RecaPitulation: Deerhoof, Horrors, Velvet Underground, Torche, White Mice

Ever see that Jean-Luc Godard film “Sympathy for the Devil”? No, we haven’t gotten around to watching it yet either. But Deerhoof have, and they wish they had been in it. New York artist Adam Pendleton is taking the ‘68 cultural artifact - which revolved around the Rolling Stones and Black Panthers - and resplicing it so that contemporary footage of Deerhoof is folded into the original. A free concert in Toronto, where Deerhoof’s rehearsal and recording footage was show, will mark the end of filming on September 17. …

With Thrill Jockey pumping out so many 12-inches these days - just look how busy they were yesterday - a subscription series makes a whole lotta sense. Throw down $84 and you’ll get seven limited-edition discs - by Tortoise, Thank You, Pontiak, White Hills, Javelin, Mi Ami and Pit Er Pat - sent to your place of residence this fall. Sweetening the deal, you’ll also get a TJ bag. Go here for mo’. …

Speaking of which, Kill Rock Stars are slashing prices in a big way, cutting the $13 price tag for KRS and 5RC CDs down to $9.99. More info here. …

Oh, the Horrors. Their record Primary Colours continues to swirl in our iTunes, we just haven’t had a good excuse to write about them yet. Now we do: They, along with Patrick Wolf, Four Tet and others, recently coughed up remixes of Manic Street Preachers songs for the alt-rock legends. They’ll be granted to fans who preorder the group’s new record, which we won’t tell you any more about, since it’s on a major label. …

We’ve been obeying Do Make Say Think ever we first heard the instrumentalists - think a jazzier, more upbeat Mogwai - in the late ’90s. Their new one, Other Truths, is coming on lifelong label Constellation and has four curiously named, long songs: “Do,” “Make,” “Say” and “Think.” Their instrumental streak is broken by guest singers from Akron/Family and Lullabye Arkestra’s Katia Tayler (DMST’s Justin Small is the other half of the duo). Here’s an overview of Other Truths:

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Esteemed rock journalist Jim DeRogatis has provided the words for “The Velvet Underground: A Walk on the Wild Side,” an illustrated book detailing the history of Lou Reed and John Cale. Weird that it’s named after one of Reed’s solo songs, huh? …

Islands - who were made thanks in part to some Unicorns - will get support from Toro y Moi, from 10.15 in Chicago through 11.7 in Montreal. …

A friend of ours is building a teleportation machine so we can go to this year’s CMJ fest in New York, going down October 20-24. The starting lineup has just been announced, with Pissed Jeans, Broadcast, the Antlers, Crystal Antlers, the Very Best and the Atlas Sound all ready to play ball. …

The Dudes are in: The Black Diamond Heavies will be crashing “Big Lebowski” movie parties along the East Coast, playing songs from the soundtrack as well as their own. The latest stretch of the Speed of Sound tour will go from September 8 in Denver through the 29th, with bowling parties also included. More rocks will be thrown at the final bash on October 10 in Austin, the day after a movie party happens in the same city. Here’s “Everythang Is Everythang,” a track from the greasy blues-punks BDH:

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We’re almost positive this DJ Clive Rudloe clip is a joke:

If we’re right, Spinal Tap would be proud. …

Shrinebuilder could give the Monsters of Folk a run for their money as the strongest all-star squad to come out of this year. As we told you before, Wino, Dale Crover, Scott Kelly and Al Cisneros have a record coming out on Neurot; now we have a little more 411 on it. Originally pegged for September, it’s slid to October or November - after all, it can’t be at that easy to get those busy heavyweights into the same room together. The record will have five songs and artwork by Neurosis’ visual artist, Josh Graham, that looks a little something like this:

The ‘builders also have two shows at Chicago’s Empty Bottle set for November 14, and one the following day at Le Poisson Rouge in NYC. …

Torche and Woods are nudging their way into the already-packed lineup for the Save Our State Parks show happening at the Los Angeles State Historic Park on September 5. No Age, Wavves, Lightning Bolt, Converge, Mika Miko and basically every other band we’d like to see are on the bill too. Check out our recent Torche live review here. …

Speaking of Converge, they won’t just be recycling the same old songs when they play on arguably 2009’s best metal tour (with Mastodon, Dethklok and High on Fire) later this year. The hardcore-dudes-turned-headbangers’ Axe to Fall drops October 20 on Epitaph and features members of Neurosis, Cave In, Genghis Tron and Disfear, as well as John Pettibone, who used to scream for Himsa. The vinyl version will be coming on Deathwish. Like every other metal release ever, it’s being called perhaps their heaviest record yet. …

October 20 will also see the release of an album with the best track list of the month - hell, even year, maybe. It comes courtesy White Mice’s Ganjahovahdose (October 20, 20 Buck Spin):

“PasssTheFissst”
“Ganjahovahdose”
“The Hard on of Edam”
“Placenta the Crotchtower”
“Peeeugenicyst”
“The Ape-Caca-Lips”
“The Crapture”
“The Shroud Of Urine”
“Onth’ Ragggnorock”
“The Narcomacauleycolicost”

Go to the mind-freaks’ wicked creative MySpace page for endless hours of entertainment. Your sanity will be tested. …

We’re equally intrigued, perplexed and disgusted by the cover to death-metal band Master’s 10th album:

Israeli artist Eliran Kantor is guilty as charged for having come up with this. The record will be out next year via Pulverised. …

Which has you more excited, the just-announced Daughtry tour or the just-announced Perez Hilton one? Which has you more excited, your upcoming proctologist appointment or the estimate your mechanic is about to give you after your car got totaled? …

While we’re having so much fun, here’s another picture - of LeBron James, which a music publicist sent to us yesterday for some reason: