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August 4, 2006
Stuff I didn't get to today
* RIP Arthur Lee
* Johnny Marr joines Modest Mouse
* Strokes' Guitarist Hammond Readies Solo Debut
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Music companies cut CD shipments to tower records
"At least three major music companies have cut off CD shipments to Tower Records after record executives said the MTS Inc. retailer stopped paying its bills, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday." [MarketWatch] (thx Wes)
Previously
CD sales down, Digital sales up, etc
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Swan Lake (Destroyer+Frog Eyes+Wolf Parade) to release CD on Jagjaguwar | MP3
Swan Lake is the new project of Dan Bejar, Carey Mercer, and Spencer Krug. Back in June Carey told us they were finished recording an album. Well, the album is coming out on Jagjaguwar (home of Oneida, Ladyhawk, Wilderness & Okkervil River), and that's who just sent out this first much-anticipated MP3......
DOWNLOAD: All Fires (MP3)
"I don’t like Spencer." [Martin from Think About Life]
Press release (track list included) below....
SWAN LAKE (Dan Bejar, Spencer Krug, and Carey Mercer) To Release Debut Full-length on Jagjaguwar
Call them what you will (a certain word that rhymes with "Uber Soup" is probably coming to mind for a lot of you), but the three members of the newly-formed Swan Lake (Dan Bejar of DESTROYER and NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, Carey Mercer of FROG EYES, and Spencer Krug of WOLF PARADE and SUNSET RUBDOWN) are all old friends and have been collaborating in one way or another for years. They will release their debut album, "Beast Moans", in both the CD and LP formats on Jagjaguwar on November 21, 2006.
Mercer and Krug's connection goes back the furthest, as Krug has always been an on-again, off-again member of Mercer's Frog Eyes, appearing on record with him as far back as the band's 2002 debut, "The Bloody Hand". The two are also former roommates.
When Bejar was putting a band together to flesh out his midi-based Destroyer album "Your Blues", he picked Frog Eyes as his backing band, and he also took them on the road as his opening act. They also recorded an EP together -- "Notorious Lightning and Other Works" -- with new versions of songs from "Your Blues". For the European tour promoting "Your Blues", Mercer and Krug were his band, and thus the seed was planted for Swan Lake to form; i.e., why not make this a real band and collaborate not just in a live setting but also in the process of songwriting? Before they chose a band name, Mercer would often refer to the new project as "The Songwriters Project".
Their full-length record features, among other things, beast moans, starling voices, cobra hi hats and arpeggiating pianos. The songs are great weaves, showcasing the famous and very distinctive songwriting styles of Bejar, Krug and Mercer. The sum is definitely greater than the parts, and at distinct points on the record a new "combined" style emerges that throws whole heaps of magic into the air, sounding like nothing else.
"Beast Moans" was recorded in a summer cottage town in Canada, and in Victoria, in a house that Krug and Mercer are familiar with and Bejar feels comfortable enough with. It was "self-produced". "Beast Moans" is a testament to friendship, eternal and otherwise.
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Track-listing for SWAN LAKE's "Beast Moans" CD/LP (Jagjaguwar, JAG098)
1. Widow's Walk
2. Nubile Days
3. City Calls
4. A Venue Called Rubella
5. All Fires
6. The Partisan But He's Got To Know
7. The Freedom
8. Petersburg, Liberty Theater, 1914
9. The Pollenated Girls
10. Bluebird
11. Pleasure Vessels
12. Are You Swimming In Her Pools?
13. Shooting Rockets
"The fact that I have no real idea what this record sounds like is a testament to who the alpha males are in the project, if you're gonna look at it that way" [Dan Bejar]
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Death From Above 1979 Breaks Up
"i know its been forever since i wrote anything on here. im sure by now most of you assume the band isnt happening anymore since there are no shows, no work on a new album, etc. well. i wanted to let you know that your assumptions are correct. we decided to stop doing the band... actually we decided that almost a year ago. we finished off our scheduled tour dates because there were good people working for us who relied on us to make a living and buy christmas presents and pay rent etc. we couldnt just cancel everything and leave them out to dry... plus i think we wanted to see if we would reconsider after being out on the road. our label was really hoping that we would change our minds, so they asked us to keep quiet about the decision for at first. well, its been quite awhile now and we are still very sure the band wont happen again, so i guess its time to say something...." [DFA1979 via Tripwire]
DFA without out 1979 still going strong.
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Major Labels Sue LimeWire
"The suit, filed in federal District Court in New York, claims that since August 2000 the defendants designed, distributed and promoted the LimeWire software and network for its 'superior infringement capabilities.' The defendants allegedly profited by receiving payments from third parties for advertisements, bundling third-party software with LimeWire, and a shopping function in LimeWire Basic software." [Billboard]
Previously
Kazaa to pay entertainment industry $115 million
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Agnostic Front playing CBGB - 9/24
The final CBGB shows keep on rolling in. Yesterday we found out The "Dead Kennedys" are playing on September 21st. Today comes the announcement that Agnostic Front are playing September 24th.
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Concert Organizers (that aren't affiliated with Webster Hall) taking steps to help audiences beat the heat
WAITING FOR WATER @ THE 2006 PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL (CRED)
(at Lollapalooza) "There will be an air-conditioned, 3,300-square-foot enclosure — called the AT&T Oasis — where fans can catch a break from the heat, along with a 1,000-square-foot patio complete with fans and misters. There will also be more than a dozen free water stations, and security guards, stationed at the front of the stage, will be armed with hoses to soak the crowd. During last summer's searing Lolla, organizers set up just six free water stations and two misting stations. But they also utilized hoses to cool down the 66,000-strong audience, distributed 1,200 bottles of free water and summoned four cooling buses when temperatures reached triple digits." [MTV News]
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Godsmack vs. Arthur Magazine
I actually meant to post this a long time ago. Arthur Magazine interviewed Godsmack and grilled them on why they let the military use their music. It's controversial. Thanks Klaus for the reminder.
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Lucero playing CBGB & Boat | Tour Dates
Lucero is in NYC this weekend to play CBGB tonight (Friday, Aug 4, 2006) & a Rocks Off Concert Cruise on Saturday. All tour dates at their website. Tracks from their new album are streaming at their website too.
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Long Winters | 2 free shows, new CD & 2006 Tour Dates
DOWNLOAD: Pushover (new MP3)
The Long Winters just came out with a new CD called "Putting the Days to Bed". On August 8, 2006, the band is playing a FREE show at Mercury Lounge in NYC. Entry will be first-come-first-served to those who RSVP'd to: secretshow@barsuk.com. Long Winters' frontman John Roderick is also playing a free Other Music instore (8pm) the next day AND a bunch of the 826NYC benefit shows later in August. That includes the August 23rd one at Beacon Theatre. THEN, on September 29th the Long Winters come back to NYC to play Bowery Ballroom. All tour dates below....
THE LONG WINTERS TOUR DATES
Mon Sep 11 '06 (9:15 PM) San Diego, CA The Casbah
Tue Sep 12 '06 Phoenix, AZ The Rhythm Room
Fri Sep 15 '06 Denton, TX Rubber Gloves The Like Young
Sat Sep 16 '06 (11:15 AM) Austin, TX Zilker Park-Austin City Limits Music Festival
Tue Sep 19 '06 (9 PM) Houston, TX Walter's On Washington
Thu Sep 21 '06 Birmingham, AL Bottletree
Fri Sep 22 '06 Atlanta, GA Smith's Olde Bar
Sat Sep 23 '06 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506
Sun Sep 24 '06 (8:30 PM) Asheville, NC Grey Eagle Tavern & Music Hall The Hellsayers
Tue Sep 26 '06 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks
Tue Sep 26 '06 (9 PM) Charlottesville, VA Satellite Ballroom
Wed Sep 27 '06 (9 PM) Baltimore, MD Sonar
Thu Sep 28 '06 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live
Fri Sep 29 '06 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Sat Sep 30 '06 Allston, MA Harpers Ferry
Tue Oct 3 '06 Montreal, La Sala Rosa
Wed Oct 4 '06 Toronto, ONT Lee's Palace
Thu Oct 5 '06 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
Fri Oct 6 '06 Chicago, IL Subterranean
Sat Oct 7 '06 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club
Mon Oct 9 '06 (9 PM) Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
ALSO: John Roderick explains his lyrics to Indie Interviews
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Professor Murder (starring Alan Astor) @ Cake Shop, NYC | pics
DOWNLOAD: Champion (MP3) (more MP3s)
That's right, we came to party. Street by street, block by block
THAT'S ALAN ASTOR ON SAX
It was hotter than a Sleater Kinney concert at Webster Hall during a heat wave down in the packed basement of Cake Shop on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in NYC last night (Aug 3, 2006), but that didn't stop the dance party.
