03/01 Boston, MA – Newbury Comics (Newbury Street store)
03/02 Washington, DC – Red Onion Records and Books
03/02 Baltimore, MD – Sound Garden
03/04 Philadelphia, PA – AKA Music
03/08 Brooklyn, NY – Academy LPs (with Northampton Wools)
03/08 New York, NY – Generation Records
03/08 New York, NY – Other Music
03/10 Ithaca, NY – Castaways (with J Mascis)
03/11 Toronto, Ontario – The Great Hall (Canadian Music Fest) (with J Mascis)
03/12 Kingston, Ontario – The Mansion
03/13 Burlington, VT – Monkey House
03/14 Milford, CT – Daniel Street
03/19 Austin, TX – Ground Control Showcase at Auditorium Shores (SXSW)
03/22 Brattleboro, MA – Headroom Stages (with J Mascis)
03/23 Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live (with J Mascis)
03/24 New York, NY – Mercury Lounge (with J Mascis)
03/25 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg (with J Mascis)
03/26 Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall (with J Mascis)
03/28 Red Hook, NY – Bard College
03/29 Pittsburgh, PA – Andy Warhol Museum
03/30 Cleveland Heights, OH – Grog Shop (with J Mascis)
03/31 Ann Arbor, MI – Blind Pig (with J Mascis)
04/01 Chicago, IL – Subterranean (with J Mascis)
04/02 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry (with J Mascis)
04/03 Iowa City, IA – The Mill
04/05 Gambier, OH – Kenyon College
04/06 Nashville, TN – The End
04/07 Atlanta, GA – The Earl (with J Mascis)
04/08 Athens, GA – Melting Point (with J Mascis)
04/09 Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle (with J Mascis)
04/10 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle (with J Mascis)
04/21 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
04/22 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
04/23 Portland, OR – Bunk Bar
04/24 Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern
04/25 Vancouver, British Columbia – Waldorf Hotel
05/11 Berlin, Germany – Festaal Kreuzberg
05/15 Utrecht, Netherlands – Tivoli
05/19 London, England – Corsica Studios
05/20 Liverpool, England – Sound City Festival
05/21 Glasgow, Scotland – Stag & Dagger Festival @ Captains Rest
05/25-29 Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound Festival
06/30-7-3 Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival
If the headline above fills you with questions, questions such as ‘why would I write to the FCC?’ or ‘what’s KUSF?’ or ‘isn’t the Belle And Sebastian plug kind of gratuitous?’, well, allow me to answer the first two.
The condensed version: KUSF is the University of San Francisco’s community radio station, and has been since 1977. That means they’ve been around almost as long as The Fall (though I don’t think they’ve had as much staff turnover). Last month, USF secretly sold KUSF’s transmitter, abruptly took them off the air, and kicked everyone out of the station, with plans to transition the place to an Internet-only concern. Not surprisingly, KUSF’s DJs and staff, almost none of whom had any notice of the sale until they were escorted from the premises, think that’s a pretty fucked up thing to do, and we agree with them (as does Ty Segall).
By now you may be wondering what you can do to help KUSF get back on the air and back to being the incredibly valuable community resource it’s been for over three decades. Well, as the title of this post states, today is the LAST DAY that you can write to the FCC urging them to stop the sale. There are succinct directions on how exactly to do so posted HERE.
Additionally, the exiled KUSF volunteers have set up a Paypal account for people to donate toward their legal fees. Generous souls can open up their pocketbooks HERE.
Finally, if you love Twitter as much as I do, you can get breaking news by following KUSF’s Twitter account, which is HERE.
Justifiably acclaimed for his work as an illustrator, Marcellus Hall is best recalled by some of us as the ridiculously talented vocalist/guitarist/songwriter whose recordings and performances fronting Railroad Jerk and White Hassle were some of the best things about living in New York City once upon a time. That said, Hall The Musician still has numerous tricks up his sleeve and as such, we’re happy to pass along the news that Issac Brock’s Glacial Pace label has released a new Marcellus Hall LP/CD/digital album, ‘The First Line’. Our copy is in the mail, but we’re gonna vouch for the musical contents, anyway. Not a month goes by that someone — often a rather famous musican (or an extremely good looking woman) — asks us, “just what is Marce Hall up to these days?” and the opportunity to give an answered more informed than “how the fuck should I know?” is no small cause for celebration.
In announcing more details about their 2011 incarnation, The Creators Project have revealed an exciting partnership with Interpol to commence officially at this year’s Coachella festival in April. Details are scant, but the partnership promises “a new visual experience to match (the band’s) live set” and, given Interpol’s historically epic live productions, it’s safe to assume this is going to be something special.
As the centerpiece of their announcement, the Creators Project debuted the short film “Interpol on Interpol“, an unprecedented look at the band’s history and creative process, with special emphasis on last year’s fantastic self-titled album (buy the album here). Take a look:
April
Wednesday 13 – Reno, NV – Knitting Factory
Thursday 14 – Sacramento, CA – Crest Theatre
Friday 15 - Indio, CA – Coachella
Sunday 17 – Tuscon, AZ – Rialto Theatre
Monday 18 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre
Wednesday 20 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
Thursday 21 – Austin, TX – Austin Music Hall
Friday 22 – Helotes, TX – Josabis Amphitheatre
Sunday 24 – Kansas City, MO – The Beaumont Club
Monday 25 – Memphis, TN – Minglewood Hall
Tuesday 26 – New Orleans , LA – House of Blues – New Orleans
Thursday 28 – Tampa, FL – The Ritz
Friday 29 - Miami Beach, FL – Fillmore Miami Beach
Saturday 30 – Lake Buena Vista, FL – House of Blues – Lake Buena Vista
May
Monday 02 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
Tuesday 03 – Charlotte , NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
Wednesday 04 - Raleigh, NC – Disco Rodeo
July
Tuesday 05 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field Stadium
Friday 08 – Montreal QUE, UE – Hippodrome
Saturday 09 – Montreal QUE, UE – Hippodrome
Monday 11 – Toronto ONT, NT – Rogers Center
Thursday 14 – Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Center
Sunday 17 – St. Louis, MO – Busch Stadium
Wednesday 20 - East Rutherford, NJ – New Meadowlands Stadium
Saturday 23 – Minneapolis, MN – MN TCF Bank Stadium
So Crazy Eddie’s opened it’s doors 40 years ago (1971 for the math impaired) in Brooklyn, New York. Today, and TODAY ONLY, Amazon MP3 and Ted Leo are offering up his critically lauded and commonly embraced, album from last year, The Brutalist Bricks, for just $3.99. Yes you read that right, $3.99. Coincidence? Probably (thanks Wikipedia), but that really misses the point…YOU’D BE CRAZY NOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS. Visit Amazon today for a great deal!
Also for all you West Coasters, remember that Ted’s one man show is headed your way this week. For other parts of the country he’ll see you in April + May.
And we’re also pleased to announce that Ted will be performing at SXSW, solo style, as well:
Sun, 3/13 – The Mohawk – Barbarian Group/Stumble Upon Party
Mon, 3/14 – Venue 222 – Wearcast Party
Wed, 3/16 – The Swan Dive – Brooklyn Vegan Showcase
Thu, 3/17 – French Legation Museum – Other Music Day Party
Fri, 3/18 – The Mohawk – Flower Booking / Onion A.V. Club / Canvas Media Party
This thiyal is an adaptation of a Keralan shrimp recipe. The curry is made with a dark, sour sauce of toasted grated coconut, tamarind and browned onion. Like many Keralan dishes, it is anointed at the end with an oily stir fry of dried red chiles, curry leaves and mustard seeds. It’s deeply complex & satisfying.
The original recipe is for seafood which makes me wonder whether it didn’t call for kodampoli (also known as “fish tamarind”) rather than regular tamarind. The recipe comes from Maya Kaimal’s Curried Favors, which doesn’t ever call for kodampoli though it is a common ingredient in this part of India.
I served it with spinach pachadi from the same book. This is a failsafe recipe – easy and delicious. The coolness of the yogurt plays off the spiciness of the chiles. The earthiness of the spinach and curry leaves permeates the entire mixture.
Perhaps you’re not aware, but long before I rose to the ranks of Matablog editor / label co-owner, I dabbled a bit in the wild world of music press. Back in the go-go 1980′s, I wrote for publications including (but not limited to) High Wire, The Wayland Town Crier, and of course, Smegma Journal. During that period, I had the good fortune of covering such emerging, pioneering acts as the Little River Band, Nantucket and The Sickness.
So it’s with that body of work (probably part of an Experience Music Project exhibit, if not an entirely new wing someday) in mind, that I’d like to help you, the mystified, befuddled rock fans of today, make some sense of what modern music journalists are banging on about. For instance, when Uncut’s Louis Pattison writes of Kurt Vile’s ‘Smoke Ring For My Halo’, “the real heart of this record seems to lie in the moments of stillness and rest, where strung-out slackerdom attains an almost sacred quality”, what the layperson might not understand is that Mr. Pattison is really trying to say,“THIS IS THE GREATEST RECORD OF 2011 SO FAR AND IF YOU DISAGREE, I’M GOING TO HIT YOU WITH A SHOVEL”.
Likewise, when Mojo’s Stevie Chick might cause some casual readers to scratch their heads with his thoughts regarding ‘Smoke Ring’ (“while the melodies and vibe seem to be channeling lost AM radio transmissions from the ’70′s, Vile’s no relic-treasuring throwback, finding a unique, laconic voice of his own amongst the tangle”), the Rock-Criticism-To-English-Translator ™ generates the following ; “it is a work of total genius, to only purchase one copy would be a crime against art, beauty and the human spirit.”
Of course, our good friends from the British monthlies aren’t the only ones prone to bouts of understatement, and that’s why you’re so very lucky I’m here to make sense of yet another Kurt Vile rave, this one coming from Pitchfork’s Jayson Greene, who argues ‘Smoke Ring For My Halo”‘s “Ghost Town”, “churns along in a similar weightless middle space as Wilco’s ‘I Am Trying To Break Your Heart’ but instead of Jeff Tweedy’s earnest napkin poetry Vile gives us muttered, inscrutable darts, a series of private jokes for an audience of one.” What Mr. Greene wanted to testify was actually, “Kurt Vile’s prose has molested my mind. And I was asking for it.”
It’s been my pleasure to walk you through the intellectual mine field that passes for record reviews, and who knows? The next time one of these analysts is beating around the bush, I’ll not hesitate to assist, particularly if it can put the work of Kurt Vile in a deserved, wider context.
Later this week Fucked Up will be needing to change up their winter wear for something a little cooler as they head down to the summery southern hemisphere as they join the Soundwave Festival around Australia. Seeing as they’re going to be around that neck of the woods they’ll also be heading over to Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore to sample to sites and play some shows.
After completing a whole load of north american dates, Kurt Vile (and the Violators) will be heading over to Europe for 3 weeks worth of shows, starting early May and taking in headline shows and festivals, including Primavera Sound, Stag & Dagger and Liverpool Sound City festivals.
Ahead of the release of the new album ‘Smoke Ring For My Halo’ Pitchfork have previewed the album track ‘Ghost Town’ naming it best new music – you can head there now to hear it for yourself.
One of the many things we love about that sprightly Jimmy Fallon and his exceptionally music-friendly show is that they surround the stage with fans during the musical guest. Below is info from the show on how to enter to be part of the screaming horde for Glasser:
On February 28th, 2011 Glasser will be performing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Here is where you come in…
How would you like a chance to be close to Glasser’s performance on the show?
Click on the link below and you will be directed to our “Band Bench” Sweepstakes entry form. Enter for a chance to win seats on our band benches and an opportunity to surround the stage during Glasser’s performance.
Please make sure you include the following band code: GLA, in your entry form.
