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Hungry Kids of Hungary - Escapades (full album stream... ooh!)

So..... due to be released today (October 1st) in Australia, Hungry Kids of Hungary's debut album, Escapades. Check out the full stream of the album to get you all excited.

 

Enjoy!

 

Sally

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What's in a name?

Arrington de Dionyso: Aku di Penjara

Theme: strange names for bands.

ARRINGTON DE DIONYSO'S MALAIKAT DAN SINGA
When I wrote the review for Arrington de Dionyso, I called it the most interesting record on my playlist, and it's true, I didn't know any "white" guy (he looks white, at least) singing songs in Indonesian. While most people might dismiss this as a joke/novelty, I feel this isn't the case with Arrington de Dionyso. I believe he's serious about his music, as much as he's serious about his paintings (of often strange beasts and nude women).

If you signed up for the K Zip Pak, you were treated to four songs (plus new artwork) from his upcoming album, Suara Naga. What I instantly liked about the preview track, "Aku di Penjara" is the girl singing in the background, while a devish-sounding Arrington sing in the foreground.

Besides from Suara Naga, Arrington de Dionyso is also reported to be working with documentary filmmaker Elisa Da Prato on two projects. Plus on top of that, he's on tour. Busy, busy guy. Sorry, I missed him when he came through town, but you know how it is having so little time... Since I don't want you to miss him, I'm including the rest of his tour dates here:

9/30/10 Montreal, Quebec @ Cabaret du Mile End w/ Shonen Knife 10/2/10 Toronto @ Silver Dollar 10/3/10 Buffalo, NY @ Soundlab/Big Orbit Gallery 10/4/10 Columbus, OH @ Bourbon St 10/5/10 Cincinnati, OH @ Mayday 10/6/10 Chattanooga, TN @ Discoteca 10/7/10 Tallahassee, FL at The Farside 10/8/10 Lafayette, LA @ Frankie Burger

10/9/10 TBA 10/10/10 Austin, TX @ Beerland 10/13/10 Phoenix, AZ @ Trunk Space 10/14/10 San Diego, CA @ Bar Pink Elephant 10/15/10 Los Angeles, CA @ The Smell 10/16/10 Sacramento, CA @ The Hub 10/17 San Francisco, CA @ Hotel Utah 10/22/10 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios with Scout Niblett

LOS CAMPESINOS!
Let me get this straight: this is a Welsh band with a Spanish name. What's even stranger is that the name translate to The Farmers.

Los Campesinos! have a new four-track EP called All's Well That Ends and features reworked version of songs from their Romance is Boring album.

I am happy to report that we'll be covering them for their New York appearance. Their October tour dates as follows:

10/08/10 – Toronto, ON @ Wrongbar
10/09/10 – Laval, PQ @ Maison des Arts de Laval
10/10/10 – South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
10/12/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
10/13/10 – New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place
10/15/10 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
10/16/10 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
10/17/10 – Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live
10/18/10 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
10/20/10 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
10/22/10 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre
10/23/10 – Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa
10/24/10 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
10/26/10 – St. Louis, MO @ Firebird

LAZERBEAK and DOOMTREE
I believe Lazerbeak may have stolen his name from Transformers. You know, Laserbeak, the robot bird that turns into a cassette. You know what cassettes are, don't you?

It doesn't matter, what you should know is that he and Doomtree are from Minneapolis. The city's really blowing up with indie hip-hip music, leading the way are Atmosphere and Doomtree. While this type of music isn't my cup of tea, I can tell you that I've attended a few Rhymesayers shows and they are astounding because their fans really get into it.

It doesn't look like Doomtree are playing Minneapolis with their "Wings & Teeth Tour", but I suspect we'll see them play here soon enough.

Doomtree Wings & Teeth Tour Dates (featuring the entire Doomtree Crew!):

11/01: Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot 11/02: Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room 11/04: Colorado Springs, CO @ Black Sheep 11/05: Denver, CO @ The Marquis Theatre 11/06: Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court 11/06: Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge 11/07: Missoula, MT @ The Palace 11/08: Seattle, WA @ Neumo's 11/09: Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret 11/10: Portland, OR @ Berbati's Pan 11/11: Reno, NV @ Tonic Lounge 11/12: San Francisco, CA @ Slim's 11/13: Los Angeles, CA @ Roxy Theatre 11/16: Austin, TX @ Red 7 11/17: Denton, TX @ Hailey's 11/18: Shreveport, LA @ The Collective

11/19: New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina's 11/20: Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade 11/21: Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 11/22: Virginia Beach, VA @ Shakas 11/23: Washington, DC @ DC9 11/24: Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church 11/26: Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory 11/27: Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs 11/28: Portland, ME @ Space 11/30: Montreal, QC @ Il Motore 12/01: Toronto, ON @ Sneaky Dee's 12/02: Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room at Crofoot Ballroom 12/03: Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge 12/04: Grinnell, IA @ Gardner Lounge - Grinnell College 12/05: Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon

(Check out video after the break)

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The Lucksmiths: Get-to-Bed Birds

The Lucksmiths: Get-to-bed Birds

So act surprised, it's been a while since The Lucksmiths came calling.

