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June 29, 2007

SLINT cancels one of two NYC shows

First Morrissey, and now Slint....

Slint will no longer be playing the July 18th Don’t Look Back concert date at Webster Hall. Fear not, all tickets for that show can be swapped out for spots on the 17th, when they will still be performing Spiderland in its entirety.

Poor Slint.

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Morrissey cancels Saturday's NYC show @ MSG

Just a few posts ago I said I hoped Morrissey was able to play his show in NYC this weekend, and now...

Morrissey's concert at Madison Square Garden scheduled for tomorrow night the 30th of June has postponed due to illness.

The singer was taken ill earlier this week 7 songs into his performance in Boston which forced the postponement of that show as well as shows in Northampton, Mass and Philadelphia.

The artist's representatives are currently in the process of working on securing rescheduled dates and hope to make an announcement on Monday July 2nd. In the meantime Morrissey's performance July 6th at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel NJ is to proceed as planned.

That really sucks.

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CYHSY, BLOC PARTY, BLONDE REDHEAD Tickets & Tour Dates

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's show at Gramercy Theatre sold out quickly. Bloc Party's show at the WaMu is on sale. Blonde Redhead is playing a free show at McCarren Pool this summer, and now tickets are also on sale for a show by them in NJ on September 22nd.

All Blonde Redhead tour dates & stuff, below...

Blonde Redhead speak

Blonde Redhead - 2007 Tour Dates
Jun 29 - Vera Groningen
Jun 30 - Werchter Festival Werchter
Jul 2 - Melkweg Amsterdam
Jul 3 - Modern Museum Istanbul
Jul 5 - Hanger 11 Tel Aviv
Jul 6 - Barbi Club Tel Aviv
Jul 23 - Hi Fi Bar Melbourne
Jul 24 - The Metro Sydney
Jul 27 - Naeba Ski Resort-Red Marquee Stage Niigata
Aug 3 - Grant Park Chicago, Illinois
Aug 4 - House of Blues Cleveland, Ohio
Aug 5 - McCarren Park Pool Brooklyn, New York
Aug 7 - Fillmore @ Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Aug 8 - Ram's Head Tavern Baltimore, Maryland
Aug 17 - House of Blues San Diego, California
Aug 18 - Sunset Junction Los Angeles, California
Aug 19 - Glasshouse Pomona, California
Sep 7 - Pearl Street Northampton, Massachusetts
Sep 8 - Parc Jean-Drapeau Osheaga Festival Montreal, Quebec
Sep 9 - Toronto Islands Park Toronto, Ontario
Sep 10 - Majestic Theater Detroit, Michigan
Sep 12 - Blue Note Columbia, Missouri
Sep 13 - Bricktown Ballroom Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Sep 21 - The Norva, Norfolk, VA
Sep 22 - Starland Ballroom., Sayreville, NJ
Sep 26 - Roxy, Boston, MA

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June 28, 2007

Wes' Weekly Hip Hop News Roundup (June 28, 2007)

DOWNLOAD: Evidence ft Termanology - 'Low IQ' (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: an 18:00 interview w/ Pharoahe Monch (MP3)

Pharoahe Monch is fronting a live band this Friday (June 29 - 11:30pm) at Highline Ballroom in NYC. Black Milk, Polyrhythm Addicts, The Cool Kids, and DJ Ready Cee are opening. It's the official launch party for Pharoahe's new album Desire, which by the way I LOVE. It's a very strong effort with excellent, soulful and cohesive production, diverse and intelligent topic matter, innovative song concepts, and it just has a whole lot of heart --> Highly recommended. Check out another review at About.com, and interviews with Pharoahe HERE and HERE. All tour dates at the end of this post

We have a pair of tickets to give away to the NYC show on Friday. Want to win them? E-mail BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL.COM (subject: Monch), and let us know who you wish we'd cover more in this weekly post. One winner will be picked Friday at Noon, and notified. If you don't win, tickets are still on sale.

50 Cent is playing the Hard Rock Cafe in NYC on July 18th. Tickets onsale @ 9am (also the presale password = MTV). Eve is playing the 19th. T.I. is playing that night too.

More Hip Hop below.....

NEWS

• Read a great write up of the Brooklyn Hip Hop Fest here, and of course pics here.
• Lauryn Hill is working on a new solo album. Lets all hold hands and pray it will be as good as her first. She plays a free show in Brooklyn on August 6th.
• Gangstarr affiliate Big Shug speaks on Hip Hop music and his place in the spectrum.
• The 6th Annual Hip Hop Congress Conference will be held in Athens, Ohio at Ohio University, July 4th – 8th, and they announched that the headlining artists will be OneBeLo, Blueprint, Tha Jacka and Invincible.
• Legend LL Cool J still hasn't gotten over his fall to irrelevance and seeks to blame as many people as he can. It would've helped if he wouldn't have stopped releasing good music over 10 years ago.
• He's still out there! Read a review of DMX's show in Columbus. He plays BB King's in NYC on July 21st.

MUSIC

• T.I. brings out the best in Jay-Z on Watch What You Say.
• NORE has teamed up with DJ Green Lantern for his Cocaine On Steroids mixtape.
• Big Shug, Talib Kweli and Pharoahe Monch freestyle on DJ Premier's 'Live From HeadQCourterz' Sirius Satellite radio show. Via Spine Magazine
• Stream (sigh) Talib Kweli's 'Hot Thing' (produced by Will.i.am) here.

VIDEO

• Prefix Magazine has a video of DJ Premier, Pete Rock and 9th Wonder being interviewed. Two legends and a rookie (in comparison)!
• Prefix also has a bunch of awesome footage from the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival, including Ghostface, Capadonna & The Theodore Unit (here), Fat Joe & Consequence (here), Boot Camp Click, Heltah Skeltah, Smif N Wessun and Sean Price (here), and Jeru the Damaja, Skillz & Large Professor (here).
• GorillaVSBear presents us with an opportunity to check out Kanye West's new video for the Daft Punk sampling 'Stronger'
• Roc-a-fella engineer and A&R Young Guru speaks on Jay-Z, Hip Hop in NYC, Kingdom Come, and more
• RealTalk sits down with Pete Rock, who says Hip Hop Radio is trash, not much good music is left, and some other things.

SHOWS
6/29 Pharoahe Monch, Black Milk @ Highline Ballroom, 11.30PM, tix

07/09 MC Hammer, Doug E Fresh, Slick Rick & MC Lyte (Old School Night) @ Wingate Field, Brooklyn, NYC (info)

7/10 Kanye West @ Mohegan Sun Arena (CT), 7pm, tix.

7/14 El-P @ Urban Outfitters (Avenue of the Americas), sponsored by WNHU 88.7 FM & Free Yr Radio, FREE

07/28 & 29 - Rock the Bells w/ Wu Tang and many others @ Randall's Island

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

07/18 50 Cent @ Hard Rock Cafe, NYC (tix)

07/19 Eve @ Hard Rock Cafe, NYC (tix)

07/19 T.I. @ Hard Rock Cafe, NYC (tix)

07/19 Arrested Development @ Von King Park (Brooklyn)

07/21 DMX @ BB King's tix.

