FatCat Reissues First Two Animal Collective Albums on Vinyl for the First Time EVER... And the Crowd Goes Nuts!

By Kenny Bloggins on

Now that Animal Collective (or AnCo, as known on Hipster Runoff) have blown the fuck up and hang tough with David Letterman and Ashton Kutcher and the like, former label and AnCoBros FatCat want some of Domino's current cheese. For the first time ever, the Collective's first two LPs Spirit They've Vanished, Spirit They've Gone and Danse Manatee have received the vinyl treatment, both pressed on audiophile-worthy 180-gram 12-inchers.

Spirit, recorded and released in 2000, was originally issued only on CD. Later, FatCat combined Spirit and experimental sophomore effort Danse Manatee as one priced-to-owned double disc. But who cares about CDs anymore? Now, you can have the full sound spectrum experience with club bangers such as "Chocolate Girl" and "Aah Good Country," the perfect showcase of AnCo's earlier, stranger, and (in this writer's opinion) better work.

Grip 'em here and here while the getting's good. Though, you'll have to import if you live outside the UK/Europe. Did I not mention that?

Now check out AC on three different continents this summer:
07.16.09 - Paris, France - Cigale
07.17.09 - Dour, Belguim - Dour Festival
07.18.09 - Grafenhainichen, Germany - Melt Festival
07.19.09 - Jarocin, Poland - Jarocin Festival
07.20.09 - Graz, Austria - Postgarage
07.21.09 - Ferrara, Italy - Bands Apart Festival @ Piazza Castello
07.22.09 - Rome, Italy - Bands Apart Festival @ Piazza Castello
07.23.09 - San Sebastian, Spain - Jazzaldia at Kursaal
07.26.09 - Nigata, Japan - Fuji Rock Festival
08.08.09 - Chicago, Illinois - Lollapalooza
08.14.09 - Brooklyn, New York - Prospect Park Bandshell
08.15.09 - Brooklyn, New York - Prospect Park Bandshell
08.20.09 - London, UK - Brixton Academy
08.21.09 - Crickhowell, UK - Green Man Festival
09.12.09 - Monticello, New York - All Tommorw's Parties @ Kutchner's

The Misfits Bring Their Reign of Terror and Manic Panic to America Once More… Sans Danzig

By Liz Louche on 07-06-2009

Dreams can come true! Well, teenage mall punk dreams, in the case of the upcoming summer tour by The Misfits. Think about it: who among us has not dreamed of taking their younger, Hot Topic lovin’ little brother or sister to see a legendary super punk rock band perform, during which this young mall person would have his/her mind totally blown and undergo a cool metamorphosis the likes of which would give Kafka pause. Or, like, who hasn’t thought about how cool it would be to see former Misfit Glenn Danzig totally rock out to some early jams instead of just watching him give kinda creepy tours of his home library on YouTube? Oh wait — this tour doesn’t include Danzig? Oh. Okay. Well, I mean, I guess, of course it doesn’t. SIGH. It’s still happening!!

The remaining band members last released an album under The Misfits name back in 2003, with Project 1950, and now they’re coming to a town near you! Are you ready to RAWK, Milwaukee????
08.01.09 - Kuoppio, Finland - Kuoppio Rockcock Festival
08.07.09 - Milwaukee, WI - Modjeska Theater
08.08.09 - Detroit, MI - Harpos
08.09.09 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
09.22.09 - Tijuana, Mexico - El Foro
09.23.09 - Mexicali, Mexico - Foro Promocasa
09.24.09 - Mexico City, Mexico - Circus
09.25.09 - Monterrey, Mexico - Cafe Iguana
09.26.09 - Guadalajara, Mexico - Teatro Estudio
09.27.09 - Estado de MExico, Mexico - La Piaza
10.16.09 - Plymouth, MA - Memorial Hall
10.17.09 - Worcester, MA - Palladium
10.23.09 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
10.24.09 - Toledo, OH - The Omni
10.29.09 - Foxborough, MA - Showcase Live
10.31.09 - New York, NY - BB King's

The Skygreen Leopards Release New Album, Promote General Leopard Awareness

By Kat Gardiner on 07-06-2009

The Skygreen Leopards' website looks like a third-grader's final thesis: a numbered list of the many exciting things there are to learn about leopards (the big cat), both in general and in specific. For example: "3. Leopards have a very beautiful coat with a tawny background and rosettes, that aids them in camouflage. Their coat is distinct from that of Cheetah and Jaguar." Also: "13. Man-eating leopards always operate at night since unlike tigers they never lose their fear of man and only enter human territories in the cover of darkness. This makes them very difficult to counteract." Unfortunately, due to time constraints, modesty, or faulty encyclopedias, the band, The Skygreen Leopards, missed some key facts about their own -- musical -- variety of the species.

I took it upon myself to continue where they left off:
14. The Skygreen leopard is a very rare species, boasting only two cats; one named Glenn Donaldson and the other Donovan Quinn. Donaldson is not only a big green cat, but is also the co-founder of the Bay-area experimental folk label Jewelled Antler

15. The Skygreen Leopards first release on Jagjaguwar (sixth total if you're keeping track at home) came out in 2006 and was called Disciples of California. It was and is a very dreamy, pastoral folk album that reminds me of wind rushing through long grass on a day in early September

16. The Skygreen Leopards are set to release an album called Gorgeous Johnny on July 21, also on the Jagjaguwar label

17. Jagjaguwars and Skygreen Leopards are third cousins twice removed.

LA Beach Punks Abe Vigoda Go On Tour With Seattle’s Talbot Tagora, But Wouldn’t It Be Cool if It Were Actor Abe Vigoda Going On Tour With His 1982 Talbot Tagora?

By Jon Lorenz on 07-06-2009

Okay, so everyone -- everyone -- mentions the countless number of band names containing words like Wolf, Crystal, Dogs, or Black. Well, what about bands named after movie stars? Or bands named after cars? Let's see: movie star names include Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, Mr. T Experience, Kathleen Turner Overdrive, and Jodie Foster's Army -- car names include Galaxie 500, REO Speedwagon, The Cadillacs, The Rivierras, Chevelle, and probably one hundred more surf rock bands.

Well, if you haven't already, add Abe Vigoda and Talbot Tagora to those lists. Abe released the Reviver EP earlier this year, while Talbot are set to release Lessons in the Woods or a City July 21 on Hardly Art (TMT News), and what do you know: these two groups will be hitting the road, most likely in a van and not in an actual Talbot Tagora and definitely not with the real Abe Vigoda. Nonetheless, you should still go see them if you are lucky enough to have them coming near you.

Coolest part is that the tour started yesterday:
07.06.09 - El Paso, TX - Fellini Film Cafe
07.07.09 - Austin, TX - Emo's
07.08.09 - Dallas, TX - The Cavern
07.09.09 - Hattiesburg, MS - The Belafonte
07.10.09 - Pensacola, FL - Sluggos
07.11.09 - Atlanta, GA - 529
07.12.09 - Chapel Hill, NC - The Nightlight
07.13.09 - Richmond, VA - Plaza Bowl
07.14.09 - Washington, DC - DC9
07.15.09 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
07.16.09 - Philadelphia, PA - The Barbary
07.17.09 - New York, NY - Whitney Museum (early)
07.17.09 - New York, NY - Cake Shop
07.18.09 - New York, NY - Monster Island Basement !
07.19.09 - Providence, RI - AS220
07.20.09 - Boston, MA - Harper's Ferry
07.21.09 - Montreal, QC - Divan Orange
07.22.09 - Toronto, ON - El Mocambo
07.23.09 - Mt. Pleasant, MI - Rubble Bar / Midwest Fest
07.24.09 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
07.26.09 - Lawrence, KS - Jackpot
07.27.09 - Denver, CO - Rhinocerpolis
07.29.09 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
07.30.09 - Seattle, WA - Vera Project
07.31.09 - Vancouver, BC - Media Club
08.01.09 - Portland, OR - Worksound
08.03.09 - Santa Cruz, CA - Crepe Place
08.05.09 - Los Angeles, CA - The Smell

! Golden Triangle

Kurt Vile Goes on Tour, Forms Indie Rock Legion of Doom

By E. Nagurney on 07-02-2009

If this whole musician thing doesn’t work out for War On Drugs guitarist Kurt Vile, he can always go work in supervillainy. I am sure Vile's a lovely man, but his name seems more suited to creating nuclear monstrosities and doing battle with Iron Man than it is to playing woozy rock. But until Vile grows a robotic crab arm through some experiment gone awry, the songwriter will be sticking with making some songs, which he’ll perform across the East Coast and California these next two months.

Then again, I’m not so sure Vile isn’t organizing an evil Indie Rock Legion of Doom. Aided by the bloodthirsty Violators on the first leg of the tour, Vile -- who recently signed with Matador (TMT News) and released a new album God Is Saying This To You... on Mexican Summer -- will recruit some of the most dreaded names in indie rock on various dates of this tour: Evil masterminds Sonic Youth! The ghostly Espers! International psych-rock bandits Dungen! Deadly falsetto warriors Built to Spill! Frightening times we live in.

The Indie Rock Legion of Doom vs. The Justice Venues of America:
07.02.09 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory *+
07.04.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Woodsist/Captured Tracks Fest *
07.05.09 - Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie (KRAAK Fest) *
07.17.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Bruars Falls *^&
07.18.09 - Boston, MA - Church (Homegrown Fest) *^
07.19.09 - Montague, MA - Montague Bookmill *^
07.23.09 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s @&
08.11.09 - Baltimore, MD - Talking Head Club #
08.13.09 - Asheville, NC - Transfigurations * (Harvest Record Fest)
08.14.09 - New York, NY - Cakeshop
08.15.09 - Ridgewood, NY - Silent Barn
08.16.09 - Philadelphia, PA - Vox Populi
08.19.09 - Philadelphia, PA - Rittenhouse Square *
08.25.09 - Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy Theatre %
08.26.09 - Los Angeles, CA - The Troubadour $
08.29.09 - Big Sur, CA - Kemado/Mexican Summer/Folk Yeah Festival $
08.30.09 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA $
09.01.09 - Portland, OR - TBD $

* Violators

+ Sonic Youth

^ Blues Control

& Coconuts

@ Tyvek

# Espers

% Built To Spill/Woods

$ Dungen/Woods

Trail Of Dead Announces Summer Tourdates; Wait, They Haven’t Broken Up Yet?!

By Annapocalypse on 07-02-2009

After five record labels, countless lineup changes, hundreds of smashed guitars, and a shitload of drama, it’s sort of shocking that ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead are still together. What’s not really that shocking though is that they still haven’t been able to impress critics since 2002’s Source Tags and Codes. AND WE KNOW ALL.

Still, Trail of Dead forge onward, and this time they’re coming to a city near you, presumably. After a European tour, the pasty-faced Texans will return July 26 to get their pool party on at Jelly NYC’s Summer Pool Party series in Brooklyn, NY at the new Williamsburg Waterfront music venue. Oh god, hipsters in bathing suits? No thanks! Trail of Dead will also play the All Points West festival August 1 and in their hometown of Austin for the Austin City Limits Festival October 3.
07.04.09 - Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival (Odeon Stage)
07.05.09 - Hannover, Germany - Musikzentrum
07.06.09 - Heidelberg, Germany - Karistorbahnhof
07.07.09 - Salzburg, Austria - Rockhouse
07.08.09 - Innsbruck, Austria - Poolbar Festival
07.10.09 - Haarlem, Holland - Paatronat
07.11.09 - Bochum, Germany - Zeche
07.17.09 - Dour, Belgium - Dourfestival
07.18.09 - Herk de Stad, Beligum - Rock Herd Festival
07.26.09 - Brooklyn, NY – Williamsburg Waterfront
07.27.09 - Milford, CT - Daniel Street
07.29.09 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
07.30.09 - Lancaster, PA - Chameleon
07.31.09 - Providence, RI - Jerky’s Live Music Hall
08.01.09 - New York City, NY - All Points West
10.03.09 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits

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