The Kooks Head to the U.S. on Tour
It was those same Kooks from that one stupid photo shoot
"Fresh out of the studio" with producer Tony Hoffer-- who helped them concoct the follow-up to last year's Inside In/Inside Out, due in spring 2008 from Astralwerks-- the band has a single gig before heading to the States: a November 24 session in London to support the Mencap charity. [MORE...]
Mountain Goats, Magnetic Fields, Cursive Do Noise Pop
Like those bratty girls with the rich daddies on the MTV, Noise Pop is getting what it wants for its 16th birthday. Lucky for us, the annual San Francisco festival possesses far better taste in tunes than most of those young ladies, and for its 16th edition-- popping off February 26-March 2 at a bevy of Bay Area venues-- organizers have already lined up a winner.The Mountain Goats, the Magnetic Fields, Cursive, and the relatively new Gutter Twins (aka Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan) will be joined by several dozen unnamed others over the festival's nearly week-long run, along with music-themed films, art, panels, vendors, and the like. You'll know more when we do.
Un-T.V. Eye: November 19-25, 2007
Writers: still striking. Network television: still full of reruns. Also, apparently some kind of big U.S. holiday is happening this week. Conclusion: turn off the TV and spend some quality time with friends and family, people.Monday, November 19:
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live!: Hot Hot Heat (rerun)
NBC: The Tonight Show With Jay Leno: Glen Hansard (of the Frames) and Marketa Irglova (rerun)
Wednesday, November 21:
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Peter Bjorn and John (rerun)
Thursday, November 22:
NBC: The Tonight Show With Jay Leno: Nelly Furtado (rerun)
NBC: Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Rogue Wave (rerun)
Fuel TV: The Daily Habit: Architecture in Helsinki
Friday, November 23:
CBS: Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Ice-T (rerun)
Fuel TV: The Daily Habit: She Wants Revenge
Saturday, November 24:
FOX: Fearless Music TV: Datarock
PBS: Austin City Limits: Van Morrison (rerun)
Bjork Adds More 2008 Dates, Plots New Single
Does another video with Michel Gondry
January 1, while the rest of us are still sleeping off the last Shirley Temples we downed in 2007, Björk will be busy filling out her new "Cuddly Kittens" planner with schemes for '08.
First up: a brand new single for Volta's terrifically incendiary "Declare Independence", which hits overseas stores New Year's Day via One Little Indian (details forthcoming). A Michel Gondry-directed clip for the track should be emerging sometime soon, though clicking here and shaking your head back and forth ought to do for the time being.
Also in the works from Björk: a whole bunch of new dates in the UK and Japan throughout the late winter and early spring to follow her previously announced time in Australia. And after that? Only the kittens know for sure. [MORE...]
"I would like to announce that the show we are playing at Primavera in Barcelona [December 8]...will be our last for quite some time," wrote Cox. "It will also be the last time we are ever playing the Cryptograms set we have been playing for the last two years. After that the band are going on hiatus. We all need some time to organize our lives.
"Thanks to everyone who has helped us out. This has been a crazy year that I will always remember."
Cox goes on to promise that the Deerhunter blog will continue to be updated from time to time, but with the focus shifted to band members' extracurricular endeavors. Speaking of which, Cox will no doubt use this time off to drum up support for his forthcoming debut under the Atlas Sound moniker, due February 19 from Kranky.
Thankfully, however, this is all looking more like a Patrick Wolf hiatus than a Sleater-Kinney hiatus. "Quite some time" can't be too terribly long, as Deerhunter are scheduled to play ATP vs. Pitchfork in May 2008. Enjoy your vacations, guys. [MORE...]
Kanye, Rapture, Pharoahe Monch Play Good Vibrations
With Kid Sister and A-Trak, Cypress Hill, Thievery Corporation, Lyrics Born, K-Os
Joining Big K for all them good vibes are the Rapture, Pharoahe Monch, A-Trak and Kid Sister, Cypress Hill, Thievery Corporation, K-Os, Sinden, that Calvin Harris clod, Pigeon John, Radioclit, and oh so many others.
At the moment, Kanye's the only one not signed up for all four gigs, as he's opted to duck out of the Brisbane date in favor of some Grammy thing or something. Good Vibrations hits Melbourne February 9, with Brisbane to follow the next day. It's to Sydney with this lot February 16, and Perth closes things out the 17th. Each stop on the tour will be hosted by Lyrics Born.
Bodies of Water Sign to Secretly Canadian
Band's debut reissued soon, new LP also on the way
Ears Will Pop & Eyes Will Blink the world over in the next couple months, as the debut LP from Los Angeles' Jesus Christ Superstars Bodies of Water is re-released on their new label, Secretly Canadian.
The excellent Ears, previously only available online or at Bodies of Water gigs via the band's Thousand Tongues imprint, will hit shelves for the very first time Stateside December 4, with a worldwide release set for January 22. What's more, the band is apparently already eyeing a follow-up, to be released in the spring. I guess they forgot to sleep, I guess, I guess.
Sian Alice Group Prep Debut LP for Social Registry
The word "epic" is thrown around quite a bit when speaking of London's Sian Alice Group, and with good reason. The band, which uses Arthur Russell, Detroit techno, and, yes, a little shoegaze as jump-offs, knows how to fill the space between those disparate elements.Sian Alice Group's debut LP, 59.59, should stretch those epic tendencies to newly ginormous proportions; heck, it will, seeing as John Coxon of Spiritualized and Spring Heel Jack appears (along with Gang Gang Dance's Brian DeGraw) on the disc's closer. The Jesus and Mary Chain's Douglas Hart also partakes. The album, recorded at the band's central London studio, is due February 19 from the Social Registry.
And if you recall seeing Social Registry and Sian Alice Group together in a story before, that's probably because you read this one, which makes mention of SAG's participation in the SR 7" series. Sian Alice Group's "Nightsong" 7" is out now. [MORE...]
Obscure French Synth-Wave Collected on Comp
The folks at Everloving Records are hoping B.I.P.P.P.: French Synth-Wave 1979-1985 does just a little bit better in the marketplace than the original singles it's comprised of.Originally curated by Parisian label Born Bad, the disc is culled entirely from lo-fi 7" singles from a quarter century ago. These things barely even qualify as obscure; to give you some idea, comp artist Ruth's album famously (well, as famously as an underperformer of this magnitude can be) only sold 50 copies.
Which means, despite their age, these tracks are a goldmine in need of a pick axe. In fact, Ed Banger label head Busy P recently mined Comix's "Touche Pas Mon Sexe" for the recent electro house stomper "Rainbow Man". If anybody knows French dance music, it's probably that dude. The disc drops February 12. [MORE...]
Photos: Spiritualized [New York, NY; 11/16/07]
Photos by William Kirk
The elusive J. Spaceman touched down at New York City's famed Apollo Theater this past weekend to treat eager Earthlings to some typically transcendent Spiritualized fare. To help escort us into his world, the being known down here as Jason Pierce enlisted strings, keys, and choir to join in performing stripped down, acoustic versions of many of his finest tunes.
The "Acoustic Mainlines" tour hits Boston tonight and rolls into London next month. Meanwhile, all signs point toward a new Spiritualized record in 2008.
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Of Montreal Do New Ad, Barnes Talks Selling Out
"To me, the TV is the world's asshole boss and if anyone can earn some extra bucks from it and they're not Bill O'Reilly, it's a good thing."
As you know, indie rockers and corporate America can make for awfully strange bedfellows. Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes seems to be more accustomed to snuggling up with commercial interests than most, what with his now-infamous Outback Steakhouse ad and at least one other foray into the world of selling stuff.
And he's done it again, with a T-Mobile advert that debuted during last night's American Music Awards. The ad features two lines of Barnes dialogue, the band all gussied up, and just a bit of "Gronlandic Edit"; it will be airing regularly throughout the next several months (Art Brut have apparently filmed a similar spot). Check out the clip over at Idolator.
Stereogum caught wind of Kevin's plans to peddle phones on the telly and asked Kevin just what the deal was. He responded with a rather lengthy thinkpiece entitled "Selling Out Isn't Possible", printed in full on stereogum.com.
