Xiu Xiu already have a new album in the hopper: their Nina Simone tribute LP Nina, out December 2. Today, they've announced a new album of original material that's due in 2014. The follow-up to 2012's Always is called Angel Guts: Red Classroom, and it's out February 4 via Polyvinyl. (Update: It's out via Bella Union in the UK.) That's "Stupid in the Dark" above, along with the album cover.The title of the album comes from a 1979 Japanese erotic film. A press release says "Angel Guts: Red Classroom is the beginning of Xiu Xiu's descent from grayness into the deepest blackness endurable. It is the sound of Xiu Xiu's death." It adds, "The subject matter—racialized sex, double suicide, double penetration, criminality, fear of physical harm—is unsuitable for the faint of heart. But when the heart has stopped beating, only the soul remains to carry on."
On January 10, 2014, a star-studded tribute concert to Gregg Allman directed by Don Was was held at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. All My Friends showcases this show in double-CD/single-DVD and, in light of the subsequent announcement that the Allman Brothers Band would retire at the end of 2014 in the wake of the twin departures of Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks, it gains a certain sense of poignancy. Truthfully, it's hard not to envision this 26-song concert as the inaugural event in a year designed to showcase precisely how rich the legacy of the Allmans and Gregg…
Mighty Cruise Ships documents the most dynamic passenger vessels in the world en route to unbelievably glorious paradise hotspots. A spin-off of the hugely successful Mighty Ships series. The six-episode, 60-minute series ventures to tropical refuges such as French Polynesia and the Great Barrier Reef, the classic waterways and cities of the Baltic Sea, the stunning coastlines of Asia, and the Chilean fjords. Each episode profiles the very best vessel on which to set course for each tantalizing destination.
The Mighty Boosh (named after a childhood hairstyle of co-star Michael Fielding) is a British comedy troupe featuring comedians Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding. Developed from 3 stage shows and a 6-episode radio series, it has since spawned a total of 20 television episodes for BBC Three and 2 live tours of the UK, as well as 2 live shows in the United States.
The Mighty Boosh (named after a childhood hairstyle of co-star Michael Fielding) is a British comedy troupe featuring comedians Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding. Developed from 3 stage shows and a 6-episode radio series, it has since spawned a total of 20 television episodes for BBC Three and 2 live tours of the UK, as well as 2 live shows in the United States.