10/5/09 News briefs: Thurston Moore, MTV’s Woodies, Uffie, Thom Yorke and Devendra/GZA
October 5th, 2009
Sonic Youth’s ageless wonder Thurston Moore is adding publisher to his long list of accomplishments. He’ll extend his Ecstatic Peace label to include a boutique library that publishes art books.
MTV continues to try and convince us that it likes “alternative” music by announcing the nominees for the 6th annual mtvU Woodie Awards. While it’s entirely up to the fans, we could be convinced if, say Animal Collective beats Green Day.
One-time blog sensation and Justice collaborator Uffie is finally set to release her far-too-long-awaited debut album in 2010. The smart-arsed French MC’s Sex Dreams & Denim Jeans will include production by Ed Banger heavyweights Feadz, Mr. Oizo, SebastiAn and Busy P, with a rumoured contribution of some kind by Pharrell Williams.
Thom Yorke unveiled his new supergroup the other night in L.A. as he performed a set consisting of his album The Eraser and a few newbies. The Guardian gave him and Flea 4 stars, and you can see why thanks to some live footage posted here.
Finally, bearded freak-folkie Devendra Banhart has let it slip that he may actually release an album with GZA. Apparently both Banhart and the Wu-Tang member are mutual fans, which is as weird as it seems.
Tags: Devendra Banhart, ecstatic peace, GZA, MTV, Thom Yorke, thurston moore, Uffie, Woodie Awards
Posted on Monday, October 5th, 2009 at 3:18 pm by Cam and is filed under News, The New Music.
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