Oh man, great show, big price tag.
THE RACONTEURS W/ BLACK LIPS
MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2008
THE LC - OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATER
DOORS: 6PM
COST: $32 Advance and $35 Day of Show
On Sale Date: APRIL 4 – 10AM
Here’s a perfect song to get you through the weekend. Ladyton’s new album might not be coming out until June, but you can download a song from it right now!
MP3: Black Cat by Ladytron
Ladyton is on a short list of bands that I’ve yet to see live but I really reaaaaally want to. No Ohio tour dates yet, though.
Keep reading for complete tour dates: (more…)
You can stream Moby’s new album over on MySpace. It comes out officially April 1.
MP3 Cutout Bin
MP3 Korea
With the exception of the forthcoming debut by Lydia Loveless, there isn’t another local release that I’ve been anticipating more than The Kyle Sowashes‘ Yeah Buddy. I was tempted to call Kyle the “everyman of Columbus indie rock” - he plays the part perfectly, from the look (scruffy beard, glasses) to the sounds he creates (think 1991 Chapel Hill, North Carolina). But Kyle is anything but the everyman. Guys like Kyle aren’t truly appreciated until after they’ve left a scene, either by finally throwing in the towel or picking up stakes and moving on to the next opportunity in another city. Kyle is a die-hard supporter of the Columbus music scene, you’ll find him out and about taking in the sights and sounds of what this city has to offer musically. And if you hear about a great show coming to town, your first thought should be “I wonder if Kyle helped book this?” as he’s brought some of indie rock’s elite to town over the past few years (Eric Bachmann, Adam Franklin, Karl Hendrix Trio, etc.).
There’s been another round of discussions about vinyl records vs cds vs mp3s vs whatever lately. Let’s recap:
Columbus Dispatch ran a story letting their readership know that vinyl ain’t dead! Best quote from Adam of Columbus Discount Records:
“We’re selling about 100 records a week and maybe, in a good week, seven CDs,” owner Adam Smith said.
Sour Records in Westerville have announced that they’re closing their shop and only maintaining their eBay store “due to a marked fall off of my walk-in business”. A discussion in our message board brings to light that once one of the main people from the store left, they felt like their personal connection to the store was lost. Highlight:
Not to point fingers… but ever since Steve Louis left, that place went downhill quick.
Steve seemed to have a pulse on what his customers wanted, and he’d have in the store before they asked for it. Plus he’d go the extra mile to get things in and was as excited about getting things in in a timely matter (super fast). Not so in recent years, it seemed to be an annoyance to get things in, and hardly any effort was made in those regards. The store lacked its original charm and personality, when those things moved with Steve to NY. The last few years have been really frustrating for this Sour supporter. (continued)
Finally, on the Matador Records Blog, Patrick puts it in perspective on a more national scale:
I’ve been quizzed a lot recently about the so-called vinyl revival. Sales of indie rock records, of rock records in general, are up on vinyl. I respond with the standard litany of answers: people want to connect with an artifact, something real and physical, and something that doesn’t feel as worthless and disposable as a CD… something that sounds better than an MP3. The inclusion of MP3 download coupons in vinyl LPs also caused a big spike in sales, since people no longer had to choose between CDs and LPs. (full blog)
On a personal level, the amount of CDs I buy each year continues to decrease while my vinyl and mp3 buying increases. What about you?
Head on over to Stereogum and download a new song from The Black Angels.
Oh sweat, Midnight Movies! I saw you at SXSW a few years ago ad thought you were a snoozer so I forgot about you. This EP, though, hmmmmm. I might be reconsidering my opinion. The cover you guys do of “Nights In White Satin” kills and the song we’ve got as an MP3, “Should Have Known,” is a great addition to any collector of LA dreamy pop. Maybe I need to check out your full lengths, Midnight Movies, maybe I do.
MP3: Should Have Known
Photo’s By Steve “Homeschool” Lieb check his blog The Grip .
MP3: Wale & Catchdubs:100 Miles & Running Mixtape
Wale came to Columbus this week. The DC rapper had just announced that Interscope had signed him. Bun B, Pharrell, Kanye, Lil Wayne would be fucking with him on his album. Wale had been rolling with Marc Ronson for awhile and had a strong buzz.
So I was kinda curious what that translates to on a 12-15 dollar ticket in Columbus,Ohio. We are 2.5 kids and dog and all. Coke Zero and Clear Pepsi didn’t test well. But we did invent the digital screen that tells you how much your Wendy’s is. So I guess we are a good gauge of whats gonna fly between the coasts.
British Sea Power photo by twentyeightdeep
There is no reason to stay home Thursday in Columbus Ohio. Behold:
THURSDAY
British Sea Power (mp3/mp3) makes their Columbus debut with this show @ The Basement. Opening is The 1900s (mp3)
Lewis and Clarke (donewaiting review) with The Black Swans at Surly Girl Saloon. Lewis and Clarke’s band to feature Russell from Man Man and Eve from Rachel’s. Show discussion in the farm.
Aids Wolf (mp3/mp3) with The Unholy Two and Muscle Puzzle at Bourbon St. Show discussion in the farm.
Baroness, Coliseum and Young Widows at Ravari Room.
After playing 93 shows during SXSW, Times New Viking return to their native habitat, Bourbon St, for a homecoming show:
The techies over at HipHopcolumbus.com put up video of The Catalyst’s release party. Its got clips of Envelope doing “Motivation” and “Daydream Nation” off his upcoming album Sharkbolt, dropping June 7th. There is footie of Fly Union doing their curseless version of the “Fuck the Police” mantra called “Hate The Five-O”. Of course, The Catalyst rounds out the videos boasting about how will fuck your girl and insult your mystery god. 400 people attended this event. The Next Ups did good.
I thought The Raconteurs’ announcement that their latest disc, available both digitally AND physically this Tuesday, one week ago was pretty fucking right on as far as dealing with the whole album leak thing. The notion of just getting it out there and then promoting after it was available seems pretty in step with where the industry is headed, and I still don’t know how they wrangled all the physical distribution channels so quickly and so quietly.
I guess they didn’t count on someone over at Apple posting the disc as being available on iTunes yesterday, leading to a bunch of folks buying the disc 5 days before it was supposed to be released. In a digital file-sharing culture this is the same as leaking the album 3 months ago, since the internet critics will be falling all over each other to give their definitive views of the album.
Personally I’m going to hold off until Tuesday. Waiting week for an album is nothing tome … heck I used to have to wait months before I could hear something, and that was even backing the days when we always got mailed physical promos due to long lead times (a practice that is quickly growing extinct). I understand folks are excited about new music, and especially excited about anything with Jack White and Brendan Benson’s name on it, but just this once, when the band went through great lengths to a) NOT keep everyone waiting and b) expose everyone to their new album at the same time, would it have killed folks to wait it out the extra few days?
Additionally, his isn’t the first time a greatly anticipated album has “accidentally” been offered for sale through iTunes prematurely, so shouldn’t someone be asking some serious questions about just what the heck is up over there?
Here’s videos from the last two bands from our Donewaiting.com Day show last week during SXSW.
First up, Austin’s Midgetmen:
Keep reading for Goes Cube. (more…)
Photo by kristianyeomans
MP3: Girl With 1 Eye by Florence and the Machine
Every year I come to SXSW hoping to find that one band that represents everything I love about both the festival and music in general. It’s a lofty goal, but I believe! The first year I came to SXSW I found that in the form of The Decemberists. This year it was Florence and the Machine.
I think I learned about her though an article in NYLON, I’m not sure. Anyway, I got to her BBC showcase early to get up front and what transpired over the next 40 minutes was the best time I had all week. Florence had a guitar player with her and she played the drums during one song, but mostly just sang and had one single drum on her side that she would occasionally hit. She had a great sense of humor to the whole event and a voice that would make even Darlene Love proud.
She ran through a set of covers (Cold War Kids, Beirut) and originals that really showcased her vocal range. And oh her lyrics! Whether it was singing about a woman whose eye she had to cut out (see mp3 above), or a bird she had to kill to stop talking, each song was just a delight to hear.
During the show she had mentioned that she was getting a bit hot and she said she was going to jump into the indoor fountain before her set was over. Of course everyone thought this was a joke, but she actually dove off the stage, grabbed a friend, and went into the water! Drenched, she came back to the microphone and finished her song. I’ll never forget this set. And thanks to Youtube, you can see this watery moment yourself:
According to the BBC, her first release was limited to 500 tapes and she’s currently working on a full length album. I am hoping she makes it out to the US for a tour, or at the very least for SXSW again so we can book her at our next donewaiting.com day show!
So many musicians just run through the motions when they’re onstage, it’s a joy to see someone actually putting on a show for the audience.
Here’s another song she performed at the event: (more…)
People have been talking about Terrastock 7 in our message board since July 2007. Needless to say, there’s a lot of excitement for this festival taking place in Louisville from June 19-22.
Terrastock brings its spirit of peace, love, and the indie rock underground to Louisville’s Mellwood Arts Center this June 19th thru 22nd. With artists like Mono, playing their one-and-only US date, as well as Louisville’s Tara Jane O’Neill and The Photographic, Terrastock 7 looks to be the one festival this summer swimming against the traditional music festival current.
Terrastock 7 lineup will include… Oneida, Mono, Entrance, Makoto Kawabata of Acid Mothers Temple, Marissa Nadler, Bardo Pond, Tara Jane O’Neil, MV&EE with the Golden Road, Jack Rose and the Black Twig Pickers, Windy and Carl, Kinski, Damon and Naomi, the Bevis Frond, Major Stars, Wooden Shjips, Black Forest/Black Sea, Simply Saucer, Antietam, Tanakh, Grails, Linus Pauling Quartet, Plastic Crimewave Sound, Paik, The Photographic, United Bible Studies, Dead Maids, Hush Arbors, Ignatz, Parlour, Sharon Krauss, Helena Espvall, & Masaki Batoh, Oneida, Motorpsycho, Sapat, Rob Sharples, Kohoutek, Insect Factory, Pelt, and Kohoutek among others.
Full festival passes are $85 with single day passes going for $25. Tickets can be purchased on their official site.
