Destiny's Child Fulfill Their...Destiny

Saturday night in Barcelona, Spain, the group told fans that the show would be the final Destiny's Child performance in Europe. "After a lot of discussion and some deep soul searching," the group said in a statement released to MTV on Sunday, "we realized that our current tour has given us the opportunity to leave Destiny's Child on a high note. After all these wonderful years working together, we realized that now is the time to pursue our personal goals and solo efforts in earnest. We want to thank all of our fans for their incredible love and support and hope to see you all again as we continue fulfilling our destinies."

Massively popular and successful, Destiny's Child sold more than 40 million albums worldwide. Having just completed a tour of Europe, they will begin a lengthy North American tour in July that will run through mid-September, ending in beautiful Vancouver.

This is sad news indeed, but as long as Beyonce can keep cranking out hits like "Crazy In Love" and "Naughty Girl", I think we'll be just fine.

Destiny's Child: http://www.destinyschild.com/

The New Pornographers Announce Fall Tour

Formed by Carl Newman in 1997, the other Pornographers are filmmaker Blaine Thurier, Destroyer's Dan Bejar, Kurt Dahle and Todd Fancey of Limblifter, the Evaporators' John Collins, and Neko Case.

As previously reported, the New Pornographers will play a handful of shows in the Northeast at the end of June. They'll split for the summer before reconvening in the fall to support their new album, Twin Cinema, which will be released by Matador on August 23.

The fall tour will commence in band headquarters Vancouver. It'll crawl down the West Coast before making its way through the Midwest and back to the East. There are some holes in the schedule, so it's safe to assume that more dates are forthcoming.

06-22 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
06-23 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
06-24 Lancaster, PA - Chameleon Club
06-25 Brooklyn, NY - Celebrate Brooklyn (Prospect Park)
06-26 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street Nightclub
09-23 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom #
09-24 Seattle, WA - Showbox #
09-27 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's #
09-28 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's #
09-29 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater #
09-30 San Diego, CA - Belly Up #
10-01 Tucson, AZ - Solar Culture #
10-07 Newport, KY - Southgate House #
10-08 Kalamazoo, MI - Club Soda #
10-11 Boston, MA - The Roxy #
10-12 New York, NY - Webster Hall #
10-13 New York, NY - Webster Hall #
10-15 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club #
10-20 Chicago, IL - Metro #

# with Destroyer, Immaculate Machine

Neko Case is currently wrapping up her own tour and will play a few shows in July and August, while A.C. Newman will be performing at Pitchfork's Intonation Festival on July 16.

The New Pornographers: http://www.thenewpornographers.com
Matador Records: http://www.matadorrecords.com/
Intonation: http://www.intonationmusicfest.com/

Cat Power Begins Work on New Album in Memphis

With the exception of a one-off date at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall on June 22, no Cat Power tour plans have been announced for the forseeable future. Given Marshall's history of, ahem, emotionally tumultuous shows, maybe it's just as well that she pour all her energies into learning the Memphis blues in the meantime. Heck, it worked for Elvis. If you want to look at things that way.

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Cat Power: http://www.catpowermusic.com

Roger Waters to Reunite With Pink Floyd

The foursome, who haven't performed together as a unit since 1983's The Final Cut, will play a set at London's Hyde Park on July 2 as part of the rock fundraiser's UK gathering. And although the group will play alongside such heavyweights as the Who, Paul McCartney, U2, Elton John, and Madonna, all eyes are expected to be fixed intently on Floyd, whose two-decade personal and legal feuding has remained one of the most bitter, and fan-crushingly stupid in all of rock-- being fueled generously by the band's two Pink Floyd studio albums as a trio since Waters' departure.

In a recent statement, guitarist David Gilmour shed some light on the group's recent decision to reform (Alzheimer's?). "Like most people I want to do everything I can to persuade the G8 leaders to make huge commitments to the relief of poverty and increased aid to the third world. Any squabbles Roger and the band have had in the past are so petty in this context, and if reforming for this concert will help focus attention then it's got to be worthwhile."

