The Orwells celebrate Halloween by sharing a gory new video for Disgraceland highlight “Norman.”
The song is about a killer who goes on a killing spree. The video, directed by Stephen Sotor, is about a party that goes out of control at the mercy of a reaper-like character, of course. The party had turned into a bloodbath.
Def Jam will be reissuing new editions of two Public Enemy albums, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and Fear of a Black Planet in celebration of its 30th anniversary. Both albums will have a second disc that contains bonus music. There are also essays written by Questlove from the Roots, and Andre Torres from Wax Poetic on the second disc.
The new edition of It Takes a Nation has the original “No Noise” version of “Bring the Noise,” instrumental versions of “Rebel Without A Pause” and “Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos.” The reissue will also feature the soundtrack version of “Fight the Power” from Spike Lee’s film, Do the Right Thing. Also, it is going to be bundled with a DVD of the 1989 VHS release of Fight the Power…Live!.
The reissue of Fear of a Black Planet has the original LP along with bonus tracks, including the 10-minute-long “Enemy Assault Vehicle Mixx (Medley)”, three remixes of “Can’t Do Nuttin’ For Ya Man!” There are also instrumental takes of “911 Is a Joke”, “Power to the People”, and “Revolutionary Generation.”
The reissuing of It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is to be released on November 24th, and Fear of a Black Planet is released on December 8th.
It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Tracklist:
DISC 1 (The Album)
01. Countdown To Armageddon
02. Bring The Noise
03. Don’t Believe The Hype
04. Cold Lampin’ With Flavor
05. Terminator X To The Edge Of Panic
06. Mind Terrorist
07. Louder Than A Bomb
08. Caught, Can We Get A Witness?
09. Show ‘Em Whatcha Got
10. She Watch Channel Zero?!
11. Night Of The Living Baseheads
12. Black Steel In The Hour of Chaos
13. Security Of The First World
14. Rebel Without A Pause
15. Prophets Of Rage
16. Party For Your Right To Fight
DISC 2 (Bonus Tracks)
01. Bring The Noise (No Noise Version)
02. Bring The Noise (No Noise Instrumental)
03. Bring The Noise (No Noise A Cappella)
04. Rebel Without A Pause (Instrumental)
05. Night Of The Living Baseheads (Anti-High Blood Pressure Encounter Mix)
06. Night Of The Living Baseheads (Terminator X Meets DST And Chuck Chill Out Instrumental Mix)
07. Terminator X To The Edge Of Panic (No Need To Panic Radio Version)
08. The Edge Of Panic
09. The Rhythm, The Rebel (A Capella)
10. Prophets Of Rage (Power Version)
11. Caught, Can We Get A Witness? (Pre Black Steel Ballistic Felony Dub)
12. B-Side Wins Again (Original Version)
13. Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos (Instrumental)
14. Fight The Power (Soundtrack Version)
DISC 3 (Fight The Power… Live DVD)
01. Countdown to Armageddon
02. Public Enemy Number One
03. Miuzi Weighs A Ton
04. Night Of The Living Baseheads (Live)
05. Fight The Power
06. Bring The Noise
07. Don’t Believe The Hype
08. Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
09. Rebel Without A Pause
10. Terminator X To The Edge Of Panic
11. Night Of The Living Baseheads (Video)
12. Prophets Of Rage
Fear of a Black Planet Tracklist:
DISC 1 (The Album)
