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May 5, 2006
The Rolling Stone 1000th issue party | Ryan Adams, Strokes, Eddie Vedder, Lou Reed, metal, etc...
EVAN SEINFELD, SEBASTIAN BACH & SCOTT IAN
Gawker collected summaries of last night's Rolling Stone magazine party at Hammerstein Ballroom (they also posted a picture of the list of celebrities that were supposed to show up). Rolling Stone wrote about it too
RYAN ADAMS
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Geoff Farina (Karate) tickets on sale
Tickets are back on sale for tonight's Geoff Farina / David Dondero show in Knitting Factory's tap bar.
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Chuck Eddy's last Eddytor's Dozen & a goodbye
"So what can I say? It was fun while it lasted. (And heck, I was running out of records anyway.) As for my future, damn right I’ll rise again. You talk sunshine, I breathe fire." [Chuck Eddy]
Previously
The Village Voice vs. Pitchfork (or not)
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BrooklynVegan site issues, new host, etc... | Help?
As many have noticed, this website is having serious technical difficulties. There are constant "Server Errors", the comments post multiple time (if at all), and often I'm not able to post new content (this is the first time I could get publishing to work today). My current web host says I need to upgrade, and it sucks because I think a lot of the strain on the server is due to automated comment spam ("penis enlargement", Viagra, pills, etc...). For every spam comment you see, there are like 1000 more that were blocked by the filter.
Hopefully this will all be fixed soon. In the meantime, if you have any 'dedicated server' host suggestions, or you want to help (Movable Type expert?), please email me (the name of this site AT HOTMAIL.COM) or leave a message in the comments (if you can). Thanks!
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Bloc Party @ Coachella 2006 | The MP3s
BLOC PARTY @ COACHELLA 2006
Blog Party posted Bloc Party's whole Coachella set as MP3s. (thx Freddie)
Previously
Bloc Party add some dates around Coachella
Bloc Party & The Streets headlining VICE Intonation Festival
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NYC Radiohead Tickets on sale & sold out
NYC Radiohead tickets just went on sale, and as everyone expected, they were gone immediately.
Previously
Radiohead tour - venue capacities
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May 4, 2006
Cocorosie + Nomi + Spleen | 2006 Tour Dates
Cocorosie have a bunch of upcoming tour dates that include a June 2nd show at Bowery Ballroom with Nomi & Spleen. All dates below....
COCOROSIE TOUR DATES
05/05/06 - Festival Observatori, Valencia, Spain
05/14/06 - ATP Festival, Camber Sands, United Kingdom
05/15/06 - Koko, London, United Kingdom
05/17/06 - Nasa, Reyjkavik, Iceland
06/02/06 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY W/ NOMI & SPLEEN
06/03/06 - Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA W/ NOMI & SPLEEN
06/08/06 - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA W/ NOMI & SPLEEN
06/10/06 - Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA W/ NOMI & SPLEEN
06/30/06 - Malta Festival, Poznan, Poland
07/04/06 - Cultural Caixanova, Vigo, Spain
07/06/06 - Festival La Mar de Musica, Cartegena, Spain
07/09/06 - Festival Les Ardentes, Liege, Belgium
07/14/06 - Arezzo Wave, Tuscany, Italy
09/04/06 - Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, WA
"Nomi will also be releasing her next full length album later this year on Voodoo-Eros Records. She is taking on the role of producer to create what she calls, "an abstract soul collage that incorporates elements of Hip Hop, Folk & R&B. DJ High Priest , who is best know for his work with 80's rebel artist Jean Michel Basquiat in the hip-hop experimental group Gray, contributes to the record as well as professional thereminist Armen Ra. Also contributing the record are various musicians plucked from a pool of rock steady talent as well as friends & family of the enlightened familia."
Previously
Let's Discuss A Controversy: KILL WHITIE
Voodoo-EROS Store Opening, NYC | pics
Antony, Kembra & CocoRosie @ Tokion Creativity Now | pics
Nomi, Armen Ra, & High Priest @ Rothko, NYC | pics
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Radio 4 (& Small Sins) | Summer 2006 Tour Dates
The Radio 4 record release show at the Annex is in a week. On June 9th they start a tour with Small Sins that ends at Bowery Balllroom on July 6th. All dates below...
