Musical Justice: January 2008

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Cheap Thrills: Liam Finn - Second Chance

A free legal download of the first single from Neil's son's debut I'll Be Lightning (courtesy of Yep Roc)...

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The Money Shot: Why Rock Radio Sucks, Winehouse Has Months to Live and The Best Ass In The History of Rock?

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The Strokes' 'Is This It' cover model revealed (NME)

MS: “I walked out of the shower and I was completely naked,” she recalls. “I was walking around the house – he was like, put this glove on. I walked over, boom, that was the shot.”

Is Rock Radio Slowly Going Post-Modern? (Idolator)

MS: Now, all that remains is pretty much straightforward guitar rock. Jack Johnson or Eddie Vedder might sneak an acoustic guitar in there now and then, and Linkin Park still throw drum machines and rapping into their tunes, but big, compressed power chords rule Alternative and Active stations alike. And if Billboard's Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock singles charts feature half of the same songs, as they frequently do these days, how long will it be until Billboard realizes they only need one chart, or radio brass realize they only need one kind of rock station.

Amy Winehouse 'has months to live' says husband (NME)

MS: “Every day I fear the prison chaplain is going to walk into my cell and break the news that Amy is dead.”

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MJTV: Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird

Live version of the closing track from The Shepard's Dog...

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Tour Dates - Louis XIV

Adding some headlining dates in March & April...

February:
1 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
4 - Seattle, WA - Showbox
5 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
6 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
8 - San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre
9 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
10 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
13 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
14 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues

March:
4 - Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
6 - Dallas, TX - The Prophet Bar
7 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
8 - Austin, TX - Emo's
10 - Atlanta, GA - The Loft
12 - Philadelphia, PA - North Star Bar
14 - New York, NY - The Fillmore @ Irving Plaza
15 - Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
16 - Albany, NY - Jack Rabbit Slim's
18 - Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa
19 - Toronto, Ontario - Mod Club
25 - Denver, CO - Marquee Theatre
29 - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
30 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre

April:
3 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
4 - Los Angeles, CA -Avalon
5 - Phoenix, AZ - Brickhouse Theater
10 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues

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Tour Dates - Mike Doughty

The Golden Delicious tour rolls into March...

January:
Thu 01/31/08 Tampa, FL Orpheum

February:
Fri 02/01/08 Orlando, FL The Social
Fri 02/08/08 Great Barrington, MA Club Helsinki

March:
Wed 03/12/08 Northampton, MA Pearl Street
Thu 03/13/08 Rochester, NY German House Theatre
Fri 03/14/08 Montreal, QC Les Saints
Sat 03/15/08 Toronto, ON The Mod Club Theatre
Sun 03/16/08 Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig
Tue 03/18/08 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom & Tavern
Wed 03/19/08 Indianapolis, IN The Music Mill
Thu 03/20/08 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
Fri 03/21/08 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom
Sat 03/22/08 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
Tue 03/25/08 Omaha, NE Slowdown
Wed 03/26/08 Kansas City, MO Beaumont Club
Thu 03/27/08 Saint Louis, MO The Gargoyle

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

The Money Shot: Man Sets Fire To Radio Career, Monkeys Lead NME Pack, & Fighting With Johnny Rotten...

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Man Upset About Music Sets Fire To Radio Station (NBC 5)

MS: Feinstein told investigators that he was "very unhappy" about the changes to his playlist, said Austin Fire Department Battalion Chief Greg Nye. The songs were intended for an Internet broadcast that occurs when the station is off the air.

"He had a dream of a career in radio and was very disappointed about where it had led him," Nye said.

John Lydon in family feud (Music News)

MS: "Doctors later told us he has a bad heart. He had been on blood pressure tablets for 25 years and had high cholesterol. "John said to me, 'How can a fit man die of a heart attack?' He was really aggressive and implied it was my fault. I ended up putting the phone down on him. My John was not a fit man, he was ill. His mind was going too. I think John is trying to cut me out now. It's just too awful for words."

Arctic Monkeys get record seven NME nominations (Reuters)

MS: The Arctic Monkeys are contesting the best British band, best live band, best album, best track, best video and best video album artwork categories, while lead singer Alex Turner is nominated for the "best dressed" award.

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Tour Dates - The Gutter Twins

Extensive worldwide dates for Dulli and Lanegan, starting of course on Valentine's Day...

February:
Thu 02/14/08 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Tue 02/19/08 Paris, FRA La Maroquinerie
Thu 02/21/08 London, UK Koko
Sat 02/23/08 Amsterdam, NET Melkweg

March:
Sat 03/01/08 San Francisco, CA Bimbo's 365 Club
Mon 03/03/08 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
Tue 03/04/08 Seattle, WA Showbox At The Market
Fri 03/07/08 Chicago, IL Metro / Smart Bar
Sat 03/08/08 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
Sun 03/09/08 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
Tue 03/11/08 Newport, KY Southgate House
Wed 03/12/08 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom & Tavern
Fri 03/14/08 Toronto, ON The Mod Club Theatre
Sat 03/15/08 Montreal, QC Cabaret Du Musee Juste Pour Rire
Tue 03/18/08 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
Wed 03/19/08 New York, NY Webster Hall
Thu 03/20/08 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Fri 03/21/08 Atlanta, GA Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre
Sat 03/22/08 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks
Wed 03/26/08 Austin, TX Antone's
Thu 03/27/08 Dallas, TX House Of Blues - Cambridge Room
Sat 03/29/08 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre

April:
Wed 04/02/08 Los Angeles, CA The Avalon
Sat 04/05/08 Dublin, IRE Ambassador Theatre
Sun 04/06/08 Belfast, UK The Limelight
Mon 04/07/08 Glasgow, UK Oran Mor
Tue 04/08/08 Manchester, UK Manchester Academy
Wed 04/09/08 Birmingham, UK Glee Club
Fri 04/11/08 Brussels, BEL Ancienne Belgique
Sat 04/12/08 Rotterdam, NET Motel Mozaique
Mon 04/14/08 Copenhagen, DEN VEGA House Of Music
Tue 04/15/08 Stockholm, SWE Debaser Medis
Wed 04/16/08 Oslo, NOR Rockefeller Music Hall
Fri 04/18/08 Hamburg, GER Logo
Sat 04/19/08 Berlin, GER Postbanhof Berlin
Sun 04/20/08 Vienna, AS Szene Vienna
Mon 04/21/08 Zurich, SWI Mascotte
Wed 04/23/08 Rome, ITA Alpheus
Thu 04/24/08 Milan, ITA Musicdrome
Sat 04/26/08 Barcelona, SPA Razzmatazz
Sun 04/27/08 Madrid, SPA Sala Heineken
Mon 04/28/08 Bilbao, SPA Kafe Antzokia

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Tour Dates - The Automatic

The first UK dates since the big change at keyboards...

March:
Fri 03/28/08 Monmouth, UK Blake Centre
Sat 03/29/08 Wrexham, UK Central Station
Sun 03/30/08 Caernarforn, UK Caernarfon Galeria
Mon 03/31/08 Brecon, UK Brycheiniog Theatre

April:
Wed 04/02/08 Exeter, UK Cavern Club
Thu 04/03/08 Gloucester, UK Gloucester Arts Centre
Sat 04/05/08 Northampton, UK Soundhaus
Sun 04/06/08 Stoke, UK The Sugarmill
Mon 04/07/08 York, UK Fibbers
Tue 04/08/08 Liverpool, UK Carling Academy Liverpool
Thu 04/10/08 Dundee, UK The Doghouse
Fri 04/11/08 Inverness, UK The Raigmore
Sat 04/12/08 Aberdeen, UK Drummonds
Mon 04/14/08 Leeds, UK The Cockpit
Tue 04/15/08 Hull, UK Wellington Club
Wed 04/16/08 Tamworth, UK Palace
Fri 04/18/08 Middlesborough, UK The Cornerhouse
Sat 04/19/08 Leicester, UK Princess Charlotte
Sun 04/20/08 Norwich, UK Norwich Arts Centre
Mon 04/21/08 Herts, UK Club 85
Wed 04/23/08 Brighton, UK Audio
Thu 04/24/08 South-On-Sea, UK Chinnery's
Sat 04/26/08 Portsmouth, UK Wedgewood Rooms
Mon 04/28/08 Plymouth, UK White Rabbit
Tue 04/29/08 Cardiff, UK The Point

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Tour Dates - Gore Gore Girls

The Girls go to Europe...

April:
Thu 04/10/08 Zurich, SWI Mascotte
Sat 04/12/08 Milan, ITA Garage
Sun 04/13/08 Torino, ITA United Club
Mon 04/21/08 Paris, FRA La Maroquinerie
Thu 04/24/08 Saint Etienne, FRA Le Fil
Fri 04/25/08 Belfort, FRA Le Poudriere
Sat 04/26/08 Amiens, FRA La Lune des Pirates
Mon 04/28/08 Helsinki, FIN TBA

May:
Thu 05/01/08 Copenhagen, DEN The Rock
Fri 05/02/08 Bergen, NOR Bergenfest
Sat 05/03/08 Haderslev, DEN Manen

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MJTV: Elvis Costello and The Attractions - (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea

From the re-released (again) This Year's Model which was the first Elvis record to feature the Attractions...

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The Money Shot: DBT Almost Broke Up, Blur on Coke & Chris Walla Learns Difference Between 'Detained' and 'Confiscated'

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Drive-By Truckers: The Burrs in Rock 'n' Roll’s Saddle (Popmatters)

MS: We got off the road long enough this past year to actually miss it again. We’d really run ourselves into a wall, playing non-stop for so long. How many of your favorite bands break up and then a few years later realize that if they’d have taken a few months off to step back and realize the big picture, they’d have stayed together? We went through that. Fortunately, we did the right thing ‘cause we were at that point where you’re just so frustrated that you can’t see the forest through the trees. I think taking a break and kinda pulling back some really helped. I also think working on the Bettye LaVette record was a chance for us to work together but it wasn’t a Drive-By Truckers project.

Catching Up With... Chris Walla (Paste)

MS: I learned technically [that it wasn't] “confiscated.” My hard drive was “detained.” Having something “confiscated” is a more serious thing, and having something “seized” is even more serious. That had a measurable, significant effect on the way the record unfolded. In fact, one of the things that it did was that the record that [was sent out to press as an advance] is, in large part, mixes that didn’t make it to the record people will buy in the stores. When that whole thing happened and the drive got hung up, there was a really small window in which I was able to finish mixes. And that event sort of erased that window. That was kind of a big drag because the record, to me, in the form that [the press received], it feels like from about the fourth song to about the tenth song it’s got a really similar color. It doesn’t feel like it’s totally engaging through the whole length of the thing.

Blur's Alex James calls cocaine 'a trail of death' (NME)

MS: "My heart started beating faster when I was met at the airport by heavily armed security guards and escorted to a bomb-proof monster truck," he said, adding, "The cash generated by coke basically has been funding a civil war that's been raging for decades."

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The Money Shot: Too Much To Listen To = Listening To Less?, Moz Is A Bitch To Work For, & Cat Power's Career Choices...

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Cat Power's nine lives (Times Online)

MS: “I was under so many layers of self-hatred,” she recalls, “that I couldn’t open up. It never dawned on me that I was a singer until two years ago. I was on tour, I’m singing and I’m sober, and I’m like, ‘Holy shit, I’m singing, and this is easy and fun.’ Before, it was always so emotional, because it wasn’t where I’d pictured myself being. I pictured myself living in a cold coastal town, no tourists, an alone person. I never wanted to be a singer. I wanted to be a painter, or a dancer, or a baker, or a teacher – or president of the United States.”

22,000 Songs and Nothing to Listen To (Seattle Weekly)

MS: "Less album listening means that people aren't forced to listen to things that don't turn them on right away, and as a result, tastes change less." Yep: Having 6 million songs at hand means that tastes actually change less. It's a common predicament for anyone wanting to expand their tastes, knowing that there's no reason to listen to, say, the end of a song, much less an entire album you don't "get" right away. Even though it ultimately will expand my palette, do I really have the patience to get into heavy metal when I already know I love Spoon?

I was Morrissey's roadie (Times Online)

MS: “What was the first record you ever bought? Moz asks everyone that, I’m told. What would your answer be?”

Being involved in music I have often been asked this question and my policy recently has been honesty. It wasn’t the Velvet Underground, Sex Pistols or the Jesus and Mary Chain, it was Rocket Man, by Elton John. “F*** me, Andrew,” he says. “Don’t tell Moz that, you’ll be right out the door. T. Rex is always good.”

It’s not long before I make another apparent faux pas. We are listening to Indie 103, one of the best alternative rock radio shows in LA. I am asked if I have heard the station’s show by the Sex Pistol Steve Jones. I say I have but also like to listen to Henry Rollins, whose Harmony in my Head show is on the same station. This is met with a frown and then silence. I wonder if I have said something else wrong, then forget it.

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MJTV: Chris Walla - Sing Again

Put on your red hat and sing along with the first single from the Death Cab's guitarist's solo CD Field Manual...

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Cheap Thrills: The Gutter Twins - Idle Hands

A free, legal download from the Greg Dulli/Mark Lanegan project (courtesy of Sub Pop)...

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Tour Dates - Brakes

UK dates for the Brighton band (known as BrakesBrakesBrakes in the US)...

February:
Mon 02/04/08 London, UK Slaughtered Lamb
Wed 02/06/08 Bath, UK Moles Club
Thu 02/07/08 Nottingham, UK The Social
Fri 02/08/08 Glasgow, UK Brel
Sun 02/10/08 Leeds, UK The Faversham
Mon 02/11/08 London, UK Slaughtered Lamb
Tue 02/12/08 Manchester, UK Ruby Lounge
Wed 02/13/08 York, UK Fibbers
Mon 02/18/08 London, UK Slaughtered Lamb

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Tour Dates - Goldfrapp

A handful of UK dates are lined up...

March:
Tue 03/04/08 London, UK Union Chapel

April:
Fri 04/18/08 London, UK Royal Festival Hall

June:
Sat 06/21/08 Bexhill-on-Sea, UK De Le Warr Pavilion
Sun 06/22/08 Birmingham, UK Symphony Hall
Mon 06/23/08 Manchester, UK The Bridgewater Hall
Wed 06/25/08 London, UK Royal Albert Hall
Mon 06/30/08 Glasgow, UK The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

July:
Tue 07/01/08 Gateshead, UK The Sage

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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

MJTV: The Ting Tings - Great DJ

New video from the buzz band...

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The Money Shot: U2's Manager and Music Labels Decide Your ISP is The Problem While The WSJ Gets Clued In That Digital Is The Future of Music...

Headlines, headlines, headlines...

Music Firms Want EU to Cut Off Pirates (Business Week)

MS: "Up until now, ISPs have allowed copyright theft to run rampant on their networks, causing a massive devaluation of copyrighted music," said John Kennedy, the CEO of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the record industry trade association. "The time for action is now -- from the EU and other governments."

Playing the blame game in the music biz (LA Times)

MS: In a keynote address to several hundred convention delegates, McGuinness, who has managed U2 since the band started, directly attacked the creators and operators of ISPs, saying, "I think the failure of ISPs to engage in the fight against piracy, to date, has been the single biggest failure in the digital music market.

"They are the gatekeepers with the technical means to make a far greater impact on mass copyright violation than the tens of thousands of lawsuits taken out against individual file sharers," he said. "To me, prosecuting the customer is counterintuitive, though I recognize that these prosecutions have an educational and propaganda effect, however small, in showing that stealing music is wrong."

Beyond the Album (Wall Street Journal)

MS: The music industry likes to say the CD can't compete with free, but that's missing the point. The real problem -- as those kids showed EMI so devastatingly -- is that the physical increasingly can't compete with the digital. (Or maybe they didn't care about Coldplay and Robbie Williams.) The music industry's experiments with various new CD formats -- the CD-View Plus, ringle, etc. -- are doomed because they still depend on a plastic disc fewer and fewer people want.

