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Thursday, June 18

Air Announce New Album: Love 2

Dig out the velvet throw pillows! Air Announce New Album: <i>Love 2</i>

Just when we were beginning to forget that French musicians don't traffic exclusively in EQed-to-death monster-house jams, Phoenix came along with the weightless Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix and reminded us that, oh yeah, the French can also be pretty great at luminously suave pop music. Now that our appetite for smoove, starry-eyed Gallic studio-rat music has been restored, it's the perfect time for Air to drop a new album. And that's exactly what they're doing.

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News in Brief: Bloc Party, Harlem, Shannon Stephens, Green Man Festival

News in Brief: Bloc Party, Harlem, Shannon Stephens, Green Man Festival

Photo by Francis Chung

-- Still-incredibly-popular twitch-rock kingpins Bloc Party will release a new single, "One More Chance", on August 10 via Wichita. Producer Jacknife Lee twiddled the knobs. Pray it's not a Biggie cover.

-- The Matablog reports that the lo-fi Austin trio Harlem have signed to Matador. The band's self-released debut Free Drugs;-) is available via Matador Direct, and they are now recording their second album, set for release in 2010.

-- On September 8, Asthmatic Kitty will release The Breadwinner, the new LP from the Seattle-based singer-songwriter and former Sufjan Stevens bandmate Shannon Stephens. Bonnie "Prince" Billy covered her song "I'll Be Glad" on Lie Down in the Light.

-- A whole mess of esoteric rock heroes will descend upon Crickhowell, Wales August 21-23 for the Green Man Festival. The fest's basically unfuckwithable lineup includes Animal Collective, Jarvis Cocker, Bon Iver, Wilco, Roky Erickson, Dirty Three, Camera Obscura, Andrew Bird, and Grizzly Bear.

Posted by Tom Breihan on June 18, 2009 at 9:50 a.m.

Tags: Album, Bloc Party, Festival, Green Man, Harlem, Matador, Shannon Stephens, Signing, Single

 

Pinback Announce Tour

Pinback Announce Tour

They've got a new home at Temporary Residence and a new album coming sometime next year, but Pinback aren't sitting around waiting for Rob Crow's beard to get longer.

This fall, the San Diego indie stalwarts will tour North America extensively.

Dates below:

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Wednesday, June 17

Beck Enlists Devendra, MGMT, Lidell to Cover Albums for His Website

First up: The Velvet Underground Beck Enlists Devendra, MGMT, Lidell to Cover Albums for His Website

Photo by Beck/Drew Brown, front page photo by Autumn de Wilde

When most of us have extra spare time on our hands, we end up zoning out in front of "Daisy of Love" reruns or rereading Watchmen for the billionth time. Beck, on the other hand, challenges himself to record cover versions of entire albums as quickly as possible. Different strokes, I guess.

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New Release: Woolfy: If You Know What's Good for Ya!!

New Release: Woolfy: <i>If You Know What's Good for Ya!!</i>

Artist: Woolfy
Album: If You Know What's Good for Ya!!
Release Date: June 23
Label: RONGDFA (DFA/Rong)

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David Lynch Writes a Rock Album

David Lynch Writes a Rock Album

David Lynch hasn't directed a film since 2006's marathon mind fuck Inland Empire, but he's not just sitting around basking in decades' worth of indescribable weirdness. Along with the photographs and vocals he recently contributed to the Danger Mouse/Sparklehorse Dark Night of the Soul project, Lynch has another new music-related endeavor on the way.

Fox Bat Strategy: A Tribute to Dave Jaurequi is a seven-track album featuring lyrics by Lynch due out June 30 via Rykodisc ADA and David Lynch Music Company.

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News in Brief: Polyvinyl, Willie Nelson, Lullabye Arkestra, Dockville

News in Brief: Polyvinyl, Willie Nelson, Lullabye Arkestra, Dockville

-- Indie label Polyvinyl (of Montreal, Mates of State, Architecture in Helsinki) are currently having something of an everything-must-go sale after downsizing their warehouse space. So instead of destroying 10,000 albums they don't have room for anymore, the label is selling the stock in low-priced bundles-- just $50 gets you 26 Polyvinyl CDs and 2 DVDs. That's about $1.78 per disc! Head over to this site for more info. (Full disclosure: a member of the Pitchfork staff is an investor in Kickstarter.)

-- Willie Nelson is set to put his one-of-a-kind, twanging spin on even more standards with American Classic, due August 25 via Blue Note. Guests include Diana Krall, and Norah Jones, who helps out on "Baby It's Cold Outside".

-- "WE'RE MARRIED. WE'RE LOUD." says the "About Us" section on Toronto husband-wife duo Lullabye Arkestra's MySpace page. And, based on new song "We Fuck the Night"-- from their upcoming LP Threats/Worship due September 1 on new label Vice-- the description is about right. (We have to assume the night really wanted to be fucked.)

-- MGMT, Patrick Wolf, Black Lips, and HEALTH are but a few of the bands set to touch down in Hamburg, Germany for this year's Dockville Festival August 14-16.

Posted by Ryan Dombal on June 17, 2009 at 2:20 p.m.

Tags: Album, Dockville, Festival, Lullabye Arkestra, Polyvinyl, Signing, Willie Nelson

 

Lollapalooza Reveals Festival Schedule

Lollapalooza Reveals Festival Schedule

The folks behind Lollapalooza have just posted the schedule for the Chicago festival, which goes down in Grant Park August 7-9.

Time to start making some tough decisions! Fleet Foxes or Crystal Castles? TV on the Radio or Lykke Li? Dan Deacon or Gang Gang Dance? Vampire Weekend, Neko Case, or Passion Pit? Andrew Bird or Of Montreal? Depeche Mode or the Kid Cudi/Crookers party apocalypse? Deerhunter or Lou Reed (or, um, Snoop Dogg)? You've got almost two months, so start planning. (via Chicagoist)

Posted by Tom Breihan on June 17, 2009 at 2:15 p.m.

Tags: Festival, Lollapalooza

 

Echo Chamber: Blur's Alex James

Echo Chamber: Blur's Alex James

"There were a lot of people crying."

-- Blur bassist Alex James sums up the reaction to his reformed band's show at London's Rough Trade East on Monday. (via The Independent via The Daily Swarm)

Posted by Ryan Dombal on June 17, 2009 at 2:05 p.m.

Tags: Alex James, Blur, Echo Chamber

 

White Stripes Doc Gets Title, Screening

White Stripes Doc Gets Title, Screening

Photo by Autumn de Wilde

The upcoming White Stripes tour documentary-- yes, the one chronicling their ambitious 2007 Canadian tour that we told you about extensively just yesterday--now has a title.

It will be called The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights, according to a National Post story (via TwentyFourBit). The title makes sense considering the band's strict color scheme and the fact their their previous live DVD was called Under Blackpool Lights. Now they just need to play a show in the middle of the Red Sea and all will be well with the world.

Northern Lights is due to screen at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, which goes down September 10-19, says the Post.

Posted by Ryan Dombal on June 17, 2009 at 1:15 p.m.

Tags: Film, The White Stripes

 

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