Here's what working with Steve Albini can do for your band, as evinced by "Attack on Memory" (Carpark), the strong new album by the Cleveland outfit Cloud Nothings.
New York forward-thinking label Carpark kicks off 2003 with Wanna Buy a Crapark?, a solid compilation featuring thirteen tracks (and four videos) from a selection of audionauts flying the Carpark flag (Marumari, Greg Davis, Kid 606, Dinky, Ogurusu Norihide, Signer, etc).
But a carpark-full of new models are also being launched for the very wealthiest drivers, such as Mercedes-Maybach S600 or the "entry level" McLaren P13, a snip at £130,000 ($182,000), expected in the spring.There are three main reasons behind the push.
This was part of the Southgate redevelopment begun in 2007 in which the central 1960s shopping precinct, bus station, and multi-story carpark were demolished and replaced with a new area of mock-Georgian shopping streets.
Roadrunner (Thrice), by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers Dusk in a supermarket carpark in Natick, Massachusetts.
Retailers are driving the trend with a range of new ideas – from Asda's pick-up points in tube station carparks, to Amazon lockers inside Co-op stores and the rise of Collect Plus, which lets shoppers pick up items from thousands of local convenience stores.
In Eastbourne, the old carpark site next to the Congress Theatre will soon be a new home for the Towner Gallery.
Expansion of carparks has also continued with a $40 million project commenced in 2004, doubling the size of the short term carpark with the addition of 2,500 spaces over six levels, along with 1,200 new spaces added to the 5,000 already available in the long term carpark.
The London pop-up, located in a carpark on the South Bank of the Thames, is open until Christmas Eve (24 December), and the new show, Forever Crazy, includes a selection of the best acts from the original cabaret.
A new compilation CD, "Anarchy in Paris!" (Acute/Carpark), includes every song the band released and more.