But if the CD is dying, will the album follow?

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Tour Dates - Art Brut

New UK dates for Eddie Argos and the gang...

January:
Thu 01/31/08 Gloucester, UK Gloucester Guildhall

February:
Fri 02/01/08 Bristol, UK Trinity Arts Centre
Sat 02/02/08 Exeter, UK Exeter Phoenix
Sun 02/03/08 Brighton, UK Concorde 2
Tue 02/05/08 London, UK ULU
Wed 02/06/08 London, UK ULU
Thu 02/07/08 Oxford, UK Carling Academy Oxford
Fri 02/08/08 Northampton, UK Soundhaus
Sat 02/09/08 Hartlepool, UK Escobar
Mon 02/11/08 Edinburgh, UK The Hive
Tue 02/12/08 Aberdeen, UK Tunnels
Wed 02/13/08 Dundee, UK Fat Sam's
Thu 02/14/08 Sheffield, UK Fuzz Club
Sat 02/16/08 Bradford, UK St. George's Concert Hall
Sun 02/17/08 York, UK Fibbers
Mon 02/18/08 Hull, UK Wellington Club
Tue 02/19/08 Stoke, UK The Sugarmill
Thu 02/21/08 Barcelona, SPA Apollo
Fri 02/22/08 Madrid, SPA Caracol
Sat 02/23/08 Bilbao, SPA Kafe Antzokia
Wed 02/27/08 Rome, ITA Circolo Degli Artisti
Fri 02/29/08 Turin, ITA Hiroshima Mon Amour

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Tour Dates - Tift Merritt

Dates in support of Another Country, her first release since 2004's Tambourine...

March:
1 - Albany, NY - Linda Norris Theatre
17 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
18 - Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall
19 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
21 - Alexandria, VA - Birchmere Music Hall
22 - Durham, NC - Carolina Theatre
28 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues/Parish Room
29 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
30 - Ashland, KY - Paramount Theater for Mountain Stage

April:
1 - Toronto, Ontario - El Mocambo
2 - Ann Arbor, MI - The Ark
4 - Chicago, IL - Schubas
5 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon
6 - Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center
8 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
11 - Vancouver, British Columbia - The Plaza
12 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
13 - Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern
15 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
17 - West Hollywood, CA - Troubadour
18 - San Diego, CA - Anthology
19 - Tucson, AZ - Plush
21 - Austin, TX - The Parish
22 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues/Cambridge Room
24 - Atlanta, GA - The Five Spot
26 - Wilkesboro, NC - Merlefest

Tift Merritt's website
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MJTV: Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way?

In advance of the forthcoming Love Revolution, here's the classic Kravitz track...

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Cheap Thrills: Chris Walla - Sing Again

A free, legal download from the Death Cab guitarist's solo CD, Field Manual (courtesy of Barsuk Records)...

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The Money Shot: The (Incredibly Detailed) Life & Times of Rivers Cuomo, Why Bloggers Suck, & Apple COULDN'T Be Overhyping iPhone Sales, Could They?

A bunch of new headlines...

Amateur Hour (Time Out Chicago)

MS: “[Bloggers] are pushing what they like, and I think they feel like they’re doing the band a favor,” he says. “I think a lot of clubs might have gotten hurt [by this]. More than once over the past year, there have been bands that have been riding ‘basement critic’ buzz that just didn’t translate into anything.”

iPhones piling up at AT&T stores (Crave @ CNET)

MS: "We believe the data points to a significant amount of iPhone channel inventory...This is negative in two ways: (1) it indicates end-user demand for iPhone is lower than many investors may think based on Apple's sales figure; and (2) it points to slower iPhone sales in the current quarter, since much of this inventory is likely to be drawn down," Sacconaghi wrote in his report.

Let's walk through the theory. Apple said on Tuesday that it sold 3.7 million iPhones in 2007. But AT&T said Thursday that it ended 2007 with around 2 million iPhone customers.

Rivers Cuomo's Memoirs To Span Eight Volumes (Gigwise)

MS: He said: “I’ve quite a lot of material collected now, I’m still working on most every day and I really enjoy it.

“Right now I have eight volumes sketched out.”

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Tour Dates - The Raveonettes

New February dates in Spain, Portugal and France...

February:
Thu 02/07/08 Turin, ITA Spazio 211
Fri 02/08/08 Treviso, ITA New Age
Sat 02/09/08 Ravenna, ITA Charles Bronson
Sun 02/10/08 Milan, ITA Musicdrome
Tue 02/12/08 Rome, ITA Circolo Degli Artisti
Wed 02/13/08 Florence, ITA Auditorium Flog
Fri 02/15/08 London, UK 229
Sun 02/17/08 Madrid, SPA Sala Heineken
Mon 02/18/08 Barcelona, SPA Razzmatazz
Tue 02/19/08 Braga, POR Teatro Circo
Wed 02/20/08 Lisbon, POR Santiago Alquimista
Thu 02/21/08 Angouleme, FRA La Nef
Fri 02/22/08 Saint-Malo, FRA La Route du Rock
Fri 02/29/08 San Diego, CA The Casbah

March:
Sat 03/01/08 Pomona, CA Glass House
Sun 03/02/08 Costa Mesa, CA Detroit Bar
Tue 03/04/08 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
Wed 03/05/08 San Francisco, CA The Independent
Fri 03/07/08 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
Sat 03/08/08 Vancouver, BC The Plaza Club
Sun 03/09/08 Seattle, WA Neumo's
Wed 03/12/08 thru Sun 03/16/08 Austin, TX SXSW
Mon 03/17/08 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
Tue 03/18/08 Chicago, IL Double Door
Wed 03/19/08 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
Fri 03/21/08 Toronto, ON Opera House Concert Venue
Sat 03/22/08 Montreal, QC Les Saints
Sun 03/23/08 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell's
Mon 03/24/08 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
Wed 03/26/08 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Thu 03/27/08 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda's
Fri 03/28/08 Baltimore, MD Ottobar
Sat 03/29/08 Washington, DC Black Cat

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MJTV: The Hives - Two Timing Touch And Broken Bones (Live)

The amazing Hives live in Germany...

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Monday, January 28, 2008

Tour Dates - Over The Rhine

The classy Ohio band adds spring dates...

January:
Wed 01/30/08 Stuart, FL Lyric Theatre

February:
Sat 02/02/08 Orlando, FL Back Booth
Mon 02/04/08 Birmingham, AL WorkPlay Theatre
Thu 02/07/08 Austin, TX Cactus Cafe
Fri 02/08/08 Austin, TX Cactus Cafe
Sat 02/09/08 Dallas, TX House Of Blues

March:
Fri 03/28/08 Grantham, PA Messiah College

April:
Sat 04/05/08 New Harmony, IN Under The Beams
Wed 04/09/08 Charlotte, NC Visulite Theatre
Fri 04/11/08 Norfolk, VA Attucks Theatre
Sat 04/12/08 Charlottesville, VA Gravity Lounge

July:
Thu 07/03/08 Bushnell, IL Cornerstone Farm
Fri 07/04/08 Bushnell, IL Cornerstone Farm
Tue 07/22/08 Cleveland Heights, OH Cain Park
Wed 07/23/08 Kettering, OH Fraze Pavilion For The Perf. Arts

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Tour Dates - R.E.M.

The Athens trio hits the road with The National and Modest Mouse in support of Accelerate...

March:
12 - Austin, TX - Stubb's (SXSW)

May:
23 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Deer Lake Park
29 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
31 - Berkeley, CA - The Greek Theatre

June:
3 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
6 - Chicago, IL - United Center
8 - Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheatre
10 - Raleigh, NC - Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
11 – Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion
13 - Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
14 - Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach Theater
18 - Philadelphia, PA - Mann Center for the Performing Arts
19 - New York, NY - TBA
21 - Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheatre

R.E.M.'s website
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The Money Shot: Navarro Reconsiders Jane's Addiction, UK Digital Sales Slow and The World Is Shocked To Find Out That UB40 Was Still Together...

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UB40 singer Campbell quits group (BBC News)

MS: "Ali Campbell has taken the decision to focus on his solo career and in doing so, could not give his full commitment to UB40. The other band members of UB40 are naturally disappointed and saddened after being together as a band unit and as good friends and a family unit for almost 30 years."

Dave Navarro's Spread Entertainment (6767.com)

MS: My love for the music out weighs any old baggage that might have been. As I have said in the past... If Van Halen and the Eagles can get over their issues, I don't see why we can't. I just think that if something like that ever happened, it should be shows only with no new label, management, photo shoots, press and all that crap that clouds the experience. Simply a month or two of theater tour dates to celebrate the music.

Digital music growth slows as pirates thrive (Times Online)

MS: Illegal music downloads outnumbered tracks sold by a factor of twenty to one last year, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). As the industry body announced that digital music sales rose by 40 per cent last year, it called on internet service providers to take action to counter illegal filesharing.

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Tour Dates - Lenny Kravitz

Tour dates in support of Love Revolution (due 2/5)...

January 2008
29 - Philadelphia, PA - The Electric Factory
31 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre

February 2008
1 - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom

March 2008
10 - Vancouver, British Columbia - GM Place
11 - Kelowna, British Columbia - Prospera Place
13 - Edmonton, Alberta - Rexall Place
15 - Calgary, Alberta - Pengrowth Saddledome
17 - Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Centre
20 - Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre
22 - London, Ontario - John Labatt Centre
24 - Ottawa, Ontario - Scotiabank Place
25 - Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre

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Tour Dates - We Are Scientists

The indie rockers head to the U.K. in April...

April:
12 - Glasgow Barrowlands
13 - Aberdeen Music Hall
14 - Newcastle Northumbria Uni
15 - Manchester Academy
17 - Sheffield Octagon
18 - Birmingham Carling Academy
19 - Nottingham Rock City
20 - Norwich UEA
22 - Southampton Guildhall
23 - Bristol Carling Academy
24 - Shepherd’s Bush Empire
25 - Shepherd’s Bush Empire

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The Money Shot: Brits Tell Bruce To Keep It Down In There, The Police Are In It For The Art, and Hmmm...I Guess The Album IS Dead (and DVD Killed It)

The latest headlines...

Has digital killed the record store? (Springfield News-Sun)

MS: Competition from other sectors is a more likely explanation, according to Oberholzer-Gee and Strumpf's statistical analysis of file sharing activity in 2002.

"A shift in entertainment spending toward recorded movies alone can largely explain the reduction in sales," they wrote. "The sales of DVDs and VHS tapes increased by over $5 billion between 1999 and 2003. This figure more than offsets the $2.6 billion reduction in album sales since 1999."

In addition, computer game sales rose by 40 percent and mobile phone usage by teenagers tripled during that period.

Boss can make stadium rock (but not too much) (This Is London)

MS: The Rev Stephen Coles, vicar of St Thomas's Church in Finsbury Park, said: "It is very unfair on residents living around the stadium who will have to put up with the noise. I have no faith that a concert will be controlled to the level that it will only be audible within the stadium itself."

Labour councillor Theresa Debono said there were also concerns about increased anti-social behaviour. She said: "If you have thousands of people drinking and stumbling out of a concert it can only mean trouble. There is a feeling residents' views are not being taken into account."

Green councillor Katie Dawson said: "This is not Wembley, it is Islington. It is bonkers to put on concerts without first ensuring the noise will not disturb residents nearby."

Why would rock and roll legends decide to re-form? (Herald Sun)

MS: The Police reunion, a surprise to the band as much as the world who'd watched their acrimonious split, is generating them $160 million for about 114 shows. The tour has sold 1.5 million tickets worldwide. However, the three weren't exactly down to their last few dollars.

Ed Bicknell, one-time manager of Dire Straits and now head of the music division of the powerful William Morris Agency, believes the Police reunion was partly inspired by "getting back together with your mates, the camaraderie''. However, he mentioned a certain seven-figure lure.

"I doubt any of these acts would have got back together had there not been a significant financial pay-off. I can't imagine Sting and Stewart Copeland are doing it out of some kind of 'it's for the art, man' attitude.''

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Cheap Thrills - Band of Horses - No One's Gonna Love You

Another free, legal download from Cease To Begin (courtesy of Sub Pop)

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MJTV: Louis XIV - Guilt By Association

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Tour Dates - The Gourds

The alt-country Texans announce new spring dates...

January:
Thu 01/31/08 Denton, TX Dan's Silver Leaf

February:
Fri 02/01/08 Fort Worth, TX The Aardvark
Sat 02/02/08 Stephenville, TX Bostock's
Thu 02/07/08 Los Angeles, CA Safari Sam's
Fri 02/08/08 Santa Cruz, CA Moe's Alley
Sat 02/09/08 San Francisco, CA Slim's
Sun 02/10/08 Winters, CA The Palms
Wed 02/13/08 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
Thu 02/14/08 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
Fri 02/15/08 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
Sat 02/16/08 Eugene, OR WOW Hall

March:
Sat 03/08/08 Austin, TX Threadgill's World Headquarters
Fri 03/28/08 Athens, GA The Melting Point
Sat 03/29/08 Atlanta, GA Smith's Olde Bar

April:
Sat 04/12/08 Nacogdoches, TX Americana Music Festival
Thu 04/17/08 Milwaukee, WI Shank Hall
Fri 04/18/08 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
Sun 04/20/08 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
Wed 04/23/08 Billings, MT Yellowstone Valley Brewing Company
Fri 04/25/08 Missoula, MT Wilma Theatre

May:
Thu 05/01/08 Fort Worth, TX MayFest

June:
Sat 06/07/08 Lawrence, KS Wakarusa Festival

August:
Fri 08/01/08 Hailey, ID Northern Rockies Folk Festival

September:
Fri 09/05/08 Falls Church, VA State Theatre

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Tour Dates - The Black Lips

The Lips add European dates...

February:
Fri 02/01/08 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
Mon 02/04/08 Seattle, WA Neumo's
Tue 02/05/08 Portland, OR Dante's
Wed 02/06/08 Eugene, OR WOW Hall
Fri 02/08/08 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
Sat 02/09/08 Pomona, CA Glass House
Sun 02/10/08 Costa Mesa, CA Detroit Bar
Wed 02/13/08 San Diego, CA The Casbah
Thu 02/14/08 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
Fri 02/22/08 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks
Sat 02/23/08 Austin, TX Emo's
Sun 02/24/08 Dallas, TX The Loft
Mon 02/25/08 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck
Tue 02/26/08 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room
Thu 02/28/08 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
Fri 02/29/08 Madison, WI Memorial Union

March:
Sat 03/01/08 Chicago, IL Logan Square Auditorium
Sun 03/02/08 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom
Tue 03/04/08 Columbus, OH The Basement
Wed 03/05/08 Oberlin, OH Dionysus Club
Thu 03/06/08 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
Fri 03/07/08 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Small's Theatre
Sat 03/08/08 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
Mon 03/10/08 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Tue 03/11/08 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall Of Williamsburg
Thu 03/13/08 Cambridge, MA Middle East Restaurant & Nightclub
Fri 03/14/08 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda's
Sat 03/15/08 Washington, DC Black Cat
Sun 03/16/08 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506
Thu 03/20/08 Nashville, TN The Mercy Lounge
Fri 03/21/08 Memphis, TN Hi-Tone Cafe
Sat 03/22/08 Atlanta, GA The EARL

April:
Fri 04/25/08 Indio, CA Empire Polo Field

May:
Thu 05/01/08 Cardiff, UK The Point
Fri 05/02/08 Swansea, UK Sin City
Sat 05/03/08 Dublin, IRE Crawdaddy
Sun 05/04/08 Glasgow, UK Barrowland
Tue 05/06/08 Sheffield, UK Plug
Wed 05/07/08 Leeds, UK Brudenell Social Club
Thu 05/08/08 Birmingham, UK The Place I Love
Fri 05/09/08 Camber Sands, UK All Tomorrows Party Festival
Sun 05/11/08 Cambridge, UK The Junction
Mon 05/12/08 Oxford, UK Carling Academy Oxford
Tue 05/13/08 Bristol, UK Thekla
Wed 05/14/08 London, UK 100 Club
Thu 05/15/08 Bristol, UK Thekla

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Sunday, January 27, 2008

What is the Davos Question?

