Times like this I wish I never left Philly… Kurt will be stopping by Beautiful World Syndicate this Record Store Day for a free, all ages instore at 3pm. This is gonna rule.
Check it out. Buy some records. Then check it out some more.
TOGETHER again….the New Pornographers music + their fans. As suggested on Friday, the band are staging Get Togethers in a city near you! SWING BY FOR YOUR EXCLUSIVE FIRST LISTEN OF THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS FORTHCOMING + GREATEST ALBUM….TOGETHER!
To sweeten the pot we’ve got free booze (while the getting is good), fun contests with great prizes (New Ps summer tour tickets, vinyl giveaways, etc), and a lucky few will receive an exclusive numbered spring Get TogetherMix that Carl Newman told us he put together specifically for these parties (available nowhere else).
We will be posting individual market specific details this week. For now, check to see when your city is ‘getting together‘ in the next couple of weeks below.
Austin - Wed 4/21 8-11pm @ The Scoot Inn (1308 East 4th St.) - RSVP:oaustin@theonion.com
Boston - Tues 4/20 9-1130pm @ The Independent in Union Square (75 Union Square, Somerville) - RSVP:gettogetherboston@gmail.com
Chicago – Thurs 4/22 6-9pm @ Beauty Bar (1444 West Chicago Ave) - RSVP:ochicago@theonion.com
Don’t see your city? Don’t fret. More togetherness may happen, details coming together soon for: LA, NYC, San Fran, Phoenix, Minneapolis, and more!
** are you a promoter/record store employee/ bar owner/music-planner enthusiast? interested in being in charge/putting on your OWN get together? email: heathermacintyre@beggars.com **
Kurt Vile & The Violators are currently working on an autumn 2010 followup to last year’s tremendous ‘Childish Prodigy’ with producer John Agnello, and while early signs are Kurt’s got a monster of a new album in the works, let’s address the gap between albums with a new 12″/digital EP of post-’Prodigy’ recordings, ‘Square Shells’ hitting stores on May 25. We’ve made a bit of racket over the past year about Vile being one of the more important figures in American music and while we love aggressive hyperbole as much as the next record label (especially when you agree with us), 2010 is shaping up to be a year in which Kurt’s versatility as a singer-songwriter will be undeniable. It’s hard for us to think of an artist who’s been equally in his element sharing a stage with Big Star as he was doing the same with Fucked Up, and at the risk of really clobbering you over the head about our depth of feeling for this artist, we’re thoroughly convinced his songs and performances are gonna be remembered long after considerations of genre & circuit have been forgotten.
Here’s a taste in the form of “Invisibility : Nonexistent” ;
Though there’s a long list of shows about to be confirmed for mid-to-late Summer, here’s a handful we’re allowed to announce presently.
JUNE:
Sat-Jun-05 Seattle, WA – High Dive w/ the Sadies
Sun-Jun-06 Bellingham, WA – Wild Buffalo w/ the Sadies
Mon-Jun-07 Portland, OR – Doug Fir w/ the Sadies
Fri – Jun – 18 – Brooklyn, NY – Union Pool (with The Mad Scene)
My personal Record Store Day nightmare involves sleeping thru an 8am wake up call and by the time I show up at my favorite record shop, all the cool shit is gone and all that’s left is the limited (but not limited enough) Godsmack 7″.
So with that in mind, we’re encouraging you to get plenty of sleep Friday night, especially those of you in or near Claremont, California. On Saturday —- the day before playing Coachella — Yo La Tengo will be playing Rhino Records at 3pm. The last time I visited this establishment, I found one of these, so you might wanna turn up early. Unless you’re into Godsmack, in which case I reckon you can take your time.
Remember this? We’re not stopping there. Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, DC, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Fran, + more :
Want to #gettogether for FREE BOOZE (amongst other surprises) + FIRSTLISTEN of the New Pornographers’ upcoming release?
The last few weeks have been pretty amazing for Delorean. Their tour of the states, opening up for Miike Snow carries on to prettyuniversalaffection. With that in mind we’re happy to let you know that Delorean is going to be back stateside a LOT this summer. Here’s just a taste for NYC’ers…much more on the way! Current tour dates, including headlining date in Seattle, at the bottom of this post.
Fri Jun 4 @Piano’s New York, NY TICKETS
Sat Jun 5 @Glasslands, Brooklyn, NY
Sat Jul 17 @Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago, IL TICKETS
Americans and Canadian’s can pick up Subiza exclusively on iTunes NOW. Subiza will be available on all other digital stores worldwide on 4/20, and physically on 6/8 but for now go to iTunes and get it. Also, you can pre-order the record from the Matador Store and get an instant download as well.
If you party, and who among us doesn’t party, then you can answer the question “do you party?” by tuning in to Do You Party?, the dance music show that graces the airwaves of Minneapolis institution Radio K. Barcelona’s Delorean paid them a visit during a recent stop in the Twin Cities, and the resulting DJ set can be heard tonight at 9:00PM EDT / 8:00PM CDT. Party people in Minneapolis can listen on the usual baffling array of frequencies (104.5 FM [Minneapolis-St. Paul], 100.7 FM [St. Paul], 106.5 FM [Minneapolis] & 770 AM [Metro area]), and people who like their party a little less complicated can click here to listen online.
Fucked Up‘s frontman, Pink Eyes/Damian Abraham is taking advantage of a brief break from tour to participate in two community-based events.
Tonight (April 8), at the Toronto Reference Library, as part of Keep Toronto Reading Festival 2010: Book Exchange. Damian will speak on a panel with Pasha Malla author of The Withdrawal Method and Zoe Wittall author of Holding Still for as Long as Possible , wherein each panelist will bring his or her favorite books to discuss and exchange with audience members in an effort to promote literacy as well as what’s bound to be some pretty great reading.
April 8,
Doors at 6:00; event ends around 8:30
Appel Salon, 2nd floor
Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge St, Toronto
MORE INFORMATION
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Meanwhile, Damian is involved in a program called Do The Math, run by a food program called The Stop — an initiative seeking to demonstrate the limits of social assistance. Damian will be subsisting solely off a standard food hamper provided by a local food bank for as long as possible.
In the program’s words:
On April 6, 2010, ten high-profile Torontonians (and their families, if they’re joining them) will pick up a standard food bank hamper at The Stop. These hampers—which include an array of non-perishable food, as well as a little bit of fresh produce—typically last a person three or four days, though many folks stretch this to a week or ten days. Our participants will live exclusively off the contents of the hamper for as long as they can. They will not eat out or accept free food or drink (though they are encouraged to eat at least two meals at a drop-in). They will be allowed to use up to five standard pantry ingredients—oil, flour, salt, coffee, etc.—but are asked to keep track of the quantity of these items used.
(A.C. Newman contends with the stage invasion attempts of former J. Geils Band vocalist Peter Wolf at the 2006 Lollapalooza. Photo taken from Ozmodiar’s Flickr page)
Lollapalooza has added The New Pornographers to this summer’s line up alongside Harlem, Lady Gaga, Blues Traveler and other titans of the alternative music scene. If you’re not gonna be in Chicago this summer for the event Kim Gordon once once described as “about music, advertisement, and youth-oriented product positioning”, rest assured, the New Pornographers are coming to a town near you. .
The New Pornographers Tour:
05-19 London, England – Electric Ballroom !
05-21 Berlin, Germany – Magnet Club !
05-22 Hamburg, Germany – Molotow !
05-23 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg !
05-25 Brussels, Belgium – Orangerie !
05-26 Paris, France – La Maroquinerie !
05-27 Toulouse, France – Cafe Rex !
05-28 Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound Festival !
