A new single from Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore has just dropped! Enjoy the Velvet Underground-esque track right here…
http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F12413870Thurston Moore – Benediction by muziclover
Detroit indie-pop outfit Prussia are known for their energetic arrangements and catchy harmonies, having honed their skills touring with such bands as Beach House and Dr. Dog. Their upcoming release, Poor English, looks to expand on this style while incorporating a darker tone to their lyricism. To promote this album, the group will embark on a North American tour including a show in their home state of Michigan with tUnE-YaRdS!
Check out their Myspace and tour dates below!
Tour Dates
3.30 Cafe Bourbon St.- Columbus, OH*
3.31 Bugjar- Rochester, NY*
4.01 BATV- Boston, MA*
4.02 Machines with Magnets- Providence, RI*
4.03 Cake Shop- Brooklyn, NY*
4.04 Death By Audio- Brooklyn, NY*
4.05 Danger Danger- Philadelphia, PA*
4.06 Golden West- Baltimore, MD*
4.07 Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar- Charlottesville, VA*
4.08 Tipsy- Greenville, NC*
4.09 Highland Inn Ballroom- Atlanta, GA*
4.10 JJ’s – Chattanooga, TN*
4.11 The End – Nashville, TN*
4.12 Cosmic Charlie’s – Lexington, KY*
4.13 Ottawa Tavern- Toldeo, OH*
4.14 Empty Bottle – Chicago, IL
4.15 Mexican Sans Frontiere- Grand Rapids, MI
5.10 Lincoln Hall- Chicago, IL#
5.11 Crofoot- Pontiac, MI#
* with Child Bite
#tUnE-YaRdS
Damon & Naomi with Chris Marker – And You Are There from The Wire Magazine on Vimeo.
Damon and Naomi, two artists who have worked collaboratively and independently since the 80’s including the band Galaxie 500 are releasing another album together, False Beats and True Hearts coming out March 17th on their own label, 20/20/20. For a single off the album, “And You Are There,” they enlisted artist and filmmaker Chris Marker to provide the visual accompaniment to the track. You can’t really call it a video because it is a single still image and a pretty literal interpretation of the song’s concept as articulated by Naomi in Wired Magazine, the host that premiered the audio/visual partnership. That idea being losing oneself in and being consumed by a memory. That notion is close to Marker’s creative mind as his film La Jatee was the inspiration and catalyst for Terry Gilliam’s 12 Monkeys and likewise for Damon and Naomi’s new musical work of art.
Junip has teamed with Jose Gonzalez to embark on a huge North American tour, including a stop at Bonnaroo.
Junip recently released a new EP, In Every Direction, which was made up of remixes and unreleased tracks. You can hear one of those tracks, “Nackrosdammen” right here!
The band has also released a new video for their song “In Every Direction” which was directed by the band’s drummer, Elias Araya, who took inspiration from his father (Kent Karlsson). Check it out right here, and if you want to catch Junip and Jose Gonzalez on tour, they will be:
4.20 – Toronto, ON – Lees Palace
4.21 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
4.22 – Ann Arbor, MI – The Blind Pig
4.23 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
4.24 – Evanston, IL – SPACE
4.25 – Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center
4.28 – Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
4.29 – Salt Lake City, UT – The State Room
5.1 – Spokane, WA – The Empyrean
5.2 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
5.3 – Vancouver, BC – The Rio Theatre
5.4 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
5.6 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
5.7 – Costa Mesa, CA – Detroit Bar
5.8 – Tucson, AZ – Plush
5.10 – Austin, TX – The Mohawk
5.11 – Houston, TX – Mink
5.12 – New Orleans, LA – Republic
5.14 – Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall
5.15 – Columbus, OH – Wexner Center
5.16 – Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
5.17 – Carrboro, NC – Cats Cradle
5.18 – Philadelphia, PA – World Café
5.19 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
5.20 – Wilmington, DE – World Café Live @ The Queen
5.21 – Burlington, VT – HG Showcase Lounge
5.22 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
6.12 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Music Festival
Brooklyn trio Vivian Girls have decided to continue touring and supporting No Joy. They’re currently touring their support their latest album, Share the Joy. Here’s a single from that album, “I Heard You Say”:
http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F9888218Vivian Girls – I Heard You Say by flogase
Tour dates are as follows:
Tue-Apr-05 Asheville, NC Sage Café / Warren Wilson College
Wed-Apr-06 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
Thu-Apr-07 Baltimore, MD Ottobar
Fri-Apr-08 Washington, DC Black Cat
Sat-Apr-09 Philadelphia, PA The Trocodero
Mon-Apr-11 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY SMOG / Bard College
Tue-Apr-12 New York, NY Webster Hall
Wed-Apr-13 Providence, RI The Met Café
Thu-Apr-14 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
Fri-Apr-15 Montreal, QC Le National
Sat-Apr-16 Toronto, ON Pheonix Concert Theatre
Sun-Apr-17 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
Tue-Apr-19 Columbus, OH Outland Live
Wed-Apr-20 Newport, KY Southgate House
Thu-Apr-21 St Louis, MO The Firebird
Fri-Apr-22 Chicago, IL Logan Square Auditorium
Sat-Apr-23 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
Sun-Apr-24 Northfield, MN The Cave / Carleton College
Mon-Apr-25 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room
Tue-Apr-26 Kansas City, MO The Beaumont Club
Wed-Apr-27 Dallas, TX The Loft
Thu-Apr-28 Austin, TX Emo’s
Sun-May-01 Los Angeles, CA The Echo / Part Time Punks
Mon-May-02 San Diego, CA Casbah
Tue-May-03 Santa Barbara, CA Muddy Waters
Wed-May-04 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop
Fri-May-06 Seattle, WA Vera Project
Sat-May-07 Vancouver, BC The Biltmore
Sun-May-08 Portland, OR Holocene
Wed-May-11 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
Thu-May-12 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
Fri-May-13 Lawrence, KS Jackpot Music Hall
Sat-May-14 Bloomington, IN Max’s Place
Sun-May-15 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
4/6 – 4/29 supporting Black Lips
5/2 – 5/15 with No Joy
Art Brut have recently made some plans, as bands do when they finish recording their 4th album. Brilliant! Tragic!, another Black Fancis-produced effort, will be released on May 24 with the single, “Lost Weekend” arriving May 16. The big news here is that frontman Eddie Argos claims that on this one he has finally learned to sing, which you can preview HERE. That’s the cover art above, and the track listing is below.
01 Clever Clever Jazz
02 Lost Weekend
03 Bad Comedian
04 Sexy Sometimes
05 Is Dog Eared
06 Martin Kemp Welch Five A-Side Football Rules!
07 Axel Rose
08 I Am The Psychic
09 Ice Hockey
10 Sealand
Art Brut also plan to do a brief tour, or residency — a 5-night stay at Lexington in London from May 30 – June 3rd.
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