John Wesley Harding‘s new album, The Sound of His Own Voice comes out October 11. Check out the first video above. I swear this is not some sort of viral ad campaign by the coffee company.
His touring band contains a bunch of DW favorites including John Moen, Chris Funk, Jenny Conlee-Drizos and Nate Query, all members of The Decemberists, Peter Buck of R.E.M. and Scott McCaughey (Thee Minus Five, The Baseball Project).
JWH tour dates after the jump. Continue reading
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Donewaiting favorite A.A. Bondy has released a new album, Believers. You can also stream the whole thing over on Spinner. Fans of Felice Brothers, Dawes, or even Willie Nelson need to get onboard pronto.
Tour dates after the jump. Continue reading
If you haven’t given Das Racist a chance yet, this is a great opportunity to get onboard. “Michael Jackson” is the first video off their latest album, Relax.
Tour dates and the Michael Jackson video that inspired the one above after the jump. Continue reading
New dates:
11-06 Singapore – Esplanade Concert Hall
11-09 Tokyo, Japan – Duo
11-12 Melbourne, Australia – Harvest Festival
11-13 Sydney, Australia – Harvest Festival
11-15 Adelaide, Australia – Thebarton Theatre *
11-17 Perth, Australia – Metro City *
11-19 Brisbane, Australia – Harvest Festival
11-29 Vancouver, British Columbia – Orpheum Theatre #
11-30 Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre #
12-01 Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre #
12-03 San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium #
12-04 Austin, TX – Austin Music Hall !
12-06 Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom #
12-08 Toronto, Ontario – Air Canada Centre ^
12-09 Montreal, Quebec – Bell Centre ^
12-12 New York, NY – Beacon Theatre &
12-13 New York, NY – Beacon Theatre %
12-15 New York, NY – Beacon Theatre $
12-16 New York, NY – Beacon Theatre @
* with the Walkmen
# with Local Natives and Wye Oak
! with Local Natives
^ with Neko Case and Wye Oak
& with the War on Drugs
% with Sharon Van Etten
$ with So Percussion
@ with Wye Oak
(via Pitchfork)
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Reading Chuck Klosterman’s interview with Noel Gallagher this morning on the train definitely dusted off my love of the band. It’s been awhile since I listened to anything by either brother but now I’ve got several hours of music on a Spotify playlist to keep me busy.
I went with my friend Sara to see Oasis at the Hammerstein Ballroom during the “Be Here Now” tour. There’s three things I remembered:
#1. The band was awesome.
#2. The band was loud as hell. I remember all the old people (well, old to me at the time) running away from the stage once the music started.
#3. The Fun Lovin’ Criminals opened. Every European band touring New York around that time seem to have them as their openers and I could not escape these dudes.
After the jump, let’s catch up with some videos of both brother’s new projects. Continue reading
I am a sucker for anything Coney Island-related. Add in Wye Oak and my love gets supercharged.
Another greaet video written and directed by Tom Scharpling.
I love Spotify more than I love myself but I still can appreciate these:
Personally, I’m going to buy the $6,000 set that includes a surf board.
And then we have a Neutral Milk Hotel boxed set:
Or maybe you’re going to get this one instead? Continue reading
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You can stream Wild Flag’s debut album over at NPR.
Refresher: Wild Flag is Sleater-Kinney’s Janet Weiss and Carrie Brownstein, Helium’s Mary Timony, and The Minders’ Rebecca Cole.
Written and directed by Tom Scharpling of the excellent The Best Show on WFMU.
