Strokes
Solo Album Revealed Strokes guitaristAlbert Hammond Jr. has periodically detoured into a
solo project with some of his long time friends and
band mates for the upcoming album Yours To Keep. The
album will feature some amazing talent including Ben
Kweller, Sean Lennon, Judy Porter (Fountains of
Wayne), Mikki James (Thin Lizard Down), and Ryan
Gentles (Strokes manager). In another six degrees,
Thin Lizard Down's original singer, Greg Lattimer
produced the effort that includes the Strokes
bassist and drummer as well. Yours To Keep
will be released on October 9th.
Track Listing:
01 Cartoon Music for Superheroes (Goodnight)
02 In Transit
03 Everyone Gets A Star
04 Call An Ambulance
05 Blue Skies
06 Back To The 101
07 Bright Young Thing
08 Scared
09 Holiday
10 Hard to Live in the City
In other Strokes news,
the band has added another date to their Mexico City
show on their current tour.
08-07 Thebarton
Theatre - Adelaide, Australia
08-09 Challenge Stadium - Perth, Australia
08-30 Fundidora Coca Cola - Monterrey, Mexico
08-31 The Sports Palace - Mexico City, Mexico
09-02 The Sports Palace - Mexico City, Mexico
09-03 Arena Guadalajara - Guadalajara, Mexico
09-10 V Festival - Toronto, ON
09-12 Bank of America Pavilion - Boston, MA
09-14 Charter One Pavilion - Chicago, IL #
09-15 Charter One Pavilion - Chicago, IL #
09-17 Barton Hall (Cornell University - Ithaca, NY
09-19 NorVa - Norfolk, VA
09-21 Stephen C. O'Connell Center - Gainesville, FL#
09-22 Hi-Fi Buy Ampitheatre - Atlanta, GA #
09-24 Club Cinema - Pompano Beach, FL
09-26 The Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles, CA #
10-01 Memorial Hall - Kansas City, MO
10-06 Washington Avenue Armory - Albany, NY
10-08 Hampton Beach Casino - Hampton Beach, NH
Audio:
Sleater-Kinney Live at 9:30 Club The end is near for Washington punk/pop trio
Sleater-Kinney. After a power outage delayed their
much anticipated 9:30 Club performance on Wednesday,
the ladies finally braved the D.C. heat and played
the show like a band taking a proper bow.
Check the Audio link below for a streaming feed of
the live concert from NPR's wonderfully underrated
All Songs Considered Concert series.
Earlier last
month, SK announced that they will be parting ways
and ending their amazing act over a decade in the
making. SK will also be appearing at this years
Lollapalooza at Grant Park in downtown Chicago.
Set List:
'One Beat'
'Not what You Want'
'Wilderness'
'Fox'
'Jumpers'
'#1 Must Have'
'Steep Air'
'Rollercoaster'
'Burn Don't Freeze'
'Nightlight'
'End of You'
'What's Mine Is Yours'
'Modern Girl'
'Let's Call It Love'
'Entertain'
'Little Babies'
'Iron Clad'
'Get Up'
'Buy Her Candy'
'Turn It On'
'Dance Song 97'
'Words & Guitar'
'Sympathy'
'Dig Me Out'
Smiths
Guitarist with Modest Mouse Oye! The Queen isn't dead! The Smiths legendary
guitarist Johnny Marr is reportedly working with
Modest Mouse on their upcoming release We Were
Dead Before The Ship Even Sank. The band reports
that Marr has not only helped on several tracks with
his experienced guitar but also aided in penning
many of the album's tracks. If that wasn't enough,
Marr has also reportedly signed on with the band's
tour to support the LP when it hits store shelves
later this year.
In an interview with Rolling
Stone, Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Bruce said this
about the collaboration:
"I took a long shot really. I was like, 'You
know, I really like that guy's guitar playing.
There's no chance in hell he's going to say yes, but
why not give him a call?' So I did.
"Eventually it all came together, and it was a
really good fit, which I think actually surprised
all of us."
Maximo
Park In The Studio Newcatle's Maximo Park is heading back to the
studio to record the followup to last years well
loved A Certain Trigger. The band is working
with Gil Norton on the effort who's credits include
the Foo Fighters (don't hold it against him) and the
Pixies (hazah!)
The band will also be hitting the
road next month with The Rolling Stones on their
Norway and Denmark stretch. They went for Jagger's
swagger but stayed for Smith's superiority.
08-24 T on the Fringe - Edinburgh
08-25 Leeds Festival - Leeds
08-27 Reading Festival - Reading
09-01 Koegen Bergen - Bergen @
09-02 Rock am See Festival - Konstanz
09-03 Forum Horsens Outdoor - Horsens @
09-09 Summer of Music Festival - Warsaw
09-26 Olympia Theatre - Dublin
09-27 Dolans - Limerick
09-28 Mandela Hall - Belfast
09-30 The Academy - Glasgow
10-01 The Academy - Manchester
10-02 The Academy - Middelsburgh
10-04 The Octagon - Sheffield
10-05 The Academy - Birmingham
10-06 The Academy - Brixton, London
10-27 Wembley Arena - London $
@ with The Rolling Stones
$ with New Order
Arthur
'First Black Hippie' Lee Dead at 61 One of the pioneers of guitar rock has passed.
Arthur Lee died yesterday [August 3rd] in his
hometown of Memphis after years of battling
Leukemia. The man who worked with the influential
rock troupe Love was 61.
Acts like Led Zeppelin and Echo & The Bunnymen
have cited Lee's influence in their music. Love's
1968 classic Forever Changes is often times
seen as not only one of the most influential
psychedelic rock albums of all time but is often
included in critics all time list of music
recordings.
Lee was notoriously headlined in the mid nineties
for a brief scuff with the law after firing a pistol
into the air without cause. He would spend the next
6 years in prison for the incident. But as
unpredictable as he was off stage, his on stage
antics will always be remembered as he self
proclaimed himself 'the first black hippie.'
Video: Love on Dick Clark performing 'A Message
to Pretty'
Pensaphotos: Cold War Kids @ The Abbey In preparation for Lollapalooza, Pensatos hooked
up with Mates of State and Cold War Kids at the
Abbey; one of Chicago's great music scenes for indie
and hip hop acts. CWK played an amazingly
energetic set that included music from both their
EPs and new material.
Cat
Power Adds Shows All is well on the Cat Power front. After
a brief scare earlier in the year when the artist
had to cancel a few shows surrounding her latest
release, Chan Marshall has bounced back as a road
warrior since. She recently added a string of
dates and will be playing along the way with the
Memphis Rhythm Band.
08-05 Frequenze Disturbate -
Urbino, Italy
08-12 Route De Rock Festival - St. Malo, France
09-10 Irving Plaza - New York, NY #
09-10 Irving Plaza - New York, NY #
09-12 Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, GA #
09-13 Vic Theatre - Chicago, IL #
09-15 Austin City Limits Festival - Austin, TX #
09-16 Gypsy Ballroom - Dallas, TX #
09-17 Stubb's BBQ - Austin, TX #
11-01 Roundhouse - London, England
11-03 Paradiso - Amsterdam, Netherlands
11-04 Ancienne Belgique - Brussels, Belgium
11-09 Avery Fisher Hall - New York, NY
Thursday August 3,
2006
New
Outkast 'Idelwilde Blue' Video Our friends over at Singing Fool have posted the
spanking new Outkast Idlewild video 'Idlewilde Blue' off of the
duo's upcoming album Idlewild which is also a
soundtrack to the movie of the same name. Whew! The
duo also announced the track list of their upcoming
album:
01 Intro
02 Mighty "O"
03 Peaches featuring Sleepy Brown & Scar
04 Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry 'Bout Me)
05 Infatuation (Interlude)
06 N2U featuring Khujo Goodie
07 Morris Brown featuring Scar & Sleepy Brown
08 Chronomentrophobia
09 The Train featuring Scar & Sleepy Brown
10 Life Is Like a Musical
11 No Bootleg DVDs (Interlude)
12 Hollywood Divorce featuring Lil' Wayne & Snoop
Dogg
13 Zora (Interlude)
14 Call the Law featuring Janelle Monáe
15 Bamboo & Cross (Interlude)
16 BuggFace
17 Makes No Sense at All
18 In Your Dreams featuring Killer Mike & Janelle
Monáe
19 PJ & Rooster
20 Mutron Angel featuring Whild Peach
21 Greatest Show on Earth featuring Macy Gray
22 You're Beautiful (Interlude)
23 When I Look in Your Eyes
24 Dyin' to Live
25 A Bad Note
'Idlewilde Blue' video...This one is all Andre 3000, baby:
Bonnie
Prince Freebie Tour You gotta love free shit. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
is hitting the road old-school style by offering
free in-store concerts across the US. Of course,
this is all part of his master plan/campaign trail
to help promote his upcoming The Letting Go which is
due out in stores on September 19th. Free shit,
folks!
08-10 Atomic Records - Milwaukee, WI
08-11 Madcity Music Exchange - Madison, WI
08-12 Roadrunner - Minneapolis, MN
08-13 Record Collector - Iowa City, IA
08-14 Love Garden - Lawrence, KS
08-15 Vintage Vinyl - St. Louis, MO
08-17 Vertigo - Grand Rapids, MI
08-18 Stormy Records - Detroit, MI
08-19 Rotate This - Toronto, ONT
08-20 New World Record - Buffalo, NY
08-21 Bent Crayon - Cleveland, OH
Our friends at Drag City have also posted a video
for The Letting Go (part one) for your viewing
pleasure:
Free
Streams of Lollapalooza For some of us less fortunate souls this
weekend, responsibilities like mortgages, car
payments and food take precedence over Lollapalooza
and it's hefty price tag this summer in Chicago.
Fortunate for our penny pinching selves, AT&T will
be broadcasting Live at the festival their acts like
The Shins, Kelley Stoltz, Iron and Wine, Sleater-Kinney
and many more acts.
Just go to the AT&T Blue Room
by clicking
here and get ready
for the cheap seats. Now if you can just stop
hacking your neighbors internet connection...
Kasabian's 'Monstrous Leap' Not often enough do bands declare their music to
be the coming of Christ and the opus to tower above
all. Thankfully, Kasabian guitarist Serge
Pizzorno has not only give the press quotes to be
dissected and followed up on when their new album
Empire hits store shelves later this month, but
he also has the balls to state the album will stand
next to the British greats The Who, Rolling Stones,
and ... Oasis?
In an interview with Uncut,
Pizzorno commented on the progression of the bands
latest effort and even compared their previous
effort to "sketchy nonsense."
"I'm not going to hide the fact that I think
it's absolutely fucking amazing. Noel Gallagher [of
Oasis] came down to the studio and even he was
surprised by what a monstrous leap we'd made.
"Oasis' Definitely Maybe was probably the last
time a band captured that moment, a mood in British
music. It's almost as if bands don't care about
making that timeless classic. I really miss that."
Kasabian's Empire will hit UK stores on August
28th and later in the states on September 4th.
Happy
Mondays' New Album It's been a fifteen year wait for the band named
after a New Order song to get back in the studio but
it looks like Blue Monday is ready to forge ahead.
In the interim they troupe has entertained us with
interviews and quotes from frontman Shaun Ryder
like, "Just a group of lads who liked making music,
and smoking lots of ganja, that's all. Something to
do." The band landed legendary producer Howie B. who
worked with the likes of DJ Shadow, Bjork, and U2.
The as of yet untitled album still has one large
hurdle to overcome as the band is still unsigned.
John
Ralston Tour Info
It's John Ralston's year. First he released a
widely praised freshman album and now he's
headlining his own tour.The deeply
emotionally tortured artist from Florida (which
explains his four day stint there) is set to hit the
road in support his latest album Needle Bed
[Vagrant].
08-16 Walter's - Houston, TX
08-17 Emo's - Austin, TX
08-18 Hailey's - Denton, Texas
08-19 The Soundstage - Conway, AR
08-21 Gabe's Oasis - Iowa City, IA
08-22 Ascot Room - Minneapolis, MN
08-23 Eagles Club - Milwaukee, WI
08-24 Schuba's - Chicago, IL
08-25 Shelter - Detroit, MI
08-26 Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH
08-27 Garfield Art Space - Pittsburgh, PA
08-29 Knitting Factory - New York, NY
08-30 Webster Underground - Hartford, CT
08-31 Century Lounge - Providence, RI
09-01 Middle East Upstairs - Cambridge, MA
09-02 Ottobar - Baltimore, MD
09-03 Rock n Roll Hotel - Virginia Beach, VA
09-05 Local 506 - Chapel Hill, NC
09-06 Vinyl - Atlanta, GA
09-07 Fuel Coffeehouse - Jacksonville, FL
09-08 The Social - Orlando, FL
09-09 Respectable Street - West Palm Beach, FL
09-10 1982 - Gainesville, FL
10-04 Madison Theatre - Covington, KY.
10-05 Club Zoo - Pittsburgh, PA
10-06 Club Infinity - Williamsville, N.Y.
10-07 Toad's Place - New Haven, CT
10-08 Higher Ground - South Burlington, VT
Sub Pop
Goes Green In a first of its kind for the record industry,
Sub Pop Records has purchased energy saving
vouchers. What this does is allow the company
to use alternative energy sources like solar,
biomass and wind power for their operations and
therefore making it the first US label to be 100%
powered by green/renewable energy.
Wednesday August 2,
2006
Bloc
Party Reveal New Album Glorious day! Bloc Party has released their
track listing on the fan site blocparty.net for
their sophomore album. So it's not really a
revelation of the album itself. And yeah we don't know what it
sounds like yet just from track titles. And we're
not queer, this just means that the album is that
much closer to being finished.
Best. Sophomore.
Evah.:
01 A Prayer to the Lord
02 England
03 Hunting for Witches
04 It Started in an Afternoon
05 Kreuzberg
06 On
07 Seroxat
08 Song for Clay (Disappear Here)
09 Sunday
10 Uniform
11 Waiting for the 7:18
12 We Were Lovers
13 Where Is Home?
There is still no official title yet for the
album nor a release date but we'll keep you on
notice. In the meantime the band will also wrap up
the summer with some select shows around the US and
UK.
Large Block Party:
08-01 Grove of Anaheim - Anaheim, CA
08-03 Greek Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
08-04 Greek Theatre - Berkeley, CA
08-05 Street Scene Festival - San Diego, CA
08-08 Salon 21 - Mexico City, Mexico
08-09 Warehouse Live - Houston, TX
08-10 Stubb's - Austin, TX
08-16 Paredes de Coura - Paredes de Coura, Portugal
08-18 Lowlands Festival - Biddinghuizen, Holland
08-19 Hylands Park (V Festival) - Chelmsford,
England
08-20 Western Park (V Festival) - Staffordshire,
England
09-02 Electric Picnic - Stradbally, Ireland
Sufjan
Stevens Adds Shows The singer/songwriter/general God who goes under
the alias Sufjan Stevens to the rest of the human
world has added
another date to his Town Hall stint in New York and
also will drop by Berkeley to solve world affairs
through state oriented tunes while in California. He
also announced some overseas love as he shoves off
the coast to Ireland and across the UK.
All Things
Go - Part II:
09-11 Ryman Auditorium - Nashville, TN
09-15 Paramount Theatre - Austin, Texas
09-16 Paramount Theatre - Austin, Texas
09-19 House of Blues -
New Orleans, LA
09-20 Fox Theatre; Paste Festival - Atlanta, GA
09-21 Memorial Hall - Chapel Hill, N.C.
09-23 Murat Egyptian Theatre - Indianapolis, IN
09-24 Pageant - St. Louis, MO
09-25 Pabst Theatre - Milwaukee, WI
09-26 Riviera Theatre - Chicago, IL
09-28 Tower Theatre - Philadelphia, PA
09-29 Town Hall - New York, NY
09-30 Town Hall - New York, NY 10-01 Town Hall - New York, NY
10-09 Wiltern Theatre - Los Angeles, CA 10-10 Zellerbach Hall - San Francisco, CA
10-11 Zellerbach Hall - San Francisco, CA
10-13 Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR
10-14 St. Andrews Cathedral - Vancouver, WA
10-15 Paramount Theatre - Seattle, WA
11-01 Olympia - Dublin, Ireland
11-02 Academy 2 - Manchester, England
11-03 Barbican - London, England
11-05 Voorhuit - Ghent, Belgium
11-07 Casino L'Allanca - Barcelona, Spain
11-09 Le Bataclan - Paris, France
11-10 Gloria - Cologne, Germany
11-11 Paradiso - Amsterdam, Holland
11-12 Vega - Copenhagen, Denmark
11-14 Sentrum Scene - Oslo, Norway
11-15 Berns - Stockholm, Sweden
11-16 Frikirkjan Church - Reykjavik, Iceland
11-17 Frikirkjan Church - Reykjavik, Iceland
Sleater-Kinney
Cancel D.C. Show As if the torture of the band breaking up wasn't
enough without blame, now we have mother nature to
despise. Sleater-Kinney has canceled their
D.C. show that was scheduled for August 1st at the
9:30 Club due to a power outage and blown
transformer. The problem was caused due to excessive
energy used in the surrounding area notably due to
the toxic heat as well. Spite me MN, spite me.
The
concert has been rescheduled for Thursday August 3rd
and will be broadcasted on NPR.org under their All
Songs Considered mantra.
Radiohead to UK: Impeach Blair I never understood the politico-music crossover.
It is part of the reason I don't read Rolling Stone
often and a major reason why Bono must die. It
should stay in song, and that's all. Would you
like Bush telling you his opinion on today's music?
Here comes Thom Yorke from Radiohead pulling the
strings of political outcry. The singer posted
on the bands website a call for Prime Minister Tony
Blair's immediate resignation.
"I've had enough
of this. Our government sitting on the fence with
the US while World War 3 appears to be breaking out
in Lebanon and Northern Israel. We must throw Tony
Blair out of office NOW. He does not represent the
views of British people. He does not represent the
views of his foreign office and officials. He does
not even represent the views of those in his
cabinet. He cares too much about his relationship
with Bush and Murdoch. This man is not fit to be our
Prime Minister."
We'll see if his influence is great enough to
overthrow the Man.
Senses
Fail Ready 2nd Album Get your pens and papers ready for the sophomore
slump jokes. Senses Fail, who released their
first effort in 2004 under Vagrant entitled Let
It Enfold You will challenge the age old failure
demon by releasing Still Searching on October
10th. The band added a second guitarist Heath
Saraceno to bring more depth to the sound.
Jennifer O'Connor Matador Debut File under: one to watch. Jennifer
O'Connor's upcoming Over the Mountain, Across the
Valley and Back to the Stars will feature James
McNew from Yo La Tengo and Kendall Meade on
keyboards from Sparklehorse fame. O'Connor will have
her first Matador effort hit stores on August 22nd.
If you need more reason to check it out than the
fabulous appearances littered on the album then I
guess you can revel in hearing her personal issues
as well:
"It's been so tumultuous, I think that
inevitably crept into my songs. I wouldn't say that
I always write from experience, but I did a lot of
it on this record."
Gnarls
Barkley Reschedule Lives Success doesn't come without a price
and Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse - better known as the
duo Gnarls Barkley - know that more than most.
The incredible success of St. Elsewhere has
prompted
the two to literally reschedule their lives and
projects they had in the works.
Cee-Lo was planning another Goodie Mob album and
awaiting the release of an album with Jazze Pha off
of Capitol Records (who also released St.
Elsewhere). But, that looks to stay on the
backburner because Capitol, for unknown reasons,
have yet to plan any release. The Goodie Mob reunion
will also take some time due to the duo's expanding
tour schedule.
Danger Mouse also had to postpone an upcoming
collaboration with rock group Sparklehorse in favor
of Gnarls.
In the end though, the two don't mind. The
success has spawned a second album already in the
works but don't expect it out any time soon...
Peaches, Feist Auction Undies and More Canadians. Leave it to them to auction off their
'roos to help Three Gut Records co-founder Tyler
Burke buy a house. Artists like Peaches (underwear)
and Broken Social Scene's Justin Peroff (boxers) are
auctioning off their (hopefully) clean undergarment
to help raise money for their friend. Feist
took the sanitary approach and auctioned off stage
time with herself and the band to play a 'winners
choice' song. Others like Hidden Cameras' Joel Gibb
and Michael Belitsky from Sadies are on the 'to be
determined' list of donations. But if they are
looking to one up Peaches, it's gonna get down right
nasty.
The auction will include tons of other visual
treats - mostly CDC approved and will begin hitting
the bidding rack tomorrow August 2nd. Profits will
be split up, "40% to the artist-friend donor, 20% to
Habitat for Humanity...and 40% to (possible) habitat
for me," as described by Burke himself.
Yo La
Tengo Tour; New Single Nothing says love like the forthcoming new album
from Yo La Tengo entitled I am Not Afraid of You and
I Will Beat Your Ass on September 4th c/o Matador.
And nothing says such like offering new singles to
the John Q. The trio have graciously
released a new single off their upcoming album.
The link for 'Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind'
is below and you can get there directly by clicking
here
to visit our audio section.
The band is
traveling the world as well in anticipation for the
album's release. Find em' if you can.
Ass Beating Tour:
08-13 Montalvo Arts Center - Saratoga, CA
09-02 Electric Picnic Festival - Dublin, Ireland
09-03 Indian Summer Festival - Glasgow, Scotland
09-05 Bush Hall - London, England
09-25 Stone Pony - Asbury Park, NJ
09-26 9:30 Club - Washington, DC
09-28 Avalon - Boston, MA
09-29 The Loew's Jersey Theatre - Jersey City, NJ
10-04 Michigan Theater - Ann Arbor, MI
10-05 Vic Theatre - Chicago, IL
10-14 Richard's on Richards - Vancouver, British
Columbia
10-15 Showbox - Seattle, WA
10-16 Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR
10-19 Fillmore - San Francisco, CA
10-20 Fillmore - San Francisco, CA
10-21 Fillmore - San Francisco, CA
10-23 Henry Fonda Theater - Los Angeles, CA
11-11 Forum - London, England
Beck
Premiers New Video A video for an album that isn't due out for
months? That's Beck and he's releasing the video for
'I Think I'm In Love' off of his upcoming untitled
album. The hip hop sounding song is part of
the new mantra he and producer Nigel Godrich
(previously worked with Radiohead) agreed to when
heading to the studio once again. Their past
works include 1998's Mutations and 2002
Sea Change.
You can check out the video for 'I
Think I'm In Love' by going to his myspace page:
www.myspace.com/beck.
The mySpace posting was pulled due to copyright
infringements by the label.
Minus
The Bear 'Remix' and Tour Minus the Bear is one of the few indie-pop
powerhouses remnants that hasn't copied their
Seattle predecessors like Death Cab and created a
backbone instead of wining on their album. The
atmospheric group plans on re-releasing last years
Menos el Oso in a remix fasion with the
tudelage of Pretty Girls Make Graves' Jay Clark,
Fog, Dalek, and more.
The remix is set to hit shelves on February 20th.
In the meantime, you can catch them on their Fall
tour in the US and later in the UK:
Minus the Tour Bus:
10-05 Logan Square Auditorium - Chicago, IL
10-07 Intersection - Grand Rapids, MI
10-08 St Andrews Hall - Detroit, MI
10-09 Showplace Theatre - Buffalo, NY
10-11 Middle East Downstairs - Cambridge, MA
10-12 Irving Plaza - New York, NY
10-13 Trocadero Theater - Philadelphia, PA
10-14 Black Cat - Washington, D.C.
