The National Open For Arcade Fire

Shit! Why couldn't these two bands play together in Toronto? I plan on seeing both, but the chance to see them together would be fantastic. Now all you Arcade Fire fans who haven't heard, or even heard of, The National... you're in for a treat... and vice versa.

The National
fake empire [mp3]
daughters of the soho riots [mp3]

Arcade Fire
black mirror [mp3]
vampire forest fire [mp3]

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TOUR DATES
Arcade Fire
05/01 Atlanta, GA - Civic Center - The National
05/02 Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium - The National
05/04 Washington, DC - DAR Constitution Hall - The National
05/05 Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theatre - The National
05/07 New York, NY - The United Palace - The National
05/08 New York, NY - The United Palace - The National
05/09 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall - The National
05/10 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre - TBD
05/12 Montreal, Quebec - Arena Maurice Richard - St. Vincent
05/13 Montreal, Quebec - Arena Maurice Richard - St. Vincent
05/15 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall - Handsome Furs
05/16 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall - Handsome Furs
05/18 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre - St. Vincent
05/19 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre - Electrelane
05/20 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre - Electrelane
05/24 Burnaby, BC - Deer Lake Park - St. Vincent
05/27 Portland, OR - Schnitzer Concert Hall - Electrelane
05/29 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre - Electrelane
05/30 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre - Electrelane
06/01 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre - Electrelane
06/02 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre - Electrelane

The National
01 MAY: Atlanta, GA / ATLANTA CIVIC CENTER supporting Arcade Fire // Tickets >>
02 MAY: Asheville, NC / THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM supporting Arcade Fire // Tickets >>
04 MAY: Washington, DC / DAR CONSTITUTION HALL supporting Arcade Fire // SOLD OUT
05 MAY: Upper Darby, PA / TOWER THEATER supporting Arcade Fire // SOLD OUT
07 MAY: New York, NY / UNITED PALACE THEATER supporting Arcade Fire // SOLD OUT
08 MAY: New York, NY / UNITED PALACE THEATER supporting Arcade Fire // SOLD OUT
09 MAY: New York, NY / RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL supporting Arcade Fire // SOLD OUT
22 MAY: London, UK / ASTORIA w/ Annuals // Tickets >>
23 MAY: Paris, FRANCE / LA MAROQUINERIE // SOLD OUT
25 MAY: Berlin, GERMANY / MAGNET w/ Locas In Love // Tickets >>
28 MAY: New York, NY / BOWERY BALLROOM w/ The Broken West // SOLD OUT
29 MAY: New York, NY / BOWERY BALLROOM w/ Doveman // SOLD OUT
30 MAY: New York, NY / BOWERY BALLROOM w/ My Brightest Diamond // SOLD OUT
31 MAY: New York, NY / BOWERY BALLROOM w/ Elysian Fields // SOLD OUT
01 JUN: New York, NY / BOWERY BALLROOM w/ The Philistines Jr. // SOLD OUT
02 JUN: PHILADELPHIA, PA / JOHNNY BRENDA'S w/ Shapes And Sizes // SOLD OUT
04 JUN: MONTREAL, CANADA / CABARET JUSTE POUR RIRE w/ Shapes And Sizes
05 JUN: TORONTO, CANADA / OPERA HOUSE w/ Shapes And Sizes
06 JUN: DETROIT, MI / MAGIC STICK w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
07 JUN: CHICAGO, IL / METRO w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
08 JUN: MINNEAPOLIS, MN / 400 BAR w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
09 JUN: MADISON, WI / HIGH NOON SALOON w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
11 JUN: ST LOUIS, MO / DUCK ROOM w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
12 JUN: LOUISVILLE, KY / HEADLINERS w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
13 JUN: ATLANTA, GA / THE EARL w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
14 JUN: MANCHESTER, TN / BONNAROO MUSIC FESTIVAL // Tickets >>
15 JUN: CINCINNATI, OH / 20TH CENTURY THEATER w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
16 JUN: COLUMBUS, OH / THE BASEMENT w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
18 JUN: CLEVELAND, OH / BEACHLAND BALLROOM w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
19 JUN: PITTSBURGH, PA / REX THEATER w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
20 JUN: WASHINGTON DC / 9:30 CLUB w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
21 JUN: BOSTON, MA / MIDDLE EAST DOWNSTAIRS w/ Shapes And Sizes + Talkdemonic
25 JUN: SAN DIEGO, CA / CASBAH w/ The Broken West
26 JUN: LOS ANGELES, CA / EL REY THEATER w/ The Broken West
27 JUN: SAN FRANCISCO, CA / BIMBO'S 365 CLUB w/ The Broken West
28 JUN: PORTLAND, OR / BERBATIS PAN w/ The Broken West
29 JUN: VANCOUVER, CANADA / RICHARDS ON RICHARDS w/ The Broken West
30 JUN: SEATTLE, WA / NEUMOS w/ The Broken West

Forro In The Dark: "I Wish" MP3: feauring David Byrne

"Asa Branca" (White Wing) is the song which Brazilian Forró (pronounced: foe ho) bands are measured by. Forró is not only a type of music, it is also a dance which grew out of the rhythms of the music. Bonfires of São João is the new album by NYC based Forró band, Forró In The Dark, led by percussionist, Mauro Refosco. Several publications are predicting that this band will ignite a renewed interest in Brazilian music--and they have a few heavy hitters singing on the record: David Byrne, who contributes his talent to two tracks, Cibo Matto’s Miho Hatori, and Bebel Gilberto, who sings a version of an old Peggy Lee song, "Wandering Swallow”.

David Byrne had this to say about working with the band on their latest album:
"I sang "Asa Branca" and "I Wish" - the latter song emerged out of a jam. I was warming up with some chord changes and Mauro suggested during the recording session that we all improvise around those chords. The result was surprisingly good - but, maybe because I can, I suggested that with just a few words added, with a vocal, the song might be more focused. The lyrics and vocal turned it into a vaguely Country outpouring of pain, anger and loss - which maybe made explicit the link between forró and North American country music."

from Bonfires of São João [2006 Nublu Records].
+ i wish

from Sour De Pele Fina (feat. Seu Jorge)
+ suor de pele fina (mawglees broken remix)

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New Releases: May 2007

Here's what insound have lined up for new releases for the month of May. Some good stuff coming up like Feist, The National, Wilco and some things that have failed to move me such as Bjork, Patrick Wolf, and Handsome Furs. But best of all, it being May means we are one month closer to summer!

