12/17/09 News briefs: Thom Yorke, 4AD Records, Interpol, Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra and Ghostly International
December 17th, 2009
Thom Yorke took a last-minute trip to Copenhagen today just in time for the Nations Climate Change Conference. Grist TV managed to grab Radiohead’s frontman who said he was there as a “press person” to get a first-hand look at the negotiations.
4AD Records had a pretty spectacular 2009 with records by Future Of The Left, Atlas Sound, The Big Pink, Camera Obscura, M. Ward and St. Vincent, to name a few. To celebrate, the label is giving away a sampler, which you can download for free here.
Interpol have dropped more hints about their forthcoming album. Frontman Paul Banks told BBC 6Music that bassist Carlos D has reached “new levels of crazy sophisticated orchestration” and to expect some “really classical stuff.” Interesting…
The always awe-inspiring Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra have announced they’re releasing a new album through long-time label Constellation in February. Kollaps Tradixionales sees the band adding and subtracting personnel, while dropping the “Tra-La-La Band” from their ever-evolving name. As always, it will come in an elaborate package that includes a 16-page 7″ x 9″ book with a foil-embossed cover and silkscreen poster. You can hear a track off the album over at FACT Magazine.
In case you hadn’t noticed, there are far too many decade-end lists rehashing the same old records as the best of the 2000s. Well, Ghostly International has compiled its Top 110 favourite albums of the last ten years and made it look good. Check it out!
Tags: 4AD Records, Ghostly International, Interpol, Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra, Thom Yorke
Posted on Thursday, December 17th, 2009 at 5:22 pm by Cam and is filed under News, The New Music.
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