Music

Immad Wasif will be touring with Two Part Beast in support of his recent release, Two Part Hexes. RTX (Drag City) will join them on the tour.

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.

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).

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

Japanese rockers Boris will be touring the US in support of their new record Smile, available from Southern Lord.

From the Southern Lord website:

Boris hope “this is going to be a new experience for everyone beyond ‘music’ ‘Features collaborations with special guests: Stephen O’ Malley (sunn0))), KTL), and Michio Kurihara (Ghost, White Heaven, The Stars). The Southern Lord version is drastically different than the version of Smile released by Daymare records in Japan. The main difference between the Southern Lord version and the Daymare version is the mix of the actual songs themselves. Where the songs on the Japanese version have a more electronic or noisy-psychedelic vibe, the North American/European version here features a heavier more straight-forward rock aesthetic. Its truly remarkable how the band consciously have set out (and achieved) to make two completely different sounding versions of the same album. It is a testament to their continual, endless well-spring of creativity! The Southern Lord version also features a track that has never been heard by anyone! : “You Were Holding an Umbrella”.

Sigur Rós announced a new tour. Their previously announced performance at Bonnaroo will be their sole US Date. Dates below:

Along with launching a redesigned website our pals over at Insound.com have launched the “Give More! Get More!” program:

Every time you buy an MP3 album from Insound (not EPs or singles), Insound will donate $.25 of our take to a touring band.