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Now in the midst of the big PR tour for upcoming album release of Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind , Vashti Bunyan made a recent appearance on BBC's Radio 6 , recording 3 acoustic tracks for the Freak Zone show. You can check out an archived version at the BBC web site.

Just in from the All Tomorrow's Parties people -- Pitchfork will curate the 2008 Spring version of All Tomorrow's Parties in the Spring of next year. They'll bill it as ATP vs. Pitchfork, meaning that both camps will split up the picking of the bands. The festival happens May 9-11 at Camber Sands Holiday Park (in the U.K.), and has announced some initial bands, with more to come: Pitchfork's choices so far: Of Montreal Man Man Los Campesinos! Caribou Glass Candy Dirty Projectors ATP's choices so far: Sebadoh Ween Pissed Jeans Fuck Buttons Apse

Dark and scary and of this earth. Ladies and gentlemen, with Clipd Beaks , I give you the first band offering worthy of the Fall season. The music is actually more experimental than scary, and scary might be a bit of a strong word, but the band uses subconscious themes to a devastating effect, and the power of that sound might freak you out. Real drums, analogue synth, lots of creativity and some lo-fi samples of found sounds get thrown together into a heady vortex of sound and cacophony and chaos. Occasionally they bring the music back into to order, just so they can make it all crazy again, you know? The back and forth is nice. They recently signed to LovePump United to release their upcoming album Hoarse Lords on November 6th. MP3 : Clipd Beaks Clipd Beaks: Hoarse Lords Track List: Release Date: November 6th, 2007 01 Melter 02 Wrathscapes 03 Manipulator 04 High on Charms 05 Hoarse Lords 06 We Will Bomb You (We Will) 07 Woo Melodies 08 Black Glass 09 Let It Win

The soon to be released album Pride by Phosphorescent is starting to make waves. Matthew Houck et al will make their way out on the road starting on October 10th for a smattering of tour dates. There's also an MP3 of A Picture of Our Torn Up Praise available online from the upcoming album. It comes out on October via the label Dead Oceans . MP3 : Phosphorescent Phosphorescent Tour Dates: 10/09/07 Grantham, PA - Larsen Student Union, Messiah College 10/10/07 Rochester, NY - Bug Jar 10/11/07 Scranton, PA - Test Pattern 10/12/07 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern 10/13/07 Grand Rapids, MI - The DAAC 10/14/07 Chicago, IL - AV-aerie 10/15/07 Urbana, IL - Canoply Club - Void Room 10/16/07 Rock Island, IL - Huckleberry's Pizza Parlor 10/18/07 Denver, CO - Hi Dive 10/19/07 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court 10/22/07 Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern 10/23/07 Portland, OR - Towne Lounge w/ Au 10/24/07 San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern 10/26/07 Los Angeles, CA - El Cid 10/27/07 Phoenix, AZ - C...

Toronto's Picastro are making the best kind of hypnotizing music. Hortur, from the band's new album Whore Luck, is slow and abstract, but with a sharp focus. The strings glide in over the top of the music and the piano provides a dry backbone to the melody. Then the vocals mesmerize the song. MP3: Picastro

For fans of the Jesus Lizard and Amphetimine Reptile Records... Clockcleaner picks up where these movements left off, offering a modern-day take and the dry and dark sounds of amplified distortion. Want to wake yourself up out of a day-to-day slumber? Try Clockcleaner and get your (er) clock cleaned. Not for the faint of heart. MP3: Clockcleaner

Deerhoof have released a free MP3 album of live performances, outtakes, remixes, and covers. It's currently being offered on the Kill Rock Stars web site. "OK it's been too long since we offered anything free on our page! Here is an mp3 album, live and goodies. I don't know how long we can keep these up here, I might recommend downloading now and asking questions later. Play back with 0 seconds pause between songs..." said the band on their web site. You can also check them out on tour when they play with some really big names: Bloc Party, Smoosh, and an incredible London show with Liars, Deerhunter, Black Lips as part of All Tomorrow's Parties Release The Bats festival. Check out more tour dates below. MP3: Deerhoof Deerhoof Tour Dates: sep 21 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live (w/ J Versus and Bloc Party) sep 22 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues (w/ J Versus and Bloc Party) sep 23 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom (w/ Smoosh and Bloc Party) sep 25 - Nashville, TN...