Dancing About Architecture Indie Music News 02.08.11
Posted by Ian Wright on 02.08.2011
LCD Soundsystem announce farewell show, TV On The Radio announce their return, Sasquatch news, Primavera news, new music from Low, Dum Dum Girls and The Dodos, and more.
The bit at the start.
Hello all, still fairly slow on the music front over here but on Friday I'll be seeing Dean Wareham playing Galaxie 500 material in Dublin and that should be pretty fucking great.
2 things I learned about Britta Phillips of Luna, Dean & Britta and most recently Dean Wareham plays Galaxie 500:
- Jesus fuck she's hot.
- She was Jem, out of Jem and the Holograms.
Beg, borrow, buy, steal or download this album.
Yuck – Yuck
A concise history of independent rock 1985-1993 but good shit.
You news, you lose
One final chance to dance yourself clean.
It's been coming for a while but it was announced last week that LCD Soundsystem will play their final show on Saturday, April 2nd at New York's Madidon Square Garden. The band certainly seem as though they're determined to go out big before they go home though saying on a statement on their website, "for just one more night, we will be playing with friends and family for nearly 3 hours–playing stuff we've never played before and going out with a bang."
General on sale tickets will be available from this Friday and the show will be opened by Liquid Liquid. For some reason the band has also requested that everyone in attendance wears black, white, or black and white.
I'm really jealous of anyone who gets to go to this. LCD Soundsystem didn't always make great records, in fact they only made one, Sound Of Silver, but they always made great songs. And they always kicked fucking ass when they got up on stage. Go if you can.
Exciting festival news for North Americans.
This year's Sasquatch festival takes place at The Gorge in Quincy, WA from May 27-30 and the lineup for it looks pretty great. Amongst the names announced are Modest Mouse, Guided by Voices, Wilco, the Flaming Lips (performing The Soft Bulletin plus other material), Death Cab For Cutie, Foo Fighters, Wolf Parade, Archers of Loaf, Flying Lotus, the Decemberists, Bright Eyes, Iron & Wine, Robyn, Yeasayer, Beach House, Deerhunter, Sleigh Bells, Major Lazer, !!!, the Thermals, Best Coast, Surfer Blood, Gayngs, Black Mountain, Smith Westerns, Das Racist, Twin Shadow, Ratatat, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Washed Out, Local Natives, Jenny & Johnny, CSS, the Drums, the Antlers, the Radio Dept., Black Mountain, Sharon Van Etten, and Gold Panda and the reunited Death From Above 1979
New Music from Dum Dum Girls.
Dum Dum Girls have a new EP coming out on Sup Pop on March 1st. You can download the opening track from it below if you want. Compared to debut record I will be it sounds fucking huge.
Exciting festival news for the Europeans.
Last week the final batch of names were announced for this year's Primavera Festival in Barcelona which takes place from May 25-29 (and I shall be there) and I'll be damned if it didn't lead to many people exclaiming "best … festival … ever" at the news. I'm just pleased that the problem I had with the lineup up till now, not enough people under 30 playing, has been fixed as well as adding some bona fide musical royalty to the bill.
Amongst the additions were Sufjan Stevens, PJ Harvey, Interpol, Big Boi, Girl Talk, of Montreal, Explosions in the Sky, James Blake, John Lydon's reunited Public Image Ltd., and industrial pioneers Einstürzende Neubauten.Odd Future, Battles, M. Ward, Matthew Dear, DJ Shadow, Lindstrøm, Jamie xx, the Tallest Man on Earth, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Glasser, Ty Segall, tUnE-yArDs, Avi Buffalo, Baths, Perfume Genius, Gold Panda, Warpaint, Cults, Gonjasufi, Glenn Branca Ensemble, the Soft Moon, the Black Angels, Holy Ghost!, Simian Mobile Disco, John Talabot, El Guincho, Darkstar, Ducktails, Kode9, Caspa, Cuzo + Damo Suzuki, Pere Ubu performing The Modern Dance, Carte Blanche (Riton and DJ Mehdi), Arto Lindsay, DM Stith, the Monochrome Set, Field Music, Annuals, and Suuns.
Those bands join the already announced Pulp, Animal Collective, Belle and Sebastian, the Flaming Lips, Fleet Foxes and the National.
New Dodos material.
This right here …
it's the opening track from The Dodos' new album No Color which is coming out on Frenchkiss on March 15. It's called "Black Night" and I like it better than anything on their second album.
TVOTR return.
It's been a while since TV On The Radio released the astonishing Dear Science and the band announced last week their new album Nine Types Of Light will be released in "the spring" on Interscope.
