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Massive Attack Plan Spring Tour

Massive Attack Plan Spring Tour

When Massive Attack last toured North America, a typical bit of stage patter from crew leader 3D went like this: "Everyone OK out there? Well, that's good, because this next one's about my homicidal ex-girlfriend's mum who's a crackhead."

A Massive Attack live show isn't exactly the party of the century. But if you're a fan of the Bristol trip-hop pioneers' dread-inducing creep-groove, you owe it to yourself to hear it in a big room with big speakers and no small amount of bass. The last time I saw them, collaborators like reggae vet Horace Andy and Cocteau Twin Elizabeth Fraser made guest appearances, so maybe you'll get as lucky as I did when the group tours this spring.

 

Watch the New Sunset Rubdown Video

"Dragon's Lair" premieres here

You know a video is long when it includes multiple dream sequences. The new video for Sunset Rubdown's "Dragon's Lair", from writer/producer/director Throne Boogie, runs nearly 11 minutes and doesn't feature any actual dragons. Instead, it consists mostly of prettily shot footage of an adorable little kid running through wintery meadows and riding a horse. But there are also a couple of parts featuring a witch-looking lady in the sky. You figure it out.

Watch the clip, from Sunset Rubdown's BNM'ed 2009 Dragonslayer album, below or at Pitchfork.tv.

Posted by Tom Breihan on February 25, 2010 at 12:45 p.m.

Tags: Premiere, Sunset Rubdown, video

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Suckers Sign to Frenchkiss

Suckers Sign to Frenchkiss

Photo by Sam Fleischner

Last year, Rising Brooklyn indie crew Suckers released their self-titled debut EP. And now, as they get ready to drop their first full-length, they've joined fellow Rising bands the Antlers and Local Natives over on the Brooklyn label Frenchkiss, which is quickly amassing one of the most loaded rosters in all of indiedom.

 

Neon Indian Teams With Mountain Dew

New single coming from carbonated label Green Label Sound Neon Indian Teams With Mountain Dew

More than their prettified chillwave peers, Neon Indian sound like they recorded their particular brand of hazy, jittery synthpop after an all-night bender on Sega Genesis and Mountain Dew. So it kind of makes sense that Mountain Dew's internet record label Green Label Sound is set to release a new Neon Indian jam into the world.

 

Phosphorescent Announce New Album

Hear the first track now Phosphorescent Announce New Album

MP3:> Phosphorescent: "It's Hard to Be Humble (When You're From Alabama)"

Last year, Matthew Houck's Brooklyn-based indie folk project Phosphorescent released To Willie, a collection of Willie Nelson covers, but it's been a good three years since we've heard an album of new material from Houck. On May 11, we'll get the follow-up to 2007's Pride, when Dead Oceans releases Here's to Taking It Easy, the new Phosphorescent album.

 

New Release: To Rococo Rot: Speculation

New Release: To Rococo Rot: <i>Speculation</i>

Artist: To Rococo Rot
Album: Speculation
Release Date: March 29
Label: Domino

 

Thom Yorke Names Solo Band, Lines Up American Spring Tour

Meet Atoms for Peace Thom Yorke Names Solo Band, Lines Up American Spring Tour

Front page photo by Colin Greenwood

Thom Yorke's other band-- you know, the one with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, Beck/R.E.M. drummer Joey Waronker, percussionist/multi-instrumentalist Mauro Refosco, and Flea-- now has a name: Atoms for Peace. The news comes straight from Thom himself via Radiohead's Dead Air Space blog.

(The more you know: Atoms for Peace was the name of a speech and program spearheaded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 50s that set to promote peaceful nuclear energy and aided countries including Iran in their development of atomic power. It's also the name of a track on Yorke's solo bow, The Eraser.)

And, along with a previously announced set at this year's Coachella, the band is plotting a two-week, eight-date tour of some major U.S. cities this April. Flying Lotus will open up the gigs, which are listed below:

 

New Release: Casiokids: Topp Stemning På Lokal Bar

New Release: Casiokids: <i>Topp Stemning På Lokal Bar</i>

Artist: Casiokids
Album: Topp Stemning På Lokal Bar
Release Date: June 8
Label: Polyvinyl

 

Lupe Fiasco Plans Steppin Lasers Tour

Lupe Fiasco Plans Steppin Lasers Tour

The last time the verbose, conceptually silly Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco embarked on a tour with a nutso poster and a name that signified light-show glory, he was opening on Kanye West's Glow in the Dark tour, and it was awesome. This time, Lupe's headlining his own trek, and he's calling it the Steppin Laser tour. That moniker is presumably a reference to forthcoming LP We Are Lasers, but if Lupe wants to add in some Kanye-level stagecraft insanity, I wouldn't be mad. The poster (above) promises good things.

 

David Byrne Tour Chronicled in Doc

Ride, Rise, Roar immortalizes the "Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno" tour David Byrne Tour Chronicled in Doc

In 2008, David Byrne launched an ambitious tour called "The Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno", which centered around the duo's stunning album Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, as well as past material the pair had worked on together, Talking Heads and otherwise. Eno didn't join the tour, but a troupe of modern dancers did.

Now Slicing Up Eyeballs points out that director David Hillman Curtis has turned the tour into a concert documentary called Ride, Rise, Roar, which will premiere next month at SXSW in Austin. Anybody who's seen Stop Making Sense knows that building a documentary around David Byrne's onstage antics is not a bad idea.

You can watch the movie's trailer here. The film include footage of the shows and the rehearsals, as well as behind-the-scenes stuff. (And yes, Eno does show up.) Check the film's blog for info on the three Austin screenings.

Posted by Tom Breihan on February 25, 2010 at 8 a.m.

Tags: Brian Eno, David Byrne, Film, SXSW

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