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August 31, 2006

RIP WOXY

Here's the sad letter Internet radio station WOXY posted on their website, in its entirety....

Listeners, fans and friends,

This sucks.

This is the moment all of us hoped would never come. After plugging away at this for the past two years, it’s become pretty clear that operating woxy.com as a stand-alone Internet "radio station" is not going to cut it. Our operating costs are higher than you might think, and the revenue we were able to generate from advertising isn’t close to supporting what we’re doing. Even membership revenue wasn’t enough to get us there. When your business doesn’t make money, you eventually go out of business.

With this in mind, we’ve been looking for either a significant partner – someone with a larger plan into which woxy.com could be plugged – or an outright buyer. That search hasn’t been fruitful. We’re still willing to entertain offers and explore possibilities (email bryan@woxy.com), but our time is short. We thought it was time to share our situation with you ... to give you a heads-up.

You might be saying, "What can I do to help?" Unfortunately, unless you have significant investment capital and a way to profit from the wonderful programming we create, you can’t. As of today, we will no longer be selling or renewing memberships or accepting contributions. Please don’t send us money ... it will just mean we have to send it back to you.

Now is a good time to say THANK YOU to our incredibly patient, generous and kind angel investors. Without them ... well, we wouldn’t have had the chance to even be in the game. They’ve enabled everything we’ve accomplished over the past two years, and for that, they are saints to indie rock lovers everywhere.

We did investigate an alternative: stripping our operations to the absolute bare minimum by cutting back to one staffer, no more DJs, no more Lounge Acts, etc. We decided it wasn’t worth it. It wouldn’t have been true to what woxy.com is, and it wouldn’t have honored the legacy of 97X.

While woxy.com may have failed in a business sense, we’re pretty proud that we managed to put out some of the most passionate, unique and interesting programming on the Internet and elsewhere. We showered love and airplay on countless bands who otherwise would have received none, garnered national press attention and hosted nearly 200 live Lounge Act performances. Not too bad for a little, four-person Internet radio station from Cincinnati.

A radio station is only as big as its listeners make it. We’re not BS-ing when we say that you guys, our supporters, are the most amazing people on the planet. THANK YOU. The dedication and enthusiasm you’ve shown for what we do is staggering and inspiring. Thank you to everyone who stepped up to become a member, generously made a contribution, emailed (spammed) your friends, spread the gospel of woxy.com and – most of all – listened.

Barring something exceptional happening in the next two weeks, we will silence our broadcasts on Friday, September 15th.

Sometimes no matter how hard you try and how special the thing you do, it simply isn’t enough to beat the odds. It’s the cold reality of business that not even we could escape. When September 15th comes, we’ll meet it proudly with heads held high and celebrate the past two years of woxy.com and the spirit of 97X. For those lucky enough to have been part of it, The Future of Rock and Roll will forever be in our minds and hearts.

So enjoy these last two weeks with us. Shall we rock?

Eternally yours,

Bryan Jay, Mike, Shiv and Barb

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Woxy's most recent Lounge Act features The Foundry Field Recordings. Go download it.

(thx Ryan for the heads up)

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Weird Al vs. downloaders, PLUS new DVD & Album

Listen to "Don't Download this Song" at the website promoting Weird Al Yankovic's 12th album, Straight Outta Lynwood, set to release on Sept. 26, 2006.

The lyrics imply that downloading music is the gateway to bigger crimes such as robbing liquor stores, selling crack and running over kids with your car. Weird Al's song, of course, hyperbolizes the issue and sides with us (ahem, the downloaders). "Don't Download This Song" says we should go buy CDs so that artists can buy more ridiculous items, like diamond palm trees. [CNET]

Weird Al also just released The Weird Al Show - The Complete Series on DVD.

The three-disc set contains all 13 hilarious episodes of the series which ran on CBS during the 1997-1998 television season. The discs include a plethora of entertaining bonus material, such as animation storyboards, original art galleries, and a karaoke version of the tongue-twisting theme song. Each episode features a commentary by Weird Al, producer Tom Frank and director Peyton Reed, plus guest commentaries from some of the cast members, including Judy Tenuta and Emo Philips.

VIDEO STREAMS
Promises, Promises: WIN | QUICKTIME
Mining Accident: WIN | QUICKTIME

You can buy it at Amazon.

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Robert Christgau fired from the Village Voice

------ Forwarded Message Dear Friends and Colleagues,

If this comes completely out of the blue, I apologize.

It is now official--Village Voice Media fired me today, "for
taste," which means (among other things) slightly sweeter
severance. This despite the support of new music editor RobHarvilla, who I like as a person and a writer. We both believed I
had won myself some kind of niche as gray eminence. So I was
surprised Tuesday when I was among the eight Voice employees
(five editorial, three art) who were instructed to bring their
union reps to a meeting with upper management today. But I
certainly wasn't shocked--my approach to music coverage has never
been much like that of the New Times papers,

Bless the union, my severance is substantial enough to give me
time to figure out what I'm doing next. In fact, having finished
all my freelance reviews yesterday, I don't have a single
assignment pending. So, since I have no intention of giving up
rock criticism, all reasonable offers entertained; my phone
number is in the book, as they used to say when there were books.
What I don't need is a vacation--the three of us just had a great
two and a half weeks, and Nina matriculated at BMCC yesterday.

No need to respond. Forward to whoever you will.

Love,

Bob Christgau

The letter is via Gawker who also lists everyone fired: "On the editorial side: Darren Reidy, Ed Park, Jorge Morales, Elizabeth Zimmer, and - gasp -- Bob Christgau. On the art side: Minh Uong, LD Beghtol, Tina Zimmer."

Previously
Chuck Eddy's farewell | "Terminated for reasons of taste"
Nick Sylvester Quits Pitchfork over Voice Scandal
Christgau likes Cocorosie's costumes | Voice cover story
Robert Christgau on CBGB & New Orleans & History
30 days of shows w/ 65 year old Robert Christgau
Christgau calls Antony the "Dud of the Month"
Christgau loves Sonic Youth
Village Voice Music Editor Chuck Eddy Fired

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Wes' Weekly Hip Hop News Roundup | (Aug 31, 2006)

Undisputed Wes brings us Hip Hop news weekly....

KANYE WEST & PHARREL @ NOKIA THEATRE, NYC | AUG 29, 2006 (CRED)

Kanye West played the Nokia Theatre the other night. Pharrel, Common and John Legend guested. Jada saw the show and says Best show ever....then Kanye declared un-ironically that A-Ha's "Take On Me" is his favorite track of all time and did the world's cutest batmitzvah dance.. More photos on Wallace's Flickr Page.

Rhymesayers' Brother Ali has a new track called Original King (MP3) and you should listen to it. It's not going to be on his 2007 album The Undisputed Truth, there is no video, there is really nothing to talk about aside from the song being good. Production by Ant of Atmosphere.

How about this for most interesting mashup concept in Hip Hop since the Grey Album: Wu Tang Clan vs New Orleans Dixie Land. Read about it and download over at BoingBoing.

Master P created a musical that is billed as 'the first hip-hop, gospel comedy play about Hurricane Katrina'. Umm...yes, ok. The play uses humor to tell this typical American family's story as they battle the trials and tribulations of the aftermath of the deadly storm. Be sure to check out the photos and the whopping 18 page script at UncleWilly.com. More here.

Peedi Peedi, formerly Peedi Crack, protege of Beanie Sigel and former (?) Roc-A-Fella artist is set to join the Roots? Odd? Read here

And another group addition! Cilvaringz, a Dutch rapper, is set to join the Wu Tang Clan according to RZA and MTV. Yay Holland.

Papoose, one of the stronger mixtape artists out of NYC, has signed a 1.5 million deal with Jive Records. Unfortunately Jive haven't ever really successfully promoted a street rapper. Read more at SOHH and MTV . Download his Katrina tribute track Mother Nature here. Papoose hopes to release his upcoming LP, Nacirema Dream, before 2007.

The Game and Rick Ross wrote a song together. No news on whether this will appear on the Game's upcoming album. Download Blow, It's My Turn at StillListen.

Method Man's albums after his first one have been mostly dissappointing. Will his newfound hunger bring him back to the forefront of rap? Stream the full album, 4:21 The Day after, over at AOL Music.

Eminem does what is often celebrated in Hip Hop videos, spilling his beverage on a playboy model, but in this case she wasn't quite having it. Read more about this over at HipHopRuckus.

Fat Joe signs with JD, Janet Jackson's bf, over at Virgin. Up next is the release of his De La Soul Tribute album "Me, Myself & I". (Ok, it's not really a De La Soul Tribute album.) Read about it in Billboard.

Watch Snoop Dogg's new video Vato ft B Real on YouTube here. Via NahRight.

KANYE WEST NOKIA THEATRE, NYC | AUG 29, 2006 (CRED)

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VMA's Tonight | secret stuff is happening

The MTV Video Music Awards are tonight at Radio City in NYC. That means a lot of celebrities are around and there VIP parties everywhere. My Chemical Romance are playing Knitting Factory. The Rapture are playing a party hosted by Cee-Lo at Gotham Hall. Put everything you know in the comments. Pharrell is hosting a party at Chinatown Brasserie and Wyclef is hosting Distortion Disko at Duvet. Fat Joe is playing a Virgin-hosted after-party somewehere. Productshop has some too

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the Temporary Residence Festival, a free Explosions in the Sky EP, & more MP3s

"I might be jinxing myself, but I think this festival is the proudest moment in the history of this label. I can’t believe that all of these bands agreed to play." [Jeremy Devine of Temporary Residence, to Gothamist]

Friday, September 1
ENVY
SLEEPING PEOPLE
MISS VIOLETTA BEAUREGARDE
DJ: FOUR TET

DOWNLOAD: Envy - Further Ahead of Warp (MP3)

Saturday, September 2
EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY
ELUVIUM
CAROLINE
LAZARUS

DOWNLOAD: Caroline - Where's My Love (MP3)

Sunday, September 3
MONO
FRIDGE
TARENTEL
DJ: SYBARITE

DOWNLOAD: Mono - The Flames Beyond The Cold Mountain (edit) (MP3)

The second night of the three-night festival (at Bowery Ballroom in NYC) is sold out thanks to Explosions in the Sky, who by the way recently posted an eight-track EP for free download. Tickets are still available for nights one and three.

"Temporary Residence Limited (or TRL) is a Brooklyn, New York-based record label. Most of the bands on the label can be classified as post-rock outfits." [Wikipedia]

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Sound Art at Washington Square Park (free)

SATURDAY, September 9th @ 3:00 P.M.
Sound Art at Washington Square Park brings together a gathering of preeminent contemporary composers presenting an unusual yet complimentary cross-section of today's music. Curated by Jen Stock of Soundbook One , scheduled to perform at this free event are: live computer music pioneer CARL STONE ; California electronic maestro DAEDELUS ; experimental rock ensemble JERSEYBAND ; vocal virtuoso JOAN LA BARBARA ; composer, programmer and video artist LUKE DUBOIS ; experimental composer PAUL LANSKY ; and Brooklyn rhythm mavericks SO PERCUSSION ; plus Carl Stone's ACID BOP.

*FREE*

SATURDAY, September 9th @ 3:00 P.M.
WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK : Southeast Plaza Stage NYC
Sponsored by the Washington Square Park Council

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Other Music told me this.

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Lily Allen - NYC tickets on sale

Tickets are now on sale for Lily Allen's NYC debut.

Lily Allen will be joined by renowned DJ/producer, MARK RONSON (who produced a track on her album) and rising pop/rockband, DOMINO.

Previously
Lily Allen IS playing NYC | North American Tour Dates
And bloGOD said let there be Lily Allen

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The Lemonheads | 2006 Tour Dates

"The Lemonheads have announced plans for a fall tour in support of their self-titled album due out September 26th on Vagrant. The tour begins on the west coast on November 18th and currently ends in the band’s hometown of Boston on December 16th."

Dates and more info below...

THE LEMONHEADS | 2006 TOUR DATES
11/18 – Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy Theatre – All Ages
11/19 – Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern – 21+
11/21 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour – AA
11/22 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour – AA
11/24 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent – 21+
11/25 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent – 21 +
11/27 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge – 21+
11/28 – Seattle, WA @ Crocodile Café – 21+
11/30 – Boise, ID @ The Big Easy Concert Hall – AA
12/01 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot – 21+
12/02 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theatre – 21+
12/04 – Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground – AA
12/05 – Minneapolis, MN @ The 400 Bar – 18+
12/07 – Chicago, IL @ Double Door – 21+
12/08 – Chicago, IL @ Double Door – 21+
12/09 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop – AA
12/10 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick – 18+
12/12 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace - 19+
12/13 – Philadelphia, PA @ North Star Bar – 21+
12/14 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat - AA
12/15 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza - 16+
12/16 – Boston, MA @ Avalon Ballroom – AA

PRESS RELEASE
For The Lemonheads eighth album (and first in over ten years) founding member Evan Dando convened two of his early influences — the unholy duo of drummer Bill Stevenson (Descendents, Black Flag) and bassist Karl Alvarez (Descendents) — in a remote Rocky Mountain hideaway.

Dando and Stevenson co-produced the album, and Stevenson wrote or co-wrote three of its eleven songs; long-time Australian collaborator Tom Morgan added another two. There’s also cameos galore: from wunderkind bassist Josh Lattanzi, certifiable rock giant Garth Hudson (who plays keyboards on ‘Black Gown’ and ‘December’), and some real foot-on-monitor guitar work by Dinosaur JR’s J. Mascis.

The first single from The Lemonheads, “Become The Enemy” will be going to radio in mid-September. If you simply can’t wait that long, you can check out one of the album tracks, “No Backbone” on www.myspace.com/thelemonheads

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Is Evan Dando the special guest?

Previously
Lemonheads vs. Echo & The Bunnymen
The Lemonheads playing 2 Nights @ Bowery | Tix

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Mark Gardener (ride) & Doug Yule (Velvet Underground) & special guest @ Pianos tonight

Mark Gardener (Ride) is playing with Doug Yule (Velvet Underground) at Pianos in NYC tonight (August 31, 2006). There's a "special guest" too, who according to Pianos, if "you who were here for Mark's last show you'll know who it may be." It's all being filmed for a DVD. Tickets are on sale.

Another member of Velvet Underground is playing (with Antony) at St. Ann's in Brooklyn in December, the same place I saw another member of VU play in November.

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August 30, 2006

Dinosaur Jr.'s gear stolen in Queens after Brooklyn show

DINOSAUR JR WITH GEAR @ WARSAW, BROOKLYN | AUGUST 29, 2006 (CRED)

It seems like forever since we've heard one of these sad tales. J Mascis wrote...

After a blisterning set last night in Brooklyn, NY the band awoke this morning to find that the their trailer had been broken into and all of the gear has been taken.

J's Amma guitar, the mountain man guitar, Lou's Rickenbacker... EVERYTHING IS GONE. They are still taking inventory to see what else is gone but they were pretty much wiped out.

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! Spread the word to everyone you know, every music store, pawn shop, club... anywhere you can think they may show up.

If you have ANY information let us know -Thank you.

The band is driving to Amherst to see if they can get enough gear together to play the scheduled show @ Toads in New Haven, CT but it may have to be cancelled.

And this list of the gear, and more info, is circulating via email....

"Attached and listed below is a list of gear that was stolen out of the Dinosaur Jr trailer last night (Tuesday 8.29.06) outside of their hotel in Long Island City, NY. We would appreciate spreading the word and passing this list around in hopes of recovering their gear. Please notify and alert your local guitar shops, pawn shops, music and web stores etc. to keep an eye out for this gear. Feel free to send this list to any and all band, tour and production managers, guitar freaks, touring personnel, venues, musicians and or thieves that you think could help us."

1959 Fender Jazzmaster SN# 38927.
-decal coming off. cracked headstock at top near low E peg. color black with purple/bluish sparkle coming through. adonized pick guard gold metal. tuneomatic bridge gold, tuning pegs gold.

1961-3 Fender Jazzmaster SN# 62012.
-purple sparkle, black pickup covers. headstock repaired, a whole new piece of wood was glued on for the top part of the headstock under the tuners and up a 1/2” , along the whole top of the headstock. gold tuneomatic bridge, gold tuners

1964-5 Fender Jazzmaster SN# L21581.
-orange, white pearl pickguard, stickers we're all over it, original tuners.

Fender Purple Jazzmaster new SN# R074329.
-purple sparkle with matching headstock gold adonized guard tuneomatic bridge.

Rory Gallagher Stratocaster new SN# R25507.
-has a big gold grover tuning peg on low E

Rickenbacker 197? Fireglo Bass SN# 4001.
-checker-board binding.

B.C. Rich Warlock Bass SN# 4242413

Custom pedal board with custom audio electronics RS-10 foot controller, Teese RNC2 wah pedal, boss stage tuner, mute box, and cables.

Cymbals:
[1] Paiste 20" 2002 medium
[1] Paiste 20" giant beat
[1] Paiste 20" 2002 crash
[2] Paiste 19" 2002 crash
[2] Paiste 15" 2002 sound edge top hi-hats
[1] 15" 2002 sound edge bottom hi-hats

On Black backpack with Sony headphones, tools, etc.

Previously
Dinosaur Jr (keeps going) | 2006 Tour Dates (Warsaw)
Film School's van & gear stolen in Philly
Ambulette's gear stolen in Philly
Rosie Thomas' (and band's) gear stolen in Philadelphia
Matt Pond's Gear stolen in Brooklyn
The Decemberists' Van and Gear Stolen
The Concretes' gear stolen in NYC
The Raveonettes Gear & Van Stolen in Brooklyn
Brian Jonestown Massacre's Gear Stolen in NYC

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Sirius Playlist - Week 13 (Touch & Go Records tribute) | 29 MP3s

Two weeks ago I dedicated an entire radio show to Merge Records. This week (August 29, 2006) I dedicated the show to Touch and Go who are celebrating their 25th anniversary with a three day festival starting Friday September 8th in Chicago. All twenty-nine songs I played are right here as MP3s...

PLAYING FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 8TH
1) !!! (Chk Chk Chk) - Hello? Is This Thing On?
2) Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone?
3) Girls Against Boys - Kill the Sexplayer
4) Supersystem - Everybody Sings
5) Shipping News - We Start to Drift

PLAYING SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9TH
6) Shellac - Watch Song
7) Big Black - Texas
8) Man or Astro-Man? - DNI
9) Scratch Acid - Greatest Gift
10) Sally Timms - Little Tommy Tucker
11) Didjits - Killboy Powerhead
12) Killdozer - Hi There
13) The New Year - Gasoline

PLAYING SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 10TH
14) Calexico - Frontera
15) Pinback - Fortress
16) CocoRosie - Good Friday
17) The Black Heart Procession - Not Just Words
18) Brick Layer Cake - Stars
19) Seam - Bunch
20) Enon - Kanon
21) Quasi - It's Raining
22) Arcwelder - Do Something Right

NOT PLAYING THE FESTIVAL
23) Dirty Three - I Really Should've Gone Out Last Night
24) Die Kreuzen - Big Bad Days
25) June of 44 - Sink Is Busted
26) The Jesus Lizard - Fly On the Wall
27) TV on the Radio - Dreams
28) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Art Star
29) Blonde Redhead - Distilled

"Touch and Go Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois, USA, which began life in 1979 in East Lansing, Michigan as a magazine put out by Tesco Vee. Vee was bored with the punk sounds of the day, and captivated by the emerging hardcore movement in America. Inspired, he put out records by the Necros, Fix, Meatmen, and Negative Approach. Tesco's interest in the label waned around 1982 and he handed it off to Corey Rusk, the Necros' bass player." [Wikipedia]

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BrooklynVegan Blog Radio airs on Sirius Satellite's Left of Center on Tuesday nights @ 10 pm EST, and I think they re-run it on Friday at the same time.

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Supersystem are playing tonight and touring.

Blonde Redhead are playing CMJ and stuff.

TV on the Radio are touring.

CocoRosie are playing Carnegie Hall.

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Acid Mothers Temple & the Japanese New Music Festival | Tour Dates & MP3s

DOWNLOAD (MP3s)
Attack From Planet Hattifatteners
Buy The Moon Of Jupiter
Interplantetary Love

The above MP3s are from Acid Mothers Temple's new psychedelic album, Have You Seen The Other Side Of The Sky?, out now on Ace Fu Records....

Featuring new vocalist Nao alongside an all-star cast of Japanese experimental musicians, including former members of The Boredoms, Ghost, Zeni Geva, and Gong, this newly reenergized ensemble has created one of the most blindingly transcendent releases in the 10+ year, 25+ release history of the Acid Mothers Temple collective.

AMT's Makoto Kawabata and Higashi Hiroshi are currently touring Japan with San Diego's Maquiladora, and Kawabata is also scheduled to take part in the Japanese New Music Festival tour, in which Ruins and Acid Mothers Temple will play individually and together as seven separate acts.

The tour kicks off September 2nd at Tonic in Manhattan, with a date the next night at Northsix in Brooklyn. All dates below...

ACID MOTHERS TEMPPLE (Japanese New Music Festival) | 2006 TOUR DATES
9/02 New York, NY - Tonic
9/03 Brooklyn, NY - Northsix
9/04 Atlanta, GA - Eyedrum
9/05 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
9/06 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
9/07 Seattle, WA - Wooden Octopus Festival (venue TBA)
9/08 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
9/09 Los Angeles, CA - The Smell
9/10 Mexico City - Alicia

DESCRIPTION OF THE SHOW FROM TONIC
Japanese New Music Festival: Zubi Zuba X plus Akaten plus RonRuins plus Ruins Alone plus Zoffy plus Shrinp Wark plus Acid Mothers Temple SWR plus Seikazoku
$15, $15 in advance
Featuring Yoshida Tatsuya (the Ruins), Tsuyama Atsushi & Kawabata Makoto (both Acid Mother's Temple) in different combinations.

Zubi Zuba X: (Yoshida/Tsuyama/Kawabata) Eccentric poly-rhythmic a cappella ensemble. It covers from Gregorian chant to ethnic music, to do-wop to hardcore screaming, heavily using irregular rhythms and polyrhythm. All sorts of ideas and aberrant musicality overturn the image of a cappella. their totally meaningless lyrics and desperate performances throw the audiences into the abyss of the laughter and admiration. it makes the concept of "singing ability"nonsense.

Akaten: (Tsuyama/Yoshida) Formed in 1995 with the motto of "irresponsibleness" and "perfunctoriness." Using daily commodities like scissors, toothbrush, zipper, camera, and plastic bottle as percussions, and shouting their brand names over and over as the "songs," the show is performed under the concept of low cost and maximum sound effect. AKATEN is the experimental convenience store punk band that provides the sound images of cheap and simple daily lives.

RonRuins:
Ruins Alone: (Yoshida) RUINS is pioneer of Drum & Bass duo. Tunes are complicated and mysterious, and songs are sung in the language of their own invention. It's high-tension, wild, heavy, speedy, acute, and powerful tremendous ensemble never sounds like they are only two players. since last bassist left Yoshida still seeking a bassist and currently he has been playing as RUINS ALONE. playing RUINS songs with sampling bass. this time Yoshida will play songs from Koenji Hyakkei and Korekyojinn too.
Zoffy: (Tsuyama/Kawabata) Formed in 1998. Zoffy's music hints both at the members' deep musical knowledge via their improvised performances of troubadour music and European trad, and also at their deep love for rock via their destructivist covers of classic rock songs, that no longer sounds like anything but ZOFFY. The group believes that humor is essential in music, and their unprecedented performances stray far from the beaten track. Is this the Ultima Thule that rock music has long been aiming for?

Shrinp Wark: (Kawabata/Yoshida) A new improvising duo consisting of Yoshida from Ruins and Kawabata from AMT. group inspired by This Heat and band name taken from their song "Shrink Wrap". Cosmic chemical reaction sound that embraces a multidimensional chaos based upon the principles of minimalism, an anarchistic warping of the time axis, and ultra-accelerated revolving of time particles.

Acid Mothers Temple SWR: (Kawabata/Tsuyama/Yoshida) Acid Mothers Temple have rapidly become acclaimed as the greatest, most extreme trip psychedelic group in the world. SWR is the AMT Family's most powerful battle-formation yet. featuring Tsuyama and Kawabata from the original AMT and Yoshida from Ruins. their crushingly acute freakout sound will pulverize the world's legions of wannabe psych groups.

Seikazoku: (Kawabata/Tsuyama/Yoshida) Formed in 1996, the group nonchalantly references classic prog and rock, ethnic music, jazz and contemporary composition. Improvised music for holy trinity heresy that runs the full gamut of ethnic and electric instruments, primitive stupidity, the suspicious stench of medieval alchemy, the raw power of early rock music, all leavened with a pinch of cosmic incoherency.

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Thunderbirds are Now! | 2006 Tour Dates (CMJ) + MP3s

Thunderbirds are Now! will be in NYC this year for CMJ. MP3s from their new album here and here. All tour dates below...

TAN! | 2006 TOUR DATES
9/23 Detroit @ The Magic Stick (cd release)
9/29 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
9/30 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock
10/1 Fargo, ND @ Aquarium **
10/2 Winnipeg, MAN, CA @ Collective Cabaret **
10/4 Saskatoon, SAS, CA @ The Basement **
10/5 Edmonton, ALB, CA @ Powerplant **
10/6 Calgary, ALB, CA @ Broken City **
10/7 Vancouver, BC @ Richards **
10/8 Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey **
10/9 Portland, OR @ Holocene **
10/10 Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall **
10/12 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of the Hill **
10/13 San Diego, CA @ Beauty Bar **
10/14 Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland **
10/16 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court **
10/17 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge **
10/18 Omaha, NB @ Sokol ^^
10/19 Lawrence, KS @ TBA ^^
10/20 Denton, TX @ Hailey's ^^
10/21 Austin, TX @ Emo's ^^
10/22 Houston, TX @ Walters ^^
10/23 New Orleans, LA @ TBA ^^
10/24 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon ^^
10/25 Tallahassee, FL @ Beta Lounge ^^
10/26 Orlando, FL @ The Social ^^
10/27 Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds
10/28 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn ^^
10/29 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 #
10/30 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar #
10/31 Philadelphia, PA @ The Khyber#
11/1-11/3 New York, NY @ CMJ
11/4 Boston, MA @ TT the Bear's #
11/5 Montreal, PQ @ La Sala Rosa #
11/6 Toronto, ONT @ Sneaky Dee's#
11/7 Bowling Green, OH @ Howard's Club H #
11/8 Cleveland, OH @ The Spot (Case Western U.)#

** w/ You Say Party! We Say Die!
^^ w/ Rescue
# w/ The Plastic Constellations & Rescue

Previously
new Thunderbirds are Now! track | MP3
S&M w/ Les Savy Fav & Thunderbirds are Now! | pics

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The Kooks playing NYC & CA | Tour Dates & tix

DOWNLOAD: She Moves in Her Own Way (MP3)

THE KOOKS | 2006 TOUR DATES
10/23 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom (JUST ADDED)
10/24 - Los Angeles, CA - Safari Sams
10/25 - Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland (SOLD OUT)
10/26 - San Francisco, CA - 300 Ritch
10/28 - Brooklyn, NY - NorthSix (SOLD OUT)

I can't tell you how many tickets were actually offered to the public, but apparently The Kooks' Brooklyn show sold out in like a eight days. The Kooks are the latest group of British teenagers to cause a stir (almost) the size of Arctic Monkeys. Hated by Pitchfork and loved by NME, they're visiting NYC for the first time this Fall. The Bowery Ballroom show on October 23rd was just added (supposedly in response to Northsix selling out so quickly), and tickets go on sale at noon.

"The band's debut album Inside In/Inside Out was released in their native UK in January of this year, peaked at #2 in the charts, and has since gone double platinum. The album will see a stateside release on Oct 3rd via Astralwerks." [Filter]

more music at Astralwerks' album teaser page.

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Patti Smith playing final CBGB show? In October?

At first I thought maybe the new date CBGB has listed for the Agnostic Front show was a mistake - it went from September 24th to October 1st (one day after the previously announced closing date of September 30th). An article on Pollstar seems to back this up though: "A team of 'experts' will remove the bars, toilets, etc. in late October after a final gig with Patti Smith, Kristal said."

So far the "downstairs lounge" show on September 30th is still listed as "closing night". Who knows.

Patti Smith also played CBGB on May 1, 2005.

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August 29, 2006

The use of FAKE IDs is unlawaful | The latest from clubland

* photo by Tricia Romano for the Voice

"When you go clubbing now on West 27th Street, the first things that strike you are the searchlights. Placed at either end of the block at Tenth and Eleventh avenues, they light up the sky like a movie set, turning night into day. Then there's the huge electronic billboard that reads, 'Use of fake IDs is unlawful.' And then the cops, so many you can't keep count, lining the block, posted on every corner, handing out flyers detailing 'Nightlife Safety Tips.' ('Always inform a family member or friend of your whereabouts.')" [Tricia Romano - The Voice]

more photos here.

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Supersystem & Zombi | 2006 Tour Dates

Download: White Light / White Light (new MP3)

Supersystem are playing Mercury Lounge in NYC tomorrow night (August 30, 2006). They go on right before Central Village's new favorite band Bound Stems. Supersystem are also at the Touch & Go 25th Annivesary festival on Septmeber 8th, and then touring with Zombi from September 22nd in Atlanta until October 20th in DC. On October 21st they're back in NYC (Brooklyn) to play a show with my new favorite band Professor Murder at Northsix (tix). All tour dates below...

SUPERSYSTEM | 2006 TOUR DATES
8/30 Mercury Lounge New York NY -
9/5 Mohawk Place Buffalo NY -
9/6 The Spot at Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH - Students Only
9/7 The Syndicate Chicago IL - Stop Smiling Summer Music Series
9/8 Hideout Block Party Chicago IL - Touch & Go 25th Anniversary
9/9 Rodan Chicago IL - DJ Set
9/10 Garfield Artworks Pittsburgh PA - w/ Nina Nastasia
9/21 THE EARL Atlanta GA - Paste Rock N Reel Festival
10/21 Northsix, Brooklyn, NY w/ Professor Murder

SUPERSYSTEM & ZOMBI | 2006 TOUR DATES
9/22 Bottletree Lounge Birmingham AL - w/ Grand Buffet
9/23 Spanish Moon Baton Rouge LA - w/ French Kicks
9/24 Emo’s Jr. Austin TX -
9/25 Hailey’s Denton TX -
9/27 Modified Phoenix AZ -
9/28 Casbah San Diego CA -
9/29 The Echo Los Angeles CA -
9/30 Rickshaw Stop San Francisco CA -
10/2 Foodhole Portland OR -
10/3 Crocodile Cafe Seattle WA -
10/4 Neurolux Boise ID -
10/5 Kilby Court Salt Lake City UT -
10/6 Marquis Theater Denver CO -
10/7 Jackpot Saloon Lawrence KS -
10/8 O’Leavers Pub Omaha NE -
10/9 Varsity Theater Minneapolis MN -
10/10 Beat Kitchen Chicago IL -
10/12 Oberlin College - Dionysus Club Oberlin OH -
10/14 Main Hall Montreal QC -
10/15 Bar Night Club New Haven CT - Elm City Music Fest
10/16 Century Lounge Providence RI -
10/17 SPACE Portland ME -
10/18 (u) The Middle East - Upstairs Cambridge MA -
10/19 First Unitarian Church Philadelphia PA -
10/20 Black Cat Washington DC -

ZOMBI & DON CABALLERO | 2006 TOUR DATES
Aug. 29 - Albuquerque, NM - Launch Pad
Aug. 31 - Austin, TX - Emo's
Sep. 01 - Houston, TX - Walter's On Washington
Sep. 02 - Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves
Sep. 03 - Little Rock, AR - Vino's
Sep. 04 - Knoxville, TN - The Pilot Light

RELATED: The dance punk jazz grunge garage rock sound of Supersystem

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Two Gallants & Langhorne Slim | Fall 2006 Tour Dates

Two Gallants are opening for Gov't Mule and Wolfmother at McCarren Pool in Brooklyn on September 8th. On the 20th they start a tour with Langhorne Slim and Trainwreck Riders. All dates below...

TWO GALLANTS + LS + TR | 2006 TOUR DATES
Wed Sep 20: Portland OR @ Doug Fir
Thu Sep 21: Seattle WA @ The Crocodile
Fri Sep 22: Vancouver BC @ Pat's Pub
Sat Sep 23: Olympia WA @ The Capitol Theater
Mon Sep 25: Salt Lake City UT @ Kilby Court
Tue Sep 26: Denver CO @ Hi-Dive
Wed Sep 27: Rapid City SD @ TBA
Thu Sep 28:Fargo ND @ The Aquarium
Fri Sep 29: Omaha NE @ Sokol Underground
Sat Sep 30: Chicago IL @ Empty Bottle
Mon Oct 2: Toronto ON @ Horseshoe
Wed Oct 4: Montreal QC @ La Sala Rosa (Pop Montreal w/ Damien Jurado)
Thu Oct 5: Boston MA @ Middle East Upstairs
Mon Oct 9: Philadelphia PA @ First Unitarian
Wed Oct 11: Nashville TN @ The Basement
Fri Oct 13: Houston TX @ Walter's on Washington
Sat Oct 14: Austin TX @ Emo's
Sun Oct 15: Lubbock TX @ Jake's Backroom
Tue Oct 17: Tucson AZ @ Solar Culture
Wed Oct 18: Phoenix AZ @ TBA
Thu Oct 19: San Diego CA @ Casbah
Fri Oct 20 : Los Angeles CA @ Troubadour
Sat Oct 21: San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
Sun Oct 22: San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill

(more dates TBA.)

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More albums streaming | Beach Boys reissue Pet Sounds

Chris Thile's How to Grow a Woman from the Ground and Bob Dylan's Modern Times (PFork gives it an 8.3, 5 stars at Prefix, and 4.5 at AMG) aren't the only albums streaming right now. The Beach Boy's classic Pet Sounds is too.

It's because Pet Sounds is celebrating its 40th Birthday on 8/29/2006 with a reissue that includes interviews with Sir George Martin, Brian Wilson, Tony Asher, The Beach Boys, Pete Townsend, Elvis Costello and various studio musicians from the Pet Sounds sessions (on the DVD), plus there's limited edition, numbered, double-vinyl, and a whole series of podcasts and interviews about every song on the record up on petsounds.com.

Other albums streaming at AOL Music include the The Root's Game Theory (Wes likes it), Pete Yorn's Nightcrawler (tickets all sold out), Stereolab, Lullaby Renditions of Coldplay and Radiohead, Ray LaMontagne (player of secret shows), Hatebreed (if you bought it you're going to CBGB), and more.

There's a downloadable Lady Sovereign performance too.

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Streisand tour organizers issue ticket warning

"Organizers of Barbra Streisand's first U.S. tour in more than a decade warned on Tuesday that more than 1,000 tickets had been invalidated because they had been bought with stolen credit card information." [Yahoo News]

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Nickel Creek breaking up, Chris Thile playing shows, album stream PLUS Strokes stuff

After honing his skills at numerous small Living Room shows over the past year, Chris Thile from Nickel Creek has graduated quickly to headliner of NYC's much larger Bowery Ballroom (one of the best venues in the country according to David Bazan). That show is tonight (August 29, 2006), and its not yet sold out. Catch him now, or wait until March 17, 2007 when he plays CARNEGIE HALL (like Devendra).

Speaking of Nickel Creek...

Subject: Message From Nickel Creek

Dearest Listener,

After seven years of extensive touring in support of three records (seventeen years as a band), we've decided to take a break of indefinite length at the end of 2007 to preserve the environment we've sought so hard to create and to pursue other interests. It has been a pleasure to write, record, and perform for you through the years and we'd like to heartily thank you for your invaluable contribution to our musical lives.

Yours,

Nickel Creek
(Sean, Sara, and Chris)

Chris Thile covers Gillian Welch, The White Stripes and The Strokes on his new album called How to Grow a Woman from the Ground. Its streaming here (thx J).

The Strokes' Albert Hammond Jr. has solo songs streaming at his MySpace too.

All Chris Thile tour dates below...

CHRIS THILE | TOUR DATES
Aug 29 2006 8:30P Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
Aug 30 2006 7:00P The Belcourt Theatre Nashville, TN
Aug 31 2006 9:00P The Fox Theatre Boulder, CO
Sep 12 2006 8:00P How To Grow A Woman From the Ground - RELEASE DATE New York, NY
Oct 19 2006 7:30P The Birchmere Alexandria, VA
Oct 20 2006 6:00P Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens Richmond, VA
Oct 22 2006 6:00P Mountain Stage - The Cultural Center Theatre Charleston, WV
Oct 23 2006 6:45P Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour - Kentucky Theatre Lexington, KY
Oct 25 2006 8:30P Music Mill Indianapolis, IN
Oct 27 2006 8:00P The Ark Ann Arbor, MI
Mar 17 2007 8:30P Zankel Hall - Carnegie Hall Complex - INTRODUCING THE TENSIONS MOUNTAIN BOYS New York, NY

PRESS RELEASE
CHRIS THILE, HOW TO GROW A WOMAN FROM THE GROUND
SEPTEMBER 12, 2006

"There are few musicians with as much talent and drive as CHRIS THILE."-ACOUSTIC GUITAR

"THILE has both the chops and the vision to alter the landscape of his genre forever."-USA TODAY

HOW TO GROW A WOMAN FROM THE GROUND is the sound of a brilliant musician stretching out to reach new things-but also returning to the source that originally inspired his amazing talents. In the process, CHRIS THILE gathered together some of the hottest young players out there-Chris Eldridge, Greg Garrison, Noam Pikelny, and Gabe Witcher-for a spirited run through tracks new and old.

For his latest album, HOW TO GROW A WOMAN FROM THE GROUND, THILE decided to record the project live to two-track tape in order capture the energy of bluegrass as it originally evolved. Little separation. Almost no compression. The communal feel of bluegrass that embodies raw energy and subtle harmonies expressing emotion without artifice.

In some ways HOW TO GROW A WOMAN FROM THE GROUND is a point of departure. A reconciliation of origin and experience. A musical exploration refreshed ... and begun anew.

· Chris Thile is a member of the Grammy®-winning acoustic trio Nickel Creek, which has sold 1.5 million records and was named one of Time Magazine's "Music Innovators for the New Millennium."

· Includes songs by The White Stripes ("Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground"), Gillian Welch ("Wayside/Back In"), Tom Brosseau ("How To Grow a Woman From the Ground"), Jimmie Rodgers ("Brakeman's Blues"), The Strokes ("Heart in a Cage"), and more, including Chris Thile original songs and brilliant instrumentals-hearkening his landmark album NOT ALL WHO WANDER ARE LOST.

The Band

Chris Eldridge (a.k.a. Critter): guitar, vocals
Performed with Chris Thile, Tony Rice, Bill Keith, Emory Lester, The Seldom Scene, and many others.
Currently: The Infamous Stringdusters

Greg Garrison: bass, vocals
Toured with The Motet, the Matt Flinner Quartet, Drew Emmitt and Freedom Ride, and Speaking in Tongues.
Currently: Member of Leftover Salmon

Noam Pikelny: banjo, vocals
Former member of Leftover Salmon.
Currently: Solo artist, member of John Cowan's touring band, and occasional member of Casey Driessen's Colorfools

Gabe Witcher: Fiddle, vocals
Performed with Beck, Willie Nelson, and more. Played on recordings by Randy Newman, Sean Watkins, Lee Ann Womack, Lyle Lovett, Michelle Shocked, and more.
Currently: Member of Jerry Douglas' touring band

TRACK LISTING
Watch 'at Breakdown
Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
Stay Away
O Santo De Polvora
Wayside/Back In Time
You're an Angel, and I'm Gonna Cry
How To Grow a Woman From the Ground
The Beekeeper
If the Sea Was Whiskey
Brakeman's Blues
Cazadero
Heart in a Cage
I'm Yours If You Want Me
The Eleventh Reel

Previously
Chris Thile playing 4 shows @ Living Room in May
Chris Thile of Nickel Creek & Friends, Living Room

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Learn how to be a rock star @ Sin-e tonight

This guy will teach you how to be a rock star tonight (Aug 29, 2006), at Sin-e in NYC. Here's the flyer. (6:30-8:30pm, free!)

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David Byrne bringing "Freak Folk" to Carnegie Hall | Complete "Perspectives" series schedule

The David Byrne curated "Perspectives" series at Carnegie Hall will run four nights: February 1- 4, 2007. In addition to the Imelda Marcos musical written in collaboration with Fatboy Slim, and the bill of Alarm Will Sound, Camille, and Haale, David will host a night of "freak folk" featuring Devendra Banhart, Vashti Bunyan, Vetiver, Adem, and even CocoRosie. Antony is curiously missing from the bill, but thats probably because Antony doesn't need David Byrne to do Carnegie Hall, or Lou just wouldn't let David have him. Sunn 0))) didn't make the cut either. Here's the complete schedule....

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Thursday, February 1, 2007 at 9:00 PM
David Byrne: Songs from The Knee Plays @ Zankel Hall

David Byrne opens his Perspectives with the first performance in 15 years of the complete music from The Knee Plays, his 1985 music-theater collaboration with Robert Wilson.

Friday, February 2, 2007 at 8:00 PM
Welcome to Dreamland @ Isaac Stern Auditorium w/ Adem, Devendra Banhart, Vashti Bunyan, CocoRosie, and Vetiver. Introduced by David Byrne

A new, experimental form of folk rock has emerged in recent years—with roots in ’60s psychedelia, ’90s jam bands, electronica, and a number of world music traditions. For this concert, David Byrne brings some of both the genre’s creators and their predecessors to Carnegie Hall.

Saturday, February 3, 2007 at 8:00 PM
David Byrne: Songs from Here Lies Love @ Isaac Stern Auditorium

David Byrne and his band perform selections from his new multimedia song cycle written in collaboration with DJ Fatboy Slim—Here Lies Love. The songs invoke the life of Imelda Marcos, the former First Lady of the Philippines, and the servant who raised her.

Sunday, February 4, 2007 at 7:30 PM
One Note @ Zankel Hall w/ Alarm Will Sound (Alan Pierson, Artistic Director and Conductor), Camille, Haale, and artists TBA. Introduced by David Byrne

A central tone or note is the thread that weaves together the wide array of composition and performance styles on this program—from classical to Iranian, liturgical to post rock—all having the musical concept of a central axis as a foundation.

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* Adem played Joe's Pub last night, and is going on tour with Juana Molina soon

* Juana Molina is recording with Devendra Banhart

* Vashti Bunyan is touring the United States in September

* CocoRosie are playing the Touch & Go Festival

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Sufjan Stevens recently joined David Byrne on stage. Here's what David had to say about it...

I asked Sufjan via e-mail if he wanted to do “Saginaw Michigan”, the song made famous by Lefty Frizzell, with me. (I thought many would think he wrote it for his Michigan-themed CD. I wonder if anyone fell for it?) He agreed and I sent him an MP3, chords and lyrics.

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The Hot Ticket Isn't Ticketmaster

".... a $2 billion online market for hard-to-find tickets has sprung up and is doubling in size each year. Most of the action is on eBay Inc. and StubHub, where anyone can list a ticket for any event, and anyone can buy them. Other fast-growing outfits such as RazorGator, TicketsNow, and TicketLiquidator cater more to ticket brokers." [Business Week]

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August 28, 2006

Eddie Vedder, The Thermals & Sleater Kinney's last show | The MP3s

SLEATER KINNEY'S LAST SHOW EVER (CRED)

THE MP3S
Sleater Kinney's last show took place at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Oregon on August 12, 2006. The Thermals opened and Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder made a surprise appearance. Ryan of Ryspace flew to Portland for the show, taped it, and posted the MP3s - HERE and HERE.

PITCHFORK WAS THERE
"In retrospect, Sleater-Kinney's final show-- at Portland's majestic Crystal Ballroom, where stage lights cast the band in giant hazy shadows on the wall behind them-- emphasized exactly how many of their lyrics were, in fact, about breaking up, leaving, and saying good-bye, a not unlikely foundation for a band comprised of a former couple (Tucker and guitarist/singer Carrie Brownstein dated for a time)." [Pitchfork]

I NEED TO POST THAT PLAYLIST
I noticed the "many songs about saying goodbye" thing too when picking songs for my tribute to SK Sirius radio show, which aired before the last-two Portland shows, but after their last NYC show. I still need to post that playlist.

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An interview with David Bazan (Pedro the Lion, Headphones)

"David Bazan (born c. 1976) is an indie rock singer/songwriter from Edmonds, Washington. Bazan was the lead singer and creative force behind the now-defunct band Pedro the Lion and is currently the lead singer of Headphones, a band he formed out of his interest in synthesizers. Additionally, Bazan is a member of The Soft Drugs, a band fronted by former Pedro the Lion drummer T.W. Walsh." [Wikipedia]

"Bazan recorded his first solo project, the EP Fewer Moving Parts, in between touring as a member of The Undertow Orchestra."

BrooklynVegan interviewer Paula Pou caught up with Dave on the phone on August 8, 2006. They discussed his new EP, Low bassist Zak Sally, his favorite NYC venues, Deerhoof, Pitchfork, Micah Hinson, and more...

BrooklynVegan Paula: What’s up Dave? Finally catching some downtime?

Dave: Sort of. We had a project here at the house. We had some storage space, which was basically the old studio, that was full of random shit—more or less—and we brought it all out and had a garage sale. We had a busy weekend.

BrooklynVegan Paula: You’ve always been lauded for your storytelling as a songwriter. What was the writing process like to Fewer Moving Parts?

Dave: All of the songs were written when Pedro still existed last summer, except for “Fewer Broken Pieces,” which I just finished a couple of months ago. The rest of the songs had been written for a Pedro record when I thought there was still going to be a Pedro record. Toward the end of the last summer, around September, things started to disintegrate and I made the decision to drop the name. A couple of the songs seemed even more perfect for a David Bazan release.

BrooklynVegan Paula: Did you feel like you got away with being more open or honest?

Dave: It’s hard to know if I got away with it or not. I kind of have an ever-changing standard about that stuff. The first song on the EP, “Selling Advertising, “basically came out fully formed in 35 or 40 minutes and for better or worse I always feel that’s a strong indicator of it being true of what’s going on in my subconscious. To me that’s an important part of the writing process. It was the same thing with “Fewer Broken Pieces” too. It had been unfinished for months and I just sat down and started strumming one day and 20 minutes later it was done. I’m still working through how to be creative and how to pin down that process, but when something comes out that quickly and I like it, I usually tend to think that it means something and that the song should exist and be released for better or worse.

BrooklynVegan Paula: Why release two versions of each song on this EP?

Dave: The idea came about because I was really into the acoustic version of “Cold Beer and Cigarettes.” That was the very first demo that I made of it. When it was finished I demoed it several other times and none of the recordings were as compelling as the acoustic one. I wanted it to be on the EP, but I didn’t want the definitive version of the song to be just an acoustic guitar, so I started thinking about whether it would make sense to have both versions on there and then as I started interacting with the other songs, I started feeling similarly about all but one of the acoustic demos.

BrooklynVegan Paula: On “Selling Advertising” you go after music critics. Want to talk about Pitchfork?

Dave: To me, Pitchfork is a mixed bag. On the one hand I think it’s been really good for independent music culture and there are a lot of really deserving bands out there who might not have reached wide audiences as quickly as they did if it weren’t for Pitchfork. On the other hand, I think, there’s a dismissive tone to them if they don’t like a band—there’s a flippancy that I think is really destructive to the culture and the way that people think about music. I have a tendency to do that too—I think everyone does—to say, “Oh, that is totally worthless. That song or that book has no value.”

I read an interview with Dave Eggers in one of the weeklies and the guy interviewing him sort of snuck in a little jab at one of Ethan Hawke’s books in one of his questions and Eggers kind of snapped at him and said something along the lines of, “If you’ve ever written a book or made a record or created a painting, you’d know just how almost impossible it is to complete something like that.” At the very least you can’t dismiss a piece of art the way that we’ve become accustomed to. That interview made me think about the way that I do that and having seen that tendency so often in print, I don’t really think it’s right. I think a lot of places like Pitchfork are guilty of being dismissive for the sake of entertainment and popularity or to make themselves feel big. I don’t really know what the motivation is, but it bums me out.

BrooklynVegan Paula: With a song like “Backwoods Nation,” (MP3) which finds you inciting “rednecks” to “pick up machine guns and kill camel fuckers,” were you going for social criticism or just getting stuff off your chest?

Dave: When I wrote “Backwoods Nation” it was nothing more than expression. Sure, it made me feel like a big man when I wrote it and it still has that quality to it where it’s satisfying to make criticisms like that, but when I wrote it I was just mad as hell. It was a couple of days after 9/11 and our response as a country—how the leadership of the country was responding—to that…I just couldn’t believe it. We’d be driving around the country just seeing some of the most public displays of bigotry that I’d experienced in my life—on bathroom walls, on bumper stickers and in conversations in diners. “Backwoods Nation” is just how I dealt with it. Playing it over the years, it still rang true to some degree although it is dismissive itself of certain people in a way that I think is not totally fair. It was another of those songs that came out fully formed and I don’t think it’s a definitive statement about what I think about all that stuff, but sometimes it still resonates with me when I play it.

BrooklynVegan Paula: So, you came in at #85 on Paste’s list of the 100 Best Living Songwriters. What does this mean to you?

Dave: It’s flattering, absolutely. But those lists are, you know…Bob Dylan and Neil Young are the top and then the middle and end are kind of arbitrary. And there are a lot of totally great songwriters that I honestly think are far better than I am that weren’t on the list. I feel lucky that some people would consider listening to my music solely because I’m on that list, but it still seems arbitrary. Also, full disclosure, I know the editors at Paste. I don’t know if they would’ve put me on there if they didn’t know me, but at the least, people should be aware of that.

BrooklynVegan Paula: How did you hook up with (former Low bassist) Zak Sally for the EP artwork? What should we make of the Paul Bunyan-esque David Bazan on the cover?

Dave: Pedro played the first of many shows with Low in 2000 and we toured with them in 2001 and 2004. Zak and I became buddies and when he left Low and started focusing on his drawing, he went on a book tour and wanted musicians to play at his reading/signings. I played one, he ended up crashing at my house for a couple of days and we came up with the idea to collaborate on something or other and this is what we decided on. I was really honored that he wanted to work with me. Part of his payment was a hammerhead shark in a bottle that I got at Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe down by the waterfront. They also had a pig with three heads in a jar down there.

Anyway, he came up with the cover on his own. The first thing he emailed me as a PDF was the cover and I was kind of freaked out by it. He’d warned me that the character on the cover was going to resemble me, but I still have mixed feelings about being on the cover. It was his thing though. The concept isn’t particularly flattering, but it’s complicated because when he left Low I think he sort of wished that the band would end and when it didn’t he came away with a lot of complicated feelings and I’m sure that informed what he drew and the way he presented it. I was really happy. It has a tension to it that I like and I’m glad he put it in there.

BrooklynVegan Paula: At the other end of the spectrum, what’s going on with your other post-Predo project, Headphones? Will your interest in synths seep into your full-length solo release?

Dave: I just played a show on with Tim Walsh as Headphones, but I think what I’m going to focus on right now is the David Bazan album. Headphones will come soon after that’s done.

As David Bazan I have a lot more freedom with instrumentation. My records will probably be all over the place, so yeah, there probably will be a lot of synths on there, but it’ll be in conjunction with a bunch of other things and Headphones is going to remain in just synths and drums, without other instrumentation.

BrooklynVegan Paula: I read an interview where you said breaking up Pedro had actually strengthened your friendship with Tim Walsh. Do you guys plan to collaborate? What’s he up to these days?

Dave: He’s trying to play Soft Drugs shows and selling the EP online. He’s also got a day job as a Web programmer for McGraw Hill Publishing. I think we’re going to hang out and go watch Miami Vice tonight. I see him every couple of days and we get to play a lot of music together. He’s my best friend, but it’s still complicated and we do make music together, but we’re trying to keep the boundaries pretty clear as far as the “Dave Bazan” thing is concerned so there are no misunderstandings and no hurt feelings.

BrooklynVegan Paula: You were on tour with Micah P. Hinson. Did you guys hit it off?

Dave: That guy’s awesome! He had a guy playing with him called Nick Phelps and we all just had a great time. It was a great tour.

BrooklynVegan Paula: Are you planning on hitting the road again soon?

Dave: There’s going to be another stream of little solo dates in Texas and the south in the near future and then once the record comes out around March or April, I’ll hit the road with a bigger tour. I would like to get a band together for that, but it’s hard to know how exactly that’s going to work out.

BrooklynVegan Paula: Is there anyone you’d like to round up for a band when you go on tour to promote the full-length?

Dave: Hopefully playing as Dave Bazan and having the baseline of that being a solo show would mean that I would get to goof around with a bunch of more people that I’ve gotten to in the past. I don’t know if it’ll happen during the upcoming tours, but I really hope to go over to some friends’ houses more often and make little recordings here and there.

BrooklynVegan Paula: Do you have any dream venues you’d like to play next time you’re in New York?

Dave: I’ve never really been to any big venues over there. I hear about Irving Plaza and Webster Hall, but I really like Bowery Ballroom—that’s one of my favorite venues in the country. I played at Southpaw a couple of times and that place was also pretty amazing. But I guess Clear Channel owns Irving now so that’s kind of out for the time being.

BrooklynVegan Paula: What are you listening to?

Dave: I really can’t stop listening to Deerhoof right now. I’m also listening to this 90s band from Nova Scotia called Local Rabbits—I’ve been listening to the shit out of their record.

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David Bazan is going on tour this Fall.

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Fearless Vampire Killers @ CBGB - tix on sale

DROPKICK MURPHY'S @ CBGB | Aug 18, 2006 (CRED)

Tickets are on sale for the September 1st Fearless Vampire Killers show.

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David Bazan (solo) | Fall 2006 Tour Dates

David Bazan (Pedro the Lion) is going on tour this Fall. Those dates below..

DAVID BAZAN SOLO | 2006 TOUR DATES
Fri 09/22 - Urbana IL @ Krannert Center for the Performing Arts w/ Danielson
Sat 09/23 - Chicago IL @ Schubas (early show)
Wed 10/11 - Nashville @ Exit/Inn
Thu 10/12 - Memphis TN @ The Hi Tone Cafe
Fri 10/13 - Springfield MO @ Randy Bacon Gallery
Sat 10/14 - Denton TX @ Hailey's w/ Damien Jurado, Rosie Thomas
Sun 10/15 - Austin TX @ The Parish
Mon 10/16 - Houston TX @ The Prolatariat
Tue 10/17 - New Orleans LA @ The Republic
Wed 10/18 - Tallahassee FL @ Beta Bar
Thu 10/19 - Orlando FL @ The Social
Fri 10/20 - West Columbia SC @ New Brookland Tavern (early show)
Sat 10/21 - Chapel Hill NC @ Local 506 (early show)
Sun 10/22 - Atlanta GA @ The EARL

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Opus NY - a new music venue opening on 13th St.

"A new East Village music venue, Opus NY is still in its construction phase, with a tentative opening date in mid-September, at 531 E. 13th St. Neighbors are opposing its application for a wine and beer license. But Opus’s founders, Stephen Choi and Erica Rubin, promise their venue will be nothing like a rowdy, drunken nightclub." [The Village]

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Raconteurs, Foo Fighters & Kings of Leon opening for Bob Dylan | new album stream

Bob Dylan (who doesn't like the sound of modern music) seems to be giving a modern audience more reason to come see him play - modern openers like Kings of Leon (who are also touring with the Stills), Foo Fighters (who just toured with Frank Black), and The Raconteurs (who are also touring without him). Dylan's new album is streaming at AOL Music. All tour dates below....

Bob Dylan w/ Kings of Leon | 2006
10-11 Vancouver, British Columbia - Pacific Coliseum
10-13 Seattle, WA - Key Arena
10-14 Portland, OR - Memorial Coliseum
10-16 San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic
10-17 San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic
10-18 Sacramento, CA - ARCO Arena
10-20 Los Angeles, CA - Forum
10-22 San Diego, CA - Cox Arena
10-24 Denver, CO - Fillmore
10-25 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Auditorium
10-27 Chicago, IL - Sears Centre
10-28 Chicago, IL - Sears Centre

Bob Dylan w/ Foo Fighters | 2006
10-29 St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
10-31 Madison, WI - Kohl Center
11-02 Detroit, MI - Palace of Auburn Hills
11-03 London, Ontario - John Labatt Centre
11-05 Ottawa, Ontario - Scotiabank Place
11-07 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre
11-08 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre

Bob Dylan w/ The Raconteurs | 2006
11-09 Portland, ME - Cumberland County Civic Center
11-11 Boston, MA - Agganis Arena
11-12 Boston, MA - Agganis Arena
11-13 Uniondale, NY - Nassau Coliseum
11-15 Amherst, MA - Mullins Center at University of Massachusetts
11-16 East Rutherford, NJ - Continental Airlines
11-17 Fairfax, VA - Patroit Center
11-18 Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Spectrum

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Blonde Redhead playing Webster Hall (CMJ) & other news

DOWNLOAD: Blonde Redhead - A Cure (MP3)

"Indie rock act Blonde Redhead has entered the last phase of work on the follow-up to 2004's 'Misery Is a Butterfly,' Billboard.com has learned. The as-yet-untitled effort is due early next year via 4AD." [Billboard]

Blonde Redhead also appear on a Filter / Urban Outfitters Katrina benefit CD along with Tom Waits, Tom Vek, Sigur Ros, Grandaddy, Beck and others.

Tickets are on sale for Blonde Redhead's CMJ show at Webster Hall in NYC on November 3rd. The Knife show two nights earlier in the same venue is now sold out.

Blonde Redhead played a private Wrangler-sponsored party at Barney's COOP in NYC on Tuesday August 8th. PAPER and NME both have stories. The photos in this post are from that event.

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August 27, 2006

Ray LaMontagne playing "secret show" at Maxwell's tonight

Ray LaMontagne is playing a free MySpace secret show at Maxwel's in Hoboken, NJ tonight (Sunday, August 27th). "This show is first come, first serve. Entry is limited so get there early to ensure success!" Not sure if you have to print out your MySpace profile with MySpace secret shows in your top eight. Doors @ 7pm.

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August 25, 2006

Touch and Go 25th Anniversary Schedule Announced

* Don't forget Ted Leo is playing a free show (in the rain?) at South Street Seaport in NYC TODAY.
* The Brooklyn Shellac show is sold out, but there are still tickets for Philly & Ohio.
* Touch & Go Festival schedule below...

Friday, September 8
9:00pm !!!
8:00pm Ted Leo + Pharmacists
7:00pm Girls Against Boys
6:00pm Supersystem
5:00pm The Shipping News

Saturday, September 9
9:00pm Shellac
8:40pm Big Black
7:45pm Man…or Astroman?
6:50pm Scratch Acid
6:30pm Sally Timms
6:00pm Negative Approach
5:40pm PW Long
4:55pm Didjits
4:35pm Jon & Kat (Mekons/The Ex)
3:50pm Killdozer
2:55pm The Ex
2:35pm Tim & Andy (Silkworm)
1:50pm Pegboy
12:55pm Uzeda
12:00pm The New Year

Sunday, September 10
9:00pm Calexico
8:00pm Pinback
7:00pm CocoRosie
6:05pm The Black Heart Procession
5:45pm Brick Layer Cake
5:00pm Seam
4:40pm Tara Jane O’Neil
3:55pm Three Mile Pilot
3:00pm Enon
2:00pm The Monorchid
1:00pm Quasi
12:00pm Arcwelder

Previously
The Jesus Lizard to play Touch & Go Festival?

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The Pipettes | Blogwash? - Chris Ott vs Pitchfork

DOWNLOAD: The Pipettes - Dirty Mind (MP3)

"I've been writing about pop music for over a decade. The bulk of my work can be found on Pitchfork, where I hung my hat between 2000 and 2004." [Chris Ott]

"In the end, We Are the Pipettes is a modern indie pop album, and a classic one at that." [Pitchfork - Best New Music]

"Like those who fawn over them, the Pipettes have talked their way into this party, and I suspect we will not notice when they have left." [Chris Ott says "Blogwash" - the Village Voice]

The photo is from here.

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Sponsorship Opportunities

I'm looking for companies that may be interested in sponsoring some upcoming events. Please e-mail me for more info, and make sure to include the company you represent in the email. thx!

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Sirius Playlist - Week 11 (Merge Records tribute) | 29 MP3s

I'm way behind in posting my weekly Sirius radio playlists. The last one I posted was Week 8. Here's the playlist from Week 11 (8/15/2006). On this show I played all music that came out on Merge Records, and all music that happens to be available in MP3 format...

1) Superchunk - Becoming a Speck
2) And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - Mistakes and Regrets
3) Pipe - Chula
4) Dinosaur Jr. - Forget the Swan
5) Lou Barlow - Home
6) American Music Club - Only Love Can Set You Free
7) Portastatic - Lively Chase
8) The Essex Green - Old Dominion
9) Camera Obscura - If Looks Could Kill
10) The Clientele - E.M.P.T.Y.
11) Lambchop - Paperback Bible
12) Spoon - The Way We Get By
13) Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland 1945
14) The Rosebuds - Blue Bird
15) Teenage Fanclub - It's All in My Mind
16) Robert Pollard - Love is Stronger Than Witchcraft
17) Rader Bros. - Is That Blood?
18) Ganger - Blaufest
19) Seaweed - Thru The Window
20) Imperial Teen - Million Dollar Man
21) Spaceheads - Angel Station
22) Tenement Halls - Starless Nights
23) Paul Burch - isolda
24) Guv'ner - Lucky Ladybug
25) Portastatic - I wanna Know Girls
26) M Ward - Undertaker
27) Destroyer - Watercolours on the Ocean
28) White Whale - Admiral
29) Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)

"Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. Merge was originally founded in Chapel Hill, North Carolina by Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance in 1989 as a way to release singles and cassettes from their band Superchunk, and music created by friends. The first Merge full-length release came on April 1, 1992 with MRG020 Superchunk - Tossing Seeds, the band's first collection of singles." [Wikipedia]

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BrooklynVegan Blog Radio airs on Sirius Satellite's Left of Center on Tuesday nights @ 10 pm EST, and I think they re-run it on Friday at the same time.

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Lou Reed's Berlin coming to St Ann's Warehouse (Brooklyn)

"Recorded in 1973, Lou Reed’s Berlin was the unexpected, critically panned, follow-up 'concept album' to his popular hit record, Transformer. Although it became a cult favorite and was reissued, Berlin was never performed live. Until now! Arts at St. Ann’s, the Sydney Festival, and UCLA Live! have joined forces to present a theatrically realized concert version of Reed’s stylized rock paean to life outside the circle, the orchestrations filled with the lyrics of the broken hearted and willfully disabled...the drifting tormented addicts of love formalizing their own downfalls in the outskirts of the divided city. From Beerhalle staccato to the embers of a final Sad Song...this is an evening to press between the crumbling leaves of Fall."

The show runs from from Dec. 14-17, 2006. Tickets are $65.

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Sick stuff

"Troubled rockers PETE DOHERTY, JUSTIN HAWKINS and KEANE frontman TOM CHAPLIN have set up songwriting sessions together in exclusive London clinic The Priory to cope with their rehabilitation therapy. The trio, who are all battling drug and alcohol addictions, met in group sessions and have quickly struck up a friendship." [Contact Music]

AND
* Cee-Lo's Voice Is Strained
* Jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson dies
* Rolling Stones’ cancelled tours anger Spanish fans
* Aerosmith bassist fights cancer, show goes on
* Ronstadt cancels tour after surgery
* Kylie Adds Two Extra Dates To Her Comeback Tour
* Doherty caught giving drugs to a teen in rehab

What should they name the rehab supergroup?

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Mew & Kasabian | Fall 2006 Tour Dates & AOL MP3 Download

Yay, Mew are coming back to the U.S. so soon. Nay, they're just opening for Kasabian (new songs at MySpace). The NYC date is at at Webster Hall on September 20th.

Download an acoustic Mew performance and interview at AOL Music. All Tour Dates below...

MEW & KASABIAN | 2006 TOUR DATES
Sep 17 2006 paradise rock club boston, MA
Sep 20 2006 webster hall new york, NY
Sep 21 2006 theatre of the living arts philadelphia, PA
Sep 24 2006 grog shop cleveland, OH
Sep 26 2006 club soda montreal, que
Sep 27 2006 phoenix concert theatre toronto, ont
Sep 29 2006 st. andrews hall detroit, MI
Oct 2 2006 metro chicago, IL
Oct 3 2006 the bottleneck lawrence, KS
Oct 3 2006 the bottleneck lawrence, KS
Oct 5 2006 fine line music cafe minneapolis, MN
Oct 7 2006 gothic theatre denver, CO
Oct 11 2006 the fonda los angeles, CA
Oct 13 2006 the independent san francisco, CA

JUST MEW
Oct 15 2006 commodore ballroom vancouver, bc

JUST KASABIAN
10/16 Seattle, WA Neumos
10/17 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom

Previously
Mew @ Hiro Ballroom, NYC | pics
Mew | MP3 & playing more dates solo

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The Stills | 2006 Tour Dates

Pitchfork reports that The Stills are playing a ton of shows this September, November, and December - some with Kings of Leon and some with Land of Talk and two without either of those bands at Bowery Ballroom in NYC.

12-01 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
12-02 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom

All dates below...

THE STILLS | 2006 TOUR DATES
09-02 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Music and Arts Festival
09-03 Quebec City, Quebec - Imperial
09-06 Kansas City, MO - Mardrid Theater *
09-07 St. Louis, MO - POP's *
09-08 Indianapolis, IN - Vogue *
09-09 Dayton, OH - Foundry *
09-11 Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall *
09-12 Nashville, TN - City Hall *
09-14 San Antonio, TX - Lonestar Pavilion at Sunset Station *
09-15 Austin, TX - Emo's *
09-16 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room
09-17 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
09-19 Houston, TX - Meridian *
09-21 Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ballroom *
09-22 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom *
09-24 Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater *
09-26 Phoenix, AZ - Martini Ranch *
09-27 Las Vegas, NV - Empire *
09-28 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
09-30 Denver, CO - Gothic Theater *
10-02 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater #
10-03 San Diego, CA - Soma Sidestage #
10-05 San Francisco, CA - Independent #
10-06 Portland, OR - Dante's #
10-07 Seattle, WA - Showbox
11-27 Boston, MA - Paradise
11-28 Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live *
11-29 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
12-01 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
12-02 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom

* with Kings of Leon
# with Land of Talk

Previously
The Stills @ The 2006 Village Voice Siren Festival, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY | pics

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Pete Yorn playing CBGB, Mercury Lounge & Joe's Pub | Tour Dates

Singer/songwriter/rocker Pete Yorn celebrates the release of Nightcrawler, his first new studio album in three years.

Pete Yorn scored one of the last shows ever at CBGB - he's playing on September 14, 2006 to be exact. He's also playing Mercury Lounge and Joe's Pub the two days prior, and some shows in Chicago and LA. The new album is streaming at VH1. All dates below...

PETE YORN | TOUR DATES
08/28/06 - LOS ANGELES, CA - THE WHISKEY BUY TICKETS -
08/29/06 - LOS ANGELES, CA - THE ROXY THEATRE BUY TICKETS
08/30/06 - LOS ANGELES, CA - THE VIPER ROOM SOLD OUT
09/07/06 - CHICAGO, IL - DOUBLE DOOR
09/08/06 - CHICAGO, IL - SCHUBA'S
09/09/06 - CHICAGO, IL - MARTYRS
09/12/06 - NEW YORK, NY - JOE'S PUB
09/13/06 - NEW YORK, NY - MERCURY LOUNGE
09/14/06 - NEW YORK, NY - CBGB'S

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The Shins played McCarren Park Pool in Brooklyn

THE SHINS @ MCCARREN PARK POOL | AUG 23, 2006 (BY BAO)

While Sufjan and David Byrne were getting down at the Beacon Theatre Wednesday night, The Shins were headlining McCarren Park Pool in Brooklyn.

