After Robots was recorded January in Bloomington, IN as BLK JKS traded a South African summer for winter in America and burrowed in for marathon recording sessions of one live take after the next. Brandon Curtis of Secret Machines returned to join the band at the controls and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble appears on several tracks…
Category: Tour Dates
Cave Singers “Welcome Joy” Streaming on Rhapsody, Fall Tour Dates Set (Bowery Ballroom)
Pete Quirk of the Cave Singers at Union Hall (05/06/08) “When the world embraces noir americana folk music, the Cave Singers will be kings.” The Cave Singers excellent new second album, Welcome Joy, is streaming for free right now, for a limited time, over at Rahpsody.com (in advance of its August 18 release). As I…
Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Radio City on Amex Presale Today
Yeah Yeah Yeahs at All Points West (08/01/09) Photo: Paul Crispin Quitoriano Tickets for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs September 23, 2009 show at Radio City Music Hall go on Amex presale today (August 12) at 11AM EDT. Tickets go on sale to the general public on August 14 at noon. All upcoming Yeah Yeah Yeahs…
Pixies “Doolittle” Tour Tickets Go On Presale Thursday
Frank Black at Siren Festival (07/18/09) Photo: Jon Klemm Tickets for the Pixies three Hammerstein Ballroom shows (Nov 23-25) go on Internet Presale (Internet Password: DOOLITTLE | Live Nation Password: SWING) starting Thursday, August 13 at 10AM EDT, regular on sale begins Friday, August 14 at 10AM EDT. All Pixies US “Doolittle” tour dates after…
Sufjan Stevens Is Touring Again!
Sufjan Stevens at Town Hall (09/26/09) More Pictures Though he’s played some shows here and there (The BQE, Shuffle Mode at BAM and a few scant others), this is Sufjan Stevens’ first proper tour since he played the Town Hall in 2006 in support of The Avalanche. I’ve got to give him credit though, he…
…Trail of the Dead Played All Points West, Playing MHOW and Webster Hall
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail of the Dead at All Points West (08/01/09) Photos: G! -Few bands have been through the hot’n’cold internet hype machine wringer quite like …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead. But if weathering major label headaches, hipster backlash and line-up changes has taken a…