There’s some big news that was announced late last week (Friday) about one of my favorite bands, Drive-By Truckers, the alt-country group with the “three-ax attack.”
According to their Myspace page, their new album titled Brighter Than Creation’s Dark will be released on Jan. 22. Tomorrow, you’ll be able to buy the EP which will feature the following tracks:
Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife
3 Dimes Down
The Righteous Path (you can hear this on their Myspace page, along with 2 other new songs)
The Purgatory Line
If you buy the EP, you’ll be credited toward the purchase of the album next year (called the “Complete My Order Program“)
Patterson Hood also announced the dates for the band’s The Home Front World Tour.
And guess what? They are FINALLY coming to a city near me (I lived in Phoenix for 5 years and had to deal with them passing me by constantly).
If you want to catch up to society, check out last year’s A Blessing and A Curse. But if you want to hear the song that instantly made me a Truckers fan, download “The Deeper In.”
Mon Feb 11 - Anaheim CA - HOUSE OF BLUES w/North Mississippi Allstars, The Felice Brothers
Tue Feb 12 - Los Angeles - CA - AVALON w/North Mississippi Allstars, The Felice Brothers
Wed Feb 13 - San Francisco CA - MEZZANINE w/ The Felice Brothers
Fri Feb 15 - Portland OR - ROSELAND - w/ The Felice Brothers
Sat Feb 16 - Seattle WA - SHOWBOX w/ The Felice Brothers
Sun Feb 17 - Seattle WA - SHOWBOX - w/ The Felice Brothers
Tue Feb 19 - Boise ID - BIG EASY CONCERT HOUSE - w/ The Felice Brothers
Wed Feb 20 - Salt Lake City UT - THE PALADIUM w/ The Felice Brothers
Thu Feb 21 - Aspen CO - BELLY UP w/ The Felice Brothers
Fri Feb 22 - Denver CO - OGDEN THEATRE w/ The Felice Brothers
Sat Feb 23 - Boulder CO - FOX THEATRE w/ The Felice Brothers
Mon Feb 25 - Omaha NE - SLOWDOWN w/ The Felice Brothers
Tue Feb 26 - Columbia MO - BLUE NOTE w/ The Felice Brothers
Wed Feb 27 - Urbana IL - CANOPY CLUB w/ The Felice Brothers
Thu Feb 28 - Milwaukee WI - PABST THEATRE w/ The Felice Brothers
Fri Feb 29 - St. Louis MO - PAGEANT w/ The Felice Brothers
Sat Mar 01 - Louisville KY - HEADLINERS MUSIC HALL w/ The Felice Brothers
Fri Mar 14 - Memphis TN - MINGLEWOOD HALL
Sat Mar 15 - Nashville TN - CANNERY BALLROOM
Sun Mar 16 - Newport - KY - SOUTHGATE HOUSE
Tue Mar 18 - Millvale PA - MR SMALLS THEATRE
Wed Mar 19 - Toronto ONT - OPERA HOUSE
Thu Mar 20 - Montreal QUE - CABARET MUSIC HALL
Fri Mar 21 - Northampton MA - PEARL STREET
Sat Mar 22 - Boston MA - PARADISE ROCK CLUB
Tue Mar 25 - New Haven CT - TOADS PLACE
Wed Mar 26 - New York NY - TERMINAL 5
Thu Mar 27 - Philadelphia PA - THE FILLMORE @ THE TLA
Fri Mar 28 - Richmond VA - THE NATIONAL
Sat Mar 29 - Asheville NC - ORANGE PEEL
Cake is ramping up for another run of the Unlimited Sunshine tour. This is the fourth incarnation of the traveling festival of eclectic acts headlined by the always quirky Cake.
The tour kicks off at the end of this month and runs through the middle of December with 12 stops, mostly along the West and East Coast corridors. Accompanying Cake will be Brazilian Girls, Oakley Hall, Detroit Cobras, King City, and Agent Ribbons.
After mentioning this tour to a few ladies, it became clear to me that the ladies are not so much into the Cake. Is it just that the ladies I know are Cake haters? Or is Cake a dudes-only kinda band? Let us know in the comments.
But enough chit-chat, tour dates and details after the jump …
I ain’t gonna lie. My sister bought Kanye, which I quickly ripped to my computer, and I tried out the new Amazon music store by downloading “Ayo” for a measly 89 cents (when I bought it, there was no tax for top forty songs. Could be good if you need to legally buy that guilty pleasure of yours).
