Girl Talk Tours; He’s Also in a Microsoft Commercial – Odd, I Always Pegged Him as a Mac Man
By Jenn on 01-14-2009
Being a student at a university known for its football and beer, a.k.a. Penn State, can surprisingly have its perks: sometimes we get free shows featuring semi-decent artists. Well, this past December, right before finals week, Girl Talk graced Happy Valley with his presence -- FO FREE. It was all very exciting until I entered the auditorium and saw that Gregg Gillis had to perform with the lights on, and that there was a shit load of people in a small-ass room. By the end of the night, apparently things got destroyed -- like a magazine rack -- and now the school is pissed off! God only knows who will be booked at the next free concert -- Maroon 5? (Actually that would be pretty sweet... but that is beside the point.)
Luckily, Girl Talk is touring right now, so I have another chance to see him with the lights off. Too bad I will have to pay this time, but I guess you could consider my overpriced tuition as payment for that Girl Talk show and for fixing the magazine rack. Sure wish his shows were pay-what-you-want, too
01.16.09 - Bloomington, IN - Jake's Nightclub *$
01.17.09 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall *$
01.18.09 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall *$
02.12.09 - Little Rock, AR - Revolution Music Room !
02.13.09 - Oxford, MS - The Lyric Oxford !
02.19.09 - Missoula, MT - University of Montana Ballroom %
02.20.09 - Bozeman, MT - Gallatin Co. Indoor Arena %
03.03.09 - Pensacola, FL - Sluggos *#
03.04.09 - Gainesville, FL - The Venue * #
03.05.09 - Tallahassee, FL - The Moon *#
03.06.09 - St. Augustine, FL - Harvest of Hope
03.07.09 - Orlando, FL - Club Firestone *#
03.08.09 - Miami, FL - Langerado Music Festival 2009 - Bicentennial Par
* Grand Buffet
$ Hearts of Darknessess
! Mad Happy
% That 1 Guy
# Hollywood Holt
Bat For Lashes to Release Sophomore Effort, Which, Unfortunately, Was Not Recorded Live from the Solid Magma Core of a Volcano
By Emceegreg on 01-13-2009
Natasha Khan, aka Bats for Lashes, is following up her debut Fur and Gold with Two Suns, to be released April 6. Even though Khan laid down most of the instrumentation for each track all by her lonesome, guests Scott Walker, Yeasayer, and her own band The Blue Dreams appear on several tracks.
Expect comparisons to Animal Collective for all present primal and tribal rhythms, and also expect comparisons to Björk since Khan is a woman with a wondrous voice. True fans can expect something mind blowingly reminiscent of Oingo Bongo, and we should all expect an announcement of an upcoming U.S. tour.
All this exciting information makes me want to EXPLODE!!!
Two Suns tracklist:
1. Glass
2. Sleep Alone
3. Moon and Moon
4. Daniel
5. Peace of Mind
6. Siren Song
7. Pearl's Dream
8. Good Love
9. Two Planets
10. Traveling Woman
11. The Big Sleep
Foot Village Want You To Contribute to Their Next LP, Want You to Pose Nude, Want You to See Them Perform Live, And Want You to Download an FV-Related Project for Free
By Mr P on 01-13-2009
Four things Foot Village want you to do:
1. RECORD MUSIC
Foot Village are recording a new album, Anti-Magic (following-up last year's Friendship Nation -- TMT Review), and they want you to be on it! This raucous, rambunctious, raging bunch of noise-makers are inviting family, friends, and online music and film magazine editors (whoa!) to contribute to the album's final track, "Chicken and Cheese." According to Upset the Rhythm, the track is "a celebration of requited love, a call to arms, an espionage and also an ever evolving loop about the world uniting through music -- hence the inspired idea to throw the song open to everyone."
How can you get involved? Well, the loop starts with the band, and then it continues by getting passed onto YOU. All you have to do is record your own music inspired by this loop and email it off to dbombarc@gmail.com. And if you're apprehensive about the openness of this project, don't fret: you're encouraged to "really go crazy" with your interpretation. "Change it as much as you like, take it to places only you can reach." Here are the lyrics, for your reference: "We write love songs in a secret language that no one can resist"
Due date is Tuesday, January 20, a day after President-elect Obama ramps up the rhetoric. The album will come out later this year on UTR.
2. GET NAKED
If the cover of Friendship Nation didn't already clue you in, Foot Village are absolute PERVS, which is why they are now asking fans to strip off their clothes, do a little dance, and then pose while they take a sexy snapshot of your hot-or-not bod for the album cover. The whole thing is really offensive to me because I look terrible naked, but I'm really eager to see all of your dicks and tits. So, if you live in the LA area and want to do nothing else but strip for some noise-makers on January 17 or 18 (just before Obama ramps up the rhetoric), get in contact with the group via dbombarc@gmail.com and RSVP. Oh, and the band wants you to take test photos and send them to me, too, thanks.
3. WATCH THEM LIVE
Foot Village will play some West Coast shows in February, and they want you to be there -- naked or not:
02.16.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Pehrspace *
02.18.09 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill &
02.19.09 - Portland, OR - Dekum Manor #
02.20.09 - Seattle, WA - Chilladelphia
02.21.09 - Oakland, CA - Heco's
02.22.09 - Davis, CA - House Party $
03.26.09 - Los Angeles, CA - The Smell !
* Puppy Dog, E&E
& The Drums, T.I.T.S., Casey and Brian
# Experimental Dental School, Magic Johnson, Pete Swanson
$ Ghost to Falco, Dead Western
! The Mae Shi, Past Live
4. DOWNLOAD FREE MUSIC
Grace Lee, Brian Miller, and Josh Taylor from Foot Village are set to release their sixth and final album, There it is, The Creeping Moral Decay of the Past Thousand Years, with their other group, Rose For Bohdan (which also features Cole Miller and Nick Murray). But since the album doesn't come out until June on Realicide Youth, they have provided this link, where you can download the entire album for free, in either MP3 or WAV formats ("But I only listen to Real Audio files!"). Okay, sure, the album is free, but please consider donating money (any amount), which you can send via PayPal to -- yep, you guessed it -- dbombarc@gmail.com.
Music clips, naked RSVPs, and money to one email address? Sounds like someone has life figured out.
[Photo: Jan]
Bruce Springsteen Rallies Again For the Little Guy
By Kenny Bloggins on 01-13-2009
In keeping with the Boss' image as the working class hero, Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band will gear up to release a new greatest hits album to be distributed exclusively by independent record stores throughout the country. This move aims to help out small business and to keep money from the purchases Greatest Hits in the... hang on, what? Oh, I might have misread that. Let me grab that press release again... brb.
Okay, back. So, turns out I was dead fucking wrong. Bruce Springsteen is releasing Greatest Hits on January 13 exclusively through Wal-Mart. Silly me.
The compilation features 12 big ol' songs about rising up from oppression and what you should do around his engines, including "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)," "Born To Run," "Dancer In The Dark," "Born In The U.S.A," "The Rising," and "Radio Nowhere." The release next week coincides with the E-Street Band's performance during Super Bowl XLIII's halftime show on February 1.
I won't say that I'm not a little disappointed that Bruce is making me go to Wal-Mart to grip the new joint. Be it as it may. At least we still have a voice that speaks for us, like Rage Against the Machine, who rage against the machine by shunning major labels and refusing to play the AT&T stage at Lollapalooza... oh, wait.
Like a Hard-Livin’, Homicide-Obsessed Phoenix, Murder City Devils Return for a String of Totally Rockin’ Tourdates
By Liz Louche on 01-13-2009
This is kind of a big deal. We may not have a bitchin' economy right now, or the ability to pay off our student loans in a timely and affordable fashion, or even -- for some of us -- a job. But like how some people will always have Paris, we'll always have rock ‘n’ roll. And the band that begat modern-day punk stalwarts Pretty Girls Make Graves and Big Business is getting ready to kick it up a notch.
After breaking up in 2001 and leaving the punk rock world with a gaping nautical star-shaped hole in its heart, the sailor-obsessed, organ-lovin' Seattle garage rockers Murder City Devils have returned at last, for a series of very special, very-geographically limited touring engagements. Well, it's not that limited, if you live on the West Coast, that is, since they're cutting a pretty wide swath from Canada to Cali.
Since their final Halloween show so many years ago, the band has played a few notable shows within the past couple years, including 2006's Capitol Hill Block Party and 2007's Fun Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, TX. But this time around, we are talking multiple dates, multiple cities, multiple opportunities for sweaty, drunk fun. As a special addition to the tour, Sub Pop will be reissuing all of the band's full-length albums plus the Thelema EP on February 17, 2009. Right in time for everybody's favorite holiday!!!
02.11.09 - Seattle, WA - Showbox
02.12.09 - Seattle, WA - Showbox
02.13.09 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
02.14.09 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
02.15.09 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
02.16.09 - Pomona, CA - Glass House
02.17.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater
