NEW ALBUM CIVILIAN OUT IN EARLY MARCH
Wye Oak are gearing up for
the release of their highly anticipated third album Civilian (due out in early March) with tour dates
both here and abroad. Jenn & Andy are currently finishing up a run of dates opening for The Decemberists.
A full itinerary is below.
TOUR DATES
02/04/11 Fri The Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL*
03/11/11 Fri Black Cat Washington, DC
03/12/11 Sat Local 506 Chapel Hill, NC
03/13/11 Sun The Earl Atlanta, GA
03/15/11 Tue Opolis Norman, OK
03/21/11 Mon Solar Culture Tucson, AZ
03/22/11 Tue Casbah San Diego, CA
03/24/11 Thu Echo Los Angeles, CA
03/25/11 Fri Bottom of the Hill San Francisco, CA
03/27/11 Sun The Media Club Vancouver, BC
03/29/11 Tue Mississippi Studios Portland, OR
03/31/11 Thu Flying M Coffeehouse Boise, ID
04/01/11 Fri Kilby Court Salt Lake City, UT
04/02/11 Sat The Larimer Lounge Denver, CO
04/03/11 Sun Slowdown Omaha, NE
04/04/11 Mon The Mill Iowa City, IA
04/05/11 Tue Turf Club St. Paul, MN
04/06/11 Wed Lawrence University Appleton, WI
04/15/11 Fri Johnny Brenda’s Philadelphia, PA
*=W/The Decemberists
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WINTER JUST GOT A LIL’ HEAVIER
The first annual Avalanche Tour brings together some of the biggest names in mainstream hard rock for a massive North American winter trek. The tour runs from March 24-May 8 and features Stone Sour, Theory of a Deadman, Skillet, Halestorm and Art Of Dying . Tickets for most shows go on sale Saturday, February 5. A special fan club pre-sale will begin Tuesday, February 1 through Artist Arena. The current Avalanche Tour dates are below, with additional shows to be announced soon.
 Stone Sour |
Avalanche Tour Dates
Thur 3/24 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
Fri 3/25 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom
Sat 3/26 St. Paul, MN Roy Wilkins Auditorium
Mon 3/28 Bloomington, IL US Cellular Coliseum
Tue 3/29 Fort Wayne, IN Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Fri 4/1 Atlanta, GA Masquerade Music Park
Sat 4/2 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum
Sun 4/3 Ladson, SC Ladson Fairground
Fri 4/8 San Antonio, TX Illusion Theater at Alamodome
Sat 4/9 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete Street Amphitheater
Sun 4/10 Grand Prairie, TX Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
Tue 4/12 Houston, TX Reliant Arena
Wed 4/13 Wichita Falls, TX Kay Yeager Coliseum
Fri 4/15 Belton, TX Bell County Expo Center
Sat 4/16 Lubbock, TX LoneStar Amphitheater
Sun 4/17 El Paso, TX El Paso County Coliseum
Tue 4/19 Tulsa, OK Tulsa Convention Center Arena
Thur 4/21 Park City, KS Hartman Arena
Fri 4/22 Springfield, MO Shrine Mosque
Fri 4/29 New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom
Sat 4/30 Bangor, ME Bangor Waterfront
Sun 5/1 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
SEVERAL SHADES OF WHY OUT MARCH 15
 J Mascis |
J Mascis has planned a
Spring tour in support of his new album Several Shades of Why, out March 15 on Sub Pop. Mascis
is bringing along Kurt Vile for the
first month of the tour, while The Black
Heart Procession will jump on board for the rest of the dates. Fan club pre-sale tix are on sale now. Click here to grab them. All tour dates are below.
TOUR DATES
03/10/11 Thu Castaways Ithaca, NY*
03/11/11 Fri The Great Hall Toronto, ON*
03/22/11 Tue Headroom Stages Brattleboro, VT*
03/23/11 Wed World Cafe Live Philadelphia, PA*
03/24/11 Thu Mercury Lounge New York, NY*
03/25/11 Fri Music Hall Of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY*
03/26/11 Sat Brighton Music Hall Boston, MA*
03/30/11 Wed Grog Shop Cleveland, OH*
03/31/11 Thu The Blind Pig Ann Arbor, MI*
04/01/11 Fri Subterranean Chicago, IL*
04/02/11 Sat 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, MN*
04/07/11 Thu The Earl Atlanta, GA*
04/08/11 Fri Melting Point Athens, GA*
04/09/11 Sat Grey Eagle Asheville, NC*
04/10/11 Sun Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, NC *
04/29/11 Fri Tractor Tavern Seattle, WA#
04/30/11 Sat Dante’s Portland, OR#
05/03/11 Tue Crepe Place Santa Cruz, CA#
05/04/11 Wed The Independent San Francisco, CA#
05/05/11 Thu Alex’s Bar Long Beach, CA#
05/06/11 Fri Echo Los Angeles, CA#
05/07/11 Sat Casbah San Diego, CA#
*=w/Kurt Vile
#=w/The Black Heart Procession
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NEW ALBUM OUT MARCH 8, 2011; TOUR STARTS IN MARCH
 Bruce Cockburn |
True North Records have announced the upcoming new album release from veteran Bruce Cockburn. On March 8,
2011, True North will release Small Source of Comfort. Small Source of Comfort will be
Cockburn’s 24th studio effort. The album is expected to contain 14 songs, with contributions by a range of guests
that include Madeleine Peyroux, Bill Frisell, Norah Jones, and Annabelle Chvostek.
After Small Source of Comfort is in the public’s hands, Bruce Cockburn will start a tour that begins in
Canada (at end of March), and will extend to the US in May. As the year progresses, the tour will likely move to
Europe and other locations. Check below for all available dates.
TOUR DATES
03/24/11 Thu Kelowna Community Theatre Kelowna, BC
03/25/11 Fri Chan Centre Vancouver, BC
03/26/11 Sat McPherson Playhouse Victoria, BC
03/27/11 Sun The Port Theatre Nanaimo, BC
03/30/11 Wed Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Calgary, AB
03/31/11 Thu Eric Harvie Theatre Banff, AB
04/01/11 Fri Francis Winspear Centre Edmonton, AB
04/02/11 Sat E.A. Rawlinson Centre For The Arts Prince Albert, SK
04/03/11 Sun TCU Place Saskatoon, SK
04/05/11 Tue Burton Cummings Theater Winnipeg, MB
04/08/11 Fri The Grand Theatre Kingston, ON
04/09/11 Sat Massey Hall Toronto, ON
04/12/11 Tue Sean O’Sullivan Theatre St. Catharines, ON
04/13/11 Wed L’Astral Montreal, QC
04/14/11 Thu L’Astral Montreal, QC
04/15/11 Fri National Arts Centre Ottawa, ON
04/16/11 Sat Centre in the Square Kitchener, ON
05/03/11 Tue City Winery New York, NY
05/05/11 Thu Rams Head Live Baltimore, MD
05/06/11 Fri Keswick Theatre Glenside, PA
05/07/11 Sat Hart Theatre at The Egg Albany, NY
05/09/11 Mon Birchmere Alexandria, VA
05/11/11 Wed Boulton Center for the Performing Arts Bay Shore, NY
05/12/11 Thu Woodstock Town Hall Theater Woodstock, VT
05/13/11 Fri Calvin Theater Northampton, MA
05/14/11 Sat Berklee Performance Center Boston, MA
05/15/11 Sun Tarrytown Music Hall Tarrytown, NY
05/17/11 Tue The State Theater Ithaca, NY
05/19/11 Thu The Ark Ann Arbor, MI
05/20/11 Fri The Ark Ann Arbor, MI
05/21/11 Sat Barrymore Theatre Madison, WI
05/22/11 Sun Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago, IL
05/23/11 Mon The Cedar Minneapolis, MN
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NEW ALBUM OUT FEBRUARY 15, 2011
 Drive-By Truckers |
Drive-By Truckers will
release Go-Go Boots, on February 15, 2011 on ATO Records. In conjunction with Go-Go
Boots, they’ll also be releasing their documentary The Secret to a Happy Ending on DVD. To preview
the record the band is offering a free MP3 of “Used To Be A Cop.” Check it out here.
Pre-order Go-Go Boots from www.drivebytruckers.com and you’ll be entered into a drawing to win
a pair of tickets to every DBT show in 2011 (starting after 2/15/2011).
Tour Dates
12/30/10 Thu Brooklyn Bowl Brooklyn, NY
12/31/10 Fri Terminal 5 New York, NY
01/01/11 Sat Theatre of Living Arts (TLA) Philadelphia, PA
01/13/11 Thu 40 Watt Club Athens, GA
01/14/11 Fri 40 Watt Club Athens, GA
01/15/11 Sat 40 Watt Club Athens, GA
01/20/11 Thu Culture Room Fort Lauderdale, FL
01/21/11 Fri The Ritz Tampa, FL
01/22/11 Sat House of Blues Orlando, FL
01/23/11 Sun Freebird Live Jacksonville Beach, FL
01/26/11 Wed Vinyl Music Hall Pensacola, FL
01/28/11 Fri Lyric Theatre Oxford, MS
01/29/11 Sat The Cannery Nashville, TN
02/16/11 Wed Pullo Center York, PA
02/17/11 Thu Paramount Center Peekskill, NY
02/18/11 Fri 9:30 Club Washington, DC
02/19/11 Sat 9:30 Club Washington, DC
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2011 SHOWS BEGIN IN CLEVELAND IN JANUARY
“Mr. Gillis aims to please. His music is a collage of hits, recent and old, that are instantly recognizable to just about everyone in the crowd. Each one – from Jay-Z to Styx to the Ramones to Missy Elliott to Nirvana – draws a cheer within a few notes. Mr. Gillis samples the songs’ obvious hooks. He isn’t a hipster showing off how deeply he’s dug into his collection; he’s a fellow fan, reactivating remembered pop pleasures.” – Jon Pareles, The New York Times
With almost 300 shows under his belt, and hardly a full week off, since Feed The Animals was released in June 2008 and Girl Talk (aka Gregg Gillis) has announced another 40-city tour, all set to take place in 2011 before March is even over!
