Stream The Flaming Lips’ Embryonic Now (And Don’t Forget About The Soft Bulletin Vinyl Reissue)
By Mr P on 09-16-2009
The Flaming Lips just finished a blazing performance of Embryonic track "Convinced Of The Hex" on The Colbert Report, and guess what? I'M BACKSTAGE! WOOHOO!! It's absolutely insane here: groups of people are snorting lines of coke, a few are engaging in fisticuffs, and nearly everyone else is fucking their brains out, with sex juices splashing everywhere. I love it!
Anyway: as a little bonus, The Colbert Nation website is currently streaming the forthcoming double album Embryonic in its entirety. The stream will only be available through next Monday, so get your fix soon or you'll have to wait for its October 13 release or TBA leak. Feel free to pre-order here if you're into that whole purchasing music thing.
And in case you forgot, The Soft Bulletin has been reissued on vinyl for its 10th anniversary and includes a 3-track bonus CD. FYI: it's limited.
The Soft Bulletin LP version tracklisting:
1. Race for the Prize
2. A Spoonful Weighs a Ton
3. The Spark That Bled
4. The Spiderbite Song
5. Buggin'
6. What Is the Light?
7. The Observer
8. Waitin' for a Superman
9. Suddenly Everything Has Changed
10. The Gash
11. Slow Motion
12. Feeling Yourself Distintegrate
13. Sleeping on the Roof
Bonus CD:
1. 1000 Foot Hands (final mix)
2. The Captain (Non-album track)
3. Satellite For You (Non-album track)
Smashing Pumpkins to Release 44 Free Songs, To Be Known Collectively as Teargarden by Kaleidyscope; Something Tells Me This Isn’t the 19-Year-Old Drummer’s Idea
By Mr P on 09-16-2009
What do you get when you mix 42-year-old Billy Corgan with a 19-year-old drummer named "Mike"?
A heartwarming father/son-like relationship? ("Hey, let's go toss the ball around!") Weird, barely-legal sexual activity? ("Hey, let's go toss my balls around!") One would assume both, but Corgan has never been one for tradition. Instead, Corgan and "Mike" (a.k.a. The Smashing Pumpkins) will write some songs, record some songs, and release some songs. And not just a couple songs here and there, but 44 songs, released for free on the internet and not-for-free on 11 EPs that will eventually be collected as a box set titled Teargarden by Kaleidyscope. Confusing? Bill, take it away:
The album will feature 44 songs, 4 of which are now being recorded. My desire is to release a song at a time beginning around Halloween of this year, with each new release coming shortly after until all 44 are out. Each song will be made available absolutely for free, to anyone anywhere. There will be no strings attached. Free will mean free, which means you won't have to sign up for anything, give an email address, or jump through a hoop. You will be able to go and take the song or songs as you wish, as many times as you wish.We will however sell highly limited edition EP's (of 4 songs each times 11), and details of how those EP's will be made available are still being worked out. Because the songs themselves will be free, the EP's will be more like collectors items for the discerning fan who will want the art itself, along with the highest possible audio quality available. The EP's will be more like mini-box sets rather than your normal cd single. We may also offer other variations for sale, say for example a digital single with a demo version of a song. The commitment that is most important is the one I'm making to you: that the music of 'Teargarden by Kaleidyscope' will be available for free to everyone. All 44 songs: free for ALL.
When the entire album is finished, it will be compiled into a deluxe box set which will also be made available for sale. Those who have bought the EP's need not worry, as the box set will not be a recompilation of the limited edition pieces.
The rest of the post describes what the album is based on, but who cares?? Just kidding! You can read the post here. Or should I say, experience the post.
