Nobunny: animal lover (sksk4)

Easter’s come and gone, and deranged garage act Nobunny didn’t forget to mark the occassion with a special show (his ‘9th ANNUAL EASTER EGG BASH!’) in Oakland on Saturday. It’s already past, but the flyer below.

Nobunny heads out on tour this May and June with the Spits. They’ll be at Knitting Factory in Brooklyn on Friday, June 11th. Tickets are on sale.

The Spits’ put out their fourth self-titled LP (known as “School’s Out”) last year on Recess Records. The band’s sound is a unique blend of garage and New Wave punk, to quote ourselves, “they straddle the line between straight-up garage punk and Devo-esque lo-fi keyboard proto-punk.”

The Spits w/ Jimi

The Spits were at this year’s SXSW in Austin (a city they’ll return to with Nobunny for Chaos in Tejas at the end of May). They played a set outside of Beerland on Friday, March 19th – the same place Fucked Up played a day earlier to cap a bill of Shattered Records artists paying tribute to the label’s founder Jay Reatard. “We played at Beerland for a tribute to Jay Reatard who released one of my records, took us on tour, and also gave me a serious shrimp job. I miss him calling me at 5 AM. I miss him period”, said Hunx of Hunx & His Punx who played the show. A video of Fucked Up and the Spits playing the same spot on different days and all tour dates are below…

The Spits au SXSW en pleine rue 19 mars Austin, Tx sur la Red River

Fucked Up at SXSW 2010 outside Beerland

The Spits “Greyhound Bound” SXSW 2008 03/15

Nobunny – 2010 Tour Dates
Apr 6 – Cellar Door Visalia, California #
Apr 7 – Jensens Mainstage GOLETA, California #
Apr 16 – Pomona College CLAREMONT, California
Apr 17 – SLAB CITY FUNFEST SLAB CITY, California
Apr 20 – Beauty Bar LAS VEGAS, Nevada #
Apr 22 – Echoplex LOS ANGELES, California $
Apr 23 – Babe’s Place LONG BEACH, California
Apr 24 – Take 2 VENTURA, California
May 4 – House Show OLYMPIA, Washington
May 5 – Logan’s Pub VICTORIA, British Columbia
May 6 – Pat’s Pub VANCOUVER, British Columbia
May 8 – Broken City Social Club CALGARY, Alberta
May 9 – Pawn Shop EDMONTON, Alberta
May 10 – OFF/TRAVEL HOWDY DOODY, Saskatchewan
May 11 – Amigo’s SASKATOON, Saskatchewan
May 12 – The Royal Albert WINNIPEG, Manitoba
May 13 – The Aquarium FARGO, North Dakota
May 14 – Turf Club ST PAUL, Minnesota
May 15 – Club Garibaldi MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin
May 18 – The Bishop BLOOMINGTON, Indiana
May 19 – Magic Stick DETROIT, Michigan !
May 20 – Empty Bottle CHICAGO, Illinois !
May 21 – Springwater Supper Club NASHVILLE, Tennessee !
May 22 – Hi-Tone MEMPHIS, Tennessee !
May 23 – The Eclipse TULSA, Oklahoma !
May 25 – The Conservatory OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma
May 26 – Lounge on Elm St. DALLAS, Texas !
May 27 – Beerland AUSTIN, Texas
May 28 – TBA HOUSTON, Texas !
May 29 – Saturn Bar NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana !
May 30 – Alabama Music Box MOBILE, Alabama !
May 31 – VooDoo Lounge HUNTSVILLE, Alabama !
Jun 1 – Discoteca CHATANOOGA, Tennessee !
Jun 2 – The Earl ATLANTA, Georgia !
Jun 3 – The Moon (lounge) TALLAHASSEE, Florida !
Jun 4 – TBA TAMPA, Florida !
Jun 5 – Churchill’s MIAMI, Florida !
Jun 6 – Will’s Pub ORLANDO, Florida !
Jun 8 – Broadways ASHEVILLE, North Carolina !
Jun 9 – Mileston CHARLOTTE, North Carolina !
Jun 10 – Sonar Club BALTIMORE, Maryland !
Jun 11 – Knitting Factory BROOKLYN, New York !
Jun 12 – 31st St. Pub PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania !
Jun 13 – Now That’s Class CLEVELAND, Ohio !
Jun 14 – TBA DAYTON, Ohio
Jun 16 – Louies Trophy Room KALAMAZOO, Michigan
Jun 17 – Cafe Bourbon Street COLUMBUS, Ohio
Jun 18 – The Union Athens, Ohio
Jun 19 – Frankies TOLEDO, Ohio
Jun 20 – Bug Jar ROCHESTER, New York
Jun 22 – Casbah HAMILTON, Ontario
Jun 23 – Silver Dollar TORONTO, Ontario
Jun 24 – IX OTTAWA, Ontario
Jun 25 – Divian Orange MONTREAL, Quebec
Jun 26 – Le Cercle QUEBEC CITY, Quebec
Jun 27 – Monkey House BURLINGTON, Vermont
# w/ The Growlers
$ w/ Japandroids
! w/ The Spits

The Spits – other 2010 Tour Dates
May 27 – Red 7 in AUSTIN, Texas

“Kicking off Pop Montreal [Wednesday] night, NoBunny took the stage by force – a gang of musically inclined vagrants clothed in barely there Y-fronts and strategically placed rabbit accessories stormed Sala and its punk pitched transient company. Growling into the microphone numerous times, “This song is about a so and so and an eskimo” they went on to play favorites “I am a Girlfriend”, “Give it to Me”, and “Mess Me Up”. Hunx & His Punx came on next, reveling in all their gay glory. Appearing besequined, with feathered caps and bare chests, they declared their fervent love for cock and sexual pleasures of all kinds. I’d never heard of them before, but the lead singer definitely made his mark in my memory. Moaning and groaning, gyrating on the floor, he begged for someone, anyone to pee on him. Box Elders was the final band preceding the headliner. Their act was dated and ranging from somewhat to hardly enjoyable; not much else to say about that. Finally, Jay Reatard made his appearance. A youngish man with waves of dirty blonde hair, rough around the edges, I’d say his looks are much better accentuated in person than in photographs. The man treated us to renditions of “Greed, Money, Useless Children”, “My Shadow”, “Oh It’s Such a Shame”, and after forty minutes of solid punk made his exit. Direct and to the point, Reatard made little conversation and got straight to the music. After all the formalities, most seemed to appreciate this, getting down and dirty almost instantaneously. He did good.” [the neighbours]

That reviewer from Wednesday night’s Pop Montreal show (which unfortunately did not have a positive experience with Box Elders) puts Jay’s set time at 40 minutes which is double what the guy who never actually made it inside said,

Last night (10/1), Thursday (one day later), the same Shattered Records lineup came to Le Poisson Rouge in NYC, though they reversed the order. Nobunny went on last, which for a show that didn’t start until 11:30pm, meant a set time of after 2am. Also, the above review doesn’t mention Useless Eaters who opened the NYC show with Jay on guitar. Jay played his own set third on the bill…

“Regardless of one’s feelings about [Jay’s new] record (and particularly, the production), [his middle-of-the-night-headlining set showed those songs to be as much classic Reatard as anything in his catalog. While not riot-crowded, Le Poisson Rouge was comfortably packed with fans who didn’t mind the late start time and threw themselves into the music, sometimes literally. [In the live recording of the show posted at NYCTaper, you can] hear Jay, during “Watching You,” heckle a fan down in the pit who got a little too enthusiastic (and apparently, was waving a really gross sweater over his head). The set may have only been 35 minutes long, but this was another 35 minutes (and 15 songs!) of pure southern punk gold” –Acidjack

I think it’s safe to say that Jay’s sets are “less than an hour”. Check our interview with him HERE. More pictures from last night’s show, and Jay’s setlist, below…

Useless Eaters

Box Elders

Jay Reatard

Hunx and His Punx

NoBunny

Jay Reatard setlist
01 An Ugly Death
02 Nightmares
03 Fading All Away
04 Drop Dead
05 Greed, Money, Useless Children
06 All Over Again
07 I’m Watching You
08 You Mean Nothing To Me
09 Not A Substitute
10 My Shadow
11 Oh It’s Such A Shame
12 See/Saw
13 Faking It
14 There Is No Sun
15 Let It All Go

DOWNLOAD: Fluffy Lumbers – Cruisers (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Thomas Function – Belly of the Beast (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Cheap Time – Woodland Drive (MP3)

Cheap Time

As you may have heard, Jay Reatard‘s Shattered Tour blows into town tonight (10/1) at Le Poisson Rougue, having seen every band on tonight’s bill except for Useless Eaters, I can say this sounds like a whole lot of fun. Except for the part that it’s a five band bill where doors don’t open till 11pm, which seems super late for a 21+ show. So if you don’t have to get up and go to work on Friday, or you’ve evolved beyond the need for sleep, definitely check it out. (The scheduled set times for the night is below.) Expect nudity, maybe some blood, and a whole lot of catchy garage punk pop from Box Elders, Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Useless Eaters, and your host for the night, Mr. Reatard (who is also performing with Useless Eaters). You can download a free sampler featuring all the artsits on the tour at the bottom of our just-posted interview with Jay.

A band that are on some of the Shattered Tour dates, though not tonight’s, are Cheap Time who are gonna be in town this weekend playing Friday (10/2) and Saturday (10/3) at Silent Barn. This Tennessee trio leans more on the catchy punk and less on blown-out levels and reverb than many of the bands lumped in the garage universe, with their new single “Woodland Drive” being a big leap forward sonically and songwriting-ly.

Friday’s show also has Fluffy Lumbers on the bill. Their song “Cruisers” has gotten a lot of play on my stereo over the last two months. You can download it at the top of this post. The band’s line-up is in flux at the moment, so I’m not sure how many Fluffy Lumbers there are at this point, but they’re worth listening to. Also playing: art-punks White Diamonds and Beachniks which includes members of German Measels and Crystal Stilts.

The Saturday show also features New Orleans piano-based trio The Pharmacy, plus Columbus, OH’s Guinea Worms, Brooklyn’s Uzi Rash and The Sediment Club.

Thomas Function

Speaking of Silent Barn, Alabama’s Thomas Function played there last night (9/30), their first NYC show since January. You’ve got two more chances to see them: tonight (10/1) at The Studio at Webster Hall and tomorrow (10/2) at Bruar Falls. Thomas Function have a new album, In the Valley of Sickness, which is out October 13 but I’m pretty sure they’ve got it to buy at their merch tables this weekend. I’ve only heard a few songs from it (you can download one at the top of this post). What I’ve heard sounds a just slightly less raucous than last year’s Celebration, but I have a feeling the songs will be a bit wilder when played live. Both NYC shows (and all upcoming dates with TF) are with mysterious French dude Yussuf Jerusalem whose MySpace page and artwork might lead you to believe he makes some sort of scary black metal but in fact it’s catchy, slightly gothy psych-rock not that far off from Ohio greats My Dad is Dead.

The Soft Pack @ Bowery Ballroom in March (more by Chris La Putt)

The Soft Pack are also back in town this weekend, playing their first shows since being odd men out on that NME tour that had them sharing the bill with UK acts Friendly Fires and White Lies. Their show at Bowery Ballroom on Friday (10/2) makes a lot more sense, with onetime 1928 labelmates The Sundelles, plus Right on Dynamite and The Dig. The band did spend part of their summer in Brooklyn, recording their debut for Kemado Records which should be out in early 2010. I haven’t seen them since their Union Pool show back in January with Those Darlins which is one of the best times I’ve had all year, and I’m anxious to hear some new tracks, like “C’mon” which you can watch a live performance of at the bottom of this post.

There’ll be more This Week In Indie later, including The Dø, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Besnard Lakes, the return of Frank Sidebottom and more. Stay tuned. In the meantime, check out videos, flyers and tour dates after the jump.

Shattered Tour at Le Poisson Rouge 10/1 Set Times
11:00pm Useless Eaters (with Jay)
11:45am Box Elders
12:30am Jay Reatard
1:30am Hunx & HIs Punx
2:15am Nobunny

Jay Reatard – 2009 Tour Dates
SHATTERED RECORDS TOUR
Mon Sep 28 – Chicago – Empty Bottle with Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, Useless Eaters
Tue Sep 29 – Toronto – The Reverb with Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, Useless Eaters
Wed Sep 30 – Montreal – La Sala Rossa with Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, Useless Eaters
Thu Oct 1 – New York City – Le Poisson Rouge with Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, Useless Eaters
Fri Oct 2 – Boston – Harpers Ferry with Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, Useless Eaters
Sat Oct 3 – Baltimore – Ottobar with Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, Useless Eaters
Thu Oct 15 – Seattle – Crocodile Cafe with Box Elders and Cheap Time
Sat Oct 17 – Portland – Scion Garage Rock Fest
Mon Oct 19 – San Francisco – Great American Music Hall with Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, Digital Leather
Tue Oct 20 – San Diego – The Casbah with Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, Digital Leather
Wed Oct 21 – Los Angeles – El Rey Theater with Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, Digital Leather

EUROPEAN TOUR
Wed Oct 28 Paris – Maroquinerie
Thu Oct 29 Cologne – Luxor
Fri Oct 30 Munich – 59 to 1
Sat Oct 31 Berlin – Lido
Sun Nov 1 Copenhagen – Loppen
Mon Nov 2 Oslo – Parkteatret
Tue Nov 3 Malmo – Mejeriet
Wed Nov 4 Hamburg – Logo
Thu Nov 5 Prague – Matrix
Fri Nov 6 Vienna – B72
Sat Nov 7 Bologna – Covo
Sun Nov 8 Clermont Ferrand – Coop de Mai
Mon Nov 9 Brussels – Botanique Rotonde
Tue Nov 10 Birmingham – Bar Academy
Wed Nov 11 Glasgow – King Tuts
Thu Nov 12 Manchester – Roadhouse
Fri Nov 13 London – Underworld
Sat Nov 14 Bristol – Croft
Sun Nov 15 Liverpool – Masque
Mon Nov 16 Dublin – Whelans

Cheap Time – 2009 Tour Dates
Oct 1 JR’s Bar w/ Tough Shits Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct 2 Silent Barn Brooklyn, New York
Oct 3 Silent Barn Brooklyn, New York
Oct 4 Gooski’s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Oct 5 Beachland Ballroom ***Cleveland, Ohio
Oct 6 Vic Theater ***Chicago, Illinois
Oct 7 First Ave. ***Minneapolis, Minnesota
Oct 8 Replay Lounge Lawrence, Kansas
Oct 9 Slowdown ***Omaha, Nebraska
Oct 10 Odgen ***Denver, Colorado
Oct 11 Belly Up ***Aspen, Colorado
Oct 12 Urban Lounge ***Salt Lake City, Utah
Oct 14 The Lion’s Lair w/ Ze Krau Spokane, Washington
Oct 15 Crocodile w/ Jay Reatard and Box Elders Seattle, Washington
Oct 17 VICE/SCION Fest @ Someday Lounge w/ Box Elders Porland, Oregon
Oct 18 Ground Kontrol w/ Welcome Home Walker Portland, Oregon
Oct 20 The Hub w/ Slippery Slopes Sacramento, California
Oct 21 Eli’s Mile High Club w/ Buzzer and Apache Oakland, California
Oct 22 Eagle Tavern/Budget Rock Fest 8 San Francisco, California
Oct 25 Five Star Bar w/ The Spits, and Davila 666 Los Angeles, California
Oct 30 Five Star Bar w/ Black Time, Le Face, and Audacity Los Angeles, California
Nov 5 Soda Bar w/ Christmas Island, Beaters, and Brains San Diego, California
Nov 6 TBA Las Vegas, Nevada
Nov 7 Hollywood Alley Mesa, Arizona
Nov 8 Bacon House Las Cruces, New Mexico
Nov 10 Beerland Austin, Texas
Nov 11 TBA Denton, Texas
Nov 13 Buccaneer Memphis, Tennessee
Nov 14 Glenn Danzig’s House w/ Symptoms and Heavy Cream Nashville, Tennessee
*** w/ Yo La Tengo

Thomas Function – 2009 Tour Dates
10.01.09 Thu NYC, New York Webster Hall *
10.02.09 Fri Brooklyn, New York Bruar Falls *
10.03.09 Sat Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Garfield Artworks *
10.04.09 Sun Columbus, Ohio The Summit *
10.05.09 Mon Detroit, Michigan Lager House *
10.06.09 Tue Ft. Wayne, Indiana Brass Rail *
10.07.09 Wed Rock Island, Illinois Daytrotter Session
10.07.09 Wed Chicago, Illinois Ronny’s Bar *
10.08.09 Thu Milwaukee, Wisconsin Garibaldi’s *
10.09.09 Fri Des Moines, Iowa Vaudeville Mews *
10.10.09 Sat Lawrence, Kansas Replay Lounge *
10.11.09 Sun Denver, Colorado Larimer Lounge *
10.12.09 Mon Provo, Utah House Show in Provo *
10.14.09 Wed Seattle, Washington Funhouse *
10.15.09 Thu Tacoma, Washington The Den *
10.17.09 Sat Portland, Oregon VICE Scion Garage Festival [@ Dante’s]
10.19.09 Mon Oakland, California Stork Club *
10.20.09 Tue San Francisco, California Hemlock Tavern *
10.23.09 Fri Los Angeles, California 5 Star Bar *
10.25.09 Sun San Diego, California Bar Pink Elephant *
10.26.09 Mon Phoenix, Arizona Modified Arts *
10.27.09 Tue Las Cruces, Arizona Train Yard *
10.29.09 Thu Lubbock, Texas Bash Riprocks *
10.30.09 Fri Dallas, Texas The Lounge on Elm Street *
10.31.09 Sat Austin, Texas Beerland *
11.01.09 Sun Austin, Texas Beerland *
11.02.09 Mon Houston, Texas Mango’s *
11.03.09 Tue New Orleans, Louisiana Saturn Bar *
11.04.09 Wed Mobile, Alabama Alabama Music Box *
* w/ Yussuf Jerusalem

The Soft Pack – “C’mon”

The Soft Pack – 2009 Tour Dates
Oct 1 Johnny Brenda’s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct 2 Bowery Ballroom New York, New York
Oct 3 Middle East (upstairs) Boston, Massachusetts
Oct 6 The End Nashville, Tennessee
Oct 8 The Cavern Dallas, Texas
Oct 9 Walter’s on Washington Houston, Texas
Oct 10 Emo’s Jnr w/ WAVVES Austin, Texas
Oct 16 Casbah w/ WAVVES San Diego, California
Oct 17 Echoplex w/ WAVVES Los Angeles, California
Nov 3 King Tuts Glasgow, UK
Nov 4 Ruby Lounge Manchester, UK
Nov 5 Barfly London, UK
Nov 6 La Cigale Paris, France

As I was saying (and Bill will say even more about later), Jay Reatard and his Shattered Records crew (Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders & Useless Eaters) are on their way from Pop Montreal to NYC for a late show at Le Poisson Rouge tonight (10/1). Tickets are still on sale.

Yesterday, with some help, I rushed together some questions for an email interview with Jay (not the ideal format). Jay in turn rushed some answers back this afternoon, presumably from the road and after playing a late show last night. With that in mind, you can find that interview, which attempts to set the record straight on Jay’s recent hate for Brooklyn, and what time Hamburghini practice starts, with all dates and tonight’s set times, below….

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So, how was Gonerfest, and any chance we’ll see any more live Reatards shows any time soon?

Jay: Gonerfest was amazing, Zac and Eric really out did themselves this year, and I am more than positive that was the last Reatards show ever.

How’s the Shattered Records tour going so far?

Tour has been amazing everyone loves each other’s bands and each other so it’s been making for some good times!

Do you have a bus, or is it multiple vans, or…?

We all fly solo in whatever we got, from my van to the Useless Eaters in a small car.

Any new albums that you’re listening to on the road or in general?

Colin Newman A-Z, Fresh and Onlys new album, Orange Juice, various other stuff

Speaking of new albums, you have one that just came out on Matador. You’ve jokingly referred to it as twee, and have acknowledged that it’s poppier than past material. Was it a conscious decision to move in that direction? Are you possibly hoping to reach a bigger audience?

I was just hoping to make a different record than the previous and hope to keep that up with the next lp… It is for sure not a twee record but also isn’t the punk jams of my past.

Are you playing songs like Wounded and There is No Sun live, and if so, how have people been reacting? (a reader-submitted question)

We are playing “There Is No Sun” but no “Wounded” yet. Response has been great! Slam dancing to a ballad!

One reader also asked when the prog record is coming.

Try some Lost Sounds for my pseudo prog stylings..

Meanwhile, in addition to putting out a new album, your zillionth on my last count, you started running your own Shattered Records label again. How has that experience been since you re-launched it earlier this year?

Well its still in kinda stealth mode right now but I got big plans for 2010 for the label…

And now, in addition to putting out his records, you manage Digital Leather too? How do you find the time?

Well you just gotta dig deep and never sleep!

The Oblivians were a big influence on you, and Eric Friedl of The Oblivians signed you to his label Goner Records when you were just a teenager. Did that experience inspire you to start Shattered?

I guess you could say that. I kinda modeled the label after Goner a bit…

In [the documentary] “Waiting For Something” [(watch it below)] you said you never wanted to be simply a rock musician, and that you aren’t sure exactly what you want, but it’s way bigger than even being a musician. You could say you’re already on your way to achieving that dream by simultaneously running a label, being a manager, and being a musician (and maybe doing stuff I don’t even know about). Has doing all this stuff helped you feel closer to that bigger thing yet?

Not really… I’m really always wanting more of something and being satisfied really scares me..its like a weakness to me…

You’ve publicly listed Devo as a big influence on your music. One reader asked whether the song Feeling Blank Again was especially influenced by them.

Not directly but the use of synths for sure.

Did you see that Devo are playing “Are We Not Men?” and “Freedom of Choice” in full on a November tour? Will you be there? What are your thoughts on the whole playing an album thing. Bruce Springsteen is actually doing it all this week in NJ.

Well I’m to busy to be there… But the whole playing an album thing always seems a bit predictable doesn’t it?

Excited for the Pavement reunion? Thoughts on reunions in general?

Not a huge fan of this band. Do really like the videos though.

And before I forget, Har Mar Superstar says hi, and was also wondering what time Hamburghini practice was.

Ha – Har Mar rules. He almost killed me in LA last time I was around. Hamburghini stuff is top secret man!

Almost done. Wanted to say thanks for doing an interview with Brooklyn Vegan despite your love of eating meat (“So glad I’m not a vegan”) and your current beef (pun intended) with Brooklyn (“Brooklyn shut up ! most of your bands all suck and you are total wanna bees ! The pains of being boring at heart …”). Seriously though, I’ve read multiple interviews where you and TPOBPAH make nice to each other. Anything nice to say about Brooklyn to set the record straight?

Yeah Brooklyn has tons of great bands. People need to get a sense of humor I suppose. All hail Mike Sniper!

Speaking of beef (you know I had to), WAVVES or Black Lips?

Hmm you mean Jared or Nathan? I have known Jared since he was a teenager and have known Nathan for just a bit. I’m not taking sides but I buy both their records and music is what it’s all about right?

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(yes, I meant Jared or Nathan…) Thanks again Jay! Thanks everyone who submitted questions!

P.S. I could swear I read that Jay likes (his label-mates) Pavement.

Waiting For Something – a short documentary about Jay Reatard

Free Download – Click Here

Le Poisson Rouge set times:

11:00pm Useless Eaters (with Jay)
11:45am Box Elders
12:30am Jay Reatard
1:30am Hunx & HIs Punx
2:15am Nobunny

Jay Reatard Shattered Records – 2009 Tour Dates
Thu Oct 1 – New York City – Le Poisson Rouge with Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, Useless Eaters
Fri Oct 2 – Boston – Harpers Ferry with Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, Useless Eaters
Sat Oct 3 – Baltimore – Ottobar with Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, Useless Eaters
Thu Oct 15 – Seattle – Crocodile Cafe with Box Elders and special guests
Sat Oct 17 – Portland – Scion Garage Rock Fest (flyer below)
Mon Oct 19 – San Francisco – Great American Music Hall with Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, Digital Leather
Tue Oct 20 – San Diego – The Casbah with Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, Digital Leather
Wed Oct 21 – Los Angeles – El Rey Theater with Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, Digital Leather

Pop Montreal kicked off last night (9/30). It’s not too late to drop everything and take a car over the border. I haven’t been in a few years, but non-stop show hopping in a great foreign (but so close) city was a great experience. Plus, if you get there by tonight (10/1), you can check out the BrooklynVegan showcase featuring Micachu & The Shapes, Clues & Slim Twig! Other highlights of tonight include Think About Life, Fever Ray (who just completed a two-night run at Webster Hall), Mono (who also just played two NYC shows), Screaming Females (who are on tour and played Death by Audio Saturday), Loudon Wainwright III (who just had his family join him for a show at Highline Ballroom), Butthole Surfers (also on tour), The Intelligence (recently in NYC), and Sister Suvi (played Sycamore on Tuesday).

Last night’s Pop Montreal schedule highlights included sets by Amy Millan (touring to NYC soon), Matt & Kim (playing a Halloween show with Weezer), The Phenomenal Handclap Band, and Jay Reatard…

“Usually arriving 20 minutes late to a Pop Montreal show makes you right on time. But I biked up to La Sala Rossa near 1 a.m. Thursday morning to find a crowd spilling into the street. Not a good sign. “Is it over?” I asked some friends, referring to Memphis punk upstart Jay Reatard‘s 12:30 set. Yup, came the reply. “Did he start early?” Nope. “But it was proper,” said Ninja Tune‘s Jeff Waye. “Twenty-minute set – there’s not many bands I want to see for more than 20 minutes.”” [The Gazette]

To be more specific, last night’s Jay Reatard show in Canada was the third stop on Jay’s Shattered Records tour. The fourth stop on the tour is TONIGHT (10/1) at Le Poisson Rouge in NYC (11pm doors). Also on the bill (last night and tonight) are Shattered Records artists Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, and Useless Eaters. All dates and the tour poster below.

The Phenomenal Handclap Band (pictured to the right) were set to play with Man Man and Brazilian Girls at The Beach on Governors Island Friday night (10/2), but that show has been canceled.