01. Contract On The World Love Jam (Instrumental)
02. Brothers Gonna Work It Out
03. 911 Is A Joke
04. Incident At 66.6 FM [Instrumental]
05. Welcome To The Terrordome
06. Meet the G That Killed Me
07. Pollywanacraka
08. Anti-Nigger Machine
09. Burn Hollywood Burn (featuring Ice Cube)
10. Power To The People
11. Who Stole The Soul?
12. Fear Of A Black Planet
13. Revolutionary Generation
14. Can’t Do Nuttin’ For Ya, Man!
15. Reggie Jax
16. Leave This Off Your Fu*kin Charts (Instrumental)
17. B Side Wins Again
18. War At 33 1/3
19. Final Count Of The Collision Between Us And The Damned (Instrumental)
20. Fight The Power
DISC 2 (Bonus Tracks)
01. Brothers Gonna Work It Out (Remix)
02. Brothers Gonna Work It Out (Dub)
03. Flavor Flav
04. Terrorbeat
05. Welcome To The Terrordome (Terrormental)
06. Can’t Do Nuttin’ For Ya Man (Full Rub Mix)
07. Can’t Do Nuttin’ For Ya Man (U.K. 12″ Powermix)
08. Can’t Do Nuttin’ For Ya Man (Dub Mixx)
09. Burn Hollywood Burn (Extended Censored Fried To The Radio Version)
10. Anti-Nigger Machine (Uncensored Extended)
11. 911 Is A Joke (Instrumental)
12. Power To The People (Instrumental)
13. Revolutionary Generation (Instrumental)
14. War At 33 1/3 (Instrumental)
15. Fight The Power (Soundtrack Version)
16. Fight The Power (Powersax)
17. Fight The Power (Flavor Flav Meets Spike Lee)
18. The Enemy Assault Vehicle Mixx (Medley)
The man behind Bon Iver, Justin Vernon, will follow the footsteps of bands such as Phish, Metallica, and The National by starting his own music festival. Vernon has partnered with the company that has created Boston Calling to launch the Eaux Claire Music and Arts Festival in Eau Claire, Wisconsin next year.
According to the permit, the Eaux Claire Festival will be on July 17th and 18th on Foster Farm in Eau Claire. The plan has three performance areas, two stages and a tent, featuring artists that will be chosen by Vernon. The festival will offer the opportunity for people to camp on the festival grounds. The application says that 25,000 people are expected to come both of the days.
Vernon wants the festival to have a positive impact on his Eau Claire, his hometown. The event could bring in “eight or nine million dollars” of money into the economy according to the town’s Chamber of Commerce President Bob McCoy.
Bleachers, the musical project headed by Jack Antonoff recently released a music video for their new single, “Rollercoaster.” Their new album Strange Desire was released in July and features guest on vocals from Grimes and Yoko Ono. The video was directed by Richard Shepard, the clip has the band performing standing up on top of a moving vehicle.
Antonoff said of the video:
The idea of getting on top of a car and playing on a highway felt distinctly 90s in a way that excited me about videos I saw growing up. Didn’t think it would be acutely dangerous — the breaks ended up going out and we literally almost died. There’s something special about almost dying for a video. Beyond that, “Rollercoaster” was written while I was driving home on the NJ turnpike. The song always felt like driving on a highway to me sonically. That part was perfect. Working with Richard was a dream because of his wide scale cinematic feeling. The car crash in his film Dom Hemingway is possibly the coolest thing I have ever seen in my life.
Shepard said:
Jack Antonoff came to me with the idea of the band playing on top of a van. I thought is was such a funny cool idea, and together we riffed on all the other stuff. The girl in the car, the fight at end. I was thrilled that Jack asked me to work with him on this. We shot out near Lancaster. We had a day to do everything, which was ambitious considering all the car stuff. I came up with the old ice cream truck idea, and it seemed perfect both visually and technically for what we needed to do. Of course the truck broke down while we were filming—including losing its brakes with the entire band on the roof—so we only had a few hours to get most of what you see in the video. It helps though, because we shot so much at magic hour with that beautiful lens-flaring sunset. Jack dressed Stefanie, the girl in the video, with his own wardrobe, which is why they look like doppelgängers. During editing Jack was very involved, helping set the tone and pace of the piece. It was a true collaboration, and I think the finished product is a great reflection of that.
Bleachers is also on tour currently and dates can be found below.
Bleachers tour dates:
10-28 Atlanta, GA – Center Stage *
10-29 Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom *
10-31 New Orleans, LA – Voodoo Music & Arts Experience
11-01 Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s *
11-02 Dallas, TX – House of Blues *
11-05 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern *
11-06 San Francisco, CA – The Independent *
11-07 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom *
11-08 Vancouver, British Columbia – The Rio Theatre *
11-09 Seattle, WA – Showbox *
11-12 Denver, CO – The Bluebird Theater *
11-14 Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall *
11-15 Chicago, IL – Vic Theatre *
11-16 Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater *
11-22 Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage *
11-23 Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts *
11-25 Boston, MA – Paradise Club *
11-26 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer #
12-06 Norfolk, VA – 96X Winter Meltdown
12-19 Toronto, Ontario – The Edge Jingle Bell Rock
03-13 Tempe, AZ – Pot of Gold Festival
* with Wild Cub
# with Vacationer
Lou Reed passed away at the age of 71 one year ago from today. Former Velvet Underground bandmate, John Cale, commemorated Reed’s vast legacy, and their own history by sharing a reworked version of his Music for a New Society single, “If You Were Still Around.” The tribute is matched with an equally emotional video.
The video has background images of Cale’s time with Reed and the Velvet Underground along with with Cale’s own performance.
