Record Releases - July 20, 2010

Here's what drops this week. Stuff marked * should be good:

07/19/10	Four Tet Angel Echoes	Domino
07/20/10	Bill Callahan Letters to Emma Bowlcut (Book)	Drag City
07/20/10	Cheatahs/Dignan Porch/Colours/Not Cool Split 7"	Marshall Teller Records
07/20/10	Cloudland Canyon Fin Eaves	Holy Mountain
07/20/10	Department of Eagles Archive 2003-2006	American Dust
07/20/10	Endless Boogie Full House Head	No Quarter
07/20/10	Fabulous Diamonds Fabulous Diamonds II	Siltbreeze
07/20/10	Film School Fission	FFO
07/20/10	How To Dress Well Ready for the World 7"	Lefse
07/20/10	Instruments of Science & Technology Music for Paradise Armor	Asthmatic Kitty
07/20/10	Japandroids Younger Us*	Polyvinyl
07/20/10	JEFF The Brotherhood Mellow Out b/w Heavy Days 7"	Suicide Squeeze
07/20/10	Kenseth Thibideau Repetition	Temporary Residence LTD
07/20/10	Kristin Miltner Music for Dreaming and Plaing	Asthmatic Kitty
07/20/10	Lower Dens Twin-Hand Movement	Gnomonsong
07/20/10	Mahjongg The Long Shadow of the Paper Tiger	K
07/20/10	Majeure Timespan Remixes	Temporary Residence LTD
07/20/10	Max Richter Infra	130701
07/20/10	My Brightest Diamond / Dayna Kurtz Postcards From Downtown b/w Gone Away	Kismet
07/20/10	Nite Jewel Am I Real? EP	self-released
07/20/10	Richard Youngs 20 Years	VHF
07/20/10	Richard Youngs Beyond the Valley of Ultrahits	Jagjaguwar
07/20/10	Secret Cities Pink Graffiti	Western Vinyl
07/20/10	Spur Of The Moment	Drag City
07/20/10	The Coathangers 143 (Dan Deacon Remix) b/w Arthritis Sux 7"	Suicide Squeeze
07/20/10	The Triffids The Best of the Triffids	Domino
07/20/10	Various Artists Welcome Home | Diggin' The Universe: A Woodsist Compilation	Woodsist
07/20/10	Walter Gibbons Jungle Music: Essential & Unreleased Remixes 1976-1986	Strut
07/20/10	Wire Send Ultimate	Pinkflag
07/20/10	Woom Muu's Way	Ba Da Bing

This Weekend In Shows (TWIS) & New Shows

Well, the 800 lb gorilla this weekend is Pitchfork, obviously, and I posted about that yesterday. But, there are also aftershows, beforeshows, sideshows. The whole rundown is below. I've also added some new stuff to the SHOWcal, so check 'em out.

	Friday, July 16, 4:00pm		Pitchfork
	Friday, July 16, 8:00pm		Widespread Panic @ Congress
	Friday, July 16, 9:00pm		Hood Internet @ Darkroom
	Friday, July 16, 9:30pm		Titus Andronicus @ Sub-T
	Friday, July 16, 10:00pm		Delorean @ Empty Bottle
	Friday, July 16, 12:00am		Pitchfork
	Saturday, July 17, 8:00pm		Widespread Panic @ Congress
	Saturday, July 17, 9:30pm		Kurt Vile @ Sub-T
	Saturday, July 17, 10:00pm		Best Coast @ Empty Bottle
	Saturday, July 17, 10:30pm		Here We Go Magic @ Schubas
	Saturday, July 17, 10:30pm		Bear in Heaven @ Lincoln Hall
	Saturday, July 17, 12:00am		Pitchfork
	Sunday, July 18, 9:30pm		Real Estate @ Sub-T
	Sunday, July 18, 10:30pm		Local Natives @ Lincoln Hall
	Sunday, July 18, 12:00am		Pitchfork
	Monday, July 19, 12:00pm		High Places @ Millennium Park
	Monday, July 19, 6:00pm		Kid Sister/Konono No. 1 @ Millennium Park
	Wednesday, July 21, 5:00pm		B-52s @ Ravinia
	Wednesday, July 21, 8:00pm		We Are Scientists @ Bottom Lounge
	Thursday, July 22, 9:00pm		Tapes 'n Tapes @ Lincoln Hall

Pitchfork Schedule

Some people mentioned that they were having a hard time finding the final lineup and schedule for this weekend's festival. Well, here it is:

2010 Pitchfork Music Festival schedule:

a = Aluminum Stage, b = Balance Stage, c = Connector Stage

Friday July 16 (gates at 3 p.m.):

3:30 Sharon Van Etten (a)
4:00 The Tallest Man on Earth (c)
4:35 El-P (a)
5:30 Liars (c)
5:45 Hannibal Buress (b)
6:25 Robyn (a)
6:30 Wyatt Cenac (b)
7:15 Michael Showalter (b)
7:20 Broken Social Scene (c)
8:00 Eugene Mirman (b)
8:30 Modest Mouse (a)

Saturday July 17 (gates at 12 p.m.):

