You guys say we never listen to you… well we listened. All 5 Pavement LPs plus Watery, Domestic are now available as special low-price vinyl reissues. (Premium-price audiophile versions of the first three LPs also remain in print.)
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List prices are 11.98 for the single LPs, 9.98 for the Watery, Domestic 12″ EP, and 15.98 for the Wowee Zowee double. All LPs come with download coupons.
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Look for the new “L(ow) P(rice)” sticker on the LPs. There will be more in this series.
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Matador’s ever cynical Patrick Amory describes the above honor as “a scam” but I prefer to accept the award in a gracious manner. You think someone’s calling up Mexican Summer trying to sell them a plexiglass plaque with a faux-presidential seal? What’s Downtown’s trophy case looking like? EAT OUR DUST, entertainment business, if some aspiring con men w/ a certificate in rudimentary photoshop think we’re rich and self-obsessive enough to pay for this kind of bullshit, we’re gonna take it as a compliment. You love us, you really love us!
Above : TL & RX doing “The Mighty Sparrow” from the just-released ‘The Brutalist Bricks’. Not shown : bumped guest Mark Linn-Baker being restrained by NBC security.
The New Pornographers and Matador Records are pleased announce the very first opportunity to hear the band’s brand-new fifth album Together (out May 4th) – the South By Southwest “Together Shuttle“:
On Wednesday March 17th in Austin, TX – to mark the start of SXSW (or, our arrival, anyway) – the Together Shuttle will be making several runs to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, gathering travel-weary music fans and providing door-to-door service to the Austin Convention Center and several downtown hotels. Fans who sign up to ride the Together Shuttle will be treated to complimentary cocktails and, of course, the first ever album-playback of the New Pornographers’ Together.
Sign-up for the Together Shuttle is as easy as it is limited. If any of the below pickup times meet your Austin arrival-and-pickup needs (and aren’t yet full), simply fill out your information, press “submit” and confirmation of your airport-pickup will be sent via email:
For those of you lucky enough to secure a spot on the Together Shuttle – and a first-listen to Together – more details will follow with your confirmation.
Just a reminder, Ted Leo And The Pharmacists will perform tonight on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. By the time they hit the screen we’ll be celebrating the release of the excellent new album The Brutalist Bricks, available to buy here.
The band also recently taped an Interface for Spinner, and with all due respect to NBC, it’s must-see:
“The Mighty Sparrow”
Click here to see the Interface performance in its entirety.
All my life I’ve wanted to make fried chicken, and I have been accumulating recipes and tools for it for years. Finally I ran into a recipe that made me want to take the plunge. It is from Laurie Colwin’s Home Cooking, a book very much in the style of John Thorne’s discursive essays on unpretentious food. She absolutely lays down the law, which I like. I realize that there are many other ways to make great fried chicken, but this one works.
Colwin’s rules are:
- Use a chicken fryer, a cast-iron pot with steep sides and a domed lid
- Chicken must be at room temperature before you start cooking
- Dredge with seasoned flour only – no shaking in bag, no breadcrumbs, no crushed cornflakes
- Pan-fry, do not deep-fry (though see below) in a COVERED chicken fryer
- Serve WARM, not hot (or cold): “It should never be eaten straight from the fryer – it needs time to cool down and set”
OK, so far so good. Totally into the hardcore rules. Rather than the version above, though I got the 3-quart chicken fryer from Lodge, which may have led to some complications.
Colwin recommends using vegetable oil (or more specifically Wesson oil with a little light sesame), but this is a hardcore unhealthy household, so we used Crisco topped up with some safflower oil. There was a debate about whether to use leftover Mexican lard (manteca), but it was felt that might add an unwelcome porkiness to the chicken.
The recipe – really a method, not a recipe, is straightforward. Mix flour with seasoning of your choice. I used salt, pepper and paprika. Roll chicken pieces in flour, really packing them in there “as if you were a child making sand pies.” There should be thick layers of flour between the pieces.
Fill your fryer to halfway with oil. Heat until a piece of bread fries instantly when it hits the oil. I attached a deep frying thermometer and found this to be about 375 degrees – HOT.
