Baltimore's Videohippos Hit the Road
In his review of their Unbeast the Leash, Pitchfork's Mike Powell referred to Baltimore's Videohippos as creators of "terse theme songs for an eight-hour day of cartoons and video games." So stuff a couple pixie sticks down your gullet, pack extra batteries for your Gameboy, and head out to see these Videohippos as they tour a wide swath of North America.The Dan Deacon-affiliated Hippos have a date with that beloved weirdo and shows with quite a few other strange sorts besides. Just pray the show's over before the pesky saccharine crash sets in. [MORE...]
Rock Hall Noms: Madonna, Beasties, Cohen, Summer
Plus: John Mellencamp, Afrika Bambaataa, Chic, Dave Clark Five, the Ventures
The Roll and Roll Hall of Fame today announced the finalists in its annual beautyrock pageant, with nine of music's finest vying for five imaginary tiaras and five very real invitations into the hallowed pantheon next year.
Madonna, the Beastie Boys, Leonard Cohen, Donna Summer, Afrika Bambaataa, John Mellencamp, Chic, the Dave Clark Five, and the Ventures all lead the Class of 2008. To be eligible for induction, an act must have released its first single at least 25 years ago.
From these nine, the lucky five will be chosen by what the Rock Hall site calls an "international voting body of more than 500 rock experts," and immortalized at a March 10, 2008 ceremony at New York City's Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
The chosen will join last year's inductees-- R.E.M., Patti Smith, the Ronettes, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, and Van Halen-- and, like, Elvis and stuff in the Cleveland edifice and in our hearts forever.
God knows why, but Tom Waits, T. Rex, Roxy Music, Abba, Kraftwerk, and the Stooges aren't in there yet.
Cat Power's Second Covers Disc Gets Release Date
Photo by Nilina Mason-CampbellMark those calendars now: January 22, 2008 is the day we cash in all those Best Buy and Target holiday gift cards* and purchase copies of Cat Power's previously discussed sophomore plunge into the realm of cover-dom. The date comes from a Billboard.com report and has been confirmed by the purveyor of said plunge, Matador Records.
The disc, which does not yet have a finalized title (apparently Covers 2 and Covers II are neck-and-neck-- the drama!), is, of course, the sequel of sorts to 2000's The Covers Record; unlike that disc, round two finds Chan Marshall backed by her trusty Dirty Delta Blues Band. Marshall is still in the process of paring down a heap of recordings into a crisp, clean tracklist.
Gal will also, we suspect, test drive plenty of those covers she's stockpiling while on the road this fall.
* JK, we sell those things to mom for cold, hard cash, which we promptly take to indie record shops. [MORE...]
Pumpkins Concert Death Not an Injury
Photo by Shervin LainezAfter conducting an autopsy yesterday, September 27, Vancouver regional coroner Owen Court determined that the death of 20-year-old Richmond, British Columbia resident Kenny Leung at a Smashing Pumpkins show earlier this week was not the result of moshing or crowd-surfing, according to a report on The Globe and Mail's website.
The Globe and Mail quoted Court as saying, "There is absolutely no evidence of any injury and therefore I would say, what you would call moshing or crowd-surfing would have nothing to do with this whatsoever. There was no injury on this young man."
In the absence of a trauma injury, the coroner is looking to toxicology tests to provide an explanation for Leung's death.
The Pumpkins responded to the tragedy with a post on their website:
"The Smashing Pumpkins were deeply saddened to learn about the passing of a young man who attended their Vancouver show Monday night (September 24). As they and everyone else await news from the investigation into the nature of his passing, the band want to express their sincerest condolences to his family and friends."
The band's tour continues tonight, September 28, in Salt Lake City. [MORE...]
SY, Rapture, Klaxons, Grizzly, Man Man on Radio Comp
Plus: Voxtrot, Tapes 'n Tapes, Dinosaur Jr., El-P, Ponys, Annuals, Dntel
Sonic Youth, the Rapture, Grizzly Bear, Man Man, Voxtrot, and Dinosaur Jr. are among those contributing rare and exclusive tracks to the forthcoming Free Yr Radio compilation, which shares its name with the Urban Outfitters in-store series of this past summer. Both were put together by said raiment retailer and the heads at Toyota.
As such, the comp-- which lands October 20 and also features Tapes 'n Tapes, El-P, the Ponys, and Annuals, among others-- will be available exclusively at Urban Outfitters stores. If the acts alone don't have you reaching for your wallet, consider this: all proceeds from sales of this compilation go to non-commercial radio.
The stations benefitting include WLUW (Chicago), KTRU (Houston), KEXP (Seattle), Y-Rock on XPN (Philadelphia), KZSC (Santa Cruz), 89.3 The Current (Minneapolis), WERS (Boston), WKNC (Raleigh/Durham), WBWC (Cleveland), KGNU (Boulder), WHNU (New Haven), and KXLU (Los Angeles). Well played, all. [MORE...]
Caribou Kicks Off North American Trek, Drops Tour EP
Dan Snaith is saying goodbye (again) to Melody Day and hello again to you, rumbling electro psych-pop fan, as he sets off on the North American leg of Caribou's massive fall tour.The roadshow, which begins in earnest tonight (September 28) in Hamilton, Ontario, finds Dan and his Caribou assemblage taking the stages of this continent for nearly 45 consecutive melody days, performing all the while with Born Ruffians, and making nice with Battles, Miracle Fortress, and Dirty on Purpose along the way. Peer through the kaleidoscope/down the rabbit hole/through the looking glass of your choice, then head to the stops after the jump.
Might want to peer under the couch cushions too and scrounge up some change to buy the latest Caribou tour EP, which Dan has been selling on the road. Depicted above and tracklisted just after the jump, it includes one 30-minute Snaith DJ mix and six exclusive tracks. Score! [MORE...]
Peter and the Wolf Get Into Youthful Mischief on Tour
Cue that lilting little flute riff: ahhh, yes, that's the stuff. Peter and the Wolf, the brainchild of young Red Hunter and whoever dares make his acquaintance, have embarked on yet another leg of their "perpetual tour" which finds them traversing the countrysideYoung Red's a friendly fellow, and as such, he'll supplement his tour itinerary regularly with house parties and the like. Updates can be found on his MySpace throughout the tour. Not quite comfortable splashing around in some stranger's bathroom between sets? Head to one of the slightly less homey spots after the jump. [MORE...]
Stones Throw Roster Tours Behind B-Ball Zombie War
They're spawning... and taking on other forms! As promised, the Stones Throw label's B-Ball Zombie War non-soundtrack album has spawned its very own tour, with Madlib, Peanut Butter Wolf, J. Rocc, Percee P, and other mic-wielding monsters trolling the countryside seeking hip-hop 'heads (and the delicious, nourishing brains contained within). The identities of the additional performers have not yet been revealed-- nor have those of any of the performers for the tour's last two stops-- but with this crew you know you can expect goodness.In other Stones Throw news, the origin of all this zombification drops October 2. Meanwhile, MF Doom is alive and well in the Peach State. That is... until the zombies come and get him. [MORE...]
Photos: The Brunettes / The Lucksmiths [Chicago, IL; 09/26/07]
This past Wednesday night Chicagoans experienced an indie pop invasion from the other side of the equator, as the Brunettes of New Zealand and the Lucksmiths of Australia crossed paths at Schubas.The Lucksmiths, hopping oceans to support their just-released Spring a Leak double-disc rarities comp, played an all-too-brief opening set, inviting us to trick late-arriving friends into thinking the band had been onstage for a couple hours already. I wish they had gotten two hours to play; one hour of their sly, sweet, jangly tunes and one hour of their tack-sharp banter. Also: accents.
Luckily the Brunettes gave us much to love as well, bolstering tunes from their North American debut, Structure & Cosmetics-- packed with arrangements more complex and lyrics more knotty than most twee kids are probably used to-- with a dance contest, a "Born to Run" cover, and a "Name Game" ("Anna Anna bo-banna...") take on band introductions. With winter's chill well on its way, Chicago could use more of this sunny stuff.
Also, if someone could please tell me why these two aren't touring the continent together, that would be nice.
THE BRUNETTES
THE LUCKSMITHS
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Coming in 2008: Broken Social Scene, the Book
All BSS, no BS
Come fall 2008, Anne Geddes and her frumpy flower children will have to find a new home. That's because coffee tables across the land must be cleared for the arrival of This Book Is Broken, an oral history of Broken Social Scene penned by members of the band, with help from Toronto Eye Weekly editor/Pitchfork contributor Stuart Berman. A little like this, one suspects, only Joycean in scope.
Kevin Drew (he of the recent Spirit If...), Brendan Canning, and Jason Collett are among the Scenesters sharing their inside perspective, while bandmate Justin Peroff will help make this document as colorful as the band it dissects by compiling, according to Berman, "lots of photos, gig posters, flyers, scrapbook ephemera, etc." Publishing duties fall on Toronto's House of Anansi Press.
(Since Stuart was too modest to tip us off himself about the book at first, thanks to reader Le Skiv for the heads up.)
The Kevin Drew-centered incarnation of Broken Social Scene, as you may have read on these pages just yesterday, has expanded its tour of the land-- determined, no doubt, to procure material for This Book 2: Still Broken. [MORE...]
Something Maybe Possibly Radiohead-Related Possibly Maybe Happening Saturday Morning, Maybe Possibly?
Maybe? Possibly?
Because I have nothing better to do at 10 p.m. on a Thursday night, I'm sitting here refreshing RadioheadLP7.com! And guess what? There's some sort of countdown going on. Something--I don't know what--is going to happen Saturday morning at 9 a.m. Chicago time (10 a.m. NYC time).
No clues in the page source either-- all it says there is:
!--WEAREWATCHING--
!--BEHA#PY--
Of course, as far as we know, this site doesn't have anything to do with the band. Radiohead's publicist says, "I know nothing of any official site by that name." So this could still all be a big hoax, and we could wake up Saturday morning to find a LOLcat there or something. But hey, I'm setting my alarm anyway.
Malkmus LP Due in March, Two Jicks Dates Announced
Photo by Jen Reel
With all the difficult-to-decipher doodling going down in Camp Radiohead these days, it's nice to get a little information-- even if it is, in fact, very little information-- from one of indie rock's other pillars. Information that doesn't take a degree in leisure studies or a subscription to Games Magazine to decode, that is. So here goes.
Stephen Malkmus' fourth solo album, the follow-up to 2005's Face the Truth, will be released on Matador in March. I never knew cold, hard facts could be so comforting.
Stephen and his Jicks-- who just became majority shareholders in Quasi-- also have a pair of live dates planned for November. One is December 19 at Frisco's Great American Music Hall, and the next December 21 at Portland's Doug Fir, with support from Blitzen Trapper. Thanks to reader Eric Loeffler for the tip about the shows.
That's all for now, but at least it's something. [MORE...]
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- Charalambides Ready Likeness LP, Tour
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- The Cool Kids Sign to Chocolate Industries
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- Les Savy Fav, Phosphorescent, Bazan Play Troika Fest
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- Patrick Wolf, Rufus Wainwright Perform Plague Songs
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- T.V. Eye: October 22-28, 2007
- Trail of Dead Leave Interscope, Reveal Tour Dates
- Fuck Buttons See "Bright Tomorrow" on Single
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- Photos: Joanna Newsom with Orchestra [Milwaukee, WI; 10/21/07]
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- Killing Joke/Ministry Bassist Paul Raven R.I.P.
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- Black Lips Add Dates, Get Remixed by Diplo
- Pearls and Brass' Huth Goes Solo on Drag City
- Harmonia Reunite for Concert, Live LP
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- U.S. Customs Clears Chris Walla's Hard Drive
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- Times New Viking Issue Matador Debut in January
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- CSS, Ulrich Schnauss Remix Asobi Seksu on New Single
- Mick Jones' Carbon/Silicon Prepare Debut LP
- Deerhunter Add Dates, Atlas Sound Tracklist Revealed
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- CMJ: Thursday [Zach Baron]
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- CMJ: Thursday [Amy Phillips]
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- Folk Icon Karen Dalton's Early Recordings Collected
- Burial to Issue Second LP, Untrue, Next Month
- Oasis Find the "Lord" on New Single, Documentary DVD
- Hold Steady, Springsteen on Hard Rock Charity Comp
- Johnny Marr Named University Professor
- Photos: The Go! Team [Portland, OR; 10/17/07]
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- Radiohead, Pumpkins, Mondays on Oakenfold Comp
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- Bjork Expands World Tour
- CMJ: Wednesday [Marc Hogan]
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- CMJ: Wednesday [Zach Baron]
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- Ghost Release Spooky Live Overture CD/DVD
- Eels Best Of, Rarities Comp Due in January
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- U2 Beef Up Joshua Tree for 20th Anniversary Reissues
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- Butthole Surfers' Haynes Joins Rockin' Children for Tour
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- Lips Expand Zaireeka for 10th Anniversary Parties
- Cat Power's Jukebox Tracklist, Cover Art Revealed
- Death Cab's Chris Walla: Threat to Homeland Security?
