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6 feb portland maine state theatre general on-sale nov 18th
7 feb boston massachusetts orpheum theatre general on-sale nov 11th
9 feb new york ny theater at madison square garden general on-sale nov 11th
10 feb atlantic city new jersey borgata music box general on-sale dec 3rd
12 feb cleveland ohio playhouse square centre – allen theatre general on-sale dec 2nd
13 feb columbus ohio promo west pavillion general on-sale nov 18th
14 feb nashville tennessee ryman auditorium general on-sale nov 18th
16 feb cincinnati ohio taft theatre general on-sale nov 12th
17 feb louisville kentucky palace theatre general on-sale nov 12th
18 feb grand rapids michigan calvin college fine arts center general on-sale tbd
20 feb indianapolis indiana murat theatre general on-sale nov 12th
21 feb st louis missouri the pageant general on-sale nov 18th
22 feb kansas city missouri uptown theater general on-sale nov 22nd
23 feb denver colorado paramount theatre general on-sale dec 3rd
25 feb houston texas verizon wireless theater general on-sale nov 12th
26 feb austin texas performing arts center general on-sale nov 19th
27 feb dallas texas bass performance hall general on-sale tbd

Have you seen the new video by Sigur Ros? It makes me…. uncomfortable. But I love it. Make with the clicky.

Bands looking for press over the past 9 years were wise to send their CDs to Splendid, an on-line music ‘zine that promised to review everything that came through the doors. As the site’s popularity increased, so did the amount of music that was sent to the home headquarters and the site has finally felt the effect of making the promise to review every CD they got.

On December 31, 2005, Splendid will close up shop. The ‘zines publisher, George Zahora, is currently weighing some options and may move forward with a new on-line ‘zine in 2006, one that WON’T review every CD that comes in. If/when that site launches, we’ll let you know.

Colin Meloy (lead singer of Decemberists) is going on a solo tour in January with Laura Viers opening. Here’s the dates:

1/18/06 seattle, wa – showbox
1/19/06 portland, or – aladdin theater
1/20/06 san francisco, ca – great american music hall
1/21/06 los angeles, ca – el rey theatre
1/23/06 chicago, il – park west
1/25/06 boston, ma – paradise rock club
1/26/06 new york, ny – town hall
1/27/06 philadelphia, pa – theatre of living arts
1/28/06 alexandria, va – birchmere

This is a recording of their last date of their tour in Japan. I booked Damon and Naomi’s Columbus show back in April and it really was one of the best shows I’ve seen this year. I can’t wait to get this DVD.

We put together a set list that reflected the group we had assembled — the band’s choice of our touring material, from the new album and otherwise; plus a song by Ghost (“Awake in a Muddle”); a song by Kurihara drawn from his remarkable solo album (“The Wind’s Twelve Quarters”); and, for the encore with Mikami Kan, an improvised medley of our song that is dedicated to him (“Ueno Station”) with a traditional Japanese “enka” tune that he recorded on one of our favorite albums of his (“Sendou Kouta”). At the end, because the crowd asked for a second encore, and because we always get a bit sentimental in Japan, we played the Galaxie 500 song “Blue Thunder.”

The DVD is limited to 400 copies and is only available on their website. Tracklisting:

1 – New York City
2 – House of Glass
3 – Turn of the Century
4 – Song to the Siren (Tim Buckley)
5 – Awake in a Muddle (Masaki Batoh)
6 – Beautiful Close Double
7 – The Robot Speaks
8 – The Wind’s Twelve Quarters (Michio Kurihara/You Ishihara)
9 – A Second Life
10 – Araçá Azul (Caetano Veloso)/ The Earth Is Blue
11 – Ueno Station/Sendou Kouta(trad.)*
12 -Blue Thunder (Galaxie 500)

Due to the immense amount of money brought in by Lollopalooza this year, as well as other rock shows on public Park District controlled grounds, the City of Chicago has suddenly warmed to the idea of more rock shows in the near future. As Jim DeRogoatis notes in today’s Chicago Sun-Times:

Revenue from the revitalized Lollapalooza in Grant Park, the Rolling Stones at Soldier Field and 20 summer concerts that drew 100,000 people to Northerly Island generated $2.2 million for Park District coffers.

This is good news for residents’ wallets, since the strategy helps forestall a tax increase. But it’s even better news for music lovers, since we may get to hear more of the sounds we love in the parks we help fund. (full story)

Hey, we ain’t complaining…no tax increase and more rock shows? Bring it on!

Hopefully it doesn’t feature any songs off their last album.

THINKFilm has acquired world rights to the Beastie Boys concert film Awesome: I F*ckin’ Shot That, reports Variety. Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch directed the movie under his pseudonym Nathaniel Hornblower. He also produced with Jon Doran.

The project was shot at an October 9 Madison Square Garden show in New York by handing out 50 cameras to audience members in the sellout crowd. The movie includes audience perspectives from 50 camera angles. (credz)

• Madonna vs. M.I.A. – UR Hung Up
  Really good mash-up
  (tags: music mp3)
• NASA’s New Mission Or Answering David Bowie Once and For All
  Singer of Celebrity Pilots writes essay about his day job – working for NASA
  (tags: music science tech technology nasa)

Seems like there’s always one or two bands out there Trent isn’t afraid to speak his mind about. From a Rolling Stone interview:

Six years ago, you said in Rolling Stone that rock & roll “has taken a big shit.” How do you feel now?

Well, we’ve managed to put rap rock — or, sorry, new metal — back where it belongs, as a forgotten footnote. I’m a bit more optimistic now, but in the alternative-rock world I see a lot of hype over substance. I think Radiohead are great, and Arcade Fire — I saw them live and couldn’t believe how good it was. On the other hand, there’s a band like Franz Ferdinand — all the cool people say they’re good, but it sounds like I’m getting bullshitted by somebody. That’s just my take. (full interview)

Here’s a few links I’ve recently collected for you. Halloween tricks and treats, if you will:

• NME has new info on the upcoming Belle and Sebastian release. [credz]
  
• Here’s a good NPR story about real stores trying to compete against joints like Amazon.com.

• Apple sold 1 million videos in the first 20 days. Crikey.