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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.
Previously
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 age are encouraged to submit auditions to "StarTomorrow" producers. The top 100 submissions will be invited to audition in-person.
When the winning group or artist emerges, its members will secure a record deal with the Casablanca label (a division of the Universal Music Group) who will also offer career guidance." [NBC] (via Donewaiting)
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Last Night's Party has a book deal
Gawker reports that Last Night's Party will soon be a book.
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Tokyo Police Club @ Mercury Lounge, NYC | pics
DOWNLOAD: Cheer it On (MP3)
Before heading over to Pianos to watch Cold War Kids, I caught Toronto's Tokyo Police Club play their 1st NYC show at Mercury Lounge (May 1, 2006). Part Unicorns, part Thunderbirds are Now!, part Bloc Party, Tokyo Police Club put on a great (but short) show to the appreciative few who showed up.
Props to the band for continuing to play with only three bass strings when one broke. Props to the girl in the audience who helped them tie their falling banner up after the first song.
After the show everyone yelled for 'one more song', but the sound guy turned up the Arctic Monkeys CD before the band had a chance to decide if they'd do it.
Previously
Tokyo Police Club | MP3s from Lesson in Crime
Tokyo Police Club | U.S. Tour Dates, Demo MP3s
Tokyo Police Club | Listen! - MP3s
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Mylo DJ'd Coachella, DJing Hiro Ballroom in NYC
COACHELLA
"Mylo had the difficult task of filling the stage after Madonna's concert in the Sahara tent. Recovered from his ear condition, Mylo played a fun set that attracted mostly a crowd of young hipsters." [Arjan Writes]
NYC
"Giant Step & Recall Records is proud to host 'Recall Lab #2' on Wednesday May 10th, at Hiro Ballroom. Headlining this event will be MYLO, who is making his first return to the US since the domestic release in February of his highly-acclaimed debut album, 'Destroy Rock n' Roll' (RCA/US and Recall/France). Earlier in the night, guests can enjoy the debut US live performance by buzz worthy world/pop music talent JEHRO, who's 'Caribbean Soul' influenced self titled debut album will be released in the US on April 25th (Recall)." [Giant Step has more info & tickets]
Previously
MYLO | MP3s & new album | DJing Coachella
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Nada Surf playing NYC benefit tonight
Not to be confused with the upcoming benefit at Mercury Lounge, or the private party at Don Hill's, Nada Surf are playing acoustic at a Guitar World AIDS benefit at Knitting Factory tonight (May 2, 2006) - 12 bands total.
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The Black Lips | 3 NYC Dates this week
The band that pees in their own mouth, The Black Lips are playing three shows in NYC this week. Two of them are opening for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Roseland. The third is Friday at Place in Greenpoint.
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Cold War Kids @ Pianos (night 1), NYC | pics
Cold War Kids played the first of three shows at Pianos in NYC last night (Monday, May 1, 2006). Though at times repetitive, the LA band played a soulful, energetic, and rockin' set of songs that shouldn't disappoint if you like the MP3s.
Look for more detailed reviews on pretty much every other blog in the city. David Cross was there too. The next two shows are Tuesday and Wednesday night. Tuesday night stay around for the Underrated afterparty right upstairs, and get there early for a free show by the Upwelling.
Previously
Cold War Kids | MP3s, 3 NYC shows + touring w/ Tapes 'n Tapes
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Summer 2006 Tour
True Story: On April 4, 2006 I saw Crosby and Nash join David Gilmour on stage at Radio City Music Hall for three songs. I had no clue they would be at the show. Then on April 5, 2006 I saw The Stills at Mercury Lounge.
This summer Crosby, Stills (actually no relation to THE Stills), Nash and Young (the Impeach the President guy) will reunite and tour the U.S. "Music from Neil Young’s just-announced forthcoming album 'Living With War' will also make its concert debut during the tour." [BS]. The tour dates so far include Jones Beach and PNC Bank Arts Center. Those dates below...
CSNY 2006 FREEDOM TOUR
July 06 Philadelphia, PA Tweeter Center
July 08 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place
July 10 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
July 14 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
July 15 Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN Venue to be announced
July 17 Denver, CO Red Rocks
July 20 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion
July 23 Fresno, CA Save Mart Centre
July 25 Concord, CA Chronicle Pavilion
July 27 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheatre
July 28 Portland, OR Clark County Amphitheatre
July 30 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 31 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
Aug 08 West Palm Beach, FL Sound Advice Amphitheatre
Aug 10 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
Aug 12 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion
Aug 15 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
Aug 16 Boston, MA Tweeter Center
Aug 19 Saratoga, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Aug 20 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
Aug 22 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Amp.
