Glenn Branca releases sequel to The Ascension

By Kid Midnight on 02-26-2010

I worked at a record store for five years, and one of the most annoying things about the job was that whenever Southern Lord put out a new release on vinyl, I always ended up telling customers that we either didn’t get the vinyl or that it had already sold out, because, seriously, Southern Lord presses maybe ten copies of each record they put on wax.

Hey, maybe all those people I turned away should sign up for Southern Lord’s vinyl subscription series!

The record label, made famous by releasing music by the blackest of black-hearted metal men (who aren’t usually black), has offered 550 spots for 550 lucky Southern Lord fans. For a nominal, onetime fee, those lucky 550 people will receive seven (7!) vinyl records in the mail by such bands as Pelican, Black Cobra, and Ascend. The records will also contain bonus tracks unavailable on any other officially released version of each album, as well as a slip-mat by “a well-known artist.” Ooooo! Well-known artists!

Further information can be found at The first level of Hell.

• Southern Lord: http://www.southernlord.com

By Annapocalypse on 02-26-2010

This year, the Primavera Sound festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary on May 27-29 at the Parc Del Fòrum in Barcelona. I don’t know about the rest of you, but when I celebrated my 10th birthday, I certainly didn’t have a party as cool as the one that they’re throwing. Actually, that depends on your definition of “cool,” because I thought my t-shirt-decorating party was pretty badass. Anyway, the line-up for Primavera’s little shindig has been announced and while it’s no neon-colored fabric paint, it’s definitely a solid lineup, with everyone from The Books, The Antlers, and Liquid Liquid to HEALTH, Wilco, and Sunny Day Real Estate. Check it:

A Sunny Day In Glasgow, The Almighty Defenders, The Antlers, Apse, Atlas Sound, Beach House, Beak>, Ben Frost, Best Coast, The Big Pink, Bigott, Bis, Biscuit, Black Math Horseman, The Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77, The Books, Boy 8-Bit, Broken Social Scene, Built To Spill, The Bundles, Camarón: La Leyenda Del Tiempo 30 Años Después (Kiko Veneno, Duquende y Chicuelo entre otros), The Charlatans performing “Some Friendly”, Circulatory System, The Clean, CocoRosie, Cohete, Cold Cave, Condo Fucks, Crocodiles, Delorean, Diplo, Dr. Dog, The Drums, Dum Dum Girls, Emilio José, Endless Boogie, Fake Blood, The Fall, The Field, Florence + The Machine, Fuck Buttons, Ganglians, Gary Numan, Grizzly Bear, Half Foot Outside, HEALTH, Here We Go Magic, Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions, Japandroids, Joker featuring Nomad, Junip, The King Khan & BBQ Show, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Les Savy Fav, Lidia Damunt, Liquid Liquid, Low perfoming “The Great Destroyer”, Major Lazer, Marc Almond, Matt & Kim, Mission of Burma, Moderat, Monotonix, Mujeres, Nana Grizol, The New Pornographers, No Age, Nueva Vulcano, Orbital, Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy), Panda Bear, Pavement, Pet Shop Boys, Pixies, Polvo, The Psychic Paramount, Real Estate, Roddy Frame, Scout Niblett, Seefeel, Shellac, Sian Alice Group, Sic Alps, Sleigh Bells, The Slits, The Smith Westerns, Spoon, Standstill, Sunny Day Real Estate, Superchunk, Surfer Blood, Thee Oh Sees, Titus Andronicus, Tortoise, Ui, The Wave Pictures, Wilco, Wild Beasts, Wild Honey, Wire, The xx, Yeasayer.

For ticket information, please visit Primavera’s website.

• Primavera: http://www.primaverasound.com