Dancing About Architecture 8.05.08

Posted by Ian Wright on 08.05.2008

New albums from Los Campesinos! and TVOTR, Jay Reatrd, Bill Corgan gets the lawyers out, Wolf Parade live clips and more.

The bit at the start

Hello, it's a holiday here so lets get right into it after I say this …

I saw Tom Waits on Friday night. Charismatic bastard.

Beg, borrow, buy, steal or download this album.

The Halo Benders – The Rebels Not In



The best record from the Doug Martsch/Calvin Johnson side project.

You news, you lose

Yipee.

OK I'll admit that I much preferred their first album to Return To Cookie Mountain but news that a new TV On The Radio album is on the way fills my black little heart with joy, not least because it means that Dave Sitek isn't busy making Scarlett Johansson albums.

Dear Science is released on Interscope in the US on September 23rd and the day before on 4AD in some other countries. Here is a list of the names of the songs that are on it, in the order that you will be listening to them if you put it on your stereo and simply press "play" …

01 Halfway Home
02 Crying
03 Dancing Choose
04 Stork & Owl
05 Golden Age
06 Family Tree
07 Red Dress
08 Love Dog
09 Shout Me Out
10 DLZ
11 Lover's Day

A Reatard named Jay.

Have you been obsessively collecting Jay Reatard's series of 7"s that he's been putting out on Matador over the course of the year?

No?

Well it's ok because if you can't be bothered/have missed a few of them on October 8th you'll be able to buy Matador Singles '08 which unsurprisingly will collect (most of) the songs from the 6 issue series. The only missing cut from the collection is Deerhunter's cover of "Oh It's Such A Shame", and will be replaced with a song called "I'm Watching You."

This is the second singles comp Reatad has released this year following up the collection of material from 2006 and 2007.

Those crazy kids with their new albums and all that.

Less than 10 months (to be precise 9 months) after the release of their debut album Los Campesinos! will release album #2, entitled We are beautiful, We are doomed on Wichita in the UK on October 13th with a North American release to follow the next month on Arts & Crafts.

Writing about the album on their website the band said of it, "Despite Hold on Now, Youngster... being only five or so months old, we wanted to emphasize that this is no post-album cash-in.

"It's no B-Sides and rarities or 'songs that weren't good enough to be on the album cobbled together with some remixes and field recordings of Cardiff's indie scene'; it's 10 all-new tracks that none of you have ever heard before.

"Sure, we considered re-releasing a radio-edit of 'You! Me! Dancing!' and trying to get famous and scraping another tour out of that, but our parents unanimously agreed that if we did they would never speak to us again."

Tracklisting:

01 Ways to Make It Through the Wall
02 Miserabilia
03 We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
04 Between an Erupting Earth and an Exploding Sky
05 You'll Need Those Fingers for Crossing
06 It's Never That Easy Though, Is It? (Song for the Other Kurt)
07 The End of the Asterisk
08 Documented Minor Emotional Breakdown #1
09 Heart Swells/Pacific Daylight Time
10 All Your Kayfabe Friends

Another Billy Corgan being a dick story.

The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Billy Corgan is set to begin legal proceeding against filmmaker Lester Cohn over his work surrounding Corgan's solo album TheFutureEmbrace. Cohn's job was to shoot studio recording and live footage of Corgan and that's what he did. But the suit alleges that he did a really bad job of it and the footage that was shown to Corgan "was completely unsatisfactory and not completed in a professional, workmanlike manner in accordance with the standards of a music filmmaker."

According to the Tribune it is also alleged that Cohn "misrepresented his filmmaking expertise and does not deserve the money he was paid." Corgan is seeking $100,000 in damages and all footage shot as his lawyers claim he wants to use it to, "create works in different media", this is footage remember, that Corgan claims is unsatisfactory yet he still wants to use it.

The YouTube video of the week

Wolf Parade in Boston on Saturday, boy do I want to see them live again.



If you can you should go to these gigs.

TV On The Radio

09-05 Portland, OR - Roseland *
09-06 Seattle, WA - Showbox *
09-07 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom *
09-09 Calgary, Alberta - MacEwan Ballroom *
09-10 Edmonton, Alberta - Starlite Room *
09-12 Boise, ID - Big Easy *
09-13 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue *
09-14 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks (Monolith Festival)
09-19 San Diego, CA - Street Scene
09-20 San Francisco, CA - Treasure Island Festival
10-10 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory +
10-11 Providence, RI - Lupo's +
10-13 Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre +
10-14 Brooklyn, NY - Masonic Temple +
10-15 Brooklyn, NY - Masonic Temple
10-18 Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's +
10-19 Indianapolis, IN - Vogue Theatre +
10-20 Minneapolis, MN - First Ave. +
10-21 Minneapolis, MN - First Ave. +
10-22 Chicago, IL - Riviera +
10-24 New Orleans, LA - Voodoo Festival +
10-25 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle +
10-26 Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theatre +
10-28 Dallas, TX - Lakewood Theatre +
10-30 Austin, TX - Stubb's +
10-31 Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ballroom +
11-06 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern +
11-08 San Diego, CA - 4th and B (KBZT birthday show) +

* with Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
+ with the Dirtbombs

The Hold Steady

07-30 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon %
08-01 San Diego, CA - Casbah
08-02 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre %
08-05 Dallas, TX - The Loft %
08-06 Austin, TX - The Parish %
08-07 Baton Rouge, LA - Chelsea's %
08-08 Oxford, MS - Proud Larry's %
08-09 Athens, GA - 40 Watt %
08-10 Charleston, SC - The Pourhouse %
08-12 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle %
08-13 Norfolk, VA - The Norva %
08-14 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club %
08-16 Chelmsford, England - Hylands Park (V Festival)
08-17 Staffordshire, England - Weston Park (V Festival)
09-29 Oxford, England - Academy
09-30 Manchester, England - Manchester University
10-01 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC
10-02 Wolverhampton, England - Wulfrun Hall
10-04 Bristol, England - Anson Rooms
10-05 Nottingham, England - Rock City
10-06 Portsmouth, England - Pyramids
10-08 London, England - Roundhouse
10-09 Paris, France - Nouveau Casino
10-11 Hamburg, Germany - Knust
10-12 Cologne, Germany - Luxor
10-13 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
10-15 Oslo, Norway - Rockerfeller
10-16 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser Slussen
10-17 Goteborg, Sweden - Sticky Fingers
10-19 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
10-20 Berlin, Germany - Columbia Club
10-21 Vienna, Austria - WUK
10-22 Munich, Germany - Ampere

% with the Loved Ones

Animal Collective

08-09 Jersey City, NJ - All Points West Festival
10-12 Warsaw, Poland - Fabryka Trzciny
10-13 Krakow, Poland - Jazz Club Hipnoza
10-14 Prague, Czech Republic - Archa Theatre
10-15 Vienna, Austria - Arena
10-16 Ljubljana, Slovenia - Menza pri Koritu
10-19 Belgrade, Serbia - Dom Omladine
10-21 Thessaloniki, Greece - Principle Theatre
10-22 Athens, Greece - Gagarin 205
10-23 Tel Aviv, Israel - Zappa
10-24 Istanbul, Turkey – Babylon

Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks

08-01 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
08-24 Brighton, England - Komedia
08-25 Bristol, England - Thekla
08-26 Birmingham, England - Glee Club
08-27 Nottingham, England - Rescue Rooms
08-28 Leeds, England - City Varieties
08-29 Argyll, Scotland - Hydro Connect Festival
10-23 Calgary, Alberta - The Warehouse *
10-24 Edmonton, Alberta - Starlite Room *
10-25 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Amigo's *
10-27 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Pyramid Cabinet *
10-30 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon *
11-02 Columbia, MO - The Blue Note *
11-04 Omaha, NE - Slowdown *
11-05 Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall *
11-06 Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre *

* with Blitzen Trapper

Silver Jews

08-28 Columbus, OH - Milo
08-29 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
08-30 Pittsburgh, PA - William Pitt Union Assembly
08-31 Pontiac, MI - Crofoot
09-02 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
09-03 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa
09-04 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall
09-05 Cambridge, MA - Middle East
09-06 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg *
09-07 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
09-09 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
09-10 Washington, DC - Black Cat *
09-11 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle *
09-12 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle *
09-13 Atlanta, GA - Variety *
09-14 Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits *
09-15 Orlando, FL - The Social *
09-16 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder *
09-17 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks *
09-18 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington
09-19 Austin, TX - Emo's
09-20 Denton, TX - Hailey's
09-22 Tucson, AZ - Plush
09-23 San Diego, CA - Casbah
09-26 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
09-27 Big Sur, CA - Fernwood Resort
09-29 Eugene, OR - W.O.W. Hall *
09-30 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom *
10-02 Seattle, WA - Neumos
10-03 Boise, ID - Neurolux
10-04 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
10-05 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater *
10-07 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room Lounge *
10-08 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club
10-09 Iowa City, IA - Picador
10-10 Chicago, IL - Metro
10-11 Indianapolis, IN - Birdy's
10-12 Nashville, TN - Exit/In *

* with Monotonix

Broken Social Scene

08-02 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
08-02 Chicago, IL - The Metro *
08-04 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Music and Arts Festival
08-08 Regina, Saskatchewan - Regina Folk Festival
08-10 Edmonton, Alberta - Edmonton Folk Music Festival
08-15 Ottawa, Ontario - Ottawa Folk Festival
08-21 Salt Lake City, UT - Twilight Concert Series
08-22 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
08-23 Los Angeles, CA - Sunset Junction
08-24 San Francisco, CA - Golden Gate Park (Outside Lands Festival)
10-08 Grand Rapids, MI - Calvin College
10-11 Madison, WI - Union Theatre at University of Wisconsin
10-13 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
10-14 Omaha, NE - Slowdown
10-16 Kansas City, KS - The Beaumont
10-17 Columbia, OH - The Blue Note
10-18 St. Louis, MO - The Gargoyle
10-19 Champaign, IL - Foellinger Auditorium at University of Illinois
10-21 Richmond, VA - Toad's Place
10-22 Falls Church, VA - State Theatre
10-24 Brooklyn, NY - Masonic Temple
10-25 Brunswick, ME - Bowdoin College
10-26 Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre

* with Yeasayer

Writing under the influence

Without which this column would not have been possible:

Sonic Youth – Bad Moon Rising

The bit at the end

Back in 7 folks, have a good week.

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