Cheap Thrills 4.28.06

Lots of interesting live stuff...

1. Stereogum highlights the comeback of World Party: World Party - Who Are You/Another 1000 Years/When You Come Back To Me/Is It Like Today
2. Kwaya Na Kisser has Ben Harper's KCRW live set: Ben Harper - Intro/Morning Yearning/Reason To Mourn/Better Way/Both Sides of the Gun/Engraved Invitation/Interview with Ben/Black Rain/Please Don't Talk About Murder While I'm Eating/Picture In A Frame/Waiting For You
3. Marathon Packs unearths Talking Heads demos from 1975: Talking Heads - Psycho Killer/Sugar on My Tongue/Tank You For Sending Me An Angel/Want to Live/Wish You Wouldn't Say That/Te Girls Want to Be With the Girls/Who Is It?/With Our Love/Stay Hungry/Tentative Decisions/Warning Sign/I'm Not In Love/The Book I Read/Love Goes to Building on Fire/No Compassion
4. I am Fuel catches up with Pete Yorn and drops a megaload of rarities and even leaks a couple new tracks: Pete Yorn - Old Boy/For Us/When She's Mine/Don't Mean Nothin'/Broken Bottle/Baby I'm Gone/Knew Enough To Know Nothing At All/Seventeen/Hunter Green/Rooftop/Model American/Farmer vs. River/You Never Knew/China Girl/Just My Imagination/New York City Serenage/Chimes of Freedom/Splendid Isolation/Suspicious Minds/Ever Fallen In Love/Undercover/Red Right Hand
5. Ickmusic unleashes the Clash live in France from 1981: The Clash - London Calling/Safe European Home/The Leader /Somebody Got Murdered /White Man in Hammersmith /Palais/The Guns of Brixton/Lightning Strikes (not once but twice)/I Fought The Law/Corner Soul/Ivan Meets G.I. Joe/Radio Clash/Charlie Don’t Surf/Magnificent Seven/Bankrobber/Wrong ‘Em Boyo/Train in Vain
6. The Late Greats sow some live Hem: Hem - The Golden Day Is Dying/Rainy Night In Georgia/Betting On Trains/The Fire Thief/My Father's Waltz/Reservoir/The City And The Traveler/Jackson/When I Was Drinking/South Central Rain/I'll Dream Of You Tonight/Cincinnati Traveller/Strays/Lucky/Sailor/The Pills Stopped Working/Carry Me Home/Half Acre/Radiation Vibe/Old Adam/Pacific Street
7. Rbally's got Pearl Jam's recent SNL appearance: Pearl Jam - World Wide Suicide/Severed Hand
8. I Heart Music features Editors and Voxtrot: Editors - All Sparks/Bullets/Fingers in The Factories/Lights/Munich/Voxtrot - Heaven/Mothers, Sisters, Daughters, Wives/Rise Up In The Dirt/Soft And Warm
9. Rbally scores again with Broken Social Scene on KCRW: Broken Social Scene - Intro/Super Connected/Interlude/Hand Jobs For The Holidays/Major Label Debut/Interview/Ibi Dreams Of Pavement (A Better Day)/All My Friends Are Magazines/Outro/Intuition
10. Let's Kiss and Make Up's Song of the Day features Morrissey: Morrissey - Irish Blood English Heart (live)/There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (live)/Disappointed (live)/He Knows I'd Love To See Him (live)/We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful (live)/Tomorrow

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Cheap Thrills 4.26.06

Check out the Pulp, Spoon, Bruce, Bjork and other goodies...

