Album Leaf Announce US Tour; Try And Fail To Reunite Cast Of The OC
Somewhere in Los Angeles, Adam Brody (a.k.a. Seth Cohen on The OC) sits and ponders between bong rips what the rest of his former castmates are up to. He puts on an album by The Album Leaf, a band that regularly licensed its songs for his hit teenage melodrama television program half a decade ago, and presses play. Their new album, A Chorus of Storytellers (TMT Review), which came out this month on Sub Pop, fills the room. A single tear rolls down Brody's cheek as he looks through The Album Leaf's tourdates and realizes he will be out of town filming a straight-to-DVD movie when they play L.A. Ultimate sadface. :(
02.09.10 - Eugene, OR - Wow Hall &
02.11.10 - Santa Cruz, CA - Crepe Place &
02.12.10 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall &
02.13.10 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theater &
02.25.10 - Lisbon, Portugal - Lisbon Santiago Alquimista
02.26.10 - Madrid, Spain - Moby Dick
02.27.10 - Murcia, Spain - 12 & Medio
02.28.10 - Barcelona, Spain - Apollo 2
03.03.10 - Milan, Italy - Circolo Magnoia
03.04.10 - Lucerne, Switzerland - Sudpol Club
03.05.10 - Düdingen, Switzerland - Bad Bonn
03.06.10 - St. Gallen, Germany - Theater Palace
03.07.10 - Munich, Germany - Feierwerk
03.09.10 - Vienna, Austria - Szene
03.10.10 - Dresden, Germany - Beatpol
03.11.10 - Berlin, Germany - Lido
03.12.10 - Hamburg, Germany - Knust
03.13.10 - Rotterdam, Netherlands - Rotown
03.14.10 - Koln, Germany - Gebaude 9
03.16.10 - Antwerpen (Borgerhout), Belgium - Club Trix
03.17.10 - Colmar, France - Kraken
03.18.10 - Heidelberg, Germany - Karlstorbahnhof
03.19.10 - Paris, France - Maroquinerie
03.20.10 - Lille, France - L'Aéronef
03.21.10 - Bristol, United Kingdom - Thekla Social
03.22.10 - Manchester, United Kingdom - Deaf Institute
03.23.10 - London, United Kingdom - Bush Hall
04.02.10 - Tokyo, Japan - Shibuya-Ax
04.03.10 - Nagoya, Japan - Club Quattro Nagoya
04.05.10 - Osaka, Japan - Club Quattro Osaka
04.07.10 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Grappa's Cellar
04.09.10 - Taipei, Taiwan - The Wall Live House
04.20.10 - Tucson, AZ - Plush &
04.21.10 - Albuquerque, NM - Launch Pad &
04.22.10 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater &
04.23.10 - Omaha, NE - Waiting Room &
04.24.10 - St. Louis, MO - The Luminary Center for the Arts &
04.25.10 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall &
04.27.10 - Grand Rapids, MI - Ladies Literary Club &
04.28.10 - Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace &
04.29.10 - Montreal, QC - Cabaret Music Hall &
04.30.10 - Boston, MA - Paradise &
05.01.10 - New York City, NY - Bowery Ballroom &
05.02.10 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church &
05.04.10 - Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel &
05.05.10 - Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle &
05.06.10 - Dallas, TX - The Loft &
05.07.10 - Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits &
05.08.10 - Orlando, FL - The Social &
05.10.10 - Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon &
05.11.10 - Austin, TX - Parish Room &
05.14.10 - San Diego, CA - Birch North Park Theatre &
& Sea Wolf
• The Album Leaf: http://www.thealbumleaf.com
• Sub Pop: http://www.subpop.com
Bummertown: Cold Cave Cancel Dates in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina
Citing delays due to the relentless snowstorm rampaging in the east, Cold Cave have announced the cancellation of a handful of tourdates, which blows. Cold Cave is primarily the synth-pop project of Wesley Eisold (ex-Some Girls), but playing with him on tour are ex-Xiu Xiu member Caralee McElroy and Prurient/Hospital Records founder Dominic Fernow. Man, this weather is bullshit, but the Matablog sez all of the dates are planned to be rescheduled, which is alright. I GUESS.
