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07-30-10 Footnotes
Show 244: Stephen Malkmus of Pavement, Arcade Fire Review, Greg's DIJ Pick
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1 Jim and Greg have been reporting on the tragic events of last week’s Love Parade in Duisburg, Germany. At the time of this recording, 20 deaths and over 500 injuries were reported. This was likely due to mass overcrowding at the electronic music festival which began in 1989. While a criminal investigation is still ongoing, festival organizers have announced that this was the last Love Parade. Jim and Greg count this as one of the biggest tragedies in concert history, up there with Pearl Jam’s 2000 Roskilde show, the 2003 E2 stampede, the 2003 Station fire, and The Who’s 1979 concert at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum. They hope promoters will do better to learn from the past.
2 You know the record industry is in crisis when they turn to the church for help—literally. Universal Music’s Decca Records searched high and low for the next big pop phenom and came up with a group of cloistered French nuns. The nuns of the Abbaye de Notre-Dame de l'Annonciation beat out over 70 convents from around the world for a record deal. Their new album will be coming out this fall. Who knows, they might release the next “Gregorian Chant” or “Dominique”.
3 A decade after breaking up, Stephen Malkmus and Pavement are back on the road. The indie rock king and his band recently took court in front of an adoring audience at the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival, Pavement’s 1992 debut Slanted and Enchanted established their lo-fi, “ironic” sound, and they went on to release four more independent albums. While “Cut Your Hair” was the group’s only brush with the mainstream, their influence on underground rock can’t be underestimated. Stephen talks to Jim and Greg about the band’s decision to reunite and their own influences, and he explains what’s the deal with those handcuffs.
4 In other major indie rock news, Arcade Fire has a new album out called The Suburbs. As Jim and Greg explain, this is a concept record inspired by frontman Win Butler’s suburban upbringing. It’s ambitious to say the least, but more spacious and atmospheric than the previous two albums according to Greg. If there’s one fault, it’s that things get a little long-winded toward the end, but Greg gives The Suburbs a Buy It rating. Jim agrees and is happy that Arcade Fire ratcheted down the “Springsteen-ness.” He hears the songs as a hippy’s response to urban sprawl taking over the wilderness, but you should form your own interpretation and Buy It.
5 It’s Greg’s turn to drop a quarter into the Desert Island Jukebox this week. He has been loving “Rill Rill” by Sleigh Bells recently, and wanted to go back to the source. That song samples “Can You Get to That” by Funkadelic. Their 1971 album Maggot Brain is a classic, combining folk, rock and funk. And, the song’s vocalist Gary “Diaperman” Shider died a few weeks ago at age 56.
Songs Featured in Show #244
Tiesto, “C’mon (feat. Diplo)” single, 2010, Musical Freedom
Benedictine Nuns of Sainte Marie de Maumont , “Mass of the Day: Salve Festa Dies: Hymn, 4th Mode” Easter Dawn: Gregorian Chant, 1995, Jade/Milan
Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo, Chant
Soeur Sourire “Dominique”
Pavement “Shady Lane” Live at Pitchfork Music Festival 2010
Swell Maps, “H.S. Art” A Trip To Marineville, 1979, Rough Trade
Pavement “From Now On” Westing (By Musket & Sextant), 1993, Drag City
Pavement, “Trigger Cut/Wounded-Kite At :17” Slanted and Enchanted, 1992, Matador
Pavement, “Summer Babe (Winter Version)” Slanted and Enchanted, 1992, Matador
Pavement, “In The Mouth A Desert” Slanted and Enchanted, 1992, Matador
Pavement, “Here” Slanted and Enchanted, 1992, Matador
Pavement, “Cut Your Hair” Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, 1994, Matador
Pavement, “Range Life” Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, 1994, Matador
Pavement, “Rattled By The Rush” Wowee Zowee, 1995, Matador
Pavement, “Stereo” Brighten the Corners, 1997, Matador
Pavement, “Date With Ikea” Brighten the Corners, 1997, Matador
Pavement, “Spit on a Stranger” Terror Twilight, 1999, Matador
Pavement, “Brinx Job” Wowee Zowee, 1995, Matador
Pavement, “Shady Lane” Brighten the Corners, 1997, Matador
Pavement, “Father to a Sister of Thought” Wowee Zowee, 1995, Matador
Pavement, “Starlings of the Slipstream” Brighten the Corners, 1997, Matador
The Arcade Fire, “The Suburbs” The Suburbs, 2010, Merge
The Arcade Fire, “Modern Man” The Suburbs, 2010, Merge
Funkadelic, “Can You Get To That” Maggot Brain, 1971, Westbound
New Edition, “Mr. Telephone Man” New Edition, 1984, MCA
Rod Stewart “My Cherie Amour feat. Stevie Wonder” Soulbook, 2009, J Records
Wings, “Silly Love Songs” Wings at the Speed of Sound, 1976, Parlophone/EMI
Elton John “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” One Night Only: The Greatest Hits Live, 2000, Universal
Metallica “St. Anger” St. Anger, 2003, Elektra
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