Canvasback Music/Favorite Gentlemen Recordings has announced the release of a new EP/DVD from Manchester Orchestra entitled Let My Pride Be What’s Left Behind, available via independent retail only (see thinkindie.com for a list of participating stores) on October 14th. This EP/DVD combo will feature the never before released What’s Left Behind documentary film directed by Sam Erickson of 44 Pictures, three live tracks, and two brand new songs. The first track on the EP, “I Can Feel A Hot One” will be prominently featured in the September 15th episode of The CW’s “Gossip Girl”. The short-form documentary was filmed and edited by Erickson (My Morning Jacket’s Okonokos and Dave Matthews Live At Radio City) and explores the close bond between the band members on tour and highlights the constant themes of life, happiness, religion and death; threads that are echoed throughout the music and lyrics that make up the fabric of Manchester Orchestra. Starting this week at Blackbird Studios in Nashville, TN, the making of the sophomore album, officially titled Mean Everything To Nothing, gets underway with producer Joe Chicarelli (The Shins, My Morning Jacket and Manchester Orchestra).
Wilderness return on November 4th (Nov. 3 in the UK) with (k)no(w)here, their third album. The album was conceived as one musical piece, and the impetus for this composition came from an invitation to collaborate with renowned visual artist Charles Long at Long’s exhibit at the Whitney Biennial in Spring of 2008. On the album, James Johnson is occasionally joined vocally by Colin McCann (aka The Lord Dog Bird), and as on previous albums, McCann performs on guitar, Brian Gossman on bass, and William Goode on drums. Check out a clip of Wilderness’ collaboration with Charles Long at the Whitney Biennial below.
tracklisting: 1. High Nero
2. Strand the Test of Time
3. (p)ablum
4. Silver Gene
5. Own Anything
6. Chinese Whisperers
7. Soft Cage
8. <….^….>
video: Wilderness/Charles Long
Why? have been working hard on the road this year in support of their album Alopecia. Phil Elverum and his Mount Eerie project been riding the rising tide with album, Lost Wisdom, his collaboration with Julie Doiron and Fred Squire. Now both Why? and Mount Erie will come together and then separate on the road.
video: “the Vowels” pt. 2
tour:
WHY? September 4th- Los Angeles, CA Echoplex $
September 5th- Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse $
September 6th- Tucson, AZ Solar Culture $
September 8th- Austin, TX Mohawk*
September 9th- Dallas, TX Granada Theater*
September 11th- Pensacola, FL Sluggo’s*
September 12th- Gainseville, FL Common Grounds*
September 13th- Miami, FL White Room*
September 14th- Orlando, FL The Social*
September 16th- Asheville, NC Grey Eagle*
September 17th- Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church*
September 18th- New York, NY Bowery Ballroom*
September 19th- Boston, MA Museum of Fine Arts +
September 20th- Portland, ME Space Gallery &
September 21st- Providence, RI Club Hell
September 22nd- Montreal, QC La Sala Rossa
September 25th- Cincinnati, OH Midpoint Music Festival
September 26th- Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge#
September 27th- Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock#
September 29th- Denver, CO Hi- Dive @
September 30th- Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court (early – 7pm)@
September 30th- Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge (late)
October 2nd- Vancouver, BC Richard’s On Richard @^
October 3rd- Seattle, WA Vera Project @
October 4th- Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom @^
* = w/ Mount Eerie
# = w/ Tobacco
$ = w/ Rafter
+ = w/ Alina Simone
& = w/ Alias
@ = w/ Restiform Bodies
^ = w/ Tender Forever
MOUNT EERIE 09-04 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
09-05 Denver, CO – Brooks Center Arts
09-06 Penasco, NM – The Penasco Theatre
09-07 Marfa, TX – Marfa Book Company
09-08 Austin, TX – Mohawk #
09-09 Dallas, TX – Good Records (in-store)
09-09 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater #
09-10 Ruston, LA – Louisiana Tech
09-11 Pensacola, FL – Sluggo’s #
09-12 Gainesville, FL – Common Grounds #
09-13 Miami, FL – White Room #
09-14 Tampa, FL – Transitions Gallery (early show)
09-14 Orlando, FL – The Social #
09-15 Athens, GA – Cin? !
