Celebrate the season, and your possibly increasingly slimmer wallet, with a selection of FREE holiday songs from three of World's Fair's artists. Colourmusic take on the Ellington/Coltrane classic, while the Dandy Warhols and Brandon Curtis, the lead singer/bassist/pianist from the Secret Machines redo old holiday favorites. In the case of "Silent Night," the Secret Machines are also offering an option to purchase the song at a price of one's choosing, with 100% of proceeds going to the children's charity, Safe Horizon.
Celebrate the season, and your possibly increasingly slimmer wallet, with a selection of FREE holiday songs from three of World's Fair's artists. Colourmusic take on the Ellington/Coltrane classic, while the Dandy Warhols and Brandon Curtis, the lead singer/bassist/pianist from the Secret Machines redo old holiday favorites. In the case of "Silent Night," the Secret Machines are also offering an option to purchase the song at a price of one's choosing, with 100% of proceeds going to the children's charity, Safe Horizon.
Catching up on a bit of overdue news and notes from the world of music ...
- An interesting article on the change in album production values from the WJS (thanks JW) here ...
- Bell Hollow has released free MP3 remixes, the most recent of which is a reformulation of Halo33's, "Eyes Like Planets" here ...
-London-based group, The Chap, who has recently release album, Mega Breakfast, has put together an imeem playlist of some of their favorite songs. Here's the track listing:
1. The Lonesome Executive - unknown 2. Jim Backus And Friend - Delicious 3. Van Halen - Jump 4. The Flying Lizards - Money 5. Beck - Nausea (The Chap Remix) 6. Paul Specht And His Orchestra - That's What I Call Sweet Music 7. Sweet - Ballroom Blitz 8. Agaskodo Teliverek - Gay Hussar 9. Amtrak - 7. Sinn 10. The Coasters - Yakety Yak 11. Felix Kubin - Menstruation Glamour 12. Giorgio Moroder - The Chase 13. Starship - We Built This City 14. Jim O'Rourke - Good Times
Listen to the playlist below:
- Tom Morello has released tour dates in support of his new album. They are:
11/1 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
11/2 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
11/5 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
11/7 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot
11/8 Aspen, CO Belly Up Aspen
11/9 Boulder, CO Fox Theater
11/11 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Cafe
11/12 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom
11/13 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue
11/20 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
11/21 New York, NY The Fillmore NY at Irving Plaza
Watch his newest video, "Whatever It Takes" below: Whatever It Takes
- The Dandy Warhols have an interesting new project they are working on. Rather than rewrite it, here's the press release:
"The Odditorium, the Dandy Warhols’ famed studio in their hometown of Portland, OR, is more than simply one band’s space. It’s also home to their friends, the touring and local bands looking for a place to play, to record. The band has always striven to build and promote a community for musicians, and in 2007, they took a very purposeful step in making this a definitive part of their ethos. The Dandys began inviting other bands to participate in a collective project, the artists coming in on their own time to record new ideas over tracks others had already laid down, together creating what becomes a nearly living musical entity.
Called Breathe Easy, the project calls on the talents of artists like the Raveonettes, the Black Angels, J Mascis, Saul Williams, Spoon's Britt Daniel, Midnight Movies, and of course the Dandy Warhols, to bring their separate musical perceptions and abilities to finished product. Genre becomes loosely articulated; what unites the pieces is the emotion, the spontaneity that comes from collaboration and inspiration. It’s music that conveys both the individual contribution and the integrity of the whole.
Beginning October 21, 2008, the first of 12 tracks will be sold digitally at specified Breathe Easy sites and embedded stores, and 100% of profits will go to the Three Rivers Land Conservancy.
The Three Rivers Land Conservancy is a non-profit organization that works to conserve and preserve land by the Clackamas, Tualatin, and lower Willamette Rivers against urbanization. The Dandy Warhols and the Three Rivers Land Conservancy believe that conserving land and protecting against errant urbanization creates stronger healthier communities now and for future generations."
