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April 3, 2007 – 6:18 pm | Written by robert duffy
Tonight I’m going to see Austin’s The Black Angels for the third time. I’m a little concerned. The first time I saw them (at the High Five), I thought they were really really good. I saw them again opening for The Black Keys a few months later, and while I did like their set, I felt like it was more or less the same set I saw the first time.
Granted, what they do live is really good. They create a great atmosphere and mood with their music that few bands these days can do. But still, I feel like they really need to expand their musical vocabulary, introducing different time changes or instruments or something to make them repeatable.
So will there be any big changes tonight? Or more of the same ol’ same ol’? I’ll know in a few hours.
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April 2, 2007 – 7:57 pm | Written by robert duffy
Locals done good Times New Viking (read donewaiting.com review) are doing some shows opening up for Yo La Tengo:
4/5 - New Orleans at Tipitina’s
4/6 - Houston at Warehouse Live
4/7 - Austin at Stubb’s
4/8 - Dallas at the Granada
4/10 - Tulsa at Cain’s
4/11- Lawrence at the Granada
4/13- Indianapolis at Vogue
4/14 - Madison at the Barrymore
4/16 - Newport at the Southgate House
4/17 - Cleveland at the Beachland Ballroom
4/18 - Detroit at the Majestic Theatre
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April 1, 2007 – 8:26 am | Written by robert duffy
Head on over to World of Wumme and Population Doug and add them to your favorite bookmarking tool/RSS reader/memory.
Wumme is run by Kevin Elliott, who is doing a lot of writing for Stylus lately and Doug is run by Doug Elliott, the secret architect of the 24th century.
Both dudes are based in Columbus OH, increasing the Midwest’s dominance of the entire blogaversity. SORRY NYC.
BONUS: Every Day is Like Wednesday is an excellent and often times hilarious comic book blog by Donewaiting.com film critic J Caleb Mozzocco.
DOUBLE POINT BONUS: Electric Pure Land is a music blog from Dusty, who is in Freedom, Sea Bird and other bands on the FBI Most Wanted List. (also Columbus-based)
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March 30, 2007 – 7:41 am | Written by robert duffy
Mice Parade is heading out on tour starting in May. I booked them last year in Columbus and it was one of my favorite shows.
MP3: Nights Wave
5/19 The Lime Spider, Akron OH
5/20 Schubas Tavern, Chicago IL
5/21 Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON
5/22 Barrymore’s, Ottawa ON
5/23 Main Hall, Montreal QC
5/24 (u) The Middle East - Upstairs, Cambridge MA
5/25 Mercury Lounge, New York NY
5/26 Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia PA
5/27 Rock And Roll Hotel, Washington DC
5/29 Local 506, Chapel Hill NC
5/30 THE EARL, Atlanta GA
5/31 The Social, Orlando FL
6/1 Jack Rabbit’s, Jacksonville FL
6/2 Spanish Moon, Baton Rouge LA
6/3 Emo’s Lounge, Austin TX
6/5 Solar Culture Gallery, Tucson AZ
6/6 Casbah, San Diego CA
6/7 The Echo, Los Angeles CA
6/8 Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco CA
6/10 Someday Lounge, Portland OR
6/11 Triple Door, Seattle WA
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March 28, 2007 – 8:09 am | Written by robert duffy
WOXY has launched a new blog, The Futurist. It’s being managed primarily by Joe Long, WOXY DJ and owner of donewaiting.com’s distant cousin (twice removed) blog, Each Note Secure.
I’ve always thought the idea of a blog on WOXY was a bit of a no-brainer so it’s good to see it’s finally happening. Real nice design, too.
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March 27, 2007 – 4:40 pm | Written by Tankboy
Count on Ted Leo to combine promotion of his most excellent new album with a good cause by teaming up with PETA2 for a fun giveaway. Here’s the skinny from Touch & Go:
It’s your turn to put the words in Ted’s (and Chris’s and Dave’s) mouth. The top ten entries to submit a caption for the following Ted Leo and the Pharmacists press photo will win a Ted Leo and the Pharmacists scarf, autographed copy of “Living With the Living,” Ted Leo prescription pads and a bunch of other fanboy gems.
The grand prize for the best caption we find will receive all of these prizes plus two tickets to the Ted Leo and the Pharmacists spring show in their city, a Peta2 “I Am Not A Nugget” hip bag and other sweet Peta2 items.
Send entries to contest@tgrec.com. Captions should be pasted into the body of the email (no attachments) and describe, in the participants words, what is taking place in the photo. Please, limit captions to 50 words maximum.
The contest ends Thursday, April 5 at 12:00 a.m. The entries will then be delivered in an electric car to Mr. Leo’s doorstep, where he will read each and every single one (no mash notes, please) and render his decision on who wins. Good luck!
Click the above image to enlarge for a better view of what you’ve got to work with, baby.
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March 26, 2007 – 8:46 pm | Written by Wes Flexner
As Brooklyn Vegan has reported, Columbus rapper/producer Blueprint is doing it big. Print is playing the Rock the Bells Hip Hop Festival, which also has performances by Wu-Tang, Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy, MF Doom, Mos Def and pretty much everyone else that has been important recently. The Festival takes place in California and New York.
In other Weightless Show News:
Blueprint, DJ Rare Groove and Envelope will be embarking on a national tour this Spring.
