Freelance Whales break into song
while waiting for that confounded L-train (more by Ryan Barkan)

Freelance Whales are hitting the road two weeks from today for a string of dates with Minature Tigers. The tour which kicks off on 11/5 at Maxwell's (a show that was recently added) and concludes with a homecoming show at Webster Hall on 12/15, will take them coast to coast in celebration of Weathervanes, their new album out now on Frenchkiss Records. Tickets are still available for both the Maxwell's and the Webster Hall show.

If you were hoping to see them sooner, you're in luck. But you're also out of luck. Freelance Whales will also be playing an invite-only show Friday (10/22) as part of the Green Label Sound series with Theophilus London, Neon Indian, and a DJ set from Flosstradamus at Backstage Bar.

Green Label Sound is the Mountain Dew "label". Freelance Whales are their latest "signing". Download new track "Enzymes" at the site.

Neon Indian play a public CMJ show at Bowery Ballroom Saturday night.

All Freelance Whales tour dates and some video are below...

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Titus Andronicus @ BV-SXSW (more by Tim Griffin)

That cancelled June 3rd Titus Andronicus show that was supposed to happen at Glasslands is now taking place on August 18th. Tickets are on sale.

The Glasslands show is one day before Titus plays Maxwell's which is right before they leave on tour with Free Energy. Maxwell's tickets are still on sale too.

Tickets are also still on sale for the NYC show Titus has scheduled later in their tour which is at the much bigger Webster Hall.

Check out a mini documentary filmed at/before/during a previous show at Maxwell's which includes a live version of "Four Score And Seven", below...

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photos by Bryan Bruchman

Like Gwar, Mountain Dew billboard stars Neon Indian played the MWTX not-SXSW fest on Saturday (3/20). Two days later they played a set at MtyMx in Mexico. More pictures from the Austin show below....

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Green Label Sound is a Mountain Dew-sponsored website offering free MP3 downloads. Right now you can get "Delivery Man" by Cool Kids. Next they'll be offering "an exclusive song from Brooklyn's finest energetic duo, Matt & Kim." Then "two more artists coming this fall".

The Cool Kids, Matt & Kim and Flosstradamus will each perform this Tuesday night (9/16) at the Green Label Sound "launch party" at (le) poisson rouge in NYC. I have seven pairs of tickets to giveaway. More details below....

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