May
05/01/07 Afghan Whigs Unbreakable (A Retrospective) Rhino
05/01/07 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Baby 81 RCA
05/01/07 Dinosaur Jr. Beyond Fat Possum
05/01/07 Dungen Tio Bitar Kemado
05/01/07 Feist The Reminder Interscope
05/01/07 Frog Eyes Tears of the Valedictorian Absolutely Kosher
05/01/07 Patrick Wolf The Magic Position Low Altitude/Universal
05/01/07 Through the Sparks Lazarus Beach Skybucket
05/08/07 Björk Volta One Little Indian/Atlantic
05/08/07 Brakesbrakesbrakes The Beatific Visions Rough Trade
05/08/07 Clientele God Save The Clientele Merge
05/08/07 Elliott Smith New Moon Kill Rock Stars
05/08/07 Fields Everything Last Winter Blacklab
05/08/07 Lavender Diamond Imagine Our Love Matador
05/08/07 Maximo Park Our Earthly Pleasures Warp
05/08/07 Mystery Jets Zoo Time Dim Mak
05/08/07 Page France And the Family Telephone Suicide Squeeze
05/08/07 Sea and Cake Everybody Thrill Jockey
05/08/07 Shannon Wright Let in the Light Touch and Go
05/15/07 Au Revoir Simone The Bird of Music Self-Released
05/15/07 Horrors Strange House Stolen Transmission
05/15/07 Wilco Blue Sky Blue Nonesuch
05/15/07 Wooden Wand James and the Quiet Ecstatic Peace
05/22/07 Battles Mirrored Warp
05/22/07 Ben + Vesper All This Could Kill You Sounds Familyre
05/22/07 Bravery The Sun and the Moon Island
05/22/07 Cex Sketchi Temporary Residence Ltd.
05/22/07 Handome Furs Plague Park Sub Pop
05/22/07 National Boxer Beggars Banquet
05/22/07 Parts & Labor Mapmaker Jagjaguwar
05/22/07 Shapes and Sizes Split Lips, Winning Hips, A Shiner Asthmatic Kitty
05/22/07 Voxtrot Voxtrot Playlouder

Bjork: 'Pagan Poetry' Video + MP3

With all the press concerning our favourite Icelandic pixie, Bjork, and her upcoming release Volta, I've been listening to older Bjork and this is one of my favourites from her album Vespertine, "Pagan Poetry". This song twinkles and flares with emotional beauty.

I've included her controversial video for the song which was directed by Nick Knight. Originally banned by the staid MTV for nudity (Bjork is seen in a dress designed by Alexander McQueen that fails to cover her breasts) this video is nearly as beautiful as the song. I should warn you that there are graphic shots of body piercing... you've been forewarned. ENJOY!
(pssst - the lyrics are below)

pagan poetry [mp3]

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PAGAN POETRY by Bjork
Pedalling through
The dark currents
I find
An accurate copy
A blueprint
Of the pleasure
In me

Swirling black lilies totally ripe
A secret code carved
Swirling black lilies totally ripe
A secret code carved

He offers
A handshake
Crooked
Five fingers
They form a pattern
Yet to be matched

On the surface simplicity
But the darkest pit in me
Its pagan poetry
Pagan poetry

Morsecoding signals (signals)
They pulsate (wake me up) and wake me up
(pulsate) from my hibernating

On the surface simplicity
Swirling black lilies totally ripe
But the darkest pit in me
Its pagan poetry
Swirling black lilies totally ripe
Pagan poetry

Swirling black lilies totally ripe
....

I love him, I love him
I love him, I love him
I love him, I love him
I love him, I love him
She loves him, she loves him

This time
She loves him, she loves him
Im gonna keep it to myself
She loves him, she loves him
She loves him, she loves him
This time
Im gonna keep me all to myself
She loves him, she loves him
And he makes me want to hand myself over
She loves him, she loves him
She loves him, she loves him
And he makes me want to hand myself over

Bjork and Jesus & Mary Chain Kick Off Coachella + Video

From Billboard.com:

Jonathan Cohen, Palm Desert, Calif.

"New material from Bjork and Interpol, the first major concert of the Jesus & Mary Chain's first tour in nine years and high-profile sets from hot U.K. exports Amy Winehouse and the Arctic Monkeys marked the start of the 2007 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. About 60,000 people braved nearly triple-digit temperatures on the first day of the three-day event at Empire Polo Field."

"The Jesus & Mary Chain arguably stole the show with a set full of thick guitar screeds such as "Head On," "Snakedriver," "Teenage Lust" and "Frequency." The set also featured a rumored guest appearance by actress Scarlett Johansson, who sang Hope Sandoval's part on "Just Like Honey..."

"Arctic Monkeys held down an early evening set on the main stage with a blend of high-energy material from their two albums... The best of the new songs was "Fluorescent Adoloscent," which recalled the meaty power pop of Weezer."

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Beirut: "Elephant Gun" Video

Thanks to pitchfork for this:




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Harlem 'Shakes' the Arctic Monkeys

The other day I was listening to my mp3 player and one of those new Arctic Monkeys songs came on. I can't recall which one, but then that may be due to the fact that they are all beginning to sound like the first album. Now this is the important bit, right after that new Monkeys song my player queued up a song by the Harlem Shakes. I already knew this was a good band and after "Sickos" began to play (and it kicked the ass of the Arctic Monkeys track) I thought to myself 'I've gotta tell people about this band... again'. Here's my review of their EP Burning Birthdays and here's what they sound like. And to put it simply this band isn't good they're goddamn great.

from the Burning Birthdays EP
sickos [mp3]

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Some old demos...
eighteen [mp3]
josh studies [mp3]
a night [mp3]
Find more MP3s

Check their myspace page for tour details

TOUR DATES
May 1 2007 The Attic Santa Cruz, California
May 2 2007 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California
May 4 2007 Dante's Portland, Oregon
May 5 2007 Neumo's Seattle, Washington
May 9 2007 Bluebird Theater Denver, Colorado
May 10 2007 Sokol Underground Omaha, Nebraska
May 11 2007 Vaudeville Mews Des Moines, Iowa
May 12 2007 Abbey Pub (2 shows) Chicago, Illinois
May 17 2007 Mohawk Place Buffalo, New York
May 18 2007 Irving Plaza New York, New York
May 19 2007 Paradise Rock Club Boston, Massachusetts
May 22 2007 Grog Shop Cleveland, Ohio
May 23 2007 The Basement Columbus, Ohio
May 24 2007 Southgate House Newport, Kentucky

Songs Brandon Should Download at eMusic

Okay, here it is, the first (and maybe the last) column listing what you, or someone called Brandon, should download at eMusic this month. What? You don't know about eMusic. Check it here, or here (if you want to get the lowdown on 25 free DRM-Free mp3 downloads).

