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Puscifer tour dates – Nov & Dec 2011
Update 10/3, 10/6 & 10/15 with updated venues and ticket information.
Puscifer tour dates leaked early at the end of this promo video (were supposed to be out tomorrow)…
Puscifer is Maynard James Keenan (Tool/A Perfect Circle), Mat Mitchell, Josh Eustis, Carina Round, Matt McJunkins and Jeff Friedl. Carina Round is the opener. More dates to be announced soon as well. I hope Portland is on there, otherwise I may make the trekka up to Seattle. Venues to be announced tomorrow…
10/31 – David Letterman- 11/7 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
- 11/9 Salt Lake City, UT Capitol Theatre
- 11/10 Denver, CO Paramount Theatre
- 11/12 St. Louis, MO Peabody Opera House
- 11/14 Minneapolis, MN State Theatre
- 11/15 Chicago, IL Cadillac Palace Theatre
- 11/17 Cleveland, OH Lakewood Civic Auditorium
- 11/18 Toronto, ON Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
- 11/19 Detroit, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre
- 11/22 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
- 11/23 Philadelphia, PA Tower Theatre
- 11/25 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Academy of Music
- 11/26 Washington, DC Lisner Auditorium
- 11/27 Charlotte, NC Ovens Auditorium
- 11/29 Knoxville, TN Tennessee Theatre
- 11/30 Atlanta, GA Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center
- 12/2 Tulsa, OK Brady Theatre
- 12/6 Los Angeles, CA Orpheum Theatre
- 12/9 Phoenix, AZ Ikeda Theater
- 12/10 Las Vegas, NV The Pearl
Additional dates to be announced shortly.
Tickets for all shows go on-sale Friday, Oct. 7 at 12 noon local time via venue box offices, as well as Ticketmaster and Live Nation websites. A limited number of VIP packages, featuring wine tastings and a more mysterious Puscifer encounter, will be available simultaneously via http://puscifer.frontgatetickets.com.
The album, Conditions of My Parole, comes out October 18th. You can add the mp3 download and CD version to your wishlist and pre-order the vinyl version now on Amazon.
~Dan – np: Toad the Wet Sprocket – Bread and Circus
REVIEW: David Bazan @ House Show (Eugene, OR – 9/29/11)
Wave 2 of the David Bazan 2011 Living Room tour… I missed the last swipe through in Corvallis, but was destined to see him in my home town again. It was held at the same house from 2009 (that review here). Thank you so much to the super great hosts!
No opener this time. David kicked into it just after 8pm with the lead off track to his new album, Strange Negotiations. It’s a great record, and rumor has it that he’s working on a new one already – but there was no mention of that last night…
Setlist: ~80 mins
- Wolves at the Door
- Cold Beer and Cigarettes
- June 18, 1976 (Pedro the Lion)
- Hard to Be
- Q&A 1
- Foregone Conclusions (Pedro the Lion)
- Shit Talker (Headphones)
- Virginia
- Q&A 2 on old blues guitarists
- Fewer Broken Pieces
- Slow and Steady Wins the Race (Pedro the Lion)
- Q&A 3
- Transcontinental (Pedro the Lion)
- Q&A 4
- Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box (Radiohead cover for Elliott Smith)
- Won’t Let Go
- Curse Your Branches
- Q&A 5
- Strange Negotiations
- No Encore
David’s playing Sam Bond’s Garage in about 2 1/2 months with a full band (Dec 14th for those wanting to know); so Eugene will be lucky to see his beardy face grace our presence once again.
The Appropriate Linkage:
- David Bazan’s Site
- David Bazan’s Social Media Links (see below)
- My Other Related Reviews~
- The Indigo (Eugene, OR – Dec 2007)
- House Show (Eugene, OR – Jul 2009)
- Mississippi Studios (Portland, OR – Nov 2009)
- Sam Bond’s Garage (Eugene, OR – Mar 2010)
Check out the now-almost-all-done tour dates below. Woodinville, Washington tonight – then he’s back to his own bed until the band tour hits in the late Fall…
Next show for me… Melt Banana at WOW Hall on 10/1.
~Dan – np: Frank Zappa – Feeding The Monkies At Ma Maison
Bazan’s 2nd wave of Living Room Tour Dates 2011
Mon 9/5 – Bozeman, MT
Tues 9/6 – Salt Lake City, UT
Wed 9/7 – Fort Collins, CO
Thurs 9/8 – Topeka, KS
Fri 9/9 – Winona, MN
Sat 9/10 – Wheaton, IL
Sun 9/11 – Champaign, IL
Mon 9/12 – Lexington, KY
Tues 9/13 – Scott Depot, WV
Wed 9/14 – Wilmington, OH
Thurs 9/15 – Cleveland, OH
Fri 9/16 – Rochester, NY
Sat 9/17 – Wilkes-Barre, PA
Sun 9/18 – Williamstown, NJ
Mon 9/19 – Oakton, VA
Tues 9/20 – Charlottesville, VA
Wed 9/21 – Simpsonville, SC
Thurs 9/22 – Birmingham, AL
Fri 9/23 – Shreveport, LA
Sat 9/24 – Tulsa, OK
Mon 9/26 – Payson, AZ
Tues 9/27 – Aliso Viejo, CA
Wed 9/28 – Santa Rosa, CA
Thurs 9/29 – Eugene, OR
Fri 9/30 – Woodinville, WA
björk “moon” (video)
Björk is being more and more assimilated into her Biophilia App… with the “Moon” video, directed by björk, inez and vinoodh, m/m paris and james merry:
The full-length album, Biophilia, comes out October 11th. It’s available for pre-order now.
~Dan – np: Chromeo – Business Casual
Peter Mulvey & David Goodrich – Nine Days Wonder (2011)
Peter Mulvey and David “Goody” Goodrich are pleased to announce the release of their first ever instrumental duets record. NINE DAYS WONDER (released on Signature Sounds) captures a moment in the decades-long musical dialogue between these two artists. Over the years, their relationship as co-writers, accompanists, and performers has centered on presence, spontaneity, and good humor, and all those are on ample display here.
Eight original tunes, two traditional bits of Americana, two Hoagy Carmichael classics, and a Tom Waits tune. NINE DAYS WONDER is available for purchase at shows and online through Peter’s website.
~Dan – np: Secret Chiefs 3 – Radar/Saptarshi 7″ vinyl
My Brightest Diamond – Be Brave single/video & Tour
My Brightest Diamond’s new album, All Things Will Unwind, is now available for pre-order on Asthmatic Kitty (CD / LP) or Amazon (CD / LP). It drops October 18th in the U.S. The lead-off single, “Be Brave,” is out on iTunes with two remixes. The part in-studio, part Shara being trippy in masks video is below…
Directed by longtime MBD collaborator Murat Eyuboglu, the video captures the studio recording of the song with a bit of performance from frontwoman Shara Worden and dancer Jessica Dessner. Emilliner created the facsinators, Lake Simons made the mask, and Noelle Marinelli did makeup. Our good friend DM Stith provides background vocals. Read more info about the song here.
She also has a few tour dates pulled together for the fall (not necessarily a complete listing thus far):
- 24-Sep-11 –Carlsbad Music Festival -Carlsbad, CA
- 14-Oct-11 –Littlefield -Brooklyn
- 19-Oct-11 –Fitzgerald’s -Houston, TX
- 05-Nov-11 –St. Mark’s Cathedral -Seattle, WA
- 06-Nov-11 –Mississippi Studios -Portland, OR
- 17-Nov-11 –St. Giles-in-the-Fields-London
- 21-Nov-11 –Circolo degli Artisti-Rome
- 22-Nov-11 –Teatro Martinitt-Milan
- 23-Nov-11 –Papiersaal-Zurich
- 24-Nov-11 –Club ADS-Berlin
- 26-Nov-11 –Gebaude 9-Köln
- 27-Nov-11 –Le Guess Who? Festival-Utrecht
- 28-Nov-11 –Stuk-Leuven
- 29-Nov-11 –Café de la Danse-Paris
~Dan – np: Buckethead – Captian Eo’s Voyage
Mike Patton – The Solitude of Prime Numbers [Nov 2011]
Update 10/17: the CD is now available to order.
FAITH NO MORE singer Mike Patton, moved by the Paolo Giordano novel The Solitude Of Prime Numbers and having contributed music to the movie of the same name, has created a 16-track release that boasts some of the most contemplative and stirring music of his multi-faceted career with Patton describing the release as a personal “sonic departure.” The album, titled “Music From The Film And Inspired By The Book The Solitude Of Prime Numbers (La Solitudine Dei Numeri Primi)”, has been set for a November 1 release via Ipecac Recordings.
Where Patton’s projects (FANTÔMAS, MONDO CANE, TOMAHAWK) often thrive on abrupt transitions and multi-layered instrumentation, “The Solitude Of Prime Numbers” collection boasts a cinematic feel that allows instruments an individual voice, emphasizes isolated notes and subtly transitions from piece to piece, acutely capturing the introspective and reflective feel of the novel. The album’s intricate packaging further conveys this dramatic and minimalistic approach, with a multi-panel digipak featuring a leaf cut out, embossed with a locking mechanism.
“The Solitude Of Prime Numbers” was released in 2008 and quickly became a national sensation in Italy where it sold over one million copies before it was translated into thirty languages worldwide. The novel tells the story of two individuals, Mattia and Alice, whose lives parallel each other in uncanny ways, like twin primes: both lonely but close to each other, separated by an even number. In 2010, a movie based upon the book, starring Isabella Rossellini and directed by Saverio Costanzo (“Private”, “In Memory Of Myself”) was released.
“Music From The Film And Inspired By The Book The Solitude Of Prime Numbers (La Solitudine Dei Numeri Primi)” features a unique arrangement with each track sequentially numbered with the first 16 prime numbers:
Tracklist
02. Twin Primes
03. Identity Matrix
05. Method of Infinite Descent
07. Contrapositive
11. Cicatrix
13. Abscissa
17. Isolated Primes
19. Radius of Convergence
23. Separatrix
29. The Snow Angel
31. Apnoea
37. Supersingular Primes
41. Quadratix
43. Calculus of Finite Differences
47. Zeroth
53. Weight of Consequences
~Dan – np: Tori Amos – Night of Hunters
Sigur Rós – Klippa [video]
New video from Icelandic post-rocker Sigur Rós for the song “Klippa“…
Gorgeous yet odd, and based on the link on the vimeo site, somehow related to their upcoming Inni DVD release.
~Dan – np: Regina Spektor – Soviet Kitsch
Dave Douglas & So Percussion – Bad Mango [new jazz]
New “Greenleaf Portable Series” release from Dave Douglas & So Percussion… GPS Vol 3: Bad Mango:
The digital album comes out October 11th, 2011, on Greenleaf Music on mp3/FLAC.
~Dan – np: Tesla – Five Man Acoustical Jam
Puscifer “Man Overboard” [video]
The first single from Puscifer’s second album Conditions of My Parole now has a video. Get your Maynard James Keenan fix with the”Man Overboard” is directed by Meats Meier…
I dig the song more than the video… while I dig Meats’ style, all the Puscifer videos are a bit “samey.” I’d hope for something more unique rather than doing the same thing over and over again. Great song from Maynard & Co and great talent in Meats, though… in spades, for sure.
The CD is up for pre-order here, and the vinyl is available for pre-order (and comes out October 18th). The digital download single is available now. A US Tour is expected for November 2011.
~Dan – np: Pretty Lights – Filling Up the City Skies
“Sad But Superstitious” (Video: Stevie Wonder vs Metallica)
I love this…
Stevie Wonder “Superstition” mashed up with Metallica “Sad But True.”
~Dan – np: Tesla – The Great Radio Controversy
Steven Wilson “Remainder The Black Dog” (3rd video by Lasse Hoile)
And another new Lasse Hoile video from Steven Wilson’s impending 2nd solo album, Grace for Drowning. Behold, “Remainder the Black Dog”… another dark, visual mindf*ck from Lasse Hoile with a Dream Theater-esque fuzzy guitar and keyboard solo.
Grace for Drowning is out September 27th. Pre-order now on Amazon. Check out the video for “Index” over HERE and “Track One” over HERE.
~Dan – np: Steven Wilson – Grace for Drowning
Steven Wilson “Index” (video by Lasse Hoile)
Steven Wilson “Index” video directed by Lasse Hoile from Steven’s upcoming 2nd solo album, Grace for Drowning. A tad dark and creepy…
Grace for Drowning is out September 27th. Pre-order now on Amazon. Check out the video for “Track One” over HERE.
~Dan – np: Steven Wilson – Grace for Drowning
Derek Webb – Democracy Vol 2 #6
One a month, from March to December 2011…
Derek Webb’s Democracy Vol 2… This month, it is “Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Simon & Garfunkel (posted on 9/5). Good job by Derek, but I’m definitely disappointed in the populace who voted. I mean, how boring are you guys? Doubling down on U2, various hymns, and Simon & Garfunkel? Where is your adventurous spirit, Democracy Volume 2 voters? I love Derek. I fear his fans are generally boring, though.
For those not in the know, Democracy Vol 2 is a continuation of the covers project Derek started last year. The fans get to nominate songs and then vote once the nominations are tallied. Here’s what he’s done in 2010 and 2011 to date (you can still go back and buy this volume):
- January 2010: The Beatles – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- February: Coldplay – Fix You
- March: Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changin’
- April: Gnarls Barkley – Who’s Gonna Save My Soul
- May: Sufjan Stevens – Chicago *a personal fave*
- June: U2 – Where the Streets Have No Name
- July: Huey Lewis & the News – Power of Love
- August: The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby *a personal fave*
- September: Simon & Garfunkel – The Sound of Silence
- October: Radiohead – Karma Police *a personal fave*
- November: Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah
- December: Robert Robinson (traditional hymn) – Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
- January 2011: off
- February: off
- March: Cee-Lo Green – F**k You *a personal fave*
- April: Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer
- May: The Beach Boys – God Only Knows
- June: U2 – One
- July: Dallán Forgaill (traditional hymn) – Be Thou My Vision
- August: Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
~Dan – np: Tegan & Sara – Sainthood
Democracy Vol. 2 is a series of subscription based albums of cover songs that Derek will be recording annually, starting January 2010. Those who participate will not only receive the exclusive album, but will democratically decide what songs Derek will record.
Ever wished you could hear Derek cover your favorite Beatles song? Or Backstreet Boys song? Or even re-record your favorite old Caedmon’s Call song? Here’s your chance. Songs will be nominated and voted down to 10. Derek will record them (demo quality) and deliver them digitally (320kbps MP3s), one song per month for 10 months (March to December). Don’t miss your chance to be part of this unique collaborative project with Derek Webb!
Sigur Rós concert film Heima (free today only)
Today (monday, september 5th) icelandiccinema.com is free streaming the Sigur Rós concert film Heima from their website.
After midnight Icelandic time (5pm monday san francisco, 8pm monday nyc, 1am tuesday london, 9am tuesday tokyo) the film will be available to stream for a fee.
~Dan – np: Austrian Death Machine – Double Brutal
Frank Zappa – Feeding The Monkies At Ma Maison
New up on zappa.com today…
Pre-orders went live for a new CD, Frank Zappa’s Feeding the Monkies at Ma Maison:
For those of you that don’t want to know what sex this is, don’t read the following:
- Feeding The Monkies At Ma Maison
- Buffalo Voice
- Secular Humanism
- Worms From Hell
- Samba Funk
Realized by FZ on his Synclavier. All tracks produced by Frank Zappa.
As with recent FZ Vault releases, getting it via zappa.com/barfkoswill/musictoday is the only way to get it. It ships September 20, 2011.
~Dan – np: Testament – Low
yMusic’s Beautiful Mechanical
If you missed the Kickstarter for yMusic… the album is getting an official release:
yMusic Beautiful Mechanical (album out Sept. 27, New Amsterdam Records)
Release Show w/ My Brightest Diamond Oct. 14 in NYC, Details TBAyMusic is a versatile sextet of sought-after, classically-trained musicians who have forged deep relationships with artists throughout the overlapping classical and pop music worlds. Not only do its
members regularly collaborate and perform with Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, Vampire Weekend and Björk, they are also active recitalists, arrangers, and commissioners and have performed with classical institutions like the New York Philharmonic and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. In Beautiful Mechanical, yMusic’s artistic mission is fully realized with seven commissioned works by six favored collaborators. The disc features debut concert works from Annie Clark and Shara Worden (who do not perform on the album), alongside new pieces from Son Lux, Judd Greenstein, Gabriel Kahane, and Sarah Kirkland Snider. True to the spirit of this co-active community and to their fluency in varied ventures, yMusic worked together with these various writers to shape a cohesive album. The result is an expertly written and impeccably executed declaration of enormous delight, shining with yMusic’s crystalline character. yMusic is: Rob Moose, violin; Nadia Sirota, viola; Clarice Jensen, cello; Alex Sopp, flute; Hideaki Aomori, clarinet; C.J. Camerieri, trumpet. Learn more HERE.
The album is available for pre-order now on Amazon.
~Dan – np: Testament – Low
New Ben Folds Five song “Tell Me What I Did”
Another new streaming song from Ben Folds Five from the upcoming The Best Imitation of Myself retrospective… “Tell Me What I Did” is now streaming over on Stereogum. Check the blog below for the first new BFF song, “House.” One more new BFF song is out there, “Stumblin’ Home Winter Blues” will likely show up soon on some other music blog (Pitchfork? Spin?)…
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New Secret Chiefs 3 vinyl (Ishraqiyun & FORMS) {sound samples now posted}
Update 8/29: Sound samples for the two songs on the 7″ are now posted at the WOM store.
~Dan
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[video] Steven Wilson “Track One” (from Grace for Drowning)
Lasse Hoile’s new video for “Track One,” taken from Steven Wilson’s second solo album Grace for Drowning. Slow start, then some bombast… then returning… quite gorgeous.
lassehoile.com
Steven Wilson’s Grace for Drowning comes out September 26th. The mega deluxe & vinyl editions are available from gfd.com. The digipack CD is for pre-order on Amazon (only $11).
~Dan – np: Ty Tabor – Balance
New Ben Folds Five song “House”
Ben Folds Five will go down in history as one of the bands that actually looked like they were having fun on stage. When they broke-up in the Fall of 2000, a bit of happiness died. Ben went on to do a lot of solo work (some Five-ish, some not), bassist Robert has stayed active in the NC music scene, and drummer Darren has put out a few gorgeous records with his band Hotel Lights (where he sings and plays guitar). In fact, I just found out that Hotel Lights put out a new one last week (Girl Graffiti).
Well, with Mr Folds’ upcoming retrospective 3-CD boxset, The Best Imitation of Myself (due out October 11, 2011), Ben Folds Five got back in the studio and recorded a new tune entitled “House.” Two other new BFF songs are on the collection: “Tell Me What I Did” and “Stumblin’ Home Winter Blues.” No word on if any more new BFF, but anything coming out of an 11-year gap is good news to me.
You can stream the new song at NBC’s The Sing-Off page. You can pre-order the retrospective at the Amazons. No word on a digital / mp3 download version of the retrospective yet, but I’m sure it’ll be out there on iTunes and Amazon soon enough.
~Dan – np: Xenuphobe (Wally Farkas & Ty Tabor) – 2.0 electrolux
-Eyvind Kang
-Frank Zappa
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