Don Caballero Prepare Relapse Debut

WCLP is the title of the band's Relapse debut, which is set to see light on May 16 in the U.S. and May 22 everywhere else. As previously reported, Don Cab spent the winter months logging time at Al Sutton's Rustbelt Studios. The record was mastered by Alan Douches (laugh it up at the surname until you see his credentials: Sufjan, Animal Collective, Mastodon, the Rapture-- the list goes on), and has words like "Goofballs" and "Fecking" in its song titles, which we appreciate.

World Class Listening Problem:

01 Mmmmm Acting. I Love Me Some Good Acting
02 Sure We Had Knives Around
03 And and and, He Lowered the Twin Down
04 I Agree.......No!.......I Disagree
05 Palm Trees In the Fecking Bahamas
06 World Class Listening Problem
07 Railroad Cancellation
08 Theme From Bricktop Clowns
09 Savage Composition
10 I'm Goofballs for Bozzo Jazz

Don Caballero have a few summer performances lined up with fellow Relapsers Zombi, and a long-awaited world tour on the way. The latter remains under wraps at the moment, but please feel free to take a look at these guys for now:

05-19 Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks
06-15 Montreal, Quebec - La Salla Rosa *
06-17 Ottawa, Ontario - Barrymore's Music Hall *
06-19 Toronto, Ontario - Horse Show Tavern *
07-14 Cambridge, MA - The Middle East *
07-21 New York, NY - Knitting Factory *

* with Zombi

* Pitchfork Review: Don Caballero: American Don
* Pitchfork News: Don Caballero Sign to Relapse Records

Don Caballero (MySpace): http://www.myspace.com/doncaballeropgh
Relapse Records: http://relapse.com/

Snow Patrol Tour in Support of New LP

For the album, frontman Gary Lightbody recruited Big Star/R.E.M. helper-outer Ken Stringfellow (Lightbody + Stringfellow...has a nice ring to it, no?) as well as a choir of elite Celtic musicians. Canadian royalty Martha Wainwright stopped in to provide vocals for "Set the Fire to the Third Bar."

Tracks:

01 You're All I Have
02 Hands Open
03 Chasing Cars
04 Shut Your Eyes
05 It's Beginning to Get to Me
06 You Could Be Happy
07 Make This Go on Forever
08 Set the Fire to the Third Bar
09 Headlights on Dark Roads
10 Open Your Eyes
11 The Finish Line

Snow Patrol will start off their North American tour later this month. Meteorologically speaking, can we even have a Snow Patrol summer tour? Does this have something to do with the ice caps?

Dates:

05-13 Dundee, Scotland - Camperdown Country Park
05-23 Denver, CO - Paramount Theatre *
05-25 Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre *
05-26 Austin, TX - Stubb's BBQ *
05-27 Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theatre *
05-29 Atlanta, GA - Roxy Theatre *
05-31 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
06-02 Boston, MA - Avalon *
06-03 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom *
06-05 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory *
06-06 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis *
06-07 Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus *
06-09 Pontiac, MI - Clutch Cargo's *
06-10 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre *
06-11 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
06-14 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom *
06-15 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre *
06-16 Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre *
06-18 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theare *
06-20 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern LG *
07-14 Suffolk, England - Henham Park (Latitude Festival)
08-19 Dublin, Ireland - Marley Park
08-25 Edinburgh, Scotland - Meadowbank Stadium
08-27 Cornwall, England - Eden Project
09-02 Trinity, Jersey, England - Royal Jersey Showground

* with the Duke Spirit and Augustana

Snow Patrol: http://snowpatrol.com/

We Are Scientists Kick off Mega-Tour

The more you know:

