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June 8, 2007

LILY ALLEN adds Brooklyn show, David Letterman

Tickets are on sale for a June 17th Lily Allen show at Warsaw in Brooklyn - that's five days after her rescheduled June 12th Roseland show, two days after she plays Bonnaroo, and one day before she plays Letterman..

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Modest Mouse & Clipse presale

As you can see in the little ad above, Modest Mouse tickets go on sale Saturday, but you can buy them now (password = mouse). More info on this show and others like it, HERE. (thx pers)

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the week in Dance w/ David Bruno (06/08/07)

please note: this post contains information on seeing Mr. Oizo at Studio B on Saturday night FOR FREE....

DOWNLOAD: Andy Butler (Hercules & Love Affair) on Beats in Space 3-20-07 (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Jamelia - Something About You (mr Oizo Remix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Mr. Oizo - Nazis (Justice Remix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Justice - D.A.N.C.E. - (Tittsworth Remix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Daft Punk - Human After All (Justice Remix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Blaze's Nightmarish Remix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: N.E.R.D. - She Wants To Move (Justice Remix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Charlie Fanclub Remix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Justice vs. Data "D.A.N.C.E." (Paste Back Remix) (MP3)

Mr. Oizo

If you caught me on the Brooklyn Vegan Blog Radio Show this week on Sirius, you might have heard us mention the upcoming People Don't Dance No More party June 15th at the Vault at Element. We'll be dancing to the sounds of one of the newest DFA signees (or is it signings?): Andy Butler of Hercules & Love Affair. Andy's upcoming releases on DFA mix a strong love of early 90s techno and early 80s slutty disco, as well as some collaborations with Antony on vocals.

Check out the Myspace for "Anthene" and "Classique2". Andy did a guest mix for Tim Sweeney's always stellar Beats in Space a few weeks ago (MP3 above). While you are listening shoot an email to the People Don't Dance RSVP $5 reduced list...

The full tracklisting to the Sirius Blog Radio show is all the way down at the bottom of the post.

Two absolutely smashing nights at Studio B this weekend. Friday night has Ed Banger's Kavinsky making his NYC debut at the Fun party. You might recognize Kavinsky's name from your Daft Punk ticket. He's going out on tour with the robots this summer. He loves him some 80s nitemusic.

On Saturday night, Fixed features another super ridiculous Ed Banger NYC debut DJ set from Mr. Oizo. If you listened to dance music, or watched TV in Europe, in 1999 you know "Flatbeat". If you've been listening to the Ed Banger sound this year, you'll know Mr. Oizo from his production work for Uffie, and remixes for Cassius and the Scissor Sisters. Just a word to the wise, its pronounced "Wah-zo" and his beats are as stunted, sleazy, and slutty as they come. His Transexual EP is the sluttiest yet and comes out this summer on Ed Banger. Added bonus, In Flagranti is playing live.

Thanks to your favorite malt likker, Colt 45 is giving free entrance to 300 people to the Fixed party on Saturday. Email TalesofNYC@viceland.com and tell them why you like Colt 45. (editor's note: duh. because it works every time)

NEWS

• Shock of the weeek! Justice and So_Me are releasing all those t-shirts from the D.A.N.C.E. video. Me from a few weeks ago:

  The boys have released their video for their massive next single "D.A.N.C.E." Its basically a pretty amazing ad for So Me's work with the Revolver clothing line.

• Puma is running a remix contest around their 1977 promotion: submit a remix for a song from 1977 and win
• THISISNOTANEXIT has a great preview of NYC's Rong label and a great mix
• Soviet Panda demonstrates the "Blog House" phenomena
• Pitchfork interviewed the Field. The Field loves Brooklyn Lager.
• Bye Fly Life: Tricia dances off into the sunset
• Thoughts on the new U.N.K.L.E. album and a track
• Headphone Sex runs down the Kitsune news.

MUSIC

• If you haven't picked up the Etienne De Crecy Remix of Chromeo get it now
• Head over to Are People Real's Myspace for a CURSES! DJ mix (click on the podcast button)
• XLR8R has a Touch of Class mix on their podcast (ATOC are also hosting a party at PS1)
• Music.for-Robots has a Teenage Bad Girl track (the cover of that single is by Dutch artist Parra who's got an exhibit going at Reed Space on Orchard, check it)
• Discobelle has got your weekly dose of blog house in the form of a Passions mini-mix for Kitsune

NYC THIS WEEKEND....

Friday - 6/8
Kavinsky at Studio B
Richie Hawtin & Danny Tenaglia at Pacha
Top of the Line with Curses (59 Montrose St, BK)
UK Drum & Bass producers The Insiders at DB's Secret Night of Science at Love

Saturday - 6/9
Mr. Oizo & In Flagranti at Fixed at Studio B
The Glass at Music Sluts Anniversary at Midway (Free with RSVP)

Brooklyn Vegan Sirius Playlist June 6th, 2007
Frankie Valli - Beggin' (pilooski edit)
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill
Bjork - Earth Intruders (Extended Mark Spike Stent Mix)
Hot Chip - My Piano (Original)
Sinden & Count Of Monte Cristal - Beeper
Beastie Boys - New York City (Rub N Tug Mix)
Armand Van Helden - NYC Beat
Passions - Emergency!
Drop The Lime - Hear Me
My Cousin Roy - Make It Yourself
Escort - All Through The Night (Original Mix)
!!! - Must Be The Moon
120 Days - Sleepwalking (The Glass remix)
Larry Tee Feat. Princess Superstar - Licky (Herve Goes Low Remix)
LCD Soundsystem vs Franz Ferdinand - All My Friends
Justice - Stress
Simian Mobile Disco - Sleep Deprivation
Shakes - Sister Self Doubt (Alternate Version)
Thyne Eyes - Ice Princess
Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire
The Chemical Brothers - The Pills Won't Help You Know (feat. Midlake)}

Dance at PS1 this summer.

-David

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Feist/Grizzly Bear tickets back on sale

Feist & Grizzly Bear are now on tour. They hit Town Hall in NYC on Monday and Tuesday. The shows were sold out, but now some tickets are back on sale. (thx Ondal) Setlist from her recent Ottawa show on Flickr.

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PS1 Warm Up 2007 Summer Schedule

The PS1 Warm Up party in Long Island City has announced their line up for the summer...As I mentioned, this party is incredible in its depth of talent and ridiculous setting. All of the dates are below and there is no shortage of disco parties from DFA to Rong to a live Escort show. I love disco in the daylight... -David Bruno

P.S.1's SUMMER MUSIC SERIES KICKS OFF JUNE 30

Every Saturday, 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. June 30 - September 1, 2007

P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center is pleased to announce Warm Up 2007, the critically acclaimed curated series of live music and DJ acts that has become one of New York’s most exciting and anticipated summer events. The backdrop of this year’s Warm Up is Liquid Sky by Los Angeles-based firm Ball-Nogues, winner of the 2007 MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program.

Warm Up 2007 features a new curatorial team led by David Weinstein, Jason Drummond, and Zach Layton and promises a summer-long adventure into the wild, the unexpected, and the dangerously danceable. Each Saturday, music and performances will revolve around a theme or guest host. Objektivity, Tummy Touch, Rong, DFA and other music labels have been invited to assemble six-hour programs featuring their most exhilarating artists. Added into the weekly mix is challenging new work from innovators in audio technology, new instruments, new media, and experimental sounds.

“Warm Up was born 11 years ago as a P.S.1 project fueled by a hunger for the new and adventurous music bubbling up around town,” said Warm Up organizer David Weinstein. “This year we deliberately returned to that model by exploring the many new clubs, concert halls and media centers during one of the most active and exciting New York seasons in a decade. In order to bring a challenging, compelling, and entertaining program to P.S.1, we have consulted with the most original producers covering the whole musical spectrum in New York from noise and ambient, to hip hop and punk, to classical and non-western genres.”

Past Warm Up live performances and DJ sets have included renowned international acts, such as Body & Soul, DJ Harvey, Groove Collective, Juan Atkins, Stacey Pullen, Lovebug Starski, MU, Monolake, Afrika Bambaataa, Mad Professor, Richie Hawtin, Trevor Jackson, DJ Craze, Charlie Dark, Vikter Duplaix, Fischerspooner, Frederic Galliano, Kid Koala, Arto Lindsay, Scissor Sisters, Jeannie Hopper, Ursula Rucker, Derrick May, Swayzak, Luke Vibert, X-Press 2, Danny Wang, and many more.

The music series, produced by P.S.1 Director of Operations Tony Guererro, was conceived in 1997 as a summer-long dance party to attract crowds to Long Island City, Queens, and P.S.1. It now draws thousands of locals and international visitors every Saturday for a merging of exciting music, contemporary art, and fascinating people-watching. It has received critical attention both stateside and worldwide. Time Out New York readers voted Warm Up the “best club” in New York City, and The Observer (UK) ranked it #10 of “The 20 Hottest Beach Parties in the World.”

Warm Up will also be streamed live on Art Radio WPS1.org. Simply visit www.wps1.org every Saturday, June 30 through September 1, from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. EST and enjoy full access to the music, along with on-the-spot artist and DJ interviews. The broadcasts will be archived on WPS1.org.

Lineup
June 30
DFA hosts with Invisible Conga People (live)
Tim & Tim (Tim Goldsworthy and Tim Sweeney)
The Juan Maclean (DJ Set)
Shit Robot aka Marcus Lambkin
plus BLARVUSTER (Matthew Welch)

July 7
A Touch of Class hosts with
A Touch of Class (DJ set)
Lee Douglas (Rong Music)
Services (Live)
Kudu (Live)
Preacher and the Knife (live)
plus Bubblyfish/Tristan Perich (live)

July 14: agnes b. presents . . .
Poni Hoax
The Penelopes
Frustration
Morpheus
JB Wiz
Ex Nihilo Crew
Plus Marina Rosenfeld and Zeena Perkins

July 21
Objektivity hosts with
Dennis Ferrer
The Martinez Brothers
+special guest live performances
Plus Eric Singer’s LEMUR (League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots)

July 28
Tummy Touch brings you
DJ's: Ursula 1000, Tim "Love" Lee, and Ramon Santana
with live acts Wunmi and Unicornicopia

August 4
TBA

August 11
Trouble Man Unlimited/Italians Do It Better bring you
Glass Candy (live)
Mike Simonetti + a special guest DJ
plus Elliot Sharp (live)

August 18
Rong Music host with
DJ Spun
Ben Cook (aka Stranger)
Eric Duncan (Rub n Tug)
Woolfy Projections (live)
plus Dewanatron (Leon and Brian Dewan, live) & Ray Sweeten and Zach Layton (live)

August 25
Escort (live)
Felix Dickinson (Cynic, Urban Myth, Bastedos; London, England)
plus LoVid (live) and David Linton (live)

September 1
I.C.E. (International Chamber Ensemble)
+Very special guests to be announced soon

Hours and Directions
Opening June 30, Warm Up 2007 will be held for ten consecutive weeks, each Saturday through September 1, from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center is located at 22-25 Jackson Avenue at 46th Avenue in Long Island City, Queens, across the Queensboro Bridge from midtown Manhattan. It is easily accessible by bus and subway. Traveling by subway, visitors should take either the E or V to 23 Street-Ely Avenue (note that the V does not run on weekends); the 7 to 45 Road-Courthouse Square; or the G to Court Square or 21 Street-Van Alst. Visitors may also take the Q67 bus to Jackson and 46th Avenues or the B61 to Jackson Avenue. Visitors using public transportation are advised to check the MTA Weekend Service Advisory.

Admission
On Warm Up Saturdays, from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., the admission fee to P.S.1 and Warm Up is $10. Included in this price is access to all exhibitions and Warm Up. During this time, P.S.1 does not offer the $5 suggested admission or any other discounted admission rate. On Warm Up Saturdays, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., museum admission is free.

