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Pulp USA Tour 2024 Read More Pulp Pulp - Different Class (1995) So many great songs on this album, from their hit "Common People", to the revenge "I Spy", to the dance favorite "Disco 2000", to kinkiness "Underwear". Love Jarvis Cocker and his wonderful songwriting. I have bought this album ....

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Legendary Britpop band Pulp is doing their “This Is What We Do For An Encore” tour in the US and Canada. We haven’t seen Pulp in America since 1997, so this is a big deal.

Hopefully, if these tickets sell well for these limited dates, that Pulp can expand their American tour to more cities.

We saw the band in Australia and noted that it might be the band’s last performance in the country: “I want to wrap Jarvis Cocker up in greaseproof paper and take him home for later. We saw him a couple of years ago playing his own stuff, and it wasn’t a fraction as good as this. The dancing was unexpected but very impressive. He kept saying it might be the last time Pulp ever plays in Australia. I hope he’s wrong, because that would make me very sad.

It was hard for me to tear my attention away from Jarvis and his energetic on-stage presence, hip shaking dance moves and ongoing chatter with the crowd between songs. I was so focused on him that I really didn’t notice the rest of the band, although I am sure they existed. The entire set was great, in particular the songs ‘Sorted for E’s and Wizz’, ‘Babies’, and ‘Underwear’. However the stand out highlight was, of course, the final song, ‘Common People’. An unforgettable performance.”

Tour dates:

8 Sep 2024– Chicago, IL - Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom

10 Sep 2024 – Toronto, ON – HISTORY

13 Sep 2024 – Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theatre

16 Sep 2024 – San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

18 Sep 2024 – Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium

Paul Weller USA Tour 2024 Read More Paul Weller The Modfather Paul Weller is currently on a tiny US tour heading to Riot Fest in Chicago. For some reason, Minneapolis is just one of four US non-festival dates, and so naturally, the Varsity Theater show last night, September 10th, was sold out. ....

Paul Weller
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The great Modfather Paul Weller announced his first North American tour since 2017. The influential singer (who inspired many Britpop bands) is touring in support of his upcoming album 66, set for May 24, the day before his 66th birthday.

66 includes contributions from Noel Gallagher, Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie, Madness’ Suggs McPherson, Richard Hawley, The Blow Monkeys’ Dr Robert, Le SuperHomard’s Christophe Vaillant, and Erland Cooper, with string arrangements by Hannah Peel.

Paul Weller (13 Oct 2017)

We saw Weller when he was last here in Oct 2017 and wrote, “After the intermission, lights dimmed as the intro music of The Beatles’ ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ announced Paul Weller and his band taking the stage for a breathtaking two and a half hour headlining set that would touch on all points, of his over four-decade long career. Weller has surrounded himself with a crack band for the tour featuring longtime sidemen Steve Cradock (guitar), Andy Crofts (bass), Steve Pilgrim (drums), and Ben Gordelier (percussion) as well as new addition Tom Van Heel (keys) and kicked things off with 2015’s ‘I’m Where I Should Be’, a song which encapsulated The Modfather’s confidence in still finding his place in today’s musical landscape and also echoed the sentiments of the thousand people in attendance cheering him on.”

Tour dates:

Sep 06 Red Bank NJ – Count Basie Center for the Arts

Sep 07 Brooklyn NY – Kings Theatre

Sep 08 Boston MA – House of Blues

Sep 10 Glenside PA – Keswick Theatre

Sep 11 Washington DC – Lincoln Theatre

Sep 13 Toronto ON – History

Sep 15 Chicago IL – Vic Theatre

Sep 16 Minneapolis MN – First Avenue

Sep 19 Seattle WA – The Moore

Sep 20 Vancouver BC – Vogue Theatre

Sep 22 San Francisco CA – The Fillmore

Sep 23 San Francisco CA – The Fillmore

Sep 25 El Cajon CA – The Magnolia

Sep 26 Anaheim CA – House of Blues

Sep 27 Los Angeles CA – Orpheum Theatre

Miki Berenyi Trio USA Tour 2024 Read More Lush I have mentioned this at various time, I was more of the Britpop-sounding Lush vs their early shoegazing beginning. That doesn't mean I don't occasional enjoy listening to Gala or Spooky …

Miki Berenyi
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Known for her brightly dyed red hair and her dreamy, star-dusted pop songs, Miki Berenyi had an unmistakable presence as one of the founding members of Lush, one of the penultimate British shoegaze bands of the 80s and 90s. A few decades on from that band’s heyday, Berenyi is gearing up for a U.S. tour with her own band, which includes her romantic partner, “Moose” McKillop. (She also has an autobiography out now in the U.S., Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success, which was originally released in 2022 in the UK.) The trio treads familiar terrain as her previous bands (not including the Britpoppy interlude)—dreamy, sometimes dystopian pop with lots of crunchy, distorted guitars, all anchored by Berenyi’s ethereal vocals. The red locks may now be raven, but Berenyi and her band’s music still commands attention.

Lush (18 Sep 2016)

We saw Lush in 1994 and when they reunited for a few dates in Sep 2016 and wrote, “I was surprised just how great Lush sounded after all these years. Sure, I have complained a little when they sped up many of their songs for their live shows, but I understand that they have to keep it fresh. Again, while I privately enjoyed Lush’s music in the last 20 years by myself... it certainly felt weird to share the same love as all the other 1,400 fans at the show.”

MIKI BERENYI TRIO TOUR DATES

May 29 Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theatre

May 31 Mcgill, NV - Schellraiser Campground

Jun 01 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall**

Jun 03 Portland, OR - McMenamins Mission Theater**

Jun 04 Seattle, WA - Madame Lou's**

Jun 06 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater**

Jun 07 Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge**

Jun 08 New York, NY - Webster Hall**

Aug 10 Margate, UK - Elsewhere

Aug 10 Brighton, UK - At The Edge of The Sea Festival

Sep 07 Birmingham, UK - The Hare & Hounds

**dates with Lol Tolhurst x Budgie

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

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The Battle of the Lanky British Frontmen

03/22/24 The Kooks with The Vaccines and Daisy the Great at the Fox Theater The Kooks Setlist Seaside See the World Sofa Song Eddie's Gun Ooh La She Moves in Her Own Way Bad Habit Westside Forgive & Forget Closer Jackie Big Tits Always Where I Need to Be Do You Wanna Got No Love Matchbox Junk of the Heart (Happy) -- Encore -- Around Town Naïve Vaccines Setlist Love to Walk Away Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra) I Can't Quit Post Break-Up Sex Wetsuit Your Love Is My Favourite Band Discount de Kooning (Last One Standing) The Dreamer Headphones Baby Jump Off the Top Lunar Eclipse Handsome Heartbreak Kid Teenage Icon I Always Knew If You Wanna All My Friends Are Falling in Love Read More The Kooks The first time I saw The Kooks, it was in Chicago in 2007, and it was because their small tour did not include Minneapolis... which I noted that I saw three Minneapolis people in Chicago ... The Vaccines We love The Vaccines. The UK band will be back in the city at the Fine Line Music Café (now run by First Avenue) and will be playing some tracks from their fourth studio album Combat Sports. .…

The Vaccines and The Kooks
The Fox Theater
Oakland
March 22, 2024

It was the unofficial early aughts battle of the lanky British frontmen on Friday night at The Fox Theater in Oakland. In the realm of lithe indie singers, the UK indie music scene seems to have its pick of the litter—maybe the pallid skies and submerged emotions promote a Romantic sense of deprivation, from Jarvis Cocker to PJ Harvey and beyond. The Kooks and the Vaccines made plenty of headlines in UK music papers, but it was a much trickier task to conquer the States. Though their sound epitomized the period, they couldn’t quite dethrone American rock bands like the Strokes, whose glittery, post-punk rock vibes brought an indie rock revival that had kids running to the dancefloors and concert halls and dingy dive bars in equal measure.

The Kooks headlined the night, though their set felt a little less dynamic than the opening band. Their current tour is in support of their 2006 debut album, Inside In/Inside Out, which they re-released on its 15th anniversary in 2021 and faithfully recreated track by track. Singer Luke Pritchard came onto the darkly lit stage alone for the opening acoustic track, “Seaside,” a twangy, wistful pop ode. The band joined him right after, launching into nostalgia with straightforward tunes that were very of their time, pop-inflected bangers that hid in the shadow of bands like the Arctic Monkeys, whose own debut album greatly overshadowed the Kooks that year. Listening to the Kooks live, you might guess why. Their sound, though catchy and packed with melodies and hummable hits, also sounds a bit by-the-book, somewhat de-fanged.

With his blighty British twang backed by shimmering, stuttering guitars, singer Luke Pritchard can croon and wail at an impressive velocity, the chords packing a rock wallop behind him. The songs are rollicking, full of youthful exuberance and catchy hooks. Though not as layered or moody or as interesting as bands like the Strokes or Interpol, the band found a niche, and their fans loved them for it. With Pritchard bopping around, he exhorted the crowd beneath a dark mop of curls, as the band played faithful renditions of some pretty fun tunes. Less trenchant and preening than a Jarvis Cocker or a Julian Casablancas, say, and more feel-good and fleeting.

Some of my friends disputed the idea that The Vaccines would open for The Kooks. “It should’ve been the other way around,” they argued. Lead singer Justin Young strode confidently onto the stage to the Beatles’ “Live and Let Die,” armed with a more commanding back-catalog to work with, full of songs with more bite and bark. The band proceeded to deliver a charismatically rocking set. Formed in 2010, The Vaccines rode their own wave of accolades in the UK and somewhat in the U.S., with fans like Debbie Harry attending their shows. Songs like the moody, tongue-in-cheek “Post Break-Up Sex” and the boppier “Teenage Icon” have both singalong and caustic qualities, creating a kind of cultural bridge from ‘90s Britpop to the post-9/11 indie rock chaos that swept the musical landscape. With Young’s deep, bass-y vocals anchoring guitar hooks and pop licks, he carries just enough swagger to exhort and inspire. “All My Friends Are Falling in Love,” a single from 2018 (the band just released their most recent album last year), still slaps like an early aughts rock ode written by a long-lived, once-hopeful teenager in love. Oh, the spangly, spiky bloom of the jaded indie rockstar.

Vaccines at Fox Theater, Oakland (22 Mar 2024)

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Moby Richard

Moby at Gold Diggers, Los Angeles (29 Oct 2023) Read More Moby His latest single is "The Poison Tree", so he will be performing that song. The song is from Moby's 2011 Destroyed album. In the meantime, the double disc Destroyed Remixed album will be out May 1st (digital) and June 19th .…

MOBY
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Multi-platinum-selling, multi-award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, author, and animal rights activist, Moby is DJing for the first time since the pandemic to benefit “Vegans of LA Food Bank”, this October 29, 2023.

The event will take place at Gold Diggers, in Los Angeles, and joining Moby will be KCRW’s DJ Raul Campos.

And the best part is that Moby decided to make it affordable, stating, “In a world of excessively high ticket prices, I thought it would be nice to play for $5 and give all of the money to one of my favorite local charities.”

The first 50 tickets sold are guaranteed entry at $5, then there will be an RSVP waitlist of 300 once those go. All the details and purchasing instructions can be found here.

Moby (23 May 2016)

We saw Moby at his book signing in May 2016, and said, “For the reading, dressed on a warm evening in a t-shirt, hoodie and sport coat, Moby selected two passages from his early days about DJ-ing in the late ‘80s in sketchy NYC venues and living (squatting really) in an abandoned warehouse, aspiring to make it on the club scene. The third and last passage read, was from near the end of the book, detailing being dropped by his label, battling with alcohol, and coming to terms that his career as a musician might be at its end.”

Now Then: The Very Best of Richard Hawley Read More Longpigs I believe the Longpigs opened up for all the dates on this 1997 tour. Note that the poster misspelled the name as "Long Pigs". The British band was riding the coattails of Britpop in the mid-90s …

Richard Hawley
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BMG has announced their first ever career spanning collection of Richard Hawley’s works in a double LP color vinyl or double CD album or digital release, called Now Then: The Very Best of Richard Hawley. The collection will come out October 20th, 2023.

For those not familiar with Hawley, he started his career in The Longpigs, and then joining Pulp as their guitarist.

He’s worked with everyone, from the Arctic Monkeys to the Manic Street Preachers to Paul Weller, and so on. His song “Tonight The Streets Are Ours” was featured in The Simpsons, and recently, his music have appeared in Peaky Blinders and The Full Monty, as well as the hugely acclaimed and award-winning musical named after his 2012 album, Standing At The Sky’s Edge, and Wes Anderson’s 2023 film Asteroid City.

PS, I have seen Longpigs in 1997, but have no memory of it.

2CD Tracklisting:

CD 1 1. Open Up Your Door 2. Midnight Train 3. Tonight the Streets Are Ours 4. Coles Corner 5. Ballad of a Thin Man (Full Version) 6. Baby, You're My Light 7. She Brings The Sunlight 8. Not The Only Road {unreleased} 9. Which Way 10. My Little Treasures 11. Naked In Pitsmoor 12. Standing At the Sky's Edge 13. Long Black Train 14. Heart of Oak 15. You Don't Miss Your Water (Till Your River Runs Dry) 16. The Ocean

CD 2 1. Don't Stare at the Sun 2. I Still Want You 3. Off My Mind 4. For Your Lover Give Some Time 5. Just Like The Rain 6. I’m On Nights 7. Seek It 8. Serious 9. Precious Sight 10. Remorse Code 11. Alone 12. Born Under a Bad Sign 13. Our Darkness 14. Run For Me 15. Coming Home 16. There's a Storm a'Comin'

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Birds of a Feather 2019

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The Bird and The Bee: Interpreting the Masters Volume 2: A Tribute to Van Halen Read More The Bird and the Bee The Bird and the Bee will be promoting their fourth album Recreational Love, available on Rostrum Records. Regarding the long gap in album …

THE BIRD AND THE BEE
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We’re kind of excited to hear that The Bird and The Bee is back with a new cover album Interpreting the Masters Volume 2: A Tribute to Van Halen (available August 2 on No Expectations / Release Me Records). This is the follow-up to 2010’s Interpreting the Masters, Vol. 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates.

With the new album, the duo (vocalist Inara George and multi-instrumentalist Greg Kurstin) will set to tour North America to support the new record. As we previously mentioned at their last Minneapolis show in November 2015, Greg Kurstin will not be appearing. Kurstin has famously hated and refused going on tour …. but he will play local (Los Angeles) shows.

I’ve already had a taste of hearing some tracks from the album, and it’s the typical wonderful deconstruction of a “hard rock” music of Lee Roth-era Van Halen, but with the touch of calm, jazz breakdown. The differences are so great that you probably wouldn’t know they were Van Halen songs.

Tour Dates

08/02/19 - Los Angeles, CA @ John Anson Ford Theater #
08/11/19 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club *
08/12/19 - Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village *
08/14/19 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre *
08/15/19 - Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre *
08/16/19 - Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live *
08/17/19 - Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere *
08/20/19 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle *
08/21/19 - Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5 *
08/22/19 - Birmingham, AL @ The Saturn *
08/24/19 - Dallas, TX @ Trees *
08/25/19 - Austin, TX @ Parish *
08/28/19 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom *
08/29/19 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah *
08/30/19 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop * ^

# = featuring Dave Grohl on drums and Justin Meldel-Johnsen on bass
* = support from Samantha Sidley and Alex Lilly
^ = additional support from DJ Aaron Exelson

Fat White Family: Feet Read More Fat White Family South London's Fat White Family got a lot of buzz for their insane live shows. The six-piece band just released their debut album Champagne Holocaust …

FAT WHITE FAMILY
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London’s Fat White Family has been in the news recently. The group recruited DJ Parrot (aka Richard Barratt of Sweet Exorcist) and Jarvis Cocker (frontsman of Pulp) for their remix of “Feet” (taken from their third album Serfs Up!). The “Feet” song is under the “Parrot and Cocker Too” remix title and will be available on a limited-edition white label 12” (limited to 500 units for the world) and digital download. You can buy the record at dominomusic.com.

Tour Dates

20/11/19 – Stylus – LEEDS
21/11/19 – Potterow – EDINBURGH
22/11/19 – QMU – GLASGOW
23/11/19 – Boilershop – NEWCASTLE
24/11/19 – Arts Centre – KENDAL
26/11/19 – Invisible Wind Factory – LIVERPOOL
27/11/19 – Tramshed – CARDIFF
28/11/19 – Institute – BIRMINGHAM
29/11/19 – The Haunt – BRIGHTON
02/12/19 – EartH Concert Hall - LONDON
03/12/19 – EartH Concert Hall - LONDON
04/12/19 – EartH Concert Hall– LONDON
05/12/19 – EartH Concert Hall- LONDON

MAGPIE BLUE facebook.com Edinburgh based singer songwriter Magpie Blue (aka Millie Hanlon Cole) has arrived with her debut single “Just In Time” on June 14th, via Seahorse Music. You can see the 19-year-old at Doune the Rabbit Hole in Stirling on July 20th, 2019.

LOW FLYING HAWKS bandcamp.com Prior to releasing their third album, Low Flying Hawks (featuring Dale Crover from The Melvins and Trevor Dunn from Mr. Bungle) will be releasing Anxious Ghosts EP on June 28, 2019, via Magnetic Eye Records.

THE OWL-EYES theowleyes.com New Minneapolis band The Owl-Eyes (aka Ethan P. Teel) released his debut album Hallelujah Hysteria on April 19th, 2019. When playing live, Teel is joined on stage with Zahk Peterson on drums, Chris Miller on additional guitars, and Patrick Schenkenberg on bass.

HERON heronband.com Pennsylvania’s Heron is a four-piece instrumental band, featuring Ben Blick (guitar), Boyd Lewis (guitar), Eric Morelli (bass), and Nate Blick (drums). Their second album Sun Release will be out July 19, 2019.

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Desert Daze 2018 Kick-Off Week

Desert Daze 2018 Kick-Off Week Read More Desert Daze Ah, the mornings are beginning to be met by a cool autumn breeze...so this must mean desert festival season is under way! Desert Daze has been a myriad of magical atmospheric wonder along with the most entertaining of artists .... Jarvis Cocker Sally, joins us once again to talk more Britpop! Is there a britpopcast in the future? Talks centers around Jarvis Cocker and Pulp, Suede. Pulp started in 1978 … Slowdive Shoegaze band Slowdive are currently on a reunion tour, stopping by Minneapolis' Fine Line Music Café, after being absent from the city in twenty-two years! .... My Bloody Valentine The great noise, shoegazing band My Bloody Valentine is on a reunion tour. We’re talking the original classic lineup of Kevin Shields, Colm Ó Cíosóig, Debbie Googe, and Bilinda Butcher. .…

With Desert Daze 2018 coming up this weekend (October 12th-14th, 2018) at Lake Perris, California, we thought we’d spotlight some of these bands we’ve already seen.

Also, the Music Festival announced that Friday’s ticket and Camping are nearly sold out, so if you’re on the fence about attending this weekend, it’s time to pull the trigger.

Jarvis Cocker (Friday): Frontsman of Britpopster band Pulp will be at Desert Daze on Friday. If you’ve ever listened to a Pulp album, you know that Cocker’s lyrics are often like reading a mini novel. He’s a genius. Since going solo, Cocker has really expanded from just a singer in a band to something more interesting, like film actor, film maker, and writer.