"I never thought I would say (or write) this... But we went to see The Shins last nite at the Mcarren Pool in Greenpoint and they sucked." [La Elbahara]

"What did not impress me was seeing The Shins." [Productshop]

"It didn’t help that the sound, courtesy of both the system and the band’s own miscues, was on the muddy side most of the set." [CMJ]

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August 24, 2006

Comedians of Comedy tour: Warsaw cancelled, David Cross & Fred Armisen added, more dates, etc...

The William Shatner roast on Comedy Central wasn't as good as the Pamela Anderson one, but anyway here's a clip starring Comedians of Comedy's Patton Oswalt and Brian Posehn along with Andy Dick and Carrie Fisher (Princess Leah)....

Updates to the Comedians of Comedy tour below...

COMEDIANS OF COMEDY Brooklyn show - CANCELLED!

Hey everybody. Well, I'm afraid we've got some bad news for all of you in Brooklyn, our Warsaw show has been cancelled. I know, I know, we're sad too, but that's what's happened.

Anybody that's purchased tickets for this show, your tickets will be honored for the Irving Plaza show the next nite.

We're sorry to announce such news, but that's sometimes the price of high quality laughter.

Obviously, any street teamers that were sent posters, please don't post put any up as it'd just cause confusion for the Irving Plaza gig.

We're really excited to see everybody on this upcoming tour! Buy tickets early and please, get us some more scotch!

-Love, COC

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Why Brooklyn was cancelled from Patton:

Sadly, we're working with a new booking agency, and they're used to rock bands and such. Thus, they panicked when they saw that Eugene does a lot of regular shows in New York, and that I'd be doing a show in November at Caroline's. They somehow think this will curb ticket sales. It was going to be too much hassle to convince them otherwise, so we figured we'd cancel the Warsaw to quell their fears, and fold everything into the Irving Plaza show. Rest assured, we're going to make the Irving Plaza show VERY special, so that when we come back, we'll get to do both shows. We were very much looking forward to the Warsaw, and we're sorry about any last-minute hassles. This does mean we'll have Thursday the 14th off in NY, which means we'll secretly be dropping into someone's shows somewhere.

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Dawid Cross, Jon Benjamin and & Fred Armisen added....

Man, are you guys in for a treat!

Philadelphia! We just confirmed Fred Armisen (from SNL) to perform seeing as how Mr. Mirman will be unable to attend.

And New York!? You get a double treat! David Cross and Jon Benjamin will be making special appearances!

Get tickets now because we're sure these shows will sell out!
-love, COC

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latest dates here

(thx Klaus)

Previously
Comedians of Comedy also playing Irving | 2006 Tour Dates

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Bloc Party touring with Panic! at the Disco | 2006 Dates

"Somewhere, a Pitchfork editor is crying" [Alternative Press] (thx Jeff)

Panic! at the Disco are bringing Bloc Party on tour...

11/13 - New York, NY @ The Theatre at Madison Square Garden
11/14 - New York, NY @ The Theatre at Madison Square Garden

All dates below...

PANIC @ THE DISCO & BLOC PARTY | 2006 TOUR DATES
11/7 - Sunrise, FL @ Bank Atlantic Center
11/8 - Orlando, FL @ UCF Arena
11/9 - Atlanta, GA @ HiFi Buys Amphitheatre
11/10 - Charlotte, NC @ Cricket Arena
11/11 - Fairfax, VA @ Patriot Center
11/13, 14 - New York, NY @ The Theatre at Madison Square Garden
11/16 - Toronto, ON @ Ricoh Coliseum
11/17 - Rochester, NY @ Gordon Field House at R.I.T.
11/18 - Lowell, MA @ Paul E. Tsongas Arena
11/19 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Center
11/21 - Detroit, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills
11/22 - Chicago, IL @ UIC Pavilion
11/24 - Minneapolis, MN @ US Bank Theatre at Target Center
11/25 - St. Louis, MO @ St. Charles County Family Arena
11/26 - Council Bluffs, IA @ Mid America Center
11/28 - Denver, CO @ Magness Arena
11/29 - West Valley City, UT @ The E Center
12/1 - Portland, OR @ Memorial Coliseum
12/2 - Vancouver, BC @ Pacific Coliseum
12/3 - Seattle, WA @ Everett Events Center
12/5 - San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion
12/6 - Long Beach, CA @ Long Beach Arena
12/7 - Glendale, AZ @ Glendale Arena
12/8 - Las Vegas, NV @ Orleans Theatre
12/9 - San Diego, CA @ ipayOne Center

Last time Panic at the Disco was here, they had Dresden Dolls.

Last time Bloc Party played, it was as headliner at McCarren Pool.

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Free Neko Case tickets (set times?) & other stuff To Do

Neko Case, Joanna Newsom, and Martha Wainwright are playing one of the $$$$ shows at McCarren Pool in Brooklyn tonight (Aug 24, 2006). Joanna Newsom goes on second, and I think at 7pm (I guess be there by 6 if you want to definitely catch Martha). The government is giving away tickets again ("must be able to prove residency in zip codes 11211, 11206, 11221, 11385" this time) (thx Bao).

Also tonight in Williamsburg, and most likely late enough to do after Neko: Flipper @ Northsix

Also tonight: The My Brightest Diamond CD release party at the Spiegeltent.

Also tonight: The Roots & Moby @ Crobar

Also tonight: Jennifer O'Connor's CD release party @ Joe's Pub

Also tonight: Tokyo Police Club @ The Annex (midnight). They're in town to open for Ted Leo at the Seaport tomorrow. Meg & Dia are also playing The Annex @ 8.

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Takka Takka @ Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY | pics

DOWNLOAD: I take my drinks like Jackson (MP3)



Union Hall is a great new venue - good sound and space, plus Takka Takka rocked (Aug 17, 2006) - they actually rocked more than I expected given the mellower nature a lot of their music. They gave me more of a Hold Steady bar-band feel than the indie rockness of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (who they're touring with). Don't miss them. And oh yeah, they all smiled a lot. I love that.

"And last night’s set, a truly skilled performance that offered a near-perfect balance of musicianship and showmanship, proved they may just deserve every bit of star-rising that comes their way." [stereoactivenyc]

Takka Takka play with Annuals @ Sin-e in NYC on September 14th. Then they go on tour.

Previously
Takka Takka + Architecture in Helsinki + Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | 2006 Tour Dates, MP3s & stuff
Gothamist interviews Takka Takka | Movable Hype show
Takka Takka from Brooklyn | Free MP3s

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Wes' Weekly Hip Hop News Roundup | (Aug 24, 2006)

Undisputed Wes knows as much about hip hop as he does about the careers of up-and-coming indie singer-songwriters, maybe more...

Legendary rapper Pharaoh Monch is set to release his first album since his 1999 Rawkus Records debut Internal Affairs this winter. He titled it Desire.

The Game released what is arguably the best hip hop release of 2005 under tutelage of Dr. Dre, and with the support of most of the current heavyweight producers. After a much publicized falling out with collaborator 50 Cent and switching labels from Aftermath to Geffen I was getting a little worried about the quality of his upcoming release The Doctor's Advocate, but based on the video for the first single "It's Okay (One Blood)", I have regained confidence. The MP3 leaked a few months ago at NahRight. Watch the video on YouYube. Excellent.

According to the The New York Times, Irv Gotti is close to finishing up a new deal with Universal Music to become the chief of a label within the Universal/Motown label. It will presumably be called The Inc, just like his last label under Universal, until they cut him off. Ja Rule and Ashanti are the only confirmed signings. I wonder if they still have anything relevant to put out. (via BallerStatus).

As BV already posted, Busta Rhymes, rapper of diminishing relevance and sales, was arrested for kicking a kid in the head after he spit on his car.

After dropping two amazing street singles/leaks, War With God and Tell It Like It Is, Ludacris predictably goes for Money Maker featuring Pharrel as the actual first single for his upcoming Release Therapy. Watch the video on YouTube. (via StillListenToGangstaMusic)

The late great J-Dilla/Jay Dee's new album, the Shining comes out this week and it's quite amazing, as expected. His last album?

MTV says that Outkast and A Tribe Called Quest are set to collaborate. "I was talking to Q-Tip the other day, and he said, 'Come to the studio,' " Andre said. "I was going to ask him if it would be all right to do me and Big Boi and Tip and Phife [Dawg] on one record." Read the full story here.

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Check out previous hip hop posts here

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David Byrne duets with Sufjan Stevens @ The Revenge of the Book Eaters @ Beacon Theatre, NYC | pics, MP3

SUFJAN STEVENS & DAVID BYRNE @ THE BEACON THEATRE | AUG 23, 2006 (CRED - MORE)

The Revenge of the Book Eaters show at Beacon Theatre in NYC last night was great. I don't have everyone's name who was involved, but basically there was a host and a guitar-playing co-host, and a comedic reading/sketch by Jon Stewart, and three songs and witty banter by The Long Winters' John Roderick, and a short 826NYC documentary and information session with Dave Eggers, and about five songs by Sufjan Stevens & band, and a reading by Sarah Vowell, and hugs by Dave Eggers to whoever donated at least twenty more dollars at the show, and about five country songs by David Byrne & band (2 covers, 2 obscurish Talking Heads songs, and a new song that's coming out on his drummer's band's CD), AND THEN there was a very special encore.

If I had to choose which indie rock icon David Byrne would join on stage next, it wouldn't be Sufjan Stevens. His multiple appearances with The Arcade Fire were a lot more exciting, but nonetheless this one was special. Probably spawned from circumstance (they were both on the bill), they together covered a song about Michigan, that as Byrne pointed out, "wasn't written by Sufjan" - it was "Saginaw Michigan" by Lefty Frizzell. The host promised us the duet earlier in the night if we (the audience) put at least $5000 in Dave Eggers' bucket. They collected over $15,000.

Jessica Suarez has a 4:47 slightly crackly MP3. Stereogum has a shorter, cleaner MP3 and video.

MORE
* support 826NYC.
* review @ PTST
* review @ CAD

Previously
David Byrne to do "another concert version" of Imelda Marcos musical @ Carnegie Hall?
Alarm Will Sound, Camille, & Haale playing David Byrne's Perspective Series @ Carnegie Hall - Feb 4
Sufjan Stevens adds 3rd NYC date @ Town Hall
The Long Winters played a free show @ Mercury Lounge

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August 23, 2006

Social Distortion add 3rd show at Irving Plaza

The first two are sold out. Tickets now on sale for October 13th at Irving Plaza.

Posted in music | tour dates at 6:22 PM | Comments (1)

Kanye West playing Nokia Theatre | Sold Out?

"btw, Kanye West is playing a weird concert at Nokia on 8/29 available only to AMEX cardholders. sold out already" [Ondal]

Posted in music | tour dates at 6:20 PM | Comments (8)

Gomez playing three nights bitches

Dr. Octagon, Sunset Rubdown, The Mountain Goats, Xiu Xiu, Okkervil River, Mojave 3, Voxtrot, and Beirut (two upcoming nights each) have been topped...by Gomez*....

3 NIGHTS COMING UP

Gomez will be performing three nights at New York City's venerable Bowery Ballroom -- October 5, 6 and 7. As we head towards the end of 2006, Gomez will be coming on ten years of performing together and so the time is nigh for a couple of throwdown gigs. These will be unique shows -- a deep immersion into the Gomez repertoire, additional musicians perhaps, and plenty of mayhem. In a couple weeks we'll be announcing a special West Coast event as well, so stay tuned.

All tour dates at their site.

* Gomez's last NYC show was at the much larger Webster Hall.

Previously
Dr Octagon adds 2nd Bowery show | Tour Dates
Mojave 3 | 2006 Tour Dates

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CBGB stiffed Gothamist?

"As a side note, CBGB's - which we are very sad to see go, is apparently going with a lot of money made from these shows. As an example, we had a good tunrout on Monday yet they left us with a total of $25 to pay the three bands with. That's $2.27 per band member. That's so punk rock." [Gothamist]

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Tommy Ramone plays bluegrass, Continental adds their real last show PLUS Lenny Kaye @ CBGB

UNCLE MONK

The last surviving founding member of the Ramones Tommy Ramone plays bluegrass with Claudia Tienan of the Simplistics. They call themselves Uncle Monk.

The Continental changed their mind about Murphy's Law playing the last show ever at the club. Tickets are now on sale for THE REAL LAST SHOW ("this is it!") on September 17. 2006. Its "a full Ramones set" by Ramones producer Daniel Rey, Ramones bassist (1989-1996) CJ Ramone, Radio host and lead singer of the The Dictators Handsome Dick Manitoba (also own's Manitoba's bar), Walter Lure (Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers), and Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith group). No Tommy Ramone at this one, but then again it does say "special guests". (thx Klaus)

The lineup for the night of September 17th at CBGB has yet to be announced, but speaking of Lenny Kaye - he'll be the special guest at CBGB's Gallery on September 8th. He goes on at 10pm after Carla Rhodes. Mad Juana are on at midnight.

Previously
Trigger Presents: last 3 shows @ Continental - On Sale
Lenny Kaye | You Call it Madness | Mo Pitkens
Lee "Scratch" Perry playing CBGB | tix
Reagan Youth also playing George Tabb benefit @ CBGB's Lounge
The final CBGB (downstairs lounge) Lineup
Reagan Youth playing CBGB with Agent Orange | tix
Hatebreed playing CBGB | free ticket with CD
Fishbone playing CBGB | 2006 Tour Dates

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Jeep presents over 300 free concerts | Free G Love & Special Sauce in Central Park

"The Jeep Compass Music Tour—commences Aug. 24 with a free concert in New York's Central Park. For this kick-off event, G. Love & Special Sauce will headline, with support from the eight artists who will then tour the United States, performing at more than 300 free concerts. The mode of transportation for the featured artists on this trek is certainly a first. Forgoing the usual tour bus, each artist will travel, from gig to gig, in a Jeep Compass." [Billboard]

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The uncoolest post ever ;)

At the risk of losing my last shred of indie cred, here's some upcoming info on free shows, presales, and benefits....

Taking Back Sunday and 30 Seconds to Mars are playing a benefit at Webster Hall. I heard the ticket password is "argus", but Central Village says its "CHARITY".

Corinne Bailey Rae's free show is tomorrow.

The Killers are playing a free show in Las Vegas. The Killers are having a presale. The Killers have a new video. The Killers tour dates are below....

THE KILLERS 2006 TOUR DATES:
10/6 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
10/7 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
10/8 - San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre
10/10 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
10/11 - Vancouver, BC - Orpheum Theatre
10/12 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
10/14 - Magna, UT - The Great Salt Air
10/15 - Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium
10/17 - Chicago, IL - Congress Theatre
10/18 - Detroit, MI - State Theatre
10/20 - Toronto, ONT - Koolhaus
10/21 - Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Event Center
10/23 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
10/24 - NYC - Theatre at Madison Square Garden
10/25 - NYC - Theatre at Madison Square Garden
10/26 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
10/28 - Las Vegas, NV - Sam Boyd Stadium (Vegoose Festival)

THEY SUCK! (indie cred restored)

(thx Ondal and Karen)

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Annuals "Be He Me" | MP3s & Tour Dates

DOWNLOAD: Annuals - Brother (MP3)

"File this under the 'stuff what comes out in October' category if you will, but word on the street is that Pitchfork is getting the jump on this band tomorrow, which means we're going to throw it out there today." [Postcore's Preemptive strike]

"Ace Fu Records is blowin' up, what with getting their claws into Man Man, blog faves DeVotchka, and Books-alikes Tunng. But if their forthcoming Be He Me album lives up to what this track (Brother) promises, North Carolina-based Annuals might be the label's best find yet." [Pitchfork]

DO THEY LIVE UP? (more MP3s to download)
* Annuals - Dry Clothes
* Annuals - Bleary Eyed

Nineteen year-old Adam Baker is in the front in this band. Keyboard player Anna Spence is in the front in this picture.

"The Raleigh, NC-based six-piece played two shows in New York City last weekend that included a supporting slot for Cold War Kids and Sound Team at The Mercury Lounge (July 29) and the other at Pianos with Bishop Allen." [Crackers United]

IN NYC AGAIN SOON
9/14 - NYC at Sin-e w/ Takka Takka
9/15 - Brooklyn at TBD

VERY CLOSE TO NYC RIGHT AT CMJ
10/31 - DC at Black Cat w/ Tapes 'N Tapes

All Tour dates below...

ANNUALS | 2006 TOUR DATES
9/01 - Raleigh, NC @ The Brewery w/ House of Fools
9/12 - Philadelphia at the Khyber
9/14 - NYC at Sin-e w/ Takka Takka
9/15 - Brooklyn at TBD
9/16 - Boston at Middle East
9/18 - Cleveland at Grog Shop w/ Man Man
9/19 - Chicago at Subterranean
10/19 - NYC at Irving Plaza w/ Art Brut
10/20 - Philadelphia at Starlight Ballroom w/ Art Brut
10/22 - Birmingham at Bottletree w/ Tapes 'N Tapes
10/24 - Tallahassee at Club Downunder w/ Tapes 'N Tapes
10/25 - Gainesville at Common Grounds w/ Tapes 'N Tapes
10/26 - Orlando at the Social w/ Tapes 'N Tapes
10/27 - St. Augustine at Café 11 w/ Tapes 'N Tapes
10/28 - Athens at Tasty World w/ Tapes 'N Tapes
10/29 - Atlanta at the Loft w/ Tapes 'N Tapes
10/30 - Chapel Hill, NC at Local 506 w/ Tapes 'N Tapes
10/31 - DC at Black Cat w/ Tapes 'N Tapes

Annuals consists of:
Adam Baker- vocals, piano, keys, guitar, drums, percussion, writer
Anna Spence- piano, keys
Kenny Florence- lead guitar, vocals
Mike Robinson- bass, vocals
Nick Radford- drums, percussion
Zack Oden- guitar, drums, percussion

see them at MySpace

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Telephone game

"Having hosted performances from influential musical acts such as The Ramones and Patti Smith during its illustrious history, CBGB's will mark its final night with an all-day event on Sept. 28 headlined by Fishbone and Dub Trio, said NME.com." [Washington Times] [North Korea Times] [United Press International]

"Joining the event`s headliners at the locale`s Downstairs Lounge will be Angry Dragon, Eternal, Runny, The Party Death, and over a dozen other bands." [Monsters and Critics]

"CBGB's Final Show Scheduled" [Aversion]

Previously
NME, you got the story wrong
The final CBGB (downstairs lounge) Lineup

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Willie Nelson says stop eating horses

"If you've ever been around horses a lot, especially wild horses, you know they are part of the American heritage. I don't think its right that we kill them and eat them," Nelson said in a telephone interview Tuesday. [USA Today]

RELATED: Willie Nelson teams with Ryan Adams for new CD

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The Grates | updated 2006 Tour Dates

Sept. 12 – Bowery Ballroom, New York (w/ The Dears)
Sept. 13 – Pianos, New York

All dates below...

Sept. 5 - Cinespace, Los Angeles
Sept. 6 - Spaceland, Los Angeles
Sept. 7 - Logan Square, Chicago (w/ Rogue Wave)
Sept. 8 - Kraftbrau, Kalamazoo, Mich. (w/ Rogue Wave)
Sept. 9 - Lee's Palace, Toronto (w/ Rogue Wave)
Sept. 10 - La Sala Rossa, Montreal (w/ Rogue Wave)
Sept. 12 – Bowery Ballroom, New York (w/ The Dears)
Sept. 13 – Pianos, New York

Previously
The Grates | September 2006 Tour Dates

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Lee "Scratch" Perry playing CBGB | tix

Lee "Scratch" Perry is playing CBGB on September 25th, five days before CBGB closes for good. $42 tickets are on sale.

Posted in music at 8:46 AM | Comments (3)

August 22, 2006

NME, you got the story wrong

I said that Fishbone was "the closest-to-last show we know about on the main stage", not "the final gig on the main stage".

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Bob Dylan says modern music is worthless

"I don't know anybody who's made a record that sounds decent in the past twenty years, really," the 65-year-old rocker said in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine.

Dylan, who released eight studio albums in that time, returns with his first recording in five years, "Modern Times," next Tuesday.

Noting the music industry's complaints that illegal downloading means people are getting their music for free, he said, "Well, why not? It ain't worth nothing anyway." [REUTERS]

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Does he mean it, or this just a carefully calculated controversy timed with the release of the self-regarding old money-machine's new album?

Hasn't he heard the new Kevin Federline yet?

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Busta Rhymes arrested after "disappointing" Amsterjam

"You know you're in trouble when the most exciting moment of a music festival featuring Busta Rhymes, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Foo Fighters takes place backstage.....After his performance, the NYPD whisked Rhymes away on third-degree assault charges and possible felony weapons-possessions charges stemming from an August 12th incident." [Rolling Stone]

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Sondre Lerche playing 2 solo shows @ Hiro Ballroom

We are pleased to announce that Sondre Lerche will be doing two exclusive and intimate solo shows at Hiro at the Maritime Hotel in New York City this September. Tickets are now on sale. We regret that these shows are 21 and over, but know that Sondre will return with his band to play all ages shows in the next year. More details about the show may pop up here swiftly, so watch this space.

The Music Slut was at Sondre's recent Barnes & Noble show. The Modern Age points to the audio.

Natalie Cole is playing two shows at Hiro Ballroom too.

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An Interview with Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond

Undisputed Wes interviewed and photographed Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond this past weekend. Her new album Bring Me The Workhorse is out today (August 22, 2006) on Sufjan Steven's record label Asthmatic Kitty (it got an 8.1 @ Pitchfork ).

Shara's vocals can also be heard all over Sufjan's Illinois album, and she's an integral part of his touring band. Her CD release party will be held at the Spiegeltent in NYC this Thursday August 24th at 10pm, and she kicks of a U.S. tour with Sufjan on September 11th.

Wes: One of the first times I saw you perform was at Cross-Pollination with Dave Deporis almost a year and a half ago. Now you are releasing your first record as My Brightest Diamond called Bring Me The Workhorse. From that show to this record your sound has become somewhat less ethereal and your song structure seems more focused. What caused that evolution?

Shara: That's interesting that you say that. Someone just wrote to me about how they felt that when the song "Dragonfly" (watch video here) first started it was more ethereal and ambient. I think a lot of that has to do with the choices I made for Bring Me The Workhorse arrangement wise. I was trying to a. make a cohesive work and b. not be too noodly. Something that was not precious. I think that I am writing songs that still have that eccentric and ethereal quality to them, but there is a different format for those songs.

The next record, A Thousand Shark's Teeth, will be a string album and more ethereal, less rock. That's a distinction I had to make because I basically had two records. I was trying to make them work together, but they just didn't like each other. So I thought: This is me trying to cram in too many ideas for one album. Let me just make something cohesive and separate these two records.

Wes: Was it a natural move for the record to be released on Asthmatic Kitty after working with Sufjan?

Shara: Yes. Sufjan has been telling me for a couple of years that he wanted to support me in any way that he could. I was hesitant at first because I didn't know them and how they were as a label.

Wes: Does this predate you playing and recording with Sufjan?

Shara: Yes it does. But then I was able to tour with him and meet the people at the label, see over the course of time how they do things and what their intentions were with me and I felt really comfortable with them.

Wes: Do any of your fellow Illinoise Makers appear on the album?

Shara: No, in fact the string players I played with before ended up working on Sufjan's Illinois and now they'll go on tour with the both of us. So it's all a blend now without ownership or anything like that.

Wes: You mentioned A Thousand Shark's Teeth, your next album. Do you have any recording or release plans for that one already?

Shara: The string parts for that record were recorded two weeks before I recorded the current album. I just finished the lead vocals of five of the tunes last week and there will be more recording in the winter. The release will not happen until late summer of 2007. Before that we're doing a remix record of the current album this winter.

Wes: Who will be doing the remixes?

Shara: Several people. Alias, his remix is awesome. Lusine, Siamese Sister and Sufjan's drummer, James McAllister, did a remix. If Sufjan has time he may do one too.

Wes: In a similar vein perhaps I just listened to "Razorblade Salvation", a new Jedi Mind Tricks song that samples a piano part of Sufjan's "Dumb I Sound" and it features your lyrics and vocals. How did that come about?

Shara: They approached the label about using the Sufjan sample and the producer had heard some of my stuff and asked if I'd be willing to lay down some vocals. A couple of weeks ago I went into the studio for 3 hours, wrote lyrics and recorded three songs. It was interesting because I had complete freedom. There was no producer, no artist, just me and the engineer. I had the song title, the music but none of the raps. It was so fun. I had a blast.

Wes: Was that a musical avenue you'd ever expect exploring?

Shara: Well, I grew up near Detroit and I was listening to all kinds of soul and motown, early 90's rap. So that's my history not really out of context for me.

Wes: So who were your favorite rappers?

Shara: Ice Cube, Heavy D, even Too Short. I listened to all of that stuff.

Wes: Your earliest musical influences (grandfather, dad and mom) and your first performances were all church music related. Does that still resonate in your music now?

Shara: I don't know if you can still hear the gospel music. I think I would attribute more to Soul music than I would to Gospel music. In a lot of ways culturally those two are intertwined. I use language of heaven and hell to represent ideologies. Something of an End (MP3) for example says heaven and hell come crashing. It's like you have these ideas of how you exist in the universe, what it means to be alive or dead, or what gravity is, almost what the laws of physics are. And so heaven and hell is more representative of the constructs of how you think the world operates. Then something happens in your life and everything that you thought about the way the world was turns out to be not that way.

Wes: Are there any particular artists that inspire you or that you have been listening to recently?

Shara: I just heard about Stars Like Fleas and they're playing this Tuesday at Tonic and they sound really cool. They have like saw, harp, laptop, a 15 piece choir. Cool, crazy stuff. I recently bought all of Scott Walker's records. He just came out with a new record called The Drift. I love Dave Deporis and Diane Cluck. And Dayna Kurtz, she's amazing and just came out with a new record.

Wes: Aside from the new album, the tour and then next year's album, what other musical plans are in your future?

Shara: I was thinking about that yesterday and I think I tend to work in opposites. I see this pattern for myself where I'll do a rock album and then I do something that is quiet. I'm also interested in exploring dance music and I'm in this really avant-garde stuff like Scott Walker. Definitely what I can say is that I want my song structures to loosen up. Right now they are not fluid as I would like them to be. We'll see, it's a year and a half down the road. I have a feeling it will be the opposite of the record after this one, but it's hard to say what I'll be interested in.

DOWNLOADS
My Brightest Diamond - Something Of An End (MP3)
My Brightest Diamond - Riding Horses (MP3)
Sufjan Stevens - The Henney Buggy Band (MP3)
Jedi Mind Tricks - Razorblade Salvation (Download at Pitchfork.)
Ice Cube - The Nigga Ya Love To Hate (download at SomeVelvetBlog.)
Too $hort - Blow The Whistle (MySpace)
Stars Like Fleas - Shhhhhhhhhhh (MySpace)
Scott Walker - Stream Album The Drift here
Dave Deporis - At The End Of The Tunnel (MySpace)
Diane Cluck - Easy To Be Around (MP3)
Dayna Kurtz - Showdown (MP3)

Catch My Brightest Diamond on tour.

Wes took all the above pictures too. More from the same photoshoot at Flickr.

SHARA & SUFJAN AS CHEERLEADERS

Previously
Sufjan Stevens & MBD | Fall 2006 Tour Dates
My Brightest Diamond playing NYC & LA
Dave Deporis @ DUMBO General Store, Brooklyn, NY | pics
David Deporis & band @ Galapagos, NYC | pics

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Atlantic Records threatens to sue 'Nah Right' blog for posting a Lupe Fiasco YouTube video

"Earlier today I got an email from an attorney representing Atlantic Records threatening me with legal action if I didn’t immediately remove the Lupe Fiasco video I posted a couple of days ago. Nevermind that the video is hosted on Youtube, and that all I’m doing is posting a link to it, Atlantic Records is seriously ready to sue me for what amounts to free promotion for their artist." [Nah Right] (thx Wes)

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Doherty, Hawkins, & Chaplin all in rehab

* Tour on hold as Keane star in rehab
* The Darkness still on label, but singer in rehab
* Drug bust leaves Moss at altar

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Jeff Hanson | 2006 Tour Dates (& new album)

DOWNLOAD: This Time It Will (MP3)

Jeff Hanson, one of my favorite Elliott Smith-esque often-mistaken-for-a-girl Kill Rock Stars singer-songwriters, is coming out with a new album (January 2007) and touring with Southerly in September. They'll hit Northsix and Knitting Factory. All dates and album info. below...

JEFF HANSON | 2006 TOUR DATES
09/01 Madison, WI The Journey
09/03 Chicago, IL Schubas
09/04 Gambier, OH Kenyon College
09/05 Kalamazoo, MI Kraftbrau Brewery
09/06 Pittsburgh, PA Garfield Artworks
09/07 Rochester, NY Bug Jar
09/10 Brooklyn, NY North Six
09/11 New York, NY Knitting Factory Tap Bar
09/13 Washington, DC DC Nine
09/16 Chapel Hill, NC Wetlands
09/18 Orlando, FL The Social
09/19 Miami, FL Studio A
09/20 Tallahassee, FL Beta Bar
09/21 New Orleans, LA The Republic
09/25 Bloomington, IN Art Hospital
09/27 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
09/29 Ames, IA Record Shop

PRESS RELEASE
Much to the excitement of fans of sensitive singer-songwriters, Kill Rock Stars artist Jeff Hanson will hit the road in September for a string of dates with Fall Records (Page France, In Ink Please) recording artist, Southerly.

Those who adored Hanson's quivering falsetto on his 2005 self-titled sophomore album will be pleased to know that his next record will feature even more haunting tunes that play on the basics that make him great - voice and guitar. The as-yet-untitled record will be released in early 2007, again on Kill Rock Stars.

Jeff Hanson cut his teeth playing in Midwestern emo-rockers M.I.J. in the late 1990s, but opted to trade the Marshalls for Martins upon going solo. Hanson was signed to Kill Rock Stars based on a demo, and his first solo album, 2003's Son, received universal acclaim. Hanson's self-titled second album was similarly embraced:

“Hanson's reedy voice pairs gorgeously with his simple, poignant arrangements and even makes the most morose moments affecting.” – Billboard

“Like a choirboy's solo, Hanson establishes a solid sotto voice through tranquil tones and subtle guitar picking...” – Soma

“It's his rich language and articulate guitar work that ultimately hold a listener's attention.” – Time Out New York

VIDEO: This Time It Will (.mov)

Previously
Shugo Tokumaru & Jeff Hanson - please come to NYC

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The Roots, Moby, Rosie Perez & others performing @ Katrina-related MoveOn event @ Crobar

"Incredible music from The Roots & Moby, readings by Rosie Perez, Tarik Trotter, Julia Stiles and special guests. Plus special guests Ned Lamont, Steve Bradberry of ACORN New Orleans, & Eli Pariser and a 3 hour open bar. Let the spirit of New Orleans live for one hot summer night in New York City."

More info below...

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Don't let the press or the public ignore the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the government's woeful response, and the beautiful story of how Americans pulled together to hold each other up in this time of need.

Incredible music from The Roots & Moby, readings by Rosie Perez, Tarik Trotter, Julia Stiles and special guests. Plus special guests Ned Lamont, Steve Bradberry of ACORN New Orleans, & Eli Pariser and a 3 hour open bar. Let the spirit of New Orleans live for one hot summer night in New York City.

CLICK HERE TO ORDER TICKETS

MoveOn.org Civic Action & ColorOfChange.org invite you to...

We Will Not Forget Katrina: A Special Event to Commemorate Hurricane Katrina

featuring

• Musical performances by Grammy Award winners The Roots (http://www.theroots.com/) who'll be performing music from their new album "Game Theory"


• Multi-platinum recording artist Moby


• Special readings from the book by Rosie Perez, Tarik Trotter of The Roots & actress Julia Stiles


• Special appearances by ColorOfChange.org Executive Director James Rucker, ACORN N.O. Executive Director Steve Bradberry and MoveOn Executive Director Eli Pariser, plus special guest Ned Lamont


• Many more special guests, including many of the evacuees and housing donors featured in the book.

& a special gallery of photos by C.B. Smith from It Takes a Nation, generously provided by ColorEdge Art.

Compiled and Edited by MoveOn Cultural Director Laura Dawn, and featuring the photography of C.B. Smith, It Takes a Nation is a series of photographs of the evacuees and housing donors from the Hurricane Housing program all living together and features extensive interviews edited into first person narratives. Featuring a foreword written by Senator Barack Obama, IT TAKES A NATION tells the extraordinary story of how thousands of Americans came together to provide shelter, sustenance, and hope to survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Through MoveOn.org's Hurricane Housing website, volunteers brought aid to evacuees by providing housing, cars, jobs, clothes, healthcare, and, perhaps most important, community. Presenting a positive contrast to the national shame that was widely felt about the Bush administration's handling of the Katrina crisis, these candid first-person accounts and portraits are a moving testament to the power of everyday people to make miracles happen.

All profits from the book and this event will go to ACORN New Orleans--one of the best groups on the ground in New Orleans, which handles not only the rebuilding effort, but also fights for the evacuees' rights every step of the way

What: MoveOn.org Civic Action & ColorOfChange.org present: We Will Not Forget Katrina: A Special Event to Commemorate Hurricane Katrina

When: Thursday, August 24th. 7pm to 9pm. Doors open at 6:30pm.

Where: Crobar, 530 W. 28th St. New York, NY 10001, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues.

