If one thing feel warmer all this Blizzard can do, is it that know that the North American hip hop coming out a new album Kings atmosphere this spring. Due for release April 12th through Rhymesayers, the family-sign, slug said "metaphorically instrumental frame work touching on issues of fatherhood, loss, love, disappointment and cheering and tailoring you provided by Ant" to hear the duo will be secured by Erick Anderson keyboardist and guitarist of Nate Collis.
Below, you can check out the first single, "Minnesota Nice", and peep all the Group's upcoming tour dates. Spoiler: Minnesota proves pretty happy.
"Minnesota Nice"
Atmosphere 2011 tour dates 02-22 Mankato, Minnesota @ Minnesota State Ballroom #. 02-23 Bemidji, MN @ Sanford Center #. 02-24 St. cloud, MN @ Atwood Ballroom SCSU #. 02-25 Rochester, MN @ Mayo Civic Center *. Duluth, Minnesota @ Romano-gymnasium, UMD 02-26 *.
* = w/ Los Nativos, Prof, DJ skills # = w/ HR. Gene Poole
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Also: hear the LP bonus track "Tep and the Logic"
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British dubstep-pop up-and-comer James Blake's self-titled debut album is out digitally next Tuesday, February 8, via Universal Republic in the U.S. (it'll drop a day before in the UK via Atlas/A&M). Right now, the whole album is streaming over at 3VOOR12; you can head here to take a listen.
Furthermore, Listen Before You Buy points out that a bonus track from the LP, the haunting, sparse "Tep and the Logic", is making the rounds.
Posted by Larry Fitzmaurice on February 4, 2011 at 9:35 a.m.
Tags: James Blake, Audio
2 Live Crew's Uncle Luke Running for Miami Mayor
"I think we can stimulate the economy with a tax on strippers."
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In his time on this planet, the rapper, party promoter, and former 2 Live Crew member Luther Campbell (otherwise known as Uncle Luke and Luke Skyywalker) has run record labels, established Southern rap as a commercial force, and taken on the Supreme Court. He's also one of the raunchiest rappers in the history of the genre. And now he's got a new goal on the horizon: He wants to be the next mayor of Miami-Dade County.
In an interview with the Miami New Times (where he also writes a column), Campbell talks about why he wants to be mayor: "Why is our government only serving one set of people? That's what is pushing me to run." He also announced some of his policies, including gated communities in inner-city neighborhoods, slashing the county budget, and raising taxes. He even proposes a tax on strippers, which doesn't sound like the Luke I know. ("Even though all my stripper friends are gonna be mad at me, I think we can stimulate the economy with a tax on strippers. They make all this money and don't pay taxes.") He also suggests that he can win Latino votes because he discovered Pitbull.
Read the full interview here.
Posted by Tom Breihan on February 4, 2011 at 9 a.m.
Tags: 2 Live Crew, Politics, Awesome, Luther Campbell
Continue Reading ? Atmosphere Announce New Album
The Family Sign arrives in April
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On April 12, the Minneapolis indie-rap powerhouse Atmosphere will release their new album The Family Sign, via Rhymesayers. It's the duo's first proper album since 2008's When Life Give You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold, though they released the album-length double EP To All My Friends, Blood Makes the Blade Holy last year. In addition to MC Slug and producer Ant, the album also features contributions from keyboardist Erick Anderson and guitarist Nate Collis.
Pitchfork recently spoke with Slug about the new album; check for that interview early next week.
Later this month, Atmosphere will head out on a short tour of their home state. To see the dates and hear their new local-pride posse cut "Minnesota Nice", check here.
Posted by Tom Breihan on February 4, 2011 at 7:10 a.m.
Tags: Rhymesayers, Atmosphere, New Releases
Continue Reading ? Thursday, February 3 New Cold Cave: "The Great Pan Is Dead"
First track from Cherish the Light Years
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MP3: Cold Cave: "The Great Pan Is Dead"
Electro-goth aggravators Cold Cave are putting out their sophomore full-length, Cherish the Light Years, April 5 in the U.S. and April 4 in the UK via Matador. The opening track from that record, "The Great Pan Is Dead", is now available for download in exchange for an email address, below and on the band's website. UPDATE: The Matablog has posted the mp3 for download without an email address. You can also grab that above. However, if you download it via the band's website, you also get artwork and handwritten lyrics. Do yourself a favor and PLAY IT LOUD.
Check out Cold Cave's upcoming tour dates below as well.
Cold Cave:
04-06 Pittsburgh, PA - Brillobox 04-07 Cincinnati, OH - MOTR Pub 04-08 Bloomington, IN - The Bishop 04-09 St. Louis, MO - Luminary Center for the Arts 04-10 Kansas City, MO - The Record Bar 04-11 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge 04-13 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge 04-14 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress 04-15 Indio, CA - Coachella 04-19 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater * 04-20 Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa * 04-22 Nashville, TN - Cannery Ballroom * 04-23 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade * 04-24 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club * 04-26 Boston, MA - Royale * 04-27 Philadelphia, PA - Theater of Living Arts * 04-28 Hartford, CT - The Mill at Trinity College 04-29 New York, NY - Terminal 5 * 04-30 Montreal, Quebec - Olympia * 05-01 Toronto, Ontario - Sound Academy * 05-03 Detroit, MI - Majestic * 05-04 Chicago, IL - Vic Theater * 05-05 Minneapolis, MN - First Ave * 05-08 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom * 05-09 Seattle, WA - Showbox * 05-10 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom * 05-11 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore Auditorium * 05-13 Los Angeles, CA - Music Box at the Fonda *
* with The Kills
Posted by Larry Fitzmaurice on February 3, 2011 at 8 p.m.