Aug 25 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium
Aug 29 Columbus, OH Germain Amphitheater
Aug 31 Detroit, MI The Palace at Auburn Hills
Sep 02 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Sep 03 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank
Sep 06 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheater
Sep 07 St. Louis, MO UMB Pavilion
Sep 10 Pittsburgh, PA Post-Gazette Pavilion
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Bettye Lavette playing Big Apple BBQ & Lincoln Center Out of Doors
The 4th Annual Big Apple BBQ (via) takes place in NYC's Madison Park on June 10th & 11th, 2006. Bettye Lavette is one of the musical guests playing on the 11th. Lincoln Center Out of Doors takes place at Lincoln Center from August 4-27. Betty plays on the 18th. All of Betty's tour dates at her site.
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Yo La Tengo performing 'The Sounds Of Science' in Prospect Park
The July 13th Yo La Tengo show at the Prospect Park Bandshell will be a performance of The Sounds of Science.
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Ted Leo, Mates of State, Matt Pond PA & Nada Surf playing Don Hill's Friday
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Mates of State, Nada Surf and Matt Pond PA are playing a private Tribeca Film Festival 'Breaking the Band Show' private party at Don Hill's in NYC Friday night - May 5th @ 10:30 PM.
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Pearl Jam tickets given out
"These gents were the first three." [Gremmie.net documented 35 hours in line]
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Pearl Jam wants you to 'earn your ticket' | Reports from the line
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May 1, 2006
Erasure playing Crash Mansion | Win Tickets
Erasure are playing a full-band acoustic mini-show at Crash Mansion in NYC on May 20. To get in you have to win tickets from 101.1 Jack FM. Erasure’s Union Street acoustic tour kicks off at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville May 6th.
Listen to Union Street @ AOL
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Lightning Bolt & the Boredoms playing shows
Lightning Bolt are playing a Tarantula Hill benefit with Nautical Almanac, Double Leopards, and Kites at the Hook in Brooklyn on May 7th. Tickets are available at the No Fun Fest site (thx Joey). Lightning Bolt are also opening for the Boredoms in Philly on June 30th. It's part of the small Boredoms tour that starts at the VICE Intonation Music Festival and doesn't ever make it to NYC (yet?). All LB and Boredoms dates below....
BOREDOMS DATES
Sat 06/24/06 Intonation Music Festival Chicago IL
Sun 06/25/06 Turf Club St. Paul MN
Tue 06/27/06 Wexner Center Columbus OH
Wed 06/28/06 Grog Shop Cleveland Heights OH
Fri 06/30/06 Starlite Philadelphia PA w/ Lighting Bolt
LB DATES
May 7 - The Hook, Brooklyn, NY
Saturday May 13th Nottingham, Boat Club
Sunday May 14th Glasgow, Grand Old Oprey
Monday May 15th Aberdeen, Tunnels
Tuesday May 16th Newcastle, Blackfriars Centre
Wednesday May 17th Hull, Adelphi
Thursday May 18th ATP London, The Garage
Friday May 19th ATP festival Camber Sands
Saturday May 20th ATP festival Camber Sands
Sunday May 21st ATP festival Camber Sands
Monday May 22nd Cardiff, The Point
Tuesday May 23rd Belfast
Wednesday May 24th Dublin, Whelans
Thursday May 25th Cork, Connolys of Leap
Friday May 26th Galway, Roisin Dubh
Saturday May 27th Leeds, Brudenell Social Club - Ticket info
Sunday May 28th London, The Luminaire
Friday June 30th Starlite Philadelphia PA w/ Boredoms
Previously
Lightning Bolt @ Tonic, NYC | Pics by JP
The Boredoms | Seadrum/House Of Sun Album Stream
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Cold War Kids | MP3s, 3 NYC shows + touring w/ Tapes 'n Tapes
Cold War Kids, the Internet's latest buzz band, start a three night run in NYC tonight - May 1, 2, & 3, 2006 @ Pianos (@ 11PM). Here are some MP3s from the California band's three EPs....
DOWNLOAD (MP3s)
Hospital Beds
Tell Me In The Morning
The Soloist In The Living Room
Heavy Boots
(2 more MP3s @ An Aquarium Drunkard)
The band just finished a month long tour with Two Gallants. In June they start another one with Tapes 'n Tapes (who they've played with before).
ELSEWHERE
* GVB's best of April
* Stereogum band to watch
* SPIN band of the day
* Live video @ Rock Insider
* MP3s at 3Hive
All tour dates below.....
