Grand Archives Tour, Annapocalypse Gets Older

By Annapocalypse on

My birthday was this week, and because of that, I decided to throw out all the rules of journalism for the remainder of this news story. Silly? Yes. But it's my birthday week, and I can do what I want, damnit! So, here is a story about a band called Grand Archives all in one sentence and with limited punctuation:

Grand Archives are from Seattle and feature Mat Brooke, a former guitarist from Band of Horses -- they are on tour this summer and you should go see them play live because their debut self-titled album just came out on Sub Pop and it’s really awesome and has cool songs like “A Crime Window” which is fast and “Sleepdriving” which is not so fast and I’m sure they would be a fun live band although I have not seen them live I am contemplating going to their show at the Empty Bottle in June.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have birthday cake to finish:

FreeKY Fest Tomorrow with Apples in Stereo, Hair Police, and The Coup

By Mango Starr on 04-25-2008

The University of Kentucky's student-run radio station (WRFL-FM 88.1) is celebrating 20 years of being commercial-free (if only TMT could be ad-free) with the 12-hour FreeKY Fest. AND IT'S FREE! Featuring artists like Apples in Stereo, Hair Police, Mahjongg, The Coup, and Robert Bobbert (a.k.a. Robert Schneider) & the Bubble Machine, the festival will be held tomorrow, Saturday, April 26, in downtown Lexington. It'll also showcase interactive art installations, live action art demonstrations, breakdancing, and even a children's concert, which will kick things off at 11 AM. Hope the children stick around for Hair Police!

Here's the schedule:

- 11am-Noon – Children's Concert performances including:

Robbert Bobbert & the Bubble Machine, Pezhed and the Blipsquad, Rakadu Gypsy Dance, Snow Monster!

- 12:30-1:30pm – Big Fresh presents "A History of College Radio"
- 2:00-2:30pm – Indian Dewali & Punjab dance performance
- 3:00-4:00pm – The Health & Happiness Family Gospel Band
- 4:30-5:00pm – Hair Police
- 5:30-6:30pm – Mahjongg
- 7:00-8:00pm – The Coup
- 8:30-9:30pm – Jolie Holland
- 10:00-11:00pm – The Apples in Stereo

Read more about FreeKY Fest here, and find out how you can help WRFL here. And if you've ever been curious about the antelope, check out this page.

KRS-One Suffers Violence on “Stop the Violence” Tour; Plans “Stop the Blowjobs” Tour Hoping For Parallel Results

By Papaya on 04-25-2008

A KRS-One performance in New Haven, CT descended into utter irony last weekend when an attendee cut the evening short by jumping on stage and throwing a bottle at KRS. Though the bottle actually hit him and even fucked him up a little bit, he urged the audience to remain calm, saying “Let it go. When negativity comes your way, let it go.” This pacifistic response was necessitated by the fact that the show was part of a tour dedicated entirely to preventing violence. KRS was later treated for dehydration and a fractured hand.

As someone who has never actually listened to KRS-One, but did listen to the Sublime song about KRS-One almost daily through high school, I was hit hard by news of the tragedy. Exactly who, if anyone, will address such issues as hamburgers and steak, Elijah, Mohammed, or the welfare state while KRS recovers is anyone’s guess. Indeed, the fans are the ones who will suffer the most and are in that sense much like Lou Dog after the untimely death of Brad Nowell in 1996. KRS canceled shows along the East Coast after the incident and will have to forego community meetings in Chicago scheduled for the end of the month.

Microsoft Zune to Release Joy Division Player, Apple iPod to Release Awesome Stuff All the Time

By Nobodaddy on 04-24-2008

Microsoft Zune, the Buzz Aldrin of MP3 players, will release a Joy Division version of its better-late-than-never music player here in the United States June 10 to coincide with the DVD release of Grant Gee's documentary of the famed post-punk pioneers.

In addition to, you know, not being an iPod and pandering to a relatively small group of die-hard, late-’70s/early-’80s underground rock fans and collectors, the underdog player will feature the artwork from the band's seminal 1979 debut album, Unknown Pleasures.

Meanwhile, seemingly unfazed, Apple is counteracting by introducing some innovative new products of its own into a thirsty, thirsty marketplace.

What a time to be alive.

Outkast Promise New Album By 2009

By Annapocalypse on 04-24-2008

Think back, all the way back to the fall of 2003. Johnny Cash had just died, Arnold Schwarzenegger was recently elected governor of California, Michael Jackson was (finally) arrested for serving Jesus juice and touching little boys, and Outkast’s “Hey Ya!” was more impossible to escape than a suicide bomber (too soon?).

Fortunately, history has a way of repeating itself because, according to MTV.com, it appears that 2009 will see the launch of “Hey Ya!” version 2.0, as Outkast have promised the release of their new album sometime next year. Oh, what’s that? You thought they broke up? Don’t worry; Big Boi has cleared up those misconceptions for you:

“We got a few songs we already picked out,” Big explained. "We pick the beats first. I drop my [solo album] in July, Dre puts his out [later this year], and we drop that Outkast record at the top of [next] year."

In the meantime, get your Outkast fix with Big Boi’s upcoming solo album, Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dust, due out in July.

Scout Leader Kyle Photoshops Universal CEO Doug Morris: “The RIAA Spent $2.8 Million On Lobbying Last Year” Edition

By Scout Leader Kyle on 04-24-2008

Doug The Wizard of Lobbying:

The RIAA magicked $2.8 million last year on Capitol Hill in hopes of maintaining their greedy status quo and destroying muggle file-sharers like you.

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