RIP: Dani Baquet-Long of Celer

By Shane Mack on

From Celer's official website:

With great sadness I have to announce to you, our friends, that Dani passed away yesterday, July 8. On Tuesday morning I woke to find her unconscious, and not breathing. The medics were called, and she was revived, but fell directly into a coma and didn't wake up. She passed away yesterday at 3pm, with her family by her. All that is known to say why is that her heart stopped, for no foreseeable reason. The only relation is that her father died in the same way, of a cardiac arrest at the age of 29. She was 26.

Right now I don't know how to express the loss and sadness I feel, knowing that someone so ultimately close to me, and such an inspiration and friend to so many other people in the world is gone. All I can say is that she won't be forgotten, or pushed aside only because she's gone. She'll always be with me, as my inspiration, my love, my everything. All I can say is I miss her, every second.

Thanks to Eric Fourman for the news tip.

- Celer official website
- Celer MySpace

Grizzly Bear and Beach House: Benzodiazepines Tour 2K9

By Nobodaddy on 07-14-2009

Are you sick of going to rock shows where everything’s all kinds of loud? Are you tired of getting “slam-danced” out of your cozy spot in front of the stage by punk-ass motherfuckers who are too busy flailing, spilling sticky drinks, and dry-dumping to the beat of the bong water-bubbling bass that’s spilling out of the way-too-hot P.A. and punching you in the stomach until you're nauseous and dehydrated to notice that, well, you were kinda standing there first? Heck, are you sick and tired of “standing” at shows in the first place?

Don’t worry. Brooklyn’s Grizzly Bear and Baltimore’s Beach House got your back. That’s right, two of the haziest, wooziest, dreamiest, prettiest acts in indie rock are teaming up this summer and fall to offer the most relaxing tandem tour since Graham Russell teamed up with Russell Hitchcock.

Swirl and swoon as Grizzly Bear play unimposingly mid-tempoed hits off of their recent Vekatimiest (TMT Review). Fawn and fizz as Beach House breeze through a few nonchalant numbers from last year’s critically acclaimed Devotion (TMT Review). Meet a few people, take a few pills, and make up your OWN words to describe your physical reactions to their songs: maybe you’ll “swizz” with friends to the “swaultry thicktitude”... or perhaps you’d like to “schwobble” through the “croomy blue galauziness”? You know, it’s your own thing; do whatever! Uh, just don’t drive to the shows, maybe.

Oh, and be sure to check out Grizzly Bear on The Late Show With David Letterman this Thursday to see what you’re in for from the headliners. In the mean time, check out the bands’ individual dates for this summer and fall, and start planning your fall show-going excursions now. It’s not as easy as you’d think to find yourself a good horse-tranks dealer.

Grizzly Bear and Beach House:
08.30.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Williamsburg Waterfront - Jelly Pool Party
09.26.09 - Ann Arbor, MI - Michigan Theater
09.27.09 - Chicago, IL - Metro
09.28.09 - Chicago, IL - Metro
09.30.09 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
10.01.09 - Columbia, MO - Blue Note
10.05.09 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
10.06.09 - Norfolk, VA - The NorVA
10.07.09 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
10.08.09 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
10.20.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium
10.21.09 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern

Grizzly Bear:
07.19.09 - Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Music Festival
08.07.09 - Osaka, Japan - Summer Sonic
08.09.09 - Osaka, Japan - Summer Sonic
08.13.09 - Oslo, Norway - Oya Festival
08.14.09 - Goteborg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
08.15.09 - Rees-Haldern, Germany - Haldern Pop
08.16.09 - St. Malo, France - La Route du Rock Festival
08.18.09 - London, England - Koko
08.20.09 - Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival
08.21.09 - Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands Paradise
08.22.09 - Glanusk, Wales - Green Man Festival
10.03.09 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
10.14.09 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Vogue Theatre
10.15.09 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
10.16.09 - Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre
10.18.09 - San Francisco, CA - Treasure Island Music Festival
11.01.09 - Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street
11.02.09 - Glasgow, Scotland - ABC
11.04.09 - Manchester, England - Cathedral
11.05.09 - Leeds, England - Leeds Metropolitan University
11.06.09 - Bristol, England - Anson Rooms
11.08.09 - Brussels, Belgium - Cirque Royal
11.09.09 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
11.10.09 - Hamburg, Germany - Grunspan
11.11.09 - Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
11.12.09 - Munich, Germany - Theaterfabrik
11.15.09 - Fribourg, Switzerland - Fri-Son
11.16.09 - Vienna, Austria - WuK
11.17.09 - Basel, Switzerland - Volkshaus
11.19.09 - Koln, Germany - Kulturkirche
11.21.09 - Paris, France - La Cigale
11.24.09 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Lille Vega

Beach House:
08.07.09 - Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery
09.19.09 - Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan
09.20.09 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
09.22.09 - Anacortes, WA - Dept. of Safety
09.23.09 - Bellingham, WA - The Nightlife
09.24.09 - Victoria, British Columbia - Rifflandia

EMI’s New Cost-Cutting Measure: Refusing to Sell Music to Mom & Pop Stores!

By Monocular Cognition on 07-13-2009

We all know that times are tough for record labels thanks to declining CD sales and the slowness and/or refusal to adapt to online file-sharing. Consequently, you would expect that music executives would try to cling on to any kind of business they could possibly get.

Which is why EMI has taken the innovative (and surprising step) of refusing to sell music to mom and pop stores. The reason for this flash of inspiration? To help reduce costs and encourage customers to buy music at one-stops rather than independent retailers (even though the likes of Wal-Mart are stocking catalog less and less).

One can’t help but feel this is another vindictive move against stores that have the cheek to sell albums promoted and marketed by musicians themselves (see the Kill the Record Labels DVD release), who have got better things to do than suffocate under a major label’s control.

EMI’s New Cost-Cutting Measure: Refusing to Sell Music to Mom & Pop Stores!

By Brom on 07-13-2009

We all know that times are tough for record labels thanks to declining CD sales and the slowness and/or refusal to adapt to online file-sharing. Consequently, you would expect that music executives would try to cling on to any kind of business they could possibly get.

Which is why EMI has taken the innovative (and surprising step) of refusing to sell music to mom and pop stores. The reason for this flash of inspiration? To help reduce costs and encourage customers to buy music at one-stops rather than independent retailers (even though the likes of Wal-Mart are stocking catalog less and less).

One can’t help but feel this is another vindictive move against stores that have the cheek to sell albums promoted and marketed by musicians themselves (see the Kill the Record Labels DVD release), who have got better things to do than suffocate under a major label’s control.

Mope Off 2009: Frightened Rabbit Tours with Twilight Sad, We Were Promised Jetpacks

By E. Nagurney on 07-13-2009

Frightened Rabbit are probably the greatest bunch of mopers Scotland has today. That is, except for maybe their similarly downtrodden buddies The Twilight Sad. Then again, upstarts We Were Promised Jetpacks seem to have this moping thing down pat. Who could pick just one band of Scottish sad-sacks?

Good news: you don’t have to. The three groups will be successfully bumming out the United States together this September. Then and only then shall we know who is the greatest moper of them all. Before then, however, Frightened Rabbit will hit up North America by themselves in mid-July. Tears will be shed, epic climaxes will be reached, catharsis will be found via shredding of vocal cords. It should be awesome.

If you can’t it out to any dates or just prefer moping in the comfort of your bedroom, don’t fret: Frightened Rabbit are currently writing and recording the follow-up to last year’s Midnight Organ Fight (TMT Review). They will be debuting some of the new record’s material during their North American jaunts. Lead singer Scott Hutchinson already premiered one of the group’s new songs, “Swim Until You Can’t See Land,” in solo form during a session for Off The Beaten Tracks, which can be viewed here.

