Wildlife is the third LP from Headlights and it will be out from Polyvinlyl on October 6.
Tracklisting: 01. Telephones 02. Secrets 03. You And Eye 04. Get Going 05. Love Song For Buddy 06. I Don't Mind At All 07. Dead Ends 08. Wisconsin Beaches 09. We're All Animals 10. Teenage Wonder 11. Slow Down Town
Setting The Paces is BOAT's third full-length album and it will be out via Magic Marker on October 27. Below is a tracklisting, some tour dates, and nifty videos of the band working on the new record.
Setting The Paces tracklisting: 01. We've Been Friends Since 1989 02. Lately 03. Tough Talkin' The Tulips 04. Interstate 5 05. 100 Calorie Man 06. We Want It, We Want It 07. Name Tossers 08. Jeff Fell Dream #48 09. Prince Of Tacoma 10. God Save The Man Who Isn't All That Super 11. (do the) Magic Centipede 12. Calcium Commuter 13. Reverie 14. You're Muscular
Tour Dates: 08/06 - Bellingham, WA @ The Rogue Hero 08/07 - Seattle, WA @ The Sunset Tavern 08/08 - Portland, OR @ The Backspace 08/09 - Redding, CA @ Sue's Java Cafe 08/10 - Davis, CA @ Live on KDVS 08/11 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Biko Garage 08/12 - Los Angeles @ Silver Factory Studios 08/13 - Palm Springs, CA @ J. Dee's Landing 08/14 - San Diego, CA @ Tin Can Alehouse 08/15 - Sacramento, CA @ Luigi's Fun Garden 08/16 - San Francisco, CA @ The Hemlock Tavern
Tune in to WOXY.com today at 2:00 pm ET to hear Ben and Sebastian of Bad Veins join Shiv on air for a guest DJ session. Should be cool to hear what the guys pick out to play!
You know I'm a sucker for sexy duos, and Memoryhouse contains the best of both genders. Currently all I have from them is a cut called "To The Lighthouse" that they recently put up on their MySpace page, but I'm anxious to hear what'll come next from this Ontario pair. Take a listen and I'm sure you'll be addicted to!
In honor of the release of Memory Cassette's EP Call & Response, Acephale Records is offfering up a free companion collection EP, Call & Responses. It can be downloaded at the Memory Cassette blog and features mixes from from Friend, CFCF, Weird Tapes, Sail A Whale, and Shadow Self.
OMFG, I love Pictureplane! It's the solo project by Travis Egedy, and I've been addicted to this record for weeks now. It's dirty dancy and makes me happy every time I listen to it. Dark Rift is out August 4 on Lovepump United. Buy it!!!
Tracklist: 01. Safe For The Time Being 02. Safe For The Time Being (Wallpaper Remix) 03. Lock And Key (Ocelot Remix) 04. Safe For The Time Being (The Paronomasiac Remix) 05. Safe For The Time Being (Music Video)
One of my favorite bands in the whole wide world right now and some of the nicest guys you'll ever meet... please check out Cymbals Eat Guitars doing a live set today on WOXY.com at 1:30 pm ET. If you haven't seen them yet, dates for their upcoming tour with The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart are listed below. You won't be disappointed with either band.
08/08 - KEXP Mural Summer Concerts - Seattle, WA 09/05 - Middle East Downstairs - Boston, MA 09/06 - La Sala Rossa - Montreal, QC 09/07 - Horseshoe Tavern - Toronto, ON 09/08 - Logan Square Auditorium - Chicago, IL 09/09 - Stage Door at The Orpheum - Madison, WI 09/10 - Slowdown - Omaha, NE 09/12 - Monolith Festival - Morrisson, CO 09/13 - Kilby Court - Salt Lake City, UT 09/14 - Neurolux - Boise, ID 09/17 - Musicfest NW @ Doug Fir - Portland, OR 09/21 - Casbah - San Diego, CA 09/22 - Club Congress - Tucson, AZ 09/24 - Lola’s - Fort Worth, TX 09/25 - The Mohawk - Austin, TX 09/26 - One Eyed Jacks - New Orleans, LA 09/27 - Club Downunder - Tallahassee, FL 09/28 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA 09/29 - Local 506 - Chapel Hill, NC 09/30 - Black Cat - Washington, DC 10/01 - Ottobar - Baltimore, MD 10/03 - Webster Hall - New York, NY 10/05 - First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia, PA 10/16 - Alfred University - The Knight - Alfred, NY 10/17 - Boston University - Boston, MA
Finally! We've all waited patiently, and it was well worth the wait. Tomorrow the self-titled disc from Bad Veins gets a release via Dangerbird. And today you can catch the duo doing an acoustic set on WOXY.com at 4:30 pm ET.
