From todd hyman Sent Wed, May 5th 2004, 05:05
From todd hyman Sent Wed, May 5th 2004, 05:05
this month: everything is for sale...digitally glenn branca goes old skool what's coming up later this year CARPARK ACUTE AND PAW-TRACKS ANNOUNCEMENT All of our titles are now available for purchase in the digital realm! We've taken the big step, so please support us by visiting your favorite online shop. You can find us at itunes, emusic, audiolunchbox, and many others. happy downloading.... ACUTE Glenn Branca's first solo release (from 1980) "Lesson No 1" is now out on Acute. This is the first time these pieces have been out and about since their initial release on 99 records. If that isn't exciting enough, we've added a hard-to-find Branca piece called "Bad Smells" (written for Twyla Tharp and featuring Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo) plus an 18 minute quicktime video of "Symphony #5" from 1984. Superb liner notes by NYC musician/writer Alan Licht and remastering by Flying Luttenbacher Weasel Walter finish things off. You can get it now at our online shop at www.acuterecords.com. This July we reissue the long out-of-print Doctor Mix and the Remix material as "Wall of Noise" (the name of their full length record on Rough Trade). This spinoff of France's Metal Urbain features noisy covers of classics by Bowie, Roxy Music, The Stooges, The Velvet Underground and many more. We hear it's one of the Jesus and Mary Chain's desert island discs. CARPARK In August we release Signer's "The New Face of Smiling". New Zealand's Bevan Smith (aka Signer) spent some time listening to his favorite indie slow-jams (JOY DIVISION, MY BLOODY VALENTINE, Laughingstock-era TALK TALK et.al) and decided he should make the first proper fuzzed-out pop gem of the 21st century. SIGNER'S The New Face of Smiling chews on all of Bevan's experience in indie bands and electronica and spits them back out into something brand new yet somehow familiar. Those with a sense of humor can call it "Nu-Gazing". Signer will tour North America and Europe this Fall. We're looking for tour partners so interested parties please get in touch! Greg Davis returns home after a 3 week stint in Europe. With any luck he'll be hitting the west coast later this summer. Hopefully we'll have more on that next month. Marumari is trying to finish up a new record for October release. Greg Davis/Hrvatski duo and Casino Versus Japan releases most likely coming early 2005. PAW-TRACKS The Animal Collective return from a month-long tour of Europe this weekend. Once they settle in, we'll get to work on new Paw-Tracks releases for the Fall such as Panda Bear "Young Prayer", the Paw-Tracks compilation, and the Ariel Pink full-length. More release announcements should be forthcoming. The tentative plan calls for a Black Dice/Animal Collective late summer west coast tour. We also just ran out of Animal Collective t-shirts, but hope to get some more made up sooner than later. The Animal Collective's "Sung Tongs" (Avey Tare and Panda Bear) will be released in North America by Fat-Cat on June 1st. The boys are also working on a video for "Who Could Win a Rabbit?" off the new record. LIVE DATES Greg Davis (solo) May 5th - Holstebro, Denmark - Musikteatret May 7th - Berlin, Germany - Ausland w/ Semuin May 8th - Lyon, France - <http://www.i-art-c.org/informations/indiac.html>Institut d'Art Contemporain de Villeurbanne - headphone concert - reservations required at <mailto:xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx May 24th - Chicago - Empty Bottle - with Paul Duncan and Shedding Greg Davis (Group) June 11th - Detroit - Magic Stick Animal Collective May 6th - London - Electricity Showrooms Metal Urbain May 7th - Strasbourg - la laiterie May 8th - Mulhouse - le noumatrouff May 13th - Rennes - l'ubu May 14th - Savigny le temple (77) - l'empreinte May 21st - Lille - l'aeronef May 28th - Castres - lo bolegason May 29th - Tarbes - la gespe June 10th - Paris - le nouveau casino thanks for reading and see you next month! best,todd carparkrecords.com acuterecords.com paw-tracks.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: xxx-xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx For additional commands, e-mail: xxx-xxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx