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Subways
Reschedule Shows
No, it's not because they band is an almost
incestuous implosion of two brothers and a
girlfriend. The band has finally rescheduled
tour dates that were initially canceled due to front
man Billy Lunn's vocal nodule issues (check the link
below for more info and an fascinating definition of
nodules [screw you smart boy, we had to look it up -
ed.]) derailing the current band's tour. The band
had all intentions of making up the missed British
dates and it seems that they are making good on
their promise:08-21 The Junction - Cambridge
08-22 Wedgewood Rooms - Portsmouth
08-23 Coal Exchange - Cardiff
08-25 Reading Festival
08-26 Leeds Festival
08-27 Liquid Rooms - Edinburgh
09-05 Rock City - Nottingham
09-06 Carling Academy - Newcastle
09-07 Carling Academy - Glasgow
09-09 Academy 1 - Manchester
09-10 Carling Academy - Bristol
09-12 Shepherd's Bush Empire - London
09-13 Shepherd's Bush Empire - London
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Pensatos News: Subways Derail Shows |
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Clap Your Hands and
Say 'Tour'
...and say 'Hell Yeah' is more like it. The
upbeat funky bunch Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah are
going strong from their summer stretch of shows
right on into the fall. As previously
reported, the group is still working on some new
tracks for an upcoming untitled album. Check out the
dates below and get your hyper groove on.
Don't Avoid the Clap:
09-26 Avalon - Boston,
MA *
09-28 Rumsey Playfield, Central Park - New York, NY
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09-30 Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA *
10-01 House of Blues - Cleveland, OH *
10-02 Vic Theatre - Chicago, IL *
10-03 Vic Theatre - Chicago, IL *
10-04 First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN *
10-06 Gothic Theatre - Englewood, CO *
10-07 Boulder Theater - Boulder, CO*
10-12 Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR *
10-13 Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA *
10-14 Henry Fonda Theatre - Los Angeles, CA *
10-15 Henry Fonda Theatre - Los Angeles, CA *
* w/ Architecture in
Helsinki & Takka Takka
# w/ Architecture in Helsinki & ???
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Ponys
Tamed By Matador
Chicago based Ponys are getting their due.
Matador announced that they have inked a deal with
the group to release the follow-up to last years
Celebration Castle. The band is expected to
hit the studios in a few weeks to work on the
untitled album and is expected to hit store shelves
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Flaming
Lips Live DVD Info
 The Flaming Lips are riding high off a powerhouse
performance at LA's Hollywood Bowl last Sunday. Most
of which is the self satisfying fact that their
upcoming live album/DVD is now halfway complete.
Due out sometime early next year, the album will be
the bands first ever live publication. But recording
isn't over yet. Next up the band plans to dig
out old material from their large catalogue of tunes
to perform for one of their unscheduled September
shows at they hometown Oklahoma City. That, combined
with their recent LA show will make up the majority
of the album.
We'll keep you posted on their DVD release date
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Robert
Randolph 'Colorblind' Info
Robert Randolph's camp is finally giving us more
details on his highly anticipated follow-up
Colorblind. Last years surprise hit album
Unclassified looks to be trumped with an amazing
assortment of some of today's best guitarists
including Eric Clapton and Dave Matthews. That's not
putting down Randolph's steel guitar chops by any
means, but the way the album looks on paper, it
could be one of the best string collections in
recent years.Track list:
01 Ain't Nothing Wrong With That
02 Deliver Me
03 Diane
04 Angels
05 Jesus Is Just Alright With Me (feat. Eric
Clapton)
06 Stronger (feat. Leela James)
07 Thrill of It
08 Blessed
09 Love Is the Only Way" (feat. Dave Matthews &
Leroi Moore)
11 Thankful N' Thoughtful
12 Homecoming
In more Randolph news, the band is currently on
tour with the likes of blues rock outfits The Black
Crows, Drive By Truckers, and Dave Matthews Band
along with a rare opener for Kanye West:
Blind Tour:
07-28 Tower City Amphitheater - Cleveland, OH @
07-29 Penns Landing - Philadelphia, PA @
07-30 SPAC - Saratoga Springs, NY @
08-03 Summerfest Grounds - Milwaukee, WI @
08-04 The Lawn @ White River - Indianapolis, IN @
08-05 Riverbend Music Center - Cincinnati, OH @
08-06 Float Rite Amphitheater - Somerset, WI @
08/10 Snowking Amphitheater - Jackson Hole, WY @
08-12 Red Rocks - Denver, CO @
08-25 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Irvine, CA $
08-26 Coors Amphitheatre - Chula Vista, CA $
08-28 Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles, CA $
08-30 USANA Amphitheatre - West Valley City, UT $
09-02 Jazz Aspen Snowmass - Aspen, CO *
09-06 Raley Field - Sacramento, CA $
09-08 Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA $
09-09 Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA $
09-12 Pepsi Arena - Denver, CO $
09-13 Pepsie Arena - Denver, CO $
09-22 John Paul Jones Arena - Charlottesville, VA $
09-23 John Paul Jones Arena - Charlottesville, VA $
$ w/ Dave Matthews
@ w/ Drive By Truckers and The Black Crows
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Hold
Steady Add Tour Dates
It looks like the anticipation for their upcoming
October release of Boys and Girls in America is
garnering some heavy traffic for The Hold Steady.
So much so, the band has added more dates to their
tour pushing it well into the fall.07-29
Valentine's - Albany, NY
07-30 La Sala Rossa - Montreal, Quebec
07-21 Lee's Palace - Toronto, Ontario
08-02 Mohawk Place - Buffalo, NY
08-03 Blossom Music Festival - Cuyahoga Falls, OH
08-04 Shank Hall - Milwaukee, WI
08-06 Grant Park (Lollapalooza) - Chicago, IL
08-08 Chameleon Club - Lancaster, PA
09-30 Masonic Temple - Hampton, CN
10-01 Irving Plaza - New York, NY
10-02 Ottobar - Baltimore, MD
10-04 The Earl - Atlanta, GA
10-05 Bottle Tree - Birmingham, AL
10-07 Hailey's - Denton, TX
10-08 Emo's - Austin, TX
10-09 Walter's on Washington - Houston, TX
10-13 Brick By Brick - San Diego, CA
10-16 Troubadour - Los Angeles, CA
10-17 Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA
10-20 The Plaza Club - Vancouver, WA
10-21 Crocodile Cafe, Seattle, WA
More info is also coming out about the album
itself as Soul Asylum's Dave Pirner and the
Reputation's Elizabeth Elmore will be adding their
vocal talents to a track called 'Chillout Tent'.
Check out the link below for full track info.
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Little Barrie Tour; New Album
The Little Barrie are currently putting the
finishing touches on thier follow up to 2005's We
Are Little Barrie with the enlisted help of Dan
Nakamura - best known for his production work with
Gorillaz. You might have heard of them.The
as of yet titled album will feature fabulously
unheard Blues Explosion drummer Russell Simins.
But before the album drops in stores October, the
band is testing some other stuff on the road as
well.
Little Tour:
07-30 Harbourside Festival - Bristol
08-02 St. Moritz - London
08-05 Kesgrave Music Festival
08-07 The Plug Club - Sheffield
08-23 St. Moritz - London |
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Thursday July 27,
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Download Festival Jacks Beck
Festvials are the thing these days and nothing
signifies it better than this summers slew of indie
gatherings. California's Download Festival has
finally released it's final lineup for the September
30th band-o-rama at Shoreline Amphitheatre just
outside of San Francisco.
Late additions to the already kick-ass lineup are
Beck, Muse, The Shins, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Rogue
Wave. Here's the full list for your envy or
pleasure depending on your funds and location.
Download in Pants:
Beck
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Muse
The Shins
Wolfmother
Rogue Wave
311
Jurassic 5
The Wailers
G. Love & Special Sauce
Coheed & Cambria
Kinky and the Mataytor
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Sleater-Kinney
Bow To NPR
There is no finer free source for the best in indie
live rock than NPR's series All Songs Considered.
The shows, that take place at D.C.'s 9:30 Club are
one of the top downloads weekly. Recently
retiring Sleater-Kinney chose it as one of it's
final destinations before heading off into the
sunset, as the band finishes its final tour. The
concert, planned for August 1st will be available
for download on August 2nd - for free.Check out
www.npr.org/music
for the full listing as well.
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Pensatos News: Sleater-Kinney Schedule Last Show
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Pensatos
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Boy
Least Likely To Score Single
The cheeky friendly duo known as Boy Least Likely To
have put the final touches on their upcoming new
single 'Hugging My Grudge' to be featured alongside
several B-Side licks due out August 21st. The
band is also continuing their world tour and plan to
head to the studio shortly after its end in October.
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Pensatos Review: Boy Least Likely To - Best Party Ever |
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Wednesday July 26,
2006 |
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Outkast
Film Date Revealed
Big Boi and Andre 3000's film 'Idlewild' is finally
confirmed to be released in theaters on September
8th. The duo that form Outkast have been working on
the oft delayed film for some time now and recently
confirmed the film's soundtrack release of August
21st.For those who live in caves, 'Idlewild' is
set in the '30s and covers a piano player and
singers dual rise and fall. If Eddie Murphy
could sing, this would have been his gig.
