full service, i like it.

Check out this press release from Austin's Full Service. It's an interesting idea, and I do indeed like it. Too bad 311 and Snoop Dogg aren't coming to Denver this summer...

Austin’s FULL SERVICE
TAKES OVER 311/Snoop Dogg Summer Tour

Austin’s band of road pirates FULL SERVICE has just announced it’s most far-reaching and risky stunt yet: a month long "TAKEOVER TOUR" spanning the entire eastern and south central United States. The target – 311 & Snoop Dogg’s summer tour.

Having successfully toured the nation’s club circuit independently for much of the last three years, FULL SERVICE has decided to take touring and promotion to a new level.

Wait, so the band has been invited to tour with 311?

"Definitely not. We were not invited by any means," says drummer Hoagman. "This is parasitic infiltration at its best. Will it be our greatest Takeover of all time? All signs point to yes."

Armed to the hilt with a generator, a traveling crew of three dedicated street-teamers and existing fans in every city, 10,000 demo CD’s, and a commitment to go without sleep for a month, the band will play 'takeover concerts' outside of the arena venues, before the inside concert begins, at all fourteen stops along the 311 tour, beginning in Philadelphia July 15th and ending in Austin August 2, 2008. The band is also booking late-night club dates in the each city after almost every takeover.

Full Service has been in takeover training for several years now, having successfully executed missions ranging from college campuses at lunch time (UCLA, UC-Berkeley, FSU, for example) to the Austin City Limits Festival (see FOX News coverage). Their most successful takeover came in 2006 outside the Austin Music Hall at a 311 concert in Austin. Full Service set up directly in front of the venue, which was heavily patrolled by Police. After a full ten-song set with no hassle from the authorities (gotta love Austin cops), a large crowd was begging for sample CD’s and info about the band.

Amidst the ever more competitive environment for bands to gain attention, FULL SERVICE has forsworn the standardized and impersonal myspace "friend-requesting" campaign and has instead decided to take it straight to the people, LOUD and LIVE and definitely UN-INVITED!

Visit http://www.fullservicemusic.com/ or http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/fullservice for music, videos, and info.

TAKEOVER DATES
7/15 Tues – Penns Landing (Philadelphia, PA)
7/16 Wed Keyspan Park (Brooklyn, NY)
7/18 Fri – Tweeter Center (Boston, MA)
7/19 Sat – PNC Bank Arts Center (Holmdel, NJ)
7/20 Sun – Nissan Pavillion (Washington, DC)
7/22 Tues - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (VIRGINIA BEACH, VA)
7/23 Wed - Walnut Creek Amphitheatre (Raleigh, NC)
7/24 Thur – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (Charlotte, NC)
7/26 Sat - Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre (Atlanta, GA)
7/27 Sun - Ford Amphitheatre (TAMPA, FL)
7/29 Tues - River Center (BATON ROUGE, LA)
7/30 Wed - Showgrounds at Sam Houston Race Park (HOUSTON, TX)
7/31 Thur – Smirnoff Amphitheatre (Dallas, TX)
8/2 Sat – The Backyard (Austin, TX)

You should certainly check out their MySpace page for some tunes. They rather aptly describe their sound as Rock/Reggae/Metal. There's a little hip-hop in there too. It's good. Real good.

rilo kiley 2008 spring tour

Rilo Kiley is pleased to announce a new headlining tour for 2008!

A limited number of tickets have been held for Rilo Kiley fans and will be available through a special presale. To buy tickets:
http://rilokiley.ducatking.com/

Apr 17: San Francisco, CA @ The Concourse at SF Design Center
Apr 19: Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
Apr 20: Seattle, WA @ Showbox Sodo
Apr 23: Santa Cruz, CA @ Rio Theatre
Apr 24: Pomona, CA @ Glass House
May 15: Alpine, CA @ Concerts In The Park
May 19: Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
May 20: Omaha, CA @ Slowdown
May 21: Omaha, CA @ Slowdown
May 22: Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
May 23: Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theatre
May 24: Chicago, IL @ The Riviera Theatre
May 25: Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Hall
May 26: Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
May 28: Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Theatre
May 30: Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
May 31: Providence, RI @ Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
June 2: New York, NY @ Terminal 5
June 5: Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
June 6: Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
June 7: Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live
June 10: Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa
June 11: Ashville, NC @ The Orange Peel
June 12: Charleston, SC @ The Music Farm
June 15: Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom
June 16: Austin, TX @ Stubb’s BBQ

the tours just keep on comin'...

Not that I'm complaining...



Eels!!

March
28 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
29 Washington, DC Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
31 Boston, MA Somerville Theatre

April
1 New York, NY Highline Ballroom
2 New York, NY Highline Ballroom
4 Toronto, ONT The Mod
5 Detroit, MI Majestic Theatre
6 Chicago, IL Park West
7 Minneapolis, MN Pantages Theatre
9 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre
11 Seattle, WA Showbox Theatre
13 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
14 San Francisco, CA Palace Of Fine Arts
15 Los angeles, CA El Rey Theater

more!

I just saw at Cause=Time that British Sea Power is coming to the Hi-Dive! We can only hope that the turnout this time is better than last year's Brakes show...

02-25 San Diego, CA - Casbah
02-27 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
02-28 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
02-29 Visalia, CA - Cellar Door
03-01 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill (Noise Pop)
03-03 Portland, OR - Doug Fir
03-04 Seattle, WA - Neumos
03-05 Vancouver, British Columbia - Plaza Club
03-08 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
03-12-16 Austin, TX - SXSW
03-19 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room
03-20 Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
03-21 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock
03-22 Urbana, IL - Canopy Club
03-24 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
03-25 Pontiac, MI - Eagle Theatre
03-26 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
03-27 Columbus, OH - The Basement
03-29 St. Louis, MO - Billiken Club

dates/tours/fun!

Matt Nathanson at the Fox again, oh yeah. Dude puts on a fucking great show. I had to throw the "fuck" in there because Matt says "fuck" approximately 83 times per show. Not for the kids.

Jan 19 2008 The Rockboat Miami, Florida
Jan 25 2008 Jack Rabbits Jacksonville, Florida
Jan 26 2008 The Social Orlando, Florida
Jan 27 2008 Workplay Theatre BIrmingham, Alabama
Jan 28 2008 40 Watt Club Athens, Georgia
Jan 29 2008 The Handlebar Greenville, South Carolina
Jan 31 2008 Recher Theatre Towson, Maryland
Feb 1 2008 Toad’s Place New Haven, Connecticut
Feb 4 2008 The State Theatre State College, Pennsylvania
Feb 5 2008 St. Andrew’s Hall Detroit, Michigan
Feb 7 2008 Knickerbockers Lincoln, Nebraska
Feb 9 2008 The Fox Theatre Boulder, Colorado

Glen Phillips has been to town several times in the past few years, but I haven't seen him since summer 2000. Oh my! Lookit, he's even visiting the western slope, the mountains and the lovely Fort Collins.

01/19/08 The Rock Boat Miami FL
01/24/08 The Rock Boat Miami FL
01/26/08 Ann Arbor Folk Festival Ann Arbor MI
02/07/08 Steve's Guitars Carbondale CO
02/08/08 Far East Center Grand Junction CO
02/09/08 Avogadro's Number Ft. Collins CO
02/10/08 Fox Theatre Boulder CO
02/15/08 AcousticMusicSanDiego San Diego CA
02/16/08 McCabe's Santa Monica CA
02/17/08 Freight & Salvage Berkeley CA
02/21/08 WOW Hall, Comm. Ctr. for the Perf. Arts Eugene OR
02/22/08 The Aladdin Theater Portland OR
02/23/08 Triple Door Seattle WA
03/26/08 Club Passim Cambridge MA
03/27/08 Tupelo Music Hall Londonderry NH
03/28/08 Wilde Auditorium West Hartford CT
03/29/08 Joe's Pub New York NY
03/30/08 The Avalon Theatre Easton MD
04/02/08 Jammin' Java Vienna VA
04/03/08 World Cafe Live Philadelphia PA
04/04/08 Club Cafe Pittsburgh PA
04/05/08 Brighton Center For the Performing Arts Brighton MI
04/06/08 The South Gate House Newport KY
04/09/08 The Music Mill Indianapolis IN
04/10/08 High Noon Saloon Madison WI
04/11/08 Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago IL
04/12/08 Shank Hall Milwaukee WI
04/13/08 Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis MN

Everything Absent Or Distorted - local heroes make an appearance at the Hi-Dive. Yee-haw.

02-16 Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Pela - their MySpace page lists this show on March 10, the Hi-Dive says March 3... At any rate they rocked the house last time they played there.

03-?? Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Grand Archives, the current band of former Band Of Horses dude Mat Brooke. This is gooooood stuff.

03-04 Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Sons & Daughters are coming to the Hi-Dive with Bodies Of Water (one of my new favorite bands)!