05-09 Tokyo, Japan - Shibuya Duo *
05-10 Osaka, Japan - Quattro *
05-11 Nagoya, Japan - Quattro *
05-12 Tokyo, Japan - Quattro*
05-20 Mexico City, Mexico - Parque Ecologico !
05-24 San Diego, CA - SDSU Open-Air Theatre @
05-26 Victoria, British Columbia - Sugar
05-27 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom #
05-28 Seattle, WA - Sasquatch Festival &
05-29 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater #
05-31 San Francisco, CA - Warfield #
06-01 Las Vegas, NV - Celebrity Theatre
06-02 San Diego, CA - Soma #
06-03 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theatre #
06-04 Tempe, AZ - Marquee #
06-06 Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre #
06-07 Austin, TX - Stubb's #
06-08 Houston, TX - Warehouse #
06-10 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle #
06-11 Norfolk, VA - Norva #
06-12 Baltimore, MD - Sonar #
06-14 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom #
06-15 Boston, MA - Avalon #
06-16 Montreal, Quebec - Le Medley #
06-17 Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus #
06-18 Detroit, MI - State Theatre
06-19 Lansing, MI - Temple Bar $
06-20 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop $
06-21 Chicago, IL - Metro $
06-23 Minneapolis, MN - First Ave. %
06-25 Indianapolis, IN - Birdy's $
06-26 Columbus, OH - Little Brother's $
06-27 Washington, DC - Black Cat $
06-28 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts $
06-29 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw $
06-30 New York, NY - Irving Plaza $
07-01 Northampton, MA - Pearl St. $
07-02 Boston, MA - Paradise $
10-20 Norwich, England - UEA
10-21 Sheffield, England - Octagon
10-22 Manchester, England - Apollo
10-23 Leeds, England - University
10-24 Newcastle, England - Academy
10-25 Aberdeen, England - Music Hall
10-26 Glasgow, Scotland- Academy
10-28 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Limelight
10-29 Galway, Ireland - Roisin Dubh 10-30 Dublin, Ireland - Ambassador
10-31 Cardiff, England - University
11-02 Reading, England - Hexagon
11-03 Birmingham, England - Academy
11-04 Nottingham, England - Rock City
11-05 Bristol, England - Academy
11-06 Exeter, England - University
11-07 Southampton, England - Guildhall
11-09 London, England - Brixton Academy

* with Editors
! with Mystery Jets, Kinky, more
@ with Flaming Lips
& with Beck, Death Cab for Cutie, Queens of the Stone Age, the Decemberists, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Jamie Liddell, more
# with Arctic Monkeys
$ with The Double, Au Revoir Simone
% with The Fiery Furnaces

* We Are Scientists: <a

Neko Case Extends Tour

Set out running:

05-09 Milan, Italy - La Casa
05-10 Lucerne, Switzerland - Boa
05-11 Munich, Germany - Orange House
05-12 Berlin, Germany - Tacheles
05-13 Gothenburg, Sweden - Sticky Fingers
05-14 Stockholm, Sweden - Sondra Teatern
05-15 Oslo, Norway - Rock Bottom
05-17 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
05-18 Hamburg, Germany - Fabrik
05-19 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Nightown Theatre
05-20 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
05-21 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
05-22 Paris, France - La Boule Noir
05-24 London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire
05-27 George, WA - Gorge Amphitheatre (Sasquatch!)
06-15 Telluride, CO - Town Park (Telluride Bluegrass Festival)
06-16 Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater *
06-17 Park City, UT - Suede *
06-20 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre *
06-21 Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern *
06-23 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater *
06-24 Santa Cruz, CA - The Rio Theater *
06-25 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club
06-26 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club
06-27 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club
06-29 Eugene, OR - WOW Hall *
06-30 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom *
07-01 Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre *
07-02 Vancouver, British Columbia - Centre for the Performing Arts (Vancouver International Jazz Festival) *
07-03 Victoria, British Columbia - ICA Folkfest
07-05 Edmonton, Alberta - Myer Horowitz Theatre *
07-07 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Winnipeg Folk Festival
07-08 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Winnipeg Folk Festival
09-10 Hollywood, CA - Hollywood Bowl (KCRW's World Festival) #

* with Sonny Smith
# with Willie Nelson, Ryan Adams

* Pitchfork Review: Neko Case: Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
* Pitchfork News: Neko Case Kicks Off Tour Tonight
* Pitchfork Feature: Live: Neko Case

Neko Case: http://www.nekocase.com/
Anti-: http://www.anti.com/

Update: The Fall Tour Becomes Slightly Less Chaotic

Of course, this being the Fall, who knows what will actually happen. Perhaps by the time the tour reaches your town, the band will be Mark E. Smith and a few drunks picked up at a bar down the street.

Dates:

05-09 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
05-11 Pomona, CA - Glass House
05-13 Los Angeles, CA - Knitting Factory
05-14 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
05-15 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
05-23 Los Angeles, CA - Knitting Factory *
05-25 Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot *
05-26 Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater *
05-27 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar *
05-29 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theatre *
05-30 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium
06-01 New York City, NY - Knitting Factory *$
06-02 Brooklyn, NY - Southpaw *$

* with the Cairo Gang
$ with Vaz

Now, let's get back to the drama. Remember how Justin Williams, frontman for the Talk, threw a banana peel at Mark E. Smith's head in Phoenix Sunday night, resulting in the show being cut short? And see how the Talk are still on the tour? OK.***

Well, according to the Talk's label, MoRisen Records, after the frustrated Fall members left the tour, Mark E. Smith actually asked the Talk to become his new backing band! (A rep from the Fall's label, Narnack, denies this.) Guess that banana peel didn't hurt too much.

MoRisen claims that the Talk turned down Smith's offer, since they wouldn't have had enough time to learn the new songs and make the San Diego show tonight and the Pomona show tomorrow. Apparently this wasn't a problem for the Cairo Gang, though.

MoRisen also say that in the wake of the banana incident, the Talk have received death threats from rabid Fall fans around the world...and just as many supportive messages (from people chanting "USA! USA!", perhaps?).

According to Narnack, the Fall's plans to record in Los Angeles next week will proceed as scheduled, with Smith adding vocals to tracks recorded in the UK months ago, and the Cairo Gang possibly filling in on some new songs.

***UPDATE: According to MoRisen, the Talk were on their way to the San Diego show, when they were informed that they were once again off the tour. The Cairo Gang will open for all dates following the break for recording.

The Fall: http://www.thefall.info/fallsite/index.php
Narnack Records: http://209.200.80.36/

Reminder: Sonic Youth on "Gilmore Girls" Tonight

Yeah yeah, we know you know, because we keep telling you. But we're going to remind you again: tonight on the season finale of the WB's "Gilmore Girls", Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, along with their daughter Coco, will perform "What a Waste", from the new Sonic Youth album, Rather Ripped, due out June 13. Yo La Tengo, Sparks, Joe Pernice, and Sam Phillips will also appear. Some people think "Gilmore Girls" is the best TV show ever, and we aren't going to argue.

We're reporting this again so that we have an excuse to show you these awesome photos Thurston Moore emailed us, taken on the set of the show.

Here's Kim and Thurston with Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks, photographed by Michelle Fleischli:

And here's Coco Gordon Moore with Liza Weil, who plays Paris Geller on "Gilmore Girls":

AWWW!!!

As previously reported, Sonic Youth kick off a summer tour on June 13, the same day Rather Ripped is born. Mark Ibold, formerly of Pavement and Kim Gordon's band Free Kitten, is joining the band on bass.

Hot wire my heart:

06-13 New York, NY - CBGB *
06-14 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom &
06-15 Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club &
06-17 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel &
06-18 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo &$
06-19 Atlanta, GA - Earthlink Live &
06-21 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
06-23 Austin, TX - Stubb's BBQ +
06-24 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room +
06-26 Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall +
06-27 Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre +
06-29 Missoula, MT - UM Theatre +
06-30 Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre +
07-01 Portland, OR - Roseland Ballroom +
07-03 Sacramento, CA - Empire +
07-04 Reno, NV - Reno Hilton +
07-06 Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand %
07-07 San Diego, CA - Cox Arena %
07-09 Los Angeles, CA - Forum %
07-10 Los Angeles, CA - Forum %
07-13 Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl %
07-16 San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium %
07-18 San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium %
07-22 Byron Bay, Australia - Splendour in the Grass Festival #
07-24 Melbourne, Australia - Palace
07-26 Sydney, Australia - Enmore
07-29 Yuzawa-machi, Japan - Naeba Ski Resort (Fuji Rock Festival)
08-03 Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Blossom Music Center (92.3 K-ROCK Presents Kuyahoga)
08-05 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza ^
12-08-10 Somerset, England - Butlins Minehead (ATP's Nightmare Before Christmas) !

* with Tall Firs
& with Be Your Own Pet
$ with Radiohead, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Beck, Elvis Costello, Cat Power, more
+ with Awesome Color
% with Pearl Jam
# with Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Brian Wilson, TV on the Radio, more
^ with the Flaming Lips, Kanye West, Wilco, Death Cab for Cutie, the Raconteurs, Queens of the Stone Age, the Shins, the Go! Team, Sleater-Kinney, the New Pornographers, Broken Social Scene, Built to Spill, Gnarls Barkley, Feist, Iron & Wine, Ryan Adams, Andrew Bird, Common, more
! with Iggy & the Stooges, Bardo Pond, Six Organs of Admittance, Jackie-O Motherfucker, Charlambides, My Cat Is an Alien, the Skaters, the Melvins

And since Thurston Moore never misses an opportunity to make noise in public, he's got a few solo gigs scheduled as well:

05-10 New York, NY - The Stone (two sets)
05-18 Montague, MA - The Bookmill *
05-29 Easthampton, MA - PACE #
06-09 Easthampton, MA - PACE $

* with Bill Nace, Paul Flaherty
# with Graveyards, Hair Police
$ with Be Your Own Pet, Whirlwind Heat

Sonic Youth: http://www.sonicyouth.com/

Devendra Banhart Schedules Summer Tour

The paparazzi will have plenty of opportunity to stalk the happy (and probably imaginary) couple this summer, as Banhart has quite a slate of shows scheduled, taking place all over the world. Before trekking to such exotic locations as Russia, Israel, and Tennessee, Devendra curates a day of the All Tomorrow's Parties Festival this weekend. He'll pay a visit to the May 22 Os Mutantes show in London and then co-headline a U.S. mini-tour with Magic Numbers, leading up to Bonnaroo.

And need we point out the magical coinky-dink that both Os Mutantes and Devendra are playing our own Pitchfork Music Festival?

In between all the multi-continental concert-hopping, Devendra will show his latest batch of drawings at Galleria Emilio Mazzoli in Modena, Italy, starting June 24.

Just my luck:

05-14 Camber Sands, England - Camber Sands Holiday Centre (All Tomorrow's Parties) *
05-16 Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie
05-17 Lyon, France - Le Transbordeur
05-18 Toulouse, France - Le Ramier
05-20 Paris, France - Le Bataclan
05-22 London, England - Barbican #
06-10 Baltimore, MD - Sonar $
06-11 Arlington, VA - Birchmere $
06-12 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle $
06-14 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel $
06-15 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse $
06-16 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Festival $%
06-29 Berlin, Germany - TBA
06-30 Poznan, Poland - Malta Festival
07-02 Moscow, Russia - Apelsin
07-04 Athens, Greece - Gagarin 205
07-06 Tel Aviv, Israel - Barby Club
07-07 Tel Aviv, Israel - Barby Club
07-30 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) #@
09-01 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic Festival ^

* with Vashti Bunyan, Vetiver, Espers, Bat for Lashes, Jana Hunter, Metallic Falcons, Danielle Stech-Homsy, Bert Jansch, Tarantula A.D., the Watts Prophets, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Jandek
# with Os Mutantes
$ with Magic Numbers
% with Radiohead, Beck, Death Cab for Cutie, Bright Eyes, Common, Sonic Youth, My Morning Jacket, Cat Power, more
@ with Spoon, Yo La Tengo, Mission of Burma, Aesop Rock, the National, Jens Lekman, Tapes ‘n Tapes, Chin Up Chin Up, Diplo, Matthew Dear, Glenn Kotche, Tarantula A.D., Tyondai Braxton, CSS, Chicago Underground Duo, Bonde Do Role
^ with Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Basement Jaxx, Bloc Party, Gnarls Barkley, DJ Shadow, Gary Numan, more

Devendra Banhart: : http://devendrabanhart.com
XL Recordings: http://xlrecordings.com/

The Pipettes Reveal Debut Album Details

Sorry about that. It's just that we've fallen in love. With the Pipettes, three adorable British lasses in polka-dot dresses singing about kissing and dancing and other, slightly more naughty, activities. They're the best thing to come out of the current girl group revival, and we can't stop raving about them.

At last, Gwenno, Rose, and Becki are returning our affections, sort of. On July 17, Memphis Industries will release the group's debut album, We Are the Pipettes, in the UK. It's due out August 14 in Germany, France, and Scandinavia; alas, no American release is planned just yet. The LP contains such gems as "Dirty Mind", "Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me", and my favorite song of the year so far, "Pull Shapes".

Tracklist:

01 We Are the Pipettes
02 Pull Shapes
03 Why Did You Stay?
04 Dirty Mind
05 It Hurts to See You Dance So Well
06 Judy
07 A Winter's Sky
08 Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me
09 Tell Me What You Want
10 Because It's Not Love (But It's Still a Feeling)
11 Sex
12 One Night Stand
13 ABC
14 I Love You

We Are the Pipettes will be preceded by the "Pull Shapes" single, due out July 3 on Memphis Industries. It will be released as two different 7"s and on CD.

Tracklists:

7" (orange vinyl):

A: Pull Shapes
B: Guess Who Ran Off With the Milkman?

7" (yellow vinyl):

A: Pull Shapes
B: Magician Man

CD:

01 Pull Shapes
02 Really That Bad

The Pipettes will charm Europe and the UK on tour this summer, hitting up quite a few festivals. Unfortunately, North America is once again being spurned. Oh Pipettes, how can we make you love us back?

Dates:

05-10 Paris, France - Trabendo *
05-19 Brighton, England - Great Escape Festival
05-29 Nottingham, England - Rock City (Dot 2 Dot Festival)
06-07 London, England - The Barfly
07-01 Barcelona, Spain - Faraday Festival
07-03 London, England - Cargo
07-04 Southampton, England - Joiners
07-05 Bournemouth, England - Opera House
07-06 Leicester, England - The Charlotte
07-07 Stoke on Trent, England - The Underground
07-08 Cotswold, England - Stanway House
07-10 Manchester, England - Late Rooms
07-12 Glasgow, Scotland - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
07-13 Aberdeen, Scotland - Tunnels
07-22 Paris, France - Sous La Plague at Park of Paris
07-29 London, England - Clapham Common (Ben and Jerry's Festival)
08-05 Manchester, England - Depercussion Festival
08-18 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival
08-26 Cardiff, Wales - Get Loaded in the Park
08-27 London, England - Get Loaded in the Park

* with the Go! Team

The We Are the Pipettes track "Because It's Not Love" is currently available for free download from eMusic, as part of the free Memphis Industries compilation It Came From Memphis. Click HERE to get the comp, which also features Field Music, the Black Neon, Absentee, Blue States, the Squire of Somerton, Fort Lauderdale, J Xaverre, and La Mouche. It Came From Memphis Too is due in June.

The Pipettes: http://www.thepipettes.co.uk/
Memphis Industries: http://www.memphis-industries.com/

The Fall Tour Descends Into Chaos

The Fall's current American tour, which kicked off on May 2, has been no different, although there doesn't seem to have been any toothpaste involved. Last night's show at the Brick House in Phoenix was cut short when Justin Williams, frontman for the tour's opening act, the Talk, threw a banana peel at Smith's head. A banana peel! That's gotta hurt.

According to Williams, the peel-throwing was the culmination of days of frustration with Smith. In a MySpace bulletin entitled "FUCK MARK E. SMITH HE SUCKS," Williams wrote: "MARK E. SMITH a.k.a MR. BURNS has managed to piss off his band so bad they quit and left him in america with his crazy wife slash one fingered keyboard player... MARK pulled a corkscrew on his bass player poured beer and ashed on the head of his tour manager while driving (who has also quit the tour) and played only one full set without slithering off stage to his R.V. to dive into a bottle of scotch."

(The Fall's booking agent confirmed that the tour manager had quit, but countered that Smith had indeed played full sets at all of the trek's three previous shows.)

Williams continued, "the man is in his late 40's and looks older than my dead grandfather i'm sorry to those out there who are fall fans but you do not know this guy he is an idiot the three other members of the fall are great guys nice as can be and i wish the best for them..."

As far as the incident in Phoenix, Williams wrote, "i was told by the falls tour manager he and the rest of the band were going home without mark knowing and this would be the last show this really pissed me off BAD!!! if this had happened a few years ago i would have beat the shit out of him but i'm older now so i picked up a dirty banana peel ran onto the stage and threw it in his face as hard as i could and walked away he ran after me with some 1800's English boxing hands and wanted to fight i laughed and walked away knowing in my head this man has only a few years left..."

Pitchfork reader Jeff Moore, who attended the show, wrote in to say that Smith returned to the stage a few minutes later. "Mr. Smith distractedly continued the set while removing bits of flung matter from his hair, several times smirking. After several half-hearted attempts to reassert his trademark amp-twiddling, mic-disdaining stage persona, he approached [wife Elena] Poulou at the keyboard. After a brief discussion, the two left the stage, once again leaving bass, guitar, and drums to finish the song in a vocal vacuum. At the close of the song, they too stoically filed offstage."

"Several minutes later Ms. Poulou returned to the stage to announce that the Fall would be unable to continue the show. Her brief announcement was cut from the 'we were not shown the respect that we deserve' mold, which was not well received by audience members since the assault came not from members of the crowd, but from the opening band. She also referenced technical difficulties early in the set before telling the crowd "'I'm sorry' and vacating the empty stage to a chorus of booing and chants of 'USA, USA'."

"USA, USA"??!! WTF? Is this a punk show or a NASCAR rally? Reader Bill Smith added that the crowd also yelled "Down with the British!" Come on, people, what's wrong with you?!

Williams offered an apology: "p.s. sorry to everyone in phoenix i threw a banana at mark during the show i know you payed good money to see that shit but if it was not for us talking the rest of the band to come to phoenix they would not have even showed up so be lucky you even got that much do not be mad at us be mad at MARK E. SMITH he does not care if you were there or not he does not care about his fans trust me i know first hand"

The Fall's official website said only, "Apologies to all for the curtailed set, caused by technical problems." I guess bananas do technically count as technology...if you're a monkey.

As of right now, the fate of the rest of the tour is obviously in doubt. But we'll keep you posted about what's going on-- whether it's another fight, more fruit projectiles, or just plain old drunken craziness.

Dates:

05-09 San Diego, CA - House of Blues *
05-11 Pomona, CA - Glass House *
05-13 Los Angeles, CA - Knitting Factory *
05-14 San Francisco, CA - The Independent *
05-15 San Francisco, CA - The Independent *
05-23 Los Angeles, CA - Knitting Factory *
05-25 Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot *
05-26 Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater *
05-27 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar *
05-29 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theatre *
05-30 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium *#
06-01 New York City, NY - Knitting Factory *$
06-02 Brooklyn, NY - Southpaw *$

* with the Talk
# with the Cairo Gang
$ with Vaz

The Fall have a few shows scheduled after the American tour. We don't know what's going on with those either. Sorry.

06-10 Manchester, England - New Century Hall
08-12 Oslo, Norway - Oya Festival
08-26 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-27 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival

The Fall: http://www.thefall.info/fallsite/index.php
Narnack Records: http://209.200.80.36/

Glenn Kotche Talks New Wilco Record

For the time being, Wilco remain in the writing and demoing stages of the recording process, utilizing their Chicago loft to do so. As reported by Billboard.com last month, new tracks "On and On and On", "Walken", and the tentatively titled "Either Way", along with one or two others, have made their way into the band's live set. "I think anyone who's heard them can see stylistically that it's pretty much all over the place right now," Kotche told Pitchfork.

"I'm kind of happy right now that we're not trying to affix any sort of concept to the record," he continued. "We're not saying, 'Oh, it's going to be this type of record or this type of record.' We're just getting together. We set up in a circle and come up with ideas. Some of them are songs Jeff has fleshed out, some of them are completely written on the spot. Someone plays a riff, and it goes from there.

"At this point, I just think we're making songs, crafting songs that we like and stylistically kind of letting the record shape itself instead of forcing a mold upon it... We're more going to keep this one about the songs instead of trying to make a statement with the record."

The goal is to forge on until Wilco have completed 30 or so songs, at which point they'll whittle that number down to fit the album. In the meantime, fans might be able to hear a new tune or two on the group's upcoming North American tour. The trek kicks off in Calgary in late June and wraps up in early August.

Dates:

06-28 Calgary, Alberta - McEwan Hall
06-29 Edmonton, Alberta - Jubilee Auditorium
07-01 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Burton Cummings Theatre
07-02 Duluth, MN - Duluth Entertainment Convention Center
07-05 Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest
07-07 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
07-08 London, Ontario - Centennial Hall
07-10 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
07-12 Halifax, Nova Scotia - Alderney Landing
07-13 Fredericton, New Brunswick - Playhouse
07-15 Ottawa, Ontario - Bluesfest
07-16 Florence, MA - Pines Theater
08-06 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)

As previously reported, this Friday, May 12, will see Wilco kicking television with a performance on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien". TGIF!

* Wilco: http://wilcoworld.net
* Pitchfork Music Festival: http://pitchforkmusicfestival.com

Glenn Kotche: http://glennkotche.com

First Two Manitoba/Caribou Albums to Be Reissued

Dan Snaith is a badass. He has a Ph.D. in mathematics, he continues to snarkily refer to Handsome Dick Manitoba (aka the man who made him change his recording/performing name from Manitoba to Caribou) as an “ageing punk rocker” on his MySpace page, and he was the talk of the blogosphere with the skewering he gave President Bush at the White House Correspondents Dinner last week.

Okay, that last one is Stephen Colbert, but those two probably hang out as members of some sort of club for maverick entertainers with enormous internet fanbases, so it's an honest mistake.

The psychedelic/electronic/krautrock mastermind is such a badass, in fact, that the only thing he'll tell us about the new album he's recording is that he's "returned to the studio" and that he is so "busy recording" that his already-passed live shows in France last month would be two of the "few chances to see [him] play this year" (from his MySpace page and official website, respectively). Looks like there won't be any Snaiths on a plane this summer after all.

Dr. Snaith is more forthcoming, however, about the reissue treatment his first two records (as Manitoba) are getting. On June 20, Domino Records will re-release both 2001's Start Breaking My Heart and 2003's Up in Flames, Pitchfork's fifth favorite album of 2003, with bonus discs devoted to singles, remixes, and videos. These deluxe reissue packages will put the Caribou name where Manitoba once was, so we can all just forget about this whole business and focus on what's really important: Canada.

Start Breaking My Heart:

Disc One:

01 Dundas, Ontario
02 People Eating Fruit
03 Mammals Vs. Reptiles
04 Brandon
05 Children Play Well Together
06 Lemon Yoghourt
07 James' Second Haircut
08 Schedules and Fares
09 Paul's Birthday
10 Happy Ending

Disc Two:

01 Victor and Carolyn
02 218 Beverly
03 Evan Likes Driving
04 Anna & Nina
05 Dundas, Ontario (remix)
06 Tits & Ass - The Great Canadian Weekend
07 Webers
08 If Assholes Could Fly, This Place Would Be an Airport
09 Air Doom
10 Ach Who
11 Dundas, Ontario (video)

Up in Flames:

Disc One:

01 I've Lived on a Dirt Road All My Life
02 Skunks
03 Hendrix With Ko
04 Jacknuggeted
05 Why the Long Face
06 Bijoux
07 Twins
08 Kid You'll Move Mountains
09 Crayon
10 Every Time She Turns Round It's Her Birthday

Disc Two:

01 Olé
02 Thistles and Felt
03 Seaweed
04 Cherrybomb
05 Silver Splinters
06 Cherrybomb Part II
07 Jacknuggeted (video)
08 Skunks (video)

Caribou: http://www.caribou.fm/site/
Domino: http://www.dominorecordco.us/

The Stills and Rogue Wave Tour Together

The Philadelphia stop on the tour is a veritable Monsters of Indie extravaganza, featuring Yo La Tengo, the Shins, and Band of Horses. It'll be the most exciting thing to happen to Philly since Live 8. (I kid because I love.)

Mayday:

06-02 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
06-03 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
06-05 Atlanta, GA - The Loft
06-06 Tampa, FL - The Orpheum
06-07 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room
06-08 Miami, FL - Studio A
06-09 Orlando, FL - The Social
06-12 Nashville, TN - Exit / In
06-13 Louisville, KY - Headliners
06-14 Millvale, PA - Mr. Smalls Theater
06-15 Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero *
06-16 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop
06-18 Indianapolis, IN - Birdy's
06-20 Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
06-21 St. Louis, MO - Creepy Crawl
06-22 Madison, WI - The Annex
06-25 Cincinnati, OH - Desdemona Festival

* with Yo La Tengo, the Shins, Band of Horses

The Stills are currently finishing up a Canadian tour: 05-09 Kingston, Ontario - Elixir
05-11 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix
05-13 Montreal, Quebec - Spectrum
05-17 Hamilton, Ontario - Underground *
05-18 London, Ontario - Call the Office *
06-24 Chicago, IL - Intonation Music Festival

* with Raising the Fawn

Rogue Wave, being rogues and all, have forged their own solitary path as well:

05-24 San Diego, CA - Open Air Theater *
05-27 George, WA - Sasquatch! Festival
05-28 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge #
06-01 Brooklyn, NY - Southpaw
06-28 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
06-30 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
07-02 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
09-02 Seattle, WA - One Reel

* with Flaming Lips, We Are Scientists, Bedouin Soundclash, UV Tigers
# with Minmae, Dykeritz

The Stills: http://www.thestills.net/
Rogue Wave: http://roguewavemusic.com/
Vice: http://vice-recordings.com/
Sub Pop: http://www.subpop.com/

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