Killers
Announce Tour In preparation for their long awaited follow up
to last year's Hot Fuss, The Killers are letting the
cat out of the bag on their Sam's Town fall tour.
It may look short on paper but size doesn't matter,
right? Wrong! Because even though its one month,
these are some huge venues, folks. So size
does matter, Gwen.
From what we've heard of the
new album, the band is leaving their retro 80's
approach that proved so rewarding on their last
album in favor of a broader rock sound that results
in a less time defining genre.
Sam's Town Ain't Big Enough Tour:
10-06 The Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA
10-07 The Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA
10-08 Warfield Theatre - San Francisco, CA
10-10 Roseland Theater - Portland, OR
10-11 Orpheum Theatre - Vancouver, British Columbia
10-12 Paramount Theatre - Seattle, WA
10-14 The Great Salt Air - Magna, UT
10-15 Fillmore Auditorium - Denver, CO
10-17 Congress Theatre - Chicago, IL
10-18 State Theatre - Detroit, MI
10-20 Koolhaus - Toronto, Ontario
10-21 Borgata Event Center - Atlantic City, NJ
10-23 Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA
10-24 Theatre at Madison Square Garden - New York,
NY
10-25 Theatre at Madison Square Garden - New York,
NY
10-26 Orpheum Theatre - Boston, MA
10-28 Sam Boyd Stadium [Vegoose Festival] - Las
Vegas, NV
Magic
Numbers UK Tour The magic of Autumn. It's about to get more so
for folks in the UK now that the chipper Magic
Numbers have announced their tour plans for the
land.
Tickets go on sale
to the general public on Monday August 21st.
11-10 University - Liverpool
11-11 Apollo - Manchester
11-12 Assembly Rooms - Derby
11-14 Guildhall - Portsmouth
11-15 Carling Academy - Bristol
11-16 University - Cardiff
11-18 Hammersmith Apollo - London
11-28 Dome - Brighton
11-29 University, Leeds
11-30 Carling Academy - Birmingham
12-01 Northumbria University - Newcastle
12-03 Barrowland - Glasgow
12-05 Music Hall - Aberdeen
Peter
and the Wolf Sailing Tour
The hell with tour buses! Planes? We don't need no
stinking planes. Instead, Texas outfit Peter
and the Wolf, Castanets, and Jana Hunter will be
touring this great land by sea. That's right, the
trio will be sailing from show to show. Let's just
hope they have their sea legs.
The boat ships off
on August 20th for three weeks ending in Norfolk,
Virginia.
S.S. Shipwreck Tour:
08-18: Goodbye Blue Monday - New York, NY #
08-19: North Six - Brooklyn, NY *
08-26: Nexus Gallery - Philadelphia, PA *
08-28: TBA - Wilmington, DE *
08-29: Talking Head - Baltimore, MD *
08-30: TBA - Annapolis, MD *
09-02: Georgetown University - Washington, DC *
09-04: Relative Theory - Norfolk, VA *
09-08: Dino's - Nashville, TN
09-09: The Pilot Light - Knoxville, TN
09-10: Freedumb Fest at Le Chateau Noir - Atlanta, GA
* w/ Castanets, Jana Hunter
# w/ The Shivers, Diamond Caverns
Junior
Boys and Ensemble Tour Ensemble is having a big fall. Despite
some major players on his upcoming album (see
below), Oliver Alary will be touring with Canadian
duo Junior Boys to support the upcoming release.
09-05 Middle East - Boston, MA
09-06 Cafe Nine - New Haven, CT
09-07 Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
09-08 North Star Bar - Philadelphia, PA
09-09 Iota - Arlington, VA
09-10 Starr Hill Music Hall - Charlottesville, VA
09-12 Earl - Atlanta, GA
09-13 One Eyed Jack's - New Orleans, LA
09-14 Walter's - Houston, TX
09-15 Emo's - Austin, TX
09-16 Blue Dome - Tulsa, OK
09-17 Mojo's - Columbia, MO
09-20 High Dive - Denver, CO
09-22 Plush - Tucson, AZ
09-23 Casbah - San Diego, CA
09-25 Troubadour - Los Angeles, CA
09-26 Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
09-28 Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR
09-29 Neumo's - Seattle, WA
09-30 Plaza Club - Vancouver, British Columbia
10-02 Broken City - Calgary, Alberta
10-03 Sidetrack Cafe - Edmonton, Alberta
10-04 Amigo's - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
10-06 Pyradmid - Winnipeg, Manitoba
10-07 400 Bar - Minneapolis, MN
10-08 Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL
Meanwhile, Ensemble is readying his new
self-titled release due to hit the shelves on
September 19th care of FatCat. Lour Barlow from
Dinosaur Jr and Sebadoh fame, Camille Claverie, and
Chan Marshall aka Cat Power all helped lend their
talents on several tracks.