Gently slip into the hot oil as many pieces will fit. “The rule is to crowd a little.” Turn the heat down at once and cover. (Italics are Colwin’s.) You then cook until just done – “juicy and crisp” – about 5-6 minutes a side. Then remove cover, turn heat back up, and quickly fry to the “color of Colonial pine stain – a dark honey color.” Remove the pieces and let them sit in a barely warm oven – be warned that this will be difficult for you and your guests to do. When the pieces are warm, no longer hot, dig in.
So here’s the complication I experienced – the oil was maybe slightly over halfway, and what Colwin doesn’t mention is that when you slip in those pieces into 375-degree oil, it goes crazy. Insane angry sizzling and spattering. And then I put the top on and turned the heat down. Result was the Towering Inferno. It sounded like Battle of the Marne was taking place under the lid. Then the oil actually managed to lift up the heavy cast-iron cover and spatter down onto the burner resulting in foot-high flames.
Much putting out of fire and fussing with the temperature resulted, and I think the lesson is that you absolutely must not go more than halfway on the oil, especially with the little 3-quart chicken fryer. I was essentially deep-frying rather than pan-frying – I think the distinction becomes academic when you have chicken pieces in more than 2 inches of oil. The second batch resulted in no fire. I will say… that first batch was tastier, though I’m not sure I want to go through that experience again.
Apologies for the crappy photo. The chicken was amazing – juicy and flavorful within, crispy and nutty on the outside.
Cold Cave, with new line up in tow, will be hitting a number of international markets in the coming months. They kick off a tour supporting the Editors in Lincoln, England tomorrow night and hit QUITE A FEW markets following.
Mar Saturday 06 London, UK – Engine Shed %
Mar Sunday 07 Preston, UK – Guildhall %
Mar Monday 08 Bradford, UK – St. George Hall %
Mar Wednesday 10 Glasgow, UK – The Academy %
Mar Thursday 11 Dundee, UK – Fat Sams %
Mar Friday 12 Iverness, UK – Ironworks %
Mar Saturday 13 Aberdeen, UK – Music Hall %
Mar Monday 15 Newcastle, UK – The Academy %
Mar Tuesday 16 Marchester, UK – The Apollo %
Mar Wednesday 17 Cambridge, UK – Corn Exchange %
Mar Thursday 19 Bournemouth, UK – The Academy %
Mar Friday 20 Brighton, UK – The Dome %
Mar Saturday 21 Cardiff, UK – Cardiff University %
Mar Sunday 23 Folkestone, UK – Leas Cliff Hall %
Mar Monday 24 London UK – Brixton Academy %
Apr 25 Sunday WBAR-B-Q Barnard College, NY
Apr 29 (Le) Poisson Rouge New York, NY
May Friday 07 Minehead, AD – All Tomorrow’s Parties
May Saturday 08 Leeds, UK – Nation of Shopkeepers
May Sunday 09 Glasgow, UK – Captain’s Rest
May Monday 10 Manchester, UK – Deaf Institute
May Wednesday 12 London, UK – Cargo
May Thursday 13 Brighton, UK – Great Escape Festival
May Friday 14 Amsterdan – Paradiso
May Saturday 15 Brussells, BE – Rotonde
May Sunday 16 Hamburg, DE – Ubel & Gefarlich
May Tuesday 18 Stockholm, CH – Svenska
May Wednesday 19 Copenhagen, DK – Rust
May Thursday 20 Berlin, DE – Bang Bang Club
May Friday 21 Berlin, DE – Offenbach
May Saturday 22 St. Gallen, CH – Theater Palace
May Sunday 23 Fribourg, CH FRI-SON
May Monday 24 Bologna, IT – Rocker Festival
May Tuesday 25 Turin, IT – Spazio 211
May Thursday 27 Paris, FR – Point Emphere
May Saturday 29 Barcelona, ES – Primavera Club
% w/ The Editors
In other news, those paying close attention may have noticed some truly negligible “NSFW”-content in Cold Cave’s recent video for “Life Magazine”. YouTube did too — fortunately the folks at Focus Creeps saved the day with a brand new edit of the video. Check it here:
Thur. March 25th, 3 Kings premiere party at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery FREE
Fri. March 26th, Brookdale Lodge, Brookdale, CA
Sat. March 27th, Great American Concert Hall, San Francisco, CA
Wed. March 21, Wow Hall, Eugene, OR
Thur. April 1st, Doug Fir, Portland, OR
Fri. April 2nd, Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, BC
