What a great tour announcement. It looks like Ted Leo/Rx and Against Me! will be pooling their punk-inspired efforts and hitting the road together this fall. Not only that, but they’ll be making a stop in Cincinnati!
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Tour Dates
08-12 New York, NY - Titus 2 Theater at MoMA (Ted Leo solo)
09-30 Birmingham, AL - WorkPlay *
10-01 Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade *
10-02 Hilton Head, SC - Stages Music and More *
10-03 St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing *
10-04 Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues *
10-05 Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds *
10-07 Greensboro, NC - Greene Street *
10-08 Washington, DC - Black Cat *
10-09 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory *
10-10 Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom *
10-11 New York, NY - Webster Hall *
10-12 Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre *
10-14 Cincinnati, OH - Bogart’s *
10-15 Des Moines, IA - People’s Court *
10-16 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
10-17 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theater *
10-18 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre *
10-20 Omaha, NE - Slowdown *
10-21 Englewood, CO - Gothic Theater *
10-22 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue *
Guys, I thought I asked — begged you to email me when stuff like this happens. Oh well. A guy came into the record store yesterday and told me that David Byrne was taking his Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno tour to Kentucky. When checking the Palace’s web site, I discovered that the Pumpkins would be there next week! Oh man…
David Bryne - Oct 21 Louisville Palace
The Smashing Pumpkins - Aug 12 Louisville Palace
Man oh man, Both Sides of the Mouth really pulled out another winner again. Slow Club’s “Me and You” is a a fantastic song that has truly made me a better person for hearing. Seriously, I’m like 60% less violent and 22% happier now.
MP3:Slow Club - Me And You
There’s just so much about this song to love. It largely reminds me of the Winks (who are worth checking out if you’ve never heard), but there’s a lot going on. In a weird way it reminds me of the twee version of that Jack White and Holly Golightly duet. But no matter what grabs you about the song, one thing’s for sure: it’s a fantastic little tune.
After Bonnaroo I realized that literally everyone on the entire earth is already a fan of MGMT. So apparently I can stop promoting them so much now. In fact, it makes this post where I begged people to listen to them so they wouldn’t get dropped by Columbia seem hilarious.
Anyway, I have a cool prize pack to celebrate MGMT’s appearance this Thursday on the Sundance Channel’s “Live at Abbey Road.” The winner gets two MGMT limited edition colored seven-inches (”Time to Pretend” and “Electric Feel”), MGMT stickers and — you guessed it — MGMT shoe laces. They’ll also be getting over $100 of Sundance Channel merch (including speakers? way cool). Second place gets MGMT’s record Oracular Spectacular and the stickers and shoelaces.
For those of you not lucky enough to have read YANP for a long while now (ha!), you might not know that I had a major crush on the Lovely Feathers back in 2006. Since then I’ve had sing-alongs to their tunes with friends while walking a dog, worked hard to get a vinyl copy of their debut album into our record store and just generally grown more fond of the band. It’s a shame, then, that they got the cold shoulder from their previous label and had to scrap together their second record on their own.
“Lowiza” is the first song available for your ears off Scherezadian. Might be a while until we Americans get a second listen to this record — the band are currently without a US label. So any enterprising wax makers out there might want to give these guys a call!
Speak of the devils. Bishop Allen just hit us with a one-two punch of good news. First of all there’s the fall tour dates that stretch from NYC to LA, stopping everywhere along the way (except Kentucky…). But now they’ve also got good news on the next record. Christian Rudder posted this to the band’s myspace:
We’re about halfway done with this thing. There’s no title yet, but the songs are sounding really good; a bit more like our “Charm School” days than “Broken String”. It’s got a lot of energy, because that’s how we’re feeling: energetic. We got a slow start in the first half of the year, working on some other things, but the songs are coming quickly now. Sunshine always helps.
What great news. Here’re those tour dates…
Bishop Allen Tour Dates
11/01/08 Washington, DC - Black Cat
11/02/08 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
11/05/08 Norman, OK - Opolis
11/06/08 Lubbock, TX - Bash Rip Rock’s #2
11/07/08 Denton, TX - Hailey’s
11/08/08 Austin, TX - Waterloo Park (Fun Fun Fun Festival)
11/10/08 San Diego, CA - The Loft - UC
11/11/08 Los Angeles, CA - Echo
11/12/08 San Francisco, CA - Independent
11/14/08 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
11/15/08 Denver, CO - Hi Dive
11/16/08 Ames, IA - M-Shop
11/17/08 Chicago, IL - Subterranean Lounge
11/18/08 Bloomington, IN - Bear’s Place
11/19/08 Gambier, OH - The Horn Gallery
11/20/08 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs
11/21/08 Swarthmore, PA - Olde Club
11/22/08 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall Of Williamsburg
Just a quick reminder that Robert and the rest of the Apples in Stereo will be playing the Colbert Report tonight. Colbert’s recently had such greats as R.E.M. and Rush, so I’m sure Robert’s return trip to the show will be something special as well.