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Continue Reading ? Black Devil Disco Club Recruits Nancy Sinatra, Afrika Bambaataa, YACHT, Horrors for New Album Tweet
In 2006, the mysterious 70s French Italo-disco veteran Bernard Fevre, who records as Black Devil Disco Club, resurfaced with 28 Later, an album of glassy electronic tracks. On April 12, he'll return yet again when Lo releases the new Black Devil Disco Club album Circus, which features a ton of big-name collaborators. That's the cover art above.
Circus includes contributions from boldfaced names like Nancy Sinatra, Afrika Bambaataa, Faris Badwan of the Horrors and Cat's Eyes, Claire Evans of YACHT, and Jon Spencer. Other guests include Cosmetics' Aja Emma, CocknBullKid, Nancy Fortune, and Jo Apps. Below, you can watch the video for "My Screen", a collaboration with Poni Hoax's Nicolas Kerr. There's also a widget, which you can use to enter an email address and download the song.
Posted by Tom Breihan on February 3, 2011 at 4:20 p.m.
Tags: New Releases, Audio, Video, Black Devil Disco Club
Continue Reading ? MTV Brings Back "Beavis and Butt-Head"
They're finally putting that "Jersey Shore" money to good use
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As Rolling Stone points out, Reuters reports that the classic MTV cartoon "Beavis and Butt-Head" will return to the air later this year with new episodes. Rolling Stone speculates that series creator Mike Judge will once again voice both characters, but MTV hasn't revealed any further details about the new version of the show. If they come back as computer-generated polygons, somebody's getting slapped. Still, anyone who was a kid in the 90s will tell you that this is great news.
Check out Pitchfork's list of Beavis and Butt-Head's greatest music criticisms here. Below, you can watch some of the duo's classic video commentary moments.
Pavement: "Rattled by the Rush:
Radiohead: "Creep":
The Flaming Lips: "She Don't Use Jelly":
The Jesus Lizard: "Glamorous":
Sonic Youth: "Dirty Boots":
Snoop Doggy Dogg: "Gin and Juice":
Posted by Tom Breihan on February 3, 2011 at 3:40 p.m.
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Continue Reading ? Phosphorescent Announce International Tour Tweet
Empire Polo Field in Indio, California plays host to two annual springtime festivals: Coachella and Stagecoach, a two-day country music fest. This year, Stagecoach's headliners are Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, and Carrie Underwood; as you can imagine, there's not a whole lot of crossover with Coachella. But the Brooklyn-via-Alabama country-rock crew Phosphorescent have a style broad enough to play both festivals.
In the months ahead, the band will tour around North America and Europe, hitting those two festivals along the way. Below, check out their dates, as well as the video for their song "It's Hard to be Humble (When You're From Alabama)".
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04-09 Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place 04-10 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace 04-11 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall 04-12 Lawrence, KS - Jackpot Saloon 04-13 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge 04-14 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge 04-16 Indio, CA - Coachella Music Festival 04-21 Portland, OR - Mission Theatre 04-22 Seattle, WA - The Tractor Tavern 04-23 Kennewick, WA - The Red Room 04-24 Vancouver, British Columbia - Media Club 04-28 San Francisco, CA - The Independent 04-30 Indio, CA - Stagecoach Music Festival 05-04 Dallas, TX - The Loft 05-05 Austin, TX - The Parish 05-06 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live 05-08 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade 05-11 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl 05-23 Cologne, Germany - Studio 672 05-24 Hamburg, Germany - Beatlemania 05-25 Berlin, Germany - Magnet 05-26 Munich, Germany - 59 to 1 05-28 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival 05-30 Bristol, England - Thekla 05-31 Manchester, England - Deaf Institute 06-02 Dublin, Ireland - The Workman's Club 06-03 Glasgow, Scotland - Stereo 06-04 Leeds, England - Brudenell Social Club 06-05 Norwich, England - The Arts Centre 06-07 London, England - Heaven
"It's Hard to be Humble (When You're From Alabama)" video:
Posted by Tom Breihan on February 3, 2011 at 3:15 p.m.
Tags: Tours, Phosphorescent
Continue Reading ? Klaxons Plot Spring Tour
Including stops at Coachella and Ultra Music Festival
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Fresh off of spreading some holiday cheer by giving away the Landmarks of Lunacy EP on Christmas Day, rave-rockers Klaxons are outlining a spring tour hitting major North American cities. The roughly month-long jaunt will also include stops at this year's Coachella and Ultra Music festivals. We've got the dates for you below, as well as the expansive video for Surfing the Void cut "Echoes".
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03-25 Orlando, FL - The Social 03-26 Miami, FL - Ultra Music Festival 03-28 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club 03-29 New York, NY - Webster Hall 03-30 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar 04-01 Columbus, OH - The Basement 04-02 Chicago, IL - Metro 04-03 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon 04-05 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge 04-06 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge 04-08 Vancouver, British Columbia - Venue 04-09 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey 04-10 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge 04-12 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore 04-15 Indio, CA - Coachella 06-18 Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany - Southside Festival 06-19 Scheeßel, Germany - Hurricane Festival
"Echoes" video:
Posted by Larry Fitzmaurice on February 3, 2011 at 2:30 p.m.
