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Velour Music Group has announced fall tour dates for Kaki King in support of her third album, …Until We Felt Red, out August 8th. The tour kicks off September 7th at New York’s Knitting Factory and wraps up October 23rd at the Paradise in Boston.

On tour, Kaki will reveal a whole new side of her musicianship. Known as the it-girl of instrumental acoustic guitar since the release of her 2003 debut, Everybody Loves You, this New York-based musician has taken a new path with Red, ditching her acoustic for an electric, adding a lap steel and perhaps the most unexpected instrument of all: her own voice. In addition, the formerly solo musician recently enlisted a band to join her live performances, drummer Matt Hankle (who also performs with Blue Man Group) and local keyboardist Dave Archer.

Kaki will also be touring under the umbrella of the fourth annual Yellow Umbrella Tour, a concert series created by cervical cancer survivor and musician Christine Baze. Baze will support King on all dates, performing as well as educating the audience about cervical cancer’s causes and prevention. A portion of proceeds from the tour will go to Popsmear.org, a non-profit organization created by the Boston-based Base to raise awareness about cervical cancer, a disease that strikes 10,370 women each year in the U.S., second only to breast cancer.

Kaki King’s fall tour dates with the Yellow Umbrella Tour are as follows:

Sept. 7: New York, NY @ The Knitting Factory
Sept. 8: Philadelphia, PA@ North by Northwest
Sept. 9: Charlottesville, VA @ Starr Hill Music Hall
Sept. 10: Falls Church, VA @ The State Theatre
Sept. 12: Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theatre
Sept. 13: Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
Sept. 14: Birmingham, AL @ Zydeco
Sept. 15: New Orleans, LA @ Republic
Sept. 16: Baton Rouge, LA @ Chelsea’s
Sept. 17: Houston, TX @ Meridian Red Room
Sept. 19: Dallas, TX @ Gypsy Tea Room
Sept. 21: Austin, TX @ Stubb’s
Sept. 25: Los Angeles, CA @ The Knitting Factory
Sept. 26: Santa Cruz, CA @ The Attic
Sept. 27: San Francisco @ The Independent
Oct. 1: Seattle, WA @ The Triple Door
Oct. 2: Vancouver, BC @The Yale
Oct. 4: Missoula, MT @ The Other Side
Oct. 6: Boulder, CO @ Triology Lounge
Oct. 7: Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theatre
Oct. 9: Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
Oct. 10: Ames, IA @ Iowa State University
Oct. 11: Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theatre
Oct. 12: Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
Oct. 13: Champaign, IL @ The Hi Dive
Oct. 14: Chicago, IL @ Schuba’s
Oct. 15: Ann Arbor, MI @ The Ark
Oct. 17: Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
Oct. 19: Toronto, ON Canada @El Mocambo
Oct. 20: Montreal, QC @Main Hall
Oct. 21: Burlington, VT @Higher Ground
Oct. 22: Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse Music Hall
Oct. 23: Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club

Fisherman, farmers and chefs, foresters, stilters, marching bands, economists and Everyone Orchestra will converge in the living room of Portland

Cameron Strang, president of New West Records, announced the signing of Grammy award-winning artist Steve Earle. Earle plans to enter the studio this fall and his label debut will be released in the first half of 2007. New West is also sponsoring “The Steve Earle Show” on Air America.

“Signing Steve Earle is an honor. Steve is an artist in the truest sense of the word and is one of the finest songwriters America has ever produced. He is a passionate performer, writer and an activist who stands up for what he believes in. Everyone here at New West is thrilled to have the privilege to work with him and we look forward to great success,” says Strang on the signing.

This will mark Earle’s first album of all-new material since 2004’s Grammy winning The Revolution Starts…Now and the longest he’s gone between records in over a decade. Never one to remain idle, Earle’s been busy with various other projects including producing a record for his wife (Allison Moorer), hosting a radio show on Air America, touring, and writing his first novel. In addition, his play, Karla, made it’s New York debut.

Twenty years ago, Earle broke into the music scene with a #1 country record, Guitar Town, and he has sold over 10 million albums worldwide. His broad collection of work includes such critically acclaimed albums as Copperhead Road, Train a Comin’, I Feel Alright, El Corazon, The Mountain and Transcendental Blues. His most recent work Jerusalem and The Revolution Starts…Now represents his outspoken political side.

