CSS, Peaches, Ladytron Remix Bonde do Role on EP
Exhaustion, where is thy sting?

Apparently, Bonde Do Role didn't get their own memo. You guys are supposed to be tired, finally ready to rest (or at least recharge) after relentlessly supporting With Lasers, remember? Not putting out another record!

Nevertheless, the Brazilian trio will indeed release the Marina Gasolina single/EP via Domino on December 4 in the U.S. (November 26 in the UK). The U.S. EP is a CD release with 10 tracks, including remixes by CSS, Peaches, Architecture in Helsinki, and Ladytron. The UK single comes in 7" and 12" formats, and the latter adds a couple other names to aforementioned list of remixers. Digital versions of all tracks will be available in both the U.S. and the UK.

Bonde still have plenty of tour dates. They've even added a couple! Oh Bonde, when will you learn? [MORE...]

Output Says Goodbye With Retrospective Set, Remixes

About a year ago, we said goodbye to Output Recordings, the hyperprogressive UK dance label helmed by Trevor Jackson. Output had a fine run in its day, making ten years' worth of strange sounds well-suited for both dance floor shaking and chin-stroking-- sometimes both at the same time!

Output's new output might've dried up, but they're back to say goodbye with one last hurrah. Selections from the Output discography have been compiled and reissued as I Hate Music: A Compilation of Output Recordings 1996-2006, double CD/single DVD set the label will release November 12.

The CDs gather 30 tracks from the Output catalog, including gems by Four Tet, Fridge, Mu, Black Strobe, and Jackson's own Playgroup. The DVD collects 37 videos from the same crew.

Noticeably absent are cuts from the Rapture and LCD Soundsystem; the press release for the compilation explains that this is "due to 'monsters' and major label bullshit." Monsters? Ah, that would be a reference to Jackson's statement that one of the reasons he shuttered the label was "I saw people I thought were my friends turn into monsters." Yikes.

I Hate Music is the last release from Output; the companion remix 12" I Hate... Remixes is the first release from new label Process Recordings. It features Output tracks by Colder, Kreeps, Dempsey, and Lopazz, remixed by Optimo, Mungolian Jet Set, Tomas Almgren and Nutaike, respectively. It also lands November 12. [MORE...]

Knife, Robyn, Royksopp on Trentemoller's Chronicles
Trentemoller tours too!

For a cat who's been remixing for nearly a decade and making records of his own for half that, you'd think Trentemøller would have more than one LP to his name.

But that Trentemøller's always got his mind in the future, and he's decided to eschew the potential sophomore slump in following up The Last Resort by unveiling a two-disc best-of of sorts entitled The Trentemøller Chronicles. Watch for retirement to come in December, with a comeback tour around Valentine's Day.

While it does feature a number of new songs, The Trentemøller Chronicles, out October 9 on Audiomatique, is primarily culled from previously issued comps, vinyl, and remixes. Our boy Trent tackles tracks from Robyn, the Knife, Moby, Röyksopp, and more. What else could you want?

A world tour, you say? Your wish is dude's command. Dates, plus the Chronicles tracklist, after the red thing. [MORE...]

Boredoms' Eye, Torske Fix Up New Lindstrom EP

And you thought the Feedelity Affair was an, uh, fidelity affair! On his new EP, Hans-Peter Lindstrøm's going all monogamous on the tracklist front, though he'll mix it up with the likes of a Boredom and another dude with that cool crossed-out O in his name. Scandalous!

The previously mentioned Contemporary Fix EP features four takes on the Feedelity closer: two by Lindstrøm (who supplements the original with a "Serious Syntoms" version), one by Boredoms mastermind Eye, and one from L-boogie's countryman Bjørn Torske. (Alas, no remix from Justin Van Der Volgen of !!!, despite our earlier report.) A person could buy the Contemporary Fix EP October 15 across the pond on the Smalltown Supersound label, if a person were so inclined.

And, if you're feeling really adventurous, get your Lindstrøm fix by hopping over to one of the man's upcoming laptop gigs, where he'll be alternating clicks and clacks to your pacemaker's delight. [MORE...]

Tussle Remix EP (With Hot Chip, JD Twitch) Finally Due

Photo by Andrew Paynter

Tussle are releasing an EP with remixes from Hot Chip, Optimo's JD Twitch, and Liquid Liquid's Dennis Young. Hey, wait just one second; that sounds strikingly familiar to a story we wrote last year!

It's true, and while those who remember all 80,000 of our Arcade Fire/LCD Soundsystem tour stories can attest to the fact that Pitchfork News is not above the occasional rehash, this Tussle EP, Warning (hey, that also sounds familiar), has actually taken the year+ since that first report to come out.

But it's not here just yet. Warning will see a European release via Smalltown Supersound on October 15. In addition to the Telescope Mind version of the title track, the EP features the aforementioned remixes by Hot Chip (a 10-minute beast), JD Twitch (a seven-minute mix of various different parts of Telescope Mind), and Dennis Young, as well as a Kango and Torkill remix.

Tussle will go on a still-unrevealed tour of Europe later this year. In the meantime, they have one date in their hometown of San Francisco, where they are preparing their third full-length for release in the spring.

Finally, don't forget that Tussle appear on that Worried Noodles compilation we reported a little while back. It comes out October 23 on Tomlab. [MORE...]

Hot Chip, DFA, Soulwax Remix Gorillaz on D-Sides

From kooky Blur side project to full-blown multimedia force-- inspiring a "circus opera" and sharing an artist with a line of vibrators, no less-- it has been a strange journey for Damon Albarn's Gorillaz.

That journey will receive further documentation with the release of D-Sides, the band's second collection of B-sides, remixes, previously unreleased tracks, and general rarities (the first being 2002's G-Sides). Remixers featured on D-Sides include Hot Chip, DFA, Soulwax, Jamie T, and Metronomy. The collection will come in double-disc standard and deluxe editions, and will hit UK retailers via Parlophone on November 5 (the U.S. release follows the next day via Virgin).

Fans of comic-inspired high culture, don't forget that the aforementioned "circus opera," Monkey: Journey to the West, is playing at Paris' Théâtre de Chatelet from September 26-October 13. [MORE...]

Battles Meet the Field, Four Tet, Joell Ortiz(!) on New EP
Well, they both are from Brooklyn...

Remixers we might expect on a Battles EP:

Four Tet? Sure. The Field? Why not?

DJ EMZ ft. Joell Ortiz? As in workmanlike Brooklyn MC Joell Ortiz? Come again?!

It's true. That is exactly how the guest list of Battles' forthcoming Tonto EP reads. Maybe since "Leyendecker", the track on which Ortiz appears, sounds like an alternate universe r&b song, it makes sense after all. Maybe?

Warp will release the Tonto EP on CD and 12" on November 6 in the U.S. Both come complete with an accompanying bonus DVD, featuring the "Tonto" and "Atlas" videos.

Battles play their next show on September 21 in Auckland, Australia, and they have added more dates to their fall tour since our last report. Surprise, surprise! [MORE...]

Justice Collect MSTRKRFT, Braxe/Falke, Jackson Mixes

"Five billion remixes later, and someone got it exactly right." That's what we wrote about Alax Braxe and Falke's remix of Justice's ubiquitous "D.A.N.C.E." back in July over in the Forkcast. The folks at Ed Banger/Because seem to agree.

Leaving four-odd billion remixes behind, they've handpicked the Braxe/Falke mix, along with the similarly successful Jackson & His Computer Band and MSTRKRFT takes, as well as a live version from the Justice-bringers themselves, for the "D.A.N.C.E." remix EP, due September 24. So now, you can D.A.N.C.E. all night! Or for, like, twenty minutes anyway.

In other Justice news, they'll hit the road on and off (mostly on) for the next few months, and the MSTRKRFT remix of "D.A.N.C.E." pops up on that Steve Aoki mix, mercifully sans Mickey Avalon. And they'll be in Las Vegas this weekend for some reason. [MORE...]

Tiny Masters of Today Pal Around With YYYs, Liars, CSS

Surely it's been said before, but it bears repeating: Tiny Masters of Today are exactly that. Tiny. Barely-teenaged bro Ivan and sis Ada-- two years Ivan's junior-- threw a few tracks on MySpace some months back, which caught the attention of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion/Jena Malone drummer Russell Simins. (Simins would end up drumming for TMT both in concert and on Bang Bang Boom Cake, their debut album.)

Eventually, other oldsters caught on. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, CSS, and Liars became friends, and none other than David Bowie compared them to Suicide and (flatteringly, we'll assume) gloriously terrible amateur rock legends the Shaggs. They truly are tiny masters of today...but do they pack their own lunches?

Bang Bang Boom Cake, already out in the UK from Mute, is coming to the U.S. and Canada from World's Fair imprint Great Society. The disc features guest appearances from Karen O and Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kimya Dawson of the Moldy Peaches, Fred Schneider of the B-52s, and Butthole Surfer Gibby Haynes.

In addition to touring the globe and releasing an album long before they discover the healing power of Clearasil, the band is also trying its hand at knob-twiddling. The Tiny Masters of Today remix of Liars' "Clear Island" will appear on a forthcoming single plucked from the Liars LP, and Liars have returned the favor with a remix of the Tiny Masters' "Hey, Mr. DJ", which will appear on the single for that song, due September 17 on Mute.

CSS also remixed "Hey, Mr. DJ", which can be downloaded below. Of TMT, Adriano Cintra from CSS said, "I first heard Tiny Masters on MySpace. I got really crazy about them, I wanted to have younger brother and sister like them. Kinda of, hey, let's make party songs for when we get older...now I am older and I'm glad I got Tiny Masters as friends!"

Makes you wish you played a lot less Earthworm Jim when you were 13, don't it? [MORE...]

M.A.N.D.Y. Compiles Roxy Music, the Knife Remixes
Also Lindstrom, Royksopp... and Sugababes!

Get Physical duo M.A.N.D.Y., aka Patrick Bodmer and Philipp Jung, have collected six years' worth of remixes onto the compilation 12 Great Remixes for 11 Great Artists, which is out this week. The Knife, Lindstrøm, Sugababes, Rex the Dog, and Roxy Music are among those being tweaked, with Röyksopp appearing twice.

M.A.N.D.Y. also have a ton of tour dates scheduled for the remainder of this year, the next of which is tonight, August 31, in Barcelona, Spain. Even more North and South American dates are forthcoming. [MORE...]

Decemberists Remixed by Junior Boys, Diplo! Big Tour!
Indie rock meets blog house SHOCKA

It's two a.m. and you're on the floor at Making Time or Check Yo' Ponytail or something, grinding with a cutie you met in line at American Apparel. All of a sudden, a familiar voice comes over the speakers, accompanied by a thumping beat: "It was the perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect criiiime..."

Whoa, WTF? Did the cocaine just kick in? Is this some new Hood Internet mash-up? Is someone playing a joke? Nope! Believe your ears: The DJ just dropped the new Decemberists EP.

On September 25, Capitol will release The Perfect Crime #2 EP, featuring remixes of the titular track by Diplo, Junior Boys, and A Touch of Class, along with the previously unreleased "The Perfect Crime #2.5.1". It will be available as a download via digital music stores, as well as on vinyl via independent retail stores (see Thinkindie.com for a list of places).

The Crane Wife's "Perfect Crime #2" is probably the funkiest song in the Decemberists catalog-- which isn't saying much, I know. It will be interesting (to say the least) to hear what these knob-twiddlers come up with. All three remixers are no strangers to tackling indie rock tunes, usually with pretty great results. But can they turn Colin Meloy into a house diva?

All that would probably be enough Decemberists news to tide over rabid fans for the month until the EP is released, but wait! There's more! The band has also announced yet another tour in support of The Crane Wife, and, like last time, it's a tour with a concept.

"The Long and Short of It" fall tour will feature multiple-night stands in every city it hits, with each night dubbed either "Long of It" or "Short of It". According to a press release, "'Long' evenings will focus on the band's epic, progressive compositions. 'Short' nights (while no shorter in set length, we promise) will highlight their more succinct, pop-leaning material." In other words, you're more likely to hear "The Tain" and "The Island" suite on "long" nights than "short" ones.

Laura Veirs, who duets with Meloy on The Crane Wife's "Yankee Bayonet", will open all dates on the tour. She'l l be joined by her band Saltbreakers, which features Steve Moore on keyboards, Karl Blau on bass, and Crane Wife producer Tucker Martine on drums.

Usually we don't mention ticketing in tour news stories, because it would get a bit crazy (and boring) if we went through all the on-sale info for every show. But this tour has a cool twist we'd like to mention: A limited amount of pre-sale tickets for "The Long and Short of It" were custom-designed by Decemberists illustrator Carson Ellis, and pre-sale orders will come with a free poster. AND if you buy pre-sale tickets (or join the Decemberists mailing list), you get a free download of the Junior Boys remix. Whew!

In other Decemberists news (as if there wasn't enough already), the band will appear on PBS' "Austin City Limits" on October 13, and they've been added to the stellar list of people recording Malvina Reynolds' "Little Boxes" for the Showtime show "Weeds". [MORE...]

Matthew Herbert Remixes Bjork

There it sits at the top of Bjork.com, teasing us: "Matthew Herbert is just finishing two remixes for Björk; 'Wanderlust' and 'Declare Independence'."

Two Volta highlights, reimagined by Matthew Herbert? Score one for us. But then, the tease itself gets toyed with: according to Herbert's site, it's not "Declare Independence" he'll be tinkering with, but rather "Earth Intruders". Well, which is it, kids? Inquiring minds want to know!

No word yet when or where we'll get to hear Herbert's take on the tracks (or just which tracks he's actually messing with) but let it be known that we're excited to hear the results.

In the same Bjork.com update, it's mentioned that Ghostigital are also handling another remix. The new project of Björk's former Sugarcubes bandmate Einar Örn previously tackled "Innocence".

Matthew's got no tour dates that we're aware of, but Björk's probably hanging out in France right now, with a month or so of dates on either side of the pond to follow. [MORE...]

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