MP3 PREVIEW: Art Brut: "We're taking our clothes off..."

The best talk-singer to come out of the UK in ages, Eddie Argos of Art Brut, starts off the song "Pump Up The Volume" with the line...

"We're taking our clothes off..."

I want to say that's a great start, but you know... I... uhh... don't fancy... men. Although the songs do sound great (even if they're unmastered).

Here's a preview of the upcoming release by Art Brut, It's a Bit Complicated (June 26 on Downtown Records)... from the label.

Unmastered 5 track preview
"Pump Up the Volume"
"Direct Hit"
"Post Soothing Out"
"Late Sunday"
"Nag Nag Nag Nag"
[download link: zip file]

TOUR DATES
04-17 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
04-18 Brooklyn, NY - Studio B
04-19 Toronto, Ontario - The Mod Club
04-20 Chicago, IL - Subterranean
04-21 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
04-23 Cardiff, Wales - University *
04-24 Leeds, England - University *
04-25 Nottingham, England - Rock City *
04-26 Manchester, England - Ritz *
04-27 Liverpool, England - Academy *
04-30 Bristol, England - Academy *
05-01 Southampton, England - Guildhall *
05-02 Norwich, England - UEA *
05-03 Birmingham, England - Academy *
05-05 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowlands *
05-06 Aberdeen, Scotland - Music Hall *
05-07 Sunderland, England - Manor Quay *
05-08 Northumbria, England - Stage 1 *
05-11 London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire *
06-13 London, England - Kentish Town Forum
06-14 Birmingham, England - Academy 2
06-15 Manchester, England - Academy 3
06-16 Glasgow, Scotland - Oran Mor
06-18 Leeds, England - Cockpit

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The National's 'Boxer' Has Leaked

Yes, that's right, Boxer has sprung a leak and it looks like no one's going to sop up the beautiful mess. The release date is over 7 weeks away, I think, and here it is playing as I type (thank you, D.S.) , the song "Ada" playing. It's a lovely melody driven by Matt Berninger's smoke empowered vocals, the wonderful addition of piano to many songs on this new album, and lines like these...

Stand inside an empty tuxedo
with grapes in my mouth
waiting for Ada

I'm not going to post a song from Boxer, yet. I could get all kinds of traffic by doing so, but I want to get a much better feel for the new music. The band has obviously made an attempt to grow and expand, musically and literally, by seeking out the musical talents of Doveman's Thomas Bartlett and indie it-boy Sufjan Stevens. And I should at least make an attempt to grow by burrowing into the rich soil of this new music.

And that is the band in the cover shot for Boxer.

From Boxer - fake empire [mp3]

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MP3s
from Alligator mr november [mp3]
from Cherry Tree EP cherry tree [mp3]
from Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers lucky you [mp3]

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Wilco Drummer Writes For Kronos Quartet

Via Billboard:

"Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche has completed "Anomaly", a 23-minute piece for the Kronos Quartet that will premiere in New York in October."

"It's very percussive," Kotche says with a laugh when asked to describe the sound of the piece. "I'm not toning it down. I'm playing a multiple-percussion kit. It's really rhythmic; there's a lot of energy."


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glenn kotche mobile part 3 from solo album Mobile [mp3]
wilco hate it here from Sky Blue Sky [mp3]

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Ted Leo Live @ WOXY = MP3s

Ted Leo was in San Fransisco for the Noise Pop festival earlier this month and stopped in at WOXY to talk and perform a few songs. The two songs marked mp3 can be downloaded at WOXY.

Here's what he played:
Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone?
The Nice People Argument
A Bottle Of Buckie [MP3]
The Living Kind [MP3]
Me & Mia

Robert Gomez

Robert Gomez might come from Denton, TX, but his throat is in the same region as Sufjan Stevens. A region where words carry on the wind while all the while threatening to tear before they reach your ears. Hearing Gomez (and Stevens) sing is how I imagine it feels to be a girl in the back seat of a big car. A car moving through the sultry* summer night (*a big thank you to Throw Momma From The Train) with the girl's parents in the front seat and her boyfriend beside her in the back, singing in his fluid whisper against her reddening ear while the radio crackles like a dying campfire. Having said that, Gomez does rock and can stir his whispery breeze into desert solar wind, the music rising around like electrical heat waves.

"Closer Still" may be the song picked as the one to promote the album, but I find "Into The Sun" to be a richer song, well, at least the one that inspired me to write this post.

His latest record on Bella Union is called Brand New Towns.

From Brand New Towns...
into the sun [mp3]

closer still - acoustic version not on the album [mp3]

from the Closer Still EP
stuck inside [mp3]

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TOUR DATES
Wed Mar. 28th The Opolis Norman, OK Headlining
Thu Mar. 29th MOJO Columbia, MO Headlining
Fri Mar. 30th Schubas Tavern Chicago, IL Headlining
Sat Mar. 31st Club Cafe Pittsburgh, PA W/ Alejandro Escovedo
Sun Apr. 1st IOTA Club Arlington, VA Headlining
Mon Apr. 2nd The Middle East Cambridge, MA Headlining
Tue Apr. 3rd The Khyber Philadelphia, PA Headlining
Wed Apr. 4th JoeÕs Pub New York, NY Headlining
Thu Apr. 5th Union Hall Brooklyn, NY Headlining
Sun. Apr. 8th Academy 2 Liverpool, UK Supporting Midlake
Mon. Apr. 9th Oran Mor Glasgow, UK Supporting Midlake
Tues. Apr. 10th Plug Sheffield, UK Supporting Midlake
Wed. Apr. 11th Shepherds Bush Empire London, UK Supporting Midlake
Thu. Apr. 12th Concorde 2 Brighton, UK Supporting Midlake
Fri. Apr. 13th The Zodiac Oxford, UK Supporting Midlake
Sat. April 14th Motel Mozaique Rotterdam, Holland Supporting Midlake
Mon. April 16th Ninkasi Lyon, France Supporting Midlake
Tue. April 17th Abart Zurich, Switzerland Supporting Midlake
Wed. April 18th Rainbow Milan, Italy Supporting Midlake
Thu. April 19th Cooperative Clermont Ferrand, France Supporting Midlake
Fri. April 20th Trabendo Paris, France Supporting Midlake
Sat. April 21st Botanique Brussles, Belgium Supporting Midlake
Mon. April 23rd KB Malmo, Sweden Supporting Midlake
Tue. April 24th Pusterviksbaren Gothenburg, Sweden Supporting Midlake
Wed. April 25th Folken Stavanger, Norway Supporting Midlake
Thu. April 26th Hulen Bergen, Norway Supporting Midlake
Fri. April 27th John Dee Oslo, Norway Supporting Midlake
Sat. April 28th Vox Hall Aarhus, Denmark Supporting Midlake
Mon. April 30th Borderline London, UK Headlining

Modest Mouse Debuts At Number One

Modest Mouse have debuted at number one with We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank. Here's the scoop from billboard.com:

Katie Hasty, N.Y.

"Modest Mouse scores the first No. 1 album on The Billboard 200 of its career this week as "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank" debuts on top. The Epic set moved 129,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan, more than double the group's previous best sales week. Modest Mouse's last album, 2004's "Good News for People Who Love Bad News," debuted at No. 19 with 68,000. "

Read the rest...

king rat [mp3] (vinyl rip of 7" single b/w "Fire It Up")

Ted Leo: Kicks Off Tour + Contest!

The tour starts tonight and so does a 'caption contest'.

Here's the details from Touch and Go:

"It’s your turn to put the words in Ted's (and Chris's and Dave's) mouth. The top ten entries to submit a caption for the following Ted Leo and the Pharmacists press photo (click photo to enlarge) will win a Ted Leo and the Pharmacists scarf, autographed copy of Living With the Living, Ted Leo prescription pads and a bunch of other fanboy gems.



The grand prize for the best caption we find will receive all of these prizes plus two tickets to the Ted Leo and the Pharmacists spring show in their city, a Peta2 "I Am Not A Nugget" hip bag and other sweet Peta2 items.

Entry details: send entries to contest@tgrec.com. Captions should be pasted into the body of the email (no attachments) and describe, in the participants words, what is taking place in the photo. Please, limit captions to 50 words maximum.

Contest End: Thursday, April 5 at 12:00 am. On Friday, April 6, our panel of…err…judges will collect the entries and submit the cream of the crop to Mr. Leo who will then select the top ten entries and the grand prize winner."

MP3 from the Mo' Living EP - already too late - link removed at label request
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TED LEO TOUR DATES
03-28 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts *#
03-29 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club #
03-30 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle #
03-31 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse #
04-01 Orlando, FL - Social #
04-02 Miami, FL - Studio A #
04-04 Baton Rouge, LA - Chelsea's Café #
04-05 Houston, TX - Numbers #
04-06 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Ballroom #
04-07 Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa #
04-09 Tempe, AZ - Clubhouse #
04-10 San Diego, CA - Epicentre #
04-13 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre #
04-16 Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre #
04-17 Seattle, WA - Showbox Showroom #
04-18 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards #
04-20 Boise, ID - Venue #
04-21 Salt Lake City, UT - Club Sound at In the Venue #
04-22 Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre #
04-23 Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck #
04-25 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue #
04-26 Madison, WI - Club 770 #
04-27 Iowa City, IA - Picador #
04-28 Chicago, IL - Metro #
04-30 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick #
05-02 Toronto, Ontario - Mod Club #
05-03 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa #
05-04 Boston, MA - Avalon #
05-05 New York, NY - Webster Hall #
06-02 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival
06-04 Bordeaux, France - Heretic
06-05 St. Etienne, France - L'Assommoir
06-06 Milan, Italy - Magnolia
06-07 Soliera, Italy - Artevive
06-08 Livorno, Italy - The Cage
06-10 Vienna, Austria - Chelsea
06-11 Innsbruck, Austria - Weekender
06-12 Munich, Germany - Feierwerk
06-13 Stuttgart, Germany - Schocken
06-14 Nuremberg, Germany - K4
06-15 Cologne, Germany - Gebaude
06-16 Ludwigshafen, Germany - Das Haus
06-17 Wiesbaden, Germany - Schlachthof
06-18 Berlin, Germany - Magnet Club
06-19 Hamburg, Germany
06-20 Munster, Germany - Gleis 22
06-21 Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Rotown
06-22 Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Paradiso
06-23 Aarschot, Belgium - DE Klinker
06-24 Metz, France - Le Tunnel
06-25 Paris, France - Nouvelle Casino
06-27 Dublin, Ireland - Crawdaddy
06-28 Galway, Ireland - Roisin Dubh
06-29 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Laverys Bunker
06-30 Glasgow, Scotland - King Tut's Wah-Wah Hut
07-01 Leeds, England - The Cockpit
07-02 Nottingham, England - The Maze
07-03 Bristol, England - Thelka
07-04 Newcastle, England - Cumberland Arms
07-05 Brighton, England - Pressure Point
07-06 London, England - Borderline

* with Love or Perish
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Wednesday MP3 Mix: Beggars Group, USA

All of these links should work, just right click and save as.

alfie you make no bones
alfie cloudy lemonade
anjalie seven x eight
natacha atlas close your eyes
badly drawn boy the shining (The Avalanches Good Word For The Weekend Remix)
badly drawn boy once around the block
devendra banhart quedata luna
basement jaxx missing you by ronnie richards
biffy clyro joy, discovery, invention
billy mahoney watching people talking when you can't hear what they're saying
blonde redhead misery is a butterfly
bowery electric lush life
bows cuban welterweight
bows blush
brassy 1-1-0
buffalo tom never noticed
capitol k pillow
colourbox looks like we're shy one horse - shootout
cornershop motion the 11
electrelane on parade
rachel goswell sleeping & tooting
neil halstead two stones in my pocket
king of woolworths stalker song
the high llamas snow white
the mountain goats woke up new
nectarine no 9 susan identifier
the strokes last nite
super furry animals (drawing) rings around the world
tindersticks trying to find a home
tindersticks people keep coming round

Feist: La Sirena MP3 + Lyrics

Leslie Feist (myspace) has a voice I have a very difficult time trying to describe, but no difficulty enjoying. You know, I listen and wonder, "How can she sound like that?" Why her? Why not me? I want to sound like chocolate and wine, too... and candle smoke. Here's Feist at her dreamiest sounding, from her 1999 solo debut, Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down)

la sirena [mp3]
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"LA SIRENA" Lyric
La sirena
You are heart in the waves
La sirena
You are heart in the waves
You are heart in the waves
Cause you are the end of me
Yeah you
Are the end of me
Yeah you
Are the end of me
Yeah you
Are the end of me
La sirena
You are heart in the waves
In the waves
You are heart in the waves
In the waves
Cause you are the end of me
Yeah you
Are the end of me
Yeah you
Are the end of me
Yeah you
Are the end of me
Yeah you
You are the end of me
Yeah you
Are the end of me
Yeah you
Are the end of me
Yeah you are the end of me

Field Music

Field Music are one of the most polished indie bands working indie's decidedly unpolished halls. Sounding like a smaller, but up-to-date, Supertramp, the Sunderland, UK outfit blend surprising twists and turns into little nuggets that would be radio hits in a perfect world.

From their latest release Tones Of Town...
closer at hand [mp3]

From their 2005 s/t debut...
you're so pretty [mp3]
shorter shorter [mp3]
you can decide [mp3]

From 2002's Write Your Own History
i'm tired [mp3]

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Tapes 'N Tapes To Record Second Album this June

This news item found at billboard.com:

BY John Benson, Cleveland

A whole bunch of untitled songs is what Tapes 'N Tapes singer/guitarist Josh Grier has at this stage of writing the band's next album, which is slated to be recorded in June for a tentative fall release date.

"None of the songs have been played live so far," Grier tells Billboard.com. "I've been holding off and wanted to get to the point where I was comfortable with them and liked how they were sounding."

That will change next month when the Minneapolis quartet hits the road for a headlining club tour, which begins April 16 in Columbia, Mo., and also includes a Coachella date. When asked if he's concerned about any of the new material finding its way onto the Internet, Grier laughs, "There's only so much you can control. I think that's part of the reason why we waited until this tour to play the new stuff, because I wanted to make sure we had the lyrics written so I wasn't just mumbling words."

Go HERE to read more.

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Some MP3s:

From their debut The Loon

Cowbell

Omaha

Insistor

from their debut EP

Beachgirls

Icedbergs

'50s Parking

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New Full Albums Streams: Kaiser Chiefs, Kate Havnevik, The Klaxons

The latest full album streams at spinner.com are now streaming. Go here to listen to Kaiser Chiefs' Yours Truly, Angry Mob, Kate Havnevik's Melankton, and The Klaxons' Myths of the Near Future.

Spoon Give Up New Album Title

Spoon have announced their new album title. With a release date set for July, we've all got quite a wait for this one. Are you ready? The new album will be called.... Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga.

Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga?

Ha Ha Ha Ha...... ha.

Here's the tracklist for the disc on Merge Records:
01 Don't Make Me a Target
02 The Ghost of You Lingers
03 You Got Yr Cherry Bomb
04 Don't You Evah
05 Rhthm and Soul
06 Eddie's Ragga
07 The Underdog
08 My Little Japanese Cigarette Case
09 Finer Feelings
10 Black Like Me

Upcoming Tour Dates:
04-13 Grinnell, IA - Harris Center (Grinnell College)
04-21 Baltimore, MD - Sonar (Main Room)
04-22 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom
04-24 Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony
04-26 New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
04-27 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
04-28 Boston, MA - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
05-27 George, WA - Gorge Amphitheatre (Sasquatch! Festival)
06-16 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music Festival
07-04 Detroit, MI - Comerica CityFest

Released: March 27th

These are tomorrow's releases at insound.com.

March

03/27/07 Antelope Reflector Dischord

03/27/07 Fall Reformation Post TLC Narnack

03/27/07 Glos Harmonium Lovitt

03/27/07 Kaiser Chiefs Yours Truly, Angry Mob Universal

03/27/07 Klaxons Myth of the Near Future Geffen

ARCADE FIRE CANCEL EURO TOUR

This is terrible news for those of you who were looking forward to Arcade Fire in your neck of the European woods, but due to illness, Win Butler has had to cancel the remaining dates slated for Europe. Butler has posted his apology and explanation on the band's website, this is the post in full.

Win Butler's post:

"heavy heart"

Hello Friends,

I am backstage at the venue in Oslo and I just had to make the very sad decision to cancel the rest of the European tour. I have been suffering from a sinus and bronchial infection for the last 3 months, and last night in Stockholm I finally pushed my voice and body farther than they are able to go. Last night I kept yelling at the monitor guy because I didn't recognize the sound that was coming out of the monitor as my own voice, and it took me until the second song to realize that the sound was coming from me. Today I can barely speak, or make any sound, so finishing the shows is no longer possible.

I have had several doctors advise me to cancel shows weeks ago, and I have been trying to push through, but for my own health and safety I need to have sinus surgery so I can get better and start the recovery process. We are all very sad, because we were very much looking forward to playing these shows, and we could not imagine canceling a show unless it was physically impossible to do. We apologize to the fans that have been waiting to see us, and we promise to try and come back as soon as it is humanly possible...

We would like to thank everyone who has been coming to the shows, and the outpouring of love and support for our music that we have felt. Wish me luck with the doctors,

And see you soon

luv,

Win

Arcade Fire dates:
DATES IN RED ARE CANCELLED
03-25 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega #
03-27 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhoff #
03-28 Munich, Germany - Elserhalle #
03-31 Lyon, France - Transbordeur #
04-01 Cologne, Germany - E-Live Music Hall #
04-02 Utrecht, Netherlands - Vredenburg #
04-04 Brussels, Belgium - Halles de Schaerbeek #
04-05 Lille, France - L'Aeronef #
04-26 San Diego, CA - Spreckels Theatre
04-28 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)
05-01 Atlanta, GA - Civic Center
05-02 Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
05-04 Washington, DC - DAR Constitution Hall
05-05 Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theatre
05-07 New York, NY - United Palace
05-08 New York, NY - United Palace
05-09 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall (High Line festival)
05-10 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
05-12 Montreal, Quebec - Arena Maurice Richard
05-13 Montreal, Quebec - Arena Maurice Richard
05-15 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
05-16 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
05-18 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
05-19 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
05-20 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
05-27 Portland, OR - Schnitzer Concert Hall
06-01 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre
06-02 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre
06-22-24 Pilton, England - Glastonbury
07-07 Balado, Scotland - T in the Park
07-08 Naas, Ireland - Oxegen Festival
07-13-14 Barcelona, Spain - Summercase
08-25 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-26 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival

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WILCO: Sky Blue Sky Lyrics + MP3

First I want to thank all the new readers who've been coming over the past month, thanks for visiting and your emails. I appreciate all the nice things you've said and any requests you've made, such as, "Could you please post the lyrics to this Wilco song, or that Wilco song?". And here they are, the lyrics to Wilco's upcoming release, Sky Blue Sky + an mp3.

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impossible germany [mp3]


Wilco Sky Blue Sky - release date May 15th
nonesuch records
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Sky Blue Sky Tracklist:
01 Either Way
02 You Are My Face
03 Impossible Germany
04 Sky Blue Sky
05 Side With the Seeds
06 Shake It Off
07 Please Be Patient With Me
08 Hate It Here
09 Leave Me (Like You Found Me)
10 Walken
11 What Light
12 On and On and On

"Either Way"
Maybe the sun will shine today
The clouds will blow away
Maybe I won’t feel so afraid
I will try to understand
Either way

Maybe you still love me
Maybe you don’t
Either you will or you won’t
Maybe you just need some time alone
I will try to understand
Everything has its plan
Either way
I’m gonna stay
Right for you

Maybe the sun will shine today
The clouds will roll away
Maybe I won’t be so afraid
I will understand everything has its plan
Either way

"You Are My Face"
I remember my mother’s
Sister’s husband’s brother
Working in the goldmine full-time
Filling in for sunshine
Filing into tight lines
Of ordinary beehives
The door screams I hate you
Hate you hanging around my blue jeans
Why is there no breeze
No currency of leaves
No current through the water wire
No feelings I can see
I trust no emotion
I believe in locomotion
But I've turned to rust as we've discussed
Though I must have let you down
too many times
In the dirt and the dust

I have no idea how this happens
All of my maps have been overthrown
Happenstance has changed my plans
So many times my heart has been outgrown
Now everybody’s feeling all alone
Can’t tell you who I am
When everybody’s feeling all alone
Can’t tell you who I am

I am looking forward
Toward the shadows tracing bones
Our faces stitched and sewing
Our houses hemmed into homes
Trying to be thankful
Our stories fit into phones
And our voices lift so easily
A gift given accidentally
When we’re not sure
We’re not alone


"Impossible Germany"
Impossible Germany
Unlikely Japan

Wherever you go
Wherever you land
I’ll say what this means to me
I’ll do what I can

Impossible Germany
Unlikely Japan

The fundamental problem
We all need to face
This is important
But I know you’re not listening
Oh I know you’re not listening

If this was still new to me
I wouldn’t understand

Impossible Germany
Unlikely Japan

But this is what love is for
To be out of place
Gorgeous and alone
Face to face

With no larger problems
That need to be erased
Nothing more important than to know
Someone’s listening
Now I know
You’ll be listening



"Shake It Off"
Oh, the band marched on in formation
The brass was phasing tunes I couldn’t place
Windows open and raining in
Maroon, yellow, blue, gold and gray

The drunks were ricocheting
The old buildings downtown
Empty so long ago
Windows broken and dreaming
So happy to leave what was my home


With a sky blue sky
This rotten time
Wouldn’t seem so bad to me now
Oh, I didn’t die
I should be satisfied
I survived
That's good enough for now


With a sky blue sky
This rotten time
Wouldn’t seem so bad to me now
Oh, if I didn’t die
I should be satisfied
I survived
That's good enough for now


"Side With the Seeds"
Tires type black
Where the blacktop cracks
Weeds spark through
Dark green enough to be blue
When the mysteries we believe in
Aren’t dreamed enough to be true
Some side with the leaves
Some side with the seeds

The treetops nod
the rain applauds
The park grows dark
And the swings all slowly die
But you and I will be undefeated
by agreeing to disagree
No one wins but the thieves
so why side with anything

The streetlights glow
Comes and goes
When the sun comes back
As we all can plainly see
Embracing the situation
Is our only chance to be free
I’ll side with you
If you side with me


Sky Blue Sky
Sunlight angles on
A wooden floor at dawn
A ceiling fan is on
Chopping up my dreams
What is left of them
I take to sleep again
Where I dare pretend
I’m more than I seem

Tears get triggered
Yours remind me
Of the ice melting in my glass
Finally full again
So
I listen for
Your lips to break apart
Into words

It definitely starts to spoil my heart
Somewhere there’s a war
Sometimes there is art

It definitely starts to spoil my heart
Somewhere there’s a war
Sometimes there is art

When I’m awake enough
I’m gonna shake it off

Shake it off

Hotels hold me
Thoughts horizon
So many hearts
Beating in one place
Like a giant
Beast with many souls
No
Just a body
Full of holes

When I’m awake enough
I’m gonna shake it off

When I’m awake enough
I’m gonna shake it off

Shake it off

"Please Be Patient With Me"
I should warn you
When I’m not well
I can’t tell
Oh, there’s nothing I can do
To make this easier for you


You’re gonna need to be patient with me


I’m this apple, this happening stone
When I’m alone
Oh, but my blessings get so blurred
At the sound of your words

I’m gonna need you to be patient with me


How can I warn you when my tongue turns to dust
Like we’ve discussed
It doesn’t mean that I don’t care
It means I’m partially there

You’re gonna need to be patient with me


"Hate It Here"
I try to stay busy
I do the dishes, I mow the lawn
I try to keep myself occupied
Even though I know you’re not coming home

I try to keep the house nice and neat
I make my bed I change the sheets
I even learned how to use the washing machine
But keeping things clean doesn’t change anything

What am I gonna do when I run out of shirts to fold?
What am I gonna do when I run out of lawn to mow?
What am I gonna do if you never come home?
Tell me, what am I gonna do?

I hate it
I hate it here
When you’re gone

I caught myself thinking
I caught myself thinking once again
Have to try to keep my mind out of this
Try not to pretend

I’ll check the phone
I’ll check the mail
I’ll check the phone again and I call your mom
She says you’re not there and I should take care

I hate it here
When you’re gone
I hate it
I hate it here
When you’re gone

I try to stay busy
I take out the trash, I sweep the floor
Try to keep myself occupied
Cause I know you don’t live here anymore


"Leave Me (Like You Found Me)"
That’s when I knew you
You might be lonely too
That’s what I wished for
Somebody just like you
To tell me what to do, honestly
And leave me like you found me

Can you believe it
I’m somebody just like you
Content with being blue, honestly
Leave me like you found me

I sit on the couch alone
Where you sit when I’m not home
And I feel so close to you

And down the city streets
People are climbing the trees
They’re finally up off their knees
Honestly
You leave me like you found me
Can you leave me like you found me


"Walken"
I’m walking
All by myself
I was talking to myself about you
What am I going to do

I was singing
This song about you
I was thinking about singing
This song for you

The more I think about it
The more I know it’s true
The more I think about it
The more I’m sure it’s you
Honey I think you’re just right
You’re just right

I was walking
Like I said by myself
I was talking
To myself about you
Like I always do

The more I think about it
The more I know it’s true
The more I think about it
The more I’m sure it’s you
Honey, I think you’re just right
You’re just right


"What Light"
If you feel like singing a song
And you want other people to sing along
Just sing what you feel
Don’t let anyone say it’s wrong

And if you’re trying to paint a picture
But you’re not sure which colors belong
Just paint what you see
Don’t let anyone say it’s wrong

And if you’re strung out like a kite
Or stung awake in the night
It’s alright to be frightened

When there’s a light (what light)
There’s a light (one light)
There’s a light (white light)
Inside of you

If you think you might need somebody
To pick you up when you drag
Don’t loose sight of yourself
Don’t let anyone change your bag

And if the whole world’s singing your songs
And all of your paintings have been hung
Just remember what was yours is everyone’s from now on

And that’s not wrong or right
But you can struggle with it all you like
You'll only get uptight

Because there’s a light (what light)
There’s a light (one light)
There’s a light (white light)
There’s a light (what light)
There’s a light (one light)
There’s a light (white light)
There’s a light (what light)
There’s a light (one light)
There’s a light (white light)
There’s a light (what light)
There’s a light (one light)
There’s a light (white light)
Inside of you


"On and On and On"
On and on and on we’ll stay together yeah
On and on and on we’ll be together yeah
You and I will try to stay together yeah
On and on and on we’ll be together yeah

Please don’t cry we’re designed to die
Don’t deny what’s inside
On and on and on we’ll stay together yeah
On and on and on
On and on and on

One day we’ll disappear together in a dream
However short or long our lives are going to be
I will live in you or you will live in me
Until we disappear together in a dream

Please don’t cry we’re designed to die
You can’t deny even the gentlest tide
On and on and on we’ll be together yeah
On and on and on
On and on and on
We’re going to try

Please don’t cry
This world of words and meanings makes you feel
outside
Something that you feel already
deep inside
You’ve denied
Go ahead and cry

On and on and on we’ll stay together yeah
On and on and on
On and on and on

You and I will stay together yeah
You and I will try to make it better yeah

Andrew Bird: Tour Dates + MP3s

Andrew Bird appears to have more than mere avian powers, he also seems to affect the Apoidea family for he has set the indie hive buzzing. With last Tuesday's release of Armchair Apocrypha many bloggers have finally glommed onto the fact that Bird makes some fascinating music. On this new record Bird has collaborated, successfully, with electronic musician Martin Dosh who also puts out his own records as Dosh. Bird and Dosh learned how to work together while performing live and this led to the creation of one particular song on the new Bird record, "Simple X". Dosh often opened the shows with a solo performance and would play a song from his 2004 recording, Pure Trash, called "Simple Exercises". This song worked it's way under Bird's skin until he pried it out by penning some lyrics to the instrumental song, the result is on Armchair Apocrypha and is simply called "Simple X".


Here's that something from Armchair Apocrypha [BUY]
simple x [mp3]

FIND MORE ANDREW BIRD MP3s HERE.


and this is the original song by Dosh - from the album Pure Trash [BUY]
simple exercises [mp3]


This is from Bird's previous release The Mysterious Production of Eggs [BUY]

nervous tic motion of the head to the left [mp3]

From the album Weather Systems

lull [mp3]


Here's a live performance recording done for French radio. You can truly appreciate what a talent Bird is in these recordings before a small studio audience.
BLACK SESSION - March 21st 2005 [mp3s]
introduction
sovay
why?
a nervous tic motion of the head to the left
measuring cups
banking on a myth
masterfade
fake palindromes
armchair apocryhists
tables and chairs
capitol isle
lull

* * * * * * * * * *

GO HERE to listen to Bird's 2007 SXSW performance of songs from Armchair Apocrypha "Plasticities," "Imitosis," and "Scythian Empires."

TOUR DATES
Mar 22 - London, England - Bush Hall - SOLD OUT!
Mar 23 - Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
http://www.andrewbird.net/shows.shtml#
Mar 25 - Stockholm, Sweden - Sodrateatern
Mar 29 - Paris, France - La Maroquinerie - SOLD OUT!
Mar 30 - Amiens, France - Musique de Jazz et d'Ailleurs Festival
Mar 31 - Benicassim, Spain - CinemaScore
http://www.andrewbird.net/shows.shtml#
Apr 12 - Detroit, MI - The Majestic Theater
Apr 13 - Columbus, OH - The Southern Theater
Apr 14 - Newport, KY - The Southgate House
Apr 16 - Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
Apr 17 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
Apr 18 - Urbana, IL - The Canopy Club
Apr 20 - Chicago, IL - The Riviera Theater
Apr 21 - Milwaukee, WI - The Pitman Theater at Alverno College
Apr 22 - Columbia, MO - The Blue Note
Apr 23 - Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground
Apr 25 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theater
Apr 27 - Tucson, AZ - The Rialto Theater
Apr 28 - Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival - SOLD OUT!
May 1 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
May 2 - Sacramento, CA - Harlowe's - Just added!
May 4 - Portland, OR - The Crystal Ballroom
May 5 - Seattle, WA - The Showbox Theater
May 6 - Bellingham, WA - Viking Union Multipurpose Room at Western Washington University - On Sale March 16 !
May 11 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
May 12 - Grinnell, IA - Herrick Chapel, Grinnell College - SOLO SHOW
May 16 - Boston, MA - Berklee Performance Center at the Berklee College of Music
May 17 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
May 18 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of the Living Arts
May 20 - Washington, DC - 930 Club
May 26 - Beverungen, Germany - Orange Blossom Special
May 28 - Berlin, Germany - Lido
May 30 - Coimbra, Portugal - Teatro Académico Gil Vicente
May 31 - Lisbon, Portugal - Cine-Teatro São Jorge
Jun 1 - Braga, Portugal - Theatro Circo
Jun 4 - Paris, France - La Cigale
Jun 7 - London, England - Scala

Andrew Bird's latest, Armchair Apocrypha, and all of Martin Dosh's recorded output on Anticon can be found at eMusic. Check out eMusic's free trial offer of 25 DRM-free downloads.

The National: NEW MP3 "Fake Empire"

This is the lead off track from the National's upcoming (May 22) album, Boxer. And it instantly shows those familiar with this outstanding band a few significant changes. Firstly, the piano, which is not a common instrument to be heard on a National record, played here, I'm guessing, by the talented leader of the band Doveman, Thomas Bartlett. Secondly, the production jumps out and grabs you by the lapels and it fits a band as rich musically and lyrically as The National. Lead singer, Matt Berninger, has a hefty baritone that I think benefits from the richer sound. Another curve thrown here is the brass instruments and this from the song title is a no-brainer... "Fake Empire". Brass horns were, and I suppose are, traditonally used to herald the Monarch of the British 'Empire'. Whether horns pop up on other tracks from the album I can't say, but I'm hoping that Mr Bartlett's piano make numerous appearances. This song has me very excited to hear more and to see the band when they tour later this year.

Here's the mp3...

fake empire [mp3]

Of Montreal: NewTour Dates + Network TV Debut

Of Montreal have added a number of dates to those previously announced. Don't forget to tune into "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" on April 12 to see Kevin Barnes... perhaps... take something off?


TOUR DATES
03-22 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle *
03-23 Columbia, SC - Headliners *
03-24 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club *
03-29 Gainesville, FL - Abbey Road *#
03-30 Miami, FL - Studio A *#
03-31 Orlando, FL - Club at Firestone *#
04-01 Jacksonville, FL - Freebird Live *#
04-02 Tallahassee, FL - Moon *#
04-14 New York, NY - Studio B (as karaoke band and full set) ^
04-19 Sarasota, FL - Club Minxx
04-27 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)
05-01 Bergen, Norway - Bergenfest
05-02 Oslo, Norway - John Dee
05-03 Gothenburg, Sweden - Sticky Fingers
05-04 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser Medis
05-05 Malmo, Sweden - Debaser
05-06 Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen
05-08 Berlin, Germany - Lido
05-09 Hamburg, Germany - Ubel & Gefahrlich
05-10 Cologne, Germany - Gebaude 9
05-11 Freiberg, Germany - Swamp Club
05-12 Munich, Germany - Orangehouse
05-13 Vienna, Austria - Planet $
05-14 Zagreb, Croatia - SC
05-16 Rome, Italy - Circolo degli Artisti
05-17 Ravenna, Italy - Bronson
05-18 Milan, Italy - Casa 139
05-19 St. Gallen, Switzerland - Palace
05-20 Basel, Switzerland - Das Schiff
05-22 Caen, France - BBC
05-24 Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie
05-25 Paris, France - Bataclan
05-26 Amiens, France - Lune des Pirates
05-28 Norwich, England - Norwich Arts Centre
05-29 London, England - Cargo
05-30 Cambridge, England - Soul Tree
05-31 Nottingham, England - Social
06-01 Manchester, England - Roadhouse
06-02 London, England - Chalk at Scala
06-03 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera
07-15 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) %

* with Loney, Dear
# with Pigeon John
^ with Flosstradamus, Michael Showalter
$ with Shout Out Louds
% with Jamie Lidell, Ken Vandermark's Powerhouse Sound

MP3s:
of montreal heimdalsgate like a promethean curse - from Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? 2007

From earlier Of Montreal recordings
+ requiem for o.m.m.2
+ disconnect the dots
+ so begins our alabee
+ lysergic bliss
+ wraith pinned to the mist and other games
+ psychotic feeling
+ more noir blues and tinnitus
+ good morning mr edminton
+ a question for emily foreman
+ hello from inside a shell
+ dustin hoffman thinks about eating the soap
+ just recently lost someting of importance
+ if i faltered slightly twice
+ doing nothing
+ jacques lamure
+ nickee coco and the invisible tree
+ don't ask me to explain
+ spoonful of sugar

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Exclusive Andrew Bird MP3 at eMusic

Just a quick post before I run out the door, to tell you that Andrew Bird's latest Armchair Apocrypha is the top album at eMusic today.... AND eMusic has an exclusive mp3 that isn't on the album. You must download this track separately from the album, it's called "Self-Torture".

Of course if you're interested in snagging this one for free, there's eMusic's free trial offer of 25 DRM-free downloads.

BAND TO WATCH: One Hand Loves the Other

When I clicked my way to Atlanta band One Hand Loves The Other's myspace I was intrigued as the music began to play. The song that was playing, "Burden of Barnacles", is built on the blips and bloops of a laptop and over these are laid the strings of cello and synththesizer. These aren't all, there's an airy flute flittering in and out and more, although above all these inorganic sounds soars the stunning voice of Lou Rodriquez. I wasn't sure if one of the women in the band was now singing, or not, but after a little googling I learned that Rodriguez does all the vocals. In this song he begins in his more than interesting, let's call it 'regular' voice., But abruptly he swings, or sweeps, up into the stratosphere, giving the song a lovely edge whether you know it's a man, or woman. This is surely dramatic music, music that may find a wider audience with the popularity of very dramatic Mercury Prize winners Antony & The Johnsons. This Atlanta based four piece show much promise and their collective talent will outshine any who see the vocal as a 'gimmick'. This is no gimmick, this is a gift.

burden of barnacles [mp3] from their s/t debut out May 2007 on StickFigure Records
tortoise [mp3]

Kaiser Chiefs: New Album, Tour Dates + Audio/Video

The Kaiser Chiefs sophomore release Yours Truly, Angry Mob is released next Tuesday, March 27th. Check out the band's ecard and these audio and video streams for the song, "Ruby".
"Ruby" Audio Sstreams
Windows Media
Quick Time
Real

Video streams
Windows Media
Quick Time


Tour Dates:
April
6 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
7 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
9 Boston, MA - Avalon Ballroom
12 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom
17 Montreal, QUE - Spectrum
18 Toronto, ONT - Kool Haus
20 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
21 Minneapolis, MN - First Ave.
24 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
25 Seattle, WA - Showbox Theatre
26 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
27 San Francisco, CA - Warfield
29 Indio, CA - Coachella Festival

Yours Truly, Angry Mob Tracklist:
1. Ruby
2. The Angry Mob
3. Heat Dies Down
4. Highroyds
5. Love's Not A Competition (But I'm Winning)
6. Thank You Very Much
7. I Can Do It Without You
8. My Kind Of Guy
9. Everything Is Average Nowadays
10. Boxing Champ
11. Learnt My Lesson Well
12. Try Your Best
13. Retirement

*There's a limited edition version of Yours Truly, Angry Mob for sale the week of release that'll include a DVD containing a short film made by the band's friend, Tim, in the studio, and live footage of 6 of the new songs shot at Berlin Kesselhaus in November. This film is the first in a series of films Tim will be making with the band on their travels across the world in the next few years. The others will appear the bands website, www.kaiserchiefs.co.uk.

Myspace: http://myspace.com/kaiserchiefs

New Roger Waters MP3: Hello, I love You

Pink Floyd icon, Roger Waters, has recorded a new song for movie, THE LAST MIMZY, and it features the line...

"hello, I love you, is there anybody in there..."

Does that look, or sound, familiar?

Roger Waters Hello (I Love You) [mp3]

Album Streams: Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, Ted Leo, and more

Hey, how come no one told me? You can stream in full, yes, FULL, the latest albums by Modest Mouse, Ted Leo, Andrew Bird, LCD Soundsystem, EL-P, Stephen Marley, and a few more at AOL's Spinner.com.

GO HERE.

Links To BUY:
Modest Mouse
Ted Leo
LCD Soundsystem
Andrew Bird
or just about anything else.

OR if you want mp3s, check eMusic's DRM-free downloads, and their free trial offer.

Find MP3s at the Hype Machine... just type the name in the search box and click away. Happy hunting!

Arcade Fire, Smashing Pumpkins, NIN Set For Reading/Leeds

The just announced line-up for the August 24-26 Carling Weekend Reading and Leeds Festivals is (that's England if you're wondering):

Arcade Fire, The Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kings of Leon, Interpol, Razorlight, Nine Inch Nails, Bloc Party, Fall Out Boy, Panic! At the Disco, Angels and Airwaves, Maximo Park, Klaxons, Lostprophets, LCD Soundsystem, CSS, Brand New, We Are Scientists, Funeral for a Friend, the View, Ash, Gogol Bordello, +44, the Subways, the Gossip, the Twang, Biffy Clyro, and Enter Shikari.

Now I've got to get a passport...damn.

arcade fire black mirror
arcade fire no cars go - from the Arcade Fire EP
kings of leon mcfearless

Minus The Bear: Tour Dates + MP3s

Suicide Squeeze band Minus The Bear will be touring this spring with the Honorary Title and SS labelmate Chin Up Chin Up. This tour will give MTB fans a chance to hear a preview of the band's upcoming album, Planet of Ice, which is due Aug. 21st.

TOUR DATES
THU APR 26 Seattle WA, the Vera Project % w/ Chin Up Chin Up, TBA
FRI APR 27 Portland OR, Hawthorne Theatre
SAT APR 28 Eugene OR, Indigo District
SUN APR 29 Reno NV, the New Oasis
TUE MAY 1 Orangeville CA, the Boardwalk
WED MAY 2 Santa Cruz CA, the Catalyst
THU MAY 3 San Francisco CA, Great American Music Hall
FRI MAY 4 San Luis Obispo CA, Downtown Brew
SAT MAY 5 Los Angeles CA, Ex Plex
SUN MAY 6 Solana Beach CA, Belly Up Tavern
TUE MAY 8 Las Vegas NV, House of Blues
THU MAY 10 Colorado Springs CO, the Black Sheep
FRI MAY 11 Lawrence KS, Granada Theatre
SAT MAY 12 Iowa City IA, Picador
SUN MAY 13 Champaign IL, High Dive
MON MAY 14 Sauget MO, Pops
TUE MAY 15 Chicago IL, Beat Kitchen* w/ Honorary Title only All Ages show
TUE MAY 15 Chicago IL, Beat Kitchen** w/ Chin Up Chin Up only 18+ show
WED MAY 16 Milwaukee WI, Pabst Theatre*** w/ HT, CUCU, Maritime
THU MAY 17 Minneapolis MN, Triple Rock Social Club
FRI MAY 18 Minneapolis MN, Triple Rock Social Club# w/ HT, CUCU, P.O.S
MON MAY 21 Omaha NE, Sokol Underground
WED MAY 23 Denver CO, Bluebird
THU MAY 24 Aspen CO, Belly Up
FRI MAY 25 Salt Lake City UT, Club Sound
SUN MAY 27 Quincy WA, Gorge Ampitheatre## / Minus the Bear only

Minus The Bear MP3s:
Drilling P.O.S. REDO (MP3) - from “Interpretaciones Del Oso”
Pachuca Sunrise (MP3) - from "Menos El Oso"
Monkey!!! Knife!!! Fight!!! (MP3) - from "Highly Refined Pirates"
Juct Kickin' it Like a Wild Donkey (MP3) - from "This Is What I Know About Being Gigantic"

Chin Up Chin Up MP3

this harness can't ride anything

Modest Mouse: We Were Dead... REVIEWED

Some of the heavyweights have weighed in with their take on the latest from Modest Mouse. I've never been much of a MM fan, I barely know their previous albums, but I love some of the songs on that Ugly Casanova album. Although from what I do know this new effort sounds much more commercial and will keep those who discovered the band through the song "Float On" happy. Also, I was under the mistaken impression that Brock wrote lyrics that stood out from the crowd... I see no evidence of that from this album. Evidently he's more of a tunesmith than a wordsmith.

Here's what some of the big boys (and girls) had to say.


From The New York Times:

Musically We Were Dead is about as clangorous as you might expect — "Steam Engenius" works hard to deserve its mechanistic lyrics — but it also has more of a pop sensibility than previous Modest Mouse efforts. This has something to do with the presence of the guitarist Johnny Marr, formerly a driving force of the Smiths. In ways that are noticeable but subtle, Mr. Marr lightens and softens the album. To a lesser extent, so does James Mercer of the Shins, singing background vocals on some tracks.
read the full review


From Prefix Mag:

Hyper-produced and hyperactive, the members of Modest Mouse have virtually jettisoned their balance of angry stomping anthems mixed with the earnest slow-burners that gave them some heart ("Edit the Sad Parts" and West's "Bankrupt on Selling") in favor of a jarring, nonstop assault.
read the full review


From Pitchfork:

...the most successful track on We Were Dead is the one that pushes hardest against the group's established formula: the almost gaudy single "Dashboard". With Modest Mouse's trademark itchy guitars all but drowned out by brass fanfares and slurring strings, "Dashboard" is the Vegas version of "Float On", and it works as an experiment to see just how far they can push the dissonance of Brock's multi-tracked barking against slick, commercially ambitious surroundings.
read the full review


From Entertainment Weekly:

Meanwhile, Brock has never sounded more charismatic, or chameleonlike, as he alternately croons, spits, and bronchially howls through lyrics which, though as gnomic as on previous albums, boast a distinct nautical theme. Talk of oceans, boats, and ''saline tea'' — whatever that is — pepper proceedings like some dark, hallucinogenic tribute to the Jimmy Buffett oeuvre.
read the full review


From The LA Times:

But, at 62 minutes, this album feels self-indulgent, and some of the 14 songs leave little impression. Still, there's "Float On"-esque sing-along potential in, among others, the elastic, sardonic "We've Got Everything".
read the full review

Cock Rock Disco: "Everyone Everywhere" Video + FREE MP3s!

