Festival Roundup: All Tomorrow’s Parties, Primavera Sound, Hillside Inside
Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
We feel (and appreciate) your pain... and that's why we put together a quick roundup of all the latest happenings.
Shonen Knife
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Daniel Johnston, Deerhunter, Matt Groening, Panda Bear: Deerhunter, Panda Bear, Daniel Johnston added to Matt Groening's All Tomorrow's Parties
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Taking a page from this past September's stateside edition of the venerable All Tomorrow's Parties music festival, the Matt Groening -curated event has added Deerhunter , Daniel Johnston , and Panda Bear to the lineup. These new additions join the already-announced Shonen Knife , Boredoms , The Raincoats, James Blackshaw , The Residents and others who will perform at Butlins in Minehead May 7-9, 2010....
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More ATP additions including Residents and Panda Bear
SoundsXP (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
All Tomorrow's Parties have announced some more good additions to the Minehead weekend in May. The acts, chosen by Matt Groening, genius behind the Simpsons and Futurama, for his ATP festival weekend at Butlins, Minehead on May 7th – 9th 2010. They are Panda Bear, The Residents, Deerhunter, Broadcast, Daniel Johnston, Amadou and Miriam, Shonen Knife and Ruins (solo). They join the previously...
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Merry Space Kurisumasu!
News on Japan (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Here’s a Merii Kurisumasu from Shonen Knife’s “Space Christmas” (MP3 — 2.8 MB). MP3 link via the Big Rock Candy Mountain / The Hype Machine.
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Give at Gobble Gobble Give
Metroblogging Los Angeles (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
For the eleventh straight year, Gobble Gobble Give will be packaging and delivering meals to those in need in and around The Echo on Thanksgiving Day. Yeah, The Echo, that snazzy little joint in Echo Park where a bunch of creepy old white guys recently stared just a little too hard at the three tiny [...]
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Playlist Rewind: Shonen Knife at Johnny Brenda's
Phillyist (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Photo by Flickr user Helena P. When watching a concert, there are many thoughts that may pop into one's head. "Oh, this is pretty cool, maybe I'll buy their album." Or, "This is putting me to sleep." When I saw Shonen Knife live at Johnny Brenda's on Monday, the thought that immediately popped into my head was, "I wish I could bake this band in to a cake so I could eat them!"...
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Songs of a botanical nature
So Quoted (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Wherein searching through my list and skipping the Christmas songs All Her Favorite Fruit, Camper Van Beethoven Autumn Leaves, Edith Piaf Baby Seed, Momma Stud Banana Boat, Edric Connor The Banana Boat Song, George Clinton Banana Boat Song (Day-O) Banana Chips, Shonen Knife Banana Juice, The Mar-Keys Banana Pancakes, Jack Johnson Belleville Jungle, Les Triplettes De Belleville Big Apple, Urban Dance...
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Fun Fun Fun Fest - Sat Pics
Feast of Music (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
All in all, it was a real hoot this past weekend down in Austin at the fourth annual Fun Fun Fun Fest, where I managed to catch some 30 bands ranging from hardcore, to post rock, to silly dance bands....
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Flashback: Nirvana – Live at Reading, 1991
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
After 17 years of waiting, Nirvana’s incredible headlining concert at the 1992 Reading Festival was finally (officially) released on CD/DVD as Live at Reading this week. As Rolling Stone previously reported, Kurt Cobain and Co. also played Reading in 1991, performing on the bottom third of the bill on the fest’s first day. A year [...]
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Tonight In Rock: Vampire Weekend, Shonen Knife, Local Natives, The Happy Hollows
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Local Natives will be performing tonight at the El Rey Theatre | Photo by Benjamin Hoste for LAist Our Pick: White Rabbits, Glass Ghost, Local Natives @ El Rey Theatre Tonight NY-bred indie pop outfit Vampire Weekend (LAist Review , #2 , #3 , #4 ) will be performing to a sold-out crowd at yet another unlikely venue, the Art Theater in Long Beach. Japanese all-female pop punk trio Shonen Knife are...
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Losanjealous Concert Picks: Nov. 2 – 8
Losanjealous (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
PICK OF THE WEEK Pixies Doolittle Tour Wed 11/4 w/ No Age Thurs 11/5 w/ Black Gold Fri 11/6 w/ Rain Machine Hollywood Palladium THIS WEEK’S TICKET GIVEAWAYS Bostich + Fussible Nortec Collective Presents Thurs 11/5 Echoplex Info [ENTER TO WIN] Múm w/ Sin Fang Bous & Hildur Gudnadottir Fri 11/6 El Rey Theater Info [ENTER TO WIN] HEADS UP The Books @ Hollywood Forever Masonic Lodge Mon...
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New JEFF The Brotherhood Video - "U Got The Look"
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Nashville's Jake and Jamin Orrall, aka JEFF The Brotherhood, play a satisfyingly straightforward, minimal style of psychedelic rock 'n' roll that now and again reminds me of a cleaner-cut power-popping Misfits (it's in the vocals cadences). You get some of that in this Brad Holland-directed video for "U Got The Look." They recently did a number of dates with Ted Leo -- he's a fan, which...
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Week In Rock: Pixies, Devo, Silversun Pickups, Múm
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Múm will be performing Friday at the El Rey Theatre | Picture via Múm's Myspace This week legendary Boston-bred alternative rock outfit the Pixies will be taking on a three-night stint at the Hollywood Palladium with local noise-infused rockers No Age (LAist Review , #2 ) and Brooklyn-bred TV on the Radio 's Kyp Malone, who will be performing material from his solo endeavor Rain Machine...
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Shorties (Philip Roth, Google Music Search, and more)
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
NPR reviews (and excerpts from) Philip Roth's new novel, The Humbling. The official Google blog explains the new Google music search. I posted the list of the online best of the decade (2000-2009) music lists yesterday. Today's additions: Aiming to...
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Echoplex ticket giveaway: Shonen Knife, November 2
Space 15 Twenty (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
We're giving away two pairs of tickets for the November 2nd show at The Echoplex. Answer the following question and win a pair of tickets! Shonen Knife: 1. Where and when did Shonen Knife form? Email info@space15twenty with the answers and your full name.