Jeremy Jay Preps Debut LP for K Records, Tours
In many ways, Jeremy Jay appears to be a man out of time. Sporting a mop-top and coarse wool blazer, Jay draws on such esoteric yet melody-minded songwriters of the past as Harry Nilsson and Bill Fay (with a little bit of post-punk disaffection thrown in for good measure). And while he's no throwback act, it's not hard to imagine a tune of his gracing the same classic film soundtracks populated by Simon and Garfunkel and Cat Stevens.Jay recently released the Airwalker EP-- available for free in streaming format here-- which he'll follow rather quickly with his debut LP, A Place Where We Can Go, May 20 on K Records.
Jeremy has plans to tour around the disc, including a mess of gigs in his native California leading into even more at SXSW. [MORE...]
Bjork Dedicates Song to Kosovo, Serbia Show Canceled
Photo by Ashley Williamson
Björk's "Declare Independence" is a powerful, abrasive anthem about freedom; as Björk told us in an interview earlier this year, the song was written about the situation in Greenland and the Faroe Islands, both of which are politically bound to Denmark.
According to an Iceland Review Online story, the Icelandic superstar brought the song's message to an extremely hot-button issue last week, when she dedicated "Declare Independence" to Kosovo at two concerts in Tokyo. Kosovo declared its own independence from Serbia last week, sparking both celebrations and protests.
Iceland Review reports that the dedications led to the cancellation of Björk's planned performance in Novi Sad, Serbia this summer. According to various internet sources, that performance was to be at the EXIT Festival, which takes place this year from July 10-13.
Organizers explained their cancellation of Björk's appearance as the result of an inability to guarantee security for concertgoers, according to Iceland Review Online source Morgunbladid.
Morgunbladid reports that in response to the cancellation, Björk said, "Maybe a Serb attended my concert [in Tokyo] and called home, and therefore the concert in Novi Sad was cancelled."
Thanks to Daniel La France for the tip.
Björk has plenty of tour dates left across the world, continuing February 28 in Hong Kong. [MORE...]
Chemikal Underground Opens Digital Download Store
Jumping into the digital indie fray alongside folks like Sub Pop and Touch and Go, Glasgow's revered Chemikal Underground imprint has launched its very own online store for the sale of digital music files.Cruise on over to the Chemikal Underground shop right now and you'll find every darn release in the label's prestigious catalog-- over 650 songs!-- reduced to refreshingly portable, 256kbps ones and zeros. That catalog includes classics from Mogwai, Arab Strap (plus solo releases from Aidan John Moffat and Malcolm Middleton), CU founders the Delgados, Bis, Aerogramme, and more, not to mention the ultra-rare, ultra-excellent Interpol Fukd ID 12".
Being able to satisfy your Chemikal fix from the comfort of your own computer chair is pretty sweet by itself, but the shop will make things even more worth your while by offering up some rare exclusives. Among them: the sole official Degaldos concert bootleg, Live at the Fruitmarket: Glasgow 2001, Arab Strap's soundtrack to the short film Rogue Farm, and plenty of Arab Strap rarities. And that's just the beginning.
While shaking things up on the world wide web, Chemikal Underground has also been making moves in reality-land. The label recently delivered Aidan John Moffat's naughty I Can Hear Your Heart and Mother and the Addicts' Science Fiction Illustrated, and treated overseas audiences to the latest Radar Bros. LP, Auditorium. Mogwai's groundbreaking Young Team, as previously reported, will get a 10th anniverary expanded reissue from CU, tentatively in April.
Handsome Furs Firm Up Spring Tour
This right here? This fine looking thing (after the jump) represents the full list of places you and yours can cavort and caper with young marrieds Dan Boeckner and Alexei Perry of Handsome Furs on their forthcoming spring tour, which is now even longer than it was before.
Following a stop at the Sub Pop SXSW showcase, the band will hit the road in late March, traversing the East Coast, then the west, and not a whole heck of a lot in between. "Handsome Furs Hate This City"? Nah, it's the long commutes they're really not so fond of. [MORE...]
Ian Curtis, M.I.A., Common, Karen O Sell Converses
Also: Sid Vicious, Joan Jett, Hunter S. Thompson
We tend to associate Common with dapper headwear (and safe sex and vodka), but a new advertising campaign will use the MC's likeness-- as well as those of M.I.A., Sid Vicious, Karen O, Joan Jett, and Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong-- to promote shoes.
Converse is celebrating its first century of existence this year with a campaign called "Connectivity", which gets its name by "visually 'connecting' past and present Converse icons," according to a press release.
In addition to the aforementioned musicians, the "Converse icons" in the campaign include James Dean, Hunter S. Thompson, and NBA star Dwyane Wade. "Connectivity" will also feature a few other, region-specific faces, including Ian Curtis (UK), Jane Birkin (France), and Nina Hagen (Germany).
The "Connectivity" campaign is set to debut this spring.
Mike Patton & Fennesz Plan More Dates Together
In-demand weird sound vocalizer Mike Patton and subdued weird sound synthesizer Christian Fennesz will kick off another European tour together tomorrow evening, February 27.They have four dates together before splitting up for a few solo gigs. Patton's headlining shows are all with Italy's Zu, and Fennesz's are mostly festival dates. Patton fans in Brussels should note that a scheduled gig at VK for March 5 has been cancelled. But the question remains: When are these two gonna show North America some love?
Patton has also been collaborating with Dan the Automator under the name Crudo. The pair will perform at the 2008 Sasquatch! festival, running May 24-26. [MORE...]
Noise Pop Kicks Off Tonight in San Francisco
Starting this evening and continuing through Sunday, March 2, noise, pop, and pretty much everything betwixt the two shall meet in the City by the Bay, as the 16th annual Noise Pop festival takes over San Francisco. Music, film, art, and something called a "stellastarr*" will line the streets of the fair city, giving the rest of the nation yet another reason to be jealous of San Franciscans.
Since the early run-down we gave back in November with the Mountain Goats, the Magnetic Fields, Cursive, and the Gutter Twins, there has been a ton of new additions to the Noise Pop lineup. Highlights include the Walkmen, A Place to Bury Strangers, She & Him, Holy Fuck, British Sea Power, Helio Sequence, Blitzen Trapper, Quasi, Bodies of Water, the Rosebuds, Tilly and the Wall, the Little Ones, Trackademicks, Fleet Foxes, the Dodos, Throw Me the Statue, Panther, Mika Miko, the Broken West, Kelley Stoltz, Working for a Nuclear Free City, Monotonix, Grand Archives, Film School, MSTRKRFT, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Two Gallants' Adam Stephens, Amplive, those Human Giant characters, and, yes, stellastarr*.
The film portion of the festival includes the Germs biopic What We Do Is Secret, the documentaries Wesley Willis's Joyrides and You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977-1984. There is also an art show featuring Autumn de Wilde's photographs of Elliott Smith, a design/craft fair, and panels and mentoring sessions.
The festivities take place at a plethora of San Francisco locales over the next several days. For a detailed schedule, hit up the Noise Pop website, or just wander around San Francisco aimlessly until you hear the sweet, sweet music.
Radiohead Plan Japan Tour, Confirm Toronto Date?
Hello? Gee, hey Radiohead! How ya been? It's been, like, nearly five days since we ran a story on you guys. I know, right? Sooooo, what ya'll been doin'? Oh I see. Uh huh. Uh huh. That's nice.A reportedly confirmed date in Toronto, you say? August 15 at the Molson Amphitheatre, according to Much Music's Red Hot blog [via At Ease]? Shucks, guys, you shouldn't have!
Ooh, and a little travel out East, eh? Gigs in Osaka and Tokyo? Cool! Any idea where or when exactly? Oh I see, you don't know yet. Uh huh. Just sometime in October. Well that's still pretty sweet.
And just those two All Points West performances in the NYC area, huh? Oh hey, how about that San Francisco fest thing? Still just a rumor for now, I see.
Well guys, I have to go fetch my laundry, but it's been cool. Don't worry, I will. OK, catch you next time! Keep it real, dudes! [MORE...]
Joe Gibbs, Legendary Reggae Producer, R.I.P.
Photo via reggae.co.uk
Pioneering Jamaican producer Joe Gibbs, an instrumental figure in the growth of the sound of reggae, died at a Kingston, Jamaica hospital Thursday, February 21, according to a post on the Guardian's blog by Pitchfork contributor Dave Stelfox (via Idolator). He was 65 years old.
Gibbs began his career in the United States, where he trained as an engineer. Upon his return to Jamaica, he sold records out of his TV repair shop. Encouraged by the success of his vinyl sales, Gibbs added a recording studio to his office at the rear of the shop, which took off even further.