ALL TICKETS INCLUDE OPEN BAR FROM 7PM - 10PM

Click here to order tickets:
https://civic.moveon.org/donatec4/crobar.html?id=-890056-awrmQeVnJW3T7F8hihV16Q&t=3

Previously
The Roots & Talib Kweli @ Webster Hall, NYC | pics & review

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A Brian Molko imposter & updated Placebo Tour Dates & presale

He doesn't do any blogs.

Placebo presale starts Wednesday. Updated official tour dates below...

Aug 25 2006 8:00P Carling Festival - Leeds Leeds
Aug 27 2006 8:00P Carling Festival - Reading Reading
Sep 2 2006 8:00P Rock Am See Festival Konstanz
Sep 3 2006 8:00P Rock N' Coke Festival Istanbul
Sep 5 2006 8:00P Terra Vibe Athens
Sep 9 2006 8:00P Beijing Pop Festival, Chaoyang Park Beijing
Sep 15 2006 8:00P Festival Hall Melbourne
Sep 16 2006 8:00P Royal Theatre Canberra
Sep 18 2006 8:00P Convention Centre Brisbane
Sep 20 2006 8:00P Hordern Pavilion Sydney
Sep 21 2006 8:00P Hordern Pavillion Sydney
Oct 17 2006 8:00P Marquee Theatre Phoenix, AZ
Oct 18 2006 8:00P House of Blues San Diego, CA
Oct 19 2006 8:00P House of Blues Las Vegas, NV
Oct 22 2006 8:00P Greek Theatre Los Angeles, CA
Oct 24 2006 8:00P Warfield Theatre San Francisco, CA
Oct 25 2006 8:00P Roseland Portland, OR
Oct 26 2006 8:00P Showbox Seattle, WA
Oct 28 2006 8:00P Gothic Theatre Denver, CO
Oct 29 2006 8:00P Madrid Theatre Kansas City, MO
Oct 31 2006 8:00P Sports Palace Mexico City
Nov 2 2006 8:00P Fine Line Cafe Minneapolis, MN
Nov 3 2006 8:00P Riviera Ballroom Chicago, IL
Nov 4 2006 8:00P Agora Ballroom Cleveland, OH
Nov 6 2006 8:00P Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
Nov 7 2006 8:00P Nokia Theatre New York, NY
Nov 8 2006 8:00P Roxy Boston, MA

Previously
Placebo | 2006 Tour Dates

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Michael Brook & Lisa Germano | 2006 Tour Dates

DOWNLOAD: Michael Brook featuring Lisa Germano - Want (MP3)

MICHAEL BROOK @ JOE'S PUB | JULY 18, 2006

* photo by Kevin Yatarola

"Michael Brook's collaborations with musicians from around the world have made him one of the most sought-after producers in the music industry.

Also a composer, guitarist and inventor of the 'infinite guitar' (featured in the U2 song 'With or Without You'), Brook brings his own talents to the table.

The acclaimed producer used to be an engineer in producer Daniel Lanois' studio, and he has worked with Brian Eno. He recently composed the soundtrack for the Al Gore documentary An Inconvenient Truth." [listen at NPR]

Michael also has songs streaming at MySpace. On July 16th, Michael played a record-release show at Joe's Pub with former 4AD labelmate Lisa Germano. Michael's upcoming show at Avalon in NYC was cancelled, but tickets are on sale for the show at its new location (Hiro Ballroom). Lisa has upcoming NYC shows at Tonic and Barbes. All Michael Brook and Lisa Germano tour dates below...

MICHAEL BROOK | 2006 TOUR DATES
Sep 11 2006 7:00P La Tulipe Montreal
Sep 13 2006 7:00P Revival Toronto
Sep 15 2006 7:00P Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA
Sep 16 2006 7:00P Hiro Ballroom New York, NY
Sep 17 2006 7:00P Northstar Philadelphia, PA
Sep 18 2006 7:00P Sonar Baltimore, MD
Sep 20 2006 7:00P Schuba's Chicago, IL
Sep 22 2006 8:00P Morning Becomes Eclectic KCRW Los Angeles, CA
Sep 22 2006 8:00P Largo Los Angeles, CA
Sep 22 2006 8:00P Largo Los Angeles, CA
Sep 23 2006 8:00P Amoeba (tbd) Los Angeles, CA

LISA GERMANO | 2006 U.S. TOUR DATES
Thu 10/5/06, North Star Bar, Philadelphia, PA
Fri 10/6/06, Tonic, New York, NY
Sat 10/7/06, Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton, MA
Sun 10/8/06, PA's Lounge, Somerville, MA
Mon 10/9/06, AS 220 Art Space, Providence, RI
Tue 10/10/06, Valentine's, Albany, NY
Wed 10/11/06, Mohawk Place, Buffalo, NY
Fri 10/13/06, Beachland Tavern, Cleveland, OH
Sat 10/14/06, Publico Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Sun 10/15/06, Little Brothers, Columbus, OH (8pm early show)
Tue 10/17/06, Buskirk-Chumley Theater, Bloomington, IN
Thu 10/19/06, Cactus Bar, Milwaukee, WI
Fri 10/20/06, Turf Club, St. Paul, MN
Sat 10/21/06, Beat Kitchen, Chicago, IL
Mon 10/23/06, Stormy Records Space, Detroit, MI
Tue 10/24/06, Quiet Storm Coffee House, Pittsburgh, PA
Wed 10/25/06, Gravity Lounge, Charlottesville, VA
Thu 10/26/06, Iota Cafe, Arlington, VA
Fri 10/27/06, Barbes, Brooklyn, NY

LISA GERMANO | 2006 EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
09/11/06 : Tanned Tin festival - Castellon (ES)
10/11/06 : The Cube - Bristol (UK)
11/11/06 : The Luminaire - London (UK)
12/11/06 : Botanique Brussel (B)
13/11/06 : STUK Leuven (B)
14/11/06 : Patronaat Haarlem (NL)
15/11/06 : Gleis 22 - Münster (D)
16/11/06 : Point Ephemere - Paris (F)
18/11/06 : Starclub - Dresden (D)
19/11/06 : Brotfabrik - Frankfurt (D)
20/11/06 : Schocken - Stuttgart (D)
21/11/06 : Palace - St. Gallen (CH)
22/11/06 : Usine Ptr - Geneva (CH)
23/11/06 : L'abordage - Evreux (F)
26/11/06 : Conservatori Superior de Musica - Mallorca (ES)
27/11/06 : La Pedrera - Barcelona (ES)
29/11/06 : Teatro Circo - Braga (PT)
30/11/06 : Teatro Circo - Braga (PT)
02/12/06 : Santiago Alquimista - Lisboa (PT)

Previously
Lisa Germano signs to Young God

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The Mountain Goats | 2006 Tour Dates

I posted about the two shows The Mountain Goats are playing at Bowery Ballroom, but never updated with all the tour dates, so here they are....

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS | 2006 TOUR DATES
Jun 8 - Richards on Ricahrds, Vancouver BC
Jun 9 - Neumo's, Seattle WA
Jun 10 - Doug Fir Lounge, Portland OR
Jun 12 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco CA
Jun 13 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco CA
Jun 14 - Troubadour, Los Angeles CA
Jun 15 - Casbah, San Diego CA
Jul 29 - Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago, IL
Aug 10 - Athens Pop Fest, Athens, GA (40 Watt Club)

Week of release in-stores:
Monday, August 21st 11PM
Easy Street
LOCATION TBA (probably Queen Anne store)
Seattle

Tuesday, August 22nd at 6PM
Amoeba SF
1855 Haight Street
San Francisco

Wednesday, August 23 at 7PM
Amoeba LA
6400 Sunset Blvd
Hollywood

Sept 14 Minneapolis MN Triple Rock
Sept 15 Ames IA M-Shop
Sept 16 Chicago IL Empty Bottle
Sept 19 Toronto ON Lee's
Sept 20 Pittsburgh PA Warhol Museum
Sept 21 Athens OH The Union @ Ohio University
Sept 26 Boston MA Middle East Downstairs
Sept 28 Washington DC The Black Cat
Sept 30 New York NY Bowery Ballroom
Oct 01 New York NY Bowery Ballroom

PRESS RELEASE
4AD is pleased to announce the next masterpiece in the Mountain Goats repertoire….Get Lonely will be released by 4AD on August 22nd.

2005’s The Sunset Tree was the most nakedly autobiographical in the Mountain Goats discography, which spans 400 or more songs across scores of releases. It was widely hailed as a masterpiece, and it went on to become the most successful of Darnielle’s career.

If The Sunset Tree derived its power and energy from an unblinking exorcism of personal demons, Get Lonely is perhaps the quiet, haunted aftermath. It’s a reflective, intimate record; the mood is one of bittersweet resignation rather than cathartic release. Get Lonely doesn’t quite follow the stark command of its title. In fact, these recordings are warmly collaborative affairs, with Darnielle and his long-term collaborators Peter Hughes and Franklin Bruno forming an ensemble captured playing live in the studio. Their performances are augmented by the luminous cello playing of Erik Freidlander, the lithe, almost-jazz drumming of Corey Fogel and the multifarious instrumental touches supplied or inspired by producer Scott Solter.

Track Listing:

Wild Sage
New Monster Avenue
Half Dead
Get Lonely
Maybe Sprout Wings
Moon Over Goldsboro
In The Hidden Places
Song For Lonely Giants
Woke Up New
If You See Light
Cobra Tattoo
In Corolla

Previously
The Mountain Goats playing 2 nights @ Bowery
On the Road with the Mountain Goats

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I take back that last thing I said about shows happening @ Avalon again

Well, MoFo starring the Cramps on Sept. 3rd is still on.

Previously
A few more shows at Avalon -- Cramps on sale, Trivium
Avalon closing? selling? just not having anymore shows?

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August 21, 2006

Lily Allen IS playing NYC | North American Tour Dates

LILY ALLEN @ BUSH HALL, LONDON | JULY 18, 2006 (CRED)

Lily Allen has now posted the tour dates comprising her short North American tour in October.

Sun, 08 Oct 2006 Mod Clun Theatre Toronto
Tue, 10 Oct 2006 Hiro Ballroom New York
Thu, 12 Oct 2006 Popscene San Francisco
Sat, 14 Oct 2006 Troubadour Los Angeles
Mon, 16 Oct 2006 Double Door Chicago

All dates below...

LILY ALLEN TOUR DATES
Fri, 21 Jul 2006 Academy Manchester
Sat, 19 Aug 2006 V Festival Staffordshire
Sun, 20 Aug 2006 V Festival Chelmsford
Sat, 26 Aug 2006 Get Loaded/South West Four London/Cardiff
Sun, 27 Aug 2006 Get Loaded/South West Four London/Cardiff
Sat, 09 Sep 2006 Bestival Robin Hill, Isle of Wight
Sun, 08 Oct 2006 Mod Clun Theatre Toronto
Tue, 10 Oct 2006 Hiro Ballroom New York
Thu, 12 Oct 2006 Popscene San Francisco
Sat, 14 Oct 2006 Troubadour Los Angeles
Mon, 16 Oct 2006 Double Door Chicago
Sat, 21 Oct 2006 Academy Manchester
Sun, 22 Oct 2006 University Newcastle
Mon, 23 Oct 2006 ABC Glasgow
Wed, 25 Oct 2006 Corn Exchange Edinburgh
Thu, 26 Oct 2006 University Leeds
Fri, 27 Oct 2006 University Liverpool
Sat, 28 Oct 2006 Leadmill Sheffield
Mon, 30 Oct 2006 UEA Norwich
Wed, 01 Nov 2006 Academy Bristol
Fri, 03 Nov 2006 Pyramids Portsmouth
Sat, 04 Nov 2006 Academy Birmingham
Mon, 06 Nov 2006 The Astoria London
Mon, 06 Nov 2006 Astoria London

(thx for the help Pat)

Previously
Capitol's Lily Allen playing LA | 2006 Tour Dates

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Headlights | MP3s & 2006 Tour Dates (w/ Decibully & @ CMJ)

DOWNLOAD TV (MP3)

Headlights shine sound a lot like Stars. Today, Pitchfork gave them a higher rating than Ratatat and the same score as Outkast (which isn't actually saying much). More MP3s @ YANP, and they're playing Galapagos in Brooklyn on November 3rd which means they're in NYC for CMJ. All million tour dates below....

HEADLIGHTS | 2006 TOUR DATES
08/23 Dekalb, IL @ The House Cafe *
08/24 Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club *
08/25 Chicago, IL @ Schuba’s *
08/26 Lake Forest, IL @ The Chapel
08/27 Urbana, IL @ Canopy Club *
08/29 St. Louis, MO @ Hi-Pointe *
08/30 Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot Saloon *
08/31 Springfield, MO @ Randy Bacon Gallery *
09/01 Tulsa, OK @ Mooch and Burn *
09/02 Oklahoma City, OK @ Conservatory *
09/03 Albuquerque, NM @ Atomic Cantina *
09/05 Odessa, TX @ The Roadhouse *
09/06 Tucson, AZ @ Plush *
09/07 Phoenix, AZ @ Modified Arts *
09/08 San Diego, CA @ Che Cafe *
09/09 Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland *
09/11 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop *
09/13 Portland, OR @ Berbati’s Pan *
09/14 Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern *
09/15 Missoula, MT @ Raven *
09/16 Billings, MT @ The Carlin *
09/18 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court *
09/19 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive *
09/20 Omaha, NE @ O’Leavers *
09/21 Iowa City, IA @ The Mill *
09/22 Madison, WI @ Club 770 *
09/23 Urbana, IL @ Canopy Club
10/04 Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
10/05 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
10/06 Milwaukee, WI @ Stonefly
10/07 Urbana, IL @ Courtyard Cafe
10/09 Columbus, OH @ Andyman’s Treehouse
10/10 Cincinnati, OH @ The Poison Room
10/12 Louisville, KY @ Uncle Pleasants
10/13 Murfreesboro, TN @ Wall St.
10/14 Athens, GA @ Caledonia
10/19 Charlottesville, VA @ Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar
10/23 Washington, DC @ DC9
10/24 Philadelphia, PA @ The Khyber
10/25 Pittsburgh, PA @ Garfield Art Works
10/27 Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
10/28 Waltham, MA @ Brandeis University
10/29 Providence, RI @ AS220
10/30 Boston, MA @ Middle East
11/01 New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine
11/03 Brooklyn, NY @ Galapagos
11/05 Baltimore, MD @ Talking Head Club
11/06 Norfolk, VA @ Relative Theory
11/07 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
11/08 Charleston, SC @ New Brookland Tavern
11/09 Atlanta, GA @ Lenny’s
11/16 Hot Springs, AK @ The Exchange
11/18 St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
11/19 Champaign, IL @ Cowboy Monkey
11/20 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
* w/ Decibully.

PRESS RELEASE
The hardest working band in indie rock is back. Following a 72 date spring tour Headlights took the summer off to recoup and rehearse. They are gearing up to hit the road in support of their critically acclaimed debut album Kill Them With Kindness, which comes out via Polyvinyl this Tuesday August 22nd.

The band kicks off their 50+ date fall tour this Wednesday in Dekalb, IL and wraps things up in late November at the Empty Bottle in Chicago. The band will be joined by labelmates Decibully for the first 25 shows. The two bands will pair up and head west. Sharing members and due to rising gas prices they will all pile into one van together. From there Headlights will head east, including a stop at this year's CMJ Music Marathon.

After their massive fall tour is over, Headlights will spend the winter recording songs for a split EP with Suicide Squeeze band Metal Hearts. The split EP will be released on Polyvinyl in the spring of 2007. After recording, Headlights will tour Europe, which will be followed by a spring tour with Metal Hearts in support of their split release.

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Reagan Youth also playing George Tabb benefit @ CBGB's Lounge

1) George Tabb Needs Help
2) Reagan Youth is playing a show
3) Reagan Youth is playing another show to help George Tabb

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rescheduled U.S. Venom tour dates

Original black metal band Venom didn't cancel their tour with Goatwhore. They just rescheduled it. They're at Irving Plaza on September 5th. All dates below...

VENOM | 2006 TOUR DATES
Aug. 24 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
Aug. 25 - West Hollywood, CA - House Of Blues (w/ DEVILDRIVER, HIGH ON FIRE)
Aug. 27 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore (w/ DEVILDRIVER, HIGH ON FIRE)
Aug. 30 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
Sep. 02 - Cleveland, OH - Agora
Sep. 03 - Chicago, IL - House Of Blues
Sep. 05 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
Sep. 06 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx
Sep. 07 - Sayreville, New Jersey - Starland Ballroom
Sep. 08 - Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero

Previously
Venom cancel North American tour

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Mojave 3 | 2006 Tour Dates

Mojave 3 are going on a tour of the U.S. this Fall.

10/20 - NYC at the Bowery
10/21 - NYC at the Bowery

All dates below...

MOJAVE 3 | 2006 TOUR DATES
9/24 - Vancouver at the Plaza w/ Brightback Morning Light
9/25 - Seattle at Neumo’s w/ Brightback Morning Light
9/26 - Portland at the Aladdin w/ Brightback Morning Light
9/28 - San Francisco at Slim’s w/ Brightback Morning Light
9/29 - Los Angeles at the Roxy
9/30 - Joshua Tree at Pappy & Harriett’s w/ Brightback Morning Light
10/1 - Santa Monica at McCabe’s
10/3 - San Diego at the Casbah w/ Brightback Morning Light
10/11 - Chicago at the Park West
10/12 - Madison at High Noon Saloon
10/14 - Detroit at the Magic Stick
10/16 - Toronto at the Mod Club
10/17 - Montreal at the Cabaret
10/19 - Boston at the Paradise
10/20 - NYC at the Bowery
10/21 - NYC at the Bowery
10/24 - DC at the Black Cat
10/25 - Carrboro at the Cat’s Cradle
10/27 - Atlanta at the Earl
10/28 - Nashville at the Belcourt Theater

(3 more dates still TBA)

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Bid: Feist will sing your song with you

Like 20 minutes left to bid on the chance to get Feist to sing YOUR SONG on stage WITH YOU. (via Stereogum)

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Keane say Bowery Ballroom is an amazing place to play

KEANE: "We went off to New York to play at the Bowery Ballroom, which is another really cool place. That’s an amazing place to play [he says in a surprised tone] and it was a stage that we’ve wanted to play our whole lives really. We finally did a tiny little rock show in there and it was quite fantastic. All in all, we had a lot of fun on that little two-week tour." [Crave Music]

RELATED: Keane exhausted, cancel shows

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Akron/Family @ Tonic - tix on sale

Tickets are on sale for the two record/release Akron/Family shows at Tonic.

Posted in music | tour dates at 12:04 PM | Comments (3)

Ailing music biz worried about glut of new albums

"...From September through the end of the year, albums expected to join the platinum parade are due from Clay Aiken, Alan Jackson, Ludacris, Beck, Evanescence, Jet, My Chemical Romance, Keith Urban and the Killers. There will also be plenty of big releases for the older demos from the likes of Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, Elton John, Sting, the Who, Meat Loaf and Bob Seger......

...Finally, there's always a sleeper album of the holiday selling season. This year, Ngo believes it will be from Yusuf Islam, who stopped recording as Cat Stevens in 1978...." [Yahoo News]

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Stream Idlewild, the album by Outkast, not the band

It's difficult to blame OutKast's Andre Benjamin and Antwan "Big Boi" Patton for going Hollywood. Next week, they will appear in "Idlewild," their first movie together. Arriving as almost an afterthought will be the film's soundtrack, which also happens to be OutKast's seventh album. [Chicago Tribune]

STREAM Outkast's Idlewild

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The final CBGB (downstairs lounge) Lineup

CBGB's last night in NYC will be September 30, 2006. So far the closest-to-last show we know about on the main stage is Dub Trio and Fishbone on September 28th, but the September 30th lineup of bands (I never heard of) playing CBGB's Downstairs Lounge has been revealed:

2:30 Shadow Machine
3pm The Last Word
4pm The Getaway Drive
5pm None the Wiser
6pm Plan of Attack
7pm Amie Amis
8pm Eternal
9pm Gozadera
10pm Cold Hands Collective
11pm The Surefire Way
12am The Party Death
12:30 The New Lows
1am Runny
1:30 Perfect Syn
2am Hugh Mann & The Beings/Gilgongo
2:30 Angry Dragon

Previously
Reagan Youth playing CBGB with Agent Orange | tix

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The Dresden Dolls | 2006 Tour Dates

The Dresden dolls are touring with The Red Paintings in October. Their last date is the 29th in NJ, so hopefully since CMJ starts two days later in NYC, that means they'll be here. All dates below...

Mon Oct 9 '06 (8 PM) San Diego, CA Soma
Tue Oct 10 '06 (8 PM) Los Angeles, CA Orpheum Theatre
Thu Oct 12 & Fri Oct 13 San Francisco, CA Bimbo's 365 Club
Sat Oct 14 '06 (9 PM) Seattle, WA The Showbox
Sun Oct 15 '06 (9 PM) Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
Wed Oct 18 '06 (9:30 PM) Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
Thu Oct 19 '06 (8 PM) Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater
Fri Oct 20 '06 (7 PM) Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
Sat Oct 21 '06 (8 PM) St. Louis, MO The Pageant
Mon Oct 23 '06 (8 PM) Knoxville, TN Bijou Theatre
Tue Oct 24 '06 (8:30 PM) Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
Thu Oct 26 '06 (9 PM) Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre
Fri Oct 27 '06 (10 PM) Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Sun Oct 29 '06 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom

Previously
The Dresden Dolls | 2006 Tour Dates & Celluloid Vaudeville

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Jamie Lidell & Of Montreal playing NYC NextFest show | 2006 Tour Dates

Beck chose Of Montreal and Jamie Lidell to play a concert at Irving Plaza in NYC on September 26, 2006. It's part of WIRED's NextFest. No ticket info or official announcement yet. All Of Montreal & Jamile Lidell tour dates below...

OF MONTREAL | 2006 TOUR DATES
Aug 25 2006 4:00P Miller Plaza Chattanooga, TN
Sep 1 2006 5:00P Plaza Club (early show!) Vancouver
Sep 2 2006 7:00P Bumbershoot Festival Seattle, WA
Sep 22 2006 University Of Kentucky Alumni Gym Lexington, KY
Sep 23 2006 Canopy Club Champaign, IL
Sep 24 2006 Mercy Lounge Nashville, TN
Sep 25 2006 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH
Sep 26 2006 Irving Plaza New York, NY
Sep 28 2006 Satellite Ballroom Charlottesville, VA
Oct 7 2006 LA Weekly's Detour Festival @ City Hall Los Angeles, CA

JAMIE LIDELL | 2006 TOUR DATES
08/25/06 Oudenaarde, BELG Fest in Het Park
Thu 08/31/06 Rocks Off Concert Cruise, NYC
Fri 09/01/06 J Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles CA Fridays Off the 405
Sat 09/02/06 Bumbershoot Seattle WA
09/08/06 Riga, LATVIA Skanumezs Festival
09/14/06 Berlin Staatsoper
09/15/06 Berlin Staatsoper
09/18/06 Koln Gloria
09/19/06 Frankfurt Mousonturm
Fri 10/27/06 Metro Chicago IL
Thu 11/02/06 Bimbos 365 Club San Francisco CA
Fri 11/03/06 Berbatis Pan Portland OR
Tue 11/07/06 Urban Lounge Salt Lake City UT
Thu 11/09/06 Larimer Lounge Denver CO
Fri 11/10/06 Bottleneck Lawrence KS
Sat 11/11/06 First Avenue Minneapolis MN Hot Chip
Mon 11/13/06 Grog Shop Cleveland Heights OH
Tue 11/14/06 Lees Palace Toronto ON
Thu 11/16/06 Paradise Boston MA Kid Koala
Fri 11/17/06 The Hamilton College Annex Clinton NY
Sun 11/19/06 World Cafe Philadelphia PA Kid Koala
Mon 11/20/06 Black Cat Washington DC
Tue 11/21/06 Orange Peel Asheville NC
Wed 11/22/06 The Earl Atlanta GA

Previously
Jamie Lidell vs Jimmy Edgar live @ Bowery Ballroom | MP3
Jamie Lidell didn't shave @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pics
Of Montreal played McCarren Pool | 5 more free shows to go

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August 19, 2006

Devotchka | 2 nights @ Spiegeltent, Little Miss Sunshine soundtrack & 2006 tour dates

DOWNLOAD: Devotchka - Venus in Furs (V.U. cover) (MP3)

That CD there pictured to the right is the EP Devotchka put out in May. Curse Your Little Heart is six songs, three of which are covers of Siouxsie And The Banshees, the Velvet Underground and Frank Sinatra. One-third of the album is available for download at Harmonium.

Have you seen Little Miss Sunshine yet? I had no idea when I previously mentioned it that so many people hated the movie. More importantly I forgot to mention that Devotchka pretty much performed the whole soundtrack....

Don't be fooled by the "various artists" credited as performing on this soundtrack: the CD actually has a rather uniform tone, and mercifully it's a lovely one. Composer Mychael Danna is paired with the Denver band DeVotchKa, who perform his score and offer a few tunes of their own. Making excellent use of strings, tuba, and squeezebox, they set a mood that echoes the movie's warmly idiosyncratic one.

Remember the Spiegeltent? The new temporary venue's been open for weeks and I still haven't had the chance to check it out. Hopefully that will change by September 8th or 9th when Devotchka perform there two nights in a row. All tour dates below...

DEVOTCHKA | 2006 TOUR DATES
Aug 19 San Diego, CA The Casbah Naim Amor
Aug 20 Tucson, AZ Hotel Congress Naim Amor, Thriftstore Cowboys
Aug 21 Phoenix, AZ The Clubhouse Thriftstore Cowboys
Aug 22 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad Thriftstore Cowboys
Aug 23 Sant Fe, NM Santa Fe Brewing Company Thriftstore Cowboys
Sep 8 New York, NY Spiegeltent
Sep 9 New York, NY Spiegeltent

Previously
Devotchka @ South Street Seaport, NYC | Pics

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Reagan Youth playing CBGB with Agent Orange | tix

REAGAN YOUTH @ CBGB IN 1983 (MORE)

In yet another strange punk/hardcore reunion move, Reagan Youth are getting back together to play a show with Agent Orange at CBGB on September 23rd. I say it's weird because, sadly, their heroin-addicted singer Dave Rubinstein commited suicide in 1993 after his prostitute girlfriend was killed by a serial killer and his mother was killed in a car accident (true story). Tickets are on sale.

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Hatebreed playing CBGB | free ticket with CD

Hatebreed are playing CBGB on August 30th. You can get a ticket by pre-ordering their new CD.

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live Silversun Pickups & Acid House Kings | the MP3s

* Ryspace taped Silversun Pickups @ Union Hall
* Bradley taped Acid House Kings @ TT the Bears

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Jackson's Weekly MP3 Roundup

Jackson and I decided it would be best to do this post weekly instead, so here's this week's post...

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New Sparklehorse tracks have leaked. The anticipated album Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of the Mountain will be released on September 26 (Astralwerks). [Marathon Packs]

There is another remix of the Yeah Yeah Yeah's "Cheated Hearts". This one is done by Steven Bloodbath. The remix is strange, it's almost...shall we say, industrial?? Not really, but the remix takes the song in a different direction. [FiftyOne:FiftyOne]

Diplo has already done a remix of Teddybear's "Cobrastyle". Someone's quick. [Big Stereo]

Stereogum recently reported about a remix of The Rapture's "Get Myself Into It". Well, there's another one. [The Rich Girls Are Weeping] (At bottom of page)

Since this is basically turning into a remix post, I might as well top it off with a Tapes 'n Tapes remix. You heard me right the remix is done by the one and only Black Eyes. Crazy!!!! [Myself Myself]

Enjoy

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I'll add one link too. Stereogum has a new Hold Steady track.

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August 18, 2006

Trigger Presents: last 3 shows @ Continental - On Sale

Tickets are now on sale for the last three shows at Continental.

Posted in music | music history at 5:49 PM | Comments (2)

free NY Dolls tonight | free Archie Bell Sunday

J just interviewed Sylvain Sylvain of the New York Dolls for an upcoming BrooklynVegan feature. We don't have time to transcribe the whole interview before tonight's free Dolls show at the Seaport, but here's an excerpt that ends up being a preview of Sunday's free McCarren Pool show as well....

j: You know who's playing a free show Sunday?

Syl: Who?

j: Archie Bell

Syl: Aw, you're kidding me! Where?!

j: McCarren Park Pool

Syl: What-what pool?

j: McCarren Park Pool up in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Syl: Greenpoint... McCarren Park... Archie Bell & the Drells?

j: Well, he's being backed by a group called 'The Dansettes,'
but it's Archie Bell of the Drells..

Syl: My God...

j: The Mighty Hannibal's there, also...

Syl: Wow, thanks for the tip, man. I'm going to tell David, he's going to flip. You know why, because I've been telling David we should do "Showdown." 'Cause we used to do an Archie Bell song, "(There's Going to Be a) Showdown." And every now and then somebody comes up to me and says, "Man, do 'Showdown!'" and I say, "Tell David that." Anyway, thanks for the tip, and I hope I'll see you [at the Seaport] tonight.

Previously
New York Dolls @ Avalon, NYC | pics
New York Dolls @ CBGB, NYC | pics

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Kanye West + The Strokes + Goldfrapp + Hennessy = 1 free concert at "an upscale Bowery Location"

They must be talking about CBGB...

Hennessy Artistry culminates with Hennessy Artistry New York City 17/10/06. The world’s finest musicians have been brought together for one night only to excel their artistry, featuring, KANYE WEST - THE STROKES - GOLDFRAPP & CARL COX.

Hennessy Artistry New York City 10/17/06 will take place at one of New York City’s premier event spaces. All we can say at the moment is that it is an upscale Bowery location which provides the perfect backdrop to which Hennessy Artistry will showcase some of the world’s most exciting and contemporary talents.

For a chance to get on the guest list for Hennessy Artistry New York City 10/17/06, please go to our guestlist page and follow the instructions where you will have the chance to travel like Kanye and Co to Hennessy Artistry New York City 10/17/06. For press requests, please see contact details.

To further enhance the experience, the event will also showcase the Hennessy Artistry World Experience Bar, a premium and sophisticated bar experience where guests will be able to enjoy Hennessy the way it is drunk around the world through spectacular themed areas based on New York – Shanghai – Moscow – Paris.

thx Jen Gothamist

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Be a seat filler at the 2006 Fashion Rocks show

Bumpershine has the details on how you can potentially see the Fashion Rocks show for free.

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Jack White's house's website, Avant-Garde White Stripes, Lollapalozza MP3s, The Simpsons & Raconteurs tour dates

WHERE JACK WHITE DOES HIS LAUNDRY

Jack White's Detroit house is for sale. 1731 Seminole can be yours for only $930,000.00. (thx Sam!)

The 'Aluminium' album is a series of avant-garde orchestral recordings of songs by The White Stripes. The record will be released in a limited edition of 3,333 on October 16. You can hear samples by going here. [NME]

Culture Bully has The Raconteurs' set from Lollapalooza as MP3s. ("Crazy" cover included)

The latest Raconteurs tour dates are below....

THE RACONTEURS | 2006 TOUR DATES
Sat 08/19/06 Dronten, NET Lowlands Festival
Mon 08/21/06 Dublin, IRE Olympia Theatre
Tue 08/22/06 Belfast, UK Vital Festival
Wed 08/23/06 Edinburgh, UK Corn Exchange
Fri 08/25/06 Paris, FRA Rock En Seine Festival
Sat 08/26/06 Reading, UK Richfield Avenue Reading Festival
Sun 08/27/06 Leeds, UK Bramham Park Leeds Festival
Sun 09/10/06 Toronto, ON Island Park Virgin Festival
Thu 09/14/06 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater
Fri 09/15/06 Grand Prairie, TX Nokia Theatre
Sat 09/16/06 Austin, TX Zilker Park Austin City Limits
Tue 09/19/06 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
Wed 09/20/06 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live
Fri 09/22/06 Norfolk, VA The NorVa
Sat 09/23/06 Baltimore, MD Pimlico Race Track Virgin Festival
Sun 09/24/06 Atlantic City, NJ House Of Blues
Mon 09/25/06 New York, NY Roseland
Tue 09/26/06 New York, NY Roseland
Thu 09/28/06 Providence, RI Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
Fri 09/29/06 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
Sat 09/30/06 Montreal, QC Metropolis
Sat 10/14/06 Glasgow, UK Carling Glasgow Academy
Sun 10/15/06 Manchester, UK Carling Apollo Manchester
Wed 10/18/06 Newcastle, UK Carling Academy Newcastle
Thu 10/19/06 London, UK Carling Brixton Academy
Sun 10/22/06 Bristol, UK Colston Hall
Mon 10/23/06 Nottingham, UK Rock City
Tue 10/24/06 Wolverhampton, UK Civic Hall
Wed 10/25/06 Liverpool, UK Liverpool University
Sat 10/28/06 Las Vegas, NV TBA (Vegoose)

The White Stripes will be on the Simpsons on Septmeber 17th.

Previously
White Stripes good live
White Stripes win lawsuit over royalties
The Raconteurs add 2nd NYC show | Dr. Dog opening
White Stripes @ Keyspan Park, Brooklyn, NY | pics

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Girl Talk playing tonight & CMJ | 2006 Tour Dates & a complete album sample list (in order)

GIRL TALK'S GREGG GILLIS RECENTLY WROTE
"So, Pitchforkmedia.com put me as a Best New Music artist on Monday and Night Ripper immediately exploded. The past few days have been pretty ridiculous. MTV News contacted me about doing a story for their website, I think Spin is doing some coverage, the New Yorker wanted a copy, the lead singer from Superchunk emailed me to tell me he liked the album, we immediately sold out of all of our CDs and need a re-press, Pitchfork is going to run an interview, I have a new booking agency, and so on. Im now a hyped band, get ready to hate me in approximately 1 year."

"Wikipedia has a complete list of the the samples used on the album, in chronological order.

The picture to the left is from here.

Girl Talk plays a sold-out show with Professor Murder at Mercury Lounge in NYC tonight (Aug 18, 2006). Then Greg is back for CMJ at least. He lists a November 2nd "Fanataic CMJ Event". All dates below...

Aug 18 2006 Mercury Lounge New York, NY
Sep 2 2006 7:00P Shepherd Bush Empire (opening for Beck) London
Sep 9 2006 The Empty Bottle Chicago, IL
Sep 23 2006 Proletariat Houston, TX
Sep 29 2006 Middle East Boston, MA
Oct 6 2006 11:00P Azul Decatur, GA
Oct 7 2006 Shiloh New Orleans, LA
Oct 12 2006 Club Firestone Orlando, FL
Oct 13 2006 Common Grounds Gainesville, FL
Nov 2 2006 Fanatic CMJ Event New York, NY
Nov 11 2006 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium San Francisco, CA
Dec 1 2006 123 Pleasant Street Morgantown, WV
Dec 8 2006 Meredith Music Festival Melbourne Australia
Dec 9 2006 The Order of Melbourne Melbourne Australia

Previously
Girl Talk played Lit, playing Mercury Lounge & in your stereo

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Broken Social Scene, Do Make Say Think & all Arts & Crafts artists | 2006 Tour Dates & Half Nelson

BSS IN BROOKLYN | JULY 6, 2006 (MORE)

Who said Broken Social Scene were taking a break? Not only are they touring Europe through September 3rd, they start a U.S. tour with Do Make Say Think in Pennsylvania on October 18th. Jason Collett is also touring with Rogue Wave in September, and as previously reported, Amy Millan is playing a bunch of solo dates and recent Arts & Crafts signees The Dears and The Hidden Cameras are touring too. All dates below...

AMY MILLAN | TOUR DATES
Friday August 18th, 2006 Ottawa, Canada Britannia Park
Saturday August 19th, 2006 Ottawa, Canada Britannia Park
Saturday August 26th, 2006 Toronto, Canada Harbourfront Centre
Tuesday September 19th, 2006 Victoria, BC The Lucky Bar
Wednesday September 20th, 2006 Vancouver, BC Richards On Richard
Friday September 22nd, 2006 Edmonton, AB Sidetrack Cafe
Saturday September 23rd, 2006 Calgary, AB The Hi-Fi Club
Monday September 25th, 2006 Regina, SK The Exchange
Tuesday September 26th, 2006 Saskatoon, SK Amigo's
Wednesday September 27th, 2006 Winnipeg, MB West End Cultural Centre
Friday September 29th, 2006 St Paul, MN The Turf Club
Saturday September 30th, 2006 Chicago, IL Park West
Sunday October 1st, 2006 Detriot, MI The Magic Bag
Tuesday October 3rd, 2006 New York, NY Joe's Pub

Stars is also playing Austin City Limits on September 15th.

APOSTLE OF HUSTLE | TOUR DATES
Saturday September 23rd, 2006 Montreal, QC Le National Cabaret
Sunday September 24th, 2006 Toronto, ON The Mod Club

BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE | TOUR DATES
Friday August 18th, 2006 Hohenfelden, Germany Highfield Festival
Saturday August 19th, 2006 Hasselt, Belgium Pukkelpop
Sunday August 20th, 2006 Biddinghuizen, Holland Lowlands Festival
Tuesday August 22nd, 2006 Berlin, Germany Summerslang
Wednesday August 23rd, 2006 Bielefeld, Germany Forum
Friday August 25th, 2006 Leeds, UK Festival NME
Saturday August 26th, 2006 Paris, France Rock en seine
Sunday August 27th, 2006 Reading, UK Festival NME
Monday August 28th, 2006 Oxford, UK Zodiac
Tuesday August 29th, 2006 Cardiff, UK The Point
Wednesday August 30th, 2006 Liverpool, UK Academy 2
Friday September 1st, 2006 Sheffield, UK Leadmill
Saturday September 2nd, 2006 Stradbally, Ireland Electric Picnic Festival
Sunday September 3rd, 2006 Glasgow, Scotland Victoria Park

BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE + DO MAKE SAY THINK | 2006 TOUR DATES
Wednesday October 18th, 2006(8:00pm) Millvale, PA Mr Small's Theater
Thursday October 19th, 2006(8:00pm) Indianapolis, IN The Vogue
Friday October 20th, 2006(9:00pm) Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
Saturday October 21st, 2006(9:00pm) Knoxville, TN Bijou Theatre
Sunday October 22nd, 2006(8:00pm) Nashville, TN City Hall
Tuesday October 24th, 2006(9:00pm) Dallas, TX Gypsy Tea Room
Thursday October 26th, 2006(8:00pm) Austin, Texas Stubbs BBQ
Friday October 27th, 2006(9:00pm) Houston, TX Warehouse Live
Saturday October 28th, 2006 New Orleans, LA Voodoo Music Fest
Sunday October 29th, 2006(9:00pm) Birmingham, AL Bottletree
Tuesday October 31st, 2006(9:00pm) Tallahassee, AL The Moon
Wednesday November 1st, 2006(9:00pm) Fort Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
Thursday November 2nd, 2006(9:00pm) St. Petersberg, FL Jannus Landing
Friday November 3rd, 2006(10:00pm) Charleston, SC Music Farm
Saturday November 4th, 2006(9:00pm) Asheville, NC Orange Peel
Monday November 6th, 2006(9:00pm) Baltimore, MD Sonar
Tuesday November 7th, 2006 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Wednesday November 8th, 2006(9:00pm) Providence, RI Lupo's
Thursday November 9th, 2006(8:00pm) Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
Friday November 10th, 2006(8:00pm) Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
Saturday November 11th, 2006(8:00pm) Ann Arbor, MI Michigan Theatre

JASON COLLETT & ROGUE WAVE | TOUR DATES
Monday September 11th, 2006 SO. Burlington, Higher Ground
Tuesday September 12th, 2006 Cambridge, MA Middle East Club
Wednesday September 13th, 2006 Brooklyn, NY Warsaw
Thursday September 14th, 2006 Washington, DC The Black Cat
Friday September 15th, 2006 Charlottesville, VA The Satellite Ballroom
Sunday September 17th, 2006 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
Monday September 18th, 2006 Athens, GA The 40 Watt
Tuesday September 19th, 2006 Birmingham, AL Bottletree
Thursday September 21st, 2006 Dallax, TX The Cavern
Friday September 22nd, 2006 Austin, TX The Parish
Tuesday September 26th, 2006 Solana Beach, CA The Belly Up
Thursday September 28th, 2006 Los Angeles, CA Echo Plex
Saturday September 30th, 2006 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Ampitheatre

THE DEARS | TOUR DATES
August 16, 2006 - Utrecht - De Helling -
August 18, 2006 - Kievet - Pukkelpop Festival -
August 19, 2006 - Stafford - V Festival
August 20, 2006 - Chelmsford - V Festival
August 21, 2006 - Edinburgh - Corn Exchange -
August 22, 2006 - Dublin - Marlay Park
September 7, 2006 - Chicago - Schubas -
September 9, 2006 - Toronto - V Festival
September 12, 2006 - New York - Bowery Ballroom -
October 4, 2006 - Los Angeles - Troubadour -
October 5, 2006 - San Francisco - Pop Scene
October 20, 2006 - Glasgow - Oran Mor
October 21, 2006 - Newcastle - Northumbria University
October 23, 2006 - Manchester - Academy 2
October 24, 2006 - Leeds - Cockpit
October 25, 2006 - Bristol - Bierkeller
October 26, 2006 - London - Koko -
October 28, 2006 - Rotterdam - Nighttown
October 29, 2006 - Brussels - Botanique
October 30, 2006 - Paris - Maroquinerie

THE HIDDEN CAMERAS | 2006 TOUR DATES
Aug 26 Toronto, ON Harbourfront Centre
Sept 3 Montreal, QC Parc Jean Drapeau, Osheaga Festival
Sept 7 Waterloo, ON Starlight Club
Sept 8 London, ON Call the Office
Sept 9 Toronto, ON Toronto Islands Park, V-Fest
Sept 10 Hamilton, ON Casbah
Sept 11 Guelph, ON Vinyl
Sept 12 Kingston, ON Elixir Nightclub
Sept 13 Ottawa, ON Barrymore's Music Hall
Sept 14 New York City, NY The Knitting Factory
Sept 21 Bilbao, Spain Kafe Antzokia
Sept 22 Barcelona, Spain BAM Festival
Sept 23 Madrid, Spain Pura Vida Festival
Sept 26 Cardiff, UK Barfly
Sept 27 Nottingham, UK Social
Sept 28 London, UK St. James Picadilly Church
Sept 29 Leeds, UK Josephs Well
Oct 1 Dublin, Ireland Sugar Club
Oct 2 Belfast, Ireland Auntie Annies
Oct 3 Glasgow, UK Oran Mor
Oct 4 Manchester, UK Roadhouse
Oct 6 Roubaix, France Radar Festival
Oct 7 Bruxelles, Belgium Botanique
Oct 8 Amsterdam , Holland Paradiso
Oct 10 Paris, France Point Ephemère
Oct 12 Hamburg, Germany Übel und Gefährlich
Oct 13 Copenhagen, Denmark Loppen
Oct 14 Oslo, Norway John Dee
Oct 17 Helsinki, Finland Tavasita
Oct 19 Stockholm, Sweden Debaser Medis
Oct 20 Gothenborg, Sweden Musikens Hus
Oct 21 Lund, Sweden Mejeriet
Oct 23 Aarhus, Denmark Voxhall
Oct 25 Leipzig, Germany Schaubühne
Oct 27 Munich, Germany Atomic Cafe
Oct 28 Salzburg, Austria Rockhouse
Oct 29 Vienna, Austria WUK
Oct 30 Bologna, Italy Festival Gender Bender
Nov 2 Erlangen, Germany E-Werk
Nov 3 Berlin, Germany Volksbühne
Nov 4 Dortmund, Germany Pauluskirche
Nov 14 Boston, MA Middle East
Nov 15 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Nov 16 Salisbury, MD Salisbury University
Nov 17 Baltimore, MD Sonar
Nov 18 Atlanta, GA The Earl
Nov 19 Birmingham, AL Bottletree
Nov 21 Houston, TX The Mink
Nov 22 Austin, TX Emo's Jr.
Nov 23 Dallas, TX Gypsy Tea Room
Nov 25 Tucson, AZ Plush
Nov 26 Phoenix, AZ Modified
Nov 27 San Diego, CA Casbah
Nov 28 Los Angeles, CA Echo
Nov 29 San Francisco, CA Independent
Dec 1 Portland, OR Doug Fir
Dec 2 Seattle, WA University of Washington, Husky Union bldg
Dec 9 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Club
Dec 10 Des moines, IA Vaudville Mews
Dec 11 Chicago, IL Subterrenean
Dec 12 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop

I haven't seen it, but I hear good things about the movie Half Nelson in which you can hear Broken Social Scene's music.

All photos in this post from Broken Social Scene's July performance in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY. (more & more)

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The Double playing 3rd Ward & Tonic

The Double have two 2006 shows coming up:

Aug 26 - @ 3rd Ward, Brooklyn w/ Damon McMahon & Blood on the Eall
Sep 08 - @ TONIC, NYC w/ Effie Briest

The 3rd Ward show was moved from its original Gowanus Canal location. Damon McMahon is also opening for Katell Keineg at Bowery Ballroom tonight (Aug 18).

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To Live and Shave in L.A | 2006 Tour Dates

"...In support of Horoscopo, the collective will embark on a futuristic warped tour in September. According to Smith, they'll most likely travel as a quintet (Andrew WK, Rat Bastard, Ben Wolcott, Chris Grier, and Smith) for the Canada dates and as an octet (the aforementioned five plus Don Fleming, Mark Morgan, and Rich Russo) to the States. TLASILA "honorary chaplain" Thurston Moore will be absent, as he'll be touring with Sonic Youth...." [Pitchfork]

* their blog
* their mySpace

Andrew WK and the rest of the noisy gang are playing Tonic and Syrup Room at the beginning of September. All dates below...

Aug 31 2006 8:00P Super-Secret Mystery Location: Live Rehearsal Montreal
Sep 1 2006 8:00P La Sala Rossa / MEG Festival Montreal
Sep 2 2006 9:45P Sneaky Dee's Toronto
Sep 3 2006 9:00P The Underground Hamilton
Sep 4 2006 8:00P Tonic New York, NY
Sep 5 2006 5:00P WFMU Session Jersey City, NJ
Sep 6 2006 11:00P Syrup Room Brooklyn, NY

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Orchestra of Bubbles | 2006 Tour Dates

"Ellen Allien and Apparat, two headstrong musicians who indeed differ in their musical context but still come together not just at the peripheral rims, collaborated on an album together: 'Orchestra of Bubbles'."

"...this isn't merely an impressive record: It's a remarkable feat of engineering." [8.5]

Tickets are on sale for Orchestra of Bubbles live at Hiro Ballroom in NYC on August 31st. All tour dates below....

2006 TOUR DATES
aug 25 - FR - Marseille - Studio 88
aug 31 - US - New York - Hiro Ballroom
sep 01 - CAN - Toronto - Circa
sep 02 - CAN - Montreal - SAT
sep 03 - US - Chicago - Smart Bar
sep 21 - GER - Berlin - Watergate
sep 22 - IT - Florence - Art Festival
sep 23 - FR - Lille - Name Festival

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Secret Gnarls Barkley & Ratatat shows Thursday night

GNARLS BARKLEY'S NOT-SECRET SUMMERSTAGE SHOW | AUG 17, 2006 (CRED)

It's almost 1:30 am Thursday night (Friday morning). I just got home from a conservative night of seeing indie rock bands Takka Takka and Slowlands at Union Hall, and from what I hear, a secret/private Gnarls Barkley performance (post-Summerstage) is about to start at Plumm (home of the private GNR show) and Ratatat just got done playing (not DJing) at Hiro Ballroom. They played about eight songs - two guys with guitars playing over backing tracks.

UPDATE: Someone just (1:40) called from Plumm and said there was no show happening, but that the DJ was playing Gnarls Barkley....

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August 17, 2006

Little Miss Sunshine, Radiohead Lullabies & Stuff

THIS WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCENES IN LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

You really need to see the movie Little Miss Sunshine. Saw it last night and loved it. It even has Sufjan in the soundtrack - twice. Other music blogs agree. I don't want to see Snakes on a Plane.

Lullabye renditions of Radiohead, Nirvana, Bjork, Pixies, QOTSA, Pink Floyd, Coldplay & more. (via Boing Boing)

New Decemberists album = The Crane's Wife - out 10/3 on Capitol Records. After listening to it a few times - my initial reaction is that it's definitely a Decemberists (who I love) album. There's at least one song I really like that I recognize from their live shows, and I love the duet with Laura Veirs. Other than that all I can say for now is that I need to listen more to see where I think it ranks next to the older albums. Stereogum on the other hand declared it "a masterpiece".

Another album I've been listening to is the new Ratatat, which, when I first wrote up my thoughts about it Sunday night, I said it was "instantly enjoyable & accessible". When I finally posted it on Tuesday I threw "danceable" in there last-minute. I take it back. It's more laid back tripping-swimming-under-water-though-occasionally-head-banging-Vangelis-Blade Runner-trippy-background-music-like than danceable - well, certain parts can get you moving.

Fur: Not Cool
Kelly Clarkson / MetalSkool: boring.
New Silversun Pickups video: better.

ALSO: Rock Daily and Best Week Ever

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Reminder: Antibalas in Marcus Garvey Park tonight

If you're not going to Wu-Tang, Gnarls Barkley / Peeping Tom, Takka Takka / Slowlands, or one of the many other things going on in NYC tonight (8/17), you might want to check out the free Antibalas show in Marcus Garvey Park. (thx Bumpershine for the reminder)

Yesterday was Sharon Jones, and unlike myself, Tripwire's Jeffrey Thrope made if up there.

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CMJ announces that Sub Pop announces the Sub Pop CMJ showcase

CMJ says that Sub Pop says that Sub Pop's 2006 CMJ Marathon showcase takes place November 2nd at Bowery Ballroom. Check out the amazing lineup: The Shins, The Thermals, CSS, The Album Leaf, Oxford Collapse, The Elected & Loney, Dear (thx Pat). Here's what else we know about CMJ 2006.

Last year I saw Chad VanGaalen for the first time at the SubPop showcase - also Wolf Parade.

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Juana Molina & Adem | 2006 Tour Dates + Joe's Pub show

DOWNLOAD: Adem - Launch Yourself (MP3)

ADEM

"In anticipation of the US release of Love and other planets in September, I am playing a special solo show at Joe's Pub in New York (August 28). Details on the live page. I'm very much looking forward to coming to New York and can't wait to play. See you there" [Adem]

Then in October Adem is coming back with Juana Molina (who just got done touring with Jose Gonzalez and Psapp) to do some touring. They'll be at Bowery Ballroom on October 10th. All confirmed dates so far below...

JUANA MOLINA & ADEM | 2006 TOUR DATES
Sun 10/08/06 IOTA Arlington VA
Tue 10/10/06 Bowery Ballroom New York NY
Wed 10/11/06 La Sala Rossa Montreal PQ
Thu 10/12/06 Supermarket Toronto ON
Fri 10/13/06 Grog Shop Cleveland Heights OH
Sat 10/14/06 Lakeshore Theater Chicago IL
Sun 10/15/06 Cafe Montmartre Madison WI
Tue 10/17/06 Walnut Room Denver CO
Wed 10/18/06 Urban Lounge Salt Lake City UT
Fri 10/20/06 Crocodile Cafe Seattle WA
Sat 10/21/06 Doug Fir Lounge Portland OR
Mon 10/23/06 Great American Music Hall San Francisco CA
Tue 10/24/06 Echo Los Angeles CA
Wed 10/25/06 Casbah San Diego CA
Thu 10/26/06 The Parish Austin TX

Previously
Juana Molina played the Seaport

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Califone playing Joe's Pub too | The Magic Numbers' late show

In addition to tonight and Tonic CMJ, Califone are playing Joe's Pub in NYC on November 9th.

(and as many of you know already) The Magic Numbers are also playing an 11:30 pm show at Joe's Pub after their 9:30 one on August 30th. A few ticket are still lerft, and you can get them by calling 212-539-8778.

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A few more shows at Avalon -- Cramps on sale, Trivium & The Sword's 2006 Tour Dates

DOWNLOAD: Trivium - For Whom the Bell Tolls (live Metallica cover) (MP3)

NYC venue Avalon seems to be hanging on for at least a little bit longer. Tickets went on sale for the Cramps @ MoFo (Sept 3).

Also there's Michael Brook on September 16th and Trivium on October 11th (with the Sword & Protest the Hero).

DOWNLOAD: The Sword - Winter Wolves (MP3)

All Trivium/Protest the Hero/Sword heavy metal tour dates below....

TRIVIUM + THE SWORD + PROTEST THE HERO
09/30/06 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room (no Sword)
10/01/06 Orlando, FL House Of Blues
10/02/06 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
10/03/06 Norfolk, VA The Norva
10/04/06 Towson, MD Recher Theatre
10/06/06 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero
10/07/06 Worcester, MA The Palladium
10/08/06 Montreal, QC Le Medley
10/09/06 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
10/10/06 Rochester, New York Water Street Music Hall
10/11/06 New York, NY Avalon
10/13/06 Cleveland, OH Peabody's Down Under
10/14/06 Detroit, MI Harpo's
10/15/06 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
10/16/06 Cincinnati, OH Bogarts
10/17/06 Chicago, IL Metro
10/18/06 St. Paul, MN Station 4
10/20/06 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
10/21/06 Salt lake City, UT Avalon Theater
10/23/06 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater
10/24/06 Vancouver, BC Croatian Cultural Centre
10/25/06 Seattle, WA El Corazon
10/27/06 San Francisco, CA Slim's
10/28/06 Los Angeles, CA The Avalon
10/29/06 San Diego, CA Soma
10/30/06 Pomona, CA Glasshouse
11/01/06 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
11/03/06 Houston, TX The Meridian
11/04/06 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
11/05/06 Dallas /Ft Worth , TX Ridglea Theatre

Previously
Avalon closing? selling? just not having anymore shows? | Vitalic moved to Hiro

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Takka Takka + Architecture in Helsinki + Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | 2006 Tour Dates, MP3s & stuff

TAKKA TAKKA ON PRODUCTSHOP SIRIUS BLOG RADIO (MORE)

DOWNLOAD: Takka Takka - We Feel Safer at Night (new MP3)

BEST BROOKLYN VENUE? | TAKKA TAKKA & SLOWLANDS TONIGHT
Votes are pretty evenly split between Southpaw, Northsix and Celebrate Brooklyn right now, BUT I don't think I got enough votes total, so I'll keep the voting going. Wanna go see Takka Takka & Slowlands at Union Hall tonight (8/17)? E-mail BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL.COM (SUBJECT: VENUES) and vote for your favorite Brooklyn venue. One winner, picked at random, will get a pair of tickets to the show tonight. Don't want to go to the show? You can vote anyway.

DOWNLOAD: Takka Takka - Coco on the Corner (MP3)

TAKKA TAKKA RECORD RELEASE & SIN-E SHOW
The show @ Union Hall tonight is also a celebration of Takka Takka's new CD. Members of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah play on some of the songs (not sure if they'll be at the show though). You can order the CD from Takka Takka's website. You can hear two songs from it by downloading both MP3s above. The band is also playing Friction at Sin-e on Septmember 14th with Annuals and Femme Generation.

DOWNLOAD: CYHSY - Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood (live in Berlin) (MP3)

TAKKA TAKKA TOURING W/ CYHSY & AIH
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah kick off a tour with Architecture in Helsinki in Boston on September 26th. Their friends Takka Takka are on the tour too (though TT are not playing the Summerstage show)

DOWNLOAD: CYHSY - Over and Over Again (Lost & Found) (live in Berlin) (MP3)

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah also have a few other random tour dates. Some are on presale. All dates by everyone below.....

TAKKA TAKKA
Thursday 8.17.06, 8pm @ Union Hall (702 Union St., at Fifth Ave, Park Slope)
Thursday 9.14.06 FRICTION @ Sin-e (150 Attorney btw Houston and Stanton)

CYHSY
08.25.06: France // Rock en Seine
08.26.06: Reading, UK // Reading Festival
08.27.06: Leeds, UK // Leeds Festival
09.02.06: Montreal, Canada // Osheaga Festival
09.23.06: Baltimore, MD // Virgin Festival

ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI
Sep 16 2006 Epicentre San Diego, CA
Sep 17 2006 The Clubhouse Tempe, AZ
Sep 19 2006 Emo's (outside) Austin, TX
Sep 20 2006 Warehouse Live Houston, TX
Sep 21 2006 Howlin' Wolf New Orleans, LA
Sep 22 2006 40 Watt Club Athens, GA
Sep 23 2006 Exit In Nashville, TN
Sep 24 2006 TBC Asheville, NC
Sep 25 2006 Black Cat Washington, DC

CYHSY & TAKKA TAKKA & ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI
09.26.06: Boston, MA // Avalon
09.28.06: New York, NY // Rumsey Playfield, Central Park (no TT)
09.30.06: Philadelphia, PA // Trocadero
10.01.06: Cleveland, OH // House of Blues
10.02.06: Chicago, IL // Vic Theatre
10.03.06: Chicago, IL // Vic Theatre
10.04.06: Minneapolis, MN // First Avenue - Main Room
10.06.06: Englewood, CO // Gothic Theatre
10.07.06: Boulder, CO // Boulder Theater
10.10.06: Seattle, WA // Showbox
10.11.06: Seattle, WA // Showbox
10.12.06: Portland, OR // Crystal Ballroom
10.13.06: San Francisco, CA // Warfield Theater
10.14.06: Los Angeles, CA // Henry Fonda Theatre
10.15.06: Los Angeles, CA // Henry Fonda Theatre

Previously
Takka Takka from Brooklyn | Free MP3s
Gothamist interviews Takka Takka | Movable Hype show
Architecture in Helsinki | May 2006 Tour Dates
CYHSY @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC | pics | Night 2

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Califone playing tonight & @ Tonic for CMJ | MP3

DOWNLOAD: Califone - Pastry Sharp (MP3)

After procuring your free tickets, get to the show at McCarren Pool tonight (8/17) early enough to catch opener Califone who won't be back in NYC until November 2nd when they play Thrill Jockey's CMJ showcase @ Tonic. Radio Free Chicago was at their recent Chicago show. All dates below...

CALIFONE | 2006 TOUR DATES
08/17/06 * Brooklyn, NY McCarren Park Pool (All ages 5PM)
10/01/06 % Kansas City, MO Record Bar (21+ 9PM)
10/02/06 % Denver, CO Hi-Dive (21+ 8PM)
10/04/06 % Tucson, AZ Plush (All ages 9PM)
10/05/06 - San Diego, CA Casbah (21+ 8:30PM)
10/07/06 $ Los Angeles, CA Getty Museum
10/08/06 +# Los Angeles, CA Spaceland (21+ 8:30PM)
10/10/06 ^# San Francisco, CA Bottom Of The Hill (21+ 8PM)
10/12/06 + Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge (21+ 8PM)
10/13/06 + Seattle, WA Triple Door (All ages 6PM)
10/14/06 # Vancouver, BC Media Club (19+)
10/16/06 # Boise, ID Neurolux (21+ 9PM)
10/17/06 # Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge (21+ 9PM)
10/20/06 # Minneapolis, MN 400 Bar (21+ 8PM)
10/21/06 !# Chicago, IL Empty Bottle (21+ 9pm)
10/22/06 Chicago, IL Lakeshore Theater
11/02/06 ~ New York, NY Tonic
11/03/06 # Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern (All ages 7PM)
11/04/06 # Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place (18+ 9PM)
11/05/06 @ Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern (19+ 9PM)
11/11/06 % Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live (All ages 6PM)
11/12/06 # Arlington, VA Iota (21+ 5PM)
11/17/06 # Birmingham, AL Bottle Tree (18+ 8PM)
11/21/06 % Columbus, OH Wexner Center (All ages 8PM)
* = w/ Iron & Wine, Low
% = Brent Green
- = Co-headline with Magnolia Electric Company, Brent Green
$ = The premiere of Brent Green’s film “Paulina Hollers,” along with other films, and live improvised scores by Califone and Brendan Canty (Fugazi)
+ = The Heavenly States
^ = w/ Oakley Hall
! = Angela Desveaux
~ = Thrill Jockey’s CMJ Showcase
@ = Junior Boys
# = Support TBA

Previously
Califone playing The Pool | 2006 Tour Dates

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Brooklyn gov. giving away free Iron & Wine tickets?

"Council Member Reyna is pleased to offer the Brooklyn community tickets to the IRON & WINE concert WITH SPECIAL GUESTS LOW and CALIFONE tonight at McCarren Park Pool. The tickets are FREE for you." (thx Megan!)

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August 16, 2006

Smoking Gun: Gnarls Barkley's concert rider

REAL OR A PROMOTIONAL STUNT?
"When Gnarls Barkley performs tomorrow night at the SummerStage concert series in New York's Central Park, groupies will be relieved to know that at least one of the band's two frontmen will be practicing safe sex backstage. According to the rap duo's tour rider, one dressing room must be outfitted with a box of Magnum condoms, Swisher Sweets blunts, and bottles of Hennessy and Grey Goose...." [Smoking Gun] (thx Joshua)

Previously
The Roots play "Crazy" (with Cee Lo on vocals)
Gnarls Barkley a hit at Lollapalooza
Gnarls Biggie | Mashup CD - MP3s
Gnarls Barkley played Webster Hall

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Joanna Newsom's 2nd album details

Since any Joanna Newsom news is good news, here's the new album press release:

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JOANNA NEWSOM Ys SET FOR NOVEMBER RELEASE
Stunning New Album Will Steal Your Heart

Drag City is set to release the new album from Joanna Newsom, Ys (pronounced ‘eees’), available nationwide on November 14, 2006. It’s been two-and-a-half years since Joanna’s Drag City debut, The Milk-Eyed Mender, captured the hearts of fans and critics with its lilting harp and vocal majesty. On Ys, Joanna has recorded five (yup, 5!) songs clocking in at fifty-five minutes. The album was recorded with Steve Albini, mixed with Jim O’Rourke, and features orchestral arrangements from the legendary Van Dyke Parks.

On Ys, you will hear a dream collaboration between Joanna’s voice, her harp, and a full orchestra. The album is a ride that ebbs and flows in a scrumptious cacophony of layers and drama. The wide-screened beauty of Ys is due to, among other things, the all-analog production mixed to tape and mastered at Abby Road.

For the uninitiated, The Milk-Eyed Mender was voted in the top 20 albums of the year in the 2004 Village Voice “Pazz and Jop” poll. Critics far and wide praised her unusual and superior talents. Live, Joanna brings passion and drama to the stage, performing with epic spirit.

Tracklisting:

1. Emily
2. Monkey & Bear
3. Sawdust & Diamonds
4. Only Skin
5. Cosmia

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It was also just announced that Joanna is playing Pop Montreal, and as you know she's playing Brooklyn very, very soon too.

Previously
Joanna Newsom News | Ys
Joanna Newsom covers Melanie MP3 | Drag City Christmas Pics

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Pop Montreal Announces Initial 2006 Lineup

CMJ is not the only festival that announced the initial lineup of bands this week. Pop Montreal happens October 4-8, 2006 in (duh) Montreal, and they've got Joanna Newsom, Vashti Bunyan, Land of Talk, Sunset Rubdown, and more...

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Dear pop music lovers,

What a wild roller coaster of a ride we’re all getting ready for! This year’s festival is going to be exceptionally magnificent. We are re-invigorating indie music beyond clichés and car commercial soundtracks. We are showing the world what a festival can be; what a group of young people can do with imagination, hard work and vision.

This year we are pleased to work with the Future of Music Coalition (FMC) and McGill University to present the FMC’s 6th annual Policy Summit. We will also have our Film POP festival, our Puces POP arts and crafts fair, and an assortment of art shows and special events entitled Art POP. Our fifth edition will introduce the world to future stars, forgotten heroes and an assortment of freaks, who will come together for what people are starting to call “the greatest event on earth.” We will all share moments of sublime beauty, knee-slapping good times and, of course, some crazy misadventures we’ll only remember in our dreams.

POP Montreal is very pleased to announce our initial confirmation list. This group of artists represents a wide range of styles and genres and each and every one of them has a personal connection to Montreal, and the amazing group of people that help make this festival possible. Some of the highlights include: Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, the 75 year old American troubador and living link between Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan; Joanna Newsom the Drag City psych-folk harp diva who will make her Canadian debut; Gary Wilson a mythical purveyor of new wave rock and adolescent angst pop; Edu K, the Brazilian pioneer of Baile Funk and booty shaking good times; Spank Rock, the first utopian, multi-ethnic, underground, conscious booty-bass hip hop act; Vashti Bunyan, the Scottish songstress, who’s ethereal voice has been a major influence on such artists as Devendra Banhart and The Animal Collective; Keith Fullerton Whiteman a composer/performer obsessed with electronic music, from its mid-century origins in Europe through its contemporary worldwide incarnation as "digital music"; Tapes n’ Tapes, who’s bewildering indie rock might be the best thing to come out of Minneapolis since Husker Du; the left field psychosurgical aural distortion of Kool Keith’s Dr. Octagon; and The Mighty Sparrow himself, who’s title, “The King of Calypso,” pretty much sums it all up. We also have a whole lot more, including a very special organ performance by Gonzales at St. Jean Baptise Catholic Church. This will be the opening show of the festival and will also feature the Montreal premiere of Captain Beefheart and Gods & Monsters’ guitarist Gary Lucas’ live soundtrack to the silent 1920 German Expressionist classic film The Golem.

So that’s just a taste. Take a look at our line-up, read about our different events and get your freakin’ tickets early ‘cause this is going to be some next level, off the chain nonsense.

Passes on sale Monday August 20th on Admission and participating local outlets!

SOME BANDS
Joanna Newsom - Gonzales -The Mighty Sparrow - TTC - Spank Rock - Ramblin' Jack Elliot - AKRON/FAMILY - Tapes n' Tapes - Vashti Bunyan - Vitalic - Gary Wilson
Dr. Octagon - Atach Tatuq - Rod Lee - Plastic Little - Mocky - Socalled - The Besnard Lakes - Poni Hoax - CAT EMPIRE - Regina Spektor - Cadence Weapon - Professor Murder
The Russian Futurists - Montag - Edu K - Otarie - Beirut - Born Ruffians - Genders - The Handsome Furs - Oh Bijou - The Adam Brown - The Hot Springs - Portastatic
Damien Jurado - Harvey Danger - SUNSET RUBDOWN - Gary Lucas - Keith Whiteman Fullerton - Le Husky - Mansfield Tya - The D’Urbervilles - Katie Moore - Omnikrom
The Lovely Feathers - Memphis - Land of Talk - Islands - Duchess Says - Miracle Fortress - The Christa Min - Tokyo Police Club - Dishwasher - Lesbians on Ecstasy
Jessica Bailiff - Greg Davis - Giselle Numba 1 - Torngat - Hylozoists - The Mongrels - Bionic - 3 Inches of Blood
And many more !

