Dancing About Architecture Indie Music News 9.28.10
Posted by Ian Wright on 09.28.2010
Sufjan Stevens’ new album, lots of Pavement stuff, National reissues, new British Sea Power EP, Man Man's new record and more.
The bit at the start.
Hello all. I wasn't here last week as I was on holiday in New York. I said that I'd be missing in my previous column however I neglected to inform 411music editor Mitch Michaels that I'd be away. So apologies to Mitch, sorry boss.
Anyway, while I was away I saw Pavement twice, and they were very good, and Dum Dum Girls, who were pretty good too.
But now I'm home, and I really miss Brooklyn, so lets just get through this.
Beg, borrow, buy, steal or download this album.
Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
They don't keep getting better, they just stay great.
You news, you lose
Hear the new Sufjan album.
The new Sufjan Stevens album The Age Of Adz, is out on October 12th and a number of tracks have made it online in recent weeks but if you can't wait till the release date the whole shebang is currently streaming on the NPR site here.
To be honest my first impressions of the record aren't that positive, it sounds like a record that needs to the worked on and I'm not sure that there's enough initial attraction there to make me want to bother. The last track is 25 ½ minutes long, which is sort of taking the piss.
Hate you Steve Goss.
Overall I have to say that I'm pretty satisfied with my Pavement related activities in the past week but there'll forever be part of my that resents and hates the dude who won the competition to play guitar with the band on Fallon. So Steve Goss, may maggots eat out your eyes you lucky sonofabitch.
He was good though as far as I can see, here he is playing "Unfair" with the rest of his new band here.
Maybe this time they'll include the good version of "Terrible Love".
It's only been a few months since The National released the much better sounding live than on record High Violet but on November 23rd the album will be re-released, in expanded form by 4AD.
The new two disc set features 8 bonus tracks including an alternate version of "Terrible Love", , unreleased tracks "You Were A Kindness" and "Wake Up You Saints", B-sides "Walk Off" and "Sin-Eaters", and three live recordings.
High Violet Expanded Edition Tracklist:
01. Terrible Love
02. Sorrow
03. Anyone's Ghost
04. Little Faith
05. Afraid of Everyone
06. Bloodbuzz Ohio
07. Lemonworld
08. Runaway
09. Conversation 16
10. England
11. Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks
Bonus Disc:
01. Terrible Love (alternate version)
02. Wake Up You Saints
03. You Were a Kindness
04. Walk Off
05. Sin-Eaters
06. Bloodbuzz Ohio (Live on KCMP)
07. Anyone's Ghost (Live at Brooklyn Academy of Music)
08. England (Live at Brooklyn Academy of Music)
New British Sea Power EP.
The Zeus EP is out on Rough Trade records on October 4th in the UK, the following day in the US and a vinyl version will hit the shelves a week later.
Tracklisting:
01 Zeus
02 Cleaning out the Rooms
03 Can We Do It?
04 Bear
05 Pardon My Friends
06 Mongk
07 Kw-h
08 Retreat (unlisted bonus track)
New Man Man album.
Man Man's follow up to 2008's Rabbit Habbits is nearing completion according to the band's front man Ryan Kattner. The record is provisionally titled Live Fantastic and according to Kattner, "I think it's really beautiful. There's some chaotic songs, there's just some downright depressing songs." The album was produced by long time Bright Eyes producer Mike Mogis and should be out on Anti early next year.
The YouTube video of the week
Les Savy Fav acoustic session.
If you can you should go to these gigs.
DJ Shadow
09-30 Cork, Ireland - Savoy Theatre
10-01 Dublin, Ireland - Tripod
10-02 Galway City, Ireland - Radisson Blue Hotel Galway
10-25 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
10-26 Seattle, WA - Showbox at the Market
10-27 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
10-29 San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace
10-30 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
10-31 Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues
11-01 Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
11-03 Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre
11-07 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
11-09 Atlanta, GA - Loft at Center Stage
11-11 Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live
11-14 Boston, MA - House of Blues
11-15 New York, NY - Irving Plaza
11-19 Chicago, IL - Park West
11-21 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
11-23 Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
Weezer
09-24 Columbus, OH - Ohio State University
09-25 Peoria, IL - Bradley University
10-01 Las Vegas, NV - Mirage Hotel and Casino
10-29 New Orleans, LA - Voodoo Festival
10-30 Atlanta, GA - Chastain Park Amphitheatre
11-26 Los Angeles, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre (Memories Tour)
11-27 Los Angeles, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre (Memories Tour)
11-29 San Francisco, CA - Nob Hill Masonic Center (Memories Tour)
11-30 San Francisco, CA - Nob Hill Masonic Center (Memories Tour)
Marnie Stern
10-01 Portland, ME - Venue Music Bar & Grill
10-02 Montreal, Quebec - Cabaret Du Musee Juste Pour Rire
10-03 Toronto, Ontario - Wrongbar
10-04 Ithaca, NY - The Haunt
10-05 Brooklyn, NY - The Rock Shop
10-25 Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie
10-26 Washington, DC - The Red Palace
10-28 Atlanta, GA - 529
10-29 Mobile, AL - Alabama Music Box
10-30 Houston, TX - Groundhall
10-31 Austin, TX - Red 7
11-02 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
11-03 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
11-04 Oakland, CA - The New Parish
11-05 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
11-06 Seattle, WA - The Vera Project
11-09 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
11-10 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
11-18 Nottingham, England - Bodega
11-19 Brighton, England - Audio
11-20 Bristol, England - Thekla
11-21 Sheffield, England - The Harley
11-22 Glasgow, Scotland - The Captain's Rest
11-23 Manchester, England - The Deaf Institute
11-25 London, England - Hoxton B&K
11-26 London, England - Lexington
11-27 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
11-28 Utrecht, Netherlands - Le Guess Who? Festival
12-01 Munich, Germany - Feirwerk
12-03 Vienna, Austria - B72
12-06 Hamburg, Germany - Prinzenbar
12-07 Berlin, Germany - Comet Club
12-08 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
12-09 Paris, France - Fléche d'or
Writing under the influence
Without which this column would not have been possible:
Talk Radio
Sufjan Stevens – The Age Of Adz
Ham Sandwich – White Fox
The bit at the end
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