Gibbs' Amalgamated label was vital to the development of rocksteady, a somewhat more deliberate, bass-heavy version of the ska sound popular in the country at the time. His studio was soon home to fellow legends-in-the-making as Lee "Scratch" Perry and Winston "Niney the Observer" Holness.
As reggae's popularity continued to rise both in Jamaica and abroad, Gibbs scored his first big success beyond the island in 1970 with Nicky Thomas' "Love of the Common People", which hit #10 on the UK charts. It was around this time that Gibbs and partner Errol Thompson-- known jointly as "The Mighty Two"-- firmed up their house band, the Professionals, which included bassist Robbie Shakespeare and drummer Sly Dunbar (aka the unstoppable rhythm section known as Sly and Robbie).
With the band in place, Gibbs began to enjoy an untold string of hits that stretched into the 1980s. Gibbs and Thompson worked with legendary figures like Dennis Brown and Gregory Isaacs, and helped craft such unparalleled recordings as Althea and Donna's 1977 smash "Uptown Top Ranking" and Culture's hugely influential Two Sevens Clash LP.
Gibbs scored an international hit in 1980 with JC Lodge's "Someone Loves You Honey", a cover of a tune by American country singer Charley Pride. But according to Allmusic, the song was at the center of a lawsuit between Pride and Gibbs, which left Gibbs financially devastated. Gibbs took up recording again periodically later in life, though he never enjoyed the same success he experienced in the 60s and 70s.
A series of CDs compiling Gibbs' most famous productions are available, and according to Allmusic, 17 North Parade plan to issue Joe Gibbs Reggae Anthology in May.
Photos: Bill Callahan / Jonathan Meiburg [Mount Pleasant, SC; 02/23/08]
Photos by Drew KatchenBacked by Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg and Thor Harris, and having shed the Smog moniker he so long carried, Bill Callahan took the stage at Mount Pleasant, South Carolina's Village Tavern this past Sunday. All clad in ill-fitting suits, the crew bore resemblance to a down-on-their-luck, drowsy wedding band as they rolled through tunes off Callahan's Woke on a Whaleheart and old favorites like "Cold Blooded Old Times".
Meiburg also opened the show, in anticipation of Shearwater's forthcoming Rook on Matador. He, Callahan, and Harris head to Birmingham, Alabama tonight, then continue their roll through the American South into early March.
BILL CALLAHAN
JONATHAN MEIBURG
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Photos: El Guincho [Barcelona, Spain; 02/22/08]
Photos by Daniel CantóIt's not a bad time to familiarize yourself with Barcelona's El Guincho, whose Alegranza! recently earned Best New Music distinction from some website you may be reading right now. Heck, before you know it, you might just be running into this guy-- born Pablo Díaz-Reixa-- at festivals and clubs around the globe.
For now though, catch him right here in photo form (depicted at his hometown's Apolo this past Friday night), then around his native Spain and the UK in the coming weeks.
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El Perro del Mar Lines Up World Tour
Leads Swedish invasion of North America with Lykke Li, Anna Ternheim
Photo by Johanna Hedborg
From the Valley to the Stars and from the tour bus to just about everywhere comes Sarah Assbring and El Perro del Mar this spring. Set to release new album From the Valley to the Stars on Wednesday in her native Scandinavia on Licking Fingers, El Perro del Mar will stick to her home country of Sweden for a couple of shows later this week, followed by a full-on European tour with countrywoman Lykke Li. When they two have had their ways with their home continent, it'll be off to North America in May, when El Perro del Mar will be joined nightly by Lykke Li and Anna Ternheim (yes, she's Swedish too). That trek may wouldn't have anything to do with the Control Group's April 22 release of From the Valley to the Stars in the U.S., now would it? I thought it might!
And hey, we never ran the tracklist for the new El Perro del Mar album, did we? It's there, after the jump. [MORE...]