 Girl Talk by Chris Monaghan |
Girl Talk 2010/2011 Tour Dates
Fri. 11/12/10 – Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium
Fri. 11/19/10 – Buenos Aires, Argentina @ Hot Festival
Sat. 11/20/10 – Sao Paulo, Brasil @ Planeta Terra Festival
Fri. 12/3/10 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
Sat. 12/4/10 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
Wed. 01/05/11 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
Thu. 01/06/11 – Columbus, OH @ LC Pavillion
Fri. 01/07/11 – Covington, KY @ Madison Theater
Sat. 01/08/11 – Louisville, KY @ Expo Five
Mon. 01/10/11 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
Thu. 01/13/11 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues
Fri. 01/14/11 – Austin, TX @ Austin Music Hall
Sat. 01/15/11 – Dallas, TX @ Palladium
Mon. 01/17/11 – Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall
Tue. 01/18/11 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
Thu. 01/20/11 – Birmingham, AL @ Workplay
Fri. 01/21/11 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
Sat. 01/22/11 – Charleston, SC @ Gaillard Municipal Auditorium
Mon. 01/24/11 – Knoxville, TN @ Valarium
Tue. 01/25/11 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
Thu. 01/27/11 – Raleigh, NC @ Disco Rodeo
Fri. 01/28/11 – Norfolk, VA @ NorVa
Sat. 01/29/11 – Richmond, VA @ The National
Mon. 01/31/11 – Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head
Tue. 02/01/11 – Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club
Fri. 02/04/11 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
Sat. 02/05/11 – Montclair, NJ @ Wellmont Theatre
Thu. 02/24/11 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
Fri. 02/25/11 – Providence, RI @ Lupo’s
Sat. 02/26/11 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
Mon. 02/28/11 – Portland, ME @ State Theater
Mon. 03/01/11 – Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
Thu. 03/03/11 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Hall
Fri. 03/04/11 – Chicago, IL @ Congress
Mon. 03/07/11 – Madison, WI @ Orpheum
Tue. 03/08/11 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
Fri. 03/11/11 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
Mon. 03/14/11 – Missoula, MT @ Wilma Theater
Tue. 03/15/11 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox
Thu. 03/17/11 – Portland, OR @ Roseland
Fri. 03/18/11 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
Sat. 03/19/11 – Pomona, CA @ Fox Theatre
Mon. 03/21/10 – Los Angeles, CA @ Palladium
Tue. 03/22/10 – San Diego, CA @ SOMA
Wed. 03/23/10 – Tempe, AX @ Marquee
Girl Talk Tour Dates :: Girl Talk News :: Girl Talk Concert Reviews
SUMMER DATES INCLUDING SPECIAL GIG WITH DARYL HALL
This summer, Chromeo, the New York and Montreal-based synth-funk duo will hit the road with the like-minded disco outfit Holy Ghost! for the Business Casual Tour.
Leading up to the release of their long-awaited third studio album Business Casual (out August 17th on Atlantic Records), the 23-date tour kicks off Monday, July 26th in Washington, D.C., following their special joint performance with Daryl Hall at this year’s Bonnaroo Music Festival on June 11th and their second Lollapalooza appearance August 6th in Chicago.
The “Business Casual Tour” will find the pair debuting material from their next round of electro-funk jams and blue-eyed ballads, accompanied by a brand new stage show – lights and legs aplenty.
Chromeo Tour Dates * No Holy Ghost!
FRI 6/11 MANCHESTER, TN Bonnaroo (full set with Daryl Hall) *
MON 7/26 WASHINGTON DC 9:30 Club
TUE 7/27 PHILADELPHIA, PA Trocadero
THU 7/29 NEW YORK, NY Bowery Ballroom
FRI 7/30 BOSTON, MA House of Blues *
SAT 7/31 MONTREAL, QC Metropolis *
MON 8/2 OTTAWA, ON Capital Music Hall
TUE 8/3 TORONTO, ON Phoenix
THU 8/5 DETROIT, MI Majestic
FRI 8/6 CHICAGO, IL Lollapalooza *
SAT 8/7 MINNEAPOLIS, MN First Avenue
TUE 8/10 CALGARY, AB Flames Central
WED 8/11 VANCOUVER, BC Commodore
THU 8/12 SEATTLE, WA Showbox Market
FRI 8/13 PORTLAND, OR Roseland
MON 8/16 SAN DIEGO, CA House of Blues
THU 8/19 SALT LAKE CITY, UT Twilight Concert Series *
FRI 8/20 DENVER, CO Ogden
TUE 8/24 AUSTIN, TX Stubb’s
WED 8/25 DALLAS, TX Palladium
THU 8/26 NASHVILLE, TN Cannery Ballroom
FRI 8/27 ATLANTA, GA Masquerade
SUN 8/29 LOS ANGELES, CA Hollywood Bowl (w/ The Chemical Brothers) *
Chromeo Tour Dates :: Chromeo News :: Chromeo Concert Reviews
Words by: Tom Speed | Images by: Dino Perrucci
Jazz Fest – Weekend 2 – Day 2 :: 04.30.10 :: Friday :: New Orleans, LA
 Kermit Ruffins :: 04.30.10 :: Jazz Fest |
The best laid plans aren’t worth a damn. Repeatedly, the ad hoc yields the sweetest fruit. Days like Friday, April 30 at the Jazz Festival reinforce this truth time and time again.
The giddiness rears its head when the cubes are published. Hours pored over scheduling increases excitement. When the day comes, it’s irrelevant. A well-planned and structured itinerary is no substitute for a day of happy accidents and splendid surprises. With the rain staying away despite the weatherman’s best attempts to doom and gloom the otherwise optimistic, a gentle fairgrounds-wide mist tent effect cast a pleasant ambiance over a day filled with brilliant unplanned pleasure. To wit:
Tom’s Top Three Aural
#1 Allen Toussaint (Acura Stage)
Allen Toussaint was a contributing factor in the best set of the day on Thursday and helmed the best set on Friday. He’s New Orleans royalty, and his mid-afternoon performance on the Acura Stage proved why. Exuding class and professionalism, Toussaint’s top-notch band (including the resplendent Theresa Andersson as one of the background vocalists) radiated confidence as they spun the sounds Toussaint helped birth many moons ago. Touching on standards and mainstays, they were at times funky, soulful, and moving. Giving “City of New Orleans” a twist that removed any sense of cliche was a mean feat that was handled adroitly, and the sprawling “Southern Nights” closer was awe-inspiring fun.
#2 Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys (Fais Do-Do Stage)
The infectious zydeco groove commands your dancing, your swaying, and your shuffling. The onstage capabilities grab your respect. When the band was joined by three trombonists from Bonerama, it underscored the wide swath that the music at Jazz Fest covers and cross-pollinates at the same time.
#3 Mardi Gras Indian Orchestra (Louisiana Heritage Stage)
A loose amalgamation of Mardi Gras Indian tribesmen and various interested instrumentalists, the Mardi Gras Indian Orchestra celebrates this musical tradition with the addition of a string section and a cavalcade of participants, including Reggie and Camille of The Radiators.
Tom’s Top Three Gustatory
#1 Fried Chicken
Like playing guitar, making fried chicken is easy to do competently but takes real talent to do exceptionally. The fine folks at Jazz Fest have talent.
#2 William’s Plum Street Snowballs
The nectar cream snowball could easily be classified a Schedule IV narcotic.
#3 Coors in a can
Here’s a fun game: try to drink the whole can before the “cold activated” thingy turns from blue to gray. It’s tough in the New Orleans heat, but practice makes perfect. Or something like that.
Tom’s Top Three Lagniappe
#1 Eric Lindell
The overflowing crowd at the Blues Tent before and during Lindell’s set rendered the situation unsympathetic to mellowing out to his groovy vibe. It’s great that he’s catching on with so many new fans, but it’s well past time to put him on a main stage. Ya heard?
#2 Pinwheels
They’re a highly underrated form of entertainment. Just sayin’.
#3 Celebrating your wife’s birthday with her at Jazz Fest
Every year. It’s one hell of a birthday party.
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THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS TO RELEASE THINGS THAT FLY APRIL 20
 The Infamous String Busters |
About the most important question a young bluegrass band faces right out of the gate is whether they can play. The Infamous Stringdusters wasted no time in providing their answer — an emphatic yes — winning IBMA Album, Song and Emerging Artist of the Year in 2007, the same year they released their debut, Fork In the Road.
On Things That Fly, their third album, due out April 20 on Sugar Hill, the band ventures into virtually uncharted territory for an acoustic group: a sonically and thematically expansive album that lends itself to absorbed listening from start to finish, much like the great rock albums do.
Holed up in the Charlottesville, VA studio Haunted Hollow, with significant pre-production under their belts and Gary Paczosa (Nickel Creek, Dixie Chicks, Tim O’Brien) on board as engineer and co-producer, the ‘Dusters did things they’d never done before: guitarist Andy Falco put his hidden keyboard talents to use on smoldering organ parts; voices and instruments alike were splashed with reverb; and, though the band has no shortage of quality lead singers in fiddler Jeremy Garrett, dobro player Andy Hall and upright bassist Travis Book, a few fine-singing friends added novel tones, including country standout Dierks Bentley, Americana songwriter-chanteuse Sarah Siskind and Crooked Still frontwoman Aoife O’Donovan.
Factor in that every member of the band — rounded out by de facto tour videographer Chris Pandolfi (banjo) and Jesse Cobb (mandolin) — is a stylish, consummate picker with a hardly strictly bluegrass background, as well as a skilled songwriter, and you see that this band is genuinely built for breadth. “We wanted to make sure everyone had writing input on the record,” Hall relates. “We’d never done that before, and it’s a lot of why we started the band.”
Surprising covers, unusual arrangements and other departures from the expected make Things That Fly something different – namely a sign that they’ve elevated their sound and set their sights higher than ever before.
The Infamous Stringdusters Tour Dates
02/10/10 Wed Railyard Alehouse Billings, MT
02/12/10 Fri Big Sky Resort Big Sky, MT
02/13/10 Sat Big Sky Community Pavilion Big Sky, MT
02/16/10 Tue Ghost Ranch Saloon Steamboat Springs, CO
02/17/10 Wed Ghost Ranch Saloon Steamboat Springs, CO
02/18/10 Thu Mesa Theater Grand Junction, CO
02/19/10 Fri Eccles Conference Center Logan, UT
02/20/10 Sat The State Room Salt Lake City, UT
02/21/10 Sun The Spur Park City, UT
02/25/10 Thu The Shedd Eugene, OR
02/26/10 Fri Wintergrass Bellevue, WA
02/27/10 Sat Wintergrass Bellevue, WA
03/17/10 Wed Black Oak Casino Tuolumne, CA
03/18/10 Thu Crystal Bay Club Casino Crystal Bay, NV
03/19/10 Fri Grass Valley Center For the Arts Grass Valley, CA
03/20/10 Sat Don Quixote’s Felton, CA
03/21/10 Sun Freight & Salvage Coffee House Berkeley, CA
03/22/10 Mon Largo Los Angeles, CA
03/24/10 Wed El Rey Theater Albuquerque, NM
03/25/10 Thu Community Concert Hall Durango, CO
03/26/10 Fri Sheridan Opera House Telluride, CO
03/27/10 Sat Hotel Colorado Glenwood Springs, CO
03/28/10 Sun Swallow Hill – Daniel’s Hall Denver, CO
04/15/10 Thu Old Settlers Music Festival Driftwood, TX
04/16/10 Fri Old Settlers Music Festival Driftwood, TX
06/17/10 Thu Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival Grass Valley, CA
06/18/10 Fri Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival Grass Valley, CA
07/16/10 Fri Summer Music Festival At Roseberry Mccall, ID
07/19/10 Mon RockyGrass Lyons, CO
07/20/10 Tue RockyGrass Lyons, CO
07/21/10 Wed RockyGrass Lyons, CO
07/22/10 Thu RockyGrass Lyons, CO
07/23/10 Fri RockyGrass Lyons, CO
DEER TICK ADDS TOUR DATES TO SPRING SCHEDULE
 Deer Tick |
Deer Tick has added Spring tour dates, including many appearances with Those Darlins and
Dr. Dog. The tour hits nearly every major American market, kicking off March 5 in Los Angeles and wrapping up May 5 in New York City.
After finishing a U.S. run with Neko Case late last year, the band completed a three week European tour and then entered the studio back in the States to put the finishing touches on their still-untitled third album, which will be released in the first half of this year.
Deer Tick Tour Dates
03/05/10 Fri Natural History Museum of Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
03/13/10 Sat Fountain Square Cincinnati, OH
03/15/10 Mon Mojo’s Columbia, MO
04/02/10 Fri Jerky’s Providence, RI
04/03/10 Sat Firehouse 13 Gallery Providence, RI
04/04/10 Sun Space | Alternative Arts Venue Portland, ME
04/05/10 Mon Il Motore Montreal, QC
04/06/10 Tue Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, ON
04/07/10 Wed Magic Stick Detroit, MI
04/08/10 Thu The Bottom Lounge Chicago, IL
04/09/10 Fri Triple Rock Social Club Minneapolis, MN
04/10/10 Sat The Mill Iowa City, IA
04/11/10 Sun Jackpot Music Hall Lawrence, KS
04/12/10 Mon The Conservatory Oklahoma City, OK
04/14/10 Wed The Trunk Space Phoenix, AZ
04/16/10 Fri Coachella Music Festival (Empire Polo Grounds) Indio, CA
04/20/10 Tue The Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR
04/21/10 Wed Biltmore Cabaret Vancouver, BC
04/22/10 Thu Tractor Tavern Seattle, WA
04/23/10 Fri WOW Hall Eugene, OR
04/24/10 Sat Crepe Place Santa Cruz, CA
04/25/10 Sun Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA*
04/27/10 Tue Henry Fonda Theater Los Angeles, CA*
04/28/10 Wed Beauty Bar Las Vegas, NV*
04/29/10 Thu Santa Fe Brewing Company Santa Fe, NM*
04/30/10 Fri The Loft Dallas, TX*
05/01/10 Sat Emo’s Alternative Lounge Austin, TX*
05/02/10 Sun Warehouse Live Houston, TX*
05/03/10 Mon George’s Majestic Fayetteville, AR*
05/04/10 Tue Sticky Fingerz Chicken Shack Little Rock, AR*
05/05/10 Wed WorkPlay Birmingham, AL*
05/06/10 Thu The Cannery Nashville, TN*
05/07/10 Fri Headliners Music Hall Louisville, KY*
05/08/10 Sat Beachland Ballroom/Tavern Cleveland, OH
05/09/10 Sun Castaways Ithaca, NY
05/10/10 Mon Valentine’s Albany, NY
05/11/10 Tue Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA*
05/12/10 Wed Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA*
05/13/10 Thu Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA*
05/14/10 Fri 9:30 Club Washington, DC*
05/15/10 Sat Terminal 5 New York, NY*
09/10/10 Fri End of the Road Festival Wiltshire, GB
*Supporting Dr. Dog
For more on Deer Tick, see our exclusive feature/interview here.
SOMETIMES NO WORDS ARE NECESSARY
In February the Friday Playlist series will be exploring instrumental flavors of many kinds. We’re probing into what stories can be told sans words, and begin this week with a hauntingly beautiful piece from Armenian duduk master Djivan Gasparian and travel through jazz and electronica spaces with the likes of Robert Walter, Four Tet and Tortoise, while taking excursions with past masters like Yusuf Lateef and Astor Piazzola. We hope this helps soundtrack some fine moments for you folks this weekend.
And check out our The Rock Life (Pt. 3) Playlist from last week, with touring world insights from Boston, Skynyrd, Backyard Tire Fire and more! Playlist assembled by JamBase Associate Editor Dennis Cook, who is rarely at a loss for wordsÂ… |
BOOMBOX ANNOUNCE MARCH COLORADO TOUR
Featuring producer/engineer Russ Randolph and producer/vocalist/guitarist Zion Rock Godchaux, BoomBox will be performing with special opening guests BLVD along the western slopes this Spring in support of their latest release, downriverelectric, which is expected to hit the streets in advance of the Colorado tour.
Prior to the Colorado run, the duo will be hitting Midwestern spots, as well as Virginia and Arizona.
 BoomBox |
BoomBox Tour Dates
02/05/10 Fri Aces Lounge Austin, TX
02/06/10 Sat Rialto Theatre Tucson, AZ
02/12/10 Fri The Valarium Knoxville, TN
02/13/10 Sat Club R2 Charlottesville, VA
02/25/10 Thu Southgate House Newport, KY
02/26/10 Fri Headliners Music Hall Louisville, KY
03/04/10 Thu Cain’s Ballroom Tulsa, OK
03/05/10 Fri Bottleneck Lawrence, KS
03/06/10 Sat The Waiting Room Omaha, NE
03/09/10 Tue three20south Breckenridge, CO*
03/10/10 Wed Belly Up Aspen, CO*
03/11/10 Thu Aggie Theatre Fort Collins, CO*
03/12/10 Fri Fox Theatre Boulder, CO*
03/13/10 Sat Bluebird Theater Denver, CO*
03/14/10 Sun Abbey Theater Durango, CO*
03/18/10 Thu Mojo’s Columbia, MO
03/19/10 Fri Revolution Music Room Little Rock, AR
03/20/10 Sat The Box Baton Rouge, LA
*BLVD supporting
U-MELT ANNOUNCE SPRING WEST COAST DATES
 U-Melt |
U-Melt will make their first trip to the West Coast with stops in Arizona and California, followed by their long awaited return to Colorado and a few stops in the Midwest. The West Coast run is preceded by Northeast and Southern dates in February and March.
The band will be touring behind their new album, Perfect World, which is available for pre order here. The album release party is scheduled for Saturday, February 20 at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom. The event is expected to sell out, so grab your tickets now here.
U-Melt Tour Dates
02/12/10 Fri Castaways Ithaca, NY
02/13/10 Sat Nietzsche’s Buffalo, NY
02/18/10 Thu The Wheelhouse Narragansett, RI
02/19/10 Fri North Star Philadelphia, PA
02/20/10 Sat Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
02/25/10 Thu The 8X10 Baltimore, MD
02/26/10 Fri The Sherman Theater Stroudsburg, PA
02/27/10 Sat Harpers Ferry Allston, MA
03/04/10 Thu Nectar’s Burlington, VT
03/05/10 Fri Jillian’s Albany, NY
03/06/10 Sat The Westcott Theater Syracuse, NY
03/24/10 Wed The Pour House Music Hall Raleigh, NC
03/25/10 Thu Emerald Lounge Asheville, NC
03/26/10 Fri Double Door Inn Charlotte, NC
03/27/10 Sat Smith’s Olde Bar Atlanta, GA
03/31/10 Wed Plush Tucson, AZ
04/01/10 Thu Goat Head Saloon Mesa, AZ
04/02/10 Fri Winston’s San Diego, CA
04/03/10 Sat The Mint Los Angeles, CA
04/04/10 Sun The Connecticut Yankee San Francisco, CA
04/05/10 Mon Crystal Bay Club Casino Crystal Bay, NV
04/07/10 Wed Hodi’s Halfnote Fort Collins, CO
04/08/10 Thu University Of Colorado Boulder, CO
04/09/10 Fri Quixote’s True Blue Denver, CO
04/10/10 Sat Quixote’s True Blue Denver, CO
04/11/10 Sun Old Town Pub Steamboat Springs, CO
04/14/10 Wed Old Rock House St. Louis, MO
04/16/10 Fri Reggie’s Rock Club Chicago, IL
04/17/10 Sat Otto’s DeKalb, IL
EOTO HIT THE ROAD IN FEBRUARY, MARCH AND APRIL
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Electro-duo EOTO – Jason Hann and Michael Travis – will be hitting the road this February, March and April for a tour that includes multiple stops in Colorado, California and Oregon, among others.
Performed with all of the bells and whistles of a traditional electronic artist plus the addition of live drums, vocals, bass and guitar, EOTO creates each and every bass ridden noise right before your eyes – without the addition of a single pre-recorded track. Known for their completely improvised live performance, the duo is breaking ground into a new sub culture of music while standing against some of the nations best live DJ’s in the country.
EOTO Tour Dates
02/05/10 Fri Rialto Theatre Tucson, AZ
02/06/10 Sat Aggie Theatre Fort Collins, CO
02/15/10 Mon three20south Breckenridge, CO
02/16/10 Tue Samana Lounge Vail, CO
02/17/10 Wed Belly Up Aspen, CO
02/18/10 Thu The Eldo Crested Butte, CO
02/19/10 Fri Fly Me To The Moon Telluride, CO
02/20/10 Sat Abbey Theater Durango, CO
02/22/10 Mon The Launchpad Albuquerque, NM
02/23/10 Tue Sail Inn Tempe, AZ
02/24/10 Wed Orpheum Theater Flagstaff, AZ
02/25/10 Thu E-String Grill & Poker Bar Henderson, NV
02/26/10 Fri The Roxy Theatre West Hollywood, CA
02/27/10 Sat Winston’s San Diego, CA
02/28/10 Sun SOhO Restaurant and Music Club Santa Barbara, CA
03/03/10 Wed Cooper’s Nevada City, CA
03/04/10 Thu Crystal Bay Club Casino Crystal Bay, NV
03/05/10 Fri 103 Harriet Street San Francisco, CA
03/05/10 Fri 103 Harriet Street San Francisco, CA
03/06/10 Sat Don Quixote’s Felton, CA
03/07/10 Sun Hopmonk Tavern Sebastopol, CA
03/08/10 Mon The Red Fox Tavern Eureka, CA
03/11/10 Thu WOW Hall Eugene, OR
03/12/10 Fri Berbati’s Pan Portland, OR
03/17/10 Wed The Palace Missoula, MT
03/24/10 Wed The Cider House Knoxville, TN
03/27/10 Sat Hat Factory Richmond, VA
04/09/10 Fri Fox Theatre Boulder, CO
04/20/10 Tue Bourbon Theatre Lincoln, NE
04/23/10 Fri Cabooze Minneapolis, MN
04/26/10 Mon The Intersection Grand Rapids, MI
IT’S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP IF YOU WANNA ROCK ‘N’ ROLL
We conclude our January showcase of songs about road life, the music biz, and the experience of being on stages with some “classics” of the genre from Boston, Journey, two Leon Russell penned gems (“Superstar” and “A Song For You”), and more. It’s a rich rock tradition – i.e. self-referential, vaguely jaded, semi-autobiographical tunes – we’re happy to explore with you.
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And check out our The Rock Life (Pt. 2) Playlist, with touring world insights from Bob Weir, Arctic Monkeys, Jimmy Buffett and more! Playlist assembled by JamBase Associate Editor Dennis Cook, whose pretty much favorite people in the whole wide world are working musicians and their alliesÂ… |
ZAC BROWN BAND WEST COAST TOUR DATES
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Grammy-nominated Zac Brown Band will bring their Breaking Southern Ground tour to the West Coast for the first time with over a dozen concert dates starting in March. The band will also make an early stop on the West Coast next week to perform live on the Grammy telecast from Staples Center in LA on January 31.
The Breaking Southern Ground tour provides concert goers with the full Zac Brown Band experience: eat-and-greets featuring Zac cooking up his signature recipes for a few lucky fans in most markets, as well as performances by three up-and-coming Atlanta-based artists who have been signed by Brown to his label Southern Ground Records: Sonia Leigh, Levi Lowrey and Nic Cowan.
The shows will host various onstage combinations of the musicians integrated throughout the event as Zac Brown Band will make appearances during each artist’s set, then inviting them to join the full band later in the night.
A new addition to this leg of the tour, special guests Joey + Rory will join the Zac Brown Band to emcee the shows.
Zac Brown Band Tour Dates
03/02/10 Tue San Diego Sports Arena San Diego, CA
03/03/10 Wed Dodge Theatre Phoenix, AZ
03/04/10 Thu Pan Am Center at NMSU Las Cruces, NM
03/05/10 Fri World Arena Colorado Springs, CO
03/09/10 Tue Fox Theater Oakland, CA
03/10/10 Wed San Jose State Event Center San Jose, CA
03/11/10 Thu Arco Arena Sacramento, CA
03/12/10 Fri Gibson Amphitheatre Universal City, CA
03/13/10 Sat The Joint @ Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas, NV
03/17/10 Wed Arlington Theatre Santa Barbara, CA
03/18/10 Thu Rabobank Arena Bakersfield, CA
03/19/10 Fri Redding Convention Ctr. Redding, CA
03/20/10 Sat Salem Armory Auditorium Salem, OR
03/21/10 Sun Comcast Arena Everett, WA
04/29/10 Thu MerleFest Wilkesboro, NC
07/03/10 Sat Alpine Valley Music Theatre East Troy, WI*
07/04/10 Sun Alpine Valley Music Theatre East Troy, WI*
07/09/10 Fri Hersheypark Stadium & Star Pavilion Hershey, PA*
07/10/10 Sat PNC Park Pittsburgh, PA*
07/16/10 Fri Citi Field Flushing, NY*
07/17/10 Sat Citi Field Flushing, NY*
07/23/10 Fri Nationals Park Washington, DC*
07/25/10 Sun Churchill Downs Louisville, KY
*Supporting Dave Matthews Band
CIRCUS LIFE UNDER THE BIG TOP WORLD
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We continue our January showcase of songs about road life, the music biz, and the experience of being on stages. It’s a rich rock tradition – i.e. self-referential, vaguely jaded, semi-autobiographical tunes – we’re happy to explore with you.
This week finds touring ennui from Jimmy Buffett, Rick Nelson and Bob Weir, alongside more modern discontent from the stage delivered by the Arctic Monkeys and Splitsville. There’s also a couple bonafide classics in this rock subset from Steely Dan and Stealers Wheel (yes, kids, they did more songs than “Stuck In The Middle With You”). We wrap up with the Patti Smith Group‘s wonderful reworking of The Byrds’ staple, which declares, “This is the era where everybody creates!” and we begin with the too-short-lived Imperial Drag, one of the best post-Jellyfish outfits Roger Joseph Manning Jr. has been involved in.
Once again, we encourage you to raise your beer mugs and disposable lighters to the heavens for the hard working musicians that do that voodoo that they do so well.
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And check out our The Rock Life (Pt. 1) Playlist, with touring world insights from Thin Lizzy, Elton John, Backyard Tire Fire and more! Playlist assembled by JamBase Associate Editor Dennis Cook, whose pretty much favorite people in the whole wide world are working musicians and their alliesÂ… |
LOVE AND A MUSIC MAN AIN’T ALWAYS WHAT IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE
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After spending the better part of a week with folks trying to shake a dollar out of the music business on Jam Cruise, JamBase was poignantly reminded that it ain’t easy being in a band. So, the Friday Playlists in January will showcase songs about road life, the recording industry, and the experience of being on stages. It’s a rich rock tradition – i.e. self-referential, vaguely jaded, semi-autobiographical songs – and much like theatre pieces focused on theatre life, there’s pleasure and insight to be had, even when things get a touch cheesy.
Our first dozen entries tap into some quality ’70s ennui from Linda Ronstadt (covering James Taylor), Rockpile and Elton John, as well as killer contemporary contributions to the “rock songs about rock” canon from Backyard Tire Fire and The Drams, plus two overlooked classics from Lynyrd Skynyrd and Goose Creek Symphony. There’s also a bit of unbridled exuberance from Eddie Money, Black Oak Arkansas and Thin Lizzy, because it’s got to be enjoyable sometimes or no one would stuff themselves into a beat-up van like some musical clown car and bring the show to our towns. Thank the Lord above that there’s hard working souls willing to endure the “long way to the top.” And don’t worry, we’ll get to Journey, Dr. Hook and other masters of this subject matter in the next couple weeks. For now, slip a coin into the jukebox and give these a spin.
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Playlist assembled by JamBase Associate Editor Dennis Cook, whose pretty much favorite people in the whole wide world are working musicians and their alliesÂ… |
