Mighty Robot Lives Again! Well, on DVD anyway. Contact Records announced its first DVD release, and it exhumes the archives of the once mighty underground venue in NYC. Up until its much grieved demise in 2005, Mighty Robot hosted shows by our fave NYC bands - Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Liars, TV on the Radio, Les Savy Fav, and the Anchorage-Alaska-fronted, SF-based Coachwhips. While you can still catch these bands on stage today, you can no longer catch the Mighty Robot anywhere other than fading memories and this jam packed DVD.

MIGHTY ROBOT “Sleep When You Are Dead” DVD Tracklist:

Mighty Robot:

Junk Yard Show 2004:
01 Sightings
02 Liars
03 Lightning Bolt

Junk Yard Show 2005:
04 Hospitals
05 Ex Models
06 Oneida

Last Two Days Show 2005:

07 Fireball
08 Jah Division
09 Oakley Hall
10 Tallboys
11 Coachwhips

Mighty Robot Visual Work:
12 “Every Bite Tastes Like More” (music by Mighty Robot AV Squad)
13 “Funny I Don’t Feel Like a Shit Head” (music by Ex Models)
14 “Sleep When You Are Dead”

Technorati Tags: Liars, YYY, LSF, TVotR, music, DVD, rock, news, NYC, guitar, robot

Sunn O))) has announced more tour dates on their artist page at Southern Lord Records! I guess the Pacific Rim and Roadburn festival were good to them, because after they play the Sonar Festival in Barcelona, they will be playing one show in the UK and then heading home to the US for some west coast shows with label mates and mentors, Earth.

Dang I wish I could have been at that Roadburn, but I would be happy to catch their performance in Belgium with Wolf Eyes. One of my very favorite Sunn O))) performances ever was with Wolf Eyes at the Lobot in Oakland. Both bands have been a huge musical influence on me. My bandmate in T113 grew up in Ann Arbor and was friends with Nate of Wolf Eyes, thus sharing some of the same musical influences and ideas. My mate first introduced me to Wolf Eyes’ brilliant chaotic noise and I was hooked. I think an ideal show for our band T113 would be with Sunn O))), Wolf Eyes and Merzbow in Japan (where they truly appreciate noise as an artform). This festival in Belgium comes awfully close! Who wants to fly T113 out to the Dour Festival to perform as well?

Also on this upcoming tour, Sunn O))) will playing shows with Wolves in the Throneroom, whom I have also mentioned as a fantastic metal band. If you get the chance, definitely catch them live. They are TIGHT, and play furiously passionate metal. T113 has played shows with them, and Wolves has honored us on a few occasions by playing on our soundsystem, including at the Autonomous Mutant Festival. In fact one of my fave live performances as T113 was with Wolves in the Throneroom at Overload in Oakland. My mic wasn’t working, but my mate and I played a killer set that included a doom metal cover of Ledbelly’s “In The Pines”. The guys of Wolves in the Throneroom are such down to earth and sweet people in addition to playing stellar, dark music. Not theatrical, like Sunn O))) but intense nonetheless.

Tour

Jun 16, 2007 Sonar Festival Barcelona
Jun 18, 2007 Meltdown Festival London, UK w/Chrome Hoof
Jul 2, 2007 Casbah San Diego, CA Earth, Weedeater & Wolves in the Throne Room
Jul 3, 2007 El Ray Los Angeles, LA Earth, Weedeater & Wolves in the Throne Room
Jul 4, 2007 Independant San Francisco, CA Earth, Weedeater & Wolves in the Throne Room
Jul 6, 2007 Mt Tabor Portland, OR Earth, Weedeater & Wolves in the Throne Room
Jul 7, 2007 El Corazon Seattle, WA Earth, Weedeater & Wolves in the Throne Room
Jul 14, 2007 SuperSonic Festival Birmingham UK Om, Mogwai, Miasma, etc
Jul 15, 2007 Dour Festival Belgium Wilco, Merzbow, Wolf Eyes

Sunn O))) has also announced that they will be releasing a 12″ vinyl record called Oracle in the US this summer. The 2 singles that would comprise the 2 sides of the record are:
1. “Belülrol Pusztít” – 16:01
2. “Orakulum” – 18:37

The jackhammer on the A side is provided by Joe Preston (Thrones).
It will be accompanied by a bonus disc:

“Helio)))sophist” – 48:17

You should be able to acquire your copy at any of the US shows. Southern Lord has not yet announced whether they will carry it in the online store, so expect a super limited edition.

