Pitchfork staff admits to not actually liking Sufjan, just being really, really high According to the and the , smoking the wacky tabacky turns you into a poseur. Even worse: an indie rock poseur. Listen to .
Just listen to it. And then just try to tell me it doesn t make you want to put down the bong and start listening to rap music. Full transcript below.
Tonight, for the in just under a year and a half, will infiltrate your home via evening, October 30, at Washington, DC s 9:30 Club, and the show will be made available for series. It is expected to begin at approximately (and appropriately) 9:30pm Decemberists are currently touring on top of their Capitol debut, (now available in the U.S.
, and due in the UK January 29 via ). Costume Contest /gig (according to their ) at Northampton, Massachusetts Calvin Theater. Winners will receive accolades, fame, and Decemberists shwag.
Decemberist-song-related costumery, and decide whether you d like to go as The Crane Wife 1, 2, or 3.
Summer received a from Pitchfork upon its 2001 release, and Fennesz will release a remixed and remastered version of the album this winter. will release the updated Endless Summer on January 9, along with two bonus tracks: Badminton Girl (from an The label will also reissue the Plays single, which came out as a vinyl 7 in 1998 and a CD single in 1999, on 10 vinyl.
Plays Christian Fennesz, according to a press release. Editions Mego will release Plays on November 6, and both it and the Endless Summer reissue will feature Summer in the dead of winter weren t enough taunting, Fennesz also has a of Seasonal Affective Disorder and Monetary Absence Disorder.
When the hits the streets on November 17 (start lining up now, kids), its earliest adopters will be happy to learn that among the device s high-tech, new-fangled features, the PS3 comes equipped with a means of purchasing and downloading video games.
Among these arcade-style games slated for launch with the console: , a three-dimensional shooter that just happens to feature a bangin soundtrack by , the electronic duo comprised of s Turk Dietrich and s Josh Eustis.
Pitchfork recently chatted with Dietrich about scoring Blast Factor, what s next for Belong, and of course, general gaming nerdery. Rogério Duprat, Tropicália Pioneer, Dead at 74 Brazilian composer, musician, teacher and philosopher Rog e rio involvement in the late-60s Tropic a lia movement, his career and importance scores, radical philosophy, and the musical avant garde.
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Duprat spent most of his life in and around S o Paulo. His first professional work as a musician occurred in 1953, when he joined the Orquestra Sinf nica Estadual as a cellist, Around this time, he also began composing for TV, films, and theatrical productions, the beginning of a long career in multimedia composition. He scored over 40 films during his career, including a long and him awards for his work on A Ilha, Noite Vazia, and Carpo Ardente.
During the early 60s, Duprat traveled to Europe During his studies with Stockhausen in Germany, he was classmates with a young Frank Zappa. Though he is sometimes referred to as the Brazilian George Martin for his work with Os Mutantes, his brief association with Zappa is more revealing, as both men played leading roles in the integration of electronic experimentation and classical composition with popular music, and both valued When he returned to Brazil in 1963, Duprat co-founded the M u sica Nova movement with seven other Brazilian composers, including his brother R e gis. The movement, supported by a written manifesto, proposed the and the necessity of art s engagement with people s lives.
Duprat and fellow In 1965, he joined poet D e cio Pignatari s MARDA movement, which celebrated bad taste, and was among the hundreds of professors and staff Given his involvement with so many radical movements, his involvement with Tropic a lia, which had a written manifesto critical of the government s human rights abuses and censorship, was hardly surprising. Brazil s conservative right naturally reacted badly to Tropic a lia, but perhaps more left, who considered Duprat s bold use of electric instruments--especially the Os Mutantes (discovered by Duprat), Gal Costa, Torquato Neto, Tom Z e , Jorge Ben and Nara Le o--issued their musical mission statement, Tropic a lia: Ou Panis et Circencis, in 1968. Duprat is the one with the mustache and glasses holding the chamber pot and saucer in the and wrote the album s arrangements.
the fantastic photos of s and sets earlier this fall, our mouths have been watering for the chance to watch her do her thing up close and in person. Thankfully, Newsom has expanded her tour in support of the forthcoming 2xLP/CD Ys (due November 14 via ..
.we can t wait!), which has blossomed into a month-plus trek through North America.
Her touring band features Ryan Francesconi on tambura, bouzouki, and guitar, Kevin Barker on banjo and guitar, Galen Woodruff on mandolin, fiddle, and guitar, Dan Cantrell on accordion, Neal Morgan on percussion and vocal harmonies, and Katie Hardin things off this Saturday in Salt Lake City.
We ve booked a few shows so we don t get rusty, s website announced on Friday, and it s a good thing: according to the band s , there hasn t been a Faint show since September 2005. We missed you guys!
Save us from She Wants Revenge! The group s winter outing hits the western half of the country (and Vancouver) starting at the end of November. Fellow electro specialists open several shows.
The Faint promise a smattering of new songs in addition to old favorites . Several of said favorites can be sampled in audio-visual format by checking out the band s new YouTube channel.
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.
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