Fri 06/09/06 Dallas, TX Gypsy Tea Room / Ballroom
Sat 06/10/06 Austin, TX The Parish
Mon 06/12/06 Phoenix, AZ Rhythm Room
Tue 06/13/06 San Diego, CA The Casbah
Thu 06/15/06 Pomona, CA Glass House
Fri 06/16/06 Columbus, OH Troubador's
Sat 06/17/06 San Francisco, CA The Independent
Mon 06/19/06 Portland, OR Douglas Fir Lounge
Tue 06/20/06 Seattle, WA Neumo's
Fri 06/23/06 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club
Sat 06/24/06 Chicago, IL Double Door
Sun 06/25/06 Cincinnati, OH Sawyer Point
Tue 06/27/06 Baltimore, MD Sonar
Wed 06/28/06 Philadelphia, PA North Star
Thu 06/29/06 Boston, MA Avalon w/ The Walkmen
Thu 07/06/06 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Previously
Radio 4 playing The Annex, new album
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs played Roseland, like Bowery Ballroom
YEAH YEAH YEAHS @ COACHELLA 2006
"Um...I like Bowery Ballroom...It's still my favorite place to play. The Hammerstein and Roseland are a little bit...I dunno. I think we're still trying to get comfortable playing at that size. Not even the size of the stage or the size of the place, it's just that the biggest problem that I have is the bigger the place that you play, the further away the crowd is with all the barricades and the sort of ridiculous security measures that have to be in place. That’s definitely kind of hard for me. I like for people to be able to jump on stage." [Yeah Yeah Yeah Nick Zinner to Gothamist]
Josh Hartnett, The Modern Age, Music Snobbery, The Blackberrie, and the NY Times were at Roseland.
Previously
vegan Nick Zinner's favorite vegan restaurants
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Calexico | 2006 Tour Dates, Warsaw
Calexico are playing Warsaw in Brooklyn on June 27, 2006. All tour dates below...
CALEXICO 2006 TOUR DATES
05/04/06 - Colombiahalle, Berlin, Germany - with Iron and Wine
05/05/06 - Tonhalle, Munchen, Germany - with Iron and Wine
05/06/06 - Orpheum, Graz, Austria - with Iron and Wine
05/07/06 - Arena, Wien, Austria - with Iron and Wine
05/09/06 - Pauk, Zagreb, Croatia - with Iron and Wine
05/10/06 - New Age, Treviso, Italy - with Iron and Wine
05/11/06 - Rolling Stone, Milan, Italy - with Iron and Wine
05/12/06 - BOA Bar, Luzern, Switzerland - with Iron and Wine
05/13/06 - Volkhaus, Zurich, Switzerland - with Iron and Wine
05/14/06 - Patronaat, Haarlem, Netherlands - with Iron and Wine
05/15/06 - Kulturfabrik, Krefeld, Germany - with Iron and Wine
05/16/06 - Effenaar, Eindhoven, Netherlands - with Iron and Wine
06/12/06 - Belly Up, Solana Beach, CA
06/13/06 - Henry Fonda Theater, Los Angeles, CA - with Black Heart Pro.
06/15/06 - The Rio, Santa Cruz, CA - with Black Heart Pro.
06/16/06 - The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA - with Black Heart Pro.
06/17/06 - The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA - with Black Heart Pro.
06/19/06 - Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
06/20/06 - Commodore, Vancouver, Canada
06/21/06 - Showbox, Seattle, WA
06/23/06 - Metro, Chicago, IL
06/24/06 - Rex Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA
06/25/06 - Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA
06/26/06 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
06/27/06 - Warsaw, Brooklyn, NY
06/28/06 - The Roxy, Boston, MA
07/05/06 - Magic Stick, Detroit, MI
07/06/06 - Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, Canada
07/07/06 - Cisco Systems Bluesfest, Ottawa, Canada
07/08/06 - QC Summer Festival, Quebec City, Canada
07/09/06 - Metropolis, Montreal, Canada
08/03/06 - Central Park Summerstage, New York, NY
08/05/06 - Lollapalooza, Chicago, IL
Previously
Central Park Summerstage Benefits | On Sale info
Calexico @ Joe's Pub, NYC | pics
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The Walkmen playing Warsaw in Brooklyn in June
Last we checked, the Walkmen's tour ended June 29th in Boston. Today we find out they'll play Warsaw in Brooklyn on the 30th.
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Gothamist's NYC album art series
Check out Gothamist's NYC Album Art series. Physical Graffiti, Paul's Boutique, and Subterranean Jungle are among the featured album covers so far.
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Fisher-Price Kid-Tough MP3 player and digital camera
"Fisher-Price will shortly ship a "Kid-Tough" MP3 player with big buttons and a simple UI, and a digital camera with double-eyepiece for kids who find it hard to close one eye." [Boing Boing]
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OM played Knitting Factory
OM @ KNITTING FACTORY | APRIL 29, 2006(cred)
"After about 3 minutes of OM set I was in full head bobbing mode. I couldn't control my body from swaying to Al Cisneros drone bass and and my head from nodding to Chris Hakius awesome drum beats. These guys just get so low and put together great 15 minute epic drone psychedelic rock songs." [Who's Driving The Bus]
PREVIOUSLY
OM | new album, long MP3, 2 shows, win tix | Conference of the Birds
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Editors | Summer 2006 Tour Dates, presale
Editors are playing Irving Plaza on July 28th. The ticket presale starts May 8th. General sale - May 15. All dates below...
EDITORS 2006 TOUR DATES
Tuesday, July 25: Atlanta, GA The Roxy
Thursday, July 27: Washington DC 9:30 Club
Friday, July 28: New York Irving Plaza
Saturday, July 29: Philadelphia Theater Of Living Arts
Sunday, July 30: Boston Paradise
Tuesday, August 1: Montreal Cabaret Latulipe
Wednesday, August 2: Toronto Opera House
Thursday, August 3: Detroit Magic Stick
Friday, August 4: Chicago Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
Monday, August 7: San Francisco The Fillmore
Tuesday, August 8: Los Angeles Avalon
Previously
Editors & stellastar* playing Warsaw, Touring
Editors @ Mercury Lounge, NYC | pics
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Meet the Mets | Mp3s
Young Manhattanite traces the history of Mets music, MP3s included.
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Psychic Ills | MP3s, Tour Dates w/ Blood on the Wall
"One day you will read about the band Psychic Ills." [Banana Nutrament]
"Psychic Ills is a relatively new quartet from New York developing an indie rock hybrid of Confusion Is Sex-era Sonic Youth (the shattered rhythms and screaming feedback), throbbing psychedelia à la Spacemen 3 and My Bloody Valentine, ghostly reverb-soaked post-punk (Joy Division, Section 25), and Eno's glassy synth-generated ambient textures." [SFweekly]
DOWNLOAD: (MP3s)
4am
January Rain
Killers
"Recent obsessions: the Psychic Ills' Dins (my album of 2006 so far)" [Rajeev One Louder]
"Incorporating space rock, psychedelica, and drone with the ferocious rhythms of punk rock, Psychic Ills are the rare band that is as experimental as they are explosive. While their dark electronics can sometimes fall into the "spooky" genre (spooky = silly sometimes), these guys make up for it when they let their guitars rip. Go to their show and be pleasantly prepared for a very big sound." [Oh My Rockness]
Psychic Ills are playing NYC's Knitting Factory on May 20 with Telepathe, Electroputas and Vizusa (ex-Excepter) (tix). They're were SUPPOSED to open for Wolfmother at Webster Hall on June 3rd too, but now Deadboy & The Elephantmen is listed instead. Anyone know what happened there? All dates below...
PSYCHIC ILLS
5/10: Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland with Indian Jewelry
5/20: New York, NY – Knitting Factory
BLOOD ON THE WALL AND PSYCHIC ILLS
5/4: Seattle, WA - Funhouse
5/5: Vancouver, BC - Media Club
5/6: Portland, OR - Holocene
5/8: San Francisco, CA - Bottom Of the Hill
5/9: Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland w/ Destroyer
5/12: Austin, TX - Emo's
5/13: Denton, TX - Hailey's
5/14: New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jack
5/15: Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
5/16: Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
5/18: Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
BLOOD ON THE WALL ONLY
5/10 – Tucson, AZ – Plush
PSYCHIC ILLS W/ WOLFMOTHER (NOT HAPPENING????)
5-30 - Montreal, PQ - Le National
5-31 - Boston, MA - Paradise
6-2 - Philadelphia. PA - TLA
6-3 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
6-6 - Washington, DC - Back Cat
6-7 - Chapel Hill, NC - Cat's Cradle
6-8 - Atlanta, GA - The Loft
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VH1's top 10 Metal Songs of All Time
"BLACK SABBATH's 'Iron Man' reigns as the #1 song in the definitive metal count down '40 Greatest Metal Songs' airing on VH1. The countdown, which began Monday, May 1 will culminate on Thursday, May 4 at 11 p.m., with the top ten songs of all time. Hosted by Sebastian Bach..." [Blabbermouth]
The VH1 top 10 greatest metal songs of all time are:
01. BLACK SABBATH - "Iron Man" (1971)
02. GUNS N' ROSES - "Welcome to the Jungle" (1987)
03. METALLICA - "Master of Puppets" (1986)
04. AC/DC - "Back in Black" (1980)
05. JUDAS PRIEST - "You've Got Another Thing Coming" (1982)
06. KISS - 'Detroit Rock City" (1976)
07. IRON MAIDEN - "The Number of the Beast" (1982)
08. SLAYER - 'Raining Blood" (1986)
09. OZZY OSBOURNE - "Crazy Train" (1980)
10. MOTÖRHEAD - "Ace Of Spades" (1980)
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Album Leak breaks Flea's Heart, RHCP Tour Dates, PRESALE & another chance for an Irving Plaza show ticket
NYC IRVING PLAZA SHOW
"This Friday, May 5th at 7:00pm, the Virgin Megastore in Times Square is having an advance listening party of the new album "Stadium Arcadium" and raffling off a bunch of tickets to the show! No purchase necessary, but YOU MUST BE IN ATTENDANCE TO WIN. They are also giving away free Stadium Arcadium goodie bags and a free poster if anyone pre-orders the album."
"
RHCP LEAKS, FLEA UPSET
Date: Tues, May 2
From: "Michael Balzary"
To: members@redhotchilipeppers.com
when i woke up this morning
i was was confronted with the news that our record has been leaked to
the internet
it does not come out til may 9 but now it has leaked
and not that i know alot about this kind of thing
but i guess now it is possible to down load it for free if you want
well
that's not very nice
if you down load it now off one of these file sharing sites
you will be getting a pale imitation of the record
it will be of the poor sound quality of the technique they used to
get it on there
and that will break my heart
it will break john frusciante's heart
it will break anthony kiedis's heart
and it will break the heart of chad smith
yes, we worked for a year and a half to make the epic record of our
lives
and it is sad to me for the business reasons of course
i think we are selling something really cool and we put all we had
into it, 28 songs, 2 hours of the best that we can offer
and i think it is a fair deal for everyone
and for people to just steal a poor sound quality version of it for free
because some asshole stole it and put it on the internet
is sad to me
but, equitable business reasons aside
the thing that really bums me out is
we worked so hard, and so thoughtfully, all of us, for so long
to make this record sound as warm and full from top to bottom
as was possible
we spent day and night for a year making sure every little sound was
just right
that they were all put together in the most beautiful way we could
we did not leave a stone unturned in doing that work
i can not put in words how much this record, stadium arcadium, means
to us
how sacred the sound of it is to us
and how many sleepless nights and hardworking days we all had
thinking about how to make it be the best sounding thing we could
and now, for someone to take it and put it out there with this poor
sound quality
it is a painful pill for us to swallow
let me tell you
this bums all of us out
and i know that, as sensitive as john frusciante is about sound
the idea of anyone getting and hearing this thing that way
will devastate him
for people to not hear the work the way we meant it to be
will really hurt him deep inside
and all of us will hurt
yes, it is stealing from us, and that is lame
everyone has to live with their own conscience on that one
let it be your guide
but to take a version that has been defiled sound wise
a version in which some idiot has taken our year and a half of soul
baring work and pissed all over it
that will break our hearts
sincerely,
flea
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A PRESALE started today for the Red Hot Chili Peppers tour dates you see below...
