MP3: Vetiver – Everyday

We’ve mentioned the Ohio Winter Folk Festival a few times in the past couple weeks. With Sub Pop’s Vetiver and Columbus bands like the Black Swans, Super Desserts and Moon High, plus Athens’ Adam Torres (ex-Southeast Engine), it promises to be a pretty great show. Before Saturday’s show at the historic Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville, Ohio, there’s also a Music Swap Meet and DIY Art Fair (1 pm).

We’ve got a pair to tickets to give away, too. Send an e-mail to contestdonewaiting@gmail.com with the subject WINTER FOLK FESTIVAL. A winner will be chosen on Friday. You can also buy tickets here ($12 in advance, $15 at the door).

Deets:
Ohio Winter Folk Festival
Saturday, Jan. 16 @ 6pm
Stuart’s Opera House I Nelsonville, Ohio

MP3: Kurt Vile – Hunchback
MP3: Kurt Vile – Overnite Religion

Out of all the shows we’ve worked on with BenCo over the past few months, I’m most excited about this one. I can’t see how “Philly’s constant hitmaker” won’t end up in my top 10 of 2010. What’s great about Kurt Vile is how he makes the blending of noisy psychedelia and Neil Young-ish folk-rock sound so natural. I’m excited to see how that unfolds live, and to watch his musicianship in person. (As Vile told me in October, “I’ve been involved in playing music way more than just being a lo-fi punk or something.”)

We’ve got a pair to tickets to give away, of course. Send an e-mail to contestdonewaiting@gmail.com with the subject KURT VILE. A winner will be chosen on 12/29.

One other Columbus-related tidbit: Kurt Vile is a Psychedelic Horseshit fanboy. He sang their praises in that same October interview, saying they were his favorite band at SXSW in 2008, and adding, “They really mean it, they’re confident. Something about it, you just watch them, and it’s like, ‘Wow, this sounds, like, insane.’ But you just look at his face and you know he means every word.”

Should be a good way to wrap up the 2009 Donewaiting.com Presents series.

As we mentioned previously, Donewaiting.com and BenCo are presenting Sloan at Skully’s on 11/29. ( Fellow Canadians Magneta Lane open.)

And we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away. To enter the contest, send a blank e-mail to contestdonewaiting@gmail.com with the subject SLOAN. Winners will be randomly chosen next Friday. You can also purchase tickets here.

Don’t forget to download that new single, “Take it Upon Yourself,” at Sloanmusic.com.

Annie Clark really likes to have pictures taken of her face. She also released her second full-length this year, Actor, under the St. Vincent moniker. With it, she has sufficiently distanced herself from being just another graduate of Sufjan’s touring ensemble.

What I remember most from the last time St. Vincent played the Wex is Clark’s guitar prowess. The girl can shred. If you would like to see said shredding, we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away to St. Vincent’s Wexner Center show with Andrew Bird at the Southern Theatre. To enter the contest, send a blank e-mail to contest@donewaiting.com with the subject ST VINCENT. Winners will be randomly chosen on Friday, Oct. 16. You can also purchase tickets here.

UPDATE: According to the Wexner Center: “There are no tickets currently available for the show. Be sure to follow us on twitter, @wexarts, for updates on any tickets that may be released as the show approaches.” More reason to enter the contest…

mp3: St. Vincent – The Stranger

Another upcoming show at Stuart’s Opera House that’s worth mentioning: Jolie Holland (above) will play the historic theater on Saturday, 10/17. You’re probably familiar with Holland’s jazzy folk, but opener Matt Bauer is a folkie who’s not as well-known but would be worth the drive to Nelsonville on his own. The Black Swans labelmate came to Columbus last October in support of The Island Moved in the Storm, a haunting, stirring album of gently plucked guitar and banjo. Yes, the dude has a big beard and sings in a whisper, but writing him off as just another Iron & Wine would be a mistake.

We’ve got a pair of tickets to give away for this show. To enter the contest, send a blank e-mail to contest@donewaiting.com with the subject JOLIE HOLLAND. Winners will be randomly chosen on Oct. 16. You can also purchase tickets here.

mp3: Jolie Holland – Mexico City

mp3: Matt Bauer – Don’t Let Me Out

Bauer’s video for “As She Came Out of the Water” after the jump. (more…)

This should be a great one. Blitzen Trapper’s Furr (Sub Pop) was one of my favorites from last year, and the Portland band has a new EP, Black River Killer, out on Oct. 6 (eponymous mp3 below). Songwriter Eric Earley says here that the EP is completely separate from Blitzen Trapper’s upcoming album. A snippet:

So there’s been alot of questioning about the songs on the BRK EP, thought i’d do some explaining… Silver Moon is near four years old, recorded around three times in differing formats, Preacher’s has about the same timeframe, Black Rock and Shoulder are older dating back to the old house on 69th and Long where garmonbozia was recorded in ‘02 and ‘03 roughly. Big Black Bird was originally an instrumental track recorded at the 69th house for the soundtrack to a film we made entitled Who is Manfred Milner? or something like that, it ran during the final credits, the complete soundtrack i’ve never released, around the time of Furr or previous I recorded the version you now hear adding lyrics and other notable soundz… The BRKiller EP is in no way a linear follow up to Furr and is in no way exemplary of the new record which I’m working on and of which i’ve only spoken of in a few interviews and that mostly inaccurate and amusingly misleading.

That’d be a good show by itself, but Merge Records’ Wye Oak is on this Donewaiting/BenCo bill, too. I’ll let Chip tell you more about them soon…

We’ve got a pair of tickets to give away for this show, too. To enter, send a blank e-mail with the subject title BLITZEN OAK to contest@donewaiting.com. A winner will be randomly chosen on Oct. 12. And, of course, you can always purchase tickets in advance.

mp3: Blitzen Trapper – Black River Killer

“Black River Killer” video after the jump. It’s worth a watch. (more…)

Pearl Jam’s Backspacer was released this week through Target, iTunes, and various indie stores. It’s no secret that they’re one of my favorite bands, and I’ve been loving the new record.

To celebrate the release, we’re giving away one copy of the album on 180-gram vinyl. Enter to win by emailing contest@donewaiting.com with the e-mail subject of PEARL JAM. In the body of the email, include your mailing address. Winner will be chosen Sunday.

Donewaiting.com is partnering up with Benco Presents for another night of great music, this time Japandroids and Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band at The Summit on Sept. 21. Check out a live video of guitar-and-drums duo Japandroids’ at their website, and you’ll see why this is a show to get excited about. And I’m equally looking forward to Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band. (Check out their awesome/creepy video for “Albatross, Albatross, Albatross” after the jump.)

We’ve got a pair of tickets to give away for this show, too. To enter, send a blank e-mail with the subject title JAPANDROIDS to contest@donewaiting.com. A winner will be randomly chosen on Sept. 20. And, of course, you can always purchase tickets in advance.

mp3: Japandroids – Young Hearts Spark Fire

mp3: Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band – Cheer for Fate

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We told you before about Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville, and even gave away a pair of tickets to Steve Earle. And now we’re excited to say we’ve got a pair to give away for the legendary Yo La Tengo on Sept. 24. To enter this contest, send a blank e-mail to contest@donewaiting.com with the subject YO LA TENGO. Winners will be randomly chosen on Sept. 23. And for those who want to make sure there’ll be seats waiting for them, you can purchase tickets here.

Here’s a track from Popular Songs, Yo La Tengo’s new one out Sept. 8.

mp3: Yo La Tengo – Here to Fall

Oh, and Columbus’s own The Beatdowns open the show. Nice. And Pat Radio has their just-released Old 3C single,”Disconnected Girl,” here in mp3 and aiff.

Full Yo La Tengo tour dates after the jump. (more…)

Recently added to the Vivian Girls show at the Summit this Friday is Cleveland’s HotChaCha, who’ll serve as the local-ish opener. The all-girl group’s full-length debut, The World’s Hardest Working Telescope & The Violent Birth of Stars, won’t be out till October on Exit Stencil (Spanish Prisoners, Dreadful Yawns), but we’ve got the leadoff track for you below as a sneak preview.

mp3: HotChaCha – One Thousand Pillows Soft

Huge guitars drenched in delay, vocals with attitude–at times it’s hard to tell if these girls wanna be post-rock, post-punk or just plain ol’ punk. Either way, it’s a tasty soup. CMJ said it well recently when describing HotChaCha’s first EP:

…this all-femme foursome squeeze late ’80s 4AD into today’s A.D.D. indie subset, with little regard for lilting over-reverbed soundscapes, but lots of chiming ’80s chorus pedals that take dead horse post-punk riffs out of the glue factory for a spell.… The vibe here is art-school dropout, the look approachable punk-gal, but the songwriting simmers out of Ohio’s femme-forged, rustic alt-rock past (Heartless Bastards, Scrawl).

Oh yeah, and we’ve got a pair of tickets to this one, too. To enter this contest, send a blank e-mail to contest@donewaiting.com with the subject VIVIAN GIRLS. A winner will be randomly chosen on Friday morning, 8/28.

If Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville (about an hour southeast of Columbus) isn’t on your radar, it should be. Between now and October, the historic theater is bringing in Steve Earle (Aug. 27), Yo La Tengo (Sept. 24) and Jolie Holland (Oct. 17), plus a Music Swap Meet on Oct. 10.

Earle is touring solo behind his new Townes Van Zandt tribute album, Townes. I saw him at the Southern Theatre last May, and the man is at his best when his songs tell stories, which bodes well for a show heavy on Van Zandt covers. His wife, Allison Moorer, will kick off the night. And lucky for you, dear Donewaiting reader, we’re giving away a pair of tickets to this show. To enter this contest, send a blank e-mail to contest@donewaiting.com with the subject STEVE EARLE. A winner will be randomly chosen on Wednesday morning, 8/26.

mp3: Steve Earle – To Live is to Fly (Townes Van Zandt cover)

mp3: Matt & Kim – Daylight

We’ve been giving away a fair amount of tickets recently, and there’s a whole lot more to come… But first, there’s Matt & Kim, who are playing CD101’s sold-out Summerfest this Saturday, along with The Living Things, Band of Skulls, Company of Thieves, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, Stellastarr* and Columbus’ own Envelope. As stated previously here, Matt & Kim have so much child-like energy onstage that it’s near impossible not to get caught up in it. Expect lots of smiling.

Like I said, it’s sold out, but we’ve got a a pair of tickets to give away. To enter this contest, send a blank e-mail to contest@donewaiting.com with the subject MATT AND KIM. A winner will be randomly chosen on Friday morning, 8/21.

Donewaiting.com is excited to partner with Benco Presents for the Vivian Girls show on Friday, August 28 at The Summit. I was a big fan of their debut album released last year and am excited we can work with Ben on this show. Also on the bill are The Beets.

We’ve got a pair of tickets to give away for this lovely show. To enter, send a blank e-mail with the subject title VIVIAN GIRLS to contest@donewaiting.com. A winner will be randomly chosen around August 25. This show is likely to sell out, so if you want to play it safe you can always purchase tickets in advance.

Listen to a song from their upcoming new album:

(big ups to DW Columbus Editor Joel O for making this show promotion happen)

Yes dudes, sometimes we have pretty sweet giveaways and this is one of them. Leonard Cohen is heading out on tour again and we’re happy to announce that we are giving away two pairs of tickets to his show on Tue, Oct 27 at the Palace Theatre in Columbus OH. To enter this contest, send a blank e-mail to contest@donewaiting.com with the subject Leonard Cohen. Winners will be randomly chosen on August 7.

If you want to play it safe and buy tickets to the show, they go on sale via AEG presale tomorrow. Go here and enter in the password 12STRING. I mean…. this is the second leg of his first US tour in 15 years, so do what you gotta do.

Cohen’s got a new live album and DVD out, Live in London. Here’s a highlight:

Full tour dates after the jump.. (more…)

Pictured: Brainbow w/Lara Yazvac@Comfest

Oh man Comfest...or something like that. Basically there are a number of ways to go about Comfest. You can camp out somewhere in the park on a blanket, go check out bands with “clever” band names, wander around aimlessly running into people you know and drink booze and eat food and not pay attention to any bands, or you can hang out at the Offramp Stage all weekend like I pretty much did and watch bands that you know will be good.

How many times can you say the same things about the same bands? Find out after the jump! (more…)