- Apollo Sunshine, who recently released their third full-length, Shall Noise Upon, have announced that Dirty Pretty Things will open for them on their tour of the UK and Ireland. Tour date include:
Oct 08 - Philadelphia, PA @Johnny Brenda's Oct 09 - Washington DC @ DC9 Oct 12 - Cambridge, UK @ The Junction (w/ Dirty Pretty Things) Oct 13 - Norwich, UK @ UEA (w/ Dirty Pretty Things) Oct 14 - London, UK @ The Roundhouse (w/ Dirty Pretty Things) Oct 16 - Oxford, UK @ Carling Academy (w/ Dirty Pretty Things) Oct 21 - Kansas City, MO @ The Record Bar Oct 22 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown Oct 24 - Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen Oct 25 - Madison, WI @ Club 770 - University of Wisconsin Oct 26 - Indianapolis, IN @ Birdy's Oct 27 - Columbus, OH @ The Basement Oct 29 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge* Oct 30 - Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East (Downstairs)* Oct 31 - Northampton, MA @ The Iron Horse Music Hall* Nov 02 - Belfast, NORTHERN IRELAND @ Mandela Hall (w/ Dirty Pretty Things) Nov 03 - Dublin, IRELAND @ Academy (w/ Dirty Pretty Things) Nov 05 - Cork, IRELAND @ Cyprus Avenue (w/ Dirty Pretty Things) Nov 06 - Wicklow, IRELAND @ Greystones Theatre (w/ Dirty Pretty Things) Nov 07 - Galway, IRELAND @ Roisin Dubh (w/ Dirty Pretty Things) Nov 11 - Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress Nov 12 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy Nov 13 - Visalia, CA @ Cellar Door Nov 14 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent Nov 21 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
*Performing encore as the Apollo Sunshine Experience
- Santana has a new release, Multi Dementional Warrior, will be released on October 14, 2008. It includes 14 vocal tracks recorded and released in the '70's, '80's and '90's. Below is a snippet of the Rock'N Roll Hall of Famer talking about the album:
- Peter von Poehl who released his debut full-length, Going To Where The Tea Trees Are, in June 2008 on Bella Union, has announced tour date with Yael Naim. Tour date are below:
Oct 14 Seattle, WA @ Triple Door Oct 15 Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater Oct 17 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour Oct 19 Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Oct 20 Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater Oct 22 Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center Oct 23 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues Oct 25 Madison, WI @ Memorial Union Theater (University of Wisconsin) Oct 27 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
Catching up on a bit of overdue news and notes from the world of music ...
- An interesting article on the change in album production values from the WJS (thanks JW) here ...
- Bell Hollow has released free MP3 remixes, the most recent of which is a reformulation of Halo33's, "Eyes Like Planets" here ...
-London-based group, The Chap, who has recently release album, Mega Breakfast, has put together an imeem playlist of some of their favorite songs. Here's the track listing:
1. The Lonesome Executive - unknown 2. Jim Backus And Friend - Delicious 3. Van Halen - Jump 4. The Flying Lizards - Money 5. Beck - Nausea (The Chap Remix) 6. Paul Specht And His Orchestra - That's What I Call Sweet Music 7. Sweet - Ballroom Blitz 8. Agaskodo Teliverek - Gay Hussar 9. Amtrak - 7. Sinn 10. The Coasters - Yakety Yak 11. Felix Kubin - Menstruation Glamour 12. Giorgio Moroder - The Chase 13. Starship - We Built This City 14. Jim O'Rourke - Good Times
Listen to the playlist below:
- Tom Morello has released tour dates in support of his new album. They are:
11/1 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
11/2 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
11/5 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
11/7 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot
11/8 Aspen, CO Belly Up Aspen
11/9 Boulder, CO Fox Theater
11/11 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Cafe
11/12 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom
11/13 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue
11/20 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
11/21 New York, NY The Fillmore NY at Irving Plaza
Watch his newest video, "Whatever It Takes" below: Whatever It Takes
- The Dandy Warhols have an interesting new project they are working on. Rather than rewrite it, here's the press release:
"The Odditorium, the Dandy Warhols’ famed studio in their hometown of Portland, OR, is more than simply one band’s space. It’s also home to their friends, the touring and local bands looking for a place to play, to record. The band has always striven to build and promote a community for musicians, and in 2007, they took a very purposeful step in making this a definitive part of their ethos. The Dandys began inviting other bands to participate in a collective project, the artists coming in on their own time to record new ideas over tracks others had already laid down, together creating what becomes a nearly living musical entity.
Called Breathe Easy, the project calls on the talents of artists like the Raveonettes, the Black Angels, J Mascis, Saul Williams, Spoon's Britt Daniel, Midnight Movies, and of course the Dandy Warhols, to bring their separate musical perceptions and abilities to finished product. Genre becomes loosely articulated; what unites the pieces is the emotion, the spontaneity that comes from collaboration and inspiration. It’s music that conveys both the individual contribution and the integrity of the whole.
Beginning October 21, 2008, the first of 12 tracks will be sold digitally at specified Breathe Easy sites and embedded stores, and 100% of profits will go to the Three Rivers Land Conservancy.
The Three Rivers Land Conservancy is a non-profit organization that works to conserve and preserve land by the Clackamas, Tualatin, and lower Willamette Rivers against urbanization. The Dandy Warhols and the Three Rivers Land Conservancy believe that conserving land and protecting against errant urbanization creates stronger healthier communities now and for future generations."
- Apollo Sunshine, who recently released their third full-length, Shall Noise Upon, have announced that Dirty Pretty Things will open for them on their tour of the UK and Ireland. Tour date include:
Oct 08 - Philadelphia, PA @Johnny Brenda's Oct 09 - Washington DC @ DC9 Oct 12 - Cambridge, UK @ The Junction (w/ Dirty Pretty Things) Oct 13 - Norwich, UK @ UEA (w/ Dirty Pretty Things) Oct 14 - London, UK @ The Roundhouse (w/ Dirty Pretty Things) Oct 16 - Oxford, UK @ Carling Academy (w/ Dirty Pretty Things) Oct 21 - Kansas City, MO @ The Record Bar Oct 22 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown Oct 24 - Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen Oct 25 - Madison, WI @ Club 770 - University of Wisconsin Oct 26 - Indianapolis, IN @ Birdy's Oct 27 - Columbus, OH @ The Basement Oct 29 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge* Oct 30 - Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East (Downstairs)* Oct 31 - Northampton, MA @ The Iron Horse Music Hall* Nov 02 - Belfast, NORTHERN IRELAND @ Mandela Hall (w/ Dirty Pretty Things) Nov 03 - Dublin, IRELAND @ Academy (w/ Dirty Pretty Things) Nov 05 - Cork, IRELAND @ Cyprus Avenue (w/ Dirty Pretty Things) Nov 06 - Wicklow, IRELAND @ Greystones Theatre (w/ Dirty Pretty Things) Nov 07 - Galway, IRELAND @ Roisin Dubh (w/ Dirty Pretty Things) Nov 11 - Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress Nov 12 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy Nov 13 - Visalia, CA @ Cellar Door Nov 14 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent Nov 21 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
*Performing encore as the Apollo Sunshine Experience
- Santana has a new release, Multi Dementional Warrior, will be released on October 14, 2008. It includes 14 vocal tracks recorded and released in the '70's, '80's and '90's. Below is a snippet of the Rock'N Roll Hall of Famer talking about the album:
- Peter von Poehl who released his debut full-length, Going To Where The Tea Trees Are, in June 2008 on Bella Union, has announced tour date with Yael Naim. Tour date are below:
Oct 14 Seattle, WA @ Triple Door Oct 15 Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater Oct 17 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour Oct 19 Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Oct 20 Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater Oct 22 Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center Oct 23 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues Oct 25 Madison, WI @ Memorial Union Theater (University of Wisconsin) Oct 27 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
- Canada's roots rockers The John Henrys are on tour, and will hit the US for shows in Texas this summer. They will also be performing at the One Music festival in Alabama in October.
- The Dandy Warhols' tour begins today with a scheduled show in Atlanta on September 23.
- The 12th Annual AthFest Music and Arts Festival kicks of this week in Athens, the indie music capital of the southeast. Among the acts are Vice Records newest signee, Dark Meat, and Modern Skirts
- All the Saints will be performing Friday, June 20th, Atlanta's Beep Beep gallery, which will be hosting a closing event for Blink and Rene Arriagada's show "Double Feature".
- Pistolero, Dropsonics and Arum Rea will perform free at Atlanta's Star Bar on Thursday, June 19.
- Catherine MacLellan recently kicked off a Canadian tour.
- Junk Science will join Against Me!, Reel Big Fish, and Be Your Own Pet on the Warped Tour.
- Canada's roots rockers The John Henrys are on tour, and will hit the US for shows in Texas this summer. They will also be performing at the One Music festival in Alabama in October.
- The Dandy Warhols' tour begins today with a scheduled show in Atlanta on September 23.
- The 12th Annual AthFest Music and Arts Festival kicks of this week in Athens, the indie music capital of the southeast. Among the acts are Vice Records newest signee, Dark Meat, and Modern Skirts
- All the Saints will be performing Friday, June 20th, Atlanta's Beep Beep gallery, which will be hosting a closing event for Blink and Rene Arriagada's show "Double Feature".
- Pistolero, Dropsonics and Arum Rea will perform free at Atlanta's Star Bar on Thursday, June 19.
- Catherine MacLellan recently kicked off a Canadian tour.
- Junk Science will join Against Me!, Reel Big Fish, and Be Your Own Pet on the Warped Tour.
- The Apples in stereo will be starting a tour, including a musical appearance on The Colbert Report
- Giraffes? Giraffes! recently started an east coast tour
- Apollo Sunshine release their first single, "666" this week. It is from the forthcoming album Shall Noise Upon out 09/02
- The Dandy Warhols' sixth LP, Earth To The Dandy Warhols, is set for release on 08/19. Here's the new single "The World Come On"
- Colourmusic is touring for their upcoming September 9 full-length debut
- Como Te Llama? the new album from Albert Hammond, Jr. will be released 07/08
- Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue, first released in 1977, is being re-released as a double CD. It was the first solo album by a member of the Beach Boys
- The Apples in stereo will be starting a tour, including a musical appearance on The Colbert Report
- Giraffes? Giraffes! recently started an east coast tour
- Apollo Sunshine release their first single, "666" this week. It is from the forthcoming album Shall Noise Upon out 09/02
- The Dandy Warhols' sixth LP, Earth To The Dandy Warhols, is set for release on 08/19. Here's the new single "The World Come On"
- Colourmusic is touring for their upcoming September 9 full-length debut
- Como Te Llama? the new album from Albert Hammond, Jr. will be released 07/08
- Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue, first released in 1977, is being re-released as a double CD. It was the first solo album by a member of the Beach Boys
