Ben Gibbard was housesitting for a friend on the West Coast. We had to come visit, he would always say. An amazing house, you could watch talking birds riding the skies right from your bed, wild and private and beautiful. So, we took him up on it. On Friday evening, we made our way there, finding the steep driveway around midnight. It was late as we snuck into the house and climbed up the narrow stairs. The only place to lay our sleeping bag was right next to Ben’s new twin-sized bed. So we piled our clothes on the floor as we watched his beautiful hair spilling on his pillow and hearing his slow breathing. We slid into our bag, zipped it up, and fell asleep.
We awoke to gulls calling, cuddled in a strange new place with our friend still asleep just above our heads. We kissed and petted, full of early-morning turn-on. Unable to contain ourselves, we eventually zipped the bag open and took turns pleasuring each other — all the while trying not to make a sound. It was exquisite. Soon we were fucking, almost holding our breaths so as not to wake up Ben, but we couldn’t stop the soft sounds of flesh meeting or the wet smacks of penetration as our souls met our bodies. Trying to be quiet was an unbearable turn-on as we climaxed together.
Afterward, we lay gasping on each other, hoping that Ben hadn’t heard a thing. Suddenly, we heard a tiny moan come from the bed. Then a hand moving rhythmically under his big down comforter. And then more moans. Finally, the whole bed shook for a moment or two and went still. We were sprawled on the floor, naked, the sleeping bag tangled around our feet, sweaty and fragrant from sex, not daring to move. Ben’s flushed face and tousled hair appeared over the edge of the bed. His eyes were very bright. “Welcome, you two,” he said. His smile lit up the whole room.
Codes and Keys, Death Cab for Cutie’s seventh album, will be released May 31 on Atlantic:
05.24.11 - Edmonton, Alberta - Shaw Conference Center
05.25.11 - Calgary, Alberta - Stampede Corral
05.27.11 - Bend, OR - Les Schwab Amphitheatre
05.28.11 - George, WA - Sasquatch Music Festival
07.02.11 - Milton Keynes, England - The National Bowl
Jonny Greenwood is either in Audioslave or Radiohead. I can’t remember which, so I’m just going to cover my bases and tell you that it’s either totally ludicrous or completely fitting that The Hollywood Reporter has, well, reported that the guitarist will provide the score for director Lynne Ramsay’s We Need to Talk About Kevin.
Fans may remember Greenwood’s songs (or “music,” once again depending on which band he is in) playing underneath (or “scoring”) such once-and-future movies (or “films”) as There Will Be Blood and and Norwegian Wood. This new one stars Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, and Ezra Miller, and is currently being fixed in the mix (or “is in post-production”). Its story (or “plot”) follows the mother of a teen boy who went on a high-school killing spree as she tries to deal with her grief and feelings of personal responsibility, and it is tentatively set to be watched (or “premiered”) at the Cannes Film Festival later this year, according to twentyfourbit. Either way, one thing’s for sure: fans of Greenwood’s day job can look forward to either playing X-Box Live to this music or taking eco-friendly transportation to its theatrical release one day soon.
P.S. does anyone even know if Audioslave is even still a band? No WAY am I taking the time to look that shit up.
A special Valentine’s Day announcement: Radiohead are releasing their eighth album this Saturday! Titled The King of Limbs — named, presumably, after the hit sitcom The King of Queens — the album is available for pre-order now at the band’s website and will be made available on MP3/WAV the same day. There will also be a newspaper version released on May 9, which features 625 “tiny pieces of artwork,” two clear 10-inch vinyls, a CD, and more.
UPDATE: According to the group’s publicist, the digital release is on the band’s own Ticker Tape imprint, but the album will also see a more traditional release (CD/12-inch) March 28 via labels XL Recordings, TBD Records, and Hostess Entertainment.
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• Newspaper Album - PRESALE
Radiohead’s new record, The King Of Limbs, is presented here as the world’s first* Newspaper Album, comprising:
- Two clear 10” vinyl records in a purpose-built record sleeve.
- A compact disc.
- Many large sheets of artwork, 625 tiny pieces of artwork and a full-colour piece of oxo-degradeable plastic to hold it all together.
- The Newspaper Album comes with a digital download that is compatible with all good digital media players.
- The Newspaper Album will be shipped on Monday 9th May 2011 you can, however, enjoy the download on Saturday 19th February 2011.
- Shipping is included in the prices shown.
- One lucky owner of the digital version of The King Of Limbs, purchased from this website, will receive a signed 2 track 12” vinyl.
