Dancing About Architecture 04.10.07
Posted by Ian Wright on 04.10.2007
Iha is out, the Beatles destroyed, British Festivals, The Knife, Iron And Wine, ATP and more.
The bit at the start
Hello, if you're reading this now either you've not overdosed on chocolate in the past couple of days, or you're older than 12. Easter always struck me as a pointless holiday, ok if you dig Jesus then it's a big deal but the manner in which it's celebrated always struck me as somewhat lame. I'm with Bill Hicks, Lincoln Logs in a sock drawer would have been better.
Anyway here in Ireland Easter for the Godless and those who rationalise away their not going to Church as a protest against organised religion means a 4 day weekend and for me personally a chance to get this column finished on Monday afternoon so I can spend the evening with my glockenspiel.
Little babies, LET'S GO!
Beg, borrow, buy, steal or download this album.
Jeff Buckley - Live Sin é
Gorgeous pre-Grace live recordings from a Manhattan café.
The Dancing About Architecture MySpace band of the week.
Danceable post-punk from Dublin 4-piece. Warning, may include cow-bell.
Recommended song: Said Say It.
You news, you lose
Oh please no.
Despite being wrongly touted as the Beatles finest work (hello, Revolver!!!) Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band does stand out as one of the most significant albums of the last century and we are fast approaching the 40th anniversary of its release, June 1st to be precise.
On June 2nd BBC Radio 2 will be broadcasting a probably awful tribute to the album which sees 13 bands (half of which have been announced and all are dreadful) covering material from the album. All the bands will use the Beatles' original recording equipment and the project will be overseen by Beatle engineer Geoff Emerick.
The acts announced thus far are Oasis, the Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, Travis, James Morrison, the Fratellis and Razorlight. 7 completely bog standard and boring acts covering one of the most innovative bands ever, that sounds like a really good idea.
I'm not a huge Beatles fan and shouldn't really care about such matters but even I find this idea offensive.
"Homer Simpson, smiling politely"
James Iha has said that he most certainly won't be a part of the upcoming Smashing Pumpkins reunion but rather is focussing his attention on his next solo record and running Scratchie records which he heads with Adam Schlesinger of Fountains Of Wayne. Speaking to Rolling Stone's Rock n' Roll Daily blog he said "I'm not part of the current Smashing Pumpkins album or tour. I haven't spoken to Billy [Corgan] in years."
So this means that of the classic Pumpkins lineup only Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlain are in the reunited band with no other members filling in the blanks which leads me to suspect that the upcoming Zeitgeist album will feature Chamberlain on drums and Corgan playing everything else and the touring band will probably be them and some session players.
Which to me doesn't really sound like the Smashing Pumpkins, it sounds like Zwan, or Billy Corgan's solo project. It's not the pumpkins without at least 3 of the 4 as far as I'm concerned and as Darcy seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth Iha would have had to have been the one to return.
At least he's not trying to get back together with Dave, Matt and Pez.
British Summer festival news.
If you're Scottish and don't fancy heading over to T in the Park (although the lineup does look pretty good this year) then you've got an alternative in Glasgow's Indian Summer Festival in Victoria Park on July 14-15.
Details are kinda sketchy at the moment with organisers saying that there'll be "at least" 3 stages but despite that the bands/DJs announced to perform thus far are fairly appealing with the Flaming Lips, the Rapture, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Annuals, Optimo, and Prins Thomas all pencilled in. Optimo will also curate their own area of the festival.
Furthur south the second annual Latitude Festival on the weekend of July 12-15 has one of the best lineups of the summer and will feature Arcade Fire, Wilco, the Good, the Bad & the Queen, the Rapture, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Jarvis Cocker, CSS, the National, Explosions in the Sky, Patrick Wolf, Midlake, the Magic Numbers, Gotan Project and Damien Rice as well as theatre, comedy, film, poetry, literary events, and children's activities.
This screaming silence.
The Knife have revealed details of their in no way cashing in super-dooper reissue of last year's Silent Shout which is due out on May 8th. The reissue will naturally feature the original album as well as a bonus disc of multimedia content. All in all it's a pretty good package and if you don't have the album already then it'd be worth picking this up.
