Rapture, Spree, RJD2, Bad Brains Pen Soccer Anthems
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!
"Go New York! Go New York! Go New York! Go New York! Go New York! Go New York! Go New York! Go New York! Go!" Thus begins the Rapture's soccer-fied version of "Whoo! Alright, Yeah... Uh Huh", recorded as part of "MLS Represent", a collaborative campaign between Major League Soccer and Adidas to get artists from cities with MLS teams to record theme songs for their local clubs.
The campaign also includes contributions from the Polyphonic Spree (for FC Dallas), Bad Brains (D.C. United), RJD2 (Columbus Crew), OK Go (Chicago Fire), Mike Jones (Houston Dynamo), and... Barenaked Ladies (Toronto FC), among others. The Rapture explain their involvement in the project by saying, "We love soccer. We love New York. It makes sense. Anything we can do to help Juan Pablo Angel score more goals."
The themes are all pretty uniformly funny and kind of awesome, if only for the novelty of hearing so many indie bands get in touch with their jock sides. And thank god, now we can hear the Rapture rework the "people don't dance no more" breakdown as "You people can't score no more/ You just stand there like this/ You cross your arms and stare around/ And whinge and moan and diss!" Ooh, they said "whinge"!
To experience the magic for yourself and download each and every theme (listed after the jump) for free, head on over here. [MORE...]
Franz, Streets, Raconteurs, Klaxons, Lily Do BBC Covers
Plus: Maximo Park, Kaiser Chiefs, Gossip, Editors, Sugababes, Girls Aloud, Kylie
The presumed highlights and suspected lowlights are too many to mention, but here's just a taste: Klaxons doing Blackstreet's "No Diggity"! The Gossip doing George Michael's "Careless Whisper"! Girls Aloud doing Wheatus' "Teenage Dirtbag"! Franz Ferdinand doing Bowie's "Sound and Vision"! The Streets doing Elton John's "Your Song"! Plus hot Editors on Cure, Raconteurs on Undertones, Lily on Chrissie, Maxïmo on Timberlake, Kylie on Roxy, and Hard-Fi on Britney action!
And then there's, like, Keane trying "Under Pressure" and Corinne Bailey Rae neutering the Raconteurs. And, God help us all, Mika.
According to Radio 1, the covers are in the process of being recorded, which means no release date yet, artists are subject to change, etc. But I mean, gee whiz guys, just look at this here tracklist. [MORE...]
When they're not picking spirits at random to love, fondling the afternoon's last light, or adding reverb to everything, Sunset Rubdown tour. So, with a fresh (and really rather good) new record in the can, Sunset Rubdown will hit the road this fall. But you knew that.
What you didn't know is that they've added more dates! Now the trek begins October 5 in Montreal with a blowout featuring Jagjaguwar labelmates Black Mountain and Lightning Dust (as well as Oakley Hall), and it ends a month later in Chicago. Thus, the tunes from Random Spirit Lover-- out October 9 -- will get their first proper Sunset singalongs. [MORE...]
Flaming Lips, Cat Power, Man Man Play Echo Project
Also: the Roots, Secret Machines, CYHSY, RJD2, the Killers
The Flaming Lips, Cat Power and her Dirty Delta Blues backing band, and Man Man are among the artists who will perform across 350+ acres of Bouckaert Farm outside of Atlanta on October 12-14 for the Earth-friendly Echo Project festival.
Other performers during the weekend include the Roots, the Killers, Secret Machines, the Polyphonic Spree, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, RJD2, Cypress Hill, Brazilian Girls, the Album Leaf, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Lyrics Born, Stephen Marley, MSTRKRFT, Thievery Corporation, the Bravery, and Son Volt.
In addition to the tunes, the Echo Project is focused on the environment. For the three weeks leading up to the festival, Echo will lead a cleanup effort on the Chattahoochee River, near the festival site. Volunteers who help out will receive "the Be Green Ticket upgrade" for the fest in addition to "exclusive camping spots."
Got a Complaint? Join the Choir!
Most people just complain about stuff. Some people actually do something about it. And some people actually do something about it that involves complaining about stuff.Enter celebrated artists/musical ombudspersons Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, who've spent the past few years turning qualms to tunes and bickering throngs to sonorous Complaints Choirs. It all begin officially in Birmingham (UK) back in 2005, when the pair invited residents to sound off, then spun those gripes into song-- which the complainers then sung as part of the very first Complaints Choir.
Following subsequent successes in Helsinki and St. Petersburg, Kalleinen and Kochta-Kalleinen are now poised to bring their inventive concept to the United States. The debut U.S. Complaints Choir performance will take place November 3 at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art (the MCA, if you're hip like that). It's being presented under the auspices of the museum, Windy City imprint Smog Veil Records, and the Chicago Humanities Festival.
Here's where you come in. The artists are inviting locals to submit their complaints and share their voices in belting them out. Interested parties may shoot an email to complaintschoir@yahoo.com or register (by October 1) at the Smog Veil website.
For a taste of what you're getting into, consult the videos of previous performances linked below. The Birmingham clip is worth a peep for the mid-song breakdown (near the 4:45 mark) alone.
And you thought only Morrissey could make an art of whining?
PJ Harvey Reveals U.S. Release Date, New Single
As anticipation runs high for PJ Harvey's forthcoming eighth LP, White Chalk, Polly Jean's finally dispensing with more juicy bits.
First up: A U.S. release date: September 25, the day after it drops in the UK, on Island. Second, she's added a single tour date-- at Bristol, England's Colston Hall on the day of White Chalk's UK release. And third, the single for "When Under Ether" drops September 17 in the UK.
Available on 7" or straight to the hard drive, the spare, somber "When Under Ether" comes backed by the previously unheard B-side "Wait", one of Harvey's first-ever recordings from 1988. How are the youth of today expected to look relevant when this maverick's been lacing dope cuts since we were in kindergarten? I ask you. [MORE...]
Photos: Bill Callahan [Belfast, Northern Ireland; 08/12/07]
Photos by Shannon McCleanA Smog-free Bill Callahan diamond danced his way into Belfast, Northern Ireland's Spring & Airbrake this past weekend, treating audiences to selections from this year's Woke on a Whaleheart (Drag City). No Newsom to speak of (she must have been visiting relatives in the Elf Kingdom), but Bill does have a hearty portion of live dates still on the platter. Catch those and more photos (including a couple shots of opener Alasdair Roberts) below.
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Apparently, No New Radiohead Album in 2007
But! Radiohead art collected in Stanley Donwood book
Really though, with August already halfway out the window, 2008 isn't such a long ways off, is it now? And, to tide you over for the wait, Verso Books is set to re-publish the Stanley Donwood/Dr. Tchock art book Dead Children Playing.
Originally pressed in 2006 and sharing its name with a Donwood art exhibit, this full-color tome collects the era-defining visuals that have accompanied Radiohead's music from The Bends through Hail to the Thief. The eerie, paranoid creations of Donwood and Tchock (perhaps better known as Thom Yorke) fill this hardcover book's 80-odd pages-- everything from album covers to promo art to assorted sketches to that grim cartoon/comic that came hidden behind the CD tray in early copies of Kid A.
This, the first Verso edition, will hit bookshelves October 17.
In other Radiohead news, ask Jonny Greenwood why the hell he named his award-winning orchestral composition Popcorn Superhet Receiver when the piece makes its U.S. debut January 16 and 17, as part of the Wordless Music Series.
Rock Plaza Central and O'Death Pair for Fall Dates
Fond of sardined stages, marquee-crowding lineups, and embellished emotionality? How's this for excitement: O'Death and Rock Plaza Central, tired of respectively affixing that "gothic" tag right in front of country and folk from a distance, have gotten together to gloom up your early fall with a joint headlining tour through September.The New York-based O'Death-- still not following their own advice after the recent reissue of 2005's Head Home-- and the caterwauling Canadians of Rock Plaza Central-- still regaling y'all with last year's equine saga Are We Not Horses?-- would like very much to leave you gutted. And so they shall.
Each band has a couple dates besides, including O'Death's pop-in at Chicago's noteworthy Hideout Block Party. [MORE...]
Pinback: Shows, Side Projects, Game
"A young firefly has lost its way and Zach & Rob have to fend off the creatures of the night in order to bring it back home safely. The Autumn of the Seraphs patiently waits for its return."
As far as new album supplements go, screw a mere bonus disc. How about a computer game, a bunch of in-stores, new European dates, and new stuff from side projects? Well, with the release of Autumn of the Seraphs fast approaching (reminder: September 11 via Touch & Go), Pinback have decided to give us all of those things.
First, the game: It's called November Fireflight, and it's a somewhat difficult to navigate undersea adventure involving the zapping of fish. Or, as the game's introduction states, "A young firefly has lost its way and Zach & Rob have to fend off the creatures of the night in order to bring it back home safely. The Autumn of the Seraphs patiently waits for its return."
Which, of course, explains everything.
Next up are those in-store performances, four of them, and they're all scheduled for the week of the record's release in the band's native California. Those shows/signings now mark the beginning of Pinback's tour, and the end now includes a couple weeks' worth of European shows in November.
Also scheduled for a September 11 release (but on Temporary Residence) is "Up", the second single from Rob Crow's Living Well, which comes complete with three previously unreleased bonus tracks as well the song's video as B-sides.
And finally, on October 9, Temporary Residence will also release the self-titled debut album from Prints, a collaboration between Pinback associate and multi-instrumentalist Kenseth Thibideau and Who's Your Favorite Son God's Zac Nelson. [MORE...]
Spoon and Cute Yellow Robot Reunited!
Spoon are a top-shelf indie pop band with a penchant for roomy arrangements. Keepon is a party robot developed to interact with children, with a penchant for bottom-heavy Spoon songs.
They make a cute couple.
See:
'Tis a modern love, this thing between Spoon and Keepon. A few months back, Marek Michalowski programmed young Keepon to get down to Spoon's thudding "I Turn My Camera On," and posted the above results on YouTube. The video's been a hit-- closing in on 1.3 million views!-- perhaps because the bop Keepon does so closely approximates the very same one "all the weird kids in the front" do whenever Spoon plays that particular ditty.
Anyway, it seems Keepon wants nothing more than to shake it with his muses when they play Los Angeles' WIRED NextFest September 10. They even made another video celebrating the public debut of their courtship!
See: (Keep your eyes out for band member cameos!)
We're not sure what this rendezvous will consist of, exactly: Perhaps a Jumbotron-assisted Keepon cutting a rug to the live strains of Britt and the boys? A choreography lesson? A tennis game? "Chocolate Rain"? However the thing shakes out, the linkup will go to benefit nonprofit resource center Creative Commons.
Spoon, with and without their Nerfish chum, have puffed up their tour a bit since last we brought dates to you. [MORE...]
Love as Laughter Sign to Isaac Brock's Label
Glacial Pace sure is living up to its name, huh? The Epic-allied Isaac Brock vanity label, a mere two years after its inception and initial signing Mason Jennings, has finally welcomed someone else aboard.Not surprisingly, the new guests are none other than Modest Mouse's frequent tour partners and Brock's old buddies Love as Laughter. Brock confirmed the signing in a recent interview with Spin.com, and also revealed that LAL is working with producer Joe Blaney (The Clash, the Ramones, Tom Waits) on new material-- as well as an unidentified Stevie Wonder vibraphone player. "Kinda rad," said Brock.
According to the Love as Laughter website, the band expects to release its Glacial Pace debut in 2008. For now, though, they're treating visitors to a couple streams from a new eight-song EP. That record-- said to contain some tunes that will appear in newly recorded form on the upcoming album-- is available now for purchase direct from the band. One suspects they may also have copies for sale on their present tour with-- who else?-- Modest Mouse. [MORE...]
