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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Kisses Plan West Coast Tour
“Great pop music is about escape. Kisses is about entering into another world,” says the band’s lead singer Jesse Kivel. “I used to go to indie clubs where people would only dance to song if they knew who it was by. It was so cliquey and lacking genuine emotion. I wanted to get away from false sentiment and use a different aesthetic” he explains. This March, Kivel’s hoping that fans will come out and experience Kisses firsthand, when the band embarks on a West Coast tour. Below we have the dates of said tour and a new remix of Kisses’ “Midnight Lover.”
West Coast Tour Dates
03/04 Portland, OR – Peter’s Room
03/05 Vancouver, BC – Biltmore
03/06 Seattle, WA – Vera Project
03/08 San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
03/09 San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
Chateau Marmont announce tour dates, release mixtape
Synth Paris-based band Chateau Marmont are set to release their new digital mixtape, C-M-X Tape, and to celebrate it, they are going on a select date tour in North America. The mixtape is made up of reworkings of disco songs, all in the style of Chateau Marmont. But this isn’t the last you will see of the band this year, they are set to release a compilation of three of their EPs via Institubes Records. In the meantime, check out their track “One Hundred Realities” here and make sure to check them out when they’re touring near you!
Mar 9 – The Abbey – Chicago, IL
Mar 10 – The Drake Hotel – Toronto
Mar 11 – The Studio at Webster Hall – NYC
Mar 12 – Le Belmont – Montreal
Mar 14 – The Velvet Lounge – Washington, DC
Mar 18 – SXSW – Austin, TX
Mar 19 – SXSW – Austin, TX
Mar 20 – SXSW – Austin, TX
Small Sins Return To The States
Toronto based quartet Small Sins released their third LP, Pot Calls Kettle Black in October, before heading out on Canada wide tour. Now, they’re readying to return to America for the first time since 2007. Peep the video for their new single, “Why Don’t You Believe Me,” and a full list of dates down below.
Small Sins Tour Dates
3/2/11 – Chicago, IL @ Schuba’s
3/3/11 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Founders Brewery Co.
3/4/11 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe
3/5/11 – Montreal, PQ @ Casa del Popolo w/ Say Hi
3/7/11 – Halifax, NS @ The Seahorse
3/9/11 – Boston, MA @ O’Briens Pub
3/10/11 – New York, NY @ Santo’s Party House
3/11/11 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Rock Shop
3/12/11 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
3/13/11 – Washington, DC @ The Red Palace
3/14/11 – Knoxville, TN @ The Pilot Light
3/16/11 – Austin, TX @ Maggie Mae’s Gibson, 12am (SXSW)
3/17/11 – Austin, TX @ The Trophy Room, 4:30pm (SXSW)
3/18/11 – Austin, TX @ The Mohawk, 12pm (SXSW)
The Strokes go all Escher for Angles cover
The Strokes have finally unveiled what is to grace the cover of their hotly-anticipated/jesus christ, it’s finally coming out fourth album, Angles. Take a good look up there, because those groovy, impossible stairs are a long way developed from this. The impossible stairs, of course, were made famous by Dutch graphic artist and Knight of the Order Orange-Nassau, M.C. Escher. Let’s hope the cover isn’t symbolic of The Strokes seemingly reaching new heights but then realizing they’re actually right back where they started.
I wouldn’t worry about that too much based on this:
James Murphy is Pissed.
In a development conspiracy theorists could whet their palates over, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem has announced four shows at Manhattan’s Terminal 5 leading up to their final hurrah at Madison Square Garden on April 2nd. Tickets for the MSG show sold out fast — much to the surprise of pretty much everyone except some bloodsucking scalpers. Now that tickets are going up for obscene amounts of cash on craiglist and ebay, Murphy has decided to channel his frustration into more gigs – this time hoping he can actually get tickets to the real fans. In a tirelessly long post on the band’s website titled “fuck you, scalpers”, Murphy vents directly to the fans, who have been affected most. It’s an honest and at times hilarious account from the band’s side of things, with Murphy describing a failed attempt to buy a ticket off a scalper himself.
Anyway, the Terminal 5 shows are going down March 28-31 — only fans pure of heart may wield a ticket. Or so Murphy hopes.
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