Dirty Projectors Announce Fall Tourdates; Longstreth Has Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Blues

By Annapocalypse on

It’s the little things in life that bring Dave Longstreth, frontman for the Dirty Projectors, great joy. For every tour, Longstreth crosses his fingers in hopes that the band's tour manager will book a stop in Temecula, CA so he can play “Temecula Sunrise” in its namesake city. Unfortunately, the band's upcoming tour goes from San Diego to San Francisco without any stops in between. Of course, this is why we should all watch the fuck out, because it's when the little things go wrong that Dave gets fucking pissed.

Anyway: to hear “Temecula Sunrise” and other songs live from Dirty P’s new album, Bitte Orca (TMT Review), be sure to check out the tour when it hits your city. Unless you live in Temecula.

Temecula Blues:
09.09.09 - Paris, France - Maroquinerie
09.11.09 - Dorset, England - End Of The Road Festival
09.12.09 - Isle Of Wight, England - Bestival
09.13.09 - London, England - Scala
09.16.09 - Dublin, Ireland - Whelans
09.19.09 - Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
09.20.09 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
09.21.09 - Berlin, Germany - Kreuzberg Festival
09.25.09 - Toulouse, France - Le Printemps de Septembre Festival
10.20.09 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
10.21.09 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
10.22.09 - Washington, D.C. - Black Cat
10.24.09 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
10.25.09 - Lafayette, LA - Nitetown
10.26.09 - Austin, TX - Antones
10.28.09 - Phoenix, AZ - Rhythm Room
10.30.09 - San Diego, CA - North Park Theatre
11.01.09 - San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's
11.03.09 - Portland, OR - Aladdin
11.04.09 - Seattle, WA - Neumo's
11.07.09 - Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue
11.08.09 - Denver, CO - Bluebird
11.09.09 - Lawrence, KS - Granada
11.11.09 - Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center
11.13.09 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
11.14.09 - Toronto, ON - Opera House
11.15.09 - Montreal, PQ - National
11.17.09 - Boston, MA - Paradise
11.18.09 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
11.19.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall
11.21.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall
11.22.09 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom

Wavves Goes On Tour + Nathan “No We’re Not Done Yet” Williams (a.k.a. Wavves) Teams Up And Records With Zach “I Broke My Drumset” Hill (a.k.a. That Dude From Hella)

By Jon Lorenz on Aug 31 2009

It seems like all has been forgotten since the Wavves debacle at Primavera fest. In case you forgot to watch the video again this morning, Wavves main man Nathan Williams freaked out on the sound guy and drummer Ryan Ulsh walked off stage while Williams yelled "Come back here, motherfucker, we're not done yet!" For a few days, it was up in the air whether or not Williams could continue, especially after European dates were being canceled.

Well, the band still exists and Ulsh still plays in the band. In fact, Williams has also made a friend of Zach Hill (Hella, Nervous Cop, CHLL PLL), and the two have started playing and recording together. It is unknown whether or not this will come out as Wavves or a brand new project, but there has been talks of doing a full-length LP together. Two tracks have been made available so far, but you'll have to go visit Pitchfork to check them out: click here for "Cool Jumper" and here for a live video of the track "Hula Hoop."

In September, Wavves will hit the road for a month-long tour across the U.S. They will be joined by Ganglians, who have a new hyped-up album on Woodsist/Weird Forest. Check it:
09.05.09 - Los Angeles, CA - LA Historic State Park (FYF Fest)
09.06.09 - San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Shop *
09.13.09 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *
09.14.09 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge *
09.15.09 - Lawrence, KS - Jackpot Music Hall *
09.16.09 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry *
09.17.09 - Grinnell, IA - Gardner Lounge, Grinnel College *
09.18.09 - Champaign, IL - Pygmalion Music Festival *
09.19.09 - Madison, WI - Forward Music Festival *
09.20.09 - Chicago, IL - Chopin Theater (early show, all ages) *
09.20.09 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle (late show, 21+) *
09.21.09 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Cafe *
09.22.09 - Toronto, ON - El Mocambo *
09.23.09 - Montreal, QC - Friendship Cove *
09.24.09 - New York, NY - Santos Party House *
09.25.09 - New York, NY - Todd P NYC *
09.27.09 - Boston, MA - Great Scott *
09.29.09 - Philidelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church *
09.30.09 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar *
10.01.09 - Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel *
10.02.09 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 *
10.03.09 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club *
10.04.09 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
10.06.09 - Oxford, MS - Proud Larry's *
10.09.09 - Dallas, TX - Pastime Lounge *
10.10.09 - Austin, TX - Emo's $
10.15.09 - Phoenix, AZ - Rhythm Room *
10.16.09 - San Diego, CA - Casbah *
10.17.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex *

* Ganglians

$ The Soft Pack

How Does It Feel, To Be On Your Own, With No Direction Home: Bob Dylan to Release Christmas LP, to Voice GPS System?

By Liz Louche on Aug 31 2009

Imagine the surprise and delight on Grandma’s face when she opens that special CD-shaped gift below the Christmas tree this year. Of course, it’s obviously a CD, but which one? Mannheim Steamroller? Trans-Siberian Orchestra? Or… none of the above? Boy will she be impressed when she opens that little package to find none other than THE BRAND NEW BOB DYLAN CHRISTMAS CD!!!! That’s right, just in time for the holidays, the legendary songsman is releasing Christmas in the Heart to spread a little good ol' fashioned holiday cheer among you and yours. Featuring holiday classics like “Winter Wonderland” and “Here Comes Santa Claus,” sales of the album will benefit the United States’ biggest domestic hunger-relief charity, Feeding America, as well as other hunger organizations around the globe. Christmas in the Heart comes out October 13 via Columbia Records.

In other exciting, potentially not real Dylan-related news, the man himself told listeners to his Theme Time Radio Hour that he is in talks to be the voice of a GPS navigator. But don’t take it from me. Take it from Bob!

I am talking to a couple of car companies about being the voice of their GPS system. I think it would be good if you are looking for directions and hear my voice saying something like: “Left at the next street, no a right - you know what? Just go straight.” I probably shouldn’t do it because whichever way I go I always end up at one place: Lonely Avenue.

If this were to happen, I would totally shill out for a GPS device. What could be more soothing than — while in the midst of traffic or being totally lost on a lonely desert highway — to hear the voice of Mr. Dylan? Much more comforting than, say, Henry Rollins or like Nick Cave.

Blur Fans Rejoice! Noel Gallagher Leaves Oasis (But Oasis Never Leaves Him)

By Kat Gardiner on Aug 31 2009

Noel Gallagher, the main songwriter and guitarist from Oasis (a.k.a. "the sane one" or "Charlie from Lost"), stormed the fuck out, after his brother and lead singer Liam smashed his guitar before a show in Paris, Friday night. Noel posted this on the band's website shortly after:

It's with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer.

Ouch. Thanksgiving's liable to be awkward at the Gallagher's this year, especially since they don't normally celebrate this otherwise North American holiday.

RIP: Ellie Greenwich, 60s girl-pop Brill Building songwriter

By Shane Mack on Aug 26 2009

From Spinner:

Songwriter Ellie Greenwich, who co-wrote many of the classic hits of the girl group era, has died at age 68. According to her niece, Greenwich died of a heart attack at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital in New York, where she had been hospitalized for pneumonia.

Greenwich's songs, mostly written with her then-husband, Jeff Barry, include such '60s girl-pop standards as 'Be My Baby' and ‘Baby I Love You,’ by the Ronettes, 'Da Doo Ron Ron' and ‘Then He Kissed Me,’ by the Crystals, and ‘Leader of the Pack,’ by the Shangri-Las. Her songbook also includes penning ‘Chapel of Love’ for the Dixie Cups and ‘River Deep, Mountain High’ for Ike & Tina Turner.

Greenwich and Barry were part of New York's Brill Building songwriting factory alongside the likes of Neil Diamond, Carole King, Neil Sedaka and Burt Bacharach. The songwriting and onetime married couple had their songs recorded by performers including Tommy James and the Shondells (‘Hanky Panky’), Lesley Gore (‘Maybe I Know,’ ‘The Look of Love’) and Manfred Mann (‘Do Wah Diddy Diddy’). Greenwich also had a Top 20 hit of her own with ‘The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget’ under the group name the Raindrops.

- Ellie Greenwich official website
- Ellie Greenwich Wikipedia entry

Swedish Authorities Pull the Plug on The Pirate Bay, Nerds Swiftly Plug It Back In; Swedish Authorities Left with No Other Recourse but to Ogle Beautiful Women and Enjoy Top-Notch State-Sponsored Health Care

By Mike McHugh on Aug 26 2009

The planks have been holstered, the wenches dismissed, and the rum, yes, it is gone. It’s official, folks: after nearly six years of sailing the open cyber seas and plundering every shining doubloon of media in sight, The (Swedish) Man has slashed the masts of The Pirate Bay for good. But don’t you all unsheathe your inhalers at once. For all you content-hungry but empty-pocketed individuals left listless by the absence of your precious TPB, be not so nervous, be not so frail , because the opportunity for unspoiled riches abounds at these two-dozen-plus-one other torrent sites that can get you a fat slice of that torrenty goodness, just like Pirate Bay used to make.

But I get why you’re so upset right now. Sure, The Pirate Bay was just one twinkling star in a constellation of other reliable torrent sites, yet you trusted TPB more than the others. The incessant watch-doggery of the commenters kept you safe from viruses, and the bevy of seeders made for quick and easy downloading. Yep, there’s nothing in this world that can replace The Pirate Bay, except, perhaps, an (almost) exact fucking copy of The Pirate Bay . Sure, it may look different, but all your favorites are there. From the high-quality DVD rips of your favorite TV shows to the super-suspect porn that managed to slip onto the servers, TPB is not only alive and well in the hearts of nerds the world over, but also on your very own Internet. Good lord it’s just so precious I can hardly stand it!

In the days before its demise, one loyal Pirate Bayer went to the trouble of compressing the entire catalog of TPB’s hosted content into one convenient 21.3 gigabyte torrent. The file essentially is a backup copy of the more than 800,000 torrents hosted on TPB website. Since many torrents tracked by TPB were not hosted on its servers, the better part of its 2 million torrents couldn’t make it on the backup, but (conjecture alert) one would assume that the most popular and reliable torrents would be hosted on the site itself. Either way, thousands downloaded the torrent over the weekend, including one helpful soul who loaded all the content (before TPB even shut down) onto a clone site that has every file on the backup available to download. It’s even possible (again with the conjecture!) that there are other TPB clone sites ready to launch should this new haven face flak from the powers that be. For closing remarks on this story, I humbly defer to this t-shirt .

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