The Mars Volta are going on tour soon. Be sure to get tickets early, they will sell out and your only option will to be pay big bucks to the scalpers. 03/12/07 – Auckland, NZ – St. James Theatre03/14/07 – Brisbane, AUS – Brisbane Convention Centre03/15/07 – Sydney, AUS – Hordern, Pavilion03/17/07 – Melbourne, AUS – Festival Hall03/19/07 – Adelaide, AUS – The Barton Theatre03/21/07 – Perth, AUS – The Metro City03/28/07 – Ventura, CA – Ventura Theater03/30/07...
Jose Gonzalez took home the Swedish Government's Music Export Prize at the 2007 Swedish Grammy Awards. Luckily for US fans González will treat us to a glimpse of forthcoming new material during a brief US tour this spring. As part of the tour, he'll stop off to play at Coachella on the 29th, so if you have tickets don't forget to check him out. Tour Dates: Thur, April 26 – Marfa, TX – The Marfa BallroomSun, April 29 – Indio,...
Not too many years ago, there was a label called Sarah Records. It was an English label whose releases all chimed with a similar aesthetic that came to be known as twee-pop. Pristine, simple arrangements, songs of love and loss, and clean, mod-pop-inspired design. Groups like the Field Mice, Heavenly and the Orchids were inspired by post-punk and girl-groups. These were records that sounded sweet and innocent and yet were driven and absorbed by the D.I.Y culture, existing as a...
LCD Soundsystem's new album "Sound of Silver" due out March 20th is followed by a 14 date tour. Their digital EP "North American Scum" was also recently released on February 20th. Also, don't forget to check them out on Letterman April 11th. 3/30 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom3/31 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom4/28 Indio, CA Coachella4/30 San Francisco, CA Mezzanine5/02 Seattle, WA Showbox5/03 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom5/06 Chicago, IL Metro5/07 Detroit, MI Majestic Theatre5/08 Toronto, ONT Phoenix Concert...
There was a time in my blip of a DJ career where I flat-out refused to play !!! based merely on their name alone. “How f-ing pretentious,” I thought, as my blood boiled. Then one night I heard the jam of all jams and ran over to see what the hell it was. “Of course! It’s that f-ing three exclamation point band,” I yelled out to whoever was listening, thinking back to what my ma and pa used to say,...
At this point I would be way more excited about LCD Soundsystem playing at my house. I would invite them in, feed them snacks, let them set up, then make them play "All My Friends" eighteen times in a row because that’s how I’m used to hearing it. Sound of Silver, their forth coming album, is an attempt to move more than just your ass. James Murphy, in all his nasally glory on the obvious anthem and first single "North...
ARTIST: Decemberists on Tour DATE: 02-17-07 WRITER: Press McGee 2006 was a good year for The Decemberists. They battled Colbert, sold their souls to the major label devil and still came out on top, and Colin Meloy had time to pop out a kid. So now, they’ve decided to let us all bask in the glow of their glowing glow, hitting the road with My Brightest Diamond for two months (or two moons, for you sea-faring folk). Check the...
2006 was a good year for The Decemberists. They battled Colbert, sold their souls to the major label devil and still came out on top, and Colin Meloy had time to pop out a kid. So now, they've decided to let us all bask in the glow of their glowing glow, hitting the road with My Brightest Diamond for two months (or two moons, for you sea-faring folk). Check the tour dates, yo: DECEMBERISTS SPRING 2007 TOUR 3/21 Jersey City,...
Clouds are the kind of heavy-rock band that make me want to get drunk and drive a van into a desert sunset. The music conjures up a classic stoner scene then obliterates it with alcoholic aggression like a biker gang rolling up on a beach party. “New Amnesia” opens with a screech of white feedback before plowing forward into a set of riffs that call to mind Blue Cheer at their heaviest. The band downshifts into the heavy blues of...
Posing in an alleyway on the edge of L.A.’s venerated Troubadour, the members of stellastarr* are having test shots taken for GC’s exclusive photo feature. The flash is bright. Monsters and Waiting is at sound check inside. Thinking L.A. glam? Everything but. They are test shots after all, and the L.A. skyline is in a perpetual blink. But the stellastarr* kids are damned good sports about it. They even entertain the idea of answering some good ol’ novelty questions in...