COFFEE TALK: The Latest Posts, Profiles & Think Pieces on Pixies, Mayer Hawthorne, Zomby, Kid Koala, Bergraven, Goodie Mob and More
Posted on July 27, 2009
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- Urb has snagged an exclusive Podcast from Felix da Housecat. Yes, that electroclash guy.
- And Resident Advisor has a solid Drums of Death mix.
- Frank Black has lashed out at today’s record labels for not being “creative” or “vital.” How very 2009 of him.
- Open-minded black-metal fans (what an oxymoron, right?) need to read this Bergraven interview immediately.
- Look, we love gold lame pants as much as the next glam-rock casualty, but this is just disturbing.
- “The Top 10 Songs the Web Brought Back” (via Largehearted Boy)
- The Mars Volta are back on tour, continuing to thwart our hope for an At the Drive-In reunion.
- You’re right about this one, Pitchfork: Pictureplane does indeed rule.
- Holy Ghost! just contributed a rather rad diary entry from their bizarro appearance at “Camp Bisco.”
- Speaking of Weezer, former Sleater-Kinney guitarist/vocalist Carrie Brownstein is convinced they’re nothing but a novelty these days.
- Slate’s got it all figured out with “The Three Biggest Reasons Music Magazines Like Vibe and Blender are Dying.”
- “Music Bloggers Roundtable Redux”
- Tortoise fans need to download this live set right now.
- PJ Harvey premiered two new songs at a recent hometown gig.
- Goodie Mob are reuniting!
- Pixies are gonna do their Doolittle dance in the U.S. this fall.
- As if the indie rock festival circuit wasn’t cluttered enough, Wanderlust now combines music and…yoga.
- And what’s this Electric Zoo business?
- You know what you need in your life? Some (live) Pissed Jeans.
- So Audion’s new epileptic live set needs to come to North America soon, or we’re gonna go and trash Matthew Dear’s Brooklyn apartment to ‘make a point’.
- Mayer Hawthorne—easily the most buzzed-about Stones Throw artist in a hot minute—has announced his first full North American tour.
- In case you’re wondering what crates Juan MacLean has been digging through lately, this Amoeba video is a good start.
- Zomby is readying a mini-LP for a September release.
- Kid Koala’s latest multimedia tour has tapped Wolfmother’s two former members as its rhythm section.
- If you secretly want a quick overview of what happened at San Diego’s annual Comic-Con gathering, Underwire and Pop Candy have got you sufficiently covered.
- Islands have unveiled the cover art of their new album, along with a ton of tour dates.
And our video of the day—related to this post—just made us feel really out of shape…
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