You might not know Brian Roettinger by name, but if you bought No Age’s Nouns (TMT Review) on CD, flipping through that fat book of photos and art made you one step closer. Hell, the packaging even got him nominated for a Grammy, so you might already know who he is (or maybe you were just cool enough to know about him through Liars, or better yet, “before No Age”).
If Roettinger was tired of the No Age connection, he’s not squelching it very well — but then why should he? Let’s face it; we live in a world in which more people know about individual bands than individual graphic designers, however innovative they may be. Brian Roettinger is this month’s featured artist for Soundscreen Design’s Artist Music Journal Series, and his edition is packaged with an exclusive 10-inch of — you got it — No Age plus Brian Roettinger, which means that Soundscreen has a chance at selling this one out.
There are only 1,000 copies of each Soundscreen edition (Roettinger’s is number 10), so if you want to hear those tracks — not to mention own 24 high-quality pages of Brian Roettinger greatness — pre-order here.
Matt & Kim know Brooklyn, and they know it well. Actually, they know it so well that they’re already planning a tour during the upcoming bedbug fall season, which starts in September. Don’t take it from me though; listen to this NY bedbug expert explain it himself: “As temperatures drop, poor little New Yorker bedbugs crawl into our apartments and under our comforters, seeking warmth and comfort from the harsh outside elements.” Yikes! You can’t blame the duo for mapping out another almost-two-month-long fall trek, now can you?
In addition to their upcoming tour, Matt & Kim will be releasing a new single entitled “Cameras” on August 31 from their forthcoming, as-yet-untitled third album (due this fall via the Fader label).
09.15.10 - Syracuse, NY- Westcott Theater #
09.16.10 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom #
09.17.10 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall #
09.18.10 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Theater #
09.19.10 - Chicago, IL - Metro #
09.21.10 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theater #
09.22.10 - Minneapolis, MN - First Ave #
09.23.10 - Lawrence, KS - The Granada Theater #
09.24.10 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theater #
09.25.10 - Columbia, MD - Virgin Mobile FreeFest
09.27.10 - Vancouver, BC - The Rickshaw Theater
09.28.10 - Seattle, WA - Showbox *
09.29.10 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater *
09.30.10 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore *
10.01.10 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues *
10.02.10 - Los Angeles, CA - Music Box at The Henry Fonda Theater *
10.03.10 - Los Angeles, CA - Music Box at The Henry Fonda Theater *
10.06.10 - Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse *
10.08.10 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues *
10.09.10 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits
10.11.10 - Oxford, MS - The Lyric Oxford %
10.12.10 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues %
10.13.10 - Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder %
10.14.10 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room !
10.15.10 - St. Petersburg, FL - State Theater !
10.16.10 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade !
10.17.10 - Nashville, TN - Exit In !
10.19.10 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel !
10.20.10 - Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle !
10.21.10 - Richmond, VA - The Canal Club !
10.22.10 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club !
10.23.10 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live!
10.24.10 - Philadelphia, PA - Starlite Ballroom !
10.26.10 - New York, NY - Webster Hall !
10.27.10 - New York, NY - Webster Hall !
10.28.10 - Rochester, NY - Water St. Music Hall !
10.29.10 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Theater !
10.30.10 - Montreal, QC - Le National !
10.31.10 - Clifton, NY - Northern Lights !
11.02.10 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
11.03.10 - Portland, ME - Port City Music Hall ^
11.04.10 - Boston, MA - House of Blues ^
11.05.10 - New Haven, CT - Toad’s Place ^
11.06.10 - Northampton, MA - Pearl Street Nightclub ^
# So So Glos
* Fang Island
% Big Freedia
! Donnis
^ Javelin
Like an avant-garde Voltron, Rangda has formed itself from the lions of Chris Corsano (Flower-Corsano Duo), Sir Richard Bishop (Sun City Girls), and Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance). The group’s debut release, False Flag, was released earlier this year on Drag City. Now, alongside Major Stars, the three-part avant super robot of Rangda are going on a US tour to protect us from, well, something or other. You never really know with these guys!
I bet they’ll end every show with the Blazing Sword:
08.27.10 - Brooklyn, NY - Knitting Factory *
08.28.10 - New York, Ny - Cake Shop *
08.29.10 - Montreal, QC - La Sala Rossa *
08.30.10 - Rochester, NY - Bug Jar *
08.31.10 - Albany, NY - Cannonball Factory *
09.01.10 - Providence, RI - As220
09.02.10 - Easthampton, MA - Flywheel *
09.03.10 - Philadelphia, PA - M Room *
09.04.10 - Washington, DC - The Velvet Lounge *
09.05.10 - Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks
09.06.10 - Columbus, OH - The Summit
09.07.10 - Detroit, MI - CAID
09.08.10 - Kalamazoo, MI - The Strutt
09.09.10 - Ann Arbor, MI - Arbor Vitae Loft
09.10.10 - Chicago, IL - The Empty Bottle
09.11.10 - Bloomington, IN - Russian Recording
09.12.10 - Lexington, KY - Boomslang
09.13.10 - Nashville, TN - Open Lot
09.14.10 - Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light
09.15.10 - Baltimore, MD - Golden West Cafe
Portishead’s Geoff Barrow will be touring with his band BEAK> for a few North American dates in September. Unfortunately, if you don’t reside on either coast, you’ll have to wait. So far, the band has released an album (self-titled) and a single, which besides a new song also includes three live tracks (if you want to know what you’re in for). Both are available digitally at the band’s Bandcamp page. For those who haven’t given the music a spin, imagine a looser jam-session version of Portishead’s album Third (TMT Review) minus Beth Gibbons’ vocals, which makes sense considering both the album and the single were recorded without overdubs in a single studio room.
BEAK>’s tourdates:
09.03.10 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
09.04.10 - Monticello, NY - All Tomorrow’s Parties
09.07.10 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
09.08.10 - San Francisco, CA - Amoeba Records (in-Store)
09.09.10 - Los Angeles, CA - Amoeba Records (in-Store)
09.10.10 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
Summers don’t last forever. Already the late-August rains are ushering in both the coming of September and the beginning of dismal fall. This sucks for most of us, but not for Stephen O’Malley, best known as one-half of groups sunn 0))) and KTL. If you’re at all familiar with either group, then you’ll agree that O’Malley is the perfect contender for bringing in this new, dreary season. And he will indeed be doing so, if by doing so means releasing a 40-minute cassette of feedback-laden guitar drone for Editions Mego. The release is titled Cocon & Oiseau de Nuit and is the first in a series of three cassettes that O’Malley plans to release under Editions Mego. It consists of one extended track and will be let loose on October 1st, because it’s surely not a summer album.
Joanna Newsom has just announced a new set of US dates for November. But the real news is that I found some sweet Newsom covers on YouTube today:
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Clam:
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Crab:
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Cockle:
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Cowrie:
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I wish Newsom was a dude:
09.14.10 - Dublin, Ireland - Grand Canal Theatre
09.16.10 - Bristol, UK - Colston Hall
09.17.10 - Birmingham, UK - Symphony Hall
09.18.10 - Manchester, UK - Palace Theatre
09.20.10 - Glasgow, UK - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
09.21.10 - Gateshead, UK - The Sage
09.23.10 - Lille, France - Aéronef
09.24.10 - Zürich, Switzerland - Volkshaus
09.25.10 - Feyzin, France - Epicerie Moderne
09.27.10 - Milan, Italy - Teatrro Dal Verme
09.28.10 - Rome, Italy - Auditorium Parco della Musica
09.30.10 - Tel Aviv, Israel - Tel Aviv Opera House
11.06.10 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
11.07.10 - Phoenix AZ - Orpheum Theatre
11.10.10 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
11.11.10 - Austin, TX - The Paramount Theatre
11.12.10 - Stafford, TX - Stafford Centre
11.13.10 - New Orleans, LA - Tipitina’s
11.15.10 - Tallahassee, FL - The Moon
11.18.10 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
11.19.10 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
11.20.10 - Richmond, VA - The National
11.21.10 - Baltimore, MD - Ram’s Head Live
11.23.10 - New York, NY - Carnegie Hall