1. Obscure Sound digs into the vault for this Pulp show @ Glastonbury in 1995 that NME called one of the top 100 moments in rock history: Pulp - Intro/Do You Remember the First Time/Razzmatazz/Monday Morning/Underwear/Sorted for E’s and Whizz/Disco 2000/Joyriders/Acrylic Afternoons/Misshapes/Pink Glove/Babies/Common People/Something Changed/I Spy
2. I am Fuel logs in again with Ryan Adams' Bedhead Volume 3: Ryan Adams - A Kiss Before I Go/My Winding Wheel/Games/Mockingbird Song/This Is It/Come Pick Me Up/The Hardest Part/Strawberry Wine/Hard Way To Fall/Tennessee Sucks/Oh My Sweet Carolina/La Cienega Just Smiled/Brown Sugar/Expressway To Your Skull
3. The Daily Growl touts Primal Scream: Primal Scream - Rocks/Call On Me/Funky Jam
4. Kwaya Na Kisser finds some Bjork rarities: Bjork - Top of The World/Gotta Lotta Living To Do/Takk/O Borg Min Borg/Satisfaction/Visur Vatnsenda-Rosa/Nu Flyver Anton
5. Stereogum leaks new Sufjan Stevens: Sufjan Stevens - The Henney Buggy Band
6. Captain's Dead forks over some rare Spoon: Spoon - Anticipation/Back To The Fire/Chicago At Night/Cool It, You Need To Relax/Do The Manta Ray
7. MP3blog shares some Eels demos: Eels - I'm Going To Stop Pretending That I Didn't Break Your Heart/Somebody Loves You
8. New Music for Middle Aged Men remembers the legendary Jam: The Jam - David Watts/That's Entertainment/Style Council - Long Hot Summer/You're The Best Thing/Paul Weller - From The Floorboards Up/Come On, Let's Go
9. Jefitoblog unveils tracks from the new Springsteen set: Bruce Springsteen - Old Dan Tucker/Pay Me My Money Down
10. Mocking Music counts down the days to summer with a theme list that includes The Fiery Furnaces, Sublime, Kathleen Edwards, Death Cab For Cutie, The Bravery, Belle and Sebastian, Jason Collett, The Flaming Lips, Wilco, and Islands

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The Money Shot: Keane's Near-Breakup

Seems that the intensity of recording their next CD almost blew Keane apart...

"It got to the point where I was afraid that I would have to wake up the following morning and think about what I was going to do next," Rice-Oxley said. "To suddenly realize that everything was disappearing was incredibly frightening. We all loved the music we were making so much, but when you're dealing with things that were really personal to all of us, when you immerse yourself in the emotions we were writing about, it can't help but bring up bad things."

The Money Shot: Courtney Love

She's back from rehab and working on a new CD with Linda Perry...

"My dedication right now is to bring back the queen of rock and roll, and that's Courtney Love," she said. "That woman is brilliant, and I can't allow myself as a music lover and someone who really respects that artist to go down with 'America's Sweetheart'. That record sucked. She knows it. The world knows it. It was a horrible, crap-ass record."

Buy These Now 4.25.06

If not for the Springsteen CD, it'd be a very slow week... I'll give it a "B-"

• Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
• Elf Power - Back to the Web
• Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris - All the Roadrunning
• Metric - Grow Up & Blow Away
  

Cheap Thrills 4.25.06

Kind of a catch-all day...

1. Kill Your Co-Workers loves Beth Orton: Beth Orton - Worms/Shopping Trolly/Concrete Sky/This One's Gonna Bruise
2. Badminton Stamps leaks unreleased Libertines tracks: The Libertines - The Delaney/Up The Bracket (Nomis Studio Demo)/Begging (Nomis Studio Demo)/What A Waster (Nomis Studio Demo)/Mayday (Nomis Studio Demo)
3. The Cowmonkey's raving over Elbow: Elbow - Independent Women/Teardrop/1 Thing/McGreggor/The Good Day
4. Looking At Them celebrates Rachael Yamagata's upcoming tour: Rachael Yamagata - Known For Years/I Want You/River
5. My Old Kentucky Blog doles out live Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Details of War
6. Neiles Life goes crazy over Death Cab: Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Follow You Into The Dark (live)/Movie Script Ending (live)/We Laugh Indoors (live)/Marching Bands of Manhattan (live)/Crooked Teeth/Talking Like Turnstiles
7. Largehearted Boy links to Elf Power: Elf Power - An Old Familiar Scene/Evil Eye/Never Believe/The Winter Is Coming
8. Lonesome Music's got Josh Ritter: Josh Ritter - Good Man/Monster Ballad
9. When Apes Rule The Earth uncovers REM covering Leonard Cohen: REM - First We Take Manhatten
10. Evan's Song A Day picks Elliott Smith: Elliott Smith - Bottle Up and Explode

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TiVo Alert

Looks like a good week to stay up late...

Monday – Daniel Powter (Leno), Neil Young (Conan), Train (Carson Daly)
Tuesday – The Flaming Lips (Letterman), The Secret Machines (Conan)
Wednesday – Eagles of Death Metal (Conan)
Thursday – Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris (Letterman), Panic at the Disco (Carson Daly)
Friday - Imogen Heap (Leno), Metric (Carson Daly)

Cheap Thrills 4.24.06

Today's top 10... rare Radiohead, Afghan Whigs, Bono... new Snow Patrol, DBT...

1. Kwaya Na Kisser's got the goods with live and rare Radiohead: Radiohead - Airbag/Karma Police/The Bends/Exit Music [For A Film]/Subterranean Homesick Alien/My Iron Lung/Lucky /Planet Telex/No Surprises/Bones/Paranoid Android/Fake Plastic Trees/Let Down/Street Spirit/You/How To Disappear Completely/Lift/Big Boots/Big Ideas
2. Captain's Dead unearths a live Afghan Whigs set from 1994: Afghan Whigs - Debonair/Turn on the Water/Be Sweet/The Dark End of the Street/What Jail Is Like/Regret/Gentlemen/I'm Her Slave/When We Two Parted/Fountain and Fairfax/Come See About Me/You My Flower/When Doves Cry/Retarded/My Curse
3. Cable and Tweed antes up Bono: Bono - Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad/Hallelujah/Save The Children/Can't Help Falling In Love/Let the Good Times Roll/Give Me Back My Job
4. Lil Mike takes everyone to school with a wealth of Pete Seeger related material which includes tracks from Wilco, Billy Bragg, Bob Dylan, Leonard Nimoy, Woody Guthrie and others.
5. The Torture Garden rounds up some rare live Shout Out Louds: Shout Out Louds - Wish I Was Dead/End Up Behind/My Friend and the Ink on His Fingers/The Comeback (acoustic)/The Comeback (RATATAT remix)/Wish I Was Dead pt. 2/Please Please Please/Hurry Up Let's Go/Go Sadness
6. Phish & Chips is spinning a live broadcast of a solo Ben Harper show from 2003: Ben Harper - Burn One Down/Please Bleed/Alone /Waiting On An Angel /Amen Omen /Widow Of A Living Man /When It's Good/She's Only Happy In The Sun/Woman In You/Sexual Healing/Diamonds On The Inside/Roses From My Friends/Pleasure And Pain
7. Another Form of Relief shares live music from the Bens (Kweller, Lee & Folds): The Bens - BK Baby/Wasted & Ready/Running With Scissors/Something Borrowed, Something Blue/Army/I Touch Myself
8. Music Slut leaks all over the new Snow Patrol: Snow Patrol - Beginning to Get to Me/Set Fire to the Third Bar
9. Big Static adds a couple more tracks from the new DBT: Drive-By Truckers - Feb. 14th/Easy on Yourself
10. Kwaya Na Kisser's got a slew of rare Jeff Buckley tracks: Jeff Buckley - Cruel/Witches Rave/Dream of a Russian Princess/Eternal Life/Forget Her/Freaks of America Unite/Harem Man/Lover, You Should've Come Over/Sweet Thing/What Will You Say/Grace

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Dylan, G'n'R, Morrissey Top Roskilde Lineup

The lineup for Denmark's Roskilde Festival's been announced and it dwarfs pretty much anything here in the States. Here's some highlights:

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, ARCTIC MONKEYS, CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH, GEORGE CLINTON PARLIAMENT / FUNKADELIC, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, BOB DYLAN, EDITORS , FRANZ FERDINAND, GUNS N’ ROSES, KAISER CHIEFS, LADY SOVEREIGN, JENNY LEWIS, MORRISSEY, THE RACONTEURS, JOSH ROUSE, SIGUR RÓS, THE STROKES, RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, ROGER WATERS PERFORMING THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, KANYE WEST

The Money Shot: The Flaming Lips

Harp interviews the always-quoteable Coyne:

Someone asked me if I had a title for the record, and I didn’t really have one but I said, “I have this title, it sounds kind of cool.” It went along, all this sort of stuff about how insane the religious right has become, and all this kind of inner politics of suicide bombers, and the whole mentality of the fanatical religious freaks, and how in a sense they all are self-proclaimed mystics. They seem to know some insight that just us regular people would never see.

Cheap Thrills 4.21.06

Lots and lots of cool live stuff, but the Kaiser Chiefs top the list IMHO...

