Baltimore foursome Ponytail has announced the tracklisting for their third album, Do Whatever You Want All the Time. After some personal hibernation time, the art-punkers went back into the studio to work on what they’re calling their “most sophisticated album to date.” Tracks are as follows:
1) Easy Peasy
2) Flabbermouse
3) Honey Touches
4) Beyondersville//Flight of Fancy
5) AwayWay
6) Tush
7) Music Tunes
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
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 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 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
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
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