Shows in NY and Boston cancelled!!
This is really sad for us to announce, but the shows in NY and in Boston, OCt 2nd and 6th had to be cancelled, due to immigration issues. its a real drag, but we promise we’ll play there soon, trying to make it before the end of the year.

we’ll keep you posted. – Brazilian Girls

Immigration issues?

The Phenomenal Handclap Band are still opening for Chromeo at Irving Plaza on October 16th though, and they just announced their first big headlining show. It’s December 11th at Bowery Ballroom, and tickets are now on AmEx presale with general sale beginning Friday at noon. No openers are listed yet. All dates below.

Meanwhile, Bruce Springsteen kicked off his five-night run at Giants Stadium last night. It was one of two shows that he’ll perform the entire “Born to Run” album at.

A good night of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band for the first of five shows at Giants Stadium on Wednesday night. A 29-song show that lasted 3 hours and 14 minutes, one of the longest shows timewise of this tour.

It was nice to have the show start off with a new song. I believe it’s the first time Bruce has played a unreleased song (not including Working On A Dream which he played at a political rally last year) since debuting “Long Walk Home” with the Sessions Band in London in November of 2006.

Of course the highlight of the evening was hearing the entire “Born To Run” album from start to finish as well as a classic 1978-style story in the middle of “Growin’ Up.” [Star Ledger]

Willie Nile came out and joined the band for a few songs during the encore. The tour continues Friday night when the E Street Band will play all of “Darkness on the Edge of Town”. If you’re going consider all transportation options. Video of the now-60 Bruce Springsteen discussing the birthday-related story (nightmare) in the middle of “Growin’ Up“, and other videos, below…

This is tonight, October 1st in Montreal

Jay Reatard Shattered Records – 2009 Tour Dates
Thu Oct 1 – New York City – Le Poisson Rouge with Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, Useless Eaters
Fri Oct 2 – Boston – Harpers Ferry with Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, Useless Eaters
Sat Oct 3 – Baltimore – Ottobar with Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, Useless Eaters
Thu Oct 15 – Seattle – Crocodile Cafe with Box Elders and special guests
Sat Oct 17 – Portland – Scion Garage Rock Fest free tickets here
Mon Oct 19 – San Francisco – Great American Music Hall with Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, Digital Leather
Tue Oct 20 – San Diego – The Casbah with Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, Digital Leather
Wed Oct 21 – Los Angeles – El Rey Theater with Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, Digital Leather

Phenomenal Handclap Band “15 to 20” Official Video from friendly fire recordings on Vimeo.

The Phenomenal Handclap Band – 2009 Tour Dates
Sep 30 Montreal, Quebec – Le National w/ Bajofondo (Pop Montreal)
Oct 1 Boston, MA – Paradise w/ Bajofondo
Oct 4 Washington DC – 9:30 Club w/ Bajofondo
Oct 16 New York, NY- Irving Plaza w/ Chromeo
Nov 1 Washington DC – 9:30 Club w/ Simian Mobile Disco
Nov 4 Chicago, IL – Metro w/ Simian Mobile Disco
Nov 6 Toronto, Ontario – The Mod Club w/ Simian Mobile Disco
Nov 7 Montreal, Quebec – SAT w/ Simian Mobile Disco
Nov 13 Philadelphia, PA – Making Time At Pure w/ The xx
Dec 11 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom

Springsteen – Growing Up (birthday talk) 9/30/09

September 30, 2009
East Rutherford, New Jersey
Giants Stadium setlist

Wrecking Ball
Seeds
Johnny 99
Atlantic City
Outlaw Pete
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Night
Backstreets
Born To Run
She’s The One
Meeting Across The River (trumpet solo: Curt Ramm)
Jungleland
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Into The Fire
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Badlands
No Surrender

Raise Your Hand
E Street Shuffle
Growing Up
American Land (with Willie Nile)
Dancin’ In The Dark (with Willie Nile)
Hard Times (with Willie Nile)
Rosalita

Jay Reatard’s bassist @ the Stuy Town Oval (more by Tim Griffin)

eMusic: Judging by the altercations you’ve had with a few of your fans, it can be tough walking around with a moniker like Reatard.

Jay Reatard: Their perception of the name, which I think of as being just mildly offensive, is what puts those negative thoughts into their heads. They anticipate something completely different from reality, and they react that way.

When I first started the Reatards, I just wanted to get to make a record. As long as I could survive until then, I could make that one and then survive until I made the next one. A lot of that early work was focused on being youthful and ignorant — feeling immortal and thinking I could get away with whatever I wanted. After I turned 26 years old, I started thinking about things a little differently. I started to realize I’m not going to live forever, my heath is going to fail, I need a place to live. So either I grew up, or society broke me down. Either way, I started thinking more about my future, which was the opposite of everything else I’d ever done.

At this point, it would be easier to get to certain levels in the music industry if I wasn’t called Jay Reatard, because it’s an immediate turn off. I would definitely be playing to larger crowds, and have more money. Everything I didn’t care about when I first called myself Jay Reatard, I could have more of now. But I’m fine with it — I look at it as a litmus test for assholes. If you can’t get past the name, then you can’t afford the price of admission.

Jay Reatard‘s new disc, Watch Me Fall, is out August 18th on Matador. NYC will get a free listening party for the album at (Le) Poisson Rouge on Monday, August 17th, while the West Coast gets a slightly better deal. Jay Reatard will be playing a series of free record shop in-stores from LA to Vancouver through the end of August. Those dates are below.

This September, Jay Reatard reunites with his first band, the Reatards, for a set at Goner Fest in Memphis.

On Thursday, October 1st (a few weeks before CMJ) he’ll headline a Shattered Records showcase (his imprint) at (Le) Poisson Rouge. Also on that NYC bill are Box Elders (who have other NYC dates coming up too), Useless Eaters, Hunx and Nobunny (both featured HERE). Doors are at 11:00pm. Tickets are on sale.

