Portishead’s Geoff Barrow will be touring with his band BEAK> for a few North American dates in September. Unfortunately, if you don’t reside on either coast, you’ll have to wait. So far, the band has released an album (self-titled) and a single, which besides a new song also includes three live tracks (if you want to know what you’re in for). Both are available digitally at the band’s Bandcamp page. For those who haven’t given the music a spin, imagine a looser jam-session version of Portishead’s album Third (TMT Review) minus Beth Gibbons’ vocals, which makes sense considering both the album and the single were recorded without overdubs in a single studio room.
BEAK>’s tourdates:
09.03.10 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
09.04.10 - Monticello, NY - All Tomorrow’s Parties
09.07.10 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
09.08.10 - San Francisco, CA - Amoeba Records (in-Store)
09.09.10 - Los Angeles, CA - Amoeba Records (in-Store)
09.10.10 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
Summers don’t last forever. Already the late-August rains are ushering in both the coming of September and the beginning of dismal fall. This sucks for most of us, but not for Stephen O’Malley, best known as one-half of groups sunn 0))) and KTL. If you’re at all familiar with either group, then you’ll agree that O’Malley is the perfect contender for bringing in this new, dreary season. And he will indeed be doing so, if by doing so means releasing a 40-minute cassette of feedback-laden guitar drone for Editions Mego. The release is titled Cocon & Oiseau de Nuit and is the first in a series of three cassettes that O’Malley plans to release under Editions Mego. It consists of one extended track and will be let loose on October 1st, because it’s surely not a summer album.
Joanna Newsom has just announced a new set of US dates for November. But the real news is that I found some sweet Newsom covers on YouTube today:
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Clam:
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Crab:
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Cockle:
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Cowrie:
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I wish Newsom was a dude:
09.14.10 - Dublin, Ireland - Grand Canal Theatre
09.16.10 - Bristol, UK - Colston Hall
09.17.10 - Birmingham, UK - Symphony Hall
09.18.10 - Manchester, UK - Palace Theatre
09.20.10 - Glasgow, UK - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
09.21.10 - Gateshead, UK - The Sage
09.23.10 - Lille, France - Aéronef
09.24.10 - Zürich, Switzerland - Volkshaus
09.25.10 - Feyzin, France - Epicerie Moderne
09.27.10 - Milan, Italy - Teatrro Dal Verme
09.28.10 - Rome, Italy - Auditorium Parco della Musica
09.30.10 - Tel Aviv, Israel - Tel Aviv Opera House
11.06.10 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
11.07.10 - Phoenix AZ - Orpheum Theatre
11.10.10 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
11.11.10 - Austin, TX - The Paramount Theatre
11.12.10 - Stafford, TX - Stafford Centre
11.13.10 - New Orleans, LA - Tipitina’s
11.15.10 - Tallahassee, FL - The Moon
11.18.10 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
11.19.10 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
11.20.10 - Richmond, VA - The National
11.21.10 - Baltimore, MD - Ram’s Head Live
11.23.10 - New York, NY - Carnegie Hall
In sticking with their ability to handpick the most boring words possible, Small Black have decided to name their debut album something as equally boring. New Chain is due October 26 via Jagjaguwar, but I’m guessing the album will likely be a lot more awesome than its name lets on. According to their publicist: “Small Black succeeded in melting together locked and popped drum-shudder, gauzy spirographic synths, and subtly contagious, half-remembered melody into ebullient bursts of evocative, subliminal, and thoroughly modern pop.”
New Chain was recorded in suburban Delaware, away from Small Black’s home in Brooklyn, NY. Speaking of Brooklyn, the band’s only tour date right now is at the Monster Island Basement in Brooklyn on September 17.
The last time I saw Caribou live was earlier this summer at Millennium Park in Chicago. Dan Snaith and company put on a free show in the park and also incited a near-riot, as hundreds of fans danced their way to the front and proceeded to then jump on-stage, much to the annoyance of security. Not too many other bands can play a show on a Monday evening and get the crowd to pretend it’s a Saturday night. Hopefully Caribou will bring that same amount of energy to their upcoming North American fall tour when they tour in support of their recently released new album on Merge, Swim (TMT Review).
09.14.10 - Guelph, ON - Ebar ^
09.15.10 - Ottawa, ON - Babylon ^
09.16.10 - Montreal, QC - National ^
09.17.10 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix ^
09.18.10 - London, ON - Lolafest @ Victorias Park
09.19.10 - Boston, MA - Paradise*
09.22.10 - New York, NY - Webster Hall *
09.23.10 - Washington, DC - Black Cat *
09.24.10 - Cincinnati, OH - Midpoint Music Festival
09.25.10 - Champaign, IL - Pygmalion Music Festival
09.26.10 - Chicago, IL - Metro*
09.27.10 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
09.28.10 - Winnipeg, MB - West End Cultural Center*
09.29.10 - Saskatoon, SK - Amigos *
09.30.10 - Edmonton, AB - Starlite *
10.01.10 - Calgary, AB - Republik *
10.03.10 - Vancouver, BC - Vogue *
10.04.10 - Seattle, WA - Showbox *
10.05.10 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom *
10.06.10 - San Francisco, CA - Regency *
10.07.10 - Los Angeles, CA - Dance Right @ La Cita
10.08.10 - Los Angeles, CA - Music Box*
10.09.10 - Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse
10.11.10 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
10.12.10 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre *
10.14.10 - Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
10.15.10 - Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
10.16.10 - Tallahassee, FL - Engine Room
10.17.10 - Tampa, FL - Crowbar
10.18.10 - Orlando, FL - Backbooth
10.19.10 - Miami, FL - Grand Central
10.21.10 - Guanajuanto, Mexico - Mutek/Cervantino Festival
10.23.10 - Santiago, Chile - Festival Fauna Primavera
10.27.10 - Sao Paulo, BR - Clash Club
10.28.10 - Bogota, Colombia - Downtown
10.30.10 - Asheville, NC - Moog Festival
10.31.10 - Chapel Hill, NC - Cat’s Cradle *
Hello, fellow Americans and other people! Did you know that Minnesota is the best state in the Union? Yep, that’s right! It’s got great lakes, a world-class baseball team, a giant mall, Viking heritage, and the best pizza ever. What a great place to raise a family and/or start a business. The bad thing is, though, Minnesotans are so modest that they just can’t make themselves brag.
That’s where braggadocious MC Slug of Minnesota’s own Atmosphere comes into play. See, he LOOOOVES Minnesota, and he knows that you will too, so he’s totally heading out on tour with best friend and DJ Ant (as well as labelmates Blueprint, Grieves & Budo, and DJ Rare Groove) on a 23-day tour of the entirety of the US. Atmosphere’s last album was 2008’s When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold (TMT Review) on Rhymesayers.
If you’re desperate to find out all 50 items on Slug’s “Fifty Things I Love About Minnesota” list that he’ll be slowly revealing throughout the tour, you’re in luck, because I happened to find out a few of them:
27: The Wienery
32: Great blowjobs
37: The fact that Minnesota is the best
44: Kirby Puckett’s 1991 season
49: Minneapolis is ranked No. 1 on America’s Most Literate Cities list, compiled by the University of Wisconsin in 2003
Atmosphere “To All My Friends” tourdates:
09.08.10 - Madison, WI - Orpheum Theatre
09.09.10 - Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theater
09.10.10 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue Theatre (with Mudkids) *
09.11.10 - Covington, KY - Madison Theater
09.12.10 - Grand Rapids, MI - Intersection
09.15.10 - Bozeman, MT - Gallatin County Fairgrounds
09.16.10 - Missoula, MT - Wilma Theater
09.17.10 - Missoula, MT - Wilma Theater
09.18.10 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
09.20.10 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
09.21.10 - Bend, OR - Midtown Ballroom
09.22.10 - Eugene, OR - McDonald Theater
09.24.10 - Chico, CA - Senator Theatre
09.25.10 - Reno, NV - Knitting Factory
09.27.10 - Arcata, CA - Arcata Community Center
09.28.10 - Sacramento, CA - Sacramento State Union Ballroom
09.29.10 - Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst
10.01.10 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
10.02.10 - Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue
10.04.10 - Rapid City, SD - Dublin Square
10.05.10 - Sioux Falls, SD - Sioux Empire Expo Building
10.06.10 - Des Moines, IA - People’s Court
10.07.10 - Chicago, IL - Congress Theater