Slowdive (Saturday): After years and years of inactivity, the re-formed/re-united English band did small tour in 2014 (which was one of our greatest highlight). Now, with a 2017 self-titled album, the shoegazing band will like stick around. If you’ve never seen the band, you’ll be glad to know that they were recently added to the Desert Daze lineup for co-headlining on Saturday night.

My Bloody Valentine (Sunday): Deservingly headlining Sunday evening. Let’s face it, when you talk about shoegazing music, the band that everyone is influenced by is probably My Bloody Valentine. Like Slowdive, MBV was on a long hiatus, until Kevin Shields got the band back together.

There’s still a million other bands coming to Desert Daze, so there’s a little something for everyone.

Can’t wait for the weekend? There are a couple of smaller, side shows leading up to the big event:

Regent

10/09 Shannon & the Clams, Escape-ism, Tropa Magica

10/10 Jarvis Cocker

The Echo

10/09 Ex-Cult, Holydrug Couple at

10/11 Sons of Kemet, Younatan Gat

10/17 Cut Worms, Michael Rault

Vista Theatre

10/11 Connan Mockasin

Zebulon

10/10 Frankie & Witch Fingers, Stonefield, Wild Wing

Irenic San Diego

10/11 Hinds, Toast Music

Ace Hotel Palm Springs

10/11 Imarhan

Pappy & Harriet's

10/15 Desert Daze Official Wrap Party

Details and lineup:

Desert Daze 2018
October 12th-14th, 2018
Lake Perris, California
Tickets & Camping: ticketfly.com
More Info: desertdaze.org

Friday Tame Impala Warpaint Connan Mockasin Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats Jarvis Cocker Introducing JARV IS… Hinds Pond IDLES DAKHABRAKHA Wand Gum All Them Witches True Widow Lumerians (Late Night) Mary Lattimore Sons Of Kemet Yonatan Gat & The Eastern Medicine Singers L.A. Witch Kikagaku Moyo + Boogarins + JJUUJJUU (Late Night) Tropa Magica Sugar Candy Mountain Opening Ceremonies With Ian Svenonius

Saturday King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Slowdive Mercury Rev Perform Deserter’s Songs Chelsea Wolfe Wooden Shjips BEAK > A Place To Bury Strangers Shannon & The Clams Kevin Morby Kikagaku Moyo Malcolm Mooney Of CAN Damien Echols – High Magick Boogarins Ex-Cult Deap Vally (Late Night) Cosmonauts Prettiest Eyes (Late Night) Cut Worms JJUUJJUU Ulrika Spacek Al Lover Hand Habits Mannequin Pussy Stonefield Cat Scan

Sunday My Bloody Valentine Death Grips Shellac Ty Segall & White Fence Earth Perform The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull Preoccupations King Khan & The Shrines Julia Holter Earthless Follakzoid Bedouine Escape-Ism The Holydrug Couple Death Valley Girls Imarhan Here Lies Man Sextile Vinyl Williams Gladys Lazer Goon The Mad Walls Talks: Steve Albini

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Desert Daze: October 12-14, 2018

Read More Desert Daze October (thank god because we would all melt in the otherwise typical days of such shenanigans) will bestow the 6th installation of the transcendent music festival Desert Daze in Joshua Tree, California. .... Tame Impala Tame Impala is touring the U.S. again in support of their album, Lonerism. Kevin and crew have definitely crafted a piece of art. Loud, incredibly groovy. ... Slowdive Shoegaze band Slowdive are currently on a reunion tour, stopping by Minneapolis' Fine Line Music Café, after being absent from the city in twenty-two years! ....

Ah, the mornings are beginning to be met by a cool autumn breeze...so this must mean desert festival season is under way! Desert Daze has been a myriad of magical atmospheric wonder along with the most entertaining of artists, and this year is no exception. With Tame Impala headlining, it could in fact be the best one yet.

I could enumerate on how this festival is, in my opinion, the Mecca of all festivals, but it is really something to be seen by the own eye to truly comprehend. Along with bizarre instillations and an entire village complete with meditation tent and tea ceremonies, this isn’t just a music festival…it’s an Extraterrestrial Festival.

The California-based festival run by Jjuujju’s guitarist Phil Pirrone has an impressive lineup this year featuring Tame Impala, My Bloody Valentine, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard (also a returning band), Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker, Shellac, Ty Segall & White Fence, Warpaint, Earth (performing The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull), Malcom Mooney of CAN, Steve Albini, Connan Mockasin, Pond, and Julia Holter, Earthless. There are always surprise guests and DJ’s along with plenty of mind-enhancing activities to attend in between shows.

English dream-pop band Slowdive has recently been added to the festival, which will by far be one of the most sought-out performances of the weekend.

Check out Desert Daze’s amazing lineup poster, featuring the latest additions and broken down by day. Single-day tickets are now available in addition to three-day general admission and VIP passes. Visit the festival’s website for more info.

Desert Daze is happening October 12th-14th, 2018 in Lake Perris, California.

