2006

Sonic Youth has just announced dates for their summer tour. The Flaming Lips will serve as openers.

August 4 State Theater Detroit, MI
August 24 St. Paul, MN Minnesota State Fair
August 25 Council Bluffs, IA Stir Cove at Harrah’s
August 28 Columbus, OH Promowest Pavilion
August 31 Allentown, PA Allentown Fair
September 1 Syracuse, NY New York State Fair
September 3 Boston, MA Bank of America Pavilion

The good folks at Superfly have announced the schedule for this year

One of the most colorful careers in music came to a close today as pioneering booking agent Ian Copeland died in Los Angeles of melanoma. He was 57.

Ian founded Frontier Booking International (F.B.I.), younger brother Stewart was the founder and drummer of the Police; and older brother Miles was the founder of International Records Syndicate (I.R.S.), a record label whose acts included R.E.M., the Go-Gos, Black Sabbath, Oingo Boingo, Wall of Voodoo and General Public. Older sister Lorraine (Lennie) is a writer and producer. Ian Copeland was surrounded by family at the time of his death.

Next ski season is 178 days away. That

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