Cale released a statement about Reed, saying:
A Moth and a Candle met. They decided to become friends. Everyone enjoyed watching their discourse – especially the risk takers. Then one day a big rain came. The Moth couldn’t fly and the Candle puttered out. Everyone laughed in bitter awe and blamed the rain. Most however knew the deeper truth – the Candle remains lit and the Moth will stay close.
1. Tennessee – Kayleigh Goldsworthy
2. The Way I Tend to Be – Frank Turner
3. I Was a Teenage Anarchist – Against Me!
4. Whistle for the Choir – the Fratellis
5. Golden Skans – Klaxons
6. Mother – Said the Whale
7. You, Me, and the Boatman (Truth Is, I’ve Been Thirsty My Whole Life) – Quiet Company
8. White Night – The Postelles
9. Our New Intelligence – River City Extension
10. West Coast – Coconut Records
11. Escapee – Architecture In Helsinki
12. Cheap Sunglasses – RAC
13. Bruises – Chairlift
14. Your Ex-Lover is Dead – Stars
15. Bright Whites – Kishi Bashi
16. Song for Zula – Phosphorescent
17. Lights Out – Angel Olsen
18. Gun Has No Trigger – Dirty Projectors
19. You’re a Wolf – Sea Wolf
20. Reasons – Bombadil
Beady Eye, fronted by Liam Gallagher, have announced their split. Gallagher tweeted the news Saturday morning, tweeting, “Beady Eye are no longer. Thanks for all your support. LGx.”
Gallagher formed the band in 2009 sith former Oasis guitarists Gem Archer and Andy Bell and drummer Chris Sharrock. As well as former Kasabian bassist, Jay Mehler. Beady Eye originally began as an attempt to continue musically as the lineup of Oasis after members decided they would “not quit making music together” even though Gallagher had a messy departure from Oasis in August 2009. They released two studio albums, Different Gear, Still Speeding and BE.
Gallagher gave no reason to the split, the band could have just simply dwindled. Archer suffered a skull fracture last fall after falling down stairs of his home, which led to the cancellation of tour dates. They played a series of shows earlier this year in the UK, but have been inactive since a Japanese stint in March and Coachella in April. NME points out that the band had also split with their manager, Scott Rodger, this past January.
The Decemberists have announced their latest album, What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World. The title and artwork for the album was shown on a mural in Williamsburg in Brooklyn.
Singer Colin Meloy himself made an appearance at the mural and performed a brand new song from the album, “Make You Better”.
What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World is the band’s seventh studio album and follows their 2011, The King Is Dead. It has not been revealed yet of a release date.
The Grateful Dead will be celebrating their 50th anniversary with a full-length documentary out next year. The movie, authorized by the band, will be directed by Amir Bar-Lev and Martin Scorsese as executive producer.
The untitled project will follow the band from their origins in 1965, put light on the death of Jerry Garcia in 1995, and close with what the band is doing right now. Interviews will be conducted with the surviving band members, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir will all be interviewed for the project, along with more people in the band’s history. The interviews will be spread amongst with never-before-seen concert and behind-the-scenes footage.
Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, and Weir said in a statement, “Millions of stories have been told about the Grateful Dead over the years. With our 50th Anniversary coming up, we thought it might just be time to tell one ourselves and Amir is the perfect guy to help us do it. Needless to say, we are humbled to be collaborating with Martin Scorsese … The 50th will be another monumental milestone to celebrate with our fans and we cannot wait to share this film with them.”
Scorsese said, “The Grateful Dead were more than just a band. They were their own planet, populated by millions of devoted fans. I’m very happy that this picture is being made and proud to be involved.”
Returning to Austin between March 13th and the 22nd is the widely popular South by Southwest. The music part of the showcase takes place between March 17th through 22nd. Organizers announced a list of preliminary acts set to play over the course of that week.
Among that list are: The Dodos, Jessie Ware, The Pop Group, Thee Oh Sees, Carl Barat and The Jackals, Twin Peaks, The Twilight Sad, The Big Pink, Ben Kweller, Mew, Courtney Barnett, Twerps, Black Milk, Bishop Nehru, Alvvays, Pharmakon, Lust For Youth, Dry the River, Hey Marseilles, Moon Duo, The Octopus Project, Sleep ∞ Over, Ume, The Stone Foxes, Jonathan Toubin, Warm Soda, Natural Child, The Lonely Wild, Civil Twilight, Cheerleader, and Angus & Julia Stone. In all, over 1,000 acts will perform in Austin during SXSW.
Mark Duplass, actor/director is set to be one of the keynote speakers for SXSW’s film portion.
Badges to attend SXSW are available on the festival’s website.
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