Bonnaroo is all about the laughs as it announces comedy lineup with Conan O’ Brien; Hahaha! I’m laughing already!
By Kid Midnight on 03-15-2010
It’s a funny day today, as the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival announced the comedy lineup for the 2010 festival. This year, the chuckles and guffaws will be provided by:
• Conan O’ Brien (who will also be MCing the “What” stage on Friday/Saturday)
• Margaret Cho
• Aziz Ansari
• Jeffrey Ross (who will roast the festival)
• Greg Giraldo
• Bo Burnham
• Doug Benson
• Nick Kroll
• Paul Scheer
• Rob Huebel
• John Roberts
• Baron Vaughn
• Chelsea Peretti
The comics will provide a respite from the traditionally hot and sweaty outdoor festival weather and will be performing in an “ever-popular, seated, air-conditioned comedy venue,” aptly titled “The Comedy Theatre.” Expect more comics to be added!
Bonnaroo festival organizers have also announced the “Bonnaroo College Comedy Tour,” wherein past comedic Bonnaroo alumni (like Amy Schumer, Pete Holmes, and Kumail Nanjani) will travel across the US visiting local colleges and bringing a couple laughs to the despressing world of the modern US college systems.
More information about Bonnaroo (tickets, dates & times, and musical performers) can be found at Bonnaroo.com. And don’t forget: Conan O’Brien’s going on tour!
• Bonnaroo: http://bonnaroo.com
Bodysong, film scored by Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood, is so available on DVD
By Liz Louche on 03-15-2010
Finally the good people of Britain are getting another dose of Bodysong, the “documentary about human life” (according to Wikipedia) scored by Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood. While the name may conjure up visions of an 80s-era nutrition-themed Epcot Center ride, the film is actually a crazy cool montage of old newsreel clips and home movies compiled by director Simon Pummell.
Originally released in 2003, the new Bodysong DVD comes out March 22 in the UK and features Greenwood’s audio commentary and the blessed feeling you get when you help Radiohead do something good.
• Jonny Greenwood: http://www.radiohead.com
• Bodysong: http://www.bodysong.com
Re: Beach House. Subject: First EP remastered. CC: All credible memes.
By The Creepster Network on 03-15-2010
Here on the informational super highway, we see all. We know all. And now, you can too! HeartBreakBeat Records has remastered and reissued the self-titled Beach House EP. Yeah, it’s good. Now on highly popular black vinyl, this new reissue comes full with exciting things like:
• Improved sound quality!
• Same deluxe packaging as the original!
• Ability to spend your hard-earned money on it!
• Remastering by Paul Gold at Salt Mastering in the actual neighborhood of Brooklyn!
If you had the wherewithal to get the original, worry not. For the original white is still ‘legit’ and will still make you ‘cool.’ The reissued EP is available through tactile record stores and even on the interwebs. Or just peep a show, and grab one there.
• Beach House: http://www.myspace.com/beachhousemusic
• HeartBreakBeat: http://www.heartbreakbeatrecords.com
Flowers of Hell enlist musicians from Broken Social Scene, Spiritualized, Guided by Voices, and more to join their NASA-approved space rock jam session
By Liz Louche on 03-15-2010
Flowers of Hell are not a cult. (I’m looking at you, Polyphonic Spree. Step away from the ceremonial robes.) They are just one really large shoegazey band. One really large shoegazey band endorsed by ASTRONAUTS!!!
The 16-piece orchestral rock group was founded by Canadian Greg Jarvis in 2002 and currently boasts contributors from British Sea Power, Bat for Lashes, Broken Social Scene, Guided by Voices, Spiritualized, Spacemen 3, and Patti Smith’s band. Plus more! The group is releasing their sophomore album, Come Hell or High Water, June 15 on Unfamiliar Records. This latest effort features the work of 30 musicians in 40 sessions performed in London, Prague, Toronto, Detroit and Abilene.
The band is fully endorsed by My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields, who personally invited them to tour recently, and by NASA, the space scientist people, who set footage of Discovery’s 2009 mission to music by Flowers of Hell.
• Flowers of Hell: http://www.flowersofhell.com
• Unfamiliar Records: http://www.areyoufamiliar.com
Thrill Jockey Invites You To Join Super Secret Singles Club
By Deno on 03-15-2010
So, you think you’ve got all your clubs covered: You’ve joined a book club, you’ve got a weekly bridge game with the girlfriends, and you just renewed your Audubon society membership. Well, reader, you missed one — and no I’m not talking about the model rocket club you got banned from for aiming at old man Thompson’s house; it’s the second annual Thrill Jockey 12” Singles Club! Yes, for only $79, you can get a whopping seven pieces of hot wax. They include releases by Javelin, Double Dagger, Future Islands, and Jack Rose, so it’s not just some random vinyl grab bag. To make it sweeter still, some of those records are sold out save the few copies (a mere 500) that have been set aside for the singles club. Just imagine the envious chatter at next week’s bridge meeting when everyone hears you snagged the brand new Jason Ulrick track.
Here’s the full, unadulterated list of the club wares (first two ship immediately):
• Javelin - “2”
• Double Dagger - “Masks”
• Jason Urick - “Fussing & Fighting”
• Future Islands - “In The Fall”
• Jack Rose with D. Charles Speer & The Helix - “Ragged and Right”
• High Places – TBA
• Oval - “Oh”
You can subscribe here.
• Thrill Jockey: http://www.thrilljockey.com
