1990s Treat U.S. to Cookies, NYC Gigs -- three Scottish lads who ll nip you faster than a snapper turtle should you even think of marring their moniker with definite articles or apostrophes-- are poised to take their peppy retro guitar pop to U.
S. shores this spring.
The trio s -stamped debut Cookies-- recorded by ex-Suede chap Bernard Butler-- hits Stateside shops with a bang and a few snare snaps on July 31.
If you can t contain yourself until then, scoop up 1990s latest single, See You at the Lights , on UK import beginning April 16 (and scope the video below).
To help the kids get familiar, 1990s will hop in the time machine and touch down tonight at NYC s Bowery Ballroom. They ll also turn up this weekend at Brooklyn s Union Pool for the ol hipster litmus test, where you can catch them along with choleric noise-rock trio Clockcleaner.
And lest you View this band as just another bunch of fresh-faced Kooks, know that 1990s singer/guitarist John Jackie McKeown served time-- indeed most of the nineteen-nineties, as fate would have it-- fronting Glasgow s beloved alongside 1990s bassist Jamie McMorrow. The Yummy Fur also counted among their members, for a spell, a certain Alex Kapranos (then going by Alex Huntley) and a certain Paul Thomson-- two fellers would go on to do something called Franz Ferdinand. Red Hunter has expanded his touring lineup to a trio, and the next show on their six-week jaunt goes down tonight in Abilene, Texas.
The present trek is nomadic Peter and the Wolf s second since the release of late last year on .
In addition to the non-Western instruments they plan to use in their set (e.g.
, the Chinese erhu, the Tuvan igil, and the African kalimba), the band will also have a tour-only CD of new songs available for sale at shows. They ve titled the 10-track CD Fireflies.
Also announces tour, guest spot on Polyrhythm Addicts album s - new album, , finally has a release date on .
Looks like we ll have to wait a little longer: originally May 1, that release date is now June 25.
To support the album, Monch will tour the U.S.
starting April 16 in New York City. His trek includes stops at both Coachella and .
The MC s MC also appears on Reachin , a song on new album, Break Glass.
.. will release that album April 24.
In addition to the Polyrhythm core of DJ Spinna, Mr. Complex, Shabaam Sahdeeq, and Tiye Phoenix, Break Glass..
. also features Planet Asia and Phonte of Little Brother. So how do you make even better?
Start by not messing with it at all, then tack on two more discs packed to the brim with bonus multimedia content.
, will unleash a deluxe edition of s , featuring a live disc and a DVD in addition to the original synth-rattled masterpiece. The whole kit and caboodle lands in record stores at last May 8.
Since the Knife are meant to be seen as much as heard, the DVD includes the Silent Shout: An Audiovisual Experience goodies , including footage of the -designed live show shot in Gothenburg, Sweden on April 12, 2006, all the Knife music videos to date, and the short film When I Found the Knife.
The cold, sleek triptych is rounded out by a live CD featuring audio versions of the Gothenburg gig set.
Olof and Karin, meanwhile, have kept suspiciously quiet in 2007, which can only mean they re getting primed to take us on another nightmarish escapade into the chilling oblivion of our subconscious!
! Or maybe they re playing pinochle and crocheting. The notion of a fourth album from a band like mdash; the side-project-gone-amok that, among others, harbors principal songwriter , s Dan Bejar, and titan-voiced troubadour mdash; seems an almost impossible feat.
It s hard enough keeping centrally-located bandmates together, let alone riding out the schedules of so many otherwise-occupied musicians over the many miles that separate them. But against the odds, Newman tells us that the band s fourth LP of dashing, deftly crafted pop will be out in August, and will almost certainly be titled Challengers.
Pitchfork spoke to Newman in a rare break from recording to discuss the album rsquo;s progress, his high hopes for his downtime at the (at which the New Pornos will play), the pros and cons of indie rock endorsement deals, and the importance of brevity.
will kick off a April 6 in Portland.
