Dancing About Architecture 04.17.07
Posted by Ian Wright on 04.17.2007
Joanna Newsom live thoughts, Sonic Youth, Pitchfest, the greatest show on earth, Caribou, The Flaming Lips, Ryan Adams.
The bit at the start
3 years.
That's how long I've been waiting to see Joanna Newsom play her own gig after I started listening to The Milk-Eyed Mender 2 weeks after her only Irish previous date. I don't really want to think about seeing her at ATP last year considering the levels of fury that it elicited from me due to the people around me NOT SHUTTING THEIR ANNOYING BRAYING FUCKING MOUTHS. It was too dark to see if anyone the pricks had goatees but in my head they all did, especially the woman.
Sorry, started a rant there, happy thought time.
I went to see her play in the Olympia in Dublin on Saturday. Absolutely worth the wait. She played for the best part of 2 hours and aside from the brilliance of the material and performance she was completely charming (no winsomeness or annoying pixyish bullshit) and surprisingly funny ("How many hippies does it take to screw in a light bulb? Hippies don't screw in light bulbs they screw in dirty sleeping bags.") Whoever had "1 song in" in the "when will an idiot shout ‘I love you Joanna' at her" pool would have cleaned up by the way. She looks like she's got Bell's Palsy when she sings.
Less pleasant was Amusement Parks On Fire the night before. I really liked the first album but hadn't heard anything from the follow up. If I had then I might not have bothered going along, the only good songs were the 3 I knew and the only other thing that approached a highlight was a pretty cool wall of feedback to end the main set.
But I don't want to be mean so...
Beg, borrow, buy, steal or download this album.
Amusement Parks On Fire – Amusement Parks On Fire.
The best nu-shoegaze album I know of. Get Loveless first.
The Dancing About Architecture MySpace band of the week.
The greatest New England indie-rock of the 80's. Yes, that means better than the Pixies and Dinosaur Jr.
Recommended song: None of my favourite songs are on their MySpace, probably "That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate".
You news, you lose
I'm too old for Teenage Riots but that's not really all that important.
Widely regarded (it's in the library of congress for goodness sake) as their finest recorded work (though my feet are planted in the Dirty camp) Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation will be 20 next year. The band are obviously not sick to death of the record because they are planning on performing it in it's entirely live at various venues and festivals around the world in the coming months . They've also been spending time going through their old tapes from that era in preparation for the Deluxe Edition of the album which is due out on June 12th and it looks as though they've put together a fantastic package featuring bonus demos, rare covers, live versions of every song on the record and brand new photos and liner notes.
Disc 1 unsurprisingly features the original album but with an extra track, an early demo version of "Eric's Trip" while disc 2 collects the live versions which were recorded on the tour in support of the album as well as covers by The Beatles, Neil Young, Captain Beefheart and Mudhoney.
01 Teen Age Riot
02 Silver Rocket
03 The Sprawl
04 'Cross the Breeze
05 Eric's Trip
06 Total Trash
07 Hey Joni
08 Providence
09 Candle
10 Rain King
11 Kissability
Trilogy:
12 a) The Wonder
13 b) Hyperstation
14 z) Eliminator Jr.
Bonus Track:
15 Eric's Trip (home demo)
Disc Two:
01 The Sprawl (live)
02 'Cross the Breeze (live)
03 Hey Joni (live)
04 Silver Rocket (live)
05 Kissability (live)
06 Eric's Trip (live)
07 Candle (live)
08 The Wonder (live)
09 Hyperstation (live)
10 Eliminator Jr. (live)
11 Providence (live)
12 Teen Age Riot (live)
13 Rain King (live)
14 Totally Trashed (live)
15 Total Trash (live)
16 Within You, Without You
17 Touch Me, I'm Sick
18 Computer Age
19 Electricity
OMG LOLZER BEST TOUR EVER WTF
Long time (or anyone who's been keeping tabs on the column for about at month) readers will be familiar with my adoration for both Arcade Fire and The National (once again, I can't stress how brilliant Boxer is). So imagine the massive feelings of jealousy I had towards the people of New York, Atlanta, Ashville, Washington and Philadelphia when it was announced last week that the former had invited the latter to open for them in those cities on their upcoming tour. Other acts invited along on the trek are The Handsome Furs (whose upcoming Plague Park I'm also quite taken with) Electrolane and St. Vincent; no disrespect to those acts but their mothers and sisters are all whores but I know which dates I'd rather be at.
