Commercial Appeal is reporting that Jay Reatard was discovered dead today in his Memphis home. No other details are available.
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Jay Reatard – It Ain’t Gonna Save Me
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Why is Michael Gira smiling? Because he’s getting ready to enjoy a brain rape. Namely, yours. It’s on. Swans have reunited. You’re all in big trouble. New record and tour this year. Feel pleasant.
Oh, and dude… someone slipped in a photo of Michael Cera in the Swans photo gallery on Last.fm. LOLZ EVERYWHERE!!!1
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Me and Michael Gira Down By the Schoolyard
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Swans – The Great Annihilator
…and I got really excited. Last year, Big Ears boasted the likes of Fennesz, Michael Gira (Swans/Angels of Light), and Matmos. Sick! This will rule. So happy to read the Good News.
Then the lineup for 2010 was announced about ten minutes ago. Vampire Weekend, Joanna Newsom, Gang Gang Doodie, and the xx, the jj, the lol. Shitty.
THUMBS DOWN!
Paste wrote an article last year called Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival caters to adventurous audience. This year’s will read, Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival caters to dweebs. I mean, I guess you gotta pay the bills, but still, how do you go from awesome insanity to vanilla wafers within one year? That would be like ATP 2011 announcing Bachman-Turner Overdrive as the headliner… which would still be decidedly more awesome than this bill.
I’d see Andrew WK and Terry Riley, though. But outside that… boo. Totally damaged. Gonna listen to Swans to make me feel better. It’s also good for holiday cheer. Burp.
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Swans – Telepathy
To prepare for their more elaborate return at the sold-out Ten Years of ATP, The For Carnation, once again, very politely and quietly announced that they’re playing a primer show. On a Facebook event. Tomorrow night. At a place I’ve never heard of called simply The Lounge (Louisville Beerologists article). This band really has a way of approaching things.
No word yet on if The For Carnation is getting back together in full capacity, new album and all, sans Dave Pajo. But it seems that they are pretty stoked on playing shows. Just not stoked on properly announcing and promoting them. So… Carnation dudes, if you guys need a hard-workin’ publicist, give Bloggins a ring here. His shit is for hire.
Anyway, if you read the article linked above, The Lounge is quite small, so it’s best show up as early as possible to experience The For Carnation at the most intimate venue you’re likely to see ‘em at.
The For Carnation (an evening with)
Sunday, December 6
The Lounge
942 E. Madison (corner of Chestnut + Wenzel in Butchertown – map that shizz)
10 p.m. / $7
21+ (probably)
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The For Carnation – Emp. Man’s Blues
In 1972, Goods recorded their one and only album, Herald. This album was never released in any form, existing only in the catacombs of folklore and private tape/CD-R trades. Not only is this is great folk album, it was also one of the earliest (if not the earliest) collaborative effort of lo-fi champion R. Stevie Moore while he still lived in Nashville. Goods themselves is a sort of Neil Young meets baroque pop and west coast psychedelia. Pretty awesome on all fronts.
Not only will Herald finally see a proper release almost four decades after the fact, but a regional label is doin’ said deed. Goods’ Herald will storm the castle on CD and (hopefully) LP courtesy of Garden Gate Records sometime in early 2010. I’ll be sure to give you all a shout when I know more, but in the interim, put that all up on your radar.
For fans of: West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, Friends, The Folklords
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Goods – Jackie
Somewhat of a strange bill, but I’ll take it. Two Chicago brain burning luminaries, Tortoise and Disappears, will be storming the castle known as Louisville’s Headliners Music Hall. While Tortoise is legendary, I think I’m more stoked on Disappears. Sofa king loud, dude. There are only a few select dates, and you can peep them on the Disappears blog here.
Tortoise and Disappears
Thursday, February 11th
Headliners Music Hall
1386 Lexington Rd., Louisville (map that shizz)
9 p.m. / 18+
$15 advance / $18 at the door
On Sale 12/4 @ 10am (at ear X-tacy and Ticketweb, presented by ProdSimp)
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Disappears – Another Great Verb-As-Noun Band
Tortoise – Beacons of Ancestorship
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Tortoise – Yinxianghechengqi
Disappears – Lux
It’s been almost two years since we’ve heard a proper yelp from Jamie Stewart and his band of avant-humanists. Which isn’t to say he hasn’t been busy, making a record with Former Ghosts, writing personal haiku’s for me and a billion other kids, and even covering Morrissey. And now that we’ve all been tended to, Xiu Xiu will return to form this February with the release of their new full-length called (ready?), Dear God, I Hate Myself.
After the somewhat recent departure of Caralee McElroy, they’ve enlisted the full-time help of previously part-time collaborator Angela Seo on piano, synth, and programming. Production was co-headed by Stewart and Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier, who plays on most of the album as well. On “This To Shall Pass Away (for Freddy)”, a possible ode to the late Queen front man, the group will joined by the Immaculata Catholic School Orchestra. Word is that this new release will be heavy on the goth pop side of things (comin’ for you, Cold Cave), with four songs composed heavily on a Nintendo DS. But however they reincarnate themselves, you can be sure to expect the usual ingredients of superb art-damaged pop, scattershot rhythms, atonal explosions, and embarrassing details. Xiu to the muthafuckin Xiu, 2k10.
Dear God, I Hate Myself will be available February 23rd on Kill Rock Stars.
Track list:
1. Gray Death
2. Chocolate Makes You Happy
3. Apple for a Brain
4. House Sparrow
5. Hyunhye’s Theme
6. Dear God, I Hate Myself
7. Secret Motel
8. Falkland Rd.
9. The Fabrizio Palumbo Retaliation
10. Cumberland Gap
11. This Too Shall Pass Away (for Freddy)
12. Impossible Feeling
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Xiu Xiu – I am Hated for Loving (Moz cover)
In what seems to be a suite of albums that namedrop the jams that Anton Newcombe loves (with the first being 2007’s My Bloody Underground), the Brian Jonestown Massacre is set to drop Who Killed Sgt. Pepper on New Year’s Day. And since Newcome is. always. on. fucking. MySpace. showing. us. the. dinner. he’s. cooking. and. other. random. and. often. stupid. shit., the tracklisting was made available for a brief time before it was retracted. Probably after a phone call from the manager. Be it as it may.
1. Tempo 116.7 (Reaching For Dangerous Levels Of Sobriety)
2. The Heavy Knife
3. Lets Go Fucking Mental (Melodica Mix)
4. White Music
5. This Is The First Of Your Last Warnings (Icelandic Version)
6. This Is The One Thing We Did Not Want To Have Happen
7. The One
8. Someplace Else Unknown
9. Detka! Detka! Detka!
10. Super Fucked
11. Our Time
12. Feel It (Of Course We Fucking Do)
13. Felt Tipped-Pen Pictures Of UFOs
Before the full length drops though, the BJM will release a new teaser EP that comes out next week called One EP. You can czech it courtesy of Cargo Records. Looking forward to hearing that, for sure. However, I currently have no predictions on whether Who Killed Sgt. Pepper will rule or not. This is the best of the streaming tracks I’ve listened to thus far, and I like it quite a bit. But some of the other tracks I’ve heard sound abysmal, and some were pretty decent. I dunno, what do you think? I’m certainly hoping for the best myself. I’m on your team, Anton.
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The Brian Jonestown Massacre vs. The Decibel Tolls
Good. It’s been a minute. I was just remarking in a recent post on Joensuu 1685 that I haven’t heard a goddamn peep from ya’llz since that sick eponymous disc dropped on me circa ‘05 and turned my cerebral cortex to Jell-O. Tiny Mix Tapes is reporting that Scandinavian decibel shredders Serena Maneesh have signed to 4AD for a million bucks and will release a new jam hive in March 2010. Good to see you returning to your roots, 4AD! With The Big Pink and St. Vincent, I was beginning to wonder if you guys lost your edge or if there was just some amazing peyote being passed around that made everyone stupid high. Regardless, Maneesh rules. I hope they call their next album All The Big Pink’s Base Are Belong to Serena Maneesh.
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Serena Maneesh – Un Deux
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is known for two things: 1) being called “hippies” by Brian Jonestown’s Joel Gion in Dig, and 2) very strong live shows. So considering the latter, it’s fitting the group is set to drop a 2 DVD and CD live package, poignantly titled Live. The package spans a number of European shows on their Baby 81 tour. The jam hive hits shelves next Tuesday, November 10th. Wanna win a copy? Cool… well I have two to give away.
Just shoot an email over to kb@thedecibeltolls.com and tell me what you’d like to see more of on the blog. We’ve had a lot of discussions on how to better serve you, the smarmy blog reader. This way, we get something, and you get something awesome. Contest closes on Friday at 5 p.m.
You can peep the track listing and pre-order info here. Good luck.
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Spread Your Love [Live]