Sat. April 3rd, Studio Seven, Seattle, WA
Mon. April 5th, Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT
Wed. April 7th, Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO
Thur. April 8th, Riot Room, Lawrence, KS
Fri. April 9th, Slowdown, Omaha, NE
Sat. April 10th, Nuttys North, Sioux Falls, SD
Mon. April 12th, Triple Rock, Minneapolis, MN
Tue. April 13th, Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
Wed. April 14th, Annex, Madison, WI
Thur. April 15th, Magic Stick, Detroit, MI
Fri. April 16th, Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH
Sat. April 17th, The Union, Athens, OH
Mon. April 19th, The Basement, Columbus, OH
Tues. April 20th, Walnut Street Schoolhouse, Ridgeway, PA
Wed. April 21st, Mohawk, Buffalo, NY
Thur. April 22nd, Lees Palace, Toronto, ON
Fri. April 23rd, Club Lampi, Montreal, QUE
Sat. April 24th Cafe Nine New Haven, CT
Sun. April 25th, Bowery Ballroom, NYC, NY
If you’re going to be in New York City this Tuesday, you can catch Ted and his Pharmacists in Brooklyn at The Brutalist Bricksrecord release party (that is if you’re going to be in New York City and you already have tickets – if not, go here).
The band hits Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on Monday (RootscollaboRootscollaboRootscollaboRootscollaboRootscollabo).
Ted Leo And The Pharmacists will play cities besides New York soon, too:
March
Thursday 11 – Cleveland Heights, OH – Grog Shop w/Title Tracks
Friday 12 - Pontiac, MI - The Crofoot w/Title Tracks
Saturday 13 – Chicago, IL – The Bottom Lounge w/Title Tracks
Sunday 14 – Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon w/Title Tracks
Monday 15 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue w/Title Tracks
Thursday 18 – Spokane, WA – The Blvd w/Title Tracks
Friday 19 – Seattle, WA – Nuemo’s
Saturday 20 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge w/Golden Bears
Sunday 21 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge w/Hive Dwellers
Tuesday 23 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall w/Sally Crewe & The Sudden Moves
Wednesday 24 – Santa Barbara, CA – Soho Restaurant & Music Club w/ Titus Andronicus, Sally Crewe & The Sudden Moves
Friday 26 – Pomona, CA – The Glass House w/Sally Crewe & The Sudden Moves
Saturday 27 – West Hollywood, CA – Troubadour w/Sally Crewe & The Sudden Moves
Sunday 28 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress w/ Sally Crewe & The Sudden Moves
Tuesday 30 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues w/Screaming Females, Sally Crewe & The Sudden Moves
Wednesday 31 - Austin, TX – The Parish Room w/Screaming Females, Sally Crewe & The Sudden Moves
April
Friday 02 – New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks w/Screaming Females
Saturday 03 – Tallahassee, FL – Club Downunder w/Screaming Females
Sunday 04 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade w/Screaming Females
Monday 05 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle w/Screaming Females
Wednesday 07 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
Thursday 08 – Washington, DC – 930 Club
Friday 09 - New York, NY – Irving Plaza w/Obits, Screaming Females
Saturday 10 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club w/Obits, Screaming Females
If you’ve been paying attention, you know that WFMU, the world’s most freewheeling freeform radio station, is currently in fundraising mode, and like swallows returning to Capistrano or murderers returning to the scene of the crime, Yo La Tengo will once again be taking to the airwaves and playing your cover requests in exchange for cold, hard cash to keep WFMU running for another year. If you’re frustrated that Georgia, Ira and James always ignore your requests for “Heartbeat, It’s A Love Beat”, this is your chance to have your revenge and contribute to a great cause. Call in at 800.989.9368 to give hosts Pseu Braun & Gaylord Fields your money and requests tonight from 8:00PM to 11:00PM, and of course tune in at 91.1FM, or 90.1FM in the Hudson Valley, or at wfmu.org.
