Tour: Torche / Harvey Milk
Torche – “She’s So Heavy / In Return”
Not sure if both bands are on all these dates since Torche hasn’t announced their summer tour plans yet but the little investigating I did point to strong evidence that the following dates will have both Torche and Harvey Milk on the bill. Hell, the only one I care about – Columbus, Ohio – has already confirmed the double bill.
Jul 11 Churchill’s Pub    Miami, Florida
Jul 12 Common Grounds    Gainesville, Florida
Jul 13 Bottletree    Birmingham, Alabama
Jul 14 Hi Tone Cafe    Memphis, Tennessee
Jul 16 Exit/In    Nashville, Tennessee
Jul 17 Emerson Theatre    Indianapolis, Indiana
Jul 18 Subterranean    Chicago, Illinois
Jul 19 Ravari Room    Columbus, Ohio
Jul 20 Grog Shop    Cleveland, Ohio
Jul 21 Tralf Music Hall    Buffalo, New York
Jul 23 Lee’s Palace    Toronto, Ontario
Jul 24 La Sala Rosa    Montreal, Quebec
Jul 25 Middle East Downstairs    Cambridge, Massachusetts
Jul 26 Music Hall of Williamsburg    Brooklyn, New York
Jul 28 First Unitarian Church    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jul 29 Rock and Roll Hotel    Washington dc, Washington DC
Jul 30 Milestone    Charlotte, North Carolina
Jul 31 The Earl    Atlanta, Georgia
Aug 1  40 Watt    Athens, Georgia
Two songs you hate that I love
When I was in high school and got my first alarm clock/radio, I swear that every morning when the alarm would go out and 100.7 WMMS would start playing on the radio, I heard one of these two songs. I have a soft spot in my heart for them even though they probably both represent the worst of late ’80s FM schlock pop. The Giuffria song popped up on the iPod today when I hit shuffle and it reminded me of high school.
Giuffria – “Call to Your Heart”
Foreigner – “I Want to Know What Love Is”
Contrast Podcast: Best of 2009 so far (part 2)
Always hard to pick a single “best” song of the first quarter but when picking something for the latest Contrast Podcast, I kept going back to Jason Lytle’s “Brand New Sun”. I was a casual fan of Grandaddy’s, own a few CDs but before a year or two ago couldn’t have named any of the band members nor would I have recognized the guys if they were walking down the street. But when given the opportunity to interview Jason for the next issue of The Big Takeover, I really dove deep into his new album – which comes out in May – and it’s “Brand New Sun” that I instantly picked out as a favorite.
Check out all the picks of various bloggers for “Best of 2009 so far.”
You can also download the podcast and listen at your leisure. If you like “Brand New Sun,” you can download it for free over on Amazon.com.
New Breeders EP and video
Jonesing for new music by The Breeders? The Deal sisters have released a new digital EP (Fate to Fatal) today that you can purchase at iTunes, Amazon.com, or through the Breeders’ website. There is also a limited run of vinyl copies (1000) that feature silk-screened cover art.
There are four tracks on the EP including “The Last Time,” feature guest vocals by Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees) and a cover of the Bob Marley and the Wailers song, “Chances Are”.
Here’s a video for the title track, “Fate to Fatal”.