Julie Doiron Recent Happenings

Video for “Consolation Prize”

“When Brakes Get Wet” from I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day

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We Are All Witness To LeBron Being a Coward

Latest news reports are about LeBron holding his Skills Academy and getting dunked on by Xavier sophomore Jordan Crawford.  Reportedly after the play happened LeBron summoned over a Nike representative and then the tape was confiscated of him being embarrassed.  I’m sure LeBron will come out in the media in the next few days and try to spin this one way or another, but it will only be PR posturing.  I’ve never liked LeBron.  I’ve always thought he was cocky and arrogant not to mention way over hyped for never winning a championship and always blaming it on his teammates.  I thought truly great players always elevated the games of those around them?  No matter how many pundits call him a ‘student of the game’ he continues to spit in the face of the legends before him by calling us all “witness” to his great “King” James and wearing the legendary 23 in an attempt to surpass the greatest to ever play the game.  Well the only thing I’m witness to is a pompous young man who’s too coward to pull his big boy pants up and try again after being embarrassed.

Update – Cal’s Two Cents

Real Estate – S/T “7 (Track by Track Review)

The buzz has reached deafining levels surroundng Real Estate, does this “7 provide more fuel for the hype fire?

Tortoise live on KCRW

Chicago post rock darlings Tortoise will be playing a live performance today on Los Angeles radio station KCRW.  This is another in a string of great shows from this station.  It is listed as an 11:15 performance (my guess is Pacific Time).  Check out the link for more details.

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The State is Finally Being Released!

click here for more details and to preorder.

Victor Villarreal interview

Indie rock reviews has posted the first part of a two part exclusive interview with VV that took place after last weeks show.  In part one, Victor opens up about his early years in Cap’n Jazz and his battles with substance abuse.  It is a great read.

Find it here – Link

Update:

In other Victor Villarreal news, you can order his album “Alive” by sending $15 (this includes the cost of shipping and a $1 donation to the Mission USA prison ministries) to his paypal address. vvicvv@yahoo.com

Jonsi (Sigur Ros) & Alex Somers New Record Riceboy Sleeps

Per the Press Release:

Jonsi & Alex’s gorgeous ‘Riceboy Sleeps’ album will be released around the world the week of July 20, and you can get a free download of the track ‘Boy 1904′ right now by clicking here

Several years in gestation, the Riceboy Sleeps project was first conceived as an outlet for Jonsi and his boyfriend Alex’s visual art, resulting in the highly covetable 1,000 limited edition A6 book, printed in Iceland to highly exacting spec. Gallery shows and video installations followed, and with them the creation of the first dream-like soundscapes towards what would become this album.

Recorded at home in between Sigur Rós commitments, the music took shape slowly, and suffered a near fatal setback when the computer on which it was all stored was dragged from the kitchen table in the days before Apple had magnetic power leads. Fortunately some nifty and painstaking keyhole surgery effected during a sojourn in Hawaii resulted in complete recovery of the splendid specimen soon to be before you.

Victor Villarreal’s first show in 7 years

On July 3rd Victor emerged from his 7 year musical slumber.  Videos, interviews and images of the show have all started to emerge.  Here are a few highlights.

R.I.P. Steve McNair

Breaking News!!!!! Former Tennessee Titan quarterback was found dead in downtown Nashville today.  This comes from News 5 Nashville:

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Former Titans quarterback Steve McNair has been killed. Police said McNair suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head in downtown Nashville.

The incident happened near 2nd South & Lea Ave. Police said it looked like a double homicide. A female victim was also found dead.

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Around the Web

Beck covers Velvet Underground and Nico’s “Sunday Morning” further solidifying him as an amazing artist.

Jens Lekman gets the swing flu and describes his experience on his smalltalk website “June 27th , 2009

I picked home one last souvenir from South America, it’s called the H1N1 virus. Wrongfully known as the Swineflue.

I was crossing the Atlantic when things started getting really bad, the fever was hallucinogenic and shaking me like a leaf and I grabbed the sleeve of the Air France steward. “I’m not feeling well, I should see a doctor” I said and the reply came as a brilliant mix of death anxiety and french rudeness: “Uh, yes… Terminal D… go there maybe… when we land”. After that the stewards and stewardesses took long detours. A ring of empty seats formed around me. Peoples eyes were kind but determined, they read “Poor you, I really wish you all the best but if you come near me or my kid I will have to stab you with this plastic fork”. I got up and went to the bathroom where I fainted.

Now I’m in quarantine for ten days. I can see the summer through my window and it’s just perfect. Summer is always best through a window.”

Buddyhead is against a Pixies reunion despite their wanting to work with a director like Quentin Tarantino.

Black Heart Procession have readied their new album Six and Temporary Residence is ready for preorder August 1st.  Here is the first single “Rats.”