Friday Free-Style

Yes are doing a 40th anniversary tour and will be in Atlanta at the new Verizon Wireless Amphitheater at Encore Park on August 4th. Tickets go on sale today at 10am so go get them.

La Blogotheque is really cool in case you didn't know, and here's the Black Lips sessions:

SPLIT BLACK LIPS #1 3 SONGS TIED
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SPLIT BLACK LIPS #2 EVERYBODY'S DOING IT
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Outkast's tour manager died of a drug overdose. Here's that new new Outkast:

Big Boi featuring Andre 3000 & Raewkon : Royal Flush


Atlas Sound has another hott track at his blog.

Apple is talking about offering unlimited access to the itunes library for a fee.

Lollapalooza early bird tickets are on sale now, but there is still no official line-up.

This year's installment of Camp Bisco July 17th-19th includes Disco Biscuits (3 nights), Snoop Dogg, DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist, MSTRKRFT, !!!, Lotus, DB, Amplive, and more.

Outside Lands Fest in San Francisco, Ca August 22nd-24th will include Radiohead, Tom Petty, Beck, Wilco, Primus, Regina Spektor, Devendra Banhart, Broken Social Scene, Andrew Bird, Black Mountain, Bon Iver, and more.

Chris Strawn of Atlanta's Brass Castle has a solo album, I Left My Hat In Hades, out now.

Andrew Bird is blogging for the New York Times.

Listen to Dirty Projectors cover Bjork's "Hyperballad" here.

The Flight Of The Conchords self-titled LP comes out April 22nd and you can see the tracklist here. Jam a track:

Flight Of The Conchords : Ladies Of The World


Stream the new Black Keys album here.

Fleetwood Mac plans to join the reunion club next year, possibly with Sheryl Crow. (?)

Emo kids are getting attacked in Mexico.

You can get the Die! Die! Die! show at The Earl last week from Have You Heard.

Girl Talk has a new album out very soon and will be in Athens, Ga at the Georgia Theater tonight.

Read about the new Of Montreal album here.

I didn't get any recordings of Bon Iver at SXSW, but others did, so go listen.

Nine Inch Nails will be at the Gwinnett Arena August 13th.

Southern Shelter has a show from Hardy Morris and Brantley Senn of Dead Confederate.

Pearl Jam is finally touring around the south a bit this summer, but not Atlanta.

Creative Loafing has a piece about Silent Kids.

Be Your Own Pet will be at the Variety Playhouse May 23rd. Universal cut three songs from their new album, Get Akward, because they were too violent. This is the same label that has released albums from Eminem, 50 Cent, Marilyn Manson, and Nine inch Nails. Obviously, Jemina Pearl could kick all of their asses. Check their new vid:




More new videos:

Phosphorescent:



WHY?:



Raveonettes:

Monday Mash-Up

Here's a snippet of that new, new Outkast:

Da Art of Storytellin' Part 4


Cool shows I recommend checking out this week:

Tuesday:

MJQ CONCOURSE: aesop rock, black moth super rainbow, dj signify 21+ (http://www.tightbros.net - get tickets at http://www.ticketalternative.com or at Criminal Records)

Variety Playhouse: of montreal, grand buffet

Wednesday:

DRUNKEN UNICORN: prefuse 73, voice of the seven woods, blank blue 18+ 9:00PM (http://www.thedrunkenunicorn.net - get tickets at http://www.ticketalternative.com or at Criminal Records)


The Fiery Furnaces are awesome and here's a new vid:



It looks like My Bloody Valentine is really going to do this reunion thing.

Acid Mother Temple will be at the Earl on March 20th.

New Orleans' Jazz Fest has announced a few headliners (The Neville Brothers, Tim McGraw, and Maze featuring Frankie Beverly) and some dates(April 25th-June 4th). Full line-up announcement will come next year.

The White Stripes and Beck are working together on some stuff.

I just got hipped to Next To Last Festival in Athens, Ga in a few weeks and it looks interesting.

Sigur Ros are working on another album.

See what Animal Collective are cooking up for 2008.

Some more vids:

Grizzly Bear:



Division Day:



Phosphorescent (Live at The Earl):



Castanets:



Iron And Wine covering Radiohead at Pitchfork Fest:



Soulsavers:



Akron Family:

Torrent Of the Day: Outkast (7-31-2001)

Outkast 2001-07-31 Shoreline Ampitheatre - Mountain View, CA (16-bit) (SHN)

Lineage: Aud > ? > Shn

Outkast
July 31st, 2001
Shoreline Ampitheatre
Mountain View, CA.

1. Intro
2. Gasoline Dreams
3. Atliens
4. Skew It On The Bar-B
5. Elevators (Me and You)
6. Da Art of Storytellin'
7. The Cut Song
8. So Fresh, So Clean
9. Spaghetti Junction
10. Better Days
11. Humble Mumble
12. Rosa Parks
13. Ms. Jackson
14. B.O.B.
15. Outro

Source: DAUD

Friday Free-Style

There's a whole bunch of stuff going on in Atlanta this weekend. The Inman Park Festival is always a good time. I'll definitely be checking out the Space Rock Con 2007. Silent Kids, The Preakness, and Mary O. Harrison at Lenny's will be a great Friday night show. No matter what you do this weekend, make sure to record the Henry Rollins Show on IFC tonight because The Mars Volta will be performing some kick ass stuff you can check out here. In fact, you should watch this amazing performance in its 47 minute entirety, Live At the Lowlands (aka one of the best DVD Bootlegs I Own):



Seriously, if you didn't watch that TMV video, you are missing out.

Pitchfork Fest, aka the Best American Festival of the Year, just added Califone, The Sea And Cake, Yoko Ono, and some bands i don't recognize. Chicago gets some killer fests.

The awesome Coachella Festival kicks off today. I wish I could have gone because the two I went to before were amazing. The hotel in the desert that I paid to stay in before tickets sold out keeps calling me and it's annoying. I'll be checking out the webcast as you should. I've watched several fests on webcast and they are pretty cool. Remember when you're wasted late night, go to your computer and watch Sonic Youth and Bjork. You won't be disappointed.

If you want to know the latest in American festival news, Live Music Blog has you covered.

The Raconteurs are making another album.

Here's a teaser for the Marc Benevento (of the Benevento-Russo Duo) album of his month long run at New York City's Tonic featuring a plethora of other great artists. Check it:



May 8th is Grateful Dead Day.

Creative Loafing talks about "Art Mondays" at Apache Cafe.

You can stream the new Dntel album at here.

Here's a really cool top 25 all-time hip-hop records list. Outkast's ATLiens is number one on it. No surprise. Watch why:





Spinal Tap is getting in on the reunion craze.

Dave Grohl talks about the new Foo Fighters album.

Snoop Dogg has been banned from Australia.

Willie Nelson avoided jailtime from his marijuana charge.

Ween is finishing up a new album.

VBS has a some great videos documenting Norgwegian Black Metal.

Here's Amy Winehouse on the Tonight Show this week:



Here's Regina Spektor on the Late Show last Friday:



I'll leave you today with this portion of the movie Coffee & Cigarettes featuring RZA, GZA, and Bill Murray. I love this:



Beware Of That Serious Delirium