Feeling inspired – or just have energy to expend – from that Red Bull you just drank? If that’s the case, hop off the couch and get cracking on some artwork!
The Evens Announce Tour Dates
The Evens, comprised of Ian MacKaye (Fugazi, Minor Threat) and Amy Farina (The Warmers), have announced tour dates for eastern Canada and the northeastern United States. The shows will begin promptly each night at 8:30 pm.
Download Pirate Radio USA Via B-Side
Coming as a boon to all fans of underground media, grassroots film distributor B-Side has acquired the documentary Pirate Radio USA, which is reviewed in ALARM’s summer issue, for distribution.
In Rotation: June 5, 2007
Abstract rock outfit Oxbow heads this week’s list of releases spinning in the ALARM office.
Amandine: Solace in Sore Hands
A plaintive banjo plucks more emotively with each repetition—each line a sad story or fond memory that bears retelling. Punctuations of glockenspiel ping here and there and a voice enters, timid and tired. Though your ears say “Americana,” the origin is Malmö, Sweden.
The Jesus Lizard (DVD)
Acting as an excellent portal to the past for those that either missed the boat or were too young to experience The Jesus Lizard live, MVD Visual’s DVD release of Touch & Go’s basilisk-loving band provides more than an hour of bona fide mid-90s flashback.
Pissed Jeans: Hope For Men
Sub Pop’s newest buzz band, Pissed Jeans, sounds like the kind of guys that will get fucked up with you on a Monday night while your “responsible” friends are already getting their beauty sleep to prep for the next morning.
Descry to Feature John Alspach and Terrence Payne
Descry, Rosalux Gallery’s exhibit featuring the latest work from John Alspach and Terrence Payne, will run from September 4-30 with free admission. Alspach, also the owner of the Shiny Robot Art Studio and Gallery, focuses on removing otherwise mundane pieces of urban decay from their environment and reassembling them, often including fragments of old metal signs and billboards.
Femi Kuti Announces US Tour
To promote his two-CD set, Definitive Collection, Afro-beat musician Femi Kuti has announced he will tour the United States this summer.
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum @ Neumos (Seattle)
A Sleepytime Gorilla Museum show is as tightly rehearsed as a Broadway musical and as volatile and fearsome as a circus act built around feral grizzlies.
Rendition: L.A. Aerosol Culture
Running from June 9-30, Scion will display artwork – like the Patrick Martinez piece shown above – of some of Los Angeles’ most prominent aerosol and graffiti artists.
Sufjan Stevens Tackles Brooklyn Queens Expressway
Sufjan Stevens, driven by his love of America, has announced that he will make a music/film piece about one of the least loved American landmarks — the Brooklyn Queens Expressway.