Evan Parker and Ned Rothenberg Take Up a Life of Busking But Find That Street People Don’t Like and Can’t Even Hear Their Multiphonic, Microtonal Sax Duets Over the Crowd Noise; Decide to Take Their Act to Quiet Schools and Theaters Where People Appreciate Things Like a Good Tongue Slapping
By Jon Lorenz on 09-16-2009
Vast explorers of extended horn playing, Evan Parker and Ned Rothenberg have been a heavy part of the free-improv scene, with Parker dating back to 60s European free-jazz happenings and Rothenberg starting out in the late 70s. The two have been working together for over a decade and have released three records; Monkey Puzzle, Live at Roulette, and most recently, Free Zone Appleby 2007 (together with Sardinian Guitarist Paolo Angeli).
This month will see the two traveling around the U.S. for a short week-long venture, including a stop in D.C. to headline Friday night of the Sonic Circuits Festival. The tour starts on September 24 in Amherst, MA and ends September 30 in Montreal, QC. After the week is over, Parker will be hanging out at John Zorn's NY venue The Stone, while he performs and curates events through the first half of October, pitting Parker against the likes of John Zorn, Fred Frith, Milford Graves, Matthew Shipp, William Parker, and Chris Corsano, to name a few.
Just remember that if you plan on attending one of Parker and Rothenberg's shows, don't bring your grandma. She will definitely be asking you a million times if the sounds she hears are coming from the two men's horns. Yes, Grandma, YES!
Here are the dates:
09.24.09 - Amherst, MA - Bezanson Recital Hall (U of Massachusetts)
09.25.09 - Washington, DC - Sonic Circuits Festival
09.26.09 - Oberlin, OH - Fairchild Chapel (Oberlin College)
09.27.09 - Chicago, IL - Claudia Cassidy Theater (Chicago Cultural Center)
09.28.09 - Detroit, MI - 2739 Edwin
09.29.09 - Buffalo, NY - Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
09.30.09 - Montreal, QC - La Sala Rossa
10.01.09-10.16.09 - New York, NY - The Stone *
* Evan Parker in various determined combinations
By The Power of Salad! Lightning Bolt to Streak Across Sky and Touch Down in Australia and New Zealand; Brush Fires to Ensue
By Nobodaddy on 09-16-2009
Blimey! Call the Prime Minister, innocent boys and girls of Australia! Like a young Michael J. Fox ripping through an obscene Van Halen solo at the end of a Chuck Freakin’ Berry song while a bunch of dumbstruck '50s kids at a High School Dance look on in horror, Rhode Island noise rock duo Lightning Bolt is crashing the unsuspecting country/continent of Australia for the first time; and, as Marty McFly himself can attest, you are SO “just not ready for that yet.”
As reported previously, bassist Brian Gibson and drummer Brian Chippendale are all set to drop their long-awaited follow-up to 2005’s batshit Hypermagic Mountain (TMT Review), the most-certainly batshittier Earthly Delights, on October 13 via Load. And now, hot on the flaming tracks of that new release, the Brians have been goaded into doing “something that really cooks.” So they’re kicking it up a couple of notches and bringing their whole DIY touring, rolling up parking lots, playing on the ground, blocking the exits kinda thing DIRECT to YOU, denizens of Australia and New Zealand. So if you live anywhere close to there, you might want to plan a fun little road trip down the interstate over to... umm, on second thought, I guess those aren’t the easiest places on Earth to get to, are they? Well, sans flying Delorean, at least... either way, if you live there, you’ll probably want to start practicing that whole “look on in horror” thing in advance, yeah?
Australia/New Zealand Dates:
11.20.09 - Melbourne, Victoria - Thornbury Theatre
11.21.09 - Sydney, New South Wales - Manning Bar
11.22.09 - Brisbane, Queensland - Hi Fi
11.24.09 - Auckland, New Zealand - Transmission Room
11.25.09 - Wellington, New Zealand - San Francisco Bath House
11.26.09 - Hobart, Tasmania - Mona
11.27.09 - Adelaide, South Australia - Fowlers Live
11.28.09 - Melbourne, Victoria - Trades Hall (Static Age Festival)
Photo: [Seth Tisue]
