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872.01 [cover] 6/30/04 3:42 PM Page 1 REVIEWS MERGE 15 • THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS • BITTER, BITTER WEEKS • CHINESE STARS • FAT HED • M83 • AND MORE ISSUE NO. 872 • JULY 12, 2004 • WWW.CMJ.COM NEW MUSIC REPORT® CMJSPOTLIGHT REVIEW Radio Goes On A FAITHLESS Killer NO ROOTS FINAL SAY Spree FRANZ PRODUCER TORE JOHANSSON IS TOTALLY SWEDE! REGISTER NOW CMJ MUSIC MARATHON NEWS TO US $76 Million Of Staggering Mediocrity! Radio’s #1 Most Added SONIC YOUTH WHO NEEDS LOLLA? SY STILL TOPS RETAIL: BE-BOP RECORDS: “WE FROM THAT M-I-CROOKEDLETTACROOKEDLETTA-I...” 872.02 [MM04] 6/30/04 2:25 PM Page 2 4DAYS4DAYS 6060 CLUBS CLUBS 10001000 BANDS BANDS The Largest and Longest REGISTER EARLY Running New Music Festival FOR THE BEST in the United States SAVINGS Special Discounts for college students and groups HEY YOU WITH www.cmj.com/marathon THE BAND! Your Big Break Awaits. Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Signed. 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Weingarten ISSUE 872 Having last released Retail Assistant Editor an album when “electronica” was a Kory Grow hot-button word in Lexis-Nexis Editorial Assistant searches (and Lexus commercials), Matthew Field U.K. knob-twiddlin’ firestarters the Loud Rock Editor Amy Sciarretto Prodigy are gearing up for the long- RPM Editor awaited, briefly forgotten, and then Justin Kleinfeld long-awaited-again follow-up to Contributing Writer 1997’s The Fat Of The Land with a Brad Filicky nifty little art-project/download. Interns “Memphis Bells,” the first track off Daniel Levin Becker their upcoming Always Outnumbered, Joe Giordano Never Outgunned, will be available in Joe Martin a “strictly limited edition” of 5,000— CUSTOMER SERVICE each of the downloads being a unique version of the song accompanied by a Fulfillment/Business Services Brandon Boyd of Incubus stopped by West Babylon, New York hotspot Looney Tunes to sign Manager unique variation of the artwork. copies of his new book, the macho-sounding White Fluffy Clouds. Brandon, pictured here with Jason Glastetter Taking inspiration from Andy Looney’s Karl Groeger Jr., drew one of the biggest crowds ever to descend on Looney—which Customer Service Coordinator Warhol’s famed multiple-Marilyn- ordered 555 books and sold every last one to the 600 folks that showed up (many of whom Greg Burgett Monroe painting (smack my diptych camped out). Brandon then was crowned the winner of the Prefuse 73 Look-Alike Contest! up?), fans will be able to go onto the ART Web and create their own unique ver- Art Director sion of the song, choosing various e The same class-action suit against Staying Power and 144 copies of Steve Cassidy melodies, drum sounds, guitar the music industry that netted you a Meredith Brooks’ “Bitch”-ariffic cut- options and mixes. The download whopping $13.86 was intended to out-bin fave Blurring The Edges.And PUBLISHING what student wouldn’t enjoy 48 CEO & Publisher e-tails for two pounds, which is… benefit society too, ya know… which Robert K. Haber um… like 700 American dollars if is why the judge ordered that $76 mil- copies of Martha Stewart’s Scary Chief Operating Officer our math is correct. lion (half the total settlement) in CDs Sounds For Halloween… none of the Jay B. Ziskrout be sent to libraries, colleges and sounds on which are as frightening as Editorial Director e Califone’s got the blues all right, schools. The first batch has rolled into those contained in the 204 copies of Scott Frampton and not of the Heron King variety— Washington state (one of 46 involved Everclear’s Good Time For A Bad Consultant the band recently had a large portion in the suit) and of course the music Attitude. Law enforcement blames a Michael Herson industry provided $76 million dollars computer glitch. Other treats include Vice President & General Manager of their equipment stolen in a San Francisco van break-in. Among the of the most educational, important seven copies of An All-4-One Mike Boyle Christmas, one copy of country Director Of Sales fallen: a 1917 Milano violin (ouch), a and stimulating music, right? Jerry Rubino jumbo-size Campbell-Drury acoustic Beethoven, Bach, Beatles… Big “funnyman” Cledus T. Judd’s guitar with fake blood by the sound- Punisher? That’s right… Washington Juddmental, 52 copies of The Gift Of CIRCULATION hole, a custom blonde ’71 Telecaster school districts in King and Pierce Game by prissy nü-metallers Crazy Distribution & Fulfillment and a ’60s gold Danelectro guitar, as County received 356 copies of the Town, nine