07/25 Kurtis Blow/DJ GrandWizzard Theodore/Ralph McDaniel @ Crotona Park (Bronx)

07/31 Whodini @ Queensbridge Park (Manhattan)

08/03 Lyricist Lounge With KRS-One, Ladybug Mecca, and more @ Prospect Park Bandshell. (info)

08/06 Lauryn Hill @ Wingate Field, Brooklyn, NYC (info)

08/08 Biz Markie/DJ Lovebug starski @ Jackie Robinson Park (Manhattan)

08/09 Slick Rick/DJ Red Alert @ Marcus Garvy Park (Manhattan)

PHAROAHE MONCH - Body Baby

PHAROAHE MONCH - 2007 Tour Dates
6/29 New York, NY - Highline Ballroom
7/17 London, England - Scala
7/18 Montreux, Switzerland - Montreux Jazz Festival
7/19 Dublin, Ireland - Tripod
7/20 Galway, Ireland - GPO
7/26 Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center (Rock the Bells Tour)
7/28 New York, NY - Randall's Island (Rock the Bells Festival)
7/29 New York, NY - Randall's Island (Rock the Bells Festival)
8/02 Atlanta, GA - HiFi Buys Amphitheatre (Rock the Bells Tour)
8/03 Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (Rock the Bells Tour)
8/04 Miami, FL - Bayfront Park Amphitheatre (Rock the Bells Tour)

PHAROAHE MONCH - Desire tracklist
1 Intro
2 Free
3 Desire [ft. Showtyme]
4 Push [ft. Showtyme, Mela Machinko & Tower of Power]
5 Welcome to the Terrordome
6 What It Is
7 When the Gun Draws [ft. Mr. Porter]
8 Let's Go [ft. Mela Machinko]
9 Body Baby
10 Bar Tap [ft. Mela Machinko]
11 Hold On [ft. Erykah Badu]
12 So Good
13 Trilogy (Act I ft. Mr. Porter, Act II ft. Dwele, Act III ft. Tone)

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Amanda Palmer & Beth Ditto duet (photos & video) +++++++++ a new GOSSIP song

the new Gossip song on MySpace is whatever, but this is pretty sweet...

Amanda Palmer, Beth Ditto (& Madame), NYC - June 21, 2007 (CRED)

It was one of those nights... that leaves you wondering, "How the hell did I end up here with Amanda Palmer and Beth Ditto and Madame singing Radiohead's 'Creep' complete with ukelele?" It started with the True Colors concert... which was *amazing*... right from the beginning with the Drag Queen Rockettes (of whom I knew 4!). I also particularly enjoyed The Dresden Dolls, The Gossip, Erasure and, of course, Cyndi Lauper. Margaret Cho was a highlight, too. Chris Tuttle had told me about the after party fundraiser for LifeBeat, so, I scooted over there and got to hang with him and Joe and Madame and Trai La Trash for a few hours... good times. :) [...says lisapodak]

Unfortunately I don't have a video nearly as good as the last one I posted of Amanda doing 'Creep' by herself, but at least there's something.....

More pictures from the Radio City after-party (and the source of the last 4 photos) HERE. Beth Ditto sorta nude HERE. Backstage footage HERE.

Gossip - 2007 Tour Dates
Jun 28 - Vega Copenhagen
Jun 29 - Accelerator Stockholm
Jun 30 - Hove Festival Oslo
Jul 2 - Columbia Club Berlin
Jul 3 - Gebäude 9 Cologne
Jul 4 - Übel & Gefährlich Hamburg
Jul 5 - Super Bock Super Rock Festival Lissabon
Jul 7 - Oxegen Dublin
Jul 8 - T in the Park Glasgow
Jul 9 - Carling Academy Liverpool
Jul 11 - Rock City Nottingham
Jul 13 - Summercase Festival Madrid
Jul 14 - Summercase Festival Barcelona
Jul 15 - International Festival Manchester
Aug 24 - festival Reading
Aug 25 - festival Leeds
Aug 26 - Pride Festival Manchester
Aug 27 - Schocken Stuttgart
Aug 28 - Cookys Frankfurt
Aug 30 - Full Hit of Summer @ Arena Vienna
Aug 31 - Atomic Cafe Munich
Sep 1 - Idroscalo Rock Milano
Sep 2 - Abart Zurich
Sep 5 - Nouveau Casino Paris
Sep 7 - Academy Birmingham
Sep 8 - Academy Bristol
Sep 9 - Bestival Isle of Wight
Sep 11 - Corn Exchange Cambridge
Sep 12 - 53 Degrees Preston
Sep 13 - Forum London
Sep 14 - Forum London
Sep 15 - Dome Brighton

Previously
* VIDEOS: behind the scenes on the True Colors Tour
* VIDEO: Amanda Palmer - Radiohead's 'Creep' + DRESDEN DOLLS Tour Dates
* VIDEO: The Dresden Dolls - 'Shores of California'
* more Beth Ditto

Posted in music | tour dates | video at 3:07 PM | Comments (6)

Has anyone texted for tickets yet? + YO MAJESTY

a man ordering tickets in Central Park - date unknown

Since June 5th...

The Knitting Factory’s ticketing-by-text service is powered by the ShopText mobile commerce platform. With just a credit card, a text-enabled mobile phone and an email account, registration is simple. Whenever concertgoers see a Knitting Factory concert listing with a ShopText logo, they can purchase tickets directly from their mobile phone by simply texting the event’s unique show code to the number 467467. After checking out, the concertgoer receives a secret PIN to confirm all future purchases with a text message. Alternatively, a concertgoer can first register and create a secure ShopText account via online at www.shoptext.com. All transactions are completely secure.

So for instance, if you wanted to get tickets to one of the Meat Puppets shows, you would use the code MEAT1 or MEAT2. If you wanted to see Yo Majesty on September 27th, then you would use the code YOMAJ.

Yo Majesty played Brooklyn this past weekend...

a woman ordering tickets (front row) @ Studio B - June 22, 2007 (CRED)

More pics by Surgery below...

Yo Majesty - 2007 Tour Dates
Jul 5 - w/ DJ Funk @ The Club at Firestone Orlando, Florida
Jul 15 - @ Empty Bottle Chicago, Illinois
Aug 8 - Club Nefertiti, Gothenburg Goteborg
Aug 10 - DEBASER Slussen, Stockholms län
Aug 11 - @ Oya Festival Oslo
Sep 27 - Knitting Factory, NYC

Previously
* YO MAJESTY - 2007 Tour Dates & FREE SHOW? (+Beth Ditto)
* Yo Majesty played Brooklyn & SXSW -- get topless (NSFW) + Tour Dates

Posted in music | tour dates at 1:43 PM | Comments (12)

SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO - videos & 2007 LIVE Tour Dates

DOWNLOAD: Simian Mobile Disco - I Believe (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Go! Team – Ladyflash (Simian Mobile Disco Mix) (MP3)

Tickets are still on sale for Simian Mobile Disco's Philly (7/6) & Brooklyn (7/7) shows. These performances will be the first time Simian Mobile Disco actually plays live in the U.S.- their previous visits (SXSW, Studio B, etc) have only been to DJ. Their newest video, a live video, & tour dates below....

Simian Mobile Disco - I Believe

Simian Mobile Disco - Sleep Deprivation (Live at Brighton)

Simian Mobile Disco - 2007 Tour Dates
Jun 28 - Point Ephemere - LIVE Paris
Jun 29 - Festival les Eurockeenes - LIVE Belfort
Jun 30 - Renaissance @ Knebworth Knebworth House
Jul 06 - Pure Philadelphia PA (Making Time) LIVE
Jul 07 - Studio B Brooklyn NY (Fixed) LIVE
Jul 13 - Dour Festival - LIVE Belgium
Jul 14 - Melt Festival - LIVE Berlin
Jul 15 - Montpellier Montpellier
Jul 19 - Paradiso - LIVE Amsterdam
Jul 20 - Manumission Ibiza
Jul 22 - Benicassim - LIVE Benicassim
Jul 28 - Fuji Rock Festival - LIVE Mt Fuji
Aug 11 - Cream @ Amnesia - LIVE Ibiza
Aug 25 - Creamfields Liverpool
Sep 01 - Electric Picnic Festival - LIVE Stradbally, Laois
Sep 16 - La Sala Rossa Montreal PQ
Sep 17 - The Mod Club Toronto ON
Sep 18 - Empty Bottle Chicago IL
Sep 21 - Mezzanine San Francisco CA w/ Dave P & JDH
Sep 22 - Echoplex Los Angeles CA w/ Boys Noize

Previously
* Simian Mobile Disco - MP3s & 2007 Tour Dates (NYC, SXSW)
* more Simian Mobile Disco stuff

Posted in MP3 | dance | music | tour dates | video at 1:04 PM | Comments (1)

Joan as Policewoman - 2007 Tour Dates (Bowery!)

Speaking of Joans and people playing Bowery for the first time....

JAPW at the Bowery Ballroom!!!

Hi Everyone. So, Reel Life FINALLY came out in the US! It's crazy how long that took. Anyway, we're all really excited about it and have decided that a celebration is in order. On August 7th Joan As Police Woman will play our first headlining show in NYC in a while, at the Bowery Ballroom, can you come? You can buy tickets here. hope to see you there
xo
[Joan]

All tour dates below...

Joan as Policewoman - 2007 Tour Dates
Jun 28 - Peace And Love Festival Borlange
Jun 29 - Rock Werchter Werchter
Jun 30 - Les Nuits de Fourviere Lyon
Jul 1 - Radar Live (solar beach) Istanbul
Jul 3 - Opera of Rennes - Theatre du Vieux St Etienne Rennes
Jul 5 - Vicar Street Dublin
Jul 6 - Wye Fayre - Ashford UK Ashford
Jul 8 - Vera Groningen Groningen Netherlands
Jul 11 - Live on BBC London 94.9 London, UK
Jul 11 - Shepherds Bush Empire, London, UK + support from LONEY DEAR and ANDREW BIRD ! London, London and South East
Jul 13 - Concorde 2 Brighton
Jul 14 - Latitude Festival - UK ipswich
Jul 15 - Letterkenney - Earagail Arts Centre - Donegal Donegal
Jul 17 - Mercati Generali - Catania catania
Jul 18 - Pico Castle Courtyard - Mirandola Modena
Jul 19 - Nuvolari Festival - Cueno Cueno
Jul 20 - Sesto Fiorentino- Area Osmannoro - SUD Italy Sesto Fiorentino - Area Osmannoro SUD
Jul 31 - Schubas Chicago, Illinois
Aug 7 - Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
Aug 9 - IOTA Club & Cafe Arlington, Virginia
Aug 10 - Tin Angel Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sep 3 - Northwest Court Stage Seattle, Washington
Sep 4 - Doug Fir Lounge Portland, Oregon
Sep 5 - Sam Bond's Garage Eugene, OR
Sep 6 - Cafe du Nord San Francisco, California
Sep 7 - Spaceland Los Angeles, CA
Sep 8 - Casbah San Diego, California
Sep 15 - End Of The Road Festival - UK Salsbury

Previously
* more Joan as Policewoman

Posted in music | tour dates at 11:57 AM | Comments (2)

Spice Girls reunite!

ha!...

Did they really compare themselves to the Rolling Stones?

Spice Girls tour dates:
Los Angeles – December 7
Las Vegas – December 8
New York – December 11
London – December 15
Koln – December 20
Madrid – December 23
Beijing – January 10
Hong Kong – January 12
Sydney – January 17
Cape Town – January 20
Buenos Aires – January 24

Previously
* the latest David Lee Roth Spice Girls reunion rumors

Posted in music | tour dates at 11:35 AM | Comments (30)

June 27, 2007

Meat Puppets - 2007 Tour Dates (2 NYC shows)

First SXSW, and now Chris & Kurt Kirkwood are touring together again as The Meat Puppets - for the first time in eleven years. Tickets are on sale for two NYC shows at Knitting Factory in August - the 29th & 30th. All tour dates below...

Meat Puppets - 2007 Tour Dates
Sat Jul 21 - Isle Of Palms, SC The Windjammer
Fri Aug 24 - Denton, TX Rubber Gloves
Sat Aug 25 - Oklahoma City, OK Bricktown Ballroom
Sun Aug 26 - Kansas City, MO The Record Bar Hearers
Mon Aug 27 - Louisville, KY Headliners Music Hall
Tue Aug 28 - Millvale, PA Mr. Small's Theater
Wed Aug 29 - New York, NY Knitting Factory
Thu Aug 30 - New York, NY Knitting Factory
Sat Sep 1 - Turin, NY Snow Ridge Ski Area
Sat Sep 1 - Turin, NY Snow Ridge Ski Area
Sun Sep 2 - South Burlington, VT Higher Ground Showcase
Wed Sep 5 - Northampton, MA Pearl Street: downstairs
Thu Sep 6 - Cambridge, MA Middle East Club Downstairs
Fri Sep 7 - Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live Downstairs
Sun Sep 9 - Washington, DC Black Cat
Mon Sep 10 - Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
Wed Sep 12 - Atlanta, GA The Earl
Thu Sep 13 - Asheville, NC The Orange Peel
Fri Sep 14 - Birmingham, AL Zydeco
Sat Sep 15 - New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks

Posted in music | tour dates at 6:55 PM | Comments (17)

JOHN VANDERSLICE & CLOUD CULT finally playing Bowery! +++++++++ 2007 Tour Dates

...but not together...

It's always a big deal for a band to play the Bowery Ballroom in NYC - either because it means they're starting to "get big", or because they're already big and they want to make some noise. It's also a great place to play - good sound, good sight lines, big enough to be comfortable in, but small enough to still feel like a small-venue-show.

Then there are the bands who seem "big", but never seem to break out of the smaller Mercury Lounge-Maxwell's-Southpaw-Knitting Factory thing. The only time they ever play somewhere as big at Bowery is when they're opening. Take touring-machine John Vanderslice for instance. He opened for Spoon at Bowery in 2002, and then again for Beulah in 2003. Tour after tour John comes back to NYC - always with someone good, but when headlining, it's always at the smaller venues - never at Bowery.

John's most recent touring partner St. Vincent already announced a headlining show at Bowery, and I think it goes without saying that his 2004 opener Sufjan Stevens went on to play a few bigger shows.

Well, FINALLY it's John's turn - Tickets go on sale Friday for John Vanderslice @ Bowery Ballroom on September 26th. And finally it's also Cloud Cult's turn - same phenomena, and now the same venue in the same month - tickets also go on sale Friday for Cloud Cult's show on September 8th.

All John Vanderslice and Cloud Cult tour dates below....

John Vanderslice - 2007 Tour Dates *
9/6 Los Angeles CA @ Troubadour
9/7 San Diego CA @ The Casbah
9/8 Phoenix AZ @ Modified
9/9 Tucson AZ @ Plush
9/11 Austin TX @ The Parish
9/12 Norman OK @ The Opolis
9/14 Dallas TX @ The Loft
9/15 Baton Rouge LA @ Spanish Moon
9/17 Orlando FL @ The Social
9/18 St. Augustine FL @ Café Eleven
9/19 Tallahassee FL @ Club Downunder
9/20 Atlanta GA @ The Earl
9/21 Chapel Hill NC @ Duke Coffeehouse
9/24 Philadelphia PA @ Johnny Brenda's
9/26 New York NY @ Bowery Ballroom
9/27 Cambridge MA @ The Middle East
9/28 Cambridge MA @ The Middle East
10/1 Toronto ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
10/2 Ann Arbor MI @ The Blind Pig
10/3 Cleveland OH @ The Grog Shop
10/4 Athens OH @ Ohio University, Baker Theatre
10/5 Bloomington IN @ The John Waldron Art's Center
10/6 Chicago IL @ The Empty Bottle
10/9 Omaha NE @ The Waiting Room
10/12 Provo UT @ Velour
10/11 Denver CO @ The Hi-Dive
10/13 Salt Lake City UT @ Kilby Court
10/15 Vancouver BC @ The Red Room
10/18 Portland OR @ The Doug Fir
10/20 San Francisco CA @ The Independent

* feat. David Douglas, Ian Bjornstad, Daniel Hart, and Dave Willingham

John is also playing the Capitol Hill Block Party in Seattle on July 28th.

Cloud Cult

Cloud Cult - 2007 Tour Dates
06/27/07 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle (TIX)
06/28/07 Manitowoc, WI University Of Wisconsin
06/29/07 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue (TIX)
08/17/07 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
08/18/07 Seattle, WA KEXP Benefit
09/08/07 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
09/15/07 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre Monolith Festival
11/20/07 Brookings, SD South Dakota State University

Previously
* more Cloud Cult
* more Vanderslice

Posted in music | tour dates at 6:06 PM | Comments (5)

H.R. performing solo @ Highline Ballroom in NYC...

...w/ Eek-A-Mouse & Dub Agents on July 22, 2007. I wouldn't expect much, but tickets are on sale if you are so inclined. Pictures of Bad Brains' recent boat show HERE.

Posted in music | tour dates at 4:49 PM | Comments (4)

MUM - updated 2007 Tour Dates + ICELAND AIRWAVES

As previously mentioned in an Iceland post and a "Tickets on sale" post, Mum are playing some shows. Mum are also playing the 2007 Iceland Airwaves Festival (October 17 - 21, 2007).

Since the first show held in 1999 (in an airplane hangar), Iceland Airwaves has become one of the premier showcases for new music – Icelandic and otherwise – in the world. It's been called "the most innovative music festival since CMJ" and "as responsible for all of Reykjavík's recent positive press as Björk herself".

Best Fwends, !!!, Annuals, Bloc Party, Bonde Do Role, Chromeo, Of Montreal, Ra Ra Riot, and others are also playing. Reyka Vodka is offering the chance to win a trip over there. The latest set of MUM tour dates below....

Mum - 2007 Tour Dates
Jul 17 - a Mar De Músicas Festival Cartagena, Murcia
Jul 24 - Synch Festival Athens
Jul 28 - Afisha Festival Moscow
Oct 23 - Belly up Tavern Solana Beach, California
Oct 24 - Orpheum theater Los Angeles, California
Oct 25 - The Grand San Fransisco, California
Oct 26 - Crystal Ballroom Portland, Oregon
Oct 27 - Nuemo's Crystall Ball Reading Room Seattle, Washington
Oct 30 - Gothic Theater Englewood, Colorado
Oct 31 - Granada Theater Lawrence, Kansas
Nov 1 - Logan Square Auditorium Chicago, Illinois
Nov 2 - Opera House Toronto
Nov 3 - Théâtre National Montreal
Nov 4 - Somerville Theater Somerville, Massachusetts
Nov 6 - Roxy Theater Atlanta, Georgia
Nov 7 - Sixth & I Synagogue DC, Washington DC
Nov 8 - Theater of the Living Arts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nov 9 - The Wordless Music Series at St. Paul the Apostle NYC, New York
Nov 10 - The Wordless Music Series at New York Society for Ethical Culture NYC, New York

Previously
* What is up with Iceland?

Posted in music | tour dates | video at 3:28 PM | Comments (3)

MODEST MOUSE moving to McCarren Pool + WIN tix to MUSE

Dad, what the hell?

Kid 4077 - otherwise known as Nile Marr, the 15-year-old son of Smiths legend Johnny Marr - took to the stage at Bar Amp in Sale for his first live solo performance. Meanwhile his dad's latest band Modest Mouse - who performed at Manchester's Ritz earlier this week - were performing in Barcelona.

Modest teenager Nile has said he is influenced more by Modest Mouse than by The Smiths because they were before his time. [Manchester Evening News - June 2, 2007]

I have bad news for those hoping to see Modest Mouse & Clipse on August 8th. Better yet - I have bad news for those who didn't get tickets to see Beastie Boys at Summerstage because they thought they were seeing Modest Mouse with Band of Horses in Keyspan Park. The August 8th show has been postponed exactly one month, and moved: Modest Mouse is now playing McCarren Pool on September 8th. Love as Laughter are still opening, but Band of Horses and Clipse are up in the air.

Now Band of Horses' only upcoming NYC date is the Hiro Ballroom thing (where Ryan Adams played last night).

Muse is still playing MSG on August 6th. Want to win a pair of tickets? E-mail BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL.COM (subject: MUSE), and tell me if I should finish posting Andrew's Bonnaroo coverage now that Bonnaroo was so long ago. One winner will be picked at ramdom, and contacted, on Monday July 2nd, 2007. Your email will not be shared with anyone.

Posted in Contests | music | tour dates at 6:16 AM | Comments (40)

Okkervil River & Shearwater - 2007 Tour Dates, MP3s

DOWNLOAD: Okkervil River - Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe (MP3) (NEW!)
DOWNLOAD: Shearwater - White Waves (MP3)

Tickets are on sale for Okkervil River's show with Damien Jurado at Webster Hall in NYC on September 28th.

Also don't forget that Shearwater are playing a free show at Castle Clinton on July 5th (Hard tickets will be distributed two per person, outside Castle Clinton on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 5:00pm on the day of the show) - that's one day after New Pornographers and Midlake (who are also playing Webster Hall), and one day before Britta Persson.

All tour dates below...

Shearwater - 2007 Tour Dates
June 28 Salt Lake City UT Kilby Court
June 30 Denver CO Larimer Lounge
July 01 Oklahoma City OK Conservatory
July 05 New York NY Castle Clinton National Monument

Okkervil River - 2007 Tour Dates
07/14 - Concord, NH - Capitol Center for the Arts w/ Lando + Ron Noyes Band
07/15 - Providence, RI - Jake's Bar and Grille
09/03 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
09/04 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
09/05 - San Francisco, CA - Independent
09/08 - Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan (MusicFest NW)
09/09 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards
09/10 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
09/13 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre
09/14 - Omaha, NE - Waiting Room
09/15 - Iowa City, IA - Picador
09/18 - Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium
09/19 - Urbana, IL - The Canopy Club (Pygmalion Festival)
09/21 - Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
09/22 - Hamilton, Ontario - Pepper Jack's Cafe
09/23 - Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa
09/24 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
09/25 - Boston, MA - Middle East
09/26 - Northampton, MA - Iron Horse
09/28 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
09/29 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
09/30 - Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
10/02 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
10/03 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt
10/06 - Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington

Okkervil River's "The Stage Names" will be available 08/07/07.

