Jamie Lidell Enlists Feist, Beck, Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor For New LP
By E. Nagurney on 02-25-2010
Jamie Lidell’s a popular guy. And why shouldn’t he be? Between releasing two great modern soul LPs, playing consistently great live shows, and beatboxing on the beach, the man just adds up to a whole lot of likable. So likable, in fact, that Mr. Lidell has been able to enlist a handful of his high-profile buddies to help out on his new LP, Compass, due out via Warp on May 18.
How high-profile are these buddies, you ask? Somewhere around a Beck on the Fame-o-meter, that’s how high-profile. And while Beck is certainly the biggest name on Compass, the rest of the supporting cast is no slouch. Among the folks showing up for this little soiree are Leslie Feist, Ms. Feist’s producer Gonzales, Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor, and Wilco’s Pat Sansone. Lidell’s own thoughts on this impressive list of collaborators: “You don’t fuck with them!” Well said.
As for the sound of the album itself, the folks at Warp describe it as “his most eclectic album yet,” featuring songs that “shift, chop, change and mutate genres and forms before our very ears.” If that sounds like a restless piece of work, it may reflect Lidell’s relatively quick writing process this time around. “I wrote every song in a month,” Lidell said. “It’s been an emotional couple of years, so I tapped into what I wanted to say and started writing.”
• Jamie Lidell: http://www.jamielidell.com
• Warp: http://warp.net
The Flaming Lips Announce Summer Tour, Shoot Off a Million Streamers and Bottle Rockets, All While a Bear Punches an Octopus with Ten Santas Watching
By E. Nagurney on 02-24-2010
If you’re some upstart indie rock band, hanging in the public consciousness by a little blog buzz or a mention on Pitchfork or something, announcing a tour isn’t really a big deal. Send in your dates to a few fine news outlets, said news outlet will post them, some people will get excited, and some people won’t care. That’s all.
But if you’re The Flaming Lips, announce some tourdates and everything goes crazy: Wayne Coyne shoots a million streamers and blows up 20 tons of fireworks! Steve Drozd rides a bicycle through a giant cube of Jell-O! Michael Ivins hurls a javelin into a unicorn! A bear punches an octopus in the face and a scientist plays against a Mountie in chess! People get really excited!
Not to say that any of this would be surprising; this is all conjecture. Except for that last one. People will get really excited about Flaming Lips tourdates.
Exciting dates for an exciting world:
03.12.10 - Austin, TX - Austin Music Hall
03.13.10 - Denton, TX - NX35 Music Conferette
04.15.10 - Charlottesville, VA - Charlottesville Pavilion
04.18.10 - Ithaca, NY - Barton Hall, Cornell University
04.19.10 - Montclair, NJ - Wellmont Theatre
04.21.10 - Milwaukee, WI - The Riverside Theater
04.23.10 - Kansas City, KS - Sandstone Amphitheatre
05.15.10 - Gulf Shores, AL - The Hangout Music Festival
06.06.10 - Houston, TX - Eleanor Tinsley Park
06.11.10 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
07.03.10 - Oxford, ME - Oxford Country Fairgrounds
07.22.10 - Lewiston, NY - Artpark
07.26.10 - New York, NY - Central Park Summerstage
08.21.10 - Crickhowell, UK - Glanusk Park
• The Flaming Lips: http://www.flaminglips.com
[Photo: VickieVictoria]
Quasi Announce European Dates; Hope You’re at Least Quasi-Interested
By Nobodaddy on 02-24-2010
Lovers of hesitant band names, take notice! (Or at least, take some tepid, initial notice, maybe? Well, just agree to feel it out, at least.)
Quasi is almost semi slightly halfway ready for a maybe supposed tour of the UK and Europe, maybe. Sam Coomes, Janet Weiss, and Joanna Bolme, the boy and girls who sort-of make up the tentatively-titled Quasi, are pretty much about to release their eighth album, American Gong, on Kill Rock Stars next week. And, as we previously reported, they’ve got a mess of US dates already in the works. Maybe. Reportedly. Most of the way.
But it turns out that Coomes and co. are only… half done touring this milquetoast thing around, as they’ve just announced a UK and European tour for May. The three-piece will perform their trademark brand of Pacific Northwestern accredited rock at the Pavement-curated ATP Festival, followed by a string of shows both on the mainland and in other UK locales, just in time for summer vacation! Are you semi-ready to get kinda-pumped?!
