The Brits, Led by Coldplay, are Invading Again – Rise Up America!
By Brom on Feb 17 2009
1586, 1775, 1812, 1964, and now 2009?
Last Sunday’s Grammy Awards has led some to ask if we are witnessing a new British Invasion. Robert Plant won five awards, while Adele, Duffy, Radiohead, and Estelle picked up another six between them. Coldplay headed the British contingent in 2009 with seven nominations, three awards, major label backing, and pretentious notions of being a “great band.”
However, similar to the stymied Brits in the Saratoga campaign of 1777, the incompetent Generals in the Battle of New Orleans in 1814, and John Lennon’s “We’re bigger than Jesus” claim in 1966, Coldplay’s leadership will be undermined by relentless crooning, grandma-friendly anthems, and plagiaristic guitar lines in 2009.
The decorated band will begin their campaign July 10 in Portland, Oregon, undoubtedly hoping for a quick victory against a weak target. Thousands of traitors, posing as “cool” high-school kids, will attend these events hypnotized by the insidious media’s belief that Coldplay are “hip” and “innovative trend-setters.”
Countless times before, Americans have stood up against the British imperialists and their cheap, immoral forms of popular culture. We must not fail our ancestors now! Rise up on the following dates:
07.10.09 - Portland, OR - The Amphitheater at Clark County
07.11.09 - George, WA - The Gorge Amphitheatre
07.13.09 - San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
07.16.09 - San Diego, CA - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
07.18.09 - Carson, CA - Home Depot Center
07.21.09 - Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center
07.22.09 - Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
07.24.09 - Maryland Heights, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07.25.09 - East Troy, WI - Alpine Valley Music Theatre
07.29.09 - Toronto, ON - TBD
08.03.09 - Mansfield, MA - Comcast Center
08.06.09 - Raleigh, NC - Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
08.07.09 - Charlotte, NC - Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
08.09.09 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre
Tokyo Police Club’s Upcoming Tour and My Not-So-Secret Schoolgirl Crush
By Shelley Su on Feb 17 2009
I have a confession. Ever since Tokyo Police Club released their single "Your English Is Good," the mod-punk, Canadian foursome have held a special place in my heart. I attribute the attraction to the attention they've given to my diction, and it helps that their unabashed, overly-enthusiastic energy is kinda hot. In April of 2008, the band released their very first full-length album, Elephant Shell (TMT Review) with Saddle Creek, and the schoolgirl crush continued. So it comes with a certain amount of giddiness that I inform you of their upcoming tour
02.24.09 - Providence, RI - Lupo's
02.25.09 - New York City, NY - Webster Hall
02.26.09 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
02.28.09 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls
03.01.09 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
03.02.09 - Columbus, OH - The Basement
03.03.09 - Covington, KY - The Mad Hatter
03.05.09 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
03.06.09 - St. Augustine, FL - St. John's Fairgrounds
03.07.09 - Orlando, FL - The Social
03.08.09 - Delray Beach, FL - City Limits
03.10.09 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
03.11.09 - Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington
03.12.09 - McAllen, TX - Cine El Rey
03.13.09 - San Antonio, TX - The White Rabbit
03.14.09 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
03.16.09 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown
03.18.09 - Chicago, IL - The Metro
03.19.09 - Pontiac, MI - The Crofoot Ballroom
03.21.09 - Guelph, ON - Peter Clark Hall, University of Guelph
03.25.09 - Kingston, ON - The Ale House
03.27.09 - Montreal, QC - La Sala Rossa
04.02.09 - London, ON - Call The Office
By David Nadelle on Feb 17 2009
Remember the infamous scene in Monty Python’s Meaning of Life when the vulgar, vomiting, lard-arse Mr. Creosote is introduced, seated, and served a bucket of moules marinières, pâte de foie gras, beluga caviar, eggs Benedictine, tarte de poireaux (“that's leek tart”), frogs legs amandine or oeufs de caille Richard Shepherd (“little quails' eggs on a bed of puréed mushrooms”), six bottles of Château Latour 1945, a double jeroboam of champagne, and six crates of brown ale before self-detonating after being coaxed by the unflappable maître d’ to squeeze in one more bite of food -- a wafer-thin mint?