Regular Matablog readers will be both familiar with and appreciative of the restraint with which we discuss the various going-on that are inevitably a part of life here in the music industry’s fast lane. It’s at the risk of ruining our reputation for understatement, then, that I describe the anticipation for Kurt Vile’s forthcoming album, Smoke Ring For My Halo, as approaching a fever pitch. Kurt & The Violators are happy to contribute to that build-up with today’s live broadcast of their WXPN Free at Noon show, which starts exactly when you would think it would: 12:00 noon EST. Philadelphia, tune in at 88.5FM. Rest of the world, do yourself a favor and listen online.
By Jeremy P. Goldstein on Thursday, February 17th, 2011
Photo courtesy of gaelenh
They may not be spinning the Wheel of Whatever but Yo La Tengo will indeed be performing live on KEXP today at 4PM PST/7PM EST ahead of their show this evening at The Showbox at the Market. Tonight’s gig will mark the first date on the West Coast leg of their Spinning Wheel tour, with other shows to follow Seattle in Portland, Eugene, Oaktown, LA, and ending in Costa Mesa on 2/24. There is a Vancouver date thrown in between Seattle and Portland, but I don’t speak Canadian, so I didn’t include that initially.
As previously reported Kurt Vile And The Violators will be touring North America this Spring in support of the forthcoming Kurt Vile LP, Smoke Ring For My Halo.
We’re happy to report some more dates to the touring schedule, including a West Coast headline run at the end of April (new dates below in bold).
But before all this kicks off, don’t forget, Mr. Vile will be doing a run of East Coast solo in-store dates around Smoke Ring For My Halo’s March 8 release. You can find all in-store date and location info here.
Kurt Vile And The Violators Spring Tour
Thursday, March 10 – Ithaca, NY – Castaways #
Friday, March 11 – Toronto, ONT – The Great Hall (Canadian Music Fest) # Saturday, March 12 — Kingston, ONT — The Mansion **
Sunday, March 13 — Burlington, VT — Monkey House **
Monday, March 14 — Milford, CT — Daniel Street ** Saturday, March 19 — Austin, TX — Ground Control Showcase at Auditorium Shores (SXSW)
Tuesday, March 22 – Battleboro, VT – Headroom Stages #
Wednesday, March 23 – Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live #
Thursday, March 24 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge # (SOLD OUT)
Friday, March 25 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg #
Saturday, March 26 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall # Monday, March 28 — Red Hook, NY — BARD College **
Tuesday, March 29 – Pittsburgh, PA – Andy Warhol Museum **
Wednesday, March 30 – Cleveland Hts, OH – Grog Shop #
Thursday, March 31 – Ann Arbor, MI – Blind Pig #
Friday, April 01 – Chicago, IL – Subterranean #
Saturday, April 02 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry # Sunday, April 03 — Iowa City, IA — The Mill **
Tuesday, April 05 — Gambier, OH — Kenyon College **
Wednesday, April 06 — Nashville, TN — The End **
Thursday, April 07 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl #
Friday, April 08 – Athens, GA – Melting Point #
Saturday, April 09 – Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle #
Sunday, April 10 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle # Thursday, April 21 — Los Angeles, CA — The Echo **
Friday, April 22 — San Francisco, CA — Bottom Of The Hill **
Saturday, April 23 — Portland, OR — Bunk Bar **
Sunday, April 24 — Seattle, WA — Sunset Tavern **
Monday, April 25 — Vancouver, BC — Waldorf Hotel **
# Supporting J Mascis
** Kurt Vile And The Violators Headline
Pre-order Smoke Ring For My Halohere for 15% off + a free poster
Listen to “Jesus Fever” here
San Francisco’s best dressed men, Matmos, return to Europe this May with Mr J. Lesser in tow.
14/05/11 Glasgow (UK), Old Fruitmarket
15/05/11 Birmingham (UK), MAC Art Centre *
17/05/11 Belfast (UK), SARC *
18/05/11 Dublin (IE), Button Factory *
19/05/11 London (UK), Auto-Italia *
21/05/11 Torino (IT), Museum Arte Contemporanea Rivoli *
23/05/11 Rome (IT), Circolo degli Artisti *
24/05/11 Bologna (IT), Locomotiv *
26/05/11 Paris (FR), La Gaite Lyrique *
27/05/11 Brussels (BE), VK *#
28/05/11 Metz (FR), Les Trinitaires *
29/05/11 Berlin (DE), Hau1 * (date swapped with Leipzig)
30/05/11 Leipzig (DE), Centraltheater * (date swapped with Berlin)
* w/ John Wiese
# w/ Oval
And if you ever wondered what the basement of M.C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel’s Baltimore home looks like, then skip the car commercials and have a look at their Electric Independence.
