They’ve announced some European tour dates and a stop at Coachella.
Can’t wait.
I don’t know how I ever missed a Portishead/Cher mashup.
Ours is back with their highly-anticipated third album. The new album is set to be released on March 15, 2008. It was produced by Rick Rubin and will be called ‘Mercy (Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy)‘. You can listen to three of the new songs on their My Space page here.
Ours will be opening for Marilyn Manson on their tour that’s kicking off January 19th in Orlando, FL. Here’s a full list of tour dates.
Here’s Ours performing one of my favorite songs…”I’m a Monster”
Interpol were interviewed on NPR’s World Cafe last week. You can check out the interview and in studio performance here.
Interpol has announced more dates on their world tour.
Dates:
11-15 Zurich, Switzerland - Volkshaus *
11-16 Munich, Germany - Tonhalle *
11-17 Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle *
11-19 Cologne, Germany - Palladium *
11-20 Tilburg, Netherlands - O13 *
11-21 Paris, France - Zenith *
11-23 Brussels, Belgium - Forest National *
11-24 Hamburg, Germany - Docks *
11-25 Hamburg, Germany - Docks *
11-26 Lille, France - Aeronef *
11-28 Blackpool, England - Empress Ballroom
11-29 London, England - Alexandra Palace
11-30 London, England - Alexandra Palace
12-02 Dublin, Ireland - RDS Main Hall
12-03 Glasgow, Scotland - Academy
12-04 Newcastle, England - Carling Academy
02-14 Auckland, New Zealand - Logan Cambell Centre
02-17 Perth, Australia - Metro City
02-19 Brisbane, Australia - Convention Centre
02-21 Sydney, Australia - Hordern Pavilion
02-25 Melbourne, Australia - Festival Hall
02-26 Adelaide, Australia - Thebarton Theatre
03-11 Sao Paulo, Brazil - Via Funchal
03-13 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Findicao Progresso
03-15 Belo Horizonte, Brazil - Chevrolet Hall* With Blonde Redhead
Bjork has confirmed her South American tour dates and has expanded the tour to include Australia and New Zealand. Ratatat will be opening for Bjork on the two U.S. dates (LA and Las Vegas).
Dates:
10-26 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - TIM Festival
10-28 São Paulo, Brazil - TIM Festival
10-31 Curitiba, Brazil - TIM Festival
11-04 Buenos Aires, Argentina - Teatro Gran Rex
11-07 Buenos Aires, Argentina - Teatro Gran Rex
11-10 Santiago, Chile - San Carlos de Apoquindo Stadium
11-13 Lima, Peru - Vertice del Museo de la Nacion
11-17 Bogota, Colombia - Palacio de los Deportes
12-08 Guadalajara, Mexico - Huentitan Canyon
12-12 Los Angeles, CA - Nokia Theater *
12-15 Las Vegas, NV - The Pearl Concert Theater *
01-18 Auckland, New Zealand - Mt. Smart Stadium (Big Day Out Festival)
01-20 Gold Coast, Australia - Parklands (Big Day Out Festival)
01-23 Sydney, Australia - Sydney Opera House Forecourt (Sydney Festival)
01-25 Sydney, Australia - Sydney Showgrounds (Big Day Out Festival)
01-28 Melbourne, Australia - Flemington Racecourse (Big Day Out Festival)
02-01 Adelaide, Australia - Adelaide Showground (Big Day Out Festival)
02-03 Perth, Australia - Claremont Showgrounds (Big Day Out Festival)
(Via Pitchfork)
I saw the rock documentary (rockumentary?) Dig! a few years ago. It followed the careers of the Brian Jones Town Massacre and the Dandy Warhols, and their friendship/rivalry over the years. I don’t have any of the BJTM’s albums, but I like their sound. I think they make incredibly beautiful creative music. They have 3 albums coming out this year alone.
I finally got to see the BJTM play with Dimmer (from New Zealand) last night at the Belly Up. It seemed like a lot of people there had seen Dig! and wanted to see Antone freak out. People were shouting insults trying to get a reaction out of him. One second Antone would be yelling back and incoherently rambling (about Lincoln, Schwarzenegger, Iraq, Jamaica, Jesus), and then the next second they’re playing a totally beautiful song. The music was great. They started late and played a really long set.
But i hated being there and see people pick on Antone, who clearly has problems. I’m going to pick up his albums (all 30 of them) and pass the next time they come to town. They have an album coming out called “My Bloody Underground“, which they’ve already leaked on their website.
I hope someday these guys get it together.
Today the Cure announced the 2008 dates of their postponed North American tour. According to their official site…
EIGHTEEN OF THE NINETEEN PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED SHOWS HAVE BEEN RE-SCHEDULED IN THE ORIGINAL VENUES, AND ALL 2007 TICKETS WILL BE HONOURED FOR THESE NEW 2008 CONCERTS.
ANYONE WHO WANTS A REFUND ON THEIR 2007 TICKET WILL BE ABLE TO GET ONE IN FULL FROM HIS OR HER POINT OF PURCHASE UNTIL 1ST NOVEMBER 2007.
MAY 2008
09 WASHINGTON DC Patriot Center
10 PHILADELPHIA Wachovia Spectrum
12 BOSTON Agganis Arena
14 MONTREAL Bell Centre
15 TORONTO Air Canada Centre
17 CHICAGO Allstate Arena
19 KANSAS CITY Starlight Theatre – ADDED SHOW
21 DENVER Red Rocks Amphitheatre
23 SALT LAKE CITY E Center
25 GEORGE WA The Gorge Sasquatch! Festival (in place of Seattle - headlining from 9:30 to midnight)
26 VANCOUVER General Motors Place
29 SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara Bowl
31 LOS ANGELES Hollywood Bowl
JUNE
03 SAN DIEGO Cox Arena
04 PHOENIX Dodge Theatre – ADDED SHOW
06 DALLAS American Airlines Center
08 AUSTIN Austin Music Hall – ADDED SHOW
09 HOUSTON Toyota Center
11 TAMPA St Pete Times Forum
13 FT LAUDERDALE Bank Atlantic Center – ADDED SHOW
15 ATLANTA Gwinnett Center
16 CHARLOTTE Charlotte Bobcats Arena
18 CLEVELAND (Venue TBD) – ADDED SHOW
20 NEW YORK CITY Madison Square Garden
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According to April Skies, a Jesus & Mary Chain fan site, the band has confirmed a return to the studio to record a brand new album. Although brothers Jim and William have worked on projects separately since the break-up (Sister Vanilla, Freeheat, Lazycame) this will be the first time in nine years they record together as The JAMC.
The band has also announced a handful of shows in the States:
10/20 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
10/22 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
10/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre #
10/26 – San Francisco, CA @ the Fillmore #
10/27 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore #
After catching their pre-Coachella gig at the Glass House back in April I couldn’t be happier about the tour. Although the JAMC can do no wrong by me I must admit that since that show I’ve been harboring the feeling you get when you order your favorite drink at a new bar, it goes down but only because you paid seven bucks for it and it’s alcohol. Something was missing that night; I expected to be subjected to the usual insulting aloofness of someone who’s made up of nothing but skin and cool but instead it felt as though Jim’s memory was split between remembering lyrics and whether or not he’d paid the gas bill.
It could’ve been a number of things; lack of habit, new line-up, the edge has simply dried up, maybe it’s just the fact that all reunions suck (Quinton’s words not mine) or maybe I’m just crazy. I for one am chalking it up to being out of practice, particularly because my brother saw them the very next night at Coachella and said they were phenomenal. Hopefully this time around the rust is out of their hinges and I’ll get to truly experience The Jesus & Mary Chain in all of their brooding glory.
On a positive note they did play a new song that night at the Glass House and if you’re a fan of Automatic go ahead and wet yourself.
Despite it all I’ll claim anything they do is genius but please no more Scarlet non-sense. I’d hate to have to eat my words; they’re too thick to chew.
I was lucky enough to catch Polyphonic Spree when they were in town back in July. I was happy to see that they’re doing a second round of tour dates. They were SO good and they put on such a good show, that I want to see them when they come back.
Here are the tour dates…
Oct 12 2007 8:00P The Echo Project Atlanta, Georgia
Oct 14 2007 8:00P Crofoot Detroit, Michigan
Oct 15 2007 8:00P Bogarts Cincinnati, Ohio
Oct 17 2007 8:00P Vic Chicago, Illinois
Oct 18 2007 8:00P Pabst Theatre Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Oct 19 2007 8:00P Pantages Minneapolis, Minnesota
Oct 20 2007 8:00P The Granada Lawrence, Kansas
Oct 22 2007 8:00P The Gothic Theatre Denver, Colorado
Oct 24 2007 8:00P The Big Easy Boise, Idaho
Oct 25 2007 8:00P Showbox Seattle, Washington
Oct 26 2007 8:00P Roseland Portland, Oregon
Oct 27 2007 8:00P McDonald Theatre Eugene, Oregon
Oct 30 2007 8:00P Grove Anaheim, California
Oct 31 2007 8:00P The Fillmore San Francisco, California
Nov 1 2007 8:00P Belly Up San Diego, California
Nov 2 2007 8:00P Fonda Los Angeles, California
Nov 3 2007 8:00P Rialto Theatre Tucson, Arizona
Nov 6 2007 8:00P House of Blues Dallas, Texas
Nov 7 2007 8:00P Emos Austin, Texas
Nov 8 2007 8:00P Verizon Theatre Houston, Texas
Nov 10 2007 8:00P The Telleyran Music Festival Jacksonville, Florida
The strange thing is they’re touring with Rooney. It seems like an odd pairing, but you can always just show up right before they come on.
