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Watch former MAGNET guest editor Adam Green and friends geek out in what looks like some sort of Dungeons & Dragons party in this video for “Sailor Shirtz,” which features an Oscar-worthy cameo by a python. The song is one of the instrumental tracks Green wrote for the theatrical adaptation of Paul Auster’s novel Timbuktu, which premiered at the renowned Zimmertheater in Tubingen, Germany. The soundtrack, called Musik For A Play, will be released on May 11 on Contraphonic Records.
Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers:
The Late Show With David Letterman (CBS): Justin Nozuka
Singer/songwriter Justin Nozuka is promoting perform brand new LP You I Wind Land And Sea.
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): Smashing Pumpkins
Smashing Pumpkins will perform “Widow Wake My Mind” off the band’s Teagarden By Kaleidyscope project. Composed of 44 songs that will be released one at a time as single downloads, Teagarden By Kaleidyscope will be Billy Corgan and Co.’s eighth studio album.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC): Devo
We’re banking that Devo will play a track from new album Something For Everybody, to be released sometime this year. The band is letting fans decide the final track list on its website, a surprisingly entertaining experience.
Last Call With Carson Daly (NBC): Circa Survive
Watch as Circa Survive performs “Get Out” from latest LP Blue Sky Noise.
Sweet Apple is more than just a question of Cobra Verde’s John Petkovic and Tim Parnin having some teenage kicks with Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis and Witch’s Dave Sweetapple. It’s the answer to the heartache, grief and depression that led Petkovic to drive from Cleveland to Vermont, where he rediscovered the healing powers of rock ‘n’ roll with some help from his friends. Love & Desperation (Tee Pee) isn’t a fountain of youth, but it’ll do in a pinch: a combination of stomping ’70s arena-rock riffs, Petkovic’s well-honed T Rex swagger and Mascis’ hard-wired guitar leads servicing lurid tales of sex, drugs and vampires. The members of Sweet Apple will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our Q&A with Petkovic.
Parnin: Do you wanna dress like a million bucks for half a million bucks? I love the clothes from this British designer—he has rockin’ cuts, prints and fabrics, dressed up—but with a wink-wink and humorous sensibility. Wearing Paul Smith is like putting on a superhero outfit: You look great and are ready to kick some ass. I own a few pairs of his checkered and argyle socks and a watch that is gold and pink. If you want to ditch the cat-hair-covered sweater for one night and step out looking like George Harrison, try some Paul Smith duds.
Video after the jump.
After hiking in Indiana, singer/songwriter John McCauley found a deer tick on his scalp. Since then, the Providence, R.I., resident has made three albums with his band Deer Tick: 2007’s War Elephant, 2009’s Born On Flag Day and the upcoming The Black Dirt Sessions. Due out June 8, The Black Dirt Sessions (Partisan) was recorded late last year in upstate New York. The band is currently on a U.S. tour that will culminate in an August 6 performance at this year’s Lollapalooza. Download The Black Dirt Sessions‘ “20 Miles” below.
“20 Miles” (download):
https://magnetmagazine.com/audio/20Miles.mp3
Nothing did more to further the cause of Alternative Nation-building than 120 Minutes, MTV’s Sunday-night video showcase of non-mainstream acts. For nearly two decades, the program spanned musical eras from ’80s college rock to ’00s indie, with grunge, Britpop, punk, industrial, electronica and more in between. MAGNET raids the vaults to resurrect our 120 favorite and unjustly forgotten videos from the show’s classic era.
#3: Iggy Pop “Butt Town”
Admittedly, the Beavis and Butt-head framing of “Butt Town” isn’t exactly a fair-and-balanced remembrance of the 1990 single. Then again, Iggy Pop seemed more dinosaur than icon at the time—maybe his Stooges legacy hadn’t quite ripened on the vine—and he did, after all, record a song called “Butt Town” to rail against the shallow vibe and “Call me, babe” mantra of Los Angeles. In reality, 1990’s Brick By Brick allowed Iggy to gain some commercial ground. The Don Was-produced album was certified gold and featured contributions from the B-52’s Kate Pierson and Guns N’ Roses’ Slash and Duff McKagan. Whether he recouped any alt-rock cred is questionable, despite Butt-head’s insistence that “Butt Town” has the best lyrics he’s ever heard.