This show was in honor of their new record. Free cups of water flowed freely.
PROFESSOR MURDER 2006 NYC TOUR DATES
Friday 8/18 @ Mercury Lounge w/ Girl Talk
Saturday 9/16 @ East River Music Project w/ Love as Laughter
Previously
Professor Murder get Pitchfork love | Cake Shop show
Professor Murder MP3 & pre-Siren show w/ The Big Sleep
StarTime Records' Party @ 169 Bar | Professor Murder
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Thom Yorke called for Tony Blair's resignation, but then removed anti-Blair post
"Thom Yorke has demanded Tony Blair resign immediately over the British government's stance on the conflict raging in Israel. The Radiohead star has posted a statement on the band's official website calling for the British Prime Minister to quit, as Hezbollah and the Israeli army wage war in the Middle East." [Yahoo News]
"Thom Yorke's post on Radiohead's website, calling for the resignation of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, has been removed from the site with no explanation and fans are wondering why." [SPIN]
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August 3, 2006
Cat Power & the Memphis Rhythm Band | more NYC shows! | September 2006 Tour Dates
Cat Power is playing more shows with the Memphis Rhythm Band in September. Here are the dates...
SEPTEMBER | 2006
10 Irving Plaza New York, NY – 2 Evening Shows
12 Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA
13 Vic Theatre Chicago, IL
15 Austin City Limits Festival Zilker Park Austin, TX Cingular Stage
16 Gypsy Ballroom Dallas, TX
17 Stubb’s BBQ (Outside) Austin, TX
Previously
Cat Power @ Hiro Ballroom | Bao got some pics
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(part of) an Interview with Cold War Kids who signed to Downtown Records, played Maxwell's, etc...
COLD WAR KIDS @ MAXWELL'S IN HOBOKEN | JULY 31, 2006 (MORE LIKE THIS)
Right before Midlake, Sound Team & Cold War Kids came to NYC to play Mercury-Mercury-Southpaw-Maxwells, they played TT The Bear's in Boston, MA. That's where new BrooklynVegan interviewer Christine caught up with them....
BrooklynVegan Christine: So you guys have played a lot of shows in New York, opening for Two Gallants at bowery, and your shows at Pianos. Because of them, you’ve gotten a lot of attention on blogs and such, have you received a lot of label interest, and if so, will you guys be signing soon?
Cold War Kids Nate: We have had some pretty good label interest. We, I guess, since that time, of that stuff going on, post south by southwest, we’ve got to learn a lot about what it is we want going into it. First meeting with different labels, we had no idea what we were after and we were like, you know, new enough to know we didn’t need to make any rash decisions. We could take our time learning which is kind of weird because there are classic clichés that labels want to rush bands into deals that they don’t know all of the repercussions of. So I think we’ve heard enough of those stories between friends and reading about bands that we like, that we know we need to get everything we want out of a deal and to be with a label that is really respected and to do a lot of research and work and all that stuff. So that stuff is all going to be figured out pretty soon for us, so that’s going to be nice.
(I think I know what they just said to each other - bv)
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Pitchfork reported today that "the buzzed-about band will release their debut album on Downtown Records, home to Gnarls Barkley, Art Brut, and Eagles of Death Metal."
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This weekend the band plays Lollapalooza. Here's a little more of the interview...
BrooklynVegan Christine: You’re schedule to play Lollapalooza in August. Will this be the biggest crowd you’ve played?
Cold War Kids Jonnie: who knows?
Cold War Kids Nate: yeah I don’t know. It could be nobody there that early. We don’t know. But it will be interesting to see how hot it is. Hopefully there will be a lot of shade and misters maybe. It will be fun though to see some other bands that we like. It will probably be…. there could be a lot of people there. I don’t know if people really have the intention to watch a band that early in the day. I don’t think probably anybody goes to a large festival to see a band they’ve never heard of, for the most part. So that’s kind of a tricky thing. Like when you have 30 bands you want to see and there’s that one you’ve never heard of, it’s not high on your priority list.
All CWK tour dates below...
08-03 Chicago, IL - Abbey Pub *
08-05 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
08-07 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore #
08-08 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon #
08-10 Oslo, Norway - OYA Festival
09-07 San Diego, CA - Casbah ^%
09-08 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour ^%
09-09 San Francisco, CA - Cafe du Nord ^
09-11 Portland, OR - Dante's ^%
09-12 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe ^%
10-21 Reykjavik, Iceland - Iceland Airwaves Festival
* with Mates of State
# with Editors
^ with Dr. Dog
% with Elvis Perkins
The Underrated Blog was at one of the Mercury Lounge shows.
Previously
Pitchfork vs. Sound Team | more shows w/ Midlake & Cold War Kids
Cold War Kids vs. Tapes 'n Tapes - in sports
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Dead Kennedys (sort of) playing CBGB & Boston | $35 tix
DEAD KENNEDYS | NOVEMBER 2005 (VIA)
The Jello Biafra-less Dead Kennedys are playing CBGB on September 21, 2006. That's nine days before the club closes for good and one day before the The Dead Kennedys play Axis in Boston. It's also ten months after the same lineup played Irving Plaza....
As soon as the set was over, I zipped off to Irving Plaza for the Dead Kennedys gig. I got there about 15 minutes into it, and the slam dancing was in full force. I ran up front right, saw my pal and proceeded to have the best time at a rock show since The Hives last NYC show. I was weaned on slam dancing with fun spirited rockers in the early 80s, and it was an exhilarating trip down memory lane last night. Since I was late, I know I missed some good songs, but I was there to hear DK classics like Too Drunk to Fuck, Chemical Warfare, Bleed for Me, Holiday in Cambodia, Nazi Punks Fuck Off and others. It was like 1981 all over again! All sweaty, all fun, all smiles. [Waved Rumor]
$35 CBGB tickets are on sale.
Previously
Gorilla Biscuits playing CBGB (again)
Merauder playing CBGB | RIP SOB (Javier Carpio)
H20 playing CBGB & This is Hardcore (philly) & w/ Rancid
First of last CBGB shows: Angry Samoans "plus More awesome bands to be announced soon"
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Sleater Kinney's DC show postponed 'till tonight | NPR Stream
Ends up last night's show at Webster Hall was actually Sleater Kinney's 5th to last show. "After an electrical emergency forced the postponement of Tuesday's concert, the rock trio Sleater-Kinney has scheduled a full makeup show at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club Thursday. The performance will be webcast live on NPR.org at 9 p.m. ET."
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Jesse Malin playing third to last show @ Continental | Tix
As previously reported, Murphy's Law are playing the final Continental show ever on September 16, 2006 (with Two Man Advantage and others TBA). Jesse Malin ("featuring special guests") is playing on September 14th. Tickets are on sale.
Previously
Ryan Adams joined Jesse Malin on stage at Merc
Jesse Malin vs. Irving Plaza, NYC | pics
Jesse Malin, Ryan Adams & Friends @ Irving Plaza, NYC | pics
Last Continental show now September 16th
The Continental will stop having live music
Posted in music | music history | tour dates at 2:23 PM | Comments (3)
Teddybears & Goldfrapp playing NYC | remixes & MP3s
DOWNLOAD (MP3s)
Teddybears - Cobrastyle (feat. Mad Cobra)
Teddybears - Punkrocker (feat. Iggy Pop)
(Teddybears have a myspace too)
TEDDYBEARS' ALBUM COVER vs GOLDFRAPP IN CONCERT (more Goldfrapp)
Arjan, Gorilla vs. Bear, My Old Kentucky Blog, Pitchfork, The Modern Age, and others are all talking about Teddybears. They're not really stuffed animals or Phil Spector's first band, but I think they are the same Teddybears known previously as Teddybears STHLM.
TEDDYBEARS ALBUM PRESS RELEASE
"Stockholm-based collective Teddybears will release their U.S. debut, "Soft Machine", September 12th on Big Beat Recordings (Atlantic Records). The album, a mash up of styles touching on garage punk beats, Electro, Dancehall and Krautrock, features a diverse array of guest vocalists, including Iggy Pop, Neneh Cherry, Elephant Man, Annie, Ebbot Lundberg of Soundtrack of Our Lives and Mad Cobra."