05.14.10 - Minehead, UK - All Tomorrow’s Parties
05.16.10 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
05.17.10 - Köln, Denmark - Tsunami
05.18.10 - Brussels, Belgium - AB
05.19.10 - Berlin, Germany - C-Halle
05.20.10 - Offenbach, Germany - Hafen 2
05.21.10 - Munich, Germany - 59:1
05.22.10 - Bologna, Italy - Covo Club (Rocker Fest)
05.24.10 - Paris, France - Point Ephemere
05.25.10 - Brighton, UK - The Freebutt
05.26.10 - London, UK - Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
05.27.10 - Manchester, UK - Night & Day
05.28.10 - Glasgow, UK - Captains Rest
• Quasi: http://theequasi.com
• Kill Rock Stars: http://www.killrockstars.com
Deer Tick Announce New Album, The Black Dirt Sessions, And Their One Millionth US Tour
By Annapocalypse on 02-24-2010
One would think that Deer Tick would be really sick of the United States by now. After all, there are only so many times you can criss-cross from state to state without longing to sleep in your own bed for more than two nights. Nevertheless, it wouldn’t be a new year without new Deer Tick tourdates! Or how about a new album? Indeed, the band will be out on the road this spring, prepping all of us with tracks form their newly-announced full-length, The Black Dirt Sessions, due June 8 via Partisan.
But before the tour begins all proper-like in April, Deer Tick will play Austin’s SXSW in mid-March, as well as a couple shows in California, including a FREE one on March 3 at The Independent in San Francisco (brought to you by T-Mobile® myTouch™ 3G Fender™ Limited Edition — who else??). Doors open at 8 PM, but get there early to ensure your spot!
The Black Dirt Sessions tracklist:
01. Choir of Angels
02. Twenty Miles
03. Goodbye, Dear Friend
04. Piece By Piece, Frame By Frame
05. Sad Sun
06. Mange
07. When She Comes Home
08. Hand In My Hand
09. I Will Not Be Myself
10. Blood Moon
11. Christ Jesus
03.03.10 - San Francisco, CA - The Indepdent (free show™)
03.05.10 - Los Angeles, CA - Natural History Museum
03.17.10 - Austin, TX - SXSW
04.25.10 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
04.27.10 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre *
04.29.10 - Santa Fe, NM - Sante Fe Brewing Company *
04.30.10 - Dallas, TX - The Loft *
05.01.10 - Austin, TX - Emo’s *
05.02.10 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live Studio *
05.03.10 - Fayetteville, AR - Majestic Lounge *
05.05.10 - Birmingham, AL - Workplay *
05.06.10 - Nashville, TN - Cannery Ballroom *
05.07.10 - Louisville, KY - Headliners *
05.11.10 - Boston, MA - Paradise *
05.12.10 - Boston, MA - Paradise *
05.13.10 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory *
05.14.10 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
05.15.10 - New York, NY - Terminal 5 *
* Dr. Dog
• Deer Tick: http://www.myspace.com/deertick
• Partisan Records: http://www.partisanrecords.com
Pelvises, Take Note: Diplo and Switch Announce Major Lazer Tour
By Chase Kamp on 02-24-2010
DJ/producer extraordinaires Diplo and Switch are taking their dancehall collab Major Lazer out on the “Lazers Never Die” Tour. They’ll be pulling down bangers from their critically-lauded debut Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do, and joining them will be dubstep producer and new Mad Decent signee Rusko. These shows are guaranteed to be crippling, seeing as Major Lazer had no problem blowing the lid off and daggering randoms at a Best Buy last year. Be sure to stretch first!
03.27.10 - Miami, FL -Ultra Music Festival
03.28.10 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
03.30.10 - Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle
03.31.10 - Baltimore, MD - Bourbon St
04.02.10 - Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom
04.03.10 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
04.04.10 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East
04.06.10 - Columbus, OH - BoMa
04.07.10 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
04.08.10 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
04.09.10 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore
04.10.10 - Chicago, IL - Metro
04.11.10 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
04.13.10 - Denver, CO - Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
04.15.10 - Reno, NV - The Knitting Factory
04.16.10 - San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine
04.17.10 - Indio, CA - Coachella
• Major Lazer: http://www.majorlazer.com
• Mad Decent: http://maddecent.com/blog
