Tickley Feather to Charm You Again This Fall on Record and On Tour, AnCo Swoons
By Kenny Bloggins on Sep 10 2009
Philadelphia's adorable late-night freak-folk crooner Annie Sachs, a.k.a. Tickley Feather, a.k.a. Animal Collective's BFF 4 life, follows up her eponymous debut next month with Hors d’oeuvres. The album promises to be a little more accessible (supposedly) and joyful album, as Sachs recently moved back to her old homestead of Virginia to embrace her roots and her "Southern Gothic meets Existential Hillbilly vibe." That doesn't exactly sound like more "accessible" work, so I'm looking forward to additional psychotic weirdness and looking glass journeys via 4-track recorder that Tickley's already established.
Hors d’oeuvres comes out October 19 via Paw Tracks.
Tracklisting:
1. Muscles
2. Sure Relaxing
3. Don’t Call, Marylin
4. Buzzy
5. Trashy Boys
6. Not A Drum
7. Roses Of Romance
8. Fly Like An Eagle
9. Club Rhythm 96 & Cell Phone
10. Tickley Plays Guitar
To get the masses stoked on the new jam hive, Feather's got two dates stateside, including a performance with HEALTH in Philadelphia and a show as part of the Paw Tracks showcase at this year's CMJ Music Marathon in New York. After that, it's off to lands who mostly speak in languages of a Germanic language (that does include English, though)
09.25.09 - Philadelphia, PA - Fire Unitarian Church #
10.23.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Cameo Gallery
11.03.09 - Cologne, GER - King Georg
11.04.09 - Darmstadt, GER - Oettinger Villa
11.05.09 - Berlin, GER - Schokoladen
11.06.09 - Prague, CZ - TBA
11.07.09 - Vienna, AUS - Transporter
11.08.09 - Munich, HER - Under 13
11.09.09 - Freiburg, GER - KTS
11.10.09 - Lyon, FR - Grrrnd Zero
11.11.09 - Metz, FR - L'Emile Vache
11.12.09 - Paris, FR - TBA
11.14.09 - Brighton, UK - The Lectern
11.16.09 - Glasgow, UK - TBA
11.18.09 - Dublin, IE - Whelans
11.20.09 - Gardiff, UK - Gaffalo
11.21.09 - London, UK - TBA
Move Over John Mellencamp and Neil Young! Phosphorescent to Play Farm Aid; Also Announces Fall Tour
By Annapocalypse on Sep 10 2009
Farm Aid isn’t just for Top 40 artists anymore. This October, Willie Nelson’s biggest fanboy Phosphorescent will join his idol, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Wilco, and, uh, Dave Matthews and Jason Mraz at this year’s Farm Aid event in St. Louis, MO. Who knows, maybe Phosphorescent will be lucky enough to persuade Willie Nelson to guest on a few songs from his tribute album, To Willie (TMT Review).
Tourdates:
10.02.09 - Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen
10.04.09 - St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (Farm Aid)
10.05.09 - Memphis, TN - Hi Tone Cafe
10.07.09 - Nashville, TN - Exit In
10.08.09 - Birmingham, AL - Bottletree Cafe
10.09.09 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
10.11.09 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
10.12.09 - Charlotteville, VA - IS Venue
10.13.09 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
10.14.09 - Baltimore, MD - The Ottobar
10.15.09 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
10.16.09 - Providence, RI - Providence Black Repertory Theater
Remastered Beatles Albums On Sale Now at 7-11, Ralphs, Whole Foods, Restoration Hardware; This Could Finally Be the Big Break Those Hard-Working Mop-Heads from Liverpool Have Been Looking For!
By Mike McHugh on Sep 9 2009
If there’s one thing The Beatles have struggled with throughout their storied existence, it’s reaching out to people in “everyday places.” Sure, you can almost assuredly find a Beatles record in every single place on earth that sells music, and for those places that don’t stock CDs, you’re more than likely to hear the Fab Four piped in through the store’s loudspeakers, whether by the classic quartet themselves or by the multitude of artists who have covered them. Hell, chances are if you walk into the right Tesco in Liverpool you just might meet Ringo Starr working the register. Ah, that’s a bit unfair to say about that particular Beatles drummer. Pete Best probably works there.
But for EMI’s senior vice-president of catalog marketing (uh, wha?) Bill Gagnon, “any and everywhere on the fucking planet” doesn’t quite equal “everyday places.” So in an effort to reach out to the simple folk of the world who wouldn’t have the slightest idea how to procure a Beatles CD, EMI is planning to stock the soon-to-be-released remastered Beatles catalog in a number of retail stores that wouldn’t normally carry musical frisbees, as the people who have never bought a Beatles record call them. Along with CD shilling standard Starbucks , the newly remastered discs will also be available in such mind-boggling locations as 7-11 and Restoration Hardware, as well as supermarkets like Whole Foods, Ralphs, and Pathmark. In the immortally idiotic words of EMI SVPoCM Bill Gagnon, “It will allow us to reach the everyday places people shop… We’re bringing the music to where they are.”
Hey EMI and surviving Beatles, you know how else you can “bring the music to where everyday people] are?” Release your fucking music [digitally , you clods! Feel free to rebuy some of the most celebrated pop music of all time today while you’re shopping for shoe polish and cat food. And hey, while you’re at it, buy Beatles Rock Band, too, because it’s out today too. Or don’t do any of that that and just save your money and go to law school like your parents always wanted. They’ll be so proud!
Rhino Records Announces 2xCD of Unreleased Morphine Material; Surviving Members to Play Memorial Show
By E. Nagurney on Sep 9 2009
The death of Morphine frontman Mark Sandman was one of the greatest tragedies of '90s alt-rock. In an event that was surely jarring for everyone involved, Sandman suffered a heart attack onstage at an Italian festival in 1999. The singer and bassist died in an ambulance en route to the hospital, prematurely cutting short the career of one of the decade’s more inventive bands. Had Sandman lived, one could imagine him prospering throughout this decade in a fashion similar to fellow dark songwriters Greg Dulli or Mark Lanegan.
Thankfully, as long as Rhino Records is involved, Sandman’s legacy will not be forgotten. Being the relentless collectors that they are, the label has collected two discs of unreleased Morphine material into a set called At Your Service, which will be released on October 6. The set’s title references Sandman’s opening lines at most Morphine shows: “We are Morphine at your service.” Shadows, the set’s first disc, will consist mainly of unreleased studio tracks and alternate versions, while Shade, the second disc, contains mostly live material from radio station WMBR and more alternate versions of songs.
The 10-year anniversary of Sandman’s death will be further commemorated by a concert featuring the band’s surviving members at Pacific Park in Cambridge on September 27.
