This is awesome...and hilarious. Thanks to Cable and Tweed for this.
Monday, March 24, 2008
R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe "outs" his bandmates
ATLANTA/ATHENS SHOWS (03/24 - 03/30)
Mon. 3/24/08 - Die! Die! Die!, The Hiss, Today The Moon Tomorrow The Sun @ The Earl
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Tue. 3/25/08 - New Model Army @ The Drunken Unicorn
Tue. 3/25/08 - Fu Manchu, Burning Brides, Blood Vessels @ The Earl
Tue. 3/25/08 - Phantom Planet, House of Heroes @ The 40 Watt Club
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Wed. 3/26/08 - Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks @ The Variety Playhouse
Wed. 3/26/08 - The Dodos, Silje Nes, The Liverhearts @ Lenny's Bar
Wed. 3/26/08 - Danger Bear @ The Drunken Unicorn
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Thu. 3/27/08 - Ahleuchatistas, Sorry No Ferrari @ The Drunken Unicorn
Thu. 3/27/08 - The Waybacks, The Infamous Stringdusters @ The Earl
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Fri. 3/28/08 - Silent Kids, Luigi, The Preakness @ The Earl
Fri. 3/28/08 - Club Awesome, Chow Nasty, Judi Chicago @ Lenny's Bar
Fri. 3/28/08 - The Black Lips, The Selmanaires, Pride Parade ***FREE SHOW*** @ The 40 Watt Club
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Sat. 3/29/08 - Elf Power (CD release), Ham1, Madeline Adams @ The 40 Watt Club
Sat. 3/29/08 - WREK 91.1 40th Ann. (w/ No River City, The Feeding Fingers, Judi Chicago, Misfortune 500, + more) @ The Drunken Unicorn
Sat. 3/29/08 - Kimya Dawson (Moldy Peaches), Angelo Spencer, Paul Barribeau @ The 40 Watt Club
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Sun. 3/30/08 - Delta Spirit, Port O'Brien, Chainstereo @ The Drunken Unicorn
Ruby Suns - 2008 Tour Dates
One of my favorite finds of 2008, was Ruby Suns' latest album, "Sea Lion", which has been in heavy rotation since my first listen. They're currently on tour with some other ICTH faves such as Throw Me The Statue, Le Loup, and Foals. Dates below:
:::Ruby Suns - 2008 Tour Dates:::
Mar 24 - Union Hall - Brooklyn, NY **
Mar 25 - TT The Bear's - Cambridge, MA **
Mar 27 - Waldron Arts Centre - Bloomington, IN **
Mar 28 - Schubas ** Chicago, Illinois
Mar 29 - First Ave, 7th Street Entry - Minneapolis, MN **
Apr 01 - KEXP Live Session Seattle, WA
Apr 01 - Chop Suey - Seattle, WA **
Apr 02 - Holocene - Portland, OR **
Apr 04 - Bottom Of The Hill - San Francisco, CA **
Apr 05 - The Echo (Early Show) - Los Angeles, CA **
Apr 06 - The Casbah - San Diego, CA **
Apr 07 - Modified - Phoenix, AZ **
Apr 09 - Lola's - Fort Worth, TX **
Apr 11 - The Yauhaus - Charlotte, NC **
Apr 12 - The Boot - Norfolk, VA &&
Apr 13 - The Soapbpx Lounge - Wilmington, NC &&
Apr 14 - Drunken Unicorn - Atlanta, GA &&
Apr 15 - BottleTree Cafe - Birmingham, AL &&
Apr 16 - The Mink - Houston, TX &&
Apr 18 - Mohawk - Austin, TX &&
Apr 19 - Lola's - Ft. Worth, TX &&
Apr 30 - Alvin's - Detroit, MI ++
May 01 - Showplace Theatre - Buffalo, NY ++
May 02 - Lee's Palace ++ Toronto, ON
May 03 - Cabaret Music Hall - Montreal, QC ++
May 05 - Higher Ground Lounge - Burlington, VT ++
May 06 - Middle East Downstairs - Boston, MA ++
May 07 - Maxwell's - Hoboken, NJ ++
May 08 - Union Hall - Brooklyn, NY ++
Jul 19 - Pitchfork Festival Chicago, IL
** w/ Le Loup
&& w/ Throw Me The Statue
++ w/ Foals
[MP3] Ruby Suns - Tane Mahuta from "Sea Lion" (via Box.net)
[MP3] Throw Me The Statue - Lolita from "Moonbeams" (via Box.net)
[MP3] Le Loup - Outside of This Car, The End of the World! from "The Third Heaven Of The Nations' Millennium General Assembly" (via Box.net)
[MP3] Foals - The French Open from "Antidotes" (via Box.net)
[VIDEO] Ruby Suns "Tane Mahuta"
[VIDEO] Throw Me The Statue ""Lolita (live Take Away Show)"
[VIDEO] Foals ""Cassius"
Ruby Suns - Myspace | Throw Me The Statue - Myspace | Le Loup - Myspace | Foals - Myspace
Liars confirmed as openers for Radiohead's SPRING TOUR
What could possibly make a Radiohead show even better than Radiohead themselves? Adding Liars to the bill that's what, my fine friends! It has been confirmed that Liars have been selected as the openers for Radiohead's spring tour. I am smiling right now.