We're a little late to the party, but you can find out more here...

Every year, many of the world's top leaders attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to discuss how to make the world a better place.

This year, you get to join them.

First, submit a video answering The Davos Question:

"What one thing do you think that countries, companies or individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008?"

Then, starting January 1st, watch and rank others' ideas. The highest-rated videos will be screened in Davos (January 23-27), where world leaders will watch your videos and make responses of their own. Your idea could be the start of something big.

To find out more about the World Economic Forum, go here:

http://www.weforum.org/en/index.htm

Friday, January 25, 2008

MJTV: Against Me! - Stop

The latest video from New Wave...

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MJTV: Nada Surf - I Like What You Say

Quirky, catchy animated video from their new one, Lucky...

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Tour Dates - The Hives

The Swedish garage rockers add European dates...

February:
Thu 02/14/08 Mexico City, MEX TBA
Sat 02/16/08 Guadalajara, MEX TBA
Sun 02/17/08 Mexico City, MEX Vive Cuervo Salon
Tue 02/19/08 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
Wed 02/20/08 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
Thu 02/21/08 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
Fri 02/22/08 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
Sat 02/23/08 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
Tue 02/26/08 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
Thu 02/28/08 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
Fri 02/29/08 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre

March:
Sat 03/01/08 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
Sun 03/02/08 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre
Mon 03/03/08 Toronto, ON Kool Haus
Tue 03/04/08 Montreal, QC Club Soda
Fri 03/07/08 New York, NY Terminal 5
Sat 03/08/08 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Thu 03/27/08 Saarbrucken, GER The Garage
Fri 03/28/08 Bremen, GER Pier 2
Sat 03/29/08 Cologne, GER WDR Rocknaucht @ Palladium

April:
Tue 04/01/08 Budapest, HUN Petofi Csarnok
Wed 04/02/08 Vienna, AS Gasometer
Thu 04/03/08 Munich, GER Tonhalle
Fri 04/04/08 Zurich, SWI X-Tra Limmathaus
Sat 04/05/08 Milan, ITA Rolling Stone
Mon 04/07/08 Barcelona, SPA Sala Apolo
Tue 04/08/08 Madrid, SPA La Riviera
Wed 04/09/08 Lisbon, POR Coliseum
Fri 04/11/08 Bilbao, SPA Santana 27
Sat 04/12/08 Toulouse, FRA Le Bikini
Mon 04/14/08 Norwich, UK Univ. Of East Anglia LCR-Union
Tue 04/15/08 Newcastle, UK Carling Academy Newcastle
Wed 04/16/08 Nottingham, UK Rock City
Thu 04/17/08 Bristol, UK Carling Bristol Academy
Fri 04/18/08 London, UK Carling Academy Brixton
Sat 04/19/08 Bourges, FRA Le Printemps De Bourges Festival
Sun 04/20/08 Paris, FRA Zenith Paris

The Hives' website
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Tour Dates - Josh Ritter

More dates for the Historical Conquests tour...

February:
Fri 02/22/08 Victoria, BC Alix Goolden Performance Hall
Sat 02/23/08 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
Sun 02/24/08 Kelowna, BC Doc Willoughby's
Tue 02/26/08 Calgary, AB Knox United Church
Wed 02/27/08 Edmonton, AB Myer Horowitz Theatre
Thu 02/28/08 Saskatoon, SK Louis'
Fri 02/29/08 Regina, SK The Exchange

March:
Sat 03/01/08 Winnipeg, MB West End Cultural Centre
Tue 03/04/08 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
Wed 03/05/08 Montreal, QC La Sala Rosa
Thu 03/06/08 Ottawa, ON Capital Music Hall
Sun 03/09/08 Big Cypress, FL Big Cypress Seminole Reservation

April:
Wed 04/09/08 Athens, OH Ohio University
Thu 04/10/08 Oberlin, OH Oberlin College
Fri 04/11/08 Cleveland, OH Cleveland Museum Of Art
Sat 04/12/08 New York, NY Metropolitan Museum of Art

July:
Fri 07/25/08 Calgary, AB Prince's Island Park
Sat 07/26/08 Calgary, AB Prince's Island Park

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Cheap Thrills: Marah - Angels of Destruction

A free, legal download of the title track from the new Marah release (courtesy of Yep Roc Records)...

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The Money Shot: Police Top Forbes' List, Heath Ledger = Nick Drake and This Just In... Radio Sucks (SHOCK!)

Today's headlines...

Why Things Suck: Radio (Wired)

MS: The biggest barriers to building a radio audience are the polarizing power of music and the plethora of choices on the dial. So, when corporations like Clear Channel started buying up stations in the late '90s, they set about building a lowest-common-denominator product that would be attractive to the most listeners. "There's this idea of the perfect playlist," Walker says. "Find it with research and attract the perfect audience." But it turns out that the most lucrative audience is really just "people who will not change the channel during the ads." The result: watered-down programming designed primarily not to offend.

The Heath Ledger/Nick Drake Connection (Pitchfork)

MS: Ledger created a black-and-white video clip that was shown at a pair of exhibits devoted to Drake last year, according to MTV.com and Billboard.com reports.

As the MTV.com report explains, "A representative for Drake's estate described the 'gorgeous' and 'extremely moving' clip as a stark black-and-white composition, consisting mainly of the director turning the camera on himself. In the end, Ledger is seen drowning himself in a bathtub."

The song playing during this is Drake's "Black Eyed Dog", purportedly the last song the English singer ever wrote and allegedly a reference to Winston Churchill's description of depression.

Music's Biggest Cash Kings (Forbes)

MS: Playing live was a big cash generator for all the artists on our list. By far the biggest tour of the year was the Police reunion, as Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland decided to bury the hatchet and hit the road for the first time since 1986. Financially, it was a no-brainer: The trio generated $133.2 million in concert receipts at an average ticket price of $112--and that's face value. In all, the band racked up an impressive $142.4 million in concert tickets and music sales.

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MJTV: Arcade Fire - Black Mirror

The latest video from AF is a trippy affair made trippier by this link (www.rorrimkcalb.com) to a website where you can create your own remix, stripping away and adding different audio layers on the fly... very cool!

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Tour Dates - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

The Super Bowl halftime band announces their summer tour dates...

February:
Sun 02/03/08 Glendale, AZ Univ. of Phoenix Stadium

May:
Fri 05/30/08 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
Sat 05/31/08 Auburn Hills, MI The Palace Of Auburn Hills

June:
Tue 06/03/08 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Thu 06/05/08 Philadelphia, PA The Wachovia Center
Sun 06/08/08 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion At Stone Ridge
Tue 06/10/08 Burgettstown, PA Post-Gazette Pavilion
Wed 06/11/08 Hartford, CT New England Dodge Music Center
Fri 06/13/08 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden
Tue 06/17/08 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Arena
Wed 06/18/08 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
Sat 06/21/08 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Sun 06/22/08 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center
Wed 06/25/08 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl

July:
Wed 07/02/08 Chicago, IL United Center
Thu 07/03/08 Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
Tue 07/08/08 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
Wed 07/09/08 Alpharetta, GA Verizon Wireless Amph. At Encore Park
Fri 07/11/08 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Sat 07/12/08 Raleigh, NC Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
Tue 07/15/08 Sunrise, FL BankAtlantic Center
Wed 07/16/08 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum
Sat 07/19/08 Denver, CO TBA
Sun 07/20/08 Omaha, NE Qwest Center Omaha
Tue 07/22/08 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
Wed 07/23/08 Minneapolis, MN Target Center

August:
Thu 08/07/08 Maryland Heights, MO Verizon Wireless Amph. St. Louis
Sat 08/09/08 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
Mon 08/11/08 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome
Tue 08/12/08 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
Fri 08/15/08 Quincy, WA Gorge Amphitheatre
Sat 08/16/08 Quincy, WA Gorge Amphitheatre
Wed 08/20/08 Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Arena
Sat 08/23/08 San Francisco, CA TBA
Tue 08/26/08 Selma, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Wed 08/27/08 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Fri 08/29/08 The Woodlands, TX The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

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Tour Dates - Feist

The Canadian singer-songwriter adds May and June dates in Europe...

February:
Tue 02/12/08 Vancouver, BC Orpheum
Sat 02/23/08 Adelaide, AUS Fowlers Live
Sun 02/24/08 Melbourne, AUS TBA
Tue 02/26/08 Saint Kilda, AUS Prince Of Wales Hotel
Fri 02/29/08 Sydney, AUS Metro Theatre

March:
Sat 03/01/08 Brisbane, AUS The Zoo
Sun 03/02/08 Sydney, AUS TBA

May:
Tue 05/13/08 Toronto, ON Sony Centre For The Performing Arts
Tue 05/20/08 Edinburgh, UK Queens Hall
Wed 05/21/08 London, UK Royal Albert Hall
Thu 05/22/08 Manchester, NH Palace Theatre
Sat 05/24/08 Amsterdam, NET Paradiso
Sun 05/25/08 Lille, FRA Aeronef
Tue 05/27/08 Milan, ITA Magazzini Generali
Wed 05/28/08 Rome, ITA Piper Club

June:
Sun 06/01/08 Frankfurt, GER Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt
Tue 06/03/08 Paris, FRA Grand Rex
Wed 06/04/08 Paris, FRA Grand Rex
Thu 06/05/08 Lyon, FRA Le Transbo
Sat 06/07/08 Barcelona, SPA Sala Apolo
Sun 06/08/08 Madrid, SPA Sala Heineken
Tue 06/10/08 Oporto, POR Coliseu Do Porto
Wed 06/11/08 Lisbon, POR Aula Magna

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Thursday, January 24, 2008

The Money Shot: R.E.M.'s Sex Video?, Patterson Proud That DBT's "Demanding", and Apple Sez "iTunes Are To Razor Blades as Macs Are To Razors..or Not"

More headlines...

Apple's Strategy: Rent iTunes to Sell Macs, iPods (PC World)

MS: When asked by an analyst during the earnings conference call if the goals for iTunes rentals was profitability or incremental Apple TV sales, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer responded that the company hoped to run the iTunes Store a little above break even, but selling iPods and Macs was the main strategy.

R.E.M. Shoots Video At NYC Sex Shop, Restaurant (Billboard)

MS: The trio then moved next door to sex toy emporium Babeland around 8 p.m. A pair of cameras captured them playing near the window display at the front of the store to an audience of surprised employees. Babeland co-owner Claire Cavanah says a band representative had called just that afternoon proposing the store as a location for part of the video.

Patterson Hood On "Demanding" Records, And His Fave Classic Rock LPs (Stereogum)

MS: It's the true nature of what we do that the best Rock is sometimes the most challenging. My favorite artists and bands challenge my thinking, my preconceptions and sometimes my patience. If I didn't love contrary I wouldn't have spent nearly 23 years slugging it out with Cooley. I also wouldn't be a Neil Young, Todd Rundgren or Bob Dylan fan.

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MJTV: The Chesterfield Kings - I Don't Understand

A classic track from the Wicked Cool band...

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Tour Dates - Jason Isbell

The Sirens of the Ditch tour extends overseas...

January:
Thu 01/24/08 Long Beach, CA Vault 350
Fri 01/25/08 Los Angeles, CA Spaceland
Sat 01/26/08 San Francisco, CA Slim's
Mon 01/28/08 Sacramento, CA Harlow's Night Club
Wed 01/30/08 Portland, OR Mission Theater
Thu 01/31/08 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern

February:
Fri 02/01/08 Boise, ID Neurolux
Sat 02/02/08 Salt Lake City, UT Club Paladium
Mon 02/04/08 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre
Wed 02/06/08 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theatre
Thu 02/07/08 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
Fri 02/08/08 Chicago, IL Double Door
Sat 02/09/08 Indianapolis, IN The Music Mill
Mon 02/11/08 Newport, KY Southgate House
Tue 02/12/08 Columbus, OH The Basement
Thu 02/14/08 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
Fri 02/15/08 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom & Tavern
Sat 02/16/08 Buffalo, NY The Tralf Music Hall
Sun 02/17/08 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live
Tue 02/19/08 New Haven, CT Toad's Place
Wed 02/20/08 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
Thu 02/21/08 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Fri 02/22/08 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Sat 02/23/08 Charlottesville, VA Satellite Ballroom
Sun 02/24/08 Wilmington, NC Soapbox
Tue 02/26/08 Columbia, SC Headliners Mainstage
Wed 02/27/08 Athens, GA Georgia Theatre
Thu 02/28/08 Knoxville, TN The Valarium
Fri 02/29/08 Louisville, KY Headliners Music Hall

March:
Sat 03/01/08 Nashville, TN Cannery Ballroom
Sat 03/15/08 Orange Beach, AL Amphitheater At The Wharf
Sun 03/16/08 Fort Walton Beach, FL The Swamp
Mon 03/17/08 Panama City, FL Marina Civic Center
Fri 03/28/08 Limerick, IRE Dolans Warehouse / Upstairs
Sat 03/29/08 Cork, IRE Cyprus Avenue
Sun 03/30/08 Galway, IRE Roisin Dubh

April:
Tue 04/01/08 Wexford, IRE Wexford Arts Centre
Thu 04/03/08 Glasgow, UK King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
Fri 04/04/08 Newcastle, UK The Cluny
Sat 04/05/08 Nottingham, UK Rescue Rooms
Mon 04/07/08 London, UK Borderline
Tue 04/08/08 Bristol, UK St. Bonaventure
Thu 04/17/08 s'Hertogenbosch, NET W2 Concertzaal
Fri 04/18/08 Hellendoorn, NET Lantaarn
Sat 04/19/08 Utrecht, NET Muziekcentrum Vredenburg
Sat 04/19/08 Antwerp, BEL Trix

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Cheap Thrills: Hello, Blue Roses - Shadow Falls

A free legal download from the latest Dan Behar project (courtesy of Locust Music).

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MJTV: Feist - I Feel It All

Feist and fireworks. All done in one take a la 1234...

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Tour Dates - Ghostland Observatory

The Austinites hit the road. I'm betting they add hometown dates during SXSW...

February:
Fri 02/29/08 Austin, TX Austin Music Hall

March:
Sat 03/08/08 Big Cypress, FL Big Cypress Seminole Reservation
Thu 03/13/08 New Orleans, LA House Of Blues
Fri 03/28/08 New York, NY Webster Hall
Sat 03/29/08 Washington, DC 9:30 Club

April:
Thu 04/03/08 Portland, OR McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
Fri 04/04/08 Seattle, WA Showbox At The Market
Sat 04/05/08 Seattle, WA Showbox At The Market
Thu 04/17/08 San Francisco, CA Mezzanine
Fri 04/18/08 Los Angeles, CA Music Box @ Fonda

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Tour Dates - Eels

International dates to support the Eels' first greatest hits set, Meet The Eels...