He will take the stage as part of a duo with drummer/Moogster Dave Douglas, and s Annie Clark will also contribute some vocals to their sets.
All dates listed below are with St. Vincent.
Faces will melt as Sam Beam delivers the latest single-- the first off forthcoming LP -- on July 10 via . Boy With a Coin includes a single edit of that Dog cut, along with two exclusive jams from the Shepherd sessions.
Mere days later, Beam will appear alongside his trap rap idols Clipse at the 2007 .
Iron and Wine play the fest s second day (of three), starting mosh pits across Chicago s Union Park on July 14. Tickets are so damn cheap they might as well be free, and you can nab some .
Look for the complete Shepherd s Dog opus to surface sometime in September.
For once, out with Mono doesn't mean make-up work Tis a bill made in a languid, sludgy sorta heaven: Japanese, experimental, instrumental, drone metal/post-rock act will join Oregonian experimental, instrumental, drone metal/post-rock act and Japanese, experimental, instrumental, electronic/post-rock act on a month s worth of U.S. dates.
You might remember Mono from last year s Albini-boosted , their 2006 disc with the snowy mountains on the front. Mono and World s End Girlfriend-- who ll ride the Mono-rail to the end of the line-- go back like car seats, having linked up 2005 for the well-received collabo Palmless Prayer/Mass Murder Refrain. Portland s Grails will join in on all the fun May 3, just two days after (also home to Mono) lets their new album, Burning off Impurities, free.
have added North American dates to their world tour. On June 13, they ll begin their short North American trek in Davenport, Iowa. In July, they ll head to Europe for a few festivals.
The tour is in support of Wilco s newest album, , which will release on May 15.
Thanks to reader Rachel Korman for the tip! O'Death Sign to Ernest Jenning, Deluxe-ify LP Death Cab for Cutie, Death From Above, Death Vessel, Murder By Death, Death Unit.
..why y all gotta be so morbid?
Ah well. Add New York s to the list of demise-mongers.
The Waitsian, Gothic Americana combo-- hotly-tipped, as the Brits would say-- has signed to Brooklyn s , who will reissue O Death s 2005 LP in deluxe format June 12.
The new edition of Home will feature some additional tracking and a new mixing and mastering job, according to a label spokesperson. European Death-wishers should look to Berlin-based for the album this summer.
What s more, Ernest Jenning-- who s also served up releases from D a lek, Saturday Looks Good to Me, and the Occasion-- will treat O Death fans to a 7 packed with non-album cuts shortly after the album s release.
If you believe the hype, the live O Death show is where it s at. Catch them playing a handful of East Coast dates this month. and his touring full-band ensemble will kick off a spring North American tour in support of with an April 27 appearance at Coachella.
After a month and a half of shows, the tour ends June 8 in Washington, D.C. But first, they ll finish their European dates, which continue April 5 in Geneva and end April 20 in Madrid.
The general will also lead his army to two TV appearances. On May 22, they will play Jimmy Kimmel Live , and on June 11, they ll storm Late Night With Conan O Brien .
With the of , it s hard to believe that there is still news to report on (out April 10 on , just in case you don t remember).
But indeed there is.
Eager ears who pre-order the CD from Saddle Creek will receive an exclusive 3 CD (think very small LaserDisc) with bonus track Susan Miller Rag . And to avoid accusations of physical release-ism, iTunes pre-orderers will also get the song as an MP3.
And those who pre-order the LP will get the same song on a 7 .
Saddle Creek has also made another song from the album available as a free download from their website. The ghostly is one of the album s highlights.
And although you can , we highly, HIGHLY suggest buying a physical copy of this one. It has the best packaging we ve seen in a good long time. (Yes, even better than Neon Bible and Hissing Fauna.
) We re not going to spoil the surprise by describing it-- you re just going to have to find out for yourself.
Bright Eyes tour in support of Cassadaga kicks off April 22. Support comes from the likes of , , and , who are on Conor Oberst s label .
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