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September 22, 2006
new Tom Waits MP3 from three-disc set
"The first full-length MP3 from the new Tom Waits three-disc set Orphans launched Tuesday! It’s for the song “Bottom Of The World” and it is from Disc one, titled Brawlers."
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Trans World won't sell the new Scissor Sisters CD
"Because of comments by Scissor Sisters about FYE pricing during a speech at this year's NARM convention, Trans World (fye, Sam Goody, Coconuts, etc) is refusing to carry the band's new album, Ta Dah! (out September 26th)." [Coolfer]
FYE hates gays! Just kidding. That's Buju Banton, and possibly Bad Brains. Ta Dah! trailer at YouTube.
Posted in music at 12:57 PM | Comments (22)
LA Buju Banton concert cancelled after complaints
"E-mail messages and phone calls from concerned customers prompted the cancellation of the Oct. 2 show, said Adam Manacker, general manager of the Highlands nightclub and restaurant." [Yahoo news]
There were protests at his recent Chicago show. He's scheduled to play BB King's in NYC on October 25th.
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Decemberists' Colin Meloy loves labelmate Lily Allen
"The thing that worries me about Lily Allen, even though I love that record, is that she’s just going to get too big." [Colin Meloy to Pitchfork]
Previously
Lily Allen IS playing NYC | North American Tour Dates
Capitol's Lily Allen playing LA | 2006 Tour Dates
Decemberists 2006 Tour Presale
Official: The Decemberists Sign to Capitol Records
Posted in music at 1:59 AM | Comments (12)
John Darnielle (Mountain Goats) on hardcore & stuff
"Who doesn't love Bad Brains?" [John Darnielle to Pitchfork]
Previously
Bad Brains reuniting - HR included | 2 shows @ CBGB
John Darnielle on hipster metal
The Mountain Goats add Brooklyn show
Posted in music at 1:52 AM | Comments (15)
September 21, 2006
2006 Isis tour dates + Rebel (ex-Downtime) tickets on sale
Tickets are now on sale for shows at Rebel including
"avantgarde metal" band Isis on on October 8th. Someone associated with the venue wrote in the comments:
The address of the venue is the same as the old Downtime but the show room is a brand new space created out of one of the recording studios that "dude" mentions in his post. Forget what you knew about Downtime. Rebel has a real stage, nice and high so every one can see, a great sound system and comfortable separate bar area outside of the show space.
All Isis tour dates below....
ISIS | TOUR DATES
Sep. 21, 2006 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena w/ TOOL
Sep. 22, 2006 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills w/ TOOL
Sep. 23, 2006 Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheater w/ TOOL
Sep. 24, 2006 Hamilton, ON The Underground w/ Mare
Sep. 25, 2006 Cleveland, OH Wolstein Center at CSU w/ TOOL
Sep. 26, 2006 Pittsburgh, PA Peterson Events Center w/ TOOL
Sep. 27, 2006 Baltimore, MD Ottobar w/ TBA
Sep. 28, 2006 Camden, NJ Tweeter Center w/ TOOL
Sep. 29, 2006 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center w/ TOOL
Oct. 1, 2006 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church w/ Versoma
Oct. 2, 2006 Wilkes Barre, PA Wachovia Arena w/ TOOL
Oct. 3, 2006 Manchester, NH Verizonwireless Arena w/ TOOL
Oct. 4, 2006 Providence, RI The Livingroom w/ Versoma
Oct. 5, 2006 Hartford, CT Hartford Civic Center w/ TOOL
Oct. 6, 2006 East Rutherford, NJ Continental Airlines Arena w/ TOOL
Oct. 7, 2006 Uniondale, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial w/ TOOL
Oct. 8, 2006 New York, NY Rebel NYC
Previously
Tool | more 2006 Tour Dates
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Daily show Superchunk show - tix on sale
Tickets are on sale for the Daily Show 10th Anniversary show.
Posted in music at 8:50 PM | Comments (2)
Night of too many stars @ Beacon - tix on sale
Sun, Oct 15, 2006 08:00 PM
"Jon Stewart will be hosting the evening with scheduled appearances by Jack Black, Kristin Chenoweth, Stephen Colbert, Elvis Costello, Jimmy Fallon, Ricky Gervais, Mike Myers, Moby, Bob Odenkirk and David Cross, Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd, Martin Short, Tony Sirico, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, and too many others to name!"
Posted in To Do | comedy | music at 8:46 PM | Comments (12)
Rodrigo y Garbriela | Fall 2006 Tour Dates & MP3
DOWNLOAD: Rodrigo y Gabriela - Orion (Metallica cover) (MP3)
(more & better @ mySpace)
Their press releases read: "Rodrigo (Sanchez) and Gabriela (Quintero) are two fast-fingered, Dublin-based, Mexicans with a unique sound created on acoustic guitars......Rod and Gab are two lifelong heavy metal fanatic Mexicans living in Dublin, Ireland, playing hispano and latin influenced acoustic guitars that come on with the rush of a full rock band, drum kit and all, -- beat both the Arctic Monkeys AND Johnny Cash to number one in the Irish charts."
They played Joe's Pub on August 7th. (I threw a small mention of it in a Sirius playlist). They're back in NYC for a show at SOB's on September 26th. I haven't seen them yet, but people say live is where they really shine. All tour dates below...
RODRIGO Y GABRIELA | 2006 TOUR DATES
September 19 Chicago @ Columbia College
September 20 Chicago, Hothouse - night show @ Old Town School
September 21 Madison, WI, Union Terrace
September 23 Somerville MA, Somerville Theater
September 26 NY, NY - Sounds of Brazil (SOB's)
September 28 Alexandra, VA, Birchmere
September 29 Durham, NC - Duke University
September 30 Charlottesville, VA w/ Los Lobos @ Charlottesville Pavillion
October 01 Charleston, WV - Mountain Stage
October 03 Seattle - KCRW
October 04 Los Angeles - Craig Ferguson & Hotel Cafe San Francisco
October 06 Bloomington, IN - Lotus Festival,
October 07 Bloomington, IN - Lotus Festival,
October 20 Seattle @ Chop Suey
October 21 Vancouver w/ Gomez @ Center for Performing Arts
October 22 Seattle w/ Gomez @ Moore Theater
October 24 San Francisco @ Independent
October 25 San Francisco w/ Gomez @ Warfield
October 27 Santa Cruz @ Kuumba Jazz Center
October 28 LA @ Temple Bar
October 31 Denver w/ Gomez @ Fillmore
November 2 Boulder @ Trilogy Lounge
Posted in MP3 | music | tour dates at 4:48 PM | Comments (4)
Tonight @ The Annex - Endless Boogie, Sam Champion, etc.
One NYC alternative to The Big Sleep/OP/Comas @ Mercury Lounge tonight (September 21, 2006) is the double show down the street at The Annex. ASCAP & Deli Magazine are presenting an $8.00 party that starts at 7:30 with open bar followed by: 8:00 - Chin Chin; 9:00 - Ra Ra Riot; 10:00 - Sam Champion; and 11:00 - Endless Boogie. Paper Magazine called Endless Boogie "the best kept secret in New York's rock scene". Heartonastick says "there’s really no such thing as a secret, anymore". Then at midnight Ultragrrrrrrrl takes over with her free Stolen Transmission party that includes: 12:00 - Sugar Report; 12:45 - Blacklist; and 1:30 - Mohair (UK). Both flyers below....
Previously
Sam Champion & Apollo Sunshine playing CBGB Tonight
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An interview with the Big Sleep by OP's Billy Jones
DOWNLOAD: The Big Sleep - Murder (MP3)
Billy (the singer of Other Passengers) interviewed The Big Sleep (Sonya, Danny and Gabe) in Jay Belin's (Loose Record / Good Times Roll) NYC apartment before their August 5th show at Cake Shop.....
