After a summer on tour, The Faint will be back on the road again this fall, bringing their live show to cities across America. On stage, The Faint will treat audiences to songs from their fifth studio album, Fasciinatiion, out now on the band’s own label, blank.wav.
tour: October
19 Columbia, MO @ Blue Note
20 Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom
21 Athens, GA @ 40 Watt
22 Orlando, FL @ Club Firestone
23 Jacksonville, FL @ Freebird Live
24 St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Landing
25 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Club
27 New Orleans, LA @ The Republic
28 Memphis, TN @ New Daisy
29 Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
30 Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theatre
31 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre
November 1 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
2 Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
3 Anaheim, CA @ The Grove
5 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
6 San Diego, CA @ 4th & B
7 Sacramento, CA @ University of Sacramento
8 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
9 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
11 Seattle, WA @ The Showbox at the Market
12 Missoula, MT@ The Other Side
14 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
tour: Sep 26 Molotow Club NME Hamburg, Hamburg
Oct 3 Concrete & Glass @ Hoxton Bar & Kitchen London
Oct 22 Carling Academy w/black kids Birmingham, Midlands
Oct 23 Carling Academy w/black kids Oxford
Oct 26 ABC w/black kids Glasgow
Oct 27 Met University w/black kids Leeds
Oct 28 Junction w/black kids Cambridge
Oct 30 Astoria w/black kids London
Oct 31 Trent University w/black kids Nottingham
Nov 1 Nation w/black kids Liverpool
Nov 2 Pyramids Centre w/black kids Portsmouth, South
Nov 15 Paradiso Amsterdam
Following a successful U.K. and European summer festival tour, Goldfrapp brings their live show back to North America kicking off September 12 at the Radio City Music Hall during fashion week in New York City.
tour: 9/12 @ Radio City Music Hall – New York, NY
9/14 @ Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON
9/16 @ Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC
9/17 @ Showbox SoDo – Seattle, WA
9/20 @ Treasure Island Festival – San Francisco, CA
9/21 @ Orpheum Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
video: A&E
Parenthetical Girls are celebrating the release of Entanglements, their first album for Tomlab, by asking some of their friends to cover and remix some of the songs from the album. The first two ventures came from labelmates No Kids and The Dead Science, who covered “This Regrettable End” and “Young Eucharists.” Now Deerhoof have covered the song “Gut Symmetries” in a sense, although they kept Zac Pennington’s original vocals intact.
Parenthetical Girls tour: Sept. 16 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg *
Sept. 18 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church *
Sept. 19 Washington, DC Black Cat *
Sept. 20 Columbus, OH Skully’s Music Diner *
Sept. 21 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen
Sept. 25 Rochester, NY Bug Jar #
Sept. 27 Toronto, ONT Sneaky Dee’s #
Sept. 29 Ottawa, ONT Zaphod Beeblebrox #
Oct. 01 Cambridge, MA Middle East #
Oct. 02 New York, NY Cake Shop #
Oct. 04 Washington, DC Rock and Roll Hotel #%
Oct. 08 Mt. Pleasant, SC Village Tavern #
Oct. 09 Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn #
Oct. 14 Denver, CO Hi Dive #
Oct. 16 Boise, ID Neurolux
Oct. 17 Seattle, WA The Vera Project #$
Oct. 18 Anacortes, WA Dept. of Safety #
Oct. 23 San Francisco, CA Hemlock Tavern #
Oct. 24 San Luis Obispo, CA SLO Art Center #
* = w/ Sunset Rubdown
# = w/ Evangelicals
% = w/ These United States
$ = w/ Catfish Haven http://myspace.com/parentheticalgirlsbandhttp://tomlabel.com http://www.slendermeanssociety.com/parenthetical/
Mason Proper have been gaining fans left and right in anticipation of their September 23rd release, Olly Oxen Free on Dovecote Records. Check out Mason Proper’s new tour dates below. The “Safe For The Time Being” remix competition is still on as well, and one winner will receive $333 and will see their remix on an iTunes EP that the band will release in the first quarter of 2009. Get info about the contest at http://dovecoterecords.com/mpremix/.
tour: September 25 – Ann Arbor, MI – The Blind Pig (CD Release Party)
October 21 – New York, NY – Rehab (Dovecote Records CMJ Showcase)
October 31 – Mt. Pleasant, MI – Rubbles Bar (w/ Those Transatlantics)
November 1 – East Lansing, MI – Small Planet
November 10 – Washington, DC – Black Cat *
November 11 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom *
November 12 – Danbury, CT – Heirloom Arts Theater *
November 13 – Cambridge, MA – Middle East Downstairs *
November 15 – Rochester, NY – Bug Jar
* w/ Cloud Cult
Athens, Georgia’s musical history will soon be a little richer this fall when Orange Twin releases Vic Chesnutt’s collaboration with Elf Power, entitled Dark Developments. The album was recorded over the course of a winter by Vic and Derek Almstead in Chesnutt’s own attic studio.
The Walrus, the Skunk, the Lynx, and the Nightingale return today with the third album as The Sound Of Animals Fighting, entitled, The Ocean and the Sun. No doubt, this enticing collective has made some of the most vibrant and interesting sonic work this decade. Where Lover, The Lord Has Left Us has a strong machination thread with a wide cross section of emotions and moods (I love how “The Heretic” comes out of nowhere on that record, though making perfect sense by the end); and Tiger & the Duke has a jet engine bombast with equaled immediacy; The Ocean and the Sun is reflective and voyeuristic, standing post-anger, while still full of release and intensity. The album is saturated with atmosphere, unraveling as a journey much like its’ predecessors, while also presenting us with segways constructed to join, rather than purposely obscure. “I, the Swan” runs as the sister epic to “Skullflower” (Lover, The Lord Has Left Us), with both competing as my favorite TSOAF songs, and in no small part as a result of the Skunk’s heroic androgynous howl. Considering the amount of times I’ve listened to this album, I must say I rather enjoy it. However, I’m not ready to say where it stands amongst the Lover, The Lord Has Left Us and Tiger & The Duke. Finally, The Ocean and the Sun also exhibits ample frantic movements, intricate riffs, time shifts, and other aural oddities, though one should anticipate that the last half of this album gains more commonalities with Rx Bandits.
