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12/8/09 News briefs: DâM-FunK + Nite Jewel, The Big Pink + A Place To Bury Strangers, F**ked Up, Bon Iver and best albums of 2009
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Rising funk ambassador DâM-FunK has teamed up with nocturnal lo-fi mistress Nite Jewel. Together they are Nite Funk, and XLR8R has the premiere track, “Am I Gonna Make It.”
The Big Pink and A Place To Bury Strangers will become tourmates through March and April 2010. The two bands will stop in Vancouver on March 13th, Toronto on March 24th and Montreal on March 25th. Bring your earplugs…
F**ed Up have revealed the gloriously, spirited cover and more details on their star-studded benefit Christmas single, “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” According to their label Matador, it “should be available from iTunes on [today], and will be released as a 7-inch single with an unreleased F**ked Up song on the b-side in February 2010.”
Earlier this year, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon performed live with Eau Claire, a jazz band from his old high school. Now that performance has become an album. A Decade With Duke will feature a set of Vernon’s songs as well as a set of Duke Ellington standards.
Finally, a number of music sites/mags have unveiled their year end picks for best album. The Quietus chose Sunn O)))’s Monoliths & Dimensions. The NME picked The Horrors’ Primary Colours. Gorilla vs Bear selected Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II. SPIN championed Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion. And FACT, well, it’s gonna stretch it out for the rest of the week and reveal the winner on Friday.
Tags: A Decade With Duke, A Place To Bury Strangers, bon iver, DâM-FunK, Do They Know It's Christmas?, Duke Ellington, F**ed Up, FACT, Gorilla vs Bear, justin vernon, matador, Nite Funk, Nite Jewel, NME, SPIN, the big pink, The Quietus, XLR8R
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11/20/09 News briefs: The Big Pink, Sonic Unyon Xmas, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The xx and Daft Punk
Friday, November 20th, 2009
Strapping dream pop duo The Big Pink have covered Beyonce’s “Sweet Dreams.” Stereogum has an MP3 of the song and it sounds exactly how it should: a very haunting, stripped down take that sounds as much The Big Pink’s as it does Beyonce’s.
Sonic Unyon will throw its annual Christmas Bash at This Ain’t Hollywood in Donut Rock City, Ontario on December 19th. But the real news is that former flagship band Tristan Psionic (made up of the label’s co-owners) will reunite for the festive show. SIANspheric and Spirits will also perform. No word on whether TP will bring back those nifty three-quarter sleeved “Pslop” shirts for the occasion.
The Brian Jonestown Masscare have previewed their forthcoming new album, Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?, in a unique way: through YouTube videos. It’s rather genius, come to think of it. This way if anyone wants to rip the music and leak it as an album the quality will be so horrendous no one will accept it. We all know how horrendous YouTube’s audio is… The album will be out to buy on January 1, 2010.
The xx will play a free gig in Vancouver before their sold-out show later that night with Friendly Fires on November 26th. The band’s free in-store performance at Zulu Records will begin at around 5:00 p.m. Better get there early.
Finally, there is word circulating that Daft Punk are set to tour in 2010. The only North American date would be at Yankee Stadium on August 15th, but it looks like there’s plenty of space to squeeze in some more shows. I wouldn’t get your hopes up though - Daft Punk are known to be an easy target for such rumour mongering.
Tags: Beyonce, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Daft Punk, Friendly Fires, Sonic Unyon, Sweet Dreams, the big pink, the xx, Tristan Psionic, YouTube, Zulu Records
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The NewMusic First Spin: The Big Pink
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
The UK used to be a hub for buzz bands, but not since Ting Tings a couple years ago has there been an artist as hyped as The Big Pink (that I’ve paid attention to, of course).
Comprised of Milo Cordell and Robbie Furze, the London duo caused an instantaneous stir with their expansive sound, a marriage of fluttering guitar textures with rolling drumbeats and hooks as simple and enduring as your average Oasis hit.
Rising up out of their city’s underground music scene, the two already had experience under their belts: Cordell founded the tastemaking label Merok, which launched the careers of Klaxons, Crystal Castles and The Teenagers, and Furze played guitar for Atari Teenage Riot main dude Alec Empire.
The Big Pink released their debut single “Too Young To Love” last October, which not only drew mouth-watering raves from international press, but also a record deal with the idyllic 4AD label.
Following two more singles comes A Brief History of Love, the highly anticipated full-length. Opening with rainfall guitars, “Crystal Visions” exudes the sparkling imagery of its title; with its baggy percussion, it recalls a more modern spin on what the Stone Roses started back in ‘89.
The snapping rhythm and dazed melodies of a re-recorded “Too Young To Love” immediately announces the vastness of The Big Pink’s sonic prowess, which then blasts into the sing-along silliness of the breezy “Dominos”, their best shot at a hit single.
Meanwhile, “At War With The Sun” uses the same washing guitars and synths as the latest Horrors LP, and “Frisk” explores aims big with the type of hefty dance rock that made Kasabian stars.
But it’s second single “Velvet”, that acts as both the centerpiece and the emotional anchor of the album, with Furze delivering a longing vocal balanced by the heavy layers of shoegazing guitars.
Where A Brief History of Love stands apart from almost any other record is in its ability to sit comfortably in between the artistic and the commercial boundaries. It’s an album that can please both the pickiest hipsters and the daftest meatheads, and that’s not an easy thing to do.
Artist: The Big Pink
Album: A Brief History of Love
Release Date: September 22, 2009
Label: 4AD
Author: Cam Lindsay
First Spin Live Until: September 29, 2009
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