Cursive will release new single, “Discovering America,” on March 9th, 2010, via Saddle Creek. “Discovering America,” focuses on the American Indian community. The single will be available at major digital music retailers. Cursive is currently on tour in support of Alkaline Trio through early April. The band will also be playing a handful of solo headlining dates intermittently throughout the tour in March.
The Denver-based American Indian College Fund is the nation’s largest provider of private scholarships for American Indian students, providing more than 6,000 scholarships annually for students seeking to better their lives and communities through education at the nation’s more than 30 accredited tribal colleges and universities. For more information about the American Indian College Fund or to make a donation, visit www.collegefund.org.
Been a lot of talk about the morning benders and their forthcoming album, Big Echo, out March 9th and available for pre-order from Insound. The video of “Excuses” was performed by the morning benders with the echo chamber orchestra for Yours Truly.
Choir of Young Believers’ debut album, This Is for the White in Your Eyes, was one of my favorites from last year. “Claustrophobia,” the third single from the album, includes remixes and covers from Sian Alice Group (The Social Registry) and Peter Silberman of The Antlers (Frenchkiss).
3/10 New York, NY @ Union Hall
3/11 New York, NY @ Pianos
3/13 Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theatre
3/17 Austin, TX @ Red 7 (Terrorbird Day Party)
3/17 Austin, TX @ The Galaxy Room Patio (KCRW Showcase)
Along with a March UK tour with Fun Loving Criminals, The Chemists have a new single, ‘This City”. Check out music on their myspace and take in a preview for the video of “This City,” and a full acoustic take of the same song from The Crypt Sessions.
Growing up in the middle of nowhere, I know a bit about front porches and their delight. Oregon-based Black Prairie feauture three-fifths of The Decemberists and was produced by Tucker Martine (The Decemberists, Death Cab for Cutie). Decemberists guitarist Funk and bassist Nate Query came up with the idea to start a primarily instrumental string band while on the road. Funk began to spend time playing the square-necked Dobro guitar, and the pair recruited fellow Decemberist Jenny Conlee to play accordion. Portland musicians Annalisa Tornfelt and Jon Neufeld then joined on violin and guitar. “All my weird songs have finally found a home in this group,” laughs guitarist Neufeld. Sugar Hill Records will release Feast of the Hunters’ Moon on April 6, 2010. Check out the acoustic tenders of “Red Rocking Chair,” featured on the band’s myspace.
This caught my ear so switch it on. Swedish producer Mojib, Staffan Ulmert, adds piano and melody to UNKLE’s 2007 song “May Day,” featuring The Duke Spirits’ Liela Moss. Take in May Day Revisited.
Out today is BMAN, the second album from the Italian band N.A.M.B.Yet another fine expansive and thought provoking record from the UK label Monotreme Records, BMAN covers ground far afield as it travels through big rockers, decorative lulls, and the elsewhere cracked mirrors of reflection. Stylistically hard to nail down, which might account for their tag of “mysterious,” BMAN will hold your attention if it grabs you at all. Translation = I’ve played this a bunch.
A week or so ago someone posted an article on who the artist was behind these videos. As typical of the internet the article was more imaginings from the bored universe, offering nothing revealing. For all I know I’m posting up videos of Christina, but at least she’s still sexy. That’s more than we can say for some others.
From a work that has surprised me with hours of enjoyment comes the second video off Vampire Weekend’s album, Contra. The video was directed by The Malloys, and features cameos from Joe Jonas of the Jonas Brothers, Jake Gyllenhaal, Lil’ Jon and RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan.
Copenhagen quartet Efterklang bring delight with today’s release of Magic Chairs, their third full-length album. This one goes big from the beginning with the piano led opener “Modern Drift,” blowing it all out with some of Efterklang’s finest pomp and circumstance.
Mar 2 First Unitarian Church w/ Balmorhea Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mar 3 Le Poisson Rouge w/ Balmorhea New York, New York
Mar 4 TT The Bears w/ Balmorhea Cambridge, Massachusetts
Mar 5 La Sala Rosa w/ Balmorhea Montreal, Quebec
Mar 6 El Mocambo w/ Balmorhea Toronto, Ontario
Mar 7 The Crofoot (Pike Room) w/ Balmorhea Pontiac, Michigan
Mar 8 Lincoln Hall w/ Balmorhea Chicago, Illinois
Mar 11 The Triple Door w/ Balmorhea Seattle, Washington
Mar 12 The Biltmore Cabaret Vancouver, British Columbia
Mar 13 Doug Fir Lounge w/ Balmorhea Portland, Oregon
Mar 15 Bottom Of The Hill w/ Balmorhea San Francisco, California
Mar 16 Spaceland w/ Balmorhea Los Angeles, California
Mar 18 – March 20 TBA – SXSW Festival Austin, Texas
Cursive will release new single, “Discovering America,” on March 9th, 2010, via Saddle Creek. “Discovering America,” focuses on the American Indian community. The single will be available at major digital music retailers. Cursive is currently on tour in support of Alkaline Trio through early April. The band will also be playing a handful of solo headlining dates intermittently throughout the tour in March.
