Friday Free-Style

One more reminder: Roger Waters tickets go on sale tommorrow!!! Pink Floyd dude! Darkside Of The Moon played from front to back brah!!! Dude, we can sooooo stoned and just trip out. That's shit is gonna be heady brah! Seriously, if you're gonna only see one show all year, this is the one to see. Get Tickets



The White Stripes have new album coming out soon called Icky Thump.

Somebody said "Biggie Smalls" three times in a mirror and now The Notorious BIG is back with a Greatest Hits album out this tuesday.

The new El-P album drops march 20th and contains collaberations with The Mars Volta and Trent Reznor. Hells yeah.

Postal Service have new record called Dumb Luck coming out April 24th in case you hadn't heard.

Actor Matt Dillon is directing the new Dinosaur Jr video. I hope his directing is better than his acting.

Fiona Apple and Jon Brion are doing some benefit shows together in Jon' house/venue Largo in LA next week. Wish i could see it.

California's Joshue Tree Festival has announced their line-up.

Billy Martin and John Medeski have put Chris Woods (MMW) in time-out and have recorded a duet album together called Mago that comes out in May.

Ryan Adams drops his ninth album on June 5th called Easy Tiger.

Akron/Family's Seth Olinsky has a solo album that came out last Tuesday. Best of Seth's Sparrow Trout Heart Sprout is hard to find and going for like 40 bucks on Amazon. Some mp3s are available here.

Get the 411 on some artists:

• TV On The Radio
• Shins
• Sebadoh
• Deerhoof
• Mountain Goats

Here's Phish doing "Divided Sky"in 1994 on Halloween:

Humpday Randomness

Portishead just played a secret show at a small venue and played a new song. The excitement and anticipation continues to build. Settle down and watch this:



Menomena will be playing at the Drunken Unicorn on April 3rd. I just listen to their new album Friend and Foe and i liked it alot. Listen to: Muscle 'N Flo

In case you are one of the few who haven't heard the new Arcade Fire, you can listen to an offical stream here. Neon Bible comes out on Tuesday. I listened to an advance copy once and I didn't really care for it, but i'm going to wait until I buy the album and carefully analyze it before I give a real opinion.

Jean Pierre has some scorching hot video links for you to check out:

• El-P & Trent Reznor
• Pearl Jam
• J Dilla, Madlib, Madvillian
  

Shearwater just got signed to Matador and they're going to re-release last year's Palo Santo (#39 in 2006) as a double disc with new versions of songs. Here's a new version of: Red Sea Black Sea

Ben Gibbord (Death Cab For Cutie/The Postal Service) will be at Center Stage on May 12th doing a solo performance. Expect lots of high school girls and twenty-something guys crying. Tickets go on sale Friday.

The Virginia mini-hippy festival Floydfest made some artist additions.

Sean Lennon will be playing at Smith's Old bar on April 3rd. I think my favourite work of Sean's has to be the shout-out on Jurassic 5's second album. That's a helluva shout-out

Lily Allen says Victoria Beckham (former Spice Girl) doesn't care about poor people.

Dr. Dre continues to maintain that he will drop the fabled Detox album by the end of the year.

Here's another Marnie Stern track, cuz this album rocks: Precious Metal

Humpday Interviews:

• Lou Barlow (Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr)
• The Hold Steady
• Rob Crow (Pinback)
• Air
• Clipse
• Peter Bjorn and John

I didn't post the Releases of the Week this week, but the two you should defiently check out are:

• Do Make Say Think - You, You're A History In Rust
• Dr Dog - We All Belong
  

There is currently an American Express presale going on for Roger Waters tickets. Tickets go on sale to the public this Saturday at 10:00am so don't forget! To get you hyped up for the show, here's a documentary on Pink Floyd's 1980 performance at Earl's Court (3 short parts):

TGI Monday

Parade has a new song available on their myspace page to listen to from their upcoming album and it's hott!

