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Most obsessive music geeks have made their share of mixes for friends, fellow crushed-soul wage earners and, more often, chicks or dudes they're interested in dating. Back in the day, kids, we’d even tape songs from vinyl onto cassettes, a quaint notion in the pre-CD-burning/file-sharing age. Doug Hoepker, a former music editor for an alt-weekly in Champaign, Ill., now working in academic publishing—and a self-professed mixtape addict—has combined old school and new school with Mixtured, a collaborative, virtual collection compiled by music junkies for music junkies. The first edition, “Pure Power Pop For Now People,” can be heard here. “A few months ago, I began to consider ideas for a new, months-long compilation process,” Hoepker said. “I came to the realization that I wanted to do something that involved other people's perspectives rather than mine. I wanted to start a community project. Being a music nerd can certainly be a solitary existence at times: alone in the records room for hours on end while the vinyl spins. To combat that feeling of loneliness, I wanted to get outside of my own head and participate in some groupthink.” Mixtured’s simple, yet brilliant, concept has Hoepker selecting 10 contributors who then each round up another, resulting in a 20-song batch. (The first version, however, has 21 tunes, as power-pop expert John Borack penned an introduction and also selected a song that closes the mix.) Not unlike a fantasy-sports draft, the participants choose tracks in a randomly determined order and are able to follow its progress; the only caveat is that they can’t pick an artist selected by someone else. Contributors also provide commentary on why they chose a particular tune. Participants for “Pure Power Pop For Now People” range from the esteemed (Velvet Crush’s Paul Chastain, singer/songwriter/producer Adam Schmitt, Chicago Cubs TV broadcaster Len Kasper) to the less-esteemed (me); future Mixtureds will be open to essentially one and all. “I have an open-door policy for referrals,” he said. “People can go to the site and send me a note if they want to play along. The idea is to have future mixes compiled entirely by people I don't know.” Hoepker took some time to talk about Mixtured from his cubicle, as his “post-lunch malaise” settled in. Q&A after the jump. MAGNET: How did you come up with the Mixtured idea? Hoepker: For as long as I can remember I've been making mixes. When I was 15, I attempted to chronicle the "500 greatest songs in rock history." As you can imagine, that exercise was fraught with the sort of poor decisions a kid who had just discovered his older brothers' '60s and '70s LPs would make. I made my first real girlfriend about 80 mixtapes in five years, full of all the indie-rock seven-inches I was gobbling up in the '90s. As an adult, I moved on to making thematic mixes, where the topics have ranged from "songs about girls," in which the songs reference a girl by name, to "Foreign Substance,” a collection of psychedelic music from around the world paired with snippets of found-sound references to the drug experience. I just finished chronicling the decade of pop music I grew up enjoying, the 1980s, via a 16-disc compilation titled "Totally, Dudes!" and its five-disc counterpart "Ladies From The Eighties." Were you attempting any kind of statement about musical taste/online music criticism, etc., or was it just something you thought would be fun? Honestly, I rarely think politically when it comes to mixes. The process of creating and sharing a mix with someone is such a fun endeavor that I don't try to overthink it, at least from the standpoint of making a critical statement. Making a mix to woo someone is an entirely different subject and must involve far too much overthinking. I enjoy reading music criticism and could bury my nose in a Trouser Press for hours on end. Criticism will always have its place in the music world, but Mixtured is about celebrating music and the geeks who love it, pure and simple. You structured Mixtured in kind of a fantasy draft way, with "teams" having one selection and unable to pick an artist someone else selected. Why did you go that route? And would you be averse to allowing people to swap positions for future considerations? As a longtime fantasy-sports enthusiast, there are few exercises that are as exciting—OK, in a dorky way—as participating in a draft. The concept also lends itself to those who make lists, and so it seemed like a natural way to structure the compilation process for a mix. It adds a bit of suspense for those participating in the selection process—"Will my song be around when I pick next to last?"—and allows readers to critique the mix based on the draft order. As far as swapping spots in the draft order, the only future considerations I'm willing to allow for involve copious amounts of alcohol—and I get my cut. You asked 10 people to participate, then they each asked one person. How did you end up selecting the initial 10 participants? Since I was included, I can only assume it's because we were all really cool and interesting. But of course! The idea is to enlarge the footprint with each mix. So for the first mix I wanted to begin with people I knew were fans of the genre and would be into the idea behind the mix, but then ask each of them to reach out to people I didn't know in the hopes of adding a bit of an unknown element to the compilation process. Plus, it's fun for someone to get to ask a friend to play along, too. You're a perfect example of how it should work: You invited a sports celebrity to participate, someone who most people didn't realize knew a thing about music. And he made a great choice. When you asked people, you didn't put any limits on whom we could recruit. So you had faith that we'd all pick qualified selectors? Sure. As curator, I did a bit of homework for this first mix and asked people to participate who I knew would take it seriously and would want their opinions, as well as those of the person they brought on board, to be respected. The same holds true for those who want to get involved in a future mix. Why was power pop the first edition? I sort of randomly chose a theme for the first mix that would produce a fun first comp for the listener. Few genres are as unabashedly entertaining as power pop. It's also a genre that is somewhat difficult to define, or at least lends itself to a wide range of interpretations. So I thought that debate would help to center the conversation for the compilers. What, if anything, surprised you about the songs that ended up making the list? You mean other than the fact that 21 people worked on a power-pop mix that doesn't include Big Star, the Raspberries, Cheap Trick, Nick Lowe, Badfinger, the dB's, Jellyfish or several other giants of the genre? That said, I think the songs that were selected show off a good range of the genre, from the obscure to the acclaimed, from the origins to more recent contributions. What genre do you think will be next? Actually, many of the future mixes will not be tied to a specific genre. Most people who obsess about music don't tend to think about it strictly in terms of genres—we think about music in terms of experiences and emotions. So I don't want to limit the compilation parameters with rigid guidelines. The theme for the next mix is probably going to be "songs that made you blush," which opens it up to any genre and allows the participants to run with the idea. Hopefully, the participants' justifications for their selections will reveal a bit about themselves, which should make for good copy. When I return to a genre-based mix, I might do so in a fashion that is a bit unorthodox. For example, one of the participants in this first mix suggested I choose heavy metal for a future theme but select participants who are not linked to the genre in the obvious way that Suzy Shaw or Adam Schmitt are linked to power pop. So I may end up with some closeted heavy-metal freaks who happen to be indie-pop musicians putting together a mix full of Judas Priest, Yngwie Malmsteen and Anthrax. That could be a lot of fun. What genre will you avoid at all costs? Absolutely nothing is off the table. A good compiler shows no fear.