(and just so you know, I get a few bucks for every non-subscriber who takes them up on their free trial offer)

Start with Bryson first and go from there (i should add that because many artists are on different labels in different countries, some of these artists may not be available in your neck-of-the-woods):

Jim Bryson - Where The Bungalows Roam
Josh Rouse - Subtitulo
Transmissionary Six - S/T
Destroyer - Anything you can get!
The Broken West - I Can't Go On, I'll Go On

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Sneak Peek Video

Here's some behind-the-scenes footage of BRMC tracks “Weapon Of Choice” & “Berlin” off the upcoming release Baby 81 which comes out next week.

GO HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO

TOUR DATES
May
5 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre *
6 San Diego, CA - House of Blues *
8 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern *
9 San Francisco, CA - The Filmore *
11 Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre *
13 Seattle, WA - The Showbox *
15 Boise, ID - The Big Easy ! ^
16 Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue ! ^
17 Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre ! ^
18 Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground ! ^
19 Lawrence, KS - Granada Theater ! ^
20 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant ! ^
22 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue ! ^
23 Milwaukee, WI - The Rave ! ^
24 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre !
25 Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall !
29 Boston, MA - Avalon !
31 New York, NY - Webster Hall !

June
1 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre Of The Living Arts !
2 Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club !
4 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall !
5 Indianapolis, IN - The Music Mill !
6 Nashville, TN - City Hall !
7 Atlanta, GA - Roxy Theatre !
9 Fort Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room !
10 Orlando, FL - The Social !
12 Birmingham, AL - Zydeco !
13 New Orleans, LA - The Republic !
14 Houston, TX - Meridian !
15 Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa !
16 Dallas, TX - House of Blues !
17 Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ballroom !
19 Las Vegas, NV - University Theatre !

* = w/ The Fratellis
! = w/ The Horrors
^ = w/ Eastern Conference Champions

THE VEILS: EUROPE/US/CANADA Tour Dates

I chose Nux Vomica by The Veils as my favourite record of last year, BUT it's finally coming out on this side of the Atlantic today. You can stream the entire album through this link.

Find some mp3s and an interview with Finn Andrews of The Veils here.

Domino Re-Issues Sebadoh's First Album 'The Freed Weed'

Domino Records will issue a deluxe re-issue of Sebadoh's first album, The Freed Man, with a US street date of July 10th 2007. And get this, it will be one disc and 52 tracks! Originally released on Homestead Records in 1989 (cassette and vinyl) this re-issue will offer many tracks never heard before.

Here's a taste of early Sebadoh...

nest [mp3]
soulmate [mp3]

Sebadoh The Freed Man track list:
1 Healthy Sick
2 Level Anything
3 Soulmate
4 Ladybugs
5 Close Enough
6 True Hardcore
7 Julienne
8 Wrists Sebadoh
9 Amherst Hanging House
10 McKinley's Lament
11 Solid Brown
12 Narrow Stories
13 Bridge Was You
14 Drifts on Thru
15 Overturns
16 Yellow Submarine
17 Squirrel Freedom Overdrive
18 Little Man
19 Land Of The Lords
20 Bolder Sebadoh
21 Believe
22 Deny
23 Wall Of Doubt
24 Crumbs Sebadoh
25 I Love Me
26 K-Sensa-My
27 Lou Rap
28 Punch In The Nose
29 Resistance to Flo
30 Stop The Wheel
31 Loose n Screw
32 Oak Street Raga
33 Last Day of School
34 Jealous Evil
35 Moldy Bread
36 Made Real
37 Cindy
38 Nest
39 My Decision
40 Fire Of July
41 Jaundice
42 Design
43 Dance
44 Cyster
45 Powerbroker
46 The Lorax
47 Pig
48 Hung Up
49 Slow To Learn
50 Elements
51 Attention
52 Your Long Journey

www.sebadoh.com

COACHELLA LINE-UP 2007

Here's the enormous line-up for this years Coachella Festival in Indio CA... including 'you know who'.

FRIDAY APRIL 27th

• Bjork
• Interpol
• the Jesus and Mary Chain
• Arctic Monkeys
• Jarvis Cocker
• Sonic Youth
• Faithless
• DJ Shadow
• Peeping Tom
• Brazilian Girls
• Peaches
• Felix Da Housecat
• Rufus Wainwright
• Stephen Marley featuring Jr. Gong
• Nickel Creek
• Digitalism
• Tokyo Police Club
• Comedians of Comedy
• El-P
• Julieta Venegas
• Of Montreal
• Gogol Bordello
• Benny Benassi
• Satellite Party
• Circa Survive
• Silversun Pickups
• Gillian Welch
• Tilly and the Wall
• David Guetta
• Amy Winehouse
• Noisettes
• Evil Nine
• Flosstradamus featuring Kid Sister
• Bus Driver
• Brother Ali

SATURDAY APRIL 28th

• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• the Arcade Fire
• Tiesto
• the Decemberists
• the Good, The Bad and The Queen
• Travis
• Kings of Leon
• Gotan Project
• the Rapture
• LCD Soundsystem
• Blonde Redhead
• the New Pornographers
• the Black Keys
• Regina Spektor
• !!!
• Hot Chip
• MSTRKRFT
• Peter Bjorn & John
• Ozomatli
• Ghostface Killah
• Fountains of Wayne
• Jack's Mannequin
• Sparklehorse
• the Nightwatchman
• Roky Erickson & the Explosives
• Cornelius
• CocoRosie
• Andrew Bird
• the Frames
• the Fratellis
• Justice
• Pharoahe Monch
• Fields
• the Cribs
• Girl Talk
• the Chuck Dukowski Sextet
• Mike Relm
• Busy P
• DJ Mehdi
• Steve Aoki
• DJ Heather
• Yeva
• Pop Levi

