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January 7, 2006
Nomi playing Voodoo-EROS Store Opening - Sunday
Nomi will be performing an intimate acoustic set this Sunday, January 8th (2006) at the opening of the Voodoo-EROS Museum of Nice Items.
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Voodoo-EROS/Enlightened Family | A Record Label & Store 2
"Voodoo-EROS is a Brooklyn-based label founded by CocoRosie’s Bianca Casady. To celebrate the birth of her new venture, she has collected a series of previously unheard songs from friends, both famous and unknown. The Enlightened Family features two tracks from a sixteen-year old Devendra Banhart, a 1968 recording from British folk legend Vashti Bunyan, an instrumental recorded by Patrick Wolf on a desert island, two tracks from Diane Cluck, an old forgotten piano track from Sierra Casady, and two of the sisters’ side projects, Metallic Falcons and Island Folk Lore." [The Milk Factory]
Nomi is on the CD too. Antony isn't, but I think we can consider him a Voodoo-EROS associate as well.
* Listen to some EF songs here.
* Get The EF @ Insound
* Diane Cluck's new one on Voodoo-Eros too
THE STORE
Voodoo-EROS opened a store front on January 1st, 2006. "The shop will showcase artwork and music from their artist collective and extended family." It's located at 123 Ludlow between Delancey & Rivington in the LES, NYC.
Previously
Antony is Mother of the World, Nomi is My Sister
The Family | Devendra Banhart Sick of Freak-folk Label
Antony, Kembra & CocoRosie @ Tokion Creativity Now | pics
Devendra Banhart @ Webster Hall, NYC | pics (part 2)
Tarantula A.D. (w/ CocoRosie) @ Webster Hall, NYC | pics
Nomi, Armen Ra, & High Priest @ Rothko, NYC | pics
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Craig Wedren & Amy Miles Tour (& DJ) Dates
CRAIG & AMY PLAYING WITH THE CITIZENS BAND (from here)
Craig Wedren is going on a small tour with his friend and Baby bandmate Amy Miles. Their first show is Sunday January 8th at Tonic in NYC (tomorrow). Craig is also DJing a new party thrown by Jen Daily Refill & Coolfer @ Fat Baby on Feb. 1st. All tour dates below the MP3s...
DOWNLOAD CRAIG WEDREN (MP3s)
Fifteen Minutes Late
The Stella Theme (he wrote it)
Uh Oh Oh No (an unreleased Baby song)
Sun Jan 8 - Tonic, NYC
Tues Jan 10 - Caledonia Lounge, Athens GA
Wed Jan 11 - Smith's Olde Bar, Atlanta GA
Thurs Jan 12 -The Nick, Birmingham AL
Fri Jan 13 - Criminal Records in-store
Sat Jan 14 - The Garage, Winston-Salem NC
Sun Jan 15 - The Black Cat, Washington DC
Previously
Download Craig Wedren's Lapland | MP3s
Craig Wedren's "Lapland" | Record Release
Pic of Baby @ CMJ 2004
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January 6, 2006
Imogen Heap & We Are Scientists in NYC | Win Tickets
Imogen Heap is playing Avalon on January 11th. We are Scientists are playing a sold out show at Bowery Ballroom on January 12th. I have a pair of tickets to giveaway to each show.
To win either pair of tickets, vote in the PLUG Awards or nominate blogs in the bloggies (honor system), and then e-mail me at BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL.COM and tell me:
1) Which prize you want
(Imogen Heap, We are Scientists, or which one you want most).
2) Your favorite musical moment/concert/anything of 2005.
I might use your answer to #2 for a post like this. I won't share your email address. I'll pick one winner randomly for each pair of tickets. Contest ends Monday January 9, 2006 @ 5PM. Winners will be notified and placed on guestlist.
Previously
Morningwood & We are Scientists | About to Blow Up?
Shows showing up @ Avalon | Imogen Heap Tour Dates
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Ted Leo playing the Hook & Knitting Factory in March
Productshop reports that "Before Ted Leo & the Pharmacists go quietly into the recording studio, they'll be playing a show in Red Hook, Brooklyn's The Hook on March 2nd to test out some new material...$15, Onsale January 19th"
Jerry and Janelle let us know that Ted will be at Knitting Factory in NYC on March 26th as well.
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Columbia / Sony BMG on Firing Spree
- entire West Coast creative dept >> GONE
- close to the entire East Coast Columbia Online Dept (upward from 6 people) >> GONE
- One big shot A&R >> GONE
- One Pop Icon higher up A&R >> GONE
- 3 Columbia East Coast product managers >> GONE
- several marketing services people >> GONE
This story is developing at Wes's Blog
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In related news, MTV Networks vice chair to leave company
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White Rose Movement Shows CANCELLED | Vitalic
The rumor says that White Rose Movement cancelled their U.S. trip. In their place at Don Hill's next Friday night: Vitalic. Not a bad trade.(Stylus review | Pitchfork Review)
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The NY Times on "Best Of the Year" lists
"...Few critics know that better than the ones at Pitchfork, the influential indie-rock Web site, which published a year-end list as carefully compiled as a D.J. set, with the indie singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens in the top album slot. The Pitchfork list is a group effort, and since the site's CD reviews come with numerical ratings assigned by the writer, from 0.0 to 10.0, it's hard to ignore the discrepancies. For example, Wolf Parade, a band whose album was awarded 9.2, ranks behind LCD Soundsystem, which earned only 8.2...." [NY Times]
RELATED
* Chromewaves' Best of 2005 List
* Pitchfork on End of Year lists
* Largehearted Boy's Favorite Albums of 2005
* The Top 40 Manchester Songs of 2005
* Heartonastick's Favorite Concert Moments
* The Best Music Lists of 2005?
