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W♥M143: An Education

W♥M143 (40 mins)

Lara returns to W♥M Radio to talk about her education:

• Amoeba Records and Rasputin Music rival music stores on Telegraph in Berkeley.
• Lara is a big fan of the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transport), trip to San Francisco and Oakland.
• London 2012 Opening and Closing Olympic Ceremonies, directed by Danny Boyle: Spice Girls reunited, Beady Eye doing an Oasis' "Wonderwall."
• Gotye and Jonti at the US Bank Theater in Target Center.
• Hopscotch Music Festival 2012 in North Carolina this September 6-8, 2012. Jesus and Mary Chain as one of the headlining band.
• Orca Team album review
• Song of the show is Duffy & Bernard Butler (from Suede!) "Smoke Without Fire," from the "An Education" motion picture soundtrack.

BONUS: Gogol Bordello, The Hives vs The Vines, Asian and White Robin, Elvis Costello, and Lush's "Ex."

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Twists and Twirls

JONTI
facebook.com/jontidanimals

A year ago, if you were to mention Gotye in the USA, no one would know who that was. He got a massive, massive hit with "Somebody That I Used to Know" (which hit #1 on the Billboard charts.) Anyway, Gotye has asked Jonti to come out on tour with him in August. How lucky!

Jonti added, "I will be embarking on an amazing journey with Gotye and his crew across the US and Europe. To see all those city name's and venues like Radio City and Greek Theatre is a little scary, but way more exciting. I'm really looking forward to the tour at the moment!"

He starts the tour next week, August 22nd. If everything works out, I'll be seeing Jonti at Minneapolis' US Bank Theater (across the street from First Avenue). I'll expect to hear music from Jonti's albums, Twirligig and Sine & Moon. Also check out his mixtape for Under the Radar magazine.

08/22 Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheater ^& 08/24 Chicago, IL - Charter One Pavilion ^& 08/25 Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theater ^& 08/26 Minneapolis, MN - US Bank Theater^& 08/28 Edmonton, AB - Shaw Conference ^~ 08/29 Calgary, AB - Stampede Corral ^~ 08/31 Vancouver, BC - Deer Lake Park ^~ 09/02 Portland, OR - Edgefield Amphitheater ^~ 09/04 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre ^~ 09/07 Las Vegas, NV - House Of Blues ^~ 09/08 S Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl ^~ 09/09 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre Berkeley ^~ 09/22 Boston, MA - Bank Of America Pavilion ^& 09/25 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall ^& 09/26 Montville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena ^& 09/29 Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center ^& 09/30 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pav^& 10/01 Raleigh, NC - Raleigh Amphitheater ^& 10/03 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium ^& 10/04 Tuscaloosa, AL - Tuscaloosa Amph^& 10/05 Atlanta, GA - Chastain Park Amph^& 10/07 Miami, FL - Klipsch Ampitheater ^! 10/08 Orlando, FL - House of Blues Orlando ^!

10/10 New Orleans, LA - Lakefront Arena ^! 10/11 Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell^! 10/12 Dallas, TX - Verzion Theatre ^@ 10/30 Dusseldorf, Germany Mitsubishi Arena ^ 10/31 Paris, France Zenith ^ 11/01 Antwerp, Belgium Sportpalais^ 11/03 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Rockhal ^ 11/05 Warsaw, Poland Torwar ^ 11/08 Frankfurt, Germany Jahrhunderthalle ^ 11/09 Munich, Germany Zenith ^ 11/10 Amsterdam, Holland Heineken Music^ 11/12 London, UK Hammersmith Apollo ^ 11/15 Manchester, UK Apollo Fri ^ 11/17 Lisbon, Portugal Campo Pequeno ^ 11/19 Berlin, Germany Columbiahalle Arena ^ 11/21 Copenhagen, Denmark Falconer Hall ^ ^ = w/ Gotye ~ = w/ Chairlift & = w/ Missy Higgins ! = w/ GIVERS @ = w/ Kimbra

STRUNG OUT
strungout.com

Who can believe that this legendary punk band is still around? I remember playing their songs when I was a radio DJ at KFSR 90.7 FM. For a time in the 90s, South-Cal punk was the thing. Of course, we also had ska, but you never really hear ska bands in the news (well, okay, I know Mighty Mighty Bosstones are on tour.)

Anyroad, Strung Out just played at the Triple Rock in Minneapolis, and they're still on the long "Twisted In A Suburban Wasteland" tour for North America. What makes this tour cool is that they're doing every songs from two albums, Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues and Twisted By Design.

Why are they doing this? Singer Jason Cruz answered, "It feels right to do one last retrospective before we head into the making of another album. I think people will really enjoy these older songs played back to back."

Most of these dates are with Such Gold, who I previously mentioned.

