Pitchfork: The Gossip Offer Remix EP, Tour, DVD

The Gossip are taking the cut-and-paste aesthetic of their album covers to the next level: their music. The band will release the GSSP RMX remix EP August 22 on Kill Rock Stars. It features knob-twiddling from Afrika Bambaataa/New Order producer and ubiquitous remixer Arthur Baker, Le Tigre, and MSTRKRFT, among others. The EP also includes a cover of Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody," modernized for the internet age with a "U." (You can hear the cover on the band's MySpace page.)

Included on the enhanced portion of the EP is live footage of the band playing "Listen Up" at the record release show for their latest album, Standing in the Way of Control, at Portland's Wonder Ballroom. According to Kill Rock Stars, this is only a small portion of the footage that the label plans to release as a full-length DVD, which will also include the band's recent All Tomorrow's Parties' set and more. Morgen Dye, who directed the "Listen Up" music video, is working on the project, and it is very tentatively scheduled for release in April 2007.

Tracklist:

01 Listen Up
02 Listen Up (MSTRKRFT remix)
03 Listen Up (Arthur Baker's RTNY mix)
04 Listen Up (A Touch of Class remix)
05 Standing in the Way of Control (Le Tigre remix)
06 Are U That Somebody (Aaliyah cover)

The Gossip are currently touring every obscure European town and venue imaginable, possibly to prove their MySpace page's claim that "We are not an American band." And while that may be true, the band recently announced fall dates with Erase Errata, Mika Miko, and Swan Island in the good ol' U.S. of A., and even more are forthcoming.

Where the girls are:

06-20 Marburg, Germany - Cafe Trauma
06-22 Rome, Italy - Circolo degli Artisti
06-23 Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz
06-24 Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany - Southside Festival
06-25 Scheesel, Germany - Hurricane Festival
06-26 Milan, Italy - Leoncavallo
06-27 Ravenna, Italy - Hana-Bi
06-28 Zurich, Switzerland - Mascotte
06-29 Paris, France - Mo'Fo Festival
06-30 Belfort, France - Eurockeenes Festival
07-01 Wiesen, Austria - Forestglade Festival
07-02 Rotterdam, Holland - Metropolis Festival
07-03 Groningen, Holland - Vera
07-04 Göttingen, Germany - T-Keller
07-05 Erfurt, Germany - Engelsburg
07-06 Cologne, Germany - Gebäude 9
07-07 Hannover, Germany - Cafe Glocksee
07-08 Weinheim, Germany - Cafe Central
07-10 Hamburg, Germany - Molotow
07-11 Offenbach, Germany - Hafen 2
07-12 Munich, Germany - Atomic Cafe
07-13 Berlin, Germany - Berghain
07-14 Gräfenhainichen, Germany - MELT! Festival
07-15 Herk-de-Stad, Belgium - Rock Herk Festival
07-16 Dour, Belgium - Dour Festival
07-17 London, England - King's College
07-18 Manchester, England - Night and Day Café
07-19 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC 2
07-20 Newcastle, England - Carling Academy
08-04 Olympia, WA - Capitol Theater (Homo a Go Go Festival)
08-31 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
09-02 Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot
09-04 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *
09-05 Denver, CO - Rock Island *#
09-15 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church #^
09-15 Philadelphia, PA - Pure Nightclub (late show)
09-17 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar *#^
09-19 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn #@
09-20 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon #@
09-25 Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad #@
09-26 Tucson, AZ - Plush #@
09-27 San Diego, CA - Casbah #@
09-28 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour #@