photos by Josh Darr

This past Friday (6/17), My Morning Jacket, and Daniel Martin Moore played Chicago's Auditorium Theatre.

"...attired like Southern gentlemen in a sharp-shooting soul band, My Morning Jacket played with a woolly ferocity that nearly matched [front man; Jim] James' energy.

My Morning Jacket's 13-year career is less a linear progression than a tale of two bands; the earliest incarnation a group very much in the tradition of Southern rockers such as The Allman Brothers and beholden to the regional imperative to jam all night long on as many guitars as possible, the second configuration a quirkier outfit experimenting with pop, funk and reggae." [Greg Kot; Chicago Tribune]

Currently in the midst of a large-scale tour in support of their new LP Circuital, the band will be back in Chicago on August 6th to play Lollapalooza.

Head below to view more pictures, My Morning Jacket's setlist, and all 2011 tour dates.

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My Morning Jacket @ Bonnaroo 2011 (more by Graeme Flegenheimer)

today in Chicago
* Taste of Randolph Street Festival (Day 1)
* All Tiny Creatures, The Globes @ Empty Bottle
* The Postelles, The Dig, The Kickback @ Schubas
* Against Me!, Screaming Females, Lemuria @ Metro
* The Laureates, Innkeepers, The Visitor @ Beat Kitchen
* My Morning Jacket, Daniel Martin Moore @ Auditorium Theatre

What else?

DOWNLOAD: Yourself and the Air - "Trampolines" (MP3)

Sondre Lerche @ Club DeVille for BV SXSW 2010 (more by Tim Griffin)

FRIDAY
My Morning Jacket, and Daniel Martin Moore will play the Auditorium Theatre.

Against Me!, Screaming Females, and Lemuria will share the bill at Metro.

The Postelles, The Dig, and The Kickback will play Schubas.

The Taste of Randolph Street Festival will kick off tonight, featuring: The Heavy, Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers, and Anamanaguchi.

SATURDAY
Florence and the Machine, and Hanni El Khatib will play the massive Aragon Ballroom.

Sondre Lerche, Nightlands, and Kishi Bashi will play Schubas.

Beady Eye, and The Dig will play Metro.

The Taste of Randolph Street Festival continues. Today's lineup boasts: Swervedriver, JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound, Here We Go Magic, and In Tall Buildings.

Subterranean will host Yourself and the Air's record release show with special guests: Netherfriends, and Conductive Alliance.
At the top of this post you can download their track, "Trampolines."

SUNDAY
Hanni El Khatib, Bass Drum of Death, Pujol, and The Pleats will play Empty Bottle.

Sondre Lerche, Nightlands, and Kishi Bashi will spend a second night in Chicago. This time around they'll play Lincoln Hall.

Taste of Randolph Street Festival winds down tonight. You can catch sets from The Reverend Horton Heat, Peelander Z, and The 1900′s.

photos by Dana (Distortion) Yavin & Graeme Flegenheimer

Primus

Arcade Fire

Two New York men who got arrested here Friday never made it to Bonnaroo. That's because law officers allegedly found they were carrying over a pound of cocaine, 1,000 ecstasy pills, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia.

Alberto R. Almonte, 40, and Joseph Cruz, 29, both of the Bronx, N.Y., are charged with possession of drugs for sale and possession of drug paraphernalia. Almonte is also charged with speeding.

According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, it was around 2 p.m. Friday when Trooper Matilda Mahaney clocked a 2006 Chevrolet Impala doing 83 in a 55 mile-per-hour zone on Highway 111 in Putnam County.

The trooper stopped the car "and discovered that the two occupants were enroute to Bonnaroo in Manchester," says a news release from the THP. [Herald Citizen]

Continue reading "Bonnaroo 2011 -- Day 2 in pics (Arcade Fire, My Morning Jacket, NOFX, Grace Potter, Lil Wayne, Primus & more)"

Tapes 'n Tapes, who toured earlier this year with Oberhofer, and who stopped by SXSW this year, have announced another 2011 tour in support of their new album Outside.

The new tour has them back in the NYC-area at the end September. They play Bowery Ballroom on September 30th (10 days after Clap Your Hands Say Yeah play there) and Maxwell's in Hoboken on October 1st. Both shows go on sale Friday at noon (Bowery and Maxwell's). All dates and a brand new video for new album track "Badaboom", below...