New Yorkers, your chance to to catch The Ponys comes in June. In addition to the previously announced dates, the band will perform at the Mercury Lounge on Friday June 18 and Union Pool on Saturday June 19 with Disappears and Woven Bones. All dates below:
April
Saturday 27 Seattle, WA The Tractor Tavern w/Disappears
Wednesday 28 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge w/Disappears, Meth Teeth
Friday 30San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill w/Disappears, Spencey Dude and the Doodles
May
Saturday 01 Silver Lake, CA Spaceland w/Disappears, Static Static
Sunday 02 San Diego, CA Casbah w/Disappears, Christmas Island
Friday 28 Austin, TX Mohawk w/Chaos In Tejas
June
Friday 18 New York, NY Mercury Lounge w/ Disappears, Woven Bones
Saturday 19 Brooklyn, NY Union Pool w/ Disappears, Woven Bones
Vol. II? Please tell me this will advance to some KBD-type status where someone else can do the future editions (and thus contend with the bitching and moaning from pals & relatives of the generic bands who didn’t make the cut). Love the cassettes, though.
We here are True Panther are pretty damn excited and honored to announce this year’s True Panther showcase for SXSW. No official stuff or badges or RSVP’s, just good music free and open to the public for more hours than one would think is humanly possible. There are two stages so break times will be short and a dj after the live shows are over. The line-up is bands we’ve done records with, bands we are doing records with, or bands we’re just plain big fans of.
Here is a static flyer in case you are seizure prone: FLYER
The planet’s best radio station, WFMU, is the middle of their annual fund-raising marathon. If you’re a regular listener to WFMU’s ridiculously diverse free-form lineup, you already know the station is 100% dependent on listener contributions to continue bringing you the most provocative music/humor/edutainment, and with their newly revised iPhone application, you have access to acres of WFMU archives in the palm of your paw. One of our favorite WFMU fixtures, Tom Scharpling, will be joined tonight by Ted Leo and longtime The Best Show On WFMU conspirator, former Seven Mary Three drummer Jon Wurster. Tom’s pitch can be found below :
The show is going to feature TED LEO and JON WURSTER in the studio. Ted is going to play songs and I know he has some crazy surprises up his sleeve. And the Wurster stuff is going to be hilarious.
The premium is called the BEST SHOW 2010 CHUMP STEAMROLLER FUN PACK. You can only get it by pledging DURING MY SHOW.
A pledge of 75 or more automatically gets it. In the Fun Pack:
The first ever BEST SHOW ON WFMU DVD! It’s a full-length DVD called FANTASIA IN BEST SHOW MINOR, and it’s going to be amazing. It features stuff you’re never going to believe. Here are some of the people who are going to be involved in the DVD:
PATTON OSWALT
TED LEO
PAUL F. TOMPKINS
ZACH GALIFIANAKIS
FUCKED UP
TIM AND ERIC
JOHN HODGMAN
AIMEE MANN
SCHARPLING AND WURSTER
YO LA TENGO
KURT VILE
MATT FRACTION
TODD BARRY
JASON WOLINER
And SO MANY MORE. There’s going to be puppets. Animation. Scharpling and Wurster stuff like you’ve never seen before. Travelogues from callers like Fredericks from New Port Richie, Julie from Cincinnati, AP Mike and more! Seriously – there are so many people working so hard on this thing. It’s gonna be legendary. And when the marathon is over, this thing is COMPLETELY UNAVAILABLE.
The second part of the Chump Steamroller Fun Pack is a set of BEST SHOW TRADING CARDS depicting your favorite callers and characters from the show. They are being designed by Chris Moses and Joe Allen – two guys who have done amazing jobs with previous Best Show projects – and they are outdoing themselves on this! We’re lining up artists – for starters Michael Kupperman and Brian Musikoff are on board – and they gonna be jaw droppingly great. And again, these cards will be GONE FOREVER if you don’t pledge DURING MY MARATHON SHOWS!
