New Mount Eerie Album Out August 18, Heavily Influenced By Twin Peaks; Mr P’s Nerdgasm Causes TMT to Shut Down for Two Days
If there are two things that seriously get us off here at Tiny Dix Tapes, it’s Phil Elverum’s Mount Eerie and David Lynch’s Twin Peaks. We enjoy Mount Eerie so much that we gave them a slot on TMT’s inaugural charity compilation (in fact, why don’t you buy a copy now!, and it seems like we can’t go a month without throwing up some old Twin Peaks still photo whenever a story so much as mentions David Lynch’s name.
So, given our fanatical devotion to both the Elverumiverse and TP (both the show and the bathroom product), I can’t tell you how overjoyed I was when a press release told me how Mount Eerie’s new album Wind’s Poem “holds a large debt to the music and world of David Lynch's Twin Peaks.” Actually, the press release mostly goes on about how the album is Elverum’s love letter to the wind or something, but fuck all that noise, dude! Mount Eerie moves to Twin Peaks! This combined with this! How perfect is that nonsense?! I’ll probably pass the time between now and the album’s August 18 drop date by just eating a raunchy amounts of pie and listening to the wind a whole lot. Whoa, that sounds totally fun, too. This summer is gonna rule!
Wind's Poem tracklist:
1. Wind's Dark Poem
2. Through the Trees
3. My Heart Is Not at Peace
4. The Hidden Stone
5. Wind Speaks
6. Summons
7. The Mouth of Sky
8. Between Two Mysteries
9. Ancient Questions
10. (something)
11. Lost Wisdom Pt. 2
12. Stone's Ode
Slits Celebrate 30th Anniversary of Debut LP With Brand New LP and Book; Up Next: "Slits: The Movie"?
The Slits haven't release a record in 25 years, and it's been 30 since their debut album Cut hit shelves. They have been playing around though since 2006, doing reunion shows to remind people why they are one of the most important girl punk bands ever. Like most reunions, though, the current Slits do not feature all of the original members. It's actually only two of them, Ari Up and Tessa Pollit, who are joined by Hollie Cook (daughter of Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook), Anna Schlute, and Adele Wilson.
But now it's time to get down to business and release a new record and see if people will give in to the mania yet again. The Slits' forthcoming record Trapped Animal will make its debut October 6 on Narnack Records. On Trapped Animal, The Slits continue in their old ways with songs about politics and feminism, according to a press release, with their title track about "how the conveniences that surround us in today's modern world have also trapped us," as well as “Pay Rent,” which "focuses on the everyday struggle artists face trying to pay the bills through their art" and the "sexually charged" “Lazy Slam.” Fans will get a sneak peak of what the record has to offer in August, when the track "Ask Ma" will be issued as a single.
Also in the fall, The Slits will see the release of a book about the group, titled Typical Girls? The Story Of The Slits, which was written by Zoe Street Howe. Now all they need is a movie, and they will be bigger than The Beatles!!
Trapped Animal tracklisting:
1. Ask Ma
2. Lazy Slam
3. Pay Rent
4. Reject
5. Trapped Animals
6. Issues
7. Peer Pressure
8. Partner From Hell
9. Babylon
10. Cry Baby
11. Reggae Gypsy
12. Be It
13. Cant Relate
14. Had A Day
Lauryn Hill Cancels European Tour, Is Crazy
If you’re anything like me (white, male, twenty-something, getting pudgy, own a wide assortment of Harry Potter t-shirts), you’ve probably been wondering when ex-Fugee/current wackjob Lauryn Hill was going to piss you off again. The last time the Great Miseducated One raised our ire was back in October when she popped out of her spider hole to pose for a photo op with history’s most contemptible homemaker, and before that was in 2006 when Hill forced the breakup of the freshly reunited Fugees by demanding that everyone working with the band (including Wyclef and Pras) call her “Ms. Hill.” Along the way, she’s enjoyed alienating her fan base with increasingly erratic performances, preferring to shirk the time-tested pop music maxim “I do it all for the fans!” for the less than cordial “You simpletons are lucky I’m stooping so low as to play my extraordinary work for such common trash.” Hell, in 2003 she even took the liberty of calling the Catholic Church a bunch of Satanists and baby rapers right on their home fucking turf. Actually, that was really cool. Props to Lauryn Hill on that one.