While no word yet on whether an album, tour, or other reunion-ish activities may develop from this one-off collaboration, we'll keep you posted on any further developments. In the meantime, I just wanted to say "fuck the Eagles" again.

Pink Floyd: http://www.pinkfloyd.co.uk/

NIN to Tour With QOTSA

Both groups are touring in support of new releases with ferocious titles. NIN is pushing With Teeth, while QOTSA are out promoting Lullabies to Paralyze. And Queens of the Stone Age have some catching up to do, as Billboard.com reports that With Teeth has sold almost twice as many copies as Lullabies, with more than 494,000 and 252,000 respectively.

For now, NIN will be playing a number of the major European festivals before headlining some shows in the UK and Australia throughout the summer. QOTSA are doing very much the same thing, with international festivals on the schedule throughout the summer, as well as some headlining gigs in Australia. Here are the dates for the joint tour:

09-16 San Diego, CA - Cox Arena
09-17 Tucson, AZ - TCC Arena
09-19 Phoenix, AZ - America West Arena
09-20 Fresno, CA - Selland Arena
09-23 Seattle, WA - Key Arena
09-24 Portland, OR - Rose Garden
09-26 Vancouver, British Columbia - Pacific Coliseum
09-28 Sacramento, CA - Arco Arena
09-30 Oakland, CA - Oakland Coliseum
10-01 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
10-04 Salt Lake City, UT - E Center
10-05 Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
10-07 Rosemont (Chicago), IL - Allstate Arena
10-08 Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena
10-09 Cleveland, OH - Gund Arena
10-11 St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
10-13 Madison, WI - Alliant Energy Center
10-14 St. Louis, MO - Savvis Center
10-16 San Antonio, TX - SBC Center
10-17 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Arena
10-19 Houston, TX - Toyota Center
10-21 Jacksonville, FL - Jacksonville Arena
10-22 Tampa, FL - St. Pete Times Forum
10-24 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Office Depot Center
10-25 Orlando, FL - TD Waterhouse Centre
10-27 Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
10-29 New Orleans, LA - Voodoo Music Experience
10-31 Nashville, TN - Gaylord Entertainment Center
11-02 Washington, DC - MCI Center
11-03 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden

QOTSA: http://www.qotsa.com/
NIN: http://www.nin.com/

Bob Mould Announces Short European Tour

Mould is confirmed to appear at a few select dates over in Europe this September, after wrapping up a handful stateside (he played Gay Pride Weekend last Sunday and will head to the delicious-sounding Taste of Minnesota Festival July 3 in Minneapolis). More dates are to be announced, says Mould's official website. And according to Billboard, Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty will join Mould on tour, along with bassist Jason Narducci and keyboardist Richard Morel. (Morel is also the other half of Mould's electronica project, Blowoff.)

"I will play stuff from all eras for the first time with people," Mould told Billboard.com, hinting that Mould material from Hüsker Dü and Sugar will get the Fountain of Youth treatment. "I'm sort of taking ownership back of my songs. "I would probably say [it will include] half of the new record, and the rest will be the songs people will want to hear. I think it will also be the ones that work the best with what we're trying to do. If we pull a song up and Brendan's not feeling it, I don't want to play it. But we'll take a shot at everything." You can catch those shots at any of these dates:

09-04 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic
09-06 London, England - Mean Fiddler
09-07 Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne Belgique
09-09 Hamburg, Germany - Grunspan
09-10 Copenhagen, Denmark - Amager Bio
09-11 Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall
09-13 Cologne, Germany - Burgerhaus Stollwerk
09-14 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso

In related news, Body of Song (Mould's first solo release since 2002) will also become available in a limited-edition double-disc package. The second CD features two remixes of "(Shine Your) Light Love Hope" by Morel, a Mould remix of "Paralyzed", and six tracks that plain didn't make the first cut. No word on whether that was because they weren't good enough or because they just didn't fit in, although we can understand the impulse to hesitate before bringing a song called "Love Escalator" into the world. Complete tracklist:

>> Body of Song:
01 Circles
02 (Shine Your) Light Love Hope
03 Paralyzed
04 I Am Vision, I Am Sound
05 Underneath Days
06 Always Tomorrow
07 Days of Rain
08 Best Thing
09 High Fidelity
10 Missing You
11 Gauze of Friendship
12 Beating Heart the Prize

>> Limited Edition Bonus Disc:
01 Castor and Pollux
02 Surveyors and Cranes
03 Love Escalator
04 Lowdown Ground
05 My Old Friend
06 Nihil
07 (Shine Your) Light Love Hope (Pink Noise Vocal Mix)
08 (Shine Your) Light Love Hope (Pink Noise Dub)
09 Paralyzed (LoudBomb Club Mix)

Bob Mould: http://www.bobmould.com/

Liz Phair Schedules Summer Shows

07-23 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
07-26 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
07-29 Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live
07-30 Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live
08-01 New York, NY - Joe's Pub
08-02 New York, NY - Joe's Pub
08-04 Alexandria, VA - The Birchmere
08-10 West Hollywood, CA - The Troubadour
08-16 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe
08-17 Portland, OR - Douglas Fir Lounge
08-18 San Francisco, CA - Cafe Du Nord
08-19 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall

While no title or tracklist have landed on the Pitchfork news desk regarding her upcoming studio release, snippets of five songs-- "Everything To Me", "Giving It All to You", "Somebody's Miracle", "Part of Me", and "Lost Tonight"-- recently landed at Promosquad.com, an online "song testing" site.

A post on Phair's own website also confirms the previously reported rumor of a September release for the disc, although a firm date has yet to be pinned down. Producer John Alagia (John Mayer, Jason Mraz) and engineer Brian Scheuble are also said to be helming the board for this LP, which leaves Phair one step away from a Santana collaboration and a dread-lust Adam Duritz affair. Fuck fuck fuck.

Liz Phair: http://www.lizphair.com

Calla Prepare New Album

Given Calla's goth tendencies, it's not a huge surprise that they've signed to Beggars Banquet for their fourth full-length, titled Collisions. Recorded near the end of 2004 by Chris Zane, who also produced 2003's Televise, the album is set to drop on September 27. Collide:

01 It Dawned on Me
02 Initiate
03 This Better Go As Planned
04 Play Dead
05 Pulverized
06 So Far, So What
07 Stumble
08 Imbusteros
09 Testify
10 Swagger
11 Overshadowed

Calla: http://www.callamusic.com

Woven Hand Plan Summer Tour

06-30 Bushnell, IL - Cornerstone Festival
07-01 Chicago, IL - Schubas
07-07 Arlington, VA - The Iota #
07-08 Northampton, MA - The Iron Horse #
07-09 Boston, MA - The Lizard Lounge #
07-10 Providence, RI - The Call #
07-13 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwells #
07-14 New York, NY - Knitting Factory #
07-15 Philadelphia, PA - The Ethical Society #
07-16 Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
07-17 Cleveland, OH - The Grog Shop
08-15 Budapest, Hungary - Sziget Festival

# with Brother Danielson

And while all this bodes well for the future, if your nostalgic eyes became misty upon reading the first paragraph, you'll have one final moment of glory. Smooch Records will be releasing a DVD entitled 16 HP which will include all of 16 Horsepower's music videos, interview footage, and live footage taken mostly from their European shows. Other ex-16 Horsepower members Pascal Humbert and Jean-Yves Tola have now moved on to a project entitled Lilium, in case you're keeping score.

Woven Hand: http://www.wovenhand.net/
Sounds Familyre: http://www.soundsfamilyre.com/

More Acts Added to Benicassim Festival

Since we last gazed longingly at each other, the already-impressive roster has been beefed up to include the Cure, Prefuse 73, Maxïmo Park, Matthew Herbert, Mando Diao, Hot Hot Heat, Richard Hawley, Peaches, Roisin Murphy, Joseph Arthur, the Zephyrs, Thomas Brinkmann featuring Beritze, Solex, and a handful of lesser known acts.

The DJ-themed nights have been confirmed as well, with sounds courtesy of Static Discos (Tijuana), Tigersushi (Paris), Areal (Cologne), and Lado (Hamburg), as well as a rousing night of priceless DFA Records mania, which will feature all of that red-hot label's usual tuneful suspects and accomplices: Hot Chip, the Juan Maclean, Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom, Black Leotard Front, Black Dice, James Murphy, Tim Sweeney, and Marcus Lambkin.

So only time will tell what's in store for attendees by the time August 4 rolls around. By the opening day of the fest we may very well see the roster expand to include Bruce Springsteen, Front 242, 3/5 of Sigue Sigue Sputnik, a Scandinavian death metal DJ set, an exhumed Ian Curtis, the reunited Monkees, and Shania with backing band the Jungle Brothers.

Benicassim Festival: http://www.fiberfib.com/

Sigur Rós Announce North American Tour

This trip the band will be performing their cinematic sound in more theatrical venues, so bust out your black ties and ironed slacks. If that thought gives you pause, and you're really just waiting for Sigur Rós' next LP to liven up your headphones, the band recently contributed some six minutes of original material to the Royal Danish Ballet's rendition of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Match Girl". As their website states, the music has no plans for release, but it can be downloaded from the site through the combined wonders of streaming video. You can also read the text of "The Little Match Girl" on Sigur Rós' website, or you can read these nicely reformatted tour dates copped from the very same location:

07-08 Glasgow, Scotland - Academy
07-09 Manchester, England - Lowry Theatre
07-10 London, England - Somerset House
07-12 Paris, France - Olympia
07-13 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
07-14 Brussels, Belgium - Cirque Royal
07-16 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega Main Hall
07-17 Hamburg, Germany - Stadtpark
07-19 Frankfurt, Germany - Jahrhunderthalle
07-20 Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle
07-22 Munich, Germany - Circus Krone
07-23 Nyon, Switzerland - Paleo Festival
07-25 Rome, Italy - Cavea Auditorium
07-26 Milan, Italy - Villa Arconati
07-31 Naeba, Japan - Fuji Rock Festival
08-03 Melbourne, Australia - Hamer Hall
08-04 Sydney, Australia - The Enmore
08-05 Brisbane, Australia - The Tivoli
08-09 Honolulu, HI - Hawaii Theatre
09-06 Atlanta, GA - Atlanta Symphony Hall
09-07 Durham, NC - Carolina Theatre
09-09 Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theatre
09-11 North Bethesda, MD - The Music Center at Strathmore
09-12 New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
09-13 New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
09-15 Boston, MA - Opera House
09-16 Montreal, Quebec - Theatre Maisonneeuve
09-18 Ottawa, Ontario - TBA
09-19 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
09-20 Ann Arbor, MI - The Michigan Theatre
09-21 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
09-23 Madison, WI - Orpheum Theatre
09-24 Minneapolis, MN - State Theatre
09-27 Vancouver, British Columbia - Orpheum
09-28 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
09-29 Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre
10-01 Oakland, CA - Paramount Theatre
10-03 San Diego, CA - Copley Symphony Hall
10-05 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
10-06 Las Vegas, NV - The Joint

* Sigur Rós: http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/

Björk to Release Film Soundtrack in July

Björk's music for the movie centers around the sho, an ancient Japanese instrument with 17 different reeds. She also, carrying on in the a cappella vein of her previous album Medulla, has turned to Noh theater scholars for help with a Noh voice technique that her webpage describes as "growling." Production help will come from several electronic musicians, including Mark Bell of LFO. We'd love to promise that we'll have more details for you later, but considering the penchant for avant-garde art that Björk and her partner Barney share (his last major film, Cremaster 3, involved the Freemasons, the Chrysler Building, and undead horses; it runs a full three hours), we're probably lucky just to have a tracklist:

01 Gratitute
02 Pearl
03 Ambergris March
04 Bath
05 Hunter Vessel
06 Shimenawa
07 Vessel Shimenawa
08 Storm
09 Holographic Entrypoint
10 Cetacea
11 Antarctic Return

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Bjork: http://www.bjork.com

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