Avett Brothers on Daytrotter...

Head over to Daytrotter to listen to the Avett Brothers recent SXSW session, which was posted today.

Watch Blitzen Trapper on KCRW...

Video: Imogen Heap ~ Canvas...

Wilco Fall Dates Include Ann Arbor & Columbus...

Wilco has announced a short run of Midwest dates this fall including Columbus on October at the Wexner Center & Ann Arbor on October 16th at Hill Auditorium.

Tickets go on sale to Wexner Center members and Wilco fan club on July 29th. General public can purchase tickets beginning August 1st. Members can order tickets by calling (614) 292-3535.

Oct 1 Iowa City, IA University of Iowa @ Main Lounge
Oct 2 St. Paul, MN @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium
Oct 4 Maryland Heights, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Oct 6 Kansas City, MO @ The Crossroads
Oct 8 Cedar Park (Austin), TX @ Cedar Park Center
Oct 9 Dallas, TX @ The Palladium
Oct 10 Memphis, TN @ Orpheum Theatre
Oct 12 Columbus, OH @ Wexner Center
Oct 14 Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
Oct 16 Ann Arbor, MI @ Hill Auditorium
Oct 18 Chicago, IL @ UIC Pavilion
Oct 19 Chicago, IL @ UIC Pavilion

Check out a recent Wilco article in SPIN

Video: U2 Bad ~ So Good...

My fave U2 song...taken a few nights ago in Amsterdam.

Bad in Dublin last night


MLK / Walk On in Dublin

Mike Doughty Fall Tour Dates...

This little nugget from Mike Doughty appeared in my inbox this a.m.:

Dearest Friends,

(I've always called you guys in the audience "friends," and I'm happy that I can do so again, now that John McCain isn't running around beginning every tedious speech by saying, "My friends..." But I digress)

Hey, so I'm a singer/songwriter, right? Well, check this out. It's a crazy idea, but it just might work. I'm going to go play some shows in the Fall. In October and November. Now, don't freak out. It's gonna be OK. I promise.

I'll be doing The Question Jar Show, which is, as most of you probably know, me and my cello player Andrew "Scrap" Livingston answering questions that the audience puts in a jar before the show. No question too strange! No topic off limits!

The pre-sale for fan club peeps is gonna start on July 29, and the general public can buy tix on August 4. Them dates is below.

Your humble servant,

Mike

Upcoming Shows
10-8 Pittsburgh, PA - Club Café – (early & late show)
10-9 Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
10-10 Toronto, ON - The Drake Hotel
10-11 Toronto, ON - The Drake Hotel – (early & late show)
10-13 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom & Tavern
10-14 Ann Arbor, MI - The Ark
10-15 Chicago, IL - Schubas Tavern
10-16 Chicago, IL - Schubas Tavern
10-17 Milwaukee, WI - Shank Hall
10-18 St. Louis, MO - Blueberry Hill
10-20 Louisville, KY - Zanzabar
10-21 Nashville, TN - 3rd & Lindsley
10-22 Athens, GA - Melting Point
10-23 Decatur, GA - Eddie's Attic – (early & late show)
10-24 Charlotte, NC - The Evening Muse
10-25 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle Tavern
10-27 Carborro, NC - Arts Center
10-28 Charlottesville, VA - The Southern
10-29 Alexandria, VA - Birchmere
10-30 Sellersville, PA - Sellersville Theater
10-31 New York,NY - Le Poisson Rouge
11-12 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall

Pre-sale ticketing starts July 29th.
Click here for pre-sale site.

Monsters of Folk Tor Dates...

Monsters of Folk was born on the road five years ago when My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, and singer/songwriter M. Ward toured together and regularly sat in on each other’s sets. Now armed with the eclectic collaborations that make up their debut album, the illustrious quartet will reconvene for several Fall tour dates. Throughout each show of the tour, the four members will be switching instruments and trading roles, maintaining the freewheeling and highly collaborative spirit of their work together thus far. In the spirit of folk-camaraderie, Monsters of Folk is partnering with Air Traffic Control, a resource for musicians' philanthropic and social change work, to donate monies raised from ticket sales. The band will be donating $1 from every ticket sold on the tour to local non-profits.

"On a daily basis, we see how hard organizations like these work to make our communities, country and world a better place." said Erin Potts, the organization's executive director. "In a time when economic resources are harder to come by and organizations are overwhelmed by urgency and need, the Monsters of Folk tour's charitable activities are a significant way to energize and support the tireless and often overlooked work that these organizers are doing.”

Pre-sale tickets for the US and Canada shows will be available beginning Tuesday, July 28th, followed by the public on-sale beginning Friday, July 31st. Tickets for the UK / EU shows will be available beginning Tuesday, July 27. For more info please visit www.monstersoffolk.com. For a complete list of charities and for more information on Air Traffic Control, please visit www.atctower.net.

MONSTERS OF FOLK FALL TOUR DATES

October
13 Vancouver, BC- Orpheum
14 Portland, OR- Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
15 Seattle, WA- Paramount Theatre
17 Oakland, CA- Fox Theater
18 Los Angeles, CA- The Greek Theater
20 San Diego, CA- Spreckels Theatre
21 Phoenix, AZ- Orpheum Theater
22 Santa Barbara, CA- Santa Barbara Bowl
28 Omaha, NE- Holland Center
29 Minneapolis, MN- Orpheum Theatre
30 Chicago, IL- Auditorium Theatre
31 Louisville, KY- Louisville Palace Theatre

November
02 Toronto, ON- Massey Hall
03 Boston, MA- The Orpheum
06 New York, NY- United Palace
08 New York, NY- Beacon Theater
09 Philadelphia, PA- Academy of Music

Avett Brotherly Love...

The Avett Brothers - The Ballad of Love and Hate, Live at Memorial Hall from Leon Godwin on Vimeo.

Don't be a hater...you'll LOVE this video.

Monsters of Folk to Release Debut...

Monsters of Folk – comprised of Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James and singer/songwriter M.Ward – will be releasing their first collaborative album on September 22nd. The self-titled effort was recorded in Malibu, CA and Omaha, NE, and produced by Mogis. Although these critically acclaimed artists have shared the stage before, this album marks their first recorded output as a band. The record will be released in North America on Shangri-La Music, and internationally on Rough Trade (UK/Europe), Spunk Records (Australia/New Zealand) and P-Vine Records (Japan). The musicians have made a track from their forthcoming self-titled debut album available for FREE. Their website, http://www.monstersoffolk.com is giving away the song, titled “Say Please”, to anyone who visits the site and types “please” into the request form.

Monsters of Folk began as folklore of sorts, when James, Oberst, Ward and Mogis did their first run of shows together in 2004. Like the musical revue shows that went town to town when rock ‘n’ roll was newly born, the tour was called “An Evening With: Bright Eyes, Jim James and M. Ward,” although amongst friends and crew, it became affectionately known as the “Monsters of Folk Tour.” While entertaining audiences coast to coast with gorgeous acoustic melodies and world-weary tales, the foursome vowed to make their way to a studio at some point after the tour’s completion. Instead, the songsmiths went on to individually release some of rock music’s most exciting and essential albums of the last five years – Bright Eyes’ I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning & Cassadaga; My Morning Jacket’s Z & Evil Urges; M. Ward’s Post War and Hold Time. Never ones to forget their promise, when downtime presented itself, they convened in the studio multiple times over two years, with Mogis at the helm of their first recorded effort. The result is as stunning and storied as you would expect it to be.

All four members play every instrument on the album, supplying everything from drum kills to cascading backing vocals. The songs – some road-worn fables, some intimate and intricate with electronic elements, some woozy and sun-soaked – are everything one expects from these four musical minds collaborating together. The album exudes a warm, organic spaciousness, filled by brilliant choruses, intoxicating harmonies and effortless melodies, as each member brings his own strengths to the table to create one perfect whole.

Monsters of Folk Tracklist
Dear God (sincerely M.O.F.)
Say Please
Whole Lotta Losin'
Temazcal
The Right Place
Baby Boomer
Man Named Truth
Goodway
Ahead of the Curve
Slow Down Jo
Losin Yo Head
Magic Marker
Map Of The World
The Sandman, the Brakeman and Me
His Master’s Voice

The White Stripes Concert Movie Trailer...