SONYA, DANNY & GABE
"This three-piece—Sonya Balchandani (bass/keys), Danny Barria (guitar/keys), and Gabe Rhodes (drums)—often sounds like five or more onstage, where over the last few years they've slowly gotten some word of mouth going via a show melding the most infectious elements of heavy, long-winded psych with an onstage chemistry that's almost too perfect." [Village Voice]
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While I (Billy) waited outside of Jay’s apartment door, just a few blocks from Mercury Lounge, I could barely make out adolescent banter concerning up, down, left, right, left…Contra? I wasn’t quite sure until I was buzzed in to witness Danny and Mr. Good Times himself rapidly burning through their 100 extra lives. Blaring, the new Ratatat record made for a more than appropriate score to this Nintendo Classic. The Big Sleep would later play a blistering set amongst a crowd of head bobbing hipsters crammed into the clammy Cake Shop. But before they melted faces I pried Danny, Sonya and Gabe away from the console to discuss their beginning, Spanish proverbs and some good ole French Kissin'.
Billy How exactly did The Big Sleep all meet?
Danny Sonya and I met in Philadelphia where we both went to school (U Penn) and Gabe, well we met Gabe on Craigslist...
Gabe “Drummer will play in band for Sex”
Danny We basically posted drummers that we liked with a sort of pre requisite of being in a band before, ready to be in a serious band...
Billy So you posted influences like...Philly Joe Jones and Phil Collins or?
Danny Ha, well we....wait...did we even put John Bonham?
Sonya Yes. We definitely put John Bonham.
Gabe Didn’t you put Keith Moon?
Danny No, I wouldn’t put Keith Moon.
Billy Did you say you were looking for your John Ridgely (the properly menacing gambler Eddie Mars in the 1946 version of The Big Sleep)?
Danny No, we didn’t say anything like that...it was pretty simple. Gabe wrote back and it was quick, I think we posted on a Monday and he said he could be there to try it out on Wednesday and we were like, fuck it let’s try it out...So we did it and I remember thinking, “Whoa, if this guy, the first guy, is this good then the next guy must be amazing!” So we played it cool with Gabe, thought we would try a few more people out. Gabe was like “Who do they...
Gabe (without a pause finishing Danny’s sentence)...think they are, thinking they can find a better drummer than me?
Danny So we tried out 2 other drummers and realized Gabe was the drummer for The Big Sleep...
Billy When was your first show as The Big Sleep we’ll see tonight (August 5, 2006)?
Danny February 12th, 2004 at Pianos.
Gabe Danny doesn’t forget a date.
Billy Had you already started recording the record?
Sonya Yeah, Aaron (the previous drummer) actually played on the entire record. All the basic tracks were being recorded right at the time we were switching drummers...
Billy So your upcoming debut full length release on Frenchkiss is called Son of the Tiger, it’s something that has stuck with me for a long time ago when I first heard you mention it, where exactly does the title come from?
Danny It comes from a saying my father used to say. He would actually say it in Spanish but it translates literally to, “The son of the tiger must come out striped.” As in the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree or like father like son....basically if I was telling him something good about my life he would say, “The son of the tiger....”
Billy So you have been crafting the record for quite some time?
Danny Yeah, we started tracking in 2003.
Billy Many assume you are instrumental band but you have started singing in your songs after a long search for a vocalist. What was that process like?
Danny It was a ridiculous search, we just weren’t finding the right people so we decided, screw it, we know what we want to hear and we know what we like. I’m not exactly sure how it sounds coming out but we are definitely much more comfortable doing it ourselves.
Billy Sonya sings on “Murder,” which I recently read the review for on Pitchfork. It describes the song’s patient journey to it’s suddenly epic ending as a “plane taking off in a downpour, getting rocked every which way, then breaking through the cumulonimbi.” (Danny helped me sound out Cumulonimbi) What kind of effect does one of their track reviews have on a band?
Danny I don’t know, I guess a lot of downloads, more hits on stuff like Myspace, people adding us as friends...
Billy So you could say Pitchfork makes you more friends?
Danny Let’s just say Pitchfork is friendly...but just as important as that is support from local sites like Loose Record.
Billy How did you come across Frenchkiss?
Danny Well, we sent some rough tracks to everyone we were interested in at first but got a little help from our friend Daniel, who actually books us. Daniel kind of asked who we wanted to send it out to. Frenchkiss was at the top of our list and it happened that he was good friends with them. So he passed it along to them, they heard it and came out to a couple of shows.
Billy Recently you have been playing some larger venues, how has your enormous sound translated in larger venues like Webster and Irving?
Danny We can only answer this from the point of view of the band, which is on the stage. The sound on the stages is great, and everyone working at the venue is really helpful. It just becomes a situation where everyone is trying to make the show come across as well as possible. It might be obvious to anyone who’s heard us that we’re aiming for a big sound, and we’re super lucky to have been able to play those places and see what it’s like to fill a room that size with sound.
Billy When is your next show?
Danny about an hour and a half from now...
Sonya Har, well our next scheduled show is our release party at Mercury Lounge on September 21st.
Billy So The Big Sleep has just popped my interview cherry, how was it for you?
Danny Well, you know...it's been kind of rough...a little painful at first for everybody but I guess you could say everyone is now relieved...
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The Big Sleep's record release party is TONIGHT (September 21, 2006) at Mercury Lounge in NYC. Billy's band the Other Passengers are opening. The Comas are too. More Big Sleep dates here.
Stream the album on AOL Music.
Previously
Stream The Big Sleep's Son of The Tiger | show Thursday
The Big Sleep sign to Frenchkiss Records | album this Fall
The Big Sleep @ Knitting Factory, NYC | pics
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MOBY | blogs about Flipper, 'best of' CD, Debbie Harry NYC tribute & benefit Roots show review
DOWNLOAD: Moby - Go (MP3)
MOBY @ CROBAR, NYC | AUG 24, 2006
MOBY'S BLOG
"so tonight i went to see 'american hardcore'.
a documentary about the hardcore scene in america in the early 80's.
it made me nostalgic.
the hardcore scene in the early 80's was amazing.
it was new and genuine and authentic.
it was remarkable.
and at the afterparty i played 'sex bomb' with flipper....." [Moby] (via)
THE BEST OF MOBY
Moby is releasing the two-disc Go: The Very Best of Moby on October 24th. He teamed up with Blondie's Debbie Harry for one of the tracks - a tribute to NYC.
SHOWS
As previously reported, Moby is playing the Ultra New York Festival on 9/22/06. On August 24th, Moby performed with the Roots and others at a Katrina-related event at Crobar in NYC. Nick Brassbonanza was there. His report below....
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It Takes A Nation - 8/24/06
by Nick Brassbonanza
To celebrate the release of “It Takes A Nation: How Complete Strangers Became Family In The Wake of Hurricane Katrina,” a book documenting Hurricane Katrina and MoveOn.org’s Hurricane Housing program, a benefit concert was held at Crobar. Hosted by actress Rosie Perez, the night included dramatic readings from Perez, Julia Stiles and Black Thought of The Roots. Speakers flooded the stage throughout the night, including MoveOn.org founder Eli Pariser and new Democratic hopeful Ned Lamont. After the speeches and readings came the highlights of the night, the performances.
Moby was the first to perform. He took the stage with a small band and a female vocalist. Moby’s short set included hits such as “Honey,” and a dramatic version of “Natural Blues.” The songs took on an ominous tone and were far from the dancey, uplifting original versions.
The Roots were scheduled to hit the stage next. Beginning their show with a tribute to New Orleans, The Roots were joined by a seven piece brass band. Parading around the venue, banging on drums and cowbells, the horns echoed throughout the club as they made their way to the stage. The Roots played songs off of their new album, “Game Theory,” as well as their hit, “The Seed.” At the end of the set The Roots once again gave the stage to their friends. Known as Brass Heaven, the horn section played an original song and a cover of Ray Charles’ “I Got A Woman.”
Moby blogged about that too:
hi,
i just got back from the moveon/acorn event at crobar.
it was good.
the roots and i performed. julia stiles and rosie perez read from 'it takes a nation'.
money was raised.
all in all it was good.
i know it sounds simple, but i really love being able to play music.
making music is my job, but it's also my favorite thing about being alive.
that's all.
i know it's simple, but it's true.
thanks to everyone who came out tonight.
hopefully you all enjoyed yourselves while supporting a good cause and organization.
thanks
moby
RELATED: Hollywood Marks Katrina Anniversary
Previously
The Roots, Moby, Rosie Perez & others performing @ Katrina-related MoveOn event @ Crobar
The Roots & Talib Kweli @ Webster Hall, NYC | pics
Flipper, Moby & Steve Buscemi @ Stereo, NYC | pics
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Apples in Stereo Sign to Elijah Wood’s Label
The Apples in Stereo just announced that they’re going to release their new album, New Magnetic Wonder, February 7th on Elijah Wood’s Simian Records. The release will mark the first for Simian, and the first in five years for the Apples. [YANP]
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see Nokia phones! (and Gnarls Barkley) - "secret show"
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: news < news@waxploitation.com>
Date: Sep 21, 2006 12:03 AM
Subject: Gnarls Barkley NYC Secret Show
To: news@waxploitation.com
"Gnarls Barkley will be doing a semi-secret show in New York on September 26th. In the past, many Gnarls pals have said 'how come I didn't know about this show!' so this time, we are going to give you a big fat hint how to get a ticket."
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(thx Eduardo)
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2nd Annual New York Gypsy Festival
"Building on the success of the first New York Gypsy Festival in 2005, the 2-week joyful and passionate Fiesta Romani is returning for its second installment between September 24 and October 8, 2006. Once again, the festival will offer a broad perspective on various styles of gypsy music and dance against the backdrop of New York City, which, being the crossroads of many cultures, is essentially gypsy at heart."
"The 2005 New York Gypsy Festival featured music from a wide geographical region including Bulgaria, Turkey, Russia and the Balkans with performers such as Gogol Bordello, Ivo Popasov & Yuri Yunakov, Husnu Senlendirici, Hungry March Band, Zlatne Uste, Leningrad and more than a dozen of local bands.
The 2006 Festival continues featuring high caliber local and international talent of Gypsy (Romani) music with artists like Costel Vasilescu (Romania), The New Generation Gipsy Kings (France), Honved Dance Company (Hungary), Husnu Senlendirici (Turkey), KAL (Serbia) and Frank London (NYC). Gogol Bordellos Eugene Hutz will curate and host an evening featuring music by Kultur Shock (Seattle), Kalpakov Trio (Russia), Acquaragia Drom (Italy) and a DJ set by no other than Hutz himself. Additionally, Gypsy New Yorkers and Balkan brass bands like Romashka, Slavic Soul Party, Hungary March Band, Zagnut Orkestar and Russian gypsy dancer Julia Kulakova will also take part in this years festival."
2nd NY Gypsy Festival Schedule:
Sunday, Sept. 24th @ Joe's Pub at 7.30pm Cafe Antarsia Ensemble / Greece
Sunday, Sept. 24th @ Joe's Pub at 9.30 & 11.30pm KAL / Serbia
Friday, Sept. 29th @ NYU Skirball Center at 8pm Costel Vasilesku / Romania Slavic Soul Party! "Gypsy Funk"/ Brooklyn
Saturday, Sept. 30th @ NYU Skirball Center at 8pm Honved Dance Company / Hungary
Monday, Oct. 2nd @ Joe's Pub at 7pm
Vlada Tomova "Balkan Tales" / Bulgaria
Tuesday, Oct. 3rd @ M 1-5 at 10pm
Hungry March Band / New York
Gypsy Dancer Dorit
DJ Joro-Boro
Wednesday, Oct. 4th @ Joe's Pub at 11.30pm THE CLARINET ALL- STARS Featuring Husnu Senlendirici / Turkey Yuri Yunakov / Bulgaria Ismail Lumanovski / Macedonia Panogiotis Andreou / Greece Seido Salifoski / Macedonia Jordan Pearlman / Philadelphia
Wed, Oct. 4th @ M 1-5 at 9pm
Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars / New York Balkan Fantasia / New York
Thursday, Oct.5th @ M 1-5 at 10pm
Zagnut Orkestar "Balkan Music" / New York Zlatne Uste "Balkan Brass Band"
DJ Joro-Boro
Friday, Oct. 6th @ Joe's Pub at 11.30
THE CLARINET ALL - STARS Featuring
Husnu Senlendirici / Turkey
Yuri Yunakov / Bulgaria
Ismail Lumanovski / Macedonia
Panogiotis Andreou / Greece
Seido Salifoski / Macedonia
Jordan Pearlman / Philadelphia
Saturday, Oct. 7th @ The ROXY at 8pm
New Generation Gipsy Kings / France
(Georges Reyes, Anthony Reyes, Michel Batrac) Romashka / Gypsy and folk music from Romania, the Balkans, Russia and beyond"
Guest vocals by Dorit
Gypsy Dancer Julia Kulakova / Russia
Sunday, Oct. 8th @ LQ at 9pm
Hosted by Eugene Hutz - DJ Set (Gogol Bordello) Kultur Shock "Gypsy Punk" / Seattle Kolpakov Trio / Russia - "Gypsy Music with 7 String Guitar virtouse"
Acquaragia Drom / Italy
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Hoboken A&M Festival - free New York Dolls show
The New York Dolls are playing another free show this weekend in NJ - at the Hoboken Art & Music Festival. (thx Roger)
Previously
An Interview with Sylvain Sylvain of the New York Dolls
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Rogue Wave drummer needs a kidney | CA benefit
DOWNLOAD Rogue Wave - Publish My Love (MP3)
"Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, Matthew Caws of Nada Surf, Ryan Miller of Guster and John Vanderslice are among the guests slated to perform during the evening, with more still to be announced. Daniel Handler, otherwise known as popular author Lemony Snicket, will be the MC for the event." [Billboard]
Previously
Nada Surf joins Rogue Wave on stage @ Warsaw
Posted in MP3 | music at 9:12 AM | Comments (2)
September 20, 2006
pics of HR & Jesse Malin @ Continental & a Friday review
HR & JESSE MALIN @ CONTINENTAL, NYC | SEPT 14, 2006 (CRED & MORE)
The above photo is HR of Bad Brains playing with Jesse Malin at the Continental's 4th-to-last show ever (Thursday, September 14th, 2006). Jesse came back on Friday the 15th to play with Trigger too. Carla wrote in...
the show Friday was great. it was fucking packed! we were there till close to the end- we missed the last band. It was pretty cool because there's this whole crew of rock bands (Drag Citizen, Honor Among Thieves, Banana Fish Zero, Joker Five Speed, Slunt, the Sex Slaves) that used to play together all the time at the Continental, Rock Candy at Don Hills, Trash, etc. and it was really nice for a lot of them to get together at the Continental one last time. There's still really a cool community of hard rockers in this town-- pretty much under the radar, but it's still going on. Trigger played with a bunch of guys form the bar (Bingo the door guy on bass and this dude Joe) and Jesse Malin. They were great. Appropriately, they played I Wanna be sedated and Blitzkrieg Bop. I took some pictures that didn't come out because someone was throwing beer in the crowd. It was dirty, loud, and smelly-- the de rigueur Continental experience.
