by libbyh9190

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

by Jane Lambert

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.

05.26.11

by wesleyambrecht

Woods Set Summer Tour Dates

On June 14th, Woods will release their 6th full-length album, Sun & Shade, on their own Woodsist record label. This summer, the band will embark on a North American tour co-headlining with The Fresh & Onlys. Among the guests joining the band on tour are Kurt Vile, Ducktails and White Fence, all three of whom have recorded for the Woodsist label. Peep the full list of dates below.

Summer Tour Dates

Sat-May-28 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre / B.O.M.B Fest 2011

Mon-Jul-11 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall *

Tue-Jul-12 Montreal, QC La Sala Rossa *

Wed-Jul-13 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace *

Thu-Jul-14 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop *

Fri-Jul-15 Bloomington, IN Russian Recording *

Sat-Jul-16 Chicago, IL Pitchfork Music Festival

Mon-Jul-18 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry #

Tue-Jul-19 Fargo, ND The Aquarium #

Sat-Jul-23 Vancouver, BC Electric Owl #

Sun-Jul-24 Bellingham, WA The Shakedown #

Mon-Jul-25 Portland, OR Doug Fir #

Wed-Jul-27 Sacramento, CA Sol Collective #

Fri-Jul-29 San Francisco, CA The Independent #

Sat-Jul-30 Big Sur, CA Woodsist Festival – Fernwood Lodge ***SOLD OUT***

Sun-Jul-31 Big Sur, CA Woodsist Festival – Henry Miller Library ***SOLD OUT***

Tue-Aug-02 Los Angeles, CA Echoplex #%

Wed-Aug-03 Phoenix, AZ Rhythm Room %

Fri-Aug-05 Austin, TX The Mohawk %

Sun-Aug-07 Oxford, MS Cats Purring Dude Ranch %

Mon-Aug-08 Atlanta, GA The Earl %

Tue-Aug-09 Asheville, NC Grey Eagle %

Sat-Aug-13 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom %!

Sun-Sep-04 Dorset, UK End of The Road Fest

Mon-Sep-05 Manchester, UK Sound Control *

Tue-Sep-06 Glasgow, UK Stereo*

Wed-Sep-07 Bristol, UK The Fleece *

Thu-Sep-08 London, UK Scala *

* = w/ Kurt Vile and the Violators

# = w/ The Fresh & Onlys

% = w/ White Fence

! = w/ Ducktails

05.25.11

by Jane Lambert

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Releases Album News, Tour Dates

After a long wait, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah will release their newest record, Hysterical, on September 12th. This album will also be self released by the band and this time around they worked with producer John Congleton who has worked with Modest Mouse, St. Vincent, and The Walkmen. Impressive roster to say the least. The band will re-release their debut album on vinyl, June 14th. CYHSY has also announced a handful of tour dates for the time being. Time to get excited folks.

August
12-14 – San Francisco, Calif. @ Outside Lands
27-28 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Sunset Junction Street Fair

September
2 – North Dorset, England @ End of the Road Festival
6 – Sheffield, England @ Queens Social Club
7 – London, England @ Scala
9 – Berlin, Germany @ Airport Tempelhof
12 – Paris, France @ La Maroquinerie
13 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
14 – Cologne, Germany @ Gebaude 9

05.25.11

by Jane Lambert

Florence + The Machine Talk New Record

It hasn’t been too long since Florence + The Machine hit the music world by storm with their debut, Lungs, and the group is already working on the follow-up.
Singer Florence Welch spoke to Nylon Magazine recently and stated the band has been working on new songs with producer Paul Epsworth who has also worked with Kate Nash and Adele. Nice choice. Welch also said that this time the lyrics would be a bit darker and the songs would be about imaginary things. No release date has been set yet, but keep your ears and eyes peeled. Keep checking back for more updates on Florence + The Machine’s progress.

05.24.11

by wesleyambrecht

Colourmusic Sketch Out Summer Tour

On Tuesday, Colourmusic will release their new album My ____ Is Pink. The disc has been described by band leader Ryan Hendrix as a concept album “focused on human sexuality and reproduction. Not in terms of turning people on; from a point of view of fear and anxiety, and how it’s the prominent decision-making force in many people’s lives.” This summer, the group will tour to promote the record; dates are below.

Upcoming Tour Dates

7/12 – 529 – Atlanta, GA ^

7/13 – The Bottletree – Birmingham, AL ^

7/14 – One Eyed Jacks – New Orleans, LA ^

7/15 – Spanish Moon – Baton Rouge, LA ^

7/16 – Fitzgerald’s – Houston, TX ^

7/17 – The Korova – San Antonio, TX ^

7/18 – Jake’s – Lubbock, TX ^ &

7/22 – UMS (Underground Music) – Denver, CO

7/24 – The Waiting Room – Omaha, NE *

7/26 – 7th Street Entry – Minneapolis, MN *

7/27 – Vaudeville Mews – Des Moines, IA *