Filmed by Silvyo Behmoaras and Hemi Behmoaras during Epic45’s performance at Istanbul’s Peyote. You can watch it in HD here.

The first teaser can be watched here.

Burning is a compilation of footage from three sold out shows that Mogwai performed a year ago in Brooklyn. The film was directed by Vincent Moon (who has directed a number of videos for La Blogotheque) and Nathanaël Le Scouarnec. Burning will be released in August 2010.

Holy Ground: NYC Live is now out on Temporary Residence Limited.

It’s official: Godspeed You! Black Emperor is returning from a nearly decade-long absence to curate All Tomorrow’s Parties’ “Nightmare Before Christmas” (read the band’s official statement). In addition to ATP, the band will also play several European shows and nine American shows. And, in keeping with their enigmatic image—which has remained largely intact over the years—they will not be fielding any other offers nor will they be doing any interviews. Which, to be quite honest, is quite refreshing in today’s “need to know everything now” culture.

Of course, this all begs the question of whether or not a new Godspeed release will surface in the relatively near future. In the meantime, I’m looking forward to hearing any bootlegs—and hoping and praying that one of those American dates is relatively close to Lincoln.

Woven Hand’s performance of this song at Cornerstone 2002 ranks up there as one of my favorite live music experiences, beating out even Radiohead and Sigur Rós.

This version is no slouch, either.

The wife just sent this to me: Feist will be performing in Omaha on Saturday, July 12, at the 2008 Memorial Park Concert.

I saw Viva Voce perform a couple of years ago at Lincoln’s own Knickerbockers (my review). Sure, most of the hip kids in Lincoln went to see the Pixies that night, but personally, I think the rest of us got the better deal. The husband/wife duo of Kevin and Anita Robinson delivered an absolutely scorching set that was highlighted by Anita’s amazing guitar skills.

Since then, the duo has gone on to much acclaim, which has led to tours and collaborations with the likes of Built To Spill, Death Cab For Cutie, Spoon, and The Shins.

For those of you wondering what the hubbub is all about, and missed them the first time around, two of the duo’s earlier albums—2003’s Lovers, Lead The Way! and 2004’s The Heat Can Melt Your Brain (my personal fave)—are being reissued as a double-disc set, complete with live performances, demos, and other bonus goodies. Here’s the complete breakdown:

Lovers, Lead The Way! Tracklist

1. Fashionably Lonely
2. One In Every Crowd
3. Red D-Lish
4. Wrecking Ball
5. That’s Right,‘Watch Out!
6. Birds On The Wing
7. N Luv W/ U
8. Brightest Part Of Everyone
9. Yr Epic Heart
10. Best Thing Ever (Maybe Not)
11. The Tiger & How We Tamed It
12. Perpetual No
13. Salsalito
14. Someplace Worth Being
15. Let’s Bend Light

The Heat Can Melt Your Brain Tracklist

1. Alive With Pleasure
2. Lesson No.1
3. Business Casual
4. The Lucky Ones
5. High Highs
6. Daylight
7. The Center Of The Universe
8. Free Nude Celebs
9. Mixtape = Love
10. They Never Really Wake Up

Bonus Tracks

1. Paper Doll (unreleased)
2. Wrecking Ball (Tunng Remix)
3. Lesson No.1 (original demo)
4. Red D-Lish (live)
5. Fashionably Lonely (live)
6. Wrecking Ball (live)
7. Doo-Wap Death Trap (unreleased)
8. Tonight You Belong To Me (live)

The reissues will be released October 9, 2007 on Viva Voce’s own record label, Amore!Phonics.

And if that all weren’t enough, Viva Voce will also be bringing their lovely noises to the masses by way of a short tour later this year. Here are the dates:

10/26 - Atlanta, GA - Center Stage
10/27 - Myrtle Beach, NC - House of Blues
10/28 - Raleigh, NC - Disco Rodeo
10/29 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
11/06 - New Brunswick, NJ - State Theater NJ
11/09 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
11/15 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theater
11/16 - Champaign, IL - Assembly Hall @ Univ. of Illinois
11/17 - Omaha, NE - Kiewit Fitness Center

Suffice to say, November 17 will be a very special day.

If you have no idea what Viva Voce sound like, head on over to their MySpace page and find out what you’ve been missing all these years.

Photo by Alicia J. Rose.

Alright, Lincoln/Omaha folks, listen up. Black Moth Super Rainbow is coming to O-town on Monday, September 10. And opening for them will be Spring Gun, of whom I have written about before. All of the pertinent info can be found here.

Unfortunately, I’ll only be able to attend the show in spirit, but I urge the rest of you to make it. If the Spring Gun show that I went to was any indication, I expect Monday’s concert to be full of all manner of loud and wonderful noises—emphasis on the word “loud”.