Murphy's Law played there on the 16th. Were you there on the 17th (the final night)? If so, I'd love to hear about it.
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HR will be rejoining Bad Brains for two CBGB gigs in October. Jesse Malin is playing two shows at the Living Room during CMJ.
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Agnostic Front & Sick of It All & Murphy's Law | Tour Dates & a CBGB show
The amazing lineup for (what I think is) the final hardcore matinee at CBGB on Sunday October 8, 2006, is: AGNOSTIC FRONT, SICK OF IT ALL, MURPHY'S LAW, and HARLEYS WAR (CRO-MAGS). All tour dates for all bands below...
AGNOSTIC FRONT
Oct 7 - Asbury Park - Club Deep
Oct 8 - New York City - CBGB's
MURPHY'S LAW
Sun, October 8th CBGB's New York, NY
Fri, October 20th Webster Theatre Underground Hartford, CT
Thu, October 26th Ding Batz Clifton, NJ 620 Van Houten Ave
Fri, October 27th Valentines (Downstairs) Albany, NY
Sat, October 28th Club Ritual Levittown, NY
Sick of it All have a ton of tour dates here.
Previously
Murphy's Law - The Continental's Second to Last Show (review)
Flipper, Moby & Steve Buscemi @ Stereo, NYC | pics
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Murphy's Law - The Continental's Second to Last Show (review)
Murphy's Law @ Continental - September 16, 2006
by Klaus Kinski
The Continental's second to last show ever was as close to the early 90's hardcore shows I used to go as you can get. Having taken down all of the famous framed pictures and other decorations that used to be present and also having removed all of those clumsy booths, the Continental was transformed into a dingy hardocre venue of days long gone. What also authenticized the atmosphere was the complete lack of air conditioning and the fact that the guys at the door completely overfilled the place with chain smoking skinheads, punks, Hells Angels, and college kids. The heat, claustrophobia and second hand smoke made me wonder how I ever did this weekend after weekend when I was a wee bit younger.
I got there just in time to see the Turbo ACs who I didn't realize were on the bill. My buddy Tim is their new bass player and I've been wanting to see them for quite awhile. They were good, really good, but not so great that I felt I was listening to something worth writing home about. They are currently set to embark on an enormous world tour, so evidently they're doing something right.
The Turbo ACs were followed by one of my current punk favorites Two Man Advantage. They have by far the most appealing schtick of any band currently in existence; a total committment to hockey, beer, and punk rock. Outfitted with masks, helmets, jerseys, and hockey suspenders, Two Man Advantage tore through a completely beer soaked set of total chaos. It was a sight to behold.
Finally, sometime around 12:15am, Murphy's Law hit the stage to close down the place in true Murphy's Law / Continental fashion. At this point in the night I was absolutely pooped and ready for bed, but the energy they put into going out with a bang really gave me my second wind. Not only did the tunes sound a zillion times tighter than their show at BBs with the Gorilla Biscuits, but the energy was at a peak and the crowd totally ate it up. Whether he was making fun of NYU and straight edge kids or biting into cans of beer and hosing the at that point sweaty and exhausted crowd, Jimmy G and Co. tore the place up.
All in all, it was the perfect send off. It emptimozed and recreated a scene that is more and more becoming nothing but happy memories and nostalgia. Not only is the Continental no more, but Jummy G made many allusions to the band calling it quits after the next album. Without a veteran band like Murphy's Law to rely on for a guaranteed good time and without a place like the Continental or CBGBs to showcase bands like Murphy's Law, a major chapter in underground music is coming to a close and will never be replicated. Everything else will just be a forgery.
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Posted in music | music history at 5:06 PM | Comments (2)
Flipper, Moby & Steve Buscemi @ Stereo, NYC | pics
Last night (september 19, 2006) after the early Emily Haines show I ran over to Stereo (formerly Coral Room) to catch Flipper at the "American Hardcore" movie premiere party. I wasn't sure what type of crowd to expect, so was happy to see a line outside that looked a lot like the one outside Gorilla Biscuits' recent CBGB show. Flipper were amazing, and I'm so happy to have caught them after missing all the other shows they played over the last year. Their age, enthusiasm, and heart-pounding songs reminded me of seeing Gang of Four.
I didn't actually see the "American Hardcore" movie, but someone told me there's a scene where Flipper's Bruce Loose denies Moby's involvement with the band. That's humorously followed by a clip of Moby claiming to have played with Flipper. So after seeing Moby at the bar earlier, it was no surprise that he would be the special guest joining Flipper on stage during their approximately 30-minute set (what else is new).
Joly wrote in the comments:
At the afterparty, sponsored by Vans and Dos Equis, there was no free champers, but there was free beer. Flipper played and were joined by Moby (!) on bass for Sex Bomb. He wouldn't stop playing and had to be thrown off stage by the band so they could get on with the next song.
Steve Buscemi was there with his Brooklyn musician son Lucian and Lucian's two friends. Though standing pretty close to Steve in the mostly-non-existent pit, I wouldn't have left the show with an actual picture of him, so thanks Bruce Loose for jumping into the crowd and creating the perfect opportunity.
After the show Bruce went on a rant about our rights, and not being able to smoke inside. Someone yelled out something about hippies that Bruce mistook for someone calling HIM a hippie. Ends up the yeller was none-other than Brooklyn Ski Club Matt.
After this show I ran down to Club Midway to catch the Klaxons and now I'm very, very tired.
Previously
"American Hardcore" movie premiere | matinees are back
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Wes' Weekly Hip Hop News Roundup | (Sep 20, 2006)
Rock fans listen up -- this post includes Pete Doherty too....
NAS' 33rd B'DAY @ CANAL ROOM, NYC | SEP 13, 2006 (CRED)
Ludacris's new album Release Therapy drops next week, but go go go get that new mixtape Pre-Release Therapy over here. It's fantastic. Stream the album itself over at MTV. (via NahRight)
Speaking of mixtapes, Eminem's delayed and first official mixtape The Re-Up has been upgraded to a retail release. Read more over at Billboard.
In this weeks WTF installment, DMX explains a child with another woman to his wife as him being raped. Original! His wife believes him. Love is blind! Read more on AOL. (via Crunktastical)
Listen to The Streets featuring Pete Doherty on their collaboration Pranging Out over at StillListen.
RJD2 leaves Hip Hop and signs to XL Recordings joining Thom Yorke, Basement Jaxx, Tapes N Tapes, and others. Read more over at Pitchfork.
Kelis threw her husband Nas a birthday partty for his 33rd at the Canal Room in NYC. Somehow Jim Jones felt he was allowed to go. SmartenUpNas, SkiBrooklyn, and Last Night's Party have more coverage of the event.
Playa, tell me it isn't so. Clipse album Hell Hath No Fury againnnnnnn delayed. Now bumped from Halloween to December. Read more SOHH.
Ras Kass and The Game got into a fight where the latter broke the formers jaw. Sometimes I feel my hip hop posts could also be WWF updates. Read more here and watch a video of the Game speaking on the incident here.
More info on Jay-Z's new album Kingdom Come including guests, producers and titles at About Rap. Photos of a music video shoot over at SmartenUpNas.
Lupe Fiasco was forced to cancel his recent NYC appearances due to a case of strep throat which now must be better because Pitchfork reviewed his Tuesday night record-release show in Chicago.
Chuck D of Public Enemy says that "..the ubiquity of the mobile phone means artists no longer need to rely on major music labels to reach a global audience." Read more about it at the Independent.
A solar powered Hip Hop Festival in New York? Find out more about it here.
Sure, it's only for one song but Pete Rock and CL Smooth reunite! Read more here.
