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June 3, 2006
The Little Ones playing 3 NYC Shows
The Little Ones added two shows at Mercury Lounge while they're in NYC to play with Matt Costa and NYC's Sasquatch hero Elvis Perkins.
THE LITTLE ONES IN NYC, 2006
Jun 28 - Mercury Lounge w/ Figurines & Land of Talk
Jun 29 - Mercury Lounge w/ Dirty on Purpose (tix)
Jul 1 - Bowery Ballroom w/ Matt Costa & Elvis Perkins
Previously
The Little Ones | NYC, CA Tour Dates | MP3s
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4 more Bouncing Souls shows | 2 back on sale
BOUNCING SOULS @ KF, NYC (cred)
Jeff Central Village went to the first of six sold out Bouncing Souls shows happening right now at Knitting Factory in NYC. Tickets just went back on sale for two of the remaining four.
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Figurines | MP3s, touring w/ Tapes 'n Tapes & Cold War Kids, playing with Land of Talk & The Little Ones
DOWNLOAD (MP3s)
The Wonder
Rivalry
You've heard enough about Tapes 'n Tapes, Cold War Kids and Land of Talk. You've even heard about The Little Ones. I figured it was about time then that I properly mention Figurines who are coming all the way from Denmark to play upcoming shows with all four of them.
Figurines is an indie rock band from Denmark, formed in the mid-1990s. The band released their first EP, The Detour, in 2001 and their first full-length album, Shake A Mountain, in 2003. The band begin to receive national attention in Denmark around the time of the full-length release, and began touring Germany in 2004. Their second full-length, Skeleton, was released in 2005 on Danish label Morningside Records and German label Pop-U-Loud, and on US label The Control Group in 2006. [Wikipedia]
FIGURINES IN NYC, 2006
June 4 @ Bowery Ballroom w/ Tapes 'n Tapes & Cold War Kids
June 6 @ Bowery Ballroom w/ Tapes 'n Tapes & Cold War Kids
June 28 @ Mercury Lounge w/ Land of Talk & The Little Ones
All Figurines tour dates below...
Sun June 4th 2006 Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY - SOLD OUT
W / Tapes 'n Tapes, Cold War Kids
Mon June 5th 2006 Middle East Club, Cambridge, MA
W / Tapes 'n Tapes, Cold War Kids
Tue June 6th 2006 Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY - SOLD OUT
W / Tapes 'n Tapes, Cold War Kids
Wed June 7th 2006 First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA
W / Tapes 'n Tapes, Cold War Kids
Thu June 8th 2006 Fletcher's, Baltimore, MD
W / Tapes 'n Tapes, Cold War Kids
Fri June 9th 2006 Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta, GA
W / Tapes 'n Tapes, Cold War Kids
Sat June 10th 2006 The Basement, Nashville, TN
W / Tapes 'n Tapes, Cold War Kids
Mon June 12th 2006 Gypsy Tea Room, Dallas, TX
W / Tapes 'n Tapes, Cold War Kids
Tue June 13th 2006 Stubb's Barbeque, Austin, TX
W / Tapes 'n Tapes, Cold War Kids
Thu June 15th 2006 Solar Culture Gallery, Tucson, AZ
W / Tapes 'n Tapes, Cold War Kids
Fri June 16th 2006 The Echo, Los Angeles, CA
W / Tapes 'n Tapes, Cold War Kids
Sat June 17th 2006 Café Du Nord, San Francisco, CA
W / Tapes 'n Tapes, Cold War Kids
Sun June 18th 2006 Berbati's, Portland, OR
W / Tapes 'n Tapes, Cold War Kids
Mon June 19th 2006 Crocodile Café, Seattle, WA
W / Tapes 'n Tapes, Cold War Kids
Wed June 21st 2006 Kayo Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
W / Tapes 'n Tapes, Cold War Kids
Thu June 22nd 2006 Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO
W / Tapes 'n Tapes, Cold War Kids
Fri June 23rd 2006 Sokol Underground, Omaha, NE
W / Tapes 'n Tapes, Cold War Kids
Sat June 24th 2006 Beat Kitchen, Chicago, Il
Figurines will headline at this gig.
Sun June 25th 2006 TBA, Cleveland, OH
W / Tapes n' Tapes and Cold War Kids
Mon June 26th 2006 The Horseshoe, Toronto, Canada
Tue June 27th 2006 Main Hall, Montreal, Canada
Wed June 28th 2006 Mercury Lounge, NYC, NY
Sun July 2nd 2006 Roskilde Festival, Denmark
Fri July 21st 2006 Out For Summer Festival, Ihrove, Germany
Sat July 22nd 2006 Obstwiesenfestival, Dornstadt, Germany
Previously
Land of Talk on Dependent Music, in NYC, w/ Fiery Furnaces & The Dog Day Afternoon Festival
Tapes n' Tapes playing Maxwell's | Tix on sale
Cold War Kids @ Pianos (night 1), NYC | pics
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Lifetime playing Maxwell's | More dates added
The Bronx posted the dates for their upcoming tour with Lifetime. New ones include July 6th at Maxwell's in Hoboken and July 12th at Mod Club in Toronto.
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Rollins Band, X, Riverboat Gamblers, the Bronx, Priestess & Lifetime | 2006 Tour Dates
HENRY ROLLINS (cred)
Starland Ballroom is the closest Rollins Band and X get to NYC on their 2006 summer tour. The Riverboat Gamblers, who I just saw at CBGB, are playing with them too. The Riverboat Gamblers are also touring by themselves, and then with Priestess, The Bronx, and Wires On Fire. The Bronx are also touring with Lifetime in July. All dates for everyone below this quote from Rollins....
"I can't wait to play with those guys," Rollins--who formerly fronted Black Flag and currently leads the Rollins Band --wrote of the upcoming tour in a post at his website. "It gives me a reason to train hard. X is one of the best live bands there is anywhere and we will have to be at the top of our game. We will be the opening band, which suits me fine as they have the seniority but it also puts them in the crosshairs. Any band I open for, I am dedicated to smoking them every single night. It's the only way. A good challenge for me." [live Daily]
RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS
6/2/06 Chicago, IL The Note
6/3/06 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
6/4/06 Milwaukee, WI Cactus Club
6/6/06 La Crosse, WI The Warehouse
6/6/06 St. Louis, MO Creepy Crawl
6/8/06 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom
6/9/06 Dallas, TX Gypsy Ballroom
6/10/06 Austin, TX Emo's
6/15/06 Tucson, AZ Plush
6/16/06 Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse
RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS + THE BRONX + PRIESTESS
6/18/06 The Glass House Pomona, CA
6/19/06 Soma Side Room San Diego, CA
6/21/06 Jerry's Pizza Bakersfield, CA
6/22/06 The Belmont Fresno, CA
6/23/06 The Library Sacramento, CA
6/24/06 The Independent San Francisco, CA
6/26/06 Rock-n-Roll Pizza Portland, OR
6/27/06 Crocodile Cafe Seattle, WA
LIFETIME + THE BRONX + THE LOVED ONES
7.06.06 - Hoboken, NJ > Maxwell's **JUST ADDED**
7.07.06 - Washington, DC > 9:30 Club
7.08.06 - New York, NY > Bowery Ballroom [SOLD OUT]
7.09.06 - New York, NY > Bowery Ballroom
7.10.06 - Allston, MA > ICC
7.12.06 - Toronto, ONT > Mod Club **JUST ADDED**
7.13.06 - Buffalo, NY > Icon
7.14.06 - Cleveland, OH > Grog Shop
7.15.06 - Chicago, IL > The Metro
7.16.06 - Detroit, MI > Magic Stick
RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS + ONLY CRIME + LOS DRYHEAVERS
7/14/06 House of RocknRoll El Paso, TX Only Crime, Los Dryheavers
7/15/06 The White Rabbit San Antonio, TX Only Crime, Los Dryheavers
7/16/06 Walters On Washington Houston, TX Only Crime, Los Dryheavers
7/18/06 Rubber Gloves Denton, TX Only Crime, Los Dryheavers
7/20/06 The Conservatory Okalahoma City, OK Only Crime, Los Dryheavers
7/21/06 The Black Sheep Colorado Springs, CO Only Crime, Los Dryheavers
7/22/06 Hi Dive Denver, CO Only Crime, Los Dryheavers
ROLLINS BAND + X + RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS
7/28/06 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
7/29/06 Costa Mesa, CA @ Orange County Fair Pacific Amphitheatre
7/30/06 Agoura Hills, CA @ The Canyon
8/1/06 San Diego, CA @ 4th & B
8/2/06 Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
8/4/06 Salt Lake City, @ UT The Depot
8/5/06 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater
8/6/06 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium
8/7/06 Sauget, IL @ Pop’s
8/9/06 Minneapolis, MN @ The Ques
8/10/06 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
8/11/06 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
8/12/06 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
8/13/06 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
8/15/06 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
8/17/06 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland
8/18/06 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
8/19/06 Boston, MA @ Avalon
Previously
X Frontman John Doe | Tour Dates
The Germs & X Reunions, a movie & Juliana Hatfield
Rollins vs Maxim | Sex Pistols vs Hall of Fame
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The Raconteurs to Roseland | 2006 Tour Dates
Jack White & The Raconteurs announced some more tour dates that has them at Roseland Ballroom in NYC on September 26, 2006 (thx bumpershine). All tour dates below...
