No band deserves to have their equipment stolen, especially not Sleepercar, which features former Sparta/At The Drive-In member Jim Ward. Rumors at the TMT offices (started by me) claim that the thiefs are big At The Drive-In fans, so perhaps Ward would have more luck recovering the gear if he decided to to ring up Cedric Bixler or Omar Rodriquez and suggest a reunion tour. You know, just a suggestion. In the meantime, please read the following message from Ward and keep an eye out for any of the following pieces of equipment if you find yourself in the Texas area:
Our trailer was stolen early Saturday, August 27th, from a parking lot next to the Marriott in downtown San Antonio, TX. We lost a substantial amount of gear, some of which is pretty unique, so we area keeping our fingers crossed it’ll show up somewhere, someday… can you please pass this along to anyone you know who tours or buys gear, especially if they live around central Texas. The pawnshops should get the list from the police report, but every little bit helps-if you see this stuff out there please email or call our studio:
- 1961 Pelham Blue Les Paul Junior (SG Shape) w/ case stenciled SPARTA
- Blonde Fender Esquire black stripe across body, hotel key screwed into body w/ case stenciled SLEEPERCAR
- 2008 White Gibson Firebird w/ case
- 2001 Les Paul Wine Red Flame Top w/ case stenciled Sparta
- Fender Stratocaster Sunburst w/ case
- Epiphone Sheraton Blonde w/ case
- Squire P-Bass Brown w/ case
- Carter Pedal Steel Single Neck E9 w/ case
- Takamine EF360SC Acoustic in case stenciled SWIFT
- Kawai 88 key electric piano w/ case
- Roland Juno D Synth w/ case
- Fender Twin Amp 100w w/ case stenciled Sparta
- Ampeg SVT III in rack
- Fender Deville 4x10 w/ case
- Vox AC-30 in case stenciled SLEEPERCAR
- Vox 2x12 Extension cabinet in case stenciled SLEEPERCAR
- Acoustic Bass Cabinet 1x15
- Marshall 2000 2x12 Cabinet
- Electro Harmonix Swtich Blade A/B Switcher
- 4 Boss TU-2 Pedal Tuners
- Electro Harmonix LPB-1
- Ibanez Tube Screamer Keeley Mod
- Ibanez Tube Screamer
- Ibanez analog delay
- Klon Overdrive
- Boss DM-3 Analog Delay
- Boss DD5 Digital Delay
- Electro Harmonix Holy Grail Reverb
- 2 Ernie Ball Volume Pedals
- 2 Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2s
- Rogue Volume Pedal
- Morely A/B Switcher
- Furman Surge Protector
- Sennheiser E840 Vocal mic
- Shure Beat 58 mic
- Ludwig “Butcher Block” drum set (16x22” Bass, 16x16” Floor Tom, 10x12” Rack Tom)
- Ludwig “std Acrolite” Snare drum 5.5x14”
- Ludwig “Red Sparkle” Snare drum 5.5x14”
- Zlidjian 22” K light ride
- Zildjian 21” Sweet ride
- Zildjian 18” K medium Crash
- Zidjian 15” Vintage Hats, no markings but have Zidjian stamp on them
- DW serires 9000 cymbal stand x3
- DW series 9000 snare stand x2
- Tama “Iron Cobra” High Hat Stand (strap model)
- Tama “Iron Cobra” Single Bass drum pedal
- Pork Pie Throne
- 22”x22”x52” Flight Case
Look, I know Sub Pop is a big label that covers plenty of stylistic ground in the acts they sign. But hip-hop on Sub Pop? Well, I never! Except I’m going to have to go ahead and change that “never” to an “ever,” because spacey hip-hop outfit Shabazz Palaces have signed to the label. Once upon a time last year, the group was self-releasing a pair of EPs: Of Light and Shabazz Palaces. But those days are over now! Instead, they’ll be releasing a full-length through Sub Pop next year.
Until then, they’ll be playing a couple of noteworthy shows. The first will be at The Stranger’s Genius Awards Party, having been the first recipient of the publication’s Genius Award for Music. That show will take place at Seattle’s Moore Theatre on September 17. Shabazz Palaces will also be hitting up another prestigious venue by playing the American Museum of Natural History on October 15, as part of a FADER-produced monthly music series called “One Step Beyond.”
Hey, did you know one of the guys in Shabazz Palaces used to be in Digable… oh never mind, you probably already know.
We proud newswriters here at TinyMicksTapes.net have a reputation for composing jocular headlines meant to amuse as well as inspire contempt. But rest assured, dear readership, that what you see above is no misguided TMT headline jape — Robert Schneider (this one, not that one) has indeed constructed an EEG-controlled synthesizer.
Dubbed the Teletron, the new instrument combines a vintage Realistic MG-1 synthesizer with a Mattel Mindflex toy that allows Schneider to control the synth’s pitch with his own math-stuffed mind. If all that sounds too simple, it’s because it is. According to Schneider, anyone with a synthesizer and the ability to mod a control voltage output plug into a Mindflex can produce a Teletron. Hell, he even made a step-by-step modding instruction video just to make construction that much easier.
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So get nasty on some brain-synthing, ya’ll! The summer ain’t over yet!
The Apples in Stereo dates:
10.22.10 - Denver, CO - The Bluebird Theater
10.23.10 - Colorado Springs, CO - Armstrong Hall
10.24.10 - Salt Lake City, UT - The State Room
10.25.10 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
10.26.10 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile Café
10.27.10 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
10.28.10 - Arcata, CA - The Depot @ Humboldt State Univ.
10.30.10 - San Franciso, CA - The Independent
10.31.10 - San Jose, CA - The Blank Club
11.01.10 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
11.02.10 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
11.03.10 - Tucson, AZ - Plush
11.06.10 - Austin, TX - TBD
11.07.10 - Houston, TX - Walter’s on Washington
11.08.10 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
Ever wonder where bands like Belle and Sebastian or Camera Obscura got their licks from but never thought to ask? Well, Domino has done you a grand favor by re-introducing the world to Scottish post-punk/new wave band Orange Juice with the box set Coals to Newcastle. The band, who had their heyday throughout the early 80s, will be represented by a six-disc box set spanning the band’s entire existence, including the full discography, outtakes, BBC sessions, 16 unreleased tracks, and a DVD chock full of music videos and live footage. Go ahead and scope out the entire tracklist here or below. It’s set for release of November 8 in Europe and November 9 in the US. Somehow, as good as these guys were, it doesn’t make Arctic Monkeys sound any more legitimate.
Coals to Newcastle tracklisting:
Disc 1 (The Glasgow School):
01. Falling and Laughing
02. Moscow
03. Moscow Olympics
04. Felicity (live)
05. Blue Boy
06. Lovesick
07. Simply Thrilled Honey
08. Breakfast Time
09. Poor Old Soul, Pt. 1
10. Poor Old Soul, Pt. 2
11. Louise Louise
12. Three Cheers for Our Side
13. (To Put It in a) Nutshell
14. Satellite City
15. Consolation Prize
16. Holiday Hymn
17. Intuition Told Me, Pt. 1
18. Intuition Told Me, Pt. 2
19. Wan Light
20. Dying Day
21. Texas Fever
22. Tender Object
23. Poor Old Soul (French version)
24. Poor Old Soul (instrumental version)
25. Simply Thrilled Honey (live)
26. Botswana (live)
27. Time to Develop (live)
28. Blue Boy (live)
Disc 2 (You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever):
01. Falling and Laughing
02. Untitled Melody
03. Wan Light
04. Tender Object
05. Dying Day
06. L.O.V.E. Love
07. Intuition Told Me, Pt. 1
08. Upwards And Onwards
09. Satellite City
10. Three Cheers for Our Side
11. Consolation Prize
12. Felicity
13. In a Nutshell
14. Intuition Told Me, Pt. 2
15. Moscow
16. You Old Eccentric
17. Two Hearts Together (10-inch version)
18. I Can’t Help Myself (7-inch version)
19. Tongues Begin to Wag
20. Barbeque
Disc 3 (Rip It Up):
01. Rip It Up
02. A Million Pleading Faces
03. Mud in Your Eye
04. Turn Away
05. Breakfast Time
06. I Can’t Help Myself
07. Flesh of My Flesh
08. Louise Louise
09. Hokoyo
10. Tenterhook
11. Rip It Up (12-inch version)
12. Snake Charmer
13. Lovesick
14. Flesh of My Flesh (7-inch version)
15. Lord John White and the Bottleneck Train (12-inch version)
16. Flesh of My Flesh (12-inch version)
17. All That Ever Mattered
Disc 4 (Texas Fever):
01. Bridge
02. Craziest Feeling
03. Punch Drunk
04. The Day I Went Down to Texas
05. A Place in My Heart
06. A Sad Lament
07. Out for the Count
08. Bridge (Summer 83 version)
09. Poor Old Soul (new version)
10. Leaner Period
11. Move Yourself
12. The Day I Went to Texas (flexi version)
13. I Feel a Song Coming On [Craziest Feeling]
14. Bridge
15. The Day I Went to Texas
16. A Place in My Heart
17. Out for the Count
18. Chinese Eyes [Punch Drunk]
Disc 5 (The Orange Juice):
