Fade standout "Is That Enough" has been crafted into the second of Yo La Tengo's recent animated video series, following "Ohm." The fuzzy orchestral track (don't get to say that often) looks through the endless possibilities of what could actually be the formula behind Yo La Tengo? The answer, as one can see in the video below, takes a lot of time and open ideas.
Culminating an impossibly stellar lineup of garage punk up-and-comers Night Birds, White Lung, and METZ, is frequent buzzing Dutch four-piece Iceage tonight at Philadelphia's First Unitarian Church. The outstanding youth of the group is still well known, despite crossing over on the U.S. scene roughly two years ago. Still, the power and brevity of the band's most recent LP You're Nothing on a jump to Matador makes Iceage leading the other bands almost unquestionable.
The Copenhagen band, led by workaholic at-heart Elias Bender Rønnenfelt (who's still churning out stuff as part of Marching Church and Vår), feeds on torrid momentum on You're Nothing, taking the exhausted jubilant nature of New Brigade without relinquishing the - as Anthony Fantano says it best - "chaotic apathy." The sounded is refined - something fairly improbable for any version of punk - but patterns and melodies don't just seem thrown in from varying minds of the band, rather, sticking as a whole scheme. Whether or not that tooling of the technique means anything for the band's live persona should hold high, given the years of touring and the vigorous attitude the band has towards moving forward. It has to, regardless, because a lineup featuring White Lung and METZ will have plenty craving for a righteous finale.
Tickets for the show are still available, with doors opening at 7 p.m. and beginning at 7:30.
Philadelphia's native folk-rock son Kurt Vile is prepping the fifth solo album in his lengthy catalog, Wakin On A Pretty Daze. The new album, out April 9 via Matador, will be a 69-minute double-LP, featuring the almost title track "Wakin On A Pretty Day."
The single will have an accompanying video soon, but for now check out the "Making Of" video below that features the nine minute track, and future tour dates after the bump.
Kurt Vile and The Violators Tour Dates:
Sun, Apr 14 – Indio CA – Coachella Festival Sun, Apr 21 – Indio CA – Coachella Festival Sun, May 4 – Atlanta GA – Shaky Knees Festival Mon, May 5 – Atlanta GA – Shaky Knees Festival Tue, May 7 – Los Angeles CA – Echoplex # * Wed, May 8 – San Francisco CA – Independent * Fri, May 10 – Portland OR – Doug Fir # * Sat, May 11 – Vancouver BC – Biltmore # * Sun, May 12 – Seattle WA – Neumos # * Tue, May 14 – Chicago IL – Lincoln Hall * Thu, May 16 – New York NY – Bowery Ballroom * ! Fri, May 17 – Boston MA – The Sinclair * ! Sat, May 18 – Philadelphia PA – Union Transfer * ! Fri, May 24 – Barcelona ES – Primavera Sound Festival Sat, May 25 – London GB – Field Day Sun, May 26 – Brussels BE – AB Mon, May 27 – Amsterdam NL – Paradiso Tue, May 28 – Hamburg DE – Knust Wed, May 29 – Copenhagen DK – Amager Bio
After debuting "Coalition," the stellar lead-single from Iceage's sophomore LP You're Nothing, the Danish punks premiered the album's first video for "Ecstacy." Filmed in the band's native city Copenhagen by director Catherine Pattinama Coleman, the video shows several shots from a couple house shows and smoky imagery.
Check the video out below, and grab the band's upcoming Escho 7", which features "Coalition," "Ecstacy," as well as a special B-Side "A Rifle." The 7" will be released February 5, which you can order over at the Matador store.
