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We'd be lying if we didn't tell you that 'Out There' is one of our all time favorite songs.  So we were tickled pink to hear that Dinosaur Jr. is reforming it's original lineup for a new album.  This would the first one of such for over a decade. 

While still not due until spring of next year, and possibly just a one time thing - the album is being recorded at J Mascis' home studio in Massachusetts.

In other DJ news, the band is also working on a DVD to be release around the same time that will include footage from the group's reunion tour.

We'll keep you informed when we get more knowledge. But for now revel in the fact that feedback guitar is soon to take it's place in your hallow sound system once again.

Looking to get Nick McCarthy's new album off his band Box Codax? Well, you are gonna have to pay for it. As previously reported, the Franz Ferdinand guitarist is currently working on a side band album entitled Only An Orchard Away.  What we were never told and now ready to riot over is a post by the artist on his blog stating he has no plans on bringing the album overseas for stateside distribution.

Collectively: '&#@&%'

Even though the album has been out now in the UK, the eleven track album will never see the light of day - at this point - save a trusty import venue.

›› News: Franz Ferdinand Guitarist Goes Solo

The boys of Raconteurs continue to pump them out.  This time, the stop motion festival of 'Broken Boy Soldiers' and all its creepy Toy Story craziness are the focus here.  Does it ever really need to make sense?

Video: Raconteurs 'Broken Boy Soldiers'

›› News: The Raconteurs New Single

Oh what a video can do to your image. After the success of the band's 'Here It Goes Again' video in which they balleted across several tredmills and into the hearts of YouTube fans everywhere, OK GO is now ready to take their show on the road with acts like The French Kicks and Death Cab For Cutie.

OK Tour:

10-07 Pontiac Garage - Ann Arbor, MI
10-08 Cynthia Woods Pavilion - Woodlands, TX
10-14 Fountain Square - Cincinnati, OH #
10-29 Troubadour - Los Angeles, CA
10-30 Troubadour - Los Angeles, CA
11-01 Glass House - Pomona, CA
11-02 Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA
11-03 The Empire - Sacramento, CA
11-04 Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, OR
11-05 Neumos - Seattle, WA
11-08 First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN ^
11-09 Logan Square Auditorium - Chicago, IL ^
11-10 Logan Square Auditorium - Chicago, IL ^
11-13 Mod Club - Toronto, Ontario ^
11-15 Theatre of Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA ^
11-16 Avalon Ballroom - Boston, MA
11-17 Starland Ballroom - Sayerville, NJ ^
11-18 Irving Plaza - New York, NY ^
11-19 9:30 Club - Washington, DC ^
11-21 Amos' Southend - Charlotte, NC
11-26 Eagles Ballroom - Milwaukee, WI @
11-27 The Pageant - St. Louis, MO @
11-28 Orpheum Theatre - Memphis, TN @
11-29 The Republic - New Orleans, LA @
11-30 Hobby Center - Houston, TX @

# with Talib Kweli, Los Lobos
^ with French Kicks
@ with Death Cab for Cutie

Those who never caught the video, check it out below:

Video: OK GO 'Here It Goes Again'

Goodbye indie, hello mainstream. UK based Snow Patrol have broken into the Billboard Hot 100 Chart with their single 'Chasing Cars' conisidentally as the band ends their North American Tour.

Their latest album has also gone gold as Eyes Open is number 29 on the charts. In the UK, the band has gone triple platinum.

Some may blame it on Grey's Anatomy but I say its because they have an drawing sound similar to Coldplay.  It looks like they are going down the same path as well.

This is the first UK band in 13 years to break the top 5 on the charts by the way.

The band is headed back to the UK to tour an already sold out trip.

Sold Out Tour:

11-26 International Centre - Bournemouth
11-28 NIA - Birmingham
11-29 Evening News Arena - Manchester
11-30 Metro Radio Arena - Newcastle
12-16 SECC - Glasgow
12-18 Wembley Arena - London
12-19 Wembley Arena - London
12-21 Odyssey Arena - Belfast
12-22 Point - Dublin
12-23 Point - Dublin

›› Photos: Snow Patrol @ The Riviera - Chicago, IL

The Kooks are heading back out onto the road. After postponing their current tour when frontman Luke Pritchard was diagnosed with laryngitis, the Brighton youth-troupe is ready to make up those shows with vigor.

All tickets are still valid from the shows - only the dates have changed to protect the innocent.

10-12 Dome - Brighton
10-13 University - Leeds
10-17 UEA - Norwich
10-18 Guildhall - Southampton
10-19 Academy - Newcastle

The Deftones are back! The original and only are heading out on a cross country jaunt in anticipation for the bands upcoming album Saturday Night Writs on October 31st.

10-26 Bricktown Events Center - Oklahoma City, OK
10-27 Action Sports - Dallas, TX
10-28 El Paso County Coliseum - El Paso, TX
10-29 Marquee Theatre - Tempe, AZ
11-02 Fenix - Seattle, WA
11-03 Roseland Theater - Porland, OR
11-04 Senator Theatre - Chico, CA
11-07 Majestic Ventura Theatre - Ventura, CA
11-08 The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA
11-09 Avalon - Los Angeles, CA
11-12 Soma - San Diego, CA
11-13 Rialto Theatre - Tuscon, AZ
11-14 Sunshine Theatre - Albuquerque, NM
11-16 Warehouse Live - Houston, TX
11-17 Music Hall - Austin, TX
11-18 Sunset Station - San Antonio, TX
11-19 House Of Blues - New Orleans, LA
11-21 Jannus Landing - St. Petersburg, FL
11-22 Revolution - Fort Lauderdale, FL
11-24 House of Blues - Orlando, FL
11-25 Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA
11-26 House of Blues - Myrtle Beach, SC
11-28 Millenium Center - Winston Salem, NC
11-29 NorVa - Norfolk, VA
12-02 Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA
12-04 9:30 Club - Washington, DC
12-05 Cellular Manufacturer Theatre - New York, NY

Fight the fight of global warming in November! As odd as it sounds to those of us in our Chicago office as we curse the diabolical winter wind on our daily commute to 950, its a good cause none-the-less.  Buena Vista Social Club things so too.  The Afro-Cuban act is working with Hip-O Records on Rhythms Del Mundo, a collaborative cover album to aid Artists Project Earth.  The organization supports proactive work to end global warming.

This isn't your Gap cover album, folks.  Acts like Coldplay, Jack Johnson, The Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead, Franz Ferdinand and more have given their protective blessings for the troupe to rework tunes like 'Clocks', 'Better Together', and 'Dancing Shoes' in their signature Latin tones.

While others like Kaiser Chiefs and Dido are highlighted, one of the true gems has to be the last vocal recording of Afro-Cuban bolero singer Ibrahim Ferrer who died last year of multiple organ failure while on tour at age 78.

Founder of APE, Kenny Young, had this to say about how the the project came to fruition:

"The project was sparked off by the devastating Tsunami of Xmas 2005. The idea came in to do a project with The Buena Vista Social Club. to fuse their Latin sounds with Western artists and their familiar popular songs. The project evolved when more environmental disasters struck - the Asian Earthquakes and Hurricane Katrina. But the big picture was climate change. You can call these natural disasters but after all the research and scientific data, we know that we're at least partly to blame for some of these disasters. Global warming is now in the news daily. If we don't act in the time frame our experts give us, our grandchildren will curse us eternally."

The album is scheduled to be released on November 14th in what else but carbon neutral packaging.

Track List:

01 Clocks - Coldplay
02 Better Together - Jack Johnson
03 Dancing Shoes - Arctic Monkeys
04 One Step Too Far - Dido & faithless
05 As Time Goes By - Ibrahim Ferrer
06 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - Coco & U2
07 She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5
08 Modern Way - Kaiser Chiefs
09 Killing Me Softly - Omara Portuondo
10 Ai No Corrida - Vanya & Quincy
11 Fragilidad - Sting
12 Don't Know Why - Vanya
13 Hotel Buena Vista - Aquila Rose & Idana
14 The Dark of the Matinee - Coco & Franz Ferdinand
15 High and Dry - Lele & Radiohead

Bonus track
16 Casablanca - Ibrahim & Omara

Call it creepy, call it Superman 3, but call it punk rock! Blood Brothers have released a video to their fast tune 'Laser Life'. The Seattle group continue to move their musical experimentation into art house crazed visual splendor.

Their upcoming album, Young Machetes, is due out October 10th.

Track List:

01 Set Fire To The Face On Fire
02 We Ride Skeletal Lightning
03 Laser Life
04 Camouflage, Camouflage
05 You're The Dream Unicorn!
06 Vital Beach
07 Spit Shine Your Black Clouds
08 1, 2, 3, 4 Guitars
09 Lift The Veil, Kiss The Tank
10 Nausea Shreds Yr Head
11 Rat Rider
12 Johnny Ripper
13 Huge Gold AK-47
14 Street Wars/Exotic Foxholes
15 Giant Swan

Video: Blood Brothers 'Laser Life'

New Years plans in October? Considering you'll be in a food coma from Turkey Day until Christmas morning, and then the egg-nog hangover until at least the 30th, its best you get scheduling in the pre-season.  That's just what Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah have planned.  The band announced a one off New Years Eve show at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.  Presale tickets are up for grabs for the select few who adore the band enough to stalk them.  The John Q taxpayer, though, will have to wait until Friday morning at 11:00 EST to get their hands on the event.

The band has not announced who they will be sharing the bill with yet but we'll keep you posted.

In the meantime, the group is wrapping up their fall tour out West while also announcing they have finished work on their long overdue 2nd album.  The release of which is not set until after the new year.

New Year Hand Clap Tour:

10-06 Gothic Theatre - Englewood, CO *
10-07 Boulder Theater - Boulder, CO*
10-12 Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR *
10-13 Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA *
10-14 Henry Fonda Theatre - Los Angeles, CA *
10-15 Henry Fonda Theatre - Los Angeles, CA *
12-31 Hammerstein Ballroom - New York, NY

* w/ Architecture in Helsinki & Takka Takka
# w/ Architecture in Helsinki & ???

›› News: Clap Your Hands and Say 'Tour'

Part Built to Spill and equal remains The Band and Shins, Los Angeles based Gertie Fox is all rock eletronica.  The laid back pop outfit is restful in tone at times but never in action as they are constantly touring the West Coast and parts of the Midwest and Atlantic with their 60's influenced sound and optimistic melodies.

Check out Gertie Fox's 'She's So Married' in our Audio Section or by clicking the link below.

File Under: The Figgs, Built to Spill, Shins

›› mp3: Gertie Fox 'She's So Married'

God bless technology and those who chose to use it for the good of purveying music.  Sure those old 45's are choice in sound but now we have a catalogue of out of print material thanks to Anthology Recordings.  The company has launched a site that will allow customers to download entire albums of previously out of print and discontinued material.  They will be leasing their goods to the likes of iTunes, Emusic, and more.

Founded in 2006, the company is now offering Parson Sound, China Shop, The Suicide Commandos and more and plan on adding more each week.

While they would be the first to admitt that this in no way takes the place of crate digging in your favorite mold-smelling wax store, it does offer a new resource to replace those hard-to-finds.

http://www.anthologyrecordings.com

Laid back is how they like it and the tour continues the same way.  Judah Johnson's complex electric pop is on the road and proving that the studio ain't got nothing on their synth sound as they continue to turn heads with their live performances.  They recently just finished up their first US tour with Huskey Rescue but now they are ready to tackle the East Coast which includes a CMJ Music Conference in November. Judah Johnson continues to trek across the country with their strong space pop roots.

Check out their song 'Little Sounds' in our Audio Section fo' free and see what we mean.

10-20 O'Brien's Pub - Boston, MA
10-21 Sin-e - New York, NY
10-22 Satellite Ballrom - Charlottesville, VA
10-23 Soap Box - Wilmington, NC
10-24 The Flying Anvil - Greensboro, NC
10-25 The Earl - Atlanta, GA
10-26 Caledonia Lounge - Athens, GA
10-27 Village Tavern - Mount Pleasant
10-28 Wild Bean - Lewisburg, WV
10-29 Iota Club - Arlington, VA
10-30 Talking Head Club - Baltimore, MD
11-02 Johnny Brendas - Philadelphia, PA
11-03 Knitting Factory Tap Bar [CMJ] - New York, NY

›› News: Judah Johnson Tours
›› .mp3: Judah Johnson 'Little Sounds'

God knows 'Holla Back' needs to back away.  And thankfully, it will soon be replaced by even more addicting beats by Gwen Stefani.  That's right, the better half of Gavin is currently working on a new album slated for a December 4th release this year.  The album still has no title.

No set details are really available as her camp is keeping pretty mum but we can tell you that Pharrell Williams has been working very closely with Gweni-Gwen-Gwen on the tracks.  She reported to MTV earlier that many of the songs have his touch but some songs are carried over from extra material off of 2004's Love Angel Music Baby.

One of our favorite up and coming acts, Cold War Kids recently got the cold shoulder by Futureheads when they were left out in the cold as the band canceled their tour abruptly.  So what do you do? You move the fuck on!

Cold War Kids are hitting the road with equally impressive Foreign Born who we saw earlier in the year - so we can call them that.

As previously reported, the band is also readying the release of their Downtown Records debut Robbers & Cowards on October 10th.  For more album info, check out the related link below.

Movin' On Tour:

10-04 Neumos - Seattle, WA ^
10-05 Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR ^
10-06 Harlow's - Sacramento, CA
10-07 Mezzanine - San Francisco, CA ^@
10-09 House of Blues - San Diego, CA ^@
10-10 Fingerprints [in store] - Long Beach, CA
10-11 Spaceland - Los Angeles, CA ^
10-12 Clubhouse - Tempe, AZ @
10-14 Rialto Theater - Tucson, AZ @
10-17 Bob's - Tulsa, OK @
10-18 Bottleneck -Lawrence, KS @
10-19 Mojo's - Columbia, MO $
10-21 Hideout - Chicago, IL @
10-22 Howard's Club H - Bowling Green, OH @
10-23 Birdy's - Indianapolis, IN @
10-24 Exit/In - Nashville, TN @
10-26 DC 9 - Washington, DC
10-27 Union Hall - Brooklyn, NY @
10-28 Great Scotts - Boston, MA @
10-30 Johnny Brenda's - Philadelphia, PA @
11-01 Bowery Ballroom [CMJ Festival] - New York, NY

^ with Delta Spirit
@ with Foreign Born
$ with Tapes 'n Tapes

›› News: Futureheads Cancel Tour
›› News: Futureheads Tour w/ Cold War Kids
›› Pensaphotos: Cold War Kids @ The Abbey

"He's only like the next Martin Scorsees." Wait, he is the Martin Scorsees! Legendary rock outfit The Rolling Stones are getting the royal treatment by equally legendary film director Martin Scorsese.  The director is currently in the works with the band on a documentary about the band that will feature the upcoming New York gigs on October 29th and 31st. 

You can thank us later for using a younger photo of the band.

Although he has not confirmed the content or storyline of the project, it is safe to say it will be a retrospective piece on the bands influence on today's rock scene dating back to its conception. 

If you'll recall, Martin also worked on the award winning documentary on Bob Dylan No Direction Home.

Martin Dosh is no longer the lone loop master.  Instead, he's grown into a band structure for his fourth and upcoming release, The Lost Take - available on October 17th.  True to form, the artist has his raw instrumental sound but now he's backed by guitars, sax bass, violin and more.  That's not all, we actually get to hear Dosh's voice for the first time as he cuts along side Andrew Bird on several tracks.

In a nutshell, Dosh manipulates tempos and samples of other instrumentations to create a layered and addicting sequential sound that is equally mind blowing and physically undefinable.

Track List

01 One Through Seven
02 Everybody Cheer UP Song
03 Um, Circles and Squares
04 Ghost's Business
05 Ship Wreck
06 MPLS Rock and Roll
07 Fireball
08 Unemployed Blues
09 Pink Floyd Cowboy Song
10 O Mexico
11 Bottom of a Well
12 Lost Take

Dosh is also on tour wrapping up a coast to coast event with his band throughout the East Coast and Midwest.  Check him out if you can.

Lost Tour:

10-24 Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL +
10-25 The Spot - Cleveland, OH
10-26 Mercury Lounge - New York, NY
10-27 Barge Canal Coffee House - Hamilton, NY
10-28 North Star - Philadelphia, PA
10-29 PA's Lounge - Somerville, MA @
10-31 The Black Cat - Washington DC ^
11-01 Big Orbit's Soundlab - Buffalo, NY
11-02 Garfield Artworks - Pittsburgh, PA *
11-03 Alchemize - Cincinnati, OH
11-04 Cactus Club - Milwaukee, WI

+ with Daedelus & Caural
@ with Fog
^ with Tapes 'n Tapes, The Annuals
* with Panda & Angel

In the pioneering spirit of De La Soul, MC Haiku is living true to his name by spitting intellectual mind bending rhymes that challenge not only political but social thoughts. Although young both on the scene and in age, Haikus floats words with confidence and poise about relationships and outgoing issues.

Check out Haiku's 'Blew' in our audio section or by clicking the link below.

›› mp3: Haiku 'Blew'

Feeling Biblical?  Doubtful.  But you will respect the Exodus plagues, insolate!  A group of artists including Imogen Heap, the godfather of ambient Brian Eno and Rufus Wainright have worked with a British arts organization to release a compilation of songs covering the 10 Plagues of the Exodus for the Margate Exodus exhibit that took place in September that recreated the Israelites' flight from Egypt. 4AD will be releasing the compilation on November 21st in the US.

Track List:

01 Blood - Klashnekoff [The Plague of Blood]
02 Relate the Tale - King Croesote [The Plague of Frogs]
03 The Meaning of Lice - Stephin Merritt [The Plague of Lice]
04 Flies - Brian Eno & Robert Wyatt [The Plague of Flies]
05 The Fifth Plague - Laurie Anderson [The Death of Liverstock]
06 Boils - Cody ChestnuTT [The Plague of Boils]
07 Hailstones - The Tiger Lillies [The Plague of Hail]
08 Glittering Cloud - Imogen Heap
09 Darkness - Scott Walker [The Plague of Darkness]
10 Katonah - Rufus Wainright [The Death of the Firstborn]

Who names their album after Brian Dennehy?  A Cocoon fan, that's who! While we have no idea if that's the case here, but Chicago native Serengeti and his MF Doom style hooks are catching the attention of many in the Midwest as an up and coming act to watch.  Equally witty and bizarre, and always unique, Serengeti takes a side-step approach to daily life and the hip-hop culture to produce some infectious grooves.

Check out Serengeti's 'Dennehey' in our audio section or directly by clicking below.

›› mp3: Serengeti 'Dennehey'

Snoop Dogg is looking to not only get some help from a few sidekicks like Pharrell and Ice Cube, but raising the dead with work by 2Pac and Notorious B.I.G. on his forthcoming album The Blue Carpet Treatment.  He'll be working with Dr. Dre on his first album with the artist in five years.

No release date is set yet but late winter would be a safe bet.

As previous reported, in demand producer Timbaland and the Neptunes aided on creating the sound for the album. Originally the album was reported as a retrospect on fighting the power instead of one another; and with track titles like 'My Peoples' and 'I Wanna Fuck You' - peace is in the house!

Track List:

01 Real Talk (RIP Tookie)
02 Vato (ft. B-Real)
03 My Peoples
04 Smokin Smokin Weed (ft. Nate Dogg & Ray J)
05 I Don't Give A Fuck (ft. Guerilla Black)
06 Keep Bouncin' (ft. Too Short)
07 Just tha Way U Like It
08 Get Rich
09 Which One of U
10 Runnin Yo Mouth (ft. Notorious BIG and Fabolous)
11 Fabolous
12 Sexy Gurl (ft. Trina)
13 Gotta Lotta That (ft. Ice Cube)
14 That Girl (ft. Pharrell)
15 Do It 2 Me (ft. Usher)
16 Just Watchin (ft. 2Pac & DPG)
17 Get 2 Know Ya
18 Come Wit Me
19 Candy
20 I Wanna Fuck You

›› News: Snoop Dogg Reveals New Album

How we love our Beatle-esq Magic Numbers.  They continue to keep us even happier with new material and an upcoming single from their forthcoming album, Those the Brokes. The single, 'Take A Chance' will be hitting store shelves on October 3rd in two formats; 7" which includes an exclusive new song 'Everytime' along with a boss double-sided poster while the CD version will include another new song 'I Hear You Knockin'.  As if that weren't enough to stimulate your senses, the group is also offering a DVD single which will include a video for the single plus two exclusive bonus audio cuts - 'There Is No-one' and 'Cowgirl In The Sand'; a cover of the Neil Young classic recorded live from the UK tour last year.

As we mentioned, these are just a taste of things to come as the band readies the release of their new album Those the Brokes on November 6th.  And you know we have the info you so desire...

Track Listing:

01 This Is A Song
02 You Never Had It
03 Take A Chance
04 Carl's Song
05 Boy
06 Undecided
07 Slow Down (The Way It Goes)
08 Most of the Time
09 Take Me Or Leave Me
10 Let Somebody In
11 Runnin Out
12 All I See
13 Goodnight

As previously reported, the band is also currently touring Europe in October and on thru December after which they are expected to head back to the states.

10-09 Melkweg - Amsterdam, Holland
10-11 Debaser - Stockholm, Sweden
10-16 Le Boule No - Paris, France
10-19 Lido - Berlin, Germany
10-21 Atomic Cafe - Munich, Germany
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

›› News: Magic Numbers UK Tour

'n Tour 'n Tour 'n Tour... The Minneapolis four-set have extended their ongoing tour that began back in March in support of their twice issued Tapes n Tapes; one an EP the other a full length care of XL Recordings. The band has a gig coming up this weekend at the Pop Montreal Festival and then they continue their trek to the Dirty South Tour.  The band also just announced key dates in Australia.

Criminal Tour:

10-07 Pop Montreal Festival - Montreal, BC
10-19 Mojo's - Columbia, MO
10-21 Phoenix Hill Tavern
10-22 Bottletree - Birmingham, AL +
10-24 Club Downunder - Tallahassee, FL +
10-25 Common Grounds - Gainesville, FL +
10-26 The Social - Orlando, FL +
10-27 Cafe 11 - St. Augustine, FL +
10-28 Tasty World - Athens, GA +
10-29 The Loft - Atlanta, GA +
10-30 Local 506 - Chapel Hill, NC +
10-31 Black Cat - Washington, DC +
12-09 Meredith Music Feistavl
12-10 The Zoo - Brisbane, AU
12-12 The Gaelic Club - Sydney, AU
12-13 The Corner Hotel - Melborne, AU
12-14 Amplifier - Perth, AU

›› Video: Tapes 'N Tapes 'Cowbell'
›› Video: Tapes 'N Tapes on Letterman

Timbersticks vocalist Stuart A. Staples is heading out on the road for a very rare US solo appearance with a full 5-piece band including the likes of Neil Fraser and David Boulter (both of which are from Tindersticks as well).  While hardly a solo tour when you think about the fact that he is working with many of his past bandmates, its still a jewel to catch him live.  Don't believe us? See the video below a show in France last month.

For those of you unfamiliar with Staples work, he can best be described as a crooning baritone that haunts the musical landscape with heart breaking and oddly uplifting punkish beats.

File Under: Leonard Cohen, Earl Hickey Look-Alike

10-28 Troubador - Los Angeles, CA
10-30 Bimbo's - San Francisco, CA
10-01 Abbey Park - Chicago, IL
10-02 Mod Club Theatre - Toronto, ONT
10-03 Casa del Popolo - Montreal, QUE
10-04 St. Ann's - Brooklyn, NY

Video: Stuart A. Staples Live @ La Route De Rock

The happyfeet pop extravaganza that is The Little Ones are moving on up.  The quintet signed with Astralwerks that signifies a worldwide deal as the aforementioned will publish in the US while Heavenly Recordings will distribute in the UK - a first of its kind between the labels.

We know why as well, since their initial self-release of Sing Song has been passed around more times in the office than a Tipper Gores digits at a National Democratic Convention.  Astralwerks will properly release the album on October 17th and include a bonus track not found on the original.

Not only will the get the proper release love they deserve but now they are on the road with three solid acts in the US and UK which include the likes of adored The Boy Least Likely To, matured Gomez, and almost there French Kicks.

10-03 Black Cat - Washington DC *
10-04 North Star - Philadlephia, PA *
10-05 Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY #
10-06 Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY #
11-03 Canal Room (Astralwerks CMJ Showcase) - New York, NY
01-15 Arts Centre - Norwich, UK %
01-17 Komedia - Brighton, UK %
01-17 Fleece - Bristol, UK %
01-18 Rescue Rooms - Nottingham, UK %
01-19 Oran Mor - Glasgow, UK %
01-20 Moshulu - Aberdeen, UK %
01-21 Academy 2 - Newcastle, UK %
01-22 Academy 3 - Newcastle, UK %
01-23 Barfly - Birmingham, UK %
01-24 Wedgewood Rooms - Portsmouth, UK %
01-25 Scala - London, UK %

* with French Kicks
# with Gomez
% with The Boy Least Likely To

In yet another David vs. Goliath moment in digital music 'My Balls Are Bigger Than Yours' landscape, indie music aficionados at MySpace have announced a plan to sell unsigned music acts; some estimated 3 million songs, digitally online in an attempt to garner part of the 70% market share currently held by Apple and its iTunes mantra. MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe told Reuters:

"The goal is to be one of the biggest digital music stores out there. Everyone we've spoken to definitely wants an alternative to iTunes and the iPod. MySpace could be that alternative."

In a twist, the band decides the sales fee of the song after a markup from MySpace fees.  The material will not be copywritten allowing it to go to almost any mp3 player on the market - including the infamous iPod.

One of the greatest DJ's turned up-and-coming producer DJ Shadow is turning to his fans to help make a video for his upcoming single 'This Time'.  Fans must submit the entries to DJShadowVideo.com no later than October 20th to have a fighting chance to catch the DJ's eye. Did we mention he will be judging the material himself? No Simon here, fools.

On the site, the criteria is listed as free form:

"Entries can take the form of animations, offcuts, brief sketches, film scenes, caught-on-camera clips, out-takes, voiceovers, random footage, whether humorous, dark, edgy, juvenile, insightful or thought-provoking.

"It is not necessarily about who can create the slickest, most professional work. It is really more about the execution of simple ideas, however bizarre, dark, funny, ingenious or off the wall. The nature and content of the submission is entirely up to the user."

