Dancing About Architecture 12.04.07
Posted by Ian Wright on 12.04.2007
Radiohead, MBV, ATP, Portishead, V-Fest Oz style and a ton more.
The bit at the start
Oh man I'm so tired, and sore, but mainly tired. But at the same time happy.
All I can say is that you've ever had the opportunity to see Dan Deacon live and passed it up you are poorer as a human being.
Beg, borrow, buy, steal or download this album.
Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
I prefer Slanted and Enchanted but this is also outstanding.
You news, you lose
Obligatory Radiohead top story.
First off, in case you're weren't aware the In Rainbows discboxes started arriving in people's homes today. So obviously that means that the bonus CD2 is now available of the internet for resourceful people to find. I'm in the middle of the first listen to the second song so it's far too early to make a judgement but the general consensus seems to be "I can see why this was left off the album."
Anyway the details began to emerge in the past week about the first European dates for the band's tour next year. This initial announcement mainly gave the cities they'd be playing with no firm date or venue but things have begun to get a bit clearer with a number of the dates being solidly confirmed and at present here's the projected itinerary:
06-?? Dublin, Ireland – TBA (I've been tipped off that that'll take place in Malahide castle and looking at the logistics of getting to Paris it'll probably take place)
06-09 Paris, France - Bercy
06-10 Paris, France - Bercy
06-?? Barcelona, Spain - TBA
06-14 Nimes, France - Arenes
06-18 Milan, Italy - Civica Arena
06-20 Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany - Southside Festival
06-22 Scheeßel, Germany - Hurricane Festival
06-?? London, England - TBA (2 dates)
06-?? Glasgow, Scotland - TBA
06-?? Manchester, England - TBA
07-01 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Westerpark
07-03 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-03-06 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter Festival
07-08 Berlin, Germany - Wuhlheide
Not as good as the Big Day Out lineup.
Australia's travelling Big Day Out Festival, which boasts amongst its lineup Arcade Fire, The National and LCD Soundsystem is mostly long sold out at this point. However if you're down under and desperate for festival entertainment the Aussie V-Fest kicks off at the end of March and hits 4 cities and the initial lineup was announced in the past few days with The Smashing Pumpkins, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Queens of the Stone Age, Duran Duran, CSS, Tough Alliance, Presets and Plug-In City will be at all four dates with Air and the execrable Mika joining the line-up for the first 2 dates. There's still plenty of bands to be announced though. But if they're of a similar calibre as those already announced I wouldn't bother my arse personally.
Stay at home:
03-29 Sydney, Australia - Centennial Park
03-30 Gold Coast, Australia - Avica Resort
04-05 Melbourne, Australia - Showgrounds
04-06 Perth, Australia - Esplanade
I want this record to happen so bad I can taste it.
I reported last week on the likelihood of a new My Bloody Valentine album in the coming months (no way will it be out by years end) and how in talking to Billboard the band's manager Vinita Joshi implied that MBV might follow Radiohead's model for In Rainbows and release the album digitally however Joshi ruled out the "pay what you want" part of Radiohead's release. However things have become a bit clearer since then and wired spoke to Joshi last week who attempted to set the record straight saying, In the interview with Billboard I stated that the forthcoming MBV album will more than likely be self-released.
That does not equate to a digital only release, which the article states.
Whilst I understand many bands can self-release via digital shops, that is not the plan.
In fact we see digital as a far inferior format and the band would NEVER plan to release an album exclusively in a digital format.
I was quite upset to be misquoted when I took the time to talk to the journalist in question.
Oh and I still can't wait to see them in London next year.
ATP, ATP, ATP.
Well May draws ever closer and the lineup for that month's pair of ATP's gets ever better and better.
May 9-11th's ATP vs. Pitchfork Festival in Camber Sands has seen the addition of Jens Lekman, A place to bury strangers, Yeasayer, Redd Kross and Marissa Nadler. So the lineup now looks like this:
Chosen by Pitchfork:
Jens Lekman
A Place to Bury Strangers
Yeasayer
The Hold Steady
Black Lips
Hot Chip
Les Savy Fav
No Age
Of Montreal
Man Man
Los Campesinos!
Caribou
Glass Candy
Dirty Projectors
Chosen by ATP:
Redd Kross
Marissa Nadler
Deerhunter
Wooden Shjips
Meat Puppets
The Black Angels
Shit and Shine
Sebadoh
Ween
Pissed Jeans
Fuck Buttons
Apse
Lekman has also been added to the Explosions In The Sky curated ATP taking place in Butlins Minehead from May 16-18 as well as Silver Jews which just goes to demonstrate that even if a band don't seem like likely headliners for the festival is doesn't mean that they can't pick some fantastic bands to play. The lineup for this weekend looks like this:
EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY »
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE »
IRON AND WINE
DINOSAUR JR »
ADEM
....AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF THE DEAD
POLVO »
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE »
A HAWK AND A HACKSAW »
ELUVIUM »
OLA PODRIDA »
LAZARUS »
THE PAPER CHASE »
FOUR TET »
WESTERN KEYS »
SILVER JEWS
JENS LEKMAN
MONO
TONY TEARDROP
THE DRIFT
GHOSTFACE KILLAH
On a semi related note.
Portishead are reforming to curate this month's ATP Nightmare Before Christmas. They've also got a new (only their third) album in the works and in the past week it was revealed that it will come out in April of next year in the UK with no solid release plans for the US set yet though with the whole torrent thing it'd be pretty dumb for them not to have the dates very close to each other.
No other details have been announced but the working title for the album back in 2003 was said to be Alien.
Speaking of which, is it just me or is that new AvP film looking like it'll be even worse than the last one. How could anyone possible mess that idea up?
It just beggars belief.
The YouTube video of the week
You know, I really should go see a show in Zagreb.
If you can you should go to these gigs.
Super Furry Animals wit ha load of cool opening acts.
12-31 London, England - Royal Festival Hall ^
01-23 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's *
01-25 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg *
01-26 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom *
01-27 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *%
01-29 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle *%
01-30 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse *%
01-31 New Orleans, LA - The Republic *%
02-01 Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre *%
02-02 Austin, TX - Emo's *
02-05 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress *
02-06 Solona Beach, CA - Belly Up *
02-08 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex *
02-09 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
02-11 Portland, OR - Doug Fir *
02-12 Seattle, WA - Neumos *
02-15 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theatre
02-16 Chicago, IL - Metro
02-17 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
02-18 Buffalo, NY - Tralf Music Hall
02-20 Toronto, Ontario - Mod Club
02-21 Montreal, Quebec - Cabaret Music Hall
02-22 Ithaca, NY - Cornell University
02-23 Boston, NY - The Paradise
02-25 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
^ with Deerhoof
* with Holy Fuck
% with the Fiery Furnaces
Band Of Horses
12-28 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
12-29 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
12-31 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
01-20 Charleston, SC - Music Farm
01-21 Norfolk, VA - The Norva
01-22 Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore at the TLA
01-23 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
01-24 State College, PA - State Theatre
01-25 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
01-26 Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall
01-27 Newport, KY - Southgate House
01-29 Nashville, TN - Exit/In
01-30 Memphis, TN - HiTone Café
01-31 St. Louis, MO - Gargoyle
02-01 Norman, OK - Meacham Auditorium (University of Oklahoma)
02-02 Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom
02-03 Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
02-04 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
02-06 Birmingham, AL - Bottle Tree
02-07 Tallahassee, FL - Beta Bar
02-09 Orlando, FL - Social
02-10 Orlando, FL - Social
02-12 Mt. Pleasant, SC - Village Tavern
02-20 Dublin, Ireland - Button Factory
02-21 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC
02-23 Birmingham, England - Academy
02-24 Manchester, England - Academy
02-25 Bristol, England - Thekla Social
02-28 Paris, France - La Maroquinerie
02-29 Cologne, Germany - Gebäude 9
03-01 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
03-02 Hamburg, Germany - Knust
03-04 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
03-05 Gothenburg, Sweden - Sticky Fingers
03-06 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser
03-07 Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
03-08 Stavanger, Norway - Folken
03-10 Berlin, Germany - Columbia Club
03-11 Frankfurt, Germany - Mousonturm
03-12 Oslo, Norway - Garage
03-13 Zurich, Switzerland - Abart
03-14 Lausanne, Switzerland - Le Romandie
03-15 Brussels, Belgium – Botanique
St. Vincent (who is awesome)
11-30 London, England - Bush Hall
12-01 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Rotown
12-02 Cologne, Germany - Gebaude 9
12-03 Berlin, Germany - Lido
12-04 Hamburg, Germany - Molotow
12-07 Brussels, Belgium - Rotonde @ Botanique
12-08 Utrecht, Netherlands - Ekko
12-10 Milan, Italy - La Casa
12-11 Paris, France - Point Ephemere
02-17 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
02-18 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *
02-23 Chicago, IL - Schubas (two shows) *
02-24 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center (Ohio State University) *
02-26 Washington, DC - The Rock and Roll Hotel *
02-29 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *
* with Foreign Born
Writing under the influence
Without which this column would not have been possible:
Talk Radio
Radiohead – In Rainbows (Bonus disc)
Liars - Liars
The bit at the end
Thanks to the amazing coolness of one of Dublin's smaller promoters liasing with venues and changing stage times about tonight (Tuesday) I'll be attending 2 shows. First up is Thurston Moore who, thanks to a curfew will have to be finished by 10:30. Then it'll be down to my favourite venue in the world to catch Liars hitting the stage at 10:45.
Mozza is suing the NME, is there a way for both to lose?
Semi permanent plug for my blog. In the past week there's been more detailed thoughts about Dan Deacon live, the usual football stuff, a lengthy ode to Okkervil River (with loads of MP3's) and some other stuff. If you like Radiohead you should click the link.
