Dancing About Architecture Indie Music News 06.29.10
Posted by Ian Wright on 06.29.2010
Philip Glass live, news on the new Arcade Fire record, Matt Berninger vs. the USA, a Snow Patrol Side project, the new No Age album, the new Wavves album and more.
The bit at the start
Hello all, as it has been for the last few weeks I've not been doing much music related stuff in the past 7 days as there's still a World Cup on and I think a 4 week hiatus from devoting most of my free time attention to music once every 4 years is pretty useful.
I did allow myself one musical indulgence last week though and that was seeing Philip Glass in the National Concert Hall in Dublin last Tuesday. Glass played unaccompanied solo piano featuring material from his Etudes, the Metamorphosis pieces, "Mad Rush" and some other things. The only change to that format was when the taped and disembodied voice of the late Alan Ginsberg joined Glass for "Wichita Vortex Sutra". It really was a brilliant night's music, everything played was enjoyable but there's really one thing that stood out as being particularly engaging and moving …
Beg, borrow, buy, steal or download this album.
Afghan Whigs – Gentlemen
The best "fuck you bitch" record of the 90's.
You news, you lose
Nine times out of ten, it's an electric razor. One out of ten, it's a dildo. Sometimes it's even a *man*. It's airline policy not to imply ownership in the event of a dildo. We gotta use the indefinite article: "*A* dildo". Never "*Your* dildo".
Immigration officials can be a little … let's say cautious, when it comes to dealing with suspicious looking individuals trying to cross a border. This is a truism that the frontmen of The National and The Eels discovered recently. According to Spinner Matt Berninger of The National caused the evacuation of Honolulu airport and was taken into federal custody for carrying something that looked like a bomb. The actual item in question turned out to be, well let's let Berninger explain it himself, "I had bought a novelty clock in Tokyo, some sort of MacGyver, goofball alarm clock that happened to look exactly like a bomb. And it was in my suitcase....I had the Honolulu airport evacuated for about 45 minutes. I ultimately had to surrender the alarm clock to the TSA but they were very pleasant and professional. They had done a great job and I thanked them and they let me go."
As for Mark Everett of The Eels, he was questioned by London Police because he matched the description of a "suspicious person," they were looking for. He was ultimately let go by the police but told the NME, "Not every guy with short hair and a long beard is a terrorist. Some of us just want to rock."
This by the way is Mark Oliver Everett,
, as far as I'm concerned he looks more like a sex offender than a terror suspect.
Kinda bullshit Arcade Fire news.
As you probably know by now I've got nothing but love for Arcade Fire but it was announced last week that forthcoming new album The Suburbs will be released with 8 different album covers and that just rubs me the wrong way completely as it takes advantage of their hardcore completest chump fanbase.
Anyway, the album is out in the first week of August. But you probably knew that already.
Why are Lightbody's side projects always better than his main band?
Snow Patrol are pretty dreadful yet Reindeer Section, the band featuring some of that outfit's members was rather good. Well that pattern might just be followed by Tired Pony, a new "supergroup" featuring Gary Lightbody, Peter Buck of R.E.M. and Richard Colburn of Belle And Sebastian. On top of that debut album The Place We Ran From will contain guest spots by M. Ward, Tom Smith of Editors and Zooey Deschanel. You can listen to the song with Deschanel here.
The album will be out in the UK on Fiction on July 12th and on Mom + Pop on September 28th in North America.
Tracklisting:
01 Northwestern Skies
02 Get on the Road
03 Point Me at Lost Islands
04 Dead American Writers
05 Held in the Arms of Your Words
06 That Silver Necklace
07 I Am a Landslide
08 The Deepest Ocean There Is
09 The Good Book
10 Pieces
New No Age.
Details of the new No Age album were released in the past week. The follow up to 2008's wonderful Nouns is out on Sub Pop on September 28th. It's called Everything In Between.
Tracklisting:
01 Life Prowler
02 Glitter
03 Fever Dreaming
04 Depletion
05 Common Heat
06 Skinned
07 Katerpillar
08 Valley Hump Crash
09 Sorts
10 Dusted
11 Positive Amputation
12 Shred and Transcend
13 Chem Trails
Wavve for the camera.
Fat Possum were due to release the new Wavves album King Of The Beach on August 3rd however due to it's recent leaking on the internet the release has been pushed forwards somewhat.
It'll now be out on July 1st on iTunes (boo) and on the 13th on all other digital stores (meh) and physically the street date is that same as it ever was.
The YouTube video of the week
RIP Pete Quaife, here's my favourite song by your band.
If you can you should go to these gigs.
Titus Andronicus
07-01-04 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-10 New Haven, CT - Lily's Pad #
07-11 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street #
07-12 Albany, NY - Valentines #
07-13 Buffalo, NY - Ninth Ward #
07-14 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern #
07-15 Grand Rapids, MI - Intersection Lounge #
07-16 Chicago, IL - Subterranean (Pitchfork Music Festival Afterparty)
07-17 Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Music Festival
08-21 Boston, MA - Royale %
08-22 Montreal, Quebec - Il Motore %
08-23 Ottowa, Ontario - Mavericks %
08-25 Ithaca, NY - Castaways %
08-26 Columbus, OH - Summit
08-27 Toledo, OH - Mickey Finn's
08-28 St. Louis, MO - LouFest
08-29 Memphis, TN - Hi Tone
08-30 Little Rock, AR - Rev Room
08-31 Dallas, TX - Sons of Hermann Hall
09-01 Austin, TX - Emo's
09-02 El Paso, TX - Percolator
09-03 Phoenix, AZ - Trunk Space
09-08 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
09-10 Vancouver, British Columbia - Biltmore Cabaret %
09-11 Portland, OR - Backspace / MusicFest NW
09-12 Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern
09-13 Boise, ID - Neurolux %
09-14 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
09-15 Denver, CO - Bluebird
09-16 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room %
09-17 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club
09-19 Newport, KY - Southgate House %
09-20 Atlanta, GA - The Earl %
09-21 Durham, NC - Duke Coffeehouse %
09-22 Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theatre %
09-23 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church %
09-24 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel %
* with Cults, Male Bonding
# with Hallelujah the Hills
% with Free Energy
Stars
07-16 Ottawa, Ontario - Ottawa Blues Fest
07-22 Calgary, Alberta - Prince's Island Park
07-25 Guelph, Ontario - Hillside Festival
07-31 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Music Festival
08-07 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
09-01 London, England - Heaven
09-03 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic
09-05 Amsterdamn, Netherlands - Melkweg
09-07 Paris, France - Trabendo
09-09 Cologne, Germany - Luxor
09-10 Hamburg, Germany - Knust
09-11 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
09-22 Rochester, NY - Water Street Music Hall
09-23 Boston, MA - House of Blues
09-24 New York, NY - Terminal 5
09-28 Washington DC - 9:30 Club
09-30 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
10-01 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
10-02 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
10-03 Louisville, KY - Headliners
10-05 Nashville, TN - Cannery Ballroom
10-06 Bloomington, IN - Bluebird
10-08 Madison, WI - The Barrymore
10-09 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theater
10-20 Kingston, Ontario - Sydenham Street United Church
10-22 London, Ontario - The Music Hall
10-23 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
10-26 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
10-27 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
10-29 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Burton Cummings Theatre
10-31 Edmonton, Alberta - Winspear Centre
11-03 Kelowna, British Columbia - Kelowna Community Theatre
11-04 Vancouver, British Columbia - Vogue Theatre
Joanna Newsom/Robin Pecknold
07-29 San Diego, CA - San Diego Women's Club
07-30 Santa Barbara, CA - Lobero Theatre
07-31 Los Angeles, CA - Orpheum Theatre
08-02 Oakland, CA - Fox Theatre
08-04 Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre
08-05 Vancouver, Canada - Vogue Theatre
08-06-07 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theatre
Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu
09-30 Ottawa, Ontario - Capital Music Hall ^
10-03 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace ^
10-05 Bloomington, IN - Rhino's ^
10-06 Cincinnati, OH - The Northside Tavern ^
10-07 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop ^
10-08 Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place ^
10-09 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street ^
10-10 Boston, MA - Paramount ^
10-11 Portland, ME - Space Gallery ^
10-12 Milford, CT - Daniel Street ^
^ with Father Murphy
Ra ra riot
07-21 Hiroshima, Japan - Hiroshima Club Quattro
07-23 Yokohama, Japan - Yokohama BLITZ
07-24 Tokyo, Japan - Zepp Tokyo
07-27 Kyoto, Japan - KSB Hall
07-28 Kyoto, Japan - KSB Hall
08-01 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Festival
08-04 Columbus, OH - Columbus State Fair *
08-28 Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheater %
09-05 Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot
09-09 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom (MusicfestNW)
09-12 North Dorset, England - End of the Road Festival
09-18 Geneva, NY - Cracker Factory (Three Stories Benefit)
09-21 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
09-22 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
09-23 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
09-24 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
09-27 Northampton, MA - Pearl St.
09-28 New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
09-29 Providence, RI - The Met
10-01 Boston, MA - Royale
10-02 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
10-03 Pittsburgh, PA - Diesel
10-04 Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig
10-05 Chicago, IL - Metro
10-07 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theatre
10-08 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room
10-11 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre
10-12 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
10-13 Crystal Bay, NV - Crystal Bay Club
10-19 Pomona, CA - Glass House
10-20 Los Angeles, CA - The Music Box
10-21 San Diego, CA - Belly Up Tavern
10-22 Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse
10-24 San Antonio, TX - White Rabbits
10-26 Austin, TX - Emo's
10-27 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
10-28 Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre
10-29 Little Rock, AR - Rev Room
10-30 Nashville, TN - Exit/In
11-01 Birmingham, AL - Workplay Theatre
11-02 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
11-03 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
11-04 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
11-05 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
11-13 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Commodore
11-17 Calgary, Alberta - MacEwan Hall
11-19 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Louis' Pub
11-20 Winnipeg, Manitoba - The Garric
* with Devo
% with Tegan and Sara, City and Colour
Writing under the influence
Without which this column would not have been possible:
Talk Radio
The Drums – The Drums
Afghan Whigs – Gentlemen
Roky Erikson & Okkervil River – True Love Cast Out All Evil
The bit at the end
I won't be around next week, I'm going to Paris to see the assholes with the 8 covers. See ya.
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