Track List:
01 Summerstorm [feat. Mileece]
02 Still
03 One Kind Two Minds [feat. Lou Barlow]
04 Unrest
05 Disown, Delete [feat. Chan Marshall]
06 All We Leave Behind [feat. Mileece]
07 Loose [feat. Camille Claverie]
08 For Good
National Album Info; Tour National is currently weeding through their
music collection in order to compile their song list
for their anticipated new album. With Peter Katis in
the production booth, who mixed for Interpol as well
as several other projects, the album is sure to be a
defining moment for the Brooklyn based group.
Although it is still without a title, the album has
a spring 2007 release date window from the folks at
Beggars.
The band will also be hitting the tour
circuit in October after putting the finishing
touches on their new album. Although it is
strictly a West Coast tour at this point, it's sure
to spread in anticipation of their upcoming release.
Fault Line Tour:
09-08 Perpignan Guitar Festival - Perpignan,
France
10-05 Richard's on Richards - Vancouver, WA
10-06 Neumo's - Seattle, WA
10-09 Troubadour - Los Angeles, CA
10-10 Casbah - San Diego, CA
10-11 Troubadour - Los Angeles, CA
10-12 Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA
10-13 Wow Hall - Eugene, OR
10-14 Berbati's Pan = Portland, OR
10-20 Black Cat - Washington, D.C.
Doherty
at Priory We only report it because we love the guy, not
the news he makes as a result. Pete Doherty has been
ordered by District Judge Alison Rose to be detained
at The Priory - a clinic known for treating famous
folk with addictions.
On August 17th, Doherty pleaded guilty to seven
counts of drug possession. A sentenced is
expected to be handed down by September 4th. The
judge is not ruling out jail time for the oft
charged offender.
Hollywood Nabs Plain White T's The pop-punksters Plain White T's have crossed
over to label status. Hollywood Records announced
that they will release the outfit's newest album
entitled Every Second Counts on September 12th.
The band previously released an acoustic EP Hey
There Deliah and All That We Needed from
Fearless.
Track List:
01 Our Time Now
02 Come Back To Me
03 Hate (I Really Don't Like You)
04 You and Me
05 Friends Don't Let Friends Dial Drunk
06 Making a Memory
07 So Damn Clever
08 Tearing Us Apart
09 Write You A Song
10 Gimme A Chance
11 Figure It Out
12 Let Me Take You There
Thursday August 17,
2006
Babyshambles Album Info For some people, drugs just make them that much
more a conduit for creation. Pete Doherty and
the Babyshambles crew are ready to release a b-sides
compilation entitled Back On The Bus - What Goes
On Tour Stays On Tour. Despite the shabby
Vegas punch, the album itself looks to be a
brilliant compilation of covers and acoustic
versions of already classic Babyshambles tunes.
Reportedly included is an acoustic version of 'What
Katie Did Next'. Also included is a rare discussion
with the band on supermodels and 'crack whores'
entitled 'Tourbus Tales - Babyshambles'.
The album
is set for release in the UK on September 18th.
Track List:
01 The Creation - 'Making Time'
02 The Clash - 'Jail Guitar Door'
03 The Littlan's - 'Their Way'
04 Love - 'Your Friend & Mine'
05 Dennis Brown - 'Money In My Pocket'
06 Cazals - 'New Boy In Town'
07 The Social - 'To The Bone'
08 Johnny Thunders - 'Chinese Rocks'
09 Devendra Banhart - 'Chinese Children'
10 St Etienne - 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart'
11 Esther Phillips - 'Just Say Goodbye'
12 Graham Collier -' Aberdeen Angus'
13 Belle & Sebastian - 'Mornington Crescent'
14 Bert Jansch - 'Needle Of Death'
15 The Stone Roses - 'Going Down'
Bloc
Party's 'Darker' Turn Say goodbye to Kele Okereke and the Bloc Party
sound of yesteryear. 2005's Silent Alarm will
be but a distant memory in comparison to the bands
upcoming - still untitled, release. According to
Okereke, the band is taking a darker and more
'dense' sound. In an interview with NME, he further
described the album, which is nearing completion as,
"...not noisey, but it's quite dense."
He went on to mention that public violence was
the influence for the directional change. With
the bombing in London earlier this year along with
several personal tragedies, the band with the aid of
Jacknife Lee's production (U2, Snow Patrol) will
lose most of their punk sound in favor of much more
grandeur rock ballads.
For all previous news on their upcoming release
including some song info, check out our link below.
Franz
Ferdinand on BBC Live Comp The BBC compilations over the years have been a
mixed back of genuine rarity and virtual poo.
From the early Beatles recordings and boring
interviews to the amazingly raw Zeppelin cuts, the
collection has seen staggering polar results.
Things look to be changing though now that the BBC
is releasing a comp of their Radio 1 Live Lounge
show. The album, set to hit store shelves on
September 18th will see 24 tracks ranging from Franz
Ferdinand to 50 Cent.
BBC Infinite:
01 OutKast - Ms Jackson
02 Natasha Bedingfield - Scientist
03 Editors - All Sparks
04 Will Young - Hey Ya
05 Lemar - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
06 Mylo - In My Arms
07 The Coral - Dreaming Of You
08 50 Cent - In Da Club
09 Razorlight - Golden Touch
10 Sugababes - Living For The Weekend
11 Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows
12 The Bravery - An Honest Mistake
13 Jamie Cullum - Frontin'
14 Hard-Fi - Tied Up Too Tight
15 Damien Rice - Cannonball
16 Lemon Jelly - Nice Weather For Ducks
17 Dizzee Rascal - Jus A Rascal
18 Basement Jaxx - Romeo
19 Oasis - Songbird
20 Franz Ferdinand - What You Waiting For
21 Royksopp - Poor Leno
22 Maximo Park - Gone Missing
23 Embrace - How Come
24 Snow Patrol - Run
Ryan
Adams Goes Country Jack White helps Loretta Lynn find her stride
again and it's hailed as a revolution for the
classic country artist. Ryan Adams tries to
make it a hat trick and it might come off as apeish.
The alt rocker produced Willie Nelson's upcoming
release Songbird in all formats including using his
Cardinals band as backup on every track.
His work
doesn't end behind the glass though, as Adams plans
on touring with Nelson at the Hollwood Bowl show on
September 10th.
Songbird is due to hit your local retailer on
October 30th.
YouTube
vs. MTV I want my YouTube? You might just be
saying that soon enough. Thanks to the reality
television boon, MTV has virtually zero time slots
dedicated to music videos. And their MTV2 sister
station is quickly following form. That leaves
us MTVU which will eventually show Campus Ladies
instead of art house crap. But YouTube wants
to show you the love. YouTube's Steve Chen has
entered talks with all major labels to attempt to
incorporate the entire music video catalogue since
birth onto their database - for free. Yes
free! Eat that Apple!
We'll still take the
YouTube post of two Asian kids lip-syncing
Backstreet Boys over the legit video any day.
Smashing Pumpkins Go Queen Farewell independence, your sound shaped so many
artists lives. So long hard headed alternative
sound, we bed adieu to you. Billy Corgen,
recently completing his new ensemble of Smashing
Pumpkins has addressed his fans on the band's
website that Roy Thomas Baker will produce their
upcoming album. Baker is most known in the
music industry for his work with Queen and The
Darkness.
Many questions still remain on the
band's makeup including players, release target
date, or even the album's title. One thing we
do know is that the direction of the album is going
to be anything but the signature Pumpkin's sound now
with different members and an oddball but reputable
choice for production.
We'll keep you posted.
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The Thermals; Tour and New Album Portland has a hell of a secret with The
Thermals. The duo of Kathy Foster and Hutch Harris
worked overtime on their latest album when drummer
Jordan Hudson took off. Thankfully, the duo were
able to get a third for the tour to avoid any
Stripes comparisons. Caitlin Love will be on
tour with the group full time to aid in drums.
Everything East of the Mississippi Doesn't Exist
Tour:
08-18 Howie & Son's Pizza - Visalia, CA
08-19 Fuck Yeah Fest - Los Angeles, CA
08-20 Casbah - San Diego, CA
08-21 Modified - Phoenix, AZ
08-23 Kilby Court - Salt Lake City, UT
08-24 Neurolux - Boise, ID
08-25 WOW Hall - Eugene, OR
08-27 Music Millennium [in store] - Portland, OR
09-02 Bumbershoot - Seattle, WA
09-03 Easy Street [in store] - Seattle, WA
09-16 Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR
We don't normally boast about a band until the
review is out, but we've been spinning their latest
The Body, The Blood, The Machine for a few
weeks now and must say it is a fantastically hard
hitting post punk anthem. So much so that we had to
post one of their songs in our
Audio Section.
Check out the link below.
Look for the review of The Body, The Blood,
The Machine on Monday.
Tapes
'N Tapes 'N Single Tapes 'N Tapes are quickly becoming the
small indie that could. Not only getting strong
reviews for The Loon here in the states (it's been
out for eons overseas - check out our review link
below) but they are grabbing some much needed press
for their great live shows.
Now the band is releasing a new single off their
celebrated album entitled 'Cowbell' on September
4th. The single will be available on 7" and
download.
For your visual stimuli, the band was recently on Letterman.
Check out the video of their performance below:
Lily
Allen vs. Indie Music I don't know that picking a fight with fans of
drug and non-law abiding artists like the Libertines
is a smart move as far as 'safety' goes. But
that's just what Lily Allen did when she criticized
Carl Barat and The Kooks by calling their fans
obsessive.
Can you talk shit about a musician like
Barat who is still playing on stage with broken
bones?
Note to Lily: you are an attractive female
singer. You don't know what an obsessive fan
is yet, sweets.
She also addressed to NME her much ballyhooed war
against indie music. "I like lots of indie
bands," she told NME, "I'm a fan of good guitar
music. I think it's just that at the moment
everyone's like, 'Music's so great, we've go these
great indie rock bands' but in reality they all
sound the same."
Let the facieses fly.
Dave
Grohl Solo Everyone's favorite butt to any 'artist' joke is
going solo. Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters is
currently working on solo material for the film
soundtrack of Rising Son: The Legend of
Skateboarder Christian Hosoi. Thankfully,
for those who like said jokes, other artists will be
featured on the soundtrack including Queens of
Stoneage and Gnarls Barkley.
Track List:
01 Gnarls Barkley - 'Just A Thought'
02 Murs - 'Transitions Of A Rider'
03 Lexicon - 'Sedated'
04 The Peakshow - 'Tainted Love'
05 Fishbone - 'Cheyenne'
06 Madvillian featuring MF Doom - 'American's Most
Blunted'
07 Steel Pulse & Damian Marley - 'No More Weapons'
08 Transplants - 'One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six,
Seven'
09 The Gossip - 'Standing In The Way Of Control'
10 Optimus - 'Pot Of Rain'
11 System Of A Down - 'Dreaming'
12 Wajeed of the Platinum Pied Pipers - 'The Place
Where We Dwell'
13 Queens Of The Stone Age -'Mexicola'
14 Team Sleep featuring Chino of The Deftones - 'Antaraxia'
15 Charlie Early - 'Mexican Radio'
16 Slightly Stoopid - 'Still Be You'
17 The Procussions - 'Little People'
18 Dave Grohl - 'Vice'
19 Brant Bork - 'Dr Aura'
20 Second Coming featuring Jay Adams - 'No Family'
Deftones Return It's been three long years but the purveyors of
all that is hard rock are back. The Deftones
are releasing their long awaited new album
Saturday Night Wrist on October 30th care of
Maverick Records.
Those who doubt the new release
might want to note that acclaimed producer Bob Ezrin
sat in for the album. His previous works were
with Pink Floyd and Jane's Addiction.
Track List:
01 Hole in the Earth
02 FM
03 Beware
04 Cherry Waves
05 Mein
06 Interlude
07 Tilde
08 Rats
09 Pink Cellphone
10 Combat
11 The Earth
12 Comanche
Animal
Collective Reissue Don't say those online petitions don't matter
because they - well the don't. But fans of
Animal Collective who have been begging for the band
to re-release their earlier works will finally get
their wish.
Thanks to the greedy bastards who have
rare copies of Animal Collectives record
Hollinndagain selling on eBay for silly sums of
loot, the band finally decided to make some money as
well and appease their fanbase (of course).
A little history: Hallinndagain was originally
released in 2002 with an ultra-small print of 300
copies...in hand painted sleeves.
Fast forward, the reissue will hit store shelves
on October 31st on both CD and LP on the bands Paw
Tracks label.
Let's hear it for democracy!
Track List:
01 I See You Pan
02 Pride And Fight
03 Forest Gospel
04 There's An Arrow
05 Lablakely Dress
06 Tell It To The Mountain
07 Pumpkin Gets A Snakebite
Beth
Orton Cancels Tour Beth Orton is canceling her tour. No she's not
boozed up - she's knocked up! The songwriter
was sidelined by doctors orders not to proceed with
the tour due to her pregnancy.
Of course, being the rebel she is, Orton will
play in London on September 29th with Bert Jansch
just to stick it to the doctor-man.
Water Break Cancellation List:
09-08 - Queens Hall - Edinburgh
09-09 - Bridgewater Hall - Manchester
09-10 - St.David's Hall - Cardiff
09-12 - Hammersmith Apollo - London
09-13 - Guildhall - Portsmouth
09-14 - Symphony Hall - Birmingham
Ben
Folds Covers EP Sure he thinks he's gods gift, but that's
because he is. Ben Folds, the master of all keys
black and white is releasing a new disc of strictly
covers. Previously only available online from
his website, Supersunnyspeedgraphic, the LP
will not see mass distribution. The LP will
cover a wide range of artist including the Cure,
Divine Comedy and even Dr. Dre.
Track List:
01 In Between Days
02 All U Can Eat
03 Songs of Love
04 There's Always Someone Cooler Than You
05 Learn To Live With What You Are
06 Bitches Ain't Shit
07 Adelaide
08 Rent A Cop
09 Get Your Hands Off My Woman
10 Bruised
11 Dog
12 Still
Tuesday August 15,
2006
Raconteurs Play Austin City Limits The Raconteurs and Muse have signed up for this
years Austin City Limits festival. The annual
show already has a strong billing that includes
Gnarls Barkley, The Flaming Lips and The Secret
Machines.
The three day festival will be held at
Zilker Park in Austin, Texas from September 15th
thru the 17th.
Here's your official lineup.
KT Tunstall
Oliver Mtukudzi & Black Spirits
Asleep at the Wheel
Buckwheat Zydeco
Husky Rescue
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
The Subdudes
BoDeans
The Greencards
Guy Clark
Kathleen Edwards
The Long Winters
The Stills
Charlie Sexton
TV on the Radio
Pierre Guimard
Matt Costa
Matt Nathanson
Okkervil River
Ted Leo/Pharmacists
Benevento Russo Duo
Randy Rogers Band
Federico Aubele
What Made Milwaukee Famous
Jose Gonzalez
Tristan Prettyman
Mishka
Ian McLagan and The Bump Band
New Monsoon
Del Castillo
Fields
Lou Ann Barton
Beto and the Fairlanes
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness...
Centro-matic
Marah
Sam Roberts
Rocky Votolato
Murder by Death
The Black Angels
Anathallo
The Rocket Summer
Sara Hickman
Sylvia St. James and The Gospel Stars
Terri Hendrix
Trish Murphy
Patrice Pike
The Durdens
The Jones Family Singers
Sterling Lands and THE WARRIOR GOSPEL BAND
Joe McDermott and the Smart Little Creatures
The Biscuit Brothers
Imagination Movers
David Ford
The Blue Van
Bojones
Street to Nowhere
Elvis Perkins
The New Soul Invaders
South Austin Jug Band
Greyhounds
Star Kids Yoga
Joy Davis
Danielia Cotton
Troy Campbell Band
The Palm Elementary School Choir
Asheba
White Ghost Shivers
The Gospel Silvertones
The Anointed Voicez
Ghandaia
Melissa Reaves
Claire Small
Eli Young Band
Rodney Hayden
Robyn Ludwick
Peter Dawson
My
Morning Jacket Live Album Info My Morning Jacket has been a touring machine for
the past year, appearing on NPR's All Songs
Considered, headlining for Pearl Jam, and hitting
the festival circuit with furor. To celebrate
the live sound in the comfort of your own home, MMJ
is planning a Live Album to bring the experience to
the masses. Okonokos, the bands upcoming double disc
live set will be released September 26th in the US
and October 2nd in the UK. The show was
originally recorded in 2005 but features many songs
from their most recent and hailed album, Z.
A live DVD is to follow shortly there after.
Album Info:
Disc 1:
01 Wordless Chorus
02 It Beats 4 U
03 Gideon
04 One Big Holiday
05 I Will Sing You Songs
06 Lowdown
07 The Way That He Sings
08 What A Wonderful Man
09 Off The Record
10 Golden
11 Lay Low'
Disc 2:
01 Dondante
02 Run Thru
03 At Dawn
04 Xmas Curtain
05 O Is The One That Is Real
06 Hell
07 Steam
08 Dancefloors
09 Anytime
10 Mahgeeta
The band is also overseas now on the V Festival
circuit - the festival that begs it's fanbase to not
do drugs and drive. Catch them while spending
your trust fund and with that backpack of yours.
08-19 V Festival - Staffordshire, England
08-20 V Festival - Chelmsford, England
08-22 Rescue Rooms - Nottingham, England
08-23 Academy 2 - Manchester, England
08-25 ABC - Glasgow, Scotland
08-26 Cabaret Voltaire - Edinburgh, Scotland
08-29 Academy - Birmingham, England
Peaches
Underwear eBanned What is the world coming to when you can't sell
some drawers on eBay? I'm sure that's what
Peaches, who penned the song 'Impeach My Bush'
will be singing about on her next album. The artist
had to remove a pair of underpants from the online
marketplace when the site deemed it to be
"unsuitable" for sale.
As previously reported,
Peaches is part of a group of singers and artists
raising money for Three Gut Records founder Tyler
Clark Burke. The record guru, who's
experienced family health issues as of late, is
receiving aid from his friends to help buy a home.
Atop this, twenty percent of the proceeds will go to
Habitat For Humanity.
Burke isn't taking it lying down though.
He's instead selling a "ball of peach yarn" so the
corporate mongrels of eBay-isms will not pull the
auction. The winner will receive a free pair
of Peaches used thong as well.
Snow
Patrol Cancels More Shows Life continues to go downhill under the Bush
regime. The latest victims are Snow Patrol and
their US Tour. The band was forced to cancel a
pair of shows in Seattle and Portland this weekend
because of air traffic delays due to the foiled
terrorist attempts this weekend in the UK.
Their regular tour will resume in Boston tonight but
they have yet to reschedule the missed shows.
This
is only a flash in the pan for the bands tour this
year. In April, the band had to reschedule
multiple shows because of Gary Lightbody's throat
problems.
Beck 'Information'al
Track Listing The Beck camp is all a go these days. The
recently release multiple videos on YouTube.com and
keep dropping info more often than a snitch in cell
block D. The latest news out is the
illustrious track info for the upcoming October 2nd
release of Becks latest masterpiece (to be) The
Information.
Not Sno' Informer:
01 Cell Phone's Dead
02 Nausea
03 Soldier Jane
04 Strange Apparition
05 Dark Star
06 Movie Theme
07 We Dance Alone
08 No Complaints
09 1000 BPM
10 Motorcade
11 The Information
12 New Round
13 Horrible Fanfare/Landslide/Exoskeleton
Death
Cab's Chris Walla to Barsuk Indie label tiny go good Barsuk is starting to
make some major headway into the indie music market.
Even though they lost Death Cab for Cutie when they
went big last year. But Death Cab guitarist
Chris Walla is home sick.
On his 'official' website, Walla announced he has
indeed gone back home to Barsuk Records. He
plans on releasing a solo album in 2007 under the
label but hasn't given any further information on
the bands name or the projected date. We'll
keep you posted.
Dirty
Pretty Live DVD Despite some luke-warm reviews of their latest
album Waterloo to Anywhere, Dirty Pretty Things are
still a phenomenal live act to catch - when you can.
Fortunately for the couch potatoes and needle
addicted fans, you will have the opportunity to keep
them at home on your pimp plasma (whatever - you
have a 14-inch B&W you poor bastard).
The troupe will release a live DVD entitled
Puffing on a Coffin Nail - Live at the Forum on
October 16th in the UK. No US date has been
released yet. The DVD will include a 12 song
set originally recorded in May as well as some
seventeen other live clips from random other shows.
Live at the Forum:
Deadwood
Doctors And Dealers
If You Love A Woman
Wondering
The Gentry Cove
Blood Thirsty Bastards
You Fucking Love It
Gin and Milk
The Enemy
Last Of The Small Town Playboys
Bang Bang You're Dead
B.U.R.M.A
Bonus tracks:
Deadwood
Doctors And Dealers
If You Love A Woman
Wondering
The Gentry Cove
Blood Thirsty Bastards
You Fucking Love It
Gin and Milk
The Enemy
Last Of The Small Town Playboys
Bang Bang You're Dead
B.U.R.M.A
Monday August 14,
2006
TV on
the Tour Avant-garde or not, with all this hoopla
surrounding their release, TV on the Radio might be
the next thing to copy. Here's your opportunity to
see the original before it gets the McDowell
treatment. TOTR is hitting the road to support
their stateside release of Return to Cookie
Mountain on September 12th. Anyone able to get
Bowie to sing backup on their album wins our vote
for Andy Warhol of the Year.
Intelligentsia Tour:
09-14 Republic - New
Orleans, LA
09-15 Gypsy Tea Room & Ballroom - Dallas, TX
09-16 Zilker Park - Austin, TX
09-17 Emo's - Austin, TX
09-19 Fox Theatre - Boulder, CO
09-24 Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles, CA
09-25 Soma - San Diego, CA
09-26 Glass House - Pomona, CA
09-27 Soho Restaurant & Music Club - Santa Barbara,
CA
09-29 The Library - Sacramento, CA
09-30 Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA
10-02 Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR
10-03 Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, WA
10-04 Showbox Showroom & Lounge - Seattle, WA
10-07 Playmakers - Fargo, ND
10-08 First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
10-09 Metro - Chicago, IL
10-10 St Andrews Hall - Detroit, MI
10-12 Opera House Concert Venue - Toronto, Canada
10-13 Le National Montreal - Montreal, Canada
10-14 Paradise Rock Club - Boston, MA
10-17 Irving Plaza - New York, NY
10-18 Irving Plaza - New York, NY
10-20 Sonar Lounge - Baltimore, MD
10-21 Starlight Lounge - Philadelphia, PA
Primal
Screams EP Info Primal Screams are ready to prove their worth.
Their recent release of Primal Screams met with
mixed reviews but the fun loving Scots are ready to
prove their critics wrong with an EP release of
bonus tracks that never made it to the state-side
release of Riot City Blues.
After the dismal display on their last effort,
one hopes the B-Sides live up to their intention and
offer different sounds from the group.
Thankfully, the band is a sight live. So get your
passport and your parent's legal drug money for the
overseas adventure that awaits:
Blue Is Not An Option:
08-25 Reading Festival - Reading, England
08-26 Leeds Festival - Leeds, England
11-14 Newcastle Carling Academy - Newcastle, England
11-15 Aberdeen Music Hall - Aberdeen, Scotland
11-17 Glasgow SECC - Glasgow, Scotland
11-18 Manchester Apollo - Manchester, England
11-19 Birmingham Academy - Birmingham, England
11-21 Liverpool University - Liverpool, England
11-22 Nottingham Rock City - Nottingham, England
11-24 London Hammersmith Apollo - London, England
11-27 Cambridge Corn Exchange - Cambridge, England
11-28 Bristol Academy - Bristol, England
11-29 Southampton Guildhall - Southampton, England
Walkmen
Cover Harry Nilsson 1974: Dungeons and Dragons was released, tabloid
accepted People Magazine is published, Nixon
Resigns. All this potential and The Walkmen
pick Harry Nilsson as their inspiration for the
year. The NYC indie dreamsicles are readying a
new project that will cover Harry Nilsson's 1974
opus Pussycats. There is no release date yet
but the album as been finished for some time as it
was the band's last project before their previous
studio shut down.
