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February 23, 2007

TED LEO is sick - Sons of Cain show CANCELLED

Bad news. Ted Leo's Sunday night secret performance has been cancelled. Kathryn forwarded this email

Due to illness Sons of Cain (Ted Leo & the Pharmacists) have cancelled their performance on Sunday, February 25th. We apologize for any inconvenience. Tickets are valid for entry to see Brother Reverend and Blip Blip Bleep. Refunds are are available at point of purchase.

Thanks,
Mercury Lounge

Get betterTed.

Posted in music | tour dates at 6:44 PM | Comments (20)

Klaus' upcoming comedy listings (Aziz is back) ++ video of EUGENE MIRMAN on THIRD WATCH

Tim & Eric are on tour. They visit NYC Monday.

We're still sorting out the complete 'Comedy Canon' this week, but in the meantime you need to know what local comedy shows are coming up. So here's that - and a video of Eugene Mirman on network television - below...

UPCOMING NYC COMEDY SHOWS!

• 2/23/07, 8:00pm UCB Theater: Michael Showalter / THE BRIGHTER SIDE: The Nightmare : Ok, so this show is sold out, but it's worth waiting in stand-by for the chance to see Showater before he heads off to Colorado.


• 2/24/07, 7:00pm & 10:00pm, Irving Plaza: Zach Galifianakis!: 1 venue + 1 night = 2 shows. I've seen a lot of Zach lately and am cranked to see him perform a big assed headlining gig. Special Guests will be there too!


• 2/26/07 The Knitting Factory: Tim & Eric: Awesome Tour: I've been waiting months for this. All tour dates here


• 2/26/07, 8:00pm Lolita: FREE Toddy Barry Show!: You can afford this one.


• 2/26/07, 11:00pm UCB Theater: Crash Test! FREE: You can afford this one too. Aziz Ansari is back in NYC with his first installment of Crash Test in a really long time. Guests include Arj Barker and John Mulaney. They'll also show clips from The Human Giant!!!!!!

Now watch Eugene Mirman on Third Watch...

-Klaus (can also be reached by emailing comedycanon AT gmail)

Posted in TV | To Do | comedy | music at 3:46 PM | Comments (5)

Mardi Gras @ Union Hall (pics) + THIS WEEKEND's schedule

The Hungry March Band made Bocce Ball playing hard - Feb 20, 2007 (CRED)

This weekend @ Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY
Feb 23 - French Kicks & White Rabbits
Feb 24 - The Old Ceremony (featuring Django Haskins), The Last Town Chorus, Moore & Sons
Feb 25 - comedy w/ Eugene Mirman, Michael Showalter, Patrick Borelli + Chelsea Peretti

Previously
Mardi Gras party happening in Brooklyn

Posted in To Do | music at 3:26 PM | Comments (5)

Oneida + Trans Am + Pterodactyl - MP3s + TOUR DATES

DOWNLOAD: Oneida - Up with People (MP3)

DOWNLOAD: Oneida - Run Through My Hair (MP3)

DOWNLOAD: Oneida - Wild Horses (MP3)

DOWNLOAD: Pterodactyl - Polio (MP3)

DOWNLOAD: Pterodactyl - Esses (MP3)

Oneida

Oneida help the NYC Knitting Factory celebrate their 20th anniversary (and their new sound system) with two shows this Saturday (early & late).

Oneida @ Knitting Factory, NYC, 2007 (TICKETS)
Feb 24 6:45 - Trans Am w/ Oneida & Big Bear
Feb 24 10:30 - Trans Am w/ Oneida & Pterodactyl

Oneida & Pterodactyl are also playing Tonic in NYC on March 24. Pterodactyl, who also just played Studio B with Girl Talk and Parts & Labor, have an album coming out on Brah Records on April 24, 2007. Brah Records is part of JagJaguwar which is the home of Oneida.

Trans Am is also going on a North American tour with Zombi in April. Presale here. Before that they'll be touring in Europe. All dates below...

Trans Am - 2007 Tour Dates
Fri Feb 23 Pittsburgh, PA - Carnegie Mellon University, AB Coffeehouse w/ Zombi
Sat Feb 24 New York, NY - Knitting Factory Early Show
Sat Feb 24 New York, NY - Knitting Factory Late Show
Thu Mar 1 Bristol, UK - Cooler
Fri Mar 2 Mar Liverpool, UK - Korova
Sat Mar 3 Mar Glasgow, UK - ABC2
Sun Mar 4 Mar Newcastle, UK - Cumberland Arms
Mon Mar 5 Mar Leeds, UK - Brudenell
Tue Mar 6 Mar Birmingham, UK - Custard Factory
Wed Mar 7 Mar London, UK - Dingwalls
Thu Mar 8 Mar Brussels, Belgium - VK Club
Fri Mar 9 Mar Hasselt, Belgium - MOD
Sat Mar 10 Utrecht, Holland - Ekko
Sun Mar 11 Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen
Mon Mar 12 Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall
Tue Mar 13 Hamburg, Germany - Molotiv
Wed Mar 14 Berlin, Germany - Maria
Thu Mar 15 Cologne, Germany - Gebaude 9
Fri Mar 16 Karlsruhe, Germany - Jubez
Sat Mar 17 Munich, Germany - Kranhalle
Sun Mar 18 Vienna, Austria - Planet Music
Mon Mar 19 Ljubliana, Slovenia - Channel Zero
Tue Mar 20 Torino, Italy
Wed Mar 21 Zurich, Switzerland - Zukunft
Thu Mar 22 Geneva, Switzerland - L'Usine
Fri Mar 23 Marseille, France
Sat Mar 24 Barcelona, Spain - Apolo venue 2
Sun Mar 25 Lyon, France - Marquise
Mon Mar 26 Paris, France - Point Ephemere
Tue Mar 27 Strasbourg, France - Laiterie
Wed Mar 28 Diksmuide, Belgium - 4AD
Tue Apr 10 Washington, DC - Black Cat *
Wed Apr 11 Charlottesville, VA - Satellite Ballroom *
Thu Apr 12 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 *
Fri Apr 13 Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
Sat Apr 14 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree *
Sun Apr 15 Houston, TX - Engine Room *
Mon Apr 16 Austin, TX - Emo's Jr *
Wed Apr 18 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress **
Thu Apr 19 San Diego, CA - Casbah **
Fri Apr 20 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour **
Sat Apr 21 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill **
Sun Apr 22 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge **
Mon Apr 23 Seattle, WA - Neumos **
Tue Apr 24 Vancouver, BC - Richards on Richards **
Wed Apr 25 Edmonton, AB - The Starlite Room
Thu Apr 26 Calgary, AB - Broken City
Fri Apr 27 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Club *
Sat Apr 28 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
Sun Apr 29 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *
Mon Apr 30 Toronto, Ontario - Lees Palace *
Tue May 1 Montreal, QC - La Sala Rossa *
Wed May 2 Boston, MA - Great Scott *
Fri May 4 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brendas *

* w/ Zombi, Psychic Paramount
** w/ Zombi, Black Taj

Here's some other stuff going on this weekend.

Pterodactyl are also opening for Deerhunter @ Mercury Lounge.

Previously
Oneida (from Brooklyn) | Summer 2006 Tour Dates

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The Double -- 2007 Tour Dates & TONIGHT STUFF

DOWNLOAD: The Double - The Idioacy (MP3)

The Double has four NYC show coming up. Two are tonight...

The Double, NYC, 2007
Feb 23 @ Monkey Town (early & late)
Mar 16 @ Cake Shop w/ Mike Wexler
Mar 17 @ Cake Shop w/ Crystal Stilts

ALSO TONIGHT
* Jaymay & O'Death
* Optimo
* Neko Case
* Lemonheads & Vietnam
* Scatterbrain & Ludachrist

AND: Call Me Lightning is here this weekend

Posted in To Do | music | tour dates at 2:09 PM | Comments (9)

David Byrne's upcoming speaking schedule

Feb 23 (TONIGHT) - he talks about architecture, NYC (thx)
Mar 14 (SXSW) - he talks about record labels, Austin

ALSO: Luaka Bop Seeks U.S. Distro

Posted in SXSW | To Do | music at 1:39 PM | Comments (0)

Pillow fight in Union Square this Saturday

Details here. Pictures from last year here. Don't use pillows with real feathers in them.

Posted in NYC | To Do at 1:32 PM | Comments (24)

Beirut doing OK & (hopefully) playing 2 nights @ Bowery

DOWNLOAD: Beirut - Postcards From Italy (you probably have this MP3)

Beirut @ McCarren Pool, Brooklyn (MORE)

Lets try this again. The following dates go on sale today @ Noon:

Beirut, 2007
May 6 @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC
May 7 @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC

And as previously announced, those going to Austin for SXSW will have the chance to see Beirut much sooner even - first at the Beggars showcase (Mar 14), and 2nd at a daytime Austin City Limits KEXP taping (Mar 16).

I'm also happy to report that Zach is currently doing well in his original home of New Mexico. In fact:

He's completely rested and working furiously on the next album. The band - minus trumpeter Kelly Pratt who is performing this year with Arcade Fire and is being replaced by his wife. Tracy Pratt - will be headed over to Albuquerque after SXSW to record their parts. Zach is borrowing the A Hawk and a Hacksaw studio/practice space while Jeremy and Heather spend the next six to nine months in Budapest, preparing for a big May UK tour with the Hun Hangar Ensemble. The whole new Beirut album is already in Zach's head, and about 50% recorded. It's very French.

Speaking of French, Ear Farm presents "An evening of rock from Paris to (Zach's second home) Brooklyn" at Union Hall on March 3rd.

Previously
* Beirut Lon Gisland CD out now
* Beirut cancels tour including 2 sold out Bowery shows

Posted in MP3 | SXSW | music | tour dates at 5:42 AM | Comments (42)

Brother Ali - 2007 Tour Dates, new album, MP3

DOWNLOAD: Brother Ali - Original King (MP3)

Brother Ali's new album THE UNDISPUTED TRUTH drops April 10, 2007 on Rhymesayers Entertainment. We have something to look forward to if it's all as good at the above MP3. Wes is especially excited.

Tickets on sale at noon for a show at Knitting Factory in NYC on May 3rd.. All tour dates below....

Brother Ali - 2007 Tour Dates
Tue-Apr-10 Duluth, MN Pizza Luce
Wed-Apr-11 Fargo, ND House of Rock
Thu-Apr-12 Mankato, MN What's Up Lounge
Fri-Apr-13 Iowa City, IA Picador
Sat-Apr-14 Omaha, NE Sokol Underground
Mon-Apr-16 Aspen, CO Belly Up
Tue-Apr-17 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre
Thu-Apr-19 Menomonie, WI Blue Devil Lounge
Fri-Apr-20 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
Sat-Apr-21 Chicago, IL Subterranean
Sun-Apr-22 Bloomington, IN Bluebird
Mon-Apr-23 St. Louis, MO Washington University
Tue-Apr-24 Louisville, KY Uncle Pleasants
Wed-Apr-25 Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig
Sat-Apr-28 Columbus, OH Skully's Music Diner
Sun-Apr-29 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
Tue-May-01 Burlington, VT Higher Ground Lounge
Wed-May-02 Boston, MA Middle East
Thu-May-03 New York, NY Knitting Factory
Fri-May-04 Philadelphia, PA The Church
Sat-May-05 Baltimore, MD Ottobar
Sun-May-06 Charlottesville, VA Starr Hill
Tue-May-08 Carrboro, NC Cats Cradle
Fri-May-11 Orlando, FL The Social
Sat-May-12 Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn
Mon-May-14 Birmingham, AL The Nick
Tue-May-15 New Orleans, LA Parish @ HOB
Wed-May-16 Austin, TX Emos Lounge
Thu-May-17 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad
Fri-May-18 Tucson, AZ Club Congress
Sat-May-19 Flagstaff, AZ Orpheum
Sun-May-20 Pomona, CA Glasshouse
Tue-May-22 San Diego, CA Belly Up
Wed-May-23 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
Thu-May-24 San Luis Obispo, CA Downtown Brew
Fri-May-25 San Francisco, CA Slims
Sat-May-26 Reno, NV New Oasis
Tue-May-29 Eugene, OR Wow Hall
Wed-May-30 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
Thu-May-31 Seattle, WA Vera Project
Fri-Jun-01 Bellingham, WA Night Light
Sat-Jun-02 Missoula, MT The Loft
Mon-Jun-04 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
Tue-Jun-05 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre
Wed-Jun-06 Kansas City, KS Record Bar
Thu-Jun-07 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville Mews
Fri-Jun-08 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue

Posted in MP3 | hiphop | music | tour dates at 5:14 AM | Comments (1)

Booka Shade - 2007 Tour Dates & MP3s

DOWNLOAD: Booka Shade - Night Falls (MP3)

DOWNLOAD: Booka Shade - Mandarine Girl (MP3)

DOWNLOAD: The Knife - Marble House (Booka Shade remix) (MP3)

"Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier aka German producers and live act Booka Shade rounded off 2006 in style. The Berliners were named by the writers at Resident Advisor, the UK’s leading electronic music website, as the best live act and won the best album award for their second long-player, ‘Movements’. The album also featured in many other international end of year top 10 charts." [their official bio]

"Booka Shade, along with M.A.N.D.Y., and the rest of the Get Physical label were THE sound of 2005. Penning minimally melodic stormers that rocked every genre of dancefloor, Booka Shade arguably put on the best show of WMC 2006 at the Fixed/Revolver party." [David Bruno - yesterday]

U.S. tour dates below...

Booka Shade - Tour Dates
Thu 03/15/07 Studio B Brooklyn NY
Fri 03/16/07 The Mod Club Toronto ON
Sat 03/17/07 Diskho @ Musee Juste Pour Rire Montreal Ca w/ Jeff Grosse
Mon 03/19/07 Funky Buddha Lounge Chicago IL w/ Dan Berkson + James What (Live), Jamie Jones
Wed 03/21/07 City Hall Mexico City Mexico w/ DJ Guada
Thu 03/22/07 Studio A Miami FL w/ M.A.N.D.Y, Jesse Rose
Fri 03/23/07 Mezzanine San Francisco CA
Sat 03/24/07 Avalon Hollywood Los Angeles CA

Previously
the week in Dance w/ David Bruno (02/22/07)

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Peter Bjorn & John playing SXSW ++ NEW VIDEO

PB&J's new tour dates
Mar 14 in Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa
Mar 16 in Austin, TX @ Pitchfork Party

New (I hope) video for "Objects Of My Affection" below...

The rest of the tour dates & stuff here.

Posted in SXSW | music | tour dates | video at 4:39 AM | Comments (7)

February 22, 2007

(old) CSS video premiere - "Off the Hook" (& other news)

CSS' new-old video for "Off the Hook" was directed by their very own guitarist Ana Rezende. Take a look...

AND
* GVB has CSS radio rips including an L7 cover
* CSS are touring Europe & playing Coachella
* CSS are having a green screen video contest
* CSS still working on their Grizzly Bear cover
* Pictures of CSS @ Warsaw
* CSS are PUNK

Posted in music | video at 7:38 PM | Comments (4)

more Capitol/EMI/Caroline/Astralwerks rumors + Sparklehorse Tour Dates

STREAM: Sparklehorse - Don't Take My Sunshine Away (real)

From one anonymous, yet reputable tipster:

30 from the capitol side and 4 from the virgin side.

And from another:

Word has it that one of the things they are doing (as of last week) is relaunching Caroline Records which will handle foreign rock projects, creat a company called Internationally Known which will be foreign pop stuff and Astralwerks will remain running but only focus on foreign dance/electro type stuff. Though Errol who pretty much created astralwerks will no longer be there. So in other words part of this new label is three ex-US music labels that will focus on three genres and be the label for EMI acts outside of the US to be released here.

Sparklehorse was also dropped from Astralwerks. The only US band i heard that's remaining on there is vhs or beta but that may have changed in the last week.

Sparklehorse plays Webster Hall on February 28th. All tour dates below...

Sparklehorse - 2007 Tour Dates
Feb 22 - Saint Andrews Hall - Detroit, Michigan
Feb 23 - Mod Club Theatre - Toronto, Ontario
Feb 24 - Club Soda - Montréal, Quebec
Feb 26 - The Paradise Lounge - Boston, Massachusetts
Feb 27 - live on WNYC (2pm)
Feb 28 - Webster Hall - New York, New York
Mar 1 - Ram's Head Live - Baltimore, Maryland + Water School
Mar 2 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, North Carolina
Mar 3 - The Music Farm - Charleston, South Carolina
Mar 4 - Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, Georgia

all dates w/ Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter

Previously
Capitol Records dropping lots of bands

Posted in industry | music | tour dates at 5:36 PM | Comments (17)

the week in Dance w/ David Bruno (02/22/07)

DOWNLOAD: Dandi Wind - Balloon Factory (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Captain - Birthday Mix from The Birdhouse (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Walter Meego - Romantic (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Walter Meego - Wanna Be a Star (Walter Sees Stars mix) (MP3)

The dance world typically gathers steam in the US in March, with Winter Music Conference held in Miami, and the increasingly dance-populated SXSW, many labels and producers tour their beat-laden wares come spring. This Spring is no different and NYC will host almost all the top upcoming talent in the month of March.

WMC happens in Miami March 20th through March 25th. The list of events is here. I'll post highlights in a few weeks.

Two zeitgeist-y days in March see the dance world collide in NYC. There is a line in the sand...

Booka Shade

Thursday March 15th
* Cut NYC returns at Studio B with Booka Shade Live
* Institubes vs. Boys Noize at Hiro with Para One, Boys Noize, & Curses!

Booka Shade, along with M.A.N.D.Y., and the rest of the Get Physical label were THE sound of 2005. Penning minimally melodic stormers that rocked every genre of dancefloor, Booka Shade arguably put on the best show of WMC 2006 at the Fixed/Revolver party.

Institubes is the reserved cousin to Paris' Ed Banger Records. Their roster includes Tacteel, Para One, Das Glow, Surkin, Bobmo, & (NYC'er) Curses!, all who blur the lines between hip-hop, techno, and rave. They will all be on the tip of your tounge in 2007. Boys Noize and the output of his self-titled label have been crafting a hard edged, drum centric version of the current electro sound of dance, evidenced by THAT remix of "Banquet" that you hear every weekend. Besides Bloc Party, BN has remixed much of the indierati: Kaiser Chiefs, Tiga, Shiny Toy Guns, Living Things, and (!) Depeche Mode.

And another complicated night that needs no explanation for readers of this fine site:

Saturday March 31st
* LCD Soundsystem at Bowery Ballroom
* Datarock, Lo-Fi-Fnk, & the Presets at Fixed at Studio B
* John Digweed & MSTRKRFT tour hits Pacha

Less of a decision TONIGHT (Feb 22)....

Brooklyn Wasted Youth

The always wonderful Modular Monthly happens tonight at Galapagos in Brooklyn. Hometown hero Drop The Lime destroys it live, along with the art dance craze of Dandi Wind, and they JUST ADDED Chicago crew Walter Meego. This is the spot tonight.

NEWS

• XLR8R Previews SXSW and the Presets


• Abbey at Punkphoto got some cool phootage of the Rapture party last week


• Stylus runs down techno videos on YouTube


• The Month in Grime/Dubstep at PFork (DMZ meets Dubwar at Tonic on Saturday)

MUSIC

• XLR8R's Podcast (This week features a mix by editor Vivian Host (Star Eyes))


• Boys Noize Mix Live in Chicago


• Booka Shade's Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1


• M.A.N.D.Y. on Galaxy FM UK

The Weekend in Dance NYC....

Thursday - 2/22
* Modular Monthly at Galapagos
* Pier Bucci plays for the Robots at Cielo

Friday - 2/23
* Optimo at Fixed at Studio B (highly recommended)
* Doc Martin at Sullivan Room (Interview here too)
* Dandi Wind at Ruff Club at Annex
* Defected in the House at Cielo (Quality UK House)

Saturday - 2/24
* Mad Suspect at Savalas
* Josh Wink & Loco Dice at Shelter
* DMZ meets Dubwar at Tonic (DUBSTEP)
* No Big Deal launches at Studio B

-David

Previously
* Lo-Fi-Fnk | 2007 Tour Dates (SXSW) & CMJ pics
* Switch & Lindstrom reviews
* all the LCD Soundsystem 2007 Tour Dates & the video
* Datarock | MP3s & 2007 Tour Dates (LA-Miami-NYC-SXSW)

Posted in MP3 | To Do | dance | music at 5:08 PM | Comments (8)

Speaking of nudity and pools....

This from cnet:

"Alida Saxon knew something was wrong last weekend when she saw that a thumbnail image on her blog that gets automatically fed from her Flickr page wasn't one of her own photos.

She clicked on the link for the image--a shot of a swimming pool--and was taken to her Flickr page, where she noticed that the pool image had mysteriously replaced one of her own shots.

"I thought my (Flickr) account had been hacked and some joker was swapping out images," the Springfield, Mass.-based artist wrote in an e-mail to CNET News.com. She went straight to the Flickr Help Forum and discovered that many other users were encountering the same problem of random photos replacing their photos on Flickr pages. Some of those new images, however, weren't as innocent as a swimming pool scene.

Above photo via Flickr.

Posted in music | technology at 4:35 PM | Comments (2)

2007 McCarren Pool free concert schedule, PoolAid & nudity

Deerhoof @ McCarren Pool - Aug 13, 2006 (MORE)


JellyNYC, the company behind the free summer concerts at McCarren Pool in Brooklyn, have this to say

We will be producing nine consecutive FREE Sunday concerts at The McCarren Park Pool bordering Williamsburg and Greenpoint Brooklyn. Get ready to slip 'n' slide, get stung in the dodgeball pit, get fat on burgers and beer, and listen to some of our favorite bands in the the summer sun.

JELLYNYC's 2007 POoL PARTIES will announce the exact dates soon.

JELLYNYC will also be co-producing three other dates at the McCarren Park Pool, including a benefit for the Open Space Alliance (OSA) on June 10 (ticket cost will be no higher than $15), a FREE show on June 21st celebrating the first annual Make Music New York Festival, as well as a FREE event with our dear friends The Brooklyn Brewery in mid September--Brooklyn's own Roctoberfest. For those of you who don't know, in Germany Octoberfest starts in September.

Depending on who ends up playing, PoolAid may or may not be happy - they like free events, but they "want to see everyone in the neighborhood attending events at the pool, not just hipsters".

Of Montreal was one of the big bands that brought "hipsters" to the neighborhood last summer. Insert your skinny dipping joke here. Of course that would require water.

Previously
* Deerhoof @ McCarren Pool, Brooklyn, NYC | pics
* MIA (sort of) played McCarren Pool
* Les Savy Fav played McCarren Park Pool
* The Beer Line @ McCarren Pool, NYC | pics
* Beirut @ McCarren Pool, Brooklyn, NYC | pics
* Yeah Yeah Yeahs & Sonic Youth @ McCarren Pool, Brooklyn, NYC | pics

Posted in NYC | music | tour dates at 3:43 PM | Comments (27)

Jade Tree's FUCKED UP releasing album on What's Your Rupture - TOUR DATES (NYC, SXSW, etc)

DOWNLOAD: F*cked Up - Baiting the Public (MP3)

DOWNLOAD: Nardwuar interviews F*cked Up (MP3)

What am I supposed to do when a band name is as scandalous as F*cked Up? I don't want this website to get blocked or however that works. I don't want to censor anything either. Usually I'll just throw an asterisk in the word. Does it do anything? I have no idea. Anyway, I left it uncesored in the title - asterisks everywhere else. Hopefully that doesn't f*ck sh*t up too much.