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- Robyn, I'm From Barcelona, Shining Play EuroSonic
- Karlheinz Stockhausen R.I.P.
- Kanye, Wilco, Flaming Lips Items in Darfur Auction
- Dead Meadow Herald New LP With Show, Pre-Release
- Waits, Weller, B-more Club on "The Wire" Soundtracks
- The Mountain Goats Reveal 2008 Dates
- Photos: Dewey Cox and the Hard Walkers [Chicago, IL; 12/06/07]
- Sufjan to Play Tibet House Benefit
- Bjork "Declares" New Single Details
- Underworld Reschedule Tour
- Murdoch, Albarn, Harvey Write Charity Postcards
- Dan Deacon to Greyhound Buses: Fuck You!
- HEALTH Sketch Out 2008 Dates
- Malkmus/Jicks Reveal Emotional Trash Tracklist
- Camel, Rolling Stone Under Fire for Indie Rock Ad
- DeVotchKa Sign to Anti-, Ready New Album
- Wilco Announce Spring U.S. Tour
- Mike Patton Lends Voice to Creatures in I Am Legend
- Nick Cave Announces Single, Soundtrack Releases
- Photos: David Shrigley's Worried Noodles in Concert [New York, NY; 12/05/07]
- Bauhaus Mark Final Breakup With Final Album
- Destroyer, Amy Millan, Tokyo Police Club on CBC Comp
- Photos: Yo La Tengo Hanukkah Show [Hoboken, NJ; 12/04/07]
- Atlas Sound Announces North American Tour
- Hot Chip Reveal Intimate U.S. Shows
- Nas, Rihanna, Method Man Rarities on Def Jam Comp
- Jason Isbell (ex-Drive-By Truckers) Does Big Tour
- Photos: Kevin Drew with Metric's Jimmy Shaw and Chikita Violenta [Mexico City, Mexico; 12/03/07]
- Antony Announces New Album Title, Bjork Video
- Silver Jews Reveal Lookout Tracklist, 2008 Live Plans
- Earth Return With New Album, Live Dates
- M.A.N.D.Y. Craft Fabric 38 With Boratto, Booka Shade
- Photos: Deerhoof with Ken Kagami [Miami, FL; 12/04/07]
- Radiohead Freeloading to End December 10
- Art Brut Line Up 2008 Dates
- Nick Lowe Reissues, Expands Jesus of Cool
- The Futureheads Reunite With the Road
- The Moldy Peaches Reunite for Juno Premiere
- The Breeders Return With Mountain Battles
- Destroyer Brings Trouble in Dreams on New Album
- Blue Note Collects Classic Hip-Hop Sample Material
- Mike Ladd Sends Nostalgialator Stateside via Def Jux
- R.I.P. UGK's Pimp C
- Hersh, Donelly on All-Female Neil Young Tribute CD
- New Autechre Album Due in March
- Merge Bundles Big Dipper Albums Into Remastered Set
- Morrissey Brings the Pain to NME Via Blog
- Jeff Tweedy, Cool Kids Rock for Obama
- Regina Spektor Further Postpones Shows
- Radiohead Further Flesh Out European Tour Itinerary
- Aesop Rock Plots 2008 European Tour
- Yo La Tengo Freewheel Into 2008 on Tour
- Photos: The Clean / Times New Viking [New York, NY; 12/01/07]
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- Witch, RTX, Turbonegro Kickstart Volcom Singles Club
- Daniel Lanois Unveils Sixth Solo Album, Film
- Rare Book Room Comp (Ft. Avey Tare, Deerhunter, Silver Jews) Release Details Announced
- Un-T.V. Eye: December 3-9, 2007
- Devin the Dude + France + Architecture in Helsinki = !?
- Joanna Newsom Lines Up More Orchestral Dates
- T.I., Lil Wayne, Chamillionaire on Crunk Hits Vol 4
- Maximo Park Celebrate Hometown With Beer, Bus Tour
- Constantines Issue Limited Edition 7"
- Radiohead Firm Up Tour a Wee Bit
- Born Ruffians to Issue Colorful Debut LP in Spring
- Califone, Sparhawk, Kozelek Help Do Presidential Songs
- Pumpkins, JAMC, QOTSA, Air, CSS Rock Aussie V Fest
- Lupe Fiasco Talks The Cool, Cheeseburgers, Retirement
- Mahjongg to Finally Issue New Record on K
- Blood on the Wall Ready Third Album
- Sufjan's Literary Event Back On for December 17
- Klaxons Go Crazy for France on Latest Single
- Foals Sign to Sub Pop in U.S.
- The Mars Volta Reveal Dates, Puzzling Download
- The Mary Onettes Issue Debut in the States
- The Teenagers Lust for Scarlett Johansson on Single
- Jackson Reissues Thriller With Kanye, will.i.am, Akon
- Band of Horses Sandwich Tour With More Dates
- New Portishead Album Due in April
- Radiohead's "Jigsaw" Single Details Fall Into Place
- Dean & Britta, Keren Ann Link Up for Spring Tour
- Stars Extend Tour Even More
- Shia LaBeouf Working on Cage Biopic
- Child Ballads (ex-Jonathan Fire*Eater) Send EP to U.S.
- Morrissey to Sue NME Over Immigration Remarks
- Boris Smile for New Album
- U.S. Gets Hey Willpower [ft. Imperial Teen, Tussle] LP
- St. Vincent Extends Tour
- Merge Auctions Arcade Fire, Spoon Posters for Charity
- Weird Weeds, Future Rapper Play Chris Schlarb Events
- Black Lips, Deerhunter, Mastodon to Appear in ATL Doc
- MMJ Sell Live "Oregon Trail" Picture Disc for Charity
- Growing Sign to the Social Registry for 7", Mini-Album
- Beyonce's Sister Solange Samples Boards of Canada
- Radiohead Announce More Tour Dates, Sorta
- Vetiver Plan Remix 12", Covers Album, New LP
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- Pinback Play a Bevy of Radio Station Christmas Shows
- Be Your Own Pet Get Awkward on New LP
- The Locust's Van Robbed
- Forrest, Lucky Dragons Do Deathbomb Arc Tape Club
- Hot Chip, Optimo, Studio, Maps Remix Love Is All
- Tonight's Sufjan Stevens Literary Event Postponed
- Driver Who Killed Silkworm Drummer Sentenced
- Gutter Twins Announce Release Date, Shows
- Photos: Electrelane [Glasgow, Scotland; 11/27/07]
- Editors, Hot Hot Heat Link Up for Winter Tour
- Morrissey Signs to Polydor/Decca in UK
- Photos: Los Campesinos! / The Most Serene Republic [Los Angeles, CA; 11/27/07]
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- Evangelicals' New Album Descends on Dead Oceans
- The Big Sleep Record Forever, Tour With Thermals
- Black Lips Announce Huge 2008 Tour
- Jens Lekman, A Place to Bury Strangers Join P4K ATP
- New My Bloody Valentine Album: Not Digital-Only
- Fogarino/Franklin's Setting Suns EP Finally Emerges
- Crystal Castles Reveal Debut LP Details
- The Rumble Strips Postpone U.S. Dates
- Interpol Live, Remix EPs Available Right Now
- Radiohead Announce First 2008 Dates
- Kanye West Makes Nice With Evel Knievel
- Bright Eyes' Oberst Forms Band With M. Ward?
- Ryan Adams and the Cardinals Line Up West Coast Tour
- Lavender Diamond Join Traveling John Waters Xmas
- Arcade Fire Add More 2008 Dates
- Coil Issue Naples as Vinyl Box Set With Bonus LP
- Weezer LP6 Site Declared Hoax, Alone Pushed Back
- Simian Mobile Disco Hustle Into 2008 With More Shows
- 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]
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- 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
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- 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
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- Radiohead Announce North America Rainbows Release
- Naked Man Tasered in the Ass at Girl Talk Show