Also, if you live in New York the band are playing Radio City Music Hall on April 13.
New Low Tune
"Try to sleep" is the opening track to the forthcoming Low album C'mon.
If you want to hear it then just do the e-mail addy thing.
The YouTube video of the week
Not strictly musical but there is some Curtis Mayfield in this video.
If you can you should go to these gigs.
The Walkmen
03-02 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jack's
03-03 Houston, TX - Fitzgerald's
03-04 Austin, TX - Stubb's Bar-B-Q
03-05 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
05-18 Istanbul, Turkey - Babylon Club
05-20 Paris, France - Alhambra
05-22 Brussels, Belgium - Cirque Royal
05-23 Nimejan, Netherlands - Doornroosje Groningen, Netherlands - Vera
05-24 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
05-28 Zurich, Switzerland - Mascotte
05-27 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival
Low
03-16 Austin, TX - St. David's Sanctuary (SXSW)
04-06 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall *
04-14 Duluth, MN - Harbor City School Theater
04-16 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
04-20 Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre
04-21 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
04-22 Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall
04-23 Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Museum
04-25 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
04-26 Washington, DC - Black Cat
04-29 Boston, MA - Paramount Center
04-30 Milford, CT - Daniel Street
05-02 Toronto, Ontario - Mod Club
05-03 Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig
05-16 Sheffield, England - Queens Social Club
05-17 Glasgow, Scotland - Classic Grand
05-18 Gateshead, England - The Sage Gateshead
05-19 Manchester, England - Club Academy
05-20 Bristol, England - Trinity
05-21 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
05-23 Nijmegen, Netherlands - Doornroosje
05-24 Eindhoven, Netherlands - Catharina Church
05-25 Paris, France - Bataclan ^
05-27 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival
05-30 Berlin, Germany - Lido
05-31 Hamburg, Germany - Knust
06-01 Cologne, Germany - Gebaude 9
06-03 London, England - Barbican
* with Explosions in the Sky
^ with Mercury Rev
Mount Kimble
03-04 Perth, Australia - The Bakery
03-05 Melbourne, Australia - Roxanne Parlour
03-09 Sydney, Australia - Good God
03-11 Brisbane, Australia - Bar Soma
03-12 Meredith, Australia - Golden Plains Festival
03-15-19 Austin, TX - SXSW
03-24 New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge
03-25 Toronto, Ontario - Wrongbar
03-26 Montreal, Quebec - Le Belmont
03-27 St. Louis, MO - Luminary Arts
03-29 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
03-30 Seattle, WA - Baltic Room
03-31 Vancouver, British Columbia - Biltmore Cabaret
04-01 Portland, OR - Crown Room
04-02 San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine
04-03 Arcata, CA - Arcata Theatre
04-05 Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
04-06 Denver, CO - Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
04-07 Atlanta, GA - King Plow Arts Center
04-08 Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle
04-09 Miami, FL - Electric Pickle
04-10 Tampa, FL - GBAR
04-11 Tallahassee, FL - Engine Room
04-12 Orlando, FL - Backbooth
04-13 New Orleans, LA - The Hookah
04-15 Indio, CA - Coachella
04-28 London, England - Heaven
Ted Leo
02-19 Los Angeles, CA - Skybar at Mondrian Hotel
02-20 Los Angeles, CA - Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
02-23 Riverside, CA - The Barn @ UC Riverside
02-24 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill (Noise Pop Festival)
02-25 Seattle, WA - U of Washington
02-26 Portland, OR - BackSpace Cafe
04-27 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
04-28 Dover, NH - Dover Brickhouse
04-29 Hamden, CT - The Space
04-30 Scranton, PA - The Vintage Theater
05-01 Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie
05-03 Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Museum
05-04 Cleveland, OH - B-side Liquor Lounge
05-05 Chicago, IL - Schubas Tavern
05-06 Madison, WI - The Terrace
05-07 Iowa City, IA - Gabe's
05-08 St Louis, MO - Off Broadway
05-11 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
05-12 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
Phosphorescent
04-09 Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place
04-10 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
04-11 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
04-12 Lawrence, KS - Jackpot Saloon
04-13 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
04-14 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
04-16 Indio, CA - Coachella Music Festival
04-21 Portland, OR - Mission Theatre
04-22 Seattle, WA - The Tractor Tavern
04-23 Kennewick, WA - The Red Room
04-24 Vancouver, British Columbia - Media Club
04-28 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
04-30 Indio, CA - Stagecoach Music Festival