The White Stripes have posted a 42-second trailer to the duo’s upcoming concert film “Under Great White Northern Lights” and announced the documentary is set to debut at The Toronto International Film Festival Sept. 18th.

The documentary was filmed during Jack and Meg’s 2007 Canadian tour. The tour kicked off June 24th in Burnaby, British Columbia, and concluded July 16th in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Wilco Setlist ~ Royal Oak Music Theater...

Have seen Wilco many times, but last night's show in Royal Oak may be the best. Great energy in the room.

—"The Price Is Right" theme music intro—
Wilco (the song)
Bull Black Nova
You Are My Face
IATTBYH
A Shot in the Arm
One Wing
Handshake Drugs
A Magazine Called Sunset
Deeper Down
Jesus, etc.
In A Future Age
Impossible Germany
I'll Fight
Summerteeth (started and restarted)
Sonny Feeling
Hate It Here
Can't Stand It
Walken
I'm The Man Who Loves You
Hummingbird

Encore
Poor Places>
Reservations>
Spiders (Kidsmoke)

2nd Encore
You Never Know
Heavy Metal Drummer
California Stars (w/female fan choir)
Red-Eyed and Blue>
I Got You (At The End of the Century)>
Hoodoo Voodoo
Kingpin
I'm A Wheel

Moby to Play St. Andrews in Detroit...

Moby will tour the US this fall in support of his new album "Wait For Me." The live show, which sees Moby on guitar, piano, percussion, and occasionally singing lead, is already making waves in Europe with The UK's Evening Standard calling Moby's a "virtuoso performance" and giving the event a 4-star review. In another 4-star live review, The Guardian UK called the performance "highly entertaining" and "as much a gig for the mind as for the feet."

Joining Moby on stage will be Kelli Scarr as well as an additional drummer, bassist and violinist. This will be the first time since 2005 that Moby has toured the US with a live band.



September, 2009
17 - Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Live
18 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
20 - Philadelphia, PA - TLA
21 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
24 - Boston, MA - House of Blues
29 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall
30 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre

October, 2009
1 - St. Paul, MN - Myth
3 - Houston, TX - Warehouse
4 - Dallas, TX - Palladium
12 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
14 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
15 - San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre
18 - Seattle, WA - The Showbox
19 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom

McCartney Plays on Letterman's Marquee...

It all happened at today's taping of Late Night with David Letterman in NYC.

Dan Auerbach Announces Winter Tour...

Dan Auerbach — best known as half of The Black Keys—will embark on a 20-date winter tour beginning November 5 in Columbus, OH. The tour, which includes shows at New York City’s Webster Hall, Nashville’s Cannery Ballroom and Philadelphia’s Theater of the Living Arts, arrives on the heels of Auerbach’s critically acclaimed solo debut Keep It Hid, recently released on Nonesuch. The album received wide praise from The New York Times, NPR’s Fresh Air, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone and Pitchfork. Opening for Auerbach on the fall dates are Justin Townes Earle and Jessica Lea Mayfield. Please see below for tour details.

Keep It Hid was produced and engineered by Auerbach at his studio Akron Analog and features him playing a variety of instruments, including drums, guitar, percussion, and keyboards. Many of Auerbach’s friends and family play on the album, including his uncle James Quine, who contributes vocal harmony and electric guitar on the track “Street Walkin.” Other musicians include Jessica Lea Mayfield, who sings on the track “When the Night Comes,” and Bob Cesare, who plays drums on “Whispered Words,” a song originally written by Auerbach’s father. Of the recording process Auerbach states, “I wanted a live, organic sound. Nothing was too plotted or planned, just a lot of spontaneity.” The record was mixed by Auerbach’s good friend Mark Neill at Neill’s Soil of the South studio.

Tour Dates
November 5 ~ Newport Music Hall* Columbus, OH
November 6 ~ The Majestic Theater* Detroit, MI
November 7 ~ Phoenix Concert Theater* Toronto, ONT
November 8 ~ Le National* Montral, QC
November 9 ~ The Paradise† Boston, MA
November 11 ~ Webster Hall† New York, NY
November 12 ~ Theater of the Living Arts† Philadelphia, PA
November 13 ~ Sonar* Baltimore, MD
November 14 ~ Cat’s Cradle† Chapel Hill, NC
November 16 ~ The Orange Peel* Asheville, NC
November 17 ~ Variety Playhouse* Atlanta, GA
November 18 ~ House of Blues* New Orleans, LA
November 20 ~ Minglewood Hall* Memphis, TN
November 21 ~ Cannery Ballroom† Nashville, TN
December 3 ~ Turner Hall* Milwaukee, WI
December 4 ~ First Avenue* Minneapolis, MN
December 6 ~ The Bluebird* Bloomington, IN
December 8 ~ Southgate House* Newport, KY
December 9 ~ House of Blues* Cleveland, OH

Video: Beck ~ Orphans (Acoustic)...

