The Rural Alberta Advantage – Summer 2009 Tour! Thu-Aug-20, Grand Rapids, MI, The Intersection Fri-Aug-21, Milwaukee, WI, Cactus Club Mon-Aug-24, Chicago, IL, Pritzker Pavilion Tue-Aug-25, Bloomington, IN, Bear’s Place Wed-Aug-26, Cleveland, OH, Beachland Tavern Thu-Aug-27, Mount Pleasant, MI, Rubble’s Bar
Giving rock fans a helping hand, Emery will be headlining Thee Summer Bailout Tour. The tour wraps up in Richmond, VA on September 3rd – all this in support of their latest release, … In Shallow Seas We Sail, that hit stores on June 2nd. Also on Thee Summer Bailout Tour will be Maylene and the Sons of Disaster and Closure In Moscow. Labelmates, Secret & Whisper will join the…
After spending the better part of two years on the road (including festival stops at Lollapallooza, Glastonbury (UK), Sasquatch, Monolith and tours with The Walkmen, Spoon, Richard Swift, The Cribs, White Denim and Tokyo Police Club) White Rabbits hunkered down in their Brooklyn practice space to set about re-envisioning the dark pop of their debut Fort Nightly, while adding new sounds and influences to achieve an original work. The result…
Prosthetic Records has signed Los Angeles based Holy Grail. The band, formerly known as Sorcerer, features three former members of White Wizzard and takes their influence from such classic metal acts as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Accept, and the Scorpions. Vocalist James Paul Luna’s Rob Halford meets Sebastian Bach voice belts out lyrics focusing on “Chicks, Vikings, Ex-Chicks, Being Tough, Macho/Machismo, FEMA, Fabio, Conan, Rad Dinosaurs, UFOs and Bilderberg Group,”…
Pictureplane’s “Goth Star†Named Best New Music By Pitchfork! http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11365-goth-star/ Bio: 24-year-old weirdo performance artist Travis Egedy, a.k.a. Pictureplane, obsesses over the cosmos, 90s house music, collective consciousness, and mind-altering chemicals you’ve never heard of. Much like his interests, Pictureplane’s music is strange and boundless and totally righteous Having cut his teeth on raging tours with HEALTH, a collab with Beirut’s Zach Condon and killer remixes for Crystal Castles, HEALTH,…
Fresh off the heels of their successful and critically acclaimed first US headlining tour, French metal act, Gojira, have been tapped by Metallica to support the first half of their North American fall tour in September and October, along with Lamb of God. The band will also be headlining their own shows between Metallica dates. Gojira vocalist/guitarist, Joseph Duplantier commented, “Metallica has invited us to open for them on the…
http://yourstru.ly/2009/07/08/banditos-with-dent-may-his-magnificent-ukelele/ We’ve all been there…You’re sitting in a Mexican restaurant, polishing off a monstrous burrito, orange grease dripping from your fingers, when suddenly, six sombrero’d individuals burst through the door and start serenading you without warning or remorse. At Yours Truly, there’s only one thing they love more than burritos and that’s great music. So they decided to combine their dueling passions for a new series they are calling Banditos!.…
Following a spring headlining tour that saw them perform to sold-out audiences across the country, Swedish indie popstars Peter Bjorn and John will be joining chart-topping electro legends Depeche Mode for an unforgettable nationwide tour this summer. Known for their infectious high-energy performances and proven knack for creating perfectly crafted pop gems, Peter Bjorn and John are set to rock US audiences with the undeniably catchy tunes from their latest…
“Pseudo Slang make the thinking fan’s kind of hip-hop.” – Chicago Sun Times “When I first heard Pseudo Slang ‘Yes Doubt’ I was floored, and it became my #1 Song of 2008. I’ve been doing radio for 18 years but few songs ever gave me chills, ‘Yes Doubt’ was one of them. I can’t wait for the album.” – DJ 3rd Rail, Chicago DJ and Radio Legend, 89.3FM WNUR, DJ3RDRAIL.COM…
Aug 19 – Eugene, OR – Joe’s Bar & Grill Aug 20 – Tacoma, WA – Bob’s Java Jive w/ Boy Eats Drum Machine Aug 21 – Portland, OR – Milepost 5, Manor of Art Festival w/ Bombs Into You, Bryan Free, Chores Aug 22 – Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern w/ Boy Eats Drum Machine & No-Fi Soul Rebellion Aug 23 – Missoula, MT – The Palace Aug 25…