POP EVENTS

P U C E S P O P
Puces Pop is a unique trade fair, with independent entrepreneurs and
artists from all segments of independent culture. We are celebrating the
vibrancy of cultural communities and we’re inviting you to come and check
out some of the best local and international crafters around. With over
100 vendor tables, a fashion show, artist-run workshops, a poster show,
film screenings, live music and our first ever science fair, this
marketplace-bazaar sets the scene for a cultural experience like no other!
For More Info : www.puces.popmontreal.com

A R T P O P
Fuck Dance, Let's Art! Entering year two, Art Pop presents visual artists
working from perspectives outside of established art canons. Gallery
exhibitions (original art by Charles Burns & Killoffer, paintings by Jack
Dylan), ephemeral mixed-media performances (Dandi Wind), visual-musical
collaborations (w/ Viva! art action), immersive installations (the YPF) +
much, much more (oh my!).
For More Info : www.popmontreal.com/artpop

F I L M P O P
Now entering its third year, Film Pop is all about busting out of the rusty
old film festival cage and finding fun new ways to present movies, with a
particular predilection for the musical. Expect to see the very best of
Montreal independent film, international underground cinema, fantastic rock
docs, live events, and more! In addition, Film Pop is launching exciting new
filmmaking initiatives with the National Film Board of Canada and Kino Montreal.
It promises to be Film Pop’s biggest and best year yet.
For More Info : www.filmpop.popmontreal.com

F U T U R E O F M U S I C
This year, Pop Montreal will be collaborating with the Future of Music
Coalition (FMC), and McGill University to present The 6th Annual Future of
Music Policy Summit (Oct. 5th -7th). This international-level symposium,
which will be hosted at McGill University’s new Schulich School of Music,
will bring together over 500 leading industry professionals to discuss
important and contentious issues of music and copyright today.
For More Info : www.futureofmusic.org/events/summit06/index.cfm

WANT TO KNOW MORE?
Visit www.popmontreal.com

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Wes' Weekly Hip Hop News Roundup | (Aug 16, 2006)

Wes is back with the second edition of the Hip Hop News Roundup...

CLIPSE

DifferentKitchen points to these streams from from DJ Shadow's new album The Outsider: "Enuff" ft Q-Tip & Lateef and "You Made It" ft Chris James

Soldier's Ride (video at YouTube) features a faux Neptunes beat and has no-name Big J sandwiched between the two members of the best group in current Hip Hop: Clipse. Big J is out of his league, as Clipse...well...eclipses him on his own track in this indie-feeling video. (Also: watch Clipse freestyle with Mr. Quotable and fellow Virginia native Skillz live on Power 92.) (Via PoloFleece/JesusPiece)

Andre 3000 of Outkast speaks on which albums/artists appear on the soundtrack to his live. Eric B & Rakim, Kraftwerk, Funkadelic and more are included, and he namechecks Squarepusher.

Saigon, the Just Blaze-backed hope for conscious, yet street based hip hop, is risking becoming the 'rapper that cried wolf' if he doesn't drop the much delayed and long awaited The Greatest Story Never Told. Stream first single "Pain In My Life". (via NahRight)

Living legends EPMD will perform at BB Kings Blues Club in Times Square October 14th for their first NYC performance 8 years. (via AllHipHop)

Lil' Kim is fresh out of jail and attempting to 'free herself' from her Atlantic Records contract. Either that or she is being dropped depending on who you're asking. Lil' Kim album "Naked Truth" is the least deserving recipient of The Source's '5 Mics', hip hop's formerly golden standard for 'classic, must own' albums. (truth) (via IOL)

Fresh off his second wave of ventures in to pop music with Nelly Furtado and the upcoming Justin Timberlake album, Timbaland is producing a biopic on the life of Columbian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. He claims it'll be bigger than the similarly themed classic "Scarface". (via ContactMusic)

Jay-Z meets up with Kofi Annan, no that is not a rapper, and collaborates with MTV and the UN, yes that UN, in an attempt to solve the world water crisis. Read about it here.

Now check out Wes' Roots review, and his post from last week.....and since he mentioned Justin Timberlake, I might as well point out that Justin is playing "small" venues, and oh yeah - Lil' Wayne was arrested in Atlanta.

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The Grates | September 2006 Tour Dates

Australia's The Grates are coming back again. SPIN lists these tour dates:

THE GRATES in 2006
9/5, Los Angeles, CA (Cinespace)
9/6, Los Angeles, CA (Spaceland)*
9/7, Chicago, IL (Logan Square Auditorium)+
9/8, Kalamazoo, MI (Kratrau)+
9/9, Toronto, ON (Lee's Palace)+
9/10, Montreal, QC (La Sala Rossa)+
9/12, New York, NY (TBD)
(*w/the Like)
(+w/Rogue Wave)

Previously
The Grates @ Mercury Lounge, NYC | pics
More pictures of The Grates in Austin | SXSW 2006

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New bands from old bands

* Death Cab guitarist Chris Walla's new band
* More details on Damon Albarn's new band
* Test Icicles + Whirlwind Heat = New Group
* Boris / Sunn 0))) Collaboration Unleashed
* Chris Cornell working on solo album

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Free Sharon Jones show in Harlem tonight

This is a reminder.

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The Slits | 2006 Tour Dates - CMJ showcase w/ Aids Wolf, TPTBOTET, Genghis Tron, GMFTPO, Rah Bras, & more

As already reported elsewhere, The Slits are back together and touring.

The Revenge Of The Killer Slits EP, out October 17 through SAF Records, will mark the band's first material since 1981's Return Of The Giant Slits. Pioneers of genre-stepping punk rock, riot grrrl and inspiration for female rockers far and wide, original members Ari Up and Tessa Pollitt join a laundry list of fellow punk rock royalty who guest on the record.[CMJ]

Their November 1st NYC Knitting Factory show will be part of CMJ. Other bands on the sick bill of the "Panache / Blueghost / Lovepump Showcase" 2-floor event include: Aids Wolf, The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower, Genghis Tron, The Apes, Child Abuse, Made In Mexico, Dynasty Handbag, Green Milk From the Planet Orange (Japan), Shellshag, Rah Bras, and The Mall.

All tour dates below...

THE SLITS | 2006 TOUR DATES
10/25 - Philadelphia, PA - TBA
10/26 - Annandale-On-Hudson, NY - SMOG @ Bard College
10/27 - London, ON - Call The Office
10/28 - Toronto, ON - El Mocambo
10/29 - Montreal, QC - Sala Rossa
11/01 - New York, NY - Knitting Factory (CMJ Marathon)
11/05 - Washington, DC - The Black Cat
11/06 - Charlottesville, VA - Satellite Ballroom
11/08 - Atlanta, GA - The Drunken Unicorn
11/11 - Austin, TX - Emo's
11/16 - San Diego, CA - The Casbah
11/17 - Los Angeles, CA - TBA
11/18 - San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine
11/19 - Oakland, CA - TBA
11/21 - Portland, OR - Sabala's
11/22 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon

Previously
Ari-Up Tonight on the Lower East Side
Ari Up played CBGB

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Initial 2006 CMJ Performer Lineup Announced

Many more still to be announced, but the initial lineup of bands that will play in NYC between October 31 - November 4, 2006 has been revealed. The Knife is listed, as are:

The Slits
Hot Chip (more info)
The Black Keys (more info)
Madlib (more info)

Ben Lee
Deerhoof
Blonde Redhead
The Boy Least Likely To
Blue Cheer
Joseph Arthur
Erase Errata
Green Milk from the Planet Orange
Holly Golightly
Cold War Kids
Silversun Pickups
Califone
White Whale
hellogoodbye
Anathallo
Dr. Dog
Professor Murder
Archie Bronson Outfit
Keren Ann
Brother Ali
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Oakley Hall
These Arms Are Snakes
Micah P. Hinson
Portastatic
P.O.S.
Cloud Cult
Jason Forrest Band
Thunderbirds Are Now!
Strike Anywhere
Percee P
Mute Math
Suzanne Vega
Extra Golden
120 Days

(thx Pat)

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Yo La Tengo | 2006 Tour Dates

$25 Tickets are still on sale for Yo La Tengo's upcoming Jersey City show. All of YLT's 2006 tour dates below...

SEPTEMBER
saturday 2 Dublin, Ireland Electric Picnic Festival
sunday 3 Glasgow, UK Indian Summer
tuesday 5 London, UK Bush Hall
tuesday 26 Washington, DC 9:30
thursday 28 Boston, MA Avalon
friday 29 Jersey City, NJ The Loew's Jersey Theatre

OCTOBER
monday 2 Toronto, ON The Phoenix
wednesday 4 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan Theater
thursday 5 Chicago, IL Vic Theater
sunday 8 Omaha, NE Sokol Underground
saturday 14 Vancouver, BC Richards on Richards
sunday 15 Seattle, WA Showbox
monday 16 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
friday 20 San Francisco, CA Fillmore
saturday 21 San Francisco, CA Fillmore
monday 23 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theater

NOVEMBER

wednesday 1 Stockholm, Sweden Debaser Medis
thursday 2 Oslo, Norway John Dee
friday 3 Goteborg, Sweden Sticky Fingers
saturday 4 Malmo, Sweden KB
sunday 5 Copenhagen, Denmark Vega
tuesday 7 Cardiff, UK Point
wednesday 8 Gateshead, UK Sage
thursday 9 Cambridge, UK Junction
saturday 11 London, UK Forum
sunday 12 Paris, FR Cafe De La Danse
monday 13 Tourcoing/Lille, FR Grand Mix
wednesday 15 Strasbourg, FR La Laiterie
thursday 16 Utrecht, Netherlands Tivoli
friday 17 Groningen, Netherlands Vera
saturday 18 Brussels, Belgium AB
sunday 19 Berlin, Germany Postbahnhof
tuesday 21 Hamburg, Germany Markthalle
wednesday 22 Dusseldorf, Germany Zakk
thursday 23 Munchen, Germany Muffathalle
friday 24 Heidelberg, Germany Karlstorbahnof
saturday 25 Fribourg, Switzerland Frison
monday 27 Milan, IT Rainbow
wednesday 29 Toulouse, FR TBA
thursday 30 Barcelona, Spain Apolo

DECEMBER
friday 1 Vitoria, Spain Toulouse
saturday 2 Madrid, Spain La Riviera
sunday 3 Lisbon, Portugal Aug

RELATED: Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan Talks Ass-Beating

Previously
Yo La Tengo playing Jersey City, IL, CA | MP3

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Neil Hamburger & Bonnie Prince Billy video | NYC Tix on sale

Comedian Neil Hamburger helps Drag City labelmate Bonnie Prince Billy promote his new album in this YouTube video. Tickets are on sale for Neil's upcoming shows.

UNRELATED: One of my favorite stand-up comedians just played Mo Pitkens.

Posted in comedy | music | music at 1:35 PM | Comments (0)

English Journalist busted for leaking Mastodon album

"Hopefully one day, he'll introduce himself," Dailor (Mastodon) joked about the journalist, who claimed he was one of the band's biggest fans. "[Our record label] traced it back to the guy who did it, and he got fired from wherever he was working. It's just so stupid. And it's such a sh---y copy. It sounds like sh--. I'm not concerned with record sales, because I think that if anyone's looking for it online to download it and listen to it, when it comes out [on September 12], they'll buy it anyways. They're fans. [MTV News]

Mastodon is touring.

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Corinne Bailey Rae is everywhere | Free NYC Show

SHE IS EVERYWHERE - YOU PROBABLY HATE HER

Along with Lily Allen, Sound Team, The Decemberists, Interpol, The Magic Numbers, Kevin Devine, and LCD Soundsystem - British soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae is one of Capitol Records' newer signings. All I knew was that she was "huge" in the UK, so I made sure to show up early to catch her set at the Mercury Lounge in March (she played between the Grates and the Guillemots). Then she played right before Morrissey and Richard Hawley at SXSW, and since then I've seen her CD advertised on TV (especially VH1), on billboards, in Starbucks, and everywhere. She played a sold out show at Bowery Ballroom in June, and is playing a still-not-sold-out-moved-from-Bowery-Ballroom show at Webster Hall on August 23rd.

FREE NYC SHOW
One day after the Webster Hall show (and one day before her Boston show) - August 24, 2006 (5pm): Corinne is playing the free J&R Musicfest show at City Hall Park (where I saw Lisa Marie and Marky Ramone) in Lower Manhattan with Freddie Jackson and Joe. (thx CJ)

Watch her in concert at AOL.

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The Roots & Talib Kweli @ Webster Hall, NYC | pics & review

Writer: Wes
Photographer: Eric M. Townsend

The most surprising fact of The Roots' show at Webster Hall last night (August 14, 2006) wasn't that Cee-Lo Green of Gnarls Barkley/Goodie Mob fame came out to sing Crazy with them, but that the sound at the club was roughly 4.3 times better than it was for the Roots at Radio City Music Hall. (the sound during Talib Kweli's set was still traditionally awful though).

The Roots are known as the best (and really only) band in Hip Hop. Close to the release of their upcoming Game Theory album - their first on Def Jam Left and best in years - they once more showed us why they can claim that title. Aside from a little variety, the show nearly mirrored the Radio City show. They brought all that they are known for. Black Thought's impeccable breath control and clarity - *coughTalibwatchandlearncough* - combined with a majestic flow makes up for his somewhat anonymous stage presence. Drummer ?uestlove commands the stage and directs the band through a slew of the group's hits - some fantastic new ones, and snippets of non-Roots classics. My favorite part of the show was when they paid homage by segwaying through a slew of songs by Ol' Dirty Bastard, the Notorious B.I.G., Salt 'N Peppa, Grandmaster Flash, Wu Tang Clan and many more... Still the best show in Hip Hop after all those years.

Talib Kweli is blessed with a catalogue of amazing songs, yet cursed with the inability to do them justice live. He's improved from the last time I saw him at Radio City (also with the Roots), but the non-traditional rhyme schemes, and high number of words crammed into each sentence, still take their toll on stage. Many words are dropped while others are just rapped under his breath. Where Black Thought manages to make a similarly complex and crammed flow completely understandable live, Talib Kweli mostly fails. As always, his amazing song Get By, produced by Kanye West and based around a Nina Simone sample, got the biggest audience reaction of the night - bigger even than Cee-lo's appearance. I'm looking forward to Kweli's upcoming new release (Ear Drum) and watching him progress as a performer. He is one of Hip Hop's brightest hopes.

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More photos below....

Game Theory hits the streets on August 29th.

Previously
new Roots songs as videos on YouTube
On Sale: Roots & Talib Kweli @ Webster Hall PLUS Talib is playing the Apple Store
Roots + Talib Kweli + Pharcyde | Summer 2006 Tour Dates

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YouTube talking to record labels on music videos

"What we really want to do is in six to 12 months, maybe 18 months, to have every music video ever created up on YouTube," co-founder Steve Chen told Reuters. "We're trying to bring in as much of this content as we can on to the site." [YouTube]

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Stream M Ward's Post War

Merge is streaming M. Ward's new album Post War.

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August 15, 2006

Fishbone @ CBGB on sale

Tickets are on sale for Fishbone @ CBGB.

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2nd half of Head Automatica tour cancelled

Head Automatica have cancelled the second half of their upcoming tour including two nights at Webster Hall. Still no official statement. All dates, on and off, below....

NOT CANCELLED
8/16/2006 NorVa Norfolk,VA
8/18/2006 Plush Jacksonville,FL
8/19/2006 Culture Room Fort Lauderdale,FL
8/20/2006 House of Blues - Orlando Lake Buena Vista,FL
8/22/2006 Jannus Landing Saint Petersburg, FL
8/24/2006 Tremont Music Hall Charlotte,NC
8/26/2006 Roxy Theatre Atlanta,GA
8/27/2006 House of Blues - Myrtle Beach North Myrtle Beach,SC
8/31/2006 Eagles Club Milwaukee,WI
9/1/2006 Quest Minneapolis,MN
9/2/2006 House of Blues - Chicago Chicago,IL
9/4/2006 Tower City Amphitheatre Cleveland,OH
9/6/2006 NY Golden Ballroom @ Statler Buffalo, NY
9/7/2006 St. Andrews Hall Detroit,MI
9/9/2006 KY WLRS Radio Show Lousville, KY
9/22/2006 KQXR Radio Show Boise, ID
9/23/2006 X-96 Big Ass Show Salt Lake City, UT

CANCELLED SHOWS
9/25/2006 Showbox Seattle, WA Cancelled
9/27/2006 The Fillmore San Francisco, CA Cancelled
9/29/2006 Ventura Theatre Ventura, CA Cancelled
9/30/2006 Avalon Hollywood, CA Cancelled
10/2/2006 Soma San Diego, CA Cancelled
10/3/2006 The Clubhouse Tempe, AZ Cancelled
10/4/2006 Sunshine Theater Albuquerque, NM Cancelled
10/6/2006 Stubb’s BBQ Austin, TX Cancelled
10/7/2006 White Rabbit San Antonio, TX Cancelled
10/8/2006 Gypsy Ballroom Dallas, TX Cancelled
10/10/2006 Pop’s Nightclub and Concert Venue Sauget,, IL Cancelled
10/112006 Newport Columbus, OH Cancelled
10/12/2006 Rex Pittsburg, PA Cancelled
10/13/2006 Webster Hall New York, NY Cancelled
10/14/2006 Webster Hall New York, NY Cancelled
10/16/2006 Webster Hartford, CT Cancelled
10/18/2006 Avalon Boston, MA Cancelled
10/20/2006 Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA Cancelled
10/21/2006 9:30 Club Washington,DC Cancelled

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Cursive & The Thermals | 2006 Tour Dates & new MP3s

DOWNLOAD: The Thermals - Pillar of Salt (new MP3)

DOWNLOAD: Cursive - Dorothy at Forty (new MP3)

CURSIVE @ LOLLAPALOOZA 2006 (CRED)

Cursive are busy touring Europe. The Thermals are playing all over the West Coast. In September they'll meet up to start touring all over the United States (with other bands too - like Detachment Kit and Chin Up Chin Up). Then around November Cursive leaves the Thermals behind and keeps on touring with The Cops (and others). What sux is NOT that Cursive's NYC show is at Webster Hall (10/1), but that The Thermals are not scheduled to play that one.

All dates below...

THE THERMALS | 2006 TOUR DATES
2006-08-18 Howie & Sons Pizza Visalia CA
2006-08-19 Ex Plex Los Angeles CA
2006-08-20 Casbah, The San Diego CA
2006-08-21 Modified Phoenix AZ
2006-08-23 Kilby Court Gallery Salt Lake City UT
2006-08-24 Neurolux/ Crazy Boise ID
2006-08-25 W.O.W. Hall Eugene OR
2006-08-27 Music Millenium Portland OR FREE IN-STORE @ 5pm - NW Location
2006-09-02 Bumbershoot Seattle WA
2006-09-03 Easy Street Seattle WA FREE IN-STORE @ 5pm

CURSIVE | EUROPEAN 2006 TOUR DATES
08/18/06 Salzburg, AT FM4 Frequency Festival go here to see
08/19/06 Belgium Pukkelpop Festival
08/21/06 London, UK Kings College
08/22/06 Manchester, UK Night & Day
08/23/06 Belfast, NI Vital Festival
08/24/06 Dublin, IRELAND Dublin Sugar Club
08/25/06 Glasgow, UK King Tuts
08/26/06 Birmingham, UK Bar Academy
08/27/06 Cologne, GERMANY Pop Festival
08/28/06 Hamburg, GERMANY Knust
08/29/06 Berlin, GERMANY Knaack
08/30/06 Munich, GERMANY Free & Easy Festival
08/31/06 Wiesbaden, GERMANY Schlachtof
09/01/06 Dortmund, GERMANY Soundgardens (VISION PARTY)
09/01/06 Milan, ITALY Rock In Idro Festival
09/03/06 SWITZERLAND Bad Bonn Dudingen
09/04/06 Zurich, SWITZERLAND Abart
09/05/06 Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS Paradiso
09/06/06 Paris, FRANCE La MAROQUINERIE

CURSIVE - sometimes w/ THE THERMALS & others | 2006 TOUR DATES
Fri 09.22.06 Fargo, ND Playmakers Pavillion w/ The Thermals
Sat 09.23.06 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue w/ The Thermals, Ladyfinger
Sun 09.24.06 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theatre w/ The Thermals, Ladyfinger
Mon 09.25.06 Chicago, IL Metro w/ The Thermals, Ladyfinger
Tue 09.26.06 Detroit, MI Majestic Theatre w/ The Thermals, Ladyfinger
Wed 09.27.06 Cleveland, OH House of Blues w/ The Thermals, Ladyfinger
Thu 09.28.06 Buffalo, NY The Icon w/ The Thermals, Ladyfinger
Fri 09.29.06 Philadelphia, PA Starlight Ballroom w/ The Thermals, Ladyfinger
Sat 09.30.06 Boston, MA Somerville Theatre w/ Detachment Kit (NO THERMALS?)
Sun 10.01.06 New York, NY Webster Hall w/ Ladyfinger (NO THERMALS?)
Mon 10.02.06 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom w/ Detachment Kit (NO THERMALS?)
Tue 10.03.06 Washington, DC 9:30 Club w/ The Thermals, Detachment Kit
Wed 10.04.06 Pittsburgh, PA Club Zoo w/ The Thermals, Detachment Kit
Thu 10.05.06 Newport, KY Southgate House w/ The Thermals, Detachment Kit
Fri 10.06.06 Nashville, TN City Hall w/ The Thermals, Detachment Kit
Sat 10.07.06 St. Louis, MO Mississippi Nights w/ The Thermals, Detachment Kit
Sun 10.15.06 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre w/ The Thermals, Chin Up Chin Up
Tue 10.17.06 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue w/ The Thermals, Chin Up Chin Up
Wed 10.18.06 Boise, ID The Venue w/ The Thermals, Chin Up Chin Up
Fri 10.20.06 Seattle, WA Neumo's w/ The Thermals, Chin Up Chin Up
Sat 10.21.06 Portland, OR Roseland Ballroom w/ The Thermals, Chin Up Chin Up
Mon 10.23.06 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore w/ The Thermals, Chin Up Chin Up
Thu 10.26.06 Los Angeles, CA Avalon w/ The Thermals, Eastern Youth
Fri 10.27.06 San Diego, CA House of Blues w/ The Thermals, Eastern Youth
Sat 10.28.06 Pomona, CA Glass House w/ The Thermals, Eastern Youth
Sun 10.29.06 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues - Las Vegas w/ The Thermals, Eastern Youth
Tue 10.31.06 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre w/ Eastern Youth
Wed 11.01.06 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre w/ Eastern Youth
Fri 11.03.06 Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep
Sat 11.11.06 Columbia, MO The Blue Note w/ The Cops
Sun 11.12.06 Memphis, TN The Complex w/ The Cops
Mon 11.13.06 Birmingham, AL Bottletree w/ The Cops
Tue 11.14.06 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse w/ The Cops
Thu 11.16.06 Charlottesville, VA Satellite Ballroom w/ The Cops
Fri 11.17.06 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall w/ The Cops
Sat 11.18.06 Carrboro, NC Cats Cradle w/ The Cops
Mon 11.20.06 Tallahasee, FL Florida State University - The Moon w/ The Cops
Tue 11.21.06 Gainesville, FL University of Florida - Reitz Union Ballroom w/ The Cops
Wed 11.22.06 Orlando, FL The Club @ Firestone w/ The Cops
Sat 11.25.06 Austin, TX Emo's w/ The Cops
Sun 11.26.06 Dallas, TX Gypsy Ballroom w/ The Cops
Mon 11.27.06 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom w/ The Cops

* MP3s from Cursive's Mercury Lounge show @ RySpace
* Jerry saw The Thermals recently in Seattle

Previously
Cursive @ Bowery Ballroom - back on sale

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Capitol's Lily Allen playing LA | 2006 Tour Dates

Pitchfork reported the other day that Lily Allen has signed to Capitol Records - home of Interpol. Stereogum pointed out today that tickets are on sale for an October 14th Lily Allen show at the Troubadour in West Hollywood (only $12 too - compare that to NYC's $25 Knife tickets). No NYC date yet. All of her UK tour dates below....

LILY ALLEN | 2006 TOUR DATES
Fri 08/18/06 Huntingdon, UK Secret Garden Festival
Sat 08/26/06 Cardiff, UK Get Loaded Festival
Sun 08/27/06 London, UK Get Loaded Festival
Sat 10/21/06 Manchester, UK Manchester Academy
Sun 10/22/06 Newcastle, UK Newcastle University
Mon 10/23/06 Glasgow, UK ABC
Wed 10/25/06 Edinburgh, UK Corn Exchange
Thu 10/26/06 Leeds, UK Leeds University
Fri 10/27/06 Liverpool, UK Liverpool University
Sat 10/28/06 Sheffield, UK The Leadmill
Mon 10/30/06 Norwich, UK University Of East Anglia
Tue 10/31/06 Cambridge, UK The Junction
Wed 11/01/06 Bristol, UK Carling Bristol Academy
Fri 11/03/06 Portsmouth, UK Pyramid Centre
Sat 11/04/06 Birmingham, UK Carling Birmingham Academy
Mon 11/06/06 London, UK The Astoria
Tue 11/07/06 London, UK The Astoria

Previously
And bloGOD said let there be Lily Allen

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Computer Guys (or girls) in the concert business

WRITE THE CAPTION

U2'S COMPUTER GUY
"Some of today’s big artists now have such complex IT requirements that they need to take a computer support technician on tour with them. Joshua Kapellen for instance, a computer support technician employed by US computer repair firm Geek Squad, has been on tour with U2 since last year, providing technical support to the 120 people travelling on the band’s Vertigo world tour."

LIVE NATION'S COMPUTER GUY
"There is also an extensive customer database. 'As a business, we try to touch the customers more, so when people subscribe to our website or buy tickets, we are passed that information and we attempt to continue our dialogue with the customer,' says Mason. 'That is all about having a single customer view.'"

More on touching customers and what not at Computer Weekly

Previously
Bono the businessman (part owner of Forbes)
Live Nation buying majority stake in MusicToday

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Rakim | 2006 Tour Dates

Rakim (of Erik B & Rakim fame) is about to tour the U.S. He's played a few shows in and around NYC recently (Voice 1, Pitchfork, Voice 2) and he'll play a couple more when he gets back. All dates below...

Sat 08/19/06 Philadelphia, PA Penn's Landing
Fri 09/01/06 Austin, TX Emo's
Sat 09/02/06 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
Tue 09/05/06 Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse
Wed 09/06/06 San Diego, CA House Of Blues
Thu 09/07/06 Anaheim, CA House Of Blues
Fri 09/08/06 West Hollywood, CA House Of Blues
Sun 09/10/06 San Francisco, CA Slim's
Tue 09/12/06 Park City, UT Suede
Wed 09/13/06 Aspen, CO Belly Up
Thu 09/14/06 Denver, CO Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
Sat 09/16/06 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
Sun 09/17/06 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
Mon 09/18/06 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue
Tue 09/19/06 Fort Wayne, IN Piere's
Wed 09/20/06 Cincinnati, OH Annie's
Fri 09/22/06 Detroit, MI Fine Arts Theatre
Sat 09/23/06 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom
Wed 09/27/06 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
Thu 09/28/06 Atlanta, GA Eleven 50
Fri 09/29/06 Charlotte, NC Amos' Southend
Sat 09/30/06 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Fri 11/24/06 New York, NY B.B. King's Blues Club
Sat 11/25/06 New York, NY B.B. King's Blues Club

Check out the Status Ain't Hood Interview.

Previously
Rakim playing BB King Blues Club
Save the Rhinos w/ Common, Rakim & Lupe Fiasco @ Summerstage

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Portastatic & Jennifer O'Connor | 2006 Tour Dates

DOWNLOAD: Portastatic - I Wanna Know Girls (MP3)

"Portastatic, the long-running side project of Superchunk frontman Mac McCaughan, will return on Oct. 10 with its next Merge album, 'Be Still Please.' The set was recorded earlier this year at Durham, N.C.'s Pox Studios, a site chosen so McCaughan could stay close to home while still logging hours at Merge, the label he co-founded in 1989." [Billboard]

Portastatic are playing a few dates with M. Ward in September followed by a short tour with Jennifer O'Connor in October. Tickets are on sale for Oct. 13th at Mercury Lounge and the 14th at Maxwell's. Jennifer O'Connor is also playing Joe's Pub on August 24th and Northsix with Rahim and Aloha two days later. All dates below....

PORTASTATIC | 2006 TOUR DATES
09.18.2006 Charlottesville VA Satellite Ballroom w/ M. Ward
09.19.2006 Carrboro NC Cat's Cradle w/ M. Ward & Lambchop
09.20.2006 Nashville TN The Belcourt Theatre w/ M. Ward
09.22.2006 Denton TX Hailey's w/ M. Ward
09.23.2006 Austin TX The Parish Room w/ M. Ward

PORTASTATIC & JENNIFER O'CONNOR | 2006 TOUR DATES
10.11.2006 Philadelphia PA Northstar Bar
10.12.2006 Boston MA Great Scott
10.13.2006 New York NY Mercury Lounge
10.14.2006 Hoboken NJ Maxwell's
10.15.2006 New Haven CT BAR
10.17.2006 Charlottesville VA Satellite Ballroom
10.18.2006 Washington Black Cat (Backstage)
10.19.2006 Durham NC Duke Coffeehouse
10.20.2006 Mt. Pleasant SC Village Tavern
10.21.2006 Atlanta GA The Earl

JENNIFER O'CONNOR | 2006 TOUR DATES
08.16.06 Raleigh, NC North Carolina Museum of Art w/ Jeff Tweedy
08.18.06 Northampton, MA Iron Horse Music Hall w/ Rogue Wave
08.24.06 New York, NY Joe's Pub (record release party)
08.26.06 Brooklyn, NY Northsix w/ Aloha, Rahim
09.23.06 Boston, MA Great Scott w/ Choo Choo La Rouge

DOWNLOAD: Jennifer O'Connor - Today (MP3)

Previously
Jennifer O'Connor @ Cake Shop, NYC | pics | new MP3

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Lollapalooza grossed nearly $8 million

THE FLAMING LIPS @ LOLLAPALOOZA 2006 | (CRED - CHROMEWAVES)

Lollapalooza "grossed nearly $8 million in ticket sales, with total paid attendance of more than 166,000. Last year's Lollapalooza, its first as a one-off festival, had a total paid attendance 60,000 from a two-day event." [Yahoo News]

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Interpol signs with Capitol, not Interscope

PITCHFORK (MARCH 30, 2006)
So, Sam, is it true: have Interpol signed to Interscope?

"Blatant rumor," Fogarino (Interpol's drummer) said. With Interpol's contract with Matador "officially up", the band do plan to shop around their latest wares when the time is right. They've begun writing the follow-up to Antics, and Fogarino reports that the process is "moving right along where I think it should...we're all pretty much on fire about it". For now, however, the major-label-leap rumors milling about are just that, and Sam playfully entreats aspiring gossip-mongers to invent some of their own. [Pitchfork]

COOLFER TODAY | AUGUST 15, 2006
"A while back I posted that I heard that Interpol had signed with Interscope. (Must have been the allure of the Inter- prefix.) It didn't happen. Today Hits reported that Interpol signed with Capitol, the home of Coldplay, Chingy, current buzz girl Corrine Bailey Rae and The Decemberists." [Coolfer]

Stream a DJ Carlos D set at AOL Music.

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Basement Jaxx playing NYC & LA | Tour Dates & Presale

"Basement Jaxx celebrate the release of their brand new studio album Crazy Itch Radio with two special shows in New York City this Fall."

BASEMENT JAXX IN NYC | 2006
October 10 - Webster Hall (tix)
October 11 - Webster Hall (tix)
(presale password = crazyitchradio)

LA show dates TBA soon. All other (non-US) Basement Jaxx tour dates below...

BASEMENT JAXX | 2006 TOUR DATES
Aug 18 2006 Flex / Flex Club Vienna
Aug 19 2006 Ernst Happel Stadium Vienna
Aug 23 2006 Stade de Suisse Bern
Aug 23 2006 Stade de Suisse Bern
Sep 1 2006 Hampden Park Glasgow
Sep 2 2006 Hampden Park Glasgow
Sep 3 2006 Electric Picnic Stradbally
Sep 8 2006 Roundhay Leeds
Sep 9 2006 Roundhay Leeds
Sep 14 2006 Milton Keynes Bowl Milton Keynes
Sep 15 2006 Milton Keynes Bowl Milton Keynes
Sep 16 2006 Milton Keynes Bowl Milton Keynes
Sep 18 2006 Milton Keynes Bowl Milton Keynes
Sep 19 2006 Milton Keynes Bowl Milton Keynes
Nov 25 2006 The Point Depot Dublin
Nov 28 2006 Plymouth Pavilions Plymoth, Devon
Nov 29 2006 The Brighton Centre Brighton
Nov 30 2006 Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth
Dec 2 2006 Wembley Arena London
Dec 5 2006 National Indoor Arena / The NEC Arena - The NIA / N.I.A. Birmingham
Dec 6 2006 Newcastle Arena Newcastle
Dec 7 2006 Manchester Evening News Arena / MEN Arena Manchester
Dec 8 2006 Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre / SECC Glasgow

"Their new Crazy Itch Radio album will be released by XL Recordings on September 12. The 14-track record is the group's first studio effort since 2003's Kish Kash and their fourth overall since forming a dozen years ago." [Chart Attack]

(thx all)

Previously
leaked Basement Jaxx
Basement Jaxx vs. Kylie Minogue

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Ratatat "Classics" | 2006 Tour Dates & MP3s

Ratatat's new album "Classics" (out Aug 22, 2006) is, though instrumental, instantly enjoyable - accessible - danceable. It made cleaning my apartment the other day easier than ever. The song "Wildcat" is streaming at their MySpace, or download it here, and then get another track here. You can pre-order the CD at Insound.

Classics is an expansion of the typical Ratatat sound and features some acoustic and slide guitar, sleigh bells and cello. It's a much more rounded out instrumental sound, moving away from the over-the-top Monsters of Rock (not completely of course) toward a more progressive, expansive pallete of sounds [scissorkick]

Ratatat kick off a tour with Envelopes and Panther at Bowery Ballroom in NYC on September 5th (tix). They're also DJing at Hiro Ballroom on August 17th (early album release party - see flyer below), and then again at The Guggenheim Museum's First Fridays on October 6th. All dates below...

