Monthly Archives: January 2011

01.28.11
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Modern Skirts Release New Track, Brief Tour Schedule

Modern Skirts showed up on the music landscape in 2005 with a piano-heavy focus and a spot on Paste Magazine’s 50 Best Albums of 2005 with Catalogue of Generous Men.

The band just put out their third full-length in which they turned down the pianos and brought up the guitar. Gramahawk has dark and gritty subjects while still keeping the catchy hooks and (moderate) piano that were featured in the band’s first two efforts.

The band self-produced the album in New Orleans, and you can hear a song off of the album right here.
Listen to “Happy 81”

Furthermore, Modern Skirts are doing a brief tour of the south. If you happen to live down there, you can see them:

2.11 – Raleigh, NC – Pour House

2.12 – Charlotte, NC – Snug Harbor

3.4 – Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club

3.5 – Atlanta, GA – Smith’s Olde Bar

3.11 – New Orleans, LA – Circle Bar

 

01.28.11
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Mean Creek Offer Up Free EP


Boston-based rock quartet Mean Creek recently made their way to Brooklyn to record a new EP with legendary producer John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., The Hold Steady, etc.). After being named “Best Boston Act” by the readers of The Boston Phoenix and receiving nominations at this year’s Boston Music Awards for “Album of the Year” and “Song of the Year” for their track “The Comedian,” Mean Creek entered the studio earlier this month with Agnello in an attempt to capture their distinct live sound and energy onto recording. The resulting EP, entitled Hemophiliac, is now available for free download on the band’s BandCamp site.

01.27.11
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The Twilight Singers Announce European Tour

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New Orleans natives (REPRESENT) The Twilight Singers are well known throughout the indie world for blending soul, rock, and electronic music into their own distinct style. Spawned in 1997 as a side project of The Afghan Whigs frontman Greg Dulli, they have since released four albums, including 2006’s critically acclaimed Powder Burns. Nearly 5 years later, the group is ready to release a new album and go on tour once again.

Now signed to Sub Pop, Dynamite Steps drops on February 15th, at which point the group will play its first ever in-store concerts, at Amoeba Records in Los Angeles on the 15th and San Francisco on the 17th. From there, the band embarks on a European tour.

Pre-order the album at www.subpop.com and check out the tour dates below!

The Twilight Singers 2011 European Tour
3/18/11            London – Electric Ballroom
3/19/11            Glasgow – Arches
3/20/11            Manchester – Moho Live
3/21/11            Brighton – Komedia Theatre
3/23/11            Cologne – Luxor
3/25/11            Oslo – Parkteatret
3/26/11            Stockholm – Debaser
3/27/11            Copenhagen – Vega Jr
3/28/11            Berlin – Festsaal Kreuzberg
3/30/11            Brussels – Ancienne Belgique
3/31/11            Paris – La Fleche D’Or
4/01/11            Amsterdam – Paradiso
4/02/11            Lucerne – Schuur
4/09/11            Vienna – Meet Factory
4/10/11            Warsaw – Stodola
4/12/11            Helsinki – Tavastia
4/14/11            Thessaloniki – Principal Theater
4/15/11            Athens – Gagarin Club
4/16/11            Tel Aviv – Reading3
4/17/11            Tel Aviv – Reading3
01.27.11
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Interpol Announces Ambitious Tour Schedule

Interpol Schedule Another U.S. Tour

Interpol must really love road trips. How else can you explain their almost demented touring schedule?

Apart from starting a North American tour (with School of Seven Bells) later on in January, the group is hitting Europe with Matthew Dear this March. If that wasn’t enough, Interpol will be opening for U2 in a series of stadium shows across the US this summer. Oh and in between all that, they will have their own headlining tour starting in April.

You can see Interpol (with various other bands) pretty much in any major city on the globe. Their incredibly packed tour schedule looks like this:

01-27 Vancouver, British Columbia – Orpheum Theater ^

01-28 Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo ^

01-29 Portland, OR – Roseland Theatre ^

01-31 San Francisco, CA – Warfield Theatre ^

02-02 La Jolla, CA – Rimac Arena (UCSD) ^

02-04 Santa Barbara, CA – UCSB Events Center ^

02-05 Tempe, AZ – The Marquee ^

02-07 Salt Lake City, UT – The Venue ^

02-08 Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater ^

02-09 Omaha, NE – Slowdown ^

02-11 St. Louis, MO – The Pageant ^

02-12 Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre ^

02-13 Columbus, OH – LC Pavilion ^

02-15 Toronto, Ontario – Sound Academy ^

02-16 Montreal, Quebec – Metropolis ^

02-17 New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall

02-19 Boston, MA – House of Blues

03-03-04 Hamburg, Germany – Docks !

03-06 Oslo, Norway – Sentrum Scene !

03-07 Stockholm, Sweden – Cirkus !

03-08 Copenhagen, Denmark – KB Hall !

03-10 Leipzig, Germany – Haus Auensee !

03-11 Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Rokhall !

03-12 Munich, Germany – Kesselhaus !

03-14 Zurich, Switzerland – Komplex !

03-15 Paris, France – Zenith !

03-16 Antwerp, Belgium – Lotto Arena !

03-18 Bournemouth, England – O2 Academy !

03-19 Bristol, England – Colston Hall !

03-20 Cambridge, England – Corn Exchange !

03-22 Leeds, England – O2 Academy !

03-26 Moscow, Russia – A2

03-27 St. Petersburg, Russia – Glav Club

04-13 Reno, NV – Knitting Factory

04-14 Sacramento, CA – Crest Theatre

04-17 Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre

04-18 Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre

04-20 Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom

04-21 Austin, TX – Austin Music Hall

04-22 Helotes, TX – Josabis Amphitheatre

04-24 Kansas City, MO – The Beaumont Club

04-25 Memphis, TN – Minglewood Hall

04-26 New Orleans, LA – House of Blues

04-28 Tampa, FL – The Ritz

04-29 Miami Beach, FL – Fillmore Miami Beach

04-30 Lake Buena Vista, FL – House of Blues

05-02 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium

05-03 Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte

05-04 Raleigh, NC – Disco Rodeo

06-03 Nurburgring, Germany – Nurburgring

07-05 Chicago, IL – Soldier Field *

07-08-09 Montreal, Quebec – Montreal Hippodrome *

07-11 Toronto, Ontario – Rogers Centre *

07-14 Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field *

07-17 St. Louis, MO – Busch Stadium *

07-20 East Rutherford, NJ – New Meadowlands Stadium *

07-23 Minneapolis, MN – TCF Bank Stadium *

07-26 Pittsburgh, PA – Heinz Field *

^ with School of Seven Bells

! with Matthew Dear

* with U2