I ‘m just as confused as you are. Rooney is a indie-pop band from California that make, for lack of a better term, “sunshine music” (which in my world means it’s music that demands to be listened to in the sunlight). It’s surprising that this is the band that would tour with the Polyphonic Spree, an army of a band (over 12 members) that consists of a choir and make-shift orchestra.
The Spree dropped a new album this year called “The Fragile Army.” On their current tour, they have gotten rid of their flowing robes and embraced their dark side, donning black uniforms. I interviewed co-founder Julie Doyle a couple of months ago (she’s the wife of frontman and co-founder Tim DeLaughter) and she had this to say about the new album:
“The sound on the album is one that we were looking for early on,” says Doyle. “Back then, we were just calling on friends and then the band got going so we decided to roll with it. But artistically, it was time to make the record we’ve been wanting to make.”
I’ve heard it. It’s awesome. It’s also more cohesive than their past albums. And seeing this entire band on stage is nothing short of a trip.
October 12th The Echo Project Fairburn, GA **
October 14th The Crofoot Pontiac, MI
October 15th Bogart's Cincinnati, OH
October 17th The Vic Theatre Chicago, IL
October 18th Pabst Theatre Milwaukee, WI
October 19th Pantages Theatre Minneapolis, MN
October 20th Granada Theatre Lawrence, KS
October 22nd Gothic Theatre Englewood, CO
October 24th The Big Easy Boise, ID
October 25th Showbox Seattle, WA
October 26th Roseland Theatre Portland, OR
October 27th McDonald Theatre Eugene, OR
October 30th Groove of Anaheim Anaheim, CA
October 31st The Fillmore San Francisco, CA
November 1st Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, CA
November 2nd Henry Fonda Theatre Los Angeles, CA
November 3rd Rialto Theatre Tucson, AZ
November 6th House of Blues Dallas, TX
November 7th Emo's Austin, TX
November 8th Verizon Wireless Theater Houston, TX
November 10th Talleyrand Music & Arts Fest. Jacksonville, FL
November 11th The State Theater St. Petersburg, FL
November 13th Cat's Cradle Carrboro, NC
November 14th Trocadero Philadelphia, PA
November 15th Rex Theater Pittsburg, PA
November 16th Terminal 5 New York, NY
November 17th Ram's Head Live Baltimore, MD
Get your alt country fix on this fall with two of the best in the business. Memphis, TN based Lucero are possibly the best live band you will see on any stage in this great nation of touring musicians. Every time I’ve seen these guys they’ve been incredible- drunk or sober- it doesn’t matter. If you haven’t picked up their most recent record Rebels, Rogues & Sworn Brothers stop what you’re doing and go pick it up now- while you’re at it- get That Much FurtherWest as well. Supporting is the always entertaining Bobby Bare Jr. who is supporting his new disc The Longest Meow.
OCT 10 Lawrence, KS / The Bottleneck
OCT 12 Englewood, CO / Gothic Theatre
OCT 13 Boulder, CO / Fox Theatre and Cafe
OCT 15 Salt Lake City, UT / Club Sound
OCT 17 Seattle, WA / Crocodile Cafe
OCT 18 Portland, OR / Hawthorne Theater
OCT 19 San Francisco, CA / Slim’s
OCT 20 Los Angeles, CA / El Rey Theatre
OCT 21 San Diego, CA / Brick by Brick
OCT 22 Phoenix, AZ / The Brickhouse
OCT 24 Austin, TX / Emo’s
OCT 26 Nashville, TN / Mercy Lounge
OCT 28 Wilmington, NC / The Soapbox Laundrolounge
OCT 29 Carrboro, NC / Cat’s Cradle
OCT 30 Richmond, VA / Alley Katz
OCT 31 Washington DC / Black Cat
NOV 01 Philadelphia, PA / The Trocadero
NOV 02 Cambridge, MA / Middle East
NOV 03 Brooklyn, NY / Music Hall of Williamsburg
NOV 04 New York, NY / Bowery Ballroom
NOV 06 Cleveland, OH / Grog Shop
NOV 07 Detroit, MI / Magic Stick
NOV 08 Louisville, KY / Headliner’s
NOV 09 Chicago, IL / Metro
NOV 10 Minneapolis, MN / Fine Line Music Cafe
NOV 11 Milwaukee, WI / Turner Hall
Here’s the aforementioned title track from That Much Further West.
I saw the Foo Fighters during their In Your Honor Tour (or whatever it was called). They opened with “In Your Honor,” “Best of You,” and “One by One.” After that trifecta of rock, I proceeded to lose my mind, drink four pints of beer and scream “FOOOOO!!!” for the rest of the night and a little bit on the ride home.
