Hunx and His Punx Take Their Act on the Road


Hunx and His Punx is like a modern gay Everly Brother with an entourage of three hot vixens singing raunchy doo-wop back up vocals. Whatever it is these punk darlings featuring Seth Bogart as Hunx, and four lovely ladies – or “punkettes – are doing comes together in a reckless display of playful lamentation. Their first album release, Too Young to be In Love offers 10 oldies style songs about heartbreak masked by the freedom of youth. The music and their stage antics as seen in the video for “Bad Boy” begs for a sweaty house show or a dingy dive bar small enough so as to gyrate on your neighbor. There’s a chance to do just that at one of the shows listed below, so go, dance, and find an angsty Johnny Angel of your very own.

05/13 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore !

06/22 Seattle, WA Crocodile $

06/24 – 06/25 Calgary, AB – Sled Island

06/27 Vancouver, BC – Waldorf Cabaret $*

06/28 Portland, OR – Doug Fir $

! = w/ Of Montreal

$ = w/ Shannon and the Clams

* = w/ Sonny and the Sunsets

Digitalism Release First Track Off ‘I Love You, Dude’


For those that have been waiting since 2007 for a new album from Germany’s Digitalism, wait no more…well maybe a little longer. The Deutchlanders are set to release their first album in four years on June 21st, titled I Love You, Dude. On the new record, the Hamburg duo further merge their blend of rock & electronic dance music. To listen and download the single, “2 Hearts” go here.

I Love You, Dude Tracklisting

Stratosphere
2 Hearts
Circles
Blitz
Forrest Gump
Reeperbahn
Antibiotics
Just Gazin’
Miami Showdown
Encore

#Winning Sundays! : Company of Thieves & The Gift in NYC!


Sundays are for winning, right? Yea, we thought so. Modern Mystery is giving away some free show tickets for your listening pleasure. If you are in the New York City area (or are willing to travel to it), check out the TWO CONTESTS that we have in store for you. To enter, just send an e-mail to ModernMysteryBlog@yahoo.com with your name and phone number. Please put in the title the contest you would like to be submitted for. This will end on June 9th, Thursday.

The winner will recieve two tickets to the show of their choice.

So….here is what we are bringing to the plate.

Company of Thieves at the Bowery Ballroom – June 13th
(they have toured with OK Go and the Hold Steady)

or

The Gift with Xylos at the Bowery Ballroom – June 14th
(Portuguese psych-pop group is making a rare U.S. appearance)

Jonathan Mann’s” Song-A-Day: The Album” with Nick and Tom from The Spinto Band


Yesterday Jonathan Mann started his collaboration with The Spinto Band’s Nick and Tom, on a month long journey of music fun. With a few musician friends in tow, Mann and Co. recorded their first track yesterday, as well as the video to go with it. Titled “The Song A Day Welcome Song,” featuring a good ole’ ukelele and is only the start of something great. Keep up to date as it’s recorded on on Songatron.com.

You can watch the video from yesterday’s session below:

Or take a listen!

Coachella Expands to TWO Weekends


There was a high demand for Coachella tickets this year and they are certainly taking advantage of the situation for the sold out shows. Hey, why not? Next year the festival will take place on two weekends in April as opposed to the one weekend stint. Already scheduled and ready to go, Coachella will take place from April April 13-15 and 20-22 next year. Reps for the festival state that the artists playing both weekends will be identical, so need to shell out the money for both weekends. Passes for next April go on sale THIS Friday, June 3rd and will be available at the payment plan price until June 10th. You will still be able to get the passes but you will have to pay for them in full. Three day passes run $269 plus fees, and will be held in Indio, California, as always.

For more about Coachella, head HERE.