Details and lineup:

Desert Daze 2018
October 12th-14th, 2018
Lake Perris, California
Tickets & Camping: ticketfly.com
More Info: desertdaze.org

Friday Tame Impala Warpaint Connan Mockasin Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats Jarvis Cocker Introducing JARV IS… Hinds Pond IDLES DAKHABRAKHA Wand Gum All Them Witches True Widow Lumerians (Late Night) Mary Lattimore Sons Of Kemet Yonatan Gat & The Eastern Medicine Singers L.A. Witch Kikagaku Moyo + Boogarins + JJUUJJUU (Late Night) Tropa Magica Sugar Candy Mountain Opening Ceremonies With Ian Svenonius

Saturday King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Slowdive Mercury Rev Perform Deserter’s Songs Chelsea Wolfe Wooden Shjips BEAK > A Place To Bury Strangers Shannon & The Clams Kevin Morby Kikagaku Moyo Malcolm Mooney Of CAN Damien Echols – High Magick Boogarins Ex-Cult Deap Vally (Late Night) Cosmonauts Prettiest Eyes (Late Night) Cut Worms JJUUJJUU Ulrika Spacek Al Lover Hand Habits Mannequin Pussy Stonefield Cat Scan

Sunday My Bloody Valentine Death Grips Shellac Ty Segall & White Fence Earth Perform The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull Preoccupations King Khan & The Shrines Julia Holter Earthless Follakzoid Bedouine Escape-Ism The Holydrug Couple Death Valley Girls Imarhan Here Lies Man Sextile Vinyl Williams Gladys Lazer Goon The Mad Walls Talks: Steve Albini

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R.I.P. Muhammad Ali

Read More Cat Power Cat Power stopped by Mill City Nights in Minneapolis, last night, October 30th. This show was co-sponsored by The Current 83.9 FM and the 400 Bar. ... Jarvis Cocker Sally, joins us once again to talk more Britpop! Is there a britpopcast in the future? Talks centers around Jarvis Cocker and Pulp, Suede. Pulp started in 1978 …

June is here and we’re adding another name to our ever-growing 2016 Musician Deathlist. Although boxer Muhammad Ali is not known for music, his boxing legacy, style, self-declared “The Greatest” and quotable catchphrase (“float like a butterfly, sting like a bee”) inspired musicians all over. A good solid listing can be seen on Wikipedia.com, which cited Johnny Wakelin & the Kinshasa Band (for their single ‘Black Superman (Muhammad Ali)’), Bob Dylan (for the song ‘I Shall be Free No. 10’), R. Kelly (for the song ‘World’s Greatest’) and LL Cool J (for his 1991 single ‘Mama Said Knock You Out’) among some of Ali’s biggest fans.

They didn’t mention Cat Power’s album and title track ‘The Greatest’, which I have always felt was a nod to Ali because of the boxing gloves on the album cover and the song lyrics, “Once I wanted to be the greatest. Two fists of solid rock, with brains that could explain any feeling.”

Also: the father of Jarvis Cocker (of Pulp), Mac Cocker recently passed away, according to doublej.net.au. Apparently Cocker was a radio DJ for Double J (currently owned by Triple J).

Dave Swarbrick of the English folk rock band Fairport Convention died at the age of 75 due to emphysema, according to theguardian.com. Universally known as Swarb, he played the fiddle in Fairport Convention. Swarbrick left Fairport in 1981 and in 1983, moved to Northamptonshire, and formed a new acoustic folk band, Whippersnapper.

UPDATE: Surfer Blood's guitarist Thomas Fekete died on 30 May 2016, but we just learned about it now. Fekete was forced to leave the band in 2009 when he learned of his terminal cancer. Fekete passed away at the young age of 27, according to spin.com. We are big fans of the band and previously caught them post-Fekete, with Art Brut in November 2009.

Below are more deaths for the month of June - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2016.

June (6)

[03 June 2016] Muhammad Ali, 74, respiratory issues

[03 June 2016] Mac Cocker (Double J), ?, unknown

[03 June 2016] Dave Swarbrick (Fairport Convention), 75, emphysema

[02 June 2016] Freddie Wadling, 64, cancer

[02 June 2016] Orest Hrywnak (WBBF-AM), 59, heart attack

[02 June 2016] Corry Brokken (Eurovision), 83, not given

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SXSW 2014: March 13

Read More SXSW South by Southwest (SXSW) Music is next week: March 11-16th. Since March 1st, I've received about 200 emails with the subject header of "SXSW" …

Day Four (March 13) of SXSW in Austin, Texas.

Temples at Austin Psych Fest's Levitation Austin Thursday, March 13

Temples at Pyscfest. Having to stand behind the stage and fence. Couldn't wait for a two block line for a potential chance of getting in....

T-Rex meets Syd Barrett from Pink Floyd. Get a groove and keep it going.... Lots of buzz on these guys and deservedly so.

Temples' debut album, Sun Structures, is out now on Fat Possum. After SXSW, Temples will set out for their U.S. tour, stopping by St Paul's Turf Club on Thursday, April 24.

