This Week
Titus Andronicus News:
ABSOLUTE ZERO
From titusandronicustheband.blogspot.com at 06/01/09 12:27 AM. 0 comments.
Here is the trailer for the first episode of our forthcoming web series, coming out later this month.
Radiohead News:
The Jay-Z/Radiohead Mashup to End All Mashups (Please?)
From feedproxy.google.com at 05/01/09 10:15 PM. 0 comments.
Oof alert! Remember that time you were drinking Purple Stuff with your buddies and throwing out possible mashup project titles: Weezyer, The Fall...Out Boy, Animal Collective [ft. Animal from the Muppets], Jaydiohead. It was dumb; it was great. But there's a difference between spitballing while listening to The Grey Album and actually making a full 10-song album of Jay-Z/Radiohead smashups and calling it Jaydiohead, which is exactly what some New York City guy named Minty Fresh Beats just did. Jay-Z raps, Radiohead play, and you listen curiously for about a minute before groaning. Will somebody please stop the madness?
Who has patience for this type of thing in 2009? Even Girl Talk faltered when he put Jay's "Roc Boys" over "Paranoid Android" on Feed the Animals-- and that was just 30 seconds of Jaydio-ness. This is 38.1 mintues worth! The best thing to come out of the project are the titles, which often cross over into so-bad-they're-amazing territory. There's the possibly Wall-E-inspired "Dirt Off Your Android" and, our personal favorite, "Lucifer's Jigsaw", which sounds like a very difficult puzzle. Of course, this isn't the first time some dude (it's always a dude) downloaded Jay-Z a cappellas and put them over his favorite subversive rock band (lest we remind you of The Slack Album). And it won't be the last time. It should be the last time.
The White Stripes News:
The Pitchfork 500 Paris Party Jumps Off This Friday!
From feedproxy.google.com at 05/01/09 08:30 PM. 0 comments.
People of France: Bonjour! That's French, right? Also, did you guys know that Pitchfork made a book? We did! We totally did. The book is in English, though. Sorry about that. We hope it's not too much of a problem. Anyway, now that we've already thrown book-release parties in New York and Chicago, it's your turn.
This Friday, January 9, Le Motel in Paris is throwing a party for The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present. Le Motel is located at 8, passage Josset, 75011 Paris. If you're taking the Metro, it's Ledru-Rollin. And from 6 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., the DJs Bonne Ambiance and Maxence P will be playing selections from the book. I swear I'm not making those names up, either.
And if you haven't heard anything about the book yet, here's the deal: This handy paperback chronologically explores Pitchfork's 500 favorite songs from 1977-2006, constructing an alternate history of the past three decades of popular music-- one that extends beyond the typical Baby Boomer-approved canon of the Clash, Prince, Public Enemy, Nirvana, Radiohead, and Outkast.
From art-rock and proto-punk godfathers such as Brian Eno, Iggy Pop, and David Bowie to today's leading lights such as the Arcade Fire, the White Stripes, and Kanye West; from superstars to cult heroes; and from punk, indie, and pop to hip-hop, electronic music, and metal, we've created the ultimate playlist. Interspersed throughout are sidebars...
Vampire Weekend Link:
5th in albums of the year on New Noise
From www.new-noise.net at 05/01/09 02:26 PM. 0 comments.
Friendly Fires Link:
2nd in albums of the year on New Noise
From www.new-noise.net at 05/01/09 02:25 PM. 0 comments.
Radiohead News:
Auteurs' Luke Haines attacks Radiohead, Blur Oasis
From feedproxy.google.com at 05/01/09 02:25 PM. 0 comments.
Former Auteurs and Black Box Recorder man Luke Haines has launched a series of scathing attacks on some of Britpop's biggest stars, including Oasis, Radiohead and Blur.
Adele Link:
Good review on Yahoo of Roundhouse gig
From uk.launch.yahoo.com at 05/01/09 12:45 PM. 0 comments.
Friendly Fires News:
Friendly Fires: Friendly Fires
From feedproxy.google.com at 05/01/09 09:00 AM. 0 comments.
This English indie-dance trio's debut shows an amplified, ambitious, and inventive attention to detail that helps steer them away from sounding like just another polished party band.
Thom Yorke News:
The Pitchfork Guide to Upcoming Releases: Winter 2009
From feedproxy.google.com at 01/01/09 12:00 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 early 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.
JANUARY
01-06:
Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion [Domino] [vinyl release]
Beausoleil: Alligator Purse [Yep Roc]
Destroy Destroy Destroy: Battle Sluts [Metal Blade]
The Ecclesia: Birdsong Over the Interior Castle [Arena Rock]
Glasvegas: Glasvegas [Columbia] [U.S. release, out now in the UK]
The Gourds: Haymaker! [Yep Roc]
High on Fire: Live From the Relapse Contamination Festival [Relapse]
Jessie Kilguss: Nocturnal Drifter [self-released]
King Khan & BBQ Show: "Animal Party" 7" [Fat Possum]
Pumajaw: Curiosity Box [Fire] [U.S. release, out now in UK]
Soporus: 24,110...