05-04 Dallas, TX - The Loft
05-05 Austin, TX - The Parish
05-06 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
05-08 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
05-11 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl
05-23 Cologne, Germany - Studio 672
05-24 Hamburg, Germany - Beatlemania
05-25 Berlin, Germany - Magnet
05-26 Munich, Germany - 59 to 1
05-28 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival
05-30 Bristol, England - Thekla
05-31 Manchester, England - Deaf Institute
06-02 Dublin, Ireland - The Workman's Club
06-03 Glasgow, Scotland - Stereo
06-04 Leeds, England - Brudenell Social Club
06-05 Norwich, England - The Arts Centre
06-07 London, England - Heaven
The Decemberists
02-09 Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater #
02-10 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre #
02-12 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern #
02-13 San Diego, CA - House of Blues #
02-14 Oakland, CA - Fox Theater #
02-18 Seattle, WA - Paramount Ballroom #
02-19 Portland, OR - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall #
03-04 Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street
03-05 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC
03-07 Birmingham, England - Birmingham Institute
03-08 Bristol, England - Bristol Academy
03-10 Manchester, England - Manchester Academy
03-11 Leeds, England - Leeds Academy
03-12 Bexhill, England - De la Warr Pavillion
03-13 Antwerp, Belgium - Trix
03-14 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
03-16 London, England - Hammersmith Apollo
04-16 Colorado Springs, CO - University of Colorado ^
04-17 Omaha, NE - Holland Performing Arts Center ^
04-18 Iowa City, IA - University of Iowa ^
04-19 Madison, WI - Overture Center
04-21 Pittsburgh, PA - Benedum Center ^
04-22 Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre
04-23 Columbus, OH - The LC Pavilion ^
04-25 Grand Rapids, MI - Calvin College ^
04-26 Louisville, KY - Iroquois Amphitheater ^
04-27 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant ^
04-29 Dallas, TX - House of Blues
04-30 Austin, TX - Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheatre
05-01 New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
05-02 Atlanta, GA - Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre ^
05-27-30 Quincy, WA - Sasquatch! Music Festival
06-16-19 Telluride, CO - Telluride Bluegrass Festival
# with Mountain Man
^ with Justin Townes Earle
Dum Dum Girls
02-15 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
02-16 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill *#
02-17 Los Angeles, CA - Skybar
02-18 San Diego, CA - Casbah *#
02-21 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive *#
02-23 St. Louis, MO - Billiken Club *#
02-24 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *#
02-25 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *#
02-26 Toronto, Ontario - El Mocambo Club *#
02-27 Montreal, Quebec - Il Motore *#
03-01 Burlington, VT - Club Metronome *#
03-02 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall *#
03-03 Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands #
03-04 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *#
03-05 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's *#
03-06 Washington, DC - Black Cat *#
03-08 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 #$
03-09 Charlotte, NC - Milestone Club #$
03-10 Atlanta, GA - The Earl #$
03-11 Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits #$
03-12 Orlando, FL - The Social !#
03-13 Tampa, FL - Orpheum !#
03-31 Manchester, England - Deaf Institute
04-01 Dublin, Ireland - Whelans
04-02 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Black Box
04-03 Glasgow, Scotland - Stereo
04-04 Leeds, England - Brudenell Social
04-05 London, England - Dingwalls
04-06 Brighton, England - Komedia
04-07 Gent, Belgium - Vooruit
04-08 Groningen, Netherlands - Vera
04-09 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Motel Mozaique
04-11 Berlin, Germany - Festaal
04-12 Munich, Germany - 59:1
04-13 Antwerp, Belgium - Crossing Border Festival
04-14 Vienna, Austria - Flex
04-15 Bern, Switzerland - ISC Club
04-16 Vevey, Switzerland - Rocking Chair
04-17 Zurich, Switzerland - Mascotte
04-19 Ljubljana, Slovenia - Menza Pri Koritu (SL)
04-20 Milan, Italy - La Salumeria Della Musica
04-21 Rome, Italy - Lanificio Factory
04-22 Bologna, Italy - Covo Club
04-23 Marseilles, France - Cabaret Aleatoire
04-24 Paris, France - La Machine
* with Minks
# with Dirty Beaches
$ with Reading Rainbow
! with Tennis, La Sera
Writing under the influence
Without which this column would not have been possible:
Talk Radio
Colin Stetson
Yuck - Yuck
The bit at the end
In addition to Wareham I'll be seeing The Hold Steady on Thursday. I didn't really like Heaven Is Whenever but I'm looking forward to it. Did I ever tell you about the time that I played guitar with them? Probably.
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