Right around the time the new year flipped over, M.I.A. released the Vicki Leekx mixtape, a continuous half hour of paranoid party anthems. And on her Twitter today, M.I.A. has posted some visual companions for the mixtape.
When posting that photo above, M.I.A. wrote in typical M.I.A. style, "vicki leekx home made wardrobe ! ill explain later! u likeeeee isss niccce , its cheeep u buuuy !!! i got coooloooouuurrrrr many many ..." I'd like to imagine that she's dressing as the character of Vicki Leekx, the robotic host that occasionally shows up during the mixtape.
M.I.A. also posted a panel of Vicki Leekx logos and a video for the first 10 minutes of the mix, which you can watch below. The video combines M.I.A.'s recent kaleidoscopic internet-overload video style with genuinely unnerving WikiLeaks-style footage of third-world cityscapes and shit blowing up.
Posted by Tom Breihan on February 3, 2011 at 1:50 p.m.
Washington City Paper reports that Brendan Majewski, former bassist for the Washington, DC band outfit Quix*o*tic, committed suicide on January 20 in New York City. He was 37 years old. (Via the Daily Swarm.)
Majewski's musical career began in the late 1990s as a member of the Baltimore band Murder. While in that band, he met Mira Billotte (now of White Magic) at the Maryland Institute College of Art and formed Quix*o*tic in 1998 with Mira and her sister Christina (formerly of Bratmobile, Autoclave and Slant 6). The band combined elements of doo-wop and early R&B with spartan post-punk affectations, as demonstrated on their cover of Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' 1961 single "What's So Good About Goodbye", which you can hear below.
The band self-released a single, "Heliotrope", as well as a full-length produced by Fugazi's Guy Picciotto, Night for Day, before Majewski left the band in 2001. (They later recruited Orthrelm's Mick Barr and signed to Kill Rock Stars.) Majewski later went on to form the metal-leaning NYC outfit Orphan. Check out audio and video of some of Majewski's work with Quix*o*tic and Orphan below.
Quix*o*tic: "What's So Good About Goodbye" (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles cover):
Orphan: "Penis Farm":
Posted by Larry Fitzmaurice on February 3, 2011 at 1:15 p.m.
Tags: Quix*o*tic, Obituary, Brendan Majewski
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Blake's self-titled debut LP drops digitally in five days
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Yesterday, we reported that the British electronic-pop wunderkind James Blake had signed to Universal Republic in the U.S. His hotly anticipated self-titled debut album already had a UK release date; it comes out February 7 over there via Atlas/A&M. And today, Blake's American label has given it a release date. The album will be out digitally February 8, next Tuesday.
Below, watch the video for the BNM'ed album track "The Wilhelm Scream".
Posted by Tom Breihan on February 3, 2011 at 11:45 a.m.
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Continue Reading ? The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Talk New LP
Plus: Listen to new single "Belong" and check out the album cover.
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Photo by Pavla Kopecna
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: "Belong"
The beginning of "Belong"-- the title track and new single from the Pains of Being Pure at Heart's second album, which is out March 29 via Slumberland-- features the indie-pop band casually jangling along. But it's something of a red herring. Right at the fifteen-second mark, the guitars blitz out louder and harder than anything on their self-titled debut. The gargantuan distortion recalls nothing less than prime-era Smashing Pumpkins, which makes sense considering Belong was produced by Flood and mixed by Alan Moulder, aka the guys who helped craft the sounds of Pumpkins classics like Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, not to mention records by My Bloody Valentine, Nine Inch Nails, U2, PJ Harvey, Depeche Mode, and many more. Basically, if you grew up in the 90s, your ears are subconsciously attuned the studio wizardry of Flood and Alan Moulder.
We recently met up with the band at the delightfully cheesy grilled-meats chain Dallas BBQ in downtown Manhattan. As lead singer Kip Berman slurped a red, white, and blue frozen drink called the "Firecracker," he and the rest of the group-- that's keyboardist Peggy Wang, bassist Alex Naidus, and drummer Kurt Feldman-- talked about their unlikely studio gurus in semi-shocked tones. The chummy foursome were more than happy to chat about the movie Clueless and something called a Travel Pussy, too.
Click on for the Q&A, the cover art for Belong, and Pains' spring tour dates, including a trek with Twin Shadow:
Pitchfork: How did you end up working with Alan Moulder and Flood?
Kip Berman: Alan had expressed interest in working with us two years ago, but we never thought it was going to happen. When it came time to record, Alan couldn't produce the record because of scheduling but he could mix it. But then he was like, "Would you be interested in Flood?" It was like a fantasy world. I mean, a band on our level just doesn't have those experiences ever. These people were involved in the records that inspired us to make music.
Peggy Wang: Before this experience, I didn't really even understand what a producer was. I associate producers with big, successful albums, so it didn't even seem within the realm of possibility for us. At the same time, we wanted to record the album differently than the first one, and this was an opportunity to do that.
Pitchfork: Were you anxious about recording with Flood?
