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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:06:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Report: Blouse/Plateaus Live in Denver</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/6282/</link>
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&nbsp;

Both indie bands performed May 14 at the
Hi-Dive.
&nbsp;
By Tim Hinely

Prior to this
show I had not heard of San Diego's Plateaus; I was expecting something a bit
more, shall we say, dreamy (opening for Blouse and all), but these guys brought
a muscular, punk sound to the Hi-Dive and got several rounds of applause. I
heard some Buzzcocks in there for sure (lots of bah-bah-bahs) but this sounds
was thicker and a bit more menacing. Both guitarists took turns singing (and
the one stage left had a beautiful bright green RKL t-shirt on) and the bassist
looked like he could have been Jerry A's (Poison Idea) kid brother. If these
guys come to your town make some time to see them.
&nbsp;
I'm curious how
I missed a band like Blouse when I lived in Portland (on Captured
Tracks, nonetheless). Well, truth is I did, but here they were in all their
flesh and glory. 4 folks, 2 females and 2 males, the female guitarist (Charlie
Hilton) looking very pixie-ish sang and pl ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Los Lobos’ Kiko Gets 20th Anniv. Redo</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/6283/</link>
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&nbsp;

1992 classic topped
year-end critical polls. Check out the live video clip of the title track, below.
&nbsp;
By Blurt Staff
&nbsp;
The Los Angeles Times is reporting this morning that Kiko,
the groundbreaking '92 album from Los Lobos, will be reissued on August 21 as
part of an extensive 20th anniversary celebration for the record -
which was widely credited, following its release, with providing the group a
new lease on artistic life. (It topped many critical polls that year and was in
the Village Voice Pazz &amp; Jop Poll's
top 10.)
&nbsp;
There's to be an expanded version of the original album featuring
unreleased alternate takes of album tracks plus three live songs recorded at
Capitol Records in Hollywood
in 1992. Also slated to be released are CD/DVD/Blu-ray editions of a
live-in-2006 performance of Kiko in
its entirety. Included will be interviews with the band members about the
making of the record.
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Alan Rickman To Portray CBGB’s Kristal</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/6275/</link>
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&nbsp;

Separated at birth? Er...
&nbsp;
By Fred Mills
&nbsp;
Billboard is
reporting that British actor Alan Rickman - that's Professor Severus Snape to
all you Harry Potter-philes, while others
no doubt remember his hilarious turn as Alexander Dane in the sci-fi comedy Galaxy Quest - is set to play late CBGB owner
Hilly Kristal in a biopic about the legendary NYC punk club. The relatively
unknown Randall Miller will direct the as-yet-untitled film, from a script Miller and Jody Savin authored.
&nbsp;
Shooting is slated to begin in June, and Billboard additionally reports that Lisa
Kristal Burgman, Kristal's daughter, is a co-producer.
&nbsp; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Video: New Haroula Rose</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/6276/</link>
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&nbsp;

"So Easy" from the new
EP of the same name.
&nbsp;
By Blurt Staff
&nbsp;
Back in December we premiered a video by songstress Haroula
Rose ("Duluth,"
from her 2011 album These Open Roads),
and now we've got another good &lsquo;un to show you from the singer. Titled "So
Easy," it's a key track from the new Rose EP So Easy and was directed by Michael R. Miller, who has worked
extensively over the years with the Coen Brothers. Check it out:
&nbsp;
&nbsp;







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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ Prep 4 New EPs</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/6277/</link>
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&nbsp;

And Kevn Kinney is
gonna fill you in on just what's going down...
&nbsp;
By Blurt Staff
&nbsp;
June 12 is going to be a hectic new release day in the music
biz, and expect Drivin' N' Cryin' to be part of the mix via a brand-new EP
titled Songs From the Laundromat, on their
own New! label. But wait, as the man on the television said, there's more.
&nbsp;
According to frontman Kevn Kinney, it's to be the first in a
series of four EPs that he wants to release roughly on a quarterly basis
because, in his words, "I don't have the patience anymore for a two year recording
project," and to that end, he and the band are aiming for the immediacy effect,
get the songs down and roll &lsquo;em out while they're still fresh, and without a
ton of futzing around.
&nbsp;
But
don't take our word for it - here's the official statement from Kinney:
&nbsp;
&nbsp;
"A couple months ago I was writing in the morning and my
wife was listening to a record. She said I should rec ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Video: Flying Lotus at Sónar São Paulo</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/6278/</link>
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&nbsp;

