Phoenix Tour Begins on January 22

Phoenix begin their year-end-list-cash-in tour on January 22. The Frenchies will play at Vancouver’s Cultural Olympiad before hitting West and South-West America with their sugary rock.

Phoenix appeared in five Top Ten lists for 2009, including Rolling Stone’s, Time’s, and Lolfork’s. Of course, they only managed number 41 on TMT’s list since we’re far too knowledgeable and wise (pretentious??) to get hooked by a few silky synths and Gallic histrionics!

01.22.10 - Vancouver, BC - The Orpheum (2010 Cultural Olympiad)
01.23.10 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SODO
01.24.10 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
01.26.10 - San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
01.27.10 - Reno, NV - Knitting Factory
01.28.10 - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint
02.01.10 - Phoenix, AZ - The Marquee
02.03.10 - Guadalajara, Mexico - Estudio Cavaret
02.04.10 - Monterrey, Mexico - Escenica
02.05.10 - Mexico City, Mexico - Jose Cuervo Salon

Black Lips Have ‘Roided Up, Learned Some New Slurs, and Are Ready for Touring in 2010

Shutter your pretty-pink-ass window shutters, all ye alternative lifestylers! That band who hates everyone (no, not The Fiery Furnaces; they’re just Anglophobic Scientology-haters) is hitting the road next week, and they are ready to kick some ass in the name of… some press for their band, I guess, right?

Okay, so maybe Black Lips won’t spray paint any penises in your hometown this time. Maybe they won’t use the word “faggot” so much this year. Maybe they’ve grown up a little bit in 2010.

Oh wait. The name of their band is “Black Lips.”

01.20.10 - Costa Mesa, CA - The Detroit Bar
01.21.10 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
01.22.10 - Pomona, CA - The Glass House
01.23.10 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
01.24.10 - San Diego, CA - The Casbah
03.17.10 - Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre
03.18.10 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle
03.19.10 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
03.20.10 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s
03.21.10 - Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell’s
03.23.10 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl
03.24.10 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
03.25.10 - Cambridge, MA - The Middle East Downstairs
03.26.10 - Montreal, QC - Le Studio Juste Pour Rire
03.27.10 - Toronto, ON - The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
03.28.10 - Toronto, ON - The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
03.30.10 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
03.31.10 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
04.01.10 - Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium
04.02.10 - Madison, WI - The High Noon Saloon
04.03.10 - Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater
04.05.10 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown, Jr.
04.06.10 - Columbia, MO - Mojo’s
04.07.10 - St. Louis, MO - The Firebird
04.08.10 - Louisville, KY - Headliner’s Music Hall
04.09.10 - Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone Café
04.10.10 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club

[Photo: Daniel Arnold]

Thom Yorke Co-Hosts BBC Radio Show Tomorrow

According to TwentyFourBit, Thom Yorke is joining Gilles Peterson on BBC Radio 1 tomorrow. What to expect? “Soul, hip hop, house, Afro, Latin, dubstep, jazz and beyond.”

Check out BBC Radio 1 for more information, including a sneak peak at Thom’s penis.

RIP: Kate McGarrigle

From NorthJersey.com:

Canadian folk singer and songwriter Kate McGarrigle, best known for performing with her sister Anna, has died of cancer. She was 63.

McGarrigle’s brother-in-law, Dane Lanken, said the singer died at her Montreal home Monday night surrounded by her sisters, Jane and Anna, and her children, Rufus and Martha Wainwright, also singers.

He said McGarrigle had been battling cancer since the summer of 2006. He said the cancer started in her small intestine and spread to her liver.

• Kate & Anna McGarrigle: http://www.mcgarrigles.com
• Kate McGarrigle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_McGarrigle

Why Doesn’t That Surprise Me: Lala.com Lost Warner Music Group a Shit Ton of Money

According to FMQB News, Warner Music Group sold increasingly-baffling music distribution site Lala.com to Apple for a tidy $9 million on December 4 of last year. Unfortunately for Warner, the never-quite-successful venture cost them $11 million more in investments than the amount for which Apple took it off their hands. Somehow I don’t feel bad for Warner.

I’m curious to see what the new owners do with the site, whose clever initial premise – trading CDs at a fraction of retail cost – lost its relevance within a year of introduction. I’ve only seen their newish audio streaming service in frequent use on Pitchfork, which I think started around the time Apple bought Lala. In my awake-at-3:30 AM mind, this clearly establishes that Apple secretly owns Pitchfork or at least runs some sort of music website shadow government.

Shit, that’s terrifying. I’m going to sleep.

Coachella 2010 Lineup Announced: Dirty Projectors, Thom Yorke, Faith No More

The Coachella 2010 lineup has been announced. Highlights include Faith No More, Thom Yorke???? (what a name), De La Soul, Dirty Projectors, and Yo La Tengo. Lowlights include Muse.

The fest runs April 16-18 at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, CA. Check out Coachella’s official website for more details about Muse.

FRIDAY APRIL 16: Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem, Them Crooked Vultures, Vampire Weekend, Deadmau5, Public Image Limited, The Specials, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Echo and the Bunnymen, Benny Benassi, Fever Ray, Grace Jones, She & Him, Erol Alkan, The Avett Brothers, Calle 13, The Whitest Boy Alive, The Cribs, La Roux, Yeasayer, Lucero, DJ Lance Rock, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Proxy, Ra Ra Riot, Deer Tick, Wolfgang Gartner, Aeroplane, Iglu & Hartly, Sleigh Bells, P.O.S., Baroness, Hockey, Little Dragon, White Rabbits, Wale, Kate Miller-Heidke, As Tall as Lions, Jets Overhead, Alana Grace, Pablo Hassan.

SATURDAY, APRIL 17: Muse, Faith No More, Tiësto, MGMT, David Guetta, The Dead Weather, Hot Chip, Devo, Coheed and Cambria, Kaskade, 2Many DJ’s, Major Lazer, Dirty Projectors, Gossip, Z-Trip, The xx, John Waters, Les Claypool, The Raveonettes, Mew, Sia, Camera Obscura, Tokyo Police Club, Porcupine Tree, Old Crow Medicine Show, Aterciopalados, Bassnectar, Frightened Rabbit, Dirty South, Flying Lotus, Corinne Bailey Rae, Pretty Lights, Shooter Jennings, RX Bandits, The Almighty Defenders, Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros, Craze & Klever, Zoe, The Temper Trap, Portugal. The Man, Band of Skulls, Girls, Beach House, Steel Train, Frank Turner.

SUNDAY, APRIL 18: Gorillaz, Pavement, Thom Yorke????, Phoenix, Orbital, Spoon, Sly and the Family Stone, De La Soul, Julian Casablancas, Plastikman, Gary Numan, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sunny Day Real Estate, Yo La Tengo, MUTEMATH, Deerhunter, Infected Mushroom, Club 75, Matt & Kim, The Big Pink, Gil Scott-Heron, King Khan and the Shrines, Florence and the Machine, Yann Tiersen, Little Boots, Miike Snow, Talvin Singh, Ceu, B.o.B., Babasonicos, Owen Pallett, The Glitch Mob, Mayer Hawthorne, Local Natives, Rusko, The Middle East, Hadouken!, The Soft Pack, Kevin Devine, Paparazzi, Delphic, One EskimO.

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