01. Lean Period
02. I Guess I’m Just a Little Too Sensitive
03. Burning Desire
04. Scaremonger
05. The Artisans
06. What Presence?!
07. Out for the Count
08. Get While the Gettings Good
09. All That Ever Mattered
10. Salmon Fishing in New York
11. What Presence?! (12-inch version)
12. A Place in My Heart (12-inch dub version)
13. In a Nutshell (live)
14. Simply Thrilled Honey (live)
15. Dying Day (live)
16. Bury My Head in My Hands
17. Lean Period (12-inch dub version)
18. Rip It Up (live)
19. What Presence?! (live)
20. Burning Desire (“Alexis” mix)
Disc 6 (BBC Sessions):
01. Poor Old Soul
02. You Old Eccentric
03. Falling and Laughing
04. Lovesick
05. Upwards and Onwards
06. Wan Light
07. Felicity
08. Dying Day
09. Holiday Hymn
10. Three Cheers for Our Side
11. Blokes on 45
12. Mud in Your Eye
13. I Can’t Help Myself
14. In Spite of It All [Two Hearts Together]
15. Turn Away
16. What Presence?!
17. Salmon Fishing in New York
18. Bridge
19. BBC interview, Pt. 1
20. BBC interview Pt. 2
DVD (Dada with (the) Juice):
01. Salmon Fishing in New York
02. Dying Day
03. Falling and Laughing
04. In a Nutshell
05. Simply Thrilled Honey
06. A Place in My Heart
07. Craziest Feeling
08. Bridge
09. Rip It Up
10. Poor Old Soul
11. What Presence?!
12. The Day I Went Down to Texas
13. All That Ever Mattered / Diana
+ music videos, etc.
As you may be well aware of, No Age have a new full-length album coming out September 28. It’s called Everything in Between, and Sub Pop will be doing the honors, as they did for 2008’s Nouns (TMT Review). No Age, being the ambitious and giving fellas that they are, want you to know how ambitious and giving they actually are are by touring across the states in support of this upcoming effort.
They also have a new single from the LP, called “Life Prowler.” Watch a video for the track:
A mere 6,000 years after God Almighty announced the first cloud-based service (rain), Sony is honing in on the act with their recent announcement of a decidedly more metaphorical “cloud-based music-streaming service.” Sony excited a tiny, nerdy portion of the world recently when it let loose its plans to launch a PlayStation 3-based music cloud service. This service will allow PS3 users to stream their favorite songs and what-have-you from an online library for a nominal fee.
At this point, you may be asking yourself, “wait, what about Apple’s cloud-based music service that my Steve Jobs-obsessed IT friend at work assures me is coming back soon?” Well, sucks to your friend’s ass-mar, because Sony has said that it plans, like Google, to launch its service by the end of this year, with plans to eventually expand that service to include all handheld Sony devices that have a Wi-Fi connection.
See? Unlike your bearded, deadbeat, pot-smoking pals at Apple, those clean-cut Johnny Unitas fans at Sony actually have plans for the future… not to mention music label interests, which might make it a little easier for them to brew up a happy little cumulus music cloud faster than Apple can. So let’s just forget about those losers at Apple and get all of those “handheld Sony devices” that we all own ready for… oh, wait.