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"F*cked Up remains one of the most talked-about bands in hardcore and punk rock in both the mainstream media and underground outlets. Their brand of relentless, aggressive, yet highly melodic music has been mentioned on nearly every magazine’s top ten list of the year, regardless of the magazine’s musical preference. Punk rockers, hardcore kids and indie rockers alike all seek to obtain the band’s highly sought after releases, which are almost all on vinyl and in limited numbers." [JADE TREE]

F'd Up in London (CRED - MORE)

I found the "indie rockers alike" part funny at first, but it's so true. So many people have asked me about this Toronto band in the past month - mainly because of their upcoming shows at Mercury Lounge and SXSW - and I'm not talking about the people I would go see Sick of It All, Agnostic Front, or Scatterbrain & Ludachrist with - I mean people who you might even catch at an Andrew Bird show. It's probably because F'd Up aren't " the prototypical hardcore band. The songs on 'Hidden World' average five + minutes and have violins, acoustic guitars, samples, piano and other instrumentation." It's also probably because VICE likes them, and has released some of their stuff (some of tons of stuff).

'Hidden World' is their debut full length - out now on Jade Tree. According to their blog, they're next releasing "Year of the Pig" on What's Your Rupture - home of Love is All and caUSE co-MOTION! (more indie cred). caUSE co-MOTION! is also who they're playing with at Mercury Lounge on March 3rd. At SXSW they're playing a ton of parties including the one I'm throwing with AAM.

I've never seen them live, but after seeing the pics and video, I'm pretty psyched to. All dates below....

F*cked Up - 2007 Tour Dates
Feb 28 - Toronto, ON
Mar 2 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
Mar 3 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge w/ Cause Co-Motion (TICKETS)
Mar 12 - Houston, TX @ Walters
Mar 13 - Fort Worth, TX @ Competition Music
Mar 14 - Austin, TX @ The Lamar Pedestrian Bridge
Mar 15 - Austin, TX @ Brooklyn Vegan/AAM party w/ Mew, Rock Plaza Central, New Violators, etc
Mar 15 - Austin, TX @ Lamberts (Jade Tree Showcase)
Mar 16 - Austin, TX @ VICE party
Mar 16 - Austin, TX @ Timmy Fest
Mar 17 - Austin, TX @ David Cross' party

Posted in MP3 | SXSW | music | tour dates | video at 1:34 PM | Comments (16)

Dreamgirls apologise to Motown

The makers of Oscar-nominated musical Dreamgirls have apologised to legendary record label Motown in an advert making clear the movie is a "work of fiction". [BBC]

Posted in movies | music at 12:34 PM | Comments (0)

the latest David Lee Roth Spice Girls reunion rumors

* Van Halen Reunion Postponed?
* Spice Girls Reunite For Charity?

BONUS: Original Guns N' Roses to reform?

Posted in music at 4:32 AM | Comments (5)

Jena Malone (Donnie Darko) -- Tour Dates + Nettwerk Productions' Ferraby Lionheart

Jena Malone (center)

Pitchfork reported the other day that actress Jena Malone (MySpace, website, IMDB) is releasing music on experimental NYC label The Social Registry. She's also playing the following shows:

Jena Malone & Her Bloodstains - 2007 Tour Dates
Mar 06 - Mercury lounge nyc w/ Nethers, Will Dailey, Ferraby Lionheart
Mar 10 - Misshapes nyc
Mar 10 - union hall brooklyn w/ Emma Pollock, Yvel (TIX)
Mar 13 - joes pub nyc w/ Fink (TIX)
Apr 14 - the echo LA, California

Ferraby Lionheart (seen above in a rabbit suit...just kidding) recently signed to Nettwerk Productions. That Mercury Lounge show with Jena is the day before he opens for the Walkmen at Bowery Ballroom. He's also touring with The Autumn Defense, and he'll be at SXSW. His tour dates below...

Ferraby Lionheart - 2007 Tour Dates
Feb 23 - Velour - w/The Autumn Defense Provo, UT
Feb 24 - Soiled Dove - w/The Autumn Defense Denver, CO
Feb 26 - Record Bar - w/The Autumn Defense Kansas City, MO
Feb 27 - Canopy Club - w/The Autumn Defense Champaign, IL
Feb 28 - Pabst Theater - w/The Autumn Defense Milwaukee, WI
Mar 1 - Cafe Montmartre - w/The Autumn Defense Madison, WI
Mar 3 - Park West - w/The Autumn Defense Chicago, IL
Mar 6 - Mercury Lounge New York, New York
Mar 8 - Bowery Ballroom - w/The Walkmen New York, NY
Mar 9 - Ottobar - w/The Walkmen Baltimore, MD
Mar 10 - Little Brothers - w/The Walkmen Columbus, OH
Mar 12 - Southgate House - w/The Walkmen Newport, KY
Mar 13 - Headliners - w/The Walkmen Louisville, KY
Mar 14-17 - SXSW, Austin, TX
Mar 18 - The Parish@HOB - w/The Walkmen New Orleans, LA
Mar 19 - Beta Bar - w/The Walkmen Tallahassee, FL
Mar 20 - 40 Watt - w/The Walkmen Athens, GA
Mar 21 - Grey Eagle - w/The Walkmen Asheville, NC
Mar 22 - Local 506 - w/The Walkmen Chapel Hill, NC
Mar 23 - RockNRoll Hotel - w/The Walkmen Washington, DC

Previously
* The Walkmen + Ferraby Lionheart | 2007 Tour Dates
* Ferraby Lionheart, Jackson Pollis, & drink specials added to Wednesday's show

Posted in SXSW | industry | movies | music | tour dates at 3:45 AM | Comments (3)

The Eternals | 2007 Tour Dates + upcoming Tonic shows

50% of Trenchmouth (Wayne Montana & Damon Locks) = 2/3 of The Eternals. Fred Armisen is 25% of Trenchmouth that is not in the Eternals. Tim Mulvenna was not in Trenchmouth, but does drum, and make the other 1/3 of the Eternals. Chris DeZutter was in Trenchmouth, but isn't on Saturday Night Live, isn't in the Eternals, and isn't really in Google much either. The Eternals describe themselves as "Experimental / Dub / Indie". Listen @ MySpace.

Upcoming shows @ Tonic, NYC
Th Feb 22 - Joan As Police Woman Solo (tix)
Th Feb 22 - Kyp Malone, Dragons of Zynth, Awesome Color (tix)
Sa Feb 24 - Elysian Fields (tix)
Mo Feb 25 - Edie Sedgwick and THE ETERNALS

All Eternals tour dates below...

The Eternals | 2007 Tour Dates
Feb 21 - Bear's Place Bloomington, Indiana
Feb 22 - Garfield Artworks Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Feb 23 - Otto bar Baltimore, Maryland
Feb 24 - Rudy's New Haven, Connecticut
Feb 25 - Tonic New York, New York w/ Edie Sedgwick
Feb 26 - The Manhattan Room Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 27 - the rock & roll hotel Washinton DC, Washington DC

P.S. Damon was also quoted in the Blipster article

Damon Locks, a Chicago-based publicist and singer in a hardcore band called the Eternals, said he is frequently mistaken for “one of the other three black guys” in the city’s rock-music scene. “We joke about it,” he said. “We’ve been thinking about getting together and starting a band called Black People.”

Previously
3 of 4 members of Trenchmouth reunited

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Clutch playing Maxwell's - 2007 Tour Dates

Clutch isn't just touring Europe with the Sword. They're also playing a bunch of U.S. dates including:

Clutch
Tue 03/20/07 New York, NY Irving Plaza (tickets)
Wed 03/21/07 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
Thu 03/22/07 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell's (no ticket info yet)

All dates below...

Clutch - Tour Dates
Wed 02/28/07 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
Thu 03/01/07 Nashville, TN Exit / In
Fri 03/02/07 Atlanta, GA Center Stage
Sat 03/03/07 Orlando, FL The Social
Sun 03/04/07 Fort Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
Mon 03/05/07 Saint Petersburg, FL State Theatre
Wed 03/07/07 Beaumont, TX Antone's
Thu 03/08/07 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
Fri 03/09/07 Dallas, TX Gypsy Tea Room & Ballroom
Sat 03/10/07 Austin, TX Emo's Austin
Mon 03/12/07 Sauget, IL Pop's
Tue 03/13/07 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue
Wed 03/14/07 Chicago, IL Metro / Smart Bar
Thu 03/15/07 Detroit, MI State Theatre
Fri 03/16/07 Grand Rapids, MI Orbit Room
Sat 03/17/07 Toronto, ON Opera House
Mon 03/19/07 Cambridge, MA Middle East Restaurant & Nightclub
Tue 03/20/07 New York, NY Irving Plaza
Wed 03/21/07 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
Thu 03/22/07 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell's
Fri 03/23/07 Norfolk, VA The NorVa
Sat 03/24/07 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall / The Casbah
Tue 04/03/07 Stoke, UK The Sugarmill
Wed 04/04/07 Manchester, UK Academy 3
Thu 04/05/07 Glasgow, UK The Garage
Fri 04/06/07 Birmingham, UK Barfly
Sat 04/07/07 Oxford, UK Zodiac
Sun 04/08/07 London, UK Mean Fiddler
Tue 04/10/07 Portsmouth, UK Wedgewood Rooms
Wed 04/11/07 Northampton, UK Soundhaus
Thu 04/12/07 Nottingham, UK Rock City
Fri 04/13/07 Newport, UK T.J.'s
Sat 04/14/07 Colchester, UK Colchester Arts Centre
Sun 04/15/07 Sheffield, UK Corporation
Tue 04/17/07 Ghent, BEL Charlatan
Wed 04/18/07 Cologne, GER Underground
Thu 04/19/07 Bochum, GER Matrix
Fri 04/20/07 Tilburg, NET Roadburn Festival
Sat 04/21/07 Hamburg, GER Molotow
Sun 04/22/07 Malmo, SWE KB Club
Mon 04/23/07 Stockholm, SWE Debaser
Wed 04/25/07 Helsinki, FIN Nosturi
Fri 04/27/07 Oslo, NOR Oslo Spektrum Arena ANS
Sat 04/28/07 Goteborg, SWE Sticky Fingers
Sun 04/29/07 Copenhagen, DEN The Rock

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CocoRosie, Priestbird, The Sword, Bunny Rabbit - Tour Dates & stuff

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Tool tour being rescheduled

The Tool tour dates I just posted are in question

Los Angeles, CA - February 21, 2007 - Tool will be rescheduling their upcoming North American tour due to an injury in the band. Over the weekend, drummer Danny Carey tore a bicep. Danny underwent surgery TODAY and is recovering well. Rescheduled tour dates will be announced shortly.

(Note: Danny just got out of surgery and it went well)

thx anon for the tip.

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Deerhunter add Brooklyn show - updated tour dates

Friday April 27th @ SILENT BARN

:: Awesome Color
:::: Deerhunter
:::::: Telepathe

[ SILENT BARN ] aka Raven's Den aka Club Krib
915 Wyckoff Ave @ Hancock | Ridgewood/Bushwick, QNS/BKLYN
L-Halsey or M-Myrtle/Wyckoff | 8pm | all ages | $tba

Tickets are still on sale for their Mercury Lounge show too. All tour dates below...

Deerhunter | 2007 Tour Dates
Mar 14 - Gas Food Lodging Festival @ Spanish Moon Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Mar 15 - SXSW Showcase @ Soho Lounge w/ Do Make Say Think, and many more! Austin, Texas
Mar 16- Pitchfork/Windish Party @ Emo's w/ Peter Bjorn And John, Girl Talk and many more! Austin, Texas
Mar 16 - Vice Saves Texas Party @ Longbranch Inn w/ Boris, Chromeo, No Age, and many more! Austin, Texas
Mar 17 - Mess With Texas Party @ Red 7 w/ David Cross, The Walkmen, and many more! Austin, Texas
Mar 18 - Mink w/ The Ponys, Black Lips Houston, Texas
Mar 31 - Crossroads Film Festival @ George Street Grocery Jackson, Mississippi
Apr 3 - Underground Cafe @ Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Apr 4 - Empty Bottle w/ Nudge Chicago, Illinois
Apr 6 - The Record Bar w/ The Ponys Kansas City, Missouri
Apr 7 - Larimer Lounge w/ The Ponys Denver, Colorado
Apr 10 - Neumos w/ The Ponys Seattle, Washington
Apr 11 - Richards On Richards w/ The Ponys Vancouver, British Columbia
Apr 12 - Dante's w/ The Ponys Portland, Oregon
Apr 13 - 12 Galaxies w/ The Ponys San Francisco, California
Apr 14 - The Echo w/ The Ponys, Jena Malone Los Angeles, California
Apr 15 - Beauty Bar w/ The Ponys San Diego, California
Apr 18 - Emo's w/ The Ponys Austin, Texas
Apr 20 - The Basement w/ The Ponys Nashville, Tennessee
Apr 23 - Legendary Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, Ontario
Apr 25 - Middle East Upstairs Cambridge, Massachusetts
Apr 26 - Mercury Lounge w/ Pterodactyl New York, New York
Apr 27 - Silent Barn w/ Awesome Color, Telepathe Brooklyn, New York
Apr 28 - Johnny Brenda's w/ Pterodactyl, The Selmanaires Philadelphia, Oregon
Apr 29 - Rock And Roll Hotel w/ The Apes, Pterodactyl Washington DC, Washington
Apr 30 - Local 506 w/ Six Parts Seven Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Previously
Deerhunter | tix on sale + more 2007 Tour Dates
Deerhunter - new album (Cryptograms) + NYC, SXSW & other tour dates

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February 21, 2007

Cadence Weapon signs to Epitaph + Tour Dates

Cadence Weapon @ Fontana's, NYC (BV CMJ show) - Nov 3, 2006 (CRED)

Chart Attack reports

Edmonton rapper/producer Cadence Weapon has signed a U.S. deal with Epitaph Records, which is obviously moving further away from its punk roots.

The young artist will see his Breaking Kayfabe debut released south of the border (the U.S.) on March 13 to coincide with his appearance that week at the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas. Toronto's Upper Class Recordings issued Breaking Kayfabe in Canada in December 2005 and will retain the Canadian rights to the multi-talented man named Roland Pemberton at birth.

Cadence is also nominated in Canada's 7th Annual Independent Music Awards.

A new video and tour dates below...

Cadence Weapon | 2007 Tour Dates
03.07.07 Guelph, ON - Guelph University Centre (daytime show)
03.07.07 Toronto, ON - CMW Indie Awards @ The Docks
03.08.07 Montreal, QC - Zoobizarre w/Telefauna
03.09.07 Toronto, ON - CMW Chart Party @ Horseshoe Tavern
03.09.07 Toronto, ON - CMW After Party @ Drake Underground (Cadence & Weez-El DJ)
03.14.07 SXSW - TBA
03.15.07 SXSW - TBA
03.16.07 SXSW - TBA
03.17.07 SXSW - TBA

Previously
Cadence Weapon outside Fontana's
Cadence Weapon + TTC - Tour Dates
during-CMJ Friday day show @ Fontana's - lineup
Cadence Weapon | Canadian Hip Hop - MP3s

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David Vandervelde - album stream & 2007 Tour Dates

DOWNLOAD David Vandervelde - Jacket (MP3)

"Vandervelde clearly has absorbed his Marc Bolan influences well." [Waved Rumor]

David Vandervelde is a musician from Chicago. His new album "The Moonstation House Band" came out on Secretly Canadian on January 23rd. You can STREAM the whole thing. And you can see him, and his "Moonstation House Band" (Derek James, Robbie Hamilton, Johhny Caluya, Matt DeWine and Fergus Kaiser), live:

in NYC, 2007
Feb 26 - Union Hall w/ Via Audio (tix)
Feb 27 - Piano's w/ Sam Champion, Sono Oto and Brian Scary & The Shredding Tears

Note: The Derek James in his band is not the Brooklyn Derek James that's playing with the Undisputed Heavyweights Thursday night.

MarathonPacks was at the Moonstation House Band's very first show, and says, "they sounded amazing---there were some acoustic problems (mostly with the vocals), sure, but it's clear that the band has a clear vision of what they want to do and how they want to do it."

"At a pipsqueakish 22 years old, David Vandervelde is already generating the kind of indie-net whispering that musicians twice his age pine for." [SPIN]

MORE DV @ indie-net sites Stereogum, MOKB, Aquarium Drunkard, Gorilla Vs Bear, and Daytrotter, and of course there's mySpace.

More tour dates below...

David Vandervelde | 2007 Tour Dates
Feb 22 - Ohio University Athens, Ohio
Feb 22 - Alchemize Cincinatti, Ohio
Feb 26 - Union Hall Brooklyn, New York
Feb 27 - Piano's New York, New York
Mar 3 - Bar Academy Birmingham *
Mar 4 - Social Nottingham *
Mar 5 - ABC2 Glasgow *
Mar 6 - Life Cafe Manchester *
Mar 8 - Thekla Bristol *
Mar 9 - Audio Brighton *
Mar 10 - The Zodiac Oxford *
Mar 11 - Arts Theatre London *
Mar 14 - Fader/Levi's Party - Location TBA Austin, Texas
Mar 15 - Schuba's Party @ Yard Dog Folk Art Gallery Austin, Texas (Secretly Canadian)
Mar 15 - Mohawk Lounge Austin, Texas
Mar 16 - Party at Emo's Annex Austin, Texas
Mar 17 - ShoutItOutLoud Music Party @ The Whiskey Bar Austin, Texas

* w/ Richard Swift

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Yo La Tengo - 2007 Tour Dates (Webster Hall)

DOWNLOAD: Yo La Tengo - Little Eyes (MP3)

Yo La Tengo are playing Webster Hall on April 29th.
Tickets are on sale.
Their other latest news is that they have a 4-song EP only available on iTunes.

All dates below...

Yo La Tengo | 2007 Tour Dates
Feb 22 - Club Quattro Nagoya
Feb 23 - Big Cat Osaka
Feb 24 - Drum Be-1 Fukuoka
Feb 27 - Amplifier Bar Perth
Mar 1 - Metro Sydney
Mar 3 - Laneway Festival Brisbane
Mar 4 - Laneway Festival Sydney
Mar 6 - Corner Hotel Melbourne
Mar 8 - Fowlers Live Adelaide
Mar 10 - Golden Plains Festival Meredith
Mar 12 - Concert Hall @ Mosaic Music Fest. Singapore
Apr 5 - Tipitina's New Orleans, Louisiana
Apr 6 - Warehouse Live Austin, Texas
Apr 7 - Stubb's Austin, Texas
Apr 8 - Granada Dallas, Texas
Apr 10 - Cain's Ballroom Tulsa, Oklahoma
Apr 11 - Granada Lawrence, Kansas
Apr 12 - Pageant St. Louis, Missouri
Apr 13 - Vogue Indianaplis, Indiana
Apr 14 - Barrymore Madison, Wisconsin
Apr 16 - Southgate House Newport, Kentucky
Apr 17 - Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, Ohio
Apr 18 - Majestic Theatre Detroit, Michigan
Apr 29 - Webster Hall New York, New York

Previously
Yo La Tengo | some 2007 shows
no Yo La Tengo Hanukkah shows this year

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Capitol Records dropping lots of bands

Kevin Devine is one of the first to confirm

I was recently dropped by Capitol Records as part of the collateral damage swirling around the Virgin/Capitol merger. I was not surprised, as you need to be acutely aware of sharks when you decide to swim that far out in the ocean, and had been expecting this strange and fun experiment to end almost from the day I signed the dotted line. People like me aren't really supposed to flourish in environments like that, but it was worth a shot, and I definitely gained and learned much more than I lost over the course of my time with the label, and would like to thank the people I worked with there for treating me well and making my transition a surprisingly smooth and rewarding one, both at the outset and ultimately at the end.

I hold no ill will and harbor no grudge against Capitol Records; I'm thankful I had the opportunity to make a record I love with a producer I've long respected and admired in studios I'd read about but never expected to track in. I'm thankful for the initial faith and realize the 'they' that brought me in and worked closely with me for the past year and a half were largely turned over, and so not the same 'they' that ushered me out.

Other artists rumored to be among those dropped: The Dandy Warhols, Sound Team, Shout Out Louds, The Redwalls, Otep, Fischerspooner, The Vines, and Airbourne.

Employees are going too. Possibly Jax.

Morningwood, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Decemberists, OK GO and Lily Allen are likely safe. Moby's future is uncertain.

Know more? Please send in your tips.

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(Strokes) Albert Hammond Jr | 2007 Tour Dates

DOWNLOAD: Albert Hammond Jr - In Transit (MP3)

Strokes member turned solo artist Albert Hammond Jr. actually has four NYC shows coming up - two opening for Bloc Party, one on Conan O'Brien, and a headlining show at Bowery Ballroom. Tickets are still on sale for that last one. His album 'yours to keep' is out March 6th. He plays SXSW on March 15th. All tour dates below...

Albert Hammond Jr | 2007 Tour Dates
March 2 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe #
March 3 - Portland, OR - Roseland Grill #
March 5 - Solana Beach, CA - Crocodile Cafe #
March 6 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre #
March 8 - San Francisco, CA - Popscene #
March 10 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre #
March 13 - Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room #
March 14 - Houston, TX - Meridian #
March 15 - Austin, TX - SXSW New Line Showcase
March 17 - Atlanta, GA - Roxy Theatre #
March 18 - Nashville, TN - Exit Inn #
March 23 - Chicago, IL - Congress Theatre ^
March 24 - Detroit, MI - Royal Oak Theatre ^
March 25 - Toronto, ONT - Koolhaus ^
March 27 - Montreal, QUE - Metropolis ^
March 28 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre ^
March 30 - New York, NY - United Palace Theatre ^
March 31 - New York, NY - United Palace Theatre ^
April 02 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
April 03 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Theatre of Living Arts
April 05 - Washington DC - 9:30 Club Washington DC,
April 06 - Late Night with Conan O'Brien

# Headlining w/ The Mooney Suzuki as support
^ Supporting Bloc Party

Previously
Albert Hammond Jr played Mercury Lounge - Maxwells tix on sale
Strokes' Albert Hammond Jr. | 2006 Tour Dates (CMJ)

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New Violators (from Norway) MP3 + NYC & SXSW Tour Dates

DOWNLOAD: New Violators - Burma (MP3)

From their official bio
"New Violators is a newly formed 5-piece from Trondheim, Norway, which, following an already legendary first show at Oslo’s Mono Club during Summer 2006, has quickly become THE name to drop in Norway. Armed with a sound situated somewhere between ‘Born to Run’, ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ and Bowie’s ‘Let’s Dance’, the band has already attracted the attention of various tastemakers including Pitchforkmedia’s Brandon Stosuy, who anointed them his favourite Norwegian find at one of this summer’s festivals."

From Oh My Rockness
"Norway's New Violators are a relatively new five-piece that became the talk of last summer's massively popular Oya Festival in Oslo (beating out The Knife, Cold War Kids and even Morrissey). Hey, 45,000 fans can't be wrong. The band plays intensely melodic synth pop that sounds like a much more optimistic Joy Division or the band Stellastarr* was trying to be." [Oh My Rockness]

New Violators | 2007 Tour Dates
Mar 12 - NYC @ Tonic, Oh My Rockness & Oya party w/ The Lionheart Brothers & Die Romantik [TICKETS]
Mar 15 - Austin (SXSW) Brooklyn Vegan/AAM party w/ Mew, Rock Plaza Central & more
Mar 15 - Austin (SXSW) @ Emo's Jr, Oh My Rockness & Oya party w/ Cloud Cult, Datarock & more
Mar 20 - NYC @ Mercury Lounge w/ Fijiya & Miyagi [TICKETS]
Mar 21 - NYC @ Piano's

More music streaming @ their MySpace

UPDATE: Stereogum has more MP3s (jinx!)

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Jesus & Mary Chain playing 3 shows -- Jim Reid says why

DOWNLOAD: The Jesus & Mary Chain - About You (MP3)

I just received this informative press release:

The Jesus & Mary Chain return to play their first shows in nine years when they appear at Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio California on Friday April 27th and at the Summercase Festival in Madrid (Boadilla del Monte) and Barcelona (Parc del Forum) on July 13th and 14th.

Jim Reid answers some questions:

1/ why are you doing the show now?
"Well, I would say 'why not?' there are many reasons really. Firstly it's taken this long for me and William to get to a point where it would be realistic to do it, and to some degree each of us assumed the other wouldn't be interested, and it was only after we talked about it that we realised this. Also Coachella were very persistent."

2/ The last show was in 1998?
"Yes, the last Mary Chain gig was in 1998 and was such a bloody awful mess, too much drink, too many drugs, nobody seeing eye to eye on anything and the band just blew up, and I suppose you could say this is another good reason for our reformation, cause that was no way for the Mary Chain to end."

3/ William lives in LA and you live in Devon?
"You can imagine the problems this presents."

4/ Who else is in the band?
"On bass it's Phil King, on drums it's Loz Colbert, and on second guitar is Mark Crozer, and of course myself and William."

5/ Will there be more shows and an album?
"I really don't know. Maybe. I think we would like to and we're looking at another show or 2."

6/ Are William and yourself working on solo albums?
"Yes, both are at the recording stage at the moment, and both will hopefully be out later in the year."

Coachella is sold out.

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February 20, 2007

More Police reunion shows added

You know they know all the dates already, but they're gonna force us to go through this anyway. LiveDaily reports:

"It looks like The Police reunion tour is a big hit with fans: All eight markets that have gone on sale so far have sold out, according to organizers.

The August 1 and 3 gigs at New York City's Madison Square Garden sold out this morning (2/20) in 14 minutes. Back-to-back shows July 28-29 at Boston's Fenway Park also sold out when they went on sale today. Last weekend saw immediate sellouts in Toronto, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; and Vancouver, British Columbia, prompting organizers to add second shows in those cities, according to a press release issued by promoter Live Nation....

...Another New York-area gig has also been added--August 5 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ--as have June shows in Los Angeles and Oakland, CA.

Also in NJ - gay marriageCivil Unions now legal. Updated Police tour dates below...

May 2007
28, 30 - Vancouver, British Columbia - GM Place

June 2007
6 - Seattle, WA - Key Arena
9 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
13 - Oakland, CA - McAfee Coliseum
15 - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena
16 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Festival
18 - Phoenix, AZ - US Airways Arena
23 - Los Angeles, CA - Dodger Stadium
26 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
30 - New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Arena

July 2007
2 - St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center
22-23 - Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre
25-26 - Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre
28-29 - Boston, MA - Fenway Park

August 2007
1, 3 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
5 - East Rutherford, NJ - Giants Stadium

Thx Eduardo

Previously
The Police tickets on sale @ 9am

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Word of Mouth Festival - May 15-19 @ World Financial Center

The American Beauty Project @ The WFC - Jan 20, 2007 (CRED) (INFO)

The "Word of Mouth" Festival is coming to the World Financial Center in NYC --> May 14-19. All I know is that it will almost definitely be free, and that CocoRosie are playing it. CocoRosie also recently played Carnegie Hall for David Byrne.

And it looks like the "Word of Mouth" festival is running at the same exact time as the Highline Festival (which David Bowie is not playing, but supposedly Deerhoof is, but who really knows...)

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CocoRosie, Priestbird, The Sword, Bunny Rabbit - Tour Dates & stuff

new Cocorosie & Priestbird

Cocorosie have a new album coming out on April 10th ("The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn"). That's also about the time they're going out on tour to support it. They play Warsaw in Brooklyn on April 20th. Tickets are on sale.

Priestbird (formerly Tarantala AD) are friends of Cocorosie, and they also have a new album coming out in April (the 17th). Priestbird go on tour with their Kemado label-mates The Sword in March, but first they'll play the following NYC shows:

Priestbird
Thu 2/22/07 New York, NY Cakeshop w/ SSM
Thu 3/1/07 Brooklyn, NY Union Pool
Mon 3/5/07 New York, NY Cakeshop

Bunny Rabbit has a new album out today (Feb 20) on CocoRosie's label VoodooEROS. The album release party is tonight (Feb 20) in Brooklyn @ Supreme Trading - with performances by Bunny Rabbit, The Durty Na Nas and Krankstravaganza.

The Sword are also going on tour with Clutch. All PriestBird, Sword, Cocorosie, & Bunny Rabbit tour dates below...

Priestbird | 2007 Tour Dates
Thu 2/22/07 New York, NY Cakeshop w/ SSM
Thu 3/1/07 Brooklyn, NY Union Pool
Mon 3/5/07 New York, NY Cakeshop
Fri 3/9/07 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad ^
Sat 3/10/07 Tempe, AZ Big Fish Pub ^
Sun 3/11/07 San Diego, CA Brick by Brick ^
Mon 3/12/07 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour ^
Tue 3/13/07 San Francisco, CA Slim's ^
Wed 3/14/07 Oakland, CA The Uptown ^
Thu 3/15/07 Portland, OR Berbati's Pan ^
Fri 3/16/07 Seattle, WA Neumo's ^
Sat 3/17/07 Boise, ID Neurolux ^
Sun 3/18/07 Salt Lake City, UT Burt's Tiki Lounge ^
Mon 3/19/07 Denver, CO Marquis Theatre ^
Tue 3/20/07 Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep ^
Wed 3/21/07 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck ^
Thu 3/22/07 Oklahoma City, OK The Conservatory ^
Fri 3/23/07 Dallas, TX Double-Wide ^
4/07 Manchester UK The Phoenix
4/08 Sheffield UK Corporation
4/09 Nottingham UK The Social
4/10 London UK The Luminaire
4/11 Reims F Carphanaëum Festival Centre Culturel du Crous
4/13 Rotterdam, NL Motel Mozaique Festival
4/14 Esch-Alzette, LUX Kulturfabrik Out Of The Crowd Festival
4/15 Brussels, B Ancienne Belgique Domino Festival
4/16 Bielefeld G Kamp
4/17 Dortmund G FZW
4/18 Munich G Rote Sonne
4/19 Krems, A Danube Festival
4/21 Leipzig G UT Connewitz

^ with Sword

The Sword | 2007 Tour Dates
Feb 23 - Emo's Austin, Texas
Mar 9 - Launchpad Albuquerque, New Mexico *
Mar 10 - Big Fish Pub Tempe, Arizona *
Mar 11 - Brick By Brick San Diego, California *
Mar 12 - The Troubadour West Hollywood, California *
Mar 13 - Slim's San Francisco, California *
Mar 15 - Berbati's Pan Portland, Oregon *
Mar 16 - Neumo's Seattle, Washington *
Mar 17 - Neurolux Boise, Idaho *
Mar 18 - Burt's Tiki Lounge Salt Lake City, Utah *
Mar 19 - Marquis Theatre Denver, Colorado *
Mar 20 - The Black Sheep Colorado Springs, Colorado *
Mar 21 - The Bottleneck Lawrence, Kansas *
Mar 22 - The Conservatory Oklahoma City, Oklahoma *
Mar 23 - Doublewide Dallas, Texas *
Apr 3 - Sugar Mill (w/ Clutch) Stoke-on-Trent
Apr 4 - Academy 3+2 (w/ Clutch) Manchester
Apr 5 - The Garage (w/ Clutch) Glasgow, Scotland
Apr 6 - Barfly (w/ Clutch) Birmingham
Apr 7 - Zodiac (w/ Clutch) Oxford
Apr 8 - Mean Fiddler (w/ Clutch) London
Apr 10 - Wedgewood Rooms (w/ Clutch) Portsmouth
Apr 11 - Soundhaus (w/ Clutch) Northampton
Apr 12 - Rock City (w/ Clutch) Nottingham
Apr 13 - T.J.'s (w/ Clutch) Newport
Apr 14 - Arts Centre (w/ Clutch) Colchester
Apr 15 - Corporation (w/ Clutch) Sheffield
Apr 17 - Charlatan (w/ Clutch) Gent
Apr 18 - Underground (w/ Clutch) Koln
Apr 19 - Matrix (w/ Clutch) Bochum
Apr 20 - ROADBURN FESTIVAL Tilburg
Apr 21 - Molotov (w/ Clutch) Hamburg
Apr 22 - KB (w/ Clutch) Malmo
Apr 23 - Debaser (w/ Clutch) Stockholm
Apr 25 - Nosturi (w/ Clutch) Helsinki
Apr 27 - Spectrum (w/ Clutch) Oslo
Apr 28 - Sticky Fingers (w/ Clutch) Goteburg
Apr 29 - Rock (w/ Clutch) Copenhagen

* w/ Priestbird

Cocorosie | 2007 Tour Dates
04/06/07 - Circolo Degli Artisti, Rome, Italy
04/09/07 - Postbahnhof, Berlin, Germany
04/10/07 - Grand Rex, Paris, France
04/11/07 - Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium w/ Bunny Rabbit
04/12/07 - Sala Apollo, Barcelona, Spain
04/13/07 - Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
04/14/07 - Aula Magna, Lisboa, Portugal
04/15/07 - Shepards Bush Empire, London, United Kingdom
04/20/07 - Warsaw, Brooklyn, NY
04/28/07 - Coachella Festival, Coachella, CA
04/29/07 - El Rey, Los Angeles, CA
04/30/07 - The Rio, Santa Cruz, CA
05/01/07 - Bimbo's, San Francisco, CA
05/03/07 - Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
05/04/07 - Neumos, Seattle, WA
05/05/07 - Richard's On Richards, Vancouver, Canada
05/07/07 - Theatre Of The Living Art, Philadelphia, PA
05/09/07 - Cat's Cradle, Chapel Hill, NC
05/11/07 - Headliners, Louisville, KY
05/12/07 - Metro, Chicago, IL
05/14/07 - Lee's Palace, Toronto, Canada
05/15/07 - La Sala Rossa, Montreal, Canada
05/16/07 - Middle East, Cambridge, MA
05/19/07 - WTC/Wintergarden, New York, NY
05/27/07 - Art Rock Festival, St. Brieuc, France
05/29/07 - Le4 Sans, Bordeaux, France
05/30/07 - Rockstore, Montpellier, France
05/31/07 - Le Ramier, Toulouse, France
06/01/07 - Transbordeur, Lyon, France
06/02/07 - La Cartonnerie, Reims, France
06/05/07 - Mousontrum, Frankfurt, Germany
06/06/07 - Alte Feuerwache, Mannheim, Germany
06/07/07 - Manufaktur, Schorndorf, Germany
06/08/07 - Theater Moods, Zurich, Switzerland
06/09/07 - Kilbi Festival, Dudingen, Switzerland
06/10/07 - Muffathalle, Munich, Germany

