While I’ve always enjoyed Grouper’s recorded work, she’s a whole other beast live. The first 15 minutes of her performance at last month’s ATP festival *slamming head on desk for not going* is nothing but the most epic nature music ever. Flying over mountains, exploring oceanic trenches – her live shit is stratospheric and aquatic. I can’t stop listening to this excerpt. Thanks WFMU for winning at everything.

You can grip the entire bootleg here.

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Grouper – Live @ ATP [excerpt]

Told ya the bootlegs would come fast. Yesterday’s Atlas Sound ATP set is provided below. Lots of new stuff, lots of jammage, lots of Bradford gabbin’ and trying to fix his shit on stage. Enjoy.

Also, my boi Nathaniel from IGIF is at All Tomorrows Parties NY right now (bastard) and he’s reporting that B Cox told the crowd later that night during the Deerhunter set that yesterday’s show will be the last for the group “in quite a while.” This might be disconcerting if you don’t consider the fact that “quite a while” in Deerhunter years probably means “a couple of months.” I’m sure attention will turn to Atlas Sound, Lotus Plaza, and whatever other side projects the dudes are instituting in the interim. Fear not (hopefully).

Logos is still set to come out on October 20, which will be a super Tuesday (new Tickley Feather and Do Make Say Think also drop that day), courtesy of muhfuckin’ Kranky. Considering how much free shit Bradford gives you, buy it when it’s out. Seriously, guys.

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Atlas Sound – All Tomorrows Parties, Kutscher’s, Monticello, NY, 9.12.09

From what I’ve heard, All Tomorrows Parties is hands-down the best organized music festival in the country (with certainly the best lineup). And good ol’ ATP will be broadcast again, for the most part, all weekend long on the mighty WFMU. This means, of course, that you can expect the webcasts to be recorded and archived for all your bootlegging needs, which I will happily be sharing here when they become available. Here’s the scoop:

This year’s lineup is co-curated by the Flaming Lips, and WFMU’s simulcasts will happen Saturday Sept. 12 from 6PM-Midnight, Sunday the 13th from 5PM to Midnight, and some other sets Monday the 14th from Noon to 5PM after the fest. We’re still working out assorted artist permissions, but Saturday evening we’ll be airing Panda Bear, Grouper, Black Dice, Antipop Consortium, Atlas Sound, and Akron/Family. Sunday will include Deerhunter, the Melvins, Animal Collective, Boss Hog, Deerhoof, and the Caribou Vibration Ensemble.

I was unable to go this year due to lack of funding (which sucks since I had a fraggin’ photo pass), but I definitely plan on being there next year! Those of you guys that are going, tell me about your experience on Twitaaar.

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WFMU dot org

Hey you, plaid shirt starin’ at your feet! Why are your arms crossed? You’re in the sacred inner circle of Lightning Bolt’s Church of Noizze… you don’t just stand around, wenis! The F is wrong with you? You can get away with that at the Low show, but not in the Church. Anyway, I feel very fortunate to be able to grip a recording of Lightning Bolt’s entire monolithic, late Friday night set via WFMU’s weekend broadcast! And it’s so evil. They brought out my favorite LB jam, “Dead Cowboy,” and I will never be able to sleep soundly again after hearing it.

In a truly unfortunately turn of events, I’ve not yet had the opportunity to witness LB’s decimation first hand, though I have had Gibson’s side project Wizardzz rape my brain. The fact that they can succinctly toggle between tempos like a sampler would is beyond my compositional understanding.

The sound quality of this bootleg is as good as you need it to be. You can hear the stream drop in and out occasionally, probably from rebuffering, but very little audience interference. This bootleg (with more to come) are from a reader/commenter named “woj.” I don’t know who you are, but you are the hero. So to “woj”:

In other news, Brian Gibson and I have the same trousers, as evidence in the picture above, and Brian Chippendale only uses bass strings manufactured by Aleister Crowley’s estate. Treated.

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Lightning Bolt – Live @ ATP, 9.20.08

Awwww, holy fuck buttons. Martin Bulloch, Mogwai’s rhythmic force, was rushed to the hospital shortly after their ATP performance this weekend due to complications from a recent pacemaker surgery. As Mogwai tends to air on the cheeky side of life, the band recently auctioned off Bulloch’s old pacemaker (it has since been removed from eBay). Unfortunately, the new one isn’t working as planned, and was alluded to as the catalyst for Martin’s trip to the hospital. Read more after the jump, or head over to my story at Tiny Mix Tapes.

The official statement from Martin, via Mogwai’s site:

I was taken into hospital last night almost immediately after the show at ATP. I’ve been having some problems with my pacemaker for the duration of the tour and it unfortunately culminated in me being sent to the emergency room. The doctors there initially thought i would have to have corrective surgery at a larger hospital nearer NYC but i have been given the all clear to travel home on the understanding that i go straight to my cardiologist on arrival back in Scotland.

Consequently, Mogwai has had to pack it up and return to Scotland, with all North American dates canceled. The European tour next month is still up in the air. Especially considering Martin and the rest of the band’s warm and jolly nature, I hate to hear news like this, and wish Martin a speedy recovery.

In the meantime, The Hawk is Howling drops tomorrow, and will provide the proper scalp-scalding tide-me-over until Mogwai can return to fuck up a town near you.

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Mogwai – Devil Rides (ft. Roky Erickson)

I wasn’t able to listen this weekend. I regret it. I’m sure there are many more like me. So I ask ye… who out there recorded Lilys, Lightning Bolt, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Alexander Tucker, Om, Bardo “Motherfuckin” Pond, Wooden Shjips, My Bloody Valentine, and/or Growing a la WFMU’s stream this weekend? WFMU did not archive the jams, so the psychedelic community will handsomely reward anyone who steps up with hugs, kisses, and possibly some weeeeed. I found a few, but not many… MP3s that is, not weed.

Stereogum has some Lightning Bolt jams, along with some choice photos (I had no idea Wooden Shjips were, like, old). I found Lilys’ set as well. No MBV bootlegs just yet, but remember that I have lots of MBV goodies, here and here.

I really wanna grip some live BJM though, if anyone’s on that tip. KB [at] thedecibeltolls.com, beeeotch. I will send you a gift bag by way of USPS if you gots the goods.

Speaking of Stereogum, I’ve been pretty impressed by their Outsiders series. They recently did a nice write-up about my friends Hair Police. I know I like to rag on the big guys, but hats off to the ‘gum for attempting to report on music other than Vampire Weekend and the subsequent boners they produce. This week, they feature U.S. Girls, who I’ve been tryin’ to czech out for a while but haven’t sans any good excuse at all.

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Lilys at All Tomorrow’s Parties, 9.21.08
My Bloody Valentine – Noise Interlude (Live)