Canceled dates:
02.09.10 - Orlando, FL - Backbooth*
02.10.10 - Tampa, FL - Crowbar*
02.11.10 - Atlanta, GA - Criminal Records
02.11.10 - Atlanta, GA - 529*
02.13.10 - Greenboro, NC - Legitimate Business *
* Nite Jewel
• Cold Cave: http://www.myspace.com/coldcave
• Matador: http://www.matador.com
[Photo: Timothy Norris]
Golden Triangle Full-Length Debut Coming via Hardly Art, Tour Proceeds Support Opium Production
The kids just can't seem to swallow enough of that throwback punk-driven garage rock these days. Perhaps it's the spit-in-your-face attitude, the lack of compositional complexities, or the fact that people just want some straight-up bullet in the head rock music. Whatever it is, it's a fine thing for psych-twinged Brooklyn spooksters Golden Triangle, because they got themselves a debut full-length jumpin' out March 2 via Seattle institution Hardly Art. The album is titled Double Jointer, and if you'd like to give your ears a little sneak peek, head over to the Chocolate Grinder. As for me, I'm snatching this thing up strictly for the album artwork.
Anywho, here's the tracklist:
01. Cinco de Mayo
02. Blood and Arrow
03. Neon Noose
04. I Want to Know
05. Jellyroll
06. Death to Fame
07. Rollercoaster
08. Eyes to See
09. The Melting Wall
10. Jinx
11. Arson Wells
In true form, they'll be cruising around the states in support of said upcoming release, including several shows at SXSW.
03.06.10 - Brooklyn, NY - Market Hotel ^
03.09.10 - Columbus, OH - Cafe Bourbon Street
03.10.10 - Memphis, TN - Hi Tone *
03.11.10 - New Orleans, LA - Spellcaster Lodge
03.13.10 - Monterrey, Mexico - Festival Normal %
03.15.10 - Houston, TX - Mango !
03.17.10 - Austin, TX - SXSW
03.18.10 - Austin, TX - SXSW
03.19.10 - Austin, TX - Beauty Bar (Panache Showcase)
03.20.10 - Austin, TX - SXSW
03.21.10 - Austin, TX - Beerland (Panache Party)
03.22.10 - Oklahoma City, OK - The Conservatory #
03.23.10 - Lawrence, KS - Replay
03.24.10 - Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen
03.25.10 - Cleveland, OH - Now That's Class $
03.26.10 - Rochester, NY - The Bug Jar $
^ w/ The Sandwitches
* w/ The Pharmacy
% w/ Tyvek, White Rainbow, Awesome Color
! w/ Thee Oh Sees
# w/ So Cow
$ w/ Screens
• Golden Triangle: http://www.myspace.com/goldentriangle
• Hardly Art: http://hardlyart.com
A Very Special 4/20: My Morning Jacket tour with Preservation Hall Jazz Band
My Morning Jacket, along with some all-star contributors, recently pitched into the upcoming Preservation Hall benefit album, due February 16 on RED. Out of that experience, something beautiful was born. (Apart from the tracks contributed by Merle Haggard, Tom Waits, Steve Earle, and many others, of course.) That something was the unbelievably dynamic pairing that is: THE PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND/MY MORNING JACKET JOINT TOUR 2010 OMG WOW 4EVA.
This tour starts on 4/20:
04.20.10 - Birmingham, AL - Alabama Theater
04.21.10 - Nashville, TN - Municipal Auditorium
04.23.10 -Atlanta, GA - Chastain Park
04.24.10 - New Orleans, LA - Jazzfest
04.27.10 - St. Augustine, FL - St. Augustine Amphitheater
04.28.10 - Charleston, SC - Family Circle
04.30.10 - Raleigh, NC - Koka Booth
05.01.10 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion
05.02.10 - Columbus, OH - LC Outdoor Pavilion
• My Morning Jacket: http://www.mymorningjacket.com
• Preservation - A Benefit Album: http://www.preservationabenefitalbum.com
King Khan & The Shrines Announce Comeback Tour After Seemingly Endless Year-Long Absence
A year is a long time. Don't believe me? Well, a year is 365 days. A year is 8,760 hours. A year is 525,600 minutes. And last, but certainly not least, a year is 31,536,000 seconds. That's a really big number! A really big number of seconds!
Now, of course, you must agree that a year is a long time. With a number that big, how could it not be? Since we have established that a year is a long time, we must also agree that King Khan's upcoming comeback tour is accurately titled, since it has been about a year since he last went on tour. Might as well go see him on his one-month spring stretch of dates, since you'll never know how long it will be until he tours again. It could literally be months.