Disc 1: Silent Shout:
01 Silent Shout
02 Neverland
03 The Captain
04 We Share Our Mothers' Health
05 Na Na Na
06 Marble House
07 Like a Pen
08 From Off to On
09 Forest Families
10 One Hit
11 Still Light
Disc 2: Silent Shout - An Audio Visual Experience:
Recorded Live in Gothenburg, Sweden (April 12, 2006)
01 Pass This On
02 The Captain
03 We Share Our Mothers' Health
04 You Make Me Like Charity
05 Marble House
06 Forest Families
07 Kino
08 Heartbeats
09 Silent Shout
10 From Off to On
DVD: Silent Shout - An Audio Visual Experience:
Recorded Live in Gothenburg, Sweden (April 12, 2006)
01 Pass This On
02 The Captain
03 We Share Our Mothers' Health
04 You Make Me Like Charity
05 Marble House
06 Forest Families
07 Kino
08 Heartbeats
09 Silent Shout
10 From Off to On
Videos:
01 N.Y. Hotel
02 Heartbeats
03 You Take My Breath Away (I)
04 Pass This On
05 Handy Man
06 You Take My Breath Away (II)
07 Silent Shout
08 Marble House (I)
09 We Share Our Mothers' Health
10 Like a Pen
11 Marble House (II)
12 When I Found the Knife
*blank* bars and lilac *deleted*.
Iron and Wine's upcoming third album The Shepherds Dog will be preceded by the single "Boy With A Coin" on July 10th via Sub Pop. The single will feature a single edit of the song as well as two other songs from the album sessions.
Odds on that all the songs will be gentle and lovely.
Tracklisting:
01 Carried Home
02 Boy With a Coin (Single Edit)
03 Kingdom of the Animals
ATP ATP ATP.
OK, so I'm now officially in the "I wish I was going to this" camp. The latest bands to be added to the ATP vs. The Fans fest at Butlins Minehead in the south of England next month are Slint, Isis, Cornelius, Les Savy Fav, Wilco, Yo La Tengo, the Go! Team, the Thermals, Daniel Johnston, Clinic, Okkervil River, Annuals, Trans Am, Two Gallants, and Bat for Lashes.
All this talk of the Fan curated event shouldn't take away attention to the Dirty 3 curated festival taking place a couple of weeks previously which just had Suicide's Alan Vega, Einsturzende Neubauten, White Magic, Sally Timms, We Ragazzi, and Yann Tiersen added to the bill.
ATP vs. the Fans lineup:
Akron/Family
Annuals
The Apples in Stereo
Band of Horses
Bat for Lashes
Battles
The Books
Brightblack Morning Light
Built to Spill
Capricorns
Clinic
Cornelius
Current 93
Death Vessel
Do Make Say Think
Echo & the Bunnymen
Edan + MC Dagha
Explosions in the Sky
Ghost
The Go! Team
Grizzly Bear
Isis
Daniel Johnston
Les Savy Fav
Micah P. Hinson
Modest Mouse
Mogwai
The Notwist
Okkervil River
Patti Smith
Shellac
Slint
Sparklehorse
The Thermals
Trans Am
Alexander Tucker
Two Gallants
Wilco
Yo La Tengo
Youth Movie Soundtrack Strategies
Goodness, there's going to be some nasty clashes there.
If you can you should go to these gigs.
Billy, Jimmy and some other dudes.
05-22 Paris, France - Grand Rex
05-28 Landgraaf, Netherlands - Megaland (Pinkpop Festival)
05-31 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival
06-02 Nürburgring, Germany - Nürburgring Race Track (Rock am Ring)
06-03 Nuremburg, Germany - Zeppelinfeld (Rock im Park)
06-09 Lisbon, Portugal - Lisbon Festival
06-12 Madrid, Spain - Las Ventas
06-15 Nickelsdorf, Austria - Nova Rock Festival
06-16 Venice, Italy - Heineken Jammin' Festival
06-17 Interlaken, Switzerland - Greenfield Festival
08-05 Baltimore, MD - Pimlico Park (Virgin Festival)
08-24 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
08-26 Reading, England - Reading Festival
09-08 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Festival
09-09 Toronto, Ontario - Virgin Festival
Andrew Bird
04-11 Grand Rapids, MI - Calvin College (Ladies Literary Club) #
04-12 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theater #
04-13 Columbus, OH - Southern Theatre #
04-14 Newport, KY - Southgate House Ballroom #
04-16 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge #
04-17 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
04-18 Urbana, IL - Canopy Club #
04-20 Chicago, IL - Riveria Theatre ^
04-21 Milwaukee, WI - The Pitman Theatre at Alverno College ^
04-22 Columbia, MO - Blue Note ^
04-23 Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground ^
04-25 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre ^
04-27 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre ^
04-28 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)
05-01 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore ^
05-04 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom ^
05-05 Seattle, WA - Showbox Theater ^
05-11 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
05-16 Boston, MA - Berklee Performance Center
05-17 New York, NY - Webster Hall
05-18 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
05-20 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
05-26 Beverungen, Germany - Orange Blossom Special
05-28 Berlin, Germany - Lido
05-30 Coimbra, Portugal - Teatro Académico Gil Vicente
05-31 Lisbon, Portugal - Cine-Teatro São Jorge
06-01 Braga, Portugal - Theatro Circo