KB: Yeah. We had a conference call with him beforehand, and I thought, "He might not like the sound of our voices-- he could change his mind!" And there were a lot of fears-- like, is this guy going to show up and tell us to do these sweeping Edge guitar solos? But, really, it helped us be more us.
Alex Naidus: I didn't know if I was supposed to call him "Flood." [laughs] The answer is yes-- that's all he goes by. Then I was nervous because we had never really recorded properly before-- I didn't know if he was going to make fun of how I play bass. There were all these levels of pseudo-anxiety but, by the end of the first day, we were cracking jokes. I would hang out with him any day. We even showed him that Nine Inch Nails "shreds" thing where they put awful music over the "March of the Pigs" video and he loved it. He e-mailed to Trent.
KB: We got comfortable enough that, at one point, we took some paper and tape and made it look like his U2 Grammy was ours.
Listen to "Heart in Your Heartbreak" from Belong:
Heart in Your Heartbreak
Pitchfork: As an indie band, did you have any reservations about working with these guys who are known for so many big, major label records?
KB: Not really. Some of my favorite records came out on RCA or Columbia, and to denigrate those albums to a certain level is kind of ignorant. The Flaming Lips did their best work on a major label. Look at David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, the Ramones. It's easy to pick apart the failings of that major label world, but some great records have been a result of it.
AN: Just because we're indie, it doesn't mean we can't do this or that. That whole idea doesn't exist as much as it used to.
KB: Yeah, we equally romanticize the Pastels and the Smashing Pumpkins. It's not like the world has totally changed and all good music gets validated and covered-- there's still a lack of justice in pop and rock. But the fact that people can access smaller bands without the filter of them being signed or promoted or played on the radio is huge.
Pitchfork: Seeing your show a few times over the last few years, it seems like you were getting louder and louder-- and a lot of the guitars on this album have this massive sound. Is that directness something you wanted to focus on with this record?
KB: We wanted the songs to exist in an immediate and instinctual place. The album sounds like we're taking away what we were hiding behind before. Lyrically, the first record had a lot of remembered experiences that I was looking back on and trying to make more clever, which can sound contrived. I like the idea of lyrics that don't get beyond themselves but catch you and make an impression. I think that's more emotionally compelling.
Pitchfork: I did notice that there were less puns on this record than the last one.
KB: [laughs] There are still a few dick jokes, though. You know, like "Come Saturday". I try to be careful now because my grandmother's discovered how this all works-- she prints out the Internet. I said the f-word once in an interview and she was like, "I didn't show that one to grandpa."
PW: And our dads discovered the travelogue videos.
AN: Oh yeah! I bought a Travel Pussy in Germany. Do you know what that is?
Pitchfork: I do not.
PW: It's in vending machines at rest stops. It's basically a bag that says "water here" on it. So we filled it up and it started oozing. The video we made with it is set to "Girlfriend" by Matthew Sweet. [laughs]
Watch the "Travel Pussy" tour video:
AN: And when we went to Sweden for the first time we took a bunch of video footage and set it to this song we made called "Gothenburg Handshake".
Pitchfork: I'm kinda scared to ask-- what's a "Gothenburg Handshake"?
AN: Well, instead of shaking someone's hand, you shake...
PW: ... their crotch.
Pitchfork: Did that happen to you?
AN: It happened to Kip.
KB: [half-singing] "You shook much more than my hand-- Gothenburg Handshake."
Watch the "Gothenburg Handshake" video:
Pitchfork: You recently wrote on Twitter: "We just turned down a lot of $$,$$ because we don't want to be in TV ads. Not self righteous, just rather be unknown than known for that." Can you expound on that?
KB: I shouldn't have said that because one day we'll be on a commercial and someone will be like, "Oh wow, you compromised your original values!" If someone else had said that, I probably would've rolled my eyes at them. The thing is no one really knows our music and suddenly for everyone to hear it for the first time all at once on TV-- I don't know. I just want people to hear our music as music first.
At the same time, there are a lot of bands that are better and cooler than us that have done it. It allows a lot of artists to make music on their own terms. Ultimately, the song's a song, no matter the context. It's a way for bands to make money and bands deserve to make money. But we do want our songs to be in TV shows and movies. I've always wanted to be a part of popular culture like that.
PW: If they wanted to use our music on "The Hills" I'd be so into it. [laughs]
KB: Please, "Gossip Girl", put us on your show!
AN: Our music was in Another Gay Sequel, which stars Perez Hilton.
Pitchfork: Actually, I was playing Belong at the office and one of my co-workers thought it was the Clueless soundtrack.
AN: That is the biggest compliment.
KB: Clueless is one of the best movies ever.
PW: And the soundtrack is amazing. There's a Velocity Girl song on it from their first EP, which came out on Slumberland.
AN: You just made our day.
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart:
02-19 St. Malo, France - La Route du Rock Festival 02-20 Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Exit 09 02-21 Lille, France - L'Aeronef 02-22 Cologne, Germany - MTC 02-24 Berlin, Germany - Magnet 02-26 Münster, Germany - Gleiss 22 02-27 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Bitterzoet 03-01 Kortrijk, Belgium - De Kreun 03-03 London, England - Kings College 03-10 Denton, TX - Outdoor Stage 03-11 Austin, TX - Venue 222 - SXSW Interactive 03-12 Mexico City, Mexico - Polyforum Siqueiros 03-31 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church 04-01 Washington, DC - Black Cat * 04-02 Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle * 04-04 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club * 04-05 Atlanta, GA - The Earl * 04-06 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree Cafe * 04-07 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks * 04-08 Houston, TX - Fitzgerald’s * 04-09 Austin, TX - Emo’s * 04-12 Santa Fe, NM - VFW * 04-13 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress ! 04-15 Indio, CA - Coachella 04-18 Visalia, CA - The Cellar Door *& 04-19 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *& 04-21 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *& 04-22 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile * 04-25 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club * 04-26 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall * 04-27 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall 04-28 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall 04-29 Bloomington, IN - Rhino’s * 04-30 Columbus, OH - The Basement * 05-02 Milford, CT - Daniel Street * 05-03 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club * 05-06 New York, NY - Webster Hall *
! with Warpaint, Twin Shadow, PVT, Catwalk * with Twin Shadow & with Catwalk
Posted by Ryan Dombal on February 3, 2011 at 11:05 a.m.
Tags: Interviews, Audio, Art, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Continue Reading ? Ted Leo Reschedules Solo Tour Tweet
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Last month, indie-punk vet Ted Leo cancelled more than a few dates on his forthcoming solo tour because he was "in the midst of a very bad time." Looks like things might have turned out all right, though, as Matablog has announced that those dates have been rescheduled for a run from early April through the middle of May. Check out Leo's full itinerary-- as well as the hilarious clip for his and the Pharmacists' The Brutalist Bricks standout "Bottled in Cork"-- below.
Ted Leo:
02-19 Los Angeles, CA - Skybar at Mondrian Hotel 02-20 Los Angeles, CA - Center for the Arts Eagle Rock 02-23 Riverside, CA - The Barn @ UC Riverside 02-24 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill (Noise Pop Festival) 02-25 Seattle, WA - U of Washington 02-26 Portland, OR - BackSpace Cafe 04-27 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall 04-28 Dover, NH - Dover Brickhouse 04-29 Hamden, CT - The Space 04-30 Scranton, PA - The Vintage Theater 05-01 Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie 05-03 Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Museum 05-04 Cleveland, OH - B-side Liquor Lounge 05-05 Chicago, IL - Schubas Tavern 05-06 Madison, WI - The Terrace 05-07 Iowa City, IA - Gabe's 05-08 St Louis, MO - Off Broadway 05-11 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn 05-12 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
"Bottled in Cork" video:
Posted by Larry Fitzmaurice on February 3, 2011 at 10:30 a.m.
Tags: Tours, Ted Leo
Continue Reading ? New Release: Micachu and the Shapes and London Sinfonietta: Chopped & Screwed Tweet
Artists: Micachu and the Shapes / London Sinfonietta Release: Chopped & Screwed Release Date: March 28 Label: Rough Trade
Tracklist:
01 State of New York 02 Unlucky 03 Everything 04 Average 05 Freaks 06 Medicine 07 Low Dogg 08 Fall 09 Not So Sure
Notes: The avant-pop trio and the London orchestra collaborate on a classical album recorded live in May 2010.
Media: Stream or download "Everything" below:
Posted by Larry Fitzmaurice on February 3, 2011 at 9:55 a.m.
Tags: Rough Trade, New Releases, Micachu and the Shapes
Continue Reading ? Rising: Colin Stetson
The experimental saxophonist talks about his surreal new album.
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Colin Stetson: "Judges"
On the surface, Colin Stetson's second album, New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges, is a solo saxophone record. But across the LP, he turns the instrument into its own weirdo one-man band, using pad-hitting sounds as percussion and even singing through the horn while he's playing quick-trigger figures. It's disorienting and engrossing, somewhere between Ornette Coleman and Tom Waits (with whom Stetson has collaborated).
But the album seems even more unusual once you learn Stetson performed almost the whole thing by himself without overdubs or loops, with many songs nailed on their first recorded take. It's not just an artistic feat but a physical one as well.
Now 35, Stetson grew up in Michigan and currently resides in Montreal. Originally turned on to the alto sax by Men at Work's "Who Can It Be Now?", he started playing at 10. He went on to compete as a classical performer in high school before getting into more adventurous fare like John Zorn and Dewey Redman while studying at the University of Michigan. Since then, he's opened for Arcade Fire and the National, and played with Waits, Laurie Anderson (who provides guest vocals on Judges), and TV on the Radio. He's planning on recording the final album in his New History Warfare trilogy this spring before rehearsing and going on tour with Bon Iver later in the year.
Until then, though, he's concentrating on Judges, which is out February 22 on Constellation. Click on to read our Q&A with Stetson about his one-of-a-kind style and The Lost Boys:
Pitchfork: As a kid growing up playing sax, were you ever in a ska band?
Colin Stetson: [laughs] Never had a ska phase, but I was in a very grunge-like rock band that awkwardly had an alto sax in it. Remember the scene in Lost Boys where there's that ridiculous guy with his shirt off playing sax? It was kind of like that-- except not nearly as awesome.
Pitchfork: When I first started listening to Judges, I didn't know you recorded all the songs by yourself without overdubs. It makes it more impressive on a technical level, but how important are those recording restrictions to you?