RATATAT | 2006 DJ DATES
Aug 17 2006 Hiro Ballroom New York City, NY (album release party)
Sep 10 2006 five star bar chicago, IL
Oct 6 2006 The Guggenheim Museum New York, NY

RATATAT | 2006 TOUR DATES (w/ The Envelopes & Panthers)
Sep 5 2006 Bowery Ballroom New York City, NY
Sep 6 2006 The Middle East/ Downstairs Boston, MA
Sep 7 2006 Les Saints montreal
Sep 8 2006 Lee's Palace Toronto
Sep 9 2006 Blind Pig ann arbor, MI
Sep 11 2006 empty bottle chicago, IL
Sep 12 2006 7th st. entry minneapolis, MN
Sep 15 2006 el corazon seattle, WA
Sep 16 2006 berbatis pan portland, OR
Sep 18 2006 Great American Music Hall San Fransisco, CA
Sep 20 2006 Troubador Los Angeles, CA
Sep 23 2006 Glass House Pomona, CA
Sep 24 2006 Casbah San Diego, CA
Sep 25 2006 Rhythm Room Phoenix, AZ
Sep 27 2006 gypsy tea room dallas, TX
Sep 28 2006 emo's austin, TX
Sep 29 2006 TBA Houston, TX
Sep 30 2006 The Republic New Orleans, LA
Oct 2 2006 The Earl Atlanta, GA
Oct 3 2006 Local 506 Chapel Hill, NC
Oct 4 2006 Black Cat Washington D.C., DC
Oct 5 2006 The Khyber Philadelphia , PA

Oct 7 2006 Alfred University Alfred, NY

DOWNLOAD: Seventeen Years (MP3 from their first album)

Previously
GVB likes Ratatat

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Fishbone playing CBGB | 2006 Tour Dates

FISHBONE'S ANGELO MOORE @ AMSTERJAM 2005 (CRED)

Still going strong with two of their original six members (John Norwood Fisher & Angelo Moore), Fishbone will help close out CBGB with a show on September 28, 2006 - 2 days before the club shuts its doors forever. All Fishbone dates below...

FISHBONE | 2006 TOUR DATES
Aug 19 2006 The Vault-Long Beach Long Beach, CA
Sep 1 2006 free concert festival-Las Vegas Las, NV
Sep 2 2006 Rialto Theatre-Tucson Tucson, AZ
Sep 28 2006 CBGB, NYC
Oct 7 2006 Malibu Inn-Malibu, Ca Malibu, CA
Oct 14 2006 Festival de Marne Paris
Oct 15 2006 Le Plan Ris Orangis
Oct 16 2006 Big Band Café Hérouville St Clair
Oct 17 2006 L'Olympic Nantes
Oct 18 2006 Le Krakatoa Mérignac Arlac (Bordeaux)
Oct 19 2006 Les Vents du Sud Toulouse
Oct 20 2006 Le Moulin Marseille
Oct 21 2006 Le Ninkasi Kao Lyon
Oct 25 2006 ? Barcelonna
Oct 26 2006 ? Madrid
Oct 27 2006 ? Basque country
Oct 28 2006 Festival des Hivernautes Quimper
Oct 29 2006 Le Forum Vauréal
Oct 30 2006 Le Grand Mix Tourcoing
Nov 1 2006 Futurum Praha 5
Nov 2 2006 babylon Bratislava
Nov 3 2006 Kino Ebensee
Nov 4 2006 ? North
Nov 5 2006 Abart Zürich
Nov 7 2006 La Laiterie Strasbourg
Nov 8 2006 Festival Metropop Lausanne
Nov 9 2006 La Tannerie Bourg en Bresse
Nov 10 2006 ? Holland
Nov 11 2006 ? Holland
Nov 12 2006 ? Holland
Nov 13 2006 ? Belgium
Nov 14 2006 Birmingham Academy Birmingham
Nov 15 2006 King Tut's Wah Wah Hut Glasgow
Nov 16 2006 Islington Academy London
Dec 8 2006 Avalon Nightclub-Santa Clara, CA Santa Clara, CA

Previously
The Avengers playing CBGB | 2006 Tour Dates
Agent Orange playing CBGB | Tour Dates

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Peaches + Eagles of Death Metal + Joan Jett | Tour Dates, MP3s

DOWNLOAD: EODM - I Only Want You (MP3)

PEACHES @ IRVING PLAZA, NYC | JULY 22, 2006 (MORE)

JOAN JETT IS ON PEACHES' NEW ALBUM
"it was Joan Jett who made the first move (“She’s always wearing [a] black hankie…on the left.”) to get behind Impeach My Bush. Joan Jett, for instance, called me and said, ‘What are you doing? I heard you’re in L.A. and you’re making a record. Can I come by and listen?’ So she came by, it was her 47th birthday and I’m like, ‘You like it?" [DISORDER]

Photo (to the left) of Joan Jett playing the Warped Tour (Aug 5, 2006) by thisismecl.

PEACHES WROTE A SONG ABOUT JOAN JETT
"'And that's the whole point, everybody does have a shot, not just girl groupies or guys,' Peaches says. "That's why I wrote the song 'Boys Wanna Be Her' — it's about a girl anti-Christ, not just the old story of the boy who comes to town and he's gonna screw all the girls and all the boys are gonna want to be him. It's very hard for a male to say 'Oh, man, I totally want to be like her.' Joan Jett is one of the only ones a guy might say that about." [Inside Bay Area]

Masuptown has a mashup of "Boys Wanna Be Her" with Gary Glitter's "I Didn't Know I Loved Ya".

EAGLES OF DEATH METAL ON PEACHES NEW ALBUM
"Josh Homme (QOTSA, Eagles of Death Metal) and Feist lend their vocals on 'Give ’Er,' a digi-and-dirty nod to Canadian culture. Drummer Samantha Maloney (Hole, Eagles of Death Metal) keeps the beat on several tracks." [Straight.com]

Eagles of Death Metal just finished up a tour with Peaches. Joan Jett just finished up her stint on the Warped Tour. Next Up - The Joan Jett / Eagles of Death Metal tour. All dates below...

EAGLES OF DEATH METAL | 2006 TOUR DATES
8/16 Lisbon, PT Peredes De Coura Festival
8/17 Vienna, AUT Frequency Festival
8/18 Dresden, GER Highland Festival
8/19 Brussels, BE Pukkelpop Festival
8/21 Birmingham, UK Academy 2
8/22 Manchester, UK Academy 3
8/23 London, UK Electric Ballroom
8/25 Reading, UK Carling Weekender
8/26 Leeds, UK Carling Weekender
8/27 Glasgow, SCO Garage
8/29 Eindhoven, NL Effenaar
8/30 Paris, FR La Boule Noir
9/1 Vitoria, ESP Azkena Festival
9/2 Milan, ITA Rock in Idro
9/3 Zurich, SWI Winterthur Festival
9/6 Colombus, OH Newport Music Hall
9/7 Cleveland, OH Agora Ballroom
9/8 Buffalo, NY Showplace Theatre
9/9 Toronto, ONT Toronto Islands Park (Festival)

JOAN JETT | 2006 TOUR DATES
Sun 08/20/06 Des Moines, IA Iowa State Fair
Wed 08/30/06 Syracuse, NY New York State Fair
Thu 08/31/06 Oshkosh, WI Waterfest / Riverside Park
Fri 09/01/06 South Woodstock, CT Woodstock Fair
Sun 09/03/06 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Amer. Music Fest
Sun 09/17/06 Cabazon, CA Key Club @ Morongo

JOAN JETT & EAGLES OF DEATH METAL | 2006 TOUR DATES
Thu 10/12/06 Philadelphia, PA Theatre Of Living Arts *
Fri 10/13/06 Boston, MA Avalon *
Sun 10/15/06 New York, NY Irving Plaza *
Tue 10/17/06 Washington, DC 9:30 Club *
Sat 10/21/06 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre
Thu 10/26/06 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre ***
Fri 10/27/06 Saint Louis, MO Mississippi Nights ***
Wed 11/01/06 Seattle, WA Showbox ***
Thu 11/02/06 Portland, OR Roseland Theater ***
Sat 11/04/06 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore ***
Tue 11/07/06 Los Angeles, CA Music Box @ Fonda ***
Fri 11/10/06 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues **
Sat 11/11/06 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre **
Mon 11/13/06 Dallas, TX Gypsy Tea Room / Ballroom **
Tue 11/14/06 Austin, TX Stubb's Barbeque **
Fri 11/17/06 Lake Buena Vista, FL House Of Blues **
Sat 11/18/06 Atlanta, GA Coca Cola Roxy Theatre **
Sun 11/19/06 Myrtle Beach, SC House Of Blues **
* w/ Valient Thorr
** w/ Riverboat Gamblers
*** w/ Throw Rag

Peaches has no tour dates.

Previously
Joan Jett @ CBGB
Eagles of Death Metal @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC | Pics
Peaches/EODM | Moved from Roseland to Irving Plaza
Peaches & Eagles of Death Metal | 2006 Tour Dates

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The Rolling Stones playing Bill Clinton's Birthday Party @ Beacon Theatre

"The Rolling Stones are set to play former US President Bill Clinton's 60th birthday party. Clinton's birthday is on August 19, but celebrations will take place at The Stones' Beacon Theatre show in New York on October 29." [NME]

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August 14, 2006

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Get a free subscription to SPIN. (via Gawker)

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Sam Champion & Apollo Sunshine playing CBGB Tonight

DOWNLOAD: Sam Champion - Be Mine Everyone (MP3)

Here's a last minute heads-up (or reminder) that Apollo Sunshine (who opened for Deerhoof and Beirut at the Pool yesterday) and Sam Champion (who the blogoshphere loves) are playing CBGB tonight (Aug 14, 2006). [8:30 - SC, 9:30 - AS]

CBGB closes for good on September 30th. If you don't like punk rock or hardcore, and you're looking for an excuse to go one last (or first) time, tonight would be a good time to do it.

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Elf Power | Fall 2006 Tour Dates

"The Athens, GA-based indie band Elf Power are set to embark on a national tour beginning Thursday, September 7th at the Hummingbird in Macon, GA in support of their recent Rykodisc release 'Back to the Web.'" As previously reported, they'll be at Union Hall in Brooklyn on September 30th (with "very special guests"). All dates below...

September
7 Macon, GA Hummingbird
8 Orlando, FL AKA Lounge
9 Gainesville, FL Common Grounds
10 St. Augustine, FL Café Eleven
12 Birmingham, AL Bottletree Café
13 Memphis, TN Hi-Tone
14 Springfield, MO Randy Bacon Gallery
16 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen
17 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville Mews
19 Madison, WI King Club
20 Urbana, IL Canopy Club
22 Toledo, OH Vamp's
23 Pittsburgh, PA Brillobox
26 Burlington, VT Higher Ground
27 Portland, ME Space
28 Easthampton, MA Flywheel
29 Wallingford, CT American Legion
30 Brooklyn, NY Union Hall

October
1 Philadelphia, PA Kyber
3 Richmond, VA Hyperlink Café
7 Columbia, SC The Art Bar
26 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
27 Athens, GA 40 Watt

Previously
Elf Power | April-May 2006 Tour Dates
Jeff Mangum Surfaces at Elf Power show

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Bono the businessman (part owner of Forbes)

ELEVATION PARTNERS

BONO - PART OWNER OF FORBES
"Forbes Inc....announced Monday that it had sold a minority stake in its key media properties to Elevation Partners, a $1.9 billion private equity fund with offices in New York and Menlo Park, Calif. It is the first time that the 89-year-old, family-owned company had sold a major stake to an outside investor. Elevation, which counts U2 front man Bono as a co-founder and partner..." [FORBES]

BONO - WANTS TO PAY LESS TAX
"For a man who won popular support when he castigated the Irish government for its failure to spend our tax in the way that he saw fit, Bono now finds himself standing in a lonely place. Last week the rock-star-turned-campaigner was exposed for taking part in a decision that will deliberately reduce the amount of tax that he and his business partners in U2 will contribute from next year onwards." [U2 Achtung]

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Deerhoof @ McCarren Pool, Brooklyn, NYC | pics

DOWNLOAD: Giga Dance (MP3)

Wow, there's a lot of hate in the air. I thought yesterday (Sunday, August 13, 2006) was a beautiful (la la la la) day full of great-AND-free music at McCarren Pool. I thought Deerhoof especially entertained with their intense drum beats, catchy-poppy-danceable songs, and fun-to-watch-and-listen-to frontwoman, but others who I talked to at the Pool and in the comments (here & here) said that Beirut, and then Deerhoof (minus one), "sucked". Has the Beirut backlash begun? Expectations too high? Are Deerhoof to weird to be playing in front of 7000 people, many of whom probably had no idea what to expect? Should we be more worried about this Beirut, and not this Beirut? Am I too tired today to be writing anything coherent? (yes)

get tons more Deerhoof MP3s

Previously
Haunted pool strikes again, Deerhoof guitarist quits | MP3
McCarren Park Pool is haunted | Deerhoof playing
Deerhoof | 2006 Tour Dates - Radiohead, Brooklyn

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Band impersonating Redbone (another band) headlines Montana Fair

"Evidence suggests the existence of an 'imposter band' illegally touring the United States and posing as Redbone under the name (or alias) 'Denny Freeman.' Freeman, who Pat Vegas confirmed to be unaffiliated with Redbone in an interview with the Montana Standard, most recently defrauded the county-fair board of Butte Silver-Bow County in Butte, MT under pretenses of being a co-founding member of Redbone, yet not a band member." [Redbone]

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Placebo | 2006 Tour Dates

"On 18th September, Placebo will release a 10th anniversary re-mastered version of their classic eponymous debut.....In addition the the news of the reissue, Placebo have also posted on their website that a tour of the United States is likely to take place in October and November." [Plug In Music]

The U.S. dates will be announced any minute, but in the meantime, we know for sure that Placebo will unfortunately be touring and co-headlining with the horrible She Wants Revenge. Tickets go on sale soon for their November 7th show at Nokia Theatre in NYC where Placebo is listed as headliner (please be true). Tickets are already on sale for their October 22nd show in LA which doesn't even mention Placebo (leading many people to believe that Placebo is opening on the show?!?!?). All dates so far below...

PLACEBO & SHE WANTS REVENGE | 2006 US Tour Dates
10/18 San Diego, House of Blues (Placebo Only)
10/19 Las Vegas, House of Blues (Placebo Only)
10/22 Los Angeles, Greek Theatre
10/24 San Francisco, Warfield Theatre
10/25 Portland, Roseland Theater
10/26 Seattle, Showbox
10/28 Denver, Gothic Theatre
10/31 Tulsa, Cain's Ballroom*
11/1 Des Moines, Val Air Ballroom*
11/2 Minneapolis, Fine Line Music Cafe*
11/3 Chicago, Riviera Theatre*
11/6 Philadelphia, Electric Factory*
11/7 New York, Nokia Theatre
11/8 Boston, Roxy*
* = definitely She Wants Revenge & probably Placebo too

A few more North American Placebo shows will be announced including one in Mexico.

Here are Placebo's other shows:

AUGUST
13.08.06 Arenele Romane, Bucharest Romania
14.08.06 Sziget Festival, Hungary
16.08.06 Colmar Wine Festival (Alsace) France
18.08.06 Lowlands Festival Holland
19.08.06 Pukkelpop Festival Belgium
25.08.06 Leeds Festival England
27.08.06 Reading Festival England

SEPT
02.09.06 Konstanz, Rock Am See festival Germany
03.09.06 Istanbul, Rock N' Coke Festival Turkey
05.09.06 Athens, Terra Vibe Greece
09.09.06 Beijing Pop Festival, Chaoyang Park, Beijing China
15.09.06 Melbourne, Festival Hall. Australia
16.09.06 Canberra, Royal Theatre. Australia
18.09.06 Brisbane, Convention Centre. Australia
20.09.06 Sydney, Hordern Pavillion. Australia
21.09.06 Sydney, Hordern Pavillion Australia
29.09.06 Zenith, Lille. France
30.09.06 Zenith, Lille. France

OCTOBER
02.10.06 The Bercy, Paris France
03.10.06 The Bercy, Paris France
06.10.06 Zurich, Hallenstadion Switzerland
07.10.06 Amneville, Galaxie, France France
09.10.06 Milan, Palamazda, Italy Italy
11.10.06 Stuttgart, Schleyerhalle Germany
12.10.06 Erfurt, Messehalle Germany
13.10.06 Munich, Olympiahalle Germany

NOVEMBER
19.11.06 Geneva, Arena Switzerland
21.11.06 Lyon, Halle Tony Garnier France
22.11.06 Toulouse, Zenith France
23.11.06 Clermont Ferrand France
25.11.06 Palacogressi, Jesolo (Venice). Italy
26.11.06 Paladozza, Bologna. Italy
30.11.06 Oberhausen, Arena Germany

DECEMBER
04.12.06 Zenith, Nantes France
06.12.06 SECC, Glasgow Scotland
07.12.06 Nottingham Arena, Nottingham England
09.12.06 Wembley Arena, London England
10.12.06 Evening News Arena, Manchester England
13.12.06 Vienna, Stadthalle Austria
15.12.06 Berlin, Treptow Arena Germany
16.12.06 Hamburg, Sporthalle Germany
17.12.06 Leipzig, Messehalle Germany
19.12.06 Hannover, AWD Hall Germany
20.12.06 Mannheim, Sap Arena Germany

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(injured) Dirty Pretty Things played Shubas

DIRTY PRETTY THINGS IN CHICAGO (CRED)

"Even with his arm in a sling, Barat ambled around stage like a not-as-graceful punk version of Fred Astaire whose mic stand served as both a crutch and a cane to strut." [Tripwire]

Previously
Dirty Pretty Things playing The Annex tonight
Carl Barat broke his collarbone, but still playing shows
Bonde Do Role's Marina Ribatski injured while crowd surfing

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Beirut @ McCarren Pool, Brooklyn, NYC | pics

Beirut played a free show at McCarren Pool in Brooklyn yesterday (Aug 13, 2006). Not only did they sound great, their professionalism as a band continues to grow. Recently back from playing Moscow, everyone on stage seemed to have a much better grasp of their instruments (and the songs they're playing with them) than the last time I saw them at Northsix (which was infinitely better than their first show at Knitting Factory).

The Beirut show was even more crowded than the free Of Montreal show, and the (not free) Sonic Youth / Yeah Yeah Yeahs show the day before. Someone told me there was close to 7000 people there.

Previously
An Interview with Zach Condon & Jason of Beirut
Beirut playing 2 nights @ Bowery | 2006 Tour Dates

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Dirty Pretty Things playing The Annex tonight

Levy and Die! Die! Die! are opening for Dirty Pretty Things at the Annex tonight. DPT are going on at 12:30 or later and, it's free. They play Bowery Ballroom earlier in the night (with a broken collarbone).

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs & Sonic Youth @ McCarren Pool, Brooklyn, NYC | pics

Sonic Youth and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs co-headlined McCarren Park Pool in Brooklyn two nights in a row this weekend (Friday and Saturday - Aug 11-12, 2006). I was at the Saturday show. Both bands sounded great, but the weather was even better. Not only didn't I bring a camera, I stood & sat near the back for the whole show. The four pics in this post are all stolen from people's Flickr who I'll credit in just a few minutes (I accidentally deleted where I got them from, but I wanted to get this post up - SORRY).

Yeah Yeah Yeahs | FRIDAY, AUG 11, 2006 (MORE)


Yeah Yeah Yeahs | SATURDAY, AUG 12, 2006 (MORE)


SONIC YOUTH (MORE)


SONIC YOUTH (MORE)

Previously
Sonic Youth / Yeah Yeah Yeahs | McCarren Set Times, Boston last night, & Tour Dates
Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC | pics
Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Maxwell's, NJ | pics
I didn't see Sonic Youth @ CBGB | NPR will stream DC
Sonic Youth @ Bonnaroo 2006 | pics & Pavement rumor

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Garbage Worker hounded by Paparazzi

"You think you're better than me?" Boy George yelled. "Go home. Let me do my community service." [NBC5]

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August 11, 2006

TV On the Radio | Falll 2006 Tour Dates

TV on the Radio set off on a tour of the United States in September. They'll play Irving Plaza in NYC twice in October.

10.17 Irving Plaza New York, NY
10.18 Irving Plaza New York, NY

All dates below...

TVOTR | 2006 TOUR DATES
09.14 Republic New Orleans, LA
09.15 Gypsy Tea Room & Ballroom Dallas, TX
09.16 Zilker Park Austin, TX
09.17 Emo's Austin Austin, TX
09.19 Fox Theatre Boulder, CO
09.24 Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, CA
09.25 Soma San Diego, CA
09.26 Glass House Pomona, CA
09.27 Soho Restaurant & Music Club Santa Barbara, CA
09.29 The Library Sacramento, CA
09.30 Shoreline Amphitheater Mountain View, CA
10.02 Wonder Ballroom Portland, OR
10.03 Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC Canada
10.04 Showbox Showroom & Lounge Seattle, WA
10.07 Playmakers Fargo, ND
10.08 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
10.09 Metro Chicago, IL
10.10 St. Andrews Hall Detroit, MI
10.12 Opera House Concert Venue Toronto, ON Canada
10.13 Le National Montreal, Canada
10.14 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA
10.17 Irving Plaza New York, NY
10.18 Irving Plaza New York, NY
10.20 Sonar Lounge Baltimore, MD
10.21 Starlight Lounge Philadelphia, PA

The Return to Cookie Mountain will be released in the United States on September 12th.

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Previously
TVOR played with YYYs in Boston
Tunde joined Antibalas @ Central Park Summerstage
TV on the Radio @ Prospect Park Bandshell (Celebrate Brooklyn), NYC | pics

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Jenny Lewis Presale

Here's a presale for these dates.

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You Hear it First: Silversun Pickups & Magneta Lane @ Mercury Lounge & then Pianos, NYC | pics

Silversun Pickups played two NYC shows in one day last week (Aug 3, 2006). That meant I got to hear them play the spectacular "Kissing Families" song three times. First they played it during their kick-ass (and packed) performance at Mercury Lounge. Good thing it was kick-ass too because MTV's "You Hear It First" got it all on tape.

SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ MERCURY LOUNGE | AUG 3, 2006

Later that night they played a free & drunken afterparty-show at Pianos. I found out about the second show right before I got to Mercury Lounge where they also announced it to everyone. It was at Pianos that I heard the song that made them famous again.

SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ PIANOS | AUG 3, 2006

The third time I heard "Kissing Families" was later in the same Pianos set when Lexi Valentine from Magneta Lane joined them on stage for an even more drunk, duet-version of the same song. Magneta Lane opened for Silversun Pickups at Mercury Lounge earlier in the night. They were the DJs at this Pianos afterparty.

LEXI VALENTINE (ML) & BRIAN AUBURT (SP) @ PIANOS

In between the two Silversun Pickups shows, I managed to catch Professor Murder at Cake Shop. (like 2 doors down from Pianos)

A few days later SP played Union Hall in Brooklyn.

And Silversun Pickups just announced a whole bunch of tour dates.

Previously
Silversun Pickups @ Cedar Street Courtyard, Austin, TX (SXSW) | pics
Silversun Pickups @ Pianos, NYC | pics

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SPIN says U2 is the best live band

SPIN published a list of the 25 "Greatest Live Bands". Here are the top 10:

1. U2
2. The Stooges
3. Arcade Fire
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. Radiohead
6. White Stripes
7. Green Day
8. The Hives
9. Prince
10. The Dirtbombs

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Drive-By Truckers | 2006 Tour Dates

Tickets are on sale for Drive-By Truckers & Bobby Bare Jr. at Webster Hall on September 21st (just like they said). All million other DBT tour dates below...

DRIVE BY TRUCKERS | 2006 TOUR DATES
Sun 08/27/06 Silver Lake, CA Sunset Junction Street Fair
Fri 09/01/06 Helotes, TX Floores Country Store
Sat 09/02/06 Fort Worth, TX Fort Worth Stockyards
Sun 09/03/06 Fort Worth, TX Stockyards Park
Thu 09/14/06 Macon, GA Capitol Theatre
Fri 09/15/06 Knoxville, TN Tennessee Theatre
Sat 09/16/06 Charleston, SC Music & Heritage Festival
Sun 09/17/06 Myrtle Beach, SC House Of Blues
Tue 09/19/06 Boston, MA Avalon
Wed 09/20/06 Northampton, MA Pearl Street
Thu 09/21/06 New York, NY Webster Hall
Fri 09/22/06 Philadelphia, PA Theatre Of Living Arts
Sat 09/23/06 Baltimore, MD Pimlico Race Track (virgin festival)
Wed 09/27/06 Lancaster, PA The Chameleon
Fri 09/29/06 Durham, NC Carolina Theatre
Sat 09/30/06 Asheville, NC Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
Fri 10/13/06 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
Sat 10/14/06 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
Sun 10/15/06 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls Fun House/Theatre
Wed 10/18/06 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
Thu 10/19/06 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom
Fri 10/20/06 Detroit, MI Majestic Theatre
Sat 10/21/06 Louisville, KY W.L. Lyons Brown Theatre
Tue 10/24/06 Bloomington, IN Bluebird Nightclub
Wed 10/25/06 Saint Louis, MO Mississippi Nights
Thu 10/26/06 Nashville, TN War Memorial Auditorium
Fri 10/27/06 Memphis, TN New Daisy Theatre
Fri 11/10/06 Quincy, FL Down On The Farm
Tue 01/02/07 Fort Lauderdale, FL Jam Cruise
Wed 01/03/07 Fort Lauderdale, FL Jam Cruise
Thu 01/04/07 Fort Lauderdale, FL Jam Cruise
Fri 01/05/07 Fort Lauderdale, FL Jam Cruise
Sat 01/06/07 Fort Lauderdale, FL Jam Cruise
Sun 01/07/07 Fort Lauderdale, FL Jam Cruise

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Rolling Stone has a Walkmen "Pussy Cats" track | Tour Dates

"After the long, difficult process of recording their recent album A Hundred Years Off, the Walkmen relaxed by recording another album. Pussy Cats, which hits stores October 24th, is a near-exact recreation of Harry Nilsson's 1974 album of the same name, produced by John Lennon." [Listen to a song at Rolling Stone]

The Walkmen play a free show at McCarren Pool in Brooklyn on August 27th. All dates below...

THE WALKMEN | TOUR DATES
Aug 11 2006 10:00P Tribeca Newport News, VA
Aug 12 2006 10:00P The Canal Club Richmond, VA
Aug 13 2006 10:00P Lincoln Theatre Raleigh, NC
Aug 15 2006 9:00P The Loft Atlanta, GA
Aug 16 2006 10:00P Headliners Columbia, SC
Aug 17 2006 10:00P Visulite Theatre Charlotte, NC
Aug 18 2006 10:00P Music Farm Charleston, SC
Aug 21 2006 9:00P Zydeco Birmingham, AL
Aug 22 2006 11:00P Hi Tone Memphis Aug 24 2006 10:00P The Social Orlando, FL
Aug 25 2006 10:00P Studio A Miami, FL
Aug 27 2006 6:00P McCarren Park Pool New York, NY
Aug 28 2006 8:00P Orpheum Tampa / Ybor City, FL
Sep 18 2006 8:00P Barfly Liverpool
Sep 19 2006 8:00P Plug Sheffield
Sep 20 2006 8:00P Liquid Rooms Edinburgh
Sep 21 2006 8:00P The Cockpit Leeds
Sep 22 2006 8:00P Rescue Roooms Nottingham
Sep 24 2006 8:00P Manchester University Manchester
Sep 25 2006 8:00P The Point Cardiff
Sep 27 2006 8:00P KoKo Londoon

Previously
Complete McCarren Pool Schedule
Walkmen | played Webster Hall, streaming show on NPR, MP3s, & Warsaw tix on sale

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Sonic Youth / Yeah Yeah Yeahs | McCarren Set Times, Boston last night, & Tour Dates

YYY & TVOTR TOGETHER IN BOSTON | AUG 10, 2006 (CRED)

THIS WEEKEND IN BROOKLYN
Friday: 7pm - Sonic Youth, 8:45pm - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Saturday: 7pm - Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 8:45 - Sonic Youth

LAST NIGHT IN BOSTON
"The sun had started to set, the heat of the day has lost its grip on the city, and thousands – 10, 12, 15 thousand — were filing peacefully into City Hall Plaza long before the headlining Yeah Yeah Yeahs were due to take the stage. All the makings of a perfect rock and roll evening were in place as Brooklyn’s TV on the Radio filled downtown with an eclectic mix of organic post-punk guitars and almost trance-y rhythms devoid of the electronic embellishments that are such of big part of the alterna-indie band’s studio sound." [The Phoenix]

All YYY & Sonic Youth tour dates below...

YEAH YEAH YEAHS TOUR DATES
Fri 08.11.06 Brooklyn, NY McCarren Park Pool w/ Sonic Youth, Blood on the Wall
Sat 08.12.06 Brooklyn, NY McCarren Park Pool w/ Sonic Youth, Awesome Color
Thu 09.28.06 La Jolla, CA RIMAC Arena - UCSD
Sat 09.30.06 Mountain View, CA Download Festival
Sun 10.01.06 Los Angeles, CA The Palladium
Mon 10.02.06 Los Angeles, CA The Palladium
Wed 10.04.06 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
Fri 10.06.06 Dallas, TX Gypsy Ballroom
Sat 10.07.06 Austin, TX Stubbs BBQ
Sun 10.08.06 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
Mon 10.09.06 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom
Thu 10.12.06 Pompano, FL Cinema
Fri 10.13.06 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live
Sat 10.14.06 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
Mon 10.16.06 Nashville, TN War Memorial

SONIC YOUTH TOUR DATES
Fri 08.11.06 Brooklyn, NY McCarren Park Pool w/ Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Blood on the Wall
Sat 08.12.06 Brooklyn, NY McCarren Park Pool w/ Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Awesome Color
Thu 08.24.06 St. Paul, MN Minnesota State Fair Grandstand w/ The Flaming Lips
Fri 08.25.06 Council Bluffs, IA Harrah's Casino - Stir Cove w/ The Flaming Lips
Sat 08.26.06 St. Louis, MO The Pageant w/ The Flaming Lips
Mon 08.28.06 Columbus, OH PromoWest Pavilion w/ The Flaming Lips
Tue 08.29.06 Millvale, PA Mr. Smalls w/ Wooden Wand
Thu 08.31.06 Allentown, PA Allentown Fair w/ The Flaming Lips
Fri 09.01.06 Syracuse, NY New York State Fair w/ The Flaming Lips
Sat 09.02.06 Montreal, QC Osheaga Festival
Sun 09.03.06 Boston, MA Avalon w/ Wooden Wand

Culture Bully has the MP3 & video of the Yeah Yeah Yeah's recent appearance on Conan O'Brien. Fluxblog has recent live Sonic Youth.

Previously
Sonic Youth's Rather Ripped | Album Stream, Pitchfork vs The Voice, Tour Dates, etc...
Sonic Youth / Yeah Yeah Yeahs | McCarren Park Pool Presale

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The Avengers playing CBGB | 2006 Tour Dates

"The Avengers were a San Francisco based punk band in the first wave of American punk......The Avengers opened for the Sex Pistols in San Francisco for their final show at Winterland, and their 4-song EP was produced by Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols.......The CD "The American in Me" released in 2004, has 4 studio tracks, and 8 live tracks recorded at the Old Waldorf in 1979 . With the release of the new CD, vocalist Penelope Houston has joined with original guitarist Greg Ingraham to bring the Avengers back to life, completing the line-up with bassist Joel Reader and drummer Luis Illades. The new group is sometimes called the "scAvengers", and is playing a few select shows on the West Coast and the UK....." [Wikipedia]

Penelope is calling the group the Avengers again, and they're leaving the West Coast and UK to play CBGB (during it's last month) on September 8th. Listen at MySpace. All dates below...

CALI SHOWS
Aug 11th - Gilman Street, Berkeley CA with Fleshies, Rock N Roll Adventure Kids
Aug 13th - Plainfield Station, Sacramento CA w/ the Death and Glory Festival

SEPTEMBER 2006 TOUR w/ THE PLUS ONES
Sat Sept 2 Minneapolis - Triple Rock Social Club
Sun Sept 3 Chicago - The Beat Kitchen
Tues Sept 5 Pittsburgh - 31st Street Pub
Wed Sept 6 Philly - The Church
Thurs Sept 7 Washington DC - The Black Cat
Fri Sept 8 New York - CBGB's
Sat Sept 9 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
Sun Sept 10 Boston - TT the Bear's

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Agent Orange playing CBGB | Tour Dates
Flipper playing Northsix & CBGB (again) | 2006 Tour Dates
Agnostic Front playing CBGB - 9/24
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Angry Samoans | 2006 Tour Dates

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Complete McCarren Pool Schedule

Kaki King is playing the Summerscreen series on August 15th and there's a "very special guest" (Nuclear Family) at the September 3rd Pool Party. Free Williamsburg has the whole schedule.

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Malaysia sues Pussycat Dolls for "indecent" concert

"I believe the way the Pussycat Dolls behaved on stage amounted to gross indecency," said Malaysia's Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister Rais Yatim to local media. "The Pussycat Dolls reportedly put on a show which not only featured scantily-dressed performers but also included sensuous elements.” [VIBE]

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2006 Bridge School Benefit Concert (Oct 21-22) | Devendra Banhart

Devendra Banhart (and most likely Neil Young) will be among the lineup of performers at the 20th annual Bridge School Benefit Concert this year at the Shorline Amphitheater in Bay View, CA. The dates are Oct 21-22.

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Comedians of Comedy also playing Irving | 2006 Tour Dates

The Comedians of Comedy tour hits Irving Plaza in NYC one day after they play Warsaw in Brooklyn. All dates below...

COMEDIANS OF COMEDY | 2006 (Patton Oswalt & Brian Posehn)
8/15 Troubadour Los Angeles CA - w/ Bob Odenkirk,
9/8 Exit / In Nashville TN - w/ Eugene Mirman
9/10 Cats Cradle Carrboro NC - w/ Eugene Mirman
9/12 Black Cat Washington DC - w/ Eugene Mirman
9/13 Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia PA
9/14 Warsaw Brooklyn NY - w/ Eugene Mirman
9/15 Irving Plaza New York NY - w/ Eugene Mirman
9/16 Lupo’s at the Strand Providence RI - w/ Eugene Mirman
9/21 Cultural Center Vancouver WA

More dates may be announced.