Pitchfork tells about a video that has 15 clips of artists from Cock Rock Disco (Jason 'Donna Summer' Forrest's label). This rang a bell, the tracklist did at least, and after a quick check I've discovered that my bell rings true. The bell was ringing because what Pitchfork don't tell you is that you can download all these tracks as a zip file from Cock Rock Disco!

Go here.

Here's a link to the video.

And here's a review posted quite a while back on CRD artist About's album, Bongo.

Video + Zip File Tracklist:
Food For Animals: "Elephants"
About: "Think Niles Drink"
Duran Duran Duran: "Ralez"
Dev/Null: "Goblin"
Next Life: "Red Stone"
Stunt Rock: "I've Really Lost It Because This Shit Is Starting to Sound Like Washed-Up, Half-Assed Fatboy Slim Ripoff with a Twelve Year Old's Sense of Humor."
Slepcy: "With Charles Bukowski on the Ride"
Audiogarde: "Mardi Gras"
Don Augusto: "The House Denominator Factor"
Drumcorps: "Saddest"
Vorpal: "Gymnopedie_v1.01"
Terminal 11: "Counter Clockwise Chant Pattern"
Doormouse: "Dizzay"
Pisstank: "Punching Your Girlfriend’s Cunt 'Til It Bleeds"
The Assdroids: "Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring' Cover Song (Rehearsal Version)"

+SIXEYES: Tuesday MP3s

dntel dumb luck
shearwater red sea, black sea - via matador records
the young knives she's attracted to
caetano veloso odeio

And due to demand, here are the Arctic Monkeys' demos (the same demos that landed them a record deal, fame and fortune, and whatever else comes with that lifestyle called 'rock star') via Domino Records:
Fake Tales Of San Francisco
From The Ritz To The Rubble
I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor
Mardy Bum
Scummy
Dancing Shoes
FIND MORE Monkeys here

Bjork Tour Dates

Here are the recently announced dates for Bjork in support of her upcoming effort, Volta, due out May 7 EU and May 8 in North America. There are some big holes here, most of April, most of June, much of July and August... are there more dates to come? Is she making a movie? Stay tuned.

Björk Tour Dates
04-01 Reykjavik, Iceland - Forma @ Nasa
04-27 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)
05-02 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
05-05 New York, NY - United Palace Theater
05-08 New York, NY - Apollo Theater
05-12 Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre
05-15 Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
05-19 San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
05-23 Vancouver, British Columbia - Deer Lake Park
05-26 Gorge, WA - Gorge Amphitheatre (Sasquatch!)
06-22 Pilton, England - Glastonbury Festival
06-28 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter
07-01 Gdynia, Poland - Open'er Festival
07-05 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-25 Nyon, Switzerland - Paleo Festival
09-08 Toronto, Ontario - Virgin Festival

Here are some free mp3s from the Vespertine era.
verandi
hearts & bones
undone
odd duck

Modest Mouse North American Tour Dates

The new album comes out tomorrow and the tour is in Fargo tonight with plenty of stops planned until early June.

What? No Toronto, or Montreal dates?

03-19 Fargo, ND - Playmakers Pavilion *
03-21 Seattle, WA - South Lake Union Naval Reserve
04-15 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
04-16 Vancouver, British Columbia - Pacific Coliseum
04-20 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
04-21 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
04-22 Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre
04-26 Rochester, NY - Main Street Armory *
04-27 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
04-29 New York, NY - The United Palace
04-30 New York, NY - The United Palace
05-02 Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
05-03 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
05-04 Greensboro, NC - Special Events Center
05-05 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade Music Park
05-06 Birmingham, AL - BJCC Arena Concert Hall
05-08 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
05-09 Austin, TX - The Backyard
05-10 Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Live
05-12 Mesa, AZ - Mesa Amphitheater
05-13 Los Angeles, CA - greek Theatre
05-14 San Diego, CA - Cox Arena at San Diego State University
05-16 San Jose, CA - San Jose State University
05-20 Somerset, England - Butlins Minehead (ATP vs. the Fans)
05-23 London, England - Royal Albert Hall
06-01 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound
* w/ Love as Laughter

video + Dashboard [from the We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank LP]
Modest Mouse MP3s.

Released: March 20th

Here are tomorrow's new releases at insound.com... There are two favourites of mine already this year in amongst this bunch, Andrew Bird's latest, Armchair Apocrypha, and the new one from Ted Leo, Living With The Living. Of these, Bird's has won me over much more so than Leo's, even though Bird's lyrics can be precious and/or pretentious at times, the music and his singing are stellar.



03/20/07 Andrew Bird Armchair Apocrypha Fat Possum BUY
scythian empire

03/20/07 Decemberists The Decemberists: A Practical Handbook DVD Kill Rock Stars BUY
03/20/07 El-P I'll Sleep When You're Dead Def Jux BUY
03/20/07 I'm From Barcelona Let Me Introduce My Friends Mute BUY
chicken pox

03/20/07 Land of Talk Applause Cheer Boo Hiss The Rebel Group BUY
03/20/07 LCD Soundsystem Sound of Silver DFA/Capitol BUY
watch the tapes

03/20/07 Low Drums and Guns Sub Pop BUY
03/20/07 McCarthy Trenching McCarthy Trenching Team Love BUY
03/20/07 Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank Epic BUY
we've got everything

03/20/07 Panda Bear Person Pitch Paw Tracks BUY
03/20/07 Ponys Turn The Lights Out Matador BUY
03/20/07 Stooges The Weirdness Virgin BUY
03/20/07 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Living with the Living Touch and Go BUY
some beginner's mind

03/20/07 Willowz Chautauqua Dim Mak BUY
03/20/07 Willy Mason If The Ocean Gets Rough Astralwerks BUY