King Khan and The Shrines '10 comeback special:
03.27.10 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
03.29.10 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
03.30.10 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
03.31.10 - Chattanooga, TN - JJ's Bohemia
04.01.10 - Nashville, TN - Exit/In
04.02.10 - Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone Cafe
04.03.10 - Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
04.05.10 - Austin, TX - Emo's
04.06.10 - Dallas, TX - Sons of Hermann
04.08.10 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
04.09.10 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
04.10.10 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
04.11.10 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
04.12.10 - Vancouver, BC - Venue
04.13.10 - Seattle, WA - Neumo's
04.15.10 - San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club
04.18.10 - Indio, CA - Coachella
• King Khan: http://www.myspace.com/kingkhantheshrines
Radiohead Drummer Phil Selway Announces Solo Tour, Lisa Germano Opens
Phil Selway, drummer of Radiohead is embarking on a solo European tour this March. NME announced in September 2009 that Selway is also working on a solo album; this was corroborated by Lisa Germano of 7 Worlds Collide (a band in which Selway sometimes contributes) in a recent interview. The supposed project name? Boybrain.
Who knows if the solo project will see the light of day or what it's name will be. The tour on the other hand is a sure thing; Germano will be opening and performing with Phil at all listed dates and here they are:
03.27.10 - Turin, Italy - Spazio 211
03.28.10 - Florence, Italy - Sala Vanni
03.29.10 - Ferrara, Italy - Sala Estense
03.30.10 - Bologna, Italy - Covo Club
03.31.10 - Rome, Italy - Circolo Degli Artisti
04.01.10 - Milan, Italy - Tunnel
04.03.10 - Barcelona, Spain - La (2) de Apolo
04.04.10 - Valladolid, Spain - Auditorium
04.05.10 - Puerta de Santa Maria, Spain - Mucho Teatro
04.06.10 - Lisbon, Portugal - Aula Magna
04.07.10 - Porto, Portugal - Casa da Musica
04.08.10 - Vigo, Spain - Museum of Contemporary Art
• Radiohead: http://www.radiohead.com
• Lisa Germano: http://www.lisagermano.com
Internet Radio Gets Trendy, Now Has 60 Million US Listeners
For all you Pandora Radio faithful out there, you should probably know that you’re being watched. Well, more like counted. Digital Music News is reporting that over 60 million people in the US listen to internet radio every week, indicating that the web-based broadcasts are not a mere flash in the pan, but a bona fide consumer trend.
Many of those 60 million are streaming old school radio broadcasts that are also available as online streams (futuristically dubbed “simulcasts”), but a growing number are using internet-only sites like Pandora that read your mind to magically create near-perfect personalized playlists. And if the trends shown in this Bridge Ratings report prove accurate, then the use of exclusively online radio services may eventually surpass the use of simulcasts. That’s a trend within a trend, people!
Rise Records Reissues Piebald's Entire OOP Catalog; Former 26-Year-Old Emo Kids Rejoice!
Remember Piebald? Sure you do; they had that catchy song called "American Hearts" that you probably put on a mixtape when you were 17, right next to Saves The Day and Kind Of Like Spitting. If you've been missing them all these years, it's your lucky day because Rise Records announced plans recently to reissue Piebald's entire out-of-print catalog as a three-volume set, entitled Piebald: First Ten Years. Each volume will contain two discs, compiling the band's first three full-length albums (When Life Hands You Lemons, If It Weren't for Venetian Blinds, It Would Be Curtains for Us All, and We Are the Only Friends We Have), as well as all of their EP's, B-sides, and live tracks. Volume I is due out in late April, while Volume II and Volume III will be released in May and June, respectively.
In other Piebald news, the band announced recently that they will be playing their 2002 album, We Are the Only Friends We Have from start to finish during their upcoming set at the Bamboozle Festival on May 2.
• Piebald: http://www.myspace.com/piebald
• Rise Records: http://www.riserecords.com
Love Is All Sustain Two Thousand and Ten Injuries Preparing for Spring Tour with Japandroids
How many Swedish noise-pop bands that use numbers in every full-length album title and have full-time saxophonists can you name in 60 seconds? That’s right, one. And how many of those bands are starting tours in late-March? Right again. Love Is All is releasing their new album Two Thousand and Ten Injuries on March 23, and will be traversing the nation from near East to far West with Canadian garage-rockers Japandroids to support it.
Love Is All are working with a new label (Polyvinyl) this time around, and is having Two Thousand and Ten Injuries pressed to 180 gram yellow, white, and black vinyl to celebrate. But you’ll have to be lucky to grab one of the more interesting colors, as they’re only making 500 of each (and the yellow is only out in Europe).
