Remember last fall when your weary eyes first feasted on the sensationally reported news that Stephen Malkmus would be covering the entirety of Can’s landmark album Ege Bamyasi at the too-hip-for-you WEEK-END fest in Cologne, Germany? And remember how you cursed the gods of experimental rock (whom, I guess, are just the members of Can, actually) because there was no way in hell that you’d be able to afford a trip to Cologne to see Steve and a bunch of badass German dudes he’d just met a few days earlier (including Sebastian Blume on synths, Felix Hedderich on bass, Jan Philipp Janzen on drums, and Phillip Tielsch on guitar) jam the crap out of the greatest album that you’ve never dared to pronounce out loud??
Well, forget all that, because commerce has once again come along and fixed everything. Matador announced that they’ll be wrapping the whole experience up in a nice little package and selling it to you this year on Record Store Day — that’s April 20, folks — for a lot less money than a round trip to Germany! Specifically, they’re releasing a “3500-copy limited edition on green vinyl” (Domino will also be releasing it on red vinyl in Europe) with a “hand-printed silkscreened sleeve… designed by David Shrigley, who also designed the poster for the event, inspired by the original artwork for Ege Bamyasi.” See? Green vinyl? Hand-printed?? Limited edition??? Sounds to me like supporting live music just became a waste of time!
• Stephen Malkmus: http://stephenmalkmus.com
• Matador: http://matadorrecords.com
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