1:00 Free Energy (a)
1:00 Netherfriends (b)
1:45 Real Estate (c)
1:55 Sonny & the Sunsets (b)
2:30 Delorean (a)
2:50 Kurt Vile (b)
3:20 Titus Andronicus (c)
3:45 Dâm-Funk (b)
4:15 Raekwon (a)
4:45 Smith Westerns (b)
5:15 The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (c)
5:45 WHY? (b)
6:15 Wolf Parade (a)
6:45 Bear in Heaven (b)
7:25 Panda Bear (c)
7:40 Freddie Gibbs (b)
8:30 LCD Soundsystem (a)

Sunday July 18 (gates at 12 p.m.):

1:00 Allá (a)
1:00 Cave (b)
1:45 Cass McCombs (c)
1:55 Best Coast (b)
2:30 Girls (a)
2:50 Washed Out (b)
3:20 Beach House (c)
3:45 Local Natives (b)
4:15 Lightning Bolt (a)
4:45 Surfer Blood (b)
5:15 St. Vincent (c)
5:45 Here We Go Magic (b)
6:15 Major Lazer (a)
6:45 Neon Indian (b)
7:25 Big Boi (c)
7:40 Sleigh Bells (b)
8:30 Pavement (a)

Record Releases - July 13, 2010

Here's what drops today. Stuff marked * should be good:

07/13/10	Admiral Radley I Heart California
07/13/10	Blue Giant Blue Giant	Vanguard
07/13/10	Carissa's Weird They'll Only Miss You When You Leave: Songs 1996-2003	Hardly Art
07/13/10	Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse Present Dark Night of the Soul	Capitol
07/13/10	El Guincho Piratas de Sudamerica	Young Turks
07/13/10	M.I.A. M A Y A*	N.E.E.T./Interscope
07/13/10	Matmos and So Percussion Treasure State	Cantaloupe
07/13/10	Mystery Jets Serotonin	Rough Trade
07/13/10	Panda Bear Tomboy 7"*	Paw Tracks
07/13/10	R.E.M. Fables of the Reconstruction (reissue)	Capitol/I.R.S.
07/13/10	Royksopp Senior*	PIAS/EMI
07/13/10	School of Seven Bells Disconnect From Desire*	Vagrant/Ghostly International
07/13/10	Sun Kil Moon Admiral Fell Promises*	Caldo Verde
07/13/10	Superchunk Digging for Something b/w February Punk 7"	Merge
07/13/10	The Love Language Libraries	Merge

New Shows, This Weekend In Shows (TWIS)

All the post-Lolla shows are being announced, and there's some good ones at reasonable prices, like Interpol, Phoenix, National, etc. There's also a MGMT show at House of Blues that inexplicably is $80. Read that again. $80 to see MGMT. You people are nuts. Anyway, it's all posted to the SHOWcal. Here's what you can go see this weekend. There's some really good opportunities to see big name indie bands at outdoor street fests this weekend. That's where you'll find me.

	Friday, July 9, 10:00pm		Fucked Up @ Empty Bottle
	Saturday, July 10, 12:00pm		Fucked Up/Beach Fossils @ West Fest
	Saturday, July 10, 5:00pm		Cheap Trick @ Ravinia
	Sunday, July 11, 12:00pm		We Were Promised Jetpacks/Small Black/Life and Times @ West Fest
	Sunday, July 11, 6:00pm		Elsinore @ Millennium Park (Wrigley Square)
	Sunday, July 11, 7:30pm		Spoon/White Rabbits @ St Pat's Block Party
	Monday, July 12, 12:00pm		El Guincho @ Millennium Park
	Monday, July 12, 6:00pm		Caribou/Budos Band @ Millennium Park
	Monday, July 12, 7:00pm		Islands @ Lincoln Hall
	Monday, July 12, 9:30pm		We Were Promised Jetpacks @ Empty Bottle
	Monday, July 12, 10:00pm		Caribou (DJ set) @ Beauty Bar
	Wednesday, July 14, 8:00pm		Hole @ Vic
	Thursday, July 15, 6:00pm		Neon Indian @ Bottom Lounge
	Thursday, July 15, 8:00pm		Hole @ Vic

Record Releases - July 6, 2010

Here's what drops today. Stuff marked * should be good:

07/06/10	Baths Cerulean	Anticon
07/06/10	Delphic Acolyte	Dangerbird
07/06/10	International Hello International Hello	Holy Mountain
07/06/10	Noun Holy Hell	Don Giovanni
07/06/10	The North Sea Bloodlines	Type
07/06/10	Woom Muu's Way	Ba Da Bing

This Weekend In Shows (TWIS) & New Shows

Happy 4th! A few new things added to the SHOWcal, and here's what you can see this holiday week:

Saturday, July 3, 6:30pm  Silversun Pickups/Against Me/Henry Clay People @ Aragon  Sunday, July 4, 9:30pm  Tiny Vipers @ Empty Bottle  Monday, July 5, 12:00pm  Nice Nice @ Millennium Park  Monday, July 5, 6:00pm  Thermals/Disappears @ Millennium Park  Friday, July 9, 10:00pm  Fucked Up @ Empty Bottle