Antony talks Berlin

Berlin: Live at St Ann's Warehouse is Lou Reed's soundtrack to the live performance of the classic album, recorded in late 2006.

Guests on the album include Sharon Jones, Rob Wassermann and Antony.

Below is a video of Antony discussing his experience of working on Berlin: Live at St Ann's Warehouse, which is out now.

Matador download sampler

US label Matador have released a new Intended Play download sampler featuring a track from each of their current acts including Fucked Up, Jay Reatard, Lou Reed and A.C. Newman.

The sampler is a musical mixbag, from A.C. Newman’s jewel-like pop songscapes to the majestic neo-punk of Fucked Up to the crystalline depths and heights created by Shearwater to a track from Lou Reed’s painstaking, thoughtful, first-ever performance of his controversial classic album Berlin.

Download the 13 track .zip file: Matador Intended Play Fall 2008

1. A.C. Newman There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve [NEW AND UNRELEASED. mp3] (from Get Guilty, due out late January)
2. Belle and Sebastian The State I Am In (BBC Version)
3. Jennifer O’Connor Here With Me
4. Shearwater The Snow Leopard (Remastered) from Rook)
5. Lou Reed Caroline Says, Pt. II (Live) (from Berlin: Live At St. Ann’s Warehouse, due out November 4)
6. Mogwai The Sun Smells Too Loud
7. Fucked Up No Epiphany (from The Chemistry Of Common Life)
8. Jay Reatard An Ugly Death (from Matador Singles ‘08)
9. Jaguar Love Humans Evolve Into Skyscrapers (from Take Me To The Sea)
10. Pavement Cataracts (from Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed., out Dec 6)
11. Brightblack Morning Light Oppressions Each (from Motion To Rejoin)
12. Times New Viking Call & Respond (from Stay Awake, out Nov 15)
13. Condo Fucks What’cha Gonna Do About It?

New releases from Deerhunter, Lou Reed and Anni Rossi

Microcastle is a hazy and dream like gem from Bradford Cox and his band. The follow-up to Deerhunter’s critically lauded debut Cryptograms, Microcastle is in parts kraut, shoe-gazy, ambient and majestic. Featuring 12 tracks, the album also comes backed with 13 track bonus disc Weird Era Cont.

Nothing Ever Happened [mp3]

myspace.com/deerhunter


Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse is a recording of the recent live performance of Lou Reed's classic 1973 album in its entirety. With guests Antony (Antony & The Johnsons) and Sharon Jones, plus live versions of the Velvet Underground’s Sweet Jane and Candy Says.

Caroline Says, Pt. II. [mp3]


loureed.com


Afton is the debut 4AD release from 22 year old multi-instrumentalist Anni Rossi. From Minnesota via Los Angeles she is classically trained from a young age with the viola forming the centrepiece to her music. Currently working with Steve Albini (Pixies, Joanna Newsom, PJ Harvey) on her debut album due out next year, she can count artists like Electrelane and The Ting Tings among her admirers and has toured Europe and the US with both of them.

Wheelpusher [mp3]


myspace.com/annirossi

Lou Reed - Caroline Says Pt. II video ft Antony

Lou Reed’s is set to release a new CD Berlin: Live at St Ann's Warehouse that is the soundtrack to the release of the Julian Schnabel film which was shown to sold out audiences at the recent Melbourne International Film Festival.

The album is a recording of the first ever live performance of the controversial 1973 masterwork which was staged over 4 days in a Brooklyn warehouse in December 2006, more than three decades after the original release. You can read more about the remarkable project here.

Below is the version of Caroline Says, Pt. II as taken from the DVD release. You can download the mp3 here.


Berlin: Live at St Ann's Warehouse is due out October 25th.

Lou Reed: New title, new mp3 and new video

Lou Reed's upcoming release now has the new title of Berlin: Live at St. Ann’s Warehouse and is set for release in Australia on October 25th.

The album is a recording of the first ever live performance of the controversial 1973 masterwork which was staged over 4 days in a Brooklyn warehouse in December 2006, more than three decades after the original release. You can read more about the remarkable project here.

The first MP3 from the record is “Caroline Says, Pt. II.” The song is one of Lou Reed’s heavier subjects, and it receives an extraordinarily moving rendition here:


[mp3]

One of the encores of the concert was of Candy Says featuring Antony. Below is a clip of the performance taken from the Julian Scnabel film:



www.loureed.com