Spiritualized Finish Album, Schedule Euro, U.S. Shows
Those Spiritualized blokes are the last people you'd need to remind that just one hit just ain't gonna cut it. In between a number of Spanish, Danish and British gigs, Spiritualized have snuck a mid-November show at New York's famed Apollo Theater, which promises to be the "first of several" U.S. shows for the veteran psych-rockers. That show-- like many of Spiritualized's recent engagements-- is being characterized as "acoustic mainlines," which means pretty much exactly what it sounds like.While you sit fiending for more, this bit of news won't quell that jones deep down in those bones: That long-promised new Spiritualized LP is coming, but not 'til early next year. According to NME.com, the band has wrapped recording sessions, and frontman Jason Pierce describes the follow-up to 2003's Amazing Grace as "the work of the Devil... with a little guidance from me." Sure you won't consider pushing it up to Halloween? My "Spooky Sound Effects" record is scratched. [MORE...]
Photos: Black Mountain / Cave Singers [Omaha, NE; 10/01/07]
Photos by Paparazzi by Appointment
Canadian bloozy indie rock collective Black Mountain brought their jams of the future to Omaha's Waiting Room Lounge last night, offering selections from their upcoming sophomore release, available in January from Jagjaguwar. (For those who aren't willing to wait for the full-length, the Canadian collective are also peddling an exclusive 12" on this tour.
Joining in the fun WAS former PGMG-ers the Cave Singers, who just released their debut on Matador. The Singers will join the Mountain for all the American dates on their lengthy fall tour, continuing tonight in Chicago. All their dates and more photos below.
BLACK MOUNTAIN
THE CAVE SINGERS
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A Place to Bury Strangers Open for BRMC
"Unwitting" "Sex and the City" fans A Place to Bury Strangers are planning to spend a lot of live time in their NYC homebase this month supporting their self-titled debut, if only because they seem scheduled to play about half a million (read: four or five) shows at CMJ.
Nonetheless, there are plenty of perfectly acceptable places for stranger burial outside the New York metropolitan area, and the band is clued into this fact enough to also place a handful of other dates on the calendar. Most of these shows find them supporting Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, so bring your reverb helmets.
APTBS' next show is in Washington, D.C. on October 11. [MORE...]
Menomena Collaborate With Friend Artist Live
Foe artist shafted for obvious reasons
Photos by Pierre-Yves Arnoux
Menomena are serious about their art. Their Friend and Foe LP from this year had interactive artwork that allowed for a variety of different permutations. The sweet posters for their first-ever European tour featured drummer Danny Seim's pug/Menomena's manager, Ms. Geddy Lee, in a pair of movie roles. And now, on five dates of their already scheduled second tour of Europe, the band is collaborating onstage with Friend and Foe visual artist Craig Thompson (also known as the guy behind the sweet graphic novel Blankets.)
Seim explains the collaboration like so: "[Thompson]'s stretching a giant (approx. 3'x9') piece of butcher paper horizontally across the back of the stages and visually interpreting our set behind us with a brush & ink as we play. Pretentious? Maybe. But super fun all the same."
The first of these five, non-consecutive collaborations took place September 29 at the Nouveau Casino club in Paris. After the encore, Thompson tore his creation from the wall and, with the help of the band, tore it into pieces and passed the pieces out to the crowd. "He's ten times the rock star that we are over here," says Seim. For proof, there is YouTube documentation here. For more photos of the show itself, see the post-jump.
The next Menomena show is a collaboration with Thompson, and it takes place tonight, October 3, in Amsterdam. The next two collaborations are in Milan and Barcelona over the next week and a half. [MORE...]
