NEW Gogol Bordello Tour Dates!!

My absolute favorite live band ever, is coming back to Atlanta!! It seems like a lifetime since I saw them last, around Fall 2004. The last time I saw them, they played the 40 Watt in Athens, GA (the above pics are from that show) and every single one of those 60 or so people were having the fucking time of their lives. Since then they've gotten a ton of well-deserved attention: like playing with Madonna(!!) at Live Earth, Eugene co-starred in "Everything is Illuminated" with Elijah Wood, and he is now slated to star in Madonna's directorial debut "Filth and Wisdom" in 2008. So I guess that means that there will be more than 60 or so people at this next show. Good for you guys, you totally fucking deserve it. If you haven't seen them live yet, you are totally missing out...I've seen so many shows over my 16+ years of attending concerts, and Gogol Bordello has by far put on the most energetic & fun show I've ever seen. You should go.

DATES WITH DESTINY:
08-31 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
09-01 Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot Festival
09-02 Vancouver, British Columbia
10-07 New Haven, CT - Toad's PLace
10-09 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House
10-10 Montreal, Quebec - Club Soda
10-11 Boston, MA - The Roxy
10-13 Lewiston, ME - The Gray Cage
10-15 Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony
10-16 Baltimore, MD - Sonar
10-18 Blacksburg, VA - Lyric Theater
10-19 Atlanta, GA - Roxy Theatre
10-20 New Orleans, LA - Tipitina's
10-21 Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre
10-22 Austin, TX - Emo's
10-24 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
10-25 Los Angeles, CA - Mayan Theatre
10-26 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
10-27 Las Vegas, NV - Vegoose Festival
10-29 Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater
11-01 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
11-03 New York, NY - Terminal 5

Gogol Bordello - website | Myspace

NEW VIDEOS!!!

[VIDEO] Okkervil River "Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe":


[VIDEO] Animal Collective "Peacebone":

Burn To Shine: Vol. 6: Atlanta

On July 29, 2007, Mastodon, Deerhunter, Black Lips, Snowden, the Selmanaires, Shannon Wright, The Coathangers, The Carbonas, The Liverhearts, The Mighty Hannibal, Delia Gartrell, and the All Night Drug Prowling Wolves performed one song each at 54 Moreland Ave. in Atlanta as part of the Brendan Canty (Fugazi) & Christoph Green DVD series, "Burn To Shine". The DVD series, which documents a particular city's bands performing in a space slated for demolition, has already completed similar sets in Washington (DC), Portland (OR), Seattle (WA), Chicago (IL), and Louisville (KY). Much thanks to Chad Radford for posting pics of the Atlanta set (all of the above photos were taken by Chad).

You can purchase Vol. 1-3 via the Trixie DVD website as a bundle package (with a reduced price) now. No word yet when Vol.4 (Seattle), Vol. 5 (Louisville) or Vol. 6 (Atlanta) will be released, but you can bet I'll first in line when they are.

Trixie DVD / Burn To Shine - website

Midlake To Release B-sides/Rarities Digital EP on Sept. 4th

Midlake are set to release the four track digital EP of rarities/b-sides, "Oak and Julian" on September 4 via iTunes. It includes acoustic versions of "Roscoe" & "It Covers The Hillsides", both off of another of last year's best albums "The Trials of Van Occupanther" (#8 in my Top 25 of 2006 list), and two previously vinyl-only tracks.

Midlake - "Oak and Julian" EP
1. Roscoe (Acoustic Version)
2. It Covers The Hillsides (Acoustic Version)
3. Marion
4. Mornings Will Be Kind

TOUR DATES:
Tue - Sep 04 @ The Earl, Atlanta, GA
Wed - Sep 05 @ Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC
Thu - Sep 06 @ Black Cat, Washington, DC
Fri - Sep 07 @ Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Sat - Sep 08 @ Webster Hall, New York, NY
Sun - Sep 09 @ Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
Tue - Sep 11 @ Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH
Wed - Sep 12 @ Metro, Chicago, IL
Sun - Sep 16 @ Austin City Limits, Austin, TX
Thu - Sep 20 @ Numbers, Houston, TX
Mon - Sep 24 @ Rhythm Room, Phoenix, AZ
Tue - Sep 25 @ Henry Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Wed - Sep 26 @ Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach / San Diego, CA
Thu - Sep 27 @ Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
Sat - Sep 29 @ Doug Fir, Portland, OR
Sun - Sep 30 @ Crocodile Cafe, Seattle, WA
Tue - Oct 02 @ Bluebird Theatre, Denver, CO
Wed - Oct 03 @ Jackpot, Lawrence, KS

Midlake - website

Grizzly Bear to release new 10-track "Friend" EP

I'm back! New York was a blast thanks to two very amazing friends of mine (Sarah & Andrew, you are the BEST!). The Bookeaters benefit show was interesting, short sets by some very amazing talents (I will post pics/show review later this week), including Kevin Drew who I wasn't even expecting to be there (he was very good BTW). But onto the news at hand, Grizzly Bear (who also had an amazing set at the Bookeaters show) are set to release a 10 song EP, Friend, via Warp Records on November 6th. No track listing yet, but I'm sure we'll see more info soon. This will be the first new material since last year's fantastic Yellow House (which was #2 in my Top 25 of 2006).

Grizzly Bear - website

So, uh, ICTH will down for few more days....

I'm going to New York to visit friends and catch a few shows (including the Revenge of the Bookeaters: 826NYC Benefit show!!). I will try my best to post while I'm there, but I'm not sure if they have internet where I'm staying, so we'll see. I will be back next Tuesday, so no worries, right?

NEW RADIOHEAD SONG: "Arpeggi"

Radiohead.
New studio recording. Arpeggi. Um, yeah. Massive thanks to IGIF for this.

EDIT: Uh, sorry...just another live version of this song. Got ahead of ourselves...Radiohead will make you do that.

[MP3] Radiohead - Arpeggi [ft. the Nazareth Orchestra] from "Live 2005" (via Box.net)

Jesu makes up missed tour dates...hallelujah.

Shoe-gazing, sludge, doom metal, electronica bad-asses, Jesu, are finally coming back around to the U.S. to make up for the string of missed dates with ISIS last March due to work-visa issues. I, for one, am absolutely ready for this show! I got my new earplugs recently, so crank it up Justin, I'm ready. (sidenote: It would have been even better if the Atlanta date included Sunn O)))...so if those guys wanna come to Atlanta too, then I'm also ready to be enveloped in pure black fog.)

[MP3] Jesu - Silver from "Silver EP" (via Box.net)

Dates:
10-06 Tempe, AZ - The Sets *
10-10 Austin, TX - The Mohawk #
10-16 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn ^
10-18 Washington, DC - Black Cat $%
10-19 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church $%
10-20 New York, NY - Gramercy Theatre (CMJ) $%
10-22 New Britain, CT - Trinity on Main $%
10-23 Cambridge, MA - The Middle East Downstairs $%
10-24 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa $!
10-25 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace $!
10-27 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle $%
10-29 Sauget, IL - Pop's $%
10-30 Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck $
11-02 Seattle, WA - Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room ~
11-03 Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre ~

* with Wolves in the Throne Room
# with USSA, Weedeater
^ with Chrome
$ with Torche
% with Fog
! with Tim Hecker
~ with Sunn O))), Eluvium

Jesu - website | Myspace

NEW SONG: Beirut "A Sunday Smile"

Thanks to You Ain't No Picasso for the heads up on this track. I'm eagerly anticipating the new Beirut album, as I'm sure a lot of you are as well, and this new track hints at some the wonderfulness we can hope to expect from the full album. It's live (from SXSW), but as Matt from YANP points out, it's really an amazing quality recording! Enjoy!

[MP3] Beirut - A Sunday Smile (live) from "Unreleased" (via Box.net)

Beirut - website | Myspace

FULL SHOW DOWNLOAD: Wolf Parade @ The Warsaw, Brooklyn, NY - 8/19/07

Mad props to Snake's Got a Blog for recording the Wolf Parade show last Sunday (8/19) over at the Warsaw in Brooklyn. Also, mad props to Ryan Meehan who edited out some extraneous crowd noise, and provided a track listing and a photo/CD cover (Ryan also took the above photo). There are quite a few new songs in this set, and all of which have me jonesin' for the new album (especially "Stevie" and "F.Y.C."). Download the whole show HERE.

Wolf Parade @ The Warsaw, Brooklyn, NY - 8/19/07
SETLIST:
1. It's A Curse
2. Billy J. --> Language (new)
3. Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts
4. Soldiers (new)
5. Chinese Way (new)
6. Shine a Light
7. Stevie (new)
8. We Built Another World
9. F.Y.C. (new)
10. I'll Believe in Anything
11. Crazy Horse (new)
12. This Heart's On Fire
13. You Are A Runner --> Fancy Claps

The Echo Project, Oct. 12-14 2007, Atlanta, GA

So it seems as though Atlanta is finally getting another multiple day/ungodly-amount-of-bands music festival. It's more jam-band oriented than I usually care for, but The Flaming Lips, The Polyphonic Spree, The Roots & Man Man are playing so who cares! It takes place Oct. 12-14 at the Bouckaert Farm in Fairburn, GA which is just slightly south of Atlanta along the Chattahoochee River. More importantly, The Echo Project is about helping and educating people on how to take care of the environment. They'll start with Chattahoochee, and about three weeks before the festival a group of volunteers will start to clean the river in the area of the venue. They will also be using alternative fuel sources to help power The Echo Project, in order to create a sustainable music experience. They are primarily focused on energy usage, waste management and habitat restoration. You can volunteer for river clean-up, festival work exchange or the street team here, some of the incentives include ticket upgrades/discounts, free merch and access to exclusive camp sites.

INITIAL "THE ECHO PROJECT" LINEUP:
The Flaming Lips
The Killers
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues
MSTRKRFT
Man Man
The Album Leaf
The Polyphonic Spree
Son Volt
Thievery Corporation
The Roots
Les Claypool
Cypress Hill
Phil Lesh & Friends
moe.
Stephen Marley
The Bravery
Secret Machines
The Brazilian Girls
The Avett Brothers
RJD2
The Disco Biscuits
Umphrey's McGee
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Rodrigo y Gabriela
JJ Grey & Mofro
Perpetual Groove
& many more


THE ECHO PROJECT
Oct. 12-14 2007
Bouckaert Farm, Fairburn, GA

Learn more about The Echo Project and it's environmental programs, visit The Echo Project website.

I'm back!

So, the video shoot went well. With as many things that could have gone wrong, it turned out to be a smooth and enjoyable couple of days. The video is for The Brock Scott Quartet (you can check out a previous post here) song "Poseidon", and I should be done with it by the end of November. I will, of course, post the video as soon as it is done. In the meantime, check out the track in question.

[MP3] The Brock Scott Quartet - Poseidon from "S/T" (via Box.net)