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- Cat Power, YLT, MMJ, Roots Fete Dylan in Concert
- His Name Is Alive Cut Marion Brown Tribute Disc
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- Bright Eyes, Wolf Parade, BOH Do Charity Ornaments
- Photos: The Roots [San Diego, CA; 10/12/07]
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- Photos: Queens of the Stone Age [New York, NY; 10/13/07]
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- Cornelius Announces 2008 Tour
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- The Go! Team Kick Off Tour This Weekend
- Bowie-Inspired Clothes Hit Target, New Box Set Due
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- Mos Def Signs to Downtown Recordings, Remixes Justice's "D.A.N.C.E." With Spank Rock
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- Photos: José González / Tiny Vipers [Los Angeles, CA; 10/10/07]
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- Patrick Wolf to Play "Finale" Show in London
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- New Pornographers Slate Challengers Bonus Material
- Tortoise, Oneida, Akron Folks Join Damo Suzuki Live
- Greenwood's Blood Score to Be Released on CD
- Nirvana's Unplugged Gets DVD Release
- Robert Pollard Plans Some Shows
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- Efterklang Ready Parades to Play at Concerts
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- Radiohead Album NOW AVAILABLE!
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- The Hives Release Singles Collection
- Big Dada Turns 10, Plans Comp, DVD, Party
- Beach House Reveal New Album: Devotion
- Photos: David Byrne With Senior Citizens Choir [New York, NY; 10/07/07]
- Death Cab, Shins, Spoon, Cure on Darfur Benefit Comp
- Tunng Issue Comments in the U.S., Tour
- Website Set Up to Help Defendant in RIAA Case
- Yo La Tengo Kick Off "Freewheeling" Tour Tonight
- Panda Bear DVD Snafu Resolved With Free Download
- Radiohead's In Rainbows Premieres on Xfm Radio
- Voxtrot Cancel Shows Due to Surgery, Add Euro Dates
- Sufjan Stevens Speaks at Literary Event November 28
- Elvis Costello to Play Hillary Clinton's Birthday Bash
- Output Says Goodbye With Retrospective Set, Remixes
- Trio of Sun City Girls Records Reissued
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- Reznor Hammers Another Nail in the Industry's Coffin
- Photos: Justice / Midnight Juggernauts [San Diego, CA; 10/07/07]
- FIFA '08 Features PB&J;, Bonde, !!!, Robyn, CSS, SMD
- Soulsavers (With Lanegan) Announce Brief Fall Tour
- Hold Steady Add Bonus CD to Boys UK Reissue
- Photos: The Shins [Los Angeles, CA; 10/07/07]
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- Photos: Sunset Rubdown / Johnny and the Moon / Magic Weapon [Cambridge, MA; 10/07/07]
- Thurston Opens for Bright Eyes, Adds Shows
- Lil' Wayne Arrested on Fugitive Charges in Idaho
- Photos: Sigur Ros / Will Oldham at Wordless Music Series [New York, NY; 10/05/07]
- The Decemberists Cancel UK Dates
- Photos: Arcade Fire / LCD Soundsystem / Les Savy Fav / Blonde Redhead [New York; NY 10/06/07]
- Zach Condon Guests on New Final Fantasy Single
- Ghostface/Rakim/Brother Ali Tour Features Live Band
- Pitchfork Curates All Tomorrow's Parties Spring 2008!
