Jenny Lewis and The Watson Twins and The Elected took part in Myspace Secret Shows on Sunday January 29th at The Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles. Here is the poster for the show. Pandafishthing has made some live video of the show available to us all via YouTube. Check out video of Jenny Lewis and The Watson Twins performing several songs including:If you missed it yesterday evening, then watch Broken Social Scene(including Feist AND Emily Haines!) performing "Shorelines" on Late Night With Conan O'Brien. It was a great performance with Feist rocking out in particular!
Via The Super Furry Animals' Yahoo Internet list, The Sunday Mail confirms that the Furries' Rhys has signed on to play Mike of The Alarm in a new film. The backstory is that due to the reluctance of radio to play The Alarm's records, having written them off as "pop has-beens", Mike in 2004 released a single called "45RPM" under the name of fictious band called The Poppy Fields. For its music video(which by the way, I haven't yet seen), Mike recruited some 18 year-old young-uns and lo' and behold the song became a hit. Yes, this so totally should be made into a movie.
Yep Roc reports that the The Minus 5 are having a contest where the winner gets a song written about him/her. Anyone up for a song about him/herself? The fact is that I don't think I have the guts to enter this contest for fear that the song turns out to stink and then or course being known as the subject of a song that turned out to stink. If you're so inclined, then check out the details of the contest.
Also on a Yep Roc-related note, check out some new alt-country-ish goodness from The Minus 5 with their new song "Twilight Distillery" which is the first single from their new album"The Gun Album". Launch the song here.
chartattack reports that Stereolab will be releasing a 12 track collection through Too Pure on March 7th. Entitled "Fab Four Suture", this release collects six previously released songs that came out on three limited-edition seven-inch singles last September and six new songs that will be released as three vinyl singles on the same day as the album comes out. Also look for the 10-inch vinyl version as well as for the digital downloads. chartattack notes that a band called The Espers will be opening for Stereolab when they hit Toronto(March 14th @ Phoenix) and Montreal(March 15th @ La Tulipe).
I'd mentioned the Yeti zine previously and now chartattack has also given it some press. I got mine in the mail recently and it's a wonderful item. It includes a CD which contains alot of unreleased indie tracks that I know you'll all want. There's alot of great articles/interviews in the zine(which by the way, has a nice layout and attractive design). The zine was several years late in being published so it's interesting to see how popular some of the artists on the CD compilation have become in the several years that have passed since they were first confirmed to be on the CD. So far I've read a great interview with Neko Case circa "Blacklisted".
And to segway, Pitchfork reports on Neko Case's plans to start a podcast. Oh, and to update/revamp her website. Y'know the site that hasn't been updated since October 2004. Neko, I love you but hire yourself a web guy/gal.
Gonna have to make room on the harddrive for this(I'm teetering on about 1 GB left on my harddrive) but it's rare that I come across a Galaxie 500 bootleg. Here's a torrent(registration required) of Galaxie 500 at CBGB's in New York City on October 19, 1990.
Favourite blog quote of the moment comes from the oh so quiet show in regards to her disappointment of Grandaddy(but in general, bands) breaking up:
"At least solo artists can't break up. BUT THEY CAN DIE! ...I'm going to try not to think about that."
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