Ignoring the somewhat pathetic pleading on the part of someone who may or may not work for a record company, Times New Viking have eschewed demands to release a 10″ EP, instead going the old tried and tested 7″ route with the forthcoming “Stay Awake”, due October 21.

SIDE A:
1. CALL & RESPOND
2. PAGAN EYES
3. HATE HATE HATE

SIDE B:
1. NO SYMPATHY
2. SICK & TYRED

All five songs will be available via the Matador Download Shoppe, and other goodlooking (if a tad monolithic) digital music emporiums.

To celebrate this achievement in recording/consumer anxiety, Times New Viking have the following shows forthcoming in the place we like to call America.

Sat-Aug-30 Brooklyn, NY McCarren Park Pool (with Sonic Youth)
Wed-Sep-17 Champaign, IL Pygmalion Music Festival
Fri-Sep-19 Oberlin, OH Oberlin Colleg
Fri-Oct-31 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
Sat-Nov-01 Asheville, NC Orange Peel
Sun-Nov-02 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
Mon-Nov-03 Baltimore, MD Otto Bar
Tue-Nov-04 Washington, DC Black Cat
Wed-Nov-05 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
Thu-Nov-06 Princeton, NJ Terrace Club
Fri-Nov-07 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
Sat-Nov-08 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Mon-Nov-10 Boston, MA Paradise
Tue-Nov-11 Montreal, QUE Theatre Plaza
Wed-Nov-12 Toronto, ONT Lee’s Palace
Thu-Nov-13 Pontiac, MI Crofoot Ballroom
Fri-Nov-14 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
Sat-Nov-15 Chicago, IL Metro
Sun-Nov-16 Madison, WI High Noon
Mon-Nov-17 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
Thu-Nov-20 Vancouver, BC Richards on Richards
Fri-Nov-21 Seattle, WA Neumo’s
Mon-Nov-24 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
Tue-Nov-25 Los Angeles, CA El Rey
Fri-Nov-28 San Diego, CA Casbah
Sat-Nov-29 Phoenix, AZ Modified
Mon-Dec-01 Dallas, TX The Loft
Tue-Dec-02 Austin, TX Emo’s Outside
Wed-Dec-03 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
Thu-Dec-04 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
Fri-Dec-05 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks
Sat-Dec-06 Birmingham, AL Bottletree

10/31-12/06 dates are supporting Deerhunter.

Pre-sale for the 5th installment of our Jay Reatard 7″ singles series begins this Tuesday at 3pm.

Here’s how it’s gonna to go….

On Tuesday, at 3pm EST we will reveal an email address on preorder.matadorrecords.com

Please send an email to the revealed address with “Jay Reatard” as the subject line. Those that email us in time to get a record will see a buy-link appear in the store when they log into their account within the hour. Make sure to send an email from your Matador Store registered email address. To be clear, sending an email DOES NOT ensure that you’ll get a copy. If you have yet to sign up for a Matador Store account please do so here.

We have even fewer copies of this 7″ than we had of the last one so we’re taking these extra steps to ensure that everyone gets a fair shake at getting a copy. That means less server lock-up, no waiting in the checkout line, and (hopefully) less confusion in general. Good luck!

You’ve got to admit, that’s one heck of a transformation.

From Yo La Tengo.com :

Not sure about the legal definition of “popular demand,” but this might actually apply. At long last, They Shoot, We Score collects all of our music — plus outtakes — for the motion pictures Game 6, Junebug, Old Joy, and Shortbus in one handy-dandy compact disc. Nearly an hour of instrumental music. 27 tracks — 26 of them previously unreleased. Eight-page booklet features posters from around the world. Four different front covers, one for each movie. Don’t collect them all, and don’t ask for a specific one — they will be sent out according to a random-number generator by our blindfolded mail-order crew.

