Peaches' European Vacation Can Europe's more proper folk handle Peaches?
We're about to find out. The lady behind
'Impeach My Bush' is touring all over the UK and
Europe on one massive stint.
Don't Trust The Bush
Tour:
08-25 Carling Weekend:
Reading Festival
08-26 Carling Weekend: Leeds Festival
09-07 Postbahhof - Berlin
09-08 Wyscigi Summer Music Festival - Warsaw
09-11 Ubel & Gefaeherlich - Hamburg
09-12 Vega - Copenhagen
09-13 John Dee - Oslo
09-14 Debaser Medis - Stockholm
09-16 Bazar Curieux Fest - Rotterdam
09-17 Stollwerk - Koln
09-19 Manufaktur - Schorndorf
09-20 Mousonturm - Frankfurt
09-21 Backstage Werk - Munich
09-22 Milan - Rainbow
09-23 Rome Festival - Rome
09-29 Marsatac - Marseille
10-01 Le Confort Moderne - Poitiers
10-02 Le 4 Sans - Bordeaux
10-03 Ninkasi-kao - Lyon
10-04 Rohstofflager - Zurich
10-05 Elysee Montmartre - Paris
10-07 Den Atelier - Luxembourg
10-08 Botanique - Brussels
10-11 ABC - Glasgow
10-12 Academy 2 - Manchester
10-13 Forum - London
Kasabian Tours UK As part of Kasabian's plans to stand next to the
British greats like The Who and Stones, the band
plans on hitting the road to support their upcoming
album Empire.
As previously reported, Kasabian's
guitarist Serge Pizzorno said that this album will
stand up to the greats including the mentioned
legends.
Drink anyone?
Empire is still set for
release on the 28th in UK and September 4th in the
states.
Empire of a Tour:
12-05 Leicester De
Montfort Hall - Leicester
12-06 Leicester De Montfort Hall - Leicester
12-07 SECC - Glasgow
12-08 Metro Radio Arena - Newcastle
12-10 Hallam FM Arena - Sheffield
12-11 Manchester Evening News Arena - Manchester
12-12 Cardiff International Arena - Cardiff
12-14 NEC - Birmingham
12-15 Nottingham Arena - Nottingham
12-16 Brighton Centre - Brighton
12-18 BIC - Bournemouth
12-19 Earls Court - London
Electric Six Go Two We don't hear from them for years and suddenly
they divulge a plethora of albums in 2006.
Even though the disco rock-n-roll explosion better
known as Electric Six hadn't had a new album in
almost three years, it looks like this is their year
releasing not one but two full lengths. Their
second release will come in the form of
Switzerland and will drop on store shelves
September 12th.
Their first album of the year was
Senor Smoke which was released in February.
Below is all the album info for your delight.
Track List:
01 The Band In Hell
02 I Buy The Drugs
03 Mr. Woman
04 Night Vision
05 Infected Girls
06 Pulling The Plug On The Party
07 Rubber Rocket
08 Pink Flamingos
09 I Wish This Song Was Louder
10 Slices Of You
11 There's Something Very Wrong With Us, So Let's Go
Out 12 Tonight
12 Germans In Mexico
13 Chocolate Pope
Amp
Fiddler's 'Afro Strut The born Amp Fiddler is ready to deliver his
anticipated 14 track opus Afro Strut on August 28th.
In support of the new album, Amp camp is prepping an
extensive US tour.
For the impatient type (we know
our readers) Amp's first single 'Right Where You At'
will hit the circuit on August 21st.
Album info and track listing below.
Track List:
01 Faith
02 If I Don't
03 Right Where You Are
04 Find My Way
05 Empower
06 Afro Strut (Skit)
07 I Need You
08 You Could Be Mine
09 Heaven
10 Afro Butt (Skit)
11 Seven Mile
12 Funky Monday
13 Ridin'
14 Hustle
15 Dope (Hidden Track)
Hawthorne Heights Stuck Following our earlier story this week,
Victory Records has no intentions of letting
Hawthorne Heights go, despite the bands pending
lawsuit against the label for mismanagement of funds
and monies due.
