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Wed, November 20th, 2013

It Is What It Is

Review of Claret Orange'southward Cupid Deluxe

Stacey MarkTo say that following the musical career of Dev Hynes is an hazard is rather an understatement. Starting out with the deliberately sophomoric art-punk Test Icicles, he recast himself as an orch-folk troubadour on Falling Off The Lavender Bridge, his 2008 solo album nether the Lightspeed Champion name. Information technology was an identity he quickly found himself outgrowing, his second and last record in that guise – 2010's Life Is Sweet! Nice To Come across You lot – had its share of loftier points merely felt unfocused, like at a creative crossroads. Focus came with another new identity, Blood Orangish, and 2011's Coastal Grooves – a stripped-down and decidedly solo soul/disco tape that sounded made in and for the sleeping room that was criminally overlooked.

But crucially, while refining and redefining his ain artistic identity, Hynes was becoming a highly sought-afterwards producer, peculiarly after becoming Solange Knowles' co-author, producer, and sideman. That all-consuming role through most of this year, non to mention his other production duties, fabricated it unclear if he'd be able to render to his own work anytime soon but somehow he still found time to non only tape and release his 2d Blood Orange album Cupid Deluxe, out this week.

The most marked difference betwixt Cupid and its predecessor is the sheer number of easily on deck. Littoral Grooves was entirely Hynes' show, a fact emphatically fabricated by his live shows – just Cupid finds Hynes more than than happy to be allowing the likes of Chairlift's Caroline Polachek, Friends' Samantha Urbani, Muddy Projectors' David Longstreth from his indie rock world and Despot, Skepta, and Clams Casino from his hip-hop world take center stage while he remains the producer and songwriter running the evidence. And that prove is akin to a dazzlingly various r&b revue built around themes of both breach and community in New York City, coupling heartfelt sentiment to slick grooves.

Dev Hynes has been making music at present for almost a decade, and what in isolation might seem similar random and disparate creative shifts, when viewed as a whole, paint the picture show of an impressively complex and immensely talented artist. Cupid Palatial is, thus far, the well-nigh cohesive assemblage of his gifts – ironic, since it overtly showcases him the least. I personally would have liked to have his guitarwork given a piffling more prominence – the man can shred, equally anyone who's e'er seen him live can attest – but for the time being, the brilliant missed riff key change at 2:43 of "Uncle ACE" volition keep me going.

Hynes talks influences with The New York Times and is the cover feature of The Fader, for whom he's also assembled hour-long mixtape containing new material. But if you're waiting on tour dates to support the new record, don't agree your breath.

Video: Blood Orangish – "Time Volition Tell"
Video: Claret Orangish – "Chamakay"

Noisey has premiered the video for the title track of Rose Elinor Dougall'south new EP Future Vanishes, out officially this week.

Video: Rose Elinor Dougall – "Time to come"

NME has got the new video from Beady Eye, taken from their second album BE which is manifestly getting a North American release this calendar week because North Americans have been clamouring for information technology…?

Video: Beady Eye – "Soul Beloved"

Rolling Stone is streaming another new song from Kele's forthcoming Heartbreaker solo EP, out Nov 25.

Stream: Kele – "God Has A Way"

The Guardian and Drowned In Sound talk to Welsh singer-songwriter Cate Le Bon; she's in town at The Drake Hush-hush on Jan 21.

NME has details on the new album from Maxïmo Park, entitled Besides Much Information and due out February iii. They've released a video for the beginning unmarried, which you can also download in exchange for an email address from their website.

Video: Maxïmo Park – "Brain Cells"

Fanfarlo have announced details of their third studio album: Let'southward Go Extinct will be out February 10, and of course there's a trailer.

Trailer: Fanfarlo / Let's Go Extinct

The Guardian talks to Lily Allen about her impending return to music with a carve up piece almost the brouhaha surrounding her comeback video.

Anna Calvi lists off ten life-irresolute albums for MusicRadar.

Metro has an interview with M.I.A., who has released a new video from her latest, Matangi.

Video: Grand.I.A. – "Y.A.Fifty.A."

Consequence Of Sound interviews Charli XCX.

Little Boots has made a couple of extended edits of songs from Nocturnes available to download via HungerTV.

