If You DJ, They Will Come: Stones Throw Throws a Spring DJ Tour

By Kasia Galaxy on 04-14-2009

I was never in orchestra, but I do know those instruments can cost (hundreds of thousands of) pretty pennies. So, when Andrew Bird recently dropped and cracked his (probably expensive) violin at Chicago’s Civic Opera House, it must have been tragic.

Steadfast and unfazed as his namesake, Bird will power through a worldwide tour until July, hitting Europe first before coming back home for a month’s worth of dates stateside.

The tourdates:

04.24.09 - Bourges, France - Theatre Jacques Coeur
04.25.09 - Rennes, France - Ubu
04.27.09 - Paris, France - La Cigale
04.28.09 - Nancy, France - L’Autre Canal
04.29.09 - Nantes, France - Olympic
04.30.09 - Lyon, France - Epicerie Moderne
05.01.09 - Cologne, Germany - Luxor
05.03.09 - Stockholm, Sweden - Strand
05.04.09 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Lille Vega
05.05.09 - Hamburg, Germany - Uebel & Gefahrlich
05.06.09 - Berlin, Germany - Admiralspalast 101
05.07.09 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Pardiso
05.09.09 - Brussels, Belgium - Les Nuit de Botanique Cirque Royal
05.10.09 - Bristol, UK - Thekla
05.11.09 - London, UK - Shepherds Bush Empire
05.13.09 - Manchester, UK - Academy 2/Academy 3
05.14.09 - Glasgow, UK - Oran Mor
05.16.09 - Geneva, Switzerland - PTR-Usine
05.17.09 - Zurich, Switzerland - Rote Fabrik
05.18.09 - Milan, Italy - La Casa
05.20.09 - Nice, France - Theatre Lino Ventura
05.22.09 - Valladolid, Spain - Cafe Espagna
05.23.09 - Madrid, Spain - Neu Club
05.25.09 - Lisbon, Portugal - Cinema Sao Jorge
05.26.09 - Braga, Portugal - Theatro Circo
05.28.09 - Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Festival
06.08.09 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion*
06.11.09 - 06.14.09 (TBD) - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
06.15.09 - Atlanta, GA - Cobb Energy Center
06.17.09 - Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theatre
06.18.09 - New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
06.19.09 - Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion
07.10.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre
07.11.09 - Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre
07.14.09 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
07.18.09 - Troutdale, OR - McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater
07.19.09 - Troutdale, OR - McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater

* The Decemberists

By Mike McHugh on 04-14-2009

As the first decade of the oughts crawls ever closer to its inevitable conclusion, one has to suspect that for some these past 10 years in pop music will not be remembered for its new material, but for its reunions. Thanks to enablers like All Music Guide, Pitchfork, and Soulseek, the double zeros’ younger generation caught wind of many a classic act from rock’s halcyon days (basically everything before 1999), and once the bands themselves caught wind of the younger generation’s wind-catching, oh how the reunions flowed! Some bands seemed to inexplicably pick up where they left off and immediately began cranking out new, fantastic albums as if not a day had passed since their last jam (i.e. Mission of Burma and Dinosaur Jr), while others simply cranked out their back catalogue and cashed the check in the morning (i.e. everybody else).

After San Francisco scuzzbags Flipper reunited in 2005, their sporadic touring and seemingly false promises of a new record dropped them into the latter category, at least for my dumb cynical ass. But as it turns out, Flipper have finally found a label to release their totes new record Love along with a live album Fight, which features both new and old material. Recorded in Krist Novoselic’s home studio (with Novoselic on bass, as well) and produced by grunge guru Jack Endino, Love is Flipper’s first studio album in over 16 years. You can check out some of the new tracks on the band’s MySpace, and even though the site only lists a few scattered West Coast dates and the Australian leg of Flipper’s upcoming tour, the band has promised a list of American and European dates sometime in the future. Oh the anticipation!

I’m sorry I ever doubted you, Flipper, you big sack of misanthropic angst, you!
04.24.09 – Berkeley, CA – Amoeba Records
04.25.09 – San Francisco, CA – El Rio
05.08.09 – South Lake Tahoe, CA – Whiskey Dicks
05.09.09 – Sparks, NV – Vixens
06.04.09 – Perth, Australia – Amplifier Bar
06.05.09 – Adelaide, Australia - Live on Light Square
06.06.09 – Melbourne, Australia – The Esplanade Hotel
06.07.09 – Hobart, Australia – The Brisbane Hotel
06.09.09 – Melbourne, Australia – The Arthouse Hotel
06.11.09 – Brisbane, Australia – The Step Inn
06.12.09 – Canberra, Australia - Australian National University Bar
06.13.09 – Sydney, Australia – Manning Bar
06.14.09 – Newcastle, Australia – Cambridge Hotel