Dead Meadow’s dream of touring the East Coast finally comes true!
By E. Nagurney on May 14 2010
Every West Coast music lover only dreams of one thing, and that one thing is the beautiful, prosperous East Coast. Since they were young, the members of Dead Meadow have let their minds wander into fantastic dreams of one day visiting the East Coast. Finally, their day has come. The San Francisco psych-rockers are taking their dream vacation by playing a string of East Coast dates throughout June, seeing all the gorgeous beaches and mountains and forests one could desire. It’s enough to bring a psychedelic tear to my eye.
Dead Meadow dream vacation tour:
06.09.10 - Cambridge, MA - The Middle East Downstairs
06.11.10 - New York, NY - Rocks Off Concert Cruise
06.12.10 - Philadelphia, PA - M Room
06.13.10 - Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery
06.15.10 - Washington, DC - Black Cat Backstage
06.16.10 - Virginia Beach, VA - The Jewish Mother
06.17.10 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
06.18.10 - Asheville, NC - Stella Blue
06.19.10 - Knoxville, TN - The Pilot Light
06.21.10 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
06.22.10 - Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbit’s
• Dead Meadow: http://www.myspace.com/deadmeadow
k-os tours with The Flobots after schooling the East Coast with Drake
By Erika H on May 14 2010
The “melding of hip-hop and indie” discussion may be getting a bit tired these days, but it’s still relevant when you talk about k-os and his fourth and most recent album, Yes!. Some facts: “1234” is a response to Feist’s song “4321”; “Wish I Knew Natalie Portman” (one of Indie-with-a-capital-I’s “it” girls, next to Zooey Deschanel) curiously takes from Phantom Planet’s “California”; and Metric’s Emily Haines contributes to “Uptown Girl.” But hip-hop and indie were never closer than when a TMT report announced in February both a Broken Social Scene song featuring k-os (“Windsurfing Nation”) and a k-os tour supporting Drake (ending May 8). Since then, k-os has announced more dates with The Flobots, beginning later in May.
And here are the updated tourdates:
05.21.10 - New York, NY - The Gramercy Theater ^
05.22.10 - Providence, RI - Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel ^
05.23.10 - Boston, MA - Harper’s Ferry ^
05.24.10 - Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero ^
05.25.10 - Washington, DC - The Black Cat
05.27.10 - Greenville, SC - The Handlebar ^
05.29.10 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Churchill’s Pub
05.31.10 - Orlando, FL - The Social ^
06.02.10 - Nashville, TN - Exit/In ^
06.04.10 - Covington, KY - Mad Hatter ^
06.05.10 - Chicago, IL - Double Door *
^ The Flobots
* Hollywood Holt, Ill Legit
• k-os: http://www.k-osmusic.com
Surfer Blood play US dates in June, then time-travel to the past and write “Surfin’ USA” at a High School dance
By Nobodaddy on May 14 2010
By now, you’d think that the members of Surfer Blood would be getting a little tired of having to run around breathlessly convincing everyone that they’re all “beachy” and “summery” and “poppy” and “tan” and “breezy” and “funloving” and whatever the hell else their press releases assure us they are. I mean, what if they have a bad day at some point and don’t feel like flashing fans a “hang loose” sign? What if they don’t like tanning beds? What if they want to feel gloomy for a second or take some downer drugs at an after party or… or… what if they want to sing along to a Radiohead song in the tour van now and then??? My guess is that they get shock-collared by their record label if that happens. Not pretty.
Anyway, let’s hope they’ve got a little more of that fake pep and tan-in-a-can left, because they’ve still got to careen around the US on at least one more surfin’ safari this summer, following the release of this year’s blah-blah-blah’ed-about Astro Coast (TMT Review). They also recently released a limited Record Store day 7-inch that features a live cut of the album track “Take It Easy,” featuring guitarist Marnie Stern (whom I’m pretty sure is married to this guy); while a “Swim” 7-inch remix featuring Allen of Baroness is due later this month. Oh, and there’s also this free demo cover of The Beach Boys’ “Don’t Worry Baby” currently floating around the world wide waves, just in case you STILL weren’t convinced enough that these guys are beachy.
