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<p><p><em><small>Photo by <a href="http://www.myspace.com/sdmphotos"><strong>Shannon McClean</strong></a></small></em><br /><br />The video for <strong><a href="http://www.stephenmalkmus.com/">Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks</a></strong>' "Gardenia"-- plucked from this spring's <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/49042-real-emotional-trash"><strong><em>Real Emotional Trash</em></strong></a>-- is riddled with guest appearances from some of the biggest names in indie rock, and beyond: Gregg "Girl Talk" Gillis, Weezer's Brian Bell, Mudhoney's Steve Turner, the dudes of Ratatat, Modest Mouse's Joe Plummer, Gary Jarman of the Cribs, and Portland, Oregon's mayor-elect Sam Adams.</p> <p>What isn't clear, however, is whether the video features appearances from Malkmus himself, or any of the Jicks. According to <a href="http://localcut.wweek.com/2008/08/13/a-fans-notes-vj-turned-archivist-dan-woods-tapes-men-that-make-the-whole-world-sing/"><strong><em>Willamette Week</em>'s Local Cut site</strong></a>, Malkmus turned the proceedings over to Portland-based filmmaker/archivist Dan Woods, aka VJ Dantronix. The "Gardenia" clip is his first-ever music video. But as far as being able to capture big-name folks on film, Woods is in a class all by himself. Local Cut reports that Woods has spent years scoring interviews with the likes of Kraftwerk, Belle &amp; Sebastian, Sonic Youth, and the Flaming Lips just by reaching out and contacting them. Seems simple enough, huh?<br /><br />The "Gardenia" clip, which features the aforementioned crew lip-synching and noodling on air guitars throughout the tune, premiered in Portland over the weekend, <a href="http://www.spin.com/articles/portlands-rock-elite-attend-stephen-malkmus-and-jicks-gardenia-video-premiere?page=0%2C1"><strong>according to Spin.com</strong></a>. Folks like Spoon's Britt Daniel, the Thermals, Janet Weiss of the Jicks, and Weiss' former Sleater-Kinney bandmate Carrie Brownstein were in attendance. Spin.com reports that Malkmus himself had family obligations, and could not attend.</p> <p>Spin.com reports that the "Gardenia" clip is expected to hit the internet later this week, though a <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/1456303?pg=embed&amp;sec=1456303"><strong>snippet</strong></a> is available right now, via Local Cut:<br /><br /> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="400" height="267" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="267" src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1456303&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> <br /><br />As for Woods, he's working on a documentary collecting his interview footage. It's tentatively called <em>Music Is Everything</em> and should be completed in 2009.<br /><br />Malkmus and the Jicks will be <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/142690-malkmus-schedules-fall-tour-with-blitzen-trapper"><strong>hitting the road once again</strong></a> later this month for a spin around the UK, with a mess of North American dates to follow in the fall.<br /><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/node/144785" target="_blank">read more</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/5lchmldjekuu663ucu0f3h9dpg/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/5lchmldjekuu663ucu0f3h9dpg/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pitchfork/today/~4/Bwfqc97DEAo" height="1" width="1" /></p> <p><a href="http://xlrecordings.com/2008/08/19/girl-talk-weezers-bell-ratatat-in-new-malkmus-vid#comments">Comments</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/xlrecordings/~4/369404006" height="1" width="1"/>

<p>i am in love with chris browns album! oh my days!! i saw him on the tele at the mtv awards early this year dancing on the tables, then he sang on no air and ive been obsessed ever since! is he playing...</p> <p><a href="http://xlrecordings.com/2008/08/19/chris-brown-x-factor#comments">Comments</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/xlrecordings/~4/369053399" height="1" width="1"/>

<p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/3qp2/">http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/3qp2/</a></p> <p><a href="http://xlrecordings.com/2008/08/19/good-review-on-bbc#comments">Comments</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/xlrecordings/~4/369053400" height="1" width="1"/>

<p>A documentary featuring Jack White, The Edge and Jimmy Page is set to get its world premiere next month at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival.</p> <p><a href="http://xlrecordings.com/2008/08/18/jack-white-the-edge-jimmy-page-film-for-toronto#comments">Comments</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/xlrecordings/~4/368515375" height="1" width="1"/>

<p><p>They say you should try to make more room for <em>Intimacy</em> in your life, and if you're free on Thursday, <a href="http://www.blocparty.com/"><strong>Bloc Party</strong></a> would like very much to get all up in your business.</p> <p>On August 21-- as in <em>this</em> Thursday-- Bloc Party will digitally release <em>Intimacy</em>, their unexpectedly imminent third full-length LP.</p> <p>A physical release of <em>Intimacy</em>, featuring different tracks from the digital incarnation, is due October 28 from <a href="http://www.atlanticrecords.com/"><strong>Atlantic</strong></a> in the U.S., and October 27 in the UK via <a href="http://www.wichita-recordings.com"><strong>Wichita</strong></a>. You can flip on over to the Bloc Party website to <a href="http://blocparty.sandbag.uk.com/"><strong>preorder</strong></a> your copy of <em>Intimacy</em> in whichever form you please right this instant, if you'd like. If you pre-order the physical version, you get the digital version as well.<br /><br /><em>Intimacy </em>is being released in this increasingly more orthodox fashion to combat the kind of leakage that got <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/40927-a-weekend-in-the-city"><strong><em>A Weekend in the City</em></strong></a> out on the web many months before its eventual release. The album was produced by <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15854-bloc-party-silent-alarm"><strong><em>Silent Alarm</em></strong></a>'s Paul Epworth and <em>Weekend</em>'s Jackknife Lee and mixed by Alan Moulder (My Bloody Valentine, Smashing Pumpkins), and it's being described as "wildly experimental" in parts and "simply classic Bloc Party" in others.</p> <p>I just wanna know if "Biko" is a Peter Gabriel cover, and, given how much <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/141866-new-music-bloc-party-mercury-video-stream"><strong>first single "Mercury"</strong></a> sounds like a jacked up "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swqQGWbDCqw"><strong>Shock the Monkey"</strong></a>, I reckon I won't be surprised if it is.</p> <p>But I digress. New Bloc Party album! For the weekend!<br /><br />Bloc Party have a few dates to attend to throughout the coming months, and promise more in the States later on in 2008.<br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/node/144758" target="_blank">read more</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/q4qedg89324iucblp5518mgr70/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/q4qedg89324iucblp5518mgr70/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p></p> <p><a href="http://xlrecordings.com/2008/08/18/new-bloc-party-album-out-digitally-on-thursday#comments">Comments</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/xlrecordings/~4/369053401" height="1" width="1"/>

<p><p>They say you should try to make more room for <em>Intimacy</em> in your life, and if you're free on Thursday, <a href="http://www.blocparty.com/"><strong>Bloc Party</strong></a> would like very much to get all up in your business.</p> <p>On August 21-- as in <em>this</em> Thursday-- Bloc Party will digitally release <em>Intimacy</em>, their unexpectedly imminent third full-length LP.</p> <p>A physical release of <em>Intimacy</em>, featuring different tracks from the digital incarnation, is due October 28 from <a href="http://www.atlanticrecords.com/"><strong>Atlantic</strong></a> in the U.S., and October 27 in the UK via <a href="http://www.wichita-recordings.com"><strong>Wichita</strong></a>. You can flip on over to the Bloc Party website to <a href="http://blocparty.sandbag.uk.com/"><strong>preorder</strong></a> your copy of <em>Intimacy</em> in whichever form you please right this instant, if you'd like. If you pre-order the physical version, you get the digital version as well.<br /><br /><em>Intimacy </em>is being released in this increasingly more orthodox fashion to combat the kind of leakage that got <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/40927-a-weekend-in-the-city"><strong><em>A Weekend in the City</em></strong></a> out on the web many months before its eventual release. The album was produced by <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15854-bloc-party-silent-alarm"><strong><em>Silent Alarm</em></strong></a>'s Paul Epworth and <em>Weekend</em>'s Jackknife Lee and mixed by Alan Moulder (My Bloody Valentine, Smashing Pumpkins), and it's being described as "wildly experimental" in parts and "simply classic Bloc Party" in others.</p> <p>I just wanna know if "Biko" is a Peter Gabriel cover, and, given how much <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/141866-new-music-bloc-party-mercury-video-stream"><strong>first single "Mercury"</strong></a> sounds like a jacked up "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swqQGWbDCqw"><strong>Shock the Monkey"</strong></a>, I reckon I won't be surprised if it is.</p> <p>But I digress. New Bloc Party album! For the weekend!<br /><br />Bloc Party have a few dates to attend to throughout the coming months, and promise more in the States later on in 2008.<br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/node/144758" target="_blank">read more</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/q4qedg89324iucblp5518mgr70/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/q4qedg89324iucblp5518mgr70/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pitchfork/today/~4/wFdRQi2XSyE" height="1" width="1" /></p> <p><a href="http://xlrecordings.com/2008/08/18/new-bloc-party-album-out-digitally-on-thursday#comments">Comments</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/xlrecordings/~4/368398761" height="1" width="1"/>

