Tours
Fan-filmed Cure Concert
Fans of The Cure stitch together full concert filmed on phones — and are giving it away […]
Tours
New Releases
Craft Spells – Still Left With Me
Craft Spells’ new EP, Gallery, is out May 15 on Captured Tracks. Think early New Order and you’ll get the idea. […]
New Releases
Death Cab for Cutie Announce Spring Tour in Support of Codes + Keys
Death Cab for Cutie’s Codes and Keys hits the streets May 31st, but the band will hit the road a few weeks in advance for a North American tour in support of the release. “The […]
Tours
Animal Collective announce string of remote Northern California Tour Dates
Animal Collective have lined up a few dates in California in the days leading up to their appearance at this year’s Coachella Music Festival. If you live in dumbfuck northern California, boy are you in […]
Tours
Echo & The Bunnymen announce North American ‘Crocodiles’ + ‘Heaven Up Here’ tour dates
Echo & The Bunnymen have announced a 10-date North American tour in support of 1980’s Crocodiles and 1981’s Heaven Up Here — back-to-back and in their entirety each night. In December the The Bunnymen played […]
Tours
Diamond Rings to Open for Robyn
Early next year, Robyn, the Swedish pop queen hits stages across North America, taking her joyous show to some huge venues (Radio City Music Hall!) And now we know that she’ll have an appropriately glamtastic […]
MP3s & Streams
Cut Copy Reveal Album Artwork + Zonoscope Tracklist + Tour
Cut Copy have announced the tracklisting for their upcoming LP, “Zonoscope.” Produced by the band’s Dan Whitford, it hits the street February 8 in North America on CD, Deluxe CD and 2 X Vinyl. The […]
Tours
SSLYBY to tour with Tokyo Police Club + Two Door Cinema Club
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin has announced a new tour with Tokyo Police Club + Two Door Cinema Club. It’s got stops scattered in the east and south. I hope they’ll be back to […]
Tours
Sea Wolf Announces Solo Acoustic Tour
Got a note in my inbox from Sea Wolf today, and it went like this… Dear Friends, I’m am happy to announce the first-ever Sea Wolf solo acoustic tour! I will be packing up my […]
Festivals
Blonde Redhead reveal details of new album, Penny Sparkle
Yesterday, we shared “Here Sometimes“, the first new Blonde Redhead song in years. Turns out it’s the opening track from Penny Sparkle, a new Blonde Redhead album. The New York trio’s follow-up to 2007’s 23, […]
Festivals
Belle & Sebastian announce fall tour
Today, June first has already featured a surplus of massive U.S. tour announcements, it should come as no surprise that there’s been yet another great tour announced. For the first time in four years, Belle […]
Movies
Jóhann Jóhannsson To Tour U.S. in May
Jóhann Jóhannson’s newest work is actually well over a year old. It finally sees a digital release this week. And In The Endless Pause Came The Sound Of Bees is the soundtrack to the stunning […]
MP3s & Streams
Stream the Entire LCD Soundsystem LP
Enough of the leaked tracks. Now you can hear all of This Is Happening, the third album from LCD Soundsystem. The entire album (9 tracks) are now streaming at the LCD website. The album hits […]
Tours
Bunnymen’s post-Coachella tour emerging: SF, Reno, NYC
With much whining, and fingerpinting, last fall Echo & The Bunnymen abruptly canceled their fall tour, blaming it on unreasonable 30% IRS withholdings. Well unlike me, evidently the IRS has given the Bunnymen a redo, […]
News
Broken Social Scene announce new album + tour
My one concert regret of 2009 was missing Broken Social Scene at the Wanderlust Festival. I can put that regret more easily behind me now as I look forward to a May tour kick-off here […]
Tours
Sea Wolf To Tour With Phoenix, then The Album Leaf
Got a recent tweet announcing an unlikely but great pairing: Phoenix have invited Sea Wolf to join them for a trio of tour dates beginning on January 27th in Reno. Soon after they’ll join The […]
Photos
Pictures: Lloyd Cole @ Swedish American Music Hall
Lloyd Cole stopped through San Francisco on his way to Australia and graced us with a wonderful double set at The Swedish American Music Hall.
Photos
Portraits: SarA Lov
SarA Lov opened for Sea Wolf at Bimbos 365 on Friday night. She’ll be on tour with them for seven weeks. She wasn’t able to bring a full touring band along, so instead, she remastered […]
MP3s & Streams
Review: Sea Wolf sets sail on epic sophomore journey with wicked blood
It’s that time of year again. The kids headed back to school yesterday, and I’ve got a bushel of extra hours to myself. I tend to fill my days obsessively processing pictures, searching out new […]
Movies
Gibbard and Farrar hit the road for Kerouac-inspired tour
Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie) and Jay Farrar (Son Volt) will continue their Jack Kerouac adventure by literally taking it on the road in October with a touring band comprising Nick Harmer (Death Cab), […]
News
Lloyd Cole to embark on World Tour
Just got a tweet from Mr. Cole, and I’m so excited he’ll be coming to town for the first time in two years. According to his website, “I set sail late mid to late October […]
New Releases
Sea Wolf Unveils “White Water, White Bloom”, announces Tour
Sea Wolf’s sophomore LP, White Water, White Bloom, will be released on September 22. I can’t wait to hear the new stuff! According to Dangerbird Records, this new album is “An expansive collection of modern […]
Tours
Pixies Announce US Doolittle Tour
Both Phil and I lived in Boston in the late 80’s and have always been big Pixies fans. The image at left is from the limited edition set of postcards issued for Doolittle. We’re both […]
Cool Stuff
Les Pattinson picks up bass for Wild Swans
Les Pattinson, the retired bassist for Echo and the Bunnymen, has been coaxed out of retirement to play two live shows for his mates, The Wild Swans. According to the Wild Swans website, “After a […]