TEDDYBEARS ARE IN NYC TODAY AND TOMORROW
Thu. Aug 3 @ Fat Baby ("DJ & Multimedia performance") w/ DJs Finger on the Pulse
Fri. Aug 4 @ The Annex w/ Pinker Tones & Frankpollis (Jackson's band!) (flyer)
GOLDFRAPP ARE IN NYC IN OCTOBER
Wed. Oct 18 @ Roseland Ballroom (tickets)
GOLDFRAPP REMIX ALBUM PRESS RELEASE
"Riding high on the success of their third album Supernature, red-hot U.K platinum act GOLDFRAPP – Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory – have a new offering for U.S. fans only with WE ARE GLITTER. Due out October 17, 2006 on Mute, We Are Glitter is a collection of the best remixes of tracks from Goldfrapp’s critically acclaimed Supernature. Adventurous and risk-taking, We Are Glitter celebrates and re-imagines Goldfrapp and Supernature with each track selected by the band."
"We are Glitter" track list below....
1 Satin Chic (Bombay Mix by The Shortwave Set)
2 Lovely 2 C U (T.Raumschmiere Remix)
3 Ooh La La (Benny Benassi Remix Extended)
4 You Never Know (Múm Remix)
5 Satin Chic (Through The Mystic Mix, Dimension 11 by The Flaming Lips)
6 Number 1 (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Main Remix)
7 Fly Me Away (C2 Rmx 4)
8 Ride A White Horse (Ewan Pearson Disco Odyssey Part 1)
9 Number 1 (Múm Remix)
10 Ride A White Horse (FK-EK Vocal Version)
11 Slide In (DFA Remix)
BONUS TRACK:
12 Strict Machine (We Are Glitter Mix)
Download an M83 Goldfrapp remix at "Reverb"
Previously
Goldfrapp @ Nokia Theatre, NYC | pics
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CD sales down, Digital sales up, etc
"Last week's numbers were not pretty. According to Nielsen SoundScan figures, physical album sales were the lowest they've been since January 1994; as of the week ending July 25, CD sales had dropped 7.8% for the year. While the sale of digital albums has grown by almost 123% in 2006, the development of that sector so far is not keeping pace with the decline of physical product; adding in equivalent digital albums, the business overall remains down 0.7% this year." [Yahoo News]
Posted in industry | music at 12:22 PM | Comments (9)
Sleater Kinney's last NYC show @ Webster Hall, NYC | pics
SET LIST (VIA FLUXBLOG)
Start Together / The Fox / The Drama You've Been Craving / Wilderness / Jumpers / Light Rail Coyote / Night Light / Ironclad / Rollercoaster / Hot Rock / What's Mine Is Yours / Youth Decay / Modern Girl / Let's Call It Love / Entertain / Sympathy / Dig Me Out // Ballad of a Ladyman / Oh! / Call The Doctor / Get Up / Words + Guitar /// Turn It On / One More Hour
Good night Sleater Kinney. (more soon).
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August 2, 2006
Jackson's Wednesday MP3 Roundup
Jackson's second day on the job....
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* I am obsessed with The Foundry Field Recordings. If you haven't checked them out yet, there are a couple of MP3's on [The Test Pilot]
* Have you heard Klaxons? I think they're very cool, and they bring some "new" to new wave. For some reason they remind me of both Test Icicles and CSS. They also have two dates in NY in September, (one with Soulwax). [Exitfare]
* If you dig the Friedberger siblings (The Fiery Furnaces), two songs have leaked from brother Matthew Friedberger's album's Holy Ghost Language School and Winter Women. [Stereogum]
* These following tracks aren't new, but these bands are all awesome and I dont think they get the attention they deserve. Those of you who know Supersystem should know about Antelope, (recently played at Union Pool with/and touring with Rahim), and should furthermore know about Edie Sedgwick. All three of these bands include musician Justin Moyer, and let's just say his stage presence is fucking creepy! Dont take my word for it though, watch these videos, and go to the blog to download the tracks.
Videos: [Antelope at Union Pool] [Antelope Live in Milwaukee] [Supersystem Live in San Fransisco]
Music: [Man The Change]
* And Finally,Think Tank, has some cool tracks up. Although some were posted more than a week ago, I think the songs are still pretty awesome. Live Shins concert, (w/ new tracks), Link to new Mountain Goats tracks, (and covers), and Flaming Lips demos! [Think Tank]
I'm done,
Jackson
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updated Union Hall schedule | What's your favorite Brooklyn venue? | WIN TICKETS (Showalter, Mirman, Silversun Pickups, Page France)
UNION HALL GETS BIRDMONSTER, ELF POWER, TRACHTENBURG, SHOWALTER, TAKKA TAKKA...
As you can see from the updated schedule below, Union Hall (the brand new Brooklyn music venue located in Park Slope) continues to fill out it's schedule with impressive rock and comedy shows. Will it become Brooklyn's best venue?
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE BROOKLYN VENUE? | A CONTEST AND POLL
What is Brooklyn's best venue right now? Northsix? Warsaw? Southpaw? Magnetic Field? McCarren Pool? The Syrup Room? One of Todd P's other spots? Brooklyn Lyceum? Trash? Union Pool? Pete's Candy Store? Glasshouse Gallery? The Hook? Prospect Park Bandshell? BAM? Anything else? You can only pick one. E-mail your answer to BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL.COM (SUBJECT: VENUES). I'll tally all the votes and post the results in a few days.
WIN TICKETS BY VOTING
Everyone who votes will be eligible to win a pair of tickets to one of the first four shows at Union Hall. Tell me in your email which show you want (Page France, Oppenheimer, Comedy, or Silversun). Four winners will be picked randomly and notified via email. You can still vote even if you don't want a prize too. I won't sell your email or anything like that.
UNION HALL'S UPCOMING SCHDULE
Friday, August 4: Page France + Graham Smith of Kleenex Girl Wonder $8
Saturday, August 5: Oppenheimer (Bar None from Dublin) + The Metric Mile $6
Sunday, August 6: Park Slope Comedy Club with Eugene Mirman + Michael Showwalter + Todd Barry $8
Monday, August 7: Silversun Pickups + Daylights For The Birds $8 adv/$10 door
Friday, August 11: Pete Galub + Beth Sorrentino (ex-Suddenly Tammy) (FREE show: first in a series of free shows for the neighborhood!)
Thursday, August 17: Takka Takka (record release party!) + Slowlands $5
continued below....
Friday, August 18: The Mugs + The Isles (record release party!) $7
Saturday, August 19: Levy + Soft $7
Sunday, August 20: Park Slope Comedy Club with Eugene Mirman + friends $8
Tuesday, August 22: Inlets (members of My Brightest Diamond) + Casey Dienel $6
Thursday, August 24: Dave Derby + Chris Brokaw (of the New Year/Codeine/Come) $6
Friday, August 25: The Rosewood Thieves + Sonny Oaks $7
Thursday, August 31: Simon Finn $TBA
Friday, September 1: Victoria Vox + Jeff Solomon $6 (ukelele pop night!)
Thursday, September 7: The IOs $7
Friday, September 8: Birdmonster + Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin + Catfish Haven $10 adv/$12 door
Thursday, September 14: Finian McKean + Moore N Sons $5
Thursday, September 21: Freedy Johnston + Chris Mills $12 adv/door
Saturday, September 30: Elf Power + very special guests $10
Thursday, October 5: Jason Trachtenburg's Proverbial Fourth Wall $TBA
Friday, October 6: Math & Physics Club (from Seattle) $TBA
Previously
Union Hall | a new Brooklyn music venue in Park Slope
Posted in Contests | NYC | To Do | comedy | music at 5:53 PM | Comments (27)
An Interview with Think About Life (Matt, Graham & Martin)
Blogs! Blogs! Blogs! Blogs! Blogs! Blogs! Blogs!
DOWNLOAD: Paul Cries (MP3)
THINK ABOUT LIFE'S MATT, MARTIN & GRAHAM
Think About Life played an intimate gig at Finger on the Pulse at the Lucky Cat in Brooklyn Friday night (July 28. 2006). Christos Mountzouros and crew were there to capture it on video. The next morning Christos and crew met up with TAL at a "huge, 5,000 sqaure foot empty warehouse room" in DUMBO (Brooklyn, NY). Here's what they said to each other...
BrooklynVegan Christos: How did think about life, come together, and decide to think about life as a unit?
