Friends Host Benefit for Injured Producer Scotty Hard
Photo by M.E. SmithAs early 1990s hip-hop goes, you name it, and Scotty Hard probably had a hand in it. Wu-Tang Clan, De La Soul, Black Sheep, Ultramagnetic MCs, P.M. Dawn, Jungle Brothers, Gravediggaz, and even Chris Rock have all received Hard's mixing/engineering touch, and the studio whiz also produced jazz records by the likes of Medeski Martin & Wood, Sex Mob, and others.
The knob-smith, born Scott Harding, has fallen on difficult times after a February 15 car accident left him in serious condition with multiple injuries, including a crushed spinal cord. Harding underwent surgery earlier this month and is in good spirits, but he is partially paralyzed and the road to recovery will be a long and uncertain one. And as Harding has no health insurance, the road to financial recovery may be even longer.
To help Harding's cause, a number of music-making friends have come together for a benefit concert tomorrow night, March 19, at the Highline Ballroom in New York City. The bill for "The Scotty Hard Concert" includes jazz guitar legend John Scofield, Antibalas, Bill Laswell, MMW's John Medeski and Billy Martin, Marco Benevento and Joe Russo of Benevento/Russo Duo, Eric Krasno, Neal Evans, Sex Mob, DJ Logic, John Ellis, Michael Black, Vijay Iyer, Tommy Hamilton, and Kevin Kendrick.
All proceeds from the event will go to the Scotty Hard Trust, established to help Harding through his ordeal. For information on how you can contribute directly, please consult the Trust's website.
Tokyo Police Club Cancel Shows, Add UK Dates
A death in the family has forced cherub-faced Canucks Tokyo Police Club to cancel a pair of dates this week, with their Indianapolis gig tomorrow night (March 19) and Lawrence, Kansas the next night (March 20) now off the docket. Tonight's performance in London, Ontario is still on, as are all the rest of the dates. In a MySpace blog post, the band promised to "work on making the shows up as soon as we can." Hope all is well, guys.
The bad news out of the way, let me remind ya'll once again of the good news: Elephant Shell, TPC's forthcoming debut LP, sees release in North America from Saddle Creek April 22 and Memphis Industries in Europe May 5. According to their website, they'll release a remix EP right along with the record.
A May-June UK tour has also been tacked on to the band's itinerary. [MORE...]
Gnarls Barkley Push up LP Release Date to...Right Now
So often these days, record release dates get pushed back and pushed back, whether it's to create more buzz, more marketing opportunities, or more chances for them to suck less. But Downtown/Atlantic artists Gnarls Barkley-- totally non-sucky, and buckers of trends both musical and, now, logistical-- are throwing caution to the wind and sticking their sophomore set, The Odd Couple, in digital (and some physical) stores today, March 18, and all brick-and-mortar ones next Tuesday, March 25. The album's original release date was April 8.
So why the, uh, opposite of holdup? "They felt the timing was right to just go for it," a press release claims. "With the shifting seasons, furtive romantic entanglements and fierce college basketball rivalries, the latter half of March can be confusing. People need to be soothed and inspired now."
Right, right, brackets. It couldn't possibly have anything to do with the fact that The Odd Couple has been flitting about the internet for the last couple weeks for the low low price of zero, would it? Eh, whatever: at least these labels are making some kinda effort. Buy music! It's worth it!
Gnarls' move follows similarly old-model-busting actions of late by Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails and the Raconteurs among others, and we're curious to see which ones end up looking the best with a little hindsight.
In other Gnarls news, their video for "Run" is a powerful weapon against the denizens of the United Kingdom, and Danger Mouse will work with yet another funky dude-- one Beck Hansen-- on the midnite vulture's next LP. Oh, and Gnarls proper will hit the stage at the Hollywood Bowl July 27 to show off their "Mork and Mindy" costumes and probably play some music.
Portishead Reveal Third Single, Box Set Details
They seem like such non-violent types, but Portishead will bring out the heavy artillery with the release of the first single from their much-anticipated new album, Third. "Machine Gun" is the tune the trio chose for the single, and it makes its radio and download debut today, March 18.
In a matter of minutes, at 7:30 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time, Zane Lowe will premiere "Machine Gun" on his BBC Radio 1 show, and it will simultaneously become available for download through the band's official website. The single will also be released in the UK on etched, one-sided 12" vinyl, April 14 via Island.
Third will be released on April 28 in the UK (via Island) and April 29 in the U.S. (via Mercury). A limited edition box set version of the album will also be available on April 28, to the first 10,000 people who order it from the Portishead website.
Here are the box set's contents:
- double vinyl copy of Third
- etched "Machine Gun" 12"
- limited edition art print by Nick Uff
- "P"-shaped USB stick featuring Third and four films (Ade's House, Machine Gun; The Rip Live @ Mr. Wolfe's; We Carry On; and The Truly Spectacular Universal Conference Film) and offering exclusive access to other extras to be unveiled throughout the year. [MORE...]
DeVotchKa Gear Up for A Mad & Faithful World Tour
Basia Bulat supports in North America
Then, after DeVotchKa's appearance at Coachella, the band will tackle North America with Canada's Basia Bulat in the support slot. A string quartet will join DeVotchKa onstage for those dates, while certain shows will even feature aerial acrobats the Slavic Sisters. Could we get some cotton candy with that? [MORE...]
Kevin Ayers' Star-Studded Unfairground Hits the States
Far too many guest stars for one subhead to contain
The disc is positively brimming over with guests, including, as I typed (and typed, and typed) way back when: Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera, members of Architecture in Helsinki, Neutral Milk Hotel/Music Tapes dude Julian Koster, former Gorky's Zygotic Mynci frontman Euros Childs, Teenage Fanclub's Norman Blake and Francis MacDonald, Elephant 6-affiliated cellist Heather McIntosh, Daisy Martey of the Noonday Underground, Psychedelic Furs keyboardist Joe McGinty, singer Candie Payne, folkie legend Bridget St. John, Ayers' Soft Machine cohorts Hugh Hopper and Robert "The Wyattron" Wyatt, and members of the Ladybug Transistor, including the late San Fadyl. Phew!
Anyhow, somebody over there at Gigantic Music must've thought, "Man, that gigantic list of guest stars would befit our label quite nicely," as they issued The Unfairground in the U.S. today. Fair enough! [MORE...]
Rilo Kiley Announce North American Tour
Photos by Amy Phillips, taken at Rilo Kiley's show at the Riviera in Chicago on September 15, 2007. Yeah, we know they're a little old, but you can never have too many cute pictures of Jenny Lewis, right?
Out from Under the Blacklight and into the spotlight come Los Angeles stars Rilo Kiley, who will hit the road throughout North America in April, May, and June. The trek will make stops at Coachella and Bonnaroo along the way.
In other Rilo Kiley news, there's apparently a Jenny Lewis solo LP in the works, though the impressive list of rumored guest stars may turn out to be too good to be true. Also, the band recently contributed a T-shirt design to the Yellow Bird Project, which will benefit the Elliott Smith Memorial Fund.
And while I'm standing atop this particular soapbox: If "Salute Your Shorts"-- the 90s TV show in which a young Blake Sennett portrayed wisecracking "new guy" camper Ronnie Pinsky-- doesn't hit DVD soon, I'm gonna start doling out the awful waffles.
More photos and tour dates below.
Parlophone will release the full-length offering in the UK on March 24, though single "Bad Blood"-- which features a cover of Michael Jackson's "Beat It" as one of its CD B-sides-- is available right now across the pond. Check out the video for "Bad Blood", featured in Forkcast, at the link below.
As for U.S. citizens, Astralwerks (a new home for the 'grass) will deliver Diamond Hoo Ha on
Supergrass have a run of live dates in the UK scheduled for April as well. [MORE...]
Russian Futurists, Dntel, Solvent Remix Sally Shapiro
Photo by William Joines"Ooh, does this mean there will be a Vol. 2??", we once asked in typically giddy fashion upon learning of the first Sally Shapiro remix album. Little did we know, not only will there indeed very much be a Vol. 2, but said volume lies in wait just a few calendar pages away.
Dntel, the Russian Futurists, Solvent, and Shapiro's own producer Johan Agebjörn are among those reworking Disco Romance's parade of instant classics on this, Remix Romance Vol. 2, due
Speaking of nightspot blower-uppers, Sally has another piece of vinyl on the way. A double 12" for North American Disco Romance bonus track and Pitchfork's 39th favorite track of 2007 "He Keeps Me Alive" lands this May on Germany's Permanent Vacation imprint. UPDATE: this release will include a new Sally Shapiro track called "My Fantasy". Woo!
And while Sally and Johan's debut North American tour may have been cut sadly short, the pair does have a DJ date lined up at Debaser in Malmö, Sweden on May 2. [MORE...]
Caribou and Fuck Buttons Kick Off Joint Tour Tonight
Caribou photo by Sanchez and Kitahara
This evening in Hamilton, Ontario, the blissed-out psych-pop of Dan Snaith and his Caribou will meet the blissed-out caterwauling crunch of Fuck Buttons. It's the first of a ton of engagements the two will share all over North America over the next couple months.
Carting what's sure to be a truckload of pedals and gadgets and doo-dads along at every turn, Caribou and the bad-word Buttons (recent Best New Music recipients for their head-swimmingly superb Street Horrrsing LP) will make their long honeymoon an overseas affair as well, when the bands share May bills at Barcelona's Primavera Sound Festival and the ATP vs. Pitchfork shindig.
Upon untangling their respective cables, and figuring out which MicroKorg belongs to which person, both bands have quite a few dates on their own. [MORE...]
Jay-Z Headlines Hove Festival
Other acts: Animal Collective, Les Savy Fav, Band of Horses
Of course, Jay is hardly the extent of the 2008 bill. It also includes Animal Collective, Les Savy Fav, Band of Horses, the Raconteurs, Black Mountain, Yeasayer, the Cool Kids, Black Lips, Deerhunter, Stars, Boys Noize, Simian Mobile Disco, Crystal Castles, MGMT, Babyshambles, Black Kids, Kim Hiorthøy, Familjen, Foals, the Teenagers, Brian Jonestown Massacre, the Kooks, Converge, and the newest candidate for worst band name ever, Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong, among many others.
This year's Hove Festival takes place from June 23-27.
Thanks to reader Anders Tønsberg for the tip.
Aphex Twin, Goldfrapp Added to Coachella Bill
One of these things is not like the other
But wait, there's more! In addition to all that gloriously buzzsawin' clickety-clack from our boy Rich, Coachella has further bolstered its roster with appearances from at least one more truly stellar get: the chameleonic Goldfrapp. There will also be sets from righteous rockers Redd Kross, Lily Allen-lite Kate Nash, System of a Down dude Serj Tankian, and English soul/jazz buzz-getter Adele. These, of course, pepper a lineup already featuring Portishead, the Breeders, M.I.A., Death Cab, the Verve, Jens Lekman, My Morning Jacket, the Raconteurs, the Streets, Animal Collective, and all those other bands on that poster you've seen floating around. Guess that means the graphic design department's hard at work on round two, huh?
East Coasters, don't forget, Coachella organizers Goldenvoice will be putting on the somewhat smaller yet paradoxically Radiohead-headlined All Points West festival in your neck of the woods this summer.
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- Photos: Borealis Festival [Bergen, Norway; 02/26-03/01/08]