FUCKED UP

plus a million guests for 12 hours

ALSO

Oct 15
New York @ Bowery Ballroom
FUCKED UP
VIVIAN GIRLS
FIASCO

Oct 16

Brooklyn @ Market Hotel
FUCKED UP
VIVIAN GIRLS
INEPSY

(photo taken from Chad Wadsworth’s Flickr stream)

Yo La Tengo and The Feelies are playing Montclair, NJ’s Wellmont Theatre on New Year’s Eve.  Tickets are $35 and go on sale October 18 via Tickets.com.   I was gonna use this post as an opportunity to take a cheap shot at Montclair, but I’ve since been informed the town is either a past or present home to such luminaries as Yogi Berra, Stephen Colbert, Larry Doby, Christina Ricci, Bill Bradley, Joe Walsh, Thomas Edison and “The Wire”’s embattled police commish, Frankie Faison.   They’re all invited, too!

Quote : ADAM ELLIOTT 2008.

So the Drowned in Sound sponsored ShredYrFace tour starts tomorrow in the UK. Just a quick reminder of those dates :

October
14 Brighton, England - Komedia
15 Liverpool, England - Academy 2
16 Leeds, England - Irish Centre
16 Leeds, England - Crash (TNV in-store)
17 Dublin, Ireland - Whelans
18 Glasgow, Scotland - School of Arts
19 London, England - Pure Groove (in-store) (3 p.m.)*
19 London, England - Beyond Retro (in-store) (5 p.m.)*
19 London, England - Rough Trade East (in-store) (7 p.m.)*
20 London, England - Electric Ballroom
21 Bristol, England - Fleece

No Age and Los Campesinos! will be part of the touring party in what will be an incredibly cramped tour bus, so have some sympathy for our TNV kids when you see them.

*One band will play one store - find out on the day who’s playing where.

From The St. Catherines Standard’s Karena Walter :

There are a lot of familiar faces hanging out downtown.

Olympic rower Buffy Williams keeps watch over the courthouse.

Howard Engel, author of the Benny Cooperman series, is on standby at city hall.

And Rush drummer Neil Peart is guarding police headquarters.

The trio are among 20 famous St. Catharines residents of the past and present who will grace banners on more than 100 downtown lampposts.

“The list was very, very extensive,” said Tisha Polocko, general manager of the St. Catharines Downtown Association. “There were many more contributors who were born in St. Catharines or moved here. We did have to whittle it down.”

The project, sponsored by the association, was developed and designed by local artists from the CRAM Gallery collective.

The above recognition for the ‘Moving Pictures’ sticksman follows efforts by a Hamilton radio station to have a portion of the Red Hill Expressay renamed “Neil Peart Way“. Not to begrude Peart any honors that come his way, but surely there’s a stretch of road in Vancouver that could be dubbed “Joey Shithead Boulevard”.

In ‘celebration’ of Columbus Day, Jay Reatard is playing a free in-store at Atomic Records in Milwaukee, WI!

Jay Reatard
Free In-Store Performance
Monday, Oct. 13th
7:00 PM
Atomic Records
1813 E. Locust St.
Milwaukee, WI

(photo taken from BullyRook’s Flickr)

So Tuesday was the special day. The day everyone was finally able to get their hands on Jay Reatard’s Matador Singles ‘08. As expected many of you are looking for this on vinyl. Unfortunately we are experiencing some production problems but are expecting to have more LPs in stores shortly. Jay, being a man of and for the people, asked that we post a short note from him about this issue:

Hey guys so the Matador Singles 08 comp is finally out and available on Cd/Lp in stores world wide this week ! Only problem is that since everyone and their mom are buying lp’s nowadays the pressing plant is running a bit behind with the majority of the Lp’s but should have them done soon. Just wanted to clarify that this is NOT a limited edtion Lp and should be ready for one or all to buy really soon. thanks for everyone’s patience.

Love,
Jay Reatard

And don’t forget that Jay’s extensive Fall tour starts up this weekend too, with the Riot Fest in Chicago and a FREE in-store at Atomic Records in Milwaukee!

Sat 10/11 - Columbia MO - Mojo’

Sun 10/12 - Chicago IL - Riot Fest

Sun 10/12 - Chicago IL - Double Door (Riot Fest After Party)

Mon 10/13 - Milwaukee WI - Atomic Records (FREE in-store at 7pm)

Tue 10/14 - Fort Wayne IN - Brass Rail

Wed 10/15 - Detroit MI - Magic Stick

Thur 10/16 - Toronto ON - Sneaky Dee’s

Fri 10/17 - Ottawa ON - Babylon

Sat 10/18 - Montreal QC - Cabaret Music Hall

Sun 10/19 - Quebec City QC - Le Cercle

Tue 10/21 - Halifax NS - Halifax Pop Explosion

Wed 10/22 - Boston MA - Middle East

Thur 10/23 - Brooklyn NY - Music Hall of W’burg (CMJ - early show)

Thur 10/23 - Hoboken NJ - Maxwell’s (late show)

Fri 10/24 - New York NY - Bowery Ballroom (CMJ - late show)

Sat 10/25 - Brooklyn NY - Glasslands (CMJ)

Sun 10/26 - New York NY - Santos Party House

Mon 10/27 - Philadelphia PA - Johnny Brenda’s

Tues 10/28 - Washington DC - Black Cat

Wed 10/29 - Charlottesville VA - Outback Lodge

Thur 10/30 - Chapel Hill NC - Local 506

Fri 10/31 - Atlanta GA - Variety Playhouse (Halloween show w/ Deerhunter & Times New Viking)

Sat 11/1 - Atlanta GA - Lenny’s

Sun 11/16 - Dublin Ireland - Green Synergy Festival

Tue 11/18 - Glasgow UK - ABC 2

Wed 11/19 - Manchester UK - Deaf Institute

Thur 11/20 - Leeds UK - The Faversham

Fri 11/21 - Liverpool UK - Korova

Sat 11/22 - Nottingham UK - Bodega

Sun 11/23 - Bristol UK - The Cooler

Mon 11/24 - London UK - Old Blue Last

Wed 11/26 - London UK - The Lexington

Thur 11/27 - London UK - New Slang

Fri 11/28 - Brighton UK - Engine Room

Chris Lombardi (photos by Natalie Judge), interrupting a fact finding mission in Glasgow earlier this week to observe the state of music retail.  We don’t wanna be cruel to the hard working folks at Zavvi, but it’s not quite a trip to Amoeba Records.

Carefully stamped by diligent interns. If you’re lucky, you might find one at a record store near you.

From the album ‘Berlin - Live At St. Ann’s Warehouse’. Video footage culled from the Julian Schnabel film, “Lou Reed’s Berlin“

(at Brooklyn’s McCarren Pool, August ‘08, photo taken from ilikeateenspirit’s Flickr stream)

In addition to mid-October shows supporting The New Year,  Jennifer O’Connor — continuing to crisscross the USA on behalf of her fantastic new LP/CD, ‘Here With Me’, is hitting some larger rooms from Nov. 2 to Nov. 22, opening for Amy Ray.

Mon 10/13 Philadelphia PA  M Room with Hotel Lights
Tue 10/14 Pittsburgh PA Howler’s with David Dondero & Boca Chica
Wed 10/15 Cleveland OH Beachland Tavern with The New Year
Thu 10/16 Detroit MI Pike Room at Crofoot with The New Year
Fri 10/17 Chicago IL Empty Bottle  with The New Year
Sat 10/18  Milwaukee WI YNOT 2
Sun 10/19  Madison WI  Cafe Monmarte
Tue 10/21 Minneapolis MN  7th Street Entry
Wed 10/22 Des Moines IA Vaudeville Mews
Thu 10/23 Columbia MO The Blue Fugue  with The Black Fortys
Fri 10/24 St. Louis MO  Off Broadway
Sat  10/25  Lexington, KY  Al’s Bar
Mon 10/26 Covington, KY  Molly Malone’s  with Joseph Arthur & The Lonely Astronauts
Sun 11/2  Buffalo NY  Tralf Music Hall with Amy Ray
Tue 11/4 Toronto ON Mod Club Theatre with Amy Ray
Wed 11/5 Burlington VT Higher Ground with Amy Ray
Fri 11/7 Somerville MA Somerville Theatre with Amy Ray
Sat 11/8  Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street  with Amy Ray
Mon 11/10  New Haven Ct Toad’s Place with Amy Ray
Wed 11/12 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom with Amy Ray
Fri 11/14 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club with Amy Ray
Sat  11/15 Richmond VA Capital Alehouse with Amy Ray
Tue 11/18  Virginia Beach VA The Jewish Mother
Wed 11/19  Carrboro NC  Cat’s Cradle with Amy Ray
Fri 11/21 Asheville NC Orange Peel with Amy Ray
Sat 11/22  Atlanta GA Variety Playhouse with Amy Ray, Holland Dutch