09-16 Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle #
09-17 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church #
09-18 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom #
09-19 Brooklyn, NY – Lutheran Church of the Messiah *^
09-20 Northampton, MA – Iron Horse Music Hall *^
09-21 Worcester, MA – The Grind at Clark University *^
09-22 Providence, RI – Building 16 *^
09-23 Purchase, NY – SUNY Purchase *^
09-24 Pittsfield, MA – Copperworks *^
09-25 Saratoga Springs, NY – Falstaff’s *^
09-26 New Haven, CT – People’s Center *^
09-27 Boston, MA – Mass Art *^
09-28 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY – Bard Hall at Bard College *^
10-12 Montreal, Quebec – La Sala Rossa ^
10-13 Ottawa, Ontario – SAW Gallery *^
10-14 Toronto, Ontario – Church of the Redeemer *^
10-15 East Lansing, MI – Scene Metrospace *^
10-16 Pontiac, MI – Crofoot Ballroom *+
10-17 Cincinnati, OH – Art Damage Lodge *^
10-18 Gambier, OH – Kenyon College *^
10-19 Delaware, OH – Ohio Wesleyan University *^
10-20 Chicago, IL – AV-aerie *^
10-21 Madison, WI – Gates of Heaven *^
10-22 Louisville, KY – Skull Alley *^
10-23 Bloomington, IN – The Cinemat *^
10-24 St. Louis, MO – Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center *^
10-25 Springfield, MO – Randy Bacon Gallery *^
10-26 Norman, OK – Opolis *^
10-27 Santa Fe, NM – Warehouse 21 *^
10-28 Phoenix, AZ – Modified *^
10-29 Irvine, CA – UC Irvine Cross Cultural Center (early show)
10-29 Los Angeles, CA – SiteLA *^
10-30 Santa Cruz, CA – The Cr?pe Place
11-01 San Francisco, CA – Million Fishes $
11-02 Oakland, CA – TBA
11-03 Sacramento, CA – VOX
11-04 Eugene, OR – Wandering Goat Caf?
# with WHY?
! with the Music Tapes
* with Julie Doiron
^ with Calm Down, It’s Monday
+ with Mirah, No Kids
$ with Thanksgiving, White Fang
The Flying Tourbillon (Tour-Bee-On) Orchestra came together in the summer of 2007 under the leadership of songwriter Hunter Cousteau. Said to marry the sounds of classic pop and old-time rock n’ roll with something newer, FTO have been making quite the mark on LA spots like Spaceland, The Echo, the Knitting Factory, Silverlake Lounge, as well as the Indie 103.1′s Check One-Two night at the Viper Room. Check out “In A Dream” from FTO’s debut EP, Escapements, below.
Fucked Up’s upcoming album The Chemistry of Common Life will be out October 7th on Matador Records. They’re currently on the road on the West Coast and will then come back in October for more US dates.
tour: Sep 07 Vancouver, BC CA Richards On Richards
Oct 11Montreal, QB CA La Sala Rosa
Oct 12 Allston, MA Great Scott w/Vivian Girls
Oct 13 Danbury, CT Heirloom Arts Theatre w/Vivian Girls
Oct 15 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom w/Vivian Girls
Oct 16 Brooklyn, NY Market Hotel w/Vivian Girls
Oct 17 Baltimore, MD Sonar w/Vivian Girls
Oct 18 Philadelphia, PA The Barbary w/Vivian Girls
Oct 19 Washington, DC Rock And Roll Hotel w/Vivian Girls
Oct 20 Columbus, OH Skully’s
Oct 21St. Louis, MOThe Bluebird
Oct 22 Iowa City, IA The Picador
Oct 23 Chicago, IL Reggie’s Rock Club
Oct 24 Pontiac, MI The Pike Room
Oct 25 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
Tonight The Oscillation will be supporting the truly legendary pioneers of electronic music Silver Apples at London’s Corsica Studios. The rest of the lineup includes the Afro-beat Cabaret spectacular of Jessie Evans to the spacerock of Litmus and the “cartoon Neue Deutsche Welle” of Xylitol.
Corsica Studios is in Elephant and Castle. The night starts at 8pm and you should get advance tickets, since last time Silver Apples played there was a queue round the block of people who didn’t get in.
Annuals will release Such Fun on October 7th. The cover art is a painting by the legendary Bob Ross. There is serenity found somewhere out there in the bright lights.
tour with Minus The Bear: October 8 – Spokane, WA – Service Station #
October 9 – Missoula, MT – The Other Side#
October 11 – Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre #
October 12 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown #
October 13 – Iowa City, IA – The Picador #
October 15 – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theatre #
October 16 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall #
October 17 – Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre #
October 18 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall #
October 19 – Detroit, MI – Majestic Theatre Center #
October 20 – Cleveland Heights, OH – Grog Shop $
October 21 – Boston, MA – Wilbur Theatre
October 22 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
October 23 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts
October 24 – Providence, RI – Lupo’s at the Strand
October 25 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
October 26 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
October 28 – Richmond, VA – The National
October 29 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre
October 30 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
October 31 – Knoxville, TN – Bijou Theatre
November 1 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
November 3 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution !
November 4 – Lake Buena Vista, FL – House of Blues !
November 5 – Jacksonville, FL – Freebird Café !
November 7 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues !
November 8 – Houston, TX – House of Blues !
November 9 – Austin, TX – Waterloo Park (Fun Fun Fun Fest) !
November 10 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues !
November 12 – Santa Fe, NM – TBA
November 13 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre !
November 14 – San Diego, CA – Soma @
November 15 – Pomona, CA – Glass House @
November 16 – Los Angeles, CA – Henry Fonda Theatre @
November 18 – Sacramento, CA – Empire @
November 19 – San Francisco, CA – Bimbo’s @
# with Themes
$ with the New Year
with Sylvie
! with 27
@ with Helms Alee http://www.myspace.com/annuals
The promotion that asked fans to gather 50,000 people on Escape the Fate’s Buzznet page had such an overwhelming response in its final minutes, it managed to crash the big servers of the social networking giant that was hosting the promotion. While it may have only been for 15 minutes, that was a long 15 minutes to fans who had been parked on the page for more than a day, waiting to hear a new song from their favorite band. Launched on September 2nd, the digital social experiment challenged Escape the Fate’s core fans to cooperate with one another by gathering 50,000 people on the band’s Buzznet page. When that number was reached, it would “unlock” a long awaited, brand-new song from the band’s upcoming sophomore release This War Is Ours, out October 21 on Epitaph Records. Over the next 30 hours, determined fans posted bulletins on other social networking sites, made desperate pleas on YouTube and commandeered their parents’ and sibling’ computers and managed to gather their legions so quickly everyone was taken by surprise.
“I thought the promotion might run for a week or 10 days as word got out,” says Jason Fisher, Epitaph’s Director of New Media and the creator of the project. “I figured kids would log on after school and we’d see an increase every afternoon. I never expected them to unlock the song in a day and a half. Originally, I thought we could set the number of people at 25,000 and that would be a challenge.”
In the 30 hours the Escape the Fate promotion ran, it had nearly a million page views, generated 16,000+ comments and gathered well over 50,000 fans. The ensuing buzz caused the band to jump up the music charts on Myspace, landing them in the rarified Top 20. “The Flood,” the first single from Escape the Fate’s forthcoming This War Is Ours, can be heard here.
To celebrate the release of Entanglements, their first album for Tomlab, Parenthetical Girls asked some of their friends to cover and remix some of the songs from the album – the first two offerings come from labelmates No Kids and The Dead Science, who have covered “This Regrettable End” and “Young Eucharists” respectively.
