Queens of the Stone Age perform Vampyre of Time and Memory on Conan
Keep your eyes peeled (as they say) for the Vampyre video coming soon.
King Krule - "Easy Easy" live on David Letterman
You know em when you see em, and though I can't think of single other example at this moment, I know they're out there (HELLO COMMENTS SECTION!): television appearances that herald an artist's arrival, and that capture an unforgettable moment in time. It's a special thing to be there when it happens, or around the corner at a bar:or try this version:
King Krule's debut album 6 Feet Beneath The Moon is on sale now. Like, at a discount!
Savages - 'Marshal Dear' video
Ahead of tomorrow's Mercury Prize awards (get those bets in now!) Savages share their Slaughterhouse Five inspired video for 'Marshal Dear', taken from their debut album Silence Yourself (Matador Store, iTunes).
Inspired by a scene in Kurt Vonnegut’s classic novel about a disillusioned American soldier recounting his experiences of the Second World War and his adventures in time travel, guitarist Gemma Thompson scripted a rough version of the storyboard based upon one scene in particular with the intent on finding a young animator who had worked on animating by hand. After two months of watching portfolio reels, she eventually found the work of Gergely Wootsch, a London animation director just graduated from the RCA.
The scene from the novel occurs whilst main protagonist Billy believes he has become ‘‘unstuck in time.’‘ He turns on the TV and focuses on a scene in a movie about bombers in the Second World War. The aircraft take-off backwards from an airfield, flying backwards over cities in flame. The exploded bombs and shrapnel begin to piece themselves together and rise back into the bellies of the aircraft and the bullets are sucked out of the bodies of the fallen men. The bombs are eventually brought back to the factory in which they were constructed, dismantled and the elements placed back into the earth.
Speaking of the video, Gemma says “This scene would replay in my head and I could imagine it as an animation of lines flowing into each other, much like early hand-drawn animation created to accentuate a musical score. I also thought it was beautiful how Billy tries to right the process of destruction and how this echoed the true story of the character in the song Marshal Dear - Field Marshal Rommel’s attempted assassination of Hitler to end the Second World War which resulted in him being forced to take his own life to spare those of his family. We worked on bringing the character of the factory worker into the fore so that the animation now focused on the role of the woman working in the factory and the bomb itself as she realises her hand in the destruction.”
Credits:
Designed and animated by Gergely Wootsch - www.gergely-wootsch.com
Additional animation - Rosanna Wan
Produced by Beakus - www.beakus.com
October
31st Pitchfork Festival, Paris, France
November
2nd Iceland Airwaves, Reykjavik, Iceland
5th Concorde 2, Brighton, UK
6th The Forum, London, UK
7th Trinity, Bristol, UK
9th Ritz, Manchester, UK
10th Classic Grand, Glasgow, UK
11th Vox, Leeds, UK
16th Crossing Border, den Haag, The Netherlands
17th Crossing Border, Antwerp, Belgium
18th Doornroosje, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
20th Gebaude 9, Cologne, Germany
21st Zoom, Frankfurt, Germany
22nd Kesselhaus, Berlin, Germany
23rd Gruenspan, Hamburg, Germany
25th Strom, Munich, Germany
26th Flex, Vienna, Austria
28th Les Docks, Lausanne, Switzerland
29th Mexefest, Lisbon, Portugal
December
1st Sonic City Festival, Kortrijk, Belgium
2nd Den Atelier, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
3rd, Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Lou Reed, 1942-2013
As you've probably read elsewhere, Lou Reed passed away earlier today. It's almost impossible to quantify the impact Lou's music and lyrics have made on this-thing-we're-involved-in ; arguably, he did more to help shape the sensibilities of this label's roster (and many others' of course) than any other single figure. Minds blown (repeatedly), lives changed, etc., imagining music (or New York City) without Lou Reed is something we never wanted to contemplate. Our thoughts are with his family, friends, collaborators and everyone else listening to his records this afternoon.
DARKSIDE at BBC Maida Vale studios
Whilst in London last week, Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington headed to BBC's renowned Maida Vale studies for a Radio 1 session that spawned the above video for 'Freak, Go Home' from their debut LP 'Psychic'. The full session will live online here for a week via BBC's iPlayer service.
Playing at Pitchfork Paris festival next weekend (alongside Majical Cloudz, Savages, Yo La Tengo, Iceage and possibly some bands not signed to the label), their recently announced North American tour starts in January :
1/14/2014 - Montreal, QC – Corona Theatre
1/15/2014 - Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
1/16/2014 - Detroit, MI – The Magic Stick
1/17/2014 - Chicago, IL – Metro
1/18/2014 - Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
1/21/2014 - Vancouver, BC – Fortune Sound Club
1/22/2014 - Seattle, WA – Neumo’s
1/23/2014 - Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
1/24/2014 - San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore Auditorium
1/25/2014 - Los Angeles, CA – Music Box (Henry Fonda)
1/26/2014 - Santa Ana, CA – Observatory
1/28/2014 - Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
1/30/2014 - Dallas, TX – Club Dada
1/31/2014 - Austin, TX – Emo’s
2/1/2014 - Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s
2/2/2014 - New Orleans, LA – House of Blues – New Orleans
2/3/2014 - Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
2/5/2014 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
2/6/2014 - Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
2/7/2014 - Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
2/8/2014 - New York, NY – Terminal 5
Lee Ranaldo And The Dust on KDHX tonight
As observant followers of Lee Ranaldo's Instagram* know, Lee and The Dust have been making their way across America's Heartland, one venue at a time. (And, on one particularly notable day, two Waffle Houses at a time.) Tomorrow, the guys return to New York to play with Kurt Vile & The Violators at Terminal 5, and tonight you can listen in to The Space Parlour on St. Louis's KDHX to hear a live session they recorded during their STL stop. Please do tune to 88.1FM tonight at 7:00PM CDT, or, if you aren't living in St. Louis currently, feel free to listen online at KDHX.org.
Don't forget, Lee Ranaldo Wants To Teach You Guitar.
The new Lee Ranaldo And The Dust album is out now in all the popular formats of our time.
Finally, tons of upcoming tour dates:
Fri Oct 25 – Brooklyn, NY – T5 (with Kurt Vile & The Violators)
Thu Nov 7 – Muziekgebouw Frits Philips, Eindhoven*
Fri Nov 8 – Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam.*
Sat Nov 9 – Desingel, Antwerp.*
(*- Lee performing his piece, “How Deep Are Rivers” with Bang On A Can All Stars)
Sun Nov 10 – NL Groningen – Vera
Mon Nov 11 – DE Hamburg – Kampnagel
Wed Nov 13 – DE Cologne – Gebaude 9
Thu Nov 14 – FR Metz – acoustic show at le musée de la cour d’or
Fri Nov 15 – FR Metz – Caveau Des Trinitaires – Musique Volante Festival
Sat Nov 16 – ESP Barcelona – Barts, PrimaveraSound Touring Party
Sun Nov 17 – CH Lausanne – Le Romandie
Mon Nov 18 – FR Feyzin – Epicerie Moderne
Wed Nov 20 – FR Villeneuve D’Asq – Festival Tour de Chauffe at le Ferme D’en Haut
Thu Nov 21 – UK London – The Garage
Fri Nov 22 – UK Camber Sands – ATP Festival
Sat Nov 23 – FR Paris – Boulogne Billancourt BB Mix Festival
Mon Nov 25 – FR Poitiers – Confort Moderne
Tue Nov 26 – FR Tours – Temps Machine
Wed Nov 27 – FR Bordeaux – Rock School Barbey, PrimaveraSound Touring Party
Thu Nov 28 – ESP Bilbao – Kafe Antzokia, PrimaveraSound Touring Party
Fri Nov 29 – ESP Valencia – Wah Wah, PrimaveraSound Touring Party
Sat Nov 30 – ESP Madrid – La Riveria, PrimaveraSound Touring Party
Fri Dec 06 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
Sat Dec 07 – Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret
Sun Dec 08 – Seattle, WA – Barboza
Tue Dec 10 – San Jose, CA – The Blank Club
Wed Dec 11 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
Fri Dec 13 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
Sat Dec 14 – San Diego, CA – The Casbah
Wed Jan 8 – Philadelphia, PA – Boot & Saddle
Fri Jan 10 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
Sat Jan 11 – Brooklyn NY – The Bell House
*And/or Steve Shelley's.
Esben and the Witch for London Oct 31st show
(Attempting to avoiding mention of the "H" word...) Esben and the Witch play a one-off show at London's Barfly on October 31st, for the crazily cheap price of £1.25 (booking fee for a free ticket) to guarantee entry for the night, available here.
Having just finished their co-headline tour with Thought Forms and Teeth Of the Sea, recent reviews of their live shows include The Quietus calling the band "a visceral and thrilling presence on stage", so make the most of this chance for the chance of some new material from the Brighton trio.
Kurt Vile - "Feel My Pain" MP3 - from the 'It's A Big World Out There (And I Am Scared)' EP
As previously touted in this space, on November 19, we're releasing a new, 7-song 12" EP from Kurt Vile, 'It's A Big World Out There (And I Am Scared)' (preorder here) ; all 7 tracks will comprise the bonus disc on the 2XCD, 'Wakin On A Pretty Daze: Deluxe Daze (Post Haze)', also in stores November 19 (preorder here). Here's an MP3 from from the new EP, "Feel My Pain"
"Feel My Pain" - MP3
Kurt writes :
This track was recorded during the first cluster of sessions at Dreamland Studios, May 2012.
(same sessions that conjured up most of album opener "wakin on a pretty day" I should add!)
"Feel My Pain" is a particularly meticulous guitar composition that i remember playing over and over back when writing it and then even more so when i had finished it, sort-of possessed.
We added a lot to this later only to strip it back again favoring the raw to the chamber-pop this go 'round. Spectral arrangement and a mellow-ominous delivery (if such a thing is possible)...
KV- gtrs/vox
RL- bass
engineered by John Agnello
mixed by Rob Laakso
produced by KV & RL
(photo by Shawn Brackbill)
Kurt Vile & The Violators are at New York's Terminal Five this Friday night, October 25, with support from Lee Ranaldo & The Dust and Beach Fossils. Beach Fossils open the rest of the tour - dates after the jump ; we'll have 100 copies of the 'It's A Big World Out There' 12" EP on translucent red vinyl at the Terminal 5 show and another 100 on red at the Union Transfer show (Philadelphia) Saturday night.
Thursday, October 24 - Kingston, NY - BSP Kingston # tickets
Friday, October 25 – New York, NY – Terminal 5 ! % tickets
Saturday, October 26 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer ! # tickets
Sunday, October 27 – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar ! # tickets
Monday, October 28 - Charlotte, NC - Chop Shop ! # tickets
Tuesday, October 29 – Athens, GA – 40 Watt ! # tickets
Wednesday, October 30 -- Charleston, SC -- The Pour House # tickets
Thursday, October 31 – Jacksonville, FL – Jack Rabbits ! # tickets
Friday, November 01 -- Miami, FL - Grand Central ! # tickets
Saturday, November 2 – Orlando, FL – The Social ! # tickets
Sunday, November 3 – Tallahassee, FL – Club Downunder ! # tickets
Monday, November 4 - Mobile, AL - Alabama Music Box ! # tickets
Tuesday, November 5 – New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jack’s ! # tickets
Wednesday, November 6 – Houston, TX – Walter’s ! # ^ tickets
Thursday, November 7 - Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fest Nites at The Mohawk (9:45pm)
Friday, November 8 - Austin, TX -- Fun Fun Fun Fest (Orange Stage; 5:20PM)
Monday, November 11 – Oxford, MS – Proud Larry’s ! tickets
Tuesday, November 12 – Chattanooga, TN – JJ’s Bohemia ! tickets
! Beach Fossils support
% Lee Ranaldo and The Dust support
# VBA support
^ Merchandise support
*with Roger Sellers, The Tontons
Inauthentic tagine of chicken with habaneros and black olives
It's getting cooler and darker here so I pulled out the unglazed tagine and improvised a highly unauthentic (i.e., non-Mediterranean) tagine of chicken with habaneros, cayenne peppers and olives.
Recipe:
I gently warmed a quarter-cup of olive oil in the tagine over a flame tamer on medium heat. Sauteed two cloves of minced garlic, one minced orange habanero and one minced medium-hot long Indian green chile until garlic changed color.
Added a mixture of 1 tsp each ground cumin, black pepper, sweet paprika, and 1/2 tsp each ground Ceylonese cinnamon and Indian medium-hot dried red chiles, and sauteed briefly.
Then added a couple tablespoons tomato paste and sauteed for a bit.
Added 3/4 cup hot water and 1/2 tsp salt, brought to a boil, added 3 chicken thighs and a big long green cayenne pepper, quartered the long way. Brought to a boil again, then covered simmered for one hour, turning chicken halfway, adding olives about 10 minutes before the end.
Removed thighs and crisped them in 450-degree oven. Meanwhile removed olives and peppers from sauce, boiled it down in a saucepan, degreased. Returned everything to tagine for another 10-minute simmer, followed by 5 minutes sitting off heat, covered.
Garnished with fresh flat parsley (more of a critical ingredient to this preparation than you might think).
I'd say it was a pretty unqualified success - I wish I'd had better olives and only added them at the end. And I think pimentón de la vera would have added a nice smokiness in place of, or in addition to, the sweet paprika. The interesting part is that the final result was not that spicy, even though that habanero packs a punch (and was supplemented by the other chiles) - the essential sour fruitiness of the habanero was there, but much of the sharp capsicum impact had dissipated somehow. Next time I'll use more.
Final point - it is remarkable how the unglazed tagine adds a flavor of its own. Of course this is the whole point of unglazed tagines - the seasoning - but I wonder whether sometimes I want the slow-cooking properties of earthenware without that particular flavor (which I can't quite pinpoint - some combination of the clay and all the dishes that have cooked in it previously). An excuse to buy a glazed tagine.
Queens of the Stone Age - '...Like Clockwork' Deluxe Double Vinyl Edition Back In Stock
Hey, look what we found. After blowing out the initial pressing, it looks like we've got more copies of the deluxe 2XLP edition of Queens of the Stone Age's '...Like Clockwork' (180 gram, 45 RPM discs pressed at Pallas, exclusive 20 page booklet, special super-thick oversized heavy-duty gatefold, visuals by B0NEFACE), available for a limited time direct from The Matador Store.
Matador Store 20% Off Sale
For a limited time (through the end of October) we're offering all you devoted Matablog readers 20% off at the Matador Store. To receive the discount simply enter promo code 20october at checkout. This is a perfect time to pick up some of our great new releases from DARKSIDE, Lee Ranaldo and the Dust, or Glasser.
Lee Ranaldo & The Dust - Live from Electric Lady Studios with Wild Honey Pie
Lee + band hit the legendary Studio A at Electric Lady under the watchful eye of Wild Honey Pie. The rock songcraft on display does the room proud - both songs performed appear on the new album Last Night On Earth:As announced last week, Lee Ranaldo Wants To Teach You Guitar.
