by John Grimley

Weezer To Release Pinkerton Deluxe

Although initially tagged as a disappointment upon release in 1996, Weezer’s Pinkerton has enjoyed an almost unanimous change of heart.

Rolling Stone felt obligated to go back and re-review the CD in 2004, upping the initial 3-star review (out of a possible 5) to…5 stars. Meanwhile, Spin ranked it in the top hundred albums of 1985-2000 and Guitar World ranks it in the top hundred guitar albums of all time.

So you could say the second opinion of the album has been a little more favorable.

Now Weezer has decided to re-release this suddenly popular album with a complete second disc’s worth of unreleased material, out on November 2nd.

The Pinkerton-Deluxe set is a two-disc set with B-sides, unreleased tracks, live tracks and (duh) the original album itself. A Weezer fan could not ask for more.

Specifically, the discs are laid out like this:

Disc One

Original Album:

1. Tired Of Sex

2. Getchoo

3. No Other One

4. Why Bother?

5. Across The Sea

6. The Good Life

7. El Scorcho

8. Pink Triangle

9. Falling For You

10. Butterfly

B-Sides and More:

11. You Gave Your Love To Me Softly

12. Devotion

13. The Good Life (Radio Remix)

14. Waiting On You

15. I Just Threw Out The Love Of My Dreams

16. The Good Life (Live and Acoustic)

17. Pink Triangle (Radio Remix)

18. I Swear It’s True*

19. Pink Triangle (Live and Acoust

Disc Two

1. You Won’t Get With Me Tonight*

2. The Good Life (Live at Y100 Sonic Session)*

3. El Scorcho (Live at Y100 Sonic Session)*

4. Pink Triangle (Live at Y100 Sonic Session)*

5. Why Bother? (Live at Reading Festival 1996)*

6. El Scorcho (Live at Reading Festival 1996)*

7. Pink Triangle (Live at Reading Festival 1996)*

8. The Good Life (Live at X96)

9. El Scorcho (Live and Acoustic)*

10. Across The Sea Piano Noodles*

11. Butterfly (Alternate Take)*

12. Long Time Sunshine*

13. Getting Up And Leaving*

14. Tired Of Sex (Tracking Rough)*

15. Getchoo (Tracking Rough)*

16. Tragic Girl*

*Previously unreleased

10.04.10

by John Grimley

Members Of The Oblivians, The Ettes Team Up For New Album

Greg Cartwright(the Oblivians, Compulsive Gamblers) and Coco Hames (the Ettes, Coco Motion) had an idea. They would each record a song and release it as a split-45.

That idea has blossomed into a whole album, featuring guest spots by members of the Black Keys and the Raconteurs.

“”I thought, I’d write a song, Greg would write a song, we’d record them together, and that would be that,” says Hames. “Luckily Greg’s prolific awesome switch was on, and we got this whole record instead.”

Recorded under the name the Parting Gifts, the album (The Strychnine Dandelion) features contributions by Dan Auerbach (the Black Keys) and Patrick Keeler (the Raconteurs, the Greenhornes).

You can find it on store shelves and online (of course) November 9th. Luckily for you, we also have one of the tracks available right now! You can hear “Keep Walkin” right here.

Parting Gifts-Keep Walkin by John Grimley

The track listing for the full album looks like this:

1            Keep Walkin’
2            Bound To Let Me Down
3            Strange Disposition
4            My Mind’s Made Up
5            Shine
6            Born To Be Blue
7            Staring
8            Don’t Stop
9            My Baby Tonight
10            (Walking Through The) Sleepy City
11            Don’t Hurt Me Now
12            Hanna
13            I Don’t Want To Be Like This
14            Strychnine Dandelion
15            This House Ain’t A Hom

10.01.10

by John Grimley

Hear Sufjan Stevens’ Age of Adz

Sufjan Steven

It’s been almost five years since Sufjan Stevens released his state-themed album Illinois.

Fortunately (or not) Stevens has abandoned his effort to release an album featuring all fifty states (I’m sorry, but a North Dakota album?) and has instead decided that he really likes playing with electric effects. Of all kinds.