TRACK LISTING:  OLD JOY 1. Leaving Home 2. Getting Lost 3. Path to Springs 4. Driving Home
5. Leaving Home (alternate version) 6. Old Joy: End Credits JUNEBUG 7. Ashley 8. Meerkats 9. Madeline
10. A Roomful of Ladies (outtake) 11. David Wark 12. Aftermath (outtake) 13. George GAME 6 14. This Could Be It
15. The Phantom Who Haunts Broadway 16. Game Time 17. Pharaoh Blues 18. Zoo Chant 19. Love Chant 20. Asbestos
21. Return of the Pharaoh 22. Spec Bebop 23. Buckner’s Boner SHORTBUS 24. Isolation Tank
25. Panic in Central Park (outtake) 26. Panic in Central Park 27. Wizard’s Sleeve

(LABEL INTERJECTION : this blindfolded mail-order crew sounds awesome.  We might have to put them in charge of filling our future Jay Reatard 7″ orders. But in all seriousness, Yo La Tengo are playing a free show at Brooklyn’s lovely McCarren Park Pool on Sunday, August 24).

Jennifer, James McNew our own Gabe Spierer and some awesome midday traffic (isn’t there a law against honking for no reason?) in the first of 3 label-commissioned clips where JOC discusses her upcoming LP/CD ‘Here With Me’ (in stores and online August 19)

(one big mass suicide waiting to go down)

….and every musical subgenre you can think of. From the Sydney Morning Herald’s Kate Benson :

A study, published in today’s Australasian Psychiatry Journal, found that teens who listen to pop music are more likely to be struggling with their sexuality, those tuning in to rap or heavy metal could be having unprotected sex and drink-driving, and those who favour jazz are usually misfits and loners, prompting a call for doctors to include musical tastes as a diagnostic indicator in mental health assessments.

“There is no evidence to suggest that the type of music you listen to will cause you to commit suicide, but those who are vulnerable and at risk of committing suicide may be listening to certain types of music,” the author of the study, Felicity Baker, said yesterday.

She said an Australian study of year 10 students had shown significant associations between heavy metal music and suicide ideation, depression, delinquency and drug-taking, while an American study had also shown that young adults who regularly listened to heavy metal had a higher preoccupation with suicide and higher levels of depression than their peers.

Deliberate self-harm and attempted suicide was also associated with teenagers who listened to trance, techno, heavy metal and medieval music as part of the goth subculture, while those who attended dance parties were much more likely than their peers to be taking drugs.

Some genres of rap music, such as French rap, were linked to more deviant behaviours including theft, violence and drug use, while teens listening to hip-hop were usually less troublesome, Dr Baker said.

The AJP’s study has no specific findings that relate to followers of the band Godsmack, though from our own considered research, they’re a bunch of nitwits.

I dunno about you, but I’m having serious nightmares looking at that flyer. Personal problems aside, Jaguar Love started their coast-to-coast tour with the Faint this week, and along with being dubbed Spin.com’s “Artist Of The Day” (tomorrow’s choice : Gaugin), “Bonetrees & A Broken Heart” from the forthcoming ‘Take Me To The Sea’ LP/CD can be heard in streaming fashion at the band’s MySpace page.

On top of all that, the band have neatly slid beyond mere social networking with the launch of their own official website.

‘Take Me To The Sea’ is currently available for preorder at the Matador Store (CD, $8, LP, $12) and early adopters are entitled to a free poster with each purchase.

Permanent Records is a new-ish record store in my neighborhood of Greenpoint, Brooklyn. When I started doing my record store visit posts on tour, I knew at some point I wanted to do one on Permanent. I visit this store at least once a week when I’m in town. They have an amazing selection of used cds and vinyl and the right selection of new titles so when I want to pick up a new release they usually have it.

I talked to Marjorie (owner) and Ron.

Marjorie, Ron, Me

JO’C: Permanent used to be in Long Island, right? Why the move to Greenpoint?

Marjorie: Well, I live in Brooklyn, so the commute is much easier now. Also, as much as I liked Northport, people are much more supportive of music here.

JO’C: So you like having the store here in Greenpoint? How long have you been here?

Marjorie: Yes, I can hardly remember what it was like before. We opened the store in Greenpoint in May of 2007. It’s actually more like being in a small town here in Greenpoint than it was in Northport. Which is pretty rare for being in an urban setting.

JO’C: Greenpoint does feel like a small town. I think its one of the things I like most about living here.
What are your favorite places to eat in Greenpoint. This is the one question I ask of all the stores….

Ron: Brooklyn Label – They have a good balance of veggie and meat selections. And the coffee is good.

Marjorie: The Habitat on Manhattan Ave.

JO’C : I go to Brooklyn Label all the time. I’ve never even heard of The Habitat – new place to go!
Ok, what do you sell the most of in the store?

Marjorie: I’d say we’d sell the most used LPs, then used cds, then new lps, then new cds.

JO’C: That makes sense to me – as someone who comes here frequently and buys like 20 used cds at a time. ****

Marjorie: I’ve always enjoyed letting the used collections that I buy dictate the inventory I stock. We definitely carry new titles, but our niche is more used items.

JO’C: What’s the first record(s) you remember buying as a kid?

Marjorie: Yes Fragile. Blondie Heart of Glass 45 and Parliament Flashlight 45

Ron: Kiss Love Gun 45 and Aimee Stewart Knock on Wood 45

JO’C: Marjorie, I think you are the first woman record store owner I’ve ever come across, in all my years going to record stores. Do you know any other women who own record stores?

Marjorie: Not currently…

JO’C: I’ve always wanted to have my own store. Maybe someday….
What’s your favorite and least favorite thing about owning a record store?

Marjorie: Well, being my own boss is my favorite. And being my own boss, is also probably my least favorite.

JO’C: I hear that.
And you do instores here at Permanent right?

Marjore: Yup. We’ve done close to 20 or so in the last year.

JO’C: As a matter of fact, I am doing an instore at Permanent on Saturday August 23 at 3pm – to celebrate the Aug 19 release of my new record Here With Me. It’s free! (the instore, not the record).

****I should not neglect to note that there is an awesome 99 cent cd section at Permanent and a 5 for $10 cd section. Also, dollar lps and really great prices on everything really – new and used. If you are a record store fanatic like me, and live in the NYC area, you should really come check this store out!!

Sorry for the super late notice, folks, but we only got these dates very recently.  Lavender Diamond‘s mega-talented Becky Stark, aside from providing backing vocals to portions of the She & Him set, can be seen opening the proceedings at the following venues this week.

August 5: Chicago, Illinois – Park West
August 7: Minneapolis, Minnesota – First Avenue
August 8: Madison, Wisconsin – Barrymore

Picture taken from Fabien Maisonneuve’s Flickr page

Sat-Oct-11 Montreal, QC La Sala Rosa
Sun-Oct-12 Boston, MA Great Scott
Mon-Oct-13 Danbury, CT Heirloom Arts Theatre
Wed-Oct-15 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Thu-Oct-16 Brooklyn, NY Market Hotel
Fri-Oct-17 Baltimore, MD Sonar
Sat-Oct-18 Philadelphia, PA The Barbary
Sun-Oct-19 Washington, DC Rock And Roll Hotel
Mon-Oct-20 Columbus, OH Skully’s
Tue-Oct-21 St Louis, MO The Bluebird
Wed-Oct-22 Iowa City, IA The Picador
Thu-Oct-23 Chicago, IL Reggie’s Rock Club
Fri-Oct-24 Pontiac, MI The Pike Room
Sat-Oct-25 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place

*VIVIAN GIRLS support 10/12 – 10/19

That’s right, Fucked Up are playing with the Stooges at Toronto’s Massey Hall this Wednesday, August 6. This is probably one of those once-in-a-lifetime pairings (anyone still have the flyers from the abortive Anthony Newley/Whitehouse double bill?) and tickets are in short supply.

(UPDATE : The Stooges’ gear was stolen in Montreal.)

….but he might have indirectly inspired several Gary Cole performances in box office hits of the past, present and future.

The NME has issued a list of ’25 Bands Making America Cool Again’, and while these lists usually inspire head rolling from atleast 10 of the entries, I am really pleased that than our very own Jay Reatard makes the cut at #14 for the full list click here.

This is what we like to call “an EPK” in the trade. Some folks think that stands for “electronic press kit”, but it could also mean “educational-yet-promotional-kilp”.  I prefer the former.

Much as we (heart) YouTube, you can subscribe to this sort of thing via the Matacast and receive such videos in lovely iTunes/quicktime form.

Given the somewhat obstructed view nature of the seats in question, wouldn’t “last chance to hear The Police” be a fairer way of flogging these tickets?