Spring Tour 2011, Part 2

This is part two of the Spring Tour entries. Please see part one.

Wire: Two Minutes

WIRE
www.pinkflag.com

In my review for Object 47, I said that they were "still amazing after all these years" and that they basically haven't changed their sound - which is a good thing. It looks like they have a new album called Red Bark Tree, which just came out on January 2011. I don't have the album, but I reckon it will sound pretty much like what Wire sounds like. A free download of "Two Minutes" is available via Pitchfork.

Be on the lookout for the band to appear on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on April 5^th, which should boost interests in the band as they tour through the US:

April 01 - Toronto, Canada @ Lee's Palace
April 02 - Montreal, Canada @ Le Cabaret du Mile End,
April 03 - Boston, MA @ Middle East
April 05 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
April 06 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
April 07 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat
April 08 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk
April 09 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
April 10 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
April 12 - Portland, OR @ Dante's
April 13 - Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s
April 14 - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
April 16 - Indio, CA @ Coachella Festival
April 17 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s

JUNIP
www.junip.net

You know I like all Swedish bands, so this band, Junip, came up on my radar. You can preview one of their track, "Näckrosdammen" at Mute Record's Soundcloud. Interestingly enough, it's from their EP, In Every Direction and not from their album, Fields.

The EP was released February 22^nd, and includes remixes by Dale Earnhardt JR JR and White Sea (Morgan Kibby of M83), plus new b-sides:

Track Listing:

01 In Every Direction
02 In Every Direction (Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Remix)
03 In Every Direction (White Sea Remix)
04 Näckrosdammen
05 Pling
06 White Rain

Full tour dates below:

3.14 - Mexico City – FMX Festival De Mexico 4.20 – Toronto, ON - Lees Palace 4.21 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop 4.22 – Ann Arbor, MI – The Blind Pig 4.23 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle 4.24 – Evanston, IL – SPACE 4.25 – Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center 4.28 – Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge 4.29 – Salt Lake City, UT – The State Room 5.1 – Spokane, WA – The Empyrean 5.2 – Seattle, WA – Neumos 5.3 – Vancouver, BC – The Rio Theatre 5.4 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom 5.6 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre 5.7 – Costa Mesa, CA – Detroit Bar		5.8 – Tucson, AZ – Plush 5.10 – Austin, TX – The Mohawk 5.11 – Houston, TX – Mink 5.12 – New Orleans, LA – Republic 5.14 – Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall 5.15 – Columbus, OH – Wexner Center 5.16 – Asheville, NC – Orange Peel 5.17 – Carrboro, NC – Cats Cradle 5.18 – Philadelphia, PA – World Café 5.19 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom 5.20 – Wilmington, DE – World Café Live 5.21 – Burlington, VT – HG Showcase Lounge 5.22 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall 6.12 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Music Festival

John Brodeur: Masterpiece

JOHN BRODEUR
www.johnbrodeur.com

John Brodeur is kicking off a huge tour in 2011 in support of his album, Tiger Pop Ten, a double-disc album that will be released April 5^th, although I'm almost certain you can get the album at one of his upcoming shows. As I understand it, the original album, Tiger Pop was entirely done as a one-man-band sort of thing and was released in 2001. This new version is entirely re-done with a rhytm section, with the help of his other band, The Suggestions.

"Keith (Hosmer, Bass) and Jay (Schultz, Drums) and I would often kid around about re-recording Tiger Poo. Having a rhythm section behind the tunes gave them a new life. Some grooved differently, while others sounded like entirely different songs. To cut a new version of the record would have been cost-prohibitive but it was an attractive idea—it certainly appealed to the part of me that doesn’t know how to settle on ‘finished.’"

- John Brodeur

Below is the entire tour schedule:

03/11 Columbia, SC @ The White Mule 8:00PM 03/12 Atlanta, GA @ The Music Room 03/13 Nashville, TN @ Listening Room 6:00PM 03/14 Memphis, TN @ Republic Coffee 03/15 Shreveport, LA @ Naked Bean 6:00PM 03/16 Austin, TX @ Caritas of Austin SXSW 03/16 Austin, TX @ Bayou Lounge SXSW 03/17 Taylor, TX @ Armadillo Fest SXSW 03/18 Austin, TX @ Flipnotics Coffeespace SXSW 03/19 Austin, TX @ Indie Inc. SXSW 2011, 2PM 03/19 Austin, TX @ The Dizzy Rooster SXSW 03/19 Austin, TX @ Uncorked Wine Bar SXSW 03/20 Houston, TX @ SuperHappyFunLand SXSW 03/21 Dallas, TX @ Opening Bell Coffee 03/22 Amarillo, TX @ The 806 03/23 Albuquerque, NM @ Blackbird Buvette 03/25 Las Vegas, NV @ The Beat Coffeehouse 03/24 Flagstaff, AZ @ Campus Coffee Bean 6PM 03/25 Las Vegas, NV @ The Beat Coffeehouse 03/27 San Diego, CA @ Lestat’s 9:00PM 03/29 Venice, CA @ The Talking Stick 8:30PM 03/30 Santa Monica, CA @ The Trip 9:00PM 03/31 Claremont, CA @ Motley Coffee		04/03 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar 04/04 Los Angeles, CA @ Hotel Cafe 04/06 San Luis Obispo, CA @ Linnaea’s Café 04/07 Soquel, CA @ The Ugly Mug 04/08 San Francisco, CA @ Brainwash 04/09 Redding, CA @ Vintage Wine Bar 04/10 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre 04/11 Tacoma, WA @ Mandolin Café 04/12 Seattle, WA @ High Dive 04/13 Spokane, WA @ The Chill Spot 04/14 Boise, ID @ Liquid 04/15 Salt Lake City, UT @ Alchemy Coffee 04/16 Denver, CO @ Mercury Café 04/17 Boulder, CO @ Laughing Goat 04/18 Omaha, NE @ Side Door 04/19 Minneapolis, MN @ Cause 04/21 Milwaukee, WI @ Mad Planet 04/22 Chicago, IL @ The Elbo Room 04/24 Cincinnati, OH @ Sitwell's Coffee House 04/25 Columbus, OH @ Bethel Road Pub 04/26 Pittsburgh, PA @ Brillobox 05/13 New York, NY @ The Living Room 05/21 Schenectady, NY @ The Eighth Step

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