Villalobos, Shackleton, Appleblim on Skull Disco Comp
Skull Disco: is it a label? Well, yeah. A collective? Indeed, inasmuch as the dubstep imprint's co-heads and fellow music makers Shackleton and Appleblim roll pretty tight. And you'll soon have the label/collective's legacy at your fingertips, as tomorrow (October 23), Rough Trade will issue a 19-track compilation of Skull Disco's greatest tracks (including one Villalobos remix).All of these cuts are lifted from Skull Disco's original 12"s, which makes the tracks technically new to the world of lasers and ASCII and stuff. The set, dubbed Soundboy Punishments, drops on two CDs and as a digital download. [MORE...]
Monday, October 22:
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: John Fogerty (rerun)
NBC: The Tonight Show With Jay Leno: Bright Eyes (rerun)
CBS: Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Ferraby Lionheart (rerun)
NBC: Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Andrew Bird (rerun)
Tuesday, October 23:
NBC: The Today Show: Feist
NBC: The Tonight Show With Jay Leno: Editors (rerun)
CBS: Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Zap Mama (rerun)
Wednesday, October 24:
CBS: Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson: 50 Cent (rerun)
NBC: Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Flight of the Conchords (rerun)
ABC: The View: Feist
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Jamie T (rerun)
Thursday, October 25:
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Interpol
NBC: Late Night With Conan O'Brien: the Mooney Suzuki (rerun)
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Peter Bjorn and John (rerun)
Saturday, October 27:
NBC: Saturday Night Live: Spoon (rerun)
FOX: Fearless TV: Theo and the Skyscrapers
Trail of Dead Leave Interscope, Reveal Tour Dates
Fans so divided on whether to go or just stay in their basements watching cartoons
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (and Our Bread) recently revealed the dates of their Adult Swim-sponsored tour of colleges with "Metalocalypse" band Dethklok. And they've also revealed a healthy portion of small club shows to accompany the tour, and those shows have already begun.
TOD's next show is in Nashville tomorrow, October 23, and the Adult Swim tour begins in Albuquerque on October 29.
Exciting in a different sort of way: Trail of Dead have parted ways Interscope Records-- or "prison," as the press release on the matter colorfully refers to it-- and they plan to re-enter the studio early next year to get to work on their sixth LP and So Divided follow-up. Producer Mike McCarthy (Spoon, So Divided) will be at the helm.
What's more, the band is planning a "Not So Greatest Hits" collection (aka (s)HITS), and frontman Conrad Keeley has taken his artistic muse for a spin: he will be selling ballpoint pen sketches from his Blue Series and other works during another, to-be-announced spring TOD tour. [MORE...]
Fuck Buttons See "Bright Tomorrow" on Single
Bristol Brits Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power may have ruined the generally accepted cuteness of buttons for all of us with their nom de musique, Fuck Buttons, but they're doing their best to make up for it.Today (October 22), the duo issued the "Bright Tomorrow" single in the UK via ATP Recordings. The single is a seven-inch picture disc with "Little Bloody Shoulder" on the B-side, and the duo will follow it up next year with a full-length titled Street Horrrsing.
The Buttons currently have dates scheduled with Pitchfork favorites like Liars, Deerhoof, Black Lips, Deerhunter, and Stars of the Lid. Granted, those first four are all part of one show, but that just makes it cooler.
Finally, Fuck Buttons are also among the artists who will play the recently announced and updated, partially Pitchfork-curated ATP vs. Pitchfork next May. Get psyched! [MORE...]
That date will kick off an all-too-brief run of live gigs the Jigga man has lined up in early November. He'll rock a grand total of five shows, sticking entirely to material from American Gangster. Just be glad he didn't pull that trick for the last one.
All aflutter for November 6? Tide yourself over with the recently reported tribute to Reasonable Doubt over at Damon Dash's social networking site. Yeah, it sounds a little weird when we read it, too. [MORE...]