MP3: Little Boots – "Broken Record" (Nocturnal version)
MP3: Petty Boots – "Strangers" (Nocturnal version)

Franz Ferdinand salute Australia with a cover of The Become-Betweens in a video session for Triple J. They've besides released a new official video from Right Thoughts, Correct Words, Correct Action.

Video: Franz Ferdinand – "Bullet"
Video: Franz Ferdinand – "Was There Anything I Could Practice?" (live)

Black Book interviews CHVRCHES and The Alternate Side welcomes them for a session.

Drowned In Sound gets a look at Summer Army camp'due south tools of the trade (read: their musical gear).

The Huffington Post gets some EDM smack talk of out reigning Mercury Prize champ James Blake.

A Music Weblog, Yea? talks to drummer Rick McMurray of Ash.

BrooklynVegan interviews Johnny Marr.

The Quietus revisits the first Firm Of Love album on the occasion of its 25th anniversary.

Under The Radar talks to Mark Gardener and Andy Bell of Ride most the enduring legacy of their debut album Nowhere.

Th, November 14th, 2013

One Breath

Anna Calvi and Gems at The Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn

Frank YangI didn't get to New York this past weekend expressly to run across Anna Calvi; although she was only playing a handful of North American dates following the release of her second album One Breath last calendar month, I had no doubt she'd be dorsum for a full and proper tour before too long and air travel wouldn't exist necessary to run across her play. I was planning to go to New York anyways, however, and did I schedule said trip to intersect with her show at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg? Maaaaaybe.

Opening up were Washington DC's Gems, a co-ed duo who play soulful, electro-pop that's getting a moderate amount of buzz in the aforementioned way that many other co-ed duos who play soulful, electro-popular are. Which is not to say they weren't alright, but y'all couldn't assistance feel like they were just one of the contestants in the Hunger Games of co-ed duos who play soulful electro-popular and whether they'd come out on elevation or be an also-ran wasn't clear. Working in their favour was a audio and evidence that was well-polished and songs that were solidly-crafted if not outstanding on one listen, and against them were the fact that, well, blending smoky vocals, echoey guitar lines, and canned beats danceable enough for the band to groove and the audience to sway isn't especially fresh. But even so, I requite them pretty skilful odds. Their debut EP Medusa came out this calendar week.

Equally they were setting up the phase for Anna Calvi'south gear up, I thought that someone had accidentally her mic stand out of position. With the blast set low and most perpendicular to the stand, surely it was far too low for Calvi to sing into. What I had forgotten – or perhaps didn't notice when I finally saw her live last in December 2011 – is that Calvi is absolutely tiny in stature, even in stilettos, and her Telecaster – hardly the largest electric guitar out there – looked gigantic on her. Just all presumptions of petiteness were rendered irrelevant from the moment she struck said guitar, and opened her rima oris to said mic.

Opening with "Suzanne & I" off her 2011 cocky-titled debut – ane of my favourites of the year and still in steady rotation – Calvi's preternatural guitar and vocal abilities were well on brandish; the former viscerally virtuostic, the latter enormously emotive, and both massive is scale. Her band was expanded to include a keyboardist alongside her long-term multi-instrumentalist Mally Harpaz besides as new drummer, replacing the but-departed Daniel Maiden-Wood, only functioned like a well-oiled car in supporting Calvi and assuasive her to do her thing.

With the forepart one-half of the show dominated on the relatively more subdued and atmospheric One Breath, the emphasis was more on Calvi's phonation, as powerful every bit her operatic preparation would allow simply also soft and seductive when called to exist, even when she was more focused on tuning her guitar than send shivers downwardly the audience's collective backs, shivers ensued. The guitar chops were used judiciously – though always for killing blows – but by the time they reached "I'll Be Your Man", the Tele-triggered sonic explosions were becoming more frequent and intense and when she pulled out a Gretsch Sparkle Jet for "Carry Me Over", feedback and Bigsby corruption were added to her arsenal of assail. Accordingly, the fix hit its crescendo with "Want" and was sustained with Calvi in full guitar hero style through master set closer, "Honey Won't Exist Leaving". After that scenic showing, expecting an encore seemed unreasonable but she was coaxed out for the the smouldering "Drain Into Me" and then her customary closer, a cover of Edith Piaf's "Jezebel", before leaving for good.

Then no, I didn't wing to another country just to see Anna Calvi play, only I certainly would take. And I still have her eventual Toronto prove next yr to wait forrad to.

