Carrie Brownstein Blogs for NPR
Stephin Merritt, Georgie James take part in songwriting challenge
With Janet Weiss (wo-)manning the skins in the Jicks full-time and Corin Tucker maybe writing but mostly chilling away from the world of indie celebrity right now, most of the post-breakup news coming out of the Sleater-Kinney camp is focused on the day-to-day of Carrie Brownstein. Fortunately, between her ThunderAnt comedic collaboration with Fred Armisen and other miscellany, her day-to-day is plenty newsworthy.
Brownstein's latest endeavor comes in the form of a blog for the newly launched NPR Music. The site is a multimedia resource for music information in the form of news, reviews, interviews, concert and studio performance footage, podcasts, and more.
Brownstein's blog, Monitor Mix, is one of two initial NPR Music blogs. (The other is the "All Songs Considered" blog, written by that show's producers.) In her introductory Monitor Mix post, Brownstein lays out her goals quite straightforwardly: "Though I might occasionally review a piece of music, I would rather explore the contexts and the ways in which we enjoy or maybe even despise it... I'll post daily or almost daily, so please check back." Look out, Kanye!
She also posted the following query:
"The other day I was driving home and saw a boy in his early twenties walking along the sidewalk. He was wearing a gray trench coat, combat boots, and a backpack, and he had a medium-haired black cat on his shoulder. It always worries me when people carry their cats around in public. It's not as bad as the woman in North Portland who brings a mini pony with her to the coffee shop, but it still makes me uneasy; it's attention-seeking, and I am forced to spend the next few hours wondering how someone trains a cat to do that. But what kind of music does a young man who is a human scratching post listen to? I might guess Peter Murphy or Tool or My Chemical Romance, but I have no idea. These are some of the questions I want to answer. I want to find out why people are drawn to certain songs, genres, voices, or instruments.
Let's start with this question: If you carry a cat around on your shoulder when you go out, or a bird, or a lizard, what music do you listen to? Or, if you're not any of those people, ask someone who is."
Readers are encouraged to answer in the comments section.Another noteworthy feature on NPR Music is "Project Song", a challenge filmed at the NPR studios in which songwriters are asked to write and record an original song in 48 hours. The Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt was the first participant, and following him will be Georgie James.
Weller, Coxon, Rourke, Ditto Do Wacky Charity Collab
Plus: New Young Pony Club, Supergrass, Ed Harcourt, Babyshambles bassist
Crisis is, according to its website, a London-based charity organization that "fights homelessness and empowers people to fulfil their potential and transform their lives." The charity was founded in 1967, inspired by the grim 1966 UK television documentary Cathy Come Home, which depicts the trials of an impoverished couple.
Crisis Consequences, then, is a bid to raise money toward the organization's cause by enlisting a bunch of UK music press darlings to collaborate on a single recording-- and later, a live gig-- in a Consequences-like fashion. If you think this sounds like a train wreck waiting to happen, you're probably right-- but hey, it's for charity. And besides, you don't even know who's involved yet!
Here's who: Paul Weller (The Jam, The Style Council), Graham Coxon (Blur), Andy Rourke (The Smiths), Beth Ditto (The Gossip), Drew McConnell (Babyshambles), New Young Pony Club, Supergrass, Ed Harcourt, Pearl Lowe (Powder), and the Enemy.
Members of this unlikely "supergroup" began recording the charity track today (November 5)-- NME.com has the skinny, if you feel so inclined-- and the finished product is expected to be available in early 2008.
2008-- March 2, to be exact-- will also see all these beautiful people sharing a single stage at London's Roundhouse. It's sure to be a [adjective], [adjective], [noun], [interjection]!
PJ Harvey Preps "Piano" Single, Plays Shows
Photo by Kathryn YuThe piano: not just the instrument PJ Harvey has embraced in earnest on her latest opus-- the haunting White Chalk-- but also the upcoming second single from said album.
"The Piano"-- which, amusingly, is a song played on guitar and zither-- drops on UK audiences November 26 via Island/Universal in digital and limited edition 7" formats. Polly's past and present collide on this release, which comes backed with "Heaven", a tune she wrote and recorded way back in 1988.
That's a solid 20 years before 2008, the year in which Harvey will head Down Under for a spate of February shows. She'll first, however, close out 2007 with a pair of upcoming gigs in Paris and Dublin.
And if you haven't already done so, do check out Harvey's musings on the 88 keys-- which she calls "enormously freeing"-- and many other matters in her interview with Pitchfork's Amanda Petrusich. [MORE...]
Photos: Modest Mouse / Man Man [Edmonton, Alberta; 11/03/07]
Photos by Aaron VanimereThe freakiest joint tour of the year kicked off its reprise this past Halloween weekend, once again pairing the wacky stylings of Philly's Man Man with the skewed rock of Modest Mouse.
Brock, Marr, and company continue taking their Man-ly pals on a short string of Canadian shows before winding back through the continental States over the next month. More photos and a schedule of all your opportunities to catch the four M's below.