Wytches at Austin Psych Fest's Levitation Austin Thursday, March 13

We just mentioned Wytches last night at The British Music Embassy, but here they are at Austin Psych Fest's Levitation Austin.

Just caught the last song.

The Wytches are currently based in Brighton. The three-piece surf-psych band are currently signed to Heavenly Recordings (Partisan Records in the U.S.) with "Gravedweller" as a free digital single.

Casual Sex from Glasgow. Somewhat like Franz Ferdinand with a gimmick of makeup and whacky guitars; they didn't play straight up solos. They are another band who like chorus on their guitars...

Casual Sex recently 'bumped' into legendary Jarvis Cocker (talk about some bad puns) at SXSW and they are promoting their EP 12" The Bastard Beat, out now.

Casual Sex at the British Music Embassy, Austin (03/13/14)

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W♥M202: RAH+SXSW

W♥M202: RAH+SXSW (37 mins) Read More SXSW With SXSW 2013 to be in March, we're already starting to see announcements for showcases. For those that can't afford to travel to SXSW every year, the good news is that really good bands are …

It's that time of the year again: SXSW pre-announcements. Expect to hear nothing but SXSW bands from now until April.

Vu, Brody and Rebecca Ann Henry (RAH) on W♥M Radio this week, to talk SXSW.

With over 1,700+ bands on the lineup for SXSW, it's almost way too much. We talked about some of these bands that we're looking forward to seeing at SXSW.

The Magic Numbers - English pop rock band comprising two pairs of brothers and sisters from Hanwell.

Only Real - British band, "they just dropped out".

Jarvis Cocker - Pulp's singer will be giving an extraordinary talk on the meaning of artistic vision at the SXSW 2014 Music Conference. Cocker will be speaking on Wednesday, March 12th from 12:30pm-1:30pm at the Austin Convention Center Room 18ABC.

Strange Talk - Melbourne-based alt-pop four-piece will be releasing their Wind-up Records debut album Cast Away on April 29, 2014. Look for them at CMJ and SXSW.

Jezabels - Sydney-based band, currently on tour in support of their album Prisoner.

Action Bronson - He raps about food.

Rebecca Ann Henry - Singer/songwriter with full band called RaH.

Suzanne Vega - New Yorker singer/songwriter is set to play SXSW 2014 Music Festival on Saturday, March 15th at the Central Presbyterian Church.

We talked about SXSW strategy, free drink tickets, and seeing random free shows

Song of the show is: "Concrete Floor (Amontillado)" by Rebecca Ann Henry.

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Great Scotts!

Fratellis US/Canada 2014 Dates poster Read More The Fratellis After a five year absent from the music scene, The Fratellis are back with a brand new album We Need Medicine. The Scottish band is currently in the middle of a tiny, tiny U.S. tour in support of it, and basically selling out every …

THE FRATELLIS
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We were lucky enough to have caught The Fratellis at their sold-out tour in 2013. The Scottish band just announced new 2014 North American tour dates. Buy your tickets now (if it's available for advance tickets), because based on their previous sold out status at smaller clubs, these shows will likely sell out as well:

02/21: Atlanta, GA @ Hell Stage
02/22: Orlando, FL @ The Social
02/26: Vancouver, BC @ VENUE
02/27: Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
03/01: Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre

The Fratellis' latest album is called We Need Medicine and it is out now on BMG Records.

Stay tuned for more news from The Fratellis coming soon!

Bonus section: The Ceremonies aren't from Scotland, but we saw them in Chicago with the Fratellis.

They seem to like Scottish bands, because they've just announced a Winter 2014 tour date with Scottish indie-rock band Glasvegas. We previously mentioned the Glasvegas tour dates here, but in case you missed it:

02/16 Washington DC Rock N Roll Hotel (All Ages)
02/17 Philadelphia, PA North Star Bar
02/18 Boston, MA Great Scott (18+)
02/19 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
02/20 Brooklyn, NY Rough Trade
02/22 Toronto, ON Mod Club
02/24 Chicago, IL Schubas
02/25 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry (18+)
02/28 Seattle, WA Columbia City Theater
03/01 Vancouver, BC The Venue
03/02 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
03/04 Los Angeles, CA The Echo (18+)

The Ceremonies debut self-titled EP is out now on Atom Factory Music/Capitol Records.

E Rey - Live in Philadelphia FatCat Read More We Were Promised Jetpacks Thanks to motormouth for sending in some information and upcoming tour dates for We Were Promised Jetpacks. Jetpack's latest album, These Four Walls was released earlier this month, their upcoming tour schedule …

WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS
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We Were Promised Jetpacks will be returning with E Rey - Live in Philadelphia, an album that was recorded at Philadelphia's Union Transfer. The live album will be out February 25th via FatCat and follows up We Were Promised Jetpacks critically acclaimed sophomore album In The Pit Of The Stomach.