—Matt Hickey

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New Music Tuesday: Jenny & Johnny, The Clientele, Film School, Carl Broemel And More

To celebrate today’s crop of releases, here are new mp3s from Carl Broemel, Clean Equations, the Clientele, Alan Cohen Experience, Film School, Jenny & Johnny, Alain Johannes and Sonny And The Sunsets. Also, vote for your favorite of today’s new releases.
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R.I.P.: American Princes Bassist Luke Hunsicker

American Princes bassist Luke Hunsicker, 29, died of brain cancer on August 25. We here at MAGNET were especially saddened to hear the news. It would be enough to lose a musician who contributed to two of our favorite albums of the past few years: 2006's Less And Less and 2008's Other People, the latter of which we (correctly) named the best album of that year. But it is more tragic because I cannot recall interviewing a band with a more natural sense of friendship and joy than American Princes. It's as if they arrived from Little Rock, Ark., as an idealized version of a touring rock band, with no expectations of the road other than van trouble, convenience-store food, stale beer and 45 minutes each night of playing music with friends in front of strangers. Other bands would not have envied American Princes that night in Philadelphia in 2006; they played for only 30 or 40 people. But I did. They were having the best time of their 20s, maybe their lives, and, well, Dylan Thomas described it best long ago: "Time let me hail and climb/Golden in the heydays of his eyes."

—Matthew Fritch

A letter on Hunsicker's passing from the band after the jump.

Dear Friends of American Princes, It is with sadness and regret that we write you to tell you of the passing of our dear friend and bassist Luke Hunsicker. All of you who were lucky enough to meet and to get to know Luke know what an incredible person he was. He charmed each and every one of us with his unfailing kindness, his humor, his openness, and his calm and gentle manner, which he maintained even in the most difficult situations. Those of you who have spent time on the road know just what an important quality that is. And, as you all know, Luke was a unique and brilliant musician.  His playing-style was like no one else's.  The melodies and bass lines he wrote contributed as much or more to American Princes' sound than anything else. We know that without Luke, we never would have been able to accomplish the things that we did. Since Luke's diagnosis of brain cancer last year, we have had the unfortunate experience of having to play some shows without him.  We've always known, of course, that Luke was irreplaceable as a member of our band, but it was also clear that he is indispensable.  Life on the road without Luke was not the same.  We missed his humor, his great attitude, and his ability to sleep in the van, no matter how loud we played the stereo. His knack for befriending anyone he met helped us make so many good friends on the road.  We will never forget the time that Luke, dressed in a too-small Santa Claus outfit in order to dance onstage with The Flaming Lips, chatted up a somewhat-freaked-out-looking Alex Chilton backstage at Centennial Park in Atlanta.  We can safely say that Luke was an enemy to no one, and a friend to everyone. We want everyone to know that while Luke went through his cancer treatment he maintained an incredible attitude.  He and his wonderful wife Sydney were always open to friends and visitors and kept a positive outlook through times that could have seemed very bleak to ordinary human beings.  Luke expressed laughter and cheer, even up until the last week of his life. And, the two of them were always open with everyone about Luke's cancer and the treatments he was going through. In short, Luke and Sydney showed no fear.  We feel as though they demonstrated to us how to face our struggles with levity and bravery. Their positive attitude was infectious, and it left us all knowing that everything is going to be okay. Yesterday we lost Luke, but we know that he left us all with our wonderful memories of the great person that he was.  He was one of the best human beings we have ever known.  We are better people for having known him.  And, we will have that with us as long as we live. Love, American Princes
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Proud Evolution is the new EP from Liars (pictured), due out October 19 via Mute. It features six tracks including a Thom Yorke remix, a live recording from the Music Hall Of Williamsburg in Brooklyn and three exclusive b-sides. Liars will be playing several dates in Canada before the release … Brian Eno collaborated with Jon Hopkins and Leo Abrahams for his highly anticipated new album, Small Craft On A Milk Sea, which is out via Warp on November 2. It's available in several formats, ranging from standard CD to a $450 deluxe package signed by Eno … Badly Drawn Boy returns with his first studio album in four years October 12 via The End Records. The release is the first of a trilogy of LPs and is called It’s What I’m Thinking Part 1: Photographing Snowflakes … Decades-old Bob Dylan material will finally see the light of day October 19 with the release of The Bootleg Series Volume 9: The Witmark Demos (Columbia), in conjunction with a boxed set of his first eight albums, Bob Dylan: The Original Mono Recordings … Fans will also be able to hear previously unreleased material from Bruce Springsteen with the November 16 release of The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story (Columbia), which includes 21 never-before-heard songs, an essay by Springsteen and unseen photographs … Capitol/EMI is releasing a collection from the late Syd Barrett on October 26. An Introduction To Syd Barrett features the artist’s solo material as well as his work with Pink Floyd and includes several remixes and a previously unheard 20-minute instrumental track … On September 28, Mike Kinsella (a.k.a. Owen) is releasing a limited seven-inch, Abandoned Bridges (Polyvinyl), which features a b-side cover of Wilco’s “I’m Always In Love.” Download “Abandoned Bridges” … On November 2, Destroyer is issuing a limited-edition 12-inch via Merge featuring the songs “Archer On The Beach” and “Grief Point” … Coals To Newcastle (Domino) is a comprehensive, seven-disc anthology of Orange Juice. It includes a DVD of live performances and 16 previously unreleased tracks. It’s out November 8.