SUNDAY APRIL 29th

• Rage Against The Machine
• Manu Chao Radio Bemba Sound System
• Air
• Happy Mondays
• Paul van Dyk
• Willie Nelson
• the Roots
• Crowded House
• Kaiser Chiefs
• Damien Rice
• Placebo
• Explosions in the Sky
• the Lemonheads
• Konono No.1
• Richie Hawtin
• Soul Wax Nite Versions
• Infected Mushroom
• Lily Allen
• Amos Lee
• Jose Gonzalez
• Spank Rock
• Rodrigo Y Gabriela
• Against Me!
• VNV Nation
• Ratatat
• Junior Boys
• the Feeling
• the Kooks
• CSS
• Klaxons
• Teddybears
• Tapes 'n Tapes
• Lupe Fiasco
• Mando Diao
• Grizzly Bear
• Mika
• the Coup
• the Avett Bros.
• Anathallo
• Kid Beyond
• Fair to Midland

RELEASED: April 24th

Here are today's new releases at insound.com.

04/24/07 Aa gAame Gigantic
04/24/07 Alex Delivery Star Destroyer Jagjaguwar BUY
04/24/07 All Smiles Ten Readings of a Warning Dangerbird
04/24/07 Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare Domino BUY
04/24/07 Avey Tare and Kria Brekkan Pullhair Rubeye Paw Tracks
04/24/07 Blow Poor Aim [Reissue] K Records
04/24/07 Charlotte Gainsbourg 5:55 Atlantic
04/24/07 Dntel Dumb Luck Sub Pop BUY
04/24/07 Electric Soft Parade No Need To Be Downhearted Better Looking
04/24/07 Grails Burning Off Impurities Temporary Residence Ltd.
04/24/07 Growing Vision Swim Troubleman
04/24/07 iLiKETRAiNS Progress Reform Beggars Banquet BUY
04/24/07 Joanna Newsom Joanna Newsom and the Ys Street Band EP Drag City BUY
04/24/07 Midnight Movies Lion the Girl New Line
04/24/07 OOIOO Eye Remix Thrill Jockey
04/24/07 Part Chimp Cup Monitor BUY
04/24/07 Pela Anytown Graffiti Great Society BUY
04/24/07 Pterodactyl Pterodactyl Jagjaguwar
04/24/07 Twilight Sad Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters FatCat BUY
04/24/07 Vanna Curses Epitaph
04/24/07 Various Artists SC100 Secretly Canadian
04/24/07 Veils Nux Vomica Rough Trade BUY

Full Album Streams: Arctic Monkeys,The Veils, and More

There are some very interesting full album streams at spinner.com. One that many will want to hear is Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare. But the one you should give a listen to is The Veils' Nux Vomica (read the sixeyes review and exclusive interview with the band's Finn Andrews (above) here). Also streaming are Patrick Wolf's The Magic Postion, Patti Smith's Twelve , Dntel's Dumb Luck, and several more.

BUY The Veils Nux Vomica and/or debut full length The Runaway Found.

This Week at Daytrotter: The Silent Years

Nearly each and every week there's something to download for free at daytrotter.com. And this week it's Detroit's The Silent Years (above). These are in-studio sessions recorded at Futureappletree Studio 1, Rock Island, Illinois. Visit, download, enjoy... you know what to do.

And below are what's been on the site and what's coming up.

Previously at Daytrotter
Apr 16 Jolie Holland
Apr 12 Tacks, The Boy Disaster
Apr 12 Death Ships
Apr 11 Brother Ali
Apr 9 Jay Bennett
Apr 5 The Slip

Coming Up at Daytrotter
Apr 25 Malajube
Apr 26 Rock Plaza Central
Apr 27 The Comas
Apr 30 Grizzly Bear
May 2 Richard Swift
May 3 Six Parts Seven

Feist: The Reminder Lyrics

The album, The Reminder, which is a very, very strong outing, much stronger than Let It Die, comes out May 1st on Arts and Crafts and Interscope. Here's a taste:

past in present [mp3]
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And here's where you can pre-order the disc.
Download Feist albums, tracks and songs for free with eMusic's trial subscription.
You can download the advance single, "My Moon My Man" which comes with these two songs,
"The Water" and "My Moon My Man (Boys Noize Remix)".


The Reminder Track List:
So Sorry
I Feel It All
My Moon My Man
The Park
The Water
Sea lion woman
Past in Present
Limit to Your Love
1 2 3 4
Brandy Alexander
Intuition
Honey Honey
How My Heart Behaves

* * * * * * *

There are more than likely some errors in these lyrics since I found them in three different places online. If you see some glaring (or any) mistakes, please submit the corrections in the comments. Thanks.

So Sorry
I'm sorry, two words
I always think after you're gone
When I realize I was acting all wrong
So selfish, two words that could describe
Old actions of mine when patience is in short supply

We don't need to say goodbye
We don't need to fight and cry
Oh we, we could hold each other tight
Tonight

We're so helpless
We're slaves to our own forces
We're afraid of our emotions
No one, knows where the shore is
We're divided by the ocean
And the only thing I know is
The answer it isn't for us
No the answer isn't for us

I'm sorry, two words
I always think after, oh you're gone
When I realize I was acting all wrong

We don't need to say goodbye
We don't need to fight and cry
No we, we could, we could hold each other tight
Tonight...
Tonight...
Tonight...
Tonight...

