DEASTRO: And you thought Kevin Barnes was freaky

• @ santos party house #
• Technical difficulties…live blogging resumes…now #
• Enter in medias res. Sounds polished and poppy #
• Was that a fiddle? Tunde’s singing like Paul Simon #
• Go saxophone! Was that the last track. Weird ending #
• Not sold on this yet. About 30 people here. They should all stop talking now #
• Long pause … Ok this is def track 1…do I hear some beach boys influence #
• This track rules, whatever it is. Tunde’s voice sounds rich and full #
• Doesn’t have the wow of the last album. Maybe a grower? #
• This song has some Prince in it…….a bit…… And now it doesn’t #
• Overall everything has been very beat heavy. Guitars arent as prominent. #
• This album is about tunde, jaleel and gerard # Read more
  

Photos by Andrew Parks

We’re still not sure what we witnessed at Sebastien Tellier’s Sexuality-shilling show last night (an elaborate, electro-shocked cabaret act? seduction via mimed guitar solos and pre-recorded Daft Punk beats?). What we do know is Tellier sure knows how to put on a show for a packed house. Find out more about the man behind the shades here, where he contributes a DJ set and such.

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By Aaron Richter

As we all know by now, new releases hit record-store shelves and digital-download services each Tuesday. That’s why self-titled presents the following every week: a new release you’d be stupid not to own (Buy It), one worth checking out if you’re the curious type (Burn It) and something you might have heard about but probably should avoid (Skip It). Simple, ain’t it?

Except this week looks a little skimpy, so we’ll just give you one fancy Buy It and leave it at that.
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So Wired’s excellent Julia Allison cover story got the self-titled office thinking the other day … If a minor Internet celebrity can keep the public enthralled through ridiculously personal Twitter posts, why can’t we mainline live rumors and reviews to our readers?

Presenting s/t’s Twitter stream—the place to go when you’re wondering what’s going on right now, from whether or not the rest of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs showed up to Karen O’s solo show to tonight’s token example of what we hope to do with this little program in the coming months: live reporting from TV on the Radio’s private listening party for Dear Science. “Follow us” (yeah, we think it’s a little weird too) for updates on your cell phone or keep your eyes on the “s/t stalker” widget at the top of the middle column for refreshed Twitter posts every 15 minutes.

Ah, the Internet: Creepy Since 2008.

Alan Vega, looking back through old Suicide bootlegs Who was my girlfriend? What was happening? Where was I? What was I thinking? How the fuck did I even dress like that?

[SUICIDE L to R: Martin Rev, Alan Vega]

By Aaron Richter

“These recordings are not for the fainthearted or casual fan” warns the back of Suicide: Live 1977–1978, a limited-edition six-disc box set out now on Blast First Petite. The collection documents the tour following the release of Suicide’s classic self-titled debut. It includes rough recordings of full shows at New York City venues CBGB’s, Max’s Kansas City and The Palladium, as well as brutal sets from a European tour with Elvis Costello and the Clash.

Riots were incited. Bottles were thrown. Faces were cut with glass. The punks were royally fucked with. For singer Alan Vega and keyboardist Martin Rev, instigation and agitation were vital and necessary. Although it’s a difficult, monotonous listen, this box set (limited to only 3,000 copies) captures an anger, a frustration and an oppressive, pulsating sound that truly pissed people off. Here, Vega speaks candidly with self-titled about the death of punk, the art of confrontation and his biggest fear. Part two of our unedited interview—the one with the ax-wielding fan anecdote—will run tomorrow morning.

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Depending on our mood at the moment, self-titled digs just about everything Hydra Head puts out, from Torche to that really twisted Pyramids disc from earlier this year—the one with remixes from Jesu, Birchville Cat Motel, and James Plotkin.

The label for “thinking man’s metal” may outdo themselves with the following Melvins set, however …

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While K.I.M. of The Presets already told self-titled everything we need to know about Australia (remember, koalas are not cuddly; they’re STD-ridden), we couldn’t help but share the latest music video from Apocalypso. In the capable hands of some directorial duo named Jonas & François, “Talk Like That” is turned into a creepy meditation on obsessive dance-rock fans that may or may not look like cracked-out models.

As a bonus for paying attention, we’ve also include the Lifelike remix of “This Boy’s In Love” after the jump …

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BOB DYLAN during his tire-chasing days

• The Walkmen have released their new record early for charity and a discounted download price of $5.
• The eighth volume of Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series will be a three-disc rarities set.
• Daft Punk are among the artists named in a round of soon-to-be-announced tours.
• Prefix has uploaded a spoken word performance/interview from Saul Williams.
• Batman—yes, Batman—is the Guardian’s “Singles Club” reviewer this week. Apparently he’s a big Nick Cave fan.
• Wanna read Cory Feldman’s thoughts on the Lost Boys sequel? Of course you do.
• Sirius and XM have officially merged.
• Sounds like Lost is about to get complicated again.
• Settle down, Jarvis!
• The entire cassette tape format has reportedly died.
• DRM rules are apparently hampering the digital archiving of music.
• Paste has expanded upon their recent Conor Oberst feature online, with some (kinda) scintillating thoughts on religion and politics.
• Other Music recently spent some time backstage with Stephin Merritt.
• Deerhoof have finalized a fall tour route and the tracklisting to their latest full-length.
• Amy Winehouse is “right as rain” after yet another hospital visit.
• Mogwai spoke to Billboard about their next album.
• SPIN has posted an exclusive Amnesty International PSA featuring Michael Stipe.
• Lykke Li and El Perro Del Mar have linked up for a “Take Away” session.
• Footage from a scrapped White Stripes documentary has leaked.
• The Streets has set a release date for his new record.
• Lightning Bolt, Brian Jonestown Massacre and Les Savy Fav have all been added to ATP New York.
• Now that it’s closed shop, Yahoo Music is offering refunds to its former customers.

A dearly-missed NYC icon makes an appearance in our Single of the Day …

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Soulwax is mostly known for their genre-jumping alter ego 2 Many DJs, so like most people, self-titled had low expectations for their live stateside debut a few years back.

Actually, let’s be honest: We went just so we could see their DJ set afterwards. And you know what? The living, breathing version of Soulwax didn’t let up one bit. In fact, it was nastier and gnarlier than 2 Many DJs at 2 a.m. Running through their Nite Versions (Modular Moods) record from intro to out—think a straight-banging DJ set with no sense of peaks and valleys—Belgium brothers Stephen and David Dewaele lead a full band and a packed Studio B through a healthy hour of hammerhead hooks and saw-toothed synths. An equally engrossing evening on the decks followed, proving the Dewaele’s can play both roles with equal aplomb.

“How do they do it?” we wondered. Steve-O offered some answers on the DJ mix tip …

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JUSTICE say yes to more filtered disco nonsense

• Franz Ferdinand has promised a “disco driven” third disc.
• Justice have premiered a new track.
• Mick Jagger has turned 65.
• Black Kids have responded to Pitchfork’s ridiculous review of their major label debut.
• Cheeseburger have a new digital EP in celebration of their Colt 45 tour.
• SPIN has posted an exclusive Kings of Leon MP3.
• The “world’s fastest saxophonist,” Johnny Griffin, has died.
• Dark Knight has broken another record.
• Women have signed to Jagjaguwar.
• No Age, Deerhunter and a slew of others have popped up on a new live video collection.
• The Spinto Band have switched labels in the UK.
• Uncut has written a review of Tom Waits‘ Edinburgh show—one that makes us very jealous.
• That’s okay though: NPR has some ready-to-stream Waits material.
• Bill O’Reilly has responded to Nas‘ anti-Fox protest.
• Liz Phair is almost finished with her next full-length.
• Darren Aronofsky has signed on to direct a new Robocop movie.
• Hair Police are back.
• While they’re still relatively unknown in the U.S., the Coral have a singles collection on tap for September.
• Tommy Lee has named Johnny Depp as the prime candidate to play him in Mötley Crüe’s biopic.

So news was kinda slow today, but our Single of the Day is not …

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