Pop Montreal Kicks Off Tonight
Kicking off tonight in the Real City and running through the weekend is the 2007 Pop Montreal Festival, celebrating film, art, crafts, and several dozen of the best bands in, oh, the whole entire universe. Who are we talking about? Let's roll those credits once again:Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, the National, Sunset Rubdown, Grizzly Bear, Caribou, Man Man, Patrick Wolf, Bun B, Islands, Silver Mt. Zion, Magnolia Electric Co., Fujiya & Miyagi, Black Mountain, Final Fantasy, Patti Smith, Half Japanese, Pere Ubu, Oakley Hall, A-Trak, Kid Sister, the Cool Kids, Kavinsky, Qui, Eric's Trip, A-Trak, MSTRKRFT, Buck 65, Chromeo, DJ Krush, Hot Hot Heat, Sebastien Grainger, Yeasayer, Cadence Weapon, Think About Life, Julie Doiron, Born Ruffians, Bobby Conn, DJ/Rupture, HEALTH, Aa, Chad VanGaalen, Earlimart, Daedalus, Lightning Dust, Fucked Up, the Stills, Shapes and Sizes, Young Galaxy, Miracle Fortress, Johnny and the Moon, the Narrator, Georgie James, Most Serene Republic, Old Podrida, the Watson Twins, Tiga, DJ Mehdi, Cody ChesnuTT, Cause Co-motion, AIDS Wolf, Jay Reatard, a Jamaica to Toronto: Soul, Funk, and Reggae showcase featuring the Mighty Pope, Jay Douglas, and Everton "Pablo" Paul... and MORE.
Alas, the Federation (yes, the hyphy Federation) seem to have disappeared from the bill since we last reported about the festival. Of some consolation to hip-hop fans: Bun B has been added to the lineup.
The Pop and Policy conference at McGill University runs concurrently with Pop Montreal; it features four days of panels about the music business, with the likes of Patti Smith, Nick Thorburn of Islands, Murray Lightburn of the Dears, and Buck 65 conversing with industry people on a series of panels.
Pipettes Reschedule Those Postponed Dates
Well, that didn't take long! Just two days after we announced the Pipettes had run into some visa issues forcing the postponement of a big chunk of their North American tour, all seems well in the consulates office, and the gals have got themselves a brand new run of dates. All but the Philly show have been replaced on the new slate, with that date expected to be announced soon. So, whether you fancy Rosay, Gwenno or RiotBecki (or Monster Bobby, growl), you'll be pullin' shapes and wastin' kisses and all that soon enough.Just a reminder, North America: The expanded domestic version of We Are the Pipettes with the fancy new ochre cover has finally arrived. As in right now. For real this time. [MORE...]
Photos: Bonde Do Role [Portland, OR; 09/27/07]
Photos by Nilina Mason-CampbellDespite axing a run of gigs that were to occupy the next two weeks-- citing illness and exhaustion-- Bonde do Role looked neither terribly ill nor exhausted at Portland's Holocene this past weekend. Instead they were all smiles, fancy-footed antics, and Laser-guided fun-- although apparently somebody's panties got set on fire.
After a couple weeks' respite, Bonde do Role return to the road October 20 in Iceland. They might want to arrive a few days early: I hear the spas over there are second to none.
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Jay-Z Reveals American Gangster Tracklist
Kingdom came and went, and most of us are pretty unaffected by it at this point, either psyched at the time to have new Jay-Z jams no matter the quality or bummed that the comeback was closer to Michael Jordan's minor league baseball career than his return to the Bulls for a second three-peat.
Thus, the prospect of hearing a gritty, hungry-again Jay-Z on his forthcoming new album, American Gangster (inspired by but not the official soundtrack to the Ridley Scott film of the same name), is an exciting one.
While not quite at Radiohead levels of spontaneity, the album nonetheless comes out soon, November 6 via Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam. What's more, it even has a tracklist, thanks to the wonders of iTunes. As previously reported, it includes "Blue Magic" produced by Pharrell, "The Return" featuring Nas, "American Gangster" featuring American Gangster movie actor T.I., and "Vietnam War" featuring Kanye West. And that great "I Get Money" remix!
Also, Jay-Z is trying to rename the Meadowlands Arena in New Jersey after Rocawear, his clothing label. Now THAT's gangster.
Check it out after the jump. [MORE...]
Did "Saturday Night Live" Rip Off Aphex Twin?
On Monday morning, as it made the rounds on the AIM and the blogs and that del.icio.us, "Iran So Far" was yet another mildly amusing Andy Samberg-helmed "Saturday Night Live" digital short. In case you missed it, it's a slow jam featuring some hushed rapping about Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, buoyed mostly by Fred Armisen's Ahmadinejad impression and a surprise guest appearance by the actually-OK-in-miniscule-doses Adam Levine. As these things go, it did the trick, but it's no "Roy Rules".
But it's Tuesday now, and the internet's still abuzz about "Iran So Far". As our postmillenial attention spans don't permit mere amusement to retain mere chuckle fodder for more than maybe a day and a half, that can only mean one thing: CONTROVERSY.
Turns out, the Silk-style backing track of "Iran So Far" was lifted from an unlikely source: Mr. Richard D. James, better known to you and me as Aphex Twin. Samberg (or whoever) lifted the piano track for "Iran" straight offa "Avril 14th", a tune from Aphex Twin's 2001 double LP Drukqs.
Mr. James' publisher, Chrysalis Music, was apparently less than amused by the uncleared sample, which-- according to TVGuide.com, prompted NBC to take the video off the show's website (replaced, it seems, by "COMING SOON") and their official YouTube channel.
It's at this point that the plot-- never the show's strong suit-- thickens. According to The Daily Swarm (who first reported all this nuttiness), an "SNL" source confirmed that the sample was, indeed, Richard D. James' work, and that a clearance procedure is currently in progress. In addition, Daily Swarm reports that Chrysalis Music has confirmed that NBC didn't actually need permission to use the song for "ephemeral use," and won't, until they plan to air the show again. The internet being roughly as ephemeral as a stone tablet, the video remains yanked from all official NBC sites until, presumably, some clearance agreement is made.
Will Mr. James and the brass at NBC ever settle their differences? Will "Iran So Far" ever flash across our TV screens again? What will Andy Samberg Jodeci up next?
In the meantime, check out Aphex on a few dates this winter, or watch Spoon and Seth Rogen on "SNL" this Saturday night. [MORE...]
Wu-Tang Clear First Legal Beatles Sample!!
30 years of sampling culture spontaneously combusts
We knew RZA could be persuasive, but convincing the Harrison Estate and the Beatles to allow Wu-Tang Clan to be the very first group ever to legally sample the Beatles (!!?!) would be an impressive feat for a Supreme Court attorney. Nonetheless, the Clan accomplished this mission somehow (we imagine RZA and GZA bugging the Beatles in their Coffee & Cigarettes voices: "Hey Paul McCartney!" "Hey Ringo Starr!").
The sample comes from the George Harrison-penned "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and is featured on the Wu's "Gently Weeps", from their forthcoming new album, 8 Diagrams. The song was originally thought to be just a partial cover of the Beatles track, albeit one featuring both Harrison's son Dhani and the Red Hot Chili Peppers' John Frusciante playing guitar. Now, it's obviously something more.
Also, the group thanks Erykah Badu "for helping bring this song to life" in its website missive about the sample clearance. Might the wrap-wearing soul singer also appear on the track?
The Wu-Tang charm appears to have not worked as well on their record company, SRC, though, who will now release 8 Diagrams on December 4 instead of the original November 13 release date.
The Wu have announced the states and most of the cities of their upcoming fall tour, though the venues remain unrevealed. Their first show is in Miami on October 20. Exactly one week earlier, RZA and GZA will appear at that previously reported San Francisco chess festival/tournament, and in December, GZA will make up for his canceled Liquid Swords performance in Brooklyn with two rescheduled dates in NYC. [MORE...]
Voxtrot Reschedule Dates
In Texas, word is bond
The Austinites will finish their October North American shows with 1990s and the Little Ones and then pick back up again on the West Coast in late November/early December. There's still no word on make-up dates for those postponed UK gigs, though. [MORE...]
Extra Golden's New Album Gives Thanks to Obama
That dude is so handy... he should be President or something!
The press materials for Hera Ma Nono, the forthcoming sophomore LP from the bi-continental benga-makers in Extra Golden, sport a line too inarguable not to quote: "POTENTIAL FUTURE PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS A FAN! ARE YOU?" Gosh, how are you supposed to argue with that?
Surely you've heard the tale of Senator Obama and his expert (some might say downright executive) employment of diplomacy in helping the Kenyan half of Extra Golden (Opiyo Bilongo and
Onyango Wuod Omari) make their way to the States last fall. Knowing their time in the same room would be brief, since the other half of the band (Ian Eagleson and Alex Minoff) is American, the Extra Golden gentlemen headed up to the Poconos and, over five days, crafted what would become Hera Ma Nono-- Luo for "love in vain"-- out October 8 in the UK and the day after in the U.S. on Thrill Jockey in both CD and LP formats.
The eight-track album features a previously Forkcasted tune paying tribute to the helpful presidential hopeful. If we may be so bold as to suggest, "Obama" might make a pretty awesome campaign song. Though "Party Like a Rock Star" would suffice, too. Totally dude!
Right now, Extra Golden only have one show scheduled, and it takes place at the Stop Spot festival in Linz, Austria on October 26. [MORE...]
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- Death Cab, Shins, Spoon, Cure on Darfur Benefit Comp
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- Yo La Tengo Kick Off "Freewheeling" Tour Tonight
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- Photos: Justice / Midnight Juggernauts [San Diego, CA; 10/07/07]
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- 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]
- T.V. Eye: October 8-14, 2007
- Photos: Sunset Rubdown / Johnny and the Moon / Magic Weapon [Cambridge, MA; 10/07/07]
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- 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
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- Klaxons Put Liars, Wu, Justice on Bugged Out! Mix
- Sunset Rubdown Kick Off Random Tour
- 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
- RIAA Wins File-Sharing Suit, Woman Fined $222,000
- 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
- M.I.A. Does Track With Aussie Kids for Heaps Decent
- Gutter Twins Reveal Debut Album Title
- Former Unicorn Drops Clues With New Band
- 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
- Parlophone NOT Releasing Radiohead Album...For Now
- 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
- RadioheadLP7.com = Best RickRoll Ever!
- Richard Lloyd (Ex-Television) Releases Radiant LP
- Meet Yuri Landman, Maker of Awesome Guitars for Sonic Youth, Liars, Blonde Redhead, Lightning Bolt
- Devin the Dude Tours With Del, Coughee Brothaz
- David Thomas Broughton Cuts Mini-Album With 7 Hertz
- The Blow Kick Off Brief Fall Tour Tomorrow
- Baltimore's Videohippos Hit the Road
- Rock Hall Noms: Madonna, Beasties, Cohen, Summer
- Cat Power's Second Covers Disc Gets Release Date
- Pumpkins Concert Death Not an Injury
- SY, Rapture, Klaxons, Grizzly, Man Man on Radio Comp
- Caribou Kicks Off North American Trek, Drops Tour EP
- Peter and the Wolf Get Into Youthful Mischief on Tour
- Stones Throw Roster Tours Behind B-Ball Zombie War
- Photos: The Brunettes / The Lucksmiths [Chicago, IL; 09/26/07]
- Coming in 2008: Broken Social Scene, the Book
- Something Maybe Possibly Radiohead-Related Possibly Maybe Happening Saturday Morning, Maybe Possibly?
