WU LYF announce North American tour after a lifetime of being told they'd never announce anything

By Emceegreg on

WU LYF announce North American tour after a lifetime of being told they'd never announce anything

Let’s go way back to the beginning of 2010 when you first heard about the hype surrounding around WU LYF, the four-piece band from Manchester, England who were supposedly turning old notions of indie-rock into something exciting and new. The band was immersed in mystery, which filled the hole in many people’s hearts left from the departure of the television series Lost. Where did they come from? What does WU LYF mean? Oh… well in that case, how can we join the Lucifer Youth Foundation?

WU LYF have garnered attention by releasing Go Tell Fire to the Mountain independently on their own L Y F Recordings label, due for physical release on September 6, and also by giving the press little information. But the time for answers is now! WU LYF will embark on a US tour, answering burning questions from fans, such as, “Will they wear button-down shirts, t-shirts, or wife-beaters?” No matter your question, I challenge you (the reader) to see WU LYF live and discover the truest answer — whether or not they’re just another over-hyped band or really something special.

In the meantime, Go Tell Fire to the Mountain is available for digital release through their website and other digital vendors. Or is it? Yeah, it is.

WU LYF dates:

07.30.11 - Naeba, Japan - Fuji Rock
08.12.11 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West
08.13.11 - Oslo, Norway - Oya Festival
08.19.11 - Kiewit Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival
08.27.11 - Paris, France - Rock En Seine
10.17.11 - Newcastle, UK - The Other Rooms
10.18.11 - Birmingham, UK - Temple Rooms
10.19.11 - Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
10.21.11 - Nottingham, UK - Rescue Rooms
10.22.11 - Liverpool, UK - Kazimier
10.25.11 - Bristol, UK - Thekla
10.26.11 - London, UK - Sheperd’s Bush Empire
10.27.11 - Brighton, UK - Coalition
11.02.11 - Paris, France - Les Inrocks Festival
11.05.11 - Philadelphia, PA - Voyeur
11.06.11 - Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel
11.08.11 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
11.10.11 - Boston, MA - Middle East
11.11.11 - Montreal, QC - Il Motore
11.12.11 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
11.14.11 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
11.15.11 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
11.18.11 - Vancouver, BC - Electric Owl
11.19.11 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
11.21.11 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
11.22.11 - Los Angeles, CA - The Troubadour

• WU LYF: http://www.wulyf.org

Dan Deacon gets interrupted repeatedly by Francis Ford Coppola at Comic-Con, plans to reissue two old LPs on Carpark

By Erika H on Jul 29 2011

At the very beginning of the year, word got out that legendary Baltimore electro-fantastico magician Dan Deacon would be working on the score for a new flick by Francis Ford Coppola, the equally legendary director of little blockbusters like The Godfather trilogy and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. It sounded crazy then, it sounds crazy now, but on July 23, Coppola, Deacon, and leading star Val Kilmer sat together at a panel at the San Diego Comic-Con to unleash the official trailer from Twixt (watch footage of the presentation at Stereogum, or check out plot info here).

I’ve always believed that once you’re on a first-name basis with “Francis,” your life is changed forever. However, even with this unexpected step in Dan’s career, Wham City fans can rest assured that he’s still true to his music — even that old stuff he wrote in college. Deacon recently announced, for example, that two early albums, Meetle Mice and Silly Hat vs. Eagle Hat — both of which are now and have been up on his website as free downloads since forever — will be reissued together as a double LP. As optimum reassurance, he’s not moving up to some big fancy label for the reissue, either: the package comes out September 13 from old friends at Carpark Records. Vinyl reissues of Spiderman of the Rings and Bromst are forthcoming too, so I’m sure Francis Ford Coppola is asking himself when he’ll ever get to reissue an album.

• Dan Deacon: http://dandeacon.com
• Carpark: http://www.carparkrecords.com

Avant-garde music journal Source gets anthology published in book form, which is a step up convenience-wise from its old format of being written out in I Ching sticks

By Nobodaddy on Jul 28 2011

Here at Tiny Mix Tapes, we’re all about stressing how next-level our tastes are in such areas as music, film, visual art, Fabergé, maple syrup, and serial commas. But when it comes to books? Eh. Let’s just say reading isn’t exactly compatible with the office Wii. We read about as often as you don’t dress like an idiot… which is why this writer was surprised to learn (upon completion of his standard TMT brunch of Fabergé eggs covered in Grade A Vermont medium amber syrup) that his assignment for today was to cover the release of a new anthology published by The University of California Press this month. I was dubious at first, but then Squeo assured me that it was artsy, and I was all over it.

