by John Grimley

Decemberists Detail International Tour

The Decemberists have detailed a very extensive tour to support their upcoming full-length. Ironically excluding the month that is in their name, the band has a tour schedule that sees them traveling the globe from January to March.

The band is set to release their newest album, The King Is Dead on January 18th via Capitol Records. You can watch a short preview of the record below.

If you want to see the Decemberists, check them out…

01-25 New York, NY – Beacon Theatre *
01-28-29 Boston, MA – House of Blues *
01-31 Montreal, Quebec – Olympia De Montreal *
02-01 Toronto, Ontario – Sound Academy *
02-02 Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre *
02-04 Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre *
02-05 Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theatre #
02-06 Minneapolis, MN – State Theatre #
02-07 Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theatre #
02-09 Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater #
02-10 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre #
02-12 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern #
02-13 San Diego, CA – House of Blues #
02-14 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater #
02-18 Seattle, WA – Paramount Ballroom #
02-19 Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall #
03-04 Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street
03-05 Glasgow, Scotland – ABC
03-07 Birmingham, England – Birmingham Institute
03-08 Bristol, England – Bristol Academy
03-10 Manchester, England – Manchester Academy
03-11 Leeds, England – Leeds Academy
03-13 Antwerp, Belgium – Trix
03-14 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
03-16 London, England – Hammersmith Apollo

* with Wye Oak
# with Mountain Man

11.22.10

by Sedera Ranaivoarinosy

Regina Spektor Releases First Live CD And Concert Film

Regina Spektor is releasing her first live CD and live concert film this Monday November 22nd, LIVE IN LONDON, on Sire/Warner Bros Records. Directed by Adria Petty, the 64-minute film captures the energy of Ms. Spektor’s concerts and is dedicated to Regina’s cellist and band leader Daniel Cho, who passed away this summer in Switzerland.

Spektor will be promoting the concert film/live CD combo this Tuesday, November 23rd by performing on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, but if you want a larger than life experience of the film, you can see it in select U.S. theaters over the weekend, starting November 19th! Check if a theater near you is screening it after the jump and grab your tickets HERE, they are bound to run out fast!

And here’s a sneak peek of what you’ll see, with the LIVE IN LONDON performance of “Dance Anthem Of The 80s:”

LIVE IN LONDON SCREENINGS:
November 19 – Doris Duke Theatre – Honolulu, HI
November 19 – Hollywood Theatre – Portland, OR
November 19 – 25 – Village East Cinema – New York, NY
November 20 – Zeitgeist – New Orleans, LA
November 20 – Downtown Independent – Los Angeles, CA
November 21 – Northwest Film Forum – Seattle, WA
November 21 – Palace Theatre – Syracuse, NY
November 21 – Roxie – San Francisco, CA
November 21 – Zinema 2 – Duluth, MN
November 21 – Studio Movie Grill Atlanta – Alpharetta, GA
November 21 – Studio Movie Grill Houston – Houston, TX
November 21 – Studio Movie Grill Royal – Dallas, TX
November 21 – Middle East Downstairs – Boston, MA
November 21 – Alamo Drafthouse @ The Ritz – Austin, TX
November 22 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL

11.22.10

by kellykettering

The Elves of Heaven Perform at Seaport Tree Lighting

Normally, cheesy Christmas events are accompanied by equally cheesy Christmas music, but this is certainly not the case at this year’s Seaport tree lighting ceremony. It seems South Street Seaport’s resident musician Martin Clancy has re-formed his band The Elves of Heaven to perform at the ceremony; you may recognize him from the set he played last month at the Witness Protection Programme where he shared the stage with Black Lips, Sea Wolf, Casiokids and others.

Taking place November 26th at 6 pm, the band will be accompanied by a 40-piece choir and soul singer Darlene Love. The band will be performing songs from their EP, This Christmas, which is was released this week.

11.22.10

by justgentile

Saint Motel Cardigans Released

Saint Motel and clothing company Apliiq have just announced the release of a collaborative line of signature cardigans designed by Saint Motel. Like the tuxedo shirts the band wears on stage, each cardigan has a unique fabric chosen by each band member to reflect his individual style on each shoulder and on the sides of the cardigan (WHERE STYLE BELONGS.) According to the band and Apliiq, the cardigans are “perfect for a scotch fueled romp or for a night experiencing the thunder of Saint Motel’s live show.” They are not so perfect for the vomit rage after said night of scotch fueled romping though.

Saint Motel is currently wrapped up a tour with Nico Vega and Imagine Dragons and currently recording the follow up to their acclaimed ForPlay EP, which LA Weekly called “a glorious amble of glammy garage songs apparently unfettered by convention and triggering surprise emotional explosions at every turn.”

Pick up the cardigan HERE.

11.22.10

by John Grimley

Nobody Gets Spoon But You

Spoon are releasing another song from their critical and commercial darling Transference, which came out earlier this year.

This time, the track getting the visual treatment is “Nobody Gets Me But You” a classic Spoon track that features amazingly catchy rhythms (as always) and a raw, stripped-down sound that adds grit.

The video is also appropriately low-tech. Britt Daniels explains that it is influenced from his experience at New York’s Cake Shop, which is a less than ideal concert locale. The video is filmed as if you are watching the band on the TV by the bar.

Check out “Nobody Gets Me But You” right here!

11.19.10

by Sedera Ranaivoarinosy

The Morning Benders’ “Excuses” Get the Golden Filter Treatment

If you missed The Morning Benders’ shows in the US and unfortunately cannot afford a Christmas/New Years’ vacation in Australia where they are headed next, this may not quite be enough to counter the disappointment, but it can at least provide you with one extra tune you can impress your friends with. New York City electronic duo The Golden Filter have remixed the Californians’ ballad “Excuses,” off their album Big Echo (Rough Trade). In this shiny new arrangement, Chris Chu’s voice is complimented with Golden Filter singer Penelope Trappes’s for an eerie, echoed beginning. It quickly transitions into a steady beat that replaces the original song’s twirling guitars. Instead, a never ending keyboard loop will have you entranced, so much that the abrupt breaks in the song will have you disoriented, until you realize they were just there to let you catch your breath before another round of frenetic dancing.