The gist of Barnes' statement is simple: he may be providing these companies his goods and services in exchange for money, but in so doing, he's not actually compromising his art. That in mind, he can't really be characterized as a sellout. This isn't entirely true-- Outback Steakhouse did compromise the lyrics of your song to better move bloomin' onions or whatever-- but it's close: though the popularity of Of Montreal has ballooned of late, it's mostly due to their latest, weirdest record and most elaborate, well-conceived stage show to date.
Apropos of the article's title, Barnes then rails against the very notion of selling out itself. "The pseudo-nihilistic punk rockers of the 70's created an impossible code which no one can actually live by," he writes, adding, "it's such garbage. The idea that anyone who attempts to do anything commercial is a sellout is completely out of touch with reality."
Barnes mentions that those crying sellout are generally gainfully employed and, therefore, oughta think about zippin' that lip. And he closes with this: "Next time you see a commercial with one of your favorite band's songs in it, just tell yourself, 'Cool, a band I really like made some money and now I can probably look forward to a few more records from them.' It's as simple as that. We all have to do certain things, from time to time, that we might not be completely psyched about, in order to pay the bills. To me, the TV is the world's asshole boss and if anyone can earn some extra bucks from it and they're not Bill O'Reilly, it's a good thing." Also worth mentioning: better to have Of Montreal records on the telly than, uh, Hinder.
The full text of Barnes' statement is available here. The PLUG Award nominated Of Montreal have a couple of U.S. dates left before they head to Europe to close out 2007. Oh, and while we're all on the same page, check out Pitchfork's interview with Mr. Barnes right here. [MORE...]
Photos: Black Kids [Athens, GA; 11/16/07]
Photos by Mike White"It's great to be back in Athens," exclaimed Black Kids' frontman Reggie Youngblood at the Flicker Theatre and Bar this Friday, "the scene of the crime." Youngblood was of course referring to the young band's performance at this year's Athens Popfest, which drew them lots of buzz from websites such as this one, and eventually led to a CMJ write-up in The New York Times.
Well, now the DIY rockers have their own management deal and are touring this year's Best New Music'd EP, The Wizard of Ahhhs, through their native Florida before heading off to the UK. More photos and tour dates below.
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Wed: 11-21-07: 07:00 AM CST
Justice, Peaches, 2 Live Crew, A-Trak Do NYE in L.A.
Tue: 11-20-07: 04:30 PM CST
Michael Showalter Talks Sandwiches, State Reunion
Tue: 11-20-07: 03:15 PM CST
The Mountain Goats Reveal New Album
Tue: 11-20-07: 02:35 PM CST
Wu-Tang Clan Plot Winter Diagrams Tour
Tue: 11-20-07: 01:20 PM CST
The Walkmen Stroll Into 2008 With Live Dates
- Bat for Lashes Drop iTunes EP With Plaid Remix
- Tim Hecker Preps New Vinyl EP
- Dresden Dolls Tour, Amanda Palmer Goes Solo on LP
- Photos: Peter Moren (of Peter Bjorn and John) [New York, NY; 11/19/07]
- Joe Lally's Gear Stolen in San Francisco
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- Bat for Lashes Drop iTunes EP With Plaid Remix
- Michael Showalter Talks Sandwiches, State Reunion
- Tim Hecker Preps New Vinyl EP
- The Mountain Goats Reveal New Album
- Wu-Tang Clan Plot Winter Diagrams Tour
- Dresden Dolls Tour, Amanda Palmer Goes Solo on LP
- The Walkmen Stroll Into 2008 With Live Dates
- Photos: Peter Moren (of Peter Bjorn and John) [New York, NY; 11/19/07]
- Joe Lally's Gear Stolen in San Francisco
- NIN Remix Site Halted by Universal Music Group
- Gang of Four Share Demos, Plan EP
- The Kooks Head to the U.S. on Tour
- Mountain Goats, Magnetic Fields, Cursive Do Noise Pop
- Un-T.V. Eye: November 19-25, 2007
- Bjork Adds More 2008 Dates, Plots New Single
- Deerhunter "Going on Hiatus"
- Kanye, Rapture, Pharoahe Monch Play Good Vibrations
- Bodies of Water Sign to Secretly Canadian
- Sian Alice Group Prep Debut LP for Social Registry
- Obscure French Synth-Wave Collected on Comp
- Photos: Spiritualized [New York, NY; 11/16/07]
- Of Montreal Do New Ad, Barnes Talks Selling Out
- Photos: Black Kids [Athens, GA; 11/16/07]
- Blood Meridian Seek to Liquidate Paris on New Disc
- Interpol / Kosheen Artwork: More Than Coincidence?
- Yo La Tengo to Play "Saturday Night Live" Stage Show
- Jack White, Bob Dylan Rework Hank Williams Lyrics
- Deerhoof, Milk Man Artist Team for Artsy Gig
- Asobi Seksu, White Rabbits on Gigantic Singles Series
- Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Add 2008 Gigs
- Spoon Close Out 2007 With More Dates
- Ramones, Big Star, Mary Weiss on Norton Singles Comp
- Gibbard, Decemberists, McKay Play Aimee Mann Xmas
- Band of Horses Turn Down Wal-Mart TV Ad
- Stones Throw Roster Kicks Off B-Ball Tour
- White Williams Announces 2008 Tour
- My Bloody Valentine Add Reunion Gigs
- Lupe Fiasco Reveals The Cool Tracklist
- Smashing Pumpkins Extend Tour
- Daniel Johnston Drops Vinyl, Sends Found to U.S.
- Howlin Rain Sign to American Recordings, Prep LP
- Pixies Tribute LP Out Digitally, CD Due Soon
- P.T. Anderson/Elliott Smith Film to Surface in 2008?
- Modest Mouse/Built to Spill Covers LP in the Works
- The Fiery Furnaces Add More North American Dates
- Interpol Add 2008 Dates
- Regina Spektor Collapses Before Nashville Gig
- Photos: Kevin Drew with Emily Haines, Scott Kannberg, and Friends [New York, NY; 11/14/07]
- My Bloody Valentine Announce Reunion Shows!
- Battles, Of Montreal Lead PLUG Award Nominees
- Rufus Wainwright's Judy Garland Tribute Hits CD/DVD
- Sigur Ros Working on New Album With Flood
- Lee Ranaldo Pens Poetry Book Based on E-mail Spam
- Secret Machines Add Member, Work on LP3
- Kate Bush Records New Song for Soundtrack
- Animal Collective 2008 Plans: EP, LP Box, Recording
- Band of Horses Plan New Year's, 2008 Dates
- Hot Chip, Kelley Polar Remix Caribou on New Single
- Psych Pop Rarities Collected in Remastered Rubble Box
- Richard Swift Embraces Science, Technology on New LP
- Photos: Black Dice / No Age / Mika Miko [Los Angeles, CA; 11/13/07]
- White Stripes Nab Beck for "Conquest" B-Sides
- Coyote Reveal Outsides on New Album
- Cadence Weapon Births Afterparty Babies on New LP
- Numero Group Revisits Miami on Latest Soul Comp
- Tweedy, Oldham, Deal Sisters Play Second City Benefit
- Gorillaz Documentary Bananaz in the Works
- Andrew Bird Drops Tour EP, Adds Dates
- Tweedy, McGuinn, Some Mekons Play School Benefit
- Phil Elverum Cancels Remaining Mount Eerie Dates
- T.I. Speaks Out in Video Statement, Names New LP
- Air Tour Europe With Au Revoir Simone
- Neko Case Big Ups Poetry in Poetry Magazine
- Manu Chao Preps Digital Releases, Reissues
- R.E.M., Beasties, Roots Play Langerado 2008
- Opeth Unleash a Live Album, Play a Cruise Ship
- Former Dismemberment Planners Prep Statehood LP
- Photos: Jay-Z [Baltimore, MD; 11/09/07]
- Ya Ho Wa 13 Play First Shows in 30 Years, Reissue LP
- EMI Deceiving Radiohead Fans?