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thx Undisputed Wes
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Bad Brains reuniting - HR included | 2 shows @ CBGB
DOWNLOAD: Bad Brains - Right Brigade (MP3)
"The Bad Brains are those of an extremely influential American all-black hardcore punk and reggae band, originally formed in Washington, D.C. in 1977. They are widely considered the pioneers of hardcore punk." [Wikipedia]
HR's recent NYC Itinerary
Feb 24, 2006: sit home while John Joseph plays me @ CBGB
Feb 25, 2006: sit home while John Joseph plays me @ CBGB
Sep 02, 2006: play a few reggae songs @ CBGB
Sep 08, 2006: sing a bunch of reggae songs @ Delancey
Sep 14, 2006: play a few reggae songs @ Continental
Sep 19, 2006: appear on screen singing hardcore @ CBGB
Oct 09, 2006: play mthrfkn hardcore @ CBGB
Oct 10, 2006: play mthrfkn hardcore @ CBGB
Tickets go on sale Sunday @ Noon. Patti Smith is supposedly playing the last show at CBGB some time around October 15th. Hopefully that means Television is playing too since Tom and Patti are close and all)
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Andrew Sullivan recommends Dina Martina (coming to NYC)
"For the last two summers, performance-artist/drag-queen/comic genius Dina Martina has been playing in Provincetown. For what it's worth, I've seen a lot of shows in Ptown over the last couple of decades and I've never seen anything as brilliant or as funny as Dina...... I write this just to let you know that if you're in New York City from September 22 to October 7, and have tolerance for avant-garde comedy, her new show, 'Soft Palate, Fallen Arches' is playing at The Cutting Room, located at 19 West 24th Street." [Andrew Sullivan]
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September 19, 2006
Lifetime | news & Tour Dates
"On November 21st, the band will be making their debut for Decaydance in the form of a two song 7-inch. The songs were recorded at Atomic Studio in Brooklyn, engineered by Jesse Cannon and mixed by Steve Evetts. The a-side, 'Haircuts & T-shirts,' was debuted when the band played two sold out nights at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom this past July and the b-side 'All Night Long' says guitarist Dan Yemin, 'picks up exactly where we left off [with Jersey's Best Dancers] only 10 years older & wiser.'" [Punk News]
LIFETIME USA TOUR DATES
November 18, 2006 The Stone Pony Asbury Park, NJ
November 19, 2006 First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, PA
UK tour dates below...
October 6, 2006 Josephs Well Leeds, UK
October 7, 2006 Mean Fiddler London, UK
October 8, 2006 TJs Newport, UK
October 29, 2006 The Fest V @ Abbey Road Gainesville, FL
Previously
An interview with Lifetime (Ari, Dan, Pete & Scott)
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"American Hardcore" movie premiere | matinees are back
The NYC premire of American Hardcore is tonight at Chelsea West Cinema @ 7 pm. Flipper, who played CBGB last night, is playing the release party and Moby's a punk rocker.
Hardcore matinees are returing to Pyramid, courtesy of Eddie Leeway.
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Sugarcubes Reuniting for one show | Ghostdigital & The Melvins | Tour Dates
DOWNLOAD: Birthday (in Icelandic) (MP3)
"Icelandic indie stars THE SUGARCUBES will reunite in November (06) to mark the 20th anniversary of the release of their seminal debut single BIRTHDAY.
Singer BJORK will rejoin former bandmates THOR ELDON, BRAGI OLAFESSON, EINAR BENEDIKTSSON, MAGGA ORNOLFSDOTTIR and SIGGI BALDURSSON on stage for the first time in 14 years when they play a one-off show in Reykjavik on 17 November (06).
A statement on Bjork's website reads, "All profit from the concert goes back into Smekkleysa SM, who continue to work on a non-profit basis for the future betterment of Icelandic music and artists"
I want to go. And in other Sugarcubes-related news, Einar's weird band Ghostdigital is going on tour with The Melvins. They'll be at Warsaw on October 17th. All dates below....
THE MELVINS | 2006 TOUR DATES
Sep. 19, 2006 Fort Collins, CO Aggie Theater w/ Big Business
Sep. 20, 2006 Denver, CO Gothic Theater w/ Big Business
Sep. 22, 2006 Lawrence, KS Granada Theater w/ Big Business
Sep. 23, 2006 Des Moines, IA House of Bricks w/ Big Business
Sep. 24, 2006 Cedar Falls, IA The Reverb w/ Big Business
Sep. 25, 2006 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Cafe w/ Big Business, Ghostigital
Sep. 26, 2006 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon w/ Big Business, Ghostigital
Sep. 27, 2006 Milwaukee, WI Shank Hall w/ Big Business, Ghostigital
Sep. 28, 2006 Chicago, IL Double Door w/ Big Business, Ghostigital
Sep. 29, 2006 Detroit, MI Magic Stick w/ Big Business, Ghostigital
Sep. 30, 2006 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection w/ Big Business, Ghostigital
Oct. 1, 2006 Toledo, OH Frankie's w/ Big Business, Ghostigital
Oct. 2, 2006 Cincinnati, OH Top Cats w/ Big Business, Ghostigital
Oct. 3, 2006 Columbus, OH Little Brothers w/ Big Business, Ghostigital
Oct. 5, 2006 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop w/ Big Business, Ghostigital
Oct. 6, 2006 Buffalo, NY Showplace Theater w/ Big Business, Ghostigital
Oct. 8, 2006 Boston, MA Axis w/ Big Business, Ghostigital
Oct. 10, 2006 South Burlington, VT Higher Ground w/ Big Business, Ghostigital
Oct. 11, 2006 Northhampton, MA Pearl Street (Downstairs) w/ Big Business, Ghostigital
Oct. 12, 2006 New Haven, CT Toad's Place w/ Big Business, Ghostigital
Oct. 13, 2006 Providence, RI The Living Room w/ Big Business, Ghostigital
Oct. 14, 2006 Troy, NY Revolution Hall w/ Big Business, Ghostigital
Oct. 16, 2006 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell's w/ Big Business, Ghostigital
Oct. 17, 2006 Brooklyn, NY Warsaw w/ Big Business, Ghostigital
Oct. 18, 2006 Philadelphia, PA Theater of the Living Arts w/ Big Business
Oct. 19, 2006 Washington, DC Black Cat w/ Big Business
Oct. 20, 2006 Baltimore, MD Ottobar w/ Big Business
Oct. 21, 2006 Pittsburg, PA Mr. Smalls Theater w/ Big Business
Oct. 23, 2006 Charlottesville, VA Starr Hill Music Hall w/ Big Business
Oct. 24, 2006 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle w/ Big Business
Oct. 25, 2006 Charlotte, NC The Milestone w/ Big Business
Oct. 26, 2006 Asheville, NC The Orange Peel w/ Big Business
Oct. 27, 2006 Spartanburg, SC Ground Zero w/ Big Business
Oct. 28, 2006 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club w/ Big Business
Oct. 29, 2006 Rosewell, GA Whirly Ball w/ Big Business
Oct. 31, 2006 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbits w/ Big Business
Nov. 1, 2006 Tallahassee, FL Beta Bar w/ Big Business
Nov. 2, 2006 Saints Petersburg, FL State Theater w/ Big Business
Nov. 3, 2006 Orlando, FL The Social w/ Big Business
Nov. 4, 2006 Gainesville, FL Abbey Road w/ Big Business
Nov. 5, 2006 Fort Lauderdale, FL Culture Room w/ Big Business
Nov. 7, 2006 Birmingham, AL Bottle Tree w/ Big Business
Nov. 8, 2006 Chattanooga, TN Rhythm & Brews w/ Big Business
Nov. 9, 2006 Knoxville, TN Blue Cats w/ Big Business
Nov. 10, 2006 Nashville, TN Exit In w/ Big Business
Nov. 11, 2006 Memphis, TN New Daisy Theater w/ Big Business
Nov. 13, 2006 Little Rock, AR Juanita's Cantina w/ Big Business
Nov. 14, 2006 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks w/ Big Business
Nov. 16, 2006 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit w/ Big Business
Nov. 17, 2006 Austin, TX Emo's w/ Big Business
In May, the Melvins played Symphony Space.
