Oh My Gosh: Blitzen Trapper Tour with Loch Lomond in the U.S., Announce European Tour Too

By Couscous on

In its ongoing hunt for the ever-elusive reindeer that shares the band's name, Blitzen Trapper have announced an extensive tour that takes the band from the West Coast down through the Southwestern U.S. There's one stop in Canada at Vancouver's Richards on Richards, which is strange because one nary scopes a reindeer south of the 49th parallel. Stranger things have happened, though. Then, it's off to Europe.

Fellow Portlanders Loch Lomond join the Trappers on most of the U.S. dates, while the European leg sees them playing fests like Oya Natt, Way Out West, Haldern, Highland, and more

07.09.09 - Sacramento, CA - Harlow's #
07.10.09 - Visalia, CA - Cellar Door #
07.11.09 - Santa Barbara, CA - Velvet Jones #
07.12.09 - Hollywood, CA - Hollywood Bowl (with Jenny Lewis & Ray LaMontagne)
07.13.09 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up #
07.15.09 - Aspen, CO - Belly Up
07.16.09 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater #
07.18.09 - Iowa City, IA - Picador #
07.20.09 - Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater #
07.21.09 - Fargo, ND - Aquarium (Dempsey’s Upstairs) #
07.23.09 - Bozeman, MT - Filling Station
07.24.09 - Boise, ID - Neurolux (Portland Cello Project)
07.25.09 - Kennewick, WA - Red Room (The Quiet Ones)
07.30.09 - Vancouver, BC - Richards on Richards
08.01.09 - Mt. Scott, OR - Pickathon 2009 (@ 1PM)
08.02.09 - Mt. Scott, OR - Pickathon 2009 (@ 8:30PM)
08.11.09 - Finland, Helsinki - Tavastia Club
08.12.09 - Oslo, Norway - Oya Natt Festival (Andrew Bird)
08.13.09 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
08.15.09 - Haldern, Germany - Haldern Festival
08.16.09 - Utrecht, Netherlands - Ekko
08.17.09 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
08.18.09 - Liege, Belgium - L'Escalier
08.19.09 - Antwerpen, Belgium - Bar Mondial
08.20.09 - The Hague, Netherlands - Paard van Troje
08.23.09 - Erfurt, Germany - Highfield Festival(Coke Tent)
08.25.09 - London, UK - Troxy $
08.27.09 - Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street $
08.28.09 - Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street $
08.31.09 - County Antrim, Ireland - Auntie Annies
09.02.09 - Cork, Ireland - Cyprus Avenue
09.03.09 - Galway, Ireland - Roisin Dubh
09.06.09 - Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic
09.08.09 - Glasgow, UK - 02 Academy ^
09.09.09 - Newcastle, UK - Academy 2 ^
09.11.09 - Manchester, UK - Apollo ^
09.12.09 - Wiltshire, UK - End of the Road Festival
09.13.09 - Wales, UK - Clwb Ifor Bach
09.14.09 - London, UK - Barfly
09.15.09 - Luxembourg, Den Atelier ^
09.16.09 - Paris, France - Grand Rex ^
10.02.09 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits (@ 8:30PM)

# Loch Lomond

$ Wilco

^ Fleet Foxes

New Tim Buckley Live Album Drops in August with Previously Unheard Songs

By Mike McHugh on 06-08-2009

What’s worse than watching a young musical genius get cut down ruthlessly in the prime of his creative life? Seeing the exact same thing happen to that person’s young musical genius son. Although they met only once, father Tim Buckley and son Jeff shared many things through their melodious blood. Both had robust crowns of chestnut hair, both were packing fuckin’ Sistine Chapels in their throats, and neither one can be mentioned without inevitably drawing attention to the other. The son he never wanted, the father he never had, forever piggybacked upon one another through the annals of pop music. Goddamn, why hasn’t the legend of Buckley & Son been made into a One Life to Live story arc yet?

