Adding to this season’s draw are The Safes and their five song EP Sight Of All Light. Over perhaps too quickly, or maybe just the perfect dose of high energy rock-n-roll with equalled melody, to make you forget about your probably boring life (a mandate in some parts of the world) for a while? Chicago’s The Safes are brothers Frankie, Michael and Patrick O’Malley. If you like the track below then you will be well suited for take off.
audio: sight of all light
tour: 10/09 Champaign, IL @ The Courtyard
10/10 Carbondale, IL @ PKs
10/11 Saint Louis, MO @ Lemmons
10/12 Kansas City, MO @ Fred P. Otts
10/13 Wichita, KS @ The Anchor
10/15 Austin, TX @ Club 1808
10/16 Denton, TX @ J&J’s
10/17 Albuquerque, NM @ Atomic Cantina
10/18 Phoenix, AZ @ Rubyroom
10/19 San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick
10/20 Los Angeles, CA @ The Cat Club
10/21 Oakland, CA @ The Stork Club
10/22 San Francisco, CA @ The Hemlock Tavern
10/23 Salt Lake City, UT @ Burt’s Tiki Lounge
10/24 Denver, CO @ Bender’s
10/25 Omaha, NE @ Universe
11/01 Pittsburgh, PA @ Garfield Artworks
11/02 Long Branch, NJ @ The Brighton Bar
11/03 Arlington, VA @ Galaxy Hut
11/04 Richmond, VA @ Rumors Boutique
11/05 Baltimore, MD @ Joe Squared
11/06 New York, NY @ Pianos
11/07 Boston, MA @ O’Briens
11/08 Philadelphia, PA @ Mojo 13
11/09 Danbury, CT @ Larry’s
11/10 Sheffield, MA @ Off The Beat N’ Track
11/11 New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine
11/12 State College, PA @ Bar Bleu
11/26 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
Out this week in the states is an album which has already gained wide acclaim abroad – XX Teens debut album, Welcome To Goon Island. This eleven track punk inspired rhythm crashing exposition is one of the most colorful freak fests I’ve heard in a while. Welcome To Goon Island is a diverse work occupied by guitar scrapes, slides, and splashes over tunes that roll and sometimes beg you to dance. XX Teens will have you moving with numbers that range from the bizarro horror cabaret of “Darlin’”; the vaudevillian slope of “Ba (Ba-Ba-Ba)”; to the ecstatic release of favorite “Sun Comes Up.” Mysterious, political, and haunted, with some spy thriller thrown in as well, Welcome To Goon Island is full of wild twists, appropriately ending with a bit from peace activist Brian Haw.
Nashville-based duo Magic Wands have been on tour with Black Kids and are preparing the release of their Limited Edition Black Magic 7″ later in 2008. Magic Wands ‘Teenage Love’ is now widely in digital platforms.
tracks: a. Black Magic
b. Kaleidoscope Hearts
video: Teenage Love
tour: Wed, Oct 1 Webster Hall NewYork, NY
Thu, Oct 2 Paradise Boston, MA
Fri, Oct 3 Music Hall of Williamsburg New York (w.The Kills)
The Count & Sinden present “Hardcore Girls,” fronted by Baltimore’s 17 year old Rye Rye, who has been touring the states with MIA, and now signed to Interscope in order to reach her own orbit. To celebrate the release of “Hardcore Girls,” The Count & Sinden will be hosting a special all-nighter at a secret location in Shoreditch on October 11th, featuring a performance by The Count & Sinden, along with DJ sets from both, Fake Blood and local hero Hannah Holland, to name but a few. The location will be revealed the week of the show here and here. Hardcore Girls EP is out in Europe on October 13th, and North America on November 17th
tour: 10/02 Cardiff CYNT
10/03 Leicester Shivoo
10/10 London Astoria (supporting JME)
10/10 Nottingham Stealth
10/11 London [www.buggedout.com for location]
11/06 Austin, TX Beauty Bar
11/07 Toronto, ON Circa
11/08 Silver Springs, MD Gallery
11/09 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
11/11 New York, NY Plan B
11/12 Baltimore, MD Ottobar
Mr. Vegas breaks out the Oh MyGosh EP as a 12″ by way of Delicious Gutter on October 15. This remix marks the second release on Delicious Gutter – a partnership between Rick Ross from LA-based Hip-Hop label Delicious Vinyl and Baltimore Gutter King Aaron Lacrate.
Kansas City, Missouri’s The Republic Tigers are currently abroad undertaking their first ever UK tour as the opener for Travis.
tour: Oct 2 Newcastle University w/Travis Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Oct 3 Norwich UEA w/Travis Norwich, UK
Oct 4 Pyramid Centre w/Travis Portsmouth, UK
Oct 6 Bath Pavilion w/Travis Bath, UK
Oct 7 Leadmill w/Travis Sheffield, UK
Oct 8 Astoria w/Travis London, UK
Nov 15 Hi Dive w/Bishop Allen Denver, Colorado
Nov 16 M-Shop w/Bishop Allen Ames, Iowa
Nov 17 Subterranean Lounge w/Bishop Allen Chicago, Illinois
video: Buildings and Mountains
Atlanta’s Deerhunter are giving one lucky fan the chance to win a Sabian cymbal signed by all of band (see link below). In addition, you can check out some concert video of Deerhunter’s performance at Brooklyn’s McCarren Park Pool Party from the summer.
tour: 09/30/08 New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
10/01/08 Brooklyn, NY – Union Hall
10/02/08 Washington, DC – Rock & Roll Hotel
10/03/08 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Chapel @ 10:00
10/03/08 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church @ 7:30
10/04/08 Columbus, OH – Milo Arts http://www.myspace.com/damienjurado http://secretlycanadian.com/
King Tuff is singer/guitarist Kyle Thomas of the acclaimed Witch. King Tuff’s record Was Dead is a tossing of early rock-n-roll, sixties garage psychedelia, buzzing thin surf fuzz fills, and a sexy slightly punk vibe, resulting in some quality time if this tempts you already. “Kind of Guy,” talks of smoking women and the desire to make them feel good inside, raving with all the intensity of a train moving steadily to its destination, while “Freak When I’m Dead,” mandates that the rings remain on the body for the burial.
With enough moxie to give you that extra bit of confidence and “je ne sais quoi,” to go out and be able to ignore the minions of backwards hats, while seeing in clear view the beauty hidden in the nightlife, comes Wrong Side of the Room from Sweden’s Kristoffer Ragnstam. This record carries some very playful melodies saturated with a smokey complexion of lo-fi vibe in full high quality stereo, completed by a theme of self-help therapy sung with a strained tongue finally getting the needed release. The album really gets going on the second track, “2008,” with an initial verse that brings to mind Crackers’s “Teen Angst,” though rest assured by the time you get to that stuttering start on the heavy hip sway of the chorus, Ragnstam has set his own pace. All that sets up a personal favorite, “Sorry For Being The Man of a 1000 Questions,” manifesting a seedy feel of murky city swagger becoming of Jim Carroll. The rest of the album unfolds with a fever of high times shagability and personal revelations, not the least of which, “I Heard About My Own Death On The Radio,” includes a smooth sounding refrain, in addition to musings on the pitfalls of autonomy.
Phoenix, Arizona’s Dear And The Headlights release their new album, Drunk Like Bible Times today on Equal Vision Records. Drunk Like Bible Times stands somewhere amidst a world of folk expression, soaring “indie rock,” and other momentum building theatrics, perhaps best exemplified by standout “Try,” which features all of the aforementioned elements. Furthermore, the album is carried by vibrant guitar work that sparkles and shines, lighting up the way for this diverse work of ups and downs, galvanized by the immediacy of Ian Metzger vocals.
tour: Oct 10 Code Red Cafe Las Cruces, New Mexico
Oct 10 Code Red Cafe Las Cruces, New Mexico
Oct 11 The Foundation Lubbock, Texas
Oct 12 Hailey’s w/Say Hi (to your mom) Denton, Texas
Oct 13 Jaunita’s Cantina Ballroom LIttle Rock, Arkansas
Oct 15 The Soapbox Wilmington, North Carolina
Oct 16 TREMONT MUSIC HALL – CASBAH Charlotte, North Carolina
Oct 18 Maxwell’s w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Hoboken, New Jersey
Oct 19 The OttoBar w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Baltimore, Maryland
Oct 21 Greene Street w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Greensboro, North Carolina
Oct 22 The Loft w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Atlanta, Georgia
Oct 23 Jack Rabbit’s w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Jacksonville, Florida
Oct 24 The Orpheum w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Tampa, Florida
Oct 25 The Social w/Steel Train, Forgive Durden Orlando, Florida
Oct 27 The Door w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Dallas, Texas
Oct 28 Warehouse Live w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Houston
Oct 29 EMO’s w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Austin, Texas
Oct 30 The COnservatory w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden OKC, Oklahoma
Nov 1 The Clubhouse w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Tempe, Arizona
Nov 2 Club Congress w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Tucson, Arizona
Nov 4 Troubador w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden West Hollywood, California
Nov 5 Stage @ Porter’s w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden La Jolla, California
Nov 6 Chain Reaction w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden anaheim, California
Nov 7 Bottom of the Hill w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden San Francisco, California
Nov 8 Hawthorne Theater w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Portland, Oregon
Nov 9 El Corazon w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Seattle, Washington
Nov 10 The Venue w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Boise, Idaho
Nov 11 Kilby Court w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Salt Lake City, Utah
Nov 12 Marquis Theater w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Denver, Colorado
Nov 13 Jackpot Saloon w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Lawrence, Kansas
Nov 14 Off Broadway w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden St. Louis, Missouri
Nov 15 The Bottom Lounge w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Chicago, Illinois
Nov 16 Triple Rock w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nov 18 The Rave w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Nov 19 The Shelter w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Detroit, Michigan
Nov 20 Grog Shop w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Nov 22 Water Street Music Hall w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Rochester, NY
Nov 23 Living Room w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Providence, Pennsylvania
Nov 25 Harper’s Ferry w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Allston, Massachusetts
Nov 26 Bowery Ballroom New York, New York
Nov 28 First Unitarian Church w/Steel Train and Forgive Durden Philadelphia
video: Sweet Talk (from Small Steps, Heavy Hooves)
Adding to this season’s draw are The Safes and their five song EP Sight Of All Light. Over perhaps too quickly, or maybe just the perfect dose of high energy rock-n-roll with equalled melody, to make you forget about your probably boring life (a mandate in some parts of the world) for a while? Chicago’s The Safes are brothers Frankie, Michael and Patrick O’Malley. If you like the track below then you will be well suited for take off.