Young Architects Program
2007 marks the eighth annual MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program, a competition that gives emerging architects the opportunity to realize an outdoor environment designed to host the Warm Up series. This year’s project, Liquid Sky, by the Los Angeles-based firm Ball-Nogues, features a canopy of tinted, Mylar petals that will immerse the viewer in kaleidoscopic patterns of colored light. Since 1998, artists and architects including Gelatin, Philip Johnson, SHoP, ROY, William Massie, EMERGENT/Tom Wiscombe, Xefirotarch, and OBRA have transformed P.S.1’s courtyard into an urban beach with works of interactive architecture and sculpture that have inspired both critics and audiences alike.

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2007 Primavera Sound Festival - day three (Saturday June 2)

Today Evan Korte concludes his review of the 2007 Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, Spain. If you're just joining us, why not start with day one and day two? And now, day three....

The Good The Bad & The Queen @ Primavera Sound 2007 (CRED)

The Good the Bad and the Queen (or the band with no name): The first few hours of Saturday’s Primavera were uneventful for me. I got there later than I wanted to, and only saw the last song of Ted Leo’s set. I was thoroughly unimpressed by both the Long Blondes and Architecture in Helsinki, and chilled in the back for Patti Smith.

The Good, the Bad and the Queen was the first concert in which I had high expectations. I haven’t heard the album, but I mean come on - with all the talent in that band I’d be an idiot not to check it out. Unfortunately it was a disappointment. A mere two days after the concert, the only thing that stands out in my mind is how badass bassist Paul Simonon looked hopping around in his suit, smoking cigarettes with no hands, and chugging whiskey like it was Kool-Aid. I guess an apt analogy would be seeing the Dream Team in a free throw shooting contest. Damon Albarn’s songs did absolutely nothing for me, and drummer Tony Allen and guitarist Simon Tong were completely under utilized. Everyone else in the crowd seemed to be pretty into it though.

Sonic Youth @ Primavera Sound 2007 (CRED)

Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation! I must confess that my overall Sonic Youth expertise is not that great. I had only heard Daydream Nation a couple of times in passing, but I mean everyone loves that album, and it was the first time ever that they performed it from beginning to end. They went on at 11:35 which meant I'd have to miss most of Hot Chip who were going on at 12. I made the right decision - the album rocked live! They mentioned several times that they hadn’t played many of the songs in seventeen years, but I thought they sounded incredible. The band was just so incredibly tight. Thurston Moore and the drummer absolutely blew me away. I forgot how experimental, yet melodic that album is. They're performing the album again at McCarren Park Pool in July, and I would encourage all of you to cough up the 34 dollars or whatever it is and go. You won’t be disappointed. They played a second, shorter set of newer material, but I had to skip that to check out the Buzzcocks.

The Buzzcocks @ Primavera Sound 2007 (CRED)

The Buzzcocks: My biggest conflict of the festival was between the Buzzcocks and Grizzly Bear. As much as I love Yellow House, the Buzzcocks are legends. I simply could not miss the opportunity to see them live, even if there are only two original members in the band. This was possibly the best show of the festival. They look like old men now, but who cares? They still know how to rock with the best of them. I was up front eagerly awaiting the first song, and as soon as the first notes were played, a gigantic moshpit erupted all around me. When they came out for the encore, Steve Diggle was clearly wasted. He told all of us to, “Stop watching MTV, it’s killing your minds!” about ten times. It was the last show of their tour, they were thrilled to be there, and the audience was ecstatic to be watching them. At the end of the show, nearly everyone that had been shoving me around like a pin ball, put their arm around me or gave me a high five. What a great time. Highlights included “Orgasm Addict,” “What Do I Get,” “Autonomy,” and “Ever Fallen in Love.”

Editor's Note: While Evan was moshing to the Buzzcocks, Zach from Beirut was busy jumping up and down on stage with Grizzly Bear...

Wilco @ Primavera Sound 2007 (CRED)

Wilco: My Primavera experience ended satisfyingly with Wilco, though I was a bit disappointed. The new songs sounded great live, and the band certainly has the best musicians that they’ve ever had. Guitarist Nels Cline plays the pedal steel like a Nashville veteran. Glen Kotche is one of the best drummers around. The band on any given song is able to take a number of noisy, avant-garde detours and still get back to the main melody of the song that they are playing in a heartbeat. I guess my biggest complaints are with the song selections. No “Heavy Metal Drummer,” only a couple of songs off of Summer Teeth, and nothing off of Being There. The set was pretty much an exact replica of the one I saw them play at Lollapalooza last summer. Jeff Tweedy is a masterful songwriter, and Wilco are still one of the best bands around, but you get the feeling that they are slipping into complacency a little bit. And that would be a terrible thing. Still though, there’s nothing wrong with watching adventurous musicians do what they do best. Highlights include “A Shot in the Arm,” “Jesus Etc.” “I’m the Man Who Loves You,” “Via Chicago,” and “Shake it Off.”

Primavera Sound 2007 (CRED)

Overall, Primavera Sound was an amazing festival. I saw just twelve bands out of the twenty or thirty that I wanted to see. That’s a testament to what a great job the organizers did. They know what the hipsters want to hear. Of course there were flaws (the most glaring one being the sound problems on the ATP stage), but anytime you have this many great bands in one place it’s going to be mostly spectacular. If they keep putting lineups together like this one, I’ll be heading back very soon.

Editor's Note again: Though Evan did catch Daydream Nation, he missed Slint play Spiderland on the first day of the festival. Videos below....

Slint live @ Primavera Sound (Barcelona 07)

slint live - primavera sound 2007 barcelona

Slint is also doing it at Webster Hall.

Thanks Evan!

Previously
* 2007 Primavera Sound Festival - day two (Saturday June 1)
* 2007 Primavera Sound Festival - day one (Friday May 31)

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The Pipettes played Highline Ballroom, Other Music

The Pipettes @ Highline Ballroom, NYC - June 5, 2007 (CRED)

a review by Nick Greto

I went to see the Pipettes at the new Highline Ballroom in NYC Tuesday night (June 5, 2007). I expected a polished, very modern, and sleek concert hall. That was exactly what I got - the ballroom was stacked with colorful lights, shiny tables and just newness all about.

My Pipettes expectations were very low. Prior to the show my thoughts on the band were sort of, "yea, retro, doo-wop thing with a sexy twist, a la Amy Winehouse, but ultimately boring songs".

I was way off base on that one.

I arrived around 9:45 pm, and the very talented opening act Smoosh (how old are those girls anyway?) was nearly halfway through their set. I was certain that we would have to wait for another act before the Pipettes took the stage - I expected to be very tired and non-productive at work the next day. Surprisingly, the Pipettes took the stage at 10:30 on the nose (their scheduled time).

I was drawn in immediately. In front of me stood three beautiful ladies with dreamy voices, dressed in polka dotted uniforms. Moments later it was evident that they also knew how to have fun, and more importantly - they knew how to make the crowd have fun.

They blasted through much of their material rapidly (most of the songs are under 3 minutes long). They joked about their "two favorite things". "Love" was the first, and they let us use our imagination to come up with the second. Their songs are danceable and catchy. They danced, and I danced. Even as I write this the songs are still stuck in my head.

Then in no time, the show was over. They closed the encore with "We are the Pippetes", and I couldn't help but feel a bit broken-hearted - but like any relationship that ends that way, I was very glad to have been involved at all

Earlier that night the girls played a free show in a store....

The Pipettes @ Other Music, NYC - June 5, 2007 (CRED)

More tour dates HERE. More Pipettes HERE.

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Animal Collective - more 2007 Tour Dates (Webster Hallx2)

Animal Collective @ South Street SEaport, NYC - June 1, 2007 (MORE)

Animal Collective announced a whole bunch of new tour dates including:

Animal Collective in NYC, 2007
Sep 30 - Webster Hall
Oct 01 - Webster Hall

Read about their recent Seaport show here. All tour dates below...

Animal Collective - 2007 Tour Dates
Jul 11 - The Coronet London
Jul 13 - Reyclart Brussels
Jul 15 - vera Gronigen
Jul 16 - Nijmegen Vakhof
Jul 17 - La Maroquinerie Paris
Jul 18 - La Maroquinerie Paris
Jul 19 - Mon Inouie Symphonen fest Dunkerque
Jul 21 - Grand Nef party Angouleme
Jul 22 - Benicassim Castellon
Jul 25 - Marcon Fest Venice
Jul 26 - Magnolia Fest Milan
Jul 27 - Midi Festival Marseille
Jul 28 - Les Trois Elephants Laval
Jul 29 - Arena Vienna
Sep 5 - the Roxy Boston, Massachusetts
Sep 6 - Le National Montreal
Sep 7 - Bronson Centre Theater Ottowa
Sep 8 - Phoenix Toronto
Sep 9 - TBA TBA
Sep 10 - Vic Theater Chicago, Illinois
Sep 11 - First Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sep 14 - Neumos Seattle, Washington
Sep 15 - Commodore Ballroom Vancouver
Sep 16 - Roseland Theater Portland, Oregon
Sep 17 - the Fillmore San Francisco, California
Sep 18 - Henry Fonda Theater Los Angeles
Sep 20 - the Rialto Theater Tuscon, Arizona
Sep 22 - Emos Austin, Texas
Sep 24 - Gargoyle Club St. Louis, Missouri
Sep 25 - Cannery Ballroom Nashville, Tennessee
Sep 26 - Variety Playhouse Atlanta, Georgia
Sep 27 - Cat's Cradle Carrboro, North Carolina
Sep 28 - 9:30 Club Washington, Washington DC
Sep 29 - Starlight Ballroom Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sep 30 - Webster Hall New York, New York
Oct 1 - Webster Hall New York, New York

PReviously
* More Animal Collective

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VIDEO: spelling bee winner evan O'dorney

You actin' kind of shady, ain't callin' me baby....

Is it Latin?

and let's not forget....

(thx Goldenfiddle, J & BestWeekEver)

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DISPATCH sells out 3 nights @ MSG, adds Webster Hall show

The weirdest thing happened recently (well, not that weird). A band called Dispatch sold out three nights in a row at Madison Square Garden, and I realized I had never even heard of them. I guess I slept through that part? Anyway, they added a fourth show at Webster Hall that goes on sale next week via Ticketmaster Auction (thx Matt). Are they friends with O.A.R.?

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This weekend, Creators Series & what not

DOWNLOAD: Pop Levi - Sugar Assault Me Now (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Clientele - Bookshop Casanova (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Besnard Lakes - Disaster (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Bjork - Pagan Poetry (live on Letterman) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Rufus Wainwright - Vibrate (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Architecture in Helsinki - Like A Call (two4k's Thx Mix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Architecture in Helsinki - Nevereverdid (yacht Remix) (MP3)

Previously on BrooklynVegan
* Nickel Creek & Fiona Apple - 2007 Tour Dates
* Kings of Leon & DJ's playing the NYC Apple Stores
* The Clientele & Beach House - 2007 Tour Dates
* Rufus Wainwright kicks off 4 nights @ Gramercy
* Beat Up Old Fellas = ART BRUT 47? ++ The King Left
* Architecture in Helsinki - 2007 Tour Dates, new album
* Long Blondes video and tour dates
* El-P video and Tour Dates
* Bjork uses a reacTable and what not
* Mercury Lounge "not closing" + Pop Levi pics

reacTable

ALSO:
* The Music Slut 2nd Anniversary Party; FREE W/ RSVP+FREE PBR!
* Loney, Dear playing Union Hall Sunday
* Melt Banana playing Knitting Factory, on tour
* Fiona Apple & Nickel Creek tickets going on sale
* THE CREATORS SERIES: see Pop Levi & a reacTable

Loney, Dear - I am John

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a now classic comment thread

LOL @ some of the comments in "Franz Ferdinand Bowery tickets on sale". See also:" OzzFest 2005 Full Lineup & Dates"

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Handsome Furs reschedule dates, say sorry

Tickets are on sale for an August 7th Handsome Furs show at Mercury Lounge. More tour dates TBA. From MySpace:

Alexei here.
I want to extend my whole-hearted regrets to those who were planning on coming to our US shows this week. We are so wholly disappointed that we could not play for you. Dan and I have both been wildly excited for this tour. Really.
We are already working on scheduling shows south of the border for the near future. We cannot wait until it works out.
I am very sorry for all who lost out on this. I assure you we feel equal measures of disappointment and loss.
In this last six months, the fists of the US Border Protection Services and The Department of Homeland Security have come down pummelling; making it extremely difficult for touring bands to enter the country. Our record label and booking agent are working hard to get us different visas that will allow us to reschedule the East Coast tour and perform dates out to the Mid-West in July.
Again, we are really upset. We were really looking forward to performing these songs in front of a US audience.

