Dancing About Architecture 08.21.07
Posted by Ian Wright on 08.21.2007
Happy PJ Harvey, Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen news; sad Radiohead news, Lily Allen, Ravers vs. the UK police, LCD Soundsystem and Arcade Fire to have offspring and more.
The bit at the start
Howdy. I've been sick for 5 days so I think I'm going to blast through this mofo faster than food went through my digestive system last week. Fridge on Thursday were alright, I was too ill to go to Dan Deacon and Slint were pretty great on Saturday, if you really need to know more I've got further thoughts on the blog I've been plugging the last 2 weeks.
By the way, I really hate Pink Floyd, I thought you should all know that.
Beg, borrow, buy, steal or download this album.
Loose Fur – Loose Fur
Tweedy and O'Rourke together. How could it not be good?
The Dancing About Architecture MySpace band artist of the week.
It was a real case of assault on precinct 13 in Great Yarmouth, England on Saturday when a group of disappointed ravers laid siege to the town's Police Station following the breaking up of an "unlicensed music event".
The story began around noon on Saturday when police arrested 3 people in a van carrying sound equipment and then 200 police from around the region descended on the site of the planned rave on the Harfery Industrial Estate where 44 cars were seized. Following this the attack on the police station took place which resulted in 15 further arrests.
Chief Supernintendo Chalmers Bob Scully said: "We acted swiftly to control the situation and restore order.
"What occurred was entirely unacceptable and inexcusable.
"This was large scale anti-social behaviour and officers dealing with the incident were put at serious risk.
"It is behaviour that won't be tolerated."
According to the police 2 vehicles were damaged and officers narrowly avoided serious injuries.
To me it's pretty obvious where the coppers went wrong here, they should have waited for the ravers to take their pills before they broke the thing up. That way the only danger they were in was that they might have been hugged to death.
Hold me, I feel shakey.
It was a big week for great North American songwriters announcing new albums. Neil Young added another entry to his already formidable "coming soon" list (live albums, graphic novels, benefit shows) in the form of his newest studio album.
Titled Chrome Dreams II (inspired by a lost album from 1977 that didn't have a number after it) it features 3 older songs and 7 brand new ones. The new ones tend towards the lengthy side of things with one being 13 minutes long and another clocking in at 18:30.
The album will be out on Reprise but no one seems to know when.
BRRRUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCccccccccceeeeee.
Joining Young in the old guy putting out new album stakes is Bruce Springsteen who on October 2nd will release his new album, the follow up to last year's Seeger Sessions album, entitled Magic.
It will be the first time Springsteen has recorded with the E-Street band since 2002's The Rising and was produced by Brendan O'Brien at Atlanta's Southern Tracks Recording Studio. There's expected to be an extensive tour to follow the album which will most likely take up an 1/8th of your day if you go to one of the gigs.
Tracklisting:
01 Radio Nowhere
02 You'll Be Comin' Down
03 Livin' in the Future
04 Your Own Worst Enemy
05 Gypsy Biker
06 Girls in Their Summer Clothes
07 I'll Work for Your Love
08 Magic
09 Last to Die
10 Long Walk Home
11 Devil's Arcade
Did you know that Polly Harvey wrote to the address on the liner notes of Spiderland?
Apparently she did. Anyway, US release details for the upcoming White Chalk were announced last week.
The album will be out on September 25th, a day after the UK release on Island.
So there.
FUCK.
OK, I think you need to sit down for this.
There will not, I repeat NOT, be a new Radiohead album in 2007.
Try to hold yourself together.
Look on the bright side this fucking shitty, non new Radiohead album having year will be over in 4.5 months.
Vinyl Junkies rejoice.
Not only are Arcade Fire and LCD Soundsystem combining for a tour that is threatening to make the staff of Pitchfork drown in a room flooded with their own cum but the 2 bands are getting together to release a split 7". There's no release date set yet but what is known is that LCD Soundsystem will be covering Joy Division's "No Love Lost" and Montreal's finest's contribution to the piece of shellac is "Poupee de Cire, Poupee de Son" which was written by Serge Gainsbourg.
As for the tour, here's the complete and final set of dates.
09-17 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
09-20 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
09-21 Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
09-24 Seattle, WA - Bank of America Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion (University of Washington)
09-26 Lehi, UT - Waterfall Amphitheater at Thanksgiving Point
09-28 Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theatre
09-30 Saint Paul, MN - Roy Wilkins Auditorium
10-03 Louisville, KY - Waterfront Park
10-05 Columbus, OH - LC Pavilion
10-06 New York, NY - Randall's Island #
# with Les Savy Fav
Free Lily - Update.
Further to last weeks story about Lily Allen's visa troubles in California she's been forced to cancel some US tour dates for next month. Namely these ones …
09-06 San Diego, CA - House of Blues *
09-07 Las Vegas, NV - The Joint @ Hard Rock Hotel *
09-10 Anaheim, CA - House of Blues *
09-12 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre *
09-14 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom *
09-15 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre *
Oh dear, what a pity, never mind.
