Brooding Brethren Unite: The Antlers Tour with The National
By Annapocalypse on 02-18-2010
There’s going to be a whole lot of pensive stares and five-day-old stubble when The Antlers team up with The National for a week’s worth of tourdates this summer. Before that, The Antlers are embarking on their own US headlining tour with Phantogram opening. You give, and then you take. Beautiful.
Antlers around the US:
04.16.10 - Columbus, OH - The Basement &
04.17.10 - Urbana, IL - Canopy Club &
04.18.10 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon &
04.20.10 - Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theatre &
04.21.10 - Iowa City, IA - The Blue Moose &
04.22.10 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall &
04.23.10 - Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig &
04.28.10 - San Diego, CA - Casbah &
04.30.10 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour &
05.01.10 - San Francisco, CA - Independent &
05.03.10 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge &
05.04.10 - Vancouver, BC - The Biltmore Cabaret &
05.05.10 - Seattle, WA - Neumo’s &
06.02.10 - Boston, MA - House of Blues %
06.03.10 - Boston, MA - House of Blues %
06.04.10 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory %
06.05.10 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory %
06.06.10 - Washington, DC - Constitution Hall %
06.08.10 - Toronto, ON - Massey Hall %
06.09.10 - Toronto, ON - Massey Hall %
06.16.10 - New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall %
& Phantogram
% The National
• The Antlers: http://www.myspace.com/theantlers
• The National: http://www.americanmary.com
• Phantogram: http://www.myspace.com/phantogram
[Photo: Ben Ritter]
Dinosaur Jr. Announces Australian Tour, Super Duper Secret Free Show Next Tuesday in LA
By Mr P on 02-18-2010
When we last reported on Dinosaur Jr., they had announced shows with TMT favorite Kurt Vile. Sorry, we don’t have any additional Dino/Vile shows for you, but Dinosaur Jr. did just announce an Australian tour for March, which has them playing shows surrounding festivals like Golden Plains and Lost Weekend, and finally ending up at the Mosaic Music Festival in Singapore.
Now, you could spend some money to trek your ass to Australia or Singapore, but the cheaper route would see you making your way to The Troubadour in L.A. next Tuesday (2/23) for a special-edition, super-sized, completely free Dinosaur Jr. show. First come, first serve. Doors at 8 PM. Fun all night, etc.
Since I’m rich, I’ll probably just travel to Singapore. Anyone want to come?
02.23.10 - Los Angeles, CA - The Troubadour (free!)
03.04.10 - Melbourne, AUS - Corner Hotel
03.05.10 - Melbourne, AUS - Corner Hotel
03.06.10 - Meredith, AUS - Meredith Supernatural Auditorium (Golden Plains Festival)
03.07.10 - Brisbane, AUS - Lost Weekend Festival
03.10.10 - Byron Bay, AUS - Great Northern Hotel
03.11.10 - Sydney, AUS - Metro Theatre
03.12.10 - Perth, AUS - Rosemount Hotel
03.13.10 - Adelaide, AUS - Fowlers Live
03.14.10 - Hobart, AUS - Moorilla
03.16.10 - Singapore - Concert Hall (Mosaic Music Festival)
• Dinosaur Jr.: http://www.dinosaurjr.com
[Photo: Gitte Johannessen]
The Fall to Release New Album, Your Future Our Clutter, in April
By Brom on 02-18-2010
The Fall have a new record out on April 26 called Your Future Our Clutter. The album, the group’s first since 2008’s Imperial Wax Solvent, will be released via their new home Domino (TMT News). In support, Mark E. Smith is taking his “always different always the same band” out for a UK tour in April and May.
Now, get this: The Fall has now officially entered its fifth decade of existence. They sure don’t make bands like The Fall these days. Animal Collective in 2040 anyone!? By then, we’ll be consuming music through little chips implanted in our ears and merely have to think of a band before music starts playing. I call it the iLobe! Your future, our clutter indeed.
Your Future Our Clutter tracklisting:
01. O.F.Y.C. Showcase
02. Bury Pts. 1 + 3
03. Mexico Wax Solvent
04. Cowboy George
05. Hot Cake
06. Y.F.O.C / Slippy Floor
07. Chino
08. Funnel Of Love
09. Weather Report 2
The Fall tour:
04.24.10 - Edinburgh, UK - Studio 24
04.29.10 - Dublin, Ireland - Tripod
05.02.10 - Keele University, Ireland - Ballroom
05.04.10 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City
05.07.10 - London, UK - Shepherd’s Bush Empire
05.08.10 - Aldershot, UK - Palace
05.09.10 - Brighton, UK - Concorde 2
05.16.10 - Minehead, UK - ATP Festival
05.21.10 - Wakefield, UK - Balne Lane Working Men’s Club
Best New Band: Department of Justice Leaks Debut Album IP Task Force! …Whoops, I Mean: US Department of Justice Announces IP Task Force
By Nobodaddy on 02-18-2010
In preparation for a Double Dragon-style back alley knife fight with the steadily-growing menace of intellectual property theft in the United States, the US Department of Justice announced the formation of its Task Force on Intellectual Property late last week. As Digital Music News reports, the Task Force was detailed by Attorney General Eric Holder, possibly via a blog he posted in his underwear, because I can’t imagine any press fighting through the blizzards last week to cover this. “The rise in intellectual property crime in the United States and abroad threatens not only our public safety but also our economic well being,” Holder typed in between sips of a hot Roy Rogers (Gross, right? But that’s the way he likes them.)
At this stage, it remains unclear exactly what kinds of “egg-sucking gutter-trash” the Task Force will attempt to carve-up after quipping 90s Woverine-isms, and the potential future-implications for ISPs haven’t been spelled out either. But the whole Task Force thing comes close on the heels of an IP-related meeting with Vice President Joe Biden in December that featured top executives from the film, software, and music industries. That assemblage was heavily tilted towards intellectual property owners, however, with consumer advocates and technology industries conspicuously absent. “This administration is committed to stronger and stricter enforcement of intellectual property rights, and this new task force is a step in the right direction,” Biden stated.
So there you go. There IS a special task force on the way. And it might do some stuff that might have some implications down the road. And it’s coming for your illegal, same sex marriage-supporting Katy Perry downloads.
EMI Puts Abbey Road Studios Up For Sale
By Aaron Norman on 02-18-2010
The famous Abbey Road Studios in London is apparently up for sale to the highest bidder. EMI, which has been owned by Terra Firma since 2007, has been having financial trouble ever since the turnover. Still, the decision to sell off the famous recording studio comes as a bit of a shock. With the studio producing a large chunk of The Beatles and Pink Floyd’s musical output, the decision must not have been easy. The sell is another sign of the times, at least as far as major music labels/publishers go.
You’d think one of the two remaining Beatles would step in or even team up to protect a part of their own history. The Daily Express quoted Sir Paul McCartney on February 17 as saying, “There are a few people who have been associated with the studio for a long time who were talking about mounting some bid to save it. I sympathize with them. I hope they can do something, it’d be great.” I guess the going price (possibly in the tens of millions of pounds) must be a little too high for even the mega-wealthy.