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Pensatos News: Andre 3000 Tour 'Outkast'
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Pensatos News: Outkast's New Single; Release Date |
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Concretes Lose Singer
Bands splitting up, cats and dogs living together;
it's chaos people! Concretes (now ex) lead singer
Victoria Bergsman has parted ways with her pop act.
The only comment the band had on the split was a
statement that read:
"The band will continue playing together and are
currently drafting songs for a new album."
The buzz started when Bergsman was noticeably
absent from their recent festival in Spain creating
wonder of an abrupt split.
As mentioned by their press release, the band has
full intention of forging on. We'll keep you
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Mooney
Suzuki Sign With V2
The grunge rock powerhouse known as The Mooney
Suzuki have graduated from self release status and
signed with V2 Records. To test the waters on their
new ride, V2 will re-release their debut Maximum
Black on September 12th. The band is
currently working on their next studio album
tentatively entitled Have Mercy.
Although no street date is posted it is believed to
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New
Robert Pollard Album Info
 The legendary Robert Pollard has been a tour and
recording machine as of late. Earlier this
year he released From a Compound Eye and toured
including a rare stop in Chicago at the Intonation
Festival. Well, he's ready to drop another.
The upcoming Normal Happiness will be released on
October 10th care of Merge Records. Below is a
list of the confirmed tracks:01 Accidental Texas
Who
02 Whispering Whip
03 Supernatural Car Lover
04 Boxing About
05 Serious Bird Woman (You Turn Me On)
06 Get a Faceful
07 Towers and Landslides
08 I Feel Gone Again
09 Gasoline Ragtime
10 Rhoda Rhoda
11 Give Up the Grape
12 Pegasus Glue Factory
13 Top of My Game
14 Tomorrow Will Not Be Another Day
15 Join the Eagles
16 Full Sun (Dig the Slowness)
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Pensatos Feature: Intonation '06: Day Two Review |
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Metallica Join iTunes, Hell Freezes
Metallica and their stubborn ways against the
digital age have finally bit the bullet.
Starting Thrusday July 25th, the hard rockers
catalogue will be offered on the North American
edition of the iTunes store. Not agreeing with
the pricing structure of Apples much beloved iTunes
store and distribution divvies, the band originally
opted to work with MSN Music but only in album form.
This marks the first time that the band will allow
singles of their music to be released via digital
download.Look for other strongholds to loosen
similar grips over the next two months including
Beatles and Led Zeppelin who have denied any ties
with the digital jugernaught and their music
catalogue instead relying on steady album sales and
re-releases. |
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Asobi Seksu Announce
Fall Tour
Japanese pop lovers
rejoice! New York based Asobi Seksu is touring once
again and expanding their dates this time around.
With the band's recently release Citrus catching
on across the country and receiving solid reviews,
expect the quartet to wow audiences with their vocal
chirps and keyboard bravado. Here's hoping I
finally get my 'It's Too Late' fill live.
07-30 McCarren Park Pool - Brooklyn, NY
09-14 Tufts University - Boston, MA
09-15 Cornell University - Ithaca, NY
09-16 Souldlab - Buffalo, NY
09-17 Babylon - Ottawa, ONT
09-19 Green Room - Montreal, QC
09-20 Horseshoe - Toronto, ONT
09-21 Lager House - Detroit, MI
09-22 Schubas - Chicago, IL
09-23 Cactus Club - Milwaukee, WI
09-24 400 Bar - Minneapolis, MN
09-26 HiFi Club - Calgary, AB
09-27 Canmore Hotel - Canmore, AB
09-28 Media Club - Vancouver, BC
09-29 Department of Safety - Anacortes, WA
09-30 Chop Suey - Seattle, WA
10-01 Holocene - Portland, OR
10-04 The Attic - Santa Cruz, CA
10-05 Detroit Bar - Costa Mesa, CA
10-06 The Echo - Los Angeles, CA
10-07 Beauty Bar - San Diego, CA
10-10 Plush - Tucson, AZ
10-12 Hi Dive - Denver, CO
10-11 Riott Festival - San Francisco, CA |
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Decemberists Tour
Christmas in July! The Decemberists have announced
their major label debut tour.The Portland based
crew is hitting the road in October to support it's
upcoming album The Crane Wife, set to hit store
shelves on October 3rd
Joy to the World:
10-17 Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR
10-18 Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR
10-19 Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA
10-21 The Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA
10-22 Rialto Theater - Tuscon, Az.