- Malkmus LP Due in March, Two Jicks Dates Announced
- Jay Reatard Tears Across North America
- New Young Pony Club Hit North America on Tour
- DFA Drops Shit Robot, Still Going, Holy Ghost! Singles
- Those Arctic Monkeys Sure Love to Tour
- Quasi Add Jicks' Joanna Bolme to Lineup, Tour
- Ariel Pink Mines the Vaults for Scared Famous, Tours
- Dan Deacon Adds Even More Dates
- HEALTH Spread the Wellness on Tour
- CocoRosie's Bianca Casady Exhibits Her Art
- Kevin Drew Extends Spirit If... Tour Into December
- Viva Voce Package Early Albums Together, Tour
- Arthur Russell Covers EP [ft. Lekman] Headed to U.S.
- Photos: Revenge of the Book Eaters [Boston, MA; 09/26/07]
- Ex-Deerhoof Dude's Cryptacize Sign to Asthmatic Kitty
- Stooges, CYHSY, Black Keys Lollapalooza Sets on iTunes
- Black Swans Go Through Change! on New Album, Tour
- Photos: Beirut in Central Park [New York, NY; 09/26/07]
- Black Mountain Reveal Future Tracklist, Cover Art
- Apostle of Hustle Tour With Do Make Say Think
- Andrew Bird Adds Shows With Wilco, Bright Eyes
- Black Francis Set for Fall Tour
- GZA Reschedules Liquid Swords Date Twice Over
- Phil Spector's Murder Trial Declared Mistrial
- MF Doom: Not Dead, Not Lip-Synching, Not an Imposter
- King Khan, Mark Sultan Tour Under Many Pseudonyms
- Bonde do Role Cancel Shows
- Booka Shade Do DJ-Kicks Mix, Tour
- Photos: Midlake / Maria Taylor with Conor Oberst [Los Angeles, CA; 09/25/07]
- Of Montreal Reissue Rarities, Release Acoustic EP
- Radiohead Continue Cryptic Cryptograms, Make LP Site?
- Sufjan, Death Cab, Killers on Kids Xmas Lullaby Disc
- Spoon Cancel Three Dates to Do "Saturday Night Live"
- Sex Pistols Redo "Anarchy" for Guitar Hero, Add Dates
- Fan Dies at Smashing Pumpkins Show
- Photos: White Williams Meets Big Boi
- Photos: Craig Finn at Boston College [Boston, MA; 09/25/07]
- Kim Gordon: Starbucks "Less Evil Than Universal"
- The Shins Announce More Fall Dates
- !!! Cancel Several Euro Dates, Launch Tour
- Comedians of Comedy Release DVD, Tour
- Did CMJ Reject Artists Without Even Listening to Them?
- Sleeping States Goes to Many States on Tour
- Islands/Unicorns Offshoot Th' Corn Gangg Returns
- New Pornos Announce More Dates, YouTube Contest #2
- Photos: ESG / Yo Majesty / Bahamadia / Psalm One [Chicago, IL; 09/21/07]
- Photos: Klaxons [Boston, MA; 09/23/07]
- Photos: Gruff Rhys / All Smiles [Brooklyn, NY; 09/22/07]
- Most Serene Republic Increase Population in October
- Tokyo Police Club Prep New EP
- Cat Power, A Place to Bury Strangers Play DAM! Fest
- Antony Does Music for Fashion, Needs Your Help
- Photos: Supersilent [Bergen, Norway; 09/21/07]
- Austin City Limits TV Schedule Finalized
- Photos: Metric / Crystal Castles [New York, NY; 09/21/07]
- Photos: Diplo / Simian Mobile Disco / Switch [Seattle, WA; 09/20/07]
- Polaris Prize Goes to Arcad-- WTF? Patrick Watson?!