Photos: Joanna Newsom with Orchestra [Milwaukee, WI; 10/21/07]
Flanked by busts of Beethoven and Wagner at the gorgeous Pabst Theater, Joanna Newsom kicked off her all-too-brief orchestral tour in Milwaukee last night. It was appropriate, really, for what is Ys if not a symphony of sorts in five movements (or, perhaps more accurately, a concerto for harp and voice with orchestra)?And, just as she had been doing on tour with the Ys Street Band, Newsom and orchestra-- joined also by Ys Streeters Neal Morgan and Ryan Francesconi-- stuck to the score, taking on Ys in sequence from start to finish (with the orchestra standing by during the album's solo centerpiece, "Sawdust & Diamonds").
It was at once everything a Ys devotee could ever hope for-- Van Dyke Parks' sumptuous arrangements brought to life!-- and over all too soon. Once the strings dropped out at the end of "Cosmia", that was that for the orchestra. Following an intermission, Newsom, Morgan, and Francesconi returned to play a handful of Milk-Eyed Mender favorites, plus Ys Street Band EP showstopper "Colleen".
Newsom closed out the second set with an untitled, unaccompanied new song-- interestingly, it was only at the conclusion of this set that the seated crowd finally gave a deserved standing ovation.
Newsom's orchestral adventures continue in Austin this weekend.
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RZA Bumps Wu's 8 Diagrams Back to Please Ghostface
Last Tuesday, word (which, after all, is bond) came down that Ghostface had taken some umbrage with the perpetually shifting release date for the Wu-Tang Clan's eagerly anticipated 8 Diagrams LP, which had made its most recent move to December 4, the same date as Ghost's Big Dough Rehab LP.Troubled by the possibility of diminishing sales returns for his own disc in light of the first new Wu-Tang album in six years, Ghost spoke, and the RZA-- slicing through the tension much as his nickname might suggest, and perhaps feeling generous after his recent chess conquests-- has worked out a new date for 8 Diagrams: December 11. Ahhh, that feels better.
In a video interview with MTV-- while perched next to a very giddy looking Common-- RZA explained that he was largely unaware of Big Dough Rehab when the December 4 date was set for 8 Diagrams. He detailed the tribulations that've gone into getting 8 Diagrams out there at all, then (sweetly) added: "Ghost is my brother, you know what I mean? I love him to death." And, that in mind, RZA moved the date back (a gesture also confirmed by the Wu's publicist), ensuring "mad cream" for all at the close of 2007.
Again, for enumeration purposes: Ghostface's The Big Dough Rehab will be out December 4 from Def Jam. Wu-Tang Clan's 8 Diagrams drops exactly seven days later (to the day!) on Loud/Universal/SRC/Wu Music Group. Let's let that be that, all right, fellas? I just wanna hear these things.
Ghostface, as you know, is touring with some of his fellow heavy hitters: though, sadly, none of them are named U-God. His next show is at this coming weekend's Vegoose Festival. [MORE...]
Killing Joke/Ministry Bassist Paul Raven R.I.P.
Photo by Steffan ChiraziPaul Vincent Raven-- bassist for post-punk pioneers Killing Joke and, in more recent years, industrial elder statesmen Ministry-- was found dead Saturday, October 20 in a private home in a small French village on the border of Switzerland, near Geneva. According to initial reports, his death was the result of a heart attack.
The 46-year-old Raven was in the thick of a couple different musical projects at the time of his death. He was in Geneva to record with French band Treponem Pal, and he planned to release an album by Mob Research-- a collaboration with members of Warrior Soul and the Mission UK-- on Ministry leader Al Jourgensen's 13th Planet Records next year.
After Raven's death, Jourgensen released a statement saying, "I am in total shock. The world of music is a sadder, emptier place. Not only was Raven an extraordinary talent, but one of my closest dearest friends. Our condolences and prayers go to his immediate family. He will be truly missed by artists, musicians, and his fans the world over."
