Saturday, January 20, 2007

Wolf & Cub UK Club Dates

Wolf & Cub have now announced the schedule of their headlining UK tour:

February
20 - White Heat, London
21 - Rock Sound, Water Rats London
23 - Rattled by the Rush, Newcastle
25 - Liars Club, Nottingham
27 - Joseph’s Wells, Leeds
28 - Granadaland Bradford

March
02 - Hello Mr Fast Lane, The Macbeth, Hoxton, London

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Friday, January 19, 2007

4AD Label Showcase at SxSW 2007

4AD will hold a label showcase at this year's South by Southwest (SxSW) Music Festival. The event takes place at Emo's, Austin, TX on March 14, 2007. The bill features Blonde Redhead, The Mountain Goats, Beirut, Emma Pollock and Wolf & Cub.

(from last.fm)

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Forthcoming on KCRW: Michael Brook

On Wednesday, 24 January, LA based radio station KCRW will broadcast a performance of Michael Brook and band. [more]

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Sunday, January 14, 2007

Kristin Hersh: European Dates

Kristin has now announced all dates of her European tour in March/April:

March
01 - Bristol, England - Thekla
02 - Leicester, England - Y Theatre
03 - Nottingham,England - Rescue Rooms
04 - Birmingham, England - Glee Club
06 - Portsmouth, England - Wedgewood Rooms
07 - London, England - Koko
09 - Sheffield, England - Leadmill
10 - Manchester, England - Academy 3
11 - Glasgow, Scotland - Oran Mor
12 - Dublin, Ireland - Temple Bar Music Centre
14 - Amsterdam, Holland - Melkweg
15 - Ghent, Belgium - Handelsbeurs
16 - Paris, France - Nouveau Casino
18 - Madrid, Spain - Moby Dick
19 - Barcelona, Spain - LA 2
21 - Milan, Italy - Rainbow Club
22 - Zurich, Switzerland- Moods
24 - Stuttgart, Germany - Theaterhaus
25 - Munich, Germany - Ampere
26 - Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
27 - Hamburg, Germany - Knust
28 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Pumpehuset
29 - Aarhus, Denmark - Vox Hall
31 - Stockholm, Sweden - tbc

April
01 - Oslo, Norway - John Dee

(from www.throwingmusic.com)

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Monday, January 08, 2007

Emma Pollock release news

Emma announces her debut album for April/May. Also: "Check this website regularly for news of forthcoming live dates and singles due out this year." [read]

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Slightly Off The Ground @ Stanley Picker Gallery

The Stanley Picker Gallery website now has a feature page on the forthcoming v23 exhibition. "Slightly Off The Ground" runs from 18 January to 3 March. A limited edition print poster will be available during the exhibition.

Oliver says of developing this exhibition:

"When I first started designing posters the streets were alive with cutting edge work designed for the independent music scene. Posters by Peter Saville, Neville Brody, Malcolm Garrett, Martyn Atkins and C More Tone vied for your attention and set a very colourful fabric for the city with their illicit expressions. As that period gave way to a cleaning purge by the City¹s Council and a creeping conservatism in the music industry the vibrant skin was peeled away. A new generation of designers were denied a public canvas. The art of graffiti replaced this ink on paper. In the age of the download the visual aspect of presenting music would seem to be less important than it was. The exhibition reminds us of the special relationship between a carefully considered graphic design and its musical partner. In the same way that a successful package for the music can enhance the listener¹s appreciation of the music then a good poster can be an exciting gateway to the listening experience. When the poster draws your attention, reflects the music and leaves an impression then it¹s doing its job. Pulling on a personal archive of around 200 posters the exhibition is a celebration of this lost art, including street posters for clients in music, theatre and dance, smaller posters for record shops and galleries and commissions for limited editions."

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David Sitek, Photographer

Did you know that TV On The Radio guitarist David Andrew Sitek is an amazing photographer? Check out a selection of his works at flickr.

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Saturday, January 06, 2007

3x TVOTR

AOL Spinner has started a new programme called 3x3: "a 3-monthly show that features 3 live videos from 3 bands we like" plus a 3-question interview with each band, 3 things you need to know about them and what 3 other blogs are saying. As a starter, AOL Spinner offers three tracks from TVOTR's performance at Prospect Park last June. [stream] (video apparently US only)

Tracks:
Dirty Whirl ; Dreams ; Province

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Thursday, January 04, 2007

30 Century Man

The UK theatrical trailer for Scott Walker: 30 Century Man can now be viewed online.

Have a look as well at the impressive year end "Best Of" list sampling of Scott's album "The Drift" (courtesy of Sonya at Beggars/4AD in NYC).

The movie's release date - currently April 27, 2007 - is still subject to change.

(from http://www.scottwalkerfilm.com/blog/)

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Sybarite news

"... It's been a busy year - full of change & activity. 2006 saw not one, but three (!) Sybarite releases: Cut Out Shape, Other Side of the Lid, and the TRL Remix disc.

A shout out to everyone who visits here & a BIG THANKS to all of of you who've bought & downloaded the music. Please stay tuned for more upcoming - the first Sybarite release of 2007 will be a split 12" with Four Tet as we both remix our friends, The Drift.

Below is an end of year list of things that I either enjoyed immensely or caught me off gaurd. Peace, Love & Happy New Year! Xian

ps. Cut Out Shape will be released in the UK & digitally on iTunes in January."

(from a Christmas note by Xian Hawkins)

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Wolf & Cub revised tour dates

January
04 - Sonic Bloom, Rat Park, North Narrabeen
29 - Osaka*
30 - Tokyo*
31 - Tokyo*

February
03 - Edinburgh Corn Exchange*
04 - Southampton Guildhall*
05 - London Hammersmith Apollo*
08 - Nottingham Rock City*
09 - Manchester Apollo*
13 - Amsterdam Paradiso*
14 - Hamburg Grosse Freiheit 36*
16 - Berlin Columbiahalle*

* dates with Wolfmother


Please note that TVOTR spring US dates are still subject to change.

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Tuesday, January 02, 2007

M. Ward film score

"M. Ward has completed work on his first motion picture score. "The Go-Getter" will debut at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. M. Ward will perform on January 21, 2007 for the festival's "Sundance Celebrates Music & Film" in Park City, Utah at the Kimball Arts Center."

And while you are at his site buy a "Post-War" t-shirt in Matt's merch store.

(from www.mwardmusic.com)

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The Institute of Spoons release news

"In the next month or so coming out from Greengage Records based in Houston, Texas, will be a super limited edition 7" lathe cut record. On one side you can hear Two Sun Tears' (Ian Masters & Cailan Burns) of Buddha on the Moon's 'Losing' and on t'other side will be Buddha on the Moon's version of Friendly Science Orchestra's 'I'll never dream again'.

There will only be 40 copies of this lathe cut and it won't be the cheapest record you ever bought but if you want to reserve one or enquire about it further, then please contact hk.clone(at)gmail.com.

The Institute wishes everyone a fruity and superfluous 2007.

The Curator of the Institute of Spoons"

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