Sigur Rós News:
riceboy sleeps update
From www.sigur-ros.co.uk at 03/07/09 10:08 PM. 0 comments.
as mentioned before, the new riceboy sleeps album from jonsi and alex will be released shortly - if you go to their site now you can get an mp3 from the forthcoming album, sign up for their mailing list aswell as seeing a video that explores some of the stories behind the recording and evolution of the album. there is also information about being able to pre-order the deluxe edition from the 6th of july.
XL Recordings Twitter:
Vampire Weekend live in London! http://twitpic.com/956up
From twitter.com at 03/07/09 01:31 PM. 0 comments.
XL Recordings Twitter:
Holly Miranda and The xx followed by Vampire Weekend live at the XL presentation at the ICA right now!
From twitter.com at 03/07/09 01:22 PM. 0 comments.
The White Stripes News:
The White Stripes to star in own film
From www.nme.com at 03/07/09 01:03 PM. 0 comments.
The White Stripes are to appear in a new film that will premier this autumn.
XL Recordings Twitter:
Lights down. Phones off. The video rolls ... Holly Miranda serenades those waiting backstage.
From twitter.com at 03/07/09 12:51 PM. 0 comments.
XL Recordings Twitter:
Big day in the XL calender today ... we're showcasing some exciting new projects at the ICA today, alongside some kickass live performances.
From twitter.com at 03/07/09 12:48 PM. 0 comments.
XL Recordings Twitter:
New Basement Jaxx song is incredible - classic house meets 21st century pop
From twitter.com at 03/07/09 12:42 PM. 0 comments.
Golden Silvers News:
Blur at Hyde Park!!
From goldensilvers.co.uk at 03/07/09 11:56 AM. 0 comments.
Last night we supported blur at Hyde park…. The Biggest crowd we’ve ever played to by quite a way!!
here’s some pictures….
There’s more at http://www.flickr.com/photos/36836724@N06/sets/72157620893852674/
XL Recordings Twitter:
@xlrecordings 6:45pm. Vampire Weekend's first Uk gig of 09, supporting Blur in Hyde Park. Who's in? (via @Imrania)
From twitter.com at 03/07/09 11:02 AM. 0 comments.
Adele News:
and im home.
From blogs.myspace.com at 03/07/09 09:46 AM. 0 comments.
got back yesterday from being in l.a for a week. had an amazing time at the hollywood bowl, thankyou so so much to everyone that came. sorry i forgot so many of my own lyrics, very shameful. i just co...
Radiohead News:
The Pitchfork Guide to Upcoming Releases: Summer 2009
From www.pitchfork.com at 02/07/09 03:34 PM. 0 comments.
Welcome once again to the Pitchfork Guide to Upcoming Releases, our seasonal guide to upcoming releases! Four times a year, we round up a big ol' list of albums, singles, EPs, and DVDs set to be unleashed over the coming months, hoping to get you pumped about going out and buying records. (You do still do that, right? RIGHT?) This installment covers summer 2009.
Compiling such a list isn't easy in this day and age, with different release dates for digital and physical versions of albums, as well as different release dates for different countries. So we tried to stick with North American physical release dates as much as possible, with exceptions as noted. When an album's North American release date differs from its overseas one, we also made a note of that. Keep in mind that release dates are as slippery as an eel on rollerskates, and any one of these is subject to change at any moment.
JULY
07-06
DJ Food: One Man's Weird Is Another Man's World [Ninja Tune]
Of Montreal: "For Our Elegant Caste" [Polyvinyl] [UK release, out now in U.S.]
07-07
900X: Library Catalog Music Series: Music for Lubbock, 1980 [Asthmatic Kitty]
Animal Collective: "Summertime Clothes" 12" [Domino]
BLK JKS: Mystery (Osborne Remix) [Secretly Canadian]
Bowerbirds: Upper Air [Dead Oceans]
Broken Records: Until the Earth Begins to Part [4AD]
Casey Foubert/James McAlister: Library Catalog...
XL Recordings Twitter:
Golden Silvers supporting Blur in Hyde Park, London tonight (well, today) at 4.50pm
From twitter.com at 02/07/09 10:21 AM. 0 comments.
Golden Silvers News:
Blur Tonight!!!!
From goldensilvers.co.uk at 02/07/09 09:42 AM. 0 comments.
We’re playing at the blur show at hyde park tonight….
We’re on at 4.50
See you there!!
Be Your Own Pet News:
Grizzly Bear, Dirty Projectors, Deerhunter Do Brooklyn Pool Parties
From www.pitchfork.com at 02/07/09 09:04 AM. 0 comments.
For the last few summer's JellyNYC's Pool Parties have been holding it down as arguably New York's funnest free show series (a urprisingly competitive title). Held at Greenpoint's gigantic McCarren Park Pool in the past, the Pool Parties were nearly as notable for their hot-weather activities (dodgeball, a huge slip 'n slide) as for the bands they hosted.
McCarren Park Pool is about to reopen as an actual swimming pool, so this summer, the JellyNYC people have a new location: East River State Park on the Williamsburg Waterfront. They're still calling these shows Pool Parties, though, and the dodgeball and slip 'n slide will make their triumphant returns. UPDATE: the slip 'n slide has been replaced with kiddie pools!
More importantly, the JellyNYC folks have just announced their schedule for this summer, and this thing is a monster. Mission of Burma and Fucked Up and Ponytail and Jemina Pearl from Be Your Own Pet on the same day? The epic Deerhunter/No Age/Dan Deacon round robin tour? Grizzly Bear and Beach House? Dirty Projectors and Magnolia Electric Co.? Girl Talk and Max Tundra and frickin Wiz Khalifa?! All the broke, unemployed people in New York will now have something to do with their Sundays.
Schedule below.
July 12: 
Mission of Burma, 
Fucked Up, 
Ponytail
, Jemina PearlJuly 19: 
Dirty Projectors
, Magnolia Electric Co., White Denim
July 26: ...And You Will...
Monkey News:
Lost tunes
From news.bbc.co.uk at 01/07/09 11:02 PM. 0 comments.
Rare music sleuths make a monkey of the major labels
The White Stripes News:
Jack White Sci-Fi Spoof Movie to Screen at Comic-Con
From www.pitchfork.com at 01/07/09 06:54 PM. 0 comments.
Based on its ridiculous trailer (below), Mutant Swinger From Mars looks like it accomplished what Tim Burton's infamous 1996 spoof Mars Attacks! tried to pull off, at a fraction of the cost. And, instead of nutbar cameos courtesy of everyone from Jack Nicholson to Jim Brown, it features a brief appearance from a young Jack White (highlighted above), who plays the wisecracking Mikey.
According to a White Stripes fan site, the movie wrapped in 1998, and an in-progress screening was held in 2003. But Mutant Swinger From Mars is finally ready for its official close-up at this year's San Diego Comic-Con, which packs in the nerds July 23-26. (Via TwentyFourBit.)
Web rumors say Jack may have filmed a new intro to be shown at the premiere, but there's no official word from his reps at press time. Trailer after the jump:
Devendra Banhart News:
Devendra, Thurston Contribute to Book/DVD About Touring
From www.pitchfork.com at 01/07/09 05:24 PM. 0 comments.
It's tough to know what indie rock touring is like unless you've actually roughed it cross-country in the back of a dingy van, hitting up questionable diners at 4 a.m. and sleeping wherever you can. But the new book/DVD set The Art of Touring is here to give laymen a multimedia simulacrum of life on the road.
Published by Yeti (which is run by Pitchfork contributor Mike McGonigal), the 156-page tome was edited by former Erase Errata member Sara Jaffe and former Electrelane guitarist (and Pitchfork contributor) Mia Clarke. It features artwork courtesy of the likes of Devendra Banhart and members of Times New Viking, the Ponys, and Au Revoir Simone, written pieces from Le Tigre's Johanna Fateman and Matmos's Drew Daniel (also a Pitchfork contributor) and more, and photography courtesy of Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, and Explosions in the Sky's Munaf Rayani, just to name a few. The DVD is filled with live and backstage footage of the Ex, Mecca Normal, Erase Errata, the Jeffrey Lewis Band, Electrelane, and others.
Even better, a third of the profits from the sales of the book will be donated to the Musicians' Emergency Fund administered by the Jazz Foundation of America.
The Art of Touring is out now. Check out a few pages from it below:
Electrelane's Emma Gaze:
Au Revoir Simone's Annie Hart:
M.I.A. News:
Video: Rye Rye: "Bang" (Directed by M.I.A.)
From www.pitchfork.com at 01/07/09 04:34 PM. 0 comments.
Friendly Fires News:
iTunes Festival!
From wearefriendlyfires.com at 01/07/09 03:33 PM. 0 comments.
Hello,
Just a quick word……we are playing at the lovely Roundhouse on the 15th July with Magistrates. For a chance to win a pair of tickets all you have to do is email friendlyfiresitunes@xlrecordings.com with your name and mobile. Deadline is the 3rd July though so get cracking…..Also get ready for Jack’s Twitter which will be up on the site soon!
xx