Bunnyrabbit | 2007 Tour Dates
Feb 20 - CD Release Party- Supreme Trading Brooklyn, New York
Feb 28 - TBA TBA, Washington
Mar 2 - S.S. Marie Antoinette Seattle, Washington
Mar 3 - Gaycation @ Holocene Portland, Oregon
Mar 4 - Boiler Room Eureka, California
Mar 5 - Delta Venus davis, California
Mar 6 - Fool's Foundation w/ Clovis Heald and Falcon Christ Sacramento, California
Mar 7 - The Mustang Club Modesto, California
Mar 8 - 21 Grand w/ Clovis Heald and Bat Rays Oakland, California
Mar 10 - TBA Sacramento, California
Mar 11 - Press Club Sacramento, California
Mar 13 - Hemlock San Francisco, California
Mar 14 - The Airliner-LOW END THEORY L. A., California
Mar 16 - VFW Hall Santa Fe, New Mexico
Mar 17 - Beauty Bar San Diego, California
Mar 20 - Jack Rabbit Lounge Shreveport, Louisiana
Mar 23 - Drunken Unicorn Atlanta, Georgia
Mar 25 - The Empty Bottle Chicago, Illinois
Mar 27 - 15 Street Tavern Denver, Colorado
Mar 29 - Jazz Bones Tacoma, Washington
Mar 30 - Rotture Portland, Oregon
Apr 1 - Mouson Turm Studio Frankfurt
Apr 11 - Ancienne Belgique w/ CocoRosie Brussels
Apr 13 - Flexbar Amsterdam
Apr 14 - Motel Mozaique Festival Rotterdam
Apr 19 - Tsunami Club Cologne
Apr 20 - Optimal Festival Munich
Apr 22 - Tap Tab Schaffhausen
Apr 24 - Le Ciel LFSM Grenoble
Apr 25 - La Maroquinerie LFSM Paris
Apr 26 - Le Cargo LFSM Caen
Apr 27 - Grand Mix LFSM Tourcoing
Apr 28 - Le Normandie LFSM Saint Lo
May 2 - Borderline LFSMF London
May 9 - Rote Fabrik Zurich
May 10 - Bad Bonn Dudingen
May 11 - Boa Luzern

Previously
* CocoRosie @ La Tulipe | Pop Montreal | pics
* CocoRosie @ Town Hall, NYC | Pics
* Antony, Cocorosie & Matmos @ Warsaw in Brooklyn | pics by Bao
* Antony & The Johnsons / CocoRosie @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC | Pics
* Antony, Kembra & CocoRosie @ Tokion Creativity Now | pics
* Metallic Falcons (CocoRosie, Antony, Tarantula) @ Tonic
* Voodoo-EROS Store Opening, NYC | pics

Posted in music | tour dates at 3:24 PM | Comments (4)

Happy Mardi Gras!

DOWNLOAD: Janet Kuypers w/ David Michael Jackson - The One at Mardi Gras (MP3)

MARDI GRAS IN BROOKLYN TONIGHT
"February 20th, Fat Tuesday! Come celebrate Mardi Gras in Brooklyn at Union Hall!!!
2 Floors of Mardi Gras celebration. A benefit to aid the musicians of New Orleans."

ALSO
* In New Orleans, Bands Struggle to Regain Footing
* New Orleans Trades Reality for Revelry
* Notes from New Orleans: Mardi Gras Morning
* Top 40 Mardi Gras Songs

Posted in To Do | music at 2:25 PM | Comments (0)

2007 Sasquatch! Music Festival lineup

A VIEW FROM SASQUATCH! 2006 (MORE)

This is definitely the festival I want to go to:

Sasquatch! Music Festival is pleased to announce the official line up for their 6th annual event to be held over Memorial Day Weekend on Saturday, May 26th and Sunday, May 27th at the breathtaking Gorge Amphitheatre. The Festival features over 50 artists on 3 stages. Tickets for the festival go on-sale Saturday, March 3rd at 10:00 am. On-site camping for the festival is available for Friday, May 25th through Sunday, May 27th and reservations can be made upon ticket purchase.

Saturday, May 26th:
Bjork
The Arcade Fire
Manu Chao Radio Bemba Sound System
M.I.A.
Citizen Cope
Neko Case
The Hold Steady
Grizzly Bear
Ghostland Observatory
Electrelane
Two Gallants
The Slip
Loney, Dear
Aqueduct
The Thermals
Viva Voce
The Blow
Gabriel Teodros

Sunday, May 27th:
Beastie Boys
Interpol
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Spoon
Bad Brains
Ozomatli
Dandy Warhols
The Black Angels
Mirah
Tokyo Police Club
Money Mark
St. Vincent
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Smoosh
Common Market
Helio Sequence
Minus The Bear

***More acts to be announced!***

Previously
* Sasquatch! 2006 | Sunday review in words & pics
* Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pics
* Beck @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pics
* Sasquatch! 2006 | Saturday review in words & pics
* Band of Horses @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pics
* Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pics
* Jamie Lidell didn't shave @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pics
* Arctic Monkeys' new bassist @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pic
* CYHSY's drummer in GNR sweatshirt @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pic
* Neko Case, before & during the hail @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pics

Posted in Sasquatch | music at 1:07 PM | Comments (31)

Jesu "Conqueror" streaming ++ Tour delay, Visa issues

Jesu's new album "Conqueror" is streaming at their website. Tonight (Feb 20) they were supposed to kick off a tour in LA, but...

We are sorry to report that Jesu are still stuck in England and will NOT be playing the Spaceland, L.A headline/release party ; work permits for Jesu have still not been cleared by U.S officials/customs and the band are not allowed into the U.S until the permits are officially cleared. The band are yet to receive a date of clearance and simply have to wait until they do so before entering the U.S, hence Jesu will not be appearing at any shows with ISIS until the permits are available and Jesu can leave England.

Please watch this space for further news ; once Jesu have their permits we will post confirmation of this and the first show that Jesu will play in the U.S. Hopefully the band will not miss more than the first week of this tour, being the bands first tour of the U.S.

In related Jesu live line up news, Jesu bass player Diarmuid Dalton will not be playing any of the U.S dates due to being refused a work permit for the U.S for this tour. Diarmuid has been replaced for this tour by long time collaborator (and fellow Birmingham, England native) bass player Dave Cochrane (Justin and Dave played together in Head Of David, Sweet Tooth, Ice, God and now their new project together GREY MACHINE).

Drummer Ted Parsons has also been unable to make this first Jesu U.S tour due to family commitments and has been replaced by drummer Danny Walker, a Los Angeles native who plays for many bands including Intronaut.

Thank you

...stupid Visas.

Assuming Jesu make it over at some point, they play Irving Plaza with Isis on March 14th. Jesu is also playing SXSW. Tour dates here and at Jesu's site. (thx Klaus)

Posted in SXSW | metal | music | streams | tour dates at 12:54 PM | Comments (1)

Public Enemy - 2007 Tour Dates (& toys)

You can get some Public Enemy action figures right here. And you can get some tickets to see Public Enemy at BB King's in NYC on March 11th right here. All other known PE tour dates below....

Public Enemy | Tour Dates
Wed, 03/07/07 Madison Theater Covington, KY
Thu 03/08/07 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
Fri, 03/09/07 Canadian Music Week: Docks Nightclub and Concert Theatre Toronto, ON
Sun, 03/11/07 B.B. King's Blues Club & Grill New York, NY
Tue, 03/13/07 Rams Head Live! Baltimore, MD
Wed 03/14/07 North Myrtle Beach, SC House Of Blues
Sun, 03/18/07 Warehouse Live Houston, TX
Wed, 03/21/07 House of Blues New Orleans New Orleans, LA
Thu, 03/22/07 Hard Rock Live Orlando Orlando, FL
Fri, 03/23/07 Jannus Landing St Petersburg, FL

Previously
Public Enemy @ CBGB Rally in the park, NYC | pics
"Hip Hop Tours of Harlem"! with actual rap legends

Posted in hiphop | music | tour dates | toys at 5:30 AM | Comments (7)

2007 TOOL Tour Dates + Bonnaroo tickets

Bonnaroo tickets go on sale Friday. Tool has been announced as one of the headliners. All Tool tour dates below...

Tool | 2007 Tour Dates
Thu 03/15/07 Las Vegas, NV Pearl @ The Palms
Fri 03/16/07 Las Vegas, NV Pearl @ The Palms
Sun 03/18/07 Reno, NV Reno Events Center
Tue 03/20/07 San Diego, CA Cox Arena
Wed 03/21/07 Tucson, AZ Tucson Convention Center
Fri 03/23/07 Albuquerque, NM Tingley Col.@New Mexico State Fair
Sat 03/24/07 Las Cruces, NM Pan American Center
Mon 03/26/07 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
Tue 03/27/07 Corpus Christi, TX American Bank Center
Thu 03/29/07 Oklahoma City, OK Ford Center
Fri 03/30/07 Southaven, MS DeSoto Civic Center
Sat 03/31/07 Baton Rouge, LA Baton Rouge River Center
Mon 04/02/07 Pensacola, FL Pensacola Civic Center
Tue 04/03/07 Tallahassee, FL Leon County Civic Center
Thu 04/05/07 Tampa, FL USF Sun Dome
Fri 04/06/07 Orlando, FL Amway Arena
Sat 04/07/07 Coral Gables, FL BankUnited Center
Tue 04/10/07 Duluth, GA The Arena At Gwinnett Center
Wed 04/11/07 Winston-Salem, NC Lawrence Joel Complex
Fri 04/13/07 Pelham, AL Verizon Wireless Center Birmingham
Sat 04/14/07 Greenville, SC Bi Lo Center
Sun 04/15/07 Richmond, VA Richmond Coliseum
Tue 04/17/07 Reading, PA Sovereign Center
Wed 04/18/07 University Park, PA Bryce Jordan Center
Fri 04/20/07 Albany, NY Times-Union Center
Sat 04/21/07 Atlantic City, NJ Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall
Sun 04/22/07 Portland, ME Cumberland Co. Civic Center
Fri 04/27/07 Quebec City, QC Colisee Pepsi
Sat 04/28/07 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
Sun 04/29/07 Hamilton, ON Copps Coliseum
06/14-17/07 Bonnaroo Festival

Previously
Tool tells fans to Relax | Tour at end of summer

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The Police tickets on sale @ 9am

Tickets go on sale @ 9am for the two NYC Police shows. How many do you think they'll add when these sell out? It happened in Canada.

Below is a video (thx Josh) from their rehearsal/tour announcement last week:

Previously
The Police | 2007 Tour Dates (so far)

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Lisa Gerrard releases "Lisa Gerrard" + 2007 Tour Dates

4AD just put out a 'best of' Lisa Gerrard:

Simply titled "Lisa Gerrard", the album was selected and sequenced by Lisa herself. And so it's a genuine "best of" which offers a concise and entirely convincing insight into the various strands of her musical output. In short, "Lisa Gerrard" blends soundtrack work, Dead Can Dance highlights and the pick of her solo recordings into a seamless and spellbinding whole.

In April Lisa starts a tour that brings her from Australia to Europe to North America. Tickets go on sale soon for a show at the Society for Ethical Culture Concert Hall in NYC on May 9th. All currently known tour dates below....

Lisa Gerrard | 2007 Tour Dates
April 02 Australia, Melbourne, : Forum Theatre
April 04 Australia, Sydney, : State Theatre
April 05 Australia, Brisbane, : Playhouse at the QPAC
April 11 Spain, Barcelona, : L'auditori
April 13 Italy, Milan, : Conservatorio
April 15 France, Paris, : Grand Rex
April 17 Belgium, Brussels, : Cirque Royal
April 18 Germany, Duisburg, : Theater Am Marientor
April 20 Netherlands, Holland, The Hague: World Forum
April 22 Germany, Hamburg, : Schauspielhaus
April 23 Germany, Berlin, : Tempodrom
April 25 Poland, Warsaw, : Roma Theatre
April 27 Czech Republic, Prague, : Archa
April 29 UK, England, London: Shaftesbury Theatre
May 03 Atlanta, GA at Variety Playhouse
May 05 Philadelphia, PA at Theatre of the Living Arts
May 07 Alexandria, VA at Birchmere
May 09 New York, NY at The Concert Hall
May 11 Montreal, Canada at Theater Maisonneuve
May 13 Toronto, Cananda at Danforth Music Hall
May 15 Chicago, IL at Vic Theater
May 17 Minneapolis, MN at Guthrie Theater
May 19 Denver, CO at Gothic Theatre
May 22 Vancouver, WA at Center for the Performing Arts
May 24 Seattle, WA at Moore Theatre
May 26 San Francisco, CA at Palace of Fine Arts
May 29 Los Angeles, CA at Orpheum Theatre
May 30 San Diego, VA at Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay

more dates TBA

Previously
Dead Can Dance @ Radio City Music Hall, NYC | pics

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The Pipettes add 3rd NYC show - updated Tour Dates

Tickets are now on sale for a 3rd NYC show by The Pipettes.

The Pipettes take NYC
Mar 11 - Luna lounge Brooklyn (NEW)
Mar 12 - Luna Lounge Brooklyn (SOLD OUT)
Mar 13 - Bowery Ballroom w/ Amy Winehouse (SOLD OUT)

Music Snobbery points out that this latest March 11th addition is the same night as Jill Cunniff at Mercury Lounge. All tour dates below...

The Pipettes | 2007 Tour Dates
Feb 24 - MX Beat 2007 Guadalajara, Mexico
Mar 10 - The Rivoli (Canadian Music Week) Toronto, Ontario
Mar 11 - Luna lounge Brooklyn
Mar 12 - Luna Lounge Brooklyn, New York
Mar 13 - Bowery Ballroom NYC
Mar 15 - Flamingo Cantina, Austin, TX day show (SXSW)
Mar 16 - Emo's, Austin, TX Pitchfok day show (SXSW)
Mar 17 - Beauty Bar Patio Austin, TX w/ Tokyo Police Club, Cursive, Tilly & The Wall (SXSW)
Apr 17 - Ritz Manchester
Apr 18 - Shepherds Bush Empire London
Apr 19 - Met University Leeds
Apr 20 - Garage Glasgow
Apr 21 - Ironworks Inverness, Scotland
Apr 22 - Nottingham Trent University Nottingham, London and South East
Apr 24 - Conne Island Leipzig
Apr 25 - Grunspan Hamburg
Apr 26 - Maria/Zitty Party Berlin
Apr 27 - Backstage Werk Munich
Apr 28 - VIPER FIRENZE
Apr 29 - FILLMORE Piacenza
Apr 30 - BOLOGNA ESTRAGON
May 1 - ZION CLUB CONEGLIANO (TV)
May 3 - Trabendo Paris

Previously
The Pipettes add 2nd NYC show ++ Jamie Woon added to Bowery
Amy Winehouse & The Pipettes | NYC, Canada & SXSW

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Lo-Fi-Fnk | 2007 Tour Dates (SXSW) & CMJ pics

DOWNLOAD: Lo-Fi-Fnk - Wake Up (MP3)

DOWNLOAD: Softlightes - Girl Kills Bear (Lo Fi Fnk remix) (MP3)

Lo-Fi-Fnk @ Fontana's, NYC (BV CMJ show) - Nov 3, 2006

Laptop or no laptop, Sweden's Lo Fi Fnk (Leo and August) are coming back to the States to pay us a visit. Last time they were here for CMJ. They played a few shows including one at Galapagos and my day party at Fontana's. Here's what they had to say about that:

We are back from the United States both physically and mentally. It sure was a wicked time and makes u understand why Americans think of Europe as the same country, not just the same continent. Cause this was something really different even though we only saw NYC and Philadelphia. We wanna give a big high five to Greg and Darren who made it happen and everyone who we met(like john lee). Thanx for teaching us all the trendy words and phrases which we 4 sure will use in our euro-american lyrics and which 4 sure will be totally not cool and trendy when you will get to hear the tracks.

This time they'll see many more American cities including LA, Miami, and Austin (SXSW). They'll also come back to Philly & NYC to play some shows (dance parties) with Datarock. Should be good. All dates below...

Lo Fi Fnk | 2007 Tour Dates
06-MAR-Los Angeles, CA Safari Sam’s
07-MAR-San Diego, CA Beauty Bar
08-MAR-Las Vegas, NV Art Bar
09-MAR-Vancouver, BC Shine *
10-MAR-Portland, OR Towne Lounge *
11-MAR-Eugene, OR Indigo District *
11-MAR-San Francisco, CA (LO FI FNK DJing only) *
13-MAR-San Francisco, CA Mezzannine w/ Fujiya & Miyagi
14-MAR-Austin, TX SXSW Stereogum / FADER party
14-MAR-Austin, TX SXSW Super! Alright!Space
15-MAR-Austin, TX SXSW Beauty Bar
16-MAR-Austin, TX SXSW Urban Outfitters - 1 pm
16-MAR-Austin, TX SXSW Factory People / Anthem party
17-MAR-Washington, DC Rock’n'Roll Hotel
20-MAR-Charlotte, NC Tremont Hall *
21-MAR-Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn
22-MAR-Gainesville, FL Common Grounds
24-MAR-Miami, FL Post w/ Junior Boys
27-MAR-Toronto, ON Drake Hotel w/ Crystal Castles
28-MAR-Montreal, QC Club Lambi
29-MAR-Boston, MA Square
30-MAR-Philadelphia, PA PURE w/ Datarock, The Presets
30-MAR-New York, NY Annex (Ruff Club @ 2am)
31-MAR-Brooklyn, NY Studio B w/ The Presets and Datarock
Apr 28 - Bergenfest festival

* w/ DJ Never Forget

Previously
Datarock | MP3s & 2007 Tour Dates (LA-Miami-NYC-SXSW)
Lo Fi Fnk played Fontanas
Lo-Fi-Fnk video

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Wintersleep + The Slip | 2007 Tour Dates (NYC, SXSW) + The Undisputed Heavyweights record release (MP3s)

DOWNLOAD: Wintersleep - Insomnia (MP3)

DOWNLOAD: Wintersleep - Jaws of Life (MP3)

DOWNLOAD: Wintersleep - Nerves Normal, Breathe Normal (XM Radio) (MP3)

DOWNLOAD: The Slip on AOL The Interface (MP3)

DOWNLOAD: The Undusputed Heavyweights - Money (MP3)

DOWNLOAD: The Undisputed Heavyweights - Roll Your Windows Down (MP3)

"...a whole lot of Canadians will also be crossing the border for the festival (SXSW) including quintessential Canadian rockers The Tragically Hip, pop rockers Sloan, Montreal indie alt-rockers Mobile, electronic music group MSTRKRFT, Edmonton rapper Cadence Weapon, indie rockers The Dears, Metric frontwoman Emily Haines and her band The Soft Skeleton, singer-songwriter Jill Barber AND INDIE ROCKERS WINTERSLEEP just to name a few." [Soulshine]

Wintersleep

Wintersleep also play Mercury Lounge in NYC this Thursday February 22nd (8pm). Coincidentally Undisputed Wes and the Undisputed Heavyweights ALSO play Mercury Lounge this Thursday (10pm). Playing between them is Val Emmich who recently left Epic Records. Playing after the Heavyweights is Derek James.

The Thursday Mercury Lounge show is also the Undisputed Heavyweights' "Live From New York City" EP release party.

After NYC, Wintersleep play three more U.S. dates with the Slip (see below) before heading home to Halifax to rest before SXSW. The Slip's upcoming local show is at Maxwell's in Hoboken on Feb. 27th with Phonograph (who just came out with an album). All tour dates for everyone below...

Wintersleep | 2007 Tour Dates
Feb 22 - Mercury Lounge New York, New York
Feb 23 - Paradise Rock Club Boston, Massachusetts w/ The Slip
Feb 24 - The Space Portland, Maine w/ The Slip
Feb 25 - Stone Church Portsmouth, New Hampshire w/ The Slip
Mar 13 - Roxy Atlanta, GA
Mar 15 - Scout Bar Houston, TX
Mar 16 - Palladium Dallas, TX
Mar 17 - The Ale House, Austin, TX (SXSW)
May 17 - The Great Escape Festival Brighton, England

The Slip | 2007 Tour Dates
Feb 22 - Java Barn Canton, New York
Feb 23 - Paradise Boston, Massachusetts w/ Wintersleep
Feb 24 - SPACE Gallery Portland, Maine w/ Wintersleep
Feb 25 - Stone Church Newmarket, New Hampshire w/ Wintersleep
Feb 27 - Maxwell's Hoboken, New Jersey w/ Phonograph
Feb 28 - World Cafe Live Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mar 1 - Recher Theatre Towson, Maryland
Mar 3 - The Jewish Mother Virginia Beach, Virginia
Mar 6 - Cat's Cradle Carrboro, North Carolina
Mar 7 - Visulite Theatre Charlotte, North Carolina
Mar 8 - Smith's Olde Bar Atlanta, Georgia
Mar 10 - Langerado Music Festival Sunrise, Florida
Mar 10 - Culture Room Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Mar 12 - WorkPlay Theatre Birmingham, Alabama
Mar 14 - Exit / In Nashville, Tennessee
Mar 15 - The Music Mill Indianapolis, Indiana
Mar 16 - Double Door Chicago, Illinois
Mar 17 - Grog Shop Cleveland, Ohio
Mar 18 - Rex Theatre Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mar 24 - Snoe.down Lake Placid, New York
Jun 9 - Wakarusa Festival Lawrence, Kansas
Jun 10 - Wakarusa Festival Lawrence, Kansas
Jun 14 - BONNAROO Manchester, Tennessee
Jun 15 - BONNAROO Manchester, Tennessee
Jun 15 - BONNAROO Manchester, Tennessee
Jun 16 - BONNAROO Manchester, Tennessee
Jun 17 - BONNAROO Manchester, Tennessee

Previously
Wintersleep the next Arcade Fire?
The Slip + Apollo Sunshine + Sam Champion | Tour

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February 19, 2007

Sirius and XM merger official

"Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio are to merge in a $13 billion tie-up that gives subscribers access to entertainers such as Oprah Winfrey and shock-jock Howard Stern, the companies said on Monday." [Yahoo]

This also means XM subscribers will now get to hear "Blog Radio" featuring shows by ProductShop (Mondays), Brooklyn Vegan (me) (Tuesdays), Gorilla Vs Bear (Wednesdays), and My Old Kentucky Blog (Thursdays).

Posted in music | radio at 6:10 PM | Comments (12)

Jamie T, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, NME + Tour Dates

Jamie T @ The Archway Tavern (2006) (CRED)

And the nominees for "Best Solo Artist" in this year's Shockwaves NME Awards are....

* Lily Allen
* Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
* Jarvis Cocker
* Jamie T.
* Thom Yorke

Brooklyn Vegan readers are probably well acquainted with Lily, Jarvis & Thom by now. You may even remember GCWCF (Sam Duckworth). But who is Jamie T?

Like a modern-day mix of Billy Bragg and Vicky Pollard, Jamie T (or Jamie Treays, as he's known to his mum) is set to divide opinion.

On the plus side, his songs frequently have a vibrant narrative, rich in poetic observation. The downside, at least to some ears, is the Sarf London patois he insists on singing.