Aug 16 Ogden Theatre Denver, CO Aug 17 Bar Deluxe Salt Lake City, UT Aug 18 The Alley Sparks, NV Aug 19 Ace of Spades Sacramento, CA Sep 05 Nile Theater Mesa, AZ Sep 07 White Rabbit San Antonio, TX Sep 08 Red Seven Austin, TX Sep 09 House of Rock Corpus Christi, TX Sep 11 Vinyl Music Hall Pensacola, FL Sep 12 Double Down Live Gainesville, FL Sep 13 The State Theatre St. Petersburg, FL Sep 14 Churchill’s Pub Miami, FL Sep 15 The Social Orlando, FL Sep 16 Freebird Café Jacksonville, FL Sep 18 The Masquerade Atlanta, GA

Sep 21 Firebird St. Louis, MO Sep 22 The Conservatory Oklahoma City, OK Sep 23 Trees Dallas, TX Sep 25 Launchpad Albuquerque, NM Sep 26 Orpheum Theatre Flagstaff, AZ Sep 27 Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV Sep 28 House of Blues San Diego, CA Sep 29 House of Blues West Hollywood, CA Sep 30 Velvet Jones Santa Barbara, CA Oct 02 B Ryders Bakersfield, CA Oct 03 Slim’s San Francisco, CA Oct 04 Atrium at The Catalyst Santa Cruz, CA Oct 05 House of Blues Anaheim, CA

 

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W♥M123: NME vs Brit Awards

W♥M123 (27 mins) Download: W♥M123 Read More San Cisco These guys just graduated high school, but already going to play at the big Aussie festivals like Big Day Out and Laneway, so youth is still on their side.

If you were wondering about the 3-2-1 Contact theme song, it's because the podcast is #123. I've love that PBS show.

So, Sally stopped by to discuss the music topics of the day.

J Mascis at the Sydney Festival.

Gotye. "Somebody I Used To Know" hottest song at the moment.

NME Awards 2012

Brit Awards 2012

Bands on our short list: Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Adele, Noel Gallagher.

Lana Del Rey canceled her Australian tour due to American backlash!

Band of the show is San Cisco, a band that we've both mentioned before. Their EP, Awkward was just released in America on February 7th, 2012, via Island City Records/MGM. The single is quite catchy with its boy-girl conversation-lyrics.

They are currently touring with The Jungle Giants throughout Australia:

THU 16 FEB Byron Bay Brewery (Buddha Bar)
FRI 17 FEB Alhambra Lounge Brisbane
SAT 18 FEB Spectrum Sydney
SUN 19 FEB Great Northern Newcastle
FRI 24 FEB* Fremantle Arts Centre

*without The Jungle Giants

BONUS: The Holy Soul will be playing on Sunday, February 12th, at Town And Country Hotel in Sydney.

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The internet killed the video star

I don't really post a lot of youtube videos here because personally I think youtube's interface is ugly. Too ugly to live! Yes, I have a personal goofy youtube account, but I left the service when the copyright police came in and took down some videos because I used their songs in the background.

Still, youtube is the place to be, especially when it comes to viewing videos on the internet. I just wish they'd update their interface, something smooth, like vimeo.

Anyroad, here are some videos in my inbox.

GOTYE
gotye.com

This was brought to my attention recently, but the newspaper Wall Street Journal has a YouTube channel featuring a show called "Off Duty" which focuses on lifestyle, entertainment, fashion, and music - which is really odd because when you think of WSJ, you think "business", "stocks", and "boring".

I am told that the show just started last week, so it should be interesting to see where it goes. Looking over their 40+ videos so far, I can say that some of these things don't really belong (in my opinion). Like, perhaps there should be subcategories for music, cars, cooking, etc., because I can tell you right now that personally, I wouldn't be interested in subscribing to a channel and getting car tech.

Anyway, the music-related episode that I saw is an interview with Australia's Gotye, who had a big hit with his "naked" music video for "Somebody That I Used To Know". The video, featuring Kimbra, clocked in at an astonishing 66 million views!! Holy cow!

Their press people sent out his American tour dates with "Sold Out" listed on all the dates. Not sure what is the point in posting these dates, but just in case there are some "door tickets" left, see below:

North American Tour Dates:

March 22 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club (SOLD OUT)* March 23 Philadelphia, PA @ TLA (SOLD OUT)* March 25 New York, NY @ Terminal 5 March 27 New York, NY @ Webster Hall (SOLD OUT)* March 29 Boston, MA @ House of Blues* March 30 Montreal, QB @ Corona Theatre* March 31 Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus (SOLD OUT)* April 2 Eastern Michigan Uni @ Pease Auditorium* April 3 Chicago, IL @ Park West (SOLD OUT)*

April 4 Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity (SOLD OUT)* April 6 Denver, CO @ Odgen Theatre (SOLD OUT)* April 8 Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre (SOLD OUT)* April 10 Seattle @ Neptune (SOLD OUT)* April 11 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom (SOLD OUT)* April 12 San Fran, CA @ Independent (SOLD OUT)* April 15 Indigo, CA @ Coachella (SOLD OUT) April 22 Indigo, CA @ Coachella (SOLD OUT) *Kimbra supporting

THE DARCYS
thedarcys.ca

Toronto art-rock, The Darcys, just released Aja, their second release in a triology. What's cool for cover lovers is that it's basically the entire Steely Dan's 1977 Aja album, reinterpretated. You can grab The Darcys' version for free on their website. If you really love it, look for a limited edition 180-gram colored vinyl from GalleryAC.com.