- Photos: Bunny Meets Les Savy Fav
- White Magic Thank Their Lucky Dark Stars on EP
- James Blackshaw Tours With Jose Gonzalez
- Akron/Family Robbed
- T.V. Eye: September 24-30, 2007
- Highwheel Records Drops A Place to Bury Strangers
- Photos: White Williams Tour Diary Part 2
- Sex Tape "Definitely Not" Meg White
- Photos: Rufus Wainwright [Los Angeles, CA; 09/23/07]
- Jesus & Mary Chain Record New Song, Add More Dates
- Photos: The Mountain Goats / Bowerbirds [Baltimore, MD; 09/21/07]
- Dr. Dre Speaks on Detox Delay
- Photos: Les Savy Fav [New York, NY; 09/22/07]
- Radiohead Post Encrypted Messages on Website
- Thurston Moore Kicks Off Tour
- Photos: Morrissey [San Francisco, CA; 09/23/07]
- Knife, Robyn, Royksopp on Trentemoller's Chronicles
- Jesu Release Another New EP, Extend Tour
- Pram Explore New Frontier on Forthcoming LP, Tour
- New Six Organs of Admittance LP Packs in Guests
- David Byrne Unearths The Knee Plays for CD Release
- Onetime Ramone Sues Band, Digital Retailers
- Boredoms, Matmos, Gira, Hecker Do London Wire Fest
- Girl Talk, CYHSY, AIH, Cold War Kids Play SoCo Gig
- Perkins, Muldrow Form G&D;, Craft a Message
- Patrick Wolf Adds Dates to World Tour
- Sir Richard Bishop Collects Fragments on LP, Tours
- Bad Brains Kick Off Tour This Weekend
- The Who Celebrated in Amazing Journey DVD Doc
- Sigur Ros, Justice, Paul McCartney Play Electric Proms
- Frightened Rabbit Reveal Single Details, Tour
- Lebanese Musician Khalife Jerked Around by Venue
- Aphex Twin Plans Rare Live Appearances
- Photos: Arcade Fire / LCD Soundsystem [Hollywood, CA; 09/20/07]
- Yo Majesty Sign to Domino Records, Tour
- Mogwai's Bulloch Puts Pacemaker on eBay for Charity
- Iron and Wine Embark on Extended Fall Tour
- Wolves in the Throne Room Capture Two Hunters, Tour
- Boredoms' Eye, Torske Fix Up New Lindstrom EP
- Report: Mastodon's Brent Hinds' Head Injury a Result of Fight With System of a Down Bassist
- Bloc Party / Deerhoof Collision Expected Tonight
- Photos: The National / St. Vincent [Omaha, NE; 09/19/07]
- Hot Hot Heat's Bays Talks Happiness, Sadness
- Queens of the Stone Age Extend Tour
- Jens Lekman Adds Some Dates
- Lee Perry Working With Andrew W.K. on New Album
- Dan Deacon Coughs Up Gunk, Cancels Tonight's Gig
- The Ponys, Chin Up Chin Up Join Forces for Tour
- Photos: The New Pornographers / Lavender Diamond [Los Angeles, CA; 09/19/07]
- Beirut Toasts Cup With Tonight's Tour Launch
- Modest Mouse Add Even More Fall Dates
- Tussle Remix EP (With Hot Chip, JD Twitch) Finally Due
- TVOTR, GBV, Beirut Members on Ten Soundtrack
- Jay-Z Records Sorta Soundtrack for American Gangster
- A Place to Bury Strangers Hit Vinyl, Play Benefit for Cat
- Morrissey Kicks Off Tour
- Hip-Hop Flick Wild Style Gets 25th Anniversary DVD
- Animal Collective, Okkervil River, Rilo Kiley Rock NPR
- Phosphorescent Flaunts Pride on Big Tour
- Neko Case Guests on New Matt Pond PA LP
- Cave Singers Drop Matador Debut, Tour
- Maritime Tour With Jimmy Eat World
- Shellac Shack Up for December Residency