Performed during the
May 11-12 festival internacional!
&nbsp;
By Blurt Staff
&nbsp;
The ever-fascinating Flying Lotus - aka Steve Ellison, whose
2010 album Cosmogramma got an 8-star
BLURT review, as did the followup Pattern
+ Grid World EP - was one of the highlights at last weekend's S&oacute;nar S&atilde;o Paulo festival (via Pitchfork). FlyLo unveiled new material slated for his upcoming
(October) album Until the Quite Comes along with a hat tip to the recently-passed Adam "MCA" Yauch of the Beastie
Boys - a segment of the Beasties "Intergalactic" around 11:40 in the 28-minute,
professionally-shot, video, below.
&nbsp;
&nbsp;






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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MP3: New MV & EE</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/6279/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 
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&nbsp;
"Sweet Sure Gone" from new album Space Homestead.By Blurt StaffAs you will discern from the dek, above, there's a choice song from MV &amp; EE's latest record, which was just reviewed today at ye olde BLURT. Our scribe said, in part, of the album, "For you kids out there planning to attend
space camp, I can't think of better counselors than Elders and Valentine to
take you far out where few have journeyed before. It's difficult to say,
though, if your mode of transportation is an interstellar vehicle or simply a
sickly-sweet, resinous cloud." Check out "Sweet Sure Gone," below, and burn one on us!
&nbsp;



 

MV + EE: "Sweet Sure Gone" by adhocfm ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Saint Etienne “Words” Box Details</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/6280/</link>
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&nbsp;

3-disc set only
available via mailorder to all you fans...
&nbsp;
By Blurt Staff
&nbsp;
As previously announced, Britain's Saint Etienne have their
new album Words and Music released on
May 21; if you happen to be in London on Sunday, May 21, they're hosting a
special listening party at the Lexington which will include a Q&amp;A session
and DJ sets from members of the group. (Go here to watch an advance video
teaser for the album, first single "Tonight.")
&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Meanwhile, though, in addition to the album being released
as a single CD or a double-disc featuring remixes, it will also be available in
a mail-order only limited edition box of 1000 copies boasting a third CD, hardback
book featuring photography rom Paul Kelly, 4 art prints, a foldout map of the front
cover, and an enamel badge. The box will be released on June 11, but fans who
preorder it will receive a download code to all the content on the regular May
21 release date. Below is an ima ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sigur Ros LP Streams, Parties This Thurs.</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/6281/</link>
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&nbsp;
New record Valtari arrives May 29 via EMI/XL.By Blurt StaffAs previously announced and as the dek above suggests a big day is headed in the direction of Sugur Ros fans. All of whom have ample opps to get an advance listen to it this Thursday, May 17, starting around 7pm. That's when you can tune in on the web or at your NPR affiliate via the smartly-named Valtari Hour link. Or, if you happen to be in, oh, just about any city with a cool indie record store, you can simply walk in at 7 and listen to it over the in-house stereo - such as BLURT's sister company, Schoolkids Records in Raleigh, NC.While there, sign up to pre-order the album with a limited edition Valtari print and enter to win a Valtari prize pack, which includes a Valtari vinyl test pressing, a copy of the Record Store Day-only Hvarf/Heim album on clear vinyl. (We've seen the swag and it looks tasty indeed.)
&nbsp;
By the way, we'll have a full review of the album in the new print issue of BLURT - watch  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>First Look: New Beach House Album</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/6272/</link>
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Out this week on Sub Pop, Bloom is hypnotic and emotional, and one of the most anticipated titles of the first half of 2012.By A.D. Amorosi
With each album, Beach House, move
farther away from their soft druggy drooogy waking-daydream &eacute;clat into
something harder. The first self-titled effort was hazy and emotional with an
emphasis on dime store retro keyboard sounds. Devotion found singer Victoria
Legrand moaning through a soundtrack of Hammer horror organ grinding glitter
rock guitars and girl-group syncopation, still on the cheap. Same with Teen Dream, only they added a yawning
slide-guitar strewn quality to the whole affair.
&nbsp;
&nbsp;



 

