Black Gold tours with Jaguar Love and Polysics

Black Gold tours with Jaguar Love and PolysicsBrooklyn’s Black Gold have announced their first full US tour – on the road with Jaguar Love (former members of Pretty Girls Make Graves & Blood Brothers) and Japanese synth-punks, Polysics.

audio:
Detroit.mp3Detroit (Shark Attack remix)

video:
Detroit

tour:
October
22 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress
24 – Dallas, TX – The Door
25 – Austin, TX – Emo’s Lounge
26 – Houston, TX – The Meridian
28 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl
29 – Charlotte, NC – Tremont Music Hall
30 – Washington, DC – Black Cat
31 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
November
1 – Danbury, CT – Heirloom Arts Theatre *
2 – Boston, MA – Middle East
4 – Montreal, QUE – Club Lambi
5 – Toronto, ONT – Horseshoe Tavern
7 – London, ONT – Call The Office
8 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
9 – Chicago, IL – Abbey Pub
11 – Denver, CO – Hi-Dive
13 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
14 – Pomona, CA – Glasshouse
*Black Gold & Polysics ONLY

http://www.myspace.com/blackgold

Hercules and Love Affair:: North American Fall Tour

Hercules and Love Affair:: North American Fall TourGet ready to sweat like you haven’t done in a while (and you know you need to), decompressing with Hercules and Love Affair on their headlining North American fall tour in support of their much loved self-titled album. The North American tour includes dates with Mos Def (San Francisco), The B-52s and James Murphy (NYC). The eight piece live band includes Andy manning keyboards, drum machines and providing backing vocals, a horn section, Kim Ann and Nomi on lead vocals, live drums, live bass and other keyboards.

Hercules and Love Affair North American Tour
10/3 – San Francisco, CA @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
(with Mos Def and Rogue Wave, Benefit presented by Spin Magazine)
10/4 – Los Angeles, CA @ Detour Festival
10/17 – Chicago, IL @ Metro
10/18 – Toronto, ON @ Opera House
10/19 – Montreal, QC @ Les Saints
10/22 – Boston, MA @ Middle East Downstairs
10/31 – Philadelphia, PA @ Transit (Making Time Halloween party)
11/1 – New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom (with B-52s & James Murphy)
11/2 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

audio:
You Belong (Riton Rerub)You Belong (Kevin Saunderson Mix)You Belong (Hercules Club Mix)
video:
You Belong

Blind

http://www.myspace.com/herculesandloveaffair
http://www.mute.com/

Into It. Over It.:: 52 Songs In 52 Weeks

Into It. Over It.:: 52 Songs In 52 WeeksOver the course of the past year, INTO IT. OVER IT., a.k.a., Philadelphia native Evan Weiss (The Progress / Up Up Down Down), has written and recorded exactly one new song every week for the past 52 weeks. Check it out here.

http://www.intoitoverit.com/
http://www.myspace.com/intoitoverit
http://www.myspace.com/theprogress
http://www.worstbandnameever.com/

The Submarines embark on tour with Brazilian Girls

The Submarines embark on tour with Brazilian GirlsLA-based duo John Dragonetti & Blake Hazard, aka The Submarines, will be teaming up with New York’s Brazilian Girls, for a string of California tour dates next week. They’ll be out in support of their sophomore album, Honeysuckle Weeks, which has continued the already mounting acclaim for the husband-wife team.

purchase:
buy The Submarines fine Honeysuckle Weeks

tour:
September
23 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
24 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
25 – Anaheim, CA – The Grove
27 – San Francisco, CA – Mezzanine

video:
You Me & The Bourgeoisie

http://www.thesubmarines.com/
http://www.myspace.com/thesubmarinesmusic

Slaraffenland:: Sunshine EP

Slaraffenland:: Sunshine EPCopenhagen’s, Slaraffenland will release the Sunshine EP on October 7th. The Sunshine EP is a five-track work, featuring two covers: Radiohead’s “Paranoid Android” and A-Ha’s “Take on Me” along with three brand new tracks .

audio:
I’m A Machine

http://www.myspace.com/slaraffenland
http://www.home-tapes.com/Hometapes/Hometapes.html

White Hinterland ready Luniculaire

White Hinterland ready LuniculaireWhite Hinterland have recorded an EP of songs sung in French, entitled Luniculaire. This EP features two original songs, plus covers of songs made famous by Serge Gainsbourg, Brigitte Fontaine and Francoise Hardy.

audio:
Chant de Grillon
tour:
10/02/08 Dudingen, Switzerland – Bad Bonn
10/04/08 Geislingen, Germany – R?tschenm?hle
10/05/08 Zurich, Switzerland – El Lokal
10/06/08 Frankfurt, Germany – Mousonturm – Studio
10/07/08 Wien, Austria – Szene
10/08/08 Munich, Germany – Rote Sonne
10/10/08 Prague, Czech Rebublic – Caf? Cerna Labut
10/12/08 Berlin, Germany – Cafe Zapata
10/13/08 Hamburg, Germnay – Knust
10/14/08 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
10/16/08 Brighton, UK – Komedia Studio
10/17/08 London, UK – Bush Hall
10/18/08 Manchester, UK – Night and Day
10/19/08 Cork, Ireland – Cyprus Ave
10/20/08 Galway, Ireland – Roisin Dubh
10/21/08 Belfast, UK – Aunt Annie
10/22/08 Dublin, Ireland – Crawdaddy
10/25/08 Paris, France – Cafe de la Danse w/ Lambchop
10/26/08 Brussels, Belgium – Ancienne Belgique w/ Lambchop

http://www.whitehinterland.com/
http://www.myspace.com/caseydienel
http://deadoceans.com/

The Golden Hands Before God are Here

The Golden Hands Before God are HereCheck out the craving for rejuvenation, “Blood of November,” and the rock-a-country stamp of “Communist Party,” off of Windsor’s The Golden Hands Before God debut Here.

audio:
Blood of November.mp3Communist Party.mp3

Photo by Stephen Nilsson (http://www.earlland.com/)
http://www.myspace.com/thegoldenhandsbeforegod

http://www.popecho.com

MGMT tours w/ Beck, stops by KCRW

MGMT tours w/ Beck, stops by KCRWThe band is currently on tour with Beck and have annouced headlining dates along the way. Check out MGMT on KCRW below, done well, for your pleasure.

listen:
MGMT on KCRW

tour:
w/ Beck
9/22/08 Phoenix , AZ Dodge Theatre w/Beck
9/23/08 Albuquerque , NM Kiva Auditorium w/Beck
9/25/08 El Paso , TX Abraham Chavez Theatre w/Beck
9/27/08 Austin , TX Austin City Limits Music Festival
9/28/08 Tulsa , OK Cain’s Ballroom w/Beck
9/29/08 Kansas City , MO Uptown Theater w/Beck
9/30/08 Minneapolis , MN Wilkins Auditorium w/Beck
10/1/08 Des Moines , IA Peoples Court (Headlining Date)
10/2/08 Chicago , IL Aragon w/Beck
10/3/08 Chicago , IL Aragon w/Beck
10/5/08 Toronto Sound Academy w/ Beck
10/6/08 Montreal St. Denis
10/9/08 New York , NY United Palace Theater w/Beck
10/10/08 New York , NY United Palace Theater w/Beck
headlining
10/30/08 New York, NY Webster Hall
10/31/08 New York, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg

http://www.myspace.com/mgmt
http://www.whoismgmt.com/
http://www.columbiarecords.com/

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals prepare Cardinology

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals prepare CardinologyRyan Adams & The Cardinals will release a new album, titled Cardinology, October 28 via Lost Highway Records. Create your own “Cardinology Mailbox” for updates at http://www.cardinology.com/.

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals Tour Dates
September
25 Albany, NY – The Egg
26 Syracuse, NY – Landmark Theater
27 Rochester, NY – Auditorium Theater
29 Columbus, OH – Palace Theater
30 Cleveland, OH – Palace Theater
October
2 Indianapolis, IN – Murat Theatre
3 Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theater
4 St. Louis, MO – Fox Theater
5 Madison, WI – Overture Hall
7 Ames, IA – Stephens Auditorium
9 Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
10 Tulsa, OK – Brady Theater
11 Grand Prairie, TX – Nokia Theater
13 Austin, TX – Paramount
14 Houston, TX – Verizon
16 Tuscaloosa, AL – Bama Theater
17 Atlanta, GA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

http://www.ryan-adams.com/
http://www.myspace.com/ryanadams

Calexico:: Two Silver Trees


From Calexico’s new record Carried To Dust, available from Quarterstick Records.
http://www.casadecalexico.com/
http://www.myspace.com/casadecalexico
http://www.touchandgorecords.com/

The Ting Tings do Altered Images

The Ting Tings do Altered ImagesCheck out The Ting Tings on Yo Gabba Gabba covering Altered Images, the eighties’ Scottish Band featuring Clare Grogan, “Happy Birthday.”

video:
Ting Tings do Happy Birthday

Altered Images “Happy Birthday” video:

http://www.columbiarecords.com/
http://www.thetingtings.com/
http://www.myspace.com/thetingtings

Ladytron:: Runaway


“Runaway” is the latest single from Ladytron’s fourth and most recent record, Velocifero, available on Nettwerk Records.
http://ladytron.nettwerk.com/
http://www.myspace.com/ladytron