Sure you think summer is all about the festivals
– and rightfully so. But there is a large event
taking place called Live Earth that will trump most
of these events, if not for its lineup, then its
cause. Live Earth is a seven continent concert that
will feature bands from around the world over a
twenty four hour period to help raise money and
awareness for global climate conditions. The London
portion has been confirmed to be held at Webley
Stadium hosting seventeen acts in the time period
including the likes of Bloc Party, David Gray,
Damien Rice, and Beastie Boys. Live Earth founder
and executive producer Kevin Wall had this to say:
“This monster lineup will ensure Live Earth meets
our goal of brining together people from around the
world to combat the climate crisis.”
Well said, if not a bit robotic. The event will take
place on a Jack White approved triple number date
July 7th (07/07/07). A c-note has been placed that
Bloc Party will perform ‘Price of Gas’. If we lose,
we’ll donate it to the cause.
Below is the line-up of the band that will be
performing on stage in London.
Live Earth London Line-up:
Beastie Boys
Black Eyed Peas
Bloc Party
Corinne Bailey Rae
Damien Rice
David Gray
Duran Duran
Foo Fighters
Genesis
James Blunt
John Legend
Keane
Madonna
Paolo Nutini
Razorlight
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Snow Patrol
Something about the Woody Allen white suite (ala
Everything You Wanted To Know About Sex*) on a
skateboard is hypnotically humorous to watch. Of
course, watching people wonder what the hell is
going on is possibly funnier. And thus is Coconut
Records latest video for the song ‘West Coast’. The
band was also recently featured on the Spider-Man 3
soundtrack. That’s our review tie-in. Boo-yah!
Ahhh the plans to release songs on a well timed
moment that fans will eat up. But the true fans
already know the songs because the bought said
album, right? Well, they’re not for you silly.
They’re for the kids who still watch MTV Cribs and
have ‘Holla Back, Girl’ in heavy rotation at home
still in order to discover new music. And so the
formula continues with Arcade Fire as they are not
only on the cusp of releasing the single ‘Keep The
Car Running’ on May 8th but are already planning
their next move on July 10th when they drop the 7”
single of Intervention. Hey, did you know they were
touring? I don’t think we’ve posted anything about a
tour on here…
05-05 Tower Theatre - Upper Darby, PA %
05-07 United Palace - New York, NY %
05-08 United Palace - New York, NY %
05-09 High Line Festival - New York, NY %
05-10 Orpheum Theatre - Boston, MA
05-12 Arena Maurice Richard - Montreal, Quebec $
05-13 Arena Maurice Richard - Montreal, Quebec $
05-15 Massey Hall - Toronto, Ontario *
05-16 Massey Hall - Toronto, Ontario *
05-18 Chicago Theatre - Chicago, IL $
05-19 Chicago Theatre - Chicago, IL +
05-20 Chicago Theatre - Chicago, IL +
05-24 Deer Lake Park - Vancouver, British Columbia $
05-26 Sasquatch! Festival - George, WA +
05-27 Schnitzer Concert Hall - Portland, OR +
05-29 Greek Theatre - Los Angeles, CA +
05-30 Greek Theatre - Los Angeles, CA +
06-01 Greek Theatre - Berkeley, CA +
06-02 Greek Theatre - Berkeley, CA +
^ with Cass McCombs
% with the National
$ with St. Vincent
* with Handsome Furs
+ with Electrelane
We can’t help but think Borat every time we see
something come across our newswire about the
twenty-three piece act I’m From Barcelona. Number
one band of prostitutes in Kazakhstan? Not quite but
the group seems to be numero uno on many radars as
of late. Easily understood, what with their
annoyingly cute file-under-Boy-Least-Likely-To-sound
and so catchy-it-hurts refrains. But you’re gonna
need your passports to get a glimpse of the act
outside of this years Lollapalooza in Chicago and
McCarren in Brooklyn since the band will be touring
overseas for the summer. Check out the track ‘We’re
From Barcelona’ from the bands long-player Let Me
Introduce My Friends. Niiiiiiiice.
Hey There Pussy Cat Tour:
05-08 Fri-Son - Fribourg, Switzerland
05-09 Kaserne - Basel, Switzerland
05-10 Ravenna - Bronson, Italy
05-11 Alpheus - Rome, Italy
05-12 Rainbow - Milan, Italy
05-27 Papillons de Nuit - Saint-Laurent-de-Cuves,
France
06-29 Microcosm - La Roche-sur-Yon, France
06-30 Euroekéennes - Belfort, France
07-06 Rock Dans Tous Ses États - Évreux, France
07-07 Oxegen Festival - Naas, Ireland
07-13 Melt Festival - Gräfenhainichen, Germany
07-14 Latitude Festival - Southwold, England
07-15 Indian Summer Festival - Glasgow, Scotland
07-16 Concorde 2 - Brighton, England
07-28 Secret Garden Party - Huntingdon, England
08-04 Lollapalooza - Chicago, IL
08-05 McCarren Park Pool - Brooklyn, NY
Becky Stark and her silly birds. Lavender Diamond is
about to break musical wind with their upcoming
release of Imagine Our Love [track info and album
details on link below] next week. But the folks over
at Spinner have the goods on the albums first
video
for ‘Open Your Heart’ – yet another dance troupe
number ala Feist and OK Go (of sorts) complete with
an awkward rollerskating sequence and creepy
suburbia piano playing in the street. Still, the
video, much like Becky and her music is as sweet as
confectionery sugar pop. Click the link below for
the video.
In a new posting today from the Karen-O driven Yeah
Yeah Yeahs, the band hints (briefly) at a new EP. In
a paragraph describing two free shows the band plans
to play in Brooklyn, New York, the band utters the
words ‘new EP’ and as soon as they say it move on to
more details about the show. Of course, the band is
reportedly filming the live event that will only
house 250 attendees. The post requested more women
than guys to come out as they would be ‘lusted’
over. The second show is for girls only as well.
This coupled with the bands recent release of the
song ‘Sealings’ for the Spider-Man 3 soundtrack and
suddenly punk is back in the mainstream again.
O-Karen.
If your brit duo Beach House, I guess you’d be
looking for a time share with the likes of fellow
countrymen The Clientele on tour as well to help up
your value. It’s been announced that Beach House
will be touring with The Clientele for most of May
and June in support of last years self title debut.
The Clientele will be pushing their upcoming Merge
release of God Save The Clientele on May 8th. All
dates below unless noted feature The Clientele
headlining, as Beach House won’t meet up with them
until The Earl show in Georgia.
God Save Beach House Tour:
05-06 Maxwell’s - Hoboken, NJ
05-07 Johnny Brenda’s - Philadelphia, PA
05-08 Black Cat - Washington, DC
05-09 Satellite Ballroom - Charlottesville, VA
05-10 Cat’s Cradle - Carrboro, NC
05-11 Map Room - Charleston, SC
05-12 The Earl - Atlanta, GA *
05-13 The Basement - Nashville, TN *
05-14 Hi Tone - Memphis, TN *
05-15 Thirsty Hippo - Hattiesburg, MS +
05-16 Spanish Moon - Baton Rouge, LA *
05-17 Walter’s on Washington - Houston, TX *
05-18 Hailey’s - Denton, TX *
05-19 Emo’s Lounge - Austin, TX *
05-21 Modified - Tempe, AZ *
05-22 Casbah - San Diego, CA *
05-24 Knitting Factory - Los Angeles, CA *
05-25 Howie and Sons Pizza & Beer Parlor - Visalia,
CA *
05-26 Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA
*
05-27 Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR *
05-28 Crocodile Cafe - Seattle, WA *
05-31 400 Bar - Minneapolis, MN *
06-01 High Noon - Madison, WI *
06-02 Subterranean - Chicago, IL *
06-03 Magic Stick - Detroit, MI *
06-04 El Mocambo - Toronto, ON *
06-06 Club Lambi - Montreal, QC *
06-08 Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY *
06-09 Museum of Fine Arts - Boston, MA *
07-14 Pitchfork Music Festival – Chicago, IL +
Get your maple leaf gear ready and your raunchy
dialect in tact because you’re heading to Calgary
this summer. ‘The hell you say’ is probably the
first set of words exiting your inner monologue
right now. But give the beach a break for this trip.
The Calgary Sled Island Festival has been announced
and the likes of Cat Power, The Dears, Spoon, The
Walkmen, Mates of State as well as tons of others
will be jamming to the masses from June 27th to the
29th. The event, still in its infant stages of dates
and details, is composed by art curator for Pop
Montreal International Music Festival Shawn Petsche.
He has headed the Montreal event for the past three
years. Unlike other festivals this summer like
Sasquatch! and Lollapalooza, Sled not be hosted at
one site but instead take the SXSW approach and use
several venues including the Knox United and Grace
Presbyterian churches along with the Mac Hall
Ballroom.
The four day fest will go for $180 per attendee. To
purchase tickets, head on over to the site:
http://www.sledisland.com/.
