Australia natives Wolf & Cub have jumped on the
label bandwagon signing with 4AD. The rock
crew complimented by the growling Joel Byrne, and
his blues like rock in the track "Steal Their Gold'
and grunge slams on the electric like his heavy
hitting track 'The Mess'. The duality is only part
of what drew the label to the band. Their
first album is due out in March but you can get a
sneak at one of the first tracks 'Steal Their Gold'
here. You can also see the first video from
the upcoming album 'The Mess'.
Okay, so we just told you about the Kaiser Chiefs
upcoming release date of their hotly anticipated
follow up to 2005's Employment entitled
Yours Truly Angry Mob. But what we didn't really
get across is why we can't wait for its release.
So, we thought we'd let the band do the talking with
the first single 'Ruby' from the upcoming album.
Track Listing:
01 Ruby
02 The Angry Mob
03 Heat Dies Down
04 Highroyds
05 Love's Not A Competition (But I'm Winning)
06 Thank You Very Much
07 I Can Do It Without You
08 My Kind Of Guy
09 Everything Is Average Nowadays
10 Boxing Champ
11 Learnt My Lesson Well
12 Try Your Best
13 Retirement
How do you expect your core audience to help
spread your duo-tastic talent when your bands name
is Arab Strap? Looks like they are taking it into
their own hands by releasing the swan song
compilation, Ten Years of Tears on February
20th. Of course, all your drunken nights of
listening to the guys only to wake up pissed
yourself silly.
Personal.
But your personal memories will be for not as the
band has put together more than a simple best of
rehash. Ten Years of Tears will contain
never before heard demos, new tracks, besides
remixes and reportedly more.
Track Listing:
01 Set The Scene
02 Islands
03 First Big Weekend
04 Gilded
05 I Saw You
06 Clearing
07 Packs Of Three
08 Afternoon Soaps
09 Rocket Take Your Turn
10 To All A Good Night
11 Turbulence
12 Shy Retirer
13 Blood
14 If There's No Hope For Us
15 Where We've Left Our Love
16 Girl I Loved Before I Fucked
17 Oxytocin
18 There Is No Ending
London trifecta and guitar fuzzing bravados The
Early Years are getting set to release their self
titled post punk piece on January 30th care of
Beggars Banquet. The stunning electric feedback and
structure from surf rock to piano led ballads show
just how large a canvas these guys work one.
One listen to the first single 'All Ones & Zeros'
will make any Yo La Tengo fan red with envy.
Track Listing:
01 All Ones & Zeros
02 Things
03 The Simple Solution
04 Brown Hearts
05 Song For Elizabeth
06 Muzik Der Frühen Jahre
07 So Far Gone
08 High Times And Low Lives
09 Harmonic Interlude
10 This Ain’t Happiness
The band is also heading to US shores at the end
of January for their first tour in the states. So if
your are even within a two hundred mile radius, may
we suggest a road trip for psychedelic rock reborn?
01-25 Mercury Lounge - Manhattan, NY *
01-26 Union Hall - Brooklyn, NY +
01-27 Union Pool - Brooklyn, NY ^
* with Dub Trio, King Left, Morning Theft
+ with Daylight's For The Birds
^ with Major Stars
It's six degrees of separation day here at
Pensatos. First it was Under Byen's feathery
majestic and sad tones that hit our tour desk and
then the sultry if not ghostly El Perro Del Mar has
joined the trek across the States. To support her
recent self title debut, El Perro will be la trabaja
in New York's Bowery Ballroom starting March 1st and
hop-scotching her way to the California coast line.
That six degrees will meet in between at Boston's
Museum of Fine Arts where El Perro will be playing
with Under Byen's crew. See, our rambling
makes sense with patience.
If you are unfamiliar with her music, her three
piece outfit performs some of the saddest yet sultry
music this side of the Chiffons if they saw life
thru a bottle of vodka.
