British Electronica Duo Goldfrapp Announce New Album, Head First, Released March 23; I Finally Ask the Question: What the Hell Kind of a Last Name is Goldfrapp? Was Your Father a Particularly Luxurious Starbucks? [NME]
Super Hip Blog Gorilla vs. Bear Releases Super Hip List of the Super-est, Hippest Albums to Come Out in 2009; Raekwon’s Fantastic Only Built For Cuban Linx Pt. II Claims the Number One Spot, White Denim Claims Number Two; Elsewhere, GvsB, Seriously? Still Sticking With Polaroids AND Still Repping White Denim? You Are Swiftly Becoming the First Aging Hipster Blog…At Least You Can Keep Your Ray-Bans On as You Go Old and Blind [Gorilla vs. Bear]
Dischord-Necessities Shudder to Think’s Frontman Craig Wedren Posts Entirety of Lost 1995 Solo Album The Spanish Amnesian; Stream It Here [Pitchfork]
Watch the Video for “¡Happy Birthday, Guadalupe!” A Christmas Song From the Killers, Who Will Be Donating All Profits to (RED), An AIDS Relief Fund; From the Mariachi Instrumentation to Brandon Flowers Shouting “My Mexican Angel!” Everything About this Song is Baffling [Spin]
Liam Gallagher May Continue Recording Under Name Oasis, Even With the Departure of Principle Oasis Songwriter Noel Gallagher…My Question: Why in the Hell Would You Want to Continue Being Associated With the Trainwreck that Has Been the Last Fourteen Years of Oasis? [NME]
Stream New Song From Owen Pallett, AKA Final Fantasy, “Lewis Takes Action;” Meanwhile, Lewis’s Idea of Taking Acting Must Be Angularly (And, Admittedly Pleasantly) Noodling For Three Minutes; Heartland Released January 12 [Pitchfork]
I’m Self-Conscious of My Smell, But Still Want to Prove I Really REALLY Like Thriller; I Know, I’ll Get a Scent Modeled After the DNA of Michael Jackson, That’ll Really Draw in the Err…Ladies; Elsewhere, Who Else is Surprised That Any of Michael Jackson’s DNA was Found in a Piece of His Hair? That Man Was Ostensibly a Stretch Armstrong [Idolator]
Watch Video For Small Black’s “Despicable Dogs,” Which Makes Predominant Use of the Aging Surfer Motif Present in Movies Like Lords of Dogtown, or, for the Tween Crowd, Johnny Tsunami; Hey, Why Not Read About the Filming of the Video In Our Interview With Josh Kolenik [Prefix]
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Stream “Bad Design,” A New Single From San Francisco’s The Mantles, Which Sounds Like Joe Strummer Moonlighting as the Hungover Frontman For An Early, Drunk Version of Green Day [Gorilla vs. Bear]
Watch New York’s Own Ezra Furman and the Harpoons Cover Daniel Johnston’s “Walking the Cow” – Appearance of Band Eerily Similar to Early Look of the Shins; Possibly Same Band [Spin]
Vampire Weekend Prep New Single From Upcoming LP Contra; “Cousins,” (Which Hopefully Will Slant Rhyme “Cousins,” With “Cuff-Links”) Released November 17 [Pitchfork]
Former Oasis Co-Frontman Noel Gallagher Confirms Plan to Pursue Career as Solo Musician After Oasis’s Split; Doesn’t Confirm Whether or Not His Music Will Be Tolerable; Confirms He Has Only Thought About Himself For Last Six Months, Therefore Confirming My Suspicions That Noel Gallagher is Shitty Person [NME]
German Nu-Metal Band Rammstein (Most Popularly Known For The Fist-Pumping Confusion of “Du Has”) Release Most Explicit “Special Edition” Album Packaging Of All Time, Including Five “Pleasure Tools” Modeled After The Band Members’ Err…Rams-stein [Idolator]
Billy Corgan to Control Fighting Doll Version of Himself, and Attempt to Take Down Doll Robert Smith; Smashing Pumpkins Hope That Doll Corgan Take Control of Smashing Pumpkins, As Even an Inanimate Doll Would Be More Respectable Than Billy Corgan Himself [Pitchfork]
Public Enemy Has Raised Over $50,000 From Fans to Record Next Album; Chuck D Heard To Intelligently Say Something About “Taking Power Back” From Recording Companies; Meanwhile, Flava Flav Exploiting Himself For Lacking a High School Education [NME]
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The Commodores Reunite With Lionel Richie At Essence Fest [Billboard]
Former Manager of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, Allen Klein Passes Away [NME]
“California Family Claims to See Michael Jackson’s Face in Tree” — No Joke Can Make That Headline Funnier [CBS13]
Foo Fighters Debut New Song At Obama’s USO 4th of July Party…Obama Pleased, But Really Wanted to Hear Grohl Cover “Tiny Dancer” [Spin]
Twilight Sad Tour U.S. With Frightened Rabbit – Fans Work Hard on Their Scottish Accents for Sing Alongs [Tripwire]
Radiohead Manager Brian Message Launches Polyphonic Records; Allows Artists to Keep Copyrights [NME]
Jack White Sets Up Subscription Service Through His Record Label; Cryptically Called “The Vault” [Spin]
Dinosaur Jr.’s/Sebadoh’s Lou Barlow to Release Goodnight Unknown October 6 [Pitchfork]
Listen to New Air Track, “Do the Joy” Now! It’s Robotic! Hypnotic! Dreamy! It Sounds Exactly Like Air! [Prefix]
Oasis’ Noel Gallagher Really Loves Drugs [Prefix]
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Live Nation Offers “No Service Fee Wednesday” Today [Brooklyn Vegan]
Kanye West and Lady Gaga Announce Fall Tour [Idolator]
Perez Hilton Says Christina Aguilera is Recording With Le Tigre [Spin]
Live Nation and Ticketmaster Merger Challenged as Monopoly in UK [NME]
Phoenix and Passion Pit Play Central Park Summerstage [Brooklyn Vegan]
Devendra Banhart Remixes Oasis [NME]
Patrick Wolf Arrested and “Almost Shot in the Face” in San Francisco [Pitchfork]
New Roots Album How I Got Over Announced; Roots May Be Busiest Band in Universe [Prefix]
Stream Sunset Rubdown’s New Album Dragonslayer on NPR [NPR]
Touch & Go’s DIY 70s Punk Zine Becomes Really Nice Book [The Tripwire]
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New Jane’s Addiction Songs Have Frontman Farrell on the Edge of His Seat [Billboard]
Patrick Wolf Plays New Songs at Le Poisson Rouge [SPIN]
Vampire Weekend Wins Over Wordsmiths with “Oxford Comma” [Stereogum]
Green Day and MySpace Set Up “Secret” NY Gig [Rolling Stone]
Oasis Gets All Altruistic [Live Daily]
Interscope Signs Gossip Girl After First Gig [Idolator]
Checking In on Camp Cocker [Stereogum]
If You’re in Detroit This Summer, Crash Kid Rock’s Party [NME]
Murdoch’s Musical for the Females [Prefix]
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September 11, 2008
NYC Subway Musicians to Perform Songs from New Oasis Album
Oasis fans commuting in Manhattan will be in for a treat tomorrow, as over 30 subway performers will cover solely Oasis songs from their forthcoming record, Dig Out Your Soul (available October 6). Specific locations include Grand Central, Penn Station, Times Square and Astor Place. A complete list of subway stations and performers can be viewed at nycvisit.com/oasis.
The performers are volunteers from MTA’s Music Under New York Program. Oasis themselves will be teaching the musicians the songs Friday morning, and according to the band’s label, one of the Gallaghers might be making an appearance during one of the performances.
The event is being filmed and made into a documentary to accompany Dig Out Your Soul - footage of the performances will be available at nycvisit.com/oasis.
(This guerilla-esque advertising campaign was originally intended to promote both the band’s upcoming release and their Friday evening show at Terminal 5. However, due to an onstage attack on guitarist Noel Gallagher early this week and resulting rib injuries, the band has been forced to cancel some performances.)
July 31, 2008
Upcoming Releases
Perhaps the most significant release coming in the near future, especially for indie/folk music, is Conor Oberst’s self-titled album. This will be the Bright Eyes’ mastermind’s first solo album since 1996. Oberst will still have a backing band, this time in the form of the Mystic Valley Band. Listening to lead single "Danny Callahan" and a few other tracks, it doesn’t seem like a far-reach from his past work, but still a solid effort. For those who cannot wait for the August 5 release, you can stream the entire album on conoroberst.com/album.
Other noteworthy upcoming releases for the end of summer/fall include David Byrne/Brian Eno Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (8/18), Calexico Carried To Dust (9/9), Ray Lamontagne Gossip in the Grain (9/9), Ben Folds Way to Normal (9/30), and Oasis Dig Out Your Soul (10/6).
by Jeff Goncalves
