John Wiese to Tour; I Don’t Care Because I Just Don’t “Get” that “Noise” “Stuff”
By mattborda on 08-08-2008
In my day, artists wrote songs.
I’ll never forget coming home from soccer practice in the second grade and hearing Live's “Lightning Crashes” for the first time. That was the song that brought my appreciation of popular music to a new level. It made me realize that just because something was popular, consumed en masse, it didn’t have to lack integrity and could still take bold and exciting chances. Throwing Copper came out at a very particular time in popular music, a time when people were ready and hungry for something new. I don’t think it would have fared as well if it had come out at any other time in music. But it was exciting to me, at only 9 years old, to be able to turn on the radio and be stimulated through pop.
Nowadays, all I hear is a bunch of noise. Like this “John Wiese” character. Just a bunch of squeals and bleeps and bloops, this guy. Did I miss something? Jeez. I mean, helloooooo, am I right? C’moooon. Seriously? Who does this guy think he is? What’s the deal here? You know what I’m talking about.
Hey, just kiddin' -- love this guy!
Solo Dates:
Sissy Spacek Dates:
08.15.08 - San Francisco, CA - Bay Area 51
10.06.08 - Las Vegas, NV - TBA
LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy plans DJ tour to showcase vintage disco; LSD Soundsystem to make people freak out and think they’re tasting music
By mattborda on 08-08-2008
LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy and Pat Mahoney have announced a three-month international tour that will find them playing DJ sets of classic underground disco.
The inspiration for the tour comes from the other side of the original disco era, the one that favored house parties, The Loft, and Manu Dibango over Studio 54 and “The Hustle.” Murphy says he wants to take away the associations of bell-bottoms and parties like those on That ’70s Show. The disco of his fancy is what he describes as “real liberation music for people who know where to go.”
“With [this tour] I can keep experimenting with remixes that we’re working on, I can keeping playing new stuff, and I can keep finding old records.”
Calling themselves Special Disco Version, Murphy and Mahoney think the time is now for a second disco revolution. The name stems from how labels used to mark dance mixes of pop songs. In other words, what we futurepeople call a “re-mix”.
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* Pat only
% James only
# featuring Tim Sweeney, Beats In Space and other special guests
Wolfmother Experience Empty Nest Syndrome When Members Depart
By Nobodaddy on 08-08-2008
Dude, I know, Wolfmother fan. The worst has happened, right? Keyboardist/bassist Chris Ross and drummer Myles Heskett have exited your second favorite campy-ass Australian MOR-Hard Rock act (right after Jet, but still well ahead of The Vines) due to what they only describe as "longstanding frictions." Yeah, I mean... this is rough news. You should definitely take a minute, man.
Okay. Ready to go on? Here we go: "Please understand that in spite of their best efforts over a long period of time, they just could not find a harmonious way to work together," reads a statement about the band from Universal Music Australia. Following extensive touring in support of their breakout self-titled album in 2006 (I know, you still have that disc poised in one of the most prime slots of your Jetta’s visor CD organizer! 
Just try to say with me!), Wolfmother officially went on hiatus late last year, emerging in April to road-test their new material. But alas and alack, band member tensions remained, and following an appearance at the Australia's Splendour in the Grass festival, the painful decision was reached to split up.
But don’t despair too much, dude-who-likes-Wolfmother. There’s some silver-lining to report. Frontman Andrew Stockdale has stated that he will continue the blatant influence-aping that you have come to love and respect so much with new members -- meaning that you certainly haven’t heard the last of that man’s obnoxious voice. And Ross and Heskett have also announced their plans to bring a new project together soon. But yeah, I hear you; it probably won’t be the same, will it? A Wolfmother divided against itself just cannot stand in your eyes. I mean, who are you supposed to cite as your second favorite Australian rock band now??? Nick fucking Cave?!?! I don’t think so.
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