Video: Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!
! Trailer On one hand, it seems kind of pointless to post a trailer for a film that hit VHS in 1994, but on the other..
.well, what the heck do I have planned for the weekend? version of Nirvana s Live!
Tonight! Sold Out!!
for a before-and-after color-correction comparison, loads of guitar smashing and other nutty stage antics, an intriguing definition of the band s music, and--I shit you not--an Unfortunately, the grainy trailer (maybe that s just YouTube s version of the grunge aesthetic?) doesn t do justice to the have. Plus the in-your-face yellow font is kind of obscene.
As , Live! Tonight! Sold Out!
! will see a November 7 release via Geffen/UMe. Go ahead, purchase it.
The world s alternative children made Kurt Cobain #1 on Forbes sixth annual list, placing him ahead of Elvis, John Lennon, Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, and a slew of others. Yes, it has something to do with , Forbes.com says.
Expect to catch some Nirvana songs in an evil military recruiters episode of CBS CSI: Miami, slated to air sometime next month. Um, no, we re .
We can t really refer to Austin s as Austin s Peter and the Wolf anymore.
Seems P tW string-puller Red Hunter read some Thoreau recently, because the man has decided to forsake his home and all his worldly possessions and live the nomadic life of a traveling troubadour. Now he is, simply, the world s Peter and the Wolf.
Hence, Lightness, the title of Peter and the Wolf s debut record, which hits stores on Halloween (October 31) via .
The disc features 16 tracks addressing such topics as: nature and stuff.
Lucky for you Peter has not forsaken his guitar, a bruised and duct-taped old thing, and he s taking it to a city near you soon. We can t really refer to this as a tour launch, because from now on, life for Peter and the Wolf is one big, neverending tour.
Man, that s heavy. circuit for quite some time now, and seemingly has no intentions of slowing down. In fact, he s unveiled a slew of new non-school night dates, including an Australian tour (read: three gigs) and a New Year s Eve show in Pitchfork s hometown, Chicago, Illinois.
And we thought the time was crazy...
Speaking of crazy, Gillis was recently tapped to remix a Good Charlotte song. Whoa! Pitchfork is now sorta three degrees away from Hilary Duff.
to lending , Grizzly Bear, Teddybears, and Peter Bjorn and John a hand, and is now moving on to Bonde Do Role as well as Benji and Joel. on Pittsburgh s radio on November 20.
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S. and give to Tomorrow afternoon and evening holds this Oxford, England event, now in its sixth year. Musicians scheduled to perform include Clinic (in their last-known UK date of the year), Magn e tophone Sonic Boom (aka Peter Kember of Spacemen 3), Parts Labor, Piano Magic, I m Being Good, Kids in Tracksuits, the Rock of Travolta, Trencher, and Sunnybale Noise Sub-Element.
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Positions are open Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays December starting immediately, and for Monday through Fridays starting January 2, 2007. Send a cover letter and resume (NO ATTACHMENTS) to with the subject line Editorial Intern . Deadline is Monday, October 30 -- the High Priestess of Soul -- is well known for her slow, simmering ballads, but she also recorded songs steeped in funk, gospel, and African tribal rhythms that pulsated across dancefloors in the post-disco era.
Get ready, because RCA/ is about to release a club-friendly set of Simone s definitive works from her RCA period (1967-74)-- as reinterpreted by various DJs and producers.
Due out on October 31, is the first release in a series that will showcase other Legacy artists in the coming months. The Simone disc features remixes by Francois K.
(U2, Depeche Mode, Mick Jagger), Tony Humphries (Janet Jackson, Chaka Khan, Donna Summer, Queen Latifah), Coldcut (Eric B. Rakim, the Orb), Mocean Worker, Groovefinder (whose remix of Ain t Got No / I Got Life is a UK Top 30 hit), DJ Logic, Nickodemus, and others.
Click the links below for two extra-special mp3 downloads of Humphries mixes of Turn Me On not found on the album.
Having a rad dad-- and a mom that s da bomb-- sure must be neat. You re born famous, you ve got some of ma and pop s talent already flowing through your veins, and you get to make lavish, ridiculous music videos with all kinds of hotties-- the truth of the last claim depending, of course, on your definition of the word hottie.
Semantics aside, however, , son of a certain famous couple we needn t name here, launches his tour of the U.