Lonely Is The Perfect Number Tour:
03-01 Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
03-02 Museum of Fine Arts - Boston, MA *
03-04 Cabaret de Musee Juste Pour Rire - Montreal,
PQ
03-05 Mod Club - Toronto, ON
03-06 Lakeshore Theater - Chicago, IL
03-07 Cedar Cultural Center - Minneapolis, MN
03-10 Doug Fir - Portland, OR
03-12 Great American - San Francisco, CA
03-13 Rec Center - Los Angeles, CA
03-14 Hotel Café - Los Angeles, CA
Don't step or you're boutst' to get an acoustic
guitar upside your head, fool! East Londoner Ben
Drew - best known for his MC name Plan B is readying
his newest vocal and street-wise word fest digital
EP Time 4 Plan B. What makes Plan B something
to talk about is his ability to spit lightning fast
rhymes one moment but the next sit down with an
acoustic guitar solo and a gorgeous vocal ballad.
You can sample his harder hitting words from his
first single 'Sick 2 Def' which features The Earlies.
Look for his EP on January 27th at most digital
outlets like iTunes and eMusic.
Track Listing:
01 Kidz (solo acoustic)
02 Dead and Burried (solo acoustic)
03 Sick 2 Def (feat. The Earlies)
04 More Is Enough (feat. Epic Man)
Ready to celebrate the world coming to an end? If
so, then Denmarks octet Under Byen may just be your
soundtrack of choice for such an event. The
group is hitting the US for the first time and
brining with them their soft voiced violin and
melancholy percussion brilliance to support their
2006 effort Samme Stof Som Stof. Prost to
drowning in sorrow!
Choice Sounds:
Af Samme Stof Som Stof
End Of Days Tour:
03-02 Museum of Modern Art - Boston, MA +
03-05 Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY +
03-06 Johnny Brenda's - Philidelphia, PA +
03-07 La Sala Rosa - Montreal, PQ +
03-08 The Mod Club (CMW) - Toronto, ON +
03-09 Andy Warhol Museum - Pittsburgh, PA +
03-10 Beachland Ballroom - Cleveland, OH +
03-11 Wexner Art Center - Columbus, OH +
03-12 Abbey Theater - Chicago, IL +
03-13 Renses Art Center - St. Louis, MO +
03-14 Opolis - Norman, OK +
03-15 SXSW (Emo’s Kork Showcase) - Austin, TX
03-16 SXSW - Austin, TX
03-17 SXSW - Austin, TX
03-18 Knitting Factory - Los Angeles, CA +
03-19 Great American Music Hall - San Francsico, CA
+
03-21 Chop Suey - Seattle, WA +
We’ll admit it, Friday Night Lights owns our
Wednesday nights. But if it weren’t for the amazing
placement of Explosions In The Sky’s music, then the
weekly affair would be for not. The band is closing
up shop on their first studio effort in almost four
years with their office loved All of a Sudden I Miss
Everyone release in February. And from what we are
told, the live act is just as immersive as their
studio print. Find them at the stops below and look
out for our review as the album nears its release.
Exploding Tour:
02-19 Warsaw - Brooklyn, NY
02-20 S.F.E.C.C.H. (Lincoln Center) - New York, NY
03-05 Emoıs - Austin, TX
03-07 Numbers - Houston, TX
03-08 The Republic - New Orleans, LA
03-10 Crowbar - Ybor City, FL
03-11 Langerado Festival - Fort Lauderdale, FL
03-12 The Alcazar - St. Augustine, FL
03-13 Lennyıs Bar - Atlanta, GA
03-14 Grey Eagle - Asheville, NC
03-15 Catıs Cradle - Carrboro, NC
03-16 Starr Hill Music Hall - Charlottesville, NC
03-17 9:30 Club - Washington, DC
03-18 Starlight Ballroom - Philadelphia, PA
03-20 Webster Hall – New York, NY
03-21 Middle East (Downstairs) - Cambridge, MA
03-23 Ukrainian Federation - Montreal, CAN
03-24 Opera House – Toronto, CAN
03-26 St. Andrews Hall - Detroit, MI
03-28 The Metro - Chicago. IL
03-29 First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
03-30 Sokol Underground - Omaha, NE
03-31 The Bottleneck - Lawrence, KS
04-02 Granada Theater - Dallas, TX
Sure Connor Oberst is a bit funny at times.
But no one's laughing at his decision to release
Gruff Rhys' solo album in the states. Rhys is
best known for his role as the frontman for Super
Furry Animals. The album, entitled
Candylion, will release under the Team Love
label on March 6th in both CD and four sided LP
format. We're told that the fourth side is an
actual etching.
