Cymbals Eat Guitars have found a home. After self-releasing their first album Why There Are Mountains, the band has announced they are joining Barsuk Records.
After almost two years off from recording, the band will be heading into the studio later this month with esteemed producer John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth, Kurt Vile) to assemble their sophomore release.
The band will also be hitting the road extensively this fall, so look for tour news soon!
Idiot Glee’s (AKA James Friley) tour is underway promoting his first LP, Paddywhack to be released on June 7.
“Happy Day” which can be downloaded on daytrotter.com along with other Idiot Glee songs shows us an artist who sings knowingly about about, well, not so happy days but the 60s California vocal style, the sleepy yet jaunty keyboard lines and even a “Bohemian Rhapsody” reference slipped in suggest some latent brighter sides beneath the dark in which he sings. The effective vocal looping and double tracking beefs up the somewhat minimal one man show involving just his voice and electronics, which on their own are already substantial, especially the former element.
Friley’s rendition of Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine,” is fantastically creepy, avant-garde and respectfully soulful. Based on the few recorded treats he presently has available, Paddywhack should prove to be an interesting and pleasant surprise. Idiot Glee will be performing at SXSW March 16-18 in between upcoming shows around the South and the Gulf Coast.
Hell Yes. Oscilloscope Laboratories announced that it will release the highly anticipated film Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre On Tour on DVD June 7.
The film, which is set to premiere at this year’s SXSW Film and Music Festival, follows electronic feminist icons Le Tigre on the This Island tour across four continents and ten countries. Supported by a community of devoted fans and led by outspoken Riot Grrrl pioneer Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill), Le Tigre confronts sexism and homophobia in the music industry while tearing up the stage via performance art poetics, no-holds-barred lyrics, punk rock ethos, and whip-smart wit in this edgy and entertaining documentary.
Directed by Kerthy Fix (Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields) Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre On Tour features never before seen live performances, archival interviews, and revealing backstage footage with these trail-blazing artists.
Check out the film at SXSW and at MoMA.
3/17: Austin, TX @ State Theatre, Film Screening, 6:15pm
3/19: Austin, TX @ Vimeo Theatre, Film Screening, 2:30pm
4/4: New York, NY @ MoMA, 7 PM
Hot off the presses…From the upcoming “Sucker Punch: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” out March 22nd – the audio companion to the film director Zack Snyder (Watchmen, 300) describes as “Alice In Wonderland with machine guns,” is an original mash up of Queen’s “I Want It All/We Will Rock You” featuring Armageddon Aka Geddy (Terror Squad).
“Sucker Punch is a film created with multiple levels of reality, so this same layered construct had to be considered and applied when approaching the music. The selection of songs we chose and the various ways in which they were each re-envisioned had to add depth, dimension and meaning to the sequences they exist within. Marius de Vries (Moulin Rouge!) and composer Tyler Bates (Watchmen, Californication) did an amazing job creating an intricate musical landscape to accompany the surreal imagery of the film” says Snyder.
Check out the “Sucker Punch” trailer here.
Los Angeles four-piece Saint Motel, whom you New Yorkers may have seen with Ariel Pink at Rock & Roll Circus at the beginning of the year, are premiering a new song, “Puzzle Pieces.” And to make the announcement special, they’re giving it away for free on their website, www.saintmotel.com. Listen to the song below:
Saint Motel will be in Austin next week for South by South West, so catch them if you can!
Here are their SXSW dates:
March 16 – SXSW @ Lustre Pearl (with The Silent Comedy, Leslie & the Badgers, Writer, Ume, American Royalty, & Little Hurricane)
March 16 – SXSW @ Lipstick 24 (with Neon Trees,The Stone Foxes, Baby Baby, & more)
March 18 – SXSW @ Annie’s West (with She Wants Revenge & more)
March 19 – SXSW Official Showcase @ Emo’s Main Stage (with Neon Trees, Limousines,American Fangs, and Greek Fire)
After opening for acts as diverse as MGMT, Drake, La Roux and Ke$ha last year, Francis and the Lights will bring their intense live spectacle to a select number of cities on the West Coast next month. The mini-tour will culminate in an appearance at Coachella Music Festival. Down below we have a full list of dates with ticket purchasing links.
FRANCIS AND THE LIGHTS WEST COAST DATES
4/12/11 Soul’d Out – Peter’s Room at Roseland Portland, OR
4/13/11 Café Du Nord San Francisco, CA
4/16/11 Coachella Music Festival Indio, CA
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