Category Archives: News
Blackbell Records @ SXSW
The Dodos Stream New Album on NPR’s “First Listen”
San Francisco duo The Dodos currently have their latest album, No Color, streaming on NPR’s “First Listen” program. The album can be heard in its entirety right here: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/07/134273685/first-listen-the-dodos-no-color
03-14 Santa Fe, NM – Warehouse 21
03-16 Tiger Mountain and Noise Pop Present – Brooklyn vs. the Bay Day Party at Red Eye- 5:10pm-6pm
03-16 French Kiss Night Showcase at Parish – 1am-1:45am
03-17 Under the Radar Day Party at Flamingo Cantina – 12:45pm-1:30pm
03-17 Pitchfork Party at East Side Drive Inn – 3:30pm-4pm
03-18 Food Panel at Convention Center – 11am – 12:30pm-
03-18 Brooklyn Vegan Day Party at Swan Dive & Barbarella – 5pm-5:45pm
03-18 Orchard Night Showcase-at Cedar Street Courtyard – 10pm-10:45pm
03-19 AOL Pop Up Show- secret location- 1pm – location announced 24 hours beforehand
03-19 Mess With Texas Outside Festival at East Side Drive Inn – 4:15pm – 4:45pm
03-21 Kansas City, MO – Record Bar
03-22 Omaha, NE – Waiting Room
03-23 Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center
03-24 Fargo, ND – Aquarium
03-25 Winnipeg, MB – West End
03-26 Saskatoon, SK – Amigo’s
03-28 Calgary, AB – Republik
03-29 Edmonton, AB – Starlite
03-31 Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw
04-01 Victoria, BC – Sugar
04-02 Bellingham, WA – Wild Buffalo
04-04 Seattle, WA – Neumo’s
04-05 Portland, OR – Doug Fir
04-07 San Francisco, CA – Filmore
04-08 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theater
04-09 San Diego, CA – Casbah
Yuck Member Talks Solo Project
Yuck frontman, Daniel Blumberg, has announced a solo album under the name of Oupa. Instead of Yuck’s usual indie pop gems, Oupa is focused on pared-down piano ballads. Oupa’s debut LP, Forget, will be released in June, and contains 7 spellbinding songs. Oupa will also be touring, including SXSW, at these locations:
03/17 Austin, TX Transparent / Gorilla Vs. Bear SXSW Party
03/25 London, UK St. Pancras Old Church *
04/03 London, UK Blue Flowers (Curated by Oupa)
04/07 New York, NY Glasslands *
04/09 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom #
04/11 Nashville, TN The Basement *
* = w/ Porcelain Raft
# = w/ Sebadoh
Check out Oupa’s first released song, called “Forget,” right here:
http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F11463222Forget by oupa
Bridges and Powerlines Unveil New Remix
New Yorkers Bridges and Powerlines dabble in synth-heavy pop that leans towards psychedelic. The band’s successful formula and skillful musicianship was demonstrated with the recently released Eve on Stunning Models on Display Records.
Now the group’s single from the album, “Mirabell”, has undergone the remix treatment courtesy of DJ Dallar. You can check out both the original and the remastered song right here.
“Mirabell” (Original)
“Mirabell” (DJ Dallar Remix)
Soft Moon Releases Haunting Live Video
The Soft Moon delights in a brand of fuzz-punk that leaves you feeling slightly uneasy in a good way. Luckily, Moon (aka Luis Vasquez) has released a video for one of his live performances. The haunting music is even more affecting when it’s accompanied with the flashing, colorless video, as it is for the song “Tiny Spiders.”
Soft Moon released a self-titled debut late last year on Captured Tracks, and is now out touring behind it. Check out his schedule after the video (found here).
03/16 Austin, TX – Red 7 (Force Field PR / Terrorbird Day Party)
03/16 Austin, TX – Nuvola (Primavera Sound Festival Party)
03/17 Austin, TX – Austin Museum of Art (G-House Presents Showcase)
03/17 Austin, TX – Beerland (Sacred Bones Records Party)
03/17 Austin, TX – Urban Outfitters (Urban Outfitters Party)
03/18 Austin, TX – The East Side Drive-In (Pitchfork Party)
03/18 Austin, TX – Klub Krucial (Mexican Summer / Gorilla vs. Bear Showcase)
03/30 San Francisco, CA – 103 Harriet *
04/30 Austin, TX – The East Side Drive-In (Austin Psych Fest)
^ = w/ Autolux
* = w/ Salem
Modern Mystery 
You must be logged in to post a comment.