Arcade Fire, Bloc Party, Interpol to Rock UK/Euro Fests Residents of Ireland and Scotland alike can catch the sweet, sweet sounds of the Arcade Fire, Bloc Party, Interpol, and more this summer at two remarkably similar UK/European events: 2007 s and festivals. aforementioned acts, artists booked for both fests include Klaxons, Scissor Sisters, CSS, Snow Patrol, Kings of Leon, My Chemical Romance, Razorlight, the Kooks, Babyshambles, James Morrison, Amy Winehouse, Tori Amos, the Fratellis, and, um, the Double the fun! Plus you get to be part of the live Goo Goo Dolls Oxegen, which takes place at Naas, Ireland s Punchestown Racecourse on July 7 and 8, include Daft Punk and Muse.
same weekend at Balado Park, near Kinross, Scotland, but throws Friday, July 6 into the music-packed mix. LCD Soundsystem, Lily Allen, Max i mo Park, the Killers, the Arctic Monkeys, Booka Shade, Kasabian, Editors, Slam, Digitalism, Damien Rice, the Gossip, the Coral, and the View enhance the partial lineup above. More acts have yet to be announced.
in their spider legs for a pair of wings. According to a press release, the members felt an overall change was in order, leading to a name switch spirits on the afterlife. Folks, we present to you the shiny, new The band, which features the same members as before playing both old and new tunes, will release their debut recorded in the Kemado Studios with Black Crowes engineer Chris Ribando.
So birdy!
In support of the disc, they ll play three NYC shows in the coming weeks before launching tours of America and Europe in the spring. Priestbird will spend much of the trek s U.
S. leg alongside labelmates the Sword, who they logged tour hours with last year.
Lavender Diamond Imagine New Album, Tour will release their new album, Imagine Our Love, via on May 8.
The band their 2005 EP, The Cavalry of Light, on Matador and , and they are just finishing up a European tour with the Decemberists. They also have a few scattered dates of their own in March and May/June. Unlike the rest of the world, they aren t playing SXSW.
Don t forget that Imagine Our Love s Open Your Heart was in the Forkcast section, and it is still available for download from the Matador website. Given our devilishly short attention spans (and theirs), the new album is, like, the Chinese Democracy of ADHD indie rock. I mean, c mon guys, when did your come out?
Like, last July or something? What s the freaking hold up? Who are you, Kevin Shields?
Thankfully, the playful Montreal-via-Vancouver- via-Victoria quartet delivers its Shapes and Sizes follow-up-- Split Lips, Winnings Hips, a Shiner-- on May 22. In cahoots once again with , the hyper squad of keyboardist Caila Thompson-Hannant, guitarist Rory Seydel, bassist Nathan Gage, and drummer Jon Crellin serves up another silver platter of spastic grooves, recorded at Vancouver s and mixed with labelmate Roberts.
, Shapes and Sizes hit the road with another Asthmatic labelmate, , this March.
Furthermore, they-- er, what were we talking about? Ah, nevermind. My Morning Jacket to Host Prom in Athens, Georgia are getting in touch with their inner wallflowers and making up for lost time by hosting an Under the Sea -themed two-night prom at the in Athens, Georgia.
For all of you who missed your prom back in 1956 or 1986 or 2006 for that matter, we will be hosting the 1st annual MMJ 2 night prom, March 6th and 7th, at the fabulous, prom-ready, 40 Watt Club in Athens! The first time we walked thru those hallowed 40 Watt doors we said to ourselves, this place looks perfect for a prom! And now the dream will be a reality.
The theme is a futuristic/retro under the sea vibe - costumes (tuxes, suits, robots, mermaid and lobster costumes, anything prom/ocean related) are not only encouraged - they are MANDATORY!!!
NO ONE will be admitted without proper attire!** There will be cake, balloons, fishnets, classic cars, chaperones, spankings, and a whole lotta shakin goin on - 2007 style upin this bitch ya ll. Come prepared to dance the night away, and make up for all the proms you missed.
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Buzzcocks, Scritti Politti, Throbbing Gristle on Comp Another week, another stellar compilation.
This time around the revered UK imprint and crate-diggers extraordinaire bring us Do It Yourself: The Rise of the Independent Music Industry After Punk, a 20-track set dedicated to, well, pretty much what it says: DIY.
Specifically, the compilation-- due on CD and double-vinyl February 26-- explores the music made by upstart bands in the wake of punk and released on tiny labels that sprung up across the land as folks realized they could eschew the major label infrastructure. Years before Garageband, even!
And while most acts here are hardly household names, they exerted a marked influence on some of the cornerstones of your record collection, including Pulp, Sonic Youth, Franz Ferdinand, and Roxette.
JK about that last one! Maybe.
