Elvis Costello to Release Live Album SeriesQuote:
Elvis Costello is turning to the vaults yet again for his next project.
Rather than just expand and reissue a classic album, though, Costello's set to unleash a wave of live recordings on fans in his The Costello Show Series, according to Billboard. The set, which makes its debut Sept. 29 with Live at the El Mocambo Sept. 29 from Hip-O/Universal, is slated to drag out classic performances -- some know them as classic bootlegs -- from the vaults for a series of live albums. Live at the El Mocambo was recorded March 1978 in Toronto.
John Lydon Reforms Public Image LimitedQuote:
John Lydon says it’s only for a few shows around England but as the history of reunions — sorry, “coming off hiatus” — would dictate, small stints are usually just a feeler to see if a full-scale tour is viable.
That’s our reserved take on Lydon’s announcement that he will be reforming post-Sex Pistols, and far more productive, outfit Public Image Limited for a series of shows around the UK this December.
According to his website, the reformation is based on the 30th anniversary of PiL’s seminal effort, Metal Box, but will not be solely dedicated to it. The set list will feature tracks from the group’s other seven full-lengths. Lydon will be joined by former members Lu Edmonds (guitar) and Bruce Smith (drums), with the addition of new bassist Scott Firth.
Despite the inevitable aura of “cash grab” or “nostalgia” that will permeate this venture, we’ll take it. Hopefully enough people have the brains to buy a ticket, stroke the PiL ego and compel them to get over to North America.
Here are the dates, if you find some disposable cash:
12/15 Birmingham, England – 02 Academy
12/16 Leeds, England – 02 Academy
12/18 Glasgow, Scotland - 02 Academy
12/19 Manchester, England - 02 Academy
12/21 London, England - 02 Academy
Janis Joplin Biopic “Kind of Dead,” Zooey Deschanel SaysQuote:
Life is truly starting to feel like an episode of 30 Rock. Like the ill-fated Jenna Maroney sub-plot where her Janis Joplin movie was slowly transformed into a film about “Janet Jopler,” actress and beloved She & Him singer Zooey Deschanel has revealed that the real-life Joplin biopic has suffered a similar fate.
In an interview with WENN [via TwentyFourBit], Deschanel revealed that the film “seems kind of dead now.”
“It’s such a fantastic story and a dream role, but it doesn’t seem to want to be made, and you can’t force these things,” she said. “I don’t think any of the work I did was lost. I enjoyed doing the research, so I don’t regret any of it.”
Among the many reasons for the endless delays are the numerous royalty issues for Joplin’s life rights and catalogue. Maybe it’s time Deschanel pursued a Janet Jopler movie of her own?http://www.movieweb.com/video/VIikZiiqhA9Blo Nick Cave Drops Soundtrack for Bunny MunroQuote:
With The Death of Bunny Munro just about to hit stores, post-punk icon Nick Cave has his promotional game at full blast. First, he announced some book signings in Toronto and Ottawa, and now Cave has dropped an iPhone app featuring a soundtrack for the book.
The soundtrack comes bundled with the audio version of the book, Cave’s first literary work in 20 years, and is currently available at Apple’s App Store. The music was composed by Cave with his long-time writing partner Warren Ellis.
In a press release, Cave explained that the interactive nature of the iPhone app enhances the overall experience of the book, saying, "The fact that the reader can choose his or her own experience is interesting because the true meaning of a book lies in the reader's own interpretation and the circumstances of that interpretation.”
If you’d rather read it the old fashioned way, the printed version of The Death of Bunny Munro will hit stores on September 19 via HarperCollins Canada.
Toronto Punk Icons the Scenics Unearth Lost Recordings, Announce Canadian Tour DatesQuote:
The Scenics were an early new wave/punk quartet from Toronto who had a respectable run from 1976 to 1982. Their output was mostly limited to one full-length album, 1979’s Underneath the Door, and last year’s collection of Velvet Underground covers called How Does It Feel to Be Loved?. Now, it has been revealed that the band will be unearthing a lost album and celebrating it with a tour.
The album is called Sunshine World, and is composed of lost recordings that the band made on a four-track recorder in 1977 and 1978. The album includes 13 original Scenics songs, along with covers of the Kinks and Tommy James and the Shondells, and is due in stores on October 13 via Dream Tower.