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New Music Tuesday: Eels, Mogwai, The Sword, !!!, Dead Confederate, Land Of Talk And More

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In The News: The Decemberists, Dirty Projectors, Arcade Fire, Smashing Pumpkins, Mates Of State, The National, Superchunk, Wavves And Free MP3s

Decemberists The Decemberists are playing two shows this September: one supporting Bob Dylan with Neko Case in Seattle on September 4 and another at Music Fest Northwest in Portland, Ore., on September 11. The band is currently recording its sixth album … Dirty Projectors have announced several North American dates this fall with support from Owen Pallett, Happy Birthday and Dominique Young Unique … Arcade Fire is playing its first U.S. headlining dates in three years (with several featuring special guest Spoon) later this summer in support of third full-length The Suburbs, which is out August 3 on Merge … Starting July 6, Smashing Pumpkins are performing a string of 14 shows at intimate venues across the country. This comes on the heels of the release of the four-track Songs For A Sailor, which is the first of 11 EPs to make up Teargarden By Kaleidyscope, all of which will be released online for free … The National just kicked off an extensive tour of North America and Europe, adding many U.S. dates for the fall with plans for another European jaunt afterward. Download "Bloodbuzz Ohio" … Continuing the summer tour explosion is Mates Of State, which will embark on the Summer Crushes Tour on June 15, the same day as the release of Crushes (The Covers Mix Tape). The band will be supported on the tour by Free Energy, Todd Barry, Nick Thune, Suckers and variety/sideshow acts. Download "Laura" … Every week from now until July 1, the “Levi’s Pioneer Sessions: The Revival Recordings” campaign will release two singles featuring remakes of past hits by modern artists including Nas, the Swell Season, She & Him, Dirty Projectors, the Shins, John Legend and the Roots. Download She & Him's "Fools Rush In"Steel Train is issuing an all-female companion album to its upcoming self-titled release. Terrible Thrills Vol. 1 features reinterpretations of the original 12 tracks by Steel Train’s favorite female artists, including Tegan & Sara, Scarlett Johansson, Amanda Palmer, Holly Miranda and Angel Deradoorian. It will be available with pre-orders of Steel Train, which is out June 29 and will be supported by a headlining tour this summer … The 2010 Capitol Hill Block Party will take place July 23-25 in Seattle, featuring MGMT, Yeasayer, Atmosphere, Blonde Redhead, the Dead Weather and more … The lineup for this year’s Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival includes Kings Of Leon, Further Featuring Phil Lesh & Bob Weir, the Strokes, My Morning Jacket, Phoenix, Levon Helm, Al Green, Gogol Bordello and many others. The fest will take place in San Francisco on August 14-15 … John Wesley Harding Sings To A Small Guitar Vol. 1 features 14 unheard originals spanning 15 years of John Wesley Harding’s career. It's available on CD now, and a digital iTunes version will be made available at a later date … On September 14, Superchunk is releasing new album Majesty Shredding (Merge), and six days later, the band will make its first television appearance since 1994, performing on Late Night With Jimmy FallonKing Of The Beach is the new Wavves album, and it's set for release August 3 via Fat Possum. The band will tour North America this summer … Sun Kil Moon’s new album, Admiral Fell Promises, will be released on July 13 by Caldo Verde Records. The vinyl version includes liner notes and two bonus tracks recorded live in St. Malo, France … Domino Records is releasing Four Tet’s Angel Echoes Remix 12-inch on August 3, which features aremixes of the single by Caribou and Jon Hopkins. The digital bundle includes all of the remixes to date from Four Tet's There Is Love In You LP. Download "Angle Echoes (Caribou Remix)"

—Emily Costantino

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In The News: Arcade Fire, Ra Ra Riot, Bruce Springsteen, Deer Tick, Jay Bennett, Dios, Richard Thompson, Grinderman, Autolux And Free MP3s

ArcadeFire Arcade Fire’s third full-length, The Suburbs, will be released August 3 via Merge Records. A double-a-side, limited-edition 12-inch single is already in record stores, and both songs will be available for immediate download if you pre-order The Suburbs at the band's website … Barsuk Records is issuing Ra Ra Riot's sophomore album, The Orchard (mixed by Death Cab For Cutie's Chris Walla with assistance from Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij), on August 24 … London Calling: Live In Hyde Park is a film documenting Bruce Springsteen’s June 2009 concert at the Hard Rock Calling Festival. It’s available for pre-order now with a special offer including an exclusive concert poster and T-shirt and will be released everywhere on DVD and Blu-ray in June … Deer Tick is touring the U.S. this summer in support of The Black Dirt Sessions, which is out via the Partisan label on June 8. The band also covered Katrina & The Waves. Download “Sun Street” … Kathryn Calder of the New Pornographers is issuing her debut solo album, Are You My Mother?, on August 10 via File Under: Music. Download “Slip Away” … Super Furry Animal Gruff Rhys spent the past five years working on his first documentary, Separado!, which chronicles a road trip in search of his lost Patagonian uncle. It will premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 24. In conjunction with the film is the July 26 release of The Terror Of Cosmic Loneliness, a collaborative album between Rhys and Tony Da Gatorra … On the one-year anniversary of Jay Bennett’s death, his family and friends launched The Jay Bennett Foundation, which supports music and education. On July 10, fans can support the foundation by downloading the album Bennett was completing at the time of his passing, Kicking At The Perfumed Air … Hydra Head Records is issuing two split releases on July 13: one between Isis and Melvins and another between Torche and Boris … Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band’s sophomore album, Where The Messengers Meet, will be out on August 3 via Dead Oceans. Download “Leaving Trails” … In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the release of Neurosis’s Enemy Of The Sun, Neurot Recordings is reissuing the album on August 30, complete with a fully redesigned package by artist Josh Graham … Starting June 15 and ending in December, Dios will release a new track every month through social networks and a Dios widget … Dream Attic, the new album from Richard Thompson, is due out August 31 via Shout! Factory ... Nick Cave's Grinderman will release Grinderman 2 on September 14 via Anti- and will embark on a European tour in the fall … Autolux’s sophomore album, Transit Transit, will be out on August 3 via the TBD label.

—Emily Costantino

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In The News: R.E.M., Eels, Vampire Weekend, My Morning Jacket, Peter Gabriel, The Whigs, Au Revoir Simone, Kris Kristofferson, Squeeze And Free MP3s

REMFABLES In celebration of the 25th anniversary of R.E.M.’s Fables Of The Reconstruction, Capitol/I.R.S. is issuing expanded two-CD and digital editions of the album on July 13, featuring the digitally remastered original work plus 14 previously unreleased demo recordings. In other R.E.M. news, the band just completed the second phase of recording the follow-up to Accelerate. Once again, the group is working with producer Jacknife Lee; the album is due next year … On August 24, eels are self-releasing Tomorrow Morning, the final installment of their album trilogy consisting also of Hombre Lobo and End Times. The band is kicking off a world tour starting August 3 … Vampire Weekend has announced the dates for its North American tour this fall, which will feature support from Beach House and Dum Dum Girls … My Morning Jacket’s Yim Yames is joining up with Daniel Martin Moore and Ben Sollee to play nine shows this July. The Appalachian Voices Tour will raise public awareness of the devastation caused by Mountaintop Removal coal mining, with a portion of the proceeds going to Appalachian Voices, an organization dedicated to ending the practice. Download "Something, Somewhere, Sometime" … Following that tour, Yames is returning to My Morning Jacket to play several U.S. dates in August, including an appearance at the Mile High Festival and several supporting slots for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers … The “Games Without Frontiers” Remix Contest has just been launched, in which fans can enter their interpretation of the classic Peter Gabriel track to win a trip to London for a session at Gabriel’s Real World Studios and have their remix released as an official digital single on iTunes … Former MAGNET guest editors the Whigs are embarking on a three-month tour this summer, which includes a headlining run and opening slots for Kings Of Leon, the Hold Steady and the Black Keys. Download “Dying” … On July 6, Au Revoir Simone is self-releasing a remix album based on 2009’s Still Night Still Light. Night Light will feature remixes by artists such as Neon Indian, Jens Lekman, Angel Deradoorian, Tanlines and more. The girls are also currently on a tour of Europe and North America … Plain Recordings is reissuing the late Vic Chesnutt’s 1996 major-label debut, About To Choke, on June 15 … Bert Jansch just kicked off a tour with Neil Young and will play several West Coast solo shows with Young's wife Pegi afterward. Jansch is also appearing at Eric Clapton’s prestigious Crossroads Guitar Festival on June 26 … Please Don’t Tell Me How The Story Ends: The Publishing Demos 1968-72 (Light In The Attic) is a compilation of the early demos by Kris Kristofferson and is available for order now. The legendary songwriter is touring the U.S. and Europe starting next month … Junip, featuring José González, has released the Rope And Summit EP for free download. Plus, the band is touring North America and Europe this summer … Squeeze re-recorded 14 of its classic hits for Spot The Difference, which is out on August 3 via Anchor And Hope Music. In July, the band will tour the U.S. with Cheap Trick and the English Beat … Also out on August 3 is Tin Can Trust (Shout! Factory), the new studio album from Los LobosIsis has officially called it quits and will play its final string of dates starting later this month.

—Emily Costantino

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In The News: Ween, Crowded House, So Percussion & Matmos, Joan Of Arc And Free MP3s

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WeenTV has just been launched, which is a continuous, random video player of live and studio Ween videos with new material being added regularly. Check it out here … The 31st Calgary Folk Festival will take place July 22-25, with the lineup featuring St. Vincent, Man Man, Stars, the Swell Season, Frank Turner, Timber Timbre, the Avett Brothers and many more … So Percussion and Matmos’ collaborative effort, Treasure State, is due July 13 via Cantaloupe, and the two bands will tour together in support of the record in June. Download “Treasure” … Also out on July 13 is Crowded House’s new album, Intriguer (Fantasy). The New Zealand legends are touring North America extensively this summer … The Vroom Vroom Vespa Tour is taking place this June throughout the Northeast, featuring Greg Atonito (Bouncing Souls), Kevin Seconds (7 Seconds), Kepi Ghoulie (Groovie Ghoulies) and Shanti Wintergate—all of whom will ride Vespa scooters to each venue … HeWhoCanNotBeNamed, the masked guitarist from the Dwarves, is releasing his solo debut, Sunday School Massacre (MVD Audio), on June 8, featuring guest appearances from former Dwarves members Nick Oliveri, Blag Dahlia and Andy Selway … Polyvinyl is giving away 24-track live album Don’t Mind Control, recorded earlier this year at Chicago’s Empty Bottle. A gathering of the nearly 30 musicians who have played in Joan Of Arc over the years, the show featured a surprise four-song Cap'n Jazz reunion. Get it here.

—Emily Costantino

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They Are The Lindsey Buckingham Appreciation Society

Lindsey-Buckingham We knew MAGNET contributor Patrick Berkery was a huge fan of Lindsey Buckingham, which is why we asked him to interview the Fleetwood Mac guitarist/vocalist back in 2008 for this Q&A. We didn't, however, quite realize the depths of Berkery's fixation with Buckingham. And, more specifically, with Tusk, the 1979 Mac double album that Buckingham decided to take in the complete opposite musical direction as 1977's massively successful and polished Rumours. It turns out Berkery (who's played with Danielson, Pernice Brothers, Bigger Lovers, Mazarin, Photon Band and others) decided to start a band called the Lindsey Buckingham Appreciation Society with the sole purpose of covering Tusk live in its entirety. But that's not the weird part. The weird part is that Berkery actually found five other musicians to join him in this endeavor: Charlie Hall (Jens Lekman, War On Drugs, Windsor For The Derby, Tommy Guerrero), Tony Goddess (Papas Fritas, Jenny Dee & The Deelinquents), Samantha Goddess (Jenny Dee & The Deelinquents), Dave Hartley (Buried Beds, War On Drugs, BC Camplight) and Birdie Busch. The not-so-super-group group is playing  Cambridge, Mass., on Saturday; Brooklyn on Sunday; and Philadelphia on Monday. We asked Berkery to tell us how this whole thing came together. There are albums I consider to be among the finest ever recorded—Revolver, Exile On Main Street, The Chronic, Kind Of Blue, the Pretenders’ debut, Physical Graffiti—that I hardly ever listen to these days. Don’t really need to. They’re all embedded in my mental hard drive, spinning in heavy rotation in my subconscious. My relationship with Tusk is different. I’m not certain it is one of the finest albums ever made. Depending on my mood, it might not even be my favorite Fleetwood Mac album. (Rumours is pretty freaking flawless.) But if I don’t hear it once a week, I’m just not right. I love it that much. I haven’t sought a professional’s opinion on the matter, but I’d guess that love stems from a childhood fascination with the title track, which I first heard blasting from the upstairs jukebox at Jim’s Steaks on South Street in Philadelphia in the summer of 1980. All that silly grunting and shouting and the marching band and the wild drumming (not to mention the video, shot at Dodger Stadium) can really make an impression on an eight-year-old. Years later, that fascination morphed into an obsession with a double album some see as Lindsey Buckingham’s exercise in intentional subversion, but I’ve grown to view Tusk differently. Yes, it’s a fairly radical left turn from Rumours. But get beyond Lindsey’s crude recording techniques and a lack of anything that sounds like “Dreams” or “Go Your Own Way” and you’ll find a cohesive and enduring creative statement that’s not so “weird” or “difficult” at all. At various points, I’ve obsessed over the sequencing (the lush “Over And Over” into the harsh two-step of “The Ledge?” to open the follow-up to one of the biggest albums of all time? Brilliant!), the drum pattern (or lack thereof) on “What Makes You Think You’re The One,” how the record owed so much to Lindsey’s musical heroes like the Beach Boys, the Everly Brothers and Elvis in an era of new wave, disco and bloated stadium rock, how “I Know I’m Not Wrong” and “Sisters Of The Moon” didn’t become massive hits, and how even though Tusk is widely viewed as Lindsey’s baby, Christine McVie’s songs are really the ones that make time stand still. (You have no idea how close this little collective came to being called the Christine McVie Appreciation Society.) My obsession has manifested itself in other ways. Like making mental notes whenever I saw another musician professing their love for Mac, particularly Lindsey and Tusk. That's how I got to know Tony Goddess. I'd read an interview where Tony said his goal for Papas Fritas was to sound like "the Replacements live and Fleetwood Mac in the studio." (And if you've heard any of PF's records, especially Buildings And Grounds, you know Tony was walking it like he talked it.) I figured this is the kind of guy I'd like to make a Bigger Lovers record with some day. And we tried, in fact, but the band broke up before we really got started. It had nothing to do with Tony. Friends even began “fixing me up” with other dudes who shared my love of Lindsey and Tusk. That’s how I met Charlie Hall. And shortly after we were introduced, we found ourselves doing what musical obsessives do: sitting in a living room, drinking, dissecting our obsession and hatching a crazy scheme. Like the possibility of maybe ... someday … seriously??!! ... putting together a fun little band to cover the Tusk album live, top-to-bottom. Did I mention we had been drinking? As happens with musicians in their 30s, life got in the way and the idea was back-back-back-back burnered. Until Charlie e-mailed me one day in the spring of last year and suggested we finally get moving on this crazy idea. So we got moving, deciding that I’d play drums, Charlie would play guitar and keys and sing a little lead, and that Tony Goddess had to be involved. Tony was the first and last guy I was considering to be our Lindsey. If he couldn’t or wouldn’t do it, I wasn’t doing it. After some careful consideration and some schedule shuffling, Tony agreed on one condition: He wanted his wife, Samantha, to join us. How Lindsey is that? Good call on Tony’s part, because Sam's voice and musicianship have added a ton to these songs. We invited Birdie Busch and Dave Hartley into the mix and just before Christmas last year set about demystifying some of these songs to see if they could be pulled off live. As we spent the better part of an afternoon strumming through “Save Me A Place” and taking awkward initial stabs at “Tusk” and “Sara,” three things revealed themselves: 1) For a record that cost nearly $1 million to make (in 1979 dollars!), most of these songs were very loosely performed and arranged. 2) For all the copious amounts of cocaine the band was supposedly ingesting in those days, a lot of these songs are really slow. 3) These songs are an incredible amount of fun to play, especially when you take liberties with them, which we’re doing. Plenty. And now here we are, a silly idea about to come to fruition. I can safely say this is something none of us expected we’d be doing this time last year. One last thing: Anyone know of a marching band that will play for drink tickets?
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In The News: The Velvet Underground, Joey Ramone, The Cure, Mogwai, Indigo Girls, Concrete Blonde, Antony And The Johnsons, Allison Moorer And More

