Vivian Girls’ Album Out NOW!

Brooklyn trio Vivian Girls just released their third album this week, titled Share The Joy.  The girls have stated it’s a “really dark album” but unlike their past two albums, it has a happy ending.  If you want to catch them on tour with the Black Lips, here are the dates:

Fri-Apr-15        Montreal, QC                Le National *
Sat-Apr-16        Toronto, ON                Pheonix Concert Theatre *
Sun-Apr-17    Detroit, MI                    Magic Stick *   
Tue-Apr-19    Columbus, OH                Outland Live *
Wed-Apr-20    Newport, KY                Southgate House * 
Thu-Apr-21    St Louis, MO                The Firebird *
Fri-Apr-22        Chicago, IL                Logan Square Auditorium * 
Sat-Apr-23        Minneapolis, MN                Varsity Theater *
Sun-Apr-24    Northfield, MN                The Cave / Carleton College *
Mon-Apr-25    Omaha, NE                The Waiting Room *
Tue-Apr-26    Kansas City, MO                The Beaumont Club *
Wed-Apr-27    Dallas, TX                    The Loft *
Thu-Apr-28    Austin, TX                    Emo’s *   
Sun-May-01    Los Angeles, CA            The Echo / Part Time Punks
Mon-May-02    San Diego, CA                 Casbah # 
Tue-May-03    Santa Barbara, CA            Muddy Waters #
Wed-May-04    San Francisco, CA            Rickshaw Stop #
Fri-May-06    Seattle, WA                Vera Project #
Sat-May-07    Vancouver, BC                The Biltmore #
Sun-May-08    Portland, OR                Holocene #
Wed-May-11    Salt Lake City, UT            Kilby Court #
Thu-May-12    Denver, CO                Larimer Lounge #
Fri-May-13    Lawrence, KS                Jackpot Music Hall #
Sat-May-14    Bloomington, IN             Max’s Place #
Sun-May-15    Cleveland, OH                Grog Shop #

* = w/ Black Lips
# = w/ No Joy

More Details on Javelin’s Canyon Candy


About two weeks ago, we gave you guys the scoop on Javelin’s new record, Canyon Candy. Set for release on April 16th, the album marks a distinct stylistic change for the band. This week, shortly after our friends at Stereogum unveiled the album’s first single, band member Thomas Van Buskirk revealed the album’s origins.

Said Van Buskirk “We recorded some on the road, some at home when on break from tour. George and I spent a fair amount of time driving through the South and Western landscape between Feb-June ’09 … in the course of touring with Yeasayer, playing SXSW, and before that playing with our good friend Lucky Dragons in California. Somewhere along the drives we started noticing amazing National Park signs : “Crater of Diamonds” for instance.  They sounded like song names.

The musician also teased us with this tidbit ” [Our] engineer said one song sounded like The Band mixed with Lil Jon.” Intriguing…

Times New Viking Announce New Single and Tour Dates

Art school graduates and Columbus, Ohio natives Times New Viking have just released a single called “Ever Falling in Love.” The single is from their album Dancer Equired.  Here’s the single for your listening pleasure:
http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F13158655Ever Falling In Love by Times New Viking

The band is also going on tour.  Catch them at these spots:

May 26 Boston, MA  Great Scott
May 27 Brooklyn, NY Knitting Factory
May 28 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell’s
May 29 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s
May 30 Washington, DC Black Cat
Jun 2 Carrboro, NC Local 506
Jun 3 Atlanta, GA The Earl
Jun 6 Dallas, TX Club Dada
Jun 7 Austin, TX Mohawk
Jun 11 San Diego, CA Casbah
Jun 12 Los Angeles, CA The Satellite
Jun 14 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop
Jun 16 Portland, OR Bunk Bar
Jun 21 Seattle, WA Sunset Tavern
Jun 22 Vancouver, BC Media Club
Jun 24 Calgary, AB Sled Island Fest 
Jun 25 Calgary, AB Sled Island Fest 
Jun 28 Minneapolis, MN 7th St Entry
Jun 29 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
Jun 30 Bloomington, IN The Bishop

Woodsist Festival 2011 Returns to Henry Miller Library in Big Sur

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Woodsist Records, the fan-savvy label run by Woods’ Jeremy Earl, aim to please and they’re always on the mark.  Home to some of the best contemporary guitar bands around, including Real Estate, The Fresh and Only’s, Sun Araw, Thee Oh Sees, and Nodzzz, Woodsist found the best possible venue to showcase their lineup for the Woodsist Festival.  The Henry Miller Library has received heightened attention lately from a couple of Animal Collective shows, highlighting the venue’s intimate location in the heart of gorgeous Big Sur.  Tickets for both Saturday and Sunday, July 30 & 31, went on sale last Friday, so check here to see if you can scoop anymore up before they’re gone.  Weekend passes already sold out.  Check the lineup below!

SAT JULY 30 @ FERNWOOD

doors at 9pm- live music from 9:15pm – 12:30am

NODZZZ

ART MUSEUMS

DUCKTAILS

WOODS / FRESH & ONLYS BIG BAND

SUN JULY 31 @ HENRY MILLER LIBRARY

gates at 1pm- live music from 2pm – 10:30pm outdoors

REAL ESTATE

THEE OH SEES

FRESH & ONLYS

WOODS

SIC ALPS

SUN ARAW

WHITE FENCE