The Dutchess And The Duke Announce New LP, Tour; The Noble Class Is Not Impressed
Indie rock? Fine music, I guess, but ultimately a peasant’s art. It is music for peasants, by peasants. Which is great, if you can satisfy yourself simply with a common man’s thrill. Some of us desire something with a little more nobility, a little more regality. That’s why I’m so excited about the new record by The Dutchess and The Duke. Finally, there will be an indie rock record for us nobles, and we will no longer have to suffer through the squawking of the unwashed Animal Collective or filthy Dirty Projectors. I say, though, of what land do The Dutchess and The Duke possess governance over? Wait -- they’re not really a duchess and a duke? They’re just an indie-folk duo from Seattle? Aaaaaaaaaarrrrrghhhhh!
Ahem. Well then. I, for one, will return to my Bach and Stravinsky recordings and wipe my hands clean of this deceitful Dutchess and The Duke. But if you’re still interested, as many of you peasants must be, The Dutchess and The Duke have a new record, Sunrise/Sunset, coming out October 6 on Hardly Art. The record was recorded with Greg Ashley (of The Gris Gris) -- surely a frightful low-class man in his own right -- in his Oakland studio. If you’d like to see this collection of uncultured low-lifes in person, they’re likely coming to your small hamlet on a fall tour. As for me, I must return to the society ball, where my presence has surely been missed.
Now, where have I placed my monocle?
The Dutchess and The Duke tourdates:
10.03.09 - Vancouver, BC - The Biltmore Cabaret
10.09.09 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
10.10.09 - Olympia, WA - The Northern
The Dutchess and The Duke w/ Greg Ashley:
11.07.09 - Sacramento, CA - Luigi’s Fun Garden
11.08.09 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
11.10.09 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Crepe Place
11.11.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
11.13.09 - Irvine, CA - UC Irvine - Acrobatics Everyday
11.14.09 - San Diego, CA - The Casbah
11.15.09 - Phoenix, AZ - Rhythm Room
11.18.09 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
11.19.09 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court (early show)
11.19.09 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge (late show)
11.21.09 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
NIKE Figures “Guy-With-The-Pissed-Jeans-Vinyl-Under-His-Arm” to Be a Real Moron, Has Its
Hey, indie kid! Remember how you’re basically “into” the cloistered, insular, venerated, self-perpetuating, and self-mythologizing independent rock music scene in the first place because of how instinctively repelled you were by those typical schoolyard playground conceits of, you know, sports, brawn, machismo, and athletic-apparel-denoted alliances and status-symbols?
Well, cut the wussy daydreaming and sissy list-making, word-using, prose-writing bullshit, Poindexter, because NIKE doesn’t remember that shit at all. Yup. Like a perfectly spiraled red-and-black Nerf Turbo foam football headed straight for the homemade Black Flag patch on your back, here comes NIKE’s garish fucking Sub Pop shoe to knock you on your face for $150 a pair.
The new sneaker, which is bright yellow with black suede, a grey stripe, and a star for detailing, is the newest addition to NIKE's “Quickstrike SB Blazer Elite series,” whatever the hell that means. WTF, NIKE? And I guess, perhaps more bafflingly, WTF Sub Pop?!
Hey, remember how Nirvana famously made Bleach (a.k.a. Sub Pop’s first huge success record) for $606.17? Well fuck, man, turns out they coulda just bought a pair of SNEAKERS for everyone in the band with that money instead... with plenty of cash leftover to spend on red-and-black Nerf Turbo foam footballs.
A Hawk And A Hacksaw Plan on Making Fans Squeal Like Piggies on North American Délivrance Tour
Last we heard from A Hawk And A Hacksaw, they were talking up their new album on The Leaf Label, Délivrance. Now the duo is taking the news one step further and have announced a North American tour in support of the new record, which was released on August 25, and is described by me as “very good and entertaining and if you like Beirut or Eastern Europe you should listen to it.”
The band also recently completed an extensive European tour, as well as supporting slots for Wilco and Andrew Bird and a handful of shows at SXSW. It is being reported that at these shows the audience members were reportedly “entertained” and “pleased.”
Besides the new tour and the new album, AHAAH have also made live videos for tracks “I Am Not A Gambling Man” and “The Man Who Sold His Beard,” directed by John Longmire and shot in the band’s home of New Mexico. Check the videos here.
