News

120/7 San Diego, CA Casbah
12/08 Los Angeles, CA Echo (w/ Lisa Germano)
12/09 Visalia, CA Howie & Sons Pizza & Beer Parlor
12/10 San Francisco, CA 12 Galaxies
12/13 Victoria, BC Lucky Bar
12/14 Vancouver, BC Richards on Richards
12/15 Seattle, WA Neumo's Crystal Ball Reading Room
12/16 Portland, OR Holocene (w/ Lisa Germano)

10/28 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill

10/ 27 Akron, OH Annabel's
10/29 Nashville, TN Exit In

APES

10/27 London, ON Call the Office
10/28 Toronto, ON El Mocambo
10/29 Montreal, QC Sala Rossa
10/30 Boston, MA Great Scott
11/01 New York, NY Knitting Factory
11/02 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell's
11/05 Washington, DC Black Cat
11/06 Charlottesville, VA Satellite Ballroom
11/08 Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn
11/09 Birmingham, AL Bottletree
11/10 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
11/11 Austin TX Emo's

BEIRUT

10/28 Austin, TX Emo's
10/31 Gateshead, UK Sage
11/01 Glasgow, SCT ABC 1
11/02 Dublin, IRE Olympia
11/03 Liverpool, UK Academy
11/04 Sheffield, UK Octago
11/05 London, UK Camden Roundhouse
11/16 Providence, RI Leung Gallery
11/17 Oswego, NY SUNY Oswego
11/18 Bennington, VT Bennington Campus
11/11 Paris, FR Les Inrocks
11/21 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
11/22 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom

DOSH

10/28 Philadelphia, PA North Star
10/29 Somerville, MA PA's Lounge
10/31 Washington, DC The Black Cat
11/01 Buffalo, NY Big Orbit's Soundlab
11/02 Pittsburgh, PA Garfield Artworks
11/03 Cincinnati, OH Alchemize
11/04 Milwaukee, WI The Cactus Club

PAULA FRAZER

11/15 San Francisco, CA The Make Out Room
11/18 Big Sur, CA Fernwood Resort
12/07 Oakland, CA Stork Club

10/27 Brooklyn, NY Barbes
11/09 Castellon, ESP Tanned Tin festival
11/10 Bristol, UK The Cube
11/11 London, UK The Luminaire
11/12 Brussels, BEL Botanique
11/13 Leuven, BEL STUK
11/14 Haarlem, NL Patronaat
11/15 Münster, DEU Gleis 22
11/16 Paris, FR Point Ephemere
11/18 Dresden, DEU Starclub
11/19 Frankfurt, DEU Brotfabrik
11/20 Stuttgart, DEU Schocken
11/21 St. Gallen, CH Palace
11/22 Geneva, CH Usine Ptr
11/23 Evreux, FR L'abordage
11/25 Toulouse, FR Fairfield
11/26 Mallorca, ESP Conservatori Superior de Musica
11/27 Barcelona, ESP La Pedrera
11/28 Liérganes (Cantabria), ESP Los Picos
11/29 Braga, PRT Teatro Circo
11/30 Braga, PRT Teatro Circo
12/02 Lisbon, PRT Santiago Alquimista
12/08 Los Angeles, CA Echo (w/ Akron/Family)
12/16 Portland, OR Holocene (w/ Akron/Family)
12/09 Tucson, AZ Plush
12/10 Phoenix, AZ Rhythm Room
12/11 Albuquerque, NM Nelson House
12/13 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
12/14 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
12/15 Boise, ID Neurolux
12/16 Portland, OR Holocene
12/17 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
12/19 San Francisco, CA Hemlock Tavern
12/20 San Francisco, CA Hemlock Tavern
12/21 Santa Cruz, CA The Attic

HOWLIN RAIN

11/03 Los Angeles, CA Ex_Plx
11/04 San Francisco, CA 12 Galaxies

KING KHAN & BBQ SHOW

10/28 Austin, TX Emo's
10/29 Houston, TX Rudyard's Beer Bar
10/31 New Orleans, LA The Parish at House of Blues
11/01 Memphis, TN Young Ave. Deli
11/02 Nashville, TN Exit/In
11/03 Birmingham, AL The Nick
11/04 Atlanta, GA Smith's Olde Bar
11/06 Ybor City, FL The Orpheum
11/07 Miami, FL Studio A
11/08 Orlando, FL The Social
11/10 Charleston, SC The Map Room
11/11 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506
11/12 Washington DC Black Cat
11/13 Philadelphia, PA The Khybar
11/14 New York, NY The Mercury Lounge
11/15 Brooklyn, NY Southpaw
11/17 Providence, RI Century Lounge
11/18 Cambridge, MA T.T. The Bear's
11/19 Montreal, QC Les Saints
11/20 Ottawa, ON Barrymore's Music Hall
11/21 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace

MODEY LEMON

11/24 Pittsburgh, PA Belvedere's
11/ 29 New York, NY The Annex

MOUSE ON MARS

11/02 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
11/03 San Francisco, CA The Independent
11/04 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
11'05 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
11/07 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
11/08 Columbus, OH Wexner Center
11/09 Toronto, ON The Mod Club
11/10 Montreal, QC La Sala Rossa
11/11 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom

THE OCTOPUS PROJECT

12/01 Austin, TX Fun Fun Fun Festival (4 PM)
12/01 Austin, TX Blanton Museum of Art (B Scene, 8 pm)
12/31 Austin, TX Emo's

OM

12/01 San Francisco, CA Slim's

JACK ROSE W/ PETER WALKER

11/11 Oakland, CA 21 Grand
11/12 Davis, CA Delta Venus
11/14 Seattle, WA Sunset Tavern
11/17 Sacramento, CA Fools Foundation
11/18 Visalia, CA Howies
11/20 Santa Cruz The Attic
11/21 San Francisco, CA The Hemlock Tavern
11/29 Pittsburgh, PA Andy Warhol Museum
11/30 Columbus, OH Wexner Center of the Arts

SAGE FRANCIS

11/11 San Francisco, CA Riot Festival

12/11 Brussels, BEL Les Halles
12/12 Brussels, BEL Les Halles
12/13 Paris, FR Zenith
12/16 Berlin, DEU Fritz Club

TWO DOLLAR GUITAR

11/06 Brooklyn, NY Zebulon
11/10 Carrboro, NC Reservoir
11/11 Greensboro, NC Flying Anvil
11/12 Columbia, SC The Art Garage
11/13 Atlanta, GA The Earl
11/14 Mt. Pleasant, SC Village Tavern
11/16 Arlington, VA IOTA Club & Café
11/18 Boston, MA PA's Boston
11/20 Portland, ME SPACE Gallery

VETIVER

11/08 Arcata, CA Jambalaya
11/09 Eugene, OR Sam Bonds
11/10 Portland, OR Disjecta
11/11 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
11/12 Olympia, WA Manium
11/14 San Francisco, CA 12 Galaxies
11/15 San Diego, CA Casbah
11/16 Los Angeles, CA Ex_Plx
11/17 San Luis Obispo, CA Downtown Brew Pub
11/18 Big Sur, CA Fernwood Resort

WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH

10/31 New York, NY Cake Shop
11/01 Brooklyn, NY Northsix
11/03 Brooklyn, NY Uncle Paulie's

10/28 Hamburg, DEU Downtown Bluesclub
10/29 Berlin, DEU Festsaal Kreuzberg
11/01 Stavanger, NOR Stavanger Bluesclub
11/02 Dødeladden, NOR Kristiansund
11/03 Trondheim, NOR Trondheim Bluesklubb
11/04 Oslo, NOR Grand Café
11/09 Compiegne, FR Le Zicodrome
11/10 Toul, FR Chez Paulette
11/11 Riotord, FR Le Climax
11/12 Paris, FR New Morning
11/18 Verviers, BEL Spirit of 66
11/19 Ghent, BEL Handelsbeurs
11/21 Madrid, ESP Sala El Sol
11/22 Barcelona, ESP Sala Bikini

WHY?

12/09 San Francisco, CA Slim's

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October 27, 2006

Melt Banana updates

Hello, MELT-BANANA here.

Busy busy busy!! These days, we are so busy. And when there are many things
to do, more things to do appear. Ah.... BUT, this month, we are going to play shows
in Hokkaido (Hokkaido is a northern island of Japan.), and it is the first
time for us to visit there, so we are very excited. We also have a plan to
go to Asahiyama zoo! (Asahiyama zoo is a very famous zoo in Japan.)
This year, we didn't have a tour abroad, but we could go to play many cities
within Japan which is great!

You can see a list of Melt-Banana articles that we already have on our myspace
page.

MELT-BANANA New album!
Yes, we are making a new album, and going very well. If everything went no
problem, it will be out in spring next year. And also we are planning to
tour in USA in spring! Get ready!!

MELT-BANANA Live Schedule
11/04 Wako University (Tokyo, JAPAN)
11/18 Asahikawa Denki-neko (Hokkaido, JAPAN)
11/19 Sapporo Spiritual Lounge (Hokkaido, JAPAN)
11/26 Tokyo Gaigo University (Tokyo, JAPAN)

MELT-BANANA Official Web-site:
you can jump to MxBx page after clicking HERE

Bye!

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New Field Music music video

Click HERE To watch the new music video for the first single "In Context" from Field Music's new full-length release Tones of Town--coming in late February.

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October 16, 2006

Andre Afram Asmar to play Trilogy Q06

Andre Afram Asmar will be performing for all three days of the Trilogy Qualifier '06 at the National Orange Show in San Bernadino, CA. Also on this huge bill are Z-Trip, Mike Jones, Barrington Levy, E-40, Jim Carroll, the Shapeshifters, and many more.

10/20 - Main Stage, 4pm
10/21 - In the Dj Dome
10/22 - Main Stage, 5pm

Andre's main stage set will feature a live backing band performing songs from racetothebottom. In the Dj Dome, Andre will be performing a live dub session with an added percussion section.

Andre Afram Asmar Bio:
Andre Afram Asmar takes an approach far different then that of most electronic music producers. With equal part influences from hip-hop, dub, and world music, Asmar most often builds around live instrumentation, utilizing samples and effects as accents to the acoustics, ethnic percussion, and live vocals found in his work. Whether working with underground emcee Circus (the Shapeshifters), dub pioneer Scientist, or any of a host of instrumentalists, percussionists, and vocalists that can be found nightly at his Los Angeles recording compound, Asmar finds a way to twist the end result in to a product that is uniquely his own.

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October 06, 2006

Efterklang mini album on the way

Efterklang have finished recording a mini album, entitled Under Giant Trees, scheduled in for a January 2007 release. The mini album lasts 30 minutes featuring 5 new songs, none of which will be included on their second album. Not content with just this, Efterklang are working on the second full length, and we’re hoping to release this in late summer 2007...

Efterklang websites:
Efterklang
My Space

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volcano! updates

volcano! a cappella à Paris

Well sort of. volcano! proved their true worth as a rock band with two impromptu performances in Paris during their European tour this summer. Captured on video and posted on the excellent Blogotheque website, the label only just unearthed this extraordinary rendition of 'La Lluvia' (from the album Beautiful Seizure), and they felt we needed to share it with you.

The other video is an ad-libbed number, thought to be a musical match report on the France v Togo World Cup game. You can find the clips HERE...

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Colleen updates

Colleen’s latest venture, Colleen Et Les Boîtes À Musique, hit the shops next October 10th.

“It seemed like a dream opportunity to explore further the miniature continent of sound that music boxes in all their variety generate” says Colleen’s Cécile Schott in response to the carte blanche handed to her by national radio station France Culture’s Atelier De Création Radiophonique to record music for a special broadcast.

The commission would have remained just that, but Schott was so pleased with the results she decided to give the nod for the recordings to be released on this 38-minute EP, under a temporarily revised artist name.

No stranger to the use of music boxes in her recordings and live performance, the consciously limited palette yields extraordinary dividends; this is arguably the most intimate and wonderfully melodic release of her career to date. Composed entirely using music boxes (but for one track), the pieces use everything from miniature boxes hidden in 1940s birthday cards to large Victorian boxes. Not content with the orthodox sounds produced by the boxes, Schott hijacked them, playing them with her fingers or with mallets on the comb. She re-sampled and affected pitch and delay in a quest to produce unique sounds and melodies.

Utilising the natural loop in each box, the different boxes move in and out of time, evoking memories of childhood. This playful nature ebbs and flows throughout the EP like a stream unsure of its chosen path. Sounds reminiscent of harps (‘What Is A Componium? Part 2’), xylophones and Fender Rhodes (‘Your Heart Is So Loud’), and electronics (‘Calypso In A Box’) appear and then disappear on the landscape, fooling the listener into believing that the noises emanate from more than one type of instrument.

This 14-track EP will provide refreshing new material for those anticipating Colleen’s third long player, scheduled for release in early 2007. The material is all new with the exception of the final track, ‘I’ll Read You A Story’, which can also be found on 2005’s The Golden Morning Breaks.

“Really, really beautiful”
Stuart Maconie, Freak Zone, 6 Music

“Surprisingly broad-ranging and uniformly engrossing”
Independent Music Magazine

“A remarkable project”
The Guardian

As you may already know if you subscribe to our MySpace blog, Colleen has finally got her own official MySpace page! There was a fan page on Myspace (which made no mention of the fact that it was unofficial, and that no messages would reach Cecile), so if you were signed up to that you may wish to visit the new page and get yourself added. The new page will feature regular news and updates.

Colleen is touring Japan in October/November this year. Japanese label Windbell will release a special 2CD package to coincide with the tour, including Colleen's 2005 album The Golden Morning Breaks as well as the new Colleen Et Les Boites a Musique EP. The Japanese 2CD will not include any new music, but will feature new packaging.