10-24 Stubb's, Austin
10-25 Gypsy Ballroom - Dallas, TX
10-26 House of Blues - New Orleans, LA
10-27 Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA
10-29 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.
10-30 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.
10-31 Calvin Theater - Northampton, MA
11-01 Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA
11-03 Hammerstein Ballroom - New York, NY
11-04 Orpheum Theater - Boston, MA
11-05 Metropolis - Montreal, CAN
11-04 Kool Haus - Toronto, CAN
11-07 Clutch Cargo - Pontiac, MI
11-09 Agora Theater - Cleveland, OH
11-10 Lifestyle Communities Pavilion - Columbus, OH
11-11 Riviera Theater - Chicago, IL
11-12 First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
11-14 Paramount Theater - Denver, CO
11-16 Wilma Theater - Missoula, MT
11-17 Paramount Theater - Seattle, WA
11-18 Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, WA |
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Killers
Debut 'Sam's Town' in NYC
You see Jay-Z, you might think your are close to the
latest night club. Run into Antonio Reid, you
might think your just played into his golf game.
You'd be wrong; Def Jam wrong! You're at The Killers
show in New York fool! The Killers unveiled new
tracks off of their upcoming second studio album
Sam's Town (October 2nd) at a media gathering in
NYC on Monday. In attendance was Def Jam head
Jay-Z and Island Def Jam chairman Reid.
Onlisterners noted the sound stayed true to the
debut Hot Fuss but also flirted with Verve and Bowie
sounds. Guitarist David Keuning later told reporters
that there was so much material he wanted to shove
into the new album that there will definitely be
multiple B-Sides and single releases on services
like iTunes.
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Pensatos News: Killers Confirm Album Tracks
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Pensatos News: New Killers Album Info
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Pensatos News: Killers Relocate To Finish Album in
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R.E.M.
Get Anthology Collection
REM, despite anything you can say, were the staple
pop/rock satisfiers of the centuries death rattle.
Befittingly, the band has announced a two disc
anthology entitled And I Feel Fine on September
11th. The collection with carry tunes from the
1983-1987 years under the IRS label and include
studio outtakes, original versions, and more.
Anthology Tracklist:
Disc One:
Begin the Begin
Radio Free Europe
Pretty Persuasion
Talk About the Passion
(Don't Go Back to) Rockville
Sitting Still
Gardening at Night
7 Chinese Bros.
So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
Driver 8
Can't Get There From Here
Finest Worksong
Feeling Gravity's Pull
I Believe
Life and How To Live It
Cuyahoga
The One I Love
Welcome to the Occupation
Fall on Me
Perfect Circle
It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel
Fine)
Bonus disc:
Pilgrimage (Mike's pick)
These Days (Bill's pick)
Gardening at Night ( demo previously unreleased)
Radio Free Europe (Hib-tone version)
Sitting Still (Hib-tone version)
Life and How to Live It (Live Holland '87)
Ages of You (Live Boston '83)
We Walk (Live Boston '83)
1,000,000 (Live Boston '83
Finest Worksong (other mix)
Hyena (demo; previously unreleased)
Theme From Two Steps Onward (previously unreleased)
Superman
All the Right Friends (previously unreleased)
Mystery to Me (demo; previously unreleased)
Just A Touch (live in-studio version; previously
unreleased)
Bad Day (previously unreleased)
King of Birds
Swan Swan H (live acoustic version)
Disturbance at the Heron House (Peter's pick)
Time After Time (Michael's pick)
An accompanying DVD will include acoustic sets,
rare interviews, performances from the legendary
rock show The Tube along with a short entitled
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New
Babyshambles Album; Doherty Solo
Seriously - we aren't in bed with him. The negative
press proned Pete Doherty announced that he has
indeed been working on a solo album currently under
the project name 'The Implant Sessions' which refer
to his opium suppressant lodged in his skull.
But even more shocking are plans for the next
Babyshambles album that is currently recoding as
well.
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Pensatos News: Doherty Cancels Show For Rehab
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Pensatos News: Doherty Gets Implant; Judge Loosens
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Brooke
Quits Band of Horses
 Mat Brooke, one of the founding members of Band of
Horses has fallen off the saddle and called it quits. The songwriter who
helped pen many of the tracks hasn't been touring
with the band and was noticeably absent during the
bands recent Late Night with David Letterman
performance.In an official statement from the
band:
"Mat was originally in the band to help with
songwriting, and that due to his other projects
taking off, he is no longer in the band."
This won't slow down the band's current touring
schedule as Mat has been void of any previous dates
so far.
Check out our interview with Band of Horses
remaining founder Ben Bridwell and the review of
their label debut Everything All The Time.
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Pensatos Review: Band Of Horses - Everything All
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Pensatos Feature: Band Of Horses Interview |
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Karen O
and Peaches on Jackass 2
 Yeah Yeah Yeah frontwoman Karen O is working with
electro super-chick Peaches on a song for Jackass 2
entitled 'Backass'. No alligator biting your ass
dangling slab of meet or public defecation in a
toilet store is complete with Karen O screaming or
Peaches talking about her body parts in similar
fashion.The soundtrack is scheduled to drop the
same time the movie hits theatres in September. As
reported last week, Wolfmother is also featured on
the album and even had the crew of the movie aid in
shooting the video for the same song.
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Mates
of State Tour States
Husband and wife duo Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel
are lovers by day and rock stars by night under the
title Mates of State. The successfully still
together couple are taking their show on the road
alongside Starlight Mints but will kick it off first
with Of Montreal in New Haven:07-31 Toad's Place
- New Haven, CT
08-02 Bryce Jordan Center - State College, PA
08-03 Abbey Pub - Chicago, IL
08-04 Lollapalooza - Chicago, IL
08-05 Bleeding Kansas Festival - Lawrence, KS
08-06 Fillmore Auditorium - Denver CO
08-07 Fillmore Auditorium - Denver CO
08-08 McKay Events Center - Orem, UT
08-10 Secret House Vineyard - Veneta, OR
08-11 Greek Theatre - Berkeley, CA
08-12 Greek Theatre - Berkeley, CA
08-13 Greek Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
08-14 Greek Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
08-15 Bayside - San Diego, CA
08-16 Amoeba - Los Angeles, CA
09-03 Bumbershoot Festival - Seattle, WA
09-13 Middle East - Cambridge, MA
09-14 Pearl Street - Northampton, MA
09-15 Main Hall - Montreal, Quebec
09-16 Lee's Palace - Toronto, Ontario
09-17 Blind Pig - Ann Arbor, MI
09-18 The House Café - Dekalb, IL
09-19 The Maintenance Shop - Ames, IA
09-20 Kirby Ballroom - Duluth, MN
09-21 First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
09-22 Orpheum Stage Door - Madison, WI
09-23 Legends of Notre Dame - Notre Dame, IN
09-24 Mr. Small's Theatre - Millvale, PA
09-25 Satellite Ballroom - Charlottesville, VA
09-27 State Theatre - Falls Church, VA
09-28 Starlight Ballroom - Philadelphia, PA
09-30 Irving Plaza - New York, NY |
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Jet
Launches Album Info
The slow moving followup to Jet's 2003 Get Born
album is seemingly closer than we initially thought.
As we reported a month ago, the band was working
with producer David Sardy to widdle down an
astounding 30 plus songs to 15. Frontman Nick
Cester told Rolling Stone of their pressures to
successfully follow up Get Born:"The
first time around, we were a pop band from
Melbourne, and this time around we're playing much
bigger venues. We wanted to make sure the new album
was going to be five times better... Obviously,
we're still Jet. We're still a rock band."
The album is still slated for release in 2006 and
reported songs included are 'Eleanor', the 'Holiday'
and 'Stand Up'. The later of which was
described as, "the biggest rock song you've ever
heard." That spells instant doom.
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Jim
Noir Cancels Tour
 Pensatos is sad to report that Jim Noir has
postponed his US tour citing health problems but
without any further detailing. The
singer/songwriter was gearing up for his tour to
support his upcoming release Tower of Love on August
8th care of Basuk Records. We'll keep you
posted with rescheduled dates and a review of his
album soon. |
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Doherty
Cancels Show For Rehab
What is seemingly becoming a positive spin on the
oft drug associated singer Pete Doherty, we have
even more good news albeit the view of someone who
wasn't in Spain this weekend. The frontman for
Babyshambles apparently backed out of the scheduled
show at Spain's Ibiza Rocks in favor of a drug
clinic to help kick his oft reported habit. As
reported two weeks back, the singer was praised by a
judge at his parole hearing for taking the necessary
steps to clean up. We might be teetering the line of
name change from Pensatos to Pete Doherty: The
Memoirs. Below is only considered an excerpt. Hit up
our search engine for the unabridged version...
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Pensatos News: Doherty Gets Implant; Judge Loosens Up
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Pensatos News: Doherty Misses Court Because of Rehab
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