Matt: Well, let's see. Graham and I lived in a place called the electric tractor, a venue loft space, in Montreal and uh it took a little while to convince him that we should play together, but we went down and practiced in his space, and normally he plays guitar but there was this cheap white keyboard there, and plugged that in... and it was just MAGIC. Then we decided we needed a vocalist, and Martin played in a band called DONKEY HEART, and he just seemed like the only choice.
Graham: I added him to my windows messenger, started sending him mp3s...
Martin: The internet!
BrooklynVegan Christos: This is obviously a new age of music, with the internet fueling your popularity, is that weird for your guys? Were you the types of people who served music blogs before you started popping up all over them?
The entire band chants...fists in the air...
"Blogs! Blogs! Blogs! Blogs! Blogs! Blogs! Blogs!"
Martin: No, we don't check out any music blogs.
Matt: I read some blogs!
the boys give him a hard time...
Matt: I now do, I never did before... now that I'm narciss-surfing all the time!
Martin: I was gonna say, the internet is full of porn and tons of other stuff that you can't find anywhere! You know, so you might as well find blogs, and music from around the world.
Matt: It does open up a lot of new options though, you don't have to rely on mainstream media to get your information.
Graham: Exactly.
BrooklynVegan Christos: What about your friends? I was reading about a band the other day and one of the band members said some of their friends don't know they're even in a band. What about your friends? How active are they in your career?
Martin: Without our friends we wouldn't be here... most of our friends really helped us. Everyone was really excited about our music in Montreal, it was really supportive.
Graham: Yeah, a lo them were involved in the booking... the artwork...
BrooklynVegan Christos: I was going to say, the artwork on your website and your album art is pretty amazing. Did you know the person who did it personally? How much of it was your idea, or did they just come to you with this images that happened to work?
Martin: Let's say his name! First of all, there's Jack Dylan and then...(points to matt)
Matt: I'm Matt Shane! Yeah, Jack and I collaborated on the album art itself, mostly from Turkey, I was living in Turkey for a while. I would send him out samples, he would put them all into Photoshop. A guy named Brendan Reed did the website, he works in the same kind of style as Jack and I... he also sings in one of our songs.
BrooklynVegan Christos: Looking at the album art, and your myspace page, I have to ask, are you basketball fans or what?
Martin: It's been asked before... sorta...
Matt: Former Basketball fans.
Graham: We're into Barkley and Magic Johnson.
Matt: We all dream as well I think.
Martin: The Dream Team basically. Look, basketball turned into Gangsta Rap at some point and that's when we sorta said..."guys, look, we love gangsta rap, but we won't promote it in basketball.
Matt: We don't want them to be the same! They have to be seperate.
Martin: I agree.
BrooklynVegan Christos: In terms of the vocals on the album, there seems to be more of a concern with creating sound and exploring sound so that it means something, rather than simply creating crisp, perfect pop vocals. Did you always have that in mind?
Martin: My voice is fucked up! My whole family has a fucked up voice. So that's how the vocals came to be... it was just natural.
Graham: We recorded them all in one take too.
Matt: We're also all coming from different backgrounds. I was always into hardcore. Getting into this band was like, cleaning up a little bit. I feel like we spent a lot of time in the production, though by industry standards, we didn't spend much time at all.
Martin: Haha... no one went to California, LA, to record stuff... none of that happened.
Graham: I actually, secretly recorded my parts in California.
Martin: You did?
Matt: His hideaway
Graham: I'm considering moving there.
BrooklynVegan Christos: How did you guys end up on Alien 8?
Matt: They’re in the area, and they showed some interest in us early on.
Martin: Actually, it’s all because of this guy Dave from Quebec City who saw us play and said to the Alien 8 guys, “you have to sign these guys!” We have to thank him, I think his name is Dave… yeah…Dave.
Graham and Matt: Shout out to Dave!
BrooklynVegan Christos: What’s touring with THINK ABOUT LIFE like? Do you guys find time to write new stuff on tour? Or are you more focused on fine tuning the old songs, making sure they get better and better on the road?
Matt: We work on new stuff.
Martin: On the road though?
Matt: Well, on the road we don’t work on anything. We generally try to figure out new stuff while we’re playing at home.
BrooklynVegan Christos: Anyone your fans of? Bands you’d like to collaborate with?
Matt: Spencer Kruger. Aren’t we all dieing to do a side project with Spencer Kruger.
Graham: Spencer’s a good guy.
Martin: I don’t like Spencer.
BrooklynVegan Christos: Any albums that really touched you recently?
Matt: Sunset Rubdown, before that, Wolf Parade. Oh, and Final Fantasy, that’s a fantastic album.
BrooklynVegan Christos: Talk to me about opening for Wolf Parade, I saw them about a year ago and they were crazy, and while I missed your set, I did notice that your lead singer wasn’t Martin? Who was that and where is he now?
Martin: Was he big and white?
BrooklynVegan Christos: Yes! And was his name Beaver? Because I think I met him in a bar.
Martin: Another shout out!
Graham: Martin actually couldn’t get into the States that time, so we sort of just asked Beaver if he wanted to go on tour with us, take the role of front man, and he did. He ended up doing all of the driving too.
Martin: I think he’s about to release an album soon.
Graham: Yeah he does really great solo stuff.
Martin: Beautiful stuff.
BrooklynVegan Christos: What has been your favorite city thus far while touring? Any places in particular you love?
Martin: Portland.
Matt: Montreal… and Brantford Ontario.
Graham: Downtown is like totally destroyed, there was like no one there, but there were concerts behind abandoned factories. It was awesome.
BrooklynVegan Christos: Did you really start as a band with just a distorted Casio keyboard and drums to provide entertainment for a house party? Do you like playing small parties as opposed to bigger shows?
Matt: Well, our first show was the last party we had at our house. We like playing small, intimate, sweaty shows, they take the cake over large venues.
BrooklynVegan Christos: You’ve played with Wolf Parade and Art Brut… which experience was a better one?
Matt: Well, it’s tough to say. Martin wasn’t with us for Wolf Parade, so that sucked. But, on the other hand, Wolf Parade are our friends and it’s always more fun to tour with friends.
BrooklynVegan Christos: Your songs seem well crafted yet still erratic. There’s all this panic in the music, mayhem if you will, and then it all gets soothed, quieted down, resolved. Your songs are like stories each with an exposition, and a climax, a resolution… Is this planned or does it just happen organically?
Martin: Fully organic.
Matt: We don’t bring much material to practices, like Graham will have a riff or two and we’ll jam on that.
Graham: Just as long as the ending is louder than the beginning.
Martin: There’s lots of pauses and we’ll be like, “Maybe this should go here?” and then we’ll change our minds and change the song completely.
BrooklynVegan Christos: Alien 8 calls your songs, “party anthems” do you agree? And do you guys like to party? I also like the phrase, “causing panic on the dance floor,” was that one of your intentions?
Graham: I was kind of panicking last night. I saw Martin on the dance floor and he grabbed this guy by his shirt. It looked like he was gonna fight the guy, the guy was dancing…
Martin: The guys wasn’t dancing! I grabbed him because he wasn’t dancing! He danced after I grabbed him! I had to grab him to start the dancing!
Graham: I was panicking. There was panic, there was a dance floor there you go.
BrooklynVegan Christos: I’ve also heard you described as an "electric tractor house band." Any idea what that means?
Matt: That was our house, the name of our old loft.
BrooklynVegan Christos: Why isn’t snowee caterpillar on the album?
Martin: Good Question.
Graham: I don’t like it anymore. I sang it, and I just don’t like it.
Matt: It’s one of my favorite songs, actually.
BrooklynVegan Christos: You’re also touring with the Long Blondes, signed to What’s Your Rupture. Love is all is also signed to that label. You a fan? I envision the perfect tour: The THINK ABOUT LOVE tour. You down?
Graham: That might happen actually. Kevin from What’s your Rupture is always in touch, and we love Love is All.
BrooklynVegan Christos: The songs have so much energy and motion, do they mostly come from a happy place?
Martin: I think it does come from a happy place. But I think it comes from a place where, we’re three boys going to the boys club, and we’re like, trying to get away from our parents and all the problems and stuff around the city and just come together and be ourselves.
Matt: I find no matter what mood I’m in when we get together, it’s about the collaboration and that comes from a happy place. It isn’t one person’s vision really.
BrooklynVegan Christos: Well, lastly, what’s next for you guys? More shows? Another album?
Matt: We wrote a lot of new songs, hoping to record an EP by this January.
Martin: Basically, we’re going to try and record a new album, make new music, and play it all over the world!
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ABOUT THE INTERVIEWER
Christos Mountzouros has been a music lover all his life. While he currently works as a design coordinator for an animation company, he loves seeing music, making music, and writing about it. His past concert antics include: making Bjork a CD of himself singing a bunch of her songs and throwing it at her on stage, pretending to be part of an opening band to hang out with the headliner, jumping on stage after concerts and pretending to be a music video director, and of course, screaming his token, “Never Stop!” at bands he loves. Christos lives in the east village but already misses Dumbo, doesn’t eat meat and loves wine, open bars, and brooklyn bridge park.
Previously
Think About Life finish three night NYC run
Think About Life @ Knitting Factory, NYC | pics
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Professor Murder get Pitchfork love | Cake Shop show
"No collection of songs this year does stupid smarter than Professor Murder's Rides the Subway." [Pitchfork recommended Professor Murder today]
(wish I could say the same about Forward Russia yesterday)
Professor Murder play Cake Shop in NYC tomorrow (Thursday August 3rd). They're also opening for Girl Talk at Mercury Lounge (which makes that show full of tons of best new music).
Previously
Professor Murder MP3 & pre-Siren show
StarTime Records' Party @ 169 Bar | Professor Murder
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Man killed at Korn concert
"A 30-year-old man who was beaten in the mosh pit at the Atlanta date of Korn's Family Values Tour on Sunday night has died......According to WSB, Richardson had been listed in critical condition following the fracas, in which two unidentified men attacked him in the mosh pit. Richardson had asked the men to be careful not to hurt his pregnant girlfriend and a mentally impaired child accompanying them." [MTV]
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Art Brut touring with and without We Are Scientists | those Dates + more pics from Siren
Tickets are on sale for an October 19, 2006 Art Brut show at Irving Plaza in Manhattan, and for a show the day before at Warsaw in Brooklyn. What do these two venues have in common (besides Clear Channel)? Art Brut hasn't played either of them yet! They are surely on their way to playing more NYC stages than the average NYC band. I am not complaining about that.
And before they get here in October, they'll be on the road as usual - from Austria to Brazil to North Carolina on September 18th when they start a tour with NYC's own We are Scientists aka Art Brut 47. The Spinto Band also open at all the U.S. shows. All dates (along with more pictures of Art Brut at the 2006 Siren Festival) below ....
JUST ART BRUT
Aug 5 2006 Palaverama Festival Gmünd / Austria
Aug 6 2006 Hi Fi Festival Mulingar, Westmeath / Ireland
Aug 10 2006 Noise Festival Pully/Lausanne - Switzerland
Aug 11 2006 Love Planet Festival Prague / Czech Republic
Aug 12 2006 Nokia Festival Hamburg / Germany
Aug 16 2006 Festival Radio Onda D'Urto Brescia / Italy
Aug 18 2006 Frequency Festival Salzburg, Austria
Aug 19 2006 V2006 Festival Hylands Park - Chelmsford / UK
Aug 20 2006 V2006 Festival Weston Park - Staffordshire / UK
Aug 24 2006 Monsters of Spex Festival Koelner Jugendpark, Cologne / Germany
Sep 16 2006 Motormix Sao Paulo / Brazil
ART BRUT & WE ARE SCIENTISTS & THE SPINTO BAND
Sep 18 2006 Cat's Cradle (All Ages)/ Carborro / USA, NC
Sep 19 2006 The Roxy (All Ages) / Atlanta / USA, GA
Sep 20 2006 The Social (All Ages) / Orlando / USA, FL
Sep 21 2006 Studio A (18+) / Miami / USA, FL
Sep 22 2006 Club Downunder (18+) / Tallahassee / USA, FL
Sep 23 2006 One Eyed Jack's (All Ages) - New Orleans / USA, LA
Sep 24 2006 Warehouse Live (All Ages) -Houston / USA, TX
Sep 25 2006 Emo's (Outdoors) (All Ages) - Austin / USA, TX
Sep 26 2006 Gypsy Tea Room (17+) - Deep Ellum / USA, TX
Sep 28 2006 Brickhouse Theatre (All Ages) - Phoenix / USA, AZ
Sep 29 2006 House of Blues (All Ages) - San Diego / USA, CA
Sep 30 2006 Henry Fonda Theatre (All Ages) - Los Angeles / USA, CA
Oct 2 2006 The Fillmore (All Ages) - San Francisco / USA, CA
Oct 5 2006 Hawthorne Theatre (All Ages) - Portland / USA, OR
Oct 6 2006 Commodore Ballroom (18+) - Vancouver / Canada, BC
Oct 7 2006 Neumo's Crystal Ball Reading (All Ages) - Seattle / USA, WA
Oct 9 2006 In The Venue (All Ages) - Salt Lake City / USA, UT
Oct 10 2006 Bluebird Theatre (16+) - Denver / USA, CO
Oct 11 2006 The Granada (All Ages) - Lawrence / USA, KS
Oct 12 2006 Metro (18+) - Chicago / USA, IL
Oct 13 2006 Majestic Theatre Center, Inc (All Ages) - Detroit / USA, MI
Oct 14 2006 Opera House (All Ages) - Toronto / Canada, ON
Oct 15 2006 La Tulipe - Montreal / Canada
ART BRUT & THE SPINTO BAND
Oct 16 2006 Middle East (Downstairs) (18+) Cambridge / USA, MA
Oct 17 2006 Black Cat (All Ages) Washington / USA, DC
Oct 18 2006 Warsaw Brooklyn, NY
Oct 19 2006 Irving Plaza (16+) New York / USA, NY
Oct 20 2006 Starlight Ballroom (All Ages) Philadelphia / USA, PA
Previously
Art Brut | in the crowd @ Siren (from all angles)
The 2006 Village Voice Siren Festival, Coney Island | pics
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guest blogger Jason Trachtenburg | on Cell Phones and such
DOWNLOAD: Middle America (MP3) (another)
You know him as a solo artist and 1/3 of "indie-vaudeville conceptual art-rock pop band" The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players. He's Jason Trachtenburg, and unlike Jackson, he IS Vegan. In honor of the Trachtenburg's new DVD, Jason will be bringing us some guest posts right here on BrooklynVegan.com. Here's his first one - written from the road - all the way in Ireland....
I'm staying positive here.
I have to keep saying that,
so with that in mind, the parameters have been set off.
It's a pleasure and an honor to be guest blogging for Brooklyn Vegan.
I don't generally blog, but I am an obsessive-compulsive vegan to the highest degree so I think I may actually like this.
My thoughts on vegetarianism are as widely known as my music and I am grateful that people like what we are about.
Apparently I am listed in Wikipedia as one of the world's most renowned vegetarians (just after Tolstoy) and I was nominated as one of PETA2's Sexiest Vegetarians of the Year, 2005.
Those are some of my credentials. Credentials make this serious business.
Our music is about fun but it is also about serious issues. Like these. The issues that need addressing immediately concern the over saturation, mental and physical, of exposure to cellular phone radiation frequencies. These telephonic devices were designed for the military and introduced to the public as a means to avoid or solve emergencies, and were initially sold to us touting that benefit. Life-style and convenience matter more to most than the obvious (and the unknown) health risk factors contained within these highly powerful radioactive devices.
Cellular phone antenna towers and the frequencies themselves are proven to be radioactive. Frequent headaches and microwave ear drip are commonly reported side effects. These devices affect the cellular structure and rapid mutation of brain cells. Many people are living in denial, and are trying to forego the obvious;
cellular phones are a major health hazard, and are part of the greatest and riskiest self inflicted experiment in the history of mankind. Cancer rates have never been higher, and people are now living life with the thought that such cancers and diseases are inescapable and inexplicable.
People must be consciously aware that their lifestyle can be deadly. I welcome any responses to these comments, and I will further expound about the social ramifications of cellular phones as well as i-pods.
Of course I am typing this on a computer right now. I am staying positive here.
With meaning,
Jason Trachtenburg
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Stay tuned for part two! And see the Trachtenburgs when they come to a town near you.