Due west, The Vine, and The Independent have features on Anna Calvi. And if any geeks out there wanted a await at her pedalboard, I got a shot (it's all see a Vox AC30).

Photos: Anna Calvi, Gems @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg – November 11, 2013
MP3: Anna Calvi – "The Wall"
MP3: Anna Calvi – "Blackout"
MP3: Anna Calvi – "Jezebel"
Video: Anna Calvi – "Wolf Like Me"
Video: Anna Calvi – "Suzanne & I"
Video: Anna Calvi – "Coma"
Video: Anna Calvi – "Want"
Video: Gems – "Pegasus"

Cate Le Bon has marked this week'southward release of her new album Mug Museum with a new video; she plays The Drake Cloak-and-dagger on January 21 and tells The Independent what fantasy ring she wishes could be backing her up at that gig.

Video: Cate Le Bon – "Are You With Me Now?"

AllMusic is streaming the whole of Stornoway's new EP Y'all Don't Know Annihilation, which came out this week. A new album should follow in 2014.

Stream: Stornoway / You Don't Know Anything

Rose Elinor Dougall's new EP Future Vanishes is out next calendar week, but you tin can stream the title rails from it now.

Stream: Rose Elinor Dougall – "Future Vanishes"

Dazed has an interview with Dev Hynes of Claret Orange besides equally a whole bunch of pieces with his collaborators on Cupid Deluxe, which is out in physical form side by side Tuesday; a new video from it has simply been released.

Video: Blood Orange – "Time Will Tell"

Under The Radar talks to London psych-rockers Temples, coming to boondocks for a show at The Horseshoe on November 20; their debut album comes out next year.

Paste talks to director Shane Meadows about his Stone Roses medico Made Of Rock, premiering at The Bloor Cinema on November 22.

Exclaim reports that Kele Okereke is using the Bloc Political party hiatus to return to existence Kele; and will release the Heartbreaker EP on November 25; yous can stream the title track now.

Stream: Kele – "Heartbreaker"

Yuck have rolled out a new video from their new tape Glow & Behold. They're at at The Garrison on January 17.

Video: Yuck – "Lose My Jiff"

As expected, Johnny Flynn has added a Toronto appointment to his already-announced bout in support of new album State Mile; he'll be at Lee'southward Palace on January 22, tickets $thirteen.

Video: Johnny Flynn – "Gypsy Hymn"

Done teasing with apps and constellations, Metronomy take announced a March 10 release engagement for their new album Honey Letters. Details at Pitchfork, streamable first unmarried below.

Stream: Metronomy – "I'm Aquarius"

Guy Garvey discusses the new Elbow anthology Carry Her Behave Me, out March 10, with NME.

Manic Street Preachers have confirmed their new album, a plugged-in companion of sorts to this year's Rewind The Motion-picture show, to NME. It's chosen Futurology and will probably be out around the time of their just-announced UK bout dates, which is to say late March/early on April.

The Line Of Best Fit has an interview with Fanfarlo. Their new full-length is out adjacent twelvemonth.

Lily Allen has kicked off her render to music with a new video that is as controversial as she'd probably intended, though maybe not in the fashion she'd like.

Video: Lily Allen – "Hard Out Here"

Spin interviews M.I.A..

David Bowie has released another video for the James Tater remix of "Honey Is Lost" off The Next Twenty-four hours Actress via Vice, and Pitchfork the Louis Vuitton short pic that he stars in considering he is David Bowie and he does things like star in short films for Louis Vuitton.

Video: David Bowie – "Love Is Lost" (Hello Steve Reich remix video two)

Under The Radar talks to Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys.

MTV Hive has an interview with Los Campesinos!.

The Alternating Side welcomes London Grammar for an interview and session.

Franz Ferdinand talks to Tone Deaf and plays a video session for Triple M.

The Guardian declares Suede's reunion as a reunion done correct.

And speaking of reunions (which won't happen), Ride have made their YouTube channel worth a visit with a complete stream of their digitally-reissued Waves compilation of BBC sessions, including three tracks not on the CD result, and the full professionally-shot video of the 1992 Brixton Academy evidence which was included as a bonus disc to the 20th anniversary reissue of Going Blank Again final twelvemonth.

