News Roundup: Gutter Twins, Fall Out Boy, Wu-Tang Clan, Björk
Just in case you can't catch one of these few and far between gigs, Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan will hit the road this spring as the Gutter Twins, delivering the project's debut LP, Saturnalia, due March 4 via Sub Pop, to major cities nationwide. Woot!
Gutter Twins tour dates:
3/1, San Francisco, CA (Bimbo's/Noise Pop)
3/3, Portland, OR (Wonder Ballroom)
3/4, Seattle, WA (Showbox)
3/7, Chicago, IL (Metro/late show)
3/8, Minneapolis, MN (First Avenue)
3/9, Madison, WI (High Noon Saloon)
3/11, Newport, KY (Southgate House)
3/12, Cleveland, OH (Beachland Ballroom)
3/14, Toronto, ON (Mod Club)
3/15, Montreal QC (Cabaret du Musee Juste Pour Rire)
3/19, New York, NY (Webster Hall)
3/20, Washington, DC (9.30 Club)
3/21, Atlanta, GA (The Roxy Theater)
3/22, New Orleans, LA (One Eyed Jacks)
3/26, Austin, TX (Antone's)
3/29, Boulder, CO (Fox Theatre)
For the follow-up to 2007's smash hit, Infinity on High, Fall Out Boy are looking at a sonic departure, swapping their pop-punk renderings for a taste of Brit-pop. "I think the one aspect we're bringing to the record is something Oasis did a lot, where they'd play these really distorted, awesome riffs, and they'd have an acoustic guitar over the entire song," bassist Pete Wentz told MTV.com. "It kind of brings this great sense of melody and softness to a song that would otherwise just totally be a rock song." Cocaine-fueled egomania optional.
The infighting rages on; first it was that whole release date debacle, and now U-God, a constituent of New York City-based hip-hop collective the Wu-Tang Clan, is suing the outfit's label, Wu Music Group, a subsidiary of Warner, to the tune of $170,000 for its "failure and/or refusal to fulfill its financial payment obligations" for his work on 8 Diagrams and several tours. Though possibly not how RZA intended, the Wu, well, at the very least U-God, could be set to "make mad cream this year…" [Via Pitchfork]
Acting her usual self, Björk decided to celebrate her arrival to New Zealand, where she will perform a handful of shows, by demonstrating to the local paparazzi proper a tidbit of Icelandic etiquette: throwing punches and ripping clothes. [Via Pitchfork]