<p>Hollywood Holt said to me.. nigga my video is gonna be dope.. Man... he wasnt lying <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Hollywoodby videos22- Chuck...</p> <p><a href="http://xlrecordings.com/2008/08/18/hollywood-holt-said-watch-this#comments">Comments</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/xlrecordings/~4/368372493" height="1" width="1"/>

<p><ul class="unIndentedList"> </ul> <ul class="unIndentedList"> </ul> <p>Fists will be raised. Riffs will be swapped. And damn if beers won't be sold at an unusually brisk pace, as <a href="http://www.theholdsteady.com/"><strong>the Hold Steady</strong></a> and <a href="http://www.drivebytruckers.com/"><strong>Drive-By Truckers</strong></a> link up for a monthlong North American sojourn this fall they're calling the "Rock and Roll Means Well Tour." The two bands will spend their time together switching up headlining slots-- details below.</p> <p>This isn't the first time the Hold Steady's path has crossed with the Truckers. Trucker Patterson Hood lent some vocals to <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/141879-the-hold-steady-stay-positive"><strong><em>Stay</em><em> Positive</em></strong></a> 's "Navy Sheets", and in a press release announcing the tour, Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn says, "Seeing the Drive-By Truckers on the <em>Southern Rock Opera</em> tour was instrumental to me wanting to start a band and play music again. That band is the Hold Steady. This tour brings it full circle, and it will be a pleasure and an honor to be able to share a stage with the Truckers. We're gonna have a really good time." <br /><br />Just a slightly better fit than <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/144590-the-hold-steady-to-open-for-counting-crows"><strong>the Counting Crows thing</strong></a>, ain't it?<br /><br />Despite this welcome show of intra-band unity, Hold Steady guitarist Tad Kubler got himself into a bit of hot water on the internet over the weekend following <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20081708_holdsteady.shtml"><strong>an interview with BBC's 6Music</strong></a>. Speaking about Radiohead and their recent <em>In Rainbows</em> blitz, Kubler opined, "I think they've lost the plot. What are they doing? Where are they going? What's happening? I don't get it any more. They lost me. I still appreciate what they're doing, or what they're trying to do. But I think they're trying too hard not to be Radiohead. That seems a little ridiculous to me."</p> <p>He went on, "I like them as a rock band, all the buttons and sequencing and stuff like that I don't really care for. I'm a fan of rock music and what they're doing now I don't think is very good. When you have that kind of money, you can put on a great performance regardless of what you do. If you can't go out and pick up your instruments and play a good show, that doesn't do it for me. I don't have any interest in that."</p> <p>He then talked slightly less smack about Muse and praised Oasis for being "earnest" and "honest," but this being the internet, people are less inclined to care about nice things people have to say.</p> <p>Regardless of whether or not you agree with Mr. Kubler's assessment of Radiohead, you've gotta admit, <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/142559-interview-silver-jews"><strong>he's hardly the only one with a negative opinion on the matter</strong></a>.<br /><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/node/144744" target="_blank">read more</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/ff9ebthnkjpq8e92b29dcku09c/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/ff9ebthnkjpq8e92b29dcku09c/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pitchfork/today/~4/iikp8QNg0go" height="1" width="1" /></p> <p><a href="http://xlrecordings.com/2008/08/18/hold-steady-line-up-fall-tour-with-drive-by-truckers#comments">Comments</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/xlrecordings/~4/368272448" height="1" width="1"/>

<p><p><a href="http://www.capitolrecords.com/"><strong>Capitol</strong></a>/<a href="http://www.emigroup.com/"><strong>EMI</strong></a> has pushed back the premiere of its "From the Capitol Vaults" limited edition vinyl reissue campaign, which includes <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/141917-radiohead-coldplay-reissued-on-vinyl"><strong>prominent entries</strong></a> from the back catalogs of <a href="http://www.radiohead.com/"><strong>Radiohead</strong></a> and <a href="http://www.coldplay.com/"><strong>Coldplay</strong></a>. Instead of being available in stores tomorrow, August 19, as originally planned, the first reissues in the series will arrive on September 2.<br /><br />In exchange for the extended wait, Capitol/EMI has added Radiohead's <em>The Bends</em> and <em>Pablo Honey</em>, Coldplay's <em>X&amp;Y</em>, R.E.M.'s <em>Document</em>, and the Beach Boys' <em>Pet Sounds</em> to the list of reissues. (Also A Perfect Circle's Mer de Noms and Steve Miller Band's Greatest Hits 1974-78.)<br /><br />While most of the "From the Capitol Vaults" reissues will come as single or double 12" releases, Radiohead's <em>Kid A</em> and <em>Amnesiac</em> will both feature two 10" discs, true to their original vinyl editions.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/ume4ni7bmtbpk993tjv9r2ib50/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/ume4ni7bmtbpk993tjv9r2ib50/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pitchfork/today/~4/6DAcG2P_BbE" height="1" width="1" /></p> <p><a href="http://xlrecordings.com/2008/08/18/capitol-vinyl-reissues-pushed-back-titles-added#comments">Comments</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/xlrecordings/~4/368256709" height="1" width="1"/>

<p><a href="http://www.isthismusic.com/ratatat">http://www.isthismusic.com/ratatat</a></p> <p><a href="http://xlrecordings.com/2008/08/18/4-out-of-5-on-is-this-music#comments">Comments</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/xlrecordings/~4/368185949" height="1" width="1"/>

<p><p>on the uk version of mtv 2 there is a chance to vote to see the upcoming video for inní mér syngur vitleysingur. it is part of the mtv2 / myspace chart and you can vote on this <a href="http://www.mtv.co.uk/myspacechart" target="_blank">page</a>.</p><br /> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sigurros-news/~4/368185405" height="1" width="1" /></p> <p><a href="http://xlrecordings.com/2008/08/18/inni-mer-video-vote#comments">Comments</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/xlrecordings/~4/368256710" height="1" width="1"/>

<p><a href="http://www.musicomh.com/singles/vampire-weekend-3_0808.htm">http://www.musicomh.com/singles/vampire-weekend-3_0808.htm</a></p> <p><a href="http://xlrecordings.com/2008/08/18/good-review-on-musicomh#comments">Comments</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/xlrecordings/~4/368086587" height="1" width="1"/>

<p><a href="http://www.gigwise.com/reviews/albums/45276/friendly-fires--friendly-fires">http://www.gigwise.com/reviews/albums/45276/friendly-fires--friendly-fires</a></p> <p><a href="http://xlrecordings.com/2008/08/18/4-out-of-5-on-gigwise#comments">Comments</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/xlrecordings/~4/368086588" height="1" width="1"/>

<p>The "Planet 1" EP, in yellow vinyl only & featuring "Twerk", "War" & "My Turn" is available from today at your local quality record store...Cat No. JAXL014</p> <p><a href="http://xlrecordings.com/2008/08/18/vlimited-edition-jaxx-vinyl-in-shops-today#comments">Comments</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/xlrecordings/~4/368063620" height="1" width="1"/>

<p>The Automatic release their comeback single, 'Steve McQueen' today (August 18), while Vampire Weekend, The Music and The Fratellis all release new singles too.</p> <p><a href="http://xlrecordings.com/2008/08/18/this-weeks-releases-18-august-2008#comments">Comments</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/xlrecordings/~4/367878233" height="1" width="1"/>

<p>Magistrates urged the crowd to bunch up and "get sweaty" during their high energy set at V Festival tonight (August 17).</p> <p><a href="http://xlrecordings.com/2008/08/17/magistrates-tell-v-festival-to-get-sweaty#comments">Comments</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/xlrecordings/~4/367515925" height="1" width="1"/>

<p>The Hold Steady's guitarist Tad Kubler has slammed Radiohead's revoluntionary pay what you want plan for their last album 'In Rainbows'.</p> <p><a href="http://xlrecordings.com/2008/08/17/the-hold-steady-radiohead-have-lost-the-plot#comments">Comments</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/xlrecordings/~4/367321544" height="1" width="1"/>

<p>Calvin Harris packed out the JJB Arena tent at the Staffordshire leg of V Festival this afternoon (August 16).</p> <p><a href="http://xlrecordings.com/2008/08/16/calvin-harris-ditches-dizzee-rascal-for-v-festival-set#comments">Comments</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/xlrecordings/~4/366620727" height="1" width="1"/>

<p>Radiohead, Death Cab For Cutie, My Morning Jacket and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are among the artists contributing songs to the forthcoming soundtrack for the film 'Choke'.</p> <p><a href="http://xlrecordings.com/2008/08/15/radiohead-my-morning-jacket-for-new-soundtrack#comments">Comments</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/xlrecordings/~4/366513079" height="1" width="1"/>