Deer Tick Open for Neko Case, Offer Free Tickets to the Lucky Fan That Can Guess How Many Bottles of Whiskey Will Be Consumed Backstage

By Annapocalypse on

Two "alt-country" artists on the road together is a guaranteed recipe for some late-night whiskey drinking. And since Deer Tick’s John McCauley has been doing the alt-country thing since he was 18, I'm assuming he's a pro at finishing off a bottle of Maker's Mark. But can Neko Case keep up? We shall see, as Deer Tick joins Neko on the road for five shows, but not before they play with pals Jonny Corndawg and at a CMJ showcase.

Maybe after your next hangover you might want to pick up their new album, Born on Flag Day, which is out now on Partisan Records

10.13.09 - Paris, TX - Buffalo Joe's #
10.14.09 - Oxford, MS - The Lyric #
10.15.09 - Nashville, TN - The Basement #
10.16.09 - Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn #
10.17.09 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt #
10.18.09 - Charlotte, NC - Visulite Theatre #
10.19.09 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 ^
10.20.09 - Washington, DC - Black Cat Backstage ^
10.21.09 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar ^
10.22.09 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom ^ (Partisan Records CMJ Showcase)
10.23.09 - Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel ^
10.24.09 - Boston, MA - Harper's Ferry ^
11.04.09 - Troy, NY - Revolution Hall
11.05.09 - Wallingford, CT - The Space
11.06.09 - Newport, RI - Newport Blues Cafe
11.07.09 - Northampton, MA - Iron Horse
11.08.09 - Boston, MA - Church
11.18.09 - Charlotte, NC - Knight Theatre *
11.19.09 - Orlando, FL - The Plaza Theatre *
11.20.09 - Tallahassee, FL - The Moon *
11.21.09 - New Orleans, LA - The Republic *
11.22.09 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live *

* Neko Case

# Jonny Corndawg

^ Partisan Records Tour w/ Chris Denny and the Natives, Holy Sons, and Dolorean

Animal Collective Confirm New EP Fall Be Kind, “Brothersport” Single

By Mr P on 10-09-2009

A couple days ago, rumors abounded about a potential new release from Animal Collective called Fall Be Kind, mostly stemming from this Amazon order page (TMT News). Was it an EP? An LP? A mini-film starring Elizabeth Hurley and Brendan Fraser reprising their roles from hit movie Bedazzled?

Unfortunately, it's not the latter. Speaking to Pitchfork, Animal Collective confirmed that Fall Be Kind is indeed an EP, set for release December 8 via Domino. Described by Avey Tare as "a little bit darker," the EP features five brand new tracks, some of which were recorded during the Merriweather Post Pavilion (TMT Review) sessions. (Sit back and watch all the news sources reporting about AC's new "dark" EP!)

Meanwhile, the band is releasing a "Brothersport" single November 9, with a live version of new track "Bleed" as a B-side. You can read more about the EP, single, and the film they're working on (with no Hurley or Fraser -- boo!) at Pitchfork.

Fall Be Kind tracklist:

1. Graze
2. What Would I Want? Sky
3. Bleed
4. On a Highway
5. I Think I Can

Retribution Gospel Choir Sign to Sub Pop

By Annapocalypse on 10-09-2009

Every up-and-coming indie band wants to sign to a label as influential as Sub Pop, but only a few will actually get the chance to do so. Unsurprisingly, Retribution Gospel Choir have announced that they’re hopping on the Sub Pop roster. As you may know, Alan Sparhawk of Low happens to play guitar and sing in Retribution Gospel Choir. And Low is on Sub Pop. Make sense, right?

Sub Pop will release Retribution Gospel Choir’s second album on January 26 of next year. The band is also planning an extensive North American tour to begin in late January. They currently have one show scheduled for December 15 at the Mercury Lounge in New York City, but don't forget about Low!

Devendra Banhart Announces November Tour, Needs Us to Come to Prove Himself to Warner Bros.

By Nobodaddy on 10-09-2009

Whoa, don’t freak out, but I think I might be psychic. All of a sudden I am seeing the future, like, crystal clear. I mean, for one thing, I am pretty sure that I can see where Devendra Banhart’s career is is going! I’m getting something here... it looks like... the dependably Devendra Banhart-esque Devendra Banhart is all set to release his sixth Devendra Banhart album of Banhartedly Devendric songs about little kids, dead Beatles, things that are vaguely Hispanic/Latin American, and beards or the lack of them. Specifically, the new record — which I can somehow assure you without even having heard it that it will sound as Devendrastic as each of his past five Banharted efforts have — is called What Will We Be, and it drops on October 27 (at which point I’ll hear all of it... in the Starbucks I go to every day).

Hmm, lets see, I’m getting some other gut feelings too. I am imagining that it was recorded in some sleepy Northern California town or another, and that it was probably co-produced by some buddy of Devendra’s. Maybe Paul Butler from U.K. outfit Band of Bees? The only real curveball that I see here? It’s that this is his first for the major Warner Brothers label (oooo, ahhhh, etc.).

Now, wait, there’s more. Ah, it looks like just as TMT and all of the other sites out there are getting their hands on the record and giving it the “3 out of 5” or “6.0” or whatever it is that all post-Rejoicing in the Hands Devendra records obligatorily receive, my guess is that Banhart will probably be hitting the road in support of the new album’s forthcoming release, embarking on... oh, say, a two-week North American tour to prime the pump. I see antics and goofiness a-plenty for him and his crew. The shows’ll probably be a Devendra Banhartish mix of awesome, annoying, intriguing, and frustrating. My guess is that a lot of his fan-fans will be there. And the rest of us who already know what he sounds like because we heard him play once four or five years ago somewhere? Well, we’ll probably just stay home and listen to Rejoicing in the Hands (TMT Review)... or maybe Nino Rojo (TMT Review). I forget which is which sometimes.

Tourdates:
11.16.09 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
11.17.09 - Ann Arbor, MI - The Ark
11.19.09 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
11.20.09 - Boston, MA – Berklee College of Music
11.22.09 - New York, NY - Town Hall
11.24.09 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
11.25.09 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
11.27.09 - Toronto, ON - Queen Elizabeth Theatre

Low Write Music for Upcoming Dance Piece, Switch Up Their Usual M.O. of Writing Songs for People Who Smoke a Lot of Pot and Sit Around a Lot or Are Really Depressed and Sit Around a Lot

By Liz Louche on 10-08-2009

First Nick Cave and Warren Ellis composed scores for a stage version of Kafka’s “Metamorphosis.” Then The Knife wrote that opera about Darwin. And now Low have created the original music and vocal orchestration for an upcoming dance piece by choreographer Morgan Thorson. Where would we be without indie musician/highbrow art collabos to make us feel classy? Thank God we have Low to add to this ever-expanding list of performance pieces!

The husband-and-wife team of Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker are taking the show on the road for a few select, very spread-out dates this fall/winter/spring. (“Spread out” like across three seasons. Why no summer dates, friends?) The project, entitled “Heaven,” concerns “the trinity of dance, music, and light while exploring the various manifestations of ecstasy in religious practices and the ritualistic nature of dance.” Choreographer Thorson has garnered rave reviews in The New York Times, and my mom gives Low the thumbs up. A surefire hit, if you ask me.
10.15.09 - Houston, TX - Diverseworks Art Space
10.16.09 - Houston, TX - Diverseworks Art Space
10.17.09 - Houston, TX - Diverseworks Art Space
10.25.09 - New York, NY - PS 122
10.28.09 - New York, NY - PS 122
10.29.09 - New York, NY - PS 122
10.30.09 - New York, NY - PS 122 (early show and late show)
11.19.09 - Menomonie, WI - University of Wisconsin - Stout
01.29.10 - Middletown, CT - Wesleyan University
01.30.10 - Middletown, CT - Wesleyan University
03.04.10 - Minneapolis, MN - Walker Art Center
03.05.10 - Minneapolis, MN - Walker Art Center
03.06.10 - Minneapolis, MN - Walker Art Center

RIP: Shelby Singleton, record producer, Sun Records

By Shane Mack on 10-08-2009

From The Tennessean (via The Daily Swarm):

Shelby Singleton died just before 1 p.m. Wednesday in Alive Hospice Care at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, at age 77.

Mr. Singleton was a renegade producer, record executive, song-hunter and promoter who helped fuse country and R&B music in the 1960s and who perpetuated the Sun Records label since 1969. He had been battling brain cancer.

“A lot of people in this town owe a lot to Shelby,” said friend and protégé Jerry Kennedy, himself a famed producer. “He created a place here for a lot of us. Shelby did things in a different way. He was a maverick.”

- Shelby Singleton

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