Quasi Announce European Dates; Hope You’re at Least Quasi-Interested
By Nobodaddy on Feb 24 2010
Lovers of hesitant band names, take notice! (Or at least, take some tepid, initial notice, maybe? Well, just agree to feel it out, at least.)
Quasi is almost semi slightly halfway ready for a maybe supposed tour of the UK and Europe, maybe. Sam Coomes, Janet Weiss, and Joanna Bolme, the boy and girls who sort-of make up the tentatively-titled Quasi, are pretty much about to release their eighth album, American Gong, on Kill Rock Stars next week. And, as we previously reported, they’ve got a mess of US dates already in the works. Maybe. Reportedly. Most of the way.
But it turns out that Coomes and co. are only… half done touring this milquetoast thing around, as they’ve just announced a UK and European tour for May. The three-piece will perform their trademark brand of Pacific Northwestern accredited rock at the Pavement-curated ATP Festival, followed by a string of shows both on the mainland and in other UK locales, just in time for summer vacation! Are you semi-ready to get kinda-pumped?!
05.14.10 - Minehead, UK - All Tomorrow’s Parties
05.16.10 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
05.17.10 - Köln, Denmark - Tsunami
05.18.10 - Brussels, Belgium - AB
05.19.10 - Berlin, Germany - C-Halle
05.20.10 - Offenbach, Germany - Hafen 2
05.21.10 - Munich, Germany - 59:1
05.22.10 - Bologna, Italy - Covo Club (Rocker Fest)
05.24.10 - Paris, France - Point Ephemere
05.25.10 - Brighton, UK - The Freebutt
05.26.10 - London, UK - Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
05.27.10 - Manchester, UK - Night & Day
05.28.10 - Glasgow, UK - Captains Rest
• Quasi: http://theequasi.com
• Kill Rock Stars: http://www.killrockstars.com
Deer Tick Announce New Album, The Black Dirt Sessions, And Their One Millionth US Tour
By Annapocalypse on Feb 24 2010
One would think that Deer Tick would be really sick of the United States by now. After all, there are only so many times you can criss-cross from state to state without longing to sleep in your own bed for more than two nights. Nevertheless, it wouldn’t be a new year without new Deer Tick tourdates! Or how about a new album? Indeed, the band will be out on the road this spring, prepping all of us with tracks form their newly-announced full-length, The Black Dirt Sessions, due June 8 via Partisan.
But before the tour begins all proper-like in April, Deer Tick will play Austin’s SXSW in mid-March, as well as a couple shows in California, including a FREE one on March 3 at The Independent in San Francisco (brought to you by T-Mobile® myTouch™ 3G Fender™ Limited Edition — who else??). Doors open at 8 PM, but get there early to ensure your spot!
The Black Dirt Sessions tracklist:
01. Choir of Angels
02. Twenty Miles
03. Goodbye, Dear Friend
04. Piece By Piece, Frame By Frame
05. Sad Sun
06. Mange
07. When She Comes Home
08. Hand In My Hand
09. I Will Not Be Myself
10. Blood Moon
11. Christ Jesus
03.03.10 - San Francisco, CA - The Indepdent (free show™)
03.05.10 - Los Angeles, CA - Natural History Museum
03.17.10 - Austin, TX - SXSW
04.25.10 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
04.27.10 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre *
04.29.10 - Santa Fe, NM - Sante Fe Brewing Company *
04.30.10 - Dallas, TX - The Loft *
05.01.10 - Austin, TX - Emo’s *
05.02.10 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live Studio *
05.03.10 - Fayetteville, AR - Majestic Lounge *
05.05.10 - Birmingham, AL - Workplay *
05.06.10 - Nashville, TN - Cannery Ballroom *
05.07.10 - Louisville, KY - Headliners *
05.11.10 - Boston, MA - Paradise *
05.12.10 - Boston, MA - Paradise *
05.13.10 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory *
05.14.10 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
05.15.10 - New York, NY - Terminal 5 *
* Dr. Dog
• Deer Tick: http://www.myspace.com/deertick
• Partisan Records: http://www.partisanrecords.com
Pelvises, Take Note: Diplo and Switch Announce Major Lazer Tour
By Chase Kamp on Feb 24 2010
DJ/producer extraordinaires Diplo and Switch are taking their dancehall collab Major Lazer out on the “Lazers Never Die” Tour. They’ll be pulling down bangers from their critically-lauded debut Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do, and joining them will be dubstep producer and new Mad Decent signee Rusko. These shows are guaranteed to be crippling, seeing as Major Lazer had no problem blowing the lid off and daggering randoms at a Best Buy last year. Be sure to stretch first!
03.27.10 - Miami, FL -Ultra Music Festival
03.28.10 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
03.30.10 - Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle
03.31.10 - Baltimore, MD - Bourbon St
04.02.10 - Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom
04.03.10 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
04.04.10 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East
04.06.10 - Columbus, OH - BoMa
04.07.10 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
04.08.10 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
04.09.10 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore
04.10.10 - Chicago, IL - Metro
04.11.10 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
04.13.10 - Denver, CO - Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
04.15.10 - Reno, NV - The Knitting Factory
04.16.10 - San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine
04.17.10 - Indio, CA - Coachella
• Major Lazer: http://www.majorlazer.com
• Mad Decent: http://maddecent.com/blog
the morning benders Sign to Rough Trade For New LP, Discover America, Selves on Super-Lengthy Tour
By Liz Louche on Feb 24 2010
Pop quiz! “the morning benders” is (a) an a-ok name for a band, (b) a great concept for drinking, or (c) all of the above, plus being the new signee to Rough Trade? If you answered (c), congratulations! You obviously understand that you are reading a website that deals with music news. Anyway, Rough Trade is releasing the morning benders’ sophomore album, Big Echo, on March 9 in the US. Our Chocolate Grinder has spat out two morsels from the forthcoming album: listen to “Promises” and watch a live version of lead-off track “Excuses”.
The new album was produced by Christopher Chu and Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear. Coincidentally, the morning benders recently wrapped up tourdates with Girls and Grizzly Bear and are set to head off on a headlining tour of their own.
02.25.10 - New York, NY - Housing Works
02.27.10 - Brooklyn, NY - Market Hotel
03.10.10 - Philadelphia, PA - Jonny Brenda’s
03.11.10 - Washington, DC - The Black Cat
03.12.10 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
03.13.10 - Atlanta, GA - The Drunken Unicorn
03.15.10 - Birmingham, AL - The Bottletree
03.17.1o - Austin, TX - Emo’s Jr. (SXSW)
03.23.10 - Phoenix, AZ - The Rhythm Room
03.25.10 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
03.26.10 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
03.27.10 - Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar
03.28.10 - Santa Barbara, CA - Muddy Waters
03.30.10 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
04.01.10 - Portland, OR - Holocene
04.02.10 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile Café
04.03.10 - Vancouver, BC - Media Club
04.05.10 - Provo, UT - Club Velour
04.07.10 - Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
04.09.10 - Des Moines, IA - The Vaudeville Mews
04.10.10 - Ames, IA - The Maintenance Shop
04.11.10 - Rock Island, IL - Huckleberry’s Pizza
04.12.10 - Chicago, IL - Schubas Tavern
04.14.10 - Toronto, ON - The Drake Hotel
04.15.10 - Montreal, QC - La Sala Rossa
04.16.10 - Winooski, VT - The Monkey House
04.17.10 - Boston, MA - T.T. The Bear’s
04.22.10 - New York, NY - The Mercury Lounge
• the morning benders: http://themorningbenders.com
• Rough Trade: http://www.roughtrade.com
[Photo: Brooke Sheridan]
My Morning Jacket’s Jim James and Cousin Johnny Quaid Launch Record Label, But We’re Not Sure How Coherent It Is
By Rachel B on Feb 24 2010
It’s always nice when well-known musicians begin funneling their income towards helping their lesser-known comrades. Alt-country singer and frontman of My Morning Jacket Jim James (a.k.a. Yim Yames) has decided to do just this – start a record label of his own with cousin Johnny Quaid. The label, which is called “Removador Recordings and Solutions,” will be an online music arena for James’ favorite underground artists. So far, James has added the following bands to his label: Cortney Tidwell, The Ravenna Colt, Follow the Train, and Mont de Sundua, as well as James’ own recordings and those of My Morning Jacket.
In addition to supplying fans with artist bios and free downloads, the label’s website also has a “Solutions” page, where James and Quaid quite literally offer solutions to the problems of “time,” “people,” “teeth,” and “sleep.” The solutions to these “problems” are found in cartoonish videos that (if we’re being frank) seem completely and profoundly random when paired with the rest of the website’s material. What do these “problem-solution” videos have to do with distributing music? No idea. Or is this section just the equivalent of IKEA’s ball room kiddie play place? Again, no idea. Oh well. Just judge for yourself.
• Removador Recordings and Solutions: http://removador.com
• J(Y)im J(Y)ames: http://www.yimyames.com
