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London Calling: Placebo, Suede, Barbarossa, and Chapel Club

Read More Placebo I saw them twice that year, one has a headliner at 7th Street on April 1st, and again when they were supporting Placebo at First Avenue on May 2nd, 2001. .…

PLACEBO
placeboworld.co.uk

Placebo is back for their seventh studio albumLoud Like Love, coming out September 17th, 2013, via Universal Music. This coincide with their World tour (stay tuned for a tour announcement for the USA), which is kicking off in Poland.

The highly anticipated album will come in a variety of fan packages, including a 3D Lenticular Super Deluxe Box Set and Limited Edition Deluxe Digipack version.

EUROPEAN TOUR DATES - AUTUMN 2013

11/12/13 Torwar, Warsaw - Poland
11/13/13 Lucerna Music Bar, Prague - Czech Rep
11/15/13 Arena Leipzig, Leipzig – Germany
11/16/13 Lanxess Arena, Cologne – Germany
11/18/13 Hallenstadion Arena, Zurich – Switzerland
11/19/13 Olympiahalle, Munich – Germany
11/21/13 Stadthalle, Vienna – Austria
11/23/13 Unipol Arena, Bologna – Italy
11/24/13 Geneva Arena, Geneva – Switzerland
11/27/13 Festhalle, Frankfurt – Germany
11/28/13 O2 Arena Berlin, Berlin - Germany
11/30/13 Falconer Salen, Copenhagen – Denmark
12/01/13 Stora Arenan, Stockholm – Sweden
12/03/13 Sentrum Scene, Oslo – Norway
12/05/13 O2 World, Hamburg - Germany
12/07/13 Sportpalais, Antwerp – Belgium
12/08/13 Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam – Holland
12/10/13 Bercy, Paris – France
12/12/13 O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham
12/13/13 O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow
12/14/13 O2 Apollo, Manchester
12/16/13 O2 Academy Brixton, London

Read More Suede This is the true story of the cheesiest, starf***er rock event I've ever witness -- Suede at the San Francisco Fillmore (05 March 1995). I had a nice chat with bassist Mat Osman before soundcheck. .…

SUEDE
suede.co.uk

I'm sorry, but I will never refer to Suede as "The London Suede", which they are known in the U.S. It's nice to see that the band is doing well with their release of Bloodsports, out earlier in March 2013 on their own label.

As far as I know, many of Suede's UK shows have been selling out, so get your tickets early.

06/27/13 Copenhagen Tivoli Gardens Denmark
07/05-07/06 Barcelona Cruilla Barcelona Spain
08/03/13 Incheon Pentaport Festiva
08/23/13 London Kenwood House
08/24/13 Belfast Belsonic @ Custom House
10/07/13 Nagoya Diamond Hall Japan
10/09/13 Osaka Hatch Japan
10/10/13 Tokyo AX Japan
10/11/13 Tokyo AX Japan
10/22/13 Southampton, UK Southampton Guildhall
10/23/13 Southend-On-Sea, UK Cliffs Pavilion
10/24/13 Bristol, UK O2 Academy Bristol
10/26/13 Leeds, UK O2 Academy Leeds
10/27/13 Glasgow, UK Barrowland
10/28/13 Dublin, Ireland Olympia Theatre
10/30/13 Manchester, UK Manchester Academy
10/31/13 Birmingham, UK O2 Academy
11/01/13 Brussels Ancienne Belgique Belgium
11/02/13 Luxembourg den Atelier Luxembourg
11/04/13 Toulouse Bikini France
11/07/13 Lisbon Coliseum Portugal
11/08/13 Porto Coliseum Portugal
11/09/13 Madrid Riviera Spain
11/11/13 Festival Les Inrocks France
11/12/13 Lyon Transbordeu France
11/14/13 Bologna Estragon Italy
11/15/13 Vienna Gasometer Austria
11/16/13 Prague Lucerna Hall Czech Republic
11/18/13 Berlin Huxleys Germany
11/19/13 Munich Tonhalle Germany
11/21/13 Cologne E-Werk Germany
11/22/13 Rolling Stone Weekender Germany
11/23/13 Amsterdam Paradiso

Read More Barbarossa Barbarossa, aka London-based James Mathé, announced that he's just signed with Memphis Industries. His single, "The Load", will be coming out on April 8, 2013. .…