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Arctic Monkeys March 2006 U.S. Tour Dates
Yeti reports that Arctic Monkeys will be playing the Domino showcase at SXSW on March 17 and Webster Hall in NYC on March 25th. All dates below...
Monday 13th Mar
Great American Music Hall
San Francisco, CA
Wednesday 15th Mar
Henry Fonda Theatre
Los Angeles, CA
Friday 17th Mar
La Zona Rosa
Austin, TX
DOMINO SXSW SHOWCASE! Featuring Arctic Monkeys, Test Icicles, The Beautiful New Born Children, Archie Bronson Outfit & special guests.
Saturday 18th Mar
Metro
Chicago, IL
Tuesday 21st Mar
Phoenix Concert Theatre
Toronto, ONT CANADA
Wednesday 22nd Mar
La Sala Rossa
Montreal, QC CANADA
Thursday 23rd Mar
Paradise Rock Club
Boston, MA
Saturday 25th Mar
Webster Hall
New York, NY
Sunday 26th Mar
First Unitarian Church
Philadelphia, PA
Monday 27th Mar
9:30 Club
Washington, DC
Wednesday 29th Mar
Crocodile Cafe
Seattle, WA
Previously
Your Favorite Musical Moments from 2005
Test Icicles U.S. Tour Dates
Lots of Arctic Monkeys MP3s | Interview Part 2
Arctic Monkeys remind David Bowie of Action
Arctic Monkeys @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC | pics
Arctic Monkeys @ Mercury Lounge, NYC | pics
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The Strokes playing Hammerstein Ballroom on January 17th?
That's what Concert Joe is reporting/asking. (thx Craig)
Pitchfork reviewed the Chicago show.
Previously
More Strokes "Promo" Shows Scheduled
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Your Favorite Musical Moments from 2005
For a recent contest, I asked you to tell me some of your favorite musical moments from 2005. Here are some of the answers I received. I'll be collecting/posting more over the next few days...
ARCTIC MONKEYS @ BOWERY BALLROOM
hands down my musical moment of the year was being directly in front of the stage for the arctic monkeys bowery show, sweating out my feelings, screaming every lyric, dancing/fighting with all the riotously fantastic drunk brits in front for an hour and then walking up bowery in just a t-shirt and memories in the rain to cool down.
- Bill
JOSE GONZALEZ @ THE LIVNG ROOM
Seeing the first US Jose Gonzalez show at the Living Room in NYC
- Daniel
THE DECEMBERISTS @ INTONATION (via Pitchfork)
for the favorite musical moment/concert/anything category, I'd have to go back to this past summer's Intonation Festival in the great city of Chicago. The Decemberists were closing out their amazing set (which was much more lively than I had ever imagined them being), and I was right at the front in the press pit, thanks to some photo passes. My friend nudged me and said I should take one of the tambourines. So as they're closing out with the song about the whale, I reached up and plucked it, stuck it in my backpack, and called it a night. As we drove back from Chicago, every time we would hit a speed bump or take a sharp turn, the faint jingle of my theft was heard. It was pretty funny.
- d
SUFJAN STEVENS @ BOWERY KATRINA BENEFIT
My favorite concert moment of the year was at the katrina benefit with sufjan stevens and adam green - when sufjan started with REM's the one i love. When he started singing "this one goes out to the one I love" - the combination of the nature of the event and the song and his voice was simply moving. It was such a change from his previous shows at the bowery ballroom, and so appropriate at the same time.
- will
ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT @ HARD ROCK CAFE (via Heartonastick)
Half sad/Half amazing...the final Hot Snakes show at Bowery Ballroom and the final RFTC show at Hard Rock in Times Square...total underreported...totally the end of an era...totally blistering real rock and roll.
- Jean-Pierre
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Wolf Parade & Autolux on Late Night - Videos
Prefix has the video from Wolf Parade's recent appearance on the Late Late Show, and the video of Autolux on Jimmy Kimmel.
Previously
We are Scientists & CYHSY on Late Night - Videos
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Nominate blogs for the 2006 Bloggie Awards
Nominate your favorite blogs for the sixth annual weblog awards.
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Allman Brothers playing 13 Shows @ Beacon Theatre
From March 9 - 26, 2006, The Allman Brothers Band are playing 13 shows at the Beacon Theatre in NYC. Tickets are on sale.
That's more shows than the Dalai Lama is playing at the same venue.
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Bad Brains @ CBGB - Tickets on Sale
Tickets are on sale for the Bad Brains shows @ CBGB.
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Morningwood / We are Scientists corrections
I made a few corrections to the earlier Morningwood / We are Scientists post.
1) Pitchfork did already review We Are Scientists
2) Morningwood do not have an album out in the UK. (When I saw an "import" on Amazon, I shouldn't of assumed it was from the UK. It's from Japan.)
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Newsweek calls Indie Yuppies Yupsters
Yupsters isn't a new term, but it is what Newsweek will now have people calling Sufjan Stevens fans instead of "indie yuppies".
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Serena Maneesh playing more shows
As previously reported here and on Pitchfork, Serena Maneesh, the band from Norway that made Pitchfork's 29th favorite CD of 2005, are visiting NYC for the first time this month. They were originally playing one show. Now there are three:
1/20/06 Northsix in Brooklyn (tix)
1/21/06 Mercury Lounge (tix still on sale)
1/21/06 Free Soundfix instore @ 4PM
According to the original tour dates posted at Pitchfork, they also have a fourth NYC date already scheduled for March 8th at an undisclosed location. It's during their short U.S. tour that leads up to a March 15th SXSW appearance and continues on to California.
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January 5, 2006
Belle & Sebastian & New Pornographers 2006 Tour Dates
Belle & Sebastian & New Pornographers 2006 U.S. Tour Dates
Feb 25th Toronto - The Docks
Feb 26th Montreal - Metropolis
Feb 27th Boston - Avalon
Feb 28th Boston - Avalon
March 2nd NYC - Nokia Theatre
March 3rd NYC - Nokia Theatre
March 4th Philadelphia - Electric Factory
March 5th Washington - 9.30 Club
March 6th Washington - 9.30 Club
March 8th Nashville - Ryman Auditorium
March 9th Louisville - Brown Theatre
March 10th Chicago - Riviera
March 11th Milwaukee - Riverside Theatre
March 12th Minneapolis - Orpheum Theatre
March 14th Dallas - Granada Theatre
March 15th Austin - Stubbs (Matador SXSW Show) w/ Mogwai, Cat Power and Pretty Girls Make Graves
March 18th LA - Wiltern
March 19th LA - Wiltern
March 21st SF - Concourse @ The SF Design Center
March 23rd Portland - Roseland Ballroom
March 24th Vancouver - Commodore (no New Porn)
March 25th Seattle - Paramount
Expect tickets to show up on Ticketmaster soon.
Previously
Belle & Sebastian & New Pornographers touring in 2006
Neko Case @ Joe's Pub, NYC | pics
The New Pornographers played Webster Hall
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Nomi & band playing Ace of Clubs Tonight
"Nomi will be performing tonight, Thursday, January 5th at the Ace Of Clubs in NYC, and will once again be accompanied by a full band including Armen Ra on theramin, the worlds most difficult instrument to tame."
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Download The Teenage Prayers on WOXY | Shows Tonight & Soon
1) The Teenage Prayers played a live session on WOXY. You can download the whole thing as an MP3.
2) The Teenage Prayers are playing Fat Baby in NYC tonight (01/05/06).
Check their Myspace page for all tour dates.
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Jens Lekman | Oh You're So Silent
I swear one of these days I'm going to write a 2005 recap/best-of post. In the meantime, I'm playing catch-up. In the process I've found another album I really love. Oh You're So Silent (a collection of music that came out on EPs) is my first introduction to Jens Lekman. I know that means I'm way late to the party. All Music says, "If you haven't heard Jens Lekman yet, you're missing out on one of the true pop geniuses of the early 2000s." That seems right. Sixeyes says, "Lekman would have made a great Tin Pan Alley tunesmith, or may one day make a great composer of Broadway show-stoppers." Now that I'm here, it's just unfortunate that I may not have the opportunity to see Jens play live for a long long time.
One last note: my love for this album is not unique at all.
DOWNLOAD (MP3s)
Black Cab
rocky dennis' farewellsong to the blind girl
you are the light (not on this album)
More MP3s @ Secretly Canadian's Department of Forgotten Songs
Buy it @ Insound.
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Moby says Teany not Shutting Down (or is it or something)
hi,
contrary to some of the rumors that are floating around, teany isn't being shut down. we are going to close for a few weeks to revamp and re-model, but we're not shutting down. thanks for your interest, and happy new year.
-moby and kelly
>BUT, Gothamist updated their post again with this: "Jen: Spoke to Kelly Tisdale who said that teany will 'possibly' reopen. If that happens, it will be within a month, but it will not be under the same management (however, Kelly will still be there). She added that the tea beverage operation (that she and Moby are partners are in) is still going exist and that everything that's online is still available."
AND Newday, who cited Gothamist and quoted AM New York, wrote, "Co-owner Kelly Tisdale told amNewYork that they are 'closing based on money issues,' and once they sit down and rework the budget they hope to reopen within the month. 'We'll still be called Teany and we'll still be based on tea,' she said.
AND the NY Times says something about it too.
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In related news, Moby on TV at NYC Vegan pizza shop (via Curbed)
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Portishead Update sort of
"Rumours are starting to grow about the long awaited third album from Portishead and a possible live festival appearance. Certain online record stores have a release date as early as February 2nd for the follow to 1997’s self titled second album and sites across the Atlantic are claiming that the duo will perform before The Strokes and Depeche Mode at this year’s Coachella festival in the US. The band confirmed early in 2005 that they were back in the recording studio and nearing the completion of their new album." [albumvote]
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Morningwood & We are Scientists | About to Blow Up?
Two majorly catchy, major label rock 'n roll bands from NYC are releasing CDs on January 10, 2006. Despite potentially bad Pitchfork reviews (UPDATE: Pitchfork already gave We are Scientists a 6.7), both Morningwood and We are Scientists will likely rise to fame in 2006.
