Farewell Grandaddy... Jason Lytle In-Store Performances!

Jason Lytle from the now dead Grandaddy will be doing a few acoustic in-store performances at a city near you!

May 17, 2006
Other Music
8pm
New York, NY

May 19, 2006
Easy Street (Queen Anne)
7pm
Seattle, WA

May 20, 2006
Amoeba Music
6pm
San Francisco, CA

May 21, 2006
The Beat
4pm
Sacramento, CA

For more info, http://www.myspace.com/grandaddy

BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE!!! What? Bloc Party?

From Pitchfork:

Bloc Party Schedule North American Shows

Caroline Bermudez reports:
The summer concert season is not quite upon us and our index fingers are already tired. Between the hordes of festivals (especially here in our neck of the woods) and certain tours that inexplicably sell out in two minutes, the redial button on our phone and the refresh button on our browser have become our best friends.

Bloc Party are definitely not make things any easier, having just announced a string of North American dates with the likes of the Secret Machines and Broken Social Scene. Oh, and the Brooklyn show takes place in an empty public pool.

Ticketbastard, here we come:

06-24 Toronto, Ontario - Olympic Island *@
06-25 Chicago, IL - Intonation Festival
07-28 Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion #%
07-29 Brooklyn, NY - McCarran Pool #%
08-01 Anaheim, CA - The Grove #
08-03 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre *#
08-04 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre *#$
08-05 San Diego, CA - Street Scene Festival #
08-08 Mexico City, Mexico - TBA #
08-09 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live #
08-10 Austin, TX - Stubb's BBQ #
08-19 Chelmsford, England - Hylands Park (V Festival)
08-20 Staffordshire, England - Weston Park (V Festival)

* with Broken Social Scene
@ with Feist, Raising the Fawn, J Mascis
# with Mew
% with Secret Machines
$ with Two Gallants

As previously reported, Bloc Party is working on a new album in London with producer Jacknife Lee. Track titles include "Hunting for Witches", "Waiting for the 7.18", "Kreuzberg", "Cruel", "Merge on the Freeway", "Into the Blue", "Kids", "The Present", and "Machines". No word on when the new album will come out, but it is expected late this year.

To hear a live version of "Waiting for the 7.18" recorded at Coachella, head over to the Bloc Party blog, the awesomely monikered Blog Party.

* Pitchfork Review: Bloc Party: Silent Alarm Remixed
* Pitchfork News: Bloc Party Get to Work on New Record
* Pitchfork Feature: Interview: Bloc Party
* Pitchfork Feature: Live: Bloc Party
* Bloc Party: http://www.blocparty.com/
* Blog Party: http://bloc-party.blogspot.com/

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I'm The One That Picked The Apple Tree! "Woolf MOTHEER!"

You've seen this advertised everywhere from Myspace to Late Night with Conan. This is one of the best fucking albums I've ever heard. It's lively for one thing. And it's hard not to rock out to this even in your own home or while driving. This Australian band, Wolfmother, is hot. The album has been out since May 2nd so go pick it up in stores if you have not. Highlights include "Dimension", "Woman", "Apple Tree", "Joker and the Thief", "Mind's Eye", "Love Train", and pretty much the rest of the album.

Phenomena. COACHELLA 2006 (DAY 2) Review

Sunday was definitely going to be crazy. I saw Youth Group and luckily they played "Shadowland" and "Skeleton Jar" when I was there back to back because those are my favorite songs from them. Right after, I headed over to Giant Drag. Annie Hardy is hilarious! Giant Drag played "Kevin Is Gay", "This Isn't It", "My Dick Sux", and "Slayer".

Giant Drag

I stayed for Mates of State. I wasn't too excited for them. Their performance was okay, but the most exciting performance that afternoon was TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS. They were greater than my expectations. Ted is fucking awesome. They literally put a smile on my face and I have to say that was a rare moment considering me feeling like shit that day. They played old and new songs including "Walking To Do", "Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone", and "Me and Mia".

Mates of State

Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

It's too bad I missed James Blunt and his Willy Wonka sunglasses, but I tried to catch Metric. I only watched two songs from them including "The Police and the Private" from afar. Metric was one of the other bands that I really didn't want to miss, but it was hard to enjoy the show from so far. Before watching Metric, I saw a bit of Phoenix. They're great as usual. Afterwards I decided to try and meet Editors, but unfortunately I came too late for their signing.

I headed straight towards the Outdoor Stage to catch Bloc Party. I saw a little bit of Minus the Bear before heading straight for the front for Bloc Party. The boys from Bloc Party were beautiful and I enjoyed the show very much. Kele has such a beautiful smile. It's hard not to notice! The highlight of the show was near the end when Kele stood on top of all the speakers on my side while checking out the scenery, crowd, and playing his guitar. It was one of the few shows that I really enjoyed.