IN NYC
May 1st - Pianos
May 2nd - Pianos
May 3rd - Pianos
W/ TWO GALLANTS
May 5th - Empty Bottle, Chicago
IN THE UK
May 20th, Sat. - London Metro w/ Tahiti 80
May 21st Sun - London Luminaire
May 22nd, Mon - tba
May 23rd, Tues - London Garage w/ Mates of State
May 24th, Wed - London Madam Jo Jo's
W/ TAPES N TAPES
06/01/06 The Journey Music Madison, Wisconsin
06/02/06 The Abbey Chicago, Illinois
06/03/06 Grog Shop Cleveland, Ohio
06/04/06 Bowery Ballroom New York, New York
06/05/06 Middle East Downstairs Cambridge, Massachusetts
06/06/06 Bowery Ballroom New York, New York
06/07/06 First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
06/08/06 Fletcher's Baltimore, Maryland
06/09/06 Drunken Unicorn Atlanta, Georgia
06/10/06 The Basement Nashville, Tennessee
06/12/06 Gypsy Tea Room & Ballroom Dallas, Texas
06/13/06 Stubb's BBQ Austin, Texas
06/15/06 Solar Culture Tucson, Arizona
06/16/06 The Echo Los Angeles, California
06/17/06 Cafe du Nord San Francisco, California
06/18/06 Berbatis Pan Portland, Oregon
06/19/06 Crocodile Cafe Seattle, Washington
06/21/06 Kayo Gallery Salt Lake City, Utah
06/22/06 Larimer Lounge Denver, Colorado
06/23/06 Sokol Underground Omaha, Nebraska
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Tool tells fans to Relax | Tour at end of summer
"Many people are complaining about the sold out shows. Relax. We're doing a full-on tour at the end of the summer which goes almost everywhere. And in the new year, we'll go almost everywhere else. These are just a handful of warm-up dates. There's nothing much we can do to outwit the scalpers. If you have patience, just don't buy the tickets from them. Just wait until August." [Tool to fans] (via)
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An article about Pitchfork & Ryan Schreiber
Pitchfork's pointed digs are no accident. The name, Schreiber says, came from the gangster epic "Scarface," in which Tony Montana's pitchfork tattoo is said to be code for an assassin.
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"I think people assume I'm this huge, elitist jerk," he says, though in more forceful and colorful terms.
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Schreiber shakes his head and shouts a sarcastic apology to the assemblage: "Sorry, people!" He's soured some on the group, apparently because singer Alec Ounsworth hasn't given the Internet enough credit for its role in having broken the band. (MP3 blogs and other music sites also had a hand in spreading the gospel.) Plus, Clap Your Hands just isn't that great live, Schreiber says.
The rest of the story at the Washington Post. More on the article at Coolfer and Yeti Don't Dance.
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Gnarls Barkley played LA & Coachella | Video
There's a video on youTube of Gnarls Barkley playing 'Crazy' at their MySpace secret show in LA (thx Jason). At Coachella Gnarls took the stage "decked out as characters from 'The Wizard of Oz.' Vocalist Cee-Lo eventually stripped down to his undershirt to belt out 'Transformer,' 'Smiley Face,' 'Necromancing' and 'Crazy,' which is now in its fourth week at No. 1 on the U.K. singles chart."
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Gnarls Barkley @ Webster Hall | Presale now
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Radiohead tour - venue capacities
Here are the capacities of the venues Radiohead is playing in June.
Philly Tower Theatre : 3,500
Boston Bank Of America Pavilion : 5,000
Toronto Hummingbird Center : 3,223
Montreal Salle Wilfred Pelletier at Place des Arts : 2,982
New York Theatre at Madison Square Garden : 5,600
Chicago Auditorium Theater : 3,929
Berkeley Greek Theatre : 8,300
San Diego Bayside : 4,700
Greek Theatre : 6,162
Montreal wins.
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Sonic Youth playing CBGB | Summer Tour Dates
Sonic Youth are playing CBGB (with Tall Firs) on June 13, 2006. It's the same day Radiohead are playing the Theater @ MSG. Tix on sale Friday @ 10AM. All Sonic Youth tour dates below....
