……First we take Manhattan, then we take… September marked your President’s first visit to Berlin. It was very nice…candlelight and Dubonnet on ice. Ironically, I booked the travel to hang out with Boys Noize and he was on tour in North America while I was in the Deutschland.
As Xavier of Justice says, “Boys Noize makes the words ‘german’, ‘techno’ and ‘dj’ sound cool again”. Listen to his album (Oi Oi Oi released everywhere September 25th) and go see him DJ…..things will melt – like a Richie Hawtin set at Watergate….overlooking the Spree River at 4, 5, 6, 7 in the morning??? “I’ll pick you up around 1:30AM and we’ll go out – is that too early?” “huh?”. Daddy’s flown across the ocean leaving just a memory snapshot in the family album.
Metric and Crystal Castles are on tour together across the U.S. right now. Metric are using long sound checks to work on new material for their forthcoming album which we hope will be out next summer. Like a fine wine…it’s going to take some time. New York and LA were maddness…..did you see them at Webster Hall? If not, you can catch them in San Francisco at the Download Festival…..or better yet, live on the World Wide Web via our friends at MySpace (Emily and crew will be taking requests from YOU…all you gotta do is send them in – check out the details here – “Hey, Play This!”.)
The debut Crystal Castles album is being mixed now and readied for a February 19, 2008 release. In the meantime, Last Gang will release a single/EP for CC’s featuring, “Crimewave”, “Untrust Us” and 2 or 3 other tracks to be released digitally in North America in November. (Don’t fear international friends……it will also be released on Pony Canyon in Japan and Shock in Australia this February…..stay tuned for UK info next month.) San Francisco massive see them at the Mezzanine if you couldn’t get in to see them with Metric.
The New Pornographers continue to make friends. Their album “Challengers” debuted at #34 on the U.S. Billboard sales chart and continues to climb to Gold here in Canada. See their newly minted video on LGR TV very soon. The NME says “[Challengers] is a staggering masterclass in indie-pop songwriting that will make your brain melt and send firecrackers around your heart.”……seriously. Have you seen the NPs contest on YouTube?……AC tells you all about it here.
Chromeo just played a handful of shows with the Beastie Boys in Montreal and Toronto. Dave 1 and P-Thugg…working hard to bring the “2-step” to sold out arenas nation-wide. Check back next month for the debut of their new video “Bonafide Lovin”…..
Let’s Go To War – (a fitting band name for a blurb about Berlin) –…….are coming……check the video for “Life We Live”. They’ll be dropping it hard at Pop Montreal (Oct 5 @ FouFounes Electriques and Oct 6 @ Les Saints), CMJ and beyond. Push Up Ya Lighta!!!!! Say “hello” to our friends at A.D/D. for working with us on this one. If you’re gonna throw a party, why not do it with the professionals? Long live Circa.
MSTRKRFT continues to circle the globe. You gotta wonder where they’ll find the time to make their next masterpiece…..but now is the time since Boys Noize and Justice have raised the bar. If anyone can jump that high it’s JFK and Al. Let’s just make sure they are wearing parachutes.
Als die Wand heruntergekommen ist, haben einige Leute nicht gemocht, was sie auf der anderen Seite gesehen haben.
Good bye.
Your President.
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