Previously
* more Okkervil River stuff
* more Shearwater stuff

Posted in MP3 | music | tour dates at 5:37 AM | Comments (6)

Qui (Jesus Lizard) - 2007 Tour Dates

In late 2006, Qui was joined by vocalist David Yow of The Jesus Lizard/Scratch Acid fame. Shortly thereafter, the trio released the single, "Today, Gestation" b/w "Freeze" on the Los Angeles-based Infrasonic Sound Recordings label. After a brief spring tour and two acclaimed performances at the South By Southwest music conference in Austin, TX, Qui partnered up with Mike Patton and Greg Werckman's Ipecac Recordings for their forthcoming full-length entitled Love's Miracle, scheduled for release on September 11, 2007. A full U.S. and European tour will immediately follow....[Ipecac]

Tickets go on sale today for Qui at Mercury Lounge on October 9th. All tour dates below...

Qui - 2007 Tour Dates
Jul. 14 - Birmingham, UK Supersonic Festival
Jul. 15 - London, UK Barfly
Jul. 22 - Los Angeles, CA Safari Sam's
Sep. 11 - Los Angeles, CA The Echo
Sep. 12 - San Francisco, CA Café Du Nord
Sep. 14 - Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
Sep. 15 - Seattle, WA The Crocodile
Sep. 16 - Vancouver, BC Plaza Club
Sep. 19 - Boise, ID Neurolux
Sep. 20 - Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
Sep. 21 - Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
Sep. 22 - Kansas City, MO Record Bar
Sep. 23 - Omaha, NE The Waiting Room
Sep. 25 - Minneapolis, MN 7th St. Entry
Sep. 26 - Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
Sep. 27 - Milwaukee, WI Mad Planet
Sep. 30 - Detroit, MI Magic Stick
Oct. 2 - Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
Oct. 3 - Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
Oct. 4 - Toronto, ON Lee's Place
Oct. 6 - Boston, MA Middle East Upstairs
Oct. 9 - New York, NY Mercury Lounge
Oct. 11 - Baltimore, MD Sonar
Oct. 14 - Chapel Hill, NC Local 506
Oct. 16 - Athens, GA 40 Watt Club
Oct. 17 - Atlanta, GA The Earl
Oct. 20 - Austin, TX Emo's JR
Oct. 21 - Denton, TX Hailey's
Oct. 25 - Tucson, AZ Club Congress
Oct. 26 - San Diego, CA Casbah

Listen at MySpace.

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WILCO played Warsaw & RYAN ADAMS played Hiro Ballroom

DOWNLOAD: Wilco - Cars Can't Escape (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Ryan Adams - Games (MP3)

I went to Wilco last night. It was a 2 hour and 20 minute set (the only show on the tour without a curfew said Jeff) by by one of the most talented bands I've had the pleasure of watching so up-close in a while (I mean Bad Brains was great, but Earl Hudson is no Glenn Kotche). If only our government could learn to operate a little bit more like Wilco. I say Jeff Tweedy for president.

Jeff Tweedy & Pat Sansone having guitar sex @ Warsaw - June 26, 2007 (CRED)

And Miss Modern Age saw Ryan Adams.....

Holy crap! Ryan Adams is on TOP of his game! Tonight’s show at Hiro Ballroom was nothing short of stellar. [says Miss Modern Age]

Ryan's new video for "Halloweenhead" is at Yahoo.

Wilco's set list & tour dates below....

WARSAW SET LIST
Sunken Treasure
You Are My Face
IATTBYH
Handshake Drugs
Pot Kettle Black
Side With The Seeds
A Shot in the Arm>
Wishful Thinking
Impossible Germany
Sky Blue Sky
Why Would You Wanna Live
War on War
Jesus, etc.
Theologians
*happy birthday to Matrix (the guitar tech)*
Walken
I'm The Man Who Loves You
Hummingbird
On and On and On
-----------------------------
Either Way
Ashes of American Flags
Reservations>
Spiders (Kidsmoke)
-----------------------------
Hate It Here
The Late Greats
Hoodoo Voodoo
Outta Mind (Outtasite)

Wilco - 2007 Tour Dates
JUN-28 BOSTON, MA BANK OF AMERICA PAVILION *
JUN-29 SHELBURNE, VT THE GREEN AT SHELBURNE MUSEUM *
JUN-30 TORONTO, ONT MASSEY HALL *
JUL-07 KONGSBERG, NORWAY KONGSBERG JAZZ FESTIVAL
JUL-08 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK ROSKILDE FESTIVAL
JUL-11 MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL- STRAVINSKI HALL
JUL-13 SUFFOLK, ENGLAND LATITUDE FESTIVAL
JUL-14 GLASGOW, SCOTLAND INDIAN SUMMER FESTIVAL
JUL-15 DOUR, BELGIUM DOUR FESTIVAL
JUL-17 TORINO, ITALY SPAZIO211 FESTIVAL
JUL-20 BENICASSIM, SPAIN FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE BENICASSIM
AUG-14 DULUTH, MN BAYFRONT FESTIVAL PARK +
AUG-15 WINNIPEG, MAN BURTON CUMMINGS THEATRE +
AUG-17 CALGARY, ALB JUBILEE AUDITORIUM +
AUG-18 EDMONTON, ALB JUBILEE AUDITORIUM +
AUG-20 VANCOUVER, BC MALKIN BOWL JUN-27 +
AUG-21 SEATTLE, WA MARYMOOR PARK +
AUG-22 TROUTDALE, OR EDGEFIELD +
AUG-24 BERKELEY, CA GREEK THEATRE +
AUG-26 SANTA BARBARA, CA COUNTY BOWL +
AUG-27 SAN DIEGO, CA SDSU OPEN AIR THEATER +
AUG-29 LOS ANGELES, CA GREEK THEATRE +
SEP-01 DENVER, CO FILLMORE AUDITORIUM
SEP-02 DENVER, CO FILLMORE AUDITROIUM
SEP-16 AUSTIN, TX AUSTIN CITY LIMITS FESTIVAL
OCT-26 - 28 NEW ORLEANS, LA VOODOO MUSIC FEST

* w/ Low
RICHARD SWIFT Supports on August Dates.

(Happy Birthday Matrix and Happy Release Day Nels Cline)

Previously
* Wilco played Hammerstein Ballroom
* WILCO - Brooklyn sale is over
* stream the new WILCO -- Brooklyn presale sold out
* Ryan Adams NYC show tix were sold this weekend
* Ryan Adams new CD is out
* Ryan Adams - more 2007 Tour Dates (Hiro Ballroom)

Posted in MP3 | music | tour dates at 5:05 AM | Comments (52)

June 26, 2007

M.I.A. & CSS playing Studio B + Tour Dates

M.I.A. is headlining Studio B in Brooklyn on July 25th - four days after her show at Siren. CSS are playing Studio B with Shout Out Out Out Out and Dirty on Purpose on August 3rd. One day before CSS plays Lollapalooza (with M.I.A.) No tickets for either yet. All tour dates below...

MIA - 2007 Tour DAtes
Jul 21 - Siren Festival Brooklyn, New York
Jul 25 - Studio B Brooklyn, New York
Jul 28 - Rickshaw Stop San Francisco, California
Aug 3 - Lollapalooza at Grant Park Chicago, Illinois
Aug 5 - V Festival Baltimore, Maryland
Aug 16 - Pukkelpop Festival Hasselt, Belgium
Aug 17 - Gloria Theater Cologne, Germany
Aug 18 - Lowlands Festival Biddinghuizen, Netherlands
Aug 21 - Nimes Arena w/Bjork Nimes, France
Aug 23 - Nimes Arena w/Bjork Nimes, France
Aug 24 - Rock En Seine Paris, France
Aug 26 - Get Loaded Festival London, England
Sep 1 - Electric Picnic Dublin, Ireland
Sep 2 - Connect Loch, Scotland
Sep 8 - V Festival Toronto, ONT, Ontario
Sep 9 - Oshega Festival Montreal, QC, Quebec
Sep 14 - Austin City Limits Festival Austin, Texas
Sep 15 - Treasure Island Music Festival San Francisco, California

CSS - 2007 Tour Dates
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 3 - Studio B, Brooklyn, NY
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

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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - 2007 Tour Dates & presale

Alec Ounsworth, the Cold War Kids, and Elvis Perkins jammed for the press at Bonnaroo....

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah just announced a whole bunch of tour dates and a presale for them. That includes September 11th @ the Gramercy Theatre in NYC. Regular on-sale Friday. All tour dates below....

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - 2007 Tour Dates
07.04.07: Lisbon, Portugal // Superbock Super Rock
07.06.07: Paris, France // Nokia Trends Lab, Carrousel du Louvre
07.07.07: Evereux, France // Festival L Rock Dan Tous Ses Etats
07.08.07: Zurich, Switzerland // Rote Fabrik
07.10.07: Dusselldorf, Germany // Zakk
07.11.07: Denmark // Copenhagen Jazz Festival
07.13.07: Belgium // Dour Festival
07.14.07: England // Latitude Festival
07.15.07: Scotland // Indian Summer Festival
07.17.07: Munich, Germany // Muffahalle
07.18.07: Florence, Italy // Italia Wave Love Festival
07.20.07: France // Carhaix Festival Les Vieilles Charrues
07.21.07: France // Angouleme Festival Garden Nef Party
07.22.07: Spain // Benicassim Festival
07.25.07: Switzerland // Paleo Festival
07.29.07: Mt Fuji, Japan // Fuji Rock Festival
We're also playing here:
08.04.07: Chicago, IL // Lollapalooza
09.02.07: Ireland // Electric Picnic
09.11.07: New York, NY // Blender Theater at Gramercy
09.14.07: Monolith Festival // Red Rocks Amphitheatre
09.15.07: Austin, TX // Austin City Limits
09.16.07: San Francisco, CA // Treasure Island Music Festival
09.18.07: Los Angeles, CA // Troubador
09.19.07: Los Angeles, CA // Troubador
09.20.07: Los Angeles, CA // Troubador
09.23.07: San Diego, CA // Street Scene
09.25.07: ???, ?? // TBA
09.26.07: ???, ?? // TBA
09.28.07: Portland, OR // Roseland
09.29.07: Seattle, WA // Neumos
09.30.07: Seattle, WA // Neumos
10.04.07: Minneapolis, MN // Fine Line
10.05.07: Minneapolis, MN // 400 Bar
10.06.07: Madison, WI // The Annex

Previously
* more Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

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The Bees - 2 NYC shows (1 FREE w/ Thile & Wainwright)

Tonight's free "Living Room" concert at the World Financial Center in NYC is full of familiar names...

Martha Wainwright, Chris Thile (from Nickel Creek), Jim Campilongo, Ari Hest and The Bees come together for this unique concert of alums from The Living Room’s venerable stage. As one of NYC’s musical landmarks, the club has become a venue for the best and brightest singer/songwriters.

You've got a Wainwright, a member of Nickel Creek, a popular guitarist who is in the band The Little Willies with Norah Jones, that Ari Hest guy, and.....The Bees. The Bees (from Nashville. - not the U.K.) are pretty new to me - "pretty" new because actually one of my friends has been urging me to go see them with him for the past few weeks - if not tonight (June 26) at the free "Living Room show", then at the actual Living Room tomorrow (their only two tour dates).

Don't confuse them with the UK band with the same name who played Glastonbury this weekend, or with the actual insects, or with one of the many other bands with "bee" in their name. Their latest album "High Society" is like a soft rock (in a good way) record out of the 70's that is so pleasant, it's kind of impossible not to like. They've been compared to James Taylor, Jackson Browne, The Eagles, The Beach Boys, and Van Morrison. One of the highlights on "the album is the song "Imaginary Girl" - Music For Robots agrees. Listen at MySpace.

Posted in music | tour dates | world music at 2:56 PM | Comments (3)

Zach Galifianakis doing NYMAG event w/ BAND OF HORSES + 2007 Tour Dates

Band of Horses @ Primavera 2007 (CRED)

A whole month before Band of Horses play with Modest Mouse at Keyspan Park, they'll be doing a show at Hiro Ballroom that is also a "Bad Art Auction" with comedian Zach Galifianakis for NY Magazine's next hip event...

Buy art for a good cause. Zach Galifianakis helps us to curate a lineup of artwork that will make you wince, writhe, and wonder why its not already in your living room. Zach will take us through an evening of art that he's created, bought, found, stolen and maybe even inspired. He'll be joined by Band of Horses, at HIRO ballroom. All proceeds of the auction will go to New York Cares.

$30-includes-NY-Magazine-subscription tickets are on sale. Band of Horses tour dates below...

Band of Horses - 2007 Tour Dates
Jun 30 - Sugars Nightclub Victoria, BC
Jul 1 - Richards on Richards Vancouver
Jul 2 - The Showbox Seattle, Washington
Jul 3 - Crystal Ballroom Portland, Oregon
Jul 5 - Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California
Jul 6 - Canes San Diego, California
Jul 7 - Hollywood Bowl (opening for Decemberists) Los Angeles, California
Jul 10 - Hiro Ballroom, NY, NY (ny mag thing)
Aug 1 - Red Rocks Amphitheater (w/ Modest Mouse) Morrison, Colorado
Aug 3 - City Market (with Modest Mouse) Kansas City, Missouri
Aug 5 - Diesel Club Lounge Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Aug 8 - Keyspan Park (w/ Modest Mouse, Clipse, Love As Laughter) Coney Island, New York
Aug 10 - La Sala Rosa Montreal, QC
Aug 11 - Lees Palace Toronto, ON
Aug 13 - Magic Stick Detroit, Michigan
Aug 15 - LC Amphitheatre (w/ Modest Mouse) Columbus, Ohio
Aug 16 - Time Warner Amphitheatre (w/ Modest Mouse) Cleveland, Ohio
Aug 17 - Pines Amphitheater (w/ Modest Mouse) Northhampton, Massachusetts
Aug 18 - Tweeter Center for Performing Arts (w/ Modest Mouse) Mansfield, Massachusetts
Aug 19 - Festival Pier (w/ Modest Mouse) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Aug 21 - Louisville Gardens (w/ Modest Mouse) Louisville, Kentucky
Aug 22 - Ryman Auditorium (w/ Modest Mouse) Nashville, Tennessee
Sep 2 - Alpine Music Theater East Troy, Wisconsin

Previously
* Daniel Johnston's private show & the Man Man vegan dinner
* vegan MAN MAN tonight (tix) -- Bad Art Auction in June
* MAN MAN vegan dinner w/ ISA CHANDRA & NY Magazine
* Of Montreal karaoke

Posted in comedy | music | tour dates at 1:43 PM | Comments (21)

Paul McCartney playing Amoeba Music in LA

Jack did it in NY. Jack did it in LA. Paul did it in NY. Now Paul's doing it in LA. Is Jack better than Paul, or is Paul better than Jack? Do you prefer your caffeine from Starbucks or Coke? Just kidding. (thx tm).

Posted in music | tour dates at 11:27 AM | Comments (1)

Beastie Boys "Gala Event" shows added

Beastie Boys playing a 'Gala Event' in Cologne - June 23, 2007 (CRED)

'The Mix Up' is out today. In other news, I assume that the Beastie Boys show I originally thought was going to be "early July" is actually in "early August". It's also not that small....

A limited number of Gala Event shows will be going on sale this week with more to be announced very soon.