February:
Thu 02/14/08 Santa Ana, CA Galaxy Theatre
Mon 02/18/08 Paris, FRA Le Bataclan
Tue 02/19/08 Cologne, GER Tanzbrunnen
Wed 02/20/08 Berlin, GER Volksbuhne
Thu 02/21/08 Hamburg, GER Kampnagel
Sat 02/23/08 Copenhagen, DEN Royal Theatre
Mon 02/25/08 London, UK Royal Festival Hall
Tue 02/26/08 Birkenhead, UK Town Hall
Wed 02/27/08 Manchester, UK The Bridgewater Hall
Thu 02/28/08 Glasgow, UK The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

March:
Sat 03/01/08 Gateshead, UK The Sage
Sun 03/02/08 Brighton, UK Brighton Dome
Mon 03/03/08 Groningen, NET De Oosterpoort
Tue 03/04/08 Brussels, BEL Cirque Royal
Thu 03/06/08 Zurich, SWI Kongresszentrum Spirgarten
Fri 03/07/08 Milan, ITA Conservatorio Guiseppi Verdi
Sat 03/08/08 Rome, ITA Rome Auditorium
Sun 03/09/08 Vicenza, ITA Max Live
Mon 03/10/08 Vienna, AS Wuk
Tue 03/11/08 Munich, GER Muffathalle
Thu 03/13/08 Utrecht, NET Muziekcentrum Vredenburg
Fri 03/14/08 Enschede, NET Muziekcentrum Enschede
Sat 03/15/08 Eindhoven, NET Muziekcentrum Frits Philips
Mon 03/17/08 Dublin, IRE Vicar Street
Tue 03/18/08 Dublin, IRE Vicar Street

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

The Money Shot: Vedder Gets Screwed, Winehouse Gets A Lesson In Irony and No, Wait.. The Album IS Still Alive...

Latest news...

HMV on song amid music industry discord (The Guardian)

MS: "Our view is that when there is good material and good releases, the music industry will prosper. We felt there was a good line-up this Christmas, we think the line-up is actually going to get better," he said. "We are pretty confident."

As for the prospects for CD sales, which have been falling for years, Fox was equally upbeat.

"I think there is life in the CD yet; 138m were sold last year," he said.

Amy Winehouse Heads to Rehab After Allegedly Being Caught Smoking Crack (Fox News)

MS: Watching the video, it is not clear what Winehouse is smoking, but The Sun says she was "sucking in crack fumes from a glass pipe." The paper says the singer took "hit after hit of the drug after a 19-minute binge in which she snorted powdered ecstasy and cocaine."

'Enchanted' Dominates Oscar Song Category (Billboard)

MS: Songs from the film "Enchanted" dominated the best original song category nominees for the 2008 Academy Awards, which were announced this morning (Jan. 22). Three of the five nods, all with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, went to the film in the form of "Happy Working Song," "So Close" and "That's How You Know."

The other nominees are "Raise It Up" from "August Rush," the music and lyric credits for which are "to be determined," according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and "Falling Slowly" from "Once," with music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.

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MJTV: Kate Nash - Foundations

Already a hit in the UK and just released in the States...

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Tour Dates - Be Your Own Pet

Tour dates (with the Raveonettes) in support of the upcoming release Get Awkward...

February:
02-20 New York, NY - The Mercury Lounge
02-21 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
02-29 San Diego, CA - The Casbah

March:
03-01 Pomona, CA - Glasshouse
03-02 Costa Mesa, CA - The Detroit Bar
03-04 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
03-05 San Francisco, CA - The Indepdent
03-07 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
03-08 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Plaza Niteclub
03-09 Seattle, WA - Neumos

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Tour Dates - Vic Chesnutt

On the road with the Athens-based singer-songwriter...

March:
Sat 03/01/08 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club
Sun 03/02/08 Atlanta, GA The EARL
Tue 03/04/08 Brooklyn, NY Williamsburgh Community Center
Wed 03/05/08 Brooklyn, NY Williamsburgh Community Center
Thu 03/06/08 Cambridge, MA Middle East Restaurant & Nightclub
Fri 03/07/08 Cambridge, MA Middle East Restaurant & Nightclub
Sat 03/08/08 Baltimore, MD The 8X10
Sun 03/09/08 Blacksburg, VA Rockitz
Mon 03/10/08 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
Tue 03/11/08 Saint Louis, MO Off Broadway Nightclub
Wed 03/12/08 Chicago, IL Abbey Pub
Thu 03/13/08 Madison, WI Orpheum Stage Door Theatre
Fri 03/14/08 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center
Sat 03/15/08 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room
Sun 03/16/08 Lincoln, NE Knickerbockers

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Cheap Thrills: Ghostland Observatory - Heavy Heart

A free download of the lead track from the upcoming Ghostland Observatory release Robotique Majestique (courtesy of Trashy Moped)...

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MJTV: British Sea Power - Waving Flags

Clip for the first single from Do You Like Rock Music?...

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Tour Dates - Mike Doughty

A handful of dates for the former Soul Coughing frontman in support of his upcoming solo disk, Golden Delicious...

January:
Thu 01/24/08 Baltimore, MD The 8X10
Fri 01/25/08 Virginia Beach, VA Jewish Mother
Sat 01/26/08 Raleigh, NC The Pour House Music Hall
Sun 01/27/08 Athens, GA The Melting Point
Tue 01/29/08 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbits
Wed 01/30/08 Tallahassee, FL Club Downunder
Thu 01/31/08 Tampa, FL Orpheum

February:
Fri 02/01/08 Orlando, FL The Social

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R.I.P. Heath Ledger

Sad, shocking news from NYC today. Here's an interview from happier days when the talented actor was doing press for the Dylan bio pic I'm Not There...

"I'm lucky in a sense because I have a job where I get to scream and cry," he says. "I get to purge myself in ways that don't really affect me personally.

"When the director yells cut, I just walk out the door and I'm back into my regular life," he says.

Ledger was a music lover who started a record label with Ben Harper, also serving as director for Harper's "Morning Yearning" video. I suspect he'd find that clip a fitting tribute...

The Money Shot: Hating Wilco, Teddy Thompson Wants Your Attention & The Music Industry Wants To Raise Your Taxes...

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Rant: Wilco Is So Easy A Caveman Could Get It (Cinema Blend)

MS: I realized that it was Wilco’s lyrics that had sucked me in, not so long before. Not because I thought Jeff Tweedy’s lyrics were overly well written—in fact, they’re frequently a wad of drivel—but because they are filled with basic imagery that anyone could relate to. They suck you in with universal concepts like love and nostalgic reminders of past times. It is these lyrics (coupled with an inert anger that Yankee Hotel Foxtrot could make people feel special without being overly special), upon closer inspection, that became why I, not so subtly, but rather passionately, began to loathe Wilco.

Digital tax could save the music industry from itself (Chicago Tribune)

MS: The Songwriters Association of Canada is proposing a $5-a-month licensing fee on every wireless and Internet account in the country, in exchange for unlimited access to all recorded music.

The deal would put $1 billion annually in the pockets of artists, publishers and record labels, according to the songwriters group. The money would be distributed to artists based on how frequently their music is swapped on-line; the more downloads, the more money the people responsible for the music would accrue. Big Champagne, a Los Angeles-based Internet monitoring service, says it can track file-swapping accurately enough to ensure that artists big and small would be compensated.

Yet initial reaction to the proposal within the Canadian recording industry has not been overly supportive. Most see the proposal as such a radical transformation that it would jeopardize current businesses, including paid digital music services. The president of the Canadian Recording Industry Association, Graham Henderson, castigated the proposal as a “pipe dream” and a “quick fix,” according to Billboard.

Teddy Thompson: Folk prince is ready to inherit (Telegraph)

MS: "I still do lots of gigs where I'm the support act and people are chatting through my set, but I've got better at grabbing attention. I mean, my parents would play on bills with people like Judas Priest and get booed all the way through. But they stuck it out, got tough."

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MJTV: Bruce Springsteen - Girls In Their Summer Clothes

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Tour Dates - Portishead

The trip-hop band heads out on it's first extended tour in almost 10 years...

March:
03-26 Porto, Portugal - Coliseum
03-27 Lisbon, Portugal - Coliseum
03-30 Milan, Italy - Alcatraz
03-31 Florence, Italy - Sashall

April:
04-09 Manchester, England - Apollo
04-10 London, England - Hammersmith Apollo
04-11 Edinburgh, Scotland - Corn Exchange
04-13 Wolverhampton, England - Civic

May:
05-05 Paris, France - Zenith
05-29-31 Barcelona, Spain - Parc del Fòrum

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The Money Shot: Bono's Horrific Ass Takes on 'Cloverfield', A Drunk, Ancient Robert Plant Disses Radiohead, RHCP & Hillary's a Slacker?

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Zep ace no fan of new music (The Sun)

MS: “He was drinking with a woman and didn’t like the choice of tunes playing. Radiohead was on and he started complaining. He said, ‘What’s this rhyming c**p?’ The staff were obviously keen to please him so they changed the music. They put on the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who they thought might be more up his street. But he didn’t like their stuff either and said it was like a ‘nursery rhyme.’"

Candidates' Tunes Hit A Few Sour Notes (Washington Post)

MS: Hillary Clinton, for example, whips up supporters at rallies with ear-blasting recordings of Tom Petty's "American Girl" and Bachman-Turner Overdrive's "Takin' Care of Business," among others. The title of the first song suggests a kind of patriotic autobiography. The second is supposed to say something about Clinton's can-do style.

Except that "Takin' Care of Business" is actually about not taking care of business. The '70s-era rock number (which George W. Bush also used in a 2004 campaign video) is from the point of view of a slacker: "People see you having fun/Just a-lying in the sun/Tell them that you like it this way." The lyrics go on to add, "It's the work that we avoid/And we're all self-employed/We love to work at nothing all day."

U2's 3D Concert Film Debuts At Sundance (Billboard)

MS: "It's kind of horrific," to see himself on stage in 3-D, said Bono. "It's bad enough on a small screen. Now you get to see the lard arse 40-foot tall."

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Tour Dates - Tegan & Sara

The twins extend their tour into April & May...

February:
Fri 02/22/08 Brighton, UK Concorde 2
Sat 02/23/08 Leeds, UK Metropolitan University
Sun 02/24/08 Nottingham, UK Trent University
Mon 02/25/08 Wolverhampton, UK Wulfrun Hall
Wed 02/27/08 Dublin, IRE Button Factory
Thu 02/28/08 Belfast, UK The Limelight
Fri 02/29/08 Glasgow, UK Queen Margaret Union

March:
Sun 03/02/08 Cardiff, UK The Point
Wed 03/05/08 London, UK Koko
Fri 03/07/08 Munich, GER Backstage
Sat 03/08/08 Heidelberg, GER Karlstorbahnhof
Sun 03/09/08 Hamburg, GER Fabrik Hamburg
Mon 03/10/08 Cologne, GER Gloria
Wed 03/12/08 Copenhagen, DEN Lille Vega
Thu 03/13/08 Malmo, SWE KB Club
Fri 03/14/08 Stockholm, SWE Nalen
Sat 03/15/08 Goteborg, SWE Sternhammarsalen
Mon 03/17/08 Berlin, GER Postbanhof Berlin
Tue 03/18/08 Brussels, BEL Botanique
Wed 03/19/08 Paris, FRA La Maroquinerie
Thu 03/20/08 Amsterdam, NET Melkweg

April:
Thu 04/17/08 Salem, OR Historic Elsinore Theatre
Sat 04/19/08 Arcata, CA Kate Buchanan Room
Mon 04/21/08 Davis, CA UC Davis Freeborn Hall
Tue 04/22/08 Santa Cruz, CA Rio Theatre
Fri 04/25/08 Indio, CA Empire Polo Field
Mon 04/28/08 Tempe, AZ The Marquee Theatre
Tue 04/29/08 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre
Wed 04/30/08 Aspen, CO Belly Up Aspen

May:
Fri 05/02/08 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom
Sun 05/04/08 Saint Louis, MO The Pageant
Tue 05/06/08 Madison, WI Barrymore Theatre
Wed 05/07/08 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater
Thu 05/08/08 Indianapolis, IN Murat Egyptian Room
Fri 05/09/08 Cincinnati, OH Bogart's
Sat 05/10/08 Pittsburgh, PA Palace Theatre
Mon 05/12/08 New York, NY Terminal 5

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MJTV: The Kills - Cheap and Cheerful

Another video from their upcoming release Midnight Boom...

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Monday, January 21, 2008

The Money Shot: The Next Radiohead is Rhett Miller?, Cuban Says "Album's Dead" (Duh!), Maximo Park's Not In It For The Money...

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The Album Is Dead (Blog Maverick)

MS: Reading last week's Billboard, something interesting popped out at me. The song Low Rider by Flo Rida sold 467,000 units in a single week. There were 27 digital singles that sold more than 100k units in that week. The obvious trend continues that people are ready, willing and able to buy singles of songs they like.

So the question arises, why don't artists serialize the release of songs ? Why not create a "season" of release of songs, much like the fall TV season and promise fans that Flo Rida is going to release a new single every week or 2 weeks for the next 10 weeks ?

Sure, its not easy to come up with a great song every 2 weeks. But isnt that exactly the same problem you have with an album ? Maybe thats not the "creative process" for certain artists. That's a problem for them.

What we do know is that music fans will spend 99c and that its easier to ask them for 99c a week than it is to get 9.99 at one time from them for 10 songs.

Maximo Park: 'Rivals put money ahead of art' (NME)

MS: "There's too many people trying to be like something else to fit in and make money,” he told the Daily Record. “I was never in a band to make money, I was in it to do the best for myself and to play alongside other people who have the same ideas.”

Rhett Miller at the Black Cat Tonight (Georgetown Voice)

MS: I have not signed another record deal for my solo stuff, and my manager is talking to some major labels that are interested. I’m just not sure if I believe in it anymore. I just don’t really see why I couldn’t record an album myself and put it up on my website and then that’s it. You know you don’t get paid for this stuff, that’s not how musicians have gotten paid in years unless you’re a superstar. So why not? Why not just leave them out of the loop?

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MJTV: Peaches - Boys Wanna Be Her

The best song Joan Jett never wrote...

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Tour Dates - The Futureheads

Extending the UK dates into March...

January:
Tue 01/22/08 Liverpool, UK Stanley Theatre @ Liverpool Univ.
Wed 01/23/08 Preston, UK 53 Degrees
Thu 01/24/08 Glasgow, UK Strathclyde University
Sat 01/26/08 Sheffield, UK Foundry
Sun 01/27/08 Leeds, UK University Union
Mon 01/28/08 Norwich, UK Waterfront
Tue 01/29/08 Bournemouth, UK Old Fire Station
Thu 01/31/08 Sligo, IRE The Clarence

February:
Fri 02/22/08 Manchester, UK Night & Day
Sat 02/23/08 Northampton, UK Soundhaus
Mon 02/25/08 Exeter, UK Exeter Phoenix
Wed 02/27/08 Tamworth, UK Palace

March:
Sat 03/01/08 Barrow-In-Furness, UK Canteen Media & Arts Centre
Sun 03/02/08 Edinburgh, UK Liquid Room
Mon 03/03/08 Newcastle, UK Northumbria University
Wed 03/05/08 Portsmouth, UK Wedgewood Rooms
Thu 03/06/08 Oxford, UK Carling Academy Oxford
Fri 03/07/08 Stoke, UK The Sugarmill

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The Money Shot: "Rock Band" Is the New Ringtone, Moz's Misery & Billy Bragg's Hangin' With The Queen (WTF?)

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A very royal connection (Sydney Morning Herald)

MS: "That was the Queen's reaction actually when she looked at me," Bragg says. " 'Bloody hell, what are you doing here?' I didn't realise I was going to shake her hand. I knew she was coming to the gig but, to be perfectly honest with you, it's funny enough writing new lyrics to Ode To Joy and 600 people singing them with an orchestra. That in itself is funny enough but when you're doing that and you can see down in the royal box the Queen following your words in her program, it's pretty wacky. Then they say, by the way, she got her private secretary to ring up [asking], 'Can you sign a copy of the score?' It's just mad. It's too funny. One of those 'how daft can it get?' moments."

