Danger Mouse and Beck Team Up to Create The Ultimate Album/Song Sure to be Used in an Advertisement

By Liz Louche on

In a move sure to delight car companies looking for new artist collaborations to spice up their Toyota Camry commercials, Harp
Magazine revealed that awesome producer dude Danger Mouse will be working his production magic on the forthcoming Beck album. Rumors have been confirmed by the Mouse's management, so if the excitement resulting from those recent Beck reissues is just too much, you might wanna sit down. Envision the possibilities: Beck joining Gnarls Barkley to not only crank out the hits, create the summer's most danceable crossover hit, or just create some damn good music to score a stylish and safe drive along Santa Monica Boulevard. I feel myself wanting to buy things already!

But that's not all Danger Mouse has in store for this year; he also has projects in the work with Martina Topley-Bird, MF Doom, the Black Keys, and the late, great Ike Turner. Move over, Will Smith's "Summertime" -- we may have a new "hottest jam ever" on our hands!

So, The Notwist’s The Devil, You + Me Walks Into A Record Store This June…

By C. Schell on 03-07-2008

Well, this news seemed to have come out of nowhere. Germanic trio The Notwist have just announce that they have a new album coming out in June. The 11- track LP, The Devil, You + Me, will be released by Domino, the label that put out the band's last effort, 2002's Neon Golden (TMT Review). It should also be noted that the 20+ members of the jazz-art weirdo known as Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra will be in the house, er, on the album.

Unless you are incredibly aware of the doings and happenings of The Notwisters, I'm sure you're thinking, "What the hell took so long? I am the consumer, and you are the musician, so make some damn music already, so I can consume it and, if I have time, talk a bunch of shit about it in a few blog comment boxes." (Btw, you're a dick.) But do the names 13 & God, Lali Puna, Ms. John Soda, Console, and Tied And Tickled Trio ring a bell? These are all side projects by the various members of the band, which have occupied their time since promoting NG. In other words, they have been busy, so shut up and circle the whole month of June in red marker on your calendar. Then, in a month or so, when the record has a specific release date, make a bunch of arrows from the circle inward toward the exact day of the album's release. Then sit and wait.

The Devil, You + Me tracklist:

Sonic Youth:contenterror#1987 Master-Dik EP; SYR 7 PerformthisfunctiononApril22

By Hanky Panky on 03-07-2008

I'll spare you the details of my hellacious week, but suffice to say, I'm in a bad mood and pretty tired, so I'm not going to use any exclamation points in this news article. Don't take it as a lack of enthusiasm for Sonic Youth -- I'm a big fan. Yay, Sonic Youth.

So, it's March, spring cleaning time, which is exactly what Sonic Youth was doing when they discovered the master tapes to the 1987 Master-Dik EP they never got around to releasing on CD.

Thurston Moore: Shit... you wanna run out and put this on a CD?

Some other member of Sonic Youth: Yeah, boss.

And there you have it. Eight tracks, including a cover of The Ramones' "Beat on The Brat" and a probably-hard-to-endure sound collage of "psycho-distorto-soundscapes recorded by the band while on tour and at Wharton's Palace of Confusion," available now at the Sonic Youth gift shop.

Master-Dik EP tracklist:

1. Master-Dik
2. Beat on the Brat
3. Under the Influence of The Jesus and Mary Chain/Ticket To Ride/Master-Dik(version)/Introducing the Stars
4. Ringo/He's On Fire/Florida Oil Drums/Westminster Chimes
5. Chinese Jam
6. Vibrato/Guitar Lick/Funky Fresh
7. Our Backyard
8. Traffik

But wait, there's more -- like the seventh installment of Sonic Youth's experimental goulash, which touts itself as a self-released, vinyl-only edition, among several other abstruse adjectives and compound modifiers. SYR 7 consists of two pieces, Side A's "J'accuse Ted Hughes" and Side B's "Agnes B Musique," merging as a total of 40 minutes of experimentation that I honestly don't have the patience for when I'm moody and tired. Available April 22; get ‘em while they're hot.

SYR 7 tracklist:

1. J'accuse Ted Hughes
2. Agnes B Musique

Stephen Malkmus And His Jicks Show Up Younger Bands By Adding Tourdates

By Annapocalypse on 03-06-2008

It’s a tough world out there for those elder statesmen of indie rock. You’re trying to put out new albums and stay relevant -- Real Emotional Trash (TMT Review) in Stephen Malkmus’ case -- and meanwhile, you have an entire new generation of bands yipping at your tired heels. Bands that are young enough to be your kids!

Well, Malkmus is not about to let Vampire Los Weekend Campesinos get him down. Oh no, he’s going to show those kids that he and his merry band of Jicks are worth their salt by adding a few European dates to his already lengthy Spring tour.

Take that, youngsters:

# John Vanderslice

^ The Joggers

This Friday, Sigur Rós Will Temporarily Become Cyber Terrorists and Release Heima On YouTube

By Scout Leader Kyle on 03-06-2008

Hide your ones and zeroes, folks, ‘cause the the criminal organization of musicians known as Sigur Rós will be releasing their potentially deadly Heima virus on YouTube tomorrow (Friday). Word has it that Sigur Rós will take over all 12 video slots on YouTube's front page, plastering them with ten videos from the "Minn Heima" YouTube/Sigur Rós competition, a "special message" from the band (possibly of the terrorist variety), and Heima in full, their viral documentary most likely about amateur pornography and Icelandic carpentry.

You can read the terrorist propaganda on their site here.

Half Japanese Make Rare Live Appearances at SXSW!

By Mr P on 03-06-2008

Half Japanese are playing five shows at SXSW this year, with one of its early lineups of Jad Fair, David Fair, Mark Jickling, Rick Dreyfuss, John Dreyfuss, and John Moremen. A couple of the shows will exhibit art by both Jad and David (worth checking out because Jad's art is AWESOME, and I'm sure David's is too), while the WFMU Showcase will feature Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan on saxophone.

Meanwhile, you can checkout free Jad Fair albums at his MySpace, and you might as well start changing your SXSW plans to fit in all five Half Japanese shows. I'll be sure to tell you to do other things in future TMT news stories.

We Are Those Who Ache With Amorous Love, as long as you have a badge:

* Jad Fair art exhibition

# Jad Fair and David Fair art exhibition

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