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What does an aging critically-acclaimed musician/band do when their time in the sun is long past but still want to be relevant? Well, they could go on a reunion tour, do something tragic to force fans to think about the good days (suicide is a good example), or do what most bands do: reissue a great album.
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Alright, kids. Why even screw around here when it comes to a veteran band like Minus the Bear? At this point, you either like them, or you don t, right? I mean, I could do some sort of tie-in to their latest album, Omni , released this past spring illegal travel to cuba on Dangerbird; but even that seems to matter little. You ve either got it already, or you don t really give a shit.
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Well, it seems as though the least I could do is list the dates for you below, though even that seems kinda arbitrary to me. You re either so totally going, or you re not even reading this. Right? Right. But, hey, now that I think about it, I guess I can say one thing definitively about Minus the Bear: they are a band who is touring this fall. Yup. Sure as shootin .
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The Legendary Pink Dots are, in many ways, a very unforgiving band. Unforgiving in their stark, haunting lyricism. Unforgiving in their dense, post-industrial rhythmic onslaughts. Entirely and especially unforgiving in their approach to recording and touring over the past 30 years. This trend will now be even more exaggerated with the impending release of Seconds Late for the Brighton Line , the band s 40th-something release (if you count all the CD-Rs and such).
The album is set to be regurgitated onto the populace on October 5 via ROIR, with the first 500 CDs displaying a deluxe cover, and the double-vinyl version sporting a bonus side. They, being the super (or non)-humans that they are, are of course running through the states too beginning October 15. As many of you LPD heads are well aware, longtime band members illegal travel to cuba Neils Van Hoorn and Martjn have departed, forcing the band to bring on some guest players for this upcoming tour. Let that be no reason to think that they won t bring the pain, because I can assure you they will.
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More information about the Melbourne Festival can be found here . And for the six or seven non-Australians reading this, a DVD documenting the 2007 BOADRUM that started it all was just released by Thrill Jockey . Have at it!
If you re a fan of The Jesus Lizard and beer (attention all 35 year olds with more records on their shelves than hairs on their heads), you ll be pleased to know that local Georgia brewery Burnt Hickory is releasing a Jesus Lizard-themed beer entitled Mouth Breather ESB. The beer will go into production in late October and will hopefully be available by Christmas. While you re waiting for both Jesuses to arrive, you can amuse yourself by checking out Burnt Hickory s other band beers, like their tribute to The Meatmen .