The tour dates are support are as follows:
04/26 San Diego, CA - Spreckels Theatre - TBD
05/01 Atlanta, GA - Civic Center - The National
05/02 Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium - The National
05/04 Washington, DC - DAR Constitution Hall - The National
05/05 Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theatre - The National
05/07 New York, NY - The United Palace - The National
05/08 New York, NY - The United Palace - The National
05/09 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall - The National
05/10 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre - TBD
05/12 Montreal, Quebec - Arena Maurice Richard - St. Vincent
05/13 Montreal, Quebec - Arena Maurice Richard - St. Vincent
05/15 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall - Handsome Furs
05/16 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall - Handsome Furs
05/18 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre - St. Vincent
05/19 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre - Electrelane
05/20 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre - Electrelane
05/24 Burnaby, BC - Deer Lake Park - St. Vincent
05/27 Portland, OR - Schnitzer Concert Hall - Electrelane
05/29 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre - Electrelane
05/30 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre - Electrelane
06/01 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre - Electrelane
06/02 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre - Electrelane
In related Arcade Fire news Win Butler had surgery for the sinus problems which called a halt to the band's European tour last month and is planning to try to start singing again this week. He also turned 27 last Saturday so happy birthday Win.
Once again, fuck you Handsome Dan.
Dan Snaith is set to release his second album under the Caribou name this August entitled Andorra. Written, recorded, produced and whatevered almost entirely by Snaith (save for a guest vocal spot from Jeremy Greenspan of Junior Boys) the album will be out in Europe on City Slang and in North America on Merge.
Tracklisting:
01 Melody Day
02 Sandy
03 After Hours
04 She's the One
05 Desiree
06 Eli
07 Sundialing
08 Irene
09 Niobe
"Dude, that looks like a crappy homemade UFO."
"Take some of this, I think it's real."
"Heavy."
The Flaming Lips live experience is one of the most joyously life affirming things you could ever hope to experience but if you've never had the pleasure then you can fill the pervs in animal suits shaped gap in your life with the upcoming live DVD U.F.O.s at the Zoo: The Legendary Concert in Oklahoma City which is out on July 10th. The show was recorded at the Zoo Amphitheatre in the band's home town on September 15th last year and features, according to the press release, "live tracks ... interspersed with backstage sneak peeks and various absurd events of the day preparing for the big homecoming spectacle." Additionally the package comes with "MP3s of the audio, digital artwork, [and] a ringtone application, which will allow fans to make and buy their own Lips ringtones ... a PDF of the art booklet, Buddy icons, photos, and various digital extras."
DVD tracklist:
01 The Freaks Get Restless and Wake the Animals
02 The Mothership Descends
03 Race For the Prize
04 Free Radicals
05 Expecting Everyone's Head to Explode
06 Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
07 Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Part 2
08 Should We Free the Animals?
09 Vein of Stars
10 Hot Dog Eating Contest
11 The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song
12 The Spark That Bled
13 Preparing the U.F.O. Mothership
14 The W.A.N.D.
15 My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion
16 Santas and Aliens
17 She Don't Use Jelly
18 Do You Realize??
19 How Much Red Duct Tape?
20 A Spoonful Weighs a Ton
21 Captain America Splits the Audience
22 Love Yer Brain
23 The Mothership Departs
24 The Greatest Audience in the Galaxy
Boooooourns
My dreams of Ryan Adams walking on stage and quoting "This Is Spinal Tap" at length have been shattered because the organisers of the Salsisbury International Arts Festival have cancelled his planned gig at Stonehenge (yes, that one) on June 5th due to fears that too many people would show up without tickets. The gig won't even be moved to a more appropriate location with the NME reporting that, "a suitable alternative site cannot be found, and Adams is no longer taking part in the festival."