Despite breaking up, The Lucksmiths has a special 7" called Get-to-Bed Birds, out soon on Lost And Lonesome and Matinée Recordings.

Strictly limited to 1,000 hand-numbered copies, so it will sell out quickly at $5 a pop. I suggest you pre-order it to secure a copy for shipment on October 29^th.

Songwriter Marty Donald described "Get-to-Bed Birds" as, ironically, the last song he wrote for The Lucksmiths. The song paints a picture of New Year's Day, and stumbling around through the suburbs in the new day. Hardcore fans would probably have a copy of this song from the The Matinée Grand Prix compilation.

The 7" is backed by "The World of Professional Golf 1994", described as their "contribution to the fourth issue of The Lifted Brow, a Melbourne-based literary journal."

Free download of "Get-to-Bed Birds" at Lost & Lonesome.

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The Crocketts - Will You Still Care

Dedicated to weheartmusic.vox.com, long loved, but by the time you read this no doubt also dead and crumpled. And will you care? No, no, no, no...

- Christillcares.

BJ Block & Dawn Pemberton: The Land of Make Believe

BJ Block & Dawn Pemberton: You Happy?

The followup to BJ Block’s debut album, Glitterball, was released yesterday, September 27th.  Joined by Soul Syndicate frontwoman Dawn Pemberton, the album is called The Land of Make Believe.

If you followed my previous review, you’ll remember that I noted BJ Block has a distinctly jazzy sound; in this collaboration with Pemberton providing vocals, the music takes funky and soulful overtones.  It is decidedly more upbeat than Glitterball and in my opinion, it has the potential to reach a much broader audience.

The biography I received seemed to highlight why I think this music will stand out in the independent music scene.  It was pointed out that the tunes debuted in a gritty east side Vancouver (B.C.) club that was much more accustomed to hard rock than soul.  After an opening show by the Soul Syndicate. “Let It Be” and “Turn It Around” were performed during a sound check, thereafter drawing enthusiastic applause.

The concept of the album is a “children’s album for grownups”, addressing adult challenges through the eyes of a child.  I am including the track “You Happy?”, which features sound samples of a little boy.  As with Glitterball, this new album is featured at CD Baby (incidentally, the page for Glitterball uses my review here at W♥M).  The Land of Make Believe can also be purchased through iTunes and Amazon.com.

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Those Darlins at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (9/26/10)

Those Darlins: Night Jogger          Read More Those Darlins "Those Darlins are the greatest thing since, like, I don't know what. Holy crap! I love 'em!"

Those Darlins came to town, and doing the things they do best: singin', drinkin', swearin', and havin' a good great time.

Warming up the audience was Henry Wagons, of Wagons, he was a delight to listen and watch. He's from Melbourne, but apparently was heavily influenced by American Country music (of the Kenny Rogers and Willie Nelson variety). He spoke after each and every song, which I did not mind because they're all pretty hilarious, what he has to say. I think Wagons would make a better comedian than a country singer, I don't know what that says about his singing career, but he definitely is an entertainer.

Turbo Fruits were four young lads, who were loud rock music, sometime even punkish sounding. This actually doesn't surprise me, because I've previously seen the band in their earlier incarnation as Be Your Own Pet (who actually deeply impressed me more than Arctic Monkeys). One thing I'd like to mention is that I could not, for the life of me, understand a single word singer Jonas Stein said. It would be "mummblbe mumbble whiskey mumthankee". Thankfully someone else understood him, and bought them a round of whiskey.

Those Darlins came on stage about eleven, and by this time, the small 7^th Street started filling up. I saw a lot of familiar faces, but some new ones as well. I'm assuming the new faces were there to see what all the buzz was about, especially since the band got a nice brief writeup in the Star Tribune newspaper.

I should also point out that the band now has an extra guitar player called Shane Spresser, who was there to fill in for Nikki's arm. I did get a chance to look at her arm, they cut a straight line along the center to draft the metal pins, as seen on the cover of Night Jogger 7", which incidentally I picked up at the show for $5.

Anyway, the first set was mostly new songs. Fortunately, they played "Cannonball Blues", in the middle of the solid eight new songs. So it's understandable that the audience was still trying to follow the songs. Of the new songs, I was keen on "Hives".