RACONTEURS TOUR DATES
Sun 07/16/06 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
Tue 07/18/06 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
Wed 07/19/06 San Diego, CA SOMA
Thu 07/20/06 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern LG
Fri 07/21/06 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern LG
Sat 07/22/06 San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre
Sun 07/23/06 San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre
Tue 07/25/06 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
Wed 07/26/06 Vancouver, BC Malkin Bowl
Thu 07/27/06 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre
Thu 08/03/06 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
Fri 08/04/06 Chicago, IL Grant Park
Sat 08/05/06 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan Theater
Sun 08/06/06 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
Sat 08/26/06 Reading, UK Richfield Avenue
Sun 08/27/06 Leeds, UK Bramham Park
9/14 Verizon Wireless Theater/ Houston, TX (on sale 6/23)
9/15 Nokia Live/Grand Prairie, TX (on sale 6/23)
9/16 Austin City Limits Festival/Austin, TX (on sale now)
9/19 The Tabernacle/Atlanta, GA (on sale 6/10)
9/20 Hard Rock Live/Orlando, FL (on sale 6/9)
9/22 The Norva/Norfolk, VA (on sale 6/9)
9/26 Roseland Ballroom/New York, NY (on sale 6/22)
9/28 Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel/Providence, RI (on sale 6/9)
9/29 Orpheum Theatre/Boston, MA (on sale 6/16)
9/30 Metropolis/Montreal, Quebec (on sale 6/10)
Previously
wristbands given out | more Raconteurs tour dates
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June 2, 2006
Super Furry Animals is Rain or Shine
The free Super Furry Animals show at South Street Seaport is just a few hours away. The website says it's Rain or Shine.
UPDATE: According to some in the comments, this show did not happen.
UPDATE 2: This show DID sort of happen.
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Bang on a Can Marathon | Sunday, full details
Sunday, June 4, 2006
11:30 AM - 10:00 PM | FREE
World Financial Center, New York City
Matmos with So Percussion, Alarm Will Sound plays Aphex Twin, Sigur Ros' recording and touring counterparts, Amiina, Glenn Kotche with David Cossin, And MUCH MORE. All details below....
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New York, NY - May 2, 2006 - This year the ceaseless innovators Bang on a Can boldly embark on a FREE music marathon, The Bang on a Can Marathon, in downtown New York City at the World Financial Center on Sunday, June 4th. Together, with its partners the River to River Festival and the World Financial Center Arts & Events, Bang on a Can has scheduled a 10+ hour eclectic super-mix of mind boggling genre-defying music by pioneering artists from around the globe.
For nearly 20 years, The Bang on a Can Marathon has promoted an optimistic vision of the world of music. Presenting a wide range of styles, genres and musical attitudes, The Bang on a Can Marathon demonstrates how many musical options are available right now, how many compelling and contradictory voices there are, how much innovation is happening, how much is possible. Nearly 1,000 pieces, more than 500 performers and about 200 composers later, the Bang on a Can Marathon remains the premiere concert of its kind, drawing thousands of concert-goers and tens of thousands of radio listeners to each event.
The 2006 Bang on a Can Marathon will feature an incredible host of 21st century boundary-busting collaborations including:
• The electronic wizadry of Matmos with New York's explosive drumming ensemble, So Percussion
• The amplified Alarm Will Sound orchestra playing their mind-blowing live arrangements of music by Aphex Twin, as well as minimalist master John Adams
• Sigur Ros' recording and touring counterparts Amiina -- an all-female Icelandic quartet that morphs from laptop and saw to a string quartet
• Glenn Kotche of Wilco debuting his newest experimental drum duo with David Cossin of Bang on a Can
• The punk rock-Mongolian throat singing hybrid of Yat Kah (from Siberia)
• Collaborations combining Indonesian Gamelan music with a full-blown orchestra, and the famed British soundtrack composer Michael Nyman with Bang on a Can All-Stars
• Jazz punk gurus Gutbucket
• Anthony Braxton premieres his parade piece for 100 tubas.
• Guitar Player's Guitar Hero of 2005 -- Dominic Frasca
• And much more, including Maya Beiser, Don Bryon, Dewa Ketut Alit, Annie Gosfield, Michael Gordon, Michael Harrison, David Lang, Paul Lansky, William Parker, Sentieri Selvaggi, Tactus, Todd Reynolds, and Julia Wolfe!
The Bang on a Can Marathon is co-produced by the River to River Festival (R) and the World Financial Center Arts & Events. The River to River Festival presented by American Express, proudly returns for its 5th season of more than 500 arts and cultural events in Lower Manhattan. For more information visit. www.RiverToRiverNYC.com. World Financial Center Arts & Events is sponsored by American Express, Merrill Lynch, Brookfield Properties, and Battery Park City Authority. Visit www.worldfinancialcenter.com for a complete schedule of events and a list of shops and restaurants. Additional lead support comes from The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation through its MPO Initiative.
For more information, visit: http://www.bangonacan.org/marathon2006.html
Previously
big FREE show & BBQ on Roosevelt Island on Sunday
Ace Fu presents the 3rd Annual R&R Brunch - Sunday in Williamsburg
Amina NOW Amiina, banging cans w/ Matmos | Sigur Ros Tour Dates
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big FREE show & BBQ on Roosevelt Island on Sunday
"This SUNDAY AFTERNOON 6/4 - a big, laid-back - FREE - BBQ with some sweet acoustic soundz played unplugged by a bunch of otherwise-rockers (and a few quiet-style folks too). No amplification whatsoever - DIRTY PROJECTORS, Zachary Cale, MATT & KIM, Meneguar, STARS LIKE FLEAS, Aa / BIG A little a, and tons more all do the unplugged thing! STARTS @ 1PM and goes all afternoon - at the most awesome location ever - the Southern tip park of ROOSEVELT ISLAND" [Todd P has all the info]
Alternatively, theres the one in Williamsburg.
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Snow Patrol postpone US dates
"Snow Patrol have been forced to cancel a series of dates in the US after lead singer Gary Lightbody failed to recover from laryngitis." [NME]
THX TO THOSE WHO SENT THIS IN
Hello, this is Ticketmaster Customer Service with an important alert for your upcoming event. Snow Patrol scheduled at Roseland Ballroom on June 3, 2006, at 6:45, has been postponed. The new date is Tuesday, June 27, 2006, doors open at 6:45pm. Original tickets will be honored for the new date, or you may obtain a refund by following the instructions below for your applicable delivery method.
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Fall not playing Lyceum, but Cairo Gang add more shows
The Fall show at Brooklyn Lyceum is not happening. The Cairo Gang added some NYC dates though...
CAIRO GANG in NYC
June 4 - Cake Shop
June 5 - CB's 313 Gallery
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Boredoms playing Webster Hall - July 2
Boredoms @ Deitch was cancelled. Boredoms @ Webster Hall is July 2, 2006, and it costs $25. (thx all)
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The Rapture & Favourite Sons playing Crash Mansion
"Sorry for the mass email, but I wanted to let you know about an upcoming secret show by my band THE RAPTURE on Sunday, June 11th!! The proceeds from the ticket sales will go to benefit the band's dear friend who is battling brain cancer. For more information or to make a donation check out: www.goodtimekidfund.org. This will be the ONLY show this summer by The Rapture before their new album comes out in September, so come on by and get a sneak preview of their new music!" (via Loose Record & Central Village)
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Citizen Cope @ Ground Zero, 7 WTC, NYC | pics
DOWNLOAD: Bullet and a Target (MP3)
Citizen Cope @ the opening of 7 WTC, May 23, 2006.
