Grant Manship

Saddle Creek to release Enhanced White Flight CD

White Flight's debut LP White Flight is going to finally be released on CD after Range Life Records signed a distribution deal with Saddle Creek to do so.  The CD, which until now had only been available on vinyl or through iTunes, will be in record stores on March 6th.  The enhanced version of the record will feature a documentary, The Making Of White Flight, that was previously available only as part of a download package from Range Life. 

White Flight also just released a single for "The Condition" in the UK. The single features "The Condition" and the "SayMyName" remix of the song on the A-side with "Timeshaker" and the "1,000,000 Light Years" remix of that track on the B-side.

• White Flight - "The Condition" from White Flight (SayMyName Remix)

Buy White Flight at: iTunes | Amazon

Papercuts - Can't Go Back

Papercuts (aka Jason Quever) will release his second album entitled Can't Go Back on Mar. 6th on the Gnomonsong label.  Gnomonsong is owned and operated by Devendra Banhart and Vetiver's Andy Cabic.  Papercuts will also be touring the US with Grizzly Bear starting Feb. 16 in Seattle.  You can check out the song "John Brown" (which has a nice Beachwood Sparks feel) below:

• Papercuts - "John Brown" from Can't Go Back (mp3)

Here are the tour dates with Grizzly Bear as well:

• Fri 02/16 Seattle, WA - Neumo’s
• Sat 02/17 Vancouver, BC - Plaza Club
• Sun 02/18 Portland, OR - Mission Theatre (2 shows)
• Tue 02/20 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
• Wed 02/21 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
• Fri 02/23 Tucson, AZ - Plush
• Sat 02/24 Marfa, TX - Ballroom Marfa
• Mon 02/26 Norman, OK - Opolis
• Tue 02/27 Dallas, TX - Club Dada
• Wed 02/28 Austin, TX - Emo’s
• Thu 03/01 Baton Rouge, LA - Chelsea’s
• Fri 03/02 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
• Sat 03/03 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
• Sun 03/04 Washington DC - Black Cat
• Tue 03/06 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
• Wed 03/07 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom

Floor Dancing to Panther's Debut Full-Length

When Portland, OR's Panther isn't busy opening up for Ratatat, being nominated for Video of the Year at MTV2, or floor dancing he's been putting the finishing touches on his debut full-length entitled Secret Lawns.  The album's due out March 6th on Fryk Beat. 

The so-called one-man disaster squad's music is said to be a, "hard match of damaged soul, falsetto disco and broken synth fueled freakouts".  You can hear "How Well Can You Swim" from Secret Lawns as well as check out the video for "You Don't Want Yr Nails Done" (which is also on Secret Lawns and was responsible for the aforementioned Video of the Year nomination) below:

• Panther - "How Well Can You Swim" from Secret Lawns (mp3)

New Panda Bear Solo Album

Panda Bear (a.k.a. Noah Lennox) of Animal Collective will return with his 3rd solo album on March 20th, 2007.  The new album, entitled Person Pitch, is said to go in a completely different direction from the acoustic sound of his previous effort Young Prayer.  Person Pitch is instead full of samplers and other electronic sounds. 

The press release explained the new album by saying the following, "Fusing Panda’s dramatic life changes over the past few years (marriage, moving to Lisbon, becoming a father) with his ever-increasing sonic palette (standouts include Caetano Veloso, Berlin Techno, Scott Walker, and Kylie Minogue), Person Pitch is suffused with the kind of feel good modern toe-tapping pop that seems harder and harder to find these days."  Check out the first track off the new album below:

• Panda Bear - "Comfy In Nautica" from Person Pitch

Albert Hammond, Jr. Solo Project

As most of you know by now, Albert Hammond, Jr. will be releasing his solo album entitled Yours To Keep exclusively in the U.K. through Rough Trade Records on Monday, October 9th.  While your waiting for Oct. 9th to roll around, you can check out some of the songs off Yours To Keep on Albert's MySpace page.