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April 30, 2007

Sound Fix Cafe re-opening with Mountain Goats show

From Sound Fix in Brooklyn.

A long time in the making, the Sound Fix Cafe is finally set to reopen its doors on Friday night, May 11, and we're going to kick things off with a super bang when John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats comes to town for a special, one-night in-store performance! The new cafe will be practically unrecognizable from the old one, with a new bar, stage and sound system as well as new floors, lighting and furniture. Nearly three years ago to the day, Darnielle played at the opening of the Sound Fix record shop; now he will be on hand to usher in this exciting new phase of the Williamsburg cafe/bar/record store.

The Cafe was orginally supposed to re-open on April 26th with an appearance by Deerhunter. The Mountain Goats are also playing May 5th at Local 506 in Chapel Hill, NC.

Posted in music | tour dates at 5:21 PM | Comments (18)

My email is now only GMAIL

Please no longer email me at my hotmail email address. I have the same exact email address as before, but it's gmail.com instead of hotmail.com. PLEASE change it in your address books or wherever immediately. I've been slowly switching over the past few months, but now hotmail is completely 100% broken and screwed up (@$#$@#@! Microsoft), so it's an emergency. Thanks!!!

Posted in general | music at 4:24 PM | Comments (8)

CSS meet Paris Hilton & Courtney Love @ Coachella

Written 3 years ago?.....

DOWNLOAD: CSS - Meeting Paris Hilton (MP3)

Happened 1 day ago.....

"...Post show we could all just relax–had an amazing time at the CSS show where both Peaches and Paris Hilton were shimmying around. They were hilarious in the best way (CSS that is)......After that we went to see Air who it seems never showed up. Well they were a half hour late by the time we threw our hands up to the air (yuk yuk) and left. Earlier in the evening a funny thing happened to the ladies and man of CSS. Out of nowhere with an authoritative strut Courtney Love appeared in the artist area and barged into the CSS trailer. At that point I assume she’s a fan and I continue on my merry way to get some water and meet up with the band. Little did I know she was just was looking for shelter and picked the closest trailer. Apparently she came in, said 'I need this trailer' and asked 'Who are you?' CSS proceeded to explain. She looked bewildered and left soon after." [Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear for Rolling Stone]

Tickets are still on sale for CSS' show at Irving Plaza (Fillmore) on June 1st. More photos below....

Paris Hilton and Friends watching Air....

Paris Hilton, CSS, Grizzly Bear & Peaches....

CSS performing.....

6:25 p.m.: Brazil is so often celebrated for its musical sophistication that it’s sometimes difficult to imagine it has amateurish punk bands too. CSS is proof. The sextet carves out simple hooks from barebones metal and disco, and sprinkles them with pop-culture references that sound passably charming in broken English. [Chicago Tribune]

'Pretend We're Dead' as performed by CSS was a cool moment. Prior to starting the song the lead singer said 'This is a Daft Punk cover,' only to launch into the L7 song. I love Brazilians. [A day in the life of]

Previously
* Ghostface Killah @ Coachella (pics) + Tour Dates
* Peaches, Ron Jeremy, Danny Devito & Jessica Alba @ Coachella - pics
* Scarlett Johansson & Jesus & Mary Chain @ Coachella - pix
* more CSS (Cansei De Ser Sexy posts

Posted in music | pictures at 12:26 PM | Comments (57)

Largehearted Boy's Interesting CD Releases This Week

Feist's new album, The Reminder, a plethora of Elvis Costello reissues (unfortunately without bonus material) and American Doll Posse by Tori Amos spice up an otherwise lackluster music release week. Among what I have already heard, I can recommend the 65daysofstatic's The Destruction of Small Ideas, Electrelane's No Shouts, No Calls, Frog Eyes' Tears Of The Valedictorian, Robbie Fulks' Revenge, and the self-titled discs from Von Iva and Young Galaxy.

I am anxious to hear the box set The Time Has Come from British folk rock pioneers Pentangle (Bert Jansch's early band).

This week's CD releases below....

65daysofstatic: The Destruction of Small Ideas [cd]
Attractive and Popular: Money Equals Magic [cd]
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Baby 81 [cd]
Coffinberry: God Dam Dogs [cd]
Dave Alvin: Live from Austin, Texas [cd]
Dinosaur Jr.: Beyond [cd]
Electrelane: No Shouts, No Calls [cd]
Elvis Costello: Almost Blue (reissue) [cd]
Elvis Costello: Armed Forces (reissue) [cd]
Elvis Costello: The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years [cd]
Elvis Costello: Blood & Chocolate (reissue) [cd]
Elvis Costello: Elvis Costello Collector's Box Set - Limited Edition [cd]
Elvis Costello: Get Happy!! (reissue) [cd]
Elvis Costello: Goodbye Cruel World (reissue) [cd]
Elvis Costello: Imperial Bedroom (reissue) [cd]
Elvis Costello: King of America (reissue) [cd]
Elvis Costello: My Aim Is True (reissue) [cd]
Elvis Costello: Punch the Clock (reissue) [cd]
Elvis Costello: Rock & Roll Music (reissue) [cd]
Elvis Costello: This Year's Model (reissue) [cd]
Elvis Costello: Trust (reissue) [cd]
Feist: The Reminder [cd]
Frog Eyes: Tears Of The Valedictorian [cd]
Ghostface Killah &DJ Mick Boogie: Fish N Chips [cd]
Gov't Mule: Live at Roseland Ballroom [cd]
Joan Armatrading: Into the Blues [cd]
The Mary Onettes: The Mary Onettes (import) [cd]
Patrick Wolf: The Magic Position [cd]
Pentangle: The Time Has Come (box set) [cd]
Robbie Fulks: Revenge [cd]
Rush: Snakes & Arrows [cd]
Through the Sparks: Lazarus Beach [cd]
Tori Amos: American Doll Posse [cd]
Various Artists: Spider-Man 3: Music from and Inspired By [cd]
Various Artists: We All Love Ennio Morricone [cd]
Von Iva: Von Iva [cd]
Warren Zevon: Preludes [cd]
Young Galaxy: Young Galaxy [cd]

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Posted in music | new releases at 11:20 AM | Comments (7)

pix of RATM @ Coachella, 2ND NYC RAGE SHOW ADDED + Tom Morello Tour Dates

As you probably heard, Rage Against the Machine reunited and played the last set at Coachella last night...

And in related good news....

In response to the 20-minute sell-out of the previously announced Saturday, July 28 Randall's Island/New York City date, Guerilla Union in conjunction with Live Nation have revealed they will add a second ROCK THE BELLS festival show at the venue for Sunday, July 29. Confirmed artists for both NYC-area shows are headliners Rage Against The Machine, The Wu-Tang Clan, Cypress Hill and many more.

This second Randall's Island/New York City show now marks one of five opportunities where fans can experience the highly anticipated return of Rage Against The Machine which includes Coachella and other Rock The Bells shows: Saturday, August 11 at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, CA and Saturday, August 18 at McCovey Cove Parking Lot in San Francisco, CA.

Tickets for ROCK THE BELLS Sunday, July 29 at Randall's Island go on sale Friday, May 4 at 10:00 am via Ticketmaster.

Tom Morello (who also played Coachella solo) is also touring solo as the Nightwatchman. Tickets are still on sale for his June 26th show at Bowery Ballroom. More Coachella pictures, set list, and all tour dates, below....

RATM - Coachella set list
01. Testify
02. Bulls On Parade
03. People Of The Sun
04. Bombtrack
05. Bullet In The Head
06. Down Rodeo
07. Guerrilla Radio
08. Renegades Of Funk (AFRIKA BAMBAATAA cover)
09. Calm Like A Bomb
10. Sleep Now In The Fire
11. Wake Up
12. Freedom
13. Killing In The Name

"Rage Against The Machine played its first show in seven years last night (April 29) to close the 2007 edition of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. The foursome tore into staples like "Testify," "Bulls on Parade," "People of the Sun" and "Guerrilla Radio" to one of the largest main stage crowds in the event's history." [Billboard]

"The only time de la Rocha broke the fourth wall was to give everyone what they wanted- a deliberate and forthright rebuttal to the last six years of neocon politics. “This administration should be tried, hung and shot,” he said, as if one form of execution wasn't enough. It may have been ham-fisted, but to hear it from the mouth of a rock singer today, de la Rocha may well have set the dam loose for political music at the tail end of the Bush era. Even if he didn’t though, the spectacle of 60,000 fans pounding their fists in unison closer “Killing In The Name Of ” was a reminder of better times for openly political music, or at least more hopeful ones from years past." [LA Times]

"A half circle of 24 cops was taking in the scene just outside the shoulder-to-shoulder mob absorbing all that was Rage, and we're pretty sure they weren't there to make sure Evan Dando got home safely. The back half of the grounds just beyond their perimeter was so deserted all that was missing was a single tumbleweed crossing your path toward a depressingly dramatic light display signifying that, yes, other acts were onstage at that hour, too, and one of them was the reunited Lemonheads." [LA Times]

Tom Morello (Nightwatchman) - 2007 Tour Dates
May 4 - Claremont, CA - Bridges Auditorium at Pamona College
May 16 - Toronto, Ontario - The Horseshoe Tavern
Jun 7 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
Jun 9 - Council Bluffs, IA - Stir Cove at Harrah's Casino
Jun 10 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
Jun 12 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
Jun 13 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
Jun 14 - North Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
Jun 16 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
Jun 17 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues
Jun 18 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
Jun 19 - New Orleans, LA - The Parish
Jun 21 - Atlanta, GA - Smith's Olde Bar
Jun 22 - Charlotte, NC - Casbah at Tremont Music Hall
Jun 23 - Vienna, VA - Jammin' Java
Jun 25 - Philadelphia, PA - North Star
Jun 26 - New York, NY - The Bowery Ballroom
Jun 27 - Cambridge, MA - T.T. Bear's

Rage Against the Machine - 2007 Tour Dates
Sat 07/28/07 New York, NY Randalls Island
Sun 07/29/07 New York, NY Randalls Island
Sat 08/11/07 San Bernardino, CA National Orange Show Events Center
Sat 08/18/07 San Francisco, CA McCovey Cove Parking Lot

Previously
* Crowded House & Rage Against the Machine played Coachella

Posted in music | tour dates at 10:24 AM | Comments (23)

Built To Spill - more 2007 Tour Dates (pre-sale)

As previously reported, Built to Spill are playing McCarren Pool in Brooklyn with Cat Power on Saturday July 7th. That is now one of many U.S. Built to Spill currently on pre-sale. All tour dates below....

Built To Spill - 2007 Tour Dates
May 4 - Vera Groningen
May 6 - Paradiso Amsterdam
May 8 - Knust Hamburg
May 9 - KB Malmo
May 10 - Debaser Medis Stockholm
May 11 - Rockefeller Oslo
May 12 - Sticky Fingers Goteborg
May 14 - Postbahnhof Berlin
May 15 - Star Club Dresden
May 16 - Flex Vienna
May 17 - Ampere Munchen
May 18 - Gebaude 9 Koln
May 19 - Zodiac Oxford
May 20 - All Tomorrows Parties Minehead
May 22 - Leadmill Sheffield
May 23 - Rescue Room Nottingham
May 25 - Trix Club
May 26 - Manufaktur Schorndorf
May 27 - Mousonturm Franfurt
May 28 - Salzhaus Winterthur
May 29 - Fri-son Fribourg
May 30 - La Maroquinerie Paris
May 31 - La Maroquinerie Montpellier
Jun 1 - Primavera Festival Barcelona

Sat 6/30 - 6:00 pm CST First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
Mon 7/2 - 8:00 pm EST Grog Shop Cleveland, OH
Tue 7/3 - 7:00 pm EST Chameleon Lancaster, PA
Thu 7/5 - 6:00 pm EST Avalon Ballroom Boston Boston, MA
Fri 7/6 - 7:30 pm EST Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
Sat 7/7 - 5:00 pm EST McCarren Park Pool Brooklyn, NY
Sun 7/8 - 7:30 pm EST 9:30 Club Washington, DC
Sat 7/14 - 8:00 pm EST Higher Ground South Burlington, VT
Mon 7/16 - 7:00 pm EST St. Andrew's Hall Detroit, MI
Tue 7/17 - 6:30 pm CST Vic Theatre Chicago, IL
Wed 7/18 - 8:00 pm CST Slowdown Omaha, NE
Fri 7/20 - 8:00 pm MST Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
Sat 7/21 - 8:00 pm MST The Depot Salt Lake City, UT

Previously
* Cat Power + Built to Spill playing McCarren - Tour Dates

Posted in music | tour dates at 7:09 AM | Comments (10)

Crowded House & Rage Against the Machine played Coachella

Crowded House also played a warm-up gig at The Glass House on 4/27....

That clip is especially funny since the reunited Crowded House obviously knew what they were in for two nights later at Coachella. They had the unfortunate set time of right-before-Manu-Chao, and two-before the also-reunited Rage Against the Machine on the main stage - all at the very end of a 3-day festival. And there they were - this older kind-of-cheesy-older 80's band playing to thousands of camped-out Rage fans.

It was really awkward when CH singer Neil Finn was hit in the face with a bottle right in the middle of Don't Dream it's over...."Hey now, Hey now...BAM...Don't Dream it's over....". Ouch. He handled it well though - looked a little flustered, changed the words of the song to say he was unaffected, told the thrower it was a good shot, and said "they're coming, they're coming" to the many people chanting "RAGE".

I would have watched Rage, but they didn't stream it the bastards. More photos, videos, reviews, and what not later....

Posted in music at 3:08 AM | Comments (24)

April 29, 2007

Ghostface Killah @ Coachella (pics) + Tour Dates

As previously reported, Ghostface has the following two upcoming NYC dates....

May 15 @ Highline Ballroom w/ Spank Rock (still tix)
Jun 23 @ Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival (tix)

He should also be playing with the Wu at Rock the Bells on Randall's Island in July. This is what his show looked like at Coachella this weekend....

More pics & tour dates below....

Tommy Lee is a fan?...

Ghostface Killah - 2007 Tour Dates
Mon 04/30 - Solana Beach, CA Belly Up Tavern
Tue 05/15 - New York, NY Highline Ballroom
Sat 06/23 - Brooklyn, NY Hip Hop Festival w/ Lupe Fiasco Big Daddy Kane, etc.
Thu 07/05 - Kristiansand, NOR Odderoya (Quartfestivalen)
Wed 07/18 - Montreux, SWI Miles Davis Hall (Jazz Festival)

Wu-Tang Clan - 2007 Tour Dates
Sun 07/01/07 Bucharest, ROM B'Estival
Thu 07/05/07 London, UK Carling Apollo Hammersmith
Fri 07/06/07 Birmingham, UK Carling Birmingham Academy
Sat 07/07/07 Naas, IRE Punchestown Race Course (Oxegen Festival)
Sun 07/08/07 Kinross, UK Balado (T in the Park)
Wed 07/18/07 Montreux, SWI Miles Davis Hall (Jazz Festival)
Sat 07/28/07 New York, NY Randalls Island (Rock the Bells)
Sun 07/29/07 New York, NY Randalls Island (Rock the Bells)
Sun 08/05/07 Baltimore, MD Pimlico Race Track Virgin Fest
Sat 08/11/07 San Bernardino, CA National Orange Show Events Center (Rock The Bells)
Sat 08/18/07 San Francisco, CA McCovey Cove Parking Lot (Rock the Bells)

Previously
* more Ghostface posts

Posted in hiphop | music | tour dates at 7:18 PM | Comments (8)

April 28, 2007

pictures of Bjork @ Coachella

DOWNLOAD: Bjork - I Miss You RH Factor Mix (MP3) (via)

Did Bjork coordinate her outfit with Kevin Barnes?

If I remember correctly, she only wore what you see above during Earth Intruders (the song she opened with). More below....

Set list and video HERE. More stuff HERE.

Posted in MP3 | music at 6:01 PM | Comments (11)

Of Montreal @ Coachella - Kevin Barnes (in a dress)

NOTE: Coachella is streaming online now.

Ok, it's not really a dress, but it fit the running theme. Here's a picture of Kevin Barnes and Of Montreal playing Coachella on Friday...

5:25 p.m. Of Montreal whips up garish disco-rock as flamboyant as the band members’ costumes. Singer Kevin Barnes impersonates a mime, then dons a snappy drag-queen tennis-instructor number. [Chicago Tribune]

Last time Of Montreal played NYC, they did karaoke.

See Also
* Interpol @ Coachella, new album details & tour dates
* Peaches & Ron Jeremy @ Coachella
* A video of Bjork at Coachella
* Scarlett Johansson in a funny hat
* Amy Winehouse and Kelly Osbourne @ Coachella

Posted in music at 5:43 PM | Comments (4)

Deerhunter played some shows (in a dress)

When I saw Deerhunter he wasn't wearing a dress. How were the two recent NYC shows? Here's a picture from Toronto....

Photo by Pete Nema - check out his review and more pics. Next NYC show = Bowery.

Posted in music at 5:34 PM | Comments (40)

Interpol @ Coachella, new album details & tour dates

Carlos D @ Coachella....

* Interpol Feel The Love On Upcoming Album
* Stereogum sees Interpol at Coachella

New album out 07/10/07. Tour dates below....

Interpol - 2007 Tour Dates
May 10, Printemps des Inrocks, Paris, France
May 11, Köln, Kulturkirche, Germany **sold out**
May 14, Paradiso, Holland
May 27, Sasquatch Music Festival, Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA, US
May 31, Palladium Ballroom, Dallas, TX
June 2, Big Day Out, Atlanta, GA
June 21, Düsseldorf, Special Guest for Pearl Jam, Germany karsten-jahnke
June 23, Scheeßel, Hurricane Festival, Germany karsten-jahnke hurricane
June 24, Neuhausen ob Eck, Southside Festival, Germany karsten-jahnke southside
June 25, Dresden, Alter Schlachthof, Germany
June 26-30, Hovefestivalen, Arendal, Norway
June 27, Copenhagen, Denmark
June 29, Accelerator, Stockholm pitchfork
July 1, Werchter Festival, Belgium **sold out**(waiting list promo at main )
July 5, Super Bock Super Rock Festival, Portugal
July 7, Oxegen Festival, Punchestown Racecourse, Naas, Co Kildare, Ireland belfast telegraph
July 8, T in the Park, UK nme pitchfork
August 4, Lollapalooza Festival, Grant Park, Chicago
August 5, Virgin Fest, Baltimore, MD May 5th
August 11, Summersonic Festival, Tokyo, Japan
August 12, Summersonic Festival, Osaka, Japan
August 15-17, FM4 Frequency Festival, Salzburg, Austria
August 24, Carling Reading Festival, Reading, UK
August 25, Carling Leeds Festival,Leeds, UK
Sept. 8, Toronto Virgin Festival, Island Park, Canada

Previously
* Interpol @ Webster Hall, NYC | pics
* Peaches, Ron Jeremy, Danny Devito & Jessica Alba @ Coachella - pics

Posted in music | tour dates at 5:28 PM | Comments (21)

Peaches, Ron Jeremy, Danny Devito & Jessica Alba @ Coachella - pics

but first...
* Ed Droste is blogging Coachella for Rolling Stone
* 16 arrested in Coachella Valley drug raids
* Scarlett Johanson sang with Jesus & Mary Chain
* Watch the Arcade Fire @ Coachella tonight
* Professor Murder is at Canal Room tonight
* Apes & Androids are playing Studio B
* Rock Plaza Central playing Boston & NYC
* For Jessica Alba everyday, read CityRag

Jessica Alba & Peaches...

Peaches & Danny Devito....

Amy Winehouse was also hangin' wit Danny. More porn below....

Previously
* Bjork RULED Coachella (set list)
* Scarlett Johansson & Jesus & Mary Chain @ Coachella - pix
* Watch Coachella from your computer + Amy Winehouse photos

Posted in music at 1:08 PM | Comments (3)

Bjork RULED Coachella (set list)

I don't really know who "ruled" Coachella, but the performance I just watched on the stream was AMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZING - especially the ending where Bjork went all rave and then came back for a rave-punk encore. SO GOOD. Set list below...

1 EARTH INTRUDERS
2 hunter
3 unravel
4 oceania
5 all is full of love
6 pleasure is all mine
7 jòga
8 pagan poetry
9 bachelorette
10 vokuro
11 Army of me
12 INNOCENCE
13 WANDERLUST
14 hyperballad
15 pluto
16 DECLARE INDEPENDENCE

Previously
* Spank Rock remixes Bjork who likes him
* An interview with Björk

Posted in music at 3:19 AM | Comments (15)

Scarlett Johansson & Jesus & Mary Chain @ Coachella - pix

As rumored, Scarlett Johansson sang backup during "Just Like Honey" for Jesus & Mary Chain at Coachella....

These photos are from J&MC's 2nd reunion show. The night before Annie from Giant Drag sang Scarlett's part.

Stream Coachella from your computer, check out Amy Winehouse pictures.

Posted in music at 2:02 AM | Comments (47)

April 27, 2007

Watch Coachella from your computer + Amy Winehouse

"Singer Amy Winehouse kisses fiance Blake Fielder-Civil during day 1 of the Coachella Music Festival held at the Empire Polo Field on April 27, 2007 in Indio, California."

Stream it at AT&T Blue Room.

More pics below...

w/ Danny Devito...

w/ Kelly Osbourne...

Posted in music at 11:29 PM | Comments (24)

Spank Rock remixes Bjork who likes him

Wongie has the Spank Rock remix of Bjork's first new single 'Earth Intruders (one of the songs she played on SNL). Bjork likes Spank Rock. Everyone likes Spank Rock.

Posted in MP3 | music at 8:01 PM | Comments (0)

updated Phil Collins Genesis 2007 reunion Tour Dates, tix

Tickets go on sale Monday for the September 25th Genesis show at Madison Square Garden in NYC. All tour dates below....

Genesis - 2007 Tour Dates
May 12 - Las Vegas NV US Vh1 Rock Honors @ Mandalay Bay Resort
Sep 05 - Toronto ON CA Production Rehearsal Contest Only
Sep 07 - Toronto ON CA BMO Field
Sep 11 - Boston MA US TD Banknorth Garden
Sep 14 - Montreal QC CA Olympic Stadium
Sep 15 - Ottawa ON CA Scotiabank Place
Sep 16 - Hartford CT US Hartford Civic Center
Sep 18 - Philadelphia PA US Wachovia Center
Sep 19 - Philadelphia PA US Wachovia Center
Sep 22 - Columbus OH US Nationwide Arena
Sep 23 - Washington DC US Verizon Center
Sep 25 - New York NY US Madison Square Garden
Sep 27 - East Rutherford NJ US Giants Stadium
Sep 29 - Cleveland OH US Quicken Loans Arena
Sep 30 - Detroit MI US Palace of Auburn Hills
Oct 02 - Chicago IL US United Center
Oct 03 - Chicago IL US United Center
Oct 04 - Chicago IL US United Center
Oct 09 - San Jose CA US HP Pavilion
Oct 10 - Sacramento CA US ARCO Arena
Oct 12 - Los Angeles CA US Hollywood Bowl
Oct 13 - Los Angeles CA US Hollywood Bowl

PReviously
* Genesis posts

Posted in music | tour dates at 2:43 PM | Comments (6)

2007 Baltimore Virgin Fest lineup

"The 2007 Virgin Festival by Virgin Mobile, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore August 4 and 5."

Sat August 4
The Police
Beastie Boys
Incubus
Modest Mouse
TV on the Radio
Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals
Cheap Trick
Amy Winehouse
Fountains of Wayne
The Fratellis
Paolo Nutini
Peter Bjorn and John
Sasha and Digweed
Felix da Housecat
LCD Soundsystem
and more

Sunday August 5
The Smashing Pumpkins
311
Velvet Revolver
Chris Cornell
Wu Tang Clan
Interpol
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Bad Brains
Matisyahu
Spoon
Regina Spektor
Deep Dish
The Crystal Method (DJ Set)
Infected Mushroom
even more

Tickets go on sale Saturday May 5th thru Ticketmaster.

Posted in music at 2:19 PM | Comments (25)

Patrick Wolf to still perform, or something

"Patrick Wolf is not quitting music. Despite his recent post on a fan message board saying, 'My final concert will be this November... I am not sure whether there will be anymore public communications after that. In fact, I am pretty sure there will be none,' it turns out Wolf just plans to take a little break from the cycle of touring and promoting records." [Pitchfork]

Posted in music at 1:05 PM | Comments (18)

Squeeze - 2007 reunion tour dates

"Reformed British pop supergroup Squeeze will launch a comeback tour in America. The hitmakers announced plans to reunite for a British tour last month, and now they're taking the reunion dates to America, where they scored a handful of hits in the 1980s.

The band, led by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, will perform 12 shows in North America, beginning in Massachusetts on July 31. The tour will mark the first time Difford and Tilbrook have performed together since 1998." [Starpulse]

Tickets went on pre-sale this morning for the show on August 3rd at the Beacon Theatre in NYC. All tour dates below....

Squeeze - 2007 Tour Dates
Sat 07/14/07 Guildford, UK Stoke Park
Mon 07/30/07 Londonderry, NH Tupelo Music Hall
Tue 07/31/07 Hyannis, MA Cape Cod Melody Tent
Wed 08/01/07 Boston, MA Bank Of America Pavilion
Fri 08/03/07 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
Sat 08/04/07 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Hotel Casino / Spa
Mon 08/06/07 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
Tue 08/07/07 Westbury, NY North Fork Theatre At Westbury
Wed 08/08/07 Baltimore, MD Pier Six Pavilion
Thu 08/09/07 Vienna, VA Filene Center At Wolf Trap
Sat 08/11/07 Alpine, CA Viejas Concerts In The Park
Sun 08/12/07 Anaheim, CA Grove Of Anaheim
Mon 08/13/07 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
Tue 08/14/07 Saratoga, CA The Mountain Winery
Tue 11/27/07 Southampton, UK Guildhall
Thu 11/29/07 Glasgow, UK Carling Glasgow Academy
Fri 11/30/07 Newcastle, UK Newcastle City Hall
Sat 12/01/07 Wolverhampton, UK Civic Hall
Mon 12/03/07 Bristol, UK Colston Hall
Tue 12/04/07 London, UK Carling Apollo Hammersmith
Fri 12/07/07 Manchester, UK Carling Apollo Manchester
Sat 12/08/07 Liverpool, UK Philharmonic Hall

Posted in music | tour dates at 12:36 PM | Comments (23)

6th Annual Shortlist Music Prize finalists

Spank Rock (CRED)

"April 27, 2007, Los Angeles: The Shortlist organization announced today the ten finalists for the Shortlist Music Prize, a peer-selected award that recognizes the most creative and adventurous albums of the year. The ten finalists are

• Band of Horses
• Beirut
• Bonnie Prince Billy
• Cat Power
• Girl Talk
• Hot Chip
• Joanna Newsom
• Regina Spektor
• Spank Rock
• Tom Waits

The finalists were selected from the initial Long List of sixty nominated albums by a panel of nine Listmakers including Franz Ferdinand, KT Tunstall, Panic at the Disco, Sufjan Stevens and members of Snow Patrol, the Killers and Flaming Lips. Drummer Ronnie Vannucci of the Killers said "the finalists are the backbone of what makes music special in the first place. They are each doing their own thing and it’s beautiful."

Anyone who reads this site will know that I'm all for every artist on that list, but I can't say I necessarily agree that it represents "the most creative and adventurous albums of" 2006. What do you think? Does Girl Talk belong on this list? Are mashup artists around the world groaning, or does he really stand out from the crowd? Is Bonnie Prince Billy in 2006 adventurous? Is Tom Waits? Are Band of Horses making the most creative indie rock out there? Ghostface? The Knife? What do you think?

Posted in music at 11:49 AM | Comments (24)

Jesus & Mary Chain played last night, no Scarlett

Etch a Sketch (CRED)

"Singer Jim Reid seemed pissed off. Maybe he's always like that. Who knows? But after they had played a few songs he asked the crowd, 'Happy we're back?' Which of course got a huge cheer. He replied, 'fuck off' and looked at the drummer......Annie from Giant Drag appeared to sing background on 'Just Like Candy' and not the rumored Scarlett Johansson...." [LAIST]

Tickets are on sale for the NYC shows. They play Coachella tonight.

Posted in music at 11:39 AM | Comments (6)

Ricky Gervais adds shows - tickets on sale

Tickets on sale at noon for more Ricky Gervais shows.

Posted in comedy at 11:31 AM | Comments (7)

Andy Rourke speaking @ Pianos & other Smiths news

* Andy Rourke of the Smiths will be @ Pianos on May 3rd (tix)
* Johnny Marr will be will be in Philly that night
* Morrissey will be on the West Coast
* Andy Rourke raises $$ to fight cancer
* Johnny Marr writes Crowded House track
* Morrissey snubs Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame
* Morrissey tickets on sale Monday

Posted in music at 2:57 AM | Comments (12)

April 26, 2007

DAN DEACON (is hot) - MP3s, album, Tour Dates & Tonight?

Twacky Cats
DOWNLOAD: Dan Deacon - Arms Saloon (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Dan Deacon - Lion with a Sharks Head (demostration version) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Dan Deacon - Connor Kizer with Bead Jewelery (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Dan Deacon - When I Was Taller (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Dan Deacon - Ohio (demostration version) (MP3)

"Dan Deacon is a Baltimore, Maryland-based absurdist electronic music composer/performer. He attended Purchase College in Purchase, New York where he completed his graduate studies in electro-acoustic and computer music composition. He studied under composer/conductor Joel Thome. Currently, he lives at Wham City in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dan Deacon's compositional style is best classified in the Future Shock genre along with Video Hippos, Santa Dads, Blood Baby, Ecstatic Sunshine, Ponytail, and other bands in the growing Baltimore music scene." [Wikipedia]

Dan has released a bunch of albums over the past three years. One of them, Twacky Cats, is available for free above. It's licensed under creative commons.

Compare that with his new full-length album on Carpark records Spiderman of the Rings - out May 8th. He was gifted then, and seems to have perfected his awesomeness now.

Track 2:

DOWNLOAD: Dan Deacon - The Crystal Cat (MP3)

Between his recorded output, and his much-talked-about crazy live shows, Dan is destined for great things - and it looks like it's happening sooner than later with this new album and the unbridled support of Pitchfork (whose festival he's playing in July). Stay true to the streets he may, but no doubt a headlining slot at Bowery Ballroom can't be far off (if he so chooses).