Banded Together:
Fred Armisen
Axis Of Conversation
The Bigfoot Rocketship
The Black Dots
Azeda Booth
Boredoms
Castle Greyskull
Cat Power
The Consonant C
CPC Gangbang
The Dears
Destroyer
The Details
Duck!
Forbidden Dimension
Geronimo
Ghosts Of Modern Man
Gunther
Rebekah Higgs
Hot Little Rocket
Hylozoists
Jagatha Christie
Jane Vain & The Dark Matter
The Johnsons
Kilbourne
Lazersnake
Les Savy Fav
Light City Fiction
Lint
Lonely Vulcans
The Marble Index
Mark Brittles Project
Mates Of State
Mongoose
The Mongrels
Mother Mother
My Robot Unicorn
The National Frost
The Nymphets
Paramedic
The Petites
Reily
The Remones
Ricca Razor Sharp
Rocket Smog
The Rocky Fortune
Curtis Santiago
Spoon
Sudden Infant Dance Syndrome
The Summerlad
Twin Fangs
Chad VanGalen
The Walkmen
Woodpigeon
Nothing gives you a bigger head than the flattery of
remix and an invitation from pop superstars to tour
with them. So, it’s no surprise that the case of CSS
have a slight case of gigantism. The Brazilian based
six-tet will be touring with the likes of Gwen
Stefani for some select shows in the UK and Ireland.
If that wasn’t enough love for the band to start
writing home about, Hot Chip have confirmed that
they are in fact remixing the romantic song ‘Let’s
Make Love and Listen To Death From Above’ for a
single release in the UK on May 14th followed by the
US on July 10th. Best yet, for you vinyl junkies,
the single will be released on 12” only. Simian
Mobile Disco and Calvin Harris are also on board for
the remixes.
Track Listing:
Side A:
01
Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above [Hot
Chip Remix]
Side B:
01
Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above
[Simian Mobile Disco Remix]
02
Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above
[Calvin Harris Remix]
La la la la la la Stafani Tour:
05-08 Ritz - Manchester, England
05-12 Music Factory - Carlow, Ireland
05-13 Dolan's Warehouse - Limerick, Ireland
05-17 Great Escape Festival - Brighton, England
06-01 Irving Plaza - New York, NY +
06-02 Middle East Downstairs - Cambridge, MA +
06-03 La Tulipe - Montreal, Quebec *
06-04 Lee's Palace - Toronto, Ontario *
06-06 Richards on Richards - Vancouver, British
Columbia #
06-07 Neumos - Seattle, WA #
06-08 Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR #
06-09 Mezzanine - San Francisco, CA #
06-10 Henry Fonda Theater - Los Angeles, CA +#
06-26 Hove Festival - Hove, Norway
06-27 Hove Festival - Hove, Norway
06-28 Hove Festival - Hove, Norway
06-29 Hove Festival - Hove, Norway
06-30 Hove Festival - Hove, Norway
06-29 Accelerator Fest - Stockholm, Sweden
06-30 Accelerator Fest - Stockholm, Sweden
07-05 Roskilde Festival - Roskilde, Denmark
07-07 T in the Park - Kinross, Scotland
07-07 Oxegen Festival - Naas, Ireland
07-08 Oxegen Festival - Naas, Ireland
07-12 Latitude Festival - Suffolk, England
07-13 Latitude Festival - Suffolk, England
07-14 Latitude Festival - Suffolk, England
07-15 Latitude Festival - Suffolk, England
07-19 Festival Internacional de Benicàssim -
Valencia, Spain
07-20 Festival Internacional de Benicàssim -
Valencia, Spain
07-21 Festival Internacional de Benicàssim -
Valencia, Spain
07-22 Festival Internacional de Benicàssim -
Valencia, Spain
08-04 Lollapalooza - Chicago, IL
08-05 Virgin Festival - Baltimore, MD
08-24 Leeds Festival - Leeds, England
08-26 Reading Festival - Reading, England
08-31 Connect Festival - Argyll, Scotland
09-20 SECC - Glasgow, Scotland ^
09-22 MEN Arena - Manchester, England ^
09-23 Telewest Arena - Newcastle, England ^
09-25 NIA - Birmingham, England ^
09-26 Cardiff International Arena - Cardiff, England
^
09-28 Wembley Arena - London, England ^
10-01 Odyssey Arena - Belfast, Ireland ^
10-02 RDS Simmons Court - Dublin, Ireland ^
+ with Yo Magesty
* with Datarock
# with Bonde do Role
^ with Gwen Stefani
And let the household band of the summer stand
forth. In more Smashing Pumpkins news (catch up
below … because you’re gonna hear a lot about them
over the summer), the re-united band on the verge of
their much anticipated release Zeitgeist, has been
donned the honors of tribute album by the MySpace
Label. The site/label is putting out a tribute album
from some of today’s indie/mainstream acts – a ‘we
love this song’ affair if you will. Included on the
list are the likes of The Bravery, Ben Kweller, and
the Deftones playing their favorite Pumpkins tunes.
According to the kids over at Stereogum, we are able
to confirm the following track list. The album is
scheduled for release in a packaged edition of
July’s Spin Magazine. But if you want swing by each
band’s MySpace site on May 14th, you can stream each
individual song till your hearts content.
Of course what we don’t know is how Billy feels
about all this. We get the sneaking suspicion some
of these bands would get the shit kicked out of them
in a dark alley by Corgan exiting a bar on any given
day – twice on Sunday.
Track Listing:
Panic! at the Disco – ‘Tonight, Tonight’
(+44) – ‘I Am One’
The Academy Is … - ‘Mayonaise’
Deftones – ‘Siva’
30 Seconds to Mars - (track TBD)
The Bravery: ‘Rocket’
Young Love – ‘1979’
The New Amsterdams – ‘Thirty-Three’
Test Your Reflex – ‘Ava Adore’
Ben Kweller – ‘Today’
Hawthorne Heights – ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’
Gliss – ‘Rhinoceros’
US fans of infections overseas rock are about to
reap the rewards sewn by newcomers The Basement.
Their upcoming stateside release of Illicit Hugs and
Playground Thugs has been a long time coming; the
imports been available for some time now, but wait
until you hear the crimanlly good ‘I Just Caught A
Face’ (download below) and you’ll realize it was
worth the wait. The album was in good hands; as
producer and fellow Irishman Mike Crossey (Arctic
Monkeys, The Zutons) saw to push the bands sound
even tighter. The album is scheduled for release May
8th. You can catch the band as they wrap up their
tour here at the select venues listed below.
Choice Sounds:
The Basement ‘I Just Caught A Face’
The Basement ‘It’s A Kinda Love’
Dingy Tour:
05-08 The Annex - New York, NY
05-09 Mercury Lounge - New York, NY
05-10 Union Pool - Brooklyn, NY
05-11 Lakeside Lounge - New York, NY
05-14 Tin Angel - Philadelphia, PA
05-15 The Basement - Nashville, TN
05-16 The Family Wash - Nashville, TN
The no frills performance of Modest Mouse on Late
Night with David Letterman on Wednesday begs for
more Paul interference with his shiny noggin and
stupid words of (or lack there-of) wisdom. The band
performed ‘Dashboard’ like seasoned vets.
As the joke goes, ‘you can’t stop a woman from
shop’n.’ And it looks like you can’t stop Albert
Hammond Jr. from touring. After just finishing a
four month tour that saw him with the likes of Bloc
Part and Incubus, Hammond and his bandmates are
going back out to do it all over again. Still
pushing their recent release of Yours To Keep, the
band will also appear on The Late Late Show with
Craig Fergusun on May 23rd. I guess this explains
why Hammond always looks so damn dozed in all his
photos. Check out our review of the album below as
well.
Why Hammond Has Bags Tour:
05-20 The Independent - San Francisco, CA
05-21 House Of Blues - Los Angeles, CA
05-22 House Of Blues - San Diego, CA
05-24 Martini Ranch – Scottsdale, AZ
05-26 Marquis Theatre – Denver, CO
05-27 Launch Pad – Albuquerque, NM
05-31 Warehouse Live – Houston, TX
06-03 The Parish – Austin, TX
06-04 House Of Blues – Dallas, TX
06-05 The Record Bar - Kansas City, MO
06-07 Station 4 - St. Paul, MN
06-08 The Metro – Chicago, IL
06-09 St. Andrews Hall – Detroit, MI
06-13 Pearl Street – Northampton, MA
06-15 Stone Pony - Asbury Park, NJ
06-18 Webster Hall - New York NY
The boy wonders of the UK, Arctic Monkeys,
appeared on Conan O’Brien’s late night fiesta to
perform ‘Brainstorm’ off their much loved (at least
in our office) Favorite Worst Nightmare. If you can
handle the stretched video and more zooms than a
cheap porn, you’re in for a solid live performance.
Everybody stretch!
So you still weren’t sold on the Beastie Boys
2006 effort The 5 Boroughs, right? Of course,
after Hello Nasty, it’s understandable –
especially when the guys make you wait for the
greater part of a decade in between albums these
days. Well, according to a recent chat over at
Pitchfork, the Brooklyn B-Boys are looking to speed
up the rate of which they put out new albums. Case
in point: the June 26th release of The Mix Up.
Before you get giddy like a school girl, this isn’t
your typical Beastie Boys affair. The Mix Up
will be all instrumental – no vocals. And according
to the band it will also be a throw back in part to
their punk roots – ala Some Old Bullshit. Hey, if we
can get a whole album of elevator music versions of
‘Gratitude’, call me Nancy because I’m excited.
The band also confirmed that another version of the
album will include vocal work from new and rising
artists but that would be at a later date – another
conversation.
Track Listing:
01 B for My Name
02 14th St. Break
03 Suco de Tangerina
04 The Gala Event
05 Electric Worm
06 Freaky Hijiki
07 Off the Grid
08 The Rat Cage
09 The Melee
10 Dramastically Different
11 The Cousin of Death
12 The Kangaroo Rat
Not quite on par with the famed walk-of-shame I
so love to witness in the early hours of the
morning, but Junior Boy’s latest video ‘In the
Morning’ will have to do. The video seemingly
follows a bunch of strangers as they stumble home
from the pubs. But we just don’t really get the
whole T-1000 liquid metal alloy part…
Hot off the heals of a killer Coachella
performance that rocked the fields after Red Hot
Chili Peppers dismissed themselves form the stage,
trance God himself Tiësto is ready to repeat across
the US. We say ‘God’ because, seriously, how many
DJs do you know that get the honor to play the
opening ceremony of The Olympic Games? Don’t believe
in sports? Well how about the fact that he’s been
voted the worlds best DJ by DJ Magazine – three
times. If you aren’t impressed yet, go read The New
Yorker and leave me alone. Dates include a great
outdoor show at Red Rocks and DC.
Trance Tour:
07-19 Hammerstein Ballroom - New York, NY
07-20 Hammerstein Ballroom - New York, NY
07-21 Red Rocks - Denver, CO
07-23 Cowboys - San Antonio, TX
07-24 Dante's - St Louis, MO
07-26 Harry O's - Park City, UT
07-27 The Palladium - Dallas, TX
07-28 Bill Graham Civic Center - San Francisco, CA
08-11 LA Sports Arena - Los Angeles, CA
08-22 Myth - Minneapolis, MN
08-23 Real 10 Sports Center - Winnipeg, Canada
08-24 Shaw Conference Center - Edmonton, Canada
08-25 GM Place - Vancouver, Canada
09-02 Jet - Las Vegas, NV
09-03 Jet - Las Vegas, NV
09-08 The Congress Theater - Chicago, IL
09-13 The State Theater - Detroit, MI
09-14 The Trade Center - Atlanta, GA
09-15 Love - Washington, DC
Pop Culture pun-ster Sage proves that New England
states hip-hop can own the rest in the video for
‘Got Up This Morning’ off the upcoming album Human
the Death Dance due out May 8th. Fellow musicians
Slug, Brother Ali, Buck 65 and more join in on the
‘friendly’ game of cards. Nothing like singing table
talk.
video: Sage Francis ‘Got Up This Morning’
Sage will also be on tour this summer – as well
as every artist out there according to today’s other
headlines…
Proper Cap Tour:
05-23 Middle East - Cambridge, MA
05-24 Middle East - Cambridge, MA
05-25 Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
05-26 Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
05-27 Crazy Donkey - Farmingdale, NY
05-29 The Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA
05-30 Ottobar - Baltimore, MD
05-31 Rock and Roll Hotel - Washington, DC
06-01 Cat’s Cradle - Carrboro, NC
06-02 The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
06-04 Club Firestone - Orlando, FL
06-06 House of Blues - New Orleans, LA
06-07 Warehouse Live - Houston, TX
06-08 Granada Theater - Dallas, TX
06-09 Emo’s - Austin, TX
06-11 Launchpad - Albuquerque, NM
06-15 The Fonda - Los Angeles, CA
06-16 The Glass House - Pomona, CA
06-17 SOMA - San Diego, CA
06-19 The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA
06-20 The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA
06-22 Roseland Theater - Portland, OR
06-23 The Showbox - Seattle, WA
06-24 The Nightlight - Bellingham, WA
06-25 Domino Room - Bend, OR
06-27 The Venue - Boise, ID
06-28 In the Venue - Salt Lake City, UT
06-29 Gothic Theatre - Englewood, CO
06-30 Gothic Theatre - Englewood, CO
07-02 Sokol Underground - Omaha, NE
07-03 The Picador - Iowa City, IA
07-05 First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
07-06 Abbey Pub - Chicago, IL
07-07 Abbey Pub - Chicago, IL
07-09 The Intersection - Grand Rapids, MI
07-10 Magic Stick - Detroit, MI
07-11 Mr. Small’s Theatre - Pittsburgh, PA
07-12 Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel - Providence, RI
07-13 Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel - Providence, RI
07-28 Randalls Island - New York, NY *
08-11 National Orange Show Events Center - San
Bernardino, CA *
08-18 McCovey Cove Parking Lot - San Francisco, CA *
Really, we don’t just report tour dates. It just
happens this way. Summer = tours, bub. You wanna get
moody about it? Then go listen to Interpol. Hey, you
can also catch them on tour as they tackle … seven
locations? That’s right, the US gets hosed more so
than under our current dictator as synth-ridden
Interpol will briefly visit the land of the free in
late May and early June. They’ll be back in August
as well for Lollapalooza in Chicago.
