SXSW 2010

Here's a some more links to free stuff for SXSW 2010, enjoy.

http://www.tapebombs.com/bestdamnduosrsvp.php

http://hypem.com/#/events/losecontrol2010

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dHRRMDNnZnBOc0dlcFNXX3F3eVZXR1E6MA

Coming soon: Content

Time to get started again.

Well SXSW 2010 is gearing up to be the party of the year (surprise) and that means that we over here at Fatstacks need to get to gettin' on letting everyone know where all the free stuff is. Seeing as how I'm at work right now this will be no means be a complete list, but expect one up later in the day.

First off: This. If you haven't RSVPed for PureVolume House yet, now is the time. Free music, free booze, and usually the Camel reps are up there to provide free smokes.

Insound SXSW free party ($3 for unlimited beer) - no rsvp so be early
Thurs March 18 (noon-6pm)
Lineup:
Liars
Vivian Girls
Small Black
Surfer Blood
Delorean

Gigacrate Unofficial SXSW party - free with rsvp
Day 1 - Wed March 17 (9pm-2am)
Line up:
Smalltown Romeo
Sammy Bananas
Jayceeoh
Bird Peterson
Pance Party
DJ Apt One

Day 2 - Thurs March 18 (8:30-2am)
Line up:
Lazrtag
Nicknack
Mexicans with Guns
Daedelus(!)
Ghosts on Tape
Tate la Rock
Aether, Oy, Yppah

Couldn't really get that much done, look for more later tonight.

New vinyl only remix album from Citay

Citay has an album of remixes due out Nov 3rd (Nov 2nd in the UK) from Dead Oceans. This is what Dead Oceans has to say about it -
"From the ambient textures of White Rainbows' "Eye on Dollar" remix to Cornershop's Anthony Saffery adding sitar and percussion to "First Fantasy," these are anything but typical remix rave-ups. These Are Powers' Brenmar (aka Bill Salas) gives "Moonburn" a playful, skittering treatment, while Black Mountains' Steve McBean adds his effected vocals to "Former Child" – the end result sounding more like Metallica than like Aphex Twin. While some remixes use the Citay originals as a foundation for embellishments, others simply take the audio as found sounds and source material. Either way, the reinterpretations of Citay's music on Remixes is surprising and eye-opening. Released on vinyl LP and via digital download, Remixes is the Citay album we never thought we would hear. We are pleased to share below an mp3 of White Rainbow’s remix of “Eye on the Dollar,” which is a subtle and lush reworking of the original."You can pre-order Citay's Remixes LP HERE.

Citay :: Eye on the Dollar (White Rainbow remix)

Eye on the Dollar video (Original Album version)

New Between the Buried and Me song

So BTBAM has a new song out. I really wanted it to be a stylistic change like between Alaska and Colors but not really that much has changed (not to say it isn't good, it is). They all still kill it and change it up enough for a 9 minute long song to sound fresh all the way through, and there are nice non metal interludes that could be fleshed out as complete songs if this were another band (but it's not). So if you know you already like them then this is for you. If you don't, then tread elsewhere (I hear Pearl Jam has a Target only release).

Obfuscation - Between The Buri...

back in the dressing room

This was posted on ?uestlove twitter after the Dirty Projectors played the same song for the Jimmy Fallon show. Beautiful.



Oh and if you're in austin be sure to either catch DP at ACL this weekend or at Antones on Mon the 26th.

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Fool's Gold: Surprise Hotel [IAMSOUND]

Fool's Gold: Surprise Hotel

I can be a frog

The Flaming Lips "I Can Be A Frog"

"All for the Best" - New Thom Yorke video

So there's a new Thom Yorke video that came out today. It's a track from Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy, a tribute album with an impressive roster. For those of you who don't know (which included me until about 10 minutes ago) Mark Mulcahy is the man behind two beloved bands, Miracle Legion and Polaris (the band from the Pete & Pete intro).

You can watch the video over at Rolling Stone. This song features the vocals of his little brother Andy. The harmony and just plain lyrical awesomeness on the line "watch my brother cutting grass outside, sitting on a porch he told me it's a long way to go before we can rest, but it's all for the best" [thanks stereogum]

Here's the rest of the track list for Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy :

01 Thom Yorke - "All For The Best"
02 The National - "Ashamed Of The Story I Told"
03 Michael Stipe - "Everything's Coming Undone"
04 David Berkeley - "Loves The Only Thing That Shuts Me Up"
05 Dinosaur Jr. - "The Backyard"
06 Chris Harford & Mr Ray Neal - "Micon The Icon"
07 Frank Black - "Bill Jocko"
08 Vic Chesnutt - "Little Man"
09 Unbelievable Truth - "Ciao My Shining Star"
10 Butterflies Of Love - "I Have Patience"
11 Chris Collingwood (Fountains Of Wayne) - "Cookie Jar"
12 Frank Turner - "The Quiet One"
13 Rocket From The Tombs - "In Pursuit Of Your Happiness"
14 Ben Kweller - "Wake Up Whispering"
15 Josh Rouse - "I Woke Up In The Mayflower"
16 Autumn Defense - "Paradise"
17 Hayden -"Happy Birthday Yesterday"
18 Juliana Hatfield - "We're Not In Charleston Anymore"
19 Mercury Rev - "Sailors And Animals"
20 Elvis Perkins - "She Watches Over Me"
21 Sean Watkins - "A World Away From This One"

And just for fun... the Pete and Pete theme song

Bishop Allen tour North America

Bishop Allen are touring this fall in support of their latest album Grrr... , on Dead Oceans. The band has announced the unveiling of new songs, as well as some special surprises. I hope the surprise is glitter.

Bishop Allen :: Dimmer

Bishop Allen :: The Ancient Common Sense of Things

TOUR DATES:
10/27/09 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs
10/29/09 Montreal, QC - Il Motore
10/30/09 Toronto, ON - El Mocambo
11/01/09 Pontiac, MI - The Pike Room at Crofoot Ballroom
11/02/09 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon
11/03/09 Omaha, NE - Slowdown
11/06/09 Vancouver, BC - The Media Club
11/07/09 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
11/08/09 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
11/09/09 San Francisco, CA - The Rickshaw Shop
11/10/09 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
11/13/09 Austin, TX - Mohawk
11/14/09 Ft Worth, TX - Lola's
11/15/09 Little Rock, AR - Sticky Fingerz Chicken Shack
11/21/09 Brooklyn, NY - Bell House

New Video from Throw Me the Statue

The guys over at Secretly Canadian just put this up. It's the video for the song "Hi-Fi Goon" directed by Jason Argyropoulos with cinematography by Bryce Fortner. It's pretty entertaining! So Check it out.

'While You Wait for the Others' Video

Grizzly Bear released a new video today. It's directed by Sean Pecknold, the director of the Fleet Foxes videos 'Mykonos' and 'White Winter Hymnal' (also he's Robin Pecknold's brother).

The Besnard Lakes to score Mark Ruffalo directorial debut

So... Mark Ruffalo is making a movie (his first time at the helm). The film stars both Ruffalo and Orlando Bloom and follows a paralyzed DJ named Delicious's attempts at healing. It is called Sympathy for Delicious which is a deliciously silly title for a movie. Where do The Besnard Lakes fit in to all of this? Well, they're scoring the movie. Which reminds me, why is the band movie score so under-utilized? Remember when Radiohead was going to score A Scanner Darkly (maybe it was just Thom Yorke, I don't remember)? Seriously, that would've been awesome. But back to the matter at hand, after listening to The Besnard Lakes, I get a real cinematic sort of feel. Lots of emotion. I think they're a pretty natural choice. So without further ado here's an mp3 and a couple videos. [thanks jagjaguwar]

The Besnard Lakes :: And You Lied To Me

Video for "Agent 13"

Video for "Devastation"

Between The Buried And Me Update

1. They're on tour

Sep 8 2009 8:00P	Cepsum-University of Montreal	Montreal, Quebec
Sep 9 2009 8:00P	Arrow Hall	Toronto, Ontario
Sep 11 2009 8:00P	Community Auditorium	Thunder Bay, Ontario
Sep 12 2009 8:00P	Winnipeg Convention Centre	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Sep 13 2009 8:00P	Praireland	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Sep 14 2009 8:00P	Big 4 Building at Calgary Stampede	Calgary, Alberta
Sep 15 2009 8:00P	Shaw Conference Centre	Edmonton, Alberta
Sep 17 2009 8:00P	Pacific Coliseum	Vancouver, British Columbia
Sep 18 2009 8:00P	Knitting Factory	Spokane, Washington
Sep 19 2009 8:00P	Knitting Factory	Boise, Idaho
Sep 20 2009 8:00P	The New Oasis	Reno, Nevada
Sep 21 2009 8:00P	The Regency Center at the Grand Ballroom	San Francisco, California
Sep 22 2009 8:00P	The Fox Theatre	Pomona, California
Sep 23 2009 8:00P	Rialto Theatre	Tucson, Arizona
Sep 25 2009 8:00P	Concrete Street Amphitheatre	Corpus Christi, Texas
Sep 26 2009 8:00P	White Rabbit	San Antonio, Texas
Sep 27 2009 8:00P	House of Blues	New Orleans, Louisiana
Sep 29 2009 8:00P	Valarium	Knoxville, Tennessee
Sep 30 2009 8:00P	Expo Five	Lousiville, Kentucky
Oct 1 2009 8:00P	Mr. Smalls Theatre	Millvale, Pennsylvania
Oct 2 2009 8:00P	Starland Ballroom	Sayreville, New Jersey
Oct 3 2009 8:00P	House of Blues	Boston, Massachusetts
Oct 4 2009 8:00P	Trocadero	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct 5 2009 8:00P	9:30 Club	Washington DC, Washington DC
Oct 6 2009 8:00P	Amos Southend	Charlotte, North Carolina