Previously
Lou Reed @ Ground Zero, 7 WTC, NYC | pics & commentary
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Gnarls Barkley | West Coast Tour Dates
July 18-19 san fran the fillmore
July 20 costa mesa california pacific amph (oc fair)
July 22-23 la, ca the avalon
Previously
Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" covers by Nelly Furtado & Ray Lamontagne, more Cee-Lo & Dangerdoom | MP3s
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Cibelle | updated Tour Dates
Sat 09/16/06 Chicago, IL World Music Fest
Sun 09/17/06 Chicago, IL World Music Fest
Thu 09/21/06 Boston, MA Institute Of Contemporary Art
Fri 09/22/06 New York, NY Joe's Pub
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Sharon Jones playing Boat | 2006 Tour Dates
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings are playing a Rocks Off Concert Cruise on September 8, 2006. Tickets are $30 and on sale now. All Sharon Jones tour dates below....
Sat 6/17/06 Telluride, CO Telluride Bluegrass Festival
Thu 6/22/06 Winnipeg, MB Pyramid Cabaret -
Fri 6/23/06 Calgary, AB The Gateway Lounge -
Sat 6/24/06 Saskatoon, SK Odeon Event Centre -
Sun 6/25/06 Victoria, BC JazzFest International - Mrkt Sq. -
Mon 6/26/06 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom -
Thu 6/29/06 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
Thu 8/10/06 Alexandria, VA Birchmere -
Sat 8/12/06 Asheville, NC Grey Eagle ^
Wed 8/23/06 Boston, MA Museum of Fine Arts, Boston -
Sat 9/2/06 Seattle, WA Bumbershoot
Thu 9/21/06 San Francisco, CA Bimbo's 365 Club
Fri 6/22/06 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theater
Sat 9/23/06 Del Mar, CA Festival Del Mar
Previously
Jamie Lidell playing Concert Cruise, touring w/ Beck
Sharon Jones' 50th Birthday Party @ Irving Plaza
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Ace Fu presents the 3rd Annual R&R Brunch - Sunday in Williamsburg
The 3rd annual Rock and Roll Brunch - $6 cover includes free food
Sunday - June 4th @ Union Pool (Williamsburg)
3pm - the gridi midi gang
4pm - mahi mahi
5pm - the art of shooting
6pm - Other Passengers
7pm - Michael Leviton & His Orchestra
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The Phoenix Foundation from New Zealand | Tour Dates, MP3s
"The Phoenix Foundation are an indie rock band formed in Wellington, New Zealand by founding members Conrad Wedde, Sam Scott and Luke Buda in 1997." [Wikipedia] They're about to play their first ever New York shows, and they have an album coming out on September 12, 2006.
DOWNLOAD (MP3s)
Sister Risk
Going Fishing
This Charming Van
2006 TOUR DATES
Mon, 6/5 Los Angeles @ Spaceland
Tues, 6/6 Los Angeles @ Check Yo Ponytail @ Safari Sams
Thurs, 6/8 New York @ Pianos w/ The Red Romance & Looker ($8)
Fri, 6/9 New York @ Sentimentalist Magazine Party @ Cake Shop w/ Cities & Moto:Rosa (FREE!)
Sat, 6/10 New York @ Mercury Lounge w/ The Kin ($12)
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June 1, 2006
¡Forward, Russia! sign to MUTE Records
FORWARD RUSSIA! @ THEIR FIRST U.S. SHOW IN AUSTIN (more)
More mismatched than Damien Jurado playing between We are Scientists and CYHSY at Sasquatch!, was Jose Gonzalez and Forward Fussia! playing back-to-back in the FADER Tent at this year's SXSW. Was it fate that brought the future label mates together? MUTE Records, home of Goldfrapp, Jose Gonzalez, and recent signee The Knife, were happy to announce today that Forward Russia! is their newest signing (yeah, I left off the "¡" before "Forward!". Rumor says the band might drop it to avoid further confusion too).
"The band's new album 'Give Me a Wall', will be available in the US this September."
2006 U.S. TOUR DATES
Wednesday, June 14 NYC Mercury Lounge
Thursday, June 15 San Francisco Popscene (Aaron Axelson's Live 105 night)
Saturday, June 17 Los Angeles Troubadour
Previously
¡Forward, Russia! to NYC in June
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White Whale (Matt Suggs) on Merge | MP3s, Tour Dates
Tripwire must have my computer bugged (wired?). I spent a significant amount of time last night researching Matt Suggs' new Merge-signed band White Whale in preparation for a post today. I even started writing it until I noticed one of Tripwire's latest headlines pop-up: "Band to Watch: White Whale".
DOWNLOAD: The Admiral (MP3)
Luckily Tripwire didn't post the same track. Music for Robots did, but that was over three months ago (natch). Said the Gramophone posted a third track in March, but that's gone now too. There's four tracks streaming at MySpace. Too bad I missed them at SXSW.
White Whale is:
Matt Suggs (Matt Suggs, Butterglory)
Rob Pope (The Get Up Kids)
John Anderson (Thee Higher Burning Fire)
Zach Holland (Thee Higher Burning Fire)
Dustin Kinsey (Thee Higher Burning Fire)
TOUR DATES
08.03.2006 * Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
08.04.2006 * Athens, GA @ 40 Watt The Prom!
09.21.2006 * Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground
09.23.2006 * Lawrence, KS @ Granada
('White Whale' is not to be confused with the record label or the song by Beirut.)
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new "'Polaris Prize' to go to 'best Canadian Album'
"I also watched artists such as The Arcade Fire, Kathleen Edwards, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Sarah Harmer, The Weakerthans, Buck 65, The Constantines, K-OS, Feist and Broken Social Scene are embraced by journalists and progressive radio programmers in Canada before anyone anywhere else in the world. With Polaris, we will harness that energy and turn it into something that Canadian music fans will get excited about." [News Wire]
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Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" covers by Nelly Furtado & Ray Lamontagne, more Cee-Lo & Dangerdoom | MP3s
First Ray Lamontagne, now Nelly Furtado, covered Gnarls Barkley's hit "Crazy". Get Ray's version here and Nelly's version here.
AND Ray Lamontagne is playing with Guster in Prospect Park this summer. Tickets are on sale.
AND Gnarls Barkley 'Crazy' is being taken out of circulation after sitting at #1 for 9 weeks in the UK. The single continues to chug along in the US still in the top 20 on the I tunes singles download chart. The decision to delete 'Crazy' was made to ensure that the focus of the Gnarls Barkley campaign now falls on the second single, 'Smiley Faces', scheduled for a July 17th release. Additionally, the band has confirmed they will be performing at this years MTV Movie Awards on July 8th, hosted by Jessica Alba.
AND you can download new Dangerdoom tracks for free @ Adult Swim
AND Cee-lo + Jack Splash = The Heart Attack. GVB has that MP3 that was also heard in Productshop's radio show. Pitchfork links to another track.
Previously
Gnarls Barkley played Webster Hall
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Riverboat Gamblers @ CBGB, NYC | pics
I walked in just as Austin's Riverboat Gamblers were taking the CBGB stage for the first time. It was 10:45 pm (May 31, 2006), and I know it was their first time at CB's because the singer excitedly told us how he made this NYC show happen - despite doctors' warnings that he shouldn't tour with a newly broken arm AND despite one band member calling out sick (they had a substitute drummer I think). They knew it was his only chance to play CBGB before it closed forever, and he said it was everything he dreamed it would be ("Thank you NYC!")
CBGB OR BUST
Arm securely in cast, the singer proceeded to thrash around, and jump and climb on anything he could find. That included the pipes, the top of the crowd, and the stage-right raised platform that was being used as a seat by very enthusiastic members of Peelander-Z (in their street clothes).
WE'RE PEELANDER Z, WE'LL HELP YOU UP HERE
Posturing? Maybe. Fun? Definitely. Short? Maybe, but I guess a 40 minute set is normal. Short Encore? Definitely (they came back out and told the crowd to go nuts and then proceeded to play a song that was about ten seconds long - not as short as some S.O.D. songs, but short).
Previously
(underhyped) Riverboat Gamblers | 2006 Tour Dates, CBGB
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'Village Voice' Gets New Editor
"First on his agenda, he said, will be to rework the opening sections of the Voice—making room for a collection of shorter articles, considering the lineup of columns, trying to have a little more fun. The paper must provide strong media coverage, he said, and it needs to go beyond arts criticism to snooping around in the business of the arts. He promised to continue immersing himself in the work of the paper's writers and not to make hasty decisions about staffing. He declined to answer questions about any possible layoffs...........Wemple gave a projected start date of mid to late July, and said he's guessing he'll live in Brooklyn." [Village Voice] (via Gawker)
Previously
The Rogers Sisters playing Village Voice Siren Festival
Chuck Eddy blogging for URGE (& others)
Nick Sylvester speaks
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David Lee Roth | 2006 Tour Dates!
I guess since the radio gig didn't work out, David Lee Roth decided to return to the stage. He's playing Nokia Theatre in NYC on July 13, 2006. That pretty much guarantees he's not playing Siren.
He also wants to play with Van Halen again.
All dates below....
DAVID LEE ROTH TOUR DATES
Wed 06/28/06 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
Fri 06/30/06 Muskegon, MI Heritage Landing
Sat 07/01/06 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
Mon 07/03/06 Youngstown, OH Eastwood Field
Thu 07/13/06 New York, NY Nokia Theatre Times Square
Sat 07/15/06 Atlantic City, NJ House Of Blues
Fri 07/21/06 Pala, CA Pala Casino
Sat 08/05/06 Mobile, AL Greater Gulf State Fair
Thu 08/17/06 Oshkosh, WI Waterfest / Riverside Park
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Jeremy Enigk | 2006 Tour Dates
Jeremy Enigk has a new solo album coming out. This summer he's touring solo (not with The Fire Theft or Sunny Day Real Estate). He'll be at Bowery Ballroom in NYC on August 11th. All dates below...
Mon 07/31/06 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
Wed 08/02/06 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck
Thu 08/03/06 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theatre
Sat 08/05/06 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
Mon 08/07/06 Toronto, ON El Mocambo
Fri 08/11/06 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Thu 08/17/06 Utrecht, NET De Halling
Fri 08/18/06 Hasselt, BEL Pukkelpop Festival
Sun 09/03/06 Seattle, WA Bumbershoot Festival
He's also playing Lollapalooza.
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updated Do Make Say Think 2006 Tour Dates
Fri 10/27/06 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Sat 10/28/06 Brooklyn, NY Southpaw
All Do Make Say Think dates below...
DMST 2006 TOUR DATES
Thu 10/26/06 Cambridge, MA Middle East Club
Fri 10/27/06 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Sat 10/28/06 Brooklyn, NY Southpaw
Sun 10/29/06 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
Mon 10/30/06 Washington, DC Black Cat
Tue 10/31/06 Baltimore, MD Ottobar
Wed 11/01/06 Columbus, OH Little Brother's
Thu 11/02/06 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
Fri 11/03/06 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
Sat 11/04/06 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
Sun 11/05/06 Buffalo, NY Big Orbit Soundlab Space
Thu 11/16/06 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club
Sat 11/18/06 Regina, SK The Exchange
Sun 11/19/06 Saskatoon, SK Amigos Cantina
Mon 11/20/06 Edmonton, AB Sidetrack Cafe
Tue 11/21/06 Calgary, AB The Warehouse
Thu 11/23/06 Vancouver, BC Richard's On Richards
Fri 11/24/06 Victoria, BC Sugar Nightclub
Sat 11/25/06 Seattle, WA Neumo's
Sun 11/26/06 Portland, OR Douglas Fir Lounge
Tue 11/28/06 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
Wed 11/29/06 West Hollywood, CA The Troubadour
Thu 11/30/06 San Diego, CA The Casbah
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Do Make Say Think | 2006 Tour Dates
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Sasquatch! 2006 | Sunday review in words & pics
The following review of Day 3 (May 28, 2006) of the 2006 Sasquatch! Festival in George, Washington is brought to you by Jerry Yeti exclusively for BrooklynVegan.com
A VIEW FROM SASQUATCH!
"There's nothing that makes us feel more like a sissy," Ben Gibbard admitted Sunday night, "than playing after Queens of the Stone Age." Indeed. While we missed the first half of that classic clash of genre, we could only imagine what the organizers were thinking. It wasn't the first odd segue of the day, but for the most part everything else flowed like the Columbia River. Naturally, the Arctic Monkeys should always open for the Decemberists.
Still moist from the day before [read that however you wish], Sunday began with a noon performance by Jamie Lidell, giving us a good reason to chug some Bloody Marys and haul over to the stages early. The ground around the Wookie stage was doomed to be a muddy mess, but squishy socks get dismissed in the presence of the charismatic Lidell. Having missed his recent NYC gigs, I had assumed he's a typical DJ, spinning beats and turning knobs to produce electronic music. Little did I realize that each of those sonic elements -the blips, scratches, and bass beats- are all produced with his mouth, all mixed in with some skat and soulful melodies. The percussive result got us stomping in the mud like a bunch of yeti.
PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES @ SASQUATCH! 2006
We swung by the Main Stage to check in on Pretty Girls Make Graves playing to an appreciative hometown crowd. Their keyboard player was painfully cute, and possibly the second hottest all weekend [Number One? see Damien Jurado's cellist]. At the same time Chad VanGaalen started off his performance weak but resurrected it fittingly with "Clinically Dead."
NADA SURF @ SASQUATCH! 2006
Nada Surf on the other hand kicked things off strong with "Popular" the only song I knew for sure they sang. Teenage girls were in strong force and we felt certain we'd be rolling our eyes as they swooned around us. [One girl even had them circled on her schedule with a heart]. Instead of dippy teen-rock, Matthew Caws lead us through an array of disarmingly well-crafted pop songs. Caws choreographed the crowd to sway back and forth for "On the Inside," [Ah-hah! Another one I know!] which would have been hokey, if it wasn't such a damn good song. Always looking hip was bassist Daniel Lorca continually smoking his cigarette in complete ignorance –or perhaps defiance- of the festival's sponsor "Tobacco Smokes You."
ARCTIC MONKEYS @ SASQUATCH! 2006
In the interim, the teens packed it in as snuggly as a cartoon of Marlboros for the next act. Such eager energetic acne-ed youth could only mean one thing: Arctic Monkeys. The A'Monks appeared, played through a few disastrously good songs, the crowd responded by going apeshit all around us. Alex Turner informed the cord this was their first outdoor gig ever and thanked us *twice* for making it a good one. That's the biggest complement you'll ever get out of him. Crowd surfing was rampant, with as many as five being hoisted up at one time.
ARCTIC MONKEYS @ SASQUATCH! 2006
With perfect timing, a few rain drops fell during the finale of "A Certain Romance," and we retreated to the back to watch Colin Meloy lead the Decemberists through a delightful show. Average par if you know the Decemberists, but for those who didn't they were a highlight. No surprise there. It was nice to finally hear "July, July!" and sing along with a bunch of ecstatically drunk North Westerners who knew every single lyric. I had to phonetically fake a few, due to my limited vocabulary, but I don't think anyone caught on.
WE ARE SCIENTISTS @ SASQUATCH! 2006
We Are Scientists started their set while Meloy was finishing up, and the magic of the Gorge made it one of their best yet; just one of numerous defining performances all weekend. W.A.S. brought their catchy rock that we have yet to tire of, and some ad-lib banter that was tired before it was spoken, only getting dumber and dumber and dumber. They crack themselves up though, and as long as they are having a blast, it's not to yourself.
MATISYAHU @ SASQUATCH! 2006
Matisyahu seemed to be on everyone's shortlist the Top Five acts to see all weekend. I don't love Matis, but I love that other people love him. From the view from above, he was working the crowd like none all weekend, only comparable to the way Kanye West worked us last year. When a rainbow appeared, he gave us some puzzling theology about Noah and the Ark of the Covenant: something about giving God a second chance when he screws up. And all this time I thought that was *his* job. Oh well. He got the audience grooving to his message and that's all that counts.
