news::Grupo Fantasma on Austin City Limits

Thursday October 25, 2007

news::Grupo Fantasma on Austin City LimitsStill riding the momentum from their performances with Prince in London this past August, Grupo Fantasma received confirmation of November 17th, as the airdate for their appearance on Austin City Limits. The band’s relationship with Prince began last November with a two month Thursday night stint at his Las Vegas nightclub 3121 and a hip-shaking performance at his mega-celeb filled Golden Globes after party. Fantasma opened for Prince in front of 8,000 fans in Miami, Florida and served as his backup band at several high profile events including the CBS Superbowl Bash in South Beach, the ALMA Awards, and an exclusive private party in their hometown of Austin, TX.

Prince with Grupo Fantasma

http://www.myspace.com/fantasmatics
http://www.grupofantasma.com/



news::Bear in Heaven rare show tonight

Wednesday October 24, 2007

news::Bear in Heaven rare show tonightBear In Heaven’s Red Bloom Of The Boom is a psychedelic trough of shimmering guitars, fading sections that drip and congeal into colorful hallucinogenic bliss. Red Bloom in Boom is seven songs of way-out future rock, which may leave you out of your head for a while. Daydream-and-goosebump-inducing vocals that are somewhat remiscent of Destroyer’s Dan Bejar, glide over walls of melodious distortion, constructing songs that are decadent and grandiose. Bear in Heaven’s debut LP, Red Bloom of the Boom, has been pushed back ever so slightly until Nov. 6, 2007. The band will be playing a rare show tonight at Grasslands in Brooklyn.

Joe from the band put this video together about the show

music:
Werewolf(Edit).mp3Bag of Bags.mp3
http://www.myspace.com/bearinheaven
http://www.bearinheaven.com/
http://www.home-tapes.com/




album::Zookeeper:Becoming All Things

Wednesday October 24, 2007

album::Zookeeper:Becoming All ThingsChris Simpson of Mineral and The Gloria Record fame, virtually disappeared in the midst of recording the fourth Gloria Record album. Now Simpson has been allowed the time to decompress and regroup, giving him the artistic center to pack into an Austin studio and record Becoming All Things - an album of impromptu songs with shaking tambourines, exuberant horns, honky-tonk keys, and, at alternating turns, lyrical depth and whimsy.





artist::The Oscillation "Out of Phase"

Wednesday October 24, 2007

artist::The Oscillation "Out of Phase"The spirit of chaos and live frenzy that looms of late over drone hypno electronic rockers The Oscillation and their live debut last night at Corsica Studios in London, continues as they take the stage again on Friday night at London’s Barfly. The Oscillation are on tour in support of their spaced out experimental release Out of Phase.

check out The Oscillation on video

The Oscillation Live:October 26th The Barfly, London. w/ Post War Years.
November 3rd Walk The Night @The Amersham Arms, New Cross, London W/Skull Juice DJs.
November 7th – Saki Bar, Manchester, w/ Deerhunter,
November 9th – Recyclart, Brussells w/ Fujiya Miyagi.
November 16th – Maximum Joy, Dublin.
December 8th Lucy, Antwerp. DC Recordings Special.

http://www.myspace.com/theoscillations
http://www.dcrecordings.com/
http://www.myspace.com/dcrecordings

news::Busdriver on tour

Wednesday October 24, 2007

news::Busdriver on tourBusdriver, one of the few true original artists out there, has announced an extensive U.S. headlining tour in continued support of his imaginative 2007 Epitaph debut Roadkillovercoat. Launching October 26th in Salt Lake City , the five week cross country trek wraps in San Diego on December 1st.

Busdriver tour dates:10/26, In The Venue, Salt Lake City UT
10/27, Hi-Dive, Denver CO
10/28, Black Sheep, Colorado Springs, CO
10/30, Gaslight, Lawrence , KS
10/31, Opalis, Norman , OK
11/1, Engine Room, Houston , TX
11/2, Palladium Loft, Dallas , TX
11/5, The Beta Bar, Tallahassee , FL
11/6, TSI, Jacksonville , FL
11/8, Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta GA
11/9, Local 506, Chapel Hill NC
11/10, Otto Bar, Baltimore MD
11/11, The Kyber, Philadelphia
11/12, Mercury Lounge, New York , NY
11/13, Harper’s Ferry, Allston , MA
11/14, Soundlab, Buffalo , NY
11/15, Grog Shop, Cleveland , OH
11/16, Empty Bottle, Chicago , IL
11/17, Triple Rock Club, Minneapolis , MN
11/19, Zebra, Bozeman , MT
11/20, The Loft, Missoula , MT
11/21, Nectars, Seattle , WA
11/23, Holocene, Portland , OR
11/24, Great American Music Hall , San Francisco , CA
11/30, Troubadour, Los Angeles , CA
12/1, The Casbah, San Diego , CA

“Sun Showers”

http://www.myspace.com/busdriver
http://busdriversite.com/
http://www.epitaph.com/

artist spotlight::The Dimes:The Silent Generation

Wednesday October 24, 2007

artist spotlight::The Dimes:The Silent GenerationThe Dimes’ sunny day pop is born of the same Northwest, as The Decemberists, The Shins, Ben Gibbard, and even recent Austin to Portland transplants, Spoon. Known for unexpected outbreaks of foot stomping and hand clapping at their live shows, The Dimes boys’ first full-length The Silent Generation should do a lot to make The Dimes’ common knowledge. Most of the record draws its inspiration from a series of Depression-era newspapers that guitarist, Pierre Kaiser, found buried beneath the old floors of his 1908 Portland home. At first, the old papers were a novelty item and a good read for a history buff like singer-songwriter Johnny Clay, but then those stories seeped into the album through tunes like the slow burning “Battle of San Jacinto” and throughout The Silent Generation.

music:
jerseykid.mp3paulkern.mp3newyork1930.mp3

http://www.petmarmoset.net/
http://www.myspace.com/thedimes


news::U2 remasters The Joshua Tree

Wednesday October 24, 2007

news::U2 remasters The Joshua TreeU2′s The Joshua Tree has been meticulously remastered from the original analog master tapes to mark 20 years since its release and will be available on November 20, 2007. In 1987, The Joshua Tree reached Number 1 around the world, selling in excess of 20 million, and won a Grammy© for Album of the Year, while U2 won the Brit Award for Best International Act and Time Magazine put the band on its cover, proclaiming them “Rock’s Hottest Ticket”.

The album will be available in four formats:
A standard CD featuring liner notes from Bill Flanagan, lyrics and unseen photographs from long time collaborator Anton Corbijn.
A double 12″ gatefold vinyl format, with the original album pressed across two 180 gram audiophile discs.
A deluxe edition including a second CD of b-sides and demos from the original album sessions.
A limited edition box set containing two CD’s and a DVD featuring The Joshua Tree Tour live from the Hippodrome in Paris and other rare video footage.
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album review::Richard Hawley:Lady’s Bridge

Wednesday October 24, 2007

album review::Richard Hawley:Ladys BridgeFor Richard Hawley, following up 2005′s Coles Corner was a tall order. When an artist makes a great album they have to live in the shadow of that piece of work, at least for a while. The other thing that happens is it pretty much throws objectivity out the window for most people, in terms of how that new work stacks up in the context of the old. Having said all that, Hawley and his majestic voice are back with Lady’s Bridge and while it may not be Coles Corner, I can’t imagine a Hawley fan who wouldn’t love this record. It seems that he really found himself on Coles Corner, and that Lady’s Bridge builds on much of the same, and in its’ own right comes off as a really good piece of work. As I sift through an album I have heard countless times at this point, I have my favorites, not the least of which is opener “Valentine,” with its’ magnificent build into orchestral delight. Hawley’s baritone croon even switches up the music on the rockabilly tinged “Serious,” and the rootsy “Serious.” Of course, the best song on the album may well be the dark and mysterious album closer “Sun Refused To Shine,” which offers a gloomy forcast for those who believe in something, simply because they want to believe. Apart from being an album that one can almost guarantee in the future will be pulled out right along with his master work, Lady’s Bridge should change the tone of any worthy room the moment it is put on. *
music: (in real audio)
Tonight The Streets Are OursI’m Looking For Someone
video:
Tonight The Streets Are Ours

http://www.myspace.com/richardhawley
http://www.richardhawley.co.uk/
http://www.mute.com/


news::Viva Radio presents Joy Division inspired Complete Control Radio

Tuesday October 23, 2007

news::Viva Radio presents Joy Division inspired Complete Control RadioViva Radio, in conjuction with Rhino records and Anton Corbijn’s theatrical release Control announce the Joy Division-inspired Complete Control Radio. Starting today, October 23rd and continuing through October 30th, with extensive research and help from contributor Dan Selzer, VivaRadio excavates the post-punk vaults for classic and rare Joy Division / New Order / Factory Records material and brings exclusive interviews with band members and affiliates to the online arena. Check out the show and schedule below:

listen to control radio
schedule:
Tues. 10/23
Complete Control Radio Pt. 1
Known and Unknown Pleasures:Joy Division & New Order

Thurs. 10/25
Complete Control Radio Pt. 2
Lust for Life:Joy Division Influences, Peers, and Followers

Fri. 10/26
Complete Control Radio Pt. 3
Interviews w/ Jon Savage & Matthew Higgs.
Jon Savage is the author of England’s Dreaming, a seminal book about the UK punk scene, and writer of the upcoming documentary about Joy Division. Matthew Higgs is the curator of the White Columns gallery in New York City. As a young teenager and fanzine editor, Matthew’s travels to Manchester lead him to Joy Division’s practice and Factory Records owner Tony Wilson’s desk.Tues.

