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Matt Pinfield recently let on that his friend and ex-Hüsker Dü frontsman Bob Mould will be playing Sugar's Copper Blue album in its entirety live. It's only fitting since this year (2012) is the album's 20th anniversary!
You can grab the first three songs ("The Act We Act", "A Good Idea", and "Changes") at official.fm. The live recording was done at the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco at Noise Pop Festival (2/24/12).
Copper Blue tour:
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06/01 London @ Shepherd's Bush Empire
06/03 Brussels, BE @ AB 07/03 Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest 08/04 Cork, Ireland @ Liss Ard Festival 08/06 Helsinki, FI @ Tavastia 08/08 Oslo, Norway @ Oya Festival |
08/09 Sweden @ Way Out West
08/11 Amsterdam @ Paradiso Grote Zaal 08/13 Codroipo, Italy @ Villa Mainin 08/15 Prague @ 02 Arena 08/16 Austria @ Frequency Festival 08/18 Belgium @ Pukkelpop Festival 09/21 Pensacola Beach @ DeLuna Fest |
We previously mentioned Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars. They're currently on tour.
Recently they've teamed up with OkayAfrica to give away a 5-track sampler from their new album, Radio Salone. The sampler is only available until Friday, May 25th.
download the Radio Salone Sampler
Cornershop's cleverly titled Urban Turban just came out (May 15th) and have received rave reviews from the usual places (Pitchfork, Spin Magazine, The Sun, etc).
You can download some sampler tracks at The Quietus, featuring some other artists from their record label, Ample Play.
Emilie Simon will be releasing her new album, Franky Knight, in the U.S. in August 2012. Her biography lists her as one of France's most acclaimed young artists and composers, having won three “Victoires de la Musique” (the French's version of the Grammys) and nominated for other awards (the Prix Constantin and Cesars).
She recently scored the film "Delicacy" (the film starring Amelie's Audrey Tautou, which got released last month), and she's offered one of her song, "Mon Chevalier" as a free download.
Since releasing Michael Kiwanuka's debut album, Home Again, in the US on May 1st, the title track was iTunes Single Of The Week. The physical CD release is pending July 31st.
With an upcoming tour starting off at Bonnaroo, Kiwanuka is offering a live track, "I’m Getting Ready (Live From Cherrytree House)" as a free download.
06/07-06/10 Bonnaroo
06/09 Atlanta, GA - Smith Olde Bar
06/10 Nashville, TN - 3rd & Lindsley
06/13 New York, NY - Highline*
06/14 Brooklyn, NY - Prospect Park#
06/15 Philadelphia, PA - World Café*
06/16 Washington, DC - Rock n Roll Hotel*
06/18 Allston, MA - Brighton Music Hall*
06/19 Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert*
08/03-08/05 Lollapalooza
08/10-08/12 Outside Lands
08/14 Los Angeles, CA @ The Music Box
*with Bahamas
#with Laura Marling
Free download of "Mystery Man" from Australia's John Butler over at Soundcloud. You may remember his band, John Butler Trio being on several entries in Triple J's Hottest 100 a few years ago.
Anyway, the free song is from his forthcoming album 2-disc album Tin Shed Tales, out in the US on May 14th. France and UK, the album is due out on May 21st and 28th, respectively. Australians, the album is out now.
