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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 4Tickets go on sale Saturday May 5th thru Ticketmaster.
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 moreSunday 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
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]
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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
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?
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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
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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
Posted in MP3 | music | tour dates at 4:43 PM | Comments (22)
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
Posted in music | tour dates at 1:17 PM | Comments (11)
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.The NYC dates is July 24th at Madison Square Garden. Big show.“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.
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.All tour dates below...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.
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
Posted in music | tour dates at 4:16 AM | Comments (40)
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.Calvin Johnson is playing Don Pedro's in Brooklyn on June 1st. All tour dates below...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 - 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
Posted in music | tour dates at 3:35 AM | Comments (1)
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.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...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]
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.Check out the songs streaming on his MySpace.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."
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 TengoYo La Tengo - 2007 Tour DatesWednesday, April 25, 2007
Doors: 7:00pm, Show: 7:30pm
Skirball Center of the Performing Arts
566 La Guardia PlaceYo 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
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!!And then (or still) at Studio B in Brooklyn::
7 pm doors, show starting right away! w/
* Mates of State
* Parts and Labor
* Team Robespierre
plus Kunst Rad artistic cycling show with Ines BrunnFREE! 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)
Bicycle Film Festival Opening Night Dance Party!This is not to be confused with CitySol (sponsors still needed), but CitySol will also be at Solar One.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!
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.
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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.
- 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.
"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.
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
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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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