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Pitchfork Media has posted a three-part video segment of Daytripping hosted by Bradford Cox of Deerhutner.
Throughout his Daytrip to the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago Bradford talks to Health, Jay Reatard, King Khan, Apples in Stereo, High Places and many more.
Click here to watch part 1.
The fourth single in Matador’s series of limited-editions by Jay Reatard is a split 7-inch with Atlanta’s Deerhunter. The A-side is Jay covering Deerhunter’s “Flourescent Grey,” and the B-side is Deerhunter covering Jay’s “Oh, It’s Such A Shame.”
The record will be in stores on July 22. Matador’s webstore preorder date and time will be Mon., July 14 at 3:00 p.m. EDT. (Bastille Day).
All six 7-inches in the series will be compiled on an LP/CD to be released this fall.
Rob’s House Records is releasing two new 7-inches on Tuesday, July 1.
First up is the “San Francisco” b/w “Ponytail” single from Jack Of Heart. “Departing completely from the static-soaked, overdriven throb prerogative of their previous bands, Jack Of Heart is a new conglomeration of Piero from the Fatals and Demon’s Claws, and Benji from the Creteens. Their sound takes off down the tender side of the switchblade, and erupts with such an unassuming immediacy that it’s tough to pinpoint the first time it slithers through your head. With a decidedly less noisy sentiment in place, Jack Of Heart combine echoed and chilling guitars that form those little icy patches that cause you to slip, and fall in love.”
—Todd Killings, Victim of time.
The second record being released on the first is the “Man In The Woods” b/w “Foxhole Madness” single from Lover! “Rich Crook has already blazed a frightfully righteous pop pathway with Lover!, showcasing the hidden songwriting talents he kept to himself with such notable bands as the Reatards, Lost Sounds, and Viva L’American Death Ray. Once his songs reached the surface in The Knaughty Knights, it was apparent that Crook needed his own vehicle to spread his pop sense to the outer limits of the rock’n roll underworld.”
— Todd Killings, Victim of Time.
Both Records are being pressed in a limited edition of 500 copies on black vinyl and can be pre-ordered by clicking here.
Today’s Air Loaf features CL’s Chad Radford and WMLB-AM’s Max Arbes chatting about Destroyer, Jay Reatard and Earth — all playing in Atlanta this week.
Air Loaf is broadcast weekdays on 1690 WMLB-AM at approximately 8:10 a.m., 12:20 p.m. and 6:20 p.m.
Good punk rock is hard to come by these days. Sure, there is no shortage of sloppy twentysomethings decked out in ankle-tight jeans and studded belts, going through the motions of three chords and a rage of ramped-up emotions. But in the year 2007, the uniform and the sound are as predictable as reggae music. This is precisely what made Jay Reatard’s show at Lenny’s on Mon., Oct. 15, rise so far above the trappings of pedestrian punk showmanship. The secret: good songwriting and a no-bullshit stage presence that’s followed through by the sheer force of a freight train.
Jay covers all of the bases with his approach, and the element of surprise is not to be underestimated. The sound guy barely had time to fade the house music out before Reatard and his freshly assembled crew of hirsute players flipped the switch and became locked in the throes of cathartic, head-banging fury.
The show started seemingly without warning. One minute the band was lounging on stage, making sure everything was where it was supposed to be, plugged in and working properly. The next minute, puffy Caucasian Afros were shaking violently.