But on March 6, 1967, while four-month old Jeff was most likely sleeping and farting in his mother’s arms, father Tim, then only one album deep into his extraordinary career, took the stage at Izzy Young’s Folklore Center in Greenwich Village in front of a somber crowd of 35 people. That night, the senior Buckley played a mixture of songs from his 1966 self-titled debut and 1967’s upcoming Goodbye and Hello, as well as a half dozen tunes that never made it on any Tim Buckley record. That is, until August 25, 2009, when Tompkins Square Records releases a completely restored recording of the show in its entirety. Packaged along with a previously unpublished interview with Buckley conducted by Young, on paper Live at the Folklore Center appears to be a much-needed early account of a challenging artist whose body of work has only become difficult with the passage of lives and time. So how's bout it, Buckheads? Excited? I know I am!

Tracklist:

1. Song for Jainie
2. I Never asked to Be Your Mountain
3. Wings
4. Phantasmagoria in Two
5. Just Please Leave Me #
6. Dolphins
7. I Can’t See You
8. Troubadour
9. Aren’t You the Girl
10. What Do You Do (He Never Saw You) #
11. No Man Can Find the War
12. Carnival Song
13. Cripples Cry #
14. If the Rain Comes #
15. Country Boy #
16. I Can’t Leave You Loving Me #

# indicates previously unreleased Tim Buckley composition

Dates Announced for The Gories & Oblivians’ Joint Reunion Tour; Garage Rocker Nerds Far and Wide Cream Shorts in Anticipation

By Kat Gardiner on 06-08-2009

The Gories and Oblivians, two prototypical garage-rock bands from the '80s and '90s, are going on a mini-reunion tour this summer, hitting Memphis and Detroit before heading off to Europe.

Wha?! you say. Why now? you continue. Why don't I live in either of those places?!... or Europe... Don't ask me, I just report the news. What do I look like? A journalist? I have no clue -- recession, swine flu, Obama -- anything could be behind this...

I could say something like: Mick Collins and Greg "Oblivian" Cartwright were riding their horses through the dusty streets of the motor city, heading to Memphis, TN, when Greg turned to Mick and asked, "Hey Mick, you wanna go on tour?" Mick nodded his head and squinted into the horizon, whispering, "You think our epic first groups could reform? I mean I love The Reigning Sounds, don't get me wrong, and I'm having a lot of fun with The Dirtbombs and reading comic books and stuff, but wouldn't it be great to have a reunion tour? Like The Spice Girls or The Police." "Well, sure," Greg nervously replied, "but we haven't spoken or played with those guys since the mid- to late-'90s. Do you think it could happen? Because that would be rad–" but before the word "rad" could turn into "radical," Jack and Eric Oblivian, Dan Kroha, and Peggy O'Neill descended down upon them in a cloud of smoke and in harmonic fourths cried, "Yes, we can," and everyone went, "awww."

Yep, I could say that that, but it would be a lie. Truth is, I don't know why, just know when.

Here are the dates:
06.19.09 - Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone
06.20.09 - Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone
06.27.09 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Theater
07.03.09 - Madrid, Spain - Sala El Sol
07.04.09 - Bilbao, Spain - Kafe Antzokia
07.05 09 - Barcelona, Spain - Sala BeCool
07.06.09 - Bordeaux, France - BT59
07.07.09 - Paris, France - Maroquineri
07.08.09 - Groningen, Netherlands - Vera
07.10.09 - Nottingham, England - Blast Off Festival
07.11.09 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
07.12.09 - Gierle, Belguim - Sjock
07.13.09 - Dikmuide, Belguim - 4AD
07.14.09 - Munster, Germany - Gleis 22
07.15.09 - Berlin, Germany - Festaal
07.16.09 - Munich, Germany - 59:1
07.17.09 - Ravenna, Italy - Hana-Bi
07.18.09 - Torino, Italy - Spaziale Festival

The Clean Names New Record Mister Pop, Paying Tribute To the Greatest of All Generic Sodas

By Jon Lorenz on 06-08-2009

I was walking through my local grocery store the other day looking for some generic cereals and sodas, and I'm pretty damn sure I saw a 12-pack of something called Mr. Pop, which is of course a knockoff of Mr. Pibb, which is of course a knockoff of Dr. Pepper. Mr. Pop was not "calling" me that day, so I went with an even-better titled ripoff soda (called Mountain Holler, an obvious ripoff of Mountain Dew), but, hey, it just so happens to also be the title of The Clean's newest album. On September 8, New Zealand's famed jangly punk band The Clean will release an album titled Mister Pop, its first new studio album since 2001's Getaway. According to a press release:

Mister Pop sees The Clean continue the great pop pastiche. Circus ragas (“Moonjumper”), gorgeously hazy sunset anthems (“In the Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul”), and the sometimes-loose Dada approach to wordsmithery continue right alongside “proper” lyrical forays, and a few Autobahn-referential instrumental moments to boot (“Tensile”). Bob’s love of pastoral UK folk has brought some added weight into the overall Clean equation, as does David’s Eastern and African guitar jones, though all this has always fit in with—and still constitutes—the total basis of the Clean sound journey.

