Dancing About Architecture 08.12.08
Posted by Ian Wright on 08.12.2008
The Stooges robbed, Baltitour, Yo La Tengo on film, Beach House, Fleet Foxes and more.
The bit at the start
I fucking hate gear thieves.
They're worse than AIDS.
And I hope that the fuckers who stole this load of stuff off of The Stooges in Montreal get their knees smashed …
Red roadcase containing:
Red Gibson 1963 EB-3 bass (this is mike watt's bass!) USA No serial number
Black roadcase containing:r
Reverend Flying V guitar - Volcano black USA #08001
Black roadcase containing:
Reverend Orange guitar USA 03416 ZSL7
Black fibre case containg:
Gibson red SG short scale bass USA No serial number
Black roadcase containing:
Marshall Vintage/Modern Amplifier UK M-2007-07-0926-2 RoHS
Black roadcase containing:
Marshall Vintage/Modern Amplifier UK M-2007-07-0927-2 RoHS
4x Marshall 4x12 Cabinets (with Tuki cover) UK #1 Slant: M-2007-05-0149-0
4x Marshall 4x12 Cabinets (with Tuki cover) UK #2 Straight: M-2006-49-0380-0
4x Marshall 4x12 Cabinets (with Tuki cover) UK #3 Slant: M-2007-05-0150-0
4x Marshall 4x12 Cabinets (with Tuki cover) UK #4 Straight: M-2006-49-0381-0
Orange Calzone road case containing:
Guitar pedal board and pedals USA/Japan No serial number
Assorted leads USA/UK No serial number
2x mic stands Germany No serial number
Assorted strings and spares USA No serial number
plus:
2x Boss TU2 Chromatic Tuner
Boss CH1 Super Chorus
Fulltone OCD Overdrive
Crybaby Wah
Peterson Strobo-Stomp Tuner Pedal
Whirlwind A/B Boxes
Whirlwind Cable Tester
and many many istrument cables
various tools ( screwdrivers, soldering iron, pliers, etc... )
tambourine and maracas
Cardboard box containing:
Assorted replacement drum heads USA No serial number
Gretsch Silver Sparkle Catalina drum kit USA No serial number
26" Kick Drum No serial number
13" Rack Tom No serial number
18" Floor Tom No serial number
4x Cymbal Stands No serial number
1x Snare Stand No serial number
1x Hi Hat Stand No serial number
1x Drum Throne No serial number
Eden D810 Bass cabinet USA D810RP4 0703E5001
Eden D810 Bass cabinet USA D810RP4 0703E5002
Cardboard box containg:
Eden VT300 Bass amplifier USA 0601E5115
Cardboard box containg:
Eden VT300 Bass amplifier USA 0507E5033
Floor Fan CHINA No serial number
Floor Fan CHINA No serial number
Green clamshell suitcase containing:
Yamaha snare drum JAPAN No serial number
Yahama kick pedal JAPAN No serial number
Zildjian Mega Bell cymbal USA No serial number
Zildjian 15" Hi-Hats USA No serial number
3x Zildjian 18" 19" 20" crash medium cymbals USA No serial number
Brown Epiphone guitar case:
Black Epiphone EB3 short scale bass KOREA F300503
1 x Wheeled Black Pelican case (50cm x 28cm x 20cm) containing :
A selection of microphones and microphone accessories, most of which are in separately labeled black pouches. All of the microphones are of Shure manufacture, also a BSS DI box. Inside the Pelican case there is also a Ferrari pencil case containing an iPod, iPod accessories, various small cables and adaptors, a Leatherman Charge, a Stooges AAA tour laminate, some pain killers, some sharpies, some electrical tape, some business cards (Mr Rik Hart). Within the case there is also a big pair of Sony headphones (model MDR7506) with a long curly cable and three very long XLR to XLR mic cables. Here's a more specific list of the microphones :
2 x SM91
5 x SM98
2 x B98
2 x SM81
2 x KSM32
1 x KSM27
2 x B52
3 x SM57
8 x SM58
1 x BSS AR-133 DI Box
(all manufactured by shure)
Motherfuckers. Anyway, if you live around Montreal and on the off chance you see anything like the above going cheap … you know what to do.
Mike Watt's bass in particular is very distinctive
Beg, borrow, buy, steal or download this album.
Built To Spill – Perfect From Now On
I may just see them play it twice in November.
You news, you lose
Cool.
I really don't think anyone toys with the idea of what's possible to be done with the parameters of a live music arena more than Dan Deacon. The Baltimore absurdist composer/single funnest live music experience you can have typically sets up on the floor with the crowd surrounding him and what follows is usually a heaving, sweaty orgy of dance offs and children's party games.
