Posted on 02 March 2010
Peter Gabriel recorded “My Body Is A Cage,” now he wants a little reciprocation. “Games Without Frontiers” is from Gabriel’s 1980 self-titled album. No firm release date yet for this companion album to Scratch My Back (in fact, Regina Spektor is still choosing her cover), but there are some new details at NYT.
Posted on 25 February 2010
If it’s your first show in a big country/big city, covering Radiohead is a good way to turn a few Heads. (Actually, ditto Natasha Khan, even if you’re playing in your homeland.) Copenhagen indie-psych astronauts Oh No Ono — who made it onto the cover of the newspaper at by:Larm last weekend — did just […]
Posted on 25 February 2010
Thom Yorke’s an avowed fan of Natasha’s, placing “Horse And I” on his iTunes Playlist with the note “Natsha Khan of Bat For Lashes ain’t scared” at a time when she was still trying to convince people Fur & Gold was more than the art-damaged, new age Kate Bush retread it was pegged. And that […]
Posted on 25 February 2010
Granted, she is only 13 in this talent show clip, but there are some problems here: Pretty sure the lyric is “Hitler hairdo” not “hateful hair.” Also, Thom Yorke sort of warbles the end of the word “party,” and doesn’t end it with a cheery “yeah!” Oh well, this is what you’ll get.
Posted on 25 February 2010
Radiohead’s frontman Thom Yorke has announced today that he’ll take his previously unnamed supergroup on a short Spring tour in April, including a stop at Coachella. The band, which includes Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, is now called Atoms For Peace.
Atoms For Peace 2010 Spring Tour Dates:
April 5 & 6: New York, NY – Roseland Ballroom w/ Flying Lotus
April 8: Boston, MA – Citi Wang Theatre w/ Flying Lotus
April 10, 11: Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom w/ Flying Lotus
April 14, 15: Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre w/ Flying Lotus
April 17: Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl w/ Flying Lotus
April 18: Indio, CA – Coachella
Ticket on-sales start on Tues, March 2 and continue throughout the week.
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Posted on 29 January 2010
Here’s your jump if you’re looking for some weekending brain-decompression via compelling and endlessly dope minimal techno jams. The anticipated third long-player from German electro producer Hendrick Weber, aka Pantha Du Prince, features guest spots from Panda Bear (singing on “Stick To My Side”) and !!!’s Tyler Pope amid 11 tracks stretching over nearly 1.5 hours. Each minute of which is streaming here, so get streaming. Recommended listening:
Continue reading Stream Pantha Du Prince Black Noise…
Posted on 29 January 2010
Percussive BK outfit Lemonade are working shit out on their great, heavily rotated new five-track EP Pure Moods, the followup to last year’s self-titled full-length debut. The trio’s tracks hit the dancefloor from all angles, filtering a worldly rhythmic sense and digital peripherals through their Brooklyn-based lens. Front and center are Alex Pasternak’s ferocious drumset workouts and Callan Clendenin’s cutting vocals, defined by a bar-by-bar attention to tonal texture and left-field electronic filigree. Pure Moods is the right title for the set, catching a band cutting the clutter and homing in on their distinct strain of highly danceable, vaguely experimental post-punk. Steel drums ping off of the synths and polyrhythmic clatter in “Remain In Jah,” color the Caribbean lilt and stomp of opener “Banana Republic.” Clendenin’s melodies are etched with modal half-steps in the seven-and-a-half minute, shifty, digitally squiggled centerpiece “Underwater Sonics.” Closer “Sunsplash” is a quirk-encrusted equatorial beachfront love jam. Standout among standouts “Lifted,” the set’s second track and first free MP3, is another for lovers: The main riff is a trickling xylophone punctuated with sampled laughter and liquid squishes, and the hum of rolled steel drums, opened up by a phased synth and by Calen’s slow-jam come ons: “I said oh girl, where you going to … I see my whole life come together around you.” Pure mood, dudes.
Continue reading New Lemonade - “Lifted”…
Posted on 29 January 2010
Anthemic Seattle sludge dudes (and karaoke champions) Big Business’ third album Mind The Drift was mentioned favorably a few times in my year-end metal roundup. I’ve enjoyed bassist/vocalist Jared Warren’s work since his days in the awesomely heavy and often out of place Olympia/K Records trio Karp. Now he and ex-Murder City Devils, etc., cohort Coady Willis split time between Big Business — with guitarist Toshi Kasai — and the Melvins. It’s a stellar resume even without factoring in Tight Bros From Way Back When, the Whip. I’m looking backwards because it’s interesting (and rare) to follow a relative contemporary’s aesthetic progression/expansion across a couple decades, to watch the streamlining of his take on punked-out stoner rock. At this point Big Business’ tongue-in-cheekiness isn’t always my thing — though, yeah, it’s always been their thing — but the silly charisma and fake mustaches work well in the old-timey/elk-exploding/bloody/Western-saloon backdrop Wesley Belak-Berger’s created to house “The Drift.” Helps that it’s also just a great song.
Continue reading New Big Business Video - “The Drift” (Stereogum Premiere)…
Posted on 29 January 2010
Merritt did “Not One Of Us” as a Scratch My Back tie-in: “Peter’s […] showcases his singing voice, whereas my version showcases this evil dwarf choir.” It’ll appear on a digital single with Gabriel’s take on “The Book Of Love.” Listen.
Posted on 28 January 2010
How do you followup singing the far-right leaning first section of “Das Deutschlandlied” at a German festival? “British musician Pete Doherty was fined on Wednesday for walking into a court with 13 wraps of heroin in his coat pocket.” But it was an accident!