Two Thousand and Ten Injuries tracklisting:
01. Bigger Bolder
02. Repetition
03. Never Now
04. Less Than Thrilled
05. Early Warnings
06. False Pretense
07. The Birds Were Singing with All Their Might
08. Again, Again
09. Kungen
10. A Side in a Bed
11. Dust
12. Take Your Time
Catch Love Is All and Japandroids before they retreat to their far-flung homelands:
03.27.10 – Hoboken, NJ – Maxwell’s
03.28.10 – Brooklyn, NJ – Knitting Factory
03.29.10 – Washington, DC – Rock N Roll Hotel *
03.30.10 – Philadelphia, PA – Barbary *
03.31.10 – Boston, MA – Middle East (Downstairs) *
04.02.10 – Montreal, QUE – Ill Motore *
04.03.10 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern *
04.04.10 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
04.06.10 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
04.07.10 – Champaign, IL – The Highdive *
04.08.10 – TBA
04.09.10 – St. Paul, MN – Turf Club
04.14.10 – Seattle, WA – TBD
04.15.10 – Eugene, OR – WOW Hall
04.16.10 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
04.17.10 – San Diego, CA - Casbah
04.18.10 – Los Angeles, CA – Echo (Part Time Punks)
* Japandroids
• Love Is All: http://www.myspace.com/loveisall8
• Polyvinyl: http://www.polyvinylrecords.com
Terra Firma Seeking $160 Million In Life Support for EMI; News Writer Seeking Asian Redhead (Must be Willing to be the Breadwinner)
This just in: Terra Firma — the firm whose name means "solid ground," remember? — is now reportedly trying to raise an additional $160 million to keep EMI afloat in, uh... financial water. The figure, as well as the mixed metaphor, is apparently needed despite recent successes meeting financial obligations to lender Citigroup (read: the Beatle$ rema$ter$).
After having fallen short on earlier covenants, Terra Firma had reportedly used reserves to cover the deficits, and now (duh) the Financial Times noted that Terra's chances of meeting upcoming covenants are in serious, like, Alex Trebek-with-a-gun-and-nothing-left-to-lose type jeopardy. The Wall Street Journal has noted that Terra "is almost certain to fall short" on upcoming financial tests and has pointed to "revised business plans and proposals" from the label group. I guess "revised" usually means "better," but hey, we could all use a good semantics lesson now and again. Separately, a source close to the label recently indicated the expectation of a "near-term blowup," including possible divestitures and breakups of various recording and publishing units. Yipes.
Quick, everyone: think. THINK. Aren't there more ways to keep selling people the same Beatles tracks over and over? How about 26 new albums that each feature any and all Beatles songs that start with a given letter of the alphabet? Or maybe a record of instrumental versions of all of the songs Ringo sang lead on?
Ted Leo and His Pharmacists Take Title Tracks Out On the Road
John Davis, formerly of Q and Not U and Georgie James, has started up a new band more in the musical vein of the latter rather than the former, called Title Tracks. Always the gentleman, Ted Leo has decided to take Title Tracks on the road with him and his Pharmacists this March. Before that, Title Tracks have some headlining dates of their own lined up, coinciding with the release of their debut album, It Was Easy, due February 23 on Ernest Jenning.
It Was Easy tracklisting:
01. Every Little Bit Hurts
02. No, Girl
03. Black Bubblegum
04. Piles of Paper
05. Hello There
06. Tougher Than the Rest
07. Steady Love
08. It Was Easy
09. At Fifteen
10. Found Out
11. She Don't Care About Time
Title trekking on the road:
02.11.10 - Washington DC - Black Cat ^
02.14.10 - Pittsburgh, PA - Brillobox ^
02.15.09 - Dayton, OH - South Park Tavern ^
02.16.10 - Pontiac, MI - The Pike Room ^
02.18.10 - Chicago, IL - The Hideout ^
02.19.10 - Madison, WI - Der Rathskellar at Wisconsin Union ^
02.20.10 - St. Louis, MO - The Firebird ^
02.21.10 - Memphis, TN - Hi Tone Cafe ^
02.23.10 - Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves ^
02.24.10 - Austin, TX - The Mohawk ^
02.26.10 - Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder ^
02.27.10 - Orlando, FL - Will's Pub ^
02.28.10 - Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn ^
03.01.10 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 ^
03.02.10 - Richmond, VA - Gallery 5 ^
03.03.10 - Baltimore, MD - Golden West Cafe ^%
03.04.10 - Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Knecktie ^%
03.05.10 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs ^%
03.06.10 - Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall ^%
03.07.10 - New York, NY - Cake Shop ^
03.11.10 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop &
03.12.10 - Pontiac, MI - The Crofoot &
03.13.10 - Chicago, IL - The Bottom Lounge &
03.14.10 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon &
03.15.10 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue &
03.17-20.10 - Austin, TX - SXSW
^ w/ Pretty & Nice
% w/ Gary B & The Notions
& w/ Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
• Ted Leo: http://www.myspace.com/tedleo
• Title Tracks: http://www.myspace.com/titletracksdc
• Ernest Jenning: http://www.ernestjenning.com