Frightened Rabbit solo mope:
07.17.09 - Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell’s
07.18.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Siren Festival
07.19.09 - Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Festival
07.21.09 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
07.22.09 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
07.23.09 - Montreal, QC - Petit Campus
07.24.09 - Providence, RI - Jerky’s
07.25.09 - Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall

Frightened Rabbit, Twilight Sad, We Were Promised Jetpacks triple mope:
09.12.09 - Morrison, CO - Monolith Festival
09.14.09 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
09.15.09 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
09.16.09 - Seattle, WA - Neumo’s
09.17.09 - Portland, OR - Dante’s (Musicfest NW)
09.18.09 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
09.20.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Knitting Factory
09.22.09 - Tucson, AZ - Plush
09.24.09 - Austin, TX - Mohawk
09.26.09 - Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
09.27.09 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
09.28.09 - Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
09.29.09 - Orlando, FL - The Social

Akron/Family Hit the Road with Wooden Wand, Jeffrey Lewis, Slaraffenland; Department of Homeland Security Raises Freak Threat Level From Schwag to Dank

By Mike McHugh on 07-13-2009

To: President Barack Obama

From: NORAD

Date: July 13, 2009

Re: Bi-Quarterly Freak Report

Mr. President,

Below you will find a list of known freak cells with a brief rundown of threatening attributes included for each subject. We have reason to believe that SUBJECTS 2-4 will each rendezvous with SUBJECT 1 in various cities across the United States and Canada over the next three months. Each subject is presumed to be highly dangerous and exceedingly freaky. A catastrophe akin to Waco is virtually guaranteed should SUBJECTS 2-4 rendezvous with SUBJECT 1. We suggest immediate action in order to avoid calamity on any scale:

SUBJECT 1: AKRON/FAMILY
- Experimental folk outfit from New York City.
- Recently released fifth studio album Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free (DHS Report)
- Possible Russian spies
- FLAGGED

SUBJECT 2: WOODEN WAND
- Psychedelic pseudonym for James Jackson Toth.
- Appears on a benefit compilation for a subversive Minnesota-based music website.
- FLAGGED

SUBJECT 3: JEFFREY LEWIS
- Extremist member of a reactionary group know as the “anti-folk movement.
- Writes, draws and delivers lectures on comic books.
- FLAGGED

SUBJECT 4: SLARAFFENLAND
- Scandinavian
- FLAGGED

Known rendezvous points:
07.22.09 - Cleveland, OH - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
07.23.09 - Detroit Lakes, MN - 10,000 Lakes Festival
07.24.09 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge *
07.25.09 - Calgary, AB - Calgary Folk Festival
07.26.09 - Calgary, AB - Calgary Folk Festival
07.29.09 - Steamboat Springs, CO - Ghostranch Saloon
07.30.09 - Vail, CO - The Sandbar
07.31.09 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
08.02.09 - Liberty Park, NJ - All Points West Festival
08.11.09 - Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel ^
08.12.09 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle ^
08.13.09 - Atlanta, GA - E.A.R.L. ^
08.14.09 - Birmingham, AL - BottleTree ^
08.15.09 - Asheville, NC - Harvest Festival at Grey Eagle Tavern
08.28.09 - San Francisco - Outside Lands Festival
08.29.09 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theater !
09.07.09 - Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot Festival
09.08.09 - Portland, OR - Baghdad Theatre
09.10.09 - Baltimore, MD - Talking Head Club #
09.11.09 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's #
09.12.09 - Monticello, NY - ATP NY Festival
09.14.09 - Hudson, NY - Jason's Upstairs # %
09.15.09 - Williamsport, PA - Site B # %
09.16.09 - Ithaca, NY - Castaways # %
09.17.09 - Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place # %
09.18.09 - London, ON - LOLA Fest
09.19.09 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick # %
09.20.09 - Louisville, KY - 21C Museum Atrium Gallery # %

* Icy Demons

^ Wooden Wand

# Jeffrey Lewis &The Junkyard

% Slaraffenland

! ! Howlin' Rain, Lucky Dragons

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