The Dears

For those keeping score, your man Klaus has played drums in many many unpopular and unsignable bands since 1991. I’ve dragged my 1964 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl 4 piece kit (2nd rack tom not shown) with 1965 Gretsch snare (all of which were purchased in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts for $175) from one end of the earth (the Northeast) to the other (the Midwest mostly) hundreds of times…

Back on 3/29, The Dears made a post-SXSW stop in Brooklyn to play a show at Music Hall of Williamsburg with Rewards and the Rassle. A belated set of pictures from that show, continues below…

The Dears at M For Montreal Montreal (more by Alexandre Bédard) The Dears released their new LP Degeneration Street on 2/15, and are preparing to play multiple shows at SXSW in March and then heading to Europe in April…

New Pornographer Neko Case @ T5 (more by Greg Cristman) today in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * Chicha Libre @ Barbes * Yo La Tengo & ?? @ Maxwell’s * Rufus Wainwright @ Carnegie Hall * Diamond Rings, Austra @ Mercury Lounge * Young Heel, Young Michelin, Zula @ Cake Shop * Dukes of September Rhythm Review @ Beacon Theatre * Jeff Tweedy & the Autumn Defense @ Tarrytown Music Hall * Body Language, Machine Drum, Sammy Bananas @ Brooklyn Bowl * Glamour Kings, The Mystic Underground, Lowe @ Death By Audio * The New Pornographers, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists @ Terminal 5 * Janka Nabay, Turkuaz, Zongo Junction, Noble Society, Bajah @ Southpaw * Des Roar, Pint Shot Riot, Allan & The Foxes @ The Studio at Webster Hall * Ches Smith, Tim Berne, Brian Drye’s Bizingas, Jacob Sacks Saloon Band @ Zebulon * Lenny Pickett, John King, Ned Rothenberg (Roulette Benefit Festival) @ Roulette * Chie Mukai, Koen Holtkamp (of Mountains), Swarms (Nina Mehta of Rings) @ Pianos * WFUV Holiday show w/ Amos Lee, Punch Brothers, The Secret Sisters & Citizen Cope @ the Concert Hall * The Wellingtons, The Bowmans, Tony Scherr Trio, Jim Campilongo Electric Trio, Tony Mason @ The Living Room * Nels Cline, Yuka Honda, Miho Hatori, Mike Watt, Dougie Bowne, Thomas Bartlett, Doug Wieselman (Yuka Honda birthday celebration) @ Le Poisson Rouge The Dears made a new video for their new song “Blood”…

w/ DOWNLOAD: Jesuslesfilles – Fous Le Camp (MP3) The final day of M for Montreal had two showcases, both of which seemed programmed more to locals more than the “international delegates” like myself…

DOWNLOAD: The Fresh & Onlys – Waterfall (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Erland & the Carnival – Trouble in Mind (Mp3) It’s an early installment of TWII this week. Most o…

The Dears have a new album due early 2011 on Dangerbird Records, and they’ll be previewing it this fall with a series of live shows. The band will play the record in-full at eight shows scheduled as multi-night stays in three cities: three in Toronto and Montreal, two in Brooklyn…

Southern Comfort will host a series of free shows beginning this August. The tour’s two main headliners will be Ghostland Observatory and the Polyphonic Spree…

DOWNLOAD: The Beets – What Did I Do? (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Pow Wow! – My House. Your House. Mine (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Pow Wow! – 23 19 (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Browns – For the Saints (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Browns – Forgotten Son (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Browns – Two of You (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Sundelles – So Long (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Gary War – Bounce Four (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Papercuts – Future Primitive (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Papercuts – Future Primitve (Ruby Suns remix) (MP3) As you may have heard, L Magazine put out their annual “8 NYC Bands You Must Hear” issue this week…