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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: 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

Interview: Vulture Whale

Vulture Whale

I was hanging at the Alabamy (yeah, that’s what I call it) showcase at SXSW a few months ago when my Web penpal Duquette Johnston introduced me to former Verbena drummer Les Nuby. “Les is in Vulture Whale, they’re playing later,” Duquette told me though I had other plans (like seeing Dead Confederate next door).

Fortunately, a few weeks after SXSW ended, a copy of Vulture Whale’s self-titled sophomore release showed up in my mailbox and I agree with Blender magazine’s review that said “spin this thing when you’re sick and fucking tired of Kings of Leon and their arena-filling corporate rock” (okay, they didn’t really say that but they did namedrop KOL and the Drive-By Truckers as examples of Southern rock bands that Vulture Whales DOESN’T sound like!).

That tired-but-true description of “straight-up rock n’ roll” certainly applies to these fellas, I’m picturing it as the soundtrack to a drive home at 2:30am this summer after seeing a rock show in a sweaty club and drinking a few too many PBRs. You need something to fuel the ride home, something to sing along and air drum to while focusing clearly on the road ahead.

Drummer Jake Waitzman was kind enough to compile answers from his bandmates (Wes McDonald, Keelan Parrish, and Les Nuby) for the questions I sent last week. Hang on tight kiddies, this is a good one.

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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