Very early Monday, Keili welcomes Emily and Sara of No Future FIlms. Their current project, Bomb the Music Industry!, is a documentary about the music collective of the same name whose label, Quote Unquote Records, boasts donation-based releases and an all-shows-under-$10 policy. Hear more about BTMI! -- check the archive for Beastin' the Airwaves! 8/16, from 3 to 6 AM (fill-in for the Frow Show with Jesse).
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On Monday night, Trent is conducting a remote broadcast and dance party to accompany the screening of two great music-based films: David Byrne's True Stories and Daft Punk's Interstella 5555: the 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem. It's all happening in a solar-powered fashion at NYC's Solar One, 23rd Street right on the East River. Stop on by, or listen to Sound and Safe on 8/16 from 9 PM to midnight if you can't be there in person.
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Jason Sigal will host live sets from CAVE and Lazer Crystal, a pair of groups out of Chicago. Lazer Crystal's debut LP, the conceptual MCMLXXX, came out last spring on Thrill Jockey; you may check out this video for the track "Love Rhombus." CAVE most recently released the 12" EP Pure Moods on Drag City (left), and were part of the Important Records showcase at ISSUE Project Room last week to promote the LP Psychic Psummer. Hear both amazing bands on Talk's Cheap, the morning of 8/17 from 9 AM to noon.
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Liverpool rockers Clinic return to the Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T. on Saturday. 8/21, from 3 to 6 PM. Their new album, Bubblegum, is available now for pre-order, to come out on October 4th. Glance at their official site (link above) to hear/see a beautiful, trippy video for the single "I'm Aware."
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And later on Saturday, Malian singer Khaira Arby and her band come to perform a live set on Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg. Veterans of the famous Festival in the Desert, these musicians will be touring North America through early October; here is their date-packed schedule. Listen to the live set on Rob's show 8/21, from 6 to 9 PM.
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Off-air, WFMU's collaboration with UbuWeb takes place on Monday night at 8:30, with live performances by Growing and Blues Control. UbuWeb founder Kenny G. will screen hand-picked selections from Ubu's giant avant-garde film library as the bands perform... afterward, attendees will enjoy free drinks and WFMU DJ sets. At the Walter Reade Theater, co-presented with the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Tickets still available here!
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To round out this largely film-centric post, I want to share this song I heard on Joe McGasko's show last weekend: "Amanda" (yup) by Billy Green, which is on the soundtrack to the movie Stone, described by some as "the second-greatest Australian biker movie of all time" and also screened a little while ago at Lincoln Center. Afterward you can listen to Joe talk to Daniel Blumin about the experience and it is funny.
Wouldn't CAVE's most recent release be the EP on Drag City from a couple months ago rather than the Important LP from last year? Of course, both are worthwhile.
Posted by: Andrew | August 16, 2010 at 02:50 PM
Andrew -- you're right and thanks for catching. I just edited the post.
Posted by: Amanda | August 16, 2010 at 03:33 PM