Hallam Foe, Dandelion Blow

Franz Ferdinand has posted a new song called "Hallam Foe, Dandelion Blow" on their Myspace page. Read all about the track here.

Listen to "Hallam Foe, Dandelion Blow"

More Jarvis Cocker US Dates

Jarvis Cocker

From Filter:

Jarvis Cocker Sets First U.S. Shows
by Staff | 01.31.2007

Jarvis Cocker is headed to North America for his first shows here in over 7 years. The gigs will coincide with the former Pulp frontman's debut solo album being released in the U.S. on April 3rd via Rough Trade / World's Fair. The dates include an appearance at the Coachella festival in Indio, California on the first night of the three day event. Jarvis' backing band (live and in the studio) includes We Love Life-era Pulp guitarist Richard Hawley. Some recent live shows have included special apperances by Pulp bassist Steve Mackey and keyboardist Candida Doyle. Jarvis also sings on one track of the new Air album Pocket Symphony. Before heading to our shores, Cocker will play a few UK shows in February.

Jarvis Cocker Tour Dates:

April
23 New York, NY - Webster Hall
27 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)
28 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
30 Seattle, WA - Showbox

May
01 Vancouver, BC - Commodore

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Amy Winehouse Debut in America

So Amy Winehouse will be performing at New York's Bowery Ballroom as well as Coachella in Indio, but when will her album make its debut in America? It is tentatively scheduled for release mid-March on Dusty Groove. I don't care whether she has a good or bad reputation for partying over in the UK, but you have to admit she is very talented for her age. The more I listen to Back To Black, the more I love it.

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Arcade Fire Tours & Tours

From Pitchfork:

01-29 London, England - St. John's Church, Smith Square
01-30 London, England - St. John's Church, Smith Square
01-31 London, England - St. John's Church, Smith Square
02-01 London, England - Porchester Hall
02-02 London, England - Porchester Hall
02-06 Montreal, Quebec - Ukrainian National Federation
02-07 Montreal, Quebec - Ukrainian National Federation
02-08 Montreal, Quebec - Ukrainian National Federation
02-09 Montreal, Quebec - Ukrainian National Federation
02-10 Montreal, Quebec - Ukrainian National Federation
02-13 New York, NY - Judson Memorial Church
02-14 New York, NY - Judson Memorial Church
02-15 New York, NY - Judson Memorial Church
02-16 New York, NY - Judson Memorial Church
02-17 New York, NY - Judson Memorial Church
03-05 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia
03-06 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia
03-08 Manchester, England - Apollo
03-09 Manchester, England - Apollo
03-11 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowlands
03-12 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowlands
03-14 London, England - Brixton Academy
03-15 London, England - Brixton Academy
03-16 London, England - Brixton Academy
03-17 London, England - Brixton Academy
03-19 Paris, France - Olympia
03-20 Paris, France - Olympia
03-23 Stockholm, Sweden - Circus
03-24 Oslo, Norway - Centrum Scene
03-25 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
03-27 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
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
04-28 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)
06-22-24 Pilton, England - Glastonbury

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Week of January 28, 2007: Notable Releases This Week

MONDAY


Klaxons' Myths of the Near Future (UK)

TUESDAY


Lily Allen's Alright, Still

For the few of you in the US who are slow and still haven't picked up this album yet, buy it now. Don't forget to catch her on the MTV Download & Discover tour this Spring.

Highlights: "Smile", "Everything's Just Wonderful", "Littlest Things", "Friend of Mine"


Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's Some Loud Thunder

Youth Group's Casino Twilight Dogs

It's about time this one was released in the States.

Highlights: "Under The Underpass", "Daisychains", "Forever Young"

One Show Canceled, Another One Enters

TV on the Radio

So last night's Matt Costa & Satisfaction show in Sacramento was postponed until March 10th, but it's good news to hear that TV on the Radio will be coming back to perform in Sacramento on March 27th. This time, it's in a better venue, but hopefully it won't be moved to a smaller venue with shitty sound. Fuck, it's too bad I'm going to missing another TVotR show in Sacramento for the second time in a row because I'll be at the Josh Groban concert. That's lame.

