PJ Harvey Unleashes Live DVD

Directed by longtime Peej collaborator Maria Mochnacz, Please Leave Quietly combines live footage from Harvey’s Uh Huh Her tour (including shots from her October 2004 U.S. jaunt) with behind-the-scenes clips and a 28-minute interview. The disc also boasts video diary segments in which PJ waxes thoughtful about the madness surrounding her. It’ll make the perfect Mother’s Day gift, if you have the coolest mom ever.

Please Leave showcases two previously unreleased cuts as well: "Uh Huh Her" and "Evol". Here’s the full setlist:

01 Meet Ze Monsta
02 Dress
03 Uh Huh Her
04 Taut
05 Down by the Water
06 It’s You
07 Big Exit
08 Harder
09 The Darker Days of Me & Him
10 A Perfect Day Elise
11 Victory
12 Catherine
13 Who the Fuck?
14 Evol
15 My Beautiful Leah
16 The Letter

PJ Harvey: http://www.pjharvey.net/

Os Mutantes Reunion Coming to U.S.

As previously reported, Os Mutantes' first reunion show will take place in London in May, as part of the Barbican's "Tropicália: A Revolution in Brazilian Culture" festival. Pitchfork has just learned that the reunion has been extended to two more shows, in New York and Los Angeles this July.

The L.A. show at the Hollywood Bowl also features the Flaming Lips and Thievery Corporation. How awesome is that?

Bat macumba hey!:

05-22 London, England - the Barbican
07-21 New York, NY - Webster Hall
07-23 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl *

* with the Flaming Lips, Thievery Corporation

* Pitchfork Review: Os Mutantes: Everything Is Possible: The Best of Os Mutantes
* Pitchfork Review: Os Mutantes: Tecnicolor
* Pitchfork News: Os Mutantes Reunite for One Night Only

Os Mutantes: http://www.osmutantes.com/
"Tropicália" at The Barbican: http://www.barbican.org.uk/tropicalia/home

B&S, Interpol Soundtrack Baseball Video Game

In any case, our baseball lives and our indie rock lives are about to collide in a big way, as 2K Sports unleashes Major League Baseball 2K6 this April. In addition to your typical mind-incinerating graphics, the multi-platform video game features in-game music courtesy of upstanding indie faves like Interpol, Pavement, Guided by Voices, Mogwai, and Belle and Sebastian.

That's a hearty sampling of Matador Records fare, although a few non-Matty acts made the cut as well. Here's a complete list of the artists getting their MLB on: Bear Vs Shark, Belle and Sebastian, Cornelius, DJ Spooky, Early Man, Green Carnation, Guided By Voices, Interpol, Mogwai, Pavement, Preston School of Industry, Stephen Malkmus, Pretty Girls Make Graves, the Double, the Fall of Troy, and Yo La Tengo.

According to Matador, the label simply licensed the songs to 2K after securing artist permission, so don't expect any new tunes or elaborate soundtrack cross-promotions. Also don't expect the ridiculously apropos Belle and Sebastian song "Piazza, New York Catcher", as that little ditty appears 2003's Dear Catastrophe Waitress, put out by Rough Trade and not Matador. Bummer, dudes.

MLB2K6: http://www.2ksports.com/games/mlb2k6/

Franz Ferdinand and Death Cab for Cutie Launch Tour

Dates:

03-22 Portland, OR - Memorial Coliseum *
03-23 Sacramento, CA - Memorial Hall at Sacramento Convention Center *
03-24 Reno, NV - Reno Hilton Pavilion *
03-27 Tucson, AZ - Centennial Hall at University of Arizona *
03-29 Austin, TX - The Backyard *
03-30 Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theater *
03-31 Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Theatre *
04-07 Durham, NC - Cameron Stadium at Duke University *
04-08 Camden, NJ - Tweeter Center Indoors *
04-09 Ithaca, NY - Barton Hall at Cornell University *
04-11 Washington, DC - Constitution Hall *
04-12 Boston, MA - Agannis Arena *
04-13 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom *
04-14 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom *
04-15 Montreal, Quebec - Cepsum at University of Montreal *
04-17 Toronto, Ontario - Ricoh Coliseum *
04-18 Detroit, MI - State Theatre *
04-19 Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom *
04-20 St Paul, MN - Northrop Auditorum at University of Minnesota *
04-23 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Burton Cummings Theatre *
04-25 Edmonton, Alberta - Shaw Conference Centre *
04-26 Calgary, Alberta - Stampede Corral *
04-28 Vancouver, British Columbia - PNE Coliseum *

* with the Cribs

After a teary goodbye to Franz Ferdinand, Gibbard & Co. will forge on, playing a handful of U.S. festivals and two dates in London. Oh, and a few of these dates are between slots with their co-headlining buddies. Alone time?

Sans Franz:

03-25 Universal City, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre (KCRW Sounds Eclectic Evening)*
03-26 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues #
04-01 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom #
04-03 Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium #
04-05 Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle #
04-06 Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle #
04-21 Madison, WI - Orpheum Theatre #
05-28 George, WA - Sasquatch! ^
06-16 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo %
06-27 Leeds, England - University of Leeds
06-28 London, England - Carling Academy Brixton
08-4-6 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)

* with Feist, Ben Harper, Gomez, Lewis Taylor, Goldspot
# with the Cribs
^ with the Flaming Lips, Beck, the Decemberists, Nine Inch Nails, the Shins, Neko Case, Sufjan Stevens, Queens of the Stone Age, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
% with Radiohead, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Beck, Elvis Costello, Bright Eyes, My Morning Jacket, Cat Power

Franz have their summer vacation laid out as well. They'll be soaking in the sun in California, Benicassim, Nuremberg, and more.

Cutie off-duty:

04-29 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella) *
06-02 Nuremberg, Germany - Rock Im Park #
06-04 Nuremberg, Germany - Rock Am Ring ^
06-05 Landgraaf, Netherlands - Pinkpop Festival %
06-29 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-20-23 Benicàssim, Spain - Festival Internacional de Benicàssim &

* with Depeche Mode, Sigur Rós, Common, Damian Marley, My Morning Jacket, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Cat Power, Animal Collective, Devendra Banhart, The Walkmen, The Juan Maclean, Lady Sovereign, Deerhoof, etc.
# with Richard Ashcroft, Keane, Bloodhound Gang
^ with Morrissey, Depeche Mode, Tool, Metallica, Guns N' Roses
% with Morrissey, the Flaming Lips
& with Depeche Mode, Echo & the Bunnymen, Jay-Jay Johanson, The Rakes, The Sunday Drivers, Venus, Dionysos, Teitur

Franz Ferdinand: http://www.franzferdinand.co.uk/
Death Cab for Cutie: http://www.deathcabforcutie.com/

Wrens, Okkervil River Members Play FMC Benefit

This Friday, March 24, at the Knitting Factory in New York City, Charles Bissell of the Wrens will host "Music for the Future of Music", a benefit concert for the FMC. Man Man, Okkervil River braintrust Will Sheff, comedian Eugene Mirman, and Matthew Caws and Ira Elliot of Nada Surf, will all perform.

The show will take place from 6-9 p.m., and at $15, it's still less than what you'd usually spend at happy hour. Plus, your money is going to a good cause. It's so easy to forget that musicians aren't superheroes, and that they need health care coverage too.

After Caws and Elliot rock the benefit unplugged-style, they'll reconvene with the rest of the Surf team overseas for the European leg of their latest enormous tour. They've been trucking since the beginning of February and will continue to do so until the very last day of April.

We're on the road, we're popular:

03-28 London, England - Shepards Bush Empire * %
03-29 Utrecht, Holland - Tivoli *
03-30 Eindhoven, Holland - Effenaar *
03-31 Luxembourg - Den Atilier *
04-01 Mulhouse, France - Noumatrouff *
04-03 Metz, France - Les Trinitaires *
04-04 Clermont, France - La Cooperative de Mai *
04-05 Lausanne, Switzerland - Les Docks *
04-06 Zurich, Switzerland - Abart *
04-07 Lyon, France - Le Transbordeur *
04-09 Cologne, Germany - Palladium #
04-10 Freiburg, Germany - Jazzhaus #
04-11 Nuremberg, Germany - Hirsch #
04-12 Darmstadt, Germany - Central Station #
04-13 Bremen, Germany - Schlachtof #
04-14 Bochum, Germany - Matrix #
04-15 Hamburg, Germany - Grunspan #
04-17 Alencon, France - La Luciole
04-18 Angers, France - Le Chabada
04-19 Mont de Marsan, France - Café Music
04-20 Santiago de Compostela, Spain - Sala Capitol
04-21 Aranda de Duero, Spain - Centro Civico
04-22 Alicante, Spain - Camelot
04-23 Barcelona, Spain - Sala Salamandra
04-25 Paris, France - Batacian $
04-26 Ghent, Belgium - Vooruit
04-28 Galway, Ireland - Roisin Dubh
04-29 Cork, Ireland - An Cruisin Lan
04-30 Dublin, Ireland - Whelands

* with Inara George
# with Goldrush
% with the Feeling
$ with Stars

Not to be outdone, the Wrens will play five shows between now and the end of April.

Quality, not quantity:

03-31 Munster, Germany - Gleiss 22
04-01 Cologne, Germany - Gebaude 9
04-08 Harrisonburg, VA - MACROCK *
04-28 Chicago, IL - Schubas #
04-29 Chicago, IL - Schubas %

# with Aloha, Fin fang Foom, Rah Bras, Haram, Your Highness Electric, Damezumari, Comrade, Widows, and Shapiro
# with Kiss Me Deadly
% with Tapes 'n Tapes

Sheff and Okkervil River have a few British dates of their own coming up in May. And they are:

05-03 Leeds, England - The Cockpit
05-04 Nottingham, England - The Social
05-05 Glasgow, Scotland - King Tut's
05-06 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival
05-07 Dublin, Ireland - Whelan's
05-08 London, England - Cargo

The Wrens: http://www.wrens.com/
Nada Surf: http://www.nadasurf.com/
Okkervil River: http://www.jound.com/okkervil/
Future of Music Coalition: http://www.futureofmusic.org/

Dabrye Taps MF Doom, Jay Dee for Two/Three

Two/Three arrives June 13 via Ghostly International and will be proceeded by the April 18 release of the 12" single "Air", featuring MF Doom and some seriously spooked-out cover art. Ch-ch-check it:

Two/Three:

01 The Stand [feat. Wildchild]
02 Air [feat. MF Doom]
03 Machines Pt. I
04 Encoded Flow [feat. Kadence]
05 That's What's Up [feat. Vast Aire]
06 Tell Dem
07 Nite Eats Day [feat. Beans]
08 Jorgy [with Waajeed]
09 Special [feat. Guilty Simpson and Paradime]
10 Bloop
11 Viewer Discretion [feat. Invincible and Finale]
12 Piano
13 Pressure [feat. Waajeed and T'Raach]
14 Reconsider [feat. Kadence]
15 Get It Together [feat. Invincible and Finale]
16 My Life [feat. AG]
17 In Water
18 Get Live [feat. Big Tone]
19 Machines Pt. II
20 Game Over [feat. Jay Dee and Phat Kat]

"Air" 12":

01 Air (album version)
02 Air (instrumental)
03 Air (a cappella)
04 Air (remix)
05 Air (remix instrumental)

Dabrye also contributed a cut to the Ghostly mega-comp Idol Tryouts Two, which dropped today like it was hot. His remix of Some Water and Sun's "Snowbreaker" will appear on the Hefty Records anniversary compilation History Is Bunk, Part 1: Collaborations, Reinterpretations, and New Compositions, out April 25, and his remix of Modeselektor's "Fake Emotion" is out now on Bpitch Control.

As for live Dabrye action, he'll be headed out on tour with Stones Throw's Percee P and Kadence this July. Hot stuff.

Dabrye: http://www.dabrye.com/
Ghostly International: http://www.ghostly.com/

Glenn Branca Conducts 100 Guitars in Los Angeles

Branca performs his Symphony 13 as part of the two-week Minimalist Jukebox festival, amid works by all your favorite contemporary classical heavy-hitters, like Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, and festival director John Adams. The piece, which premiered in its present form this February, will be conducted by John Myers. Juke-fest is presently underway and tickets for all events are available on the festival website.