- Metric Release Live DVD, iTunes EP
- Ladytron Sign to Nettwerk, Prep Fourth LP
- Arctic Monkeys Choose "Teddy Picker" for Next Single
- Alan Sparhawk's Black-Eyed Snakes Go Skiing on DVD
- Dan Deacon Reveals Ultimate Reality Tour Details
- The Band's Levon Helm Helps Ida Prepare Prayers
- Photos: The Walkmen [San Diego, CA; 11/10/07]
- Major Stars Join Drag City Roster for New LP, Tour
- Los Campesinos! Name Album, Add 2008 Dates
- Travis Morrison Rounds Up Hellfighters for Fall Tour
- Un-T.V. Eye: November 12-18, 2007
- Art Brut's Argos, Black Box Recorder Cut Xmas Single
- Kanye, Bowie, Cat Power Design Charity Lunchboxes
- Photos: Menomena / Illinois [Boston, MA; 11/09/07]
- Roots Curate Fest, Do Entire Things Fall Apart LP Live
- Kelley Stoltz Serves Up Sounds for Sub Pop
- Donda West, Mother of Kanye, Dead at 58
- Weezer Announce Release Date for New Album
- Radiohead Announce North America Rainbows Release
- Naked Man Tasered in the Ass at Girl Talk Show
- Sigur Ros' Jonsi Birgisson Talks Plans, Interviews
- Broken Social Scenesters on New Jason Collett Album
- Photos: Battles / Caribou / White Williams [Chicago, IL; 11/08/07]
- Black Kids Add Dates
- Polvo Reunite for All Tomorrow's Parties
- Dirty Projectors Take on More Touring
- Goldfrapp Reveal Seventh Tree Tracklist
- Trans Am Hit the Road With Tool
- Sharon Jones Adds Dates, Great Debaters OST Revealed
- Whitest Boy Alive Issue Dreams in the UK via Modular
- Sufjan Announces Christmas Song Exchange Contest
- The Go! Team Plot "Wrath of Marcie" Single
- Unreleased 1978 Talking Heads Live Cut on KALX 7"
- Nirvana's Novoselic Blogs, Talks Anarchy, "Teen Spirit"
- My Brightest Diamond Kicks Off Tour Tonight
- Radiohead Doing Something on the Web in Two Hours
- Ghostface Unveils Big Doe Tracklist, Guests, Cover Art
- Pitchfork: The Survey!
- Blood Brothers Break Up, For Real This Time
- Soulwax Roughed Up by Bouncers in Liverpool
- Hold Steady, Husker Du Guys in Replacements Book
- Report: I'm Not There: In Concert [New York, NY; 11/07/07]
- Lily Allen to Host TV Show on BBC Three
- Vampire Weekend Reveal Debut Album Details
- Radiohead Reveal UK Rainbows Release Date, Single
- Another Devendra Banhart Art Exhibit
- Handsome Furs Revive Touring Plague
- Cat Power Covers Lil Wayne on Updated Jukebox
- Thurston, Pornos, Liars, Deerhunter Do Barcelona Fest
- Franz's Thomson Drums Up Domino 7" With Correcto
- Vincent Gallo, Hole's Eric Erlandson Form Improv Act
- New My Bloody Valentine Album Due This Year??
- Electrelane Go on “Indefinite Hiatus”
- Hot Chip Line Up 2008 Dates
- Tokyo Police Club, Vampire Weekend Play Charity Concert in Memory of Ra Ra Riot's John Pike
- Radiohead Box Set: Label's Idea, Not Band's
- Sub Pop Opens Digital Download Store
- Lily Allen, Lingerie Model
- Girl Talk Tours Into 2008
- Hello, Blue Roses [ft. Dan Bejar] Reveal LP Details
- Wilco Add Bonus Tracks to Sky Blue Sky
- Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Singles Comp Due Soon
- Faint Guitarist's Metal Side Project Preps LP for Relapse
- Del the Funky Homosapien Signs to Def Jux for New LP
- Ghostface Doll Finally Available
- Photos: Tanned Tin Festival [Castellon, Spain; 10/31-11/04/07]
- Photos: Pylon [Atlanta, GA; 11/01/07]
- Radiohead Rainbows CD Due Via ATO New Year's Day?
- Raveonettes Sign to Vice, Overload on Lust for New LP
- Hold Steady, Black Lips, Deerhunter Join ATP vs. P4k
- LSF's Harrington Plays Mosquito in Commercial
- White Stripes Ready New Mystery Songs, Collab, Video
- Sufjan Stevens Tours Australia, Japan in January
- Photos: SunnO))) / Jesu [Portland, OR; 11/03/07]
- Carrie Brownstein Blogs for NPR
- Weller, Coxon, Rourke, Ditto Do Wacky Charity Collab
- PJ Harvey Preps "Piano" Single, Plays Shows
- Photos: Modest Mouse / Man Man [Edmonton, Alberta; 11/03/07]
- Un-T.V. Eye: November 5-11, 2007
- Photos: ATP Presents Release the Bats [London, England; 11/02/07]
- Franz Ferdinand Subject of New Book
- Yeasayer Close Out 2007 With Live Dates
- Photos: Fun Fun Fun Fest [Austin, TX; 11/03 - 11/04/07]
- Loney, Dear's Sologne Reissued in the States
- Grizzly Bear, Belle & Sebastian Members <3 the City
- The Magnetic Fields Announce 2008 Dates
- Radiohead's First Seven LPs Collected in Box Set
- Bjork, Sufjan, Newsom, Brian Wilson Play Sydney Fest
- Andrew W.K., Malajube, Bon Iver Do Madison Pop Fest
- Man Man Sign to Anti- Records
- Mount Eerie Unleashes Massive Photo Tome With LP
- Richard Youngs Preps Response for Jagjaguwar
- Morrissey Close to New Label Deal, Plans New LP, Tour
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Dig in for New LP
- New From Dust-to-Digital: Field Recordings, Tuvan Throat Singing, Global Music, Old Music
- Califone Hit the Road With Iron & Wine
- A Place to Bury Strangers Add Dates to Tour
- Suicide, Liquid Liquid on Downtown 81 Soundtrack
- Destroyer, Black Mountain Play Scratch Records Parties
- Oldham, Sweeney, W.K. on Baby Dee's Drag City Debut
- YACHT, Islands, Elverum Bring Noodles to NYC
- Sonic Youth, Low Play Don't Look Back Down Under
- Bright Eyes Guys Help Lightspeed Champ Cross Bridge
- Thao Nguyen Signs to Kill Rock Stars for Second LP
- Photos: World Premiere of Sufjan Stevens' "BQE" [Brooklyn, NY; 11/01/07]
- Dominik Eulberg to Issue Bionik in December
- Dirty on Purpose Decide They Like Bees on New EP
- Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks Name New Album
- Photos: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists / The Pogues [Los Angeles, CA; 10/31/07]
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Sufjan's "BQE"
- Chamberlin Sick, Pumpkins Reschedule Dates
- Daniel Johnston, Lightning Bolt's Chippendale Show Art
- Darnielle Writes About Sabbath, Drew Daniel Writes About Throbbing Gristle, Plus More 33 1/3 Series News
- Decemberists Cancel Rest of "Long and Short of It" Tour
- The Rumble Strips Come to America
- Michaels Showalter & Ian Black Tour Together
- Interpol Expand Love With DVD, Prep Single
- Photos: M.I.A. [Atlanta, GA; 10/31/07]
- Isis 10th Anniversary Bash: Two Singles, One Tour
- Reactivated Pylon Embark on Fall Tour
- Photos: The B-52's / The Rapture [New York, NY; 10/31/07]
- Robert Pollard Attack! Two More LPs, Art Show/Book
- Lil Wayne Precedes Tha Carter III With Leak
- Photos: The Hold Steady / Art Brut [Chicago, IL; 10/31/07]
- Feist, Kevin Drew, Okkervil, Deacon Play Laneway Fest
- Ex-Ramones Manager/Seymour Stein's Ex-Wife Slain
- Thrill Jockey Reveals Chicago Anniversary Bash Details
- PB&J;'s Peter Moren Reveals More Solo Album Details
- The Shins Cover Magnetic Fields on New Single
- Black Lips = Movie Stars
- Trail of Dead's Keely Tears Interscope a New One
- Arthur & Yu Tour With Kevin Drew, Iron & Wine (Again)
- Radiohead/XL Deal: Signed, Sealed, Delivered
- Okkervil River Extend Tour Into 2008
- Cryptacize Hope You'll Dig That Treasure in February
- Modest Mouse/Man Man Tour Kicks Off Tonight
- Tweedy, Strummer in Wilco Documentarian Jones' Book
- Malajube Kick Off Tour
- B-52's Craft Funplex, First Studio LP in 16 Years
- Pink Floyd Studio Catalogue Reissued in Box Set
- Stars Announce 2008 Dates
- Jay-Z Tapes Episode of VH1 "Storytellers"
- Sunset Rubdown, Final Fantasy Draw Sea Monsters
- Helio Sequence Keep Looking Ahead on New LP, Tour
- Band of Horses Launch Tour
- Patrick Wolf Starts Label, Plans Reissues, Takes Photos
- Bradford Cox's Atlas Sound LP Gets Release Date
- Frog Eyes, Bejar's Hello Blue Roses Split a Single
- Secretly Canadian Signs Seattle's Throw Me the Statue
- Photos: Vegoose Festival [Las Vegas, NV; 10/27/07-10/28/07]
- Black Keys, Six Parts Seven, GBV Members on All-Ohio Comp
- Love of Diagrams Embark on Fall Tour With Enon
- Gold Standard Laboratories Closing Its Doors
- Roisin Murphy Injures Eye Socket at Moscow Gig
- Iron & Wine Announces 2008 Dates
- Six Organs Craft Exclusive CD for Co-Written Book
- Goldfrapp Reveal New LP Details
- Best of Common's Early Years Collected on Hits Comp
- Modeselektor, Poirier, Yellowman, TTC on Scion 12"s
- Menomena's Seim Blogs, Preps New Lackthereof Album
- Sons & Daughters Return With a Gift on New LP
- Bon Iver Signs to Jagjaguwar
- T.V. Eye: October 29-November 4, 2007
- Spoon, Explosions, Aesop Rock Play Antipop Fest
- Photos: Kevin Drew [Portland, OR; 10/27/07]
- Devendra Banhart Exhibits Art at San Fran MOMA
- Photos: The Decemberists [Chicago, IL; 10/28/07]
- Kanye Writes a Book of "Kanye-isms"
- Flaming Lips Play OK Show With Country Superstars
- Photos: Jens Lekman [Philadelphia, PA; 10/26/07]
- Robyn's Robyn Finally Coming Stateside in 2008
- Country Music Legend Porter Wagoner, 1927-2007
- Pumpkins Prep Another Best Buy-Only Zeitgeist
- New Magnetic Fields Album Gets Release Date, Title
- Xiu Xiu, Deerhoof, Why? Members Help AIDS Orphans
- PB&J; Nab Besnard Lakes as Openers; Peter Goes Solo
- Natalie Portman's Mixtape Tracklist Revealed
- Ipecac Recordings Roster Becomes Toys
- Le Loup Sign to Memphis Industries in the UK, Tour
- Burrito Brothers Set Kicks Off Parsons Archival Series
- Caribou Extends Tour
- Georgie James Cancel Dates Due to Illness
- Decemberists Kick Off "Long and Short of It" Tour
- Photos: The Pipettes [Los Angeles, CA; 10/25/07]
- Beirut, Black Lips, Edwyn Collins, Yeasayer Play Swn
- Russian Circles Sign to Suicide Squeeze
- Clipse Leave Jive/Star Trak for Columbia
- Naked Raygun Tour, Release CD/DVD Retrospective
- Natalie Portman Curates Indie Rock Charity Mix
- New Ballet Set to El-P's Music
- Wilco Nix UK Gigs, Add 2008 Dates
- Thievery Corp's Garza Reveals Galaxy Details, Tour