Rhys will also be hitting the tour channels of UK
to help promote the album on its original overseas
label Boom Bip.
01-27 Il Covo - Bologna, Italy
02-25 Y Drwm - Aberystwyth, Wales
02-26 Riverfront - Newport, Wales
03-01 Komedia - Brighton, England
03-02 Queen Elizabeth Hall - London, England
03-03 South Street - Reading, England
03-04 Theatre Brycheiniog - Brecon, Wales
03-06 Glee Club - Birmingham, England
03-07 Deco - Northampton, England
03-12 Junction Theatre - Cambridge, England
03-13 Arts Theatre - Norwich, England
03-31 Vicar Street - Dublin, Ireland
04-19 Parc and Dare - Treorchy, Wales
04-20 Queens Hall - Narberth, Wales
04-22 Memorial Hall - Sheffield, England
04-23 Cluny - Newcastle, England
04-24 Hebden Bridge Picture House - Leeds, England
04-25 Philharmonic Hall - Liverpool, England
04-27 Lemon Tree - Aberdeen, Scotland
04-28 Renfrew Ferry - Glasgow, Scotland
04-29 Liquid Rooms - Edinburgh, Scotland
04-30 Bergenfest - Bergen, Norway
Duo Tegan & Sara are off the road and back in the
studio to follow up on the well-received 2004 effort
So Jealous. This time however, they’ll have some
monster help in their Portland, Oregon studio from
producer Chris Walla whose best known for his work
with some guys you may have heard of – Death Cab For
Cutie and The Decemberists. The two have also
confirmed that Death Cab’s drummer Jason McGeer and
the Rentals frontman Matt Sharp will have some guest
spots on the as of yet untitled album. The effort
should be fast tracked, however, for a summer
release. We’ll keep you posted.
Our favorite alt grunge punk farse Tokyo Police
Club is hitting the road to flex their under
appreciated musical muscle to a venue near you.
Still riding high on the release coat tails of the
bands first full length A Lesson In Crime, the boys
are endowed to put on one hell of a show. Don’t
believe us? Check out the review from some sketchy
webzine – oh wait, that’s us:
“...every short jibe is equaled with a responsive
guitar backlash that shows Tokyo Police Club is a
well calculated fruition of the music movement in
the past five years.”
Come for the Kids, Stay for the Club Tour:
03-06 Varisty Theater - Minneapolis, MN *
03-07 The Rave - Milwaukee, WI*
03-08 The Annex - Madison, WI *
03-09 Subterranean - Chicago, IL *
03-10 Mojo's - Columbia, MO *
03-12 Juanita's - Little Rock, AR *
03-14 Gypsy Tea Room - Dallas, TX *
03-19 The Republic - New Orleans, LA *
03-20 Club Downunder - Tallahassee, FL *
03-21 The Social - Orlando, FL *
03-22 Café 11 - St. Augustine, FL *
03-23 Vinyl - Atlanta, GA *
03-24 Mercy Lounge - Nashville, TN *
03-26 Village Tavern - Mt. Pleasant, SC *
03-27 Local 506 - Chapel Hill, NC *
03-28 9:30 Club - Washington, DC *
03-29 First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia, PA *
03-30 Middle East - Cambridge, MA *
03-31 Pearl Street - Northampton, MA *
04-06 Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY *
04-07 Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY *
How do you pull an encore after performing for
Robert Redford’s Parker Posey audiences at Sundance?
Well, if your Alexi Murdoch, you kick off your US
tour. Supporting his last year outstanding effort
Time Wihout Consequence, Murdoch continues to wow
listeners even if it is at one in the morning and
partying with the likes of Carson Daly. Check him
out though and love the chill musak.
Af Samme Stof Som Stof No Face or BA Tour:
01-19 Star Bar - Park City, UT
01-20 Star Bar - Park City, UT
02-07 Mercury - New York, NY
02-08 Great Scott's - Boston, MA
02-09 Northstar - Philadelphia, PA
02-10 Maxwell's - Hoboken, NJ
02-11 Rock N Roll Hotel - Washington, DC
02-12 8 x 10 - Baltimore, MD
02-14 Smith's Olde Bar - Atlanta, GA
02-15 Headliner's - Louisville, KY
02-16 Martyr’s - Chicago, IL
02-17 Varsity Theater - Minneapolis, MN
02-18 Shank Hall - Milwaukee, WI
02-20 Bottleneck - Lawrence, KS
02-21 Fox Theater - Boulder, CO
Sure we knew this was coming; it was only one of
the industries worst kept secrets. But now it’s
official. Today, indie record labels Misra and
Absolutely Kosher Records have officially joined in
a ‘strategic partnership’ to over the world even
better obscurity and music love. Of course, they
will still remain independent from one another but
will work together on many releases.
