When we last reported on Dinosaur Jr., they had announced shows with TMT favorite Kurt Vile. Sorry, we don’t have any additional Dino/Vile shows for you, but Dinosaur Jr. did just announce an Australian tour for March, which has them playing shows surrounding festivals like Golden Plains and Lost Weekend, and finally ending up at the Mosaic Music Festival in Singapore.
Now, you could spend some money to trek your ass to Australia or Singapore, but the cheaper route would see you making your way to The Troubadour in L.A. next Tuesday (2/23) for a special-edition, super-sized, completely free Dinosaur Jr. show. First come, first serve. Doors at 8 PM. Fun all night, etc.
Since I’m rich, I’ll probably just travel to Singapore. Anyone want to come?
02.23.10 - Los Angeles, CA - The Troubadour (free!)
03.04.10 - Melbourne, AUS - Corner Hotel
03.05.10 - Melbourne, AUS - Corner Hotel
03.06.10 - Meredith, AUS - Meredith Supernatural Auditorium (Golden Plains Festival)
03.07.10 - Brisbane, AUS - Lost Weekend Festival
03.10.10 - Byron Bay, AUS - Great Northern Hotel
03.11.10 - Sydney, AUS - Metro Theatre
03.12.10 - Perth, AUS - Rosemount Hotel
03.13.10 - Adelaide, AUS - Fowlers Live
03.14.10 - Hobart, AUS - Moorilla
03.16.10 - Singapore - Concert Hall (Mosaic Music Festival)
Now, get this: The Fall has now officially entered its fifth decade of existence. They sure don’t make bands like The Fall these days. Animal Collective in 2040 anyone!? By then, we’ll be consuming music through little chips implanted in our ears and merely have to think of a band before music starts playing. I call it the iLobe! Your future, our clutter indeed.
Your Future Our Clutter tracklisting:
01. O.F.Y.C. Showcase
02. Bury Pts. 1 + 3
03. Mexico Wax Solvent
04. Cowboy George
05. Hot Cake
06. Y.F.O.C / Slippy Floor
07. Chino
08. Funnel Of Love
09. Weather Report 2
The Fall tour:
04.24.10 - Edinburgh, UK - Studio 24
04.29.10 - Dublin, Ireland - Tripod
05.02.10 - Keele University, Ireland - Ballroom
05.04.10 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City
05.07.10 - London, UK - Shepherd’s Bush Empire
05.08.10 - Aldershot, UK - Palace
05.09.10 - Brighton, UK - Concorde 2
05.16.10 - Minehead, UK - ATP Festival
05.21.10 - Wakefield, UK - Balne Lane Working Men’s Club
In preparation for a Double Dragon-style back alley knife fight with the steadily-growing menace of intellectual property theft in the United States, the US Department of Justice announced the formation of its Task Force on Intellectual Property late last week. As Digital Music News reports, the Task Force was detailed by Attorney General Eric Holder, possibly via a blog he posted in his underwear, because I can’t imagine any press fighting through the blizzards last week to cover this. “The rise in intellectual property crime in the United States and abroad threatens not only our public safety but also our economic well being,” Holder typed in between sips of a hot Roy Rogers (Gross, right? But that’s the way he likes them.)
At this stage, it remains unclear exactly what kinds of “egg-sucking gutter-trash” the Task Force will attempt to carve-up after quipping 90s Woverine-isms, and the potential future-implications for ISPs haven’t been spelled out either. But the whole Task Force thing comes close on the heels of an IP-related meeting with Vice President Joe Biden in December that featured top executives from the film, software, and music industries. That assemblage was heavily tilted towards intellectual property owners, however, with consumer advocates and technology industries conspicuously absent. “This administration is committed to stronger and stricter enforcement of intellectual property rights, and this new task force is a step in the right direction,” Biden stated.
So there you go. There IS a special task force on the way. And it might do some stuff that might have some implications down the road. And it’s coming for your illegal, same sex marriage-supporting Katy Perry downloads.
The famous Abbey Road Studios in London is apparently up for sale to the highest bidder. EMI, which has been owned by Terra Firma since 2007, has been having financial trouble ever since the turnover. Still, the decision to sell off the famous recording studio comes as a bit of a shock. With the studio producing a large chunk of The Beatles and Pink Floyd’s musical output, the decision must not have been easy. The sell is another sign of the times, at least as far as major music labels/publishers go.
You’d think one of the two remaining Beatles would step in or even team up to protect a part of their own history. The Daily Express quoted Sir Paul McCartney on February 17 as saying, “There are a few people who have been associated with the studio for a long time who were talking about mounting some bid to save it. I sympathize with them. I hope they can do something, it’d be great.” I guess the going price (possibly in the tens of millions of pounds) must be a little too high for even the mega-wealthy.
As reported earlier, Method Man, Ghostface Killah, and Raekwon are releasing a collaborative album, Wu-Massacre, on March 30 via Def Jam. The name of the all-star collaboration has been up in the air for quite awhile now, but today, my friends, we can reveal the group’s name: Meth, Ghost & Rae. (I would’ve preferred Od Man, Face Killah & Kwon — but hey, that’s just me.)
Despite what you think of the name, you should be excited, as the album features Wu-Tangers Inspectah Deck and Cappadona, as well as production by RZA and Mathetmatics. It even has a skit with Tracy Morgan (who may not be the best choice if they’re looking to insert some humor).
According to TwentyFourBit, Jim O’Rourke has produced a Burt Bacharach tribute album to be released April 7 on Japanese label ADWR. Titled All Kinds of People ~Love Burt Bacharach~, the album contains 11 tracks featuring the likes of Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Yoshimi (Boredoms, OOIOO), Glenn Kotche (Wilco, Loose Fur, etc.), Bacharach collaborator Donna Taylor, free-jazz musician Akira Sakata, Shibuya-kei musician Kahimi Karie, and, of course, O’Rourke himself. If that weren’t enough, O’Rourke, Kotche, and other artists will perform tracks from the album in Tokyo and Osaka in mid-April.
Now, we don’t have any tracks we can share, but to get yourself pumped for some tribute action, check out O’Rourke’s cover of “Something Big” off his 1999 album, Eureka (yes, we named our Eureka! section after it):
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All Kinds of People ~Love Burt Bacharach~ tracklist:
01. “Close To You” by Haruomi Hosono
02. “Always Something There To Remind Me” by Thurston Moore
03. “Anonymous Phone Call” by Jim O’Rourke
04. “After The Fox” by Akira Sakata, Masaya Nakahara
05. “You’ll Never Get To Heaven” by Aoyama Youiti
06. “Do You Know The Way To San Jose” by Kahimi Karie
07. “Don’t Make Me Over” by Kosaka Tadashi, Jim O’Rourke
08. “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” by Koike Mitsuko
09. “I Say A Little Prayer” by Yoshimi
10. “Trains And Boats And Planes” by Jim O’Rourke
11. “Walk On By” by Donna Taylor
O’Rourke’s latest album, The Visitor (TMT Review), was released last year via Drag City. He also donated an exclusive track to our Darfur benefit compilation and was all over our recent decade list feature (Insignificance, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Fenn O’Berg, etc.). We can’t get enough of O’Rourke!
