Pitchfork: Mike Doughty to Release Album, Tour

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Who knew that in 2005, Peter Gabriel would be a trailblazer for younger songwriters? We speak, of course, of Gabriel covering the Magnetic Fields' "The Book of Love" for the soundtrack to Shall We Dance. Not long after word of that cover got out, former Soul Coughing singer Mike Doughty recorded the same song in sessions for his upcoming new album, Haughty Melodic. We're willing to believe it's just a coincidence, though, if only so that we can dream of a world in which we don't hear about everything Peter Gabriel does six months in advance. Sorry, Peter. That's just how it is.

But even though Melodic comes out May 3, we'll have to wait longer to hear him singing Stephin Merritt. On his blog, Doughty explained: "We recorded covers of the Magnetic Fields' 'The Book of Love', and Kenny Rogers' 'The Gambler'. Both sounded great, and we had a notion to end the record with a cover tune, but we were struck by this one tune that previously we'd kind of written off, 'Your Misfortune'. [...] We realized it was really great and bumped the cover concept. Both 'Book' and 'Gambler' will find lives outside the record, though-- iTunes or European or Japanese bonus tracks or something." Are the Japanese into Kenny Rogers? We really can't keep up. Anyway, the tracklist:

01 Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well
02 Unsingable Name
03 Madeline and Nine
04 Busting Up A Starbucks
05 White Lexus
06 American Car
07 Tremendous Brunettes
08 I Hear The Bells
09 Sunken-Eyed Girl
10 Grey Ghost
11 His Truth Is Marching On
12 Your Misfortune

Mike Doughty and his new keyboardist, Dan Chen, will tour for most of May, assuming Doughty's jury duty doesn't interfere. No joke. Those dates:

05-04 Washington, DC - Black Cat
05-05 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
05-06 Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe
05-07 Boston, MA - Middle East
05-08 Rochester, NY - Milestones
05-10 Toronto, ON - Rivoli
05-12 Cleveland, OH - Odeon
05-13 Chicago, IL - Black Orchid
05-14 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural
05-17 Seattle, WA - Neumos
05-18 Portland, OR - Doug Fir
05-20 San Francisco, CA - Cafe du Nord
05-21 San Francisco, CA - Swedish American Hall
05-23 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
05-26 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre

Mike Doughty: http://www.superspecialquestions.com/

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Prefuse 73 Kicks Off Worldwide Tour

Just a friendly reminder for all you (mostly) instrumental hip-hop enthusiasts-- Prefuse 73 is back on the road promoting his latest full-length album, Surrounded by Silence, released late last month via Warp. Scott Herren, aka experimental hip-hop producer who performs under the aliases Prefuse 73, Savath & Savalas, and Delarosa & Asora, kicked off the first two shows in Asia on the right foot, according to the official Prefuse 73 site: "Big love Japan! Damn Tokyo! Sold out? For Battles, Beans, and Prefuse? I hope we did our thing for you." We hope so, too.

Herren will continue on through Europe, hitting up All Tomorrow's Parties and several other festivals in France and Austria before arriving in North America to play 25 dates. Big love America! Places and times:

04-16 Milan, Italy - TDK Dance Festival *
04-17 Rome, Italy - Dissonaze Festival *
04-21 Barcelona, Spain - Bikini *
04-22 Vienna, Austria - Donau Festival *
04-23 Bourges, France - Printemps de Bourges Festival *
04-24 Camber, England - Camber Sands (All Tomorrow's Parties)
04-25 Paris, France - Point Ephemere *

04-28 Orlando, FL - The Social *
04-29 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club *
04-30 Carrboro, NC - Local 506 *
05-01 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar *
05-02 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church *
05-04 Boston, MA - Paradise *
05-05 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street *
05-06 Brooklyn, NY - Northsix *
05-07 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *
05-08 Montreal, Quebec - Cabaret Music Hall *
05-09 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Place *
05-11 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop *
05-12 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
05-13 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
05-14 Grinnell, IA - Grinnell College *
05-17 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey *
05-18 Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan *
05-19 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
05-21 Los Angeles, CA - Knitting Factory *
05-22 Los Angeles, CA - Knitting Factory *
05-23 San Diego, CA - Casbah *
05-24 Phoenix, AZ - Brinkhouse *
05-26 Denton, TX - Hailey's *
05-27 Austin, TX - The Parish *
05-29 Baltimore, MD - Sonar

* with Battles

Prefuse 73: http://www.prefuse73.com/

Warp Records: http://www.warprecords.com/

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Kompakt Opens Online Mp3 Shop

Kompakt, for years operating as Cologne, Germany's most prominent techno record store, label, distributor, booking agency and recording studio, has launched a new feature -- an online digital warehouse featuring their entire catalog, as well as material from over 50 different record labels.

The site, http://www.kompakt-mp3.net, has seen over 5,000 Mp3 downloads in the two weeks since its launch and charges 1.29 EUR per track (about $1.65). While this may seem a wee pricey (considering you can buy "Hey Mama" off iTunes for a mere $0.99), Kompakt's draw is that much of its library is diffcult to find in North America shops, and many of the tracks are otherwise only issued on 12" vinyl. Oh, and also because they're just about the best record label in the world.

Wolfgang Voigt, Kompakt co-founder had this to say in a press release: "We want to reach people in regions of the world where vinyl is not available. To offer a legal Mp3 option against all the illegal platforms which currently exist. To protect our music."

Voigt added that the Mp3 shop also targets the growing generations of iPod-ers and digital DJs. "We had to face the facts-- there are two new generations of music listeners rising up. If we want to reach these people with our music, we needed to make them an offer."

The move is a natural outgrowth for Kompakt, which has had enormous success from its humble beginnings over eight years ago. Today, thanks to the growth of their online sales, they offer a large selection of electronic music. And Voigt seems to think there could be even more on the way: "Kompakt hopes to work together with as many techno labels as possible to become part of our specialized Mp3 shop so we can strengthen the scene instead of being made available to every second supermarket."

In other Kompakt news, the label has released and is preparing to release a number of 12" singles. These include:

The Field: Things Keep Falling Down
Michael Mayer: "Lovefood"
Mayer/Voigt b/w the Modernist: Speicher 28
Ulf Lohmann: "On Frozen Fields"
Triola: Im Remixraum
Kaito: "Color of Feels"

Kompakt: http://www.kompakt-net.de/

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Brian Eno Prepares New Album

Along with the Fall, Brian Eno has been making all these young indie whippersnappers look pretty lazy lately. Each have been popping out an album a year recently, and now after last year's collaboration with Robert Fripp, the French website Metisse Music is reporting that Eno is working on a new release, tentatively titled Another Day on Earth.

Hannibal Records (a subsidary of Ryko) will release Another Day on June 13. Metisse describes the record as a "vocal album", though, knowing Eno, it probably won't be purely a capella; it does however conjure up memories of our favorite obtuse lyrics of the 70s.

Unfortunately, there's no tracklist to cite, but it appears he's been practicing his chops as of late. On April Fool's Day, Eno joined Algerian world-beat veteran Rachid Taha on stage in France, "playing and singing, until the end," and he contributed to Taha's latest effort, Who Are You?. Sure, expectations that come with a legend like Eno are too high, but dude's been on a roll the past few years, and we'll take a gamble on him over Louis XIV any day.

Brian Eno: http://www.enoweb.co.uk/

Rykodisc: http://www.rykodisc.com/

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50 Cent, Eminem Head Anger Management Tour

Please tell your lovers and friends: This summer Ludacris and Lil' Jon will join Eminem, 50 Cent, and others on the third installment of the Anger Management tour, hitting a corporately-branded amphitheater sort of near you. The shows will feature most members of the Shady/Aftermath family, including Obie Trice, G-Unit, D-12 and the label's newest additions, Atlanta's Stat Quo. It will be the first time Eminem has toured since the release of Encore last fall, and it'll also be his first time on the road with 50 Cent. Ludacris will be taking 50's place for the first two tour dates while 50 Cent finishes filming his acting debut, which, according to IMDB.com, is called either 50 Cent: Bulletproof or, more cryptically, Untitled 50 Cent Project. We're pulling for the latter.

But maybe you're wondering if the on-again, off-again relationship between 50 Cent and the Game will keep the Game from the tour. We don't know for sure, but consider this: last Thursday the two teamed up to donate a total of $200,000 to the Compton Unified School District. The money, which will go toward re-starting music and art programs, was donated by 50 Cent's G-Unity Foundation (very cute), Interscope Records, Aftermath Entertainment, and The Game's very own Black Wall Street Organization. But honestly, what did Compton school children ever do for them? The dates:

07-07 Indianapolis, IL - Verizon Wireless Music Center *
07-08 Columbus, OH - Germaine Amphitheater *
07-11 Chicago, IL - Tweeter Center
07-12 Chicago, IL - Tweeter Center
07-14 Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
07-17 Seattle, WA - White River Amphitheater
07-19 San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion
07-20 San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion
07-22 San Diego, CA - Coors Amphitheater
07-23 Los Angeles, CA Hyundai Pavilion
07-24 Las Vegas, NV - Thomas & Mack Center
07-26 Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Pavilion
07-28 Dallas, TX - Smirnoff Music Centre
07-29 San Antonio, TX - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07-31 Atlanta, GA - HiFi Buys Amphitheater
08-01 Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheater
08-02 West Palm Beach, FL - Sound Advice Amphitheater
08-05 Washington, DC - Nissan Pavilion
08-06 Philadelphia, PA - Tweeter Center
08-08 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
08-09 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
08-10 Boston, MA - Tweeter Center
08-12 Detroit, MI - Comerica Park
08-13 Detroit, MI - Comerica Park

* with Ludacris

Eminem: http://www.eminem.com/

50 Cent: http://www.50cent.com/

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At The Drive-In Retrospective Coming

Frances the Mute, we all knew, was just too terse a title to be true. Five years after their At The Drive-In swan song, Relationship Command, the Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler along with Sparta's Jim Ward, Paul Hinojos, and Tony Hajjar will release a compilation entitled This Station Is Non-Operational on May 24. Fearless Records will issue this retrospective At the Drive-In product in the U.S., while NME.com has reported that V2 will release the comp overseas on June 6. According to Fearless Records' website, the former bandmates handpicked the selection, and included not only fan favorites but also BBC sessions, re-mixes and B-sides, and covers of both the Smiths and Pink Floyd. Two of the "greatest hits" are available for download off of Fearless' site.

But the fun doesn't stop there. The release will also include a DVD bonus disc full of music videos, nostalgic desktop wallpaper, and buddy icons. Twenty unreleased photographs will grace the booklet insert, but the real steal will be Operations Manual, ATDI's electronic press kit which was previously privy only to real journalists such as ourselves. Here's the tracklist:

01 Fahrenheit
02 Picket Fence Cartel
03 Chanbara
04 Lopsided
05 Napolean Solo
06 Pickpocket
07 Metronome Arthritis
08 198d
09 One Armed Scissor
10 Enfilade
11 Non Zero Possibility
12 Incetardis
13 Doorman's Placebo
14 Autorelocator
15 Rascuache (Vaya Remix)
16 This Night Has Opened My Eyes (Smiths cover)
17 Inintiation (BBC session)
18 Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk (BBC session, Pink Floyd cover)

>>Videos
01 One Armed Scissor
02 Ivalid Litter Dept.
03 Metronome Arthritis

The Mars Volta: http://www.themarsvolta.com/

Fearless Records: http://www.fearlessrecords.com/

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Sam Prekop to Tour Europe, North America

Now let's see...there's Professor Stephen Hawking, the Nutty Professor, Professor Booty(?), but I still can't think of anyone I'd want schooling me more than Sam Prekop. The Sea and Cake frontman released his syllabus for Pop Comfort 101, Who's Your New Professor?, earlier this month. And while many of us are swooning over his first solo release in five years, the good folks of Offenbach, Germany deserve their chance too. Beginning in London on April 26, Prekop will tour western Europe in support of Professor, and will follow that up with a two-week clip of North America.

Fellow Sea and Cake contributor Archer Prewitt will join Prekop for a pair of dates in Scotland, while fellow Thrill Jockey artists Pit er Pat will come on board during the west-coast U.S. swing. The rest of the dates shake out thusly:

04-26 London, England - Bush Halln
04-27 Glasgow, Scotland - Renfrew Ferry #
04-28 Edinburgh, Scotland - The Venue #
04-29 Oslo, Norway - Bla
05-01 Colmar, France - Grillen
05-02 Basel, Switzerland - Hirscheneck
05-03 Stuttgart, Germany - Schocken
05-04 Paris, France - La Guinguette Pirate
05-06 Offenbach, Germany - Hafen 2
05-07 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Rotown
05-09 Hamburg, Germany - Tanzhalle
05-10 Berlin, Germany - Knaack
05-11 Dresden, Germany - Star Club
05-12 Munchen, Germany - Orangehouse
05-19 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour *
05-21 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
05-23 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *
05-24 Seattle, WA - Nuemo's *
05-25 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's On Richards *
05-27 Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Museum
05-28 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern
05-29 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern
05-30 Montreal, Quebec - Main Hall
06-02 Boston, MA - Middle East
06-03 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
06-04 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
06-05 Philadelphia, PA - TBA
06-06 Washington, DC - TBA

* with Pit er Pat
# with Archer Prewitt

* Sam Prekop: http://www.thrilljockey.com/bandpage.html?artistnum=29/

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Caribou Tour Kicks Off, Album Delayed, EP Issued

One-man act Dan Snaith, otherwise known as Caribou (and previously known as Manitoba), will begin a lengthy international tour this Saturday, April 16 in support of his upcoming album The Milk of Human Kindness. The tour will start in Paris, France, before winding across the UK, Canada, and finally ending up in the U.S. As previously reported on Pitchfork, Snaith has enlisted fellow Canadians and Pitchfork faves the Junior Boys and Russian Futurists to share the bill for the American tour dates, while Cincinnati-based beat box master Boom Bip will play several shows with Caribou in England.

The UK portion of the tour coincides with the release of Milk, which will be issued in Great Britain on Leaf on Monday, April 18. U.S. fans, however, will have to wait another couple of weeks to get their hands on the record-- according to Domino U.S., a shipping delay has pushed the LP's release back from April 19 to May 3.

At every stop on the tour, Caribou will offer a limited-edition, 36-minute tour EP. Titled Tour CD 2005, the tracklist is:

01 Mix
02 Bloody Murder
03 Medium Sized Working Dog (Steady Steady)
04 Cardiff
05 Raspberry
06 The Snow Capes
07 Sinuses

If you can't come out to any of Snaith's upcoming shows, he hints on his website that "perhaps a handful of copies will be available via internet mailorder."

The recently renamed Caribou, who was forced to give up the Manitoba moniker because Dictators frontman Handsome Dick Manitoba sued for trademark infringement, is still popular among critics for his innovative beats and off-kilter indie pop. Handsome Dick, on the other hand, is still popular for, well, being a dick. Dates for Caribou's The Milk of Human Kindness tour are as follows:

04-16 Paris, France - Triptyque
04-17 Birmingham, England - Club HQ (w/ Boom Bip)
04-18 Nottingham, England - Rescue Rooms (w/ Boom Bip)
04-19 London, England - Scala (w/ Boom Bip)
04-21 Edinburgh, Scotland - The Bongo Club
04-22 Glasgow, Scotland - Glasgow School of Art (w/ Kasule and Surface Empire)
04-23 Aberdeen, Scotland - The Tunnels (w/ Kasule)
04-26 Kingston, Ontario - Elixir Night Club *
04-27 Ottawa, Ontario - Babylon *
04-28 Toronto, Ontario - Legendary Horseshoe Tavern (w/ The Singing Saw Shadow Show)
04-29 Montreal, Quebec - Cabaret Music Hall *
04-30 Ithaca, NY - Noyes Community Center *
05-01 Annandale-On-Hudson, NY - Bard College *
05-02 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse *
05-03 Cambridge, MA - Middle East *
05-04 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom (w/ Four Tet) *
05-05 Brooklyn, NY - Northsix *
05-06 Providence, RI - The Living Room *
05-07 Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero Theater *
05-08 Charlotteville, VA - Satellite Ballroom *
05-09 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 *
05-10 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn *
05-11 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues Parish *
05-12 Houston, TX - Mary Janes Fat Cat *
05-13 Austin, TX - The Parish *
05-14 Denton, TX - Haileys *
05-15 Lawrence, KS - The Jackpot Saloon *
05-17 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre *
05-18 Salt Lake City, UT - Egos *
05-20 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress *
05-21 Phoenix, AZ - Modified Arts *
05-22 San Diego, CA - Casbah *
05-24 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland (w/ Brad Laner/Christopher Willits) *
05-25 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill *
05-27 Portland, OR - Berbatis Pan *
05-28 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey *
05-29 Victoria, British Columbia - Lucky Bar *
05-30 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richards on Richards *
05-31 Calgary, Alberta - Broken City *
06-01 Calgary, Alberta - Broken City *
06-02 Edmonton, Alberta - New City Liqwid Lounge & Suburbs *br> 06-03 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Amigos *
06-04 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Pyramid Cabaret *
06-05 Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar *
06-06 Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews *
06-07 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
06-08 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop *
06-09 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *
06-10 Hamilton, Ontario - The Casbah *

* with Junior Boys, the Russian Futurists

Devendra Banhart: http://www.younggodrecords.com/

Caribou: http://www.caribou.fm/

Domino Records (U.S.): http://www.dominorecordco.com/usa/

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Montreux Jazz Festival Lineup Announced

Apart from providing the setting for Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water", the Montreux Jazz Festival is also famous for its beautiful setting and spectacular performances. Now in its 39th year, the festival has lured some of the 20th century's greatest jazz musicians to play on the shores of Lake Geneva. Since the inaugural three-day festival in 1967, Montreux has attracted such giants as Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Nina Simone, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Bill Evans, and Ella Fitzgerald, to name but a few. But in recent times, the festival has sidestepped the jazz-exclusive hallmark and opened its doors to every possible music genre imaginable, to the regret of many purists. But this disappointment among aficionados is irrelevant of course; even jazz-heads secretly know that one cannot think of "jazz" without automatically thinking of the following words: "Velvet" and "Revolver". Well, maybe not.

Recently, it has been no surprise to see many larger festivals compromising and succumbing to the pressure of competing for consumer and sponsor money, and Montreux is no exception. But seriously, with 16 straight days of shows at three venues, few festivals, whether rooted in a jazz or rock or even a polka tradition, can boast the following lineup:

Kraftwerk, Bright Eyes, LCD Soundsystem, Antony & the Johnsons, Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, M83, Death in Vegas, Soulwax, Underworld, the Dears, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Jean Grae, Lauryn Hill, Audioslave, Velvet Revolver, the Hives, Trail of Dead, Kasabian, the Bravery, Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Marianne Faithfull, Steve Earle, Isaac Hayes, Brian Wilson, and many, many more.

Thankfully for many, some old Montreux traditions have been kept intact: one venue is featuring mostly jazz-related artists for many of its shows. Soul legends and blues greats (including B.B. King and Solomon Burke) are represented as always, and a couple of Montreux's cherished genres, like Brazilian sounds (The Life Aquatic star Seu Jorge) and salsa (Ray "Deeper Shade of Soul" Baretto) are featured prominently.

The festival will be held July 1 through July 16. Check the link below for ticket information and complete details.

Montreux Jazz Fesival: http://www.montreuxjazz.com/

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Bloc Party Schedule More U.S. Shows

What would an It Band be without an enormous, ever-expanding schedule of tour dates? Not much, and Bloc Party knows this, and they've added a dozen more American dates to their seasons-spanning 2005 schedule. If they keep this up, one can't help but wonder when they'll find time to record that second album Kele has been talking about. The details:

04-14 London, England - Astoria
04-15 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowland
04-17 Manchester, England - University
04-30 Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music Festival
05-24 Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre
05-25 Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue
05-27 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
05-28 George, WA - Sasquatch Festival
06-01 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
06-09 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Ballroom
06-10 New Orleans, LA - One-Eyed Jacks
06-11 Atlanta, GA - Music Midtown
06-14 New York, NY - Webster Hall
06-15 New York, NY - Webster Hall
06-16 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
06-18 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
10-02 Edinburgh, Scotland - Usher Hall
10-04 Glasgow, Scotland - Carling Academy
10-06 Newcastle, England - Northumbria University
10-08 Cambridge, England - Corn Exchange
10-09 Norwich, England - UEA
10-10 Portsmouth, England - Guild Hall
10-12 Sheffield, England - Octagon
10-13 Birmingham, England - Carling Academy
10-14 Birmingham, England - Carling Academy
10-16 Nottingham, England - Rock City
10-17 Liverpool, England - Royal Court
10-18 Leeds, England - University
10-20 Manchester, England - Apollo
10-21 Manchester, England - Apollo
10-22 Leicester, England - De Montford Hall
10-24 Cardiff, Wales - University
10-25 Bristol, England - Carling Academy
10-26 Exeter, England - University
10-28 London, England - Brixton Carling Academy
10-29 London, England - Brixton Carling Academy

Meanwhile, according to the band's official website, they'll be at Music Zone in Manchester, England between 3 and 4:30 p.m. this Sunday, to sign copies of Silent Alarm (and presumably body parts). And speaking of their website, the band is looking to add to it very soon. An interactive fanzine is in the works, and will hopefully be up and running within a month. "This is intended to be an online fanzine about Bloc Party, you and your experiences," says the site. "The idea being that we can have a journal of reviews, pictures and videos produced and submitted by fans from all around the world." Our only question: How did we live without it for so long?

Bloc Party: http://www.blocparty.com

Vice Records: http://www.vicerecordings.com

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Deerhoof Release EP, Continue Tour

As Pitchfork reported last month, Deerhoof are on the open road, touring in support of a new EP, Green Cosmos. "So what?" you say. "If you already told me, why am I supposed to care? I mean, Deerhoof's constantly evolving hodgepodge of clangy abrasion mixed with the sweet wail of frontwoman Satomi rocks, but I already read this! why?!"

Whoa, calm down. The reason, thank you very much, that I even bring it up is because that fabled EP was late to arrove. Finally, we have a tracklist. And here it is, smartass:

01 Come See the Duck
02 Green Cosmos
03 Malalauma
04 Spiral Golden Town
05 Hot Mint Air Balloon
06 Koneko Kitten
07 Byun

This isn't enough for you? Are you totally impossible to please? Well get excited, because Greg Saunier tells his reps, who tell us, that Deerhoof are double-timing it-- working on a new LP while touring America. The as-yet-untitled disc is slated for a fall release. Saunier says they might have even been able to record while on the road, "But last time Chris brought his computer on tour, an entire row of pixels went entirely blank." That's cool, guys, you're not our slaves. Just hurry it up, okay? Thanks.

In case you didn't catch it last month, here are some tour dates:

04-14 Portland, OR - Meow Meow
04-15 Olympia, WA - Eagle's Hall
04-16 Seattle, WA - Paradox
05-05 Middletown, CT - Wesleyan University
05-07 Portland, ME - Space Gallery #
05-08 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar #
05-09 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church #
05-11 Cleveland, OH - Beachland #
05-12 Chicago, IL - Open End Gallery #
05-13 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock #
05-15 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle #
05-17 Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig #
05-18 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace #
05-19 Montreal, QB - La Salsa Rossa #
05-20 Cambridge, MA - Lobdell Hall (MIT) #
05-12 Brooklyn, NY - Northsix @
05-22 Brooklyn, NY - Northsix

# with Nedelle

Deerhoof: http://www.deerhoof.killrockstars.com/

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Lali Puna Rarities Disc Coming

Electro-pop quartet Lali Puna has only just begun to take a breath after touring the U.S. and Europe in support of their 2004 LP, Faking the Books, but apparently taking it easy is not an option for these kings and queens of chill-out. A hefty collection of remixes, B-sides, and previously unreleased material entitled I Thought I Was Over That has arrived to tide over fans. Whet your appetite, the menu is extensive:

01 The Failure of the Leading Sign Industry
02 40 Days
03 Clear Cut (Lali Puna-Bomb the Bass)
04 Awaiting an Accident (Remix for Boom Bip)
05 It's not the worst I've looked (Remix for Two Lone Swordsmen)
06 Harrison Reverse
07 The Daily Match
08 (This is) The Dream of Evan and Chan (Remix for Dntel)
09 Past Machine
10 Together in Electric Dreams
11 Thomas Leboeg:nin-com-pop remix
12 Boom Bip: Micronomic remix
13 Dntel: Faking the Books remix
14 To Rococo Rot: Grin and Bear remix
15 Alias: Alienation remix
16 Lali Puna: Left-handed Dub
17 Flowchart: Fast Forward remix
18 Sixtoo: Small Things remix
19 Two Lone Swordsmen: nin-com-pop remix

And in further refusal to rest on their laurels, Lali Puna will play a handful-- no, a smidgen-- of live dates in May. If you're kicking it in Japan or England, rejoice!:
05-03 Tokyo, Japan - Shibuya-O-East
05-05 Osaka, Japan - Big Cat
05-26 London, England - Brixton Academy*
05-27 London, England - Brixton Academy*

* with the Chemical Brothers

Lali Puna: http://www.lalipuna.de/

Morr Music: http://www.morrmusic.com/

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