25 January, 2008

Jan. 25 set and misc. notes

Set:

The Blind Boys of Alabama (with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Allen Toussaint) - Down By the Riverside – Down in New Orleans – Time Life

(bed) Zombi – Challenger Deep – Surface to Air – Relapse

Oh Astro – Snow Queen – Champions of Wonder – Illegal Art
Cornelius – Cue – Gum –
Aun – Trupgrater – Mule – Opal
Meat Beat Manifesto – Mindstream (the Aphex Twin Remix) – 26 Mixes for Cash – Warp

(bed) Zombi – Digitalis

Rings – Mom Dance – Black Habit – Paw Tracks
Velella Velella – Cause Those People Get free Airline Tickets – Fight Club EP
Hot Hot Heat – Good Day to Die – Happiness Ltd. – Sire
The Raveonettes – Ode to L.A. – Pretty in Black – Columbia

(bed) Zombi – legacy

White Blue Yellow & Clouds – Seeing Stars – Introducing… - I & Ear
The Pipettes – Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me – We Are… - Interscope
Red Orkestra – One By One – Life With the Machines – Fading Ways
The Foreign Films – Too Good to Last – Distant Star
The Mandarins – Wet Paint – Tiny Stages

(bed) Zombi – Surface to Air

The Charlatans UK – Blackened Blue Eyes – Simpatico. – EMI
Boy – People Come On – Every Page You Turn – MapleMusic
Born Under Satellites – Maze – St. John 3: The Revenge – BBQ
Ether Aura – One Hand Away from Out – Before We Could Sing – Analog Terror

(bed) Zombi – Night Rhythms

Destroyalldreamers – My Eyes Were On the Dancefloor – Wish I Was All Flames – Where Are My
Certain Breeds – In the Dark – s/t – Global Symphonic

(bed) Zombi – Challenger Deep

Pulp – Help the Aged – This is Hardcore – Island

Notes:
-The Charlatans UK are releasing their new album for free download March 3, with the accompanying physical release in May. Should be interesting.

-Portishead's new album comes out in April. This should also be interesting.

-Public Enemy have a comic book out. No matter how bad you may think it is, I guarantee you it's worse. Are these really the same guys who made It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back?

24 January, 2008

UFO Factory

Another discovery last week was the UFO Factory in Eastern Market. Part art gallery, performance space, studio, and all-around cool spot, it's run by a number of local artists, including His Name is Alive mastermind Warn DeFever.

The current exhibit, "Selected new Works," features works by Ann Arbor noise masters Wolf Eyes and friends, and runs through Feb. 9, ending with a free Wolf Eyes performance that night. Bring your ear plugs.

19 January, 2008

Jan. 18 set

Cool show: Solvent and Lowfish, Thursday, Jan. 24 at Scrummage University.
Also, The Creepshow and The Hung Jury at the U of Windsor student center, Wednesday the 23rd. Best of all, it's free!

And now, the show:

Waitiki – Cave of the Tarpon – Rendevous in Okonkuluku – Waitiki

(bed) Big Kahuna and the Copa Cat Pack – Come On-A-My House – Hawaiian Swing – Concord

Luke Doucet and the White Falcon – The Lovecats – Blood's Too Much – Six Shooter
Yesan Damen – Osaka – Chronos/Kairos – New Wine
The Burning Hell – I Guess I'll Be Seeing You – Happy Birthday – Wee Werk
Sparrow – Monday – The New Pastoral – Inflight

(bed) Labradford – Disremembering – Prazision LP – Kranky

Fire On Fire – Hangman – s/t – Young God
Blanche – Child of the Moon – Little Amber Bottles – Gangplank
The McDades – Ma Bonne Dame – Bloom – Free Radio
Corb Lund – Student Visas – Horse Soldiers! Horse Soldiers! – Stony Plain

(bed) Johnny Greenwood – Open Spaces – There Will Be Blood – Nonesuch

Solvent – My Radio – My Radio single - Ghostly Int'l
Add N to (X) – Sheez Mine – Loud Like Nature – Mute
Lowfish – No Longer Accepting Complaints – Disco Nouveau – Ghostly Int'l

(bed) Trans Am – Climbing Up the Ladder Pt. 3-4 – Sex Change

Justice – D.A.N.C.E. – Cross – Vice
Feist – My Moon My Man (Boys Noize remix) – Boys Noize' Oi Oi Oi – Last Gang

(bed) Seksu Roba – Velvet Star – s/t – Crippled Dick Hot Wax!

The Witches – Attack ov thee Misfit Toyz – Thriller! – Music for Cats
The Griefs – Whenever You're Around – Throwing a Tempo Tantrum – Spoonful
Les Breastfeeders – Funny Funiculaire – Les Matins de Grands Soirs – Blow the Fuse
The Malamondos – Ming Shocker – It's a Bad World Baby – Bad World
The Jam – The Eton Rifles – Gold – Polydor

(bed) Rolando Sanchez & Salsa Hawaii – Todo Todo Todo – Hawaii Latino – MGC

Dengue Fever – Seeing Hands – Venus on Earth – M80

17 January, 2008

Scrummage University

Why did no one tell me about Scrummage University before now? A very art-friendly little loft space hidden away in Detroit's Eastern Market, where you can see fun shows on a Tuesday, such as Jeans Team, a German duo doing the whole two-guys-and-a-bunch-of-keyboards thing the Germans do so well. A rollicking night of DAF-reminiscent tanzmusik was had by all, and it was one of the better $7 spent in a while.

12 January, 2008

Jan. 11 - the "High Concept" show

...in that there were some actual designs behind the sets.


The Bomboras – (You've Got to) Get in Line – Head Shrinkin' Fun – Geffen

(bed) Atomic 7 – Bury My Foot at Wounded Mouth – ...en Hillbilly Caliente – Mint

The "Heavy Canada" set
Measured in Angles – Reification – History of the Engine – Tragicomedy
Mothra – Untitled X – s/t
Be Bad – White Tongue – Vision Correction – Divorce
Starvin Hungry – Chicken Fly – Cold Burns – Signed By Force

(bed) Atomic 7 – Celebrity Cocktails

Gang Gang Dance – Nicoman – Rawwar
Geeta Dutt – Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu – Doob Doob O'Rama 2 – Normal
The Plaid Tongued Devils – When You're Dead – in Klezskavania
Madness – Shame and Scandal – The Dangerman Sessions Vol. 1 – V2

(bed) Atomic 7 – That Leftover Savior Faire

The "Glasgow Rocks!" set
The Cinematics – A Strange Education – A Strange Education – TVT
Arab Strap – Act of War – Monday at the Hug & Pint – Matador
The Twilight Sad – But When She Left, Gone Was the Glow – s/t – Fatcat
Belle and Sebastian – Marx and Engels – Push Barman to Open Old Wounds – Matador

(bed) Atomic 7 – Kicking at the Ghost of Ass

The Magnetic Fields – I'll Dream Alone – Distortion - Nonesuch
The Dears – Hate Then Love – Gang of Losers – MapleMusic
Handsome Furs – Hearts of Iron – Plague Park – SubPop
Wire – The Other Window – 154 – Pink Flag

(bed) Atomic 7 – Daddy's Little World

The "Happy Birthday" set
Blondie (Chris Stein, gtr., Jan. 5) – Union City Blue – Eat to the Beat – Chrysalis
Jenny Lewis (Jan. 8) – The Charging Sky – Rabbit Fur Coat – Team Love
Syd Barrett (Jan. 6) – Octopus – The Madcap Laughs – Capitol
Elvis Presley (Jan. 8) – I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone – The Complete Sun Sessions – RCA (also, Sam Phillips, Jan. 5)

(bed) Atomic 7 – Devil's Mittens

Tokyo Police Club – A Lesson in Crime – CBC Radio 3 Sessions: Vol. 3 – MapleMusic

(bed) Atomic 7 – Funeral Hotpants

Los Straitjackets w/ El Vez – Rey Criollo a.k.a. King Creole – Sing Along With... - Cavalcade

New Magnetic Fields album Tuesday!

05 January, 2008

Jan. 4 set - celebrate the new year

The first set of '08, covering a lot of ground musically, and reflecting on some of the better releases of '07.

Bettye LaVette – You Don't Know Me at All – The Scene of the Crime – Anti-

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – 100 Days, 100 Nights – 100 Days, 100 Nights – Daptone Records
Amy Winehouse – Back to Black – Back to Black – Universal
Soulsations – Funky Nightclub – Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg – Numero Group
Perfromers – Mini Skirt – Eccentric Soul: The Big Mack Label – Numero Group

Martin Atkins' China Dub Soundsystem – Yellow Cab – Made in China – Bloodshot
Carsick Cars – Panda – Look Directly Into the Sun: China Pop 2007 – Bloodshot
Dengue Fever – Escape from Dragon House – Escape from Dragon House – M80

Katie Stelmanis – In My Favour – Join Us – Blocks Recording Club
Wendy McNeil – Nemesis – The Wonder Show – Six Shooter
The Awkward Stage – So Stupid, So Smart – Heaven is for Easy Girls – Mint
Metric – Soft Rock Star – Grow Up and Blow Away – Last Gang

Blonde Redhead – My Impure Hair – 23 – 4AD
Phontaine – Nonsense (Disaster) – Manouvers 1: A Collection of Vancouver Electronica – So Called Recordings
Caribou – Pelican Narrows – Milk of Human Kindness – Domino

Chet – Fight Against Darkness – Fight against Darkness
The Choir Practice – I See Things – s/t – Mint
Amy Millan – Skinny Boy – The CBC Radio 3 Sessions volume III – MapleMusic
Wax Mannequin – Bleed, Jimmy – The Price – Coqi
Matt Ratza – Washed Up and Faded – Stranger – Hell City

Los Hijos del Sol – Linda Muñequita – The Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru - Barbés