CS: It's important to me in the creation of it because I figured as soon as I crossed that threshold into effects and loops it would completely undermine the premise of how I go about creating things physically, with the instrument. The element of breath through everything injects it with a life that it wouldn't have if I started playing around with machines. But I don't think it's too important musically. I would like for people to appreciate the album musically whether they knew how it was made or not.
Colin Stetson: "The righteous wrath of an honorable man"
Pitchfork: The way you recorded and mixed the record-- with lots of mics and boosting certain sounds to make it seem like there's more going on-- is also really unorthodox, and helps to make the album sound like nothing I've heard before.
CS: I didn't want to just put up a stereo mic in a room and try to get some two-dimensional snapshot of an instrument. The set-up allowed us to capture it in three dimensions so we could then spread out and reshuffle and make our own surreal representation of that performance. There are mics inside the instrument, a contact mic on my throat, and countless mics clustered around the air of the horn and throughout the room. I wanted to make something that was specific to the medium of recording. I want to make albums that are like a Murakami novel or a Terrence Malick film-- something that explicitly states its own world.
Pitchfork: It's especially impressive that most of these songs were cut on first takes, too.
CS: Yeah, I think it's something I learned from Tom Waits when I was working with him back in the early 00s. I would listen to a song, go back to the studio, overdub a sax part, and he'd just give me a thumbs up and say, "That's it, we're done." I was just feeling my way around the song for the first time, but he wanted to stick to that initial gut reaction. Now, I feel like if I do my homework practice-wise, by the time I get to the studio I can put everything exactly where I want it to be right away.
Pitchfork: Playing these songs seems physically taxing. Do you have to do anything special to get your body in shape?
CS: I practice yoga and breathing daily along with all the exercises on the instrument. I'm getting more and more monastic about it, especially when I'm on tour, because I'm making songs that are harder to perform all the time. So I no longer smoke and I drink a lot less on tour.
Pitchfork: The album has some ominous and apocalyptic overtones. Were you going for any specific narrative?
CS: Narratively, there are two levels to it. The more general thematic arc is about isolation, but I was also thinking about isolation on an evolutionary scale as well, like when you think of an island like Madagascar where things are free to evolve unfettered by outside powers. That starts to reach into the underlying narrative, which is more of a literal story that I used as a construct to build songs around. I'm trying to write it all right now, and I'm collaborating with a friend to make a graphic novel of the story, too.
Pitchfork: Can you outline that more literal narrative?
CS: Oh, it's super weird and there's so much crap in it. [laughs] It goes along with the trilogy of albums and the first one was a story of some people lost at sea and this one is from one person's perspective who's washed up after a shipwreck in a strange place.
The first scene is this person on a small stretch of beach between two cliffs, and the only thing that he hears and sees is a mass of horses. These horses don't have any eyes and they had been created only to defend this island. They're rigged on each side with these automatic guns and, with every stride, they pump the cannons. So it's basically this idea of these blind animals charging toward the sea in total fear of the sound they're creating, and that blind mayhem and violence is how this place makes sure it's not touched by the outside. I can't believe I'm actually talking about this-- you will never listen to Judges the same now that you know about the horses. [laughs]
Posted by Ryan Dombal on February 3, 2011 at 9 a.m.
Tags: Colin Stetson, Interviews, Rising
Continue Reading ? New Dum Dum Girls: "He Gets Me High"
Download the title track from the band's new EP
Tweet He Gets Me High, the new EP from garage-pop queens Dum Dum Girls, arrives March 1 from Sub Pop. And after the jump, you can download the fuzzed-out, harmonically rich title track.
And speaking of that title, the band is currently asking fans to send them pictures of whatever or whoever gets them high. Send your contribution to ddgLUV@gmail.com, and you could see it show up in a tour booklet that they're putting together.
Over the next few months, the band will tour all over North America and Europe, and we've got their dates listed below. Also below, check out the glamorously low-tech video for "Bhang Bhang, I'm a Burnout", a highlight from their 2010 debut album I Will Be.
Dum Dum Girls:
02-15 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues 02-16 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill *# 02-17 Los Angeles, CA - Skybar 02-18 San Diego, CA - Casbah *# 02-21 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive *# 02-23 St. Louis, MO - Billiken Club *# 02-24 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *# 02-25 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *# 02-26 Toronto, Ontario - El Mocambo Club *# 02-27 Montreal, Quebec - Il Motore *# 03-01 Burlington, VT - Club Metronome *# 03-02 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall *# 03-03 Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands # 03-04 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *# 03-05 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's *# 03-06 Washington, DC - Black Cat *# 03-08 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 #$ 03-09 Charlotte, NC - Milestone Club #$ 03-10 Atlanta, GA - The Earl #$ 03-11 Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits #$ 03-12 Orlando, FL - The Social !# 03-13 Tampa, FL - Orpheum !# 03-31 Manchester, England - Deaf Institute 04-01 Dublin, Ireland - Whelans 04-02 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Black Box 04-03 Glasgow, Scotland - Stereo 04-04 Leeds, England - Brudenell Social 04-05 London, England - Dingwalls 04-06 Brighton, England - Komedia 04-07 Gent, Belgium - Vooruit 04-08 Groningen, Netherlands - Vera 04-09 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Motel Mozaique 04-11 Berlin, Germany - Festaal 04-12 Munich, Germany - 59:1 04-13 Antwerp, Belgium - Crossing Border Festival 04-14 Vienna, Austria - Flex 04-15 Bern, Switzerland - ISC Club 04-16 Vevey, Switzerland - Rocking Chair 04-17 Zurich, Switzerland - Mascotte 04-19 Ljubljana, Slovenia - Menza Pri Koritu (SL) 04-20 Milan, Italy - La Salumeria Della Musica 04-21 Rome, Italy - Lanificio Factory 04-22 Bologna, Italy - Covo Club 04-23 Marseilles, France - Cabaret Aleatoire 04-24 Paris, France - La Machine
* with Minks # with Dirty Beaches $ with Reading Rainbow ! with Tennis, La Sera
Posted by Tom Breihan on February 3, 2011 at 8 a.m.
