MP3: Nada Surf – Electrocution (Bill Fox cover)

Donewaiting has been a big fan of Nada Surf since forever, and our recent obsession with Cleveland’s Bill Fox pretty much makes this track required posting. It’s off Nada Surf’s upcoming covers album, if i had a hi-fi, which will only be available at shows for a while, then released officially on June 8 via Mardev Records (the band’s own label). The trio chose songs by Depeche Mode, The Moody Blues, Arthur Russell, Spoon… a real mix. Looking forward to it.

Album art, full track list and tour dates after the jump (no Columbus date; all three NY shows sold out) (more…)

Just in time for the holidays!

Oh man, this his all the right notes. Limited to 1,000. MP3 codes, and it even includes their first record High/Low which was released on Elektra. And priced at $100 it makes it worth the value. Pre-order it here.

Deluxe career-spanning vinyl box set includes:

* All five full-length studio LPs including Elektra debut high/low (available on vinyl exclusively in this box set), the proximity effect, let go, the weight is a gift, and lucky.

* Repressing of the band’s long out-of-print debut 7″ single the plan/telescope.

* 24-page full-color 12″x12″ booklet which includes lyrics for all of the LPs, exclusive photos and tour poster reproductions.

* Single-use full-album MP3 download codes for the proximity effect, let go, the weight is a gift, and lucky. PLUS a very special bonus download folder with 16 b-sides and rarities!!!

* Box set is numbered and strictly limited to 1000 copies worldwide.

The band is also on tour:

November:

21 Denton, TX – Hailey’s #%
22 Austin, TX – Emo’s #%
24 Oklahoma City, OK – Bricktown Ballroom #%
25 Little Rock, AR – Juanita’s #%
28 Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Music Café #%
29 Chicago, IL – Metro #%

December:

2 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club #%
4 Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero#%
5 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club #%
6 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom #&
7 New York, NY – Webster Hall#*
8 Hoboken, NJ – Maxwell’s %$

# w/ Delta Spirit
% w/ The Jealous Girlfriends
& w/ Gramercy Arms
* w/ Bear Hands
$ w/ Mary Kate O’Neil

MP3: See These Bones by Nada Surf

Proud new papa Clint Reno made two great Nada Surf/Sea Wolf posters that are now for sale. You can buy them separately or as a pair. Click here for ordering info.

Nada Surf kicked off their fall tour last night in Columbus with Sea Wolf. Both bands sounded great and the place was packed (much to the chagrin of a lot of people there).

Nada Surf’s set list leaned heavily towards “Let Go,” which was fine by me — it’s one of my all time favorite albums. While “The Weight is a Gift” didn’t immediately grab me when it came out, it’s been a bit of a slow burner, slowly becoming an essential part of my music collection.

I was a little worried that the Sea Wolf crowd would leave after their set, but thankfully I was wrong. Both bands earned new fans last night, and I give an A+ to the booking agents who put this tour together. If Wilco wasn’t playing in town tonight, I probably would make my way down to Cincinnati to catch their next show together.

Here’s a bunch of photos of both bands by Kim Rottmayer

Nada Surf

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Nada Surf and Sea Wolf are doing a small tour together, stopping Monday in Columbus at the Basement. While Nada Surf is headliners (as they should be), it’ll be interesting to see what happens with the crowd after Sea Wolf’s set – their single “I’m a Wolf” is getting huge play in town, and they were part of CD101’s big summer show a few months back.

The last time Nada Surf played Columbus was for “Let Go,” election day 2004. It was one of the best and worst sets I’ve ever seen – and the band had nothing to do with it. While their music was great, it was overshadowed by the TV screen showing George Bush winning re-election.

Anyway, Nada Surf has released a song from their new album, out in February: See These Bones

Also, Sea Wolf has a new video for “Winter Windows” that can be seen over here.