Dancing About Architecture Indie Music News 7.13.10
Posted by Ian Wright on 07.13.2010
Thoughts on Jay Z and Arcade Fire live, new Owen Pallett EP, new Deerhunter album, Phosphorescent gets ripped off, new Grinderman album, new single from The Walkmen, listen to new albums by Best Coast, The Books, School Of Seven Bells, Mount Kimble, Sun Kil Moon and a whole lot more.
The bit at the start
Hey there. I wasn't around last week as I was in Paris seeing Arcade Fire. I have to say, and I love the shit out that band, I thought they were only okay, it was a little plodding in the middle, too large a block of new stuff that the audience was unfamiliar with. When they played the Funeral stuff though, holy shit.
I saw them again on Friday in a festival near home, they were much better. However Jay Z, who was on before them (go figure) was absolutely phenomenal, probably the best hip-hop performance I've ever seen. Dude is a rock star.
Oh, and while I was away it appears that Guided By Voices sort of got back together.
Beg, borrow, buy, steal or download this album.
Sparklehorse – It's a wonderful life
Been listening to this loads late. Really miss Mark.
You news, you lose
Free new Owen Pallett EP
If you head over the to Domino Records website you'll be able to download a digital version of Owen Pallett's brand new 12" for free. The single features Heartland standout "Lewis Takes Off His Shirt" in it's album version as well as remixes of the track by Dan Deacon, Max Tundra, Simon Bookish, Benoit Pioulard, and CFCF. It's available for the next week.
New Deerhunter record, yay.
Halcyon Digest is the forthcoming 4th album from Deerhunter. It'll be out on 4AD on September 28th. As a nod to the old, pre-internet days by encouraging fans to go to this website and download the following poster …
and then print it out, photocopy it and then stick it up wherever you want to promote the release. After that if you take a picture of it and mail that picture to flyers@halcyondigest.com you'll get an e-mail linking to the record's first single as well as to a non album track in the next few weeks.
I hate gear thieves.
Wonderful Georgia by way of Brooklyn alt country outfit Phosphorescent suffered the misfortune of having their van, along with $40,000 of musical equipment in it, stolen in Greenpoint last Thursday night. The band have set up a PayPal account where people can donate funds to help the band purchase new gear. They're also asking people to keeps their eyes peeled for any of the following on eBay or Craigslist:
MOST OF THIS GEAR IS IN STANDARD BLACK ROADCASES
STENCILED WITH "PHOSPHORESCENT" OR "PHOS"
IN LARGE WHITE LETTERS
GUITARS:
1955 Gibson ES-125 Hollow-body Electric
1968 Gibson EB-3 Bass with slotted headstock (brown)
197? Fender Stratocaster – Custom, Blonde wood finish. No brand names or markings anywhere.
197? Emmons Pedal Steel Guitar – Push-Pull Model
AMPS:
1973 Fender Twin Reverb (Silverface) w/ Indian Sun Worshipper Tapestry affixed to grillplate
1978 Music Man 112 RD500 Custom Amp w/ 10″ Speaker
SWR Workingman's Bass Amp
196? Fender Deluxe Reverb
PEDALS:
(1) Line 6 DL4 Delay Pedal
(2) Fulltone Full-Drive 2 Mosfet
(1) Electro Harmonix Holy Grail Plus
(1) Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff
(2) Electro Harmonix 80's Memory Man Deluxe
(1) MXR Power Amp Pedal
(2) Boss TU-2 Tuner
(1) MXR Phase 90, CSP-026
(1) Fender Tuning Pedal
DRUMS:
DW "Collectors Series" Drum Kit – Black Matte finish
22″ kick drum
16″ floor tom
12″ rack tom
14″ Yamaha, Anton Fig snare drum, with maple hoops
(1) Ludwig boom cymbal stand
(2) yamaha boom cymbal stands
(1) DW9000 Hi-Hat pedal, DW7000 kick pedal
(1) Yamaha, double braced snare stand
(1) Ludwig double braced snare stand
(1) Ludwig drum throne/stool.
(1) 20″ Zyldjian Constantinople ride cymbal
(1) 17in Zildjian A Custom crash cymbal
(2) Zildjian Constantinople Hi-Hats (paired)
OTHER ITEMS:
Black Arai Profile Full-face Motorcycle Helmet
Durango Boots – Brown Harness Boots
MERCHANDISE:
Approximately:
150 Vinyl (To WIlle/Pride/Here's to Taking it Easy)
150 CD's (To WIlle/Pride/Here's to Taking it Easy)
100 PHOSPORESCENT "LION" T-shirts
The guitars and amps are probably the nicest stuff that was robbed. Bastards.
New Grinderman.
Probably my favourite Nick Cave related release of recent years was the Grinderman record, which was basically him on guitar with a bunch of bad seeds kicking all sorts of ass. The sequel to that, the imaginatively titled Grinderman 2 is out on September 13th on Mute in Europe and a day later in the US on Anti.
