The short version: 

Freakwater will play Chicago's Logan Square Auditorium on the 14th or 15th of December as part of Thrill Jockey's 15th anniversary shows.  Also, Thrill Jockey will release on December 4 a 7" vinyl box set of Thrill Jockey artists covering the songs of other Thrill Jockey artists.  The cool thing is that Freakwater is covered more than any other Thrill Jockey artist - 3 times.  Freakwater perform a Zincs song in that collection.  Eleventh Dream Day is on it, too.

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The long version:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/46773-thrill-jockey-reveals-chicago-anniversary-bash-details

It's a Quinceañera for Thrill Jockey! And, in the spirit of this fifteen year milestone, the beloved and venerated Chicago record-releasing institution has-- as promised-- planned a massive hometown fiesta.

With barely a month to recover from their upcoming London gala-- which goes down November 11 and 12, in conjunction with All Tomorrow's Parties-- Thrill Jockey will host a homecoming shindig at the Windy City's Logan Square Auditorium December 14 and 15.

Who's invited? You, of course, plus a hearty portion of the Thrill Jockey roster: The Sea and Cake, Califone, the Fiery Furnaces, Trans Am, Arbouretum, Freakwater, ADULT., the Zincs, Bobby Conn, Brokeback, Eleventh Dream Day, Archer Prewitt, Pit Er Pat, Field Music offshoot and new signing School of Language, Thalia Zedek, Angela Desveaux, Fred Anderson Trio, and Frequency.

Conspicuously absent: Chicago's own Tortoise (who will, however, perform at the London event). But members of Tortoise do play in the Sea and Cake and Brokeback as well-- and "surprise guests" are promised-- so let's not rule them out quite yet. They're slow creatures, after all.

Also making an appearance: the previously mentioned and recently Forkcasted Super Epic Thrill Jockey Mega Massive Mix put together by Gregg "Girl Talk" Gillis and Frank Musarra under the Trey Told 'Em banner. Folks who attend the Chitown or LDN parties will receive a copy of the mix, which mashes every last doggone Thrill Jockey artist ever into one 70-minute mindfuck. Super epic mega massive, indeed.

If a trip to Chicago or London isn't in the cards for you, you can still score the Mega Massive Mix-- in very limited quantities, we must warn-- through Trey Told 'Em or Thrill Jockey's mail order. And let's not forget the cover-swapping 7" box set, Plum, packed with hot Thrill Jockey artist-on-artist action and available at the anniversary shows. Plum hits UK shops December 3 and U.S. ones the day after.

Finally, just to keep you on your toes, Thrill Jockey is not revealing when each of the aforementioned acts will play in Chicago. So, you know, best to arrive early and take it all in, no? When jockeying for thrills, after all, is it not best to embrace the unknown?
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http://sixeyes.blogspot.com/2007/10/thrill-jockey-celebrates-15-years-with.html

Fifteen years ago, Thrill Jockey Records was founded on the Lower East Side of New York City. In other words, it was 1992, so Thrill Jockey did as many new labels of those days did and released a number of 7" singles, with now-familiar names like Tortoise and Freakwater, and some now-less-familiar early Thrillers like Sugarshock and Gorilla.

In the fifteen years since 1992, the 7" singles have been fewer and farther between, but with some definite gems from time to time. Brokeback made its debut with a fine delight of a single called Returns to the Orange Grove. The Lonesome Organist bended minds with his 7" and its pop-up deluxe cover, and The National Trust made it happen with a 7" of their own too.

Now Thrill Jockey is looking back to that tradition for a way to celebrate fifteen years of making records for our favorite bands. Inspired by the delicious Devil's Jukebox 7" box set released in 1989 by Blast First, Thrill Jockey will release a limited edition, 180 mg 7" box of our own: Thrill Jockey bands covering their favorite Thrill Jockey songs.
The collection is planned as a set of 9 singles with some bonus goodies. The bands were allowed to cover any song by any Thrill Jockey band, and here's some of what they chose.

The Sea and Cake covered "Spider's House" by Califone from their most recent album, Roots and Crowns. The vocal styles of The Sea and Cake's Sam Prekop bring an entirely new feeling to the song. Califone and The Sea and Cake are touring this fall and will both be performing at Thrill Jockey's Anniversary shows in London and Chicago.

Tortoise chose to cover "Falls Lake" by Nobukazu Takemura, a Japanese musician whose ground breaking albums are delicate combinations of live instrumentation (largely played by Takemura himself), analog synths and computer manipulated or simulated voice recordings (on one record he used a computer program designed for those who are speech impaired).
Arbouretum recorded "Bus Stop," a dark beauty by Thalia Zedek, a Boston musician also known for her work in the bands Come and UZI. Thalia will be recording her second Thrill Jockey record this fall for release in early 2008, and also makes a contribution to the box set. Special guest on Arbouretum's recording is Victoria from Beach House, with whom Arbouretum are touring Europe this fall.
Pit er Pat selected a gem by The Lonesome Organist, "Flew Out my Window," from his album "Cavalcade," re-interpreting it with a killer calypso feel. Pit er Pat's Butchy Fuego recently performed as drummer number 7 in Boredoms' 77 Boadrum performance in New York. Pit er Pat are touring in North America this fall with The Fiery Furnaces.

Directions in Music covered "Toy Boat" by Jeff Parker, reminding us very much of the first Tortoise singles when Bundy Brown was in the band. Also, Pullman covered "3 am" by the Chicago Underground Quartet.

David Byrne covered "Ex Guru" by The Fiery Furnaces.
Archer Prewitt covered "Mrs. Turner" by The National Trust.
Bobby Conn, Califone and Thalia Zedek covered Freakwater songs -
"Washed in the Blood," "Jewel" and " Flat Hand," respectively.
Freakwater covered "Passengers" by the Zincs.
The Zincs covered "Blue Marble Girl" by Giant Sand.
Howe Gelb covered "Boxers" by John Parish.
John Parish covered "Vampiring Again" by Califone.
Sue Garner & Rick Brown covered " UMO" by OOIOO.
Adult. covered "Underwater Wave Game" by Pit er Pat.
Angela Desveaux covered "Two Moons" by Arbouretum.
Eleventh Dream Day covered "I Like the Name Alice" by Sue Garner.

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