We’d like to invite you to check out the new store and would appreciate any feedback, there is a button on the right side of the page, and maybe even buy a record or two.
We don’t have digital purchases ready to go yet and are still working out some kinks but to encourage your early usage enter code ‘TESTER15‘ at checkout to receive 15% off any order for the next week. Any problems along the way feel free to email store@matadorrecords.com and we look forward to having this baby up and fully functional in the very near future.
As previously reported, Cold Cave will be heading out on the road this Spring in support of their forthcoming LP, Cherish The Light Years.
Check out the below list of dates as there have been some additions & date changes for the previously scheduled shows in Kansas City, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.
Friday, April 08 – Bloomington, IN – The Bishop (CC headline) Cancelled
Monday, April 11 – Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge (CC headline)
Wednesday, April 13 – Salt Lake City, UT — Urban Lounge (CC headline)
Thursday, April 14 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress (CC headline)
Friday, April 15 – Indio, CA – Coachella
Sunday, April 17 – Phoenix, AZ – ICYC (CC headline)
Tuesday, April 19 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater (supporting The Kills)
Wednesday, April 20 – Austin, TX – La Zona Rosa (supporting The Kills)
Friday, April 22 – Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom (supporting The Kills)
Saturday, April 23 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade (supporting The Kills) **
Sunday, April 24 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club (supporting The Kills)
Tuesday, April 26 – Boston, MA – Royale (supporting The Kills) **
Wednesday, April 27 – Philadelphia, PA – Theater of Living Arts (supporting The Kills) **
Thursday, April 28 – Hartford, CT – The Mill (at Trinity College) (CC headline)
Friday, April 29 – New York, NY – Terminal 5 (supporting The Kills) **
Saturday, April 30 – Montreal, QC – Olympia (supporting The Kills)
Sunday, May 1 – Toronto, ON – Sound Academy (supporting The Kills)
Tuesday, May 3 – Detroit, MI – Majestic (supporting The Kills) **
Wednesday, May 4 – Chicago, IL – Vic Theater (supporting The Kills)
Thursday, May 5 – Minneapolis, MN – First Ave (supporting The Kills) **
Sunday, May 8 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom (supporting The Kills)
Monday, May 9 – Seattle, WA – Showbox (supporting The Kills) **
Tuesday, May 10 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom (supporting The Kills **
Wednesday, May 11 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore Auditorium (supporting The Kills) **
Saturday, May 14 – Pomona, CA – The Fox Theatre (supporting The Kills) **
Monday, May 16 – El Paso, TX – Bombadiers (CC headline)
Wednesday, May 18 – Kansas City, MO – The Record Bar (CC headline)
Thursday, May 19 – St. Louis, MO – Luminary Center for the Arts (CC headline)
Friday, May 20 – Cincinnati, OH – MOTR Pub (CC headline)
Sunday, May 22 – Pittsburgh, PA – Brillobox (CC headline)
It’s been a long time since we updated you on the comings and goings of the contributors to our 2010 Austin compilation album, ‘Casual Victim Pile’. Since the last missive, the Golden Boys and Wild America went (the former to Europe for a December trip, the latter committed rock’n'roll auto de fé with a house show finale) and Dikes Of Holland came (out with a new full-length album that was arguably one of last year’s best). But for for the purpose of appearing to be timely/relevant for a change, we’ll focus on the recent activity of Follow That Bird! (above), who mark the release of their brand new Mt. Fuji 7″ with the following tour dates ;
sat 2.12 – austin, tx @ the mohawk w/ silent diane, dikes of holland, holy wave
thur 2.17 – el paso, tx @ garage tequila
fri 2.18 – tucson, az @ hangart
mon 2.21 – san francisco @ the knockout
thur 2.24 – eugene, or @ wandering goat coffee co
fri 2.25 – portland, or @ the woods
sat 2.26 – portland, or @ wtf bikes
sun 2.27 – seattle, wa @ the sunset tavern
thur 3.3 – denver, co @ the hi-dive
fri 3.4 – albuquerque, nm @ blackbird
sat 3.5 – marfa, tx @ marfa book company
On a slightly related tip, there’s a second volume of ‘CVP’ — the creatively dubbed, ‘Casual Victim Pile II’ coming out on vinyl very soon on another label. I’m told it might be a quality endeavor, but at the risk of getting all corporate for a moment, is the theft of Matador’s intellectual property not even worth protesting? I don’t know how these people can sleep at night.
