Fantômos, the enigmatic band helmed by Mike Patton of Faith No More, takes a new direction on Tuesday with the release of
Suspended Animation on Ipecac Records. While the collective has previously noodled in science-fiction fancies, the new CD is described as a lavishly designed project that dallies in all the sound effects and manic energy of cartoon music. Featuring a 30-page booklet/calendar by pop cartoonist Yoshimoto Nara, the sessions also feature Buzz Osbourne of
The Melvins, Trevor Dunn of
Mr. Bungle and Dave Lombardo of
Slayer. ...
Some intriguing remix interpretations highlight Crystal Method's Community Service II, being released on Tuesday. The Ultra/3AM Records release features the DJ duo's workout on The Doors' "Roadhouse Blues," New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle" and Smashing Pumpkins' "1979," alongside tracks from UNKLE, Evil Nine and Uberzone. ...
Overdosing at the altar of the cult of celebrity, Justin Moyer of El Guapo and Antelope has donned a black wig, a sparkly cocktail dress and matching shoes and handbag, reinventing himself as Edie Sedgwick. Yes, named for the same sad-little-rich-girl icon of Andy Warhol's "beautiful people" posse and immortalized by The Cult in 1989 with "Edie (Ciao Baby)." (The real Sedgwick overdosed in 1971) Titled Her Love Is Real ...
But She Is Not, De Soto Records has just released the result of all this cross-dressing, as Moyer fills the CD with 14 star-struck songs obsessing over a grocery magazine rack of celebrities, from Haley Joel Osment and Lucy Liu to Robert Downey, Jr. and Martin Sheen. Like Le Tigre meets Wesley Willis, Moyer's rants and sweaty basement beats are crazy fun, tumbling down the rabbit hole of curved walls plastered with covers of People magazine and candy wrappers, twitching to the paranoia of the electronic whip. ...
In other obsessions of thin, pale-face sweeties, Go Kart Records has announced their new Go Kart Films imprint, soon releasing DVDs of new independent films with their sister horror label, Vital Fluid. The "mockumentary" Far Too Gone, a Spinal Tap-esque winner at a handful of indie film festivals including last year's Golden Gate Fiction and Documentary Festival, stars director Brian Labrecque as a fan who really, truly, thinks he is Tori Amos. ... Next week Ropeadope Records will reissue a smattering of lost titles once only available through the label's Web site. One highlight is Bane, the "secret" solo project from Mike Gordon of Phish, under the name of Joey Arkenstat.
Television Alert
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes Jimmy Eat World Thursday. The Late Show with David Letterman features the Kaiser Chiefs Wednesday, Faith Evans Thursday and Lisa Marie Presley Friday. Late Night with Conan O'Brien boasts Josh Groban Monday. The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson plays nice with Moby Monday. Last Call with Carson Daly hosts Ozzy Osbourne Wednesday, The Music Thursday and The Allman Brothers Band Friday. And Saturday Night Live's musical guest this weekend is The Killers.
New Releases Coming Tuesday
and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change ...
Brain Donor Brain Donor (Mister E) new from Julian Cope; British Sea Power Open Season (Rough Trade) performing at the Coachella music festival later this month; Dirty Projectors The Getty Address (Western Vinyl) reported as a Rock opera about Don Henley of The Eagles; Doppler, Inc. Nu Instrumental (Favored Nations) with guests Billy Sheehan and Stuart Hamm; Euphone V (Record Label) new solo CD EP from Ryan Rapsys, talented drummer of Joan of Arc and Bella Lea; Faith Evans The First Lady (Capitol) with guest Pharrell Williams; Far From Finished East Side of Nowhere (Victory) featuring former Street Dogs guitarist Rob Guidottidi and guest Spike Katz of Kings of Leon; Steve Hackett & The Underworld Orchestra Metamorpheus (Inside Out) sweeping and cinematic, this is the Genesis guitarist's fifth classical outing of nylon string ecstasy; Human Eye Human Eye (In the Red) "Alien Punk" from Tim Vulgar of Clone Defect; John Kay The Lost Heritage Tapes (Rainman) lost sessions from 1976 from the Steppenwolf leader, featuring guests Lowell George and Billy Payne of Little Feat; Phil Krauth Tight Fit (Teenbeat) new from the founding member of Unrest; Lost City Angels Broken World (Stay Gold); Beth Nielsen Chapman Look (Compass) featuring a duet with Michael McDonald; Pepper's Ghost Shake the Hand That Shook the World (Hybrid); Lisa Marie Presley Now What (Capitol) featuring a cover of Don Henley's "Dirty Laundry" and songs co-written with Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes; Reel Big Fish We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy (Jive) featuring a cover of Tracy Chapman's 1988 hit, "Talkin' Bout a Revolution"; The Residents Animal Lover (Mute) created from treated recordings of various living creatures enjoying sex; Schenker-Pattison Summit The Endless Jam Continues (Shrapnel) new from the Scorpions guitarist Michael Schenker and Gamma vocalist Davey Pattison, featuring covers of classics like "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," Layla" and "Dear Mr. Fantasy"; Klaus Schulze Picture Music and In=Trance (Inside Out) CD reissues; Self Against City Take It How You Want It (Rushmore) on tour now supporting this debut CD EP; Snuff Six of One, Half a Dozen of Another (Fat Wreck) two-CD set packed with rarities and B-sides; Strength in Numbers The Veil (Victory) enhanced with the video for "Time's Not Wasted"; The O.C. Mix 4 original television series soundtrack (Warner Bros) with Modest Mouse, the Futureheads, a new Beck song and a cover of the Oasis classic, "Champagne Supernova," by Matt Pond PA; Various Artists Everything Comes & Goes: A Tribute to Black Sabbath (Temporary Residence) featuring Four Tet, Racebannon, Ruins, Matmos and more.