The YouTube video of the week
If you can you should go to these gigs.
Mission Of Burma
09-20 New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
09-21 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street Downstairs
09-22 Providence, RI - Decibel
09-23 Boston, MA - Institute of Contemporary Art (early show)
09-23 Boston, MA - Institute of Contemporary Art (late show)
Thurston Moore
09-24 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's *
09-26 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg *
09-27 Boston, MA - Museum of Fine Arts * (college students only)
09-28 Princeton, NJ - Princeton University Terrace Club * (college students only)
09-29 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel *
09-30 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's *
10-24 Seattle, WA - Neumos #
10-25 Portland, OR - Doug Fir #
10-26 Arcata, CA - Humbolt State University #
10-29 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall #
10-30 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex #
12-07-09 Minehead, England - Butlins Holiday Centre (ATP Nightmare Before Christmas)
* with Christina Carter
# with Scorces
Iron And Wine
09-23 Chicago, IL - Metro
09-25 Toronto, Ontario - Danforth Music Hall
09-26 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
09-27 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
09-28 Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theater
09-29 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
09-30 New York, NY - Town Hall Theatre
10-23 Leeds, England - City Varieties Music Hall
10-24 Gateshead, England - Sage
10-25 Manchester, England - Academy 2
10-26 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Belfast Festival
10-27 Dublin, Ireland - Temple Bar
10-28 Bristol, England - St. George's
10-29 Edinburgh, Scotland - Queen's Hall
10-31 London, England - Shepherd's Bush Empire
11-01 Cardiff, Wales - The Point
11-02 Brighton, England - St. George's Church
11-03 Nottingham, England - Rescue Rooms
11-04 Reading, England - Reading Arts Concert Hall
Jesus and Mary Chain
08-25 Paris, France - Rock en Seine
08-31 Argyll, Scotland - Connect Festival
09-01 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic
09-07 London, England – Brixton Academy
10-20 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues *
10-22 Anaheim, CA - House of Blues *
10-23 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theatre *#
10-26 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore *#
10-27 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore *#
* with Evan Dando (solo acoustic)
# with Soulsavers (featuring Mark Lanegan)
The Hold Steady
08-21 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Vital Festival
08-22 Carlisle, England - Brickyard
08-24 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
08-25 Cardiff, Wales - The Point
08-26 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-28 Zagreb, Croatia - INmusic Festival
08-30 London, England - Electric Ballroom
08-31 Nottingham, England - Rescue Rooms
09-01 Inveraray, Scotland - Connect Festival
09-13 New York, NY - Union Square Barnes and Noble (Craig Finn solo)
09-17 New York, NY - World Trade Center Plaza *
* with Old 97s, Illinois
The Hold Steady/Art Brut co headliner
10-21 Providence, RI - Lupo's
10-22 Boston, MA - Roxy
10-23 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
10-24 Raleigh, NC - Disco Rodeo
10-25 Athens, GA - 40 Watt
10-26 Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theatre
10-27 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
10-29 Pontiac, MI -Crofoot Ballroom
10-30 Chicago, IL - Metro
10-31 Chicago, IL - Metro
11-01 Minneapolis, MN - State Theatre
11-04 Seattle, WA - HUB Ballroom
11-05 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
11-06 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theater
11-07 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
11-08 San Diego, CA - Cane's
11-09 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
11-11 Boulder, CO - Fox Theater
11-12 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
11-13 Lawrence, KS - Granada
11-14 Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom
11-15 Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
11-17 Birmingham, AL - BottleTree Annex
11-18 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
11-19 Richmond, VA - Toad's Place Richmond
11-20 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
11-21 New York, NY - Terminal 5
The National
08-17 New York, NY - South Street Seaport *
09-04 Philadelphia, PA - Theater of Living Arts %$
09-05 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club %$
09-06 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club %$
09-07 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle %$
09-08 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse %$
09-10 Orlando, FL - The Club @ Firestone %$
09-11 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder %$
09-12 Birmingham, AL - The Bottletree %$
09-14 Dallas, TX - Grenada Theater @
09-15 Austin, TX - Emo's ^
09-16 Austin, TX - Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Festival)
09-18 Denver, CO - Ogden Theater @
09-19 Omaha, NE - Slowdown @ @
09-20 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line @
09-21 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater @
09-22 Chicago, IL - The Vic @
09-23 Cincinnati, OH - Madison Theater @
09-27 San Diego, CA - Casbah @
09-28 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern @
09-29 San Francisco, CA - Ballroom @
10-01 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom @
10-02 Seattle, WA - Showbox @
10-03 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom @
10-06 Boston, MA - Roxy
10-07 Montreal, Quebec - Le National
10-08 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Hall
10-11 New York, NY - Terminal 5 @
10-30 Dublin, Ireland - Ambassador Theatre @
10-31 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Spring + Airbrake @
11-01 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia Theatre @
11-02 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC @
11-03 Sheffield, England - Leadmill @
11-04 Manchester, England - Academy 2 @
11-06 Birmingham, England - Irish Centre @
11-07 London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire @
11-09 Bristol, England - Anson Rooms @
11-10 Portsmouth, England - Pyramids @
11-12 Brussels, Belgium - AB !