In anticipation of the release of his upcoming ‘Smoke Ring For My Halo’ (out 3/8), Kurt Vile will be running around the northeast and stopping in some of our favorite independent record shops playing a series of solo acoustic (and one full-band) instores. Some very special guests are in the works, with Northampton Wools (Thurston Moore + Bill Nace) already confirmed for one of the three NYC engagements.
Hi, our new album is finished. You may remember last time we finished a full length album I made a funny post that counterposed the mastered CD I got sent in the mail by the mastering company against a screen shot from my laptop computer of 2001 “A Space Odyssey” where the earth is eclipsing the moon and the moon is being eclipsed by the sun at the same time or something, and then put the CDR right on the screen as if it was eclipsing the entire thing. A lot of you probably didn’t understand what was going on in the picture, especially because I posted the lyrics from the title track that contains shit like “The Vale the midwife birth the key”, which I myself don’t even really understand. Then I posted a link where you could download the entire album, but it was actually a link to the newly released album by the band Cut Copy, and I guess a lot of people fell for it because there were a lot of nasty comments to that particular post, and this was before people only came to this blog to make fun of me. Nowaways Cut Copy is really famous, and we’re just semi-famous, so who really won? Anyhow, this is not a competition. Especially since our album would later go on to receive a score of 8.8 on popular website “pitchfork” and their new album only got an 8.6. But anyhow, the fact that as many people fell for that as did is kind of a bummer – why would we release our new album for free on our blog the day we got it back from the mastering plant?
Back to the point, fast forward to the present and we have another completely full length album. It’s more than 3 years later and a lot of things have changed since I made the original Chemcom post. For one, there are no longer such things as “CDR’s”. In case you are of average age (17) and have no idea what these are – they were little floppy plastic circular disks that stored music and video games made for PC computers (“personal computers”, kind of pre-cursor devices to ipods that were used to download mp3s from sites like “kazaa” and facilitate the playing of such games as “solitaire”). Back in those days when you needed to store and transport large amounts of data (less than 700 megabytes) you would open up a program like “toast” and spend 25 minutes “burning” a CDR – that is, putting the data right onto the physical disk. Then you would put the disc in the “mail” and after 2 or 3 weeks the disc would arrive at some other location on planet earth.
Well that’s what happened with our last record. It got mastered somewhere in America, and a few weeks later the album-containing disc was delivered to my hand by a Canadian mail-delivery person, and I inserted it into my “cd player” (a device used to listen to music on these cds) and played it until I got bored (about 14 minutes later) at which point I continued to use up the “telephone” “land-line” to search for techno mp3s on “soulseek”.
Today I was sent a copy of our new album by an ftp server and loaded it right onto my ipod. I’m not even sure that it touched my desktop on its way to its final place of rest. It was mastered at 8.37pm on February 7th 2011 and at 11.11pm on February 7th 2011 I have already finished listening to half of it, and plan on finishing the other half before February 9th 2011 (it is a really long album). Concurrently with that, our label general Manager has ALREADY finished a complete listening of the album, at his home in New York City. Despite this relative quickness, you yourself have no hope of hearing this album for at least a few weeks before it is leaked by some cretin on a torrent site. But for now enjoy this blurry picture of it’s existence on my personal ipod
ANYWAYS feel free to download our new album “David Comes To Life” right HERE.
