Chairlift Are Going On A Big-Ass Tour With Phoenix And Micachu & The Shapes
By Mario Speedwagon on Jul 22 2009
Brooklyn trio Chairlift are heading out on an extensive late-summer/early-fall tour throughout North America and Europe with Phoenix and Micachu & The Shapes. Their tour kicks off August 1 in Jersey City at All Points West and ends October 28 in London. Along the way, they will play a show with TV On The Radio in Chicago, various music festivals in Europe and the US, and the [Venus Zine] Lollapalooza party in Chicago.
To get yourself excited, catch Chairlift's late-June performance of their iPod Nano jam “Bruises” on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson here
08.01.09 – Jersey City, NJ – All Points West (Liberty State Park)
08.05.09 – Cleveland, OH – Rock N Rock Hall Of Fame Show
08.07.09 – Chicago, IL – Double Door #
08.08.09 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
08.08.09 – Chicago, IL – Chopin Theater (Venus Zine Party)
08.13.09 – Oslo, NO – Oya Festival
08.14.09 – Gothenburg, SE – Way Out West Festival
08.16.09 – Leicester, UK – Summer Sundae Weekender
09.05.09 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom *
09.06.09 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church *
09.07.09 – Washington DC – Black Cat *
09.08.09 – Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506 *
09.09.09 – Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn *
09.10.09 – Baton Rouge, LA – Chelseas *
09.11.09 – Austin, TX – Emos *
09.12.09 – Denton, TX – Hailey’s *
09.14.09 – Phoenix, AZ – Rhythm Room *
09.15.09 – La Jolla, CA – The Loft (UC San Diego) *
09.16.09 – Los Angeles, CA – Troubador *
09.17.09 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom Of The Hill *
09.18.09 – Portland, OR – Holocene *
09.19.09 – Seattle WA – The Vera Project *
09.22.09 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue *
09.23.09 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre ^
09.24.09 – Madison, WI – UW Madison Memorial Terrace ^
09.25.09 – Chicago, IL – Schubas Tavern *
09.26.09 – Cincinnati, OH – Midpoint Music Festival *
09.27.09 – Washington DC – 9:30 Club ^
09.28.09 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory ^
09.30.09 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse ^
10.01.09 – New Orleans, LA – Tipitinas ^
10.13.09 – Montpellier, FR – Le Rockstore ^
10.14.09 – Lyon, FR – Le Transbordeur ^
10.15.09 – Strassbourg, FR – La Laiterie ^
10.16.09 – Lille, FR – L’ Aronef ^
10.17.09 – Caen, FR – Le Cargo ^
10.19.09 – Paris, FR – Zenith ^
10.20.09 – Bourdoux, FR – Rock School Barbey ^
10.21.09 – Touloues, FR – Le Bekini ^
10.22.09 – Nantes, FR – L’ Olympic ^
10.24.09 – Birmingham, UK – Academy 2 ^
10.25.09 – Glasgow, UK – Arches ^
10.26.09 – Bristol, UK – Academy UK ^
10.27.09 – Manchester, UK – Academy 2 ^
10.28.09 – London, UK – Brixton Academy ^
# TV On The Radio
* Micachu & The Shapes
^ Phoenix
WHY? To Tour and Release Eskimo Snow; “Tsk, Tsk,” Say the Politically Correct Police
By David Nadelle on Jul 22 2009
To steal and mangle a line from Gilbert and Sullivan originally about policemen: a TMT news writer’s lot is not a happy one. Constantly constructing stories that are disturbingly light on actual quotes or relevant info can take its toll on the untalented. So it came as a shocking and life-affirming surprise when word came in that WHY? had good news on two fronts to report. No Cup-a-Soup, half-finished Sudoku, and Reba rerun tonight! This news might even postpone this scratcher’s bi-monthly suicide attempt (read: unanswered call for attention) and just may be enough to get me out of my parents’ basement for the first time in a decade! Why? Well, two reasons, that’s why? A new album and a tour are imminent!
By all accounts, WHY? will reveal a cosmic folk cowboy influence in their work when their fourth full-length album and follow-up to the very-well-received Alopecia (TMT Review) is released on September 22. The record will be called Eskimo Snow (a version of the title track can be found on our benefit compilation), will come out on anticon., and features 10 tracks recorded by the trio (Yoni Wolf, Josiah Wolf, Doug McDiarmid) around the same time as Alopecia, with help from Andrew Broder and Mark Erickson (both from Fog), and Mark Nevers (Lambchop, Silver Jews, Bonnie Prince Billy, Calexico) and Eli Crews (Alopecia’s engineer) on tha knobs.
Are you Inuit or are you out?
