Under Byen Tour North America With Frida Hyvonen
What with all the chatter about Sweden on this here website, it's easy to forget that other Scandinavian nations made a serious Stateside splash in 2006 (an indie-sized splash, but still). Among them: Denmark, who graced us with Pitchfork faves Figurines and Mew, as well as Under Byen ("Oh'nah Boon"), who've been kicking it for a while now and released Samme Stof Som Stof (Paper Bag Records) last year to generally positive reviews.The octet-- comprised of four boys and four girls, which means they'll kick your band's ass at square dancing-- finally makes its way to the U.S. and Canada this spring, playing a spate of shows throughout March which climaxes with some SXSW appearances. What's more, they're bringing along one hell of a secret weapon in their quest for Scandinavian domination: Sweden's potty-mouthed chanteuse Frida Hyvönen, who will open most dates, sharing coy, heartfelt balladry from her 2006 U.S. re-release, Until Death Comes (Secretly Canadian).
Frida's previously mentioned poodle-dance soundtrack hits shops across Sweden on January 24, thanks to the Concretes-run imprint Licking Fingers. It's called Frida Hyvönen Gives You: Music from the Dance Performance PUDEL and there's no word quite yet on Secretly Canadian's U.S. release. [MORE...]
Here is part of the plot description for the forthcoming film The Go-Getter, directed by Martin Hynes and starring Lou Taylor Pucci, Zooey Deschanel, and Jena Malone:
Left with an aching instinctual itch to explore America after a traumatic loss, a curious teenager named Mercer suddenly steals a car in Oregon and develops a life-altering telephonic connection with the forgiving and mysterious girl he took it from. As he sets out with her phone calls as guidance, Mercer's motives find focus as he travels across the postmodern highways of the former Wild West to seek self-knowledge and a sense of belonging."
Does that sound like a movie you'd want to see? No? What if you read that paragraph again...while listening to the rustic indie-folk stylings of M. Ward? You can just feel the tumbleweeds, the stares off into the distance, and the sexual tension, right?
Yeah, this movie is totally going to suck. But at least it'll have good music, as Ward has made his first foray into film music with the score for The Go-Getter. It premieres at the Sundance Film Festival later this month, and Ward will perform at the festival to celebrate.
But Park City is just one stop on Ward's current world tour. He's in Australia right now, with a couple of gigs in New Zealand scheduled for next week. Then, it's back to North America for a brief run of solo shows.
As previously reported, Merge will release Ward's "To Go Home" single on February 20. It features guest appearances by such luminaries as Neko Case, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, and Howe Gelb of Giant Sand. [MORE...]
Thermals Tear Across North America
Just in time for us folks up north to don our long underwear, the Thermals-- electrified Portland spunk-rock trio and creative force behind Pitchfork's 17th favorite album of 2006, The Body, the Blood, the Machine-- will take to the road beginning this February.Hutch Harris and company have announced seven dates thus far, most in the Jesus-freaked U.S., one in comely Canada. Best of all: unlike last fall's jaunt that had our trusty Thermals playing second banana to Emomaha's Cursive and that band's black-haired, black-hearted minions, this little adventure has the hard-working Sub Pop trio headlining the smallish, dingy dives they were born to play, in front of the crowds they've been dying to sweat all over. And they'll be joined by Frenchkissers the Big Sleep for most dates. So come out, bring your friends, and for crissakes people, move around!
Here's something to get yr motors running: "2007 is gonna kick major ass!" exclaimed Thermals bassist Kathy Foster in a recent MySpace post. "Let's make it GREAT, ok?! we're gonna start it off right by working on new songs in january and february before leaving for tour. get your juices flowing too! don't put off what you wanna do any longer." Chew on that, kiddies. [MORE...]
Video: Girl Talk [New Year's Eve 2006-07, Chicago]
Girl Talk DJ/"not a DJ" Gregg Gillis stormed the grimy, punk-weathered stage at Chicago's legendary Empty Bottle venue Sunday night, ringing in the new year to an impossibly sold-out crowd: By the night of the event, the club's modest $25 tickets were selling on Craigslist for upwards of $250 a pop.Inside the small, unassuming corner bar at Cortez and Western was a Chicago hipster "Soul Train" resurrection: 400 wasted party people, beat-thirsty and bug-eyed, knocking back straight whiskey and cutrate champagne, passing pizza boxes overhead, getting tangled in Christmas lights and ejected from the club. And Gillis-- lighting up sparklers on his laptop, gradually undressing, remashing Night Ripper faves with Daft Punk, Lil Wayne, and the latest Clipse clips, and celebrating his amazing year-- put in overtime, ensuring that everyone in the room had enough fun in the first hour of the new year to last them to 2008.