05-31 George, WA – Sasquatch Music Festival
06-07 Calgary, Alberta – MacEwan Hall *
06-08 Edmonton, Alberta – Edmonton Event Centre *
06-09 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – The Odeon Events Centre *
06-10 Winnipeg, Manitoba – The Garrick Centre *
06-11 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue ^#
06-12 Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater ^#
06-13 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall ^#
06-15 Toronto, Ontario – The Sound Academy ^#
06-17 Montreal, Quebec – Le National ^#
06-18 Boston, MA – House of Blues ^#
06-19 New York, NY – Terminal 5 ^#
06-21 Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero Theatre ^#
06-22 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club ^#
06-23 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club ^#
06-25 Chapel Hill, NC – Memorial Hall at UNC ^#
06-26 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse ^#
06-27 Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom ^#
06-28 St Louis, MO – The Pageant ^
07-15 Vancouver, British Columbia – The Vogue Theatre ^%
07-16 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom ^%
07-18 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater ^%
07-19 Los Angeles, CA – Henry Fonda Theater ^%
07-20 Los Angeles, CA – Henry Fonda Theater ^%
07-21 Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre ^%
07-23 Austin, TX – Stubb’s BBQ ^%
07-24 Dallas, TX – The Showroom at Palladium ^%
07-25 Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom ^%
07-26 Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall ^%
07-28 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre ^%
07-30 Boise, ID – Egyptian Theatre ^%
08-04 Madison, WI – Orpheum Theatre ^
! with Here We Go Magic
* with the Mountain Goats
^ with the Dodos
# with the Dutchess & The Duke
% with Imaad Wasif
A lot has happened since we met Harlem a few years ago. They’ve written 16 indelible pop songs, played shows across the nation, contributed to a compilation celebrating the one of the better music scenes going right now and beat us in a couple rounds of cee-lo… and in the midst of all that and more, they let us release a damn fine LP that we couldn’t be more enthusiastic to yell, “drops today!”
Cold Cave – Life Magazine 12″
OLE-941
12″ EP / Digital — June 8, 2010
A1. Life Magazine (The Arthur Baker’s Not Going Back Remix)
A2. Life Magazine (An Optimo (Espacio) Remix)
B1. Life Magazine (Pantha Du Prince First Flash Remix)
B2. Life Magazine (Prurient Remix)
On June 8, Matador will release the second single from Cold Cave’sLove Comes Close LP, “Life Magazine”as a limited vinyl 12″ and digitally.
The A-side features a remix from legendary producer Arthur Baker (Afrika Bambaataa, New Order) and the Glasweigan DJ duo, Optimo.
The more outre b-side contains remixes from minimal-techno mastermind Pantha du Prince and the noise artist Prurient (Cold Cave’s Dominick Fernow).
Today, we offer the Pantha Du Prince mix for your listening pleasure:
As if one record release party wasn’t enough, Harlem is hitting their hometown again to kick off the release of their Matador debut “Hippies” (out tomorrow) with a free, all ages instore at Waterloo Records & Video this Sunday April 11 at 5pm.
Oh… and there will be free beers there courtesy of Pabst Blue Ribbon. Nice.
GIRLS‘ latest tour of the states kicked into gear this week. They’re hitting the states, and east coast this week!! Can’t wait to see them with their brand new keyboard player in tow! Conveniently named tour mates Dum Dum Girls are coming along for this trip. should be a helluva show, and plus you can leave the show with a frisbee!
April
Thursday 01 – Austin, TX – Mohawk (with the Golden Boys, Cowabunga Babez)
Tuesday 13 – New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks
Wednesday 14 – Birmingham, AL – Bottletree
Thursday 15 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl
Friday 16 – Chattanooga, TN – JJ’s Bohemia
Saturday 17 – Chapel Hill, NC – Nightlight
Monday 19 – Washington, DC – DC9
Tuesday 20 – Baltimore, MD – Golden West Cafe
Wednesday 21 – Philadelphia, PA – King Fu Necktie
Thursday 22 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
Friday 23 – Brooklyn, NY – Market Hotel
Saturday 24 – Hoboken, NJ – Maxwell’s w/Titus Andronicus
Sunday 25 – Allston, MA – Great Scott
Wednesday 28 – Toronto, ON – The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
Thursday 29 – Cleveland, OH – Now Thats Class
Friday 30 – Detroit, MI – Majestic Cafe
May
Saturday 01 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
Sunday 02 – Milwaukee, WI – Mad Planet
Tuesday 04 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
Wednesday 05 – Des Moines, IA – Vaudeville Mews
Thursday 06 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
Friday 07 – Kansas City, MO – The Riot Room
Saturday 08 – St. Louis, MO – The Firebird
Monday 10 – Columbus, OH – The Summit
Tuesday 11 – Newport, KY – Southgate House Parlour
Wednesday 12 – Lousville, KY – Zanzabar
Thursday 13 – Nashville, TN – The End
Friday 14 – Memphis, TN Hi -Tone Cafe
Saturday 15 – Dallas, TX – City Tavern
Friday 29 – Barcelona, Spain – Parc Del Forum (Primavera Sound)