29 Mar Casa Cantina (Ohio University) Athens, Ohio
30 Mar Loading Dock Traverse City, Michigan
31 Mar Twins Bar Duluth, Minnesota
1 Apr The Aquarium Fargo, North Dakota
4 Apr Oasis Cafe & Pub Fairborn, Ohio
5 Apr Topcats Cincinnati, Ohio
6 Apr Hangar 9 Carbondale, Illinois
7 Apr Uncle Pleasants Louisville, Kentucky
8 Apr The Hideaway Johnson City, Tennessee
9 Apr The Emerald Lounge Asheville, North Carolina
13 Apr The Terrace Pasadena, California
14 Apr The Honey Bee Hive San Diego, California
15 Apr The Vaudville Cabaret Tuscon, Arizona
16 Apr Cafe Hookah Las Vegas, Nevada
18 Apr TBA Santa Fe, New Mexico
19 Apr Zeppelins Pub El Paso, Texas
20 Apr The Limelight San Antonio, Texas
21 Apr The Mooch & Burn Tulsa, Oklahoma
22 Apr Blue Room at Billards Springfield, Missouri
23 Apr The Sapphire Lounge Columbia, Missouri
24 Apr Picador Iowa City, Iowa
25 Apr The Waiting Room Omaha, Nebraska
26 Apr Monks House Of Jazz Salt Lake City, Utah
27 Apr The Green Room Reno, Nevada
28 Apr Mustang Club Modesto, California
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March 25, 2007 – 9:15 pm | Written by robert duffy
Music consumption moves at an uncomfortable rate for a lot of music bloggers. You barely spend any time enjoying a new album before you’re off downloading and listening to something new that’s not out for 3 more months. I can usually keep up with the race, but man I’m falling behind lately.
I place the blame mostly on the death of my computer. Since early February, I’ve had to share an iBook with my girlfriend. Besides the usual “I WANNA USE THE COMPUTER NO ME” fist fights, things are generally very civil. I can partition out my own iTunes library and do my thang. But because I’m jacking her hard drive space, I’ve downloaded less, ripped less things into iTunes, and ultimately, less albums onto my iPod. Less consumption.
I’m just getting around to listening to the new LCD Soundsystem record. I’ve not downloaded that National single, nor have I listened to the Panda Bear album. I mean, I’m still enjoying the new Air album and OMG that’s like 3 weeks old!!!!!!!!!!!
In the end this is probably a good thing. Re-train my brain to enjoy listening to music pre-internet, when I actually remembered song titles and lyrics.
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March 23, 2007 – 11:30 am | Written by David A. Cobb
You can now pre-order Wilco’s upcoming Sky Blue Sky from MusicToday. T-shirts and a double vinyl set (which includes the CD) are also available.
Check out the good here.
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March 22, 2007 – 12:44 pm | Written by robert duffy
The A.V. Club: So, answer the CMJ suits: Why not go to a bigger label?
Ted Leo: There’s three things I have to say about that. The first one is “Because, fuck them.” That’s been my whole life—just fuck this whole world. The second thing is that I actually have thought about it, and I think it would be a really bad decision for me. I think someone of my age, and who makes the kind of music that I make—they would have to make their investment in me pay off. Especially with the current state of the major music world, they’d have to completely change my M.O. I would, for better or for worse, wind up alienating, I’m 100 percent sure, a large percentage of the audience I’ve built for the last 20 years. In some ways, you want to be able to retain your freedom to do whatever you want, so also fuck the naysayers if that ever happened, but at the same time, I know why they’d be upset. Because I grew up a punk kid who felt the same way. I just don’t think it would work, on any front.
Read the full interview here.
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March 21, 2007 – 10:17 pm | Written by daily links
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March 20, 2007 – 12:18 pm | Written by robert duffy
You can stream new albums by Ted Leo, El-P, LCD Soundsytem and more over at Spinner.
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March 16, 2007 – 8:15 am | Written by robert duffy
Keep up with our SXSW coverage over on the SXSW blog.
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March 8, 2007 – 6:18 pm | Written by robert duffy
A lot of details to be posted on Pitchfork tomorrow. Confirmed bands so far:
Girl Talk
Powerhouse Sound
Cat Power
Clipse
Grizzly Bear
Professor Murder
Jamie Lidell
Of Montreal
…and more!
– This time it’s three days long. July 13-15 (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday). The location remains the same — Union Park, Chicago, IL — and the tickets will go on sale this Monday (March 12) at 12pm CST.
Since the festival has added a third night to the event (!), prices will be as follows:
$45 for a 3-day pass
$35 for a Saturday/Sunday 2-day pass
$25 per day for Saturday & Sunday
$15 for Friday only
There will be a limited number of 2-day and 3-day passes for sale, which are not expected to last long.
- Pitchfork teaming up with “All Tomorrow’s Parties” for this event.
- More details on http://pitchforkmusicfestival.com
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March 5, 2007 – 12:02 pm | Written by Tankboy
I LOVE The Secret Machines. I dig the bombastic space-groove of their last two discs, and was blown away by their live show at last year’s Lollapalooza (anyone that can pull off that sort of spectacle in full daylight — including a full light show — deserves mucho respect).
I was excited to learn that the group was to enter the studio this Spring, but was stunned to learn the band would be doing so as a two-piece when I read the following from vocalist/keyboardist Brandon Curtis!
I am writing to make a couple of announcements. First of all I want to let everybody know that The Secret Machines have begun work on our third album. We expect to begin recording sometime in the beginning of May. Unfortunately, I also must share that after 7 and 1/2 years of playing music together Benjamin has decided to no longer be a part of the band. It is a sad day but also an exciting one as he prepares to focus full time on his new creative venture, School of Seven Bells. He has told me that he expects to be finished with a new record very soon as well as there being plans in the works to play some shows here in New York debuting the band. Of course Josh and I wish him all the best.
The (obvious) downside? Benjamin Curtis’ guitar work is pretty integral to the band’s sound. I suppose the parts are played by both brothers in the studio, but he’ll still be missed. The upswing? Maybe now i’ll have two awesome bands to choose from!
Thanks to Irene for the tip!
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