Myth by Beach House by Mistletone
&nbsp;
The new Bloom (Sub Pop) still sounds as if it were recorded in a Salvation
Army with an arsenal of the aforementioned instrumentation from all three
previous efforts. But Legrand and Alex Scally up the ante on its blue-eyed soul
slinging a bit with the Hall &amp; Oa ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Listen to Stream of New Gold Panda 45</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/6273/</link>
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"Mountain" and "Financial
District" comes out on 7" vinyl next month. Tour dates listed below.
&nbsp;
By Blurt Staff
&nbsp;
Following the
release of his acclaimed 2010 debut LP &lsquo;Lucky Shiner, Gold Panda has announced
a new 7": &lsquo;Mountain/Financial District'. In North America and mainland Europe,
the 7"/digital versions comes out on Ghostly International while Gold Panda's
own label NOTOWN will release it in the UK. The digital version drops on
May 14th/15th while the 7" version is available June 11th/12th. You can check
out a stream of each track here:
&nbsp;



 

Mountain by Gold Panda 


 

Financial District by Gold Panda
&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Gold Panda calls the
material "modern hip-hop," adding, "the 808 snares on
&lsquo;Mountain' are a nod
to Noah "40" Shebib and some-time Drake collaborators Boi-1da.
&lsquo;Financial District,' at 125 bpm, though actually feels slower than that
because the drum machine pattern on it has a completely differ ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Report: The Feelies Live in Northampton</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/6274/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 
&nbsp;

May 11 at Pearl Street
in Northampton, Mass., the indie-rock godfathers served up a
rousing 2-set, 2-encore evening o' fun.
&nbsp;
By Jennifer Kelly

The Feelies have always had an
uneasy relationship with time. Crazy
Rhythms, the band's first album, revved and stuttered with at-the-gate
energy, eager to be off, giddy with a hormonal rush, but palpably blocked and
frustrated. The Good Earth, five
years later, was fluid, languid, circular, its jangling hooks moving forward,
then catching on themselves so that they doubled back. Last year's post-reunion
album Here Before was even more
serene and rearview oriented, full of admonitions to slow down, take time, see
what happens later on. There is very little "now" in the Feelies' recorded cannon,
but quite a lot of past and future.
&nbsp;
That said, they were definitely
"present," in every sense of the word, at their two-set, two-encore gig in
Northampton this Friday, the band's two-percussionist line-up (tha ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Duck Dunn 1941-2012 R.I.P.</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/6271/</link>
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&nbsp;

One of rock and soul's
most classic bass players ever.
&nbsp;
By Fred Mills
&nbsp;
Donald "Duck" Dunn, bassist for the legendary Booker T. and
the MGs, passed away early this morning while on tour in Tokyo. Word got out after bandmate Steve
Cropper posted the news to Facebook, indicating that Dunn had died in his
sleep. A report at Billboard.com adds, "Miho Harasawa, a spokeswoman for Tokyo
Blue Note, the last venue Dunn played, confirmed he died alone early Sunday.
She had no further details."
&nbsp;
A tribute page at Facebook, Remembering Duck Dunn, was quickly
established as the news got out, and fans have already posted numerous
testimonials, photos, etc. to the page.
&nbsp;
Dunn was 70 at the time of his passing, and by that time he'd
lived one of music's richest lived, not only being an integral part of the
Memphis-spawned Stax-Volt scene along with the MGs but also as a sideman and
touring partner to everyone from Eric Clapton, Neil Young and the B ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>R-head Producer Godrich Launches Band</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/6264/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 
&nbsp;

Ultraista features
Joey Waronka and Laura Bettison. Wide-eyed (see image, above), but painless...!
&nbsp;
By Blurt Staff
&nbsp;
Radiohead/Beck producer Nigel Godrich is stepping around to
the other side of the glass, forming a band he's calling Ultraista with drummer
Joey Waronker and artist Laura Bettinson. Details are sketchy at the moment,
but there is a stream and a video to check out already:
&nbsp;
&nbsp;



 

Smalltalk by ultra&iacute;sta 





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<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bowerbirds In New Dead Oceans Vid Series</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/6265/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 
&nbsp;

Also featured in North Shore
Sessions from MPLS.TV.
&nbsp;
By Blurt Staff
&nbsp;
With the release of The
Clearing in March on Dead Oceans, NC's Bowerbirds have been on the road constantly,
wrapping a 3-week Euro tour this week and prepping for another American trek,
concluding in August with Portland's Pickathon festival and the Lollapalooza
bash in Chicago. Full tour intinerary is below.
&nbsp;
The band is also featured in the new print edition of BLURT,
hitting newsstands shortly, and appears in the inaugural edition of a new video
series being launched by Dead Oceans. Entitled "10,000 Takes," it
aims to highlight outstanding performances by Dead Oceans' astounding artists.
Producer Dan Huiting assembled his crew and caught up with Bowerbirds at The
Cedar in Minneapolis
to capture album track, "This
Year:
&nbsp;







&nbsp;
&nbsp;
While in Minneapolis,
Bowerbirds also took some time out to perform "Overcome With Light"
and "Brave World" fo ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MP3 Premiere: Stevie Jackson of B&S</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/6266/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 
&nbsp;

Asks the rhetorical
question "Where Do All The Good Girls Go" in fine ruminative fashion! From forthcoming
album with the awesome name.
&nbsp;
By Blurt Staff
&nbsp;
Belle &amp; Sebastian guitarist Stevie Jackson releases his
debut solo album, the delightfully titled (I
Can't Get No) Stevie Jackson on July 3 via Belle &amp; Sebastian's Banchory Recordings label. He's been working
on the record for a number of years around his touring and recording
commitments, not only with B&amp;S, but notably The Vaselines, Russian Red,
Bill Wells Trio and God Help The Girl.&nbsp;
Here's an advance listen to onoe of the key tracks, "Where Do All The
Good Girls Go":
&nbsp;
&nbsp;



 

Stevie Jackson "Where Do All The Good Girls Go" by Howlin' Wuelf Media
&nbsp;
&nbsp;
The album's twelve songs, were written and recorded with a
range of collaborators in Glasgow and Vancouver in the period since Belle &amp;
Sebastian's 2006 album The Life Pursuit.
In addition to fea ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Download Free TV Girl Mixtape</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/6267/</link>
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&nbsp;

Title of the month: The
Wild The Innocent The TV Shuffle. Somebody tell the Boss!
&nbsp;
By
Blurt Staff
&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Here's
the free "mixtape" from San
  Diego throwback TV Girl. Really catchy twee soul/pop
on the Greedhead label. You can download it at this link, and meanwhile, enjoy
a couple of earlier tracks, below.
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Merge Archives To Be Housed at UNC</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/6268/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 
&nbsp;

Sorry, grad students, but the
University's Wilson Library will officially be "rocking out" regardless of your
work load...
&nbsp;
By Fred Mills
&nbsp;
Chapel Hill's Merge Records, around since '89 and responsible for some of
the greatest music released in both the last century and the current on, have
announced they will be housing their archives at the University of North
Carolina, Pitchfork reports. The Southern Folklife Collection has materials
ranging from 45s and LPs to 78s, acetates and cylinders "documenting the
emergence of old-time, country-western, hillbilly, bluegrass, blues, gospel,
Cajun and zydeco musics" as well as the post-1950s folk revival," but with
the addition of Merge to the mix, it looks like the post-1980s alterna-rock
explosion will be prominently featured, too.
&nbsp;
According to the Merge website:
&nbsp;
Merge Records is excited to announce
that we are partnering with the Southern Folklife Collection (SFC) at the University of  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>No F-Bombs for Tenacious D, Just Penises</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/6269/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 
&nbsp;
That's not a barnyard cock gracing the album sleeve...By Perez MillsWe are loving a current headline over at Billboard.com: "Tenacious D Without F-Bombs? Salty Duo Clean Up 'Fenix'"The accompanying interview with Jack Black and Kyle Gass talks about the duo's new album Rize of the Fenix, which drops next week. Among the choice quotes:"That title was just so strong, very ballsy. It felt like an     erect 
penis of a title," Black says. "We just thought, 'Is it     really 
dead?' Well, no, but it's very, very ill." Gass chimes     in: "It has 
pneumonia."Eh, the title's not the only thing that's ballsy and erect, if you hadn't noticed from the album sleeve, above. You can compare it to the version being displayed at Amazon.com, below; note that if you go into a record store you will encounter a medium-sized sticker and band-created parental warning ("not for children or religious people") covering up the offending member. But if you are of a vinyl disposition, never fear: th ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Listen: Van Dyke Parks on Mountain Stage</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/6260/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 
&nbsp;
Appearance was recorded live in Athens at the Unversity of Georgia.By Blurt StaffSurf over to the NPR Music site where you can listen to a stream of the recently-broadcast "Mountain Stage" segment featuring Van Dyke Parks. Writes the NPR blogger, "Sitting behind the piano, Parks plays an assortment of baroque Americana
 from throughout his career, including "Come Along" (a retelling of the 
story of Br'er Rabbit) and "Orange Crate Art," one of many songs he 
wrote for Brian Wilson."The 43-minute setlist:

"Jump"
"Opportunity"
"Come Along"
"I'm History"
"The All Golden"
"Orange Crate Art"
"Sail Away"
"Saving All My Love For You"

&nbsp;
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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