Sunday Info Dump

I've had a lot of interesting stuff building up over the last few days but haven't had a chance to post it yet. Here 'tis.

Ryspace has audio from this past week's Okkervil River show at Castle Clinton. Sometimes I wish I worked downtown.

I Am Fuel, You Are Friends links to a pretty funny, though not-as-good-as-it-could-have-been, video of Aziz Ansari walking around NYC listening to the world's shittiest mixtape.

This can't be real, can it? The Flaming Lips want to get you off. (Via You Ain't No Picasso.)

Page France have been announced as openers for the Silversun Pickups show at the Mercury Lounge on August 3rd. Still haven't really heard them yet, and I may or may not make it downtown in time from seeing the Frames at Summerstage that night.

Speaking of the Frames, Can You See The Sunset from the Southside has audio of them covering Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart".

There's a new Sparta song on the band's MySpace page called "Taking Back Control". Is it me or is that not Jim Ward singing? (Link also via You See The Sunset from the Southside.) The band's new album, Threes, is due out on October 10th.

Stereogum has a pretty long snippet of another new Yo La Tengo song. Apparently Matador has released a promo version of the band's new album which has every song fade-out about 80% of the way through, so you get the gist of the song, but keep people from going crazy on P2P sharing.

The Wrens have a redesigned website. Now we just need a new album. :^) (Link via Large Hearted Boy.)

Also via Large Hearted Boy, the Big Takeover apparently now has a message board.

Gator Around with the National.

Torr spotlights a new British band called I Like Trains. I like what I hear. Check out their MySpace page.

Finally, Muzzle of Bees spotlights a band called Drag The River, a band that will be playing with Lucero this December. Good stuff:

Drag the River, "Me and Joe Drove out to California"

Drag the River @ MySpace