8/11 - Portland, OR @ Rose Garden Arena
8/15 - Boise, ID @ Taco Bell Arena
8/16 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Delta Center
8/18 - Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
8/21 - Glendale, AZ @ Glendale Arena
8/22 - San Diego, CA @ iPay One Center at the Sports Arena
8/24 - Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
8/27 - Fresno, CA @ Selland Arena
9/14 - Vancouver, BC @ General Motors Place
9/16 - Calgary, AB @ Pengrowth Saddledome
9/17 - Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
9/19 - Saskatoon, SK @ Saskatchewan Credit Union Centre
9/20 - Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
9/25 - Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
9/28 - Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
10/1 - Quebec City, QC @ Pepsi Coliseum
10/17 - East Rutherford, NJ @ Continental Airlines Arena
10/20 - Boston, MA @ TD Banknorth Garden
10/21 - Albany, NY @ Pepsi Arena
10/23 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Center
10/26 - Atlanta, GA @ Gwinnett Center
10/30 - Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena
10/31 - Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
11/2 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena
11/3 - Auburn Hills, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills
11/5 - St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
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Chavela Vargas | Live at Carnegie Hall | streams
"On September 15, 2003 an adoring and sold-out Carnegie Hall audience gathered to pay tribute to a true legend and revolutionary, Chavela Vargas. The New York Times wrote, 'The audience did not want to let her go, bringing her back for encore after encore.' Everyone in attendance was aware of all the magic and history on that stage, in awe of the fearlessness and heartache this 84-year-old woman yielded as she made her Carnegie Hall debut."
STREAM some....
Sombras: WIN | REAL | QUICKTIME
Las Simples Cosas: WIN | REAL | QUICKTIME
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May 3, 2006
Jehro | six NYC shows, MP3
DOWNLOAD: Everything
"On Jehro's wonderful, self-titled American debut, which comes out next week, he channels the sounds of Jamaican reggae and Cuban folk into his own gorgeously light, acoustic mix. Imagine Bob Marley's 'Redemption Song' swirled with the swaying Latin pieces of Compay Segundo, and you have a whiff of the idea." [The Daily News]
Jehro is coming to NYC from France to promote the new album. He'll play six (or at least four) small shows while he's here...
MAY 2006 - JEHRO IN NYC
May 10 - Hiro Ballroom w/ Mylo
May 11 - Nublu ?PM
May 12 - Apple Store, SOHO ?PM (can't find info)
May 13 - Zebulon, Brooklyn ?PM (can't find info)
May 14 - Living Room 8PM
May 15 - Joe's Pub 7:30PM
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The Village Voice vs. Pitchfork (or not)
The article new Village Voice music editor Rob Harvilla wote about Pitchfork (2 years ago) is actually not as negative as I thought it would be after seeing part of it quoted in the more recent Washington Post article....
"Tuning Fork, is devoted to picking on Pitchfork. Among the sources of complaints: Pitchfork's mean-spirited rants, which have been accompanied by more than a few zero-point ratings; the site's cooler-than-thou indie-elitist tone; blowhard reviewers who don't really review the music; and pretentious writing that can be, as Rob Harvilla brilliantly put it in the East Bay Express, 'a dense, hugely overwritten, utterly incomprehensible brick of critical fruitcake.'"
RELATED OR NOT: Tom Breihan is still happily blogging for the Village Voice and writing Pitchfork Reviews.
Previously
An article about Pitchfork & Ryan Schreiber
Chuck Eddy's farewell | "Terminated for reasons of taste"
Nick Sylvester Quits Pitchfork over Voice Scandal
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Napster.com "Free" -- Can It Now Compete With iTunes
It was announced on May 1st 2006 that Napster.com would now be free… almost. The service, which is currently only available to U.S residents, now lets you listen to any number of tracks from its extensive 2-million song library. The catch is that you can only listen to each song a maximum of five times before being asked to either purchase it or subscribe to the Napster.com service. Once you’ve purchased the song, or subscribed to the service, you’re able to listen to it an unlimited amount of times or download it to your computer to transfer onto a portable device, such as an MP3 player." [Apple Matters]
sounds like a good deal to me
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And bloGOD said let there be Lily Allen
DOWNLOAD: Smile (MP3)
Pitchfork: Track review
TMFTML: YOU NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY WOMAN
TMFTML: I WANT TO GO THERE
Heartonastick: All About Lily Chichi
Yeti Don't Dance: Lily
Eardrums shall fail: Indie Mix Tape
homo eclectic: Let the hype begin - Lily Allen has landed
Pardon My Freedom: Becoming more like Alfie
Thighs Wide Shut: Link to Lily Allen interview
The Listen: Lily Allen: Listen up!
Orkney Bands: Next Big Thing: Lily Allen
Stereogum: Band To Watch: Lily Allen
Ear Farm: Lily Allen
Alien Thoughts: Lily Allen
Wonderbug: lily allen - the new m.i.a.?
Pop Tarts Suck Toasted: Lily Allen is hot
J's Site: Lily Allen has arrived
BrooklynVegan: And bloGod said let there be Lily Allen
etc...
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Rothko closed for the month | shows cancelled, moved
"The club was shut down after last Thursday's Blues Traveler show, when the buildings department determined that the two-year-old venue's floors needed reinforcing. Owner Rory Maher is renovating the club for the next month or so and diverting his bookings to other spots around the city. A new, improved Rothko will arrive just in time for summer. 'I need a vacation,' Maher quipped." [Tricia Romano]
"Rothko has been shut down until further notice so we have been forced to cancel the upcoming May residency. The May 9th show with Hotel Lights may be moved to a new venue, more info on this as soon as it becomes available" [Jennifer O'Connor]
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music.gawker.com
Currently password protected.
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John Vanderslice on blogs, SPIN, Rolling Stone, etc...
DOWNLOAD: Alias remix of Exodus Damage (MP3, via)
DCist asked John Vanderslice how he feels "about blogs compared with the mainstream music media". His response is below...
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Oh man. This is my experience. On Pixel Revolt, I got a review in Spin. It was the first time I'd ever gotten a review in Spin, and we got a letter grade of "C." And I also got shit-tons of reviews on internet only sites, from Pitchfork on down. We got a really good review on Pitchfork. And usually when you get a really bad review, your hardcore fans write you and say, "Man, fuck this guy," and when you get a really good review, your hardcore fans write you and say "Oh wow, this was insightful or interesting, this is great, you should be excited."
When I got the "C" letter grade review in Spin, I heard nothing. Not from anybody. No one ever said anything to me. But whenever I got a good review from somewhere like Tiny Mix Tapes I would get emails about it. It was very clear to me then that all that print media shit doesn't matter anymore. It totally does not matter. I mean, no offense to Spin or anyone like that, but people right now, hard core music people that pay attention, they're online. The big national glossies just don't have that kind of impact anymore. I guess. I mean this is all anecdotal, I can't back any of it up, but the way people find out about us and find out things about us, it's all bloggers. It's all online 'zines. Whether it's Drowned in Sound or Tiny Mix Tapes or Largehearted Boy, Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, the list goes on and on.
You know, it's weird, if someone posts something on Metafilter, I look on my website and all of a sudden, we're getting like 25,000 unique visitors in one day, you know. And we got a review on Pixel Revolt in Rolling Stone. And the day that that review came out, there was no bump whatsoever. And that was a good review. And we got no bump in traffic on the website. That's insane. I can look at where people are coming from and who's searching what, and what method they are using to get to my site. After that I was like, "Fuck paying a publicist to work your record, lets just email all the bloggers and send them a record or some MP3's."
A band will come up to me and tell me "Oh my god, we're getting a record review in Rolling Stone and what I want to tell them is, 'Listen, who cares, it doesn't mean anything.'" What means something is that a blogger with credibility has his or her own fan base, you know what I mean? People follow bloggers because they understand their aesthetic framework and what they like and their sensibilities.
THE REST OF THE INTERVIEW @ DCIST
RELATED: SPIN's makeover & Rolling Stone is 1000
Previously
John Vanderslice 2006 Tour Dates | Wooden Wand
John Vanderslice live show | Official MP3 Download
Another article about music blogs
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Au Revoir Simone touring w/ the Double & WAS
DOWNLOAD (MP3s)
Hurricane
Through the Backyards
The tour is now Au Revoir Simone + We Are Scientists + The Double.
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French Kicks & Futureheads | 2006 Tour Dates
The Futureheads are touring with The French Kicks. They're playing Webster Hall together on June 30th. All tour dates below...
JUNE 2006 TOUR DATES
15th - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
16th - Seattle, WA - Neumos
18th - San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
19th - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre
23rd - Dallas, TX - Gypsy Ballroom
24th - Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
26th - Atlanta, GA - The Loft
27th - Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle
28th - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
30th - New York, NY - Webster Hall
JULY 1st - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
The Futureheads will be returning to the States in July to visit the rest of the country. The French Kicks have a few shows beforehand and will be doing an extremely extensive U.S. tour throughout July and August.
Previously
The Futureheads @ SPIN offices, NYC | Pics
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Ane Brun | 2006 Tour Dates, Living Room
Swedish/Norwegian singer-songwriter Ane Brun is playing a bunch of U.S. shows in May. Three of them (May 9,16,30) are free at the Living Room in NYC. Chris Thile is playing right after her at two of them. All dates below...
ANE BRUN TOUR DATES
May-09 2006: The Livingroom, NY, USA
May-11 2006: Paradise Lounge, Boston (MA), USA
May-13 2006: Hotel Café, LA, USA
May-14 2006: Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival, San Francisco
May-16 2006: The Livingroom, NY, USA
May-17 2006: Jammin´Java, Vienna, VA, USA
May-18 2006: World Caf live- Upstairs, Philadelpia, USA
May-20 2006: Phoenix Hill Tavern, Louisville, Kentucky
May-21 2006: Shank Hall, Milwaukee, WI
May-22 2006: Varsity Theatre, Minneapolis, MN
May-24 2006: Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO, USA
May-25 2006: Avalon Theatre, Salt Lake City, UT
May-27 2006: The White Heart, Portland (OR), USA
May-30 2006: The Livingroom, NY, USA
Jun-03 2006: Whelans, Dublin
Jun-07 2006: Bloomsbury Theatre, London, UK
Jun-08 2006: Passionskirche, Berlin, Germany
Jul-03 2006: Paris, La Maroquinerie
Previously
Swedish shows in NYC, LA & SXSW | Ane Brun
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Radio 4 playing The Annex, new album
Radio 4 has a new album coming out on May 16, 2006 called Enemies Like Us. On May 11th they're having a "debut performance of the new album" at the Annex (152 Orchard) in NYC.
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Bowie taking time off, (still) listening to Arcade Fire & Secret Machines
"Speaking about his decision not to play live or record for 12 months, Bowie told Vanity Fair: 'I'm fed up with the industry. And I've been fed up for quite some time. I'm taking a year off - no touring, no albums. I go for a walk every morning, and I watch a ton of movies. One day, I watched three Woody Allen movies in a row.'
He continued: 'I've been listening to Arcade Fire and Secret Machines and this great opera from the '80s called 'Nixon In China'. It's just that. He gets off the plane. He has dinner with Mao. Someday, I might do opera. But I don't have a musical in me, much less a vampire musical.'" [Yahoo News]
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May 2, 2006
Einar Orn (Sugarcubes)'s Ghostdigital | May 2006 Tour Dates
"Ghostigital is the musical project of icelandic singer/poet Einar Örn. Einar is better known for his vocal and trumpet work with The Sugarcubes in the late 1980s/early 1990s, where his rapped exhortations served as a kind of running commentary on the lyrics sung by Björk, the group's focal point and future megastar." [Wikipedia]
"Einar Örn, former abstract rapper in Iceland's The Sugarcubes, is definitely coming in from the left hand side of the field (the bit in the corner where Psychic TV, Lee Perry and Uncle Bill Burroughs hang out). Ghostigital is weird and noisy, but never over the top or overtly self conscious - in fact it's a bit of a gem." [BBC]
DOWNLOAD: Moneymaster Remix (MP3)
GHOSTDIGITAL TOUR DATES
May 18 2006 9:00P Spaceland Los Angeles, CA
May 19 2006 8:00P Cafe Du Nord San Francisco, CA
May 20 2006 8:00P Boca San Francisco
May 22 2006 11:00P Joe's Pub New York, NY
May 23 2006 8:00P Maxwell's Hoboken, NJ
More music on Myspace
Previously
Two new Sugarcubes (Bjork) DVDs
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs tix back on sale
I was just told that tickets for tonight's Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Black Lips show at Roseland will be available at the door. Tickets for Wednesday night's show are back on sale on Ticketmaster.
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Features wouldn't score commercial, dropped from Universal
"In addition to using the song in the commercial they wanted us to put it on our record and potentially use it as a single. We turned down the offer(knowing the probable consequences), and our record label dropped us." [The Features] (via YANP)
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Wolfmother | Album stream, record release party, DJ set
AOL music is streaming the new Wolfmother album that Pitchfork gave a 7.5 and Stylus gave a D+. The official Wednesday night NYC record release party RSVP & info are below....
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OFFICIAL WOLFMOTHER RECORD RELEASE PARTY!!!
Wolfmother DJ Set
w/ Residents Melody Nelson and Eamon Harkin
Calling All Kids
Wednesday, May 3rd
@ Sapphire Lounge
249 Eldridge (btn Houston and Stanton)
9PM
FREE
FREE BEER 10-11PM!!!!
Sponsored by TOKION Magazine
Please RSVP to modular@modularpeople.com
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Wolfmother to Webster Hall | more 2006 Tour Dates
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Rolling Stone at 1000
"It was the bible of Sixties counterculture and radical thought. Now as it approaches its 1,000th issue this week, Rolling Stone magazine is once again leading the rallying cry against the political establishment, giving a new lease of life to its legendary editor and founder Jann Wenner." [The Observer]
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The Stills + Rogue Wave playing Maxwell's | Tix
I was just saying how I saw the Stills last time they were in town. What I didn't say was that I really loved the Mercury Lounge show. Maxwell's is about the same size as Mercury Lounge, and Rogue Wave seems like a band too popular to be opening. Tickets are on sale for a June 2nd Stills show at Maxwell's. (thx William)
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The Boy Least Likely To @ a Diesel Party (SXSW)| pics
A "classic" 2006 SXSW photo set...
The name of this venue was/is actually Saengerrunde Hall - it's a German beer-hall-lodge kind of place. I like The Boy Least Likely To, but I don't love them like a lot of people I talk to do (I do love that one song though).
More on this show: Village Indian, Underrated, Central Village, and Crazy Talk
Previously
The Boy Least Likely To | May-June 2006 Tour Dates
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Voxtrot rarities | MP3s & Video
The Voxtrot website has a hidden link full of rare/live MP3s. "Heaven" is also streaming along with a review at Pitchfork. Indie Interviews has an MP3 podcast interview with Ramesh (from January). Schedule Two has streaming video from their February 27 show in MN. Listen to 'Soft and Warm' (the song of the day) at NPR.
Previously
TV On the Radio, Matt Pond & Voxtrot playing Prospect Park
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Feist fan site | remix MP3s
All Things Feist is a Feist fansite. One of their recent posts features eight Feist remix MP3s for download.
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Feist & Jason Collett playing Summerstage 2006
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NBC looking for 'America's Top Internet Band'
"NBC's new, exclusively online music competition, 'StarTomorrow,' is conducting a nationwide search for the first Internet superstar band or singing group.
All outgoing and charismatic solo artists, bands, singing groups or duo's in America who are at least 18 years of a