Modern Guilt Acoustic "Orphans" from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.

From Beck.com
Modern Guilt was released one year ago this week! For the occassion we are putting up acoustic versions of the entire album recorded earlier this year after returning from the Japan tour (under severe jet lag). Tracks will be released weekly starting with this rendition of Orphans. There will be limited ep of four tracks from the session available soon. We'll also be putting up all the promotional videos from the album this week in the new section, Videotheque.

Grizzly Bear Sighting in Michigan...

#10.4 - Grizzly bear - The Knife
by lablogotheque

Grizzly Bear is out on the prowl with some North American tourdates. The tour kicks off in Ann Arbor, Michigan at Michigan Theater on September 26th.

Tour Dates:
August 2009
30 - Brooklyn, NY - Williamsburg Waterfront
September 2009
26 - Ann Arbor, MI - Michigan Theater
27, 28 - Chicago, IL - Metro
30 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
October 2009
1 - Columbia, MO - Blue Note
2 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
5 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
6 - Norfolk, VA - The NorVa
7 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
8 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
14 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Vogue Theatre
15 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
16 - Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre
18 - San Francisco, CA - Treasure Island Music Festival
20 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium
21 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern

Rakim Set to Drop 'The Seventh Seal'...

As reported on Billboard.com:

"The Seventh Seal," the long-anticipated album by rap legend Rakim, is slated for release in the fall, Billboard has learned exclusively. The project's first single, "Holy Are You," will drop July 28.

The album is being released on Rakim's Ra Records label in a joint venture with Tuscan Villa Entertainment, headed by industry veterans Ron Kyle and Lennie Petze. In turn, Tuscan Villa is entered in a joint venture pact with SMC Recordings whose principals are Ralph Tashjian and Will Bronson. Handling distribution for Rakim's album is Fontana/Universal Music Group. The rapper is managed by Matthew Kemp.

The rapper signed with Dr. Dre's Aftermath label in 2001. Featured on the 2002 top 10 R&B single "Addictive" by Aftermath labelmate Truth Hurts, Rakim later parted ways with Dre and Aftermath and his album was never released. Rakim - best known as one-half of the rap duo Eric B. & Rakim - has not released a new studio album save for 2008's mostly live set, "The Archive: Live, Lost & Found," which included four previously unreleased songs.

Read more on Billboard.com

Video: Dent May on Banditos Debut...

Yours Truly Presents: BANDITOS Episode 1 with Dent May & His Magnificent Ukelele from Yours Truly on Vimeo.

Justin Townes Earle Plans Maumee Stop...

Mark August 27th, 2009 as the day, critically-acclaimed, singer songwriter Justin Townes Earle (son of Steve Earle)is rolling into town to play The Village Idiot in Maumee, Ohio. He is sure to be a force in the Alt-Country arena for a long time to come. He will be appearing fresh on the heels of The Big Surprise Tour, an amazing outing that places him on a bill with Old Crow Medicine Show, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings and The Felice Brothers...impressive company!

From Bloodshot Records:
Within the first song on Justin Townes Earle’s second album Midnight At the Movies, you just know you’re hearing something special, that you are party to the unknown and exhilarating paths being explored by an artist on the creative ascendancy. Midnight At The Movies displays an adeptness and musical sophistication of remarkable, organic breadth and is as lyrically sharp as a lover’s tongue as she is walking out the door.

If you didn’t look at the songwriting credits, you’d swear the songs were penned on the stoop of a one-pump filling station in dust bowl era Oklahoma, the smoke-filled song and dream factories of Tin Pan Alley, or at the back door of Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge in Nashville. Justin effortlessly taps the romanticism imbued in the beaten-soled travelogues and mythos of Woody Guthrie; the lounging around a campfire at a work camp and the edgy angst of a wintry Minneapolis (yeah, just try to get that mandolin line from the cover of the ‘Mats’ “Can’t Hardly Wait” out of your head.)

Martin Sexton's Michael Jackson Tribute...

As a fan of Martin Sexton & MJ, this seemed worthy to post.

Another Shot of Brandi...

Brandi Carlile will be headlining shows starting September 10th to promote her forthcoming studio album. The album, titled Give Up The Ghost, will be released this fall. She will be coming to the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, Michigan on September 28th.

Strict Joy: Swell Season Follow Up to Once...

The Swell Season, the Oscar-winning duo of Frames frontman Glen Hansard and Czech ingÈnue Marketa Irglova, are putting the finishing touches on 'Strict Joy,' (Sept 29/Anti- Records), the follow-up to their beloved, surprise hit 2007 film and gold-certified soundtrack 'Once.' The twelve new, original songs on 'Strict Joy' were recorded last year and document a time of great change and tumult.

'Strict Joy,' which borrows its name from a work by Irish poet James Stephens, a work by Irish poet James Stephens, was co-produced by Hansard and Peter Katis (The National, Interpol), and recorded mostly at Katis' Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, CT. In addition to Hansard and Irglova, the album features Frames members Colm Mac Iomaire (violin), Joe Doyle (bass), Rob Bochnik (guitar), plus guitarist Javier Mas (Leonard Cohen), pianist Thomas Bartlett (Doveman), percussionist Chad Taylor (Chicago Underground Duo), horn players Steven Bernstein and Clark Gayton from Levon Helm's band, and others.

The Swell Season generated a wave of acclaim during the 2008 awards season including two Grammy nominations and an Oscar win for Best Original Song, for their hit single "Falling Slowly." The duo performed the song on the Oscars telecast, and Irglova provided one of the most memorable and poignant moments of the evening when host Jon Stewart called her back to the stage after a commercial break to give her acceptance speech.

The success of 'Once' also led to a sold out world tour for The Swell Season which was captured for an upcoming documentary. Hansard and Irglova will tour the U.S. extensively again this fall with dates to be announced soon.

'STRICT JOY' TRACK LISTING
1. Low Rising
2. Feeling the Pull
3. In These Arms
4. The Rain
5. Fantasy Man
6. Paper Cup
7. High Horses
8. The Verb
9. I Have Loved You Wrong
10. Love That Conquers
11. Two Tongues
12. Back Broke

Dead Weather Report...

Following on the successful heels of The White Stripes and The Raconteurs, Jack White has now joined forces with Alison Mosshart (The Kills), Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs) and Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age) to form a rock band called The Dead Weather. The band’s highly anticipated debut album, Horehound, is available to listen to in full and for free, exclusively on iLike (the leading social music discovery service) for the next 24 hours at www.iLike.com/thedeadweather

In advance of Horehound’s July 14th release, fans can experience the album for the first time today, exclusively on iLike. Horehound was produced by Jack White on his Third Man Records imprint and was the first record to ever be recorded at his new Nashville-based studio.

The impetus for The Dead Weather came when Alison Mosshart’s band The Kills opened on a few US tour dates for The Raconteurs. Jack White was given doctor’s orders to take it easy on the vocals, so he invited Alison to sing a few songs onstage. Immediately recognizing the musical synergy, the trio devised a plot to record together during some down time in White’s own Third Man Recording Studio in Nashville. White then enlisted the addition of erstwhile Raconteurs’ touring accomplice and Queens Of The Stone Age collaborator Dean Fertita. What was initially imagined as a one-off collaboration for a 7” single release turned into a full-length album once the quartet switched on the recording tape.

Tour Dates:
July
13 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
14 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
16 New York, NY - Terminal 5
17 New York, NY - Terminal 5
18 Boston, MA - House of Blues
19 Ottawa, ONT - Ottawa Blues Festival
21 Montreal, QUE - Olympia De Montreal
22 Toronto, ONT - Kool Haus, Toronto
24 Detroit, MI - The Fillmore
25 Columbus, OH - The LC Pavilion
27 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
28 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
29 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
30 Nashville, TN - War Memorial Auditorium

August
17 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
18 Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
20 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
21 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
22 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
23 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
25 Los Angeles, cA - Wiltern Theatre
27 Pomona, CA - Glasshouse
29 San Diego, CA - Street Scene
30 San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival

On the Beat With Drummer...

Drummer, the new band featuring Patrick Carney, drummer for the critically acclaimed duo The Black Keys, is poised for the release of their debut album, Feel Good Together. The album is set for release September 29th on Carney’s label, Audio Eagle. Carney, who plays bass for the group, joins up with four long time friends—all Ohio-based drummers—to bring the project to life. Drummer is rounded out by: Jamie Stillman of Teeth of the Hydra, formerly of Party of Helicopters (guitar), Jon Finley of Beaten Awake, also formerly of Party of Helicopters (vocals, guitar), Stephen Clements of Houseguest and Six Parts Seven (keys, vocals) and Greg Boyd of Ghostman and Sandman (drums). The band will embark on a fall tour in support of the new album.

October 8 Southpaw Brooklyn, NY
October 9 Johnny Brenda’s Philadelphia, PA
October 10 Mercury Lounge New York, NY
October 11 T.T. the Bear’s Cambridge, MA
October 12 DC9 Washington, DC
October 13 The Ottobar Baltimore, MD
October 14 Local 506 Chapel Hill, NC
October 15 The Pilot Light Knoxville, TN
October 16 The Earl Atlanta, GA
October 17 Mercy Lounge Nashville, TN
October 19 Skull Alley Louisville, KY
October 20 Spin Nightclub Indianapolis, IN
October 21 High Noon Saloon Madison, WI
October 22 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, MN
October 23 Schubas Tavern Chicago, IL
October 24 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OH

Download the title track.

Video: Fanfarlo ~ Finish Line (acoustic)...

Fanfarlo on Myspace

Video: Beck ~ Femme Fatale...

Record Club: Velvet Underground & Nico "Femme Fatale" from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.

Video: Avett Brothers @ Comerica Cityfest...

I captured some video of The Avett Brothers @ Comerica Cityfest...great show!:

Murder in the City @ Comerica Cityfest 7/2/09

St. Vincent Teams w/ A. Bird for Fall Tour...

St. Vincent will team up with Andrew Bird for a month of US tour dates this fall, starting September 29 in Indianapolis. The two critically acclaimed artists will also be paired for an episode of Austin City Limits, scheduled to air on PBS stations nationwide on October 24 (check local listings).

Before touring with Bird, St. Vincent will play the All Points West and Virgin Mobile festivals, and make a short run of northeast and Canadian headlining dates.

St. Vincent's new album 'Actor' (4AD) was released recently to rave reviews with NPR describing it as a "a surreal sonic wonderland" and the NY Times proclaiming her music "defies categories." Likewise, critics described St. Vincent's recently conclude headlining US tour as "thrilling" (Boston Globe), "immaculate" (Washington Post), and "flawless" (Philadelphia Inquirer).

Last week St. Vincent made her national television debut on the Late Show With David Letterman.



St. Vincent w/ Andrew Bird
9-29 Indianapolis, IN - The Murat Theatre
9-30 Columbia, MO - The Blue Note
10-03 New Orleans, LA - Tipitina's Uptown
10-05 Birmingham, AL - Workplay Soundstage
10-07 Carrboro, NC - The Cat's Cradle
10-08 Carrboro, NC - The Cat's Cradle
10-09 Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
10-10 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
10-12 Charleston, SC - The Music Farm
10-13 Knoxville, TN - The Bijou Theater
10-14 Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's
10-17 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater
10-18 Kalamazoo, MI - State Theatre
10-19 Columbus, OH - The Southern Theatre
10-21 Buffalo, NY - Asbury Hall at Babeville
10-24 South Portland, ME - S. Portland High School Auditorium
10-25 Philadelphia, PA - The Electric Factory
10-26 South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
10-27 Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
10-28 Washington, DC - The 930 Club

High Quality U2 Video: 360 Tour...

Beautiful Day


Angel of Harlem (with MJ Tribute @ 3:45 & 4:30 mark)

U2 360 Tour Begins in Spain...

On the first night of their world tour, U2 debuts their one-of-a-kind stage.