Anyway, here’s the tracklisting for a three-CD collection of Dntel early material due April 14 through Phthalo Records. The Early Works for Me if it Works for You II package includes remastered versions of Jimmy Tamborello’s first two Dntel albums -- Something Always Goes Wrong and Early Works for Me if it Works for You -- plus a third course of unreleased songs recorded just prior to his Life Is Full of Possibilities album:
Disc One: Something Always Goes Wrong:
1. In Which Our Hero Begins His Long and Arduous Quest
2. In Which Our Hero Finds a Faithful Sidekick
3. In Which Our Hero Is Put Under a Spell
4. In Which Our Hero Dodges Bullets and Swords
5. In Which Our Hero Frees the Damsel in Distress
6. In Which Our Hero Is Decapitated by the Evil King
7. In Which Our Hero Begins His Long and Arduous Quest (Seq Remix)
8. In Which Our Hero Was Taken By Surprise (Languis Remix)
9. The S.O.S
10. A Machine And A Memory Keep You Alive
Disc Two: Early Works for Me if it Works for You}:
1. Loneliness Is Having No One to Miss
2. High Horses Theme
3. Pliesex Sielking
4. Termites in the Bathtub
5. Fort Instructions
6. Curtains
7. Tybalt 60
8. Danny Loves Experimental Electronics
9. Sky Pointing
10. Casuals
11. Winds Let Me Down Again
12. Jewel States, “The Door Borders”
Disc Three: Early Works for Me if it Works for You II
1. New Name
2. Incomplete 1
3. Paul Guitar
4. Don’t Try
5. Serious
6. Darker Earlier
7. Smile Break
8. Incomplete 4
9. Moody
10. Slowdance
11. Fancy Ian
12. Jittery
13. Incomplete 2
14. Bluegrass (Short)
15. Mini
16. Laughs
17. The First Day After the Worst
18. Ender
Get Down with Snoop Dogg after Dark: MTV to Distribute Snoop’s Next LP
By Burke on Feb 17 2009
It’s kinda hard being Snoop D-O double-G, especially when record sales are tanking across the nation. But, ever the innovator, Snoop, having recently split with Interscope Records, just signed a deal with MTV to distribute his next album, Malice in Wonderland. Select tracks from the upcoming album will be released as playable songs on Rock Band. Additionally, Snoop's slated to host his own talk show, Dogg After Dark, a nighttime talk show hosted at LA nightclub Kress. It premiers tonight, February 17th at 9pm Eastern and Pacific on MTV.
Malice in Wonderland, Snoop’s follow-up to 2008’s Ego Trippin’, will feature collaborations with Pharrell, composer Lalo Schifrin, Dr. Dre, and others.
Snoop had this to say about his deal with MTV:
When Van Toffler and I sat down Boss to Boss, a global quintuple threat takeover was masterminded. As the world of entertainment keeps changing, we felt it was the right time to let Snoop Dogg back on MTV so we could continue to run thangs with music, movies, DVDs and bring Hip-Hop to Rock Band. So screw ya wigz on tight and tune in on Tuesday nights for the first step to the next level of Snoop D-O double G. Dogg after Dark is the only nightclub TV show hosted by you know who. So take a journey with me through the mind, body, soul and musical mind state of the most prolific, authentic game spitter. And tha shit is funny, so show me da money!
Woooooo! My class got canceled this morning! Oh, and a bill is up in Congress that will actually pay musicians for radio play, or whatever.
By Elzee on Feb 17 2009
I came to DC under false pretenses: I was told it would snow all the time, and so far all I’ve gotten is one storm that produced three measly inches. So, imagine my excitement when I looked out the window this morning and those glorious white clusters were gently tumbling downwards before my very eyes! Without considering this weather’s implications, I checked my email hoping to find a response to my Craigslist ad for an apartment or at the very least some funny porn spam. What I got was neither but was possibly better -- an email from my professor canceling my only class of the day! I was overjoyed.
Then I headed over to Ye Olde Tiny Mix Tapes to see what the music world had on the grill. What was cooking was a delicious stew of good news (note to self: food metaphor not appropriate in this context)! As you may or may not know, only songwriters, not musicians, get paid when their songs are played on terrestrial airwaves (this is not the “good news” part). But a bipartisan coalition of House members is fighting to pass H.R. 4789 -- the Performance Rights Act -- which would compensate performers every time one of their songs is broadcast on commercial radio.
According to CNET News, this would be tremendously helpful in curbing losses from illegal downloading and plummeting CD sales. Although most of my favorite musicians write their own songs, it is a little sad that Katy Perry doesn’t get any money when “Hot ‘n Cold” is played on the radio, so I hope this bill passes and that this snow stays on the ground.