MP3: Talib Kweli, Madlib Team for Free Album
Seems Talib Kweli and Madlib resolved to be more generous and giving in 2007, and they're wasting no time with that. Today the pair delivers Liberation, a nine-track digital-only LP featuring MC Kweli and producer Lib, available for free download now-- cover art and all-- on Stones Throw's website.A lo-fi affair full of soulful samples and plenty of name-dropping on the part of Kweli, Liberation includes guest verses from Consequence and Strong Arm Steady and should whet appetites a little bit until Talib drops Ear Drum, his previously reported new LP, originally slated for release late last year. It's now set to land later this month via Kweli's own Blacksmith imprint, under the mighty Warner Bros. umbrella.
But don't whet those appetites too much. Wrote Kweli on his MySpace, "Some fans will say [Liberation] is the sound they want to hear from me all the time. If so, congratulations, you got your wish. However, do not use this to speculate what Ear Drum will sound like. It is a different project with different influences."
Oh, and add kindness to the list of Kweli resolutions. "Shout out to my brother Madlib," wrote the MC in the same MySpace message, "for being so creative and inspirational, and for giving me a canvas to paint on. This project was inspired by his consistency...In this era of over produced and over marketed product, Madlib leads the pack of independent artists who could care less about all of that." We'll toast to that. [MORE...]
Sebadoh Reveal Reunion Tour Dates
J Mascis Designs Shoe for Nike
In October, the semi-cryptic "Sebadoh Classic will be touring this spring 2/25/07 → 4/07" msg appeared on Lou Barlow's website. And now, Lou Barlow, Eric Gaffney, and Jason Loewenstein have revealed the dates that will be filling in that gap-- and extending it. (The trek includes a stop at Noise Pop, as previously reported)
In an update on his site, Barlow commented on a week of recent Sebadoh practice sessions in Los Angeles, as well as Dinosaur Jr.'s holiday trip to the UK, an upcoming five-song solo CD EP ("It sounds more like old-school Sentridoh than anything I've done in awhile. A big murky mess...I love it...That'll be out in Spain sometime soon."), and more.
Speaking of Dinosaur Jr., they currently have one performance scheduled. And it's... a Nike Skateboarding shoe release party taking place at Tampa, Florida's Cuban Club on January 19. No kidding, J Mascis designed a SHOE for Nike. Yeah, apparently aging indie rock legends have the same cache as basketball stars and rappers these days.
Dinosaur Jr. also has a full-band DVD, Dinosaur Jr.: Live from the Middle East, on its way May 8 via Image Entertainment. As previously reported, the trio also plans to drop a currently untitled album produced by Mascis and mixed by John Agnello this spring.
Finally, a bunch of Sebadoh bootlegs have made their way to the band's site. [MORE...]
Video: Bonnie "Prince" Billy: "Ebb Tide"
A striptease. A topless swim. Blue night-vision light.
The latest Paris Hilton escapade? Or...the new Bonnie "Prince" Billy video?
Congratulations, bald-guy-with-beard fetishists, it's the latter! Though not particularly raunchy, this clip for "Ebb Tide" (aka the hidden track at the end of The Letting Go) does feature Will Oldham stripping down to his swim trunks and taking a dip in the ocean. Director Jennifer Parsons' sea shots alternate with footage of Oldham, bathed in said blue light, crooning the song into the camera while making funny faces. Hot stuff.
Moore, Ranaldo, Chatham Head Experimental Fest
Also: Tony Conrad, Christina Carter, Sir Richard Bishop, Loren Connors, Zeena Parkins
The Independents festival kicks off January 4 in Brooklyn and runs through the end of the month, bringing together pretty much anyone who's anyone in boundary-pushing music these days, and tossing in some film and poetry for kicks. All experiments in sound and vision go down at the Issue Project Room, which will host showcases all month long from a number of respectable labels, including Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace, Locust, Table of the Elements, Tompkins Square, XI, Pogus, and Family Vineyard.
Among the performers: Bark Haze (featuring Moore and Andrew MacGregor, aka Gown), fellow Sonic Youther Lee Ranaldo, guitar composer Rhys Chatham (performing with his "Guitar Trio All-Stars"), drone violinist Tony Conrad, Charmalambides' Christina Carter, Sunburned Hand of the Man (scoring some films), Ira Cohen (reading poems), mad drummer Jonathan Kane's February, crazed harpist Zeena Parkins, Sun City Girl Sir Richard Bishop, Loren Connors/David Daniell/Greg Kelley, No Neck Blues Band, MV+EE, Lau Nau, Function, Lichens, Ethan Rose, and Badgerlore. Scope the complete lineup and schedule here.
You're also highly encouraged to check out Leif Inge's SXSW smash "9 Beet Stretch", which elongates Beethoven's 9th Symphony out into a 24-hour drone mindfuck.
TV on the Radio Schedule North American Tour
Following his Karen O leak outburst last month, Dave Sitek has found a new outlet for his pent-up creative energy: a TV on the Radio spring tour.
The band will hit the road in March, crossing the U.S. and Canada through late April. [MORE...]
Shins Share Video, Digital LP; Rock "SNL"
Somehow I missed the Cast Your Kids in a Shins Video contest, which is a shame, since my kids love them some Shins, but lookee here! The video for the band's "Phantom Limb", first single from Wincing the Night Away (January 23, Sub Pop), thrusts our fair Shins and America's children into the throes of various tragic historical situations. Situations that, yes, changed lives-- but hardly for the better. Irony! Maybe.Kids and Shins portray Joan of Arc and her army, vile conquistadors, oppressed native peoples, and the ill-fated members of the Donner party in the Patrick Daughters-directed clip. It's rather charming because 1.) the whole thing is set up and dramatized like a play, and 2.) such dire circumstances are pretty much the last thing the Shins' music evokes. Incongruity can be fun.
Also fun: the digital age. And in an effort to reconcile the technological advances our science hath wrought with the rampant nostalgia for all things vinyl, those jolly elves at Sub Pop will package all LP copies of Wincing the Night Away with a magical golden ticket which you may redeem-- at no additional charge-- for Wincing in mp3 format. Not unlike what Merge Records and a bunch of other labels are doing right now. And not a bad idea, if you ask us.
Finally, our boys will wince the "Saturday Night Live" away, appearing on the sometimes funny NBC program January 13, along with Jake Gyllenhaal of Donnie Darko and Brokeback Mountain fame. UPDATE: They'll be performing "Phantom Limb" and "New Slang".
Finally finally, there's a pretty fantastic Shins interview on the main page right now. You know you want to click it.
Pitchfork's T.V. Picks for This Week:
Tuesday, January 2:
ABC: "Jimmy Kimmel
Live": My Chemical Romance
NBC: "Last Call With
Carson Daly": Regina Spektor (rerun)
Wednesday, January 3:
ABC: "Jimmy Kimmel
Live": Twilight Singers
NBC: "Last Call With
Carson Daly": Wolfmother (rerun)
Thursday, January 4:
NBC: "The Tonight Show
With Jay Leno": Akon
Saturday, January 6:
PBS: "Austin City Limits": Damian Marley
Monday, January 8:
MTV2: "Subterranean": the Thermals
While We Were Out
Stuff that happened during the break
For the past two weeks, the Pitchfork news team has been on our annual Mexican vacation, swimming in the ocean, sipping margaritas, and building beach bonfires out of stacks of bad promo CDs. (Sorry, Bull Cock.)
However, just because we're busy rubbing suntan lotion on one another's backs doesn't mean the music world stops generating news, though we would prefer if it did.
So here's a brief wrap-up of some of the more notable happenings that took place since December 15, 2006 and today. Happenings that weren't as notable as James Brown's death or Stephen Colbert enlisting Henry fucking Kissinger to beat Chris Funk at guitar-soloing, that is.
Happy new year!
ARCADE FIRE ONSLAUGHT BEGINS
The week before the break, a mysterious advertisement appeared on our website, bearing only the phone number 1-866-NEONBIBLE and a link to www.neonbible.com. Assuming it was some cheesy viral marketing campaign for a Christian youth movement or a car (Dodge Neon, maybe?) or something, we ignored it.
Whoops!
Turns out it was an ad for the new Arcade Fire album, titled, yes, Neon Bible. Calling the phone number got you a static-y, almost unlistenable version of the song "Intervention". Thankfully, on December 28, the real "Intervention" in all of its orchestral, over-the-top glory became available as an iTunes download benefiting the nonprofit health care group Partners in Health.
The Neon Bible track "Black Wave/Bad Vibrations" also became available as an iTunes download benefiting Partners in Health, albeit accidentally. According to a post from Win Butler on the band's website, someone from Merge Records mistakenly put the track on iTunes on December 26. Thanks, dude.
The band also added five shows at Judson Memorial Church in New York City to their previously reported residencies in London and Montreal. Tickets go on sale January 5, but they probably somehow sold out already.
BRIGHT EYES RETURNS
According to Google, Cassadaga is some sort of spiritual cult thing involving communicating with the dead. How emo! Cassadaga is also the name of the forthcoming Bright Eyes album, due out on April 10 on Saddle Creek. It will be preceded by the Four Winds EP on March 6, which includes the title track and five non-album B-sides: "Reinvent the Wheel", "Smoke Without Fire", "Stray Dog Freedom", "Cartoon Blues", and "Tourist Trap".
Conor Oberst is joined by producer Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott on Cassadaga. As previously reported, the album also includes cameos from M.Ward, Gillian Welch, and Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney and the Jicks.
A Bright Eyes tour is in the works for February.
TAPES 'N TAPES ROBBED IN AUSTRALIA
What a shitty way to start the holidays: Right before Tapes 'n Tapes were set to fly home to Minneapolis from an Australian tour, the band's van was robbed. For some reason, the thief or thieves didn't take a lot of equipment, but they did take "one of our passports...two Mac laptops...one digital camera, all of Josh's clothes, one Blackberry, two cell phones, and all sorts of various inconvenient personal effects (glasses, keys, wallets, shoes, etc.)," according to a post on the band's website.
Why would you want someone else's glasses?
PAUL WESTERBERG STABS HIMSELF IN THE HAND WITH A SCREWDRIVER
Um, yeah. This made the front page of CNN.com.
VELVET UNDERGROUND ACETATE GOES FOR $25,200.00
That insanely rare Velvet Underground record was sold on eBay for a second time, and was presumably bought by a reputable person. We hope.
PETER BJORN AND JOHN INVADE AMERICA
Pitchfork's 24th favorite album of 2006, Swedish indie pop trio Peter Bjorn and John's Writer's Block, will be released in America on February 6. It's coming out on the brand new label Almost Gold, which is a partnership between Scott Rodger, manager of Arcade Fire and Bjork, and Isaac Green of StarTime International.
The U.S. version of the album includes the "single version" of "Let's Call It Off", as well as a bonus disc featuring the original take on that song as well as "Ancient Curse", "All Those Expectations (Weak Remix)", "Self-Pity", "Sitar Folks", and the "Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve Re-Animation" version of Pitchfork's fifth favorite song of 2006, "Young Folks".
PB&J also scheduled two New York City shows, one at the Mercury Lounge on January 29 and one at the Bowery Ballroom on January 30.
TED LEO REVEALS TERRIBLE ALBUM COVER
MALKMUS, DEERHOOF, EL-P TO PLAY PLUG AWARDS; DAVID CROSS HOSTS
The 2007 PLUG Awards got even cooler with the announcement of the awards ceremony's entertainment lineup. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Deerhoof, El-P, Tokyo Police Club, and, ugh, Silversun Pickups, will all perform at the big event, taking place February 10 at NYC's Irving Plaza.
Malkmus will receive the PLUG Impact Award (basically the indie version of the Lifetime Achievement Grammy), while the other performers are up for PLUGs in various categories. Comedian David Cross will host the show and make fun of everybody.
LADY SOVEREIGN RESCHEDULES SHOWS
As promised, Lady Sovereign rescheduled her Las Vegas, San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles shows that were either cut short or canceled due to illness last month. The new dates are:
01-04 Las Vegas, NV - Empire Ballroom
01-08 San Francisco - Club Mezzanine
01-09 San Diego - House of Blues
01-10 Los Angeles - El Rey Theatre
Do you have a news tip for us? Anything crazy happen at a show you attended recently? Do you have inside info on the bands we cover? Is one of your favorite artists (that's not somebody you know personally) releasing a new record you'd like to see covered? You will remain completely anonymous, unless we are given your express permission to reveal your identity. (Please note that publicists, managers, booking agents, and other artist representatives are generally exempt from this rule, but will also be granted anonymity if requested.)
