Now Now Go On Tour!


MN trio Now, Now are set to tour all over North America to end in SXSW, all in support of their new “Neighbours” EP. Check out their new stronger, more confident sound when they tour near you.

FEBRUARY
16 – Pontiac, MI – Eagle Theatre #
17 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge #
18 – Iowa City, IA – Blue Moose #
19 – Lawrence, KS – Bottleneck #
20 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre #
22 – Salt Lake City, UT – Complex #
23 – Boise, ID – The Venue #
25 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon #
26 – Portland, OR – Hawhtorne Theatre #
27 – Sacramento, CA – Luigi’s (Headline)
28 – San Francisco, CA – Slim’s #

MARCH
01 – Upland, CA – The Wire (Headline)
02 – Anaheim, CA – Chain Reacion # (Sold Out)
08 – Dekalb, IL – The House Café +
09 – Chicago, IL – Schuba’s +
10 – Champaign, IL – Mike ‘n Molly’s +
11 – St. Louis, MO – Off Broaday +
12 – Tulsa, OK – Soundpony +
13 – Denton, TX -Nx35 Conferette  Festival
14 – Houston, TX – The Mink +

SXSW
21 – Kansas City, MO – The Riot Room w/ Santah
22 – Omaha, NE – The Slowdown w/ Santah
23 – Iowa City, IA – Blue Moose w/ Santah
25 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry w/ Santah

* w/ Hellogoodbye, Gold Motel, You Me And Everyone We know
# w/ Hellogoodbye, Gold Motel, Jukebox The Ghost
+ w/ Santah, Jookabox

The Soft Moon Announces West Coast Tour Dates

You should never stare directly into the sun, but get your ears as close as you can to the Soft Moon. After the release of two sensually dark 7 inches, Luis Vasquez of The Soft Moon, released his self-titled debut full-length on Captured Tracks, on November 16th, 2010. Vasquez channels his punk upbringing and Afro-Cuban heritage to sculpt decidedly dystopian soundscapes for a new generation of torn romantics. In otherwords, hell-freaking-yes. It’s a record set somewhere in the near post-apocalypse where technology enchants as much as it destroys. And you can hear some of it live if you’re at any of these spots in the next few weeks.
Tour Dates
02/25 San Francisco, CA – Cafe Du Nord (Noise Pop Festival) *
03/03 Santa Barbara, CA – Velvet Jones ^
03/04 Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex ^
03/05 Costa Mesa, CA – Detroit Bar ^
03/06 San Diego, CA – Casbah ^
03/16 – 03/19 Austin, TX – SXSW
04/30 Austin, TX – The East Side Drive-In (Austin Psych Fest)

* = w/ Black Ryder, Tamaryn
^ = w/ Autolux
# = w/ Violet Tremors, Anika DJ Set

Cloud Nothings Premiere Video

 Cloud Nothings have released a video for “Understand at All” and can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8h3tGS0h8E

The band is currently on tour – dates are listed below.

03/12 Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn *
03/13 New Orleans, LA Circle Bar *
03/14 Houston, TX Fitzgeralds *
03/16 – 03/18 Austin, TX SXSW 
03/19 Dallas, TX Club Dada *!
03/20 El Paso, TX Lowbrow Palace *!
03/21 Tempe, AZ Sail Inn *!
03/22 Costa Mesa, CA Detroit Bar *
03/23 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour *
03/24 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall *
03/25 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge *
03/26 Kennewick, WA The Red Room Coffee *!
03/27 Seattle, WA Crocodile Cafe *
05/10 Baltimore, MD Ottobar
 
! w/ BRAIDS
* w/ Toro Y Moi

The Fresh & Only’s Keep it Busy

The Fresh & Only’s make other musicians seem downright lazy.  As if touring were an excuse to not have to write new songs and you can just coast along playing the same setlist for two years before you get your ass back in the studio and find that you can’t recapture relevancy.  This San Francisco band don’t waste any time in the studio, recently recording their arguably greatest release yet, Play It Strange, in one week.  The hastiness was supposedly due to the band attempting to invigorate their studio work with the energetic and spooky nuances they pull off live.  From seeing a headlining New Year’s Eve show in The City with Sonny and the Sunsets, The Only’s can be refreshingly good and bad, but never boring — Much like Robert Pollard, this trait suits their prolific nature.

