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W♥M116: Animalia

W♥M116 (29 mins) Listening options: Archive.org: W♥M116

Sally is back with "Sally's facts".

The Vaccines: shortest album ever, clocking under 35 minutes... but "What did you expect from the Vaccines?". They are quite good, their song, "Nørgaard", is about model Amanda Nørgaard.

The Vines: Still alive with Future Primitive, their "best and most consistent record"

Papa vs Pretty: according to Sally's facts, Thomas Rawle spend hours noodling on his guitar.

Music festivals - too many and too expensive?

Voltaire Twins: Real life twins (unlike the Thompson Twins?). Song of the show is "Animalia", more details on their website, voltairetwins.com

BONUS:
Ilke Hincer sent in his music video for "Careless", you can see the full video at youtube.com. The story, lyrics, vocals, direction were all by Hincer.

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Splendour in the Grass - The Words: Part 3

So the ladies made it to Sunday unharmed...... or did they?

The suspense is killing me!

Read on!

 

Hungry Kids of Hungary

Gem: It only took only a couple of songs for me to become bored with the Hungry Kids set. I was just thinking of leaving when, during ‘Let You Down’, they threw large inflated balls into the crowd. And then suddenly it was fun times again. With the balls keeping me thoroughly entertained I momentarily forgot about the boring music happening on stage. Overall though, the Hungry Kids looked like they had lost their party edge. If it wasn’t for the giant balls, the faint smell of someone smoking a joint nearby, and my vodka spiked beverage I would have fallen asleep from boredom.

The Vaccines

Gem: The banner on stage during The Vaccines read “what did you expect?”, promoting their debut album. The phrase made me think. I expected indie hipsters, playing songs about pretty girls, getting drunk and partying. And that’s exactly what we got. Their songs seem familiar, probably due to the fact that they are influenced by the likes of the Ramones, The Strokes, and Joy Division. I enjoyed the set along with the many others crowded in front of the stage to see them. Although I can't help but wonder how long it will be until they will be categorised as "just another indie band" and be forgotten.

 

Cloud Control

Amb: Cloud Control played Circle of Life from the Lion King during their set for some reason, prompting hundreds of people to start charging up and down the middle of the hill. I have since decided that they were re-enacting the stampede scene from the movie. I really hope they were.

Friendly Fires

Gem: I think you can really judge a band’s performance at a festival by the injuries I have sustained during their set. Bruised butt during The Bronx at Coaster 2009 (unable to sit down for a week), sprained ankle sustained while moshing during Eddy Current Suppression Ring at Homebake 2009, and now Friendly Fires. For some reason Amb left me alone during Friendly Fires, she probably went get food or something, I don’t recall. Anyway it should be noted that it’s all her fault - I should never be left unattended at a music festival. I was thoroughly enjoying the dance tunes from Friendly Fires while dancing up a storm in the outer rim of the mix up tent. I was taking advantage of the extra room with some excellent aeroplane dancing. Aeroplane dancing, for those that don’t know, really just involves a lot of waving and flapping around of arms in aeroplane-like motions. I was totally in the groove, when suddenly I felt a sharp pain in my upper arm / shoulder leaving my arm paralysed. Unable to do aeroplane dancing, I pressed on regardless reverting to downstairs dancing only, a true reflection on the quality of dance-inducing tunes being created by the Friendly Fires. A highlight of the festival.

Kaiser Chiefs

Amb: Surprisingly awesome. I think I stopped paying attention to them shortly after 2006, but apparently they stayed busy and released a whole lot of songs that I know and like without being aware who sings them. They bring the party times, with the singer dude running back and forth across the stage with seemingly inexhaustible energy, despite the fact that they took 30 hours to get here from Japan, for some reason going via China and Melbourne.

 

Pulp

Gem: While we waited for Pulp to take to the stage a series of questions appeared in green on the screen behind the stage – “Do you remember the first time?” and “Do you want to see a dolphin?” (to which then a dolphin then appeared). Eventually Pulp did take to the stage and although the build up was entertaining it went on a little too long for my liking.

Amb: 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.

Gem: 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 focussed 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.

Things That Are Better Than Seeing Coldplay

• Eating burgers
• Watching shadow puppets (possibly interactive or possibly we were drunk)
• Dancing to Little Red and Michael Jackson in the Jager Lodge

We were part of the 0.2% of Splendour that didn’t see Coldplay. It wasn’t an accident, we had absolutely no desire to see the band. After Pulp we left the amphitheatre, battled our way against the sea of people who were flooding in to watch Coldplay. Every inch of the amphitheatre was covered.

So....

Despite not being massively impressed with the Splendour line up initially, many of the bands exceeded expectations and it ended up being three days' worth of musical delights. It's always nice when the number of disappointments is largely overshadowed by the number of surprise highlights, resulting in a rollicking good time being had by all. Nice work, Splendour 2011.

See official splendourness here: http://splendourinthegrass.com/

News: Autumn Tours 2011

MARGARET CHO
margaretcho.com

I saw Margaret Cho last year, she's funny, but it's not a show for kids.

Anyway, I wanted to let you know that starting today, her Grammy-nominated album, Cho Dependent, can be had for as low as $1. This promotion is great if you haven't already got the album. And if you already own the CD, no problem, the digital download also includes two extra unreleased tracks.


Portion (20%) of this download goes to Immediate Justice, a charity for young women and queer folks of color. So be generous, if you've got the cash. If you're the #1 top donor, you get to appear in Cho's upcoming music video for "Asian Adjacent", filming in Los Angeles on July 24th. Second prize is a set of steak knives. Just kidding, you get a Cho Dependent package (tote bag, CHO HO tank top, posters, and an autographed LP). If 500 people donate, we all get "Sexting", an unreleased song from Drag Queen Sherry Vine featuring Margaret Cho. Make it happen.

Cho is doing some dates below:

07/16/11 San Diego, CA San Diego Pride Festival 08/03/11 - 08/05/11 Edinburgh Assembly Rooms 08/06/11 - 08/29/11 Edinburgh Assembly Rooms 09/02/11 Sydney Sydney Opera House AU 09/05/11 Brisbane The Tivoli Theatre AU 09/06/11 Melbourne Forum Theatre AU 10/13/11 London Leicester Square Theatre UK		10/14/11 London Leicester Square Theatre UK 10/15/11 London Leicester Square Theatre UK 10/16/11 Brighton Dome Concert Hall – Brighton 10/17/11 London Leicester Square Theatre UK 10/18/11 London Leicester Square Theatre UK 10/23/11 Glasgow The Stand Comedy Club UK 10/24/11 Glasgow The Stand Comedy Club

BEADY EYE
www.beadyeyemusic.com

It's inevitable, Beady Eye will conquer America this Fall 2011.

Lots of buzz, this post-Oasis band, lead by Liam Gallagher will play some key dates in America, hot off their debut album, Different Gear, Still Speeding. As I have previously warned/mentioned, you have to see this band this early in the stage of their career, otherwise you'll always kick yourself for not seeing them when they were starting out.

I know they're not even coming here until November and December, but you may want to buy tickets now before they sell out. Tickets goes on sale July 15th (Friday), with the exception of San Francisco - that goes on sale July 17th.

November 29 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
November 30 Seattle, WA @ Showbox Market
December 2 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
December 3 Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre
December 5 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
December 6 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave Ballroom
December 8 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
December 9 New York, NY @ Terminal 5

M83
ilovem83.com

French electro-shoegaze band, M83, aka Anthony Gonzalez, will be touring the US this year. It's been over two years since his last live performance, so people are eagerly awaiting to see him.

General ticket sales are available to purchase today (July 12th), however, if you were a fan, you had early access as early as July 6th. Hopefully, when he comes around Minneapolis, we'll cover him.