Previously
Comedians of Comedy playing Hollywood & Warsaw, Patton Oswalt playing Carolines | more Tour Dates soon

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Judge says "no" to Woodstock Reunion Concert

"Minutes after a state judge slammed the door on the annual Woodstock reunion party yesterday afternoon, Jeryl Abramson was on her cell phone canceling the free event that she and husband Roy Howard had long hosted at their home on Yasgur Road." [recordOnline]

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VIDEO: Clell Tickle: Indie Marketing Guru (starring Aziz Ansari & Tapes 'n Tapes)

No spoilers here. A must see!

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August 10, 2006

Bonnie Prince Billy played Joe's Pub | Kicks off Record Store Tour & more 2006 Tour Dates

This past weekend I missed all four Bonnie Prince Billy (Will Oldham) / Hazel Dickens shows at Joe's Pub in NYC....

BPB & CAPTAIN ANOMOANON @ JOES PUB | AUG 6, 2006 (CRED)

The Oldham brothers, sitting three in a row with acoustic guitars and matching white chinos, opened the show with a set of well-selected covers.Their three voices crisscrossed and harmonized on numbers like "Tell Old Bill," a chronologyblurring traditional song about the death of the title character. Will's voice was nuanced and haunted, rising above the others to punctuate certain phrases; Ned's was full of creaking country flourishes.The two seemed to treat the show as a learning opportunity for young Paul, the baby of the group and the least experienced performer. He sounded flat and shy as his brothers pushed him out of the nest on a few solo verses. [NY Sun]

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"This summer, Will Oldham will head out on a 14-date tour consisting primarily of free shows in various indie record stores." [PASTE]. That tour kicks off tonight at Atomic Records in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In October & November, BPB plays some regular shows w/ Shary Boyle. All dates below...

INSTORES - 2006
8/10 Atomic Records, Milwaukee, Wis.
8/11 Madcity Music Exchange, Madison, Wis.
8/12 Roadrunner, Minneapolis, Minn.
8/13 Record Collector, Iowa City, Iowa
8/14 Love Garden, Lawrence, Kan.
8/15 Vintage Vinyl, St. Louis, Mo.
8/17 Vertigo, Grand Rapids, Mich.
8/18 Stormy Records, Detroit, Mich.
8/19 Rotate This, Toronto, Ontario
8/20 New World Record, Buffalo, N.Y.
8/21 Bent Crayon, Cleveland, Ohio

NOT INSTORES (w/ Shary Boyle)
Mon 10/23/06 Solana Beach, CA Belly Up Tavern
Sun 10/29/06 Santa Cruz, CA The Attic
Mon 10/30/06 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
Tue 10/31/06 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
Fri 11/3/06 Portland, OR Mission Theater
Sat 11/4/06 Portland, OR Mission Theater
Sun 11/5/06 Portland, OR Mission Theater
Mon 11/6/06 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
Tue 11/7/06 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
Thu 11/9/06 Vancouver, BC St. James Hall
Fri 11/10/06 Vancouver, BC St. James Hall
Sat 11/11/06 Vancouver, BC St. James Hall

Previously
2 shows added | Bonnie Prince Billy, Hazel Dickens, Captain Adomoanon
Will Oldham on new Tortoise Album
Bonnie Prince Billy & Bjork | Drawing Restraint 9 | Listen

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Liquids on a Plane

This sanity-restoring Snakes on a Plane parody via Boing Boing who also points out more insanity.

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Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: instore tonight PLUS Jason playing Bowery Poetry

The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players show at Mercury Lounge last night (Aug 9, 2006) was silly, yet politically charged - musically messy, but entertaining - potentially annoying, but somehow charming, and pretty funny. If you haven't seen them, they play songs that match up with "vintage slide collections found at estate sales, garage sales, and thrift stores".

Tonight (Aug 10th) they're playing a free show inside Tower Records (692 Broadway, NYC). Later tonight (10pm) Jason is playing a solo set and hosting The New York Howl CD Release Party @ Bowery Poetry Club.

Jason is also playing the Antifolk festival, and the whole family is touring.

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Crobar being sued | Underage rape victim was @ Don Hill's

"The underage girl told cops she sneaked into Don Hill's on Greenwich St. late Sunday, and drank heavily and smoked pot inside the nightspot, police sources said yesterday." [Daily News]

"Two Queens women shot inside the wildly popular Chelsea nightclub Crobar are suing the owners for $20 million each, claiming the bar failed to provide adequate security, lawyers said yesterday." [Daily News]

links via Gothamist.

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Nightlife Safety Takes Spotlight at City Hall (silly politicians)

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Jack Black hosting MTV Video Awards @ Radio City

"The awards will air live from Radio City Music Hall in New York. Performers include Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Panic! at the Disco and Ludacris." [Yahoo News]

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Hot Chip @ the Seaport | 2006 Tour Dates (Webster Hall)

"Hot Chip blew me away." [Jerry Yeti]

HOT CHIP @ THE SOUTH STREET SEAPORT, NYC | AUG, 4, 2006

photo by Wellington Lee

Ryspace has some MP3s from the show.

After touring all over Europe, Hot Chip are going on their first full U.S. tour in November. Wonderful Shy Child and Born Ruffians are playing on all or most of the dates. They're at Webster Hall in NYC on November 2nd, and they're playing Dave P's Making Time party in Philly the next day. All dates below...

SEPTEMBER 2006
12th, Prime Club, Cologne, Germany
13th, Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
15th, Little Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark
17th, Kagelbanan, Stockholm, Sweden
19th, Lido, Berlin, Germany
20th, Uebel Gefaehrlich, Hamburg, Germany
21st, Alter Feuerwach, Mannheim, Germany
22nd, Atomic Cafe, Munich, Germany
23rd, Rainbow, Milan, Italy
26th, Bikini, Barcelona, Spain
27th, Nincasi, Lyon, France
28th, Festival, Tulle, France
29th, Maroquinerie, Paris, France
30th, Osophere Festival, Strasbourg, France

OCTOBER 2006
1st, Botanique Festival, Brussels, Belgium
2nd, Ambassador, Dublin, Ireland

NOVEMBER 2006
Wed 11/01/06 Sonar Baltimore MD
Thu 11/02/06 Webster Hall New York NY
Fri 11/03/06 Pure Philadelphia PA (Making Time Party)
Sat 11/04/06 Paradise Boston MA
Sun 11/05/06 La Sala Rossa Montreal PQ
Mon 11/06/06 The Mod Club Toronto ON
Tue 11/07/06 Grog Shop Cleveland Heights OH
Wed 11/08/06 Wexner Center Columbus OH w/ Mouse on Mars, Birdy Nam Nam
Fri 11/10/06 Metro, Chicago IL
Sat 11/11/06 First Avenue Minneapolis MN w/ Jamie Lidell
Tue 11/14/06 Neumos Seattle WA
Wed 11/15/06 Doug Fir Lounge Portland OR
Fri 11/17/06 Mezzanine, San Francisco CA
Sat 11/18/06 Ex_Plh, Los Angeles, CA
Sun 11/19/06 Casbah San Diego CA

Previously
Hot Chip @ Emo's Annex (Pitchfork), Austin, TX (SXSW) | pics
Hot Chip & Maximo Park @ Rothko

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Kaufman Center concerts w/ Bjorkestra, Gonzalez, John Madeski, Roseanne Cash, etc.

Listen Here: Art Music Now @ Merkin Concert Hall, NYC
Oct 19, 2006 - Section Quartet / Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra
Nov 02, 2006 - John Medeski Meets Kid Koala
Jan 25, 2007 - Poets & Prophets: Mark O’Connor’s Edgeffect Ensemble w/ Rosanne Cash
Apr 05, 2007 - Chilly Gonzales
Apr 14, 2007 - E.S.T. / Matthew Shipp

Bjorkestra is also playing KF in CA & Tonic soon (tix still on sale). Chilly Gonzalez (Gonzo) chills with Feist, Jamie Lidell, Peaches, and Mocky.

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Rosanne Cash (& Lyle Lovett) @ Stubb's, Austin, TX (SXSW) | pics

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The Cramps playing next NYC MoFo | 2006 Tour Dates

DOWNLOAD: Human Fly (MP3)

The next (Labor Day) MotherF*cker party is supposed to be at Avalon on September 3, 2006. Musical guest: The Cramps!

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TRICIA ROMANO: Who books the DJs? What was your favorite live performance? Dream lineup?

GEORGIE SEVILLE: My dream band—the Dolls or Iggy.

JUSTINE D: We only do Mofos on specific dates so the bands have to work around our schedule and it's hard to get everything organized a few months in advance. I'm still working on getting the Strokes. That will hopefully happen soon.

MICHAEL T: I like to hire people I can potentially have sex with. Justine is a bit more professional. I thought Andrew W.K. was pretty hilarious. Dream band: the Cramps!
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Still no CBGB show, but there are a bunch in Europe and California. All Cramps tour dates below....

THE CRAMPS | 2006 TOUR DATES
August 9 Lokerse Festival Lokeren Belgium
August 11 Oyafestivalen Oslo Norway
August 12 Kulturbolaget Malmo Sweden
August 13 Berns Stockholm Sweden
August 15 Astoria London UK
August 17 Paredes De Coura Festival Paredes De Coura Portugal
August 27 Sunset Junction Street Fair Los Angeles CA
September 3 Avalon? New York City NY (MotherF*ck*r)
October 24 House of Blues San Diego CA *
October 25 Key Club Morongo Cabazon CA *
October 29 Catalyst Santa Cruz CA *
October 31 Fillmore San Francisco CA *
November 2 House of Blues Las Vegas NV *
* w/ Demolition Doll Rods

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The Futureheads are playing Motherf*cker - July 3
New York Dolls @ Avalon, NYC | pics

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Teddybears @ Fat Baby & The Annex | pics & review PLUS words by "The Industry Insider"

TEDDYBEARS @ THE ANNEX | AUG 4, 2006

Teddybears "played" two shows in NYC last week. I managed to catch their 2am "performance" at The Annex on Friday night (Aug 4, 2006). By "performance", I mean two guys standing behind a DJ booth pumping their fists in the air. Sometimes one of them moved a knob while the other one aimed a spotlight at the crowd. To their left was a dude in a bear mask strumming a guitar. At first I thought it wasn't even plugged in, but then decided the bear WAS really playing, though barely. The Teddybears might have some fancy friends and work some magic in the studio, but at The Annex on Friday night I couldn't help but feel like a participant in some major-label marketing scheme injected right into the middle of one of NYC's latest hip Misshapesesque parties (I know, what else is new). Oh yeah, there was a video screen in the background, but I could barely see it through all the smoke.

At least the Fat Baby show the night before (Aug 3, 2006) was billed as a listening party (well sort of --- an industry-only "DJ & Multimedia performance"). I wasn't there, but one anonymous "industry insider" was, and they actually liked it. Here's their story....

TEDDYBEARS "LISTENING PARTY" by THE INDUSTRY INSIDER
Listening parties: an industry standard in which labels attempt to get writers, tastemakers and influencers out to hear their newest bands.

In the best case scenario, you get to leave work early to see the band perform live, or they come play a special show in your office. The worst case scenario is a dj playing the cd on repeat for three hours while you suck down free beer and lazily network. More often then not, it's the latter, and you leave questioning why you rushed over from work to see the same people you always do, to listen to a record you have had for two months.

Last night (Aug 3, 2006) was the Teddybears listening party at FatBaby. This upwards of 8 piece band from Sweden has been making their rounds on the blogosphere in the past few weeks with their track Punkrocker, featuring Iggy Pop.

The details of the party were sketchy at best. The main members of the band were there, they were going to be doing some performance, but to what capacity remained elusive. When I arrived, I saw a fog machine, vocoders and massive cdjs being set up, I knew we were all in for something special.

The members of the band have been in the states the last two weeks promoting the record. As their manager explained to me, they were unable to bring the entire band over, so they decided to innovate.
Patrick Teddybear manned the wheels of steel and played the record straight through. As an extra flourish he laid over a Hot Chip worthy amount of fx, vocoder and other delicious beeps and bloops. Jocke Teddybear, who is also in The Ceasers, danced with manic glee to every track, while banging along with a tambourine and manning the fog machine. While all this was happening upstairs, Klas Teddybear wandered around downstairs with a huge Teddybear's mask, drinking white wine with a very long straw.

While this was entertaining, what put it over the top were the visuals. Not content with just being a band, the boys from the Teddybears are also visual artists and have created a visual loop that takes classic movies (Spinal Tap, Aliens, Scarface, etc) and placed their iconic Teddybear head on the main characters. It could have been the whiskey and gingers, but seeing the Queen Alien battle a Teddybear, or a Teddybear gundown wannabe drug lords, made the entire night incredibly enjoyable. It was great to look around the room and see the usually apathetic industry crowd craning their neck to see a giant Teddybear pull a tin foil wrapped cucumber our of its pants.

Overall, the night was great. The new record is fantastic and if every band could promote and get into these potentially boring events as much as The Teddybears did, then listening parties could take on a whole new attitude.

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Teddybears & Goldfrapp playing NYC | remixes & MP3s

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Circle Jerks NOT playing CBGB | Tour Dates w/ Pennywise

The Circle Jerks were part of the 2005 benefit shows at CBGB, but so far they're not involved in the goodbye series. Instead they're touring with Pennywise which brings both bands to the Troc, Warsaw the Stone Pony, and Irving Plaza in October. All dates below...

PENNYWISE EUROPEAN DATES
08.18.06 | Gampel, Switzerland - Gampel Festival
08.19.06 | Kiewit-Hasslet, Belguim - Pukkelpop
08.20.06 | Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands Festival
08.22.06 | Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
08.23.06 | Berlin, Germany - SO36
08.24.06 | Bremen, Germany - Schlachthof
08.25.06 | Malmo, Sweden - City Fest
08.26.06 | Lisbon, Portugal - Pavilhao Quinta dos Lombos
08.28.06 | Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
08.30.06 | Wiesen, Austria - Deconstruction @ 2 Days A Week Festival Info & Tickets: www.wiesen.at
08.31.06 | Nürnberg, Germany - Löwensaal Tickets: www.ticket-online.de www.eventim.de
09.01.06 | Herne, Germany - Gysenberghalle Tickets: +49 (0)234 610 68 00 www.matrix-bochum.dewww.eventim.de
09.02.06 | Konstanz, Germany - Rock Am See
09.03.06 | Milan, Italy - Deconstruction @ Rock In Idro Rock In Idro Info & Tickets: www.rockinidro.com

PENNYWISE & CIRCLE JERKS TOUR DATES
10.01.06 | Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre
10.02.06 | Seattle, WA - El Corazon
10.03.06 | Vancouver BC, Canada - Croation Cultural Cntre
10.04.06 | Vancouver BC, Canada - The Commodore Ballroom
10.06.06 | Edmonton, Canada - Reds
10.07.06 | Clagary AB, Canada - Macewan Hall Ballroom
10.08.06 | Saskatoon, Canada - The Odeon Events Centre
10.09.06 | Winnipeg MB, Canada - Burton Cummings Theatre
10.11.06 | Guelph ON, Canada - Club Denim
10.12.06 | Toronto ON, Canada - Phoenix Concert Theatre
10.13.06 | Otawa ON, Canada - The New Capital Music Hall
10.14.06 | Montreal PQ, Canada - Metropolis
10.15.06 | Quebec City QC, Canada - Theatre Imperial
10.17.06 | Philadelphia, PA - Tocadero Doors @ 6:00 pm
10.19.06 | Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw Doors @ 7:00
10.21.06 | Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony Doors @ 7:00
10.22.06 | New York, NY - Irving Plaza Doors @ 7:00

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Emily Haines adds 2nd NYC Show

Emily Haines added an 11:30 late show at Joe's Pub in NYC on September 19th.

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Stream an Emily Haines track | Updated Tour Dates
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BSS/Metric's Emily Haines | solo album & show at Joe's Pub

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Alice in Chains (sort of) | 2006 Tour Dates

"ALICE IN CHAINS will embark on a North American-wide tour starting on September 22 in Las Vegas. The tour will hit over three dozen cities including San Francisco, Austin, Toronto and New York. Hard-rock band HURT will be supporting ALICE on the tour." [Blabbermouth]

11/01 - Nokia Theatre Times Square - New York, NY
11/02 - Nokia Theatre Times Square - New York, NY

All dates below...

ALICE IN CHAINS | 2006 TOUR DATES
09/22 - The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - Las Vegas, NV
09/25 - Marquee Theatre - Tempe (Phoenix), AZ
09/26 - Rialto Theatre - Tucson, AZ
09/27 - El Paso County Coliseum - El Paso, TX
09/29 - LoneStar Amphitheater - Lubbock, TX
09/30 - Cain's Ballroom - Tulsa, OK
10/01 - Nokia Theatre - Grande Prairie (Dallas), TX
10/03 - Stubb's Bar-B-Q - Austin, TX
10/04 - Concrete Street Amphitheater - Corpus Christi, TX
10/05 - Dodge Arena - Hidalgo, TX
10/10 - The Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA
10/11 - Hard Rock Live - Orlando, FL
10/12 - Revolution - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
10/20 - House of Blues - Myrtle Beach, SC
10/21 - Millenium Center - Winston-Salem, NC
10/22 - The Norva - Norfolk, VA
10/24 - Ram's Head Live! - Baltimore, MD
10/25 - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC
10/26 - Electric Factory Ballroom - Philadelphia, PA
10/28 - The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa Event Center
10/29 - Washington Avenue Armory - Albany, NY
10/31 - Lupo's - Providence, RI
11/01 - Nokia Theatre Times Square - New York, NY
11/02 - Nokia Theatre Times Square - New York, NY
11/04 - Dome Theatre - Niagara Falls, NY
11/05 - Kool Haus - Toronto, ON
11/07 - Emerald Theatre - Mt. Clemens (Detroit), MI
11/08 - Riviera Theatre - Chicago, IL
11/09 - House of Blues - Cleveland, OH
11/11 - The Eagles Club - Milwaukee, WI
11/13 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
11/14 - Sokol Auditorium - Omaha, NE
11/16 - The Cotillion - Wichita, KS
11/17 - Bricktown Events Center - Oklahoma City, OK
11/18 - Uptown Theatre - Kansas City, MO
11/20 - The Fillmore Auditorium - Denver, CO
11/21 - Belly Up - Aspen, CO
11/22 - Salt Air Theater - Magna (Salt Lake City), UT
11/24 - Paramount - Seattle, WA
11/26 - Warfield Theatre - San Francisco, CA

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Alice In Chains end club tour | More Tour Dates

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August 9, 2006

Agent Orange playing CBGB | Tour Dates

"Agent Orange is a punk rock band from Fullerton, California. They were a surf-punk band from the 1980s and first gained attention with their song Bloodstains which they wrote for a local Orange County compilation album........................Agent Orange has had an enormous influence on the punk and hardcore scene, even though band members stated on Living in Darkness that "We don't feel a part of that scene at all." Agent Orange was one of the first bands to pioneer what would later be known as the skate-punk or skate-core scene. They developed a following in Fullerton along with The Adolescents. The band is still together today with few member changes. Their most recent album was in 2003 with Sonic Snake Session." [Wikipedia]

It's not that rare to see Agent Orange play - in fact they just played Continental last summer, but nonetheless they're an original (well one member is anyway) and they're playing CBGB one week before it closes for good on September 30th (well before it moves to Vegas).

AGENT ORANGE | 2006 TOUR DATES
Aug 18 - HOLLYWOOD - Safari Sam's Hollywood, CA
Aug 24 - ORANGE COUNTY - Galaxy Theatre Santa Ana
Sep 23 - NYC - CBGB

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Flipper playing Northsix & CBGB (again) | 2006 Tour Dates

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2006 Vegoose Music Festival | Lineup & Dates Announced

"The second annual Vegoose music festival will once again be held in Las Vegas over Halloween weekend. Scheduled to take place from October 27-31, the multi-band bill will feature recent Bonnaroo headliner Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Widespread Panic, Las Vegas natives The Killers, The Mars Volta, The Black Crowes, Fiona Apple, The Raconteurs, Keller Williams Incident (featuring Keller William and the String Cheese Incident), Damien "Jr. Gong" Marley, Medeski Martin & Wood, The Roots, The Rhythm Devils (Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzman, Mike Gordon & Steve Kimock), G. Love & Special Sauce, Jurassic 5, Galactic, Praxis, Yonder Mountain String Band, Gomez, Built To Spill, Guster, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, Dr. Octagon (aka Kool Keith), Band of Horses, Jamie Lidell and The Zutons. [Relix]

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Silversun Pickups & Viva Voce | Fall 2006 Tour Dates

DOWNLOAD: Viva Voce - When Planets Collide (MP3)

Viva Voce and Silvesun Pickups are going out on tour together.

10.11 Mercury Lounge New York NY
10.12 Mercury Lounge New York NY

Good match. All tour dates below....

VV & SP | 2006 TOUR DATES
9.28 Rickshaw Stop San Francisco CA
9.29 Howie and Sons Visalia CA
9.30 The Echo Los Angeles CA
10.1 Modified Phoenix AZ
10.3 Emo’s Austin TX
10.4 Opolis Norman OK
10.5 Randy Bacon Gallery Springfield MO
10.7 Courtyard Café Urbana IL
10.8 Southgate House Newport KY
10.10 Iota Club and Café Arlington VA
10.11 Mercury Lounge New York NY
10.12 Mercury Lounge New York NY
10.13 Johnny Brenda’s Philadelphia PA
10.15 Middle East Upstairs Cambridge MA
10.16 The Bug Jar Rochester NY
10.17 Lee’s Palace Toronto ON
10.18 The Lime Spider Akron OH
10.20 Empty Bottle Chicago IL
10.21 Maintenance Shop Ames IA
10.24 Hi Dive Denver CO
10.26 Neurolux Boise ID
10.28 Doug Fir Lounge Portland OR

Chris has Silversun Pickups' WOXY Lounge Act MP3.

DOWNLOAD: Silversun Pickups - Well Thought Out Twinkles (MP3)

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Silversun Pickups August 2006 Tour Dates

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Jenny Lewis | 2006 Tour Dates

Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins are touring again.

10-12 New York, NY - Town Hall
10-13 New York, NY - Town Hall

All dates below...

09-30 Denver, CO - The Fillmore
10-01 Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium
10-03 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater
10-04 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
10-05 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
10-06 Detroit, MI - St. Andrews
10-07 Toronto, Ontario - Trinity St. Paul Church
10-08 Buffalo, NY - Center for the Arts
10-09 Boston, MA - Berklee Performance Center
10-10 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
10-12 New York, NY - Town Hall
10-13 New York, NY - Town Hall
10-14 Northampton, MA - Academy of Music
10-15 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club

via Pitchfork

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Download the Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins album
Jenny Lewis DJd Misshapes | Shooting for Blue States Lose
Jenny Lewis & Jonathan Rice @ Angel Orensanz, NYC | pics

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Weekly Hip Hop News Round Up (Aug 9, 2006)

KILLER WES
Welcome Wes (the nicest guy in the biz) to BrooklynVegan! He's gonna post about Hip Hop...

KILLER MIKE

Brooklyn may not be the borough that birthed Hip Hop, but it is the borough that perfected Hip Hop. Hip Hop is not very vegan - regardless, BV brings you the weekly Hip Hop News Round Up courtesy of Wes of the not in any way Hip Hop related NYC band the Undisputed Heavyweights.

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Gnarls Barkley ruled Lollapalooza - At least according to Entertainment Weekly. Click here for a video (via Stereogum).

Outkast's forthcoming album/soundtrack 'Idlewild' to be released December 6th. First single is "Idlewild Blue" for which the video already has appeared on major channels and YouTube (since removed). Potential second single "Hollywood Divorce", not about the group's alleged breakup, featuring Snoop Dogg and Lil' Wayne - leaked. Get it at palms out sounds.

Southern Rap Legend Scarface, formerly of Geto Boys, announces that after 20 years he will no longer release any more solo albums. In addition to guest spots, he will now focus more on production (via SOHH). We shall see about that. Those rappers and their retirements. *cough*Jay-Z*cough*

Mos Def surprises everyone by announcing the imminent release of an album "Tru3 Magic" on Geffen Records (September 26th) (via Nahright). MP3 of "Boogie Man" to be found here. It better be closer to his brilliant debut "Black On Both Sides" than to his sophomore ehhh "The New Danger". Or else!

DJ Premier, Hip Hop legend and creator of the definite gritty New York City sound, produces half of Christina Aguilera's new album "Back To Basics" including the uncreatively titled, but excellent "Still Dirrty". Download it here.

Killer Mike stands up and raps with substance in the tradition of Ice Cube in the early 1990's (when he still was the best rapper in the world). On "That's Right", he speaks on some matters of social relevance including role models, the Bush family, racism, the responsibilities of successful African Americans to their community, and more. Download it at 5151. (off his latest mixtape "I Pledge Allegiance")

The Roots debut new short video clips for "Don't Feel Right" (here), "All in the Music" (here) and "Here I Come" (here) - all from their new album Game Theory. (via TheRapUp)

And finally in the WTF category - Jackass's very own Steve-O nearly loses his life by proclaiming he is the new Ol' Dirty Bastard and proceeding to pull out Lil' Steve-O while on-stage with the entire Wu-Tang Clan during an Ol' Dirty Bastard Tribute, and in the presence of ODB's mother. Partial video at AllHipHop.

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this post was NOT sponsored by Hip Hop Karaoke NYC

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Nightlife Safety Takes Spotlight at City Hall (silly politicians)

"What we are saying is that we can't let the SLA control this anymore," said Quinn. "They have done a pitiful job at closing down bad establishments in this city. Therefore we want and should have that enforcement power ourselves. We want to stop the days when the West Side of Manhattan is more like the Wild West."

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"Now, very soon we will have some of the toughest laws in the entire country and WE WILL MAKE SURE OUR KIDS IN OUR CITY ARE COMPLETELY SAFE when they enjoy what our city is known for, its nightlife," said Queens City Councilman Peter Vallone.

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"We will work with the City Council to draft legislation that will increase the use of technology to root out underage drinking, increase the use of security cameras and hold establishments accountable when they break the law," the mayor's chief spokesman, Stuart Loeser, said in a written statement.

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Ms. Quinn dismissed the privacy implications of the plan. "Cameras at places of public assembly are commoplace now," she said, "I don't believe there is any expectation of privacy as it relates to going to a club."

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STORIES @ NY1, NY Sun & The NY Times

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The Long Winters played a free show @ Mercury Lounge

THE LONG WINTERS @ MERCURY LOUNGE | AUG 8, 2006 (CRED BAO)

I heard I got a shoutout by John Roderick. Nice.

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Long Winters | 2 free shows, new CD & 2006 Tour Dates

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2006 Antifolk Festival (begins Saturday) | Suzanne Vega, Chris Barron, Jason Trachtenburg & more PLUS Adam Green Tour Dates

DIANE CLUCK & REGINA SPEKTOR @ THE 2003 ANTIFOLK FESTIVAL (MORE)

Images copyright (©) 2003 Lippe

2006 ANTIFOLK FESTIVAL
The 2006 Antifolk Festival begins in NYC this Saturday (August 12, 2006) "with an outdoor show in Tompkins Square Park from noon to 5 and continues with nine days of shows at Sidewalk Cafe. Suzanne Vega will play both in the park and at Sidewalk. Chris Barron is doing a show. Jason Trachtenberg is on the bill as are some of the standout acts from the Antifolk world like Beat the Devil, Ching Chong Song, Don McCloskey, Paleface, etc."

ANTIFOLKERS STUFF
Regina Spektor is playing Town Hall. Kimya Dawson is a mommy. Jason Trachtenburg hates cell phones. Jaymay is in the news. Suzanne Vega recently played on Ground Zero.

ANTIFOLKERS TOURING
Adam Green and Jeffrey Lewis are touring. Tickets are on sale for a lot of their shows. Those dates below...

ADAM GREEN 2006 TOUR DATES
Tue Sep 12 West Hollywood, CA Troubadour
Wed Sep 13 San Francisco, CA The Independent
Fri Sep 15 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
Sat Sep 16 Seattle, WA Paradox
Tue Sep 19 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
Wed Sep 20 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen
Fri Sep 22 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Sat Sep 23 Philadelphia, PA The Balcony
Sun Sep 24 Cambridge, MA Middle East Club Upstairs

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Adam Green @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC | pics
Beck @ Hiro Ballroom, NYC | Pics
Kimya Dawson @ Scenic, NYC | Pics
Jaymay @ The Living Room, NYC | Pics
Regina Spektor @ Tonic, NYC | Pics

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One more day to bid on Marina Ribatski (Bonde Do Role)'s x-rays

As reported on Pitchfork who threw the festival where the accident happened, Bonde Do Role are raising money to pay for Marina's medical expenses by selling her X-rays (along with some other memorabilia) on eBay. There's only one day left to outbid "ryanpitchfjork".

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Dinosaur Jr (keeps going) | 2006 Tour Dates (Warsaw)

DINOSAUR IN-STUDIO @ WOXY (MORE)

Dinosaur Jr. keep the reunion going and going. Tickets are on sale for an August 29th show at Warsaw in Brooklyn. Six days earlier J Mascis will also be in Brooklyn opening for the Shins at McCarren Pool. I seriously thought that Summerstage show would be my only chance to ever see Dinosaur Jr. (ended up being very not true). More dates below...

DINOSAUR JR TOUR DATES
Wed. 8/23/06 McCarren Pool Brooklyn, NY (J Mascis solo acoustic w/ The Shins)
Sun. 8/27/06 Chameleon Club Lancaster, PA
Mon. 8/28/06 Ottobar Baltimore, MD
Tue. 8/29/06 Warsaw, Brooklyn, NY
Wed. 8/30/06 Toad's Place New Haven, CT
Thur. 8/31/06 Town Ballroom Buffalo, NY
Fri. 9/1/06 New Capitol Music Hall Ottawa, ON
Sat. 9/2/06 OSHEAGA: Festival Musique et Arts Montreal, QUE
Sun. 9/3/06 Theatre Imperial Quebec City, QUE
Mon. 9/4/06 The Marquee Club Halifax, NS
December 8-10 2006 (exact dino date TBA) ATP's "Nightmare Before Christmas" Glastonbury, UK
Other Acts: Sonic Youth, The Stooges, Wolf Eyes, Negative approach, and many more.

There's a presale for some dates too.

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Dinosaur Jr. @ Summerstage, NYC | Pics

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Knife tickets on sale at noon

The November 1st NYC Knife show goes on sale at Noon. It's a CMJ show, so they're selling 250 less tickets than usual.

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Regina Spektor playing Town Hall | Tour Dates

Regina Spektor is playing Town Hall in NYC on September 27th. Tickets supposedly go on sale today at Noon. All known tour dates below...

REGINA SPEKTOR TOUR DATES
Aug 15 2006 10:00P Magnet Berlin
Aug 16 2006 10:00P The Stage Club Hamburg
Aug 17 2006 9:45P Pukkelpop Festival Kempische steenweg, Kiewit
Aug 19 2006 7:00P V Festival Chelmsford
Aug 20 2006 7:00P V Festival Weston Park
Aug 21 2006 8:00P Liquid Rooms Edinburgh
Aug 23 2006 7:30P Shepherd's Bush Empire London
Sep 27 2006 - Town Hall, NYC
Oct 06 2006 - Avalon, Boston, MA
Oct 17 2006 - Majestic Theatre, Madison, WI

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Regina Spektor live on the BBC | The MP3s
"Chelsea Hotel" covers & Regina Spektor on the Strokes | MP3s

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New York's Hit Factory Studios turned into condos

"New York's Hit Factory studio, which closed in early 2005 after being home to recording sessions by John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Madonna and U2, is being converted into condominiums worth more than $1 million." [Reuters]

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Glenn Kotche & Nels Cline Tour Dates & Wordless Music Series @ Lincoln Center

Wilco's Glenn Kotche is appearing at the Modern Drummer Festival in Newark, NJ on September 16th (with Death Cab's Jason McGerr, Stewart Copeland, and others) . Two days later Glenn starts a short tour with Wilco's Nels Cline at Lincoln Center in NYC. It also doubles as the first show in Lincoln Center's Wordless Music Series. Jenny Lin and Elliott Sharp are also on that bill. All Glenn and Nels dates below...

GLENN KOTCHE | 2006 TOUR DATES
Sep-10 St. Louis, MO Riverfront Times Music Festival
Sep-16 Newark, NJ Modern Drummer Festival

GLENN KOTCHE & NELS CLINE | 2006 TOUR DATES
Sep-18 New York, NY Wordless Music Series at Lincoln Center w/Jenny Lin
Sep-19 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
Sep-20 Washington, DC The Black Cat w/Lambchop
Sep-22 Columbus, OH Wexner Center for the Arts
Sep-23 Lexington, KY Recital Hall at the Singletary Center for the Arts
Sep-24 Chicago, IL The Black Orchid

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Glenn Kotche (Wilco) & David Cossin @ the Bang on Can Marathon, World Financial Center, NYC | pics

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Family Values (Korn) concert murder suspect caught

"Michael Scott Axley, 24, is charged with the murder of Andrew Richardson, 30. According to the Atlanta Police preliminary investigation, an altercation occurred on July 30 at around 10:30 p.m. between the victim and unknown others at the Lakewood Amphitheater during a concert. The victim, Andrew Richardson sustained a serious head injury that resulted in his death on August 1. His death was officially ruled a homicide on August 3." [Atlanta News 11]

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2006 New Yorker Festival - October 6-8 | New Pornographers

The New Pornographers and author George Saunders should both appear somewhere on the schedule when the New Yorker Festival reveals this year's lineup in the September 11th issue of the magazine.

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Jaymay in the news

"I've been offered conventional contracts from major record labels and very indie-friendly, unconventional contracts," Seerman said during a break from recording. "They have offered me everything I could want." [Yahoo News] (thx