Vampire Weekend Reveal Record Store Day 7"
Indie rock newcomers Vampire Weekend will join indie rock AARP member Stephen Malkmus in boosting the cause of Record Store Day with the release of a single. Vampire Weekend's single is a 7" with the album version of "A-Punk" on the A-side and the "rehearsal version" of "Oxford Comma" on the B-side. It will come out on April 19, aka Record Store Day.In keeping with the Record Store Day M.O. (holding special events and offering exclusive merchandise at participating independent stores "with the purpose of celebrating the culture and unique place that they occupy both in their local communities and nationally"), the only shops that will carry the single are the ones participating in Record Store Day. Otherwise, VW completists can find the little vinyl slab at their shows and their website.
By the way, the band still has plenty of shows left, including appearances at both ATP vs. Pitchfork and the Pitchfork Music Festival. Damn, it's like we like them or something! [MORE...]
Scott "Spiral Stairs" Kannberg Curates Sled Island Fest
Lineup includes Wire, RZA, Jonathan Richman, Mogwai, Of Montreal, No Age, Gutter Twins
You might know Kannberg better as Pavement member Spiral Stairs and as the driving force behind Preston School of Industry. For Sled Island 2, he has assembled a lineup of artists that shows off his excellent pedigree and good taste.
Among those artists are Kannberg himself, as well as Wire, RZA, Of Montreal, Jonathan Richman, Mogwai, No Age, the Gutter Twins, Portastatic, José González, Deerhunter, the Dodos, Drive-By Truckers, Extra Golden, Miss Murgatroid and Petra Hayden, Beans, the Broken West, the Cave Singers, Headlights, Elliot Brood, Carolyn Mark, and more.
The Sled Island Festival takes place this year from June 25-28 at various venues around Calgary.
Neko Case, Carl Newman, Ryan Adams on ESOPUS CD
Plus: Atlas Sound, Man Man, Busdriver, Marnie Stern, Gowns
Like past issues, this one comes bundled with a themed compilation CD. Last time around we delved into the dreamstuff of ESOPUS readers as musically interpreted by Califone, Dirty Projectors, High Places, Black Moth Super Rainbow, and others. This time we'll celebrate "Good News" with selections from Ryan Adams, Atlas Sound, Man Man, Busdriver, Marnie Stern, Gowns, and the redheaded New Pornographer one-two punch of Neko Case and Carl Newman.
ESOPUS asked these folks and the rest below to find a news piece with a "positive" vibe to it-- a more daunting task than one might think-- and spin it into song. Case and Newman team for a tune about a ferret species' return from the brink of extinction, two acts turn in tales based on a window washer who survived a 46-story fall, and Man Man give us, yes, "A Song for Liza Minnelli".
These and more comprise the compilation that will accompany ESOPUS 10, which will also come packed with all manner of visual and written goodness. Look for it in early May. [MORE...]
So whether or not you'll swoon for "Sing for the Submarine", you'll delight in knowing that R.E.M. have thrown several new gigs into their touring itinerary over the coming months, including a four-date run in the UK in late August.
Of course, all that won't come until after the band wraps its big plans to tool around North America with Modest Mouse and the National, to say nothing of the glut of mostly European, frequently festival appearances they'll do in July and August. And, you know, they actually have to release Accelerate, which they'll do-- with a little help from Warner Bros.-- March 31 in the UK and April 1 in the U.S.
Oh, and make sure to check out Pitchfork contributor Stephen M. Deusner's interview/dental wizardry with R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe right here. [MORE...]
Thermals' Hutch and Kathy Revive Duo for Rare Show
Photo by Tom OliverAs you may have read, the Thermals recently went from a trio to a two-piece after the departure of drummer Lorin Coleman. The band isn't springing into action to hire a replacement for Coleman just yet, which means, for now, the Thermals are made up entirely of core members Hutch Harris and Kathy Foster.
Okay, flashback time. See, way before More Parts Per Million, Hutch and Kathy comprised the entirety of a ragged folk combo called, yes, Hutch and Kathy. Hutch and Kathy, it should be noted, are not the Thermals, even when the Thermals are a two-piece featuring people with those particular first names. The eponymous duo had its own non-Thermals tunes, and even released a self-titled LP, which Jealous Butcher recently reissued.
