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W♥M165: Dancing with Cassie

W♥M165 (20 mins)

Things have slowed down here at W♥M because of the holidays and sheer laziness.

While I'm putting things up in nice tidy square cardboard boxes, I've been listening to my "go to" playlist of Belle & Sebastian, God Help the Girl and Baxendale - plus not-so-"go to" video of "Uknowwhatiwant" by Elektrisk Gønner.

I don't think any of these bands actually active (Baxendale broke up years ago). I looked up God Help the Girl and they are filming a new music video this July 2013 and they were looking for someone to allow them to film for three weeks in their "spacious" house. The house has to obviously be in Glasgow, Scotland…

They were also looking for professional and non-professional actors, assuming they are unpaid stand-ins (?).

It should be good, whatever God Help the Girl decide to do should be worth looking into. I love their debut album; I'm getting tired of listening to the one album! More please.

If you stay for the "Bonus Round", it's all Baxendale. Plus randomly: Juliana Hatfield in 1995! I found this used ticket stub to Hatfield at The Fillmore, in San Francisco on June 23rd, 1995.

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W♥M112: Splendour in the Grass Preview

W♥M112 (50 mins) Listening options: Archive.org: W♥M112

Happy holidays! It's also Sally's birthdate week, as she was kind enough to stop in to preview Splendour in the Grass, which takes place this July 29th to 31st. Doors at 9am, music starts at 11 and ends after midnight. Details at splendourinthegrass.com.

Before we get into the meat of the matter, we did wrap up NXNE, which you can read more details at nxne.weheartmusic.com and all my exploits and adventures and lessons learned.

I did touch a bit on Jo Williamson, not literally, but I kept running into her. Saw Washington played twice, saw loads of other bands too. Disappointed with Brian Wilson, but Men Without Hats, Evan Dando and Juliana Hatfield saved the festival. Outro song is "Everybody Loves Me But You" by Hatfield.

Splendour in the Grass 2011 will be covered by the fine Festival Ladies, but Sally and I looked over Coldplay (it was all yellow!), Kanye West (he just shows up everywhere). A good bunch together of Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, Gomez, and Regina Spektor in a block is pretty amazing. Also, Grouplove, who I saw a few months ago, they are on the up and up. Yelle, the French girl is pretty hot too. Of course, Foster the People are a really good band, love their songs!

Amazed that DJ Shadow is still around, he pretty much was the first guy that made a whole album of just entirely out of samples.

Song of the Podcast is: British Sea Power's "Georgie Ray" from their new album, Valhalla Dancehall.

BONUS
More Pulp than you can stand. Fitz & The Tantrums are playing the same night as Pulp, so Sally will have to miss out.

Britpop class of '95 article available on independent.co.uk spotlights on Justine Frischmann, Louise Wener, Debbie Smith, David Roundtree, and Tim Brown. Where are they now and what they are doing. Kind of glad to see Debbie Smith is still playing in several bands (I met her a long time ago in a bar and she asked about my t-shirt - it was my penpal's artwork of Morrissey).

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NXNE: Evan Dando and Juliana Hatfield at Lee's Palace, Toronto (06/16/11)

A more detailed post will be made later tonight, but let's just say I was very happy to have seen Evan Dando & Juliana Hatfield last night at Lee's Palace in Toronto, Canada.

As soon as Keven Seconds stepped off the stage, there was a mad rush of fans to the front of the stage. It was incredible to witness from empty to filled!

We all knew everyone was there to see Evan and Juliana.

I was also happy with their setlist, I was worried that they would be doing new songs, but they did a bunch of old Lemonheads song (including "Into Your Arms", "Bit Part" and "Drug Buddy") and two Juliana numbers ("Choose Drugs" and "Dear Anonymous"). None of the three big hits were played, but I suspect that has more to do with the two of them playing acoustics vs a full band.

Still, very happy to have seen them. Juliana said that she will be putting out a new album in August, which probably means she'll be out touring later this year. If you missed these guys last night, I'm very sorry for you.

Evan and Juliana at Lee's Palace, Toronto (06/16/11)

 

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W♥M111: NXNE

W♥M111 (30 mins) Listening options: Archive.org: W♥M111

NXNE is coming, June 13-19, 2011, in Toronto, Canada. I am flying in on the 12th, and I guess will be doing touristy things in the city. If you want to hang out, send me a note. The music portion, as far as looking at the schedule, doesn't actually start until Wednesday, the 15th. Which means, I have a lot of time to kill, perhaps I'll attend some of the movies that NXNE has to offer (I am probably going to try and make it to "Upside Down – The Creation Records Story", a documentary about Creation Records). I have gone on record and stated that I think Alan McGee is a genius.

Bands on NXNE that Cristina and I touched on:

Men Without Hats: Love them. Can't believe they are still around. Basically cannot wait to hear them play their big two hit songs, "The Safety Dance" ("because if your friends don't dance, then they're no friends of mine!") and "Pop Goes the World".

Evan Dando and Juliana Hatfield: I haven't seen either bands (Lemonheads or Juliana Hatfield Three), so I am definitely excited to see them for the first time. Lara claims that Dando brings a sort of time machine with him: to the year 1992.

The Pharcyde: Cristina seems more excited about this 90s hip hop band, who, to be honest, I was never into hip hop - but if they are playing, I'll check them out!

Art Brut: I think they're really, really funny. They also love their comic books (they have a fascination with American comics, because they're from the UK). I've seen them before, but I'll love to see them again. See below for more Art Brut dates:

6/15 - Chicago at Double Door
6/16 - Cleveland at Beachland Ballroom
6/17 - Toronto at Mod Club
6/18 - Montreal at Il Motore
6/20 - Boston at Brighton Music Hall
6/21 - Hoboken at Maxwells
6/22 - DC at Black Cat
6/23 - Brooklyn at Music Hall Williamsburg
8/27 - Los Angeles at Sunset Junction Festival

Peelander-Z: Recently added to the bill. They're playing a few dates, one of which I cannot make it to. It'll be good to see them again.

Washington: Also a late addition (she wasn't on the initial lineup), but I'll finally get a chance to see her. She canceled her Minneapolis show, so this will be my first time seeing her in Canada. First song of the show is Washington's "Sunday's Best".

Click "read more" to see the entire schedule for NXNE (or head over to nxne.com). So many of the bands starts at 9pm, so it's definitely not an all-day party as far as it compared to SXSW.

BONUS
Two interesting Peelander-Z projects coming up, including Peewonder-Z, the sister band of Peelander-Z, and TheBlackCherry, a side project of Peelander-Green (aka Cherry) and Peelander-Black.

Both Peewonder-Z and TheBlackCherry are playing at Death By Audio in New York on June 9^th, details on fb.com

Also, Australia's The Panda Band has return with their single, "The Fix", which is available as a free download. Second song of the show is Panda Band's "The Fix".

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Cover lovering the news

The Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray The Lemonheads Tour Dates 01/29/10 Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s 01/30/10 New York, NY @ Joe’s Pub 01/31/10 Bordentown, NJ @ The Record Collector Store 02/03/10 Allston, MA @ Great Scott 02/04/10 Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse Music Hall 02/05/10 Philadelphia, PA @ M Room 02/06/10 Arlington, VA @ IOTA Club & Café 02/09/10 Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall 02/10/10 Athens, GA @ 40 Watt 02/11/10 Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds 02/12/10 Tampa, FL @ Crowbar 02/13/10 Orlando, FL @ The Backbooth 02/16/10 St. Louis, MO @ Old Rock House 02/17/10 Indianapolis, IN @ Radio Radio 02/18/10 Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre 02/19/10 Chicago, IL @ Double Door 02/20/10 Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar 02/21/10 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room 02/23/10 Dallas, TX @ The Prophet Bar 02/24/10 Austin, TX @ Emo’s Alternative Lounging (Outdoor) 02/27/10 Los Angeles, CA @ Hotel Café 02/28/10 San Francisco, CA @ Café Du Nord 03/03/10 Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern 03/06/10 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge Read More Evan Dando http://weheartmus... Fans of 90s alternative/modern rock music will know Evan Dando's name for being the frontsman for...