Here's the tracklisting:
01 Mickey Mouse and the Goodbye Man
02 Worm Tamer
03 Heathen Child
04 When My Baby Comes
05 What I Know
06 Evil
07 Kitchenette
08 Palaces of Montezuma
09 Bellringer Blues
Director of The Road John Hillcoat came up with a pair of trailers for the record …
Listen to this.
The lead single, "Stranded", from the new album from The Walkmen is currently streaming on the NPR website.
Lisbon is out on Fat Possum on September 14th.
Listen to some albums for free.
Best Coast – Crazy For You here
The Books – The Way Out here
School Of Seven Bells – Disconnect From Desire here
Mount Kimble – Crooks & Lovers here
Sun Kil Moon – Admiral Fell Promises here
The YouTube video of the week
This has nothing to do with music, but it is the sweetest moment of the World Cup.
If you can you should go to these gigs.
The Tallest Man On Earth
07-16 Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Music Festival
07-30 Paredes de Coura, Portugal - Paredes de Coura Festival
08-06 Aulonoye-Aymeries, France - Les Nuits Secretes
08-08 Katowice, Poland - OFF Festival
08-09 Munich, Germany - 59to1
08-10 Schorndorf, Germany - Manufaktur
08-11 Berlin, Germany - Glashaus
08-12 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West
08-14 Haldern, Germany - Haldern Pop Festival
08-15 Hamburg, Germany - Internationales Sommerfestival at Kampnagel
08-20 Kiewit-Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop
08-22 Powys, Wales - Green Man Festival
09-02 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
09-03 Vlieland, Netherlands - Into the Great Wide Open Festival
09-05 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic Festival
09-08 Vancouver, British Columbia - Rickshaw Theatre *
09-09 Seattle, WA - Neumos *
09-10 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge (MusicFest NW) *
09-12 Big Sur, CA - The Henry Miller Library *
09-13 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore *
09-14 Los Angeles, CA - The Music Box *
09-15 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress *
09-17 Dallas, TX - Cambridge Rooms at House of Blues *
09-18 Austin, TX - Antone's *
09-24 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Place *
09-25 Montreal, Quebec - Le National *
09-27 New York, NY - Webster Hall *
10-02 Philadelphia, PA - Theater of the Living Arts *
10-03 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
11-11 Malmo, Sweden - Debaser
11-12 Groningen, Netherlands - Vera
11-13 Cologne, Germany - Gebaude 9
11-14 Frankfurt, Germany - Das Belt
11-15 St. Gallen, Switzerland - Palace
11-16 Fribourg, Switzerland - Fri-Son
11-17 Grenoble, France - Le Ciel
11-18 Basel, Switzerland - Volkshaus
11-19 Mullhouse, France - Noumatrouff
11-20 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
11-22 Glasgow, Scotland - Stereo
11-23 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Mandela Hall
11-24 London, England - Electric Ballroom
11-25 Leeds, England - Brudenell Social Club
11-26 Manchester, England - St. Phillips Church
11-28 Utrecht, Netherlands - Le Guess Who?
11-29 Paris, France - Cafe de la Danse
11-30 Bordeaux, France - Le Krakatoa Club
12-06-07 Stockholm, Sweden - Soedra Teatern
12-08 Helsinki, Finland - Le Bonk
12-09 Oslo, Norway - Parkteatret
* with S. Carey
Of Montreal / Janelle Monáe
09-13 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
09-14 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
09-15 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
09-16 Boston, MA - House of Blues
09-17 New York, NY - Terminal 5
09-18 New York, NY - Terminal 5
09-19 Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
09-21 Covington, KY - Madison Theatre
09-22 Urbana, IL - Canopy Club (Pygmalion Music Festival)
09-23 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
09-24 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre
09-26 Nashville, TN - Cannery Ballroom
10-21 St. Louis, MO - Pageant
10-22 Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium
10-23 Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall
10-24 Denver, CO - The Ogden Theater
10-25 Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
10-27 Seattle, WA - The Paramount
10-28 Portland, OR - Roseland
10-30 Los Angeles, CA - Palladium
11-01 Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre
11-02 Dallas, TX - The Granada Theatre
11-03 Austin, TX - East Side Drive In
11-04 Houston, TX - Numbers
11-05 Oxford, MS - The Lyric
The Flaming Lips / Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
09-17 St. Louis, MO - Pageant
09-18 Columbia, MO - Blue Note
09-19 St. Paul, MN - Roy Wilkins Auditorium
09-21 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Burton Cummings Theatre
09-23 Calgary, Alberta - University of Calgary
09-24 Edmonton, Alberta - Events Center
09-26 Vancouver, British Columbia - Malkin Bowl
09-27 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theater
09-29 Eugene, OR - McDonald Theater
10-01 Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
Writing under the influence
Without which this column would not have been possible:
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