Morrissey: Heaven knows why he's miserable (The Telegraph)

MS: "Oh, you silly old man. You silly old man in your misguided trousers. The song you just sang, it sounds exactly like the last one. I know that you say how age has no meaning, but here is your audience now and they're screaming: 'Get off the stage!'?"

MTV: 'Rock Band' sells 2.5 million songs (CNET)

MS: Players of the rock music simulator have downloaded more than 2.5 million songs at about $2 each in the eight weeks since the game went on sale, MTV said on Thursday.

The numbers were well ahead of MTV's own expectations and underscored the potential of video games as a new source of revenue for a music industry grappling with falling CD sales.

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Tour Dates - They Might Be Giants

Another batch of dates in support of The Else...

February 2008
2 - New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
27 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
28 - Bloomington, IN - Bluebird Nightclub
29 - Madison, WI - Barrymore Theatre

March 2008
1 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown
2 - Columbia, MO - The Blue Note
4 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues
5 - Austin, TX - Stubb's Bar-B-Q
6 - Houston, TX - Meridian
7 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
8 - Jackson, MS - Hal & Mal's
9 - Birmingham, AL - WorkPlay Theatre
11 - Saint Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing
12 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
13 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues
14 - Jacksonville, FL - Freebird Live
16 - Charlottesville, VA - Satellite Ballroom
28 - Somerville, MA - Somerville Theatre
29 - Portsmouth, NH - The Music Hall
30 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground

April 2008
18 - Roscoe, NY - Big Twig Studio

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MJTV: The National - Apartment Song

Another great track from Boxer...

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Friday, January 18, 2008

MJTV: The Polyphonic Spree - We Crawl

The Spree performs sans robes in this track from The Fragile Army...

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Tour Dates - Gogol Bordello

UK and European dates for the Gypsy Punks...

March:
Fri 03/28/08 Newcastle, UK Carling Academy Newcastle
Sat 03/29/08 Leeds, UK Metropolitan University
Sun 03/30/08 Manchester, UK Manchester Academy

April:
Tue 04/01/08 Bristol, UK Carling Bristol Academy
Wed 04/02/08 London, UK Carling Academy Brixton
Fri 04/04/08 Berlin, GER Postbahnhof
Sat 04/05/08 Wroclaw, POL TBA
Sun 04/06/08 Leipzig, GER Conne Island
Tue 04/08/08 Budapest, HUN Petofi Hall
Wed 04/09/08 Bratislava, SLA Divadielko V Podzemi
Thu 04/10/08 Zagreb, CRO Tvornica
Fri 04/11/08 Ljubljana, SLO Kino Siska
Sat 04/12/08 Florence, ITA Saschall
Mon 04/14/08 Bologna, ITA Estragon
Tue 04/15/08 Rome, ITA TBA
Wed 04/16/08 Turin, ITA Teatro Della Concordia
Fri 04/18/08 Strasbourg, FRA Artefact Festival
Sat 04/19/08 Bourges, FRA Le Printemps De Bourges Festival
Mon 04/21/08 Tilburg, NET 013
Tue 04/22/08 Birmingham, UK Carling Academy Birmingham
Wed 04/23/08 Oxford, UK Carling Academy Oxford

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SXSW '08... The list so far

No list yet on the SXSW website, but here are over 70 artists that have announced their appearances so far...

A Place to Bury Strangers, Black Crowes, Black Hollies, The Black Keys, Black Mountain, Black Tie Dynasty, Blitzen Trapper, Blue Mountain, Bodies of Water, Bowerbirds, The Breeders, British Sea Power, Bun B, Carbon/Silicon, Cheveu, The Cool Kids, The Crash That Took Me, The Cribs, Cut Copy, Daniel Lanois, David Banner, Deadstring Brothers, Delta Spirit, Dizzee Rascal, The Dodos, Does it Offend You, Yeah?, The Donnas, Film School, Firewater, Fishboy, Glen Reynolds, Ha Ha Tonka, Jandek, Jens Lekman, Justin Townes Earle, Ketchup Mania, The Kills, Kimya Dawson, Kitty, Daisy, and Lewis, Liam Finn, Lightspeed Champion, The Lovely Sparrows, Lykke Li, Mala Rodriguez, Man Man, Mark Pickerel, Muscles, N.E.R.D., Nada Surf, Nortec, Operator Please, The Panics, Phosphorescent, PPT, Q-Tip, The Raveonettes, R.E.M., Run Run Run, Scissors For Lefty, Shelby Lynne, Simian Mobile Disco, Social Studies, Sons & Daughters, Space City Gamelan, Tapes n Tapes, Vampire Weekend, The Von Bondies, Waco Brothers, Was (Not Was), Watershed, Weird Weeds, X, Yeasayer

Tour Dates - X

The original four get back together for their 31st anniversary tour...

March:
TBA - Austin, TX - SXSW
19 - Chicago, IL - Metro
21 - Madison, WI - Barrymore
22 - Minneapolis, MN Caboose
25 - Denver, CO - Bluebird
26 - Aspen, CO - Belly Up
28 - Boise, ID - Big Easy
29 - Portland, OR - Crystal
30, 31 - Seattle, WA - Showbox

April:
9 - San Diego, CA - Belly-Up
10 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre

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MJTV: Matthew Ryan - MRVSS Sampler

A DIY sampler for the forthcoming Matthew Ryan Vs. The Silver State due 4/1/08. Matthew's one of our favs around here and a good example of why Musical Justice exists. Check it out...

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Thursday, January 17, 2008

MJTV: Jack Peñate - Spit At Stars

Already a UK hit, Peñate debuts stateside on Jan 22nd...

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Cheap Thrills: Band of Horses - Is There A Ghost

Get it while it's hot... a free, legal download of the lead track from Cease To Begin courtesy of Sub Pop Records...

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MJTV: Iron & Wine - Boy With A Coin

Elegant track from The Shepard's Dog...

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Tour Dates - Clinic

The "Scousers" tour in support of the coming release, Do It!...

May 2008
8 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
9 - Boston, MA - Paradise
10 - Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa
11 - Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
12 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
13 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
16 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards
17 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
18 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
19 - San Francisco, CA - Independent
20 - West Hollywood, CA - Troubadour
23 - Austin, TX - Emo's
24 - Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
25 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
26 - Chapel Hill, NC - Cats Cradle
27 - Lancaster, PA - Chameleon Club
28 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
29 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar
30 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
31 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom

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Tour Dates - Tokyo Police Club

New dates for the Ontario indies...

January:
Sat 01/19/08 Saint Catharines, ON Isaac's Pub
Tue 01/22/08 Ottawa, ON Observatory
Wed 01/23/08 Oakville, ON Connexion
Thu 01/24/08 North Bay, ON The Wall
Fri 01/25/08 Hamilton, ON Quarters
Sat 01/26/08 Toronto, ON Nathan Phillips Square
Wed 01/30/08 Kingston, ON The Ale House

February:
Fri 02/01/08 London, ON Forwell Hall
Sat 02/02/08 Guelph, ON Sleeman Centre

March:
Mon 03/24/08 San Francisco, CA The Independent
Tue 03/25/08 Pomona, CA Glass House

April:
Tue 04/01/08 Dallas, TX House Of Blues

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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Cheap Thrills: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Baltimore

A free legal download from Malkmus' upcoming Real Emotional Trash courtesy of Matador Records...

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The Money Shot: John Edwards' Balls, Stipe Gets Rejected and Inside Stephen Merritt's Closet...

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For a Musical Polymath, Only the Wardrobe Color Stays the Same (NY Times)

MS: Which brings us back to Mr. Merritt’s aesthetic sense. He started dressing in brown about five years ago. “It’s going really well,” he said. “I had a green shirt that looked brown when I bought it, but I recently got rid of it.” All his pants are khakis. His homes — he has an apartment in New York and house and studio in Los Angeles — are decorated in brown and bright red. “If I didn’t make these decisions ahead of time, because my tastes tend to be sort of eclectic, I would have disasters,” Mr. Merritt said. “This is not an O.C.D. thing. This is a way of warding off what other people regard as horrendous, egregious errors in taste.”

The Indie Rock Presidential Primary (Torr)

MS: "Hillary's obviously a bit full of shit. Barack was amazing as a local Chicago politician, but seems to be learning the front-runner game now and, like Hillary, has stopped saying anything at all. Edwards has balls. He seems to be an actual friend of the worker."

Stipe Dismissed As Potential Juror (AP)

MS: Stipe told Clarke County Superior Court Judge Lawton Stephens on Monday he could not be fair and impartial in the case because he has been the target of stalkers and death threats, the Athens Banner-Herald reported.

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MJTV: Interpol - No I In Threesome

Live performance of the latest single on the Jimmy Kimmel Show...

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Tour Dates - Menomena

The experimental Oregon trio head to Europe...

February:
02-26 Evreux, France - L'Abordage
02-27 London, England - Kings College
02-28 Nottingham, England - Rescue Rooms
02-29 Dublin, Ireland - Sugar Club

March:
03-01 Liverpool, England - Korova
03-02 Bristol, England - Thekla
03-04 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
03-05 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
03-06 Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall
03-07 Oslo, Norway - Garage
03-08 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser
03-11 Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Dqliq
03-12 Paris, France - Poin t Ephemere
03-13 Rennes, France - L'Ubu
03-14 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
03-15 Rotterrdam, Netherlands - Rotown

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The Money Shot: Saul's Expectations More Realistic Than Reznor's, Escovedo's Inspiration, and DRM Hands the Baton to Watermarks...

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Unlike Trent Reznor, Saul Williams isn't disheartened (CNET)

MS: I think it's early in the game. I'm not disappointed at all. I think Trent's disappointment probably stems from being in the music business for over 20 years and remembering a time that was very different, when sales reflected something different, when there was no such thing as downloads. Trent is from another school. Even acts that prospered in the '90s, you look at people like the Fugees or Lauren Hill selling 18 million copies. That sort of thing is unheard of today. But Trent comes from that world. So I think his disappointed stems from being heavily invested in the past. For modern times, for modern numbers we're looking great, especially for being just two months into a project.

DRM Is Dead, But Watermarks Rise From Its Ashes (Wired)

MS: Watermarking offers copyright protection by letting a company track music that finds its way to illegal peer-to-peer networks. At its most precise, a watermark could encode a unique serial number that a music company could match to the original purchaser. So far, though, labels say they won't do that: Warner and EMI have not embraced watermarking at all, while Sony's and Universal's DRM-free lineups contain "anonymous" watermarks that won't trace to an individual.

Looting the Bins with Alejandro Escovedo (Harp)

MS: “Street Hassle was really the record that inspired me to use strings in my music,” he confesses, pawing through the store’s collection of vintage Reed vinyl. “There’s a suite that runs through the whole record that we used to cover as a song. That’s where I got the idea of using the strings that way, where the strings are as loud and powerful as the guitars. It’s very hard to find string players that are classically schooled but can also improvise. You gotta find people that are somehow damaged by the whole classical experience and dropped out of school but still know the shit. I remember we were listening to a lot of Bartok at the time, but Street Hassle was what I was kinda aiming for. I wanted to be able to take away the band and just play with the strings section and have it drive the song like a rock and roll rhythm section.”

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Tour Dates - Band of Horses

The indie rockers extend their tour with new European dates...

January:
Sun 01/20/08 Charleston, SC Music Farm
Mon 01/21/08 Norfolk, VA NorVa
Tue 01/22/08 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore - TLA
Wed 01/23/08 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
Thu 01/24/08 State College, PA State Theatre
Fri 01/25/08 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom & Tavern
Sat 01/26/08 Louisville, KY Headliners Music Hall
Sun 01/27/08 Newport, KY Southgate House
Tue 01/29/08 Nashville, TN Exit / In
Wed 01/30/08 Memphis, TN Hi-Tone Cafe
Thu 01/31/08 Saint Louis, MO Gargoyle @ Washington Univ.

February:
Fri 02/01/08 Norman, OK Meecham Auditorium
Sat 02/02/08 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom
Sun 02/03/08 Austin, TX La Zona Rosa
Mon 02/04/08 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
Wed 02/06/08 Birmingham, AL Bottletree
Thu 02/07/08 Tallahassee, FL The Beta Bar
Sat 02/09/08 Orlando, FL The Social
Sun 02/10/08 Orlando, FL The Social
Tue 02/12/08 Mount Pleasant, SC Village Tavern
Wed 02/20/08 Dublin, IRE Button Factory
Thu 02/21/08 Glasgow, UK ABC1
Sat 02/23/08 Birmingham, UK Carling Academy Birmingham
Sun 02/24/08 Manchester, UK Manchester Academy
Mon 02/25/08 Bristol, UK Thekla
Thu 02/28/08 Paris, FRA La Maroquinerie
Fri 02/29/08 Cologne, GER Gebaude 9

March:
Sat 03/01/08 Amsterdam, NET Paradiso
Sun 03/02/08 Hamburg, GER Knust
Tue 03/04/08 Copenhagen, DEN VEGA House Of Music
Wed 03/05/08 Goteborg, SWE Sticky Fingers
Thu 03/06/08 Stockholm, SWE Debaser Medis
Fri 03/07/08 Oslo, NOR Rockefeller Music Hall
Sat 03/08/08 Stavanger, NOR Folken
Mon 03/10/08 Berlin, GER Columbiaclub
Tue 03/11/08 Frankfurt, GER Mousonturm
Wed 03/12/08 Milan, ITA Garage
Thu 03/13/08 Zurich, SWI Abart
Fri 03/14/08 Lausanne, SWI Romandie
Sat 03/15/08 Brussels, BEL Botanique

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Cheap Thrills: The Raveonettes - Dead Sound

A free legal download from The Raveonettes' Lust Lust Lust (courtesy of Vice Records)...

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Tour Dates - Alejandro Escovedo

Al adds some Texas dates...

January:
Sat 01/19/08 Austin, TX Cactus Cafe
Tue 01/22/08 Austin, TX The Continental Club
Tue 01/29/08 Austin, TX The Continental Club

March:
Thu 03/06/08 Decatur, GA Eddie's Attic
Fri 03/07/08 Saint Petersburg, FL Palladium Theater
Sat 03/08/08 Birmingham, AL WorkPlay Theatre

June:
Thu 06/05/08 Lawrence, KS Wakarusa Festival
Fri 06/06/08 Lawrence, KS Wakarusa Festival
Sat 06/07/08 Lawrence, KS Wakarusa Festival
Sun 06/08/08 Lawrence, KS Wakarusa Festival

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MJTV: Eddie Vedder - Hard Sun

Pearl Jam's frontman from Into The Wild...

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

MJTV: Goldfrapp - A and E

The first effort from the upcoming Seventh Tree...

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Tour Dates - British Sea Power

North American dates in support of Do You Like Rock Music?

February:
25 - San Diego, CA Casbah
27 - Los Angeles, CA The Echo
28 - Los Angeles, CA Spaceland
29 - Visalia, CA Cellar Door

March:
1 - San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
3 - Portland, OR Doug Fir
4 - Seattle, WA Neumo’s
5 - Vancouver, BC Plaza Club
8 - Denver, CO Hi-Dive
12-16 - Austin TX SxSW
19 - Omaha, NE Waiting Room
20 - Des Moines, IA Vaudeville Mews
21 - Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
22 - Urbana, IL Canopy Club
24 - Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
25 - Pontiac, MI Eagle Theatre
26 - Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
27 - Columbus, OH The Basement
28 - Louisville, KY Phoenix Hill Tavern
29 - St. Louis, MO Billiken Club

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The Money Shot: Arcade Fire Rips Clinton & Praises Obama, The Evolution of Music Writing in '07, and Now Reznor Wants To Tax The Internet...