Links

Sunn O)))

Wolf Eyes

Wolves in the Throneroom

Merzbow

Related posts on HT:

Sunn O))) and Wolf Eyes Play Sonar Fest
Growing Wolf Eyes On Thrones Touring Europe
Boris and Sunn O))) tour Pacific Rim 2007
Sunn O))) Adds Roadburn Festival To Tour
No Fun Noise Fest Tortures NYC 4th Year In A Row

Technorati Tags: metal, music, news, noise, Merzbow, Sunn O, Wolves, Wolf Eyes, doom, drone, guitar, tour, vinyl, album, UK, SF

Clipse has added more tour dates to their European tour with a short break before they hit Chicago for the Pitchfork Music Fest. They haven’t added the new dates to their own official website yet, so I grabbed this list from their my$pace page. You can also listen to tracks and watch music videos from their Hell Hath No Fury album.

Tour

Tour Poster:

Looks like it’s Denmark for 07/07/07…

Technorati Tags: hiphop, music, news, tour, UK, Clipse

7Grand Records artists Guru and Solar have been busy with the Jazzmatazz series, they are up to Volume 4 which compiles Common, Omar, Blackalicious, Raheem Devaughn and more. There is no release date set for Vol.4 yet, but there is a new treat from the superproducers - they recently gave the remix treatment to the Gym Class Heroes song “Cupid’s Chokehold” (which was #1 on the Billboard chart when GCH released it). The remix is not officially released yet, but GIANT STEP couldn’t wait to share it. You can download it from their page or listen to it on Guru’s music $pace.

Get more info at GIANT STEP. You can read or listen to an interview with Solar and Guru on the 7 Grand website. The 7 Grand website has all kinds of goodies by and about these 2, so you might want to spend some time wandering around there.

Technorati Tags: hiphop, music, news, download, mp3, remix

The Beastie Boys have put a new video on their blog, showing them rocking out at their “Gala Event” instrumental show on the Wookie stage of the Sasquatch festival. So get thee to the Beastie Blog and check out an instrumental “Root Down…Get It”

Klaxons are preparing to drop a whole lotta music on international audiences! First, the “It’s Not Over Yet” single drops June 25th in the UK. Next, it’s a trio of limited edition vinyl 12 inches starting on July 10th with “Gravity’s Rainbow” which features a remix by Soulwax. After that, it’s “Magick” with a remix by Simian Mobile Disco, then “Golden Skans” as remixed by Erol Alkan. All releases will be let loose by DimMak Records.

Klaxons performed these three singles at BBC Radio One’s Big Weekend in Preston. You can view the live footage of that performance on the band’s website.

You can also listen to more music and view more videos at their music $pace.

Tour

06-01 Porto, Portugal - City Hall
06-02 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival
06-14 Paris, France - Bercy #
06-16 London, England - Hyde Park (Wireless Festival)
06-17 Leeds, England - Harewood House (Wireless Festival)
06-20 Cambridge, England - King’s Affair (DJ set)
06-22 Glastonbury, England - Glastonbury Festival
06-23 Glastonbury, England - Glastonbury Festival
06-26 Arendal, Norway - Hove Festival
06-29 St. Gallen, Switzerland - Openair St. Gallen Festival
06-30 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter Festival
07-01 Belfort, France - La Chapiteau
07-03 Lisbon, Portugal - Super Bock Super Rock Festival
07-06 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-07 Kinross, Scotland - T in the Park Festival
07-08 Dublin, Ireland - Oxegen Festival
07-10 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
07-11 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
07-12 Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
07-13 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
07-15 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) ^
07-16 Minneapolis, MN @ The Varsity Theater
07-19 Ibiza, Spain - Cream @ Amnesia (DJ set) $
07-20 Benicassim, Spain - Benicassim Festival
07-21 Angouleme, France - Garden Nef Party
07-22 Brittany, France - Festival Les Vieilles Charrues
07-28 Warwick, England - Global Gathering Festival (DJ set)
08-02 Sydney, Australia - The Forum
08-05 Byron Bay, Australia - Splendour in the Grass
08-07 Melbourne, Australia - Billboard
08-08 Perth, Australia - Capital
08-11 Tokyo, Japan - Summer Sonic Festival
08-12 Osaka, Japan - Summer Sonic Festival
08-17 Salzburg, Austria - Frequency Festival
08-24 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
08-26 Reading, England - Reading Festival

