Truth is that there is nothing as complex as the teenage mind to be had on The Subway’s Young for Eternity, just a teenager screaming as loud as he can over second-hand riffs. Corporate synergy once again fails. The one positive thing Young for Eternity might accomplish is that the pre-teens who purchase it may find this as dreadful as I did and learn that they can
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Aussie buzz band Wolfmother has inked in a batch of U.S. dates between appearances at South by Southwest and Coachella.
The group has two weeks of shows booked in April, starting at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco and wrapping at Atlanta’s Drunken Unicorn. The trio will take a break from headlining duties April 4 to open for The Flaming Lips in Toronto.
The band – comprising Andrew Stockdale, Chris Ross and Myles Heskett – toured the U.S. briefly in February before heading to the U.K. for around a dozen dates.
The folks back home have been going wild over the band’s debut album since it was released in Australia last October. Fans in the U.S. will have to make do with the Dimensions EP until May 2, when the self-titled full-length is released Stateside.
Source pollstar.com.
The Walkmen will launch more than a month’s worth of North American tour dates May 24, the day after releasing their third album, A Hundred Miles Off.
The tour begins at home in New York City at Webster Hall. The group will stay on the road for five weeks, stopping for two shows at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall June 12-13 and finishing in Boston June 29.
The five-piece – comprising Hamilton Leithauser, Paul Maroon, Matt Barrick, Pete Bauer and Walter Martin – will hit Coachella and the U.K. prior to the tour.
To spice things up a bit in the live department, a couple members recently decided to pull a little switcheroo, according to the band’s official Web site.
“In the past, Martin would play the organ and Maroon would play either piano or guitar; now, Bauer plays primarily piano and organs, as well as gourd and lap steel. Barrick remains behind the drums.”
Source pollstar.com.
The Drive By Truckers, who will be releasing their new album, A Blessing and a Curse on April 18th, have announced a series of U.S. dates co-headlinig with Son Volt. The tour kicks off at the Heritage Motorcycle Rally and winds through a number of selected cities.
Tour Dates
Fri April 14 – Ladson, SC – Heritage Motorcycle Rally, Exhange Park Fairgrounds
Tue Apr 18 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
Thu April 20 – Charlottesville, VA – Charlottesville Pavilion w/ Robert Randolph (DBT opens)
Thu April 27 – Baton Rouge, LA – Sogo Live
Fri April 28 – Dallas, TX – Gypsy Ballroom
Sat April 29 – Austin, TX – Stubbs BBQ
Sun April 30 – Albuquerque, NM – El Rey Theatre w/ Son Volt
Tue May 2 – San Diego, CA – Cane’s Ballroom w/ Son Volt
Wed May 3 – Los Angeles, CA – House Of Blues w/ Son Volt
Thu May 4 – Los Angeles, CA – House Of Blues w/ Son Volt
Fri May 5 – San Francisco, CA – Fillmore w/ Son Volt
Sat May 6 – San Francisco, CA – Fillmore w/ Son Volt (DBT opens)
Mon May 8 – Portland, OR – Roseland w/ Son Volt
Tue May 9 – Seattle, WA – Showbox Theatre w/ Son Volt
Wed May 10 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
Wed May 17 – Minneapolis, MN – First Ave Nightclub
Thu May 18 – Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theatre
Fri May 19 – Chicago, IL – Vic Theatre
Sat May 20 – Louisville, KY – Headliner’s
TBA June – Telluride, CO – 2006 Telluride Bluegrass Festival
