One of the most anticipated live events of the year happened last night at Le Poisson Rouge in NYC, as Jeff Mangum returned to the stage after a long hiatus (excepting his performance of “Engine” during the Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour of 2008, and occasional cameos during sets by Elf Power, The Olivia Tremor Control, and The Instruments). He performed:
“Oh Comely”
“A Baby for Pree”/”Where You’ll Find Me Now”
“Two Headed Boy Pt. 2″
“In the Aeroplane Over the Sea”
“Engine” (encore)
A very good live review can be found at Radio Exile.
The latest album from The Apples in Stereo, Travellers in Space and Time, is released next Tuesday (April 20th), but you can purchase it at participating retailers on Record Store Day this Saturday, April 17th. Do so, and you’ll receive a free copy of the 12″ Future Vintage: Covers of The Apples in Stereo, featuring Ted Leo, Bad Veins, Throw Me the Statue, The Generationals, Maps and Atlases, and Elf Power. (Check here for a list of all participating stores.) The Travellers in Space and Time tour kicks off this Friday in Lexington…
The Apples in Stereo – Dance Floor
The Apples in Stereo Travellers in Space and Time Tour (with The Generationals and Laminated Cat)
Apr 16 – Cosmic Charlies – Lexington, KY
Apr 17 – 123 Pleasant Street – Morgantown, WV
Apr 18 – Rock and Roll Hotel – Washington DC
Apr 20 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA
Apr 21 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY
Apr 23 – Middle East Underground – Cambridge, MA
Apr 24 – Castaways – Ithaca, NY
Apr 25 – Bug Jar – Rochester, NY
Apr 27 – Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH
Apr 28 – The Pike Room – Pontiac, MD
Apr 30 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
May 1 – Turf Club – St. Paul, MN
May 3 – Turner Hall – Milwaukee, WI
May 4 – Billiken Club – St. Louis, MO
Pitchfork has debuted the new Apples in Stereo video, “Dance Floor,” starring Elijah Wood (natch). Embeddable version please? Oh well, here’s the link so you can view the good times. Travellers in Space in Time hits stores April 20th.
Casper & the Cookies are hitting the road later this month for a tour that will take them from the South all the way to the West Coast and back. All of these dates are with France’s psych quartet Aquaserge!
04/20 – Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn
04/21 – Auburn, AL – The Independent
04/22 – New Orleans, LA – The Circle Bar
04/23 – Hot Springs, AR – Maxines
04/24 – Denton, TX – Rubber Gloves
04/26 – Scottsdale, AZ – The Rouge Bar
04/27 – Los Angeles, CA – Spaceland
04/29 – San Francisco, CA – The Rickshaw Stop
05/02 – Seattle, WA – The Comet Tavern
05/06 – Saint Paul, MN – The Turf Club
05/07 – Des Moines, IA – Vaudeville Mews
05/08 – Chicago, IL – Reggies Music Room
05/09 – Nashville, TN – The Basement
The website for the new Apples in Stereo record, Travellers in Space and Time, has debuted, and it’s named after an Elf Power song: Step Through the Portal. As a precursor to the debut of the album’s first video, “Dance Floor,” Robert Schneider and Elijah Wood have put together this, well, Robert calls it a “local public television science show from an alternate universe.” Enjoy:
If you’re one of the first 250 people to pre-order Travellers in Space and Time from Yep Roc Records, you’ll receive a bonus 12″, Future Vintage, featuring covers of Apples songs by six different bands, including (coincidence?) Elf Power.
Side A:
1. “Ruby” by Ted Leo
2. “Benefits of Lying (w/ Your Friend)” by Bad Veins
3. “The Rainbow” by Throw Me The Statue
Side B:
1. “Ruby” by The Generationals
2. “Same Old Drag” by Maps and Atlases
3. “Strawberryfire” by Elf Power
Courtesy Shout Factory/Majordomo, here’s the new video from Miles Kurosky, “Dog in the Burning Building.” The former Beulah frontman’s debut solo album, The Desert of Shallow Effects, is available now (early!) from the label’s website.
Folks, this sounds like vintage Beulah to me. It’s very, very good.
Dressy Bessy continue to offer a complete video accompaniment to their album HOLLERandSTOMP – here’s their latest, just unveiled, for “Roundabout”. You can watch the other videos here. Attention anyone in the Denver area: they’ll be playing City Hall at 1144 Broadway this Saturday.
A first for today: a post that does not contain the full text of a press release. Thanks very much to the fabulous Vanessa Hay for sending along this link to a new video from Supercluster’s album Waves, out now on Cloud Recordings:
