Monthly Archives: March 2011

03.04.11
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The Fresh & Onlys Plan Spring Tour

After the success of last year’s Play It Strange, The Fresh & Onlys’ are prepping for the release of their new EP, Secret Walls. Set for release on April 26th, Secret Walls represents a bold new direction for the band, one they’re excited to share with fans starting next month at SXSW.

The Fresh & Onlys Tour Dates

03/16 – 03/19 Austin, TX SXSW

03/21 San Diego, CA Tin Can Alehouse

03/22 Los Angeles, CA Echo *

04/12 Denver, CO Hi Dive &

04/13 Lawrence, KS The Jackpot Saloon &

04/14 Bloomington, IN The Bishop &

04/15 Pittsburgh, PA Brillobox &

04/18 Cincinnati, OH MOTR Pub &

04/19 Saint Louis, MO The Billiken Club !

04/20 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall %

04/21 Toronto, ON Parts & Labour &

04/22 Montreal, QC Il Motore &

04/23 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg %

04/24 Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie %

04/25 Washington, DC Red Palace %

04/27 Atlanta, GA The Earl %

04/28 Birmingham AL Bottletree %

 

~ = w/ Growlers, Pleasure Kills, Wrong Words

* = w/ The Strange Boys, Natural Child

% = w/ Crocodiles, Young Prisms

& = w/ Young Prisms

! = w/ Crocodiles

03.04.11
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Grand Atlantic Add SXSW Date

Australian power pop quintet Grand Atlantic will be bringing their psychedelic sound to B.D’Reily’s Pub in Austin for The Drys-A-Bone SXSW Showcase on March 19. Touring in support of their third, untitled album, the group has become so practiced at their live set that even some of the songs on said record were recorded straight from concerts.

The album was recorded in an abandoned psychiatric hospital near Dunedin, New Zealand, and this dark, haunted setting shines through in their music.

Check out tour dates below!

Grand Atlantic Tour Dates

3/11 Reggie’s Music Joint, Chicago, IL

3/12 The Living Room, New York, NY

3/13 The Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY

3/15 (SXSW) Dart International Party, Austin, TX

3/17 (SXSW) Paisley Underground Party, Austin, TX

3/19 (SXSW) B.D’Reily,’s Pub, Austin, TX

3/20 Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar, Houston, TX

3/22 Comet Tavern, Seattle, WA

3/24 Hotel Utah, San Francisco, CA

3/25 Trip, Santa Monica, CA

03.04.11
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Michael J Epstein Memorial Library Set to Release Album

Boston baroque indie pop band Michael J Epstein Memorial Library has announced they will be releasing their first full-length album on May 10, 2011.  Volume One brings to mind the sounds of Magnetic Fields and Arcade Fire, an album full of songs layered in instrumentation, lyrics and vocal harmony.  Tracklisting is as follows:

1. Amylee
2. Holy Ghost
3. The Weeping Song
4. Every Time I Visit You, It Rains
5. Stranger
6. Lymph Nodes
7. Civil Engineering
8. 4th Grade Book Report Blues
9. Oh Emily
10. Small Crack

03.04.11
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Davila 666 Bring Their Act To the U.S.

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Puerto-Rican band DAVILA 666 are just took time out of their hectic schedule to release a new album,
Tan Bajo which was out last week on In The Red. The band has been trying its best to win the crown for “World’s Greatest Party Band” and DAVILA 666 looks to bring the mayhem stateside sometime soon.

Rumor is there will be a stop at SXSW on the group’s North American tour, the details they will be releasing any day now. Until then, check out the song “Esa Nena Nunca Regreso” right here!

03.04.11
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Nodzzz Take Their Game Into Extra Innings

The release of Garage-pop trio Nodzzz’s 2nd full-length LP is only a few months months away now, and the group couldn’t be more excited. Drawing its title from the band’s origins as athletes in Olympia, Washington, Innings is a collection of neurotic power-pop antics, and jangly, amateurish post-punk.

Beginning later this month, Nodzzz is touring the West Coast. Check out the list of dates down below.

 

 

Tour Dates

03/04 Los Angeles, CA – The Smell

03/05 Sacramento, CA – The Hub %

^ = w/ Gun Outfit, Milk Music, HPP

* = w/ Gun Outfit

& = w/ English Singles

% = w/ The Finches

03.04.11
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Helvetia Return With New CD

Helvetia is all set to release their newest album, On the Lam on April 12th via Static Cult Label.

The album is made up of twelve tracks culled from the forty tracks that the band had recorded. You can listen to the album’s title-track right now over at Magnet (check it out here).

Helvetia is a psychedelic rock outfit that is the brainchild of Jason Albertini and Canaan Dove Amber. The two re-united after Albertini finished working with a variety of different bands, including Xiu Xiu, Papercuts and Mike Johnson & The Evil Doers.

You can find On the Lam in stores or online on April 12th. The album’s track list goes like this:

1. Saucer of Dread

2. Bring Me The Knives

3. On the Lam

4. Arise Pt. 1

5. Sixes

6. Ground Plane

7. Below The Salt

8. This One

9. Hustle & Sparrow

10. The Mountain

11. Here Is Just Anywhere

12. A Patient Ma