Previously
* Handsome Furs cancel tour, though album is out (MP3)
* An interview with Wolf Parade / Handsome Furs @ Osheaga

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last night - THE VEILS @ Mercury Lounge & CALIFONE @ Gramercy Theatre - pics

What did you do last night? First I went to the early Veils show at Mercury Lounge.

The Veils w/ top hat @ Mercury Lounge, NYC - June 7, 2007

The Veils have great songs (even if one sounds exactly like a U2 song - even more so than that Polyphonic Spree song sounds like Blondie), and they were a lot of fun live, though at times I wished the band members could play better - especially during this one slower jazzy song that I like a lot on the album (the one he wrote in his mom's laundry) - it kind of fell apart.

Finn Andrews is an excellent frontman though. I was happy to see him wearing his hat - it may be permanently attached to his head - nobody knows for sure. Overall good stuff, and I'm still enjoying the new album. The cover of Bruce Springsteen's "State Trooper" was nice too. Music Snobbery has the whole setlist.

The Veils have Billy Corgan-like taste in bassists @ Mercury Lounge

Then I ran to Gramercy Theater to see Calexico, I mean Califone (I always do that). The contrast was amazing - I was looking forward to both shows, and they were both great, but in different ways. Califone have that talent I was wishing for at the Veils. In fact Califone don't just have one ridiculously awesome drummer - they have two, and a whole band full of extremely talented musicians that put me in a trance - there were seats, and I was seated. Really, really nice....

Califone @ Gramercy Theater, NYC - June 7, 2007

Tony was there. Really, really awkward....

Califone & Tony @ Gramercy Theater, NYC - June 7, 2007

But more on that tomorrow (or feel free to leave the story in the comments).

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June 7, 2007

VIDEO: Tokyo Police Club - Your English is Good (live)

Pitchfork premiered the real video today, so rather than repost it, here's one live from Sasquatch of the same new single....

Maxwell's is sold out, but there are still tickets for plenty of other TPC shows.

Tokyo Police Club VS The Horrors

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Music venue article in the NY Times

From left, Michael Swier, John Moore and Jim Glancy, the principal partners of Bowery Presents

In the NY TIMES:

An indie-rock tastemaker whose résumé includes early shows by the White Stripes and Arctic Monkeys, the Bowery Presents has become an unlikely local challenger to Live Nation and A.E.G. Live, the two dominant national promoters. But over the last year the Bowery Presents has caught the attention of the touring industry with concerts at major halls like Town Hall and Madison Square Garden and with a series of high-profile executive poachings.

Its competition is formidable. Live Nation, a $1.5 billion public company, puts on concerts at about two dozen locations in New York, including the Roseland and Hammerstein Ballrooms, the newly renamed Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza, and the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater. A.E.G. Live, the operator of the Nokia Theater in Times Square, is a unit of the Anschutz Company, led by the billionaire Philip F. Anschutz.

The article goes on to say:

1. Bowery presents aquired "the 3,000-capacity former Exit dance club on West 56th Street, to reopen as a rock hall in October.
2. That "with increased competition among promoters comes expensive bidding wars for talent, which could lead to higher ticket prices."
3. Skeptics might question whether Bowery Presents bookings like Barry Manilow and John Mayer "could dilute the Bowery’s brand as a hip tastemaker. But the partners say they have no regrets."

The whole article HERE.

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East River Music Project - Summer 2007 schedule

free concerts in the East Village on the East River....

The dates for the East River Music Project’s Summer 2007 are below. Now updated — note the change in date for our kickoff show.

June 23: Ex-Models, S-S-S-Spectres, Hundred Eyes, Mikey Bones
Curated by Secret Project Robot and The Social Registry

July 28: Lindsay Anderson, more TBA
Curated by Venus

August 11: Jonathan Kane’s February, Taiko Masala, Meg Baird, more TBA

September 8: Curated by Paper Thin Walls

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DAVID CROSS tonight & other upcoming NYC comedy shows

Klaus Kinski reports...

David Cross, Cheryl,and Louis CK in NYC - Apr 29, 2007 (CRED)

Didn't get Franz Ferdinand tickets, huh? Neither did I. Well here are several opportunities to laugh ourselves out of the depths of despair....

UPCOMING SHOWS!

• 6/7/07 through 6/9/07 The 13th Street Theater: SKETCHFESTNYC 2007!!: This is one of the most important comedy events this year and I urge you to see as much of these shows as you can. Comedy from all over the nation delivered to NYC for all to enjoy.
• 6/7/07, 8:00pm UCB Theater: Variety Shac: Galapagos' monthly show packs its bags and comes to spend the night with UCBT. Music from host Shonali Bhowmik, comedy from Andrea Rosen, Chelsea Peretti, and Heather Lawless--and a Shac short film featuring all four. My idol Bobby Tisdale will be there too!
• 6/7/07, 10:30pm The Green Room: FatSmiles: A new monthly comedy showcase is born tonight and features guests David Cross, Reggie Watts, God's Pottery, Andres DuBouchet, Laura Krafft. Hosted by John Roberts, admission is $12.00 or, if you say the code 'O.W.', you get a two-for-one deal!
• 6/8/07, 8:00pm Queensborough Performing Arts Center: Todd Barry and Ted Alexandro: Ted and Todd hop on the 7-train to co-headline what promises to be a stellar show at Queensborough Performing Arts Center.
• 6/8/07, 8:00pm Rififi: Greg Johnson: Greg Johnson's weekly comedy showcases at Rififi are hard to beat. This week your $5.00 will get you Michael Showalter, Eugene Mirman, Demetri Martin, Andy Blitz, Nick Kroll, and members of my favorite band The Forms
• 6/9/07, 6:00pm The Pit: Kristen Schaal as You Have Probably Never Seen Her Before: Kristen Schaal is one of my favorites. Kristen Schaal is a favorite of Brooklynvegan readers. Spending a measly $5 to see her perform for 60-minutes seems like the greatest way to kick off a Saturday evening
• 6/10/07, 8:00pm Rififi: I Like Attention: Comedy enfant terrible Max Silvestri is launching a new monthly show at Rififi aptly entitled I Like Attention. The premiere installment features an incredible line-up that includes Nick Kroll, Dave Hill, John Mulaney, and Sean O' Connor. More info at A Special Thing
• 6/11/07, 8:00pm Rififi: Totally J/K with Joe and Noah: Joe and Noah always put on a great show and have wonderful guests. This week, in addition to themselves, they bring you Todd Barry, Jon Friedman, Gabe Liedman, and Taylor Williamson. This is the best thing you could possibly experience on a Monday.
• 6/11/07 8:00pm, Mo Pitkins: YouTube Show & Tell with Julie & Jackie : Julie and Jackie are a mega-awesome comedy duo that put on some pretty remarkable shows. Their 6/11 show at Mo Pitkins features David Cross, Jon Benjamin, Leo Allen and Amelie Gillette
• 6/13/07, 8:00pm Blender Theater at Gramercy: Flight of the Conchords with Eugene Mirman: New Zealand's finest and funniest motherfolkers not only have their own show on HBO, but they're playing some larger venue gigs.
• 6/14/07, 8:00pm Blender Theater at Gramercy: Flight of the Conchords with Rhys Darby: Your second chance to see New Zealand's finest and funniest motherfolkers. New Zealand's Michael Winslow Rhys Darby opens


• 6/15/07 and 6/16/07, See Calendar Comix: Paul F. Tompkins: One of my favorite west coast comedians is in NYC for Father's Day weekend. Don't know if he'll drop by any of NYC's smaller venues before these gigs, so this may be your only chance to catch him.

-Klaus

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NEKO CASE playing with New Porn on July 4th

Neko Case (and Kathryn) will in fact be in attendance (and on stage) at the free July 4th New Pornographers show at Battery Park in NYC. Info on getting tickets will appear on the River to River site on June 20th. Midlake (did you know they are huge in the UK?) is opening. New New Porn song HERE.

Neko ($300 richer, but without her corset) is also playing some shows of her own.

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CALIFONE or THE SEA & CAKE tonight?

The Sea & The Cake @ Paradise Rock Club in Boston - June 5, 2007 (CRED)

Two big indie rock tours hit NYC tonight - Califone is at the Gramercy Theatre, and The Sea & Cake is at Webster Hall. Which do you choose? Tonight is also The Veils and Dinosaur Jr.

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The Maccabees @ Knitting Factory, NYC - pics

Finally another danceable UK rock band I'm really excited about (see Franz Ferdinand and Bloc Party) - one that will still likely play a bunch of smaller venues in the U.S. (doesn't count). They're currently on tour with Bloc Party (in Asbury Park TONIGHT), and like Bloc Party - The Maccabees played their first NYC at Knitting Factory (last night - June 6, 2007). Sold out, and full of rowdy British kids, the band tore through a set that left me wanting much more...

More music is streaming at their official site.

The Noisettes - also from the UK and on tour with Bloc Party - headlined the show, and I'm sorry to say, but they still don't do it for me.

Previously
* Noisettes / MACCABEES tix back on sale + Album Stream

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2007 Primavera Sound Festival - day two (Saturday June 1)

Yesterday we heard about Evan Korte's first day at the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona this past weekend. Here is day two....

Band of Horses get a new mic @ Primavera Sound 2007 (CRED)

Band of Horses: I wanted to catch Blonde Redhead and Black Mountain earlier in the day, but I had errands to run and couldn’t leave my apartment until about 9. Band of Horses played a pretty rousing set on the ATP stage, despite the fact that they had horrendous sound trouble. At first the band seemed to have a good sense of humor about it. (“Our microphones are shooting at us,” joked the bassist, “we didn’t know they were loaded. I’m surprised they even let us into the country.”) But when the lead singer’s mic stopped working completely on one song, (“Our Swords,” perhaps?) he stopped the song midway, threw the mic to the ground, and got a loud cheer from the audience. The mic was immediately replaced and the band finished their set in good spirits. There were a few highlights, including “The First Song,” “Great Salt Lake,” and “Funeral.” Well done, boys. Their new album comes out in October.

Maximo Park also played acoustic on the MySpace stage (CRED)

Maximo Park: Maximo Park was quite impressive. It’s clear that they are growing more comfortable as a live band. Their sound was tight and on point. Since they only have two albums, they played through almost all of their songs in about an hour and a half. The lead singer was very charming. He thanked the audience about a million times. He also made fun of himself (“Here’s another romantic song,” he said at one point, “I’m a bit of a sop.”) and begged us all to stay for Modest Mouse at midnight on the ATP stage. Both the front man and the keyboardist showed that they were just two indie kids that weren’t afraid to dance. Highlights included “Our Velocity,” “Girls Who Play Guitar,” “Apply Some Pressure,” “Limassol,” and “Going Missing.”

Los Planetas @ Primavera Sound 2007 (CRED)

Various Artists (Loa Planetas, notably): The couple of hours spent between Maximo Park and Built to Spill consisted of much stage jumping. I was about eight hundred feet back for the last couple of songs of Modest Mouse’s set. The festival should have booked them on the “Estrella Stage” - “All Tomorrow’s Parties Stage” was definitely too small for them. What I did hear, sounded pretty good, and surprisingly dancey. Then I met up with some friends at Girls Against Boys, and stayed for the first couple songs of Low's set (nice, but too slow for one o’clock in the morning). Next I went with some Spanish friends to see Los Planetas, a band that I had never heard of, but are legends in their native Spain. They blew me away. They’ve been around since the early 90’s and you can tell that they were a part of the shoegaze scene of that time. There was lots of reverb on the guitars, and fuzzy vocals. They're similar to My Bloody Valentine, Ride, and early Verve. I strongly recommend them to anyone who likes shoegaze.

Built to Spill @ Primavera Sound 2007 (CRED)

Built to Spill: The 3 am Built to Spill show was my last of the night. They played at the “All Tomorrow’s Parties Stage” and were unfortunately plagued by heavy sound problems. The sound people at the ATP stage had better get their shit together next year. Still, they made the best of it and played a great set. The members of the band may look like cavemen (no offense), but they have been around for almost fifteen years for a reason. They are fantastic musicians who play muscular guitar rock - all around good music that can be enjoyed by anyone. They may not be the most charismatic band in the world (I never heard Doug Marsch say anything beyond “Thanks” and “This is our last song”), but they sure do know how to floor people with their tight jamming. I debated staying around for Diplo who went on the CD Drome techno stage at 5, but my legs weren’t having it.

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Tune in tomorrow for the exciting conclusion. More Primavera photos below....

Diplo (CRED)

Bonde Do Role (CRED)

Portastatic (CRED)

Billy Bragg (CRED)

Black Mountain (CRED)

Blonde Redhead (CRED)

Beirut (CRED)

Previously
* 2007 Primavera Sound Festival - day one (Friday May 31)

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Franz Ferdinand Bowery tickets on sale

Tickets (no longer password protected) are on sale at noon (till about noon:01?) for Franz Ferdinand's Bowery Ballroom show.

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ISSUE PROJECT ROOM closing on June 30 (moving) ---- (Turntables on the Gowanus?)

Issue Project Room (400 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY) will host its last show at its current location on June 30th.

SHARE celebrates ISSUE Project Room's final night in their current location – the unique silo on the banks of the Gowanus Canal. To celebrate IPR's time in the silo and their move to a new space, SHARE will run a multimedia open-jam, inviting everyone and anyone to join, including those who have performed at, visited, or simply love IPR. It will utilize Stephan Moore's 16-Channel Hemispherical Speaker System and IPR's cylinder structure for visual projections both inside and outside the space. Please come to play, hang out, or participate in many toasts! [Issue Project Room]

Other shows scheduled there this last month include Elliott Sharp, Keith Fullerton Whitman and Ikue Mori. OTBKB says....

I heard from my reliable source the move has something to due with the fact that the Gowanus Canal's flushing system is shutting down for repairs for an extended period of time and the big stink that will ensue. [Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn]

More information from that NY Times article that had Dan Deacon & Todd P in it.....

Perhaps the biggest wow factor lately comes from seeing a show at a former oil silo on a stretch of the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn.

Occupied for the last two years by Issue Project Room, an experimental arts organization, the silo is hidden behind an imposing metal gate with a small sign just off the Carroll Street bridge. Between the lapping (if occasionally stinky) water, the courtyard filled with poplar trees and the warm glow emanating from the two-story performance space — the top floor is reached by an exterior metal ladder — it’s as far from mainstream clubland as you can get.

Rebecca Moore, a singer and violinist active in the protests over the closing of the Lower East Side club Tonic, performed at the silo last week. “I am very grateful for Issue Project Room,” she said from the stage: a rug at the front of the room. “We couldn’t get away with playing staplers at many other places.”

And that’s exactly the point, said Suzanne Fiol, the founder of Issue Project Room. “We are trying to be a breeding ground for experimental work, and we need spaces like this to nurture it,” she said.

(Issue Project Room will leave the silo in July, but another group, MeanRed Productions, will move in. An outdoor concert series is planned; Nicodemus, a D.J. and founder of the traveling party Turntables on the Hudson, is already booked for Turntables on the Gowanus.) [reprinted at Failed Pilot]

Turntables on the Hudson's schedule currently lists no (smelly?) Gowanus events.

Previously
* more Issue Project Room

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June 6, 2007

no Intonation Festival this year

It just occured to me, so I looked it up and found this:

The Chicago Sun-Times reported on April 6th that the festival would not be continuing for what would have been its third year. "'We looked at what was happening this summer, and the festival crowds of Chicago are being well served at this point,' Intonation spokesman David Singer said, citing competition from the Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park on July 13-15, Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival at Toyota Park on July 28, Lollapalooza in Grant Park on Aug. 3-5 and the combination of the Hideout Block Party and Metro's 25th anniversary celebration at Elston and Wabansia on Sept. 7-9. [Wikipedia]

Pitchfork Festival final lineup below....

Friday, July 13
[In collaboration with ATP]
Sonic Youth (Daydream Nation)
GZA/Genius (Liquid Swords)
Slint (Spiderland)

Saturday, July 14
Yoko Ono / Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues / Clipse / Mastodon
Iron and Wine / Girl Talk / Grizzly Bear / Voxtrot / Battles
Califone / The Twilight Sad / Fujiya & Miyagi / Oxford Collapse
Dan Deacon / Beach House / William Parker Quartet
Professor Murder / Ken Vandermark's Powerhouse Sound

Sunday, July 15
The New Pornographers / Stephen Malkmus / De La Soul
Of Montreal / Jamie Lidell / The Sea and Cake / Junior Boys
The Field / Cadence Weapon / The Cool Kids / Klaxons
Nomo / Deerhunter / The Ponys / Menomena
Craig Taborn's Junk Magic / Brightblack Morning Light
Fred Lonberg-Holm's Lightbox Orchestra

Previously
* Intonation FEstival coverage

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ETIENNE DE CRECY remix of CHROMEO's Tenderoni (MP3) + 2007 Tour Dates (w/ FLOSSTRADAMUS)

DOWNLOAD: Chromeo - Tenderoni (Etienne de Crecy remix) (MP3)

Etienne de Crécy is largely responsible for the electro inspired house sounds coming out of Paris right now. Back when everyone was doing their best filtered house Daft Punk impersonations, Etienne, the boys from Air, and Alex Gopher sped their bpm up, switched on a 303 and Super Discount was born. This remix of Chromeo's "Tenderoni" rips the track into a peak-time blog house anthem. - David Bruno

Tickets are on sale for a July 6th show at Studio B in Brooklyn with Chromeo, Flosstradamus, and Kid Sister. All tour dates below....

Chromeo - 2007 Tour Dates
Jun 21 - 103 Club BERLIN -- First Chromeo live show in Germany ever!
Jun 22 - Vega Copenhagen -- First Chromeo live show in Denmark ever!
Jun 23 - Glastonbury -- VICE STAGE GOT CANCELLED... WE'RE TRYING TO SORT SOMETHING OUT... KEEP YOU POSTED Pilton
Jun 27 - BUSH HALL LONDON!
Jun 28 - Debaser Malmo
Jun 29 - Debaser STOCKHOLM -- finally!
Jun 30 - Dirty Dancing Brussels -- First Chromeo live show in Belgium ever!

Chromeo & Flosstradamus - 2007 Tour Dates
Jul 5 - Hiro Ballroom New York, New York
Jul 6 - Studio B Brooklyn, New York
Jul 7 - Fillmore at the TLA Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jul 8 - Sonar Baltimore, Maryland
Jul 10 - Babylon Nightclub Ottawa, Ontario
Jul 11 - Spin Gallery Toronto, Ontario
Jul 12 - Club 1234 Montreal, Quebec
Jul 13 - Patio @ the Calumet Buffalo, New York
Jul 14 - Empty Bottle Chicago, Illinois
Jul 16 - Starlite Room Edmonton, Alberta
Jul 17 - Hi Fi Club Calgary, Alberta
Jul 19 - Red Room Vancouver, British Columbia
Jul 20 - Chop Suey (Sing Sing Party) Seattle, Washington
Jul 21 - Rotture Portland, Oregon
Jul 23 - Mezzanine San Francisco, California
Jul 24 - Cinespace Los Angeles, California
Jul 25 - Beauty Bar San Diego, California
Jul 26 - Echo Los Angeles, California
Jul 28 - Studio A Miami, Florida

Previously
* more Chromeo posts
* more Flosstradamus posts

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VIDEO: The Polyphonic Spree - 'Running Away'

How many pictures does it take to make a video....

The Polyphonic Spree are a 23-member band from Dallas, TX. The video for "Running Away" is directed by Hal Samples and Julie Doyle. The video consists of over 70,000 individual pictures taken over a ten day period of the band on the road.

Their new release is called The Fragile Army, in stores on June 19, 2007 on TVT Records/

Previously
* Polyphonic Spree member Annie Clark touring
* more Polyphonic Spree posts

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VIDEO: young Pete Doherty queues for Oasis album

Titling this post in British made it easier to fit on one line....

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2007 Primavera Sound Festival - day one (Friday May 31)

Evan Korte reports back from Barcelona this past weekend...

My name is Evan. I’m a student at SUNY Purchase, which is a half an hour outside of New York City. I just finished studying abroad in Barcelona. A couple months ago, I booked tickets to the Primavera Festival. The location of the event is stellar. Not only is it in Barcelona, one of Europe’s best cities, but it is at Barcelona’s Forum, quite close to the beach and the ocean. There are two huge stages “Estrella Damm”, and “Rockdelux”), one above average stage(“All Tomorrow’s Parties” or ATP) and a few smaller stages focusing mostly on techno. All three of the main stages are ingeniously designed, with ample room for both standing up front and sitting back on grassy fields, with a beer in hand, watching the performers from the jumbotrons. After the hour or so wait to get my pass, my first concert of Primavera was Smashing Pumpkins.

The Smashing Pumpkins @ Primavera Sound 2007 (CRED)

The Smashing Pumpkins: I’m only 21 years old, so the Smashing Pumpkins were a bit before my time. They definitely have some good songs, but to tell you the truth, Billy Corgan’s voice has always gotten on my nerves. Nevertheless, their reunion tour is a pretty huge deal and I had to check them out. The band came out in those crazy alien outfits that you all have probably already seen. The new bassist is gorgeous. I guess Corgan has a thing for hot bassists. From what I could tell the new members played competently, but didn’t blow me away. The band played a pretty balanced set of new and old material, including “1979,” “Tonight, Tonight,” “Today,” “Zero” and “Disarm.” They rushed through a couple of songs and definitely seemed to be under-rehearsed at times, but when 80,000 people from around the world are singing along and jumping up and down, it’s hard to be negative. It was a nice start to an amazing festival.

A few days earlier....

The White Stripes @ Primavera Sound 2007 (CRED)

The White Stripes: Can we all just bow down to Jack White? Even when he’s giving people black eyes and cursing out radio DJ’s over leaked albums, the man can do no wrong. He is definitely the biggest rock star of my generation, hands down. The White Stripes played an absolutely electrifying set at 1:15. There were a few new songs thrown into the mix (“Icky Thump” was my favorite, since I’ve heard it at least five times and now place it among my favorite White Stripes tracks) but they played mostly older stuff from White Blood Cells and Elephant. Jack was in top form, wailing monstrous solos on his guitar, singing his heart out and talking a bit with the audience. He thanked us for letting them “try out” the new songs. It definitely says something about your stage presence when most of your audience doesn’t understand the lyrics, but they are still going crazy. They ended with “Seven Nation Army,” and the crowd could not have been happier. Highlights include “Black Math,” “Blue Orchid,” “Jolene,” “I Think I Smell a Rat,” “We’re Going to Be Friends” “Icky Thump” and “Seven Nation Army.” I can’t wait for the new album.

DOWNLOAD: Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Blaze's Nightmarish Remix) (MP3)

Justice @ Primavera Sound 2007 (CRED)

Justice: The White Stripes ended about three quarters of the way through Justice’s set. I didn’t get to hear them spin “D.A.N.C.E.” which is a shame because that is one of my favorite tracks at the moment. But they did play an extended version of that really cool remix of “We Are Your Friends” by Simian. It was impossible to resist dancing.