Jean-Pierre spotted this OK Go video:



Here's a hot Dungen track from their new album hitting stores May 1st:

• Gor Det Nu

Queens Of The Stonage have collaberated with Julian Casablancas, Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor, ZZ Top guitarist Billy F Gibbons, who was also featured on 'Lullabies To Paralyze' and ex-QOSTA frontman Mark Lanegan for their upcoming album, Era Vulgaris, due out in June.

Busta Rhymes got arrested for driving on a susended license.

The mythical new Guns N Roses album got pushed back again.

Watch Liam Gallagher fight a photographer:



Lilly Allen and Lady Soveirgn are poised for a cat fight.

Read up on some artists:

• Midlake
• Of Montreal
  
• Apples In Stereo
• Nick Cave
• !!!
• Arcade Fire
• Autumn Defense (Wilco side project)
• Lee Hazlewood

You can listen to a Son Volt concert that NPR is streaming.

Watch some Deerhoof

The Mars Volta are mini-touring but nowhere near Atlanta.

Sparklehorse will be at the Variety Playhouse Sunday, here's a video:

A Weekend In The City

Tonight here's some shows I recommend:

DRUNKEN UNICORN: sleep therapy, barr (kill rocks stars), marnie stern all ages 9:00 pm / $7.00 (http://www.tightbros.net)

LENNY'S (NEW LOCATION!): apollo up!, the carter administration, gringo star, lion 21+ 9PM / $7 (www.lennysbar.com)

WHIRLYBALL ATLANTA: black lips/dark meat/fatal flying guilloteens 18+ $10adv/$10dos ((Black Lips' CD release show for their debut album on Vice Records!) THERE ISN'T A SHOW AT 11:11 TEAHOUSE!!!!)


Tommorrow, Dr. Dog is doing an instore performance at Criminal Records early in the afternoon before their show at teh Earl:

	CRIMINAL RECORDS: dr. dog all ages 3:00 pm/Free (In-store performance. 404 215 9511)

THE EARL: dr. dog, the teeth 21+ 8$



Tommorrow night i'll be going to see Mastodon at Center Stage. Tickets are still available but i doubt for long so gets yours fast.

If you already have tickets for Of Montreal at Variety playhouse, good work. If not, they're sold out. But don't cry cuz they just announced a show in Athens in march so go get tickets for that like I'm gonna do.


See you on the streets of the ATL...

Pre-Weekend Hype

Bonnaroo tickets go on sale tommorrow at noon. I highly recommend getting tickets early and often, especially with Coachella selling out in record time. The 'roo is offering a payment plan this year which is cool and they are going to give out 3 "golden tickets" randomly to ticket purchasers that will give you a lifetime Bonnaroo pass, backstage access, and all sorts of crazy perks. I'd sell my soul for a golden ticket. Check the site for all the details.

30 minutes of Tortoise:



The Streets are working on a live album.

Morrissey is launching a US tour in April.

The Arcade Fire smack talk U2, The Rolling Stones, and Oasis.

SXSW announce schedule.

Tori Amos drops a new album May 1st.

Noel Gallagher disses Radiohead. I think he needs to spend more time making music that doesn't suck.

The Police are touring.

Joanna Newsom is working on an EP.

Man Man is touring and not coming anywhere near here.

The Sasquatch Festival at the Gorge, WA announced its line-up. Includes Bjork, the Arcade Fire, The Hold Steady, Grizzly Bear, and the Beastie Boys.

Here's the interviews:

• Yo La Tengo
• Dr. Dog
• Deerhoof
• Lily Allen
• Black Lips

Tickets that go on sale tommorrow:

• The Books April 20th Variety Playhouse($15)
• The Flaming Lips April 11th The Tabernacle ($36.50)
• The Arcade Fire May 1st Atlanta Civic Center ($32)

ISIS video:



Tonight there's 2 great shows:

Hippies: Darkstar Orchestra - Variety Playhouse
Hipsters: Moorish Idols - 11:11 Teahouse

Happy Fat Tuesday

Tonight I'll be catching Akron/Family and Untied States at The Earl. Here's an Akron/Family video:



Deerhunter has cancelled it's shows in Atlanta opening for Grizzly Bear and Sparklehorse respectively. I think I'm going to cry.

XM radio and Sirius Radio, the two satellite brands, have announced a merger.