I Feel It All
I feel it all, I feel it all
I feel it all, I feel it all
The wings are wide, the wings are wide
Wild card inside, wild card inside

Oh I’ll be the one who'll break my heart
I'll be the one to hold the gun

I know more than I knew before
I know more than I knew before
I didn't rest, I didn't stop
Did we fight or did we talk

Oh I’ll be the one who'll break my heart
I'll be the one to hold the gun

I love you more
I love you more
I don't know what I knew before
But now I know I want to win the war

No one likes to take a test
Sometimes we know more is less
Put your weight against the door
Kick-drum on the basement floor
Stranded in a fog of words
Loved him like a winter bird
On my head the water pours
Gulf-stream through that open door
Fly away
Fly away to what you want to make

I feel it all
I feel it all
The wings are wide
Wild card inside, wild card inside

Oh I’ll be the one who'll break my heart
I'll be the one who'll break my heart
I'll be the one who'll break my heart
I'll end it, though you started it
The truth lies
(nothing we can do)
The truth lied
(and now I wanna know the truth)
But lies divide
The lies divide


My Moon, My Man
My moon, my man's a changeable land
Such a loveable land to me
My care, my co-lead barber I know
There's nowhere to go but on

How honestly my beggar should be
The song's out of key again
My fools, my things
We're digging the things
If the candlelit page again

Take it slow
Take it easy on me
Shed some light
Shed some light on things
Take it slow
Take it easy on me
Shed some light
Shed some light on things

My moon and me
Not skirty swift bean
It's the dirtiest clean I know
My care, my co-lead barber I know
There's nowhere to go
There's nowhere to go

Take it slow
Take it easy on me
Shed some light
Shed some light on things
Take it slow
Take it easy on me
Shed some light
Shed some light on it please

My moon
The moon my man
My moon
The moon my man...

The Park
Why would he come back through the park
You thought that you saw him, but no you did not
It's not him coming across the sea to surprise you
Not him who would know where in London to find you

Sadness so real that it populates
The city and leaves you homeless again
Steam from a cup and snow on the path
The seasons have changed from the present to past

The past...
There's hope to have
In the past...

Why would he come back through the park
You thought that you saw him, but no you did not
Who can be sure of anything through
The distance that keeps you from knowing truth

Why would he think, the boy could become
The man who could make you sure he was the one
The one...
My one...
My one...


The Water
The telegraph cables hum
The few can decipher who the message is from
And deliver it quietly
'Cause some don’t get much company

The harbour becomes the sea
And lighting the house keeps it collision free
Understand the lay of the land
Don’t let it hurt you
Or it will be the first to

The water
The water didn't realize
It's dangerous size
The mountain
The mountain came to recognize
It's deep and rocky sides
More than realized

Pale as a pile of bones
You long for your babies and this is how they grow
Wind-battered, knocked over
The teeth by the shoulder
Watching the gray sky
That’s acting like a good guy

The water
The water came to realize
It's dangerous size
The mountain
The mountain
Came to recognize
It's deep and rocky sides
Came to recognize
It's deep and rocky sides
More than realized

Sea-lion Woman
Sea Lion woman
She drinks coffee
She drinks tea
And we're so cold

Sea Lion woman
She drinks coffee
She drinks tea
And we're so cold

Sea Lion woman
Dressed in red
Smile at the man when you wake up in his bed

Sea Lion woman
Dressed in black
We got the man then stab him in his back

Sea Lion woman
She drinks coffee
She drinks tea
And we're so cold

Sea Lion woman
Dressed in white
Marry the man and then spend a long, sweet night

Sea Lion woman
Dressed in green
Silver lining and golden seams

Sea Lion woman
Dressed in blue
Call a man
And he knows what he can do

Sea Lion woman
She drinks coffee
She drinks tea
And we're so cold

Sea Lion woman
She drinks coffee
She drinks tea
And we're so cold

Sea Lion woman
Dressed in blue
Call on the man
And he knows what he can do

Sea Lion woman
Dressed in red
Smile at the man when you wake up in his bed

Sea Lion woman
Sea Lion woman
Sea Lion woman
Sea Lion woman
Sea Lion woman
Sea Lion woman
Sea Lion woman
Sea Lion, Sea Lion, Sea Lion
Sea Lion woman


Past in Present
The scarlet letter isn't black
Gotta know who's got your back
Because they're right in front of you
Because they're telling you the truth

There's so much present inside my present
Inside my present and
So, so much past inside my present
Inside my present inside my present
So, so...

Feeling it from dark to bright
When a wrong becomes a right
When a mountain fills with light
It's a volcano, it's a volcano
It's a volcano, it's a volcano

I have so much present inside my present
Inside my present and so
So much past inside my present
Inside my present inside my present
And so,
So much past inside my present
Inside my present
Inside my present
And so,
So much past inside my present
Inside my present
Inside my present


Limit To Your Love
Clouds part just to give us a lesson

There's a limit to your love
Like a waterfall in slow motion
Like a map with no ocean
There's a limit to your love
Your love, your love, your love

There's a limit to your care
So carelessly there
You that drove them down
It's a limit to your care

I love, I love, I love
This drink on my stream
I love, I love, I love
The trouble that you give me
I know i know i know
That only I can save me
I'll go i'll go i'll go
Lie down alone

There's a limit to your love
Like a waterfall in slow motion
Like a map with no ocean
There's a limit to your love
Your love, your love, your love

You can't really smile
It should be written on your face
I'm piecing it together
There's something out of place

I love, I love, I love
This drink on my stream
I love, I love, I love
The trouble that you give me
I know, I know, I know
That only I can save me
I'll go i'll go i'll go
Out of love

Because there is no limit
There's no limit no limit no limit, to my love.


1 2 3 4
One Two Three Four
Tell me that you love me more
Sleepless, long nights
That was what my youth was for

Oh teenage hopes are lying at your door
Left you with nothing
But they want some more

Oh, oh, oh
You're changing your heart
Oh, oh, oh
You know who you are

Sweetheart, bitter heart
Now I can't tell you apart
Cosy and cold
Put the horse before the cart

Four teenage boys
Who have tears in their eyes
Too scared to own up
To one little lie

Oh, oh, oh
You're changing your heart
Oh, oh, oh
You know who you are

One, two, three, four, five, six, nine, and ten
Money can't buy you back the love that you had then
One, two, three, four, five, six, nine, and ten
Money can't buy you back the love that you had then

Oh, oh, oh
You're changing your heart
Oh, oh, oh
You know who you are
Oh, oh, oh
You're changing your heart
Oh, oh, oh
You know who you are

Brandy Alexander
Though I'd like to be the girl for him
And cross the sea and land for him,
On milky skin my tongue is sand until
The ever distant band begins to play

He's my Brandy Alexander
Always gets me into trouble
But that's another matter
Brandy Alexander
He's my Brandy Alexander
Always gets me into trouble
But that's another matter
Brandy Alexander

Though I know what I love most of him
I'm walking on needles and pins
My addiction to the worst of him
He's the one that makes me sing

I'm his Brandy Alexander
Always get him into trouble
I hide that I am flattered
Brandy Alexander
I'm his Brandy Alexander
Always get him into trouble
I hide that I am flattered
Brandy Alexander

It goes down easy, easy
It goes down easy, easy
It goes down easy, easy...

