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Yet Another Surprise New Nine Inch Nails Album
And it's free

Once again, Uncle Trent has a gift for you. A brand new Nine Inch Nails album, The Slip, is available for download from the NIN website "one hundred percent free," "as a thank you to our fans for your continued support."

The download comes in various formats ranging in quality and you get a PDF with liner notes. CD and vinyl versions will be available in July, just in time for the Nine Inch Nails summer tour with the killer opening band lineup.

The Slip features the new single "Discipline", which has been available from the NIN site for a couple weeks.

Thanks, Trent! [MORE...]

Stream: Nine Inch Nails: The Slip [full album]

MP3: Nine Inch Nails: Discipline [from The Slip LP]

Posted by Amy Phillips in album on Mon: 05-05-08: 07:48 AM CDT | Digg this article | Add to del.icio.us | Permalink

Photos: Arcade Fire / Superchunk at Rally for Obama [Carrboro, NC; 05/02/08]

Photos by Will Marsh

The Arcade Fire and Superchunk kept the car running after Thursday's big Barack Obama rally in Greensboro, North Carolina and rolled right into nearby Carrboro's Town Commons yesterday afternoon for round two. The state's Obama faithful, who'll cast their votes in the NC Democratic primary on May 6, were treated to yet another rousing Arcade Fire cover of David Bowie's "Heroes", all manner of on- and off-stage acrobatics, and even a cameo from some adorable youngsters during Superchunk's set. "This is the future of America!" the band proclaimed. It's a shame they can't vote.

Arcade Fire

Superchunk

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Posted by Pitchfork Staff in photo, politics on Sat: 05-03-08: 02:00 PM CDT | Digg this article | Add to del.icio.us | Permalink

The Cool Kids' Bake Sale EP, Here at Last
Album title: When Fish Ride Bicycles

We've anticipated the release of the Cool Kids' debut EP, The Bake Sale, for some time, but now that they have the backing of new label Chocolate Industries, Chuck Inglish and Mikey Rocks are ready to make good on its arrival.

The 10-track EP is scheduled to hit iTunes on May 20, followed by a June 10 release to brick-and-mortar stores and other digital retailers. A new mixtape, That's Stupid, will precede The Bake Sale with a release via the Cool Kids' new website in the next week.

Additionally, the Kids have announced the title of another new release for us to anticipate. It's their full-length debut, and it's called When Fish Ride Bicycles. (Does this mean the Cool Kids are professing their support for the feminist movement? -- Ed)

In the midst of revealing release info, the Cool Kids still found time to firm up some tour dates. May is full of U.S. dates for the duo, including a performance in cooperation with the touring Darfur Now documentary. Summer brings European shows (with even more to be announced!), their Lollapalooza set, and their inclusion on the traveling Rock the Bells festival bill. [MORE...]

Stream: The Cool Kids: Pump Up the Volume (Flosstradamus Remix)

Posted by Dave Maher in EP, tour on Fri: 05-02-08: 04:55 PM CDT | Digg this article | Add to del.icio.us | Permalink

Holopaw, Boyracer, Brittle Stars Play Pop Mayhem!

Indie pop lovers of the world, it's time to get all giddy again. Gainesville Pop Mayhem! takes over the titular Florida city from May 7-10 (the poster says it begins May 8, but we swear there's a show on May 7 too), invading several local venues and stuffing them with the sweet, sweet sounds of twee, cuddlecore, dream pop, and the like.

Scheduled performers include onetime Sub Pop act Holopaw, Australian mainstays the Cannanes, and post-punkers Human Television, plus the first live outing from the mighty Boyracer in way too long. The icing on this cake, however, is a one-off, ten year anniversary reunion performance from exquisitely melancholy melody-makers Brittle Stars, whose singer will be flown in all the way from Israel for the gig.

These delights will be supplemented by sets from Orange Twin act Nana Grizol, Mahogany pals Brasilia, too-cute coupling Citra Super, and-- well, you can read the adorable poster up there, or you can swing on over to the Pop Mayhem! website for the full scoop.

MP3: Brittle Stars: So Unfair [from the Brittle Stars LP]

Posted by Matthew Solarski in festival, reunion on Fri: 05-02-08: 04:50 PM CDT | Digg this article | Add to del.icio.us | Permalink

A Hawk & A Hacksaw Tour With Hun Hangar Ensemble

Photo by Adam Faraday

As an unexpected addendum to last year's A Hawk and a Hacksaw and the Hun Hangár Ensemble EP, A Hawk and a Hacksaw have divulged the details of their first North American tour in years. Fittingly, the duo of Heather Trost and former Neutral Milk Hotel drummer Jeremy Barnes will arrive on our shores supplemented by members of the aforementioned Hun Hangár Ensemble from Budapest, Hungary.