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Trent Reznor: Why won't people pay $5? (CNET)

MS: "I think if there was an ISP tax of some sort, we can say to the consumer, "All music is now available and able to be downloaded and put in your car and put in your iPod and put up your a-- if you want, and it's $5 on your cable bill or ISP bill."

Best Music Scribing Awards 2007 (Popmatters)

MS: With less traditional venues or less writers at the remaining left standing, new publications and blogs will have to pick up the slack, while citizen journalism has potential even though it’s in its infancy. As long as readers still care and writers are jazzed enough about their work to say something interesting, there’s always hope, but it ain’t gonna add up to anything substantial unless the publications (meaning the owners, publishers, editors and even the writers too) keep pushing new ideas and initiatives not just to keep ahead, but also to keep afloat. That means treating blogs as a boon and not a threat and taking advantage of new innovations in mobile technology and using burgeoning social networks to also spread the word.

Arcade Fire frontman weighs in on US presidential candidates (NME)

MS: "I am watching Hillary Clinton in her victory speech in New Hampshire...they just threw a bunch of college kids behind her, and had her talk about student loans, and had her daughter come out for a long awkward hug...does anyone actually buy it? Surely young people are too media savvy to be fooled by this kind of shit.

"Do we live in a democracy so we can just keep electing the same families?

"Barack is the first candidate in my lifetime to strip some of this bullshit away, and I just hope we don't blow this chance. Man if we miss this opportunity we don't deserve it...how bad does it have to get? Fuck!!!!!!!!!"

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Cheap Thrills: The Mountain Goats - Sax Rohmer #1

Here's a free, legal download of the lead track from the upcoming Heretic Pride (courtesy of Beggars Group USA)...

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MJTV: Rivers Cuomo - Blast Off

Solo video from the Weezer frontman...

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Tour Dates - Cat Power

Chan Marshall heads Down Under in March...

January:
01-21 Paris, France - Bataclan
01-27 London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire

February:
02-06 New York, NY - Terminal 5
02-07 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
02-08 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom
02-09 Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus
02-10 Chicago, IL - Vic
02-11 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue

March:
03-07 Cairns, Australia - Tanks Arts Centre
03-08 Brisbane, Australia - The Tivoli
03-09 Sydney, Australia - Enmore Theatre
03-10 Adelaide, Australia - The Gov
03-12 Castlemaine, Australia - Theatre Royal
03-13 Melbourne, Australia - The Forum

Cat Power's website
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Tour Dates - Blitzen Trapper

The Portland band hits the road ahead of it's upcoming Sub Pop debut...

February:
02-22 Seattle, WA - University of Washington
02-28 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
02-29 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour

March:
03-01 San Diego, CA - Casbah
03-02 Phoenix, AZ - Modified
03-04 Denton, TX - Hailey's
03-05 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington
03-06 Hattiesburg, MS - Thirsty Hippo
03-07 Tallahassee, FL - The Beta Bar
03-08 Everglades National Park, FL - Langerado Festival
03-09 Jacksonville, FL - The Eclipse
03-11 Birmingham, AL - BottleTree
03-13 Austin, TX - Yard Dog Gallery
03-14 Austin, TX - SXSW
03-15 Austin, TX - SXSW
03-16 Norman, OK - The Opolis
03-17 Columbia, MO - Mojo's
03-19 Nashville, TN - Exit In
03-20 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
03-21 Columbia, SC - New Brookland Tavern
03-22 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle
03-23 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
03-25 Washington, DC - Black Cat
03-26 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
03-27 Cambridge, MA - Middle East
03-29 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
03-30 Worcester, MA - Clark University

April:
04-01 Montreal, Quebec - La Salla Rossa
04-02 Toronto, Ontario - El Mocambo
04-03 Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place
04-04 Cleveland, OH - The Grog Shop
04-05 Detroit, MI - The Magic Stick
04-06 Chicago, IL - Schubas
04-08 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon
04-09 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
04-10 Grinnell, IA - Grinnell College
04-11 Omaha, NE - The Slowdown
04-12 Lawrence, KS - Jackpot
04-14 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
04-15 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
04-17 Vancouver, British Columbia - Media Club
04-18 Seattle, WA - Neumo's
04-19 Portland, OR - Holocene

Blitzen Trapper's website
Blitzen Trapper @ Myspace

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Monday, January 14, 2008

MJTV: Steve Earle - City of Immigrants

Steve Earle and his beard on Letterman...

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Tour Dates - Joe Jackson

A slew of dates to support Jackson's Rain...

February:
Wed 02/27/08 Cardiff, UK The Point
Fri 02/29/08 Dublin, IRE Olympia Theatre

March:
Sun 03/02/08 London, UK Shepherds Bush Empire
Tue 03/04/08 Paris, FRA La Cigale
Wed 03/05/08 Brussels, BEL Ancienne Belgique
Fri 03/07/08 Amsterdam, NET Paradiso
Sat 03/08/08 Amsterdam, NET Paradiso
Mon 03/10/08 Hamburg, GER Fabrik Hamburg
Tue 03/11/08 Berlin, GER Schillertheater
Thu 03/13/08 Mainz, GER Phonixhalle
Fri 03/14/08 Zurich, SWI Kaufleuten
Sun 03/16/08 Milan, ITA Teatro Smeraldo
Wed 03/19/08 Rome, ITA Rome Auditorium
Sat 03/22/08 Vienna, AS Birdland
Sat 03/22/08 Vienna, AS Theatre Antique
Mon 03/24/08 Belgrade, SER TBA
Tue 03/25/08 Tel Aviv, ISR Zappa Club
Wed 03/26/08 Tel Aviv, ISR Hangar 11

April:
Tue 04/01/08 Toronto, ON Music Hall Theatre
Wed 04/02/08 Montreal, QC Metropolis
Fri 04/04/08 Glenside, PA Keswick Theatre
Sat 04/05/08 Northampton, MA Calvin Theater
Mon 04/07/08 Somerville, MA Somerville Theatre
Wed 04/09/08 Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Theatre
Thu 04/10/08 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Sat 04/12/08 Kingston, NY Ulster Performing Arts Center
Tue 04/15/08 New York, NY Apollo Theater
Wed 04/16/08 New York, NY Town Hall
Sat 04/19/08 Homestead, PA Carnegie Library Music Hall
Sun 04/20/08 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan Theater
Mon 04/21/08 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater
Wed 04/23/08 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
Thu 04/24/08 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
Sat 04/26/08 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
Mon 04/28/08 Austin, TX Paramount Theatre
Tue 04/29/08 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom

May:
Thu 05/01/08 Boulder, CO E-Town @ Boulder Th.
Sun 05/04/08 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre
Mon 05/05/08 Vancouver, BC Chan Centre For The Perf. Arts
Tue 05/06/08 Portland, OR Aladdin Theater
Sat 05/10/08 Redwood City, CA Fox Theatre
Sun 05/11/08 San Diego, CA Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
Tue 05/13/08 Los Angeles, CA Orpheum Theatre
Tue 05/20/08 South Bank, AUS Brisbane Convention Centre
Thu 05/22/08 Sydney, AUS State Theatre
Fri 05/23/08 Sydney, AUS State Theatre
Sun 05/25/08 Melbourne, AUS Town Hall
Tue 05/27/08 Adelaide, AUS TBA
Fri 05/30/08 Perth, AUS Riverside Theatre

Joe Jackson's website
Joe Jackson @ Myspace

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Friday, January 11, 2008

MJTV: Radiohead - Bodysnatchers (Scotch Mist Version)

Thom Yorke lays down a wicked groove on this live version of the In Rainbows track...

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Tour Dates - Nada Surf

The new CD, Lucky, is due in February... Rumor has it that there is a SXSW date to be announced to start the U.S. leg of the tour.

January:
Sat 01/19/08 Vienna, AS Arena
Tue 01/22/08 London, UK Borderline
Wed 01/30/08 Seattle, WA The Triple Door
Thu 01/31/08 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge

February:
Sat 02/02/08 San Francisco, CA Swedish American Hall
Thu 02/07/08 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall Of Williamsburg
Fri 02/08/08 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Thu 02/14/08 Madrid, SPA Sala Heineken
Fri 02/15/08 Vigo, SPA TBA
Sat 02/16/08 Bilbao, SPA Cafe Antzokia
Wed 02/20/08 Paris, FRA FNAC Showcase
Thu 02/21/08 London, UK Scala
Fri 02/22/08 Manchester, UK Manchester Academy
Sat 02/23/08 Glasgow, UK The Garage
Mon 02/25/08 Brussels, BEL Salle de L'Orangerie
Tue 02/26/08 Amsterdam, NET Melkweg
Wed 02/27/08 Cologne, GER Live Music Hall
Thu 02/28/08 Hamburg, GER Grunspan
Fri 02/29/08 Berlin, GER Columbiaclub

March:
Sat 03/01/08 Munich, GER Backstage
Mon 03/03/08 Lausanne, SWI Salle Metropole
Tue 03/04/08 Zurich, SWI Rohrstofflager
Wed 03/05/08 Milan, ITA Musicdrome
Fri 03/07/08 Barcelona, SPA Sala Bikini
Sat 03/08/08 Madrid, SPA Joy Eslava
Mon 03/17/08 Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse Music Venue
Tue 03/18/08 San Diego, CA House Of Blues
Wed 03/19/08 Los Angeles, CA Music Box @ Fonda
Fri 03/21/08 Pomona, CA Glass House
Sat 03/22/08 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
Tue 03/25/08 Sacramento, CA Harlow's Night Club
Wed 03/26/08 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
Fri 03/28/08 Seattle, WA Showbox At The Market
Sat 03/29/08 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom

April:
Tue 04/01/08 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
Wed 04/02/08 Omaha, NE Waiting Room
Thu 04/03/08 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
Fri 04/04/08 Chicago, IL Metro / Smart Bar
Sat 04/05/08 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall
Mon 04/07/08 Toronto, ON Opera House Concert Venue
Tue 04/08/08 Montreal, QC Club Soda
Thu 04/10/08 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
Fri 04/11/08 New York, NY Terminal 5
Sat 04/12/08 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Sun 04/13/08 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero & The Balcony

Nada Surf's website
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Tour Dates - Broken Social Scene

The Canadians head to Australia, New Zealand & Japan...

February:
02-20 Auckland, New Zealand - King's Arms
02-21 Wellington, New Zealand - San Francisco Bath House
02-23 Adelaide, Australia - Laneway Festival
02-24 Melbourne, Australia - Laneway Festival
02-27 Melbourne, Australia - The Corner
02-28 Sydney, Australia - Manning Bar
02-29 Brisbane, Australia - The Zoo

March:
03-01 Brisbane, Australia - Laneway Festival
03-02 Sydney, Australia - Laneway Festival
03-05 Osaka, Japan - Club Quattro
03-06 Tokyo, Japan - Liquid Room
03-09 Singapore, Singapore - Esplanade Theatre on the Bay

Broken Social Scene's website
BSS @ Myspace

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Thursday, January 10, 2008

MJTV: The National - Mistaken For Strangers

Just found this one from Boxer...

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Tour Dates - Wilco

New dates for Tweedy and company...

February:
Fri 02/15/08 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
Sat 02/16/08 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
Mon 02/18/08 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
Tue 02/19/08 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
Wed 02/20/08 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
Fri 02/22/08 Lakewood, OH Lakewood Civic Auditorium
Sat 02/23/08 Upper Darby, PA Tower Theatre
Sun 02/24/08 New Haven, CT Shubert Theater
Fri 02/29/08 North Charleston, SC North Charleston Perf. Arts Center

March:
Sun 03/02/08 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
Mon 03/03/08 Mobile, AL Mobile Civic Center
Tue 03/04/08 New Orleans, LA Tipitina's Uptown
Wed 03/05/08 New Orleans, LA Tipitina's Uptown
Fri 03/07/08 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater
Sat 03/08/08 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom
Sun 03/09/08 West Des Moines, IA Val Air Ballroom
Tue 03/18/08 Sydney, AUS Enmore Theatre
Wed 03/19/08 Brisbane, AUS Tivoli Theatre
Thu 03/20/08 Byron Bay, AUS Belongil Fields
Sat 03/22/08 Auckland, NZ TBA
Sun 03/23/08 Wellington, NZ Front Room
Wed 03/26/08 Melbourne, AUS TBA

Wilco's website
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Tour Dates - A Place To Bury Strangers

More dates for "the loudest band in NYC"...

February:
02-14 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Bar
02-15 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
02-16 Indianapolis, IN - Locals Only
02-17 Chicago, IL - Schubas
02-18 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock
02-20 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Parkway Theatre
02-21 Regina, Saskatchewan - The Exchange
02-22 Edmonton, Alberta - Velvet
02-23 Calgary, Alberta - Hifi Club
02-25 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards
02-26 Seattle, WA - TBA
02-27 Portland, OR - Doug Fir
02-29 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill

March:
03-01 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
03-03 San Diego, CA - Casbah
03-04 Tucson, AZ - Plush
03-06 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
03-07 Denver, CO - Larimer
03-08 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
03-09 Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room
03-10 St. Louis, MO - Bluebird
03-11 Oklahoma City, OK - Conservatory
03-12-15 Austin, TX - SXSW
03-16 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks
03-17 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
03-18 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
03-19 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
03-20 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
03-21 Boston, MA - Middle East
03-22 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg

May:
05-09-11 Rye, England - Camber Sands Holiday Centre

A Place To Bury Strangers' website
APTBS @ Myspace

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The Money Shot: Kings of Leon's Amish Vacation, Pandora Flips The Bird To The U.K. and Don't Taze Me Bro (With Your MP3 Player)...

Today's headlines...

Taser Unveils Holster With Music Player (AP)

MS: Taser's latest foray into consumer products was introduced Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The holster costs $72.99 on the company's Web site and includes a 1-gigabyte MP3 player.

Pandora UK closes after royalties demands (The Register)

MS: "We have been told to sign these totally unworkable license rates or switch off, non-negotiable...so that is what we are doing. Streaming illegally is just not in our DNA, and we have to take the threats of legal action seriously."

Too much 'grab-arse action', moan Kings of Leon (Brisbane Times)

MS: "The church we went to was way too strict for anybody," Jared says. "United Pentecostal makes Baptists look like Sodom and Gomorrah. No drinking."
Nathan: "No smoking."
Jared: "Guys can't wear shorts."
Nathan: "The women have to wear dresses, no make-up."
Jared: "It was like the Amish on vacation."

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MJTV: The Kills - U R A Fever

The first single from the upcoming Kills CD...

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Tour Dates - The Hives

'Your New Favourite Band' hits the road for The Black & White Album...

February:
Thu 02/14/08 Mexico City, MEX TBA
Sat 02/16/08 Guadalajara, MEX TBA
Sun 02/17/08 Mexico City, MEX Vive Cuervo Salon
Tue 02/19/08 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
Wed 02/20/08 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
Thu 02/21/08 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
Fri 02/22/08 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
Sat 02/23/08 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
Tue 02/26/08 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
Thu 02/28/08 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue

March:
Sat 03/01/08 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
Sun 03/02/08 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre
Mon 03/03/08 Toronto, ON Kool Haus
Tue 03/04/08 Montreal, QC Club Soda
Fri 03/07/08 New York, NY Terminal 5
Sat 03/08/08 Washington, DC 9:30 Club

The Hives' website
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Tour Dates - Radiohead

Ok... No dates or venues yet, just this alphabetical list...

Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte, NC
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Houston
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Miami
Montreal
New York
Philadelphia
San Diego
San Francisco
Santa Barbara, CA
Seattle
St. Louis
Tampa
Toronto
Vancouver
Washington, DC

Radiohead's website
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008

MJTV: Chuck Prophet - Freckle Song

The rollicking first single from Soap and Water...