Well shit.
Pitchfork Festival finally stops getting better.
My ever increasing levels of seething jealously towards the residents of Chicago abated somewhat last week when the latest round of new performers at this year's Pitchfork Fest in Union Park were announced. Deerhunter, Menomena, Klaxons, Fujiya and Miyagi, Oxford Collapse, Beach House, Dan Deacon and Craig Taborn's Junk Magic have all joined the bill; the good news (for me) is that I'm a fan of none of them so for this week at least there's I'm not going "arrrgghh, I wish I lived in Chicago."
The bill at the minute now looks like this ...
Friday, July 13:
Sonic Youth performs Daydream Nation
Saturday, July 14:
Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues
Clipse
Iron and Wine
Girl Talk
Grizzly Bear
Battles
Fujiya & Miyagi
Oxford Collapse
Dan Deacon
Beach House
Professor Murder
Ken Vandermark's Powerhouse Sound
Sunday, July 15:
New Pornographers
Stephen Malkmus
De La Soul
Of Montreal
Jamie Lidell
Menomena
Klaxons
The Ponys
Deerhunter
Craig Taborn's Junk Magic
If you can you should go to these gigs.
Sonic Youth.
04-17 Osaka, Japan - Namba Hatch *
04-18 Nagoya, Japan - Diamond Hall *
04-20 Tokyo, Japan - Studio Coast *
04-23 Beijing, China - The Star Live
04-24 Shanghai, China – Shanghai Concert Hall
04-27 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)
05-17-20 Brooklyn, NY – No Fun Fest #
06-02 Barcelona, Spain - Parc dèl Forum (Primavera Sound) ^
06-15 Interlaken, Switzerland - Greenfield Festival
06-16 Wiesbaden, Germany - Schlachthof
06-18 St. Petersburg, Russia - Manezh Kadetskogo Korpusa
06-19 Moscow, Russia - B1 Club
06-21 Munich, Germany - Tollwood Festival ^
06-23 Neuhausen, Germany - Southside Festival
06-24 Scheessel, Germany - Hurricane Festival
06-26 Cologne, Germany - E Werk
06-27 Berlin, Germany - Columbia Halle ^
06-29 Gdynia, Poland - Open'er Festival
07-01 Cergy-Pontoise, France - Furia Sound Festival
07-03 Istres, France - La Palio
07-05 Turin, Italy - Spaziale ^
07-06 Ferrara, Italy - Piazza Castello ^
07-07 Rome, Italy - Romano di Ostia Antica ^
07-13 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival/ATP Don't Look Back) ^
07-19 Berkeley, CA - Berkeley Community Theater ^
07-20 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre ^
08-30 London, England - Roundhouse (ATP Don't Look Back) ^
08-31 London, England - Roundhouse (ATP Don't Look Back) ^
09-01 London, England - Roundhouse (ATP Don't Look Back) ^
09-02 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic
* with Vooredoms
# Thurston Moore/Jim O'Rourke, Kim Gordon/Yoshimi
^ performing Daydream Nation
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
04-10 Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel *
04-11 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street Night Club *
04-12 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground *
04-13 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis *
04-14 Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus *
04-15 Buffalo, NY - The Town Ballroom *
04-17 Nashville, TN - Cannery Ballroom *
04-18 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse *
04-19 Athens, GA - 40 Watt *
04-20 Jacksonville, FL - Freebird *
04-21 Orlando, FL - The Club at Firestone *
04-22 Fort Lauderdale, FL - Revolution *
04-24 New Orleans, LA - Republic *
04-26 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live *
04-27 Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre *
04-28 Austin, TX - Stubb's BBQ *
04-30 Kansas City, MO - VooDoo Lounge
05-01 Columbia, MO - The Blue Note
05-02 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
05-03 Indianapolis, IN - Vogue Theater