Al Gore's Live Earth concert, that will take place on July 7, 2007, have been adding lots of bands and the line-up now includes The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Foo Fighters, Snoop Dogg, John Mayer, Akon, A.F.I., Fall Out Boy, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Melissa Etheridge, Lenny Kravitz, Sheryl Crow, Duran Duran, Korn, Pharrell, the Black Eyed Peas, Enrique Iglesias, The Police, Genesis and Kanye West.

Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes did a solo acoustic show in Dallas Sunday night including a beatles cover and a Neil Young cover. To listen to that show, click here.

If you're into jambands and festivals in New York, check out the Mountain Jam line-up.

Some interviews:

• The Queers
• Yoko Ono
• Ok Go
• Apples In Stereo
• Kode 9

The new Radiohead album is coming out August 6th.

Check out the People's Choice Best Metal Albums of 2006.

Nine Inch Nails has some weird-ass websites.

Friday Free-style

Wilco released their tracklisting for ther upcoming album Sky Blue Sky that drops on May 15th. John Stirrat and Pat Sansone's side project, Autumn Defense, will be in Atlanta March 13th at the Earl.



Deerhunter have an EP, Fluorescent Grey EP, due out April 9th.

An Elliot Smith double album is coming out May 8th featuring demos and b-sides from Either/Or.

Coachella has officially sold-out it's 60,000 a day capacity. Looks like I might not be going to this one. Who wants to kick some scalpers in the nuts?

Jambase has some more Roger Waters info.

Trey Anastasio has been indicted on 3 felony counts. I'm thinking a Blues Brothers type Phish reunion. I can just imagine Mike Gordon saying "How much for the little girl? How much for the women? "



Sufjan Stevens looks to make his next US State concept album about California.

Al Gore is arranging some pro-environment, Live 8-type of ordeal called "Live Earth" that may include Muse, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Bloc Party, Keane, Snoop Dogg, Duran Duran, and others.

Ian Astbury finally realized he's not Jim Morrison and quit the neo Doors to reform The Cult.

Chris Cornell has quit Audioslave. I'm guessing Soundgarden reunion in 2008.

Lily Allen is playing at The Loft in Atlanta on March 19th.



Here's a bunch of interviews:

• The Hold Steady
• Ladytron
• The Sugarcubes
• The Apples in Stereo
• The Shins
• Camera Obscura
• Of Montreal
• Lily Allen
• They Might Be Giants
• Grizzly Bear
• The Thermals

Creative Loafing profiles Jandek. Read up.

Tonight at the Earl: The Preakness, The Close, The Liverhearts $7. It's gonna be a killer show so be there.

Tuesday Tomfoolery

Last night I went to Smith's Old Bar to catch Slow Motion Crash. I hadn't seen these guys since the Creve Coeur days and enjoyed the show. I have to say I really liked bassist Melissa Giorgio and I think she's perfect with these guys. The rest of the new line-up is pretty good too. I highly recommend checking them out. I beat BiggieC so bad playing basketball before the show that he didn't come out, so here's some amatuer photos from me:









The Arcade Fire announced tour dates today and will be coming to the Civic Center in Atlanta on May 1st. I'm gonna put up part of live show from this year by the end of the week. Until then, watch this:



The Flaming Lips are touring around the southeast and will be in Athens, Ga at the Classic Center on March 11th.

Some interviews:

• The Apples In Stereo
• Deerhunter
• Bloc Party
• Josh Ritter

Monday Randomness

Some Ghostface Killah to get your week started:



Tonight Slow Motion Crash is playing at Smith's Old Bar. I think i'm gonna check it out.

Dungen will be releasing a new album called Tio Bitar on May 1st.

Here's some interviews for your reading pleasure:

• The Arcade Fire
• Oasis
• Yoko Ono
• Yo La Tengo
• LCD Soundsystem
• Explosions in the Sky
  

From Exile are playing at the Masquerade this Saturday night for what will be an epic show.

Here's some Ratatat:



Get the entire Ratatat show from above via torrents:

Ratatat 2006-09-15 El Corazon - Seattle, WA (NTSC)