Colleen live:
10/28 -Black Chamber, Osaka, Japan with Bridget St John, Kama Aina, Moose Hill & Yuko Ikoma
10/29 - Urbanguild, Kyoto, Japan with Bridget St John, Kama Aina & Moose Hill
10/31 - Tokuzo, Nagoya, Japan with Bridget St John, Kama Aina & Moose Hill
11/03 - Asakusa Art Square, Tokyo, Japan with Bridget St John, Kama Aina & Moose Hill
11/04 - Asakusa Art Square, Tokyo, JAPAN with Bridget St John, Kama Aina & Moose Hill
11/18 - Transit Festival, Chiasso, SWITZERLAND
11/23 -BLÅ, Oslo, NORWAY with Pierre Bastien
11/24 - NORWAY with Pierre Bastien
11/26 - StåOppJazz, Bergen, NORWAY with Pierre Bastien

Colleen’s websites:
Colleen Plays
My Space

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October 02, 2006

Tour dates

A HAWK AND A HACKSAW

10/09 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom
10/10 Newport, KY Southgate House
10/12 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
10/13 Urbana, IL Independent Media Center
10/14 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
10/17 Seattle, WA Crocodile
10/18 Portland, OR Holocene
10/20 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
10/21 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
10/25 Santa Fe, NM College of Santa Fe
10/26 Albuquerque, MN Launchpad
10/28 Austin, TX Emo's

10/04 Buffalo, NY Nietzsche's
10/05 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace
10/06 Ottawa, ON First Baptist Church
10/07 Montreal, QC Le Nationa
120/7 San Diego, CA Casbah
12/08 Los Angeles, CA Echo (w/ Lisa Germano)
12/09 Visalia, CA Howie & Sons Pizza & Beer Parlor
12/10 San Francisco, CA 12 Galaxies
12/13 Victoria, BC Lucky Bar
12/14 Vancouver, BC Richards on Richards
12/15 Seattle, WA Neumo's Crystal Ball Reading Room
12/16 Portland, OR Holocene (w/ Lisa Germano)

09/30 Lansing, MI Temple Bar
10/01 Toronto, ON El Mocambo
10/03 Boston, MA TT the Bears
10/05 Portland, ME Space Gallery
10/06 New York, NY Pianos
10/07 Philadelphia, PA The Fire
10/08 Baltimore, MI Sonar
10/10 Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn
10/11 Gainesville, FL Common Ground
10/12 Orlando, FL Backbooth
10/14 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
10/15 Austin, TX Emo's
10/16 Dallas, TX Good Records (in-store 7 PM)
10/17 Denton, TX Hailey's
10/18 Oklahoma City, OK Conservatory
10/20 Denver, CO Rock Island
10/23 Salt Lake City, UT Kayo
10/25 Phoenix, AZ Modified
10/26 San Diego, CA Casbah
10/27 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
10/28 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill

10/04 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
10/24 Chicago, IL Uncommon Grounds
10/26 Cincinnati, OH The Poison Room
10/ 27 Akron, OH Annabells
10/29 Nashville, TN Exit In

APES

10/25 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
10/26 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY Bard College
10/27 London, ON Call the Office
10/28 Toronto, ON El Mocambo
10/29 Montreal, QC Sala Rossa
10/30 Boston, MA Great Scott
11/ 01 New York, NY Knitting Factory
11/ 02 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell's
11/ 05 Washington, DC Black Cat
11/ 06 Charlottesville, VA Satellite Ballroom
11/ 08 Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn
11/ 09 Birmingham, AL Bottletree
11/ 10 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
11/ 11 Austin TX Emo's

BEIRUT

09/29 Swarthmore, PA Swarthmore Campus
10/04 Toronto, ON Horseshoe
10/05 Ottawa, QC Zaphod Beezlebrox
10/07 Montreal, QC Le National
10/09 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom
10/10 Newport, KY Southgate House
10/12 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
10/13 Urbana, IL Independent Media Center
10/14 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
10/17 Seattle, WA Crocodile
10/18 Portland, OR Holocene
10/20 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
10/21 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
10/25 Santa Fe, NM College of Santa Fe
10/26 Albuquerque, MN Launchpad
10/28 Austin, TX Emo's
10/31 Gateshead, UK Sage
11/01 Glasgow, SCT ABC 1
11/02 Dublin, IRE Olympia
11/03 Liverpool, UK Academy
11/04 Sheffield, UK Octago
11/05 London, UK Camden Roundhouse
11/16 Providence, RI Leung Gallery
11/18 Bennington, VT Bennington Campus
11/11 Paris, FR Les Inrocks
11/21 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
11/22 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom

VASHTI BUNYAN

10/03 Toronto, ON Harbourfront Center, Theater
10/05 Montreal, QC La Tulipe

BUSDRIVER AND CAURAL

09/29 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville News
09/30 Milwaukee, WI Stone Fly Brewery
10/01 Madison, WI Club Inferno
10/02 Chicago, IL Abbey Pub
10/03 Kansas City, MO The Record Bar
10/04 Austin, TX Emo's
10 05 San Antonio, TX Kingston Tycoon Flats
10/ 06 El Paso, TX House Of Rock and Roll
10/07 Tucson, AZ Solar Culture Gallery
10/08 Scottsdale, AZ Chaser's

COLOSSAL YES

10/22 Los Angeles, CA Palace Theatre (Arthur Nights)

DOSH

09/29 Vancouver, BC Media Club
09/30 Bellingham, WA Nightlight
10/20 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club
10/24 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle (w/ Daedelus & Caural)
10/25 Cleveland, OH The Spot at Case Western Reserve University
10/26 New York, NY The Mercury Lounge
10/28 Philadelphia, PA North Star
10/29 Somerville, MA PA's Lounge
10/31 Washington, DC The Black Cat
11/01 Buffalo, NY Big Orbit's Soundlab
11/02 Pittsburgh, PA Garfield Artworks
11/03 Cincinnati, OH Alchemize
11/04 Milwaukee, WI The Cactus Club

FINN'S MOTEL

10/12 St. Louis, MO Duck Room
10/19 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
10/21 Brooklyn, NY Magnetic Field
10/22 Philadelphia, PA The Khyber
10/23 Columbus, OH Used Kids Records (in-store)

10/05 Philadelphia, PA North Star Bar
10/06 New York, NY Tonic
10/07 Northampton, MA Iron Horse Music Hall
10/08 Somerville, MA PA's Lounge
10/09 Providence, RI AS 220 Art Space
10/10 Albany, NY Valentine's
10/11 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
10/13 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern
10/14 Cincinnati, OH Publico Gallery
10/15 Columbus, OH Little Brothers (8pm early show)
10/17 Bloomington, IN Buskirk-Chumley Theater
10/19 Milwaukee, WI Cactus Bar
10/20 St. Paul, MN Turf Club
10/21 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen
10/23 Detroit, MI Stormy Records Space
10/24 Pittsburgh, PA Quiet Storm Coffee House
10/25 Charlottesville, VA Gravity Lounge
10/26 Arlington, VA Iota Cafe
10/27 Brooklyn, NY Barbes
12/08 Los Angeles, CA Echo (w/ Akron/Family)
12/16 Portland, OR Holocene (w/ Akron/Family)

11/03 Los Angeles, CA Ex _Plx
11/04 San Francisco, CA 12 Galaxies

JANA HUNTER

10/13 Providence, RI AS220
10/14 Northampton, MA Eagles Club
10/15 Boston, MA PA's Lounge
10/16 Portsmouth, NH The Red Door
10/17 Bronxville, NY Sarah Lawrence
10/18 New Haven, CT BAR Nightclub
10/19 Brooklyn, NY Northsix
10/20 New York, NY Tonic
10/21 Purchase, NY SUNY Purchase
10/22 Buffalo, NY Soundlab

09/29 Eugene, OR Diablo's Downtown Lounge
09/30 San Francisco, CA Annie's
10/03 Los Angeles, CA Safari Sam's
10/02 Long Beach, CA Fingerprints (in-store 7 PM)
10/04 Los Angeles, CA The Viper Room
10/05 San Diego, CA M-Theory Music (in-store 6:30 PM)
10/05 San Diego, CA Brick by Brick
10/06 Las Vegas, NV The Cooler
10/07 Phoenix, AZ Stinkweeds (in-store 3:30 PM)
10/07 Tucson, AZ Club Congress

MAMMATUS

10/19 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill (w/ Suishou No Fune)
10/22 Santa Cruz, CA The Blue Lagoon

10/27 Denver, CO Oriental Theatre

THE NICE BOYS

09/29 Brooklyn, NY Northsix
09/30 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Lanes
10/01 Allston, MA O'Brien's
10/02 Detroit, MI Painted Lady
10/03 Athens, OH The Union
10/04 Cinco, OH Northside Tavern
10/05 Chicago, IL Subterranean
10/22 Los Angeles, CA Palace Theatre (Arthur Nights)

THE OCTOPUS PROJECT

10/20 Fort Worth, TX Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
10/26 San Antonio, TX Sam's Burger Joint

OM

10/21 Los Angeles, CA Palace Theatre (Arthur Nights)
12/01 San Francisco, CA Slim's

QUINTRON / MISS PUSSYCAT

09/29 Copenhagen, DNK Club Argot
09/30 Berlin, DEU Solid Festival @ Festsaal Kreuzberg
10/02 Chemnitz, DEU Kapital
10/03 Saarlouis, DEU JUZ
10/04 Karlsruhe, DEU Carambolage
10/07 Zagreb, HRV Galerij
10/08 Tarcento, IT Hybrida
10/11 Schaffhausen, CHE Tap Tab
10/12 Luzern, CHE Sedel
10/13 Lausanne, CHE Luff Festival
10/14 Zurich, CHE Zukunft
10/15 Chalon-sur-Saone, FR La Peniche
10/17 Strasbourg, FR Laiterie
10/19 Blois, FR Ch‰teau d'O
10/20 Paris, FR Point Eph_nm?re
10/21 Lyon, FR Arty-FartY
10/23 Limoges, FR Cafteur
10/24 Toulouse, FR Cl_o
10/25 Poitiers, FR Confort Moderne
10/27 Dunkerque, FR Arts Sc_niques

10/08 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
10/09 Santa Cruz, CA Metamusic
10/21 Los Angeles, CA Palace Theatre (Arthur Nights))

12/11 Brussels, BEL Les Halles
12/13 Paris, FR Zenith

SUISHOU NO FUNE

10/18 Los Altos Hills, CA KFJC (live radio show 3 PM)
10/19 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill (w/ Mammatus)
10/20 Portland, OR Roturre
10/22 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
10/23 Jersey City, NJ WFMU (live radio show)
10/24 New York, NY Cake Shop
10/25 Providence, RI AS220
10/26 Brooklyn, NY Northsix

TWO DOLLAR GUITAR

10/11 New York, NY The Living Room 7pm
10/18 New York, NY The Living Room 7pm
10/25 New York, NY The Living Room 7pm
11/06 Brooklyn, NY Zebulon

VETIVER

09/29 Berlin, DUE Festsaal Kreuzberg (SOLID Festival)
11/08 Arcata, CA Sacred Grounds Coffee
11/09 Eugene, OR Sam Bonds
11/10 Portland, OR Disjecta
11/11 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
11/12 Olympia, WA Manium
11/14 San Francisco, CA 12 Galaxies
11/15 San Diego, CA Casbah
11/16 Los Angeles, CA Ex_Plx
11/17 San Luis Obispo, CA Downtown Brew Pub
11/18 Big Sur, CA Fernwood Resort

09/29 Atlanta, GA Smith's Olde Bar
09/30 Macon, GA Bragg Jam Festival
10/03 Los Angeles, CA Hotel Café
10/05 San Francisco, CA Cafe Du Nord
10/07 Portland, OR Music Millennium (in store 5 PM)
10/08 Seattle, WA Sunset Tavern

WHY? (OPENING FOR YO LA TENGO)

09/29 Jersey City, NJ Loews Theatre
09/30 Montreal QC Le National
10/02 Toronto, ON The Phoenix
10/04 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan Theater
10/05 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
10/06 Milwaukee, WI The Rave Underground
10/07 Minneapolis, MN First Ave
10/08 Omaha, NE Sokol Underground
10/10 Boulder, CO Boulder Theatre
10/14 Vancouver, BC Richard's On Richards Cabaret
10/15 Seattle, WA Showbox
10/16 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
10/19 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
10/20 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
10/21 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
10/23 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre

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September 26, 2006

Upcoming Shrimper Records releases

Taglich Brot, the first proper solo album from Andre Herman Düne, one half of Swedish singer / songwriter twosome Herman Düne, will be with us in November, as will Andre himself, embarking on his first solo US tour.

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September 25, 2006

Colleen live review + live video from Wire fest

The concert reviewer calls Colleen's set the "highlight" of the evening.

Click HERE to read/connect with the video link.

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September 18, 2006

Vetiver on WNYC-FM

Vetiver's live session was recorded on a hot summer day was aired Sept. 17, 7-8 pm, on Spinning On Air on WNYC-FM 93.9 and wnyc.org.

To listen to the whole show click HERE:

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September 15, 2006

Tour dates

A HAWK AND A HACKSAW

10/12 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
10/14 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
10/17 Seattle, WA Crocodile
10/18 Portland, OR Holocene
10/20 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
10/21 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
10/24 Santa Fe, NM Santa Fe Brewing Company
10/26 Albuquerque, MN Launchpad
10/28 Austin, TX Emo's

09/23 New York, NY Tonic (early and late shows)
10/04 Buffalo, NY Nietzsche's
10/05 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace
10/06 Ottawa, ON First Baptist Church
10/07 Montreal, QC Le Nationa

09/23 Portland, OR Fabulous Jackpot (in-store 2 PM)
09/23 Portland, OR Doug Fir
09/24 Seattle, WA Easy Street (in-store 3 PM)
09/24 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
09/25 Missoula, MT The Loft
09/26 Eugene, OR WOW Hall
09/27 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
09/28 Milwaukee, WI Stonefly
09/30 Lansing, MI Temple Bar
10/01 Toronto, ON El Mocambo
10/03 Boston, MA TT the Bears
10/05 Portland, ME Space Gallery
10/06 New York, NY Pianos
10/07 Philadelphia, PA The Fire
10/08 Baltimore, MI Sonar
10/10 Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn
10/11 Gainesville, FL Common Ground
10/12 Orlando, FL Backbooth
10/14 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
10/15 Austin, TX Emo's
10/16 Dallas, TX Good Records (in-store 7 PM)
10/17 Denton, TX Hailey's
10/18 Oklahoma City, OK Conservatory
10/20 Denver, CO Rock Island
10/23 Salt Lake City, UT Kayo
10/25 Phoenix, AZ Modified
10/26 San Diego, CA Casbah
10/27 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
10/28 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill

09/22 Pittsburgh, PA Quiet Storm Coffeehouse
10/04 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
10/24 Chicago, IL Uncommon Grounds
10/26 Cincinnati, OH The Poison Room
10/ 27 Akron, OH Annabells
10/29 Nashville, TN Exit In

