The Knights of Cydonia vid is hard to describe. But just think about a Sci-Fi Western with Kung Fu movies starring Chesty McHooters and you’ll be really close.
Art Brut Bang Bang Rock and Roll [Downtown]
‘Hey, you gotta hear this band’, I said, sliding the new Art Brut into my Honda’s inconspicuous CD player. Thirty seconds, from the passenger seat, my friend declares how sarcastic Art Brut is. A bit taken back, I encourage him to keep and open mind. We listen to track one, as a voice speaks (not sings): “Formed a band, we formed a band. Look at us…we formed a band!” My friend looks at me. ‘What would you call this, if not sarcasm? This is exactly what sarcasm is.’ I don’t get it. I’m confused and hurt. There must be something he’s missing. Isn’t there? Isn’t this one of the most un-sarcastic thing I’ve ever heard?
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What Made Milwaukee Famous on Barsuk
See you later Captain Frederick Pabst Mansion. Barsuk will release a great new pop album by What Made Milwaukee Famous called Trying to Never Catch Up on August 22nd. This Austin, TX band is set to play at this year’s San Diego Street Scene, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, and are also confirmed as an opener on the upcoming French Kicks tour. The Milwaukee International Clown Hall of Fame can suck it.
F Off Schlitz Audubon Nature Center:
July 27 – Memphis, TN – Young Avenue Deli
July 28 – Columbia, MO – The Blue Note
July 29 – St. Louis, MO – Creepy Crawl
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New DJ Shadow Stream and Tour
DJ Shadow only has 28,693 friends on MySpace. (Which reminds me, Brian McKnight has not yet accepted my friend request, WTF Bri?) According to Shadow’s site, here is how the new album, The Outsider (to be released September 12th) will sound:
“The Outsider is a record that will confound those who believed they had Shadow pigeonholed. Working with several different vocalists, and in styles spanning everything from hyphy, the Bay Area’s newest hip hop hybrid, to folk; from aggressive hardcore rock to left-field alternative dance music, the album is an almost schizophrenic collection from an artist to whom loving music and making music are just two sides of the same coin.”
Stream new tracks:
Enuff Windows Real
You Made It Windows Real.
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New Richard Buckner Album and Tour
Richard Buckner will release his 8th full-length album, Meadow on September 12th on Merge Records. According to Merge, the album was recorded in Buckner’s apartment, JD Foster’s hallway, and an old pencil factory. Stream a few tracks from the last album, Dents and Shells from 2004 here.
Buckner has been known to sell women’s undies at shows:
August 30 – Oxford, MS – Proud Larry’s
August 31 – Denton, TX – Dan’s
September 2 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress Festival #
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Teddybears MP3’s
Stockholm band, Teddybears will release their US debut “Soft Machine” on September 12th on Big Beat Records. These guys were not always such an innocuous-sounding group; in the 90’s, most of the members started as a grindcore group called Skull. The new and non-grindcore Teddybear album instead melds garage punk beats, electro, dancehall, and krautrock with a variety of guest vocalists. Also, they are BFF with Neneh Cherry. Check out Cobrastyle with vocals by Mad Cobra and Punkrocker featuring vocals by Iggy Pop. Arctopohiles beware.
Say Hi To Your Mom MP3
New York band Say Hi To Your Mom will release their fourth full-length next week, Impeccable Blahs. This album may or may not be about vampires; Say Hi’s FAQ page is entertaining, yet puzzling. Here’s an mp3 from the new album called Blah Blah Blah.
Say Hi To Their Moms:
7/18/06 – Columbus, OH @ Andyman’s Treehouse
7/19/06 – Newport, KY @ Southgate House
7/20/06 – N. Manchester, IN @ The Firehouse #
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