Yeesh… those poor dudes. Anyone else around here hoping for a black metal follow-up?
columnated ruins domino:
06.03.10 - Milford, CT – Daniel Street
06.04.10 - Rochester, NY – The German House
06.05.10 - Buffalo, NY – The Tralf
06.06.10 - Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
06.08.10 - Memphis, TN – Hi Tone Café
06.09.10 - Birmingham, AL – Bottletree Café
06.10.10 - Tallahassee, FL – The Engine Room
06.11.10 - Orlando, FL – Club at Firestone
06.12.10 - Miami, FL – Grand Central – Poplife 11th
06.13.10 - Jacksonville, FL – Jack Rabbits
06.15.10 - Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
06.16.10 - Washington D.C. – Black Cat
• Surfer Blood: http://www.myspace.com/surferblood
Yeasayer play more European festivals than you can shake a stick at, plus a few dates elsewhere, too
By Erika H on May 13 2010
Where would we be without bands that are constantly touring? Actually, where would they be if they weren’t constantly touring? Yeasayer just finished their ambulations around the US (not exactly at an ambling pace, with dates on one coast to the other over the course of a month), and now the group is taking on Europe, Chicago’s Lollapalooza, and a few nights in Japan and Australia. The colossal tour runs from May through August (and a short lapse in June), with more festivals than most bands can boast for one tour (hey, summertime). On their MySpace, Yeasayer call themselves “Enya with bounce” (new new age?), a juxtaposition as seemingly incongruous — but awesome — as the different bands they’ll be playing with over the coming months. Who else can say they played on bills alongside Missy Elliott, Lady Gaga, Belle and Sebastian, The Pixies, and Rammstein in one season?
05.26.10 - London, UK - Koko
05.28.10 - Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Club
05.29.10 - Dudingen, Switzerland - Bad Bonn Kilbi Festival
05.30.10 - Landgraaf, Netherlands - PinkPop Festival
06.20.10 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
07.01.10 - Gdynia, Poland - Heineken Open Air Festival
07.03.10 - Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter Pyramid Marquee
07.04.10 - Arras, France - Main Square Festival (Main Stage)
07.05.10 - Cambridge, UK - Junction
07.06.10 - Sheffield, UK - Plug
07.08.10 - Novi Sad Petrovaradin Fortress, Serbia - Exit Festival (Fusion Stage)
07.12.10 - Brighton, UK - Concorde 2
07.14.10 - Aahus, Denmark - Voxhall
07.15.10 - Arvika, Sweden - Arvikafestivalen (Apollo Stage)
07.16.10 - Ferropolis, Germany - Melt Festival (Club Tent)
07.17.10 - London, UK - Lovebox Victoria Park (Gaymers Stage)
07.18.10 - Suffolk, UK - Latitute Festival
07.28.10 - Sydney, Australia - Metro
07.29.10 - Melbourne, Australia - Prince Bandroom
07.30.10 - Brisbane, Australia - Splendour in the Grass
08.01.10 - Niigata, Japan - FujiRock Festival
08.08.10 - Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
08.14.10 - Haldern, Germany - Haldern Festival
08.15.10 - Budapest, Hungary - Sziget Festival (Wan2 Tent)
08.16.10 - Prague, Czech Republic - Lucerna Music Bar
08.20.10 - Greenpark St. Pölten, Austria - Frequency Festival
08.21.10 - Kiewit Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop
08.27.10 - Reading, UK - Reading Festival (NME/Radio 1 Stage)
08.29.10 - Leeds, UK - Leeds Festival (NME/Radio 1 Stage)
• Yeasayer: http://www.yeasayer.net
Swans announce fall tourdates… wait, you mean that they’re playing more than just one show?
By Kid Midnight on May 13 2010
The recently reunited Swans, who already made me blow one load simply by announcing their reunion, have made me blow two more consecutive loads. Even though my new jeans are ruined, I’m pleased as a pumpkin to share the word that the motherfucking Swans have announced fall tourdates!
After announcing themselves as one of the acts of the upcoming Supersonic Festival 2010, Michael Gira and crew have announced nine more tourdates, including a stop at the Montreal Pop Festival. The band lineup for all shows is set to include Gira, two original members, two not-orignal-but-been-around-awhile members, and two new guys who are just happy to be there!
Outside of the fall gigs, the band are also hard at work on their next album, and I am also hard at work trying to not blow my load everytime I get too excited. Unless I’m with my girlfriend, then I can blow my load whenever I want, even if I’m not excited!
09.28.10 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero Theater
09.29.10 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
09.30.10 - Boston, MA - Middle East
10.01.10 - Montreal, Quebec - Pop Montreal Festival
10.02.10 - Toronto, Ontario - Lee’s Palace
10.04.10 - Detroit, MI - Crofoot Ballroom
10.05.10 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
10.08.10 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Masonic Temple
10.09.10 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
10.22-24.10 - Birmingham, England - Supersonic Festival
• Swans: http://swans.pair.com
• Young God: http://younggodrecords.com
[Photo: Wim Van De Hulst]
