Jack White may as well as add inventor to his growing list of accomplishments. The Dead Weather/White Stripes/Raconteurs frontman has invented what he’s christened “the Triple Decker Record.” And the maiden voyage for this vinyl venture? The Dead Weather’s upcoming single “Blue Blood Blues.”
The band will be releasing the single in the new vinyl, but also in 7” and 12” formats with appropriate besides. Not sure how this contraption will work? Check out Mr. White himself explaining his new invention below.
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.”
Vampire Weekend, the indie rock entrepreneurs, are taking another stride on their victory lap post-Contra. The album, their second out on XL Recordings, hit #1 on the Bilboard Charts it’s opening weekend and Vampire Weekend began taking over late night television. Hitting up Colbert and pretty much every network talk show known to man, even one that no longer exists (Conan still lives), Vampire Weekend don’t have a lot of places left to go. Thankfully, they have been invited to play on Ellen on September 28, and have chosen to play their new single, “Holiday.” A secret song, of sorts, will also be played and not aired, but you can watch it over HERE. And no, Lil’ P-Nut is not expected to guest, but you never know.
You may be wondering why anyone could find offense in the New Pornographers’ music, which conjures feelings that skirt the line between happiness and pure bliss.
Calvin College has no issue with the band’s music, but that troublesome name is something of a deal breaker and forced the Christian college to cancel a show that was scheduled on campus.
I don’t know whether to be madder at the cancellation or the fact that Calvin College got the New Pornographers before my school (which shall remain nameless).
According to Pitchfork, a press release from the college explains:
“After weeks of discussion and consideration, the irony of the band’s name was impossible to explain to many. The band’s name, to some, is mistakenly associated with pornography. Consequently, Calvin, to some, was mistakenly associated with pornography. Neither the college nor the band endorses pornography.”
“The irony…was impossible to explain.”
Telling people that the New Pornographers are not actually pornographers (as far as I know) didn’t work?
Levi’s and Urban Outfitters have united forces to bring free live music to the American public but decided to make a little more fun having people guess where these shows will take place, especially since the shows are all powered by a generator and could take place anywhere. The final two installments of this Secret Generator Series were made just a bit more concrete with the announcement of the final performers: Deerhunter lit up Chicago on September 25th and on October 5th, Boston will get to chill with Neon Indian.
The location information that is currently available is the result of thorough investigative work by Urban Outfitters’ Facebook friends and Twitter followers so now that the events are winding down, you should also keep you eye out for new clues by following the Urban Outfitters Blog HERE, checking your local media or texting SECRET to UOUOUO to guess the mystery locations, which will be revealed on 48 hours before a show.
Seattle-based Minus The Bear had already announced plans to cover the West Coast of the U.S. but nobody was sure what was going to happen with the East Coast.
The band had scheduled a little jaunt over to Europe with pals Jimmy Eat World for the beginning of November and it looked like East Coast fans would be left out.
Luckily for those fans, Minus The Bear have announced an East Coast tour as soon as their plane touches down back in America.
You can check out their full (and incredibly packed) tour schedule a little bit down. First, if you haven’t already, check out their great new video for “My Time.”
Their full tour schedule goes like this…
September 30 Pablove Foundation Benefit @ The Crocodile Seattle, WA
October 16 Festival Corona Capital Mexico City, MX
October 18 WOW Hall Eugene, OR
October 19 Regency San Francisco, CA
October 20 Downtown Brew San Luis Obispo, CA
October 21 Rio Theatre Santa Cruz, CA
October 22 The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA
October 23 Rialto Theatre Tucson, AZ
October 24 Sunshine Theatre Albuquerque, NM
October 25 Jake’s Lubbock, TX
October 26 Marquee Tulsa, OK
October 27 Stubb’s Austin, TX
October 28 House of Blues Dallas, TX
October 29 House of Blues Houston, TX
October 31 Voodoo Festival New Orleans, LA
With Jimmy Eat World:
November 3 Melkweg Amsterdam, Netherlands
November 4 Ancienne Belgique Brussels, Belgium
November 5 Docks Hamburg, Germany
November 7 E-Werk Koln, Germany
November 8 Huxleys Berlin, Germany
November 9 Tonhalle Munich, Germany
November 13 UEA Norwich, UK
November 14 Academy Bristol, UK
November 17 St. George’s Market Belfast, Ireland
November 18 Tripod Dublin, Ireland
November 19 Barrowlands Glasgow, Scotland
November 21 HMV Institute Birmingham, UK
November 22 Academy Manchester, UK
November 23 Brixton Academy London, UK
November 26 Masquerade Atlanta, GA
November 27 Firestone Orlando, FL
November 29 Orange Peel Asheville, NC
November 30 Lincoln Theatre Raleigh, NC
December 1 Norva Norfolk, VA
December 2 Capitol PAC York, PA
December 3 Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
December 4 Terminal 5 New York, NY
December 6 Met Café Pawtucket, RI
December 9 House of Blues Cleveland, OH
December 10 Clutch Cargos Pontiac, MI
December 11 Canopy Club Urbana, IL
December 12 The Blue Note Columbia, MO
December 13 Blue Moose Iowa City, IA
December 14 Bluebird Bloomington, IN
December 16 Vic Theatre Chicago, IL
December 17 The Rave Milwaukee, WI
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