In the meantime, songs from the record can be heard here.
Apparently, all of this recent attention has got the band thinking about new material, as they’ve planned both a Canadian tour and a new album. The tour will see them play Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Hamilton around the time of Sunshine World’s release, while an album of all-new material has been recorded and is expected out next year.
Tour dates:
10/13 Toronto, ON - El Mocambo
10/14 Ottawa, ON - Zaphod Beeblebrox
10/15 Montreal, QC - Green Room
10/18 Hamilton, ON - This Ain't Hollywood
Rob Halford to Release Christmas AlbumQuote:
The record — Halford’s first solo release in seven years — will be called Halford III – Winter Songs and will be released through the man’s own Metal God Records on October 26. A press release says that the album, which was written and recorded throughout ’08 and ’09, will include a collection of new Halford-written tunes, plus his take on some Christmas classics.
“Well, I’ve always said I wanted to produce a Christmas CD,” Halford said in the press release. “The Halford band has assembled a fantastic release, and we’re excited to have produced a collection of holiday tracks which all of us have enjoyed from a very early age.”
There have been some kind of lame attempts at combining metal and Christmas music in the past, and combined with the recent, rather puzzling news about Bob Dylan releasing a Christmas disc this year, this is a little hard to take. But, still, the thought of hearing Halford wail his way through “Come All Ye Faithful” is pretty irresistible.
CHRISTIAN DEATH Album Ashes ReissuedQuote:
On September 21st, you'll find the reissue of CHRISTIAN DEATH's "Ashes" in the racks. You can now download a full song from the remastered version of this gothic milestone that includes a previously unreleased bonus track featuring Rozz Williams on vocals.
Tracklisting:
"Ashes"
"Ashes" Part 2
When I Was Bed
Lament (Over The Shadows)
Face
The Luxury Of Tears
Code:
http://www.season-of-mist.com/common/downloads/ChristianDeath/Christian%20Death-The-Luxury-of-Tears.mp3
Before The Rain (previously unreleased)
Of The WoundQuote:
“American Artifact: The Rise of American Rock Poster Art”, will be the celebrated opening film for the Royal Flush Festival, NYC on October 15th, 2009, at Anthology Film Archives.
Director Merle Becker and artist Tara McPherson will be present for Q&A after the screening.
The long awaited NYC premiere of the movie will also be followed by an art show featuring work by some of the artists in the film, including: Tara McPherson, Art Chantry, Jay Ryan, Emek, Leia Bell, Scrojo, Justin Hampton, Jermaine Rogers, Stainboy, and Hatch Show Print.
“American Artifact” will be screening at Anthology Film Archives (32 2nd Ave., NYC) at 7pm, followed by the rock poster art show, which will be at The Showroom NYC (117 Second Ave., NYC, 2nd Floor). The American Artifact Rock Poster Art show will be running until Sunday, Oct.18th.
For more information about the Royal Flush Festival, go to: RoyalFlushFestival.com.
For more information about “American Artifact”, or to request press materials or an interview, go to: AmericanArtifactMovie.com.
Motown turns 50, but the party's far from overhttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 932D44.DTLFree eBooks For DIY Musicians & Those Looking to Develop A Career In The Music Businesshttp://indieuniverse.wordpress.com/2009 ... -business/The 46 essential rock readshttp://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketc ... reads.htmlStudy finds music may affect animals' moodshttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 19KAP4.DTLWarren Ellis Talks "Psychedelic" New Grinderman Albumhttp://thequietus.com/articles/02699-wa ... rman-albumAll hail Cyndi Lauper, queen of Queenshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicbl ... alan-mcgeeThe Best Worst Voices In Indie Rockhttp://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/list ... -rock.htmlWoodstock the Musicalhttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/arts/ ... ntemail1=yThe debut album from BAD LIEUTENANT "Never Cry Another Tear" is now available to preorderhttp://www.townsend-records.co.uk/sites/badlt/Pagan Love Songs Antitainment Compilation Vol. 2Quote:
Tracklisting:
CD 1
01 - Shock Therapy - Pain
02 - Lucie Cries - Le Talisman De La Muse
03 - Twisted Nerve - Séance (2007)
04 - Grooving In Green - Cat's Or Devil's Eyes (2009 Mix)
05 - Solemn Novena - Faerytale
06 - Dream Disciples - Pray
07 - Love Like Blood - Out Of Sight
08 - Voices Of Masada - Looking Back (Stanton Hall Remix)
09 - The Shallow Graves - The Field Of Love (Jessica's Ascension Remix)
10 - Benediction - Crowded Room
11 - Exedra - Calling In My Head
12 - Cancer Barrack - King Death
13 - Every New Dead Ghost - Visions (7")
14 - Screaming Marionettes - Like Christabel (12")
15 - Rubella Ballet - Tangled Web
16 - Fangs On Fur - Fangs On Fur
17 - Lichtblick - Intensivstation
18 - Clair Obscur - Toundra (Live in Paris 1984)
CD 2
01 - Joy/Disaster - Remember The Time
02 - Gestalt - Le Sommeil Du Singe
03 - L'Enfance Éternelle - Les Larmes De Sang
04 - The Eden House - To Believe In Something (2xT Mix)
05 - Fliehende Stürme - Satellit
06 - Frustration - No Trouble
07 - Varsovie - Leningrad (2006)
08 - Charles De Goal - Décadence
09 - BFG - Anonymous
10 - The Exploding Boy - Heart Of Glass
11 - Ikon - Echoes Of Silence (2009)
12 - Pretentious, Moi? - Malina
13 - This Burning Effigy - An Untold Release
14 - Little Nemo - City Lights (13 Version)
15 - Remain In Silence - Hope In Fear
16 - Ian Boddy - Living In A Ritual
17 - Arnaud Lazlaud - Les Invisibles
18 - For Against - Amen Yves (Original Version)
Label / Distribution: Alice In... (AIW 160) / Broken Silence
Artwork: Disturbanity Graphics
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Always a band a step ahead and a step to one side Theatre Of Hate were never a real favourite of the critics, because they weren’t remotely trendy and looking back nothing disfigured the music press more than a need for the superfluous, constantly overriding the search for anything genuinely haunting.
Moving on from the molten punk fury of The Pack, Theatre Of Hate had the mischievously stocky drums of Luke Rendle, and bare sax of John Boy alongside the loose guitar of none other than Billy Duffy and the sullen but fruity bass of Stan Stammers, with the corrupted cherub Kirk Brandon blaring over it all, frightening the horses. They released just the one official studio album in ‘Westworld’, alongside the vicarious ‘He Who Dares Wins (Live At The Warehouse Leeds)’ collection, and some classic singles, before eventually Kirk slid off into the more mature Spear Of Destiny. Ah, and what singles! ‘Original Sin’, ‘Rebel Without A Brain’, ‘Nero’, ‘Do You Believe In The Westworld?’, ‘The Hop’ and ‘Eastworld’
Further recordings have emerged of course, with a whole series of live and demo selections (‘Acts’ 1 – V) but it is this release which finally came out in 1998 that bears most examination because this would, in theory, have been the second album and it sounds like something you’d expect to hear now, a cross between morose Post-Punk and enchanting ambient sensibilities.
I doubt there has ever been a band capable of reaching such ferocious primal lunges who also included such wispy delicacies, so it’s no surprise to encounter ‘Ovature’ for a beginning, like some orchestrally-inclined jazz hybrid, plaintive and desolate, leading into the lilting, loping ‘Aria Of The Devil’ with its dusty swells and doldrums, a song walking bow-legged into the sunset, with a spacey end. ‘Dreams Of The Poppy’ comes out of a feral landscape, the bass pulsing, the sax squealing, Kirk shredding oxygen as the rhythm lurches, and Widow Brandon does his finest Dr Syn impersonation, as the Scarecrow rides again.
‘Omen Of The Times’ is softer, with wonderfully chiming guitar around the piquant melodic twister. The sly insinuations of ‘The Incinerator’ are probably familiar to many, a fluttering bastard of a song, it seems light, and precociously empty, as the guitar stays low as a drizzle, with the sax a haughty ghost, but it keeps bustling and scratching along, whereupon they bounce into the awesome ‘Nero’, probably my favourite 12” single of all time, a bit like having an open razor dragged down your privates. Kirk’s extended notes assault your sinuses as the bass walks saucily, and the sax undermines the foundations.
‘Americanos’ is a bit wobbly, as the old twangy guitar and jaunty campfire songs and conspiracy theories mesh behind the shrieking Kirk. From west to ‘Eastworld’ they spin, although as we enter a rheumatic Cossack spell it also sounds like Kirk is singing about Eastbourne, which isn’t quite so striking. ‘The Black Madonna’ works better with a truncated Burundi push, scalded vocals dripping over the shifting groundswell, with ‘Solution’ close to the fluid style Spear adopted, more all-embracing and cohesive, without the brittle highlights, closing an intriguing album which anybody familiar with more obvious releases would be a bit mental to miss out on.
The sound of a rickety rope bridge across an Indiana Jones style pit of Hell.
http://www.kirkbrandon.com Devo to Make First Toronto Appearance in 25 Years, to Play Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo and Freedom of Choice in Their EntiretiesQuote:
It's been announced that quintessential new wave punks Devo will make their first Toronto appearance in two and a half decades.
What's more, the helmet-wearing lads will play back-to-back shows at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, an 18,000-square-foot venue in Toronto's downtown core, on November 23 and 24.
But, wait, that's not all. Devo will treat the first night's crowd to a live rendition of their classic 1978 album, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo, in its entirety; then should leave nerdy jaws agape again on the second night when they take on their 1980 album, Freedom of Choice, also in its entirety.
And, as if the pot needed to be sweetened any more, every online Ticketmaster purchase for the shows will include a downloadable link to three never-before-heard demo tracks of "Turn Around," "Red Shark" and, arguably the band's most infamous song, "Whip It!"
Tickets are $50 for each show and a limited amount of premium tickets have been made available, which include a meet-and-greet with the band, at the ripe price of $99.75. Tickets go on sale this Friday (September 18) at 10 a.m. and are available in Toronto at the Horsehoe Tavern, Rotate This!, Soundscape and through Ticketmaster.
So far this year, Devo have only played four shows — two in the UK and two in Texas. No word yet on any other North American dates on the Devo itinerary, but we bet more than a few of the helmet-headed minions will be making the trek up to Toronto to catch these two shows.
Neon Indian Launches Massive North American Tour, Plays VancouverQuote:
Lo-fi newcomer Alan Palomo makes some seriously addictive electro jams under his Neon Indian moniker, but few people seem to know that. The U.S. artist has yet to release anything official, but his songs can’t help but attract buzz with their awesomeness. Don’t believe us? See for yourself on Palomo’s upcoming North American tour.
The artist, who bases himself in both Texas and Brooklyn, just launched a sprawling world tour that will see him explore areas of North America, Europe and even Australia. The dates spread all the way through January, and include a lone Canadian stop in Vancouver on November 16.
Neon Indian’s debut LP, Psychic Chasms, is due out on October 13 via the increasingly promising Lefse Records. Expect an explosion of hype, and don’t say you weren’t warned.
Neon Indian tour dates:
9/24 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Westergas Factory
9/25 Antwerp, Belgium - Novylon
9/26 London, England - Cargo
9/28 Sheffield, England - Harley
9/29 London, England - Barfly Camden
10/2 Austin, TX - Emo's (Austin City Limits afterparty)
10/16 Tallahassee, FL - Club Down Under
10/17 Jacksonville, FL - TSI
10/18 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
10/17 Washington, DC - Rock N Roll Hotel
10/20 Philadelphia, PA - The Barbery
10/24 New York, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
10/25 Hartford, CT - La Paloma Sabanera
10/27 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
10/28 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
10/29 Bloomington, IN - The Bishop
10/30 Madison, WI - University of Wisconsin (Der Rathskeller)
10/31 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
11/7 Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Festival
11/8 Lubbock, TX - Bash Riprock's
11/11 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
11/12 Boise, ID - Neurolux
11/13 Guadalajara, Mexico - Lemon Beat
11/14 Mexico City, Mexico - Pasaje América
11/15 Seattle, WA - Nectar Lounge
11/16 Vancouver, British Columbia - Shine Nightclub
11/19 San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop
11/20 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
11/21 Tuscon, AZ - Club Congress
12/09 Dublin, Ireland - Academy
12/10 Cork, Ireland - Savoy
12/11 Madrid, Spain - Primavera Club
12/12 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Club
1/2 Melbourne, Australia - Corner Hotel
1/7 Sydney, Australia - Manning Bar
1/8 Sydney Australia - Empire
1/9 Melbourne Australia - Chillwave Festival
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