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 Sean Lennon has canceled.
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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- M.I.A., Vampire Weekend, Lupe, Girl Talk Play Brown
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- Lemonheads' Ray Gets Deluxe Reissue, SXSW Show
- Tokyo Police Club Give Shell a Release Date, Add Shows
- Teo Macero, Legendary Jazz Producer, R.I.P.
- Radiohead to Headline San Francisco Festival?
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- Malkmus, Shins' Mercer Play Portland School Benefit
- Third Annual Pitchfork-Windish Austin Bash Revealed
- Silver Apples, Spectrum Do Dallas' Melodica Fest
- Atmosphere Announce North American Tour Dates
- All Points West Festival Lineup Announced
- Tegan and Sara Back on the Road
- Charlie Daniels, .38 Special, Little Feat... Sonic Youth?!
- Disfear Head to North America This Spring
- Photos: Blood on the Wall [New York, NY; 02/20/08]
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- Cat Power Adds Even More Dates
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- M83 Announces North American Tour
- Polvo Reunion Coming to America, Spain
- Death Cab Announce Tour, Confirm Stairs Tracklist
- Common Endorses HIV Testing, Drinking Smirnoff
- Radiohead to Play All Points West Festival-- Twice!
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- Mission of Burma Reissues: Now With Tracklists
- Pere Ubu Guitarist Jim Jones, R.I.P.
- No Age Reveal Nouns Tracklist, Add Dates
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- Le Loup Tour, Play Dates With the Ruby Suns
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- Morrissey's Greatest Hits Collection Coming to U.S.
- Blitzen Trapper Release iTunes, Tour EPs
- GZA Does More Swords, RZA Plans Gigs, Designs Gear
- PJ Harvey to Issue "The Devil" Single
- Pumpkins Add Dates, Corgan Sings for Hook's Freebass
- Spoon Announce Spring Tour With the Walkmen
- Arctic Monkeys' Turner Preps Last Shadow Puppets LP
- Dalek Tour With Russian Circles, RJD2
- Black Mountain, Bon Iver Kick Off Joint Tour Tonight
- Hot Chip, Diplo, Spank Rock Remix Delicious Vinyl
- Tilly and the Wall Tour, Pressnall Does Flowers Forever
- TVT Files for Bankruptcy, Trent Reznor Rejoices
- Matthew Friedberger, Times New Viking Play Book Party
- Lyrics Born Goes Everywhere at Once on New LP
- Todd Barry Releases New Album From Heaven
- No Depression to End Print Publication
- Boris Reveal Smile Tracklist, Artwork, New Dates
- Pixies' Santiago Scores Football Ad for Nike
- Ratatat, Herbert Remix Bjork on "Wanderlust" Single
- Xiu Xiu Extend Tour Through May
- Andre 3000 Designs Clothing Line
- Jeff Mangum Raids Record Collection for Yeti Comp
- New LCD Soundsystem Song Written for Action Flick
- Jarvis Cocker, Gossip's Beth Ditto Cut Charity Single
- Headlights Deliver Some Album, Tour With Evangelicals
- T.V. Eye: February 18-24, 2008
- Dude Auctions Off "World's Greatest Music Collection"
- Marky Ramone Condoms? Sure, Why Not?
- Andrew Bird and Dianogah to Play Obama Benefit
- What Made Milwaukee Famous Prep New LP, Tour
- Photos: St. Vincent [Los Angeles, CA; 02/15/08]
- Human Giant Embark on Pre-Season Two Tour
- Pollard Leaves Merge, Starts Label for New Album
- Photos: Mos Def [Edmonton, Alberta; 02/16/08]
- Klaxons, Rihanna to Duet "Umbrella" at BRIT Awards
- Ted Leo, Matthew Dear Remix Spoon on New Single
- The Mars Volta Announce Spring Dates
- Nick Cave, Spiritualized, Jose Gonzalez Play iTunes Gigs
- Jay Reatard Unveils First Matador Single, Adds Dates
- El-P and Dizzee Rascal Announce Tour
- Atlas Sound Kick Off Tour This Weekend
- N.E.R.D. Plan Pre-Kanye Shows
- Cat Power Adds Dates
- Statehood Line Up Some Live Dates
- Elvis Costello to Tour With the Police
- Franz Side Project Correcto Ready Debut LP
- The National Release Live EP
- Bill Callahan Kicks Off Tour With Shearwater's Meiburg
- O'Death Head Out on Tour of Murderous Proportions
- Caribou-boo Leads to Cancelled Dates
- Black Kids Announce Tour With Cut Copy
- Photos: Yeasayer [Brooklyn, NY; 02/14/08]
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- Baroness Tour With Converge, Genghis Tron
- Gnarls Barkley Share Odd Release Date, Video Plans
- John McCain's Daughter: Music Blogger
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- Matmos Announce Supreme New Album
