by Andrew Sacher

DOWNLOAD: Eight and a Half - "Scissors" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Eight and a Half - "Scissors" (Small Black Remix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Eight and a Half - "Scissors" (TOKiMONSTA Remix) (MP3)

Eight and a Half

With Broken Social Scene now on hiatus, drummer Justin Peroff has formed the new project Eight and a Half. Justin is handling beats while Liam O'Neil and Dave Hamelin of fellow recently disbanded Arts & Crafts group The Stills are on keyboards and guitars/vocals, respectively. But the new group is nothing like the anthemic alt-rock of The Stills, and Justin's busy drumming in BSS has been replaced by minimal beatwork. They're instead opting for a dreamy downtempo feel, which you can hear on the single, "Scissors." The track is available for download above along with remixes by Small Black and TOKiMONSTA. The video and streams of the original and its remixes are below. The track will appear on Eight and a Half's self titled debut LP, which comes out on February 7 April 12th via Arts & Crafts. The album art and tracklist is below.

Eight and a Half are scheduled to play two Arts & Crafts showcases with labelmates Zeus and The Darcys. The showcases happen in NYC on February 23 at Mercury Lounge and February 24 at Glasslands. Tickets for the Glasslands show are on sale now and tickets for the Mercury show go on sale Friday (12/23) at noon with an AmEx presale starting Wednesday (12/21) at noon. Zeus and The Darcys also play an A&C showcase in Boston on 2/22 but Eight and a Half are not on that bill.

All dates, streams, video, album art and tracklist below...

Continue reading "members of Broken Social Scene & Stills form Eight and a Half (MP3, video, remixes & dates w/ Arts & Crafts labelmates)"

Built to Spill @ Webster Hall Oct. 2009 (more by Bryan Bruchman)

Built to Spill and The Black Keys are both opening for Kings of Leon on their North American tour this summer. Their travels together don't come near New York City though. The closest Kings of Leon get is the Altantic City Borgata, and that's with The Whigs opening. Tickets are on sale (and only $125).

The Black Keys' upcoming NYC shows are two nights at SummerStage in Central Park (the full lineup for which just got fully announced) with the Morning Benders. (Check out their "sexy new video" if you haven't already.)

Ends up, Built to Spill will be in NYC too this summer - they play a Wednesday, July 28th show at Irving Plaza. Tickets go on Live Nation presale Thursday at 10am. General Sale starts Friday at 10am.

All Kings of Leon tour dates and their other openers (The Features, The Stills) are below...

Continue reading "Built to Spill touring w/ Kings of Leon, playing NYC too (dates)"

by Andrew Frisicano

Gentleman Reg @ Mercury Lounge (more by Kyle Dean Reinford)

Toronto based Gentleman Reg has announced a two month spring tour in support of his first internationally released full-length, Jet Black, which arrived in stores in February on Arts & Crafts. The tour will kick off April 22 in Ottawa in support of Spiral Beach, include a string of Ontario headlining dates, a cross-Canada run in support of The Stills before a three-week run in support of A Camp starting May 26 in New York. [press release]

Keep track of what A Camp are doing on tour by following their video diary. The other day they met Bill Clinton (that video below).

A Psapp remix of Gentleman Reg's Jet Black track "We're In A Thunderstorm" is up on RCRDLBL.com. That song is part of a remix contest Reg and Arts & Crafts are currently running. The raw files for "We're In A Thunderstorm" are up on his site, and the winning remix will appear on the Arts & Crafts 2009 Summer Sampler. (Submitted remixes are streaming now.)

All tour dates and videos for songs "To Some It Comes Easy" and "Coastline" (the second recorded live in a van "along the waterfront at Royal Military College"), both from Jet Black, below...

Continue reading "Gentleman Reg - tour dates (A Camp), videos, remix contest "

Kings of Leon are playing right before Radiohead at All Points West on Saturday. Kings of Leon are also playing a show at Webster Hall on September 23rd - the same day their new record comes out (see above).

Only By The Night's first single, the explosive and memorable "Sex On Fire," will be available on Itunes and impacts at radio next week. The song received its first public airing yesterday, Tuesday, August 5th, on MySpace Music, the band's MySpace page and kingsofleon.com The video is being shot in Los Angeles this week and is being directed by the renowned Sophie Muller.

Continue reading "Kings of Leon - 2008 Tour Dates (APW, Webster Hall, etc)"

I think Wintersleep are big in Canada? They're definitley not big here, but they ARE here - tonight (March 6) at Union Hall in Brooklyn, and Saturday night at Bowery Ballroom with the Stills. Then they head to Texas for SXSW. Listen to some Wintersleep at their MySpace, BUT FIRST listen to the Wintersleep cover Land of Talk did at Land of Talk's Myspace ("Weighty Ghost"). Video ("Weighty Ghost") and tour dates below...

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more like What The Fuck

We are excited to announce Watch Entertainment's "FEEDBACK Showcase...a feast of hot bands and tasty foods, hosted by America's favorite cook and indie music lover, Rachael Ray.

We invite you to join us at this merging of great food and even better music, which will take place on Saturday March 15 from 12pm - 6pm at The Beauty Bar, 617 East Seventh Street in Austin, TX.

Inside
DJ Efren"Pedro"Ramirez from Napaleon Dynamite

Outside
12pm Autovaughn
1 The Ravonettes
2 The Cringe
3 Scissors For lefty
4 The Stills
5 Holy Fuck

RSVP to feedbackrsvp@kingworld.com.

Continue reading "Holy F*ck playing for Rachael Ray (& BrooklynVegan) @ SXSW"

Two of Arts & Crafts most-recent signings have shows coming up. The Constantines are playing Mercury Lounge on March 3rd. Tickets are on sale. And as previously mentioned, The Stills are playing Maxwell's in NJ on March 7th. They're also playing a few other shows includng Bowery Ballroom the next day. Tickets are (about to be) on sale for that.

Not on Arts & Crafts, but also Canadian: Frog Eyes is also playing Mercury Lounge in March. Tickets are on sale for that too. All dates below...

Continue reading "Frog Eyes & Constantines & Stills shows (tour dates)"

* Stephen Stills Recovering From Cancer Surgery
* Tickets on sale for The Stills @ Maxwell's on March 7th

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...

Continue reading "The Stills & VHS or Beta - 2007 Tour Dates"

New Yorkers don't need to wait until June 29th & 30th to see The Stills. The band is also strangely playing Don Hill's on June 6th - with Aderbat & DJS VHS or Beta. Tickets are on sale.