Brandy Alexander...

Intuition
What gives what helps the intuition?
I know I’ll know
I won’t have to be shown
The way home
And it’s not about a boy
Although although

They can lead you
Break or defeat you

A destination known
Only by the one
Whose fate is overgrown
Piecemeal can break your home in half
A love is not complete with only heat

And they can tease you
Break or complete you

And it came a heat wave
A merciful save
You choose you chose
Poetry over prose
A map is more unreal than where you’ve been
Or how you feel
A map is more unreal than where you’ve been
Or how you feel
And it’s impossible to tell
How important someone was
And what you might have missed out on
And how he might have changed it all
And how you might have changed it all for him
And how he might have changed it all
And how you might have changed it all for him

Did I, did I
Did I, did I
Did I, did I
Did I, did I
Did I did I miss out on you?

Honey Honey
Honey honey, up in the trees
Fill the flowers deep in his dreams
Eat them out to sea by the east
Honey honey, food for the bees

Honey honey, out on the sea
In the Doldrums thinking of me
Me I'm driving thinking of he
Honey honey, not next to me

Even if he wanted to
Even if he wanted to
Even if he wanted to
Do you think he'll come back
Would he come back

Honey honey out on the sea
In the Doldrums waiting for me
Me in my boat searching for he
Honey honey, food for the bees

How My Heart Behaves
What grew
What grew
What grew and inside who
First so simple was the vow
Then the chorus sang about
Your shoulder
The mooring for me
Like water lost in the sea

The cold heart will burst
If mistrusted first
And a calm heart will break
When given a shake

I’m a stem now
Pushing the drought aside
Opening up
Fanning my yellow eye
On the ferry
That’s making the waves wave
Illumination
This is how my heart behaves

The cold heart will burst
If mistrusted first
And a calm heart will break when given a shake

(How her heart behaves)
The rain rain making me cry
(How her heart behaves)
Then the wind comes
Fanning my yellow eye
(How her heart behaves)
The waves wave the waves wave
This is how my heart behaves

A cold heart will burst
If mistrusted first
And a calm heart will break
When given a shake
The cold heart will burst
If mistrusted first
And a calm heart will break
When given a shake

What grew
What grew
What grew and inside who

Feist Tour Dates + Videos + MP3s

Ms Feist begins her The Reminder tour with two dates this coming week in Europe and then gets down to business closer to home turf (Canada) in May, May 15th actually, when she plays Victoria BC. If you haven't got your tickets yet... you better get cracking, or saving, or both.

FEIST MP3s
new torch (from the album, Monarch)
mushaboom (live performance on downtown Toronto sidewalk - June 2004)
anti-pioneer (when the month changes numbers)
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The Reminder will be on site after it has been released. You can download the single, "My Moon My Man" now.


VIDEOS
"Mushaboom"
Quicktime

"1234"
Quicktime

"My Moon My Man"
Quicktime

Beirut's New Album Details

I came across this news item on billboard.com:

Michael D. Ayers, N.Y.

Blog-driven indie rock sensation Beirut is putting the final touches on the follow-up to 2006's "Gulag Orkestar," tentatively due in September. Twelve songs are being eyed to make the final cut for the as-yet-untitled set.

"I've finished what I'm capable of doing, and from here, I'm taking it to mixing," Beirut founder Zach Condon tells Billboard.com. "Owen Pallet [of Montreal group Final Fantasy] is going to help out with some string arrangements. The influences are coming from a different place; it's not heavily a Balkan aesthetic. I was listening to a lot of old French songs, but I'm taking it in my direction."

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I was listening to "Postcards From Italy" yesterday on my Zen and then it came on at the bookstore I was in later that same day... it was a lovely reminder of how great that song is.

postcards from italy [mp3]

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The Veils' Finn Andrews: +Sixeyes Interview

Finn Andrews is The Veils. From the moment major labels execs started waving five album deals in his fifteen year old face, he was on the path to leading his own band. At sixteen he left school and home in New Zealand to head for London to make music. 2004 saw the release of The Veils' debut, The Runaway Found. An album teeming with promise, it slipped under the radar of many who should have heard it. The album boasted the magnificently dreamy balladry of "Lavinia", a song that has wound itself about my core like a wild vine. The talent of Andrews staggered me when I heard the rest of the album and further more when I learned he was but twenty years of age. The sweeping romance of the imagery countered with Andrews cracking rasp, which could, and often did, rise with a feral grace, seduced many of us who are romantics at heart. The seduction continues with the second effort by Andrews and the new members of The Veils, Sophia Burn, and Liam Gerrard... the album is called Nux Vomica. Not as polished as The Runaway Found, production-wise, the new recording shows a growing confidence in Andrews as a songwriter. The ferocity unveiled on the debut is even more on show here in songs like "Not Yet", "Pan", "Jesus For The Jugular", and the title track, "Nux Vomica". And worthy successors to the lovely "Lavinia" are here as well, namely "Under The Folding Branches" and "House Where We All Live", the former being as romantic a song as Andrews has yet written. The only thing holding The Veils back from stardom is time, time to be heard, time to build an audience, and time to do things one at a time.

Finn Andrews was kind enough to answer some questions from an imaginary hammock on an imaginary dusty porch (when he wasn't worrying about time and space).

Tour dates and mp3s can be found below.
Check out this post for some live versions of Nux Vomica tracks.

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+SIXEYES INTERVIEW: The Veils' Finn Andrews
+Sixeyes: Let's start at the beginning... what instrument did you first pick up, guitar? And is that first instrument the one that still gets the most attention today?

Finn Andrews: I played around on a lot of different instruments pretty early on - I learnt the didgeridoo when I was about 6, circular breathing and all. I’m currently trying to teach myself the Viola but I’m still pretty shit at it. I figured I’d at least be as good as John Cale within a few months but it really doesn’t seem to be working out like that.