So, here we go. The anthology, entitled Source: Music of the Avant-Garde, 1966-1973, collects interviews, scores, essays, artwork, poetry, photos, and maple syrup fudge recipes that were originally printed in the avant-garde music journal Source. Printed semi-annually in relatively small runs of 2000 between 1966 and 1973, Source dished with some pretty heavy-hitting artists and musicians, including Morton “Subotnick” Feldman, Robert “Wilson” Ashley, John “Lennon” Cage, Pauline “McCartney” Oliveros, David “Fats” Tudor, Harry “Not Patch” Partch, Steve “Philip Glass” Reich, Anthony “Unbreak My Heart” Braxton, and many others with nicknames too ridiculous to recount here. And talk about your “right place, right time” luck: Source was there to document all the crazy changes in performance practice, live electronics, computer music, notation, installations, politics, technology, and social conceptions of art-music that we’re always trying to one-up one another in our purported “vast knowledge of” here in the TMT office. Score.

The anthology was edited by founder Larry Austin, along with Douglas Kahn, and includes almost 400 pages of content from all 11 issues of Source. And it even includes a handy-dandy index of every article that ever appeared in the thing. If you can stomach a little more reading for the day, head to the University of California Press site to read the introduction by Larry Austin and for ordering info.

• University of California Press: http://www.ucpress.edu

RIP: Joe Arroyo, Colombian salsa singer

By Shane Mack on Jul 28 2011

From NPR:

The world of Latin music has lost one of its greats: At age 55, Colombian salsa singer Joe Arroyo died Tuesday morning at a hospital in Barranquilla, Colombia. On the day of his death, it was announced that he was to be among the recipients of the Latin Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos mourned Arroyo’s death, calling it on his Twitter account “a great loss for music and for Colombia.”

• Joe Arroyo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Arroyo

Idiot Glee going on tour throughout North America, if he can even figure out how

By Erika H on Jul 28 2011

There are a few things that people say about Idiot Glee, the kinda-sorta asinine name that 23-year-old James Friley has adopted for his doo-woppy pop project. He loves Pet Sounds (which, apparently, he discovered somewhat belatedly in 2008). He’s Mormon (which no, doesn’t have to do with anything, but people just can’t seem to help mentioning it). His voice has the same pure, crooning quality as Jens Lekman’s, not to mention their music’s shared 60s temperament. Sure, you say, he’s another 2011 band highlighting Brian Wilson and sundaes on summer days (queue triangle chimes, sha-wa-shoop). You know what, though? We happen to think Idiot Glee’s pretty good.

This June, Idiot Glee released his debut EP Paddywack on Moshi Moshi, and after letting it percolate through the indie summer buzz, this September Idiot Glee is going on tour. Go see for yourself that James is up to more than the simple harmonies and typical loops of most “60s-style” bands that you probably raise your nose at today. If you don’t believe it, I’ll consider eating my hat.

Dates:

07.30.11 - Meaford, ON - Funny Farm (Electric Eclectic Festival)
09.16.11 - Grand Rapids, MI - DAAC
09.22.11 - Missoula, MT - Zoo City Apparel
09.23.11 - Seattle, WA - The Josephine
09.24.11 - Vancouver, BC - Waldorf Hotel
09.25.11 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
09.27.11 - San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern
09.29.11 - Fullerton, CA - Continental Room
09.30.11 - North Hollywood, CA - The Smell
10.01.11 - San Diego, CA - Tin Can Alehouse
10.02.11 - Phoenix, AZ - Yellow Canary Dancehall
10.04.11 - Austin, TX - 29th St Ballroom
10.05.11 - Dallas, TX - Canton Co-Op
10.06.11 - Springfield, MO - Outland Ballroom
10.08.11 - Louisville, KY - Zanzabar

• Idiot Glee: http://www.myspace.com/idiotglee
• Moshi Moshi: http://www.moshimoshimusic.com

Fantômas release live Director’s Cut DVD, which you can listen to and watch!

By Kid Midnight on Jul 28 2011

Have you been sitting around all summer wishing you had some cool things to watch and listen to? Well, your summer is saved because Fantômas (everyone’s favorite Mike Patton side-project) have announced that they will be releasing a DVD/live album, set for release on September 6 via Ipecac Recordings.

The Director’s Cut: A New Year’s Revolution is a brand-new DVD recording of a December 31, 2008 concert that Fantômas played at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall wherein they played their popular (and awesome) album The Director’s Cut in its entirety. For the uninitiated, The Director’s Cut was a covers album where Fantômas put their own spin on theme music from classic sci-fi, horror, and crime movies, including The Godfather, The Omen, Cape Fear, and plenty of others. The DVD also features two songs (covers of Al Green’s “Simply Beautiful” and T-Rex’s Chariot Choogle”) not originally on the Director’s Cut album along with commentary from America’s $1 Comedian, Neil Hamburger. An audio-only version of the recording will also be released for download from Ipecac’s website.

The Director’s Cut Live: A New Year’s Revolution tracklisting:

01. The Godfather
02. Night of the Hunter
03. Cape Fear
04. Experiment in Terror
05. One Step Beyond
06. Rosemary’s Baby
07. The Devil Rides Out
08. Spider Baby
09. The Omen (Ave Satani)
10. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
11. Vendetta
12. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
13. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
14. Der Golem
15. Charade
16. Intermission
17. Simply Beautiful
18. Chariot Choogle

• Ipecac: http://www.ipecac.com

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