2. They posted videos of them recording the new album









3. They posted a track with a preview of the album, The Great Misdirect, on their Myspace page.

4. The album comes out October 27th.

White Hinterland announes US tour

White Hinterland announce an extensive US tour. This tour features their new line-up of Casey Dienel and Shawn Creeden performing as a duo. You can pretty much expect them to play new material from an album that should be out early 2010 and I think will include these two tracks.

White Hinterland :: Dreaming of the Plum Trees

White Hinterland :: Chant de Grillon

TOUR DATES:
10/01/09 Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern
10/02/09 Boise, ID - Neurolux
10/03/09 Salt Lake City, UT - Slowtrain
10/04/09 Denver, CO - Hi Dive
10/08/09 Chicago, IL - Schubas
10/09/09 Pontiac, MI - The Crofoot
10/11/09 Montreal, QC - Casa del Popolo
10/14/09 Cambridge, MA - Middle East w/ Former Ghosts
10/15/09 Brooklyn, NY - Bruar Falls
10/16/09 Philadelphia, PA - Black Lodge
10/18/09 Richmond, VA - The Triple
10/19/09 Charlotte, NC - YAUHAUS
10/23/09 Austin, TX - Mohawk
*** MORE TOUR DATES ADDED SOON***

Movie Scoring and Rock Music

So, maybe some of you have heard already, but for those that haven't, Mastodon is currently working on scoring a western horror comic book movie called Jonah Hex.
The movie is based around a ex-confederate officer, Jonah Woodson Hex (Josh Brolin), post American Civil War. Now, I haven't read the comic, but the character is compared to Clint Eastwood's Man with No Name and The Outlaw Josey Wales. Scanning through the biography of the fictional character (via Wikipedia [which we all know now as the truth]) 3 things grab my attention; he was raised by Apaches, human taxidermy, and time travel.
Alongside Mastodon are Harry Gregson-Williams and Trevor Rabin. Harry has scored movies like The Rock, The Chronicles of Narnia (both of them), and Team America: World Police. Also, he has previously scored Metal Gear Solid 2-4. Now, you might know Trevor Rabin as the vocalist/guitarist/songwriter from one of my favorite albums of all time, Fragile, by British Prog-Rock band Yes.
When asked what the score sounds like the answer was "Needless to say, pretty heavy!" Others to star in the movie include Megan Fox, John Malkovich, and a cameo from an alcoholic; psychedelic lovin; metal guitarist.

On a different note, I was just informed of a new band from Portland, Oregon with Johnny Whitney (the Blood Brothers) and Cody Votolato (Pretty Girls Make Graves) named Jaguar Love. At first I didn't like it, but then it grew on me like mold grows on cheese. It has a kind of wanna-be Volta sound around the De-loused era, which I really, REALLY enjoy. The only difference is it is more of a focused rock sound and the vocals have also been compared to a "modern day" Robert Plant.
Speaking of Led Zepplin, check out the video I've posted at the bottom of the new "Super Group", Them Crooked Vultures. Now, I'm not the biggest fan of "Super Groups" lately (ex. Chickenfoot, Audioslave, Velvet Revovler, Alter Bridge, Angels & Airwaves, Hellyeah, Damnocracy, etc...) but this has 3 of my favorite musicians; Josh Homme, Dave Grohl, and John Paul Jones.
Now I'm not saying this will happen, but I think it would be kind of ironic if in the beginning of the next decade major label music had a huge shift from overly produced; rhythmic based; pop music and up-tempo; prog wanna-be; arena rock to straight forward; melodic based rock and Dave Grohl was playing drums.

Sweet HEALTH remix.

This is a sweet remix of the HEALTH song 'Die Slow' done by Tobacco of Black Moth Super Rainbow. I think I like it more than the original.

HEALTH :: Die Slow (Remix by Tobacco)