The band will hit the road soon:
Thu Oct 17 - Iowa City, IA - Gabe’s
Fri Oct 18 - Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room
Sat Oct 19 - Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
Sun Oct 20 - St. Louis, MO - The Firebird
Tue Oct 22 - Nashville, TN - Exit/In
Wed Oct 23 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
Fri Oct 25 - Brooklyn, NY - T5 (with Kurt Vile & The Violators)
Thu Nov 7 - Muziekgebouw Frits Philips, Eindhoven*
Fri Nov 8 - Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam.*
Sat Nov 9 - Desingel, Antwerp.*
(*- Lee performing his piece, “How Deep Are Rivers” with Bang On A Can All Stars)
Sun Nov 10 - NL Groningen - Vera
Mon Nov 11 - DE Hamburg - Kampnagel
Wed Nov 13 - DE Cologne - Gebaude 9
Thu Nov 14 - FR Metz - acoustic show at le musée de la cour d’or
Fri Nov 15 - FR Metz - Caveau Des Trinitaires – Musique Volante Festival
Sat Nov 16 - ESP Barcelona - Barts, PrimaveraSound Touring Party
Sun Nov 17 - CH Lausanne - Le Romandie
Mon Nov 18 - FR Feyzin - Epicerie Moderne
Wed Nov 20 - FR Villeneuve D'Asq - Festival Tour de Chauffe at le Ferme D'en Haut
Thu Nov 21 - UK London - The Garage
Fri Nov 22 - UK Camber Sands - ATP Festival
Sat Nov 23 - FR Paris - Boulogne Billancourt BB Mix Festival
Mon Nov 25 - FR Poitiers - Confort Moderne
Tue Nov 26 - FR Tours - Temps Machine
Wed Nov 27 - FR Bordeaux - Rock School Barbey, PrimaveraSound Touring Party
Thu Nov 28 - ESP Bilbao - Kafe Antzokia, PrimaveraSound Touring Party
Fri Nov 29 - ESP Valencia - Wah Wah, PrimaveraSound Touring Party
Sat Nov 30 - ESP Madrid - La Riveria, PrimaveraSound Touring Party
Fri Dec 06 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
Sat Dec 07 - Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret
Sun Dec 08 - Seattle, WA - Barboza
Tue Dec 10 - San Jose, CA - The Blank Club
Wed Dec 11 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel
Fri Dec 13 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
Sat Dec 14 - San Diego, CA - The Casbah
Wed Jan 8 - Philadelphia, PA - Boot & Saddle
Fri Jan 10 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
Sat Jan 11 - Brooklyn NY - The Bell House
DARKSIDE announce tour dates & played a ten minute version of "Paper Trails", which you can watch now
On the heels on their sold-out shows in London, Berlin and Brussels, the DARKSIDE announce the "Psychic Tour"; the band's first headlining North American tour.
DARKSIDE recently previewed their live show with a performance of an extended version of "Paper Trails" for Resident Advisor.
Over the weekend, The NY Times Magazine ran a feature on DARKSIDE, including a behind-the-scenes rehearsal photo, and NPR Weekend Edition aired an interview with Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington, calling the album, "scary meets catchy." Listen to the NPR interview here.
1/14/2014 - Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre
1/15/2014 - Toronto, ON - Lee’s Palace
1/16/2014 - Detroit, MI - The Magic Stick
1/17/2014 - Chicago, IL - Metro
1/18/2014 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
1/21/2014 - Vancouver, BC - Fortune Sound Club
1/22/2014 - Seattle, WA - Neumo's
1/23/2014 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
1/24/2014 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore Auditorium
1/25/2014 - Los Angeles, CA - Music Box (Henry Fonda)
1/26/2014 - Santa Ana, CA - Observatory
1/28/2014 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
1/30/2014 - Dallas, TX - Club Dada
1/31/2014 - Austin, TX - Emo's
2/1/2014 - Houston, TX - Fitzgerald’s
2/2/2014 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues - New Orleans
2/3/2014 - Atlanta, GA - Terminal West
2/5/2014 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
2/6/2014 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
2/7/2014 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
2/8/2014 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
Purchase DARKSIDE Psychic (out now on Other People & Matador Records)
2xLP
CD
iTunes
DARKSIDE on the web:
http://www.darksideusa.com
http://www.other-people.net
https://twitter.com/DarksideUSA
https://www.facebook.com/DarksideUSA
http://www.matadorrecords.com/darkside
Cat Power Solo Shows in November!
photo by Juan Morey
The weather's getting chilly, and the mind turns to love. And who screams "love" more than Cat Power? Her autumn gift to you is a series of solo shows which are sure to change hearts and minds, and maybe even the weather. Most shows on sale now!
OCTOBER
Mon 21 -- New York, NY -- Glasslands (Elliott Smith Tribute show)
NOVEMBER
Wed 6 -- Nashville, TN -- 3rd & Lindsley
Thu 7 -- Atlanta, GA -- Center Stage
Fri 8 -- Ponte Vedra Beach, FL -- Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
Sun 10 -- Carrboro, NC -- Cat's Cradle
Wed 13 -- Washington, DC -- Sixth & I Historic Synogogue
Thu 14 -- Brooklyn, NY -- Brooklyn Masonic
Fri 15 -- New Haven, CT -- Center Church on the Green (Meeting House)
Sat 16 -- Philadelphia, PA -- Underground Arts
Mon 18 -- Boston, MA -- Paradise Rock Club
Wed 20 -- Cleveland, OH -- Grog Shop (early and late shows)
Thu 21 -- Chicago, IL -- Old Town School of Folk Music (early and late shows)
Lee Ranaldo Wants To Teach You Guitar
As evidenced by his catalog of work - especially his newest album Last Night On Earth - Lee Ranaldo knows his way around a guitar. And he wants to share some of his knowledge with the good people of New York City.Monday October 28 at 8pm make you way to Other Music where Lee will be hosting his first Guitar Clinic, having a discussion and demonstration of his weapon of choice. What's more, you'll not only walk away with a new found respect for and knowledge of the Axe, you'll also walk away with a signed poster. Shithotdamn.
And make sure to catch Lee and The Dust on tour now
Fri-Oct-11 Toronto, ONT Horseshoe Tavern
Sat-Oct-12 Detroit, MI Trinosophes
Sun-Oct-13 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
Mon-Oct-14 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
Tue-Oct-15 Minneapolis, MN The Triple Rock
Thu-Oct-17 Iowa City, IA Gabe's
Fri-Oct-18 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room
Sat-Oct-19 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck
Sun-Oct-20 St. Louis, MO The Firebird
Tue-Oct-22 Nashville, TN Exit/In
Wed-Oct-23 Asheville, NC The Orange Peel
Fri-Oct-25 New York, NY Terminal 5
Fri-Dec-06 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
Sat-Dec-07 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret
Sun-Dec-08 Seattle, WA Barboza
Tue-Dec-10 San Jose, CA The Blank Club
Wed-Dec-11 San Francisco, CA The Chapel
Frid-Dec-13 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
Sat-Dec-14 San Diego, CA The Casbah
Wed-Jan-08 Philadelphia, PA Boot & Saddle
Thu-Jan-09 Hamden, CT Spaceland Ballroom
Fri-Jan-10 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
Sat-Jan-11 Brooklyn, NY The Bell House
Queens of the Stone Age : Josh Homme on Marc Maron's WTF, ACL Webcast, New iTunes EP, AUS/NZ Dates With NiN
(EDITOR'S NOTE: OK, that has to be one of the 3 or 4 longest headlines in Matador history. I'd encourage you to find the others but there's NO PRIZES WHATSOEVER on offer, so perhaps it's best to do something more constructive and/or less Matador-centric. QOTSA's powerful PR firm prepared the copy below and I'll simply add the following ; Marc Maron is one of our finest interviewers/conversationalists and his meeting of the minds with Josh might be one of the 3 or 4 most important moments in the history of the podcast medium. Again, you can try to identify the others, but there are no prizes. It's not like we're made of prizes - GC)
Queens of the Stone Age continue to steamroll their way across the globe in support of their triumphant album, ...Like Clockwork. The juggernaut shows no sign of slowing as the last quarter of 2013 is set to kick just as much ass as the previous three.
Recently, Josh Homme ventured to Marc Maron's garage to take part in his ever-entertaining podcast, WTF with Marc Maron. Hear Marc and Josh discuss aspirations to change guitar strings in under 10 seconds, growing up in the desert and how Iggy Pop's Lust for Life and The Idiot changed his life. The podcast is now available at www.wtfpod.com.
In additional tour news, Queens of the Stone Age are set to join Nine Inch Nails for a jaunt across Australia and New Zealand that is sure to rattle the dust from the rafters. Our friends Down Under are encouraged to prepare themselves for a night they won't soon forget. More info on Queens of the Stone Age and Nine Inch Nails' co-headline march across the outback is available via www.qotsa.com.
