LISBON OUT NOW
Last night, The Walkmen
appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, performing the track “Juveniles” off their new album
Lisbon. Watch below and click here to check out upcoming tour
dates.
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SOPHOMORE ALBUM OUT JAN. 18 ON FAT POSSUM RECORDS
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Chicago’s Smith Westerns
will release its sophomore LP, Dye It Blonde, on Fat Possum on Jan. 18. The first single from the
record is “Weekend” which fans can listen to here.
The record was produced by Chris Coady (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, !!!, TVOTR, Beach House, etc.) in New York
City. The
band is currently in Europe on tour with MGMT, and today announced a slew of early 2011 dates, including two NYC
dates in Jan and later dates with the UK band and Fat Possum labelmates Yuck.
SMITH WESTERNS
Tue-Dec 14: Lyon, France – Le Transbordeur ^
Wed-Dec 15: Bordeaux, France – Saint EX
Thu-Dec 16: Barcelona, Spain – Razzmatazz ^
Fri-Dec 17: Madrid, Spain – La Riviera ^
Sat-Dec 18: Lisbon, Portugal – Campo Pequeno ^
Tue-Jan 18: Brooklyn, NY – Glasslands
Wed-Jan 19: New York, NY – Pianos
Fri-Jan 28: Nashville, TN – The End*
Sat-Jan 29: Knoxville, TN – Pilot Light*
Sun-Jan 30: Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506*
Mon-Jan 31: Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club*
Tue-Feb 1: Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn*
Thu-Feb 3: Orlando, FL – Backbooth*
Fri-Feb 4: Tallahassee, FL – Club Downunder*
Sun-Feb 6: Houston, TX – Fitzgeralds*
Mon-Feb 7: Austin, TX – Emos*
Tue-Feb 8: Dallas, TX – The Loft*
Thu-Feb 10: Phoenix, AZ – Rhythm Room*
Fri-Feb 11: Los Angeles, CA – Echo*
Sat-Feb 12: Costa Mesa, CA – Detroit Bar*
Sun-Feb 13: San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill*
Tue-Feb 15: Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
Wed-Feb 16: Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret
Thu-Feb 17: Seattle, WA – Crocodile Cafe
Fri-Feb 18: Boise, ID – Neurolux
Sat-Feb 19: Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
Mon-Feb 21: Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
Tue-Feb 22: Kansas City, MO – The Record Bar
Wed-Feb 23: Omaha, NE – Waiting Room
Thu-Feb 24: Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock Social Club
Fri-Feb 25: Madison, WI – The Frequency
Sat-Feb 26: Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
Mon-Feb 28: Toronto, ON – Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
Tue-Mar 1: Montreal, PQ – La Sala Rossa
Wed-Mar 2: Boston, MA – Great Scott
Fri-Mar 4: Washington, DC – Rock and Roll Hotel
^ = w/ MGMT
* = w/ Yuck
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There were smiles and handshakes in Lisbon, but the road ahead is bumpy
BARACK OBAMA’S satisfaction on leaving NATO’s two-day summit in Lisbon on November 20th was palpable. After his “shellacking” at the hands of the voters and a tour of Asia that yielded little in the way of positive results, the embattled president found Europe’s leaders going out of their way to show solidarity. Even Russia presented a smiling face at the summit. But for all the pleasing mood music, more jarring notes are in prospect for the alliance.
Take the “reset” of NATO’s relations with its traditional foe, Russia. Much was made of the decision by the Russian president, Dmitri Medvedev, to come to Lisbon. Mr Medvedev was happy to agree that terrorism, piracy, illegal drugs and nuclear proliferation were all threats that NATO and Russia should confront together. He also offered some practical, non-military help in Afghanistan and tentatively accepted the offer to co-operate on the territorial ballistic-missile defence system that NATO members have decided will now go ahead. The alliance’s general-secretary, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, summed it up: “We have agreed together on which security challenges NATO nations and Russia actually face today. What’s most significant is what’s not on the list: each other.” …
NATO welcomed at its summit in Lisbon Serbia’s commitment to Euro-Atlantic integration and the increasing cooperation between the Alliance and Serbia. “We welcome, and continue to support, the Government of Serbia’s stated commitment to Serbia’s Euro-Atlantic integration. We welcome the increasing cooperation between NATO and Serbia.”
Russia will together with NATO monitor the nuclear programs of some countries, including Iran, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said.
“Jointly with NATO states, we will closely watch the development of various programs by other countries. We are not indifferent to what the planet’s nuclear potential looks like,” Medvedev told journalists on Saturday after a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council in Lisbon.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai and US commander General David Petraeus had a one-hour long meeting to discuss the former”s call for US forces to leave the country by 2011. The two reached an agreement that Special Forces raids, which the president had earlier said should end, can continue in Afghanistan, the BBC reported. Throughout their [...]
1935: The world’s first modern frontal leukotomy is performed in a Lisbon hospital by Portuguese neurologist Antonio Egas Moniz.
Moniz’s leukotomy (or leucotomy, from the Greek for “cutting white,” in this case the brain’s white matter) soon became popularly known as the lobotomy. It was not, however, the surgical procedure now generally associated with lobotomies. Rather, [...]
Russia believes the Russia-NATO summit in Lisbon will completely put an end to the post-Cold War period, RIA Novosti reports. The summit will set guidelines toward a strategic partnership, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
NEW ALBUM LISBON OUT NOW
The Walkmen will tour the
southeastern United States in early 2011 in support of their Fat Possum Records debut Lisbon.
After completing a successful North American run and appearances on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and
Last Call with Carson Daly, the band caps 2010 with performances in New York City at Terminal 5
(December 2) and Washington, DC at the 9:30 Club (December 3). See below for a complete list of dates.
THE WALKMEN TOUR DATES:
December 2 Terminal 5 New York, NY*
December 3 9:30 Club Washington, DC†
January 12 Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, NC
January 13 Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA
January 14 Grey Eagle Asheville, NC
January 15 Exit In Nashville, TN
March 2 One Eyed Jack’s New Orleans, LA
March 3 Fitzgerald’s Houston, TX
March 4 Stubb’s Bar-B-Que Austin, TX
March 5 Granada Theater Dallas, TX
* with School of Seven Bells
† with Tennis
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Nissan’s been proudly showing off its new electric vehicle in Europe this week and appropriately decided to centre the event around the Museum of Electricity in Lisbon.
A former coal-fired power station – the transition analogy was not lost – the Museum houses an extraordinary collection of old power options right next to the Portuguese capital’s iconic monument to its famous discoverers.
And power is something the Leaf most definitely doesn’t stint on. It delivers a surprising torque value according to Nissan equivalent to a 2.5L V6 petrol engine, although when switching to the ‘Eco’ mode for motorways, pulling is clearly not as great.
Noise – or obviously the lack of it – has taxed the Nissan boffins who – in consultation with various blind associations for example – have come up with an engine-mounted system that the manufacturer says produces a sound similar to that of an aircraft taxiing. After 30km/h, tyre noise is deemed sufficient.
Such lack of cabin noise necessitated attention also had to be paid to quietening the wiper motor by 3db, while the headlamps deflect wind over the Leaf’s wing mirrors.
A dashboard gizmo constantly updates the range available – 160km autonomy is sufficient for most journeys – but driving up to 140km/h certainly sees the distance left rapidly diminish. However, an indicator also tells the driver where the nearest recharging point is – just for reassurance’s sake.
The Leaf certainly created quite a stir around Lisbon’s streets this week. The ‘Zero Emissions’ badging caused a fair amount of head turning, while one driver gesticulated at the car “electric?”
My Portuguese isn’t exactly fluent and after his several sentences – delivered at extraordinary pace – I just gave him a thumbs-up, which elicited the rather odd reply in Lisbon of “au revoir.”
And the Japanese couldn’t resist adding yet a further touch of technology. Should you be at dinner having parked your Leaf at a recharging point, a signal can be directed into your restaurant to a Smart Phone that will alert the driver when the car battery is fully replenished.
Oh, and according to Nissan, several Leaf cars together will be ‘Leafs’ and not ‘Leaves.’
TWO NIGHT NYE RUN IN WASHINGTON DC
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Gogol Bordello have
unveiled a string of winter dates, beginning with two nights at the Boulder Theater in Boulder, CO. From there, the
gang will hit other US cities including Lawrence, KS, Milwaukee, Madison, Covington and Pittsburgh before heading
over to Europe for a few weeks worth of shows.
Gogol will pick it back up in the US on December 28, leading up to a two night New Years Eve run on December 30
and 31 at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC. They’ll also play a New Years Day show at Terminal 5 in New York.
Check out all the dates below.
10/27/10 Boulder Theater Boulder, CO
10/28/10 Boulder Theater Boulder, CO
10/29/10 Liberty Hall Lawrence, KS
10/30/10 Turner Hall Ballroom Milwaukee, WI
10/31/10 Capitol Theater Madison, WI
11/02/10 Vogue Nightclub Indianapolis, IN
11/03/10 Madison Theater Covington, KY
11/04/10 Mr. Small’s Theatre Pittsburgh, PA
11/21/10 Mandela Hall Belfast, GB
11/22/10 Olympia Theatre Dublin, IR
11/24/10 Campo Pequeno Lisbon, POR
11/26/10 Liverpool Academy Liverpool, GB
11/27/10 Leeds University Leeds, GB
11/28/10 Brighton Dome Brighton, GB
11/30/10 Tonhalle Munich, GER
12/01/10 FZW Dortmund, GER
12/02/10 Store Vega Kbenhavn V, DK
12/03/10 Sentrum Scene Oslo, NO
12/04/10 Berns Stockholm, SE
12/06/10 Kulttuuritalo Helsinki, FI
12/08/10 Tradgardsforeningen Gothenburg, SE
12/09/10 Columbiahalle Berlin, GER
12/10/10 Longhorn Stuttgart, GER
12/11/10 Live Music Hall Cologne, GER
12/12/10 Tilburg 013 Tilburg, NL
12/14/10 La Cigale Paris, FRA
12/15/10 HMV Forum London, GB
12/16/10 HMV Forum London, GB
12/28/10 Jefferson Theater Charlottesville, VA
12/29/10 Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
12/30/10 9:30 Club Washington, DC
12/31/10 9:30 Club Washington, DC
01/01/11 Terminal 5 New York, NY
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Katy Perry’s hitting the road on her next headlining tour! In a posting on her Twitter page Monday, the quirky pop tart announced plans to embark on her eagerly-awaited The California Dream Tour early next year. The trek — which will feature Perry belting out charttoppers like “California Gurls” and “I Kissed A Girl” –kicks [...]
LISBON OUT SEPTEMBER 14; SUMMER AND FALL DATES ANNOUNCED
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Lisbon, the fifth album by critically acclaimed band The Walkmen, is due September 14 with iTunes pre-orders beginning August 10. The album’s first single “Angela Surf City” is currently available via iTunes. This summer and fall the band will embark on a nationwide tour in support of the record including newly announced stops in Montreal (October 8) and Chicago (October 13). See below for a complete list of dates.
August 12 Governors Island New York, NY*
September 8 The Showbox Seattle, WA†
September 9-10 Melkin Bowl Vancouver, BC‡
September 11 WOW Hall Eugene, OR†
September 12 Music Fest NW Portland, OR‡
September 14 The Fillmore San Francisco, CA§
September 15 Music Box @ Fonda Los Angeles, CA§
September 17 Clubhouse Phoenix, AZ§
September 18 Belly Up San Diego, CA§
September 19 Neon Reverb Festival @ Beauty Bar Las Vegas, NV
October 7 Royale Boston, MA#
October 8 Cabaret Jouste Pour Rire Montreal, QC#
October 9 Opera House Toronto, ON#
October 10 Magic Stick Detroit, MI#
October 12 The Vogue Indianapolis, IN#
October 13 The Metro Chicago, IL§
October 14 Barrymore Theatre Madison, WI§
October 16 Waiting Room Omaha, NE§
October 18 Fox Theatre Boulder, CO§
October 19 Bottleneck Lawrence, KS§
October 20 Off Broadway St. Louis, MO§
October 21 Zanzibar Louisville, KY§
October 22 Mr. Smalls Theatre Pittsburgh, PA§
October 23 The Trocadero Philadelphia, PA§
* supporting Grizzly Bear
† with Helio Sequence
‡ supporting The National
§ with Japandroids
# with AA Bondy
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AMD is targeting its latest Opteron family of chips at cloud and hyperscale computing environments, where great demand is placed on performance, energy efficiency and low cost. AMD officials also said that the Opteron 4000 processors also meet similar demands they are hearing from SMBs. – Advanced Micro Devices is rolling out its latest
Opteron processor family, a group of energy-efficient, low-cost chips
aimed at cloud and hyperscale computing environments.
The four- to six-core Opteron 4000 series, codenamed “Lisbon,” is aimed at servers and workstations with one and two sockets…
On Wednesday, Advanced Micro Devices introduced its latest family of microprocessors that is designed for cloud computing servers. Actually, the chips are part of the Opteron 4100 family and enabled with four-core variants. Originally, they had a codename, such as Lisbon. As a matter of fact, the chips use less power compared to their predecessors. [...]
It looks like Miley Cyrus is desperate to put across the message to her fans that she’s a grown-up.
The 17-year-old ditched her Disney princess look for a raunchy Madonna-style corset that left little to the imagination as she gyrated her hips and grabbed her crotch during an explosive gig in Lisbon, Portugal, reports the Mirror.
One [...]
THIRD NEW ALBUM IN LESS THAN A YEAR
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Eels are set to release a new album entitled Tomorrow Morning on August 24, 2010 and embark on a world tour starting August 3. Eels leader Mark Oliver Everett, aka E, calls the 14 track album the final installment of a trilogy that began with Hombre Lobo (June 2009) and End Times (January 2010). The world tour starts in Santa Ana, CA, hitting Japan, Australia, Europe, United States and Canada. It will be the first time Eels have performed live since the release of the three latest albums.
Eels 2010 World Tour Dates
August 3 Santa Ana, California Galaxy Theater (warm-up show)
August 7 Tokyo, Japan Marine Stadium, Summersonic Festival
August 8 Osaka, Japan Maishima, Summersonic Festival
August 13 Brisbane, Australia The Tivoli
August 14 Sydney, Australia The Enmore Theater
August 15 Melbourne, Australia The Palace
August 20 Hasselt, Belgium Pukkelpop Festival
August 21 Stafford, UK V Festival
August 22 Chelmsford, UK V Festival
August 24 Glasgow, Scotland Academy
August 26 Birmingham, UK Academy
August 28 Zurich, Switzerland Winterhur Festival
August 29 Paris, France Rock en Seine Festival
August 30 Amsterdam, Holland Paradiso
September 1 London, UK Brixton Academy
September 3 Dublin, Ireland Electric Picnic Festival
September 4 Manchester, UK Academy
September 5 Luxembourg Den Atelier
September 6 Groningen, Holland Oosterpoort
September 7 Hamburg, Germany Grosse Freiheit
September 8 Copenhagen, Denmark Vega
September 10 Berlin, Germany Astra
September 11 Munich, Germany Theaterfabrik
September 12 Vienna, Austria Arena
September 13 Graz, Austria Orpheum
September 14 Hohenems, Austria Eventcenter
September 15 Milan, Italy Alcatraz
September 17 Barcelona, Spain Bikini
September 19 Lisbon, Portugal Coliseum
September 22 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live
September 23 Richmond, VA The National Theater
September 24 Boston, MA The Royal
September 25 New York, NY Terminal 5
September 26 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
September 28 Montreal, Canada Le National
September 29 Toronto, Canada The Mod
September 30 Detroit, MI The Crofoot
October 1 Chicago, IL The Metro
October 2 Milwaukee, WI The Pabst Theater
October 3 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
October 5 Denver, CO The Ogden Theater
October 6 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
October 8 Portland, OR Roseland
October 9 Seattle, WA TBA
October 11 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
October 12 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theater
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