Guitars bend to the breaking point. Drums pump. Drums crack. Synthesizers crisp & crackle. One voice howls, the other coos. Skronky noise-rock? Maybe. Vintage garage pop? Maybe. Pretty? Yes. Ugly? Yes. The last year saw Experimental Dental School turning over a new leaf, paring down from a trio to a two-piece and adopting a less-is-more approach. With this change, they’ve managed to expand sonically and mature their songcraft. Their colossal…
Indie/new wave act, The Dear & Departed, have signed to Equal Vision Records. The band recently wrapped up recording with New Found Glory guitarist, Chad Gilbert (H2O, Fireworks), and will release the new material as a digital EP and 7†later this year and tour to support. “EVR have always supported us and after constant frustration with other labels, we feel it’s a great decision,†expressed vocalist, Dan Smith (aka…
MAZELTOV MIS AMIGOS is set for release August 11th (distributed by Nail and Ioda) it features 11 tracks, accompanied by Josh Kun’s extensive liner notes and a gallery of images from archives across the country which have to be seen to be believed. The entire album will be replayed in in its entirety for ONE NIGHT ONLY at the Lincoln Center this summer, with an eclectic line-up including Arturo O’Farrill…
“With an electronic pop sound, Felix Da Housecat will craze club goers with his futuristic syntho-pop beats.†– BPM “Departing from his dance/house roots, Felix Da Housecat has shown that he is able to grow as an artist by creating He Was King, a surprising well-crafted electronic pop album. – Filter Magazine “Felix puts his own electro-tinged, drum machine-driven pop, robotic-vocaled stamp on everything.†– Paper Magazine Felix Da Housecat…
Jagjaguwar has long known that Julie Doiron is a Canadian National Treasure, but here is proof: June 7th in Bruno, Saskatchewan was declared Julie Doiron Day. The mayor presented her name on a bench, and we are so happy that someone was there to film it. FILMED PERFORMANCES – We have a great video of Doiron performing a solo set at Bob Boilen’s desk for a “Tiny Desk Concert” and…
The untimely passing of Michael Jackson on the eve of his 50-date return to the live stage this month at London’s O2 Arena with his “This Is It†tour has left a void in the music business, as millions of fans turn to his work to deal with their grief. Jackson had three of the Top 5 selling albums of the week, six in the Top 30, every Top 10…
Marking the 20th Anniversary of Nirvana’s debut album, Sub Pop will re-issue the Platinum Certified Bleach on November 3, 2009. This expanded CD/double-LP will include a never-before-released live performance, special packaging and the first run of the double-LP will be on 180g white vinyl (the first run of the original LP was also on white vinyl). Both formats will be available for pre-order at subpop.com leading up to this edition’s…
Rising Portland, OR-based band, Blind Pilot, kicks off a nationwide tour this October. The tour arrives on the heels of their full-length debut 3 Rounds and a Sound, which earned the band performances on national radio (NPR¹s ³Morning Edition² and ³All Songs Considered²), national television (³Last Call with Carson Daly²) and a spot on this year¹s bill for the esteemed NPR Music Showcase at SXSW in Austin, TX. The album,…
Dan Deacon has spent most of 2009 doing things on a large scale – he toured with an ensemble ranging from 13 to 17 people, played large festivals like Lollapalooza, did the Round Robin tour with No Age and Deerhunter (aka No Deachunter) and even collaborated with an entire marching band (Providence’s What Cheer? Marching Band, who joined him in Chicago this past weekend). Now Deacon is taking things a…
“When two dudes in military-looking duds haul a reel-to-reel tape player, megaphones and telephones up on stage, plug in a bunch of mystery cables and proceed to perform an energetic, fist-pumping set of lushly orchestrated, guitar-drenched pop songs, you’re probably not going to forget who they are anytime soon.” – Cincinnati CityBeat BVLOS ANGELES, August 13, 2009 – Notably dubbed band you should know by MTV.com, the two-man indie-rock army…