Archive for May, 2009
Monolith Music Festival Additions
I love that the new additions include the Walkmen, Health (I hope they play the indoor stage, shit will get live!!!), and the Pains of Being Pure at Heart. Don’t forget that you can follow Monolith via their Facebook Group Page and following them on Twitter.
So far-
The Walkmen
Health
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Starfucker
Girl Talk
Thao with The Get Down Stay Down
Method Man and Redman
Speakeasy Tiger
Pepepe
There’s something going on with Mexico’s Pepepe and Cyanè. I don’t know if it’s something that’s in the non-potable water or perhaps one too many Paloma’s, but the results are exceptionally hazy. Like one of those mirage’s in the desert that seem to be too good to be true, the album, Roba Orgòn de Plantas y Animales, plays out if you were to mish mash the Books, RJD2, and the Microphones. The results are inspiring and create a perfect soundtrack to these lovely Spring days. The female vocals from Cyaneè are reminscent of one of my favorite Mexican singer songwrtiters, Ely Guerra, but with a dreamier voice. The kind that young boys here in their daydreams. You can download the album in its entirety here.
BLITZEN TRAPPER TOUR
These guys love Denver. New tour and new album! Thanks to Douchebag Face for the heads up. Read more here on the album deets.
Blitzen Trapper – 7/16 – Bluebird Theater- On-sale Friday 5/22 @ 10am!
- Blitzen Trapper – Gold For Bread (MP3)
- Blitzen Trapper – Furr (MP3)
- Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks & Blitzen Trapper-I Heard it Through the Grapevine (live Gothic Theater 11.06.08) [mp3]
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digg this! Stephen Malkms & the Jicks + Blitzen Trapper = I Heard it Through the Grapevine (Gothic Theater 11.06.08)
Blitzen Trapper Tour Dates
- * Monday, May 25, 2009
Sasquatch! Festival, George WA
Wookie! Stage
www.sasquatchfestival.com
* Thursday, July 9, 2009
Harlow’s, Sacramento CA
w/ Loch Lomond
* Friday, July 10, 2009
Cellar Door (CA), Visalia CA
w/ Loch Lomond
* Saturday, July 11, 2009
Velvet Jones (CA), Santa Barbara CA
w/ Loch Lomond
* Sunday, July 12, 2009
Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood CA
W/ Jenny Lewis & Ray LaMontagne
* Monday, July 13, 2009
Belly Up, Solana Beach CA
w/ Loch Lomond
* Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Belly Up Aspen, Aspen CO
* Saturday, July 18, 2009
Picador, Iowa City IA
w/ Loch Lomond
* Monday, July 20, 2009
Pabst Theater, Milwaukee WI
w/ Loch Lomond
* Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Aquarium (Dempsey’s Upstairs), Fargo ND
w/ Loch Lomond
* Friday, July 24, 2009
Neurolux, Boise ID
w/ Loch Lomond
* Saturday, July 25, 2009
Red Room, Kennewick WA
* Thursday, July 30, 2009
Richards on Richards, Vancouver Canada
* Saturday, August 1, 2009
Pickathon 2009, Mt.Scott OR
@ 1PM
* Sunday, August 2, 2009
Pickathon 2009, Mt.Scott OR
@ 8:30PM
* Friday, October 2, 2009
Austin City Limits, Austin TX
@ 8:30PM
Vivian Girls on XLR8R
Vivian Girls played one of my favorite shows of the year this past month and XLR8R caught up with them. It’s kind of funny to see them getting excited about Domino’s Pizza, because everybody I know hates Domino’s. I wonder if they’ve tried one of those Pasta Bowls (for the record, they look like ass). Either way, it’s a good interview and pretty insightful.
Phoenix
The Phoenix show is coming to Denver late next month and I’m getting excited just thinking about some 1901 in my face. In the meanwhile, the duo sat in with the Alternate Side to do a couple of new tunes and a strange older tune that I thought was written by somebody else. You can listen to the session here.
Phoenix-1901 (Ultra Chorus Remix) [mp3]
Phoenix – Lisztomania (in-studio on TheAlternateSide.org)
Monolith Music Festival Additions
This is going to happen daily for the next couple of weeks. Don’t forget that you can follow Monolith via their Facebook Group Page and following them on Twitter.