- Queens of the Stone Age to Play Salt Mine, Add Dates
- Busdriver Hits the Road Tonight for Fall Tour
- Beanie Sigel to Offer The Solution in December
- Photos: Bright Eyes / Simon Joyner [Omaha, NE; 10/24/07]
- Photos: Mum / Our Brother the Native / Tom Brosseau [Los Angeles, CA; 10/24/07]
- Os Mutantes Working on New Tunes With Tom Ze
- Photos: Stars / New Buffalo [Philadelphia, PA; 10/24/07]
- Saul Williams Gives Away New Reznor-Produced LP
- Sly and the Family Stone Schedule U.S. Shows
- Decemberists, Death Cab, Lily Allen on XRT Live Comp
- The Pipettes Kick Off Rescheduled Tour
- Mac McCaughan Discusses "Future of Radio" in Senate
- Xiu Xiu Reveal New Album Details
- OiNK Founder: "I Haven't Done Anything Wrong"
- Goldfrapp Wrap LP; Gregory, Portishead's Utley Collab
- "Severe Illness" Tanks Underworld Tour
- Tapes 'n Tapes' Grier Checks in From the Studio
- Charalambides Ready Likeness LP, Tour
- The Valerie Project Reveal LP Details, More Dates
- Ex-Fugazi Roundup: Evens Tour, Joe Lally Tour/LP
- Flaming Lips Do Another Song for a Movie Soundtrack
- GZA Added to Portishead ATP, Doing Swords in London
- Xiu Xiu Book Bumped, Bonus CD Tracklist Revealed
- Photos: The Hold Steady / Art Brut [Philadelphia, PA; 10/23/07]
- The Rapture Release "The Sound" as New Single
- Blood Brothers Still Together...For Now
- Liars Give Away Liars Demos
- Califone, Dirty Projectors, Black Moth on Esopus Comp
- Rakim Talks New Album, Tour, History Lessons
- Bob Dylan Releases DVD of Newport Performances
- Crystal Castles, New Puritans, Teenagers Do Vice Tour
- Mum Spread Poison Ivy on Tour
- Vanderhoof Leaves Akron/Family for Buddhist Center
- Portishead Album One Day From Completion
- Jens Lekman Kicks Off U.S. Tour Tonight
- Merge Preps New American Music Club, Radar Bros. LPs
- The Cool Kids Sign to Chocolate Industries
- Mars Volta Head to Bedlam in January, Plan NYE Show
- Photos: Glass Candy / Bunny Rabbit / High Places / Partyline [Chicago, IL; 10/20/07]
- Daniel A.I.U. Higgs Exhibits Art, Tours
- Radiohead Eyeing Unique Label Deals for Rainbows CD
- Illegal Torrent Site OiNK Busted by Police
- Blitzen Trapper Saddle Up for More Live Dates
- Stars of the Lid Plan Fall Tour
- Les Savy Fav, Phosphorescent, Bazan Play Troika Fest
- Will Oldham Covers R. Kelly, Bjork, Danzig on New LP
- Einsturzende Neubauten Uber Alles on New LP
- J Church's Lance Hahn R.I.P.
- Patrick Wolf, Rufus Wainwright Perform Plague Songs
- Villalobos, Shackleton, Appleblim on Skull Disco Comp
- T.V. Eye: October 22-28, 2007
- Trail of Dead Leave Interscope, Reveal Tour Dates
- Fuck Buttons See "Bright Tomorrow" on Single
- Jay-Z Announces Fall Dates
- Photos: Joanna Newsom with Orchestra [Milwaukee, WI; 10/21/07]
- RZA Bumps Wu's 8 Diagrams Back to Please Ghostface
- Killing Joke/Ministry Bassist Paul Raven R.I.P.
- A Place to Bury Strangers Shut Down by Cops, Tour
- Black Lips Add Dates, Get Remixed by Diplo
- Pearls and Brass' Huth Goes Solo on Drag City
- Harmonia Reunite for Concert, Live LP
- Supersilent Set to Unleash LP 8 in the States
- U.S. Customs Clears Chris Walla's Hard Drive