August 10th - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
Beastie Boys - A Gala Event - Exclusive Instrumental Show
Exclusive Presale Starts Friday, June 29th at 10am (local time) here:
www.ticketmaster.com/artist/702455
Password: MIXUP
Tickets go on sale to the public Saturday, June 30th at 10am (local time) here:
www.ticketmaster.com/artist/702455

August 17th - Denver, CO - Fillmore
Beastie Boys - A Gala Event - Exclusive Instrumental Show
Exclusive Presale Starts Friday, June 29th at 10am (local time) here:
www.ticketmaster.com/artist/702455
Password: MIXUP
Tickets go on sale to the public Saturday, June 30th at 10am (local time) here:
www.ticketmaster.com/artist/702455

August 20th - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theater
Exclusive Presale Starts Thursday, June 28th at 10am (local time) here:
www.ticketmaster.com/artist/702455
Password: MIXUP
Tickets go on sale to the public Saturday, June 30th at 10am (local time) here:
www.ticketmaster.com/artist/702455

August 24th - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
Beastie Boys - A Gala Event - Exclusive Instrumental Show
Exclusive Presale Starts Friday, June 29th at 10am (local time) here:
www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C003ED2B386AF46
Password: MIXUP
Tickets go on sale to the public Sunday, July 1st at 10am (local time) here:
www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C003ED2B386AF46

As described before these will be in smaller spots, more exclusive, more intimate. this will be more like quality time, our time, just you and the band sitting by a fire on a tropical beach late at night being serenaded with love songs. these shows are for people that are into our weird stuff. Some songs will have vocals, others will be instrumental. Already here in Europe, people have called us liars for playing songs with vocals during our so called "instrumental" shows, so be it. We lie and are proud of it. Anyways, if you'd like to come to one of these shows, then dress to impress, wear a suit, a tie, a dress, your granma's broach or whatever you feel good in... BUT PLEASE leave your cargo shorts, birkenstocks and t-shirts at home, this is not that kind of party.

ALSO:

US Preferred Seating Code - Order "The Mix-Up" From iTunes on Tuesday!
Purchase the new album from iTunes and gain access to preferred seating for their soon to be sold out summer US tour!

The Summer US Tour is not to be missed. Most cities will host multiple night stands that include the classic Beastie Boys set that fans have reveled in for years, as well as "Gala Events," exclusive instrumental shows that feature the full band performing songs from "The Mix-Up" as well as reworked versions of catalog favorites.

Purchase The Mix-Up from iTunes, and receive a code that gives you access to preferred seating for the upcoming tour dates, INCLUDING THE SHOWS THAT HAVE ALREADY SOLD OUT!!! Special blocks of tickets have been set aside specifically for this promotion.

You must act quickly in order to qualify for this promotion. Offer expires July 3rd.

Please note: Tickets for this promotion are limited. Purchasing the album through iTunes does not guarantee tickets.

Previously
* STREAM: (the new) BEASTIE BOYS (album) - 'The Mix Up'
* BEASTIE BOYS - 2007 Tour Dates (McCarren & Summerstage)

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June 25, 2007

Editors - 2007 Tour Dates & presale

Editors (now with hair) @ Glastonbury 2007 (CRED)

EDITORS ' new album 'An End Has A Start' is out today in the UK on Kitchenware/Sony BMG, and comes out in the US on July 17th on Epic/FADER Label/Kitchenware. This past weekend the band played Glastonbury, and in September they'll tour the U.S. again.

Tickets go on presale this Tuesday @ 10am. The show in NYC is at Webster Hall on September 7th. All tour dates below....

Editors - 2007 Tour Dates
9/4 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
9/6 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
9/7 - NY, NY - Webster Hall
9/8 - Montreal, QC - Osheaga Festival
9/9 - Toronto, ON - Virgin Festival
9/11 - Chicago, IL - Park West
9/12 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe
9/14 - Denver, CO - Monolith Festival
9/15 - Salt Lake City, UT - Club Sound
9/17 - Vancouver, BC - Richard's On Richards
9/18 - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
9/19 - Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan
9/20 - San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
9/23 - San Diego, CA - Streetscene
9/24 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern

"EDITORS will also be doing a special outdoor performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday, July 26th, which will air on ABC that evening at 12:00am (11:00pm central)."

"On Tuesday, June 26th, EDITORS are releasing 'Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors' as the first US single, with B-sides 'An Eye For An Eye' and 'The Picture'. Also available on Tuesday on iTunes, EDITORS"

Previously
* more Editors posts

Posted in music | tour dates at 5:15 PM | Comments (19)

Tokyo Police Club add 2nd NYC show + played Glasto

Tokyo Police Club @ Glastonbury 2007 (CRED)

Fresh off an appearance at the 2007 Glastonbury Festival, Tokyo Police Club have added a 2nd show at Bowery Ballroom in August.

some of TPC's 2007 Tour Dates
8/10 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY (SOLD OUT)
8/11 - Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ (SOLD OUT)
8/12 - Middle East Downstairs Cambridge, MA
8/13 - Bowery Ballroom New York, NY (NEW)

Tickets will probably go on sale Wednesday? More tour dates & a new TPC video HERE. An interview with TPC HERE, and even more TPC HERE. Bloc Party @ Glastonbury HERE, and more pics from Glastobury HERE.

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Bloc Party playing Theater @ MSG - Fall Tour after ACL?

DOWNLOAD: Smoosh - This Modern Love (Bloc Party cover) (MP3) (VIA)

Bloc Party @ Glastonbury 2007 (CRED)

Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke has a secret confession to his army of supporters - he doesn't like music festivals because they remind him of when he was at school. The British rocker's band performed at the Glastonbury festival yesterday, and will be headlining a number of shows around Europe and America over the summer.

But he doesn't find the experience being backstage at festivals very enjoyable.

He says: "It's like being at a school reunion with people you know the faces of but don't really know at all." [Starpulse]

Bloc Party had to cancel last time they were supposed to play the Theater at Madison Square Garden in NYC. They try it again on October 3rd - not long after they play Austin City Limits & a show in Toronto. A fan club presale starts Tuesday. More dates surely TBA soon. All known dates below....

Bloc Party - 2007 Tour Dates
Fri 06/29 - Werchter, BEL Rock Werchter Festival
Sat 06/30 - Saint Gallen, SWI Open Air St. Gallen
Sun 07/01 - Gdynia, POL Heineken Open'er Festival
Tue 07/03 - Lisbon, POR Parque Tejo "Super Bock Super Rock Festival"
Fri 07/06 - Kinross, UK Balado T in the Park
Sat 07/07 - London, UK Wembley Stadium Live Earth
Sun 07/08 - Naas, IRE Punchestown Race Course Oxegen Festival
Fri 08/03 - Melbourne, AUS Festival Hall
Sat 08/04 - Moore Park, AUS Hordern Pavilion
Wed 08/08 - Auckland, NZ St. James Theatre
Sat 08/11 - Osaka, JPN Maeshima Summer Sonic
Sun 08/12 - Tokyo, JPN Chiba Marine Stadium
Sat 08/25 - Reading, UK Richfield Avenue Reading Festival
Sun 08/26 - Leeds, UK Bramham Park Leeds Festival
Sun 09/16 - Austin, TX Zilker Park Austin City Limits
Fri 09/28 - Toronto, ONT - Ricoh Coliseum
Wed 10/03 - New York, NY - WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden
Wed 12/12 - Glasgow, UK S.E.C.C.
Thu 12/13 - Manchester, UK Manchester Central
Fri 12/14 - London, UK Alexandra Palace
Sat 12/15 - London, UK Alexandra Palace

(thx Blog Party)

In other news

Major artists' songs may soon be free to download, after a deal was struck between record label V2 and website we7.com.

Bands such as Bloc Party, The Rakes, Stereophonics and Cold War Kids will have their tracks available for free, thanks to advertising on the beginning of the songs.

The advertising attached to each track will ensure that the bands will receive royalties. After a period of time, users will be given the option of removing the advertisements from their downloaded tracks. [Clickmusic]

Previously
* more Bloc Party

Posted in music | tour dates at 10:43 AM | Comments (12)

Jana Hunter & Castanets gear stolen in AZ

The Castanets wrote:

Here's a message from Jana regarding yesterdays JH/Nets gear theft with some info on a Paypal account she's set up to hopefully replace some gear in the near or far future. Said information can be found at the end of the message that many of you have already read. Thanks to everyone who has sent along a kind word in the last 24 hours. It's awesome to know you all are around. Good times and living to you.

Continued below...

"This message was mailed and posted a couple days ago in various places, and i've added something at the end for those inclined to help out.

So, the story is, last night (Friday June 22) we played in tucson at solar culture.
afterward, we loaded our stuff up, went downtown, had a drink, and
went to a house to crash on the floor. en route, we damaged a door,
making it such that the door won't close and such that eventually,
before we return the vehicle to the rental company, we'll have to pay
on the order of 2 grand to replace the door.

seeing as how we had an unsecured vehicle, ray (castanets) slept in
the van. sometime during the night, some brave fuck(s) very quietly
opened the back door and took what they could carry. we assume their
were more than one of them given all the shit they managed to walk
away with. we're gathering what serial numbers we can, but in the
meantime, here's a rudimentary list:

JH gear-
fender classical guitar (ser.#9505151116)
new boss 20xl loopstation
boss reverb/delay pedal
original digitech whammy pedal
original b k butler tubedriver overdrive pedal
peavey 6 mixer (ser.#k0344300)
shure beta 98/s
custom flashlight circuit-bended thing

Castanets gear-
late 60's blue fender music master guitar
line 6 delay pedal
boss tremolo
mutron volume/wah pedal
boss tuner pedal
digitech metal master
ebow
slides/cables

all this after we had to fly our friend/drummer to the airport
yesterday morning so he could go to the hospital. pretty big bummer
all around.

since that message was sent out, a lot of kind folks have written to
ray and i asking with very kind words of sympathy and offers of help.
given that we don't expect to see our gear return to us and therefore
really could use the help, we've decided to set up a paypal account
and ask that whomoever is so inclined make a small donation to help
alleviate the costs of replacing our equipment. in order to accept
these donations, we have with the email address
mutualincarnation@gmail.com. if these folks are feeling especially
generous, we'd also ask that they donate from their bank accounts or
paypal accounts so that we can avoid paying fees on the donations.

we're in the process of assessing how much we'll need to replace our
equipment, but in the event that we receive more than we need, we
plan to pass on whatever is left over to a charity or charities.

thanks for reading,
jh"

Jana Hunter - 2007 Tour Dates
Jun 25 - Good Records In-store Dallas, Texas
Jun 25 - Rubber Gloves Denton, Texas
Jun 26 - Mohawk Place w/Pink Nasty, Macon Terry Austin, Texas
Jun 29 - The Orange Show (full band) w/Pink Nasty, Macon Terry Houston, Texas
Jul 7 - Magic Stick w/Rasputina Detroit, Michigan
Jul 8 - Abbey Pub w/Rasputina Chicago, Illinois
Jul 10 - Varsity Theater w/Rasputina Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jul 11 - Record Bar w/Rasputina Kansas City, Missouri
Jul 12 - Bluebird Theater w/Rasputina Denver, Colorado
Jul 14 - Suede w/Rasputina Park City, Utah
Jul 16 - Hawthorne Theater w/Rasputina Portland, Oregon
Jul 17 - Neumo's w/Rasputina Seattle, Washington
Jul 20 - DiverseWorks w/Kable, Hearts of Animals HTX

Posted in music | stolen gear | tour dates at 7:46 AM | Comments (2)

June 24, 2007

VIDEO: Dirty Projectors - from Washington Square Park...

DOWNLOAD: Dirty Projectors - No More (MP3)

...to Vegetarian's Paradise....

Take Way Show no55, filmed in NYC with the band Dirty Projectors.

Dirty Projectors - 2007 Tour Dates
Jun 24 - Mode Biennale Arnhem
Jun 26 - Koko London, London and South East
Jun 27 - The Hope Brighton
Jun 28 - Whelans Dublin
Jun 29 - Adelphi Club Kingston Upon Hull
Jun 30 - King Tut's Glasgow, Scotland
Jul 2 - Gramaphone London, London and South East
Jul 3 - Trabendo Paris
Jul 4 - Belluard Bollwerk International Fribourg
Jul 5 - Postbahnhof Berlin
Jul 6 - Fleche D'Or Paris
Jul 7 - Charivarue Festival Cherbourg
Jul 8 - Fleche D'Or Paris
Jul 20 - Whitney Museum of American Art New York, New York
Jul 21 - Whartscape Baltimore, Maryland

Posted in MP3 | music | tour dates | video at 11:41 PM | Comments (4)

BAD BRAINS - album stream, MP3 & free boat tix to WIN

DOWNLOAD: Bad Brains - Give Thanks and Praises (MP3)

The above MP3 is off the brand new Bad Brains album "Build a Nation" out June 26, 2007 on Megaforce, and produced by Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys ("It also represents the first studio album, outside Beastie Boys albums, to be recorded at the Beastie Boys’ Oscilloscope Laboratories and Studio compound in New York City.") You can listen to the whole new Bad Brains album at MySpace. You can listen to the whole new Beastie Boys album on BrooklynVegan.

Bad Brains are playing The School of Rock Festival in Asbury Park, NJ today (June 24). Tomorrow is their sold out NYC concert cruise aboard The Temptress. I rode the Temptress just this past Friday for the also-sold-out Weakerthans show which also the first show of the Rocks Off season. Not only were the Weakerthans great - so was the weather and the view. Here are two pictures I took off the side of the boat:

More, and larger, photos @ my Flickr.

Do you want to see Bad Brains on the boat on Monday (June 25), but don't have tickets? Now you have one more chance. I have one pair of tickets to give away, and I'm going to split that pair in half - so instead of one prize, I now have two. To win one of these two tickets Email BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL.COM (subject: Bad Brains), and let me know your favorite album of 2007 so far. Include your first and last name for guestlist. Two winners will be picked at random, and contacted. Contest ends Monday at noon - seven hours before the voyage starts boarding.

BB tour dates & stuff below....

Bad Brains - 2007 Tour Dates
6/24 -- NY School Of Rock Festival, Asbury Park NJ
6-25 -- NY Boat Ride, New York NY
7/29 -- The Rogers Picnic, Toronto CANADA
8/05 -- Virgin Festival, Baltimore MD

Build a Nation tracklist
1. Give Thanks And Praises
2. Jah People Make The World Go Round
3. Pure Love
4. Natty Dreadlocks 'Pon The Mountain Top
5. Build A Nation
6. Expand Your Soul
7. Jah Love
8. Let There Be Angels (Just Like You)
9. Universal Peace
10. Roll On
11. Until Kingdom Comes
12. In The Beginning
13. Send You No More Flowers
14. Peace Be Unto Thee

Previously
* Bad Brains @ Sasquatch 2007 (photo & review)
* more Bad Brains

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