Woohoo!! New Elbow! We’re VERY excited about the new Elbow out today. Everything I have heard has been superb, I hope the rest of the album holds up. I’m also looking forward to the releases from Flight of the Conchords and Tokyo Police Club. And you can’t miss with Billy Bragg and The Doors.
CD Releases:
In your frantic tax mailing frenzy, stop by and pick up one of these lovely new releases to keep you happy on this day of terror. Joseph Arthur’s vocals will surely soothe your soul along with the music from Air. On the flip side, The Gossip will perfectly express your anxiety and frenetic energy with some serious attitude.
It’s true. Prince has now been added to the Coachella line up for Saturday April 26. Honestly I was always a believer in Goldenvoice coming through in the end with an “I can’t miss this” headliner. One-day tickets are sold out , but I’m sure there are a bunch floating around the old Craigslist boards. Touche Goldenvoice…. Touche.
Now who has a Saturday ticket they want to sell me?
Some of Saturdays other must see artists include: Rilo Kiley, MIA, Hot Chip, Death Cab For Cutie, Cold War Kids, Animal Collective, Kate Nash, Devotchka, Stephen Malkmus, Islands, Man Man, and MGMT
Woohoo! New Tapes ‘N Tapes out today. But don’t be too focused on their release and overlook the new ones out by some really great groups/ artists….The Breeders, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Colin Meloy, Man Man, Cut Copy just to name a few.
Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
Nine Inch Nails
Kanye West
Wilco
The Raconteurs
Love And Rockets
Gnarls Barkley
Bloc Party
The Black Keys
Broken Social Scene
Flogging Molly
Mark Ronson
Cat Power
Lupe Fiasco
The National
G Love & Special Sauce
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
Explosions In The Sky
Brand New
Gogol Bordello
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
Dierks Bentley
Okkervil River
Amadou & Mariam
Blues Traveler
John Butler Trio
Girl Talk
CSS
Battles
Jamie Lidell
Butch Walker
Mates Of State
Spank Rock
Brazilian Girls
Chromeo
Duffy
The Kills
Rogue Wave
The Go! Team
Mason Jennings
The Gutter Twins
Yeasayer
Grizzly Bear
MGMT
The Weakerthans
Booka Shade
Santogold
Black Kids
Black Lips
Louis XIV
Dr. Dog
Nicole Atkins & The Sea
The Ting Tings
Kid Sister
OFFICE
The Cool Kids
What Made Milwaukee Famous
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
The Whigs
Manchester Orchestra
Foals
Uffie
The Octopus Project
Cadence Weapon
Ferras
De Novo Dahl
Noah And The Whale
Margot & The Nuclear So And So’s
K’NAAN
Serena Ryder
Newton Faulkner
Your Vegas
Eli “Paperboy” Reed & The True Loves
Steel Train
Bang Camero
The Blakes
Tally Hall
White Lies
Magic Wands
Electric Touch
Innerpartysystem
The Postelles
The Parlor Mob
Bald Eagle
Krista
Ha Ha Tonka
Witchcraft
We Go To 11
Sofia Talvik
They’re back for their 2nd leg. Some of these dates we already knew about, but nice to see it’s all official! (Via Tripwire)
08/01/08 - Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
08/03/08 - Indianapolis, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Center
08/04/08 - Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Center
08/06/08 - Montreal, QC @ Parc Jean Drapeau
08/08/08 - Jersey City, NJ @ All Points West - Liberty State Park
08/09/08 - Jersey City, NJ @ All Points West - Liberty State Park
08/12/08 - Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
08/13/08 - Mansfield, MA @ Tweeter Center
08/15/08 - Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheatre
08/19/08 - Vancouver, BC @ Thunderbird Stadium
08/20/08 - Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
08/22/08 - San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands Festival - Golden Gate Park
08/24/08 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
08/25/08 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
08/27/08 - Chula Vista, CA @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
08/28/08 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
Watched all the music documentaries on your Netflix cue? Shed no tears as it’s time for the AFI Music Documentary Series. Whoo hooo.
AFI’S MUSIC DOCUMENTARY SERIES returns to ArcLight for a seventh season to celebrate the power of music, showcasing documentaries that go back stage, on tour, behind the scenes and any other place that rocks.
I am seriously looking forward to catching the documentary Young @ Heart( watch the trailer here), which is about a chorus of people in their 80’s singing songs by Coldplay, The Ramones, and Talking Heads to name a few. Just watching this performance of Coldplay’s “Fix You”, sounds so different sung by an ailing elder. Almost more meaningful as alot of things can be when coming from the mouth of someone older and wiser. I honestly hope I am in a choir like this when I am 80.
Young @ Heart - “Fix You” ( caution: tears might actually stream down your face watching this clip)
Apparantly there is a limited release on April 18th.
This Just In: Young @ Heart have also backed David Byrne on his song “One Fine Day”. Soon they will be on a bill with Vampire Weekend and Arcade Fire.
R.E.M. has their new one out today, but there are some other goodies in stores as well…. Annuals EP, The Apples in Stereo, The Black Keys, Los Campesinos!, and French Kicks (iTunes only).
It’s true kids. Tom Petty + Troubadour = Mudcrutch. Yeah, exactly what I thought…huh? In my head it reads as Mudcrotch. Aye. Anyway. Unless you are a hardcore Tom Petty fan you might not know that his previous band, before The Heartbreakers, was Mudcrutch. They are reuniting and hitting the old Troub April 24-29. Tickets onsale April 4. You know I’ve already marked it in my calendar.
Thanks to the awesome Losanjealous for the heads up.
According to Mr. Petty’s website Mudcrutch’s first album will be released April 29.
“I just finished a record with Mudcrutch, my old band before the Heartbreakers,” Petty wrote in a message posted on his website. “I am over the moon about it. I couldn’t have hoped for it to be as good as it came out.”
Other Mudcrutch Tour Dates:
April 12 - Benefit For The Midnight Mission at Malibu PAC, Malibu, CA
April 14 - Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA
April 16 - Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
April 17 - Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
April 19 - Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA
April 20 - Ventura Theater, Ventura, CA
April 22 - Concerts in The Park, Alpine, CA
April 25 - Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA
April 26 - Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA
April 28 - Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA
April 29 - Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA
To ward off that Petty fever you might have with the anticipation of seeing him live, why not check out the new-ish doc on the band. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down a Dream. You can find it used on Amazon. Peter Bogdanovich’s Runnin’ Down A Dream