Departing in not such sweet sorrow is Misra’s own
Phil Warldrof. But the label will truck along under
the guid of Kosher’s own Cory Brown.
Just because we don’t give an album love doesn’t
mean we will keep you for experiencing our own
private hell – which in turn could become your
public heaven… right? Well, to prove we are not so
jaded, we give you Beach House’s new video ‘Master
of None’ – which is just as awkward as the entire
album and possibly as mind numbing. Wait, we’re
keeping an open mind here…
The well received White Stripes opera Aluminum is
officially a rarity. The original printing of the
album by composer Joby Talbot care of XL Recordings
is sold out with no intentions of ever printing the
album again. As previously reported, there was only
3,333 CD’s and 999 LP’s printed for the release.
But hey, if you don’t arrange your albums by
chronological order according to who you bought the
album with – you can always download the entire
effort via iTunes and eMusic.
If you do file your collection under any order than
alphabetical, and were fortunate enough to get a
copy of either print, then you should register you
album at
www.alumiiinium.com.
So you are about to hit the road on your largest
tour to date but want to get acquainted with your
fan base first? Why note get intimate? The Rakes are
doing just that. Before they comb the countryside,
the band will play a handful of small venue
‘intimate’ shows. Tickets go on sale Friday January
12th.
Friendly Raked Tour:
01-31 Chinnery’s – Southend, UK
03-03 Esquires – Bedford, UK
03-05 Audio – Brighton, UK
03-06 KCLSU – London, UK
Of course, if you get creeped out by close quarters
then you should head out on the road in March to
follow the band with thousands of other less than
likely intimate folk.
Large Rake Tour:
03-19 Rock City - Nottingham, UK
03-20 Vicar Street – Dublin, UK
03-21 Barrowlands – Glasgow, UK
03-22 Octagon – Sheffield, UK
03-23 UEA – Norwich, UK
03-25 Ritz – Manchester, UK
03-26 Academy – Newcastle, UK
03-28 Academy – Birmingham, UK
03-29 Academy – Bristol, UK
03-30 Guildhall – Southampton, UK
03-31 Brixton Academy – London, UK
She’s packing her bags or cases or whatever and
heading on a jet plane. One of our contenders for
Best Of 2006 is ready to make her print on 2007.
Neko Case is getting back on the road after a jaunt
with the New Pornographers in Australia flying solo
in the land down under. Thankfully, you won’t need
to exchange your money to see her as she prepares a
US West Coast tour this February. The tour will hop
scotch up the west coast but finish – in all places
– Grand Rapids, Michigan where she will support
Emylou Harris.
Head Case Tour:
01-25 Governor Hindmarsh - Adelaide, AUS
01-26 FLY BY NIGHT - Perth, AUS
01-28 THE ZOO - Brisbane, AUS
01-30 THE Annandale - Sydney, AUS
01-31 TO BE ANNOUNCED - Sydney, AUS
02-01 Prince of Wales - Melbourne, AUS
02-02 Prince of Wales - Melbourne, AUS
02-09 Paramount Theatre - Oakland, CA *
02-10 Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall - Portland, OR *
02-11 Paramount Theatre - Seattle, WA *
02-12 IMG Performing Arts Centre - Spokane, WA *
02-14 WWU Performing Arts Centre - Bellingham, WA +
02-17 Henry Fonda Theatre - Los Angles, CA*
02-18 Belly Up Tavern – San Diego, CA *
02-23 Allen Room At London Centre – New York, NY
03-31 Calvin College Fieldhouse – Grand Rapids, MI #
* with Merle Haggard
+ with Eric Bachmann
# with Emmylou Harris
Yo La Tengo have always been a
bit on the eccentric side. Could they be going
conventional? Starting today you can get –
exclusively on iTunes – the ban’s EP. The download
offers two previously released songs from the
phenomenal I Am Not Afraid of You And I Will Beat
Your Ass. But the new original ‘El Es Gay’ has
us – well, gay. And throw in a cover The American
Four’s ‘Luci Baines, and you have Lyndon B. Johnson
lovin’ all over again.
