Photos by Robert Massie of Interpol at the Agora Theater in Cleveland, Ohio on September 26, 2005.
For more of Robert’s work, visit: jampics.com
Ben Folds’ two March concerts with an 83-piece orchestra are in the spotlight on a new DVD. Due Dec. 6 via Epic, “Ben Folds and WASO Live in Perth” finds the artist and the Western Australia Symphony Orchestra running through 13 selections, including “Brick,” “The Ascent of Stan” and “Rock This B*tch.”
“Live in Perth” also features behind-the-scenes footage of Folds and the orchestra plus an interview with the American-born artist, who now lives in Australia when he’s not on the road.
In the midst of his fall North American tour that visits Chicago tonight (Oct. 27), Folds will reprise the orchestral format for three shows next month with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Nov. 10 at Stratford Hall in North Bethesda, Md., and Nov. 11-12 at Baltimore’s Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.
Folds is out in support of his latest studio album, “Songs for Silverman,” which debuted in May at a career-best No. 13 on The Billboard 200, thanks to first-week sales of 50,000 copies.
Here is the track list for “Live in Perth”:
“Zak and Sara”
“Smoke”
“Fred Jones Part 2”
“Boxing”
“Annie Waits”
“Brick”
“Steven’s Last Night in Town”
“Evaporated”
“Rock This B*tch”
“The Ascent of Stan”
“Lullabye”
“Narcolepsy”
“The Luckiest”
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Several support acts are now confirmed for Trey’s upcoming fall tour. San Francisco’s Tea Leaf Green will open eight shows in the midwest and east coast. Chris Wood of MMW and his brother Oliver, performing as the Wood Brothers, will open at Roseland Ballroom in New York City. Yerba Buena will support at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, PA, fellow Vermonters Grace Potter and the Nocturnals will join Trey in Albany and Boston while the Hackensaw Boys will close out the tour on the west coast. Limited tickets still remain for select shows on the tour, which kicks off after Vegoose at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis next Wednesday. Please visit The Tourdates Page for specific ticketing and venue information.
FALL TOUR 2005
10/28 Alladin Theatre, Las Vegas, NV *Tea Leaf Green Opens*
10/30 Vegoose Music Festival, Las Vegas, NV *Tea Leaf Green Opens*
11/2 Orpheum Theatre , Minneapolis, MN *Tea Leaf Green Opens*
11/3 Orpheum Theatre, Madison, WI*Tea Leaf Green Opens*
11/4 NIU Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL *Tea Leaf Green Opens*
11/5 Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, OH*Tea Leaf Green Opens*
11/8 Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY *The Wood Brothers Open*
11/10 Shea’s Performing Arts Center, Buffalo, NY *Tea Leaf Green Opens*
11/11 Stanley Performing Arts Center, Utica, NY *Tea Leaf Green Opens*
11/12 Grey Gymnasium, Lewiston, ME*Tea Leaf Green Opens*
11/15 Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA *Yerba Buena Opens*
11/16 Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA *Grace Potter and the Nocturnals open*
11/18 Palace Theatre, Albany, NY *Grace Potter and the Nocturnals open*
11/19 Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford, CT *Opener TBA*
11/26 The Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO *Opener TBA*
11/29 Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA *The Hackensaw Boys Open*
11/30 Roseland Theater, Portland, OR *The Hackensaw Boys Open*
12/2 Warfield, San Francisco, CA *The Hackensaw Boys Open*
12/3 Warfield, San Francisco, CA *The Hackensaw Boys Open*
12/6 4th & B, San Diego, CA *The Hackensaw Boys Open*
12/7 The Wiltern LG, Los Angeles, CA *The Hackensaw Boys Open*
“Shine” is now featured online at VH1. You can listen to streaming audio of the record in its entirety and also watch the video for the title track and first single, “Shine,” featuring performance and backstage footage from Trey’s summer tour. In addition to the VH1 feature, you can view the video by clicking on the link below.
Quicktime
Windows Media
Canadian chanteuse Neko Case has set a March 7 release date for her next solo album, “Fox Confessor Brings the Flood.” The Anti- set features guest appearances by the Band’s Garth Hudson, the Sadies, Kelly Hogan, Giant Sand leader Howe Gelb, and, as first reported here, Calexico principals Joey Burns and John Convertino.
“Being a good producer means you have to have a saint’s patience, which does not occur in me naturally,” Case says of her role as co-producer. “I had to generate some temporarily, and I think it worked out in the end.”
“Flood” is the follow-up to Case’s 2002 studio effort “Blacklisted,” which debuted at No. 31 on Billboard’s Top Independent Albums chart. Last year, she issued a live collection, “The Tigers Have Spoken,” which opened at No. 14 on the Heatseekers tally.
Case will resume touring with the New Pornographers Tuesday (Nov. 1) in London. A solo tour is being eyed for early next year, but beforehand, she will perform two shows Nov. 17 at New York’s Joe’s Pub and Nov. 21 at Los Angeles’ Barnsdall Gallery Theater.
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Baby runs short and swift, bringing back a simpler sound from a simpler era, yet the rollicking good times on “Everybody’s Going Wild” can’t be ignored. The Cobras want to swing their favorite songs around and around like long flapper pearls, while they keep the bar open past last call.
Yep Roc Records’ comprehensive Billy Bragg reissue series is back on the schedule for a Feb. 21 release. As previously reported, the label had expected to put out expanded versions of the singer/songwriter’s “Life’s a Riot With Spy vs. Spy,” “Brewing Up With Billy Bragg,” “Talking With the Taxman About Poetry” and “The Internationale” in September, as well as box them together with a bonus DVD.
Less than a week after the label announced the plan, the artist pulled the plug, stating that he wanted to be sure he could “fully support these releases on both sides of the Atlantic” upon their release. Bragg has only played a handful of dates in 2005, but is expected to mount some level of touring behind the Yep Roc re-releases.
Earlier this month, a trio of songs Bragg co-wrote with patients facing life-threatening illnesses as part of a project known as Rosetta Requiem were released as downloads via iTunes and on CD through Townshend Records. Details of the project can be found on the artist’s Web site.
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Celtic rock outfit Great Big Sea has announced an ambitious North American tour, starting in the band’s native Canada January 31 at Brantford, Ontario’s Sanderson Centre.
GBS just released The Hard And The Easy, its eighth album and its first ever comprising entirely traditional tunes from the band’s native Newfoundland. So don’t be surprised if the upcoming shows include a healthy sprinkling of the band’s favorite folk songs.
The itinerary includes two-night stands in Halifax, Nova Scotia; Somerville, Mass.; and its hometown of St. John’s, Newfoundland.
A full 40 shows are planned for the outing, which stretches all the way through May 5.
The highly music-oriented culture of the band’s home region made an album of traditional local songs an easy task.
“There were a thousand amazing songs in our backyards,” the band’s Alan Doyle said. “The biggest reason to do an album like this is because you can. If you are a Newfoundland musician, they’re available and accessible. Most folk musicians would love to have a body of work like this to draw on.”
“We’re proud of these songs and very much love the place they come from.”
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New Orleans staple Galactic will return to its hometown in a major way for the band’s 10th anniversary.
The celebration will take the form of a New Year’s Eve gala at Tipitina’s, a New Orleans landmark and a longtime haunt of the band. The band promises the show will feature many special guests and two full sets, in “classic Galactic fashion.”
A $3 surcharge on tickets will benefit the Tipitina’s Foundation, a charity dedicated to preserving the culture of the hurricane-ravaged city.
The band’s birthday bash was originally scheduled for early September.
Prior to the New Year’s gig, Galactic will finish off its 10-Year Invasion Fall Tour with two shows at Washington, D.C.’s 9:30 Club. The shows will be a “New Orleans style party,” according to the band, with guest appearances from Ivan Neville, The Stooges Brass Band and more.
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Trey Anastasio, former lead guitarist and singer in Phish, is releasing his major label solo debut album Shine on Tuesday, November 1 on Sony. To celebrate, Anastasio will play host as a SIRIUS Satellite Radio DJ for 17 consecutive hours, during which he will choose and host all of the music selections, including all 12 tracks on his brand-new album Shine, being released the same day.
Airtime will run from 7am ET to 12 midnight ET on Commercial-free SIRIUS music channel 17, Jam On. In addition to “Trey Day,” SIRIUS will also broadcast an exclusive, live solo performance by Trey Anastasio on Wednesday, November 2 at 9 pm ET on channel 18, The Spectrum, and then again on Friday, November 4 at 12 pm ET on channel 17, Jam On.
For more about SIRIUS, sirius.com