He is co-managed by Danny Goldberg at Gold Village Entertainment and Burt Stein at Gold Mountain and is booked by Frank Riley at High Road Touring.

“When we were releasing Steve’s records on Artemis I always admired the way that New West handled their artists and felt they were kindred spirits. Being able to work with Red again and to engage the extraordinary New West team will make this is an exciting new chapter in Steve’s career,” says Danny Goldberg.

New West Records LLC is a nine year old, wholly independent record label distributed in the United States by RED Distribution. In the past 12 months, the label has had 6 releases debut in the Top 200. With 109 releases to date, the roster includes Dwight Yoakam, Delbert McClinton, John Hiatt, Kris Kristofferson, The Flatlanders, Tim Easton, Vic Chesnutt, Drive-By Truckers, Randall Bramblett, Stephen Bruton, the Old 97’s, Ben Lee, Buddy & Julie Miller and Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion. With offices in Los Angeles and Austin TX, the company is staffed by a unique blend of music and business specialists. New West Records also exclusively represents PBS television program Austin City Limits.

Singer/songwriter Joseph Arthur will kick off a fall North American tour Sept. 25 in Philadelphia. The outing comes in support of his new album, “Nuclear Daydream,” due Sept. 19 via his new Lonely Astronaut imprint.

Arthur will also make several TV appearances in the coming weeks, beginning Sunday (Aug. 13) on A&E’s “Breakfast With the Arts,” where he will perform two new songs and sit for an interview with KCRW’s Nic Harcourt. He will also appear Oct. 10 on CBS’ “The Late Show With David Letterman” and Oct. 17 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson.”

The artist has recently been decamped in Los Angeles while working on another new album, which is expected to be released next year. The sessions have featured contributions from multi-instrumentalist Mathias Schneeberger and Twilight Singers leader Greg Dulli.

Before the headlining dates, Arthur will perform alongside Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and many others at the Osheaga festival, to be held Sept. 2-3 in Montreal. On Oct. 28, Arthur will perform at the Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans, where he previously lived. Fans can download his tribute to the Crescent City, “Last Train to Ithaca,” from his Web site.

Here are Joseph Arthur’s tour dates:

Sept. 2: Montreal (Parc Jean Drapeau; Osheaga Festival)
Sept. 25: Philadelphia (World Cafe Live)
Sept. 26: Hoboken, N.J. (Maxwell’s)
Sept. 27: New York (Bowery Ballroom)
Sept. 28: Boston (Paradise)
Sept. 30: Toronto (Mod Club)
Oct. 2: Detroit (Magic Bag)
Oct. 3: Cincinnati (20th Century)
Oct. 4: Chicago (Double Door)
Oct. 5: Indianapolis (Birdy’s)
Oct. 6: Minneapolis (Fine Line)
Oct. 7: Lawrence, Kan. (Bottleneck)
Oct. 8: Denver (Bluebird)
Oct. 11: Vancouver (Red Room)
Oct. 12: Seattle (Crocodile Cafe)
Oct. 13: Portland, Ore. (Doug Fir)
Oct. 15: San Francisco (Du Nord)
Oct. 17: Los Angeles (El Rey Theatre)
Oct. 19: San Diego (House of Blues)
Oct. 20: Phoenix (Clubhouse)
Oct. 22: Norman, Okla. (Oplolis)
Oct. 23: Dallas (Gypsy Tea Room)
Oct. 24: Houston (Meridien)
Oct. 25: Austin, Texas (Parish)
Oct. 28: New Orleans (Voodoo Music Experience)
Oct. 29: Nashville (3rd & Lyndsey)
Oct. 30: Atlanta (the Loft)
Nov. 1: Annapolis, Md. (Ram’s Head)
Nov. 3: Brooklyn, N.Y. (North Six)

Source billboard.com.

Galactic has announced their “Left Coast Run.” Set to begin on October 17th in Chico, California, the tour will span the West Coast before winding up in the band’s hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana for their Halloween night party at Tipitina’s Uptown. Galactic’s own Stanton Moore will pull double duty on the West Coast, supporting the dates with his powerhouse trio which features New Orleans organist extraordinaire Brian Coogan and Bay Area guitarist Will Bernard. This tour will include visits to San Diego’s and LA’s House of Blues, the Catalyst in Santa Cruz and San Fran’s Fillmore. As part of the “Left Coast Run” Galactic will also visit sunny Las Vegas to perform at this year’s Vegoose Music Festival to be held on October 28th and 29th at the Sam Boyd Stadium.

Tour dates are as follows:

October 17, 2006 – Bell Memorial Union – Chico, CA

October 19, 2006 – House of Blues – San Diego, CA

October 20, 2006 – Galaxy Theatre – Santa Ana, CA

October 21, 2006 – House of Blues – West Hollywood, CA

October 22, 2006 – Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ

October 25, 2006 – Mystic Theatre – Petaluma, CA

October 26, 2006 – Harlow’s Night Club – Sacramento, CA

October 27, 2006 – The Catalyst – Santa Cruz, CA

October 28, 2006 – The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA

October 29, 2006 – Vegoose Music Festival – Las Vegas, NV

October 31, 2006 – Tipitina’s Uptown – New Orleans, LA

The initial lineup for VEGOOSE 2006 has been announced and will take place over the course of Halloween Weekend on October 28 & 29 at Las Vegas’ Sam Boyd Stadium. The Vegoose at Night Concert Series will be announed shortly, along with a number of other bands who will be playing at the festival.

VEGOOSE 2006 Lineup

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Widespread Panic

The Killers

The Mars Volta

The Keller Williams Incident

The Black Crowes

Fiona Apple

The Raconteurs

Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley

Medeski Martin & Wood

The Roots

The Rhythm Devils feat. Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzman, Mike Gordon & Steve Kimock

G. Love & Special Sauce

Jurassic 5

Galactic

Praxis

Yonder Mountain String Band

Gomez

Built To Spill

Guster

Jim James of My Morning Jacket

Dr. Octagon aka Kool Keith

Band of Horses

Jamie Lidell

The Zutons

For more info see: vegoose.com

Dave Chapelle has quietly scheduled a cross-country tour that will keep him on the road for most of August.
The comedian will wrap his sold-out 15-show residency at San Francisco’s Punch Line August 9, then hightail it to Norfolk, Va., two days later to launch a road trip that will take him through a dozen cities.
He’ll take almost no days off during the next couple of weeks, hitting Pittsburgh, Detroit, Boston and more.
Two shows are booked for Toronto’s Massey Hall, and he’ll wrap the run with another pair of gigs at the Borgata Hotel / Casino in Atlantic City, N.J., August 25-26.
Chappelle toured briefly in February with Mos Def and Erykah Badu opening, and hosted a series of sold-out gigs in Florida this June.
The hit Comedy Central series “Chappelle’s Show” has been on indefinite hiatus since Chappelle left abruptly in April 2005. In an appearance on the Bravo channel’s “Inside The Actors Studio” earlier this year, the comedian said he’s been enjoying getting back to live performance.
“When I’m on stage, I get real happy there,” Chappelle told host James Lipton. “Maybe that’s the only time in my adult life I feel like myself.”

Source pollstar.com.

Wilco percussionist Glenn Kotche and guitarist Nels Cline will hit the road together for a handful of dates this fall, beginning Sept. 18 at Lincoln Center in New York. Kotche will be supporting his most recent release, “Mobile” (Nonesuch), which was released in March. Cline will be supporting material from his last two Cryptogramophone sets, “Instrumentals” and “The Giant Pin” (which featured Jon Brion and Deerhoof drummer Greg Saunier).

Kotche will also be featured at the Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2006 on Sept. 16. Other artists set to perform at the event include Death Cab For Cutie’s Jason McGerr, the Police’s Stewart Copeland, Mastodon’s Brann Dailor and Danny Seraphine.

Meanwhile, work continues on Wilco’s new album. Having just played Lollapalooza in Chicago, Wilco will regroup for three shows in early October; frontman Jeff Tweedy will play solo on Aug. 16 at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh and at the Folks Festival in Lyons, Colo., on Aug. 18.

Source billboard.com.

Frank Black will take a new backing band on the road with him during his headlining tour this fall. Beginning Oct. 1 at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, Ariz., Black will be flanked by guitarist Duane Jarvis, bassist Eric Drew Feldman and drummer Billy Block.

The group is expected to perform material from the Pixies, the Catholics and Black’s two recent studio albums for Back Porch/EMI. Jarvis and Block, alongside other guests like Steve Cropper, the Heartbreakers’ Steve Ferrone and Buddy Miller — were also present on the double-disc “Fast Man Raider Man,” which was released in June.

As previously reported, Black will first play a number of solo dates that bookend his supporting stint with the Foo Fighters. As previously reported, he will also open a pair of dates for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers in late September.

Here are Frank Black’s fall tour dates:

Oct. 1: Tempe, Ariz. (Marquee Theatre)
Oct. 4: Nashville (Mercy Lounge)

Oct. 7: Memphis, Tenn. (New Daisy Theatre)
Oct. 9: Dallas (Gypsy Tea Ballroom)
Oct. 10: Austin, Texas (La Zona Rosa)
Oct. 11: Houston (Meridian)
Oct. 13: Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (House of Blues)
Oct. 14: St. Petersburg, Fla. (State Theatre)
Oct. 15: Savannah, Ga. (Savannah Smiles)
Oct. 16: Atlanta (Roxy Theatre)
Oct. 17: Asheville, N.C. (Orange Peel)
Oct. 18: Baltimore (Sonar)
Oct. 19: Philadelphia (World Cafe Live)
Oct. 20: Brooklyn, N.Y. (Warsaw)
Oct. 22: Washington, D.C. (9:30 Club)
Oct. 23: New York (Irving Plaza)
Oct. 24: Boston (Avalon Ballroom)
Oct. 25: Montreal (Le National)
Oct. 26: Toronto (Opera House)
Oct. 27: Pittsburgh (Mr. Smalls Theatre)
Oct. 28: Louisville, Ky. (Headliners)
Oct. 30: Cleveland (House of Blues)
Oct. 31: Newport, Ky. (Southgate House)
Nov. 1: Chicago (Metro)
Nov. 2: Madison, Wis. (High Noon Saloon)
Nov. 3: Minneapolis (First Avenue)
Nov. 5: Winnipeg, Manitoba (Pantages Theatre)
Nov. 6: Regina, Saskatchewan (Conexus Hall)
Nov. 7: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (The Odeon)
Nov. 9: Edmonton, Alberta (Reds)
Nov. 10: Calgary (MacEwan Ballroom)
Nov. 12: Vancouver (Commodore Ballroom)
Nov. 13: Seattle (Showbox)
Nov. 14: Portland, Ore. (Wonder Ballroom)
Nov. 15: San Francisco (Fillmore)
Nov. 17: West Hollywood, Calif. (House of Blues)
Nov. 18: San Diego (House of Blues)
Nov. 19: Anaheim, Calif. (House of Blues)

Source billboard.com.

Dave Matthews Band will be releasing its first greatest hits compilation “in the near future,” according to an email sent to the band’s newsletter subscribers. “In order to fulfill an obligation to their label,” DMB will compile both studio and live tracks for the set, a release date for which has not been announced.

Via an online poll, fans are being asked for their input on tracks for the as-yet-untitled album, including favorite live performances of a given song.

The hits package is an apparent requirement as part of the new contract DMB signed with RCA in 2004. The group is also at work on a new studio album, which will be the follow-up to 2005’s “Stand Up.”

DMB’s ongoing tour will run through Sept. 23 in Charlottesville, Va. The band will also open an Oct. 20 show in El Paso, Texas, for the Rolling Stones. DMB previously opened some shows for the band in 1998; Matthews’ guest appearance on “Memory Motel” went on to appear on the Stones’ live album “No Security.”

Source billboard.com.

Rock trio Secret Machines will reprise its in-the-round stage setup for its fall tour, which kicks off with an Oct. 2-3 stand at New York’s Irving Plaza. The band will perform on an elevated rounded platform in the center of each venue, in an effort “to have the audience become a bigger part of the musical experience,” according to group member Brandon Curtis.

The group will be out behind its spring Reprise release “Ten Silver Drops,” which debuted at No. 4 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart.