Last but not least, the first ever BEST SHOW BUMPER STICKER. Also awesome and also available ONLY BY PLEDGING DURING MY MARATHON SHOWS. Once the marathon is over, THEY ARE GONE FOREVER.
And as an added bonus, anyone who pledges $1000 gets something special just from me. It’s a secret. Seriously – I am not trying to be vague here but trust me on this one. I’ve got something JUST FOR YOU. I’ll make you happy with it – I PROMISE.
IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO CALL OR PLEDGE ONLINE DURING MY SHOW, I will gladly write the pledge up myself. You can email me your information – name, address and pledge amount – and I will fill it out myself. All addresses and information is completely confidential and is not sold or distributed in any way shape or form, so don’t worry about your privacy. Write me at toms@wfmu.org and I’ll take care of it.
THE FACTS:
Tuesday March 2nd between 8-11 PM EST
CALL 1-800-989-9368 or PLEDGE ONLINE at www.wfmu.org on TUESDAY MARCH 2nd between 8-11 PM EST and be counted!
Some of the songs they played came from the excellent The Sound The Speed The Light. Buy that album here.
Don’t miss the band in concert when they’re in your area:
April
Wednesday 07 – Newport, KY – Southgate House
Thursday 08 - Ann Arbor, AL – Blind Pig
Friday 09 – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
Saturday 10 – Chicago, IL – Double Door
May
Friday 14 – Minehead UK – Pavement ATP
Thursday 27 – Barcelona ES – Primavera Sound
Hours ago, Pavement played their first show since 1999 in Auckland, New Zealand… and just like that, further dates for Pavement’s reunion tour have been announced!
Stay tuned for more Pavement news, and the winners of the guess-the-tracklisting contest.
09-09 Broomfield, CO – First Bank Center
09-11 Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
09-12 St. Paul, MN – Roy Wilkins Auditorium
09-17 Philadelphia, PA – Mann Center for the Performing Arts
09-18 Boston, MA – Agganis Arena
09-26 Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle
ADDITION: FINAL WINNERS OF TRACKLISTING CONTEST:
The “Guess The Track Listing Contest” for Pavement’s best-of collection, Quarantine The Past, concludes with the announcement of the four runner-up winners below. I don’t know why we announced prizes in reverse of the usual order, but there you go. Matador-Pavement vibez. Grand prize winner (all-expenses-paid trip to see Pavement in NYC’s Central Park in September), for guessing closest to the actual track listing, was Flavio Seixlack of São Paolo. Second prize winner, for most imaginative track listing, was Gwendael Gouriou of Plougastel-Daoulas in Brittany. Her track listing will be pressed up as a special limited-edition LP for Record Store Day. (If you missed them, click on the names of the winners above to see their track listings.)
The four runners-up, two in each category, are listed below, along with their track listings. Congratulations to all of them! They will each receive a complete set of Matador Pavement 12″ vinyl, along with a copy of the special Record Store Day LP of Gwen’s track listing.