I just finished listening to their concert from the end of June on the NPR Live Concert Series here. Definitely worth checking out.
How much do you dread hearing, “you should check out my friend’s band”? Who the hell wants to hear your girfriends brother in-law and his band of delusional balding plumbers and insurance salesmen covering Coldplay? NO ONE THAT’S WHO! That being said everyone living or visiting in the bay area come check out my friends band.
Trust me I know what you’re thinking, anytime anyone says that to me my brain goes into a type of automatic voicemail template; I have to work late, I have dinner plans, I rather eat my fingers… Who can blame me? Ever single time I’ve given in and said yes 6 months drop of my lifespan. I always leave feeling bitter, defeated and with even less hope for today’s standard of musician than I started off with.
Lucky for you I’m willing to wear the crown of king hypocrite. Made up of twin brothers Jared Mattson on guitar, piano and bass; Jonathan Mattson on drums; skateboarding pioneer Ray Barbee on guitar, this band is the future of jazz. With influences ranging from Chet Baker to the Cocteau Twins Ray Barbee Meet the Mattson 2 use their music chops and pop sensiblity to craft brilliant complex songs that aren’t meant to go over our heads but rather linger in them. Jonathan Mattson has ruined all other drummers for me as he’s become the girlfriend I hopelessly compare the rest to. While Jared and Ray create a sound so intoxicating even they get drunk. Ray Barbee Meet the Mattson 2 seem out of place in a time where music is oversaturated with scenester slime with more dedication to fitting into size 26 jeans or resembling a memember of CCR rather than mastering their instruments and sound.
The band is currently championed and managed by Filmmaker/artist Thomas Campbell and has had the privilege of working with Tortoise/The Sea and Cake’s John McEntire on a recording that is to be released within the next year on Galaxia Records.
In September of 2006 Mattson 2 collaborated with Ray Barbee at The Hangar studios in Sacramento, CA. The album was released in Japan on March 7 2007 titled: Ray Barbee Meets Mattson 2 on Galaxia Records. The American version is to be released on Galaxia Records in the near future. In April 2006 a promotional tour for their new release was made possible for Ray Barbee Meets Mattson 2 by Japanese record production company RUSH! Productions. The Japanese tour was a success and received great support from audiences at Ageha in Tokyo, Club Duo in Shibuya, and California Surf Shop in Fujisawa.
Mattson 2 continues to perform with Ray Barbee around California, and continue to collaborate with Thomas Campbell on Galaxia records. They will be playing the upcoming Galaxia Sampler at the Victoria Theater on September 15th. Show starts at 8 tickets are $10. Also on the bill are Tommy Guerrero, Gojogo, The Mumlers and The Photographic.
The Decemberists are gonna be hitting the road soon. They will be performing for two nights in each city. “Long” evenings will focus on the band’s epic, progressive compositions. “Short” nights (while no shorter in set length, we promise) will highlight their more succinct, pop-leaning material.
You can sign up for the presale list here . Presale tickets for the San Diego show are onsale now. I just got my tix in the Orchestra section.
THE DECEMBERISTS - “THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT ” 2007 TOUR
10/28 Chicago, IL Vic Theater (”Long of It”)
10/29 Chicago, IL Vic Theater (”Short of It”)
11/1 New York, NY Terminal 5 (”Long of It”)
11/2 New York, NY Terminal 5 (”Short of It”)
11/3 Boston, MA Orpheum (”Long of It”)
11/4 Boston, MA Orpheum (”Short of It”)
11/6 Winston-Salem, NC Millennium Center (”Long of It”)
11/7 Winston-Salem, NC Millennium Center (”Short of It”)
11/9 Washington, DC 9:30 Club (”Long of It”)
11/10 Washington, DC 9:30 Club (”Short of It”)
11/11 Washington, DC 9:30 Club (”Long of It”)
11/12 Washington, DC 9:30 Club (”Short of It”)
11/15 Columbus, OH Lifestyle Communities Pavilion (”Long of It”)
11/16 Columbus, OH Lifestyle Communities Pavilion (”Short of It”)
11/18 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theater (”Long of It”)
11/19 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theater (”Short of It”)
11/23 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore (”Long of It”)
11/24 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore (”Short of It”)
11/25 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore (”Long of It”)
11/26 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore (”Short of It”)
11/29 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern (”Long of It”)
11/30 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern (”Short of It”)
12/1 San Diego, CA Spreckels Theatre (”Long of It”)
12/2 San Diego, CA Spreckels Theatre (”Short of It”)
12/5 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom (”Long of It”)
12/6 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom (”Short of It”)
12/7 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
12/8 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre (”Long of It”)
12/9 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre (”Short of It”)
(Via Brooklyn Vegan)