(note: I added the links in his text)
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Think About Life finish three night NYC run
THINK ABOUT LIFE @ THE LUCKY CAT, BROOKLYN | 7/28/06 (MORE BY e-liz)
"this band shredded. montreal has some crazy motherfuckers making music lately." [e-liz]
"They played about six or seven songs. Paul Cries, Serious Chords, and others I don't remember. It was great, I loved it so much." [A Blog Soup was at Cake Shop]
Previously
Think About Life & Long Blondes this weekend | win tix
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Comedian Dave Hill sees Rocket From the Tombs @ Southpaw
ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS @ SOUTHPAW, BROOKLYN | 7/29/06 (MORE)
"Last night I headed over to Southpaw in scenic Park Slope to see Rocket From The Tombs (Rocket From The Crypt got their name from them, in case you were wondering), the legendary new wave/punk-type rock band from the same town I am from, Cleveland. They rocked balls." [Dave Hill]
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Bonde Do Role's Marina Ribatski injured while crowd surfing @ the Pitchfork Festival
MARINA LAST SEEN CROWD SURFING @ PITCHFORK FESTIVAL | JULY 30, 2006
"Okay, here’s what happened. Ribatski decided close to the end of the set that she’d dive into the crowd. She’s small, and was wiggling and keeping time and rapping while being passed around like a beach ball (above). Then she disappeared, but it seemed like she was going to hop back up on stage and finish the set, like usually happens. But she didn’t." [Marathon Packs]
MARINA APPEARS ON STAGE IN MN - WITH CAST | JULY 31, 2006 (MORE)
Marathon Packs also covered Pitchfork Day one.
Previously
Vegan Ice Cream & the 2006 Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, IL
More coverage of last night's CSS/BDR show
Bonde Do Role @ Warsaw, Brooklyn, NY | pics
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"Priority Tickets" available for 826NYC NYC show, others not sold out
DAVID BYRNE + JON STEWART + SUFJAN STEVENS IN NYC
"If you weren't able to get tickets in time, all hope is not lost. 826NYC is offering a limited number of Priority Tickets (front and center seats) for $250 each. All proceeds, of course, will come directly to the organization and will support student programming here. Contributions above face value are also tax deductible. If you are interested in purchasing Priority Tickets please call us here at 718-499-9884"
Tickets for the benefit shows in Chicago, LA and elsewhere, are still on sale on Ticketmaster.
Previously
826NYC "Revenge of the Book Eaters Tour"
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Decemberists 2006 Tour Presale
There's a presale underway for the Decemberists' upcoming tour.
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Sufjan Stevens adds 3rd NYC date @ Town Hall
Tickets for the third (October 1) Sufjan Stevens show at the Town Hall in NYC are on sale now. (thx Bumpershine & Qbertplaya)
SUFJAN TAKES NEW YORK
Wed. Aug. 23: New York, NY, Beacon Theatre (benefit)
Fri. Sept. 29: New York, NY, Town Hall
Sat. Sept. 30: New York, NY, Town Hall
Sun. Oct. 1: New York, NY, Town Hall
All tour dates posted previously.
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August 1, 2006
Kimya Dawson is a mother | Panda Delilah - 8lbs 9oz
Congrats Kimya! On July 29, 2006, she wrote:
BABY!!!
SHE'S HERE!!!!
Panda Delilah
was born July 28th at 7:15am
8lbs 9oz and 20 1/2 inches long
pictures soon!
she is the best EVER!!!!
Kimya at 37 weeks below...
BEFORE SHE WAS HERE (37 WEEKS)
(thx Mike)
Previously
Adam Green show postponed | Kimya Dawson's belly
New Kimya Dawson album & MP3
Kimya Dawson is pregnant
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Jackson's Tuesday MP3 Roundup
A NEW BROOKLYNVEGAN FEATURE
Everyone please help me welcome Jackson Pollis to BrooklynVegan.com. In additon to just generally being a huge music fan, Jackson can be found DJing at clubs and parties all over NYC, most often at Misshapes, and recently on the main stage of the Village Voice Siren Festival in Coney Island. Jackson, a life-long Brooklyn resident, is also in a band and has starred as a Power Ranger on the hilarious television program Wonder Showzen. Jackson is a pretty busy guy, and now he's even busier because he just took on another gig - providing us all with approximately five beats MP3 links a day. We're calling it, creatively enough, "Jackson's MP3 Roundup. This is his first post....
JACKSON BEHIND A FAN ON STAGE AT SIREN
* Bands like Blonde Redhead, Sonic Youth, Mogwai, and Yo La Tengo recorded sessions for the BBC. Get some of them as MP3s. [Kwaya Na Kisser]
* The new Thunderbirds Are Now record (Make History) is due out in the fall off French Kiss. Some new tracks have leaked. One features SNL's Fred Armisen on drums and many others doing backing vocals! [Good Hodgkins]
* Leaked Scissor Sisters, Basement Jaxx, and The Rapture. [Between Thought And Expression]
* No MP3 here, just be prepared for Hot Snakes Live Album. [Gimme Tinnitus]
* Finally, new Polytechnic, The Knife remix, new Andrew WK?..and more! [Bliss]
* Ratatat and Teddybears are just some of Chris' favorites this month. [Gorilla Vs. Bear]
Yeah!
Jackson
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Islands (the band) | 2006 Tour Dates
As some have pointed out, the street-dancing Canadian band Islands (do I still need to say ex-Unicorns?) are playing Bowery Ballroom and Northsix in October 2006 (tix). It's part of a larger U.S. Fall Tour, and all current dates are below....
ISLANDS TOUR DATES, 2006
10-8 - Boston, MA - Middle east Downstairs
10-9 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
10-10 - Brooklyn, NY - Northsix
10-11 - Philadelphia, PA - TLA
10-12 - tba
10-13 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
10-14 - Charlottesville, VA - Satelite Ballroom
10-15 - Clevland, OH - Grog Shop
10-16 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
10-27 - Chicago, IL - Metro
10-28 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
11-6 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile
11-7 - Portland, OR - Disjecta
11-8 - Eugene, OR - WOW Hall
11-9 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
11-10 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater
11-11 - Pomona, CA - Glasshouse
11-13 - Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue
11-17 - Denton, TX - Hailey‘s
11-18 - Austin, TX - Emo‘s
Previously
Islands outside Avalon | Part 2
Islands played Pop Montreal | MP3s & Stuff
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Answering Machine bootlegging out of the question
"Rolling Stones fans can listen to a soundboard mix from the group's Paris concert today by calling a telephone number and paying $1.99 for 7 minutes. The ridiculous thing is that after your seven minutes are up, you have to call back to hear more. Apparently, there's no way to hear the whole show uninterrupted. Rolling Stones manager Marty Erlichman says that's to prevent bootlegging." [Boing Boing]
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McCarren Pool w/ water in it & other Pool issues
MCCARREN POOL FILLED WITH FAKE WATER (MORE LIKE THIS)
ALSO
* Other Options for Gowanus Pool?
* Panorama of McCarren Pool During Of Montreal
* McCarren Pool User's Guide
* Pool Concerts Making a Splash...and Trash
* Whole Foods to Open in Dumbo
* Happy 70th Birthday McCarren Pool
* Bloc Party Rules at McCarren Pool, but the Big Concerts Bite
* McCarren 101: Celebrate the Pool, then Hide the Pool
* Welcome to Luxury Condoville (in McCarren Park)
Previously
Asobi Seksu | played Bowery Ballroom & The Pool
Of Montreal played McCarren Pool | 5 more free shows to go
The Beer Line @ McCarren Pool, NYC | pics
Bloc Party @ McCarren Pool, Brooklyn, NYC | pics
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SPIN has another Emily Haines track - an MP3
METRIC @ THE COMMODORE | APRIL 01, 2006 (CRED)
SPIN has another track from Emily Haines' solo debut, and it's an MP3. Yesterday's track is streaming. (thx Dillon)
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RIP ROCKPILE Magazine | Sleater Kinney on NPR & another final show | Lollapalooza streaming too
After more than 12 years and 120 issues of of consistent, regular publication, Rockpile Magazine will be closing its doors.
"While rumors have been floating for awhile (mostly due to the fact that the mag became as flimsy as Keira Knightley), word finally came down at the beginning of this week that Rockpile Magazine is over. The Philadelphia-based bi-monthly mag started out as a free publication back in 1994. Ten years later it was sold by founder Joe Kirschen to staffers Mike McKee, Allan Kemler, and Matt McGlynn. In turn, the mag began charging and found brief success as a nationally distributed publication covering the latest in 'independent music and culture.' The mag helped launch the writing careers of many rock critics you read on a daily basis. But the cost of distributing said magazine has finally caught up to them." [Tiny Mix Tapes]
Philebrity reports that Rockpile publisher Allan Martin Kemler is working on a new project.