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Lollapalooza 2010 (more by Josh Darr)

As previously announced, Lollapalooza 2011 will take place August 5th - 7th, in Chicago's Grant Park.

Lolla 2011's massive lineup, has now been delegated by day, with set times.

Headliners include: Eminem, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Muse, My Morning Jacket, Deadmau5, A Perfect Circle, & more.

Single-day passes are now on sale, with three-day passes still available.

Head below to view the full schedule by day.

Continue reading "Lollapalooza 2011 announces lineup-by-day & set times "

Wildbirds & Peacedrums @ the Bell House in 2009 (more by Ryan Muir)

today in NYC
* Howl Fest
* Evillive
* Red Hook Fest
* Chola @ Barbes
* Sima Bina @ Town Hall
* Bushwick Open Studios
* Thierry Stremler @ Barbes
* Larry Polansky @ The Stone
* Christian Wolff @ The Stone
* Atlantic Avenue Artwalk
* Hillstock @ 106 Emerson Place
* Martin Sexton @ City Winery
* Hallucinogen @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Network Awesome @ 92Y Tribeca
* Mike Birbiglia @ Barrow Street Theatre
* Delexilio @ Brooklyn Academy of Music
* School of Seven Bells @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Stepdad, Sunset Victim @ Cameo Gallery
* Banda Sinaloense de los Muertos @ Barbes
* Pollyester, My Favourite Things @ The Gutter
* Saadi, Janka Nabay, Jogyo @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Captain Beefheart tribute @ Bowery Poetry Club
* Effi Briest, Pillars and Tongues, Hiro Kone @ Cake Shop
* Wolvserpent, A Story of Rats, Ruin Lust @ The Acheron
* Black Label Society, Anchored, Hourcast @ Irving Plaza
* Weston, Morning, Communication Redlight @ Maxwell's
* Joshua Light Show @ American Museum of Natural History
* Sondre Lerche, Nightlands, Kishi Bashi @ Bowery Ballroom
* Jimmy Eat World, Civil Twilight @ The Wellmont Theatre
* Big White Clouds, Amory Sivertson, Commerce @ Sycamore
* Rifle Recoil, My Favourite Things, Pollyester @ The Gutter
* The Machine (Pink Floyd tribute) @ Rocks Off Concert Cruise
* Dennis Coffey, The Dirtbombs, The Stepkids @ The Bell House
* All Tiny Creatures, More Humans, The Caribbean @ Sycamore
* Meta and the Cornerstones, DJ Spinach, Veronica @ 92YTribeca
* The Woes, Elk City, Old Monk, Royal American @ The Rock Shop
* Bella Boys, Milly Beau, The Durians, Ben Arsenal @ Shea Stadium
* Psychic Friend, Dangerous Ponies, Mystery Roar @ Public Assembly
* Richard Pinhas, Mountains, Forma, Carlos Giffoni @ The Schoolhouse
* The Sun Araw Band, Matthewdavid, D'eon, M Geddes Gengras @ 285 Kent
* Red Wire Black Wire, Dinosaur Bones, Steel Phantoms, Santah @ Pianos
* Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Yellow Ostrich, Callers @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Blitz the Ambassador, DJ Spinna & more @ Target Free Saturday @ Brooklyn Museum
* D. Charles Speer & The Helix, Spider Bags, John Wesley Coleman @ Bruar Falls
* Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Balkans, Fort Lean, Headless Horseman @ Glasslands
* Ken South Rock, Unstoppable Death Machines, Ritz Riot, Filthy Savage @ Silent Barn
* Reverend John DeLore, Doran Danoff, Scott Metzger, Trina Hamlin @ Bowery Electric
* Teenage Angst (Nirvana tribute), MIck's Jaguar (Rolling Stones) @ Mercury Lounge
* Black Dog (Led Zeppelin Tribute), Sabbra Cadabra (Black Sabbath) @ Mercury Lounge
* Bad Manners, The Scofflaws, The Forthrights, The Grace Of Spades @ The Studio
* Unstoppable Death Machines, GDFX, DJ Teenwolf, DJ Jimmy C @ Tortilleria Chinantla (new location)
* Richard Lloyd (of Television), The Bamboo Kids, Heap, Jukebox Zeros, All In Your Mind @ Trash Bar
* Hooray For Goodbye, Clinical Trials, Aggie Doone, Circadian Clock @ Public Assembly (day show)

The schedule for Hillstock keeps changing. Today's up to date schedule is below.

The Captain Beefheart tribute at Bowery Poetry Club is:

Gary Lucas (Beefheart alumni, Jeff Buckley), Nona Hendryx (Labelle, Talking Heads), Nina Persson (The Cardigans), Nathan Larson (Shudder To Think), Cynthia Sley (Bush Tetras), Doug Gillard (Guided By Voices), Eric Slick (Dr. Dog), & Weasel Walter (Behold The Arctopus), will be joined by musicians from the rock, jazz, metal, progressive, blues, experimental, & classical worlds to perform faithful and interpretive versions of songs from Beefheart's entire catalog, from his 1966 debut "Safe As Milk" to his final record "Ice Cream For Crow", released in 1982.

Wildbirds & Peacedrums are on tour and play MHOW with Yellow Ostrich and Callers tonight.

All Tiny Creatures are here for two nights of shows.

Mike Birbiglia's show keeps getting extended. More chances to catch it!

Check out This Week in Indie.

My Morning Jacket VH1 Storytellers premiered on TV last night. Look for a repeat.

My Morning Jacket play Mountain Jam is this weekend.

The Roots Picnic is today and streaming.

Mutek is this weekend.

Chaos in Tejas is this weekend.

We're giving away a pair of passes to Internet Week.

DJ Shadow 'Gotta Rokk'. Video below...

New Tyler the Creator/Frank Ocean video, below...

Wu Lyf's new video for "Dirt" below....

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Saturday?"

today in Chicago
* Melvins @ Double Door
* Bob Schneider @ Park West
* The Script @ Aragon Ballroom
* Natural Child, Runnies, The Half Rats, Peach Kelli Pop @ Empty Bottle
* The Coop, Gemini Club (DJ Set), Safta (DJ Set), Ghosthouse @ Lincoln Hall

Check out some clips below, from My Morning Jacket's live-streamed concert last night.

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Wednesday?"

My Morning Jacket @ Voodoo 2010 (more by Alysse Gafkjen)

To coincide with the release of My Morning Jacket's sixth album Circuital (out TODAY), the band is presenting a live stream of their "Unstaged" concert at The Palace Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky tonight (5/31). You can watch the Todd Haynes-directed stream on My Morning Jacket's VEVO page at 9 PM EST. Special guests Erykah Badu and Rachel Dratch will also be part of the show.

Best Buy is offering a coupon to purchase Circuital at any Best Buy location through Saturday June 4 for $7.99. Download the coupon here. Even better is that you can download the album now from Amazon for just $5.00. For something fancier, try the limited edition box set of the album comes which comes with a 30 minute documentary that you can preview in one of the videos below.

My Morning Jacket are headlining the last night (6/5) of Mountain Jam 2011 this weekend, two days after playing Wakarusa. Tickets are still on sale. They also play Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and ACL this summer as part of a larger tour, including an August run with Neko Case. Note: the band will donate one dollar from every ticket sold to local charity.

All tour dates and some videos below...

Continue reading "My Morning Jacket released 'Circuital', streaming Todd Haynes-directed show tonight, touring & stuff"

My Morning Jacket @ Terminal 5 in 2010 (more by David Andrako)

My Morning Jacket's new LP Circuital, hits stores today via ATO Records. The album was recorded in an old church-gymnasium in the group's hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, and features the direction of super-producer/musician/composer Tucker Martine.

"The new record, Circuital, is named after the title song," explains Jim James, of My Morning Jacket's sixth studio album. "On that song I sing about ending up in the same place where you started out. And that makes a lot of sense for this album... I hate the phrase 'going back to our roots', but for this record we came home and made it in Kentucky. And it just felt a lot like it did when we were first starting out..."

Jim James on the Circuital recording sessions..

"There was no AC, no-one had their laptops. We recorded everything on tape. It was like, we're just who we are, with what we have with us at the moment, and that's all we have. It was a beautiful thing, and it really cemented what we all mean to each other, as people and as a band. We've learned, slowly over the years, how to function more healthily, I guess, so we don't all combust. Making this record, it felt like our friendship was only strengthened." [ATO Records]

My Morning Jacket will play the first show of their 2011 summer tour tonight; at home, at the Louisville Palace Theatre. American Express will be live streaming their performance as part of their 'Unstaged' series. Tune in here at 8PM CST to watch their set.

They'll hit Chicago on June 17th to play the Auditorium Theatre. Tickets are still available.

You can view the Circuital track listing, all 2011 tour dates, and more below...

Continue reading "My Morning Jacket to play the Auditorium Theatre, 'Circuital' in stores today +++ 2011 tour dates"

Booker T. Jones released The Road From Memphis earlier this month (5/10 via Anti-) with a notable list of guest artists. The Roots act as Jones' backing band on the album, and Matt Berninger of The National, Yim Yames of My Morning Jacket, Lou Reed, and Sharon Jones all provide guest vocals. The album is produced by Jones, Questlove, and Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliot Smith), and was recorded by Gabriel Roth of Daptone Records.

Booker T plays The Bell House in Brooklyn tonight (5/24). The Bo-Keys, who were originally listed as an opener, no longer seem to be on the show though. The show is instead being opened by DJ Toddophonic Todd. Tickets are still on sale.

The Brooklyn show is one of his few this summer. All tour dates, a video, a Tiny Desk concert, the album tracklist and more, below....

Continue reading "Booker T. Jones released a guest-filled album on ANTI, plays Brooklyn tonight & other dates"

Probot members Dave Grohl & Lemmy

As previously discussed, this weekend is the Hangout Music Fest in Gulf Shores, Alabama (May 20-22, 2011). As we wrote, "Hang Out Music Fest is heavy on the jam bands, but will also feature appearances from Paul Simon, The Black Keys, The Flaming Lips, My Morning Jacket, Foo Fighters, Motorhead, Cee Lo, Girl Talk, Minus The Bear, El Mariachi Bronx and many more over its three days." If you can't be there, iClips will be streaming performances online all weekend.

Speaking of Paul Simon, his tour just got bigger with the addition of another NYC show.

Speaking of My Morning Jacket and streaming, they'll be streaming a live show on May 31st directed by Todd Haynes.

Speaking of Foo Fighters, Motorhead and El Mariachi Bronx, BBG writes, "there's something wrong with the world when Motorhead is hitting the road supporting Foo Fighters, but nevertheless they're doing that right now with Biffy Clyro. Those dates include a showing at the Hangout Festival and conclude when Foo Fighters hit Sasquatch on May 27th."

Foo Fighters are also planning a trip to the Northeast, and have announed more dates that include one in the NYC-area at Izod Center in East Rutherford, NJ on 9/26. Tickets go on sale 5/20 at 10AM and support at the NJ date, as with all dates on that leg, will come from Rise Against (who just played T5 twice two weeks ago with Bad Religion) and Mariachi el Bronx (who recently played Highline Ballroom, are also playing Hangout, and are playing a boat as the Bronx).

All FF tour dates and some video is below.

Continue reading "HangOut Music Fest streaming online, Foo Fighters touring w/ Motorhead (announced more dates, NJ, etc)"

The 10th Anniversary ACL Festival line-up is on the books. Stevie Wonder, Arcade Fire, Kanye West, Coldplay, My Morning Jacket, Fleet Foxes, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Nas & Damian "Jr Gong" Marley and Cee Lo top the bill of the over 130 bands. Bright Eyes, Social Distortion, Empire of the Sun, Santigold, Pretty Lights, TV On The Radio, Skrillex, Big Boi and Randy Newman are also on tap to rock September 16-18.

Continue reading "Austin City Limits 2011 festival lineup is here, tickets on sale"

Kathryn Calder on stage with The New Pornographers (more by Amanda Hatfield)

Kathryn Calder, possibly best known for her contributions to a certain supergroup that contains her uncle, is currently on the road with Himalayan Bear on the West Coast. The dates are in support of Are You My Mother?, her own album which dropped in August of last year. So far a full slate of dates on the Eastside have yet to be determined, but NYC has a show to call their own: Mercury Lounge on June 14th. Tickets go on AmEx presale at noon on Wed (5/11) and regular sale on Friday. All dates are listed below.

Meanwhile Neko Case is going about to embark on a dueling tour that kicks off on 5/11 in Rhode Island and makes a stop at Bearsville Theatre in Woodstock, NY one day later. If you're confused about the date of the Woodstock show, it might be because it was supposed to happen in February but was postponed due to bad weather. All current dates are listed below, Pitchfork Fest included.

The New Pornographers have upcoming dates at both the previously discussed B.O.M.B. Fest in CT on May 29, and Festival for Humanity in Vernon, NJ on May 30th. The band's video for "Sweet Talk" in support of Oxfam's Gulf relief efforts has been nominated for an Emmy. If you havent seen it, check it out below along with all tour dates.

Continue reading "Kathryn Calder on tour (adds dates), Neko Case kicking off tour (adds dates too) "

The Bronx at Fun Fun Fun Fest (more by BBG)

Mariachi El Bronx recently played dates with Devotchka (including two nights at Highline Ballroom), and now the band's punk older brother The Bronx have scheduled a show in NYC aboard The Queen of Hearts on 6/22 (a Rocks Off Concert Cruise). Tickets are on sale.

Both The Bronx and El Mariachi Bronx have some other dates in their near future too. The former is playing a FREE (with RSVP) Sailor Jerry-sponsored show at The Parish in Austin, TX on 5/4, the same month they appear at Sasquatch. The latter is on board for Hangout Music Fest in Gulf Shores, Alabama (May 20-22, 2011). Hang Out Music Fest is heavy on the jam bands, but will also feature appearances from Paul Simon, The Black Keys, The Flaming Lips, My Morning Jacket, Foo Fighters, Motorhead, Cee Lo, Girl Talk, Minus The Bear, and many more over its three days.

Speaking of three day festivals that Foo Fighters, Cee Lo and My Morning Jacket are playing, Lollapalooza just annnounced its full 2011 lineup (in case you missed it).

All Bronx/El Mariachi Bronx tour dates, and some videos, below...

Continue reading "The Bronx playing a NYC boat, Sasquatch & a free Austin show +++ Hangout Music Fest lineup happens in Alabama in May"

Lollapalooza last year (more by Josh Darr)

Lollapalooza celebrates its 20th anniversary this year with some huge names on its just-announced lineup. See it in full below.

The festival has obviously changed over the years. What started out as a farewell tour for Jane's Addiction with a 'touring festival' lineup that included the Rollins Band, Nine Inch Nails, Butthole Surfers, and Souxsie & The Banshees, has turned into a one-weekend Chicago festival that Lady Gaga co-headlined last year. As leaked a while ago, Foo Fighters, Muse and Eminem all play this year, as will Coldplay, Cee Lo Green, and My Morning Jacket along with the reunited Cars and the continuing-to-be-reunited Big Audio Dynamite and Death From Above 1979, and a bunch of other bands which may or may not be worth the ticket price depending on how you feel about the headliners and generally seeing bands in big, hot, outdoor crowded parks (Lollapalooza happens in Chicago's Grant Park from August 5th - 7th).

Full 2011 Lineup and a couple of videos (one from 1991, one from 2010), below...

Continue reading "Lollapalooza 2011 lineup announced"

Lollapalooza 2010 (via @Chubys)

Lollapalooza 2011 will take place August 5th - 7th, in Chicago's Grant Park. The festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and they've pulled out all the stops in order to put on a great weekend.

Perry's Place stage for DJs and electronic music, will see an upgrade as it has been moved to a softball field at the south end of the festival. This new location will allow over 15,000 fans to view the stage.

Three-day passes can be purchase for $215, and single-day passes should be on sale shortly.

Head below to view the full lineup...

Continue reading "Lollapalooza 2011 announces lineup!"

Lord Huron @ Bowery Ballroom during CMJ (more by Amanda Hatfield)

Femi Kuti's current North American tour hits Highline Ballroom in NYC tonight (4/26). Tickets are still on sale and you'll get an opening set by producer/dj Nutritious.

Tickets are also still on sale for the Femi show happening Wednesday (4/27) at Music Hall of Williamsburg which now includes an opening set by Lord Huron who the LA Times has said "occasionally recalls Fleet Foxes, 'At Dawn'-era My Morning Jacket and Panda Bear." Lord just finished a string of dates with The Rural Alberta Advantage.

The Lord Huron Brooklyn/Femi show was previously listed as a day off on Lord's tour schedule which also includes a headlining show at Mercury Lounge on Thursday (4/28). Tickets are still on sale for that NYC show which will get you opening sets by North Highlands, The Wilderness of Manitoba, and Spanish Prisoners.

All tour dates are listed below...

Continue reading "Femi Kuti is here, Lord Huron added to Brooklyn show (on tour now) --- updated 2011 dates"

Record Store Day 2011 is Saturday (4/16)! Shops will be flooded with limited/rare releases from tons of notables (watch a video below of some of the stuff), and they will hopefully make lots of money. Some area stores will also host free live events...

Other Music, though they seem to have scaled it back a bit from last year, has a special show scheduled for Saturday, but set your alarm clocks.

We also have a very special in-store performance on Saturday from NYC's own Regina Spektor ...The first 100 customers who buy her new RSD 7" Four from Far at Other Music on Record Store Day will get one ticket to see a private solo performance Regina is giving right next door to OM at 2 p.m. on Saturday. That's the only way to see the show, so come on down early, get in line and buy her new RSD 7" record.

OM will also have "a ton of cool gifts and prizes, records, CDs and swag, including a backpack and a gift certificate for a pair of sneakers from our friends at Onitsuka Tiger for the first five customers who spend $250 or more". Other Music opens at 11am.

As previously discussed, Obits, The Jay Vons, I Hate Our Freedom, and Spa Castles will team up on Saturday, but Generation Records have also added DJ Sets from Yo La Tengo (all three members), Tom Scharpling (WFMU's Best Show), Eric Davidson (New Bomb Turks), Bill Dolan (American Standard), Mike Longo (Hoboken Heartthrob). Doors are at 11AM, bands start at 1PM... full set times and flyer are below.

As also previously discussed, Damon & Naomi play a free in-store at Sound Fix Records who open at 10:30am on Saturday.

Eula will appear at Permanent Records "throughout the day" before playing Bruar Falls later that night with Shark?, Ghost Bunny, Pow Wow & DJ Ron Like Hell as part of their Maurice Narcisse record release party.

As discussed, Fat Beats & Waxpoetics will open a pop-store in DUMBO that will host a ton of hip hop/funky notables including The Stepkids, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Neek The Exotic & Large Professor, CSC Funk Band and many more. The pop-up store opens at noon.

East Village Radio will broadcast live from Academy Records in the East Village (12th between 1st & A) from 4 - 6PM.

Kim's Music & Video will host Angel Olsen (5pm) and Bow Ribbons (6pm) for RSD, with the store opening at 9AM.

Though it isn't exactly a record store or a free show, Fontana's will host a "RSD Afterparty" from 3PM to 7PM with Lady Lamb The Beekeeper, The Kickdrums, Midnight Spin, and The Pass. The show costs $10.

Cake Shop used to be a record store and it will be again on Record Store Day. As Bill said, "Eternal Summers also play Cake Shop on Saturday (4/16) which is the venue's Record Store Day extravaganza, featuring a slew of great -- mostly local -- bands. The downstairs will be a record mart during the day (noon - 6PM). Bands during the evening include the previously-mentioned McDonalds, Natural Child, Widowspeak, Overlord, Hands & Knees, Night Collectors and Twitchers." The flyer is reposted below.

Looney Tunes in West Babylon is sure to actually be looney, as the store will host free shows by Thursday, Kevin Devine, The Pretty Reckless, Alex Skolnick, Grace Read, Tiger Riot, and Hotel of The Laughing Tree starting at 2PM. More details on how to get into see each band (each has a different entry condition) head to the Looney Tunes site.

Vintage Vinyl in NJ has... John Leguizamo. (whatever works)

J&R Music World will host Lez Zeppelin "and others to be announced" on Record Store Day. Doors open at 10AM.

Elsehwere you have Dom playing in Newbury Comics right before TV on the Radio do a signing, My Morning Jacket at CD Central in Lexington, Off! at Fingerprints in Long Beach, tons of bands at Grimey's, The Growlers and special guest at Origami Vinyl, and much more. There will be a Record Store Day tent at Coachella for those braving the sun at the sold out fest this weekend. Check the Record Store Day site for many more listings (though note their list is far from complete).

What did we miss?

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BrooklynVegan is also a proud Record Store Day partner this year. Look for our metal-centric ad in a free Decibel mini-mag that will be available at various record stores on Saturday. The cover looks like this:

If you can't get the mag, you can also download the free sampler that comes with it online And though heavy music isn't strongly represented this year live, we are happy to remedy that in recorded format by giving away a massive prize pack of vinyl to one (seriously) lucky reader. It includes:

• Trap Them's Darker Handcraft on vinyl
• a Kvelertak t-shirt
• Red Fang - limited edition Wires 7" vinyl
• A prize pack of Goes Cube 7" vinyl featuring every song on Of Tides & Drifts "Property" (sorry, the label informed us that they instead only have "Property" for this contest)
• Obscura - Omnivarium LP on vinyl (clear, not available to the public, 100 copies pressed)

Continue reading "a guide to Record Store Day 2011 (NYC in-stores, Regina Spektor @ Other Music, a big metal vinyl contest & more)"

Lucinda Williams and Amos Lee will team up for a string of East Coast dates including a pair in the NYC area on 7/20 at Wellmont Theatre and 7/21 at Beacon Theater. Tickets for Beacon Theater and Wellmont Theatre are currently on Fan presale, and go on AmEx presale at noon today followed by regular sale on Friday.

Both Lucinda Williams and Amos Lee have a bunch of other dates on their tour schedule as well, and Williams is celebrating the release of her recently birthed new LP Blessed, which is streaming in full at her website. She also recently dropped the "Live at SXSW" EP, which is available now via iTunes.

All tour dates and a series of videos where "everyday people from the city of Los Angeles, CA share their story of why they are Blessed," below...

Continue reading "Lucinda Williams released 'Blessed', touring w/ Amos Lee"

On 4/1, while Daniel Martin Moore was playing Bowery Ballroom, his collaborator Ben Sollee was playing Cameo with Tracy Bonham, one day after playing a Japan Benefit at City Winery the night before with Marshall Crenshaw, Nicole Atkins and others. How was that show?

If you missed Sollee, luckily there are many more chances to catch him in the coming months. A recently-announced May & June tour includes three new NYC dates - a two night stay at Rockwood Music Hall on 5/12 (tickets) & 5/13 (tickets) with Sean Rowe, and a show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on 6/29 (tickets).

Ben Sollee's new LP, Inclusions (pictured above), is due on May 10th in various incarnations (CD, LP, CD+LP, Digital + LP, etc) via his Bandcamp. Head on over there for all lyrics from his upcoming LP too, as well as streams of his collaborative LP with Daniel Martin Moore.

All dates below...

Continue reading "Ben Sollee played shows, playing more (2011 tour dates)"

Morning Teleportation at the BV party during CMJ (more by Chris La Putt)

Morning Teleportation are on the East Coast and currently touring through the dirty south on their way up north and eventually the Midwest. The tour, in support of their recently released Expanding Anyway, hits NYC for a pair of dates: 4/7 at Mercury Lounge (tickets) and 4/8 Brooklyn Bowl (tickets).

If you feel like a road trip, head on up to Mountain Jam on Hunter Mountain in Bethel, NY on the weekend of June 2nd - 5th. There Morning Teleportation will be joined by My Morning Jacket, Dawes, The Avett Brothers, and many others as part of the jam-friendly festival. Tickets are on sale.

Speaking of My Morning Jacket, band will release their new album Circuital on May 31st through ATO Records. In preparation for the release, MMJ have dropped free live MP3s from their multi-day stint at Terminal 5.

All MT tour dates, their "Expanding Anyway" video, and the Mountain Jam lineup in video format, below...

Continue reading "Morning Teleportation on tour, playing Mountain Jam ---- ----- (dates & festival lineup)"

My Morning Jacket @ Terminal 5 in 2010 (more by Matthew Eisman)

Timber Timbre will play Schubas on May 20th.
Tickets go on sale this Friday at noon CST.

Tame Impala and Yuck have added a SECOND show at Lincoln Hall on May 4th.
Tickets go on sale this Friday at noon CST.

The Sam Roberts Band, and Zeus will play Lincoln Hall on June 7th.
Tickets go on sale this Friday at noon CST.