Who's paying attention....
* Pitchfork
* Stereogum
* XLR8R
* WFMU
* WaterCoolerGossip
* Palms Out Sounds
* Golden Fiddle
* heartonastick

Where to see him next NYC?
Apr 26 (TONIGHT) ???? - D&D @ Studio B????
May 5 @ Silent Barn in Brooklyn
May 12 - @ Mercury Lounge in Manhattan (TICKETS)

Must-see videos, and a million.1 more tour dates below....

Dan Deacon on NBC...

Big Big Big Big Big....

Dan Deacon - 2007 Topur Dates
04/27 : Floristree H&H, Baltimore, MD
05/04 : The Living Room, Providence, RI
05/05 : Silent Barn, Brooklyn, NY
05/10 : Rock N Roll Hotel, Washington, DC
05/11 : Johnny Brendas, Philadelphia, PA
05/12 : Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
05/15 : Terrace F. Club, Princeton, NJ (Students Only)
05/25 : Two Art Chicks, Greensboro, NC
05/26 : Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC
05/27 : Harvest Records, Asheville, NC
05/28 : Pilot Light, Knoxville, TN
05/29 : Bottletree, Birmingham, AL
05/30 : Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta, GA
05/31 : The Jinx, Savannah, GA
06/01 : TSI, Jacksonville, FL
06/02 : Back Booth, Orlando, FL
06/03 : TBA, Miami, FL
06/04 : New World Brewery, Tampa, FL
06/05 : Common Grounds, Gainesville, FL
06/06 : The Beta Bar, Tallahassee, FL
06/07 : Thirsty Hippo, Hattiesburg, MS
06/08 : The Green Space, New Orleans, LA
06/09 : Spanish Moon, Baton Rouge, LA
06/10 : Mink, Houston, TX
06/12 : Emos Lounge, Austin, TX
06/13 : The Cavern, Dallas, TX
06/14 : Warehouse 21's Luna Space, Santa FE, NM
06/16 : ExPlx, Los Angeles, CA
06/17 : Che Cafe, San Diego, CA
06/18 : Pehrspace, Los Angeles, CA
06/19 : Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
06/20 : 21 Grand, Oakland, CA
06/21 : Fools Foundation, Sacramento, CA
06/22 : Holocene, Portland, OR
06/23 : TBA, Seattle, WA
06/24 : TBA, Missoula, MT
06/25 : Grouse Mountain Lodge, Whitefish, MT
06/26 : Neurolux, Boise, ID
06/27 : Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT
06/28 : Hi Dive, Denver, CO
06/29 : The Jackpot Saloon, Lawrence, KS
06/30 : Waiting Room, Omaha, NE
07/02 : Triple Rock Club, Minneapolis, MN
07/03 : Cactus Club, Milwaukee, WI
07/05 : The House Cafe, Dekalb, IL
07/06 : TBA, Kalamazoo, MI
07/07 : Scrummage University, Detroit, MI
07/08 : TBA, Hamilton, ON
07/09 : Sneaky Dees, Toronto, ON
07/10 : Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ottawa, ON
07/11 : La Sala Rossa, Montreal, PQ
07/12 : Middle East Upstairs, Cambridge, MA
07/14 : Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago, IL
07/21 : Whartscpae Festival, Baltimore, MD

* most dates w/ Video Hippos

Dan Deacon playing with Ecstatic Sunshine...

Previously
* previous Dan Deacon mentions

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Lightning Bolt shows, free & w/ Sun Ra Arkestra & DMBQ

I wonder if Lightning Bolt collaborator Bjork will be at any of these shows....

Lightning Bolt in NYC
Apr 26 @ Studio B in Brooklyn w/ xBxRx, Aa (BIG A little a), High Places, D&D & Bug Sized Mind (TONIGHT)
Apr 27 @ Pratt Institute in Brooklyn w/ SUN RA ARKESTRA (6pm, FREE)
May 26 in NYC w/ DMBQ

Sun Ra himself is no longer with us, but the Arkestra is probably pretty awesome anyway (and free). Not to be morbid, but DMBQ also (more recently) lost a member - it's good to see they're still at it. All dates below...

Lightning Bolt - 2007 Tour Dates
Apr 26 @ Studio B in Brooklyn w/ xBxRx, Aa (BIG A little a), High Places, D&D & Bug Sized Mind
(TONIGHT)
Apr 27 @ Pratt Institute in Brooklyn w/ SUN RA ARKESTRA (6pm, FREE)
Apr 28 in Pawtucket
May 26 in NYC w/ DMBQ
May 28 in Boston w/ DMBQ

Previously
* More Lightning Bolt posts

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McCarren Pool to be a pool again

"The McCarren Park pool, built in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, in 1936 and closed in 1984, is one of 11 giant swimming pools built in the city as part of the Works Progress Administration. The pool, which could accommodate 6,800 bathers, will be reduced in size by about one third and reopened as an Olympic size pool. The work is budgeted at $50 million, and officials expect it to begin this summer and take a couple of years." [NY Times] (thx David)

Just one more summer to rock?

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White Stripes, Raconteurs, new music, Tour Dates

The White Stripes' new single"Icky Thump" is available on iTunes now. The whole album called "Icky Thump" is out June 19th. The tour:

This summer The White Stripes will visit their neighbors in the “Great White North” as they embark on a tour of Canada that takes in all 10 provinces, as well as the Yukon, Nunavut and Northwest Territories.

“Having never done a full tour of Canada, Meg and I thought it was high time to go whole hog. We want to take this tour to the far reaches of the Canadian landscape. From the ocean to the permafrost. The best way for us to do that is ensure that we perform in every province and territory in the country, from the Yukon to Prince Edward Island. Another special moment of this tour is the show which will occur in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia on July 14th, The White Stripes’ Tenth Anniversary” -Jack White

Following Canada, the band returns to the United States to play the first leg of the 16 states they have yet to visit during their career, as well as a limited number of performances in other markets, including New York City and Boston. Stay tuned for more confirmed dates and check out their complete routing by visiting the “shows” section.

The NYC dates is July 24th at Madison Square Garden. Big show.

And the Raconteurs are recording. Jack White is a busy guy...

The Raconteurs are in a Nashville recording studio working on the follow-up to their 2006 debut "Broken Boy Soldiers" and hope to have a new album out sometime next year.

The group, which features Jack White of the White Stripes, Brendan Benson, and Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler of The Greenhornes, has been recording at Blackbird Studio in Nashville for a week-and-a-half and currently has 12 songs written, White tells Billboard.com.

All tour dates below...

the White Stripes - 2007 Tour Dates
Fri 06/01/07 Nurburg, GER Rock Am Ring
Sat 06/02/07 Nuremberg, GER Rock Im Park
Sat 06/09/07 Lisbon, POR Lisbon Festival
Mon 06/11/07 Paris, FRA Le Zenith
Thu 06/14/07 London, UK Hyde Park
Fri 06/15/07 Leeds, UK Harewood House
Sun 06/17/07 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo Music Festival
Sun 06/24/07 Burnaby, BC Deer Lake Park
Mon 06/25/07 Whitehorse, YT Yukon Arts Centre
Tue 06/26/07 Yellowknife, NW Yellowknife Multiplex
Wed 06/27/07 Iqaluit, NUN Arctic Winter Games Arena
Fri 06/29/07 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome
Sat 06/30/07 Edmonton, AB Shaw Conference Centre
Sun 07/01/07 Saskatoon, SK TCU Place
Mon 07/02/07 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
Tue 07/03/07 Thunder Bay, ON Thunder Bay Community Auditorium
Thu 07/05/07 Toronto, ON The Molson Amphitheatre
Fri 07/06/07 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
Sat 07/07/07 London, ON The John Labatt Centre
Sun 07/08/07 Ottawa, ON Cisco Systems Ottawa Bluesfest
Tue 07/10/07 Moncton, NB Moncton Coliseum
Wed 07/11/07 Charlottetown, PE Charlottetown Civic Centre
Fri 07/13/07 Halifax, NS Cunard Event Centre
Sat 07/14/07 Glace Bay, NS Savoy Theatre
Mon 07/16/07 Saint John's, NF Mile One Centre
Sun 07/22/07 Portland, ME Cumberland Co. Civic Center
Mon 07/23/07 Boston, MA Agganis Arena
Tue 07/24/07 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Arena
Wed 07/25/07 Wallingford, CT Chevrolet Theatre
Fri 07/27/07 Wilmington, DE Grand Opera House
Sat 07/28/07 Fairfax, VA Patriot Center
Sun 07/29/07 North Myrtle Beach, SC House Of Blues
Mon 07/30/07 Birmingham, AL Sloss Furnace
Tue 07/31/07 Southaven, MS Snowden Grove Park

Previously
* Raconteurs posts
* White Stripes posts

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Calvin Johnson - 2007 Tour Dates

CALVIN JOHNSON & THE SONS OF THE SOIL

In 2003, K recording artists Khaela Maricich (the Blow) and Jason Anderson had a vision. "What if Calvin Johnson played all his best songs from over the years, with a band of real music-making people?" This was their vision, and they decided to make it happen. Jason formed a band of other K music stalwarts that included Kyle Field (Little Wings) on bass with Adam Forkner (Yume Bitsu, VERSION) and Jason sharing the guitar and drum playing duties. Dubbed by Jason the Sons of the Soil, they set out to modernize the primitive. Khaela designed a graphic image that perfectly captured the Sons of the Soil's transcendental vibe. A tour was arranged that crossed paths with other fine Olympia types, including Rebecca Pearcy and Mirah. Songs were chosen that spanned the years and various combos, including songs originally recorded by Halo Benders ("Love Travels Faster"), Dub Narcotic Sound System ("Booty Run") and the Go Team ("Sand"). Rehearsals commenced, and then it was off across the Western United States for a rollicking, rockin' good time.

This album was recorded at the Dub Narcotic studio in July, 2003, immediately following their return to Olympia, Wash. It features a good cross section of the material from the tour and includes a few live snippets from the Sons of the Soil performance in Spokane, Wash.

Calvin Johnson is playing Don Pedro's in Brooklyn on June 1st. All tour dates below...

Calvin Johnson - 2007 Tour DatesZ
May 10 - Portland, Oregon Mississippi Pizza for Backline fundraiser -
May 31 - Cambridge, Massachusetts The Lily Pad, 1353 Cambridge St. $10 all ages *
Jun 1 - Brooklyn, New York Don Pedro's, 90 Manhattan Ave. alla ges *
Jun 2 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania First Unitarian Chapel, 2125 Chestnut St. all ages $10 *
Jun 3 - Washington, DC Black Cat Backstage, 1811 14th St. NW all ages $10 *
Jun 4 - Charlottesville, Virginia Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar $7 all ages *
Jun 5 - Wilmington, North Carolina Bella Festa, 127 Princess St. $8 *
Jun 6 - Atlanta, Georgia Drunken Unicorn, 736 Ponce De Leon Place $8adv $10dos *
Jun 8 - Houston, Texas Aurora Picture Show, 800 Aurora St. $8 *
Jun 9 - Austin, Texas Emo's Lounge, 603 Red River $8adv $10dos *
Jun 10 - Denton, Texas Rubber Gloves, 411 E. Sycamore $8 *
Jun 12 - Tucson, Arizona Solar Culture, 31 East Toole $8 *
Jun 13 - San Diego, California Che Cafe, University of San Diego $8 *
Jun 14 - Los Angeles, California The Smell, 247 Main St. $7 *
Jun 15 - San Francisco, California Richshaw Stop, 155 Fell St. $10 *
Jun 16 - Sacramento, California Fools Foundation $8 *
Jun 19 - Seattle, Washington Atlas, 1515 Broadway Ave. $10 *, Johanna Kunin, Canada
Jun 20 - Anacortes, Washington Department of Safety, 1011 12th St. $6 *
Jun 22 - Kelowna, British Columbia Habitat, 248 Leon Ave. $10adv, $15dos *
Jun 23 - Calgary, Alberta Canyon Meadows - early show! $10 *, Pants Situation, Hot Little Rocket
Jun 24 - Edmonton, AlbertaListen Records $12adv $15dos *
Jun 25 - Saskatoon, Seskatchewan Le Relais, 103-308 4th Ave. N $10 *
Jun 27 - Winnipeg, Manitoba West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave. $12adv $15dos *
Jun 28 - Minneapolis, Minnesota First Amendment Arts Building, 1101 Stonson Blvd $7 *
Jun 29 - Chicago, Illinois South Union Arts, 1352 S Union Ave $10 *
Jul 1 - Montreal, Quebec La Salla Rosa Boul St. Laurent $12 *

* w/Julie Doiron

Previously
* more Calvin Johnson posts

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Architecture in Helsinki - 2007 Tour Dates, new album

LISTEN: Architecture in Helsinki - Heart It Races (Adrenaline remix by DJ/Rupture ft. Lee G.) (MySpace)

AIH @ SXSW 2007 (CRED)

Architecture in Helsinki are on tour starting May 10th.

The reason? A smoking new single, "Heart it Races", A surefire summer-sizzler, floor-filler and live favorite. The track will magically appear in many incarnations (and different formats for different countries) over the coming months, thanks to collabs with and remixes from everyone from A-Trak to Hey Willpower!, from Dr. Dog to YACHT.

The single (CD and 12") is out June 5th. Their third record Places Like This is out on Polyvinyl August 7th.

Tickets are on sale for their June 6th show at (The Fillmore at) Irving Plaza June 8th. All tour dates below:

Architecture in Helsinki - 2007 Tour Dates
05/10 - Brisbane, QLD - The Zoo
05/11 - Sydney, NSW - Factory Theatre
05/13 - Melbourne, VIC - Price of Wales
05/19 - Moscow, RU - TBA
05/20 - Somerset, UK - ATP Festival
05/24 - Paris, FR - La Fleche D'or
05/25 - Dublin, IE - Tripod
05/26 - Bristol, UK - Dot to Dot Festival
05/27 - Nottingham,UK - Dot to Dot Festival
05/29 - Brussels, BE - Botanique
05/30 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso
05/31 - Köln, DE - Gebäude 9
06/01 - Neustrelitz, DE - Immergut Festival
06/02 - Barcelona, ES - Primavera Sound
06/04 - London, UK - Kings College
06/07 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs
06/08 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
06/09 - Philadelphia PA - Starlight Ballroom
06/10 - Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club
06/11 - Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium
06/13 - Seattle, WA, Neumo's
06/14 - Vancouver, BC - Richards on Richards
06/15 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
06/16 - San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club
06/18 - Pomona, CA - Glasshouse
06/19 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre

Places Like This tracklist:
1) Red Turned White
2) Heart It Races
3) Hold Music
4) Feather In A Baseball Cap
5) Underwater
6) Like It Or Not
7) Debbie
8) Lazy (Lazy)
9) Nothing's Wrong
10) Same Old Innocence

Architecture in Helsinki - Do the Whirlwind (Live at SXSW 2007)

Architecture in Helsinki - It's 5

"Architecture in Helsinki is an Australian musical ensemble based in the suburb of Northcote in Melbourne. The group consists of Cameron Bird, James Cecil, Gus Franklin, Jamie Mildren, Sam Perry, and Kellie Sutherland." [Wikipedia]

Previously
* more AIH posts

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Ween, Bad Brains, Weakerthans, Bouncing Souls = School of Rock Music Festival in Asbury Park

June 23rd & 24th....

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April 25, 2007

Patrick Wolf adds NYC show -- last shows EVER? + the bleeding drummer pics (finally)

Who are you and why are you looking at me?

As previously reported, Patrick Wolf is playing Virgin Megastore in NYC, opening for Amy Winehouse on a few dates, and no longer works with his fuct up drummer. If you've been reading the Internet the past few days, you may also already know that Patrick left an emotional message in his own message board declaring that he is quitting music. He references the incident that went on with his drummer right here at Misshapes in NYC.

.....because my drummer was causing arguments within my road family, taking sedative drugs before an important show in a city i really love, so much so he could not play the music I wrote, the songs that I have survived on in the last six years... because I had to slap him to see if he was even CONSCIOUS on stage.... the fact that the only thing that got any reaction out his corpse happened to be made of metal.. because all of this.. does this make me seem like I was on cocaine, or on some power trip? I was pissed off because this was just one more musician or businessman taking my good nature and generosity for a ride... trust me, that moment onstage was the end of a long line of bad behaviour that it would unfair to go into in public. Yes I was drunk, but It was one oclock in the morning after seven hours of interviews.....

I was there that night, took a bunch of pictures (like the one above), and am now finally posting them all (in this post).

Will Patrick every play again? Who knows. Tickets are on sale for a May 9th show at Bowery Ballroom. It's the day after Patrick plays with Amy at the Highline.

Patrick's entire letter, the rest of the pictures, the full story, and all tour dates, below.....

dear all...
I should never have read this.. I really shouldn't.
I dont think when I was 16 and dreamt of releasing records there would ever
be so much crazy speculation about the person I am and that you want me to be.
I have become so tired of this behaviour, sometimes I wake up and have to do six hours
of interviews before doing a show, then go straight to bed to sleep a couple of hours
to fly to a new country to be cross examined in the same way.. I dont know what is left of
me sometimes, some mornings i dont know how i get on the flight or even open my mouth to sing that night. If I choose after working since the early hours of a day and then pouring my heart out for an hour and a half that I really have nothing left to give.. that I cannot be a fake politician and sign autographs for an hour.. does this make an asshole?
because my drummer was causing arguments within my road family, taking sedative drugs before an important show in a city i really love, so much so he could not play the music I wrote, the songs that I have survived on in the last six years... because I had to slap him to see if he was even CONSCIOUS on stage.... the fact that the only thing that got any reaction out his corpse happened to be made of metal.. because all of this.. does this make me seem like I was on cocaine, or on some power trip? I was pissed off because this was just one more musician or businessman taking my good nature and generosity for a ride... trust me, that moment onstage was the end of a long line of bad behaviour that it would unfair to go into in public. Yes I was drunk, but It was one oclock in the morning after seven hours of interviews.. i had been running on about four hours of sleep a night for about two weeks... such is the joy of promoting a record. Anyway, I was having FUN until that moment. So was the rest of my band until we realised my drummer was taking the piss out of all of us and our hard work. I dont work with liars and I dont work with thieves.

I dont want to have to share this information with you but so many seem so interested...

I have made a decision, my final concert will be this november, a retrospective with an orchestra in London. I am not sure wether there will be anymore public communications after that, Infact I am pretty sure there will be none. Of course, this has nothing to do with my drummer.. but a creative clock is ticking and I have many many projects to be creating with my time left on this earth. I hope to share my last shows with you this year.

I have enjoyed making and performing music for you all, I have enjoyed trying to give a little hope
and inspiration to the world. But I feel, especially when I read all this and I go about my days that I have failed.
Im not seeking sympathy or empathy, god, I have to go find something I love and am inspired by in this world again. Many of you will never know the amount of work and emotion that goes on behind the scenes for me and many of your other favourite artists or musicians and why should you? I wanted to give you disneyland.. I wanted to give you a world at the back of your wardrobe, now im just feel a fool for bothering.
I am in berlin today, i know I should never have read this, I dont know who any of you are, just strangers talking amongst themselves,
and I wish I was stronger minded today, but i have to take enough bullshit from other parts of the world for what I do and who I am without getting it from here.

Im going off for a walk now.. clear my heart and head. Thanks to all you with the intelligence to see past the superficial chaos of the media and the various ridiculous personalities and characters that have been painted around me over the years, the problem is, unfortunately many of you will never get to know the truth, but many will still speculate, and play chinese whispers with interviews and
opinions from the friend of a friend. This is nothing new to me, unfortunately, luckily I have always had a close set of dear friends that will always know me for who I really am, just as I do.

If I can give any advice, is, if anything, just listen to the music, watch the videos, read the lyrics, see the artwork, these are my communications, not others.

still love x patrick

"Where am I??"

My camera failed me when he actually hit him, but here you can see the blood that resulted...

"You'll never see that drummer again!"

"I told you to stay off the stage"

Security....

Basically Patrick and band were playing a great show to a great crowd when suddenly I noticed Patrick telling his bandmates to make the drummer play. I looked over and the drummer was literally just nodding out over the drumset. Finally Patrick went up to him and started yelling at him - stuff like "I paid for your VISA. you asshole! You're drunk.". Then, or at the same time, Patrick started smashing the drums into his face and hitting him. The drummer probably couldn't even feel it. Security took the drummer off stage. Patrick apologized and continued the show.

A few songs later the drummer, with blood all over him, came back on stage to try and play again. Patrick demanded he leave, and swore that drummer would never play with him again.

Rumors were circulating that the drummer had been shooting up in the basement, and blood was still dripping from his arm. I'm not sure that's true, but it did look like he was on heroin. The blood came from the drums smashing into his face I think.

I saw Patrick's 'people' put the drummer in a cab at the end of the night - he could still barely stand. They told the cab driver what hotel to drop him off at (I was a little worried how that was going to end up).

Fun show all around.

The rest of the pictures are HERE and HERE.

Patrick Wolf - 2007 Tour Dates
Apr 25 - Ampere Munich
Apr 26 - Bad Bonn Düdingen
Apr 27 - Donau Festival Donau
Apr 30 - Virgin Megastore New York City, New York
May 2 - Varsity Theatre - * Minneapolis, Minnesota
May 3 - Vic Theater - * Chicago, Idaho
May 5 - Electric Factory - * Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 7 - Avalon Ballroom - * Boston, Massachusetts
May 8 - Highline Ballroom - * New York City, New York
May 9 - Bowery Ballroom New York, New York
May 12 - Mod Club - * Toronto, Ontario
May 13 - Mod Club - * Toronto, Ontario
Jun 23 - Glastonbury Festival (John Peel Stage) Glastonbury
Jun 30 - Hove Festival (nr Kristiansand)
Jul 13 - Latitude Festival Suffolk
Jul 14 - Arvika Arvika Festival (Apollo Stage) Arvika Arvika Festival
Jul 17 - Somerset House - (Supporting MIKA) LONDON
Jul 21 - Lovebox Festival, Victoria Park London
Aug 4 - Zambujeira de Mar Sudoeste Festival Zambujeira de Mar Sudoeste
Aug 5 - Electric Gardens Festival Kent
Aug 10 - Underage Festival, Victoria Park London
Aug 17 - Hasselt Pukkelpop (Club Stage) Hasselt
Aug 24 - Carling Weekend (Carling Stage) Reading
Aug 25 - Carling Weekend (Carling stage) Leeds
Aug 26 - Rock en Seine Paris
Sep 2 - Connect Festival Argyll

* w/ Amy Winehouse

Previously
* All Patrick Wolf posts

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'Free' ALBERT HAMMOND JR show, diary & Tour Dates

Albert Hammond Jr. is keeping a tour diary at MySpace. I'm not sure if Albert himself is writing it though...

...After the Bloc Party dates, we had a couple, how can I put it, exciting, events lined up. Two notable examples are our first show at NYC's very own The Bowery Ballroom and a performance on NYC's very own Late Night with Conan O'Brian, the television show.

Despite the fact that the Bowery show took place on Passover, as in the Jewish holiday of, the night was a smashing success. At least the parts I can remember. Personally, I had to haul ass from my grandma's house in Brighton Beach to get there just in time to play tambourine during one of Mooney Suzuki's songs….stole the show, of course. Burglarized it, even. Borrowed it perhaps. Gave it back. We warmed up by belting out Beatles Tunes that Steve figured out on the fly. What an ear that man has. We were joined by Reno Bo for some harmonies on Help! During the show, someone kept throwing dollar bills on stage. Albert seemed confused, whereas I used the two I picked up to get uptown the next morning.... [MySpace]

RSVP to see Albert & band for 'free' at Hiro Ballroom on Thursday May 10th. I put 'free' in quotes because many were forced to pay at the 'free' Patrick Wolf show. All Albert Hammond dates below...

Albert Hammond Jr - 2007 Tour Dates
May 10 - Hiro Ballroom, NYC
May 20 - The Independent San Francisco, California
May 21 - House Of Blues West Hollywood, California
May 22 - House Of Blues San Diego, California
May 24 - Martini Ranch Scottsdale, Arizona
May 26 - Marquis Theatre Denver, Colorado
May 31 - Warehouse Live Houston, Texas
Jun 3 - The Parish Austin, Texas
Jun 4 - House Of Blues - Cambridge Room Dallas, Texas
Jun 7 - Station 4 St. Paul, Minnesota
Jun 8 - The Metro Chicago, Illinois
Jun 9 - St. Andrew's Hall Detroit, Michigan

Previously
* More Albert Hammond posts

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The Long Blondes - 2007 Tour Dates

I don't know why, but I keep getting The Long Blondes (UK) confused with The Shout Out Louds (Sweden) in my head. One isn't liked much by Jarvis, and the other just signed to Merge. I do fully know the difference between those two bands and Four Non Blondes, Blonde Redhead, The Long Winters, Shout Out Out Out Out, Silent Shout, and Some Loud Thunder though. I won't mess it up again.

The Long Blondes are pleased:

"At last, we are pleased to announce the full US release of our album on 5th June, through Rough Trade/Beggars. .....In support of the release we will also be partaking in a small tour of the US in early June.. [The Long Blondes.]

They're playing Luna Lounge in Brooklyn on June 6th, Bowery Ballroom on June 9th, and all the places listed below.....

The Long Blondes - 2007 Tour Dates
May 12 - Kentish Town Forum (With Maximo Park) London
Jun 6 - Luna Lounge Brooklyn, NY, New York w/ Nicole Atkins
Jun 7 - Rock 'n' roll Hotel Washington DC, Virginia
Jun 8 - Great Scott Boston, MA, Massachusetts
Jun 9 - Bowery Ballroom New York, NY , New York
Jun 11 - Lee's Palace Toronto, ONT, Ontario
Jun 12 - Magic Stick Detroit, MI , Michigan
Jun 13 - Subterranean Chicago, IL, Illinois
Jun 15 - The Echo Los Angeles, CA, California
Jun 16 - 330 Ritch/Popscene San Francisco, CA, California
Jun 23 - Glastonbury, Other Stage Glastonbury
Jun 29 - Hove festival Norway
Jun 30 - Accelerator Festival Stockholm
Jul 7 - T in the Park, Scotland (King Tuts Tent) Scotland
Jul 8 - Oxegen, Ireland (Green Room) Ireland
Aug 3 - The Zoo, Brisbane Brisban
Aug 4 - Metro, Sydney Sydney
Aug 5 - Prince Of Wales, Melbourne Melbourne
Aug 7 - Capitol, Perth Perth
Aug 8 - Fowlers, Adelaide Adelaide
Aug 11 - Summer Sonic Tokyo
Aug 12 - Summer Sonic Osaka
Aug 24 - Carling Weekend, Reading (Main stage) Reading
Aug 25 - Carling Weekend, Leeds (Main stage) Leeds

Previously
* The Long Blondes posts

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The Stills also playing Don Hill's

New Yorkers don't need to wait until June 29th & 30th to see The Stills. The band is also strangely playing Don Hill's on June 6th - with Aderbat & DJS VHS or Beta. Tickets are on sale.

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Jesus & Mary Chain tickets on sale today

Tickets go on sale today for the two NYC Jesus and Mary Chain shows.

It was also just announced that the reunited band will be taping an episode of David Letterman on May 21st.

They play Coachella this Friday April 27th - at 7:40 pm to be exact.

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Glenn Mercer (Feelies) playing Magnetic Field & Maxwell's

Glenn Mercer of The Feelies has a solo album coming out (Wheels in Motion) soon on Pravada Records.

The record features performances by ex-Feelies: Stan Demeski, Vinny DeNunzio, Dave Weckerman, Anton Fier, and Brenda Sauter.

Speaking about the recording, Glenn says: "The record is a very personal and intimate reflection on where I am, where I've been and where I'm going. The best part of the project was the opportunity to re-unite with a few old friends to play music. When I wrote and recorded the songs, I wanted the interplay between the guitar and vocal to be the main focus, building the track from that point."

Check out the songs streaming on his MySpace.

See Glenn this Saturday 4/28 at Magnetic Field in Brooklyn with fellow-ex-Feelie Brenda Sauter's band Wild Carnation, or wait for Glenn's June 23rd show at Maxwell's in Hoboken.

Something like this happened last year in Hoboken too.

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Leonard Cohen & Anjani @ Joe's Pub, NYC - pics

Anjani played two shows at Joe's Pub in NYC last night (Tuesday, April 24, 2007). I was at the earlier one, which was also the one that was billed as "Leonard Cohen presents".

It was known that Leonard would be there, and even that he would probably introduce Anjani - his protégé who was singing songs they wrote and recorded together - but nobody was quite sure if Leonard himself would actually get up and sing. Ends up he did.....

Anjani had a few moments, but mostly I wasn't that into her music - kind of smooth jazzy. The show was more than worth it though - to not only first hear Leonard Cohen speak, but then hear (and watch) him sing two songs with Anjani - and in such an intimate setting. It was pretty awesome, exciting, etc.... More pics below....

Cohen's new book of poetry and drawings, Book of Longing, was published in May 2006; in March a Toronto-based retailer offered signed copies to the first 1500 orders placed online, which saw the entire amount sold within hours. The book quickly topped bestseller lists in Canada. On May 13, 2006, Cohen made his first public appearance for thirteen years, at an in store event at a bookstore in Toronto. Approximately 3000 people turned up for the event, causing the streets surrounding the bookstore to be closed. He sang two of his earliest and best-known songs: "So Long, Marianne" and "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye", accompanied by the Barenaked Ladies and Ron Sexsmith. Also appearing with him was Anjani, the two promoting her new CD, along with his book.[8] Cohen's new album meanwhile is also slated for late 2007, while rumors of a tour, his first after 1993, remain unconfirmed. [Wikipedia]

Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, and Philip Glass were among those in attendance.

Leonard mentioned Neil Sedaka in his introduction - something about 'many people have played this stage'...like Neil Sedaka. Neil Sedaka did in fact play on that stage - just an hour earlier. He left before the Leonard show though. Fountains of Wayne also played that stage - with Neil for one song. Then they left to go play their show with Robbers on High Street at Webster Hall.

Three of Leonard's albums were just re-mastered and re-issued. Anjani's album is out now too.

Previously
* Leonard Cohen presents Anjani - 2007 Tour Dates

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April 24, 2007

Brand upon the Brain w/ Lou Reed, Tunde Adebimpe, Eli Wallach, Isabella Rossellini

The Film Company and Vitagraph Films is pleased to announce the release of Director Guy Maddin’s latest feature film BRAND UPON THE BRAIN! In an unprecedented act of faith in the enduring power of the theatrical experience, BRAND UPON THE BRAIN! will be presented as an expansive live event in select cities, with an 11-piece LIVE orchestra, a 5-piece LIVE Foley (sound effects) team a LIVE celebrity narrator, and Castrato supplementing the filmic image to comprise a one-of-a-kind cinematic spectacle. Filmmaker Guy Maddin will also appear in person to present the film at select historic cinemas in Chicago (The Music Box), New York (The Village East) and Los Angeles (The Egyptian Theatre). Following the live tour, BRAND! will open in platform release as a regular film, with a pre-recorded soundtrack narrated by Isabella Rossellini.

IN OTHER FILM NEWS
* Spiderman 3's indie soundtrack
* Michael Azerrad & Kurt Cobain - the movie
* Roky Erickson movie premieres in June
* 'Rock the Bells' - the movie, playing now
* The Bicycle Film Festival is very musical
* The Tribeca Film Festival is very musical

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Yo La Tengo talking at NYU + updated 2007 Tour Dates

Yo La Tengo on WOXY - April 16, 2007 (CRED)

Yo La Tengo's Webster Hall show is just five days away. Oneida is opening, and tickets are still on sale.

TOMORROW (April 25) Yo La Tengo "will take the (NYU) stage armed wtih acoustic instruments and stories about their life as a band. There will also be a Q & A." More details on this, plus updated tour dates, below....

Students can buy NON-students tickets:

Around the Campfire with Yo La Tengo

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Doors: 7:00pm, Show: 7:30pm

Skirball Center of the Performing Arts
566 La Guardia Place

Yo La Tengo is a band known for their melodic harmonies and their Hoboken pride. For the past twenty years they have been making music that has been beloved by many and have become an indie rock institution.

Program Board is proud to present the band in a way they have never been seen before. They will take the stage armed wtih acoustic instruments and stories about their life as a band. There will also be a Q & A.

Come camping with us...

tickets $6 (NYU only - tickets may be used for Non-NYU guests)

tickets can be bought at Shagan Box Office at the Skirball Center

Yo La Tengo - 2007 Tour Dates
Apr 29 - Webster Hall New York, New York
May 18 - All Tomorrow's Parties Butlins Minehead
Jul 7 - Comerica City Festival Detroit, Michigan
Jul 27 - Fujirock Festival Neeba
Jul 29 - Formoz Festival Taiwan
Aug 5 - Grant Park Chicago, Illinois Lollapalooza

Previously
* Yo La Tengo featured in the paper

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Tokyo Police Club sign to Saddle Creek? + other recent signings (Marissa Nadler, Caribou, Maps, etc)

Though technically signed to Paperbag Records in Canada, Tokyo Police Club are practically an unsigned band who are young, and doing awesome things like playing Letterman and headlining Bowery Ballroom (tickets on sale) (Maxwell's too), so enquiring minds what to know just WHO they will finally sign with. Will it be a major? Will it not be a major? Word on the street says it will be....Saddle Creek - home of Bright Eyes, The Faint, Cursive, and Maria Taylor (not a major). Maybe, maybe not.

Other people who recently signed on the dotted line
* Marissa Nadler signs to Kemado records (duh)
* Caribou (not Manitoba) signs to Merge

Merge Records is thrilled to announce that we will be releasing Andorra the new album from Caribou on August 21st, 2007. The album will be released in Europe on August 20th (City Slang).

* Shout Out Louds sign to Merge

Merge Records is proud to announce that we will be releasing Our Ill Wills, the new album from Swedish pop wunderkinds Shout Out Louds, in September of 2007. The new album, which is a follow up to their extraordinary debut, Howl Howl Gaff Gaff, will be in stores on September 11th 2007. Our Ill Wills contains 12 tracks recorded in Sweden during the late fall of 2006. The album was produced by Bjorn Yttling of Peter Bjorn & John.

* Los Campesinos! sign to Arts & Crafts

Toronto-based Arts & Crafts Productions are pleased to announce the signing of Cardiff, Wales septet Los Campesinos! to their North American roster of artists and will release Los Campesinos! enhanced debut EP Sticking Fingers Into Sockets on July 3rd.

* Shop Boyz signs to Universal Republic
* Laura Izibor signs to Atlantic Records
* Architecture in Helsinki signs to Polyvinyl

Aussie sextet Architecture in Helsinki has signed to the Polyvinyl Record Co. for North America. AIH will release its new single "Heart It Races" on the label on CD, 12" and digital formats on June 5 and its eagerly awaited third full-length album Places Like This on Aug. 7. To make things more interesting, there will be several different remixes and cover versions of "Heart it Races" released as B-sides. The band will be touring the US in June.

* Maps signs to Mute

Mute Records announces brand new signing Maps, a.k.a. James Chapman. Debut album We Can Create is set for release on Mute North America June 19th, 2007.

* St Vincent signs to Beggars.

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Stay tuned soon for an upcoming Tokyo Police Club interview by BrooklynVegan Mike where we don't ask them about Saddle Creek, but do ask them other stuff.

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Mates of State, Parts & Labor, Gang Gang Dance playing Bicycle Film Festival parties

Brooklyn Vegan, Death & Taxes Magazine, King Kog and Solar One present back-to-back bike parties on May 16th, 2007 in NYC. First:

The 7th Annual Bicycle Film Festival's Bikes Rock! Solar-powered Opening Night Show!!

7 pm doors, show starting right away! w/
* Mates of State
* Parts and Labor
* Team Robespierre
plus Kunst Rad artistic cycling show with Ines Brunn

FREE! ALL AGES! 10 pm curfew so come early!

At Solar One: 2420 FDR Drive, Service Road East (23rd St and the East River, Manhattan)
Rain location at Studio B, 259 Banker St Greenpoint. (check bicyclefilmfestival.com if raining day-of for confirmation)

And then (or still) at Studio B in Brooklyn::

Bicycle Film Festival Opening Night Dance Party!

10 pm doors, w/
* Gang Gang Dance
plus multimedia performance by Mike Likes Bikes (mems of Eyestek)
& DJs Dirty Fingers, James Stacher, and Brian De Graw (of GGD)

FREE! ALL AGES! Hang late!

This is not to be confused with CitySol (sponsors still needed), but CitySol will also be at Solar One.

Check the Bicycle Film Festival website for more Bicycle Film Festival info.

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John Vanderslice interviews St. Vincent (on the road)

Peter Hughes, John Vanderslice & Matthew Caws @ Union Hall *

If you were at the John Vanderslice / St. Vincent (Annie Clark) show Sunday night at Union Hall, you witnessed (and heard) an awesome two performances that included Peter Hughes from the Mountain Goats, Matthew Caws from Nada Surf, and Annie all joining John on stage for various songs including a finale where John and Annie sang real-quiet-and-beautiful-like in the center of the audience. You also heard John promise everyone an interview he conducted with Annie. He probably did it in a venue, or in the tour van, or at a Denny's/Cracker Barrel/Waffle House, or maybe at a gas station, or....

That interview, and more pictures from the show, below....

JOHN VANDERSLICE: Okay what would you rather do: drive 8 hours to a show and stay at a Four Seasons hotel or 1 hour and stay at a Red Roof Inn.

ANNIE CLARK: Do I have to do the driving or can I be a passenger? Who am I kidding? Either way, Four Seasons. Four sure.

Do you like pinball?

The pinball wizard?! Yes! Is this free association?

Do you believe Syria is making supernotes (counterfeit $100 bills)?

Did I hear about it on Fox News? Then, yes. It is unequivocally so.Consequently, how do I get my hands on some of these?

Do you like the TV show "Extras"?

The one episode I saw was really endearing. Ricky Gervais is a peach.

Should all drugs be decriminalized in the US?

Consensual crime? What were we thinking giving people autonomy over their bodies? Just kidding…the drug issue is hard to separate from a class issue, an education issue, a wonky foreign policy issue, and a race issue. What I do know is, be it caffeine, alcohol, cocaine, or adrenaline, let's face it: people like to get high. From Starbucks to Budweiser to your own brain, everybody's a pusher these days. If I could substitute another drug to be consumed in the country as much as alcohol is, it would be helium from children's birthday party balloons. Try not laughing when someone sounds like a chipmunk!

Do you like to line dance?

Is this because I'm from Texas? Low blow, JV. Low blow…

Should GW Bush be prosecuted for war crimes or just straight up stoned to death?

Remember, he who casts the first stone…stops another war with Iran. My great uncle was one of the lead prosecutors of the Nazis at Nuremburg. He had a book of photographs of executed war criminals, which proudly kept it on his coffee table. Growing up, we all thought was a pretty macabre distraction from the episodes of "Matlock" or "Macgyver" we were trying to watch.

Do you look forward to going to the car wash?

I do! I was told as a child that the water on the windshield was actually little magical water mice running around cleaning the car at warp speed. Adults are liars.

Please tell me one thing about yourself that you try to avoid telling people in interviews (for me, it's my intense addiction to NBA basketball)

I can do an impeccable Eddie Vedder impression. It's as gorgeous as it is grotesque.

A new career in a new town: because of trouble with the law, Annie Clark has to move to a new country and be an under-the-radar wage earner. where do you go and what do you do?

Can I time travel too? If not, I'll go to Galicia, Spain and be the most squeamish midwife ever (un)known.

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John Vanderslice & St. Vincent @ Union Hall *

John Vanderslice @ Union Hall +

CONTEST: Wanna see John Vanderslice and St Vincent for free (with a friend)? E-mail BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL.COM (subject: Vanderslice) and tell me which one of the listed shows below you want to go to. Winners will be picked randomly and notified via email. Include your name as you would like it to appear on the guestlist.

John Vanderslice & St. Vincent - 2007 Tour Dates
Apr 24 - Sonar Baltimore, Maryland
Apr 25 - Rock and Roll Hotel Washington DC, Washington DC
Apr 26 - Local 506 Carrboro, North Carolina
Apr 28 - Map Room Charleston, South Carolina
Apr 29 - Art Garage Columbia, South Carolina
Apr 30 - 40 Watt Athens, Georgia
May 1 - Bottle Tree Birmingham, Alabama
May 2 - Billiken Club St Louis, Missouri
May 3 - Randy Bacon Gallery Springfield, Missouri
May 5 - Dan's Silverleaf Denton, Texas
May 6 - Emo's Austin, Texas
May 8 - Modified Phoenix, Arizona
May 9 - Casbah San Diego, California
May 10 - Largo Los Angeles, California

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* photo by Jefferson
+ photo by Elizabeth Weinberg (more)

Previously
* Vanderslice & Vincent played Mercury -- win tix to Union Hall

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Happy 60th Iggy Pop - more pics from United Palace

Iggy Pop turned 60 years old on April 21st. He played in San Francisco that night. Here's the rest of the pictures from the Stooges show at United Palace in NYC.....

Iggy Pop is not in this picture...

United Palace is a beautiful venue....

This is outside the venue....

This guy told me he was the first person to get kicked out of the show...

Previously
* Iggy Pop & The Stooges @ United Palace, NYC - pics (part 1)
* Mike Watt & The Stooges @ United Palace, NYC pics (part 2)
* Manitoba's still without live music, Dick @ The Stooges

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David Cross not appearing at Tribeca Film Fest

Well maybe he is, but his appearance with David Wain at UCB NYC on May 2nd is not sanctioned at all. (thx Klaus)

More sanctioned, but requiring Tribeca Film Festival badges, are the music shows going on at Canal Room that week:

Tuesday, May 1, 2007
3:00 p.m. – Kenna
3:40 p.m. – Yerba Buena
4:20 p.m. – Rhett Miller
5:00 p.m. – Glen Hansard
5:40 p.m. – Jimmy Webb

Wednesday, May 2, 2007
3:00 p.m. – Alice Smith
3:40 p.m. – Martha Wainwright
4:20 p.m. – Mary Gauthier
5:00 p.m. – Glen Hansard
5:40 p.m. – Donovan <----- WOW

Thursday, May 3, 2007
3:00 p.m. – Cass McCombs (as seen here)
3:40 p.m. – Matt White
4:20 p.m. – Jon Auer
5:00 p.m. – Donovan

Friday, May 4, 2007
3:00 p.m. TBA
3:40 p.m. – The Slip
4:20 p.m. – Jon Auer
5:00 p.m. – Adam Schlesinger & Mike Viola
5:40 p.m. – Goo Goo Dolls

yes, GOO GOO DOLLS.

"The Tribeca/ASCAP Music Lounge is located at Canal Room, 285 West Broadway at Canal Street. The lounge is open to credentialed Festival filmmakers and select badge holders May 1 - 4 and features four to five artists daily. Doors open at 2:30 p.m. daily, with performances beginning at 3:00 p.m. "

DJ Spooky is also involved in the festival. And there's a Scott Walker movie:

And a party at Knitting Factory.

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Jill Scott - 2 nights @ Radio City & Tour Dates

Jill Scott is playing two nights at Radio City Music Hall - June 13th & June 14th. I'm not really an expert, but I would definitely try to go the second night to see both Chaka Khan and Robin Thicke open the show. Tickets are on sale. All dates below....

Jill Scott - 2007 Tour Dates
Thu, 06/07/07 - Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL
Wed, 06/13/07 - Radio City Music Hall, NYC w/ Musiq Soulchild
Thu, 06/14/07 - Radio City Music Hall, NYC w/ Chaka Khan & Robin Thicke
Thu, 06/21/07 - Chene Park, Detroit, MI

Previously
* Jill Scott's purple hat is scarier than an enchanted evening with Art Garfunkel
* Lupe Fiasco & Jill SCott video

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April 23, 2007

Camera Obscura - 2007 Tour Dates (South Street Seaport)

Shout Out Louds label-mate Camera Obscura are coming back to visit the United States in August - specifically to play a free show at South Street Seaport on August 24th. Other free shows at the Seaport this year include Animal Collective, The National, Battles, and Menomena.

All Camera Obscura tour dates below....

Camera Obscura - 2007 Tour Dates
Apr 27 - Sede Fundación Caixa Galicia La Coruna, Coruña
Apr 28 - Teatro Principal de Santiago de Compostela Santiago, undefined
May 4 - McGarrigles Sligo
May 5 - Roisin Dubh Galway
May 6 - The Village Dublin
May 7 - Cypress Avenue Cork
May 8 - Cathedral Arts Belfast
Jun 2 - Wychwood Festival http://www.wychwoodfestival.com/lineup,day,2.html, London and South East
Jun 3 - The Wardrobe Leeds, Midlands
Aug 24 - South Street Seaport, NYC

(More tour dates likely TBA. )

Camera Obscura are doing well in the UK thanks to their music being used in a Tesco commercial. This is not the commercial.....

Previously
* more Camera Obscura posts

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Mad Professor & Lee 'Scratch' Perry - 2007 Tour Dates

DOWNLOAD: Radio Scratch - April 2007 podcast (MP3) (info)
DOWNLOAD: Radio Scratch - March 2006 podcast (MP3) (info)

DUB LEGENDS

Mad Professor (born Neil Fraser 1955, Georgetown in Guyana) is a dub musician, trip-hop producer, and a musical engineer known for his own productions as well as remix work for Massive Attack, Sade, and Pato Banton. [Wikipedia]

"Lee "Scratch" Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry, on March 20, 1936, in Kendal, Jamaica) is a reggae and dub artist, who has been highly influential in the development and acceptance of reggae and dub music in Jamaica and overseas. He is also known as "Pipecock Johnson" or "Upsetter". [Wikipedia]

Both of these guys have upcoming tour dates that include NYC shows (just not together). Mad Professor is at SOB's on May 1st. Lee "Scratch" Perry is playing The Stone Pony on June 13th and BB King's in NYC the next day. All tour dates below....

MAD PROFESSOR - 2007 TOUR DATES
April 23rd – The Parish @ the House of Blues – New Orleans LA
April 25th – The Pourhouse – Charleston SC
April 26th – The Georgia Theatre – Athens GA
April 28th – Oberlin Music Festival – Oberlin OH
April 29th – The Orange Peel – Asheville NC
May 1st – SOB's – New York City NY
May 2nd – The Middle East – Cambridge MA
May 3rd – Castaways – Ithaca NY
May 5th – Lee's Palace – Toronto ONT
May 12th - Malaga, Festival
May 27th - The Concorde, Brighton
Jun 8th - The Jazz Cafe, London w Palmer International
Jun 23rd - Glastonbury Festival
Jul 7th - Exeter festival
Aug 12th - Endorset Festival

Lee Scratch Perry - 2007 Tour Dates
Jun 8 - Boston -MA (The Middle East Downstairs)
Jun 9 - Burlington VT (Burlington Discover Jazz Festival)
Jun 10 - Philadelphia PA (World Cafe Live)
Jun 12 - North Hampton, MA (Pearl Street)
Jun 13 - Asbury Park, NJ (Stone Pony)
Jun 14 - New York, NY (B.B. King's Blues Club)
Jun 15 - Falls Church, VA (State Theatre)
Jun 16 - Bridgeport, CT (Mertens Theatre at University of Bridgeport)
Aug 2 - Montalvo Theatre Saratoga, California
Aug 3 - Reggae on the River Humboldt County, Piercy,, California
Aug 4 - the independent San Francisco, California
Aug 5 - the independent San Francisco, California

Previously
* more Lee Perry posts

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Negative Approach playing Brooklyn, Detroit, Belgium - The Superbowl of Hardcore

"Negative Approach (commonly called “NA”) were one of the first hardcore punk bands. They are considered one of the pioneers of this genre, along with bands like Minor Threat, Bad Brains and Black Flag. Like most hardcore bands, they were almost completely unknown in their day. They are now idolized in hardcore subculture, considered to be one of the elite bands of the 'old school' era, and continue to be a very influential band." [Wikipedia]

"It was announced in May 2006 that Brannon and Moore would play a Negative Approach reunion show, of sorts, for Touch & Go's 25th Anniversary show on September 9, 2006, as well as two later shows in the UK - London on December 7 and at All Tomorrow's Parties on December 10. Despite repeated efforts by Rob and Graham McCulloch to be a part of the reunion and have the classic NA lineup play, John refused; it was instead announced that Harold Richardson (of Brannon's current band Easy Action) and Ron Sakowski (formerly of Easy Action, Laughing Hyenas, and Necros) would complete the lineup. Rob and Graham maintain that the appearance shouldn't be labeled as Negative Approach without the classic NA lineup. The whole affair has generated considerable controversy, and there is little agreement as to exactly who is in the right and for what reasons" [Wikipedia]

The "reunion" continues. Details below....

Negative Approach - 2007 Tour Dates
May 12 - Hof ter Lo Antwerp, Belgium
May 19 - Studio B Brooklyn, New York (Superbowl of Hardcore) w/ H2O
May 26 - St. Andrew's Hall Detroit, MI w/ The Meatmen

Previously
* Touch & Go 25th Anniversary Block Party | Day Two
* Touch & Go 25th Anniversary Block Party | Day One

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The Veils - album streaming & tix still on sale

The Veils' new album Nux Vomica is streaming at AOL, and I'd definitely say it's interesting enough to give a listen. Tickets are still on sale for their June NYC shows. All tour dates here.

Posted in music | streams at 3:01 PM | Comments (0)

DNTEL DJing (w/ Grizzly Bear), new album streaming, stuff

DOWNLOAD: DNTEL - Dumb Lunck (MP3)

Among this week's new releases you'll find "Dumb Luck" by DNTEL aka Jimmy Tamborello aka James Figurine aka 50% of The Postal Service (the other 50% is Ben Gibbard).....

An album five years in the making, and Jimmy Tamborello's first for Sub Pop. Thick with his signature sampler finessing, warm electronic washes, and genius beat placement, Dumb Luck is an album lyrically as much about human distance as connection. Includes vocal contributions from Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley), Edward Droste (Grizzly Bear), Valerie Trebeljahr and Markus Acher (Lali Puna), Mia Doi Todd, Grant Olsen and Sonya Westcott (Arthur & Yu), Andrew Broder (Fog), Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), and Christopher and Jennifer Gunst (Mystic Chords Of Memory).

DNTEL (in town from LA) is DJing at Union Pool in Brooklyn this Wednesday April 25th at 10:30pm. Ed Droste (part of the all star cast listed above) and Chris Bear from Grizzly Bear will be there to help him out as well.

And now...
* STREAM THE WHOLE DNTEL ALBUM AT AOL
* Dntel's Dumb Luck Inspired By Animal Collective
* Remix DNTEL, win prizes
* Jenny Lewis Receives Award; New Rilo Kiley LP Due
* Maria Taylor Plays Down Her Conor Oberst Connection
* Ben Gibbard played drums w/ The Long Winters
* Ben Gibbard touring w/ David Bazan + Johnathan Rice
* Bright Eyes touring, playing Town Hall a lot
* Ed Droste plays DNTEL on Sirius Radio
* Grizzly Bear touring w/ Feist & stuff

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Decemberists, an orchestra, Grizzly Bear, Feist, Land of Talk

Let's get up to date
* Grizzly Bear, The Decemberists & Land of Talk are playing Summerstage
* Grizzly Bear ARE (also) opening for Feist
* The Decemberists are playing with an orchestra, BUT NOT at Summerstage

Details & dates below.....

Colin Meloy & My Brightest Diamond (CRED)

The Decemberists will make their orchestral debut with a five-city outdoor summer tour featuring the band with symphony orchestras in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Chicago. This inspired pairing features brand-new orchestral arrangements of The Decemberists’ songs composed by Sean O’Loughlin. will make their orchestral debut with a five-city outdoor summer tour featuring the band with symphony orchestras in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Chicago. This inspired pairing features brand-new orchestral arrangements of The Decemberists’ songs composed by Sean O’Loughlin.

Decemberists - 2007 Orchestral Tour Dates 7.7 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl (with LA Philharmonic, Band of Horses opens) (presale) 7.13 - Atlanta, GA - Chastain Park (with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) (presale) 7.14 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion (with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra) (presale) 7.15 - Philadelphia, PA - Mann Center (with the Mann Festival Orchestra) (presale) 7.18 - Chicago, IL - Grant Park Music Festival at Pritzker Pavilion (with Grant Park Orchestra) Free! Decemberists - 2007 Tour Dates (no orchestra) 6.17 - Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Music Festival 7.16 - New York City, NY - Central Park Summerstage (Grizzly Bear, Land of Talk open ) (tickets) 7.22 - Portland, OR - Edgefield Winery (Menomena opens) (presale)

My Brightest Diamond (picture above with Colin) is also touring...

My Brightest Diamond - 2007 Tour Dates
Apr 22 - Fillmore Auditorium Denver, Colorado
Apr 25 - Warfield Theater San Francisco, California
Apr 26 - Warfield Theater San Francisco, California
Apr 27 - House of Blues, Mandalay Las Vegas
Apr 30 -Troubadour Los Angeles, California
May 3 - McDonald Theater Eugene, Oregon
May 4 - Paramount Theater Seattle, Washington
May 5 - Western Washington University Bellingham, Washington
May 30 - The Bowery Ballroom New York, New York w/ The National

You can download a free MBD song on the new "Cross-Pollination: The Mixtape Vol. 1".

Grizzly Bear - 2007 Tour Dates
Apr 29 - Indio, CA Coachella Festival
May 11 - Cologne, Germany Gebaeude9
May 12 - Hamburg, Germany Prinzenbar
May 13 - Brugges, Belgium Cactus Club
May 14 - Paris, France La Boule Noire (Special Small Show)
May 16 - Leicester, UK Sumo
May 17 - Glasgow, UK Nice N' Sleazy
May 18 - Dublin, Ireland Whelans
May 20 - Somerset, UK ATP vs The Fans (Butlins Holiday Resort Minehead)
May 21 - London, UK Scala
May 26 - George (Gorge Ampitheater), WA Sasquatch Music Festival
Jun 02 - Barcelona, Spain Primavera Festival
Jun 08 - Northampton, MA Calvin Theater *
Jun 09 - Boston, MA Berklee Performance Center *
Jun 13 - Washington D.C., DC 9:30 Club *
Jun 14 - Greensboro, NC Carolina Theater *
Jun 15 - Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse *
Jun 20 - Minneapolis, MN Pantages Theater *
Jun 22 - Boulder, CO Boulder Theater *
Jun 24 - Seattle, WA Moore Theater *
Jun 25 - Portland, OR TBA *
Jun 27 - San Francisco, CA The Fillmore *
Jun 29 - Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern *
Jun 30 - Solana Beach, CA Belly Up *
Jul 07 - Roskilde, Denmark Roskilde Festival
Jul 14 - Chicago, IL Pitchfork Music Festival
Jul 16 - New York City, NY Summerstage +

* w/ Feist
+ w/ The Decemberists & Land of Talk

(Video & picture at the top of this post via the Grizzly Bear blog)

Land of Talk - 2007 Tour Dates
May 17 - Brighton Ocean Rooms (Fandango Night) Brighton
May 18 - The Great Escape Brighton
May 19 - The Zap (Drowned in Sound night) Brighton
May 21 - King Tuts Glasgow, Scotland
May 22 - Barfly Liverpool
May 23 - Night and Day Manchester
May 24 - Thekla Bristol
May 25 - Waterats London
May 28 - The Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, Ontario
May 29 - Blind Pig Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 30 - Grog Shop Cleveland Heights, Ohio
May 31 - Little Brothers Columbus, Ohio
Jun 1 - Subterranean Chicago, Illinois
Jun 2 - The Stones Throw Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Jun 3 - 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jun 4 - Jackpot Saloon Lawrence, Kansas
Jun 5 - Larimer Lounge Denver, Colorado
Jun 8 - Neumos Seattle, Washington
Jun 9 - Media Club Vancouver, British Columbia
Jun 10 - Doug Fir Lounge Portland, Oregon
Jun 12 - Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California
Jun 13 - Cellar Door Visalia, California
Jun 15 - Glass House Pomona, California
Jun 16 - Spaceland Los Angeles, California
Jun 17 - Plush Tuscon, Arizona
Jun 19 - The Cavern Dallas, Texas
Jun 20 - The Parish Austin
Jun 21 - Spanish Moon Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Jun 22 - The Bottle Tree Birmingham, Alabama
Jun 23 - The Earl Atlanta, Georgia
Jul 16 - Central Park Summerstage w/Decemberists/Grizzly Bear NYC, New York

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Wes' Weekly Hip Hop News Roundup (Apr 23, 2007)

DOWNLOAD: Plan B - No More Eatin (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: DJ Jazzy Jeff - The Garden (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: AWOL One - Alpha Omegatron (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Joell Ortiz - Keep on Callin (feat Akon) (MP3)

A Plan B contest, and AWOL One tour dates, at the end of this post.

Joell Ortiz (previously featured) is playing some shows including this Wednesday April 25th at SOB's in NYC. Tickets are on sale. All tour dates at the end of this post.

Russell Simmons @ Farm Sanctuary Benefit, NYC - April 7, 2007

Russell Simmons in the news...
* Al Sharpton Vs Russell Simmons (And Universal)?
* Al Sharpton + Hip-Hop Music = Political Showdown
* The Russell Simmons Guide to Success Through Spirituality
* Russell Simmons Responds to Obama's Criticism of Hip-Hop

MORE NEWS

• The Lox reunite! New album on its way. Download We're Back! here
• Ghostface to headline the 3rd annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival, Saturday June 23rd. Also performing Consequence, Tanya Morgan, Skillz and more. Ghostface is also playing the Highline Ballroom
• Charges to be made in the Jam Master Jay case? Read more.
• Read about Common's new album Finding Forever here
• Classic 90s producer Ski is looking to make a comeback, possibly working with Jay-Z again.
• AC reviews Kidz In The Hall @ Bowery Ballroom
• Will.i.am is putting the finishing touch on a solo album called Songs About Girls.
• Percee P, the longest "in production" album in Stones Throw's history, is finally set to release a new album, "Perseverance", produced by Madlib. The first single is "Watch Your Step" features Vinnie Paz of Jedi Mind Tricks. More news soon.

MUSIC

• Download a new Common mixtape, Cool, Common, Collected here or here. Track list below the cut.
• New mixtape by The Game free for download here
• Go listen to Canibus' already famous 1000bar (?!?) song "Poet Laureate Infinity."
• Listen to Sa-Ra ft Capone-N-Noreaga - Not On Our Level, off their new "The Hollywood Recordings" (april 24)
• Download the free I Miss 1994 album by Prince Ali here.
• New scorching hot mixtape by Royce 5'9" and DJ Premier free for download here. *cough*Nasdothistooplease*cough*
• Oh yes, Timbaland ft. Jay and Justin Timberlake - Laugh At'em, download it here.

Videos, tour dates, a contest, and more, below....

"I remember missy saying she thought homogenic was hip hop so it is a little abstract to me what is hip hop and what not" [Bjork]

VIDEO

• Timbaland & Jay-Z worked on a track together that didn't make it onto Timbaland's album. Watch a video with parts of the song here. This would've most likely been the best song on the record if they had finished it in time.
• ?uestlove posts a great installment for his tour journal.
• Canadian genre-spanner K-Os is interviewed over at Pre-Fix.
• KRS-One + Marley Marl = Hip Hop Lives. Watch the trailer.
• Watch Big L, D-Flow, Party Arty & AG freestyle and being interviewed back in the 90's.
• Watch a a hilarious (old) interview with Method Man.

SHOWS

4/24 Polyrhythm Addicts @ Southpaw (CD Release Party) more info here

4/25 Joell Ortiz CD Release Party @ SOB's, 8pm, $10/12, tix here.

4/26 Clipse & Mya @ B.B. King's Blues Club & Grill, 8pm tix

5/03 Brother Ali @ Knitting Factory, 8pm, tix

5/10 MC Serch is celebrating his 40th Birthday Party @ Southpaw - no details available as of yet.

5/18 Talib Kweli @ Highline Ballroom, 11pm, tix

5/18 Devin the Dude @ Knitting Factory, 10pm, tix

5/19 Spank Rock / Ghostface / Roxy Cottontail / DJ Nick Catchdubs @ Highline Ballroom, 9pm tix

5/20 KRS-One @ The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza, 8pm, tix

5/25 & 5/26 Sage Francis with Band plus Buck 65 / Alias / Buddy Wakefield @ Bowery Ballroom, tix

5/26 Mos Def @ Highline Ballroomm tix

6/8 Common @ Central Park Summer Stage w/ Joss Stone & Ryan Shaw

6/9 DJ Drama plus Willie The Kid / The Rub DJs @ The Highline Ballroom, tix

6/15 DMX @ B.B. King's Blues Club & Grill, 11.30pm, tix

6/23 3rd Annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival ft Ghostface, Consequence, Skillz and more. (info).

07/29 - "Wild Style 25th Anniversary Reunion" Central Park SummerStage ft Busy Bee, Cold Crush Brothers, DJ Grand Wizzard Theodore & Grand Master Caz

The Roots - 2007 Tour Dates
Apr 22 - University of Buffalo Buffalo, New York
Apr 27 - Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey
Apr 28 - Colgate University Hamilton, New York
Apr 29 - Coachella Music Festival - Empire Polo Field Indio
May 4 - Davidson College Davidson, North Carolina

Joell Ortiz - 2007 Tour Dates
Apr 24 - Mansion Miami
Apr 25 - SOB's New York, New York
Apr 26 - FAT BEATS album signing NEW YORK, New York
Apr 26 - Cop Shop Smithtown, New York
Apr 26 - Cop Shop Smithtown, New York
Apr 27 - All the Right Records Album Signing Corona, New York
Apr 28 - Underground HipHop.com Album Signing Boston, Maryland

Lupe Fiasco - 2007 Tour Dates
Apr 22 - Syracuse University Syracuse, New York
Apr 24 - University Of Central Arkansas Conway, Arkansas
Apr 27 - Iona College New Rochelle, New York
Apr 28 - Tufts University Medford, Massachusetts
Apr 29 - COACHELLA Indio, Arkansas
May 4 - Western CT State University Danbury, Connecticut
May 5 - Eastern Connecticut Willimantic, Connecticut
May 26 - Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois
Aug 5 - Charles Attal Presents Lollapalooza Chicago, Illinois

Talib Kweli - 2007 Tour Dates
New York’s Mount Saint Vincent University - April 25
University of West Virginia - April 27
New York’s University of Rochester - May 4
Johnson & Wales University in Providence, R.I. – May 5

Awol - 2007 Tour Dates
05/22/07 Boston, MA Great Scott
05/25/07 Providence, RI Living Room
05/29/07 Chicago, IL Abbey Pub
05/30/07 Minneapolis, MN Dinkytower Cafe
06/08/07 Portland, OR Berbatis Pan
06/09/07 Bend, OR Grove

Common Cool, Common, Collected Mixtape Tracklist!

01- Intro.............................. ......
02- Breaker 1/9 (Beatnuts Remix).............
03- Soul By The Pound (Thump Mix)............
04- Can-I-Bust feat. Ynot....................
05- Resurrection '95 (Extra P Remix).........
06- Resurrection '95 (Large Pro Remix).......
07- The Bitch In Yoo.........................
(Original Demo Mix - Previously Unreleased)
08- I've Been Thinking (Latey) feat. Sean Let.
09- Reminding Me (Of Sef) (The Roots Remix)..
10- All Night Long (Brand New Heavies Remix).
11- 1-9-9-9 feat. Sadat X....................
12- Like They Used To Say....................
13- Car Horn............................... ..
14- The Light (Remix For U) feat. Eryka Badu.
15- Tekzilla........................... ......
16- Geto Heaven
(The Sound Of Illadelphia Remix Extended Version)
17- Come Close.............................. .
(Remix) feat. Eryka Badu, Pharrell Williams
18- The Corner............................. ..
(Remix) feat. Scarface & Mos Def

Download here or here

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Largehearted Boy's Interesting CD Releases This Week

The Arctic Monkeys release their sophomore effort, Favourite Worst Nightmare, this week, but most of the buzz seems to have been aimed at a pair of covers albums, Patti Smith's Twelve and A Tribute to Joni Mitchell.

I am definitely picking up the three Leonard Cohen remasters: Songs from a Room, Songs of Leonard Cohen, and Songs of Love and Hate.

Of the remaining discs, I can wholly recommend the Joanna Newsom EP, Bill Callahan's Woke On A Whaleheart, Future Clouds & Radar's self-titled debut, Thee More Shallows' Book Of Bad Breaks, and Golden Smog's Blood on the Slacks.

What new music releases you recommend this week?

this week's CD release list:

Aa: Gaame [cd]
Alex Delivery: Star Destroyer [cd]
All Smiles: Ten Readings Of A Warning [cd]
Avey Tare & Kria Brekkan: Pullhair Rubeye [cd]
Arctic Monkeys: Favourite Worst Nightmare [cd]
The Band: The Best of A Musical History (with bonus DVD) [cd]
Bebel Gilberto: Momento [cd]
Bill Callahan: Woke On A Whaleheart [cd]
The Blow: Poor Aim: Love Songs [cd]
Calvin Johnson: Calvin Johnson & The Sons Of The Soil [cd]
Charlotte Gainsbourg: 5:55 [cd]
The Cliks: Snakehouse [cd]
Cornelius: Sensuous [cd]
Detroit Cobras: Tied and True [cd]
Dntel: Dumb Luck [cd]
Drag the River: Chicken Demos (reissue) [cd]
Electric Soft Parade: Need To Be Down-Hearted [cd]
The Fall: Live at the Garage [cd]
The Fall: Punkcast 2004: Live at the Knitting Factory, New York 9 April 2004 [cd]
Fishbone: Still Stuck In Your Throat [cd]
The F*cking Champs: VI [cd]
Future Clouds & Radar: Future Clouds & Radar [cd]
The Go Find: Stars On The Wall [cd]
Golden Smog: Blood on the Slacks [cd]
Grails: Burning Off Impurities [cd]
Growing: Vision Swim [cd]
ILiKETRAiNS: Progress Reform [cd]
Japan: Gentlemen Take Polaroids (remastered) [cd]
Japan: Oil on Canvas (remastered) [cd]
Japan: Tin Drum (remastered) [cd]
Joanna Newsom and the Ys Street Band: Joanna Newsom and the Ys Street Band EP [cd]
John Prine & Mac Wiseman: Standard Songs for Average People [cd]
Leonard Cohen: Songs from a Room (remastered with bonus tracks) [cd]
Leonard Cohen: Songs of Leonard Cohen (remastered with bonus tracks) [cd]
Leonard Cohen: Songs of Love and Hate (remastered with bonus tracks) [cd]
Lotus Eaters: Wurmwulv [cd]
Lou Reed: Hudson River Wind Meditations [cd]
Magazine: The Correct Use of Soap (remastered with bonus tracks) [cd]
Magazine: Magic, Murder and the Weather (remastered with bonus tracks) [cd]
Magazine: Real Life (remastered with bonus tracks) [cd]
Magazine: Secondhand Daylight (remastered with bonus tracks) [cd]
Mando Diao: Ode To Ochrasy [cd]
Marillion: Somewhere Else [cd]
Mavis Staples: We'll Never Turn Back [cd]
McCarthy Trenching: McCarthy Trenching [cd]
Melt Banana: Bambi's Dilemma [cd]
Merzbow and Carlos Giffoni: Synth Destruction [dvd]
Midnight Movies: Lion The Girl [cd]
Mouthful of Bees: The End [cd]
New Amsterdams: Killed or Cured [cd]
The Nightwatchman: One Man Revolution [cd]
Ola Podrida [cd]
OOIOO: OOEYEOO: Eye Remix [cd]
Part Chimp: Cup [cd]
Patti Smith: Twelve [cd]
Pela: Anytown Graffiti [cd]
Porcupine Tree: Fear of a Blank Planet [cd]
Pterodactyl : Pterodactyl [cd]
Radiohead: Airbag/How Am I Driving? (reissue) [cd]
Robert Pollard: Silverfish Trivia [cd]
Rocky Votolato: A Brief History EP (reissue) [cd]
Spank Rock: Fabriclive.33 [cd]
Still Flyin: Za Cloud [cd]
The Teeth: You're My Lover Now [cd]
Thee More Shallows: Book Of Bad Breaks [cd]
Tim Finn: Imaginary Kingdom [cd]
Two Car Garage: III [cd]
Various Artists: Hope Floats (soundtrack) [cd]
Various Arists: A Tribute To Joni Mitchell [cd]
The Veils: Nux Vomica [cd]
Wild Man Fischer: Nothing Scary (reissue) [cd]
Young Galaxy: Young Galaxy [cd]
Young Gods: Super Ready/Fragmente [cd]

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The Pipettes, Daniel Johnston & Perez Hilton

The Pipettes are playing Highline Ballroom in NYC on June 5th. Tickets are on sale. Daniel Johnston's May 16th show at the Highline Ballroom is sold out, but tickets are now on sale for a second show on May 15th at Warsaw in Brooklyn.

Last time the Pipettes were visiting the States, they got to meet Perez Hilton.

According to a news item on their website, the Pipettes were very honored to be written about by Perez:

Also were honored with a mention on PerezHilton.com! [The Pipettes' official website]

...though their MySpace blog entry is a little more cynical:

The girls met Perez Hilton, whom I've heard a lot about, though I think the girls were less overwhelmed by his presence than our manager and tour manager, he seemed a really cool guy though, great pink hair. [The Pipettes' MySpace]

I wonder if Perez would ever want to hang out with Daniel Johnston.

They could talk about if Daniel meant what he said or not.

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Jarvis played Webster -- Damon says no more Gorillaz

Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker played his first of two solo shows at Webster Hall in NYC last night. How was it? Who opened? It surely wasn't The Long Blondes or Little Man Tate. Any duets with Beth Ditto?

Jarvis Cocker @ Webster Hall, NYC - April; 22, 2007 (CRED)

In other news, Blur frontman Damon Albarn says 'no more Gorillaz albums'.

The Blur singer said that the only project left for the cartoon band will be a film featuring a score composition, that has previously been linked to filmmaker and Monty Python mastermind Terry Gilliam.

Damon's other band The Good The Bad and The Queen played Webster Hall back in March. Jarvis and Damon are both playing Coachella later this week.

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April 22, 2007

Hot Chip @ Webster Hall, NYC - pics

These photos are from Friday night's show (April 20, 2007).

I'd say the first half of the show was good, and the second half of the show was GREAT.

Previously
* Download a Hot Chip remix
* Hot Chip add 2nd NYC show ++ some Videos

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Bjork - SNL & 'Earth Intruders' video

Did you see Bjork on Saturday Night Live? One of the songs she played was 'Earth Intruders'. The video of the performance is not up on YouTube yet, so here's the official one instead..

"Earth Intruders" on SNL....

"Wanderlust" on SNL...

The official video for "Earth Intruders" was removed from YouTube by Warner Brothers. I think it was a leak. 'Innocence' is streaming at MySpace. Make your own video.

"I had a throat problem that day and 5 minutes later 'earth intruders' was ready ." [Bjork]

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April 21, 2007

Vanderslice & Vincent played Mercury -- win tix to Union Hall

Do you want to go see John Vanderslice and St. Vincent at Union Hall in Brooklyn Sunday night (April 22)? I have a pair of tickets to give away. To win, e-mail BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL.COM (subject: Vanderslice). Include your first and last name as you'd like it to appear on the guestlist. One winner will be picked at random. Your email will not be shared. Contest ends Sunday @ 4pm.

Here are some pictures from their Thursday night (April 19) Mercury Lounge show...

John

Srsly, Vanderslice = Dance Party. If you ever doubted it in the past, doubt no more. I also now have a stronger memory of why Mercury Lounge rules. The sound was pretty much perfect. And watching John play guitar is fun. He was my Guitar Hero for the night." [vert's livejournal]

Annie

By the way, St. Vincent (Annie Clark of Polyphonic Spree fame) is my new obsession. I can’t remember the last time I fell so hard for a musician that I had never even heard of before. She sings, plays guitar, bass, piano, synth, and does all this cool programming stuff. She’s charming and delightful and a seriously skilled and interesting guitarist. She was like…I don’t even want to insult her by comparing her to other female singer/songwriter types. Do yourself a favor and check out her myspace page or better yet see her live cause I don’t think she’ll be playing tiny venues for much longer. Look for her album coming out soon on Beggars Banquet. [uncoolkids]

Photos by elizabeth weinberg.
John Vanderslice's last blog entry, and all tour dates, here.

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April 20, 2007

Dave Hill, Rufus Wainwright & Dick Cavett @ UCB, NYC - pics

Dave Hill, Rufus Wainwright & Dick Cavett @ UCB - Apr 19, 2007

Last night's show was pretty surreal. I knew Dave Hill was having Rufus as a guest, and I kind of knew he was having Dick Cavett - but it didn't really register...."Dick Cavett"...OK, sure, whatever. Then, after performing a death-defying magic trick (aka escaping from a cardboard box), Dave introduced his first guest, and low-and-behold, Dick Fuking Cavett (no pun intended) walks out and proceeds to teach us how to do the moon walk....

"The Dave Hill Explosion" is basically a talk show - Dave Hill is the host (aka the Dick Cavett). Past guests have included Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Moby, Cowboy Randy Jones from The Village people, Martha Plimpton, Fred Armisen, Walter Schreifels, Sandra Bernhard, Joan Wasser, Lecy Goranson, Khrystyne Haje, Joe Franklin, Sam Bisbee, and Dean and Britta (Luna).

Last night Rufus Wainwright was the first guest to come back for a second time. Rufus sang two songs including my favorite from his new (not yet released) album. The song is called "Going to a Town". It was amazing and funny - Rufus sang to a backing track coming out of an iPod - backup singers included. He said he felt like he was on public access TV, and had never done anything like that before. Rufus is also really funny.

Dave played some videos, Dave escaped from the box, there was a "midget" (Little Michael Jackson), Dave talked to Dick, Dick talked to Dave, Dick talked to us, Dick talked, Dick talked, Rufus sang, Rufus sang to Dick, Rufus talked to Dick, Dick talked to Rufus, Dick and Rufus hugged, Dave sometimes got a word in, there was lots of laughing, Dave sang a song to Dick and Rufus, Phil sang backup vocals.... I never wanted the show to end. Eventually it had to - it was already like 2 hours and cutting into the late-late show.

More pics below....

Little Michael Jackson as woman....

Dave does magic...

Dick...

Rufus....

Get Dick Cavett DVD's at Amazon. Did I mention Dick had DVD's?

Previously
* Rufus Wainwright - presale + show with Dave Hill

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Ticketmaster sues eBay's StubHub over ticket sales

"Ticketmaster is suing eBay Inc. in Los Angeles, accusing the Internet auction company's subsidiary StubHub of fraudulently obtaining premium tickets to sell online." [reuters]

Who's side are you on?

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Jesus & Mary Chain - 2007 Tour Dates (WEBSTER HALL)

New Jesus & Mary Chain tracks, sort of....

Download: Sister Vanilla — amcolas (MP3)
Download: Sister Vanilla — Can’t Stop the Rock (MP3)

This was the JAMC's final show at the House Of Blues. They broke up AT this show. It fell apart in front of our eyes! No flash was allowed so many of these are dark (except the ones I snuck a flash when I saw it was coming to an end) [Todd Nakamine]

That is no longer their "final" show. They're back, and not just for shows in California...

Jesus & Mary Chain - 2007 Tour Dates
04-26 Pomona, CA - The Glass House (sold out) *
04-27 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella) (sold out) *
05-21 New York, NY - Webster Hall
05-22 New York, NY - Webster Hall

* w/ Scarlett Johansson???

These shows are the real Jesus & Mary Chain.

Sister Vanilla (MP3s above) is their new family project ("Featuring ex-Jesus And Mary Chain luminaries Jim Reid, William Reid, and Ben Lurie with Jim and William’s sister Linda on vocals") that is J&MC-like, and currently has no tour dates. All J&MC dates below....

Jesus & Mary Chain - 2007 Tour Dates
04-26 Pomona, CA - The Glass House
04-27 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)
05-21 New York, NY - Webster Hall
05-22 New York, NY - Webster Hall
07-04 Lisbon, Portugal - Super Bock Super Rock
07-13 Madrid, Spain - Summercase Festival
07-14 Barcelona, Spain - Summercase Festival
08-12 Hildesheim, Germany - M'era Luna Festival
08-31 Argyll, Scotland - Inveraray Castle (Connect Festival)
09-01 Stradbally, Ireland - Stradbally Hall (Electric Picnic)

dates vis Pfork

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

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Blender Theater at Gramercy

As of an April 26th private Wolfmother Concert, The Gramercy Theatre will forever be known as the Blender Theater at Gramercy. This news comes less than a month after another NYC Live Nation venue added an "at" to its name - Irving Plaza is now The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza. Then of course there's "Nikon at Jones Beach Theater".

Rename your own venue in the comments.

Previously
* The Gramercy Theatre in NYC - with seats
* Henry Rollins @ The Gramercy Theatre, NYC - pics
* Gramercy Theatre (concert venue) review - no heat?
* Gramercy Theatre is in (concert) business
* Rufus Wainwright - new album, 4 NYC shows, Tour Dates

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Feist - 2007 Tour Dates -- Grizzly Bear opening?

caption it...

dude & Feist (CRED)

Tickets just went on pre-sale for the 2nd Feist show at Town Hall in NYC. Openers still not announced, but Grizzly Bear seem to be opening the Massachusetts show..... All tour dates below.....

Feist - 2007 Tour Dates
Apr 23 - Schimmel Theater Berlin, Bayern
Apr 26 - Le Grand Rex Paris
May 15 - Royal Theatre Victoria, British Columbia
May 16 - Orpheum Theatre Vancouver, British Columbia
May 18 - Winspear Edmonton, Alberta
May 19 - Jubilee Calgary, Alberta
May 22 - Conexus Arts Center Regina, Saskatchewan
May 23 - Burton Cummings Theatre Winnipeg, Manitoba
May 25 - Massey Hall Toronto, Ontario
May 26 - Massey Hall Toronto, Ontario
May 31 - Bronson Centre Ottawa, Ontario
Jun 1 - Olympia Theatre Montreal, Quebec
Jun 2 - Imperial Theatre Quebec City, Quebec
Jun 8 - Calvin Theatre Northampton, Massachusetts
Jun 9 - Berkelee Performance Center Boston, Massachusetts
Jun 11 - Town Hall New York, New York
Jun 12 - Town Hall New York, New York
Jun 13 - 9:30 Club Washington D.C., Washington DC
Jun 14 - Carolina Theatre Greensboro, North Carolina
Jun 15 - Variety Playhouse Atlanta, Georgia
Jun 16 - Bonnaroo '07 Manchester, Tennessee
Jun 19 - The Vic Chicago, Illinois
Jun 20 - Pantages Theatre Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jun 22 - Boulder Theatre Boulder, Colorado
Jun 24 - Moore Theatre Seattle, Washington
Jun 25 - TBD Portland, Oregon
Jun 27 - The Fillmore San Francisco, California
Jun 29 - The Wiltern Los Angeles, California
Jun 30 - The Belly Up Solana Beach, California
Jul 28 - Fuji Rocks Festival Yuzawa

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Land of Talk opening for Grizzly Bear & Decemberists @ Summerstage, touring with the Rosebuds

DOWNLOAD: The Rosebuds - Get Up Get Out (MP3)

Land of Talk @ Mercury Lounge, NYC April 5, 2007 (CRED)

I couldn't be more excited for the July 16th Summerstage show now - Land of Talk have been added as opener. Grizzy Bear + the Decemberists + Land of Talk = awesome. Tickets are still on sale.

Land of Talk will also be going out on tour with The Rosebuds starting May 28th in Toronto. That means LOT are not playing the Bowery show which is on May 24th.

The Rosebuds have a new record out on Merge (Night of the Furies) - MP3 from that above. Land of Talk are coming out with a 7" in the UK on May 21st - they're also touring the UK. All tour dates below...

Land of Talk - 2007 Tour Dates
May 17 - Brighton Ocean Rooms (Fandango Night) Brighton
May 18 - The Great Escape Brighton
May 19 - The Zap (Drowned in Sound night) Brighton
May 21 - King Tuts Glasgow, Scotland
May 22 - Barfly Liverpool
May 23 - Night and Day Manchester
May 24 - Thekla Bristol
May 25 - Waterats London
May 28 - The Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, Ontario *
May 29 - Blind Pig Ann Arbor, Michigan *
May 30 - Grog Shop Cleveland Heights, Ohio *
May 31 - Little Brothers Columbus, Ohio *
Jun 1 - Subterranean Chicago, Illinois *
Jun 2 - The Stones Throw Eau Claire, Wisconsin *
Jun 3 - 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, Minnesota *
Jun 4 - Jackpot Saloon Lawrence, Kansas *
Jun 5 - Larimer Lounge Denver, Colorado *
Jun 8 - Neumos Seattle, Washington *
Jun 9 - Media Club Vancouver, British Columbia *
Jun 10 - Doug Fir Lounge Portland, Oregon *
Jun 12 - Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California *
Jun 13 - Cellar Door Visalia, California *
Jun 15 - Glass House Pomona, California *
Jun 16 - Spaceland Los Angeles, California *
Jun 17 - Plush Tuscon, Arizona *
Jun 19 - The Cavern Dallas, Texas *
Jun 20 - The Parish Austin *
Jun 21 - Spanish Moon Baton Rouge, Louisiana *
Jun 22 - The Bottle Tree Birmingham, Alabama *
Jun 23 - The Earl Atlanta, Georgia *
Jul 16 - Central Park Summerstage, NYC w/ The Decemberists & Grizzly Bear

* w/ The Rosebuds

The Rosebuds - 2007 Tour Dates
May 18 - GREY EAGLE Asheville, North Carolina
May 19 - CAT'S CRADLE Carrboro, North Carolina
May 22 - ROCK AND ROLL HOTEL District of Columbia, Washington
May 23 - JOHNNY BRENDA'S Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 24 - BOWERY BALLROOM Manhattan, New York
May 25 - IRON HORSE MUSIC HALL North Hampton, Massachusetts
May 26 - GREAT SCOTT Allston, Massachusetts
May 28 - The Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, Ontario *
May 29 - Blind Pig Ann Arbor, Michigan *
May 30 - Grog Shop Cleveland Heights, Ohio *
May 31 - Little Brothers Columbus, Ohio *
Jun 1 - Subterranean Chicago, Illinois *
Jun 2 - The Stones Throw Eau Claire, Wisconsin *
Jun 3 - 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, Minnesota *
Jun 4 - Jackpot Saloon Lawrence, Kansas *
Jun 5 - Larimer Lounge Denver, Colorado *
Jun 8 - Neumos Seattle, Washington *
Jun 8 - KEXP.org (live on air performance) Seattle
Jun 9 - Media Club Vancouver, British Columbia *
Jun 10 - Doug Fir Lounge Portland, Oregon *
Jun 12 - Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California *
Jun 13 - Cellar Door Visalia, California *
Jun 15 - Glass House Pomona, California *
Jun 16 - Spaceland Los Angeles, California *
Jun 17 - Plush Tuscon, Arizona *
Jun 19 - The Cavern Dallas, Texas *
Jun 20 - The Parish Austin *
Jun 21 - Spanish Moon Baton Rouge, Louisiana *
Jun 22 - The Bottle Tree Birmingham, Alabama *
Jun 23 - The Earl Atlanta, Georgia *

* w/ Land of Talk

More Summerstage shows here.

Previously
* LAND OF TALK - MP3s, SXSW, Tour Dates - 3 NYC SHOWS THIS WEEK - win tix, etc
* more Land of Talk posts

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Morrissey tickets on sale

Tickets are on sale for Morrissey shows (password = GREATESTHITS).

Posted in music at 10:54 AM | Comments (29)

Feist adds 2nd NYC show - presale

Tickets go on regular sale Saturday for a second Feist show at Town Hall in NYC. Tickets go on pre-sale today at Noon (feist/tickets). The first show is sold out.

Posted in music | tour dates at 10:21 AM | Comments (4)

April 19, 2007

Panda Bear adds NYC show + Animal Collective Tour Dates

DOWNLOAD: Animal Collective - On a Plain (Nirvana Cover) (MP3) (via)
DOWNLOAD: Animal Collective - Polly (Nirvana Cover) (MP3) (via)
DOWNLOAD: Avey Tare & Kria Brekkan - Sis Around the Sandmill (MP3) (via)
DOWNLOAD: Panda Bear - Young Prayer track one (MP3)

Panda Bear @ B.Leza - Lisboa - April 11, 2007 (CRED)

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
Animal Collective's last proper release People EP came out in January, but word is they've recently wrapped up recording their full-length follow-up to the critically acclaimed Feels. The new one should see a Fall 2007 release on Domino. The band kicks off a Spring tour on May 14th in Ohio, and play a free outdoor show in NYC on June 1st with Danielson. All dates at the end of this post.

Bjork recently said she likes the Animal Collective song "Leaf House".
Here's a fan made video:

AVEY TARE
April 24th is the date for AC member Avey Tare and Kria Brekkan (former Mum member)'s album Pullhair Rubeye (MP3 above)

PANDA BEAR
Recently we were treated with the killer LP Person Pitch (learn those lines) by AC member Panda Bear. Check out the interview he did with PopMatters. His show on June 23rd at Bowery Ballroom is sold out. Tickets go on sale tomorrow for a second one at the same venue on June 18th.

All tour dates below....

Animal Collective - 2007 Tour Dates
May 14 - Wexner Center Columbus, Ohio *
May 15 - Southgate House Newport, Kentucky *
May 16 - The Dame Lexington, Kentucky *
May 17 - Metro Chicago, Illinois *
May 18 - The Picador Iowa City, Iowa *
May 19 - Sokol Underground Omaha, Nebraska *
May 20 - The Granada Theater Lawrence, Kansas *
May 21 - Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom Denver, Colorado *
May 22 - In The Venue Salt Lake City, Utah *
May 24 - Launchpad Albuquerque, New Mexico *
May 25 - Marfa Ballroom Marfa, Texas *
May 26 - Granada Theater Dallas, Texas *
May 27 - Antones Austin, Texas *
May 28 - Bottletree Birmingham, Alabama *
May 29 - Bijou Theater Knoxville, Tennessee *
May 30 - Satellite Ballroom Charlottesville, Virginia *
Jun 01 - Seaport Music Festival New York, New York **
Jul 17 - Koko London, UK

* With Sir Richard Bishop
** With Danielson

Panda Bear - 2007 Tour Dates
Jun 03 - Serralves em Festa Porto
Jun 18 - Bowery Ballroom Manhattan, New York
Jun 21 - Ottobar Baltimore, Maryland
Jun 22 - First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jun 23 - Bowery Ballroom Manhattan, New York +

+ w/ Eric Copeland (Black Dice) / Scott Mou

Animal Collective's "Grass"....

Previously
* Animal Collective posts
* Panda Bear posts
* Avey Tare posts

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Waterfront Preservation Alliance benefit - Antelope, Oxford Collapse, Rahim

DOWNLOAD: Antelope - Mirroring (MP3)

About Waterfront Preservation Alliance

WPA is a neighborhood-based organization that has been working for the past year to identify and designate historic structures in north Brooklyn. Greenpoint & Williamsburg are undergoing major changes that will dramatically change the face of our neighborhoods. As we move forward into the future of Greenpoint & Williamsburg, our aim is to ensure that vital connections to the past are retained, through the preservation, reuse and rehabilitation of the historic buildings that define the character of our neighborhood.

Among the significant resources identified by MAS, the following are among the most architecturally and historically significant:

* Domino Sugar refinery buildings (Kent Ave.)
* Eberhard Faber Pencil factory buildings (Greenpoint Ave & Kent)
* McCarren Park Pool Center (Lorimer St.)
* Matchett Candy Factory building (390 Wythe)
* Weidmann Cooperage (75 North 11th)
* Rokeach & Sons Building (240 Wythe)
* Old Dutch Mustard Co. (80 Metropolitan)
* Harte & Co. Building (280 Franklin St.)
* 143 Roebling Street
* 55 Hope Street

Support this cause by going to Galapagos on April 26th, or at least show up to drink free beer and hear the sweet and heavy sounds of Sub Pop's Oxford Collapse, Dischord's Antelope, Frenchkiss' Rahim, and DJ's Micah Welner and Jackson Pollis. Flyer below...

More Antelope dates here.

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the week in Dance w/ David Bruno (04/19/07)

DOWNLOAD: Hot Chip - Over And Over (party Ben's Smell Of Repetition Remix) (MP3)

What did you think of the shows?

Ghostland Observatory @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC - April 18, 2007 (CRED)

Soulwax @ Hiro Ballroom, NYC - April 17, 2007

Ratatat @ Webster Hall, NYC - April 18, 2007 (CRED)

New York is getting a serious dose of live electronic music this week. Soulwax kicked it off on Tuesday at Hiro by blistering through their fantastic Nite Versions live set.

Last night (Wednesday) was total electronic mayhem. Soulwax took on Studio B (reviews at the Simple Mission & Show Trotta), Ghostland Observatory (and a laser!) took over Bowery Ballroom (review at Shelves of Vinyl), and Ratatat (and smoke machines) packed Webster Hall (review at the Music Slut).

I can't remember the last time two Bowery Presents venues featured electronic music on the same night. Dancing is illegal in the clubs, so you might as well put on your sequined heels and dance on the Marshall stacks. You can keep on dancin' all weekend: Hot Chip starts a two day run at Webster Hall tonight (April 19).

Check Hot Chip's Myspace for a new track, "My Piano" from their forthcoming DJ-Kicks mix CD!

NEWS

• Mouse On Mars and The Fall's Mark E. Smith collaborated on the Von Südenfed project coming out on Domino. The video for "Fledermaus Can't Get It" is here
• Tiesto debuts at 71 on the Billboard Top 200. Call your dealer prior to purchase
• Minimal Kills Music? Steve Bug (Poker Flat) discusses with EQ
• URB's got a bunch of killer old rave videos, not sure how that relates to the Klaxons video contest
• Ewan Pearson talks to Earplug about his work with Tracey Thorn & his upcoming production schedule
• Chk Chk Chk (!!!) adds tour dates.
• M.I.A.'s album is coming out soon. MIA's album is already available.

MUSIC

• New Booka Shade tracks are streaming on their Myspace
• Palms Out Sounds Remix Sunday is a good one
• Big Stereo has a new track off of Armand Van Helden's new disc "Ghettoblaster"
• Hearts of Darknesses + Girl Talk = Trey Told 'Em. They remixed Tokyo Police Club.
• Shot Callin' has the new Larry Tee vs. Princess Superstar track that I play 2 or 3 times a night
• Riton search on Hype Machine so you can catch up

"I have learned a lot from these people and perhaps , which a not a lot of people know about , i have been writing beats all the way since debut . More and more . The majority of the vespertine beats where by me . Sounds like i´m bragging but i guess with a question like that i´m also just keen on educating people how electronic music is made . [Bjork]

Dance like it's 68 degrees...

Thursday - 4/19
*HOT CHIP! at Webster Hall Dudes go on EARLY both nights (get there by 7:30 to see the space-kraut-disco of Tussle)
*Riton (!) DJs at ISS at Tribeca Grand (The Interscholastic Sex Solution has been killing it recently)
*Arnuld Rebotini (Blackstrobe) DJs at Hiro (Free with RSVP)
*Fischerspooner DJs at Sullivan Room (Tickets)

Friday - 4/20
*HOT CHIP!!!
*Modular Monthly at Tribeca Grand (RSVP)
*The Bunker launches with Bodycode at Luna Lounge

Saturday - 4/21
*Ghostland Observatory at Misshapes
*DJ Dara plays old school jungle at Rebel
*House Wars: Paul Johnson vs. Brett Johnson at Love (RSVP for reduced)

Matthew Dear - 2007 Tour Dates
Matthew Dear’s Big Hands – Live show debut - Friday April 20th – Magic Stick Detroit
Matthew Dear’s Big Hands - Saturday April 21st – Empty Bottle Chicago
Matthew Dear - DJ set – DEMF
Matthew Dear’s Big Hands – June 1st – Mutek Montreal

"Matthew Dear’s Big Hands will be touring extensively nationally in September."

-David

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On the Road w/ John Vanderslice part 2 + a Brooklyn show

The John Vanderslice and St. Vincent tour-blogging series continues as John and Annie reach NYC (how was the show at Maxwell's last night?). Tonight's (April 19) Mercury Lounge show is sold out, but tickets are now on sale for a 2nd NYC show at Union Hall in Brooklyn on April 22nd. And now, heeeere's Johnny....

Hotel Life, Best and Worst:
I have no problem understanding why Russell Crowe hurled a phone at a hotel desk clerk. i wonder why these things don't happen more often. When you rely on these unstable businesses to provide comfort and consolation, you are vulnerable to say the least.

Best:
We stayed in a brand new Hampton Inn in Athens, OH. I would have been quite happy to have my books and records shipped out and camp there for a year or so. I went to sleep thinking: "What nice tile work in the bathroom!"

Worst:
The next night we stayed in a creepy hell-hole in Lancaster. Serious central PA rednecks, the kind that look down at your shoes before answering a question (I guess my Tigers didn't pass). A sign in the room listed 14 conditions for using the pool:

#13. Any person showing evidence of any communicable skin disease, sore or inflamed eyes, cold, nasal or ear discharges, or any other disease shall be denied access to the pool. Any person with excessive sunburn(!), open blisters, cuts, or bandages shall be denied admission.

#14. No lifeguard on duty. SWIM AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Beautiful. So, after we had to move rooms due to several unsatisfactory unmentionables, repeatedly made them restart their wireless router, were forced to eat Raisin Bran with warm skim milk, and endured heaps of bad vibes, I had no choice but to smash my room phone into bits. It was seriously beaten into non-functionality. My only regret was not packing it in my Samsonite and giving it away as a door prize at the club in Philly the next night - Johnny Brenda's, which by the way, has got to be one of the best sounding small clubs in the nation.

-JV

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John's first post is here. Annie's first post is here. Updated tour dates below...

John Vanderslice & St Vincent - 2007 Tour Dates
Apr 19 - Mercury Lounge, New York
Apr 20 - Middle East Boston, Massachusetts
Apr 21 - The Space Hamden, Connecticut
Apr 22 - Union Hall, Brooklyn
Apr 24 - Sonar Baltimore, Maryland
Apr 25 - Rock and Roll Hotel Washington DC, Washington DC
Apr 26 - Local 506 Carrboro, North Carolina
Apr 28 - Map Room Charleston, South Carolina
Apr 29 - Art Garage Columbia, South Carolina
Apr 30 - 40 Watt Athens, Georgia
May 1 - Bottle Tree Birmingham, Alabama
May 2 - Billiken Club St Louis, Missouri
May 3 - Randy Bacon Gallery Springfield, Missouri
May 5 - Dan's Silverleaf Denton, Texas
May 6 - Emo's Austin, Texas
May 8 - Modified Phoenix, Arizona
May 9 - Casbah San Diego, California
May 10 - Largo Los Angeles, California

Previously
* On the Road
* John Vanderslice & St. Vincent - 2007 Tour Dates + Brooklyn Vegan presents Blogging From The Road

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Feist tickets on sale.

Tickets are now on regular sale for the NYC Feist show.

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updated 2007 South Street Seaport concert schedule ++ Tokyo Police Club & Trey Told 'Em (REMIX)

DOWNLOAD: Tokyo Police Club - Cheer It On (Trey Told Em remix) (MP3)

Tokyo Police Club are on Letterman tonight (April 19, 2007). The remix above is by Girl Talk sort of...

Trey Told 'Em is a new project dedicated to doing remixes, beats, and production work. Its members are Gregg Gillis (aka Girl Talk) and Frank Musarra, who also records electronic/rock music as Hearts of Darknesses and plays drums for various bands.

Here's a picture of TPC playing South Street Seaport last year...

Tokyo Police Club @ South Street Seaport, NYC - Aug 25, 2006 (CRED)

Here's a list of the upcoming free concerts at South Street Seaport this year....

June 1 - Animal Collective & Danielson (River to River launch show)
June 16 - Brooklyn Philharmonic (w/ Target Children's Day & Fireworks)
June 17 - The Jonas Brothers
June 29 - TBA
July 6 - Fujiya & Migyagi & TBA
July 13 - Menomena & TBA (in conjunction w/ Brooklyn Vegan & Citysol)
July 20 - Bishop Allen & Rock Plaza Central
July 27 - TBA
August 3 - Turntables on the Hudson – Billie Holiday Remixed and Reimagined
August 10 - Au Revoir Simone & Metronomy
August 17 - The National & Takka Takka & The Forms
August 24 - TBA
August 31 - Battles & TBA
September 7 - TBA

More TPC tour dates here. More River to River concert listings here. The latest Summerstage schedule here. Look out for Girl Talk in Playgirl.

New "Cheer it On" video (Canadian version) below...

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upcoming @ McCarren Park Pool in Brooklyn (2007)

We still don't know much....

Jun 16-17 - the Renegade Craft Fair
Jul 07 - Cat Power & Built to Spill (info)
Aug 16 - Umphrey's McGee, The Disco Biscuits (tickets)

Free Williamsburg not happy about the hippies..

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April 18, 2007

Gossip's Beth ditto stripped (& stuff) @ Misshapes (NSFW) + Ghostland Observatory, Patrick Wolf & Amy Winehouse

DOWNLOAD: Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position (promo mix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Gossip - Ain't It the Truth (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Amy Winehouse - You Know Im No Good (skeewiff Remix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Of Montreal - Suffer For Fashion (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Ghostland Observatory - Sad Sad City (MP3)

Gossip @ Knitting Factory, NYC - April 14, 2007 (CRED)

I'm so bad - I still haven't told the story (or finished posting the pictures) of Patrick Wolf beating up his wasted drummer on stage at Misshapes two Saturdays ago (well actually, that basically IS the story). I know, I know - you hate Misshapes, but you can't argue that they're not doing OK in the booking department. Two weeks ago was Patrick, this Saturday (April 21) they have Ghostland Observatory, and last weekend they got Beth Ditto from (Columbia Records recording artist) The Gossip (who they - the Mishapes DJ's - are soon also touring with).

Ghostland Obervatory are also playing a sold out show at Bowery Ballroom in NYC tonight. (April 18). More dates at the end of this post.

Patrick Wolf just announced that he'll be playing opener on some of Amy Winehouse's upcoming North American tour dates. That's an amazing combo - hopefully the shows actually happen. The NYC show is May 9th at Highline Ballroom, but Patrick will also be here over a week earlier to perform for free at Virgin Records in Union Square. That show is April 30th. All tour dates below....

But first back to Beth....The Gossip played Knitting Factory in NYC on Saturday night (April 14), and it appears Beth stayed fully clothed at that show (see above). I can't say the same for her appearance at Misshapes later that night though. There, she DID take off her clothes (again). NSFW (don't blame me) photos (and lots more) below....

Gossip @ Misshapes, NYC - April 14, 2007

Coincidentally, the often-undressed Kevin Barnes of Of Montreal was playing and sorta-getting undressed too the very same night - across town in Brooklyn.....

Kevin Barnes & gimp @ Studio B, NYC - April 13, 2007 (CRED)

One week earlier, Beth was hangin' with Kate Moss in LA.

Believe it or not, this post is still way more safer than work than the one I could have made with the photos of "No Bra" who opened for Patrick Wolf the week before at Misshapes (NSFW EXAMPLE ONE, NSFW EXAMPLE TWO). He or she?

Here's one more good one of Patrick from Misshapes....

And here's one I never posted of Amy Winehouse from the Fader Fort at SXSW....

Together....

Patrick Wolf - 2007 Tour Dates
04-30 New York, NY – Virgin Records Union Square Performance & CD signing
05-02 Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater *
05-03 Chicago, IL – Vic Theatre *
05-05 Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory *
05-07 Boston, MA – Avalon Ballroom *
05-09 New York, NY – The Highline Ballroom *
05-12 Toronto – Mod Club *
05-13 Toronto – Mod Club *

* w/ Amy Winehouse

($300 though???)

Ghostland Observatory - 2007 Tour Dates
Apr 18 -Bowery Ballroom New York, New York
Apr 19 -Great Scott Boston, Massachusetts
Apr 21 - Misshapes, New York, New York
Apr 23 -Schubas Tavern Chicago, Illinois
May 18 -Warehouse Live Houston, Texas
May 19 -House of Blues Dallas, Texas
May 26- Sasquatch Festival w/ Bjork & Beastie Boys! George, Washington

Here's a pic of Ghostland at Knitting Factory in 2005. David Bowie didn't stay for them.

Gossip tour dates here.

Previously
* more Beth Ditto
* more Patrick Wolf
* more Amy Winehouse

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THE NATIONAL - five nights at Bowery sold out, opening for Arcade Fire, SOUTH STREET SEAPORT

DOWNLOAD: The National - Fake Empire (MP3)

Wow -not only have The National made up for past sins, National fans must feel like Mets fans right now (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah = the Yankees). I think what I'm trying to say is that the National are suddenly kicking much ass.

Just like Muhammad Ali they...(get it?, "boxer")...

The National in NYC - 2007 Tour Dates
07 MAY - UNITED PALACE THEATER supporting Arcade Fire // SOLD OUT
08 MAY - UNITED PALACE THEATER supporting Arcade Fire // SOLD OUT
09 MAY - RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL supporting Arcade Fire // SOLD OUT
28 MAY - BOWERY BALLROOM w/ The Broken West // SOLD OUT
29 MAY - BOWERY BALLROOM w/ Doveman // SOLD OUT
30 MAY - BOWERY BALLROOM w/ My Brightest Diamond // SOLD OUT
31 MAY - BOWERY BALLROOM w/ Elysian Fields // SOLD OUT
01 JUN - BOWERY BALLROOM w/ The Philistines Jr. // SOLD OUT
17 AUG - SOUTH STREET SEAPORT w/ Takka Takka & The Forms // FREE <------ NEW

I am 100% in team National's corner, but can someone tell me how the National suddenly became the biggest band in the world? Is this possibly an example of a leaked album helping a band's career (but maybe not sales?), or is this all based on the band's past good deeds? Was it Bruce?

"Boxer" is out May 22nd on Beggars Banquet. You get a free 7" if you pre-order it from Insound.

I swear this is the last time I'll attempt to make sports analogies. More National stuff, and all tour dates, below.....

A promo video (#3 in a series) from the National's upcoming DVD:

Other videos in the series are hidden all over the Internet - NIN style (actually I just don't know where the other ones are).

The National - 2007 Tour Dates
01 MAY: Atlanta, GA / ATLANTA CIVIC CENTER supporting Arcade Fire // Tickets >>
02 MAY: Asheville, NC / THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM supporting Arcade Fire // Tickets >>
04 MAY: Washington, DC / DAR CONSTITUTION HALL supporting Arcade Fire // SOLD OUT
05 MAY: Upper Darby, PA / TOWER THEATER supporting Arcade Fire // SOLD OUT
07 MAY: New York, NY / UNITED PALACE THEATER supporting Arcade Fire // SOLD OUT
08 MAY: New York, NY / UNITED PALACE THEATER supporting Arcade Fire // SOLD OUT
09 MAY: New York, NY / RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL supporting Arcade Fire // SOLD OUT

22 MAY: London, UK / ASTORIA w/ Annuals // Tickets >>
23 MAY: Paris, FRANCE / LA MAROQUINERIE // Tickets Here >> or Here >> or Here >>
25 MAY: Berlin, GERMANY / MAGNET w/ Locas In Love // Tickets >>

28 MAY: New York, NY / BOWERY BALLROOM w/ The Broken West // SOLD OUT
29 MAY: New York, NY / BOWERY BALLROOM w/ Doveman // SOLD OUT
30 MAY: New York, NY / BOWERY BALLROOM w/ My Brightest Diamond // SOLD OUT
31 MAY: New York, NY / BOWERY BALLROOM w/ Elysian Fields // SOLD OUT
01 JUN: New York, NY / BOWERY BALLROOM w/ The Philistines Jr. // SOLD OUT

02 JUN: PHILADELPHIA, PA / JOHNNY BRENDA'S w/ Shapes And Sizes
04 JUN: MONTREAL, CANADA / CABARET JUSTE POUR RIRE w/ Shapes And Sizes
05 JUN: TORONTO, CANADA / OPERA HOUSE w/ Shapes And Sizes
06 JUN: DETROIT, MI / MAGIC STICK w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
07 JUN: CHICAGO, IL / METRO w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
08 JUN: MINNEAPOLIS, MN / 400 BAR w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
09 JUN: MADISON, WI / HIGH NOON SALOON w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
11 JUN: ST LOUIS, MO / DUCK ROOM w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
12 JUN: LOUISVILLE, KY / HEADLINERS w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
13 JUN: ATLANTA, GA / THE EARL w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
14 JUN: MANCHESTER, TN / BONNAROO MUSIC FESTIVAL // Tickets >>
15 JUN: CINCINNATI, OH / 20TH CENTURY THEATER w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
16 JUN: COLUMBUS, OH / THE BASEMENT w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
18 JUN: CLEVELAND, OH / BEACHLAND BALLROOM w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
19 JUN: PITTSBURGH, PA / REX THEATER w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
20 JUN: WASHINGTON DC / 9:30 CLUB w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
21 JUN: BOSTON, MA / MIDDLE EAST DOWNSTAIRS w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic

25 JUN: SAN DIEGO, CA / CASBAH w/ The Broken West
26 JUN: LOS ANGELES, CA / EL REY THEATER w/ The Broken West
27 JUN: SAN FRANCISCO, CA / BIMBO'S 365 CLUB w/ The Broken West
28 JUN: PORTLAND, OR / BERBATIS PAN w/ The Broken West
29 JUN: VANCOUVER, CANADA / RICHARDS ON RICHARDS w/ The Broken West
30 JUN: SEATTLE, WA / NEUMOS w/ The Broken West

15 JUL: Henham Park Estate, Southwold, SUFFOLK, UK / LATITUDE FESTIVAL // Tickets >>

17 AUG - SOUTH STREET SEAPORT w/ Takka Takka & The Forms //

Boxer - Track Listing
Track Listing
"Fake Empire"
"Mistaken For Strangers"
"Brainy"
"Squalor Victoria"
"Green Gloves"
"Slow Show"
"Apartment Story"
"Start A War"
"Guest Room"
"Racing Like A Pro"
"Ada"
"Gospel"

"Peter Katis (Interpol, Spoon) aided the NYC-via-Cincinnati quintet in Boxer's production and mixing, and Fred Kevorkian (Ryan Adams, Regina Spektor, Willie Nelson) handled the mastering." [Pitchfork]

Previously
* The National add 5th NYC show -- Beirut to add 4th?
* I stayed for the National | 2005 Plug Award Winners

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Deerhunter playing Bowery, but not Sound Fix

Sound Fix Records sent me this unfortunate message:

Due to extensive damage done to our roof and ceiling from last weekend's nor'easter, we regret to announce that we are going to have to cancel the Thursday, April 26, Deerhunter in-store at Sound Fix. We are still planning on reopening our cafe in early May. We apologize to the band and its fans, and we hope to have Deerhunter play here sometime in the future.

Deerhunter have added another NYC show though - July 11th @ Bowery Ballroom. Next week they play Mercury Lounge and Silent Barn. Tour dates and pictures here.

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Musicians rally at City Hall

DOWNLOAD: Cooper-Moore & choir - trouble (MP3)

DID U KNOW?
* Marc Ribot plays guitar for Tom Waits
* Rebecca Moore was Jeff Buckley's longtime girlfriend
* Ned Rothenberg was recently featured on NPR
* Cooper-Moore also builds musical instruments
* Every musician mentioned in this post probably has some connection to John Zorn

"I'm a bit too fried to write much about our press conference today (April 17) on the steps of City Hall. But just wanted to say that we had a nice turnout of about 40 musicians. We read our petition to the press and Marc Ribot, Ned Rothenberg, Rebecca Moore, Patricia Parker, and Cooper-Moore all spoke." [Norman Yamada, Take it to the Bridge]

"AFM union rep Joseph Eisman addressed a crowd of reporters. Then Councilman Alan Gerson, a Democrat who represents Manhattan, made a statement of support for the group's efforts and announced an upcoming council proposal for tax abatement (a/k/a property tax relief) for avant venues, as well as a broader council pow-wow to come up with other ideas. To finish off the event, trombonist Steve Swell led a horn trio in playing the jaunty New Orleans standard 'Little Liza Jane.' Expect to hear more music and see more action from this determined group." [Jason Gross, Village Voice]

More photos below....

"Thank you Paris! Thank you London! Thank you Berlin! Thank you Copenhagen! Thank you Japan! Thank you Australia!" [williamaveryhudson]

photos by Jefferson.

Previously
* musician press conference today at Noon - at City Hall
* Tonic - photos of the arrest
* Tonic's final day (Marc Ribot & Rebecca Moore arrested)

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I wanna bicycle, I wanna popsicle, I wanna space face

DOWNLOAD: Talking Heads - Hey Now (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Cheeseburger - Tiger (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Haale - Navayee (Tchad Mix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Joe's Pub interview with Haale (MP3)

* Save Internet Radio
* Cheeseburger! (I do like them)
* Nick Drake rarities album out June 19th
* Watch The Shins play a bunch of songs in the street
* Live band videos - Grizzly Bear, The Thermals, Tapes 'n Tapes & more
* Tapes 'n Tapes & others set for 'Free Yr Radio Tour'
* Tapes 'N Tapes Talks to CMJ
* 'Sick' mashups at the The Hood Internet
* Riverfront Times features Yo La Tengo
* Yo La Tengo playing Webster Hall and touring
* Amazon launching MP3 download store in May?
* Interpol plays new songs
* Modest Mouse Video Contest
* New Stephen Malkmus record in early 2008
* Nightwatchman (Tom Morello) tickets on sale
* Belgrade horses to be drugged for Stones gig ????
* Suspect Named In Jam Master Jay Murder
* David Byrne Internet Radio
* David Byrne Explains How the Royalty Rate Decision Hurts Democracy
* Haale played Carnegie Hall for David Byrne, playing Joe's Pub
* New Yorker Festival = October 5,6 & 7
* David Byrne & bikes coming to Town Hall
* Video of David Byrne on a bike
* David Byrne's Bike Stolen!!

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Decemberists tix on sale + updated 2007 Central Park SUMMERSTAGE schedule

"On July 21, 1853, the New York State Legislature approved a bill designating a piece of land in the middle of Manhattan for a great public park: the nation's first major public park." [a history of Central Park]

Tickets are on sale for the (Bowery Presents) July 16th Decemberists/Grizzly Bear show at Central Park Summerstage. For a Summerstage show, $30 is not that bad.

I've been slacking on keeping the NYC summer concert list totally up to date - some of it is even split on to a different page. I'm fixing that problem now. In the meantime, the most updated Central Park Summerstage list I could come up with is below (lots of new ones)....

Central Park Summerstage / Rumsey Playfield, NYC, 2007
Wed 05/30 - Keane, Rocco Deluca (tickets)
Fri 06/08 - Joss Stone, Common, Ryan Shaw (tickets)
Fri 06/15 - Cassandra Wilson (opening night)
Sat 06/16 - Television, Apples in Stereo, Dragons of Zynth (info)
Fri 06/22 - Comedy Central Park hosted by Dave Attell
Sun 06/24 - The Duhks
Thu 06/28 - Levon Helm, Alexis P. Suter Band, Ollabelle, Larry Campbell, Jimmy Vivino, Mike Merritt, Amy Helm, Brian Mitchell, Steve Bernstein, Howard Johonson & more
Sun 07/01 - Rodrigo Y Gabriela & Vietnam (info)
Mon 07/09 - Bob Weir and Ratdog, Keller Williams (tickets)
Sat 07/14 - Pacha & Vince Veloso
Mon 07/16 - The Decemberists & Grizzly Bear (info)
Tue 07/17 - Measha Brueggergosman & New York Philharmonic
Fri 07/20 - Neko Case & Eric Bachman
Sun 07/22 - Brazilian Girls
Fri 07/27 - David Parsons Dance Company & Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet
Sat 07/28 - Tim Motzer, Sister Gertrude Morgan Experience w/ Mavis Staples
Sun 07/29 - Wild Style Film & Music 25th Anniversary Reunion (Grandmaster Caz, Cold Crush Brothers, DJ Grand Wizzard Theodore & Busy Bee)
Sun 08/05 - Camille A. Brown And Dancers & Philadanco - The Philadelphia Dance Company
Fri 08/17 - Paul Van Dyk (tickets)
Sat 08/18 - Paul Van Dyk (tickets)
Sun 09/16 - Hassan Hakmoun
Fri 09/14 - Underworld (info)

There's also a concert in Central Park this Sunday (04/22) as part of the Green Apple Music & Arts Festival.

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April 17, 2007

An interview with Björk

DOWNLOAD: Clipse - Ain´t cha (MP3)

As I was saying, David Bruno (dance), Undisputed Wes (hip hop), and I (other) interviewed Björk (via email).

No introduction needed. After thanking her and all that, we asked
(questions in bold).......

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Björk, you recently reunited with the Sugarcubes and played a show in Iceland. How did that come about? Were you happy how it turned out, and most importantly - would you do it again in the U.S.? (New York preferably!)

Sorry , won´t be doing it again , i guess it was strictly for rescuing bad taste which was on the verge of bankruptcy . Don´t know if you know about that label but it has been putting out grassroot poetry and music now for 20 years . A non profit company where most of the people that work for it do so voluntarily .we put out sigurrós and múm´s first albums for example.

I love musical collaborations, and you always pick such great people to work with. This time you've especially lined up an exciting cast of characters. Truth be told, I get excited any time Antony Hegarty is involved with anything (including the new Matmos album that you both appear on). Do you remember the first time you heard Antony's voice, and/or saw him perform? How soon after did you know you wanted to work with him? Any good stories from your time together in Jamaica, and what eventually led you to include him on not just one, but two tracks on the new album?

I was in my kitchen and a friend gave me a cd for christmas of this album that hadn´t come out yet . It wasn´t until later when i had gotten to know him a little we thought of working together . I guess me and antony have mutual friends in new york so we sort of got to know each other slowly ... He came to iceland and i showed him a bit of the country side . Then we sang together on couple of occations and ended up working on couple of sketches , 2 of them ended on the album ... It´s been a gorgeous pleasure to get to know antony , he is very very special . Incredibly generous person . I feel blessed .

Will Antony be around to join you at your three upcoming NYC shows at Radio City, Apollo Theater, and United Palace? In fact, who (and what) can we expect to see at those performances?. I know that Konono No1 (another Volta collaborator) are playing a show in NYC during the first week of May. Can I assume that was coordinated with you?

It was a coincidence !! Not coordinated . Not sure exactly what will happen but i have asked both groups to join though . We´ll see ... ? I have been rehearsing with my band in iceland . It is 10 brass girls ( icelandic ) jónas sen on keyboards , mark bell and damian taylor on electronics and chris corsano on drums .

Future tour plans?

I´m going to try a new thing i have never tried before , 1 month gigs one month off and so on for 18 months . Then perhaps i can do other stuff in between .

Nico Muhly. You've worked with the young composer before - both on 'Medulla', and on the score of 'Drawing Restraint 9'. Nico's resume also includes the names Philip Glass, Rufus Wainwright, and...Antony. Antony appears on Nico's new album, and like Antony, Nico also contributed (arrangements?) to Volta. What is it about Nico?

He is amazing !! He is extemely versatile and quick . Very professional . He played piano on a version of oceania that actually wasn´t on medúlla but a b-side , and funnily enough the stuff we recorded for dr9 didn´t end up on the cd , i re-recorded it with brass in iceland . On volta he helped me conduct a song called pneumonia . I did the arrangement but while he was conducting he did some snappy alterations that worked better .

Who is it your own dream to work with (dead or alive)? And, can you name any other young musician or group that you have your eye on?

It is so spontaneous most of the time ! I never plan it far ahead . I´m also so respectful of collaborations , there has to be chemistry there and an organic feeling . I hear too often on cd-s and in films collaborations feel like “shopping”. Music is so see through you can always tell if it wasn´t genuine from the start .
but right now all my heart is with the tour anyway . But by the time i do my next album , who knows ...

Let's talk about 'dance'....

You have often embraced electronic and dance music producers. Can you describe your early work with 808 State and how it cultivated your interest in electronic music?

I guess as a teenager i wasn´t so much interested in what my friends were into . The punk thing : i liked the spirit but the chord structure was pretty boring and the indie thing for me was totally lame . I did like occasional band like associates , eyeless in gaza , DAF , brian eno and kate bush . I guess what these have in common even though they are different is that they were mixing electronics and acoustics , were very rhythm orientated and the musicology wasn´t so square , ( c-f-g ) more chromatic and unpredictable . And then years passed and suddenly there was 808state !! I was so excited and so were a lot of people my age that had tolerated the indiestuff and finally here was something pagan , high energy , electronic and with polyrhythms !! So i started hanging out in clubs in england around 90 and for me it had all the excitement the indie scene had lacked .

I've always been attracted to the collective, universal nature of electronic music. What characteristics of early dance music attracted you to experiment with the genre? How has your relationship with dance/electronic music evolved throughout the years? Are there any producers currently making electronic music that you find intriguing or would like to work with, either for the first time or again?

I agree ! I also adore the whole trans / shaman element about it . It is so hopeful ! I do and will always adore a good techno track . Obviously as with every genre there is a lot of trash out there but diamonds in between ! Of fresh folks : i like knife a lot , also m.i.a. And spank rock . Clipse ? There is tons of stuff out there i can´t remember right now ...

In your role producing, what tools, methods, or processes did you learn from your work with electronic producers such as Mark Bell and Graham Massey? How does that contrast from working with producers who have more experience in non-electronic music.

What a great question ! I thought i would never be asked that ! It is very different . The word production in electronic music seems to span way too big range . Where in normal bands you have a bass player , a drummer , a guitarist , a keyboardist and perhaps a producer . In electronic music all this would just be called production . There is this mystery still around computers ...
I have learned a lot from these people and perhaps , which a not a lot of people know about , i have been writing beats all the way since debut . More and more . The majority of the vespertine beats where by me . Sounds like i´m bragging but i guess with a question like that i´m also just keen on educating people how electronic music is made . It isn´t that simple that one producer walks in a room and presses one buttton and the whole song comes out and then the vocalist sings on top .

You worked with Mark Bell again on Volta, how has your work together evolved over the years? How is he helping bring Volta to life in a live setting for your upcoming tour?

Me and mark have a gorgeous music relationship which comes from a lot of trust . I am very grateful to him on albums like homogenic , selma songs , medúlla he has had little ego enough to come into songs of mine that are almost complete , i have even programmed some of the rhythms , he has then come into it and added just the rhythm that was needed to complete the track . That is a very generous thing to do and not a lot of electronic artists are that flexible . They wanna storm into your song and change it all and make it into their own environment . Sometimes also he will let me listen to tons of beats of his and i will pick one take it home and edit to a track of mine ( like for example “wanderlust“ ) But there are also songs me and mark have done where he brought the music and i then sang on top , i think they are 3 : “i go humble” , “nature is ancient” and now “declare independance” . It is way much rarer that we work that way .

It seems that you've often embraced new technologies, both visually and sonically, even inviting average fans to remix your songs. Are there any new technologies that you find particularly enticing or that especially aid in your creative process? Did you use any production tools for the first time while you were working on Volta?

I guess the thing on volta i was most a virgin to , were the brass arrangements . That´s the place i felt like an innocent beginner . It was fun . With programming the beats into this filigree , ornament thing , i O.D.-d so much in it with vespertine which is perhaps why medúlla had only vocals . So on this one the technology was more seamless . The most natural sounding stuff on volta is actually programmed and then you get brass trying to be techno ...

Much of your work finds its way to the dancefloor. I know many who originally discovered your work through remixes. Do you have anything special planned for Volta remixes?

I have asked a couple . And funnily enough , quite a lot of people have been asking me if they can remix . We´ll see what comes out of it .

Throughout your career, have you noticed any changes to the importance of choosing production partners? Both from a technical standpoint and a marketing angle? Teaming up with a producer to reach a specific audience rather than a specific sound seems to have become more commonplace.

I have sort of just done what turned me most on at any given moment . I am so emotionally driven that i have learned long time ago that if my stuff doesn´t come from my heart it simply collapses .
Because of the hairy meaning of that “production” word , it has really varied . I think every person i have worked with there has been a different working pattern / method . But for the tracks that i don´t come up with the beats , most of the time the guys supply beats and i sit for months editing back and forth and making it work ...

hip hop, or not....

How did you end up picking Timbaland? What did he bring to the table?

I have said this before but he was a big fan of venus as a boy , the bollywood strings and i remember him coming up to me at a party and saying he loved the bassline in that song and i felt pretty chuffed because i wrote that ! He also sampled “jóga” for a missy elliott track so we have had an eye on each other for a while . We were always going to work together one of those days . So i wasn´t really after a hip hop thing , i am just into him as a musician . It was kinda weird after we did that stuff together some hot hip hop producers contacted me thinking i was going to do a hip hop album . I was really flattered but that was not what i had in mind . I first sent timbaland some of the brass stuff i was working on but he felt it was too weird ( one of it was in 9/8 ) I walked into the studio with timbaland and he immediately played a rhythm and i sang on top even though i had a throat problem that day and 5 minutes later “earth intruders” was ready . Two hours later we had 3 tracks . I then walked away with the mutlitrack and edited it for a year and added other musicians on top . “Earth intruders” and “innocence” kinda happened in the studio with him and nate but “hope” i added on bassline later and then took it to mali , africa and toumani diabate played on top .

Are you a big fan of any specific previous work by Timbaland? What about Hip Hop in general?

I think he is a genius . His beats have so much of his character and have so much humour in it , not gangsta kinda prangsta ! My favorite timbaland stuff is probably “slide” and “ain´t that funny “ with missy .

My favorite hip hop stuff of all time has to be public enemy : it takes a nation of millions to hold us back , nowadays i like clipse a lot . But overall i´m not too into the gangsta stuff like dr.dre , it is not musical enough for me ... The rappers too nasal ...

RZA of the Wu Tang Clan remixed one of your songs in the past, and there were rumors of a possible single, or even an EP together. Is that still something that might happen? Either way, can we look forward to any other hip hop-influenced Bjork in the future?

Oops , i don´t know , i guess i don´t think in these terms . I remember missy saying she thought homogenic was hip hop so it is a little abstract to me what is hip hop and what not . I go more for emotion , i was up for action and prangsta and that´s why i was up for timbaland . I wasn´t thinking hip hop.

Almost done, but before we go...

Can you tell us at least one album or song you're listening to - possibly right now, during and/or right before this interview, and maybe an album you're looking forward to in the future?

Povo que lavas no rio : amália rodrigues
Ain´t cha : clipse
Leaf house : animal collective
Throw a shadow : eyeless in gaza
Rodeo mechanique : plastique de reve
(see 'part one' for more info)

Any parting words?

I always feel i say too much ...

Thanks again Björk. We're really looking forward to hearing the rest of of Volta.

Thanks , warmth , björk.

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Bjork - April 9, 2007 (CRED)

Volta is out May 8th. Pre-order it at Insound. See Björk live:

Bjork - 2007 Tour Dates
Apr 21 - Saturday Night Live New York, New York
Apr 27 - Coachella Festival Indio, California
May 2 - Radio City Music Hall New York, New York
May 5 - United Palace Theater New York, New York
May 8 - Apollo Theater New York, New York
May 12 - Auditorium Theatre Chicago, Illinois
May 15 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre Denver, Colorado
May 19 - Shoreline Amphitheatre San Francisco, California
May 23 - Deer Lake Park Vancouver, British Columbia
May 27 - Sasquatch Festival QUINCY, Washington
Jun 22 - Glastonbury Festival Glastonbury
Jun 28 - Rock Werchter Werchert
Jul 1 - Open'er Gdansk
Jul 7 - Roskilde Festival Roskilde
Jul 8 - Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek Amsterdam
Jul 13 - Guggenheim - Esplanade Bilbao
Jul 18 - Plaza de Toros Las Ventas Madrid
Jul 25 - Paleo Festival Nyon
Aug 23 - Arénes de Nimes Nimes
Aug 23 - Festival "Rock en Seine Paris
Sep 2 - Connect Festival Inveraray, Scotland
Sep 8 - V Festival Toronto

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This interview was a joint effort by David Bruno, Undisputed Wes, and I.

Previously
* We interviewed Bjork - she likes Clipse, Animal Collective

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free Patti Smith tickets with purchase of "Twelve"

DOWNLOAD: Patti Smith - Gimme Shelter (MP3)

This might explain why Patti Smith's Bowery Ballroom shows sold out so fast. They're giving away free Bowery tickets with the purchase of Patti's new CD "twelve" at eight different NYC stores. It worked the other way around too - you get a CD if you bought a ticket first. More info below....

The shows are only 30 minutes? That sucks. The start times are spaced two hours apart. Do the people who bought the 3-show pass have to sit around all that time to get a total of 90 minutes of show?

Album info:

COLUMBIA RECORDS ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF "TWELVE,"
AN ALBUM OF CLASSIC SONGS NEWLY INTERPRETED
BY 2007 ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE
PATTI SMITH

Album Available Tuesday, April 24

Columbia Records will release Twelve, the eagerly-anticipated album of "cover" versions of classic popular songs newly interpreted by the 2007 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Patti Smith, on Tuesday, April 24.

Twelve is Patti Smith's first album of new studio recordings since trampin', her Columbia Records debut, was released in 2004, and is the artist's first-ever full-length collection of songs originally created by other performers.

On Twelve, Patti Smith and her band -- Lenny Kaye (guitar), Jay Dee Daugherty (drums) and Tony Shanahan (bass, keyboards) -- work their magic on a surprising selection of classic songs and overlooked treasures from the rock & roll canon including "Pastime Paradise" by Stevie Wonder, "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" by Tears for Fears and "Helpless" by Neil Young. Also on Twelve, Smith and company interpret songs by Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, the Doors, Nirvana, Jefferson Airplane, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Allman Brothers, and Paul Simon.

An assortment of guest artists appear with Patti on Twelve including Italian cellist Giovanni Sollima; playwright Sam Shepard (with whom Patti collaborated on "Cowboy Mouth" in 1971) on banjo; early 60s Greenwich Village folk artists John Cohen (banjo) and Peter Stampfel (fiddle); Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist Flea; Television guitarist Tom Verlaine; the Black Crowes' Rich Robinson on slide guitar and dulcimer; hip-hop producer Luis Resto (Eminem) on keyboards. Patti's son, Jackson, and daughter, Jesse, are on-hand to contribute guitar and vocal respectively.

Patti Smith, whose seminal rock & roll album, Horses, was released in 1975, was presented with the prestigious insignia of Commander of the Order of the Arts and Letters by French Cultural Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres at a ceremony in Paris on July 10, 2005. Cited as an esteemed rock & roll poet laureate, Patti was praised by the French Cultural Ministry as "one of the most influential artists in women's rock 'n' roll." The citation also noted Smith's deep appreciation of the 19th century French poet Arthur Rimbaud.

She was recently named one of the five inductees in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2007 along with R.E.M., Van Halen, the Ronettes, and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Patti Smith was officially inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on March 12. "It's a great honor to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame," said Smith.

While her groundbreaking vision of "three chord rock merged with the power of the word" has ensured her place in rock & roll history, Patti Smith has, throughout her career, developed a reputation as one of pop music's foremost interpreters, visiting the songs of other musical artists and transforming them through the lens of her own understanding, appreciation and imagination. Beginning with her first single, "Hey Joe," in 1974 and her extrapolations of Van Morrison's "Gloria" and Chris Kenner's "Land of 1,000 Dances" on her seminal Horses album in 1975 through her live performances of songs ranging from "You Light Up My Life" to "My Generation" to her new album, Twelve, Patti Smith continues to reshape popular music's classic source materials and make them her own.

Track Listing
1. Are You Experienced?
2. Everybody Wants To Rule The World
3. Helpless
4. Gimme Shelter
5. Within You Without You
6. White Rabbit
7. Changing Of The Guards
8. The Boy In The Bubble
9. Soul Kitchen
10. Smells Like Teen Spirit
11. Midnight Rider
12. Pastime Paradise

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The Veils - new album, MP3, Tour Dates

DOWNLOAD: Veils - Advice For Young Mothers to Be (MP3) (video)
DOWNLOAD: The Veils - Under The Folding Branches (MP3) (VIA)

The Veils (originally from New Zealend, but now from the UK) are visiting the U.S. in June for a tour that includes two NYC dates:

Jun 7 - Mercury Lounge, NYC (TICKETS)
Jun 8 - Union Hall, Brooklyn (TICKETS)
Do you know them? Sixeyes gave their Nux Vomica (out in the U.S. on April 24th) a 9/10. All tour dates below....

The Veils - 2007 Tour Dates
Jun 7 - Mercury Lounge New York, New York
Jun 8 - Union Hall Brooklyn
Jun 9 - Great Scott Boston
Jun 11 - DC 9 Washington DC
Jun 12 - The Khyber Philadelphia
Jun 14 - El Mocambo Toronto
Jun 15 - Shelter 16 Detroit
Jun 17 - Empty Bottle Chicago
Jun 18 - 7th Street Entry Minneapolis
Jun 19 - Grand Emporium Kansas City
Jun 21 - Larimer Lounge Denver
Jun 24 - Plaza Club Vancouver
Jun 25 - Crocodile Cafe Seattle
Jun 26 - Doug Fir Portland
Jun 28 - Cafe Du Nord San Francisco
Jun 29 - Spaceland Los Angeles

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Cloud Cult & Young Galaxy played Mercury Lounge (twice)

Despite the heavy rain, people (like the NY Times) showed up to Mercury Lounge to see Cloud Cult's (and Young Galaxy's) second of two NYC shows on Sunday.

Cloud Cult @ Mercury Lounge, NYC - Apr 15, 2007 (CRED)

What’s next for Cloud Cult?
"We’ll keep flowing, keep going. We’ve got a DVD planned, partly from the live shows and also sort of a really good biography of the individual band members and what’s touring like and what we do at home. Then we’ll be working on finishing the next new album and another national tour in the fall. As for the DVD, we did the video for “Chemicals Collide” ourselves, all the taping and editing, and there was a really great reaction to that, so we’ll be keeping all the video stuff in house. We really prefer to just do things on our own." [Craig Minowa to the Washingtonian]

Here's some pictures of Cloud Cult playing Tonic. Here's some pictures of them at SXSW. More here.

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Mirah - some 2007 Tour Dates (Bowery Ballroom)

DOWNLOAD: Mirah - Don't Die In Me (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Mirah - Light The Match (MP3)

Mirah @ Chum's Coffeehouse - Brandeis University - 3/1/07 (CRED)

Mirah plays Bowery Ballroom in NYC on July 10th. Tickets are on sale Wednesday. Stay tuned for a full tour annoucement. In the meantime, five known tour dates below.....

Mirah - 2007 Tour Dates
Sat 05/26 - Quincy, WA Gorge Amphitheatre (Sasquatch Festival)
Fri 06/08 - Portland, OR Aladdin Theater
Tue 07/10 - New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Sun 07/15 - Columbus, OH Wexner Center Performance Space
Thu 07/19 - Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom

more dates TBA

Previously
* Yacht remixes Mirah
* The Blow + Mirah + Electrelane - 2007 Tour Dates

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(DJ) Lily Allen cancels & reschedules Tour Dates

But First...
* Amy Winehouse tickets going for $300 a piece on Ebay
* Amy blames broken teeth for cancelled gigs
* Lady Sovereign Cancels UK Tour Due To Illness

DJ Lily Allen @ Love, NYC - April 11, 2007 (by BAO)

Lily Allen's LAST NYC appearance was as DJ at the post-Fillmore Irving show afterparty at Love. Bao reports:

She spun about a 30 minute set spinning a nice blend of hip-hop and reggae. Mark Ronson was supposed to spin too but cancelled because he's promoting his new album in London. Lily's boyfriend (bald guy in the green shirt in the photo) and Aaron LaCrate spun as well.

Lily then cancelled her private-appearace at Studio B the next night, went on to play in California, then cancelled some shows, and has now given a reason along with some reschedulings.

I think Lily Allen should just ditch the Roseland show completely, and reschedule her NYC show at a smaller venue - possibly over multiple nights, but that's not going to happen. Instead she'll now play Roseland on June 12th instead of May 30th. Almost all of her other upcoming U.S. appearances are currently postponed until further notice. Her reason (and updated dates) below....

Lily Says:

Hey Guys ,
I'm writing to tell you that I have cancelled many of my May and June tour commitments in America . The reason for this , is because my mummy and daddy are very rich , and I have never been in a position where i have actually had to do any hard work before . I thought that being a popstar meant going out getting trashed with famous people and sleeping in all day . The fact that this is not true has come as a huge dissapiontment to me , and as a result I am throwing the towel in .

No but seriously , I have been on tour with this album for a year now , I have fulfilled every commitment up to this point . I am tired , but more than that I don't think I have been giving my best performances recently . I have been getting really drunk because i've been so nervous about doing bad shows , and I don't want people spending money on a going to see a show that isnt the best it could be . I am not falling apart at the seems , I am not suffering with exhaustion , I am not pregnant , and I am not going to rehab . I will be here in America , promoting the album and also starting to write the second album , which I am beyond excited about . The LA and New York shows will still be happening , and I am still playing Coachella and Bonaroo and all the other festivals .

I'd like to apologise to anyone who has bought tickets , but you can get your money back , if you take 'em back to the place you bought them from .

new Lily Allen - 2007 Tour Dates
4/29 - Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
5/13 - Seattle, WA @ Everett Events Center (KBKS's "106.1 Girls Night Out")
5/15 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
6/01 - Charleston, SC @ Center Stage at The Plex (95SX Listener Appreciation Show)
6/12 - New York, NY @ Roseland Ballroom
6/15 - Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival

"Lily, who will perform on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' tonight and on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' on Wednesday, April 18th, will still play the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA later this month and the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, TN in June. In between, she'll also perform, as previously scheduled, in Seattle, WA, Los Angeles, CA and Charleston, SC. Her date at New York City's Roseland Ballroom has been rescheduled for June 12th and she will perform on 'Late Show with David Letterman' on June 18th. The remaining U.S. dates will be postponed until later in the year."

Previously
Lily Allen played "the Fillmore" - cancelled Studio B

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Cat Power + Built to Spill playing McCarren - Tour Dates

DOWNLOAD: Cat Power live on NPR (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Cat Power - The Greatest (MP3)

Some new Cat Power (and her Dirty Delta Blues band) tour dates were announced the other day, and one of them was especially exciting for those of us from Brooklyn, NYC:

07-07-07 Brooklyn, NY - McCarren Pool w/ Built to Spill

Don't get too excited though - the date is a Saturday, so most likely this show is not free. Cat Power is also playing a bunch of other dates, and Built to Spill are about to tour Europe. All tour dates below....

Cat Power & the Dirty Delta Blues - 2007 Tour Dates
04-25 Glasgow, Scotland - The Ferry
04-26 Glasgow, Scotland - The Ferry
04-29 Somerset, England - Butlins Minehead (All Tomorrow's Parties)
05-01 London, England - Forum
05-02 Brussels, Belgium - Royal Circus
05-03 Eindhoven, Netherlands - Effenaar
05-04 Heidelberg, Germany - Karlstorbanhof
05-05 Luzern, Switzerland - Boa
05-06 Milan, Italy - Magazzini
05-07 Bologna, Italy - Estragon
05-08 Rome, Italy - Piper
05-09 Madrid, Spain - Joy Eslava
05-10 Dublin, Ireland - Tripod
07-07 Brooklyn, NY - McCarren Pool *
07-08 Boston, MA - Avalon Ballroom
07-09 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
07-10 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix
07-13 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
07-14 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) #

* with Built to Spill
# with Clipse, Iron and Wine, Girl Talk, Grizzly Bear, Battles, Professor Murder

Built to Spill - 2007 Tour Dates
May 4 - Vera Groningen
May 6 - Paradiso Amsterdam
May 8 - Knust Hamburg
May 9 - KB Malmo
May 10 - Debaser Medis Stockholm
May 11 - Rockefeller Oslo
May 12 - Sticky Fingers Goteborg
May 14 - Postbahnhof Berlin
May 15 - Star Club Dresden
May 16 - Flex Vienna
May 17 - Ampere Munchen
May 18 - Gebaude 9 Koln
May 19 - Zodiac Oxford
May 20 - All Tomorrows Parties Minehead
May 22 - Leadmill Sheffield
May 23 - Rescue Room Nottingham
May 25 - Trix Club
May 26 - Manufaktur Schorndorf
May 27 - Mousonturm Franfurt
May 28 - Salzhaus Winterthur
May 29 - Fri-son Fribourg
May 30 - La Maroquinerie Paris
May 31 - La Maroquinerie Montpellier
Jun 1 - Primavera Festival Barcelona

Previously
* more Cat Power posts
* more Built to Spill posts

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musician press conference today at Noon - at City Hall

'Take it to the Bridge' continue their protest today at City Hall in NYC:

Come and support us Tuesday, April 17, at 12 noon at our Press Conference on the steps of City Hall!

Most of you have read at www.takeittothebridge.com about what
happened at the Tonic Eviction Musical Protest this last Saturday. It
was a day of amazing performances by great musicans; over 200 people
came by to listen, join in, and to keep Tonic open for as long as
possible.

When the police came and asked the crowd to vacate the premises,
musicians Marc Ribot and Rebecca Moore were arrested because they did
not stop playing music and leave. They were booked, released a few
hours later, and have a court date in May. Rebecca's statement about
why she took part in this protest and was arrested is on the website.

Let's not let the protest over the closing of this important new
music venue and Marc and Rebecca's arrests be in vain!

Let it be a call to action to say that new experimental music does
not have to disappear from New York City, let alone the Lower East
Side, where so much legendary avant garde jazz/Indy/New Music was born!

Let it be a wake-up call to say that small music and cultural spaces
can no longer pay these outrageous rents and that important music and
culture is being forced out of NYC!

We need YOU to come to our press conference at City Hall, so that
city government sees how many people need and support all kinds of
non-mainstream music. All of you: experimental musicians of all
kinds, with your instruments if possible - - fans of all kinds of non-
mainstream music; presenters; curators and people who appreciate
music and art of all kinds and want it to remain in NYC: we need all
of you to come down.

City Councilman Alan J. Gerson of District 1 is supporting this press
conference and will stand in support of our group; and will challenge
other members of the City Council to come to the table on the issue
of public interventions to save artistic creation in NYC.

But our political strength rests with YOU: the more people who come
down to City Hall to stand with us, the more effective we are at
making the City hear our stand. So please come done and help us make
this a strong gathering.

At the end of this story, you can find a leaflet for the press conference to post wherever you can; our press release for the press conference is the story below.

WE MUST STAND UP AND SAY: NEW AND EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC VENUES MUST BE
KEPT IN MANHATTAN, AND IN ALL OF NEW YORK CITY... AND CITY HALL MUST
INTERVENE AND HELP OR MORE VALUABLE CULTURE WILL BE LOST.

The photo at the top of this post was taken by Bob Arihood on Saturday after the cops came to Tonic.

Previously
* Tonic - photos of the arrest
* Tonic's final day (Marc Ribot & Rebecca Moore arrested)

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Feist playing Town Hall - 2007 Tour Dates & presale (1234)

A full U.S. tour centered around her June 16th appearance at Bonnaroo is about to be announced any second, but in the meantime, as seen in this weekend's NY Times, Feist has announced that she'll be playing at least one NYC show at Town Hall on June 11th. The ticket presale for that show starts at Noon today (username: feist, password: tickets).

Read another new Feist article in the New YorkER. Listen to "1234" at MySpace. It's the first officially released great new track off The Reminder - her new album out May 1st. Watch the amazing (outfit) video for the same song below. More tour dates below. too....

Feist - 2007 Tour Dates
Apr 17 - Shepherd's Bush Empire London, London and South East
Apr 19 - Printemps de Bourges Festival Bourges
Apr 23 - Schimmel Theater Berlin, Bayern
Apr 26 - Le Grand Rex Paris
May 15 - Royal Theatre Victoria, British Columbia
May 16 - Orpheum Theatre Vancouver, British Columbia
May 18 - Winspear Edmonton, Alberta
May 19 - Jubilee Calgary, Alberta
May 22 - Conexus Arts Center Regina, Saskatchewan
May 23 - Burton Cummings Theatre Winnipeg, Manitoba
May 25 - Massey Hall Toronto, Ontario
May 26 - Massey Hall Toronto, Ontario
May 31 - Bronson Centre Ottawa, Ontario
Jun 1 - Olympia Theatre Montreal, Quebec
Jun 2 - Imperial Theatre Quebec City, Quebec
Jun 11 - Town Hall New York, New York
Jun 16 - Bonnaroo '07 Manchester, Tennessee

Feist - The Reminder
1. So Sorry
2. I Feel It All
3. My Moon My Man
4. The Park
5. The Water
6. Sealion
7. Past in Present
8. Limit to Your Love
9. 1 2 3 4
10. Brandy Alexander
11. Intuition
12. Honey Honey
13. How My Heart Behaves

pre-order it at Insound

Previously
* listen to new Stars, Young Galaxy and Feist
* more Feist posts

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April 16, 2007

Virginia

DOWNLOAD: Marissa Nadler - Virginia (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Chin up Chin Up - Virginia Don't Drown (MP3)

* Gunman, 32 others killed in Va. shooting
* Cell Phones, Blogs Enable Live Reporting Of Virginia Tech Shooting
* Hundreds express condolences on Facebook following tragedy
* From "Virginia Tech" To "Video Games" in 8 Hours
* Cell Phones, Web Cam Record The Tragedy
* VA Tech massacre: 33+ dead, largest shooting in US history

Posted in MP3 | music at 5:20 PM | Comments (30)

Tonic - photos of the arrest

DOWNLOAD: Shannon Murray And Ryan Harvey - Bread and Roses (MP3)

Now that I finally got my own post up about Tonic's demise, I went out and looked at what other people were saying, and I found this amazing post by photographer Bob Arihood, who, unlike myself, was still inside when the cops got there:

Marc Ribot @ Tonic, NYC - April 14, 2007 (evening)

Rebecca Moore

According to Mike Wolf at Time Out, "Bread and Roses" was "the last piece of music played at Tonic." According to Rebecca Moore, in the comments of that same Time Out post,

Just updating this story that Marc and I were indeed arrested that day, in our attempt to keep the music playing at Tonic, the performance space this music community had raised over $100,000 dollars in funds to try to keep open and attempt to keep the rent paid. Nothing can pay these insane rents in NYC, no art or community can survive under these circumstances. Brooklyn and Queens are not exempt and falling prey to the same circumstances. It is not a coincidence that the Blue Building Luxury Condo building is now finished, people are moving in to their million dollar residents there, and Tonic has had to shut down. I submitted myself to arrest for this reason, and hope word spreads and others are moved to stand up against real estate being the sole determining factor of what culture and art and music and people get to stay in NYC.

More arrest pictures here.

Previously
* Tonic's final day (Marc Ribot & Rebecca Moore arrested)

Posted in NYC | music | venues at 3:26 PM | Comments (46)

Tonic's final day (Marc Ribot & Rebecca Moore arrested)

Tonic, NYC - April 14, 2007 (evening) *

* photo by Jefferson

Tonic is now closed forever. The Lower East Side home of avant garde (and occasionaly some indie rock) was priced out of the neighborhood at exactly the same time a new towering inferno of condos went up right next door.

Officially, the final shows at the venue were Friday night (April 13) - John Zorn & friends did two improv performances, and there was a late-night Bunker party. Unoficially, Tonic kept going for another 5-6 hours on Saturday until the cops shut them down, and musicians Marc Ribot and Rebecca Moore were arrested (don't worry - only for about 4 hours).

I arrived at Tonic Saturday morning around 11:30 - thirty minutes after the scheduled post-closing concert & protest began. A few people were holding protest signs outside, the doors were open for anyone to come in where there were about forty more people. Marc Ribot (pre-arrest) was on stage performing....

Marc Ribot @ Tonic, NYC - April 14, 2007 (morning)

Continued below...

outside in the morning....

Rebecca Moore @ Tonic, NYC - April 14, 2007

inside Marc Ribot and other musicians playing....

The people on the stage were talking about what a shame it was that cultural centers like Tonic, CBGB, and Sin-e were being lost so more Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts could open in the neighborhood. Ironically, free Dunkin Donuts coffee and dounts were being serverd in the back of the room - right next to the workers who were hauling out sinks, refrigerators, and other stuff like that....

For posterity....

Behind the ticket counter....

Waiting for the bathroom....

In the bathroom....

near the exit...

Respect the neighbors....

Or burn them down...

Packing up...

A piano...

Protesting...

I actually left around 1:00 to get to the Sea of People thing, but came back later. While I was gone I missed Ned rothenberg, jerome harris, jim pugliese, John King, Roy Nathanson, Marco carppelli, Mbira, Matthew shipp, Pamelia Kurstin, members of Elysian Fields, an orchestration by Butch Morris, and more. I heard the club also filled up by the time the police came around 4:00 and made everyone leave. It was at that time that Rebecca Moore and Marc Ribot were on stage and refused to get off, even after everyone else evacuated. The police took them out in cuffs. I got back about 40 minutes after it all went down. This is what it looked like then:

You can't come in.

Norman Yamada, musician and activist, sent out this message to his email mailing list at 6:18:

Because the landlord refused to take possession of the building unless it was completely vacant, Marc Ribot and Rebecca Moore were arrested for criminal trespassing about 4:50 this afternoon.

The police were sympathetic to us; and chances are that they will be released with desk appearance tickets in a few hours -- meaning that they will have to show up in court in a few weeks, but otherwise are free.

Thanks to all of you who came down today to make our demonstration the lively and peaceful affair that it was; and please watch this
space: we have plans for a City Hall press conference discussing the closing of Tonic on Tuesday.

Everyone who stayed after the police came hung out across the street at Sunita's bar. It was a sad and happy scene, as musicians of all ages drank the rest of the day and night away in perfect view of the now-chained and vacated venue they considered a home away from home.

Tonic's owners Melissa and John, and their new baby boy, were allowed to finish emptying the venue out and took off for home probably around 6:00. I didn't stay much longer than them, but photographer Jefferson did (see photo at the very top of the post).

Many of the rescheduled Tonic gigs are taking place at Vision Festival. Stay tuned to Take it To the Bridge for more action, including this one:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: 646-250-9361 / 646-244-1886
bridge3@takeittothebridge.com

Avant Jazz / Indie / New Music Cultural Crisis
CITY HALL PRESS CONFERENCE

Responding to community outrage at the eviction of
Tonic - a center of New York City's new music cultural
life for the last 9 years - an ad hoc committee of
musicians, cultural activists, and supporters are
convening to call for public and political
intervention.

When: 12:00 pm, Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Where: City Hall Steps

Why: To ask for public and political intervention to
protect new music/indie/avant/jazz in New York City

Previously
* 'Cultural Emergency' - Protest @ Tonic Saturday
* A letter from Tonic
* Tonic (NYC music venue) is closing

Posted in NYC | music | venues at 2:36 PM | Comments (7)

Of Montreal & Aquaman @ Studio B (video)

The name of the song is below the jump....

I didn't want to ruin the surprise - if you don't know already, Aquaman (Michael) was singing Moonage Daydream by David Bowie.

I'm an alligator, I'm a mama-papa coming for you
I'm the space invader, I'll be a rock 'n' rollin' bitch for you
Keep your mouth shut,
you're squawking like a pink monkey bird
And I'm busting up my brains for the words

Keep your 'lectric eye on me babe
Put your ray gun to my head
Press your space face close to mine, love

Freak out in a moonage daydream oh yeah!

Don't fake it baby, lay the real thing on me
The church of man, love
Is such a holy place to be
Make me baby, make me know you really care

Make me jump into the air

Keep your 'lectric eye on me babe
Put your ray gun to my head
Press your space face close to mine, love
Freak out in a moonage daydream oh yeah!

Freak out, far out, in out

UPDATE: Fluxblog has a review that links to youtube videos of every single karaoke song.

Check out the previous post for more photos from the evening.

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Largehearted Boy's Interesting CD Releases This Week

DOWNLOAD: Priestbird - Mandog (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Rock Plaza Central - My Children Be Joyful (MP3) (album)
DOWNLOAD: Rock Plaza - Home, Are We Not Horses (MP3) (DEMO)

This seems like a good place to mention that you can stream the entire new Priestbird (formerly Tarantula AD) album at their website. Albums by other bands can of course, as always, be streamed at Spinner. Also out this week is Rock Plaza Central's Are We Not Horses on Yep Roc - their new U.S. home. If you have the album already, that's probably because you downloaded it from Canada - two MP3s above. And now, Largehearted Boy....

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Bridging the Distance: A Portland, Oregon Covers Compilation is a covers album that brings together two of my favorite things: quality music and a good cause. With tracks from the Decemberists, Spoon's Britt Daniel, the Thermals, the Minders, and others, the album's proceeds will benefit p:ear, an organization that "builds positive relationships with homeless and transitional youth, ages 15 to 23, through education, art and recreation to affirm personal worth and create more meaningful and healthier lives". The benefit album's impressive tracklist:

1. Think About Me - The Decemberists
2. The Harder They Come - Pat Macdonald
3. Long Distance Runaround - The Joggers
4. Dancing In The Dark - The Snuggle Ups
5. Tangerine - The Thermals
6. Shattered Dreams - Christopher Walla
7. Eye In The Sky - Viva Voce
8. That Smell - The Minus 5
9. Sombre Reptiles - Talkdemonic
10. Don't Bring Me Down - The Minders
11. Sister Christian - The Kingdom
12. What A Fool Believes - Lackthereof
13. White Wedding - Whip
14. Invincible - Wet Confetti
15. She Sells Sanctuary - The Dandy Warhols
16. Pearl Of The Quarter - Point Juncture, WA
17. Crazy On You - Blitzen Trapper
18. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding? - Crosstide
19. Bring It On Home To Me - Britt Daniel

This week also sees the release of the new Nine Inch Nails album,Year Zero, as well as two remastered discs (with bonus material) from singer-songwriter Michael Penn - Mr. Hollywood, Jr. 1947 and Palms and Runes: Best of Michael Penn.