Listen for yourself on these dates:

02/27 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill ~

03/16 – 03/19 Austin, TX SXSW

03/21 San Diego, CA Tin Can Alehouse

03/22 Los Angeles, CA Echo

04/12 Denver, CO Hi Dive &

04/13 Lawrence, KS The Jackpot Saloon &

04/14 Bloomington, IN The Bishop &

04/15 Pittsburgh, PA Brillobox &

04/18 Cincinnati, OH MOTR Pub &

04/19 Saint Louis, MO The Billiken Club !

04/20 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall %

04/21 Toronto, ON Parts & Labour &

04/22 Montreal, QC Il Motore &

04/23 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg %

04/24 Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie %

04/25 Washington, DC Red Palace %

04/27 Atlanta, GA The Earl %

04/28 Birmingham AL Bottletree %

~ w/ Growlers, Pleasure Kills, Wrong Words

% w/ Crocodiles, Young Prisms

& w/ Young Prisms

! w/ Crocodiles

Art Vs. Science Take On America

Last week we informed y’all about Art Vs. Science’s upcoming tour dates in the London area, and today’s we’re proud to announce that they’re planning a small North American leg to that same tour. A full list of dates can be found below, along with Kissy Sell Out’s remix of their song “Magic Fountain.”

 

 

Art vs. Science U.S. Tour Dates

3/19 – Austin, TX – Aussie BBQ SXSW Showcase @ Maggie Mae’s
(Rooftop Stage, w/ The Jezabels, Cloud Control & Washington)
3/24 – San Francisco, CA – Popscene
3/25 – Santa Monica, CA – The Central
3/26 – Los Angeles, CA – Bootleg Theater
3/28 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge

Austin Psych Fest Announces Lineup, Venue Change

The Austin Psych Fest is rapidly approaching, it’s set for April 29-May 1 this year. There will be a couple changes to the annual event, the main difference being that now it’s indoors.

The site has moved from the East Side Drive-In to the Mexitas Events Center due to zoning laws. Aside from that, the festival looks to once again bring a huge variety of bands from all over. A weekend pass goes for $85 and you can see a ridiculous variety of bands such as:

Roky Erickson (Austin TX)

Spectrum (Rugby, UK)

The Black Angels (Austin, TX)

Black Moth Super Rainbow (Chicago, IL)

Atlas Sound (Atlanta, GA)

Dead Meadow (Los Angeles, CA)

Prefuse 73 (Atlanta, GA)

Crystal Stilts (Brooklyn, NY)

Sleepy Sun (San Francisco, CA)

Indian Jewelry (Houston TX)

Black Ryder (Sydney, Australia)

Crocodiles (San Diego, CA)

Fresh and Onlys (San Francisco, CA)

The Growlers (Costa Mesa, CA)

Tobacco (Chicago, IL)

White Hills (New York, NY)

Pontiak (Holtzclaw, Virginia)

Black Hollies (New Jersey, NJ)

Beaches (Melbourne, AU)

Young Prisms (San Francisco, CA)

The Night Beats (Seattle, WA)

Lumerians (San Francisco, CA)

The Soft Moon (San Francisco, CA)

Woodsman (Denver, CO)

Lower Heaven (Silverlake, CA)

Cloudland Canyon (Memphis, TN)

The Meek (Los Angeles, CA)

The Cult of Dom Keller (Nottingham, UK)

The Quarter After (San Francisco, CA)

Vacant Lots (Burlington, VT)

The Diamond Center (Richmond, VA)

The Sky Drops (Wilmington, DE)

Tjutjuna (Denver, CO)

Holy Wave (Austin, TX)