Remembering Nico on her birthday with her post-Velvets work

Here's Nico's "Evening Of Light" video feat. Iggy & The Stooges along with some intriguing 70s & 80s performance footage.  

Happy Birthday Mark Lanegan!

Watch Mark reprise a couple of Velvet Underground classics with John Cale.

Happy Birthday Andy Warhol

Caribou sneaks out tour-only double LP

If you're planning on attending one of Caribou's upcoming tour dates, you might want to check out the merchandise table as Dan Snaith has put together an enticing tour-only release.
Entitled Caribou Vibration Ensemble featuring Marshall Allen, the double vinyl plus DVD package is a splendid document of Caribou's All Tomorrow's Parties performance last year which involved an expanded line-up bolstered with Sun Ra Arkestra saxophonist Marshall Allen, Kieran Hebden and Snaith's nutty Dundas pal Koushik among others. It looks like that Polaris Prize money has been well spent.

According to Mr. Snaith:
“In September 2009 the Flaming Lips invited us to play at the All Tomorrow’s Parties New York festival which they curated. We wanted this show to be something special so we put together a 15 piece band including all of our friends – Kieran Hebden (Four Tet), Luke Lalonde (Born Ruffians), Koushik Ghosh (Koushik), a five piece horn section, four drummers and Sun Ra arkestra band leader and legend Marshall Allen.
The show was something of a dream come true for us and so we’re very excited to announce that we will be releasing a limited double vinyl recording of the concert. The album will also come with a DVD video recording of the show. This record will only be available at our upcoming concerts and not available in stores.”     

Caribou Vibration Ensemble featuring Marshall Allen

1. A Final Warning (9:43)
2. Barnowl (10:40)
3. Brahminy Kite (5:29)
4. Every Time She Turns Round It’s Her Birthday (8:48)
5. Hendrix With Ko (4:31)
6. Melody Day (5:20)
7. Sandy (4:25)
8. Skunks (6:18)









North American tour dates
Sept 28 Winnipeg, MB - West End Cultural Centre &
Sept 29 Saskatoon, SK - Amigos &
Sept 30 Edmonton, AB - Starlite &
Oct 1 Calgary, AB - Republik &
Oct 3 Vancouver, BV - Vogue &
Oct 4 Seattle, WA - Showbox &
Oct 5 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom &
Oct 6 San Francisco, CA - Regency &
Oct 7 Los Angeles, CA - La Cita [DJ SET]
Oct 8 Los Angeles, CA - Music Box & %
Oct 9 Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse &
Oct 11 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge &
Oct 12 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre &
Oct 14 Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa !
Oct 15 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon !
Oct 16 Tallahassee, FL - Engine Room !
Oct 17 Tampa, FL - Crowbar !
Oct 18 Orlando, FL - Backbooth !
Oct 19 Miami, FL - Grand Central !
Oct 20 Mexico City, Mexico - Lunario [LIVE & DJ SET]
Oct 21 Guanajuanto, Mexico - Mutek/Cervantino Festival
Oct 30 Asheville, NC - Moog Festival
Oct 31 Chapel Hill, NC - Cat's Cradle
& with Emeralds
% with Nite Jewel
! with Arp

Lost Greenhornes album magically appears

Just when you thought you'd heard the last of Cincinnati garage rock rebels The Greenhornes, a copy of what appears to be an unissued album recorded during their mid-2000's peak has found it's way into the hands of Zach B. who posted it on his fine Random Old Records blog.  How do these things happen?
Assuming that the recording of undisclosed origins tagged as "Little Horse" sans tracklisting really is a lost Greenhornes album – the professionally recorded 12-song studio set certainly sounds like their work – then it's plausible that the recording could've been done after 2005's East Grand Blues (V2) EP and before the Greenhornes rhythm section of drummer Patrick Keeler and bassist Jack Lawrence were deputized by Jack White for various projects, notably Loretta Lynn's Van Lear Rose album and  the Raconteurs. Meanwhile Greenhornes guitar-playing singer/songwriter Craig Fox has been keeping busy in Cincinnati with Oxford Cotton, The Long Gones and Pearlene.

Of course, it's also possible that these tracks could be early versions of songs intended for The Greenhornes forthcoming Four Stars album set for release on Jack White's Third Man Records label in October. We'll likely find out soon enough as the reunited Greenhornes will be kicking off a short tour with a homecoming show at The Comet in Cincinnati on August 20 followed by gigs at Detroit's Magic Stick (Aug. 21), Nashville's The Basement (Sep. 1), New York's Mercury Lounge (Sep. 3) and Maxwell's in Hoboken (Sep. 4) as a warm-up for their Jim Jarmusch-approved appearance at the All Tomorrow's Parties Festival at Kutsher's Country Club in  Monticello, New York on September 5. No word as yet about a Toronto show but The Greenhornes have always done well here so there will likely be announcement soon. You'll probably read about it here first. 

LINKS
Greenhornes site http://www.myspace.com/thegreenhornes
Random Old Records http://randomoldrecords.blogspot.com
All Tomorrow's Parties Festival http://www.atpfestival.com/events/atpnewyork2010.php
Third Man Records http://www.thirdmanrecords.com/