Posted on 14 May 2009
This morning you may have caught Phoenix unplugged on Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix’s “Lisztomania,” etc. A few hours later, we have the Bogstandard-directed video for the album’s oft remixed lead track “1901.” It was commissioned specifically by Dazed Digital, which is likely why you need to head their site to watch the lights flicker, turn into venetian blinds, and cast variously shaped shadows (including the numbers “1901″) on the band: So please do.
Even if you’ve found it elsewhere already, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is out 5/25, people.
Posted on 14 May 2009
Natasha Khan fans who purchased a Two Suns CD found a special surprise when ripping it to their laptop, being taken to a special site to download the bonus (and apparent live staple) “Lo-Fi” version of “Daniel.” Those opting to go full download for the album via iTunes do not get access to that reworking — in the promotional age we call this spreading the wealth — but of course mighty Apple’s iTunes store gets an exclusive an exclusive of their own in “Wilderness.” It’s pretty for a b-side, and of a piece with the more balladic and intimate moments of Two Suns. Listen:
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Posted on 14 May 2009
YACHT pay tribute to the 1981 pre-riot grrl cult flick Ladies And Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains via their forthcoming “Don’t Put Out” 7″. “Waste Of Time”’s at yacht.tumblr.com.
Posted on 14 May 2009
Victoria’s Secret continues soundtracking ads that they could likely get away with doing in silence, but so it goes. The first on our radar was Lykke Li and Heidi Klum selling us on the Ipex line’s microsmooth fabric and nipple concealment, then it was Joanna Newsom and Miranda Kerr on the Dream Angels push-up. This time they’ve paired Little Boots, aka Victoria Hesketh, with seven Victoria’s Secret models, showing us one bra you can wear in seven ways. The song’s “Meddle” from her forthcoming full-length debut Hands.
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Posted on 13 May 2009
You’ve heard the song live for a while and perhaps caught it on Letterman, but now Modest Mouse are releasing the official studio version of “Satellite Skin.” The No One’s First And You’re Next-related 7″ is out 5/26, but the A-Side’s streaming at the band’s site today. As they note, the 7″ will be pressed on “limited edition orange vinyl with an embossed sleeve and individually numbered to 4000″ and backed by another newbie, “Guilty Cocker Spaniels.” (If you’re not one to use vinyl, don’t get our moth-wing feelings hurt, it’ll be up at iTunes, too.) Take a listen at MySpace. And keep eyes peeled for the video directed by Tool’s Kevin Willis. Also, check back here on Monday (5/18) when we’re premiering the aforementioned “Guilty Cocker Spaniels.”
Posted on 13 May 2009
Almost a year ago, Juliana Hatfield stopped by the ‘Gum Drop with the then unreleased “So Alone.” Currently working on a followup to How To Walk Away, the perennial Stereogum favorite returns with a demo of a new song with an intriguing name. We asked Hatfield about “There’s Always Another Girl (For Lindsay Lohan).” She responded at length, telling us, among other things:
I rented I Know Who Killed Me and was impressed at how watchable and interesting Lindsay Lohan was in it, which was a surprise because the film was universally panned. That got me thinking, and Tweeting, about what a sort of bum rap Lindsay has gotten these past few years and how she is actually, if you sit down and watch her with an open mind, a good actor and how all she needs is one great, serious role in a good movie — maybe a small indie movie — to make people take her seriously (like Mickey Rourke and The Wrestler). It’s so gross and nasty for people to be watching and waiting and almost cheerleading for Lindsay to relapse, or get in a car crash or whatever. Horrible.
Read the rest of Hatfield’s response while you take a listen to her song.
In this week’s Drop, we also offered the chance to win an iPod Touch and retro rock tees from Wolfgang’s Vault.
Continue reading The ‘Gum Drop LXXXVII: Hear New Juliana Hatfield, Win An iPod Touch & Retro Rock Tees From Wolfgang’s Vault…
Posted on 13 May 2009
You knew she dug Brecht and now Palmer’s collaborated with her former drama teacher Steven Bogart and the kids at her former Boston-area Lexington High School to create “a play that uses music… not a musical.” It’s called “The Needle That Sings in Her Heart” and, yes, In the Aeroplane’s its inspiration/backdrop. Can jazz hands play musical saw? Watch.
Posted on 12 May 2009
Earlier today we posted the complete stream for Animal Collective’s show last night at the 9:30 Club, but for those of you who want to cut to the chase and locate the new stuff, here’s a stand-alone MP3 for an echoing, cavernous song currently titled “Bleed.” It’s a brief 3-minute shadowy, clanging, and woodsy transitional piece. Hence the accompanying photo. If the guys reposed for the same shot at midnight with a full fire and a stash of sky-smearing peyote, it’d be an even better fit.
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Posted on 12 May 2009
There are some great things about seeing a band like the Thermals. For one, you know you’re gonna see at least twenty of your favorite The Thermals songs in one night. And even at a less-than-sold-out show that was a late-add to a pair of sold-out gigs Friday and Saturday, tired crowd and tired band, there wasn’t a moment where Hutch and Kathy weren’t full on. Maybe it was Hutch’s “four martini breakfast.” Or maybe it’s just the effect of that good Kill Rock Stars money. (On his suit and tie: “I went to the stock exchange today, that’s why I’m dressed up. We’re so rich now. Richer.”) It was a good setlist: Lots of Now We Can See and The Body, The Blood, The Machine, some More Parts Per Million, only “How We Know” from Fuckin’ A (needs more Fuckin’ A), and covers of Nirvana’s “Sappy” and the Breeders’ “Saints.” Apparently this run was was all about the raucous Saturday show at Bowery, but even on a lower key night, the Thermals represented in the same way they register their Big Idea punk-pop: disarming with superficially sloppy charm but delivering taut, smart tunes with methodically misleading ease. Photographer Santiago Felipe was on hand to flesh out this gallery, and here’s last night’s setlist and the upcoming tour dates:
Continue reading The Thermals @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg, Brooklyn 5/11/09…
Posted on 12 May 2009
A couple months ago Jack White launched Third Man Records’ Nashville offices via his newest supergroup, The Dead Weather. As we mentioned then, and as you know by now, the band’s made up of the Kills’ Alison Mosshart, Raconteur Jack Lawrence on bass, Queens Of The Stone Age’s Dean Fertita’s on guitar, and White doing the Phil Collins thing. We also told you that when they play live, White occasionally moved from behind the drumkit so he can sing with his face attached to Mosshart’s. Now you can feel awkward, too: Moving beyond their previous Nashville and NYC one-offs, the group just confirmed a number of dates for their first official tour. It starts June 11th in Louisville, keeps on going. They’ve also made it clear their debut album Horehound’s out mid-July. We have the dates and the cover.
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