I can strongly recommend several other releases this week - Elk City's New Believers; 65daysofstatic's single, Don't Go Down to Sorrow; Cat Empire's self-titled EP; Dolly Varden's The Panic Bell; Dead Meadow's Howls from the Hills; Priestbird's In Your Time; and Superdrag's Changin' Tires on the Road to Ruin.

What new releases are you picking up this week? Have I left anything worthwhile off this list...

This week's interesting CD releases:

65daysofstatic: Don't Go Down to Sorrow (single) [cd]
Arctic Monkeys: Brainstorm (single) [cd]
Avril Lavigne: The Best Damn Thing [cd]
Camera Obscura: Tears for Affairs (import single) [cd]
Cat Empire: Cat Empire EP [cd]
Chrisopher Blue: Room Tones [cd]
The Comas: Spells [cd]
Cowboy Junkies: At the End of Paths Taken [cd]
Dead Meadow: Howls from the Hills [cd]
DJ Shadow: Bay Area EP [cd]
Dolly Varden: The Panic Bell [cd]
Elk City: New Believers [cd]
Guy Clark: Live from Austin, TX [cd]
Herman Dune: I Wish That I Could See You Soon (import single) [cd]
John Mayall: In the Palace of the King [cd]
Joseph Arthur: Let's Just Be [cd]
Michael Penn: Mr. Hollywood, Jr. 1947 (remastered with bonus tracks) [cd]
Michael Penn: Palms and Runes: Best of Michael Penn (remastered) [cd]
New Ruins: The Sounds They Make [cd]
Nine Inch Nails: Year Zero [cd]
Noisettes: What's the Time Mr. Wolf [cd]
Priestbird: In Your Time [cd]
Rock Plaza Central: Are We Not Horses [cd]
Superdrag: Changin' Tires on the Road to Ruin [cd]
Various Artists: Bridging the Distance: A Portland, Oregon Covers Compilation [cd]

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this post brought to you by Largehearted Boy

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ROKY ERICKSON @ Threadgill's (Ice Cream Social) Austin, TX (SXSW) pics (+"You're Gonna Miss Me" movie & 3 NYC shows)

DOWNLOAD: 13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me (MP3)

Roky Erickson (almost 60 years old) never played NYC before this past weekend. Now, literally a free man, he's played here twice - Friday night at Southpaw (April 13) and Sunday at Bowery Ballroom (April 15). I would have made it to one of those shows, but I already got my Roky fix at this year's 'Ice Cream Social' (not to be confused with New Young Pony Club's Ice Cream, Muscles' Ice Cream), or the Ice Cream Man)...

Though not an "official" SXSW event, Roky Erickson's annual Ice Cream Social at Threadgill's is an Austin tradition that attracts not only SXSW badge and wristband holders, but SXSW performers such as Robyn Hitchcock, Spoon, and REM's Peter Buck. Essentially a day party that runs a little long, many special guests and performers have come to help fete Roky Erickson over the years. This year they came to help celebrate Roky being emancipated, becoming, for the first time in many years, legally his own man, not having to have a legal guardian represent his interests. [club kingsnake]

The event was also a fundraiser to help stop electroshock therapy, something Roky unfortunately had to deal with while incarcerated for smoking pot. Roky's legal guardian all these years was his kind brother Sumner Erickson. Sumner introduced Roky to the stage. They look just like each other. Sumner....

Roky...

DVD (documentary) info, pics, and more, below...

there was lots of Roky memorabilia on display....

The show was great. It was outdoors, nice out, and Spoon opened. The crowd, including many original, still-psychedelic, Roky fans, were way into it, and though I didn't know most of the songs he played, the music sounded good, and it was heartwarming just to see Roky up on stage, happy, and performing. He's still got it.

I got to the show just in time to see Spoon, but apparently I missed Robyn Hitchcock and Peter Buck while I was busy attending to my own day party over at the Scoot Inn.

If you missed Roky's two NYC shows this weekend, don't worry - he's back to play a third (and free) NYC show at Castle Clinton on June 2nd. You can also see him at Coachella, Lollapalooza, and elsewhere:

Roky Erickson - 2007 Tour Dates
APRIL 28 Indio, CA @ COACHELLA FESTIVAL
May 2 New Orleans, LA @ PONDEROSA STOMP
June 2 Castle Clinton, NYC
June 18 SWEDEN @ HULTSFRED FESTIVAL
Jule 6 DENMARK @ ROSKILDE FESTIVAL
July 8 FINLAND @ RUISROCK FESTIVAL
August 3-5 Lollapalooza, Chicago, IL
August 8-11 NORWAY @ OYA FESTIVAL

You can also see Roky Erickson at the movies

Chris Blackwell’s Palm Pictures will be releasing Keven McAlester’s directorial debut film YOU’RE GONNA MISS ME in theatres and on DVD. Recently nominated for a 2007 Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary, the film details the rise and fall of rock legend Roky Erickson, whose band, The 13th Floor Elevators, coined the 1960’s term “psychedelic rock.”

YOU’RE GONNA MISS ME will have a limited theatrical release starting in New York on June 8, and the DVD release shortly following on July 10th.

Outside Austin, Texas, a 53-year-old man sits in an apartment with four radios, three televisions, two amps, a radio scanner, and a Casio electric piano playing all at the same time. Loudly. He has three teeth, his hair is matted into one huge dreadlock, and he has a notarized document on his wall declaring himself an alien, "so whoever's putting shocks to my head will stop."

This is the story of Roky Erickson: the manic singer and front man for the legendary band, The 13th Floor Elevators who are considered by many to be the creators of psychedelic music and muse to Janis Joplin. YOU’RE GONNA MISS ME is a disturbingly intimate portrait of an imploding family and the struggle between modernized medicine and religion. Known for his colossal heroin and LSD binges and an ongoing struggle with schizophrenia, Roky has become one of music's legendary tragic figures.

First arrested for carrying one joint of marijuana, Roky enters an insanity plea, which lands him in a minimum-security mental hospital. After numerous attempts to escape, the state of Texas transfers him to Rusk State Hospital for the criminally insane, where he undergoes a series of implausible shock treatments, leaving this rock virtuoso a scarce whisper of his former self.

Now kept under lock and key by his mother Evelyn---who refuses him any treatment beyond love, prayer, and a view of psychiatry gleaned from the shows that she has seen on television. Erickson becomes the centerpiece of a surreal family struggle and the blank screen onto which those around him project their re-imagined pasts and hopeful futures.

The movie premieres at Cinema Village in NYC on June 8th. trailer here.

Previously
* more Roky Erickson posts

Posted in SXSW | movies | music | pictures | tour dates at 9:28 AM | Comments (3)

Of Montreal karaoke

@#@ damnit. Friday night was a late night. Saturday was a long day. I got home and slept right through karaoke...

Of Montreal karaoke @ Studio B, Brooklyn, NYC - Apr 14, 2007 (CRED)

More below....

Sarah Mulligan sent in some pictures (below) and this review...

Of Montreal performed an amazing set on Saturday at Studio B! Most tunes were from Hissing Fauna and Sunlandic Twins, but a few oldies were thrown in there. Of Montreal is a fantastic live band, never letting the beat or movement of the crowd stop. Joining them onstage was--hm, I guess you'd call him 'The Gimp' because he sure looked like he came straight from the set of Pulp Fiction. Awesome music plus some quite unique stage props made it one hell of a night.

Michael Showalter was funny as ever as Alan Schemper from Wet Hot American Summer. Also, there were some guest karaoke appearances for Boston's More Than A Feeling from Paul Rudd and David Wain.

Previously
* Win tickets to Of Montreal karaoke -- Casper & The Cookies Tour Dates
* Of Montreal NY Magazine karaoke tix on sale
* Of Montreal played NYC, playing Brooklyn Karaoke show + more 2007 Tour Dates

Posted in comedy | music | pictures at 8:27 AM | Comments (10)

SPOON - Bowery Ballroom, Battery Park, SXSW (Ga Ga Ga...)

DOWNLOAD: Spoon - Mountain To Sound (MP3)

Spoon went from having no upcoming NYC shows to having two awesome upcoming NYC shows:

Spoon in NYC, 2007
Apr 23 - Bowery Ballroom (TICKETS)
Jul 11 - Battery Park (FREE)

They are definitely on my good side right now. Last time I saw Spoon was not only a complete surprise, it was as opener (and honored to be doing it according to Britt Daniel) for Roky Erickson at the 'Ice Cream Social' at Threadgill's during SXSW in Austin this year (March 15, 2007):

Small shows, free shows, suprise shows, Roky Erikson....can Spoon get any cooler right now? Yes - their upcoming album ("Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga" out July 10 on Merge) has one track produced by none other than Jon Brion.

More pics (including the coolest one of all) & tour dates below....

Flavor Flav & Spoon @ SXSW 2007 (CRED)

Spoon - 2007 Tour Dates
04.21 - Baltimore MD Sonar
04.22 - Philadelphia PA Starlight Ballroom
04.23 - New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
04.24 - Asbury Park NJ Stone Pony
04.26 - New Haven CT Toad's Place
04.27 - Northampton MA Pearl Street
04.28 - Boston, MA Remis Aud. @ Museum Of Fine Arts
05.27 - George WA Sasquatch Festival
06.16 - Manchester TN Bonnaroo Music Festival
07.04 - Detroit MI Comerica City Fest
07.11 - New York, NY Battery Park
08.04 - Chicago IL Lollapalooza

Spoon (officially) @ SXSW 2007 (CRED)

Posted in MP3 | SXSW | music | pictures | tour dates at 7:49 AM | Comments (13)

!!! (chkchkchk) - more 2007 Tour Dates (Studio B)

!!! in Rome, March 29, 2007 (CRED)

!!! (chk chk chk) have added more tour dates including May 30th at Studio B in Brooklyn. Tickets are currently on pre-sale. May 16th at Bowery Ballroom is sold out. All tour dates below....

!!! - 2007 Tour Dates
Apr 16 - Vega Copenhagen
Apr 17 - Voxhall Aarhus
Apr 19 - Debaser Medis Stockholm
Apr 20 - Vulkan Scene Oslo
Apr 21 - Kulturbolaget Malmo
Apr 23 - Maria Berlin
Apr 24 - Atomic Cafe Munchen
Apr 25 - Gedaude 9 Koln
Apr 26 - Amoeba Records Los Angeles, California
Apr 28 - Coachella Festival Indio, California
Apr 29 - Fillmore San Francisco, California
Apr 30 - The Library Sacramento, California
May 1 - McDonald Theatre Eugene, Oregon
May 2 - Someday Lounge Portland, Oregon
May 3 - Neumo's Seattle, Washington
May 4 - Richards on Richards Vancouver, British Columbia
May 6 - The Starlite Room Edmonton, Alberta
May 7 - Amigo's Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
May 8 - Pyramid Cabaret Winnipeg, Manitoba
May 9 - Fine Line Music Cafe Minneapolis, Minnesota
May 10 - Eagles Club (The Rave) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
May 11 - Magic Stick Detroit, Michigan
May 12 - Showplace Buffalo, New York
May 14 - 9:30 Club Washington, DC
May 15 - Paradise Rock Club Boston, Massachusetts
May 16 - Bowery Ballroom New York City, New York
May 17 - Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 18 - Les Saints Montreal, Quebec
May 19 - Lee's Palace Toronto, Ontario
May 21 - Grog Shop Cleveland Heights, Ohio
May 22 - Southgate House Newport, Kentucky
May 23 - Metro Chicago, Illinois
May 24 - Duck Room St. Louis, Missouri
May 25 - Headliner's Music Hall Louisville, Kentucky
May 26 - Orange Peel Asheville, North Carolina
May 28 - Cat's Cradle Carrboro, North Carolina
May 29 - Satellite Ballroom Charlottesville, Virginia
May 30 - Studio B Brooklyn, New York
Jun 22 - Glastonbury Festival Glastonbury
Jun 23 - Glastonbury Festival Glastonbury
Jul 1 - Werchter Festival Brussels
Jul 1 - Eurokeenes Festival Belfort
Jul 3 - Doornsjoose Nijmegen
Jul 4 - 5 Days Off Festival Amsterdam
Jul 6 - Rock Dans Tout Ses Etats Evreux
Jul 7 - Solidays Paris
Jul 12 - tba Lisboa
Jul 13 - Summercase Festival Madrid
Jul 14 - Summercase Festival Barcelona
Jul 18 - Arezzo Wave Firenze
Jul 20 - Nef Garden Party Angouleme
Jul 21 - Benicassim Festival Valencia
Jul 24 - Paleo Nyon
Jul 28 - Fuji Rock Festival Naeba
Aug 5 - Lollapalooza Chicago, Illinois
Aug 9 - Pully For Noise Festival Lausanne
Aug 11 - Summer Sundae Leicester
Aug 13 - Sziget Festival Budapest
Aug 14 - Punkt Warszawa
Aug 16 - Frequency Festival Salzburg
Aug 18 - Flow Festival Helsinki
Aug 21 - Noorderzan Groningen
Aug 25 - Reading/Leeds Festival Reading
Aug 26 - Reading/Leeds Festival Leeds
Aug 31 - Electric Picnic Dublin

Previously
* !!! (chk chk chk) 2007 Tour Dates, Pre-Sale, Album Stream
* more

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April 15, 2007

photos from the NYC 'Sea of People' (2007)

"Americans worried about climate change gathered Saturday on ski slopes and in cities for a nationwide day of demonstrations aimed at drawing attention to global warming. More than 1,300 events were organized in every state under the banner Step It Up 2007 to push Congress to require an 80 percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050." [CNN]

more info @ Sea of People's website.

Previously
'Sea of People' & the destruction of Coney Island

Posted in NYC | music | pictures at 11:04 PM | Comments (2)

ANNUALS added to Callum Robbins benefit -- Tour Dates

Though not updated very often, J Robbins does keep a 'For Callum' blog.

... We are starting to tackle some of Cal's mealtime issues - he's a very picky eater and he definitely enjoys having control over what he will and won't eat - especially since he can't actually feed himself....[March 19]

Callum still needs help, and the benefit for him happening at Bowery Ballroom Monday night just got better - Annuals were added to the bill that already included Bob Mould and Radio 4. The whole thing was organized by Interpol's Sam Fogarino. Tickets are still on sale. Check out a feature Fox News did on Cal and the show.

Don't expect Interpol to play @ Bowery (they're on tour in Canada), but they are advertising "special guests". All Annuals tour dates below....

Annuals - 2007 Tour Dates
Apr 16 - Bowery Ballroom - Benefit for Callum Robbins, NYC (TICKETS)
Apr 17 - Spectrum w/ Kaiser Chiefs and the Walkmen Montreal, Quebec
Apr 18 - Kool Haus w/ Kaiser Chiefs and the Walkmen Toronto, Ontario
Apr 21 - The Showbox * Seattle, Washington
Apr 23 - Bimbo's 365 Club * San Francisco, California
Apr 24 - Bimbo's 365 Club * San Francisco, California
Apr 25 - Glasshouse * Pamona, California
Apr 27 - Belly Up Tavern * Salona Beach, California
Apr 28 - Modified Arts Phoenix, Arizona
May 1 - Granada * Dallas, Texas
May 2 - Stubb's * Austin, Texas
May 4 - Variety Playhouse * Atlanta, Georgia
May 5 - Cat's Cradle * Carrboro, North Carolina
May 18 - Komedia - Club NME at The Great Escape Brighton
May 19 - All Tomorrows Parties Minehead
May 22 - London Astoria w/ The National London
May 23 - 100 Club London
May 25 - Barfly "Frog" Birmingham
May 26 - Dot 2 Dot Festival Bristol
May 27 - Dot 2 Dot Festival Nottingham
Jun 14 - Bonnarroo Manchester, Tennessee

* w/ Blonde Redhead

"The Kaiser Chiefs were fantastic at Roseland Thursday night. Despite a less than stellar sound mix (that made sets by The Annuals and The Walkmen hard to listen to), the Chiefs proved again that they are one of the best live bands on the globe." [Extrawack]

"I don’t like the Kaiser Chiefs. One bit. So why did I go see them at Roseland Ballroom tonight, when they rolled through NYC on their current NME-sponsored tour with the Walkmen and Annuals? Because I think Annuals just might be America’s most talented and promising young band, even if it was kind of curious seeing them on a tour put on by the NME." [Good Weather for Airstrikes]

Previously
* Bob Mould playing SXSW & a Callum Robbins benefit @ Bowery Ballroom
* more Annuals posts
* Callum Robbins, son of Channels' J. Robbins (Jawbox) & Janet Morgan, needs our help

Posted in music | tour dates at 6:36 PM | Comments (5)

Be on Les Savy Fav's next record - CALL NOW!

Les Savy Fav @ SXSW 2007 (CRED)

Les Savy Fav are in the studio recording a new album as we speak. Listen to some new song clips on their website. Then call the listed 718 number to leave a message of yourself singing along. Finally, sit back and hope your voice appears on the record when it comes out.

Posted in music at 5:20 PM | Comments (3)

April 14, 2007

Balkan Beat Box - 2007 Tour Dates, MP3, new album

DOWNLOAD: Balkan Beat Box - Digital Monkey (MP3)

Balkan Beat Box @ Summerstage, NYC 2006 (CRED)

Brooklyn's own Balkan Beat Box are kicking off a tour April 19th at Bowery Ballroom in NYC. They'll be supporting their new record:

The latest in Balkan-Gypsy-funky-electronica from Balkan Beat Box is Nu Med and it’s available as an iTunes download starting Tuesday, April 17th. iTunes is the only place to get the bonus track "Ramallah Tel Aviv" featuring Saz, Palestinian MC from Ramallah joining the BBB gang whose Tel Aviv roots are flourishing in New York City.

Check out a video collage of their 2005 France tour to understand better why you might want to see them live. Heartonastick says their Summerstage show was incredible. More tour dates below...

Balkan Beat Box - 2007 Tour Dates
April 19 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *
April 20 Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theatre *
April 21 Rosslyn, VA @ Rosslyn Spectrum *
April 22 Philadelphia, PA @ World Café Live *
April 23 Towson, MD @ Recher Theatre *
April 24 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel *
April 25 Atlanta, GA @ Smith’s Olde Bar *
April 26 Lafayette, AL @ Festival International de Louisiane
April 27 Mobile, AL @ Cell Block
April 28 Lafayette, AL @ Festival International de Louisiane
April 30 Orland, FL @ The Social
May 1 Miami, FL @ The Culture Room
June 10 Detroit, MI @ Detroit Festival of the Arts
June 11 Chicago, IL @ The Empty Bottle

* with Golem

Previously
* Golem posts
* Balkan Beat Box posts

Posted in MP3 | music | tour dates | world music at 9:42 AM | Comments (2)

April 13, 2007

We interviewed Bjork - she likes Clipse, Animal Collective

DOWNLOAD: Plastique De Rêve- Rodeo mechanique (live) (MP3)

I'm still feeling giddy. I was offered the opportunity to interview Bjork, did it (via email, but still), and she really answered (like just now). Actually - David Bruno, Wes and I worked on it together to quickly come up with questions that covered some dance, some hip hop, and some whatever. Stay tuned for the entire interview on Monday. For now here's a preview....

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Can you tell us at least one album or song you're listening to - possibly right now, during and/or right before this interview, and maybe an album you're looking forward to in the future?

Bjork said:

Povo que lavas no rio : amália rodrigues
Ain´t cha : clipse
Leaf house : animal collective
Throw a shadow : eyeless in gaza
Rodeo mechanique : plastique de reve

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The rest Monday.

Bjork is gonna be on SNL with host Scarlett Johansson on Saturday April 21st. Volta (cover art above) is out May 7th. Volta-related videos below....

Volta podcast one....

and these....

more videos and info on Volta at Wikipedia

Previously
* Bjork - 'Earth Intruders', NYC party & tracks

Posted in MP3 | interviews | music at 4:35 PM | Comments (17)

Over 21 bracelet ads ++ this Weekend

Has anyone else noticed the little movie ads on the bracelets they put on you when you go in a show? I saw Southpaw is using them, and here's a picture someone took of one at Knitting Factory....

What are you doing this weekend?

Friday
The Muggabears, Cheeseburger, Enon show at Mercury Lounge tonight looks good - just noticed that is sold out. Right next door is David Bruno's party at Element. Klaxons also play Studio B again tonight (sold out too I think). Tonight is also Tonic's last night open ever.

Saturday - Sunday
Gossip's sold out show is at Knitting Factory Saturday night, and Of Montreal is doing karaoke at Studio B - I'm giving away tickets. Earlier in the day you can get dressed up in blue and go to Battery Park or join a protest at Tonic.

Cloud Cult and Young Galaxy are here for two shows this weekend too - Saturday and Sunday. Sunday is also the WBAR BBQ.

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Win tickets to Of Montreal karaoke -- Casper & The Cookies Tour Dates

Of Montreal in Toronto - Mar 13, 2007 (CRED)

This Saturday's Of Montreal (karaoke, Flosstradamus, Michael Showalter, etc) show at Studio B is the first event in a six-part series called 'New York by New York'. Stay tuned for news of future events.

Would you like to go to this one for free? I have two pairs of tickets to give away courtesy of New York Magazine. To win, E-MAIL BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL.COM and tell me what song you want Of Montreal to play when they're acting as the karaoke backing band - include your first and last name as you would want them to appear on the guestlist if you win. Two winners will be picked randomly, notified, and placed on the guestlist. Your email will not be shared with New York Magazine or anyone.

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Daytrotter: Can you believe that Of Montreal is all massive and shit now?

Jason NeSmith: (Casper Fandango) I know. I picked a fine time to leave. Am I Pete Best, or what?

Jason NeSmith's band Casper and the Cookies are touring. All dates below....

Casper & The Cookies - 2007 Tour Dates
Apr 14 - Lemmon's St. Louis, Missouri
Apr 15 - Record Bar Kansas City, Missouri
Apr 16 - Vaudeville Mews (late show) Des Moines, Iowa
Apr 17 - Cafe Montmartre Madison, Wisconsin
Apr 18 - Permanent Records (in-store) Chicago, Illinois
Apr 18 - The Empty Bottle Chicago, Illinois
Apr 19 - Stonefly Brewery (Onopa) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Apr 20 - 7th St. Space Dekalb, Illinois
Apr 21 - Spin Nightclub Indianapolis, Indiana
Apr 22 - The DAAC Grand Rapids, Michigan
Apr 23 - Mickey Finn's Pub Toledo, Ohio
Apr 24 - Modern Formations Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Apr 25 - Cake Shop NYC, New York
Apr 26 - TBA TBA, New York
Apr 27- PA's Lounge Sommerville, Massachusetts
Apr 28 - TBA TBA, Massachusetts
Apr 29 - Southpaw Brooklyn, New York
Apr 30 - Khyber Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 1 - Mohawk Buffalo, New York
May 2 - Beachland Tavern Cleveland, Ohio
May 3 - *Over the Top Fest* Transac Toronto, Ontario
May 4 - Galapagos Art Space Brooklyn, New York
May 6 - The Elevens Northampton, Massachusetts
May 8 - Club Metronome Burlington, Vermont
May 9 - Maxwell's Hoboken, New Jersey
May 10 - TBA TBA, Maryland
May 12 - TBA Fredericksburg, Virginia
May 13 - TBA Washin\gton, DC, Washington DC
May 25 - Athens 441 ** Morton Theater Athens, Georgia
May 31 - Caledonia Athens, Georgia
Jun 1 - Lenny's Atlanta, Georgia
Jun 2 - New World Brewery Ybor City, Florida
Jun 3 - TBA TBA, Florida
Jun 4 - TBA TBA, Florida
Jun 5 - TBA TBA, Florida
Jun 6 - 1982 Bar Gainesville, Florida
Jun 7 - TSI Jacksonville, Florida
Jun 8 - TBA Panama City, Florida
Jun 9 - Sluggo's Pensacola, Florida
Jun 10 - Beta Bar Tallahassee, Florida

Previously
more Of Montreal posts

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On the Road w/ St Vincent part 1 (+ new MP3)

DOWNLOAD: St Vincent - Now. Now. (MP3)

John Vanderslice and St Vincent (Annie Clark) are on tour. The other day John kicked off this Brooklyn Vegan blogging series with a post from the road. Now here is Annie's first correspondence....

Pacific Northwest, you are so ruling it! When I was a teenager growing in Texas, and the internet still had the stigma of being only for freaks and weirdos (the subject of many a "Sally Jessy Raphael" episode), I would spend hours checking out bands on the Kill Rock Stars website. (Uh-oh…A recent look at the KRS site shows that it may not have changed at all since 1996...) At any rate, I had in mind that Portland, Seattle, and Olympia were the holy trifecta of awesome, the Petri dish of progressive culture, the coveted antithesis of everything Texas. I think my teenage fantasy was correct…Pacific Northwest, you are so ruling it!

Speaking of ruling, JV is the tops. I'm trying to convince him that he needs a wan, pale, curly haired "Annie"-named guest bass player…

Xo---AC

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And then there was a Brooklyn show....

John & Annie, 2007
April 18 @ Maxwell's (tix)
April 19 @ Mercury Lounge (tix)
April 22 @ Union Hall (tix) (JUST ADDED)

St. Vincent is also opening for the Arcade Fire in Montreal on May 12th & 13th. All Vanderslice/StVincent tour dates here. John's first blog post here.

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Magic Numbers playing Living Room & Hiro Ballroom

The Magic Numbers are playing the best and the worst place when they visit NYC in May. The best place is cheaper too.

The Magic Numbers, 2007, NYC
May 9 - Hiro Ballroom
May 10 - Living Room

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Wilco sells out Hammerstein, but there's a rumor...

...that there will be a Brooklyn show the very next day. Is NJ sold out too? Updated U.S. tour dates below...

Wilco - 2007 Tour Dates
06-13 Davenport, IA - Adler Theater
06-14 Cincinnati, OH - Aronoff Center
06-15 Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theater
06-17 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
06-19 Atlanta, GA - Chastain Park Amphitheatre
06-20 Charlotte, NC - Ovens Auditorium
06-21 Washington DC - Merriweather Post Pavillion
06-22 Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Theater
06-24 Northampton, MA - The Pines
06-25 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
(Brooklyn?)
06-28 Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion
06-29 Shelburne, VT - The Green at Shelburne Museum
06-30 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall

Previously
* Wilco - new album, stream, 2007 Tour Dates

Posted in music | tour dates at 12:09 PM | Comments (32)

The year was 2081, and everyone was finally equal.

DOWNLOAD: Kurt Vonnegut & Dave Soldier - Dyot Meet Mat (MP3) (info)
DOWNLOAD: Kurt Vonnegut & Dave Soldier - Duo for Clarinet and Meade (MP3) (info)
DOWNLOAD: Kurt Vonnegut & Dave Soldier - Mona's Funeral Music (MP3) (info)
DOWNLOAD: Kurt Vonnegut & Dave Soldier - Annihilation Life (MP3) (info)
DOWNLOAD: Kurt Vonnegut & Dave Soldier - East St. Louis 1968 (MP3) (info)
DOWNLOAD: Kurt Vonnegut - A Soldier's Story (MP3) (info)
DOWNLOAD: Fire on the Prairie w/ Kurt Vonnegut & Tim Robbins (MP3) (info)

"[Music] makes practically everybody fonder of life than he or she would be without it" - Kurt Vonnegut

* Watch Andrew Bird rock "Plasticities" on Letterman
* Panda Bear (Noah Lennox of Animal Collective) posts lyrics to Person Pitch
* Listen/See The Shins on Morning Becomes Eclectic
* New Caribou (formerly Manitoba) record Andorra out August 21st
* Merlin Mann interviews John Vanderslice
* Wilco's Tweedy talks new album
* Ozzy hits sobriety milestone with new album
* Get tickets for the Polyphonic Spree May 11th in NYC
* Beatles on iTunes soon?
* Tom Morello, Zack de la Rocha Unite in Chicago
* A short interview with Deerhunter
* Racist remarks cost Imus CBS radio job
* Rest in peace, Kurt Vonnegut

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'Cultural Emergency' - Protest @ Tonic Saturday

John Zorn @ Tonic, NYC - Dec 15, 2005 (CRED)

Tonic closes after tonight (April 13, 2007). John Zorn plays two "improv" shows followed by the final Bunker ("A wild dance party with dark techno, house, and electro"). The club won't be quiet tomorrow though. In fact:

CULTURAL EMERGENCY
Musicians and Friends:
It is time to Claim what is our Right!

COME to TONIC
Saturday April 14th
FROM 11 a.m. until...

WE MUST DEMAND:
AN ADEQUATE, AFFORDABLE SPACE, CENTRALLY LOCATED IN THE LES!
TONIC IS BEING HANDED OVER TO THE REALTORS.

WE ARE MAKING AN APPREAL TO THE CITY, TO EITHER GIVE US THIS SPACE OR ONE COMPARABLE IN SIZE FOR THE USE OF AVANTJAZZ/NEW MUSIC/INDIE COMMUNITY.

WE CAN NOT LOSE SUCH AN IMPORTANT HOME!
YOUR PRESENCE - YOUR MUSIC- YOUR VOICE – YOUR ART - IS ESSENTIAL.

SHOW THE CITY YOU CARE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING.

DON’T LET REALTORS DECIDE NEW YORK CITY’S CULTURAL FATE!

STOP THE LOSS OF IMPORTANT VENUES, ONE BY ONE FORCED TO CLOSE BY RENT INCREASES AT AN ALARMING RATE.

STOP THE DESTRUCTION OF THE LES AS A CENTER OF DIVERSE & VARIED & UNIQUE CULTURE.
Tonic is scheduled to close on Friday, April 13th, 2007.

The following day, we will gather to fight the eviction of this crucial venue, the diminishment of our livelihoods, and the destruction of our culture by peacefully resisting. Please join us.

Continued below....

For the last nine years Tonic has been at the center of NYC experimental music. When the tsunami of rent increases and mal- development engulfing the LES forces its closure, NYC will have lost the last avant-jazz/indie/new music club in Manhattan with a capacity over 90. A vibrant community of musicians and fans worked for years to maintain Tonic -- raising over 100,000 dollars through benefit concerts and donations to pay off debt, fund repairs, buy a sound system, and keep the club open in devastating times such as following 9/11/01.

We’re taking action now to dramatize the market failure of which Tonic’s closing is a symptom, and to ask that the city save this home for us or provide a minimum 200 capacity, centrally located venue for experimental jazz, indie, and new music.

We want for ourselves and the communities around us the right to stay around long enough to enjoy the culture we’ve created, not harassment and a bum’s rush into eviction the minute real estate decides we’ve made the neighborhood ‘safe’ and ‘cultured’ enough for them to cash in.

This is where we tell the landlords, developers, and the city:
Enough. Genucht. Basta ya!

Coming on the heels of the closing of CBGB's, Sin-e, Fez, The Continental, and numerous other varied downtown venues, the closing of Tonic represents the shutting down of NYC's most important live music experimental jazz, indie, and new music scene.

This wave of live music space closings constitutes a market failure.
The downsized or geographically marginal venues arising in the wake of the established club closings are not generating enough to maintain the economic viability of this scene. If there is not immediate and sufficient PUBLIC INTERVENTION, either in the form of limiting rents, or supplying alternate space and funding - or both - New York City will lose an essential part of its heritage, culture, and economy.

“My band plays some of the biggest festivals in Europe...Meanwhile there’s only one club I can play in New York and it’s about to close.”
Steven Bernstein, Trumpet player and leader of Sex Mob and the Millennial Territory Orchestra (NY Times)

According to Patricia Nicholson Parker, organizer of the Vision
Festival:
“We have come together to say we deserve a space and in essence, we have already paid for our space. Musicians contribute to the economy of this city every day with world class performances. In the case of Tonic, many musicians came together and invested in the space.
Through benefits and organizing they raised significant sums of money (100+ grand) for the venue, Tonic. The city needs to acknowledge this. It is good for the city and good for the artists and their audiences that the city make available a musician-friendly community club/space which holds up to 200 audience members. It is important that it not be in the outer boroughs but be centrally located in the LES where this serious alternative music has been birthed and where it can be easily accessed by audiences.”

Previously
* Other Passengers - new album/video & Tonic show
* Kiiiiiii, Tonic Alumni Festival & John Zorn Improv Night

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April 12, 2007

The Libertines reunited in London tonight

"The Libertines reunited tonight (April 12) onstage in London. Pete Doherty and Carl Barat played 13 songs at the second of Doherty's An Evening With Pete Doherty gigs at the Hackney Empire" [NME]

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Lily Allen played....Fillmore christened

"When doors open to Lily Allen's highly-anticipated New York City concert on April 11th, fans will notice a difference....After the show, a collectible poster commemorating the evening will be distributed to concert goers, a tradition that will continue for select shows throughout the year." [a quote of a quote previously on Brooklyn Vegan]

Jocelyn & the Lily Allen Poster (tripppppy) (CRED)

"Nothing's really changed to the Irving Plaza/Fillmore NYC takeover except the ugly sign outside, tons of posters lining the stairs up to the stage and a slightly larger awning VIP area." [thecultureofme]

"the ONLY things that have changed about this newly named venue are the posters on the wall from past Irving Plaza events, some red curtains against the right wall, and a large black and white photo of Bill Graham (who is probably rolling over in his grave, poor thing)." [Shelves of Vinyl]

No apples?

I also just found out that Lily Allen was supposed to play a private party at Studio B tonight (April 12), but that she cancelled and the Klaxons (who played Bowery last night, and are playing Studio B tomorrow) are taking her spot (meaning they are playing studio B two nights in a row)

Next stop for Lily = Roseland.

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Busy P says NYC doesn't dance

Busy P @ Hiro Ballroom, NYC - March 29, 2007 (CRED - Ambrel)

David Bruno just pointed out that Busy P blogged the Ed Banger tour on FADER. Apparently he wasn't impressed with NYC:

"Hiro Ballroom was packed as a jalapeno poppers, hot girls (easy it's NYC), Nerds (easy it's NYC), and lots of shemale (easy it's NYC) Party was great, but honestly, they need to learn how to dance, or maybe drink more, or maybe take drugs! Sometimes I had to fight with the audience to make them move. We cross the ocean to come to see you and you sleep, come on!"

Oh yeah Busy P? If you'll allow me to play devil's advocate here for a second... Maybe you need to learn how to play better music that makes people want to dance. We won't just dance to anything you know! And don't blame us for the alcohol - that one was due to your poor choice of venues - speaking of which, the sound is not exactly stellar at Hiro - I won't even mention the small, crowded dancefloor. Lack of drugs? - blame Giuliani for that one (you freakin' druggie). We do our best. Try doing yours. And by the way, who you calling a shemale?

Ed Banger's Ed Rec Vol. 2 is out now on MP3 and CD.

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the week in Dance w/ David Bruno (04/12/07)

DOWNLOAD: Faithless - Mass Destruction (six Flags Over The Vatican Remix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: DJ Kaos guests on Tim Sweeney's Beats in Space July 2005 (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Escort mixes for Beats in Space August 2006 (MP3)

Faithless

Lots of live dancey throw-downs in the next few weeks. I'm really looking forward to catching Soulwax (tix), Hot Chip (tix), Ghostland Observatory (tix), and Faithless (tix). I'm upset to be missing Joakim perform with his band on April 28th, but I'll be representing the dance crew out at Coachella.

We're giving away 2 pairs of tickets to Friday night's People Don't Dance No More at Element (April 13). We've got a superb lineup helmed by DJ Kaos (who has released music on Kitsune & NYC's Rong) coming in from Berlin and the disco-auteurs from Escort for BERLIN VS. NYC. Email BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL.COM (subject: Dance) if you want to win a pair. Two people will be randomly selected on Friday afternoon for +1's on the list. Everyone else will be placed on the $5.00 reduced list (so include your first and last name in the email).

Apache Beat

Muscles is coming in from Australia to join the Radio Soulwax tour! Muscles makes crazy trance rock. Get to the show early. (jinx)

Modular launched a magazine and it features, in their words: "bits on Softlightes, New Young Pony Club, Ed Banger, DFA, Undercover, Klaxons, masturbation, stunning art direction by Jonathan Zawada". Pick up a copy at the Modular Monthly at Tribeca Grand on 4/20 RSVP HERE. Tim from Cut Copy DJs, Apache Beat plays live, Kasper Bjorke DJs, shit goes down. You should probably be listening to Apache Beat right now.

Cut Copy

NEWS

• God Is A DJ: Faithless touring (Webster Hall April 25th) and doing Coachella
• Chemical Brothers announce tracklist, collaborations with Klaxons, Midlake for "We Are The Night" released in June
• The Fader's Ed Banger Tour Blog with Busy P ends with a murky review of the NYC stop
• The Montreal Mirror interviewed Chromeo's Dave One
• Daft Punk, LCD Soundsystem, !!!, Ghostland Observatory, and The Rapture confirmed for Lollapalooza

WMC related

• Philip Sherburne's Month in Techno dips a bit into WMC
• Flavorpill is still recapping the parties and has some live sets posted
• Village Voice has an amateurish take on WMC and a pretty inaccurate view of NYC clubbing

VIDEO

• Dirty Down interviews Drop The Lime Part 1 & Part 2
• XLR8R TV has 3 episodes live


• The video for Tracey Thorn's new track "Its All True"
• Watch the video for Faithless' only slightly political new single "Bombs"
• Flavorpill's high-powered video montage from WMC
• LCD Soundsystem on The Late Show with David Letterman (Windows streaming)

RIDE THE DANCE TRAIN NYC....

Thursday - 4/12
* DJ sets from Klaxons, Steve Aoki, & Guns'N'Bombs at Hiro
* Trevor Jackson, Oskar Melzer, and Spaceman 3's Sonic Boom at I.S.S. at Tribeca Grand
* Klash at Studio B

Friday - 4/13
* Kaos + Escort at People Don't Dance No More at Element
* Klaxons, Bonde Do Role, Surkin at Fixed at Studio B
* The actual Last Bunker at SubTonic
* Craig Richards at Cielo
* The Glass Live at the Ruff Club at the Annex

Saturday - 4/13
* Kasper Bjorke at 200 Orchard
* Mark Moore (S'Express) at Bank at Element

Tuesday - 4/15
* Radio Soulwax Tour: Soulwax, 2manyDJs, Muscles at Hiro

Wednesday - 4/16
* Radio Soulwax Tour: Soulwax, 2manyDJs, Muscles at Studio B (Tix)
* Ghostland Observatory at Bowery Ballroom

Faithless - 2007 Tour Dates
Wed April 25 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
Friday April 27 - Indio, CA - Coachella Music & Arts Festival - Sahara Tent, prior to Bjork
Mon April 30th - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore

Sonic Boom is coming back

-David

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Patti Smith - 3 shows in one night @ Bowery

I keep forgetting to post this. Patti Smith is playing three shows in one night at Bowery Ballroom on April 24th. I think two are now sold out, but there are still tickets for the last one (which is good because maybe she'll keep playing and playing, or maybe it's bad because she'll be so tired after playing two shows right before it). They were also selling 3-show passes which are also sold out. All tickets include a copy of her new CD "Twelve" which is all covers.

She'll be performing at Hiro Ballroom on April 18th too - also now sold out.

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O'DEATH opening for Art Brut, NYU - MUSCLES opening for Radio Soulwax -- Tour Dates

Big Stereo wrote, "Muscles is my new favorite artist thanks to recent spins on Whothehell.net and Kiss Atlanta. And judging from Hype Machine I am totally late on this game. You know you’re late when Fluxblog has hit a band not once but twice. AND I don’t know how I missed Muscles the first three times Fluokids posted, but I digress…"

Muscles "emerging from the underground"

F'd Up are no longer opening for Art Brut (and in turn Soulwax). They were supposed to or something, but now O'Death is opening instead which is actually more awesome kind of. O'Death then play NYU with Battles and the Dirty Projectors the next night (btw, NYU students can also now buy tickets for the Thermals and Hold Steady).

And if you're just going to Soulwax at 11, don't be late (like Big Stereo - see above) - Modular's newest signing from Australia Muscles is opening the show (and all Radio Soulwax shows on this tour). Listen to Muscles at MySpace (or use one of the links above to get MP3s).

All O'Death and Soulwax/Muscles tour dates below....

O'Death - 2007 Tour Dates
Apr 18 - Studio B w/ Art Brut Greenpoint Brooklyn, New Jersey
Apr 19 - NYU New York, New York
Apr 26 - Terrace Club- Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey
Apr 28 - Bennington College Bennington, Vermont
May 12 - Glasslands brooklyn, New York
Jun 15 - Luna Lounge brooklyn

Radio Soulwax & Muscles - 2007 Tour Dates *
Sat 14th April Transit, Philadelphia, PA
Sun 15th April 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
Tues 17th April Hiro Ballroom, New York , NY
Wed 18th April Studio B, Brooklyn, NY
Thu 19th April S.A.T., Montreal
Fri 20th April Opera House, Toronto
Sat 21st April Metro, Chicago
Wed 25 April Chop Suey, Seattle
Thu 26 April Caprice, Vancouver, BC (2 Many DJs set only)
Fri 27th April Mezzanine, San Francisco, CA
Sun 29th April Empire Polo Grounds, Coachella (Soulwax Nite Versions Only)

* "DJ tour support will be JDH & Dave P. (FIXED/NYC)- the DJs and promoters behind FIXED, a highly acclaimed party in New York City at Studio B. FIXED has hosted artists such as Simian Mobile Disco, Justice, LCD Soundsystem, Mylo, M.A.N.D.Y, The Presets, The Rapture, Erol Alkan, Lindstrom, Optimo, and more."

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Rufus Wainwright - presale + show with Dave Hill

Rufus spotted partying w/ Iman & Anne Hathaway @ Capitale - Nov 10, 2006

Any minute now Rufus Wainwright should be be announcing details on a presale for the four upcoming shows at Gramercy Theatre in NYC. The show will be seated. The LA presale is here (password: judy).

Comedian Dave Hill is known for his wild escapades with Rufus. On April 19th they'll do it again (Dave will interview Rufus who will also play one song) at the UCB Theatre in NYC. $5.00 tickets are available. Rock.

See Rufus wearing a witch hat in the video below....

"Oh What a World"

Previously
* Rufus Wainwright - new album, 4 NYC shows, Tour Dates
* More Dave Hill posts

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Lollapalooza 2007 linuep announced

The Lollapalooza lineup this year looks great:

Pearl Jam
Daft Punk
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
Muse
Iggy and the Stooges
Modest Mouse
Interpol
My Morning Jacket
Satellite Party
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Snow Patrol
The Roots
Patti Smith
Kings of Leon
The Black Keys
Regina Spektor
Spoon
Lupe Fiasco
TV on the Radio
Pete Yorn
G. Love & Special Sauce
Paulo Nutini
Amy Winehouse
LCD Soundsystem
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Silverchair
Femi Kuti and The Positive Force
Yo La Tengo
Slightly Stoopid
The Hold Steady
Jack's Mannequin
Stephen Marley
STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9)
M.I.A.
Blonde Redhead
Sparklehorse
Sean Lennon
!!!
Blue October
Son Volt
Motion City Soundtrack
The Polyphonic Spree
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Peter Bjorn and John
Silversun Pickups
CSS
The Rapture
The Wailers
Roky Erickson & the Explosions
Tapes 'n Tapes
Heartless Bastards
The View
The Cribs
The Fratellis
Ghostland Observatory
Tokyo Police Club
Rhymefest
Soulive
Cold War Kids
Annuals
Fields
Electric Six
Elvis Perkins in Dearland
Sam Roberts Band
The Black Angels
Charlie Musselwhite
Aqueduct
Juliette & The Licks
Dios
Viva Voce
David Vandervelde
Los Campesinos!
Chin Up Chin Up
Ryan Shaw
Colour Revolt
The Satin Peaches
Illinois
Arckid
Mikey Avalon
The 1900's
Bang Bang Bang
Bound Stems
High Class Elite
Carey Ott
Matt ROAN

Lollapalooza 2007 : August 3-5, 2007 : Chicago : Grant Park

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If you're bored, you can paste M.I.A. and Amy Winehouse's head on dancing flash bodies and make them dance to Modest Mouse.

(thx to all who sent in tips)

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The Faint - 2007 Tour Dates (Motherf*cker @ Webster Hall) + MP3s

DOWNLOAD: The Faint - I Disappear (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Faint - Birth (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Faint - Call Call (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Faint - Worked Up So Sexual (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Faint - Agenda Suicide (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Faint - Glass Danse (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Faint - Worked Up So Sexual (Death Cab Mix) - Chris Walla (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Faint - Paranoiattack (Making Time for D.O.N. Mix) - Dave P & Adam Sparkles (MP3)

The Faint @ Eternal, Austin, TX - SXSW 2007 (CRED)

This is probably some people's worst nightmare. Not only are The Faint playing Webster Hall, it's a Motherf*cker party that night - May 27th aka Memorial Day eve. I think it'll actually be the first Motherf*cker since New Years. They're not having them as often as they used to. This may also be the first time they ever held the party at Webster Hall. All Faint tour dates below...

The Faint - 2007 Tour Dates
Apr 14 - Day on the Hill Lawrence, Nebraska
Apr 20 - Todd & Jacob DJ set at Avalon Hollywood Hollywood, California
May 22 - Metro Chicago, Illinois
May 23 - Opera House Toronto, Ontario
May 24 - Town Ballroom Buffalo, New York
May 26 - Avalon Boston, Massachusetts
May 27 - Motherfucker @ Webster Hall New York City, New York
May 28 - 9:30 Club DC, Washington DC
May 30 - Norva Norfolk, Virginia
May 31 - Orange Peel Asheville, North Carolina
Jun 2 - Blue Note Columbia, Missouri
Jun 3 - Cain's Ballroom Tulsa, Oklahoma
Jun 4 - Fox Theatre Boulder, Colorado
Jun 5 - Fox Theatre Boulder, Colorado
Jun 6 - In The Venue Salt Lake City, Utah
Jun 7 - House of Blues Las Vegas, Nevada
Jun 8 - SOMA San Diego, California

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Perfect From Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life

I just started reading Perfect From Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life. We were actually giving away some copies at the SXSW party I did with AAM. So far so good, but I'm not very far.

Author John Sellers lists "TOP FIVE MUSICAL THINGS I HOPE HAPPEN NOW THAT THE ORIGINAL LINEUPS OF THE PIXIES AND DINOSAUR JR. HAVE REUNITED" on his website:

1. Ian Curtis is resurrected.

2. The Smiths reunite for a private party at my favorite bar.

3. There is a new My Bloody Valentine album.

4. A new Nirvana comes along to blow away all of these fey Duran Duran emulators.

5. Radiohead stops listening to Pink Floyd and starts listening to Black Sabbath.

You can order the book at Amazon.

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Henry Rollins @ The Gramercy Theatre, NYC - pics

It's been a long time since I saw a Henry Rollins spoken word show. Last night (April 11, 2007) at the Gramercy Theatre, Henry was even more engaging, funny, and inspring than I remembered.

The show is at Gramercy four more nights - not sure if they're all sold out or not. Janeane Garofalo and Marc Maron (VERY FUNNY) also perform - I highly recommend you check it out if you can - especially if you feel yourself needing some reinforcement on why the Bush administration sucks.

Check out Henry's daily journal on his website, and his TV show on IFC. More pics (and a video) below...

It's kind of like this....

They put seats in the Gramercy. All dates here.

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The Gramercy Theatre in NYC - with seats

They put seats in the floor area of the newly refurbished Gramercy Theatre for the Janeane Garofalo, Marc Maron, and Henry Rollins spoken word/comedy shows.

They don't have seats at the concerts.

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April 11, 2007

The Stills & Malajube playing Maxwell's too

As previously reported, Sam Roberts, The Stills, and Malajube are playing a show in Prospect Park on June 30th. They're both playing Maxwell's while they're here visiting from Canada too - The Stills on June 29th, and Malajube on July 1st.

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Earl Greyhound - 2007 Tour Dates (Bowery) & live MP3

DOWNLOAD: Earl Greyhound live on NPR/KEXP (MP3) (pics)

Earl Greyhound @ Jane Magazine party - SXSW 2007 (CRED)

Earl Greyhound were everywhere at SXSW this year. The NYC band were hangin' with the mayor and recording sessions for the radio - download their session from NPR above. See them at Bowery Ballroom in NYC on June 14th. Tickets are on sale. All tour dates below...

Earl Greyhound - 2007 Tour Dates
Wed Apr 11 - New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks *
Thu Apr 12 - Mobile, AL Soul Kitchen *
Fri Apr 13 - Miami, FL Studio A DJ's
Mon Apr 16 - Orlando, FL The Social locals tba
Tue Apr 17 - St. Augustine, FL Cafe 11
Wed Apr 18 - Birmingham, AL The Nick *
Thu Apr 19 - Atlanta, GA Smith's Olde Bar *
Fri Apr 20 - Charleston, SC The Pour House *
Sat Apr 21 - Greenville, SC The Handlebar *
Mon Apr 23 - Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle *
Tue Apr 24 - Knoxville, TN Blue Cats *
Thu Apr 26 - Charlottesville, VA Satellite Ballroom *
Fri Apr 27 - Vienna, VA Jammin' Java *
Fri May 4 - Danbury, CT O'Neill Center w/ Lupe Fiasco, OK Go
Fri May 11 - Cambridge, MA Middle East Club Upstairs w/ Forest Henderson, Appletown Gun Shop, Smyer
Sat May 12 - Philadelphia, PA The Khyber w/ Beretta 76, Gildon Works, Meowskers
Sat May 19 - Asbury Park, NJ The Stone Pony w/ Hopewell, Parlor Mob
Sun May 27 - George, WA Gorge Amphitheatre w/ Bjork, Arcade Fire, Beastie Boys
Sat Jun 2 - Hunter, NY Mountain Jam Festival w/ Gov't Mule, Spearhead, Robert Randolph
Thu Jun 7-8 Lawrence, KS Wakarusa Festival w/ Widespread Panic, Ben Harper
Sat Jun 9 - St. Louis, MO Lemmons
Sun Jun 10 - Chicago, IL Schuba's Tavern
Wed Jun 13 - Washington, DC Rock and Roll Hotel w/ Heartless Bastards, Engine Room, Boxcar Collision
Thu Jun 14 - New York, NY Bowery Ballroom

* w/ Rose Hill Drive

Previously
* Earl Greyhound & the mayor of Austin
* Earl Greyhound | 2007 Tour Dates
* Earl Greyhound - Tour Dates ++ S/FJ's Best of 2006

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'the lexie mountain boys rule! rule! rule!' (also aren't boys) -- AKRON/FAMILY 2007 Tour Dates

DOWNLOAD: Lexie Mountain Boys - Hi, Yeah Vein (MP3)

Lexie Mountain Boys

Back in January, Akron/Family posted on MySpace

the lexie mountain boys rule! rule! rule!
Current mood: grateful

we had them over to record some vocals for our new record (yes that's right...this new one is gonna be a doosey) and the ho-down freak-out soul-clap meter shot up to 11! like the supremes on acid or something they brought a vibe so thick i had to go to bed early that night. i was wore out.

just needed to give a shot out to those lovely lovely sisters of ours there in b-more...apparently they are going on tour soon, so if they are within 300 miles of you, for the llove of all things precious. get there.

more later,
love
ak/fam

Akron/Family and The Lexie Mountain Boys play Bowery Ballroom in NYC on June 12th. For something completely different, check out the MP3 at the top of this post. All A/F tour dates below...

Akron/Family - 2007 Tour Dates
Apr 11 - ohn dee oslo oslo
Apr 12 - vega copenhagen
Apr 13 - festaal kreuzberg berlin
Apr 14 - motel mozaique festival rotterdam
Apr 15 - cactus club brugge
Apr 17 - domino festival at AB brussles
Apr 18 - le grand mix tourcoing
Apr 19 - printemps de bourges festival bourges
Apr 20 - azkena bilbao
Apr 21 - gallileo galliei madrid
Apr 22 - music box lisbon
Apr 23 - teatro circo braga
Apr 25 - auditorio barcelona
Apr 26 - spazzio turino
Apr 27 - ail club milano
Apr 28 - charles bronson ravenna
Apr 29 - circolo artisti rome
May 16 - cargo london
May 18 - ATP festival minhead somerset
Jun 7 - metronome burlington, Vermont
Jun 8 - La sala rosa montreal, Quebec
Jun 9 - La sala rosa montreal
Jun 12 - Bowery Ballroom, NYC w/ lexie mountain boys

Previously
* Akron/Family tonight ++ 2007 Tour Dates
* Akron/Family (in crowd) @ Knitting Factory, NYC | pics

Posted in MP3 | music | tour dates at 10:48 AM | Comments (4)

April 10, 2007

Mike Watt & The Stooges @ United Palace, NYC pics (part 2)

DOWNLOAD: Minutemen - History Lesson - Part II (MP3)

Popmatters has some great recent video interviews with Mike Watt (Minutemen, fIREHOSE, Kelly Clarkson). Mike talks about everything from almost dying, to first hearing the Stooges when he was 16, to actually becoming a member of reunited Stooges band. Last night (at my first Stooges show) it was great to watch him up there playing bass side-by-side with the incredible Iggy Pop.

Check out Heartonastick's review of the show, a picture of Handsome Dick Manitoba in the audience, and more pictures (and comments) in Part 1.

Posted in MP3 | music | music history | pictures at 7:52 PM | Comments (23)

The Locust - 2007 Tour Dates, new album (MP3)

DOWNLOAD: The Locust - Slum Service (MP3)

The Locust are on tour right now in support of their new album "New Errections" (ANTI). Friday night they're playing Rebel in Manhattan. Saturday night they're at Europa in Brooklyn. Cattle Decapitation and Daughters support. All tour dates below....

The Locust - 2007 Tour Dates
Apr 10 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania @ Club Stratus
Apr 12 Boston, Massachusetts @ Roxy Underground
Apr 13 New York, New York @ Rebel
Apr 14 Brooklyn, New York @ Europa
Apr 15 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania @ First Unitarian Church
Apr 16 Washington DC, Washington DC @ Black Cat
Apr 18 Columbia, South Carolina @ New Brookland Tavern
Apr 19 Atlanta, Georgia @ The Masquerade
Apr 20 St. Petersburg, Florida @ State Theatre
Apr 21 West Palm Beach, Florida @ Respectable Street
Apr 22 Orlando, Florida @ The Social
Apr 24 Metarie, Louisiana @ The High Ground
Apr 25 San Antonio, Texas @ The White Rabbit
Apr 26 Austin, Texas @ Emo's
Apr 27 El Paso, Texas @ House Of Rock And Roll
Apr 28 Tempe, Arizona @ The Sets

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Kate Moss & Beth Ditto (Gossip gossip)

"Kate Moss was spotted hanging out with indie singer Beth Ditto (right) after her band Gossip performed in LA." [The Superficial] (thx Julia)

According to NME, Kate Moss was also "rocking out in the balcony" earlier in the night at the Saturday night show at The Troubadour in Los Angeles.

Gossip's remaining two tour dates are this Thursday in Chicago, and this Saturday here in NYC - then the True Colors tour which has them sharing a stage with Rufus Wainwright in MA & MD, and brings them to Radio City Music Hall on June 18th (not where I would want to see Gossip).

Previously
* Beth Ditto naked & Playboy 'Rock the Rabbit' @ SXSW

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Manitoba's still without live music, Dick @ The Stooges

Manitoba's still can't host live shows. According to a March 19th article in the New York Observer, "Mr. Manitoba and his lawyer" were "scheduled to appear before the city’s Environmental Control Board to challenge two recent noise citations" on March 27th. I wonder how it turned out.

Last night (April 9) I ran into my fellow Sirius radio host (Dick himself) at the Stooges show. He was kind enough to pose for a picture:

Here's a picture of him on stage at CBGB.

Posted in NYC | music | pictures | venues at 2:41 PM | Comments (9)

The Fillmore sign goes up (at Irving Plaza)

DOWNLOAD: Neil Young - Wonderin' Live At The Fillmore East 1970 (MP3)

The Fillmore at Irving Plaza (via Idolator)

Previously
* Irving Plaza sign taken down -- hello Fillmore
* The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza

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Al Gore's Live Earth concerts - Smashing Pumpkins, Police

"Tickets for the 7/7/07 Concert to Combat Global Warming Go On Sale 4/16". Details:

NEW YORK -- Organizers today announced sixteen of the headliners who will perform at the U.S. leg of the 7-continent, 24-hour Live Earth concerts on 7/7/07. The concert will be held at Giants Stadium in New Jersey, Live Earth Founder and Executive Producer Kevin Wall said. Tickets for the show go on sale Monday, April 16 at 10 a.m. EDT. "Capping Live Earth with a blockbuster show like this will ensure we meet our challenge of building a mass audience to combat global warming," Wall said. "Live Earth will be a monumental event both in terms of entertainment and in turning the tide against global warming."

The global concert on 7/7/07 will begin in Sydney and continue across all 7 continents, concluding with the U.S. show.

"We hope the energy created by Live Earth will jump start a massive public education effort," Live Earth Co-Chair Vice President Al Gore said. "Live Earth will help us reach a tipping point that's needed to move corporations and governments to take decisive action to solve the climate crisis."

The U.S. show will feature live on stage:
* Kanye West
* AFI
* Kelly Clarkson
* Akon
* KT Tunstall
* Alicia Keys
* Ludacris
* Bon Jovi
* Melissa Etheridge
* Dave Matthews Band
* Rihanna
* Fall Out Boy
* Roger Waters
* Smashing Pumpkins
* John Mayer
* The Police

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. EDT on Monday, April 16 and will be available at livenation.com/liveearth or by calling Ticketmaster at (212) 307-7171. All ticket information is available at LiveEarth.MSN.com. All proceeds will go to The Alliance for Climate Protection and other international NGOs.

Live Earth is a monumental music event that will bring together more than 2 billion people to combat the climate crisis. Live Earth's 24 hours of music across 7 continents will deliver a call to action and the solutions needed to answer the call. Live Earth marks the beginning of a multi-year campaign led by The Alliance for Climate Protection to move individuals, corporations and governments to take action.

Earlier today, Wall announced that the following artists will perform at the London leg of Live Earth at Wembley Stadium:
* Beastie Boys
* Black Eyed Peas
* Bloc Party
* Corinne Bailey Rae
* Damien Rice
* David Gray
* Duran Duran
* Foo Fighters
* Genesis
* James Blunt
* John Legend
* Keane
* Madonna
* Paolo Nutini
* Razorlight
* Red Hot Chili Peppers
* Snow Patrol

Exclusive online media partner MSN is helping Live Earth reach people in every corner of the globe. The concerts will be streamed live on 7/7/07 at LiveEarth.MSN.com. MSN's 39 localized web portals worldwide attract 465 million monthly users. The concerts will be broadcast on the NBC in the U.S. and on more than 120 networks around the world.

Wall also announced that smart car, Stonyfield Farm and Pepsi have joined Live Earth as corporate partners. In addition to working with Live Earth to create corporate efforts to combat global warming, this growing list of partners will help ensure a mass audience for Live Earth is reached. These efforts will be detailed at a later date.

Wall also announced today that Live Earth will stage concerts at Sydney's Aussie Stadium; Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach; Johannesburg's Cradle of Human Kind; Tokyo's Tokyo Dome and Shanghai (location TBD).

Live Earth is produced by Control Room, of which Kevin Wall is the CEO. Control Room has produced and distributed more than 60 concerts since its founding in 2005 featuring Beyoncé, Madonna, Green Day and the Rolling Stones, among others.

Satellite info: 4:00 a.m. to 4:30 a.m. EDT; 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. EDT; 1:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. EDT. Coordinates for all feeds: Galaxy 26 Transponder 24 (C-Band); Downlink Frequency: 4180 H; Audio Subcarriers: 6.2/6.8; Playout/Uplink facility: Ascent Media 212.599.1391.

This July CitySol and I are also trying to organize our own little concert for the environment right here in NYC. Sponsors and bands still needed.

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Rufus Wainwright - new album, 4 NYC shows, Tour Dates

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