MIGHT tthis be a better news story if i had actually heard the song si'm talking about? maybe. probnably? probably. i'm listening to "twin killers" right now, and just got done listening to "the last trumpeter swan," although it really is only the last HALF of the actual "the last trumpeter swan." anyway this twin killesr thing is live, but unexcitingly so. so far. anyway the thing i am talking about is the "new" "live" album deerhoof is releasing on their website. if you were around in 2005 you saw this smae kinda thing happen where they did that bibidi babidi boo thing and it wasn't very exciting, but whatever, it's deerhoof, right?
truth be told there used to be a lot of their stuff on the "puzzling music archives" that is very difficult to find, OH, in fact, this is the perfec topportunity (haha friend opportunity) to ask you people if you know what the HELL they're playing in this song, i think i either got it on the puzzling music archive or on soulseek sometime when i was trying to gather everything of theirs that they'd ever recorded. on my computer the track title tag is "Live 2000-2003," which is weird because it sa 14-minute track and you'd expect more from 4 years, but anywa it starts with this keyboard/vocal line that i really can't place anywhere in their catalogue. then again it's been a long time since i've listend to halfbird or holdypaws so, yknow, maybe my meory is just bad.
ANYWAY, the point of this news story is to tell you that deerhoof are "releasing" "a" "free" "mp3" "album" on their killrockstars tomain, which is deerhoof.killrockstars.com. and it's like, i can only imagine being excited about this if you're really REALLY into deerhoof, which, if that means you are anything like the 2002/2003 me, you've probably gathered stuff like this from various sources already, and if you're not that really into deerhoof, you probably don't care anway.
although, here's something interesting, for some reason ihave a track from a 2004 peel session that is labeled "jorbebs friend," and of course i thought th leack of an apostrophe wasn't terribly disconcerting, but now on this "mp3 album" they're releasing they seem to be calling it "Jorge b.s. friend," so who knows.
let me be totaly honest here and say that if you're not an obsessive deerhoof fan this is totally uninteresting to you, and in fact i know of a lot of stuff that's floating around that is actually more intersing than this, like for instance an alternate studio version of "top tim rubies" where satomi rather than greg does the "he was born here" lyrics, and there isn't even a "oh no he's already gone oh no" line, that melody is just played by a keyboard, anyway it's fascinating in a weird way, but i guess actualy if that were to be in fact fascinating to you, then this thing they're doing now probably will be also, so., just download it, i mean it's free, just don't expect to love it for any reason.
p.s. the new ween album leaked recently
oh and here's the more important stuff i forgot to say, as quoted directly from mr p
"Also be sure to check out the long letter from Greg, Satomi, and John that gives an in-depth account of Deerhoof happenings over the past year, and includes some really fun videos and photographs from their tours with Radiohead, The Flaming Lips, Fiery Furnaces, Busdriver, and more.
"Deerhoof is still touring in support of Friend Opportunity, their latest album which came out earlier this year on Kill Rock Stars. This week the gang will begin a tour with Bloc Party:
sep 21 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live (w/ J Versus and Bloc Party)
sep 22 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues (w/ J Versus and Bloc Party)
sep 23 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom (w/ Smoosh and Bloc Party)
sep 25 - Nashville, TN - City Hall (w/ Smoosh and Bloc Party)
sep 26 - Covington, KY - Madison Theatre (w/ Smoosh and Bloc Party)
sep 28 - Toronto, Ontario - Ricoh Coliseum (w/ Smoosh and Bloc Party)
sep 29 - London, Ontario - John Labatt Center (w/ Smoosh and Bloc Party)
sep 30 - Pontiac, MI - Eagle Theater
oct 01 - Madison, WI - Memorial Union Rathskellar
oct 02 - Minneapolis, MN - McGuire Theater at Walker Arts Center
oct 03 - Denver, CO - Bluebird
oct 06 - Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue
oct 19 - Reykjavik, Iceland - Iceland Airwaves
nov 02 - London, UK - Release The Bats @ The Forum (w/ Liars,
Deerhunter, Black Lips, and more)
"Last week Deerhoof released the first picture disc seven-inch on KRS which featured new art from David Shrigley, the Scottish-based artist who created the 12 album covers for Friend Opportunity. They also have music featured both on the soundtrack and in the film Dedication, and the soundtrack is out now on Commotion Records/Koch."
so i guess follow the links that wil inevitably be tacked onto this article to find out what the hell he's talking about. after hearing friend opportunity i'm not as excited about deerhoof as i used to be DID I SAY THAT OUTLOUD.
oh and if you'r really into them you should chekc out some of their bsides, for instance "surprise symphony" from their "c" single of 2002 is really great, and they have some archived live perofmrance son wfmu that are worth checking out
and also if you're a newcomer seriously "man king girl" and "holdypaws' are worth checking out, i don' understand why holdypaws gets such a bad rap, it's actually pretty good