(update – lest anyone think [and by extension sue] I was actively trying to leak another band’s new album, I took the original link down. If you still want the original joke [that I leaked the new Cut Copy album for the 2nd album running {which is funny not only because it's another band's album rather than ours, but also because of the stark contrast offered by both bands musical style}] to have the same effect you can click right HERE to actually download the new Cut Copy album, which is a link to where I got it from [google]. You are all in luck though because the new link IS ACTUALLY OUR NEW RECORD.)
Not much to add here. Directed by Tom Scharpling, full credits below. Purchase the New Pornographers’ fifth album, Together. The band hits the road in the US again soon. ENJOY:
Written And Directed By Tom Scharpling
Producers: Robert Hatch-Miller & Puloma Basu
Cast: Jon Wurster, Julie Klausner, Kevin Corrigan, Wyatt Cenac, Horatio Sanz, Ted Leo, John Hodgman, Bill Hader, Paul Rudd, Todd Barry, Donald Glover, Esther Crowe, Michael Lisk, Gabe Delahaye, Max Silvestri, Jay Norton, David Rosenblatt, Terre T., Anna Copacabana, Rob Cuthill, Brian Turner, Alex Scordelis, Jonathan Fernandez, Therese Mahler, Candace Mills, Christina Stanley, Christine Tadler, Owinema Biu, Chris Spooner, Jacob Wolk
Director Of Photography: Paul Yee
Editor: Joaquin Perez
Production Designers: Alex Brook Lynn & Elizabeth Ralston
Motion Graphics: Joe Posner
Hair & Makeup: Jess Coppa
Gaffer: Richard Giannotti
Colorist: Ben Murray
Sound Design: Matt Lewkowicz
Key PA: Paul Morse
Production Assistants: Greg Needham, Jacob Wolk, David Clarke
Additional Camera: Nick Wilson
Shot On Location At: Other Music, Seaside Lounge, Death By Audio
You can also head over to coldcave.tumblr.com or the band’s facebook for a special download of the track which includes a high quality mp3 of the track, exclusive artwork and lyrics handwritten by Wesley Eisold.
‘Cherish The Light Years‘ is available for preorder at the Matador Store at 15% discount and with a free poster right now.
And don’t forget, Cold Cave will be touring extensively throughout the spring, with more 2011 dates to be announced soon
Wednesday, April 6 – Pittsburgh, PA – Brillobox (CC headline)
Thursday, April 7 – Cincinnati, OH – MOTR Pub (CC headline)
Friday, April 08 – Bloomington, IN – The Bishop (CC headline)
Saturday, April 09 – St. Louis, MO – Luminary Center for the Arts (CC headline)
Sunday, April 10 – Kansas City, MO – The Record Bar (CC headline)
Monday, April 11 – Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge (CC headline)
Wednesday, April 13 – Salt Lake City, UT — Urban Lounge (CC headline)
Thursday, April 14 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress (CC headline)
Tuesday, April 19 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater (supporting The Kills)
Wednesday, April 20 – Austin, TX – La Zona Rosa (supporting The Kills)
Friday, April 22 – Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom (supporting The Kills)
Saturday, April 23 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade (supporting The Kills)
Sunday, April 24 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club (supporting The Kills)
Tuesday, April 26 – Boston, MA – Royale (supporting The Kills)
Wednesday, April 27 – Philadelphia, PA – Theater of Living Arts (supporting The Kills)
Thursday, April 28 – Hartford, CT – The Mill (at Trinity College) (CC headline)
Friday, April 29 – New York, NY – Terminal 5 (supporting The Kills)
Saturday, April 30 – Montreal, QC – Olympia (supporting The Kills)
Sunday, May 1 – Toronto, ON – Sound Academy (supporting The Kills)
Tuesday, May 3 – Detroit, MI – Majestic (supporting The Kills)
Wednesday, May 4 – Chicago, IL – Vic Theater (supporting The Kills)
Thursday, May 5 – Minneapolis, MN – First Ave (supporting The Kills)
Sunday, May 8 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom (supporting The Kills)
Monday, May 9 – Seattle, WA – Showbox (supporting The Kills)
Tuesday, May 10 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom (supporting The Kills)
Wednesday, May 11 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore Auditorium (supporting The Kills)
Earlier this week Esben and the Witch released Violet Cries in the UK and Europe, started their UK tour and played their first home-town show in the past 9 months at the Brighton Pavilion Theatre, which was filmed by the guys over at Tactful-Cactus. As a taster of what to expect on their upcoming UK/EU/US tour dates, have a look at the live video below for ‘Marching Song’. To pick up a copy of Violet Cries head to either the Matador Store or the band’s Big Cartel page, for some cheaper shipping if you’re outside America.
We just wanted to remind everyone of some good news. If you live on the West Coast then Ted Leo is coming to visit on a run of solo tour dates later this month. Fear not though for all who live east of the Pacific Ocean, Ted loves you too and has just announced another series of solo US tour dates, slated for late April/early May. Please visit Ted’s site for more details about his upcoming tour dates and hopefully we’ll see you at one of these shows!
Sat, 2/19 – Los Angeles, CA – Skybar at Mondrian Hotel –
Sun, 2/20 – Los Angeles, CA – Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
Wed, 2/23 – Riverside, CA – The Barn @ UC Riverside
Thu, 2/24 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill (Noise Pop Festival)
Interpol kicked off their Winter tour dates this past Thursday and to celebrate Matador and Superglued teamed up to host a competition for fans to meet the band! To enter, you must register yourself as “Attending” a show via the band’s Superglued page - winners are being randomly selected and contacted on the day of the concert. Kevin Carpio met the band last night in San Francisco, along with six other lucky contest winners! See his wrap up of the show here
As well as a chance to meet Paul, Daniel and Sam, there is merchandise signed by the band, and a series of Shepard Fairey prints up for grabs (these were originally only available at Interpol spaces set up for the release of ‘Antics’ and are no longer available for purchase).
Wednesday 02 Feb – La Jolla, CA – RIMAC Arena
Friday 04 Feb - Santa Barbara, CA – UCSB Events Center
Saturday 05 Feb– Tempe, AZ – The Marquee
Monday 07 Feb– Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue
Tuesday 08 Feb– Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater
Wednesday 09 Feb– Omaha, NE – Slowdown
Friday 11 Feb- St Louis, MO – The Pageant
Saturday 12 Feb– Chicago, IL – Riviera Theater
Sunday 13 Feb– Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
Tuesday 15 Feb– Toronto, ON – The Sound Academy
Wednesday 16 Feb– Montreal, QC – The Metropolis
Thursday 17 Feb – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
Saturday 19 Feb– Boston, MA – House of Blues Boston
Visit the Interpol website to purchase tickets to any of these shows
It’s that time of the year again…the SPRING TOUR. Tour buses heat up the interstates, amps are cranked to 11, and pasty skinned indie rock fans awake from their winter hibernations. And lucky for us this spring promises another US Tour from The New Pornographers. A scattering of dates criss-crossing the US, anchored by an appearance at Coachella, and shared with a couple of quality bands. Tickets for all shows go on sale this Friday (Feb 4) except for San Francisco (on sale on Sun, Feb 6) and Cleveland + Cincinnati (on sale on Fri, Feb 11). See you in April!
Today you’ll find Esben and the Witch occupying Drowned In Sound in one of the more peaceful takeovers currently taking place. The band are all over the website with essays discussing a range of influences, from the location of the photo shoot for the Violet Cries artwork, to the power of lyrics and creative writing, memories of their favourite film scores and their personal discovery of the great Scott Walker.
The band started their UK tour last night in Bristol to a sell-out crowd and tonight they play their hometown show in Brighton, before continuing around the UK and Europe, then crossing the pond for shows around the US and Canada, including a stop at SXSW in March.
Violet Cries was released yesterday in the UK and Europe and is available as of Feb 8th everywhere else. If you’re still waiting for its release you can still get yourself the album on pre-order for just $10 over at the Matador store or check a preview of the album at the bands website.
