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One of the most overlooked and unappreciated bands of the 1990's was the Irish band Ash. They back, and they have released a prequel single for the forthcoming A-Z series (26 singles, one every 2 weeks) beginning this Fall.

Ash - Return of the White Rabbit

Labels: ash, return of the white rabbit, video of the day

Here's John McCauley (Deer Tick) covering Hank Williams Sr. on "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive"

Labels: deer tick, video of the day

Passion Pit will be playing Lollapallooza, Austin City Limits, two NYC SummerStage Shows With Phoenix. The band's European dates will being today in England.

Tour Dates
June 29 - The Cooler - Bristol, England
July 1 - Heaven - London, England
July 3 - Southampton Orange Rooms - Southampton
July 4- Eurockeennes - Malsaucy, France
July 5 - Montreux Jazz Festival - Montreux, Switzerland
July 8 - Five Night Revue @ Vibe Bar - London ,England
July 11 - Oxegen Festival - Punchestown, Ireland
July 12 - T in the Park - Balado, Scotland
July 13 - Paradiso - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
July 18 - Latitude Festival - Suffolk, England
July 19 - Melt Festival - Ferropolis, Germany
August 11 - Phoenix Concert Theatre - Toronto, Canada
August 12 - Zaphod Beeblebrox - Ottawa, Canada
August 13 - La Sala Rossa - Montreal, Canada
August 20 - Pukkelpop Festival - Hasselt, Belgium
August 21 - Lowlands Festival - The Netherlands
August 22 - Razzamatazz - Barcelona, Spain
August 28 - Rock En Seine - Paris, France
August 29 - Leeds Festival - Leeds, England
August 30 - Reading Festival - Reading, England
September 5 - Jersey Live Festival - Jersey, Channel Islands
September 11 - Bestival - Ile of Wight, England
September 13 - Monolith Festival - Morrison, Colorado
September 25 - Summerstage - New York, New York
September 26 - Summerstage - New York, New York
October 4 - Austin City Limits Festival - Austin, Texas

Labels: passion pit, tours

At long last - almost five months - we're back with our 66th exclusive interview: Cymbals Eat Guitars.

Quoting InSound.com, "Cymbals Eat Guitars are very possibly your new favorite band. Prepare yourself to love again."

Here's the link to the full interview: http://www.deadjournalist.com/interviews/20090623cymbalseatguitars.htm

Labels: cymbals eat guitars, deadjournalist.com, interviews

As noted earlier, The Dodos announced their Fall 2009 Tour and unveiled the cover art for their new album, Time To Die, which comes out September 15, 2009. It was produced by Phil Elk, who produced albums for Built to Spill, Fleet Foxes and The Shins.

"I'm glad that we were able to keep things simple on this record," says Dodo's frontman Meric Long. "Because when your band gets a little popular, there's this tendency to say things like, 'Let's add an orchestra on this one!' That works for some people, but it would detract from this band."

"After Visiter, we had a lot of options for which direction to go, but I knew we wanted to make a rock record. Being an acoustic band - primarily, at least - sort of works against this idea, but Phil's production showcased that side of our band."

Fall Tour Dates
9/26 - Henry Miller Library - Big Sur, CA
9/27 - El Rey Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
9/28 - Casbah - San Diego, CA
9/29 - Club Congress - Tucson, AZ
9/30 - Modified - Phoenix, AZ
10/2 - House of Blues, Pontiac Garage - Dallas, TX
10/3 - The Orange Show - Houston, TX
10/4 - Austin City Limits Festival - Austin, TX
10/6 - Club Downunder - Tallahassee, FL
10/7 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA
10/8 - Grey Eagle - Asheville, NC
10/9 - Rock and Roll Hotel - Washington DC
10/10 - Talking Head - Baltimore, MD
10/12 - First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia, PA
10/13 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY
10/14 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
10/15 - Middle East Downstairs - Cambridge, MA
10/16 - La Sala Rossa - Montreal, QC
10/17 - Lee's Palace - Toronto, ON
10/19 - Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL
10/20 - Turf Club - St. Paul, MN
10/22 - Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO
10/24 - Neurolux - Boise, ID
10/25 - Aladdin Theatre - Portland, OR
10/26 - The Biltmore Cabaret - Vancouver, BC
All dates with Ruby Suns

Labels: the dodos, tours

MP3 - Those Darlins - "Red Light Love"

Summer Tour Dates
6/25: Atlanta @ Drunken Unicorn
6/26: Athens, GA @ AthFest
6/27: Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge $
7/7: Arlington, VA @ Iota Club & Cafe
7/9: NYC @ Mercury Lounge +
7/10: Brooklyn @ Southpaw **, ++
7/11: Philadelphia @ Johnny Brenda's
7/13: Pittsburgh @ Club CafŽ
7/14: Cleveland @ Beach Land Tavern
7/15: Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room
7/16: Indianapolis @ Radio Radio
7/17: Chicago @ Schubas
7/18: Minneapolis @ 7th St. Entry
7/20: Rock Island, IL @ Rock Island Brewing Company
7/21: Omaha, NE @ Slowdown Front Room
7/22: Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
7/23: Kansas City, MO @ The Record Bar
7/24: St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
7/25: Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone
9/18 & 19: Bristol, VA @ Bristol Roots & Reunion Festival

$ W/The Black Lips Ð VINYL RELEASE PARTY
+ W/Heavy Trash (Jon Spencer) CD RELEASE PARTY
** W/So So Glos BROOKLYN RELEASE PARTY
++ W/We Are Country Mice BROOKLYN RELEASE PARTY

Labels: mp3, those darlins, tours

I'm happy to announce that this week will boast the return of our exclusive interviews with two of the best up-and-coming bands in the indie/college rock (whatever you want to call it) world.

Early this week: Cymbals Eat Guitars, the New York-based band

"You could blame it on so many bands being from autophobic NYC, or that the Pacific Northwest gods of indie are still going too strong to already be a primary influence, but neither would explain New York's Cymbals Eat Guitars' Why There Are Mountains. While there's plenty of geographical signifiers on their debut, it's almost topographic in its approach, without hooks and choruses so much as map-like layouts of mountains and sloping valleys." - Pitchfork

"I'll be the first to go on record saying that Cymbals Eat Guitars/Joseph Ferocious will end up indie famous within the year." - Charles Bissel, The Wrens

Later this week: The Soft Pack (formerly The Muslims), the L.A. via San Diego-based band

"They mix a kind of Strokes-y, and therefore VU, detachment and something that bumps in the night like Hell and his Voidoids (or, better yet, Hell and the Heartbreakers doing "Love Comes In Spurts"). You can also hear a bit of the Stooges - not just because the band cites 'em, along with the Replacements, as an inspiration - and early Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers (see "Future Rock," "On My Time," etc). Whatever the mix of forerunners, the Muslims find a way to make it their own -it's kinda uncanny." - Stereogum

Even more interviews coming soon!

Labels: cymbals eat guitars, interviews, the muslims, the soft pack

Asobi Seksu, in addition to annoucing that a new 10", Transparence, will be out in August, has released their Fall 2009 tour dates with Lonely Dear.

US Tour Dates
Sep 16 - Joe's Pub (special acoustic performance) - New York, NY
Sep 23 - Local 506 - Chapel Hill, NC
Sep 24 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA
Sep 26 - The Mohawk - Austin, TX
Sep 27 - Hailey's - Denton, TX
Sep 29 - Plush - Tucson, AZ
Sep 30 - Casbah - San Diego, CA*
Oct 1 - Troubador - Los Angeles, CA*
Oct 2 - Slims - San Francisco, CA*
Oct 3 - Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR*
Oct 4 - Chop Suey - Seattle, WA*
Oct 6 - Biltmore Cabaret - Vancouver BC*
Oct 9 - 7th Street Entry - Minneapolis, MN*
Oct 10 - Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL*
Oct 11 - Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH*
Oct 12 - Horseshoe Tavern - Toronto ON*
Oct 13 - Il Motore - Montreal QC*
Oct 14 - Great Scott - Boston, MA*
Oct 15 - Maxwells - Hoboken, NJ*
Oct 16 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY*
Oct 17 - Johnny Brendas - Philadelphia, PA*

*w/Loney Dear

Labels: Asobi Seksu, tours

Dream-pop band Speck Mountain has added dates to their July 2009 tour. In support of their second LP, Some Sweet Relief, the additional dates in New Haven, Philadelphia, Norfolk, and Asheville.

7/10/09 - The Belmont, Detroit

7/12/09 - BAR, New Haven CT

7/13/09 - Zuzu at the Middle East, (Cambridge) Boston

7/14/09 - Danger Danger Gallery, Philadelphia

7/15/09 - Bruar Falls, Brooklyn

7/16/09 - Monkey Town, Brooklyn

7/17/09 - The Boot, Norfolk VA

7/19/09 - Velvet Lounge, Washington DC

7/20/09 - Bobo Gallery, Asheville NC

Labels: speck mountian, tours

Every workday morning, at o'dark thirty, I hit the road into Atlanta with Jack Foglenest on Sirius XMU. About two weeks ago, he played the latest from Simian Mobile Disco called "Audacity of Huge". It instantly became my musical obsession of the week.

So here's the video - which is underwhelming - but it sure is technocolory.

Labels: simian mobile disco, video of the day

Honestly, I'm not a big viral video guy, but this, this is funny.


Find more videos like this on AdGabber


Thanks to Rich at CableandTweed.com for the head's up.

Labels: mc hammer

- DJdc fave A Place to Bury Strangers has been added to the Village Voices Siren Fest on July 18, 2009. Other bands slated to perform include: Built to Spill, the Raveonettes, Monotonix, Thee Oh Sees, Frightened Rabbit, Grand Ducky (featuring Frank Black), Michachu and the Shapes.

- Drug Rug second LP, Paint The Fence Invisible, will be released on July 28, 2009.

- Toms Shoes teams with The Scene Asthetic

From the Press Release: "To prepare for the upcoming Scene Aesthetic album release of A Type & A Shadow on July 14th TOMS shoes and The Scene Aesthetic have joined forces to support the TOMS Shoe Initiative. "One for One : For every pair you purchase, TOMS will give a pair of shoes to a child in need. One for One. Using the purchasing power of individuals to benefit the greater good is what we're all about ." Starting today, for every purchase of TOMS shoes made by a fan of The Scene Aesthetic, TOMS will donate $2 to The Invisible Children Fund , specifically chosen by Eric and Andrew for being a pioneer organization that has the power to change the world for the better. When you go to purchase your next pair of shoes please enter The Scene Aesthetic checkout code: SceneAesthetic to receive $3 off your purchase. (You can use this code as many times as you want and it is good for a YEAR!) Just another way the band is thanking you for listening to their music, loving what they do and believing the world could be a better place."

Labels: a place to bury strangers, news and notes, the scene asthetic

Just announced, The Dodos will be releasing Time To Die, their third full-length album, on September 22, 2009 via Frenchkiss Records.

Time To Die Tracklist
1. Small Deaths
2. Longform
3. Fables
4. The Strums
5. This Is A Business
6. Two Medicines
7. Troll Nacht
8. Acorn Factory
9. Time To Die

Labels: the dodos

I've been on record for a while about being a big fan of Here We Go Magic. They recently released their video for "Fangela" so check it out below. They are on tour with Grizzly Bear ...

Labels: here we go magic, video of the day

Sony released special CD/DVD set that chronicles Jeff Buckley's Grace tour and the album's release in 1994. Entitled "Grace Around the World" it's available now. (Full review coming later this month.)

Labels: dvd review, grace around the world, jeff buckley

Andrew Bird will follow up today's performance at Bonnaroo by playing Atlanta tomorrow.

MP3 - Andrew Bird - "Oh No"


Tour Dates
Jun 15 - Cobb Energy PAC - Atlanta, GA
Jun 18 - Radio City Music Hall - New York, NY **
Jun 19 - Bank of America Pavilion - Boston, MA
Jul 10 - Greek Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
Jul 11 - Greek Theatre - Berkeley, CA
Jul 13 - Red Butte Garden - Salt Lake City, UT
Jul 14 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre - Morrison, CO
Jul 16 - Britt Pavilion - Jacksonville, OR
Jul 17 - Marymoor Amphitheatre - Redmond, WA
Jul 18 - McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater - Troutdale, OR
Jul 19 - McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater - Troutdale, OR
Jul 26 - Squaw Velley Ski Resort - Olympic Valley, CA
Aug 7 - Lollapalooza - Grant Park - Chicago, IL
Aug 8 - Lollapalooza - Grant Park - Chicago, IL
Aug 9 - Lollapalooza - Grant Park - Chicago, IL
Oct 2 - Austin City Limits Festival - Austin, TX
Oct 3 - Austin City Limits Festival - Austin, TX
Oct 4 - Austin City Limits Festival - Austin, TX

Labels: andrew bird, mp3, tours

Violens // "Doomed" from Violens on Vimeo.

Labels: video of the day, violens

Falling behind means missing out. So I missed this a couple of weeks ago, but here's the new video of "Sick Muse" from Metric. Below are tour dates.



North American Tour
06.04.09 Ð Showbox Ð Seattle, WA
06.05.09 Ð Wonder Ballroom Ð Portland, OR
06.06.09 Ð BFD Ð San Francisco, CA
06.07.09 Ð Independence Jam Ð San Diego, CA
06.08.09 Ð Wiltern Ð Los Angeles, CA
06.11.09 Ð Ogden Theater Ð Denver, CO
06.12.09 Ð Granada Ð Lawrence, KS
06.13.09 Ð First Ave Ð Minneapolis, MN
06.14.09 Ð Metro Ð Chicago, IL
06.15.09 Ð St. Andrews Hall Ð Detroit, MI
06.17.09 Ð Terminal 5 Ð New York, NY
06.18.09 Ð 9:30 Club Ð Washington, DC
06.19.09 Ð Trocadero Ð Philadelphia, PA
06.20.09 Ð Edge Fest Ð Toronto, Ontario
06.27.09 Ð Glastonbury Festival (Other Stage) Ð Pilton, UK
07.04.09 Ð Virgin Festival 09 - Citadel Hill Ð Halifax, Nova Scotia

Labels: metric, tours

It's June 11 and I'm still working on getting my ass in gear and make some more changes to the Web site and get it more tech-savvy. At last check I have 550 emails unread in my mailbox ... so once I get going there will be a lot work to do.