- Sir Richard Bishop Blasphemes All Over New DVD
- Broken Social Scene Expand Tour
- Vetiver Share Covers LP Info, Tour With Jayhawks Dude
- Lou Reed, David Byrne, Antony Play Iraq Peace Benefit
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- Battles Sketch out Spring Tour
- Fleet Foxes Sign to Sub Pop, Prep EP and Album, Tour
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- Modest Mouse, Of Montreal, Diplo Set for Rothbury Fest
- Laetitia Sadier's Monade Craft Monstre Cosmic, Tour
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- Whiskeytown's Strangers Almanac Expanded, Reissued
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- Deerhoof Enlist New Member
- Timbaland Launches "Mobile Album" With Verizon
- Long Blondes Reveal North American Tour, Tracklist
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- Los Campesinos! Craft Zine With Deerhoof, Gruff Rhys
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- Frightened Rabbit Get in Midnight Organ Fight, Tour
- Ladytron Reveal Album Details, North American Tour
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- Leonard Cohen to Play Glastonbury
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- T.V. Eye: February 4-10, 2008
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- Love Is All Name New Album, Gain Member, Plan Shows
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- Jay-Z to Headline Glastonbury
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- Prodigy to Perform H.N.I.C. 2 Live in Its Entirety
- Goldfrapp Announce Spring, Summer Dates
- American Music Club Tour the World
- Black Moth, Seven Bells, Bazan Do Suicide Squeeze 7"s
- Islands Reveal New Album Title
- Colin Meloy Sings Sam Cooke Tracklist Revealed
- Microphones' The Glow Pt. 2 Reissued With Bonus Disc
- Brightest Diamond, Au Revoir Simone Hit the Catwalk
- Holy Fuck Remixed by No Age on New Single
- Beck's Odelay Reissue Contains Wrong Lyrics
- Carla Bozulich's Evangelista Announce Tour
- Roots, TVOTR Members Cover Civil Rights Song for Film
- Kid Sister Signs to Downtown Records
- Nick Cave, Dizzee, Jose Gonzalez Play PLUG Awards
- Black Lips Kick Off Tour With Added In-Stores
- New Pornographers and Okkervil River Team for Tour
- Colin Meloy Sings Sam Cooke, Announces Solo Tour
- Rachael Ray Asks Battles, Holy Fuck to Play SXSW Party
- Panther Gain a Member, Issue 14kt God LP, Tour
- Mission of Burma, Shellac Donate to Callum Auction
- J Mascis' Witch Issue Paralyzed, Hit the Road
- Eliot Lipp Steps Outside on New LP
- King Khan Takes BBQ Show, Shrines on the Road
- Photos: Peter Moren [Los Angeles, CA; 01/30/08]
- Neon Neon (Gruff Rhys + Boom Bip) Debut LP Revealed
- Elf Power Head In a Cave for New Album
- Futureheads Start Their Own Label for New Album
- Earth, Sir Richard Bishop Link Up for European Tour
- Saul Williams Plots "Tar Spangled Banner" Tour
- RJD2 Announces Spring U.S. Tour
- David Yow Recovering, Appearing in Film
- Jim O'Rourke Reissues, New Album Due on Drag City
- Peter Moren's The Last Tycoon Tracklist Revealed
- Eels Announce World Tour
- Thurston Moore Releases iTunes Live EP
- Xiu Xiu Fun: Video Zine, Song Project, Haiku Offerings
- Monster Bobby Needs You to Name His Tune
- MBV Add More Shows, Including Roskilde and Oya
- Destroyer Announces North American Tour
- Photos: Vampire Weekend [New York, NY; 01/29/08]
- Karen O, TVOTR's Adebimpe, Wyclef Judge Fulbrights
- Kanye West to Tour With Lupe, N.E.R.D., Rihanna
- Death Cab for Cutie Name New Album
- Siouxsie Plans Gigs Near and Far
- Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue Finally Reissued
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Announce Tour
- Death in Vegas, APTBS, Dirty on Purpose Dudes Link Up
- Vampire Weekend Kick off Big Tour Tonight
- Rob Lowe, U.S. Maple Guys Form Singer, Issue Debut
- Jaguar Love (ex-PGMG, Blood Brothers) Sign to Matador
- D'Angelo, Soulwax, Peaches Grace Prince Tribute Comp
- Photos: Liars / No Age [Portland, OR; 01/28/08]
- Count & Sinden Sign to Domino, Prep "Beeper" Single
- PB&J;'s Peter Moren Signs to Quarterstick for Solo Debut
- Simian Mobile Disco Prep Another EP, Add Dates
- David Byrne, Grizzly Bear to Join Paul Simon in Concert
- Gnarls Barkley Are The Odd Couple on New LP
- M83 Talks New Album, New Direction, 1980s