- School of Language (ex-Field Music) Sign to Thrill Jockey, Memphis Industries
- Pitchfork Seeks Intern in New York City
- The Fiery Furnaces Extend Fall Tour, Again
- Low's Sparhawk, Atmosphere's Slug Share Wisdom
- Photos: Simian Mobile Disco [Chicago, IL; 09/18/07]
- Hot Chip, DFA, Soulwax Remix Gorillaz on D-Sides
- El-P Hits the Road
- Sondre Lerche, Regina Spektor on Dan in Real Life OST
- Enon Reissue Debut, Expand Fall Tour
- Photos: Monolith Festival [Denver, CO; 09/14 - 09/15/07]
- Photos: White Williams Tour Diary Part 1
- New Ryan Adams EP Due in October
- T.V. Eye: September 18-23, 2007
- Photos: Qui [Seattle, WA; 09/15/07]
- DJ Shadow Spins at Cali Record Store for Entire Month
- Sex Pistols Reunite Again
- Modest Mouse Announce More Dates With Man Man
- FCC Holds Media Ownership Hearing, FMC Hosts Party
- Photos: Shudder to Think / A Camp [New York, NY; 09/17/07]
- Man in Skates Climbs NYC Globe Statue, Throws a Bunch of Black Lips Fliers, Eats Orange, Gets Arrested
- Rage's Zack de la Rocha Completes Solo Album
- British Sea Power Issue Krankenhaus? EP, Tour
- Photos: Bjork [Atlanta, GA; 09/17/07]
- Animal Collective Fete Guy Fawkes With "Fireworks" 10"
- Sweden's Club 8 Can't Stop Dreaming on New LP
- Rhino Releases Control Soundtrack, Joy Division Reissues
- Photos: Wolf Parade / Holy Fuck [Los Angeles, CA; 09/13/07]
- Constantines Sign to Arts & Crafts
- Photos: Girl Talk / Dan Deacon / Simian Mobile Disco / White Williams [Boston, MA; 09/14/07]
- Les Savy Fav Extend Fall Tour
- Arcade Fire/LCD Soundsystem Tour Kicks Off Tonight
- Buck 65 Announces Fall Tour Dates
- Photos: Jens Lekman [Norway; 09/14-09/15/07]
- Ghostface, Trail of Dead Play Adult Swim College Tours
- Sea and Cake's Sam Prekop Issues CD/Photo Book
- SMD, Diplo, Switch, Cocteau Twin Do Decibel Festival
- Polyphonic Spree Take the Cult on the Road
- Photos: Animal Collective [Portland, OR; 09/16/07]
- Maximo Park Return to North America in November
- Common and Q-Tip Tour Together
- Bloc Party, Of Montreal, Deerhoof Hit Iceland Airwaves
- Chromeo Collaborating With Hall and Oates!
- The Good Life Uproot for Huge Fall Tour
- Feist Plots Late Fall North American Trek
- Fire Breaks Out at Austin City Limits, Several Injured
- Wzt Hearts Tie Up Loose Threads on Carpark LP, Tour
- Melvins, Big Business Kick Off Tour Together
- Simian Mobile Disco Launch North American Invasion
- Los Campesinos! Cover Black Flag, Heavenly on Single
- Blitzen Trapper Kick Off Fall Tour, Drop EP
- Shudder to Think Reunite!!
- PJ Harvey's White Chalk U.S. Release Bumped Back
- Photos: Aesop Rock, Octopus Project [Chicago, IL; 09/13/07]
- Hot Chip Do Gigs, DJ Dates, Single, Shrigley Benefit
- Film School Hit the Road, Play Dates With Land of Talk
- Slaraffenland Gig Across Continents
- The Cinematic Orchestra Kick Off Fall Tour
- Devastations Beckon With Yes, U, Epic Tour
- Austin City Limits Fest Starts Today
- The Walkmen Announce Fall Dates
- Johnny Cash Pardoned for Picking Flowers!?!
- QOTSA to Appear on Anthony Bourdain Holiday Special
- Scout Niblett Plots Fall Tour
- Ben Bridwell Explains Wal-Mart License, Band of Horses Announce Fall Tour Dates
- Boredoms' Eye, Lindstrom, Tussle on Supersound Comp
- Bobby Byrd, James Brown Sideman, R.I.P.
- CYHSY Guy's Guns N' Roses Tribute Band Returns!
- Photos: Arctic Monkeys / Voxtrot [Chicago, IL; 09/12/07]
- Mos Def, Aesop Rock on DJ Krush DVD Retrospective
- Mobb Deep's Havoc Readies Kushy Solo Debut
- New Porno Fancey Gets Schmancey on Second Album
- James Murphy Talks Arcade Fire, FABRIC36, LCD LP3
- Deerhunter Play Benefit for Georgia Arts Lawyers
- Sightings Drop Andrew W.K.-Produced LP, Tour
- Nick Drake's Fruit Tree Box Reissue Due
- The Cure Announce Rescheduled Dates
- Photos: Interpol and Liars [Boston, MA; 09/12/07]
- M.I.A. Extends Fall Tour
- The National Cover Springsteen on New Single
- Hold Steady's Finn Goes Back to School, Fishes on TV
- Too Pure Launches 7" Club With Electrelane's Susman
- Bert Jansch Guests on New Babyshambles Disc
- Animal Collective to Make National TV Debut October 5
- Pornos, Spoon, Animal Collective on Sonic Boom Comp
- Dan Deacon's Skull Returns in Time for Girl Talk Tour!
- The White Stripes Cancel Remaining Tour Dates
- Mastodon's Brent Hinds in Hospital After VMAs Injury
- Kaiser Chiefs Cancel Shows to Work on New Album
- GZA's Liquid Swords Show With Jamie Lidell Canceled
- New Pornographers Issue YouTube Challenge
- Led Zeppelin Reform With Bonham's Son for Benefit
- Jens Lekman Reveals Bonus EP Details
- Battles Meet the Field, Four Tet, Joell Ortiz(!) on New EP
- White Stripes Cancel Tour Due to Meg's Anxiety
- Final Fantasy Hits the Road
- LCD Soundsystem's Deluxe 45:33 CD/LP Details Emerge
- Sebadoh Do Bubble and Scrape for Don't Look Back
- Shout Out Louds Give You an Ill Bonus Disc
- White Stripes Nix Austin Gigs, Send "Love" Stateside
- Bonde do Role Launch Fall Tour
- Mew Drop iTunes EP
- Miles Davis Colleague Joe Zawinul Dies
- Photos: Devendra Banhart [Santa Cruz, CA; 09/06/07]
- The Mountain Goats Add Another Round of Dates
- Qui Kick Off Expanded Fall Tour
- The Robot Ate Me: "It's Over"
- ESG Say Goodbye
- Photos: A Place to Bury Strangers [New York, NY; 09/09/07]
- T.V. Eye: September 10-16, 2007
- Hold Steady, Superchunk, Wrens Guys Do FMC Summit
- The Narrator Kick Off Tour
- Photos: Musicfest NW [Portland, OR; 09/06-09/09/07]
- Sound Team Call It Quits
- Neil Young Announces Fall Tour, Chrome Tracklist
- Roisin Murphy Shares LP Details, Single, Tour Dates
- Interpol and Liars Kick Off Joint Tour
- New Iron and Wine LP Gets Bonus Disc
- Photos: Hideout Block Party [Chicago, IL; 09/07/07-09/08/07]
- Photos: The Flaming Lips / Black Moth Super Rainbow [Chicago, IL; 09/07/07]
- The Stills Sign to Arts & Crafts
- Photos: Rilo Kiley [Seattle, WA; 09/08/07]
- Dan Deacon's Green Skull Stolen!
- The Gossip/Long Blondes U.S. Tour Canceled