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There's definitely going to be songs you can listen to and go freak out to. Having just finished a three-week in support of Arctic Monkeys, teenage rampagers will head back to the studio in June to record their second album with Steve McDonald, who also produced their .
BYOP guitarist Jonas Stein spoke to Pitchfork recently about the album, which they hope to release sometime in September. We have about 15 songs written right now, but we ll probably try to kick out a couple more jams for the hell of it.
As for the title of the record, Stein said, It might have been [bassist] Nathan [Vasquez] s idea-- I don t remember-- but I thought it would be kind of funny to call it II.
Stein also said the sound of the record might be a little more colorful than the debut, meaning it will have a little bit more variety. There s some really raunchy stuff, and there s some really poppy stuff. There s definitely going to be songs you get stuck in your head.
There s definitely going to be songs you can listen to and go freak out to. Everyone s musical tastes have gotten deeper. I ve been into the Kinks.
Nathan s been digging on the Misfits a lot lately. We ve been listening to some T. Rex, and we really like Animal Collective a lot.
Titles of the songs that may go on the new album include Bummer Time ( it s got some gang vocals in it ), The Kelly Affair , Blow Your Mind , Becky , Free the Beast , Zombie Beach Party , Food Fight , and Twisted Nerve . Stein said most of the titles have come from singer Jemina Pearl because she has written most of the lyrics herself. Being a singer, it s easier to sing what she wants to sing or what she feels rather than getting handed someone else s lyrics.
While touring with Arctic Monkeys, Stein noticed a difference in the way the two bands write. Arctic Monkeys [take] really long sound checks, and they ll work on songs at the end of their sound checks. We don t really have the luxury of doing that yet.
For us, we have to be plugged into amps and have loud noise going on for it to work. We can t just do it really quietly. In the beginning, as far where a riff comes from, that can be anything: acoustic guitar, whatever.
But when it comes down to all four of us being in a room, getting a song finished, we need a vacation. [For] most of our writing, we have to cut out time and work on it at home.
Stein s other band, (with BYOP drummer John Eatherly and a bassist named Turbo Max), will release their own on July 17 via (UK residents will get the album on .
) Stein said the Turbo Fruits album differs from Be Your Own Pet in that it s not quite as spastic, maybe a little bit more classic rock oriented, maybe has a little more of a Southern vibe going on. [It s] still rowdy, but some of the songs are definitely more chilled out than some of the Be Your Own Pet songs.
Stein also sounded off on a few other topics, including partying with the Arctics, meeting Thurston Moore and Sonic Youth, and being such a young touring band.
Pitchfork: Are there any particularly memorable moments of your tour with Arctic Monkeys?
Jonas Stein: We went to a strip club in Minneapolis for the drummer of Arctic Monkeys 21st birthday. We went to D e j Vu.
There s one in Nashville too, but this was the first one I went to. It was fun. I probably don t need to go again, but I had a good time.
It was a little weird and creepy, but that s what I expected, to feel kind of sleazy sitting in that place, to have a bunch of girls dance around on the stage. It was just kind of what I expected.
The between internet radio stations and copyright royalty collection agency turned another corner over the last 48 hours, as SoundExchange what could be characterized as a compromise.
In response to a letter sent by ranking members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property, SoundExchange has proposed that-- instead of a per-play, per-listener fee-- small commercial and noncommercial stations would pay 10% of their gross income up to $250,000 and 12% of anything above that to the collection agency through 2010. The proposal is based on the similar stipulations in the , which defined a small webcaster as any station with a gross annual income of less than $1.2 million.
The vague offer failed to stipulate how much income a station has to accrue before they no longer qualify for the rate under the new proposal, leaving popular mid-sized sites such as Live365.com and Pandora.com still potentially vulnerable to the original rate hike.
Internet radio advocacy sites like and head opposition to the proposal. As Hanson stated in an e-mail to Pitchfork, this offer does nothing for the webcasters that comprise 95% or more of Internet radio listening -- broadcast simulcasts, portals sites (e.g.
, Yahoo! LAUNCHcast), midsize webcasters (e.g.
, Pandora and Live365), hobbyists, etc.-- and offers no long-term solution even for small webcasters.
By means of an official rebuttal to the SoundExchange offer, David Oxenford, a lawyer representing many of the small webcasters affected by the proposed rate changes, wrote a statement published yesterday afternoon:
is certainly no slouch in the looks department, and Seattle photographer knows this.
Renard has featured Case in much of her sensual portraiture (in her own words on her website), and in one photograph-- a shoot for a 2000 promotional ( )-- she adorned Case in a 50s era black lace full length girdle-style bustier with 6 garter attachments made by Lady Marlene.
That quote comes from an for the item, which Renard has now put up for auction.
We dubbed this little number The Secret Weapon because it made you look hot in or out of your clothing and mysteriously attracted members of the opposite sex for either of us when worn.
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The winning bidder will receive an original 8x10 color print of the photo [pictured] of Neko wearing The Secret Weapon.
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Partial proceeds from this sale will go to in honor of Neko s beloved greyhound, whom she rescued.
And no, Neko didn t just wear the threads just once. She kept the lingerie, and wore it for two years after the shoot. may have their first show in a couple of years a few days ago, but that doesn t mean they aren t prepared.
You might even call Jack and Meg over-prepared, since they just announced new dates on their globe-trotting tour, and these dates don t even take place until the fall.
The new dates, in September, show some love to places like Alaska and Wyoming, continuing the Stripes trend of bringing the rock to . But if you don t live in Jackson Hole or Anchorage, (or even if you do), tune in to Late Night With Conan O Brien on June 18 for a Stripey fix.
The Stripes new album, , will be released here via Third Man/Warner Bros. on June 19 (June 18 via in the UK).
The Stripes world tour begins in earnest May 31 in Barcelona.
Dates for their Still Thumpin Tour in the summer of 2017 will be available shortly.
A beloved member of the indie pop community-- cherished as the vocalist for melancholy outfit , and as a member of , , and acts and -- Keith Girdler passed away on May 15, 2007 after a three-year battle with cancer.
In addition to playing music, Keith also served in recent years as a social worker and as the Volunteer Services Manager at the Age Concern care facility in Eastbourne, England.
Girdler s Snowdrops bandmate Richard Preece, who also helms Lovejoy, wrote the following in memory of his friend who passed on:
Keith was extremely brave and he continued in his work for as long as possible during his illness. I know that Keith was very highly regarded by his colleagues and the people for whom he provided care and support in his work. He was a selfless and gentle person who genuinely affected everyone he knew with his warmth, kindness, humility and humour.
Keith wanted to be remembered, to use his own words, with happiness and smiles -- which for those of us fortunate enough to have known him, will come all too easily despite our grief.
Most bands don t like to hear that they drone on, but we doubt very much would mind. The veteran Kiwi noise act has been releasing their low rumblings for nigh on twenty years now, and with their new album Future Artists, they show no signs of slowing down.
Future Artists drops in CD form May 29 from , with a double-gatefold vinyl edition arriving in late June, complete with a bonus track by the name of The Prisoners. The new album is the Dead C s first since 2003, and follows BaDaBing! s 2006 release of the collection .
Though no dates have officially been announced yet, we re assured that the Dead C will tour Australia this September.
White boy blues duo have taken to generating so much racket, they re resorting to giving it away. The -makers have issued a free four-track EP of live performances culled from a pair of 2006 shows.
Despite its somewhat staid title, The Live EP rips, and those looking to unlock the down-home donation can do so via .
In other Black Keys news, there s been no further word on their role in the that Keymaster Patrick Carney talked to us about in March, but we sorta can t wait. We do know their tune If You Ever Slip will grace to the Ethan Hawke novel-turned-flick Hottest State, and that they ll tour through June in a run up to their set at Lollapalooza.
And that s plenty for now.
Peter Bjorn and John Plot More U.S.
Live Action , the fever that , return to the U.S. yet again this summer to continue sharing their tuneful wares with folks young and old.
People in select U.S. cities can look forward to crying and laughing more often now, as the unexpectedly delectable combination of Peter Emerson, Bjorn Lake, and John Palmer makes its way to Cali (including an L.
A. make-up gig), Chitown, B-town, and Salt Lake City-town.
In a genius logistical move, they ll play a special Lollapalooza aftershow in Chicago August 3, fly out to Baltimore the next night for the Virgin Festival, and then fly back to Chicago the day after that for Lollapalooza itself.
At least we know the skies will be that much friendlier with PB J all up in them.
And of course Peter Bjorn and the other guy have the usual run of European festival engagements, including Donau, Accelerator, Benic ssim, Fuji Rock, and T o t llym de u pf e st 2007. believe in , and apparently so do , as Paul Banks, , and co.
have tapped their fellow brooding New Yorkers to open for them on Interpol s U.S. club this summer.
The festivities begin July 19 in Rochester, New York and end August 3 in Covington, Kentucky. Do you have a news tip for us? Anything crazy happen at a show you attended recently?
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