Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers‘ upcoming US and Canada summer tour dates with their special guest Steve Winwood can be viewed in the replie

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                                 Band of horses concert poster b Jon Smith available for purchase here

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If you attend one of the Blond Redhead tour dates and take any photos or videos submit them to us. Also we’d love to feature your reviews of how it was!!! January 16, 08′ Washington D.C. 9:30 Club                                                         January 18, 08′ New Haven CT Toads Place                                                    January 19, 08′ New York, NY Terminal 5                                                           January 20, 08′ Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club                                                      Official Site Here 

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It wouldn’t surprise me.  Among reports that so far her tour has been a disaster, the latest video to surface from last night’s performance in Zurich allegedly shows Amy hitting a bump on stage and trying to cover it up by making it look like she’s blowing her nose…

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Originally the solo project of Wolf Parade member, Spencer Krug, Sunset Rubdown has developed into a solid indie-rock quartet. The band’s most significant addition has been Camilla Wynne Ingr (formerly of Pony Up!), whose high-toned vocals mesh well with the abrasive and sincere style of Krug’s. If this is a band that has flown under your radar, it’s time to check them out. Their only flaw is their greatest asset: a (sometimes) overwhelming amount of ingenuity and originality.

Random Spirit Lover: 7.5/10

Random Spirit Lover, Sunset’s third LP, is strong from start to finish. It’s a much more comprehendible album than anything they’ve put out in the past and the group has done a good job funneling their mass of creative juices into something sonically tangible. The opening track, “The Mending of the Gown,” is by far the album’s strongest track. The opening guitar rift perks your ears and is strong enough that when it disappears later in the song you still hear it in the back of your mind. Its upbeat melody brings out the best of Krug’s vocals that leaves plenty of room for Camilla’s vocals to blossom. Really, this track is about as good as it’s going to get for this band, with all members have important and enjoyable parts.

So, yeah, the album is strong. But as a huge Wolf Parade (as I can only assume most Sunset fans are), I can’t help but compare this project to Thom Yorke’s The Eraser. Like Krug, Yorke released his solo project in between Radiohead albums and it was good. It was real good. But at that point, I just wanted another fucking Radiohead album already! And it’s hard not to feel the same way about Sunset Rubdown. The albums better than good, but c’mon… just release the damn Wolf Parade album already. It’s been over 2 years already!

Key Tracks: (1) The Mending of the Gown, (5) Winged/Wicked Things, (8) For the Pier (and Dead Shimmering)

Live at Bowery Ballroom, NYC (10/9/07)

It’s hard to see a band that includes Spencer Krug and not be impressed. The guy may as well be the spokes-person for indie rock. He doesn’t stand out from anyone you’ve ever met and you probably wouldn’t guess he was in a band if he was in a lineup. But when he steps on the stage, it’s hard to take your eyes off him. And with the intriguing Camilla Wynne Ingr opposite him, the show is as visually entertaining as it is sonically.

Sunset Rubdown albums are relatively involved and consist of various instruments filling difference audible ranges. Bands with this style of recording generally leave one of two impressions on me when seen live: they either (1) fail to meet the expectations of their albums for lack of talent and/or band members on stage or (2) are able to pull off the album live giving you an impression of what the recording process was like. Sunset was definitely the later of the two. Seeing them live reveals how important each of the members are to the band (I never though a xylophone could be so important to so many songs… except maybe for Sigur Ros and Andrew Bird).

Written by Tarek

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MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT NICO STAI LIVE NEXT WED!

Check out Bits and Pieces ….

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Buy Merch directly from right here ….

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“…the new boss.”
Flaunt Magazine

“…his haunting melodies put Stai in a class with the likes of Val Emmerich and Matt Costa. Stai has a real skill penning the wistful tunes that echo through a listeners subconscious.”
Skratch Magazine

“….Nico Stai writes achingly emotional acoustic tunes. Beautiful melodies and all the sensibilities of the purest singer-songwriters.”
Cd Review.com

“…moody, haunting….beautifully understated…”
Steve Baltin

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SELF TITLED ALBUM OUT TOMORROW

www.scarykidssociety.com

Going to see Scary Kids Scaring Kids live is what going to a rock show used to and should be like-a fucking party.  

When I was in my early teens and couldn’t find the means to sneak down to NYC, I went to hardcore shows at our local VFW and those shows are the reason I love live music.  Since they were area bands the crowd consisted mostly of scensters and friends, the crowd became a good deal of the action; stage diving, moshing, jumping on stage and stealing the mic from the singers during their favorite verses.

It’s been many years since my days of VFW hardcore show-going and SKSK brought me right back.  These 6 kids all but blow up the stage.  Their sound is HUGE and they can fill a room with just themselves.  They play with the crowd, and talk to the crowd, and definitely know where their bread is buttered. No big beefy security guards blocking fans from rushing the stage to take a dive or have their 15 seconds of pseudo fame.  These kids are smart, their inviting antics will certainly sell them records as they embark upon their major label debut release tomorrow.

Every kid wants to feel one with the bands they love. Isn’t that the reason we all listen to music in the first place-to find someone else out there who seemingly has the same feelings and thoughts as we do at any particular moment? Isn’t that why fan clubs and myspace are so popular, to close that gap between the fans and music they relate to?

Scary Kids does it both via their interaction in the digital space (check them out via almost every single online social networking forum, they’re on and active) and their explosive live show.  Pick up their brand new self entitled album tomorrow, and in the mean time log on to Ticketmaster and buy a pair of tickets to see them in your area, immediate, NOW!

Written By Bonnie

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NIN…what a great band, this is a great video from Europe.  Really should be a single!

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This could be a good idea, as long as they were able to get them whipped up fast enough after the show ends. Could bring in some extra cash flow.

“In July, I blogged about a new company planning to sell recordings of concerts on USB sticks as you leave the venue. Since then I’ve actually found articles proposing a similar idea that dates back to 2004, although I believe it was a slow starter then. Nowadays, USB sticks have surpassed floppy disks and even CDs as the most popular way to physically move data around, plus they have a much higher capacity than they used to, and are more physically robust.

This is an excellent way of making money out of every live recording an artist makes — usually only one live recording is sold on through CDs/DVDs — and I think people would love to have a recording of the gig that they were actually at, rather than buy a recording through a record store of one random concert. The USB keys could be customised with artwork from the current tour, or contain video footage and photos from the show, which in-turn would make them more collectible.Not only does this let artists and promoters monetise their events more effectively, it’s also one in the eye for the commercial bootleggers. If the concert recording is availabe to buy legally then this weakens the appeal and strength of the bootleggers product, an illegal copy, which is probably going to be of poorer quality than the official product.

I think that the immediate delivery of a recorded event, whether it’s a rock concert, an opera, a sporting even, a play or a West End musical, is likely to become more and more prominent as technology becomes more efficient and the costs come down. I can easily imagine being able to take home a recording of a Formula One race or a football match. In theme parks, instead of having your picture taken as your roller coaster carriage tips over the brow of the biggest hill on the track, on board cameras will record you for the whole ride, as well as external cameras recording the carriage’s progress.”

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