08.09.07
Coheed Post New Track on Myspace
(from ultimate-guitar.com) Coheed has posted one of the new tracks from their upcoming album, No World for Tomorrow, on the group’s MySpace page. The song, titled “The Running Free”, is one that Coheed’s reportedly been playing during their slot on this year’s Warped Tour. You can now also check out a new website designated to promote the album at, surprisingly, noworldfortomorrow.com. You can pick the album up October 23 from your favorite record store, or sooner from your favorite torrent site. But if you download, enjoy the music, and can afford the album, buy it. Support the arts. That’s all most true bands really ask. That’s the most links I’ve ever crammed into such a compact space. Either forgive me or congratulate me, depending on your stance toward gratuitous linking.
Thrice Posts Video…Sort of
(from alchemyindex.com) I checked out Thrice’s official studio blog for word on the new album today and found a post dated August 7 (yesterday) by the title “The Alchemy Index Video 1/10″ containing a large box with a red X indicating that, perhaps, a video should be in its place. I’m no techno-tard, so I understand that this could just be my own technical limitation (I am, after all, reporting from the gelid depths of Willis Library’s own general computer lab-full report on this to come). So for those of you on computers that actually, like, work, stay tuned to Thrice’s blog. 1/10 likely means there will be 9 more to come. I just hope they don’t all look like red Xs. And be excited, for no more than 3 months stand between us and Thrice’s monumental effort (and I emphasize effort – the magnitude of the achievement has yet to be seen and, as with Vheissu, I’ll be fair in judging it in a very biased manner).
EDIT (8/9/07): The video is now up and running with a bullet list of enticing announcements from Riley. There will in fact be 10 or 11 video previews of The Alchemy Index (working title for the album, I suppose), one a week up until the album’s release. The clip on the website is an edited version of “Air Sonnet”, which is not the working name of the song, but the harmonies at the end are nothing short of di-fucking-vine (way to sacrilege the word, right?). I recommend checking it out. Also, Dave Eggers is NOT producing the artwork; Dustin instead will take up the task due to time constraints. Eggers, as previously mentioned, was the artist behind Vheissu’s brilliant vintage engraving-style decor. I’m interested to see what Dustin can come up with visually. Last, there should be some more news announced today (according to one commenter, it’s the pregnancy/birth of Teppei’s wife/child, but we shall see).
Pitchfork Media Interviews Buck 65
(from Pitchfork) Though I like to give Pitchfork hell for being so goddamn pretentious, I do understand that they have quite the lively following (and I know that such pompousness is not a fresh or recent development in the realm of art, so I’ll let it slide). That they initiated an interview with Nova Scotian rapper Buck 65 (who I first learned about at SXSW this year) earns them some serious cool points. He’s got some of the weirdest, most experimental rap songs (unconventional beats, chatty Beck-like mind vomit meets backpack rap lyrics) I’ve heard in a long time with quite an extensive discography (I’ve got at least a gig worth of tracks by the man). Now, for his sixth full-length titled Situation (due out October 30 – my birthday!) he’s focusing on the year 1957. I almost resisted the temptation to be brief and lazy on this one, almost broke out into a full-scale report/article, but it’s too goddamn cold in this computer lab – see above link for full story. Expect better reporting once I get my own computer. I keep the thermostat on 78 at home, no lie. The 20 degree (negative) difference is slowing down the flow of blood through my veins and making me want to die (and my nipples could gore somebody right now).
By the way, to all of you who read (and don’t comment), thanks. It feels good to know that I pour time into the empty void of the internet for the readership of some. If you’ve been reading for a while, why not send me an email and introduce yourself? Let me know you exist, because I see the page hits.
Stevie Wonder Announces Miniature Tour
(from Yahoo!) But unless you’re willing to drive out to Georgia or Massachusetts, forget about attending. It’s his first tour since 1995, so this might be cause for celebration and road-tripping. I’m really going to have to debate this issue…I’d love to see Stevie, but I’d shoot myself if I had to drive that far for one show (which I’m sure will be pretty healthily priced). Until then I’ve got Sir Duke and Signed, Sealed, Delivered to bring a smile to my face. Alongside a bunch of music completely unlike Stevie Wonder. But hey, that’s the nature of this business. Tour dates listed below, tickets on sale August 11. More information on this story can be found here.
“A Wonder Summer’s Night” will feature 13 concerts from Aug. 23 to Sept. 20 in eight states:
- San Diego, CA
- Lake Tahoe, CA
- Concord, CA
- Santa Barbara, CA
- Saratoga, CA
- Los Angeles, CA
- Portland, OR
- Woodinville, WA
- Chicago, IL
- Detroit, MI
- Atlanta, GA
- Baltimore, MD
- Boston, MA
