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New LP from Wilco + Solid Sound 2011 Photos

William Cody Humston — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:06:25 +0000

Hot on the heels of Solid Sound 2011, Wilco has announced the release of their new LP, The Whole Love, out September 27 on dbpm. The band previewed tracks from the release this weekend in North Adams, including “Born Alone” and lead single “I Might” – the latter made available to festival goers Saturday on limited edition 7” vinyl.

Stream “I Might” and check out The Whole Love tracklist below. Solid Sound photos after the jump.

Wilco – I Might by ListenBeforeYouBuy

The Whole Love

1. Art of Almost
2. I Might
3. Sunloathe
4. Dawned On Me
5. Black Moon
6. Born Alone
7. Open Mind
8. Capitol City
9. Standing O
10. Rising Red Lung
11. Whole Love
12. One Sunday Morning (Song For Jane Smiley’s Boyfriend)

Photo credit: Samantha Cope

Watch: Wye Oak Covers Danzig

William Cody Humston — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:50:36 +0000

A.V. Club’s popular web series “Undercover” has returned for another season, featuring 25 (mostly) new bands covering 25 reader-selected tracks in one small, round room.

This week, fan favorite (and the only group invited back to Undercover) Wye Oak has stopped by to tackle Glenn Danzig’s post-Misfits era classic, “Mother.”

Wye Oak covers Danzig

Watch: Crudbump – “I Don’t Do Shit”

William Cody Humston — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:17:41 +0000

It’s been over a year since Crudbump’s Na$tyjam$ became a surprise best seller on Amazon, but the artist also known as Drew is gracing us with a belated bonus pretzel this week via a new music video for album favorite “I Don’t Do Shit.” Watch in bewilderment as the “Saddam of being lazy” joyrides through C-bus, fries an egg, frolics in a penguin mask, and casually enjoys some Wendy’s Natural Cut French Fries.

Guided By Voices Reuniting for Hometown Show in Dayton, OH

William Cody Humston — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:39:57 +0000

It’s been a long time since the Electrifying Conclusion Tour, well, in indie rock years anyway. Fortunately for fans of Bob Pollard and Co., Dayton, OH’s finest (sorry, Wright Brothers) just announced that on “St. Practice Day,” a.k.a. March 16, 2011, Guided By Voices will reunite for a rare hometown performance at the Dublin Pub in Dayton’s Oregon District.

The “classic” lineup will include Robert Pollard (duh), Tobin Sprout (guitar), Charles “Mitch” Mitchell (guitar), Greg Demos (bass), & Kevin Fennel (drums), and, according to fla.vor.us, the band will be playing material recorded between 1992 and 1996 from Propeller, Bee Thousand, Alien Lanes, and Under the Bushes, Under the Stars.

Advanced tickets are available at fla.vor.us/groovetickets for $25 (plus service charges). Admission is $30 at the door, in the unlikely event that this show doesn’t sell out.

Watch: The Strokes – “Under Cover of Darkness”

William Cody Humston — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:28:10 +0000

Check out the first video from The Strokes upcoming LP Angles, “Under Cover of Darkness,” in which the band haunts Jersey City’s Loew’s Theater after their tragic oil tanker drowning a few years back. Seriously, that’s an accurate synopsis. View below:

Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival Lineup Announced

William Cody Humston — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:33:00 +0000

Exciting news from the Wilco camp today, as the band has announced the initial lineup for their self-curated Solid Sound Festival. According to the festival site, Wilco will headline two of the three nights this year, and attendees can also catch performances from Levon Helm, Thurston Moore, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, and many, many more, including shows from various Wilco side projects.

The lineup includes Syl Johnson & The Sweet Divines, Dave Douglas & Brass Ecstasy, Pillow Wand (Nels Cline and Thurston Moore Duo), Glenn Kotche (solo?), The Autumn Defense, Pronto, Handsome Family, Liam Finn , JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound, Here We Go Magic, Sic Alps, Purling Hiss, Story Pirates, a Comedy Cabaret featuring John Hodgman Wyatt Cenac, Eugene Mirman and Morgan Murphy, and more.

The 2011 Solid Sound Festival will return to the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams June 24-26. Visit the official website for the latest info and to purchase tickets.

Clint Mansell’s Moon Score Now Remix Fodder for Hip-Hop EP, Selene

William Cody Humston — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 05:36:04 +0000

Remix artist Max Tannone—you know, of Jaydiohead fame—apparently saw Duncan Jones’ 2009 science fiction film Moon, liked it, and went to work on Selene—a five-track concept EP sampling Clint Mansell’s original score and various dialogue bits from actors Sam Rockwell and Kevin Spacey. Tannone collaborated here with Brooklyn rapper Richard Rich, whose lyrical content, “include[s] themes like isolation, separation, self-realization, and cloning,” natch.

Download Selene here or listen to the entire EP from the safety of MOLB below.

Selene by Max Tannone

Electric Six to Release Zodiac

William Cody Humston — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:22:11 +0000

With their Rent is Too Damn High tour less than two weeks out, Electric Six has announced the release of their seventh studio album, Zodiac.

According to frontman Dick Valentine, “Zodiac is perhaps our most collaborative, most unique and most fun record, we also had nothing to do with it. You heard me. The experience of making a record called Zodiac has opened our eyes to how REAL all this shit is. The record was already made. All Electric Six did was not stand in the way.”

You heard it hear folks, this shit just got real.

The new record, which you can currently preview on MySpace, will drop September 28 on Metropolis.

Tracklisting:

1. After Hours
2.American Cheese
3.Clusterfuck!
4. Countdown to the Countdown
5. Doom and Gloom and Doom and Gloom
6. Jam It In The Hole
7.I Am A Song!
8. It Ain’t Punk Rock
9. Love Song For Myself
10. The Rubberband Man
11. Table and Chairs
12. Talking Turkey

Listen: Grinderman’s “Super Heathen Child”

William Cody Humston — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:43:39 +0000

Grinderman’s infectious new single “Heathen Child” got the redux treatment this week with a little help from Robert Fripp. “Super Heathen Child” features a two-plus minute blistering guitar solo from the King Crimson frontman and will be will be released as a B-side to “Heathen Child” on September 7 in the US.

Listen to the track below, and be sure to check out the John Hillcoat-directed music video for “Heathen Child” over at Pitchfork.

Grinderman – Super Heathen Child (with Robert Fripp) by MuteRecords

Watch: The Swell Season Covers Neutral Milk Hotel

William Cody Humston — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:33:40 +0000

With a plethora of samples, sound bites, and painful pop-punk covers swarming the air and web waves, finding a decent cover song can require intervention by a veteran P.I. Fortunately, A.V. Club has done the sleuthing for you, collecting 25 bands to cover 25 well-known songs in one small, circular room for A.V. “Undercover.”

The Swell Season tackles Neutral Milk Hotel this week with a slightly more aggressive — but mostly straightforward — cover of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea‘s “Two-Headed Boy.”

The Swell Season covers Neutral Milk Hotel