The 1st runner-up for closest sequence is DAVID, from LONDON:
1. Gold Soundz (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
2. Box Elder (SLAY TRACKS 1933-1969 EP)
3. Stereo (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
4. Frontwards (WATERY, DOMESTIC EP)
5. Spit On A Stranger (TERROR TWILIGHT)
6. Summer Babe (Winter Version) (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
7. Cut Your Hair (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
8. Rattled By The Rush (WOWEE ZOWEE)
9. Here (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
10. Debris Slide (PERFECT SOUND FOREVER EP)
11. Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence (NO ALTERNATIVE COMP)
12. Shady Lane / J Vs. S (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
13. In The Mouth A Desert (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
14. Range Life (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
15. AT&T (WOWEE ZOWEE)
16. We Dance (WOWEE ZOWEE)
17. You’re Killing Me (SLAY TRACKS 1933-1969 EP)
18. Major Leagues (TERROR TWILIGHT)
19. Conduit For Sale! (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
20. Trigger Cut/Wounded-Kite At :17 (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
21. Unfair (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
22. Grounded (WOWEE ZOWEE)
23. Date w/ IKEA (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
The second runner-up prize for closest sequence goes to CONNIE JUNG, from Los Angeles:
1. Gold Soundz (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
2. Range Life (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
3. Stop Breathin’ (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
4. Cut Your Hair (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
5. Summer Babe (Winter Version) (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
6. In The Mouth A Desert (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
7. Here (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
8.Trigger Cut/Wounded-Kite At :17 (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
9. Perfume-V (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
10. AT&T (WOWEE ZOWEE)
11. Grounded (WOWEE ZOWEE)
12. Rattled By The Rush (WOWEE ZOWEE)
13. Stereo (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
14. Shady Lane / J Vs. S (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
15. Date w/ IKEA (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
16. Old To Begin (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
17. Spit On A Stranger (TERROR TWILIGHT)
18. The Hexx (TERROR TWILIGHT)
19. …And Carrot Rope (TERROR TWILIGHT)
20. Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence (NO ALTERNATIVE COMP)
21. Box Elder (SLAY TRACKS 1933-1969 EP)
22. Frontwards (WATERY, DOMESTIC EP)
23. Shoot The Singer (1 Sick Verse) (WATERY, DOMESTIC EP)
And the third runner-up, in the imaginative category, is BILL HOWARD, from Colorado Springs:
1. She Believes (SLAY TRACKS 1933-1969 EP)
2. Conduit For Sale! (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
3. Serpentine Pad (WOWEE ZOWEE)
4. Silence Kit (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
5. Trigger Cut/Wounded-Kite At :17 (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
6. No Life Singed Her (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
7. Heckler Spray (PERFECT SOUND FOREVER EP)
8. Debris Slide (PERFECT SOUND FOREVER EP)
9. Unfair (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
10. Stereo (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
11. Frontwards (WATERY, DOMESTIC EP)
12. Half A Canyon (WOWEE ZOWEE)
13. Perfume-V (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
14. Gold Soundz (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
15. AT&T (WOWEE ZOWEE)
16. From Now On (PERFECT SOUND FOREVER EP)
17. Pueblo (WOWEE ZOWEE)
18. The Hexx (TERROR TWILIGHT)
19. Elevate Me Later (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
20. Zurich Is Stained (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
21. Blue Hawaiian (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
22. We Dance (WOWEE ZOWEE)
23. Fillmore Jive (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
And finally the fourth runner-up prize, also in the imaginative sequence category, goes to IPEI, from the San Fernando Valley Kamakura, Japan:
1. We Are Underused (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
2. Recorder Grot (DEMOLITION PLOT J-7 EP)
3. We Dance (WOWEE ZOWEE)
4. Embassy Row (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
5. You’re Killing Me (SLAY TRACKS 1933-1969 EP)
6. Our Singer (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
7. Passat Dream (BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS)
8. Loretta’s Scars (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
9. Maybe Maybe (SLAY TRACKS 1933-1969 EP)
10. Gold Soundz (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
11. Fame Throwa (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
12. Father To A Sister Of Thought (WOWEE ZOWEE)
13. Feed Them To The Lions (Linden) (WATERY, DOMESTIC EP)
14. Fight This Generation (WOWEE ZOWEE)
15. Flux = Rad (WOWEE ZOWEE)
16. Grounded (WOWEE ZOWEE)
17. Hit the Plane Down (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN)
18. Shoot The Singer (1 Sick Verse) (WATERY, DOMESTIC EP)
19. Zurich Is Stained (SLANTED AND ENCHANTED)
20. Krell Vid-User (PERFECT SOUND FOREVER EP)
21. Billie (TERROR TWILIGHT)
22. Box Elder (SLAY TRACKS 1933-1969 EP)
23. Cream Of Gold (TERROR TWILIGHT)
Congratulations again to all 6 winners, and thanks to everyone who participated.
We have a winner for the Fucked Up 7″ Contest. It is – drum rolls please – Steve Wiltse! His collection contained items that some of us in the office could not even identify. Well done, sir.
Steve will now receive a special 1 of 1 copy of Fucked Up’s new Couple Tracks 7″ with himself on the cover (above). Check out Steve’s Fucked Up collection after the jump. It is impressive, to say the least.
February 26th, 2010 at 7:55 pm by truepanthersounds
LOVE IS IN THE AIR
It’s snowing like crazy here in NYC but True Panther Sounds remains bundled up, huddled away and working hard. Taking a few precious moments every day to find good youtube videos, but also putting out a bunch of records. Wanted to give y’all the latest update in the True Panther Universe..
This last Tuesday, 3/23, we released two brand new records.
Hunx and His Punx‘ “Gay Singles”
We initially released a limited vinyl pressing this last year, but after blowing through them we re-pressed it on LP/CD/DA. It now has slightly different cover art, a cd that includes all the videos, better quality vinyl, and a free mp3 download with each record. PLUS it’s cheaper than before. The songs are classic glammy, and gay. They’ve gotten better with each listen. Lookout for national and international tour dates in the next few months.
Order HERE (and get a free Chiphunx CD) U Don’t Like Rock’nRoll (mp3)
This is a limited edition single from one of our favorite new bands. Their record is coming out on Rough Trade, but this first single is all ours! It’s limited and features an exclusive b-side “Oh Annie”, a more plaintive and restrained version of the band. Enjoy!
Order HERE Promises (mp3)
We’re also putting out 3 brand new 12″/digital records on March 9th! New releases from Tanlines, Lemonade, and Janka Nabay. Each record is a totally unique incantation of the dance music spirits- Janka electrified the Bubu dance music of his native Sierra Leone, Lemonade mixed every kind of electronic music from the last 30 years in a big caribbean fruit salad, and Tanlines are making “new music” , coalesced from tropical sounds and restrained house. We’re just going to call it all “Yes Wave”.
Get all three records in a bundle for only $25 and get instant downloads of the singles and a few exclusive remixes. Order HERE
We’re also having a big show to celebrate the release of the 12″s. Hope to see some of you in the New York are there!
That’s it for the update for now. Hope you enjoy the records. We have some great stuff on the burners for the new year, full-lengths from Glasser and Magic Kids. Releases from Teengirl Fantasy, The Bitters, and Real Estate. Stoked!!
Harlem are on the West Coast as of this writing, catching up with old friends and making new ones in advance of their second album, ‘Hippies’ (LP/CD/digitized bits) coming out on April 6 (April 26 in the UK and Europe). Though a bunch of new spring dates were just announced (below), we’d like to call special attention to the band’s April 1st show at Austin’s Mohawk, will serve as a record release bash for ‘Hippies’ (if not one of those annual record label stunts where we claim we’re doing a Record Store Day exclusive with Wal-Mart or something of that nature). Cowabunga Babes are on the bill and additional pals will be confirmed shortly.
3/13 – Aquarium Drunkard party, Red Eyed Fly, Austin, 3pm
3/16 – House Of Guys, 1907 Rio Grande, Austin, (with The Beets, Fungi Girls, Air Waves)
3/18 – Red 7, Austin (official SXSW event with Bad Sports, Pierced Arrows, Ravonettes)
3/19 – Levi’s Fader Fort, Austin, 2:15 pm
3/19 – Spin Party, Stubbs (indoors), Austin, 3:40pm
4/1 – Mohawk, Austin (record release bash)
4/13 -One Eyed Jacks, New Orleans, LA
4/14 – Bottletree, Birmingham, AL
4/15 – The Earl, Atlanta, GA
4/16 – JJ’s Bohemia, Chattanooga, TN
4/17 – Night Light, Chapel Hill, NC
4/19 – DC 9, Washington DC
4/20 – Golden West, Baltimore, MD
4/21 – Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia, PA
4/22 – Mercury Lounge, NYC, NY (early show)
4/23 – Market Hotel, Brooklyn, NY
4/24- Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ (with Titus Andronicus)
4/25 – Great Scott, Allston, MA
4/27 – Green Room, Montreal, Quebec
4/28 – Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, Ontario
4/29 – Now That’s Class, Cleveland, OH
4.30 – Majestic Cafe, Detroit, MI
5/01- Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
5/02- Mad Planet, Milwaukee, WI (with Jail)
5/04- 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN
5/05 – Vaudeville Mews, Des Moines, IA
5/06 – Waiting Room, Lincoln, NE
5/07 – Riot Room, Kansas City, MO (with Gil Mantera)
5/08- Firebird, St. Louis, MO
5/10 – The Summit, Columbus, OH
5/11 – Southgate House, Newport, KY
5/12 – Zanzibar, Louisville, KY
5/13 – The End, Nashville, TN
5/14 – Hi Tone, Memphis, TN
5/15 – City Tavern, Dallas, TX
(Preorder ‘Hippies’ on LP or CD for 15% before April 6 from The Matador Store – poster included)
spiral here from the pavement. we are about to embark on our very ambitious world tour in a couple days. march 1 is the first date and it’s in a place very special to our hearts… new zealand. we’ve got the great 3d’s opening so it’s gonna be a legendary night. we then travel across the tasman sea to my future country of residence, australia (i’m actually writing this to you from brisbane where i’m spending a few days torturing my fiance and her family practicing the songs before the tour starts). speaking of practice, we recently had two good weeks of practice in portland. it was the first time some of us had been in the same room together for close to 10 years. i think we all were a little nervous. it started off pretty rough, except for our drummer who probably practiced the most. but… by the time we had finished, most of the 40 plus songs we had rehearsed were sounding pretty good. we’re really looking forward to the year ahead and seeing all the fans out there digging the music makes it all worthwhile. so thank you for buying tickets. we’ve also got the cool ‘qtp’ best of comp coming out march 9. it was compiled by the band and includes all our faves from the catalog.
also… thanks to all for buying the spiral stairs record. i’m planning some shows in the new year in between the pavement maelstrom. we’re set to play all tomorrow’s parties in the uk and maybe some others around those festival dates. as for north america, look for shows in june or july in the midwest and east coast.
in the meantime, enjoy these photos from portland…
Last Friday night, some of us were lucky enough to catch Fucked Up perform a set that – even by the band’s lofty standard – was really one for the ages.
Also, FACT Mag has just published a mixtape by Mr. Jo of FU.
Finally, the first non-Matador employee to respond to this post correctly identifying the up-and-coming New York bedroom-pop wizard rocking the Fucked Up t-shirt on Looking For Gold wins a prize.
On Tuesday, March 9 — the official day of release for the new LP/CD/digital album The Brutalist Bricks — Ted Leo & The Pharmacists will be playing a handful of songs, new and old at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory. After a brief intermission, the quartet will return to the stage to provide musical accompaniment for an evening of karaoke. A list of available songs will be posted at the door, as well as in advance at the new look Ted Leo.com. Might this be a rare opportunity to see Chris Lombardi performing his award-winning version of “The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald”? Probably not, but if spreading such information guarantees greater press coverage and/or a line around the block, well, we’ll do whatever it takes..
If the snowflakes pouring down over the website didn’t tip you off, it’s time for everyone to put their hands (together) right now. Below is a taster from The New Pornographers’ forthcoming album Together, out May 4:
This song is just the tip of the iceberg so far as Together is concerned – here is the full track listing:
1. Moves
2. The Crash Years
3. Your Hands (Together)
4. Silver Jenny Dollar
5. Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk
6. My Shepherd
7. If You Can’t See My Mirrors
8. Up In The Dark
9. Valkyrie In The Roller Disco
10. A Bite Out Of My Bed
11. Daughters Of Sorrow
12. We End Up Together
As always, the album features the immense talents of A.C. Newman, Dan Bejar, Kathryn Calder, Neko Case, John Collins, Kurt Dahle, Todd Fancey and Blaine Thurier. It was produced by Phil Palazzolo and recorded at various studios in Vancouver, Brooklyn and Woodstock New York, and oh man, do we love it.
Now preorder the album and get a free 7″ and a free poster:
