The Clientele to Star in Next Season of Rock of Love, Quietly Tour the United States
By Liz Louche on Feb 10 2010
God, how I hate the quiet. I feel weird without the radio or TV on in the background. I think the sound of sirens when I’m falling asleep at night is strangely reassuring. So, logically, I shouldn’t like The Clientele. But ohhhh how I do. And that’s why it’s absolutely fantastic to hear that the men and woman of The Clientele will be swinging stateside to promote their latest, Bonfires on the Heath (TMT Review), a critically-acclaimed Galaxie-500-meets-The-Zombies gem of pastoral British indie pop.
Tourdates:
02.21.10 - Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell’s
02.22.10 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s
02.23.10 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
02.24.10 - Chapel Hill, NC - Cats Cradle
02.25.10 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
02.26.10 - Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
02.27.10 - Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
02.28.10 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre
03.01.10 - Austin, TX - Mohawk
03.04.10 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
03.05.10 - Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
03.06.10 - Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
03.07.10 - Visalia, CA - Cellar Door
03.09.10 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
03.11.10 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
03.12.10 - Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern
03.15.10 - Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center
03.16.10 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon
03.17.10 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
03.19.10 - Toronto, ONT - Horseshoe Tavern
03.20.10 - Montreal, QC - Il Motore
03.21.10 - Allston, MA - Great Scott
03.23.10 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
• The Clientele: http://www.theclientele.co.uk
• Merge: http://www.mergerecords.com
White Stripes Get Apology from Songwriter Accused of Plagiarizing for Superbowl Ad
By E. Nagurney on Feb 10 2010
Did you watch the Super Bowl? I didn’t, because I was at work. Also, I don’t really care for football. Jack and Meg White (or someone associated with them), however, were apparently watching the game and noticed something awfully odd about the Air Force Reserve’s new commercial. Namely, the fact that the ad is soundtracked by a song awfully similar to The White Stripes’ hit “Fell In Love With A Girl.” How similar? Well, judge for yourself: the Air Force Reserve ad can be seen here (via The Huffington Post) and the “Fell In Love With A Girl” video can be seen here. The Stripes’s website has a side-by-side comparison, but the Air Force Reserve has removed the ad from their website since the controversy.
Along with the comparison, the band’s website displays a statement from the group about the song’s usage.
We believe our song was re-recorded and used without permission of the White Stripes, our publishers, label or management. The White Stripes take strong insult and objection to the Air Force Reserve presenting this advertisement with the implication that we licensed one of our songs to encourage recruitment during a war that we do not support.
Since the controversy’s inception, Kem Kraft, composer of the Air Force Reserve ad’s song, has responded to the Stripes’ accusation. “I’m sorry it sounds the same. It wasn’t my intention, truly, truly, truly,” the composer told The New York Times. Kraft also took responsibility for the song’s existence, saying that “as far as I’m concerned, I’m responsible. Just me.” And in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, he said “I don’t even listen to those guys.”
Mike Lee, owner of Fast Forward Productions, the company responsible for the ad, also made a statement to The New York Times. “I wasn’t familiar with the White Stripes song. I’ve heard of the White Stripes but I’m not a listener of theirs. I had no idea there was similarity until after the fact.”
• The White Stripes: http://www.whitestripes.com
• Air Force Reserve: http://afreserve.com
Ocrilim Self-Releases CD Trilogy
By Jon Lorenz on Feb 10 2010
Most everything that involves Mick Barr — Ocrilim, Octis, Orthrelm — reaches a new level of maximalism (his Ov release as Orthrelm just made our decade list). So, it’s not surprising that he has just self-released three discs of brand new material as Ocrilim — maximum indeed! The albums — Ixoltion, Sacreth, Hymns — come in a very primitive, minimal packing, containing music mostly from 2007, which was around the recording of Annwn (TMT Review). The CDs will only be available until Barr decides to stop making them, so hurry up and buy them all now.
All three discs can be purchased for the low price of $25 (or each can be bought separately for $10 a piece) by sending money straight to the man himself. Visit Ocrilim’s MySpace for more details.
• Ocrilim: http://www.myspace.com/ocrilim
[Photo: Nestroy]
Past Lives (ex-Blood Brothers) Announce Debut Album And Tour
By Annapocalypse on Feb 10 2010
Would you ever imagine that a new band with former members of post-hardcore outfit The Blood Brothers would be described as having “glistening pop tones”? No? Me either. And yet, here comes Past Lives, the new band from Blood Brothers Jordan Blilie, Mark Gajadhar, Morgan Henderson, and Devin Welch, with their debut album, Tapestry of Webs, due February 23 on Suicide Squeeze. Past Lives will also be on the road this spring promoting the Steve Fisk (Nirvana, Low, Beat Happening)-produced effort.
Tracklisting:
01. Paralyzer
02. Falling Spikes
03. Past Lives
04. Don’t Let the Ashes Fill Your Eyes
05. Deep in the Valley
06. K Hole
07. Hex Takes Hold
08. Vanishing Twin
09. Hospital White
10. At Rest
11. Aerosol Bouquet
12. There is a Light So Bright it Blinds
Past Lives on the road:
02.18.10 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge $
03.12.10 - St. Augustine, FL - Harvest of Hope Festival
03.14.10 - Portland, OR - East End +
03.15.10 - San Francisco, CA - Elbo Room +
03.16.10 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
03.17.10 - Phoenix, AZ - Trunk Space
03.18.10 - El Paso, TX - Dominics Piano Bar
03.17.10 - 3.20.10 - Austin, TX - SXSW
03.20.10 - Austin, TX - Mohawk Bar ^
03.21.10 - Monterrey, Mexico - Todd P Monterrey Festival
03.23.10 - Kansas City, MO - Record Bar #%
03.24.10 - St. Louis, MO - Firebird #
03.25.10 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge #
03.26.10 - Milwaukee, WI - Miramar Theatre #
03.27.10 - Grand Rapids, MI - DAAC #
03.29.10 - Cleveland - Now That’s Class #
03.30.10 - Rochester, NY - The Bug Jar #
04.01.10 - Toronto, ON - The Garrison
04.02.10 - Montreal, QC - Casa Del Popolo
04.03.10 - Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks
04.04.10 - Washington, DC - DC9
04.05.10 - Charlotte, NC - Snug Harbor
04.06.10 - Atlanta, GA - 529
04.07.10 - Orlando, FL - The Social *
04.08.10 - Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder *
04.09.10 - Gainesville, FL - Rion Ballroom at University of Florida *
04.10.10 - St. Augustine, FL - Café Eleven *
04.12.10 - Wilmington, NC - Soapbox *
04.13.10 - Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle *
04.14.10 - Charlottesville, VA - The Southern *
04.15.10 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church Sanctuary *
04.16.10 - Baltimore, MD - Otto Bar *
04.17.10 - Hamden, CT - The Space *
04.18.10 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East *
04.20.10 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl *
04.22.10 - Princeton, NJ - Terrace Club at Princeton University
04.23.10 - Columbus, OH - Cafe Bourbon St.
04.25.10 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St. Entry
^ Surfer Blood, Dam-Funk, Oh Sees, The Intelligence, Turbo Fruits, Small Black
$ The Oh Sees
# Air Waves
% So Cow
* The Thermals
+ Get Hustle
• The Blood Brothers: http://www.thebloodbrothers.com
• Suicide Squeeze: http://www.suicidesqueeze.net
Last One In Is a Rotten Fake-Dreadlocked Corpse: Caribou to Return for an April Swim
By David Nadelle on Feb 10 2010
What was it that Van Morrison said? Something about, if he was a gunslinger, “There’d be a lot of dead copycats about.” Now, don’t think we are condoning the slaying of “dude from Counting Crows” (but DO feel free to pistol-whip him if he should pass by your bus stop), but Van the Man has a point, up to a point. Poor imitators are depressing but inevitable; unoriginal, unauthentic, space-wasters are even more stomach-churning than copycats. That’s why we love to report news on genre-bustin’ mavericks like one man grandstand Dan Snaith, or Caribou as he has been known for the last six years.
Caribou returns with a new album on April 20 called Swim via Merge Records (City Slang elsewhere, April 19). By all accounts and recent appearances (culminating in the free-for-all Vibration Ensemble performances September past), Snaith will be leaping onto unchartered dancefloors this year. I’m no Nostradumbass, but after hearing Swim’s leadoff track “Odessa,” I predict a different, still amazing Caribou this year, one who is not only, in his own words, attempting to find his “own sonic vocabulary,” but one who is heck-bent on shaking titties and moving moobs. You can stream the track at the Chocolate Grinder.
Istanbul, not Constantinople. Caribou, not Manitoba.
01. Odessa
02. Sun
03. Kaili
04. Found Out
05. Bowls
06. Leave House
07. Hannibal
08. Lalibela
09. Jamelia
• Caribou: http://www.myspace.com/cariboumanitoba
• Merge Records: http://www.mergerecords.com
• City Slang: http://www.cityslang.com