MODEST MOUSE
MAN MAN
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Un-T.V. Eye: November 5-11, 2007
Due to the Writers Guild of America strike, shows dependent on fresh topical content will likely be airing reruns all week (and for the future, if the strike is not settled.) Thus, musical performances on talk and late night shows have been canceled as well. Among many others, Band of Horses won't be performing on "Conan" tonight, Grizzly Bear probably won't be playing there tomorrow, and Amy Winehouse is unlikely to hit "Saturday Night Live" on Saturday.
UPDATE: Fuel TV's "The Daily Habit" will still be airing, so look out for UNKLE on Tuesday, November 6 and Blonde Redhead on Wednesday, November 7. Also, PBS' "Austin City Limits" will air an Arcade Fire performance on Saturday, November 10.
Photos: ATP Presents Release the Bats [London, England; 11/02/07]
Photos by Lex Berko; Above: DeerhunterYou thought Halloween was over, did you? Well you must not have been accounting for the, um, time change? For one reason or another-- probably owing to Halloween falling on a Wednesday-- the All Tomorrow's Parties festivities for All Hallows' Eve were held on All Souls' Day, as Deerhoof, Liars, Deerhunter, Black Lips, and Fuck Buttons played ATP's first Release the Bats concert at London's Forum.
Pretty much everyone was feeling the spirit of the holiday: Deerhoof's John Dieterich stood by in a chef's suit while bandmate Satomi Matsuzaki sprayed the crowd with Silly String, Deerhunter's Bradford Cox showed off a very mod blouse, and Liars sweated off all their facepaint. Black Lips and Fuck Buttons, it would seem, came dressed as themselves. Clever, guys!
ATP keeps the party rolling with a number of upcoming events, including that big ol' throwdown with yours truly this May. More photos below.
DEERHOOF
LIARS
BLACK LIPS
DEERHUNTER
FUCK BUTTONS
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Franz Ferdinand Subject of New Book
An A-Z of Franz Ferdinand is Helen Chase's searing exposé
of the seamy underbelly of the Scottish angle-rockers, a Kitty
Kelly-style autobiography that digs up every last speck of dirt on the
perpetually scandal-ridden, drug-addled renegades.
Sike! Remember, folks, this is a band whose frontman wrote a book about food. Still, there's plenty to learn about Alex and the lads from the tome. According to NME.com, Chase's A-Z features a series of thematic vignettes and never-before-seen photos, which should school even the biggest Franz Ferdi-fan (yep, went there). Chase conducted a series of lengthy interviews and did extensive research for A-Z, which seeks to serve as a definitive guide to the band's first five years. And beyond, apparently: the author dishes with the dudes about their elusive forthcoming third LP.
The book will be published by Northumbria University Press and will be launched November 18 at Newcastle, England's The Cluny. Bands Modes and Marcheys House are scheduled to play, because standing around looking at a pile of books on a table isn't a very good way to kill an hour. Though there are no concrete plans to release the book outside of the U.K. at the moment, Northumbria Press is currently in talks with an American publisher, with the hope of putting out the book around the time the new Franz disc drops next year.
Franz Ferdinand have no touring plans to speak of, though they do have a tune on that "Saturday Night Live" comp, which is kind of like a Franz Ferdinand concert, only far shorter, and no longer live. Hmmm.
Yeasayer Close Out 2007 With Live Dates
Photo by William KirkThe hairy, harmony-heavy, hippy-dippy (except, you know, in a good way!) troupe they call Yeasayer will pack up the fretless bass, the sitar emulation pedal, and-- oh yeah-- all their Pitchfork-recommended Cymbals and head Europe-way this month for a run of mostly British gigs.
They return to the States in December for a handful of gigs, capping things off with their "last NYC show of 2007" at the city's Mercury Lounge on the 15th of that month. A North American tour, however, is in the works for early 2008. [MORE...]
Photos: Fun Fun Fun Fest [Austin, TX; 11/03 - 11/04/07]
Photos by Zach Vowell; Above: Of Montreal
As the "Live Music Capital of the World," Austin, Texas, is no stranger to the festivals. Between Austin City Limits and South by Southwest, Austinites are used to good ol' beer-drinkin', rockin' fun times.
But no festival in Austin (or anywhere, really) purports to have as much fun as the annual Fun Fun Fun Fest, which this weekend celebrated its second iteration with Battles, Cat Power, Explosions In The Sky, the New Pornographers, Of Montreal, Okkervil River, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, Mates of State, and Final Fantasy, among others. (Meanwhile, Brooklyn's No Fun Fest sat in a corner with its arms crossed.)
More photos of the two-day festivities below.
DAY ONE:
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
OF MONTREAL
OKKERVIL RIVER
FINAL FANTASY (WITH GUESTS DAN BEJAR AND CADENCE WEAPON)
DAY TWO:
BATTLES
CAT POWER
TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS
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Loney, Dear's Sologne Reissued in the States
We North Americans may just now be coming around on this Loney, Dear character-- the well-punctuated project from Swedish songwriter Emil Svanängen-- but the nice folks at a handful of labels are sure making it easy to play catch up.Earlier this year, Sub Pop treated us to the lovely Loney, Noir, and now, 2006's self-released Sologne (also issued on Something in Construction in the UK) will be reissued in the States December 4 from the Rebel Group. Our Roque Strew recently called Sologne a "very, very good thing," and Sub Pop must've agreed: it's the disc that inspired them to sign Loney, Dear for Noir.
