Continuing their of gigging out occasionally on the weekends, nine-to-five Jersey boys have lined up a helping of day-off dates in the coming sun-soaked months.
Charles, Kevin, Greg, and Jerry will send the suits to the dry-cleaners and don that rock star regalia for five shows in June and July-- including an appearance at Chicago s BAM! Belmont Arts Music Festival June 24 alongside Bob Mould and the Heartless Bastards, and a stint at Ottawa s Capital Idea!
Festival. They even live on the edge a little, shrugging off work-week fatigue to play a Friday night show in Denton, Texas in July. Hilarity will ensue when the boss shows up, gets totally shit-faced, and proceeds to make out with Kevin Whelan s battered bass.
The Wrens will be joined on two Texas dates by labelmates (led by Pitchfork s own Matt LeMay), while recent Arts Crafts signing provide support for one engagement.
No news yet on the follow-up to , but hopefully some progress will be made next time these working class heroes vacation days line up. Forget the whole vs.
thing-- everybody won this past weekend at latest and most ambitious soir e e to date. gathered a dream bill culled from across the musical landscape, including seasoned vets (Patti Smith, Echo the Bunnymen), indie hallmarks (Yo La Tengo, Built to Spill, Wilco, Modest Mouse, Mogwai), live favorites (Les Savy Fav, the Go! Team, Band of Horses) and even a few gems you re not likely to see on many other festival bills (Current 93, Ghost, Shellac).
The result? All killer, no filler.
Photos of the aforementioned lie ahead, plus Slint, Grizzly Bear, the Books, the Notwist, Daniel Johnston, Isis, Do Make Say Think, Cornelius, Clinic, Sparklehorse, Okkervil River, Architecture in Helsinki, Brightblack Morning Light, Annuals, the Apples in Stereo, Trans Am, Akron/Family, Why?
, Death Vessel, Tall Firs, Micah P. Hinson, 65daysofstatic, Youthmovies, Alexander Tucker, Subtle, and Subtitle.
And ATP certainly isn t stopping there.
we reported that Portishead will be curating this winter s Nightmare Before Christmas event. And of course there s the opening night of the 2007 , an ATP/ event featuring Sonic Youth, GZA/Genius, and Slint.
M.
I.A. Cancels Sasquatch Appearance Due to Visa Visas-- ain t they a pain?
Having squelched dates by bands like and recently, they ve gotten to electro songstress , too, who s been forced to shuck her set at this weekend s in Washington State. According to a statement posted on the Sasquatch site, unexpected delays in the processing and issuance of M.I.
A. s artist visa have forced her to cancel her appearance at this year s Sasquatch Festival. We apologize to our fans and to the promoters of the festival and look forward to returning to the U.
S. as soon as possible.
If you remember, this has happened to M.
I.A. Attendees will have to content themselves with Arcade Fire, Bj o rk, Interpol, Spoon, the Hold Steady, and a few dozen others.
Still, though, no Bucky Done Gun ? Bummer.
As a consolation of sorts, Ms.
Arulpragasam s sophomore set drops August 21 on Interscope. One hopes M.I.
A. s folks get on the ball before her late summer string of North American festival dates.
Uh , a single out July 2 in the UK on , is the first new gasp we ve heard from breathless electronic-pop up-and-comers since the release of last year.
Uh , we re told, is about space and time, the alphabet, and girls, which, when spoken aloud, we assume was said by a Dorito-stained mouth, followed by the word dude and some giggling. Uh is backed with One Trick Pony , which F M are so totally not. The Uh single will be available for download and in the 7 vinyl format.
CDs are, like, sooo big-beat era.
Of course, Fujiya Miyagi will unpack their many tricks this summer, including a stop at the , popping off July 14 along with everybody you ve ever wanted to see live but didn t feel like paying more than $50 for. Well, maybe you d pay more, but we won t make you.
Red Rocks Amphitheatre isn t just for Dave Matthews Band concerts anymore. The natural amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado will host sets by the Flaming Lips, Spoon, the Decemberists, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and may more this fall as part of the .
Monolith will take place September 14 and 15, and the lineup also includes the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Flosstradamus, Kid Sister, YACHT, Das EFX, Kings of Leon, Cloud Cult, Ghostland Observatory, Earl Greyhound, the Broken West, Juliette (aka Juliette Lewis of Old School and Natural Born Killers fame) the Licks, Lords of the Underground, and Mobius Band, among others.
For more information and the full Monolith lineup, visit the festival s .
You can take away their lives, but you'll never take away their skinny jeans Ever wanted to get intimate with four Scotsmen at once? No?
If I told you those four Scotsmen were none other than the of , might that sweeten the deal? Thought it might. Mr.
Kapranos, the best-named drummer in rock (Paul Thomson), and those other dudes will rock a couple 600-ticket shows at Glasgow s Grand Ole Opry in early June: your only chances to peek under their proverbial kilts until they swing over to the commons for a set at . One presumes they ll bust out some of the new tracks hinted at on the band s MySpace blog, including A New Thrill and An English Goodbye.
Of course, all that should change with the announcement of a date or two in New York City, which have been hinted at in a recent MySpace post.
Trying to wrench two stories out of us, aren t you, boys? Eh, you win.
In other Franz news, Paul Thomson (so close!
) is DJing a mess of dates this weekend, including an hour on BBC radio s show Friday night. He ll also hit up Manchester, England s Joshua Brooks nightclub, and the May 27, and..
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Michio Kurihara Treats U.
S. to Sunset Notes Having just his collaboration, , in the U.S.
today (May 22) via , is treating American audiences to another one of his albums.
Sunset Notes, the Japanese experimental guitarist s solo debut, was first released on Japan s in 2005. It will finally hit non-import shelves on this side of the Pacific on May 29 thanks to , a label run by Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang (aka ) of Galaxie 500 fame.
Sunset Notes also includes vocal contributions from pop singer Ai Aso, and a song titled Do Deep-Sea Fish Dream of Electric Moles? . Fresh off the release of the first single ( ) from their forthcoming album, (June 12, Interscope), have announced more tour dates.
And some of them will even take place in the U.S.!
As it stands, the band plays a series of radio station parties in early June before heading over to Europe for a ton of festival dates. They return Stateside July 22 for a gig in Orange County.
For a good laugh, check out the advert for Era Vulgaris, featuring a wise-cracking cartoon lightbulb (also depicted on that there album cover up there), on now.
Baltimore wildman wants to bring the sugar rush known as to as many of the kids as possible, so he s expanded his North American tour even further into the summer than .
Just like last time, most of the new dates are with Deacon s buddies , though he also has shows scheduled with Jana Hunter, Nomo, and Erase Errata-- as well as a appearance at the one and only (okay, the second annual) .
Excrement will continue to hit the air-conditioning Friday (May 25) in Greensboro, North Carolina, and all hell will no doubt break loose when Deacon and the Video Hippos land at Hattiesburg s Thirsty Hippo early next month.
If this past February was a single, ominous cloud, then this is the foreshadowed thunderstorm in all its full-blown, gloomy glory.
Following in the feedback squalls of s picker-outter person, Thurston Moore, Bristol trio will curate the 2007 edition of the Nightmare Before Christmas, according to the act s . The landmark event goes down December 7-9, 2007 at ATP s usual stomping grounds, Butlins Holiday Centre in wee Minehead, England.
And that s not the half of it. In addition to compiling the fest s menu of sure-to-be eclectic and electrifying fare, Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow, and Adrian Utley will reconvene for their first full-on performance of new material in nearly 10 years.
Indeed, this year marks the tenth anniversary of Portishead s Portishead, the act s second-- and, er, most recent-- release.
New album this year, guys? Maybe?
We have always loved the All Tomorrow s Parties set up and we re happy our first shows will be there, wrote the band in a message on their site.
It s great to have the opportunity to introduce bands we love or have influenced us. We ve chosen a diverse collection of artists to play with us and we re really looking forward to it
Those artists have not yet been announced, but Pitchfork is banking on a diverse collection of head bands, including Radiohead, Talking Heads, Mot o rhead, and, hell, Pigeonhead.
And you may perhaps be aware that Pitchfork and ATP have partnered to present an installment of -- featuring Sonic Youth, GZA/Genius, and Slint-- at the opening night of the , July 13 at Chicago s Union Park.
Goths at band camp rejoice! Sure, we showed you earlier today of playing with cool cats Akron/Family and Miho Hatori in Brazil were neat and all, but not every bill can be so bucolic and below-the-radar. Shara Worden and the rest of MBD will bring their lovely antics on tour with the puzzling (but popular!
) pizzicato powerhouse this summer, in an explosion of classically trained proportions.
Rasputina have a new album out on June 26 titled Oh Perilous World (because Inverted was taken). They re on the road all summer, with none other than the Jana Hunter supporting in July, before My Brightest Diamond take over.
In other My Brightest Diamond news, old girl pretty bad a few weeks back, though by the looks of the Resfest snaps, she s gonna live to swoon another day. Broken leg or not, Worden can Do you have a news tip for us? Anything crazy happen at a show you attended recently?
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