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OK, we missed Black Friday by a few days, but if that means ONE LESS TRAMPLING this holiday shopping season, it was totally worth it.  On December 3, we’re releasing a limited edition, one-time pressing of a $5.99 list LP , ‘It’s Been A Business Doing Pleasure With You‘, featuring 9 songs from (most of) our 2013 releases. In addition to album tracks from Chelsea Light Moving, Majical Cloudz, Body/Head, Lee Ranaldo & The Dust, Iceage and Kurt Vile, there’s a live version of Queens of the Stone Age performing “If I Had A Tail” at the 2013 iTunes Festival (Roundhouse, London),  Savages’ “City’s Full” from last summer’s KEXP session, and Yo La Tengo performing “Before We Run” in those same KEXP studios.

We don’t have any copies for mail order, sadly, but hopefully you’ll find one at your favorite record store after they’re done sweeping up all the broken glass, blood, etc. from Black Friday.  If you prefer, you can order a digital version of the comp. right now at the Matador Store.

Matador blew off Cassette Store Day this year — something about our misplacing our calendar. But that hasn’t stopped Kurt Vile and Chelsea Light Moving from putting together tour cassettes (splits with Merchandise and VBA, respectively).

Come October, Chelsea Light Moving are back on the road, don’t miss em.

10/27 Carrboro, NC – Local 506 - http://www.local506.com/
10/28 Athens, GA – 40 Watt - http://bit.ly/19Ibr68
10/30 Birmingham, AL – Bottletree - http://bit.ly/13T6E9O
10/31 Atlanta, GA – The Earl - http://bit.ly/1enlnQi
11/1 Tallahassee, FL – Club Downunder - http://up.union.fsu.edu/upcoming-events/page/2/
11/2 Tampa, FL – Orpheum - http://www.theorpheum.com/calendar/
11/4 New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks - http://tktwb.tw/1enl7R2
11/7 Dallas, TX – Trees - http://treesdallas.com/events
11/8-10 Austin, TX – Fun Fun Fun Festival - http://funfunfunfest.com/]
11/11 Nashville, TN – Exit/In - http://bit.ly/1crbFzI
11/13 Baltimore – Ottobar - http://bit.ly/16uEXcq

photo grabbed off auteurian‘s flickr

Thurston Moore and his merry band of agitators offer this opening salvo for a springtime revolution, 2013:

Directed by Eva at Ecstatic Peace Library

Chelsea Light Moving make their first tip over to Europe for an extensive tour this summer, taking in all corners of northern and western Europe throughout June and July.  Along with these dates Thurston Moore plays a couple of select improv dates (no CLM) where he’s joined on stage by guest musicians, including a set at the Yoko Ono curated Meltdown Festival in London.

June

7^th – Bergen, Norway – Hulen – Tickets

8^th – Oslo, Norway – Blaa – Tickets

9^th – Oslo, Norway – Henie Onstad Kunstsenter (NO CLM, Thurston improv with Mats Gustafsson) – Tickets

10^th – Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser – Tickets

11^th – Gotenburg, Sweden – Nefertiti – Tickets

13^th – Antwerp, Belgium – Trix Club – Tickets

14^th – London, Village Underground – Tickets

16^th – Dublin, Whelans – Tickets

17^th – Bristol, The Fleece – Tickets

18^th – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club – Tickets

19^th – London, Meltdown Festival (Purcell Room – NO CLM, Thurston improv) – Tickets

21^st – Dudigen, Switzerland – Bad Bonn – Tickets

22^nd – Paris, France – Trabendo – Tickets

23^rd – Duisberg, Germany – Traumzeit Festival – Tickets

25^th – Groningen, Netherlands – Vera – Tickets

26^th – Nijmegen, Netherlands – Doornroosje – Tickets

27^th – Utrecht, Netherlands – De Helling – Tickets

July

1^st – München, Germany – Ampere – Tickets

2^nd – Schorndorf, Germany – Manufaktur – Tickets

3^rd – Frankfurt, Germany – Zoom – Tickets

4^th – Berlin, Germany – Festaal – Tickets

5^th – Hamburg, Germany – Westwerk – Tickets

6^th – Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival – Tickets

7^th – Helsinki, Finland – Kuudes Aisti Festival – Tickets

12^th – Bruges, Belgium – Cactus Festival – Tickets

It’s only been a month since Chelsea Light Moving released their debut album, but, as savvy NPR aficionados are aware, Thurston and the gang are already coming up with new material. Today at 5:00PM EDT/2:00PM PDT, Seattle’s KEXP will air a set that Chelsea Light Moving recorded there a few weeks ago, wherein they wrote two new songs on the spot. The above video is of “The Ecstasy,” featuring lyrics by the poet John Donne. Tune in to hear the whole session at kexp.org and at 90.3FM.

