Shapes and Sizes, as demonstrated by their self-titled debut, is a band whose focus is on the voice, something akin to Modest Mouse, except they have the appeal of having both a female and a male lead singer.
The twelve tracks on the Arling and Cameron
Barely a week after longtime keyboard player Ed Harsch left the band for “personal reasons,” today Black Crowes fans were notified via a posting on the band’s official message board that another longtime member, guitarist Marc Ford, would also be leaving.
To the fans:
Yesterday, The Black Crowes were notified by Marc Ford
Transformations is the first release by the new Particle, or was, until RANA vet Scott Metzger announced his joining the band as a co-lead-guitarist would in fact be only temporary. These things happen, though, and Metzger’s departure doesn’t really lose ground for the transitional Particle, per se. With only eight months under their belt as fulltime members, Metzger and Ben Combe were/are only in the break-in phase of the band.
Through the tributes to the Pixies
Alexisonfire have announced the dates for their fall tour across the U.S. in support of CRISIS (8/22, Vagrant) their latest disc which debuted in the Top 200 on SoundScan this week and gave the band their first #1 record in Canada (as well as landing at #5 on the U.S. Heatseekers chart and Top 100 in the UK).
The tour starts October 11th in New Jersey and label-mates, Moneen, will be the main support along with openers Cancer Bats and A Change of Pace.
Vocalist-guitarist Dallas Green, drummer Jordan Hastings, guitarist-vocalist Wade MacNeil, vocalist George Pettit and bassist Chris Steele have just released a video for the first single,
Ziggy Marley, eldest son of late reggae legend Bob Marley, sets out this fall on a headlining tour behind his sophomore solo effort, “Love is My Religion.”
Marley has mapped out an ambitious itinerary that gets underway on the West Coast in mid-October and touches down in more than three-dozen cities throughout the US by the time it wraps up in early December. Tickets for most shows will hit the box office in early September. Details are included below.
October 2006
14 – Cabazon, CA – Key Club at Morongo Casino (on sale 9/9)
15 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore (on sale 9/10)
17 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues (on sale 9/9)
19 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst (on sale 9/5)
20 – Santa Margarita, CA – Pozo Saloon (on sale 9/9)
21 – Medford, OR – Main One Center for the Arts (on sale 9/8)
23 – Vancouver, British Columbia – Commodore Ballroom (on sale tba)
24 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom (on sale 9/9)
25 – Seattle, WA – Showbox (on sale 9/9)
27 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot (on sale 9/8)
28 – Telluride, CO – Telluride Conference Center (on sale tba)
29 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre (on sale 9/9)
30 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater (on sale 9/9)
November 2006
3 – Minneapolis, MN – The Quest (on sale 9/9)
4 – Chicago, IL – Vic Theater (on sale 9/9)
5 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues (on sale 9/9)
8 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club (on sale 9/7)
9 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza (on sale 9/8)
10 – Providence, RI – Lupo
Indie-rockers Art Brut and We Are Scientists are set to link up for a co-headlining tour of North American clubs that launches Sept. 18 in North Carolina and runs for more than a month.
The UK’s Art Brut continue to tour behind their critically acclaimed debut set, “Bang Bang Rock and Roll,” which was issued overseas last year. A US version of the set, which contains three bonus tracks, was released in June.
Brooklyn-based We Are Scientists issued their debut album for Virgin, “With Love and Squalor,” in January. The set was recorded last spring with producer Ariel Rechtshaid (Foreign Born, Dirty Little Secret) and followed three self-released EPs.
September 2006
18 – Carborro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
19 – Atlanta, GA – The Roxy
20 – Orlando, FL – The Social
21 – Miami, FL – Studio A
22 – Tallahassee, FL – Club Downunder
23 – New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jack’s
24 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
25 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
26 – Dallas, TX – Gypsy Tea Room
28 – Phoenix, AZ – Brickhouse Theatre
29 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
30 – Los Angeles, CA – Henry Fonda Theatre
October 2006
2 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
4 – Eugene, OR – WOW Hall
5 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
6 – Vancouver, British Columbia – Commodore Ballroom
7 – Seattle, WA – Neumo’s Crystal Ball
9 – Salt Lake City, UT – In the Venue
10 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theatre
11 – Lawrence, KS – The Granada
12 – Chicago, IL – Metro
13 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
14 – Toronto, Ontario – Opera House
15 – Montreal, Quebec – La Tulipe
16 – Cambridge, MA – Middle East
17 – Washington, DC – Black Cat
18 – Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
19 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
20 – Philadelphia, PA – Starlight Ballroom
21 – Ithaca, NY – Cornell University
Having toured with Mavis Staples, Robert Cray, Dave Matthews, Derek Trucks and Taj Mahal, things have been riding all uphill the past year for Grace Potter and the Nocturnals.
Any night is a good night to dig into Dinosaur Jr. but the Warsaw show may have been a really special one, because it turns out the group got a bunch of their equipment stolen after the show. Here’s hoping though that they get it back and their signature sound returns with them for many more bingo hall concerts to come.
