Category Archives: Indie

06.05.11
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#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)

06.02.11
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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!

06.01.11
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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.

06.01.11
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The Madison Square Gardeners Announce Tour

The MSGers are hitting the road with Tim Easton!  Not only will they be opening for Easton, they’ll also be backing him up.  The MSGers have a long history of backing bands and musicians such as Ben Kweller, The New York Dolls, Justin Townes Earle and Roseanne Cash.  Before hitting the road, the band is celebrating the release of their third EP, Teeth of Champions, and just played a FREE show at NYC’s Rockwood Stage2. Here are the other dates and venues where you can catch them!

Wed, June 22 – Rock Island, IL – Daytrotter
Thurs, June 23 – Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen
Fri, June 24 – Columbus, OH – The Rumba Café (co-headline bill)
Sat, June 25 – Columbus, OH – The Rumba Café  (co-headline bill)
Mon, June 27 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern
Wed, June 29 – Washington, DC – Jammin Java
Thurs, June 30 – Philadelphia, PA – North Star Bar
Fri, July 1 – New London, CT – Oasis
Sat, July 2 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge

05.31.11
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The Spinto Band Team Up with Jonathan Mann to Create a Song a Day


As you all know, The Spinto Band is one of Modern Mystery’s most favorite bands around, so when they are involved in something new and exciting, hell we are on it. Spinto vocalists Nick Krill and Thomas Hughes are about to embark on a month long live recording project with musician friend Jonathan Mann. This venture will be something like you have never experienced before. It will involve audience participation (hey, that’s you!). Mann has been writing a song a day for nearly three years, and he is about to hit his 1,000th tune. Krill and Hughes will be producing Jonathan’s record this June in San Francisco, and trust us, it is far from conventional. The recording sessions have been funded completely by Kickstarter donations of nearly $13,000 as over 250 people have backed the project. You will also get to see what goes on in the studio 24/7 as there will be live web-streaming throughout the whole time. This obviously means hearing amazing tracks as they are getting put down (and possibly Super Smash Brothers challenges). Other musicians will also be involved in the collaboration from long distances as well which makes it super exciting as we have no idea who may appear. Nick Krill has stated that it will involve “various forms of audience participation,” and that sounds super cool to us. Who doesn’t want to be a part of rock n’ roll history? Every day will bring a new song in the month of June with an accompanying music video for each one. Yes, this sounds super ambitious, but you know they can pull it off flawlessly. There is no doubt about it.


You will be able to experience this glorious project starting tomorrow at Johnathan Mann’s site, Songatron.com

For more information on the project please go HERE.

Modern Mystery will be spreading the tracks and songs as they come along.

05.31.11
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Friendly Fires Head Out on Summer Tour


What better way to start this hot Summer season than some fire? Friendly Fires that is. The group have just kicked off a massive tour last week that will see them through to August. They will then pick up again in November as they do a stint in Europe. Until June 11th they will be touring with electronic artist, Wise Blood. Friendly Fires will also be hitting the festival circuit in Europe as well as playing Lollapalooza here. The band is currently supporting their newest release, Pala. Check out the tour dates below!

June
1 – Minneapolis, Minn. @ Varsity Theatre
4 – Vancouver, British Columbia @ Venue
5 – Seattle, Wash. @Neumos
6 – Portland, Ore. @ Doug Fir Lounge
8 – San Francisco, Calif. @ Public Works SF
8 – San Francisco, Calif. @ The Independent
10 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Music Box
11 – Mexico City, Mexico @ Teatro Chino De Six Flags
12 – Monterrey, Mexico @ Escenia
18 – Elchenriy & Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany @ Hurricane & Southside Festivals
23 – Oslo, Norway @ Oslo Live Festival
25 – Glastonbury, United Kingdom @ Glastonbury Festival
28 – Magaluf, Spain @ Mallorca Rocks
29 – Ibiza, Spain @ Ibiza Rocks

July
2 – St. Gallen, Switzerland @ Open Air Festival
8 – Oeiras, Portugal @ Optimus Alive! Festival
9 – Kinross, Scotland @ T In The Park
10 – Punchestown, Ireland @ Oxegen Festival
15 – Benicassim, Spain @ Benicassim Festival
17 – Istanbul, Turkey @ Rock N’ Coke Festival
28 – Sydney, Australia @ Metro Theatre
29 – Melbourne, Australia @ Billboard
31 – Woodford, Australia @ Splendour In The Grass

August
5-7 *- Chicago, Ill. @ Lollapalooza
7 – New York, N.Y. @ Central Park SummerStage
13 – Osaka, Japan @ Summer Sonic
14 – Tokyo, Japan @ Summer Sonice
18 – Hasselt, Belgium @ Pukkelpop
26-28 – Reading & Leeds, United Kingdom @ Reading & Leeds Festival

November
10 – Bristol, United Kingdom @ O2 Academy Bristol
11 -Birmingham, United Kingdom @ O2 Academy Birmingham
12 – Southhampton, United Kingdom @ Southhampton Guildhall
14 – Nottingham, United Kingdom @ Rock City
15 – Newcastle, United Kingdom @ O2 Academy Newcastle
17 – Manchester, United Kingdom @ O2 Apollo Manchester
18 – Glasgow, United Kingdom @ Barrowland
19 – Leeds, United Kingdom @ O2 Academy Leeds
21 – Cambridge, United Kingdom @ Corn Exchange
22 – Lincoln, United Kingdom @ The Engine Shed
25-26 – Brixton, United Kingdom @ O2 Academy Brixton