Stick It To US Tour:
05-27 Sasquatch! Festival - George, WA
05-31 The Palladium - Dallas, TX
06-02 HiFi Buys Amphitheatre - Atlanta, GA
06-03 Metro - Chicago, IL
06-07 The Guverment - Toronto, Ontario
06-09 Shoreline Amphitheatre - San Francisco, CA
06-10 Devore Stadium - San Diego, CA
08-04 Lollapalooza - Chicago, IL
Remember when the riot girl was created? I’m
talking before the powder-puff Gwen Stafani version.
Well, their Queen was Ani DiFranco and she’s back to
take the tour crown again in order to confuse the
female gender even further into kicking male
testicles. Yes, I said it. The Grammy award winning
artist will be spreading her politically and
personally charged messages once again across the
states in a small summer romp. Check out the dates
below and boys, bring your cups and get in touch
with your feminine side about a week in advance.
Riot Chicks Rock Tour:
07-11 Humphrey’s Concerts by the Sea - San Diego, CA
07-13 California World Feast - Grass Valley, CA
07-18 Prospect Park - Brooklyn, NY
07-20 Live on the Levee - St. Louis, MO
07-22 Chatfield Nature Preserve - Littleton, CO
07-29 Guelph Lake Conservation Area - Guelph, ON
09-01 Bijou Theatre - Knoxville, TN
We seriously didn’t plan on it being video day
either around here. But there are just too many good
ones coming out. And if you can overcome the sync
issues in LCD’s latest video for the song ‘All My
Friends’ you will be sarcastic heaven. If you need
more LCD love, check out our recent review of Sounds
of Silver below along with tour dates with up and
coming laptop mix man YACHT.
video: LCD Soundsystem ‘All My Friends’
Check out LCD in these select dates as well.
My Friends Got A Knife Tour:
04-30 Mezzanine – San Francisco, CA *
05-02 Showbox – Seattle, WA *
05-03 Commodore – Vancouver, BC *
05-06 Metro – Chicago, IL *
05-07 Majestic Theater – Detroit, MI *
05-08 Phoenix Concert Theater – Toronto, ONT *
05-09 Spectrum de Montreal – Montreal, QC *
05-11 Avalon – Boston, MA *
05-12 Studio B – Brooklyn, NY *
05-13 9:30 Club – Washington, DC *
05-14 Webster Hall – New York, NY *
Folksters get your rock on. Tony Dekker and his
entourage of Iron & Wine double-takes – better known
as Great Lake Swimmers will be on the road to help
promote their upcoming album Ongiara. Fun
fact alert: the band released their digital box set
back in 2006 on a 512MB USB flash drive. This time
around, the album will be your standard pressings of
vinyl and CD but we can always hope for a pre-loaded
Zune, can’t we? I mean, aren’t they for sale on eBay
as book ends by now?
What was our point? Ongiara will be the bands
third studio album and saw the likes of Bob Egan of
Blue Rodeo, Sarah Harmer and Owen Pallet of Final
Fantasy and Arcade Fire (respectively) guest appear
in the studio. Don’t look too deep into the title of
the album though – it was taken off a ferry that
carried the band from Toronto Harbour last year. The
album is due out May 8th.
Track Listing:
01 Your Rocky Spine
02 Backstage With The Modern Dancers
03 Catcher Song
04 Changing Colours
05 There Is A Light
06 Put There By The Land
07 I Am Part Of A Large Family
08 Where In The World Are You
09 Passenger Song
10 I Became Awake
Not So Iron Man Tour:
06-05 Middle East - Cambridge, MA
06-06 Joe’s Pub - New York, NY
06-07 Iota - Arlington, VA
06-08 Tin Angel - Philadelphia, PA
06-09 Garfield Artworks - Pittsburgh, PA
06-10 Local 506 - Chapel Hill, NC
06-11 The Map Room - Charleston, SC
06-12 The Earl - Atlanta, GA
06-13 Bottletree Café - Birmingham, AL
06-15 Walter’s on Washington - Houston, TX
06-16 Emo’s - Austin, TX
06-17 Bend Studio - Dallas, TX
06-19 Modified - Phoenix, AZ
06-20 Hotel Café - Los Angeles, CA
06-21 Cafe du Nord - San Francisco, CA
06-23 Tractor Tavern - Seattle, WA
06-24 Holocene - Portland, OR
06-26 Kilby Court - Salt Lake City, UT
I guess if he were alive today, John Lennon would
want to save Darfur. Or, at least that’s what the
folks behind Instant Karma would have you
believe. The 21-track cover of John Lennon songs by
some of today’s best (and arguably forgettable) acts
is scheduled to arrive on June 12th from the folks
at Warner Brothers. On board for the project are
staples like Green Day, Jack Johnson, Aerosmith,
REM, U2. But what surprised us was that The Postal
Service and The Flaming Lips were to cover some
songs as well. Of course, when you see Big & Rich –
I just don’t think Karma is in your favor. Maybe we
should ask Carson Daily? All proceeds for the album
will go to Amnesty International and their campaign
to save Darfur.
Track Listing:
Disc 1:
01 U2 – ‘Instant Karma’
02 R.E.M. – ‘#9 Dream’
03 Christina Aguilera – ‘Mother’
04 Aerosmith – ‘Give Peace a Chance’
05 Lenny Kravitz – ‘Cold Turkey’
06 Los Lonely Boys – ‘Whatever Gets You Through the
Night’
07 Corinne Bailey Rae - ‘I'm Losing You’
08 Jakob Dylan [ft. Dhani Harrison] - ‘Gimme Some
Truth’
09 Jackson Browne - ‘Oh My Love’
10 Big & Rich - ‘Nobody Told Me’
Disc 2:
01 Green Day - ‘Working Class Hero’
02 Black Eyed Peas - ‘Power to the People’
03 Jack Johnson - ‘Imagine’
04 Snow Patrol – ‘Isolation’
05 Matisyahu - ‘Watching the Wheels’
06 Ben Harper - ‘Beautiful Boy’
07 Postal Service - ‘Grow Old With Me’
08 Jaguares - ‘Gimme Some Truth’
09 Avril Lavigne - ‘Imagine’
10 The Flaming Lips - ‘(Just Like) Starting Over’
11 Regina Spektor - ‘Real Love’
There are more than spuds in Idaho and the rock
flavor Built to Spill is living proof. And while we
wait for some new material from the group, we’ll
have to make due with the ‘practice tour’. The band
has announced a small US romp in July that will see
them meet up with Chan-ch-Chan Marshall (a.k.a. Cat
Power) in Brooklyn as well. We call it a practice
tour because the band has also been rumored to be
working on the follow up to 2006’s sweet-sweet
You In Reverse but nothing’s been confirmed yet.
So, agree-to-disagree-ipso-facto you’ll likely hear
new material this summer. We’ll keep you posted.
Built to Tour:
06-30 First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
07-02 Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH
07-03 Chameleon - Lancaster, PA
07-05 Avalon Ballroom - Boston, MA
07-06 Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA
07-07 McCarren Park Pool - Brooklyn, NY *
07-08 9:30 Club - Washington, DC
07-14 Higher Ground - South Burlington, VT
07-16 St. Andrew’s Hall - Detroit, MI
07-17 Vic Theatre - Chicago, IL
07-18 Slowdown - Omaha, NE
07-20 Ogden - Theatre Denver, CO
07-21 The Depot - Salt Lake City, UT
Somewhere between Ani DiFranco’s soul and PJ
Harvey’s riotous ways falls Swati – a New York pedal
guitarist. Her soulful vocals and sweet sounding
string work (a twelve string affair etched to eight)
are causing quite the buzz out East. With the
upcoming release of Small Gods, due out this week,
she is sure to garner much needed attention. If you
are Atlantic bound, check her out as she climbs up
the coast. Also check out the video for her song ‘EPK’.
Also listen in on some of her songs off the new
album below.
Track Listing:
01 Small Gods
02 Blackjack
03 Big Bang
04 2 O'Clock in the A.M.