:::RADIOHEAD + LIARS:::
05-05 West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre
05-06 Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre
05-08 Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheatre
05-09 Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
05-11 Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge
05-14 St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
05-17 Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
05-18 Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center
Thursday, March 20, 2008
RECOMENDED SHOWS TONIGHT (3/20)
Man, I'm gonna be making a tough decision as there are some fantastic bands all playing tonight:
Times New Viking, Naked on Vague, Psychedelic Horseshit, Gold Painted Nails @ Eyedrum
Baroness, Young Widows, Spewtilator @ The Masquerade
Dark Meat, Monotonix, Birds of Avalon @ The 40 Watt Club
Blitzen Trapper, Fleet Foxes, Nomen Novum @ The Drunken Unicorn
Acid Mothers Temple @ The Earl
TRULY GREAT NEW MUSIC: The Dodos "Visiter"
So I didn't get a chance to make it over to SXSW this year, but that doesn't mean I'm not up on all the buzz (I read blogs too, ;-) ). One of the more talked about bands were San Francisco's, The Dodos. Now normally, I have at least heard of the band before they garner any SXSW attention, but that just wasn't the case this time. Maybe I'm getting old, or maybe I read too many blogs & listen to too much music (is that possible?). Not that it really matters, I'm just surprised that I wasn't listening to them sooner. Their music is certainly right up my alley: drum-heavy freak/folk/psychedelic housing some really great lyrics. I've only been listening to the album for the last 6 hours, and I haven't skipped a particular track once. A sign (in my opinion) of a truly great ALBUM. A rarity these days, an entire album that I completely dig from the first song to the last. So it's probably no surprise that The Dodos album, "Visiter", is highly recommended. They're playing Lenny's in Atlanta next week on 3/26, so at least now I'm not SO heartbroken about not attending SXSW.
"Visiter" out now via Frenchkiss Records, and you can pick up a copy from Insound, eMusic, or locally at Criminal Records.
[MP3] The Dodos - Jodi from "Vister" (via Box.net)
[MP3] The Dodos - Fools from "Vister" (via Box.net)
:::TOUR DATES:::
03-20 Oklahoma City, OK - The Conservatory
03-22 Marfa, TX – Ballroom *
03-23 Houston, TX – Mink *
03-25 Birmingham, AL – The Bottletree *
03-26 Atlanta, GA - Lenny's
03-27 Asheville, NC - Harvest Records *
03-28 Durham, NC – Bull City Headwuaters **
03-29 Charlottesville, VA – Tea Bazaar *
03-30 Washington, DC - DC 9 *
03-31 Brooklyn, NY - Death by Audio
04-02 New Haven, CT - Cafe Nine *
04-03 Edison, NJ - Vintage Vinyl *
04-03 Princeton, NJ - Terrace Club
04-04 Washington, DC - Black Cat %
04-05 Philadelphia, PA - Theater of Living Arts %
04-06 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge *
04-08 Montreal, Quebec - Divan Orange
04-09 Toronto, Ontario - El Mocambo
04-10 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY - Bard College
04-11 Buffalo, NY - Mohawk
04-12 Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks
04-13 Cleveland, OH - TBA
04-15 Columbus, OH - Cafe Bourbon St.
04-16 Detroit, MI - The Pike Room
04-17 Chicago, IL - The Note
04-18 Chicago, IL - Shoreland Ballroom
04-19 Bloomington, IN - Indiana University
04-20 Lawrence, KS - Replay Lounge
04-21 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
04-26 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella) #
04-27 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall &
05-14 San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop
06-21 Yakima, WA - Yakima Sports Bar
06-28 Calgary, Alberta - Sled Island Festival
07-02 Boise, ID - Downtown Boise Summer Series Festival
^ w/ the Ohsees
* w/ Silje Nes
** w/ Silje Nes, Megafaun
% w/ Les Savy Fav, The Big Sleep
& w/Les Savy Fav
# as part of Akron/Family
[VIDEO] The Dodos "Fools" from "Visiter"
The Dodos - website | Myspace | The Dodos - label site
VIDEO: Black Kids "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You"
Well it looks like the Black Kids have a bigger budget now...the video looks pretty nice! It also seems to be a different mix/recording of the song, it's a LOT cleaner...also probably due to a bigger budget. Not sure if that's a good thing or not. I kinda liked the lo-fi-ness of the original, but the song is still as awesome as ever none the less. I'm still patiently awaiting their proper full-length (as I'm sure a lot of people are), so until then...
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
LES SAVY FAV to drop first live album, cover Pixies, Misfits, Nirvana, CCR & Love
Mark your calendars. On April 28th one of my favorite bands (and yours too, hopefully), Les Savy Fav will drop their first ever live album "After The Balls Drop", which documents the band’s storied 3:00AM performance at Bowery Ballroom in New York City on January 1st, 2008. Fifteen tracks total, with covers of songs by the Pixies, Misfits, Nirvana, CCR & Love, as well as some of my favorite Les Savy Fav tunes (this will be a digital only release via Frenchkiss Records). The only thing that could make this post better is an announcement about LSF playing a date here in Atlanta, which the word on the street is that we just might be getting that good news soon. Fingers are crossed.
"After The Balls Drop" Tracklist
01 Equestrian
02 Patty Lee
03 What Would Wolves Do?
04 Sweat Descends
05 Yawn Yawn Yawn
06 We'll Make A Lover Of You
07 The Year Before The Year 2000
08 The Lowest Bitter
09 Who Rocks The Party
10 Tim Speech
11 Hey Tonight [Creedence Clearwater Revival Cover]
12 Debaser [Pixies Cover]
13 Astro Zombies [Misfits Cover]
14 Sliver [Nirvana Cover]
15 Everybody's Gotta Live [Love Cover]
[MP3] Les Savy Fav - The Sweat Descends (live) from "After The Balls Drop" (via Box.net)
Les Savy Fav - website | Myspace
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
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