Previously
Two new Sugarcubes (Bjork) DVDs | Win Them
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An interview with Emily Haines | part 1 (no blindfold)
BrooklynVegan interviewer Christos Mountzouros had the chance to speak with Emily Haines over the phone the other day. Here's a preview of their conversation -- it's especially relevant to the short solo tour Emily kicks off at Joe's Pub in NYC tonight...
BrooklynVegan Christos: Another Joe’s Pub show had to be added and they're both sold out. How exciting is that?
Emily: That’s good! I’ve always wanted to play Joe’s Pub!
BrooklynVegan Christos: Are you really going to be playing blindfolded? Isn’t that hard?
Emily Haha, no I’m not. I did that once and I keep getting asked about it.
BrooklynVegan Christos: Yeah it’s like on their site that you’re going to be playing blindfolded.
Emily Are you serious?
BrooklynVegan Christos: I guess someone got their press screwed up somewhere at some point.
Emily That’s really funny. Yeah that would be hard, I did that a show in San Francisco. But I’m playing with a rhythm section as well.
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Stay tuned for part two. Christos' last interview was with Think About Life.
Previously
Metric doesn't win Polaris Music Prize
Amy Millan, Emily Haines & Leslie Feist together
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Killers playing Webster Hall Friday
"The Killers will be performing a secret show at New York City's Webster Hall this Friday, September 22. Pre-Sale tickets will be available Tuesday, September 19th at 3PM EST and available to the public on September 20th at 12pm" (thx Sara)
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The Mugs | 2006 Tour Dates
DOWNLOAD: The Mugs - Frank (MP3) (more)
NYC band The Mugs are going on tour. Their last show before hitting the road will be at Rockwood Music Hall in Manhattan on September 23rd. All tour dates below....
THE MUGS | 2006 TOUR DATES
September 28...The Abbey Lounge....Boston
September 29...Garfield Artworks...Pittsburgh
September 30...The Hideout.........Chicago
October 1......Vaudeville Mews.....Des Moines
October 2......OLeavers Pub........Omaha
October 5......Make-Out Room.......San Francisco
October 8......Hotel Utah..........San Francisco
October 10.....KHUM [Instudio].....Ferndale
October 11.....Luckey's Bar........Eugene
October 12.....KEXP [Instudio].....Seattle
October 12.....High Dive...........Seattle
October 13.....Sunset Tavern.......Seattle
October 17.....Station 4...........St. Paul
October 18.....The Klinic Bar......Madison
October 20.....Schubas.............Chicago
"Upon returning to New York City, The Mugs will be performing as part of the CMJ Music Marathon after which they will begin production on their next album, slated for a 2007 release."
Listen at MySpace
RELATED: Yeti Don't Dance: The Mugs
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Jeff Tweedy will appear @ Golden Smog show tonight
Golden Smog end their tour at the Vic Theatre in Chicago tonight (Sept 19, 2006). A source close to the band tells me their special guest is in-fact Wilco's Jeff Tweedy. It will be (sometime-Golden-Smog-member) Tweedy's only appearance with Golden Smog since they started touring this year to support their new album.
The NY Times saw Golden Smog Sunday night at Webster Hall.
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Brian Wilson to perform "Pet Sounds"
"As part of the Pet Sounds 40th Anniversary celebration, Brian has agreed to perform the classic album live in November in both the US and the UK."
2006 TOUR DATES
Nov. 1: Los Angeles (Royce Hall)
Nov. 12: London (Adelphi Theatre)
Nov. 17: Boston (Orpheum Theatre) *
Nov. 18: Washington, D.C. (TBA)*
Nov. 19: Glenside, Pa. (Keswick Theatre) *
Nov. 21: New York (Beacon Theatre) (tix on sale Sept 29 @ noon) *
* w/ Beach Boy Al Jardine (thx Nick)
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Jose Gonzalez & Death Vessel playing Brooklyn
Jose Gonzalez & Death Vessel are playing Brooklyn Lyceum on Oct. 10, 2006. (thx Jerry)
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September 18, 2006
Final Fantasy wins the 2006 Polaris Music Prize
Owen Pallett (aka Final Fantasy) took home $20,000 (Canadian I assume) as the winner of the first ever annual Canadian Polaris Music Prize for his album He Poos Clouds. He beat Broken Social Scene, Metric, Wolf Parade, The Deadly Snakes, Cadence Weapon and all the rest.
Eye Weekly asked everyone what they'd do with the money. Owen's response: "I'D PAY OFF MY BOYFRIEND'S STUDENT LOAN AND THEN GIVE THE REST TO BANDS I LIKE -- LIKE HANK COLLECTIVE AND OTHER BLOCKS [RECORDING CLUB] BANDS -- TO MAKE RECORDS."
Previously
with 3 hours to go, A Polaris judge reports
the 2006 Polaris Music Prize will be awarded today
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Melted Mailbox | Brooklyn-based record club
"MELTED MAILBOX is a collection of music that arrives in bi-monthly installments. The first series will consist of seven one-sided 12” records. The music-less side will be etched. Each record will be bright & thick - it is all vinyl & hand-made & limited edition & unreleased & psychedelic & experimental."
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with 3 hours to go, A Polaris judge reports
DOWNLOAD The Deadly Snakes - Gore Veil (MP3)
Polaris Music Prize judge Helen Spitzer and I recently became acquainted via email. Today we came up with the idea that it'd be cool if she guest-posted some behind-the-scenes insight before she headed off to the Polaris voting booth. With just three hours to spare, here's what she had to say....
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I scribble this just as I head out the door to Toronto, where in just a few hours will convene the jury to decide the winner of the first annual Polaris Music Prize. (Full disclosure: I'm on the jury, so in the best interests of the award itself, which is a fantastic idea, I will neither talk about who I'm rooting for nor speculate on the winner). I will say this: I think this is a Big Deal.
We Canadians are frequently timorous about celebrating our own in too loud a voice until someone, somewhere else [read Pitchfork, Magnet, BrooklynVegan, etc] does it first. But we're plenty stoked about this Polaris Prize, a five-year long labour of love for founder Steve Jordan. Albums are to be judged on their artistic merit alone (with no consideration given to sales) and as an Album, not the popularity of the artist or excellence of any individual tracks. As Jordan pointed out recently, while there has been a lot of discussion about who should or shouldn't have made the shortlist (publicly announced July 4), there has been very little ill-will expressed towards the Polaris award itself. Which, given the Canadian predisposition to crabbuckit crankiness, is damn near unprecedented. Seemingly the only objections, and mild-mannered ones at that, were to the sponsorship of the award by Rogers, a major telecommunications company in Canada (I'll admit I was taken aback to hear Malajube on a cell-phone ad last night). But given that the award is a hefty chunk of change for the recipient, most seem happy that the sponsors kicked in the cash.
A number of interesting asides, which may not be evident to our American readers:
1. Malajube was acknowledged as a surprise contender by many (their album is both French-language and on a label better known for bilingual punk rockers) and was unknown to major media including the editor of an influential Canadian music magazine;
2. shortly after being nominated for the prestigious (and $20,000) award, Toronto band The Deadly Snakes announced that they were splitting up after 12 years together, and played their last show on August 25th;
3. this week the Toronto weekly Eye suggested that the fight is really between Final Fantasy and Cadence Weapon (whose CD hasn't seen a proper Stateside release yet), which I can't help but think this is a sweetly naïve and Toronto-centric perspective.