06-04 Paris, France - La Cigale
06-07 London, England - Scala
# with Cortney Tidwell
^ with Apostle of Hustle
Apostle Of Hustle
04-14 Ottawa, Ontario - Zaphod Beeblebrox %
04-20 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theater *
04-21 Milwaukee, WI - Pitman Theater *
04-22 Columbia, MO - Blue Note *
04-23 Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground *
04-25 Boulder, CO - Bart's CD Cellar
04-25 Boulder, CO - Fox Theater *
04-27 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theater *
05-01 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore *
05-02 San Francisco, CA - Amoeba Records
05-04 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom *
05-05 Seattle, WA - Sonic Boom Records
05-05 Seattle, WA - Showbox Theater *
05-06 Vancouver, British Columbia - Zulu Records
05-06 Vancouver, British Columbia - Red Room ^
05-08 Victoria, British Columbia - The Lucky Bar ^
05-09 Kelowna, British Columbia - Habitat ^
05-10 Edmonton, Alberta - Velvet Underground ^
05-11 Canmore, Alberta - Canmore Hotel ^
05-12 Calgary, Alberta - The Hi Fi Club ^
05-13 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Amigo's ^
05-14 Regina, Saskatchewan - The Exchange ^
05-15 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Collective Cabaret ^
05-18 Toronto, Ontario - Lula Lounge #
* with Andrew Bird
^ with Memphis
# with the Elizabeth Shepherd Trio
% with Jetplanes of Abraham
Blonde Redhead
04-05 Reykjavik, Iceland - Nasa
04-07 Isafjordur, Iceland - Aldrei for Eg Sudur Festival
04-10 New York, NY - Apple Store Soho
04-13 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick #
04-14 Chicago, IL - Metro #
04-15 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue #
04-19 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom #
04-20 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom #
04-21 Seattle, WA - The Showbox *
04-23 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's *
04-24 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's *
04-25 Pomona, CA - Glasshouse *
04-27 San Diego, CA - Belly Up Tavern *
04-28 Indio, CA - Coachella Music Festival
05-01 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room *
05-02 Austin, TX - Stubb's *
05-04 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse *
05-05 Chapel Hill, NC - Cat's Cradle *
05-06 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
05-08 New York, NY - Webster Hall
05-09 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
05-11 Toronto, Ontario - The Opera House
05-12 Montreal, Quebec - Club Soda
05-24 Manchester, England - Academy 3
05-26 Glasgow, Scotland - Oran Mor
05-27 Nottingham, England - Dot to Dot Festival
05-29 Bristol, England - Thekla
05-30 London, England - Koko
06-01 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival
06-02 Montpelier, France - Rockstore
06-03 Toulouse, France - Bikini
06-05 Nantes, France - Olympic
06-06 Paris, France - Elysee Montmarte
06-07 Nancy, France - L'Autre Canal
06-09 Dudingen, Switzerland - Kilbi Festival
06-18 Rome, Italy - Villa Ada
06-19 Florence, Italy - Marea Festival
06-20 Milan, Italy - Rolling Stone
06-21 Turin, Italy - Festival Ritmica
06-23 Heidelberg, Germany - Karlstorbahnhof
06-24 Munich, Germany - Feierwerk
06-25 Berlin, Germany - Postbanhof
06-26 Stockholm, Sweden - Stockholm Terrace
06-28 Cologne, Germany - Gebauede 9
06-29 Groningen, Holland - Vera
06-30 Werchter, Belgium - Werchter Festival
07-02 Amsterdam, Holland - Melkweg (Old Room)
07-03 Istanbul, Turkey - Istanbul Jazz Festival
07-05 Tel Aviv, Israel - Hanger 11
07-06 Tel Aviv, Israel - Barbi Club
* with Annuals
# with Midnight Movies
Handsome Furs
04-10 Montreal, Quebec - Green Room
04-11 Ottawa, Ontario - Zaphod's
05-22 Providence, RI - Club Hell
05-23 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
05-24 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
05-25 Philadelphia, PA - Khyber
05-26 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
05-27 Boston, MA - TT the Bear's
Writing under the influence
Without which this column would not have been possible:
Talk Radio
Joanna Newsom and The Ys Street Band.
The National – Boxer
TV On The Radio – Young Liars EP
My Bloody Valentine – Glider EP
The bit at the end
The more and more I hear it the more and more I think that Boxer is my favourite album of the year to date. It's marvellous.
That new Joanna Newsom EP, not so nuts on the first track but the other two are great. I'm seeing her on Saturday and am now very excited about it.
Does Jesus really care if Zach Johnson wins a golf tournament? I doubt it somehow.
I wasn't listening to it while writing the column this week but I have given the Handsome Furs album Plague Park a lot of listening time in the past week. I'm really liking it a lot, it's very nasty and dirty sounding and it makes me really optimistic for the next Wolf Parade record after hearing what Boeckner and Krug have been doing away from each other over the course of the past year.