Track Listing:
01 El Es Gay
02 Pass The Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind
03 The Weakest Part
04 Luci Baines
The trifecta of jamming
goodness will also be on tour in late January thru
the winter months.
Gay Tour:
01-25 Bombard Theatre –
Louisville, KY
01-26 Workplay – Birmingham, AL
01-27 Bijou – Knoxville, TN
01-28 The Moon – Tallahassee, FL
01-30 The Social – Orlando, FL
01-31 Studio A – Miami, FL
02-01 The State Theater – Tampa, FL
02-02 Florida Theater – Jacksonville, FL
02-03 Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA
02-05 Cat’s Cradle – Chapel Hill, NC
02-06 Cat’s Cradle – Chapel Hill, NC
02-08 Starr Music Hall – Charlottesville, VA
02-09 Sonar – Baltimore, MD
02-10 Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
It’s like the best block party evah! Or at least
that’s what it feels like this week – what with
recently released tour info this week [see here] and
now our first video off the upcoming album A Weekend
in the City. The song ‘I Still Remember’ is a
lighter Bloc Party affair and definitely proves the
other than live, the band should not do videos.
Creepy weird.
The indie dance group, Rapture, is hitting the
road at the end of the month to promote their
recently released Pieces of People We Love. Better
catch them in the states before they dump themselves
overseas and invade Europe with the use-ta-be punk
arses.
Ecstasy Tour:
01-25 The Club at Firestones - Orlando, FL
01-26 Beta Bar - Tallahassee, FL
01-27 Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
01-29 Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC
01-30 Starr Hill Music Hall - Charlottesville, VA
01-31 Headliners Music Hall - Louisville, KY
02-02 20th Century Theatre - Cincinnati, OH
02-03 Rex Theatre - Pittsburgh, PA
02-05 The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
02-06 Birdy's - IN
02-07 The Basement - Columbus, OH
02-09 Sonar - Baltimore, MD
02-10 Pearl Street - Northampton, MA
It’s no secret that Futureheads are working with
Field Music. The band has been getting the Field
Music love care of production and studio time for a
forthcoming EP. But what is hot is the fact that
Field Music is hot with new material. The band is
ready to release their second effort under the title
Tones of Town on January 22nd in the UK – shortly
followed by a US release February 20th. Let the odd
ball videos prevail!
Albert Hammond, Jr. – the less appreciated part
of post-punk band The Strokes is finally getting his
due as a solo artist. As previously reported, his
band mates never really saw his material as
‘Strokes’ material but that isn’t slowing the artist
down. The rhythm guitar player has been hard at work
on his first solo effort, Yours To Keep – which is
scheduled to drop on US stores March 6th. We’ve also
been told that Sean Lennon, Ben Kweller and Jody
Porter from Fountains of Wayne will appear on the
album. Along with the supporting cast, the US
version will receive two additional bonus tracks and
a video for the song ‘101’.
Track Listing:
01 Cartoon Music for Superheroes
02 In Transit
03 Everyone Gets a Star
04 Bright Young Thing
05 Blue Skies
06 101
07 Call an Ambulance
08 Scared
09 Holiday
10 Hard to Live in the City
11 Postal Blowfish (bonus track)
12 Well...All Right (bonus track)
Not to be one and done; Albert is also hitting the
road to prove his solo showmanship starting in a
double show tonight and tomorrow in San Francisco’s
famed Warfield and coming full circle a month later
in LA.
Postal Tour:
01-09 The Warfield - San Francisco, CA
01-10 The Warfield - San Francisco, CA
01-12 Soma – San Diego, CA
01-13 The Joint – Las Vegas, NV
01-15 Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
01-17 Gypsy Tea Room – Dallas, TX
01-18 La Zona Rosa – Austin, TX
01-19 Verizon Wireless Theater – Houston, TX
01-21 House Of Blues – New Orleans, LA
01-22 Hard Rock Café – Orlando, FL
01-23 The Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA
01-25 House Of Blues – N Myrtle Beach, SC
01-26 9:30 Club – Washington DC
01-29 Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA
01-30 Avalon – Boston, MA
01-31 Hammerstein Ballroom – New York, NY
02-02 State Theatre – Detroit, MI
02-03 Agora Theatre – Cleveland, OH
02-04 Kool Haus – Toronto, ON
02-06 Riviera Theatre – Chicago, IL
02-07 Uptown Theatre – Kansas City, MO
02-08 Fillmore Auditorium – Denver, CO
02-11 Wiltern Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
02-12 Wiltern Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
02-13 Wiltern Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
02-14 Troubadour – Los Angeles, CA
››
News: Strokes Solo Album Revealed
The Irish destructive group Kaiser Chiefs must
know their core audience since their concerts tend
to provoke with insane rock riots. Therefore, the
band may have named their upcoming release Yours
Truly, Angry Mob as homage – or not. Regardless, the
affair will hit store shelves in the UK on February
26th and then March 27th in the States. The disc's
first single, ‘Ruby’, will enter February 19 – a
week earlier on CD, seven inch, and of course
download each with their own equally tantalizing
B-Side. The CD will get ‘From the Neck Down’, 7-inch
‘Admire You’, and the digital accompaniment live cut
‘Ruby’ which was recorded in November at Berlin’s
Kesselhaus.
Maybe it’s the soft spot I have in my ever
chilling heart for the artist Bright Eyes. He made
me learn guitar for to serenade my now wife. But
regardless of his crazy chord structures and
demanding finger cramps, he still demands
recognition. Therefore, get your concert shoes and
your lady in tow because he’s hitting a local venue
near you.
02-25 Metro - Chicago, IL
02-27 Opera House - Toronto, Ontario
02-28 Somerville Theatre - Somerville, MA
03-02 Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
03-03 Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
03-05 9:30 Club - Washington, DC
03-07 El Rey - Los Angeles, CA
03-08 El Rey - Los Angeles, CA
03-09 Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA
03-10 Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA
03-11 Showbox - Seattle, WA
Technology. For the music purists it is
destroying the industry. But for Postscripts, it’s
the backbone for their sound. Created out of just a
microphone and a laptop, Postscripts music is both
digital and analog in sound and structure using
traditional (take that, ye classicists) mixes and
melding with electronic noise. Of course, the rather
earthy compounds of the Pacific Northwest is the
least likely exposure for such a creation. But on
the bands latest effort, Day After Tomorrow, those
ideas are used as a vehicle to showcase a surreal
world. Or you could quit with the wordy explanation
and just listen to two songs from the album.
Track Listing:
01 Serene
02 Evolution Maybe
03 The Story Never Ends
04 Music For Shortwave Radio
05 This Is 2
06 Drive Through My World
07 A Subject We Don’t Speak Of
08 Fuck
09 That Was A Dream
10 Burning Eyes On A Warm Day
11 Untitled #2
Moneen just doesn’t slow down. The Canadian
troupe is readying another US tour that will see
them with the likes of Pistolita nad Dameria to help
push their newly release dual EP Saying Something
You Have Already Said Before. Sure they were on the
Warped Tour but you can’t hold that against them
because they were underappreciated by the bubble gum
fan-boys and those just trying to score an qp.
Vagrant Tour:
03-01 Dome - Bakersfield, CA
03-02 The Alley - Fullerton, CA
03-03 Soma - San Diego, CA
03-04 Clubhouse - Tempe, AZ
03-06 The Door - Dallas, TX
03-07 Emo's - Austin, TX
03-08 Walters on Washington - Houston, TX
03-10 Backbooth - Orlando, FL
03-11 Jack Rabbits - Jacksonville, FL
03-12 Sector 7G - Augusta, GA
03-13 The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
03-15 Rex's - Westchester, PA
03-16 Ritual - Levittown, NY
03-17 ICC - Allston,MA
03-18 Showplace Theater - Buffalo, NY
03-20 The Shelter - Detroit, MI
03-21 The Shed - Dewey, IL
Portland, Oregon’s Panther is readying his first
full-length pop debut, Secret Lawns. Comprised of
dark melodic disco hooks and hip hop churning
energy, Panther is more than just a solo event –
which it is. One could also feel overwhelmed by the
jazz and punk influences on each dance number – but
you won’t. But of course, you decide for yourself,
don’t you – sheep. Check out the first cut from the
album, ‘How Well Can You Swim’.
Sufjan Steven’s favorite starlet My Brightest
Diamond is ready to release the Tear It Down remix
on March 6th care of Asthmatic Kitty. The album,
stock full of 13 reworkings by artist such as Alias
and Murcof of My Brightest Diamond songs, also so
happens to feature the video below for the first
remix from David Keith, ‘Somethings of an End’. More
videos are promised from the label in the coming
weeks.
Video: My Brightest Diamond 'Somethings of an
End'
It feels like ages since we’ve gotten our hands
on new Arcade Fire material – and rightfully so. The
bands been pretty closed-doors and off-the-record
since their 2004 masterpiece Funeral. And despite
some blips of info from the band’s blog, mums been
the word on the bands next album. Until now.
Pensatos has found out that The Arcade Fire’s next
album, Neon Bible, is due out on March 6th care of
Merge Records in the US.
Recorded in ’06 ranging from locations such as
Quebec, New York, Budapest, and London, the band has
finally welded down dozens of songs into their
eleven track follow-up.
Track Listing:
01 Black Mirror
02 Keep The Car Running
03 Neon Bible
04 Intervention
05 Black Wave/ Bad Vibrations
06 Ocean of Noise
07 The Well and The Lighthouse
08 (Antichrist Television Blues)
09 Windowsill
10 No Cars Go
11 My Body Is A Cage
Don’t get your knickers in a bind; the tour is
going to require a passport for most and a work visa
for those who wish to reside in England long enough
to see the act in their entirety. Bloc Party, hot on
the heels of their upcoming and much anticipated
next A Weekend in the City, has announced a
rather lengthy tour across the UK and into the
States with Panic At The Disco. You can save your
complaint emailing rhetoric to the folks at Vice for
teaming up these two acts; they aren’t listening.
But you can always come for the Bloc and run when
they play Disco.
Panic at the Party Tour:
01-25 Mean Fiddler - London, England
01-27 Guild Hall - Southampton, England
01-28 UEA - Norwich, England
01-31 Astoria - London, England
02-01 Astoria - London, England
02-02 Astoria - London, England
02-03 Leas Cliff Hall - Folkestone, England
02-05 Hexagon - Reading, England
02-06 University - Cardiff, Wales
02-07 Academy - Bristol, England
02-09 Great Hall at University - Exeter, England
02-10 Academy - Birmingham, England
02-11 Rock City - Nottingham, England
02-13 Corn Exchange - Cambridge, England
02-14 Academy - Manchester, England
02-16 Ambassador Theatre - Dublin, Ireland
02-17 Barrowland - Glasgow, Scotland
02-18 Music Hall - Aberdeen, Scotland
02-20 Corn Exchange - Edinburgh, Scotland
02-21 Academy - Newcastle, England
02-22 Octagon - Sheffield, England
03-04 Studio Coast - Tokyo, Japan
03-05 Diamond Hall - Nagoya, Japan
03-06 Namba Hatch - Osaka, Japan
03-11 Paramount Theatre - Seattle, WA
03-12 Orpheum Theatre - Vancouver, British Columbia
03-13 Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR
03-15 SXSW - Austin, TX
03-17 Concourse Exhibition - San Francisco, CA
03-19 Wiltern Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
03-20 Wiltern Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
03-23 Congress Theatre - Chicago, IL
03-24 Royal Oak Theatre - Detroit, MI
03-25 Kool Haus - Toronto, Ontario
03-27 Metropolis - Montreal, Ontario
03-28 Orpheum Theatre - Boston, MA
03-30 United Palace Theatre - New York, NY
03-31 United Palace Theatre - New York, NY
05-12 Estragon - Bologna, Italy
05-13 Alcatraz - Milan, Italy
We're all waiting for the next (legal) Shins
release care of Sub Pop entitled Wincing The
Night Away, but that doesn't mean you can't
listen to the band in action - does it?
The Shins are out on tour thru the Midwest and
stopping by a watering hole near you. Check out our
mp3 library by clicking the direct link below for a
listen to 'Phantom Limb' off the new album.