Girl Talk: His DJ set was definitely one of the highlights of the festival. Not only did he play his insane hip-hop/rock mash ups, he was dancing like a maniac. It’s clear that this man has every intention of making sure that his DJ sets are the most happening parties around. You’d be hard pressed to find anyone there that wasn’t thoroughly enjoying themselves-getting down until their feet were sore. My favorite mash up of his was Biggy’s “Juicy” vocals over Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer”. At the end of the set he jumped down from the stage and was passed back and forth by the audience for at least three minutes. It was insanity. The crowd must have dropped him at least twice, and he had a pretty sizeable scratch on his back to prove it. God bless you Greg Gillis. By the time he ended it was about 4:30 and I decided to catch the metro home and rest for the jam packed second day.

Stay tuned for part 2 tomorrow....

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PELICAN touring in July - NYC show on sale

Tickets are on sale for a July 24th Pelican show at Bowery Ballroom in NYC, and a show four days earlier at Mohawk Place, and one on July 28th at The Black Cat in DC. No other announced dates at the moment.

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ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO played Castle Clinton, playing Mercury Lounge - Tour Dates

Alejandro Escovedo @ Castle Clinton, NYC - June 2, 2007 (CRED)

Tickets are on sale for an August 3rd Alejandro Escovedo Orchestra show at Mercury Lounge in NYC. Alejandro played a free show with Roky Erickson in NYC this past weekend.. I wished I could have been there. How was it?

Tour Dates below....

Alejandro Escovedo - 2007 Tour Dates
05.17.07: Arboretum Music Series, Santa Cruz, CA
05.18.07: The Palms, Winters CA
05.19.07: KRSH Backyard BBQ, Santa Rosa, CA
06.02.07: Downtown NYC River to River, New York City, NY
06.06.07: La Java, Paris, FR
06.16.07: Keep Austin Wierd Republic Square Park, Austin, TX
07.10.07: Cisco Systems Blues Festival, Ottawa, ON
07.11.07: Quebec City International Summer, Quebec City, PQ
07.12.07: Higher Ground South, Burlington, VT
07.13.07: Tupelo Music Hall, Londonberry, NH
07.14.07: The Grand Auditorium, Ellsworth, ME
07.25.07: Haddon Heights Sundown Music, Haddon Heights, NJ
07.26.07: Big City Summer Fest, Rochester, NY
07.27.07: Call The Office, London, ON
07.28.07: Hillside Festival, Guelph, ON
07.29.07: Hillside Festival, Guelph, ON
08.03.07: Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
08.04.07: Iron Horse, Northampton, MA
08.05.07: Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI
08.18.07: Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA
08.24.07: Stokin The Fire, Birmingham AL
08.26.07: Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre, Salt Lake City, UT
09.07.07: Headliners Music Hall, Louisville, KY
09.08.07: Black Swamp Arts Festival, Bowling Green, OH
09.28.07: Christ The King Octoberfest, Lexington, KY
09.29.07: The Abby Pub, Chicago, IL
11.30.07: The Barns at Wolf Trap, Vienna, VA
12.01.07: Rams Head On Stage, Annapolis, MD
12.07.07: World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA
12.08.07: Carnegie Lecture Hall, Pittsburgh, PA

Previously
* more Alejandro posts

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VIDEO: Arctic Monkeys - 'Fluorescent Adolescent'

‘Fluorescent Adolescent’ is the second single to be taken from ‘Favourite Worst Nightmare’ . The lyrical narration is supported by a striking video directed by Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd/Nathan Barley) , starring Stephen ‘Scummy Man’ Graham (Snatch/Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels) and a rather scary bunch of clowns.

Previously
* more Arctic Monkeys

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I don't know the password either

Franz Ferdinand's Bowery show is on sale, but you need a password.

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The Horrors @ Pianos, NYC - pics

The Horrors' "secret show" at Pianos started late on a week night, but I was in the neighborhood anyway. Plus - despite many chances in the past, I still hadn't seen the UK buzz band live. I'm glad I went. Musically they might not be that great, but they definitely know how to put on a show...

...a dangerous and really loud, but entertaining, punk rock, show. More at Flickr.

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The Stills & VHS or Beta - 2007 Tour Dates

That random Stills show at Don Hill's in NYC is tonight (June 6, 2007), except it's not that random anymore - it's part of a tour. VHS or Beta are also DJing the show, and VHS or Beta are DJing the night after at Hiro Ballroom. VHS or Beta are also playing live at Bowery Ballroom on August 29th - one day after their new album 'Bring on the Comets' comes out. The Stills are also playing Maxwell's and Prospect Park. All tour dates for everyone below...

The Stills - 2007 Tour Dates
Jun 6 - Don Hill's New York, New York
Jun 7 - Great Scott Boston, Massachusetts
Jun 8 - Tom & Jerry's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jun 10 - The NorVa Norfolk, Virginia
Jun 11 - Sonar Baltimore, Maryland
Jun 12 - Lincoln Theater Raleigh, North Carolina
Jun 13 - Amos' Southend Charlotte, North Carolina
Jun 14 - Headliner's Columbia, South Carolina
Jun 15 - Lenny's Atlanta, Georgia
Jun 17 - Emo's Austin, Texas
Jun 19 - The Conservatory Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Jun 20 - The Bottleneck Lawrence, Kansas
Jun 24 - The Continental Switchyard Festival Chicago, Illinois
Jun 29 - Maxwell's Hoboken, New Jersey
Jun 30 - Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park w/ Malajube & Sam Roberts Band

VHS or Beta DJ - 2007 Tour Dates
Wed 06/06 - Don Hills New York NY w/ The Stills
Thu 06/07 - Hiro Ballroom New York NY
Fri 06/15 - Club Fusion Columbia SC
Sat 06/16 - Rock N Roll Hotel Washington DC
Fri 06/22 - Palladium Loft Dallas TX
Fri 06/29 - The Pearl Jacksonville FL

VHS or Beta - 2007 Tour Dates
7/12 - SWEETWATER MURFREESBORO TN
7/13 - MERCY LOUNGE NASHVILLE TN
7/14 - BLUE CATS KNOXVILLE TN
7/15 - HI-TONE CAFE MEMPHIS TN
7/20 - THE DAME LEXINGTON KY
Thu 08/02 - Popscene San Francisco CA
Wed 08/29 - Bowery Ballroom New York NY

The new album was recorded in Asheville, NC and Nashville, TN by the band -- now pared down to a trio featuring vocalist/guitarist Craig Pfunder, bassist Mark Palgy, and drummer Mark Guidry -- alongside producer Brandon Mason (Secret Machines, David Bowie), and is the follow up to 2004's Night On Fire. A 12" of "Burn It All Down," arriving with numerous mixes, and proper single "Can't Believe a Single Word," will both arrive at a yet-to-be determined date prior to the album's release. Bring on the Comets tracklisting:

1. "Euglama"
2. "Love in My Pocket"
3. "She Says"
4. "Can't Believe a Single Word"
5. "Burn It All Down"
6. "Take It or Leave It"
7. "Alpha Theta"
8. "Bring on the Comets"
9. "Fall Down Lightly"
10. "We Could Be One"
11. "Time Stands Still"
12. "The Stars Where We Came From"
[SPIN]

Previously
* more VHS or Beta posts
* more Stills posts

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Rufus Wainwright kicks off 4 nights @ Gramercy

Rufus Wainwright in drag @ Gramercy Theatre, NYC June 5, 2007 (CRED)

Rufus Wainwright, prodigy of the prodigious McGarrigle/Wainwright Clan, played the newly reopened Gramercy Theatre, which he claims is a stumbling distance of only two blocks from his own house. Ever the family man, he brought his cousin Lucy along for the ride. In the audience were Maggie Gyllenhaal and designer Betsey Johnson, plus guest vocalist, Justin Bond of Kiki & Herb Fame. [tixgirl]

Rufus has three more shows at the Gramercy this week, then a private magazine show somewhere in the city, and then Summerstage and other tour dates.

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VIDEO: Great Lake Swimmers - 'Backstage With The Modern Dancers' (on tour)

They're on tour and play Joe's Pub tonight. Here's a video for a song off their new album....

Great Lake Swimmers video for the song "Backstage With The Modern Day Dancers" off of their album Ongiara.

And in keeping with the sonic theme.....

Neil Young - Tonight's the Night (live)

and....

Chad Vangaalen - Clinically Dead

Previously
* Great Lake Swimmers - 2007 Tour Dates (Joes Pub)

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Interpol @ Bowery Ballroom (6/07), NYC - pics

More below....

More at Flickr. June 5, 2007.

Previously
* Franz Ferdinand & Interpol playing Bowery Ballroom
* Interpol @ Bowery Ballroom on sale

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VIDEO: CSS - 'Alcohol'

No one ever said CSS was deep...

Brazil wonderful party dance explosion CSS have a new video for the song Alcohol off of their debut album Cansei De Ser Sexy. The video was directed by contsest winner/awesome director Jared Eberhardt. Watch some bunnies get drunk.

This video would have been more realistic if clay bunny Lovefoxxx was wearing a shiny, psychedelic jumpsuit.

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June 5, 2007

KEREN ANN played Bowery Ballroom, Tel Aviv - on Tour

I knew there was something I wanted to go to last night....

Keren Ann in Tel Aviv, Israel - May 28, 2007 (CRED)

No, not Tel Aviv - I mean Bowery Ballroom, but the Israeli born singer-songwriter did just play a show there (and I like the pictures). How was the Bowery show (June 4, 2007), or any of the other shows on this tour so far? Keren Ann's new self-titled album came out May 8th. Songs are streaming at her official site, and at MySpace.

Tour dates below....

Keren Ann - 2007 Tour Dates
Jun 5 - Le National Montreal, Quebec
Jun 6 - The Rivoli Toronto, Ontario
Jun 8 - Lakeshore Theatre Chicago, Illinois
Jun 9 - Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jun 12 - The Triple Door Seattle, Washington
Jun 13 - Media Club Vancouver, British Columbia
Jun 14 - Doug Fir Lounge Portland,, Oregon
Jun 16 - Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California
Jun 17 - Troubadour Los Angeles, California
Jul 18 - Festival Chambery, FR
Jul 19 - Nuits de Fourvieres Lyon, FR
Jul 20 - Jazz Festival Montreux, CH
Jul 28 - Nurnberg Festival Nurnberg, Germany
Jul 29 - Secret Garden Festival u.k
Jul 30 - London Arts Theatre London
Oct 19 - Festival de Marne Cachan, FR
Oct 26 - Reunion Island Ile de La Reunion
Nov 1 - Le Locle Le Locle, CH
Nov 2 - Maison De La Musique Meylan, FR
Nov 8 - Festival MetroPOP Lausanne, CH
Nov 9 - L'Abordage Evreux, FR
Nov 14 - BBC Caen, FR
Nov 15 - La CITE RENNES
Nov 16 - Theatre Barbey Bordeaux, FR
Nov 20 - Theatre L'Archipel Granville, FR
Nov 21 - Le Grand Quevilly Le Grand Quevilly, FR
Nov 24 - Les Ondines Change Les Laval, FR
Nov 27 - Botanique Bruxelles, Belgium
Dec 7 - Centre Culturel Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Dec 12 - Cafe De La Danse Paris, France

Previously
Keren Ann posts

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VIDEO: Art Brut - 'Direct Hit' live @ Bowery Ballroom

Not to be confused with Art Brut 47 who are playing some shows as Beat Up Old Fellas in NYC this week, this video is new Art Brut, as seen in NYC in April.....

Art Brut perform "Direct Hit" live at Bowery Ballroom in NYC, off their new album 'It's a bit Complicated' - available on CD and digitally June 19th.

Previously
* more Art Brut posts

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Wilco respond to (Volkswagen) "sell out' accusations

As reported on Sunday, Wilco songs are playing in the new Volkswagen commercials. Wilco sent out this message:

As many of you are aware, Volkswagen has recently begun running a series of TV commercials featuring Wilco music.

Why? This is a subject we've discussed internally many times over the years regarding movies, TV shows and even the odd advertisement. With the commercial radio airplay route getting more difficult for many bands (including Wilco); we see this as another way to get the music out there. As with most of the above (with the debatable exception of radio) the band gets paid for this. And we feel okay about VWs. Several of us even drive them.

If you're keeping track, this is not the first time Wilco has licensed a song to or even been involved in a commercial -- most recently a TV spot for Telefonica Mobile in Spain used a Wilco song and some years prior Jeff Tweedy appeared in a campaign for Apple Computer. Wilco have licensed hundreds of songs to television shows and films worldwide... from festival-only indie films to major motion pictures and weekly TV shows.

Thus far the songs in the VW campaign are "The Thanks I Get" (a bonus track from Sky Blue Sky sessions, available for download via the Enhanced CD and via iTunes) and "You are my Face". We expect to have more details re: other songs shortly. The current plan (subject to change, like everything) is for 5 or 6 songs to be used.

That's it. Don't believe everything you read unless you read it here.

Commercial below...

AND.....

are the The National like Wilco???

Watch Willco AOL Music sessions HERE.

Wilco - 2007 Tour Dates
Jun 13 - Adler Theatre Davenport, Iowa
Jun 14 - Aronoff Center Cincinnati, Ohio
Jun 15 - Murat Theatre Indianapolis, Indiana
Jun 17 - Bonnaroo Manchester, Tennessee
Jun 19 - Chastain Park Amphitheatre Atlanta, Georgia
Jun 20 - Ovens Auditorium Charlotte, North Carolina
Jun 21 - Merriweather Post Pavilion Columbia, Maryland
Jun 22 - Count Basie Theatre Red Bank, New Jersey
Jun 24 - The Pines Northampton, Massachusetts
Jun 25 - Hammerstein Ballroom New York, New York
Jun 26 - Warsaw Brooklyn, New York
Jun 28 - Bank of America Pavilion Boston, Massachusetts
Jun 29 - The Green at Shelburne Museum Shelburne, Vermont
Jun 30 - Massey Hall Toronto, Ontario
Jul 7 - Kongsberg Jazz Festival Kongsberg
Jul 8 - Roskilde Festival Copenhagen
Jul 11 - Montreux Jazz Festival - Stravinski Hall Montreux
Jul 13 - Latitude Festival Suffolk
Jul 14 - Indian Summer Festival Glasgow, Scotland
Jul 15 - Dour Festival Dour
Jul 17 - Spazio211 Festival Turin
Jul 20 - Festival Internacional de Benicassim Benicassim
Sep 14 - Austin City Limits Festival Austin, Texas

Previously
* Wilco's Sky Blue Sky = Volkwsagon commercial soundtrack
* more Wilco posts

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CSS played some shows ++ the many outfits of Lovefoxxx

Not long after Animal Collective left the South Street Seaport stage Friday night, CSS started their show over at the Fillmore Irving Plaza...

CSS @ Irving Plaza, NYC - June 1, 2007 (CRED - Leia Jospe)

Does Lovefoxxx ever wear the same thing twice?

CSS @ Lee's Palace, Toronto - June 4, 2007 (CRED)

also see: Coachella, Warsaw, Pianos and Halloween.

How were the shows? How was Yo Majesty? More CSS tour dates below....

CSS - 2007 Tour Dates
Jun 6 - Richards on Richards Vancouver
Jun 7 - Neumos Seattle, Washington
Jun 8 - Doug Fir Lounge Portland, Oregon
Jun 9 - Mezanine San Francisco, California
Jun 10 - Henry Fonda Theater Los Angeles, California
Jun 16 - Wireless Festival - Hyde Park London
Jun 17 - Wireless Festival - Harewood House Leeds
Jun 23 - Glastonburry Festival Glastonburry
Jun 26 - The Hove Festival Arendal Hove
Jun 29 - Accelerator Festival Stockholm
Jun 30 - St Gallen Festival St. Gallen
Jul 1 - Radar Live Instanbul
Jul 6 - Roskilde Festival Roskilde
Jul 7 - Oxygen a
Jul 8 - T In The Park a
Jul 12 - Roxy Jam Festival a
Jul 14 - Latitude Festival Southwold
Jul 18 - Spaziale Festival Turin
Jul 19 - Italia Wave Florence
Jul 20 - Pohoda Festival Trencin
Jul 21 - Benicassin Castelon
Aug 4 - Lollapalooza Chicago, Illinois
Aug 11 - Summersonic Festival Ozaka
Aug 12 - Summersonic Tokyo
Aug 15 - Paredes de Coura Festival a
Aug 16 - La Route Du Rock Rennes
Aug 17 - Pukklepop Hasselt
Aug 18 - Lowlands a
Aug 19 - Pantiero Festival a
Aug 24 - Carling Weekend Leeds
Aug 25 - Rock En Seine St Cloud
Aug 26 - Carling Weekend Reading
Aug 31 - Connect a
Sep 9 - Spektrum Oslo
Sep 10 - Color Line Arena Hamburg
Sep 12 - Olympiahalle Munich
Sep 14 - Velodrom Berlin
Sep 15 - Cologne Arena Cologne
Sep 15 - Cologne Arena Cologne
Sep 17 - Bercy Paris
Sep 18 - Ahoy Rotterdam
Sep 20 - SECC Glasgow
Sep 22 - MEN Arena Manchester
Sep 23 - TELEWEST ARENA Newcastle
Sep 25 - NIA Birmingham
Sep 26 - International Arena Cardiff, Wales
Sep 28 - Wembley Arena London
Sep 29 - Wembley Arena London
Oct 1 - Odyssey Arena Belfast
Oct 2 - RDS Simmonscourt Dublin
Oct 4 - Sportpaleis Antwerp
Oct 6 - Hallenstadion Zurich
Oct 7 - Luxembourg City Rockhal Luxembourg
Oct 10 - The Globe Stockholm
Oct 12 - Hartwall Arena Helsinki
Oct 14 - Forum Copenhagen
Oct 16 - Datch Forum Milan
Oct 17 - Stadhalle Vienna
Oct 19 - Sportarena Budapest
Oct 20 - Saska Arena Prague

Previously
* more CSS posts

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Who stayed all 27 hours at the Bang on a Can marathon?

The 26-hour Bang on a Can Marathon took place this past weekend at the World Financial Center in NYC.

6am @ the 26 Hour Bang on a Can Marathon, NYC - June 3, 2007 (CRED)

Bang on a Can turned 20 this year. Marking the occasion it mounted its most audacious offering to date: scheduling a 26-hour marathon from Saturday night at 8 to Sunday night at 10. The performance was staged at the Winter Garden of the World Financial Center, a co-production with the primarily pop-oriented River to River Festival and arts>World Financial Center.........By Sunday morning the schedule had slipped by nearly an hour; even with one piece omitted near the end, the event ultimately clocked in at 27 hours 10 minutes. [NY Times]

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free ONEIDA shows - Sound Fix, Highline Ballroom & Trash

DOWNLOAD: Oneida - Up With People (MP3)

There are three chances to see Oneida next week, and two of them are free.

Oneida - 2007 Tour Dates
Fri June 15 @ Trash Bar in Brooklyn w/ Dirty Faces
Sat June 16 @ Sound Fix Records – free in-store 4pm
Sat June 16 @ Highline Ballroom, NYC- free (8pm doors)

The Highline show IS 100% free, but priority will be given to those who RSVP to info (at) highlineballroom.com w/ "oneida" in the subject line. Drinks are not free, but there will probably be a beer special, and anyone who mentions BrooklynVegan at the door can get a dollar off their drinks all night.

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BRITT DANIEL, BRIGHT EYES & BEN KWELLER's 2007 Tour Dates (Brooklyn residency)

DOWNLOAD: Ben Kweller - BK Baby (live) (MP3)

I'm as happy as you are that Bright Eyes' seven-night stand at Town Hall in NYC is over, but for the sake of completeness, here's a picture of one the special guests that showed up on the last night...

Bright Eyes & Britt Daniel (Spoon) @ Town Hall, NYC - Friday Jun 1, 2007 (CRED)

The other guests that night were Maria Taylor and Ron Sexsmith, and as previously reported many times: Ben Kweller played some songs with Conor on night two.

And Ben Kweller has a few interesting shows of his own coming up. Like Sonic Youth is doing with Daydream Nation. Like Slint is doing with Spiderland. Like Gza is doing with Liquid Swords. Ben Kweller will be performing three of his albums from start to finish - three days in a row - in Brooklyn....

Ben Kweller @ Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY, 2007
Jul 30 - Sha Sha
Jul 31 - On My Way
Aug 01 - Ben Kweller

Tickets are on PRESALE and regular sale, for those shows, and the ones listed below....

Bright Eyes 5/26/07 Town Hall w/ Ben Kweller

Ben Kweller - 2007 Tour Dates
Jul 20 - State Theater Detroit, Michigan
Jul 21 - The Lawn at White River State Park Indianapolis, Indiana
Jul 22 - Music In The Zoo Apple Valley, Minnesota
Jul 23 - Music In The Zoo Apple Valley, Minnesota
Jul 25 - Schubas Chicago, Illinois
Jul 27 - Festival Pier at Penn's Landing Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jul 28 - The Pines Theatre Florence, Massachusetts
Jul 29 - Starland Ballroom Sayreville, New Jersey
Jul 30 - Southpaw [Sha Sha in its entirety] Brooklyn, New York
Jul 31 - Southpaw [On My Way in its entirety] Brooklyn, New York
Aug 1 - Southpaw [Ben Kweller in its entirety] Brooklyn, New York
Aug 7 - Variety Playhouse Atlanta, Georgia
Aug 8 - The Social Orlando, Florida
Aug 9 - Jack Rabbits Jacksonville, Florida
Aug 10 - Crowbar Ybor City, Florida
Aug 11 - Culture Room Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Aug 13 - Work Play Theatre Birmingham, Alabama
Aug 15 - The Parish New Orleans, Louisiana
Aug 17 - Walter's On Washington Houston, Texas
Aug 18 - Hailey's Denton, Texas
Aug 20 - Bricktown Ballroom Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Aug 21 - Bob's at Cain's Ballroom Tulsa, Oklahoma
Aug 22 - Juanita's Little Rock, Arkansas
Aug 23 - Newby's Memphis, Tennessee
Aug 24 - Exit/In Nashville, Tennessee
Aug 25 - Grey Eagle Asheville, North Carolina
Aug 26 - Starr Hill Music Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Sep 16 - Austin City Limits Festival Austin, Texas

Ben Kweller - Penny On The Train Track (Full Video)

Spoon - 2007 Tour Dates
Sat 06/16/07 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo Music Festival
Wed 07/04/07 Detroit, MI Comerica CityFest
Wed 07/11/07 New York, NY River To River Festival
Sat 07/28/07 Seattle, WA Capitol Hill Block Party
Sat 08/04/07 Chicago, IL Grant Park Lollapalooza
Sun 08/05/07 Baltimore, MD Pimlico Race Track Virgin Festival
Fri 08/10/07 Oslo, NOR Middelalderparken Oyafestivalen
Sat 08/11/07 Gothenburg, SWE Way Out West Way Out West Festival
Sat 09/15/07 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre Monolith Festival

Previously
* more Ben Kweller posts
* more Spoon posts

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KINGS OF LEON playing Radio City + 2007 Tour Dates

Kings of Leon are at Roseland Ballroom in NYC tonight (June 5, 2007). On September 19th they're back to play Radio City Music Hall. Friday they're at the Apple Store. All tour dates below....

"On Call"

King of Leon - 2007 Tour Dates
Tue 06/05 - New York, NY Roseland Ballroom
Wed 06/06 - Boston, MA Avalon
Thu 06/07 - Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
Sun 06/10 - San Diego, CA Southwestern College
Tue 06/12 - Toronto, ON Kool Haus
Wed 06/13 - Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
Fri 06/15 - Manchester, TN Bonnaroo Music Festival
Sat 06/23 - Neuhasen, GER Southside Festival
Sun 06/24 - Scheessel, GER Hurricane Festival
Tue 06/26 - Paris, FRA Le Bataclan
Thu 06/28 - Nijmegen, NET Goffert Park
Fri 06/29 - Werchter, BEL Rock Werchter Festival
Sat 06/30 - Berlin, GER Columbiahalle
Sun 07/01 - Cologne, GER Cologne Club
Wed 07/04 - Bournemouth, UK International Centre
Thu 07/05 - Cardiff, UK Cardiff International Arena
Sat 07/07 - Naas, IRE Punchestown Race Course Oxegen Festival
Sun 07/08 - Kinross, UK Balado T in the Park
Thu 07/12 - London, UK Carling Apollo Hammersmith
Fri 07/13 - London, UK Carling Apollo Hammersmith
Sun 07/22 - Benicassim, SPA Benicassim Festival
Fri 07/27 - Nigata, JPN Naeba Ski Resort Fuji Rock Festival
Thu 08/02 - Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
Fri 08/03 - Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
Fri 08/24 - Reading, UK Richfield Avenue Reading Festival
Sat 08/25 - Leeds, UK Bramham Park Leeds Festival
Sun 08/26 - Paris, FRA Rock En Seine Festival
Sun 09/02 - Seattle, WA TBA
Tue 09/04 - San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre
Fri 09/07 - Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
Fri 09/14 - Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre Monolith Festival
Wed 09/19 - New York, NY Radio City Music Hall
Sat 10/06 - Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre Download Festival
Fri 11/30 - Hull, UK Hull Arena
Sat 12/01 - Aberdeen, UK Aberdeen Exhibition & Conf. Centre
Mon 12/03 - Glasgow, UK S.E.C.C.
Tue 12/04 - Newcastle, UK Metro Radio Arena
Thu 12/06 - Brighton, UK The Brighton Centre
Fri 12/07 - Nottingham, UK Nottingham Arena
Sun 12/09 - Manchester, UK Manchester Central
Wed 12/12 - London, UK Wembley Arena

Previously
* more Kings of Leon Posts

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the Horrors playing secret show @ Pianos + Tour Dates

The "very special guests" at Pianos in NYC tonight (June 5, 2007) are the Horrors. Members of Blacklist DJ afterwards. The Horrors were supposed to play the Fillmore Irving Plaza, but that was cancelled. Last night (June 4) they played Luna Lounge in Brooklyn. Were you there? All tour dates below....

The Horrors - 2007 Tour Dates
Jun 5 - The Fillmore NY @ Irving Plaza - CANCELLED NYC - Pianos
Jun 7 - Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA
Jun 8 - Rock N Roll Hotel Washington DC
Jun 9 - North Star Bar Philadelphia, PA
Jun 10 - Petit Campus Montreal
Jun 11 - The Mod Club Toronto
Jun 12 - Grog Shop Cleveland Heights, OH
Jun 14 - The Abbey Chicago, IL
Jun 15 - Triple Rock Minneapolis, MN
Jun 18 - El Rey Theatre Los Angeles
Jun 19 - Popscene San Francisco
Jun 20 - Crocodile Cafe Seattle, WA
Jun 24 - Glastonbury Festival Glastonbury
Jun 29 - Peace & Love Festival Borlange
Jun 30 - Arendal Hove Tromoy
Jul 6 - Turku Ruisrock Turku
Jul 8 - T In The Park Festival Scotland
Jul 13 - Dour Festival Dour
Jul 15 - International Festival Manchester
Jul 20 - Benecassim Festival Benecassim
Aug 11 - Summer Sonic Festival Tokyo
Aug 12 - Summer Sonic Festival Osaka
Aug 24 - Reading Festival Reading
Aug 25 - Leeds Festival Leeds

Previously
* The Horrors posts

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a choir singing GRIZZLY BEAR (who IS playing w/ FEIST in NYC), PATRICK WOLF & NELLIE MCKAY

"Patrick Wolf is adorable, but so are the Carleton Singing Knights when they sing 'Magic Position'." [bassnowbrdr]

Patrick Wolf - Magic Position (A CAPPELLA)

In case you were wondering, Patrick Wolf's friends in Grizzly Bear ARE opening for both of the Feist shows at Town Hall in NYC (June 11-12). Grizzly Bear are also playing with the Decemberists and Land of Talk at Summerstage on July 16th. Land of Talk are also playing Citysol on July 14th.

The Carleton Singing Knights also do Grizzly Bear and Nellie McKay. Grizzly Bear practices in Williamsburg. Videos related to all these facts below....

Grizzly Bear - Knife (A CAPPELLA!?)

Grizzly Bear - Knife (A CAPPELLA, again)

Nellie McKay - Cupcake (A CAPPELLA.)

VBS.TV Practice Space--Grizzly Bear

More Practice Space videos @ VBS.TV.

Grizzly Bear on a beach at ATP here.

Previously
* more Grizzly Bear
* more Patrick Wolf videos

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Franz Ferdinand & Interpol playing Bowery Ballroom

It's true. The small NYC show Franz Ferdinand promised, will take place at Bowery Ballroom on June 13, 2007. No ticket info yet. Interpol is supposedly going on at 10 tonight with just a DJ as opener. The video by Anna McCarthy of Franz Ferdinand covering LCD Soundsystem, below....

"All My Friends"

LCD Soundsystem's version (the real one) HERE.

Franz Ferdinand - 2007 Tour Dates
Jun 5 - Grand Ole Opry Glasgow, Scotland
Jun 13 - Bowery Ballroom, NYC
Jun 16 - Bonnaroo Festival Manchester, Tennessee

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Vieux Farka Toure - 2007 Tour Dates

Vieux Farka Toure, son of Ali Farka Toure, is leaving Mali again to tour North America this summer. He hits Grace Plaza in NYC on July 24 (Grace Plaza??), and he's at Newport Towers in Jersey City the day before (Newport Towers???). All tour dates below.....

Vieux Farka Toure - 2007 Tour Dates
07/12 - Chicago, IL Millenium Park
07/13 - Madison, WI Fete du Marquette
07/15 - Chicago, IL Old Town School of Folk Music Festival
07/16 - Saratoga, CA Villla Montalvo
07/18 - Montreal, QC, CANADA La Tulipe, 4530 Papineau
07/19 - Trumansburg, NY Grassroots Festival
07/20 - Detroit, MI Detroit Institute of the Arts
07/21 - East Meredith, NY West Kortright Center
07/23 - Jersey City, NJ Newport Towers
07/24 - New York, NY Grace Plaza
07/25 - Boston, MA Museum of Fine Arts
07/26 - Rockland, ME Strand Theater
07/29 - Guelph, ON, CANADA Hillside Festival
08/03 - Providence, RI Providence Parks
08/08 - Los Angeles, CA Amoeba Records
08/09 - Los Angeles, CA Skirball Center
08/10 - Los Angeles, CA Grand Performances
08/10 - Los Angeles, CA TempleBar
08/11 - Edmonton, AB, CANADA Edmonton Folk Festiva
08/12 - Edmonton, AB, CANADA Edmonton Folk Festival
08/18 - Horseshoe, NC ONE WORLD InnerNational Music Celebration
08/19 - Bristol, TN Mountain Stage - live radio
10/29 - Columbus, OH Wexner Center
11/01 - Aspen, CO Wheeler Opera House
11/02 - Boulder, CO Boulder Theater
11/04 - San Francisco, CA SF Jazz Fest
11/07 - Knoxville, TN Bijou Room or Tennessee Theater
11/08 - Washington, DC Lisner Auditorium
11/10 - Ithaca, NY State Theatre

In August 2007, New York City based Modiba Productions will release Vieux Farka Touré Remixed: UFOs Over Bamako. A stalwart follow-up to his self-titled U.S. debut album (2/13/2007), Vieux Farka Touré collaborates with a select team of top producers presenting brilliant illustrations of his signature North African Sahara Desert blues. The family of remixers include Cheb i Sabbah, Karsh Kale, Nickodemus and several other ingenious contributors. Unlike the majority of remix records, Vieux Farka Touré Remixed: UFOs Over Bamako is a classic, fully realized album all on its own. An absolute standout contemporary interpretation of age-old Malian rhythms and melodies, Vieux Remixed is an eclectic mix of big-beat dance floor crushers, hip-hop infused funk tracks, trancey breaks and dubbed-out electronica.

Produced by Global Beat Fusion author, New York City based journalist and disc jockey Derek Beres, Vieux Farka Touré Remixed: UFOs Over Bamako truly embraces the essence of Vieux's music, and readies it for the international dance floor. One of this year's top-selling world music albums, Vieux Farka Touré's debut features a groundbreaking recording effort by the son of internationally celebrated and Grammy Award-winning guitarist Ali Farka Touré. The release marks the only existing recordings of father and son playing together, and is the final studio material of the late Ali Farka Touré. Ali appears on two tracks, as does kora master Toumani Diabaté. Highly revered as the new voice of Malian music, Vieux Farka Touré pays homage to his father and shares his ancestral breed of desert blues with the world.

Just as the legendary Ali Farka Touré was heavily influenced by his musical surroundings, Vieux himself was exposed to music of the Western world from an early age. Growing up listening to reggae, American rock n' roll and later, dance music, Vieux's creative spirit was destined to reach far beyond the borders of Bamako. Vieux comments, "I am working to follow my father's path, but that path continues into new areas. I am of a new generation, so there are things that inspire me in today's world that I put in my music, just as he did in his time."

Modiba Productions, a music production company and record label committed to the social and economic empowerment of Africa and its Diaspora, operates in impressively innovative ways. Launching a Creative Commons remix contest and pre-releasing tracks from Vieux Farka Touré Remixed: UFOs Over Bamako to such music portals as MTV Urge and Calabash, they've utilized the emerging technological playing field to create early buzz in online and DJ communities. With an upwards of 80 submissions, two CC remixes are featured on Vieux Remixed. Modiba Productions are also the creators of "ASAP: The Afrobeat Sudan Aid Project," which has raised over $140,000 to fund humanitarian relief efforts in Darfur. 10% of the proceeds from Vieux's debut and remix albums goes directly to Bee Sago, a UNICEF-affiliated organization specializing in the manufacture and distribution of insecticide-treated mosquito nets to children and pregnant mothers in Mali to fight against the spread of malaria.

Like father, like son, Vieux Farka Touré recently worked with producer/guitarist Ry Cooder for the soundtrack of the upcoming Mike Nichols film, "Charlie Wilson's War." Ali Farka Touré's 1994 Grammy winning collaboration w/ Ry Cooder, Talking Timbuktu (World Circuit), drew much attention to his music, further exposing the acclaimed guitarist to the world. Vieux Farka Touré is set to hit the road this Summer and Fall for North American and UK band dates including a tour with Tinariwen ("Festival of the Desert Tour") and select dates with Buddy Guy and Pee Wee Ellis.

A captivating new talent audaciously carrying on the quintessential North African traditions and rhythms he discovered from his father, Vieux Farka Touré manifests a modern legend in the making, ushering in the next generation of Malian blues.

Previously
Ali Farka Toure "Savane" - most critically acclaimed album of 2006...or not + Vieux is in town - remix him

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MODEST MOUSE playing Keyspan w/ CLIPSE + 2007 Tour Dates

Modest Mouse @ Primavera in Barcelona, June 1, 2007 (CRED)

Modest Mouse was formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Wash. After years of acclaim for its independent recordings, it broke through to a mass audience with the edgy but upbeat hit single "Float On" in 2004.

Many of the band's old fans were uneasy about seeing their heroes with a hit, and the cries of "sellout" increased this year when "American Idol" contestants sang "Float On" in a music video sponsored by Ford.

His manager warned him that allowing the song to be used in that way could be a bad PR move, but Brock says he couldn't resist the opportunity.... [San Jose Mercury News]

Modest Mouse is headlining Keyspan Park in Coney Island on August 8th. Band of Horses, Love as Laughter, AND CLIPSE are opening. Tickets go on sale June 9th. All Modest Mouse tour dates below....