APES

BEIRUT

09/16 Boston, MA Boston University
09/22 Durham, NC Duke Coffeehouse
09/23 Greensboro, NC Flying Anvil
09/24 Atlanta, GA Variety
09/29 Swarthmore, PA Swarthmore Campus
10/04 Toronto, ON Horseshoe
10/05 Ottawa, QC Zaphod Beezlebrox
10/07 Montreal, ON Le National
10/12 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
10/14 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
10/17 Seattle, WA Crocodile
10/18 Portland, OR Holocene
10/20 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
10/21 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
10/24 Santa Fe, NM College of Santa Fe
10/26 Albuquerque, MN Launchpad
10/28 Austin, TX Emo's
10/31 Gateshead, UK Sage
11/01 Glasgow, SCT ABC 1
11/02 Dublin, IRE Olympia
11/03 Liverpool, UK Academy
11/04 Sheffield, UK Octago
11/05 London, UK Camden Roundhouse
11/16 Providence, RI Leung Gallery
11/18 Bennington, VT Bennington Campus
11/11 Paris, FR Les Inrocks
11/21 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
11/22 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom

VASHTI BUNYAN

09/14 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
09/15 Boston, MA Museum Of Fine Arts
09/16 Shelburne Falls, MA Memorial Hall Theater (Hilltown Folk Series)
10/03 Toronto, ON Harbourfront Center, Theater
10/05 Montreal, QC La Tulipe

BUSDRIVER AND CAURAL

09/17 Reno, NV Club Underground
09/18 Sacramento, CA The Library
09/20 Arcata, CA Mazotti's
09/21 Portland, OR Berbati's
09/22 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
09/23 Spokane, WA Mike K Rock's Birthday Celebration
09/25 Boulder, CO Fox Theater
09/26 Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep
09/27 Denver, CO The Bluebird Theater
09/28 Minneapolis, MN Foundation
09/29 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville News
09/30 Milwaukee, WI Stone Fly Brewery
10/01 Madison, WI Club Inferno
10/02 Chicago, IL Abbey Pub
10/03 Kansas City, MO The Record Bar
10/04 Austin, TX Emo's
10 05 San Antonio, TX Kingston Tycoon Flats
10/ 06 El Paso, TX House Of Rock and Roll
10/07 Tucson, AZ Solar Culture Gallery
10/08 Scottsdale, AZ Chaser's

COLOSSAL YES

10/22 Los Angeles, CA Ex_Plx (Arthur Nights)

COYOTE

09/15 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell's
09/17 Buffalo, NY The Kitchen
09/18 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
09/19 Columbus, OH Little Brothers
09/20 St Louis, MO Hi Pointe
09/21 Chicago, IL Logan Square Auditorium

CURRENT 93

09/23 Moscow, RUS Ikra
09/24 Moscow, RUS Ikra

DAEDELUS

09/16 Los Angeles, CA Warehouse (Droid Behavior 4 Year Anniversary)
09/18 Los Angeles, CA The Temple Bar
09/22 Chicago, IL Sonotheque

DOSH

09/17 Salt Lake City, UT Club Sound
09/19 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theater
09/20 San Diego, CA Belly Up Tavern
09/21 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre
09/22 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
09/26 Eugene, OR WOW Hall
09/27 Portland, OR Aladdin Theater
09/28 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
09/29 Vancouver, BC Media Club
09/30 Bellingham, WA Nightlight
10/25 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle (w/ Daedelus & Caural)
10/29 Somerville, MA PA's Lounge
10/31 Washington, DC The Black Cat
11/01 Buffalo, NY Big Orbit's Soundlab

FINN'S MOTEL

09/25 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
10/12 St. Louis, MO Duck Room
10/19 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
10/21 Brooklyn, NY Magnetic Field
10/22 Philadelphia, PA The Khyber
10/23 Columbus, OH Used Kids Records (in-store)

10/05 Philadelphia, PA North Star Bar
10/06 New York, NY Tonic
10/07 Northampton, MA Iron Horse Music Hall
10/08 Somerville, MA PA's Lounge
10/09 Providence, RI AS 220 Art Space
10/10 Albany, NY Valentine's
10/11 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
10/13 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern
10/14 Cincinnati, OH Publico Gallery
10/15 Columbus, OH Little Brothers
10/17 Bloomington, IN Buskirk-Chumley Theater
10/19 Milwaukee, WI Cactus Bar
10/20 St. Paul, MN Turf Club
10/21 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen
10/23 Detroit, MI Stormy Records Space
10/24 Pittsburgh, PA Quiet Storm Coffee House
10/25 Charlottesville, VA Gravity Lounge
10/26 Arlington, VA Iota Cafe
10/27 Brooklyn, NY Barbes

11/03 Los Angeles, CA Ex_Plx
11/04 San Francisco, CA 12 Galaxies

LICHENS

09/29 Chicago, IL South Union Arts

09/16 Milwaukee, WI Mad Planet
09/20 Chicago, IL Double Door
09/21 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville mews
09/22 Denver, CO The Hi Dive
09/24 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
09/23 Ft. Collins, CO Surfside 7
09/24 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
09/27 Seattle, WA Sunset Tavern
09/28 Portland, OR Music Millennium (in-store 6 PM)
09/28 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
09/29 Eugene, OR Diablo's Downtown Lounge
09/30 San Francisco, CA Annie's Social Club
10/03 Los Angeles, CA Safari Sam's
10/02 Long Beach, CA Fingerprints (in-store 7 PM)
10/04 Los Angeles, CA The Viper Room
10/05 San Diego, CA M-Theory Music (in-store 6:30 PM)
10/05 San Diego, CA Brick by Brick
10/06 Las Vegas, NV The Cooler
10/07 Phoenix, AZ Stinkweeds (in-store 3:30 PM)
10/07 Tucson, AZ Club Congress

MAMMATUS

09/22 Santa Cruz, CA The Warehouse
10/19 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill (w/ Suishou No Fune)
10/22 Santa Cruz, CA The Blue Lagoon

09/14 Kansas City, MO The Record Bar
09/15 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club
09/16 Chicago, IL South Union Arts
10/27 Denver, CO Oriental Theatre

THE NICE BOYS

09/14 San Francisco, CA Rasputin's Music (in-store 6 PM)
09/14 San Francisco, CA The Hemlock
09/15 Los Angeles, CA Spaceland
09/16 Los Angeles, CA Safari Sam's
09/17 San Francisco, CA Amoeba Music (In-store 2 PM)
09/28 New York, NY Cake Shop
09/29 Brooklyn, NY Northsix
09/30 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Lanes
10/01 Allston, MA O'Brien's
10/02 Detroit, MI Painted Lady
10/03 Athens, OH The Union
10/04 Cinco, OH Northside Tavern
10/05 Chicago, IL Subterranean
10/22 Los Angeles, CA Ex_Plx (Arthur Nights)

THE OCTOPUS PROJECT

09/14 Austin, TX Emo's
09/15 Denton, TX Hailey's
09/16 Houston, TX The Proletariat

OM

09/22 Toronto, ON X Avant Festival, Music Gallery
09/23 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
10/21 Los Angeles, CA Ex_Plx (Arthur Nights)
12/01 San Francisco, CA Slim's

QUINTRON / MISS PUSSYCAT

09/22 Nijmegen, NL Doornroosje
09/23 Amsterdam, NL Robodock Festival(secret location)
09/24 Haarlem, NL Patronaat
09/26 Koeln, DEU Tsunami Club
09/27 Offenbach, DEU Hafen 2
09/28 Bremen, DEU JZ Friesenstrasse
09/29 Copenhagen, DNK Club Argot
09/30 Berlin, DEU Solid Festival @ Festsaal Kreuzberg
10/02 Chemnitz, DEU Kapital
10/03 Saarlouis, DEU JUZ
10/04 Karlsruhe, DEU Carambolage
10/07 Zagreb, HRV Galerij
10/08 Tarcento, IT Hybrida
10/11 Schaffhausen, CHE Tap Tab
10/12 Luzern, CHE Sedel
10/13 Lausanne, CHE Luff Festival
10/14 Zurich, CHE Zukunft
10/15 Chalon-sur-Saone, FR La Peniche
10/17 Strasbourg, FR Laiterie
10/19 Blois, FR Ch‰teau d'O
10/20 Paris, FR Point Eph_nm?re
10/21 Lyon, FR Arty-FartY
10/23 Limoges, FR Cafteur
10/24 Toulouse, FR Cl_o
10/25 Poitiers, FR Confort Moderne
10/27 Dunkerque, FR Arts Sc_niques

10/08 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
10/09 Santa Cruz, CA Metamusic
10/21 Los Angeles, CA Ex_Plx (Arthur Nights)

SONIC YOUTH

09/27 San Diego, CA House of Blues
09/28 Los Angeles, CA Wiltern Theatre
12/11 Brussels, BEL Les Halles
12/13 Paris, FR Zenith

SUISHOU NO FUNE

TEAM DRESCH

09/28 Chicago, IL Estrojam

VETIVER

09/14 Bilbao, ESP Ashkena
09/15 Vigo, ESP Club Evademecum
09/16 Lisboa, POR ZDB
09/17 Porto, POR Casa Musica 0
09/19 Madrid, ESP Moby Dick
09/20 Castellon, ESP Centre Municipal de Cultura
09/21 Barcelona, ESP Sidecar Factory
09/22 Lusanne, CHE Le Romandie
09/23 Turin, IT Spazio 211
09/24 Rome, IT Circolo Degli Artisti
09/26 Duedingen,CHE Bad Bonn
09/27 Winterhur, CHE Gaswerk
09/28 Dresden, DEU Scheune
09/29 Berlin, DUE Festsaal Kreuzberg (SOLID Festival)
11/08 Eureka, CA Red Fox Tavern
11/09 Eugene, OR Sam Bonds
11/10 Portland, OR Disjecta
11/11 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
11/12 Olympia, WA Manium
11/14 San Francisco, CA 12 Galaxies
11/15 San Diego, CA Casbah
11/16 Los Angeles, CA Ex_Plx
11/17 San Luis Obispo, CA Monday Club
11/18 Big Sur, CA Fernwood Resort

09/14 Memphis, TN Shangri-La (in store 5 PM)
09/14 Memphis, TN Gibson's Beale Street
09/15 Birmingham, AL Workplay Theatre
09/22 Nashville, TN Grimey's (in store 5 PM)
09/22 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge - AMA Conference
09/23 Austin, TX Antone's
09/24 Houston, TX McGonigel's Mucky Duck
09/25 Austin, TX Waterloo Records (in store 5 PM)
09/29 Atlanta, GA Smith's Olde Bar
09/30 Macon, GA Bragg Jam Festival
10/03 Los Angeles, CA Hotel Café
10/05 San Francisco, CA Cafe Du Nord
10/07 Portland, OR Music Millennium (in store 5 PM)
10/08 Seattle, WA Sunset Tavern

WHY? (OPENING FOR YO LA TENGO)

09/25 New Haven, CT Toad's Place
09/26 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
09/28 Boston, MA Avalon Ballroom
09/29 Jersey City, NJ Loews Theatre
09/30 Montreal, QC Le National
10/02 Toronto, ON The Phoenix
10/04 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan Theater
10/05 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
10/06 Milwaukee, WI The Rave Underground
10/07 Minneapolis, MN First Ave
10/08 Omaha, NE Sokol Underground
10/10 Boulder, CO Boulder Theatre
10/14 Vancouver, BC Richard's On Richards Cabaret
10/15 Seattle, WA Showbox
10/16 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
10/19 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
10/20 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
10/21 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
10/23 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre

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September 13, 2006

VHF Records upcoming releases

Coming attractions from the VHF label include Music For Witches And Alchemists from psych-tinged string ensemble Fern Knight, An Angel Above You All by Glasgow big band Scatter and a new studio CD from Vibracathedral Orchestra.

Posted by mike at 10:25 AM | Comments (0)

My Morning Jacket 4LP extremely limited box-set

My Morning Jacket's 2005 US tour was a blur of sold-out shows and riveting performances and Badman has the goods to prove it. The label has just completed work on Okonokos, a 4xLP box-set, due mid-November, documenting one of the band's finest performances of the tour. This is an extremely limited deluxe package featuring high-quality virgin vinyl, a closed-lid box and even a few bonus tracks not available elsewhere.

Posted by mike at 10:11 AM | Comments (0)

Ba da bing! Records announcement

In January Ba-Da-Bing! releases the debut album by Essie Jain, a New York ex-pat from London and trained opera singer whose sparse, morose songs are reminiscent of Desertshore-era Nico.

In the Spring, the label introduces the first album by Benjamin Wetherill, a Leeds, UK-based singer-songwriter whose folk stylings hark back to John Jacob Niles and Jackson C. Frank.

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Akron/Family video posted

Click HERE to view a very short video with music from Akron/Family.

Posted by mike at 09:40 AM | Comments (0)

September 11, 2006

Lisa Germano KCRW video/podcast

Check out Lisa Germano's appearance on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic by clicking HERE

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Jason Forrest Band Live Debut in Germany/info for US dates

From Jason Forrest:

HELLO!
I'm extremely happy too announce to you the world debut of my new live band! "The Jason Forrest Band " (temporary name) will see its first ever concert NEXT SUNDAY- 17. September 2006, starting at 9pm sharp! It's a party for the 10th Anniversary of my booking agent and good friends at Planet Rock. But on top of this being a world-debut, it's also a very special collaboration with Austrian singer Gustav, who's been blazing a trail with her mixture of smart lyrics, gorgeous crooning and brilliant electronic glitch. Also DJing will be The Goldmunds, who are also awesome. Then did I say it's also the opening weekend for a new venue in town?

Ballhaus Naunynstraße
Naunynstraße 27
10997 Berlin
And it's in an 18th century fancy baroque room! So really, there's absolutely no reason you can miss this show! AH!

Ok, So we know what you're asking yourself, "What the hell does his live band sound like?" We're a power-rock trio, Ethan Shaffner on Guitar, Elisabeth King on Keys/organ and yours truly on laptop and… Vocals!!! We sound a bit like a cross between Beck and Deerhoof I think, or maybe like a cross between the Doors and Public Enemy. I don't know, that's not really so correct, but we're good, we bring the party, and we rock. What more could you want???

If you want to see us, and can't come on over to Berlin, we'll do a small USA tour before performing at the opening Halloween party at CMJ in NYC! I think it's at the Knit, and no idea who else plays, but you'd HAVE to come, as it'll be IN-SANE! Take a look at my website for gig dates-HERE. There's way more shows in EU after that too, so odds are we'll come to your town, or want to come to it! AH!

OK!
Here's that info again:

The Jason Forrest Band (Sonig, Cockrockdisco Berlin)
With Special guest-Gustav (Mosz, Wien), DJs The Goldmunds (Goldmund, Berlin)
DJs The Goldmund

Sept 17th- NEXT SUNDAY- 20:00! we play at 22:00!
Ballhaus Naunynstraße
Naunynstraße 27
10997 Berlin
phone: +49 (0)30 3474 598 46
fax: +49 (0)30 3474 598 55
www.ballhausnaunyn.de

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September 07, 2006

WHY? Asked to tour with Yo La Tengo

It's been a busy year for WHY?. After releasing critically acclaimed Elephant Eyelash LP, two EPs, touring the entire United States twice on their own and once with Islands, the road calls again-- Why? have been asked to tour with Yo La Tengo this fall! Yo La Tengo is touring in support of their new record, I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass. WHY? have been busy this Summer writing new songs for their upcoming yet-to-be-titled follow up to Elephant Eyelash, which they’re shooting to have out on Anticon Records next Fall.