Mon: 02-05-07: 02:42 AM CST
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Announce Spring Tour
Mon: 02-05-07: 12:00 AM CST
Arctic Monkeys Unveil Second Album Details
Sun: 02-04-07: 10:21 PM CST
Arcade Fire Reveal Neon Bible Lyrics
Fri: 02-02-07: 06:00 PM CST
SXSW: Good Bad & Queen, Mountain Goats, Mastodon
Fri: 02-02-07: 04:47 PM CST
Love Is All Release Single, Tour
- Rah Bras Call It Quits
- The Juan Maclean Kicks Off DJ Dates
- All Seven Sly and the Family Stone LPs Reissued
- Ratatat, 120 Days Tour Together
- Jesse Sykes Confesses Like, Love, Lust, Kicks Off Tour
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- SXSW: Good Bad & Queen, Mountain Goats, Mastodon
- Rah Bras Call It Quits
- Love Is All Release Single, Tour
- The Juan Maclean Kicks Off DJ Dates
- All Seven Sly and the Family Stone LPs Reissued
- Ratatat, 120 Days Tour Together
- Jesse Sykes Confesses Like, Love, Lust, Kicks Off Tour
- Exclusive: Ed Banger Delivers Second Comp, Tour
- Midlake Embark on Bi-Continental Tour
- Goldfrapp Ride a White Horse on New EP
- Sufjan, My Brightest Diamond to Play Music Now Fest
- Pitchfork Seeks Business Intern in Chicago
- Arcade Fire Involved in London Scuffle?
- Exclusive: Battles Reveal New Album Details
- Elvis Perkins Supports XL Debut on Tour
- Mountain Goats, Annuals Head WKNC Benefit
- Exclusive: Voxtrot's Ramesh Srivastava Talks Debut LP
- Broken Social Scene Score Tracey Fragments
- Trentemoller "Moan"s, Seances With Lynch, Pynchon
- Herbert Releases Film Work as Score
- R.E.M., Lips, Ward Cover Radiohead, More on Comp
- Jonathan Richman Tours, Scores Indie Film
- Exclusive: Frog Eyes Shed Tears, Tour to Feel Better
- Grizzly Bear Kick Off North American Tour
- Exclusive: Dean & Britta Announce Tour, Share MP3
- Bjork, Chili Peppers Set to Rock Roskilde
- Exclusive: Magik Markers Record With Ranaldo, Tour
- Sea and Cake Ready Everybody
- Jamie Klaxon Talks Success, Violence, Family, Future
- M. Ward Tours With Norah Jones
- Coldplay Prep Singles Box Set, Tour
- Air Plan European Tour
- Ladytron Tour With Nine Inch Nails
- You Say Party! We Say Die! Sign to Paper Bag
- Mr. Lif Kicks Off Tour
- Exclusive: Jarvis Announces North American Dates
- The Cribs Enlist Kapranos, Ranaldo for Warner Debut
- The Shins' Wincing Debuts at #2!
- Photos: Peter Bjorn and John [New York, NY; 01/30/07]
- The Killers Announce North American Tour
- Isis Frontman Joins Black Metal Supergroup Twilight
- Little Brother Part Ways With 9th Wonder
- Xiu Xiu and Sunset Rubdown to Tour Together
- The Blow Expand Poor Aim, Tour With Of Montreal
- Danielson Movie Heads to DVD
- Steve Reich, Sonny Rollins Win Polar Music Prize
- New Avalanches Album in the Works, Finally
- The Good, the Bad and the Queen Hit North America
- José González Schedules U.S. Shows
- Jay-Z, M.I.A., Timberlake to Shock With Timbaland
- Vashti, ex-Arab Strap, ex-Delgados on Idlewild Lit Comp
- Nick Drake Preps Music From Beyond, Haunts SXSW
- Shellac to Play Robbins Benefit
- Police to Reunite for Arresting Grammys Performance
- Anticon Signs SJ Esau, Thee More Shallows
- Photos: Annuals [Atlanta, GA; 01/26/07]
- Clipse Announce Winter Tour
- Decemberists Get Embroidery Treatment
- Maria Taylor Enlists Siblings, Oberst for New Solo LP
- Rogue Wave's Spurgeon Receives Kidney
- Ponys, Roky, Brightblack, Annuals to Play Noise Pop
- Earl Greyhound OK After Tour Van Accident
- Flaming Lips, Metric, Lil Jon Team Up With Playboy
- Klaxons Send Myths Stateside via Rinse/DGC
- Exclusive: Xiu Xiu, Larsen Team for New XXL Album
- Arcade Fire Launch Most Anticipated Tour of All Time
- Exclusive: Cornelius' Sensuous Comes to the States
- T.V. Eye: January 29-February 3, 2007
- Ted Leo Expands Living With Chumbawumba Cover
- Pitchfork Music Festival SXSW Party Revealed!