The old fans started warmed up to the second set, when the familiar songs started trickling in. It started with "Wild One", and it just build and build from there.

Big crowd pleasers were "The Whole Damn Thing" aka "The Chicken Song" (which, incidentally, was not on the setlist) and "Red Light Love". Officially, the setlist ended with "Night Jogger", which sounds awesome live, as expected. But the fun didn't end there. The band didn't even do that fake "leave and come back for the encore" thing, they just kept playing.

From what I can remember, the encores were "Funstix Party" and their signature outro song, "Shakin' All Over".

So fun, see you next time gals.

(Video of "Night Jogger" live at 7th Street appears after the break.)

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JAZZ NOTE # 8 PAY TRIBUTE

Allen Toussaint: St. James Infirmary

Allen Toussaint is one of those musicians you may have never heard of but you know his work.   His collaborations run from Patti LaBelle and Otis Redding to The O’Jays and The Rolling Stones.  He wrote the Grammy nominated song, “Southern Lights”, famously sung by country singer, Glen Campbell.  Recently he did an album with Elvis Costello and even appeared with Cyndi Lauper on David Letterman.  Songwriter, producer, musician, there isn’t a facet or genre Toussaint hasn’t touched in his forty years in the business, but what drew my attention was an album he released a couple years ago, “The Bright Mississippi.”

Even though the name references the next door neighbor, Toussaint pays tribute to the musicians of New Orleans like Jelly Roll Morton, Sydney Bechet, King Oliver and the other king, Louis Armstrong.  The songs may have been played a thousand times by many others, but Toussaint somehow, “…has transfixed himself on an old and yellowing map and by doing so conjured it to be a living, changing landscape.”  So says Joe Henry in the liner notes.

If you don’t know much about jazz, I can think of no better introduction.  I especially like Toussaint’s interpretation of “St. James Infirmary”, a traditional dirge of a funeral march, but he picks a pace between a skip and a strut.  If he’s off to a funeral, he’s promising a good time.  What more can you say about New Orleans?  

Dave

Live: Those Darlins at 7th Street

 

Struggling to remember the last night of September

BNLX: Blue and Gold                      Discography [Mar 2010] EP #1 [Jun 2010] EP #2 [Sep 2010] EP #3

What's going on this week in Minneapolis:

TONIGHT - 9/25
I like what Susstones Records is doing with their series of EPs from BNLX. Each release is hand-assembled with extras like pins and stickers, all for under three bucks, so it's cheap enough for you to take a chance on. And speaking of affordable, their shows are usually packed full of bands, with that affordable pricing ($5).

Tonight, they're playing a show at The 501 Club, with Red Pens and Blue Sky Blackout. Doors at 9pm, which means you probably won't get home until 2am.

Also, they're scheduled to appear at the Sauce on 10/16/10, but there was a already another restaurant named Sauce and they had to change to their name. They're now called Cause.

SUNDAY - 9/26
Those Darlins are back at 7^th Street Entry. I've already mentioned them quite a few times, so see previous articles. Can't wait!

MONDAY - 9/27
Canadian band, Caribou returns to the States with Swim, they're playing here in Minneapolis on Monday. Here's there North American dates:

Sep 26 Chicago IL – Metro* Sep 27 Minneapolis MN – First Avenue* Sep 28 Winnipeg MB – West End Cultural Center* Sep 29 Saskatoon SK – Amigos* Sep 30 Edmonton AB – Starlite* Oct 01 Calgary AB – Republik* Oct 03 Vancouver BC – Vogue* Oct 04 Seattle WA – Showbox* Oct 05 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom * Oct 06 San Francisco CA – Regency* Oct 07 Los Angeles CA – Dance Right @ La Cita Oct 08 Los Angeles CA – Music Box* Oct 09 Tempe AZ – The Clubhouse Oct 11 Salt Lake City UT – Urban Lounge Oct 12 Boulder CO – Fox Theatre*

Oct 14 Austin TX – La Zona Rosa Oct 15 Baton Rouge LA – Spanish Moon Oct 16 Tallahassee FL – Engine Room Oct 17 Tampa FL – Crowbar Oct 18 Orlando FL – Backbooth Oct 19 Miami FL – Grand Central Oct 21 Guanajuanto, Mexico – Mutek/Cervantino Festival Oct 23 Santiago, Chile – Festival Fauna Primavera Oct 27 Sao Paulo, BR – Clash Club Oct 28 Bogota, Colombia – Downtown Oct 30 Asheville NC – Moog Festival Oct 31 Chapel Hill NC – Cat’s Cradle* ^With Russian Futurists *With Emeralds

TUESDAY - 9/28
Remember Papa Roach ? Of course you do. They have a new album called Time For Annihilation, released at the end of August. The album debut at #1 on the Independent charts and #23 on the Top 200, so quite a few people still remember this hard rock band.

Papa Roach and Trap are playing at The Epic in Minneapolis as part of the "Monsters of Annihilation" tour.

09/25 Fontana, CA Epicenter 09/28 Minneapolis, MN The Epic 09/29 Southbend, IN Club Fever 10/01 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues* 10/02 Tampa, FL Jannus Live 10/03 Mobile, AL Bayfest 10/05 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live* 10/06 Wallingford, CT The Dome* 10/08 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights* 10/09 Atlantic City, NJ House of Blues 10/10 Worcester, MA Palladium*

10/12 Rochester, NY The Main Street Armory* 10/13 Toledo, OH John F. Savage Hall* 10/14 Moline, IL iWireless Center* 10/16 Waterloo, IA McElroy Auditorium * 10/17 Kansas City, MO The Midland * 10/19 St. Louis, MO Pageant* 10/20 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom * 10/23 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion *with Skillet

Check out the latest single and video for "Kick In The Teeth":



WEDNESDAY - 9/29
I like their name, Beats Antique, it reminds me of folktronic, which is basically new (electronic) vs old (folk). I believe that's exactly what Beats Antique is trying to achieve with their band.

In just three years, they've released two albums (with a third one coming out soon) and two EPs. Look for these releases when you see them live:

Sept. 28th – The Aquarium – Fargo, ND Sept. 29th – The Loft at Barfly – Minneapolis, MN Sept. 30th – Majestic Live – Madison, WI Oct. 1 – Miramar Theatre – Milwaukee, WI Oct. 2 – Abbey Pub – Chicago, IL Oct. 3 – The Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI Oct. 6 – The Republic – New Orleans, LA Oct. 9 – Austin City Limits – Austin, TX Oct. 9 – Momo’s Club – Austin, TX Oct. 11 – Alabama Music Box – Mobile, AL Oct. 12 – Zydeco – Birmingham, AL Oct. 13 – Exit/In – Nashville, TN Oct. 14 – Orange Peel – Asheville, NC Oct. 15 – The Pour House – Charleston, SC Oct. 16 – New Earth Music Hall – Athens, GA Oct. 17 – Masquerade – Atlanta, GA Oct. 20 – Awful Arthur’s – Blacksburg, VA

Oct. 21 – BX10 – Baltimore, MD Oct. 22 – Harper’s Ferry – Allston, MA Oct. 23 – Pearl Street – Northampton, MA Oct. 24 – Higher Ground – South Burlington, VT Oct. 28 – The Underground – Reno, NV Oct. 29 – Blu Nightclub – Stateline, NV Oct. 30 – Music Box – Los Angeles, CA Nov. 4 – Hat Factory – Richmond, VA* Nov. 5 – Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA* Nov. 6 – Terminal 5 – New York, NY* Nov. 10 – Spirit Bar – Nelson, BC* Nov. 11 – The Biltmore Cabaret – Vancouver, BC* Nov. 12 – The Pawn Shop – Edmonton, AB* Nov. 13 – Royal Canadian Legion – Calgary, AB* Nov. 14 – The Pyramid Cabaret – Winnipeg, MB* * DJ Set

Mountain Lungs               Discography [2008] Unicycle Loves You [2010] Mirror, Mirror

THURSDAY - 9/30
Unicycle Loves You are from Chicago, so they seem to come up to Minneapolis quite a bit. According to what I've read, their second album, Mirror, Mirror, is heavily influenced by cult horror and sci-fi films.

Although the band have shared the stages with such great acts like The Raveonettes and Art Brut, expect their status to go way up after they play with Weezer tonight!

09/25/10 Peoria, IL Bradley University Arena w/ Weezer
09/28/10 Iowa City, IA The Mill w/ The Wheelers
09/29/10 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Club
09/30/10 St. Paul. MN Station 4
10/01/10 De Pere. WI Baba Louie's
10/02/10 St. Paul, MN University of St. Thomas Student only
10/05/10 Indianapolis, IN Vollrath Tavern
10/06/10 DeKalb, IL The House Cafe w/ Elephant Gun
10/07/10 Champaign, IL Mike & Molly's
10/08/10 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
10/09/10 St. Louis, MO Lemmon's
10/11/10 Louisville, KY The Louisville Palace
10/13/10 Indianapolis, IN The Murat Theater
10/20/10 Brooklyn, NY Spike Hill CMJ Music Marathon

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