A new DVD, OK Computer: Classic Album Intellectual on September 19. The 53-minute film reviews Radiohead s 1997 masterpiece track by track. Contributors include writer/journalist/Radiohead: A Guide to Their Music author Mark Paytress, ex-MOJO editor Barney Hoskyns, Radiohead biographer Alex Ogg, and less-than-forthright of us, and what better way to get some lovin than to listen to a mix carefully compiled by some of your favorite artists?
The folks Lovers, the Pixies, Bj o rk and LCD Soundsystem, among many others. real treat, however, is that 30 members of the store s famous clientele, including some of the artists featured, handpicked the tracks on the two-disc Soundsystem s James Murphy, Primal Scream s Bobby Gillespie, and Sire Records co-founder Seymour Stein. Each curator will also contribute liner notes to the package.
The tracklist is listed after the jump with the names of the people who chose each track in parentheses.
(Re)enter the : the surviving original members of the legendary Staten Island hip-hop collective are putting their solo careers on hold (for a month) and heading out on another U.S.
tour in August. The busy MCs regrouped earlier this year for an East Coast trek, their first tour in years, which also served as a tribute to Ol Dirty Bastard. Now, they re spreading out across the nation, hitting clubs and festivals like the San Diego Street Scene, Rock the Bells, and the Voodoo Music Experience.
Micah P. Hinson Hits The Opera Circuit Abilene, Texas native had a slight hiccup between his 2004 debut Micah P. Hinson and the Gospel of Progress and his upcoming follow-up Micah P.
Hinson and the Opera Circuit, due October 10 on . In a classic case of it s all fun and games until somebody gets their back poked out , an over-excited friend punched Hinson in the back, a playful prank which over the next few weeks developed into an unrelenting injury marked by debilitating pain. After toughing out a European tour aided by becoming addicted to Codeine, Soma, Xanax, and Neurontin, Hinson returned to America and immediately underwent back surgery to mend the injury.
During the slow recovery period following the operation is when Hinson recorded Opera Circuit, inviting friends to come to Abilene and help out. Eric Bachmann (of Archers of Loaf and Crooked Fingers) assembled the string and horn arrangements while Gospel of Progress vet H. Da Massa performed harmonica.
The album doesn t contain any diatribes railing against friends sucker-punching friends in the back, but it wouldn t be unwarranted if it did.
This exclusive new track from British three-piece was recently recorded by Giles Hatton of the Earlies at Manchester s Airtight studios. It s an explosive live version of Transition from the band s debut album, A Call and Response, out now on in the UK.
According to the label, the session emerged from the band s desire to capture their sound in some rawer, live versions of the tracks and also because Giles had a couple of spare days and thought it d be fun. The result was a one-day live session that included all but two or three of the tracks that the band has ever recorded. The band is considering releasing the tracks as an online EP this summer, but they have yet to solidify these plans.
The Longcut s latest single, , came out last week, backed by a Four Tet remix. Their next single, Tried Tested Method is due out in September along with a Go! Team remix.
so, so hard from with 2005 s Worlds Apart, Texas crazies . have revealed that on October 3, they will release a new, currently According to Billboard.com, the album, recorded at Trail of Dead s Mob House studio in Austin, features a variety of guest vocalists, including the Dresden Dolls Amanda Palmer and members of fellow Lone Star State band Brothers Sisters.
Last week, frontman Conrad Keely revealed two song 1950s dysfunction, death, urban isolation, and one theme taken from a science fiction novel. So to clear that up, we ve got Salome accidentally sleeping with her depressed, suburban mother..
.in space. Love it.
about the record (he revealed that an additional track, Wasted State of give a fuck outlook, but, he said, it s impossible for me not to care, and when work got underway with this album I became just as emotionally involved as before, and it was another miserable ordeal. But at least I don t work at a coffee shop. Brothers this fall.
These days it seems we end up playing older songs more than new songs, but that might change, Keely told Billboard. It s going to be backup singers we used in the recording. I wouldn t mind taking a break from touring all together, and possibly starting a family, somewhere far away like Australia or Venus.
It s time to walk the trail of history. On July 25, Lawrence, Kansas quintet will release their debut, WWI. The band, comprised of ex-Get Up Kids bassist Rob Pope, three members of Thee Higher Burning Fire, and ex-Butterglory man Matt Suggs, have set out to battle Indie Rock Band.
(The winner will go on to fight Mastodon in the next round.) Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse have been getting around, but it comes as some surprise to see them in cahoots with Duke Ellington, David Bowie, and Lou Reed. also palled around with the Clash, the Rolling Stones (at Altamont!
), and Sure, footage like this can be doctored, but are you going to contradict Dennis Hopper? Didn t think so. Spencer Krug is one stand-up guy.
He felt so bad portion of the event cross-country. slaying at our party later this month, Sunset Rubdown will break for a bit (probably to work on side projects, amirite?) before launching a U.
S. trek that will take them through September and October.
, or TRL for the post-rock set, has stuck around long enough to celebrate its first double-digit anniversary with a Labor Day weekend extravaganza at New York s Bowery Ballroom.
The Big Baby Birthday Bash! , taking place September 1-3, will feature 10 bands from the current TRL roster, including the only currently scheduled U.S.
performances from Caroline, Mono and Tarentel, as well as Fridge s first show since 2002. While most of the TRL roster isn t in touring/promotion mode, Fridge and Envy have both been notably active lately. Fridge, the trio that includes Kieran Hebden and Adem, will release its long-awaited new album in January 2007, while Japanese post-hardcore vets Envy will be making their second trip ever across the States in support of their next album, Insomniac Doze, out September 12.
sounds like it could be the title of some terrible slow jam compilation, but in and darling DJ in her own right). To be released by on July 25, from the artists 2005 North American tour, during which time they developed (the official press release tells us) a certain dynamic. Perhaps they seat.
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