Dancing About Architecture 05.06.08
Posted by Adam Tool on 05.06.2008
Latest from a Broken Social Scene-ster, the new NIN album is highly affordable, The Fiery Furnaces are live on-stage and in your CD player, we’ve found The Cure, and a truly awesome performance of “Knife” in the YouTube video of the week.
The bit at the start
Hello there. As may already be aware, I am not Ian Wright. My name is Adam Tool and I currently write The Fightin' Stance News in the MMA zone here at 411mania. You're here with me on a glorious day, as I make my debut in the Music zone. I can actually feel your excitement radiating through your computer.
Ian and I actually have quite a bit in common. He lives in Ireland and I live in Iowa. He's a huge fan of soccer (or football as he would call it), and I've never watched a soccer match in my life. He has a one-man musical project, and I don't know how to play any instruments.
Okay so we're nothing alike. We do share a taste for all the good music that can't be classified as mainstream, so with that in mind, let's do this thing.
Beg, borrow, buy, steal or download this album
Rock Plaza Central - Are We Not Horses
A concept album about mechanical horses that think they are real horses. The band describes their style as "Canadicana."
You news, you lose
Presents from Canada
While the world patiently waits for a new Broken Social Scene album, the band members are staying busy with solo and side projects. Now there is a release date for the next Broken Social Scene Presents… release, this time coming from Scene co-founder Brendan Canning.
The album is called Something For All Of Us…, and it will be released in North America on July 22nd. Like the previous entry in the Presents… series from Kevin Drew, the album will feature a variety of BSS members in cameo appearances, including Drew himself, Amy Millan (who is also a member of Stars), Justin Peroff, Andrew Whiteman, and Ohad Benchetrit. Also appearing will be fellow indie-Canucks like Jason Collett, James Shaw of Metric, Liam O'Neil from The Stills, and Apostle of Hustle's Lisa Lobsinger (who will duet with Canning on a tune called "Antique Bull").
If you're the kind of person that needs to know the names of songs before you hear them, then please to enjoy the Something For All Of Us… track listing
01 Something for All of Us
02 Chameleon
03 Hit the Wall
04 Snowballs & Icicles
05 Churches Under the Stairs
06 Love Is New
07 Antique Bull
08 All the Best Wooden Toys Are Made in Germany
09 Been at It So Long
10 Possible Grenade
11 Take Care, Look Up
The nails are free
First it was Radiohead that decided they didn't want to do things the same, old fashioned way. The band made the decision to literally give their music away, or fans could pay what they wanted. Trent Reznor liked the idea so much he tried something similar with his instrumental release Ghosts I-IV. Now he's gone one step further.
If you go to the official Nine Inch Nails website you can download the band's new album The Slip for free. It's absolutely free, there's no option whatsoever where you can give the band your money. Like Ghosts the album is being released under the Creative Commons attribution-noncommercial share alike license, meaning you can do pretty much whatever you want with the music (as long as you don't get any money for it).
According to the website the album is being given away, "as a thank you to our fans for your continued support." Especially the fans that felt the need to track down and collect all 26 Halo's.
If for some reason you are unable to download the record, a physical release will be in stores in July.
Do you remember?
Sometimes I wish my sister and I were a successful indie-rock group that got to release new albums every other week and tour relentlessly. But then I remember that this is an honor bestowed on a chosen few, like Matt and Eleanor Friedburger, better known to the world as The Fiery Furnaces.
That's the cover of Remember, the new double live album from the Furnaces that's scheduled to hit stores on August 19th. In addition to the new release the famile Friedburger will be hitting the road for a tour that includes their first visit to my hometown of Des Moines. This is happy news for me indeed.
The tour will also be the next phase in the band's Democ-Rock campaign, where fans are encouraged to take any piece of paper that happens to be on their person, and put it in the "ballot box" on stage where it could be used to help write a new tune, or simply suggest the next one played in the setlist. Tour dates are below, come out and have your voice be heard.