The tour starts in September, runs through October, often features sets by Damon and Naomi, and can be enjoyed on the following dates at the following establishments:
09.12.09 – Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
09.14.09 – Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern
09.15.09 – Pittsburgh, PA - Your Inner Vagabond
09.16.09 – Toronto, ON - The Drake Hotel
09.17.09 – Montreal, QC - Il Motore *
09.18.09 – Cambridge, MA - YMCA Theatre *
09.19.09 – New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge *
09.20.09 – Washington, DC - Rock N' Roll Hotel *
09.23.09 – Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle Tavern and Music Hall
09.24.09 – Athens, GA - Melting Point *
09.25.09 – Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
09.26.09 – Knoxville, TN - The Pilot Light *
10.06.09 – Tucson, AZ - Solar Culture
10.07.09 – San Diego, CA - The Casbah
10.08.09 – Los Angeles, CA – Spaceland *
10.09.09 – San Francisco, CA - The Independent *
10.10.09 – Eureka, CA – Nocturnum *
10.12.09 – Portland, OR - Doug Fir *
10.13.09 – Seattle, WA - The Tractor Tavern *
10.15.09 – Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *
10.16.09 – Denver, CO - Hi-Dive *
* Damon and Naomi
White Mice Ready Their Heaviest, Noisiest, Ugliest, Most Beautiful Album Yet
Remember when Black Dice used to thrash? Remember when they used to scare the shit out of hipster kids? Well, now hipster kids adore them, right? That's why, according to the TMT Investigation Department, they secretly decided to start a side project and wear masks, switching their name around a bit to form White Mice! They now wear bloody, mutated mouse heads and bloody lab coats while playing sludgy noise rock to scare the shit outta hipster kids once again!
Fine, maybe not, but damn ya gotta admit their names are pretty similar. Once you've admitted that, here's some info you need to know: White Mice's Ganjohovahdose is their fourth full-length record and is coming out on the 20 Buck Spin label. The label proclaims this one to be the "heaviest, noisiest, ugliest, most beautiful sound they've achieved yet." It "stands as a testament in praise of lord Cheezus for bestowing this deadly ‘conncocktion’ of music, art, visuals, noise, and words onto an unsuspecting and dangerously unprepared public, on its October 20 release."
Sounds pretty cool right? Providence, RISD, Lightning Bolt, Load Records! Alright, now go! Go buy their records!
Ganjohovahdose tracklisting:
1. PasssTheFissst
2. Ganjahovahdose
3. The Hard On of Edam
4. Placenta the Crotchtower
5. Peeeugenicyst
6. The Ape-Caca-Lips
7. The Crapture
8. The Shroud of Urine
9. Onth’ Ragggnorock
10. The Narcomacauleycolicost
Death, The Jesus Lizard, GZA/Genius, Times New Viking, Yeasayer, and OMG So Much More to Rock Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Fest
FINALLY a festival that promises fun, and lots of it! In its fourth year, the Austin, TX festival that is neither SXSW nor Austin City Limits is packing a serious one-two punch of good times and enjoyment. Fun Fun Fun Fest takes over the dusty utopia of downtown Austin’s Waterloo Park for two action-packed days (November 7-8) full of a rad mix of up-and-coming acts and established performers. Spanning the indie gamut from The Jesus Lizard to GZA/Genius (performing Liquid Swords again to Crystal Castles, Fun Fun Fun Fest also plays host to some promising Austin-area acts like The Strange Boys and Shearwater, as well as some serious comedy troupes.
The lineup is intense, so peruse carefully. You wouldn’t want to miss a potential chance to hear Danzig guide you through his personal library, nor the much-buzzed-about 1970s Detroit proto-punks Death.
Lineup in no real logical order:
Ratatat, of Montreal, Crystal Castles, Les Savy Fav, Yeasayer, Mission Of Burma, Lucero, Why?, Broadcast, Atlas Sound, Death (Detroit), No Age, Red Sparowes, Shonen Knife, Fuck Buttons, Times New Viking, This Will Destroy You, Crystal Antlers, Growing, Black and White Years, Royal Bangs, The Laughing, The Jesus Lizard, Danzig, Gorilla Biscuits, Face to Face, Fucked Up, 7 Seconds, D.R.I., Torches, Melt Banana, Flipper, Coalesce, Riverboat Gamblers, Street Dogs, Russian Circles, Night Marchers, Metallagher, Youth Brigade, Mika Miko, All Leather, Young Widows, Coliseum, Underground Railroad to Candyland, Off With Their Heads, Reign Supreme, Rat King, Pack of Wolves, Roller, The Cool Kids, The Pharcyde, GZA/Genius, Kid Sister, Baruka Som Sistema, DJ Numark (Jurassic 5), HEALTH, Neon Indian, MC Chris, Ssion, Alaska in Winter, Vega, Foot Patrol, Astronautalis, Car Stereo (Wars), The DJ Melee, Sugar & Gold, LAX, Peligrosa DJs, Beta Player, Destroyer, The Whitest Kids You Know Sketch Comedy Troupe, Brian Posehn, The King Khan & BBQ Show, Shearwater, Todd Barry, Dead Confederate, Nick Thune, Harlem, Josh Fadem, The Strange Boys, Hannibal Burress, James Husband (of Montreal), Brendan Walsh, Cedric Burnside & Lightning Malcolm, Chelsea Peretti, Bankrupt and the Borrowers, Altercation Comedy Hour, Moonlight Towers, Low Line Caller, New Movement Comedy Group, AND MORE!
