Photo by Kirstie Shanley
That one band Radiohead has been trickling out 2009 dates for a minute now, at roughly the rate of one new confirmation per week. Today the number of official gigs rose to three, which seems a magic enough quantity to warrant a news story and a few lame jokes on the matter, no?
So there you have it: Radiohead, rather good band, will make their way to Mexico and South America in March of 2009. The three confirmed dates right now include two in Mexico City and one in Santiago, Chile (their first performance in the country), with engagements in Argentina and Brazil planned but not yet finalized. At Ease points us to another fansite report that suggests a third Mexico City date (March 17) may arise as well.
In other news, Radiohead members Ed O'Brien and Phil Selway are due to turn up on Neil Finn's new record, while Thom Yorke can be heard on Björk's good cause-boosting "Náttúra" single, out now.
Oh right, lame joke. Uh, here's a good one.
M.I.A. advances to the elite 8 in our tournament bracket w/a win over Usher. She takes on Chris Brown this time around.
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Beck has revealed that he is working with actress Charlotte Gainsbourg on her forthcoming album.
Photo by Kathryn Yu
Is it safe to say that M.I.A.'s "retirement" is officially over? Because between her Diesel party set/baby-creating announcement, the How Many Votes Fix Mix EP, her track for that Slumdog Millionaire movie, and that Tom Waits/"The Wire" theme cover with Blaqstarr, Maya Arulpragasam has been pretty busy.
Add "mix hosting" to her list of un-retirement activities, because the London MC plays the "person saying things in between and over the top of music" role (à la DJs Khaled and Drama) on a forthcoming compilation from late Baltimore producer and radio personality Khia Edgerton, aka DJ K-Swift. The Club Queen: Greatest Hits also includes contributions from Blaqstarr, M.I.A. protégé Rye Rye, and tons of others.
Koch imprint Unruly will release The Club Queen: Greatest Hits on December 9.
Photo by Leó Stefánsson
Though it's out today digitally from XL, a single for Vampire Weekend's "The Kids Don't Stand a Chance" will hit brick-and-mortar stores December 9. The white vinyl 7" single for the closing track from the band's smashing self-titled affair will be joined by a remix of the song from none other than Chromeo. As you may recall, Chromeo joined the V Dubs on stage at the mtvU Woodie Awards show last week. The television broadcast of the Woodie Awards will premiere on mtvU tomorrow (November 19). And, much as they took over the internet this time last year, Vampire Weekend will continue their conquest of television with a string quartet-bolstered appearance on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" this Friday (November 21).
And print media? Well, they're already in the tank. Vampire Weekend will join Salman Rushdie, Lewis Black, the ladies of "The View", that Olbermann guy with the head-- and countless others-- as speakers at The New York Times' Arts & Leisure Weekend, going down January 8-11 at TheTimesCenter in New York City. (Via Brooklyn Vegan.) Times music scribe Ben Sisario will corner the lads of Vampire Weekend, grilling the controversy magnets on such sticky subjects as ""how they got together, the success of their debut album and where they're headed now."
Also during the Arts & Leisure Weekend, Patti Smith will participate in a talk with Times critic Jon Pareles, titled "Punk Rock 'n' Poetry". She'll chat about "her recent tour with her band and what it's like to be back in New York writing and making music."
Vampire Weekend hit the road again next month for a brief Stateside tour.