BARBAROSSA
barbarossamusic.com‎

Speaking of blood and London… Barbarossa (aka James Mathé) just kicked off their tour with Sweden's Junip last night in support of Bloodlines! In honor of the tour, Barbarossa released a Junip cover song, "Line of Fire", which you can hear now:



Tour dates below:

05/30 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour *#
05/31 Santa Cruz, CA - Rio Theatre *#
06/01 San Francisco, CA - Bimbos 365 Club *#
06/02 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *#
06/03 Bellingham, WA - Wild Buffalo *
06/04 Vancouver, BC - The Rio Theatre *#
06/05 Seattle, WA - Neumos *#
06/08 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center *
06/09 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall *
06/10 Toronto, ON - The Great Hall *
06/12 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall *^
06/13 New York, NY - Highline Ballroom *^
06/15 Washington DC - 9:30 Club *^
06/16 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer *^
06/20 New York, NY Mercury Lounge $
06/21 Brooklyn, NY Littlefield

* = w/ Junip
# = w/ ON AN ON
^ = w/ Quadron
$ = w/ Pacific Air

Read More Chapel Club I've already prepped you on Chapel Club's last night in the USA before heading back to the UK. And they went out with a bang, quite happy to see a huge audience attendance .…

CHAPEL CLUB
chapelclub.com

Surely you remember Chapel Club? We reported on the band's Minneapolis appearance.

The London five-piece is back with a new record called Good Together, coming out June 3rd. You can stream the entire album over at their website.

Check out one of their tracks, "Sleep Alone", now:



Yes, there will be touring….

06/03/13 Birmingham Temple
06/04/13 Glasgow Art School
06/05/13 Leeds Cockpit 2
06/06/13 Brighton The Haunt
06/11/13 London Cargo

Also, if you're doing the UK festivals this year, the band will also appear at Reading and Leeds.

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W♥M108: Coachella 2011

W♥M108 (30min: archive/podomatic/mypodcast)

Covering Coachella Music Festival 2011, in the comfort of his swimming pool, Brody gives us a play-by-play of what's going on.

It seems Coachella is streaming their shows live on youtube. Bands on the discussion block:

Best Coast: they've blown up. Loads of buzz behind this band.

Warpaint: Vu likes them

Robyn: hopefully will make it on a future DVD/Bluray release

Foster the People: Amazed why they're so popular, they're selling out all their upcoming shows and with only two EPs!

The Strokes: Still massive, apparently. Headliner and back together, better than ever according to Brody

Cage the Elephant: We like them. They're amazing live.

Suede: Please drop that London-thing

Chapel Club: $2 show

Kanye West: The "top secret" guest appearance at Coachella.

Song of the Podcast is The Jezabels' "Hurt Me"

Bonus: Brody's rant on The National live.

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Chapel Club at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (03/24/11)

Setlist from 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (03/24/11) Chapel Club: The Shore

I've already prepped you on Chapel Club's last night in the USA before heading back to the UK. And they went out with a bang, quite happy to see a huge audience attendance*.

Opening up for them were two local bands, The Sextons, who jokingly should've been called Sextons Club, on account that the other band on the bill was Hunting Club. The later band, I could have sworn I have seen them play elsewhere, but with a different lead singer.

Anyway, I didn't know much about Chapel Club, but seeing as it was an essentially free show, I thought I'd check them out. They did remind me of Joy Division, but to be fair, I'm not the only one that noticed this (although drummer Rich Mitchell said that they were going for a Mercury Rev-sort of sound).

Singer Lewis Bowman has a shaved head and it sort of remind me of the guy from Coldplay a bit. He also looked like he's been on the road for a long time, you know that worn/tired look - but despite all that, he was absolutely delighted to be on stage. He seems in really good spirit last night, drinking his gigantic bottle of Corona.

I wasn't too familiar with their songs, but I did thought that the third song, "Fine Light", was the best one. Also, as you can see from the setlist, they ended their show with "The Shore", a song that's available as a free download on their website.

Lewis Bowman from Chapel Club, at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (03/24/11)

* The show was only $2, so I reckon a lot of people came out last night when they would've have otherwise.

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This week's cheap shows

If you keep running into me at shows, it's because I've officially started going out at night (yes, the last of the snow went away yesterday!). Been having a blast running into other fellow concert-goers, so that's always a delight.