But I grant Hill no props for her latest advancement in the field of divanautics. Festival organizers announced last week that Hill had cancelled her headlining performance at the Stockholm Jazz Festival along with every other date on her now defunct European tour. Hill reportedly cited “health reasons” for the cancellations, despite the fact that her opening gig at Stockholm is a full month away. So one of two things is happening here: Either Lauryn Hill has a life threatening illness and is really bad off, or she just felt the need to shoot her career in the foot yet again. It’s more than likely a combination of the two: Lauryn Hill possesses some debilitating illness where she cannot help but squash her career into icky icky goop every time she is presented with a chance to redeem herself. Man, whatever happened to the pluck and determination of this Lauryn Hill?
RIP: Barry Beckett
From Billboard:
Producer and keyboard player Barry Beckett, who recorded and accompanied singers Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Bob Seger, Paul Simon and numerous country music stars, has died, his family said on Friday.Beckett, 66, died at his Hendersonville, Tennessee, home on Wednesday, his family said. He had been diagnosed with cancer and suffered strokes, according to local media.
sunn 0))) to Tour, Kid Midnight to Write About It While at Work
Okay, hold on a second... let me help this customer... awkward pause]. Alright, sorry about that. Have a good night, sir! What were we talking about? Oh, right yeah! Monumental Metal Monoliths [sunn 0))), pumped as hell about receiving the vaunted Eureka! merit badge for their new one on Southern Lord, Monoliths & Dimensions (TMT Review), are sprinting off on a tour of the Midwest and are finalizing dates and schedules for a West Coast tour in August and a jaunt around the East Coast in September.
Interesting fact: sunn 0))) have not set foot in the Midwest in quite a while, and for some of the states/cities this will be the very first time the band has played there-- hold on... 'nother customer...
Sorry about that, just some whiny old bitch who couldn’t find the vodkas. Where were we? The lineup for these here shows will be as follows:
Attila Csihar -- invocations
Steve Moore -- trombone, keys
Stephen O’Malley -- guitar
Greg Anderson -- bass
Cool, right? Who doesn’t want to watch a guy named Attila deliver invocations?? Touring with sunn 0))) will be labelmates Eagle Twin, recent Southern Lord signees.
Ahhh, sorry to say this, but my boss just got back from his lunch break and I really need to make it look like I’m busy. Quick, here are the dates for sunn 0)))’s “American Live Aktions”:
07.02.09 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
07.05.09 - Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater
07.06.09 - Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium/Underground
07.07.09 - Kansas City, MO - The Riot Room
07.08.09 - St. Louis, MO - The Firebird
07.10.09 - Dekalb, IL - House Cafe
07.11.09 - Pontiac, MI - Eagle Theater
07.12.09 - Newport, KY - Southgate House
A Belligerent Russia, Concerns Over Energy Security, Terrorist Threats, Lifting Europe Out of Recession… Fuck That: The Green Party Wants to Legalize File-Sharing
Last week, millions of Europeans voted in elections for the European Parliament (with turnout expected at a democracy-lovin’ 45%). Of course, this should be a time for the disparate nations of the European Union to debate how Europe should engage with an increasingly hostile Russia, how its future energy needs can be secured, and how to respond to Islamic extremism. The Green Party, on the other hand, hopes to obtain votes by promising to help millions get their favorite music absolutely free. They have already shown themselves to be on the side of dastardly file-sharers by blocking legislation that would make it easier to disconnect alleged pirates from the internet and opposing a law that criminalized forms of copyright infringement.
Your correspondent was seriously pissed at finding out about this particular policy after he had casted his all-important vote (Liberal party ftw!), naively going into this election wanting to vote for a party who campaigned for greater European cooperation and advocated reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (Euro elections are exciting stuff). Oh well… just have to wait another five years, by which time of course all file-sharers will be locked up in jail and the state will be monitoring all websites its citizens visit.