- Thrill Jockey Unveils Anniversary Box Set Details
- Blur Reunite
- Klaxons Put Liars, Wu, Justice on Bugged Out! Mix
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- Kanye Designs Jewelry With Murakami
- Photos: Jose Gonzalez Live on KEXP [Chicago, IL; 10/04/07]
- Lily Allen To Play Lydia Bennet in Austen Spoof Flick
- Be Your Own Pet Announce Little Tour
- Photos: Imperial Teen Live on KEXP [Chicago, IL; 10/04/07]
- Ratatat Open for Bjork, Soundtrack the Birth of a Child
- Justice Launch North American Tour
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- Photos: The Twilight Sad Live on KEXP [Chicago, IL; 10/04/07]
- Debbie Harry Gets Evil on New Album
- Pitchfork Seeks Video Editor for NYC Internship
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- Photos: Patrick Wolf [New York, NY; 10/03/07]
- Sigur Ros Push Back Heima DVD, Add Shows
- Sufjan Song Chosen As Franciscan Theme for October
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- New Bloc Party Single Due Next Month
- Photos: Beirut Live on KEXP [Chicago, IL; 10/03/07]
- Fujiya & Miyagi, Busdriver Do Shows for Autistic Kids
- Malkmus, Albini, Molina in Silkworm Documentary
- Photos: !!! / The Field [Austin, TX; 10/02/07]
- Robyn Issues "Handle Me" Single, Tours Europe
- Drones Release 7", Tour With Band of Horses
- Feist Extends Tour Into 2008
- Wu-Tang: A Beatles Interpolation, Not a Sample; Download the Song Now!
- New Stephin Merritt Song Coming to Volvo Ad, iTunes
- Dan Deacon Cancels Several Dates Due to Exhaustion
- Wire Announce New Read & Burn EP
- Subtle Reveal LP With TVOTR, Wolf Parade Members
- Morrissey Cuts Dates Due to Burst Pipe, Preps New LP
- Photos: White Williams Tour Diary Part 3
- Spiritualized Finish Album, Schedule Euro, U.S. Shows
- Photos: Black Mountain / Cave Singers [Omaha, NE; 10/01/07]
- A Place to Bury Strangers Open for BRMC
- Menomena Collaborate With Friend Artist Live
- Pop Montreal Kicks Off Tonight
- Pipettes Reschedule Those Postponed Dates
- Photos: Bonde Do Role [Portland, OR; 09/27/07]
- Jay-Z Reveals American Gangster Tracklist
- Did "Saturday Night Live" Rip Off Aphex Twin?
- Wu-Tang Clear First Legal Beatles Sample!!
- Voxtrot Reschedule Dates
- Extra Golden's New Album Gives Thanks to Obama
- A Gift From the Arcade Fire, Coming This Saturday
- Photos: Built to Spill [Edmonton, Alberta; 09/29/07]
- Nina Nastasia and Jim White Tour Together
- Neko Case Readies Trio of Reissues
- Photos: Magnolia Electric Co. / The Watson Twins [Boston, MA; 10/01/07]
- Kristin Hersh and Tanya Donnelly Reunite for Shows
- Rage, Bjork, Arcade Fire, LCD, Battles Play Big Day Out
- Flaming Lips Plan Christmas in March
- Photos: The Hives [Chicago, IL; 09/30/07]
- Photos: Fujiya & Miyagi / Dirty on Purpose [Cambridge, MA; 09/29/07]
- Animal Collective Are Corrupting Our Nation's Youth!
- Prinzhorn Dance School Issue "Space Invader" Single
- First Look: Sigur Ros Documentary Heima
- Photos: Boris with Michio Kurihara / Damon & Naomi [Chicago, IL; 09/30/07]
- Photos: Iron & Wine / Arthur & Yu [New York, NY; 09/30/07]
- Kanye West Has a Nerdy-Ass Blog!
- The Libertines' Best Collected on Time for Heroes
- Photos: Bright Eyes With Los Angeles Philharmonic / Yo La Tengo / M. Ward [Los Angeles, CA; 09/29/07]
- M.I.A. Adds Shows With the Cool Kids
- British Sea Power Ask: Do You Like Rock Music?
- Photos: Thurston Moore / Christina Carter [Boston, MA; 09/27/07]
- T.V. Eye: October 1-7, 2007
- Radiohead Album Coming Out as Regular CD Too
- Colin Mee Back in Deerhunter?
- The Pipettes Postpone North American Tour
- The Battles Prep New LP Under New Name, Giantess
- Bob Mould Issues Friends DVD, Shows It Off on Tour