Young Marble Giants will treat audiences at this year’s Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona’s Parc del Fòrum May 29-31.
Music
The Breeders Announce Tour, Ready for Album
The Breeders, the on-and-off project from Pixies bassist Kim Deal and her twin sister Kelley, have announced dates on the 4AD website for their tour in support of their coming April release, Mountain Battles. After an appearance at Coachella and a handful of West Coast dates, the group will make their way across the country to the East Coast. The Breeders will also be offering a single not available in the U.S., featuring “We’re Gonna Rise” (previously found for .2 seconds on their Myspace page) and “German Demonstration” — a preview of the linguistic endeavors on the new album.
Atmosphere Announce Tour Dates, Release New Video
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Atmosphere will be touring to support their new record, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
The Kooks Announce US Tour
Here are the Kooks US tour dates:
May 18th – San Diego, CA – House Of Blues
May 19th – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
May 22nd – San Francisco, CA – Fillmore
May 24th – Vancouver, BC – Commodore
May 26th – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
Into Television: On Sitcoms
No genre is as prevalent, recognizable, or unique to television as the sitcom. There are certainly many cases where the business of the industry holds back the artistry of the medium, but the evolution of the sitcom is not one of them. The business of grabbing larger audiences for bigger ratings and more ad revenue often has very different goals from the writers, producers, and performers trying to make a good show. But the sitcom is as much a product of the business world as it is of the creative. Even more importantly, its evolution is a chronicle of the American family, which has resulted in some of the brightest, bravest, and most profitable moments in TV history.
Activist Christian Nold’s Bio Mapping
Hear the word “community” and what comes to mind is a cloying picture of clasped hands or multihued, smiling children. The word smacks of meaningless, feel-good phrases about commitment. This image of “cuddly community,” as its termed by artist, educator, and activist Christian Nold, is impotent and non-threatening; engaging it involves no real concessions or consequences.”Real communities tend to have many issues both externally and internally,” says Nold. “They don’t tend to follow the corporate image of an Asian, a European, a black person, and an American holding hands, smiling.”
San Francisco Center for the Book
Though they are often among our most treasured possessions, books usually have all the aesthetic zest of your average match box-and even less of an inventive design. Despite the fact that they provide us great comfort, hope, and inspiration-often forever altering the course of our lives- books are wedged onto shelves and into cardboard boxes like coffins stacked in an LA mortuary.
OUTSIDE/INSIDE – International Stencil Artists Exhibit at Carmichael Gallery
West Hollywood’s Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art, known for featuring international underground and street-inspired art, is preparing to showcase work from the most provocative and eclectic stencil artists around the world. On view March 1 through March 16th, OUTSIDE/INSIDE highlights work from over twenty innovative artists representing eight different countries in order to “communicate their unique values and perspectives of contemporary culture.”
In Search of WHY?
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WHY?‘s newest album Alopecia (Anticon 2008) doesn’t hit shelves till March 11th, but the Bay Area indie-hop group has come up with something to keep us entertained until then. Directed by Blond Chili and WHY? is an eight part series of YouTube short films chronicling the journey of two WHY? fans as they travel to Oakland in search of WHY? founder and former schoolmate Yoni Wolf.
Foxy Shazam, A Dangerous Man, and Boatloads of Tour Info
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Foxy Shazam has been making headlines for their stellar high energy shows. In the video for “A Dangerous Man,” the first single off the recently released Introducing Foxy Shazam record, the boys channel that chotic spunk and show some of what makes Foxy Shazam an awesome band.