The truth is, dear gents: There’s nothing us ladies love more than an elusive, ever-smoggy dude repping deep commitment to, um, sound. Ah, sweet instrumental sincerity!
Callahan's tourin' with Swell Season and Alasdair Roberts.
Stealing hearts (abroad!), taking names:
* Swell Season
# Alasdair Roberts
My Bloody Valentine Need New Pair of Shoegaze, Announce North American Tour!
Living in North America just got a little sweeter. My Bloody Valentine announced today that their country club set in upstate New York for All Tomorrow’s Parties won't be an isolated appearance (TMT News), as The Roseland Ballroom receives the honor of being the second stop on My Bloody Valentine’s first North American tour in 16 flippin’ years! I’m so excited I stopped doing actual work, closed Gawker.com, and jammed on my headphones to listen to Loveless. (BTW, headphones are totes against the rules at the Real Job.)
Tickets aren’t listed yet, but I would advise keeping a close watch on the MBV website and doing a ceremonial chant or five. And this might be pushing it, but our luck seems to be on the up-and-up, so maybe Patti Smith will decide to relive her two onstage experiences with Kevin Shields in ’05 and ’06, documented on The Coral Sea (TMT News). Eh?
My Bloody Valentine tourdates:
Gossip Tour, Tell All
David Letterman appearances, MTV's Artist of the Week... just who the blue fuck does Beth Ditto think she is? Brilliant and bodacious, you say? I'd be inclined to agree. The Gossip just released a full-length live album on Kill Rock Stars, aptly titled Live in Liverpool, and it can be yours and yours alone if you click here.
What's more, The Gossip have done something totally weird and booked a tour in support of the live licks. Freaks. I mean, what do you expect from people who wanted Daisy to win Rock of Love 2? COME ON!
I bet Ambre would listen to The Gossip:
Free Yr Radio Concert Series with No Age, White Williams, and Mudhoney, Funded by a Certain Automobile Company and a Certain Clothing Company
After its SXSW shenanigans (TMT News), "Go For a Walk" concert series will be hosting ten more free concerts in support of independent radio and, of course, its sponsors. Look for shows to spring up around participating radio stations, which include KEXP (Seattle, WA), KVRX (Austin, TX), The Current (Minneapolis, MN), KUSF (San Francisco, CA), WPRB (Princeton, NJ), WERS (Boston, MA), KRCL (Salt Lake City, UT), WVKR (Poughkeepsie, NY), WVUM (Miami, FL), and OHIO.FM (Columbus, OH).
Free shows are indeed cool, even when part of a comprehensive promotional scheme designed to inundate yr consumer brain with positive brand associations. While attendees must ultimately submit to the marketing tactics of the "Wear Used Clothes" campaign -- if only because most of the shows will be held at trendy clothing outlets -- we at Tiny Mix Tapes don't have to enjoy the idea. Then again, free concerts do get me itching for some tight new fashion-ripped jeans.
Here's the schedule so far:
05.21.08 - Cambridge, MA - Urban Outfitters &
06.14.08 - Columbus, OH - TBA !
07.23.08 - Seattle, WA - TBA %
08.30.08 - Minneapolis, MN - Urban Outfitters *
& White Williams / WERS
! !!! / Ohio-FM
% Mudhoney & No Age / KEXP
* Yeasayer / The Current
MMW ISO Good Time, While Our Band (Times New Viking) Tours Europe and U.S. - NSA
First time posters... we’ve been wanting to try this for a long time but haven’t found the right one(s). Looking for anyone who knows how to have a good time. Not interested in any drama or relationships, just laughing and having a good time and we’ll see where it goes from there. ;-)
Serious replies only plz. Age/race not a factor; must be disease-free. Ur pic gets ours.
Let us know if you’re looking for some fun before/after any of the following gigs:
05.09.08 - London, UK - Proud Gallery (Vice Calling)
05.11.08 - Camber Sands, UK - All Tomorrow’s Parites
05.12.08 - Bristol, UK - Lousiana
05.14.08 - London, UK - Cafe Otto
05.15.08 - London, UK - Old Blue Last (Stag and Dagger)
05.16.08 - Brighton, UK - Great Escape Festival
05.17.08 - Brighton, UK - Great Escape Festival
05.19.08 - Cardiff, UK - Club IforBach
05.20.08 - Liverpool, UK - Korova Bar
05.21.08 - London, UK - Corsica Studios
05.22.08 - Leeds, UK - The Common Place
05.23.08 - Edinburgh, UK - Studio 24
05.24.08 - Glasgow, UK - Captain’s Rest
05.26.08 - Dublin, UK - Andrew’s Lane Theatre
05.28.08 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
05.31.08 - Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound
06.04.08 - Bloomington, IN - Waldron Art Center
06.05.08 - Omaha, NE - Waiting Room
06.06.08 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
06.07.08 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
06.09.08 - Missoula, MT - The Badlander
06.10.08 - Seattle, WA - Neumo’s
06.11.08 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir
06.13.08 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
06.14.08 - Visalia, CA - Howie & Sons Pizza
06.15.08 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
06.17.08 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
06.18.08 - Tempe, AZ - Modified
06.19.08 - El Paso, TX - Hush Gallery
06.20.08 - Austin, TX - Emo’s
06.21.08 - Dallas, TX - Club Dada
06.22.08 - Memphis, TN - Hi Tone
06.23.08 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
06.25.08 - Washington, DC - Rock N Roll
06.26.08 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s
06.27.08 - New York, NY - Whitney Museum
06.28.08 - Providence, RI - The Living Room
06.29.08 - Boston, MA - Great Scott
06.30.08 - Montreal, QUE - Divan Orange
07.01.08 - Toronto, ONT - Horseshoe Tavern
07.20.08 - Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Festival
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