The label is sitting the bands contract for the
reason as the Heights still owes Victory two more
albums.
Stars
of Track & Field Go To Wind-Up Indie
Rock underdogs and darlings in some circles Stars of
Track and Field have signed with Wind-Up Records.
Don't expect anything new though. The bands
previously released Centuries Before Love and War
originally released on Side Cho Records will be
re-released on Wind-Up for mass distribution.
Seconds anyone?
Thursday August 10,
2006
Badly
Drawn Boy and Elbow Play Charity And the festivals just keep on rollin'.
This time though, charity takes center stage as Elbow
and Badly Drawn Boy will headline the Cohesion Live
festival in Fallowfield, Manchester. The event,
scheduled to take place on September 23rd at Platt
Fields Park, will give ticket proceeds to help
complete a peace park in Kosovo.
The One day festival will include fourteen bands on
two stages including:
Elbow
Badly Drawn Boy
Graham Coxon
Andy Rourke & Friends
Lou Rhodes
I Am Kloot
The Durutti Column
Doves (DJ Set)
The Longcut
Roland Shanks
The Sunshine Underground
The KBC
Komakino
Snowfight In The City Centre
Amandine New EP Info Amandine is readying their follow up to last
year's This Is Where Our Hearts Collide with an EP
entitled The Waiting For The Light To Find Us.The EP will contain all new material. How some
come to decifer the definitive meaning of EP versus
album is beyond us, but you can expect the six song
opus on October 9th care of FatCat.
The band plans
on hitting the tour circuit across Europe in the
fall as well. We'll keep you posted with dates
when they are available.
Track List:
01 Wake
02 All Hearts Fail
03 Lover's Trial
04 Sparrow
05 Union Falls
06 Between What He's Saying And What He Regrets
Aimee
Mann Does Christmas Frogs are falling from the sky. Depression
perfectionist Aimee Mann is pulling new tricks this
year; a Christmas album. The ten track holiday
tribute album will include classics like 'I'll Be
Home for Christmas' but also feature new material
geared toward the season. Before you shite all
over the attempt, there's still some Mann humor
involved - it's being released on Halloween. She
also reported that she was leaning toward a the
piano bar theme more-so than cheese.
One More Drifter in the Snow will hit
store shelves at the end of October.
Track List:
01 Whatever Happened to Christmas"
02 Christmas Song"
03 Christmastime"
04 I'll Be Home for Christmas"
05 You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
06 Winter Wonderland"
07 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
08 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
09 White Christmas"
10 Calling on Mary
+/-
Sign to Absolutely Kosher; New Album Anderson Cooper loves them, so what the Coop
says goes, folks! Aside from our old school Channel
One newscaster knowledge, the New York group
Plus/Minus [+/-] are set to invade your pop driven
soul. You may have caught the band opening for
Death Cab for Cutie or at the "Who's Next" festival
SXSW. If not, you've been warned because they
are overdue. Absolutely Kosher has signed them and
plan to release their upcoming album Let's Build
a Fire this fall. The album is scheduled to hit
stores on October 24.
You can check out our
exclusive clip of their tune 'Steal the Blueprints'
by hitting our Audio Section link below.
Track List:
01 Let's Build a Fire
02 Fadeout
03 Steal the Blueprints
04 The Important Thing Is To Love
05 Thrown into the Fire
06 Summer Dress 2 [Iodine]
07 Ignoring All the Detours
08 Profession
09 One Day You'll Be There
10 This Is All I Have Left
11 Leap Year
12 Time and Space
13 For You
Busdriver's New Single 'Kills' Hyperspeed word playing hip-hop blaster
Busdriver is ready to hit the scene once again with
his upcoming single 'Kill Your Employer'
(Recreational Paranoia Is The Sport of Now) care of
Epitaph/Anti on October 10th. The single will
include the studio version as well as an 'incendiary
remix' produced by Deadelus.
