What comrades are talking about right now:
this seems to be a hot topic going ’round these here intarwebz. so i guess it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the national just announced some gigs opening for a few of the already released arcade fire tour dates. not the arcade fire show that i have tickets to, of course, but some of ‘em. the lucky shows are as follows:
05-01 Atlanta, GA - Atlanta Civic Centre Theatre
05-02 Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
05-04 Washington, DC - DAR Constitution Hall
05-05 Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theatre
05-07 New York, NY - United Palace
05-08 New York, NY - United Palace
05-09 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall (High Line Festival)
Back in ‘99 I had the pleasure of hanging out in the backyard of the Playboy Mansion during the filming of the truly horrible film, Toxic Avenger 4: Citizen Toxie. While there, I met some guys from a band called The Locust, who were pretending to play their instruments… surely to be overdubbed by their actual songs in post production. They were nice enough guys - they even threw me a CD to review, which I never did. I feel like kind of a bastard for it… which is probably a fair estimation.
So here it is, that review: Each song is a minute and 30 seconds of complete fucking insanity that melt your brain. Read that 20 times and you have the review. So if you like your music like you like your sex (quick, angry, lots of incoherent screaming) you’ll dig the Locust. And from the looks of it they’ll be in your town in support of their latest release “New Erections”.
Check them out on the web:
http://www.thelocust.com/
http://www.myspace.com/thelocust
28 Mar 2007 Knitting Factory Hollywood, California
29 Mar 2007 Slim’s San Francisco, California
30 Mar 2007 Gilman Street Berkeley, California
31 Mar 2007 Hawthorne Thearte Portland, Oregon
1 Apr 2007 Neumo’s Seattle, Washington
3 Apr 2007 Club Sound Salt Lake City, Utah
4 Apr 2007 The Marquis Theatre Denver, Colorado
5 Apr 2007 The Rock Omaha, Nebraska
6 Apr 2007 Tripple Rock Social Club Minneapolis, Minnesota
7 Apr 2007 Logan Square Auditorium Chicago, Illinois
8 Apr 2007 Magic Stick Detroit, Michigan
9 Apr 2007 Grog Shop Cleveland Heights, Ohio
10 Apr 2007 Club Stratus Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
12 Apr 2007 Roxy Underground Boston, Massachusetts
13 Apr 2007 Rebel New York, New York
14 Apr 2007 Europa Brooklyn, New York
15 Apr 2007 First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
16 Apr 2007 Black Cat Washington DC, Washington DC
18 Apr 2007 New Brookland Tavern Columbia, South Carolina
19 Apr 2007 The Masquerade Atlanta, Georgia
20 Apr 2007 StateTheatre St. Petersburg, Florida
21 Apr 2007 Respectable Street West Palm Beach, Florida
22 Apr 2007 The Social Orlando, Florida
24 Apr 2007 The High Ground Metarie, Louisiana
25 Apr 2007 The White Rabbit San Antonio, Texas
26 Apr 2007 Emo’s Austin, Texas
27 Apr 2007 House Of Rock And Roll El Paso, Texas
28 Apr 2007 The Sets Tempe, Arizona
Hi, all. I’m Chris. Thanks for having me.
The Sea and Cake have their new album, Everybody, reportedly in the can (May 8 release) and are now releasing details of a bi-curi…ummm, bi-coastal tour. Here are the details, per the Thrill Jockey website:
- Mon May 14 Vancouver, BC - Richard’s on Richards
- Tue May 15 Seattle, WA - Neumo’s
- Wed May 16 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
- Fri May 18 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo’s
- Sat May 19 Los Angeles, CA - The Troubadour
- Sun May 20 Los Angeles, CA - The Troubadour
- Sun Jun 3 Montreal, QC - La Sala Rossa
- Tue Jun 5 Boston, MA - The Paradise
- Fri Jun 8 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
- Sat Jun 9 Washington, DC - Black Cat
Support will be provided by The Zincs and (on East Coast dates) White Magic. Tickets for the SF show are set at $20 and would (still) be a bargain at say, $26.50. Join me, won’t you, in my excitement at seeing Chicago, Ill. represent to the utmost, when spring leads into summer?
Related links:
5/28: BOWERY BALLROOM, NEW YORK, NY
5/29: BOWERY BALLROOM, NEW YORK, NY
5/30: BOWERY BALLROOM, NEW YORK, NY
5/31: BOWERY BALLROOM, NEW YORK, NY
6/02: JOHNNY BRENDAS, PHILADELPHIA, PA
6/04: CABERET, MONTREAL, CANADA
6/05: OPERA HOUSE, TORONTO, CANADA
6/06: MAGIC STICK, DETROIT, MI
6/07: METRO, CHICAGO, IL
6/08: 400 BAR, MINNEAPOLIS, MN
6/09: TBA, MADISON, WI
6/11: DUCK ROOM, ST LOUIS, MO
6/12: HEADLINERS, LOUISVILLE, KY
6/13: THE EARL, ATLANTA, GA
6/14: BONNAROO MUSIC FESTIVAL, MANCHESTER, TN
6/15: 20TH CENTURY THEATER, CINCINNATI, OH
6/16: THE BASEMENT, COLUMBUS, OH
6/18: BEACHLAND BALLROOM, CLEVELAND, OH
6/19: REX THEATER, PITTSBURGH, PA
6/20: 9:30 CLUB, WASHINGTON DC
6/21: MIDDLE EAST DOWNSTAIRS, BOSTON, MA
6/25: CASBAH, SAN DIEGO, CA
6/26: EL REY THEATER, LOS ANGELES, CA
6/27: BIMBOS 365 CLUB, SAN FRANCISCO, CA
6/28: BERBATIS PAN, PORTLAND, OR
6/29: RICHARDS ON RICHARD, VANCOUVER, CANADA
6/30: NEUMOS, SEATTLE, WA
Superstarcatic’s favourite band from Denmark is finally hitting North America, starting with a couple of gigs at SXSW. If you catch their show, report back and let us know how it was.
03-14 Austin, TX - SXSW (KEXP’s Live from Austin City Limits show)
03-15 Austin, TX - SXSW (Brooklyn Vegan/Advanced Alternative Media party)
03-16 Austin, TX - SXSW (Under the Radar party)
03-17 Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa (SXSW)
03-20 Washington, DC - Black Cat
03-22 New York, NY - Irving Plaza
03-23 Boston, MA - Paradise
03-26 Toronto, Ontario - Mod Club
03-27 Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall
03-28 Chicago, IL - Double Door
03-31 Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre
04-02 Seattle, WA - Neumos
04-03 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard’s on Richards
04-04 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theatre
04-06 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
04-07 Los Angeles, CA - Fonda Theatre
07-03 Kristiansand, Norway - Quart Festival
The nomadic psych-rock and spaced improv group Primordial Undermind has a new album Loss of Affect out on the Strange Attractors label. Although currently stretched out between Austin, TX, New York, and Vienna, Austria, the band is convening to tour the eastern US for Feb-March 2007.
February 2007
26 Cincinnati Skull Lab w/ Micah
27 Chicago Empty Bottle w/ Plastic Crimewave Vision Celestial Guitarkestra
28 Detroit National Bohemian Home w/ Graveyards
March
1 South Bend 2nd Sun w/ the Far Look, Pet Coffins
2 St Louis Off Broadway w/ Tone Rodent and Ghost in Light
3 Bloomington,IN Landlocked Music w/ Charalambides and 10,000 Things
4 Nashville tba w/ Magic Plants
5 Memphis tba w/ Noise Choir, True Sons of Thunder
6 Oklahoma City Conservatory w/ Anvil Salute and 31 Stab Wounds
7 Denton J&J’s w/ Oveo and Ethereal Planes Indian
8 Austin Room 710 w/ Temple of Bon Matin, ST37 and Ethereal Planes Indian
9 Austin End of an Ear
10 Houston Super Happy Funland w/ Graustark and Eugene Chadbourne