DAMIEN JURADO @ SASQUATCH! 2006
Back at the Wookie, Damien Jurado played after We Are Scientists and before Clap Your Hands, a spot originally meant for those Arctic Monkeys. Jurado called it a Rock-Damien Sandwich. "We're kind of mellow if you hadn't noticed," he quipped after a particularly somber number. "A Rock-Damien sandwich? That's some good bread." the cute cellist remarked. While they might not have been the ideal band to play an outdoor festival, it was a welcome change of pace. We were entranced in the slow soft melodies. "Lottery" and "Ohio" were both excellent, as well as closing number, a superb [new?] one with the cellist singing into a small megaphone.
DAMIEN JURADO'S CELLIST @ SASQUATCH! 2006
With the audience now tranquilized, the calm didn't last long as Clap Your Hands Say Yeah floored it. From the first notes onward, Alec Ousnworth was in control in spectacular fashion. Instead of duplicating their recordings on the stage, they play around with the arrangements -adding intros, extending outros- so that while we've all outplayed the songs, they still sound fresh. Furthermore, Ounsworth couldn't hold still; anyone who said he lack presence needs to take another look. The crowd up front sang danced like there was tomorrow, realizing that –oh shit- there was no tomorrow.
We've heard from many that the sound further back for CYHSY was abysmal, so perspectives may vary. From where I stood, it was the most fun show of the weekend. With that, Sasquatch was as complete as it could be.
We moseyed over to the main stage to hang out on the hill for Death Cab, certain they would be worth missing based on past shows, only to realize too late that they too were playing one of their best shows we've yet to experience. Ben Gibbard never looked more at ease than on stage Sunday night in front of 20,000 fans. Maybe it was the Northwest hometown crowd; whatever it was, they didn't play like sissies.
A VIEW FROM SASQUATCH!
Beck closed out the weekend, giving us a fitting send-off with live puppeteers mimicking move-for-move the band's actions, complete with synchronized strumming. When two bears came out to rap and wrestle [don't even ask], two teddy bears mirrored the fight on the puppet stage. The band played percussion around a dinner table, but it was hard to tell exactly what was going on; the cameras were continually trained on the puppets playing percussion on their own faux dinner table, with obviously much less accuracy. For the encore, the opening bars of "Loser" got the entire Gorge in a frenzy, followed by the realization that it sounded too perfect, too much like the album. It was. The puppet lip-synced along but Beck never joined in. Shortly thereafter Beck apologized for covering a song already performed that weekend and then played the Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize."
After some confusion after a awkward pause following the encore, hinting at a second one, the festival was complete... until next year. Maybe we'll have the Les Savy Fav open for Joanna Newsom. Oh please oh please oh please.
Previously
Sasquatch! 2006 | Saturday review in words & pics
Arctic Monkeys' new bassist @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pic
Neko Case, before & during the hail @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pics
Sasquatch! | Hailstorm stops Neko, Trent Reznor bald
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pics
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah headlined the Wookie Stage at the 2006 Sasquatch! Music Festival on Sunday May 28, 2006.
Their drummer rocked a GNR hoodie.
Photos by Jerry Yeti for BrooklynVegan
Previously
Beck @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pics
Sasquatch! 2006 | Saturday review in words & pics
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May 31, 2006
The Rakes | Tour Dates & Presale
The Rakes are playing Bowery Ballroom on July 5, 2006. There's a presale happening right now. All dates below...
2006 RAKES DATES
Bowery Ballroom NYC 5-Jul
Paradise Rock Club Boston 6-Jul
Black Cat DC 7-Jul
Century Lounge Providence 8-Jul
Double Door Chicago 10-Jul
Varsity Theater Minneapolis 11-Jul
Crocodile Café Seattle 14-Jul
Berbati's Pan Portland 15-Jul
Troubadour LA 17-Jul
(thx Daniel)
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Jamie Lidell vs Jimmy Edgar live @ Bowery Ballroom | MP3
"...here is Lidell, doing 'When I Come Back Around' live, beatboxing and all that, with the electronic-tweekery of Detroit's Jimmy Edgar backing him up. I'm definitely jealous of the folks who got to see and hear this happen (at last month's Bowery Ballroom show here in NYC). As I said before, Jamie Lidell live performances seem to make audiences pretty divisive, which is fine by me - love it or hate it, that's up to you. I happen to think he's on some genius-level-shit myself..."
Previously
Jamie Lidell didn't shave @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pics
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UPDATE: Boredoms @ Deitch CANCELLED
I just finally posted all the information about the Boredoms installation and free shows at Deitch Project. It looked sweet. It looked expensive, possibly TOO EXPENSIVE because it's not happening anymore. Maybe Boredoms will at least schedule some shows somewhere else while they're in the area.
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George Clinton & Tommy Lee playing Exotic Erotic Ball
Ooh la la......"The Exotic Erotic Ball and Expo, June 17, 2006, at New York City's Pier 94, the internationally acclaimed Celebration of Flesh, Fetish, and Freedom, proudly announces Funk Music Legend George Clinton will join the All-Star musical line-up. Also performing will be Tommy Lee and DJ Aero mixing big-ass analog bass, breakbeat and dirty electro house music; the legendary '80s icon hit-maker and five-time Grammy winner Thomas Dolby will perform his hits 'She Blinded Me with Science' and 'Hyperactive'; and King Norris, featuring Fred Norris from the Howard Stern Show, will play their brilliant straight-ahead guitar-rock. In addition, world-renowned adult actresses Tera Patrick, Carmen Luvana, and Violet Blue will also be making stage appearances, performing, and signing autographs."
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Phish "Live in Brooklyn" DVD
"Phish's June 17, 2004, show at Brooklyn's Keyspan Park is headed to CD and DVD this summer. "Live in Brooklyn" will arrive July 11 via the now-defunct band's JEMP Records label in association with Rhino both as a three-CD set and a two-DVD package." [Billboard]
With all this fuss about McCarren Park Pool, I almost forgot we may get some Keyspan Park summer concert announcements soon too.
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Reports from Across the Narrows
White Stripes @ Keyspan Park, Brooklyn, NY | pics
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Boredoms 77 Drum @ Deitch Projects 7/7-8/15, 2 free shows
UPDATE: THE BELOW EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED :-(
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77 Drum, "a staggering 77-drum kit installation by Boredoms", will run from July 07, 2006 — August 15, 2006 @ Deitch Projects (18 Wooster St, NYC).
"For this exhibition, opening 7/7, the four band members will be filling 18 Wooster Street with 77 drum kits, which they will be using both as artwork, architecture, and principally for activation. Rivers of cymbals and mountains of drums flank the centerpiece of the show: a circular platform on which the band Boredoms will play and unprecedented two free live shows (July 7 & 8). Filling out the exhibition will be contributions by Hisham Bharoocha, Tomo Gokita, Naohiro Ukawa, and Seigo Fukuda.
Eye, Yoshimi, ATR, and Yojiro make up the band Boredoms in its current incarnation. Eye is a cult-legend musician and artist living and working in Tokyo who has shown visual art in the past. For many years, the public’s only contact with his visual art output was the amazing drawings and collages he made for his band Boredoms album covers and liner notes. A few books and zines made it over here from Japan, but it was not until his 2004 show at the now-defunct Transplant Gallery that he was featured in a fine art setting in his own right."
These free NYC shows come one week after Boredoms play the Philly show that ends their summer tour.
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free Boris show tonight @ The Annex
DOWNLOAD: Farewell (MP3) (via)
Cult Japanese band Boris played with SunnO))): at Avalon last night. Swanfungus said it was the loudest show he's ever seen. Tonight (May 31, 2006) Boris play for free at the Annex (152 Orchard, NYC) at midnight.
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Pearl Jam filming VH1 Storytellers (tonight) @ Avalon where Mindless Self Indulgence's Lynn-Z jumped from the balcony
MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE @ AVALON, NYC | MAY 11, 2006 (CRED)
Pearl Jam is filming an episode of VH1's Storytellers @ Avalon in NYC tonight (Wed, May 31). My friend Nick (the guy who waited 24 hours in line to see Pearl Jam at Irving Plaza) really wants to go. Anyone out there want to grant him a miracle? E-mail me.
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Sonic Youth / Yeah Yeah Yeahs | McCarren Park Pool Presale
As you probably figured out already, Joanna & Neko weren't the only McCarren Park Pool shows announced last night. Sonic Youth, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Blood on the Wall (8/11) and Awesome Color (8/12) share a bill on August 11 & 12, 2006. Tickets go on sale Saturday at noon or via the Sonic Youth presale (thx steve) right now.
Ticekts also go on sale Saturday for the Iron & Wine show.
UPDATED MCCARREN PARK POOL SCHEDULE
7/29 - Bloc Party, Secret Machines, Mew
7/30 - Of Montreal (free)
8/11 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sonic Youth, Blood on the Wall
8/12 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sonic Youth, Awesome Color
8/13 - Deerhoof (free)
8/17 - Iron & Wine
8/24 - Neko Case, Joanna Newsom, Martha Wainwright
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Juana Molina + Psapp + Jose Gonzalez | THE ECARD
One of the tours I'm most looking forward to this summer is the one that combines Juana Molina with Psapp with Jose Gonzalez. For more info about this tour (audio/video/dates/links/bios/etc....) check out this nifty E-card Domino made.
Previously
Psapp - new songs & shows
Mocky, Feist, Gonzo, Lidell | Zero 7 & Jose Gonzalez | MP3s
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Beck @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pics
Beck played the 2006 Sasquatch! Festival on Sunday May 28, 2006. He's currently touring with Jamie Lidell who also played the festival.
Photos by Jerry Yeti for BrooklynVegan
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Sasquatch! 2006 | Saturday review in words & pics
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Joanna Newsom & Neko Case & Martha Wainwright playing McCarren Park Pool
I was just talking about how much I miss Joanna Newsom on my radio show. Jerry was just talking about how he and 20,000 others missed most of Neko Case at Sasquatch!. Martha Wainwright is opening for Belle & Sebastian on Fourth of July. She's also opening for Joanna Newsom and Neko Case at McCarren Park Pool in Brooklyn on August 24th. Tickets go on sale Saturday at noon.
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10 free concerts @ McCarren Park Pool | Walkmen, etc
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British station bans James Blunt who's playing a MySpace Secret show in NYC tonight
"To all those bastards who don't like my music — you're all adults, you can switch your radio off," said Blunt. "I don't have to listen to it, I'm the one who sings it… and it's continued to get me laid." [James Blunt banned by British Radio Station]
James Blunt is playing a MySpace secret show at the Cutting Room in NYC today (Wed, May 31, 2006). FreeIndie has the details.
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BrooklynVegan 2004 Retrospective | Sirius playlist - Week 1
BROOKLYNVEGAN BLOG RADIO | THE PLAYLIST - MAY 20, 2006
I was pretty nervous about being on the air for the first time, but overall I'm happy how the first episode of BrooklynVegan Blog radio sounded. To get things started, I ran through the first five months of my blog: August to December 2004. I may continue the format next week by highlighting the first half of 2005. At that rate, I'll be playing brand new music by the 4th or 5th week (and then forever).
Hope you liked it if you listened. Here's the playlist w/ blogified commentary.
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OTHER PASSENGERS @ MERCURY LOUNGE (more)
Other Passengers are the first band I ever wrote about on BrooklynVegan.com. Now they're the first band I ever played on the radio.
1) Other Passengers - In the Belly (MP3) - 4:47
During the first month of August 2004, I also posted pictures of the Zutons @ Mercury Lounge and None More Black @ Knitting Factory.
2) Zutons - Long Time Coming (alternate version) - 2:35
3) None More Black - Banned From Teen Arts - 2:51
I didn't start talking about Lifetime until they reunited, but they're connected to None More Black via None More Black's singer Jason who sang for Kid Dynamite who shared members with Lifetime. Plus, Lifetime and None More Black go good together.
4) Lifetime - Young, Loud and Scotty (MP3) - 1:59
The Decemberists sound nothing like Lifetime, but I was pretty obsessed with them and Joanna Newsom in 2004. So I played the Decemberists followed by Joanna Newsom followed by the Decemberists covering Joanna Newsom followed by Final Fantasy covering Joanna Newsom (which I posted in December 0f 2004).
Actually a live version of the Decemberists covering Joanna Newsom was my second post ever. The Decemberists later recorded it for the 2005 Believer Magazine compilation CD that came out during the summer of '05.
5) The Decemberists - Red Right Ankle 3:29
6) Joanna Newsom - Sprout and the Bean 4:32
7) The Decemberists covering Joanna Newsom - Bridges & Balloons - 3:26
8) Final Fantasy covering Joanna Newsom - Peach, Plum, Pear - 2:45 (get it here)
In December 2004 the NY Times used the term "Freak Folk" to categorize the scene comprised of Joanna, Devendra Banhart, Antony & The Johnsons, and their family of friends....
9) Devendra Banhart - A Sight To Behold (2:26)
10) Antony & The Johnsons - For Today I am a Boy (2:37)
11) Devendra covering Antony - Fistful of Love (6:46)
The Antony cover by Devendra is also on the Believer CD. I first heard it when Devendra performed it live at Tonic in February 2005.
TRIUMPH WAS AT THE PANTY FLASH (more)
Next I pointed out that my blog isn't always about music. In August 2004 the Republican National Convention came to NYC and a company called Axis of Eve staged a protest that consisted of girls and guys stripping to their panties. The protest came in the form of Anti-Bush slogans emblazoned on the undergarments. The pictures I posted from that event went on to become one of the most popular pages ever on BrooklynVegan.com, thanks mainly to a link on Fleshbot. That same month I posted pictures of Sonic Youth @ Webster Hall and Murphy's Law on a boat. Coincidentally, both of those bands sing songs about panties...
12) Panty raid by Murphy's Law - 2:57
13) Panty lies by Sonic Youth - 4:15
FIERY FURNACES | SIREN FESTIVAL 2004 (more)
Scissor Sisters, Franz Ferdinand and Fiery Furnaces - Not only do they share a love of alliteration, they shared a lot of space on my blog in the Fall of 2004. To make matters more complicated, Eleanor from the Fiery Furnaces is dating Alex from Franz Ferdinand, and my friend Michael is dating a girl named Laura (true story).
14) Franz Ferdinand - Michael 3:21
15) Scissor Sisters - Laura 3:40
16) Fiery Furnaces - Chris Michaels 7:53
17) Scissor Sisters covering Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out 4:29
18) Franz Ferdinand - Eleanor put your Boots on 2:50
In "Eleanor put your Boots on" Franz Ferdinand sing about Eleanor from the Fiery Furnaces and Coney Island, more specifically they sing about the Coney Island roller coaster . Some of the earliest concert photos that appear on this blog are of the Fiery Furnaces playing the 2004 Siren Festival in Coney Island. In July of 2005 I found a picture of Eleanor and crew posing in front of the roller coaster from the same day. What does this all mean? It means I need to get more sleep.
BLOC PARTY @ KNITTING FACTORY (more)
Two more exciting things happened in September 2004. Canada's The Arcade Fire released Funeral and the UK's Bloc Party played their first ever NYC shows @ Knitting Factory and Tribeca Grand. Needless to say, those who were reading my website throughout 2004 and 2005 heard a lot about those two bands.
19) Arcade Fire - Haiti 4:07
20) Bloc Party - Blue Light 2:47
ARCADE FIRE @ MERCURY LOUNGE (more)
The CMJ Music Marathon is a yearly music industry conference that takes over all the music clubs in NYC for a few days. This year it begins on October 31, 2006 - the same day CBGB closes forever. October of 2004 hosted the first CMJ while I was blogging. The initial lineup was the subject of my 7th post ever. It was at that CMJ that I saw the Arcade Fire for the first time at Mercury Lounge. Other highlights included a set by Sufjan Stevens at the Museum of Television & Radio for KEXP, Magneta Lane's first U.S. show downstairs at CBGB, and three consecutive nights of Jonah Matranga (Onelinedrawing).
