2006

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.

Source billboard.com.

.Dr. John will resurrect his Night Tripper persona for the first time in over three decades for his performance at Bonnaroo. Dr. John is universally celebrated as the living embodiment of the rich musical heritage exclusive to New Orleans. In the ’60s, he developed the charismatic persona of Dr. John The Night Tripper. Adorned with voodoo charms and regalia, a legend was born with his breakthrough 1968 album Gris-gris, which established his unique blend of voodoo mysticism, funk, rhythm & blues, psychedelic rock, and Creole roots. The Night Tripper phase of Dr. John’s career, featuring his unique fusion of Mardi Gras jubilation and spiritual mysticism marked, altered and broadened the scope of popular music forever.

This special performance will be part of a New Orleans themed event that will also include Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk which features an all-star cast of some of the city’s finest musicians. The Rebirth Brass Band will also join in, lending their celebratory brass band sound to what will be an unforgettable night.

The Allman Brothers Band will hit the road for 26 summer tour dates that will find them playing everything from amphitheatres and festivals to theaters. As previously reported, the group will also play a handful of shows with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.

On various dates, the group will be supported by the Yonder Mountain String Band and a rotating cast of Allman Brothers Band member side projects: guitarist Derek Trucks’ namesake band, guitarist Warren Haynes’ Gov’t Mule and bassist Oteil Burbridge’s Oteil and the Peacemakers. The group is rounded out by vocalist/keyboardist Gregg Allman, drummers Butch Trucks and Jaimoe and percussionist Marc Quinones.

The first leg of the Allmans’ tour opens June 16 in Cincinnati and closes July 2 in Solomons, Md. The second leg runs from an Aug. 12 Hartford, Conn., show to a Sept. 1 gig at Colorado’s majestic Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

While Gov’t Mule will support the Sept. 1 show, the band will headline Red Rocks the next night. Gregg Allman and Haynes will team up for a special acoustic set at that show.

Despite no news of a new studio album on the near horizon, the ABB has been busy on the road. In addition to the upcoming dates, the band played its annual extended March run at New York’s Beacon Theatre, followed by headlining their own two-night Wanee Festival last month in Florida with Medeski, Martin & Wood, O.A.R., North Mississippi Allstars and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band also on the bill.

Full tour details and ticket information can be found at the band’s official Web site.

Here are the Allman Brothers Band’s confirmed dates:

June 16: Cincinnati (Riverbend Music Center)
June 17: Chattanooga, Tenn. (Riverbend Festival)
June 18: Birmingham, Ala. (City Stages)
June 20: Indianapolis (White River Park)
June 21: Cleveland (Plain Dealer Pavilion)
June 23-24: Niagara Falls, Ontario (Niagara Fallsview Casino)
June 25: Bristow, Va. (Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge)
June 27: Wantagh, N.Y. (Jones Beach Theater)
June 30: Atlantic City, N.J. (House of Blues)
July 2: Solomons, Md. (Calvert Marine Museum)
Aug. 12: Hartford, Conn. (New England Dodge Music Center; w/Tom Petty)
Aug. 13: Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Saratoga Performing Arts Center; w/Tom Petty)
Aug. 15: Darien Center, N.Y. (Darien Lakes Performing Arts Center; w/Tom Petty)
Aug. 16: Burgettstown, Pa. (Post-Gazette Pavilion; w/Tom Petty)
Aug. 18: Philadelphia (Tweeter Center @ Waterfront; w/Tom Petty)
Aug. 19: Raleigh, N.C. (ALLTEL Pavilion)
Aug. 20: Atlanta (Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheater)
Aug. 22: Holmdel, N.J. (PNC Bank Arts Center)
Aug. 23: Virginia Beach, Va. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheater)
Aug. 25: Gilford, N.H. (Meadowbrook Farm)
Aug. 26: Mansfield, Mass. (Tweeter Center)
Aug. 27: Scranton, Pa. (Montage Mountain)
Aug. 29: Green Bay, Wis. (Oneida Casino)
Aug. 30: Chicago (Rosemont Theatre)
Sept. 1: Morrison, Col. (Red Rocks Amphitheater)

Source billboard.com.

V2 Records announced today Ray Davies’ 2nd leg of his North American tour to support his highly acclaimed debut solo studio record “Other People’s Lives,” released on February 21st to great fanfare. The first leg was Davies’ first tour of North America with a band other than The Kinks, and it focused on the east coast and Midwest. This next series of dates will take Davies and his excellent new band to California, the Pacific Northwest, Colorado, Arizona and Texas. The dates for the tour are listed below.

Davies is currently on tour in Europe. In March, right as the American tour was beginning, he performed at a sold-out multi-media event that he created for this year’s SXSW. At the event, Davies showed clips from a documentary he is putting together that is as Billboard described in review: “A narrative about the eight-year path he took in making “Other People’s Lives,” including an arduous North American tour shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001 and a move to New Orleans, where was shot by a mugger in January 2004.” In between clips Davies weaved six live acoustic songs into the story and took questions from the audience afterwards.

“Over My Head” will be the new single from “Other People’s Lives.” It will be sent to radio to coincide with the tour. Also, Davies will be taping an hour-long Austin City Limits show while in Austin for airing on a date soon to be announced.

The dates for the tour are as follows:

JULY
Sat 1st – Detroit, MI – Comerica Festival
Sun 2nd – Milwaukee, WI – Summerfest
Tues 4th – Chicago, IL – Taste of Chicago, Grant Park
Thurs 6th – Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre
Fri 7th – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
Sun 9th – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
Mon 10th – Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre
Wed 12th – Saratoga, CA – The Mountain Winery
Thurs 13th – San Francisco, CA – Warfield Theatre
Sat 15th – San Diego, CA – Spreckels Theatre
Sun 16th – Los Angeles, CA – Wiltern Theatre
Wed 19th – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
Sat 22nd – Austin, TX – Paramount Theatre

Phish will release Live in Brooklyn, a brand new 2-DVD set and 3-CD audio soundtrack (available separately) in stores July 11th on JEMP Records/Rhino.

Shot in breathtaking high-definition video, with 5.1 surround sound, the deluxe 2-DVD set features the entire June 17th, 2004 concert (two sets of music) and bonus material including excerpts from soundcheck, backstage footage, and “Taste, “Bug”, and “Tweezer Reprise” from the following night’s show. The concert footage was directed and edited by Eli Tishberg, a veteran of several Phish projects, including the IT DVD, Live In Vegas DVD and Hard Rock Live (5/23/00 Roseland).

The CD soundtrack – which will be sold separately – consists of the entire first night on 3-CDs, remixed and mastered from the band’s digital multitrack tapes.

Preorder details will be listed on Phish.com