PRESS ON ELEPHANT EYELASH:

" “Gemini,” “Sanddollars” and “Yo Yo Bye Bye” are likely the three catchiest indie rock songs I’ve heard this year, and there are so many surprising twists in the melodies, time signatures, lyrics and production that I'll keep returning to these songs for months. Elephant Eyelash is a terrific rock record."
-DUSTED MAGAZINE

“We have found the soundtrack to your renaissance psychedelic and dirty, but kilted by bittersweet bent melodies and layers of harmony…Napoleon Dynomite ain’t got nothin’ on this.”
-FILTER

"An indie epic smeared with doubt and guilt that flows out of a forced smile...If this is any indication of the quality of WHY?'s upcoming LP, Elephant Eyelash; we could be in for a classic"
-UNDER THE RADAR

Yo La Tengo & WHY? Dates
(WHY? will open for one of the SF dates, which date is TBA)

09/25 New Haven, CT - Toad's Place*
09/26 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club*
09/28 Boston, MA - Avalon Ballroom*
09/29 Jersey City, NJ - Loews Theatre*
09/30 Montreal QC - Le National*
10/02 Toronto, ON - The Phoenix*
10/04 Ann Arbor, MI - Michigan Theater*
10/05 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre*
10/06 Milwaukee, WI - The Rave Underground*
10/07 Minneapolis, MN - First Ave *
10/08 Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground*
10/08 Boulder, CO - Boulder Theatre*
10/14 Vancouver, BC - Richard's On Richards Cabaret*
10/15 Seattle, WA - Showbox*
10/16 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom *
10/19 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
10/20 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
10/21 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
10/23 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre *

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Curse ov Dialect tour dates

Curse ov Dialect will be playing one off dates over the next two months across Australia in support of their latest release, Wooden Tongues.

09/22 MELBOURNE, VIC @ EVELYN HOTEL
09/23 SYDNEY, NSW @ ABERCROMBIE HOTEL
10/20 BRISBANE, QLD @ JUDITH WRIGHT CENTRE
10/21 BRISBANE, QLD @ 4ZzZ MARKET DAY

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August 29, 2006

Akron/Family news

From Young God Records:

The producer Hal Wilner recently put together a CD of sea chanties
for Anti Records, called Rogue's Gallery, with various big shot
singers and bands to accompany the Pirates of the Caribbean movie
(Johnny Depp is connected with this in some vague way I think).
Akron/ Family is backing band to a few people on this CD, and they
also do their own song on the CD.

Long story short: Akron/Family appeared Monday night august 28 as backing band for
Baby Gramps on the David Letterman TV show.

You can check out info on the Rogue's Gallery album HERE

Akron/family new album Meek Warrior is out October 3 and advance info
is HERE

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August 28, 2006

Black Neon story building

The Black Neon release's story is building quickly..

UK PRESS:::::::::::::::

The Guardian
An album in whihc an English psychedelic band decide they are going to play Krautrock. Even when they drop the synths for acoustic guitars they still sing about Ralph being in the German army. Odd and lovely.

BBC Collective - Album of the Week
totally wonderful ****

Time Out
Evoking eno's psyche-glam, Amon Duul's fluid space rock and scuzzy garage in a fine collection of pop oddities ****

NME
an unusual and groovy addition to your summertime collection

Uncut
a homage to the motorik groove, its the freakier side of avant rock that wins through
****

Vice
totally top notch hazzy electronic stuff 9/10

Nuts
a great iPod addition for anyone who wears sunglasses after dark ****

The Sun
intriguing original and as an artistic vision perfectly crafted ****

Word
an eccentric love letter to deutsche electronica..above all some lovely quirky tunes

Q
highly engaging

US PRESS::::::::::::

Music For Robots
The record is a really great slice of kraut rock inspired electronic pop full on sunny southern Californian harmonies synthesizers bleeps and bloops - it makes for a great listen and one which I found to be full of surprises

Stereogum - Band to Watch
sort of Neu! on Prozac..genius pop sensibility

Black Books - feature

Reviews confirmed in:
DIW Magazine
Spin
Babysue
XLR8R
Talent In Motion
Under the Radar
Magnet
Flagpole
Captain's Dead
You Ain't No Picasso
Sabas.jud.as
Herohill.com
Villains Always Blink
Soma
Pitchfork track review and CD review
Amplifier

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Tour dates

09/23 New York, NY Tonic (early and late shows)
10/04 Buffalo, NY Nietzsche's
10/05 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace
10/06 Ottawa, ON First Baptist Church
10/07 Montreal, QC Le Nationa

09/23 Portland, OR Doug Fir
09/24 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
09/25 Missoula, MT The Loft
09/27 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
09/28 Madison, WI Annex
09/30 Lansing, MI Temple Bar
10/03 Boston, MA TT the Bears
10/05 Portland, OR Space Gallery
10/06 New York, NY Pianos
10/07 Philadelphia, PA Fire
10/08 Baltimore, MI Sonar
10/10 Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn
10/11 Gainesville, FL Common Ground
10/12 Orlando, FL Backbooth
10/14 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
10/15 Austin, TX Emos
10/17 Denton, TX Hailey's
10/18 Oklahoma City, OK Conservatory
10/20 Denver, CO Rock Island
10/23 Salt Lake City, UT Kayo
10/25 Phoenix, AZ Modified
10/27 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
10/28 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill

08/31 Nashville, TN The Basement
09/01 Birmingham, AL Workplay Theater
09/22 Pittsburgh, PA Quiet Storm Coffeehouse
10/04 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
10/26 Cincinnati, OH The Poison Room
11/24 Chicago, IL Uncommon Grounds

BEIRUT

09/16 Boston, MA Boston University
09/22 Durham, NC Duke Coffeehouse
09/23 Greensboro, NC Flying Anvil
09/24 Atlanta, GA Variety
10/04 Toronto, ON Horseshoe
10/05 Ottawa, QC Zaphod Beezlebrox
10/07 Montreal, QC Le National
10/12 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
10/14 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
10/17 Seattle, WA Crocodile
10/18 Portland, OR Holocene
10/20 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
10/21 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
10/24 Santa Fe, NM Santa Fe Brewing Company
10/26 Albuquerque, MN Launchpad
10/28 Austin, TX Emo's
10/31 Gateshead, UK Sage
11/01 Glasgow, SCT ABC 1
11/02 Dublin, IRE Olympia
11/03 Liverpool, UK Academy
11/04 Sheffield, UK Octago
11/05 London, UK Camden Roundhouse
11/16 Providence, RI Leung Gallery
11/18 Bennington, VT Bennington Campus
11/21 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
11/22 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom

Bigg Jus and Mush Records alum Radioinactive

08/25 Tucson, AZ Vaudville
08/27 Costa Mesa, CA The Roc
08/29 Reno, NV The Green Room
08/30 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
08/31 Olympia, WA The Clipper
09/08 Palm Springs, CA The Rock Garden Café
09/10 Los Angeles, CA Knitting Factory

VASHTI BUNYAN

09/01 Vancouver, BC Richard's On Richards
09/02 Portland, OR Disjecta (Halleluwah Arts Fest)
09/03 Seattle, WA Bumbershoot Festival
09/05 San Francisco, CA Amoeba Music (signing 6 PM)
09/06 Santa Cruz, CA The Attic
09/07 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
09/08 Los Angeles, CA The Getty Museum
09/09 Los Angeles, CA The Echo (w/ Nobody and Mystic Chords of Memory)
09/11 Chicago, IL Lakeshore Theater
09/14 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
09/15 Boston, MA Museum Of Fine Arts
09/16 Shelburne Falls, MA Memorial Hall Theater (Hilltown Folk Series)
10/03 Toronto, ON Harbourfront Center, Theater
10/05 Montreal, QC La Tulipe

BUSDRIVER AND CAURAL

09/16 San Francisco, CA Mighty
09/17 Reno, NV Club Underground
09/18 Sacramento, CA The Library
09/20 Arcata, CA Mazotti's
09/21 Portland, OR Berbati's
09/22 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
09/23 Spokane, WA Mike K Rock's Birthday Celebration
09/25 Boulder, CO Fox Theater
09/26 Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep
09/27 Denver, CO The Bluebird Theater
09/28 Minneapolis, MN Foudation
09/29 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville News
09/30 Milwaukee, WI Stone Fly Brewery
10/01 Madison, WI Club Inferno
10/02 Chicago, IL Abbey Pub
10/03 Kansas City, MO The Record Bar
10/04 Austin, TX Emo's

COLOSSAL YES

08/27 San Francisco, CA Rite Spot (w/ Greg Ashley)
10/22 Los Angeles, CA Ex Plex (Arthur Nights)

CURRENT 93

09/23 Moscow, RUS Ikra
09/24 Moscow, RUS Ikra

DAEDELUS

09/01 Los Angeles, CA The Getty Center
09/08 New York, NY The Asterisk
09/09 New York, NY Washington Square Park
09/16 Los Angeles, CA Warehouse (Droid Behavior 4 Year Anniversary)
09/18 Los Angeles, CA The Temple Bar
09/22 Chicago, IL Sonotheque

DOSH

09/17 Salt Lake City, UT Club Sound
09/19 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theater
09/20 San Diego, CA Belly Up Tavern
09/21 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre
09/22 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
09/26 Eugene, OR WOW Hall Community Center
09/27 Portland, OR Aladdin Theater
09/28 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
09/29 Vancouver, BC Media Club
09/30 Bellingham, WA Nightlight

08/31 Los Angeles, CA KRCW (on air performance)
09/01 Long Beach, CA Borders (in-store 8 PM)
09/02 Sherman Oaks, CA Borders (in-store 8 PM)
10/05 Philadelphia, PA North Star Bar
10/06 New York, NY Tonic
10/07 Northampton, MA Iron Horse Music Hall
10/08 Somerville, MA PA's Lounge
10/09 Providence, RI AS 220 Art Space
10/10 Albany, NY Valentine's
10/11 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
10/13 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern
10/14 Cincinnati, OH Publico Gallery
10/15 Columbus, OH Little Brothers
10/17 Bloomington, IN Buskirk-Chumley Theater
10/19 Milwaukee, WI Cactus Bar
10/20 St. Paul, MN Turf Club
10/21 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen
10/23 Detroit, MI Stormy Records Space
10/24 Pittsburgh, PA Quiet Storm Coffee House
10/25 Charlottesville, VA Gravity Lounge
10/26 Arlington, VA Iota Cafe
10/27 Brooklyn, NY Barbes

11/03 Los Angeles, CA Ex Plex
11/04 San Francisco, CA 12 Galaxies

JANA HUNTER Sailboat Tour with Peter & the Wolf, Castanets; skippered by OCDJ

08/26 Philadelphia, PA TBA
08/28 Wilmington, DE TBA
08/30 Annapolis, MD TBA
09/02 St. Mary's City, MD TBA
09/04 Norfolk, VA Relative Theory (in-store)

LICHENS

09/03 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
09/29 Chicago, IL South Union Arts

09/09 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue Main Room
09/16 Milwaukee, WI Mad Planet
09/20 Chicago, IL Double Door
09/21 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville mews
09/22 Denver, CO The Hi Dive
09/24 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
09/27 Seattle, WA Sunset Tavern
09/28 Portland, OR Music Millennium (In-store 6PM)
09/28 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
09/29 Eugene, OR Diablo's Downtown Lounge
09/30 San Francisco, CA Annie's
10/30 Los Angeles, CA Safari Sam's
10/04 Los Angeles, CA The Viper Room
10/05 San Diego, CA M-Theory (In-store 6:30PM)
10/05 San Diego, CA Brick by Brick
10/06 Las Vegas, NV The Cooler
10/07 Tucson, AZ Club Congress

MAMMATUS

09/06 Santa Cruz, CA The Blue Lagoon
10/19 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill (w/ Suishou No Fune)

08/24 Coventry, UK Taylor Johns
08/25 Newcastle, UK Star & Shadow
08/26 Stockton, UK Georgian
08/27 Glasgow, SCT Mono
08/29 Limerick, IRL Boat House
08/30 Belfast, NIR Aunt Annie's
08/31 Dublin, IRL Whelans (w/ Vetiver)
09/01 Nottingham, UK Social
09/02 Birmingham, UK Custard Factory
09/03 Leeds, UK Faversham
09/05 Cardiff, WLS Buffalo Bar
09/06 Brighton, UK Prince Albert
09/07 London, UK Spitz (w/ Vetiver)
09/08 London, UK Barden's Boudoir
09/09 Bristol, UK Cube Cinema
09/10 Isle of Wight, UK Bestival Festival

08/25 Feest, BEL Het Park Festival
08/26 Wiesbaden, DEU Folklore Im Garten Festival
09/02 Bari, IT Acqua In Testa Festival
11/02 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
11/03 San Francisco, CA The Independent
11/04 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
11'05 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
11/07 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
11/08 Columbus, OH Wexner Center
11/09 Toronto, ON The Mod Club
11/10 Montreal, QC La Sala Rossa
11/11 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom

09/09 Fairplay, CO South Park Music Fest
09/14 Kansas City, MO The Record Bar
09/15 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club
09/16 Chicago, IL South Union Arts
10/27 Denver, CO Oriental Theatre

THE NICE BOYS

09/14 San Francisco, CA The Hemlock
09/15 Los Angeles, CA Spaceland
09/16 Los Angeles, CA Safari Sam's
09/17 San Francisco, CA Amoeba Music (In-store 2PM)
09/28 New York, NY Cake Shop
09/29 Brooklyn, NY Northsix
10/01 New York, NY Niagra
10/03 Athens, OH The Union
10/04 Cinco, OH Northside Tavern
10/05 Chicago, IL Subterranean

NOBODY AND MYSTIC CHORDS OF MEMORY

09/09 Los Angeles, CA The Echo (w/ Vashti Bunyan)
09/10 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Music Box Theater

THE OCTOPUS PROJECT

09/13 Norman, OK Opolis
09/14 Austin, TX Emo's
09/15 Denton, TX Hailey's
09/16 Houston, TX The Proletariat

OM

09/22 Toronto, ON X Avant Festival, Music Gallery
09/23 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
10/21 Los Angeles, CA Echo Plex (Arthur Nights)

DON PERIS

09/08 Champaign, IL Outdoor "Free" Weekend Block Party
09/09 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen

10/08 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
10/09 Santa Cruz, CA Metamusic

SONIC YOUTH

08/28 Columbus, OH Promowest Pavilion
08/31 Allentown, PA Allentown Fair
09/01 Syracuse, NY New York State Fair
09/03 Boston, MA Avalon
12/11 Brussels, BEL Les Halles
12/13 Paris, FR Zenith

SUISHOU NO FUNE

10/19 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill (w/Mammatus)

TEAM DRESCH

08/27 Los Angeles, CA Spaceland
09/28 Chicago, IL Estrojam

VETIVER

09/01 Stradbally, IRE Stradbally Hall (Electric Picnic Festival)
09/02 Glasgow, SCT ABC
09/03 Aberdeen, SCT Lemon Tree
09/05 Newcastle, UK University
09/06 Leeds, UK Metro University
09/07 London, UK SPITZ (w/ Mi and L'au)
09/08 Manchester, UK Academy
09/09 Nottingham, UK Festival Hall
09/10 Isle of Wight, UK Bestival Festival
09/12 Paris, FR La Maroquinerie
09/13 Bordeaux, FR El Inca
09/14 Bilbao, ESP Ashkena
09/15 Vigo, ESP Club Evademecum
09/16 Lisboa, POR ZDB
09/17 Porto, POR Casa Musica 0
09/19 Madrid, ESP Moby Dick
09/20 Castellon, ESP Centre Municipal de Cultura
09/21 Barcelona, ESP Sidecar Factory
09/22 Lusanne, CHE Le Romandie
09/23 Turin, IT Spazio 211
09/24 Rome, IT Circolo Degli Artisti
09/26 Duedingen,CHE Bad Bonn
09/27 Winterhur, CHE Gaswerk
09/28 Dresden, DEU Scheune
09/29 Berlin, DEU Festsaal Kreuzberg (SOLID Festival)
11/08 Eureka, CA Red Fox Tavern
11/09 Eugene, OR Sam Bonds
11/10 Portland, OR Disjecta
11/11 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
11/12 Olympia, WA Manium
11/14 San Francisco, CA 12 Galaxies
11/15 San Diego, CA Casbah
11/16 Los Angeles, CA Ex Plex
11/17 San Luis Obispo, CA Monday Club
11/18 Big Sur, CA Fernwood Resort

09/01 New Orleans, LA Tipitina's
09/05 New York, NY Joe's Pub
09/08 Boston, MA Paradise Lounge
09/09 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live
09/14 Memphis, TN Gibson's Beale Street
09/15 Birmingham, AL Workplay Theatre
09/22 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge (AMA Conference)
09/23 Austin, TX Antone's
09/24 Houston, TX McGonigel's Mucky Duck
09/29 Atlanta, GA Smith's Olde Bar
09/30 Macon, GA Bragg Jam Festival
10/03 Los Angeles, CA Hotel Café
10/05 San Francisco, CA Cafe Du Nord
10/08 Seattle, WA Sunset Tavern

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August 23, 2006

Daedelus tour dates

Daedelus has some shows this month accross the United States.

09/01 - LOS ANGELES, CA @ THE GETTY CENTER (w/ Jamie Lidell)
09/08 - NEW YORK, NY @ THE ASTERISK
09/09 - NEW YORK, NY @ WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK (Sound Art Fest, w/ Prefuse 73, others)
09/16 - LOS ANGELES, CA @ WAREHOUSE, DROID BEHAVIOR 4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
09/18 - LOS ANGELES, CA @ THE TEMPLE BAR (w/ SpaceHeater, edIT, others)
09/22 - CHICAGO, IL @ SONOTHEQUE (for Histoire de Melodie and XLR8R 100th Issue Party)

For more info, check out Daedelus' Myspace page by clicking HERE.

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A-zap Records update from MELT-BANANA

From MELT-BANANA:

Hello, MELT-BANANA here.

These days, at last it seems that the summer has come! but now almost the
end of August... We had too many typhoons in July. It is not the reason but
these days I read books a lot, like I am addicted. I read all night long
till I can not keep my eyes open. First I was about to read one book a day,
but I am not use to go to a library so that I go to second hand book store,
but it costed more than I thought, so I read the old ones that I already
read, again and again.
In the fall, I wonder if this reading addiction will get worse...

* This year, MELT-BANANA play a lot of shows in Japan!
It seems that we won't tour abroad, and instead of that, we play many shows
in Japan. In august we are planning to go to play in northern part of Japan,
which is called Tohoku-chihou, and in the fall, we have a plan to go to
Kyoto and Osaka, which is called Kansai-chihou, and after that, we may go to
the northern island of Japan, which is called Hokkaido, and of course many
shows in Tokyo too, about 2 shows in every month.

Shows in abroad will be next year.

MELT-BANANA live schedule:

08/23 Ebisu MILK - all night (Tokyo, JAPAN)
08/25 Yamagata Furankuroidoraito (Yamagata, JAPAN)
08/26 Sendai JUKEBOX (Miyagi, JAPAN)
08/27 Morioka Club CHANGE (Iwate, JAPAN)
09/02 Juso FANDANGO (Osaka, JAPAN)

MELT-BANANA Official Web-site:
you can jump to MxBx page from HERE .
my space page HERE

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August 22, 2006

Bigg Jus and Radioinactive on tour

Bigg Jus and Mush Records alum Radioinactive will be hitting the road late this month. Jus will performing tracks from Poor People's Day, as well as selected songs from his previous solo and Company Flow work. They will be joined by Galapagos4 emcee Mestizo and Los Angeles battle vet Rheteric

08/24 MESA, AZ @ THE BLUNT CLUB
08/25 TUCSON, AZ @ VAUDVILLE
08/27 COSTA MESA, CA @ THE ROC
08/29 RENO, NV @ THE GREEN ROOM
08/30 SEATTLE, WA @ CHOP SUEY
08/31 OLYMPIA, WA @ THE CLIPPER
09/04 PORTLAND, OR @ TBA
09/08 PALM SPRINGS, CA @ THE ROCK GARDEN CAFE
09/10 HOLLYWOOD, CA @ THE KNITTING FACTORY

For more info on the shows, check out Radioinactive's Myspace page HERE.

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August 21, 2006

Daedelus tour dates

Daedelus live dates just announced:

09/08 NEW YORK, NY @ THE ASTERISK
09/09 NEW YORK, NY @ WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK (Sound Art Fest, w/ Prefuse 73, others)
09/22 CHICAGO, IL @ SONOTHEQUE (for Histoire de Melodie and XLR8R 100th Issue Party)

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New Vetiver tour dates

Vetiver November tour dates just announed:

11/08 Red Fox Tavern Eureka CA
11/09 Sam Bonds Eugene OR w/ Fruit Bats
11/10 Disjecta Portland OR w/ Fruit Bats
11/11 Tractor Tavern Seattle WA w/ Fruit Bats
11/12 Manium Olympia WA w/ Fruit Bats
11/14 12 Galaxies San Francisco CA
11/15 Casbah San Diego CA w/ Jolie Holland
11/16 Ex_Plx Los Angeles CA w/ Jolie Holland
11/17 Monday Club San Luis Obispo CA
11/18 Fernwood Resort Big Sur CA

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Munly tour dates

Munly, touring behind Munly and The Lee Lewis Harlots and recently re-issued back catalog:

09/09 - Fairplay, CO @ South Park Music Fest
09/14 - Kansas City, MO @ The Record Bar
09/15 - Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
09/16 - Chicago, IL @ Soth Union Arts
10/28 - Denver, CO @ Oriental Theater

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August 18, 2006

Bigg Jus video for "Hieronymus Bosch"

Bigg Jus has teamed up with Stemspot, who have created videos for Diplo's "Thingamajawn," Madvillain's "Shadows of Tomorrow," and Jus' own "Silver Back Mountain King," to create a video for the track "Illustrations of Hieronymus Bosch... That 1497 Shit". Click HERE to check it out.

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August 17, 2006

Mark Mallman tour dates

Mark Mallman hits the road with his notorious live shows..

09/16 Mad Planet - Milwaukee, WI
09/20 Double Door - Chicago, IL
09/21 Vaudeville Mews - Des Moines, IA
09/22 Hi Dive - Denver, CO
09/24 Urban Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT
09/27 Sunset Tavern - Seattle, WA
09/28 Mississippi Studios - Portland, OR
09/29 Diablo's Lounge - Eugene, OR
09/30 Annie's - San Francisco, CA
10/03 Safari Sam's - w/Giant Drag - Los Angeles, CA
10/04 Viper Room - Los Angeles, CA
10/05 Brick by Brick - San Diego, CA
10/06 The Cooler - Las Vegas, NV
10/07 Club Congress - Tucson, AZ

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August 16, 2006

Sparks "Dick Around" Rush Release

Its looking like a mid-November release date for a new release from Sparks. Titled Dick Around, the CD will contain a radio edit of the title track, an alternate version of "(Baby, Baby) Can I Invade Your Country", 3 live tracks, 2 music videos and a live interview with Steve Jones. Expect a special low price, too.

There will be a 7" single released at the same time with the forementioned versions of Dick Around/(Baby Baby) Can I Invade Your Country?.

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Sonic Youth Record (SYR)/Goofin' Records upcoming release

Work on a deluxe 4xLP vinyl edition of Sonic Youth’s landmark 1988 album, Daydream Nation, is underway. A Fall release is quite possible.

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Smooch Records updates

Lots of Smooch news to report!
The debut solo album from Andrew Douglas Rothbard is scheduled for release on Halloween. He has put three years into perfecting this record & it's well worth the wait. It's good folk music at the root but with layers of very trippy psychedelic sounds played backwards over it all. Many folks are fans of his song writing for years when Mr Rothbard fronted Pleasure Forever.

In November Jesus Let Me Down by Slim Cessna's Auto Club will be released as a proper album to stores, rather than being left out of print as a fan-club type release. The band & label agreed it was too good to be left out of print.

Galvanized Yankee by Munly will hopefully be available in Nov. or December. Like Blurry & Munly De Dar He, Munly's third album has been remastered by Bob Ferbrache.

Next year should be the most busy year for Smooch to date:
In January Introducing The Denver Gentlemen will (hopefully) be reissued. The Annik CD will finally be released in early 2007. Hopefully Ten Songs With No Music by Munly will be repressed early in the year as well. Bob Ferbrache is currently remastering Soul Merchants recordings from the original tapes, which will turn into a CD soon.

Another project the label is very excited to be part of is a CD compilation called Local Anesthetic. Local Anesthetic was the name of the label that current owner of Wax Trax (the record store in Denver, not the label in Chicago), Duane Davis, ran in the early 80s. The goal of the compilation will be to contain all of the singles released by Local Anesthetic as well as recordings from other old Denver/Boulder punk bands circa 77-83. So far most of the bands have excitedly given their seal of approval. Duane Davis is writing the liner notes & the CD will be packaged with all sorts of fun photos. The CD is also being released in honor of the 30 year anniversary of Wax Trax, quite a feat in indie music retail! In conjuction with the anniversary--the label is hoping to schedule a concert with some of the bands reforming to play the show.

Last but not least, Munly & the Lee Lewis Harlots are going on another mini-tour. Here are the times & places:

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August 15, 2006

Vashti Bunyan on NPR/Studio 360

Studio 360/David Krasnow taped interview and performance with Vashti Bunyan to air September 2nd-3rd - click HERE for local listings, air time and station carrying this nearest you

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August 14, 2006

Tigerbeat 6 upcoming releases

From Tigerbeat 6 after a seemingly endless stretch of production gigs and remix projects with the likes of Señor Coconut, Drop The Lime, Panico, Electronicat, Mike Shannon, The Numbers, Com.a, Atom™ and latin superstars Los Prisioneros, Chilean producer Original Hamster is back with a long player of his own: Original Hamster Presents Trendsetter And The Followers.

TB6 and dancehall / ragga affiliate Shockout will keep autumn dancefloors warm and cozy with releases from Ninjaman, Guess & Drop The Lime and a brand new comp titled Let’s Laser Tag, all scheduled in the near future.

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August 10, 2006

Final list of dates for Alias @ Tarsier

Alias & Tarsier national tour hitting pretty much every big city..

09/23 Portland, OR Doug Fir
09/24 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
09/25 Missoula, MT The Loft
09/27 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
09/28 Milwaukee-Stonefly
09/29 Chicago, IL Schubas Tavern
09/30 Lansing, MI Temple Club
10/01 Toronto, ON El Mocambo
10/03 Cambridge, MA T.T. The Bear's Place
10/05 Portland, ME Space Gallery
10/06 New York, NY Pianos
10/07 Philadelphia, PA Fire
10/08 Baltimore, MD Sonar
10/10 Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn
10/11 Gainesville , FL Common Grounds - Gainesville
10/12 Orlando, FL Back Booth
10/14 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
10/15 Austin, TX Emo's
10/17 Denton, TX Hailey's
10/18 Oklahoma City, OK Conservatory
10/20 Denver, CO Rock Island
10/21 Ft. Collins, CO- TBA
10/23 Salt Lake City, UT Kayo Gallery
10/25 Phoenix, AZ Modified Arts
10/26 San Diego, CA Casbah
10/27 Los Angeles, CA Echo
10/28 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill

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Scat Records upcoming releases

Scat has three titles in the on-deck circle, the first of which, Escape Velocity by Finn’s Motel, is a brilliant song cycle of unconventional power pop from Joe Thebeau, whose old band The Finns recently graced Numero Group label’s Yellow Pills Prefill comp. Some of the most imaginative, irresistible rock music ever, with songwriting prowess to rival the greats.

Next up would be Prisonshake’s Year of the Donk. A double-LP/CD featuring a different character on just about every track, but the good news is they all speak rock — albeit in a long-isolated dialect. Years of woodshedding in near total isolation will do that.

A collection of Styrenes’ tracks entitled All the Wrong People Are Dying rounds out the order. The CD compiles A Monster and the Devil along with other songs from the Mike Hudson (Pagans) era.

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August 09, 2006

Gnomonsong Records upcoming releases

Power Woman has revealed the following: the next Gnomonsong release will now probably be The Bride Of Dynamite, the debut album from Danielle Stech Hom. Long time Vetiver conspirator Thom Monahan has been overdubbing and mixing tracks with the singer-songwriter, with Andy Cabic himself dropping in to assist. Expect this release in Autumn?

Cabic is also spending some time in the summer helping out on recording and overdubs and mixing a new Papercuts album with Jason Quever. This album will probably follow the Danielle Stech Homsy release.

Michael Hurley is working on tunes in Astoria, Oregon (not to mention a separate project with Ida recorded in fits, on the East Coast) and maybe this Fall Snoc delivers something to the label for as speedy delivery to the public as we can provide. Power Woman has also provided omens of further projects to be revealed at the correct moment.

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Lisa Germano tour dates

Lisa Germano Upper Midwest and East Coast tour dates:

10/05 North Star Bar Philadelphia PA
10/06 Tonic New York NY
10/07 Iron Horse Music Hall Northampton MA
10/08 PA’s Lounge Somerville MA
10/09 AS 220 Art Space Providence RI
10/10 Valentine’s Albany NY
10/11 Mohawk Place Buffalo NY
10/13 Beachland Tavern Cleveland OH
10/14 Publico Gallery Cincinnati OH
10/15 Little Brothers Columbus OH (8pm early show)
10/17 Buskirk-Chumley Theater Bloomington IN
10/19 Cactus Bar Milwaukee WI
10/20 Turf Club St. Paul MN
10/21 Beat Kitchen Chicago IL
10/23 Stormy Records Space Detroit MI
10/24 Quiet Storm Coffee House Pittsburgh PA
10/25 Gravity Lounge Charlottesville VA
10/26 Iota Cafe Arlington VA
10/27 Barbes Brooklyn NY

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August 07, 2006

Ba Da Bing Records upcoming releases

Arriving shortly is the vinyl version of Beirut's Gulag Orkestar.

This Fall Ba-Da-Bing! delivers on the long promised Yummy Fur career retrospective. The CD will be rife with liner notes, nice packaging and a “Nice Price.” Oh yeah--for those who forget: yummy fur is the band that pre-dates Franz Ferdinand band (2 members are in FF, including thier frontman).

New albums are in the works as well from both Adrian Crowley and the James Orr Complex.

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Beirut late Summer/Autumn tour dates

Beirut on the road through the fall..more dates to be added later (including a run of dates in the South end of September):

08/13 Brooklyn, NY Macceran Pool
08/17 Columbus, OH Little Brothers
08/19 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
08/23 Washington, DC Warehouse Next Door
08/24 Philadelphia, PA Khyber
08/25 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
08/26 Cambridge, MA Middle East Downstairs
10/04 Toronto, ON Horseshoe
10/05 Ottawa, QC Zaphod Beezlebrox
10/07 Montreal, QC Le National
10/17 Seattle, WA Crocodile
10/18 Portland, OR Holocene
10/20 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
10/21 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
10/26 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad
10/28 Austin, TX Emo's

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August 04, 2006

Anyway Records Upcoming New Releases

In conjunction with Columbus, Ohio’s Discount Records, Anyway is reviving the Cowtown singles series. Volume five features tracks by The Cheater Slicks, Necropolis, Times New Viking and Jenny Mae.

Also slated for Fall release is a new album from The Whiles, whose Colors of The Year rounded out quite a few year-end lists in 2004 and was featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary Murderball.

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August 01, 2006

Upcoming Smells Like Records Releases

In September Smells Like Records presents The Wear And Tear Of Fear, a new solo recording from Two Dollar Guitar. The album, a jem of home-recorded guitars, singing and electronics, was mixed with Television’s Fred Smith.

The label is also excited about the scheduled Fall arrival of Continental 62, Christina Rosenvinge’s long-awaited follow-up to 2004’s well-received Foreign Land.

Also arriving this autumn is As Happy As Sad is Blue, a beautiful instrumental solo album from The Hungry Ghosts’ J. P. Shilo.

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Upcoming anticon releases

This Fall anticon releases Plane That Draws A White Line, the third collaborative effort from Alias & Tarsier. The new EP features remixes from their Brookland/ Oaklyn album by Boom Bip, Healamonster, Christ, Odd Nosdam and Neotropic plus several new tracks.

Lost Take, the highly anticipated new full-length from Dosh also appears Autumn bound. The album includes guest performances from indie media darlings Tapes ’N Tapes and Andrew Bird (Happy Apple).

Bracken-Heathens 12”
Debut by exciting new anticon signing Bracken. Will feature a single from the upcoming full length (due out this January), a remake of that track by Alias & Why? As well as two exclusive tracks.

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July 31, 2006

Tour dates

AKRON FAMILY

09/23 New York, NY Tonic (early and late shows)
10/04 Buffalo, NY Nietzsche's
10/05 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace
10/06 Ottawa, ON First Baptist Church
10/07 Montreal, QC Le Nationa

09/23 Portland, OR Doug Fir
09/24 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
09/25 Missoula, MT The Loft
09/27 Minneapolis, MN 7th st Entry
09/28 Madison, WI-
09/29 Chicago,IL-
09/30 Lansing, MI- Temple Bar
10/01 Toronto- El Mocambo
10/03 Boston, MA- TT the Bears
10/05 Portland, ME-Space Gallery
10/06 NYC, NY- Pianos
10/07 Philadelphia, PA-Fire
10/08 Baltimore, MD- Sonar
10/10 Atlanta, GA- Drunken Unicorn
10/11 Gainesville, FL - common ground
10/12 Orlando, FL- Backbooth
10/14 Baton Rouge, LA- Spanish Moon
10/15 Austinm, TX- Emos
10/17 Denton, TX- Hailey's
10/18 Oklahoma City, KS- Conservatory
10/20 Denver, CO- Rock Island
10/21 Ft. Collins, CO
10/23 Salt Lake City, UT- Kayo
10/25 Phoenix, AZ-
10/26 San Diego, CA-
10/27 LA, CA Echo
10/28 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill

BEIRUT

08/13 Brooklyn, NY Macceran Pool
08/17 Columbus, OH Little Brothers
08/18 Cincinnati, OH Alchemize
08/19 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
08/23 Washington, DC Warehouse Next Door
08/24 Philadelphia, PA Khyber
08/25 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
08/26 Cambridge, MA Middle East Downstairs
10/04 Toronto, ON Horseshoe
10/05 Ottawa, QC Zaphod Beezlebrox
10/07 Montreal, QC Le National
10/20 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
10/21 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
10/28 Austin, TX Emo's

VASHTI BUNYAN

08/04 Hereford, UK Big Chill
08/12 Leicester, UK Summer Sundae
09/01 Vancouver, BC Richard's On Richards
09/02 Portland, OR Hollywood Theater (Halleluwah Arts Fest)
09/03 Seattle, WA Bumbershoot Festival
09/06 Santa Cruz The Attic
09/07 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
09/08 Los Angeles, CA Getty Museum
09/09 Los Angeles- CA The Echo (w/ (w Nobody & Mystic Chords of Memory)
09/11 Chicago, IL Lakeshore Theater
09/14 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
09/15 Boston, MA Museum Of Fine Arts
09/16 Shelburne Falls, MA Memorial Hall Theater (Hilltown Folk Series)
10/03 Toronto, ON Harbourfront Center, Theater
10/05 Montreal, QC La Tulipe

COLOSSAL YES

08/03 San Francisco, CA Hotel Utah
08/27 San Francisco, CA Rite Spot (w/ Greg Ashley)

CURRENT 93

07/23 Moscow, Rus Ikra
07/24 Moscow, Rus Ikra (w/Six Organs of Admittance)

DOSH

08/04 Apple Valley, MN Weesner Family Amphitheater (Music in the Zoo)
08/06 Chicago, IL Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
08/20 Lyons, CO Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
09/17 Salt Lake City, UT Club Sound
09/19 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theater
09/20 San Diego, CA Belly Up Tavern
09/21 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre
09/22 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
09/26 Eugene, OR WOW Hall Community Center
09/27 Portland, OR Aladdin Theater
09/28 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
09/29 Vancouver, BC Media Club
09/30 Bellingham, WA Nightlight

08/17 Los Angeles, CA Amoeba Records (in-store 7pm)
08/31 Los Angeles, CA KRCW (on air performance)
09/01 Long Beach, CA Borders (in-store 8 PM)
09/02 Sherman Oaks, CA Borders (in-store 8 PM)
10/05 Philadelphia, PA North Star Bar
10/06 New York, NY Tonic
10/07 Northampton, MA Iron Horse Music Hall
10/08 Somerville, MA PA's Lounge
10/09 Providence, RI AS 220 Art Space
10/10 Albany, NY Valentine's
10/11 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
10/13 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern
10/15 Cincinnati, OH Publico Gallery
10/17 Bloomington, IN Buskirk-Chumley Theater
10/19 Milwaukee, WI Cactus Bar
10/20 St. Paul, MN Turf Club
10/21 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen
10/24 Pittsburgh, PA Quiet Storm Coffee House
10/25 Charlottesville, VA Gravity Lounge
10/26 Arlington, VA Iota Cafe
10/27 Brooklyn, NY Barbes

BRIAN GLAZE

08/12 San Francisco, CA Hotel Utah

GRIS GRIS

07/31 Dallas, TX Club Da Da
08/01 Austin, TX Emo's
08/03 Tucson, AZ Plush
08/04 Los Angeles, CA The Echo

JANA HUNTER

08/15 San Diego, CA The Casbah
08/17 Princeton, NJ WPRB (on air performance)

JANA HUNTER Sailboat Tour with Peter & the Wolf, Castanets; skippered by OCDJ

08/19 Brooklyn, NY Empty Vessel Project
08/19 Brooklyn, NY Northsix
08/22 Atlantic City, NJ TBA
08/23 Cape May, NJ TBA
08/26 Philadelphia, PA TBA
08/28 Wilmington, DE TBA
08/30 Annapolis, MD TBA
09/02 St. Mary's City, MD TBA
09/04 Norfolk, VA Relative Theory (in-store)

KID606

08/03 Amsterdam, NL Paradiso
08/05 Tilburg, NL 013
08/06 Venlo, NL Zoomerpaark Fest
08/16 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall

LICHENS

08/01 Bloomington, IN Landlocked Music Space (w/ Vetiver)
08/02 Grand Rapids, MI Division Ave Arts Cooperative (w/ Vetiver)
08/03 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle (w/ Vetiver)

08/29 Minneapolis, MN Electric Fetus (in-store)
09/09 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue Main Room
09/21 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville mews
09/22 Denver, CO The Hi Dive
09/29 Eugene, OR Diablos Downtown Lounge
10/04 Los Angeles, CA The Viper Room
10/07 Tucson, AZ Club Congress

MAMMATUS

08/03 San Francisco, CA Cafe Du Nord
08/05 Oakland, CA Ghost Town Gallery
08/08 San Francisco, CA Thee Parkside
09/06 Santa Cruz, CA The Blue Lagoon
10/19 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill (w/ Suishou No Fune)

08/24 Coventry, UK Taylor Johns
08/25 Stockton, UK Georgian
08/26 Newcastle, UK Agora
08/27 Glasgow, SCT Mono
08/29 Limerick, IRL Boat House
08/30 Belfast, NIR Aunt Annies
08/31 Dublin, IRL Whelans (w/ Vetiver)
09/01 Nottingham, UK Social
09/02 Birmingham, UK Custard Factory
09/03 Leeds, UK Faversham
09/05 Cardiff, WLS Buffalo Bar
09/06 Brighton, UK Hanbury Ballroom
09/07 London, UK Spitz (w/ Vetiver)
09/09 Bristol, UK Cube Cinema
09/10 Isle of Wight, UK Bestival Festival

08/04 Alterswil, CH Stonehill Festival
08/19 Düsseldorf, DEU Open Source Festival
08/25 Feest, BEL Het Park Festival
08/26 Wiesbaden, DEU Folklore Im Garten Festival
09/02 Bari, IT Acqua In Testa Festival
11/02 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
11/03 San Francisco, CA The Independent
11/04 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
11/05 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
11/07 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
11/08 Columbus, OH Wexner Center
11/09 Toronto, ON The Mod Club
11/10 Montreal, QC La Sala Rossa
11/11 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom

08/11 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre
09/14 Kansas City, MO The Record Bar
09/15 Chicago, IL The Note
10/27 Denver, CO Oriental Theatre

NOBODY AND MYSTIC CHORDS OF MEMORY

08/09 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop
09/09 Los Angeles, CA The Echo (w/ Vashti Bunyan)
09/10 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Music Box Theater

THE OCTOPUS PROJECT

09/14 Austin, TX Emo's

OM

09/22 Toronto, ON Music Gallery (X Avant Festival)
09/23 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
10/21 Los Angeles, CA Echo Plex (Arthur Nights)

DON PERIS

08/09 Northampton, MA Ironhorse club
08/10 New York, NY Pianos
08/11 Philadelphia, PA Tin Angel
08/12 Washington, DC Jammin Java

10/08 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
10/09 Santa Cruz, CA Metamusic

JACK ROSE

08/01 New York, NY Tonic
08/19 Clyro, WLS Green Man Festival
08/24 Cork, IRL Tiki lounge
08/27 Dublin, IRL The Lazybird

08/03 Cleveland, OH Kuyahoga Festival
08/04 Detroit, MI State Theater
08/05 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza Festival
08/11 Brooklyn, NY McCarren Park Pool
08/12 Brooklyn, NY McCarren Park Pool
08/24 St. Paul, MN Minnesota State Fair
08/25 Council Bluffs, IA Stir Cove at Harrah's
08/26 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
08/28 Columbus, OH Promowest Pavilion
08/31 Allentown, PA Allentown Fair
09/01 Syracuse, NY New York State Fair
09/03 Boston, MA Bank of America Pavilion

SUISHOU NO FUNE

10/19 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill (w/Mammatus)

SUNROOF!

08/11 Big Sur, CA Henry Miller Library (Quiet Quiet Forest Spectrum Festival)
08/12 San Francisco, CA Hemlock Tavern
08/13 Saratoga, CA Montalvo Arts Center (Bleeding Edge Festival)
08/16 Seattle, WA Jewel Box Theatre/the Rendezvous
08/17 Portland, OR Food Hole
TEAM DRESCH

09/28 Chicago, IL Estrojam

VETIVER

07/31 Cincinnati, OH Publico Gallery (w/ Lichens)
08/01 Bloomington, IN Landlocked Music Space (w/ Lichens)
08/02 Grand Rapids, MI Division Ave Arts Cooperative (w/ Lichens)
08/03 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle (w/ Lichens)
08/04 Milwaukee, WI Cactus Bar (w/ Lichens)
08/05 St. Paul, MN Turf Club (w/ Lichens)

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July 28, 2006

Cavalcade of Lisa Germano press continues!

Spin Magazine August '06
By Mikael Wood

A rock violinist-for-hire whose Rolodex probably rivals Itzhak Perlman’s
(she’s played with John Mellencamp and David Bowie, among others), Lisa
Germano treats her circus-noir solo albums like opportunities to play the
freaky shit that her bandleader bosses would never go for. In the Maybe
World, her seventh album, is Germano’s wooziest and most ethereal yet, a
haunted swirl of shimmering strings, breathy vocals and warped-mirror piano.