21) Sufjan Stevens - Romulus 4:41
22) Magneta Lane - Kissing is Easy 3:25
23) Onelinedrawing (Jonah Matranga) - Yr Letter 4:01
U2 UNDER THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE (more)
In November 2004 I saw the reunited Pixies play in Montreal and U2 play under the Brooklyn Bridge for free. David Bowie also expressed his love for The Arcade Fire and The Secret Machines that month.
24) David Bowie - Oh! You Pretty Things - 3:14
25) U2 - I will Follow 3:38
26) The Pixies - Debaser (live @ Hammerstein Ballroom) 3:04
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE @ BOWERY BALLROOM (more)
The Pixies' track I played is Debaser live from NYC's Hammerstein Ballroom in December of 2004. It's from one of the eight sold out nights they played there. Each night was taped. Each night had a different opener. One night was Broken Social Scene who played two headlining shows at the Bowery Ballroom the same week. I went to all three shows, so I ended the radio show with an ode to BSS and Arts & Crafts.
27) Broken Social Scene - KC Accidental 3:50
28) Feist - Secret Heart 3:49
29) Jason Collett - Hangover Days w/ Metric's Emily Hanes 4:36
30) Stars - One More Night 5:18
Then I thanked people for listening and reminded them to tune in next week (June 6) for episode two, and to tune in tomorrow (Wednesday) for Gorilla Vs. Bear, and every Monday for Product Shop NYC.
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I didn't mention the next bit on the show, but while I'm reminiscing about 2004, I might as well mention some holiday shows that ended the year on a high note...
JOANNA NEWSOM @ BOWERY BALLROOM (more)
AND...
WILCO @ PIANOS (more)
Previously
Sirius Blog Radio kicks off tonight
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May 30, 2006
Leeway & Madball | 2006 Tour Dates, CBGB
80's hardcore bands Leeway and Madball are both playing shows @ CBGB in June (but not together):
June 16: Madball with Turmoil, Banner (tickets)
June 18: Leeway with Maximum Penalty / Iron Bound / Inhuman / Brick By Brick (tickets)
I'm especially excited for Leeway because I missed the shows they played with Bad Brains. On June 17, Leeway & Madball are playing together in New London, CT. All Leeway dates below...
LEEWAY 2006 TOUR DATES
June 2nd- Clifton Park, NY--NORTHERN LIGHTS w/Merauder, doors 7pm
June 4th- Farmingdale,LI--CLUB LOADED/CRAZY DONKEY w/Lockdown doors 5pm
June 17th- New London, CT; Club Hypnotiq with MADBALL
June 18th- NYC--CBGB's w/Max. Penalty, Ironbound, BrickbyBrick,Inhuman
EUROPE---------------------------------------------------
June 23- Stuttgart/Backnang, Germany--BACKNANGER STRASSENFEST
June 24- Herne/Dortmond, Germany--PRESSURE FESTIVAL
June 25- Clisson, France--HELLFEST
June 26- Paris, France--NOUVEAU CASINO
June 27- Tournai,Belgium--LE BIERSTUBE
June29- Schweinfurt, Germany--ALTER STADBAHNHOF
June 30- Mansou, Spain--MANSOU FEST
July 1- Roitzschjora, Germany--WITH FULL FORCE FESTIVAL
July 2- Tilburg, Netherlands--POWERFEST
July 3- London, UK--UNDERWORLD
July 4- Manchester, UK--STAR AND GARTER
July 6- Weinheim, Germany--CAFE CENTRAL
July 7- Berlin, Germany--TOMMY HAUS
July 9 Kontich, Belgium--LINTFABRIK
CANADA---------------------------------------------------
July 14-- Toronto
July15--Montreal
July 16-- Quebec City--DISTRICT 7 w/Death Threat doors 7pm all ages
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Sasquatch! 2006 | Saturday review in words & pics
The following review of Day 2 (May 27, 2006) of the 2006 Sasquatch! Festival in George, Washington is brought to you by Jerry Yeti exclusively for BrooklynVegan.com
ELVIS PERKINS @ SASQUATCH! 2006
There's nothing worse, we thought; nothing worse than the unforgiving shadelessness in the 95 degree heat in the middle of Central Washington. Nothing, that is, until the hail hit this past weekend for the annual Sasquatch! Festival, which has tripled in size in an effort to pounce on all other festivals in the nation... all at once. [I'm looking at you, Chicago.] With such expansion, the variety of musical acts has grown, and along with it the variety of acts of God. For Matisyahu we were given a rainbow; for Band of Horses a scorching sun. Neko Case? Welts from relentless hail and eternal damnation.
I exaggerate a little. Some say the hail was the size of dice. Others say golfballs. In a week or two, it'll be softballs; and according mythic hail stories, they don't come any larger than that.
Seconds after entering the gate on Saturday we heard the familar voice of New York regular Elvis Perkins singing "Without Love" to a small group at the Yeti stage. Unlike his local shows, here he was playing without his backing band (pshhh, "airfare") and while the band is fantastic, Perkins is just as complete flying solo. As much as we love Elvis -and the the idea of a stage called the Yeti Stage- we stayed for only a handful. He gave me a shoutout though, which my sister thought was cool.
GOMEZ @ SASQUATCH! 2006
Gomez had already begun by the time we joined the main stage and were jamming to "Warm Trombone" followed by an extended version of the title track off their latest album "How We Operate." As always with Gomez, they seemed ecstatic to be playing, as if every performace will be their last. Tom Gray [in flannel] was especailly smiley. That's why we love them.
Over at the Wookie stage Architecture in Helsinki was playing at the same time and already wrecking havock on our schedule. We arrived late, but midway through "Maybe You Can Owe Me" it was clear that AiH could bring a party, even one at 1:00 in the afternoon. They went straight into "Do the Whirlwind" as we started to dance and soaking up the sun. And with the that Sasquatch reached it's first euphoric moment.
The second came only moments later as Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks rocked "Baby C'mon" to those of us wise enough to skip Sufjan. A late addition to the festival, Malkmus played a whole string of tunes off the forgottenly excellent 2005 Face the Truth before going back to some of his older material -I didn't recognize any Pavement however. It's a shame Malkmus didn't tour more last year to remind yet again all how awesome he is. We forget bands who don't tour. Or tour too much. Either way, he went head to head against that Sufjan guy and the crowd was thinner than it should have been.
"WAYNE COYNE WATCHING IN THE WINGS"
With Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips watching in the wings, Band of Horses took over from there and all we can say is, Wow. Of all the bands on Sub Pop that sound alike [Shins, Rogue Wave, Fruit Bats] this latest addition is far, far more engaging. People in Seattle are damn proud of this band and now we can see why. Ben Bridwell sports a pedal steel guitar and some badass tattoos. To fill out their emerging setlist, they included a new song called "No one's Gonna Love You" and an Hall & Oats cover "You Make My Dreams." Bridwell was a remarkably gracious performer. When he thanked the audience for coming, someone shouted "Thanks for the album." He replied "Hey, thanks for the attitude."
If that's not enough politeness for you, try the Ben Bridwell appreciation thread.
We left the Constantines to catch Neko play the main stage. Or so we thought. After only a few songs, the hail began to fall and what at first seemed like 'a really cool experience' quickly became cold, wet, and annoying. Some took cover beneath strangers' tarps hoping it pass sooner than later. Others found more firm coverage. I just got soaked.
"I JUST GOT SOAKED"
Thirty minutes later, the weather let up and Neko never finished her set. The Wookie and Yeti stages closed down for the day leaving Sam Roberts, Matt Costa, Tim Seely, and Common Market without a show. According to the Seattlest, Common Market popped their CD into their van and began to freestyle for the crowds as they made their way out to their cars for dry clothes.
Once the sky cleared, the Tragically Hip played to a crowd soaked to the bone. Most of those excited by this point were Canadians who were equally as interested in the hockey score. The Shins played after them and -I hate to admit it because I love them- they were once again rather forgetable. James Mercer is still an unparalleled songwriter, but as live entertainers they fall a little short from where they need to be. Then again, those who I spoke with loved them just the same.
BEN HARPER @ SASQUATCH! 2006
In a switch of line-up due to the inclimate weather, Ben Harper played next, thus irking many hoping to see the Flaming Lips before calling it a night. We were a little bothered, but wanted to see most of Harper anyway. His show last summer at Irving Plaza, NYC, was supposed to be a rare and intimate evening but turned out to be rather tedious one. This time, Harper was back to form in the grandiose outdoors. He played a two-hour double set show, beginning the second set with three solo and ending the evening on an -ahem- high note: "Burn One Down" and "Steal My Kisses."
