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After a busy year of touring the States and Europe, Calexico has
announced several new tour dates in December to round out the year!
Dec 2 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre (w/ Annuals)
Dec 3 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad (w/ Annuals)
Dec 4 – Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theatre (w/ Annuals)
Dec 5 – Tempe, AZ @ The Clubhouse (w/ Annuals)
Dec 8 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore (supporting Los Lobos)
Dec 9 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore (supporting Los Lobos)

The Tucson show on December 2nd continues Calexico’s annual tradition of throwing a year-end hometown benefit concert. A portion of the proceeds will go to KXCI, a local community sponsored radio station.
Proceeds will also go to Humane Borders, who along with other organizations like No More Deaths and Border Angels, offers humanitarian assistance to those in need through more than 70 emergency water stations on and near the U.S.- Mexican border, ultimately trying to quell the hundreds of deaths every year in the Arizona desert due to dehydration.

Legendary live performers Widespread Panic have announced the release of Earth to Atlanta November 14, 2006 on Sanctuary/ Widespread Records. The two DVD set was filmed at the kick off of this year’s Widespread Panic tour, set at the historical Fox Theatre in Atlanta. In a groundbreaking move, Widespread Panic simulcast the concert live to 115 Regal/Edwards/United Artists cinemas nationwide. For the first time ever, over 60,000 ticket holding fans across the country were given the ability to experience the evening live with Panic without actually having to travel to Atlanta.

A companion piece to Widespread Panic’s critically acclaimed 2006 CD release Earth to America, the set offers a unique visual counterpart to the recent studio album. Known for their prodigious live shows, the DVD’s were filmed in stunning High Definition/ 5.1 surround sound in order to capture every nuance of the Widespread Panic live performance. Overall the collection features 26 songs, including classic live versions of “Tall Boy,” “Travelin’ Man,” “Pigeons,” “Time Zones” and “Second Skin.”

Ten White Stripes tracks have been given new orchestralral readings for an album dubbed “Aluminium,” due Nov. 6 internationally via XL Recordings. A North American release date has yet to be announced.

White was not involved in the project, which was spearheaded by XL head Richard Russell. “I’ve grown up on popular music, but in the last couple of years I’ve begun to appreciate classical music, and for some reason I’ve often thought of the White Stripes when I’ve heard it: the hypnotic, repetitious, enigmatic nature of it,” he says.

Working with composer Jody Talbot, Russell drafted a “specially assembled orchestra comprising many of the U.K.’s finest young classical musicians” to perform tracks like “The Hardest Button to Button,” “I’m Bound To Pack It Up,” “Let’s Build a Home” and “Forever for Her (Is Over for Me).” Four Tet has remixed the latter cut but it has not yet been revealed how that version will be released.

“Aluminium” will only be available through the project’s Web site in a limited run of 3,333 CDs and 999 vinyl albums, the latter edition of which will include a silkscreen print by artist Rob Jones. The album will also be sold in digital form.

Here is the track list for “Aluminium”:

“Aluminum”
“I’m Bound To Pack It Up”
“Why Cant You Be Nicer To Me?”
“Astro”
“Never Far Away”
“Little Bird”
“Let’s Build a Home”
“Who’s a Big Baby?”
“The Hardest Button to Button”
“Forever for Her (Is Over for Me)”

Source billboard.com.

The multimedia madness of The Mutaytor will be lighting up stages across the Western U.S. over the next month and a half.
The experimental troupe recently performed at the Download Festival in Mountain View, Calif., and has dates planned in the Pacific Northwest for early October. A seven-night residency at Universal Studios Hollywood will follow, with the group promising one of its largest productions yet.
After gigs in Las Vegas and San Francisco, The Mutaytor will perform at Music Box @ Fonda in Los Angeles, taping the November 17 performance for its debut DVD.
The group numbers more than 30 members, including bassist John Avila, percussionist Steve Reid, the Dub Psi Lab, a three-piece horn section and teams of acrobats and fire dancers on a stage set that includes more than 100 drums.

Source pollstar.com.

With ‘Thirteen,’ Tony Furtado fulfills the immense promise of his 2004 breakthrough ‘These Chains,’ his initial foray into songwriting and singing.

‘Thirteen,’ set for January 23, 2007 release on Funzalo Records, reveals Furtado as an artist with a great deal on his mind and a full arsenal of skills with which to express his thoughts and feelings.
Recorded to 16-track, two-inch analog tape during the summer of 2005 at Tucson’s Wavelab Studios (a favorite venue for Calexico, Neko Case, M. Ward, Iron & Wine and other cult heroes), the album features an all-star cast including keyboardists Sean Slade (whose production credits include Uncle Tupelo and Radiohead) and Jim Dickinson (producer of the seminal Ry Cooder albums that inspired Furtado to take up the slide guitar, plus Big Star and the Replacements), bassist Dusty Wakeman (whose resume includes three previous Furtado LPs, Dwight Yoakam, Lucinda Williams and Anne McCue), drummer Winston Watson (who has played with Dylan and Giant Sand) and Wavelab’s own Craig Schumacher (Calexico, Case, Iron & Wine), who produced and engineered.

The Nirvana concert film “Live! Tonight! Sold Out!” will make its DVD debut Nov. 7 via Geffen. Originally issued on VHS in 1994, the release was conceived by Kurt Cobain as a way to anthologize Nirvana’s quick ascent to rock superstardom but was not completed until after his 1994 suicide.

The bulk of the DVD features live footage from the band’s 1991-92 tour in support of “Nevermind,” highlighted by versions of “Breed,” “Drain You,” “Dive” and “Aneurysm.” According to the label, the footage has been color-corrected and digitally remastered; previously unreleased bonus performances will be included but details have yet to be announced.

Source: billboard

Virgin/EMI Music Catalog Marketing will release Five Men In A Hut (A’s, B’s & Rarities: 1998-2004), a career-spanning 2-CD set chronicling internationally acclaimed British rock band Gomez

Apple Corps Ltd/Capitol Records proudly announces the release of “Love,” the new CD from The Beatles, due November 2006.

After being asked by the remaining Beatles, Ringo and Paul along with Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison, to make experimental mixes from the original master tapes for a collaboration with Cirque du Soleil, Sir George Martin, The Beatles legendary producer, and his son Giles Martin have been working with the entire archive of Beatles recordings to create “Love.” The result is an unprecedented approach to the music. Using the master tapes at EMI

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Irish Singer/songwriter Damien Rice has set a Nov. 14 release date for his sophomore effort, “9.” To be issued on Vector/Warner Brothers and Rice’s own music imprint Heffa, the 10-track set is the follow-up to 2003’s “O.”

Rice recorded and produced “9” himself and also created the album’s artwork. A handful of new tracks were previewed during a stint opening for Fiona Apple this summer.

Here is the track list for “9”:

“9 Crimes”
“The Animals Were Gone”

“Elephant”
“Rootless Tree”
“Dogs”
“Coconut Skins”
“Me, My Yoke and I”
“Grey Room”
“Accidental Babies”
“Sleep Don’t Weep”

Source billboard.com.

The Slip have signed to the acclaimed Bar/None Records (Architecture in Helsinki, Evan Dando, Yo La Tengo, They Might Be Giants) – and will be releasing their new studio album ‘Eisenhower’ into the world on Nov. 7th with the warm fuzzy pride of new parents. Co-Produced by The Slip and Matthew Ellard (Elliot Smith, Billy Bragg & Wilco, Morphine) and with additional engineering by good friend and fellow Montre-alien Drew Malamud (Stars, Metric, The Dears), ‘Eisenhower’ easily stands as the most cohesive and evocative work The Slip has released to date.

The band will tour with My Morning Jacket and The Lovely Feathers this fall.

For more info see: theslip.com

Jim James of My Morning Jacket will be opening for singer-songwriter legend John Prine for four dates in Californiam, leading up to a solo appearance at Vegoose on Sunday October 29. James’ solo dats are listed below.

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On October 24, Rounder Records/Zo

Atlantic recording group Jet has been forced to cancel two upcoming shows as lead singer Nic Cester has acute laryngitis. Doctors have ordered Cester to rest for four to five days. The cancelled dates – Philadelphia tonight, September 29th, as well as Toronto on Sunday, October 1st-will be rescheduled sometime in November. The rest of the band will still travel to Toronto for scheduled press and promotional activity. Jet’s tour will resume Tuesday, October 3rd in Los Angeles, where the band is scheduled to perform on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. “Shine On,” Jet’s much-anticipated follow-up to 2003’s RIAA platinum-plus debut, “Get Born,” is set to land in stores on October 3rd.

A band statment notes: “In Australia, we say, ‘I am absolutely gutted’, when the gravity of the situation is overwhelming. After all the work we’ve done on ‘Shine On’ and on making this tour something special, all of us are very disappointed with the news of Nic’s laryngitis. Canceling shows is not something we take lightly at all. We had to make the tough decision this afternoon to cancel shows in both Philadelphia and Toronto-two cities we have played and loved playing in on numerous occasions. We promise to make these shows up as soon as Nic is recovered and we’re back on the East Coast. Once again, our sincerest apologies to all of our fans. When we return, it will of course be with a vengeance.” -Chris Cester, Nic Cester, Mark Wilson, Cameron Muncey and Stevie Hesketh

The Rhythm Devils have just confirmed that Jen Durkin will join the group on their upcoming trek in October. Jen aka Pipes will lead the group through new originals such as ‘Fountains of Wood’ and ‘The Center’ as well as the Grateful Dead songbook. The Rhythm Devils which consist of Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Mike Gordon, and Steve Kimock have also launched a new website – rhythmdevils.net – where fans can find mp3’s of the new songs and a version of “The Other One” from the August run with Mike Gordon on vocals.

Their fall run kicks off in Harrisburg on October 17.

See rhythmdevils.net for more details and tour info

The Disco Biscuits and Diamond Riggs Records newest live release, Rocket 3, is the entire third set of the Biscuits 2004 New Years Eve performance in New York City. Highly regarded by both the fans and the band alike, this limited-edition three song collection is as much a nod to the past as it is a glimpse into the future. Featuring an awe-inspiring 30 minute version of “Magellan” and a “Frog Legs” that segues nicely into the second half of “Crickets”, this CD is most certainly all about the improvisation. As a bonus, the “Hope” encore is included on the CD.

These tracks, originally considered for release on the April 2006 double live album The Wind at Four to Fly (Diamond Riggs Records / SCI Fidelity) were moved to the cutting room floor when it was decided that a 70 minute 2 and a 1/2 song CD would not be well received at retail. However, the CD has received new life as a result of the many requests from Disco Biscuits fans that this be released in the crystal clear quality that can be expected of all Diamond Riggs live CD’s.

The band has decided to answer that call as a show of fan appreciation. Though the official release date in stores is November 14th, the CD will be available through a pre-order on www.discobiscuits.com and as well at all of the shows on Fall Tour, starting with the Halloween Bash at the Orpheum in Boston.

All shows from the forthcoming tour will be available for sale as downloads a few days after the show at livedownloads.com/bisco

Fresh off a 2 week tour of the west coast, Jeremy Enigk is now all set to tour the midwest and southeast in November with Cursive on the last leg of their U.S. tour for Happy Hollow. Enigk is on the road for his second solo album, World Waits, which will be released October 17th via Lewis Hollow Records.

Tour Dates with Cursive:

November
03 Colorado Springs, CO – The Black Sheep
09 Omaha, NE – Sokol Auditorium
11 Columbia, MO – The Blue Note
12 Memphis, TN – Young Avenue Deli
13 Birmingham, AL – Bottle Tree
14 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
16 Charlottesville, VA – Satellite Ballroom
17 Charlotte, NC – Tremont Music Hall
18 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
20 Tallahassee, FL – The Moon
21 Gainesville, FL – Reitz Union Ballroom
22 Orlando, FL – The Club at Firestone
24 Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
25 Austin, TX – Emo’s
26 Dallas, TX – Gypsy Ballroom

Tuesday, October 3 from 6 am to midnight ET, Trey Anastasio Will host Trey Day, Vol. 2 on SIRIUS Satellite Radio, during which he will host as a SIRIUS DJ for 18 consecutive hours. Trey will choose and host all of the music selections, including music from his new CD being released October 3, Bar 17 (Red Ink), and, for the first time, will perform acoustic versions of some of them.

Anastasio previously hosted an entire Trey Day on Jam On / channel 17 in November 2005, upon the release of his last solo album, Shine. For Trey Day, Vol. 2, the acclaimed artist will also air never-before-heard recordings of original versions of Phish songs, some recorded in his father

Wolfmother has cut short its current U.S. tour after bassist/keyboardist Chris Ross’ partner gave birth a month early to a son in Sydney. The band played in Pittsburgh on Friday and at the Virgin Festival in Baltimore on Saturday (Sept. 23), forcing Ross to endure a 23-hour flight back to Australia on short notice.

The turn of events has necessitated the postponement of a Virgin Records in-store today in Chicago as well as a show on Thursday in Hollywood, which will be made up on Dec. 12. A Friday appearance in San Diego will not be rescheduled; refunds are available from points of purchase. Also scrapped is a Saturday set at the Download Festival at Shoreline Amphitheatre outside San Francisco.

Wolfmother had already planned to spend October at home in Australia before resuming North American roadwork Nov. 21 in Philadelphia. That tour will be preceded by a brief European run earlier in the month.

Source billboard.com.

Two months after dropping off a co-headlining tour with Guster, Ray LaMontagne has announced a new round of theatre concerts.
LaMontagne will travel the U.S. for more than five weeks starting November 9 at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. He’ll head up the coast, making a single Canadian stop in Vancouver, and then cover the Midwest, South and East Coast.
The tour will wrap December 18 at a different Orpheum Theatre – in Boston.
Two concerts at London’s Union Chapel are scheduled prior to the U.S. tour, and LaMontagne will be back in the U.K. for a lengthy tour in January and February.
The Maine-based musician released a new album, Till The Sun Turns Black, in late August. The disc is the follow-up to his 2004 debut, Trouble.
LaMontagne toured with Guster for several weeks this summer but announced in late July that he would not be on board for the second leg, due to “unforeseen conflicts in his schedule.”

Source pollstar.com.