Bust Magazine Aug./Sept. '06
by Michael Levine

As the Cat Power-gushing continues unabated, I’d like to raise the flag for
Lisa Germano – a close-to-the-edge chick, whose latest, in the maybe world,
offers a heady dose of dysfunctional brilliance. Atmosphere takes center
stage on all Germano releases. This one features her signature hazy,
antique-music-box, homemade quality, seasoned with sparkling keyboards and
chiming guitars. Not only is Miss G. a gifted multi-instrumentalist, but
she’s also a very personal songwriter. With her breathy half-sung,
half-spoken voice, she sings of emotional havoc and unattainable love.
Thanks heavens Michael Gira (of Swans) had the good sense to sign her. Not
too many labels would risk signing such a potent songstress.

Under The Radar Magazine Summer '06
By Gareth Maher

With this album, Lisa has opened up much more of herself than she ever has
on previous records. The twelve songs reveal a purity and honesty to not
only her songwriting, but her singing as well. On “Too Much Space” there is
an elegant dream-like ambience that her vocals perfectly express with a
measured dosage of timing and pitch. She has the type of voice that can
seduce, excite and entertain the listener. It also helps that she can rely
on the strength of deeply affecting songs like “Into Oblivion,” “Wire, “and
“Except for the Ghosts.” Whether you listen to this album from start to
finish or using shuffle, there is enchanting imagery to these songs that is
impossible to escape. You will want to play this album allover again as soon
as it finished.

Dream Magazine June '06
By George Parsons

Lisa Germano "In the Maybe World" (Young God) Lisa Germano writes
broken-hearted lullabies and sings them in a raspy warm whispery voice. She
is not afraid of the dark or the unsettling; but despite how scary her
songs may get, there is also something oddly comforting about them. Hope
and hopelessness waltz together in the twilight. Often the sweetly musical
sound of her songs belies their bleaker lyrical themes. These could be songs
for someone’s last day on Earth; or they could be songs for the last day of
the universe. A heartache big and sorrowful enough to swallow time itself. A
place where love and hate merge into an overwhelming and terrifying sort of
compassion and empathy. Lisa has never made a better album, and all of her
records are excellent. If you have never heard her before, start here. If
you are among the already converted, here is one more reason to rejoice

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Planet Mu updates!

All of these new releases with release months are VERY speculative:

SEPTEMBER:
MILANESE VS VIRUS SYNDICATE - "DEAD MAN WALKING" 12"

PINCH - "PUNISHER/PUNISHER V.I.P" 12"

MILANESE - "EXTEND" 2LP/CD

BENGA - "COMB 60S/KILLERS ABOUT" 12"

TOM BURBANK - "FAMOUS FIRST WORDS" 2LP/CD

NEIL LANDSTRUMM - "KIDS WAKE UP/HARLEM SHOOT ME" 12"

HAWERCHUK - "FOUR MESSENGERS/MR.LEOTARDO" 12"

VENETIAN SNARES - "HOSPITALITY" 12"/CD

JULIAN FANE - "THE MOON IS DEAD" 7"

OCTOBER:
DISTANCE - "MY DEMONS" 2LP/CD

BIZZY B - "SCIENCE E.P. VOLUME VI" 2x10"

HATCHA & BENGA - "10 TONS HEAVY/PROGRESSION" 12"

JULIAN FANE - "OUR NEW QUARTERS" LP/CD

JO APPS - "KAUSIKAN" 7"

JAKE SLAZENGER - "PEWTER DRAGON" 7"

MARY ANNE HOBBS - "WARRIOR DUBZ" CD/2LP

MRK1 - "SLOPE" 12"

MRK1 - "TWO STEPS FORWARD" 2LP/CD

NOVEMBER:
PINCH - "PUNISHER - LOEFAH & SKREAM REMIXES" 12"

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Lisa Germano on Public Radio International/Studio 360

PRI's "Studio 360" will be including interview and performance by the lovely
and extraordinarily talented Lisa Germano.

Click HERE to find the stations that carry this program in various markets -
refer to local listings for air time in particular markets

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July 25, 2006

Alias & Tarsier podcast

Courtsey of anticon's website, please check out Alias & Tarsier's custom podcast by clicking HERE.

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Bibio music in new L.L. Bean TV campaign

Bibio's track "Bewley in Grey" from his debut, fi, has been licensed by L.L. Bean for their new advertising camapign.

click HERE to check it out for yourself.

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Badman Recording Co. artists on tour

Don Peris
08/09 Northhampton, MA IRON HORSE w/ Denison Witmer
08/10 New York, NY Pianos w/denison witmer
08/11 Philly, PA Tin Angel w/denison witmer
08/12 Washington, DC Jammin Java w/ denison witmer

Mark Mallman
08/29 Mpls, MN Free in-store at Electric Fetus
09/09 Mpls, MN FIRST AVENUE MAIN-ROOM
09/21 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville mews
09/22 Denver, CO The Hi Dive
09/29 Eugene, OR Diablos Downtown Lounge
10/04 LA, CA The Viper Room
10/07 Tucson, AZ Club Congress

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July 10, 2006

Jana Hunter tour dates

As part of the already buzzed about Castanets "Sailboat Tour" dates (see links/story below)..Jana Hunter will be touring.

But first:
07/18 Los Angeles, CA - Hypnorituals and Mesmemusical Miracles Hanging in the Sky: 5 Nights of Soleros and Bandoleros at El Cid!!!!!!! (day 1 of 5-- a Devendra Banhart 5 night curated event in L.A.)
08/15 San Diego, CA - The Casbah w/ Castanets, Phosphorescent
08/17 - Princeton, NJ - appearance on Princeton WPRB radio (The Porpoise and its Purpose w. Davida)

Sailboat Tour with Peter & the Wolf, Castanets; skippered by OCDJ:
08/19 - Brooklyn, NY - Empty Vessel Project
08/22 - Atlantic City, NJ
08/23 - Cape May, NJ
08/26 - Philadelphia, PA
08/28 - Wilmington, DE
08/30 - Annapolis, MD
09/02 - St. Mary's City, MD
09/04 - Norfolk, VA - Relative Theory

Sailboat Tour Press (all "high price of gas" related):
austinist
msnbc/newsweek
abc news
portland mercury
tripwire.com
mtv.com
blogs.papermag.com
gorrilla vs bear.com
vh1.com
suicide girls.com

Northeast Tour with Deer Tick (more dates to be announced):
10/13 Providence, RI - AS220
10/16 Portsmouth, NH - The Red Door

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July 07, 2006

New Why? video posted online

The video for the song "Dumb Hummer" from Why? is posted online. Check it out HERE

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Akron Family tour dates announced

Akron/Family's first batch of confirmed shows to support the upcoming new release "Meek Warrior" (st date 10/3/06):

09/23 New York NY Tonic- 2 shows same night
10/04 Buffalo NY Nietzsche's
10/05 Toronto ON Lee's Palace
10/06 Ottawa ON First Baptist Church
10/07 Montreal QC Le Nationa

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June 29, 2006

Tour date updates

ALIAS

07/14 Arnhem, NL Goudvishal
07/15 Ghent, BEL Boomtown Festival
07/16 Dour, BEL Dour Festival
07/17 Hamburg, DEU Hafenklang
07/21 Berlin, GER Trompete
07/22 Moskau, RUS Biscuitgang

09/23 Portland Doug Fir
09/23 Portland Berbatis
09/24 Seattle
09/25 Missoula
09/27 Minneapolis
09/28 Millwaukee/Madison
09/29 Chicago
09/30 Lansing, MI
10/01 Toronto
10/02 Montreal
10/04 Portland
10/05 Boston
10/06 NYC
10/07 Philly
10/08 Baltimore
10/10 Atlanta
10/11 Gainesville
10/12 Orlando
10/13 Tallahassee
10/14 Baton Rouge
10/15 Austin
10/17 Dallas/Denton
10/18 Oklahoma City, OK
10/20 Denver
10/21 Ft. Collins
10/23 Salt Lake City
10/25 Phoenix/Tucson
10/26 San Diego
10/27 LA
10/28 San Francisco

BEIRUT

07/21 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
08/13 Brooklyn, NY Macceran Pool
08/19 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
08/23 Washington, DC Warehouse Next Door
08/24 Philadelphia, PA Khyber
08/25 New York, NY Mercury Lounge

BLACK LIPS

06/29 London, UK Dirty Water Club

CARLA BOZULICH

07/01 San Diego, CA Che Cafe
07/02 Tucson, AZ Solar Culture
07/06 Austin, TX Emo's
07/07 Houston, TX Super Happy Fun Land
07/11 Charlotte, NC Milestone
07/13 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church Chapel
07/28 Denver, CO Hi Dive
07/29 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court

VASHTI BUNYAN

07/03 Malmo, SWE Accelerator Festival
07/05 Goteborg, SWE Accelerator Festival
07/06 Stockholm, SWE Accelerator Festival
07/07 Kristiansand, NOR Quart Festival
08/04 Hereford, UK Big Chill
08/12 Leicester, UK Summer Sundae
09/01 Vancouver, BC Richard's On Richards
09/02 Portland, OR Hollywood Theater (Halleluwah Arts Fest)
09/03 Seattle, WA Bumbershoot Festival
09/07 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
09/08 Los Angeles, CA Getty Museum
09/09 Los Angeles- CA The Echo (w/ (w Nobody & Mystic Chords of Memory)
09/11 Chicago, IL Lakeshore Theater
09/14 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
09/15 Boston, MA Museum Of Fine Arts
09/16 Shelburne Falls, MA Memorial Hall Theater (Hilltown Folk Series)

COLOSSAL YES

07/08 San Francisco, CA Hemlock Tavern
08/03 San Francisco, CA Hotel Utah
08/27 San Francisco, CA Rite Spot (w/ Greg Ashley)

07/20 Brooklyn, NY Sound Fix (in-store 8 PM)
07/27 Los Angeles, CA Largo
08/17 Los Angeles, CA Amoeba Records (in-store 7pm)

BRIAN GLAZE

07/12 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop
08/12 San Francisco, CA Hotel Utah

JEL

07/13 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill

KID606

07/14 San Francisco, CA 12 galaxies
08/03 Amsterdam, NL Paradiso
08/05 Tilburg, NL 013
08/06 Venlo, NL Zoomerpaark Fest

MARK KOZELEK

07/09 Montreal, QC Mile End Cultural Centre
07/12 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace

LANTERNA

07/10 London, UK 12 BAR CLUB
07/11 London, UK Betsey Trotwood
07/27 Salerno, IT La Volpe E Luve
07/29 Catania SIC Mercati Generali

LARSEN

07/05 Bari, IT Zenzero
09/05 Rome, IT Circolo Degli Artisti
10/05 Napoli, IT Galleria Toledo
11/05 Genova, IT Teatro Della Tosse

LICHENS

06/29 Seattle WA Sunset Tavern
06/30 Portland, OR Towne Lounge
07/01 San Francisco, CA Hemlock Tavern
07/02 Santa Cruz, CA Blue Lagoon
07/03 San Diego, CA Che Cafe
07/06 Baltimore, MD Talking Head
07/07 Brooklyn, NY Union Pool
07/08 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
07/28 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern (w/ Vetiver)
07/29 Columbus, OH Wexner Center for Arts at OSU (w/ Vetiver)
07/31 Cincinnati, OH Publico Gallery (w/ Vetiver)
08/01 Bloomington, IN Landlocked Music Space (w/ Vetiver)
08/02 Grand Rapids, MI Division Ave Arts Cooperative (w/ Vetiver)
08/03 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle (w/ Vetiver)

08/29 Minneapolis, MN Electric Fetus (in-store)
09/09 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue Main Room

MAMMATUS

08/08 San Francisco, CA Cafe Du Nord

07/01 Roskilde, DNK Roskilde Festival
08/24 Coventry, UK Taylor Johns
08/25 Stockton, UK Georgian
08/26 Newcastle, UK Agora
08/27 Glasgow, SCT Mono
08/29 Limerick, IRL Boat House
08/30 Belfast, NIR Aunt Annies
08/31 Dublin, IRL Whelans (w/ Vetiver)
09/01 Nottingham, UK Social
09/02 Birmingham, UK Custard Factory
09/03 Leeds, UK Faversham
09/05 Cardiff, WLS Buffalo Bar
09/06 Brighton, UK Hanbury Ballroom
09/07 London, UK Spitz (w/ Vetiver)
09/09 Bristol, UK Cube Cinema
09/10 Isle of Wight, UK Bestival Festival

MISS ALEX WHITE & THE RED ORCHESTRA

06/29 Tucson, AZ Plush

MOUSE ON MARS

07/08 Athens, GR Synch Festival
07/15 Naples, IT Neapolis Festival
08/04 Alterswil, CH Stonehill Festival
08/19 Düsseldorf, DEU Open Source Festival
08/25 Feest, BEL Het Park Festival
08/26 Wiesbaden, DEU Folklore Im Garten Festival
09/02 Bari, IT Acqua In Testa Festival
11/02 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
11/03 San Francisco, CA The Independent
11/04 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
11'05 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
11/07 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
11/08 Columbus, OH Wexner Center
11/09 Toronto, ON The Mod Club
11/10 Montreal, QC La Sala Rossa
11/11 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom

06/29 San Francisco, CA Hemlock Tavern (free show)
06/30 Portland, OR Dante's
07/01 Seattle, WA The Can Can
07/09 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge (BBQ Acoustic show)
08/11 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre
09/14 Kansas City, MO The Record Bar
09/15 Chicago, IL The Note
10/27 Denver, CO Oriental Theatre

NOBODY AND MYSTIC CHORDS OF MEMORY

06/29 San Francisco, CA Mezzanine
07/09 Los Angeles, CA The Echo (w/ Vashti Bunyan)

OM

07/29 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
09/22 Toronto, ON Music Gallery (X Avant Festival)
09/23 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle

DON PERIS

08/09 Northampton, MA Ironhorse club
08/10 New York, NY Pianos
08/11 Philadelphia, PA Tin Angel
08/12 Washington, DC Jammin Java

QUINTRON AND MISS PUSSYCAT

06/30 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
07/01 Houston, TX Super Happy Funland
07/02 Dallas, TX Gypsy Tea Room
07/03 Austin, TX Emo's
07/05 Tucson, AZ Plush
07/06 Phoenix, AZ Trunk Space
07/08 Los Angeles, CA Spaceland
07/09 Los Angeles, CA Echo
07/13 Sacramento, CA Fools Foundation
07/14 San Francisco, CA 12 Galaxies
07/15 Oakland, CA 21 Grand
07/18 Portland, OR Dante's
07/19 Seattle, WA Sunset Tavern
07/20 Boise, ID Neurolux
07/21 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
07/22 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
07/24 Columbia, MO Eastside Tavern
07/27 Nashville, TN The End
07/28 Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn

JACK ROSE

07/20 Philadelphia, PA Unitarian Side Chapel with Black Swans
07/22 Brooklyn, NY The Brooklyn Fireproof
07/24 Portland, ME The Space Gallery
07/25 Boston, MA Twisted Village Records (in-store)
07/26 North Hampton, MA Gallery TK
07/28 Martha's Vineyard, MA Aboveground Records (in-store)
07/29 Providence, RI AS220
08/01 New York, NY Tonic
08/19 Clyro, WLS Green Man Festival
08/24 Cork, IRL Tiki lounge
08/27 Dublin, IRL The Lazybird

SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM

07/06 Hollywood, CA Knitting Factory
07/07 Oakland, CA Oakland Metro
07/08 Oakland, CA Oakland Metro

06/29 Missoula, MT UM Theatre
06/30 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre
07/01 Portland, OR Roseland Ballroom
07/03 Sacramento, CA Empire
07/04 Reno, NV The Theatre @ Reno Hilton
07/06 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand
07/07 San Diego, CA Cox Arena
07/09 Los Angeles, CA Forum
07/10 Los Angeles, CA Forum
07/13 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl
07/16 San Francisco, CA Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
07/18 San Francisco, CA Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
07/22 Byron Bay, AUS Splendour in the Grass Festival
07/24 Melbourne, AUS Palace
07/26 Sydney, AUS Enmore
07/29 Niigata, JPN Naeba Ski Resort (Fujirock Festival)
08/03 Cleveland, OH Kuyahoga Festival
08/04 Detroit, MI State Theater
08/05 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza Festival

THE STARES

07/14 Seattle, WA Sunset Tavern
07/15 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios

SUNROOF!

09/28 Chicago, IL Estrojam

TIME FLYS

06/30 San Francisco, CA Cafe Du Nord
VETIVER

07/11 Charlotte NC The Evening Muse
07/12 Raleigh, NC King's Tavern
07/13 Greensboro, NC Flying Anvil
07/14 Charlottesville, VA Satellite Ballroom
07/15 Baltimore, MD Talking Head Club
07/16 Washington, DC Warehouse Theater Next door
07/18 Philadelphia, PA The Khyber
07/19 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Fire Proof Folk Series
07/20 New York, NY Tonic
07/21 Somerville, MA PA's Lounge
07/22 New Haven, CT Rudy's
07/23 Providence, RI AS 220 Art Space
07/25 Albany, NY Valentine's
07/26 Montreal, QC La Sala Rossa
07/27 Toronto, ON Drake Hotel Underground
07/28 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern (w/ Lichens)
07/29 Columbus, OH Wexner Center for Arts at OSU (w/ Lichens)
07/31 Cincinnati, OH Publico Gallery (w/ Lichens)
08/01 Bloomington, IN Landlocked Music Space (w/ Lichens)
08/02 Grand Rapids, MI Division Ave Arts Cooperative (w/ Lichens)
08/03 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle (w/ Lichens)
08/04 Milwaukee, WI Cactus Bar (w/ Lichens)
08/05 St. Paul, MN Turf Club (w/ Lichens)

WHY?

06/28 Nancy, FR Azimuth
06/29 Paris, FR Mojo Festival
06/30 Nantes, FR Scopitone Festival
07/01 Roskilde, DK Roskilde Festival
07/02 Rotterdam, NL Metropolis Festival

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June 28, 2006

Birdman videos posted (Modey Lemon, Gris Gris, more)

Click HERE to check out videos from BIrdman's illustrious catalog. Videos from:

Modey Lemon
Cuts
Gris Gris
pffr
Paula Frazer
Apes
Greg Ashley

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20/20/20 Records videos posted

Click HERE to see live footage from Damon & Naomi with guests from various tour dates.

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June 26, 2006

Jack Rose tour dates

Jack Rose tour dates
07/20 Philadelphia, PA - Unitarian Side Chapel with Black Swans
07/22 Brooklyn, NY - The Brooklyn Fireproof
07/23 New Haven, CT - TBA
07/24 Portland, ME - The Space Gallery with Glenn Jones
07/25 Boston, MA - Twisted Village Records
07/26 North Hampton, MA - Gallery TK
07/27 Boston, MA - TBA with Glenn Jones
07/28 Martha's Vineyard, MA - Aboveground Records with Glenn Jones
07/29 Providence, RI - AS220 with Glenn Jones
07/30 Saratogoa Springs, NY - TBA
08/01 New York, NY - Tonic with Souled American
08/19 greenman festival, wales uk
08/24 Cork, Ireland Tiki lounge
08/27 Dublin, Ireland The Lazybird

European tour plans are still being sorted out, details forthcoming.

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Smooch Records updates

Smooch just created a myspace acct. & the url is HERE. Munly's first 2 albums are being reissued on July 10 & Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots are on a brief West Coast tour.

06/29 Hemlock Tavern San Francisco, CA FREE SHOW! w/ Jeffrey Luck Lucas
06/30 Dante's Portland, OR
07/01 The Can Can Seattle, WA
07/09 Larimer Lounge Denver, CO BBQ Acoustic show
08/11 Bluebird Theatre Denver, CO
09/14 The Record Bar Kansas City, MO
09/15 The Note Chicago, IL
09/16 TBA Minneapolis, MN
10/27 Oriental Theatre Denver, CO

Andrew Douglas Rothbard, formerly of Pleasure Forever (slaves) & The VSS, is putting on the final touches on his debut solo album that will be released later in the year.

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June 21, 2006

Anticon live dates including WHY?, Jel and Alias (solo) European Dates:

WHY?
06/24 Verdur Rock - Namur, BEL
06/25. Avant Festival - Moskau, RUS
06/27. Ubel & Gefahrlich - Hamburg, DEU
06/28. Azimuth - Nancy, FR
06/29. Mojo Festival - Paris, FR
06/30. Scopitone Festival - Nantes, FR
07/01. Roskilde Festival - Roskilde, DK
07/02. Metropolis Festival - Rotterdam, NL

Jel
07/13 @ Bottom of the Hill W/ P.O.S. (Rhymesayers)

Alias
07/14. Goudvishal - Arnhem, NL
07/15. Boomtown Festival - Ghent, BEL
07/16. Dour Festival - Dour, BEL
07/17 Hafenklang - Hamburg, DEU
07/21. Trompete - Berlin, GER
07/22. Biscuitgang - Moskau, RUS

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Beirut video footage

Beirut "Gulag Orkestar" video footage (albeit raw/unauthorized) on You Tube:

A quick thirty second piece of the Sound Fix instore - with the band playing one of the new songs: HERE

Postcards From Italy at Sound Fix: HERE

Postcards from Italy boot from last night: HERE

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June 13, 2006

Tours galore

APES

06/13 Denver, CO High Dive
06/14 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
06/15 Iowa City, IA Gabe's Oasis
06/16 Moline, IL Mode Arts
06/ 17 Madison, WI The Loft
06/18 Chicago, IL Logan Square Auditorium
06/19 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
06/20 Rochester, NY The Bug Jar
06/21 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace
06/22 Montreal, QC Cabaret Music Hall
06/23 Boston, MA Paradise
06/24 New York, NY Warsaw
06/25 Baltimore, MD Sonar
06/26 New York, NY Avalon

BEIRUT

06/17 Brooklyn, NY Sound Fix (In-store 8 PM)
06/20 Brooklyn, NY North Six
06/23 Northampton, MA TK Gallery
06/24 Somerville, MA Pa's Lounge
07/21 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
08/23 Washington, DC Warehouse Next Door
08/24 Philadelphia, PA Khyber
08/25 New York, NY Mercury Lounge

BLACK LIPS

06/14 Stavanger, NOR Cementen
06/15 Oslo, NOR Elm Street
06/16 Stockholm, SWE Suburbia
06/17 Stockholm, SWE Fritz' Corner @ Debaser
06/18 Gothenburg, SWE Henriksberg Kajutan
06/22 Cagliari, IT Corto Maltese
06/29 London, UK Dirty Water Club

CARLA BOZULICH

VASHTI BUNYAN

07/03 Malmo, SWE Accelerator Festival
07/05 Goteborg, SWE Accelerator Festival
07/06 Stockholm, SWE Accelerator Festival
07/07 Kristiansand, NOR Quart Festival
08/04 Hereford, UK Big Chill
08/12 Leicester, UK Summer Sundae
09/01 Vancouver, BC Richard's On Richards
09/02 Portland, OR Hollywood Theater (Halleluwah Arts Fest)
09/03 Seattle, WA Bumbershoot Festival
09/07 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
09/08 Los Angeles, CA Getty Museum
09/09 Los Angeles- CA Rec Center Studios (w Nobody & Mystic Chords of Memory)
09/11 Chicago, IL Lakeshore Theater
09/14 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
09/15 Boston, MA Museum Of Fine Arts
09/16 Shelburne Falls, MA Memorial Hall Theater (Hilltown Folk Series)

COLOSSAL YES

06/19 San Francisco, CA The Knockout
07/08 San Francisco, CA Hemlock Tavern

COUNTRY TEASERS

06/12 Columbus, OH Bourbon Street (w/ Times New Viking)
06/13 Baltimore, MD Ottobar (w/ Times New Viking)
06/14 Philadelphia, PA Khyber (w/ Times New Viking)
06/15 New York, NY Tonic
06/16 Jersey City, NJ WFMU (on air performance)
06/16 Brooklyn, NY Syrup Room

THE CUTS

06/13 Milwaukee, WI Riverwest Commons
06/14 Green Bay, WI Main Stage
06/15 Chicago, IL Subterranean
06/16 Memphis, TN The Buccaneer
06/19 Austin, TX Emo's
06/20 Juarez, MEX Sarawak
06/21 Tucson, AZ Plush
06/22 Los Angeles, CA Safari Sam's
06/23 San Francisco, CA The Hemlock (w/ Miss Alex White & The Hutches)

DROP THE LIME

06/14 Graz, AUT Veilchen
06/16 Vooruit Gent, BEL Wood XIV
06/17 Berlin, DEU Zentrale Randlage
06/20 Brighton, UK Pressure Point
06/22 Bristol, UK Ruffnek Diskotek @ TIMBUK 2
06/23 Birmingham, UK The Bull's Head
06/24 Liverpool, UK Cello Lounge

BRIAN GLAZE

07/12 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop
08/12 San Francisco, CA Hotel Utah

06/13 Rochester, NY Bug Jar
06/14 Providence, RI Century
06/15 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
06/16 Philadelphia, PA Khyber Pass
06/17 Charlottesville, VA Tea Bazar
06/18 Chapel Hill. NC Local 506
06/19 Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn
06/20 Knoxville, KY Pilot Light
06/21 Louisville, TN Uncle Pleasants
06/22 Pittsburgh, PA Garfield
06/24 Boston, MA PA Lounge

THE HUNCHES

06/20 Seattle, WA Funhouse (w/ Miss Alex White)
06/23 San Francisco, CA Hemlock Tavern (w/ Miss Alex White)
06/24 Los Angeles, CA Spaceland (w/ Miss Alex White)

KID606

06/16 San Francisco, CA Hemlock Tavern
07/14 San Francisco, CA 12 galaxies
08/03 Amsterdam, NL Paradiso
08/05 Tilburg, NL 013
08/06 Venlo, NL Zoomerpaark Fest

MARK KOZELEK

05/24 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
05/26 Boston, MA Museum Of Fine Arts
05/27 Northampton, MA Iron Horse
05/29 Rochester, NY Milestones Music Room
05/30 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
06/03 San Francisco, CA The Great American Music Hall
07/09 Montreal, QC Mile End Cultural Centre
07/12 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace

LICHENS

06/26 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
06/28 Missoula, MT Raven Cafe
06/29 Seattle WA Sunset Tavern
06/30 Portland, OR Towne Lounge
07/01 San Francisco, CA Hemlock Tavern
07/02 Santa Cruz, CA Blue Lagoon
07/03 San Diego, CA Che Cafe
07/06 Baltimore, MD Talking Head
07/07 Brooklyn, NY Union Pool
07/08 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
07/28 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern (w/ Vetiver)
07/29 Columbus, OH Wexner Center for Arts at OSU (w/ Vetiver)
07/31 Cincinnati, OH Publico Gallery (w/ Vetiver)
08/01 Bloomington, IN Landlocked Music Space (w/ Vetiver)
08/02 Grand Rapids, MI Division Ave Arts Cooperative (w/ Vetiver)
08/03 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle (w/ Vetiver)

MAMMATUS (w/RESIDUAL ECHOES )

06/13 Asheville, NC Static Age
06/14 Knoxville, TN Pilot Light
06/15 Murfreesboro, TN Grand Palace [in-store]
06/16 Ft. Worth, TX Metrognome
06/17 Austin, TX Emo's
06/20 San Diego, CA The Café
06/21 Los Angeles, CA Silverlake Lounge
06/22 Ventura, CA Grady's Record Refuge [in-store]
06/23 Santa Cruz, CA the Blue Lagoon
06/24 San Francisco, CA Hemlock Tavern

MISS ALEX WHITE & THE RED ORCHESTRA

06/15 Columbia, MO East Side Tavern
06/16 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
06/17 Denver, CO Lion's Lair
06/20 Seattle, WA Funhouse (w/ The Hunches)
06/23 San Francisco, CA Hemlock Tavern (w/ The Hunches, The Cuts)
06/24 Los Angeles, CA Spaceland (w/ The Hunches)
06/29 Tucson, AZ Plush

NAKED AGGRESSION

06/15 Dijon, FR Les Tanneries Squat
06/17 Leuven, BEL Villa Squattus Dei
06/18 Giessen, DEU AK44
06/19 Aachen, DEU AZ
06/20 Oberhausen, DEU Druckluft
06/21 Kiel, DEU Alte Meierei

NURSE WITH WOUND

06/16 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
06/17 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall

THE OCTOPUS PROJECT

06/13 Philadelphia, PA North Star Bar
06/14 Cambridge, MA The Middle East
06/16 Detroit, MI Shelter

OM

07/29 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill

QUINTRON AND MISS PUSSYCAT

RESIDUAL ECHOES (w/ MAMMATUS)

SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM

07/06 Hollywood, CA Knitting Factory
07/07 Oakland, CA Oakland Metro
07/08 Oakland, CA Oakland Metro