A fortnight ago, Chelsea Light Moving played a ridiculous number of Austin shows before and during SXSW in all manner of settings, none of ‘em more hospitable than the warehouse district’s Mellow Johnny’s bicycle emporium. Proprietor Lance Armstrong failed to make an appearance, but we’re told he was contacted mid-set for consultation on the shop’s “you break it, you bought it policy” (on the advice of our lawyers, we’re not showing the footage of Thurston breaking what was apparently a very expensive bike, but we’ll stress it was AN ACCIDENT). Thanks to KEXP for the footage.

“Burroughs”

“Alighted”

“Sleeping Where I Fall”

Chelsea Light Moving’s debut LP/CD/digital full length is out now and available from The Matador Store

If there’s one thing we know you, the Matablog faithful, hate more than anything else, it’s hyperbole. And yet here we are in the middle of SXSW, where hyperbole is the norm that inevitably leads to mediocre band after mediocre band being lauded as “killing it,” “slaying,” or “destroying it,” usually with hashtags involved. Clearly, mere hyperbole is no longer enough to separate the proverbial men from the boys, and in that spirit: Chelsea Light Moving will be literally murdering the audience this afternoon as part of their 1:30PM CDT performance at Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop (400 Nueces St.), a performance which is free and open to the public and will also be broadcast live on KEXP (90.3FM in Seattle, and streaming on kexp.org).

Those of you at SXSW who are wondering why one would go to a show where the band is going to literally murder the audience should note that Chelsea Light Moving’s long-term plan is to literally turn Austin into a smoldering, bloody crater by the time they leave, so you’re pretty much screwed no matter what.

Chelsea Light Moving’s new self-titled album is, of course, available for purchase in many fine formats at our webstore. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I see a margarita with my name on it.

I hope you’ll excuse my weary tone — it’s not that I don’t look forward to South By Southwest or the plethora of free, unaffiliated events (especially those that take place in glorified jello-shot emporiums masquerading as music venues for one week out of the year). It’s just that I’m really pissed off someone told all of the bands below they’re staying at my place.

CHELSEA LIGHT MOVING

Tue      3/12    Austin TX                   Queue Day Party         3 pm Mohawk  (w/ Delorean)
Wed    3/13    Austin TX                    Waterloo Records        12 pm (parking lot performance)
Wed    3/13    Austin TX                    Consequence of Sound  5 pm The Parish
Thu      3/14    Austin TX                    KEXP Session               12:30 pm Mellow Johnny’s
Thu      3/14    Austin TX                    Thrasher/Converse  party     4 pm Scoot Inn
Fri        3/15    Austin TX                    Rolling Stone Party     2 pm La Zona Rosa
Fri        3/15    Austin TX                    Ground Control Touring,  12:15 am Mohawk*  (w/ Trash Talk, Merchandise and more)

DELOREAN

Tue      3/12    Austin TX                    Queue Day Party         4 pm Mohawk
Tue      3/12    Austin TX                    Fader Fort                    8 pm Fader Fort
Thu      3/14    Austin TX                    Pitchfork Day Party    1:40 pm 1100 Warehouse
Thu      3/14    Austin TX                    Filter Party                  11 pm Clive Bar*
Sat       3/16    Austin TX                    True Panther     1 am Mohawk* (with Majical Cloudz, Empress Of, XXYYXX , Silent Diane and more)

MAJICAL CLOUDZ

Thu      3/14    Austin TX                   Spin Party                    4 pm Easy Tiger
Fri        3/15    Austin TX                   Urban Outfitters         2 pm Urban Outfitters Lot
Fri        3/15    Austin TX                   M For Montreal            9 pm Swan Dive
Sat      3/16    Austin TX                    True Panther Presents     9:30 pm Mohawk* (with Delorean, Empress Of, XXYYXX, Silent Diane  and more)

THE YOUNG

Fri       3/15   Austin TX        “Our Heart Aches For Syria” / Red Cross benefit  8 pm Long Center (w/ The Black Lips, White Lung and more)
Sat      3/16    Austin TX        Ground Control Touring  2 pm Beerland  (w/ Merchandise, Spider Bags and more)

(* – denotes an official SXSW event ; wristband or badge required for admission.  There’s public admission if venues aren’t at capacity SOMETIMES, but we can’t guarantee it)