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The Gossip Announce Live CD/DVD Release
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Hives Challenge Vancouver Canucks to Hockey Game
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Final Fantasy Tangles With Canada's Healthcare System
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- Black Swans Hit the Road
- The Pica Beats Sign to Hardly Art
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- Tilly and the Wall Deliver New Single
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- The Gossip Announce Live CD/DVD Release
- Pitchfork Seeks Web Developer
- Hives Challenge Vancouver Canucks to Hockey Game
- Black Swans Hit the Road
- The Pica Beats Sign to Hardly Art
- Cribs Recording With Johnny Marr, Touring
- Tilly and the Wall Deliver New Single
- Final Fantasy Tangles With Canada's Healthcare System
- Wilco, Pornos, MMJ, Death Cab on "Heroes" Soundtrack
- Beach House, Papercuts Kick Off Tour Tonight
- Pelican Take City to More Cities
- Photos: Crystal Castles / HEALTH [Chicago, IL; 02/27/08]
- Holy Fuck, Raveonettes, Stills Play Rachael Ray's Party
- Animal Collective Announce Water Curses EP
- Constantines Announce Spring Tour, Cancel NYC Show
- Wire Return to the Road, Record New Album
- R.I.P. Buddy Miles, Drummer and Hendrix Collaborator
- Mount Eerie Go "Hard Core" on New EP, Tour All Over
- Jamie Lidell Announces World Tour
- Yo La Tengo Light Up the Airwaves This Week
- The Verve Schedule More U.S. Dates, Work on New LP
- Air's Moon Safari Reissued for Tenth Anniversary
- Carbon/Silicon Bond With Matt Pond PA on Tour
- Techno Overlord Carl Craig Anthologized on Sessions
- Shins, Wolf Parade, Rilo Kiley Design Charity Shirts
- Pattern Is Movement Unveil New Album, Tour
- Vampire Weekend Axe Two UK Shows, Add Many More
- The Dodos Add Dates With Silje Nes
- Knife's Karin Dreijer Andersson on New dEUS Album
- Andrew Bird Guests on Dianogah Album
- Frog Eyes Extend Tour
- My Brightest Diamond Bares Shark's Teeth on New LP
- Frank Black, Isaac Brock...and Larry Norman?
- Fleet Foxes Join P4K/Windish Party, Set Times Updated
- Jeremy Jay Preps Debut LP for K Records, Tours
- Bjork Dedicates Song to Kosovo, Serbia Show Canceled
- Chemikal Underground Opens Digital Download Store
- Handsome Furs Firm Up Spring Tour
- Ian Curtis, M.I.A., Common, Karen O Sell Converses
- Mike Patton & Fennesz Plan More Dates Together
- Noise Pop Kicks Off Tonight in San Francisco
- Radiohead Plan Japan Tour, Confirm Toronto Date?
- Joe Gibbs, Legendary Reggae Producer, R.I.P.
- Photos: Bill Callahan / Jonathan Meiburg [Mount Pleasant, SC; 02/23/08]
- Photos: El Guincho [Barcelona, Spain; 02/22/08]
- El Perro del Mar Lines Up World Tour
- Photos: Jay Reatard [Chicago, IL; 02/22/08]
- Christian Music Legend Larry Norman, R.I.P.
- Paul Scheer Gets Role in Jack Black/Michael Cera Movie, Human Giant Cancel Tour Dates
- Beirut Schedules Spring World Tour
- Joy Division, Lou Reed, James Brown in SXSW Films
- Diplo, CSS, Cool Kids Remix Sunny Day Sets Fire
- T.V. Eye: February 25-March 2, 2008
- Wilco Postpone Show to Play “Saturday Night Live”
- Sasquatch! 2008 Lineup Revealed
- Peter Moren Adds Dates, Collaborates With Froberg
- Beauty Pill's Clark Undergoes Successful Heart Surgery
- OMG! It's a Virtual Devendra Dress-Up Doll!
- Clipse Working With Joss Stone
- Photos: The National / My Brightest Diamond [Brooklyn, NY; 02/22/08]
- Sigur Ros, National, N.E.R.D., Okkervil Play Oya Fest
- Iron & Wine Add U.S., UK Tour Dates
- Rhino Reissues Otis Redding's Otis Blue
- The New Hold Steady Album: Stay Positive
- Talking Heads, Grace Jones on Compass Point Comp
- Howlin Rain Issue Strange New CD, Tour
- All Points West to Be Radiohead's Only NYC Appearance
- Reunited Young Marble Giants to Play Primavera Sound
- M.I.A., Vampire Weekend, Lupe, Girl Talk Play Brown
- Allien, Swayzak, Modeselektor on Apparat Remixes Set
- 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?
