Month: December 2007 (Page 3 of 7)

Road Warriors 45

December 20, 2007 /

Road Warriors 45

San Francisco’s Noise Pop Festival is set for February 26 through March 2, and more artists have been confirmed for the event. New performers just announced are British Sea Power, Panther, Holy Fuck, Jeffery Lewis & The Jitters, Darker My Love, and Minipop. Other acts already confirmed include Magnetic Fields, The Mountain Goats, The Gutter Twins, Cursive, Blitzen, Trapper, Fu Manchu, Kelly Stoltz, and Saviours. For more information, please visit www.noisepop.com

London based four-piece rock band Switches are coming to the US for a tour after the New Year with NYC based synth rockers Bravery. Switches will be touring in advance of their album, Lay Down The Law, due out March 18 on Interscope. Here are the confirmed dates:

January
16 Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre
17 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theatre
18 Aspen, CO – Belly Up
19 Salt Lake City, UT – Club Sound (formerly Bricks)
22 Boise, ID – The Big Easy
23 Spokane, WA – The Big Easy Concert House
24 Vancouver, BC – Richard’s on Richards
25 Seattle, WA – Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room
26 Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater
28 Sacramento, CA – The Boardwalk
29 Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
30 San Diego, CA – House of Blues
31 Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
February
01 Tempe, AZ – The Clubhouse
02 Tucson, AZ – The Rock
05 Austin, TX – Emo’s
06 Dallas, TX – Granada Theatre
07 Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
08 Baton Rouge, LA – Varsity Theatre
09 Atlanta, GA – Roxy
12 Toronto, ONT – Opera House
13 Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
14 Cincinnati, OH – 20th Century Theatre
15 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
16 Cleveland, OH – Agora Ballroom
18 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
19 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
22 Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore at TLA

Hellyeah, one of the most successful new rock bands, have just announced the second leg of their national headlining tour which they are calling Balls, Volume, Strength Tour. Machine Head, Nonpoint and Ankla will be supporting. Hellyeah’s self-titled album entered Billboard’s Top 200 at #9 earlier this year and has sold over 250,000 units. Here are the upcoming tour dates with more to be announced Continue reading »

Alternative, Concerts, Pop, Rock

Ari Hest Embraces Being Indie

December 20, 2007 /

After three years on major label Columbia Records, New York City based singer/songwriter Ari Hest is on his own again, and is embracing his independent status. Following an alarming trend of artists who feel the need to emancipate themselves from the major label machine to pursue more control and artistic freedom, Hest is launching a subscription based service on January 7 called “52.” The premise is that the prolific artist will deliver to his fans one new song per week with access to blogs, lyrics, interactive voting polls and more.

“After an amicable departure from my record label this summer, I decided it was time to try something a little different,” he said. “It feels great to be an independent artist again, and I’m more inspired than ever to write and record. ”

At the end of 2008, Hest will take the most popular songs from “52,” and record a new album with those tracks in 2009. There will be three levels to the subscription service, and fans can find out more by visiting Hest’s website at www.arihest.com

Alternative, Indie Labels, Music Labels, Pop, Rock, Songs

Man-About-MySpace: The Weisstronauts

December 19, 2007 /

Boston’s best-kept musical secret probably will remain such forever. But you, now, are privy to this instrumental band that sounds kinda like Chet Atkins on acid. Or Les Paul on some sort of otherworldly speedball. Or some lounge band that’s played together in so many freaking velvet-lined, cigar-fogged rooms that they can’t help but be tight and perfectly well-practiced. “Rock/Surf/Lounge” is how the Weisstronauts bill themselves, but that’s just a way to pigeonhole them conveniently for the rock press. No, anyone who’s driven down the kitschy, cheezy world of U.S. Route 1–from the gargantuan gas tanks to the Prince Leaning Tower of Pizza to a Chinese restaurant bigger than two city blocks–knows that the Weisstronauts (who quote Route 1 in their album art) come from another place.


That damn monkey always shows up on their album covers
in front of some Route 1 establishment of questionable repute.

In that place there’s fuzzy distortion, weird sound effects, and damn fine pickin’ on the electric guitar. Their sound is sparse and melodic, catchy, and crankable to earth-shattering volumes on your hi-fi rig because it’s clean and beautifully produced. I love these guys and I wish they’d crank out some more music already, because nearly two years without a new record is two years too many. At least they live large on MySpace, where new fans can listen to sample cuts and track down their obscure records on an obscure local label. Long live the Weisstronauts!

Man about MySpace

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