- Afghan Whigs Retrospective Revealed
- Pretty Girls Make Graves Split
- Chatham Gets Sonic Youth, Godspeed for "Guitar Trio"
- Okkervil River's Will Sheff Tours With Josh Ritter
- Modest Mouse Unveil Dead Tracklist, Release Date
- The Good, the Bad and the Queen Kick Off Tour
- Tapes 'n Tapes Schedule North American Tour
- Animal Collective's Avey Tare Records With ex-Múm Gal
- Brian Eno Producing New Coldplay Album
- Kaiser Chief Wilson Chats Album, Na's, No's, Hit'n'Run
- Mastodon Kick Off Winter Tour
- Pattern Is Movement Tour With David Bazan
- Smashing Pumpkins Announce First Reunion Shows
- Secretly Canadian Artists Cover Each Other for Comp
- Shins, Lily Allen, Cold War Kids Play KCRW Fundraiser
- Danny! = Next Def Jux Artist
- Girl Talk Seeks Dancers for Vegas Gig
- Q-Tip Readies Renaissance, Kamaal LPs
- Badly Drawn Boy Tours Europe, North America
- RJD2 Extends North American Tour
- Beck's Information Deluxe Edition Revealed
- Photos: Deerhoof/Hella/Busdriver [Los Angeles, CA; 01/24/06]
- Capitol and Virgin Totally Hook Up
- Photos: Of Montreal [San Antonio, TX; 01/21/07]
- Joanna Newsom Tours Australia, New Zealand, Japan
- Lemonheads Tour America, Down Under
- Tom Waits Settles Another Goddamn Lawsuit
- Yo La Tengo Hit the Road
- Datarock Transmit Grooves on North American Tour
- The Rapture Launch Winter Tour
- Times New Viking Sign to Matador, Prep Second LP
- Scott Walker Documentary Drifts Into Theatres
- Shining Put Their Noses to the Grindstone on New LP
- Neko Case Launches Bi-Continental Tour
- Pollard Preps Self-Released EP, LPs for Merge, Ipecac
- Perry Farrell's Satellite Party Gets Ultra Payloaded
- The Decemberists Offer iTunes Live From SoHo EP
- Apostle of Hustle Sing National Anthem of Nowhere
- Phil Elverum Re-Adopts Microphones Name for New 7"
- Stuart Murdoch, Will Oldham, Jarvis Head Kiddie Comp
- Can You Make an Album in 28 Days?
- Faust Founder/Producer Uwe Nettelbeck Passes On
- Dinosaur Jr. Reveal Reunion Album Details
- Jennifer O'Connor Tours, Joins Sykes, Dump for 7" Club
- !!!'s Offer Talks Myth Takes, Out Hud, Politics, Welfare
- The Kooks Return to North America
- The Knife's Silent Shout to Become Three-Disc Set
- Producer Disco D Commits Suicide
- Yorke Pimps Liars, Spank Rock, Malkmus on iTunes
- Walkmen, Kaiser Chiefs to Tour Together
- Lady Sovereign to Open for Gwen Stefani
- Junior Boys Extend Tour Stateside, Canadaways
- Toto, Spin Doctors, Marky Mark Sign on for Coachella
- Menomena Announce North American Tour
- Band of Horses Saddle Up for Studio, Enhance Lineup
- The Books Announce Spring Tour
- Jarvis Gets U.S. Release Date, Tours Europe
- Hella Kick Off Tour, Get Ready for Outer Space
- LCD Soundsystem to Fans: Send Silver to #1!