The winner is to be adjudicated tonight at by an independent panel of journalists and broadcasters. The puff of smoke will go up on or about 10pm EST tonight; check back here for results.
Check here to find out what all the nominees say they'll do with the money if they win.
Previously
An interview with Malajube
the 2006 Polaris Music Prize will be awarded today
Cadence Weapon | Canadian Hip Hop - MP3s
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An interview with Malajube
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In just a few hours from the publication of this interview we'll know which Canadian band takes home the first annual Polaris Music Prize. Malajube is one of the ten finalists, and they're performing tonight at the ceremony. BrooklynVegan Mike caught up with keyboardist/vocalist Thomas Augustin backstage at the 2006 Osheaga Festival. They talked about the nomination and stuff...
BrooklynVegan Mike: I want to start off and apologize for some of these questions. I am sure you have been asked them a thousand times already but many of our readers aren't familiar with the band.
Thomas: Sure.
BrooklynVegan Mike: When did the band form?
Thomas: I guess it was like three years ago. It started at a few small shows in Montreal. At the beginning, it was three of the guys, now we have five. I joined just before our first album, , and it really started to pick up from there. Now we are making shows every week and then eventually many shows every week [laughs].
BrooklynVegan Mike: Now are you guys making enough in the band to quit your day jobs?
Thomas: Yeah. It took some time but now we are so busy with the music, and that's all we want to do. We make enough money. It's a good thing that we put our focus into making music. It's a great thing.
BrooklynVegan Mike: I just moved here a while back and I am amazed that standard of living, for a metropolitan city, is so small. It doesn't cost much to live here.
Thomas: No [laughs]. My rent is so low. I have had a chance to travel a bit with the band. Talking to people in London and Paris, and asking them how much they pay for their 1 ½ bedroom. It's way out there. We manage to pay our rent, which is not a lot. A very good thing.
BrooklynVegan Mike: As you know, there have been a lot of Montreal bands breaking out in the city. Do you guys feel singing in French has impeded that at all?
Thomas: I don't know because for us it has been so quick. It is going really fast. I couldn't imagine it going any faster. I am sure the language, even if we say "yeah., people from the states are interested in French music We are exportable," which is something I hear a lot, it would still be difficult to understand that. We have a chance with Malajube, because people get the music. Even if it is in French and people don't get the lyrics, the music does the work. It talks to people. For the states, I have big doubts it could work. But our album is coming out. We'll see how it works. It is publicly a different culture.
BrooklynVegan Mike: My next question is about that question itself. Does it bother you that people are going to ask you about the language thing for the next couple years?
Thomas: No. It's out language. We are comfortable singing in French. We have things to say and we want to say it in French. If people care about it and want to hear about it, they will do the work to find out about it. I think that right now for English speaking people French is a little exotic.
BrooklynVegan Mike: Now, in Canada, deciding to sing in French is a political act.
Thomas: Yeah.
BrooklynVegan Mike: Have you ever had any problems dealing with English speaking promoters across the country?
Thomas: Not at all. In Montreal, there is a clash between the English scene and the francophone scene but we have always been between the two. We have a really good relationship with English promoters. On the French side, too, we are really part of the French scene. We are really part of two scenes. That's a good thing for us.
BrooklynVegan Mike: Have you guys thought about why your band is the one to break out of the French speaking scene?
Thomas: I don't really know. I think it is because of the music. It can speak to anybody. Malajube doesn't have any center to the Quebec cultural folkloric. Most French singing bands here have that. English people can connect to it. It's quite strange because those bands could do that to if they wanted, but they don't.
BrooklynVegan Mike: Congratulations on the Polaris Music Prize nomination. There are a lot of big names on that list. Were you surprised to be nominated?
Thomas: Yeah. It was really strange to see our name on that list, with Broken Social Scene and Metric.
BrooklynVegan Mike: It was a little weird when I came here because BSS has a following in the states, no doubt, but they are huge here.
Thomas: They are a very good band. All of the bands on that list are good. It would be a big compliment if we are to win.
BrooklynVegan Mike: Future plans at the moment? Tour, tour, tour, I assume.
Thomas: Actually, yeah. We are touring until Christmas. And then we are gonna take a little break because…we have to write songs [laughs]. We are always doing shows now and touring is a bit of…a kind of…how do you say…there is a lot of warp zone for the brain. You are always waiting for something. It isn't very creative [laughs].
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Mike also interviewed Wolf Parade and The Stills while at Osheaga.
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Willie Nelson caught with pot and mushrooms
"Trooper Willie Williams says troopers smelled a strong odor of marijuana when the driver opened the bus door. During a search of the bus, Williams says approximately 1 1/2 pounds of marijuana and approximately 2/10 of a pound of mushrooms were located." [Billboard]
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Klaxons are in NYC | MP3 & Tour Dates
As first pointed out by Jackson, the UK's Klaxons are coming to NYC this week. Though described by themselves as "Screamo / Happy Hardcre / Pop", NME has dubbed them "new rave trailblazers" - which is at least consistent with the thoughts of early-90s-Moby-rave that immediately popped into my head when I first heard "Atlantis to Interzone" playing on their MySpace page. Pitchfork reviewed the track "Gravitys Rainbow" today, compared them to Bloc Party, and said they're "not sure it needs its own genre just yet". I can't stand the third track on their MySpace called "The Bouncer Demo", but I still (possibly naively) have somewhat high hopes of fun-to-be-had at the following two shows...
THE KLAXONS - 2 NIGHTS IN NYC
Sep 19, 2006 - Club Midway w/ Holy Hail & 2MANDYDJS
Sep 21, 2006 - Studio B w/ Soulwax Nite Versions & 2MANYDJS (tix)
Here's a video of them performing to a much bigger crowd than Midway holds. The rest of their tour dates are on different continents.
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Studio B in Brooklyn | new venue
Studio B
"The rockers behind the Delancey and Studio A in Miami have commandeered a onetime Polish nightclub on the outskirts of Greenpoint and are using its over-the-top lights and smoke machines, industrial flavor, and gigantic dance floor for live performances (promoter Todd P. brought the Black Dice to a pre-opening party) and D.J. nights curated by Justine D. (of Motherfucker). In addition to a raised VIP lounge with leather couches overlooking the stage, an intimate, bordello-esque side room hosts its own spinners." [New York Magazine]
259 Banker St., btwn Meserole & Calyer Sts., Greenpoint, Brooklyn; 718-389-1880
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Who can name all the Polish nightclubs in Greenpoint that now host indie rock shows?
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Stream The Big Sleep's Son of The Tiger | show Thursday
Listen to The Big Sleep's new album on Frenchkiss Records. Help the band celebrate Tuesday's release of the album this Thursday at Mercury Lounge.
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YouTube strikes licensing deal with Warner Music
"Under the landmark deal, Warner Music has also agreed to provide music videos from its extensive catalogue of artists on the video-sharing website for the first time......Last week, Universal Music Group described YouTube and News Corporation's MySpace as copyright infringers." [Guardian]
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the 2006 Polaris Music Prize will be awarded today
OWEN PALLETT vs ROLLIE PEMBERTON
"CBC personality and former Moxy Fruvous frontman Jian Ghomeshi will host the inaugural Polaris Music Prize ceremony to honour the best Canadian album of the past year on September 18 at Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre." [Chart Attack]
"Owen Pallett and Rollie Pemberton make quite the unlikely pair." [Eye Weekly]
The nominees are:
Broken Social Scene (Broken Social Scene)
Cadence Weapon (Breaking Kayfabe) (MP3s)
The Deadly Snakes (Porcella)
Final Fantasy (He Poos Clouds)
Sarah Harmer (I'm A Mountain)
K'NAAN (The Dusty Foot Philosopher)
Malajube (Trompe L'oeil)
Metric (Live It Out)
The New Pornographers (Twin Cinema)
Wolf Parade (Apologies To The Queen Mary)
And the judges are: Rupert Bottenberg (Montreal Mirror); Aaron Brophy (Chart);
Matt Galloway (CBC Radio); James Keast (Exclaim!); Grant Lawrence (CBC Radio 3); Sarah Liss (NOW); John Sakamoto (Toronto Star); Helen Spitzer (CFRU); Nicolas Tittley (MusiquePlus); Carl Wilson (The Globe & Mail); Jill Wilson (Winnipeg Free Press).