11-13 Reims, France - La Cartonnerie !
11-14 Paris, France - Elysée Montmartre !
11-15 Rennes, France - Ubu Club !
11-16 Toulouse, France - La Nef !
11-17 Barcelona, Spain - Apolo !
11-19 Clermont-Ferrand, France - The Cooperative De Mai !
11-20 Lausanne, Switzerland - Le Romandie !
11-21 Milan, Italy - Transilvania !
11-22 Zurich, Switzerland - Abart !
11-23 Zagreb, Croatia - KSET !
11-24 Vienna, Austria - Szene Wien !
11-26 Stuttgart, Germany - Schocken 12 !
11-27 Cologne, Germany - Prime Club !
11-28 Amsterdam, Holland - Melkweg !
11-30 Copenhagen, Denmark - Lille Vega !
12-01 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser !
12-02 Oslo, Norway - John Dee !
12-03 Malmo, Sweden - KB !
12-05 Hamburg, Germany - Knust !
12-06 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof !
* with Takka Takka, the Forms
% with the Rosebuds
$ with Doveman
@ with St. Vincent
^ with Blonde Redhead
! with Hayden
Flaming Lips
08-25 San Diego, CA - Ace Parking Lot %
09-07 Chicago, IL - Aragon Theater *
09-08 Madison, WI - Willow Island ^
09-09 Minneapolis, MN - The Myth *
09-12 Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theater *
09-15 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre (Monolith Festival)
09-16 Las Vegas, NV - Skin Pool @ Palms Hotel
09-18 Vancouver, British Columbia - Orpheum Theater *
09-19 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater *
09-20 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theater *
09-24 San Antonio, TX - Sunset Station Lonestar Pavilion
09-25 Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
09-28 Saint Louis, MO - The Pageant
09-30 Cleveland, OH - Agora Theatre
10-01 Pontiac, MI - Clutch Cargo's
10-03 Charlotte, NC - Amos' Southend
10-12-14 Atlanta, GA - Bouckaert Farm (Echo Project Festival)
% with Z-Trip, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
* with Black Moth Super Rainbow
^ with Cold War Kids
Deerhoof
09-01 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic Festival
09-21 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live #^
09-22 Dallas, TX - House of Blues #^
09-23 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballrooom *#
09-25 Nashville, TN - City Hall *#
09-26 Covington, KY - Madison Theatre *#
09-28 Toronto, Ontario - Ricoh Coliseum *#
09-29 London, Ontario - John Labatt Center *#
09-30 Pontiac, MI - Eagle Theater
10-01 Madison, WI - Memorial Union Rathskellar
10-02 Minneapolis, MN - McGuire Theater at Walker Arts Center
10-03 Denver, CO - Bluebird
10-06 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
10-19 Reykjavik, Iceland - Iceland Airwaves
10-21 Kortrijk, Belgium - Sonic City Festival
10-22 Lille, France - Le Grand Mix
10-24 Poitiers, France - Confort Moderne
10-25 Nantes, France - Olympic
10-26 Vendome, France - Rockomotives Festival
10-27 Boulogne, France - BB Mix Festival
11-02 London, England - The Forum (ATP's Release the Bats)
# with Bloc Party
^ with J Versus K
* with Smoosh
Sunset Rubdown
10-05 Montreal, Quebec - Theatre National *
10-07 Boston, MA - Middle East
10-08 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
10-09 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
10-10 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
10-11 Washington, DC - Black Cat
10-12 Raleigh, NC - Local 506
10-13 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
10-15 New Orleans, LA - Spanish Moon
10-16 Austin, TX - Emo's
10-18 Tucson, AZ - Solar Culture
10-19 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
10-21 San Francisco, CA - Independent
10-23 Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
10-24 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe
10-25 Vancouver, British Columbia - Plaza Club
10-26 Victoria, British Columbia - Logans
10-28 Calgary, Alberta - Broken City
10-29 Edmonton, Alberta - Velvet Underground
10-30 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Amigos
10-31 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Royal Albert Arms
11-01 Fargo, ND - Aquarium
11-02 Triple Rock Social Club
11-03 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
* with Black Mountain, Lightning Dust, Oakley Hall
Writing under the influence
Without which this column would not have been possible:
Talk radio
Wolf Parade – Live at Wolf Island
The bit at the end
Happy birthday Wednesday Jamie.
Battles on Friday, it could well be the best gig of the year.