Glenn Branca: http://www.glennbranca.com/
Minimalist Jukebox Festival: http://wdch.laphil.com/minimalism/

The Octopus Project Tour to Coachella

The octopi launch a Midwest/West Coast tour tonight at St. Louis' Creepy Crawl (how appropriate).

They will continue on 'til Coachella, a gig the Octopus Project were invited to play as a result of the festival's vote-for-your-favorite-up-and-coming-band contest on MySpace.

More dates than tentacles:

03-22 Champaign, IL - Canopy Club #
03-23 Bloomington, IN - Second Story ^
03-24 Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen %
03-25 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
03-26 Fargo, ND - The Aquarium
03-28 Seattle, WA - Paradox &
03-29 Portland, OR - Holocene
03-30 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's (Noise Pop Festival) @
04-01 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
04-03 Phoenix, AZ - Modified
04-04 Albuquerque, NM - Burt's Tiki Lounge +
04-05 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
04-07 Lubbock, TX - Jake's
04-09 Ft. Worth, TX - Ridglea Theater (Wall of Sound Festival) =
04-30 Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival $

* with Thunderbirds Are Now!, Rahim, Team Up!!, Micahveil, Thank Thank Thunk
# with the Show Is the Rainbow
^ with Horns of Happiness
% with Volcano!, The Show Is the Rainbow
& with An Albatross, The Assailant & Der Trasch
@ with Rogue Wave, Aqueduct, Scrabbel
+ with the Gingerbread Patriots
= with Okkervil River, Starlight Mints, the Czars, the Dark Romantics, the Deathray Davies
$ with Tool, Madonna, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Massive Attack, Bloc Party, Sleater-Kinney, Mogwai, Wolf Parade, Gnarls Barkley, the Go! Team, Ted Leo/Pharmacists, Art Brut, blah blah

* Pitchfork Review: The Octopus Project: One Ten Hundred Thousand Million

The Octopus Project: http://www.theoctopusproject.com/
Peek-A-Boo: http://www.peekaboorecords.com/

Jackie-O Motherfucker Continue Tour

So JOMF have been on tour for a little while, but those of you on the East Coast and in the Midwest still have a few chances to check 'em out in all their mutha effin' glory. They'll probably be performing songs off their latest record, Flags of the Sacred Harp, so please make up for our mistake and be in attendance.

Sun City Girl Sir Richard Bishop will also perform at most of the shows. He's touring in support of his latest record, Fingering the Devil, out on Southern Records.

Better late than never:

03-22 Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool *
03-23 Philadelphia, PA - The Khyber *
03-24 New York, NY - Tonic *
03-25 Bennington, VT - Bennington College *
03-26 Boston, MA - Pa's Lounge *
03-27 Providence, RI - AS220 *
03-28 Portland, ME - The Space *%
03-29 Amherst, MA - Prescott Tavern *
03-30 Buffalo, NY - Sound Lab *
03-31 Ithaca, NY - Cornell College *
04-01 Albany, NY - Valentine's *
04-06 Newport, KY - Southgate House #
04-07 Columbus, OH - Skylab Gallery #
04-08 Bloomington, IN - Indiana University at Dunn Meadow (WIUX Culture Shock) #$
04-09 Iowa City, IA - Hall Mall

* with Sir Richard Bishop
% with Akron/Family
# with Burning Star Core
$ with Koufax, Harry and the Potters, the Impossible Shapes, Alex Clark, Mustache!, Violins, Julian of the Spirits, the Merediths, Mysteries of Life, Jacob, Everything, Now!

For more Jackie-O related fun, head to Northsix in Brooklyn on April 3, where the JOMF side projects Inca Ore and Tunnels will both perform. At the end of the evening, both groups will join headlining band Heavy Winged for Heavy Incan Tunnels, a "one-time sonic meltdown of all three bands playing together," according to Heavy Winged member Brady Sansone. Whoa.

* Pitchfork Review: Jackie-O Motherfucker: Flags of the Sacred Harp

ATP Recordings: http://www.atpfestival.com/atp_recordings/

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