Did you download Les Savy Fav’s latest album Root for Ruin? If so, the band has a bone to pick with you… sort of. Originally scheduled to drop on September 14, Root for Ruin will be released a bit earlier (at least digitally), due to an early leak making its way online late last month.
Showing they have a sense of humor about the whole thing, the band has setup a donation page on their website (complete with alternate artwork) for those feeling guilty about listening to the album without paying. They’ve also set up a tongue-in-cheek Twitter account promising eternal damnation to those who have or plan on pirating the album.
Root for Ruin will now be available on iTunes tomorrow, August 3, in North America, with physical copies scheduled to be available shortly thereafter. Pre-ordering is available now via iTunes.
Bad news on the progressive house front, ya’ll. On Friday, electro institution Deadmau5 collapsed onstage at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., suffering from “exhaustion and vomiting.” On the advice of his doctors, Deadmau5 has been forced to cancel the next nine shows on his summer tour schedule. Deadmau5 intends to reschedule the canceled dates sometime in the future.
In the meantime, get well soon, you crazy beat-making rodent!
CANCELED dates:
08.07.10 - Osaka, Japan – Summer Sonic Festival
08.08.10 - Tokyo, Japan – Summer Sonic Festival
08.12.10 - Ibiza, Spain - Cream at Amnesia
08.13.10 - Riccione, Italy - Cocorico
08.14.10 - Novalja, Croatia - Papaya Summer Festival
08.15.10 - Budapest, Hungary - Sziget Festival
08.17.10 - Mykonos, Greece - Cavo Paradiso
08.18.10 - Barcelona , Spain - Opium Mar
According to Exclaim, Brian Eno is set to release a collaborative album with electronic producer Jon Hopkins and guitarist Leo Abrahams on Warp Records. Full details have yet to be announced, but the album is supposedly due sometime in the fall. While initial rumors late last month anticipated a solo Eno release — due in no small part to Eno’s website and this Warp page — the news of the collaboration was “leaked” on Abraham’s “webdiary”:
Lastly, there’s an album out soon by Brian Eno, with myself and Jon Hopkins. It will be on Warp. It contains the fruits of several years of jams between the three of us. I’ve not heard anything quite like it — it sounds ‘live’ and ‘alien’ at the same time. Some things have been permitted to survive, which only Brian would have had the courage to let go, and it’s so much the better for it.
Mysteriously, the paragraph has since been omitted from the original post. Don’t worry, though; we have our investigative team working on this developing story 24/7. In the meantime, check out this performance by Eno, Hopkins, and Abrahams:
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UPDATE (01:45 PM CST): Warp’s publicist informs us that the collaborative album is being billed as a Brian Eno album.
Derf Scratch, the original bass player for influential Los Angeles punk band Fear has died. Scratch (Frederick Milner) passed away on July 28th, 2010 after a prelonged illness. Few bands merged the nihilistic humor, confrontational attitude and surprising level of musicianship like theoriginal Fear lineup did. Scratch was a versatile and accomplished musician who is rumored to have possessed a masters degree in music. The band’s riotous performance on Saturday Night Live at the behest of legendary cast member John Belushi showed the country just what chaos was coming their way. To read a strange and hilarious interview with Scratch, go here. To see a clip from the Decline of Western Civilization of Fear performing in 1980 go here.
Those buzzed California indie rockers in Local Natives are going on tour? Uh, yeah right! I’ve heard that one before, buddy! And it was true last time I heard it, so I guess it’s true again. Local Natives are, in fact, embarking on another nationwide tour this fall, in support of their Frenchkiss debut Gorilla Manor (TMT Review). Next thing you’re going to tell me is that those guys are super thorough about hitting the United States’ major geographical areas. By the way, thanks for telling me that, because that totally is true, as the Local Natives boys are hitting up the West Coast, Midwest, Southeast, and East Coast on this tour. Who’s going to be deprived of Local Natives this fall? Nobody, apparently.
Dates:
09.17.10 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre
09.19.10 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
09.20.10 - Santa Barbara, CA - SOHO Music Club
09.22.10 - San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
09.24.10 - Seattle, WA - Showbox at the Market
09.25.10 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
09.28.10 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
09.30.10 - Omaha, NB - The Waiting Room
10.01.10 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
10.02.10 - Chicago, IL - Metro
10.03.10 - Columbia, MO - The Blue Note
10.05.10 - Oklahoma City, OK - Academy of Contemporary Music
10.06.10 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues
10.07.10 - Houston, TX - House of Blues
10.09.10 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits
10.11.10 - New Orleans, LA - Tulane University LBC Quad
10.13.10 - Birmingham, AL - Work Play Soundstage
10.14.10 - Nashville, TN - Cannery Ballroom
10.15.10 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade-Heaven Stage
10.16.10 - Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle Tavern & Music Hall
10.19.10 - Toronto, ON - Mod Club
10.20.10 - Montreal, QC - La Tulipe
10.23.10 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
10.27.10 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
10.28.10 - Washington, DC - Nightclub 9:30
Avey Tare released a backwards album with Kria Brekkan in 2007 titled Pullhair Rubeye. Most people hated it (not TMT!). I’m not sure what I think yet, because I have yet to read Pitchfork’s review, but for what it’s worth, I really love Curren$y, Best Coast, and Wavves! Anyway, after having just established my credibility, I am now here to report that Avey Tare is releasing a solo album titled Down There on Animal Collective’s label, Paw Tracks. It’s not backwards, but it’s apparently influenced by crocodiles, which is pretty cool. Definitely cooler than being about beach balls, eh?
Down There is due October 26.
Down There tracklist:
01. Laughing Hieroglyphic
02. 3 Umbrellas
03. Oliver Twist
04. Glass Bottom Boat
05. Ghost of Books
06. Cemeteries
07. Heads Hammock
08. Heather in the Hospital
09. Lucky 1
