On November 30, “America’s Legendary Daredevil” Evel Knievel died after a long battle with the terminal lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. You may have heard about this elsewhere but certainly not here, at Tiny WeHateStuntPeople Tapes. It may have had something to do with the fact that the news item had no remote link to anything musical whatsoever, but it had even more to do with the fact that this place is adventurephobic. When is the last time you saw a news story submerge itself underwater for nine minutes? Or one climb into a lion cage with nothing but a popsicle and People Magazine? If it weren’t for my constant plugging of the classic Lee Majors TV series The Fall Guy there would be no danger talk on this site at all. Can you imagine a TMT without capers? It makes me shudder just thinking about it.
If you are jonesin’ for some good stunt action, Merge Records will pull off the impossible by releasing new albums by American Music Club and Radar Brothers within 19 days of each other! That’s like jumping the Grand Canyon, skipping once on your caboose along searing asphalt, and then jumping over, like, a dozen double-decker buses! If these two feats of daring commercial product placement propulsion were not enough for you thrill-seekers, both of these acts have already announced some 2008 dates! Woodle-doo!
Mark Eitzel, “America’s Greatest Ever Hotdog,” and the daredevils of AMC will light themselves on fire, break a pelvis or two, and play some songs at the following European dates plugging their new album, The Golden Age. North American dates will follow in April and May, so they have promised
01.30.08 - Cork, Ireland - Cyprus Ave
01.31.08 - Limerick, Ireland - Dolans
02.01.08 - Galway, Ireland - Roisin Dubh
02.02.08 - Dublin, Ireland - Whelans
02.03.08 - Bristol, England - TBC
02.05.08 - Leeds, England - Irish Centre
02.06.08 - Manchester, England - Academy 3
02.07.08 - Newcastle, England - The Cluny
02.08.08 - Glasgow, Scotland - Oran Mor
02.09.08 - Nottingham, England - Rescue Rooms
02.10.08 - Birmingham, England - TBC
02.12.08 - Brighton, England - Concorde 2
02.13.08 - London, England - Dingwalls
02.14.08 - Amsterdam, Holland - Paradiso
02.15.08 - Brussels, Belgium - AB Club
02.16.08 - Den Bosch, Holland - W2
02.17.08 - Groningen, Holland - Vera
02.18.08 - Cologne, Germany - Gebaude 9
02.20.08 - Gijon, Spain - Acapulco (Casino)
02.21.08 - Madrid, Spain - Caracol
02.22.08 - Bilbao, Spain - Kafe Antzokia
02.23.08 - Barcelona, Spain - Apolo
02.24.08 - Bielefeld, Germany - Forum
02.26.08 - Hamburg, Germany - Fabrik
02.27.08 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
02.28.08 - Malmo, Sweden - KB
02.29.08 - Oslo, Norway - John Dee
03.01.08 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Sticky Fingers
03.02.08 - Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall
03.04.08 - Berlin, Germany - ColumbiaClub
03.05.08 - Leipzig, Germany - Nato
03.06.08 - Frankfurt, Germany - Brotfabrik
03.07.08 - Weinheim, Germany - Café Central
03.08.08 - St. Gallen, Switzerland - Palace
03.09.08 - Zürich, Switzerland - El Lokal
03.11.08 - Turin, Italy - Spazio 211
03.12.08 - Munich, Germany - Registratur
03.13.08 - Vienna, Austria - WUK
03.14.08 - Ebensee, Austria - Kino
03.15.08 - Geislingen, Germany - Ratschenmuhle
03.16.08 - Diksmuide, Belgium - 4 AD
03.18.08 - Paris, France - Divan du Monde
03.20.08 - Norwich, England - Arts Centre
The Golden Age will be out February 18 in North America (February 4 on Cooking Vinyl in Europe) and will have the following death-defying tracks on it:
1. All My Love
2. The Victory Choir
3. The Decibels and the Little Pills
4. The Sleeping Beauty
5. The Stars
6. All the Lost Souls Welcome You to San Francisco
7. Who You Are
8. The Windows on the World
9. One Step Ahead
10. The Dance
11. I Know That’s Not Really You
12. On My Way
13. The Grand Duchess of San Francisco
The world famous risk-takers Radar Brothers release Auditorium, also through Merge, on January 31. To celebrate the album, and to give fearless fanatics what they crave, the Bros. (not Bros) will play a Monday night January residency at Echo in Los Angeles on the 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th (CD release party).
Applaud the Aud:
1. When Cold Air Goes to Sleep
2. Warm Rising Sun
3. Happy Spirits
4. Hearts of Crows
5. On Nautilus
6. Hills of Stone
7. Lake Life
8. Watching Cows
9. Pomona
10. A Dog Named Ohio
11. Brother Rabbit
12. Morning Bird