* Get Morningwood @ Insound or @ Amazon
* Get We Are Scientists @ Amazon
They'll probably land at least one SPIN cover each, and they'll likely graduate from Bowery Ballroom to, at least, Webster Hall. We are Scientists probably already have.
BOWERY BALLROOM SCHEDULE
1/11/06 - Morningwood w/ The Exit & Army of Me (tickets)
1/12/06 - We are Scientists w/ Oxford Collapse & Bishop Allen (SOLD OUT)
MORNINGWOOD'S STATS
* Pink is the New Blog declares "Morningwood is coming ... and you're gonna love them!"
* Stereogum is "Waking Up To Morningwood"
* Morningwood video was playing between bands at the MTVu Awards
WE ARE SCIENTISTS' STATS
* Indie Rock bloggers love them
* Headlined SPIN's recent "Year in Music" party @ Rothko (see here, here, here, & here)
* Already popular in the UK
This isn't a contest (nor a scientific evaluation), BUT if I was betting....I'd put my money on We are Scientists. Though sometimes accused of changing their sound to match what's hot, they're more often accused of not taking themselves too seriously. The cool kids like them like they like Franz Ferdinand and not the Killers. Girls like them. Brits like them. Most importantly, they're fun live and they write hits.
Morningwood seems less of a sure thing. Though they haven't released anything in the UK (meaning we don't know what the Brits think yet), I think girls like Morningwood. Unfortunately, you more often hear boys making fun of lead singer Chantel because she doesn't look like Gwen Stefani (or something like that). The 'take off your clothes' shtick won't last forever (especially when you're marketing to teenage girls), but I doubt image will be their problem; look at the CD cover and their pretty videos.
Someone in the comments wrote that Morningwood are already getting a lot of mainstream press. That's good news. I've always been a fan of their entergetic live show and was excited for them when they got signed. It wasn't until their publicists left a bad taste in my mouth by leaving phony comments that I lost some faith. My favorite comment reads, "...anyway, time to pick up where I left off and drink a bloody mary and get my day started. M-O, M-O-R, M-O-R-N-I-N-G, W-O-O-D! Sing it!"
(root root root for the home team...)
We Are Scientists Tour Dates | Morningwood Tour Dates
PREVIOUSLY
We are Scientists & CYHSY on Late Night - Videos
Morningwood | Take off Your Clothes @ Siren, NYC | Pics
WAS, Mixmas, Editors, Munich, YANP, Kwyjibo
The 2005 Village Voice Siren Festival | Pics
We Are Scientists @ Rare, NYC | pics | MP3s
Morningwood | NY Girls
We Are Scientists @ FADER Lounge, NYC | CMJ | pics
Morningwood Touring w/ The Music, Kasabian
Morningwood's Dog Needs a Home
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25% off Pitchfork's 'Top 50 Albums of 2005' @ Insound
"Pitchfork have assembled their picks for the 'Top 50 Albums of 2005.' They've made some great choices, so to celebrate we're taking 25% off the normal list price until January 24th."
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Stephen Malkmus playing Knit w/ Rebecca Gates | IDA
Rebecca Gates has a lot of talented friends...
Tuesday, January 10 at 7:30 PM
A Residency With: Rebecca Gates with Stephen Malkmus and Ida
at Knitting Factory Tap Bar, New York City
U.S.$9.00
Tuesday, January 17 at 7:30 PM
Residency With: Rebecca Gates & Friends with Richard Buckner and White Mike Fellows AKA Mighty Flashlight
at Knitting Factory Tap Bar, New York City
U.S.$9.00
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2nd NYC Mooney Suzuki on Sale | Boston, Philly too
Tickets are now on sale for both Mooney Suzuki shows @ Sin-e, and ticketmaster has Boston and Washington DC too.
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January 4, 2006
Play With Daft Punk in Your House
Daft Punk : Real Action Heroes - Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo (Human After All Ver.) by Medicom Toys
They come out in a very limited manner on March 31, 2006. You can (supposedly) get them here, here, and on EBay here. They're not cheap.
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Tapes 'n Tapes Madness & Mancino | Group Sounds has a Posse
"Tapes 'n Tapes are deserving of much more attention and are that rare bird, one that is actually worthy of more hype."
[Alan Sixeyes - BEFORE HIS INTERVIEW WITH THE BAND]
UPDATED NYC TAPES 'N TAPES DATES ('N DATES)
1/7 new york, ny * @ the delancey * w/mancino
1/8 new york, ny * @ piano's * w/detachment kit
1/9 new york, ny * @ mercury lounge * w/finian mckean (ex-push kings), the soft explosions, the twenty-twos
1/12 new york, ny * @ rothko * productshop party w/group sounds, noah chernin (of sam champion)
(all dates posted previously)
WHAT TO DO?
* Dallas, Texas' GVB says see them with NY, NY's Mancino
* Earfarm says he told us, and see Mancino too
* The Village Voice shortlisted the Detachment Kit show
* Productshop says be at Rothko
* SPIN Band of the day Group Sounds would agree
AND1: MOKB posted another TNT MP3
AND2: The Posse Strikes ;), 'Sexy Joe' from Group Sounds voted #2 Scenemaker in the Deli's "Best of NYC 2005"
Previously
Tapes 'n Tapes & The best of Gorilla vs Bear
Group Sounds @ Pianos, NYC | Pics
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Danzig Figures Now Available (1 at a time)
Previously
Danzig (& Doyle Misfits Reunion) @ Nokia Theatre, NYC | pics (part 1)
Three Faces of Danzig | Toys Coming Soon
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Christgau calls Antony the "Dud of the Month"
The Village Voice never claimed to tie album reviews to their release date. They often make 'old' albums appear new, so I'm not too surprised that in this week's issue, dean of American rock critics, Robert Christgau got around to praising Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (released June 2005), Fiona Apple (October 4, 2005), Lady Sovereign (November 15, 2005), and Madonna (November 15, 2005). In fact, I kind of like it. It must help an album to get some ongoing press AND it probably helps to review an album after you've had ample time to listen to it, BUT to call Antony & The Johnson's I am a Bird Now "Dud of the Month" almost a full year after its release date just seems silly. They're talking about it at I Love Music.
BONUS: Christgau Podcasts
Previously
Antony Takes Magnet | Bloc Party & MIA holding hands | URB
Antony wins Mercury Prize!!
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Life of Agony split w/ Epic | Roadrunner 25th Reviews
"Reunited New York metallers LIFE OF AGONY have parted ways with Epic Records after releasing only one album through the label, informed sources have revealed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET....'Broken Valley' has sold 27,000 copies in the United States so far, according to Nielsen SoundScan."
COREY TAYLOR & KEITH CAPUTO @ NOKIA THEATRE
I missed the Roadrunner 25th Anniversary show at Nokia Theatre a few weeks ago. Billboard reviewed it. They said the Roadrunner house band played "music from Biohazard (whose Evan Seinfeld joined for 'Punishment'), Madball (with show host and Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta singing 'Set It Off') and Life Of Agony (featuring singer Keith Caputo revisiting 'River Runs Red')." One more thing I wished I could of seen was "the sole acoustic number" sung by Caputo and Corey Taylor (Slipknot). Metal Injection has a ton of pictures.
Stylus Magazine, not afraid of metal, gave the recent Roadrunner 25th CD a B+.
BONUS: Roadrunner Records staff and bands list their top albums of 2005.
PREVIOUSLY
Roadrunner Records 25th Anniversary | Show & CD
Life of Agony @ Maxwell's, NJ | Pics by JP
Life of Agony @ CBGB, NYC | Pics
Life of Agony sign with Epic Records
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Australia's Wolfmother 2006 US Tour Dates | J Award
"We are proud to announce Wolfmother as the winner of the inaugural J Award - triple j's Australian Album of the Year."
WOLFMOTHER WINS!
"Richard Kingsmill, Music Director at triple j and head of the J Award judging panel, says: 'To put it simply, Wolfmother released the most exciting album of the year. It combines a lot of different influences which sound contemporary, fun and refreshing today."
WOLFMOTHER DATES ON TICKETWEB
Feb 16, 2006 - Empty Bottle, Chicago TIX
Feb 19, 2006 - Northsix, Brooklyn TIX
Feb 20, 2006 - Mercury Lounge, NYC TIX
If you like Led Zeppelin, listen to the songs streaming on Wolfmother's website.
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We are Scientists & CYHSY on Late Night - Videos
We are Scientists posted the video (.wmv) of their recent appearance on David Letterman.
Prefix has the video of Clap Your Hand Say Yeah's appearance on Conan.
Previously
CYHSY & The National @ Irving Plaza (NYE), NYC | pics
WAS, Mixmas, Editors, Munich, YANP, Kwyjibo
We Are Scientists @ Rare, NYC | pics | MP3s
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The Arcade Fire in Union Square | A New (Order) Video
New York Magazine's 63rd Reason to Love New York: Because on a Random Saturday Night, The Arcade Fire Showed Up on a Street Corner, Strapped on Their Guitars, and Tore Through a Set of Cure, Pixies, and New Order Covers
NY Mag goes on to quote Jeff Byrd: "I was coming out of the station, and I thought, I know that voice . . . We ran up the stairs, and there was Win. It was absurd. There was literally fifteen people there, and everyone was freaking out, like completely freaking out." Jeff Byrd sent me a 3:37 video of the New Order cover (if it doesn't work, click on "download this clip" button).
Previously
The Arcade Fire in Union Square Video | Cure Cover
Arcade Fire Played in Union Square Last Night
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Early Radiohead Demos Surfaced (maybe) | Download
SPIN reported that ateaseweb reported that " "Two demos from Radiohead have surfaced online, when the band was still called 'On A Friday'." I'm not totally sure if these are new or not because in the ateaseweb message board people are saying things like, "All these tracks are actually the Union Street ones with different names." You can probably find the tracks in various Radiohead hubs, or you can use this YouSendIt link until it runs out.
AND Radiohead Have Best Two Albums Of All Time
Previously
Radiohead News
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Editors @ The Annex | Tickets on Sale
+1 and Tiswas present EDITORS @ The Annex in NYC - Saturday 1/21/06 - Tickets on Sale
(thx anon)
Previously
Tiswas Relaunching @ The Annex (Eleven) | new LES Venue
Editors playing 2 NYC Shows, Album +The Picture & Head Set
Editors Playing NYC, California & Boston - January 2006
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More Strokes "Promo" Shows Scheduled
"Ticket information for the January 2006 US Promo shows is available directly from your local modern rock radio station. Please listen in for ticket information. The stations are as follows: Chicago, IL - Q101, Seattle, WA - The End, Los Angeles, CA - KROQ, Atlanta, GA - 99x"
Jan 03 - Chicago @ Park West
Jan 05 - Seattle @ Crocodile Cafe
Jan 06 - Los Angeles @ Troubadour
Jan 09 - Atlanta @ The Loft
No NYC (yet?)
Previously
King Kong Soundtrack & New Strokes | Album Streams
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January 3, 2006
V2's The Mooney Suzuki | Secret Shows @ Sin-e
It was widely reported in September that The Mooney Suzuki signed to V2. Little Steven likes them. They played his party at the Hard Rock Cafe on New Years Eve. On January 10 & 17 (2006), they're playing "secret" shows at Sin-e in NYC as "The Patchwork Family". They want to try out some new material. Sin-e is a very small club. Tickets for the January 10th one are not-so-secretly on sale.
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Andy Milonakis Blogs
People keep telling me they're running in to Andy Milonakis all over town - at parties, and often at Rififfi, but the real reason for this post is that now Andy has a blog (via The Apiary)
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Psycho White Kid Rapping | Video
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Embee featuring José Gonzalez | The Video
JOSE GONZALEZ
"LOOPTROOP ROCKERS formed in Västerås, Sweden, 1992. The band consist of four members: producer/DJ Embee and the lyricists Promoe, Cosmic & Supreme."
Embee does stuff solo too. His song "Send Someone Away" features Jose Gonzalez on vocals, and there's a video with Jose in a white bear suit and on a bus and stuff...
WATCH SEND SOMEONE AWAY: Quicktime | WIN MEDIA
Embee: Send Someone Away feat. José González CDEP/12" - Tracklist
1) Send Someone Away (Radio)
2) Send Someone Away Remix w/Supreme
3) On My Way There (Acoustic)
4) All The Things You Are
5) Send Someone Away (Instrumental)
6) Send Someone Away Remix (Instrumental)
(thx Andy for the screenshot)
PREVIOUSLY
Jose Gonzalez (and the Books) Shows On Sale
Jose Gonzalez Tour Dates (again) | New Video
Sony does Jose Gonzalez | Heartbeats | More Knife
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Cage added to Plug Awards | MP3 & Bio
Indie hip-hop artist Cage is the latest performer to be added to the Plug Awards linuep at Webster Hall. His album Hell's Winter just got named as one of the top ten albums of the year in URB. Other announced performers at the February 2nd show are Holy F*ck & Beans, The National, and Chad VanGaalen.
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Cage's - 'Shoot Frank' produced by Rjd2 (MP3)
VOTE in the Plug Awards. Listen to more Cage @ MySpace. Read his bio at Def Jux. It's pretty interesting.
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King Kong Soundtrack & New Strokes | Album Streams
Pitchfork handed down a 5.9 to the new Strokes album today. If 5.9 means take-it-or-leave-it, that's pretty much how I feel too. Playlouder LOVES it. Slant is also right in the middle. LISTEN TO THE WHOLE ALBUM @ AOL MUSIC. Buy First Impressions of Earth at Insound.
King Kong was awesome. See it while it's in the theaters. LISTEN TO THE SOUNDTRACK @ AOL MUSIC. Buy the CD at Amazon.
Previously
Strokes "Secret" show in Chicago - now Sold Out
David Cross & Lesbians | Strokes video & mp3
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Moby's Teany Closing/Closed/Reopening
Gothamist reports that, "...There was a huge meeting with Moby this morning and he annouced that today is the final day and he gave everyone one weeks compensation pay. They are going to reopen in a month with something different, but they fired everyone as of today..." (thx neuman)
Previously
Satanicide & Moby @ Mercury Lounge, NYC | pics
Stabbing Outside Moby's Teany
Moby opens a second Teany Cafe
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Missing Band Members
* TW Walsh leaves Pedro the Lion
* Michael Durgan leaves Thunderbirds Are Now!
* Matt Bayles leaves Minus the Bear
* Steely Dan Man Goes Solo
* David Lee Roth Says Van Halen Reunion Is 'Inevitable'
Ben Gibbard, Matthew Caws, and Andrew Kenny at Bowery Ballroom is sold out. There may still be tickets for the Jenny Lewis shows. There are definitely still tickets for Low (new bassist included) at Bowery Ballroom, Southpaw, and elsewhere. Tickets go on sale Wednesday for "AN EVENING WITH: Vic Chesnutt, Mark Eitzel (American Music Club), David Bazan (Pedro the Lion) and Will Johnson (centro-matic)" at The Bowery Ballroom on Feb. 13, 2006.
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January 2, 2006
Aimee Mann 2006 Tour Dates | Town Hall
Aimee Mann is playing Town Hall in NYC on February 9, 2006. Tickets go on sale Friday. All tour dates below...
1/27/2006 Boulder Theater Boulder,CO
1/29/2006 Liberty Hall Lawrence,KS
1/31/2006 The Pageant St. Louis,MO
2/1/2006 Park West Chicago,IL
2/2/2006 State University of New York at Buffalo Buffalo,NY
2/4/2006 Michigan Theater Ann Arbor,,MI
2/6/2006 Mod Club Theatre Toronto,,ON
2/7/2006 Club Soda Montreal,QC
2/8/2006 Higher Ground South Burlington,VT
2/9/2006 Town Hall Theatre New York,NY
2/11/2006 Avalon Theatre Easton,MD
2/14/2006 Variety Playhouse Atlanta,GA
2/16/2006 Hard Rock Cafe Orlando Orlando,FL
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Tiswas Relaunching @ The Annex (Eleven) | new LES Venue
THE ANNEX: The Annex is a new club opening soon at 152 Orchard Street (formerly Eleven) in the Lower East Side by Dark Room owner Jason Baron. It will only be a live music venue on Saturday nights, and during select special events.
TISWAS 2.0: After 10 years at Don Hills, Nick Marc’s influential Tiswas is relaunching its weekly Saturday night party at The Annex on January 14th, 2006. Opening night will feature UK band The Longcut.
PLUS ONE PRESENTS: +1 will be doing a monthly residency at Tiswas to be coined +1 Presents.
EDITORS @ TISWAS+1: The first +1 Presents will take place on January 21st and will feature UK buzz band Editors and DJ Peter Hook from New Order. Tickets will go on sale for this event the first week of January.
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The UK's The Longcut | playing NYC & CA | Listen
God Save the Queen. In November 2005 we had Arctic Monkeys, Art Brut, and Test Icicles. In January 2006 we get Editors, White Rose Movement and The Longcut.
"Hailing from Manchester The Longcut have taken the UK by storm the past year behind two brilliant EPs now packaged together for the U.S. and set for release next month via Deltasonic. Raw and explosive, in support the band will make their debut appearances in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York, having performed at this years SXSW Music Conference in Austin, TX. The self-titled release contains six visceral, dance-based guitar tracks that whet the appetite for the band’s debut full-length, due here in the U.S. late Spring." [Filter]
LONGCUT TOUR DATES
1/10/06 – Los Angeles, CA @ Cinespace
1/11/06 – Los Angeles, CA @ Silverlake Lounge
1/12/06 – San Francisco, CA @ Popscene
1/14/06 – New York, NY @ Tiswas (stay tuned for details)
1/16/06 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
Stream tracks by the Longcut @ The BBC & @ XFM. Old MP3s available on their official download page.
HOT FOREIGN BANDS @ MERCURY LOUNGE IN JANUARY
1/09/06 - Tapes 'n Tapes (sort of foreign)
1/12/06 - White Rose Movement
1/16/06 - The Longcut
1/20/06 - Editors
1/21/06 - Serena Maneesh
1/28/06 - Field Music
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White Rose Movement | Love is a Number | MP3
Though White Rose Movement's "Love is a Number" only scored #40 on Pitchfork's Top 50 Singles of 2005 list, it came in at a much more impressive #6 on Pitchfork editor-in-Chief Ryan Schreiber's personal list. In fact, when he first reviewed the track, he said it may "stand out as one of the era's definitive cuts," though he prefaced that by saying the band "won't likely amount to anything beyond this track."
I'm not totally sold on the band or the track yet, but we'll see in less than two weeks.
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Love is a Number (radio edit) (Mp3)
Two more MP3s @ Dreams of Horses (as seen on Extrawack)
>>Ryan Schreiber's top 20 singles
1. Arcade Fire: Rebellion (Lies)
2. Antony & the Johnsons: Hope There's Someone Pressure
3. Animal Collective: Grass
4. Ying Yang Twins: Wait (The Whisper Song)
5. R. Kelly: In the Kitchen (remix)
6. White Rose Movement: Love Is a Number
7. Art Brut: Emily Kane
8. Arcade Fire: Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
9. Three 6 Mafia [ft. Young Buck, 8Ball & MJG]: Stay Fly
10. M83: Don't Save Us From the Flames
11. Bloc Party: Banquet
12. Crime Mob: Stilletos (Pumps)
13. The Futureheads: Hounds of Love
14. Kanye West: Heard 'Em Say / Touch the Sky
15. LCD Soundsystem: Tribulations
16. Clipse: Eghck
17. Amerie: 1 Thing
18. Love Is All: Felt Tip
19. Gwen Stefani: Hollaback Girl
20. Ciara [ft. Ludacris]: Oh
Previously
The UK's White Rose Movement playing NYC & Philly
Ryan Schreiber hates Matisyahu
Robyn "Be Mine" & STG's Best Songs of 2005 | MP3s
Antony Wins! | Top Singles of 2005
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Akron/Family | 2006 Tour Dates
The above photo from Akron/Family's recent show at Tonic came from DanFun. They play NYC again at the Knitting Factory on January 14, 2006. All tour dates below...