Tuesday, March 27th
TV on the Radio (w/ The Noisettes)
Empire
Sacramento, CA
$18 adv/$20 @ the door

WTF? WAS Disappears

Keith & Chris Partying Up with the Kaiser Chiefs in NY (Source)

We Are Scientists have been taken off of the Coachella line-up. Friday is not going to be as fun without WAS that's for sure. It would've been nice to see WAS again, but at least there's one less conflict. Reason for it is:

"We’re officially not doing Coachella this year. As I said, the promoters jumped the gun in including us on their materials earlier this week — assuming, maybe, that a band of our relatively meager cache wouldn’t consider turning down an offer to play the finest U.S. music festival. But they underestimate both our laziness and our cowardice. Since — unless something goes terribly awry — we’ll be right in the middle of recording our next record (tentatively titled “Berries! Is!! Good, Yummm!!! Hey?”) when Coachella rolls ’round, we’re concerned that we’ll be totally out of shape, unable to put on a great live show, and that getting into shape would majorly interrupt the recording effort. Basically, we’re not getting on stage in Indio without super-ripped abs deflecting the desert light in all sorts of directions, like a prism, and right now our bellies look like sun-bleached dead catfish, and by April they’ll look even more like that, eerily so.

But we make this vow: Next year! Coachella! Abs agleam!"

- Chris from WAS

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Albert Hammond, Jr.'s First US Headlining Tour

(L-R) Albert Hammond, Jr., Matt Romano, Josh Lattanzi

With his album, Yours To Keep, set to be released on March 6th in the US, Albert Hammond, Jr. will set off on his first US headlining tour.

Tour Dates from Filter:

January
25 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues *
26 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
27 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
29 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory *
30 - Boston, MA - Avalon *
31 - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom *

February
2 - Detroit, MI - State Theatre *
3 - Cleveland, OH - Agora Ballroom *
4 - Toronto, ONT - Koolhaus *
6 - Chicago, IL - Riviera *
7 - Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theatre *
8 - Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium *
11 - Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern *
12 - Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern *
14 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour #

March
2 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe #
3 - Portland, OR - Roseland Grill #
5 - Solana Beach, CA - Crocodile Cafe #
6 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre #
8 - San Francisco, CA - Popscene #
10 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre #
13 - Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room #
14 - Houston, TX - Meridian #
15 - Austin, TX - SXSW New Line Showcase
17 - Atlanta, GA - Roxy Theatre #
18 - Nashville, TN - Exit Inn #
23 - Chicago, IL - Congress Theatre ^
24 - Detroit, MI - Royal Oak Theatre ^
25 - Toronto, ONT - Koolhaus ^
27 - Montreal, QUE - Metropolis ^
28 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre ^
30 - New York, NY - United Palace Theatre ^
31 - New York, NY - United Palace Theatre ^

* Supporting Incubus
# Headlining w/ The Mooney Suzuki as support
^ Supporting Bloc Party

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New Atlantic Tours & Album Release Date

New Atlantic

New Atlantic is one of the few pop/rock bands that I still appreciate. I definitely prefer these guys over other bands like Waking Ashland and Sherwood any day. New Atlantic's debut album on Eyeball Records won't be released until April 10, 2007, but in the mean time you can catch them on tour on the East Coast with bands like Self Against City, Cartel, and Cobra Starship:

w/ SELF AGAINST CITY
Feb-03 Waldorf, MD @ My Brother's Place
Feb-05 Virginia Beach, VA @ Gil's
Feb-07 Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero - Balcony
Feb-08 Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
Feb-09 Vineland, NJ @ The Boys & Girls Club
Feb-10 South Hackensack, NJ @ School of Rock
Feb-11 Levittown, NY @ Noche Blue

w/ PROMISE OF REDEMPTION, BOATTZ, TRIANGLE SHIRT FACTORY
Feb-17 West Chester, PA @ Holy Trinity Church

w/ CARTEL, COBRA STARSHIP, BOYS LIKE GIRLS
Mar-09 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
Mar-10 Cleveland, OH @ House Of Blues
Mar-11 Pontiac, MI @ Clutch Cargos
Mar-13 Williamsville, NY @ Club Infinity
Mar-14 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
Mar-16 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
Mar-17 Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre Of Living Arts
Mar-18 Washington DC @ 9:30 Club
Mar-19 Norfolk, VA @ The Norva
Mar-20 Columbia, SC @ Headliner's Live
Mar-22 St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Landing
Mar-23 Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club

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Enon Cancels

Enon

It has been known that Enon would no longer be the supporting act on the Of Montreal tour, but Pitchfork has elaborated on this further:

Touch & Go art rockers Enon, in a recent announcement on their MySpace blog, revealed that they were forced to cancel their upcoming tour with Of Montreal "due to a few problems we have." (Thanks to reader Michael Fremus for discovering the blog entry and tipping us off.)

When contacted, Touch & Go said that the band wouldn't elaborate on said "problems". But the MySpace message did mention that the band is working on a new album, and would be touring later this year, which the label confirmed.

Cancelled dates:

01-26 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey
01-27 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon
01-28 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
01-30 San Diego, CA - SOMA
01-31 Santa Cruz, CA - Attic
02-01 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
02-02 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
02-03 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
02-05 Arcata, CA - Kate Buchanan Hall at Humboldt State University
02-06 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
02-07 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards
02-09 Seattle, WA - Showbox
02-10 Eugene, OR - WOW Hall
02-12 Sacramento, CA - Union Ballroom at Sacramento State University
02-14 Tucson, AZ - Rialto

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I'm Late... Coachella Line-Up Announcement

I'm highly disappointed. Maybe I just have high expectations. I'm definitely looking forward to Rufus Wainwright, Amy Winehouse, WAS, Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire, Lily Allen, and Klaxons on Sunday, but where's Muse and Of Montreal?

Source

Anticipation has the habit to set you up, but...

According to the LA Times, Rage Against the Machine will indeed reunite for this year's Coachella. Also performing are the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Björk, Arcade Fire, Interpol, Willie Nelson, the Roots, Manu Chao, the Decemberists, Arctic Monkeys, Sonic Youth, Crowded House, Air, Tiësto, and Kings of Leon. From the list of rumored acts, I'm definitely looking forward to Muse, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Air, We Are Scientists, Lily Allen, The Raconteurs, and Emily Haines. Of course, I don't even know if some of those acts are performing, but it'd be nice.

From LA Times:

Rage Against the Machine will reunite for Coachella

Red Hot Chili Peppers and Björk also top the bill for the three-day music festival.

By Geoff Boucher, Times Staff Writer
January 22, 2007

Rage Against the Machine, the seminal L.A. band that made heavy music into political manifesto, will reunite after a seven-year lull for one show as the headliners at the 2007 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

Sources say Rage, which played the main stage at the first Coachella in 1999, will be joined by other familiar faces for the eighth edition of the festival, which covers three days this year and begins April 27: Red Hot Chili Peppers, which headlined in 2003, are back, as is Björk, who topped the bill in 2002.

Organizers were mum this weekend and it was not clear which day Rage or the other acts were slotted to play; that announcement is expected in the next few days. Other acts expected in the eclectic lineup: Arcade Fire, Interpol, Willie Nelson, the Roots, Manu Chao, the Decemberists, Arctic Monkeys, Sonic Youth, Crowded House, Air, Tiësto and Kings of Leon.

Tickets go on sale Saturday, via Ticketmaster. Three-day passes will cost about $250 and there will be a limited number of single-day passes available.

The headliners are not novel, but they are potent. The Peppers are up for their first best album Grammy right now, and Björk remains a mesmerizing figure to fans of avant pop. But in Southern California rock circles, there is very little that could compete with the excitement of a Rage Against the Machine reunion. The quartet's hybrid of funk, rap, metal and leftist ideology was as subtle as a Molotov cocktail; in the 1990s, its aggro-anthems made it the only band that mattered to a fan base that included East L.A. protest kids as well as those in Hollywood punk circles, college dorms and mainstream rock festival mosh pits, where politics were secondary to the group's feral energy.

The band is vocalist Zack de la Rocha, guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk. Their split came amid rumors of bad blood between De la Rocha and his mates, who went on to work with Chris Cornell in Audioslave. However, Morello and De la Rocha appeared together at a 2005 rally for the urban farmers of a South Los Angeles community garden.

Week of January 21, 2007: Notable Releases This Week

TUESDAY


Of Montreal's Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
STREAM ALBUM


The Shins' Wincing The Night Away
STREAM ALBUM

Deadly Radio Contests

Nintendo Wii

A friend and I love entering radio contests, but some are just ridiculous. For example, I didn't hear about a local radio station's contest "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" until a few days ago. I think it's common-sense that that type of contest is deadly. It's obvious that people can die from water intoxication. I'm not a big fan of the music played on the radio station anyways mainly because I don't support much of the mainstream music currently played on airwaves and on MTV. The idea of the contest may have been funny at first, but really it's not. The possibility of death is not funny, and I definitely would not kill myself over a pair of Muse tickets.

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Satisfaction Tours with Matt Costa

"Nothing, Oh Nothing"

Satisfaction is a four-piece indie pop band from Los Angeles, CA. I've been a fan of theirs for a few years now, and I wouldn't miss their upcoming show if I was able to go. For those 21 and up, and live in the Sacramento area, come check out Satisfaction as they open for Matt Costa this Saturday.

Download "Nothing, Oh Nothing"
LISTEN

Saturday, January 27
Matt Costa (w/ Satisfaction)
Blue Lamp
9pm
21 and up
Sacramento, CA
$15 adv.

Some Folks Are Just Lucky...

Arcade Fire: Intervention (Live at Canterbury High [in their school cafeteria], Ottawa)

Lily Allen's North American Tour

Lily Allen

From Pitchfork:

Remember when we mentioned that Lily Allen was gearing up for the first-ever MTV Discover and Download tour? Well, now we have the dates.

The seven-show club trek runs from February 5-18, with stops in L.A., San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, and Boston. Lily has dates scheduled across Australia and Europe as well, and will be heading back to the States for SXSW in March.

Before the tour, however, Lily will be the musical guest on "Saturday Night Live" on February 3. She will perform her hit singles "Smile" and "LDN". That show's host is Drew Barrymore. Cute overload!

As previously reported, Capitol Records will release Allen's debut, Alright, Still, in the U.S. on January 30.

Finally, Allen recently shot the video for her next single, "Alfie", in Tokyo. "Alfie was played by a puppet and the whole thing looks like an episode of a mixture Tom and Jerry and Roger Rabbit," she wrote in her Myspace blog. "You'll understand when you see it."

Dates:

01-19 Auckland, New Zealand - Big Day Out
01-21 Gold Coast, Australia - Big Day Out
01-22 Brisbane, Australia - Big Day Out
01-24 Sydney, Australia - Big Day Out
01-25 Sydney, Australia - Big Day Out
01-28 Melbourne, Australia - Big Day Out
01-29 Melbourne, Australia - Big Day Out
02-05 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Music Box
02-06 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
02-08 Chicago, IL - Metro
02-10 New York, NY - Webster Hall
02-12 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
02-16 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
02-18 Boston, MA - Axis
02-27 Brussels, Belgium - Cirque Royale
02-28 Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie
03-01 Utrecht, the Netherlands - HCV
03-03 Barcelona, Spain - Espacio Moviestar
03-04 Paris, France - Bataclan
03-06 Cambridge, England - Corn Exchange
03-07 Wolverhampton, England - Civic Centre
03-08 Glasgow, Scotland - Academy
03-10 Manchester, England - Apollo
03-11 Nottingham, England - Rock City
03-12 London, England - Hammersmith Apollo
03-14-18 Austin, TX - SXSW

Will we be seeing her at Coachella this year?

Free Of Montreal Tickets!

Of Montreal - "Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse"

Spin.com is giving away free tickets to every one of Of Montreal's North American show HERE, which includes the following dates. All you have to do is fill out a form. You can do that right? Remember, Of Montreal's new album Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? will be released this Tuesday, January 23rd:

1/19, Memphis, TN (The Hi Tone)
1/20, New Orleans, LA (Republic)
1/21, San Antonio, TX (White Rabbit)
1/22, Lubbock, TX (Jake's Backroom)
1/23, Albuquerque, NM (Launch Pad)
1/24, Tempe, AZ (The Clubhouse)
1/25, Park City, UT (Music On Main)
1/26, Los Angeles, CA (The El Rey)
1/27, Los Angeles, CA (Avalon)
1/28, Los Angeles, CA (The Troubadour)
1/30, San Diego, CA (SOMA)
1/31, Santa Cruz, CA (The Attic)
2/1, San Francisco, CA (The Bottom Of The Hill)
2/2, San Francisco, CA (Great American Music Hall)
2/3, San Francisco, CA (Great American Music Hall)
2/5, Arcata, CA (Kate Buchanan Hall at HSU)
2/6, Portland, OR (Wonder Ballroom)
2/7, Vancouver, BC (Richards On Richards)
2/9, Seattle, WA (The Showbox)
2/10, Eugene, OR (WOW Hall)
2/12, Sacramento, CA (Sacramento State University Union Ballroom)
2/13, Las Vegas, NV (Art Bar)
2/14, Tucson, AZ (The Rialto)
2/16, Austin, TX (Emo's)
2/17, Houston, TX (Numbers)
2/18, Dallas, TX (Gypsy Ballroom)
2/19, Norman, OK (Meacham Auditorium at University Of Oklahoma)
2/20, Lawrence, KS (The Granada)
2/21, Columbia, MO (The Blue Note)
2/22, Springfield, MO (Remington's Downtown)
2/23, Birmingham, AL (The Bottle Tree)
2/24, Atlanta, GA (The Variety Playhouse)
3/5, Carrboro, NC (Cat's Cradle)
3/6, Falls Church, VA (The State Theatre)
3/7, Clinton, NY (The Annex at Hamilton College)
3/8, Philadelphia, PA (The Trocadero)
3/9, New York, NY (Irving Plaza)
3/10, New York, NY (Irving Plaza)
3/11, Boston, MA (Avalon)
3/12, Montreal, QC (Le Tulipe)
3/13, Toronto, ON (The Opera House)
3/14, Detroit, MI (Magic Stick)
3/15, Chicago, IL (The Metro)
3/16, Minneapolis, MN (First Avenue)
3/17, Milwaukee, WI (Pabst Theatre)
3/19, Cleveland, OH (Beachland Ballroom)
3/20, Newport, KY (Southgate House)
3/21, Nashville, TN (Mercy Lounge)
3/22, Asheville, NC (Grey Eagle)
3/23, Columbia, SC (Headliner's)
3/29, Gainesville, FL (Abbey Rd)
3/30, Miami, FL (Studio A)
3/31, Orlando, FL (The Club At Firestone)
4/1, Jacksonville, FL (Freebird Live)
4/2, Tallahassee, FL (The Moon)

For a full listing of concerts, movies, and lectures at CSUS, visit http://www.csus.edu/union/unique/event.html