EMI appeals Men At Work plagiarism ruling

By Brom on

EMI appeals Men At Work plagiarism ruling

EMI Music has decided to appeal against a ruling that Men At Work plagiarized a Girl Guide flute refrain. On February 4, an Australian court agreed that the band had stolen a flute riff first written 70 years ago. The controversy centers around Men At Work’s 1983 hit “Down Under,” which features the suspect woodwind instrument.

EMI argues that any similarities between Men At Work’s flute and Marion Sinclair’s (who penned the riff in 1934) would only be noted (geddit?) by a “highly educated musical ear.” In addition, the label also says the real copyright holders are the Girl Guides Association of Victoria state, not Larrikin who initially brought the case. This is because they sponsored the “Girl Guides song competition for which the song was written.”

Of course this merely confirms what most TMT readers have known all along: major labels have been screwing us since time immemorial. They’d even go so low as to steal from innocent girl guides!

Neon Indian get vertical, join up with Mountain Dew

By Jon Lorenz on 02-26-2010

Mountain Dew has always been one to keep up with the cool, hip activities of young teenagers across America. In 1995, they sponsored the X-Games. In 2009, they created the World Of Warcraft Mountain Due Gamefuel to keep the nerds on top of their game. Now, in 2010 they have created an internet record label to release today’s “dewiest” jams. Mountain Dew’s label, Green Label Sound, has already released exclusive free MP3s by Matt and Kim, Chromeo, and The Cool Kids. Next up on their list of things to “dew” is release a brand new, exclusive track by “chillwave” act Neon Indian. This will be the first new Neon Indian song of the year, so the question is: will Mountain Dew make Neon Indian the band of 2010, or does this mean Neon Indian will become the band that has that song in that Mountain Dew commercial? Only time will tell.

While we wait for the new Neon Indian jam next month, you can check out everything Green Label Sound has to offer by visiting their website… if you’re into that high fructose bullshit.

• Green Label Sound: http://www.greenlabelsound.com

Josiah Wolf doesn’t ask WHY?; he releases tourdates and an MP3 instead

By Kid Midnight on 02-26-2010

Last time we checked in on Josiah Wolf, he was prepping his solo debut album, Jet Lag. Now, the multi-instrumentalist from WHY? has announced a tour in support of the new disc. I won’t say much about the new record (you probably read the news story linked above anyway, right?), but I will remind you that it “offers up a rare solo work with true legs of its own” and that “Wolf’s lean poems are set to an autumnal mix of warm folk and easy psychedelia played out (by Wolf alone) on guitar, vibes, kalimba, Hammond organ, bells, bass and drums to name a few. The end result is a sort of chamber pop minus the showy sweeps…” So, yeah.

Check out “Master Cleanse (California)” over at the Chocolate Grinder. We even use the same promotional pic!

Jet Lag tracklist:

01. The Trailer And The Truck
02. Master Cleanse (California)
03. The Opposite Of Breathing
04. The New Car
05. Skull In The Ice
06. The Apart Meant
07. That Kind Of Man
08. Ohioho
09. Is The Body Hung
10. In The Seam
11. Gravity Defied
12. The One Sign

Jet Lag is scheduled for release on March 2, 2010

Tourdates:

02.27.10 - Covington, KY - Mad Hatter
03.05.10 - Cincinnati, OH - The Monestary (record release show)
05.21.10 - Chicago, IL - Schuba’s
05.22.10 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St. Entry
05.25.10 - Missoula, MT - The Palace
05.26.10 - Seattle, WA - The Vera Project %#
05.27.10 - Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret *#
05.28.10 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom *#
05.30.10 - Eugene, OR - WOW Hall *#
05.31.10 - Eureka, CA - Nocturnum #$
06.01.10 - Reno, NV - Biggest Little City Club #
06.02.10 - Oakland, CA - New Parish of Oakland *#
06.03.10 - Pomona, CA - Glass House *#
06.04.10 - La Jolla, CA - Che Cafe
06.05.10 - Tucson, AZ - Solar Cultural Gallery
06.08.10 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
06.09.10 - Denver, CO - Hi Dive
06.11.10 - St. Louis, MO - The Firebird
06.12.10 - Bloomington, IN - The Bishop