velvetundergroundnews The Quine Tapes is a six-LP boxed set documenting live performances by the Velvet Underground between May and December of 1969. It’s available now for pre-order through Sundazed Music … On May 19, the annual Joey Ramone Birthday Bash will take place at The Fillmore New York At Irving Plaza, celebrating what would have been the 59th birthday of the late punk icon. Headliners include Hank III and Morningwood, and the party will end with the Ramone Birthday Bashers, featuring Richie Ramone, Hank III, Walter Lure, Cheetah Chrome, JP Thunderbolt, Ed Stasium, Jean Beauvoir, George Tabb, Ivan Julian, Al Maddy, Walt Stack, Dave Merrill, Mickey Leigh and others … Carly Simon and Queen Latifah have just been added to the 2010 Lilith Fair lineup. The full list of dates for the tour has also been posted, with tickets for several cities on sale now … Robert Smith curated the reissue of the Cure’s eighth studio album, 1989's Disintegration, which is out on June 8 via Rhino Records. The three-disc collection includes demo, rehearsal, studio and stage recordings, along with newly remastered versions of the album’s 12 tracks … The initial lineup for the 10th annual Siren Music Festival has been announced, featuring Matt And Kim, Ted Leo And The Pharmacists, the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Surfer Blood, Harlem and more to be announced. The fest takes place July 17 in Coney Island … Mogwai joined up with La Blogotheque’s Vincent Moon and Nathanael le Scouarnec for a CD/DVD collaboration of concert film Burning and live album Special Moves, to be released in late August … Indigo Girls will release a two-disc live album, Staring Down The Brilliant Dream (IG/Vanguard), on June 29 … Concrete Blonde is touring the U.S. this summer for the first time in seven years in celebration of the 20th birthday of landmark album Bloodletting … On October 5, Secretly Canadian will release Swanlights, the new album from Antony And The Johnsons. A special edition of the LP will also be released by Abrams Image, which includes the CD inside a book containing Antony’s paintings, collages, photography and writing … Allison Moorer will digitally release the Crows Acoustic EP on May 25, featuring six solo acoustic versions of songs from latest full-length CrowsThomas Dolby is returning after 20 years with a new album. A Map Of The Floating City features guest appearances by Mark Knopfler, Regina Spektor, Natalie McMaster, Bruce Woolley and Imogen Heap. Dolby will also issue three digital EPs for members of his online fan community leading up to the release of the album, set for late 2010 … On July 23, former Bangs and the Need are both reuniting for a benefit show in Portland, Ore., to raise money for Natalie Cox, a former employee of Kill Rock Stars Records who was recently diagnosed with cancer.

—Emily Costantino

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In The News: MGMT, Public Enemy, Sun Kil Moon, Windsor For The Derby And Free MP3s

mgmt550 On May 11, MGMT will do Live On Letterman, an exclusive webcast performance from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater. The Brooklyn band has also added more dates this summer in support of sophomore album Congratulations … The lineup for the 2010 Pickathon fest has been announced, featuring appearances by Bonnie Prince Billy & The Cairo Gang, Dr. Dog, Heartless Bastards, Langhorne Slim and many others. The festival will take place August 6-8 at Pendarvis Farm, near Portland, Ore. … In response to Arizona’s new immigration law, Chuck D of Public Enemy penned a new song. Download “Tear Down This Wall” … Starting May 6, a-ha will play its first U.S. shows in more than 20 years. Incidentally, this string of dates is one leg of the Norwegian band’s year-long, worldwide Farewell Tour, with the trio playing its final show ever in Oslo on December 4 … Sun Kil Moon is releasing fourth album Admiral Fell Promises on July 13 via Caldo Verde Records … Also out on July 13 is I Heart California, the debut album by Admiral Radley, which is the love child of members of Grandaddy and Earlimart … On May 18, Drag City/Yoga Records will reissue Jeff Eubank’s privately pressed 1983 album, A Street Called StraightWindsor For The Derby’s latest album, Against Love, is out June 22 on Secretly Canadian, followed by a European tour. Download “Queen Of The Sun” …  The Big Takeover's 30th anniversary festival/party will take place in Brooklyn on July 30-31, featuring performances by the Avengers, Channel 3, Visqueen, Mark Burgess, For Against, Jon Auer and more.

—Emily Costantino

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In The News: The Pixies, Danger Mouse/Sparklehorse, The Dandy Warhols, Neu!, The Pernice Brothers, Laurie Anderson, Big Audio Dynamite And Free MP3s

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The Pixies (pictured) will play two fan-exclusive shows in London on June 3 and 4. Tickets are on sale now … Dark Night Of The Soul, the album by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse (the late Mark Linkous), will be officially released in the U.S. by Capitol Records on July 13. The pair enlisted the help of the Flaming Lips, Julian Casablancas, Black Francis, Iggy Pop, David Lynch, James Mercer, the late Vic Chesnutt and many others … The Dandy Warhols have announced several European tour dates for this summer, plus a “dinner with the Dandy Warhols” event taking place May 4 in Portland, Ore. Also, drummer Brent DeBoer just released his debut solo EP, The Farmer (Headness) … More than 180 artists around the world—including Ra Ra Riot, Micah P. Hinson, Dan Deacon, Mogwai, A Place To Bury Strangers and many others—have offered exclusive songs for PEACE, a project co-produced by Buffetlibre and Amnesty International. The compilation can be downloaded after a donation, which will be used for Amnesty International’s action campaigns aimed at preventing human-rights abuses around the world … José González-fronted band Junip is releasing an EP and full-length on Mute sometime this year and will kick off a tour of Europe and the U.S. later this spring. Download “Rope And Summit” … On June 29, Groenland Records is issuing a Neu! limited-edition vinyl boxed set, which contains the band’s three original studio albums plus two additional releases, recent studio recordings and never-before-issued material. The set also comes with a 36-page book about the history of Neu! illustrated with previously unpublished materials and photographs, a stencil of the band’s logo, a T-shirt and a download code for the digital versions of all the albums … Goodbye, Killer, the first release from the Pernice Brothers since 2006, is out June 15 via Ashmont Records. Download "Jacqueline Susann" … Now through May 13, Laurie Anderson fans can remix the song “Only An Expert,” off her new album Homeland (out June 22 via Nonesuch), and enter it to be judged by Anderson and husband Lou Reed. The winner will have their track included on the iTunes release of Homeland and get $1,000 … Jimmy Webb’s new album, Just Across The River, will be released on June 29 on E1 Music, featuring guest appearances from Jackson Browne, Glen Campbell, Vince Gill, Billy Joel, Mark Knopfler, Michael McDonald, Willie Nelson, Linda Ronstadt, J.D. Souther and Lucinda Williams … Ben & Jerry’s has introduced a new flavor in honor of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. Bonnaroo Buzz features light-coffee and malt ice creams with whiskey-caramel swirls and English toffee pieces. Bonnaroo will donate its share of the proceeds to the Bonnaroo Works Fund … The Legacy Edition of Big Audio Dynamite’s debut album, This Is Big Audio Dynamite, is out Tuesday via Sony Legacy, featuring 12 bonus tracks, including rare 12-inch remixes, edits, dub versions, outtakes and b-sides … So Percussion joined up with Matmos to record Treasure State (Cantaloupe), which will be released digitally on July 8 and physically on July 13 … David Dondero is issuing his seventh studio album, # Zero With A Bullet (Team Love), on August 3. Dondero will tour North America and Europe this summer in support of the release.

—Emily Costantino

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In The News: Adam Green, Green Day, Scissor Sisters, John Prine, VHS Or Beta, The Futureheads, Katrina And The Waves, The Golden Palominos

Adamgreen Former MAGNET guest editor Adam Green’s debut art exhibition, Teen Tech, will open on Thursday at the Morrison Hotel Gallery Bowery in New York, coinciding with his two gigs at the Bowery Ballroom on his tour supporting Minor Love. The exhibit features 12 sculptures, 18 paintings, 19 drawings and 20 collages, all of which will be for sale with a portion of the proceeds going to Artists For Peace And Justice … On Tuesday, the Broadway adaptation of Green Day’s American Idiot will open at the St. James Theater in New York City, and Reprise Records is releasing the original Broadway cast recording, featuring the 24-member cast accompanied by Green Day … I Need That Record: The Death (Or Possible Survival) Of The Independent Record Store (MVD Visual) is a documentary by Brendan Toller examining the closings of more than 3,000 U.S. independent record stores over the past 10 years. It features appearances from Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Ian MacKaye (Fugazi), Mike Watt (Minutemen), Chris Frantz (Talking Heads), Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers), Patrick Carney (Black Keys), Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group) and more. It was offered exclusively yesterday to indie record shops for Record Store Day and will be available everywhere July 27 … Scissor Sisters’ third album, Night Work, will be released June 29 via Universal … Oh Boy Records is issuing two John Prine projects in the upcoming months. In Person & On Stage, a live album from Prine featuring appearances by Emmylou Harris, Iris DeMent, Josh Ritter and Sara Watkins, is out May 25. Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs Of John Prine will be released June 22, consisting of Prine songs re-worked by artists such as My Morning Jacket, Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), the Avett Brothers, Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band, Old Crow Medicine Show, Drive-By Truckers and many more … On Tuesday, VHS Or Beta is issuing its new digital single bundle, All Summer In A Day, exclusively on beatport.com, including the original title track along with remixes from Turbotito and Disko Dali … The Futureheads will hit the road in June for its first U.S. tour in four years. The band is supporting new album The Chaos, which is out June 1 via Dovecote Records … During the next two months, Tummy Touch is reissuing four Kimberley Rew and Katrina And The Waves albums, plus the 25th anniversary edition of Walking On SunshineThe Golden Palominos are reuniting after more than 20 years to perform at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge on May 7.

—Emily Costantino

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In The News: Neil Young, Mates Of State, Corin Tucker, Lou Barlow, Wolf Parade, Buzzcocks, Richard Hawley, Hot Hot Heat, The Dears And Free MP3s

matesofstate1Neil Young is embarking on the Twisted Road Tour, his first solo jaunt in many years, on May 18. Each show will include a mix of classic fan favorites and new, as-yet-unrecorded songs ... This summer, Mates Of State (pictured) will release Crushes (The Covers Mixtape), which consists of the duo’s take on songs by artists such as Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Fleetwood Mac, the Mars Volta and more. Download "Laura" … Kill Rock Stars is releasing the first solo album by Sleater-Kinney’s Corin Tucker in October … Lou Barlow will support his most recent album, Goodnight Unknown (Merge), on a North American tour this summer. Download "Gravitate" … Warner Bros. is joining in on the Record Store Day festivities April 17 with exclusive vinyl releases from the Flaming Lips, Devo, Mastodon, Wilco, the Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth and many others … Expo 86 is the third record from Wolf Parade, and it will be released sometime this summer on Sub Pop. The band is currently touring Europe and will return to North America for a string of dates in July … In the wake of Mute's reissuing of three classic albums by the Buzzcocks, the band is hitting the road in May for a North American tour … After five years, the Books will return to the studio (having recently signed to Temporary Residence Limited) and release a new album in July … Concluding the yearlong celebrations of the 10th anniversary of All Tomorrow’s Parties is The Nightmare Before Christmas Festival on December 3-5, which will be curated by Godspeed You! Black Emperor and feature Deerhunter, Scout Niblett, Mike Watt, Bardo Pond and more. In Between Days, the weekend of December 6-9, will be curated by Amos and feature performances by Caribou, Wooden Shjips and Moon Duo … On June 8, Richard Hawley’s new EP, False Lights From The Land (a collection of four songs inspired by the ocean), will be released on Mute … Hot Hot Heat is previewing the upcoming Future Breeds during its residency at Brooklyn’s Public Assembly in May. The album is out June 8 on Dangerbird … The Mile High Music Festival will take place August 14 and 15 on the Fields at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Colorado, featuring headliners Dave Matthews Band and Jack Johnson, along with appearances by Weezer, Steve Miller Band, My Morning Jacket and more … Ed Harcourt’s fifth studio album, Lustre, is being released on June 15 via Nice Music Group/Piano Wolf Recordings. Download "Killed By The Morning Sun (Live At KEXP)"The Dears will take on a three-day residency in Mexico City this May to debut their collection of nearly 30 new songs for an upcoming album … Alejandro Escovedo’s Street Songs Of Love (Fantasy/Concord) is out June 29, followed by an extensive tour with the Sensitive Boys this summer and fall … On May 4, Concord will release a deluxe reissue of Francis Albert Sinatra/Antônio Carlos Jobim, the 1967 collaboration between Frank Sinatra and Brazilian artist Antônio Carlos Jobim. The reissue includes all 10 songs from the original album, plus 10 more from a subsequent collaboration—all digitally remastered and including expanded liner notes.

—Emily Costantino

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