Here is the (mammoth) Remember tracklist:
Disc one:
01 Intro 0:41
02 Blueberry Boat 8:27
03 Single Again 3:33
04 Two Fat Feet 2:28
05 Don't Dance Her Down 3:26
06 Single Again (Reprise) 2:03
07 Wicker Whatnots 2:55
08 Little Thatched Hut 4:12
09 I'm in No Mood 2:59
10 Black-Hearted Boy 2:38
11 Bitter Tea 2:47
12 Waiting to Know You 1:34
13 Vietnamese Telephone Ministry 2:46
14 Oh Sweet Woods 2:31
15 Borneo 3:30
16 Benton Harbor Blues 1:41
17 Japanese Slippers 2:23
18 Benton Harbor Blues (Reprise) 1:03
19 Whistle Rhapsody 1:52
20 Crystal Clear 1:39
21 Whistle Rhapsody (Reprise) 1:15
22 Teach Me Sweetheart 3:41
23 Evergreen 1:37
24 Bitter Tea (Reprise) 1:30
Disc two:
01 Chris Michaels 6:57
02 Quay Cur 8:17
03 My Dog Was Lost But Now He's Found 2:52
04 Spaniolated 2:01
05 Name Game 2:27
06 Birdie Brain 2:28
07 1917 3:08
08 Slavin' Away (Intro) 0:18
09 Tropical Ice-land 3:29
10 Asthma Attack 1:44
11 Tropical Ice-land (Reprise) 0:26
12 The Wayward Granddaughter 4:38
13 The Garfield El 1:48
14 A Candymaker's Knife in My Handbag 1:08
15 Forty-Eight Twenty-Three Twenty-Second St. 2:40
16 Slavin' Away 2:58
17 Seven Silver Curses 1:40
18 Clear Signal From Cairo 1:37
19 I'm Gonna Run 2:26
20 Here Comes the Summer 3:15
21 Chief Inspector Blancheflower 2:31
22 Automatic Husband 1:38
23 Ex-Guru 2:34
24 Clear Signal From Cairo (Reprise) 1:39
25 Philadelphia Grand Jury 1:13
26 Navy Nurse 0:59
27 Uncle Charlie 2:17
Have your eyeliner at the ready
I'll refrain from telling you exactly what I think of The Cure, so I can offer this newsbite scorn-free. Everyone's favorite mascara wearing songsters have a new album coming out, their first since 2004's self-titled effort. The new album doesn't have a name yet, but it does have a release date: September 13th.
There's more. Since this will be the band's 13th studio album, they're taking the number-motif a step further and releasing a new single from the album on the 13th day of each month until the album's release. For those of you too lazy to count, that means there will be 4 singles between now and then. The first one will be out next Tuesday and will be called "The Only One."
In addition the band will be kicking off a tour of these United States on Friday. Tour dates can be found below in the usual place.
The YouTube video of the week
The Carelton Singing Knights performing Grizzly Bear's "Knife" a cappella
If you can you should go to these gigs
Broken Social Scene
05-09 Istanbul, Turkey - Babylon Bar
05-10 Istanbul, Turkey - Babylon Bar
05-12 Njimegen, Netherlands - Doornroosje
05-13 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
05-15 Paris, France - Elysee Montmarte
05-15 Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Den Atelier
05-16 Vilagarcia de Arousa, Spain - Festival do Norte
05-18 Minehead, England - Bultin's Holiday Centre (Explosions in the Sky ATP)
05-20 Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street
05-21 Sheffield, England - Leadmill
05-22 Oxford, England - Carling Academy
05-23 London, England - Shepherd's Bush Empire
05-25 Moscow, Russia - IKRA Club
05-26 Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia
06-15 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
06-27 Calgary, Alberta - Sled Island
08-02 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
08-04 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Music and Arts Festival
08-24 San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Festival
The Fiery Furnaces
05-17 Bennington, VT - Bennington College
05-28 Sacramento, CA - Harlow's Night Club
05-29 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
05-30 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
05-31 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
06-01 Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
06-02 Pomona, CA - The Glass House
06-03 Tucson, AZ - Plush Room
06-05 Aspen, CO - Belly Up
06-06 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
06-07 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
06-09 Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room
06-10 Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
06-11 Kansas City, MO - The Record Bar
06-12 St Louis, MO - The Pageant $
06-13-15 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
07-27 Pemberton, British Columbia - Pemberton Festival
$ with the Raconteurs
The Cure
05-09 Washington, DC - Patriot Center *
05-10 Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Spectrum *
05-12 Boston, MA - Agganis Arena *
05-14 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre *
05-15 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre *
05-17 Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena *
05-19 Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theatre *
05-21 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre *
05-23 Salt Lake City, UT - E Center *
05-25 George, WA - The Gorge Amphitheatre (Sasquatch! Festival) *
05-26 Vancouver, British Columbia - General Motors Place *
05-29 Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl *
05-31 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl *
06-01 Los Angeles, CA - Shrine Auditorium *
06-03 San Diego, CA - Cox Arena *
06-04 Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre *
06-06 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center *
06-08 Austin, TX - Austin Music Hall *
06-09 Houston, TX - Toyota Center *
06-11 Tampa, FL - St. Pete Times Forum *
06-13 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Bank Atlantic Center *
06-15 Atlanta, GA - Gwinnett Center *
06-16 Charlotte, NC - Charlotte Bobcats Arena *
06-18 Cleveland, OH - Wolstein Center (Cleveland State University) *
06-20 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden *
06-21 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall *
* with 65daysofstatic
Modest Mouse
05-23 Vancouver, British Columbia - Deer Lake Park *^
05-24 George, WA - The Gorge (Sasquatch!)
05-25 Bend, OR - Les Schwab Amphitheatre ^!
05-27 Reno, NV - Grand Sierra Resort
05-29 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl *^
05-31 Berkeley, CA - The Greek Theatre *^
06-01 Berkeley, CA - The Greek Theatre *^
06-03 Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre *^
06-04 Council Bluffs, IA - Westfair Amphitheater %
06-05 St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center *^
06-06 Chicago, IL - United Center *^
06-08 Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheater *^
06-10 Raleigh, North Carolina - Walnut Creek Amphitheatre *^
06-11 Washington, DC - Merriweather Post Pavilion *^
06-13 Boston, MA - Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts *^
06-14 Long Island, NY - Jones Beach Theater *^
06-16 Rochester, NY - Main Street Armory $
06-18 Philadelphia, PA - Mann Center for the Performing Arts *^
06-19 New York, NY - TBA *^
06-21 Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheatre *^
06-23 Miami, FL - Jackie Gleason Theatre %
06-24 Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live %
06-25 St. Augustine, FL - St. Augustine Theater
06-26 Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues %
06-28 Norfolk, VA - The NorVa %
06-29 Charlottesville, VA - Charlottesville Pavilion %
06-30 Rostraver, PA - Ice Garden %
07-01 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
07-02 Cincinnati, OH - Bogarts
07-02 Rothbury, MI - Rothbury Festival
* with R.E.M
^ with the National
! with the Breeders
% with Dirty Dozen Brass Band
$ with Love as Laughter
Fleet Foxes
05-24 George, WA - Sasquatch! Festival
05-30 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
06-02 Paris, France - La Fleche d'Or
06-03 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
06-04 Hamburg, Germany - Knust
06-05 Berlin, Germany - Cafe Zapata
06-09 Brighton, England - Audio *
06-10 Bristol, England - Louisiana *
06-11 London, England - Barfly (University of London) *
06-12 Nottingham, England - Social *
06-14 Dublin, Ireland - Whelan's *
06-15 Leeds, England - Brudenell Social Club *
06-17 Manchester, England - Roadhouse *
06-18 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC2 *
06-26 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
06-27 San Diego, CA - Casbah
06-28 Los Angeles, CA - Echo
06-29 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
06-30 Tucson, AZ - Solar Culture
07-02 Austin, TX - Mohawk
07-03 Dallas, TX - Loft
07-05 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
07-06 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
07-07 Washington, DC - Black Cat
07-08 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
07-09 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
07-12-13 Redmond, WA - Marymoor Park (SP20)
07-14 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs
07-15 Montreal, Quebec - Le Divan Orange
07-18 Madison, WI - Terrace
07-19 Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Music Festival $
07-20 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St. Entry
07-22 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
07-23 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
07-25 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
08-07 Oslo, Norway - Oya Festival
08-09 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
09-05-07 Isle of Wight, England - Bestival
* with Beach House
$ with Animal Collective, Jarvis Cocker, the Hold Steady, !!!, Vampire Weekend, Dizzee Rascal, Caribou, Jay Reatard, Titus Andronicus, No Age, Atlas Sound, Extra Golden, Elf Power, the Ruby Suns, Icy Demons, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Occidental Brothers Dance Band International, Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar
Grizzly Bear
07-25 Calgary, Alberta - Grace Church (Sled Island Music Festival)
07-31 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
08-01 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
08-02 Louisville, KY - 930 Listening Room
08-03 Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center *
08-04 Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center *
08-06 Montreal, Quebec - Parc Jean-Drapeau *
08-07 Northampton, MA - Calvin Theatre ^
08-08 Jersey City, NJ - Liberty State Park (All Points West Festival)
08-11 Washington, DC - Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
08-12 Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center *
08-13 Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center *
08-14 Boston, MA - Museum of Fine Arts Calderwood Courtyard
08-15 Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheatre *
* with Radiohead
^ with the New Pornographers
Writing under the influence
Without which this column would not have been possible.
The Dodos - Visiter
The Duke Spirit - Neptune
The bit at the end
If you live in or around Dublin then make sure you go to Whelan's this evening and check out Man Man, with very special guest The Former Soviet Republic (a.k.a 411‘s own Ian Wright).
Semi permanent plug for Ian's blog. I would link to my own blog but I haven't updated the damn thing in like a month so there isn't much of a point.
Ian will be back next week, and if you're ever in the MMA zone feel free to look me up.
