STILL MORE, GREAT NEW MUSIC: Le Loup & Georgie James

First off, let me say that this year keeps seeing the release of some truly fantastic albums, and it doesn't seem to be stopping anytime soon. This brings me to two more "truly fantastic" groups that I was originally going to post about separately, but it seems as though they will be touring together (there is an Atlanta date!!), so it seems appropriate to put them together into the same post.

First off there is Le Loup, who just recently signed to the Sub Pop sub-label, Hardly Art, and is releasing their long-worded debut "The Throne Of The Third Heaven Of The Nations' Millennium General Assembly" on Sept. 11. Playfully combining glitchy keyboard electronica, banjo, horns, multitracked vocals, and ballooning melodies: they have created one complex and truly engaging album. There is no "one sound" here, it's more of a chameleon that seems to be walking through a diverse landscape where danger is lurking everywhere. I can't possibly allow you, the reader, to pass this group by. This album carries my highest recommendation.

[MP3] Le Loup - We Are Gods! We Are Wolves! from "The Throne Of The Third Heaven Of The Nations' Millennium General Assembly" (via Box.net)
[MP3] Le Loup - Planes Like Vultures from "The Throne Of The Third Heaven Of The Nations' Millennium General Assembly" (via Box.net)

Le Loup - website | Myspace


From the ashes of Q And Not U comes Georgie James, featuring multi-instrumentalist John Davis (drummer of Q And Not U) and singer-songwriter Laura Burhenn. Slightly reminiscent of A.C. Newman (and this is due to their shared love of 60's and 70's pop), this duo brings the pop in the best way possible. It's multi-part harmonies, driving rhythms and catchy-as-fuck melodies make for one amazingly fun album. Their album, "Places", will drop on Sept. 25 via Saddle Creek. This is also highly, highly recommended!

[MP3] Georgie James - Need Your Needs from "Places" (via Box.net)
[MP3] Georgie James - Only 'Cause You're Young from "Places" (via Box.net)

Georgie James - website | Myspace

Le Loup TOUR DATES:
Sep 17 - Granada Theatre - Lawrence, Kansas %
Sep 18 - W L Lyons Brown Theater - Louisville, Kentucky %
Sep 19 - Buskirk Chumley Theater - Bloomington, Indiana %
Sep 20 - Schubas Tavern - Chicago, IL
Sep 22 - The Canopy Champaign - Urbana, Illinois
Sep 29 - Black Cat - Washington, DC
Oct 03 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
Oct 13 - Terrace F Club - Princeton, NJ
Oct 22 - Local 506 - Chapel Hill, NC $
Oct 23 - Drunken Unicorn - Atlanta, GA $
Oct 24 - Taste - Orlando, FL $
Oct 26 - Spanish Moon - Baton Rouge, LA $
Oct 27 - The Mohawk - Austin, TX $

% - Andrew Bird
$ - Georgie James

Georgie James TOUR DATES:
Oct 03 - Brooklyn, NY. - Europa
Oct 04 - Troy, NY. - Revolution Hall #
Oct 05 - Montreal, Quebec - Main Hall #
Oct 06 - Ottawa, Ontario - Barrymore #
Oct 07 - Toronto, Ontario - The Mod Club #
Oct 08 - Cleveland, OH. - Beachland Ballroom #
Oct 09 - Nashville, TN. - Exit/In !
Oct 10 - Memphis, TN. - Hi Tone Cafe !
Oct 11- Columbia, MO. - Mojo !
Oct 12 - Des Moines, IA. - Vaudeville Mews !
Oct 13 - Omaha, NE. - Slowdown !
Oct 22 - Chapel Hill, NC. - Local 506 $
Oct 23 - Atlanta, GA. - Drunken Unicorn $
Oct 24 - Orlando, FL. - Taste $
Oct 26 - Baton Rouge, LA. - Spanish Moon $
Oct 27 - Austin, TX. - The Mohawk $
Oct 29 - Phoenix, AZ. - Modified &
Oct 30 - San Diego, CA. - The Casbah &
Oct 31 - Los Angeles, CA. - The Echo &
Nov 01 - San Francisco, CA. - Rickshaw Stop &
Nov 03 - Portland, OR. - Holocene &
Nov 04 - Seattle, WA. - Crocodile Cafe &
Nov 06 - Salt Lake City, UT. - Kilby Court &
Nov 07 - Denver, CO. - Hi Dive &
Nov 09 - Grinnell, IA. - Gardner Lounge/Main Hall &
Nov 10 - Minneapolis, MN. - 7th Street Entry &
Nov 11 - Chicago, IL. - Schubas Tavern &
Nov 12 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom Tavern &
Nov 14 - Allston, MA. - Great Scott &
Nov 15 - New York, NY. - Knitting Factory &
Nov 16 - Washington, D.C. - Black Cat &

# - Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
! - The Good Life
$ - Le Loup
& - Aqueduct