05-21 Melbourne, Australia - Hi Fi Bar
05-22 Melbourne, Australia - Hi Fi Bar
05-23 Sidney, Australia - Enmore
05-24 Brisbane, Australia - The Zoo
05-25 Brisbane, Australia - The Zoo
07-04 Lisbon, Portugal - Superbock Super Rock
07-06 Cluses, France - Festival Musique En Stock
07-07 Evereux, France - Festival L Rock Dan Tous Ses Etats
07-08 Zurich, Switzerland - Rote Fabrik
07-10 Dusseldorf, Germany - Zakk
07-11 Copenhagen, Denmark - Copenhagen Jazz Festival
07-13 Dour, Belgium - Dour Festival
07-14 Southwold, England - Latitude Festival
07-15 Glasgow, Scotland - Indian Summer Festival
07-17 Munich, Germany - Muffahalle
07-18 Florence, Italy - Arrezo Wave Festival
07-20 Carhaix, France - Carhaix Festival Les Vieilles Charrues
07-21 Angoulême, France - Angoulême Festival Garden Nef Party
07-22 Benicássim, Spain - Benicássim Festival
07-25 Nyon, Switzerland - Paleo Festival
07-29 Mt. Fuji, Japan - Fuji Rock Festival
09-02 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic
* with Elvis Perkins in Dearland
Interpol
04-15 Ottawa, Ontario - Capitol
04-16 Kitchener, Ontario - Element
04-17 London, Ontario - Cowboys Ranch
04-20 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Garrick Center
04-22 Calgary, Alberta - MacEwan Centre
04-23 Edmonton, Alberta - Event Center
04-25 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Commodore
04-27 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)
04-28 Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock Hotel
05-27 George, WA - The Gorge (Sasquatch!)
06-02 Atlanta, GA - HiFi Buys Amphitheatre (99X Big Day Out)
06-21 Dusseldorf, Germany - Dusseldorf LTU Arena
06-23 Scheesel, Germany - Hurricane Festival
06-24 Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany - Southside Festival
06-25 Dresden, Germany - Dresden Alter Schlachthof
06-28 Arendal, Norway - Hove Festival
06-29 Stockholm, Sweden - Accelerator
07-01 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter
07-05 Lisbonm Portugal - Superbock Superrock
07-07 Naas, Ireland - Punchestown Racecourse (Oxegen)
07-08 Balado, Scotland - T in the Park
08-11 Tokyo, Japan - Summersonic Festival
08-12 Osaka, Japan - Summersonic Festival
08-24 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-25 Reading, England - Reading England
Final Fantasy
04-12 Wakefield, Quebec - The Blacksheep Inn
06-22 Würzburg, Germany - Umsonst & Draussen
06-23 Graz, Austria - Arcadium
06-24 Arnhem, Netherlands - Fasional Biennale
07-01 Toronto, Ontario - Harbourfront Centre
07-07 Bird's Hill, Manitoba - Winnipeg Folk Festival
07-08 Bird's Hill, Manitoba - Winnipeg Folk Festival
07-12 Ottawa, Ontario - Ottawa Blues Festival
07-13 Gräfenhainichen, Germany - Melt Festival
07-14 Manchester, England - Film Festival
07-15 Suffolk, England - Latitude Festival
07-20 Feldkirch, Austria - Poolbar Festival
07-26 Calgary, Alberta - Calgary Folk Festival
07-27 Calgary, Alberta - Calgary Folk Festival
07-28 Calgary, Alberta - Calgary Folk Festival
07-29 Calgary, Alberta - Calgary Folk Festival
08-13 Malmö, Sweden - Sommarscen
The Books
04-12 Ottawa, Ontario - Babylon *
04-13 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House #
04-14 Montreal, Quebec - Ukrainian Federation #
04-15 Somerville, MA - Somerville Theater *
04-16 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church Sanctuary ^
04-17 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club ^
04-18 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel ^
04-19 Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theatre ^
04-20 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse ^
04-21 Austin, TX - Antone's ^
04-22 Malibu, CA - Malibu Performing Arts Center ^
04-23 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall ^
04-24 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater ^
04-25 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards ^
04-26 Seattle, WA - Neumos ^
04-27 Minneapolis, MN - Walker Art Center $
04-28 Chicago, IL - Old Town School of Folk Music %
04-30 New York, NY - New York Society for Ethical Culture
05-02 Boulder, CO - Boulder Theatre
05-11 Copenhagen, Denmark - Komponent
05-12 Riga, Latvia - Soundforest Festival
05-15 Zagreb, Croatia - &TD
05-16 Rome, Italy - Teatro Palladium
05-17 Dublin, Ireland - Sugar Club
05-18 Belfast, Northern Ireland - The Black Box
05-19 Somerset, England - Butlins Minehead (All Tomorrow's Parties)
06-02 New York, NY - World Financial Center (Bang on a Can marathon)
* with Greg Davis
# with Mantler
^ with Todd Reynolds
$ with Rich Remsberg
% with Rich Remsberg's Common Picture
Cat Power
04-25 Glasgow, Scotland - The Ferry
04-26 Glasgow, Scotland - The Ferry
04-29 Somerset, England - Butlins Minehead (All Tomorrow's Parties)
05-01 London, England - Forum
05-02 Brussels, Belgium - Royal Circus
05-03 Eindhoven, Netherlands - Effenaar
05-04 Heidelberg, Germany - Karlstorbanhof
05-05 Luzern, Switzerland - Boa
05-06 Milan, Italy - Magazzini
05-07 Bologna, Italy - Estragon
05-08 Rome, Italy - Piper
05-09 Madrid, Spain - Joy Eslava
05-10 Dublin, Ireland - Tripod
07-07 Brooklyn, NY - McCarren Pool *
07-08 Boston, MA - Avalon Ballroom
07-09 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
07-10 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix
07-13 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
07-14 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) #
* with Built to Spill
# with Clipse, Iron and Wine, Girl Talk, Grizzly Bear, Battles, Professor Murder
Voxtrot
04-28 Houston, TX - Urban Outfitters (FreeYrRadio
05-17-19 Brighton, England - The Great Escape Festival
05-25 Austin, TX - Emo's #*
05-27 Phoenix, AZ - Anderson's Fifth Estate #
05-29 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey #^
05-30 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall #^
05-31 Davis, CA - UC Davis Campus Quad
06-01 Portland, OR - Doug Fir #^
06-02 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe #^
06-05 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock #^
06-06 Grand Rapids, MI - Intersection #%
06-07 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick #%
06-08 Toronto, Ontario - Sneaky Dee's #%
06-09 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa #%
06-10 Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place #%
06-11 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom #%
06-12 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar #%
06-13 Washington, DC - Black Cat #%
06-14 Boston, MA - Middle East #%
06-15 New York, NY - Webster Hall #%
06-16 Philadelphia, PA - Pure
06-21 Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds
06-22 Miami, FL - Studio A
06-23 Tampa, FL - Crowbar
06-26 Tallahassee, FL - Crowbar
06-29 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
06-30 Houston, TX - Proletariat
* with Tosca String Quartet
# with Au Revoir Simone
^ with Sound Team
% with Favourite Sons
Writing under the influence
Without which this column would not have been possible:
Joanna Newsom – Walnut Whales EP
The bit at the end
Have I mentioned how much I love Eliot Smith recently? No? Well I'm a big Eliot kick right now, I'm finding it hard to get either/or off my stereo.
There's been a whole bunch of fabulous albums released already this year, 2007 is shaping up to be the best year for music since 2007.