- Photos: The Magnetic Fields [New York, NY; 02/21/08]
- Crystal Castles, HEALTH Kick Off Tour Tonight
- 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]
- The Breeders Announce First Mountain Single
- Cat Power Adds Even More Dates
- Pete Rock Enlists Raekwon, Masta Killa for NY's Finest
- Luaka Bop Bundles Brazil Classics Highlights on Comp
- New Spiritualized Album: Song's in A&E;
- Minus the Bear Announce Tour, Dates with the Big Sleep
- 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!
- Love's Forever Changes Gets Another Expanded Reissue
- Mission of Burma Reissues: Now With Tracklists
- Pere Ubu Guitarist Jim Jones, R.I.P.
- No Age Reveal Nouns Tracklist, Add Dates
- Acid Mothers Temple in Touring/LP-Releasing Shocker
- Rufus Wainwright Wants You to Turn the Lights Off
- Le Loup Tour, Play Dates With the Ruby Suns
- Vampire Weekend, Times New Viking Join ATP vs. P4k
- 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]
- Portishead's Third Gets Tracklist, New Release Dates
- Baroness Tour With Converge, Genghis Tron
- Gnarls Barkley Share Odd Release Date, Video Plans
- John McCain's Daughter: Music Blogger
- The Gutter Twins Kick Off Tour Tonight
- 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
- sBACH (Hella's Spencer Seim) Signs to Suicide Squeeze
- Battles Sketch out Spring Tour
- Fleet Foxes Sign to Sub Pop, Prep EP and Album, Tour
- Kanye Adds Dates to "Glow in the Dark" Tour
- Photos: 18th Annual Tibet House Benefit [New York, NY; 02/13/08]
- Pitchfork Seeks Business Intern in Chicago
- Britt Daniel, Grizzly Bear Remix Feist on New Single
- White Stripes Snuggle up to Best Buy
- Death Cab's Narrow Stairs Gets Tracklist, Release Date
- British Sea Power Extend Tour
- Modest Mouse, Of Montreal, Diplo Set for Rothbury Fest
- Laetitia Sadier's Monade Craft Monstre Cosmic, Tour
- Man Man, Yeasayer to Tour U.S. Together This Spring
- Islands' Nick Thorburn Talks Arm's Way, Side Projects
- Shearwater's Meiburg Tours With Bill Callahan
- DFA, Adrock Remix M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" on New EP
- Sonic Youth Plan Career-Spanning Art Exhibit
- Deerhoof's Satomi Doubles Up for Oneone Project
- Art Brut Deliver New Digital Single/EP
- Scarlett Johansson Album Has Tracklist, David Bowie!
- Amplive's Radiohead Remixes Now Available
- Handsome Furs Announce Spring Dates
- Working for a Nuclear Free City to Tour U.S., UK
- Mark Linkous Discusses the State of Sparklehorse
- Thom Yorke Turns NPR DJ on Valentine's Day
- Constantines Reveal New Album Details
- Dalek, Isis Members on Tracy Wilson (Dahlia Seed) LP
- T.V. Eye: February 12-17, 2008
- Foals Prepare Debut LP for Sub Pop/Transgressive
- Islands Sign to Anti- Records
- Apes Play Ghost Games on New LP, Tour
- Ladytron Reveal Velocifero Tracklist
- The Game Sentenced to 60 Days for Gun Charge
- Replacements' Twin/Tone Catalog Reissued, Expanded
- Pitchfork Seeks Graphics Intern in NYC Office
- Thom Yorke, A.C. Newman Do Farrell Benefit Auction
- Radiohead! North! American! Tour! Details!!!
- YACHT to Open for Vampire Weekend
- Kanye West Reveals "Glow in the Dark" Tour Dates
- Cover Art Cop: Colin Meloy vs. Peter Moren
- Radiohead North American Tour Breaking Development
- R.E.M. Add Dates, Reveal Accelerate Special Edition
- Photos: Daniel Johnston [Omaha, NE; 02/09/08]
- Lupe Fiasco Turns The Cool Into Clothing
- Envelopes Bring The Wind on Second Album
- Daft Punk, Shins, Hot Chip, Iggy Pop Pose for Playboy
- Boston's Pretty & Nice Sign to Hardly Art
- Gibbard and Fisk's About a Son Score to Be Released
- Radiohead Greatest Hits Album on the Way
- Whiskeytown's Strangers Almanac Expanded, Reissued
- Godspeed Still on Hiatus, Not Completely Broken Up
- Deerhoof Enlist New Member
- Timbaland Launches "Mobile Album" With Verizon
- Long Blondes Reveal North American Tour, Tracklist
- Wipers' Sophomore Album Gets Vinyl Reissue
- Los Campesinos! Craft Zine With Deerhoof, Gruff Rhys
- Panda Bear, Of Montreal, Battles on Rough Trade Comp
- Frightened Rabbit Get in Midnight Organ Fight, Tour
- Ladytron Reveal Album Details, North American Tour
- Jay-Z Launches Ad Agency, Expands Tour
- Leonard Cohen to Play Glastonbury
- Portishead Add Dates, Third Details Surface
- The Kills Prepare for Mammoth World Tour
- Yelle Gets Physical Release for Debut, Tours
- Subtle Reveal New Album ExitingARM
- Go! Team Play Benefit for Old Cinema, Add Shows
- Jenny Lewis Working on New Album
- Daydream Nation, Soon to Be a Teen Comedy Movie Starring That Girl From "Heroes"
- YLT, Okkervil River, Destroyer, Diplo, Annie Join SXSW
- Band of Horses Cancel Shows
- Bonnie "Prince" Billy on Latest Louisville V-Day Comp
- Be Your Own Pet Schedule More Awkward Dates
- MSTRKRFT Check in From Studio, Announce Tour
- Photos: Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues [New York, NY; 02/06/08]
- Photos: Black Lips [Portland, OR; 02/05/08]
- Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige Co-Headline Tour
- Gorillaz Documentary Debuts, Monkey Comes to U.S.
- Spend Valentine's Day With TV on the Radio's Malone
- Kurt Cobain: About a Son Coming to DVD
- White Stripes Do Spanish Version of "Conquest" Single
- The Breeders Announce Mountain of New Dates
- The Twilight Sad Schedule Tour
- Jesu/Fog Members, Marnie Stern, Tunng Do Singles Club
- Jamie Lidell Reveals Jim's First Single, Tour
- Shout Out Louds Issue New EP, Add Dates
- Nadja Have Another Album Coming Out, Tour Dates
- MCA Launches Film Company, Beasties Play Benefit
- Monotonix Do Drag City EP, Huge North American Tour
- Photos: Robyn [New York, NY; 02/05/08]
- Name Missy Elliott's New Album
- Junior Boys Serve Up Get Physical Mix, DJ Dates
- Bonnaroo 2008 Lineup Revealed
- Modest Mouse Working on New EP
- Shocking Pinks Cover Magnetic Fields on Single
- Juan Maclean, Booka Shade Remix Depeche's Gahan
- Simian Mobile Disco Release Yet Another EP
- Tickley Feather Signs to Paw Tracks for Debut LP
- White Stripes Sued for Sample Used Eight Years Ago
- Tapes 'n Tapes Hit the Road to Walk It Off
- Calvin Johnson Schedules Winter Tour
- Public Enemy, Raekwon Do Classics for Don't Look Back
- Bright Eyes, M. Ward Rally for Obama
- Slits Hit the States on Tour, Cut New EP
- Coroner Rules Pimp C's Death Accidental
- Boris Announce Smile Release Date, Single Details
- Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks Announce More Dates
- National, TVOTR Members Play Brooklyn Next Fest
- Asthmatic Kitty Reveals Encyclopedia DVD Tracklist
- Feist Announces Spring American Tour
- School of Language Plans North American Tour
- Robert Wyatt Guests on First Billy Bragg LP in Six Years
- Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid Team for African Album
- Black Kids Sign to Almost Gold Outside North America
- Peter Moren to Take Tycoon on the Road This Spring
- T.V. Eye: February 4-10, 2008
- The Hold Steady's Tad Kubler Playing Gig for Kids
- Love Is All Name New Album, Gain Member, Plan Shows
- R.I.P. Sean Finnegan, Drummer From Void
- Dirty Projectors Tour North America in the Spring
- Photos: Hot Chip [New York, NY; 02/02/08]
- Photos: Joanna Newsom with the Brooklyn Philharmonic [Brooklyn, NY; 02/01/08]
- Om Cancel Dates, Drummer Hakius Leaves
- Blonde Redhead Plot Another Brief Tour
- Yes, That Was an Arcade Fire Song in a Super Bowl Ad
- Iron & Wine to Tour U.S. With Califone
- Parts & Labor, Shooting Spires Line Up Tours
- Jay-Z to Headline Glastonbury
- Sally Shapiro Reveals Remix Romance Details
- 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