The Hold Steady’s new live album/DVD A Positive Rage hits stores on Tuesday, April 7. There will be a free screening at the Entry the night before. Film starts at 9 PM.
Monday, April 6
7th St Entry
8 PM | FREE | 18+
Much like the Dillinger 4 situation earlier this year, it looks like the new Green Day album has leaked via an online review stream. This is sure to be the album of the year. It’s a logical next step from their last album, the excellent American Idiot, but it also harkens back to the pop punk early days of Kerplunk!
Unfortunately it’s not broken up into separate tracks but it flows together as one piece so it’s worth sitting through the entire thing.
The site I got it off of already took it off their servers so we’re gonna put it up on ours for as long as we can. Enjoy!
Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown (full album stream)
I know RichmanVA considers Steel Panther’s “Death to All but Metal” to be the video of 2009, but damn if this doesn’t come close.
Off of The West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum, out June 8.
This summer, the Dark Night of the Soul album will be released, which is a collaboration between Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse, with help from Frank Black of the Pixies, Julian Casablancas of the Strokes, Vic Chesnutt, The Flaming Lips, James Mercer of The Shins, Iggy Pop, Gruff Rhys of the Super Furry Animals, Jason Lytle formerly of Grandaddy, Nina Person of the Cardigans and A Camp, and Suzanne Vega.
And also, film director David Lynch.
The Playlist was sent a promo poster for the album recently, which teases ‘visuals by David Lynch.’ I really hope this means music videos. And just putting this detail aside for a moment and taking into account that above name list and the fact that Sparklehorse is amazing, this just suddenly became my most anticipated album of the year.
David Lynch Sings
The final promo for the great It’s Blitz!, out now.
Kino’s special remastered edition of Wong Kar Wai’s 1997 Palme d’Or winning classic, which comes packaged with Buenos Aires Zero Degrees, an hour-long documentary on the making of the film, and the 45-minute Wong Kar-Wai at the Museum of the Moving Image.
OTHER NOTABLE RELEASES
- Lucio Fulci’s Cat in the Brain
- Czech New Wave film The Cremator
- Takashi Miike’s Crows Zero
- Criterion release of Andrzej Wajda’s Danton
- Special edition of Wong Kar Wai’s Fallen Angels
- Criterion release of Roberto Rossellini’s Il Generale Della Rovere
- Man, Moment, Machine: Lincoln & the Flying Spying Machine
- The crazy-ass Sinful Dwarf
- Magnet’s drugged-out superhero satire Special
- 3 Faces of Shinji Aoyama boxset
- 3 Films by Alexander Sokurov boxset
Happy Together - Trailer
In support of Fantasies; due out April 14.
Metric 2009 Tour Dates:
06.04 – Seattle, WA – Showbox
06.05 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
06.06 – San Francisco, CA – BFD Festival
06.06 – San Diego, CA – Independence Jam
06.08 – Los Angeles, CA – Wiltern
06.11 – Denver, CO – Ogden
06.12 – Lawrence, KS – Granada
06.13 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
06.14 – Chicago, IL – Metro
06.15 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrews
06.17 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
06.18 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
06.19 – Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero
A weekly look at the Minnesota concert calendar from your friends at Switchblade Comb. The full list can be viewed HERE.
Minnesota Shows List:
30 – Bob Mould (Varsity)
30 – Bloc Party + Longwave CANCELLED (First Ave)
30 – Fuck Knights (Memory Lanes)
30 – Asher Roth + Muja Messiah (Fine Line)
31 – Split Lip Rayfield (Cabooze)
31 – Seal (Orpheum Theatre)
31 – Happy Medium (Big V’s)
01 – Jason Haire Benefit: Cows [Reunion] + Paul Westerberg & Tommy Stinson [Acoustic] SOLD OUT (Uptown Bar)
01 – Prince (Hard Rock Cafe)
01 – Oasis (Station 4)
01 – Bush (Big Vs)
02 – The Tallest Man on Earth (Turf Club)
02 – Ladytron + The Faint (First Ave)
02 – Lazy Ike & The Daredevils (Lee’s)
03 – Britney Spears (Target Center)
03 – Illinois (7th St)
03 – Attention (Trocaderos)
03 – Junior Boys + Max Tundra (First Ave)
03 – Mike Epps (Orpheum Theatre)
03 – Enuff Z’Enuff (Pickle Park)
03 – Small White (Big V’s)
03 – The Rockford Mules (Stasiu’s)
03 – Headlights (Nomad World Pub)
04 – The Gaslight Anthem + Heartless Bastards (Varsity)
04 – Say Hi (7th St)
04 – Friendly Fires + White Lies + The Soft Pack (Triple Rock)
04 – Los Campesinos! (Fine Line)
04 – Gospel Gossip + Baby Guts (Turf Club)
05 – Wavves + Vampire Hands (7th St)
Genndy Tartakovsky, the most exciting figure in American animated television, is teaming up with Cartoon Network for the new sci-fi series Sym-Bionic Titan.
The show focuses on three extraterrestrials from the war-torn planet Galaluna who crash-land, only to be swept up in high school and the fate of the Earth as we know it.
Tartakovsky has previously worked with Cartoon Network on Powerpuff Girls, Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack, and the original Star Wars: Clone Wars series, and is slated to direct the Dark Crystal sequel.
Samurai Jack is Awesome
Red Dwarf returns April 10.
Their newest record took a few listens, but it’s really starting to grow on me. “From the Hips” is one of the standout tracks. It reminds me of an older time when I was obsessed with the band.
From Mama, I’m Swollen; out now.
I was just recently pointed towards this fantastic band by our buddy Andrew. Formed in 1995, Number Girl has been a highly influential force in indie Japanese rock, and they feature one of the greatest drummers of the modern rock era, Inazawa Ahito, who’s so bad-ass that during the band’s first show in Tokyo, he had a high fever and performed the entire show while hooked up to an IV.
After disbanding in 2002 following bassist Nakao Kentarou’s departure, the members went on to form bands such as Zazen Boys, Vola and the Oriental Machine, toddle, and Sloth Love Chunks.
While most of their videos are strange and feature recurring characters, their live performances are what’s really worth watching.
Number Girl – “OMOIDE IN MY HEAD” (live)