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Tour Dates - The Von Bondies

C'mon, C'mon out to see the Michigan band currently working without a label...

January:
01-09 Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig
01-10 Indianapolis, IN - Music Mill
01-11 Chicago, IL - Abbey Pub
01-12 Columbus, OH - The Basement
01-13 Pittsburgh, PA - Diesel Club Lounge
01-15 London, Ontario - Call the Office
01-16 Toronto, Ontario - El Mocambo
01-17 Montreal, Quebec - Café Campus
01-18 Burlington, VT - Club Metronome
01-20 Providence, RI - Club Hell
01-22 Allston, MA - Great Scott
01-23 New York, NY - Gramercy Theatre
01-24 Philadelphia, PA - Grape Street
01-25 Vienna, VA - Jammin Java

February:
02-01 Bielefeld, Germany - Forum
02-02 Cologne, Germany - Werkstatt
02-03 Hamburg, Germany - Molotow
02-05 Copenhagen, Denmark - Small Vega
02-06 Oslo, Norway - John Dee
02-07 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser
02-09 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
02-10 Paris, France - Nouveau Casino
02-11 Milan, Italy - Musicdrome
02-12 Zurich, Switzerland - Rohstofflager
02-13 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
02-14 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Waterfront
02-16 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Spring & Airbrake
02-17 Dublin, Ireland - Village
02-19 Manchester, England - Night & Day
02-20 Glasgow, Scotland - Stereo
02-21 Leeds, England - Cockpit
02-23 Nottingham, England - Bodega
02-24 Bristol, England - Thekla
02-25 Birmingham, England - Bar Academy
02-26 London, England - Scala
02-28 Brighton, England - Barfly
02-29 Wigan, England - Wigan Tavern

March:
03-01 Middlesbrough, England - Empire

The Von Bondies' website
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Tour Dates - Sons and Daughters

I'm betting these guys will be at SXSW too...

February:
Thu 02/07/08 Sheffield, UK The Leadmill
Fri 02/08/08 Leeds, UK The Cockpit
Mon 02/11/08 Portsmouth, UK Wedgewood Rooms
Tue 02/12/08 London, UK Univ. Of London Union
Wed 02/13/08 Bristol, UK Thekla
Fri 02/15/08 Glasgow, UK ABC1
Sat 02/16/08 Edinburgh, UK Queens Hall
Sun 02/17/08 Dublin, IRE Whelans

March:
Mon 03/17/08 Atlanta, GA The EARL
Wed 03/19/08 Washington, DC Rock And Roll Hotel
Fri 03/21/08 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall Of Williamsburg
Sat 03/22/08 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Sun 03/23/08 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda's
Mon 03/24/08 Cambridge, MA Middle East Restaurant & Nightclub
Tue 03/25/08 Montreal, QC La Sala Rosa
Wed 03/26/08 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace
Fri 03/28/08 Chicago, IL Double Door
Sat 03/29/08 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theatre
Mon 03/31/08 Denver, CO Hi-Dive

April:
Tue 04/01/08 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
Thu 04/03/08 Seattle, WA Neumo's
Fri 04/04/08 Vancouver, BC Richard's On Richards Cabaret
Mon 04/07/08 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall

Sons and Daughters' website
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MJTV: Vampire Weekend - A-Punk

This fun, uptempo vid is the lead track from their upcoming debut album due January 29th...

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Most Wanted: 1.7.08

The weekly Top 30 based on MJ airplay...

Rank - Artist - Song - Album
1 Bishop Allen - Click, Click, Click, Click - The Broken String
2 Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place - In Rainbows
3 The Hives - Tick Tick Boom - The Black and White Album
4 The White Stripes - You Don't Know What Love Is - Icky Thump
5 Beck - Timebomb - Timebomb (Single)
6 Queens Of The Stone Age - 3's & 7's - Era Vulgaris
7 Against Me! - Thrash Unreal - New Wave
8 Death Cab For Cutie - World Shut Your Mouth - Causes 1
9 The Killers - Shadowplay - Sawdust
10 Foo Fighters - Long Road To Ruin - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
11 The Thrills - Nothing Changes Round Here - Teenager
12 Foo Fighters - The Pretender - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
13 Feist - 1234 - The Reminder
14 Radiohead - Bodysnatchers - In Rainbows
15 The Go! Team - Grip Like A Vice - Proof of Youth
16 Coconut Records - West Coast - Nighttiming
17 Malcolm Middleton - Fuck It, I Love You - A Brighter Beat
18 Iron & Wine - Boy With A Coin - The Shepard's Dog
19 The Foundry Field Recordings - Buy / Sell / Trade - Fallout Stations
20 M.I.A. - Paper Planes - Kala
21 Interpol - No I In Threesome - Our Love To Admire
22 Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere - Magic
23 The Bravery - Believe - The Sun And The Moon
24 Steve Earle - City Of Immigrants - Washington Square Serenade
25 Spoon - You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
26 Eddie Vedder - Hard Sun - Into The Wild
27 Johnette Napolitano - The Scientist - Scarred
28 Jose Gonzalez - Down The Line - In Our Nature
29 Brand New - (Fork and Knife) - (Fork and Knife)
30 Chuck Prophet - Freckle Song - Soap & Water

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MJTV: Moby - Alice

First vid from the forthcoming Last Night...

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Tour Dates - They Might Be Giants

A bunch of dates supporting Here Comes The 123s due in February...

February:
Sat 02/02/08 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
Wed 02/27/08 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom & Tavern
Thu 02/28/08 Bloomington, IN Bluebird Nightclub
Fri 02/29/08 Madison, WI Barrymore Theatre

March:
Sat 03/01/08 Omaha, NE Slowdown
Sun 03/02/08 Columbia, MO Blue Note
Tue 03/04/08 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
Wed 03/05/08 Austin, TX Stubb's Bar-B-Q
Thu 03/06/08 Houston, TX The Meridian
Fri 03/07/08 New Orleans, LA House Of Blues
Sat 03/08/08 Jackson, MS Hal & Mal's
Sun 03/09/08 Birmingham, AL WorkPlay Theatre
Tue 03/11/08 Saint Petersburg, FL Jannus Landing
Wed 03/12/08 Fort Lauderdale, FL Revolution
Thu 03/13/08 Lake Buena Vista, FL House Of Blues
Fri 03/14/08 Jacksonville, FL Freebird Live
Sun 03/16/08 Charlottesville, VA Satellite Ballroom
Fri 03/28/08 Somerville, MA Somerville Theatre
Sat 03/29/08 Portsmouth, NH The Music Hall
Sun 03/30/08 Winooski, VT Higher Ground

TMBG's website
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Tour Dates - Jens Lekman

A bunch of U.S. dates including SXSW...

January:
01-10 Melbourne, Australia - The Toff
01-15 Sydney, Australia - Vanguard
01-21 Bangalow, Australia - The A & I Hall

February:
02-14 Istanbul, Turkey - Babylon
02-15 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
02-16 Berlin, Germany - Lido
02-18 Turin, Italy - El Barrio
02-19 Ravenna, Italy - Teatro Rasi
02-20 Geneva, Switzerland - PTR-Usine
02-21 St. Gallen, Switzerland - Palace
02-22 Florence, Italy - Viper Club
02-23 Munich, Germany - Atomic Café
02-24 Frankfurt, Germany - Mousonturm
02-25 Nijmegen, Netherlands - Doornroosje
02-26 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
02-27 Paris, France - Nouveau Casino
02-28 Brussels, Belgium - AB Club
02-29 Antwerp, Belgium - Trix

March:
03-01 Cologne, Germany - Gebäude 9
03-02 Hamburg, Germany - Molotow
03-13 Austin, TX - Mohawk (Secretly Canadian SXSW showcase)
03-14 Dallas, TX - Granada
03-21 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater
03-22 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club
03-23 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
03-24 Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan
03-25 Seattle, WA - Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room
03-29 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater
03-30 Madison, WI - Music Hall
03-31 Chicago, IL - Logan Square

April:
04-01 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center for the Arts
04-02 Washington, DC - Black Cat
04-04 Boston, MA - Paradise
04-05 New York, NY - Webster Hall

Jens Lekman's website
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Tour Dates - Mando Diao

New dates for the Swedish garage rockers...

January:
Sat 01/05/08 Santiago, CHL TBA

February:
Tue 02/26/08 Stuttgart, GER Beethovensaal
Thu 02/28/08 Vienna, AS Wiener Stadthalle
Fri 02/29/08 Munich, GER Zenith

March:
Sat 03/01/08 Cologne, GER Palladium
Thu 03/06/08 Stockholm, SWE Cirkus
Fri 03/07/08 Goteborg, SWE Lisebergshallen
Sat 03/08/08 Lund, SWE Olympen

April:
Mon 04/14/08 Osaka, JPN Club Quattro
Tue 04/15/08 Nagoya, JPN Club Quattro
Wed 04/16/08 Tokyo, JPN Shibuya Club Quattro
Thu 04/17/08 Tokyo, JPN Shibuya Club Quattro

Mando Diao's website
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Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Tour Dates - Tim Finn

Solo dates for the Kiwi troubadour...

January:
26 - West Hollywood, CA - Troubadour
27 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
29 - Seattle, WA - The Triple Door
30 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios

February:
1 - Boise, ID - The Bouquet
2 - Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater
4 - Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center
5 - Chicago, IL - Double Door
6 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
7 - Toronto, Ontario - The Courthouse
9 - Philadelphia, PA - Tin Angel
10 - Charleston, WV - Mountain Stage Cultural Center Theater
12 - Pittsburgh, PA - Diesel
13 - Cambridge, MA - Club Passim
14 - Decatur, GA - Eddie's Attic
16 - Louisville, KY - St. Francis of Assisi Church
18 - Nashville, TN - The Belcourt
19 - Austin, TX - Cactus Cafe

Tim Finn's website
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Tour Dates - The Go! Team

New European dates for the energetic Brighton 6 piece...

January:
01-05 Busselton, Australia - Southbound Festival
01-18 Lisbon, Portugal - Lux
01-19 Oporto, Portugal - Casa Da Musica

February:
02-23 Bristol, England - Carling Academy
02-24 Southampton, England - University
02-25 Cambridge, England - Junction
02-28 Stirling, Scotland - Fubar
02-29 Inverness, Scotland - Ironworks

March:
03-01 Aberdeen, Scotland - Moshulu
03-02 Dundee, Scotland - Fat Sam's
03-04 Oxford, England - Carling Academy
03-05 Leeds, England - Metropolitan University
03-06 Sheffield, England - Plug
03-07 Nottingham, England - Trent University

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The Money Shot: The BBC Says Check Out The Black Kids, Joe Jackson's Blowing Smoke, and The Shins Really Must Be Rock Stars...

Today's news headlines...

Shins star released from jail after allegedly assaulting girlfriend (NME)

MS: "Hi guys! I'm feeling much better on this new day (after sleeping until noon). I've decided to heed the advice of many commenters (lawyerly types) and friends-lock my last entry about the legal foibles between me and my ex-boyfriend."

Sound of 2008: The Top 10 (BBC News)

MS: 8. BLACK KIDS
They are: A Florida fivesome who create a collision of cool indie and 1980s pop - half Arcade Fire, half Human League.

Still unsigned, they have ridden a huge wave of internet buzz.

The pundits say: "They have a heady mix which sets them apart from the army of bands we all come across every day." Neil McCallum, Channel 4 head of music

They say: "We definitely take something away from every era. I realised a while back that pop music's all about theft."

Joe Jackson: Actually, I quite like landmines (Telegraph UK)

MS: For the past 10 years, Jackson has been a staunch defender of the rights of smokers. As a moderate five-a-day man, he is principally motivated by suspicion of the covert agenda of the anti-smoking lobby, which he dismisses as "a new Prohibition, a racket hugely driven by the pharmaceutical companies in partnership with the World Health Organisation".

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MJTV: Eddie Vedder - Guaranteed

Eddie V with the second single from Into The Wild...

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Tour Dates - Drive-By Truckers

The new one, Brighter Than Creation's Dark, is due January 25th...

January:
01-10 Athens, GA - 40 Watt
01-11 Athens, GA - 40 Watt
01-12 Athens, GA - 40 Watt

February:
02-11 Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
02-12 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon
02-13 San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine
02-15 Portland, OR - Roseland
02-16 Seattle, WA - Showbox
02-17 Seattle, WA - Showbox
02-19 Boise, ID - Big Easy Concert House
02-20 Salt Lake City, UT - The Palladium
02-21 Aspen, CO - Belly Up
02-22 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
02-23 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
02-25 Omaha, NE - Slowdown
02-26 Columbia, MO - The Blue Note
02-27 Urbana, IL - Canopy Club
02-28 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre
02-29 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant

March:
03-01 Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall
03-14 Memphis, TN - Minglewood Hall
03-15 Nashville, TN - Cannery Ballroom
03-16 Newport, KY - Southgate House
03-18 Millvale, PA - Mr. Small's Theater
03-19 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House
03-20 Montreal, Quebec - Cabaret Music Hall
03-21 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
03-22 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
03-25 New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
03-26 New York, NY - Terminal 5
03-27 Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore at the TLA
03-28 Richmond, VA - The National
03-29 Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel

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Tour Dates - Vampire Weekend

Looks like the Vampires have a clear spot in March for a visit to SXSW...

January:
01-17 London, England - Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen
01-29 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
01-30 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
01-31 San Francisco, CA - Popscene

February:
02-06 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
02-07 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
02-08 Williamstown, MA - Williams College Currier Ballroom
02-09 Boston, MA - Museum of Fine Arts
02-11 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern
02-13 Cincinnati, OH - The Gypsy Hut
02-14 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center
02-15 Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Musem

March:
03-06 Orlando, FL - The Social
03-07 South Florida Everglades, FL - Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation
03-08 St. Augustine, FL - Café Eleven
03-09 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
03-10 Birmingham, AL - The Bottletree
03-19 San Diego, CA - The Casbah
03-20 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey
03-22 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
03-23 San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Shop
03-25 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
03-26 Seattle, WA - Neumos
03-27 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richards on Richards

Vampire Weekend's website
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Monday, January 07, 2008

Tour Dates - Jose Gonzalez

New U.S. dates for the acoustic guitarist...

January:
01-05 Busselton, Australia - Southbound Festival
01-08 Auckland, New Zealand - Bruce Mason Centre
01-09 Wellington, New Zealand - The Opera House
01-10 Christchurch, New Zealand - James Hay Theatre
01-22 São Paolo, Brazil - SESC Vila Mairana
01-23 Porto Alegre, Brazil - Brazil
01-24 Bogota, Columbia - Teatro Cristobal Colon
01-26 Santiago, Chile - Teatro Oriente
01-27 Buenos Aires, Argentina - La Trastienda Club

February:
02-29 Miami, FL - Airtime Theater

March:
03-01 Orlando, FL - The Social
03-02 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
03-03 Chapel Hill, NC - UNC Great Hall
03-04 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
03-05 Washington, DC - Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
03-06 New York, NY - Terminal 5 (Plug Awards)
03-07 Tarrytown, NY - The Tarrytown Music Hall
03-08 Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live
03-11 New York, NY - Highline Ballroom
03-12 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Masonic Temple
03-13 Boston, MA - Paradise
03-14 Montreal, Quebec - Musée Juste Pour Rire
03-15 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix
03-17 Chicago, IL - Lakeshore Theater
03-18 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre
03-19 St. Louis, MO - Graham Chapel
03-20 Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground
03-21 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
03-22 Salt Lake City, UT - Union Ballroom
03-24 San Diego, CA - San Diego Women's Club
03-25 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
03-27 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore Auditorium
03-28 Portland, OR - The Aladdin Theatre
03-29 Seattle, WA - The Triple Door
03-30 Seattle, WA - The Triple Door
03-31 Vancouver, British Columbia - St. Andrew's Wesley United

Jose Gonzalez's website
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Tour Dates - Bjork

The Icelandic pixie spins around the world...