1. Kwaya Na Kisser starts a riot with the Kaiser Chiefs live... This is hot!!: Kaiser Chiefs - Na Na Na Na Naaa/Saturday Night/Everyday I Love You Less and Less/Born to Be a Dancer/I Predict a Riot/You Can Have It All/Hard Times Send Me/Modern Way/Oh My God/Time Honoured Tradition
2. Obscure Sound brings the early live Franz Ferdinand: Franz Ferdinand - Cheating On You /Tell Her Tonight/Shopping For Blood/Jacqueline/Van Tango/Take Me Out/Love and Destroy/Auf Ausche/The Dark of the Matinee/Come On Home/40 Ft/Michael/Darts of Pleasure/This Fire
3. Like Flies on Sherbet features early Velvet Underground: Velvet Underground - Run Run Run/Here She Comes Now/I'm Set Free/I Found a Reason/Foggy Notion/Over You/Sweet Bonnie Brown/It's Just Too Much
4. Jeremy Peterson leaks some new Springsteen from the Seeger sessions: Bruce Springsteen - O Mary, Don't You Weep/Old Dan Tucker
5. Berkeley Place hits the Decemberists from A to Z: The Decemberists - Angel Won’t You Call Me/Human Behavior/Chimbley Sweep/Engine Driver/Mr. Blue Sky/Here I Dreamed I Was An Architect/I’m Sticking With You/Legionnaire’s Lament/Every Day is Like Sunday/Bridges and Baloons/Your Love/Southern Girls/Stigmata/Up the Junction/Wuthering Heights/You Are My Sunshine
6. This French blog has a bunch of live Dirty Pretty Things: Dirty Pretty Things - Deadwood/Doctors&Dealers/If You Love A Woman/Wondering/Gentry Cove/Bloodthirsty Bastards/You Fucking Love It/Death On The Stairs/Gin&Milk/The Enemy/Last of Small Town Playboys/Bang Bang/France/I Get Along(all live)
7. MyExBestFriend cracks open the vault to share some rare Coldplay: Coldplay - Ladder To The Sun/Barbie Girl/Dilemma
8. Rawking Refuses To Stop dusts off some old Sparklehorse: Sparklehorse - It's A Wonderful Life/Gold Day
9. I am Fuel, You Are Friends gets generous with 18 live or unreleased Ray LaMontagne tracks: Ray LaMontagne - Amy/Lesson Learned/Until The Sun Turns Black/Country Girl/Still Can't Feel The Gin/You Should Belong To Me/I Can Get High/Life Is Long/Can I Stay?/Half Alive/Sarah/Write You A Letter/Lead Me On/Stone's Throw From Lonesome/You Got What I Want (So Why Don't You Give It To Me?)/Katie Belle (Gettin' High)/Simple Consolation/Three More Days/Heaven is a Honky Tonk
10. I Rock Cleveland's Friday Rock Block includes a live Arctic Monkeys track: Arctic Monkeys - View From The Afternoon (live)

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Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before...

Pete Doherty's doing his best to prove that there is such a thing as bad publicity... this is just sad.

The Babyshambles singer was stopped by plain clothes police officers while driving. According to a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police: "At 14.10 this afternoon two men, one aged 27 the other 21, were arrested after a vehicle was stopped in Roman Road, E2, by plain clothes officers in an unmarked police car on routine patrol. They were arrested for what was believed to be class A drugs with intent to supply and both men are currently being held in a east London police station. The older man was the passenger the younger the driver."

The new arrest comes just hours after Doherty was sentenced for admitting seven charges for possession of drugs at Thames Magistrates Court.

On the Road with... Fiona Apple

She's hitting it for a slew of dates, many of which include Damien Rice and all of which include the very-talented-but-sadly-underknown David Garza...

May 6: W. Palm Beach, Fla. (SunFest)
May 7: Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (House of Blues)
May 9: Myrtle Beach, S.C. (House of Blues)
June 20: Phoenix (Dodge)
June 21: Temecula, Calif. (Pechanga Resort)
June 23: San Diego (SDSU Open Air Theatre; w/ Damien Rice)
June 24: Los Angeles (Greek Theatre; w/ Damien Rice)
June 25: Santa Barbara, Calif. (County Bowl; w/ Damien Rice)
June 27: Saratoga, Calif. (Mountain Winery; w/ Damien Rice)
June 29: Concord, Calif. (Chronicle Pavilion; w/ Damien Rice)
June 30: Saratoga, Calif. (Mountain Winery)
July 1: Bend, Ore. (Lee Schwab Amphitheatre; w/ Damien Rice)
July 3: Seattle (Chateau Ste. Michelle; w/ Damien Rice)
July 5: Denver (City Lights Pavilion; w/ Damien Rice)
July 7: Dallas (Nokia Theatre; w/ Damien Rice)
July 8: Austin, Texas (Backyard; w/ Damien Rice)
July 9: Woodlands, Texas (Mitchell Pavilion)
July 12: Noblesville, Ind. (Verizon Wireless Music Center; w/ Damien Rice)
July 13: Chicago (Charter One Pavilion; w/ Damien Rice)
July 14: Minneapolis (Northrop Auditorium; w/ Damien Rice)
July 21: Boston (Bank of America Pavilion; w/ Damien Rice)
July 22: Wantagh, N.Y. (Jones Beach; w/ Damien Rice)
July 24: Uncasville, Conn. (Mohegan Sun; w/ Damien Rice)
July 26: New York (Central Park Summerstage; w/ Damien Rice)
July 28: Camden, N.J. (Tweeter Center; w/ Damien Rice)
July 29: Atlantic City, N.J. (Borgata; w/ Damien Rice)
July 31: Vienna, Va. (Wolf Trap; w/ Damien Rice)
Aug. 1: Virginia Beach, Va. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
Aug. 2: Atlanta (Chastain Park)
Aug. 4: Tampa, Fla. (Ford Amphitheatre)
Aug. 5: Charlotte, N.C. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
Aug. 6: Cary, N.C. (Koka Booth Amphitheatre)
Aug. 8: Pittsburgh (Chevrolet Amphitheatre)
Aug. 9: Clarkston, Mich. (DTE Energy Music Center)
Aug. 10: Cleveland (Plain Dealer Pavilion)

Cheap Thrills 4.20.06

Today's top 10 has B-sides from DCFC and the Lips, rare Jellyfish, live Rufus Wainwright...

1. I Guess I'm Floating shares Flaming Lips' B-Sides: The Flaming Lips - You've Got To Hold On/Time Travel...Yes!!
2. ANABlog's bringing the Tapes 'n Tapes: Tapes 'n Tapes - Just Drums/Omaha/10 Gallon Ascots/Insistor/Manitoba/Jakov's Suite
3. The Rich Girls Are Weeping goes crazy on Kelly Hogan and Neko Case: Neko Case - Knock Loud/Favorite/Set Out Running/Hex/Rated X/My '63/ Kelly Hogan - It's Only Make Believe/Hanky Panky Woman/Strayed/Living Without You/No Bobby Don't
4. Jefitoblog's dishing out rare Jellyfish: Jellyfish - Glutton of Sympathy/Baby’s Coming Back /That is Why/The Ghost at Number One/Joining a Fan Club/I Can Hear the Grass Grow/New Mistake/Eleanor Rigby/S.O.S./All is Forgiven/Sabrina, Paste and Plato/The Man I Used to Be/New Mistake/Think About Your Troubles
5. Bars and Guitars with another track from the new DBT: Drive-By Truckers - Daylight
6. Rbally's blogging on live Rufus Wainwright from a recent show on Radio Wales: Rufus Wainwright - Crumb By Crumb/Hometown Waltz/Vibrate/Grey Gardens/This Love Affair/The One You Love/Beautiful Child/Memphis Skyline/Beauty Mark/Little Sister/Dinner At Eight/I Don't Know What it Is/Pretty Things/California
7. Marathonpacks dusts off XTC Nonesuch demos: XTC - Dear Madam Barnum /Crocodile / Holly Up On Poppy/War Dance (Fast Version)
8. So Much Silence's got some live Raconteurs fresh off the presses: Yellow Sun/Steady As She Goes/Blue Veins
9. I don't speak much french, but here's some rare Black Keys: The Black Keys - Have Mercy on Me/She Said She Said/Keep Your Hands Off Her
10. Kwaya Na Kisser's diggin' Mylo's effort to Destroy Rock 'n' Roll: Mylo - Drop the Pressure (original album version)/Drop the Pressure (Martin Diaz Mix)/Dr. Pressure (album version of the "Drop the Pressure" and Miami Sound Machine's "Dr Beat" mash-up)/Drop the Pressure Vs. Dr. Beat (original mash-up)/Muscle Cars (original album version)/Muscle Cars (Freeform Five remix)/Valley of the Dolls (original album version)
11. BONUS -- Mocking Music's got a Death Cab B-side: Death Cab For Cutie - Gridlock Caravans

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Cheap Thrills 4.19.06

Hey gang... I'm gonna try something new on these MP3 link postings. Believe it or not, putting together an entry with 30+ entries takes a really long time, so for the time being, I'm going to turn this into a list of the 10 best links (IMHO) that I hit each day. The good news for you is that you should be able to find the cream of the crop a lot easier. Anyway, let's see how this works.

Here's the first list...

1. Cable and Tweed's rare U2 pre-contract stuff from 1978-1980: (U2 - The Fool/Street Mission/The Magic Carpet/Alone in the Light/Boy-Girl/Another Day/The Dream is Over/Touch/An Cat Dubh)
2. So Much Silence features live Elbow: (Elbow - The Stops/Fugitive Motel/Leaders of the Free World/Red/Great Expectations/Mexican Standoff/Puncture Repair/Switching Off)
3. More live Pornos (All Things Considered) from Kwaya Na Kisser: (New Pornographers - Twin Cinema/Use It/July Jones/Jackie/Graceland/From Blown Speakers/The End of Medicine/Testament to Youth in Verse/The Body Says No/Breakin' The Law/The Slow Descent into Alcoholism/The Bleeding Heart Show/Sing Me Spanish Techno)
4. YuppiePunk's Dead Rock Stars post: (Dan Bern - Kurt/Rhett Miller - The Believer)
5. When Apes Rule The Earth's Hallelujah theme: (Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah/Bob Dylan - Hallelujah (live)/Bono - Hallelujah/Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah)
6. Tom Waits from Kwaya Na Kisser : (Tom Waits - Ol '55/Shiver Me Timbers/I Hope I Don't Fall In Love With You)
7. The Rawking Refuses To Stop on Josh Ritter : (Josh Ritter - Girl in the War/Thin Blue Flame)
8. In House w Jeremy Peterson's got the best track from the new DBT: (Drive-By Truckers - Aftermath USA)
9. PocketTrax's three tracks from The Duke Spirit: (The Duke Spirit - Cuts Across The Land/Stubborn Stitches/Win Your Love)
10. Jefitoblog features the power pop of Tommy Keene: (Tommy Keane - Black & White New York/Quit That Scene)
11. BONUS: Indie Don't Dance remembers Grant Lee Buffalo: (Grant Lee Buffalo - Mockingbirds/Lone Star Song/Sing Along)

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On the Road with... The Flaming Lips

Pitchfork highlights the start of the Lips' tour tonight...

04-19 Edinburgh, Scotland - Usher Hall
04-22 London, England - Royal Albert Hall
04-24 Birmingham, England - Academy
04-27 Amsterdam, Holland - Paradiso
04-28 Paris, France - Bataclan
04-30 Bourge, France - Carré d'Auron/Palais des Congrés
05-02 Stockholm, Sweden - Cirkus
05-03 Copenhagen, Denmark - Tivoli Gardens
05-04 Hamburg, Germany - Markethall
05-21 Atlanta, GA - Centennial Park (Southern Comfort Music Experience)
05-24 San Diego, CA - SDSU Open Air Theater
05-27 George, WA - Gorge Amphitheatre (Sasquatch Festival)
05-28 Bend, OR - Les Schwab Amphitheater
06-02 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival
06-04 Gent, Belgium - Vooruit
06-05 Herleen, Holland - Pinkpop (John Peel Stage)
06-06 Cologne, Germany - Live Music Hall
06-10 Lawrence, KS - Clinton Lake State Park (Wakarusa Festival)
06-23 London, England - Hyde Park (Wireless Festival)
06-24 Kilkenny, Ireland - Nowlan Park
06-25 Leeds, England - Harewood House (Wireless Festival)
06-28 Munich, Germany - Elserhalle
07-01 Ferrara, Italy - Piazza Castello
07-22 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre
07-23 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
07-28 Twin Lakes, WI - Hedgpeth Festival
07-29 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheater
08-03 Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center (Kuyahoga Festival)
08-05 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
08-24 Saint Paul, MN - Minnesota State Fair/Grandstand
09-15 Austin, TX - Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Festival)

The Money Shot: Rhett Miller

Tufts Daily interviews the Old 97's frontman...

"This girl in Kentucky put us [the Old 97's] up one night - I shouldn't even tell this story, it's so sad!" Miller says. "The drummer, Phillip [Peeples], and I came downstairs, and she was sitting in the kitchen. There's a bunch of Hershey's bar wrappers on the floor, and there's three or four left in the pack, and she has chocolate all over her mouth, and she says, 'Do you want a Hershey bar? I hate them. I hate them.'"Miller shakes his head. "I wanted to give her a hug," he says. "It was just so sad - you heard the whole story in that sentiment."

On the Road with... Mark Olson & Gary Louris

Billboard reports the best news I'm likely to hear today even though I'm not on the West Coast. It's a short list of dates, but let's hope this gets some momentum...

After regrouping for a tour last year, Mark Olson and Gary Louris have once again reunited for brief Western U.S. swing this spring. The former principals of the now-defunct Jayhawks have 10 dates slated, beginning April 28 in Tuscon, Ariz. "There's obviously an audience for it and we like to do it. Sure, it's a bit of a money-maker, it's a job, but it's going to be fun," Louris tells Billboard.com. "One of the really appealing parts is to hang out with Mark and be friends again."While there are no official plans for the two to record again, Louris does not rule out the possibility. "I wouldn't want it to be the record that I have to market for the next two years, but I would enjoy making a record with Mark," the 51-year-old songwriter says. "We'd just have to find the time. But we wouldn't do a record that requires two months in the studio. Mark likes to write and make stuff in a grassroots situation. We don't get too fancy."

And the tour dates...

April 28: Tuscon, Ariz. (Rialto Theater)
April 29: Flagstaff, Ariz. (Orpheum Theater)
May 1-2: Los Angeles (Troubadour)
May 3: Solana Beach, Calif. (Belly Up)
May 6: Santa Cruz, Calif. (Rio Theater)
May 7-8: San Francisco (Great American Music Hall)
May 11: Portland, Ore. (Aladdin)
May 12: Seattle (Showbox)

Cheap Thrills 4.18.06

Cool covers, live Pornos, second half of yesterday's live Belle & Sebastian, rare Ryan Adams tracks...

• The Raconteurs - Intimate Secretary
• Arab Strap - Who Named The Day/Love Detective
• My Morning Jacket - Make It With You/Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
• Silver Jews - I Loved 'Em Every One
• Ray LaMontagne - Crazy
• Sufjan Stevens - She Is/The One I Love
• The Magic Numbers - Crazy
• Travis - Hit Me Baby One More Time
• Sufjan Stevens - For The Widows in Paradise, For The Fatherless in Ypsilanti
• Editors - Feel Good Inc.
• Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
• Afghan Whigs - My World Is Empty Without You/I Hear A Symphony (live)
• Be Your Own Pet - Bunk Trunk Skunk/Wildcat/Let's Get Sandy
• Neko Case - Dreaming Man
• Scott Miller and the Commonwealth - Still People Are Moving
• Nicolai Dunger - Alone Again Or/Hunger/Country Lane/My Time Is Now/The Year of Love and Hurt Cycle
• The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema/Use It/July Jones/The Laws Have Changed/Jackie, Dressed In Cobras/The Bleeding Heart Show/Testament To Youth In Verse/The Jessica Numbes/Mass Romantic/From Blown Speakers/The Body Says No/The Bones of an Idol/It's Only Divine Right/The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism/Sing Me Spanish Techno/The Fake Headlines/Jackie/Miss Teen Wordpower (all live)
• Bright Eyes - Southern State/We Are Nowhere and It's Now/Road To Joy
• Richard Hawley - I Sleep Alone
• Belle and Sebastian - Sukie in the Graveyard
• The Boy Least Likely To - Rock Upon A Porch With You
• Neko Case - Star Witness
• U2 - Wake Up Dead Man (live)
• The Kills - The Good Ones
• Rilo Kiley - The Frug
• Ryan Adams - Trains/Don't Fail Me Now/Elizabeth You Were Born To Play The Part/To Be Young/Shakedown on 9th Street/When The Stars Go Blue/Let It Ride/Blossom/What Sin Replaces Love/Please Do Not Let Me Go/Rosebud/Sweet Lil Gal
• Ryan Adams - Cold Roses/New York, New York/Stella Blue/Already Gone/Wonderwall/Easy Plateau/Meadowlake Street/Wharf Rat/Bird Song/You Will Always Be The Same/Beachfront Town
• Elbow - Station Approach
• The Futureheads - Skip To The End
• Sebadoh - Flame/Crystal Crossed/Salt Water Garden
• Snow Patrol - Hands Open/You're All I Have/Chasing Cars (live)
• Belle & Sebastian - She's Losing It/Your Cover's Blown/Dog On Wheels/I'm A Cuckoo/The Wrong Girl/If You Find Yourself Caught In Love/Judy and the Dream of Horse/White Collar Boy/Me and The Major (live)

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Jack & Coke

NME talks about it here... and here's the link to the leaked ad.

