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Range anxiety – has the realisation yet to dawn?

January 17th, 2011 | No Comments

This BBC report summarises the difficulties at the heart of the electric car proposition. There’s just no getting away from it: low range between battery charges will put people off of pure electric vehicles, at least in terms of replacing a typical one-car-does-all household’s vehicle.

The BBC journalist’s London-Edinburgh run in a Mini E highlights the problems associated with both low range and range anxiety. Despite his parting shot that the car successfully made it, you’d be mad to attempt such a journey in an electric car recharging as you go – it took him almost four days. Pure EVs will have a place in the market, but you wouldn’t use one for a journey like that if you had to rely on charging the battery along the way. A trip of several hundred miles would obviously suit a conventional vehicle or, dare I say it, a train or plane. The pure EV will find a niche in an urban setting or as a low daily mileage second car.

That will probably mean, in practice, reliance on domestic charging, but with users also prepared to do slightly longer journeys where they can leave the car’s battery to recharge – say, while they go shopping or at a place of work. A battery charging infrastructure will get some use (though I wonder how much…) and is also important to offer some peace of mind to EV users.

But these are clearly niche market vehicles and when it comes to journeys of several hundred miles, a pure EV just isn’t quite the ticket. I just wonder whether people who say ‘yes, I’ll have an electric car please, especially given the rising price of petrol’, will be as keen when they consider the occasional need for a longer journey than their daily average (in exceptional circumstances) and the premium they are paying on purchase price. It boils down to this: just how big is the car using segment for whom the EV really works and are there enough customers to go round – fleet and retail?

(And the media should be looking at how pure electric vehicles work in their planned market settings rather than unrealistic journeys like that one…I think I can see the shape of the Volt/Ampera ‘range anxiety busting’ BBC report later this year already…)

Electric car challenge: Arrival in Edinburgh

just-auto management briefing EV battery charging networks and roll-out issues

Lady Gaga â€˜buying Scotlandâ€s most expensive houseâ€™

November 18th, 2010 | No Comments

Lady Gaga, known for her wacky outfits, is reportedly buying Scotlandâ€™s most expensive house â€“ a posh 8-million-pound mansion. As per the reports, she has signed papers to buy stately home Yester House near Edinburgh. It was revealed in September that the 24-year-old â€˜Bad Romanceâ€™ singer was on the hunt for a Scots castle and [...]

Harry Potter author JK Rowling named â€most influential woman in UKâ€

October 11th, 2010 | No Comments

Harry Potter author JK Rowling is the most influential woman in the UK, according to leading magazine editors. The writer, who recently donated 10 million pounds to set up a new multiple sclerosis research clinic in Edinburgh, landed the top spot for her writing skills, tenacity to succeed and philanthropic nature, the National Magazine Company [...]

J.K. Rowling â€œOprahâ€ Debut This Friday

September 27th, 2010 | No Comments

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling will make her first appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show this Friday, Oct. 1.On Monday, Scholastic Inc. announced that Rowling will discuss how she coped with the fame brought on by her famous literary series about the boy wizard and her plans for the future. More than 400 million copies of [...]

Susan Boyle To Sing For Pope

August 25th, 2010 | No Comments

Talent show sensation Susan Boyle is set to fulfill her biggest dream yet â€“- sheâ€™ll be singing for the pope. The Scottish spinister-turned-international singing star is also a Catholic and will perform “I Dreamed A Dream,” the Les Miserables hit that made her a YouTube star around the globe last year. Susan will also sing the [...]

Angelina Jolie As Marilyn Monroe

August 16th, 2010 | No Comments

Can Angie capture the essence of Marilyn Monroe? Angelina Jolie has been cast Marilyn Monroe in an upcoming biopic about the life of the tragic actress.Andrew O’Hagan, who penned the book The Life and Opinions of Maf The Dog & Of His Friend Marilyn Monroe, confirmed that the Salt actress will play the blonde bombshell in [...]

Rare horoscope by JK Rowling to fetch Â£25K in auction

July 31st, 2010 | No Comments

A rare unpublished work by Harry Potter author JK Rowling is going under the hammer for a whopping 25,000 pounds. And the piece of work is a hand-drawn, personal horoscope and natal chart, which Rowling gave to the newborn son of a friend at the time she was writing the first Potter book. The multimillionaire [...]

June 18, 1908: Prescient Letter Creates Concept of TV

June 18th, 2010 | No Comments

1908: A Scottish electrical engineer publishes a brief letter in the journal Nature, describing the essentials of making and receiving television images. But it will take 40 years before the well-delineated concept finally achieves commercial success.
Think twice before you throw away the silly idea you scribbled on a bar napkin: Almost all our greatest inventions [...]

America Ferrera Engaged To Marry Ryan Piers Williams

June 17th, 2010 | No Comments

From Ugly Betty to Beautiful Bride -America Ferrera has announced her engagement to her longtime boyfriend, director Ryan Piers Williams. The couple, both 26, met as students at the University of Southern California, falling in love after Ryan cast America as a lead in one of his student films. The actress was spotted sporting a sparkler [...]

Shahid Kapoorâ€™â€™s â€Mausamâ€ being shot in Edinburgh

June 8th, 2010 | No Comments

Scotland’’s capital Edinburgh has become home to another Bollywood film – ”Mausam”.
The film, which is being made by veteran star Pankaj Kapoor and will be starring his son actor Shahid, is being shot with Edinburgh’’s historic Grassmarket as the backdrop, reports the Scotsman.
In the movie, the ”Jab We Met” star will play the lead role [...]

Prince William Proposes to Kate Middleton?

April 9th, 2010 | No Comments

Ok guys! This might not be a fresh one but itâ€™s the one roaring all over the place, the news of Prince William,27, Set to Propose to Kate Middleton,28, Is that so?
There have been talks about their engagement this November. Also there has been news from various sources, on Tuesday, that the dates June [...]

Brad Pitt once fled UK after fling with bad guyâ€™s ex

March 25th, 2010 | No Comments

Brad Pitt has confessed that he had to escape from the UK after falling in love with a girl whose ex-boyfriend was a â€œbad guyâ€.
The â€˜Troyâ€™ star said that wasnâ€™t in the Hollywood limelight that heâ€™s today in when the incident took place while on a tour to Scotland.
“I went everywhere, saw it all. Edinburgh [...]

Jackson Browne & David Lindley Album & International Tour

March 5th, 2010 | No Comments

JACKSON BROWNE & DAVID LINDLEY COME TOGETHER FOR INTERNATIONAL TOUR

THE DUO RELEASE LOVE IS STRANGE, A 2-CD LIVE SET ON MAY 11

Jackson Browne

Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne will take to the road this summer with his band and longtime friend and musical co-conspirator David Lindley. Comprising dates in the U.S. and Europe, the Jackson Browne with David Lindley Tour follows the May 11 release of Love Is Strange (Inside Recordings), a 2-CD live set capturing a tour of Spain that Browne and Lindley did in 2006.

The Jackson Browne with David Lindley Tour begins with a month-long European leg kicking off in Bristol, UK on June 3. Other highlights include shows at the Stadpark in Hamburg, Germany (6/15), Casino de Paris in Paris, France (6/18), and Hampton Court Palace and Royal Albert Hall in London (6/8 and 6/29, respectively). More European dates will be announced shortly.

Stateside, the Jackson Browne with David Lindley Tour gets underway July 20 at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. U.S. summer dates run through the end of September; the first U.S. leg concludes at Chastain Park Amphitheater in Atlanta on August 15. Highlights along the way include the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles (7/23), the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA (7/24), Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO (8/5), and the Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie, TX (8/13).

Accompanying Jackson Browne and David Lindley on tour will be Browne’s band of almost 20 years: Kevin McCormick (bass), Mark Goldenberg (guitars), Mauricio Lewak (drums) and Jeff Young (keyboards, backing vocals). They’re joined by members (since 2008) Chavonne Stewart and Alethea Mills, vocalists Browne (as a mentor) met in 2001 when they were attending Washington Preparatory High School in South Los Angeles, singing in the school choir.

On record and in performance, Jackson Browne and David Lindley have a musical association reaching back almost 40 years. Regarded as a legendary stringed-instrument virtuoso, Lindley has played on many of Browne’s albums, beginning with 1973′s For Everyman, and on classics including Late For The Sky and The Pretender (the latter two both on Rolling Stone‘s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time). Browne also produced Lindley’s best-known LP, 1983′s acclaimed El Rayo-X.

