Category Archives: Album Preview

02.14.11
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The Booze Announce New Album, Free MP3 and Tour

These days, it’s not enough to merely claim The Rolling Stones and The Kinks as influences. Everyone loves The Stones and Kinks, thanks to Martin Scorsese and Wes Anderson films, respectively, just like every band claims to be influenced by such 60’s and 70’s music. Yet, The Booze make it all believable. Having toured as Muddy Waters Jr.’s backing band and opening act, this Southern Rock outfit have etched out their own sound “marrying a motherlode of 60s R&B/Mod with a Stonesy switchblade swagger.” My Old Kentucky Blog. The new album, At Maximum Volume, is slated to be released March 8th on Underrated Records. Look for them on tour with label-mates The Biters, along with a date at SXSW 2011.

AT MAXIMUM VOLUME Track List:

  1. Wild One
  2. Long Way Down
  3. Down On Your Luck
  4. Devil To Pay
  5. The Scene
  6. Kick Me Where It Hurts
  7. Straight To Hell
  8. New York City Women
  9. Rachel
  10. Derailed and Doublecrossed
  11. Borderline

 

THE BOOZE on tour!!!

Mar. 22 – Tempe, AZ – Yucca Tap Room*
Mar. 23 – San Diego, CA – Eleven*
Mar. 24 – Los Angeles, CA – Redwood Bar*
Mar. 25 – Fullerton, CA – Slidebar*
Mar. 26 – San Francisco, CA – Thee Parkside*
Mar. 27 – Sacramento, CA – The Hub*
Mar. 30 – San Jose, CA – Blank Club*
Apr. 01 – Portland, OR – East End*
Apr. 02 – Seattle, WA – The Comet Tavern*
Apr. 03 – Boise, ID – Gustos*
Apr. 05 – Fort Collins, CO – Surfside 7*
Apr. 06 – Denver, CO – 3 Kings Tavern*
Apr. 07 – Colorado Springs, CO – Triple Nickel Tavern*

The Booze – Kick Me Where It Hurts by nmcollins

02.14.11
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Typhoon Move Into A New Kind Of House

When Typhoon released their debut EP, Hunger & Thirst, they drew comparisons to The National and Arcade Fire. Now, they’re back with a new EP,  A New Kind of House. To celebrate the impending release of A New Kind of House on March 15th, Typhoon are offering an exclusive song for download HERE.

Moreover, will makeappearances at this year’s SXSW. For a full list of dates, visit the band’s website HERE.

02.11.11
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Make Out Free EP Release February 22

Make Out will release their highly anticipated debut EP, How To, on February 22. The band, formed of New York native Hennessey on vocals, Jesper Mortensen (formerly of Junior Senior, aka Junior) on back-up vocals and guitar, Anders Christiansen on bass and Olivia Alminiana behind the drums, just performed last night at February 10  at New York’s Tammany Hall. If you missed it, the show was free!

Click Here To Download “What U Doing Later?” On PopMatters

Click Here To Download “I Don’t Want Anybody That Wants Me” + Read Exclusive Interview With The Band On SPIN.com

02.11.11
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. go on tour with Tapes N’ Tapes

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. is a Detroit-based band composed of Daniel Zott and John Epstein, which are pictured in an oil painting to the left. This will serve as the album artwork for their debut LP, “It’s a Corporate World”. Here’s what Epstein said about the eclectic album: ‘It’s a Corporate World’ is really about two individuals existing in separate lives, and the ideas that can form or possibilities that can open up when one person starts to rely on another with a genuine sense of trust and mutual respect”. Check out their upcoming tour below.

 

 

 

 

 

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. on Tour
Mar 1 – Kenyon College – Gambler, OH
Mar 4 – Jackpot Music Hall – Lawrence, KS *
Mar 5 – Fox Theatre – Boulder, CO *
Mar 7 – Neurolux – Boise, ID *
Mar 8 – Crocodile Café – Seattle, WA *
Mar 9 – Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, OR *
Mar 11 – Bottom of the Hill – San Francisco, CA *
Mar 12 – Troubadour – W. Hollywood, CA *
Mar 14 – Cellar Door – Visalia, CA *
Mar 16 – SXSW
Mar 17 – SXSW
Mar 18 – SXSW
Mar 19 – SXSW
Mar 20 – Stickyz – Little Rock, AR
Mar 22 – Mojo’s – Columbia, MO
Mar 23 – The Bilken Club – St. Louis, MO
Mar 25 – Schubas – Chicago, IL

* with Tapes ‘n Tapes

02.09.11
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Echo Lake Announce Debut EP ‘Young Silence’ On No Pain In Pop

Starting as a bedroom project between art students Thom Hill and Linda Jarvis, South London’s Echo Lake have barely reached the infancy of their musical careers. While still less than a year old, the band has started to make noise, garnering acclaim from Pitchfork and The Fader as a cross between pre-Sub Pop Beach House and a more raw My Bloody Valentine. Deciding to take some time off from art school, the band recorded their debut EP for label and blog No Pain In Pop, set for release February 14th (in the UK) and February 15th (in the US).

Tracklisting:
1. Sunday Evening
2. In Dreams
3. Everything Is Real
4. Memory Lapses
5. Young Silence
6. Buried At Sea

EchoLake-YoungSilence by nmcollins

02.09.11
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Toro Y Moi Preps New Release


Chaz Bundick’s second release as Toro Y Moi, Underneath the Pine, comes out in two weeks. In honor of which, Urban Outfitters caught up the 24-year-old South Carolina native to talk music and more. Head over to the Urban Outfitters’ site to read the interview and stream the album in its entirety. In the meantime, check out Bundick’s new video and a list of Toro Y Moi tour dates down below.

http://vimeo.com/19542327

Toro Y Moi Tour Dates

03/11 Athens, GA – 40 Watt *

03/12 Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn *

03/13 New Orleans, LA – The Saturn Bar *
03/14 Houston, TX – Fitzgeralds *
03/15 McAllen, TX – M.P.M. Fest @ Ambiente *$
03/16-18 Austin, TX – SXSW
03/19 Dallas, TX – Club Dada *

03/20 El Paso, TX – Lowbrow Palace *^
03/21 Tempe, AZ – Sail Inn *^$
03/22 Costa Mesa, CA – Detroit Bar *
03/23 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour *
03/24 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall *
03/25 Portland, OR – Doug Fir *
03/26 Kennewick, WA – The Red Room *^
03/27 Seattle, WA – Crocodile *
03/28 Vancouver, British Columbia – Biltmore ^
03/30 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge #
03/31 Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge #
04/01 Kansas City, MO – Riot Room #

04/02 Omaha, NE – Slowdown Jr. #
04/03 Minneapolis, MN – 7th St. Entry #
04/05 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle #
04/06 Bloomington, IN – The Bishop #^
04/07 Toronto, Ontario – Wrongbar #
04/08 Montreal, Quebec – La Sala Rossa #
04/09 Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall #

04/10 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg #

04/11 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom #

04/12 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church #
04/13 Baltimore, MD – Talking Head #^
04/14 Washington, DC – Rock N Roll Hotel #
04/15 Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506 #^
04/16 Columbia, SC – Indie Grits Film Festival

04/23 Honolulu, HI – Next Door

* = w/ Cloud Nothings
^ = w/ Braids
# = w/ Adventure

$ = w/ Nite Jewel