Julian Koster (The Music Tapes, Neutral Milk Hotel, Major Organ & The Adding Machine) and his Singing Saw — Badger, I assume — are once again going Christmas caroling in December! Want to see them? Great. All you have to do is grant them permission and they'll show up at your doorstep, singing songs, sharing stories, and being all Christmas-y. It's like a Christmas miracle spread across 15 dat
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Pitch-correction technology developers Antares, progenitors of that infamous little auto-tune cult empire, want us to get one thing straight right the fuck now: the term “auto-tune” is NOT as ubiquitous as we all auto-tunitively assumed it was. In order to set about the task of auto-tuning our perceptions, then, they recently sent their lawyers to auto-tune their trademark of the term in the f
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The idea of going backwards to a point in time that is forwards is a hard thing to grasp. I could probably write a 17-page article on the idea of going back to a time that has not yet existed. It boggles my mind! Anyway, here's my point: this all reminds me of the music of Daniel Lopatin's Oneohtrix Point Never. At first listen, you get the vibe that this music might be 30 years old, yet the mu...
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Bearded shut-ins, rejoice, for Bonnie “Prince” Billy ne Will Oldham will be giving publicists a marketing nightmare with a beautifully bizarro release on Drag City, titled Funtime Comedown: too weird for CD format. The vinyl- and digital-only full-length live-in-studio album Funtime Comedown will be credited to Bonny Billy and the Picket Line; the Picket Line, of course, being a Kentucky blue
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According to Pitchfork, Dan Deacon has canceled the remainder of his tour after having been hospitalized with acute sciatica. The tour was originally scheduled to run through next Wednesday, ending at Baltimore's Ottobar. TMT wishes him a speedy recovery! Canceled dates: 11.13.09 - Troy, NY - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 11.14.09 - Worcester, MA - Clark University 11.15.09 - Ithaca, NY - Ithac
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Lawrence K. Parker, more readily known as KRS-One, finally saw the release of his book The Gospel of Hip Hop: First Instrument this week. Originally slated for release earlier this year, First Instrument is the first release from the publishing firm I Am Hip Hop, an imprint of powerHouse Books. The Gospel of Hip Hop, set up in the format of a holy book, is described by the publisher as being “..
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Compiled by: Corey C A Dumping Time-line, In Brief: Week one: Delusional nostalgia of prior romance boggles mind. Week two: Bitter depression officially sets in. Week three: Final epiphany: Sex Sux (Amen) 01. The Kinks - "You Really Got Me" (The Kinks) 02. The Velvet Underground - "Over You" (1969: Velvet Underground Live, Vol. 2) 03. Broken Social Scene - "Lover's Spit" (You Forgot It In Peopl...
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Fish and chips, man! So British, so delicious! Hot Chip, man! Also British, though not necessarily delicious! Maybe they are, I wouldn't know. Delicious or not, they do seem to have a knack for releasing a new LP of rather nice dance-rock every two years. And so it will be once again, as the group has announced that One Life Stand, their fourth LP, will be released on February 8 via Parlophone....
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[November 2009] Gene Corduroy stands in his cozy cluttery basement studio, gesturing to his longtime friend/longtime music-collaborator Nathaniel Burgundy IV, admitting how weird it was, initially, to sing in front of him, to sing in front of anybody even, ever. But self-displacement from past comfort zones was a needed step to “defining ourselves” for the heretofore often-strict guitarist, as
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While Girls' "Lust for Life" gets churned through your local airwaves or news of its SCANDALOUS! naked music video gets 1,000,000+ hits on YouTube from horny college kids, the band has been touring nonstop since the release of their debut album so that everyone may know what it means to be infectious. And while everyone's wishing they had a pizza and a bottle of wine, Girls are merrily strolling a
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To promote her new song with Bon Iver on the Twilight: New Moon soundtrack, St. Vincent has decided to bring the kids from Twilight on the road with her next year. Unfortunately, they're too busy making headlines with their hand-holding to actually accompany her, so cardboard cut-outs of Robert Pattinson will have to do instead. The St. Vincent Saga: New Tour: 01.29.10 - New York, NY - Lincoln Cen
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I know what you're thinking: cancer sucks. It does. And I know that you're also thinking that kids with cancer sucks even more. Which it does. But you're not quite sure what to do to help, right? I know, I know, you really want to lend a hand but you have that awesome concert you have to go to on Saturday. Well, how about you go to an awesome show on Saturday and help out kids with cancer? Yeah...
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Beginning November 18, Neil Hamburger will be touring with Maynard James Keenan. TMT readers might have heard of the bands Tool and A Perfect Circle, of which Mr. Keenan is the frontman. The musician seems to have a fondness for ironic American comedians, since Tool's 1996 album nima features samples of Bill Hicks' work on the song "Third Eye." Not that I've actually listened to the record... you
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[11-05-2009] The last time I had a chance to see Andy Falkous live was in 2004, when Mclusky were touring to support The Difference Between Me and You Is That I'm Not on Fire. I had my tickets in-hand and my friend and fellow TMT-er Paul Bower visiting from out of town, only to discover Bower's underage ass wasn't 21 enough to get into the venue. Of course, Mclusky disintegrated less than a yea...
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