Remixed, and Holding Steady

Spoke last night with Architecture in Helsinki's Cameron Bird, who said his band has just sent off the final copies of a new disc of remixes (undertaken by acts like New Buffalo and Safety Scissors) to the label. AiH is a traditionalist pop band is a lot of ways, but their music is a popular target for remix fiends: Hot Chip's take on "Do the Whirlwind" is a great piece of laptop art.

In other news, went to the Hold Steady show last night, and I can think of only a few shows in recent memory where the sobriety of a singer was so much in question.

So far I've got:

1) Jack White, at the Opera House, last fall.
2) Ryan Adams, at the Avalon, last summer.
3) Ryan Adams, at the Hampton Beach Casino, last spring.
4) Ryan Adams, at the Iron Horse in Northampton, last spring.