S. and Canada this weekend in New York City. He ll be joined by Britain s for most dates.
Lennon, who knows well what haste makes, hit us recently with only his second album in nearly ten years: Friendly Fire, on Capitol, a two-disc multimedia set that includes a short film for every single song.
Check out the music video for Friendly Fire s first track Dead Meat below. A press release distinguishes this version as the Modesty Cut , and we can only imagine how absurd and overblown the Immodest High-Concept Post-Hollywood Cut is.
But a flying !? Too cool!
Earlier this week, something amazing happened. The in North Haven, Maine put on a ballet featuring participation from both students and community members. It was called the Milk Man Ballet, and was based on s 2004 album .
Drama teacher Courtney Naliboff and choreographer Ken Jones collaborated with the band members on the production s music, and students from elementary, middle, and high school danced. The band attended both performances, which took place October 23 and 24 at , as well as rehearsals. These wonderful photographs were taken by Alice Bissell, who works at the school.
Special thanks to reader Adam Lachman for sending them in.
Wrens, Magnolia, Wooden Wand in Singles Club If you love your music raw, pressed into little spiraling grooves, and highly collectable, Olympia, Washington s have just the thing for you: a limited-edition vinyl singles club!
Another one?
Easy there: this isn t your typical vinyl singles club. PIAPTK went all out here, tapping a bunch of your indie favs to contribute tracks-- including , , , , , and many more-- and then pressing them onto vinyl in a variety of shapes and sizes: square 8 , triangular 8 , hexagonal 8 , circular 12 , circular 10 , and, best of all, heart-shaped 8 . Heart-shaped vinyl!
! That s the best thing since, like, heart-shaped pizza.
The limited edition singles are available exclusively to series subscribers, and here s the catch: PIAPTK only have 100 available, so you d best get on that, youngin.
Each series promises six hand-lathed, polycarbonate records on clear vinyl, shipped in pairs, beginning November 6. The label writes that at least two more six-record series are on the way, and signing up for the first doesn t guarantee you ll get the next two. Stay posted by signing up for PIAPTK s mailing list on the label s .
Get excited now by checking out the exclusive mp3 below, a cover of the Velvet Underground s Run, Run, Run by Wooden Wand, set to appear on the third release (an 8 ) in the first series.
Each subscription (six records) will run you $65. Other series contributors include Norfolk Western, Karl Blau, the Impossible Shapes, Dark Side of the Cop, Tim Kinsella (of Joan of Arc and Make Believe), Jad Fair, Tender Forever, Casper and the Cookies, Little Wings, Viking Moses, Clay Ruby (of Zodiac Mountain/Davenport), Super XX Man, the Poster Children, Southerly, Angelo Spencer, Emily Jane Powers, Kickball, AM/FM, Miniature and Presidential, and something called Sandman the Rappin Cowboy, which should be worth the entire subscription price alone.
will kick off his first-ever solo trek through North America. It s in support of this year s ( )..
.and by solo, we Tindersticks), Terry Edwards, Thomas Belhom, and Robert McKinna. A European +/- Hit the Road, Share Exclusive Dining Tips Having been at the rock game for years, the punctuation-mongers of sensitive electro-acoustic outfit know a thing or two about the fine art of dining on the road.
To celebrate their latest jaunt-- which kicks off tonight in support of their third LP, the recently-released, -stamped Let s Build a Fire-- the trio have graciously drafted a very special list for the Pitchfork readership: a list of their favorite places to eat on tour. Roadfood be damned!
Dates and dining tips after the jump.
We get the impression these gentlemen are in it for the grub. the tour of authors, musicians, and comics performing to raise money for Dave Eggers nonprofit 826 tutoring centers. The even will take place this Sunday, October 29 in Ypsilanti, Michigan at Eastern Michigan University s Pease Auditorium, and all of the proceeds will go In addition to Malkatraz, the other performers at the benefit will include Eggers, Cowboy Junkies, FOUND magazine creator Davy Rothbart, actor Dan John Miller, the Ann Arbor Youth Poetry Slam Team, 826michigan students, and very special guests, according to a press release.
badmouthing Death Cab for Cutie fans. Here s hoping Jimmy Fallon comes out is featured on this first single from s eventually-forthcoming Desire on , and they help make Push an effective throwback to 70s funk. Monch co.
aren t really saying much, and what little actual rapping does happen appears at the very end. Push feels like it could be two or three times longer, and that s either a testament to an engaging groove or a sign of some half-baked ideas behind it. Sure, this is the radio edit, but you don t want your single to be shorter than one of Justin Timberlake s interludes.
While Desire is busy getting stuck in Hip Hop Album Purgatory, Monch will play two shows in the state of New York in November, including a date at Vassar College with Lupe Fiasco. 50 bucks says someone utters the phrase This one s for the ladies.
The apocalypse is upon us!
Pack your umbrella, don t drink the water, and get that firstborn out of the country, because the / tour launches tonight, appropriately, at Denver s Gothic Theatre. Texas (who contributed to ToD s new record and might team up As an additional perk, Trail of Dead have have speckled their tour trail with a series of free acoustic in-store performances. Fans who drop by will have a chance to pre-purchase their upcoming LP, So Divided (out November 14 via Interscope), get its lyric insert signed, and receive a State of Mind and Eight Day Hell for the low, low price of $0.
00. Folks who purchase So Divided on the road or via the Internet can scoop up the 7 as well, while supplies last. Oh, and if you can help yourself, refrain from asking Conrad Keely if he s excited for this North American jaunt.
Any questions? See the news section of Trail of Dead s . Finally, we d like to inform you that the Blood Brothers recent V2 release, Young Machetes, is now available as a double vinyl LP.
Sometime back in excruciating heat of mid-summer Chicago, a wintry little Italo disco throwback by Sweden s smuggled its way into Pitchfork HQ like the freshest dancefloor breeze this side of 1984. That wondrous tune, , eventually found its way onto our . When the B-side, Time to Let Go , proved similarly wondrous, the Pitchfork Giddy Threat Level was raised to orange.
Now we have full-blown, code red giddy situation on our hands, as Sally Shapiro s long-awaited debut, Disco Romance, graces clubs the world over this December. will deliver this perfect present for a winter holiday of your choosing, featuring nine tunes sung by Sally and constructed by beat maestro , including a cover of twee electro-poppers Nixon s Anorak Christmas .
But Sally s no disco diva-- quite the opposite, in fact.
In a recent e-mail to Pitchfork, Agebj o rn revealed just how bashful his vocalist can be: Sally is so shy that I still haven t heard her sing any of these songs for me live! I mowed the lawn while we recorded the vocals. She refuses to be photographed by someone she doesn t know.
She refuses to make a music video or to perform live.
Enter Princess Sally s court by checking out the mp3 of Anorak Christmas below, which starts off sounding just a little bit like Limahl s NeverEnding Story theme song. Which is to say: awesomely.
A club mix of the tune will appear on 12 around the time of the album s release, along with three remixes of I ll Be by Your Side . The Diskokaine-stamped vinyl is conveniently divided into Italo disco and electro halves for all your DJing needs. When we heard that had created a new song for the soundtrack to the new Will Ferrell film , we knew not to anticipate an ambient drone piece or a skull-crushing noise dirge.
And, as expected, Spoon deliver an upbeat ditty balancing just the right amount of polish and scuzz, with chugging acoustic guitar and piano infused with splashes of strings and horns (possibly synthesized). Close your eyes, and a montage of Ferrell engaged in a series of goofy antics is right there. , Stranger Than Fiction opens in theaters on November 10, and the soundtrack comes out on Columbia Records/Sony Music Soundtrax on November 7.
The score was composed by s Britt Daniel in collaboration with Marie Antoinette/Lost in Translation/Thumbsucker music supervisor Brian Reitzell. In addition to The Book I Write and pieces of the score, the soundtrack album includes the previously released Spoon tracks The Way We Get By , My Mathematical Mind , and Vittorio E , as well as songs by Delta 5, Califone, M83, Maximo Park, the Jam, the Upsetters, and more. In other Spoon news, the band recently updated its website to reveal that they are hard at work on their sixth album, working in their hometown of Austin, Texas with longtime producer Mike McCarthy.
In an interview with Billboard.com last week, Daniel said that the album is half done, and that it is tentatively slated to be released in April or May of 2007. According to their website, songs being considered for the album include Don t Make Me a Target , My Little Japanese Cigarette Case , Kindness Kills Them , Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga , Black Like Me (wha?
!), The Way You Said, Yeah He Did , and Eddie s Ragga . the year are a Britt Daniel solo show at the Parish in Austin next Thursday, November 2, with opening acts Pink Nasty and Sally Crew, as well as an The fest will also feature Peaches, the Black Angels, Dead Meadow, Circle Jerks, Negative Approach, Dead Meadow, Prefuse 73, Whitey, and more.
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