- Photos: Mission of Burma [New York, NY; 01/19/07]
- Jesus and Mary Chain to Play Coachella!
- Touch and Go Revisit Festival With Video Awesomeness
- Kristin Hersh Talks New Album
- Silver Jews, Avey Tare, Enon, Black Dice on RBR Comp
- Kanye West Applies for Graduation With Chris Martin
- Maximo Park Reveal Our Earthly Pleasures
- Enon Cancel Dates With Of Montreal
- Corsano + Hair Police + Mouthus + Giffoni = Death Unit
- Funkstorung Release Farewell Remix Album
- Deerhoof Give Friends Art Opportunity
- T.V. Eye: January 22-29, 2007
- Jarvis, Lily, New Pornos, Ghostface Added to Coachella
- Ted Leo/Pharmacists to Tour U.S./Canada
- Pitchfork Music Festival 2007: July 14-15, Chicago
- Kanye West, RZA, DJ Premier on Beat Kings DVD
- Apples in Stereo Tour in Support of New Album
- Summer Hymns, Winter Tour
- Islands' Nick Thorburn Talks All Kinds of Crazy Stuff
- Rock Plaza Central Sign to Yep Roc
- Dosh Drops EP, Dashes Off on Tour
- Fujiya & Miyagi Schedule U.S. Shows
- Lily Allen Announces American Tour
- Ghost Prepare for Stormy Nights
- Iron & Wine and Calexico Tour Japan
- Exclusive: The Pipettes to Charm North America
- Arcade Fire Announce UK Single
- Radiohead Working on Album Again
- Bjork Taps Antony, Timbaland, Lightning Bolt for LP
- Of Montreal Launch Tour, Release Digital Single
- The Constantines Tour Canada
- Exclusive: Bonde do Role Sign to Domino
- Lee Hazlewood Taps Granddaughter for Final Album
- Cage Launches Winter Tour
- Mark Eitzel Embarks on East Coast Tour
- Cat Power, Seu Jorge Become Works of Public Art
- Photos: Andrew Bird [New York, NY; 01/17/06]
- Bright Eyes Sign to Polydor Outside North America
- David Kilgour Cleans Up With The Far Now
- Tweedy Reveals Wilco LP Title, Release Date
- Exclusive: Decemberists Announce Spring U.S. Tour
- Parts & Labor, Jana Hunter Cover Oneida's "Sheets"
- Songs of Green Pheasant Sends Aerial Days Stateside
- Pre-Thermals Material Collected on Urban Legends LP
- Turbulence Promises Album Will Do Good
- Echo & the Bunnymen Expand Songs to Learn and Sing
- Built to Spill Show Europe What They're Made Of
- Plan B Plans American Invasion
- Castanets Strike Out on Tour With Shapes and Sizes
- Exclusive: Mystery Jets Sign to Dim Mak
- Low Add European Dates to Tour
- Exclusive: Richard Buckner Tours With Six Parts Seven
- Band of Horses Trot Out on Tiny Tour
- Paul Weller Celebrates 30 Years With DVD/Box, Tour
- DJs Drama & Cannon Arrested for "Illegal" CDs
- Deerhoof Launch World Tour
- Camera Obscura Kick Off Tour, Share Single, Video
- Exclusive: Gustav Ejstes Talks New Dungen Album
- Morrissey Seeks California Love on Tour
- Subtle Make Plans With TV on the Radio, Launch Tour
- Drag City Brings Boris' Rainbow to U.S.
- ? of ? & the Mysterians Loses House, Valuables to Fire
- Bonnie "Prince" Billy Preps New Single
- Ninja Tune/Big Dada Prep Diplo, Wiley, Bug Releases
- Junior Boys Remixed by Hot Chip, Prep EPs, Tour
- Slint Rock Spiderland at Primavera Sound Festival
- Postal Service Cheat on USPS-- With UPS!
- Stones Throw Releases Retrospective Comp
- Sonic Youth Tour Japan with Vooredoms (Boredoms)
- Frightened Rabbit Hit the States
- Exclusive: Page France Reveal LP, MP3, Headlights Tour
- Sigur Rós: "New Album in the Works"
- Annuals Prep EP, Tour With Dears, Aqueduct
- Leonard Cohen Given Reissue Treatment
- Sonic Youth, Murdoch, Watt, Suzuki on Future Pilot LP
- The Hold Steady Tour With the Thermals
- T.V. Eye: January 15-19, 2007
- Dr. Dog Tour With Bobby Bare Jr.
