They re preeminently danceable, they re on the move, and they re making the club kids go apeshit. Yep, the name pretty much says it all, and have finally revealed the details behind their just-a-wee-bit-anticipated debut LP.
Attack Decay Sustain Release takes its name from a synthesizer programming term and collects ten tracks, several of which nighthawks and avid Pitchfork readers will recognize: It s the Beat , Tits Acid , I Believe , and of course Hustler , along with several brand new bangers.
London s -- also the UK home to Peter Bjorn and John, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and Blood Brothers-- will release Attack overseas on June 4.
First single It s the Beat -- featuring a guest vocal by the Go! Team s Ninja and -- hits the shoppes first on March 26.
It comes backed with a gaggle of choice remixes from such luminaries as Riton, Graham Massey (of 808 State fame), and Luke Vibert.
The LP, meanwhile, also boasts guest spots from Simon Lord (whom you may remember from SMD s Astralwerks-signed previous incarnation Simian), former Clor vocalist Barry Dobbin, and singer/songwriter Char Johnson. A forthcoming European version of the album will come bundled with a bonus disc (contents to be determined), while U.
S. audiences should keep our eyes peeled for a Stateside release sometime after that.
Simian Mobile Disco have heaps of DJ dates lined up, including a SXSW stint that culminates with a set at -- a mere week from today!
The duo will debut a brand new live formation in the UK in May. We s psyched.
Overall we've been more interested in human interaction on this record.
aren t just perfectionists-- they re egalitarians, too. And in their own private utopia, the mascara-happy Omaha neo-wavers haven t completed a new song until all five band members decide it s complete. That is why-- as bassist revealed in a recent interview with Pitchfork-- we ve yet to see a follow-up to the Faint s 2004 LP .
Originally we were hoping to have the record done right now, said Petersen. But, well, that s not happening!
Chalk it up to democracy.
It s pretty much been the founding policy of the band that we keep working on stuff til we re all happy. And sometimes to make five people happy, you have to try five different ideas on every little thing-- it just kind of takes a long time.
But in the end, Joel continued, we feel it s worth it.
..if something passes all our standards and hopes and everything, then it s good.
The Faint are presently in the throes of writing their fifth longplayer, which is a far cry from having a title. A new album isn t the only thing they re working on, as the band is also building a brand new studio, which they ve named Enamel. We re actually building [it] right now, said Petersen, with the intention of recording our own record [there] and making it our new little club house.
Writing continues despite the construction project, and the Faint are making headway. In our practice space, Joel explained, we have a little dry-erase marker board thing, and we have the red side and the black side. Black means done for now, while red indicates fragments and songs in progress.
It s a big deal to move from the red side to the black side, and on the black side I think we have something like eight [songs]-- on the red, probably somewhere around 20.
To go to the black side you have to have a song title as well, continued Petersen. And several recent Faint concoctions do, including Forever Growing Centipedes , The Geeks Were Right , Get Seduced , and Fish in a Womb .
Those dapper gents in will mosey on over to the North American continent this summer, with a tour that criss-crosses our fair land in July, Billboard.com reports. The trek is in support of Max i mo Park s forthcoming second album, due out on on April 2 in the UK and the U.
S. on May 8. , the U.
S. version comes with two bonus tracks. Check out the band s new single, Our Velocity , over at their .
I like how his voice breaks during the chorus.
have added a North American leg to their previously reported and one-off show with at . The tour is in support of the duo s new album, .
The freshly minted dates begin April 21 in Vancouver, over a month after the European tour s kickoff in Glasgow. Along the way, the French band will hit Coachella, unfortunately not on the same day as Jarvis Cocker, who sings on Pocket Symphony s sublime One Hell of a Party .
Guitarist Steve Jones, keyboard player Vincent Taurelle, and drummer Earl Harvin will join the core Air duo of JB Dunckel and Nicolas Godin on the tour.
will begin their American tour in support of tomorrow in Seattle. Though we originally reported it as a short U.S.
tour, it has turned into a full-fledged jaunt across the world, with a bunch of gigs in Austin during South by Southwest and three at the .
One of those SXSW sets is at , which most of you know also includes sets from Menomena, Deerhunter, the Pipettes, Girl Talk, Beach House, and plenty of others.
Move over -- the 21st century s most beloved robot humanoids are back, primed to come harder, better, faster, and yes, stronger in 2007.
have revealed details of a summertime North American jaunt, and while they won t be playing at your house, they might be playing your arena, theatre, center, hall, or park, which suits us just fine.
Get ready for towering neon-disco- spaceship-pyramids and some ace opening acts: New York dance-punks , Ed Banger darling , and kitschy electro knightrider . Oh hells yes.
No word yet on invading U.S. motion picture palaces, but iMDb lists an April 28 theatrical release in Japan.
The film premiered at Cannes last year. Want more ? Well son, you ve got it.
On March 13, click-click on over to your favorite digital retailer to pick up every studio album in the krautrock kings hallowed discography.
That s right, the Can catalogue is going digital for the very first time. In conjunction with Can s own Spoon Records, -- aka experimental wing-- will issue iPod-ready versions of the 13 Can classics, as well as the I Want More EP.
Try saying them all aloud without taking a breath: Monster Movie (1969), Soundtracks (1970), Tago Mago (1971), Ege Bamyasi (1972), Future Days (1973), Soon Over Babaluma (1974), Landed (1975), Flow Motion (1976), Saw Delight (1977), Can (1979), and Rite Time (1989), plus compilation Unlimited Edition (1976) and early recordings collection Delay 1968 (1981).
The digital release barrage does not include 1978 s infamous Out of Reach LP.
And if you re still not down with all that new-fangled mp3 stuff, you can still totally score the remastered, reissued Can catalogue in physical formats.
will launch a U.S. tour starting in Brooklyn on March 24.
The tour is bookended by shows in Providence and Brooklyn, including a Pratt University show with the Sun Ra Arkestra (!). Even better, the show with the Sun Ra Arkestra is free.
There are plenty of cities without venues listed on the duo s website, and one date is listed at Dragon Island in the magical land of Narnia (maybe rubbed off on Brian Chippendale). Perhaps the only way to get to that show is via wardrobe. have added a handful of extra dates to the end of their North American tour in support of , out now on Zo e /Rounder.
The jaunt has them playing select Luna and Galaxie 500 songs in addition to those from the Dean Britta albums.
The tour kicks off tonight in Philadelphia, and while keyboard/melodica player Lara Meyerratken is still a part of the duo s touring band, Anthony LaMarca will replace Matt Johnson as drummer. Vibraphonist Sean McCaul will also join the band in Philly, Boston, and New York.
Dean Britta recently debuted a video for Back Number Words You Used to Say . The -directed video is colorful and softly focused, with Britta Phillips doing her best Stevie Nicks impression.
Chris Adams-- aka and, along with his brother Richard, one half of -- is a prolific guy.
Case in point: He released his debut, Bracken s , in January. And now he s releasing the follow-up, Eno About the Need, via Anticon on March 12.
Eno is a scattershot collection of experiments, found sounds, and occasional songs, but rather than go with the extra material, Chris Adams is aiming the record at Luddites and those with a few extra bucks for postage.
Let us explain. Eno About the Need is a double-vinyl LP in an edition of exactly one. Yes, one.
Its release consists of the label sending it to someone (whoever requests it on Bracken s ) and instructing the recipient to pass it on when he or she is finished listening. In other words, according to a press release, in the age of digital downloads it s the world s most awkward, cumbersome, end-user hassling record out there today.
Bracken s will serve as the home for requesting the record and tracking its progress, and those unfortunate enough to get involved are encouraged to modify the record s sleeve, post up a photo of it, or just generally do something stupid with it, and warned that keeping it just spoils it for everyone.
One day the hope is that it finally finds its way back home to the Bracken labs to be safely filed away and never spoken of again. And what will we have all learned? Absolutely nothing.
We re a little fuzzy on whether or not the first person to whom Anticon mails the record will have to pay anything. But for those who are willing to pay for a live performance in lieu of putting in a request for Eno, Bracken will tour Europe this spring starting March 16 in Sheffield, England.
Get ready for our new record, rub your palms, download some porn, light a candle, cause we, are like a train, out of control, with no brakes.
That s right, Gross and Aaron Hemphill recently traveled to Berlin to record with frontman Angus Andrew for three weeks, though that s about all the info he gave. He did, however, write that the new tracks have a chilled out vibe. No title, release date, or tracklist yet, but considering how quickly Liars are getting back into it, we re hardly complaining.
Gross also recently designed artwork for and . The Blood Brothers artwork, which Gross says is kinda childlike and cute and lovelorn, is for their new tour poster and the Set Fire to the Face on Fire and Laser Life singles. There are no specifics about what exactly he designed for Sean Na Na, but the band s label, , does have some shirts for sale with his designs.
Gross ended the post with a particularly inspiring parting word: Get ready for our new record, rub your palms, download some porn, light a candle, cause we, are like a train, out of control, with no brakes.
Thanks to reader for the tip. The full text of Gross fairly entertaining post appears below in unedited form.
A short follow-up post explains that Andrew is taking antibiotics for a pretty heavy illness. Get well soon, Angus!
Following the of their return to actively releasing music, the folks at are kick-starting their catalog with the release of the Stax 50: A 50th Anniversary Celebration compilation.
includes contributions from the Staple Singers, , Otis Redding, and . The label will release the two-disc hits collection, featuring liner notes by Stax historian Rob Bowman, on March 13.
In addition to being on the label s roster back in its 60s and 70s heyday, Hayes joins Angie Stone, Soulive, and Leon Ware as the first signings to Stax s 2007 incarnation.
He also gets the honors of hosting the Stax Records Revue at South by Southwest on March 15. Booker T. the MGs, William Bell, Eddie Floyd, and some surprise guests will play the 90-minute revue, which starts at 7:30 p.
m. at Antone s. Another Stax tribute is scheduled to take place at the in Porretta Terme, Italy from July 19-22.
Booker T. the MGs, Eddie Floyd, and Jimmy McCracklin are among the performers at the festival.
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