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The National on The Interface
Spinner’s “The Interface” portal is now streaming an exclusive 4 song performance by The National recorded earlier this year.
Here to perform the song, 'A More Perfect Union', please welcome Titus Andronicus
(with thanks again to The Audio Perv)
Magic Kids “Superball” bounces back to Vancouver en route to Memphis
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. Magic Kids are serious about the craft and composition of rock music.
“Superball” off of their debut record Memphis out on August 24th via True Panther, demonstrates this incredibly.
Using the tools they sharpened in their old D.I.Y. bands, The Barbaras and Girls of the Gravitron, Magic Kids set out to do something classic: take the simple and skeletal structures of rock and garage songs and build them into pop epics. The horns, strings and synths are not trim or embellishments but crucial components of their unique compositions. You may have heard an early demo of this song on the 7″ split with the Smith Westerns but the above is the version that defines it. We hope you find it as immediate and enthralling as we do.
Magic Kids, who breezed through the country earlier this summer as special guests of Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, return to Vancouver’s Media Club on September 8th with their neighbor and friend, Bosco Delrey.
Memphis isn’t about mourning an era of music that is gone, rather, adding another chapter to the story and Bosco is a perfect companion for this mission.
MEMPHIS EVERYWHERE!
Deer Hunting season in Canada!
Deerhunter have announced their North American tour this Fall which will include shows in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.
According to their website the Halcyon Digest tour begins in their hometown of Atlanta on October 1st with stops in Montreal (October 17th), Toronto (October 18th) and Vancouver (October 26th).
Support on this 22-date tour will come from Casino Vs. Japan, Real Estate and Deakin.
The Atlanta four-piece have also unveiled the first fruits of the interactive xerox arts project launched last month. Fans who sent in photographs of their strategically-placed Halcyon Digest flyers (hand-crafted by Bradford Cox) can now view their images online from the gallery here
Download ‘Revival’, the first single to be taken from Halcyon Digest HERE
Halcyon Digest is released via 4AD on September 28th
A Whiff of Perfume Genius in Toronto
Perfume Genius, the alias of Seattle songwriter Mike Hadreas, will be making a rare live appearance in Toronto on October 7th at The Drake Hotel.
His debut album “Learning” (Matador) was released in June and has been quietly accumulating a fanatical audience.
The album puts harrowing personal stories to unshakable minor-key melodies that prove oddly hopeful despite the dark, painful tone. Recorded in his mother’s suburban home during a time of emotional and physical recovery, these gorgeous songs are as unaffected and memorable as you’re likely to hear all year.
Hadreas rarely plays live; as the New York Times noted, “memory is etched on the body…Hadreas squeezes out the words when singing, his neck tense, his muscles taut. It must hurt.” These shows will feature Hadreas and Alan Wyffels on just piano and vocals, with occasional guitar.
For a glimpse of what to expect, check out the live video session here