If September 8 is too far away, you can get a little sneak peak on Merge's website, where you can download "In the Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul." Or better yet, here's Mister Pop's tracklist:

1. Loog
2. Are You Really On Drugs?
3. In the Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul
4. Asleep In the Tunnel
5. Back In the Day
6. Moonjumper
7. Factory Man
8. Simple Fix
9. Tensile
10. All Those Notes

RIP: Jeff Hanson

By Shane Mack on 06-08-2009

From the Star Tribune:

His voice was sweet enough to often be mistaken for a woman's, and his songwriting was strong enough to earn him a deal with one of the country's most influential indie-rock record labels.

Jeff Hanson's rising career came to a sudden end on Friday, when he was found dead at his apartment in St. Paul.

Hanson, 31, likely died from a fall or other accident at the concrete-floored apartment, which he had just moved into days earlier, said his sister, Sara Hanson. He was found by his parents.

- Jeff Hanson official website
- Jeff Hanson MySpace
- Jeff Hanson Wikipedia entry

Mario Speedwagon’s Under The Radar News Round Up: Jay Reatard Tours, Pete Yorn Tours, Temporary Residence Signs Black Heart Procession And Pinback, Arbouretum Tours, Yo Mama Tours

By Mario Speedwagon on 06-05-2009

Before I get into the news, I want to talk about this band photo that my friend Cody found:

Now, I see a lot of promotional photos -- some good, most terrible -- but this one really takes the cake. It’s the kind of band photo you’d see on Rock And Roll Confidential’ in the Hall Of Douche Bags section. One of the first things I noticed was that three of them have soul patches (if you don't know my thoughts on soul patches, my thoughts are "Ew.") Then I noticed that three of them have HIGHLIGHTS and two have the "Rachel" haircut. Finally, where the hell do you find jackets like that? (For your information, I didn’t really notice all this stuff in that order. My immediate reaction was “OH MY GOD” and then only after I cleaned up the brains that had leaked out of my ears after my brain exploded did I dissect the douche-baggery. Whoa.)

- Speaking of “Reatards,” Jay Reatard will release his new album Watch Me Fall in August 18, 2009 via Matador Records. He’ll be celebrating early by heading out on tour in June and July. The tour kicks off in San Diego, CA at the Casbah and ends in Oxford, MS at Proud Larry’s. Most of the dates are with TV Smith f the Adverts. You can check out a full list of dates at the Matador website.

- Yesterday I got this super sad letter from Performing Songwriter basically saying that its June 2009 issue was its last. RIP Print media. While flipping through its last issue, I found an article on Pete Yorn and felt bad, because I had no idea Pete Yorn still did stuff. That being said, today I thought I’d make myself feel better by writing about his tour and his new record that comes out June 23, 2009 via Columbia Records called Back and Forth. On July 9, he’ll kick off his tour in San Diego, CA at the House of Blues and continue on until August 28 in Los Angeles, CA at the Henry Fonda Theatre. Check out all the dates at his official site. I’m an elitist, snobby bitch. Sorry Pete.

- Temporary Residence Limited, home to Bellini, Explosions in the Sky, Maserati, Mono, and a few others, is now home to The Black Heart Procession (and thus, Three Mile Pilot) and Pinback. Black Heart Procession have tour plans in the fall and will release a new record in October. Pinback are working on a new record, slated for some time in 2010.

- Arbouretum kicked off their tour yesterday in their hometown of Baltimore in support of their latest release Songs of the Pearl (TMT Review). Today, they’ll play the Norva in Norfolk, VA and a few more dates in the U.S. before heading over to Europe for a few other shows and festivals. More details can be found on the Thrill Jockey website.

One more time.

PS: I’m pretty sure the “dude” second in from the left is a chick.

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