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Monday, June 22

Triumph Takes on Bonnaroo

Insult comic dog vs. Beasties, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio, Neko Case, Jenny Lewis Triumph Takes on Bonnaroo

Perpetual "Conan" mainstay and Eminem foe Triumph the Insult Comic Dog made the trip to Bonnaroo this year, gleefully shooting every fish in every last barrel that you'd expect. Obvious rimshots abound: "Is there nothing you Phish fans can't make out of hemp? I mean, besides deodorant?"

On "The Tonight Show", Triumph had words for the likes of TV on the Radio and the Beastie Boys ("You're like a living Pep Boys logo.") And sharp-eyed wielders of camera phones caught Triumph all over the festival grounds, interviewing the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and singing atonal duets with Jenny Lewis and Neko Case. Videos below. (via Stereogum)

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Flaming Lips Set LP Title, Digital EP

Plus digital bootlegs Flaming Lips Set LP Title, Digital EP

Front page hoto by Aaron Vanimere

Alert the fearless freaks! The Flaming Lips have confirmed the title of their forthcoming album. As previously hinted, it will indeed be called Embryonic, and it will indeed be a double album. No release date has been set yet.

The Lips have a summer full of tour dates coming up, including a set at the Pitchfork Music Festival. For several dates on the tour, they're offering a special bundle when you purchase a ticket online. Your ticket will come with a digital EP featuring three Embryonic tracks ("Convinced of the Hex", "The Impulse", and "Silver Trembling Hands") as well as three previously released B-sides. Plus, after the show, you'll also get a digital bootleg of the performance you just saw. Pretty sweet deal, huh?

Flaming Lips tour dates below:

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Friday, June 19

Trent Reznor Logs Back On

"Fuck you, trolls. I'll tweet if I feel like it." Trent Reznor Logs Back On

Just a little more than a week ago, Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor, the most entertaining celebrity Twitterer this side of Shaq, announced that he was done with Twitter and with every other social networking site because of the rampant assholism on the internet: "I will be tuning out of the social networking sites because at the end of the day it's now doing more harm than good in the bigger picture and the experiment seems to have yielded a result. Idiots rule."

Well, call it a victory over haterism because Reznor is back up in this motherfucker! And by "this motherfucker", I mean "Twitter".

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Radiohead's Kid A, Amnesiac, Hail to the Thief Get Deluxe Reissue Treatment

B-sides, videos, live performances galore! Radiohead's <i>Kid A</i>, <i>Amnesiac</i>, <i>Hail to the Thief</i> Get Deluxe Reissue Treatment

Capitol isn't done with Radiohead yet! Thom Yorke and co. may no longer have any ties to their old label, but Capitol has the band's entire pre-In Rainbows catalog at its disposal. And if there's still money to be made off of these old Radiohead records, best believe Capitol is going to make it.

Last year, the label released a Radiohead greatest-hits collection without the blessing of the band. We hated it. But this past March, the label released expanded double- and triple-disc versions of their first three albums, and we loved it.

See, there's a difference between good reissues and bad reissues. The full-album reissues are the good kind. With those first three albums, Capitol crammed in every B-side and rarity they could find, and in doing so they actually managed to flesh out those classic titles (and one not-so-classic title) even further. And, of course, the albums themselves are still great. We dropped 10.0s on the expanded versions of both The Bends and OK Computer, and we're probably not done handing out rave reviews yet.

On August 25, Capitol will complete their expanded reissue project with the next three Radiohead albums: 2000's Kid A, 2001's Amnesiac, and 2003's Hail to the Thief. Once again, these reissues come stuffed to the gills with B-sides, live songs, studio sessions, and everything else that didn't make it onto the actual albums. And the even-more-deluxe Special Collectors Editions will also come with DVDs, which will include music videos and TV performances.

Every Radiohead album after Pablo Honey is arguably a masterpiece; even Hail to the Thief has its staunch defenders. So we are eagerly awaiting these reissues, whether the band is happy about them or not, unfortunately.

The complete breakdown of this batch of reissues is below.

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Black Lips + King Khan + Mark Sultan = Almighty Defenders

Black Lips + King Khan + Mark Sultan = Almighty Defenders

Hey remember back in January when Black Lips had all that drama in India and they ended up getting the hell out of the country as quickly as possible? Well, as we reported, they ended up safely in Berlin, where they hung out with their buddies King Khan and BBQ (aka Mark Sultan).

While everybody was in town, they formed a big ol' supergroup together and recorded an album. The Lips/Khan/BBQ teamup has been given the name the Almighty Defenders, and they'll release their self-titled debut September 22 on Vice Records.

The Almighty Defenders played their first show June 17 at NXNE. Apparently, they wore choir robes. Black Lips are on tour now; they'll hit the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18. The King Khan & BBQ Show is also on the road.

Tracklist below:

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Video: Sigur Rós Live on the Interface

Icelandic quartet Sigur Rós stopped by Spinner's studio and laid down a few tracks from Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust.

Check out the four tracks, plus an interview with the band, below.

"Vid Spilum Endalaust"

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Premiere: Cymbals Eat Guitars: "Tunguska" [Stream]

Premiere: Cymbals Eat Guitars: "Tunguska" [Stream]

Best New Music honorees Cymbals Eat Guitars will have a new 7" out via Transparent in the UK on July 20, and only Pure Groove will be selling it. The single even comes with a free prize for the first 300 buyers: a slap bracelet! (Hey, remember 1990, when we were all accidentally slitting our wrists? Fun times!).

We've got the B-side for you to check out now, the dreamy, time-sig-shifting "Tunguska" (which name-drops the aforementioned bracelets). And head over to the band's MySpace where you can download the track, in exchange for your email address.

Posted by Tyler Grisham on June 19, 2009 at 1:35 p.m.

Tags: Audio, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Premiere

 

Islands Announce Third Album

Islands Announce Third Album

Photo by Aliya Naumoff

On September 22, Anti- will release Vapours, the third full-length from Islands, the fractured pop project from former Unicorn and current Human Highway man Nick Thorburn, aka Nick Diamonds.

In news that is sure to delight Unicorns fans, fellow former Unicorn Jamie Thompson, otherwise known as J'aime Tambeur, has rejoined the group. Thompson recorded Islands' 2006 debut Return to the Sea with Thorburn but left the band for 2007's Arm's Way. And now he's back!

Thorburn produced the album alongside Yeah Yeah Yeahs/TV on the Radio boardsman Chris Coady. We've got the tracklist below. UPDATE: We're told that wasn't the final tracklist, so it's been removed. Sorry!

Posted by Tom Breihan on June 19, 2009 at 1 p.m.

Tags: Album, Islands, J'Aime Tambeur, Nick Diamonds

 

Hear the New Bloc Party Single Here

Hear the New Bloc Party Single Here

Bloc Party's new single, "One More Chance", arrives August 10 via Wichita, but we've got a sneak peak of it right here. It was produced by Jacknife Lee (who also worked with the band on Intimacy and A Weekend in the City) and mixed by Philippe Zdar (who worked on the new Phoenix album).

Check out the old school house piano line!

Posted by Tyler Grisham on June 19, 2009 at 12:35 p.m.

Tags: Audio, Bloc Party

 

News in Brief: Georgia Theatre, Shunda K, Throw Me the Statue, Street Scene

News in Brief: Georgia Theatre, Shunda K, Throw Me the Statue, Street Scene

Photo by Alyssa De Hayes

-- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Athens' Georgia Theatre, a longtime center for the Athens music scene, suffered extensive damage in a fire this morning. There were no injuries, but the entire building was destroyed except for the exterior. The cause of the fire isn't yet known. The venue was set to play host to a number of bands during next week's Athfest.

-- Shunda K, a member of the Tampa-based dance-rap crew Yo Majesty, has parted ways with Domino Records, Yo Majesty's label. She's also released two new mixtapes for free download. One of them, The Best Eva Written: OutKast, features Shunda spitting over OutKast instrumentals. The other, Kollaborations, consists of team-ups with artists like Peaches and Tha Pumpsta.

-- On August 4, Secretly Canadian will release Creaturesque, the sophomore album from Seattle indie-poppers Throw Me the Statue. West Coast indie go-to guy Phil Ek produces.

-- August 28-29, the 25th incarnation of the Street Scene festival will take over San Diego's East Village. This year's lineup includes M.I.A., Modest Mouse, the Dead Weather, Devendra Banhart, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Band of Horses, Girl Talk, Mastodon, No Age, Deerhunter, and, um, the Black Eyed Peas.

Posted by Tom Breihan on June 19, 2009 at 12:25 p.m.

Tags: Album, Festival, Georgia Theatre, mixtape, Shunda K, Street Scene, Throw Me the Statue

 

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