On display in Age of Adz are everything from drum machines to electro-funk samples, and Stevens seems to master them all. You can hear it right now on NPR’s First Listen (link at the end of this post).

Despite all the technical aspects of the album, Stevens has decided to deliver it in a low-tech way, but yes he will be offering it on Amazon.

Stevens’ label, Asthmatic Kitty, said in a statement that while they appreciate getting good music into people’s hands “we also feel like the work that our artists produce is worth more than a cost of a latte.”

They do make a good point, lattes really should be cheaper than $5.00 anyway.

http://www.npr.org/v2/?i=130049247&m=130076387&t=audio

10.01.10

by John Grimley

K-OS Brings Anchorman Mixtape On The Road

Canadian hip-hop artist K-OS has just announced a fall North American tour, and it stars Ron Burgundy.

The tour comes fresh off of the release of K-OS’s newest album Anchorman Mixtape, which is exactly as awesome as it sounds. Besides featuring fellow Canadian Drake, Anchorman Mixtape injects clips from the Will Farrell movie into the songs. As if you needed another reason to hear Anchorman quotes.

As of yet, Will Farrell is not announced as joining the 19-stop tour, but be satisfied in knowing that the Anchorman Mixtape will definitely be there.

You can see K-OS…

10/07 – Vancouver, BC – The Venue
10/08 – Seattle, WA – Nectar Lounge
10/09 – Boise, ID – Promenade Music Festival
10/11 – Portland, OR – Berbati’s Pan
10/13 – San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
10/14 – Los Angeles, CA – El Ray Theater
10/15 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up Tavern
10/16 – Scottsdale, AZ – Chasers
10/18 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
10/19 – Fort Collins, CO – Aggie Theater
10/21 – St. Paul, MN – Turf Club
10/22 – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
10/23 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
10/24 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
10/25 – Columbus, OH – Skully’s Music Diner
10/26 – Baltimore, MD – Sonar Club Stage
10/28 – New York, NY – Highline Ballroom
10/29 – Philadelphia, PA – North Star Bar
10/31 – Cambridge, MA – Middle East Downstairs

10.01.10

by John Grimley

Twin Tigers Join We Are Scientists On Tour

Georgian group Twin Tigers have teamed up with We Are Scientists to give the fans what they want…more live shows!

Fresh off a very successful tour with Interpol, Twin Tigers decided to join We Are Scientists for a quick October jaunt that includes a stop in their home town of Athens, GA.

The new tour lets Twin Tigers build on the wave of excitement that has been building since the group’s release of their debut album, Gray Waves earlier this year.

Twin Tigers was formed by two co-workers at Grit restaurant in Matthew Rain and Aimee Morris. The pair added a third piece with Forrest Hall in 2009. You can check out their killer live shows at:

Oct 17 – Carroboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
Oct 18 – Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club
Oct 19 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
Oct 21 – Orlando, FL – The Social
Oct 23 – Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon *
Oct 26 – Dallas, TX – The Loft
Oct 28 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
Oct 29 – San Antonio, TX – The Korova
Oct 30 – Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s *
*co-headline with Colour Revolt

09.28.10

by John Grimley

The Dismemberment Plan Return

The Dismemberment Plan Reunite

Renowned in the late 90’s and the early 00’s for their exuberant live shows, The Dismemberment Plan called it quits in 2003.

Now the group has announced plans to reunite, briefly, to celebrate the re-release of their seminal Emergency & I. The album is being put out on Barsuk as a double LP.

The re-release will feature four bonus tracks: “The Dismemberment Plan Gets Rich,” “Just Like You,” “Since You Died,” and “The First Anniversary of Your Last Phone Call.”

The band’s brief East Coast tour looks like this:

01-21 Washington, DC – Black Cat
01-22 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
01-27 Philadelphia, PA – Starlight Ballroom
01-28 Boston, MA – Paradise
01-29 New York, NY – Webster Hall

So does this mean that we can expect anything new to come from this brief tour? The answer is a solid “maybe.” Bassist Eric Axelson told the Washington Post that “we’re not planning a new record. But we’re doing these shows and taking it day to day after that.”