Women Rejoice! Lilith Fair without All the Straight Jokes and Pachouli: Cat Power, The Pretenders, and Juliette & The Licks Outdoor Tour It
After watching The Fabulous Stains for, like, the thousandth time, dyeing each other's hair, smoking toothpick-shaped cigarettes Chan stole from her mom, and drinking the peach schnapps Chrissie bought with her fake ID, Chan Marshall, Chrissie Hynde, and Juliette Lewis decided they were going to be best friends forever. Or at least for the summer. They called their respective record labels and set up a series of outdoor shows. Tickets are on sale now. Men, don't worry, there's something in it for you, too; grassroots sources predict that these shows will not only be a great place to listen to punk-tinted indie pop, but it will also be a primo place to pick up chicks.
Tourdates:
08.08.09 - Hampton Beach, NH - Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
08.09.09 - Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony
08.10.09 - New York, NY - Central Park Summerstage
08.12.09 - Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavillion
08.13.09 - Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theatre
08.14.09 - Washington, DC - Warner Theatre
08.16.09 - Columbus, OH - LC Pavillion Outdoor
08.18.09 - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom
08.20.09 - Council Bluffs, IA - Harrah’s Council Bluffs (Stir Cove)
08.22.09 - Littleton, CO - Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield
08.23.09 - Salt Lake City, UT - Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre
08.25.09 - Troutdale, OR - Edgefield Amphitheatre
08.26.09 - Vancouver, BC - Malkin Bowl
08.27.09 - Redmond, WA - Marymoor Amphitheatre
08.29.09 - Saratoga, CA - The Mountain Winery *
09.01.09 - Pala, CA - Pala Casino - Starlight Theater
09.03.09 - Los Angeles, CA - The Greek Theatre
* The Pretenders and Cat Power only
The Dodos Tour the World; Thousands Conditioned to Crave Beer with a Hint of Lime
I'm a slave to advertising. What makes it worse is that I'm well aware I'm picking up some dang Cottonelle because it has a foofy dog on it.
Well now marketing geniuses have tapped into my music library, so I'll inevitably be purchasing crappy beer in the near future. In case you missed the ad, The Dodos' standout song "Fools" was featured in a Miller Chill commercial (via Stereogum). Seven bucks, meet drain.
In an interview with Pitchfork, the duo says they've sucked in a vibraphone player and expanded to three members since last year's album The Visiter, and now they're working on a new album, tentatively scheduled for a fall release. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to tend to a beer run.
The tourdates:
06.14.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Northside Festival
07.01.09 - Bergen, Norway - Landmark
07.02.09 - Oslo, Norway - Revolver
07.03.09 - Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia
07.04.09 - Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07.09.09 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Theater
07.10.09 - Ottawa, ON - Ottawa Blues Festival
07.11.09 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis Theatre
07.16.09 - St. Tropez, France - Plage de Rock Festival
07.17.09 - Berlin, Germany - Melt Festival
07.18.09 - Dour, Belgium - Dour Festival
07.19.09 - Niljmegen, Netherlands - Valkhof Affaire
08.08.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Getty Museum
08.14.09 - Seattle, WA - KEXP Mural Amphitheater Summer Series
08.29.09 - San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Festival
09.01.09 - Birmingham, England - Glee Club
09.02.09 - Bristol, England - Thekla
09.03.09 - London, England - Bush Hall
09.04.09 - Glasgow, Scotland - King Tut's
09.05.09 - Manchester, England - Ruby Lounge
09.07.09 - Paris, France - Maroquinerie
09.08.09 - Brussels, Belgium - Botanique Rotunda
09.10.09 - Hamburg, Germany - Molotow
09.11.09 - Berlin, Germany - Magnet
09.12.09 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
09.13.09 - Dorset, England - End of Road Festival
10.04.09 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits
Finally My Ex-Roommate Has Something to Match His AC/DC Pajamas: Questionable Sneakers!
