Emma Pollock acoustic & interview

Emma interviewed and live with Jamie Savage during the Versacoustic tour in March this year:

Emma Pollock on Gideon Coe

Emma is scheduled as upcoming guest with 6 Music's Gideon Coe for September 7, 2007.

Shinro Ohtake's New Universe

Shinro's most recent exhibition, titled "New Universe On The Road" has been held through July and August at the Fukuoka Art Museum in Fukuoka, Japan. Read an extensive review of the exhibition at Fah Thai, the inflight magazine of Bangkok Air.

More details (including pictures of the catalog) can be found at the exhibition page. The catalog includes approximately 500 color plates with explanations of the works, as well as Shinro's biography and will be available to order from the museum or - even more convenient for Internationals - from Artbooks.

Blonde Redhead (late entry)

Live video footage from Blonde Redhead's release party back in April at the Apple Store in Soho.

Track snippets: Spring And By Summer Fall ; Heroine ; (We Are A Real Team) Harry And I

Live at KEXP Volume 3

On Aug. 21, Seattle based radio station KEXP released the third volume in their Live series compiling recent performances of in-studio guests. The disc features a powerful version of Beirut's "Elephant Gun" and Frank Black performing "(Do What You Want) Gyaneshwar".

Go here to support KEXP and buy the CD.

Zach Condon live with Kocani Orkestar

Recorded at the Flèche d'Or, Paris on July 30, 2007. Zach writes:

"19 Aug 2007: I have recently returned to the states from my apartment overlooking the cemetary in paris... In order to make leaving more difficult, my friends at la blogotheque threw one last show on the night I left, where I met my favourite balkan brass band- the kocani orkestar. They rearranged a new song of mine ( A Sunday Smile), fixed my broken trumpet, and then allowed me to join them on stage for a few ecstatic songs... I hope to see them again soon - best show I've ever seen, sweetest people."

From lablogotheque

Beirut European Dates

November
06 Manchester, England - Club Academy
07 Glasgow, Scotland - Arches
08 Leeds, England - Irish Centre
09 Cardiff, Wales - Point
10 London, England - Roundhouse
12 Paris, France - L'Olympia (Les Inrocks Festival)
13 Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie (Les Inrocks Festival)
14 Bruxelles, Belgium - Botanique
15 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
16 Tourcoing, France - Le Grand Mix
18 Kobenhavn, Denmark - Vega
19 Hamburg, Germany - Fabrik
20 Köln, Germany - Kulturkirche
21 München, Germany - Elserhalle
22 Schorndorf, Germany - Manufaktur
24 Lyon, France - Ninkashi
25 Zürich, Switzerland - Mascotte

Johann Johannsson pictures from Tokyo

Watch a few photos from Johann's concerts at the Miraikan Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo on July 10 and 11. He was supported by Hildur Ingveldardottir-Gudnadottir on cello and Matthias Hemstock on percussion and programming.

(from Johann's website)

Interpol / Blonde Redhead European Tour Dates

November
07 Lissabon, Portugal - Coliseum
08 Madrid, Spain - La Riviera
09 Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz
11 Lyon, France - Transbordeur
12 Firenze, Italy - Sachhall
13 Milan, Italy - Alcatraz
15 Zürich, Switzerland - Volkshaus
16 München, Germany - Tonhalle
17 Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle
19 Köln, Germany - Palladium
20 Tilburg, Netherlands - O13
21 Paris, France - Le Zenith
23 Brussels, Belgium - Foret National
24 Hamburg, Germany - Docks
26 Lille, France - Aeronef
28 Blackpool, England - Empress Ballroom
29 London, England - Alexandra Palace
30 London, England - Alexandra Palace

December
02 Dublin, Ireland - RDS Main Hall

Bridget Cross (ex-Unrest) News

Bridget Cross from Unrest finally puts out a full-length album called "Gravestones And Christmas Trees" (Teenbeat 434) under her new moniker, Maybe It's Reno. Seven songs were recorded by Mark Robinson (also Unrest). Drums and mellotron by Unrest's Phil Krauth and guitars and other stuff by Mark Robinson. The other three songs were recorded in Austin, Texas during Bridget's brief time there in 2006-2007.

Bridget has lived in Juneau, Alaska since 2001.

Coming this Fall.

Emma Pollock Japanese bonus tracks

According to HMV Japan, the Japanese CD version of Emma's debut album Watch The Fireworks will be released on 26th September via Warner Brothers (WPCB 10034). It comes as a single disc release featuring bonus tracks A Glorious Day, I Have A Double and A Temporary Fix.

Frank Black Live @ Paradiso

Stream a Frank Black performance from July 4, 2007 at the Paradiso in Amsterdam at Fabchannel.