All aboard! It s time for a trip down . To your left, you ll see Liars, Mogwai, Calexico, Islands, Why?
, and Grizzly Bear. Hey, look straight ahead! It s Belle Sebastian, TV on the Radio, Cat Power the Memphis Rhythm Band, the Pipettes, and more.
And to the right, you can see Franz Ferdinand, Band of Horses, Television Personalities, the Spinto Band, Isobell Campbell...
it goes on. Those choosing This Friday, the La Route du Rock festival will kick off in Saint-Malo France. The three-day event runs through Sunday evening and is home to a most brag-worthy lineup.
Artists will perform at le Fort de Saint-P re, le Palais du Grand Large, and the Beach Fnac. French people right now.
, founding member and drummer of the legendary proto-punk band , has inspired a countless number of women, bands, and percussionists over the years.
Now, she needs your help. year, but was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor. She is currently undergoing both chemotherapy and radiation therapy, which, as many of you know, is no cake walk.
West is in need of support; optimism, prayer, money-- whatever your thing is-- would be of great service to her. A special letters, and though she won t be able to respond, the Runaways post assures In addition, a has been set up for West, whose medical bills are piling up. Money orders are appreciated as well, and can be August 11, at Arlene s Grocery in New York City, featuring the Runaways cover band the Stay-At-Homes.
Whoa--best tribute band name ever! In what might be the best relationship Omaha, Nebraska has ever seen, (sorry, Conor and Development will hold the label s new administrative offices, a music venue called Slowdown, a restaurant, retail space, live/work loft space, and Film Streams two-screen movie theater. Film Streams, an organization dedicated to the presentation and discussion of film, has theater, which will show first-run movies, documentaries, foreign flicks, and indie films unavailable to area audiences, and of course, the classics.
It will feature two theaters inside (208 capacity in one, 111 in the other) and will be the first in downtown Omaha in nearly 15 years. It is scheduled to open in June 2007, but until then, Film Streams will continue on Last year, a never-intended-for-public-release homemade video for the song -- with the band performing choreographed moves in singer Damian Kulash s backyard-- hit YouTube and became something of a sensation. thought you were impressed by the A Million Ways video, you might have a seizure (of joy!
) over Here It Goes Again , because frankly, it blows its predecessor out of the water. Specifically, this video features the four band members performing synchronized moves ON EIGHT TREADMILLS, which allows for all varieties of visual confusion and hilarity. My personal favorite is the roller rink glide they get going before the 1:00 minute mark, but you will undoubtedly to be involved on a more intimate level, the deadline for the OK Go YouTube dance contest has been extended until August 30.
The fans who submit the best video will be flown out to dance onstage with the band. For more information and to submit your video, go to . So starring in the Cheated Hearts video isn t good enough for your ego, eh, fans?
You absolutely have to show off your Karen O impersonation in the presence of the band, and, hey, a live audience wouldn t hurt either? newly announced Yeah Yeah Yeahs fall tour. After wrapping up their current U.
S. trek and a European jaunt next month, Karen s Krew will head out on the road to California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, and more. Knoxville, a track for the upcoming film, Jackass 2.
The two must ve gotten along pretty well, as NME.com recently reported that Peaches has helped out with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs latest single, yes, Cheated Hearts . heart-shaped 7 with a tattoo transfer insert, backed by a Peaches remix.
Watch out for the flying Sousaphone covered in Christmas lights! Loved Little Miss Sunshine? Loved the ?
Lucky you. , the band responsible for the movie s score, are hitting the road. So This evening, the Denver quartet launches a month-long trek with a performance at Salt Lake City s Club Ego s.
DeVotchKa are End of Time for Oscar and Grammy consideration. Choodessny!
non-bands of all time, has compiled a collection of largely On August 21, the label will release the four-disc box set And What Have You Done with My Body, God?
, which, in addition to music music music (56 tracks, 41 unreleased), includes a 36-page booklet and The set s first three discs house tracks, remixes, and demos from the group s 1983/1984 recording sessions. On the fourth, listeners will find three Art of Noise EPs, all on CD for the first time ever. That s a helluva lot of noise.
At last, we have the official, confirmed tracklist for the new album, Ys, due November 14 on . Yes, it s the same as the unofficial, unconfirmed one that s been floating around the internet for awhile. collaborator Van Dyke Parks.
Jim O Rourke also helped out. Oh , you re such a tease! Yet way to the interweb.
This time, it s for We Dance Alone Watching it, at first you might think your computer screen s resolution is messed up; no, it s just the artistic quality of the video. (But you already knew Beck was artsy.) Throughout the track, some sort of photo-negative image of his head bobs around a room, multi-colored disco lights twinkle, and a schoolgirl taps away at a typewriter.
to MTV.com, he filmed a series of low-budget clips for other tracks on the new album, featuring appearances by his wife (actress Marissa Ribisi), men in top hats, and rapping grizzly bears (the latter of which appeared onstage at Beck s Raconteurs, Killers, Fiona Apple to Play Vegoose
Also Mars Volta, Built to Spill, the Roots, more to you by the folks behind Bonnaroo-- can t you tell?) has announced the lineup for its second year.
Like Bonnaroo, it s heavy on the hippie-friendly, but also October 28 and 29 at Sam Boyd Stadium and Star Nursery Field. In addition, there will be a special series of late night concerts at venues across Vegas, Heartbreakers, Widespread Panic, the Killers, the Mars Volta, the Keller Williams Incident, the Black Crowes, Fiona Apple, the Raconteurs, Damian Jr. Gong Marley, Medeski Martin Wood, the Roots, the Rhythm Devils (feat.
Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzman, Mike Gordon and Steve Kimock), G. Band, Gomez, Built to Spill, Guster, Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Dr. Octagon, Band of Horses, Jamie Lidell, the Zutons Dave Grohl will repay his various musical debts to the Pixies this summer, as he has enlisted the former Black Francis, , to open for the Foo Fighters on a string of August shows.
These will be solo acoustic affairs for Black, who will intersperse his arena dalliances with a few headlining dates. In late September, Black will pay it forward by opening for one of his (possible) musical inspirations, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Then in October, Black will hit the road again, this time with a new backing band, featuring guitarist Duane Jarvis, bassist Eric Drew Feldman, and drummer Billy Block.
All of this touring is in support of Black s latest opus, Fast Man Raider Man, a double-disc set released earlier this year. The shows will focus on songs from Fast Man, as well as last year s Honeycomb, with a few older solo tracks and choice Pixies cuts thrown in for good measure.
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