Phantom Dookie Tour:
02-08 First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
02-09 Eagles Ballroom - Milwaukee, WI
02-10 Congress Theater - Chicago, IL
02-11 Pageant - St. Louis, MO
02-12 Liberty Hall - Lawrence, KS
02-13 Liberty Hall - Lawrence, KS
02-15 Fillmore Auditorium - Denver, CO
02-16 In the Venue - Salt Lake City, UT
02-17 Egyptian Theatre - Boise, ID
02-20 Paramount Theater - Seattle, WA
02-21 Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR
The last thing anyone would expect from a Yale
graduate student is slick music. But that’s just
what Hrishikesh Hirway (pronounced "rishie-kaysh")
wants you to think. Easier to pronounce and simpler
to remember; Hirway works under The One AM Radio
mantra and has supported such indie favs as Ted Leo.
And even with his niche following, TOAR looks to
make 2007 his breath thru year.
Songs composed of Technicolor visions and
imagination in the dead of fall blend flawlessly
with aid of the bass and French horn layers. Mark
Kozelek’s vocals are as haunting as the atmospheric
cello that accompanies the album as in the first
release ‘In The Time We’ve Got’ from the upcoming
release This Too Will Pass. The album hits store
shelves February 20th care of Dangerbird Records.
mp3: In The Time We’ve Got
TOAR is also hitting the road in February and March
to support the albums release. They’ll even cross
paths with Akron/Family and Golden Birds along the
way.
Radio On The Tour:
02-18 University of New Hampshire - Durham, NH
02-19 Petersborough Community Theatre -
Peterborough, NH
02-21 Coolidge Corner Theatre [CD release] - Boston,
MA
02-24 Haverford College Lunt Basement -
Philadelphia, PA *
02-25 Warehouse Next Door - Washington, DC
02-26 James Madison University - Harrisonburg, VA
02-27 Static Age Records - Asheville, MA
03-01 Tea House - Atlanta, GA
03-04 Stardust Cofee - Orlando, FL
03-05 The Javeline Joint - Pensacola, FL
03-06 Eldon's House - New Orleans, LA
03-07 Notsuoh - Houston, TX
03-08 Progress Coffee House - Austin, TX
03-10 The Raven - Prescott, AZ
03-11 Stinkweeds Records - Phoenix, AZ
03-12 UC San Diego Che Cafe - La Jolla, CA
03-16 Fort Oregon - Berkeley, CA $
03-18 Towne Lounge - Portland, OR
03-20 Yosada House - Boise, ID
03-23 Electric Snake - Wichita, KS
03-24 Vaudeville Mews - Des Moines, IA
03-25 South Union Arts - Chicago, IL
03-27 Lee's House - Ann Arbor, MI
Emily Haines and all her beauty and vocal
superiority are ready to lull you to other worlds.
The once (and possibly still - who knows when they
get back together) Broken Social Scene scarlet will
perform on NPR's famed 9:30 Club recordings.
Don't care for Marion Barry or DC? That's
okay, because you won't need to cash in your
frequent flier mileage or practice your crack pipe
etiquette. Just tune into
www.npr.org for a live stream of the
concert as it kicks off on January 10th at,
surprise, 9:30.
Of course, this is all part of her ongoing
support for the luscious 2006 release Knives
Don't Have Your Back.
Not all bands are discovered by us and our
knowledge base. Hell, most of them are
stumbled upon by accident and conversation.
Take for example our new found addiction Beirut.
File under "Hip Hairdresser Talky-Talk" as our
influential ear to listen upon and you're not even
close. It's really just for our filing system.
Hokay! Back to the point: Beirut has been hard at
work on a new EP Lon Gisland set to release
on January 30th. The follow up to last years
Gulag Orkestar is a solid sophomore effort if
we have yet to hear one. The first single
'Elephant Gun' continues with the bands oddly
addictive talent.
Why do we torture you
with not one, but two stories on The Shins in one
day - and not place them under the same header?
Because we rule and you don't. The melody ridden
band has released their first video from their
forthcoming album Wincing The Night Away entitled
'Phantom Limb'.
What's that? You
just downloaded the mp3 from our previous story?
Tuff' tats you shallow bastard! Check out this
shwashbuckling fiesta of fantastic shimmies.