So you love AC/DC right? You can sing all the words, you always crank up “Dirty Deeds” when it comes on the radio, and you’ve probably tried to learn their songs on guitar (or, you know, whatever instrument floats your boat).
Yes, you’re a superfan and you want the ENTIRE world to know. You have a bitchin’ AC/DC denim jacket (with the sleeves cut off), your closet is stuffed with countless AC/DC t-shirts, you've got posters, a dozen hats, probably some AC/DC underpants, the aforementioned PJs, and a pile of ticket stubs. However, remember when you got all dolled up in your AC/DC outfit (including some killer shades) and you were always, always, forced to wear a boring pair of plain, black sneakers? That sucked.
BUT NOT ANYMORE MOTHERFUCKER! Converse has announced that its fall collection will include new sneakers branded with images of AC/DC! Oh, and Metallica as well. The official press release goes a little something like this:
Iconic band graphics and visuals inspire this unique collection of Converse Chuck Taylor All Star shoe designs that celebrate two distinct bands that broke musical barriers and brought their inspired originality to music fans globally. With a rich musical heritage, Converse has collaborated with a wide range of groundbreaking artists and musical visionaries of the past, present, and future.
Quit filling my head with legal mumbo-jumbo and just tell me where and when to buy ‘em! I’m takin’ a stroll down the Highway to Hell!
Hi, Come On In! Drugs to the Right, Hookers to the Left. Deastro Tour and Album. It's Party Time!
Normally our weekly office knee’s up has no problem getting into full swing, but last week’s was weird. We could have blamed it on the uneasy feelings surrounding the changing of the guard from Leno to Conan, but we really couldn’t care less about who hosts Late Night now that NBC didn’t choose our preferred replacement. Whatever the reason, whether known, unknown, or speculated, it sucked (someone mentioned something about their “monthlies” ruining early proceedings… I think it was Jon Lorenz). That is, it sucked until someone had the good grace to cue up Deastro’s upcoming Moondagger album (Ghostly International, out June 23). From that moment the night turned from Remains of the Day to Bachelor Party…
Here are Moondagger’s tracks and their corresponding mise-en-scènes during our bash:
1. Biophelia -- Kid Midnight drew a pistol and started firing shots into a vodka-infused watermelon, screaming, “That’s how the West was won, beotch!”
2. Parallelogram -- Annapocalypse and Kenny Bloggins, wearing a tiara and Boba Fett “Underoos”, respectively, shotgunned Sapporos and only talked gibberish.
3. Tone Adventure #3 -- Burke and Elzee competed for the title of “Best Skeet” with the staff’s fine ceramic phalli.
4. Toxic Crusaders -- Nobodaddy, to quote April Wine (and Hot Chocolate), “could have been alright, could have been here tonight, could have been sweet as wine, could have been a lady.” Sadly, he was none of these.
5. Greens, Grays, and Nordics -- Shelley Su yelled, “Who’s the piece-a-pooper who tied everyone’s shoes together!” before using the mess of shoes like a manriki to interrogate and whiplash our reviewing staff into confessing. Unfortunate for them, really, as the shoestring culprit was actually Mango Starr practicing his sailor's knots...
6. Day of Wonder -- Kasia Galaxy made white trash pad thai for everyone (Ramen noodles, peanut butter, Tabasco), then dished out block rockin’ beatings to anyone who wouldn’t eat it.
7. Pyramid Builders-- Hatchet had both asscheeks singed after maniacally performing blue angels out of the dumbwaiter.
8. Daniel Johnston Was Stabbed in the Heart with the Moondagger by the King of Darkness and His Ghost Is Writing this Song as a Warning to All of Us -- Did someone say they wanted to witness a circle jerk populated by Ze Pequeno, Liz Louche, and Couscous (a triangle jerk)? No one said it, but they saw it.
9. Rivers of Life -- Brom built a gazebo that was solid and dependable10. Vermillion Plaza -- Heidi Vanderslice dropped $5.00 at the feet of “Bo-tae,” the blind, cockfighting rooster that we sponsor, and asked him to “bring the car around.”
11. Moondagger -- Kat Gardiner tongued this scary statue we bought on eBay (this happens at most TMT functions)12. Kurgan Wave Number One -- Squeo, high on peanut skins, stopped everyone he walked past with a “nipple crippler” and his famous catchphrase, “Well, I don’t like golf, but I’m all for getting my balls washed!”
13. The Shaded Forests (Gift Giver’s Version) [bonus track] -- Everyone who I haven’t mentioned in this story sat in the corner and gave me stink-eye for not mentioning them14. Tree Frog CD exclusive bonus track] -- [Mr. P streaked through the office giving random “drive-by shockers” (again, not an uncommon sight at one of our parties).
Such madcap scenes are bound to occur at any party that is soundtracked by the thoughtful electro-pop songs created by Randolph Chabot (Deastro to his parents). Try it yourself at home or, better yet, at one of the following live shows and see how things get swell and the venue suddenly fills with silly string dancers and billy goat gruffers. If that doesn’t sound cryptic enough, make sure to check out the cryptic 2010 dates taken from Deastro’s MySpace page. Click on each date at that page for important information on show details, ticket cost, and travel tips. Cheeky bastard!
06.10.09 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
06.12.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Studio B (Northside Festival) $
06.13.09 - Montréal, QC - Le Divan Orange
06.15.09 - Cleveland, OH - B-Side Lounge
06.16.09 - Toronto, ON - The Drake
06.17.09 - Chicago, IL - Double Door
06.18.09 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
06.21.09 - Vancouver, BC - Media Club
06.22.09 - Seattle, WA - The Vera Project
06.23.09 - Portland, OR - Holocene
06.24.09 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
06.25.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
06.28.09 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vollrath
06.30.09 - Detroit, MI - The Magic Stick %
07.03.09 - Detroit, MI - City Fest
01.01.10 - Mercury, the Solar System Skyfest - Caloris Basin
01.02.10 - Venus, the Solar System Skyfest - Gula Mons
01.03.10 - Mars, the Solar System Skyfest - Valles Marineris
01.04.10 - Jupiter, the Solar System Skyfest - Genetropolis
01.05.10 - Saturn, the Solar System Skyfest - Titantica (on the moon Titan)
01.06.10 - Uranus, the Solar System Skyfest - The Outermost Epsilon Ring
01.07.10 - Neptune, the Solar System Skyfest - The Great Dark Spot
01.10.10 - Pluto and Charon, the Solar System Skyfest - Plutonia!
01.11.10 - Planet X - XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
12.25.10 - In Outer Space, Detroit, MI
$ Michna, Lusine, Mike Servito
% Black Moth Super Rainbow
First a Digital Download Shop for Radiohead and Now a Rare Solo Set from Thom at the Latitude Festival??? More Like GRATITUDE FESTIVAL!!!!
You’re in luck, good folk of Suffolk (and beyond)! Thom Yorke is either bored, flat broke, or worried that Radiohead is becoming less cool than Animal Collective or something, because he’s willed himself onto the bill at this year’s Latitude Festival, taking place July 16-19 in jolly old Henham Park... in cheery old Southwold... in merry old Sunrise Coast... in jovial old Suffolk... in ebullient old England.
Anyway, rejoice sinners, because the Radiohead frontman hasn’t played a giant public solo set like this one since the release of The Eraser (TMT Review), starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. He’ll most likely play that “Cymbal Rush” song that the kids are always talking about, and probably some Panda Bear covers.
Specifically, Yorke’s solo set is scheduled to be immaculately conceived on the... good-humored old Obelisk Arena stage at noon on Sunday, July 19, and is scheduled to be completed before the last petal falls off of some enchanted rose somewhere. Ticket information for the festival itself, including whoever the hell else is playing there, is available at the Latitude Festival website.
OH and the man's main band released a bunch of their stuff digitally through their own W.A.S.T.E. store!!!! So if you've been on the lookout for a non-solid copy of the "ehh..." second disc of In Rainbows, the "mmm..." aforementioned Eraser, or the "ohhh!!!" score to There Will Be Blood, it's officially time to go Radionuts.