›› Review: DJ Shadow The Outsider

Lord knows MTV doesn't know squat about the music video business anymore.  Enter, indie award shows like the Alamo Downtown Indie Music Festival.  The fifth annual event will highlight some 25 indipendent music videos from around the world including the likes of Neco Case, Bright Eyes, The Willowz and more. 

The event has been screened concurrently in several cities including Vancouver, Victoria, Baltimore, Toronto, Los Angeles, Austin, New York and London. Tonights event in Tel Aviv, IL will end the whirlwind tour.  Here's a list of videos to be displayed:

33 HZ "Hot Flashes" (Brooklyn ,USA)
BRIGHT EYES " Ship in a Bottle (Omaha,USA)
CIRCLESQUARE "Fightsounds Pt.1" (Vancouver,Canada)
CONRAD "Airstrike " (Vancouver,Canada)
C.Y.N.E. "Running Water" (Florida,USA/ Copenhagen,Denmark)
DAN DEACON "Big Big Big Big Big" (Baltimore,USA)
DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND "Vampira" (Vancouver,Canada)
DOCTOR PLIKPLOK "Space Pop" (San Francisco,USA)
HEAVY BLINKERS "Try Telling That To My Baby" (Halifax,Canada)
HILLTOP HOODS "Clown Prince" (Adelaide,Australia)
MALAJUBE"Montreal -40" (Montreal,Canada)
MY SECOND SURPRISE "Perfect Cure" (Tel Aviv,Israel)
NATHAN LAWR "Bury Me Blues" ( Toronto,Canada)
NEKO CASE " Maybe Sparrow " (Chicago,USA)
PHONEHEADS "Roll That Stone" (Dusseldorf,Germany)
RAG DOLL "Grace" (Budapest,Hungary)
SMOG "Rock Bottom Riser" (Austin,USA/Surry Hills,Australia)
THEO "Broken Girl" (New York,USA)
THIRD EYE TRIBE w/ Ndidi Cascade "Real Mathematics" (Vancouver,Canada)
TRIPLE CREME "Team Queen" (Brooklyn,USA)
VAILHALEN "Angry Mothers" (Calgary,Canada)
WE ARE WOLVES "Little Birds"(Montreal,Canada)
THE WILLOWZ "Blind Story" (Los Angeles,USA)
WORLD PROVIDER "Volunteers" (Montreal,Canada)
ZAP ZOO "ULO" (Luxembourg,Luxembourg)
 

The collection stems from some 160 submissions screened across the states.

Sufjan Stevens continues to amaze us as the quintessential work horse in the music industry.  In his recent New York show at Town Hall Sunday night, the artist unveiled a new ten minute song.  No word yet on the exact title but we'll know soon enough.

The finale was much loved by fans - most of which were there for all three nights in New York. Stevens himself played in a winged costume for the set along with a 14-piece backup band dressed in butterfly wings.  As if to help promote his upcoming Christmas Box Set, inflatable Santas were tossed out into the crowd.  Even the man of steel himself made an appearance when Superman inflatables were thrown about during a set that included 'The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Heart.

Video: Live @ Town Hall 'The Man of Metropolis Steals Our...'

As previously reported, the Berkeley show will include a 24 piece choir.

And so the tour continues:

10-09 The Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA *
10-10 Zellerbach Hall - Berkeley, CA *
10-11 Zellerbach Hall - Berkeley, CA *
10-13 Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR *
10-14 St. Andrews Cathedral - Vancouver, CAN *
10-15 Paramount - Seattle, WA *

* with My Brightest Diamond

›› News: Sufjan Stevens Gets Orchestrated
›› News: Lavender Diamond Tour
›› News: Sufjan Stevens Christmas Box Set

British blokes the Futureheads are canceling their US tour due to lead vocalist and guitarist Barry Hyde's continued battle with tendonitis.  

In an official press release the band expressed their regret:

"It is with great sadness that I must tell you we have had to cancel our forthcoming US Tour, due to the development of Tendonitis in Barry's left wrist." Ross Millard continued, "Apologies to the people with tickets - we promise to get out to the US at the next available opportunity."

UK dates will not be affected given Barry's condition improves. Dates will be rescheduled for early 2007.  We'll keep you posted but for those who have tickets, here are your affected dates:

Skip To The End of the Tour:

10-04 Neumos - Seattle, WA
10-05 Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR
10-06 Harlow’s Night Club - Sacramento, CA
10-07 Mezzanine - San Francicso, CA
10-09 House of Blues - San Diego, CA
10-11 Safari Sams (Check Yo Ponytail) - Los Angeles, CA
10-12 The clubhouse - Tempe, AZ
10-13 Beauty Barr - Las Vegas, NV
10-14 Rialto Theater - Tuscon, AZ
10-17 Bob’s @ Cains Ballroom - Tulsa, OK
10-18 The Bottleneck - Lawrence, KS
10-19 Mississippi Nights - St. Louis, MO
10-21 Metro - Chicago, IL
10-22 20th Centurey Theater - Cincinnati, OH
10-23 Birdy’s - Indianapolis, IN
10-24 Exit/In - Nashville, TN
10-26 Sonar - Baltimore, MD
10-27 Warsaw - Brooklyn, NY
10-28 Paradise Rock Club - Boston, MA

No word on how this affects the Cold War Kids who were touring with the band.

›› Review: The Futureheads News & Tributes
›› News: Futureheads Tour w/ Cold War Kids

Folk piano bird Chris Garneau has gone the high road and signed his ballads to Absolutely Kosher records who house the likes of +/- and The Hidden Cameras. The Brooklyn based singer-songwriter and his accompanying trio are well known on the East Coast for their majestic hybrid of hazy sonnets and Elliot Smith driven tunes. His debut full-length Music For Tourists will be released on January 23rd of next year.

Track List:

01 Castle-Tim
02 Relief
03 Black & Blue
04 Saturday
05 So Far
06 First Place
07 Hymn
08 Baby's Romance
09 Not Nice
10 Blue Suede Shoes
11 We Don't Try
12 Sad News
13 Halloween
14 Between The Bars

Garneau will also be touring this month along parts of the Eastern and Central states.

Jump Ship Tour:

10-13 Joe's Pub - New York, NY
10-19 Cotta Coffeehouse - Alfred, NY
10-21 North End Firehall - Pottstown, PA
10-26 The Ground Floor - St. Louis, MO
10-27 South Union Arts - Chicago, IL
10-28 Hotcakes Gallary - Milwaukee, WI
11-01 R&R [CMJ] - New York, NY

Video: Ghris Garneau 'Releif'

In anticipation for the release of Hold Steady's new album Boys and Girls in America this week, Vagrant records today launched a streaming website for fans to listen to the entire album for free!

http://www.vagrant.com/holdsteady_listeningparty/

The album, which will be in stores tomorrow will also have a select-store limited release that includes a comic book drawn by BARF Comics own James Callahan. For a list of the stores that will have copies of the very limited edtion, click on the site below.

http://www.vagrant.com/holdsteady_retail/

The US knows how to jack the consumer.  Jake Shears of Scissor Sisters fame has created quite a beef with the Trans World corporation.  The group, which consists of some 800 plus music chains including Sam Goody, FYE, and Coconuts pulled the Scissor Sisters latest release Ta-Dah from store shelves after singer Shears argued that the prices of the albums they sold were too high.

The beef began when Shears, durring a set at the National Association of Recording Merchandisers convention sang "I have a little F.Y.I / Your CD prices are too high."

Well, needless to say, that didn't settle well with all the merchants in the crowd and so the company pulled the bands new release from the shelves.

Tah-Dah sells for an average of $28 in these chains.

›› Review: Scissor Sisters Ta-Dah

Mojave 3 continues to garner attention for their infectious rock/pop sounds.  Now famed (or infamous - whomever you ask on any given day) Nic Harcourt, host of the oft listened Morning Becomes Eclectic at KCRW in LA will have the band perform live in studio.  You can check out a recap of the show which took place earlier today by clicking the web address below:

http://www.kcrw.com

The band is also continuing it's fall tour.  Check out the dates below and catch them in the flesh.

10-03 Csbah - San Diego, CA *
10-11 Park West - Chicago, IL
10-12 High Noon Saloon
10-14 Magic Stick - Detroit, MI +
10-16 Mod Club Theatre - Toronto, ON +
10-17 The Cabaret - Montreal, QC
10-19 Paradise Rock Club - Boston, MA
10-20 Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
10-21 Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
10-24 Black Cat - Washington, DC
10-25 Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC
10-27 The Earl - Atlanta, GA
10-28 The Belcourt Theatre - Nashville, TN

›› news: Mojave 3 Tour

What do you get when you push in equal parts Unrest, Versus and =/-? You get Bossanova and their full-length debut Hey Sugar. The album, which was released earlier this year has some seriously delirious pop hooks care of Chris Storrow and his insane guest list which includes the likes of rocking favs Black Mountain and New Pornographers. 

To get you familiarized with the group, we've added some new songs to our mp3 library for your lovin'. Check the library out by clicking here. Or you can get to each individual song below.

File Under: Orange Juice, Section 25

›› mp3: Bossanova 'Cavalry'