Bloc Party

Afterwards, I went straight for Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I had a bad view of Karen O the entire time, but I was up in the front of the crowd off to the side. I loved YYYs. Tool fans weren't enjoying the show very much until Karen O screamed while eating her mic during the choruses of a song. That was seriously the best moment of their set and everyone just got crazy over that. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs were crazy, but not as weird as I thought they were. Some folks got bored from their set and left, but there were plenty of fans who enjoyed it and got what they expected.
Right after their set I went straight for Madonna, but she was taking way too long to get on stage as scheduled and the tent was too packed, so I went to Editors show. I got bored and then I went back to check out Madonna. I saw her perform her first song. Luckily there was a giant screen outside the tent so everyone who can't see her in the tent can just watch the screen. She's a great performer on stage with all her backup dancers, but her singing sucks! And of course lip singing sucks too.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Editors

I skipped the rest of Madonna's set and saw the end of Mogwai's set, which seemed to have never ended. I was bored as hell. To tell you the truth, I'm not that interested in some instrumental music and Mogwai is one of them, but there were Mogwai fans in the crowd who thought they were 'sick'.

Madonna

I saw The Go! Team who were horrible live. They were fun to watch and were upbeat. They got the crowd going, but if you're not a BIG fan of their music, then you're not going to enjoy the show. I was a fan of The Go! Team, but I'm definitely not a fan of their live shows. I wouldn't pay any price over $12 to see them headlining a show unless I want to see the opening act.

The Go! Team

Scissor Sisters were so fun to watch! I was creeped out as first, but that was expected. I loved the gold attire. I'm not a big fan of their music since I only like a few songs, but I loved watching them. I left early and saw a little bit of Tool for a couple seconds, and that was the end of my Coachella experience. It felt good leaving at the end of a long day, but now that I think about it, I miss Coachella and I'm glad I tried to experience it to the fullest.

Scissor Sisters

Clap Your Hands! COACHELLA 2006 (DAY 1) Review

Saturday, the first day of Coachella, we were in heavy traffic, but we still made it up to the front row for one of the first bands to play, The Like. I was hoping to see Head Automatica, who played first on the outdoor stage right before The Like, but we didn't make it there for their set. Since I always missed Head Automatica when coming to town, it made no difference. The Like was good live as was expected. They sounded beautiful. They're such sweet girls when I met them at the Virgin signing and people should definitely not pay attention to the opinions of some haters becuase they're just jealous that they're not as talented as them. Matt Costa was wonderful, but there isn't much to say about him since I was never a huge fan. I haven't heard enough from him and I still haven't heard enough from him.

Z Berg of The Like

Matt Costa

The next band that I went to see were The Walkmen. They were decent live. It was hard to enjoy their show from afar so I went straight for The Zutons. They're very very lively onstage presence and their saxophonist is awesome, but I only watched the first two or three songs from them because I was dieing of heat exhaustion so I decided to head over to the tents early to squeeze my way to the front for TV on the Radio later in the day.

The Walkmen


The Zutons

First band I saw in the Mojave Tent was Wolfmother. I've heard one song from them before, but I didn't think much of them until seeing them live. They are incredible. Probably one of my favorite performances I've seen at Coachella. It's hard not to rock out to them. I wasn't surprised to find that Danny Masterson was a fan as he was watching Wolfmother as well.

Wolfmother

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah was another band that I wanted to watch, but didn't feel too excited for it. I was surprised. I was never a big fan of their album especially since I never had the interest in listening to it in its entirety and I only liked one of their songs, but I've had a change of heart after their performance. Their set included "Let The Cool Goddess Rust Away", "The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth", and the favorite "In This Home On Ice". Their live performances are so much better than their recordings. I think the album has grown on me since then and I'm starting to appreciate it more.

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

The band that I've looked forward to all day was TV on the Radio. I've always been a fan of their music and I've been interested in seeing how their live shows were. They have a unique way of blending rock, blues, soul, and they're very experimental I should say. They played old and new songs including favorites like "Staring at the Sun", "Dreams", and "Ambulance". I've heard from people that TV on the Radio are horrible live and some would rather listen to their recordings, but I must say that they are incredible live and their live sound is so much better than their recordings. Actually, live IS always better unless you're Ashlee Simpson.

TV on the Radio

So I saw a bit of Sigur Ros, Ladytron, Cat Power, Devendra Banhart, Franz Ferdinand (until the screen went blank), and Depeche Mode. Sigur Ros played my favorite song "Hoppipolla". Ladytron was interesting, but it bored me. Cat Power opened up with "The Greatest", which was fitting. Devendra Banhart was, well Devendra Banhart. I'm not really a fan of his so there's nothing to say. Franz Ferdinand was enjoyable, but seeing them before already and being front row I didn't want to waste my time. Between one of those sets I was in the SBC tent resting my ass off. And then I went into the next tent with the fake snow, which stunk like hell. I saw Depeche Mode, but for a brief moment. Afterwards, I watched a little bit of The Juan Maclean and then headed over to Atmosphere. Great great group! And then saw She Wants Revenge right after that, who are pretty good. I only remembered later that night that I wanted to see Daft Punk, but I forgot about their performance and my lazy ass wanted to sit down so I missed their spectacular, most talked about performance of Coachella.