NPR is going to stream one of Sleater Kinney's final performances, the one tonight (Aug 1, 2006) in Washington DC in fact. Also, if you've been following along, you know their FINAL performance went from being Lollapalooza to being a final show in Portland to to being TWO final shows in Portland.
Speaking of streaming Sleater Kinney performances and Lollapalooza, that wll be streaming too.
This is Fake DIY has a tribute to Sleater Kinney: Part one & Part two
The Rogers Sisters are opening for Sleater Kinney at all the shows before Lollapalooza including TOMORROW at Webster Hall.
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Damon Albarn forms a band | the Good The Bad And The Queen
"Damon Albarn has formed a new band, according to reports. The Blur and Gorillaz star is understood to be rehearsing with a group called the Good The Bad And The Queen. Albarn is said to have recruited Paul Simonen, formerly of the Clash, to play bass, along with ex-Verve guitarist and part-time Blur member Simon Tong. Tony Allen, Fela Kuti's drummer, is also in the band, who will release their debut single in October, claim this month's Mojo magazine." [Yahoo News]
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Sebastian Bach Subs for Axl in London
"After Axl Rose fell ill during a Guns N' Roses gig, pal Sebastian Bach stepped up to the mic to help the show go on." [SPIN]
Previously
Axl Rose arrested for biting guard
Axl Rose vs. Tommy Hilfiger | story, video, etc..
pictures of Axl Rose & Sebastian Bach @ Hammerstein Ballroom
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July 31, 2006
Stream an Emily Haines track | Updated Tour Dates
METRIC IN BERLIN | MAY 13, 2006 (MORE)
Pitchfork brings us the news of a streaming track from Emily Haines' upcoming solo album. The song is called "Our Hell", and it sounds awesome. They (Pitchfork) also have the dirt on the rest of her upcoming solo dates:
EMILY HAINES SOLO, 2006
09-12 Toronto, Ontario - Toronto International Film Festival (Venue TBA)
09-18 Montreal, Quebec - Le National
09-19 New York, NY - Joe's Pub (SOLD OUT)
09-21 Los Angeles, CA - Venue TBA
09-22 San Francisco, CA - Café du Nord
Metric dates below...
METRIC 2006 TOUR DATES
08-25 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
08-27 Reading, England - Reading Festival
09-02 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga
09-03 Victoria, British Columbia - Open Air Centennial Square
09-04 Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot Festival
09-14 London, Ontario - Rock the Block
09-15 Halifax, Nova Scotia - The Forum
09-16 Fredericton, New Brunswick - UNB Cafeteria
I guess Metric is not playing a free show at the pool anymore. sorry 'bout that. This is who is.
Previously
Metric played a private show for Rolling Stone | Watch it
Stars' Amy Millan playing Joe's Pub (twice) | BSS & Metric played the China Club
BSS/Metric's Emily Haines | solo album & show at Joe's Pub
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More on the Cardigans cancellation
Maybe this irate message posted on The Cardigans' message board (7/16) is related to the cancelled shows:
Hey all!
I don´t know why the US tour has been announced yet. We in the band has NOT accepted the budget for the whole trip yet and for me it´s unaccaptable to announce a tour before it´s all set. So all of you who celebrate now, you may be in for a big dissapointment. Sorry to say this, but it´s the truth.
The band
Ouch. (via Stereogum)
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Vegan Ice Cream & the 2006 Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, IL
The Pitchfork Music Festival went down in Chicago this weekend (June 29-30, 2006). I obviously wasn't there, but now I really wish I was after seeing this picture sent in by Matthew....
VEGAN ICE CREAM @ PITCHFORK, CHICAGO, IL
MORE FESTIVAL COVERAGE
* Celebrating indie-rock at Pitchfork
* Kicking Out the Hat Jams
* Pitchfork Music Festival 2006 Day One In Pictures
* Pitchfork Music Festival 2006 Day Two In Pictures
* Man Man @ Pitchfork 7.28.06
* Good Weekend: Pitchfork Music Festival '06!
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Asobi Seksu | played Bowery Ballroom & The Pool | 2006 Tour Dates
ASOBI SEKSU @ BOWERY BALLROOM (MORE @ BAO'S FLICKR)
Asobi Seksu opened for Of Montreal @ McCarren Pool on Sunday (July 30, 2006). On July 19th, they played with the Big Sleep and I Love You But I've Chosen the Darkness at Bowery Balllroom.
ASOBI SEKSU @ MCCARREN POOL (CRED)
"New York quartet Asobi Seksu is gearing up for a very busy Fall, which will keep them out on the road for the majority of September and October." Dates below...
FALL 2006 TOUR DATES
Thu. Sept. 14: Boston, MA Tufts University
Fri. Sept. 15: Ithaca, NY Cornell University
Sat. Sept. 16: Buffalo, NY Soundlab
Sun. Sept. 17: Ottawa, ONT Babylon
Tue. Sept. 19: Montreal, QC Green Room
Wed. Sept. 20: Toronto, ONT Horseshoe
Thu. Sept. 21: Detroit, MI Lager House
Fri. Sept. 22: Chicago, IL Schubas
Sat. Sept. 23: Milwaukee, WI Cactus Club
Sun. Sept. 24: Minneapolis, MN 400 Bar
Tue. Sept. 26: Calgary, AB HiFi Club
Wed. Sept. 27: Canmore, AB Canmore Hotel
Thu. Sept. 28: Vancouver, BC Media Club
Fri. Sept. 29: Anacortes, WA Department of Safety
Sat. Sept. 30: Seattle, WA Chop Suey
Sun. Oct. 1: Portland, OR Holocene
Wed. Oct. 4: Santa Cruz, CA The Attic
Thu. Oct. 5: Costa Mesa, CA Detroit Bar
Fri. Oct. 6: Los Angeles, CA The Echo
Sat. Oct. 7: San Diego, CA Beauty Bar
Tue. Oct. 10: Tucson, AZ Plush
Thu. Oct. 12: Denver, CO Hi Dive
Sat. Nov. 11: San Francisco, CA Riott Festival at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
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Asobi Seksu | remix (MP3s) & Tour Dates
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Tricky's U.S. Tour Postponed
Tricky's website still lists August 2006 U.S. Tour Dates, but it looks like the tour was pushed back to the Fall. Ticketmaster says his Anaheim, CA is now 10/27, and Irving Plaza's site says the NYC show is now 11/13 ("All tickets for the August 19th show will be honored").
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The Cardigans cancelling U.S. Tour?
Cardigans shows are starting to be cancelled on Ticketmaster....
I'll post more as I know it. (thx Kristin)
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Of Montreal played McCarren Pool | 5 more free shows to go
FROM THE STAGE (CRED)
Four free McCarren Pool shows down, and I still haven't been to one of them (out of town, Amadou & Mariam, friend in hospital, etc..). The photos in this post (taken by others) are from yesterday's Of Montreal show (July 30, 2006). I heard it was easier to get a beer than the not-free show the day before in the same spot.
OF MONTREAL @ MCCARREN POOL (CRED)
UPCOMING FREE MCCARREN POOL SHOWS
Aug 6 - The Detroit Cobras, The Legendary Maxine Brown , The Everyothers, Trick and the Heartstrings, Tiny Masters of Today
Aug 13 - Deerhoof, Beirut, Apollo Sunshine, The Harlem Shakes, DJ Questlove
Aug 30 - Archie Bell & Mighty Hannibal backed by The Dansettes, The Fabulous Soul Shakers
Aug 27 - The Walkmen, Dr. Dog, Human Television, Elvis Perkins
Sep 3 - Spank Rock Gang Gang Dance, Shy Child
Last Sunday, Tripwire presented Bon Savants, Pretty Girls Make Graves and Jason Lytle.
THERE'S ALSO SLIP-N-SLIDE (MORE)
Jeff Mangum was not spotted playing Dodgeball, riding the Slip-N-Slide, or on stage with Of Montreal.
Previously
L Magazine presents free films & music @ McCarren Pool
Califone playing The Pool | 2006 Tour Dates
Of Montreal @ Emo's, Austin, TX (SXSW)| pics, MP3s
Of Montreal playing McCarren Pool | Tour Dates
Les Savy Fav played McCarren Park Pool
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The Beer Line @ McCarren Pool, NYC | pics
By the time Mew left the stage on Saturday, the wait time to get carded, buy a beer ticket, and in turn get one small cup of beer, was ONE HOUR (not an exaggeration). Gothamist is calling it "the beer situation".
