By: David Schultz


I saw Ono perform many years ago at the Amnesty International Conspiracy of Hope benefit at Giants Stadium. After letting loose with the howls and screams on what may have been "Walking On Thin Ice," Ono regained the crowd's interest with a version of Lennon's "Imagine." It would be fleeting. After unleashing a howl in the middle of the song in place of Lennon's calming bridge, the crowd once again turned. I would imagine her show with the Plastic Ono Band, ostensibly in support of a new album, Between My Head And The Sky, will be much the same.

The Noise Pop will also include a collaborative performance between The Dodos and Magik Magik Orchestra, The Magnetic Fields, !!!, Harlem, Deerhoof, The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Rogue Wave and Atlas Sound.

MY MORNING JACKET'S JIM JAMES and former MMJ member Johnny Quaid have launched a new label: Removador Recordings and Solutions. The label has a bold pledge, which promises that there will be no hot music coming from the new label:

Anyone who comes to invest in or own a share of the Removador name will not only find some of the coldest music they ain’t never heard, they will be provided with a richness of living, and sharply increasing aural dividends for years to come. Removador Recordings and Solutions - some of the coldest music you ain’t never heard.

The first batch of frigid and icy releases will be Cortney Tidwell's Boys (January 19), The Ravenna Colt's Slight Spell (February 16) and Follow The Train's Mercury (March 16). My Morning Jacket is listed as one of the label's artists but they are also still on the ATO site.

Labels: Jim James, My Morning Jacket, Yoko Ono