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• Digital only - PRESALE
Radiohead’s new record, The King Of Limbs, is presented here with a choice of two digital formats:
- MP3 version is a 320K constant bit rate file.
- WAV version is a full CD quality uncompressed digital audio file.
- One lucky owner of the digital version of The King Of Limbs, purchased from this website, will receive a signed 2 track 12” vinyl.
The Flaming Lips have been in the news quite a bit lately, with a tour (including Soft Bulletin shows), a vinyl box set, a collaboration with Neon Indian, and a special project that will see them releasing a new song every month. And just today, Valentine’s Day, the day of fucking/fingering/sucking, the group has come through on the latter promise with the release of the appropriately-titled new track, “Two Blobs Fucking.”
The catch? The song is divided into 12 parts on YouTube, which means you need to have 11 friends if you want to hear it in its entirety. The second catch? They all need to have a cellphone (or laptop, I suppose) capable of handling a YouTube video. From the press release:
“Two Blobs Fucking” was created specifically for iPhone-type devices. Imagine the lo-fi symphonic joy that you, along with family, friends, pets, and others, will create at the touch of a button. The more devices, the more harmonic possibilities can be constructed. You and your device, at one with the music, become the orchestra, just as the Gods of Technology naturally intended it to be.
This sucks for me since I’m a loner with a shitty cellphone, but I’m guessing the rest of you will be able to easily round up some friends, family, and co-workers and have a little “Two Blobs Fucking” party. Actually, if you do end up finding enough people, can I come?
Click here for all 12 tracks. Here’s an instructional video from the band:
The last we heard from multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire Shugo Tokumaru, he was dazzling many with his Beatles/Beach Boys-indebted pop songs and amazing all with his spectacular feat of playing 404 instruments simultaneously. No one has been able to capture the latter for YouTube scholars yet, but some say that if you wish hard enough and drink long enough, Tokumaru will appear to you in a vision as some sort of indie Vishnu, arms playing infinite banjos and tin whistles, kotos and wooden fish. I may be veering a tad too much into last night’s ether-induced dream, but it’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of Tokumaru’s music. There is no denying his virtuosity with a good hundred-and-some (seriously) traditional and non-traditional Japanese instruments or his ability to pen effortlessly gorgeous pop tunes, as evidenced on his latest album, Port Entropy. Port Entropy is Tokumaru’s fourth album, his first since the exquisite 2008 set Exit, and will be available in North America via Polyvinyl on February 15 (the album was released last year in Japan on P-Vine). “Malerina,” a tasty tater from the album, can be found here.
Port Entropy tracklisting:
01. Platform
02. Tracking Elevator
03. Linne
04. Lahaha
05. Rum Hee
06. Laminate
07. River Low
08. Straw
09. Drive-Thru
10. Suisha
11. Orange
12. Malerina
High on Fire aren’t idiots. Although their fans may be known for getting rowdy and/or smoking substances out of “tobacco smoking devices,” the band themselves are smart enough to get the hell out of the country during winter and celebrate the last few months of Australia’s summer. They’re bringing the equally stoner-friendly Melvins on the road with them, just to insure that fun will be had down under. Both bands are also playing the Soundwave Festival in Australia, along with every band played on modern rock radio in 1999, including Monster Magnet, Queens of the Stone Age, Slayer, and Rob Zombie. High on Fire are touring in support of their recent album, Snakes for the Divine.
High on Melvins:
02.19.11 - Auckland, New Zealand - The King’s Arms &
02.20.11 - Dunedin, New Zealand - ReFuel &
02.21.11 - Christchurch, New Zealand - Al’s Bar &
02.22.11 - Wellington, New Zealand - Bodega &
02.23.11 - Auckland, New Zealand - Whammy Bar
02.24.11 - Auckland, New Zealand - Whammy Bar
02.26.11 - Brisbane, Australia - RNA Showgrounds - Soundwave
02.27.11 - Sydney, Australia - Sydney Showgrounds - Soundwave
03.01.11 - Brisbane, Australia - HiFi
03.02.11 - St. Kilda, Australia - Gershwin Room @ Esplanade Hotel
03.04.11 - Melbourne, Australia - Melbourne Showgrounds - Soundwave
03.05.11 - Adelaide, Australia - Bonython Park Oval - Soundwave
03.07.11 - Perth, Australia - Claremont Showgrounds - Soundwave
03.09.11 - Osaka, Japan - Club Quattro &
03.10.11 - Nagoya, Japan - Club Quattro &
03.11.11 - Tokyo, Japan - O-East &