Highlights include tracks from Buzzcocks, Scritti Politti, Throbbing Gristle, Swell Maps, Fire Engines, Glaxo Babies, Thomas Leer, and Red Lorry Yellow Lorry. Note that the Scritti and Red Lorry cuts are exclusive to the CD format. Also note that the Flys in question below are not, in fact, the same that sang that Got You Where I Want You song.
Well what do you know? June, and is currently scheduled to run through early July. Along the way, the Chicago supergroup will share the stage with Hot Chip and Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid.
No word on any new music from the group, though. , aka Tortoise bassist Douglas McCombs, will play the Dirty Three-curated All Tomorrow s Parties festival, which goes down April 27-29 at Butlins Mindhead in Somerset, England.
Photos: Danny and the Nightmares (Daniel Johnston) [Dallas, TX; 02/18/07] Under his Danny and the Nightmares guise, indie legend treated show-goers at Dallas last Sunday to new material, an amazing cover of Wings Band on the Run , and a beautiful rendition of True Love Will Find You in the End , according to reader Callan Cotten, who provided these classy black-and-white photos of the event.
What s more, Johnston seemed pretty lucid throughout the whole show, even told a few jokes before they started playing. Good to hear!
Danny and the Nightmares will play several gigs before jetting off to Europe and Canada in the coming months.
David Bowie has also personally selected Johnston to perform at the , going down in NYC this May.
Oh my. You never know what might happen at an show these days.
Random cover songs, costume changes, stage props, audience confrontations...
full-frontal nudity? Pitchfork reader Ian Foley attended Of Montreal s show at the Art Bar in Las Vegas on February 13. According to Foley, They played gay and straight porn on a monitor in the back of the stage and [frontman Kevin] Barnes sang naked for at least a half-dozen songs.
Foley was kind enough to supply us with photos of the, um, momentous event. These photos can be seen after the jump. WARNING: THEY ARE NOT SAFE FOR WORK.
Ladies and gentlemen...
Kevin Barnes as you ve never seen him before:
While you re making the morning commute to that dead-end Long John Silver s job next Monday, tune in to your local affiliate for a special message of encouragement-- from an esteemed Long John Silver s graduate, Wayne Coyne.
The Lips space-happy frontman will share his thoughts on creating one s own happiness for NPR s series, as part of Morning Edition , according to a press release. GRAMMY-winner Coyne hits the airwaves February 26, and among other matters he ll discuss how his 11-year-long fish-frying gig allowed me to dream about what my life could become.
Look for his complete essay on the This I Believe following the broadcast.
Coyne joins the hallowed ranks of previous This I Believe contributors, including Colin Powell, Bill Gates, Tony Hawk, Gloria Steinem, John Updike, and countless everyday people, each with their own perspective on finding happiness in life.
One place you ll likely find copious happiness is a Flaming Lips show, and , there are quite a few of those going down in the Southeastern U.
S. this April. The Lips also Bonnaroo 2007 in June.
And you can still catch Coyne and the rest of the Lips rocking out acoustic-stylee with Pete Townshend over in . The Lips/Townshend rendition of the Who s Baba O Riley appears on the In the Attic compilation Attic Jam, available now from your favorite digital retailer.
Comp-mongers that they are, the Flaming Lips also cover Radiohead s Knives Out on the forthcoming, Starbucks/KCRW collection Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project, out March 13.
Hot Chip, Carl Craig, Kode9 Remix Junior Boys on EP If you re especially curmudgeonly, you might equate remixing songs with flogging a dead horse. And if you re , you might cleverly title your forthcoming remix EP The Dead Horse. So it goes.
As previously mentioned, contributes to the EP, reworking So This Is Goodbye gem In the Morning . Other tweakers include Detroit techno doge , dubstep sensation and Hyperdub label founder , ambient mobster , and , aka Marco Niemerski of German techno duo Arp Aubert. delivers the five-track set on CD April 10, with a double-12 following May 8 (sans the Jules remix).
To celebrate The Dead Horse s passing, Junior Boys are on the road right now, wrapping up a series of UK shows and crossing the Channel for Europe shortly. They ve also added a bunch of dates to their North American tour, including a pair in Mexico and some post-Coachella action. take.
..usually give) members of Athens, Georgia collective (also known as Vomit Lasers/Family Band/Galaxy, if you will-- oh those crazy Athens kids!
) to align their schedules for a month-long tour through the States. Fortunately, the ensemble managed it, and will head out on their first-ever full-blown trek starting tomorrow, kicking things off at Birmingham, Alabama s BottleTree. They ll even manage to scramble over to SXSW in the middle of the stint, and are slated to play three shows as part of the event.
of Dark Meat s debut album, , which landed late last year via , and boasts nearly 30 contributing musicians. Best of luck arranging the transportation accommodations, dudes!
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