Love Is All Sustain Two Thousand and Ten Injuries Preparing for Spring Tour with Japandroids
By Deno on Feb 8 2010
How many Swedish noise-pop bands that use numbers in every full-length album title and have full-time saxophonists can you name in 60 seconds? That’s right, one. And how many of those bands are starting tours in late-March? Right again. Love Is All is releasing their new album Two Thousand and Ten Injuries on March 23, and will be traversing the nation from near East to far West with Canadian garage-rockers Japandroids to support it.
Love Is All are working with a new label (Polyvinyl) this time around, and is having Two Thousand and Ten Injuries pressed to 180 gram yellow, white, and black vinyl to celebrate. But you’ll have to be lucky to grab one of the more interesting colors, as they’re only making 500 of each (and the yellow is only out in Europe).
Two Thousand and Ten Injuries tracklisting:
01. Bigger Bolder
02. Repetition
03. Never Now
04. Less Than Thrilled
05. Early Warnings
06. False Pretense
07. The Birds Were Singing with All Their Might
08. Again, Again
09. Kungen
10. A Side in a Bed
11. Dust
12. Take Your Time
Catch Love Is All and Japandroids before they retreat to their far-flung homelands:
03.27.10 – Hoboken, NJ – Maxwell’s
03.28.10 – Brooklyn, NJ – Knitting Factory
03.29.10 – Washington, DC – Rock N Roll Hotel *
03.30.10 – Philadelphia, PA – Barbary *
03.31.10 – Boston, MA – Middle East (Downstairs) *
04.02.10 – Montreal, QUE – Ill Motore *
04.03.10 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern *
04.04.10 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
04.06.10 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
04.07.10 – Champaign, IL – The Highdive *
04.08.10 – TBA
04.09.10 – St. Paul, MN – Turf Club
04.14.10 – Seattle, WA – TBD
04.15.10 – Eugene, OR – WOW Hall
04.16.10 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
04.17.10 – San Diego, CA - Casbah
04.18.10 – Los Angeles, CA – Echo (Part Time Punks)
* Japandroids
• Love Is All: http://www.myspace.com/loveisall8
• Polyvinyl: http://www.polyvinylrecords.com
Terra Firma Seeking $160 Million In Life Support for EMI; News Writer Seeking Asian Redhead (Must be Willing to be the Breadwinner)
By Nobodaddy on Feb 8 2010
This just in: Terra Firma — the firm whose name means “solid ground,” remember? — is now reportedly trying to raise an additional $160 million to keep EMI afloat in, uh… financial water. The figure, as well as the mixed metaphor, is apparently needed despite recent successes meeting financial obligations to lender Citigroup (read: the Beatle$ rema$ter$).
After having fallen short on earlier covenants, Terra Firma had reportedly used reserves to cover the deficits, and now (duh) the Financial Times noted that Terra’s chances of meeting upcoming covenants are in serious, like, Alex Trebek-with-a-gun-and-nothing-left-to-lose type jeopardy. The Wall Street Journal has noted that Terra “is almost certain to fall short” on upcoming financial tests and has pointed to “revised business plans and proposals” from the label group. I guess “revised” usually means “better,” but hey, we could all use a good semantics lesson now and again. Separately, a source close to the label recently indicated the expectation of a “near-term blowup,” including possible divestitures and breakups of various recording and publishing units. Yipes.
Quick, everyone: think. THINK. Aren’t there more ways to keep selling people the same Beatles tracks over and over? How about 26 new albums that each feature any and all Beatles songs that start with a given letter of the alphabet? Or maybe a record of instrumental versions of all of the songs Ringo sang lead on?
Ted Leo and His Pharmacists Take Title Tracks Out On the Road
By Annapocalypse on Feb 8 2010
John Davis, formerly of Q and Not U and Georgie James, has started up a new band more in the musical vein of the latter rather than the former, called Title Tracks. Always the gentleman, Ted Leo has decided to take Title Tracks on the road with him and his Pharmacists this March. Before that, Title Tracks have some headlining dates of their own lined up, coinciding with the release of their debut album, It Was Easy, due February 23 on Ernest Jenning.
It Was Easy tracklisting:
01. Every Little Bit Hurts
02. No, Girl
03. Black Bubblegum
04. Piles of Paper
05. Hello There
06. Tougher Than the Rest
07. Steady Love
08. It Was Easy
09. At Fifteen
10. Found Out
11. She Don’t Care About Time
Title trekking on the road:
02.11.10 - Washington DC - Black Cat ^
02.14.10 - Pittsburgh, PA - Brillobox ^
02.15.09 - Dayton, OH - South Park Tavern ^
02.16.10 - Pontiac, MI - The Pike Room ^
02.18.10 - Chicago, IL - The Hideout ^
02.19.10 - Madison, WI - Der Rathskellar at Wisconsin Union ^
02.20.10 - St. Louis, MO - The Firebird ^
02.21.10 - Memphis, TN - Hi Tone Cafe ^
02.23.10 - Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves ^
02.24.10 - Austin, TX - The Mohawk ^
02.26.10 - Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder ^
02.27.10 - Orlando, FL - Will’s Pub ^
02.28.10 - Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn ^
03.01.10 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 ^
03.02.10 - Richmond, VA - Gallery 5 ^
03.03.10 - Baltimore, MD - Golden West Cafe ^%
03.04.10 - Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Knecktie ^%
03.05.10 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs ^%
03.06.10 - Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall ^%
03.07.10 - New York, NY - Cake Shop ^
03.11.10 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop &
03.12.10 - Pontiac, MI - The Crofoot &
03.13.10 - Chicago, IL - The Bottom Lounge &
03.14.10 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon &
03.15.10 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue &
03.17-20.10 - Austin, TX - SXSW
^ w/ Pretty & Nice
% w/ Gary B & The Notions
& w/ Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
• Ted Leo: http://www.myspace.com/tedleo
• Title Tracks: http://www.myspace.com/titletracksdc
• Ernest Jenning: http://www.ernestjenning.com
RIP: Sir John Dankworth, British jazz musician
By Shane Mack on Feb 8 2010
From The Guardian:
Sir John Dankworth, a totemic figure of the British jazz scene who worked as a musical director for artists including Nat King Cole and Ella Fitzgerald, has died at the age of 82.
The saxophonist, whose career spanned more than half a century, died yesterday in King Edward VII hospital, London. He had been ill for several months.
• Dankworth’s Qnote Records: http://www.qnote.co.uk
Dengue Fever: Not a disease, but relief (hopefully) for Haiti this weekend.
By The Creepster Network on Feb 6 2010
This Saturday, February 6, Dengue Fever, the alt-psych-rock outfit aiming for circa ‘Vietnam Conflict’ vintage pop, are playing a Haitian Benefit show. “What?” You ask. “Yes,” I say, at The El Rey in loving Los Angeles.
Presented by KCRW, scope this line up:
• Ska revivalists, Hepcat
• Joey Altruda’s Crucial Riddims & Reggae Greats Revue featuring Wailing Sounds
• Elan, Eljai
• Cumbia band, Very Be Careful
• The Lions, an all-star reggae group
• An experimental rock outfit, The Tuffingtons
• Echodelic Soundsystem
•DJ Miles Perlich
• Hosted by the Santa Monica College’s KCRW DJ’s Junor Francis an Alexis de la Rocha
All proceeds of ticket sales will be donated to Operation USA’s relief efforts. Oh yeah, the date is also Bob Marley’s 65th birthday. That sounds about right.
• Dengue Fever: http://www.myspace.com/denguefevermusic
• Operation USA (do some good): http://www.opusa.org