When they get here, one of A Hawk and a Hacksaw's stops is at the Pitchfork Music Festival. Before they arrive, however, they have a bunch of European shows to play this month. [MORE...]

Video: A Hawk and a Hacksaw and the Hun Hangar Ensemble: Serbian Cocek (live in Cardiff, Wales)

Posted by Dave Maher in tour, collaboration on Fri: 05-02-08: 04:45 PM CDT | Digg this article | Add to del.icio.us | Permalink

Everybody and Their Mom Added to Glastonbury Lineup
Spiritualized, Raconteurs, Massive Attack, My Morning Jacket, CSS, the National, Vampire Weekend, Battles, Annie, Stars, Hercules and Love Affair, etc. etc.

Add, oh, a billion or so more names to the list of those slogging through the (inevitable) rain for this year's Glastonbury Festival when it rumbles through the hills around the English town for which it's named June 27-29. The nice folks at Glastonbury recently announced their lineup, and everybody and their mom is playing it. Yes, even your mom is playing it.

Joining this year's big to-do are the likes of Spiritualized, Massive Attack, the Raconteurs, My Morning Jacket, CSS, Black Lips, the National, Caribou, Battles, Annie, Vampire Weekend, Stars, Goldfrapp, Band of Horses, Neon Neon, Dizzee Rascal, John Cale, Black Mountain, Yeasayer, Hercules and Love Affair, Kid Sister, a Simian Mobile Disco DJ set, Crystal Castles, St. Vincent, Booka Shade, Los Campesinos!, the Futureheads, Billy Bragg, Pete Doherty, Manu Chao, Holy Fuck, the Gossip, Vetiver, Kool Keith & Kutmaster Kurt, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Roisin Murphy, Santogold, the Cave Singers, a DJ set from A-Trak, Jimmy Cliff, the Black Kids, Mystery Jets, Cadence Weapon, Lightspeed Champion, Tunng, Solomon Burke, Edwyn Collins, the Teenagers, Elbow, Mark Ronson, the Handsome Family, Sons & Daughters, Robyn Hitchcock, Dengue Fever, Foals, Editors, We Are Scientists, Estelle, the Cribs, UNKLE, the Wombats, the Kills, the Duke Spirit, Martina Topley-Bird, Sinead O'Connor, Appleblim, Glasvegas, the Swell Season, Candi Staton, Ethiopiques, the Zutons, Squarepusher, Jason Forrest (as DJ Donna Summer), the Subways, Dirty Pretty Things, the Ting Tings, the Orb, the Whip, Kate Nash, MGMT, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, and probably a bunch of folks I forgot.

This Glastonbury, it's big, innit?

Of course, those folks join the previously mentioned Leonard Cohen, Hot Chip, British Sea Power, the Verve, Kings of Leon, Neil Diamond, and controversial-to-idiots headliner Jay-Z. (Is it that you're worried you're not gonna get enough flash-in-the-pan guitar bands over the weekend? Or is there some other, better rapper you're aware of that we're not? Enjoy your Joe Lean and your Jing Jang Jong, naysayers.)

Posted by Paul Thompson in festival on Fri: 05-02-08: 04:32 PM CDT | Digg this article | Add to del.icio.us | Permalink

Four Tet Announces Summer Tour
Signs new artist to Text Records

With his new mini-LP Ringer out now in the UK and coming to the U.S. May 6 via Domino, electronic mastermind Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet) has beefed up his touring itinerary. Hebden has shows scattered throughout the spring and summer in the UK, Scandinavia, continental Europe, and the U.S. His next performance is in London on May 9.

Hebden has also signed multi-instrumental songwriter Kathryn Bint (aka One Little Plane) to his long-dormant Text Records. The label will release her debut album, Until, on June 30 in the UK. Before that, Text will put out her first single, "Sunshine Kid", on May 12. [MORE...]

Video: Four Tet: A Joy (Remix)

Stream: One Little Plane: Various Tracks

Stream: Born Ruffians: I Need a Life (Four Tet remix)

Posted by Dave Maher in tour, signing on Fri: 05-02-08: 03:45 PM CDT | Digg this article | Add to del.icio.us | Permalink

Mark "BBQ" Sultan Tours, Plays Dates With Clinic

Photo by Tiger Lily

Garage rocker Mark Sultan is a man of many aliases. He's probably best known as the BBQ half of the King Khan & BBQ Show, but he also released his first album under his given name last year, The Sultanic Verses.

Though he's without King Khan's craziness for the time being, Sultan will continue to support The Sultanic Verses on a North American tour under his BBQ guise this month. He'll kick things off May 10 in Ottawa, before closing out the month with a week of gigs opening for Clinic-- whose trademark surgical masks should pair nicely with Sultan's getup up there. [MORE...]

Stream: Mark Sultan: Various Tracks

Video: The King Khan & BBQ Show: Why Don't You Lie? [from the What's for Dinner? LP]

Posted by Dave Maher in solo, tour on Fri: 05-02-08: 03:15 PM CDT | Digg this article | Add to del.icio.us | Permalink

Spoon Add Dates, Britt Daniel Plays Solo

Tomorrow night, Britt Daniel's placing Spoon securely on hold as he takes to the state of Solana Beach, California's Belly Up Tavern for a rare solo show. But don't think for a second Britt's trading it all in for dreams of his given name in lights. Spoon's lined up a handful of new Stateside dates, including their return to Union Park as part of this summer's Pitchfork Music Festival, a date with Beck at the Hollywood Bowl, a Celebrate Brooklyn! appearance, and a newly added threepeat in San Francisco in late September.

When Britt's not enjoying a little space from his overbearing bandmates, he's helping to explain why he loves music in a new documentary and throwing a little weight behind Oregon Senatorial candidate Steve Novick. And, hey, did you know that recent Don't You Evah EP is currently perched at #3 on Billboard's singles sales chart after taking the top prize last week? (Prodigy is #1 this week. So that's OK.) Hey, this Spoon band is really going places!

Places like a little television program called "The Simpsons". A Spoon tune will appear in the Sunday, May 4 episode of the beloved show, entitled "Any Given Sundance". As the band write in their MySpace blog, "really, could there be a greater honor?" Perhaps only the Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence. [MORE...]

MP3: Spoon: Cherry Bomb Country (demo)

Posted by Paul Thompson in tour, single on Fri: 05-02-08: 03:04 PM CDT | Digg this article | Add to del.icio.us | Permalink

Gregor Samsa Issue Rest, Tour Tirelessly

With members dispersed in New York, Chicago, Boston, D.C., and Richmond, Virginia, Gregor Samsa wrote, recorded, and mastered their latest full-length offering, Rest, all over the damn place. Which, you know, probably isn't the easiest way to go about making a record. You can reward Gregor Samsa for their service by picking up Rest-- in one of five exciting formats-- starting May 13 thanks to The Kora Records.

Gregor Samsa will soon reform like Voltron for a European tour, which has them playing some shows with Brooklyn-based Kayo Dot. [MORE...]

MP3: Gregor Samsa: Jeroen Van Aken [from the forthcoming Rest LP]

Posted by Paul Thompson in album, tour on Fri: 05-02-08: 02:50 PM CDT | Digg this article | Add to del.icio.us | Permalink

Deerhunter Gain Member for Forthcoming Tour

Everybody, meet Whitney. Whitney, everybody. Make yourself acquainted: Whitney's a classic rock fan, a Georgia native, a former cheerleader, and a real beast on the guitar. ~~(We don't know her last name yet.)~~ UPDATE: It's Petty! Whitney Petty!

At least, so say the fellas of Deerhunter, who've hired Whitney on as their guitarist for their forthcoming tour. With Whitney onboard, Deerhunter are once again a five-piece, and more ready than ever to build up their Microcastle. They'll hit Dublin with HEALTH next weekend before heading to the ATP vs. Pitchfork Fest. The band has also firmed up a few more dates on their joint European plans with new Thrill Jockey signees High Places, and recently opted for a handful opening spots on the forthcoming Nine Inch Nails tour.

As for Atlas Sound, well, Bradford's got plenty of dates of his own to attend to, including that stop at this summer's Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago. The expanded Let the Blind hits shelves in Europe May 5 from 4AD, and he's set to remix the Sian Alice Group for a fall EP. [MORE...]

MP3: Deerhunter: Cryptograms mixtape

MP3: Various Artists: Whitney's Micromix

Posted by Paul Thompson in gossip, tour on Fri: 05-02-08: 01:45 PM CDT | Digg this article | Add to del.icio.us | Permalink

Grizzly Bear Add Shows Between Radiohead Gigs

Photo by Kathryn Yu

Their stint with rhymin' Simon over and done with, the fellas of Grizzly Bear are prepping themselves for two more inspired pairings: their tour with Radiohead and a newly added date with the New Pornographers. In addition, the Grizz have woven quite a few new dates into their late summer plans, which kick off with an appearance at the Sled Island Music Festival in Calgary.

In other Grizzly Bear news, new tune "While You Wait for the Others", performed live on KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" recently made its way to the internet in proper MP3 form, and by golly, it's already over there on Forkcast. Oh, and 3/4ths of the Bear clan helped Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson craft his forthcoming debut LP. [MORE...]

MP3: Grizzly Bear: While You Wait for the Others [live on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic]

Posted by Paul Thompson in tour on Fri: 05-02-08: 12:45 PM CDT | Digg this article | Add to del.icio.us | Permalink

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