The labels might be giving us a hand, but booking agents are keeping Loney in Europe for now. Tonight, Svanängen embarks on a few weeks of dates, in large part with fellow mellow fellow Andrew Bird. Loney, Dear is planning to tour the U.S. extensively early next year, though those dates have yet to emerge. [MORE...]
Grizzly Bear, Belle & Sebastian Members <3 the City
As do Bob Mould, Cornelius, Plaid, Rogue Wave's Zach, Sondre Lerche, Zooey Deschanel
No dig on flowers and trees and wild animals and stuff like that, but there's plenty of inspiration to be found right here in the urban environs so many of us call home-- just ask Sufjan, who recently turned an eyesore of an expressway into a multimedia extravaganza, or any of the sundry musicians set to partake in "Songs of the City", a night of odes to the urbane put on by the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
January 8 finds city folk like Belle and Sebastian's Stevie Jackson, Grizzly Bear's Daniel Rossen, Bob Mould, Rogue Wave's Zach Rogue, Sondre Lerche, Franklin Bruno, Sean Lennon, Inara George, Biirdie, and Zooey Deschanel each serving up "a stripped-down, heartfelt performance that portrays their mobile, civic existence" at L.A.'s Walt Disney Concert Hall.
UPDATE: Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio has been added to the lineup.
And that's not all. On January 17, Japan's own Cornelius will descend upon the very same space with his Cornelius Group Synchronized Sensuous Show. Together they'll present a special "visual and sonic experience" known as Man-Machine in the Digital City. If it's anything like Tron, I am so there.
Ticket purchasers for Man-Machine will be treated to a special bonus in the form of three Cornelius mp3s, including "Breezin", a live version of "I Hate Hate", and a remix of "Fit Song" by the Books. They'll also witness an opening set by Plaid, featuring Greedy Baby collaborator and video artist Bob Jaroc.
Both events go down as part of the L.A. Phil's "Concrete Frequency" series, which has also programmed a few orchestral nights-- including a couple that pair pieces by Aaron Copland, Edgard Varèse, and George Crumb with a work by Frank Zappa. Hot dog.
The Magnetic Fields Announce 2008 Dates
The Decemberists may have canceled their tour of paired-up dates, but the Magnetic Fields have arrived just in time to pick up the slack.Following the announcement of their new album, Distortion, which comes out January 15 via Nonesuch, Stephin Merritt and company have scheduled a tour consisting of two shows in each city they play (and six in Chicago!). This will be the first time the Fields have toured since 2004.
The first date of the tour is February 11 in Northampton, Massachusetts. [MORE...]
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Weezer LP6 Site Declared Hoax, Alone Pushed Back
Tue: 11-27-07: 07:00 AM CST
Simian Mobile Disco Hustle Into 2008 With More Shows
Mon: 11-26-07: 04:30 PM CST
Herbert Seeks Phoned-In Vocals for New Big Band LP
Mon: 11-26-07: 03:10 PM CST
James Murphy, Nelly Furtado on Fucked Up Holiday 7"
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Wu-Tang Clan Reveal 8 Diagrams Tracklist, Add Dates
- R.E.M.'s Mills Plays New Orleans Charity Event in D.C.
- Un-T.V. Eye: November 26-December 3, 2007
- Richard Hawley Steps Out on Stage and Screen
- The Clean Plan Some Shows
- Morrissey Plans 2008 Gigs
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- R.E.M.'s Mills Plays New Orleans Charity Event in D.C.
- Herbert Seeks Phoned-In Vocals for New Big Band LP
- Un-T.V. Eye: November 26-December 3, 2007
- Richard Hawley Steps Out on Stage and Screen
- The Clean Plan Some Shows
- James Murphy, Nelly Furtado on Fucked Up Holiday 7"
- Wu-Tang Clan Reveal 8 Diagrams Tracklist, Add Dates
- Morrissey Plans 2008 Gigs
- Photos: Dinosaur Jr. [Boston, MA; 11/24/07]
- My Bloody Valentine Plan Digital Self-Release for LP
- DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist Join for "Hard Sell" Tour
- Ellen Page Talks Juno Soundtrack, Kimya Dawson
- New Pornographers Host XM Show, Issue iTunes Single
- Prefuse 73, Books, Petra Haden Rework Cornelius on EP
- Baroness Roll Over East Coast on Tour
- Horse Feathers Sign to Kill Rock Stars
- Lookout, the Next Silver Jews LP Has a Title
- DMC, De La Soul, Raekwon Play Jam Master Jay Benefit
- Circulatory System, Daedelus, Liz Janes Play Athens Fest
- Bruce Springsteen and Band Add Even More 2008 Dates
- Justice, Peaches, 2 Live Crew, A-Trak Do NYE in L.A.
- 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/Capillary Action 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]
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