Over the years, my ex-bandmate always tried to push Quasi on me like
he was Natalie Portman genuflecting before the altar of The Shins in
Garden State (This band will change your life!).
On A Blessing and a Curse, their fourth album in five years. This time around Patterson Hood & Co. gel their stories to become north of the Mason Dixon line friendly, as the images of tornadoes and bad luck gone bad vanish.
Wilco has announced their summer dates. The tour will kick off June 28th in Calgary and end August 6th at Lollapalooza in Chicago, IL. Tour dates are below. Also, due to popular demand, Wilco is extending their online CD sale at their website.
JUN-28 CALGARY, ALB McEWAN HALL
JUN-29 EDMONTON, ALB JUBILEE AUDITORIUM
JUL-01 WINNIPEG, MAN BURTON CUMMINGS THEATRE
JUL-02 DULUTH, MN DULUTH ENTERTAINMENT CONV. CENTER
JUL-07 LONDON, ONT CENTENNIAL HALL tba
JUL-08 TORONTO, ONT MASSEY HALL tba
JUL-10 MONTREAL, QUE METROPOLIS
JUL-12 HALIFAX, NS ALDERNEY LANDING
JUL-13 FREDERICTON, NB PLAYHOUSE
jul-15 OTTAWA, ONT OTTAWA BLUESFEST
JUL-16 FLORENCE, MA PINES THEATER
AUG-06 CHICAGO, IL LOLLAPALOOZA
Over the past nine years, the partnership between Gruene Hall and KNBT 92.1 FM has raised almost $250,000 for local charities. This year
The Indie Acoustic Project has announced the winners of the IAP’s “Best CDs of 2005” Awards. The winners in each of 15 categories were selected from among the 3 finalists in each category.
Acoustic Ensemble: Clumsy Lovers – The Smart Kid
Alt Country: Nickel Creek – Why Should the Fire Die
Alternative Rock: Rolla – La La Land
Americana: Ben Winship & Brian Wicklund – Big Twang
Celtic: Dun an Doras – Rua
Instrumental: Peter Ostroushko – Minnesota
Best Lyrics: Thea Gilmore – Songs from the Gutter
Multi-Genre: Alison Brown – Stolen Moments
Rock: The Nadas – Listen Through the Static
Roots: Biscuit Burners – A Mountain Apart
Singer-Songwriter-Female: Aimee Mann – The Forgotten Arm
Singer-Songwriter-Male: Dana Cooper – Made of Mud
World Music: Africa: Moh Alileche – North Africa’s Destiny
World Music-Eurasia and Global Beat: Wajdi Cherif – Jasmine
World Music-Latin: Various – Afro-Latin Party (Putumayo)
The Indie Acoustic Project is dedicated to giving recognition to outstanding works of innovative acoustic (or mainly acoustic) music that have never gotten the acclaim that they deserve. The IAP website at indieacoustic.com also features information on the Best CDs of 2004, 2001-2003, and the 50 Best Indie Acoustic CDs of the 1990s.
One of last years most exciting additions to the Bonnaroo experience will be back again in ’06, the Caf
Magical moments greeted record crowds at MerleFest 2006, the 19th annual festival in celebration of the music of the late Merle Watson and his father Doc Watson. Wilkes Community College presented the event on April 27 30 on its campus in Wilkesboro, NC. MerleFest again drew an enormous, well behaved, and appreciative audience with a preliminary estimated total participation including volunteers and school children of 82,618, according to Managing Director Ted Hagaman. This surpasses last year
Sonic Youth will launch its summer tour with a June 13 show at legendary New York rock club CBGB, marking its first appearance at the venue since 1992. As previously reported, the group’s new studio album, “Rather Ripped,” will be released the same day via Geffen.
In addition to support from Tall Firs, Be Your Own Pet and Awesome Color, the tour will feature the debut of former Pavement bassist Mark Ibold. He will be filling the role vacated by producer/multi-instrumentalist Jim O’Rourke, who played a role in Sonic Youth’s prior three studio albums before opting out for “Rather Ripped.”
In addition to seven support dates with Pearl Jam, Sonic Youth will also appear at the Bonnaroo Festival in Tennessee, Lollapalooza in Chicago and the Kuyahoga Festival in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, this summer. More dates will be added to the itinerary.
As previously reported, Sonic Youth principals Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, plus their daughter Coco on shakers, will also appear May 9 on the season finale of the WB drama “Gilmore Girls,” performing an acoustic version of the “Rather Ripped” track “What a Waste.”
Here are Sonic Youth’s tour dates:
June 13: New York (CBGB)
June 14: Philadelphia (Starlight Ballroom)
June 15: Washington, D.C. (9:30 Club)
June 17: Asheville, N.C. (Orange Peel)
June 18: Manchester, Tenn. (Bonnaroo)
June 19: Atlanta (Earthlink Live)
June 21: Tulsa, Okla. (Cain’s Ballroom)
June 23: Austin, Texas (Stubb’s BBQ)
June 24: Dallas (Gypsy Ballroom)
June 26: Lawrence, Kan. (Liberty Hall)
June 27: Denver (Gothic Theatre)
June 29: Missoula, Mont. (UM Theatre)
June 30: Seattle (Moore Theatre)
July 3: Sacramento, Calif. (Empire)
July 4: Reno, Nev. (Reno Hilton)
July 6: Las Vegas (MGM Grand; w/ Pearl Jam)
July 7: San Diego (Cox Arena w/ Pearl Jam)
July 9-10: Los Angeles (Forum w/ Pearl Jam)
July 13: Santa Barbara, Calif. (Santa Barbara Bowl w/ Pearl Jam)
July 16, 18: San Francisco (Bill Graham Civic Auditorium w/ Pearl Jam)
Aug. 3: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (Blossom Music Center)
Aug. 5: Chicago (Lollapalooza)
Source billboard.com.
Radiohead has announced a U.S. tour in addition to its summer festival dates. The performances will take place in smaller than usual venues, and will feature appropriately scaled down staging and lighting design, creating a suitably intimate environment for the first ever airings of several new songs.
The theatre / amphitheatre run begins with a two-night run June 1 in Philadelphia. In fact, all of the band’s tour stops are two-nighters with the exception of the June 17 set at Bonnaroo.
06/01/06 Upper Darby, PA Tower Theatre
06/02/06 Upper Darby, PA Tower Theatre
06/04/06 Boston, MA Bank Of America Pavilion
06/05/06 Boston, MA Bank Of America Pavilion
06/07/06 Toronto, ON Hummingbird Centre
06/08/06 Toronto, ON Hummingbird Centre
06/10/06 Montreal, QC Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
06/11/06 Montreal, QC Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
06/13/06 New York, NY Madison Sq. Garden Theatre
06/14/06 New York, NY Madison Sq. Garden Theatre
06/17/06 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo Music Festival
06/19/06 Chicago, IL Auditorium Theatre
06/20/06 Chicago, IL Auditorium Theatre
06/23/06 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre
06/24/06 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre
06/26/06 San Diego, CA Bayside Convention Center
06/27/06 San Diego, CA Bayside Convention Center
06/29/06 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
06/30/06 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
Source: pollstar
Months after solidifying yet another eclectic FloydFest line-up of Americana and world grooves, the restless folks at Across-the-Way Productions have given music fans one more reason to make the trek down the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway. For the first time in its five-year history, FloydFest will host a Thursday night Soundcheck, bringing back festival favorites Railroad Earth to celebrate their own fifth birthday with their third FloydFest appearance in a row.
To celebrate this new joint venture, FloydFest has teamed up with Madison House Publicity and Sci Fidelity Records to offer a special promotion to all those most eager fans who get in line first to ride the train. Starting May 1st, the first 100 people who buy a weekend pass directly from the FloydFest office (540 745 FEST) will receive a free copy of Railroad Earth