SY 2006 TOUR DATES
June 13: New York (CBGB)
June 14: Philadelphia (Starlight Ballroom)
June 15: Washington, D.C. (9:30 Club)
June 17: Asheville, N.C. (Orange Peel)
June 18: Manchester, Tenn. (Bonnaroo)
June 19: Atlanta (Earthlink Live)
June 21: Tulsa, Okla. (Cain's Ballroom)
June 23: Austin, Texas (Stubb's BBQ)
June 24: Dallas (Gypsy Ballroom)
June 26: Lawrence, Kan. (Liberty Hall)
June 27: Denver (Gothic Theatre)
June 29: Missoula, Mont. (UM Theatre)
June 30: Seattle (Moore Theatre)
July 3: Sacramento, Calif. (Empire)
July 4: Reno, Nev. (Reno Hilton)
July 6: Las Vegas (MGM Grand; w/ Pearl Jam)
July 7: San Diego (Cox Arena w/ Pearl Jam)
July 9-10: Los Angeles (Forum w/ Pearl Jam)
July 13: Santa Barbara, Calif. (Santa Barbara Bowl w/ Pearl Jam)
July 16, 18: San Francisco (Bill Graham Civic Auditorium w/ Pearl Jam)
Aug. 3: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (Blossom Music Center)
Aug. 5: Chicago (Lollapalooza
story on Billboard
ALSO: Pitchfork has an interview with Glenn Branca
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Sonic Youth @ Webster Hall, NYC | pics
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Pearl Jam wants you to 'earn your ticket' | Reports from the line
I just spoke to someone on line to get Pearl Jam tickets outside Tower Records (4th & Broadway). He's got 12 hours to go. He's been there for 12 hours already. The first pair of people got there Thursday night. Right now (Monday @ noon) there's an estimated 300 people waiting, and Tower supposedly has 450 tickets total (though they won't tell anyone how many there actually are).
Numbered wristbands were given out to those already there. It guarantees they won't lose their place in line, BUT Tower is taking roll call once an hour. If you happen not to be on line when they call your number...they cross you off. The reason (they're giving): "Pearl Jam wants you to earn your ticket".
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Radiohead | June 2006 Tour Dates
Radiohead "small" venue tour....
06.01.06 - Philadelphia, PA (Tower Theatre - on sale 5/6)
06.02.06 - Philadelphia, PA (Tower Theatre - on sale 5/6)
06.04.06 - Boston, MA (Bank Of America Pavilion - on sale 5/6)
06.05.06 - Boston, MA (Bank Of America Pavilion - on sale 5/6)
06.07.06 - Toronto, ON (Hummingbird Center - on sale 5/6)
06.08.06 - Toronto, ON (Hummingbird Center - on sale 5/6)
06.10.06 - Montreal, QC (Salle Wilred Pelletier at Placed des Arts - on sale 5/5)
06.11.06 - Montreal, QC (Salle Wilred Pelletier at Placed des Arts - on sale 5/5)
06.13.06 - New York, NY (The Theatre at Madison Square Garden - on sale 5/5)
06.14.06 - New York, NY (The Theatre at Madison Square Garden - on sale 5/5)
06.17.06 - Manchester, TN (Bonnaroo)
06.19.06 - Chicago, IL (Auditorium Theater - on sale 5/6)
06.20.06 - Chicago, IL (Auditorium Theater - on sale 5/6)
06.23.06 - Berkeley, CA (Greek Theatre - on sale 5/14)
06.24.06 - Berkeley, CA (Greek Theatre - on sale 5/14)
06.26.06 - San Diego, CA (Bayside - on sale 5/6)
06.27.06 - San Diego, CA (Bayside - on sale 5/6)
06.29.06 - Los Angeles, CA (Greek Theatre - on sale 5/25)
06.30.06 - Los Angeles, CA (Greek Theatre - on sale 5/25)
as seen on Tripwire.
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"Impeach the President" - Neil Young
"Neil Young’s new album, 'Living with War,' is an incendiary, moving, totally American document of peaceful protest that is going to make a lot of people crazy one way or another. And there’s no doubt that the centerpiece of the album, a song called 'Let’s Impeach the President,' performed as a melodic, rocking campfire ode, will be what causes the most controversy." [Fox News]
Stream the album. Read the "Impeach the President" lyrics below...
Let’s impeach the president for lying
And leading our country into war
Abusing all the power that we gave him
And shipping all our money out the door
He’s the man who hired all the criminals
The White House shadows who hide behind closed doors
And bend the facts to fit with their new stories
Of why we have to send our men to war
Let’s impeach the president for spying
On citizens inside their own homes
Breaking every law in the country
By tapping our computers and telephones
What if Al Qaeda blew up the levees
Would New Orleans have been safer that way
Sheltered by our government’s protection
Or was someone just not home that day?
Let’s impeach the president
For hijacking our religion and using it to get elected
Dividing our country into colors
And still leaving black people neglected
Thank god he’s cracking down on steroids
Since he sold his old baseball team
There’s lot of people looking at big trouble
But of course the president is clean
Thank God
Previously
Neil Young | Living With War | Album Stream & stuff
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April 30, 2006
Watch Coachella on your computer
Sorry for the late notice, but I just found out Coachella is streaming on the web. (thx Freddie)
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