Kurt Vile
“Invisibility : Nonexistent”
Kurt Vile holds a special place in the Chocolate Grinder’s crotch. His new EP, Square Shells, is due May 25 on Matador.
• Kurt Vile: http://www.kurtvile.com
• Matador: http://www.matadorrecords.com
The Black Keys
“Next Girl”
Stroke your wiener or rub your hoo-ha: The Black Keys’ new album is called Brothers, and it’ll be out May 18.
• The Black Keys: http://www.theblackkeys.com
Joan of Arc Presents
Don’t Mind Control Variety Show [live soundboard recording]
Polyvinyl has made available a soundboard recording of Joan of Arc’s Don’t Mind Control Variety Show from earlier this year at Chicago’s Empty Bottle. The performance features over 30 musicians, including a surprise reunion set by Cap’n Jazz. You can download the 24-song set here.
Don’t Mind Control live album tracklist
01. Euphone w/Tim Kinsella - Friend in Common
02. Euphone w/Tim Kinsella - King Missile Lizard King Jam
03. The Zoo Wheel - The Prize/Water
04. The Zoo Wheel - Hi Honies
05. Owen - No More No Where
06. Litesalive - Tele / Shoulders / Alone and One / Blue-Bronze Player
07. A Tundra - Beer Plugs
08. A Tundra - Fallen Awake
09. A Tundra - The Doug McComb Over
10. Jeremy Boyle - Thanks Todd and Theo
11. Disappears - The 15th (Wire cover)
12. Disappears - Sound of Confusion (Spacemen 3 cover)
13. Cap’n Jazz - Little League
14. Cap’n Jazz - Oh Messy Life
15. Cap’n Jazz - We Are Scientists
16. Cap’n Jazz - Que Suerte
17. Joshua Abrams - [amalgamation of many tunes]
18. Birthmark - Untitled New Song
19. Birthmark - Untitled New Song
20. Birthmark - Untitled New Song
21. Vacations - Friday the 13th Pt. 2
22. Vacations - New Friends
23. Vacations - Ewoks in Domes
24. Slick Conditions - Spit in Layers
• Polyvinyl: http://www.polyvinylrecords.com
Friends Records
Friends and Friends of Friends [free compilation album]
Here’s a free digital download from new Baltimore label Friends Records. It’s titled, appropriately enough, Friends and Friends of Friends. The label is also releasing the comp as a limited-edition cassette, so if you’re a tape fetishist, head on over to Friends Records to order copies for you and your friends. Don’t have any friend? Then you’re a total loser, loser.
Side A:
01. Weekends - A Defining Love (acoustic)
02. Future Islands – Virgo Distracts (live @ DubLab)
03. Height with Friends – Current Floor (King Rhythm Redux)
04. Winks - Sometimes I Can Fake a Smile
05. Daytime - Lights
06. Food For Animals – Dope (Jones Remix)
07. Sri Aurobindo – Don’t Know (live @ WMUC)
08. The Violet Hour – Echoes
Side B:
09. Moss of Aura – Generations
10. Lands and Peoples – In Living Colour
11. Lonnie Walker – Feels Like Right
12. Tapes in Space – Bat Meat
13. Shields - DANGx2
14. B&P – Greminals
15. Brendan Sullivan – Young Thunder Pt. 1
• Friends Records: http://www.friendsrecordsbaltimore.com
Interpol
“Lights”
Some people were mad Interpol didn’t make our decade list. Some people were ecstatic. Either way, Interpol will announce new album info in the coming weeks.
• Interpol: http://www.interpolnyc.com
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