For a statement on behalf of the Raven family, visit Mob Research's MySpace blog here.
A Place to Bury Strangers Shut Down by Cops, Tour
A Place to Bury Strangers: loud enough to necessitate their own line of effects pedals, sure, but loud enough for a brushup with John Law? According to the band's publicist, that's just the handcuff-rattling loudness attendees at last Thursday night's (October 18) CMJ show in NYC were up against. Observe:"Six policemen stormed A Place to Bury Strangers' set at Loisaida after just two songs following noise complaints from local tenants. The promoter, Vacancy Records' Louise Fenton, was escorted by the officers toward the back of the building to have a word." [See photo above]
Fenton somehow convinced the cops to allow the band one more song, so APTBS did "Ocean", the epic closing track from their self-titled album. "Police officers then reported back to their dispatch to say they were in the process of shutting the event down, but that they were letting the band finish their song first, because, (directly quoted from the officer): 'This band is sick.'"
Dude! That is pretty sick. Saturday's APTBS gig at The Delancey, meanwhile-- at least, as our Marc Hogan told it-- seems to have gone off without a hitch. Another set that day at Glasslands, however, saw the band blowing the power out, according to PR. Easy, guys!
You can catch the entirety of the A Place to Bury Strangers' thing on vinyl tomorrow, or-- if your rap sheet's clean enough-- in person on their smattering of recently announced shows this fall. Those dates after the jump. [MORE...]
Black Lips Add Dates, Get Remixed by Diplo
They may be seasoned world travelers and all, but trouble follows Black Lips no matter where they may roam. So lock up your flats extra tight and keep a watchful eye peeled on any and all oversized spherical structures, United Kingdom, as the Black Lips are headed in your general direction.The new dates will close a gap between their previously reported U.S. dates (which just wrapped up) and a quick trek to Australia, also filled in by a couple Atlanta area shows with old pals Deerhunter.
If that ain't proof positive of a full-bore British invasion in reverse from these Lips, get a load of this: Vice will press up 250 UK-only white label 7"s for release December 3, featuring Good Bad Not Evil standout "Veni Vidi Vici" on the A-side and "Hippie Hippie Hoorah" on the back.
In other Black Lips news, they've got that split Christmas single with the King Khan & BBQ Show to think about, and
Pearls and Brass' Huth Goes Solo on Drag City
Photo by Bradley FryWe're hard-pressed to think of a better way to shake the label of your band as a "power trio" than to literally unplug, pick up an acoustic guitar, and release a folksy solo album.
Pearls and Brass' Randy Huth plans to do just that. The guitarist and vocalist will defy easy categorization by following The Indian Tower-- his band's 2006 LP-- with the self-titled debut from his Randall of Nazareth solo moniker, so named because of his Nazareth, Pennsylvania origins.
Drag City will release Randall of Nazareth tomorrow, October 23. Randall opens for Om at Johnny Brenda's in Philly on November 15. [MORE...]
Harmonia Reunite for Concert, Live LP
It's hard to imagine Beatlemaniacal excitement at the prospect of a krautrock supergroup. Still, you don't get a much better pedigree than Harmonia, the German trio that consisted of Neu! co-founder and occasional Kraftwerk player Michael Rother and Cluster co-founders Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius.Harmonia existed for a mere three years (1973-76) and released two albums, Musik Von Harmonia and Deluxe, before motorik-ing back into the musical ether.
But after 31 years of silence, the trio returns with Harmonia Live 1974, a document of their gig at the Penny Station Club-- a former railway station in Griessem, Germany-- on March 23, 1974.
London/Berlin-based label Grönland Records will release Live 1974 overseas today (October 22), and Harmonia have a November 27 show in Berlin (with Barbara Morgenstern opening!) to celebrate.
In fact, all three Harmonia members have dates aside from the one group appearance, including performances by Cluster, Rother & Moebius, and a Roedelius solo show. The latter begins the dates on October 27 in Ojai, California. [MORE...]
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