A new ThunderAnt short titled ‘One Man Show‘ is available over at the ThunderAnt.com. Captures from the short have been added to the gallery.

Janet has teamed up once more with Conor Oberst. This time lending her vocals for the song I Don’t Want To Die (In The Hospital) on Oberst’s newly released self-titled LP on Merge Records.

Janet previously worked with Oberst whom she toured with last summer, drumming on Bright Eyes’ Hot Knives from last year’s release, Cassadaga.

Portland, OR’s indie rock upper crust — including members of Spoon, Sleater-Kinney, the Thermals, Quasi, and many more — packed the air-conditioned confines of Valentine’s Saturday night (Aug. 16), swilling drinks and boogying at the downtown haunt frequented by the city’s creative underclass. The occasion? None other than the world premiere of the video for Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks’ “Gardenia,” a number off the band’s most recent long-player, Real Emotional Trash.

The clip, the directorial debut of Portland resident (Daniel Woods) effortlessly compliments the track’s laid-back vibe with arty transitions and a rapid-fire parade of local and not-so-local celebs — Joe Plummer from Modest Mouse, Panther, Sam Adams (Portland’s mayor-elect), Girl Talk, Ratatat, and Brian Bell of Weezer, among others — lip-syncing and air-guitaring along to the music.

Malkmus — who was noticeably absent Saturday night due to family obligations and is also said to be no fan of the video-making process — gave Woods his approval to helm the project earlier this summer and the end result doesn’t disappoint. The general response from attendees after the premier was positive, with Jick drummer Janet Weiss telling us that she thought the video was “very good.” Judging by the high-fives and congratulatory handshakes aimed Woods’ way, the majority agreed.

Source: Spin.com

Photos from The Jicks’ set from this month’s Siren Festival have been uploaded to the gallery, do ensure you login/register to view.
The set in its entirety is available to download in both .MP3 and Flac formats from NYCtaper.

The lovely Dyanne sent in photos of Corin from her recent live appearance with Blue Giant. Do be sure to log in to the gallery to view them. For a report of the actual show, head on over to Toiras’ news blog.

Pitchfork have compiled a list of their favourite 20 releases on Sub Pop to celebrate Sub Pop’s 20th anniversary. Sleater-Kinney’s sole release on Sub Pop, The Woods made the cut:

Sleater-Kinney had nothing left to prove to anyone, save perhaps themselves, when they left longtime home Kill Rock Stars for Sub Pop. The label move seemed more symbolic than anything else, from one Pacific Northwest indie to another, but the record they made with Sub Pop, The Woods, was a radical statement. Complex 10-minute songs, guitar solos, and some of the most brazenly in-the-red production ever set to tape– thanks, Dave Fridmann!– Sleater-Kinney’s seventh album was a conscious break from the band’s past. Even if the end result turned out, sadly, to be an amicable breakup, the disc still stands as a victorious exclamation point, a loud, proud proclamation of punk rock’s undiminished potential. “I think Dave made a record that sounded like what was in our heads,” singer/guitarist Carrie Brownstein told me at the time, “except maybe even more grotesque and wrong!” But rarely has wrong sounded so right.

A whole slew of photos from the current Jicks tour have been uploaded to the gallery with many more to follow. Be sure to log in and browse through the Last Uploads pages and check back for new additions daily.