"The Polaris organization, btw, has mandated us to consider the albums solely on their merits qua albums, as recorded artifacts, not "overratedness" or "underratedness", the career positions or prospects of the artists, who "needs" the prize or doesn't, nor presumably any societal "extra-musical" concerns such as genre or race/class/gender etc. I assume this is a reaction to criticisms of erratic judging in the Mercury Prize in the UK, on which the Polaris is modelled. But it's a hallucination." [Zoilus]
Previously
Amy Millan, Emily Haines & Leslie Feist together
An interview with Wolf Parade / Handsome Furs @ Osheaga
new "'Polaris Prize' to go to 'best Canadian Album'
Cadence Weapon | Canadian Hip Hop - MP3s
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Hipster Metal + Mastodon @ Webster Hall
MASTODON @ WEBSTER HALL, NYC | SEPT 8, 2006 (FROM THE NY TIMES)
"Hipster metal is a closely related subgenre or revival of the original 1970s style of heavy metal music. It emerged in the early to mid 2000s and has been gathering speed ever since, with bands such as Wolfmother charting on the Billboard 200 and on the United Kingdom, singles and albums charts." [Wikipedia]
John Darnielle: I don’t think there is such a thing as a hipster. I’m not blaming you, because that is the subject; I’m not blaming anybody. I’m just saying that I think it’s a weird name. I feel like a person using the word “hipster” is using it mainly to announce, “I know what a hipster is.” I mean, it’s my own personal shtick, but I’m just getting that out. [Hipster Metal - True or False]
FURTHER READING
* Is Hipster-Metal the Enemy?
* REVOLVER: Hipster Metal
* The Financial and Farcical Return of Heavy Metal
* Is Metal the New Indie-Rock?
* Mastodon: Metal's Last Best Hope
Previously
Wolfmother to Hammerstein | 2006 Tour Dates
English Journalist busted for leaking Mastodon album
Mastodon | 2006 Tour Dates (Webster Hall)
Trivium & The Sword's 2006 Tour Dates
Priestess playing 7 shows with Gwar | played Siren
Mastodon & Thunderbirds are Now! | Thursday night Pics
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NYC venue Downtime reopening as Rebel
"The real estate boom and rising rents in recent years have forced owners of live-music venues around Manhattan to shut their doors. Steven Ballinger, an owner of dance club Webster Hall, is singing a different tune: He is opening one of the few new live-music clubs in Manhattan. The 11,000-square-foot SCB Entertainment, at 251 W. 30th St. between Seventh and Eighth avenues, is set to open Labor Day weekend. It will offer three dance floors, a state-of-the-art concert hall and enough room to accommodate 800 revelers." [Crain's Business]
"Steve Ballinger, who just opened the Village Pourhouse next to his club Webster Hall, will soon reopen the 11,000-square-foot midtown space formerly known as Downtime as an 800-seat concert venue called the Rebel" [NY Magazine]
"REBEL is centrally located in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, just one block from Madison Square Garden, Penn Station & six blocks from The Javits Center. Four distinct areas of over 11,000 square feet can accommodate parties of 50 to 800+ people." [SCB ENTERTAINMENT L.L.C.]
"The live entertainment venue, which will feature three dance floors, a concert hall and a capacity of 800, signed a 10-year lease at an asking rent of $24 per square foot. The venue is scheduled to open on Labor Day weekend." [The Real Deal]
(thx CJ)
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The White Stripes on the Simpsons (video)
thx Anthony
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Ben Kweller's nosebleed @ Austin City Limits + Tour Dates
BEN KWELLER WITH A TAMPON IN HIS NOSE | ACL 2006 (CRED & MORE)
"I just watched Ben Kweller stick a tampon up his nose. It's the kind of experience that bonds people, you know? You feel infinitely closer to the man, the music, the blood...an alternately endearing and disgusting sort of thing to witness." [Project DU]
ultra8201 has a video
MORE ACL COVERAGE
* Stereogum
* Gorilla vs Bear
* Pandagon
Ben Kweller is playing two nights at Webster Hall in October. All dates below...
BEN KWELLER | 2006 TOUR DATES
9/19 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theater
9/22 - Los Angeles, CA - Avalon
9/24 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
9/25 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
9/28 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
9/29 - Bellingham, WA - Western Washington University
9/30 - Seattle, WA - Showbox
10/3 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre
10/4 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
10/6 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
10/7 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
10/8 - Milwaukee, WI - The Eagles Club
10/11 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall
10/12 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
10/13 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's
10/14 - Nashville, TN - Rocketown
10/15 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
10/18 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
10/20 - NYC - Webster Hall
10/21 - NYC - Webster Hall
10/22 - Boston, MA - Avalon
Promotional videos for Ben's new album are on YouTube.
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Stream Scissor Sisters' Ta Dah
You can listen to the new Scissor Sisters album at MySpace
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Amy Millan, Emily Haines & Leslie Feist together at the Toronto Virgin Festival
Amy Millan, Emily Haines, & Leslie Feist | Sept 10, 2006 (CRED)
"Though there was some great music and moments on the first day of the Virgin Festival, it certainly ended on a sour note and day two would have to be pretty much flawless to salvage the event's reputation." [Chromewaves - Day 1]
"As usual, the high point was "Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl1 featuring Emily Haines, Amy Millan and Feist together on vocals. Initially spread out across the stage, the three ladies of Broken Social came together as the song gradually built up and at it's peak, they were practically nose to nose and ended in a group hug. Come on, that's special." [Chromewaves - Day 2]
Previously
The Ladies of Broken Social Scene | Fashion Models
Bid: Feist will sing your song with you
Emily Haines adds 2nd NYC Show
Broken Social Scene, Do Make Say Think & all Arts & Crafts artists | 2006 Tour Dates & Half Nelson
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David Bowie to perform at Keep a Child Alive Ball in November
DAVID BOWIE will perform "a couple of songs" at the Keep A Child Alive (KCA) Annual Black Ball at Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC on November 9, 2006. The event will be hosted by IMAN and ALICIA KEYS.
ALSO: Scarlett Johansson speechless when she met first crush, David Bowie
Previously
Bowie to curate new NYC festival, play outdoors
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September 17, 2006
Cadence Weapon | Canadian Hip Hop - MP3s
Cadence Weapon is the stage name of Rollie Pemberton, a Canadian rapper.
From the album Breaking Kayfabe:
Sharks
Black Hand
From the mixtape Cadence Weapon Is The Black Hand:
The Gorilla Is For Sand Racing
Remixes:
Rick Ross vs. Simian Mobile Disco - Hustlin' Hustler (CW Hi-Speed Edit)
Lady Sovereign - Blah Blah Blah (Cadence Weapon Remix)
Ciara - Oh (Cadence Weapon Smart Bomb Remix)
Ghostface - Save Me Dear (Cadence Weapon AceRock Remix)
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His official site, blog, MySpace, Wikipedia, Pitchfork review about him and some by him, Stylus review about him and some by him.
He's up for the 2006 Polaris Music Prize
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