10/30 Complete Control Radio Pt. 4
Interviews w/ Simon Reynolds & Peter HookSimon
Reynolds is author of definitive post-punk book, Rip It Up and Start Again. Peter Hook is the bass player and founding member of both Joy Division and New Order. In this interview Peter is asked about the band’s working methods and the transition to New Order following the death of their singer.

If you don’t have a chance to check out Complete Control in real time, you can access the shows from their archives (www.viva-radio.com/control) through the first week of November.

http://www.viva-radio.com/
http://www.rhino.com/joydivision
http://www.rhino.com/media






notes::Meet The EELS & EELS Useless Trinkets

Tuesday October 23, 2007

notes::Meet The EELS & EELS Useless TrinketsThe EELS are an ever-changing lineup of musicians that play the songs of Mark Oliver Everett (aka E). Now E unveils Eels’ first “best of” compilation, Meet The EELS: Essential EELS Vol. 1, 1996-2006 (CD+DVD), and its first collection of rarities, B-sides, film contributions and unreleased tracks, the EELS Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unreleased 1996-2006 (2CD+DVD), each issued by DreamWorks/Geffen/UMe on January 15, 2008.

MEET THE EELS: Essential EELS Vol. I, 1996-2006 (CD+DVD)
01 novocaine for the soul
02 susan’s house
03 my beloved monster
04 your lucky day in hell
05 3 speed06 last stop: this town
07 climbing to the moon (jon brion remix)*
08 flyswatter
09 i like birds
10 mr. E’s beautiful blues
11 it’s a motherfucker
12 souljacker part 1
13 that’s not really funny
14 fresh feeling
15 get ur freak on*
16 saturday morning
17 love of the loveless
18 dirty girl (live at town hall)
19 i need some sleep
20 hey man (now you’re reallyliving)
21 i’m going to stop pretending that i didn’t break your heart
22 trouble with dreams
23 railroad man
24 losing streak
EELS VIDEO COLLECTION DVD:
01 novocaine for the soul
02 susan’s house
03 rags to rags
04 your lucky day in hell
05 last stop: this town
06 cancer for the cure
07 flyswatter
08 souljacker part I
09 saturday morning
10 hey man (now you’re really living)
11 trouble with dreams
12 dirty girl (live at town hall)
*previously unreleased
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notes::Photon Band return to earth after 5 years

Tuesday October 23, 2007

notes::Photon Band return to earth after 5 yearsOn the Photon Band’ first album in over five years, leader Art DiFuria (formerly of the Lilys) has abandoned the solitude of outer (and inner) space to come to terms with this world. Appropriately titled Back Down to Earth (Empryean), the new album features eight outside musicians, including N. E. Farnsworth III from Bardo Pond, Dmitri Coats of the Burning Brides.

While playing guitar for the Lilys in the late fall of 1993, Art Di Furia picked up his favorite astrology mag, Welcome to Planet Earth, and read about a “band of photonic matter” that will envelop the earth and change consciousness forever. It seemed to Art that this explained everything: music of all kinds had been filling his head lately. Sometimes, he’d hear a lyric or a melody. Sometimes he’d hear an entire song with full instrumentation. His dreams featured unreproducable sounds with corresponding colors, and visitations from Jimi Hendrix, Syd Barrett, John Coltrane, and Sun Ra. He had already begun filling tapes with these ideas. Now he began labelling them, “Photon Band.” Now, five full-length albums and a harvest of singles and comp tracks later, The Photon Band return to prosper hallucinogenic solitude.

“Stratosphere”

http://www.myspace.com/photonband
http://theephotonband.com/



notes::The Octopus Project & Hello Avalanche

Tuesday October 23, 2007

notes::The Octopus Project & Hello AvalancheTHE OCTOPUS PROJECT’s Hello, Avalanche was released last week. Here are a couple of songs from Hello, Avalanche and an ecard to hear the entire record.

music:
beesbeinstrugglin.mp3aneveningwithrrtha.mp3

theoctopusproject ecard

http://www.octopusproject.com/
http://www.myspace.com/theoctopusproject