As previously reported, James Blake's May 15th show has been moved from Schubas to its big sister venue Lincoln Hall. This means more tickets!
They'll go on sale Friday at noon CST.

Neil Young is playing two shows at the Chicago Theatre on May 6th, and 7th.
Both night one, and night two go on sale this Saturday at 10AM CST.

We recently announced a tour, and album details for Death Cab for Cutie's LP Codes and Keys. They'll play a very intimate show at Metro on May 20th.
Tickets go on sale Saturday at noon CST.

Ben Harper will play the Vic Theatre on June 30th.
Tickets go on sale this Saturday at 10AM CST.

My Morning Jacket will play the Auditorium Theatre on June 17th.
They've also got a new LP Circuital due out this summer via ATO Records.
Tickets go on sale this Saturday at 10AM CST.

My Morning Jacket @ Terminal 5 in 2010 (more by David Andrako)

For six weeks, My Morning Jacket will offer free downloads to celebrate the forthcoming album Circuital. The first five downloads will be live songs taken from each of their shows at New York's Terminal 5 this
past October. On April 12th, the countdown ends with a new song from Circuital."

Weedeater @ the Charleston in 2009 (more by Paul Birman)

today in NYC
* Ninjasonik @ SOB's
* Louis CK @ Carolines
* Questlove @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Brain Cloud @ Barbes
* Greg Cohen @ The Stone
* Skuli Sverisson @ The Stone
* Chicago Afrobeat Project @ Cameo
* Gwar @ Starland Ballroom (NJ)
* Holcombe Waller @ Joe's Pub
* The Jolly Boys @ Hiro Ballroom
* Bon Jovi @ Madison Square Garden
* Charlie Hunter @ Rose Live Music
* Phyllis Chen, Proper Glue Duo @ Barbes
* Allen Ritter, Ninjasonik @ Public Assembly
* My Morning Jacket @ VH1 Storytellers
* Francis and the Lights @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Porcelain Raft, Aislyn @ Mercury Lounge
* Bustle In Your Hedgerow @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Princeton, The Front Bottoms @ Mercury Lounge
* Ravens & Chimes, Harper Blynn @ Cameo Gallery
* Girl Talk, Max Tundra, Junk Culture @ Terminal 5
* Wanda Jackson, The Lustre Kings @ Bowery Ballroom
* My Best Fiend, Mike Bones, Open Ocean @ Union Pool
* Yellow Ostrich, Holy Spirits, Empress Hotel @ Pianos
* Weedeater, ASG, Naam, Clean Teeth @ Santos Party House
* Barrington Levy, The Skatalites, The Itals @ Irving Plaza
* Collide-O-Scope Music, Toomai Quintet @ Issue Project Room
* BRAHMS, Acrylics, New Moods, Tanlines (DJ set) @ Glasslands
* Neko Case & Michael Showalter @ Barnes & Noble Union Square
* Radical Dads, Quilty, Diehard, Mala Strana, Ovlov @ Silent Barn
* .357 Lover, Electric Simcha, Yiddish Princess @ Knitting Factory
* Daniel Higgs, DJ Alexis Georgopoulis, Brothers of Brazil @ Zebulon
* C. Spencer Yeh, Idiot Glee, La Big Vic, Three Legged Race @ Cake Shop
* North Sky Cello Ensemble, Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Rah Digga, Eternia, Likwuid, Zarinah, Nitty Scott, MC., Kalae All Day @ Southpaw
* Sightings, Lechuguillas, Unstoppable Death Machines, Necking @ Death By Audio
* The Toothaches, Beauty Feast, Beast Make Bomb, Shake The Baron @ Bruar Falls
* Madison Square Gardeners, Saint Bernadette, The Only Living Boy @ The Rock Shop
* Kahil El'Zabar, Corey Wilkes, Ernest Dawkins @ Lincoln Center's David Rubenstein Atrium
* Sophia Knapp of Cliffie Swan, Ericka Spring of Au Revoir Simone, DJ Caroline Polachek (Chairlift) @ Coco 66
* Newspeak, Darcy James Argue's Secret Society (performing works by Vijay Iyer, Nicole Lizee and David T. Little - Ecstatic Music Festival) @ Merkin Concert Hall

What else?