For those who had the stamina after the two hours of Harper, the staging for the Flaming Lips was ridiculously long. "This can't be worth it" I thought around 12:45 AM, already seven and a half hours standing at the main stage. The second the Lips started, it was. Totally worth it. The aliens to the left, the santas to the right. Coyne riding the crowd in his giant gerbil ball. The camera microphone. The smoke gun. The green balls everywhere [the size of hail!]. It actually looked like a Jose Gonzalez commercial for a second. And despite the theroretically depleting crowd, the main pit was as packed as it was all day, making for one hell of an insane dance party during the guitar solo in "Bohemian Rhapsody."
FLAMING LIPS @ SASQUATCH! 2006
"Yoshimii" was awesome. Everything was awesome. My clothes were drying. I was tired but my adrenaline was still high. It as with regret that I left the Flaming Lips early, but it was 1:30 and you can't sleep in at a campsite. When you neighbors wake up, you wake up.
That night I dreamt the Lips played till dawn...
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The Flaming Lips @ Webster Hall, NYC | pics
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Cibelle playing NYC | MP3, Devendra Banhart, Seu Jorge, Spleen & CocoRosie
I was going to hold off on a post about Brazil's Cibelle until tickets went on sale for the two shows she's playing at Joe's Pub in September, but Gorilla vs. Bear went ahead and wrote pretty much what I would have said about her, so I'll just add the info about the shows and link to more MP3s.
THE SHOWS: She's playing two shows at Joe's Pub on September 22, 2006 - early & late.
AND THE MP3S AND STUFF: Both Joe's Pub & Gorilla vs. Bear are offering the track she did with Devendra Banhart. Seu Jorge and French MC/beatboxer Spleen also appear on her new album (The Shine of Dried Electric Leaves). Spleen is playing with Devendra's friends CocoRosie Friday night at Bowery Ballroom. The Cibelle press release pasted at Joe's Pub's site says Cibelle brings to mind CocoRosie and Bjork (not sure I agree though). Three more Cibelle MP3s @ Comfort Music.
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Band of Horses @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pics
Jerry's full 2006 Sasquatch! Festival review will be up soon, but when I can tell you now that he thought Band of Horses were great. They're playing three NYC shows in June.
Band of Horses played the Wookie Stage on May 27, 2006. Photos by Jerry Yeti for BrooklynVegan.
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Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pics
Band of Horses sold out Bowery | added Warsaw show
Band of Horses | Everything All the Time - Album Stream | Human Television shows
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Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pics
Malkmus played the Wookie Stage on May 27, 2006. Photos by Jerry Yeti for BrooklynVegan
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Jamie Lidell didn't shave @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pics
Stephen Malkmus (Pavement) @ Knitting Factory, NYC | pics
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Jamie Lidell didn't shave @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pics
JAMIE LIDELL @ SOUTHPAW | APRIL 26, 2006 (more)
JAMIE LIDELL @ SASQUATCH! | MAY 28, 2006
Sasquatch! photos by Jerry Yeti for BrooklynVegan
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Mocky, Feist, Gonzo, Lidell | Zero 7 & Jose Gonzalez | MP3s
Arctic Monkeys' new bassist @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pic
CYHSY's drummer in GNR sweatshirt @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pic
Neko Case, before & during the hail @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pics
jamie lidell on NPR & remix/live MP3s
Jamie Lidell playing Concert Cruise, touring w/ Beck
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Arctic Monkeys' new bassist @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pic
ARCTIC MONKEYS @ SASQUATCH! | MAY 28, 2006
That's Nick O'Malley, Arctic Monkeys new touring bassist, playing his 2nd North American show with Arctic Monkeys @ the 2006 Sasquatch! Festival this weekend.
Photo by Jerry Yeti for BrooklynVegan
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CYHSY's drummer in GNR sweatshirt @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pic
Arctic Monkeys' regular bassist @ Webster Hall
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CYHSY's drummer in GNR sweatshirt @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pic
CYHSY @ SASQUATCH! | MAY 28, 2006
That's Sean Greenhalgh from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah wearing a classic Guns N' Roses sweatshirt at this weekend's Sasquatch! Festival. He's clearly getting in character for his last two shows ever as Axl.
Photo by Jerry Yeti for BrooklynVegan
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CYHSY's drummer as AXL | Mr. Brownstone playing Bowery
Sean likes Takka Takka
The Clap Your Hands Say Yeah-GnR-Satanicide Connection
Neko Case, before & during the hail @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pics
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Johnny Beach's birthday party @ Mercury Lounge
MERCURY LOUNGE, NYC | MAY 28, 2006 (cred)
The schedule for this past Sunday night (May 28, 2006) at Mercury Lounge reads "CLOSED FOR PRIVATE EVENT". The event in question was Mercury Lounge talent buyer Johnny Beach's annual birthday party. Magneta Lane came all the way from Canada to play the list-only show curated by Johnny himself. Set and Setting, Love as Laughter, Sam Champion, and one of Johnny's favorite New York bands Dirty on Purpose were also on the bill.
SAID ONE ANONYMOUS ATTENDEE
Real fun night involving numerous Beach shout outs, a cake in his face, a pinata filled with candy and glass mini-bottles of tequila that (duh) mostly shattered on the ground. The show closed with a set of covers by Noah and Ryan from Sam Champion, Matt from Rana/King of France, and a guy from Love as Laughter. No Sam Champion set.
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Michael Azerrad not in King of France anymore
KING OF FRANCE | PRE-BREAKUP
There's no mention of it on King of France's website or Michael Azerrad's blog, but word on the street says Michael and Steve Salad have parted ways. Steve will keep King of France going - in fact, they played a show with a new lineup at Sin-e on May 8th.
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The King of France @ Mercury Lounge, NYC | pics
Books by Michael Azerrad
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May 29, 2006
Neko Case, before & during the hail @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pics
"About three songs into her set, Neko Case gave up on it. Hail the size of dice had the crowd shouting in excitement and alarmed pain." [Seattlest]
NEKO CASE PLAYING THE SASQUATCH! FESTIVAL | MAY 27, 2006
LOOKS KIND OF DARK
DID YOU JUST FEEL SOMETHING?
@#$&(#@$()*@#$()!!
Photos by Jerry Yeti for BrooklynVegan.
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Sasquatch! | Hailstorm stops Neko, Trent Reznor bald
David Byrne - Webster sounds better downstairs | Neko Case
Neko Case not a diva | Concert streaming on NPR
Neko Case @ Joe's Pub, NYC | pics
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Sirius Blog Radio kicks off tonight
Sirius radio subscribers can listen to "Blog Radio" starting tonight, Monday May 29, 2006 @ 10 pm EST, on 'Left of Center'.
WEEKLY SCHEDULE, 10 pm EST
Monday - Product Shop
Tuesday - Brooklyn Vegan (me)
Wednesday - Gorilla vs. Bear
I'll post my playlist on this blog on Wednesday.
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Sasquatch! | Hailstorm stops Neko, Trent Reznor bald
NIN @ SASQUATCH! 2006 | MAY 26, 2006
"Nasty weather turned Sasquatch! into a beast of a different sort on Saturday........Storms had menaced the area throughout the afternoon. But it wasn't until singer-songwriter Neko Case and her band took the stage late in the afternoon that a pelting, 20-minute hailstorm brought the festival temporarily to a halt. The hailstorm was so sudden and unexpected that concertgoers whooped and hollered. They'll be talking about it for years to come. Case remained on stage as long as she could, even throwing a coat over her head, but finally gave in to Mother Nature when slush began piling up at the front of the stage...." [Seattle pi]
Stay tuned for full Sasquatch! coverage by BrooklynVegan correspondent Jerry Yeti (who made it out of the hailstorm alive....barely).
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Trent with hair @ Hammerstein Ballroom
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ELE_K* (Elizabeth from Land of Talk) | Listen, Buy
Before there was Land of Talk, Elizabeth Powell released music under the name ELE_K*. You can listen to two songs at New Music Canada and buy the album at Fusion 3.
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