1. These Hands
2. January Twenty Something
3. Against Me
4. Even the Good Wood Gone
5. Into the Shadows of My Embrace
6. One Rose
7. On Rose Walk, Insomniac
8. Berkeley By Hearseback
9. This Blackest Purse
10. Eskimo Snow
Word about the new album has been out for awhile, but tourdates are so spanking new they should be in cellophane. WHY? will embark on a lengthy tour with an eye-popping group of talented acts starting in the Wolfs’ birthplace of Cincinnati on September 24. So many great acts that they had to use the tilde (~), Qwerty’s loneliest symbol, in the legend that we have so lovingly cut and pasted below
09.24.09 - Cincinnati, OH - Northside Tavern *
09.26.09 - New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge, Wordless Music Series +
10.01.09 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East #%
10.02.09 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church #%
10.03.09 - Pittsburgh, PA - Assembly Room, William Pitt Union (free show) #%
10.04.09 - Ann Arbor, MI - The Blind Pig #%
10.05.09 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge #%
10.06.09 - Madison, WI - UW Madison Terrace #%
10.07.09 - Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock #%
10.09.09 - Denver, CO - Bluebird #%
10.10.09 - Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue #%
10.13.09 - Annacortes, WA - Department of Safety &$
10.14.09 - Seattle, WA - The Vera Project &$
10.15.09 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom &$
10.17.09 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *%$
10.20.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex *%
10.23.09 - Phoenix, AZ - Modified Arts *%
10.24.09 - Tucson, AZ - Club Congress *%
10.26.09 - Denton, TX - Hailey's *%
10.28.09 - Birmingham, AL - Bottletree *%
10.29.09 - Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle *%
10.30.09 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle *%
10.31.09 - Atlanta, GA - Lenny's %^@
11.02.09 - Orlando, FL - The Social %!
11.03.09 - Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds %!
11.04.09 - Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder %!
11.06.09 - Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon %(
11.07.09 - Houston, TX - Walter's On Washington %~
11.08.09 - Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Fest
11.10.09 - Lawrence, KS - Jackpot Music Hall %~
11.11.09 - St. Louis, MO - Firebird %~
11.13.09 - Bloomington, IN - Rhino's Youth Center ~
* Serengeti and Polyphonic
# Dark Dark Dark
% AU
& No Kids
$ Mount Eerie
^ Jemina Pearl
@ Islands
! James Husband
~ The Moore Brothers
+ Owen Weaver with Flexible Music
Thurston Moore, Robert Pollard, Jad Fair, Roger Miller Contribute to Third Penny-Ante Book, Three; Phil Elverum, Growing, Lucky Dragons on Complimentary CD
By Jon Lorenz on Jul 21 2009
On September 15, LA publishing crew Penny-Ante will see the release of its third and largest anthology, Three. Limited to 2000, this square-bound, softcover mag/book features a 320-page collection of personal writings and visual work from just about every other person you could possibly name drop, including Billy Childish (Thee Headcoats), Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Robert Pollard (Guided by Voices), Jad Fair (Half Japanese), Chris Knox (Tall Dwarfs, Toy Love, The Nothing), Roger Miller (Mission of Burma), Thee Oh Sees' John Dwyer, Vivian Girls' Cassie Ramone, Matt Valentine (MV/EE), Valet's Honey Owens, New York's Growing's Joe DeNardo, plus interviews with Billy Bragg (conducted by Jim Smith, union organizer by day, owner and operator of Los Angeles' DIY venue The Smell by night) and Ian MacKaye as well as much, much more.
Purchasers of Three will also receive a complimentary poster and CD full of new and unreleased music by Jad Fair, Robert Pollard, Phil Elverum, Billy Childish, Chris Knox (The Nothing), Growing, Bettina Koster, Shades, Naked On the Vague, Robedoor, Lucky Dragons, Loto Ball Show, TV Ghost, Arrington De Dionyso, and Adam Payne.
That's a lot of guests. Here are some Three highlights, according to Penny-Ante:
- Full page 70s/80s punk photography by ANN SUMMA: Black Flag, The Adolescents, Exene Cervenka (X), The Bags + much more.