* WHY?
# The Donkeys
% AU
$ Citay

• Josiah Wolf: http://www.myspace.com/josiahwolfjetlag
• Anticon: http://anticon.com

Thom Yorke debuts three new songs at Green Party gig, AND WE’VE GOT THE VIDS, ETC

By Mr P on 02-26-2010

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke played a 19-track set at a recent benefit solo show for the Green Party’s Tony Juniper. Mostly comprised of Radiohead songs and tracks from The Eraser, Thom also treated the audience to rarer tracks like “Lotus Flower” and “I Froze Up.” BUT THAT WASN’T IT. Thom also debuted three brand new tracks: “The Daily Mail,” “Give Up The Ghost,” and “Mouse Dog Bird.” Only time will tell whether these new tunes end up on a future Radiohead album or a future solo release (or for a certain upcoming documentary), but one thing’s for certain: Thom sure knows how to rock that delay pedal!

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“The Daily Mail”:

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“Give Up The Ghost”:

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“Mouse Dog Bird”:

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Catch Thom on tour with his band, Atoms for Peace, in April.

• Radiohead: http://www.radiohead.com

Child Abuse announce Cut and Run on Lovepump United; something about that sentence sounds so wrong

By Annapocalypse on 02-25-2010

I don’t know what’s more troubling: naming your band Child Abuse, or playing in a band called Child Abuse and deciding to release your new album on a label called Lovepump United. Like it or not, Child Abuse’s second album, Cut and Run, is due out on April 13 through, yes, Lovepump United. If you’re curious as to what the album will sound like, all you need to know is that Child Abuse have toured with The Locust, Pig Destroyer, and Genghis Tron, and that ALARM Magazine said they have “a gift for conveying the giddy, volcanic rush of jazz losing its patience.” So if you like twee and own a cardigan, you may want to skip over this one, kids. Child Abuse will be touring in support of Cut and Run in late Spring.

Tracklisting:

01. Hold This
02. Bebe
03. Cut and Run
04. Opportunity Zone
05. Financial Burden
06. Froze Toes

• Child Abuse: http://www.myspace.com/childabuse
• Lovepump United: http://www.lpurecords.com

PJ Harvey Pal John Parish Embarks on a “Rock ’n’ Roll Odyssey” to the Mystical Isle of Soundtracks

By Liz Louche on 02-25-2010

You may know him best for A Woman a Man Walked By, his 2009 collaboration with PJ Harvey, but producer/musician/friend-to-the-stars John Parish is a well-regarded solo artist in his own right. Not only has he worked with heavy hitters like Eels, Tracy Chapman, and Giant Sand (among many others), but he’s also known for his soundtracks. Now, with the release of the She, a Chinese soundtrack, Parish’s film work is finally getting wide distribution. The “rock ‘n’ roll odyssey” (as the press materials are calling it) is slated for a US release April 6 and a worldwide digital release March 16 via Dreamboat Records. Not only do you get some stone cold Parish jams on that soundtrack, you also get an early track from Feist, plus Chinese punk rock from Mumma. Now that’s an odyssey I’m willing to embark upon… just keep me away from the ensorcelled swine. I don’t wanna be eating my bacon at breakfast, all worried that it was once human.

She, a Chinese soundtracklisting:

01. Li Mei
02. Fei Fei Run (Mumma)
03. Banjo X
04. Li Mei Makes a Break
05. Drone X
06. Li Mei & Brother Qiang
07. Wildflowers (Tian Zhen)
08. There Is a City (Hang on the Box)
09. Snake at the Docks
10. Spikey’s Place
11. Spikey’s Death
12. What Is Now? (Hang on the Box)
13. Rachid
14. Unseen/Mr Hunt
15. Li Mei & Rachid
16. Link X
17. November
18. Lonely Lonely (Feist)

• John Parish: http://www.johnparish.com
• Dreamboat: http://www.dreamboatrecords.co.uk

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