Thanks to this damned writer’s strike preventing Darlene Love from making her annual appearance on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” it just doesn’t seem like Christmas. So allow ESDMusic to do its part to help things along…
Merry Christmas, everybody!
Let’s keep this one simple, shall we? It’s a holiday, and we work during enough holidays as it is. Merry Christmas, everyone. Here’s to hoping that Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn will grace us with a new record sometime before we die.
“It’s Christmas Eve, babe / In the drunk tank.” Find me a better opening to a holiday song than that.
I usually use this segment to pimp new stuff, but ’tis the season, etc. (plus the labels don’t release anything of major importance after the middle of November), so I present to you my all time favorite Christmas song. Have we mentioned lately how awesome Kirsty MacColl was, and how much we miss her? We should just rename this site iheartkirstymaccoll.com. ‘Cause we do. Big whole bunches.
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 »
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
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