In March, PBS will air a documentary chronicling performances from the only band that matters, The Clash. Titled The Clash Lve: Revolution Rock, the doc will feature live-in-the-studio footage as will as live clips from 1979 all the way through their massive performance at Shea Stadium in 1982. Revolution Rock will be released on DVD April 15, but for those who want to catch it on television, a listing can be found here.
After several mentions of an EP of new material in interviews during the twilight of 2007, Animal Collective now confirm the tracklist and release date of Water Curses. Hitting US shelves May 6, the EP will collect 4 tracks left off of their highly acclaimed Strawberry Jam. Water Curses comes to the world via Domino Records and will be available on CD and 12″.
Water Curses Tracklist:
Water Curses Street Flash Cobwebs Seal Eyeing
Avey Tare, Panda Bear and the crew are currently on the road travelling through Europe and Japan. Their next gigs stateside will be Coachella and the All Points West Festival in August.
Here’s their itinerary:
03-16 Osaka, Japan – Club Quattro 03-17 Nagoya, Japan – Club Quattro 03-18 Tokyo, Japan – Liquid Room 03-19 Tokyo, Japan – Liquid Room 04-25 Indio, CA – Coachella 05-18 Minehead, England – Butlins Holiday Centre (ATP) 05-19 Dublin, Ireland – Tripod 05-20 Glasgow, Scotland – Oran Mor 05-21 Leeds, England – Brudell Room 05-22 London, England – Koko 05-23 Strasbourg, France – Laiterie 05-24 Paris, France – Alhambra Theatre 05-25 Lille, France – Grand Mix 05-26 Bordeaux, France – Krakatora 05-28 Braga, Portugal – Teatri Circo 05-29 Lisbon, Portugal – Lux Fragil 05-30 Malaga, Spain – AV Cervantes 05-31 Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound Festival 06-23 Arendal, Norway – Hove Festival 08-08-10 Jersey City, NJ – All Points West Festival Read more…
Arriving March 4th will be a new mini-LP from ex-Pixies and current-Catholics frontman Frank Black via his original nom de plume, Black Francis. Titled Svn Fngrs, there will be 7 songs topping out at about 20 minutes.
According to Black Francis, “…[Svn Fngrs] is much more produced in terms of the vocal layering of my own voice, perhaps along the lines of Teenager of the Year. I won’t bother you here with what the damn concept is, but let’s just say the theme revolves around a lot of NASTY sex, NASTIER death, and beautifully strange birth.”
The traclisting is as follows:
The Seus Garbage Heap Half Man I Sent Away Seven Fingers The Tale of Lonesome Fetter When They Come to Murder Me Read more…
Experimental pop and dynamic duo Gnarls Barkley have wrapped up their video for the first single from the forthcoming Odd Couple. Titled “Run,” the first single will hit shelves March 24 while the album will follow on April 8th. The video for “Run” is directed by Happy, a filmmaking duo comprised of Guy Shelmerdane and Richard Farmer.
Refusing to stop and breathe, Gnarls Barkley have re-teamed with Chris Milk for the second video from Odd Couple, “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul.” The duo previously worked with Silk on their Grammy-nominated video “Gone Daddy Gone.” Read more…
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks will release Real Emotional Trash on March 4. This will be the first album with new Jick Janet Weiss (of Sleater Kenney and Quasi fame). The former Pavement man and his band will hit the road just 2 weeks following the release.
Here are the dates:
March 19 Minneapolis, MN First Ave. w/John Vanderslice March 20 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater w/John Vanderslice March 21 Chicago, ILThe Vic Theater w/John Vanderslice March 22 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue w/John Vanderslice March 23 Cincinnati, OH Southgate House w/John Vanderslice March 25 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge w/John Vanderslice March 26 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse w/John Vanderslice March 31 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom w/John Vanderslice April 1 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom w/John Vanderslice April 2 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg w/John Vanderslice April 3 Boston, MA Paradise w/John Vanderslice April 4 North Adams, MA Mass Museum of Contemporary art w/John Vanderslice April 28 Sacramento, CA Harlow’s Read more…
The Turkish-born French-raised international jetsetting DJ extraordinaire Dimitri From Paris will release a third Playboy Mansion set. Dubbed Return to the Playboy Mansion, it will hit stores on April 22. The 2-disc set will feature both sides of his coin, Disc 1 being the party and disc 2 focusing on the more intimate side of things.
Dimitri will also be going on tour this spring. With more dates still to come, here’s his current, confirmed itinerary:
March 21 Chicago @ Crobar March 22 NYC @ Pachita March 27 Miami @ Prive March 29 Boston @ Underbar April 17 Mexico City @ Hyde April 26 Denver @ Crobar April 27 Indio @ Coachella April 27 Las Vegas @ Playboy Club, Palms Hotel and Casino Read more…
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan have completed the follow-up to their Mercury Prize-nominated collaboration The Ballad of the Broken Seas. Titled Sunday at Devil Dirt, the album will be released this May in the UK with a Stateside release date to be determined. Like its predecessor, Dirt was written by Belle & Sebastian alum Campbell with Lanegan contributing vocals afterwards.
The Frames’ Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova managed to upset three hit songs from Disney’s “Enchanted” to take home the Academy Award for Best Song. The win was for “Falling Slowly,” arguably the centerpiece from the soundtrack to the indie hit “Once.” The duo also performed a memorable rendition of the song live on Sunday night’s Oscar telecast.
The list of performers at the 2008 Sasquatch Music Festival has been announced, and includes R.E.M., The Cure, The Flaming Lips U.F.O. Show, Death Cab For Cutie, Modest Mouse, M.I.A., Flight Of The Conchords, The Breeders, Built To Spill, The Hives, Tegan & Sara, The New Pornographers, The Kooks, Cold War Kids, Beirut, Rogue Wave / Okkervil River, Mates of State, Battles, Say Hi, J. Tillman, Matt Costa, and The Cave Singers.
The Sasquatch Festival will take place at Washington’s Gorge Amphitheatre on May 24-26. Read more…
Vegan superstar Moby has revealed to PageSix that a short fling with actress Natalie Portman left him a less than popular figure against internet nerds.
Moby explained that “I guess in some people’s eyes, nerds might be mildly sexy and, as a nerd, I’m certainly happy to enjoy some of the effects of that — but as far as the very brief affair with Natalie, it’s made me the target of a lot of nerd wrath.” Read more…
