Let Epsilon Be Less Than Zero: Don Caballero to Release Punkgasm, Tour with Ponytail

By Mr P on

I have a hunch that the members of Don Caballero -- who could out-math pretty much any band out there -- were originally lumberjacks. I mean, let's face it: lumberjacks make good math rock musicians because of their natural logarithms. They definitely weren't just math students all their lives -- hell, most math students think General Calculus is a famous war hero! (Though, if General Calculus actually did exist, he probably knew how to integrate his troops together and differentiate between his enemies and his allies.)

Anyway, Don Caballero have recently announced details for their wow-that-was-quick, I-barely-noticed, that's-awesome-they're-still-around seventh album, Punkgasm. Recorded in Michigan with Al Sutton (no relation to JoMarie Sutton but possibly the long-lost cousin of Kasey Majorowicz), the album is set for release August 25 on Relapse Records (not sure about the North American release yet). Damon Che (drums/mastermind), Eugene Doyle (guitar), and Jason Jouver (bass) were kind enough to/coerced into sending the underlying equation for track "The Irrespective Dick Area," just for you incorrigible TMT readers:

Note the "pun" in Punkgasm tracklist:

* Ponytail

$ An Albatross

The Broken West Get Homesick, Release Sophomore LP This Fall

By Nobodaddy on 06-18-2008

Okay, maybe it's just me on this one, but after you appropriate some Samuel Beckett action for the title of your debut LP (in this case, The Broken West's minor wave-maker I Can't Go On, I'll Go On released in early 2007 via Merge), you've really gotta throw-down big time with the weightiness of the ol' sophomore effort. Right?

...Or, you could just chill in your backyard and write another record in between alternating rounds of sinking brews and sinking bean bags, I guess! Because that's just what the LA indie-pop quartet went and did with their second (and infinitely less cleverly-titled) LP, Now or Heaven. Well, figuratively, at least. Says the band's press release:

While many bands' second albums end up being about the road, Now or Heaven originates from home, the longing to get there, and all that comes from being there. The perspective generated from time spent on the road and the distance traveled led to a new, unnamable development.

In other words, there are a lot of songs written from Dorothy Gale's post-Oz point-of-view on this record. I don't really see their cover of "Over the Rainbow" on the tracklisting though. Hmmm...

Anyway, this new batch of homebody backyard barbecue jams will see release September 9 of this year via the wonderful wizard of Merge and will be preceded by a smattering of shows along the West Coast (staying close to home, you know) and one lone summer festival date, after which any band that hates the road this much will presumably breakup and start a co-op farm or something. Ziiing!

Goodnight, everybody!

There's no place like home:

The Ruby Suns May Not Have Written Their Own Songs, Tour

By Mr P on 06-18-2008

- The Ruby Suns
- Sub Pop
- Lil' Chief Records
- Memphis Industries

Dizzee Rascal adds more dates to tour, Grime beats to inevitably be appropriated by imitators, Me to later cover the tourdates of those imitators and probably say something underhandedly ironic, Me to probably end up alone in a series of transitory moments re-contextualizing personal and professional moments of underhanded irony

By AJ Pacitti on 06-18-2008

Tiny Mix Tapes does not endorse Secret Clinical Strength, jarring camera angles, or AOL.

For When Da’ G’s Need to Sweat, tourdates:

It’s Never to Early to Release the Bats! Shellac, Pissed Jeans, and More at Yet Another ATP-Sponsored Event

By Liz Louche on 06-18-2008

Ahhh yes. It is coming. I can feel it on the wind. I can read about it on the internet. That most special time of the year, Halloween, is on its way. In only four-and-a-half short months, you and I can celebrate all things dark, spooky, and named in honor of a Birthday Party song. Specifically, we can do this at ATP's now annual Release the Bats concert in London. While the lineup may not exactly be creepy/kooky/altogether ooky, it's still a pretty damn sweet roster, and if I remember last year correctly, a great excuse to make eyes at sexy, younger English boys in tight jeans and Robert Smith hair.

Festivities go down at The Forum in Kentish Town (north London), and ATP encourages attendees to dress up in spooky, Halloween-y costumes, or in outfits somehow related to the participating bands. Imagine the conceptual delight you will find in dressing as Shellac! Or Wooden Shjips, Om, Pissed Jeans, DJ Andy Weatherall, or the promised "very special guest." Note: I am guessing the special guest is not a sexy nurse, sexy cheerleader, or sexy teacher, so please plan your costume choices accordingly.

Imaad Wasif With Two Part Beast Might Like Firefox 3 If They Give It a Try; Direct Links to Firefox 3 In the Story

By Mango Starr on 06-17-2008

Screw the new albums coming out this week by Coldplay, Wolf Parade, Silver Jews, The Notwist, and Ice Cube. And fuck them too, because Firefox 3 (which Imaad Wasif may or may not use) was released today! Shit's been in active development for 34 months, but today's now officially "Firefox Download Day," which means millions of users are attempting to download the new and surely improved web browser, in an effort to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloads in one day.

Since Mozilla's homepage is relatively unstable due to the sheer amount of downloading, here are some direct links, courtesy of the men and women of TMT. Enjoy:

- PC
- MacOS
- Linux

And as a bonus, here are some tourdates for Imaad Wasif With Two Part Beast, a band who may or may not have anything to do with Firefox 3:

* RTX

# Black Angels, The Warlocks

% Titus Andronicus

$ The Mae Shi, The Death Set

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