Mania TV who I reported on yesterday for their futuristic endeavors with concerts in Second Life, interviewed Klaxons as their Artist Of The Day not long ago. Check that out on Mania TV’s A.O.D. page. You can also find loads of other manic videos with your fave artists over there too, so be sure to scope that place out.

Here is the video for “Gravity’s Rainbow”:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/CYQJ9b-C3j0]

Technorati Tags: music, news, ManiaTV, Klaxons, vinyl, dj

There is an excellent article in the UK Times Online today about the current reunion of Throbbing Gristle, a band which continues to be a huge influence on me in many ways. The Times discusses with the members of TG their reasons for reforming, their recent performances, and how easy it was to start working together again. They recently released their first album in 26 years, PART TWO The Endless Not which is available from their online store.

Tracklist For PART TWO The Endless Not

1. Vow Of Silence
2. Rabbit Snare
3. Separated
4. Almost A Kiss
5. Greasy Spoon
6. Lyre Liar
7. Above The Below
8. Endless Not
9. The Worm Waits It Turn
10. After The Fall

Last month, the group played with a choir of 20 singers at the Donau Festival in Austria. This last weekend, they played a live musical score for early Super 8 films by Derek Jarman. Chris Carter has a flickr page with photos from the Donau, likely he will be adding photos from the performance this weekend as well. But, there is still another chance to see them live if you are in London and it sounds as if they will be scheduling more shows in the future. According to the Times Online article:

“It seems to us now,” says Christopherson on their reasons for reforming, “that the record business is in as bad a situation as it was in the 1970s, if not worse. It’s not really able to make a statement unless it’s directly related to putting cute boys and cute girls onstage. We felt it was important that our message could be heard again, and people could realise that music can mean something.”

Cosey Fanni Tutti, who has remained active with a solo career as well as the excellent duo Chris and Cosey with fellow TG member Chris Carter (who also maintained an amazing solo experimental electronica careers - at times my very favorite artist, and one who I have been massively inspired by in my own musical efforts), went on to say in the article that it was incredibly easy to start working as TG again because each member continues to share the same desire and message to communicate through music. Christopherson elaborates by stating that the next project with TG is always the most exciting one. Good news for TG fans that would like to see a revival of their controversial interpretations on what popular music sounds like and how it is presented and integrated with the public sphere!

Shows

June 1-3 TG - The Desertshore Installation at the Institute Of Contemporary Art, London
TG return to the ICA London (ica.org.uk) for a series of public ‘Recording Sessions’.

Links

Throbbing Gristle
TG music $pace
Times Online article

Technorati Tags: TG, music, noise, news, album, experimental, electronica, Jarman, Cosey, Chris Carter

I reported in March that there is a possibility of reggae/dancehall singer Jah Cure being released from prison this July. It has been rumored that he would be out in time to play the legendary Reggae Sunsplash concert in Jamaica this summer. Well, I haven’t heard further news of his release, but 3 promotions teams are organizing shows for him to perform at later this summer, which would lead one to believe that the plans for his release are becoming more solid.

One such event is scheduled for August 24-26th and its being called Curefest in celebration of Jah Cure’s return to music and his community. Organizers of Curefest are promoting it as a vessel to bring conciousness back to reggae and dancehall music. According to press statements reported by Reggae Country news:

The festival will showcase positive cultural, dancehall and international artistes, bringing a higher level of consciousness to Jamaica over the course of 3 days.

Friday August 24, Reflection is an all-inclusive tribute dinner event hosted by Danger Zone Records.

Saturday August 25, 45 Cure’s is a selector spin-off and stage show where Radio DJ’s compete with Sound System DJ’s to play the best Jah Cure dub / mix. The night will also feature performances by Dancehall artistes.

Sunday August 26, Longing For, is the final night of the festival when Jah Cure and his local and international celebrity friends will perform.

Curefest marks Jah Cure’s first performance in 8 years and is set for August 24-26, 2007 on the North Coast of Jamaica.

I will report any further news that I find on Jah Cure, so watch this space. You can also check over at Reggae Country news for further info.

Technorati Tags: reggae, Jah Cure, dancehall, JA, music, news, prison

In other virtual news, Electronic Arts has just sold the movie rights for The Sims to 20th Century Fox.

ok ok ok ok, wait one second. The Sims is a super fun game (I especially like making the bathroom unreasonably small and watching the wifey grumble!) and Second Life looks scarily fun too, but a movie about simulated life? Oh, right, all movies are about simulated life. Carry on then.

According to Reuters:

“The Sims has done an interactive version of an old story, which is what it’s like to have infinite power and how do you deal with it,” the Hollywood industry paper quoted Rod Humble, head of The Sims Studio at EA, as saying.

Speaking of unlimited power, The Sims is one of the best selling computer games of all time with 85 million copies sold in 7 years, plus multiple franchises and expansions. 20th Century Fox is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s global vertically integrated media company, News Corp. You may recall that EA joined forces with Nettwerk Publishing in early April. If not, feel free to jump over to an earlier post about that.

thats more like it!!

Technorati Tags: news, virtual, reality, Sims, Fox, Murdoch, movie

First there were live concerts, then radio broadcasts of live concerts. Next there were TV broadcasts of live concerts, and then there were recordings of live concerts. With the widespread use of internet, came streaming concerts online, now with streaming video as well. Now, all of that has reached the next step. Virtual world Second Life is getting more and more “live” concerts. Suzanne Vega, Duran Duran and Ben Folds have all played in avatar form in Second Life, with views of the “real” concert playing on the big screen over the stage. Now with so many different channels for experiencing a live performance, an online viewer can choose between which cameras to view the action from. One could switch between close up cameras on stage, middle row shots, full stadium shots, as well as viewing the virtual avatars, or all cameras at once. Better yet, it could be seamlessly integrated into one experience, melding the virtual and the real together into one. A great example of this was reported today from Denver, Colorado where ManiaTV was holding a concert in a previously abandoned warehouse. According to yahoo news:

those watching the Internet stream on ManiaTV saw the event not only from the perspective of multiple camera angles, but also from the point of view of a special Second Life “cam” that spliced in shots of the different bands’ avatars performing in the virtual world. Meanwhile, those in Second Life watching the avatars perform were also viewing video of the real thing streamed from a large screen behind the virtual “stage.” And those in the studios watching it live could also see what was happening in both, on about 25 TV monitors set up throughout the space.

In an industry that is crying over drops in cd sales and the internet takeover, this could be the next big music product. Read the report on yahoo news for more details.

BBC news has also been dipping its toes into the Second Life. Last year BBC Breakfast conducted its first interview in Second Life.

U2 in Second Life Concert:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/Mro9Qzv--k8]

If you like virtual reality gigs, definitely check out Wired Mag’s “Second Life Rocks (Literally)” guide to gigs…

Technorati Tags: music, Second Life, virtual, reality, news, internet, concert
ManiaTV

Those readers who are visiting this page via the homepage can plainly see (i hope!!), that this site has just had a complete renovation. If you are reading this via a reader or email post, please visit the website at your convenience and let me know how it looks. I hope you are able to see everything well enough. I will be making adjustments and improvements constantly until it looks absolutely fantastic on everyone’s computer, so if anything is not working out in your view of this site - please email me! In the meantime, i just wanted to get this up and running. The colour palette is very dark for a very good reason - these colours are intended to save quite a bit of energy and therefore be more environmentally conservative. It takes more energy/electricity to illuminate a monitor screen to make it appear white, it takes half as much energy to appear dark blue, green, and red, and even less to produce black. In fact, black might be the total absence of light in this case. For more information on low-watt web palettes, visit these pages:

Black Google On TreeHugger

EcoIron Uses Emergy-C

I will be posting more very soon about conserving energy on the internet, blogging on wordpress, CSS control, etc…

So Stay Tuned!
And as always, THANKS FOR VISITING!!!

Molli Fire
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All the Behemoth news that’s fit to print:

The Polish metal veterans have published the artwork and tracklist for their new album, The Apostasy which drops on July 17th.

TRACKLIST

I Rome 64 C.E
II Slaying The Prophets Ov Isa
III Prometherion
IV At The Left Hand Ov God
V Kriegsphilosophie
VI Be Without Fear
VII Arcane Hereticae
VIII Libertheme
IX Inner Sanctum
X Pazuzu
XI Christgrinding Avenue

BEHEMOTH TOUR

May 26 Deathcrush fest Live Factory Adelsheim
May 27 Club Mocvara Zagreb
May 28 Sa Club Sarajevo
May 29 n/a Belgrad
May 30 Sofia Hall Sofia
May 31 Sala Preoteasa Bukarest
Jun 1 Undead Festival, Blue hell club Budapest
Jun 5 Mystic festival Katowice
Jun 22 Nummirrock fest
Jun 23 Summer nights festival
Jun 24 Hellfest
Jun 28 Peace & Love fest
Jun 29 Maelanrocken festival
Jul 5 Obscene Extreme fest
Jul 6 Battle of metal fest
Jul 7 Evolution fest
Jul 12 White River Amphitheatre - Ozzfest Seattle, Washington
Jul 13 Croatian Cultural Center Vancouver
Jul 14 The Gorge - Ozzfest George, Washington
Jul 15 McDonald Theatre Eugene, Oregon
Jul 16 New Oasis Sparks, Nevada
Jul 17 Sleep Train Amphitheatre - Ozzfest Sacramento, California
Jul 19 Shoreline Amphitheatre - Ozzfest Mountain View, California
Jul 20 Stramler Park Bakersfield, California
Jul 21 Hyundai Pavilion - Ozzfest Devore, California
Jul 22 Soma San Diego, California
Jul 23 House Of Blues Las Vegas, Nevada
Jul 24 Cricket Pavilion - Ozzfest Phoenix, Arizona
Jul 26 Journal Pavilion - Ozzfest Albuquerque, New Mexico
Jul 27 Boulder Theater Boulder, Colorado
Jul 28 Coors Amphitheatre - Ozzfest Denver, Colorado
Jul 29 The Cotillion Wichita, Kansas
Jul 30 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Ozzfest Kansas City, Missouri
Aug 1 Verizon Wireless Theater Houston, Texas
Aug 2 Smirnoff Music Center - Ozzfest Dallas, Texas
Aug 3 Lonestar Amphitheater Lubbock, Texas
Aug 4 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - Ozzfest San Antonio, Texas
Aug 5 Clear Channel Metroplex Event Center Little Rock, Arkansas
Aug 6 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - Ozzfest St.Louis, Missouri
Aug 8 Germain Amphitheatre - Ozzfest Columbus, Ohio
Aug 10 First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre - Ozzfest Tinley Park, Illinois
Aug 11 Waverly Hills Sanatorium Louisville, Kentucky
Aug 12 Alpine Valley Music Theatre - Ozzfest East Troy, Wisconsin
Aug 13 Agora Theatre Cleveland, Ohio
Aug 14 Verizon Wireless Music Theatre - Ozzfest Indianapolis, Indiana
Aug 16 PNC Bank Arts Center - Ozzfest Holmdel, New Jersey
Aug 17 The Dome Theatre Niagra Falls, New York
Aug 18 New England Dodge Music Theatre - Ozzfest Hartford, Connecticut
Aug 19 Magic City Music Hall Johnson City, New York
Aug 20 Tweeter Center - Ozzfest Boston, Massachusetts
Aug 22 Tweeter Center - Ozzfest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Aug 23 Rams Head Live! Baltimore, Maryland
Aug 24 Post Gazette Pavilion - Ozzfest Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Aug 25 Kool Haus Toronto, Ontario
Aug 26 DTE Energy Music Theatre - Ozzfest Detroit, Michigan
Aug 28 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - Ozzfest Charlotte, North Carolina
Aug 29 The Tabernacle Atlanta, Georgia
Aug 30 Sound Advice Amphitheatre - Ozzfest West Palm Beach, Florida
Sep 1 Palamaggiò Caserta (near naples)

LINKS

music$pace
official website
youTube channel

The latest in a series of video journal entries documenting behind the scenes action of the making of The Apostasy:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/hYTI0UDrgj8]

Not everybody likes the idea of a free show. For some, the cost in time and effort spent is more expensive then forking out the cash. Some die hard metal fans may be loyal OzzFest attendees, but are considering skipping this year, just because of the convoluted series of hoops to be jumped through and mazes to be navigated that is necessary to acquire a ticket to the FreeFest. Well, if you are in one of these categories, then i may have the solution for you. Ozzfest has announced that it will be offering different levels of VIP packages with various degrees of access to rewards. The 3 levels are:

Party Like a Rockstar - $300 - better-than-free seating, access to the VIP viewing platform and general VIP area, and a behind-the-scenes tour

I’m Part of the Show - $666 - all the above plus a seat on the main stage during Ozzy’s closing performance

Platinum - auction, bidding starts at $1K - all the above plus meet Ozzy face-to-face, and receive a special certificate signed by Sharon.  The proceeds from the sale of these tickets (limited to 10 per show) will benefit the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles.

So far, the official Ozzfest website does not have details of the packages, so watch the VH1 website for more info.

Rolling Stone has the goods today - 2 songs off the upcoming deluxe edition of Daydream Nation from Sonic Youth.  You can listen to streaming audio of “Teen Age Riot” and “Silver Rocket” off the RS blog.  Of course, most dyed in the wool Sonic Youth fans already have these in their collections (the streams are the older unremastered versions from the first release), but it’s a nice taste for those of you who have discovered SY long after the 1988 release of the original album.  The streams accompany a bit of info about the upcoming deluxe edition album which hits the streets on June 12th.

Uncut has just published new UK tour dates for CocoRosie. There still is no word on what happened that resulted in the sisters being arrested which led to the cancellation of their N.Am. tour. But UK fans will be treated to live performances of songs from their new album this June.

Coco Rosie Shows In UK

June 12 Brighton Komedia
June 13 Nottingham Trent University
June 14 Bristol Anson Rooms
June 15 Glasgow The Arches
June 16 Manchester Academy 2
June 17 London Bloomsbury Ballroom

Complete CocoRosie Tour

May 27 Art Rock Festival St. Brieux
May 28 L’Olympic Nantes
May 29 Le 4 Sans Bordeaux
May 30 Rockstore Montpellier
May 31 Le Ramier Toulouse
Jun 1 Transbordeur Lyon
Jun 2 La Cartonnerie Reims
Jun 3 Salles des Fetes Droixhe Liege
Jun 4 Kultur Kirche Cologne
Jun 5 Mouson Turm Frankfurt
Jun 6 Alte Feuerwache Mannheim
Jun 7 Manufaktur Schorndorf
Jun 8 Theater Moods Zurich
Jun 9 Kilbi Festival Dudingen
Jun 10 Muffathalle Munich
Jun 12 Komedia Brighton
Jun 13 Trent University Nottingham
Jun 14 The Anson Room Bristol
Jun 15 The Arches Glasgow
Jun 16 Academy 2 Manchester
Jun 17 Bloomsbury Ballroom London
Jun 29 Rematias Theater Athens

Links

Official website
music$pace