Thankfully they didn’t play any of the acoustic songs, which only get put in my daily rotation when I have a hangover at work.
The Foo are returning with a new album on Sept. 25 with “Echoes, Silence, Patience And Grace” and will be hitting the road for a couple of dates on the East Coast. I’ll have to wait till they hit Boston to lose my mind again.
09.20.07 - New York, NY (The Fillmore)
10.02.07 - New Orleans, LA (House of Blues)
10.04.07 - Atlanta, GA (The Tabernacle)
10.06.07 - Atlantic City, NJ (The Borgata)
The Tripwire, one of the best sites for music news, is giving away free tickets for Bjork’s Madison Square Garden show on Sept. 24.
Just send them an email at tripwirecontest@thetripwire.com with the subject as “BJORK NYC.” Include your full name in the email so they know who it’s going to.
There are still tickets available through Ticketmaster, so this isn’t a last resort sort of play. It’s more for the people loving winning things. Bjork fans should just buy their tickets now.
To the people and my friends who currently live in NYC. I officially hate you. This Thursday Tim Williams will be bringing his soft, acoustic guitar indie-rock to the Cake Shop (152 Ludlow St, 212.253.0036) for a free show. You can also download the new song “Novel” off of Williams’ Myspace page.
Though I’m not too pissed. Football season is starting up and I’m heading down to B-town to watch the Bosox take Camden Yards.
09.06.07 - New York, NY (Cake Shop - Free Show)
09.14.07 - Scranton, PA (Test Pattern)
09.15.07 - Danbury, CT (Larry’s Danbury)
09.18.07 - Williamsburg, NY (Pete’s Candy Store)
09.20.07 - Philadelphia, PA (Milkboy Cafe)
09.21.07 - Alexandria, VA (Episcopal HS)
09.22.07 - Durham, NC (Duke Coffeehouse)
09.26.07 - Grantham, PA (Larson Student Union @ Messiah College)
09.28.07 - Baltimore, MD (The Gopher Hole @ Goucher College)
10.02.07 - New York, NY (Cake Shop - CD Release Show)
10.06.07 - Johnson City, TN (Acoustic Coffeehouse)
10.07.07 - Chicago, IL (Uncommon Ground)
10.09.07 - Des Moines, IA (Vaudeville Mews)
10.11.07 - Des Moines, IA (Mars Cafe - Free Show)
10.12.07 - Ames, IA (The M-Shop)
10.17.07 - New York, NY (CMJ - location TBD)
Take out the dark clothing and get ready for the soothing, creepy sounds of PJ Harvey.
It was just announced that she’ll have two shows this fall, which is probably all she needs, to support her newest effort “White Chalk” (out Sept. 25). The first single from the album, “When Under Ether,” will be released on Sept. 17 and, according to a press release, has already gotten a four-star review from Rolling Stone.
Here’s video of Harvey performing “Under the Ether.”
And here’s her two-show tour.
Oct. 10 @ the Beacon Theatre in New York
Oct. 15 @ the Orpheum in Los Angeles
I love this band. Back in April, someone over at Big Hassle Media told me about the Black Angels and, after listening to a couple of songs on their Myspace page, was convinced to check them out.
I was blown. BLOWN. There are six people in this Austin band and attacked the Middle East club in Cambridge with a loud bass that I can still feel reverberating through my soul.
The other reason I like them? I always imagine strippers dancing to the bass lines in “Black Grease,” and, if you like scantily-clad women dancing around in your head, it’s a nice image to have.
The Black Angels, thanks to the strength of their release “Passover,” have been tapped to support Queens of the Stone Age during their fall tour. This is rock that takes over your body and makes you crazy. You will not be sorry.
Listen to The Black Angels song “The First Vietnamese War” MP3 from Passover:
(* denotes a date when they are NOT with the QOTSA):
September 26: Tucson, AZ: Plush*
September 27: Phoenix, AZ: Rhythm Room*
September 29: Los Angeles, CA: Barnsdall Art Space (SwerveFest)*
October 2: Solana Beach, CA: Belly Up Tavern*
October 6: San Francisco, CA: Download Festival*
October 12: Boston, MA: Orpheum Theatre
October 13: New York, NY: Theatre at Madison Square Garden
October 15: Toronto, ON: Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts
October, 16: Montreal, QC: Metropolis
October 17: Clifton Park, NY: Northern Lights
October 20: Columbus, OH: The LC Pavilion
October 22: Grand Rapids, MI: Orbit Room
October 23: Detroit, MI: The Fillmore Detroit
October 24; Milwaukee, WI: The Rave
October 25: Chicago, IL: Riviera Theater
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