Hawnay Troof’s Vice Cooler is organizing a Rwanda benefit album on his NFJM label, to feature unreleased tracks from No Age, Dan Deacon, Xiu Xiu, the Gossip, Mt. Eerie, Deerhoof and more.  Proceeds will go to Survivors Fund, which helps women who were orphaned by the Rwandan Genocide.  Please make a donation to help with the project if you can. Just click the link below. 

The album released as a download, as well as on limited edition LP with photobook.  Read more about the album and see a complete track listing at http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/off-the-record/vice-cooler-rwanda-benefit-no-age-deacon/.

This sunday August 29th, 2010 Yacht will be performing at the Hollywood Bowl with Chromeo and the legendary Chemical Brothers. Backing him up will be a Vice Cooler (Hawnay Troof/XBXRX) curated drum-line featuring Jacob Cooper (Signals/Bark Bark Bark), Robert Barber (High Places), Butchy Fuego (Pit Er Pat/Boredoms), and Kyle Mabson (XBXRX, one million joke bands). The boys will also be joined by an all-girl choir and dance troupe as well as Bobby Birdman on Bass. Tickets seem to start at about $100 but for anyone interested they can purchase them here. PS The Chemical Brothers are going to rule.

Check out two tracks by Signals. There’s even a quiz at the end!

Directed by Vice Cooler
Edited and post production by Dug Clarke

Hawnay Troof’s tour brought him around the world and back. Somehow between that, directing music videos for his band XBXRX and friends Deerhoof, drumming for the Raincoats and Chicks On Speed, he self-directed his new video for “Everything Is” off his new album Daggers At The Moon. The song featuring vocals by Jenny Hoyston of Erase Errata and was shot while moving out of his Berkeley house during one of his four days off. The video includes an all cat backup band wearing outfits designed by artist Ari Fish, who also stars in it. Influences run everywhere between Bob Dylan and Keyboard Cat, but make of it what you will.

In case you were wondering what Signals beatmaker and remix whiz Jacob Safari does when his band isn’t wrapping up a new Signals record with producer Brad Breeck of The Mae Shi, now you can. Jacob’s mix leans heavily towards a buffet of classic electronic favorites from The Chemical Brothers to Aphex Twin together with surprising chaotic additions from Converge (mixed with Mr. Oizo?!) and Atari Teenage Riot. The mixtape also features unreleased Signals tracks including a Junk Culture remix of “Silverfish” that will be included on the US digital release of Signals’ “Silverfish/What Dreams/Remixes” via Retard Disco & a Signals remix of Japanese pop-punk band Cubismo Grafico Five’s “Catcher In The Riot”, slated to appear on the band’s upcoming 7″. Tracklist below.

PIZZA THE HUT MIXTAPE by JACOB SAFARI

HBO Curb Your Enthusiasm Intro
The Smashing Pumpkins – Bodies (Clip)
DAT Politics – This Way (Drag)
The Chemical Brothers – It Doesn’t Matter
Atari Teenage Riot – Destroy 2000 Years of Culture
Spank Rock – Backyard Betty
Best Fwends – House Ghost
Bumblebeez – The Game
Zackey Force Funk – 100 Snakes
Teeth – See Spaces
Junk Culture – Silverfish (Remix)
Converge – Concubine
Mr. Oizo – Positif
Righeira – Vamos a La Playa (Clip)
Shizuo – New Kick
Tidy Kid – Mute Face
The Mae Shi – Boys In The Addict (Remix Clip)
Grafico Cubismo Five – Catcher In The Riot (Signals Remix)
Hawnay Troof – Body Armageddon (Kid 606 Remix Drag)
Aphex Twin – Fingerbib
Naive – Hotel Coke Pig (Last Night)
Fun Fun – Happy Station (Scratch Version)
Zeb (of POPO) – Quitters (Clip)
Space Balls Pizza The Hut Outro