So it's unsurprising that when Deacon came up with the idea of a travelling cavalcade of local B-more bands he'd come up with an interesting concept for the shows. That concept being that of a "Round Robin." What will happen is that the bands will all setup along the perimeter of the room with the crowd in the middle. The first band will then play a song, then the next band will play a song, and so on and so on.
As for the tour itself, it will feature 29 bands split into 3 different groupings, "Eyes Night," "Feet Night" and "Weird Round". The 14 night tour takes place in 7 cities with the gigs alternating between Eyes Night and Feet Night with the Weird Round bands alternating and fitting in on various nights.
By the way, here's the bands that are on the tour …
"Eyes Night":
Beach House
Jana Hunter
Wzt Hearts
Nautical Almanac
Lexie Mountain Boys
Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez
Ed Schrader
Teeth Mountain
Santa Dads
Creepers
"Feet Night":
Dan Deacon
The Death Set
Videohippos
Adventure
Future Islands
Double Dagger
Blood Baby
Height
Lizz King
Nuclear Power Pants
Smart Growth
DJ Dog Dick
"Weird Round":
Mark Brown
Showbeast
Sports Ghosts
Boo Boos
Cornelious and Pitifa
Ram Ones
Funny Clown
Dates:
10-02 Boston, MA - Massachusetts College of Art and Design ("Eyes Night")
10-03 Boston, MA - Massachusetts College of Art and Design ("Feet Night")
10-04 Montreal, Quebec - Église Saint-Enfant Jésus (Pop Montreal) ("Eyes Night")
10-05 Montreal, Quebec - Église Saint-Enfant Jésus (Pop Montreal) ("Feet Night")
10-08 Detroit, MI - Museum of Contemporary Art ("Eyes Night")
10-09 Detroit, MI - Museum of Contemporary Art ("Feet Night")
10-10 Chicago, IL - Epiphany ("Eyes Night")
10-11 Chicago, IL - Epiphany ("Feet Night")
10-13 Oberlin, OH - Oberlin College ("Eyes Night")
10-14 Oberlin, OH - Oberlin College ("Feet Night")
10-15 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom ("Eyes Night")
10-16 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom ("Feet Night")
10-17 New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge ("Eyes Night")
10-18 New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge ("Feet Night")
Who La What?
Yo La Tengo are set to release a compilation of their soundtrack works on their own Egon label on September 5th. They Shoot We Score will contain music from the soundtracks of Old Joy, Junebug, Game 6 and Shortbus.
26 of the 27 instrumental pieces on the collection are previously unreleased and the CD will come with a booklet containing posters of the films from around the world.
Tracklisting:
Old Joy:
01 Leaving Home
02 Getting Lost
03 Path to Springs
04 Driving Home
05 Leaving Home (alternate version)
06 Old Joy: End Credits
Junebug:
07 Ashley
08 Meerkats
09 Madeline
10 A Roomful of Ladies (outtake)
11 David Wark
12 Aftermath (outtake)
13 George
Game 6:
14 This Could Be It
15 The Phantom Who Haunts Broadway
16 Game Time
17 Pharaoh Blues
18 Zoo Chant
19 Love Chant
20 Asbestos
21 Return of the Pharaoh
22 Spec Bebop
23 Buckner's Boner
Shortbus:
24 Isolation Tank
25 Panic in Central Park (outtake)
26 Panic in Central Park
27 Wizard's Sleeve
House On The Beach.
I loves 7"s and Beach House will be releasing their debut one in October. The 21st of that month will see the duo release "Used To Be" on Carpark and the b-side will be a 4-track demo of "Apple Orchard" from their debut album.
So that's nice.
Speedy Foxes.
Current Fleet Foxes drummer J Tillman recently issued all 4 of his previous albums digitally for the first time. Tillman is currently getting set to tour the US with Fleet Foxes as they start an opening tour with Wilco next week but his current set of solo dates seem to be when he'll open for as well as play with Fleet Foxes in their October UK and Ireland tour.
He's also currently working on his 5th album Vacilando Territory Blues.
The YouTube video of the week
Dodos live, I fucking love those guys.
If you can you should go to these gigs.
Menomena
08-09 Myslowice, Poland - Off Festival
08-10 Prague, Czech Republic - 007
08-13 Utrecht, Netherlands - Ekko
08-14 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop
08-15 Paris, France - Fleche D'or
08-16 St. Malo, France - La Route du Rock
08-18 London, England - 93 Feet East
08-22 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
08-23 Los Angeles, CA - Sunset Junction
09-06 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom (Musicfest NW)
09-19 Seattle, WA - Moore Theater *
09-20 San Francisco, CA - The Independent #
* with the National
# with Dat'r
Radiohead
08-08 Jersey City, NJ - Liberty State Park (All Points West Festival)
08-09 Jersey City, NJ - Liberty State Park (All Points West Festival)
08-12 Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center %
08-13 Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center %
08-15 Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheatre %
08-19 Vancouver, British Columbia - Thunderbird Stadium *
08-20 Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheatre *
08-22 San Francisco, CA - Golden Gate Park (Outside Lands Festival)
08-24 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl *
08-25 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl *
08-27 Chula Vista, CA - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre *
08-28 Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl *
10-01 Osaka, Japan - Municipal Central Gymnasium
10-02 Osaka, Japan - Municipal Central Gymnasium
10-04 Tokyo, Japan - Saitama Super Arena
10-05 Tokyo, Japan - Saitama Super Arena
10-07 Tokyo, Japan - Forum
10-08 Tokyo, Japan - Forum
% with Grizzly Bear
* with Liars
Ted Leo
08-12 New York, NY - Titus 2 Theater at MoMA (Ted Leo solo) (PopRally Presents: The Art of Dissent)
09-30 Birmingham, AL - WorkPlay *
10-01 Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade *
10-02 Hilton Head, SC - Stages Music and More *
10-03 St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing *
10-04 Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues *
10-05 Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds *
10-07 Greensboro, NC - Greene Street *
10-08 Washington, DC - Black Cat *
10-09 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory *
10-10 Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom *
10-11 New York, NY - Webster Hall *
10-12 Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre *
10-14 Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's *
10-15 Des Moines, IA - People's Court *
10-16 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
10-17 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theater *
10-18 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre *
10-20 Omaha, NE - Slowdown *
10-21 Englewood, CO - Gothic Theater *
10-22 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue *
* with Against Me!
Deerhunter & Times New Viking
10-31 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse *
11-01 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
11-02 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
11-03 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
11-04 Washington, DC - Black Cat #
11-05 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church #
11-06 Princeton, NJ - Terrace F. Club #
11-07 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg #
11-08 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom $
11-10 Boston, MA - Paradise $
11-11 Montreal, Quebec - Theatre Plaza %
11-12 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace %
11-13 Pontiac, MI - Crofoot Ballroom !
11-14 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop !
11-15 Chicago, IL - Metro !
11-16 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon !
11-17 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club !
11-20 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards ~
11-21 Seattle, WA - Neumos ~
11-22 Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater ~
11-24 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall ~
11-25 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre ~
11-28 San Diego, CA - Casbah
11-29 Phoenix, AZ - Modified Arts
12-01 Dallas, TX - Palladium Loft
12-02 Austin, TX - Emo's Alternative Lounge Outside
12-03 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
12-04 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
12-05 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks
12-06 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
* with Pylon
# with Knyfe Hyts
$ with Vivian Girls
% with Neighborhood Council
! with Disappears
~ with BARR
Ryan Adams + The Cardinals
08-23 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
08-26 Seattle, WA - WaMu Theater *
08-27 Vancouver, British Columbia - General Motors Place *
08-29 Edmonton, Alberta - Rexall Place *
08-30 Calgary, Alberta - Pengrowth Saddledome *
09-01 Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Center *
09-04 Ottawa, Ontario - Scotiabank Palace *
09-05 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre *
09-07 Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion
09-09 London, Ontario - John LaBatt Center *
09-25 Schenectady, NY - Proctor's Theater
09-26 Syracuse, NY - Landmark Theater
09-27 Rochester, NY - Auditorium Theater
09-29 Columbus, OH - Palace Theater
09-30 Cleveland, OH - Playhouse Square
10-02 Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theatre
10-03 Cincinnati, OH - Taft Theater
10-04 St. Louis, MO - Fox Theater
10-05 Madison, WI - Overture Hall
* with Oasis
Mission Of Burma
09-25 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex (performing Vs.)
09-26 San Francisco, CA - Independent (performing Signals, Calls & Marches)
09-27 San Francisco, CA - Independent (performing Vs.)
09-29 Portland, OR - Doug Fir (performing Signals, Calls & Marches)
09-30 Vancouver, British Columbia - Plaza Nightclub (performing Signals, Calls & Marches)
10-01 Seattle, WA - Neumos (performing Vs.)
Writing under the influence
Without which this column would not have been possible:
