Month: December 2007 (Page 5 of 7)

Road Warriors 44

December 14, 2007 /

Road Warriors 44

Coldplay’s long-awaited fourth album is due for release in 2008, and while no details have been released about a tour, the band has just announced that there will definitely be one. Keep up with progress on the band’s website

Since the release of their debut album in June of 2007, SoCal rock band Revolution Mother have been tearing up the road. Now, they have just announced a tour beginning in January along with Tiger Army and Dear and Departed. Here is the confirmed itinerary:

With Social Distortion
1/13 House of Blues Hollywood, CA

With Tiger Army and Dear and Departed
1/15 The Exit Fresno, CA
1/16 Downtown Brew San Luis Obispo, CA
1/18 SOMA San Diego, CA
1/19 The Rock Tucson, AZ
1/22 Grand Theater Dallas, TX
1/23 House of Rock Corpus Christi, TX
1/25 The Parish-HOB New Orleans, LA
1/26 Beta Bar Tallahassee, FL
2/1 Uncle Pleasants Louisville, KY
2/2 Mad Hatters Covington, KY
2/5 Cain’s Ballroom Tulsa, OK
2/7 Sunshine Albuquerque, NM
2/9 Mandalay Bay-HOB Las Vegas, NV

Funk/Soul artist Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings will hit the road in 2008 supporting their latest album, 100 Days, 100 Nights on Daptone Records. Here is the list of upcoming tour dates:

Jan 03 Ft. Lauderdale FL – Culture Room
Jan 17 Washington DC – Black Cat
Jan 18 Charlottesville VA – Satellite Ballroom
Jan 19 Atlanta GA – Variety Playhouse
Jan 21 Orlando FL – The Social
Jan 22 Tampa FL – Skipper’s Smokehouse
Jan 23 Tallahassee FL – Club Down Under
Jan 24 New Orleans LA – House of Blues
Jan 25 Houston TX – Walters
Jan 26 Austin TX – Antone’s
Jan 27 Dallas TX – Granada Theatre
Jan 29 Lawrence KS – Granada Theatre
Jan 30 St Louis MO – Duck Room
Jan 31 Cincinnati OH – Bogarts
Feb 01 Louisville KY – Headliners
Feb 02 Nashville TN – Mercy Lounge

After supporting Interpol on their US arena tour, Los Angeles band Liars will be headlining their own tour beginning in January. Here is the list of confirmed shows so far:

Fri 1/25 @ Slim’s – San Francisco CA
Sat 1/26 @ Club Underground – Reno NV
Mon 1/28 @ Wonder Ballroom – Portland OR
Tue 1/29 @ Showbox – Seattle WA
Wed 1/30 @ Neuroiux – Boise ID
Thu 1/31 @ Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City UT
Fri 2/1 @ Marqis Theatre – Denver CO
Sat 2/2 @ The Bottleneck – Lawrence KS
Mon 2/4 @ Grinnell College – Grinnell IA
Tue 2/5 @ Metro – Chicago IL
Wed 2/6 @ Dionysus Club – Oberlin OH
Thu 2/7 @ The Tralf – Buffalo NY
Fri 2/8 @ Paradise – Boston MA
Sat 2/9 @ Warsaw – Brooklyn NY
Sun 2/10 @ First Unitarian Church – Philadelphia PA
Tue 2/12 @ 9:30 Club – Washington DC
Wed 2/13 @ Orange Peel – Asheville NC
Thu 2/14 @ The Earl – Atlanta GA
Sat 2/16 @ The Mohawk – Austin TX
Sun 2/17 @ Hailey’s – Denton TX
Tue 2/19 @ Launchpad – Albuquerque NM
Wed 2/20 @ The Clubhouse – Tempe AZ
Thu 2/21 @ Casbah – San Diego CA
Fri 2/22 @ El Rey Theater – Los Angeles CA

Alternative, Concerts, Hip Hop, Rock

Less Talk, More Music: The Trash Can Sinatras on “Onion World with Rich Hall”

December 11, 2007 /

There’s something quite appropriate about the Trash Can Sinatras performing “Obscurity Knocks” on “Onion World with Rich Hall” because, wow, talk about an obscure talk show; frankly, I’d never even heard of it until I accidentally stumbled upon this clip on YouTube. I was familiar with Rich Hall, of course, because of his tenure on shows like “Not Necessarily the News” and “Saturday Night Live,” but this series…?

