///The Magnetic Fields have announced that their new album Distortion will be available from Nonesuch Records on January 15th, 2008. They will play a handful of U.S. dates in February and March. [Thanks, NME]
///With the help of Trent Reznor Saul Williams is releasing a new album completely digital. You can pay nothing or $5. IF you pay then you have the option of downloading the album in a lossless format. Stereogum has kept on top of all of this.
///Chicago's M.O.T.O. has a new song posted to their MySpace called "Redivider." Some very nice "na nana na na nana na's."
Kirstie- I was at that show too! I had just moved to Chicago. It was the show that made me fall in love with Andrew Bird too- I had seen him before at the Empty Bottle, but this was a much better atmosphere for him. No one around me seemed to know who he was. Ah, those were the days . . . when Andrew Bird was still Chicago's best kept secret.
Posted by: Nicole | 11/01/2007 at 01:34 PM
I love love love The Magnetic Fields. I really hope they come back to play Chicago. I remember seeing them at Old Town School of Folk Music (with our so lovely Andrew Bird opening) on the last tour...so sad I wasn't taking photos then.
Wish I could have seen them on the 69 Lovesongs Tour. Just to hear "Papa Was a Rodeo" or "I Think I Need a New Heart" would have exceeded any previous experiences of joy and elation I had ever felt. Alas, maybe this album will be just as good.
Posted by: Kirstie | 10/31/2007 at 07:38 PM