Starcrunch, Birdstuff, and Coco of Man or Astro-Man? have decided to stop not-reforming and reform, just in time for Austin’s SXSW Music Festival. Why? Apparently, they “must see what has become of earth in the wake of their absence.”
Activity dates thus far:
• 1992 – 2001
• 2005 – 2006
• 2010 – ??
They’ll be playing a bunch of SXSW shows (March 17-21), but you can check them out March 6 at The Bottletree (hi Leah!) in Birmingham, AL.
Madlib Preps Another Album for February, Intends to Surpass Sun Ra’s Discography by March
Madlib stays busy. In late 2009, it was announced that the DJ/producer would be releasing 12 albums, one for every month of the coming year. The first volume, Madlib Medicine Show #1: Before the Verdict, was released on schedule in early January, but by that time I guess Madlib had already become bored.
So now he has another project ready for release. Keeping with his tradition of drawing upon various pseudonyms, the new album Miles Away – the title an obvious nod to Miles Davis – will be released under the alias The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble; announced two years prior, Miles Away is being described by Stones Throw as a “jazz fusion” album. This isn’t the first time Madlib has used the “Electro-Acoustic” alias, nor is it the first time he’s tackled a jazz project.
The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble, a faceless and nameless collective in Madlib’s self-created world of jazz groups, was debuted on the album Yesterdays Universe in 2007. That compilation marked the end of Madlib’s first series of jazz records, the Yesterdays New Quintet cycle (2000-2007), and the beginning of a new era, an evolved sound, and many new names: The Last Electro, Jackson Conti, Young Jazz Rebels, Jahari Masamba Unit, Kamala Walker and the Soul Tribe… it goes on.
The current release date for Miles Away is set for February 23 via Stones Throw.
Real Estate and Woods Tour; Land Developers Are Cautiously Optimistic
Finally, the corporate world of Real Estate and the nature-based politics of Woods have come to a mutual understanding and joined in a moneymaking venture known to many as a Tour. Real Estate will bring their extensive knowledge of fun in the sun and strains of weed indigenous to the New Jersey region to the table, and Woods will contribute their airy brand of folky versatility popular with the longhairs in a certain New York City borough. All of us here at Tiny Mix Tapes Corporate are quite pleased with this merger and plan to be present at one (if not all) of the following exhibition dates:
01.22.10 - Hanover, NH - Dartmouth College *
03.12.10 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
03.13.10 - Montreal, QC - Lambi
03.14.10 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
03.15.10 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
03.16.10 - Lawrence, KS - Jackpot Music Hall
03.17.10 - Austin, TX - SXSW
03.22.10 - Nashville, TN - The End
03.23.10 - Bloomington, IN - The Bishop
03.24.10 - Cleveland, OH - The Spot at Case Western
03.25.10 - Pittsburgh, PA - University of Pittsburgh
03.26.10 - Haverford, PA - Haverford College
03.27.10 - Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
* Real Estate only
Phoenix Tour Begins on January 22
Phoenix begin their year-end-list-cash-in tour on January 22. The Frenchies will play at Vancouver’s Cultural Olympiad before hitting West and South-West America with their sugary rock.
Phoenix appeared in five Top Ten lists for 2009, including Rolling Stone’s, Time’s, and Lolfork’s. Of course, they only managed number 41 on TMT’s list since we’re far too knowledgeable and wise (pretentious??) to get hooked by a few silky synths and Gallic histrionics!
01.22.10 - Vancouver, BC - The Orpheum (2010 Cultural Olympiad)
01.23.10 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SODO
01.24.10 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
01.26.10 - San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
01.27.10 - Reno, NV - Knitting Factory
01.28.10 - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint
02.01.10 - Phoenix, AZ - The Marquee
02.03.10 - Guadalajara, Mexico - Estudio Cavaret
02.04.10 - Monterrey, Mexico - Escenica
02.05.10 - Mexico City, Mexico - Jose Cuervo Salon
Black Lips Have ‘Roided Up, Learned Some New Slurs, and Are Ready for Touring in 2010
Shutter your pretty-pink-ass window shutters, all ye alternative lifestylers! That band who hates everyone (no, not The Fiery Furnaces; they’re just Anglophobic Scientology-haters) is hitting the road next week, and they are ready to kick some ass in the name of… some press for their band, I guess, right?
Okay, so maybe Black Lips won’t spray paint any penises in your hometown this time. Maybe they won’t use the word “faggot” so much this year. Maybe they’ve grown up a little bit in 2010.
Oh wait. The name of their band is “Black Lips.”
01.20.10 - Costa Mesa, CA - The Detroit Bar
01.21.10 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
01.22.10 - Pomona, CA - The Glass House
01.23.10 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
01.24.10 - San Diego, CA - The Casbah
03.17.10 - Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre
03.18.10 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle
03.19.10 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
03.20.10 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s
03.21.10 - Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell’s
03.23.10 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl
03.24.10 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
03.25.10 - Cambridge, MA - The Middle East Downstairs
03.26.10 - Montreal, QC - Le Studio Juste Pour Rire
03.27.10 - Toronto, ON - The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
03.28.10 - Toronto, ON - The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
03.30.10 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
03.31.10 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
04.01.10 - Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium
04.02.10 - Madison, WI - The High Noon Saloon
04.03.10 - Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater
04.05.10 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown, Jr.
04.06.10 - Columbia, MO - Mojo’s
04.07.10 - St. Louis, MO - The Firebird
04.08.10 - Louisville, KY - Headliner’s Music Hall
04.09.10 - Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone Café
04.10.10 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
[Photo: Daniel Arnold]
Thom Yorke Co-Hosts BBC Radio Show Tomorrow
According to TwentyFourBit, Thom Yorke is joining Gilles Peterson on BBC Radio 1 tomorrow. What to expect? “Soul, hip hop, house, Afro, Latin, dubstep, jazz and beyond.”
Check out BBC Radio 1 for more information, including a sneak peak at Thom’s penis.