So just a quickie update, but these are some of the shows I'll be attending this week - along with their full tour schedule if they're on a national tour.

CHAPEL CLUB
www.chapelclub.com

If you have $18, go see Kaki King with Washington (just found put the show is cancelled due to illness). But if you're on the poorer side, for $2, it's a bit of a bargain to see Chapel Club at 7th Street Entry, TONIGHT.

Really such a bargain steal! This British alternative rock band is currently signed to Interscope Records, with a debut album called Palace that was just released in January.

I can't believe that this band sold-out venues in London, but only doing tiny gigs here for pennies. Unbelievable.

03/24/11 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis 04/01/11 Ancienne Belgique Brussels, Belgium 04/02/11 Rotown Rotterdam, GB Netherlands 04/04/11 59:1 Munich, Germany 04/05/11 Flex Vienna, Austria 04/07/11 Magnolia Milan, MI Italy 04/08/11 Moon Club Venice, Italy 04/09/11 Circolo degli Artisti Rome, Italy 04/11/11 Abart Zurich, Switzerland 04/12/11 Wekstatt Cologne, Germany 04/13/11 Lido Berlin, Germany 04/15/11 Strand Club Stockholm, Sweden		04/16/11 Blaa Oslo, Norway 04/18/11 Mejeriet Lund, Sweden 04/19/11 Logo Hamburg, Germany 04/20/11 Paradiso Amsterdam, Netherlands 04/21/11 Point FMR Paris, France 05/04/11 Teatro Lara Madrid, - Spain 05/05/11 Ollerias Cultural Theatre Malaga, - Spain 05/06/11 Festival Du Norte Pontevedra, - Spain 05/19/11 O2 Academy Brixton, London 05/20/11 O2 Academy Brixton, London 05/21/11 O2 Academy Brixton, London 10/18/11 O2 Shepherds Bush, London

GHOST TOWNS OF THE WEST
facebook.com/ghosttownsofthewest

This is on my to-do review pile, their debut self-titled EP, out on Chase Bliss Records. The EP features six songs produced by Ed Ackerson... and I don't need to give you the history lesson of how I saw Ackerson's band, Polara, in 1995 at the Whiskey a Go-Go in Los Angeles. So, yeah, they have a special place in my heart.

Ghost Towns of the West was recorded last December at Flowers Studio, and their CD release party is this Saturday, March 26^th at the Fine Line Cafe. Also on the bill is Sexy Delicious, Chiefs of the North, and Red Daughters. All for $6! Cheap!

03/26/11 Fine Line Cafe, Minneapolis, MN

BRASS BED
myspace.com/brassbed

This was a bit of a surprise, because Brass Bed and Poison Control Center are both stopping by Minneapolis at the Honey venue. I've never been there before, but I was told by fellow concert-goers that it used to be called "The Times". I also couldn't find out what the cover charges were, their website is a bit cryptic. I'm assuming it's less than $6, plus their food menu looks cheap too.

What's funny to note is that I've interviewed both bands: W♥M026: Soft Targets, Brass Bed, and France Gall and W♥M079: The Poison Control Center, so I'm looking forward to seeing them.

I am assuming most of Brass Bed's new live material will be off of their new record, Melt White, out now on Park The Van Records.

Upcoming performances:

03.24.11 - Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar 03.25.11 - Des Moines, IA @ Drake Univeristy 03.26.11 - Omaha, NE @ O'Leaver's Pub 03.27.11 - Sioux Falls, SD @ Phoenix Lounge 03.28.11 - Aberdeen, SD @ Red Rooster 03.29.11 - Minneapolis, MN @ Honey 03.30.11 - Rock Island, IL @ Daytrotter 03.31.11 - Dubuque, IA @ the Lift 04.01.11 - Iowa City, IA @ Mission Creek Festival		04.02.11 - Iowa City, IA @ Mission Creek Festival 04.03.11 - Madison, WI @ The Frequency 04.04.11 - Chicago, IL @ Pancho's 04.05.11 - Bloomington, IN @ the Bishop 04.06.11 - Champaign, IL @ Mike 'n Molly's 04.07.11 - St. Louis, MO @ Firebird 04.08.11 - Memphis, TN @ Young Ave Deli 04.29.11 - Lafayette, LA @ Festival International 04.29.11 - Lafayette, LA @ Artmosphere

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