The Donkeys sophomore album, Living On The Other Side, comes out today via Dead Oceans. The album is a trip right out of late sixties/early seventies southern California by way of the beach, the canyon, and the PCH. The mood sets in with an equal sonic varnish implying the influence of hanging out, smoking, drinking, and other elixirs that promote 4th dimensional philosophical discourse. Living On The Other Side is fun, finely constructed, and carries well to the end, while not at all coming across as a redo of the past, rather a continuation of a pre-existing vibe that still has much life to breath. Opening with talk of leaving on “Gone Gone Gone,” the album shows imagination through a variety of classic feels, including the Neil Youngish “Dolphin Center,” and the groovy late night come down of “Traverse Wine,” with its’ smokey organ flow. The infection intensifies on the sing-along earthy atmosphere of the twangy “Bye Bye Bye,” while reaching a fever pitch on “Downtown Jenny,” which evokes thoughts of Jerry Garcia’s wonderful fragile vocals and the Dead tune “Deal.” The surf is up on the breezy “Nice Train,” with talk of hipster bars and drinking, though the eastern strain of the Byrds dominates “Dreamin’.” “Boot On The Seat” sees the return of the J. Garcia vocals, good harmonies, the pedal steel, and a nice harmonica. Living On The Other Side closes with the heavier “Excelsior,” falling somewhere in the midst of later long hair era Byrds and Gran Funk Railroad’s “I’m Your Captain.” Good show.
audio: nice train.mp3walk through a cloud.mp3
tour: Sep 9 m room phillidelphia, Pennsylvania
Sep 10 middle east (upstairs) cambridge, Massachusetts
Sep 11 union pool brooklyn, New York
Sep 12 the cake shop new york, New York
Sep 13 The Stood Purchase, New York
Sep 14 bug jar rochester, New York
Sep 15 the cinemat bloomington, Indiana
Sep 16 bottom lounge chicago, Illinois
Sep 17 daytrotter rock island, Illinois
Sep 18 vaudeville mews des moines, Iowa
Sep 19 replay lounge lawerence, Kansas
Sep 20 larimer lounge denver, Colorado
Sep 21 kilby court salt lake city, Utah
Sep 23 sunset tavern NW seattle, Washington
Sep 24 someday lounge portland, Oregon
Sep 25 the hemlock tavern san francisco, California
Out today is Damien Jurado’s newest album, Caught In The Trees, courteous of Secretly Canadian. Caught In The Trees explores new thoughts and territory for Damien Jurado, with music which feels more open, a bit thicker, and at times more appealing than ever before. The album opens with the playful acoustic folk pop of “Gillian Was A Horse,” filled out with the same fragrant feminine harmonies featured throughout this work. While the opener reminds me of something in the vein of Ben Lee and Ben Kweller, “Trials” immediately separates from the fold, taking in a solitary vision and the feeling that a cold storm is about to pass one way or another. While no complete departure, this is indeed a new season done in lighter shade with maintained poignancy and exhibited best on “Sorry Is For You,” a mid-tempo choppy acoustic colored number conjuring up an infectious riot of mood. At its most beautiful, comes the wanting and wondering of “Last Rights,” complete with light efficient harmonies that do much to bring out visions of falling snow, frozen lakes, and fading snow angels. After more listens than I can count, this one is easily my favorite album in the Damien Jurado catalog. Caught In The Trees features Damien’s closest mates, Eric Fisher and Jenna Conrad, along with the added nuances of Kory Kruckenberg and Casey Foubert.
audio: gillian was a horse.mp3
tour: Sep 9 Spaceland Los Angeles, California
Sep 10 The Independent San Francisco, California
Sep 12 Doug Fir Lounge Portland, Oregon
Sep 13 Triple Door Seattle, Washington
Sep 25 Schubas Chicago, Illinois
Sep 26 Biliken Club St. Louis, Missouri
Sep 27 University of Wisconsin Memorial Union Madison, Wisconsin
Sep 29 T.T. The Bear’s Place Cambridge, Massachusetts
Sep 30 Mercury Lounge New York, New York
Oct 1 Union Hall Brooklyn, New York
Oct 2 Rock & Roll Hotel Washington DC -, Washington DC
Oct 3 First Unitarian Chapel Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct 4 Milo Arts Columbus, Ohio
Nov 1 Paradiso Amsterdam
Nov 2 Q-Bus Leiden
Nov 3 The Cooler Bristol
Nov 4 Night & Day Cafe Manchester
Nov 5 Stereo Glasgow
Nov 6 Union Chapel London
Nov 7 La Fleche D’Or Paris
Nov 8 Trix Antwerp
Nov 9 Roepaen Ottersum
Nov 11 Zapata Berlin
Nov 14 Debaser Malmo
Nov 15 Pusterviksbaren Goteborg
Nov 16 2.35:1 Stockholm
Nov 17 Club Betong Oslo
Jan 1 Spain, Denmark, Minneapolis, Texas, Arizona, Denver, etc. TBA!! caught in your tree
After a summer on tour, The Faint will be back on the road again this fall, bringing their live show to cities across America. On stage, The Faint will treat audiences to songs from their fifth studio album, Fasciinatiion, out now on the band’s own label, blank.wav.