Jerry writes, "When we saw them (Bloc Party) at MacCarren Pool on Saturday, the ability to get beer was hampered by having only two locations for 5,000 people. My sole experience of the Secret Machines is from that line."
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Magneta Lane playing buzz bill @ Mercury Lounge | Page France & Silversun Pickups Tour Dates
Magneta Lane are playing with Silversun Pickups AND Page France at Mercury Lounge in NYC on Thursday August 3rd. Page France are also playing the new Brooklyn venue Union Hall on August 4th. Silversun Pickups are playing Union Hall on August 7th. Tour dates for all three bands below...
PAGE FRANCE TOUR DATES
july 23 - the shadow lounge / pittsburgh, pa #
july 25 - the ottobar / baltimore, md *
august 3 - the mercury lounge / new york, ny +
august 4 - union hall / brooklyn, ny
august 5 - great scott / allston, ma +
august 6 - black cat / washington dc +
august 10 - the jazz cooker / indianapolis, in
august 11 - TBA / bloomington, in
august 12 - rogue / indianapolis, in
august 13 - schubas / chicago, il +
SILVERSUN PICKUPS TOUR DATES
July 28, Doug Fir / Portland, OR
July 29, Capitol Hill Block Party / Seattle, WA
July 30, Richards on Richards / Vancouver, BC
August 3, Mercury Lounge / New York, NY
August 4, First Unitarian Church / Philadelphia, PA
August 5, Great Scott / Boston, MA
August 6, Black Cat / Washington, DC
August 7, Union Hall / Brooklyn, NY
August 9, WOXY session / Cincinnati, OH
August 10, Midwest Music Summit @ The Vogue / Indianapolis, IN
August 11, Miramar Theatre / Milwaukee, WI
August 12, 7th Street Entry / Minneapolis, MN
August 13, New New at Schuba's / Chicago, IL
August 16, Drunken Unicorn / Atlanta, GA
August 17, Troubadour / Los Angeles, CA
September 1, Live 105 Session / San Francisco, CA
September 2, Art & Soul Music Festival - Live 105 Stage / Oakland, CA
MAGNETA LANE TOUR DATES
Aug 3 2006 8:00P Mercury Lounge w/ Silversun Pickups New York City, NY
Aug 19 2006 8:00P Playdium Mississauga
Aug 26 2006 8:00P Goddess Festival @ the Dock's w/ Esthero Toronto
Sep 7 2006 8:00P University Of Windsor Campus Windsor
Previously
Magneta Lane played Johnny Beach's Birthday party
Magneta Lane @ Emo's Annex, Austin, TX (SXSW) | pics
Page France sign to Suicide Squeeze | MP3, Tour Dates
Silversun Pickups @ Cedar Street Courtyard, Austin, TX (SXSW) | pics
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The Dears on Arts & Crafts | 2006 Tour Dates (Bowery Ballroom)
Arts & Crafts (the new home of Phoenix and the Hidden Cameras) is releasing the new album by The Dears ("Gang of Losers") on October 6, 2006. Tickets are on sale for a September 12th show at Bowery Ballroom in NYC. The rest of their dates are non-US at the moment, and they're below...
October 30, 2006 - Paris - Maroquinerie
October 26, 2006 - London - Koko - Get Tickets
August 22, 2006 - Dublin - Marlay Park
August 21, 2006 - Edinburgh - Corn Exchange - Get tickets
August 20, 2006 - Chelmsford - V Festival
August 19, 2006 - Stafford - V Festival
August 18, 2006 - Kievet - Pukkelpop Festival - Get Tickets
August 16, 2006 - Utrecht - De Helling - Get Tickets
August 14, 2006 - Copenhagen - Jorcks Passage - Get tickets
August 12, 2006 - Stockholm - Fritz's Corner, Debaser - Get tickets
August 11, 2006 - Gothenburgh - Kalaset
August 9, 2006 - Olso - John Dee - Get tickets
July 1, 2006 - Toronto - Harbour Front - FREE
June 29, 2006 - Montreal Jazz Festival - Metropolis
Previously
Dears playing Osheaga Festival
Dears contributing to Stars remix album
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Sparklehorse | 2006 Tour Dates
Sparklehorse is playing Bowery Ballroom in NYC on September 19, 2006. There's a new song at mySpace. All dates below...
Sep 7 2006 8:00P 40 Watt Club Athens, GA
Sep 8 2006 8:00P The Mercy Lounge Nashville, TN
Sep 9 2006 8:00P The Grey Eagle Asheville, NC
Sep 13 2006 8:00P The Proletariat Houston, TX
Sep 15 2006 7:30P Austin City Limits Music Festival Austin, TX
Sep 16 2006 8:00P Emo's Austin, TX
Sep 19 2006 8:00P Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
Sep 26 2006 8:00P Waterfront Norwich
Sep 27 2006 8:00P Fleece Bristol
Sep 28 2006 8:00P Hammersmith Working Men's Club London
Sep 29 2006 8:00P Zodiac Oxford
Sep 30 2006 8:00P Fez Reading
Oct 1 2006 8:00P Wedgewood Rooms Southsea (Portsmouth)
Oct 3 2006 8:00P Rescue Rooms Nottingham
Oct 4 2006 8:00P Tuts Glasgow
Oct 5 2006 8:00P Moshulu Aberdeen
Oct 6 2006 8:00P Cockpit Leeds
Oct 8 2006 8:00P Leadmill Sheffield
Oct 9 2006 8:00P Old Market Brighton
Oct 10 2006 8:00P Newcastle Academy London
Oct 11 2006 8:00P Glee Club Birmingham
Oct 12 2006 8:00P Stanley Theatre Liverpool
Oct 14 2006 8:00P Whelans Dublin
Oct 16 2006 8:00P Roison Dubh Galway
Oct 17 2006 8:00P Empire Belfast
Oct 19 2006 8:00P Liquid Rooms Edinburgh
Oct 20 2006 8:00P Royal Northern College of Music Manchester,
Oct 21 2006 8:00P Sugarmill Stoke
Oct 22 2006 8:00P La Cigale Paris
Oct 23 2006 8:00P Melkweg Amsterdam
Oct 24 2006 8:00P AB Brussels
Oct 25 2006 8:00P Le Grand Mix Lille
Oct 26 2006 8:00P Queen Elizabeth Hall London
Oct 27 2006 8:00P Queen Elizabeth Hall London
"Sparklehorse, the alt.country/indie rock brainchild of singer/songwriter Mark Linkous, are set to release a guest-laden fourth album.
Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain, the long-awaited follow-up to 2001's It's A Wonderful Life, is due out on September 25 via Astralwerks. Linkous wrote many of the record's songs at his farm in Bremo Bluff, Virginia and recorded them at his Static King Studio that he recently relocated to the Smokey Mountains of North Carolina. Drummer, multi-instrumentalist and frequent collaborator Scott Minor contributed once again.
The new release also features guest appearances by a bevy of stars, including Dangermouse, Tom Waits, The Flaming Lips' Steven Drodz and producer Dave Fridmann (Mercury Rev), who was a major contributor to It's A Wonderful Life." [Chart Attack]
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Jake Shears considered suicide after touring
"He confessed: 'Getting off the road was the most miserable thing I've ever experienced in my life. I've never felt so low. I was ready to go walk over to the Hudson and float away. It was more than a comedown. It was like shooting a torpedo into the ground.'" [Yahoo]
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Patti Smith reading poems at the Met
OCTOBER 20, 2006 @ THE MET
Patti Smith and friends will present an evening of poetry and son that pays homage not only to the beautiful painting "Joan of Arc" by Jules Bastien-Lepage, which is part of the Metropolitan's permanent collection, but to other prominent cultural figures in French history. The evening will include songs and poems that salute Edith Piaf, Charles Baudelaire, Juliet Greco, and Arthur Rimbaud.
Metropolitan Museum of Art ~ NYC
Friday ~ 20 October 2006 ~ 8pm ~ $40
(Arthur Rimbaud's birthday in 1854)
212.570.3949
(thx Concert Joe)
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Patti Smith playing a Bob Dylan song @ Lincoln Center
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Live Nation buying majority stake in MusicToday
"Concert promoter Live Nation said Monday it is buying a controlling stake in fan club operator Musictoday, a move that could bring fans closer to their favorite musicians." [CNN]
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July 30, 2006
Bloc Party @ McCarren Pool, Brooklyn, NYC | pics
more soon....
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