Last week Thrill Jockey released A Lazarus Taxon, a three-CD box set by Tortoise that collects a big chunk of remixes (both by and of the band), various Japan-only bonus tracks, compilation tracks, and rare singles. There’s also a DVD of music videos, an appearance on Chic-A-Go-Go, and some fascinating live footage, including performances at the Deutsches Jazz Festival in 1999 with the Chicago Underground Trio and Fred Anderson. The third disc of the set reissues the long-out-of print 1994 remix album, Rhythms, Resolutions, and Clusters, appended with a previously unissued remix by Mike Watt that was lost in the mail when it came time to release the original record.
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The Like Young, the local husband-and-wife pop-rock duo of drummer Amanda and singer-guitarist Joe Ziemba, has just announced that its upcoming tour will be its last. According to a post on their website by Joe, “We’re no longer interested in being a part of an industry which, with a few exceptions, is often cold, cynical and senseless. The financial, mental, and physical strains are constant. The resulting victories are few.” What turns out to be the band’s final album, Last Secrets, was released by Polyvinyl Records in May. Their final Chicago gig, on Friday, September 1, at the Hideout, kicks off the tour, which ends in Houston on September 16.
