Chicago’s Smith Westerns, fresh off of signing with Fat Possum, have announced a handful of upcoming tour dates, including one with Belle and Sebastian.
The group is currently wrapping up their sophomore album for Fat Possum, which will be out sometime early in 2011. To tide you over, the band has released a short video called “Friends Forever.”
10/11 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre *
10/30 Brooklyn, NY 171 Lombardy
10/31 Boston, MA House of Blues #
11/01 New York, NY Terminal 5 #
11/02 New York, NY Terminal 5 #
11/03 Toronto, ONT Sound Academy #
11/05 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
* = w/ Belle & Sebastian
# = w/ Florence & The Machine
Last night Pavement stopped by the Colbert Report to chat it up with the wacky host. It was Stephen on Stephen as Colbert took on interviewing Malkmus. Nice! They also played an amazing “Gold Soundz.” SUPER nice!
You can also catch STRFKR (with Octopus Project) out on the road this fall! Look for them…
STRFKR Tour Dates:
Sept. 23rd – Neurolux – Boise, ID
Sept. 24th – Kilby Court – Salt Lake City, UT
Sept. 24th – Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT
Sept. 25th – Hi Dive – Denver, CO
Sept. 27th – Record Bar – Kansas City, MO
Sept. 29th – Juanita’s Cantina Ballroom – Little Rock, AK #
Sept. 30th – The Collective – Shreveport, LA #
Oct. 1st – Bottletree Cafe – Birmingham, AL #
Oct. 2nd – Drunken Unicorn – Atlanta, GA #
Oct. 5th – Local 506 – Chapel Hill, NC #
Oct. 6th – DC9 – Washington DC #
Oct. 7th – Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA #
Oct. 8th – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY #
Oct. 9th – Cafe Nine – New Haven, CT #
Oct. 10th – TT The Bears – Cambridge, MA #
Oct. 11th – Casa Del Popolo – Montreal, Canada #
Oct. 12th – Wrongbar – Toronto, Canada #
Oct. 13th – Garfield Artworks – Pittsburgh, PA #
Oct. 14th – Grog Shop – Cleveland Heights, OH #
Oct. 15th – Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL #
Oct. 16th – Triple Rock Social Club – Minneapolis, MN #
Oct. 19th – Neumos – Seattle, WA #
Oct. 20th – Roseland – Portland, OR #
Oct. 22nd – Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA #
Oct. 23rd – Echoplex – Los Angeles, CA #
Oct. 24th – Casbah – San Diego, CA #
Oct. 25th – Plush – Tucson, AZ #
Freelance Whales are already having a great fall and it’s not even October.
The band’s music was featured in a promo for the redesign of a little program called Twitter. The video has been viewed over a million times already and features sightings of the Tweet bird in the wild and Freelance Whales’ “Generation 1st Floor.”
That would make for a pretty good month by itsel, but the band also released its new EP Weathervanes on Frenchkiss/Mom & Pop Records and released its first single (with video) in “Hannah.”
Now Freelance Whales have announced a massive fall tour with Miniature Tigers. The two will be playing…
10/1 – Starry Nights Festival – Bowling Green, KY (FESTIVAL)
11/5 – Maxwell’s – Hoboken, NJ (w/ Miniature Tigers)
11/6 – Black Cat – Washington, DC (w/ Miniature Tigers)
11/7 – Local 506 – Chapel Hill, NC (w/ Miniature Tigers)
11/8 – The Drunken Unicorn – Atlanta, GA (w/ Miniature Tigers)
11/10 – Fitzgerald’s Downstairs – Houston, TX (w/ Miniature Tigers)
11/11 – The ND @ 501 Studios – Austin, TX (w/ Miniature Tigers)
11/12 – The Loft – Dallas, TX (w/ Miniature Tigers)
11/14 – Clubhouse Music Venue – Tempe, AZ (w/ Miniature Tigers)
11/16 – Detroit Bar – Costa Mesa, CA (w/ Miniature Tigers)
11/18 – Troubadour – West Hollywood, CA (w/ Miniature Tigers)
11/19 – Rickshaw Stop – San Francisco, CA (w/ Miniature Tigers)
11/21 – Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, OR (w/ Miniature Tigers)
11/23 – Crocodile Café – Seattle, WA (w/ Miniature Tigers)
11/24 – The Biltmore Cabaret – Vancouver, BC (w/ Miniature Tigers)
11/27 – Kilby Court – Salt Lake City, UT (w/ Miniature Tigers)
11/29 – Hi-Dive – Denver, CO (w/ Miniature Tigers)
12/01 – 7th Street Entry – Minneapolis, MN (w/ Miniature Tigers)
12/02 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL (w/ Miniature Tigers)
12/03 – The Basement – Columbus, OH (w/ Miniature Tigers)
12/04 – Brillobox – Pittsburgh, PA (w/ Miniature Tigers)
12/05 – Mohawk Place – Buffalo, NY (w/ Miniature Tigers)
12/07 – El Mocambo Club – Toronto, ONT (w/ Miniature Tigers)
12/08 – La Sala Rossa – Montreal, QC (w/ Miniature Tigers)
12/09 – Middle East Restaurant & Night Club – Cambridge, MA (w/ Miniature Tigers)
12/10 – Iron Horse Music Hall – Northampton, MA (w/ Miniature Tigers)
12/14 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA (w/ Miniature Tigers)
12/15 – Webster’s Hall – New York, NY (w/ Miniature Tigers)
Hailing from the windy city, Maps & Atlases have released their not-so-windy video for their track “Solid Ground” off their latest album Perch Patchwork.
The video feature the quartet’s lead singer lost in a sea of unconsciousness as the rest of the band tries to bring him back. Check it out below.
The album is the first full-length for the band, who will be hitting the road later this fall with The Globes and Tera Melos.
Perch Patchwork was released back in June via Barsuk Records and is available now.
Tour Dates:
November 2nd – Bloomington, IN – The Bishop !#
November 3rd – Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge !#
November 5th – Jacksonville, FL – Jax Live !#
November 6th – Orlando, FL – The Backbooth !#
November 7th – Tampa, FL – Crowbar !#
November 9th – Gainesville, FL – TBD !#
November 10th – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade-Hell Room !#
November 11th – Greensboro, NC – Artistika !
November 12th – Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506 !
November 13th – Fredricksburg,VA – Eyeclopes Studios !
November 14th – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar !#
November 16th – Columbus, OH – The Basement !#
November 17th – Toledo, OH – Mickey Finn’s Pub !#
What better way to end the week then kicking back and watching some of our favorite new music videos? This week’s edition includes some of the coolest up and comers in indie rock…Surfer Blood, Deerhunter, The Morning Benders, Frankie Rose and the Outs and Twin Shadow. Watch them HERE! You’ll be glad that you did. Trust us.
Hailing from the windy city, 
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