- V2 Closes Shop on New Releases, White Stripes Are Free
- Ben Gibbard Goes Hollywood
- Kevin Shields: MBV Will "100%" Make Another Album
- Marnie Stern Melts Your Face With KRS LP, Tour, MP3
- Video: Jelly Donut vs. Lady Sovereign
- Exclusive MP3: Grizzly Bear: "Knife (Girl Talk Remix)"
- The Stranglers Choke Out New Album Stateside
- Sneakers Release Retrospective Compilation
- Exclusive: MP3: Busdriver: "Less Yes's, More No's"
- Dntel Sub Pop Debut Revealed
- Vashti, Vetiver, Juana Molina, Adem Launch Tour
- Hold Steady Invade Britain
- The Ponys Tour Before Turning the Lights Out
- Arab Strap Drop Tears Stateside, Prep Solo Discs
- Exclusive: Mando Diao Share U.S. Release Details, MP3
- Video Premiere: Rob Crow: "I Hate You, Rob Crow"
- MP3: The Pack: "Candy"
- Yo La Tengo, Walkmen, PB&J; Head Laneway Fest
- El Perro Del Mar Tours America Del Norte
- Viva Voce to Support Shins on Tour
- Gruff Rhys Coming to America Thanks to Conor Oberst
- Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid Speak in Tongues, Tour
- Bill Callahan Dumps Smog Name, Drops LP
- Benjy Ferree Launches U.S. Tour
- Misra + Absolutely Kosher = <3
- Decemberists Auction Instruments, Clothes for Charity
- Kanye West Gets HBO Show
- Video: Justin Timberlake/Rock Plaza Central: "SexyBack"
- Ex-Test Icicle Balls With Saddle Creek Peeps
- Video Premiere: Beach House: "Master of None"
- Lily Allen Announces U.S. LP Bonus Features
- Sov Fights Donut, Parties With Playboy, Helps Islands
- Kanye, Gnarls, Girl Talk Take on Jackie Chan, China
- Field Music Record Futureheads, Share Video
- Mastodon Bring Video Game to Blood Mountain
- Talkdemonic to Tour West Coast
- Video: Bloc Party: "I Still Remember"
- Sam Prekop Talks New Sea and Cake Disc
- Exclusive: Blonde Redhead Reveal 23, Announce Tour
- Rough Trade Inks North American Licensing Deal
- Thurston, Carl Newman Write About Favorite Shows
- The Rapture Announce American Tour
- Patti Smith to Release Covers Album
- Exclusive: I'm From Barcelona Introduce U.S. Tracklist
- Mark Ronson Recruits Lily Allen, ODB for Album
- caUSE co-MOTION! Incite Brouhaha on Tour
- Strokes' Hammond Jr. to Release Debut in U.S.
- Kaiser Chiefs Reveal Album Details, Tour
- Video: My Brightest Diamond: "Something of an End (David Keith Remix)"
- Animal Collective Sign to Domino, Tour
- Video: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead: "Naked Sun"
- Bright Eyes Emotes Across North America
- Whitman, Forrest, Belong, Pioulard Record Ringtones
- Video: Clinic: "If You Could Read Your Mind"
- Burrito Brother Kleinow Dead at 72
- Mos Def Album Magically Disappears
- Exclusive: MP3: !!!: "Heart of Hearts"
- PB&J;, Patrick Wolf, 120 Days Head Dutch Fest
- John Reis' Sultans Hang up the Crown
- Cold War Kids Tour With Tokyo Police Club
- Simian, Long Winters on Music for Robots Comp
- Emily Haines Serenades NPR Listeners
- M. Ward, Jim James, Ladyhawk Featured on FADER 7”
- The Broken West (Formerly the Brokedown) Plan Tour
- Bloc Party Announce North American Tour
- Do Make Say Think Make Album, Do Tour
- MP3: Beirut: "Elephant Gun"
- Pharoahe Monch Shares New Song, Controversial Video
- A-Trak Releases One of Everything
- R.E.M., Patti Smith, Grandmaster Flash Make Rock Hall
- Ted Leo to Play NYC Benefit for Robbins Family
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