Is anyone else besides me excited for the Gary Numan vinyl box set?
By Kid Midnight on Aug 5 2010
I doubt that I’m the only one excited for the August 24 scheduled arrival of the four-disc box set from Vinyl 180, which includes 180-gram heavyweight vinyl versions of Replicas, The Pleasure Principle, Tubeway Army, and a bonus disc called The Plan. All LPs are remastered from the original analog tapes and lovingly slid into deluxe gatefold sleeves made of heavyweight cardboard stock. One thing I’m sure of, though, is that every Gary Numan fan is shaking their head at the limited quantity of only 500 copies. Most Gary Numan fans are also probably wondering why the box set includes the recently reissued versions of two albums that they already own. Don’t worry, guys! That’s what bonus discs and “special deluxe editions” are for!
When queried, a local record store had this to say about the whole fracas: “I think it’s cool that Tubeway Army is being reissued as the essential document of synth-rock that it is, but what’s the deal with the box set? Probably just another set that’ll sit on the shelf for a couple years. Yeah, a couple years.”
• Gary Numan: http://www.numan.co.uk
• Vinyl 180: http://www.vinyl180.com
We Were Promised Jetpacks open for Jimmy Eat World, who will then emotionally manipulate their audience to tears
By Annapocalypse on Aug 5 2010
Aww, We Were Promised Jetpacks are so nice! They’ve offered to open for Jimmy Eat World’s upcoming US tour just to lend a bit of relevance to the emo powerhouse. Maybe they’ll offer to tie their shoes for them before they go on stage, too!
Jimmy Eat World have a new album called Invented coming out on September 28 from Interscope, and We Were Promised Jetpacks are supporting their 2009 FatCat debut These Four Walls (TMT Review).
Double dates:
09.29.10 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
09.30.10 - San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre
10.01.10 - San Luis Obispo, CA - SLO Veterans’ Auditorium
10.03.10 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
10.04.10 - Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium
10.05.10 - Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre
10.07.10 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
10.08.10 - Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre
10.09.10 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
10.11.10 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
10.14.10 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
10.15.10 - Boston, MA - House of Blues
10.17.10 - Toronto, ON - Kool Haus
• We Were Promised Jetpacks: http://myspace.com/wewerepromisedjetpacks
• Jimmy Eat World: http://www.jimmyeatworld.com
• FatCat: http://fat-cat.co.uk
• Interscope: http://www.interscope.com
Bowerbirds announce fall tour, starting with a festival that also includes Public Enemy… say what?
By Erika H on Aug 5 2010
Now before you get too excited, let me just go ahead and say that no, Bowerbirds don’t have a new album coming out. “Why tour, then?” you ask. “Once they get started, they don’t deviate much from established folksy style (not complaining here), so why break the perfect and natural progression of release-press-tour?”
We may not have the answer to that, but hey, we got dates, beginning with a spot in the Hopscotch Music Festival in Raleigh, NC (their hometown, though I’m not sure where exactly their snow-covered Airstream trailer is within the Research Triangle) with Public Enemy. And since there’s ostensibly no new material floating around, why don’t you give Upper Air (TMT Review) another spin?
Tourdates:
09.10.10 - Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Music Festival (Pour House)
09.24.10 - Austin, TX - The Mohawk *
09.25.10 - Frisco, TX - Oysterfest
10.11.10 - Washington, DC - Black Cat Backstage
10.12.10 - New York City, NY - Bowery Ballroom
10.13.10 - Ithaca, NY - Castaways
10.14.10 - Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall
10.15.10 - Boston, MA - TT the Bears Place
* Efterklang
• Bowerbirds: http://www.bowerbirds.org
• Dead Oceans: http://www.deadoceans.com
Pyramids leader assembles Prurient, Marissa Nadler, Swans, Slowdive, Unwound members for mega-project Sailors with Wax Wings
By Liz Louche on Aug 4 2010
Whoever said Christmas comes but once a year is clearly not a fan of weird metal/experimental music. See, last summer, Pyramids leader R. Loren conceived of the most magical idea: to create the most amazing project EVER. By combining his formidable talents with those of really, really cool people such as J. Leah, Ted Parsons (Swans, Jesu, Godflesh), Simon Scott (Slowdive), Aidan Baker (Nadja), Colin Marston (Krallice), Vern Rumsey (Unwound), Dominick Fernow (Prurient, Cold Cave), James Blackshaw (solo and Current 93), Hildur Gudnadottir (solo and touring cellist for Fever Ray, múm), Aaron Stainthorpe (My Dying Bride), Jonas Renkse (Katatonia), and Marissa Nadler (solo, guest on newest Xasthur record), Loren has done just that with a new project called Sailors with Wax Wings.
The self-titled album, which features art by David Tibet (Current 93) and Faith Coloccia (Mamiffer), will be released by brand-new label Angel Oven Records. Album release date pending, but shhhh: If America’s enemies discover all these incredible artists in one place, it could spell disaster… because this is weapons-grade awesome.
Check out “If I Should Cast Off This Tattered Coat” here.
• Sailors with Wax Wings/Pyramids: http://youtexasdarkstar.tumblr.com
• Angel Oven: http://www.angeloven.com
Dr. Dog start making the rounds in the fall
By Erika H on Aug 4 2010
Dr. Dog have completed their residency, and now they’re full-on raking in the bills. Their newest album, Shame, Shame, is getting the proper kudos from all the respectable names (NPR, Rolling Stones — hell, USA Today, too), despite possibly being up for a malpractice suit according to some of our humble opinions (TMT Review). Earlier in July, these guys were also the musical guests on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, who was particularly impressed by the gatefold on the LP release. Now if that kind of attention doesn’t scream success, I don’t know what does — except maybe appearing on The Late Show.
With all things going their way, Dr. Dog are coming your way in October, when they begin a massive tour of North America. Now, they’re not touring with Medications, but I guess Here We Go Magic will make for a good show. At least there won’t be the opportunity to make more lame jokes about each marquee.
Tourdates:
10.16.10 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix *
10.18.10 - Buffalo, NY - The Town Ballroom *
10.19.10 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom *
10.20.10 - Pontiac, MI - Crofoot Ballroom *
10.21.10 - Chicago, IL - The Vic Theater
10.22.10 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall *
10.23.10 - Minneapolis, MN - First Ave *
10.25.10 - Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room *
10.26.10 - Boulder, CO - Boulder Theatre *
10.29.10 - Seattle, WA - Showbox Sodo *^
10.30.10 - Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theater *^
10.31.10 - Eugene, OR - WOW Hall ^
11.02.10 - Crystal Bay, NV - Crystal Bay Club *^
11.03.10 - San Francisco, CA - The Filmore *^
11.04.10 - San Francisco, CA - The Filmore *^
11.05.10 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern ^
11.06.10 - San Diego, CA - Belly Up *^
11.08.10 - Flagstaff, AZ - Orpheum Theater *
11.09.10 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater *
11.10.10 - Oklahoma City, OK - ACM *
11.11.10 - Dallas, TX - Palladium Showroom
11.12.10 - Austin, TX - Stubbs BBQ
11.13.10 - Houston, TX - Wharehouse Live *
* Here We Go Magic
^ Good Old War
• Dr. Dog: http://www.drdogmusic.com
• ANTI-: http://anti.com
[Photo: Jason Nocito]