Andy and Jenn of Wye Oak wrote and recorded their sophomore record in rural Cumberland, Maryland and in their Baltimore living room. The Knot is available tomorrow from Merge.
The Satanic Satanist is out tomorrow and Portugal. The Man is currently on tour. Dates below.
07/20 - Zakk - Dusseldorff, Germany 07/21 - Cafe Glocksee - Hannover, Germany 07/22 - De Affaire - Nijmegen, Netherlands 07/23 - Kleiner Club Garage - Saarbrucken, Germany 07/24 - Cafe Central - Weinheim, Germany 07/25 - Stone Hill Festival 2009 07/31 - Paredes de Coura Festival 08/01 - Rocken am Brocken 08/04 - Union Pool - Brooklyn, NY 08/05 - Mercury Lounge - New York, NY
After blowing away the crowd yesterday at the Siren Festival, Future Of The Left stops by DC9 tonight. Doors open at 8pm and tickets are $12. Mount Vicious goes on at 8:30 and FOTL will play at 10:00 (supposedly).
I first posted about Yourself And The Air last year after a great recommendation from Brad in Shade. Now this Chicago quartet is back with an excellent new EP (Friend Of All Breeds) and a quick little Summer tour. At the end of the year the plan is to release another EP. Yippie!
Dates: 07/17 - Hi Dive - Denver, CO 07/18 - Bash's - Lubbock, TX 07/20 - Notsuoh - Houston, TX 07/21 - The Mohawk - Austin, TX 07/22 - Rubbergloves Rehearsal - Denton, TX 07/23 - Sticky Fingerz Chicken Shack - Little Rock, AR 07/24 - Spanish Moon - Baton Rouge, LA 07/25 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA 07/27 - Bottletree - Birmingham, AL 07/28 - Southgate House Parlor - Newport, KY 07/29 - Circus - Columbus, OH 07/30 - Vollrath Tavern - Indianapolis, IN 07/31 - Turf Club - St. Paul, MN 08/01 - Subterranean - Chicago, IL
If Larry and John over at Future Sounds love these ladies, obviously you should too. All Wrong And The Plans Change have yet to be scooped up by a fancy record label, and I haven't a clue why.
Choir Of Young Believers is the orchestral pop project from 26-year-old Jannis Noya Makrigiannis. Sometimes he works as a live duo and at other times as many as eight musicians fill the stage. This Is For The White In Your Eyes will be available from Ghostly International on August 18.
Beth and Phil trade up on lead vocals and still manage to harmonize perfectly with their second release. Upper Air is out today on Dead Oceans. They kicked off their tour to support the album last night here in DC at Black Cat. So many more dates below.
07/07/09 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's 07/10/09 - Providence, RI - Club Hell 07/11/09- Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall 07/12/09 - Cambridge, MA - TT The Bear's Place 07/13/09 - Montreal QC, Canada - La Sala Rossa 07/14/09 - Toronto ON, Canada - Sneaky Dees 07/15/09 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern 07/16/09 - Pontiac, MI - The Pike Room at The Crofoot 07/17/09 - Indianapolis, IN - Vollrath Tavern 07/20/09 - Iowa City, IA - The Mill 07/21/09 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St. Entry 07/22/09 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown 07/26/09 - Denver, CO - Hi Dive 07/27/09 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court 07/29/09 - Vancouver BC, Canada - The Biltmore Cabaret 07/30/09 - Seattle, WA - Triple Door 07/31/09 - Anacortes, WA - Department of Safety 08/01/09 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios 08/03/09 - San Francisco, CA - Cafe du Nord 08/04/09 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo 08/05/09 - San Diego, CA - Casbah 08/06/09 - Phoenix, AZ - Rhythm Room 08/10/09 - Tucson, AZ - Club Congress 08/12/09 - Denton, TX - Hailey's 08/13/09 - Austin, TX - The Mohawk 08/14/09 - Houston, TX - Walter's On Washington 08/15/09 - New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks 08/16/09 - Birmingham, AL - The Bottletree 08/17/09 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
Trevor Giuliani wrote, demoed, recorded, and mixed his debut record in New York with Dean Baltulonis (The Hold Steady, Darker My Love) and Dave Lynch. Subcontrario (In Stereo) is available July 21 from Dovecote Records and comes recommended for fans of other singer/songwriters like Cass McCombs.
signed poster / CD giveaway: Paper Route / Audrye Sessions
To celebrate Paper Route and Audrye Sessions' The New Deal tour, I've got two signed posters and some CDs to give away. The bands will be playing in DC on the 15th of this month at DC9 so if you'd like a chance to win a prize pack, please email me by Monday, July 13 with "The New Deal" as the subject line. More tour dates listed below.
07/08 - Cleveland Heights - Grog Shop 07/12 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs 07/14 - NYC - Mercury Lounge 07/15 - Washington, DC - DC9 07/16 - Hoboken, NJ - Maxwells 07/17 - Philadelphia, PA - King Fun Necktie 07/22 - Chicago, IL - Schubas 07/26 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre
Wildlife is the third LP from Headlights and it will be out from Polyvinlyl on October 6. 
Today WOXY.com's Lounge Act is Venice Is Sinking at 3:30 pm ET.
Make sure to watch and/or TiVo Jimmy Fallon tonight (NBC, 12:35 am ET) to see Passion Pit's first time performing on Late Night.
Tune in to WOXY.com today at 2:00 pm ET to hear Ben and Sebastian of Bad Veins join Shiv on air for a guest DJ session. Should be cool to hear what the guys pick out to play!
You know I'm a sucker for sexy duos, and Memoryhouse contains the best of both genders. Currently all I have from them is a cut called "To The Lighthouse" that they recently put up on their MySpace page, but I'm anxious to hear what'll come next from this Ontario pair. Take a listen and I'm sure you'll be addicted to!
In honor of the release of Memory Cassette's EP Call & Response, Acephale Records is offfering up a free companion collection EP, Call & Responses. It can be downloaded at the Memory Cassette blog and features mixes from from Friend, CFCF, Weird Tapes, Sail A Whale, and Shadow Self.
Today at 4:30pm ET WOXY.com's Lounge Act band will be Thing-One. Don't miss it!
Perth, Western Australia
Saratoga Springs, NY
The title of the post says it all. Download link below. Enjoy!
One of my favorite bands in the whole wide world right now and some of the nicest guys you'll ever meet... please check out Cymbals Eat Guitars doing a live set today on WOXY.com at 1:30 pm ET. If you haven't seen them yet, dates for their upcoming tour with The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart are listed below. You won't be disappointed with either band.
Tortoise is playing the mainstage this evening at Black Cat with Grey Reverand opening up the show. Doors open at 8pm and tickets are $20.
After blowing away the crowd yesterday at the Siren Festival, Future Of The Left stops by DC9 tonight. Doors open at 8pm and tickets are $12. Mount Vicious goes on at 8:30 and FOTL will play at 10:00 (supposedly).
Check out Philadelphia's Kite Party tomorrow night at the brand new DC Mini Gallery (4702 14th Street NW).
London, England
Stockholm, Sweden
To celebrate Paper Route and Audrye Sessions' The New Deal tour, I've got two signed posters and some CDs to give away. The bands will be playing in DC on the 15th of this month at DC9 so if you'd like a chance to win a prize pack, please email me by Monday, July 13 with "The New Deal" as the subject line. More tour dates listed below.