- Poetry by THURSTON MOORE
- MARTIN PHILLIPS (THE CHILLS) explains early Chills artwork on Flying Nun Records
- Polaroid of JOHN DWYER (THEE OH SEES) as a child + artwork
- Various random photographs from touring, by Cassie Ramone (VIVIAN GIRLS)
- Lyrics and artwork from MATT VALENTINE (MV/EE)
- "INSECT FUTURES" a short story by ROGER MILLER (MISSION OF BURMA)
- HONEY OWENS (VALET) interviews Portland-based artist, Maria Joan Dixon
- ALLISON WOLFE contributes a funny comic
- BETTINA KOSTER contributes notes + photos (new & old from Malaria!) for her upcoming album, Queen of Noise
- A string of new drawings from New York artist, TERENCE KOH titled "the forest is in my heart"
- URINALS' Rob Roberge submits URINAL TOUR DIARY: A week on the road with the most polite and punctual band in punk
- The wit and wisdom of thee Chris Knox (drawings/comics)
- 8 full pages pages of Jad Fair’s artwork
- Robert Pollard interview + four pages of collage works
- A collection of past works from DAWN KASPER + interview on "DIY"
On August 1, Penny-Ante will be having a Three release party in LA with music by Jad Fair and Lumberob, Urinals, and Man's Assassination Man, as well as readings from Mick Farren (The Deviants), and Larry Fondation. Guests will each recieve a copy of Three upon arrival.
For more information or if you'd like to pre-order Three, click here. Orders will begin shipping August 15.
Artwork: [Jad Fair]
Amy Millan to Release Masters of the Burial on Arts & Crafts, Plans Fall Tour
By David Nadelle on Jul 21 2009
The student has outgrown the teacher. The disciple has surpassed the master. The teapot has overtaken the studded wristband. And so on. Whichever famous or fabricated catchphrase you use, it's irrelevant. Amy Millan, permanent Stars member and frequent Broken Social Scene helper, is hardly an amateur in the music biz. And apologies to her bandmates in the Can-conglomerates above, but anyone who has seen either Stars or BSS knows that Millan has been regularly stealing the show for years. To further showcase her varied talents, the gifted singer and player will once again show off her songwriting chops when she releases Masters of the Burial September 8 through Arts & Crafts. Masters of the Burial comes after her well-received Honey From the Tombs debut from 2006.
1. Bruised Ghosts
2. Low Sail
3. Old Perfume
4. Towers
5. Day to Day
6. Bury This
7. Finish Line
8. Run for Me
9. I Will Follow You Into Dark
10. Lost Compass
11. Bound
One free show in Toronto is the extent of Millan's summer show itinerary but look further below and you will see a recently announced fall tour. Look even further and you may see through to a 3-D magic eye pattern concealing a virgin viking astride a snowflaked spaceship
07.25.09 - Toronto, ON - Harbourfront Centre *
08.21.09 - Ottawa, ON - Ottawa Folk Festival
09.30.09 - Montréal, QC - Ukrainian Federation/Pop Montréal #
10.01.09 - Peterborough, ON - Montréal House #
10.03.09 - Kingston, ON - The Grad Club #
10.14.09 - Toronto, ON - The Mod Club #
10.15.09 - Detroit , MI - Pike Room @ The Crofoot #
10.16.09 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle #
10.17.09 - Minneapolis, MN - Turf Club #
10.18.09 - Winnipeg, MB - West End Cultural Centre #
10.19.09 - Saskatoon, SK - Amigos #
10.20.09 - Calgary, AB - The Marquee Room #
10.21.09 - Edmonton, AB - Myer Horowitz Cabaret #
10.24.09 - Vancouver, BC - The Biltmore Cabaret #
10.25.09 - Seattle, WA - Triple Door #
10.26.09 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir #
10.28.09 - San Francisco, CA - Café du Nord #
10.30.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland #
10.04.09 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East (upstairs)
11.05.09 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
11.06.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Bell House
11.07.09 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
11.08.09 - Washington, DC - DC9
* free show w/Gentlemen Reg
# Bahamas
Weezer’s New LP Almost Done, Pinkerton Deluxe Reissue Forthcoming, Sugar Ray LP to Include Weezer Song (YES YES YES!!)
By Mango Starr on Jul 21 2009
According to a rather lengthy update from Weezer, their as-yet untitled seventh album is "pretty close to a wrap now (after a mild false alarm back in the spring)." The band expects to announce the release date and title in the coming months, as well as the album's first single and video, as long as they can keep the in-fighting to a minimum.
Weezer also briefly mention plans to release a deluxe reissue of Pinkerton. Unfortunately, they didn't provide any details except for this limp line: "at last -- if all goes as planned."
Yes, pretty slim on the meat. Instead, the lengthy post primarily discusses Guitar Center, an 8-bit Weezer album, their mailing list, Michael Cera in Paper Heart, a tribute show, The Rentals, Twitter, and... Sugar Ray:
Upcoming new Sugar Ray album Music For Cougars includes their cover of a song recorded but never released by Weezer, "Love Is The Answer". The original Weezer version of the song remains in the Make Believe era vaults, but now Sugar Ray's version will be available as of July 21, when their album drops.
Now that I've spared you from reading the lengthy post yourself, please do me a favor and go listen to whatever it is the kids are listening to these days and enjoy life to its fullest! I want all of you to have the opportunities that I didn't have since I wasted so much of my life reading that post.
