Weekly Round Up – July 5th 2009
The news that struck us as important/interesting now condensed for your intake and review.
- Galaxie 500’s first 3 albums getting the reissue treatment – order it from www.fierybreeze.com. I’ll pick them up, sit in a hamock, drink lemonade and listen to “Way Up High.”
- Give Dean & Britta an email address and they’ll give you a free MP3 of “Fourth of July.”
- Beck serves up the jigsaw jazz and get fresh flow with a mix-tape on his site called Planned Obsolescence.
- Pixies are touring for ‘Doolittle’ – or more accurately its anniversary. They’ve got shows lined up for Europe where they’ll be playing the album front to back along with the related B-sides.
- Carrie Brownstein (ex-Sleater Kinney) weighs in on the idea of playing an album in age of the shuffle function
- Jens Lekman has H1N1 aka Swine Flu
- Greymachine (Members of Jesu/Godflesh and Isis) is probably going to make your ears bleed, because there is no way you will be able to walk away from the sludgy, heavy bliss.
- Cold Cave’s “Life Magazine” is up on MBV Music. This is a long way from Wes’s days performing with American Nightmare at the Mr. Roboto Project.
- Pitchfork provides their list of Summer releases (even though the list goes through the end of October) – and we all hold our breath for the snarky reviews. I’m especially excited for the Susanna Hoffs & Matthew Sweet record.
- Matablog gives us video of Jay Retard performing some of his new material live.
- Layoffs at SPIN and Vibe’s shutting down. I’m a little worried that my ability to see Karren O camel-toe is going to go away.
- YEY new Crate Digging Post at the Needle Drop – it’s like mix-tapes for the (post-muxtape) digital-age!
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