Here are Secret Machines’ tour dates:

Oct. 2-3: New York (Irving Plaza)
Oct. 4: Boston (Avalon)
Oct. 6: South Burlington, Vt. (Higher Ground)
Oct. 7: Philadelphia (TLA)
Oct. 8: Pittsburgh (Mr. Smalls)
Oct. 10: Chicago (Park West)
Oct. 11: Milwaukee (the Rave)
Oct. 12: Minneapolis (First Avenue)
Oct. 13: Iowa City, Iowa (University of Iowa)
Oct. 14: Boulder, Colo. (Fox Theatre)
Oct. 17: Seattle (Showbox)
Oct. 19: Portland, Ore. (Crystal Ballroom)
Oct. 20: San Francisco (Grand Ballroom)
Oct. 21: San Diego (Soma)
Oct. 23-24: Los Angeles (Avalon)
Oct. 27: Dallas (Lizard Lounge)
Oct. 28-29: New Orleans (Voodoo Island)
Oct. 31: Atlanta (Center Stage)
Nov. 3-4: Brooklyn, N.Y. (Warsaw)

Source billboard.com.

“Wetlands Preserved,” the documentary film about the celebrated downtown New York rock club Wetlands (which debuted this past spring) will be featured in the Rhode Island International Film Festival being held this week. In addition to screening the 90 minute film, there will also be a half-hour conversation with Wetlands founder, Larry Bloch, director Dean Budnick and additional guests.

Through accounts of musicians, staffers and clubgoers, “Wetlands Preserved” explores the club’s legend, providing a full account of its rich history for the first time. While the independent nightclub supported new music scenes while also initiating successful activism campaigns, it also emerged over its 13 years as a proving ground and nurturing environment for numerous notable acts who built a fan base and gained renown at the club. Many of these riveting performances appear in “Wetlands Preserved,” which exclusively incorporates music that originated at The Wetlands. In addition to the Dave Matthews Band, Blues Traveler, Phish, and Pearl Jam, “Wetlands Preserved” also features songs from such artists as Ani DiFranco, Sublime, Ben Harper, moe., 311, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, KRS-1, Joan Osborne, Fishbone, Agnostic Front and Michael Franti & Spearhead.

Details: Rhode Island International Film Festival
Where: Columbus Theater, 270 Broadway, Providence, RI 02903
When: Thursday August 10, 6:45PM

Superchunk frontman Mac McCaughan will take his “other” band, Portastatic, out for a round of concerts this September and October.
The new Portastatic album, Be Still Please, will drop October 10, and the group will launch the headlining tour the following day in Philadelphia.

Recent Matador Records signing Jennifer O’Connor will open on the trek, which spans 10 shows in 11 days. They’ll stick to the East Coast and South, wrapping in Atlanta October 21.

Portastatic will perform as a duo – with Margaret White joining McCaughan – on the M. Ward dates, but will expand to a full “rock band” for the October trek.

The group’s new album isn’t its first release of the year: The band released a soundtrack for the film “Who Loves The Sun” in June. It’s Portastatic’s second film score, preceded by 2001’s “Looking For Leonard.”

Source pollstar.com.

About 200 Kiss fans protested in front of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum to demand that the band be inducted into the hall.

Fans, some from as far away as California, carried signs Saturday and had painted their faces in black-and-white to resemble Kiss band members.

Those participating in the half-hour demonstration were upset that the band, formed more than 30 years ago, has not been admitted, even though it has been eligible since the late 1990s.

Artists become eligible for induction 25 years after the release of their first record, according to the museum’s Web site.

“Criteria include the influence and significance of the artist’s contributions to the development and perpetuation of rock and roll,” the site says.

A museum spokesman said it was the first demonstration by fans seeking to have a group inducted.

The foundation that selects inductees is based in New York City, not at the museum.

Source CNN.com.

Heavy Trash, the new project of Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray, will co-headline clubs for six weeks with Canadian country rockers The Sadies.

The tour runs from August 25 to October 8. The two bands will start in Bearsville, N.Y., head down into the deep South, and come back up the coast to wrap at Joe’s Pub in New York City. The itinerary includes three nights in a row in Montreal, with one show at Cafe Campus and two at the El Paso Saloon.

This isn’t the first time the two bands have collaborated: The groups toured together last year, with The Sadies serving as backup band for Spencer and Verta-Ray. Heavy Trash also appeared on The Sadies’ upcoming live album, The Sadies: In Concert Volume 1.

Source pollstar.com.

Following the abrupt departure earlier this week of guitarist George McConnell, Widespread Panic has moved quickly in naming a new member to the band. As posted on the official WSP website:

“Widespread Panic is happy to announce that Jimmy Herring will be joining the band as lead guitarist. Jimmy, who in the past, has toured with The Dead and Aquarium Rescue Unit, said he is extremely excited to join his old friends on stage this fall. The tour will start September 14th with a three day run in New York City at the legendary Radio City Music Hall.”

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Arthur Lee, the eccentric singer/guitarist with influential 1960s rock band Love, has died in a Memphis hospital after a battle with leukemia, his manager said on Friday. He was 61.

“His death comes as a shock to me because Arthur had the uncanny ability to bounce back from everything, and leukemia was no exception,” Mark Linn said in an email to Reuters. “He was confident that he would be back on stage by the fall.”

Lee died on Thursday at about 5 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT) at Methodist University Hospital with his wife Diane at his side, Linn added.

Lee, a Memphis native who referred to himself as “the first so-called black hippie,” formed Love in Los Angeles in 1965, emerging from the same scene as groups like the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, the Doors and the Mamas and Papas.

The first multiracial rock band of the psychedelic era, Love recorded three groundbreaking albums fusing traditional folk rock and blues with symphonic suites and early punk.

Bands as diverse as Led Zeppelin, Echo and the Bunnymen, and Siouxsie and the Banshees cited Love as an influence.

The band’s self-titled 1966 debut yielded the hit single “My Little Red Book,” written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach. The 1967 follow-up, “Da Capo,” was one of the first rock albums to feature a song, “Revelation,” that took up an entire side. “Da Capo” featured Love’s only other Top 40 hit, “Seven & Seven Is.”

The group’s third release, 1967’s “Forever Changes,” which boasted adventurous horn and string arrangements, is considered Love’s bold response to the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s” album. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it at No. 40 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Source CNN.com.

The Disco Biscuits have announced Camp Bisco V’s artist lineup. Joining them on the bill will be The Roots, Thievery Corporation (DJ set), Shpongle (Simon Posford) Twisted, UK, Brazilian Girls, The ITCH featuring John Medeski (MMW), Eric Krasno (Soulive), and Eric Deitch, RJD2, The New Deal, The Benevento Russo Duo, Younger Brother (Hallucinogen, Sphongle/Prometheus) Twisted, UK, Perpetual Groove, The Juan McLean, Brothers Past, Lotus, Pnuma Trio, Benzos, Burndown All-Stars, Psylab, Infradig, Future Rock (Performing the music of Aphex Twin), Orchard Lounge, Elemental Harmonics, Moonbox, Moving Matter, Japhy Ryder, Mike Myers-local 13/XM RADIO, Adam Deitch Project.

Camp Bisco V will take place on August 25 and 26 at Hunter Mountain Ski Resort and Lodge in Hunter, New York (www.huntermtn.com). The festival will take place at the base of this world-class Catskill Mountains resort. Located only 2 hours from New York City, CBV will feature two stages, over 15 musical acts, onsite and offsite camping, as well as plenty of non-musical activities. Musical hosts, The Disco Biscuits, will offer up two sets each night of their jaw-dropping electronic rock compositions. Stay tuned to www.campbiscov.com for details and new announcements.

Texas indie rock group Okkervil River has booked another round of concerts, this time focusing on the Midwest, South and East Coast.
The band has several shows planned in its home state prior to the tour, including a pair of mid-August gigs and an appearance at the Austin City Limits Music Festival September 15.
They’ll launch the road trip October 3 in Little Rock, Ark. The 17-date trip will take them to New York City for two shows at the Bowery Ballroom, then back through the South to finish in Houston October 22.
Unsigned folk-rocker Elvis Perkins will open at most October shows.
Okkervil River toured Europe this spring, and wrapped a North American headlining run last November.
The group also spent time on the road last year with Rilo Kiley and the Decemberists, in addition to releasing a much-heralded album, Black Sheep Boy, and a companion EP titled Black Sheep Boy Appendix.

Source pollstar.com.