Modest Mouse - 2007 Tour Dates
Jun 6 - Georg Elser Halle Munich
Jun 7 - Postbahnhof Berlin
Jun 9 - Melkweg Amsterdam
Jun 10 - Batchkapp Frankfurt
Jun 11 - Live Music Hall Koln
Jun 13 - Vega Copenhagen
Jun 14 - Ancienne Belgique Brussels
Jun 16 - Greenfields Festival Interlaken/ Schweiz
Jun 17 - Nova Rock Festival
Jun 20 - Elysee Montmertre Paris
Jun 22 - Glastonburty Festival, UK
Jun 23 - Hurricane Festival Scheebel
Jun 24 - Southside Festival Neuhausen ob Eck
Jun 26 - Voxhall Aarhus
Jun 28 - Accelerator Festival Goteborg
Jun 29 - Accelerator Festival Stockholm
Jun 30 - Hove Festival Tromøy, Arendal
Aug 3 - City Market, Kansas City, MO
Aug 4 - Virgin Festival Washington, DC, Washington DC
Aug 5 - Lollapalooza Chicago, Illinois
Aug 8 - Keyspan Park, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY
Aug 11 - Summer Sonic Toyko
Aug 12 - Summer Sonic Osaka
Aug 18 - Download Festival, Mansfield, MA
Aug 25 - Download Festival, Gorge, WA
Sep 1 - Electric Picnic Ireland
Sep 2 - UK Connect Festival Argyll, Scotland

Previously
* more Modest Mouse posts
* more Clipse posts
* more Band of Horses posts

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St. Vincent - 2007 Tour Dates

DOWNLOAD: St. Vincent - Now Now (MP3)

Annie as Polyphonic Spree member, Keyspan Park, Brooklyn - Oct 2, 05 (CRED)

Everyone's favorite guest blogger Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, is playing her own headlining show at Bowery Ballroom in NYC on July 17th. Scout Niblett is opening, Annie will have a full backing band, and tickets are on sale. All tour dates below....

St. Vincent - 2007 Tour Dates
Jun 5 - The Maze Nottingham
Jun 7 - Scala with Andrew Bird London
Jul 6 - Hailey's Denton, Texas *
Jul 7 - The Parish Austin, Texas *
Jul 9 - The Parish / House of Blues New Orleans, Louisiana *
Jul 11 - The Earl Atlanta, Georgia *
Jul 13 - Local 506 Chapel Hill, North Carolina *
Jul 14 - The Rock And Roll Hotel Washington DC, Washington DC *
Jul 17 - Bowery Ballroom New York, New York *
Jul 18 - Middle East Upstairs Cambridge, Massachusetts
Jul 28 - In The Venue Salt Lake City, Utah
Jul 30 - Lamplighter Vancouver, British Columbia #
Jul 31 - Neumo's Seattle, Washington #
Aug 3 - Cafe du Nord San Francisco, California #
Sep 1 - Bumbershoot Seattle, Washington

* = w/ Scout Niblett
# = w/ Death Vessel

Her debut album Marry Me is out on Beggars Banquet July 10th.

Previously
* more St Vincent posts

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Gogol Bordello - 2007 Tour Dates

Gogol Bordello @ Pinkpop, May 27, 2007 (CRED)

Gogol Bordello always sell out (Fillmore New York at) Irving Plaza, so it makes sense that this July they're playing there two nights in a row. Tickets are on sale. All tour dates below...

Gogol Bordello - 2007 Tour Dates
Fri 06/08 - Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Sat 06/09 - Aspen, CO Belly Up Aspen
Sat 06/16 - Manchester, TN Bonnaroo Music Festival
Fri 06/22 - Pilton, UK Worthy Farm Glastonbury Festival
Sun 06/24 - Vienna, AUT Donauinselfest
Mon 06/25 - Padova, ITA Radio Sherwood Festival
Tue 06/26 - Rome, ITA Roma Villa Ada Festival
Thu 06/28 - Milan, ITA TBA
Fri 06/29 - Belfort, FRA "Les Eurockeennes de Belfort"
Sat 06/30 - Zerajanin, SER Roadfest
Sun 07/01 - Gothenburg, SWE Pier Pressure Festival
Wed 07/04 - Cesky Brod, CZE Rock For People
Fri 07/06 - Turku, FIN Ruisrock Festival
Sat 07/07 - Kinross, UK Balado T in the Paro
Sun 07/08 - Naas, IRE Punchestown Race Course Oxegen Festival
Thu 07/12 - Quebec City, QC Festival D'Ete
Fri 07/13 - Ottawa, ON Cisco Systems Ottawa Bluesfest
Sat 07/14 - Detroit, MI Majestic Theatre
Sun 07/15 - Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
Tue 07/17 - Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
Wed 07/18 - Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Thu 07/19 - Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero & Balcony Bar
Fri 07/20 - New York, NY Fillmore New York At Irving Plaza
Sat 07/21 - New York, NY Fillmore New York At Irving Plaza
Wed 07/25 - Targu Mures, ROM Fel Sziget
Thu 07/26 - Ostersund, SWE Storsjoyran Festival
Fri 07/27 - Trondheim, NOR Storas Festival
Sun 07/29 - Nyon, SWI Paleo Festival
Thu 08/09 - Oslo, NOR Middelalderparken Oyafestivalen
Fri 08/10 - Budapest, HUN Sziget Fest
Sat 08/11 - Zofingen, SWI Heitere Festival
Sun 08/12 - Rothenburg, GER Taubertal Open Air Festival
Fri 08/17 - Gampel, SWI Open Air Gampel
Fri 08/24 - Reading, UK Richfield Avenue Reading Festival
Sat 08/25 - Leeds, UK Bramham Park Leeds Festival
Sun 09/02 - Vancouver, BC Richard's On Richards

Previously
* More Gogol Bordello tour dates

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June 4, 2007

Stormy Monday

Ra Ra Riot's John Pike @ Pianos, NYC - May 24, 2006

* Free Black Keys EP for download
* New Dizzee Rascal tracks at (Music Is my) Occupation
* Dizzee Rascal interviewed by the Observer
* VIDEO: Sarah Silverman dissing Paris Hilton @ MTV Movie Awards
* VIDEO: Ricky Gervais on David Letterman - May 2007
* Jose Gonzalez interviewed by Muzzle of Bees
* Indy Jazz Fest ditches Ticketmaster
* RIP John Pike of Ra Ra Riot

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Largehearted Boy's Interesting CD Releases This Week

I am usually not a fan of compilations or career retrospectives, but the Afghan Whigs': Unbreakable: A Retrospective 1990-2006 is my most anticipated release of the week. Hands down, the Afghan Whigs are the most dynamic live bad I have ever seen, and I am first in line to pick up any Greg Dulli-related release.

Other releases I can strongly recommend this week include Architecture in Helsinki's single Heart It Races (single), Carina Round's Slow Motion Addict, Get Him Eat Him's Arms Down, Hallelujah the Hills' Collective Psychosis Begone, Long Blondes' Someone To Drive You Home, The Ladybug Transistor's Can't Wait Another Day, Moviola's Dead Knowledge, Pelican's City of Echoes, and Pissed Jeans' Hope for the Men.

Plenty of reissues are out this week, including the Pretenders' Get Close and Learning to Crawl (both remastered), David Bowie's The Best Of 1980-1987 and Young Americans (both remastered), and the Beach Boys' Live at Knebworth.

What new releases can you recommend this week?

This week's interesting CD releases:

Afhan Whigs: Unbreakable: A Retrospective 1990-2006 [cd]
Amandine: Solace In Sore Hands [cd]
Architecture in Helsinki: Heart It Races (single) [cd]
Avalanches: Ski Surfin' [cd]
Band of Bees: Octopus [cd]
Beach Boys: Live at Knebworth (reissue) [cd]
Big & Rich: Between Raising Hell And Amazing Grace [cd]
Bonde do Role: With Lasers [cd]
Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band: Live In Dublin [cd]
Carina Round: Slow Motion Addict [cd]
The Cinematic Orchestra: Ma Fleur [cd]
Chris Cornell: Carry On [cd]
The Clash: The Singles [cd]
Dalek: Purge of Dissidents (with DVD) [cd]
Daniel Higgs: Atomic Yggdrasil Tarot [cd]
Dappled Cities: Granddance [cd]
David Bowie: The Best Of 1980-1987 (remastered with bonus disc) [cd]
David Bowie: Young Americans (remastered with bonus disc) [cd]
Devin Townshend: Presents: Ziltoid the Omniscient [cd]
Dickies: Dawn if the Dickies (remastered import) [cd]
Dizzee Rascal: Maths + English (download only) [cd]
Foundry Field Recordings: Fallout Stations EP [cd]
Get Him Eat Him: Arms Down [cd]
Girlyman: Joyful Sign [cd]
Hallelujah the Hills: Collective Psychosis Begone [cd]
A Hawk and a Hacksaw: A Hawk and a Hacksaw and The Hun Hangar Ensemble [cd]
Jay Dilla: Jay Love Japan [cd]
Judee Sill: Live in London: The BBC Recordings 1972-1973 [cd]
Junior Boys: So This Is Goodbye [cd]
The Ladybug Transistor: Can't Wait Another Day [cd]
Long Blondes: Someone To Drive You Home [cd]
Marilyn Manson: Eat Me, Drink Me [cd]
matt pond PA: If You Want Blood [cd]
Matthew Dear: Asa Breed [cd]
Moviola: Dead Knowledge [cd]
My Teenage Stride: Ears Like Golden Bats [cd]
O.A.R.: Live From Madison Square Garden [cd]
Paul McCartney: Memory Almost Full [cd]
Pelican: City of Echoes [cd]
Pipettes: Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me (single) [cd]
Pissed Jeans: Hope for Men [cd]
Poison: POISON'D! [cd]
The Police: The Police (remastered wity bonus disc) [cd]
Porter Wagoner: Wagonmaster [cd]

Pretenders: Get Close (remastered) [cd]
Pretenders: Learning to Crawl (remastered) [cd]
Rihanna: Good Girl Gone Bad [cd]
RJD2: Third Hand (instrumental) [cd]
Sean Na-Na: Family Trees Or: Cope We Must [cd]
Shellac: Excellent Italian Greyhound [cd]
Stewart Copeland: The Rhythmatist (remastered) [cd]
Sun Ra: Strange Strings [cd]
They Shoot Horses Don't They?: Pick Up Sticks [cd]
Tom Petty: Highway Companion [cd]
Various Artists: Anchored in Love: A Tribute To June Carter Cash [cd]
Various Artists: ...And Christmas for All! The Holiday Tribute to Metallica [cd]
Various Artists: ArtDontSleep presents From LA With Love [cd]
Various Artists: Green Day's of Christmas: The Green Day Tribute [cd]
Various Artists: Monterey Pop Festival [cd]
Various Artists: Mute Audio Documents (import box set) [cd]
Various Artists: Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Green Day [cd]
Various Artists: Warped Tour: 2007 Tour Compilation [cd]
The View: Hats off to the Buskers [cd]

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June 3, 2007

Happy Sunday

* Wilco's Sky Blue Sky = Volkwsagon commercial soundtrack
* Paris Hilton dropped from record label. awww
* It was cold at San Francisco Arcade Fire show
* The Jones Beach summer concert schedule
* The PNC Bank Arts Center summer concert schedule
* Free River To River NYC concert schedule
* Josh Homme Slams Ozzy, Sharon Osbourne For Ozzfest Treatment
* Ozzfest Not So Free After All: Organizers Offer VIP Ticket Plans
* Google signs EMI YouTube deal
* CBS snaps up Last.fm
* Glastonbury Unveils Full 2007 Lineup
* Bjork Stunned That People Still Talk About Oscars Swan Dress
* Sharpton pitches rap cleanup in Detroit
* Courtney Love makes live return

Has anyone seen one of the Wilco Volkswagen commercials?

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