June 21, 2005

Bonnaroo 2005 – Photo Retrospective, Pt. 2

Part 2 of Adam Foley’s photo retrospective of the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, TN held on 6/10-6/12/05. Part 2 features Modest Mouse, Dave Matthews Band, Benevento/Russo Duo feat. Mike Gordon, Joss Stone, Umphrey’s McGee, Brazilian Girls, Drive By Truckers and Alison Krauss & Union Station.

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DJ Spooky and Dave Lombardo : Drums of Death

DJ Spooky is no stranger to experimentalism or pushing the boundaries
of genre. Drums of Death creates a successful fusion of diverse
styles, a risky proposition which lives up to his ambition to create a
“rhythm dialog, building bridges between styles.”

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Billy Corgan To Renew and Revive The Smashing Pumpkins

Today, Billy Corgan took an ad out in the Chicago Tribune, on the day his latest solo album, TheFutureEmbrace, hit the shelves. In it, he describes how the album represents Chicago and how it represents hope and is music to stand and fight for. Corgan mentions that he has made plans to renew and revive The Smashing Pumpkins. Corgan writes,

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Motley Crue Turned Down By Live 8

Motley Crue is one of 65 bands that were reportedly turned down by organizers to appear at the July 2 Live 8 concert in London’s Hyde Park, according to The Scotsman. The show’s promoter told the newspaper, “We simply don’t have room for them.” Along with the five previously announced shows in Philadelphia, London, Berlin, Paris and Rome, additional concerts in Toronto, Tokyo and Johannesburg were expected to be confirmed this past Friday (June 17).

The worldwide event will feature acts like Coldplay, Linkin Park, the Dave Matthews Band, Bon Jovi, the Cure, Elton John, Keane, the Killers, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Muse, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, REM, Snoop Dogg, Sting, U2, Snow Patrol, Brian Wilson, Crosby Stills and Nash, Faith Hill and event organizer Bob Geldof.

Live 8 is aimed at increasing awareness of poverty and hunger in Africa, while pressuring world leaders at the upcoming G8 Conference to “make poverty history.”

Motley Crue is currently on tour in Europe, and returns to North America for summer shows beginning July 24 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Source yahoo.com.

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New Pornographers Get Rolling

Vancouver-based indie rockers the New Pornographers will release their third album, Twin Cinema, on August 23rd. Fans will get a taste of new tunes, and a reworked lineup, on a mini-tour this month.

While the band enjoys a large arsenal of players — sometimes upwards of eight — the newest member has a familial connection: Kathryn Calder, who sings and plays piano, is also frontman A.C. Newman’s niece.

“Neko [Case] can’t make the June shows, so Kathryn’s going to be the girl,” Newman says. “So we’re going to be kind of like the Fiery Furnaces — the relatives band [laughs].”

The band will be debut a handful of Twin Cinema tracks on the tour. “I think it’s kind of cruel to give your audience an entire album’s worth of new songs before they’ve heard the album,” says Newman, “so we’ll do about six or seven.”

According to Newman, the new songs reflect the Pornographers’ desire to expand their sound. “I’ve always wanted to make a really epic, epic record,” he says, “the equivalent of some 1,000-page historical novel — but within the space of forty-five minutes.”

The album’s title is about a shift in perspective. “The whole Twin Cinema idea was about going through some upheaval in your life,” says Newman, “where all of a sudden your everyday life looks completely different to you because you’re seeing it through different eyes.”

After the record’s release, the band will hit the road for a more expansive tour featuring yet another lineup change: Dan Bejar, who records and writes with the group, will join the Pornographers live for the first time. His band, Destroyer, will also serve as the opening act.

Newman sighs, “Yeah, the fall tour is going to be a totally supercharged Pornographers lineup that will probably never exist again.”

New Pornographers tour dates:

6/22: Hoboken, NJ, Maxwell’s
6/23: Hoboken, NJ, Maxwell’s
6/24: Lancaster, PA, Chameleon Club
6/25: Brooklyn, NY, Prospect Park Celebrate Brooklyn
6/26: Northampton, MA, Pearl Street
9/23: Vancouver, Commodore Ballroom
9/27: San Francisco, Bimbo’s 365 Club
9/28: San Francisco, Bimbo’s 365 Club
9/29: Los Angeles, Henry Fonda Theater
10/07: Newport, KY, Southgate House
10/08: Kalamazoo, MI, Club Soda
10/11: Boston, The Roxy
10/20: Chicago, Metro

Source rollingstone.com.

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Natalie Merchant Working On Compilation Disc

Natalie Merchant is recording an undetermined number of new songs for forthcoming two-disc Warner Bros. compilation of her solo work. “The deadline is mid-July, so I should expect it to be released in the early fall,” she writes on her official Web site.

The artist is also designing the packaging for the set. In addition to such well-known songs as “Jealousy” and “Carnival,” also expected are B-sides, live recordings and songs Merchant has contributed to various benefit albums over the years.

Since leaving the major-label world, the former 10,000 Maniacs singer has taken a low-key approach to career, releasing “The House Carpenter’s Daughter” in 2003 on her own Myth America label and devoting her energies to motherhood. Beyond the month-long outing launched in support of that release, Merchant says she has no plans for hitting the road anytime soon. “Touring with a baby is a bit more complicated and exhausting (for everyone),” she writes on the site. “So I have to be realistic.”

Source billboard.com.

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