I previously saw We Were Promised Jetpacks at SXSW 2009 at the Scottish Showcase, and they were so very happy to have such a crowded audience (especially showing up early for the opening band), and mentioned on stage that no one gave a "sh***" about them in their hometown.

Looks like the band is back in the U.S. to tour around SXSW this year:

02.21 - Los Angeles, CA @ The El Rey
02.22 - San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo's 365 Club
02.24 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
02.25 - Seattle, WA @ Neumo's
02.28 - Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social
03.01 - Milwaukee, WI @ Shank Hall
03.02 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
03.03 - Cleveland, OH @ the Grog Shop
03.05 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
03.06 - Wilmington, DE @ Arden Gild Hall
03.07 - Washington, DC @ The Black Cat
03.08 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall
03.09 - Richmond, VA @ The Camel
03.11 - Chattanooga, TN @ Rhythm And Brews
03.14 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
03.15 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
03.16 - Mexico City, Mexico @ Pasagüero

Read More Jarvis Cocker Sally, joins us once again to talk more Britpop! Is there a britpopcast in the future? Talks centers around Jarvis Cocker and Pulp, Suede. Pulp started in 1978 …

EVERYTHING IS NEW
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'Everything is New' is the international outreach project created by Scottish arts community Transgressive North in aid of Dalit "untouchable" children in southeast India, now has over 1,000 contributors, all working for free. Proceeds from the project go to the charity Scottish Love in Action which feeds, clothes, houses, educates and provides medical care for over 500 children by funding the Light of Love Home and School in southeast India.

Coming out next week, January 20th, are two releases:

[1] Marram's Sun Choir, featuring Jarvis Cocker (Pulp), Owen Pallett, doseone, White Hinterland and Margaret Bennett

[2] a compilation called BOATS, featuring exclusive tracks by Four Tet, Dan Deacon, Bear in Heaven, Califone, Deerhoof, El Guincho, Gang Gang Dance, Lucky Dragons, Julian Lynch, Max Tundra, No Age, The Ruby Suns, Rustie, Son Lux, Sun Airway, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Taken By Trees, Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu), YACHT, and many more.

On both releases, you can hear the voices of Light of Love Children's Choir, which is made up of the voices of the children from the Light of Love Home and School.

In further support of the project, Transgressive North released Marram feat. Jarvis Cocker and Margaret Bennett's "Falling From The Sun." You can hear it on Soundcloud.

Celtic Connections celticconnections.com Read More Mogwai This is the best part, the entire soundtrack was created by instrumental Scottish band Mogwai. They are more shoegazy or mathrock, but for the soundtrack, which was released February 25th …

CELTIC CONNECTIONS
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Taking place in a few days is Celtic Connections music festival. Over 200 musicians from around the world is playing in Glasgow between January 16th and February 2nd, 2014.

I looked over the map, it seems like there are over 10 different concert venues participating in this three-week event.

Some of the artists schedule to appear are:

Del Amitri, Imelda May, Capercaillie, Bobby Womack, Mahotella Queens, Salsa Celtica, Amadou & Miriam, Lúnasa, AR Rahman & Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Mogwai, Peatbog Faeries, Julie Fowlis, Elephant Revival, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Manu Dibango, Treacherous Orchestra, Shawn Colvin, Nicola Benedetti, Stockton's Wing, The Gloaming, Lau, Suzanne Vega, Seth Lakeman, RANT, Boban Marković Orchestra, Alkinoos Ioannidis, The Olllam, Bill Callahan, De Temps Antan, RM Hubbert, Lloyd Cole & the Leopards, Kathleen MacInnes, Tim Finn, Dick Gaughan and The Stray Birds.

Fatherson Tour Dates poster

FATHERSON
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Scotland's Fatherson recently sold out their Glasgow show with over 500 people singing every word, indicating that they have strong hometown support. The band new album I Am An Island will be coming out April 7th on A Modern Way.

In the meantime, they're set to open up for Lonely The Brave:

01/26/14 Glasgow, King Tuts *
01/27/14 Manchester, Deaf Institute
01/28/14 Leicester, Academy 2
01/30/14 London, Cargo
01/31/14 Aldershot, West End Centre
02/01/14 Nottingham, Rock City Basement
02/04/14 Southampton, Joiners
02/05/14 Leeds, Cockpit
02/07/14 Norwich, Open
02/08/14 Cambridge, Junction 2

* Ross Leighton acoustic set

Vladimir: Come Over soundcloud.com

VLADIMIR
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Vladimir is "the noisiest band in Dundee [Scotland]", according to Daily Record.

The four-piece young band (everyone is 18 years old) is known for their "excessively loud chaotic live shows", opening up for such bands as Peace, The View, Pigeon Detectives, The Twilight Sad and Wet Nuns.

Their last release was "Come Over", which came out November 18th, 2013. You can hear the track on soundcloud.com. The track is free to download.



The band was recently on "Vic's 25 Scottish Artists to Watch 2014". The list is in alphabetical order, so take that as you will with Vladimir ending up last because of the 'v'.

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