Lollapalooza Scores Big Don't call it a comeback, but Lollapalooza is a
bonified success once again. The numbers are
in and the three day festival held for the second
year in a row at Chicago's Grant Park racked in $166
million dollars - out grossing last years two day
incarnation by over $100 million.
While many
complained about the porto potty situation and the
herd like atmosphere trekking from stage to stage,
none could complain about the diverse lineups and
amazingly brilliant weather and times that were had.
Almost poetic since the festival was fledgling in
2004 when it had to cancel it's lineup due to lack
of ticket sales and interest.
Raconteurs 'Hands' Video The oddly brilliant video 'Hands' by the
Raconteurs is now posted for your viewing enjoyment.
Watch as the band invades a deaf school in this
oddly enjoyable diversion:
Matador
Tributes Chavez Although
they were a flash in the pan, Chavez - the guitar
blasting bunch from New York were able to garner a
fanatic fan base and release two stellar albums in
the 90's. Although just a memory to some, it
will now be a much needed collection. Matador has
announced they will release a double CD/DVD set that
will contain all the band's recordings entitled
Better Days Will Haunt You. Find out what you've
been missing on October 10th when the album hits
shelves.
Not Your Young Guns:
Disc 1
01 Repeat The Ending
02 Hack The Sides Away
03 Nailed To The Blank Spot
04 Break Up Your Band
05 Laugh Track
06 The Ghost By The Sea
07 Pentagram Ring
08 Peeled Out Too Late
09 The Flaming Gong
10 Wakeman’s Air
11 Relaxed Fit
12 The Nerve
13 You Faded
14 Little 12 Toes
Disc 2
01 Top Pocket Man
02 The Guard Attacks
03 Unreal Is Here
04 New Room
05 Tight Around The Jaws
06 Lions
07 Our Boys Will Shine Tonight
08 Memorize This Face
09 Cold Joys
10 Flight ‘96
11 Ever Overpsyched
12 You Must Be Stopped
13 Theme From ‘For Russ’
14 White Jeans
DVD
01 Break Up Your Band VIDEO
02 Unreal Is Here VIDEO
03 Boys Making Music... Music
Making Men DOCUMENTARY (with Garry Marshall
commentary)
Explosions In the Sky Hit Studio The astranged Texas group Explosions in the Sky
have penned thier upcoming album and are ready to
hit the studio. On their website the band offered up
little information but to say that John Congleton of
Paper Chase fame will be helping out behind the
booth on the upcoming album.
Portland has a hell of a secret with The
Thermals. The duo of Kathy Foster and Hutch Harris
worked overtime on their latest album when drummer
Jordan Hudson took off. Thankfully, the duo were
able to get a third for the tour to avoid any
Stripes comparisons. Caitlin Love will be on
tour with the group full time to aid in drums.
Avant-garde or not, with all this hoopla
surrounding their release, TV on the Radio might be
the next thing to copy. Here's your opportunity to
see the original before it gets the McDowell
treatment. TOTR is hitting the road to support
their stateside release of Return to Cookie
Mountain on September 12th. Anyone able to get
Bowie to sing backup on their album wins our vote
for Andy Warhol of the Year.
Although
they were a flash in the pan, Chavez - the guitar
blasting bunch from New York were able to garner a
fanatic fan base and release two stellar albums in
the 90's. Although just a memory to some, it
will now be a much needed collection. Matador has
announced they will release a double CD/DVD set that
will contain all the band's recordings entitled
Better Days Will Haunt You. Find out what you've
been missing on October 10th when the album hits
shelves. 