Stream: Ride / Waves
Video: Ride – Leave Them All Behind (live at Brixton Academy 27/03/1992)

Monday, Oct 28th, 2013

Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action

Franz Ferdinand, Frankie Rose, and Coincidental Sex at The Kool Haus in Toronto

Frank YangIn a way, I feel deplorable for Franz Ferdinand. Almost without neglect, general reaction to every album they've released since their 2004 self-titled debut has been, "yeah it's alright only it'due south not equally adept as their beginning i" – which may exist true, just simply past degrees. The Scottish quartet should really be commended for pulling off the difficult trick of maintaining their core recipe of rock guitar riffs, post-punk spikiness, new moving ridge danciness, and art school archness without overtly repeating themselves from 1 record to the next. So the "render to form" talking point that accompanied their fourth album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Correct Action, released at the cease of Summer, was amusing because to my ears they'd never lost their form. Correct Thoughts was a bit rawer and peppier than 2009'southward This night, sure, but over again – degrees.

The important matter is that it'south some other strong record and gave the band a reason to come dorsum to Toronto with Thursday night'southward show at The Kool Haus being both the last dark of the N American tour and their first local appearance since 5 Fest in 2009, having declined to make the trip last Summer fifty-fifty though they were simply a few hours away in Montreal playing Osheaga. And for me, information technology'd exist my starting time time seeing them indoors in a club – albeit large club – setting since they made their local debut nearly a decade ago at The Horseshoe in February 2004. Yes, I'g old. What of it.

Y'all could be forgiven for expecting the worst of opening human activity Casual Sex, what with a moniker that you would just look to find on university coffee house flyers billed alongside other such clever names as Free Beer and Hot Chicks. Just to dismiss them for that would have been a mistake, as the Glaswegian quartet was quite impressive. Led by confident and cheeky frontman Sam Smith, their stabby/dancey/scratchy art-rock sounds sharing roots with the headliners simply evolving without whatever of the loonshit aspirations and for that, was interesting without beingness inaccessible.

I've oftentimes heard 4AD and/or shoegaze descriptors applied to the works of Brooklyn'south Frankie Rose, simply those comparisons have e'er struck me as being a bit surface – after all, stepping on a chorus pedal doesn't brand you the Cocteau Twins. But mayhap compared to the Vivian Girls/Dum Dum Girls/Crystal Stilts garage-rock CV that Rose boasted before striking out on her own, both 2012's Interstellar and this year's Herein Wild seemed like ornately-produced space-rock epics. What's primal is that both of those records were filled with shimmery, '80s-friendly guitar popular that showcased Rose'due south lovely vocals and gift for melody. On phase, the presentation was a bit too laid back to fifty-fifty endeavor to steal the show, still sounded great with extra respect going to pb guitarist Drew Citron, who managed to recreate the bulk of the textures of the album, leaving Rose to concentrate on singing.

While at that place may be debate among fans about the relative merits of each of the Franz albums – salvage the debut, which is pretty much accepted as the gold standard – there's little contention that Franz live are about every bit certain a thing as you can get. Unlike The Strokes or Interpol, whom they were originally framed equally the British respond for when they first emerged, any internal Franz drama has been kept behind airtight doors and it never seems like they're e'er having anything but the all-time time, which is what they bring to the stage. With said stage decked out in strobes, smoke machines, and custom "Right Thoughts", "Correct Words", and "Correct Activeness" amp housings, Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy – proudly sporting a Canadian tuxedo for the occasion – accept charisma to spare and channel information technology through kicks, jumps, and stage moves a-plenty, to say nothing of the always-charming banter. The room may not have been sold out, but the enthusiasm was equivalent to equally if information technology had been double-booked.

And oh yep, the songs. The set listing was suitably Right Thought-heavy, and while they may have left out my favourites "Strawberries" and "The Universe Expanded", it's a testament to the solidity of the album that the energy didn't dip at all throughout. But being a band that'south mastered the art of giving the fans what they desire, the residual of the selections were exactly what yous'd expect/demand, with a trio of singles from each of Tonight and Y'all Could Accept It Then Much Meliorate and the debut providing the big moments. It's impressive that after a decade, those songs all the same feel fresh and energized and watching the crowd bounce upwardly and down in fourth dimension with the breakup of "Take Me Out" is still great fun. There may well be a segment of Franz Ferdinand fans who wish for more than deep cuts, more creative left turns, but they're not existence heard – probably because of all the auspicious from everyone else.

Exclaim besides has a review of the show, while JAM and Rolling Stone have interviews with Franz Ferdinand.

Photos: Franz Ferdinand, Frankie Rose, Coincidental Sexual practice @ The Kool Haus – Oct 24, 2013
Video: Franz Ferdinand – "Evil Centre"
Video: Franz Ferdinand – "Love Illumination"
Video: Franz Ferdinand – "Right Action"
Video: Franz Ferdinand – "Can't Stop Feeling"
Video: Franz Ferdinand – "No You Girls"
Video: Franz Ferdinand – "Ulysses"
Video: Franz Ferdinand – "Eleanor Put Your Boots On"
Video: Franz Ferdinand – "Jeremy Fraser"
Video: Franz Ferdinand – "Vino In The Afternoon"
Video: Franz Ferdinand – "50. Wells"
Video: Franz Ferdinand – "Fallen"
Video: Franz Ferdinand – "Walk Away"
Video: Franz Ferdinand – "Do You Desire To"
Video: Franz Ferdinand – "This Fire"
Video: Franz Ferdinand – "Michael"
Video: Franz Ferdinand – "The Dark Of The Matinee"
Video: Franz Ferdinand – "Take Me Out"
Video: Franz Ferdinand – "Darts Of Pleasance"
Video: Frankie Rose – "Know Me"
Video: Frankie Rose – "Night Swim"
Video: Frankie Rose – "Gospel/Grace"
Video: Casual Sexual practice – "Nothing On Earth"
Video: Coincidental Sex – "Stroh fourscore"
MP3: Frankie Rose – "Know Me"
MP3: Frankie Rose – "Thee Just One"

Los Campesinos! are streaming their new record No Dejection over at Pitchfork alee of its release tomorrow, at which signal it'll probably be taken down.

Stream: Los Campesinos! / No Blues

Las Vegas Weekly has an interview with Charli XCX, in boondocks at Wrongbar on November 9.

The Guardian profiles Arctic Monkeys, who take released a new video from AM.

Video: Arctic Monkeys – "I For The Road"

The Guardian talks to Bernard Butler about the conclusion to get dorsum in a band with Trans.

Clash offers their complete guide to Suede while The Fly, The Telegraph, and Burton Mail have chats with Brett Anderson.

Interview talks to the 3 principals of Black Hearted Brother.

However Corners accept made a random b-side available to stream.

Stream: Notwithstanding Corners – "We Have The Futurity On Tape"

Nether The Radar has an interview with Laura Marling

CBC Music talks to Travis.

Exclaim reports that Stuart Murdoch's God Aid The Girl film has been completed and will be premiering in early 2014 on the festival circuit and should get some kind of limited release in the Summer earlier arriving on DVD in the Fall.

Disharmonism talks to Bob Stanley of Saint Etienne about his new volume Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story Of Modern Pop.

And a farewell to Lou Reed, who passed abroad yesterday at the age of 71. Tributes abound, many worth reading, but Sasha Frere-Jones' piece at The New Yorker, Robert Christgau'southward at Spin, and Michael Barclay's at Radio Gratis Canuckistan are good places to get-go.

Tuesday, Oct 22nd, 2013

Time In The Automobile

Review of Black Hearted Brother's Stars Are Our Dwelling

Sabine ScheckelWith all due respect to Mark Van Hoen and Nick Holton and their works with Seefeel and Holton'due south Opulant Oog, respectively, it's entirely reasonable to talk over Stars Are Our Habitation, the debut album from England's Black Hearted Brother, about entirely in terms of Neil Halstead. Considering not simply is it Halstead's piece of work in Slowdive, Mojave 3, and as a solo artist that's going to sell this record, information technology's his past piece of work which offers the strongest reference points. And yet what fans of the aforementioned will leave of this record depends entirely on the expectations they come up into it with, for despite a render to electrical instruments, a ring context, and the unapologetically cosmic allusions of the record, Stars occupies an orbit all its ain that promises no return to Souvlaki Space Station.

In fact, for all the echoes of Halstead'southward past work that inhabit Stars, there's footling that's reminiscent of Slowdive at their most beloved. The downbeat "Take Heart" comes closest to recreating a Souvlaki-esque sigh, just for the most part guitars have more psych and bite than swell and flower, and the electronics at play exit little of the space that defined Pygmalion. The songwriting at its all-time captures the brighter, poppier side of Mojave 3 likewise every bit the laid-dorsum melodicism of solo Halstead – both "This Is How it Feels" and "UFO" combine these marvellously – and even when it's non quite as refined – some of it feels jammier than you'd have ever plant on a M3 or Slowdive tape – the palpable enjoyment these long-time mates become out of playing together nonetheless carries information technology through.

As I mentioned the last time he came through town, Halstead's gift for musical reinvention while remaining wholly himself is quite remarkable, and with Black Hearted Brother – who utilise their ain past every bit influences, just still create something all-new – this continues.

Stars Are Our Home is out today, and MusicOmh gets a rails-past-track walkthrough of the album from the band. Meanwhile, Exclaim! has an extensive interview with Halstead almost non simply Blackness Hearted Brother, merely the plausibility of a Slowdive reunion (the door he opened last yr remains reluctantly wide open) and the upcoming solo gigs at which Rachel Goswell will guest on vocals for a planned live record.

And further to the Halstead singularity in which we now find ourselves, a limited-edition 7″ featuring solo versions of "Alison" and "Yer Feet" will be made available for auction online this Friday, providing they don't sell out at the London gigs. Which they really should.

Update: Likewise fun – the band take put out an introduction video for those not familiar with the principals.

MP3: Black Hearted Brother – "This Is How Information technology Feels"
Video: Black Hearted Brother – "This Is How It Feels"

The Boston Herald, Boston Globe, and Metro profile Franz Ferdinand, coming to town for a show at The Kool Haus on Oct 24.

The 405 talks to Los Campesinos! near their new record No Blues, coming out next wek on Oct 29.

With the November five release of her new album Matangi a couple weeks away, Pitchfork, The Fader, and The Guardian all want to talk to M.I.A..

Disharmonism has a stream of another new melody from Rose Elinor Dougall, who will release the Future Vanishes EP on November 18.

Stream: Rose Elinor Dougall – "Poison Ivy"

Toy accept released a video for the championship track of their new record Join The Dots, coming out December 9.

Video: Toy – "Bring together The Dots"

Slate The Disco and Leeds Music Scene talk to Lanterns On The Lake about their new anthology Until The Colours Run, which gets a Northward American release on January 14.

Thom Yorke's Atoms For Peace has rolled out some other video from AMOK and a making-of video for said video, viewable at Pitchfork.

Video: Atoms For Peace – "Before Your Very Eyes"

When Scottish rockers Idlewild announced a hiatus following 2010's Post-Electric Blues, it certainly seemed like the permanent sort but this photo posted yesterday to their Facebook implies that they're feeling it again, which is good news. Or they're but messing around with the emotions of their Facebook page fans.

Guitar World talks to Noah & The Whale guitarist Tom Hobden about his world of guitars.

The Line Of Best Fit reports that Manic Street Preachers have unearthed some new Holy Bible-era material – not music, just archival fabric – and may include it in a 20th anniversary release.

Editors accept a new video from The Weight Of Your Dearest.

Video: Editors – "Honesty"

The Fly chats with Yuck ii.0.

David Gedge of The Wedding Nowadays discusses the render to Hit Parade with The Glasgow Evening Times and lists off the soundtrack of his life for Loftier l

NPR welcomes Daughter for a Tiny Desk Concert, while The Listing and Refinery 29 have interviews with frontwoman Elena Tonra.

Arctic Monkeys describe to Rolling Stone how they went reinvented themselves from being a chart-topping rock ring to a chart-topping rock ring.

And since this is where my head has been at lately, know that the 1993 Suede live concert film Love and Poison is available to sentinel in its entirety on YouTube; the VHS-transfered visuals aren't amazing only the soundtrack is quite acceptable.

Video: Suede / Beloved And Pain

Midweek, September 11th, 2013

New You

My Bloody Valentine decide your eardrums have had enough fourth dimension to heal, thanks very much

FacebookWhile I as much as anyone capeesh that there remains an impulse to answer to news of My Bloody Valentine doing anything with an "oh my god!", the fact is that circa late 2013, the shoegazing gods have successfully transitioned from myth back into a real, active band – albeit 1 that moves at their ain leisurely pace – and are going to practise things like release new tape and tour.

Okay, that the former happened – you'll call up the semi-sneak release of twenty years-in-the-making mbv dorsum in February – is still remarkable, but this week'south announcement of east coast dates shouldn't really take come as a surprise. This year has already seen the band hit Asia, Australia, Europe, and the w declension of N America – if they skipped the east altogether, that would have been a surprise. And and then it is that they'll exist dorsum in Toronto on Nov v – tickets $45 in advance – at the Kool Haus where they first made their local comeback appearance in September 2008. That show, if yous'll recall, had originally been slated for the 6000+ capacity Ricoh Coliseum earlier the reality of their fable-to-actual fanbase ratio hit home and they downsized the venue appropriately.

What's interesting about recent shows compared to that one is that the set lists from this twelvemonth are nearly identical in composition and club to 2008, save for the insertion of four new songs and the excision of i rarity ("Slow"). Which means that this testify volition be at least 15 minutes longer than the concluding one, unless they trim the "holocaust" portion of "You Made Me Realise" which carved our brains similar a sonic glacier for 24 minutes last time… I'm guessing they won't.

Stream: My Bloody Valentine / mbv

Some other one for the, "it'south happening, actually" file – Mazzy Star making adept on their promise to tour behind Seasons Of Your 24-hour interval, their showtime tape in 17 years, after it comes out September 24. Pitchfork has the complete itinerary for the Californian dream-pop duo of Promise Sandoval and David Roback, which stops in at the Danforth Music Hall on November 16 – tickets for that range from $32.50 to $47.fifty.

Stream: Mazzy Star – "California"

Soldiering on post-obit the sudden passing of bassist Chris Friedrich terminal month, Boston post-rockers Caspian are teaming upwards with English spiritual and stylistic cousins 65daysofstatic for a Autumn tour that hits Lee'southward Palace on November 7, tickets $xv.50. Caspian'southward last anthology was 2012's Waking Season, while 65daysofstatic's new record Wild Light will be out Oct 29 – they talk to The Skinny about information technology.

MP3: 65daysofstatic – "Prisms"
Stream: Caspian / Waking Season

San Francisco psych-rockers Wooden Shjips will release a new album in Back to State on Nov 12, about midway through their North American tour in support of information technology. They're at The Horseshoe on Nov 10, tickets $15.l, and Spin has anthology and bout details.

MP3: Wooden Shjips – "Lazy Bones"

Australian electro-rock outfit Cut Copy take been teasing their new tape Free Your Mind with billboards set in a half dozen locales effectually the world, but take now appear they'll bring their new songs to their fans rather the other mode round via a world tour. Free Your Heed is out November 5 – you lot can stream the title track below – and they're at The Danforth Music Hall on November 15, tickets $30 to $40 in advance.

Stream: Cut Re-create – "Free Your Listen"

London-bred, Vienna-based, 4AD-signed electro-soul producer/creative person SOHN will exist making his Toronto debut at The Drake Undercover on Nov 23, tickets $12. There's no word of his debut album yet but presumably he'll accept more to perform than a forty-infinitesimal remix of his single.

Video: SOHN – "Bloodflows"

NME has an accelerate stream of Motto, the forthcoming tape from Sky Larkin, out as of Monday September 16.

Stream: Sky Larkin / Motto

Greek don't-call-them-chillwave duo Go along Shelly In Athens have given their total-length debut At Home an advance stream at Pitchfork before it comes out September 17. They play Wrongbar on Oct fifteen.

Stream: Keep Shelly In Athens / At Habitation

Interview talks to Spaniards Delorean, who bring their only-released new album Apar to The Horseshoe on October 17.

Anna Calvi is streaming another new song from her forthcoming I Breath, out Oct 7.

Stream: Anna Calvi – "Sing To Me"

Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand runs downwardly the music that soundtracked his life for Pitchfork, and he tells The AV Club why "Kumbaya" is not on that list. They play The Kool Haus on October 24.

At that place's non much in the fashion of information, only this teaser trailer says that Nina Persson will be releasing her first solo record – not a Cardigans or A Camp record – in January of next year. Which is, of grade, exciting.

DIY interviews Summertime Military camp.

Under The Radar has an interview with Sigur Rós.

Le Blogotheque has posted their three-headed Accept Abroad Prove with Phoenix, recorded all over Paris.

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