Lyrics Websites Targeted for Infringement
Major labels have been going after illegal downloaders for several years now, so it makes sense that they’re growing a bit bored chasing down 15 year olds with premium Rapidshare accounts. To make things more interesting, Peermusic, Warner Music’s Warner/Chappell, and Bug Music have decided to go after something else entirely: the unlicensed use of lyrics.
The three companies have launched lawsuits against two unlicensed lyric websites, LiveUniverse and Motive Force LLC, which share song lyrics for profit. David Israelite, boss for the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), agreed with the lawsuit in an interview with Billboard: “These sites are profiting on the backs of songwriters. It is unfortunate that copyright holders must so frequently divert energies to protect their rights to license and distribute their works. However, the demand for music prompts a seemingly endless stream of illegal business models.”
Let’s Hear It for Verbs! Do Make Say Think Announce New LP, Tour
Do Make Say Think love verbs. Without verbs, they wouldn’t have a name. Instead of being Do Make Say Think, they’d be something like The Palettes. Or, since they’re a post-rock band, they’d probably be Eons Within The Night or Manatee or something along those lines. Jeez, now I love verbs more than I ever knew.
As it turns out, without verbs, Do Make Say Think’s new record, Other Truths, wouldn’t have any song titles either. You see, this new album, out October 20 on Constellation, has four tracks, named “Do,” “Make,” “Say,” and “Think.” Without these precious, precious verbs, Other Truths would resemble a circa-2002 Sigur Rós record. Personally, I’d rather this record not resemble a circa-2002 Sigur Rós record.
That said, Other Truths will surely resemble a Sigur Rós record in one way: vocals! The generally instrumental crew will let some vibrations of human vocal chords share space with their massive guitar chords vibrations. While this won’t be the first time vocals have made their way into the band’s post-rock epics, this time it is courtesy of some special guests in the form of Akron/Family and Lullabye Arkestra.
Do Make Say Think will fill the dates following Other Truths' release by conducting a lengthy European tour, followed by a shorter string of North American dates. No word on whether members of Akron/Family or Lullabye Arkestra will take part in any of the live dates.
Other Truths tracklist:
1. Do
2. Make
3. Say
4. Think
Do Make Say Think tourdates:
09.10.09 - New York, NY - Miller Theatre, Columbia University (Wordless Music Festival)
10.22.09 - London, UK - Scala
10.23.09 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Principal
10.24.09 - Athens, Greece - Rodeo
10.25.09 - Athens, Greece - Rodeo
10.26.09 - Leipzig, Germany - Conne Island
10.27.09 - Munich, Germany - Feierwerk
10.28.09 - Schorndorf, Germany - Manufaktur
10.29.09 - Duedingen, Switzerland - Bad Bonn
10.30.09 - Dijon, France - Novosonic Festival
10.31.09 - Paris, France - La Maroquinerie
11.01.09 - Nantes, France - Soy Festival
11.02.09 - Toulouse, France - Kleo
11.03.09 - Barcelona, Spain - Sala Apolo
11.04.09 - Bilbao, Spain - Kafe Antzokia
11.05.09 - Marseille, France - Montevideo
11.06.09 - Nancy, France - L’autre Canal
11.07.09 - Esch Sur, Luxembourg - Kulturfabrik
11.08.09 - Kortrijk, Belgium - De Kreujn
11.09.09 - Nijmegen, Netherlands - Doornroosje
11.10.09 - Hamburg, Denmark - Molotov
11.11.09 - Malmo, Sweden - Debaser
11.12.09 - Linkoping, Sweden - Herrgarn
11.13.09 - Oslo, Norway - John Dee
11.14.09 - Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall
11.15.09 - Bielefeld, Germany - Forum
11.16.09 - Berlin, Germany - Magnet
11.25.09 - Montreal, QB - Sala Rossa
11.26.09 - Montreal, QB - Sala Rossa
11.27.09 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs
11.28.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
11.30.09 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
12.01.09 - Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
12.02.09 - Pittsburgh, PA - Brillobox
12.03.09 - Pontiac, MI - Crofoot Ballroom
12.04.09 - Chicago, IL - Schubas Tavern
Thom Yorke to Perform Song about Global Warming in Upcoming Film, To Swallow Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Noam Chomsky fan, vegan, Free Tibet supporter, and — oh yes — Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke is once again lending his talents to fight global warming. Yorke has signed on to contribute an acoustic version of the title track to the “eco docudrama” The Age of Stupid. But this won’t be just any old song floating over the end of the credits and cut-and-pasted into the movie trailer. Instead, Yorke will be participating in a post-film live discussion, along with X-Files star Gillian Anderson, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and field scientists located in New York, the Himalayas, and the depths of an Indonesian rainforest.
