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

 

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

Mogwai Release A Track From Upcoming Album

Mogwai have released another track off of their upcoming viciously-titled Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will.

The album will be released on February 15th on Sub Pop Records, and the latest track to be revealed is called “San Pedro”. If you pre-order the album from SubPop.com, you receive a free pair of earplugs, a testament to the staggering amount of noise Mogwai is capable of.

You can hear “San Pedro” right here:

Look for Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will when it hits stores February 15th. You’ll find Mogwai stateside starting mid-April. Their tour schedule goes like this:

 

Apr 19: 9.30 Club, Washington DC
Apr 20: Starlight Ballroom, Philadelphia
Apr 21: Webster Hall, New York
Apr 22: Webster Hall, New York
Apr 23: Paradise Rock Club, Boston
Apr 25: Olympia Theater, Montreal
Apr 26: Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto
Apr 27: Mr. Smalls Theatre, Pittsburgh
Apr 28: St. Andrews Hall, Detroit
Apr 29: Metro, Chicago
Apr 30: Slowdown, Omaha
May 2: Bluebird Theater, Denver
May 3: In The Venue, Salt Lake City
May 5: Wonder Ballroom, Portland
May 6: Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver
May 7: Showbox at the Market, Seattle
May 9: Regency Ballroom, San Francisco
May 10: Mayan Theater, Los Angeles
May 11: Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach
May 13: Sunshine Theatre, Albuquerque
May 15: Granada Theatre, Dallas
May 16: Stubbs Waller Creek, Austin
May 17: Warehouse Live, Houston
May 19: Workplay Theater, Birmingham
May 20: Center Stage, Atlanta

 

 

ELK Announces New Album

Elk (press photo)

Justin Stein (aka ELK) had a trying time recording his upcoming album Let’s Get Married. After his computer crashed halfway through production, Justin had to decide whether to pay rent or buy a new computer. He chose a computer and ditched Brooklyn to move back to his parents’ house in Michigan.

His album is literally a bedroom production, and features electronic pop mixed with shoegaze and Philip Glass samples. The album will be out February 15th on Shape Up Records (released via cassette and digital download). The song “Volleyball” is the first single from the album, and you can hear it right here.

ELK also recently created a mix that he calls the “Snow Mixtape” to commemorate the giant blizzard that recently swept through New York. Featuring samples from MGMT and Thin Lizzy (among others), you can hear it right here. ELK will be playing in New York soon, with a date at Cake Shop on February 11th (with Keepaway, Pistola and Lost Coves).

 

Shilpa Ray Releases A New Album

Shilpa Poster

Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers released an album yesterday called Teenage and Torture. It has been celebrated by both Spin and the Village Voice. Nick Cave of Grinderman called it “too f*cking good.”

To commemorate this event, Shilpa Ray (and Her Happy Hookers of course) will be playing a show at Brooklyn Bowl on January 21st. Also Featuring Soft Black and Shee Keeps Bees, you can score a ticket for $5.

The band has also released a video from the new album, featuring b-movie horror and a werewolf. You can check it out right here.

Best Coast Teams Up With I Can Has Cheezburger

Video: Best Coast: "Crazy for You"

For most of us, LOLcats ran its course a couple of years ago. For Best Coast, the fun is just getting started!

In a new video for the song “Crazy for You” (off of their debut album) the band play in a studio run by loud, bossy kittens. They serve “Teaz” and “Coffeez” and there is liberal use of catnip.

You can watch the video below, brought to you by…I Can Has Cheezburger.

http://www.viddler.com/player/aafeb2fb/