copies of Yanni’s In The [email protected] well as a number of smaller items. So gloriously explicit Big Punisher (quite Mirror (which, turned over, works 917.606.1908 if anyone on a street corner tries to frankly, his messages about “I love best as an actual mirror), 52 Mandy Moores, seven Myas, three John CMJ NETWORK, INC. sell you a huge, bloodstained guitar or from butter pecan to blackberry Robert K. Haber a set of Tibetan bells, call Thrill Jockey molass’/ I don’t discriminate, I regu- Poppers, and 41 Toad The Wet Joanne Abbot Green at 312.492.9634 so they can throw late every shade of the ass” can do Sprockets. The CDs should come in someone in the convict pool. Oh wait, wonders for racial equality). Not to handy for next semester’s “Contemp- CMJ New Music Report (ISSN 0890 0795) mention 356 copies of Barry White’s orary Ethics: Cruelty In Media.” is published weekly, except for one week in wrong band. January, by The CMJ Network, Inc. with offices at 151 W. 25th St., 12th Fl.; New York, NY 10001. 4 REVIEWS Subscription rates are $345.00 for 48 issues; $575.00 for 96 issues. Sorry, no refunds. 7 POINTS OF IMPACT Subscription offices: 151 W. 25th St., 12th Fl.; 8 RADIO 200 / CORE / ADDS New York, NY 10001. Tel 917.606.1908. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY 14 RETAIL and additional mailing offices. Polyphonic Spree sing the 20 LOUD ROCK CMJ New Music Report is copyright ©2004 by The CMJ Network, Inc. all rights reserved; praises of being this week’s 22 RPM nothing may be reproduced without written No. 1 Most Added PAGE 15 23 TRIPLE A / HIP HOP consent of publisher. Unless indicated otherwise, all letters sent to CMJ are eligible for publication CONTENTS 24 NEW WORLD / JAZZ and copyright purposes, and are subject to CMJ’s right to edit and comment editorially. 25 UPCOMING RELEASES Unsolicited manuscripts, photos and artwork 26 FINAL SAY are welcome; please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope to facilitate return. Postmaster: send address changes to CMJ New Music Report, 151 W. 25th St., 3 12th Floor; New York, NY 10001. CMJ JULY 12, 2004 872.04 [now] 6/30/04 2:40 PM Page 4 THIS WEEK’S NOW ESSENTIAL NEW RELEASES FAITHLESS VARIOUS ARTISTS THEY MIGHT No Roots (Arista) Old Enough To Know Better: 15 Years Of BE GIANTS Like fellow U.K. pioneers Massive Attack, Faithless have Merge (Merge) The Spine (Idlewild-Rounder-Universal) mastered the art of making powerful art out of dance- Celebrating 15 years of indie excellence, Old Enough To Following up the career-spanning documentary able music. The lyrics of the lead single “Mass Know Better packages 61 love songs (well, not all of them) Gigantic and a successful venture into children’s Destruction” also give you a sense of the message Maxi into a three-disc history lesson featuring Superchunk, music with the acclaimed No!, They Might Be Giants Jazz, Sister Bliss and Rollo are delivering in between the Magnetic Fields, Lambchop, Spoon, Neutral Milk Hotel, return with another record aimed at brainy adults beats. No Roots features some heady grooves, and its Trail Of Dead and many other Merge flagships. Disc three with a quick sense of humor. Hook-laden and rife atmospheric bass and keyboard lines almost make it features rare and unreleased material from the label’s cur- with their patented clever lyrics, The Spine is classic more suited for headphone tripping than dancefloor rent roster (as well as classics like Spent). In terms of col- They Might Be Giants: hard not to love, and will have skipping. Keep an eye out for guest vocalist LSK. lege-rock posterity, this collection could be considered the everybody jumping. Old and New Testament. WEB: www.faithless.co.uk WEB: www.mergerecords.com WEB: www.tmbg.com ATTN: Politico-minded trip-hoppers, massive Massive Attack ATTN: Slack Motherfuckers, indie-rock shoegazers and pogoers ATTN: Maturing music nerds, fans of high-IQ laughs and die-hard Dido fans RELEASE DATE / ADD DATE: July 13 RELEASED DATE / ADD DATE: July 13 RELEASE DATE / ADD DATE: Out now / at radio RADIO: Christina Rentz, [email protected] RADIO: Erin Chandler, [email protected] RADIO: Todd Blumenfeld, [email protected] KEY TRACKS: “Freaks In Charge” (Superchunk), “Happily Ever KEY TRACKS: “Thunderbird,” “Prevenge,” “Museum Of Idiots” KEY TRACKS: “Mass Destruction,” “I Want More: Part 2,” After” (the Rosebuds), “San Francisco Song” (Camera Obscura) OF NOTE: This is the 10th album from the heroes of geek-rock, “Sweep” OF NOTE: All sales proceeds go to the Future Of Music Coalition and the band will tour to support it through this month.