World's Fair

Jarvis Cocker reads “Playmates” BY A.M. Burrage [DOWNLOAD]
[from Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories]
via Pitchfork

Jarvis Cocker reads “Rats” by M.R. James [DOWNLOAD]
via Drowned In Sound

you know it’s a happy end to a happy hallowe’en when Jarv reads you the bedtime stories - nighty night, and watch out for those bed bugs because they’re way bigger on hallowe’en!

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All hell breaks lose in Oklahoma! [READ MORE]

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Premiered on MTVu yesterday, with shout outs @ Spinner & Pitchfork!

Plus, big up the Definitive Jux Halloween Candy Before Dinner Mega Mix By Dj Boo! Get yr freak on [DOWNLOAD]

Artist: Aesop Rock
Album: “None Shall Pass”
Label: Definitive Jux
Street Date: August 28th, 2007
Formats: CD, vinyl, mp3

Aesop Rock & DJ Big Wiz - “None Shall Pass” MegaMix [DOWNLOAD]

Aesop Rock is still on tour!
Tue - Oct 30 @ Wow Hall, Eugene, OR
Wed - Nov 07 @ Orange Peel, Asheville, NC
Fri - Nov 09 @ Social Pavillion, Orlando, FL
Sat - Nov 10 @ Studio A, Miami, FL
Mon - Nov 12 @ Spanish Moon, Baton Rouge, LA
Tue - Nov 13 @ House Of Blues, New Orleans, LA
Wed - Nov 14 @ Warehouse Live, Houston, TX
Fri - Nov 16 @ Loft, Dallas, TX
Sat - Nov 17 @ Emo’s, Austin, TX
Mon - Nov 19 @ Cannery Ballroom, Nashville, TN
Tue - Nov 20 @ MJQ, Atlanta, GA

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Stereogum knows where the sugar is…

Artist: The Postmarks
Album: The Postmarks [LISTEN]
Label: Unfiltered
Street Date: Feb 6th, 2006
Formats: CD, mp3

The Postmarks - Various Songs [DOWNLOAD]

And of course, it’s the season to bring back the seasonal favorite:

The Postmarks - “Every Day Is Halloween” by Ministry [DOWNLOAD]

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Watch the interview with Hangar 18 during CMJ at MP3.com [WATCH]

Hear the “Sweep The Leg” album - all of it - at MP3.com [LISTEN]

Check out pics from the recent video shoot and release party!

Hangar 18 hits the road with Glue!
Thu - Nov 01 @ Metronome, Burlington, VT
Fri - Nov 02 @ Asylum, Portland, ME
Sat - Nov 03 @ Iron Horse, Northampton, MA
Sun - Nov 04 @ Sonar, Baltomore, MD
Mon - Nov 05 @ The Gypsy Hut, Cincinnati, OH
Tue - Nov 06 @ Uncle Fester’s
Wed - Nov 07 @ Cafe Bourbon Street, Columbus, OH
Thu - Nov 08 @ Abbey Pub, Chicago, IL
Fri - Nov 09 @ Annes, Madison, WI
Sat - Nov 10 @ World Imports Bar, Sioux Falls, SD
Mon - Nov 12 @ Black Sheep, Colorado Springs, CO
Tue - Nov 13 @ Marquis Theatre, Denver, CO
Wed - Nov 14 @ Uprock Records, Salt Lake City, UT
Thu - Nov 15 @ Badlander, Missoula, MT
Fri - Nov 16 @ Chop Suey, Seattle, WA
Sat - Nov 17 @ The BLVD, Spokane, WA
Sun - Nov 18 @ Rotture, Portland, OR
Mon - Nov 19 @ Indigo District, Eugene, OR
Tue - Nov 20 @ Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
Wed - Nov 21 @ Low End Theory (@ The Airliner), Los Angeles, CA
Fri - Nov 23 @ Chasers Nightclub, Scottsdale, AZ
Sat - Nov 24 @ Moonlight Lounge, Albuquerque, NM
Mon - Nov 26 @ Mohawk, Austin, TX
Tue - Nov 27 @ Rubber Gloves, Denton, TX
Fri - Nov 30 @ Black Booth, Orlando, FL
Sat - Dec 01 @ Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta, GA
Sun - Dec 02 @ The Pourhouse, Charleston, SC
Mon - Dec 03 @ Awful Arthur’s Towers, Roanoke, VA
Tue - Dec 04 @ DC Nine, Washington, DC
Wed - Dec 05 @ Fire, Philadelphia, PA
Fri - Dec 07 @ Knitting Factory (Tap Bar), New York, NY

Artist: Hangar 18
Album: Sweep The Leg
Label: Definitive Jux
Street Date: October 23rd, 2007
Formats: vinyl, CD, mp3

Hangar 18 - “Bakin’ Soda” [DOWNLOAD]