Nothing but pops and buzzes.

And, apparently, I’m not the only one hearing those sounds. IMDb.com refers to it as having premiered in 1989, but Rich Hall’s Wikipedia entry claims it ran from 1990 to 1991. Though when it aired is uncertain, the wherever is at least confirmed as having been The Comedy Channel, which merged with the HA! Network in 1991 to form what we now know as Comedy Central. Apparently, Hall must’ve had a really jones for Scottish music at the time, as he managed to score an appearance from Kevin McDermott’s Orchestra as well, but let’s focus on the Trashcans for the moment, since there’s every reason to believe that I wouldn’t be writing this very posting if it wasn’t for them and their music.

That’s not as ominous as it sounds, honest. I don’t have a “I was on the verge of suicide until I heard ‘Hayfever'” story or anything like that. But I joined the E-mail list dedicated to the band’s music way back in the mid-’90s, and through that list, I met none other than David Medsker; he refuses to take credit for my entire journalistic success and regularly praises my writing ability, but the truth of the matter is that I very likely wouldn’t be a full-time, work-at-home writer today if David hadn’t gotten me an in at Bullz-Eye.com. So, thanks, David.

Stupid holidays. They make me too damned sentimental.

Oh, and by the way, if you’re wondering what the hell ever happened to Rich Hall…well, oddly enough, he’s apparently pretty damned successful in the UK. In addition to his accomplishments under his own name, which include several TV series and specials on the BBC, a couple of books, and even a play, he’s also carved out a musical niche for himself by playing a comedic country musician named Otis Lee Crenshaw. Who knew?

Alternative, Artists, External Music, Less Talk, More Music, Pop, Rock, Songs, Videos

Ruby Tuesday: The Bluebells, “Will She Always Be Waiting”

December 11, 2007 /

Rare is the girl that has been able to positively school me on music — no offense, ladies, but most girls simply don’t have the passion for it that I have — so when one comes along that can teach me a few new tricks, the lessons have been memorable ones. It is with this piece that I salute Jen Mueller, a onetime college sweetheart who made me one of the best mix tapes I have ever received. Yes, it was an actual tape. Hey, it was 1987. We didn’t even have CD players back then. No, we didn’t add using an abacus. Shut up.

Anyway, to make things even more interesting (for her, anyway; frustrating as hell for me), she covered the track listing in blue marker so I could not read the names of the songs or the artists. Listen and learn, that was the lesson. Luckily, I knew most of the songs or artists — The Cure, Echo & the Bunnymen, Tears for Fears, World Party, Paul Young, Dream Academy, The Stranglers and a killer Thompson Twins mix spring to mind — but a couple of them left me positively baffled. There are songs called “Dark Intentions” and “Deep Blue Sea” that I’m still trying to track down 20 years later, but I was able to weasel the artist name out of one of the unknowns: The Bluebells. Never heard of them. Little did I know, they had broken up two years earlier, though the song she gave me, “Will She Always Be Waiting,” sounded light years ahead of its time. Big, technicolor strings, lotsa jangling acoustic guitars, and harmonies by the pound. It was wonderful. Still is, in fact.

I recently came across a copy of the record that “Will She Always Be Waiting” called home, the 1984 album Sisters. It’s clearly a vinyl transfer — I’m pretty sure there’s even a small skip towards the end — but that actually makes it sound even better to me. Thanks, Jen. My life’s a little better for having you in it, even if for a brief period. I hope you’re doing well.

The Bluebells – Will She Always Be Waiting.mp3

External Music, Pop, Rock, Ruby Tuesday, Songs

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