The single will
eventually give way to his fifth album entitled
RoadKillOvercoat on January 23rd of next year.
Adam
Green Tours By now you may or may not have heard about Adam
Green. You may or may not know he's best buds with
fellow New York darlings The Strokes. And you
may or may not have heard of his hitchhiking frenzy
overseas while on tour (sleep meds + Jaggermeister =
sleepwalking off of bus and bumming rides to get to
show). But if you haven't heard any of this, be
ready to catch him on tour in the states for sure
fire mischief in support of his recent release
Jacket Full of Danger.
09-12 Troubadour - Los Angeles, CA
09-13 The Independent - San Francisco, CA
09-15 Doug Fir - Portland, OR
09-16 Sunset Tavern - Seattle, WA
09-19 7th Street Entry - Minneapolis, MN
09-20 Beat Kitchen - Chicago, IL
09-22 Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
09-23 Trocadero Balcony - Philadelphia, PA
09-24 Paradise @ Main Room - Boston, MA
Ben
Kweller Webisodes Everyone's favorite to-be Ben Folds - Ben
Kweller has started his own webisodes offering a
brief glimpse into his life, his upcoming album, and
the toilet aptly entitled One Minute Pop Songs. Pretty flipping hysterical if you
as us which you didn't so piss off!
We've posted
part one and part two for your enjoyment.
Vegoose
Lineup Announced Where can you see J5 and David Copperfield?
Vegas, baby! That's right - Vegoose, the annual
Halloween music festival is back in Las Vegas and
ready to throw down some serious acts. Groups like
the Killers, Mars Volta, Raconteurs, J5, and Band of
Horses will help round out a ticket that already has
some heavy mainstream players including Tom Petty
and Fiona Apple.
The two day festival tickets will
go on sale next weekend on August 19th. The
early bird price is $146.50 for a one person two-day
pass.
Crap Shot List:
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Widespread Panic
The Killers
The Mars Volta
The Keller Williams Incident
The Black Crowes
Fiona Apple
The Raconteurs
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
Medeski Martin & Wood w/ special guest Maceo Parker
The Roots
The Rhythm Devils [ft. Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzman, Mike Gordon &
Steve Kimock]
G. Love & Special Sauce
Jurassic 5
Galactic
Praxis
Yonder Mountain String Band
Gomez
Built To Spill
Guster
Jim James of My Morning Jacket
Dr. Octagon aka Kool Keith
Band of Horses
Jamie Lidell
The Zutons
More bands are still to be announced. If it
all sounds like a crazy trip, your aren't far from
the facts. Superfly, creators of Bonnaroo, are
at the helm of the Vegoose project.
Pete
Doherty with The Streets What is it with the Supergroup anthem these
days? From White/Benson's Raconteurs to VH1's
perfect hangover marathons of a show with the same
title - it's everywhere. Now Pete Doherty of
ex-Libertines and tabloid drug use is collaborating
with The Streets' Mike Skinner on a new version of
the Streets song 'Prangin' Out'.
The marriage is a bit odd to say the least
(Doherty's poetic verses and Skinner's hip beats)
but exciting none-the-less. Doherty, in the
wake of many rehab stints has been hard at work
recording new material with his current outfit
Babyshambles and some solo projects, writing, and making amends with his old
band - now known as Dirty Pretty Things.
Beck's
New Video 'We Dance Alone' Beck might be the biggest tease since Abby
Schneiders in third grade. Not only does he
continuously drop knowledge on his upcoming
'Information' album, but he continues to release the
low budget art love videos for the album. For
more info on the upcoming release, check out the
links below.
And thus we give you 'We Dance Alone' the
newest video/single to be released from the Beck
camp. Don't adjust your monitor, it's suppose to
look like Pong at moments. It's called Art you silly
jocks!
Sub Pop
Nabs Lonely, Dear The Swedes are coming! The Swedes are coming!
Emil Svanängen - also known as
Lonely, Dear is attacking the US with his soul sound
via Sub Pop Records. His latest effort, Loney,
Noir won't be released until February 6th in the
states, but timing is everything right?
Taking the Eric Elbogen approach [from Say Hi To
Your Mom... I guess if I have to explain the
reference it's not as fun - ed.] Emil has recorded
and self released all his albums from his studio
apartment in Stockholm over the years.
Sub Pop is describing the works as "...soulful
indie folk with a powerful mini orchestra". We'd
chime in but our Scandinavian intern has passed out
from lack of Husmanskost in the states so we can't
really understand two-thirds of Lonely, Dear's
site.
WovenHand Gets Tour On Meditation is about to go live! Wovenhand is
ready to unleash his fury of chill on the world
following the release of his upcoming third album
Mosaic. Joining him on the road will be Serena-Maneesh
& The Evangelicals.
1,000 Horsepower Tour:
09-19 Neumo's - Seattle, WA
09-20 Berbati's - Portland, OR
09-21 Bottom Of The Hill - San Francisco, CA
09-22 Glasshouse - Pomona, CA
09-23 Troubadour - Los Angeles, CA
09-24 Hollywood Alley - Phoenix, AZ
09-27 Bottleneck - Lawrence, KS
09-28 Rubber Gloves - Denton, TX
09-29 Emo's - Austin, TX
09-30 Proletriat - Houston, TX
10-01 RepublicNew Orleans, LA
10-02 Drunken Unicorn - Atlanta, GA
10-03 Cat's Cradle - Chapel Hill, NC
10-04 State Theater - Washington, DC
10-05 Theater of Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA
10-06 Warsaw - New York, NY
Bonus round for our viewers; we posted a live
performance of 'The Speaking Hands' that was shot at
Hi Dive in Denver:
Yeah
Yeah Yeah Fall Tour It makes you want to say 'Fuck yeah' but then
you realize you are a play on words and that ain't
cool. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have just announced their
Fall Tour schedule that will see them skirting
around the world. Karen O and Co. will make some
select stops in the UK including the famed Leeds
Festival to kick the tea drinkers in the knickers
before returning to the US to finish up in select
cities.
Judging by the spotty nature of the shows
in the US, I wouldn't be surprised if and when the
tour runs into the winter months and heads through
the Midwest.
Big Gold Lion:
08-10 City Hall Plaza - Boston, MA $
08-11 McCarren Park Pool - Brooklyn, NY @
08-12 McCarren Park Pool - Brooklyn, NY @
08-16 Paredes de Coura - Paredes de Coura, Portugal
08-18 Sonorama Festival - Burgos, Spain
08-19 Pukkelpop Festival - Hasselt-Kiewit, Belgium
08-20 Lowlands Festival - Biddinghuizen, Holland
08-22 Malmo Festival - Malmo, Sweden
08-24 Monsters of Spex Festival - Cologne, Germany
08-25 Reading Festival - Reading, England
08-26 Leeds Festival - Leeds, England
08-29 TBA - Vienna, Austria
08-30 Fabryka Trzciny - Warsaw, Poland
09-02 Victoria Park - Glasgow, Scotland
09-03 Electric Picnic - Stradbally, Ireland
09-28 RIMAC Arena at UCSD - La Jolla, CA
09-30 Download Festival - Mountain View, CA
10-01 Palladium - Los Angeles, CA
10-02 Palladium - Los Angeles, CA
10-04 Marquee Theatre - Tempe, AZ
10-06 Gypsy Ballroom - Dallas, TX
10-07 Stubb's BBQ - Austin, TX
10-08 Warehouse Live - Houston, TX
10-09 Caine's Ballroom - Tulsa, OK
10-12 Cinema - Pompano, FL
10-13 Hard Rock Live - Orlando, FL
10-14 Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA
10-16 War Memorial - Nashville, TN
UK
Charts to Include Videos We were just as surprised as the next that not
only did music videos still exist (damn you Real
World - damn you all to hell) but that they are
viewed as a viable piece of selling statistics.
The Official UK Charts Company announced that they
are holding talks with music labels to monitor
downloads of music videos to be included in their
reports by years end.
With Apple and their famed iTunes store showing
some 35 million videos have been introduced since
October of 2005, the UK firm feels it is a necessity
to report this data to the labels to provide more
accurate and broad sales.
Tuesday August 8,
2006
DJ
Shadow Tours DJ Shadow has the hype machine on cruise control
these days. Even with a new album due out on
September 12 entitled The Outsider, the
Shadow camp is hardly making a rumble and allowing
the press to do the talking. Don't call him a
poser though; he's about to embark on one hell of a
summer/fall/winter tour to help support the upcoming
album that will see him off today in the far East
and ending it during the holiday season in the UK.
Thankfully, he'll be spending most of the time in
the US.
Better Than The Movie Tour:
08-08 AX Hall - Seoul, Korea
08-12 Summersonic Festival - Osaka, Japan
08-13 Summersonic Festival - Tokyo, Japan
08-16 Philipshalle - Dusseldorf, Germany
08-17 Pukkelpop Festival - Hasselt-Kiewit, Belgium
08-18 Lowlands Festival - Biddinghuizen, Holland
08-19 Pantiero Festival - Cannes, France
08-22 Zenith - Munich, Germany
08-23 Arena - Berlin, Germany
08-25 Rock en Seine - Paris, France
08-26 Creamfields - Liverpool, England
08-27 Sage - Gateshead, England
09-02 Electric Picnic - Stradbally, Ireland
09-19 Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, British
Columbia
09-20 Showbox Theatre - Seattle, WA
09-22 Greek TheatreBerkeley, CA
09-24 Avalon - Los Angeles, CA
09-25 TBA - Los Angeles, CA
09-26 House of Blues - San Diego, CA
09-28 House of Blues - Las Vegas, NV
09-30 Gypsy Ballroom - Dallas, TX
10-01 Stubbs BBQ - Austin, TX
10-03 House of Blues - New Orleans, LA
10-04 Roxy - Atlanta, GA
10-06 Pageant - St. Louis, MO
10-09 House of Blues - Chicago, IL
10-10 Eagles Club - Milwaukee, WI
10-11 House of Blues - Cleveland, OH
10-12 Kool Haus - Toronto, Ontario
10-13 Metropolis Gillett Entertainment - Montreal,
Quebec
10-16 Theatre of the Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA
10-17 Webster Hall - New York, NY
10-18 TBA - New York, NY
12-02 Octagon - Sheffield, England
12-03 University - Liverpool, England
12-04 Academy - Birmingham, England
12-07 International Centre - Bournemouth, England
12-08 UEA - Norwich, England
12-09 Academy - Manchester, England
12-12 Rock City - Nottingham, England
12-13 Academy - Bristol, England
12-15 Brixton Academy - London, England
Scissor
Sisters Tour; New Album Glam rock is hitting the US and it's not Kiss.
The Scissor Sisters are embarking on a US tour to
help support their upcoming release Ta-Dah.
The album, due to hit stores on September 26th, is
the bands second studio effort.
Formerly Dead
Lesbian and the Fibrillation Scissor Sisters
Tour:
09-23 V Festival - Baltimore, MD
09-28 Shrine Auditorium - Los Angeles
09-29 Warfield - San Francisco, CA
09-30 Warfield - San Francisco, CA
10-02 Showbox - Seattle, WA
10-03 Showbox - Seattle, WA
10-04 Roseland - Portland, OR
10-07 Myth - St. Paul, MN
10-08 Riviera Theatre - Chicago, IL
10-10 Kool Haus - Toronto, CAN
10-17 City Hall - Nashville, TN
10-18 Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA
10-19 House of Blues - New Orleans, LA
10-21 Grand Ballroom - New York, NY
10-22 Orpheum Theatre - Boston, MA
Whitest
Boy Alive Album Info What began as a side project three years ago is
officially a band. Erlend Oye's Whitest Boy
Alive is planning to release their debut album
Dreams on September 5th. The Berlin based
group has been working on the project for some time
but Oye's previous group Kings of Convenience took
precedence. That is, until now. The band
is also looking to hit the road to support their
efforts.
Album Info:
01 Burning
02 Golden Cage
03 Fireworks
04 Done With You
05 Don't Give Up
06 Above You
07 Inflation
08 Figures
09 Borders
10 All Ears
The Whitest Tour Evah:
08-10 Emmaboda Festival - Emmaboda, Sweden
08-12 Öya Festival - Oslo, Norway
09-05 TrashPop Festival - Kristiansand, Norway
09-06 Numusic Festival - Stavanger, Norway
09-07 Phono Festival - Bergen, Norway
09-08 Rust - Örsta, Norway
09-09 Klubben-Samfundet - Trondheim, Norway
09-10 Blå - Oslo, Norway
09-12 Mejeriet - Lund, Sweden
09-13 Debaser - Stockholm, Sweden
09-14 Herrgår'n - Linköping, Sweden
09-15 Ambassaden - Göteborg, Sweden
09-16 Revopop Festival - Århus, Denmark
09-17 Lille Vega - Copenhagen, Denmark
09-25 NATO - Leipzig, Germany
09-26 Scheune - Dresden, Germany
09-28 Rote Sonne - Munich, Germany
09-30 Schiff - Basel, Switzerland
10-04 TBA - Geneva, Switzerland
10-05 Fri-Son - Fribourg, Switzerland
10-06 Neue Zukunft - Zurich, Switzerland
10-09 E Werk - Erlangen, Germany
10-10 Rocker 33 - Stuttgart, Germany
10-11 Robert Johnson - Offenbach, Germany
10-13 Studio 672 - Cologne, Germany
10-15 Ubel & Gefährlich - Hamburg, Germany
10-19 Iceland Airwaves Festival - Reykjavik, Iceland
The
Thrills Finishing New Album Things we know: The Thrills are almost done with
their latest album, they watch Days of Our Lives (DOOL)
and they have a model plane infatuation.
The
Thrill's Connor Deasy recently posted some updates
on the as-of-yet untitled album's progress off their
MySpace blog:
"It's the last night
in the studio. We've been working from noon 'till 1
in the morning for a month and half with one day off
a week. I believe this record will be our best work
to date. The songs have really risen to the
occasion. There's only been one casualty. Maybe
she'll turn up on another record. We recorded our
first instrumental. Could be a good opener. We're
going to go home for a week or so. Get some sleep
and perspective, then regroup and mix it."
The album is set for
release early 2007.
Beck
Album 'Information' Beck is finally dropping some release info on
his upcoming album. He announced the title:
The Information and the release date: October
2nd. As previously reported, the album is once
again produced by Guero's Nigel Godrich who
previously worked with Radiohead as well as other
Beck releases.
Hawthorne Heights Leaves Victory Let the poo fly.Hawthorne Heights have
split ways with Victory Records and filed a lawsuit
against the label in the District Court of Northern
Illinois on Tuesday. The band is claiming that
Victory Records owes them unpaid royalties.
Victory Records states they have not made up the
difference in distribution and are still in need to
recoup expenses necessary to receive royalties.
The band made an official statement on their mySpace
page - break-up post-it note style:
"Tony Brummel is a man that cares more about his
ego and bank account than the bands themselves.
"We
have never seen a single dollar in artist royalties
from Victory Records [and] questionable accounting
practices are the culprit and we are in fact owed
substantial amounts of money."
In retort, Robert Meloni - Victory Records
litigation counsel told MTV.com that the lawsuit had
no merit:
"Victory Records fully expects Hawthorne Heights to
honor their commitment to deliver two additional
studio albums to Victory pursuant to their recording
artist agreement with Victory."
The fallout of this
dispute has many detrimental implications against
Victory including slander, payola accusations, and
accounting fraud. We'll keep you posted.
Bonnie
'Prince' Billy Morning Show Midwest folks and satellitees pay attention; WGN
- the TBS of Chicago will be airing a live
performance of Bonnie 'Prince' Billy on the WGN
Morning Show on August 10th at 8:45 [central]. Just
remember to set your DVRs because any number before
11 just sounds dreadfully early.
This also
coincides with the kickoff of Bonnie's free in-store
concert campaign. Dates are listed below for free
loot and Bonnie love.
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
Deadly
Snakes Split Canada is quivering in her boots today.
With previous news that Death From Above 1979 was
breaking up (see this story) still leaving mild
aftershocks in the Mapel Leaf hemesphere, now one of
our favorite off beat punk acts Deadly Snakes have
announced a break up.
The band sited the actual
music portion of their lives was always a side
project that simply went beyond their initial plans.
The band still has one last release up their
sleeves: a b-side record with their upcoming
Horseshoe gig in tow.
Lily
Allen Gets Capitol With her almost overnight pop overthrow on the
UK charts, it was only a matter of time before Lily
Allen was snagged up by a large label. Captiol
Records announced that they will in fact release her
debut album Alright Still in the US early next year.
She also is in the planning stages of a tour kicking
off in October. We'll keep you posted for the
impending world domination.
Architecture in Helsinki Tour; Exclusive Album The Ausie twee pop group Architecture in
Helsinki is gearing up for the road as they plan to
tackle the US coast to coast with brass section in
tact and ready to blow your minds. As if
seeing them live isn't enough, the band also plans
to offer an exclusive in show only remix album
entitled We Died: They Remixed. The album will
feature material their album In Case We Die remixed
by Mocky, Squeak E Clean, DJ Medhi, Dat Politics,
Hot Chip, and more.
As if all of this wasn't
enough to get your tambourine and hand claps ready,
the band has already begun work on their third
studio album. Of course, the extensive live
trek will slow down production so don't expect
anything until mid 2007 at this point.
The Ex-Mittens Tour:
09-16 Epicentre - San Diego, CA
09-17 The Clubhouse - Tempe, AZ
09-19 Emo's - Austin, TX
09-20 Warehouse Live - Houston, TX
09-21 Howlin' Wolf - New Orleans, LA
09-22 40 Watt Club - Athens, GA
09-23 Exit In - Nashville, TN
09-25 Black Cat - Washington, DC
09-26 Avalon - Boston, MA
09-28 Central Park Summerstage - New York, NY
09-29 Bennington College - Bennington, VT*
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*
10-05 Sokol Underground - Omaha, NE*
10-06 Gothic Theatre - Englewood, CO*
10-07 Boulder Theater - Boulder, CO*
10-08 In The Venue - Salt Lake City, UT*
10-10 Showbox - Seattle, WA*
10-11 Showbox - Seattle, WA*
10-12 Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR*
10-13 Warfield Theatre - San Francisco, CA*
10-14 Henry Fonda Theatre - Los Angeles, CA*
10-15 Henry Fonda Theatre - Los Angeles, CA*
* with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
The
Knife Tour US The beautiful electronic oddity that is The
Knife is looking to hit US soil for the first time
for an - albeit short - but hopefully sweet tour
stint. As part of their support tour for their
recently beloved Silent Shout, the Swedish duo will
also continue their tripped out stage sets and light
shows again at the hands of artist and director
Andreas Nilsson. Look for our review of their latest in
the coming week.
If in roam you can also see them
this month throughout parts of Europe and abroad.
The Siblings That Tour
Together...
08-10 Oya Festival - Oslo, Norway
08-11 SonneMondSterne - Saalburg, Germany
08-17 Pukkelpop Festival - Hasselt, Belgium
08-18 Lowlands - Biddinghuizen, The Netherlands
11-01 Webster Hall - New York, NY
11-03 Mezzanine - San Francisco, CA
11-04 El Rey Theater - Los Angeles, CA
Arctic
Monkeys 'Leave Before The Lights Come On' Video The Arctic Monkeys look to shake off the
sophomore slump curse by taking it slow with the
upcoming release of a single and b-side offering.
