The Village is set in the late 1800s, and revolves around a community living with the frightening knowledge that a mythical race of creatures resides in the woods around them. Director M Night Shyamalan continues to encouraging us to face our frightened limitations and acknowledge their existence.
Carlos Santana will be honored as the 2004 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year via performances by Black Eyed Peas, Dave Matthews, matchbox twenty’s Rob Thomas, Robi Draco Rosa and Ozomatli, among others. The tribute will be held Aug. 30 at Los Angeles’s Century Plaza Hotel.
Santana is also tipped to perform at the event, at which he will be honored for his “professional, cultural and philanthropic accomplishments,” according to the organization. A portion of the proceeds from the evening will benefit the MusiCares Foundation, which offers medical and financial aid to individuals connected to the industry.
Santana’s latest charitable endeavor is the 10-track album “Food for Thought,” which is being sold exclusively at Baja Fresh Mexican Grill outlets. The disc includes four new Santana songs and one previously unreleased archive cut, plus handpicked tracks by Etta James, Buddy Guy, Indigenous and Cesaria Evora.
Proceeds will benefit the Milagro Foundation, which Santana founded in 1998 with his wife Deborah.
Santana is taking a break from the road but will return to the stage with a Sept. 30-Oct. 1 stand at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre.
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Interpol have set a September 28th release for their second album, Antics. The New York quartet recorded the follow-up to 2002’s Turn on the Bright Lights in rural Connecticut, where, according to bassist-keyboardist Carlos D., “the boredom was sometimes spirit-crushing.”
Some of that angst made its way onto the album in songs such as “Narc,” which singer Paul Banks says is about “manipulation, surveillance, intimidation and blackmail.”
Interpol are currently touring with their sonic godfathers, the Cure, on the Curiosa Festival. The Rapture and Mogwai are also playing the main stage, with Auf Der Maur, Cursive, the Cooper Temple Clause, Cursive, Thursday and Muse among the bands on the second stage. Though the Cure follow Interpol on the main stage, don’t expect any live collaborations. “It would be like getting too close to the sun,” says Carlos D.
Track list for Antics:
Next Exit
Evil
Narc
Take You on a Cruise
Slow Hands
Not Even Jail
Public Pervert
C’mere
Length of Love
A Time to Be So Small
Curiosa tour dates:
7/28: Nashville, Starwood Amphitheater
7/29: Atlanta, HiFi Buys Amphitheater
7/31: New York, Randall’s Island
8/1: Camden, NJ, Tweeter Center
8/3: Cincinnati, Riverbend Music Center
8/4: Cleveland, Blossom Music Center
8/6: Columbia, MD, Merriweather Post Pavilion
8/7: Boston, Tweeter Center
8/9: Toronto, Molson Amphitheater
8/11: Detroit, DTE Energy Music Center
8/12: Chicago, Tweeter Center
8/14: Dallas, Smirnoff Music Center
8/15: Houston, Woodlands Pavilion
8/17: Denver, Coors Amphitheater
8/18: Salt Lake City, USANA Amphitheater
8/21: Seattle, The Gorge
8/24: San Diego, Coors Amphitheater
8/25: Phoenix, Cricket Amphitheater
8/27: Los Angeles, Home Depot Center
8/28: San Francisco, SBC Park
8/29: Sacramento, Arco Arena
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The Beastie Boys have begun confirming dates for their fall North American tour, with rapper Talib Kweli in tow. Arena shows are set for Sept. 14 in Long Beach, Calif., Sept. 16 in San Francisco and Sept. 19 in Seattle. Pre-sale information is available on the Beasties’ official Web site.
The tour officially gets underway Aug. 7-8 at Japan’s Summer Sonic Festival. The trio will also appear Oct. 16 at New Orleans’ Voodoo Music Festival.
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The follow-up to 2002’s “Sea Change” reunites Beck with production team the Dust Brothers, with whom he had not worked since 1999’s “Midnite Vultures.” The Dust Brothers were also behind the boards for 1996’s “Odelay,” which won a Grammy for best alternative music performance.
“Sea Change” debuted at No. 8 on The Billboard 200 and has sold 574,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Before the new album’s release, Beck can be heard covering Daniel Johnston’s “Things Last a Long Time” on the tribute album “The Late, Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered,” due Sept. 21 via Gammon.
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