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Pitchfork.tv: Liz Phair: Guyville Redux (One Week Only)
We're taking the holiday off (be safe with the fireworks, kids), but we'll leave you with another feature film on Pitchfork.tv. If you've been paying any attention lately, you may have noticed that Chicago singer-songwriter Liz Phair just reissued her classic 1993 album, Exile in Guyville. To coincide with the release, Phair has created the documentary Guyville Redux, in which she revisits some of the people and places that brought her record to life. The film features interviews with Matador Records' Gerard Cosloy and Chris Lombardi, Steve Albini, NPR's Ira Glass, and even Chicago's favorite son John Cusack-- with an introduction by ATO Records' founder Dave Matthews. Catch it while you can, over the holiday weekend and through next week, on Pitchfork.tv's "One Week Only."
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The Pitchfork Guide to Upcoming Releases: Summer '08
Welcome once again to the Pitchfork Guide to Upcoming Releases, our seasonal guide to upcoming releases! This installment covers a wide swath of the crucial cuts you'll be jamming on through the summer and into the fall, from LPs and EPs to singles and music-related DVDs of note.
Compiling such a list isn't easy in this day and age, with different release dates for digital and physical versions of albums, as well as different release dates for different countries. So we tried to stick with North American physical release dates as much as possible, with exceptions as noted. When an album's North American release date differs from its overseas one, we also made a note of that. Keep in mind that release dates are as shifty as manual transmission, and any one of these is subject to change at any moment.
07-04:
Various Artists: Independents Day ‘08 Compilation07-07:
Beck: Modern Guilt [XL] [UK release]
Black Kids: Partie Traumatic [Almost Gold] [UK release]
Hercules and Love Affair: "You Belong" single [DFA/EMI] [UK release]
Tricky: Knowle West Boy [Domino] [UK release]
UNKLE: End Titles... Stories for Film [Surrender All] [UK/European release]07-08:
Alison Moyet: The Turn [Decca]
Architecture in Helsinki: Like It or Not EP [Polyvinyl] [physical release]
A Storm of Light: And We Wept the Black Ocean Within [Neurot]
Abe Vigoda: Skeleton [PPM]
The Baseball Project: Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails [Yep Roc]
Basic Channel: Basic Channel 2 [Basic Channel]
Beck: Modern Guilt [DGC] [North American release]
Black Ghosts: Black Ghosts [IAMSOUND]
Cam'Ron: Harlem’s Greatest [reissue] [Amalgam Entertainment/Sony BMG]
Chicks on Speed: Art Rules [Chicks on Speed]
CocoRosie: "God Has a Voice, She Speaks Through Me" 7" [Touch and Go]
Daedelus: Love to Make Music To [Ninja Tune]
Damon and Naomi: More Sad Hits [reissue] [20/20/20]
Dark Captain Light Captain: Circles [Loaf]
David Bowie: Live in Santa Monica '72 [Virgin/EMI]
The Dutchess and the Duke: She's the Dutchess, He's the Duke [Hardly Art]
Ellen Allien: Sprung/Its 12" [Bpitch Control]
Free Blood: "Royal Family" 12" [DFA]
Goldmund: The Malady of Elegance [Type]
Gun Outfit: On the Beach 7" [PPM]
Albert Hammond, Jr.: ¿Como te Llama? [RCA/RED] [North American release]
Heartthrob: Dear Painter, Paint Me [Minus]
Hero Destroyed: Hero Destroyed [Relapse]
Icy Demons: Miami Ice [Obey Your Brain]
Jean Grae: Jeanius [Blacksmith Music]
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten DVD [Sony Legacy]
Jucifer: L'autichienne [Alternative Tentacles] [vinyl release]
Leila: Blood, Looms & Blooms [Warp]
Liars: Freak Out EP [Mute] [U.S.digital release]
Lustmord: [Other] [Hydra Head]
Melvins: Nude With Boots [Ipecac]
Noisia: FABRICLIVE40 [Fabric]
Paramount Styles: Failure American Style [Konkurrent]
Party Fowl: Four-song 7" [PPM]
Ratatat: LP3 [XL]
Ron Sexsmith: Exit Strategy of the Soul [Yep Roc]
Saturday Looks Good to Me: Cold Colors EP [Polyvinyl]
Saul Williams: The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust [FADERLABEL] [physical release]
Son, Ambulance: Someone Else's Deja Vu [Saddle Creek]
Sunny Day Sets Fire: Summer Palace [IAMSOUND]
Totimoshi: Milagrosa [Volcom Entertainment]
Tu Fawning: Succession EP [Polyvinyl]
U.S. Christmas: Eat the Low Dogs [Neurot]
Various Artists: Notwave 12" [Rong]
Various Artists: Life Beyond Mars – Bowie Covered [Rapster]
Venetian Snares: Detrimentalist [Planet Mu]
Wynton Marsalis and Willie Nelson: Two Men With the Blues [Blue Note]
Xiu Xiu: Fabulous Muscles [Absolutely Kosher] [vinyl reissue]
Xiu Xiu: La Forêt [Absolutely Kosher] [vinyl reissue]
Z'Ev vs. Pita: Colchester [Editions Mego]07-11:
Patti Smith and Kevin Shields: The Coral Sea [PASK]
07-14:
Annie: "I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me” single [Island] [UK release]
CSS - Donkey [Warner] [UK release]
The Hold Steady: Stay Positive [Rough Trade] [UK release]
Neon Neon: "I Told Her on Alderaan" / "Trick for Treat" single [Lex] [UK release]07-15:
Black Devil Disco Club: Eight Oh Eight [Lo Recordings]
David Banner: The Greatest Story Ever Told [Universal Motown]
Free Blood: "Royal Family” single [Rong/DFA]
Hans Joachim Roedellus & Tim Story: Inlandish [North American release] [Gronland]
The Hold Steady: Stay Positive [Vagrant] [North American release]
Lloyd: Lesson in Love [The Inc./Universal Motown]
Nas: Untitled [Jones/Def Jam]
Sic Alps: US EZ [Siltbreeze]
UNKLE: End Titles... Stories for Film [Surrender All] [North American digital release]|
U.S. Girls: Introducing [Siltbreeze]07-21:
Crystal Castles: "Vanished" 7" [Different Recordings] [UK release]
07-22:
Alva Noto: Unitxt [Raster Noton]
Azeda Booth: In Flesh Tones [Absolutely Kosher]
Bodies of Water: A Certain Feeling [Secretly Canadian]
Black Kids: Partie Traumatic [Columbia] [North American release]
Brendan Canning: Broken Social Scene Presents... Brendan Canning: Something for All of Us [Arts & Crafts, out now digitally]
Cryptacize / Why?: Unusual Animals Vol. 4 7" [Asthmatic Kitty]
CSS: Donkey [Sub Pop / Warner]
Daft Punk: Electroma DVD [Vice]
Dr. Dog: Fate [Park the Van]
¡Forward, Russia!: Life Processes [Cooking Vinyl]
Fuck the Facts: Disgorge Mexico [Relapse]
Fucked Up: Year of the Pig [reissue] [Matador]
Helena Espvall (of Espers) and Masaki Batoh (of Ghost): Helena Espvall and Masaki Batoh [Drag City]
High Places: 03/07-09/07 [Thrill Jockey; out now digitally]
Individuals: Fields/Aquamarine [Bar/None]
Jay Reatard/Deerhunter: "Fluorescent Grey"/"Oh It's Such a Shame" 7" [Matador]
Josephine Foster: This Coming Gladness [Bo'Weavil]
Julie Doiron: Loneliest in the Morning [reissue] [Jagjaguwar]
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