Their latest music video is for "Josie", a black and white video featuring a cast of lovely women: Ali, Anne, Annie, Charlotte, Claire, Chelsea, Coral, Elyse, Gill, Laura, Leah, Lisa, Liza, Madison, Molly, Raina, Rebecca, and Sophie. You know what's missing from that list? A Josie.

Watch the video for "Josie" video on youtube:



Tour dates below:

02/10/2012 London, ON London Music Hall 02/14/2012 San Diego, CA Casbah 02/15/2012 Los Angeles, CA The El Rey Theatre 02/16/2012 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw 02/17/2012 Portla/OR Doug Fir Lounge 02/18/2012 Seattle, WA Crocodile Cafe 02/20/2012 Vancouver, BC The Commodore Ballroom 02/21/2012 Kamloops, BC Blue Grotto 02/22/2012 Calgary, AB The Republik 02/23/2012 Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room 02/25/2012 Winnipeg, MB West End Cultural Centre 02/26/2012 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry 02/27/2012 Chicago, IL Subterranean 02/29/2012 Columbus, OH The Basement

03/1/2012 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre 03/2/2012 Montreal, QC Cabaret du Mile-End 03/3/2012 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall Of Williamsburg 03/5/2012 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom 03/7/2012 Washington, DC 9:30 Club 03/8/2012 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell's 03/9/2012 Cambridge, MA Middle East Club 03/10/2012 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer 03/15/2012 Austin, TX SXSW 03/16/2012 Austin, TX SXSW 03/17/2012 Austin, TX SXSW 05/11/2012 Brighton, UK The Great Escape 05/12/2012 Brighton, UK The Great Escape 07/14/2012 Toronto, ON Downsview Park

JAMES APOLLO
jamesapollo.com

Seattle's James Apollo recently appeared on KEXP Radio, the public station in Washington. You can watch "Two by Two" on vimeo. The video had several cameras and well edited (even though I detest "artsy hand held" cams). If you like what you saw, you can download the audio version as the song of the day (February 9th). Entire performance here, complete with "Real Audio"!

RELEASE INFO
Artist: James Apollo
Release: Live on KEXP

1. Big Dipper
2. Grandad's Morphine & Wine
3. Happiness
4. Two By Two

UNISON
weareunison.com

UNISON (in CAPS), is a French duo, their self-titled US debut LP will be coming out April 10th, 2012.

The album promises "deathgaze" a music genre combination of "Crunk" and "Shoegaze". If you have to hear their song to understand it, head over to soundcloud.

As for their music video for "Brothers & Sisters", I have to confess, I love kaleidoscopes. They make everything look cool.



OF MONSTERS AND MEN
ofmonstersandmen.is

Icelandic folksters Of Monsters and Men have added additional shows and upgraded their venues to accommodate their massive fan base. If you have ever liked Mumford and Sons, you'll love Of Monsters and Men.

Their debut album, My Head is An Animal, is coming out April 3rd via Universal Republic Records. You can watch the music video for "Little Talks" on vevo.com.

Tour dates (the latest upgraded venues and additional dates) below. Of course, they sold out the Fine Line Cafe in Minneapolis, and they didn't upgrade the venue :/.

3/14-3/17 SXSW - Austin, TX 3/20 Los Angeles @ Troubadour 3/21 Los Angeles @ Troubadour* SOLD OUT 3/22 San Francisco @ The Independent* SOLD OUT 3/24 Portland @ Roseland Theatre^ 3/25 Vancouver, BC @Venue Nightclub* 3/26 Seattle @ Showbox ^ March 29 - Fine Line - Minneapolis, MN* SOLD OUT 3/30 CHICAGO @ Park West ^ 3/31 Columbus, OH @ The LC Pavilion SOLD OUT 4/2 Washington, DC @ The Black Cat * SOLD OUT

3/3 Phila @ Theatre Of The Living Arts* SOLD OUT 4/4 Philadelphia@ Theatre Of The Living Arts* 4/5 Brooklyn @ Music Hall of Williamsburg* SOLD OUT 4/6 NYC @ Webster Hall^ 4/7 Boston @ House of Blues ^ 4/9 Rochester, NY @ Club At Water Street Music Hall* 4/10 Albany, NY @ Jillian's* 4/11 Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa* 4/12 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre^ 5/25 The Gorge, WA @ Sasquatch * with Special Guest Lay Low

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jaklumen writes:

Saturday, 11 February 2012 at 10:09 PM

speaking of videos:



note where Craig asks
"Do your fans ever get mad at you? Y'know, like 'Come on, man, you can't cover that, that's my favorite band, that's not fair!'"

and Al says "No, because I make them better. How can you get mad at that?"

So, see, Vu, you don't even need to like or be aware of who Al is parodying currently: He makes them better!