The special event is being billed as The Age of Stupid LIVE from New York and will take place on September 21 in 444 movie theaters across the United States. In case you’re wondering exactly what an "eco docudrama" is, the concept features Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite as a global archivist living several decades from now, looking back on what could’ve been done to save the earth from its circa 2055 devastation. Heavy stuff, right? But one would assume/hope inspiring as well. Plus, who would want to miss the promised “green carpet procession,” during which guests will arrive via bicycle, solar car, rickshaw, and sailboats?
Oh, and Yorke is supposedly releasing a 12-inch with a couple new tunes later this month via ATO/TBD Records. So be on the lookout.
Yo La Tengo Support Popular Songs with Inevitably Popular Tour
Yo La Tengo are pretty presumptuous. Their new album, out September 8 on Matador, is called Popular Songs, but what if it just isn’t? What if every song on the album is universally panned? Granted, it probably won’t be. Yo La Tengo are running on a good 20 years of critical acclaim, so I guess they have reason to be confident.
Another thing Yo La Tengo can be confident about: their upcoming fall tour. Even if nobody likes Popular Songs, there are certainly enough people out there who would want to see Ira, Georgia, and James run through “Cherry Chapstick” and “Sugarcube.” And plenty of people will get the chance to see just that, both in North America throughout September and October and across Europe in November. Go on, see them in multiple countries. It should be a great time for the most popular kids in indie rock school.
Yo La Tengo Popular Dates:
09.15.09 - Vinooski, VT - Higher Ground
09.16.09 - Boston, MA - Wilbur Theater
09.17.09 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
09.18.09 - Durham, NC - Carolina Theater
09.19.09 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
09.21.09 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
09.22.09 - Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theater
09.23.09 - Louisville, KY - Headliners
09.24.09 - Nelsonville, OH - Stuart’s Opera House
09.25.09 - New York, NY - Roseland
10.02.09 - Montreal, QC - Le National
10.03.09 - Toronto, ON - Opera House
10.05.09 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern
10.06.09 - Chicago, IL - The Vic
10.07.09 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
10.09.09 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown
10.10.09 - Denver, CO - Ogden
10.11.09 - Solano Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
10.12.09 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
10.14.09 - Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theater
10.15.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Avalon
10.16.09 - San Diego, CA - Soma
10.17.09 - Santa Cruz, CA - Rio Theater
10.18.09 - San Francisco, CA - 100% Equal Festival
10.20.09 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
10.21.09 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
10.22.09 - Seattle, WA - Showbox
11.05.09 - Dublin, IE - Tripod
11.06.09 - Glasgow, UK - ABC
11.07.09 - Manchester, UK - Academy 2
11.08.09 - London, UK - The Roundhouse
11.10.09 - Bielefield, DE - Forum
11.11.09 - Leuven, BE - Het Depot
11.12.09 - Amsterdam, NL - Melkweg
11.14.09 - Copenhagen, DK - Gray Hall
Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio To Set Out On North American Tour
Kyp Malone, singer/guitarist/serious beard of TV on the Radio, is set to head out on a North American tour this fall in support of his debut solo project Rain Machine, available September 22 via ANTI- Records. The first single is called “Give Blood,” and it’s kind of a jam, but it mostly reminds me that I can’t give blood. Sorry dude. I tried to give blood once a few years back, and after I filled out all my paperwork, the nurse told me “Sorry, you can’t give blood because you were born and lived overseas.” When I asked her when I could eventually give blood (thinking I'd be good to go after more time has passed), she said, and I quote, “Never. We don’t take chances with BRAIN DISEASE.”* Thanks BITCH.
Below is Kyp’s tour itinerary.
09.21.09 – Brooklyn, NY – Bell House
09.25.09 – Echo Park, CA – The Echo
09.26.09 – Los Angeles, CA – The Getty Center
09.28.09 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
09.30.09 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
10.01.09 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
10.02.09 – Vancouver, BC – The Biltmore
10.09.09 – Birmingham, AL – Bottle Tree
10.10.09 – New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks
10.12.09 – Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club
10.13.09 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl
10.15.09 – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
10.16.09 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
10.17.09 – Chicago, IL – Double Door
10.18.09 – Detroit, MI – Small’s
10.19.09 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
10.20.09 – Montreal, QB – Il Motore
10.22.09 – Cambridge, MA – Middle East Upstair
10.23.09 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
* Apparently I’m a Mad Cow threat.
Dirty Projectors Announce Fall Tourdates; Longstreth Has Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Blues
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
