Decemberists Detail International Tour

The Decemberists have detailed a very extensive tour to support their upcoming full-length. Ironically excluding the month that is in their name, the band has a tour schedule that sees them traveling the globe from January to March.

The band is set to release their newest album, The King Is Dead on January 18th via Capitol Records. You can watch a short preview of the record below.

If you want to see the Decemberists, check them out…

01-25 New York, NY – Beacon Theatre *
01-28-29 Boston, MA – House of Blues *
01-31 Montreal, Quebec – Olympia De Montreal *
02-01 Toronto, Ontario – Sound Academy *
02-02 Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre *
02-04 Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre *
02-05 Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theatre #
02-06 Minneapolis, MN – State Theatre #
02-07 Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theatre #
02-09 Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater #
02-10 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre #
02-12 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern #
02-13 San Diego, CA – House of Blues #
02-14 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater #
02-18 Seattle, WA – Paramount Ballroom #
02-19 Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall #
03-04 Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street
03-05 Glasgow, Scotland – ABC
03-07 Birmingham, England – Birmingham Institute
03-08 Bristol, England – Bristol Academy
03-10 Manchester, England – Manchester Academy
03-11 Leeds, England – Leeds Academy
03-13 Antwerp, Belgium – Trix
03-14 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
03-16 London, England – Hammersmith Apollo

* with Wye Oak
# with Mountain Man

Nobody Gets Spoon But You


Spoon are releasing another song from their critical and commercial darling Transference, which came out earlier this year.

This time, the track getting the visual treatment is “Nobody Gets Me But You” a classic Spoon track that features amazingly catchy rhythms (as always) and a raw, stripped-down sound that adds grit.

The video is also appropriately low-tech. Britt Daniels explains that it is influenced from his experience at New York’s Cake Shop, which is a less than ideal concert locale. The video is filmed as if you are watching the band on the TV by the bar.

Check out “Nobody Gets Me But You” right here!

Tape The Radio Give Away A Track

 

Tape the Radio is feeling generous, and that’s good for you.

The band is giving away their b-side song “Suffer You, Suffer Me” from their recent single Our Love Is A Broken Heart. The download will cost you some time, because you need to register with Nokia’s new music website Ovi Music.

If you want to hear the single off…the single, you can listen to “Our Love Is A Broken Heart” right here as well.

The band has also just returned from Italy. If you’re feeling a tad jealous, watch their video diary. It may make you a little more jealous but it’s also awesome. You can find it here.

The Good Old War Release Video For “That’s Some Dream”

The Pennsylvania indie-folk male trio, Good Old War, follows up their debut album Only Way to be Alone with the self titled offering featuring a music video from the single “That’s Some Dream.”

The dream, the song and the video all hold a simple theme: living, dying, and being alright with both. The video tells the story of a self discovering journey with like-minded companions. In this case, the journey is a tour and the companions are band mates, and it’s as straightforward as it is poignant.

It’s damn hooky and with a little Paul Simon inspired non-lyrical vocal addition to the chorus (you’ll have to listen to hear what I mean), the song is so damn likeable that you’ll be listening to it more than once in a sitting. As far as the video journal that is the accompanying music video, the personal and endearing nature will make you feel all warm inside.