Here's some recent news, courtesy of the new news.weheartmusic.com. Links are now friendlier than before. The press releases are still hand-picked by me, so send me an email and if it's worth mentioning, I'll post it.

EVAN DANDO
www.evandando.co.uk ♥ thelemonheads.net ♥ myspace.com

Fans of 90s alternative/modern rock music will know Evan Dando's name for being the frontsman for the Lemonheads. I have not follow his career that closely, but I know there was a brief thing with Juliana Hatfield and there were drugs involved in his life. I know he's really into UK rock, often spending most of his time at festivals and hanging out with Oasis or whatnot.

To be honest, I didn't even know he was touring (or will be touring). The touring is probably for the promotion of Varshons covers album, released last year.

From the press announcement, it looks like Dando will be touring with The Candles (described as sounding like Albert Hammond Jr). It also lists that Evan Dando will be doing some classic Lemonheads songs, along with the covers album mentioned above. I'm expecting him to do classic covers like "Mrs Robinson" and "Luka".

The tour dates are for the entire month of February. Surprisingly stopping by the 400 Bar in Minneapolis along the way. It'll still be too cold for me to head out, but I'm hoping to have Lara do coverage when he arrives here.

For even more details about Evan Dando's latest tour, head over to news.whm

 
THE LOST FINGERS
thelostfingers.com ♥ myspace.com

Speaking of covers, The Lost Fingers are a "gypsy-jazz" band from Quebec City, Canada. Like Nouvelle Vague turning well-known songs to lounge or Me First and the Gimme Gimmes making songs into punk tunes, it looks like Lost Fingers jazzafied pop songs.

It should be interesting, their jazz covers album theme are songs from the 80s, simply called Lost in the 80s.

Lost In The 80's Tracklisting
1. Pump Up The Jam (Technotronic cover)
2. You Give Love A Bad Name (Bon Jovi cover)
3. You Shook Me All Night Long (AC/DC cover)
4. Incognito (Celine Dion cover)
5. Touch Me (Samantha Fox cover)
6. Part-Time Lover (Stevie Wonder cover)
7. Fresh (Kool & The Gang cover)
8. Billie Jean (Michael Jackson cover)
9. Carless Whisper (Wham! cover)
10. Tainted Love (Soft Cell cover)
11. Straight Up (Paula Abdul cover)
12. Black Velvet (Alannah Myles cover)
13. Joe Le Taxi (bonus)
14. Belleville Rendez-Vous (bonus)

You can hear their cover of AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long" at lala.com (recently purchased by Apple!). More details here.

Trivia: The influential AC/DC song lent itself to being the title of Veruca Salt's debut album, American Thighs. Also, they didn't list the original performer for "Joe Le Taxi", but it's a song made famous by Vanessa Paradis. Not familiar with "Belleville Rendez-vous", but it looks like Benoît Charest wrote that one.

JULIA NUNES
junumusic.com ♥ youtube.com ♥ twitter.com

Julia Nunes - Gone (Ben Folds)

Last on my list is a very young and energetic ukulele musician called Julia Nunes. She's quite famous for her youtube videos (the numbers I'm told is 30 million views, which by internet standards is like certified Gold or something, right?). Her Ben Folds song, "Gone" came to the attention of Mister Folds himself. As you can see from the said-video, she is infectiously easy to like, and I can see why Folds asked Nunes to do some duets with him on some live shows.

She's doing some tour this year, preluding to her 5-track EP I Think You Know, out on February 2^nd on Rude Butler Records (pre-ordering the EP will get you an autographed copy).

Tour Dates
1.14.10 @ 7:00pm Echo Los Angeles, CA
1.15.10 @ 7:30pm The Swedish American Hall San Francisco, CA
1.16.10 @ 8:00pm Vera Project Seattle, WA
1.18.10 @ 7:00pm CEDAR CULTURAL CENTER Minneapolis, MN
1.19.10 @ 7:00pm Schubas Tavern/ Lincoln Hall Chicago, IL

Keep an eye on news.whm for more information.

 01/12/2010 22:44:54 ♥ vu () ♥weheartmusic.com♥twitter.com/weheartmusic♥news.weheartmusic.com