You may be wondering why anyone could find offense in the New Pornographers’ music, which conjures feelings that skirt the line between happiness and pure bliss.
Calvin College has no issue with the band’s music, but that troublesome name is something of a deal breaker and forced the Christian college to cancel a show that was scheduled on campus.
I don’t know whether to be madder at the cancellation or the fact that Calvin College got the New Pornographers before my school (which shall remain nameless).
According to Pitchfork, a press release from the college explains:
“After weeks of discussion and consideration, the irony of the band’s name was impossible to explain to many. The band’s name, to some, is mistakenly associated with pornography. Consequently, Calvin, to some, was mistakenly associated with pornography. Neither the college nor the band endorses pornography.”
“The irony…was impossible to explain.”
Telling people that the New Pornographers are not actually pornographers (as far as I know) didn’t work?
Seattle-based Minus The Bear had already announced plans to cover the West Coast of the U.S. but nobody was sure what was going to happen with the East Coast.
The band had scheduled a little jaunt over to Europe with pals Jimmy Eat World for the beginning of November and it looked like East Coast fans would be left out.
Luckily for those fans, Minus The Bear have announced an East Coast tour as soon as their plane touches down back in America.
You can check out their full (and incredibly packed) tour schedule a little bit down. First, if you haven’t already, check out their great new video for “My Time.”
Their full tour schedule goes like this…
September 30 Pablove Foundation Benefit @ The Crocodile Seattle, WA
October 16 Festival Corona Capital Mexico City, MX
October 18 WOW Hall Eugene, OR
October 19 Regency San Francisco, CA
October 20 Downtown Brew San Luis Obispo, CA
October 21 Rio Theatre Santa Cruz, CA
October 22 The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA
October 23 Rialto Theatre Tucson, AZ
October 24 Sunshine Theatre Albuquerque, NM
October 25 Jake’s Lubbock, TX
October 26 Marquee Tulsa, OK
October 27 Stubb’s Austin, TX
October 28 House of Blues Dallas, TX
October 29 House of Blues Houston, TX
October 31 Voodoo Festival New Orleans, LA
With Jimmy Eat World:
November 3 Melkweg Amsterdam, Netherlands
November 4 Ancienne Belgique Brussels, Belgium
November 5 Docks Hamburg, Germany
November 7 E-Werk Koln, Germany
November 8 Huxleys Berlin, Germany
November 9 Tonhalle Munich, Germany
November 13 UEA Norwich, UK
November 14 Academy Bristol, UK
November 17 St. George’s Market Belfast, Ireland
November 18 Tripod Dublin, Ireland
November 19 Barrowlands Glasgow, Scotland
November 21 HMV Institute Birmingham, UK
November 22 Academy Manchester, UK
November 23 Brixton Academy London, UK
November 26 Masquerade Atlanta, GA
November 27 Firestone Orlando, FL
November 29 Orange Peel Asheville, NC
November 30 Lincoln Theatre Raleigh, NC
December 1 Norva Norfolk, VA
December 2 Capitol PAC York, PA
December 3 Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
December 4 Terminal 5 New York, NY
December 6 Met Café Pawtucket, RI
December 9 House of Blues Cleveland, OH
December 10 Clutch Cargos Pontiac, MI
December 11 Canopy Club Urbana, IL
December 12 The Blue Note Columbia, MO
December 13 Blue Moose Iowa City, IA
December 14 Bluebird Bloomington, IN
December 16 Vic Theatre Chicago, IL
December 17 The Rave Milwaukee, WI
The second part of the giveaway is that for anyone who downloads the demo (and gives them a mailing address) will get some free 3D glasses! Cool, right?
You can then use those 3D glasses to watch the music video for “Jump Down,” which will be premiering October 11th.
OK Go seem to know how to capture the attention of the Youtube crowd.
After bursting onto the scene with “Here It Goes Again” (almost 4 million views on Youtube) and “This Too Shall Pass” (17 million views…17), the group is back with another catchy song combined with a great video.
“White Knuckles” is a pretty good song on its own. Adding dogs (like most other things) only makes it better.
You can check out what I mean in the video below. The group has also joined with the ASPCA to found the “Rural Dog Rescue Fund” which you can check out here.
If you’re wondering how they got the dogs to do all that, they went through four pounds of dog treats…a day.
Black Mountain love rough and dirty rock and roll, and it’s never more apparent than on their newest single, “The Hair Song.”
A down-home slice of Rock, the song now has an accompanying video.
Featuring the members of Black Mountain (and their own spectacular hair) and a round of misplaced love, the video was shot in beautiful Ontario and features lush forest scenes contrasted with the concrete buildings of the city.
Chicago’s Smith Westerns, fresh off of signing with Fat Possum, have announced a handful of upcoming tour dates, including one with Belle and Sebastian.
The group is currently wrapping up their sophomore album for Fat Possum, which will be out sometime early in 2011. To tide you over, the band has released a short video called “Friends Forever.”
10/11 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre *
10/30 Brooklyn, NY 171 Lombardy
10/31 Boston, MA House of Blues #
11/01 New York, NY Terminal 5 #
11/02 New York, NY Terminal 5 #
11/03 Toronto, ONT Sound Academy #
11/05 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
* = w/ Belle & Sebastian
# = w/ Florence & The Machine
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