The much anticipated Jack White-penned Coca-Cola advert has leaked on the internet. The White Stripes man has written and sings the advert's songs which boasts an uplifting, brass-led tune and the chorus: "It's the right thing to do, and you know it, It's inside of you, so just show it, love is the truth."

Coming Attractions: Neil Young

Neil takes on the Pres...

Veteran rocker Neil Young has recorded a protest album featuring an anti-Iraq war track with "a holy vow to never kill again" and a song titled "Let's Impeach the President." The 10-track set, "Living with War," was recorded this month by a "power trio" -- electric guitar, bass and drums -- plus trumpet and a 100 voices, Young announced on his Web site.

Buy These Now 4.18.06

Any week that features a new DBT CD is automatically a cut above the rest. The live Stereophonics CD looks like an attempt to cash in on their live rep. Overall, I'll give the week a "B" on the strength of DBT's effort which'll make a lot of year end Top 10s...

• Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
• Richard Butler - Richard Butler
• Elefant - The Black Magic Show
• The Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops
• Stereophonics - Live from Dakota
• Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs - Under the Covers Vol. 1
  
  

Cheap Thrills 4.17.06

Check out the live Belle & Sebastian!

• U2 - A Sort of Homecoming/Stay (Faraway, So Close)
• Tim Easton - Before the Revolution/Next To You
• Tom Waits - Get Behind The Mule/We're All Mad Here
• William Shatner - Rocket Man
• Calexico - Along Again Or/Cruel/Panic Open String/All Systems Red
• The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So
• Velvet Underground - Sister Ray
• The Joggers - Wicked Light Sleeper/Ziggurat Traffic
• Liz Phair - Why Can't I?/Divorce Song/Shatter
• Belle & Sebastian - Intro/Expectations/Interlude/Another Sunny Day/Women's Realm/Sukie in the Graveyard/Electric Renaissance/The Loneliness of a Middle Distance Runner/To Be Myself Completely/The Blues Are Still Blue/Piazza, New York Catcher/Belle and Sebastian/Funny Little Frog (all live)

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TiVo Alert

Highlights from the week in late night music...

Tuesday - Supergrass (Carson Daly), Bril (Jimmy Kimmel)
Wednesday - Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs (Leno), Dresden Dolls (Kimmel), Tom Russell (Letterman)
Thursday - Jenny Lewis (Letterman)
Friday - Neil Young (C0nan), Mat Kearney (Carson Daly), Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Letterman)

Before They Make Me Run

In honor of the new DBT release, A Blessing and a Curse, here's Patterson Hood doing 6 live Stones covers...

On the Road with... Bruce

Billboard reports on Springsteen's upcoming tour...

April 30: New Orleans (Jazz & Heritage Festival)
May 27: Boston (TD Bank North Garden)
May 28: Bristow, Va. (Nissan Pavilion)
May 30: Columbus, Ohio (Germain Amphitheatre)
May 31: Noblesville, Ind. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
June 3: Phoenix (Glendale Arena)
June 5: Los Angeles (Greek Theatre)
June 6: San Francisco (Concord Pavilion)
June 10: Des Moines, Iowa (Wells Fargo Arena)
June 11: St. Paul, Minn. (Xcel Arena)
June 13: Chicago (First MidWest Bank Amphitheater)
June 14: Milwaukee (Bradley Center)
June 16: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (Blossom Music Center)
June 17: Clarkston, Mich. (DTE Energy Center)
June 20: Camden, N.J. (Camden Tweeter Waterfront Amphitheater)
June 21: Saratoga, N.Y. (Saratoga Performing Arts Center)
June 22: New York (Madison Square Garden)
June 24-25: Holmdel, N.J. (PNC Bank Arts Center)

The Money Shot: Stooges Reunite!

Iggy and the boys are working on their first new album since 1973...

"All the same passions and problems are there," Pop tells Billboard of writing with Scott and Ron Asheton. "But the problems are in a more muted style. I'm still the showoff in the group that gets all the attention. Everyone has their role. It's pretty much the way it was in high school."

It's Been Awhile...

Not sure if anyone's out there, but I think it's time to fire this blog back up. There's still a lot of behind the scenes stuff going on and taking longer than expected. That's the life of a one-man shop, eh?

Anyway, I'm gonna do my best to hit this on a daily (weekday) basis going forward. Let's see how far I get...