For those unable to make it to beautiful Austin, TX for the second weekend of Austin City Limits, the live stream gods smile upon thee. You'll be able to stream Queens' ACL set in its entirety from the comfort of your living room or wherever else you pay homage to rock. More information concerning the live stream can be found at http://www.aclfestival.com/.
The band will also be playing a coveted set for the 27th Annual Bridge School Benefit Concerts, which is headlined by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.. This event takes place on October 26th and 27th at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA. Tickets are currently on sale via Live Nation.
To wrap up new touring news, Queens of the Stone Age will be returning to the Northeast for shows at Agganis Arena in Boston on December 13th and Barclays Center in Brooklyn on December 14th, both supported by The Kills. Those who were lucky enough to attend the band's surprise performance at the Masonic Temple in Brooklyn in June know these shows are not to be missed. Tickets are available now at http://qotsa.com/live/.
And if you are still unable to make it to these dates, we have good news. Bring the Queens of the Stone Age live experience home with their new iTunes Festival live EP available now. Visit iTunes, download and shred away. And to experience Queens in full studio majesty, ....Like Clockwork is now available for a low low price at http://smarturl.it/QOTSAlikeclockwork.
(photo by Nina Duncan)
The above photo surfaced from the band mysteriously, so who knows what these guys have in store for us next. As always, be vigilant and Keep Your Eyes Peeled for updates over at:
qotsa.com
twitter - twitter.com/qotsa
facebook - facebook.com/QOTSA
(global tour dates after the jump) :
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
TOUR 2013
10/11-13/13 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
10/13/13 - Mexico City, MX - Corona Capital Festival
11/03/13 - Milan, Italy - Mediolanum Fourm
11/04/13 - Stuttgart, Germany - Schleyerhalle
11/05/13 - Munich, Germany - Zenith
11/06/13 - Basel, Switzerland - St Jakobshalle
11/08/13 - Düsseldorf, Germany - Mitsubishi Electric Hall
11/12/13 - Lyon, France - Halle T Garnier
11/13/13 - Paris, France - Zenith 11/14/13 - Paris, France - Zenith
11/16/13 - Glasgow, UK - The Hydro
11/17/13 - Dublin, Ireland - O2 Arena
11/18/13 - Belfast, UK - Odyssey
11/20/13 - Manchester, UK - Manchester Arena
11/21/13 - Birmingham, UK - Nia Birmingham
11/22/13 - London, UK - Wembley (SOLD OUT)
11/23/13 - London, UK - Wembley
11/25/13 - Antwerp, Belgium - Sportpaleis
11/26/13 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Ziggo Dome
11/28/13 - Hamburg, Germany - O2 World
11/29/13 - Copenhagen, Denmark - The Forum
12/01/13 - Oslo, Norway - Spektrum
12/08/13 - San Diego, CA - Valley View Casino Center
12/13/13 - Boston, MA - Agganis Arena
12/14/13 - Brooklyn, New York - Barclays Center
03/06/14 - Sydney, Australia - Sydney Entertainment Centre *
03/08/14 - Newcastle, Australia - Newcastle Entertainment Centre *
03/11/14 - Perth, Australia - Perth Arena *
03/13/14 - Hindmarsh, Australia - Adelaide Entertainment Centre *
03/14/14 - Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena *
03/17/14 - Boondall, Australia - Brisbane Entertainment Centre *
03/19/14 - Auckland, New Zealand - Vector Arena *
03/22/14 - Christchurch, New Zealand - CBS Canterbury Arena *
05/16/14 - Tulsa, OK - Brady Theater
* w/ Nine Inch Nails
Happy Lee Ranaldo + The Dust, DARKSIDE & Glasser release day
It's a big day over here at Matador/True Panther HQ as we welcome new albums from Lee Ranaldo And The Dust, DARKSIDE & Glasser into the world.
Lee Ranaldo & The Dust - Last Night On Earth (Matador Records)
"Ranaldo sounds like he’s indeed having the best time of his life." Tiny Mix Tapes
Get 'Last Night On Earth' at the Matador Store,iTunes, Amazon or at your favorite indie retailer. Lee Ranaldo & The Dust kick off a lengthy tour tonight in Hudson, NY - check out the dates here. Tonight, the band's session airs on WNYC Soundcheck at 9pm EDT on 93.9FM and WNYC.org
DARKSIDE - Psychic (Other People/Matador)
"translucent and dense, electrified and organic, holding a form while constantly being prodded into new shapes." Pitchfork (9.0 Best New Music)
Get 'Psychic' at the Matador Store, iTunes, Amazon and as Rough Trade's Album of the Month. Don't miss DARKSIDE at Pitchfork Paris & Mountain Oasis Festival.
Glasser - Interiors (True Panther Sounds)
"Interiors is an expansive, fiercely intelligent investigative work" Clash
Get 'Interiors' at the True Panther Store, iTunes, Amazon or at your favorite indie retailer. This week, Glasser kicks off a pre-tour run of shows in LA (10/10), Toronto (10/13) and Brooklyn (10/15, True Panther CMJ showcase). All dates here - see you out!
Lee Ranaldo and The Dust, Soundchecking Today!
On the heels of last week's album premiere, and on the eve of tomorrow's album release, Lee Ranaldo And The Dust will be performing a selection of tunes from their new album Last Night On Earth today for WNYC's Soundcheck. The set streams live at Soundcheck.org and WNYC.org starting at 2pm EDT. Those of you who prefer your radio sessions on the actual radio, stay tuned (no pun intended) to the Matablog for broadcast details.
Coming Late November : Yo La Tengo Vinyl Dolls + DVD Set
It occurred to us recently that we've not offered nearly enough Yo La Tengo items to the consumer this year, and with the assistance of the good folks at PressPop and Jim Woodring, here's something a little more ambitious than a tote bag (no offense intended towards producers or buyers of tote bags). Preorder the following for late November 2013 release here :
Experience the magical collaboration of Yo La Tengo and Jim Woodring.
The three band members, Ira, Georgia and James come to life as 3 original characters in the land of “the Tree!”
Present/past/future, the real/unreal, visible/invisible, sadness/joy……”the Tree” will grow, enveloping all. And the ecstatic creatures that inhabit “the Tree” are the 3 beings blessed by the god of music. The curtain has been raised for Woodring’s mysterious and psychedelic dream land. But the story has just begun……
This product is a set of DVD and 3 soft-vinyl dolls. The DVD contains an original animation (5:20 minutes) of a mind-blowing colorful dream world that centers on “the Tree” and the 3 whimsical characters. It is made by a Japanese production company that specialize in hand-drawn animation: drop. And of course, All NEW music by Yo La Tengo! The 3 colorful soft-vinyl dolls were sculpted by Japanese master sculptor: Tomohiro Yasui. Beautiful packaging design by Jim Woodring with a bonus comic on the back.
Product Details
Soft-vinyl dolls:
prototype by: Tomohiro Yasui
material: soft vinyl
height: Ira 90mm/3.54?, Georgia 90mm/3.54?, James 100mm/3.93?
articulation: neck
Animation
length: 5:20
full color
characters and storyboard by: Jim Woodring
music by: Yo La Tengo
animation production by: drop
Packaging
blister pack:300mm x 300mm
3 soft-vinyl dolls
1 DVD-NTSC / region free???
(NOTE : the above set will be available at the merch table during Yo La Tengo's upcoming European shows, though supplies are limited)
(art by Stephen Hunking)
"Super Kiwi" - (MP3, 192K)
We'd be remiss in failing to remind you that we've also got the deluxe 2XCD/digital versions of 'Fade' coming on November 19, along with a November 5 7" of the previously unreleased "Super Kiwi" backed with a cover of The Beach Boys' “A Day in the Life Of a Tree” (both songs will be on the 'Fade' bonus disc). (preorder 'Fade Deluxe' here, or the "Super Kiwi" 7", here)