Raekwon Promises via Twitter Two New Solo LPs in 2010
And so, let it be known that the Wu’s own Raekwon rang in two-oh-ten twitting a very tall tweet. How tall of a twat was the tweet, you ask? Well, son, I’d be lyin’ if I didn’t tells ya that it’s just about the tallest tweet I ever did done see betweeted upon the twitterverse. Here’s the Chef in his own words:
O I forgot my announcement on jan 1st to give yall so ima tell ya now! "I WILL BE DROPPIN 2 ALBUMS THIS YEAR!" Rt this crack....
Hmm... I want to believe you, Rae. Don’t get me wrong, I very much want to listen to those new records. I really do. But it’s just that, well, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II (TMT Review) took like 10 years to see the light of day, and you promised us that new joint with you, Meth, and Ghostface would drop in February, and… well. Whatever. I’m sure all those things are gonna come out eventually and they’ll be great and everything, but man, I just want to hear them soon. Like you’ve promised. Okay, enough grumpy grumbles. Let’s all just lose our inhibitions in a glass of red wine and a bubble bath and watch the Wu-Massacre series all over again (check out a leaked track from the upcoming album over at the Chocolate Grinder).
Let's Wrestle Release New LP on Merge, No Current Plans for Release-Show Cage Matches
Let's Wrestle, the London band responsible for lo-fi pop gems about Hüsker Dü, Hulk Hogan, and... stuff are now gonna be responsible for more songs about stuff... this time on Merge. Due for a March 23 release, the band's first album for the venerable indie label is called In the Court of the Wrestling Let’s.
According to frontman Wesley Patrick Gonzalez:
Let’s Wrestle are Big Rock Stars in England, fighting off girls and suing all the other pop stars (they once sued Seal and Heidi Klum for custody of their children), but they are relatively unknown in the US of stateside. Let’s Wrestle are getting ready to play poker with the Yankee big dogs. Now when I say Yankee big dogs, I mean Great fucking Danes which is something you have probably heard about Merge.
Look out, Lady Gaga. It seems as if your throne is about to topple.
Man or Astro-Man? Reform for SXSW
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.
RIP: Kate McGarrigle
From NorthJersey.com:
Canadian folk singer and songwriter Kate McGarrigle, best known for performing with her sister Anna, has died of cancer. She was 63.
McGarrigle’s brother-in-law, Dane Lanken, said the singer died at her Montreal home Monday night surrounded by her sisters, Jane and Anna, and her children, Rufus and Martha Wainwright, also singers.
He said McGarrigle had been battling cancer since the summer of 2006. He said the cancer started in her small intestine and spread to her liver.
• Kate & Anna McGarrigle: http://www.mcgarrigles.com
• Kate McGarrigle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_McGarrigle
Why Doesn't That Surprise Me: Lala.com Lost Warner Music Group a Shit Ton of Money
According to FMQB News, Warner Music Group sold increasingly-baffling music distribution site Lala.com to Apple for a tidy $9 million on December 4 of last year. Unfortunately for Warner, the never-quite-successful venture cost them $11 million more in investments than the amount for which Apple took it off their hands. Somehow I don't feel bad for Warner.
I'm curious to see what the new owners do with the site, whose clever initial premise -- trading CDs at a fraction of retail cost -- lost its relevance within a year of introduction. I've only seen their newish audio streaming service in frequent use on Pitchfork, which I think started around the time Apple bought Lala. In my awake-at-3:30 AM mind, this clearly establishes that Apple secretly owns Pitchfork or at least runs some sort of music website shadow government.
Shit, that's terrifying. I'm going to sleep.
Coachella 2010 Lineup Announced: Dirty Projectors, Thom Yorke, Faith No More
The Coachella 2010 lineup has been announced. Highlights include Faith No More, Thom Yorke???? (what a name), De La Soul, Dirty Projectors, and Yo La Tengo. Lowlights include Muse.
The fest runs April 16-18 at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, CA. Check out Coachella's official website for more details about Muse.
FRIDAY APRIL 16: Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem, Them Crooked Vultures, Vampire Weekend, Deadmau5, Public Image Limited, The Specials, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Echo and the Bunnymen, Benny Benassi, Fever Ray, Grace Jones, She & Him, Erol Alkan, The Avett Brothers, Calle 13, The Whitest Boy Alive, The Cribs, La Roux, Yeasayer, Lucero, DJ Lance Rock, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Proxy, Ra Ra Riot, Deer Tick, Wolfgang Gartner, Aeroplane, Iglu & Hartly, Sleigh Bells, P.O.S., Baroness, Hockey, Little Dragon, White Rabbits, Wale, Kate Miller-Heidke, As Tall as Lions, Jets Overhead, Alana Grace, Pablo Hassan.
SATURDAY, APRIL 17: Muse, Faith No More, Tiësto, MGMT, David Guetta, The Dead Weather, Hot Chip, Devo, Coheed and Cambria, Kaskade, 2Many DJ's, Major Lazer, Dirty Projectors, Gossip, Z-Trip, The xx, John Waters, Les Claypool, The Raveonettes, Mew, Sia, Camera Obscura, Tokyo Police Club, Porcupine Tree, Old Crow Medicine Show, Aterciopalados, Bassnectar, Frightened Rabbit, Dirty South, Flying Lotus, Corinne Bailey Rae, Pretty Lights, Shooter Jennings, RX Bandits, The Almighty Defenders, Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros, Craze & Klever, Zoe, The Temper Trap, Portugal. The Man, Band of Skulls, Girls, Beach House, Steel Train, Frank Turner.
SUNDAY, APRIL 18: Gorillaz, Pavement, Thom Yorke????, Phoenix, Orbital, Spoon, Sly and the Family Stone, De La Soul, Julian Casablancas, Plastikman, Gary Numan, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sunny Day Real Estate, Yo La Tengo, MUTEMATH, Deerhunter, Infected Mushroom, Club 75, Matt & Kim, The Big Pink, Gil Scott-Heron, King Khan and the Shrines, Florence and the Machine, Yann Tiersen, Little Boots, Miike Snow, Talvin Singh, Ceu, B.o.B., Babasonicos, Owen Pallett, The Glitch Mob, Mayer Hawthorne, Local Natives, Rusko, The Middle East, Hadouken!, The Soft Pack, Kevin Devine, Paparazzi, Delphic, One EskimO.
