Following the opus that was The Soft Bulletin, and the charismatic light of Yoshime is no small task, but At War With The Mystics is another explosive studio effort that comes in a close third.
Martin Sexton's performance on stage was set on Vanderbilt Avenue right alongside historical (and somewhat humbling) Grand Central Station. The setting for the show was meek, with a small stage and a crowd that was much smaller than you would think. As usual, though, Sexton’s cherub-banshee vocals made it all seem bigger.
The album simultaneously calls forth memories of Sting, modern indie rock, and downbeat Euro-electro, taking the listener on an alternating journey through comforting, yet simultaneously discomfiting territory.
Can you get anymore-quintessential New Orleans then combining Dr. John, Tipitina
Pearl Jam’s new headquarters could face demolition because of the city’s plans to build a dump. “We hadn’t even finished unpacking and moving into our new space when we heard about the city’s waste management site,” spokeswoman Nicole Vandenberg said Saturday in an e-mail to The Associated Press from Cleveland, where the band was on tour. “We were surprised and saddened by the news on many levels.”
Now, area residents
Capitol Records is proud to announce the release of Sound Team’s debut record ‘Movie Monster’ on June 6th. The album harnesses both the purity of Sound Team’s live exuberance and the sonic maelstrom of their experimental side, all tied together with a limitless cache of hooks. In support of ‘Movie Monster’, Sound Team will embark on a headlining tour beginning June 13th in Tucson, AZ. The band is currently on a 15-date tour with Elefant.
Visual artists as much as they are musicians, Sound Team will offer one short film, the music video for the first single “Your Eyes Are Liars,” photos and seven Sound Team blips with the purchase of ‘Movie Monster’ via itunes. The short film, SURFING, is a 40-minute sensory trip of abstractions shot on a super 8 camera in New York’s Times Square by co-founder Bill Baird. SURFING’s soundtrack is an original score by Baird. In addition, the band created seven stream-of-conscience yet methodical blips to go along with songs on ‘Movie Monster’. Each blip is a short film under one minute embracing cut-out and collage imagery.
SOUND TEAM TOUR DATES:
HEADLINING TOUR (more dates to follow):
June 13th Club Congress Tucson, AZ
June14th Casbah San Diego, CA
June15th Troubadour Los Angeles, CA
June 16th The Independent San Francisco, CA
June 17th Blue Lamp Sacramento, CA
June 20th Crocodile Caf
Akron, Ohio-based rock duo the Black Keys have signed with Nonesuch Records. The group’s label debut, “Magic Potion,” will be released Sept. 12. As previously reported, the 12-track set will feature such songs as “Your Touch,” “The Flame” and “It’s Just Got To Be.”
The band has previously recorded for Alive and Fat Possum, which issued its last two studio albums and a recent EP of Junior Kimbrough covers, “Chulahoma.” The new album is the follow-up to 2004’s “Rubber Factory,” which has sold 81,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
The Black Keys are in London for a show tomorrow (May 23) at Scala. A six-date stint opening for Radiohead gets underway June 10 in Montreal; a fall tour is in the planning stages.
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Here are five tips to abide by when planning your summer road trip to catch live music under the stars or in a smoky club. And as you know rules are meant to be broken so we will call them guidelines for your next rock and roll road trip.