Prior to 2010′s Jackson Browne with David Lindley Tour, the last time the two musicians played live dates together was a 2006 run of concerts in Spain-in grand concert halls, rock venues, and intimate clubs alike. That tour resulted in the forthcoming 2-CD album Love Is Strange, “En Vivo Con Tino” – featuring Browne and Lindley live with celebrated Spanish percussionist Tino di Geraldo. Set for worldwide release May 11 on Browne’s independent label Inside Recordings, Love Is Strange was produced by Jackson Browne and Paul Dieter.

In liner notes Browne wrote for Love Is Strange, he considers Lindley’s reputation for elusiveness, nearly as mythic as his string-playing prowess. “Why had I not thought of this before? Take him where he doesn’t speak the language and he will HAVE TO leave the gig and come with you to the restaurant, or to the club,” says Browne. “This was an unexpected strategy breakthrough in a pursuit that for a legion of friends, disciples and admirers has become known as ‘stalking the wild Lindley.’”

Jackson Browne & David Lindley Tour Dates

06/03/10 Thu Colston Hall Bristol, GB

06/04/10 Fri Sheffield City Hall Sheffield, GB

06/06/10 Sun The Sage Gateshead, GB

06/09/10 Wed Heineken Music Hall Amsterdam, NL

06/11/10 Fri Cirkus Stockholm, SE

06/14/10 Mon Tradgardsforeningen Gothenburg, SE

06/15/10 Tue Stadtpark Hamburg, GER

06/17/10 Thu Palais Des Beaux-Arts Brussels, BEL

06/18/10 Fri Casino de Paris Paris, FRA

06/20/10 Sun Royal Concert Hall Glasgow, GB

06/21/10 Mon Usher Hall Edinburgh, GB

06/23/10 Wed The Marquee Cork, IR

06/29/10 Tue Royal Albert Hall London, GB

07/01/10 Thu Royal Concert Hall Nottingham, GB

07/02/10 Fri Liverpool Echo Arena Liverpool, GB

07/20/10 Tue The Joint @ Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas, NV

07/21/10 Wed Humphrey’s Concerts By The Bay San Diego, CA

07/23/10 Fri Greek Theatre Los Angeles, CA

07/24/10 Sat Greek Theatre Berkeley, CA

07/27/10 Tue Cuthbert Amphitheatre Eugene, OR

07/30/10 Fri Chateau Ste. Michelle Concerts on the Green Woodinville, WA

07/31/10 Sat Maryhill Winery Goldendale, WA

08/02/10 Mon Idaho Botanical Garden Boise, ID

08/03/10 Tue Theatre at The Brick Bozeman, MT

08/05/10 Thu Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, CO

08/07/10 Sat Orpheum Theatre Sioux City, IA

08/08/10 Sun Starlight Theatre Kansas City, MO

08/10/10 Tue Fabulous Fox Theatre St. Louis, MO

08/11/10 Wed Brady Theater Tulsa, OK

08/13/10 Fri Nokia Theatre Grand Prairie, TX

08/15/10 Sun Chastain Park Amphitheater Atlanta, GA

Jackson Browne is currently on tour with Sheryl Crow in Japan.

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Efterklang: Magic Chairs

February 3rd, 2010 | No Comments

EFTERKLANG TO MAKE 4AD LABEL DEBUT WITH MAGIC CHAIRS, OUT 2/23

Efterklang

Newly signed to 4AD, the Copenhagen-based quartet Efterklang make their label debut with Magic Chairs, their third full-length studio album, out February 23.

Efterklang are Mads Brauer (electronics and various instruments), Casper Clausen (vocals and various instruments), Thomas Husmer (drums and trumpet) and Rasmus Stolberg (bass and guitar).

Removing themselves from their home city and heading to Aarhus’ Feedback Recording Studio, the band recorded basic tracks as a band (drums, bass, guitars and piano), replicating the live set-up from where the songs had initially taken form. Later, back in Copenhagen, orchestral flourishes were added and guest musicians were called upon (including their touring band members – Peter Broderick, Heather W. Broderick, Frederik Teige and Daniel James).

For even greater clarity of sound, British engineer and producer Gareth Jones (Nick cave and The Bad Seeds, Depeche Mode, Interpol, Mogwai, Grizzly Bear, Wire and more) was drafted in for mixing duties to work alongside their in-house electronics wizard in Brauer.

Check out the MP3 for “Modern Drift” here.

Efterklang Tour Dates

02/19/10 Fri Sentrum Scene Oslo, NO

03/02/10 Tue First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, PA

03/03/10 Wed Le Poisson Rouge New York, NY

03/04/10 Thu T.T. the Bear’s Place Cambridge, MA

03/05/10 Fri La Sala Rossa Montreal, QC

03/06/10 Sat El Mocambo Toronto, ON

03/07/10 Sun The Pike Room Pontiac, MI

03/08/10 Mon The Lincoln Theater Decatur, IL

03/11/10 Thu The Triple Door Seattle, WA

03/12/10 Fri Biltmore Cabaret Vancouver, BC

03/13/10 Sat Doug Fir Portland, OR

03/15/10 Mon Bottom of the Hill San Francisco, CA

03/16/10 Tue Spaceland Los Angeles, CA

04/20/10 Tue Concorde 2 Brighton, GB

04/21/10 Wed Shepherd’s Bush Empire London, GB

04/22/10 Thu Academy 2 Oxford, GB

04/23/10 Fri Cabaret Voltaire Edinburgh, GB

04/24/10 Sat Black Box Cafe Belfast, GB

04/25/10 Sun Whelans Dublin, IR

04/27/10 Tue Metropolis Bristol, GB

04/28/10 Wed Nouveau Casino Paris, FRA

04/29/10 Thu Le Grand Mix Tourcoing, FRA

04/30/10 Fri Le Vip Saint Nazaire, FRA

The xx: N. American Dates

January 27th, 2010 | No Comments

THE XX RETURN TO THE U.S IN MARCH AFTER FEBRUARY EUROPE TOUR

Following an extensive European tour that stretches through February and into early March, The xx return to North America for a slew of shows, including stops in New York City, Montreal, and California’s Coachella festival.

The xx Tour Dates

The xx

02/03/10 Wed Corner Hotel Melbourne, AU

02/11/10 Thu Grand Mix Lille, FRA

02/12/10 Fri La Nef AngoulÃªme, FRA

02/13/10 Sat Olympic Nantes, FRA

02/14/10 Sun Midi Festival Marseille, FRA

02/16/10 Tue The Paradiso Amsterdam, NL

02/17/10 Wed Ancienne Belgique Brussels, BEL

02/18/10 Thu La Cigale Paris, FRA

02/20/10 Sat La Route Du Rock Saint Malo, FRA

02/21/10 Sun La Laiterie Club Strasbourg, FRA

02/24/10 Wed Magazzini Generali Milan, IT

02/25/10 Thu Backstage Werk Munich, GER

02/27/10 Sat Essigfabrik KÃ¶ln, GER

02/28/10 Sun La Cigale Paris, FRA

03/01/10 Mon Komedia Brighton, GB

03/02/10 Tue Shepherd’s Bush Empire London, GB

03/03/10 Wed Shepherd’s Bush Empire London, GB

03/05/10 Fri Academy 2 Birmingham, GB

03/06/10 Sat Academy 2 Manchester, GB

03/08/10 Mon Stylus Leeds, GB

03/08/10 Mon The Cockpit Leeds, GB

03/09/10 Tue Studio 24 Edinburgh, GB

03/10/10 Wed The Kazimier Liverpool, GB

03/22/10 Mon Spanish Moon Baton Rouge, LA

03/23/10 Tue BottleTree Birmingham, AL

03/24/10 Wed Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA

03/25/10 Thu Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, NC

03/26/10 Fri Big Ears Festival Knoxville, TN

03/28/10 Sun Sixth and I Historic Synagogue Washington, DC

03/29/10 Mon First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, PA

03/31/10 Wed Webster Hall New York, NY

04/02/10 Fri Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA

04/03/10 Sat Le National Montreal, QC

04/04/10 Sun Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto, ON

04/05/10 Mon Wexner Center Columbus, OH

04/06/10 Tue Buskirk-Chumley Theater Bloomington, IN

04/08/10 Thu Lincoln Hall Chicago, IL

04/09/10 Fri Varsity Theater Minneapolis, MN

04/12/10 Mon Nightlight Bellingham, WA

04/13/10 Tue Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC

04/14/10 Wed The Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR

04/16/10 Fri Fox Theater Oakland, CA

04/17/10 Sat Coachella Music Festival (Empire Polo Grounds) Indio, CA

04/19/10 Mon The Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL

04/20/10 Tue Kool Haus Toronto, ON

04/22/10 Thu Terminal 5 New York, NY

04/24/10 Sat 9:30 Club Washington, DC

05/25/10 Tue Aula Magna Lisbon, POR

05/26/10 Wed Casa da Musica Porto, POR

06/14/10 Mon Olympia Paris, FRA

JFJO West Coast/Europe Dates

January 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

JACOB FRED JAZZ ODYSSEY TOUR WEST COAST AND EUROPE

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey has announced Winter 2010 tour plans. The band will head out for a 12-date West Coast run in February marking the hard touring quartet’s first shows since selling out The Eclipse on New Year’s Eve in their hometown of Tulsa. In March, JFJO makes a return trip to Europe for ten dates spanning eight countries, including their second appearance at the prestigious Turku Jazz Festival in Finland.

JFJO will be touring behind their critically acclaimed 2009 EP release One Day In Brooklyn, however, work is already well underway on a follow up, full length album. They spent seven days in December tracking at acclaimed engineer/musician David Teegarden‘s Natura Digital Recording Studios just outside of Tulsa.

The album, tentatively scheduled for a June release, will reflect JFJO’s first year of touring and writing together since founding member and pianist Brian Haas and drummer Josh Raymer revamped the lineup last January with the addition of lap steel guitarist Chris Combs and upright bassist Matt Hayes.

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey Tour Dates

02/02/10 Tue The Deli Norman, OK

02/04/10 Thu Winston’s San Diego, CA

02/06/10 Sat The Mint Los Angeles, CA

02/10/10 Wed Moe’s Alley Santa Cruz, CA

02/11/10 Thu Beatnik Studios Sacramento, CA

02/12/10 Fri Coda San Francisco, CA

02/13/10 Sat Hopmonk Tavern Sebastopol, CA

02/14/10 Sun The Red Fox Tavern Eureka, CA

02/17/10 Wed High Dive Seattle, WA

02/18/10 Thu Eastside Tavern Olympia, WA

02/19/10 Fri Mississippi Studios Portland, OR

03/03/10 Wed A-Trane Berlin, GER

03/06/10 Sat Ekman Jazz Club Helsinki, FI

03/09/10 Tue Nya Perspektiv VÃ¤sterÃ¥s, SE

03/12/10 Fri Jazzclub Fasching Stockholm, SE

03/13/10 Sat Turku Jazz Festival Turku, FI

03/15/10 Mon Cafe Wilhelmina Eindhoven, NL

03/19/10 Fri Cafe Alto Amsterdam, NL

03/31/10 Wed The Jazz Bar Edinburgh, GB

04/01/10 Thu Vortex Jazz Bar London, GB

06/12/10 Sat Bartlesville Community Center Bartlesville, OK

Professional-services firms: Laid-off lawyers, cast-off consultants

January 21st, 2010 | No Comments

The downturn is sorting the best professional-services firms from the rest

WHAT do you say to a recent law-school graduate? “A skinny double-shot latte to go, please.” From New York to Los Angeles, Edinburgh to Sydney, the downturn of the past two years has hit the legal profession with unprecedented severity. As even some leading law firms struggle for survival, recruitment has dried up. The lucky few who get jobs are often being told to find something else to do for now, and report for duty on some far-off date. The same is true for MBA graduates seeking jobs in management consulting. Even the mighty McKinsey is said to be postponing start dates by several months.

Given that new graduates are the grunts of the professional-services industries, earning less than anyone else and working the longest hours, the lack of demand for their services is the clearest indicator of how bad things are. Although a deeper-than-usual cyclical downturn is largely to blame—and is hitting hardest those firms that specialised in financial-market activities such as mergers and acquisitions, and private equity—it is already clear that there will be long-term structural consequences, not least a growing gap between the best firms and the rest. …

Beach House U.S. Tour

January 13th, 2010 | No Comments

BEACH HOUSE ANNOUNCE U.S. TOUR DATES

Beach House

After an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (January 22), a Sundance drop in, a New York record release show, and a quick spin around Europe, Baltimore’s Beach House will tour the U.S. in support of their third LP (first on Sub Pop) Teen Dream, out January 26.

You can download the track “Norway” from Teen Dream here.

Beach House Tour Dates

01/24/10 Sun Sundance Film Festival Park City, UT

01/26/10 Tue The Bell House Brooklyn, NY

02/10/10 Wed King Tuts Glasgow, GB

02/11/10 Thu Islington Mill Salford, GB

02/12/10 Fri Brudenell Social Club Leeds, GB

02/13/10 Sat Whelans Dublin, IR

02/14/10 Sun Speakeasy Bar Belfast, GB

02/16/10 Tue Cardiff Arts Centre Cardiff, GB

02/17/10 Wed Bush Hall London, GB

02/18/10 Thu La Route Du Rock Saint Malo, FRA

02/20/10 Sat La Maroquinerie Paris, FRA

02/21/10 Sun Vooruit Ghent, BEL

02/22/10 Mon Le Botanique Brussels, BEL

02/23/10 Tue The Paradiso Amsterdam, NL

02/24/10 Wed Vera Groningen, NL

02/25/10 Thu Rotor Salon Berlin, GER
02/26/10 Fri Loppen Copenhagen, DK

02/27/10 Sat Debaser Stockholm, SE

02/28/10 Sun Parkteatret Oslo, NO

03/02/10 Tue Pusterviksbaren Gothenburg, SE

03/03/10 Wed Molotov Hamburg, GER

03/04/10 Thu UT Connewitz Leipzig, GER

03/05/10 Fri Feierwerk Munich, GER

03/06/10 Sat Abart Zurich, SWI

03/08/10 Mon The Sage Gateshead, GB

03/09/10 Tue Queens Hall Edinburgh, GB

03/11/10 Thu Corn Exchange Brighton, GB

03/12/10 Fri Warwick Arts Centre Coventry, GB

03/13/10 Sat Roundhouse London, GB

03/14/10 Sun Roundhouse London, GB

03/17/10 Wed Lux Fragil Lisbon, POR

03/18/10 Thu Centro Cultural Vila Flor GuimarÃ£es, POR

03/26/10 Fri Black Cat Washington, DC

03/27/10 Sat Wesleyan University Middletown, CT

03/28/10 Sun Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA

03/29/10 Mon La Sala Rossa Montreal, QC

03/30/10 Tue The Opera House Toronto, ON

04/01/10 Thu The Pike Room Pontiac, MI

04/02/10 Fri Metro Chicago, IL

04/03/10 Sat Pabst Theater Milwaukee, WI

04/04/10 Sun Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, MN

04/05/10 Mon The Waiting Room Omaha, NE

04/06/10 Tue Jackpot Music Hall Lawrence, KS

04/07/10 Wed Bluebird Theater Denver, CO

04/09/10 Fri Neurolux Boise, ID

04/10/10 Sat Doug Fir Portland, OR

04/11/10 Sun Rickshaw Theatre Vancouver, BC

04/12/10 Mon Neumos Seattle, WA

04/14/10 Wed Bimbo’s 365 Club San Francisco, CA

04/15/10 Thu Downtown Brewing Co San Luis Obispo, CA

04/19/10 Mon Rhythm Room Phoenix, AZ

04/21/10 Wed Granada Theater Dallas, TX

04/22/10 Thu Emo’s Alternative Lounge Austin, TX

04/23/10 Fri Walter’s On Washington Houston, TX

04/24/10 Sat Spanish Moon Baton Rouge, LA

04/25/10 Sun The Engine Room Tallahassee, FL

04/27/10 Tue BottleTree Birmingham, AL

04/28/10 Wed The Mercy Lounge Nashville, TN

04/29/10 Thu The Earl Atlanta, GA

04/30/10 Fri Grey Eagle Asheville, NC

05/01/10 Sat Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, NC

05/06/10 Thu Webster Hall New York, NY

05/07/10 Fri First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, PA

05/08/10 Sat 2640 Space Baltimore, MD

Deer Tick: iTunes EP Out 12/01

November 17th, 2009 | No Comments

DEER TICK TO RELEASE NEW iTUNES EXCLUSIVE EP, More Fuel For the Fire, DECEMBER 1

Deer Tick

As the title would suggest, Deer Tick‘s More Fuel for the Fire EP tops off an explosive 2009 for the band, having already released Rolling Stone‘s “country-rock breakthrough of the year” nine months earlier.

Taken mostly from a month-long recording session in upstate New York, nicknamed “The Black Dirt Sessions,” More Fuel For the Fire features three new studio tracks as well as a live version of “Straight Into A Storm” (from Born on Flag Day) recorded in Charlotte, NC at the Visulite Theatre. The songs have become staples of Deer Tick’s live shows over the past year, and are already fan favorites – exactly who this EP is for.

More Fuel For The Fire EP Track Listing

1. La La La

2. Dance of Love

3. Axe Is Forever

4. Straight Into A Storm (Live from the Visulite Theatre, Charlotte, NC)

Deer Tick Tour Dates

11/18/09 Wed Knight Theater Charlotte, NC*

11/19/09 Thu The Plaza Theatre Orlando, FL*

11/20/09 Fri The Moon Tallahassee, FL*

11/21/09 Sat Republic New Orleans New Orleans, LA*

11/22/09 Sun Warehouse Live Houston, TX*

11/26/09 Thu The Paradiso Amsterdam, NL

11/27/09 Fri Le Guess Who Utrecht, NL

11/28/09 Sat Merleyn Nijmegen, NL

12/01/09 Tue Borderline London, GB

12/03/09 Thu Dulcimer Manchester, GB

12/04/09 Fri Sneaky Pete’s Edinburgh, GB

12/05/09 Sat The Captains Rest Glasgow, GB

12/06/09 Sun Whelans Dublin, IR

* Supporting Neko Case

For more on Deer Tick see our exclusive feature/interview here.

Zero 7: 1st U.S. Tour In 3 Years

October 6th, 2009 | No Comments

ZERO 7 UNVEILS NORTH AMERICAN TOUR, THEIR FIRST IN MORE THAN THREE YEARS;

NEW ALBUM, YEAH GHOST AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE NOW

Zero 7

Atlantic recording group Zero 7 has announced details of their upcoming North American tour – their first in more than three years. The trek – which celebrates the British duo’s new album, Yeah Ghost – will launch on November 26 at Washington, DC’s 9:30 Club, and then travel the continent through December 17 for the final show in San Diego at House of Blues.

Zero 7′s live show features singer Eska (who appears on Yeah Ghost) and folk collaborator Olivia Chaney as well as long time band members Eddie Stevens, Robin Mullarkey and Tom Skinner.

Yeah Ghost available now at all physical and digital retailers, sees Zero 7 – aka Sam Hardaker and Henry Binns – embarking on their brightest and boldest outing to date. The follow up to 2006′s Grammy-nominated, critically acclaimed The Garden the album is given extraordinary energy by a phalanx of new guest vocalists, including singer/songwriters Eska and Martha Tilston.

Check out “Mr McGee” off Yeah Ghost now:

Tour Dates

10/08/09 Thu Roundhouse London, GB

10/09/09 Fri Roundhouse London, GB

10/11/09 Sun 53 Degrees Preston, GB

10/12/09 Mon Queens Hall Edinburgh, GB

10/13/09 Tue Birmingham Town Hall Birmingham, GB

11/26/09 Thu 9:30 Club Washington, DC

11/27/09 Fri Terminal 5 New York, NY

11/28/09 Sat House of Blues Boston, MA

11/29/09 Sun Theatre of Living Arts (TLA) Philadelphia, PA

12/02/09 Wed Club Soda Montreal, QC

12/03/09 Thu Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto, ON

12/04/09 Fri Metro Chicago, IL

12/05/09 Sat Epic (formerly the Quest) Minneapolis, MN

12/07/09 Mon Ogden Theatre Denver, CO

12/08/09 Tue Belly Up Aspen, CO

12/11/09 Fri Wonder Ballroom Portland, OR

12/12/09 Sat Showbox at the Market Seattle, WA

12/13/09 Sun Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC

12/15/09 Tue The Warfield San Francisco, CA

12/16/09 Wed Orpheum Theatre Los Angeles, CA

12/17/09 Thu House of Blues San Diego, CA