dc:title="Fiery Furnaces, Cat Power, more | Tribute to Junior Kimbrough" dc:description=" Fat Possum Records has released SUNDAY NIGHTS The Songs of Junior Kimbrough. The CD is a collection of Junior Kimbrough covers by artists like the Fiery Furnaces, Fat Possum apos;s The Black Keys, Cat Power and Iggy Pop. Specifically: 1.
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" has released . The CD is a collection of Junior Kimbrough covers by artists like the Fiery Furnaces, Fat Possum's The Black Keys, Cat Power and Iggy Pop.
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Meet Me In the City – Blues Explosion
5. My Mind is Rambling – The Black Keys
8. Do the Romp – Cat Power Entrance
I have no idea who the "Secret Special Guest" is playing , but this show is most likely worth checking out anyway for a band from Austin, Texas called .
(MP3, right click, save as)
(Real Audio, just click it to stream)
(Real Audio, just click it to stream)
Voxtrot have been described as "Smiths, Belle Sebastian, C86 and
a dash of New Order." I'd describe them as pretty freakin good.
Shenzou 5 open the show that's presented by North Loop + Filter.
Visit , and let's hope that the "secret special guest" is really that special.
Anyway, it seems the band was a little annoyed/confused at they got about the " ."
"I would have thought it would be obvious that the Arcade Fire never released a Christmas EP.
Particularly since neither Regine or I are singing on the songs Pirchfork reviewed. But I guess the un-researched written word works Christmas miracles..
.I guess a tape recording of our friends making up funny songs at our Christmas party in 2002 is worthy of being reviewed, even though Tim, Richard, Howard, Jeremy, Sarah, and Will weren't even there. I still stand by Josh's rendition of O Holy Night as very funny, and Brendan singing Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire is genius.
Have a very post-modern Christmas!"
to a teeny tiny streaming Arcade Fire video from their July 28th, 2004 show at Local 506. You might have seen it already since Daily Refill .
.) are details of the/an opener on the upcoming tour. It's Final Fantasy aka playing violin.
Name Ring a bell? He's the one who .
As everyone in NYC knows, the two upcoming shows here are sold out.
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Those not in to scalping, can always try to win their tickets. Contests are popping up everywhere.
Maybe even I'll throw one. Until then, you've got , , and all giving you a chance to win.
Finally, Chart Attack informs Canadians of .
are playing Northsix in Brooklyn on . Some people caught them at Motherfucker on New Years Eve. According to Ambitious Outsiders, .
Norah Jones is playing a benefit show at Irving Plaza on January 25th. Tickets go on sale Friday at noon.
A third Slint date was added at Irving Plaza.
at Webster Hall on Feb. 10th will feature Ted Leo, Dillinger Escape Plan and more.
Shows, News, Whatever
Thanks to Claire from for the heads up that is also on the bill at in NYC Thursday night.
presents his soundtrack album for 2005. All .
to the download of .
from the same show is also available. The Flaming Lips also played that show, and supposedly they had naked dancers. Reviews from that show can be found , , and .
Pictures and . Wilco played a one night earlier.
Gothamist presents .
Local Bands , , and are all on the bill. The last was a good one.
Thanks to for that are playing Knitting Factory's tap bar Thursday night.
The Castanets are signed to Sufjan Steven's Asthmatic Kitty label, and Sufjan will be making an appearance as band member at this show. The Castanets put out in 2004. As previously mentioned, the same night.
I was just reading about Spencer Tweedy's band in today. Spencer is the nine year old son of Jeff, frontman for Wilco. He plays drums in a band called The Blisters.
They don't seem to have a website, but as you can read , The Blisters have collabaorated with Wilco. I wasn't even going to bring them up, but for some reason The Blisters were the first thing that came to mind when I .
always keeps us updated on drama associated with the ticket section.
Keeping in that spirit, extrawack! points out .
Scissor Sisters .
As previously reported, they also just .
dc:title="Futureheads @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC | Tix on Sale" dc:description="Feb. 22nd, 2004.
Tickets. Previously Bands on Tour..
." = French. is in English.
The album was released in the U.S. in August 2004.
'After recording two successful CDs in France and co-writing the bulk of legendary French singer Henri Salvador's 2000 hit album Room with a View, the singer-songwriter Keren Ann makes her auspicious U.S. premiere with Not Going Anywhere on Metro Blue Records (an imprint of Blue Note Records).
The CD is a sumptuous acoustic pop album of 11 finely crafted, lyrical gems. It marks Keren Ann's debut singing a full package of songs in English.' ( )
'Keren Ann is a multi-cultural phenomenon.
The Dutch-born singer has adopted France as her homeland, but recently took a temporary break in New York to record her new album, .' ( )
'In November, EMI Music held a listening party in Paris to celebrate the French release of “ ,” the new album by the Israeli-Dutch singer and songwriter Keren Ann, who is thirty.' ( )
Music blog, The Mystical Beast, had tracks from .
available for download just three weeks ago. (sorry they're gone now). 'Ann's vocals hit an exceedingly tasteful spot somewhere between Claudine Longet's whisper and Hope Sandoval's heroin hangover, arriving at a point where her voice lacks audibility and expression in equal parts.
Add the French-ish accent, and you get distant, sexy, and foreign, and I can't imagine what could be more appealing to a certain kind of male reader, other than "inaccessible." ' ( )
You can stream 30 second teaser clips of all Keren's songs on her website. .
| .
And as usual, we lucky New Yorkers not only have the only chance to see her in the U.S.
A., but many chances to see her in the near future. (although she ).
March 23, Joe's Pub, 9.30pm
Canadians recently had the chance to check out Keren as well. For the 'records' was there.
. (chosen over Feist, who was )
at her official site.
are , and playing Bowery Ballroom in NYC on Feb.
. Listen to , and download two tracks, including the one they did with , .
let me know that are playing a still unannounced show at Bowery Ballroom on Feb.
22nd with (from Sweden). I missed back on December 9th. Jasper's got .
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Mercury Lounge has the hot shows this month, with , , , and .
More Cowbell also posted today.
In New York, it's Irving Plaza on March 5th.
I'm still post-holiday-hibernating, but if you need a show to see this week, .
A list of the "best shows of 2004" is obviously a very personal, subjective, and somewhat random thing.
I go to a lot of concerts, but still probably only saw less than .001% of all the live music events held in NYC in 2004.
Even among the shows I'm interested in, I probably only hit a small number.
I attended three of , one on , none of the NY equivalents of , and only four of .
Everyone at a show leaves with a different experience. You could be at "the greatest show of the year," but if you're stuck in the back corner directly behind a basketball player, after not having slept the night before, you would probably be happier at home in bed.
Mood plays such an important part of show enjoyment. blah blah blah.
Here's a list of the shows (that I remember I went to) that I most enjoyed in 2004.
1) Any Sufjan Stevens show.
Sufjan Baby, Knitting Factory, January 22nd - this CMJ sponsored show was the first time I saw Sufjan, and Craig Wedren from Shudder To Thinks's new band Baby
Sufjan, South Street Seaport, July 1st - this free outdoor show held on Canada day brought Canada banter into Sufjan's Michigan routine, and included a surreal experience where Sufjan debuted his own version of The Star Spangled Banner against the backdrop of the ships in the Sea Port while the crowd and band all held up flags handed out by Sufjan.
Sufjan Stevens, and band, covered The Star Spangled Banner at their South Street Seaport show.
2) Any Decemberists show. Like Sufjan, I actually got Decemberists overload and started not going to the shows they played toward the end of the year. ( )
Decemberists Clearlake two nights in a row, March 25 26, Mercury Lounge Bowery Ballroom - Clearlake is an amazing band that came out with one of my favorite albums of 2003.
Decemberists never play a bad show.
Decemberists The Long Winters, June 17, Echo Lounge, Atlanta, GA - I saw this same show in NYC (twice), and just so happened to be working in Atlanta when the tour made it there. Seeing one of my favorite bands in a foreign place makes this one special.
This tour also made me a fan of the Long Winters, who put on an excellent live show.
The Decemberists played The Sporting Life, from their upcoming album, at the show in Atlanta.
3) TV on the Radio, April 8, Mercury Lounge - TVOTR shows often get mixed reviews.
They proved why they deserve all the hype at this small venue show.
4) Scissor Sisters, Morningwood Special Guests, May 23, Bowery Ballroom - I can't say enough good things about Scissor Sisters and Bowery Ballroom as a venue. The mix was magical at this LAMDA benefit show that included the always amazing live band, Morningwood.
Special guests Fred Schneider from the B52s half of Kiki Herb made the show that much more exciting.
Devendra, Joanna, Antony, and Vetiver, June 21st, Bowery Ballroom - I'm not listing my shows in particular order, but this one would definitely be in the top three. Devendra puts on such an amazing live show, I leave every show not believing what I just witnessed.
Add Joanna Newsom as an opener. It what was the first time I saw her live, and I had prepared all week by listening to the Milk Eyed Mender non-stop. Add , another amazing artist, who I was seeing for the first time.
Add Vetiver, a group of musicians who play with Devendra and have their own group. so, so, so, so, good.
Joanna Newsom, June 22nd, Mercury Lounge - an early show added at the last minute while Joanna was in town with Devendra.
A chance to see her two nights in a row. With no advanced tickets, I was already standiong on line around 6:00 for the 7:00 show. ( )
Drag City Christmas Party, December 18 19, Bowery Ballroom - Two more nights in a row of Joanna with Smog and Weird War.
Joanna proves she's a ticket selling force, arguably being the reason this show sold out two nights in a row at the 550 capacity Bowery Ballroom. ( , )
7) The Secret Machines Calla (solo, acoustic), July 13, Sin-e - shortly after being signed to a major label, and blowing up to the point being landing the opening spot on Interpol's tour, The Secret Machines played this intense benefit show in a small Lower East Side venue.
8) Franz Ferdinand, The Delays, The Futureheads, September 9, Roseland - Best lineup of UK it-bands.
Well worth the inflated Roseland large-venue-inflated-ticket-price. ( , )
9) Bright Eyes featuring Craig Wedren, Kevin Devine, September 23, Northsix - Yet another big band, small venue, benefit show. This one was for the legal defense fund of the .
Craig Wedren surprised me by a) being part of the Bright Eyes band, and b) performing two Shudder to Think songs. Kevin Devine, although I'm not a huge fan, was a great opener. ( )
10) Fiery Furnaces, September 25th, Bowery Ballroom - After catching their disappointing performance earlier in the year at The Siren Festival, it was extremely refreshing to see The Fiery Furnaces at their best.
Tight, magical show. ( , ) ( )
Bloc Party, September 30th, Knitting Factory - hype-living-up-to amazing U.S.
debut by one of the most exciting bands playing music today. ( )
Bloc Party, October 2nd, Tribeca Grand - details of how Tribeca Grand (the promoters) treated their customers aside, an excellent NYC encore performance in a night club setting. ( )
12) Gratitude, The Features, October 12, pre-CMJ party @ Downtime - the NYC debut of Jonah Matranga's new band, Gratitude was especially exciting for me.
Jonah, previously of Far, New End Original, and Onelinedrawing, is one of my favorite musicians. Plus, this was free. ( , )
13) CMJ Day 1, October 13 - possibly one of the most surreal days in my personal indie-rock-concert-going history.
In one day, in four small venues including a radio studio and the "legendary" CBGB, I saw Ted Leo, Sufjan Stevens, The Decemberists, The Arcade Fire, Gratitude, Magneta Lane, and David Kilgour. ( )
Ted Leo, Sufjan Stevens, The Decemberists, Museum of TV Radio, KEXP studio - Three of my favorite artists in a row in a room the size of my bedroom, live on the radio. ( )
Magneta Lane, CBs Downstairs Lounge - These young Canadian girls , so I made it a point to check out their U.
S. debut during CMJ. ( )
Gratitude, CBGB - after seeing Magneta Lane downstairs, I went to the main stage of CBGB upstairs to catch the second night in a row of Gratitude.
Arcade Fire, David Kilgour, Mercury Lounge - I actually saw David earlier in the night, and went back to Mercury Lounge after Gratitude to catch the most anticipated of all CMJ shows, The Arcade Fire. They lived up to , and then some ( , )
14) CMJ Day 2, October 14 - as if the previous day wasn't enough, I finished off my two day CMJ run with a second day of Arcade Fire, then Baby Har Mar Superstar, and a final late-night Jonah Matranga (sans Gratitude) show. ( )
Arcade Fire, Museum of TV Radio, KEXP studio - KEXP let about 50 lucky fans watch the Arcade Fire perform in a room that barely fit all members of the band, let along a studio audience.
( )
Har Mar Superstar Baby, Coral Room - Craig Wedren (Baby) officially made appearances at four of my favorite concerts of the year. This was another one. Har Mar Superstar surprised me as one of the most fun performers I saw in 2004.
( , )
Jonah Matranga solo, CB's Gallery - After two nights of Gratitude, I got to see Jonah perform an intimate Onelinedrawing style show.
My guess is that most people don't know Jonah's music. Here's a studio version of one of his most popular songs.
15) Arcade Fire, Hidden Cameras, Dirty on Purpose, November 11, Bowery Ballroom - a month after their much buzzed CMJ performances, Arcade Fire came back for one of the most in-demand of the year. The Hidden Cameras put on an exhilarating opening show, and local faves Dirty on Purpose were thrown in for good measure. ( , )
16) Pixies, November 26, CEPSUM Stadium, Montreal - My first time ever seeing the Pixies.
Lots of energy. Huge venue, but comfortable and great crowd, and..
.in Montreal. ( )
17) Calexico, December 7th, Bowery Ballroom - excellent group, excellent venue.
my reviews are getting shorter. ( )
18) Broken Social Scene three nights in a row, once with the Pixies - a BSS rollercoaster with a sprinkling of Pixie dust. ( , , , )
19) U2 under the Brooklyn Bridge, November 22nd - huge band, beautiful setting, crazy antics, a spectacle.
( , )
20) Tinkle with Wilco, David Cross, Todd Barry Eugene Mirman, December 30th, Pianos - a great way to end the year, with a special guest that left me star-struck.( , )
Wilco Fiery Furnaces @ Radio City (I ended up selling my tickets outside..
.long story)
American Music Club @ KF (they went on too early!)
etc.
..
This story is two weeks old now.
I meant to post it before.
"NEW YORK - The management of the renowned avant-garde music club the Knitting Factory reached a settlement with artists on its record label after they alleged the label owed them royalties and disposed of unsold CDs.
Knitmedia Inc.
, which runs the Knitting Factory clubs in New York and Los Angeles and Knitting Factory Records, agreed to pay $1,250 in back royalties to each musician who signed on to the settlement, said David Lennon, president of Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians. The company also agreed to return to the approximately 80 artists all rights to their work and the master recordings, he said."
Okay folks.
While I know there's really nothing in our power (ethically, that is) to stop people from leaking promo copies of the new record on the internet, we can't rightly be supporting that sort of information exchange on our own message board.
Now: we have always been very open to P2P exchanges; I think's it been nothing but beneficial to us. Without the likes of you kind folks exchanging mp3's, I doubt we'd be where we are today.
I get the feeling that your average person who comes to a Decemberist show is of a very special fabric, someone who often finds other ways to support the band if they did get the records from a P2P network.
That said, leaking a promo of a record that does not come out for another three and a half months is not so cool. We spend a lot of time prepping for the release of a record -- we have a lot of folks working very hard to make sure the record gets a proper release at the scheduled time.
It'd be nice to think that we have enough control over our art to keep our records veiled until we see fit to unveil them.
And on top of that issue, there is the issue of record sales. If a record is leaked this early, I have no doubt that, unchecked, it could make a serious impact on the sales of the record once it is released.
If someone really wants to hear the songs at this point, they'd have no recourse but download it; it won't be available in the stores for months. Keep in mind that ourselves and KRS are not a bunch of money-grubbing corporate CEOs. We are a bunch of folks who have worked very hard to get where we are, working independently of corporate largesse, and count ourselves very lucky to be making our art for a living.
I realize that it's a new day and age and I can't stop this sort of stuff from happening -- I think that all attempts in the past of stopping this stuff legally has smacked of corporate bullying -- but please (and this is the sentimental bit) reach into your heart of hearts and realize that if you really really loved us, you'd wait until the record comes out, on March 22nd, to get the record.
Hope that doesn't sound too stern or preachy. We've deleted that thread.
I know that's kind of a silly action to take, but can't be a place for disseminating information that's decidedly contrary to the band's interests.
I will, though, give you the correct tracklisting for the record -- it was printed wrong in early press releases:
3. Eli, the Barrow Boy
6.
From My Own True Love (Lost at Sea)
9. On the Bus Mall
11. Of Angels and Angles
Armisen began his career as a musician in the Chicago-based post-punk band Trenchmouth as well as playing with Blue Man Group.
His transition to comedy came with the 1998 underground short film “Fred Armisen’s Guide to Music and SXSW” which followed him through the Austin, Texas “South By Southwest Music Festival” posing as a music journalist.
He has brought his characters to “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” the Chicago Comedy Festival and programs on British television. He has also appeared on HBO’s music show “Reverb” and in his own eponymous interstitial series on “HBO Zone” as well as in the Wilco documentary “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart.
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