05 MF
06 Stay
07 Money
08 I'm on Fire
09 Dodge
10 New Me
Tribal Tour:
05-03 The Bearsville Theater - Bearsville, NY
05-04 Southpaw - Brooklyn, NY
05-06 Birch Hill Country Club - Schodak, NY
05-23 The Tin Angel - Philadelphia, PA
06-13 The Khyber - Philadelphia, PA
06-21 Rubber Soul - Winston-Salem, NC
We’ve received some pretty odd notes from studios
and label management over the course of our run that
often times heed verification from said studio or
even artist. This is one of them. The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution is reporting that the Big Boi –
from Outkast fame, will be performing with the
Atlanta Ballet a year from now in April. The run
will include six performances and feature Big Boi
along with artists of Purple Ribbon Entertainment.
The Atlanta Ballet website had this to say of the
event:
“An adventuresome, exhilarating evening featuring
the world-renowned musical artistry of Big Boi of
Outkast as well as artists of Purple Ribbon
Entertainment. Daring, progressive, and soulful,
these very talented artists perform a stunning
collaborative piece, LIVE on stage with Atlanta
Ballet's exquisite dancers. Pure Innovation.”
Apparently Idlewilde got to the artist’s head. And
avoiding all obvious Zucker Brothers-like puns
(read: Nut Crackers), we truly don’t know much more
info on the event that is still a year out. We’ll
keep you posted as to whether or not this is a
Cabaret or something else.
So, two strangers are in the same taxi… no, this
isn’t a joke. Two strangers are in a taxi during the
New York City Transit strike of 2005 during rush
hour. Seriously, this isn’t a joke. So anyways,
these guys get to talking and find out they have a
lot in common; like the love for Stax Records, and
artists like Big Star and Harry Nillson. What
started as a chance meeting in the back seat of a
cab ended up with the bands first album, Maps and
Legends. So, I guess it’s befitting the band call
themselves Taxi Taxi. The sound? Pure pop that has
its roots deep in rock nostalgia. Check out the
choice tracks below.
Choice Sounds:
Taxi Taxi ‘Shoot The Dog, Chip The Tree’
Taxi Taxi ‘X Marks The Spot’
You won’t have to kick or push to get the details
on Lupe Fiasco’s follow up to his 2006 debut Food
and Liquor, he’s giving up the goods. According
to Billboard.com, the early info on the sophomore
effort by the young rapper, The Cool, is that
the album is slated for a fall release; potentially
Halloween time. He also mentions that he is working
with a big time super-secret rapper/producer. So,
being that Lupe is a Chi-town boy, our money is on
Kanye West. Care to double down?
Cool as Liquor Tour:
05-04 Western CT State University - Danbury, CT
05-05 Eastern Connecticut - Willimantic, CT
05-26 Northwestern University - Evanston, IL
05-27 UCLA JazzReggae Festival Jam Day - Westwood,
CA
08-05 Lollapalooza - Chicago, IL
09-01 Bumbershoot Festival - Seattle, WA
09-02 Bumbershoot Festival - Seattle, WA
09-03 Bumbershoot Festival - Seattle, WA
Ex Granddaddy second string man Jim Fairchild has
something to say about being in the shadows for most
of his career. Now going the solo route under the
All Smiles mantra, and recently releasing the
excellent Ten Readings of A Warning [see review link
below], Jim is ready to prove his worth on the road. Menomena, in support of their recently release
Friend and Foe [also reviewed below], will also join
the tour creating the de-facto of indie-ness. Check
out all the All Smiles love below including a video,
mp3, and link to said review.
All Smiles Here Tour:
06-06 WOW Hall - Eugene, OR
06-07 Blue Lamp - Sacramento, CA
06-08 The Independent - San Francisco, CA
06-10 Cellar Door - Visalia, CA
06-12 Troubador - Los Angeles, CA
06-13 Glass House - Pomonda, CA
06-14 Casbah - San Diego, CA
06-15 Solar Culture Gallery - Tucson, AZ
06-16 The Clubhouse - Phoenix, CA
06-19 The Parish - Austin, TX
06-20 Walter's on Washington - Houston, TX
06-21 Granada - Dallas, TX
06-22 The Bottleneck - Lawrence, KS
06-23 Waiting Room - Omaha, NE
All dates support Menomena
Also check out the video for ‘Moth In A Cloud of
Smoke’ from his recent album Ten Readings of A
Warning – arguably as simple as Jim himself. We also
posted the mp3 a few weeks back so check out the
links below as well.