Although I tend toward the cappuccino for early sustenance, often times, the milk only ruins the perfect flavor of the worshipping bean. Sometimes the best technique doesn’t make for the tastiest drink. It is all about the slide and the balance of proportioned spirit. I see it occasionally, and sometimes I’m even part of it, – - coffee, cigarettes, and good people making great conversation. http://www.nanamouskouri.net/
MySpace has announced the launch of its newest music program, “Front to Back,” celebrating iconic albums that have helped shape the MySpace Generation. MySpace kicks off this program by reuniting alt-pop band Ben Folds Five with an exclusive one-time live performance of their final studio album together, The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, in its entirety. The concert will be the band’s first performance together in nearly ten years and will take place in the band’s former hometown of Chapel Hill, North Carolina on September 18, 2008 at the UNC Memorial Hall. The show will be rebroadcast on the “Front to Back” official MySpace profile in October.
We are honored and excited that Ben Folds Five is helping launch this new music program,” said Josh Brooks, VP of Music Marketing for MySpace. “‘Front to Back’ is about connecting and re-connecting the MySpace community, fans and bands alike with some of the most acclaimed and inspirational albums ever produced.”
“Front to Back” asks leading artists to perform one of their own seminal albums, from front to back, in a live concert that is then later aired on the site. The airing of the event includes interviews with the band as well as artists who were influenced by the album. Presented by Nowwhat.com, tickets to the Ben Folds Five “Front to Back” taping will go on sale to the public through etix.com on September 8th at 10 AM EST. Additional “Front to Back” performances will be announced by MySpace in the coming months.
Piano-based rock trio Ben Folds Five formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1993. Comprised of Ben Folds on vocals and piano, Robert Sledge on bass and backing vocals and Darren Jessee on drums and backing vocals, the group quickly became heroes in the world of indie alternative-pop. The band, well-known for their hit single “Brick” from their platinum-selling 1997 album Whatever and Ever Amen, was together seven years before disbanding amicably in 2000, at which time Ben Folds began his esteemed solo career while Darren Jessee went on to form the band Hotel Lights and Robert Sledge went on to play in the now defunct International Orange. Folds’ third solo studio album, Way to Normal, releases on September 30, 2008. The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner was released in April 1999 and was the fourth and final album from Ben Folds Five. It cracked the Top 40 of Billboard’s Album chart and reached No. 3 on Billboard’s Top Internet Albums chart.
“When MySpace approached me about doing this gig,” Ben Folds said, “I misunderstood and thought they wanted us to play Purple Rain front to back, so of course I said yes. But we’re happy to do The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner instead. Of our three albums, this one brings back the most vivid memories. It was actually written to be one song of many movements, which is why there are motifs that appear throughout the album. That should make Reinhold a natural to be played front to back.”
The proceeds from concert will benefit Operation Smile: Changing Lives One Smile at a Time. For more information, please go to operationsmile.org.
Canvasback Music/Favorite Gentlemen Recordings has announced the release of a new EP/DVD from Manchester Orchestra entitled Let My Pride Be What’s Left Behind, available via independent retail only (see thinkindie.com for a list of participating stores) on October 14th. This EP/DVD combo will feature the never before released What’s Left Behind documentary film directed by Sam Erickson of 44 Pictures, three live tracks, and two brand new songs. The first track on the EP, “I Can Feel A Hot One” will be prominently featured in the September 15th episode of The CW’s “Gossip Girl”. The short-form documentary was filmed and edited by Erickson (My Morning Jacket’s Okonokos and Dave Matthews Live At Radio City) and explores the close bond between the band members on tour and highlights the constant themes of life, happiness, religion and death; threads that are echoed throughout the music and lyrics that make up the fabric of Manchester Orchestra. Starting this week at Blackbird Studios in Nashville, TN, the making of the sophomore album, officially titled Mean Everything To Nothing, gets underway with producer Joe Chicarelli (The Shins, My Morning Jacket and Manchester Orchestra).