Oct. 15 – Mexico City – Corona Capital Festival
Oct. 28 – Washington DC – Black Cat
Oct. 29 – Raleigh, NC – Kings Barcade
Oct. 30 – Asheville, NC – Moog Fest
Oct. 31 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
Nov. 2 – Orlando, FL – The Social
Nov. 4 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
Nov. 5 – Austin, TX – Fun Fun Fun Fest
Nov. 7 – Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom
Nov. 9 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
Nov. 10 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
Nov. 11 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
Nov. 12 – Vancouver, BC – Venue
Nov. 13 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
Nov. 16 – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater
Nov. 17 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
Nov. 18 – Toronto, ON – Lees Palace
Nov. 19 – Montreal, QC – La TuLipe
Nov. 20 – Boston, MA – Paradise
Nov. 22 – New York, NY – Webster Hall

MARNIE STERN
myspace.com/marniestern1

I wanted to see Marnie Stern's famed "tapping" guitar style (which some people is calling her "Greatest Female Guitarists Of All Time"), but unfortunately, I was out of town when she was here in Minneapolis. She's still on tour, so here are the dates:

09/21 - Hamden, CT @ The Space
09/23 - Toronto, ON @ Wrong Bar*
09/24 - Chicago, IL @ Subterranean*
09/25 - Cleveland, OH @ Happy Dog*
09/27 - Washington, DC @ The Red Palace*
09/28 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church*
09/29 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg*
09/30 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Upstairs*
10/02 - Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theater
10/06 - Sydney, Australia @ Tone
10/07 - Melbourne, Australia @ Northcote Social Club
10/08 - Perth, Australia @ The Bakery
12/07 - London, UK @ XOYO
12/09 - Minehead, UK @ ATP Nightmare Before Christmas+

* w/ No Joy
+ w/ Les Savy Fav, Archers of Loaf, No Age, The Dodos

THAO WITH THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN
thaomusic.com

Speaking of Kill Rock Stars, I missed Thao & Mirah the last time they were here too. This was not my fault, BOBBY's van broke down and Led to Sea had failed me.

It's fine, I've seen them a few times, I still love them. The Get Down Stay Down is returning with Thao this September, minus Mirah:

09/20 - New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
09/21 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
09/22 - Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theater
09/23 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
09/24 - Charlottesville, VA Jefferson Theater
09/25 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Ukie Club
09/26 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
09/27 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
10/03 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Calvin College Fine Arts Center
10/06 - Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
10/07 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theater
10/09 - Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
10/10 - Denver, CO @ Gothic Theater
10/18 - Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall
10/19 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
10/20 - Vancouver, BC @ The Commodore Ballroom

THE VACCINES
thevaccines.co.uk

I saw these guys open up for Arctic Monkeys, I have to say "A Lack Of Understanding" sounded great live. I also mentioned that their most energetic song was called "Nørgaard", which the video just debut July 7th via vevo.com. The video features a sexy active Danish girl Amanda Nørgaard playing tennis, skating, bicycling, and bowling.

9/8 Seattle, WA Crocodile Café
9/9 Vancouver, BC Venue
9/10 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
9/13 Los Angeles, CA Music Box
9/14 San Diego, CA The Casbah
9/18 Austin, TX ACL
9/21 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
9/22 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
9/24 Philadelphia, PA Popped Festival
9/25 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
9/27 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
9/28 Montreal, QC Corona
9/30 New York, NY Webster Hall
10/1 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg

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Arctic Monkeys and The Vaccines at First Avenue, Minneapolis (05/28/11)

Library Pictures Brianstorm This House Is A Circus Still Take You Home Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair Pretty Visitors Teddy Picker Crying Lightning Brick by Brick Cornerstone I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor Potion Approaching All My Own Stunts If You Were There, Beware Do Me A Favour When The Sun Goes Down Encore: The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala The View From The Afternoon Fluorescent Adolescent Tour Dates 05/30/11 Ogden Theatre - Denver, CO 05/31/11 In The Venue - Salt Lake City, UT 06/02/11 Fox Theatre - Pomona, CA 06/03/11 Hollywood Palladium - Los Angeles, CA 06/10/11 Don Valley Bowl - Sheffield 06/11/11 Don Valley Bowl - Sheffield 06/17/11 Southside Festival - Tuttlingen, Germany 06/19/11 Hurricane Festival - Bremen, Germany 06/20/11 Admiralspalst - Berlin, Germany 06/22/11 E-Werk - Cologne, Germany 06/23/11 Paradiso - Amsterdam 06/26/11 Rock A Field Festival 2011 - Luxembourg 06/29/11 Le Zenith Nantes Metropole - Nantes, France 07/01/11 Rock Werchter 2011 - Werchter, Belgium 07/03/11 Eurockéennes Festival - Belfort, France 07/08/11 T In The Park - Kinross, Scotland 07/09/11 Oxegen - Punchestown Racecourse, Ireland 07/11/11 Les Nuits De Fourvi?re - Lyon, France 07/14/11 Super Bock Super Rock Festival - Portugal 07/16/11 Benicassim Festival - Benicassim, Spain 07/17/11 Gurten Festival - Bern, Switzerland 07/29/11 Fuji Rock Festival - Naeba Ski Resort, Japan 07/30/11 Jisan Valley Rock Festival - Seoul, South Korea 08/01/11 The Palladium Ballroom - Dallas, TX 08/02/11 Stubbs - Austin, TX 08/03/11 House of Blues - Houston, TX 08/10/11 The Showbox - Seattle, WA 08/11/11 Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR 08/19/11 Lowlands Festival - Biddinghuizen, Netherlands 08/20/11 V Festival - Hylands Park - Chelmsford, UK 08/21/11 V Festival - Weston Park - UK 08/27/11 Rock En Seine - Domaine National, France 09/03/11 I-Day Festival - Bologna, Italy Alex Turner's Hairdos 2007 2009 2011 Read More Arctic Monkeys Well, the Arctic Monkeys are back and they are returning back to First Ave, and I'm certain it will probably sell out like the last time. If you don't like crowded hipster shows, best avoid this one, otherwise get your tickets before they sell out.

Quite an early, but sold-out, gig for Arctic Monkeys and The Vaccines at First Avenue, in Minneapolis, last night, May 28^th.

First of all, this is an excellent billing, unlike previous years of teaming up Arctic Monkeys with the all-girls pop group The Like, in 2009, and punk-ish Be Your Own Pet in 2007, Vaccines seems more garagey rock and in tune with what Arctic Monkeys are all about.

Just to give you a little background on The Vaccines, they're a fairly new band, having only formed last year. They signed to Columbia Records and released What Did You Expect from the Vaccines? in the UK in March (I was told by a fan at the show that their album isn't out in the US yet and they were going to pick up the album at the merch table). I did get a chance to listen to the album, which comes out May 31^st, and I really like how they sound like they're a band from the 60s, particularly how catchy "Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra)" and "A Lack Of Understanding" sounded on the album and live (so much I had to tweeted it).

They ended their set with their most energic song, "Nørgaard", something about "going steady", but since she's only seventeen, "she's probably not ready". It's a pretty fun, but short, song, but it definitely keeps the audience wanting more.

So, this was my third time seeing Arctic Monkeys, so it was nice to see the band grow from naive clean-cut youth, to shaggy-haired dude, to dome bowl hair. Performancewise, I noticed that Alex Turner is doing more on stage now - whether it's jumping on the drum stands, or talking a little more between songs.

He knows his audience, after the slowest song on their set, "Cornerstone", Turner said, "I know what you want to hear, you want to hear more like this--". He then started playing the intro to "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor".

As you can see from the setlist, they did some new songs from their forthcoming album, Suck It and See, which isn't out until June 7^th. Highlight from the set is their first-ever live performance of "All My Own Stunts". According to Turner, they've never played the song live before last night.

If you can see both bands on the bill, it's worth it, otherwise, the following are dates The Vaccines are scheduled to appear in the US.

5/29 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
5/31 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
6/2 Pomona, CA Fox Theatre
6/3 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium ** SOLD OUT
6/4 San Francisco, CA Mezzanine
6/5 San Francisco, CA The Clift
8/5 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza
8/6 Long Island, NY Escape to NY
8/10 Seattle, WA Showbox at the market
8/11 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
8/13 San Francisco, CA Outside lands
9/16 -9/18 Austin City Limits

THE VACCINES		ARCTIC MONKEYS

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