radiohead News:
Radiohead Drummer Phil Selway Takes Part in Drum Benefit for Sudan
From www.pitchfork.com at 11/01/10 05:20 PM. 0 comments.
Radiohead drummer Phil Selway is doing his part to raise awareness of the possibility of renewed violence in the conflict-ridden African nation of Sudan by taking part in a new campaign called Beat for Peace, The Guardian reports.
The initiative has an online video featuring Selway, the Police's Stewart Copeland, Elbow's Richard Jupp, Pink Floyd's Nick Mason, and many other stick men and women from around the globe creating a unified world beat. Read more about the issues surrounding the campaign here and watch the video below.
In other Selway news, the drummer is reportedly working on a solo album and a new Radiohead LP.
Peaches News:
PEACHES' GREAT GIG IN THE SKY WITH FLAMING LIPS
From blogs.myspace.com at 11/01/10 04:56 PM. 0 comments.
The world's most predictably
unpredictable band, THE FLAMING LIPS,
has enlisted PEACHES to perform vocal duties on "Speak To Me" and "Great Gig In The Sky" to record their own unique take of Pink F...
Vampire Weekend News:
New music video: Vampire Weekend- Toy Selecta Contra Mash
From www.guardian.co.uk at 11/01/10 03:00 PM. 0 comments.
Got your head around their new album yet? Yes? Then let this Technicolor mash scramble your brain all over again
Since Vampire Weekend put their new album Contra online last week, you should have had time to decide whether it's a yay or nay for the band's second LP (for us, it's a definite yay).
If you want even more, here's Toy Selecta's 6.15-minute "mash" (with a new vid from Ferry Gouw). So does it give the Brooklyn quartet a new dimension or simply remind us of how much we like the original? And no, we can't stop singing the high bits from White Sky really, really badly either.
(Via Voodoo Village)
Vampire Weekend News:
Vampire Weekend, Delphic, Good Shoes â€' free gigs this week (begins January 11)
From www.nme.com at 11/01/10 02:28 PM. 0 comments.
Your guide to the best free live music around the UK
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Friendly Fires News:
North American Tour Photos
From wearefriendlyfires.com at 11/01/10 12:14 PM. 0 comments.
Rob – official band photographer/bassist/percussionist/all round good guy took lots of photos while we were on tour in North American in December….. they’re all up on our photo page.
M.I.A. News:
MIA to return with 'no gimmicks' on new album
From www.nme.com at 11/01/10 11:26 AM. 0 comments.
Maya Arulpragasam tells NME.COM she is preparing for early spring release for third album
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M.I.A. News:
New M.I.A. Album Due This Summer
From www.pitchfork.com at 11/01/10 09:40 AM. 0 comments.
Hey, new M.I.A. album! Awesome! The agit-pop queenpin told Rolling Stone a little bit about her forthcoming Kala follow-up, supposedly due this summer. (This would presumably be the album that Diplo called "Gucci Mane meets Animal Collective".) And to hear Maya tell it, this thing's going to be even loonier than anyone could've guessed.
M.I.A. tells RS that she recorded much of it with Baltimore club upstart Blaqstarr producing. Blaqstarr previously collaborated with M.I.A. on the Kala track "The Turn" and on the Tom Waits sorta-cover "Way Down in the Hole". She tells Rolling Stone that Blaqstarr "simply makes music that sounds good, and I needed that."
But Blaqstarr isn't the album's only collaborator. M.I.A. also says that she recorded a song called (seriously) "I'm Down Like Your Internet Connection" with a group of Filipino Verizon workers. She says, "I was having issues with my cable and wireless, and I was on the phone [with tech support] for three hours, and I thought, 'Maybe this needs to be part of my music, could you just learn these lyrics and sing it down the phone to me?' 10 phone calls later, I have Internet that sticks and a song."
She also says that she's both singing and rapping on this one: "I just stopped singing...
Titus Andronicus News:
Pre-order info, Total Dis Part II
From titusandronicustheband.blogspot.com at 10/01/10 12:16 AM. 0 comments.
Hey guys. If yr interested, you can now pre-order our new record thanks to the good people at Insound.com. Do that here, or don't, whatever!
Speaking of Insound, here is a blast from the past - Kip Berman of TPOBPAH fame, back when he was still a lowly civilian with a flair for comedy, explaining how Insound works.
In other news, did you guys know that this was our first seven inch? 
It came out way, way back in March, 2007 on Shake Appeal Records, a Chicago-based label run by jolly Uncle Joe Dixon. Our friend Brittany Botz did the art, and what a great job she did. You know who else must have thought so? Frog Eyes! Look at this record cover of this record they put out in MAY of 2007.
You snooze, you lose, Frog Eyes! Okay, that's all for now.
Yr friend,
Patrick