Jan 11 great hall centre toronto, ON
Jan 12 la sala rosa! montreal, QC
Jan 14 knitting factory nyc, NY
Jan 18 talking head club baltimore!!!!!!!!! hell fuck yeah!, MD
Jan 19 the wherehouse winston salem , NC
Jan 20 grey eagle tavern and music hall asheville , NC
Jan 21 the motherfucking pilot light!!!!!!!! knoxville, TN
Jan 23 hi tone memphis, TN
Jan 24 andy's denton , TX
Jan 25 emo's inside room austin , TX
Jan 26 house of rock & roll (inside coronado motel) el paso , TX
Jan 27 launch pad albuquerque, NM
Jan 28 modified phoenix, AZ
Jan 29 plush tucson, AZ
Jan 30 casbah san diego, CA
Jan 31 echo los angeles, CA
Feb 1 ucla campus los angeles, CA
Feb 2 howie and sons pizza and beer visalia, CA
Feb 4 12 galaxies san francisco, CA
Feb 5 the attic santa cruz santa cruz, CA
Feb 7 john henry's eugene, OR
Feb 8 berbati's pan portland, OR
Feb 9 manium olympia, WA
Feb 10 3B tavern bellingham , WA
Feb 11 tractor tavern seattle , WA
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The Juan Maclean | a free show & more Tour Dates
On Saturday January 14th, Export A Presents The A-List event series at Supreme Trading Gallery (213 N. 8th St) in Brooklyn with a live performance by The Juan Maclean, and a ton of DJs in 2 rooms: Derek Plaslaiko (Spectral Sounds, Ghostly International), Spinoza (The Bunker, NYC), Eamon Harkin (EA, Crashin’In), Ayres (The Rub, NYC), Low Budget (Hollertronix, Philly), Sure Shot (NYC), and Oil (Kanine Records, Crashin’In) | Open PBR from 9p-11p | 21+. FOR FREE ADMISSION, RSVP to: A-LIST@ONTHEGOMARKETING.COM
ALL JUAN MACLEAN TOUR DATES
Jan 14, 2006 - Supreme Trading (see above)
Feb 3, 2006 - Paradise, Boston MA
Feb 4, 2006 - Bowery Ballroom NYC
Feb 5, 2006 - La Tulipe Montreal
Feb 6, 2006 - Legendary Horseshoe Tavern Toronto
Feb 7, 2006 - Wexner Center Ohio State University, Columbus OH
Feb 9, 2006 - 400 Bar Minneapolis MN
Feb 12, 2006 - Consolidated Works Seattle WA
Feb 13, 2006 - Holocene Portland OR
Feb 15, 2006 - The Independent San Francisco CA
Previously
NY Times does The Juan Maclean @ MoFo, pumps LNP
The Juan Maclean @ Avalon (M*therf*cker NYE), NYC
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NY Times does The Juan Maclean @ MoFo, pumps LNP
THE JUAN MACLEAN @ AVALON (pic by Last Night's Party)
"....And so on Friday night, the eve of New Year's Eve, Mr. Maclean could be found at Avalon, the Chelsea nightclub that has taken over the converted church formerly home to the infamously decadent Limelight. He is now known as Juan Maclean, the leader of the computer-enhanced project he calls the Juan Maclean....Certainly on Friday night, the gawkers outnumbered the gawked, although there was more than enough human spectacle to fill a photo-blog. You can visit lastnightsparty.com to see pictures of the band and, more important, the crowd...." ['A Club Party Fit for the Photo-Bloggers' @ The NY Times]
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The Black Crowes & Trey Anastasio @ MSG (NYE), NYC | pics
The Black Crowes, Trey Anastasio, and The North Mississippi Allstars played MSG in NYC New Years Eve (Dec. 31, 2005). Photos via danfun and dex cruz.
"...Imagine this, spending New Year's Eve in Madison Square Garden with 10,000 of your closest friends. On stage is the band that was once thought to be the modern Led Zeppelin and they are rocking up a storm...." [Blogcritics]
"...we went to the black crowes concert last night at MSG. i thought we were seeing the counting crowes, so that's what i told everyone.... [emu711]
Once While Traveling has the BC set list.
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Trey Anastasio Replaces My Morning Jacket @ MSG
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January 1, 2006
CYHSY & The National @ Irving Plaza (NYE), NYC | pics
Dr. Dog, The National, and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah played Irving Plaza in NYC on New Years Eve (Dec. 31, 2005). Nick Brassbonanza (who sent me the first picture above) said the National and CYHSY both played great sets (he missed Dr. Dog). CYHSY played from about 11:30 - 1:00 with a balloon and confetti drop at midnight. As you can see from the third pic down, there were some circus performers entertaining the crowd as well.
The last three pictures came from davehsia's Flickr. Even more @ garbnzgh's Flickr.
Previously
Alec Ounsworth playing Tonic in January
Happy New Year Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
The National playing the Plug Awards
The National @ Warsaw, Brooklyn, NYC | pics
NPR Reviews Dr. Dog
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The Juan Maclean @ Avalon (M*therf*cker NYE), NYC
JAMES MURPHY ON STAGE W/ THE JUAN MACLEAN
Friday night (December 30th, 2005) was the New Years Eve-Eve Motherfucker party @ Avalon in NYC. The Juan Maclean played. James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem joined his DFA-labelmates on stage for one song (see above photo that I snagged from Jeff CV's Flickr).
More MOFO NYEE @ Last Night's Party & The Cobra Snake.
Previously
Shows showing up @ Avalon | Imogen Heap Tour Dates
pre-New Years MotherFucker w/ Juan Maclean @ Avalon
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So Percussion & Matmos playing Joe's Pub
"Musical mavericks So Percussion and electronic gurus Matmos collaborate or the first time on stage. Performing sets separately and then together, the groups will no doubt be breaking ground in this collaboration as well as showing off new music within their always impressive bands." [Joe's Pub - January 20, 2006 @ 7:00 PM]
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Take Your Medicine's Best Of 2005 with MP3s
Mike from Take Your Medicine posted his 20 favorite tracks from 2005, MP3s included.
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