So far-
Starfucker
Girl Talk
Thao with The Get Down Stay Down
Method Man and Redman
Speakeasy Tiger
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Giveaway
Hopefully everybody has listened to their latest album, It’s Blitz. If not, I’ve got you covered. I have a couple of full lengths to giveaway. I will choose two people at random. Please send your name and mailing address to : julio.enriquez@gmail.com
Japandroids Tour
Japandroids is touring in support of the über loud album, Post-Nothing. The duo from B. C. are clamping down and making everybody succumb to their one guitar and one drum set and if you haven’t listened to their latest album, you can purchase it here. This probably doesn’t makes sense, but they sound a lot like a band that would have been on those old MTV 120 Minute Compilations. Ahh, good times.
Japandroids-Young Hearts Spark Fire [mp3]
05-20 Victoria, British Columbia – Lucky Bar
05-22 Vancouver, BC – The Biltmore
05-24 George, WA – Sasquatch Festival
05-27 Portland, OR – Holocene
05-28 San Francisco, CA – Hemlock Tavern ^
05-29 Los Angeles, CA – Silver Lake Lounge ^
05-31 San Diego, CA – Soda Bar ^
06-02 Dallas, TX – The Cavern
06-03 Austin, TX – Emo’s
06-04 Lawrence, KS – Replay Lounge
06-05 Minneapolis, MN – TBA
06-06 Fargo, ND – The Aquarium
06-07 Winnipeg, Manitoba – The Lo Pub
06-09 Edmonton, Alberta – Brixx Bar
06-25 Calgary, Alberta – Sled Island Festival
06-26 Calgary, Alberta – Sled Island Festival
06-30 Omaha, NE – The Slowdown
07-01 Kansas City, MO – Record Bar
07-02 Nashville, TN – The End
07-04 Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn
07-06 Chapel Hill, NC- TBA
07-07 Philadelphia, PA – TBA
07-08 Washington, DC – TBA
07-10 Brooklyn, NY – Cameo Gallery
07-11 New York, NY – Piano’s
07-12 Boston, MA – Great Scott
07-14 Montreal, Quebec – Club Lambi
07-15 Ottawa, Ontario – Ottawa Blues Festival
07-16 Toronto, Ontario – El Mocambo
07-20 Des Moines, IA – Vaudeville Mews
07-21 Denver, CO – Hi Dive
07-23 Boise, ID – Neurolux
07-24/25 Seattle, WA – Capitol Hill Block Party
* with White Denim
# with You Say Party We Say Die, Immaculate Machine
^ with Happy Hollows
The Album Leaf & Day Out of Time
There’s much to report from the Album Leaf these days. A new record will be put out by Sub Pop this fall and a small tour of the four corners (more like three because they aren’t going to Utah, so work with me on this one) is in store. We get not one, but two dates from the Album Leaf in the form of a headlining show and an opening slot for Sound Tribe Sector 9. You can also follow the Album Leaf on Twitter.
- The Album Leaf – Shine (MP3)
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The Album Leaf – Always For You (MP3)
- The Album Leaf – Over The Pond (MP3)
- The Album Leaf – On Your Way (MP3)
UPCOMING SHOWS
July 22 – Mesa Arts Center – Mesa,AZ
July 23- Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM
July 24- -Marquis Theater-Denver, CO (Headlining Show, more below)
July 25 – Red Rocks Amphitheater – We play @ 5:30!!(Massive show) – Morrison, CO
July 27 – Plush – Tucson, AZ
Flying lotus completes Red Rocks line-up (from STS9)
The beautiful beast that is the “Day Out of Time” in Colorado just keeps on growing. FLYING LOTUS has been added to the Red Rocks bill to cap off this extraordinary line-up. To recap, that’s STS9, Pretty Lights, The Album Leaf, Flying Lotus, Pnuma Trio, Daedelus, Telepathe, Nosaj Thing and Bass Science! Plus BONOBO at the Ogden to kick it off on July 23, plus LIPP SERVICE feat. Eliot Lipp at The Fillmore with STS9 on July 24! We haven’t even announced the FRIDAY and SATURDAY AFTER PARTIES! Is it July yet??
Okkervil River Tour
I just got word of the great news and I must admit that I’m a bit giddy. I’ve never seen Okkervil River and every time I got a shot at seeing them, it fell through.Will Sheff is SO DREAMY.
Tour
06/25/2009 – The Wiltern, Los Angeles, California SOLD OUT
w’ Wilco
06/26/2009 – Mountain Winery, Saratoga, California
w’ Wilco
06/27/2009 – Greek Theatre, UC Berkely, California
w’ Wilco
06/28/2009 – Harvey’s Lake Tahoe Outdoor, Tahoe City, California
w’ Wilco
06/30/2009 – Britt Pavillion, Jacksonville, Oregon
w’ Wilco
07/03/2009 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado
