Archive for March, 2008
Pacific UV
Their new album, Longplay2 which was released Feb. 19th via WARM records, plays like a beautiful procession (from what I’ve heard). The best description comes from the band themselves, …with words creating a mood akin to the ambient shadow of a Lee Friedlander photograph or the dripping Southern Gothic intuition of a Tennesse Williams script. I’ve always had a special place in my heart for the Glass Menagerie. You can purchase the album here.
:: Explosions in the Sky
:: Ogden Theater
:: 03.26.08
I contributed a review and photos to the Denver Post Reverb section. You can check it out here.
The only thing that could come close to describing a live EITS show would be, well, another live show. You can see some more pictures here.
Explosions In The Sky
2007-03-29
First Ave.
Minneapolis, Mn
01. Intro (1:13)
02. Welcome, Ghosts (6:30)
03. With Tired Eyes… (13:43)
04. Yasmin The Light (7:24)
05. The Only Moment We Were Alone (10:51)
06. Greet Death (9:27)
07. What Do You Come Home To? (4:13)
08. Catastrophe & The Cure (9:54)
09. Memorial (7:57)
10. Ovation, Then Treats (3:42)
NIN Tour
I was obsessed with this album when I was a kid.
Tour Dates
07/25 Pemberton, BC – Pemberton Festival
07 26 Seattle, WA – Key Arena at Seattle Center
07/28 Edmonton, ALB – Rexall Place
07/29 Calgary, ALB – Pengrowth Saddledome
07/31 Winnipeg, MAN – MTS Centre
08/02 Minneapolis, MN – Target Center
08/05 Toronto, ONT – Air Canada Centre
08/07 Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
08/08 Worcester, MA – DCU Center
08/12 Knoxville TN – Knoxville Civic Coliseum
08/13 Duluth, GA – Gwinnett Arena
08/15 Oklahoma City, OK – Ford Center
08/16 Houston, TX – Toyota Center
08/18 Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
08/20 Saint Louis, MO – Scottrade Center
08/22 Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena
08/23 Auburn Hills, MI – Palace of Auburn Hills
08/27 East Rutherford, NJ – Izod Center
08/29 Philadelphia, PA – Wachovia Center
08/31 Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena
09/02 Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheater
09/03 Salt Lake City, UT – The E Center Of West Valley
09/05 Oakland, CA – Oracle Arena (formerly Oakland Arena)
09/06 Inglewood, CA – The Forum
White Rabbits Tour
These kids tore up Monolith last year. Here’s the proof.
Catch them this time around…. Thanks BV!
Kid on My Shoulders [mp3]
White Rabbits – 2008 Tour Dates
Apr 1 – Mojo’s Columbia, Missouri
Apr 2 – Uptown Theater ** Kansas City, Missouri
Apr 3 – Capitol Theater ** Davenport, Iowa
Apr 4 – Vic Theater ** Chicago, Illinois
Apr 5 – Bogarts ** Cincinatti, Ohio
Apr 6 – Emerald Theater ** Detroit, Michigan
Apr 7 – Carnegie Music Hall ** Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Apr 10 – The Chameleon Club (WXPN Free Show) Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Apr 11 – Sonar ** Baltimore, Maryland
Apr 12 – Norva ** Norfolk, Virginia
Apr 13 – Carolina Theatre ** Durham, North Carolina
Apr 14 – Centerstage ** Atlanta, Georgia
Apr 16 – Revolution ** Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Apr 17 – House of Blues ** Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Apr 28 – Night & Day Manchester
Apr 29 – The Borderline London
Apr 30 – Bodega Social Nottingham
May 1 – Thekla Bristol
May 2 – Nice ‘n Sleazy Glasgow
May 3 – The Faversham Leeds
May 4 – Academy Birmingham
May 6 – Paradiso Amsterdam
May 8 – Kleine Elserhalle Munich
May 9 – Starclub Dresden
May 11 – Baschkapp Frankfurt
May 12 – Lido Berlin
May 13 – U&G Hamburg
May 14 – Saal Tepferdt Haldern
May 19 – Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, Ohio
May 20 – Schubas Chicago, Illinois
May 21 – 400 Bar Minneapolis, Minnesota
May 23 – Caterina Winery Spokane, Washington
May 24 – Berbatis Pan Portland, Oregon
May 25 – Sasquatch Festival George, Washington
May 27 – Bottom of the Hill San Francisco, California
May 28 – The Echo Los Angeles, California
May 29 – Beauty Bar Las Vegas, Nevada
May 30 – Monks Salt Lake City, Utah
May 31 – The Bluebird Denver, Colorado
Jun 07 – Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
** w/ Spoon & The Walkmen
Sun Kil Moon
April is the name of the new album from Mark Kozelek set to be released April 1st. Coincidence?! Sun Kil Moon=Red House Painters and Red House Painters=Sun Kil Moon. I am grateful for Mark Kozelek. His music got me through a part of my life that saw itself in a dark tunnel. Winter is bad enough on the body and soul. I listened to anything Mark Kozelek or Josh Rouse. When I hear the music of Sun Kil Moon, it takes me back to when I hated love and reflected on life from the end of an empty bottle and countless cigarettes in an ashtray piled as high as a New Jersey landfill. This album conjures some of his best works and I don’t think I could have handled another album stacked with covers. Don’t get me wrong, his take on Tiny Cities Made of Ashes still makes me cry, but his public demands more out of him and the group. The forthcoming album, April, has Will Oldham , Ben Gibbard, and Eric Pollard lending their vocals to the album. Buy here.
Night in Bilbao [mp3]
Silver Jews
David Berman’s spoken word music aesthetic is not an easy pill to swallow. He’s one of those artists where you’ll find people either hate him or love him. I was turned on to his music by his association w/Stephen Malkmus. It was brought to my attention that Malkmus only shows up on every other album, so we’ll have to wait till the next Silver Jews release. The new album, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea, will be released June 17th via Drag City. If you’ve ever read any of David Berman’s books, add a guitar, and some vocals and you have yourself some Silver Jews. The addition of Berman’s wife Cassie on vocal duties is genius!
Aloyisius, Bluegrass Drummer [mp3]
The Republic of Boulder
This is for you.
Radiohead-Weird Fishes/Arpeggi (live) [mp3]
Laser Radiohead
Description
Alternative rock�s greatest contemporary band is featured with intense laser visuals and fascinating multimedia under the dome at Fiske Planetarium.
Show Times
- April 11, 2008, 9:30 pm
M.I.A. Tour
The new face of Marc Jacobs will make her way to Denver!
M.I.A.-Paper Planes (DFA Remix) [mp3]
Dates
04-11 Poughkeepsie, NY – Vassar College
04-12 Providence, RI – Brown University *
04-26 Indio, CA – Coachella
05-12 Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom
05-13 Maplewood, MN – Myth
05-14 Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall
05-17 Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
05-18 Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
05-23 Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
05-24-26 George, WA – The Gorge (Sasquatch!)
05-27 Edmonton, Alberta – Edmonton Event Centre
05-28 Calgary, Alberta – MacEwan Hall
05-30 Winnipeg, Manitoba – Burton Cummings Theatre
06-14 Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo
07-01 London, England – Roundhouse
