Furthering their success in the Fat, Bald, Wild & Rocking genre, Les Savvy Fav have released their first live album on Frenchkiss Records. The record properly documents their first performance at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom as well as their cover-filled encore (Nirvana, Pixies, Misfits). Listen to the record, for free, in it’s entirely on Spinner.
Les Savy Fav: “Sweat Descends” from After The Ball Drops
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Thom Yorke has told Hollywood Reporter that giving away free music with a suggestion donation was a “one-off response to a particular situation.” Yorke is currently involved with MTV’s MTV EXIT campaign against sweatshops.
Daniel Day-Lewis is my favorite American actor, even though he’s not American and rarely acts. In his last two major motion pictures, Day-Lewis brilliantly projects both sides of a quintessential American coin. In Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York, Bill the Butcher is the embodiment of raw political talent. Likewise, Daniel Plainview is a flawless portrait of economic determination in Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood.
Chris Eichenseer will be exhibiting some of his photographs at the Threadless Gallery in Chicago. The exhibition, Cry Me A River, is the first show of its kind by Chris in over eight years. He spends his time at Someoddpilot Design, one of our favorite indie design shops in Chicago, and is responsible for most of the good parts of PitchFork’s website.
Scott Rosenberg of P.A.F. fame brought together a motley crew of musicians to form Pink Mountain. What resulted was something no one could have expected: a sprawling twelve-song marriage of psych, prog, krautrock and freeform jazz that is fueled by a synergistic array of influences.
P.O.S. (Rhymesayers) will be remixing the songs “Youngblood” and “Harper Lewis” from the album Station by Russian Circles (out May 6th on Suicide Squeeze).
In the text that accompanies this bilingual book (which is better left unread) artist Barry McGee claims that in the past 10 years, it would have been impossible for any resident of Milan to miss the work of graffiti artist Dumbo. Though the book presents no evidence of the prolific efforts it would take to meet that claim, it does offer an enjoyable photo-essay of Dumbo’s life and Italian graffiti culture.
Punk music, and its surrounding culture, has always been most effective with a simple, straightforward approach. Author and musician Timothy Findlen, along with photographer Abby Banks, spent three months driving cross-country to visit and photograph sixty-five punk houses—communal, low-rent houses typically crammed full of punks, squatters, and artists. The end result is PUNK HOUSE, a collection of 300 full color photos and three short essays.
Torbitt Schwartz (drums, vocals), Jeremy Wilms (guitar, vocals), and Wilder Zoby (vocals, keyboard) make up the Brooklyn-based Chin Chin. Their funky / disco / R&B / jazz Self-Titled release on Def Jux was released today. Chin Chin’s live performances often include up to to ten musicians.
Chin Chin: “Appetite”
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Of note, Beck will be performing at Austin City Limits Music Festival and The Hollywood Bowl.
June
25 – Norway @ Hove Festival
27 – Berlin, Germany @ Columbiahalle
28 – St. Gallen, Switzerland @ St. Gallen Festival
30 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