January:
Fri 01/18/08 Auckland, NZ Mt Smart Stadium
Sun 01/20/08 Gold Coast, AUS Parklands
Wed 01/23/08 The Rocks, AUS Sydney Festival
Fri 01/25/08 Sydney, AUS Olympic Park Showgrounds
Mon 01/28/08 Melbourne, AUS Flemington Racecourse

February:
Fri 02/01/08 Adelaide, AUS RA&HS Showgrounds
Sun 02/03/08 Perth, AUS Claremont Showgrounds
Sat 02/16/08 Seoul, SKO Olympic Hall
Tue 02/19/08 Tokyo, JPN Martial Arts Mansion
Fri 02/22/08 Tokyo, JPN Martial Arts Mansion
Mon 02/25/08 Osaka, JPN Osaka-Jo Hall

April:
Fri 04/11/08 Manchester, UK Carling Apollo Manchester
Mon 04/14/08 London, UK Carling Apollo Hammersmith
Thu 04/17/08 London, UK Carling Apollo Hammersmith
Tue 04/22/08 Plymouth, UK Plymouth Pavilions
Fri 04/25/08 Wolverhampton, UK Civic Hall
Mon 04/28/08 Belfast, UK Waterfront Hall

May:
Thu 05/01/08 Blackpool, UK Empress Ballroom
Sun 05/04/08 Sheffield, UK City Hall

Bjork's website
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The Money Shot: Taking Your iPod To Work, Death Cab's Curveball and Reznor's Unrealistic Expectations...

The latest news...

Death Cab Throwing A 'Curve Ball' On New Album (Billboard)

MS: It's really, really good, I think, but it's totally a curve ball, and I think it's gonna be a really polarizing record. But I'm really excited about it. It's really got some teeth. The landscape of the thing is way, way more lunar than the urban meadow sort of thing that has been happening for the last couple of records.

Trent Reznor 'disheartened' by state of music industry (NME)

MS: "As of 1/2/08, 154,449 people chose to download Saul's new record. 28,322 of those people chose to pay $5 for it, meaning: 18.3% chose to pay."

Reznor added: "Is it good news that less than one in five feel it was worth $5? I'm not sure what I was expecting but that percentage -- primarily from fans -- seems disheartening."

iPods in the Workplace: Diligence or Distraction? (Mac News World)

MS: "It seems fine if a person is flying solo, like an information-technology technician who spends a lot of time in transit to user sites," Robin says. However, they're "safety no-nos," he says, in other cases.

"What if you can't hear a forklift approaching?" Robin asks.

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Tour Dates - Foo Fighters

New Japanese dates for the Foos...

January:
Wed 01/16/08 Sunrise, FL BankAtlantic Center
Thu 01/17/08 Orlando, FL Amway Arena
Sat 01/19/08 Birmingham, AL BJCC Arena
Sun 01/20/08 Pensacola, FL Pensacola Civic Center
Tue 01/22/08 Houston, TX Toyota Center
Wed 01/23/08 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Fri 01/25/08 Memphis, TN FedExForum
Sat 01/26/08 Nashville, TN Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Mon 01/28/08 Fayetteville, AR Barnhill Arena
Tue 01/29/08 Oklahoma City, OK Ford Center

February:
Fri 02/01/08 Reno, NV Reno Events Center
Sat 02/02/08 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
Mon 02/18/08 Worcester, MA DCU Center
Tue 02/19/08 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Arena
Thu 02/21/08 Philadelphia, PA The Wachovia Spectrum
Fri 02/22/08 Binghamton, NY SUNY / Binghamton
Sun 02/24/08 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena
Mon 02/25/08 Rosemont, IL Allstate Arena
Wed 02/27/08 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
Thu 02/28/08 Council Bluffs, IA Mid-America Center

March:
Sun 03/02/08 Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Arena
Mon 03/03/08 San Diego, CA Cox Arena
Wed 03/05/08 Inglewood, CA The Forum
Mon 03/17/08 Montreal, CAN Bell Centre
Wed 03/19/08 Ottawa, CAN Scotiabank Place
Thu 03/20/08 London, CAN The John Labatt Centre
Sat 03/22/08 Toronto, CAN Air Canada Centre
Tue 03/25/08 Winnipeg, CAN MTS Centre
Thu 03/27/08 Saskatoon, CAN Credit Union Centre
Fri 03/28/08 Edmonton, CAN Rexall Place
Sun 03/30/08 Vancouver, CAN P.N.E. Pacific Coliseum

April:
Sun 04/13/08 Chiba City, JPN Makuhari Messe
Tue 04/15/08 Osaka, JPN Zepp Osaka
Wed 04/16/08 Osaka, JPN Zepp Osaka
Mon 04/21/08 Perth, AUS Burswood Dome
Thu 04/24/08 Hindmarsh, AUS Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Fri 04/25/08 Melbourne, AUS Rod Laver Arena
Sat 04/26/08 Melbourne, AUS Rod Laver Arena
Tue 04/29/08 Boondall, AUS Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Wed 04/30/08 Boondall, AUS Brisbane Entertainment Centre

May:
Fri 05/02/08 Sydney, AUS Acer Arena
Sat 05/03/08 Sydney, AUS Acer Arena
Mon 05/05/08 Auckland, NZ Vector Arena
Tue 05/06/08 Auckland, NZ Vector Arena

June:
Mon 06/02/08 Manchester, UK City Of Manchester Stadium
Fri 06/06/08 London, UK Wembley Stadium
Sat 06/07/08 London, UK Wembley Stadium

Foo Fighters' website
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Tour Dates - The Raveonettes

Lust Lust Lust dates including a trip to SXSW...

January:
01-19 New York, NY @ Terminal 5

February:
02-29 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah

March:
03-01 Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse
03-02 Costa Mesa, CA @ Detroit Bar
03-04 LA, CA @ El Rey Theatre
03-05 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
03-07 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
03-08 Vancouver, BC, CAN @ The Plaza Niteclub
03-09 Seattle, WA @ Neumos
03-12 - 03-16 Austin, TX @ SXSW
03-17 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
03-18 Chicago, IL @ Double Door
03-19 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
03-21 Toroto, ON, CAN @ Opera House
03-22 Montreal, QC, CAN @ Les Saint
03-23 Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s
03-24 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
03-27 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
03-28 Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar
03-29 Washington, DC @ Black Cat

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Friday, January 04, 2008

MJTV: Old 97's - Barrier Reef (live)

A vintage clip of the Old 97's, probably from ACL, featuring a heavily-glassed and totally geeky Rhett Miller...

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Tour Dates - Bob Mould

Club dates in support of his upcoming District Line...

March:
5 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
6 - Milwaukee, WI - Shank Hall
7 - Chicago, IL - Metro
8 - Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop
10 - Toronto, Ontario - Mod Club
12 - Boston, MA - Paradise
13 - New York, NY - The Fillmore at Irving Plaza
14 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
15 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
16 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
18 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
20 - Austin, TX - Antone's
22 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
24 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
25 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theater
26 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
28 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
29 - Seattle, WA - Neumo's
30 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards

Bob Mould's website
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Tour Dates - Hot Chip

Supporting their new one Made In The Dark due February 5th...

April:
10 - Philadelphia, PA Starlight Ballroom
11 - Washington, DC 9:30 Club
12 - New York, NY Terminal 5
14 - Boston, MA Paradise
17 - Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
18 - Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
22 - Seattle, WA Showbox
23 - Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
24 - San Francisco, CA The Fillmore

Hot Chip's website
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The Money Shot: Bettye Lavette Is Going To Kick Your Ass, Radiohead Finally Comes to iTunes and Pearl Jam Next To Go Label-less?

The latest headlines...

Radiohead say OK computer to iTunes (Times Online)

MS: One of the last important bands not to allow their music to be sold through iTunes, Radiohead have now agreed a deal with the Apple computer giant to release their new material.

Love, others may follow Radiohead's no-label lead (Reuters)

MS: PEARL JAM
The Seattle group already sells live recordings directly to fans through a proprietary Web interface, and has a history of eliminating the middleman to make its work more affordable to fans. With a distribution and payment model already set up for the live material, it would be a simple matter for the group to add studio albums as well. Pearl Jam has the freedom to do it, as it is signed to Sony BMG's J label on a per-album basis, as opposed to a long-term deal.

Five questions with Grammy nominee Bettye LaVette (Detroit Free Press)

MS: I really don't think very much of this business. And less and less as it becomes more commercialized. If I can sing my heart out and have to run up against somebody who has a million dollars or something, how do I compete? If people would get the stars out of their eyes and stop thinking that (record executive) Clive Davis is going to spend $20 million on everybody then they would learn their craft. I don't care how big your records are, if you should ... wind up with me in a small room with nothing but a baby grand piano, I'm going to kick your ass!

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MJTV: The Shackeltons - The Breaks

This PA band is a new add to the MJ playlist...

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Tour Dates - Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks

The new CD is due in March...

March:
03-19 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
03-20 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater
03-21 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
03-22 Indianapolis, IN - Vogue Theater
03-23 Newport, KY - Southgate House
03-25 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
03-26 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
03-28 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
03-29 Philadelphia, PA - Fillmore
03-31 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom

April:
04-02 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
04-03 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
04-04 North Adams, MA - MASS MoCA

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Tour Dates - New York Dolls

Johansen and Sylvain hit the road with late winter dates...

February:
12 - Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Live
14 - Philadelphia, PA - New Alhambra Arena
15 - Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony
16 - Boston, MA - Paradise
18 - Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix
19 - Buffalo, NY - Tralf Music Hall
20 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
22 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
23 - Chicago, IL - Double Door
24 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe
26 - Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre
28 - Boise, ID - Big Easy
29 - Portland, OR - Berbatis Pan

March:
1 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Plaza Club
2 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
5 - San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
7 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre
8 - Las Vegas, NV - Jillians
9 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues

New York Dolls' website
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Thursday, January 03, 2008

1,000th Post

Wow... back in September of 2005 I wasn't sure I'd be able to keep this going long enough to hit this mark. I'd like to thank Radiohead, Arcade Fire, U2, The White Stripes, Pete Doughty, Amy Winehouse and all the other artists who gave me something to write about... :)

The Money Shot: Thom Yorke Calls Bullshit on EMI, You've Got Rock Star Fantasies and Why Your MP3's Sound Like Crap...

The latest headlines...

The Death of High Fidelity (Rolling Stone)

MS: So is music doomed to keep sounding worse? Awareness of the problem is growing. The South by Southwest music festival recently featured a panel titled "Why Does Today's Music Sound Like Shit?" In August, a group of producers and engineers founded an organization called Turn Me Up!, which proposes to put stickers on CDs that meet high sonic standards.

But even most CD listeners have lost interest in high-end stereos as surround-sound home theater systems have become more popular, and superior-quality disc formats like DVD-Audio and SACD flopped. Bendeth and other producers worry that young listeners have grown so used to dynamically compressed music and the thin sound of MP3s that the battle has already been lost. "CDs sound better, but no one's buying them," he says. "The age of the audiophile is over."

Rock this way! You, too, can be a music star at fantasy camp (USA Today)

MS: So just what is it about punching out power chords before adoring crowds that rivets the imagination? Or is that like asking why being lavished with compliments while getting a massage on a bed of cold cash might sound appealing?

"George Thorogood once said to me, 'If anyone born after 1950 tells you they don't dream of being a rock star, they're lying,' " says David Fishof, the unlikely founder of Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp, whose father was a Jewish cantor who frowned on rock. "Deep inside, everyone has this desire in them."

F Y I_____ if you care (Radiohead.com)

MS: we did not ask for a load of cash from our old record label EMI to re- sign.
that is a L I E.
The Times in the UK should check its facts before it prints such dirt.

whAT we WANTED WAS some control over OUR WOrK and how it was used in the future by them-
that seemed REASONAblE to us,
as we cared about it a great deal.

Mr Hands was not interested.
So neither were we.

We made the sign of the cross and walked away. Sadly.

We are extremely upset that this crap is being spread about.

To bedigging up such bullshit, or more politely airing yer dirty laundry in public,
seems a very strange way for the head of an international record label to be proceeding.

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Tour Dates - Rage Against The Machine

Adding some summer dates... hope they'll be filling in with some U.S. dates down the road...

January:
Fri 01/18/08 Auckland, NZ Mt Smart Stadium
Sun 01/20/08 Gold Coast, AUS Parklands
Tue 01/22/08 Darling Harbour, AUS Sydney Ent'ment Centre
Fri 01/25/08 Sydney, AUS Olympic Park Showgrounds
Sun 01/27/08 West Melbourne, AUS Festival Hall
Mon 01/28/08 Melbourne, AUS Flemington Racecourse
Wed 01/30/08 West Melbourne, AUS Festival Hall

February:
Fri 02/01/08 Adelaide, AUS RA&HS Showgrounds
Sun 02/03/08 Perth, AUS Claremont Showgrounds
Thu 02/07/08 Osaka, JPN Osaka-Jo Hall
Sat 02/09/08 Chiba City, JPN Makuhari Messe
Sun 02/10/08 Chiba City, JPN Makuhari Messe

May:
Fri 05/30/08 Madrid, SPA Auditorio John Lennon

June:
Sun 06/01/08 Landgraaf, NET Megaland
Mon 06/02/08 Merksem, BEL Sportpaleis Antwerpen
Wed 06/04/08 Paris, FRA Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
Fri 06/06/08 Nurburg, GER Nurburg Ring
Sat 06/07/08 Nuremberg, GER Zeppelinfeld
Tue 06/10/08 Berlin, GER Spaudau Zitadelle
Thu 06/12/08 Hultsfred, SWE Festival Grounds
Sun 06/15/08 Nickelsdorf, AS Pannonia Fields

July:
Thu 07/10/08 Lisbon, POR Passeio Maritimo De Alges
Sat 07/12/08 Kinross, UK Balado
Sun 07/13/08 Naas, IRE Punchestown Racecourse

August:
Fri 08/22/08 Reading, UK Festival Grounds
Sat 08/23/08 Leeds, UK Festival Grounds

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Tour Dates - Cat Power

The first dates supporting the upcoming Jukebox appear on the horizon...

January:
01-21 Paris, France - Bataclan
01-27 London, England – Shepherd's Bush Empire

February:
02-06 New York, NY - Terminal 5
02-07 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
02-08 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom
02-09 Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus
02-10 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
02-11 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue

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MJTV: R.E.M. & Bruce Springsteen - Man On The Moon

Two of my all-time favs from the 2004 Vote for Change tour... it's a bit strange to see Bruce taking a backseat to Stipey and his nervous ticks but "Man on the Moon" is a pretty strange ditty to begin with and I'm not sure how well the Boss knows this one...

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Tour Dates - The Black Lips

More dates in support of Good Bad Not Evil

February:
2 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre
4 - Seattle, WA - Neumo's
5 - Portland, OR - Dante's
6 - Eugene, OR - WOW Hall
8 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
9 - Pomona, CA - Glasshouse
10 - Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar
13 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
14 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theater
22 - New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jake's
23 - Austin, TX - Emo's
24 - Dallas, TX - The Loft
25 - Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck
26 - Omaha, NE - Waiting Room
28 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
29 - Madison, WI - Memorial Union

March:
1 - Chicago, IL - Logan Square
2 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
4 - Columbus, OH - The Basement
5 - Oberlin, OH - Club Dionysus
6 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
7 - Pittsburg, PA - Mr. Smalls
8 - Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place
10 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
11 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
13 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East
14 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brendas
15 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
16 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
20 - Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
21 - Memphis, TN - Hi Tone
22 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl

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