The guys have posted the video from their upcoming
single 'Leave Before the Lights Come On' for the
world to take pleasure in. The video and song
highlight a romance between a suicide attemptee and
her savior. The single is still set for launch
on August 14th and will include 'Put Your Dukes Up
John' and b-side fav 'Baby I'm Yours'.
The video
was shot in their hometown suburb of Sheffield.
Death
From Above 1979 Dead It has been a long time since we've heard word
out of the Canadian duo known as Death From Above
1979 and now we know why. Singer and bassist Jesse
Wheeler revealed the band has parted ways due to
simply growing apart and growing up.
In a
statement from Wheeler:
"Over the last 3 years of touring, Sebastien (Grangier,
drums) and I had grown apart to such an extent that
the only real time we spoke was just before we would
play and during interviews," Wheeler said in a
statement. "We both changed so much that the people
we were by the end of it, probably wouldn't have
been friends if they were to meet for the first time
again. It's a totally normal function of growing
up."
The duo were best known for their infused synth
dance noise care of the base/drum/keyboard trifecta.
Keeler is currently working with Josh Homme of
Queens of the Stone Age contributing bass to the new
album.
Lollapalooza Ends; World Tired The annual re-tooled festival that use to be
about music against the machine has turned into a
machine itself. Despite the festival losing
focus with the sheer amount of acts and sponsors,
this years Lollapalooza went off with few hitches
but had most clamoring between congested time slots
of their favorite acts.
Stages were further apart
this year preventing the overlap of music but also
required patrons to travel larger distances in less
time. Picture in your mind about 30,000 people all
going to the same spot at one time and you get the
gist.
Sure Kanye West was peeved that his sound system
went out but did he have to shun the post party?
Common performed his nominated Be and forgetting his
past catalogue. Gnarls Barkley suffered some
sore throat issues but belted out the hits the
crowed desired. Wilco showed some new cards of
pop-pleasure from their upcoming release. Flaming
Lips did their crazy stage antics with balls and
confetti galore. The Raconteurs proved they
are just as amazing on stage as in the studio
continuing their dueling vocals and guitars. 30+
hours of live music can wear on any human being. And
Jared Ledo's band should go away and burn forever in
the same pit as Vanilla Ice.
Despite some of these minor gripes and praises,
Lollapalooza saw an amazing 60,000 people per day
and had little to no scuffles with law or
disgruntled fans. Let's just work on that
scheduling for next year.
We don't hear from them for years and suddenly
they divulge a plethora of albums in 2006.
Even though the disco rock-n-roll explosion better
known as Electric Six hadn't had a new album in
almost three years, it looks like this is their year
releasing not one but two full lengths. Their
second release will come in the form of
Switzerland and will drop on store shelves
September 12th.
Indie
Rock underdogs and darlings in some circles Stars of
Track and Field have signed with Wind-Up Records.
We were just as surprised as the next that not
only did music videos still exist (damn you Real
World - damn you all to hell) but that they are
viewed as a viable piece of selling statistics.
The Official UK Charts Company announced that they
are holding talks with music labels to monitor
downloads of music videos to be included in their
reports by years end.
Beck is finally dropping some release info on
his upcoming album. He announced the title:
The Information and the release date: October
2nd. As previously reported, the album is once
again produced by Guero's Nigel Godrich who
previously worked with Radiohead as well as other
Beck releases.
With her almost overnight pop overthrow on the
UK charts, it was only a matter of time before Lily
Allen was snagged up by a large label. Captiol
Records announced that they will in fact release her
debut album Alright Still in the US early next year.
She also is in the planning stages of a tour kicking
off in October. We'll keep you posted for the
impending world domination.
The beautiful electronic oddity that is The
Knife is looking to hit US soil for the first time
for an - albeit short - but hopefully sweet tour
stint. As part of their support tour for their
recently beloved Silent Shout, the Swedish duo will
also continue their tripped out stage sets and light
shows again at the hands of artist and director
Andreas Nilsson. Look for our review of their latest in
the coming week.
