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Tour: Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound

Tee Pee Records is hands down my favorite label of 2009 with a number of droney/stonergaze rock releases. Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound is one of the standouts on the label – influences ranging from Spiritualized to the Byrds to Pink Floyd – and the band is teaming up the like-minded (non-Tee Pee) band Sleepy Sun for a 3-week run across the U.S.

DOWNLOAD: Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound – “Clive and Lyre”
DOWNLOAD: Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound – “The Slumbering Ones”

Dates
Thu 9/17/09 Jerky’s Live Music Hall Providence RI
Fri 9/18/09 The Monkey House Burlington VT
Sat 9/19/09 Il Motore Montreal QC
Mon 9/21/09 Drake Hotel Toronto ON
Tue 9/22/09 Call the Office London ON
Wed 9/23/09 Casbah Hamilton ON
Thu 9/24/09 Mohawk Place Buffalo NY
Fri 9/25/09 Cafe Bourbon Street Columbus OH
Sat 9/26/09 Chopin Theater Chicago IL
Sun 9/27/09 Frequency Madison WI
Mon 9/28/09 7th Street Entry Minneapolis MN
Tue 9/29/09 The Picador Iowa City IA
Wed 9/30/09 Lincoln Calling Venue Fest Lincoln NE
Thu 10/1/09 Larimer Lounge Denver CO
Fri 10/2/09 Kilby court Salt Lake City UT
Sat 10/3/09 Neurolux Boise, ID
Sun 10/4/09 Doug Fir Lounge Portland OR

The Twilight Sad single, video, tour dates

The video is a bit fleshy and there are perhaps some mildly NSFW moments in the video for The Twilight Sad’s new single, “I Became a Prostitue” from the Scottish band’s upcoming album, Forget the Night Ahead, due in stores sometime this fall. There are conflicting reports about the release date – though it’s looking like sometime late September or early October.

I was turned onto these guys a few years ago, just prior to attending SXSW where I had the opportunity to have my ear drums pounded by them … twice. Their 2007 release, Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters, was my third favorite release of that year and I described it as sounding like Snow Patrol “if Snow Patrol had started just a few years ago and was influenced by Mogwai, Aereogramme, My Bloody Valentine, and Dinosaur Jr.”

You can currently stream “I Became a Prostitute” and the b-side, “In the Blackout”, on the FatCat Records site.

Some U.S. tour dates (with Frightened Rabbit and We Were Promised Jetpacks) were released this week. If you don’t see a city near you, I’ve been informed that there are other Twilight Sad dates being worked on for October so stay tuned.

September 14 – Salt Lake City, Utah @ Urban Lounge
September 15 – Boise, Idaho @ Neurolux
September 16 – Seattle, Wash. @ Neumo’s
September 17 – Portland, Ore. @ Dante’s (Musicfest NW)
September 18 – San Francisco, Calif. @ The Independent
September 20 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Knitting Factory
September 22 – Tucson, Ariz. @ Plush
September 24 – Austin, Texas @ Mohawk
September 26 – Birmingham, Ala. @ Bottletree
September 27 – Atlanta, Ga. @ The Masquerade
September 28 – Tallahassee, Fla. @ Club Downunder
September 29 – Orlando, Fla. @ The Social

Tour: Alice in Chains

The new Alice in Chains single sounds pretty good, better than I had expected though, I suppose, if it was up to me and I was Jerry Cantrell, I would have taken over lead vocals and not brought in a new guy.

Here’s the new song.

And late summer tour dates:

Aug. 22 – Pomona, CA – Epicenter
Sep. 04 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Sep. 05 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts
Sep. 07 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
Sep. 08 – New York, NY – The Fillmore
Sep. 15 – Toronto, ON – The Opera House
Sep. 16 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
Sep. 19 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
Sep. 20 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
Sep. 21 – Minneapolis, MN – First Ave
Sep. 26 – Portland, OR – Roseland Grill
Sep. 28 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore

Tour: Silversun Pickups

I was just thinking how it seemed like the promotional push for the newest Silversun Pickups CD, Swoon, wasn’t nearly as strong as it was for Carnavas. Maybe the band decided it would be better to put the CD out, let it sink in with listeners, and then hit the road.

SSPU is hitting the road for all of August with Manchester Orchestra and Cage the Elephant.

Aug 02 – Jersey City, NJ – All Points West @ Liberty State Park
Aug 03 – Baltimore, MD – Ram’s Head
Aug 04 – Richmond, VA – The National
Aug 06 – Columbus, OH – LC Pavillion
Aug 07 – Lakewood, OH – Lakewood Civic Auditorium
Aug 09 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza @ Grant Park
Aug 10 – Minneapolis, MN – State Theatre
Aug 12 – Winnipeg, MB – Garrick Centre
Aug 13 – Saskatoon, SK – Louis’ Pub
Aug 14 – Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Event Centre
Aug 15 – Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall
Aug 17 – Victoria, BC – Royal Theatre
Aug 18 – Vancouver, BA – Commodore Ballroom
Aug 19 – Vancouver, BA – Commodore Ballroom
Aug 21 – Eugene, OR – McDonald Theater
Aug 22 – Hillsboro, OR – Pet Aid @ Washington Country Fairgrounds
Aug 28 – San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands Festival @ Golden Gate Park
Aug 29 – San Diego, CA – San Diego Street Scene @ Downtown San Diego

Tour: War Tapes

If you can land a song on a popular-among-the-teens TV show these days, you’ve got a leg up on the competition. With MTV no longer breaking rock bands, TV, movies, and commercials are the way to go. The L.A. retro-’90s band War Tapes were just featured on ABC Family’s Greek performing a couple of tracks at a frat party.

While there isn’t much here you haven’t heard before, War Tapes still manage to sound good at what they do and they are planning on capitalizing off their recent TV appearance – and promote their new album, The Continental Divide (buy on iTunes) – with a coast-to-coast tour.

June
27 Los Angeles, CA – Club Nokia
29 San Francisco, CA – Regency Theater
30 Portland, OR – Berbati’s Pan

July
1 Seattle, WA – The Showbox
3 Murray, UT, Murray Theater
5 Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre
7 Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom
8 St. Paul, MN – Station 4
10 Chicago, IL – House of Blues
11 Detroit, MI – St. Andrews Hall
12 Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s Down Under
14 Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre
15 Montreal, QC – Le National
17 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
18 New York, NY – Nokia Theatre
19 Philadelphia, PA – Theater of the Living Arts
21 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
23 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
24 Tampa, FL – The Ritz Theatre
25 Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room
27 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
28 San Antonio, TX – White Rabbit
30 Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theater