Hangar 18 - “Feet To Feet” [DOWNLOAD]

Hangar 18 - “Think Big” [DOWNLOAD] from the Definitive Swim compilation

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Hang out with Aesop, the Brides of Transylvania, Kid Chainsaw, the Kindergarten Killers and of course John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats in the ghastly, ghoul-filled new video for “Coffee” from “None Shall Pass” [WATCH]

Artist: Aesop Rock
Album: “None Shall Pass”
Label: Definitive Jux
Street Date: August 28th, 2007
Formats: CD, vinyl, mp3

Aesop Rock & DJ Big Wiz - “None Shall Pass” MegaMix [DOWNLOAD]

Aesop Rock is still on tour!
Tue - Oct 30 @ Wow Hall, Eugene, OR
Wed - Nov 07 @ Orange Peel, Asheville, NC
Fri - Nov 09 @ Social Pavillion, Orlando, FL
Sat - Nov 10 @ Studio A, Miami, FL
Mon - Nov 12 @ Spanish Moon, Baton Rouge, LA
Tue - Nov 13 @ House Of Blues, New Orleans, LA
Wed - Nov 14 @ Warehouse Live, Houston, TX
Fri - Nov 16 @ Loft, Dallas, TX
Sat - Nov 17 @ Emo’s, Austin, TX
Mon - Nov 19 @ Cannery Ballroom, Nashville, TN
Tue - Nov 20 @ MJQ, Atlanta, GA

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“Oklahoma Gazette invited resident Okie eccentrics the Flaming Lips to participate in its annual “Ghouls Gone Wild” Halloween parade, the Lips enlisted their biggest fans to join the March Of 1,000 Flaming Skeletons–a “spectacle celebrating the mysterious, the supernatural, and the otherworldly,” according to the band’s recruitment email.” - Yahoo Music

“As Spinner previously reported, the Flaming Lips will lead 1,000 volunteers in a “March of the Thousand Flaming Skeletons” as part of the annual Halloween parade in Oklahoma City this Friday. Spinner recently caught up with leading Lip and ringmaster Wayne Coyne as he made preparations. “A lot of Halloween things end up being dumbed-down,” Coyne tells Spinner. “We’re trying to make it an adult experience and just kind of get to a little more of the ‘death’ aspect of it.” - AOL Spinner [READ MORE]

Long interview with Wayne Coyne’s hometown papers News OK:

NewsOK: You could be living anywhere you want, but you’ve chosen to stay in Oklahoma and you’ve even chosen to remain pretty much in the neighborhood where you grew up… Why did you choose to stay here?

Coyne: Well, early on we didn’t really make any of those choices. We were just being who we really were, which I think is the only way you can do it. I was 22 when we put out our first record and began this life as The Flaming Lips. There’s no way I could have looked ahead 25 years and thought “staying in Oklahoma is going to be one of the most unique things about us.” It was more about who you were and your ideas and the music you made…. [READ MORE]

… also recently in Oklahoma City, “Confetti was shot from guns, big balloons soared, and fans in alien and Santa costumes mingled with business-suited civic leaders Thursday as the city officially recognized the Flaming Lips as a part of its cultural landscape.” [READ MORE]

Wayne talks more about Flaming Lips alley with Fox 25 Morning News:

Flaming Lips expand Zaireeka for 10th Anniversary edition - Pitchfork [READ MORE]

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… the band is nestled back into their new studio in their Denton hometown to work on the follow up to the sensational “Trials of Van Occupanther”… stay tuned!

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“Wilkinson describes “Do You Like Rock Music?” as more “contemporary” than previous efforts, and that the title exemplifies what the band was trying to accomplish. “Partly what we’re saying is that rock is a broad and encompassing thing, capable of a lot,” he says. New to the mix this time are female backing singers and “funny little instruments, like harmoniums. We tried to get a big choir feeling,” Wilkinson says. “That’s part of why we took so long; we were at home, adding things and experimenting.” - Billboard [READ MORE]

“Starting off with the upbeat “Atom,” the band punches the listener in the face with a heart pumping rollercoaster ride of a song. The roaring “Ohhhhs” that chug the chorus along only help matters. Think the balls of Black Francis’s work mixed with the hugeness of an Arcade Fire song.” - The Tripwire [READ MORE]

Artist: British Sea Power
Album: Do You Like Rock Music?
Label: Rough Trade / World’s Fair
Street Date: Feb. 12th, 2008
Formats: CD, mp3

British Sea Power - “Atom” edit [DOWNLOAD]

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Company Flow (Bigg Jus & El-P) Reunion!

Del The Funky Homosapien welcomed to Def Jux fam by El-P!

Hangar 18 shakes up their insta-classic “Bakin Soda”

Yak Ballz throws down!

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