Joanna Newsom Working With Van Dyke Parks

All that's well and good, but dude also did "Bare Necessities" from The Jungle Book and three songs from my favorite children's film of all time, The Brave Little Toaster. See, that's impressive.

Now, Parks is busy ramping up his indie cred. In a recent interview with Bandoppler magazine, Parks revealed that he has been working with femme folk fave Joanna Newsom, handling the arrangements for the singer-harpist's follow-up to her 2004 debut The Milk-Eyed Mender.

"She's marvelous, and modest. I've never had a bigger challenge, or more joy in discovery," Parks said. Awwwwwww.

Parks also mentioned that he's at work on a new solo album, scheduled to be released later this year. We wish we could tell you more about the Newsom collaboration, or Joanna's album in general, but Drag City won't respond to our inquiries. Oh well.

The story-telling songbird has one show scheduled right now, taking place in East Sussex, England, at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival on May 20. Surprisingly, she's not playing the ATP date curated by former tour partner/kindred spirit Devendra Banhart. She's participating in Sleater-Kinny's day. Girl power.

Drag City: http://www.dragcity.com/

DJ Shadow Gets Freaky on New Album

Shadow, known for his darkly cinematic hip-hop, may be on the verge of a musical about-face. It seems he's getting crunk on his new record.

Posting on his official web site recently, Shadow said, "Stylistically, it's very different from The Private Press. Some have said Press was an inward-looking album. If that's true, than [sic] this album is the opposite, and that suits me just fine. I've also stopped worrying if my changing taste in music costs me fans; life's too short to live in anyone's box, especially if that box is constraining your shine."

Shadow expects to complete the as-yet untitled album soon. No word on a firm release date, but fans can listen to the single "3 Freaks", featuring Bay Area rappers Keak Da Sneak and Turf Talk, on Shadow's web site. The video for the single is also available for viewing and a remix of the track is forthcoming. To put it mildly, "3 Freaks" is indeed a departure from the library to the sweaty club. Also, check out the picture of Shadow and David Banner in the site's Album Update section! (Then check out the photo of the orchestra.)

Shadow has also announced two English tour dates for this summer, with more to come later. Writes Shadow, "After the album comes out I'll probably tour, so you can expect the site to be hopping with tour date information this summer. I don't think, however, that the tour will be on the scale of the 2002/2003 Private Press 'In Tune and On Time' tour. The risk is that I get stuck in a 'BIGGER! BETTER!' kind of mentality, when really I think the time is right to scale back and concentrate on putting a show together that highlights what I'm doing now, rather than an exhaustive retrospective."

Oh, the pain! Dates:

06-23 London, England - Wireless Festival
06-24 Leeds, England - Wireless Festival

DJ Shadow: http://www.djshadow.com/

Eagles of Death Metal Prep Second Album

But that's OK, because their sassy dance beatz will make you forget the misnomer. The dance party continues for EoDM with their sophomore album, Death by Sexy, due out next Tuesday, April 11 on Downtown Records.

Death by tracklisting:

01 I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)
02 I Gotta Feeling (Just Nineteen)
03 Cherry Cola
04 I Like to Move in the Night
05 Solid Gold
06 Don't Speak (I Came to Make a BANG!)
07 Keep Your Head Up
08 The Ballad of Queen Bee and Baby Duck
09 Poor Doggie
10 Chase the Devil
11 Eagles Goth
12 Shasta Beast
13 Bag O' Miracles

EoDM, which includes frontman Jesse "the Devil" Hughes and Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme (who produced Death by Sexy and plays drums for the band), are currently wrapping up a tour supporting the Strokes. Before they peace out on the live dates, they'll wrap it up at Coachella where they'll be joined by Downtown labelmates Art Brut and Gnarls Barkley, among many others. Obviously.

Solid Gold dates:

04-04 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre *
04-07 Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom *
04-08 St. Louis, MO - Vintage Vinyl (in-store)
04-08 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant *
04-09 Milwaukee, WI - Atomic Records (in-store)
04-10 Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Club *
04-11 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre *
04-13 Detroit, MI - State Theatre *
04-14 Cleveland, OH - Agora Theatre *
04-14 Hollywood, CA - Virgin Megastore (in-store)
04-21 Philadelphia, PA - The Khyber
04-22 Washington, DC - Black Cat
04-23 New York, NY - Irving Plaza
04-24 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
04-29 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)

* with the Strokes

The band has also completed a video for the first single from the album, "I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)", that features not only Homme and Hughes but Jack Black and Homme's sometimes QOTSA-partner Dave Grohl. The video was directed by Akiva Schaffer of The Lonely Island (the comedic filmmaking/writing collective that also includes Jorma Taccone and Andy Samberg of SNL/Narnia fame). You can watch the video here on The Lonely Island website.

* Pitchfork Review: Eagles of Death Metal: Peace Love Death Metal

Eagles of Death Metal: http://www.eaglesofdeathmetal.com
Downtown Records: http://www.downtownrecordings.com

Ex-Test Icicle, Tom Vek Regroup as Naked Babes

The foursome hopped on the MySpace band-wagon (get it?) just last week and already have one gig scheduled, tomorrow night at Madame Jojo's in London. A representative at TI's label Domino Records warns us that these blokes get together and form bands for kicks like most college-aged kids drink beer on the weekends. So, you know, grain of salt. Then again, that's how Test Icicles got together too...

So what do Naked Babes sound like? They sound like, wait for it..."TITS MELTING." So says that MySpace, and ain't nothing on MySpace ever been wrong or sarcastic or facetious, oh no.

As previously reported, Test Icicles will soon part ways, but not before gigging out one last time in their native UK and hitting folks on both sides of the Atlantic with a truckload of swansong releases. First up, Domino UK dishes out the Dig Your Own Grave EP on April 24 in two compelling formats: CD/DVD and double 7". Chock full of tasty remixes by the band and others, as well as new treats, heeeeeere's Johnny:

CD:

01 Pull the Lever (Raaary's Ripmix)
02 Your Biggest Mistake (Unreleased Single Edit)
03 All You Need Is Blood (Dev's Mix)
04 Stuck in the Bend (of a Learning Curve)
05 The Plague and the Pestilence
06 Circle. Square. Triangle (Chrome Hoof Remix)
07 Pull the Lever (Jitset Remix)
08 What's Michelle Like? [hidden track]
09 Who Ate All the Offal? [hidden track]

DVD:

01 Circle. Square. Triangle (video)
02 What's Your Damage? (video)
03 Circle. Square. Triangle *
04 What's Your Damage? *
05 Dancing on Pegs *
06 Boa Vs. Python *
07 Catch It *

* Live at London School of Economics, November 2005

Double 7":

A1: Pull the Lever
B1: All You Need Is Blood

A1: Stuck in the Bend (of a Learning Curve)
B1: The Plague and the Pestilence

Before you fire up that pounds-to-dollars conversion website, know that Domino U.S. will release a different version of the Dig Your Own Grave EP on May 9. This one features seven groovy remixes, including one by Pitchfork/Windish Agency SXSW day-party-mongers Spank Rock. Snap it up:

01 Circle. Square. Triangle (James Ford Remix)
02 What's Your Damage? (Braxe/Falke Remix)
03 Catch It! (Jitset's Grime Mix featuring Statik/Ruffsqwad)
04 Circle. Square. Triangle (Spank Rock Remix)
05 Boa Vs. Python (Statik Grime Remix)
06 What's Your Damage? (Digitalism Remix)
07 Circle. Square. Triangle (Chrome Hoof Remix)

And finally, those mangy Test Icicles will take their final bows at five valedictory UK shows. Spazz out a while and thank them for the memories:

04-18 Glasgow, Scotland - Garage
04-19 Sunderland, England - Manor Quay
04-20 Manchester, England - Academy 2
04-21 Coventry, England - Coliseum
04-22 London, England - Astoria

PS: Word on the Domino streets is fellow soon-to-be-ex-Test Icicle Rory Atwell is presently starting up a band with his dad in Ireland. Hey, if Mystery Jets did it, it must be cool. Or something.

Test Icicles: http://www.test-icicles.com/
Tom Vek: http://www.tomvek.tv
Naked Babes on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/nakedbabes

Peaches Reveals New LP Details, Tours With NIN

Impeach My Bush will be the third Peaches long-player, and it's due out July 11 via XL Recordings. As previously reported, dirty P shacked up with everyone and their baby mamas to record this mammer-jammer of a record, including Joan Jett, the Gossip's Beth Ditto, Queens of the Stone Age / Eagles of Death Metal dude Josh Homme, Hole/Mötley Crüe/Eagles of Death Metal drummer Samantha Maloney, and her one-time roommate Leslie Feist. Production duties fell upon Miss Nisker herself, as well as Mickey Petralia (Beck, Ladytron), with some help from Greg Kurstin (of Geggy Tah, oh my).

Track titles include "Fuck Or Kill", "Tent in Your Pants", "Hit It Hard", "Boys Wanna Be Her", "Downtown", "Rock The Shocker", and "Two Guys (For Every Girl)". Choice lyrical excerpt: "I'd rather fuck who I want then kill who I am told to." Preach on, Peaches!

Peaches' sleazier-than-thou live act has garnered considerable attention, enough that Nine Inch Nails have tapped the potty-mouthed lass to open the second leg of their U.S. tour, also featuring Bauhaus, and, for the first leg, TV on the Radio. For these spectacles she'll enlist a touring band that includes Maloney, JD Samson of Le Tigre, and Radio Sloan of The Need. Who knows, they might just give Reznor-ites a run for their money.

Get taught:

06-16 Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center *#
06-17 Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach Amphitheater *#
06-18 Saratoga, NY - Performing Arts Center *#
06-20 Hartford, CT - New England Dodge Music Center *#
06-23 Boston, MA - Tweeter Center *#
06-24 Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheatre *#
06-25 Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre *#
06-27 Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center *#
06-28 Columbus, OH - Germain Amphitheater *#
06-30 Pittsburgh, PA - Post-Gazette Pavilion *#
07-01 Chicago, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre *#
07-02 Milwaukee, WI - Marcus Amphitheater (Summerfest) *#
07-03 Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater *#
07-07 Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater *#
07-08 Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre *#

* with Nine Inch Nails
# with Bauhaus

It's not all sex and games for Nisker, however. Peaches recently posted a message on her website beseeching friends and fans to support stem cell research, on behalf of her sister who "is wheelchair bound and has [a] very aggressive-progressive form of MS [Multiple Sclerosis]."

"She is my hero and my best friend," says Nisker. "It is so hard to see this happen to her."

Peaches' brother-in-law has started the program "Walk a Mile in My Shoes", asking research-supporters to send him an old pair of shoes and a note to George W. Bush, which he in turn will mail to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Read the entire letter and learn how you can help here.

* Peaches: <a

Konono No.1 Travel the World

Founded over 25 years ago by frontman Mawangu Mingiedi, Konono No.1 recorded Congotronics (only the band's second album to receive international distribution) outdoors using a laptop and homemade microphones built from old car parts and makeshift percussion that included pots, pans and (again) used car parts. Take that Man Man!

All that didn't stop Congotronics from becoming one of the most acclaimed albums of the year, and now the group is riding the popularity bus on an extensive world tour. Since there doesn't exist a handy-dandy sub-genre for electronic music from Central Africa (although we think happy hardcore might have originated there), Konono will play a wide array of jazz festivals, electronic festivals, and pretty much everything between.

Dates:

04-05 London, England - Momo's Bar
04-06 London, England - TBA
04-07 London, England - TBA
04-08 Paris, France - Point Ephemere
04-09 Paris, France - Point Ephemere
04-10 Ljubljana, Slovenia - TBA
04-11 Zagreb, Croatia - TBA
04-14 Poitiers, France - Le Confort Moderne
04-15 Clermont Ferrand, France - La Cooperative De Mai
04-18 Nantes, France - L'Olympic
04-20 Lille, France - L'Aeronef
04-21 Brussels, Belgium - Beursschouwburg
04-22 Mulhouse, France - Noumatrouf
04-23 Karlsruhe, Germany - Tollhaus
04-25 Prague, Czech Republic - Akropolis
04-26 Vienna, Austria - Szene
04-29 Aulnay, France - TBA
04-30 Poullaouen, France - TBA
05-04 Florence, Italy - TBA
05-05 Rome, Italy - TBA
05-06 Antwerp, Belgium - Zuiderpershuis
05-11 Orleans, France - TBA
05-12 Madrid, Spain - TBA
06-30 Fossombrone, Italy - TBA
07-01 Rome, Italy - TBA
07-06 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium
07-07 Montreal, Quebec - Montreal Jazz Festival
07-08 London, Ontario - TBA
07-09 Toronto, Ontario - Harbour Electronica Festival
07-10 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
07-11 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
07-13 Ottawa, Quebec - Cisco Systems Festival
07-15 Quebec City, Quebec - Festival d'Éte
07-19 Boston, MA - Museum of Fine Arts
07-23 New York, NY - Central Park Summer Stage
07-24 New York, NY - S.O.B.'s
07-28 Marseillans, France - Festival Convivencia
07-29 Marseille, France - Festival Mimi
08-03 Brest, France - Bout du Monde
08-05 La Reunion, France - Festival Safiko
08-13 Aulnoye Aymeris, France - TBA
08-19 La Roche, France - TBA
08-26 Tokyo, Japan - Club Quatro
08-27 Tokyo, Japan - Yagay Music Hall
08-29 Nagoya, Japan - Club Quatro
08-31 Hiroshima, Japan - Club Quatro
09-03 Osaka, Japan - Lovely Hall
09-05 Tokyo, Japan - Club Quattro

* Konono No.1: <a

Pitchfork Seeks News Reporter in Chicago

Courtney Love Sells Piece of Nirvana Catalog

"I took on a strategic partner, Larry Mestel, to help me co-manage the estate because it was overwhelming," the former Hole frontwoman said. "I needed a partner to take Kurt Cobain's songs and bring them into the future and into the next generation. And this guy's the guy to do it."

Mr. Mestel's intentions, however, are pure gold: "Kurt was an incredible songwriter, and Courtney is an exceptionally talented person herself. So I felt the combination of Courtney's creativity and the things I can add can really help in creating more value for these copyrights."

Value, eh? Love was quick to dash murmurs about Nirvana's legacy enduring through Hummer commercials. "We're going to remain very tasteful, and we're going to [retain] the spirit of Nirvana and take Nirvana places it's never been before," Courtney assured the Stone.

That's funny, I thought there was nothing beyond Nirvana.

Love, meanwhile, still owns 75% of 98% of the Nirvana catalog (I leave the math to you). And she's still got her own career, whatever that's worth. Also according to Rolling Stone, Love has hooked up with lovable Moby, who will co-produce her next solo album, along with Linda Perry.

The sound-minded Love had this to say: "A long time ago, Moby was Christian, and I had this fantasy I was Mary Magdalene and he was Jesus. I've always had a little crush on him. And I trust him. I'll talk all sort of shit, and he'll keep trying to focus me back on the music."

NME recently reported that Love has also been collaborating with Billy Corgan, Jerry Cantrell, and members of the British bands Dirty Pretty Things and Dead 60s. Sounds like a mess.

In other Courtney news, the California label Sympathy for the Record Industry, which put out Hole's first single, plans to finally release recordings from Sugar Babydoll (or Sugar Babylon, depending on who you ask), Love's early band with Kat Bjelland (Babes in Toyland) and Jennifer Finch (L7). For those of us who spent our mid-90s high school years in babydoll dresses with barrettes in our hair, this is very exciting news indeed.

Courtney Love: http://www.courtneylove.com/

Yeah Yeah Yeahs Kick Off Tour Tonight

The Spin cover darlings will treat citizens of the U.S., Canada, and beyond to a whole stankin' heap of tour dates, previously announced and kicking off tonight in D.C. Watch Nick Zinner snap photos and manhandle six-strings, Brian Chase emote with his eyebrows while tearing into his kit, and Karen O turn standing akimbo into the new cocksure swagger. Hot!

Pitchfork faves Blood on the Wall and YYYs touring guitarist Imaad Wasif will open most dates.

Prefer a cozy evening at home, curled up by the fireplace with that old transistor radio and rocking the fuck out? National Public Radio has you covered. The syndicated station will broadcast tonight's 9:30 Club gig more-or-less live, beginning around 10pm eastern. Then scope the NPR.org archives for previously-aired live gigs from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Belle and Sebastian, the New Pornographers, and Arctic Monkeys. Apparently they're onto this whole indie fad thing.

A boney unveiling:

04-03 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club #
04-05 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero #*
04-07 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre #
04-10 Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus #*
04-11 Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre #
04-12 Cleveland, OH - Agora Theatre #
04-14 Chicago, IL - Riviera #*
04-15 Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theatre #
04-16 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue #
04-18 Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium #
04-19 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant #*
04-21 Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium #
04-22 Salt Lake City, UT - Olpin Union Ballroom at University of Utah #
04-24 Vancouver, British Columbia - Orpheum Theatre
04-25 Seattle, WA - The Paramount #*
04-26 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater #
04-28 San Francisco, CA - The Warfield #
04-29 San Francisco, CA - The Warfield #*
04-30 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella Festival) +
05-02 New York, NY - Roseland
05-03 New York, NY - Roseland
05-13 East Sussex, England - Camber Sands Holiday Centre (All Tomorrow's Parties) !
05-16 London, England - The Forum
05-17 London, England - The Forum
05-19 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowland Ballroom
05-20 Manchester, England - Academy
05-21 Birmingham, England - Academy
05-23 Amsterdam, Holland - Melkweg
05-24 Paris, France - Elysée Montmartre
05-26 Neu-Strelitz, Germany - Immergut Festival
05-27 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
05-29 Cologne, Germany - Live Music Hall
05-30 Munich, Germany - Elserhalle
05-31 Milan, Italy - Rolling Stone
06-02 Barcelona, Spain - Parc del Fòrum (Primavera Sound 06) &
09-03 County Laois, Ireland - Stradbally Estate (Electric Picnic 2006) $

# with Blood on the Wall
* with Imaad Wasif
+ with Tool, Massive Attack, Bloc Party, Scissor Sisters, Sleater-Kinney, Mogwai, Wolf Parade, Gnarls Barkley, Phoenix, Amadou & Mariam, Mylo, Ted Leo, The Go! Team, Metric, Editors, Art Brut, Dungen, et al
! with Liars, TV on the Radio, Oneida, The Blood Brothers, Celebration, Imaginary Folk, Services, The Magik Markers, Ex Models, Zusammenn
& with Animal Collective, Deerhoof, Dinosaur Jr., Akron/Family, Centro-Matic, Constantines, the Drones, Ellen Allien, the Flaming Lips, Isobel Campbell, Jens Lekman, José González, Lambchop, Mogwai, Lou Reed, Richard Hawley, Shellac, Sleater-Kinney, Stereolab, Television Personalities, Vashti Bunyan, Xiu Xiu, Yo La Tengo, et al
$ with Devendra Banhart, Basement Jaxx, Bloc Party, The Frames, Super Furry Animals, Antony and the Johnsons, Elbow, New Order, Belle and Sebastian, Gang of Four, Gary Numan, et al

Yeah Yeah Yeahs: http://www.yeahyeahyeahs.com/

Band of Horses Announce Summer Tour

Barely a week after concluding their last string of dates, Sub Pop's latest Great Indie Rock Hope, Band of Horses, have announced another continental trek. Most of the shows will take place in June, leaving the band plenty of time to train for the biggest show of the summer-- the Pitchfork Music Festival.

Band of Tourses:

04-13 Seattle, WA - Neumos
04-14 Seattle, WA - Neumos
05-27 George, WA - The Gorge (Sasquatch!)*
05-31 Boise, ID - Neurolux / Crazy
06-03 Fargo, ND - Aquarium
06-04 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry
06-06 Chicago, IL - Schubas
06-07 Chicago, IL - Schubas
06-11 Cleveland Heights, Ohio - Grog Shop
06-13 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
06-16 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
06-17 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
06-20 Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle Tavern
06-21 West Columbia, SC - New Brookland Tavern
06-22 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
06-30 Los Angeles, CA - Echo
07-01 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
07-29 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) %

* with Sam Roberts, Constantines, Architecture in Helsinki, Bedouin Soundclash, Matt Costa
% with Silver Jews, the Futureheads, Ted Leo/Pharmacists, Art Brut, Destroyer, Mountain Goats, Man Man, Hot Machines, more TBA

Band of Horses: http://www.bandofhorses.com/
Sub Pop: http://www.subpop.com/

Architecture in Helsinki Travel the World

So instead of just dates, venues and terrible jokes, you got to hear about the band's experiences with New York traffic, broken air-conditioners and a piñata named Julio.

Now, we can't promise those kinds of luscious details this time (yet), but we can tell you the band is hitting the road for the final time in support of their 2005 epic In Case We Die before holing up to complete a new album. If all goes according to plan, the new disc, tentatively titled Give Me Back My Brain, will be out in early 2007.

In the meantime, the Aussies will take their tubas, glockenspiels and other assorted do-dads around Europe, North America and their first-ever trip to Mexico City (which was unquestionably Julio's doing). The whole thing starts with a pair of farewell shows in Melbourne and culminates with a stop at Seattle's Sasquatch Fesival. Along the way, they'll be nervously road-testing new, possibly Brain-related material.

Neverevereverdid:

04-05 Melbourne, Australia - Northcote Social Club
04-12 Melbourne, Australia - Northcote Social Club
04-19 Tourcoing, France - Le Grand Mix *
04-20 Paris, France - Maroquinerie *
04-21 Nantes, France - L'Olympic *
04-22 Angoulemes, France - Ubu *
04-23 Mayenne, France - 6x4
04-25 Annency, France - Brise Glace
04-26 Bologna, Italy - Covo #
04-27 Milano, Italy - Transilvania Live #
04-28 Strasbourg, France - Festival Artefact +
04-30 Bourges, France - Le Printemps De Bourges %
05-01 Diksmuide, Belgium - 4AD
05-02 Luxenbourg, Luxenbourg - Kulturfabrik &
05-03 Brussels, Belgium - Le Nuits de Botanique !
05-04 Korneuburg, Austria - Danube Festival @
05-05 Cologne, Germany - Haldern Festival !
05-06 Heidelberg, Germany - Haldern Festival !
05-07 Munich, Germany - Haldern Festival !
05-08 Berlin, Germany - Maria Am Uffer =
05-09 Hamburg, Germany - Uebel @ Gefaehrlich =
05-10 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso =
05-11 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Rotown =
05-12 Utrecht, Netherlands - Ekko =
05-13 London, England - ULU ^
05-14 Dublin, Ireland - The Village ^
05-18 New York, NY - Avalon NYC )(
05-19 Montreal, Quebec - La Salla Rossa
05-20 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern
05-22 Los Angeles, CA - The Troubador >> )(
05-23 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall >> )(
05-25 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge >> )(
05-26 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards
05-27 George, WA - The Gorge (Sasquatch!) $

* with Field Music, Vanessa & the Os
# with Jennifer Gentle
+ with TV on the Radio, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Yann Tiersen, more
% with the Flaming Lips, CocoRosie
& with A Silver Mt. Zion
! with Jose Gonzalez
@ with Wolf Eyes, Battles, Peaches, Gang Gang Dance
= with Tilly and the Wall
^ with Semi-Finalists
>> with Tussle
)( with Clue to Kalo
$ with Sam Roberts, Constantines, Band of Horses, Bedouin Soundclash, Matt Costa

And lastly, two taps on the dancefloor tip: AiH recently completed a remix of the Shout Out Louds' forthcoming single "Very Loud". Since turnabout is funky play, UK's Hot Chip took a stab at AiH's "Do The Whirlwind", for a CD and 7" single, out via Moshi Moshi Records.

* Architecture in Helsinki: http://www.architectureinhelsinki.com/
* Bar/None: http://www.bar-none.com/

Candi Staton Teams With Will Oldham

Staton's relationship with Nevers continued on after Oldham's contribution to the record when she made the decision to utilize Nevers' home studio, the Beech House, for the remainder of the album. His influence was significant (and not only because of the pedal steel), especially when his fellow Lambchoppers were added to Staton's list of guest musicians. Also featured on the album are Staton's children, Marcus Williams and Cassandra Hightower, and Muscle Shoals man Barry Beckett.

Tracklist:

01 You Don't Have Far to Go
02 When Hearts Grow Cold
03 It's Not Easy Letting Go
04 His Hands
05 How Do I Get Over You?
06 You Never Really Wanted Me
07 I'll Sing a Love Song to You
08 In Name Only
09 Running Out of Love
10 Cry to Me
11 When Will I?

As previously reported, Oldham guests on Current 93's upcoming LP, Black Ships Ate the Sky, due this May via David Tibet's Durtro Jnana label. He also kicks off a UK tour in early April, and will embark on a short U.S. stint as Bonnie "Prince" Billy in May.

Dates:

04-10 Aberdeen, Scotland - Lemon Tree *
04-11 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC *
04-12 Edinburgh, Scotland - Queens Hall *
04-13 Gateshead, Scotland - The Sage *
04-15 Easter Ross, Scotland - Ardross Hall *
04-16 Perth, Scotland - Perth Theatre *
04-17 Galway, Ireland - Roisin Dubh *
04-18 Dublin, Ireland - Whelan's *
04-19 Dublin, Ireland - Whelan's *
04-21 Argyll, Scotland - Craignish Hall *
04-22 West Highland, Scotland - Glenuig Hall *
05-02 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge ^#
05-03 Birmingham, AL - Bottle Tree ^
05-05 New Orleans, LA - One-Eyed Jacks ^#
05-09 Memphis, TN - Young Avenue Deli ^#

* with Harem Scarem, Alex Nielsen
^ with Mike Fellows, Paul Oldham, Matt Sweeney, Peter Townsend
# with Warmer Milks

* Pitchfork News: Antony, Will Oldham Guest on New Current 93 LP

Candi Staton: http://www.candi-staton.com/
Will Oldham: http://www.bonnieprincebilly.com/

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