Anyhow, though you've hopefully seen Hutch and Kathy doing their thing with the Thermals in recent times, it's been six years since Hutch and Kathy performed in public as a duo in their previous incarnation. According to the Willamette Week's Local Cut blog, that will all change soon.
Come April 18, Hutch and Kathy will reconvene under their given first names for a performance at Portland State University venue the Modern Age, along with fellow PDXers Strength, Reporter, the Vonneguts, and Typhoon. The gig is a benefit for Portland State's KPSU radio, and will be preceded on April 14 by an in-studio performance from the duo on the KPSU airwaves.
Hutch himself claims that they'll be performing all new songs, some of which may end up on the next Thermals record. Ooh ooh, which, Hutch? "We're not sure exactly what they are." Ah. Guess we'll find out next month.
Lou Reed, Cat Power, the Roots Play Memphis Fest
With Aretha Franklin, Tegan and Sara, Bettye LaVette, Joan Jett, Project Pat
Like a lot of these big weekends, the Beale Street Music Festival sports plenty of the sorta milquetoast jammy/rootsy stuff that moves tickets and gets the hippie sorts who frequent these things a-noodlin' (especially, it would seem, in Tennessee).
But there's lots to love about the 2008 incarnation of the Memphis festival named for the city's favorite drag, going down May 2-4 at Tom Lee Park.
Take, for instance, an appearance from Mr. Lou Reed. Or Ms. Chan Marshall, perhaps better known to you and me as Cat Power. Or how about the Roots, Tegan and Sara, local legend Project Pat, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Memphis underground sensation Al Kapone, that Ben Folds fella, and, it must be said, My Chemical Romance?
Being Memphis and all, there's plenty of great blues, R&B and soul as well-- I mean, Aretha Franklins's gonna be there, along with Bettye LaVette, Buddy Guy, Muddy/Wolf sidemen Pinetop Perkins and Hubert Sumlin, and a whole lotta others. There will also be appearances from Santana, Fergie, Matisyahu, Disturbed, and both Sheryl Crow AND the Black Crowes.
A little careful planning, and you sure could have a real fine time down there in the Bluff City before it gets too hot.
Boy, Bjork's 3-D "Wanderlust" Video Looks Awesome
Björk's no stranger to groundbreaking music videos-- you'll find heaps of 'em here-- but her latest clip, for Volta brooder "Wanderlust", looks poised to give even the lady's most celebrated visual showstoppers a run for their money.But don't take our word for it. Just feast your eyes on these:
The stills seen above and below come from the the "Wanderlust" video, which, as previously reported, has been been rendered in thrilling 3-D. It will feature on a DVD accompanying the remix-ridden "Wanderlust" single (3-D glasses included!), due April 14 on One Little Indian. The Encyclopedia Pictura-directed spectacle will also premiere on Yahoo.com March 31, and folks without 3-D glasses can still dazzle over a separate, 2-D version. Check out a teaser clip for the 2-D version below.
And speaking of spectacles, Björk's still touring! Catch her in England and Northern Ireland in May, or at a European festival near you this summer.
Again, WOW:
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Lil Wayne FINALLY Announces Carter III Release Date
Hot damn. After untold numbers of mixtapes alluding to its existence, years and years of promises unkept and so many tentative release dates that came and went, Lil' Wayne's Tha Carter III will be released by Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown May 13.
Probably.
Sporting the recently Forkcasted, awfully divisive first single "Lollipop", the sixth LP from Weezy F. Baby is the first full-length studio release from the nevertheless hyperprolific MC since the December 2005 release of Tha Carter II.
What info we've got isn't real long on details-- no proper tracklist, alas-- but Billboard.com recently confirmed that Kanye West, Lil' Mama, Hurricane Chris, Corey Gunz, Jibbs, Shanell, Kidd Kidd and Mack Maine have all recorded guest verses for the album, and producers Swizz Beatz, Alchemist, Cool & Dre, Deezle and Jim Jonsin (who produced "Lollipop") contribute tracks. And if Birdman's not on there even for a second, I will eat my hat.
Wayne, who's not letting his January arrest slow him down one bit, pops up on Bun B's forthcoming II Trill LP, as well as on newcomer Tyga's upcoming album No Introduction, which Wayne will release on his own Young Money Ent. label in conjunction with Pete Wentz's Decaydance label. (Tyga also appears on Tha Carter III.)
He also has a few U.S. tour dates on the way, the next of which goes down over the weekend in Philly. [MORE...]
Help Rivers Cuomo Write a New "Sawng"!
Weezer album due for June 2008 release
The Weezer frontman and charity footballer reached out to his fans recently via YouTube for what he's christened "Let's Write a Sawng", an interactive songwriting project of sorts.
"Here's the deal," declares an amusingly mustachioed Cuomo in the introductory "Sawng" dispatch. "I'm in my music studio, trying to write a song. And I need your help. That's right. Me, and all of yous, are gonna write a song together."
For Step 1, Cuomo selected an "attitude" for his song, essentially "fun and poppy, but tough." For Step 2, he tapped his fans for a song title. "80's Radio" emerged as the victor, beating out "Riding in Geos With Katie", "Showdown in Candyland", and even the seemingly indomitable "Big and Bouncy".
For Step 3, still in progress, Cuomo has asked us to "come up with some chords yo." Word.
As of March 21, Rivers was heading over the river and through the woods to his grandparents' house for a week on a dial-up modem, which means you probably have until March 28 or so to pick the perfect chords for "80's Radio" and post them to YouTube. Make haste, yo.
Many thanks to reader Matthew Dunn for the tip!
And as much as we'd delight to find the fruits of the "Sawng" project on the forthcoming Weezer album, that seems unlikely given a recent posting to the Weezer website.
"We have one song left to mix and then it's on to mastering," that one reads. "We should be all done very soon. Then we chill for a minute." The record should be out in June, it's not called Tout Ensemble, and apparently it's "meaty, crunchy, and melodic like a good Weezer album should be." So there you go.
Oh, also, we're promised a new Weezer single on the radio soon. Cheeky Rivers won't disclose the title, but he does tell us it begins with T, ends with R, and is a single, twelve-letter world. So obviously it's called, um, "Treehuggerer".
Fleet Foxes Announce Debut Album
Sun Giant EP hitting stores soon
Photo by Nilina Mason-Campbell
Hot on the heels of their recent, Best New Music'd Sun Giant EP, Seattle's Fleet Foxes have announced the details of their debut LP. The self-titled affair (known for a time as Ragged Wood, though now officially eponymous) sports 11 tracks from the up-and-comers, including the recently Forkcasted (and totally gorgeous) "White Winter Hymnal". The Phil Ek-produced set is due June 3 from Sub Pop.
Oh, and Sun Giant, which has been available exclusively through Sub Pop's website since late February, arrives in stores April 8.
The Foxes recently launched a tour alongside another pack of Pac Northwesterners: Blitzen Trapper. Once the two are done stalking North America in late April, Fleet Foxes hit Sasquatch! and the Pitchfork Music Festival this summer. [MORE...]
Smashing Pumpkins Sue Virgin Over "Artistic Integrity"
LOLz
Okay so this is just kinda funny. According to a Billboard.com report, Billy Corgan and his Smashing Pumpkins are suing former label Virgin Records-- with which they put out Siamese Dream, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Adore, and Machina/The Machines of God-- for damaging their "artistic integrity" and undoing the "considerable amount of goodwill in the eyes of the public" the band has "worked hard for over two decades to accumulate." All because of a little promotion.
Hmm, was it the promotion where the Pumpkins milked their hardcore fans by issuing four different versions of Zeitgeist to four different big money retailers? No? How about the one where they released a second Best Buy-only edition of Zeitgeist with a bonus DVD? Nope! Wait, that wrestling thing? No sir. Zeitgeist came out on Reprise, which falls under the Warner Music Group umbrella; the label taking the heat here is EMI Group-allied Virgin.
Turns out the Pumpkins are peeved over a promotion with PepsiCo and Amazon.com to push "Pepsi Stuff", which I guess is like Kool-Aid points for people who consume mass quantities of carbonated soft drinks.
Corgan and Co. claim they never granted Virgin permission to use the band in such a manner, and demand that the label hand over all profits from the Pepsi promotion as recompense. They're also seeking an injunction prohibiting use of the band's name for such purposes in the future.
While you ponder all that, know that the Pumpkins have expanded their latest "goodwill" mission some since our last dispatch, adding gigs in Mexico and Costa Rica, plus more in Australia. [MORE...]
Al Green Reveals Details of ?uestlove-Co-Produced LP
In the world of soul singers with froggy tenors, stylish outfits, and killer falsettos, Cee-Lo Green has reigned supreme since at least the summer of 2006, when "Crazy" was inescapable.
No disrespect to Cee-Lo, but the original Green machine, i.e. Reverend Al, has returned with a new album to dispatch with all this Gnarls Barkley malarkey. Aptly titled Lay It Down, the record comes out May 27 via Blue Note.
In an inspired move, Green collaborated with the Roots' Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson and Roots/Lauryn Hill/Common collaborator James Poyser to produce the album. ?uestlove plays drums on Lay It Down, and the record's other musical contributors include Anthony Hamilton, John Legend, and Corinne Bailey Rae, as well as horn group the Dap-Kings.
Green will lay it down on the road in support of the record with several North American shows scattered all the way through September. [MORE...]
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- My Morning Jacket Reveal Evil Tracklist
- Xiu Xiu Launch Women as Lovers Tour Tonight
- Club 8 Back Catalog Gets Expanded Reissue Treatment
- Subtle to Hit the Road in May
- Lil Wayne, Condom Spokesperson
- Earlimart to Issue Hymn and Her in July
- Low Add Dates, Subtract Bassist
- Report: Plug Awards [New York, NY; 03/06/08]
- The Explorers Club Unveil Debut Album, Single
- Radiohead, NIN to Top Lollapalooza 2008 Bill?
- Foals Add Dates, Open for R.E.M.
- Shellac Announce Rare Tour
- Epic Hugeness of a Muse Show, Coming to CD/DVD
- Merge Launches Digital Music Store
- RTX Hit the Road
- The Moondoggies Sign to Hardly Art
- Lindstrom Announces Debut Solo Album
- Jenny Lewis Pals the Watson Twins Sign to Vanguard
- Danger Mouse Producing New Beck Album
- Old Time Relijun Preach to the Choir on Tour
- Death Cab, Decemberists, Breeders Hit Oregon
- Why? Launch Massive Tour Tonight
- Ted Leo Announces Spring Dates
- Wilco, Bright Eyes, Wrens on Rock the Net Compilation
- Langerado Kicks Off Tonight in Florida Everglades
- We Are Scientists Display Mastery on LP, Tour
- Sonic Youth, Sunn 0))) Members, Fennesz Contribute to Table of the Elements Singles Series
- Robyn to Issue "Who's That Girl" Single
- Smoking Popes Down With Flameshovel for New LP
- Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan Team Up Once Again
- Chris Corsano's Young Cricketer Gets Vinyl Release
- Edwyn Collins Puts Together a Tour
- Numero Starts New Series With Recording Tap Comp
- New Gnarls Barkley Video Too Hot for TV
- Ladyhawk Take Shots on New LP, Tour
- Feist, Spoon, and Lil Jon, Together at Last
- Akron/Family Welcome Megafaun, Dodos Folks on Tour
- Laurie Anderson Explores Homeland on Tour, Album
- Tindersticks Feeling Hungry on New Album, Tour
- Aloha Greet the U.S. on Tour
- Sorry Kids, It Isn't Time to Get Too Excited About This Pavement Reunion Thing Just Yet
- Gogol Bordello Back on the Road
- Dead Meadow Aren't Kidding With This Touring Thing
- Bon Iver, Girls Against Boys Complete ATP/P4k Lineup
- John Reis' Night Marchers Plan Spring Tour
- Photos: Ben Gibbard, Ted Leo, and Patton Oswalt on WFMU's Best Show [Jersey City, NJ; 03/04/08]
- The Notwist Announce First Album in Six Years
- Photos: Borealis Festival [Bergen, Norway; 02/26-03/01/08]