The tall, skinny teenage lad from Wimbledon is clearly influenced as much by The Clash, Tom Waits, Rancid and The Specials as the drum'n'bass and garage that surrounded him while growing up.

Armed only with an acoustic bass guitar, he began playing the backrooms of pubs in Soho and Twickenham. The songs on his just released debut album, Panic Prevention, feature tales of life in identikit suburbia and what it is to be a young man growing up in 1990s Britain.

The live experience is akin to the troubadour spirit of the American folkies of Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan colliding headlong with true English gents like Paul Weller, Billy Bragg and Elvis Costello, with a few pills and cans of Stella to loosen the creative juices.

There no doubt he possesses the ability to pen a memorable hook or two. Whether his faux street-slang vocal-style though will enthral or enrage you depends on your tastes. Like Marmite, you'll either love or hate it. He's mates with Lily Allen. Make of that what you will. [Norwich Evening News]

I'm surprised they didn't mention the Streets. Here's a video...

Jamie & Sam (GCWCF) are both visiting very soon....

Jamie T | 2007 US Tour Dates
Mar 14 - Austin, TX @ Stubb's w/ Lily Allen (NME SXSW show)
Mar 21 - NYC @ Mercury Lounge

Get Cape Wear Cape Fly | 2007 US Tour Dates
Mar 15 - Austin, TX @ Stubb's w/ Bloc Party, The Dears, Rodrigo y Gabriela (SXSW)
Mar 20 - NYC @ Mercury Lounge w/ Fionn Regan

Fellow NME nominee Jarvis Cocker is playing a much larger NYC venue.

Jarvis, Thom, and Lily were also nominated for Brit Awards. Jamie & Sam were not.

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Jarvis Cocker adds 2nd NYC show + videos

Tickets go on sale Wednesday for a 2nd Jarvis Cocker show @ Webster Hall in April (23rd and now the 22nd too).

He's been performing a lot of covers in the UK. A few videos below....

Here's a UK review.

Previously
a picture of Jarvis @ The Brit Awards
Jarvis Cocker | 2007 Tour Dates

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Beach House add 3rd NYC show - 2007 Tour Dates (SXSW)

Beach House's two shows (March 6-7) with Grizzly Bear and Papercuts at Bowery Ballroom are now sold out, but Beach House's show at Mercury Lounge (March 5) is still on sale.

All Beach House tour dates below...

Beach House | Tour Dates
Mar 3 2007 Warehouse Nextdoor--- Carpark Showcase DC
Mar 4 2007 Black Cat w/Grizzly Bear and Papercuts Washington dc
Mar 5 2007 Mercury Lounge NYC
Mar 6 2007 Bowery Ballroom w/grizzly bear and papercuts New york
Mar 7 2007 bowery Ballroom w/grizzly bear and papercuts new york
Mar 8 2007 G-spot w/ Papercuts, noble lake Baltimore
Mar 10 2007 Art Bar Columbia, South Carolina
Mar 11 2007 The Earl Atlanta, Georgia
Mar 14 2007 The Cavern Dallas, Texas
Mar 16 2007 Emos Austin
Mar 16 2007 Six Lounge---Carpark Showcase Austin
Mar 29 2007 Crossroads film festival Jackson,, Mississippi

Previously
BEACH HOUSE opening for fellow Pitchfork fav Grizzly Bear + WAY MORE
Beach House | 2006 Tour Dates & MP3

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Roky Erickson & The Explosives add Bowery show - tix

Tickets are on sale for Roky Erickson & The Explosives @ Bowery Ballroom (Apr 15, 2007). The Southpaw show is sold out.

Previously
Roky Erickson playing Noise Pop, SXSW, Coachella, BROOKLYN & more!!! (MP3s)

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Tim Fite 'Over the Counter Culture' FREE ALBUM DOWNLOAD

DOWNLOAD: Over The Counter Culture (whole album ZIP)

Tim Fite continues to rule - now so more than ever because he's decided to give away his awesome second album 'Over the Counter Culture' FOR 100% FREE...

Fite will release his new album Over The Counter Culture for free through his website on February 20th, 2007 (and on Brooklyn Vegan on February 19th). Fite’s fifteen track recording is a scathing examination of commercial culture and it's adverse effects on life in general, and on rap music specifically.

“I saw hip/hop being co-opted by commercialism and tricked out in an effort to disguise the hidden agenda of economic, intellectual, and spiritual degradation that we have come to know so fondly as popular culture,” Fite says of the impetus for his new album, which temporarily puts his multi-genred folk leanings to the side for what he calls “an overtly political hip-hop record.”

“I intended to make a record that was free from the paradox of art reconciling with commerce,” Fite explains of the follow up to 2005’s acclaimed Gone Ain’t Gone.

“Conversely, I intended to make a record where art attacked commerce and its constituents, openly and without hesitation. I intended to make a record with an accusatory finger pointed at the world (myself included), shouting, "GUILTY!!!!!!!!" Guilty: for spending too much time on money, and not enough time on madness. Guilty: for believing in advertising so much that we have become advertisements ourselves.Guilty: for not holding up the red card of accountability and demanding change through self awareness. "

no tour dates at the moment.

Previously
Tim Fite @ CMJ | pics
Tim Fite @ Joe's Pub, NYC | Pics
Tim Fite Album Stream & NYC Show

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Jill Cunniff tour dates -- Luscious Jackson streaming

DOWNLOAD: Jill Cunniff - Lazy Girls (MP3)

One of this week's interesting releases is definitely Luscious Jackson's CD of Greatest Hits. You can LISTEN to the whole thing at AOL.

Interesting, but maybe not as great, is the other Luscious Jackson CD coming out this week - the one called "City Beach" by ex-frontwoman Jill Cunniff.

AND MOST INTERESTING is that Jill has some shows scheduled. She'll be playing solo stuff in addition to LJ songs:

Jill Cunniff | 2007 Tour Dates
Wed March 7, 7pm @ Virgin Megastore Union Square, NYC (solo acoustic)
Sun March 11 @ Mercury Lounge, NYC (first ever full band show)
Thu March 29 @ Hotel Café, Los Angeles.

She's also playing SXSW, but is so far missing from the schedule.

Previously
Luscious Jackson Rounds Up Hits, Children's Music

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Sirius and XM to announce merger today?

According to the NY Post, "Satellite radio operators Sirius and XM are expected to announce their long-awaited merger today, according to a source familiar with the deal."

Posted in music | radio at 12:03 PM | Comments (0)

"Two-Thirds Of The Jam Reuniting For Tour"

Paul Weller @ Irving Plaza, NYC | Jan 31, 2007 (CRED)

NOT PAUL WELLER
"The Jam bassist Bruce Foxton and drummer Rick Buckler are reuniting for a tour, minus the group's most famous member, Paul Weller, under the moniker 'From the Jam: Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler.'" [Billboard]

related
* Paul Weller - Irving Plaza review
* Paul Weller @ Irving Plaza, Night One: Bringing You Your Hit Parade
* Paul Weller, the legend's popularity grows

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String Quartet Tribute to Arcade Fire's Funeral

When looking through this week's list of new releases, I couldn't help but also find this one interesting....

Posted in music at 11:41 AM | Comments (6)

Largehearted Boy's Interesting CD Releases This Week

This week's music release list may lack star power, but still is incredibly deep in worthwhile discs. The US release of Japanese singer-songwriter Tujiko Noriko's Solo tops my list, along with singles by the Knife and M Ward. Other highly recommended discs include Asobi Seksu's Spaceland Presents: At the Echo October 6th, 2006, the Black Lips' Valientes Del Mundo Neuva, Elvis Perkins' Ash Wednesday, Explosions In The Sky's All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone, Jesu's Conqueror, and Southern Culture on the Skids' Countrypolitan Favorites.

What new releases are you picking up this week (or can recommend)?

For hip parents, the Rockabye Baby series has added Lullaby Renditions of Nine Inch Nails, Lullaby Renditions of No Doubt, and Lullaby Renditions of Smashing Pumpkins.

CD releases:

Andy Dick: Do Your Shows Always Suck [cd]
Aqueduct: Or Give Me Death [cd]
Arab Strap: Ten Years of Tears [cd]
Asobi Seksu:Spaceland Presents: At the Echo October 6th, 2006 [cd]
The Beauty Shop: Crisis Helpline [cd]
The Besnard Lakes: The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse [cd]
Black Lips: Valientes Del Mundo Neuva [cd]
Bobby Conn: King For A Day [cd]
Boredoms: Super Roots 6 [cd]
Boredoms: Super Roots 7 [cd]
Boredoms: Super Roots 8 [cd]
Call Me Lightning: Soft Skeletons [cd]
Calla: Strength In Numbers [cd]
Client: Zerox Machine (single) [cd]
David Karsten Daniels: Sharp Teeth [cd]
Decemberists: O'valencia (import single) [cd]
Dolorean: You Can't Win [cd]
Eats Tapes: Dos Mutantes [cd]
ELO: Out of the Blue: 30th Anniversary Edition [cd]
Eluvium: Copia [cd]
Elvis Perkins: Ash Wednesday [cd]
Erasure: On the Road to Nashville (with DVD) [cd]
Explosions In The Sky: All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone [cd]
The Frames: The Cost [cd]
Fu Manchu: We Must Obey [cd]
High Llamas: Can Cladders [cd]
Jesu: Conqueror [cd]
Jill Cunniff: City Beach [cd]
Jj Grey & Mofro: Country Ghetto [cd]
The Knife: Marble House (single) [cd]
Laibach: Volk [cd]
Luscious Jackson: Greatest Hits [cd]
M. Ward: To Go Home (single) [cd]
Marnie Stern: In Advance of the Broken Arm [cd]
Minus the Bear: Interpretaciones Del Oso [cd]
The Nein: Luxury [cd]
One AM Radio: This Too Will Pass [cd]
Peter Himmelman: My Green Kite [cd]
Pop Levi: The Return To Form Black Majick Party [cd]
PG Six: Slightly Sorry [cd]
Rakes: Remixes [cd]
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Desecration Smile Pt. 1 (import single) [cd]
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Desecration Smile Pt. 2 (import single) [cd]
Richard Swift: Dressed Up For The Let Down [cd]
Samamidon: But This Chicken Proved Falsehearted [cd]
Silos: Come on Like the Fast Lane [cd]
Southern Culture on the Skids: Countrypolitan Favorites [cd]
Thirdimension: Before the End Begins [cd]
Tishamingo: Point [cd]
Trans Am: Sex Change [cd]
Tujiko Noriko: Solo [cd]
Various Artists: Buddha Lounge Tribute to the Beatles [cd]
Various Artists: Jonny Greenwood Is the Controller (import) [cd]
Various Artists: Labrador 100: A Complete History of Popular Music (box set) [cd]
Various Artists: Rockabye Baby: Lullaby Renditions of Nine Inch Nails [cd]
Various Artists: Rockabye Baby: Lullaby Renditions of No Doubt [cd]
Various Artists: Rockabye Baby: Lullaby Renditions of Smashing Pumpkins [cd]
Various Artists: String Quartet Tribute Arcade Fire's Funeral [cd]
Various Artists: String Quartet Tribute to Dream Theater [cd]
Various Artists: Tribute to Smiths: Stop Me If You Think That You've Heard This One Before [cd]
Various Artists: We All Love Ennio Morricone [cd]

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(most of the) 2007 SXSW schedule posted

DOWNLOAD: Lesbian - Black Forest Hamm (MP3)

Most of the SXSW schedule is up. HearYa blog compiled every sample MP3 on one page.

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February 18, 2007

music is like a bottle of water

"Let's compare music with water. Water is readily available, essentially for free, from a number of sources. However, sales of bottled water continue to grow, up 60 percent from 2001 to about $11 billion in revenue last year." [Newsday]

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