Yet another contender for festivals I wanna go to but in all likelihood won’t… Austin City Limits. Check out that lineup. Buck nutty.
Happy birthday to both the Claytron-ator and Miss Lone Tree. They have the same birthday! That’s so cute.
np – Pavement / Westing (By Musket And Sextant)
It’s not too forward to declare tonight’s American Analog Set show the biggest surprise of the year. I’d always considered myself no more than a casual fan – I had a couple albums and played them when the mood struck, but I had missed them live a couple times already and wasn’t terribly upset about it. Well we can ratchet up the fan-boy quotient a few more notches. AmAnSet live lay down some unbelievably tight and catchy grooves – even the indie kid will dance. Their hour-long set was so well-received by the crowd that the stunned band had no choice but to come back for a one-song encore, apparently not something they ever do.
Further proof that Toronto loves the AmAnSet was found in the feeding frenzy that ensued when the band brought their merchandise out for sale – like locusts, we bought out all of their t-shirts and copies of the new album, Promise Of Love, in no time flat (yours truly getting the second last copy, Miss Askew getting the last. Hordes more fans not as quick on the draw had to settle for copies of their older albums, and I don’t doubt that most of those would have been gone before all was said and done. To say that they were utterly stunned by the enthusiasm of the crowd would be a grand understatement. I think it’s safe to say that AmAnSet will be coming back to Toronto sooner rather than later, and they’ll be bringing much more swag. I will post pictures from the show soon.
UPDATE: Photos are now up – see them here.
Marty Crandall of The Shins is a lucky man. His girlfriend Elyse is a finalist on UPN’s America’s Next Top Model show.
Finding used copies of the still-a-fortnight-away-from-being-released new Postal Service The District Sleeps Alone Tonight EP (can you expect to see the cover of The Flaming Lips’ “Suddenly Everything Has Changed” soon? Magic 8-ball says ‘probably’) and the Future Bible Heroes’ Eternal Youth makes me happy. Finally getting my Benjamin Gibbard & Andrew Kenny album in the mail also helped. AmAnSet show tonight! It’s sold out, I’m very surprised by that. I have underestimated their popularity in these parts.
You know you have too many CDs when… I just discovered I own a copy of The Magnetic Fields’ Holiday. I had no idea. I don’t remember buying this. Oh wait, it was Boxing Day last year. That’s right. But still, I had completely forgotten. Sheesh.
Artwork on the Postal Service EPs is done by art team Kozyndan. Their stuff is terrific, go look.
An excellently scathing article about the lack of cajones in the US media during the Iraq War.
np – Benjamin Gibbard & Andrew Kenny / Home : Vol 5
Now you can not only cast your own movie, but find out it’s projected box office take and critical success. Here’s what it predicted for my magnum opus:
Requiem For A Flying Monkey (R)
(Adventure/Caper Comedy/Musical/Societal Satire)
Starring John Cusack and Naomi Watts
Also Featuring Christopher Walken, John Malkovich, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Natalie Portman
Directed by Joel Coen
Screenplay by Steven Kloves and David Hayter
Projected Budget Range: $30-39 Million
Planned Release Date: May
Projected Box Office Receipts:
$11.79 million (Opening Weekend)
$61.72 million (Total Domestic Gross)
Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: 4%
Chance of winning at least one Oscar: Slim to None
Critic Most Likely to Praise: Ron Wells, Film Threat
Critic Most Likely to Skewer: Rita Kempley, Washington Post
At least I don’t lose money. Who is this Rita Kempley person? Who is she to criticize my life’s work? Obviously someone who can’t appreciate a good socially conscious musical caper adventure starring John Cusack, a couple cool creepy guys and a bevy of hot actresses, that’s who. I think it’d be a smash, myself.
To the surprise of absolutely no one, Pitchfork savages the new Liz Phair album.
Some more details about SARS-apalooza. The official site can be found here.
np – Steve Earle / El Corazon
I am channel surfing past MuchMoreMusic’s news show, and there’s a piece on indie Canadian bands signing worldwide deals with a variety of high-profile labels. There’s The Hidden Cameras talking about signing with Rough Trade, Moneen with Vagrant, The Weakerthans with Epitaph… all accompanied by clips of their respective music videos. Which is all well and good, except the Hot Hot Heat clip was accompanied by the video for Spoon’s “Small Stakes”. Whoops. It’s okay guys, those old keyboards all sound the same anyway. You can see the video here, if you feel so inclined.
If Amazon.ca is to be believed, FOW’s latest Welcome Interstate Managers will be getting a domestic (Canadian) release on July 8. I can wait another couple weeks if it means avoiding paying import prices (if I could even find it).
The new Death Cab album is entitled Transatlanticism and is scheduled for release on October 7.
The release of the Ride BBC sessions album Waves has been pushed back a bit from late July to August 4 in the UK. No word on a North American release yet. Check out the cover art here.
Guitarist magazine talks to Gemma Hayes
np – Death Cab For Cutie / Forbidden Love
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