03-17 Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
03-18 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
03-21 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
03-22 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
03-23 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
03-24 Cambridge, MA - Middle East (Downstairs)
03-25 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa
03-26 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
03-28 Chicago, IL - Double Door
03-29 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater
03-31 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
04-01 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
04-03 Seattle, WA - Neumos
04-04 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards
04-05 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
04-07 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall

* with Citay
via

Get ready for the Hotel Cafe Tour 2008! This tour's artists include Ingrid Michaelson, Cary Brothers, Sara Bareilles, Josh Radin, Bob Schneider, Dan Wilson, Meiko, Priscilla Ahn, Kate Havnevik, Eric Hutchinson, Greg Laswell, Jessie Baylin, Jim Bianco, William Fitzsimmons, AM & Christopher Denny. Above all I hope we get Jim Bianco and Bob Schneider...

3/6/2008 San Diego, CA — Belly Up Tavern
3/7/2008 Santa Barbara, CA — Stateside
3/8/2008 Anaheim, CA — House of Blues
3/9/2008 Los Angeles, CA — Hotel Café
3/10/2008 Tucson, AZ — Club Congress (WxSW)
3/11/2008 Tempe, AZ — The Club House
3/13/2008 Austin, TX — Parish (SxSW)
3/14/2008 Dallas, TX — House of Blues
3/15/2008 Houston, TX — Red Room
3/17/2008 Birmingham, AL — WorkPlay
3/18/2008 Nashville, TN — Exit/In
3/19/2008 Atlanta, GA — Center Stage
3/20/2008 Chapel Hill, NC — Cat's Cradle
3/21/2008 Annapolis, MD — Ram's Head Tavern
3/22/2008 Philadelphia, PA — World Café Live
3/24/2008 New York, NY — Fillmore @ Irving
3/25/2008 Boston, MA — Paradise Rock Club
3/26/2008 Ithaca, NY — State Theatre
3/27/2008 Pittsburgh, PA — Mr Small's Theatre
3/28/2008 Chicago, IL — Park West
3/29/2008 Madison, WI — High Noon
3/31/2008 Minneapolis, MN — Fine Line
4/1/2008 Kansas City, MO — Record Bar
4/3/2008 Boulder, CO — Fox Theatre
4/4/2008 Denver, CO — Bluebird Theatre
4/5/2008 Salt Lake City, UT — Avalon Theatre
4/7/2008 Boise, ID — Big Easy
4/8/2008 Seattle, WA — Neumos
4/9/2008 Portland, OR — Wonder Ballroom
4/11/2008 San Francisco, CA — Great American Music Hall
4/12/2008 Los Angeles, CA — Henry Fonda Theatre

purchase tickets

Blitzen Trapper is returning! I missed them twice last year and don't intend to do so again...

02-22 Seattle, WA - University of Washington #
02-28 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill *
02-29 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour *!
03-01 San Diego, CA - Casbah *
03-02 Phoenix, AZ - Modified *
03-04 Denton, TX - Hailey's *
03-05 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington *
03-06 Hattiesburg, MS - Thirsty Hippo %
03-07 Tallahassee, FL - The Beta Bar *
03-08 Everglades National Park, FL - Langerado Festival
03-09 Jacksonville, FL - The Eclipse *
03-11 Birmingham, AL - BottleTree *
03-13 Austin, TX - Yard Dog Gallery (Schubas SXSW party)
03-14 Austin, TX - SXSW
03-15 Austin, TX - SXSW
03-16 Norman, OK - The Opolis *
03-17 Columbia, MO - Mojo's *$
03-19 Nashville, TN - Exit In *
03-20 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn *
03-21 Columbia, SC - New Brookland Tavern *
03-22 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle *
03-23 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 *
03-25 Washington, DC - Black Cat *
03-26 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's *
03-27 Cambridge, MA - Middle East *
03-29 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
03-30 Worcester, MA - Clark University *
04-01 Montreal, Quebec - La Salla Rossa *
04-02 Toronto, Ontario - El Mocambo *
04-03 Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place *
04-04 Cleveland, OH - The Grog Shop *
04-05 Detroit, MI - The Magic Stick *
04-06 Chicago, IL - Schubas *
04-08 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon *
04-09 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry *
04-10 Grinnell, IA - Grinnell College *
04-11 Omaha, NE - The Slowdown *
04-12 Lawrence, KS - Jackpot *
04-14 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive *
04-15 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *
04-17 Vancouver, British Columbia - Media Club *
04-18 Seattle, WA - Neumo's *
04-19 Portland, OR - Holocene *

# with Menomena
* with Fleet Foxes
! with Grand Archives
% with Beach House, Papercuts
$ with Mahjongg
via

Cloud Cult - the only date that matters. Yay!

05-17 Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO

beach house + papercuts

Are touring together early next year! Another great show for the Hi-Dive...

02-28 Baltimore, MD - G-Spot
02-29 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
03-01 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
03-02 Birmingham, AL - BottleTree Cafe
03-03 Memphis, TN - The Hi Tone Cafe
03-05 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
03-06 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington
03-07 Austin, TX - Emo's
03-08 Denton, TX - Hailey's
03-10 Tucson, AZ - Solar Culture
03-11 Phoenix, AZ - Modified
03-12 San Diego, CA - The Casbah
03-13 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
03-14 San Luis Obispo, CA - Steynberg Gallery
03-15 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
03-17 Portland, OR - Holocene
03-18 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile Cafe
03-19 Vancouver, British Columbia - Media Club
03-21 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
03-22 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
03-24 Omaha, NE - The Slowdown
03-25 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
03-26 Chicago, IL - Schubas
03-27 Cleveland Heights, OH - The Grog Shop
03-29 Montreal, Quebec - Casa del Popolo
03-31 Cambridge, MA - The Middle East
04-02 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
04-03 Philadelphia, PA - The Barbery
04-04 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel

say yea

Brooklyn's Yeasayer have announced a whole truckload of dates in support of their brilliant new album All Hour Cymbals. An album so brilliant that it would have likely cracked my top 20 of the year, had I started listening to it earlier.

Don't miss out, I've a feeling that Yeasayer is not long for venues like the Hi-Dive...

12-15 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
01-16 Washington, DC - Black Cat Backstage *
01-17 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 *
01-18 Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
01-19 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon *
01-20 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington *
01-21 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater *
01-22 Austin, TX - Emo's Jr. *
01-24 Phoenix, AZ - Rhythm Room *
01-25 San Diego, CA - The Casbah *
01-26 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo *
01-28 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill *
01-30 Portland, OR - Holocene *
01-31 Seattle, WA - Neumos *
02-02 Boise, ID - Neurolux *
02-03 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court *
02-04 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive *
02-06 Omaha, NE - The Slowdown *
02-07 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry *
02-08 Chicago, IL - Schubas *
02-09 Toronto, Ontario - El Mocambo *
02-10 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa *
02-12 Allston, MA - Great Scott *
02-14 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg *
02-15 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's *
02-19 Nijmegen, Netherlands - Doornroosie
02-20 Brussels, Belgium - AB
02-21 Paris, France - Nouveau Casino
02-22 St. Malo, France - Omnibus
02-23 Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz
02-25 Cologne, Germany - Gebaude 9
02-26 Berlin, Germany - Lido
02-27 Gothenburg, Sweden - Pusterviksbaren
02-28 Olso, Norway - John Dee
02-29 Stockholm, Sweden - Klubb Spark at Debaser Medis
03-01 Malmo, Sweden - Debaser
03-05 Birmingham, England - Bar Academy
03-06 London, England - ICA
03-08 Glasgow, Scotland - King Tuts
03-09 Manchester, England - Night & Day
03-10 London, England - TBA
03-11 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
05-09-11 Camber, England - Camber Sands Holiday Centre (ATP vs. Pitchfork)

*with MGMT

eels tour

So I got really excited this morning when I got a MySpace bulletin proclaiming an Eels tour in 2008, only to click over to the Eels home page and discover all confirmed dates are in Europe. Damn. But there is a promise that more dates are coming soon, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

It's been waaaaaay to long since I've had live Eels...

polyphonic spree tour

10-12 Atlanta, GA - The Echo Project *
10-14 Detroit, MI - Crofoot *
10-15 Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's *
10-17 Chicago, IL - Vic *
10-18 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre *
10-19 Minneapolis, MN - Pantages *
10-20 Lawrence, KS - The Granada *
10-22 Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre *
10-24 Boise, ID - The Big Easy *
10-25 Seattle, WA - Showbox *
10-26 Portland, OR - Roseland *
10-27 Eugene, OR - McDonald Theatre *
10-30 Anaheim, CA - Grove *
10-31 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore *
11-01 San Diego, CA - Belly Up *
11-02 Los Angeles, CA - Fonda *
11-03 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre *
11-06 Dallas, TX - House of Blues *
11-07 Austin, TX - Emo's *
11-08 Houston, TX - Verizon Theatre *
11-10 Jacksonville, FL - The Talleyrand Music Festival *

* with Rooney

Hey, maybe I'll actually make it to this one...

boh heavy

OK, so there's been a lot of talk about Band Of Horses here lately... but Ben Bridwell seems to be attracting a lot of attention these days. And sadly not in a good way.

via Pitchfork (there are lots of links in the article on their site if you're not hip to the latest BoH goings-on):

Call Band of Horses what you will: totally awesome, meanies, sellouts... Wait, sellouts? When did this happen? Do we have a link for that?

Er, yeah, unfortunately. Seems the Band has licensed a song apiece to a forthcoming Ford commercial and a really tacky Wal-Mart website-- the latter of which suggests some link between cheap warez and existential satisfaction.

Though the marriage of cool tunes and uncool companies is hardly news, any whiff of indie rockers making nice with corporate interests tends to raise a bit of stink among purists. So we asked Band of Horses main man Ben Bridwell if he'd like to comment on the thinking behind the band's decision to lend their music to Wal-Mart and Ford.

He responded with the following statement,

"Dear friends,

"As you may have heard, there's been some recent discussion of a couple of licenses for BoH songs. Just to provide some clarification...

"I did allow Wal-Mart to use a song for a new website they created and have also given permission to Ford Motor Company to license a song from our new album. Because some people see Wal-Mart as a huge, evil corporation, they seem to be especially bummed about this license and see us as posers and/or corporate whores as a result.

"I'd like to just state for the record that we let all kinds of folks use our songs in all kinds of mediums - TV, films, school projects, etc... My personal stance is that once that music is recorded and released to the world then I don't really care where it goes. "The Funeral" has been licensed to death (ha, wretch) at this point and if somebody wants to throw down some duckets for it, then feel free. It also beats the hell out of stealing batteries from Wal-Mart to sell them back for 8 bucks.

"As for Ford: I drive a 1986 F-150 that still runs great. Maybe I'll get the a/c fixed with the cash they kicked down. I'm also stoked that people will hear our song on TV and we might pick up some new listeners in the process. I see no negative.

"That's our reasoning and I'm okay with it. I hope fans of the band are, too.

"We promise to use the money to buy camcorders (at Wal-Mart) for people to film "The Funeral," so I can get mad and crap my diaper. Fuck it.

-bb"

Dub these Horses sellouts if you wanna (we report, you decide, etc.): Just don't call 'em slackers. Having wrapped a short run of late summer dates last night in Portland, the band has just announced their fall plans, which include a stampede throughout North America in October and November. Hey, kinda like how they made that one album, then cranked out another one real quick-like!

And about that album they cranked out: it's pretty good! You can find it at stores much less depressing than Wal-Mart October 9, thanks to Sub Pop. Preordering the disc directly from Band of Horses' site will not only get you a fine rock'n'roll record, but a handsome Band of Horses beer koozie to boot!

Also in the works of the Band: hanging with friends and going to the record store.

Band of Horses:

10-14 Atlanta, GA - Park Tavern
10-20 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom (Sub Pop/Hardly Art CMJ showcase) *
10-30 Charlottesville, VA - Satellite Ballroom
11-01 Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre
11-02 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
11-03 Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
11-04 New York, NY - Terminal 5
11-06 New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
11-07 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
11-08 Montreal, Quebec - La Tulipe
11-09 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre
11-10 Pontiac, MI - Crofoot Ballroom
11-11 Chicago, IL - Metro
11-12 Chicago, IL - Metro
11-14 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
11-15 Fargo, ND - Aquarium (Dempsey's Upstairs)
11-17 Bozeman, MT - Filling Station
11-18 Boise, ID - Neurolux/Crazy
11-19 Seattle, WA - Showbox
11-20 Seattle, WA - Showbox
11-21 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
11-24 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon
11-25 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon
11-26 Pomona, CA - Glass House

* with Le Loup, Foals, the Brunettes

Seriously, no Colorado? WTF? That Bozeman show looks tasty... If they don't add more shows and if I can get someone to drive with me I might actually consider that.

As for selling out... hey, I'm all for bands I love making some money. That Band Of Horses is getting money from Wal-Mart... well, that is a little sad, but whatever. Besides...

"We promise to use the money to buy camcorders (at Wal-Mart) for people to film "The Funeral," so I can get mad and crap my diaper. Fuck it.

That there is funny shit. Rock on, Ben, rock on.

apostle of hustle tour

More tour news from the Broken Social Scene empire (courtesy of my friend Julio):

SEP 30. Fayetteville, AR. Chi Omega Greek Theater
OCT 02. Columbia, MO. The Blue Note
OCT 03. Lawrence, KS. Liberty Hall
OCT 04. Memphis, TN. Rhodes College, Outdoor Amphitheater
OCT 05. Cincinnati, OH. Bogart's
OCT 08. Milwaukee, WI. Pabst Theater
OCT 23. Minneapolis, MN. Varsity Theater*
OCT 31. Seattle, WA. Crocodile*
NOV 01. Portland, OR. Doug Fir Lounge*
NOV 02. Eugene, OR. Indigo District*
NOV 03. San Francisco, CA. Mezanine*
NOV 04. Los Angeles, CA. Ex Pix*
NOV 05. San Diego, CA. Casbah*
NOV 06. Phoenix, AZ. Plush*
NOV 07. Salt Lake City, UT. Urban Lounge*
NOV 08. Denver, CO. Bluebird Theater*
NOV 09. Omaha, NB. Waiting Room*
NOV 10. Chicago, IL. Metro*

*open for Do Make Say Think

I saw Apostle Of Hustle open for Andrew Bird earlier this year; they are an extraordinarily fun live band.

mountain goats tour

Mountain Goats @ Hi-Dive! Unfortunately it's the same night Stars are in town...

09-20 Washington, DC - The Black Cat *
09-21 Baltimore, MD - Sonar *
09-22 Philadelphia, PA - Northstar Bar *
09-24 Buffalo, NY - Buffalo Icon *
09-25 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace *
09-27 Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theatre *
09-29 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street *
09-30 Boston, MA - Middle East Underground *
10-01 New York, NY - The Bowery Ballroom *
10-02 Brooklyn, NY - Studio B *
10-30 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater
11-02 Grinnell, IA - Gardner Lounge
11-03 Omaha, NE - Slowdown
11-05 Aspen, CO - Belly Up
11-06 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
11-08 Lawrence, KS - Jackpot Saloon
11-10 St. Louis, MO - Biliken Club
11-14 Urbana, IL - Canopy Club
11-15 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle

*with Bowerbirds

kevin drew tour

09-05 London, England - Scala
09-29 Halifax, Nova Scotia - The Marquee Club
10-01 Hamburg, Germany - Fabrik
10-02 Frankfurt, Germany - Brotfabrik
10-03 Heidelberg, Germany - Karlstorbahnhof
10-04 Munich, Germany - Feierwerk
10-05 Vienna, Austria - Flex
10-06 Berlin, Germany - Lido
10-08 Paris, France - La Cigale
10-09 Paris, France - La Cigale
10-11 Leuven, Belgium - Het Depot
10-12 Cologne, Germany - Prime Club
10-15 Glasgow, Scotland - Arches
10-16 Manchester, England - Academy
10-17 Birmingham, England - Academy 2
10-18 Bristol, England - Thekla
10-19 London, England - KOKO
10-25 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Commodore *
10-26 Seattle, WA - Moore Theater *
10-27 Portland, OR - The Aladdin Theater *
10-29 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore *
10-30 Los Angeles, CA - Orpheum Theater *
11-01 Boulder, CO - The Fox Theatre
11-03 Chicago, IL - Metro
11-04 Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
11-06 Ann Arbor, MI - The Michigan Theater
11-12 Burlington, VT - Ira Allen Chapel
11-14 New York , NY- Webster Hall
11-17 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre Of Living Arts
11-18 Washington, DC - 930 Club

* with New Buffalo

Presale tickets are available via the Arts & Crafts website. Don't miss this one!

Kevin Drew - Tbtf (mp3 from forthcoming album Spirit If...)
Kevin Drew - Official site
Kevin Drew - MySpace

voxtrot postpones several dates...

... including my birthday show at the Bluebird. Boo. From Voxtrot's MySpace:

Oh, it's crazy times here at Voxtrot HQ! We were just getting ready for a couple of weeks back home, when the Arctic Monkeys rang up to see if we'd join them on their US tour. We said yes, of course. How could we pass that up? Unfortunately, as a result, it means that we're cancelling the rest of our European dates as well as the US west coast. Most of the cancelled dates will be rescheduled before the end of the year... we'll keep you in the loop.

The UK single for "Firecracker" just got pushed back a week and will now be released on September 3rd. The a-side is a slightly reworked version of the track, while the b-side is called "Honey Bee", and was pulled from the LP sessions. It will be available on CD and 7-inch formats. If you pick it up via iTunes, you recieve a third song as well, called "Loan Shark". Two of the three songs can now be streamed on our Myspace page.

We stopped by MTVu to film a Backstage Pass segment, which was pretty fun! You can see the results HERE.

We also played Siren Festival later that week, played skeeball with Lavender Diamond for Spinner.com, and sat down for a chat with Filter TV.

For those of you who don't know about the new record yet, we're happy to fill you in. Our first full-length record is finally in stores worldwide! We recorded it with the amazing Victor Van Vugt (PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, Luna) in Austin and NYC. The record is 11 tracks long, eponymously titled Voxtrot, and can be found via Playlouder/Beggars Group just about everywhere. We also want to point out that if you purchase the vinyl LP, you receive a coupon for a free digital/MP3 copy of the record. If you pick it up through iTunes, you get two bonus songs, "New Love" and "Loan Shark" as an iTunes Exclusive.

All eight Reaching For The Lasers "making of the record" mini-documentary episodes are now up! If you haven't seen them yet, you can find them at http://www.reaching4lasers.com/. There are also clips of the new record, and free desktop wallpaper and AIM icon downloads.

SEPTEMBER
Wed 5 - New York, NY @ Central Park Summerstage AA ¢ SOLD OUT
Thu 6 - Providence, RI @ Lupos Heartbreak Hotel AA ¢
Tue 11 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall AA ¢
Wed 12 - Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom AA ¢
Thu 13 - Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theatre AA ¢
Sun 16 - Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom AA ¢
Mon 17 - Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Theatre AA ¢¥
Tue 18 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues 18+ ¢
Fri 21 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre AA ¢
Sat 22 - Tuscon, AZ @ Rialto Theatre AA ¢
Tue 25 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium AA ¢
Thu 27 - San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium AA ¢
Fri 28 - Eugene, OR @ Mcdonald Theatre AA ¢
Sat 29 - Seattle, WA @ Wamu Theatre AA ¢
Sun 30 - PNE Forum @ Vancouver, BC AA ¢

OCTOBER
Wed 3 - Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club 18+ %
Thu 4 - Chicago, IL @ Metro 18+ %
Sat 6 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat AA %£
Sun 7 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church AA %*
Tue 9 - Toronto, ON @ Mod Club AA %*
Wed 10 - Ottawa, ON @ Zaphod Beeblebrox 19+ %*
Thu 11 - Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa AA %*
Fri 12 - Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street AA %*
Sat 13 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs 18+ %*
Sun 14 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 16+ %
Mon 15 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 21+ *

AA = All Ages
¢ = w/ Arctic Monkeys
¥ = w/ Queens of the Stone Age
* = w/ 1990s
% = w/ The Little Ones
£ = w/ House & Parish

www.voxtrot.net
www.reaching4lasers.com
www.thevoxtrotkid.blogspot.com
www.myspace.com/voxtrot
www.last.fm/music/Voxtrot
www.virb.com/voxtrot

bright eyes tour

Last time Conor & co. came to Denver was the day that I left for vacation... this time he's competing with Okkervil River @ The Marquis. Sorry, Conor...

09.13 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
09.14 Boise, ID - Big Easy Concert House
09.15 Spokane, WA - Big Easy Concert House
09.16 Olympia, WA - Capitol Theatre
09.18 Fairbanks, AK - University of Alaska - Fairbanks
09.19 Anchorage, AK - University of Alaska - Anchorage
09.20 Anchorage, AK - University of Alaska - Anchorage
09.22 Seattle, WA - Quest Field - End Fest 2007
09.23 Eugene, OR - McDonald Theatre
09.24 Chico, CA - Senator Theatre
09.29 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl (w/ LA Philharmonic)

the hold steady and art brut to tour

Together. Whoa.

10-21 Providence, RI - Lupo's
10-22 Boston, MA - Roxy
10-23 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
10-24 Raleigh, NC - Disco Rodeo
10-25 Athens, GA - 40 Watt
10-26 Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theatre
10-27 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
10-29 Pontiac, MI -Crofoot Ballroom
10-30 Chicago, IL - Metro
10-31 Chicago, IL - Metro
11-01 Minneapolis, MN - State Theatre
11-04 Seattle, WA - HUB Ballroom
11-05 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
11-06 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theater
11-07 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
11-08 San Diego, CA - Cane's
11-09 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
11-11 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
11-12 Denver, CO - Ogden Theater
11-13 Lawrence, KS - Granada
11-14 Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom
11-15 Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
11-17 Birmingham, AL - BottleTree Annex
11-18 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
11-19 Richmond, VA - Toad's Place Richmond
11-20 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
11-21 New York, NY - Terminal 5

I'm thinking the Boulder/Denver two-fer will be extremely difficult to pass up...

And don't forget - Art Brut will be at Monolith!

rogue wave tour

It certainly is a happy day for tour announcements! Some of the shows are available for fan presale, check out the band's MySpace for details.

09-09-07 Flynn Theatre, Burlington, VT*
09-11-07 Ram's Head Live!, Baltimore, MD*
09-12-07 Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA*
09-13-07 Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh, PA*
09-14-07 Messiah College, Grantham, PA*
09-15-07 Michigan Theatre, Ann Arbor, MI*
10-10-07 The Casbah, San Diego, CA
10-11-07 El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
10-12-07 Bimbo's 365 Club, San Francisco, CA
10-13-07 TBA
10-15-07 Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
10-16-07 Neumo's, Seattle, WA,
10-19-07 Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO
10-20-07 The Bottleneck, Lawrence, KS
10-21-07 The Waiting Room, Omaha, NE
10-23-07 400 Bar, Minneapolis, MN
10-24-07 The Double Door, Chicago, IL
10-29-07 Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton, MA
10-30-07 Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
11-01-07 Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
11-05-07 The Black Cat, Washington, DC
11-06-07 Satellite Ballroom, Charlottesville, VA
11-09-07 Mercy Lounge, Nashville, TN
11-10-07 The Bottletree, Birmingham, AL

*opening for Feist

blitzen trapper - second chance

Blitzen Trapper, who's opening set I completely missed the other night, is returning to Denver next month! Even better, Two Gallants is opening... :)

08-03 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe #
08-05 Portland, OR - PDX Pop Now! Festival
09-17 Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan *
09-18 Vancouver, British Columbia - Media Club *
09-19 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile *
09-20 Boise, ID - Neurolux *
09-21 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court *
09-22 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive *
09-23 Rapid City, SD - The Imperial Inn *
09-24 Fargo, ND - Aquarium *
09-26 Minneapolis, MN - Turf Club *
09-27 Iowa City, IA - The Picador *
09-29 Chicago, IL - Schubas *
09-30 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop *
10-02 New York, NY - Gramercy Theatre *
10-04 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church *
10-05 Boston, MA - Middle East Downstairs *
10-06 Baltimore, MD - Sonar *
10-07 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel *
10-08 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 *
10-09 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn *
10-12 Beaumont, TX - Vortex *
10-13 Austin, TX - Mohawk *
10-15 Tucson, AZ - Solar Culture *
10-17 San Diego, CA - The Casbah *
10-18 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre *

# with Jennifer Gentle
* with Two Gallants

october is the new september...

So, September(ish) in the Denver/Boulder area is absolutely incredible, right? I mean:

08/31 Apples In Stereo @ Bluebird Theater
09/01-02 Wilco @ Fillmore Auditorium
09/02 Yonder Mountain String Band @ Red Rocks
09/03 P.O.S. @ Bluebird Theater
09/04 Dirty Projectors/YACHT @ Hi-Dive
09/10 Devendra Banhart @ Ogden Theatre
09/11 Rilo Kiley @ Ogden Theatre
09/13 Okkervil River @ Marquis Theatre
09/14-15 Monolith Festival @ Red Rocks
09/17 Arcade Fire/LCD Soundsystem @ Red Rocks
09/18 The National @ Ogden Theatre
09/20 Guster @ Fillmore Auditorium
09/22 Two Gallants @ Hi-Dive
09/24 New Pornographers @ Boulder Theatre

Wow. Slated for October: Voxtrot, Midlake, Lucero, Interpol, The Tragically Hip, Josh Ritter, Caribou, Menomena & Mum. And now Deerhoof has announced more dates:

07-28 Yuzawa-machi, Japan - Fuji Rock Festival
07-29 Yuzawa-machi, Japan - Fuji Rock Festival
07-31 Yamagata, Japan - TBA
09-01 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic Festival
09-21 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live #^
09-22 Dallas, TX - House of Blues #^
09-23 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom *#
09-25 Nashville, TN - City Hall *#
09-26 Covington, KY - Madison Theatre *#
09-28 Toronto, Ontario - Ricoh Coliseum *#
09-29 London, Ontario - John Labatt Centre *#
09-30 Pontiac, MI - Eagle Theater
10-01 Madison, WI - Rathskeller (University of Wisconsin Memorial Union)
10-02 Minneapolis, MN - McGuire Theater at Walker Art Center
10-04 Denver, CO - Bluebird
10-06 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
10-19 Reykjavik, Iceland - Iceland Airwaves

# with Bloc Party
^ with J Versus K
* with Smoosh

Awesome.

menomena coming back through colorado

^Boyscout'n.

Still touring behind their magnificent album Friend And Foe, Menomena has been upgraded from the Hi-Dive to the Fox Theatre! Quite a promotion. I wish we were getting Illinois too... sigh.

07-22 Portland, OR - Edgefield Amphitheater !
09-01 Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot
10-26 Boise, ID - Neurolux
10-27 Salt Lake City. UT - Kilby Court
10-28 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
10-30 St. Louis, MO - Billiken Club
10-31 Nashville, TN - Exit/In *
11-02 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder *
11-03 Orlando, FL - Social *
11-04 Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbit's*
11-06 Washington, DC - Black Cat *
11-07 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church *
11-08 Hanover, NH - Dartmouth *
11-09 Boston, MA - Paradise *
11-10 New York, NY - Webster Hall *
11-12 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa *
11-13 Toronto, Ontario - Mod Club *
11-14 Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig *
11-15 Chicago, IL - Metro *
11-16 Grinnell, IA - Grinnell College *
11-17 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater *

! with the Decemberists
* with Illinois