Tags: Dum Dum Girls, Audio, Tours
Continue Reading ? Wednesday, February 2 Hip-Hop Pioneer DJ Kool Herc Fights for Health Care Reform, Seeks Assistance for Medical Bills
"We are fighting for health care not just for me, but for everyone. I see this situation as another quest for me to shine light on a sensitive issue for the community."
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The New York Times reported earlier this week that the Bronx turntable pioneer DJ Kool Herc, the man many historians name as the inventor of hip-hop, is unable to pay for surgery for kidney stones, due to his lack of health insurance. Now, the Times reports that Can't Stop Won't Stop author Jeff Chang set up a medical relief fund for him. And Herc is using his ordeal to speak out for health care reform.
In a statement given to MTV, Herc said, "There shouldn't be anyone fighting for health care! This has been going on too damn long! We fought for [Bronx building] 1520 Sedgwick to get landmark status, and in 2007, New York State officially recognized it as the 'Birthplace of Hip Hop.' Now we are fighting for health care not just for me, but for everyone. I see this situation as another quest for me to shine light on a sensitive issue for the community. I'm an instrument of God. I'm here for a purpose and I want to be here for the solution."
To donate to the fund, click here.
Posted by Tom Breihan on February 2, 2011 at 5:10 p.m.
Tags: Benefit, DJ Kool Herc
Continue Reading ? Sufjan, PJ Harvey, Interpol, Big Boi, Girl Talk, of Montreal, Public Image Ltd. Added to Primavera
Also Explosions in the Sky, James Blake, Battles, Odd Future, Matthew Dear, M. Ward, more
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Barcelona's San Miguel Primavera Sound Festival, which comes to the Parc del Fòrum May 25-29, already had a lineup that boasted the reunited Pulp, Animal Collective, Belle and Sebastian, the Flaming Lips, Fleet Foxes, the National, and plenty of others. And today, the festival's bill extends even further. Some big names have been added to the Primavera lineup, including Sufjan Stevens, PJ Harvey, Interpol, Big Boi, Girl Talk, of Montreal, Explosions in the Sky, James Blake, John Lydon's reunited Public Image Ltd., and industrial pioneers Einstürzende Neubauten.
Other new additions include Odd Future, Battles, M. Ward, Matthew Dear, DJ Shadow, Lindstrøm, Jamie xx, the Tallest Man on Earth, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Glasser, Ty Segall, tUnE-yArDs, Avi Buffalo, Baths, Perfume Genius, Gold Panda, Warpaint, Cults, Gonjasufi, Glenn Branca Ensemble, the Soft Moon, the Black Angels, Holy Ghost!, Simian Mobile Disco, John Talabot, El Guincho, Darkstar, Ducktails, Kode9, Caspa, Cuzo + Damo Suzuki, Carte Blanche (Riton and DJ Mehdi), Arto Lindsay, DM Stith, the Monochrome Set, Field Music, Annuals, and Suuns. Also, Pere Ubu will perform The Modern Dance in full.
Pitchfork is once again curating its own stage at Primavera, and that stage will feature Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, the Walkmen, Twin Shadow, Das Racist, Gang Gang Dance, Male Bonding, and others.
Posted by Tom Breihan on February 2, 2011 at 4:05 p.m.
Tags: Festivals, Primavera Sound
Continue Reading ? Mount Kimbie Announce North American Tour Tweet
This spring, the tricky post-dubstep duo Mount Kimbie come to North America for a month-long tour. In the months ahead, they'll also play one London show and a few sets in Australia as well. Below, check out all their dates and watch their "Before I Move Off" video.
Mount Kimbie:
03-04 Perth, Australia - The Bakery 03-05 Melbourne, Australia - Roxanne Parlour 03-09 Sydney, Australia - Good God 03-11 Brisbane, Australia - Bar Soma 03-12 Meredith, Australia - Golden Plains Festival 03-15-19 Austin, TX - SXSW 03-24 New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge 03-25 Toronto, Ontario - Wrongbar 03-26 Montreal, Quebec - Le Belmont 03-27 St. Louis, MO - Luminary Arts 03-29 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle 03-30 Seattle, WA - Baltic Room 03-31 Vancouver, British Columbia - Biltmore Cabaret 04-01 Portland, OR - Crown Room 04-02 San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine 04-03 Arcata, CA - Arcata Theatre 04-05 Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot 04-06 Denver, CO - Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom 04-07 Atlanta, GA - King Plow Arts Center 04-08 Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle 04-09 Miami, FL - Electric Pickle 04-10 Tampa, FL - GBAR 04-11 Tallahassee, FL - Engine Room 04-12 Orlando, FL - Backbooth 04-13 New Orleans, LA - The Hookah 04-15 Indio, CA - Coachella 04-28 London, England - Heaven
Posted by Tom Breihan on February 2, 2011 at 3:30 p.m.
Tags: Tours, Mount Kimbie
Continue Reading ? Low Announce Tour, Share New Song Tweet
The long-running Minnesota slowcore trio Low will release C'mon, their first album since 2007's Drums and Guns, April 12 via Sub Pop. (That's the cover art above.) And starting in mid-March, the band will embark on a huge tour that'll take them across North America and Europe, playing one-off shows with Explosions in the Sky and Mercury Rev along the way. We've got all their dates below. Request "Immune".
Also below, there's a widget that will allow you to hear the sparkling C'mon opener "Try to Sleep". You can stream the track or enter your email address to get the free mp3.
Low:
03-16 Austin, TX - St. David's Sanctuary (SXSW) 04-06 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall * 04-14 Duluth, MN - Harbor City School Theater 04-16 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue 04-20 Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre 04-21 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall 04-22 Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall 04-23 Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Museum 04-25 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church 04-26 Washington, DC - Black Cat 04-29 Boston, MA - Paramount Center 04-30 Milford, CT - Daniel Street 05-02 Toronto, Ontario - Mod Club 05-03 Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig 05-16 Sheffield, England - Queens Social Club 05-17 Glasgow, Scotland - Classic Grand 05-18 Gateshead, England - The Sage Gateshead 05-19 Manchester, England - Club Academy 05-20 Bristol, England - Trinity 05-21 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique 05-23 Nijmegen, Netherlands - Doornroosje 05-24 Eindhoven, Netherlands - Catharina Church 05-25 Paris, France - Bataclan ^ 05-27 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival 05-30 Berlin, Germany - Lido 05-31 Hamburg, Germany - Knust 06-01 Cologne, Germany - Gebaude 9 06-03 London, England - Barbican
* with Explosions in the Sky ^ with Mercury Rev
Posted by Tom Breihan on February 2, 2011 at 3:05 p.m.
Tags: Audio, Tours, Low
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SYMPHONY X: New Album title, the lyrical concept revealed-29 January 2011 During a new interview with DJ JC green of metal Messiah Radio "Heavy Metal Thunder" Show, singer Russell Allen of progressive metal masters of New Jersey, That Symphony X revealed that the band has set "Iconoclast" as the title of his eighth album, due this year through Nuclear Blast Records.
When asked which phase of the process of recording, mixing of the new CD is in Allen, replied, "we are in post-production, so that the album is almost done. At this point, I'm being wrapped mixes and finalized and is off to bully and should be ready for release in a few months — surely the first quarter of 2011. We had the works of art all done, we're taking next week images ... all that good stuff. So everything is on track to release pretty soon. "
As regards the sound "Iconoclast" and how it compares to that of "paradise lost" 2007, the, Russell said, "sonically, is in the realm of one in a way, in terms of the sound of things; the guitar sound is a little different. Basically, the album is rather intense — probably the record more intense than ever, we did; It is chock full of riff — tons of great riff. It is heavy, music, singing, but it is very melodic in terms of its ... the choirs are real strong, the verses are real strong, but I'm singing aggressively — a lot of that course — why the topic is, again, very dark; you know, that's what we do. So the album very powerful. And, of course, we have a song that you like a little mini-epic, so to speak and is the lightest — a song of light, light, light. So there is a contrast to the record of a song that has that sort of ' Paradise Lost ' feel to it; It is a ballad, I think, if you want to call. "
He continued, "the album will contain a good body of work that harkens back to a lot of early metal — some early metal — and a lot of SYMPHONY X standard that guys you know already, and a bit of a newer sound, too, here and there — just a newer direction. Some of the sing, I tried some things more rhythmic sound that I heard that pretty cool, and some different things that I'm doing with my voice now that I'm a little more looking forward to what you will hear the music. It is only the next progression for us, where there are writers and stuff, but it's pretty intense — is way more intense than "paradise lost", if you can believe that. "
When asked about the concept of lyrical "Iconoclast", Russell said, "is basically just the idea of machines takes all this technology we put our company practically since our demise. It is a story that we were all very well, but we put our own spin on it. Is not a linear history in terms of ... This is precisely the subject of the record, so that all songs are in issue, but are not linked in any sort of story way — there is no character in any of the things that — it's just a theme. How [PINK FLOYD] "The Dark Side Of The Moon", is really only an issue of the dark side of the moon — a song deals with death, one deals with time ... You know what I mean? So is the same type of thing. I'm not comparing the two albums by any means — don't get me wrong — but in terms of the idea of a concept, so to speak, the concept is there, but there is a record of history — not like [2002] Odyssey ', where the song ' The Odyssey ' is that history. "
The full interview will be broadcast on "Heavy Metal Thunder" in the coming weeks.
SYMPHONY x will embark on a North American headlining tour in April/May. Support for the trek will come from NEVERMORE Seattle, SOILWORK Sweden, Boston POWERGLOVE and Mascalzone of Montreal. The trek will launch on April 21st in Philadelphia and wrap the 22 may in West Springfield, Virginia.
SYMPHONY X 's latest album, "Paradise Lost", 2007, has sold over 60,000 copies in North America.
Established in 1994, New Jersey SYMPHONY X has seven studio albums and one live album to his credit.
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