Two tracks off the new album, including the first single “It Ain’t Gonna Save Me,” are above. The video for that song, with the trailer for “Waiting For Something,” a short documentary about Jay Reatard, and all tour dates are below…

TRAILER: “Waiting For Something”, a Jay Reatard documentary

Jay Reatard – It Ain’t Gonna Save Me

Jay Reatard – 2009 Tour Dates
Aug 14 Oya Festival Oslo
Aug 15 Way Out West Festival Gothenburg
Aug 18 Amoeba RecordsLos Angeles, California
Aug 19 Fingerprints Music Long Beach, California
Aug 20 M-Theory San Diego, California
Aug 21 Streetlight Records Santa Cruz, California
Aug 22 Amoeba RecordsSan Francisco, California
Aug 23 Amoeba Records Berkeley, California
Aug 25 Jackpot Records Portland, Oregon
Aug 26 Easy Street Records Seattle, Washington
Aug 27 Sonic Boom Records Seattle, Washington
Aug 28 Zulu Records Vancouver, British Columbia
Sep 24-26 Goner Fest Memphis, TN
Oct 01 (Le) Poisson Rouge New York, NY *
Oct 28 Maroquinerie Paris
Oct 29 Luxor Cologne
Oct 30 59 to 1 Munich
Oct 31 Lido Berlin
Nov 01 Loppen Copenhagen
Nov 02 Parkteatret Oslo
Nov 03 Mejeriet Malmo
Nov 04 Logo Hamburg
Nov 05 Matrix Prague
Nov 06 B72 Vienna
Nov 07 Covo Bologna
Nov 08 Coop de Mai Clermont Ferrand
Nov 09 Botanique Rotonde Brussels
Nov 10 Bar Academy Birmingham
Nov 11 King Tuts Glasgow
Nov 12 Roadhouse Manchester
Nov 13 Underworld London
Nov 14 Croft Bristol
Nov 15 Masque Liverpool
Nov 16 Whelans Dublin
* Shattered Records Showcase w/ Box Elders, Hunx, Nobunny and Useless Eaters

DOWNLOAD: Amazing Baby – Smoke Bros (MP3)

Amazing Baby

“I actually miss the days when you just wrote about Amazing Baby in eeevery post.” – BV commenter Eric Serpa | June 4, 2009 4:59 PM

This one’s for you, dude. Yes it has been a while since Amazing Baby have graced this column which started almost exactly a year ago and were featured in my inaugural post. Since then, the band have gone through a few line-up changes, expanded, contracted, and toured Europe a couple times (once with buddies MGMT). The band open for Phoenix at Terminal 5 this Friday (6/19) and will release their debut album, Rewild, on Tuesday, June 23. (It’s out now on iTunes.) Few are more aware than me that a lot of people seem to dislike this band, though I think most of that comes from the company they keep and their image more than the music itself.

Do they have questionable taste when it comes to fashion, their album covers and music videos? Maybe, but I don’t think you can accuse Amazing Baby of the same, musically, or jumping on any bandwagons. Rewild is psychedelic without being being retro, danceable at times, heavy, glammy, catchy as hell and full of inventive arrangements and production. It rocks and swoons and sounds great loud. And they don’t sound like any single other band out there. You can download “Smoke Bros” (which reminds me of Shriekback a little bit) at the top of this post. And you can stream the whole album at their MySpace.

Lightspeed Champion

Still reading? Phoenix’s openers at tomorrow’s (6/18) Music Hall of Williamsburg is Lightspeed Champion. That show is beyond sold-out, but tonight (6/17), he’s playing a warm up show at Mercury Lounge, which will be his first in a long time. Dev has become a Brooklyn resident in the last year, which is where he also recorded his still-untitled second solo album (due in Oct.) with help from the Spacecamp boys who will also be his backing band at both shows. As a fan of last year’s underrated Falling Off the Lavendar Bridge, I’m anxious to hear Dev’s new material. Tickets are still available.

Spacecamp are also playing a set of their own at Mercury Lounge, opening the night, though you’d think it would’ve made more sense for them to play next-to-last and just have Dev come out and join them for a seamless transition, but I am a blogger not a stage manager. The band now have a full-time keyboardist in the mix which has made them a bit funkier (clavinet tends to do that). You can can get an idea of that in the footage Joly shot from Spacecamp’s Annex show two weeks ago (below). In between Spacecamp and Lightspeed are Apache Beat and New Orleans’ Hurray for the Riff Raff.

Nobunny

The show I’m most looking forward to this week, though, is this Friday (6/19) at Bruar Falls: Nobunny, Hunx and His Punx, German Measels, Baby Shakes and The Beets. I wrote about Nobunny the last time he was through town, having just caught him at SXSW, and his shows are fun and creepy all at the same time. (It’s that mask.) If you haven’t heard his debut, Love Visions, it’s a lot of fun if you like bare-bones Ramones style punky pop. He recently put out a cassette-only album, Raw Romance, of demos and outtakes that was also pretty good — it’s sold out but maybe he’ll have copies on tour with him. Nobunny also plays an all-ages show at Death by Audio two nights later (6/21).

The whole evening at Bruar Falls sounds like fun. Hunx and His Punx look and sound like they lept out of a John Waters movie and judging by their music videos I can only hope they bring that level of camp to their live show. Hunx has a new single out, “Teardrops on My Telephone,” on Jay Reatard‘s Shattered label (also home to Nobunny). You can see the video for that song below. Hunx is playing a bunch of shows and parties this week, and all his dates are at the bottom of this post.

Also: the girl group punk of Baby Shakes; German Measels’ fake mustache pop; and The Beets who seem to play every four days but I’ve enjoyed every show I’ve seen of theirs (including two previous at Bruar Falls).

Other shows of note: there’s a TWII-approved line-up at Glasslands on tonight (6/17): Sisters, My Teenage Stride, and Knight School. All the bands are good, but if you haven’t seen Sisters yet, you should really rectify that as soon as possible. On of my all time favorite new local bands of the moment.

Crocodiles are back in town, playing Union Pool on Thursday (6/18) and Mercury Lounge on Saturday (6/20). I don’t care what Pitchfork says, I think their album is pretty good and they were fun at Pianos earlier this year.

And it wouldn’t be a proper TWII column without mentioning this year’s Twee as Fuck party at Cake Shop. TaF is a monthy party in London, as well as a fanzine and label, and they bring it over here in June. I went to last year’s moderately-attended event which featured Afternoon Naps, Bears, and Pains at Being Pure at Heart who are headlining again this year though it’s an understatement to say that things have changed for them. Not that they don’t totally deserve it, but it still boggles my mind that the Pains have become a big as they have. TPOBPAH just announced a fall tour and those dates are below. Their next NYC show after Cake Shop is at South Street Seaport (home of tonight’s Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Show).

With a lineup that also includes their Slumberland labelmates Crystal Stilts and Cause Co-Motion, as well as London’s Hatcham Social, this is gonna be one super-packed, sweaty night at Cake Shop. Advance tickets are sold out, but there are a few available at the door if you get there early. Doors are at 7pm.

That’s it for this week. Flyers, videos, and tour dates are after the jump….

Baby Shakes

Amazing Baby – “Head Dress” (New Version)

Amazing Baby – 2009 Tour Dates
Jun 16 La Tulipe w/ Phoenix Montreal
Jun 17 Paradise Rock Club w/ Phoenix Boston, Massachusetts
Jun 19 Terminal 5 w/ Phoenix New York, New York
Jun 21 Rock and Roll Hotel w/ Phoenix Washington DC
Jun 23 Varsity w/ Phoenix Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jun 25 Bluebird w/ Phoenix Denver, Colorado
Jun 27 Regency Center – Grand Ballroom w/ Phoenix San Francisco, California
Jun 28 The Wiltern w/ Phoenix Los Angeles, California
Jul 2 Hammer Museum Los Angeles, California
Jul 16 Hoxton Bar & Grill London
Jul 17 Latitude Festival Suffolk, South
Jul 18 Melt Festival Ferropolis
Jul 19 Dour Festival Dour
Jul 20 Nouveau Casino Paris
Jul 21 Festival De Affaire Nijmegen
Aug 7 Lollapalooza Chicago, Illinois

Spacecamp – Denial @ The Annex 5/30/2009

Nobunny – 2009 Tour Dates
Jun 16 w/ THE MUMMIES! SARDINIA
Jun 19 w/ HUNX & HIS PUNX! @ Bruer Falls BROOKLYN, New York
Jun 21 w/ UZI RASH @ Death By Audio ALL AGES BROOKLYN
Jul 4 BURGER BOOGALOO! @ The Knockout SAN FRAN PSYCHO, California
Jul 15 21+ 5 Star Bar LOS ANGELES, California
Jul 17 JOHNNY RAD FEST 2!!!!! SAN DIE-GO-GO!, California
Jul 18 ALLAGES @ 5 Star Bar LOS ANGELES, California
Sep 2 w/ DAVILLA 666! @ The Parkside SAN FRAN PSYCHO, California
Sep 24 2GONERFEST 6! MEMPHIS, Tennessee

Hunx and His Punx – “Teardrops on My Telephone”

Hunx and His Punx – 2009 Tour Dates
Jun 18 THE SWAT BAR 59 CANAL STREET FLOOR 2 NEW YORK, New York
Jun 19 BUTT MAGAZINE PARTY @ Knitting Factory w/ SALEM & SISSY NOBBY (we play at 9pm) New York, New York
Jun 19 BRUAR FALLS w/ NOBUNNY, THE BEETS + BABYSHAKES (we play at 11 or 12) BROOKLYN, New York
Jun 26 PORTLAND @ THE EAST END PORTLAND, Oregon
Jun 27 THE WILDROSE (PRIDE WEEK) w/ LESLIE & THE LYS, Duchess & The Duke, ETC SEATTLE, Washington
Jun 28 THE FUNHOUSE (daytime show) 4PM w/ THE ONONOS SEATTLE, Washington
Jul 16 JJ RAD FEST @ Ken Club w/ Sneaky Pinks & MORE! SAN DIEGO, California
Jul 17 The Troubadour w/ The Donnas HOLLYWOOD, California
Jul 18 SECRET LA SHOW LOS ANGELES, California
Aug 1 Club Feral (the last one) @ PARK SIDE w/ shannon and the clams and terran tramantics SAN FRANCISCO, California
Aug 13 HOMO A GO GO (Aug 13-16) SAN FRANCISCO, California

Crocodiles – “I Wanna Kill” @ Pianos

Crocodiles – 2009 Tour Dates
Jun 18 UNION POOL Brooklyn, New York
Jun 20 MERCURY LOUNGE New York, New York
Jun 23 BEACHLAND TAVERN Cleveland, Ohio
Jun 26 BLUEBIRD THEATRE Denver, Colorado
Jun 27 TRUNKSPACE Phoenix, Arizona
Jul 11 PARADISO Amsterdam
Jul 12 OLD BLUE LAST London
Jul 14 K4 Nurnburg
Jul 15 BANG BANG CLUB Berlin
Jul 21 HANA BI Ravenna
Jul 22 PARKLIFE FESTIVAL Milan
Jul 30 WHELANS Dublin
Aug 1 BUFFALO BAR Cardiff
Aug 4 BARDENS BOUDOIR London
Aug 29 STREET SCENE San Diego, California

The Pains at Being Pure at Heart – “Young Adult Friction”

The Pains at Being Pure at Heart – 2009 Tour Dates
Jun 18 2009 Cake Shop New York, New York #
July 10 2009 South Street Seaport New York, New York % (FREE)
July 18 2009 Pitchfork Fest Chicago, Illinois
July 20 2009 The Echo Los Angeles, California *
July 21 2009 The Rickshaw Stop San Fransisco, California *
July 23 2009 Backspace Portland, Oregon *
July 24 2009 Biltmore Cabaret Vancouver, BC *
July 25 2009 Capitol Hill Block Party Seattle, Washington
Sep 05 2009 Middle East Downstairs, Boston, Massachusetts &+
Sep 06 2009 La Sala Rossa Montreal, Quebec &+
Sep 07 2009 Horeshoe Tavern Toronto, Ontario &+
Sep 08 2009 Logan Square Auditorium Chicago, Illinois &+
Sep 09 2009 Stage Door at the Orpheum Madison, Wisconsin &+
Sep 10 2009 The Slowdown Omaha, Nebraska &+
Sep 12 2009 Monolith Festival Morrison, Colorado
Sep 13 2009 Kilby Court Salt Lake City, Utah &+
Sep 14 2009 Neurolux Boise, Idaho &+
Sep 17 2009 MFNW / Doug Fir Portland, Oregon &+
Sep 21 2009 Casbah San Diego, California &+
Sep 22 2009 Club Congress Tucson, Arizona &+
Sep 24 2009 Lola’s Fort Worth, Texas &+
Sep 25 2009 The Mohawk Austin, Texas &+
Sep 26 2009 One Eyed Jacks New Orleans, Louisiana &+
Sep 27 2009 Club Downunder Tallahassee, Florida &+
Sep 28 2009 The Earl Atlanta, Georgia &+
Sep 29 2009 Local 506 Chapel Hill, North Carolina &+
Sep 30 2009 Black Cat, Washington DC &+
Oct 01 2009 Ottobar Baltimore, Maryland &+
Oct 05 2009 First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, Pennsylvania &+

% = w/ Zaza
# = w/ Crystal Stilts
* = w/ Girls
& = w/ The Depreciation Guild
+ = w/ Cymbals Eat Guitars

As previously reported Jay Reatard’s Shattered Records imprint is coming back into active duty. Among the imprint’s planned releases are ” six 7″s from artists hand-picked by Jay including “Jeffrey Novak (from Cheap Time), Nobunny, Hunx, Useless Eaters, Box Elders, Earthmen & Strangers, and legendary New Zealand lo-fi songwriter Chris Knox.”

Nobunny happens to be in NYC for two shows starting TONIGHT (4/13)

Shattered Records also announced it will release “all 20 of Jay Reatard’s albums” digitally, plus a new singles series and subscription club. The new site is offering new Reatard single “You’re Gonna Lose” free to those who sign up for its mailing list. Full info below.

Jay Reatard is going on tour in June and July. That includes two NYC shows. The first, on Wednesday, July 1st, will take place in Stuyvesent Town! That one, billed as a “Stuytown Oval Concert”, will presumably be free, outdoors, and have a mosh pit full of babies. The second will happen at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg, one day later, on Thursday, July 2nd . Tickets for that go on sale Wednesday, April 12th at noon. TV Smith opens both NY dates.

Box Elders have two NYC dates scheduled – April 24th and 25th.

Jay will also play a show on Record Store Day (at Goner Records). On that day, April 18th, you will also be able to pick up his Record Store Day 7″ split with Sonic Youth (being released by Matador).

Full Shattered Records press release, and all tour dates, below…

Jay Reatard, the “king of the rock and roll single” (Los Angeles Times) is putting a striking focus on both vinyl and digital releases in 2009, set to be the breakthrough year from the prolific Memphis-based indie/pop/punk songwriter. Today he relaunches his own Shattered Records label (2004-2007) to re-release his back catalog and will soon release new singles and albums from some of the best artists in punk, garage, and indie music.

Shattered Records’ digital store opens today featuring his entire 20 album catalog, including many out of print for years and some that have never been available digitally before. Many of these releases are exclusive to the Shattered Store. A brand new 14-song digital-only collection of Jay’s music from 1998-2007, entitled Greatest Messes, is available starting today for just $7.99, only at jayreatard.com. More nuggets from Jay’s 50 7″s and EPs, never before available digitally, will be added in the coming months.

Jay also proudly announces The Shattered Single Series, consisting of six 7″s from artists hand-picked by Jay including Jeffrey Novak (from Cheap Time), Nobunny, Hunx, Useless Eaters, Box Elders, Earthmen & Strangers, and legendary New Zealand lo-fi songwriter Chris Knox. Each will be available in a limited run 500 7″s and as a digital single. Shattered Records will also release the debut solo album from Jeffrey Novak, entitled After The Ball, in May.

As exciting is The Shattered Subscription Club, featuring many exclusive releases for Shattered members only. For an annual subscription of $75.00, Shattered fans will receive:

– his upcoming Matador album (320kpbs mp3 and LP or CD)
– a Shattered Club exclusive brand new 7″ (vinyl)
– a Shattered Club exclusive brand new live 7″ (vinyl)
– a Shattered Club exclusive t-shirt
– 25-song Greatest Messes Shattered Club Edition (320kpbs mp3)
– all six Shattered Singles Series releases (320kpbs mp3)
– his very first album Teenage Hate by The Reatards, available digitally for the first time (320kpbs mp3)
– more surprises and exclusives throughout the year

Jay Reatard – 2009 Tour Dates
Saturday, Apr 18 – Memphis @ Goner Records (Record Store Day)
Thursday, June 11 San Diego, CA Casbah *
Saturday, June 13 San Francisco, CA The Independent *
Monday, June 15 Seattle, WA Crocodile Cafe *
Tuesday, June 16 Vancouver, BC The Biltmore Cabaret
Wednesday, June 17 Portland, OR Dante’s *
Friday, June 26 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge
Saturday, June 27 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
Monday, June 29 Toronto, ON The Mod Club
Tuesday, June 30 Montreal QUE, UE La Sala Rossa
Wednesday July, 01 New York, NY Stuytown Oval Concert **
Thursday July, 02 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall Of Williamsburg **
Friday July, 03 Allston, MA Harpers Ferry
Wednesday July, 08 Knoxville, TN Pilot Light **
Thursday July, 09 Nashville, TN The End
Friday July, 10 Memphis, TN Hi-Tone Cafe **

* w/The Oh Sees
** w/TV Smith

Box Elders @ Market Hotel (more by Tim Griffin)

“Though they only have one single to their name, the Box Elders have garnered quite a bit of support, most notably from Jay Reatard who has his sights set on recording them as part of his new imprint on Matador. Led by brothers Clayton and Jeremiah McIntyre, the Box Elders play disarmingly simple, catchy pop music, and it’s probably because of their very un-raucous recorded sound that audiences have been sucked in by their strength as a live band. With their repertoire of under-two minute, chant-worthy tunes, the Box Elders are a band you can expect to become slowly and hopelessly hooked on.” [The Daily Texan]

After reading the above, I contacted Box Elders to clear up the Jay Reatard thing. The new imprint is not actually new – it’s Jay’s old, but dormant label Shattered Records which will be starting up again with distribution by Matador Direct and Goner Records. According to another article, Jay will also be producing and releasing music by Cheap Time, Cola Freaks and the Barbaras this year. The Box Elders Shattered 7″ will be out in June.

Other Box Elders releases include one 45 you can order from Grotto Records, a full LP coming out on Goner in July, and a 7″ for the HOZAC singles club coming out later in the summer.

Jay‘s last release of his own music was a demo track that he posted to his blog for free. He just finished playing some dates in Europe, and has a show scheduled at Lenny’s in Atlanta on April 11th, and one at Goner Records in Memphis on April 18th for Record Store Day.

Box Elders recently played a string of Austin, TX/SXSW shows that included the Todd P / NY Noise party and at least four more. The Nebraska band will hit the road again in April – a tour that brings them to new Brooklyn venue Bruar Falls on April 24th, and to its older sister venue in Manhattan, Cake Shop, one day later.

Box Elders were last in NYC in January when they played Market Hotel. All future tour dates and a live video from the band’s pre-SXSW Denton, TX, tour stop, below…

Box Elders @ Bunker Hill, Denton TX. March 16th 2009

Box Elders – 2009 Tour Dates
Apr 6 – Waiting Room w/ Quintron! Omaha, Nebraska
Apr 11 – Public Space One Iowa City, Iowa
Apr 13 – TBA Lafayette, Indiana
Apr 14 – Frank’s Power Plant Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Apr 15 – Now That’s Class Cleveland, Ohio
Apr 16 – Painted Lady Lounge Hamtramck–Detroit, Michigan
Apr 17 – Rancho Relaxo Toronto, Ontario
Apr 18 – Totally Wired Fest-Howlers Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Apr 23 – Vassar College Poughkeepsie, New York
Apr 24 – Bruar Falls Brooklyn, New York
Apr 25 – Cake Shop New York City, New York
Apr 26 – Cherry St. Station Wallingford, Connecticut
Apr 27 – O’Briens Boston, Massachusetts
Apr 28 – Jr’s Bar Philidelphia, Pennsylvania
Apr 29 – The Union Athens, Ohio
Apr 30 – Empty Bottle Chicago, Illinois
May 1 – Waiting Room Omaha, Nebraska
Jun 6 – BAMALAMA!!!! Huntsville, Alabama