+SE: I was wondering if anything you've read had inspired songs on the new album, or on the first album?

FA: I read an essay by Susan Sontag in the paper last week that made me want to build a fucking city. It had a line in it, I don’t know if it was one of hers or not but it went: “Time is so everything doesn’t happen all at once, and Space is so it doesn’t all happen to you.” That cheered me up immensely.

+SE: I've gotten the impression from some lyrics and older interviews that you may be a homebody, that you like the comforts of hearth and home. If that's true, or not, how do you handle the constant flux of life on the road?

FA: I’m really pretty perverse – I want whatever is furthest away from me most of the time it seems, so when we’re on the road all I really want to be doing is swaying in a hammock on some dusty porch, strumming a banjo and humming to myself.

It might have something to do with growing up between New Zealand and England that nothing ever seems like that far away.

+SE: In the performance videos I've seen of the band and in photos you've adopted an image that some have described as pseudo-Amish. Is this a deliberate look you've settled on, or just a happy result of your style choices? And if deliberate, why?

FA: It’s amazing the amount of attention a big hat gets you. I just like dressing up in weird shit from time to time - bands all look the fucking same and I just woke up one morning and thought “Fuck it, I’m putting on an enormous fucking hat.” I don’t wear it anymore though.

+SE: I want to know what drives you to create? And why did you decide to make another album? I mean it seems like such a hassle and all to get a record made unlike say a painter who only answers to himself and does all the work on his own.

FA: I think it depends entirely on how you look at it: I haven’t met many painters who are laughing it up at people in the music industry cause they’ve got it so much harder. Anyone that works in the arts kind of has to just accept pretty early on that it’s a fucking struggle getting anything of any real worth made and you better just get used to it.

+SE: Nick Launay, who produced Nux Vomica, had worked on your father's (XTC) albums in the past. Did you know Launay personally because of this connection?

FA: Yeah, sort of - I used to go round to his house a lot when I was a kid and I’d amuse myself in his living room while the adults were up stairs making loud noises in the studio. It’s kind of come full circle.

+SE: Did you always have the idea of making music as a way of life in the back of your mind because of your father's career as a musician?

FA: Oh God no! It looked like the most horrific fucking profession imaginable – I wanted to make films or be a fisherman or something.


+SE: How do you think his career affected your confidence towards music and making a living at it?

FA: It made me very aware very early on that nearly everyone in the record industry is a self-promoting chancer who will work you to death and try to steal your money. That’s proved pretty much spot on so far.

+SE: Is there an artist or musician whose work you hold aloft as a goal you're attempting to equal when you write? Someone you measure yourself against?

FA: I read an interview with Martin Sheen this morning and I kind of want to turn out like him in 40 years time. I love Devendra Banhart’s stuff. He’s so free in the music he’s making and he really excites me about the music that will be made tomorrow. I used to be very obsessed with musicians more of my father’s generation when I was in my teens, people like Patti Smith and Tom Waits, but now I feel a lot more towards those closer to my age, people whose work is blossoming all around us right now. People like Rufus Wainwright, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Antony & The Johnsons, Bill Callahan. They’re kind of all driving me nuts at the moment.

+SE: What does the rest of the year hold for you and the band?

FA: We’re actually moving to Oklahoma to squat in The Flaming Lips living room and rehearse a record. You know how it is. We’ll be there ‘til August and then hopefully there’ll be a new album out by the end of the year. I can’t wait.

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From Nux Vomica
advice for young mothers to be [mp3]

From The Runaway Found
the valley of new orleans [mp3]

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TOUR DATES
When performing live the band line-up is:
Finn Andrews (vocals, guitar)
Sophia Burn (bass)
Liam Gerrard (piano and organ)
Henning Dietz (drums)
Dan Raishbrook (guitar)

APRIL
25th: Islington Academy, London, UK

MAY
2nd: Mezz, Breda, The Netherlands
3rd: Doornrosje, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
4th: Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
5th: Bevrijdingsfestival, Groningen, The Netherlands
6th: Rotown, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
14th: Anciennes Belgique, Brussels, Belgium

JUNE
7th: Mercury Lounge, New York City, NY, USA
8th: Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY, USA
9th: Great Scott, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
11th: DC9, Washington DC, USA
12th: The Khyber, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
14th: El Mocambo, Toronto, Canada
15th: Shelter 16, Detroit, Michigan, USA
17th: Empty Bottle, Chicago, Illinois, USA
18th: 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
19th: Grand Emporium, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
21st: Larimer Lounge, Denver, Colorado, USA
24th: Plaza Club, Vancouver, Canada
25th: Crocodile Club, Seattle, Washington, USA
26th: Doug Fir, Portland, Oregon, USA
28th: Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco, California, USA
29th: Spaceland, Los Angeles, California, USA

ARCADE FIRE'S Butler Recovering

Hey, it's almost like he's talking to you...



The above note was posted by Win Butler to the band's homepage today... good news for fans.

from Neon Bible
black mirror [mp3]

TOUR DATES
04-26 San Diego, CA - Spreckels Theatre
04-28 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)
05-01 Atlanta, GA - Atlanta Civic Centre Theatre *
05-02 Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium *
05-04 Washington, DC - DAR Constitution Hall *
05-05 Upper Darby, 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 #
05-24 Vancouver, British Columbia - Deer Lake Park +
05-26 George, WA - The Gorge (Sasquatch! Festival) #
05-27 Portland, OR - Schnitzer Concert Hall #
05-29 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre #
05-30 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre #
06-01 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre #
06-02 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre #
06-22-24 Pilton, England - Glastonbury
06-26-30 Arendal, Norway - Hove Festival
07-07 Balado, Scotland - T in the Park
07-08 Naas, Ireland - Oxegen Festival
07-12-15 Suffolk, England - Latitude Festival
07-13-14 Barcelona, Spain - Summercase
08-25 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-26 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival

* with the National
+ with St. Vincent
^ with Handsome Furs
# with Electrelane

NEW RELEASES: April 17th and 24th

These are the new releases found at insound.com for the remainder of April, some good stuff. Go here to buy, or just to check it out.

