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The Dead C Reveal Rare U.S. Tour, New Album, Reissues

Fun fact about the Dead Sea: it has a lot of salt and stuff. Fun fact about the Dead C: the Earth has circled the Sun some five times since the long-running experimental New Zealand combo last toured the U.S., and 13 times since their most recent visit ...

From MATTHEW SOLARSKI, Pitchfork,  23 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Thurston Moore

Fleet Foxes Cancel Show After Van Breakdown

Photo by Jen Reel Y'all know how it goes by now: you win some, you lose some. So following a triumphant performance at this past weekend's Pitchfork Music Festival, it's only natural-- though no less a shame-- that the boys of Fleet Foxes should come ...

From MATTHEW SOLARSKI, Pitchfork,  23 Jul 2008
Related Topics: David Letterman

Photos: Summercase Festival [Barcelona, Spain; 06/18-06/19/08]

Photos by Sung Kim; Above: Maxïmo Park All kerfuffles aside, Spain's bi-city Summercase festival brought rock spectacles aplenty to Madrid and Barcelona this past Friday and Saturday. The Barcelona installment hit the city's oft-rocked Parc del Fòrum, ...

From MATTHEW SOLARSKI, Pitchfork,  22 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Edwyn Collins,  Blondie,  Ian Brown

Pitchfork Music Festival 2008: Sunday

Once again, we at Pitchfork are thrilled and humbled with the success of our annual festival and after a hell of an exhausting weekend, our in-house editorial staff has worked overtime to bring our readers a photo-happy, interview-accented set of ...

From MATTHEW SOLARSKI, Pitchfork,  22 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Raekwon (musician),  J Mascis,  Timbaland,  Robert Schneider,  Tom Robbins

Pitchfork Music Festival 2008: Friday

Interview: Mission of Burma | [Interview by Dave Maher] Pitchfork: How do you feel, post-set? Do you feel it went well? Roger Miller: I broke two strings in the second song. I was yanking em out. The humidity was kind of crazy. So it was a little bit ...

From MATTHEW SOLARSKI, Pitchfork,  22 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Peter Prescott (musician),  Roger Miller

Pitchfork Music Festival 2008: Saturday

There was a lot of rain early on Saturday, but it didn't last long. And what's a rock festival without a little mud now and then? Before we get to the photos and interviews, there are many people to thank. First, thanks to everyone who came out to ...

From MATTHEW SOLARSKI, Pitchfork,  22 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Paul Westerberg,  Abe Vigoda,  Jarvis Cocker,  Ben Kweller,  Johnny Thunders

Pitchfork Music Festival 2008: It's On!

All right people, it's showtime! This weekend, the 2008 and all the good times that come with it will descend on the Windy City. Will Spoon send us home with an oh-so-fitting spin through "Chicago at Night"? Will Hold Steady fans single-handedly ...

From MATTHEW SOLARSKI, Pitchfork,  18 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Jarvis Cocker,  Ghostface Killah

Karen O Debuts New Side Project With Silly Name

Ready for this one? Okie doke: World, meet Native Korean Rock & The Fishnets. Native Korean Whatsit and the Whosits? Yes, Native Korean Rock & The Fishnets, a little extracurricular venture a certain Karen O has been cooking up and will soon present to ...

From MATTHEW SOLARSKI, Pitchfork,  18 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Brian Eno,  Patti Smith,  Devendra Banhart

All Girl Summer Fun Band Return With Third Album

While the Pop Group may have "one of the most misleading band names in rock history," All Girl Summer Fun Band is pretty much the most spot-on name for a thing since, well, people began giving names to things. A band (check!) comprised entirely of ...

From MATTHEW SOLARSKI, Pitchfork,  17 Jul 2008

Sebastien Grainger (ex-DFA 1979) Signs to Saddle Creek

Photo by Eva Michon Saddle Creek: it's definitely not just for homegrown indie folk anymore. Following last year's addition of Canada's Tokyo Police Club to the label's once Omaha-centric roster, Saddle Creek has kept the Canuck love coming by ...

From MATTHEW SOLARSKI, Pitchfork,  16 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Sebastien Grainger

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