Georgie James Cancel Dates Due to Illness
Better up that vitamin C intake pronto, and don't skimp on the zinc, neither: there's a bug going around, and it's reducing hardened indie rockers to puddles on the floor. Err... metaphorical puddles on the floor. Because that would be gross.
Take, if you will, the case of Georgie James' John Davis, who-- due to that pesky illness of his-- has been forced to pull the plug on a couple weeks' worth of dates. Consider the nastiness that follows, lifted from their MySpace blog, to be your tonic:
"Basically, I've been sick for the past few weeks and things haven't improved at all. Since it's been four nights in a row onstage of me wondering if I can remain conscious til the end of the set, we decided to just take two weeks off to recover."
Good plan. Now through November 8 in Omaha, all Georgie James appearances anywhere beyond the Robitussin aisle are off (though the shows they've ducked out on, with Le Loup, Aqueduct and others, appear to be going on without them). Dates have yet to be announced for a planned European tour in December, but we're assured it's still on, and the band promises to make up the missed gigs on a U.S. tour next March. Here's hoping you kids don't suffer from hay fever! [MORE...]
Decemberists Kick Off "Long and Short of It" Tour
Photo by Rich Orris and Marina Teper
While the Decemberists themselves are prepared to give fans (except those in the UK) both "The Long and Short of It", we'll just skip to the good part: The band's blazillionth tour in support of last year's The Crane Wife kicks off this weekend-- Sunday, October 28 to be exact, in Chicago.
As a reminder, the tour's dates come in pairs, with the first night in each city dedicated to the band's proggier side (the "Long of It" shows) and the second night showcasing their pop tendencies (the "Short of It" shows).
There are a couple exceptions sprinkled into the schedule, however. On November 13 in Pittsburgh, the band will perform a regular set (that is neither Long nor Short) at a WYEP-organized benefit show for CASA and Family Resources. And then on December 7 in the Decemberists' hometown of Portland, Oregon, they'll play a show at the Crystal Ballroom that is also neither Long nor Short. Rather, it's a "fan's choice evening", with the set list made up of fan requests made over on the Decemberists message board.
Or, if you are among those who feel that recorded documentation of live shows beats the shows themselves, there is always the option to stay in and listen to the Decemberists on that 93XRT live comp that just came out, you grump. [MORE...]
Photos: The Pipettes [Los Angeles, CA; 10/25/07]
Photos by Akmal Naim
Those three heartbreakers from across the pond-- the Pipettes, of course-- finally made amends with the continent they'd so long ignored, as their North American tour officially commenced last night at Los Angeles' Echoplex. The polka-dotted trio danced and clapped their way through a whopping 22 songs-- including new tracks not on their debut album.
You can catch the Pipettes in an American town near you before they head back across the (other) pond to Japan and Australia in December. Unless that American town happens to be San Diego, as the Pips show tonight at the House of Blues has been canceled due to the fires. :(
More photos and tour dates below.
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Beirut, Black Lips, Edwyn Collins, Yeasayer Play Swn
Plus: Two Gallants, the Cribs, School of Language, Pony Up!, Sons and Daughters, Duke Spirit
In addition to all the awesomeness a wristband will afford, there's a pair of separately ticketed shows going on around the festival. The Cribs, Those Dancing Days, and Shrag will play November 9 for an additional fee, while BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac, Cassius, and more follow suit the night after. A wristband will get you into everything else, however, and individual tickets will be sold at the door of every other show when available.
Not content to merely offer music, Sŵn will also feature film screenings. Reels set to run: freak folkie favorite Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, the Saint Etienne-scored trio of This Is Tomorrow, Finisterre, and What Have You Done Today, Mervyn Day?, a Vashti Bunyan documentary teaser, music videos, and more.
Russian Circles Sign to Suicide Squeeze
Russian Circles & Botch, sittin' in a tree...
The signing is accompanied by a KGB-like flurry of personnel changes as well. While drummer Dave Turncrantz and guitarist Mike Sullivan remain in the band, they have parted ways with bassist Colin DeKupier. In his stead, they have recruited former Botch/current These Arms Are Snakes bassist Brian Cook for recording purposes, though he is not a full-time member of the band.
Another Botch associate, producer Matt Bayles (also producer for Mastodon and Minus the Bear), will help RC record their follow-up to last year's Enter in December. The album is tentatively planned for a spring or summer release on their new label.
But in this trying time of departed band members, temporary fill-ins, and tentative release dates, one thing is for certain: Russian Circles have three dates scheduled for the rest of this year, the first of which is November 29 in Seattle. [MORE...]
Clipse Leave Jive/Star Trak for Columbia
In a move that should put an end to much of the drama surrounding their recorded output, Clipse have left Jive Records and the Neptunes' Star Trak Entertainment for a five-year deal with Columbia Records, according to Billboard.com.
Clipse's new 50/50 profit sharing arrangement with Columbia for their
Re-Up Gang Records also includes ownership of all Re-Up Gang master tapes, including those of Re-Up members Ab Liva and Sandman. Both a
new Clipse record and a Re-Up Gang posse disc are due in 2008, though unlike Clipse's two previous albums, the new one won't be produced in full by the Neptunes. Billboard.com reports that Pusha and Malice hope to work with Timbaland, Timbaland cohort Danjahandz, and Dame Grease on the disc.
As anyone who heard Hell Hath No Fury is painfully aware, Clipse's relationships with their various labels have often been a bit strained. Billboard.com explains the convoluted history: They began the decade with Star Trak, distributed at that point by Arista. Arista underwent drastic restructuring in 2004, its artists split between J and Jive. Star Trak was snapped up by Interscope, however. Despite Clipse's attempts to break their four-album deal with Jive and move with the Neptunes-run label to Interscope, Jive refused. A lawsuit between the group and the label was eventually settled, and Jive picked up a distribution deal for the group's Re-Up Gang Records catalog, yet famously continued to move the release of Hell Hath No Fury around until it finally emerged last fall.
Of Clipse's relationship with the Neptunes, Malice told Billboard, "I can honestly say that we were all friends before the music and will
be friends to the end. Everything is business. If we had our way, we would always be on Star Trak. But it's what's working for you and what's not. We just want good energy, and Columbia has both the urgency and the muscle."
Naked Raygun Tour, Release CD/DVD Retrospective
Play Riot Fest, appear in Chicago punk doc along with Big Black, Effigies
November 6, Riot Fest Records will unveil What Poor Gods We Do Make: The Story and Music Behind Naked Raygun, a DVD/CD combo of Naked Raygun favorites from across the years. Two days prior to Poor Gods' release, at Chicago's Reggie's Rock Club, the band will be on hand to screen the disc and sell a few copies before its proper street date. There's also a promise of "an after-party with live music." I wonder what they're insinuating?
Riot Fest: not just a label, but an actual festival. This year's Riot Fest takes place at Chicago's Congress Theater November 17-18. The first night finds 2006 Riot Fest alumni Naked Raygun yet again at the top of the bill; this time around that bill also includes Stiff Little Fingers, 7Seconds, Nekromantix, the Queers, and a whole lot more. The next night finds Bad Brains taking the top spot, with the Casualties, Dillinger Four, the Bollweevils, and a slew of others providing support. A Riot Fest-sponsored gig the night before at Double Door promising "mystery guests" has been canceled though, alas.
As for that tour: Naked Raygun will be joined by Cali punks $wingin' Utter$ and Chicago's Shot Baker on a string of West Coast dates following the band's set at Riot Fest.
And the film? It's called You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977-1984, and it premieres November 24 at Chicago's Portage Theater. In addition to Naked Raygun, the flick also covers Big Black, the Effigies, and many more key acts in the fertile landscape of early Windy City punk. [MORE...]
Natalie Portman Curates Indie Rock Charity Mix
Includes Devendra Banhart, Beirut, the Shins (duh), will change other peoples' lives
Noted Shins fan Natalie Portman has reunited with the boys in her big Garden State headphones for a charity compilation she has curated, which will hit iTunes on October 30, according to a report from EW.com.
In addition to a Shins remix, Big Change: Songs for FINCA includes tracks by Antony and the Johnsons, Norah Jones, and exclusives from Devendra Banhart, M. Ward, and Beirut. The Beirut song is called, um, ''My Night With the Prostitute From Marseille',' (risqué!) and you can hear it on the Entertainment Weekly website.
Beirut is apparently Portman's "new favorite band," and the love is mutual. Zach Condon and co. apparently asked Portman to sing on "Prostitute": "I wanted to so badly, but
it didn't work out. I hope they extend the offer again,'' she told EW.com.
There are 16 tracks in all, and the net proceeds from sales of the comp will benefit FINCA International, a charity organization that provides financial services to the world's lowest-income entrepreneurs. Portman-- FINCA's Ambassador of Hope-- has worked with the organization since 2003, according to the report.
Portman also revealed herself as something of a freak folkie to EW.com, saying "I love this whole movement now with Antony and Devendra and CocoRosie and Sufjan Stevens," though she also claimed, "Stevie Wonder is probably my No. 1 [favorite artist]. And Radiohead, the White Stripes-- they're modern-day classics."
She also downplayed her role in launching the Shins into the stratosphere, telling EW.com, "The Shins are the ones who created their own success. No one is gonna think a sound is great just because I say so. They hear the songs, and that's what decides it for them."
New Ballet Set to El-P's Music
Everybody's doing a ballet dance now
Photo by Jason Bergman
After the "future of music" cries have died down, what's a prog-hopper like El-P to do, other than make good records and run a successful label? How about becoming the future of dance by joining the ranks of artists used to soundtrack ballets? With the help of dance company Chicago Dance Crash (CDC), he will do just that.
CDC will close out its 2007 season with Destructible Daytrip, an original ballet set to El-P's music. According to a press release, the show is "a mixture of ballet and boogie," and CDC Artistic Director Kyle Vincent Terry has choreographed to El-P's music for two years in preparation for the project.
Terry has also kept a weekly updated blog of the show's progress, documenting everything from casting to closing night (when it happens).
Destructible Daytrip will run on Fridays and Saturdays from October 26 (that's tonight!) through November 3 at Chicago's Ruth Page Center for the Arts.
UPDATE: El-P would like to clarify that he was not directly involved in the creation of Destructible Daytrip. He gave us the following quote: "The whole thing sounds pretty intriguing, but I didn't know about it until Pitchfork put the article up. I'm flattered that the company is into my stuff. I wish I was there to see it."
Wilco Nix UK Gigs, Add 2008 Dates
Photo by Kathryn YuLooks like somebody in Wilco's camp forgot to save the date. According to the band's website, the good ship S.S. Wilco won't be docking in UK ports of call this fall, as "a scheduling conflict" has forced the cancellation of a pack of English gigs. Take heart though, Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham, and London: Wilco "hope to schedule new UK dates soon."
And while one corner of the world gets the shaft, another will be seeing clouds of white and skies of Sky Blue. Wilco has added a March 2008 tour of Australia and New Zealand (smart move-- it's still summer there for most of March) since our last report, popping off March 18 in Sydney.
Meanwhile, residents of Belgium, Spain, and Ireland needn't worry, as Wilco will still head their way next month.
Thanks to reader Daniel Walmsley for the tip-off. [MORE...]
Thievery Corp's Garza Reveals Galaxy Details, Tour
Thievery Corporation co-CEO Rob Garza has taken his time releasing the self-titled debut from his Dust Galaxy solo project. Pitchfork initially reported the discovery of the Galaxy right around this time last year, and Garza has finally set a date for the album's release.Still studded with names like producer Brendan Lynch (Primal Scream, Paul Weller), Jerry Busher (Fugazi's later touring lineup), James Canty (Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, the Make-Up), and Ashish Vyas (GoGoGo Airheart), Dust Galaxy will come out November 6 via ESL.
Busher and Vyas will also join Garza for a Dust Galaxy tour starting November 14 in Toronto. Each date of the tour will feature not only the full-band experience but also DJ sets by Garza and Ursula 1000.
Thievery Corporation have a pair of shows and a DJ set of their own, all in Vegas tonight (October 26) and tomorrow. [MORE...]
Queens of the Stone Age to Play Salt Mine, Add Dates
Cover Brian Eno and Billy Idol?
Photo by Chris Owyoung
Now that their "Duluth Tour" is over, Queens of the Stone Age have to get their non-traditional touring kicks somehow. And since we already know they have 1.) a refined palate (see: their appearance on an upcoming holiday episode of chef Anthony Bourdain's Travel Channel show) and 2.) an affinity for all things rock (see: their music and the "Stone Age" in their name), the announcement that the band will play one mile underground in a former German salt mine next month seems just about perfect.
The mine is in Sondershausen, Germany (check out pictures here), and the show is on November 20. And the venue isn't the only special thing about the performance: Queens plan to unearth (I'm sorry) plenty of songs they have never before played live for the exclusive unplugged set.
Unfortunately, the show is only open to winners of various worldwide competitions (including some radio promotions), but the band has plenty of regular ol' dates as well, including a few more UK shows in February. Their next show is tomorrow night, October 27, in Las Vegas at the Vegoose festival.
According to NME.com, QOTSA will release the single for Era Vulgaris slow jam "Make It Wit Chu" on November 26. It will be available as a digital EP and as two limited 7"s. The download includes "alternative versions" of "Make It Wit Chu" as well as-- quoth NME-- "new tracks 'White Wedding' and 'Needles in a Camel's Eye'." The first 7" features "White Wedding" and an acoustic version of "Make It", while the second features "Needles" and the album version of the single.
And if those aren't Billy Idol and Brian Eno covers, we'll eat a cup of salt. [MORE...]
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- 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