04/17/07 Bill Callahan Woke on a Whaleheart Drag City
04/17/07 Elk City New Believers Friendly Fire
04/17/07 Noisettes What's The Time, Mr. Wolf? Universal
04/17/07 Old Soul The Old Soul Friendly Fire
04/24/07 Aa gAame Gigantic
04/24/07 Alex Delivery Star Destroyer Jagjaguwar
04/24/07 All Smiles Ten Readings of a Warning Dangerbird
04/24/07 Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare Domino
04/24/07 Avey Tare and Kria Brekkan Pullhair Rubeye Paw Tracks
04/24/07 Blow Poor Aim [Reissue] K Records
04/24/07 Charlotte Gainsbourg 5:55 Atlantic
04/24/07 Dntel Dumb Luck Sub Pop
04/24/07 Electric Soft Parade No Need To Be Downhearted Better Looking
04/24/07 Grails Burning Off Impurities Temporary Residence Ltd.
04/24/07 Growing Vision Swim Troubleman
04/24/07 iLiKETRAiN Progress Reform Beggars Banquet
04/24/07 Joanna Newsom Joanna Newsom and the Ys Street Band EP Drag City
04/24/07 Midnight Movies Lion the Girl New Line
04/24/07 OOIOO Eye Remix Thrill Jockey
04/24/07 Part Chimp Cup Monitor
04/24/07 Pela Anytown Graffiti Great Society
04/24/07 Pterodactyl Pterodactyl Jagjaguwar
04/24/07 Twilight Sad Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters FatCat
04/24/07 Vanna Curses Epitaph
04/24/07 Various Artists SC100 Secretly Canadian
04/24/07 The Veils Nux Vomica Rough Trade

The Child Ballads

I wrote this back in late November of 2005:

The promising band, Jonathan Fire*Eater, was made up of vocalist Stewart Lupton (above right), keyboardist Walter Martin, guitarist Paul Maroon, drummer Matt Barrick, and bassist Tom Frank. When they called it quits, Martin, Barrick, and Maroon reformed with Hamilton Leithauser to become The Walkmen. But what became of Stewart Lupton, JF*E's lead singer? It turns out he is still singing and writing, evidenced by the recent signing of his new band The Child Ballads to British label Loog Records.

The new band is comprised of D.C. native Stewart Lupton (vocals, guitar), Betsy Wright (vocals, wurlitzer, farfisa, violin), Hugh McIntosh (Drums), Tunde Oyewole (Bass), and Judah Bauer (Guitar).

Loog Records will release the Child Ballads track, "Cheekbones", as a single next month. In this song Lupton exercises a subdued drawl that recalls Mick Jagger as New Yorker. Lupton's singing is extremely appealing and is, rightly so, front and center in the mix, surrounded by the 60's urban jangle of the supporting players. A very nice little teaser for the promised early 2006 release on British imprint Loog Records. I am looking forward to this release as I loved the JF*E song, "When The Curtain Calls For You".

A few days ago I was browsing my music files for something to post and saw that Child Ballads song, "Cheekbone Hollows". I posted it (again) and subsequently got a question about the band. This prompted me to go searching for them online and I found a few things: their website is no longer functioning, their myspace is up-to-date, and they've finally released a recording on Loog Records. It's a six song EP called Cheekbone Hollows (pop. 1/2 life). I haven't had a lot of time with the songs, but it's what I would call a 'grower'. It needs time to find a home in the listener, although it's not difficult music... but then again, it certainly isn't lightweight radio pap either. Joining Lupton in the band are bassist Tunde Oyewole, Paul Arfield (rhythm guitar), John Melville (drums), Betsy Wright (keyboards, viola, vocals), Hugh MacIntosh (drums), and Judah Bauer (lead guitar).




laughter from the rafters [mp3]

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THE VEILS TOUR DATES + MP3s

The band that released my favourite record last year and will release one of my favourites this year is the time shifting band, The Veils. With their sophomore effort, Nux Vomica, coming out in North America April 24th, the record which Europe has known for months and months (the band is based in London), will be reborn and the band will begin it's push to get it heard by new ears. Check the tour dates and get your tickets because this is the type of band that won't, I repeat, won't, be on the indie hipster radar. There's just much too much posturing and falseness in some of the young bands that scream outta the 'indie hipster hive' with an overpowering buzz for me to believe that The Veils' romantic and passionate sound would appeal to your average indie beekeeper. To paraphrase Muhammad Ali, The Veils 'sting like a butterfly and move like a bee'. I'm not sure if that makes sense, but it feels right to me.

Here's what the band sounds like live and below are the tour dates. Oh yeah, the band's leader, Finn Andrews, will be featured soon in an exclusive interview with +Sixeyes.

These mp3s are from a Black Session [#251] done for French radio, you hear the announcer at the beginning and/or end of some songs, but the quality is quite good and the performance should get you out the door to buy tickets. And these, save for the cover of course, are songs found on Nux Vomica.

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jesus for the jugular [mp3]
under the folding branches [mp3]
a birthday present [mp3]
state trooper (bruce springsteen cover) [mp3]
nux vomica [mp3]

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Oh, I should add that you can check out the ad in the left sidebar which features The Veils and offers an mp3 from Nux Vomica.

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TOUR DATES:
APRIL
25th: Islington Academy, London, UK

MAY
2nd: Mezz, Breda, The Netherlands
3rd: Doornrosje, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
4th: Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
5th: Bevrijdingsfestival, Groningen, The Netherlands
6th: Rotown, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
14th: Anciennes Belgique, Brussels, Belgium

JUNE
7th: Mercury Lounge, New York City, NY, USA
8th: Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY, USA
9th: Great Scott, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
11th: DC9, Washington DC, USA
12th: The Khyber, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
14th: El Mocambo, Toronto, Canada
15th: Shelter 16, Detroit, Michigan, USA
17th: Empty Bottle, Chicago, Illinois, USA
18th: 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
19th: Grand Emporium, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
21st: Larimer Lounge, Denver, Colorado, USA
24th: Plaza Club, Vancouver, Canada
25th: Crocodile Club, Seattle, Washington, USA
26th: Doug Fir, Portland, Oregon, USA
28th: Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco, California, USA
29th: Spaceland, Los Angeles, California, USA