10-16 The Rocket Club - Asheville, NC
10-17 Southgate House - Newport, KY
10-18 Emerson Theatre - Indianapolis, IN
10-19 Headliners Music Hall - Louisville, KY
10-20 Exit/In - Nashville, TN
10-21 Bottletree Lounge - Birmingham, AL
10-22 Drunken Unicorn - Atlanta, GA
10-23 Drunken Unicorn - Atlanta, GA
10-25 Jack Rabbit's - Jacksonville, FL
10-26 Club Downunder - Tallahassee, FL
10-27 Abbey Road - Gainesville, FL
10-28 The Social Pavillion - Orlando, FL
10-30 Warehouse Live - Houston, TX
10-31 Hailey's - Denton, TX
11-01 Emo's Outdoor - Austin, TX
11-03 Launchpad - Albuquerque, NM
11-04 Club Congress - Tuscon, AZ
11-05 The Clubhouse - Temple, AZ
11-08 Glass House - Pomona, CA
11-09 El Ray Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
11-10 Bimbo's 365 Club - San Francisco, CA
Long
Winters Secret Show in NY The Long Winters, long overdue for any
mainstream love, are showing their appreciation to
their dedicated fans for getting the word out on
their latest album Putting the Days to Bed.
The troupe is playing a 'secret' show in New York on
August 8th. How secret you ask? Well
secret enough that you'd have to contact their label
Barsuk Records and beg like a dog to get the
directions. But, if you aren't on good terms
with the labels these days, you can support them
elsewhere:
08-23 Beacon Theater (826 Benefit Show)
- New York, NY *
08-24 826 Benefit Show - Chicago, IL *
09-15 Rubber Gloves - Denton, TX
09-16 Austin City Limits Festival - Austin, TX
09-19 Wlater's On Washington - Houston, TX
09-20 One Eyed Jacks - New Orleans, LA
09-21 Bottle Tree - Birmingham, AL
09-22 Smith's Old Bar - Atlanta, GA
09-23 Local 506 - Carrboro, NC
09-24 Grey Eagle Tavern - Asheville, NC
09-26 Satellite Ballroom - Charlottesville, VA
09-27 Sonar - Baltimore, MD
09-28 World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, PA
09-29 Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
09-30 Harper's Ferry - Boston, MA
10-05 Magic Stick - Detroit, MI
10-06 Subterranean - Chicago, IL
10-07 Triple Rock - Minneapolis, MN
10-09 Larimer Lounge - Denver, CO
Mars
Volta Kicks Drummer Mars Volta don't need no stinkin' drums! Well,
not really, they just didn't need drummer John
Theodore as the progressive rock group and
percussionist have gone their separate ways.
In his place, Mars Volta has sought out help from
their original drummer Blake Fleming who has been
busy with his other group Electric Turn To Me.
The band reported that there shouldn't be any
slow down with their current album, Amputecture,
and the release date is still set for August 22nd.
Raconteurs Release 'Hands' Single Although the summer may be 'Steady As She Goes'
for the Raconteurs who have seen nothing but success
on their tour and album reviews, the band has
released a new single off the acclaimed Broken
Boy Soldiers LP. 'Hands' was released today on
two different formats; 7" and CD with the prior
receiving the star treatment with a B-side version
of 'Store Bought Bones' and a live cut of 'It Ain't
Easy' exclusive to the 7".
7" Record Track
List:
Side One
01 Hands
02 Store Bought Bones (The Zane Rendition)
Side Two
01 Hands (Live)
02 It Ain't Easy (Live)
CD Track List:
01 Hands
02 Intimate Secretary (Live)
Monday July 31,
2006
Lady
Sovereign Pushes Release
Lady Sovereign is pushing envelopes for hip hop and
now she's pushing up her release date for her highly
anticipated US debut under Def Jam. Public
Warning will be released on October 3rd - a full
week ahead of schedule.
Track List:
01 9 to 5
02 Gatheration
03 Random
04 Public Warning
05 Love Me Or Hate Me
06 My England
07 Tango
08 A Little Bit of Shhh
09 Hoodie
10 Those Were The Days
11 Blah Blah
12 Fiddle With The Volume
For more info on the artist, check out our review
of her previous EP Vertically Challenged and her
performance at this summer's Intonation Festival.
The Automatic
Re-Release 'Recover' What do you do after trashing a TV studio? You go
back to the basics, punk! The Automatic, fresh off
their GMTV bizarre studio rampage, are re-releasing
the rare debut single 'Recover' again in the fall.
The band originally released the single last year in
a limited edition format but felt the song deserved
justice and a better cut. The band made it
official on their site:
"We're re-recording
and re-releasing 'Recover' because we didn't feel
the original version did the song full justice and
we wanted more people to hear the song. The limited
edition release last year will always be special to
us as it was our first release but we're really
pleased with the new recording."
The band just finished
up their UK tour but there's no rest for the weary
as they are currently in Japan where the punk
destruction thing is in we're told.
Clash
and Blur Start Band
David Bowie and Queen, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis
Armstrong, Tony Toni Tone and DJ Quick, Clash and
Blur? In the long string of best collaborations,
this stands as a potential dynamo. Clash bassist
Paul Simonon and Blur (now Gorillaz) front man Damon
Albarn have reportedly formed the next supergroup
with the aid of Simon Tong on guitar and Tony Allen
on drums. They don't have a name yet but
already they dropped the title for their first album
The Good, The Bad and the Queen; a concept
album due out in January. We'll let you know
when we do.
Beatles
Guitar Lands $600K Pack-rats unite! Paul McCartney's first guitar
went for $600,000 at the Abbey Road Studios auction
on Friday July 28th. The guitar was originally
expected to only garner around $150K. The
childhood friend of Sir McCartney expected to retire
on the original amount. Now he can buy
happiness forever.
Jade
Tree signs Cloak/Dagger Cloak/Dagger are no longer just a vague movie
reference for pop culture quiz geeks. The
Richmond band just announced that Jade Tree has
inked a deal signing the band onto their increasing
roster.
The band plans to hit the studios in the late
summer / early fall to record their debut EP.
The sound you ask? Well, think post-hardcore
but with a Blag Flag twist.
We'll keep you posted on EP info as it comes
around.
WoovenHand Readies 3rd LP Tired of all this Britt rock? Musical meditation
is on its way! David Eugene Edwards - known as
WovenHand - once known as 16 Horsepower, has placed
the final touches on his third full length entitled
Mosaic. The album, to be released on September
12th, will hail under the Danielson label Sounds
Familyre. To help with the layered enchantment
this time around, Edwards locked himself up in
Colorado over the winter to record the album.
Mosaic Album Art:
Mosaic Track List:
01 Breathing Bull
02 Winter Shaker
03 Swedish Purse
04 Twig
05 Whistling Girl
06 Elktooth
07 Bible and Bird
08 Dirty Blue
09 Slota Prow Full Armour
10 Truly Golden
11 Deerskin Doll
12 Little Raven
Edwards is also getting a tour ready and will
aided by former bassist Pascal Humbert. We'll
keep you posted on dates when they are released.
Wolfmother Hits US Again HBO's Entourage and Tourgasim can't sustain
these Ausie rockers. Wolfmother just announced
that they are launching a brief stint in the US
again in the fall. Dates are listed below.
In other Wolfmother news, our rumor police have
cited the band toying with new material in concert
as of late but can not confirm the titles of such.
We'll keep you posted on the possibility that the
band will be in the studio over the winter to record
a follow-up. Of course, the evidence doesn't lie in
the fact that the band is ending their tour in the
same city they recorded their debut effort.
No, not at all...
Minds Eye See You:
09-13 The Norva Theatre - Norfolk
09-15 House of Blues - Orlando
09-16 Jannus Landing - Saint Petersburg
09-18 Atlanta Center Stage - Atlanta, GA
09-19 New Daisy Theatre - Memphis, TN
09-20 Exit Inn - Nashville, TN
09-22 Mr. Smalls Theatre - Pittsburgh, PA
09-28 Hollywood Palladium - Los Angeles, CA
What do you do after trashing a TV studio? You go
back to the basics, punk! The Automatic, fresh off
their GMTV bizarre studio rampage, are re-releasing
the rare debut single 'Recover' again in the fall.
The band originally released the single last year in
a limited edition format but felt the song deserved
justice and a better cut. The band made it
official on their site:
Tired of all this Britt rock? Musical meditation
is on its way! David Eugene Edwards - known as
WovenHand - once known as 16 Horsepower, has placed
the final touches on his third full length entitled
Mosaic. The album, to be released on September
12th, will hail under the Danielson label Sounds
Familyre. To help with the layered enchantment
this time around, Edwards locked himself up in
Colorado over the winter to record the album.
