This Week’s Album Releases

October 9th, 2007
Fiery Furnaces – Widow City
Jennifer Lopez – Brave
The Raveonettes – Lust Lust Lust
LeAnn Rimes – Family

Sia’s Hittin’ The Road in October!

FINALLY! Sia is only a few weeks away from beginning her North American and UK Tour, and tickets are on sale NOW!! (see below for dates and ticket links)

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
Mon/Oct-22 – Belly Up Tavern San Diego,CA
Wed/Oct-24 – El-Rey, Los Angeles, CA
Thu/Oct-25 – Fillmore, San Francisco,CA
Sat/Oct-27 – Doug Fir Lounge, Portland,OR
Sun/Oct-28 – Crocodile Cafe, Seattle,WA
Mon/Oct 29 – Media Club, Vancouver, Canada

New Music Vid from Emily Haines of Metric

Sometimes the music video is way cooler then the single it represents, and sometimes the single is way cooler then the video for it, but on a rare occasion, both compliment each other equally as proof in Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton’s new video for ‘Our Hell’ off their recently released album ’Knives Don’t Have Our Back’. The video, directed by Jaron Albertin, is shot in a film negative/x-ray-type style that is sure to keep you watching.

Vote For Favorite Grammy Moments

In celebration of the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Grammy Music Awards, My Night At The Grammys is ranking the top Grammy performances of all time, and they need your votes!

Pick from 50 past performances including Aretha, Christina Aguilera, Alanis, Madonna, and Tina Turner. Catch semi-vintage performances from the early 80’s of Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond’s 1980 duet ‘You Don’t Bring Me Flowers’ and Herbie Hancock jamming on the keytar to ‘Rockit’ from 1984.  

Remember, this is not the VMAs, this is the Grammys; the live performances include some of music’s most legendary musicians and singers. Go to www.mynightatthegrammys.com to vote. Wanna know our picks?

St. Vincent playing “These Days”

And just when we thought we’d heard the best…after a little poking and prodding around YouTube, we found video footage of St.Vincent singing “These Days,” like the little rockHer she is, in a DUMBO session (assuming that’s in Brooklyn…isn’t it all These Days–see, we used it in a sentence!) Any-who, she’s awesome. Watch the clip. Sometimes words just aren’t enough

Message from THE DONNAS

“The numbers are in, and Bitchin’ came in at number 89 on the Billboard Top 200!! We want to thank you guys so much, because we know that without all of your support there’s no way that this could happen! It just feels so great to have the record out and be on tour! Can’t wait to see you all around the country! Keep up the good work and keep rockin!

Love you,
Allison, Brett, Maya, and Torry”

We love you too rockHers!

Ani Difranco on Conan Tonight!

Ani will be performing “Both Hands” from her career retrospective Canon tonight on Late Night with Conan O’Brien!  Can’t wait? We got ‘remember when’ video below.

Late Night with Conan O’Brien airs on NBC; check their website here for your local schedule.

Freshly Squeezed Sound: St. Vincent

Ya ever hear something that sounds so refreshing yet familiar at the same time? Familiar in a comfortable-nostalgic type of way? Familiar in a ’take me back to that day’ way? Even if you don’t, Now, Now by St. Vincent is one of the best first-time listens I’ve heard in a long long time , and when you listen to music for a living, it’s quite a nice break away from the predictable.

Long story short: St. Vincent’s debut album Marry Me is out now, featuring  single ‘Now, Now,’ and you can listen to tracks right on her website to see what we’re talking about. And we can now rest at last, I’ve finally heard the freshest new voice of 2007. We love you St. Vincent!

Marry Me

1. Now, Now
2. Jesus Saves, I Spend
3. Your Lips Are Red
4. Marry Me
5. Paris Is Burning
6. All My Stars Aligned
7. The Apocalypse Song
8. We Put A Pearl In The Ground
9. Landmines
10. Human Racing
11. What Me Worry?

On Tour

October

• 1st – Crystal Ballroom – Portland, OR *
• 3rd – Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, Canada *
• 11th – Terminal 5 – New York, NY *
• 30th -Ambassador Theatre – Dublin, Ireland *
• 31st -Spring + Airbrake – Belfast, Northern Ireland *

EU tour dates

This Week’s Album Releases

October 2nd, 2007
Vanessa Carlton – Heroes & Thieves
Annie Lennox – Songs of Mass Destruction
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant – Raising Sand

Raveonettes Moving On From Major Label

After three albums released on Columbia, and much speculation, The Ravenonetts official announced (via MySpace) that they are moving on from the major label scene:

“…it’s time to move on. Being on a major label definitely had its advantages and a few downs, of course. They treated us extremely well, I really have no complaints but (we) feel it’s time to go in a slightly different direction. The major label system sometimes doesn’t allow for outside “help” to get involved, meaning that we don’t get to choose who we wanna work with. That can be a pretty terrible thing and bad things will surely come of it. Therefore we’ve decided to go with indie labels around the world and only get involved with people who truly care and people who feel we can take The Raveonettes to the next level.”

‘Lust Lust Lust’ is scheduled to release November 12th on UK-based indie label Fierce Panda, and the band promises “pretty spectacular” album artwork in “3d baby!”

EVEV NEWER M.I.A. TOUR DATES

M.I.A. comes back to the U.S. in support of her sophomore album “Kala,” which was released last month.  Recording sessions took place all around the world, including NY, Baltimore, Jamica, India, Trinidad, Australia, and London.

U.S.  dates are listed below; overseas dates can be found at M.I.A.’s website. Also, check with official artist website for up-to-date ticketing and venue info.

OCTOBER 2007
18-19 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
26 – New Orleans, LA – Voodoo Music Experience Festival
27 – Las Vegas, NV – Vegoose Festival
29 – Miami, FL – Studio A
31 – Atlanta, GA – Center Stage Atlanta

November 2007
2 – Houston, TX – Club V
3 – Austin, TX – Hogg Auditorium at University of Texas
4 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
9 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
11 – San Diego, CA – Canes
14 – Vancouver, British Columbia – Commodore Ballroom
15 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
16 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
20 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
21 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
23 – Chicago, IL – Vic Theatre
24 – Detroit, MI – Majestic Theatre

This Week’s Album Releases

September 25th, 2007
Melissa Etheridge – The Awakening
PJ Harvey – White Chalk
Joni Mitchell – Shine
Jill Scott – The Real Thing
Stars – In Our Bedroom After the War
Tunng - Good Arrows

This Week’s Album Releases

September 18th 2007
Keyshia Cole – Just Like You
The Donnas – Bitchin’
Eve – Here I Am
Emmylou Harris – Songbird (4 CD rarities box)
Mya – Liberation
Me’shell Ndegeocello – The World Has Made Me The Man Of My Dreams
KT Tunstall – Drastic Fantastic

Maria Taylor Announces Fall Tour Dates

Ok, so she’s not exactly touring heavily around the US, but she is going up and down the West Coast (lucky…you get all the good shows). Extra Lucky: she’s probably playing songs off her second album released this year, Lynn Teeter Flower. Maria, if you see this, come back to the East Coast!

Tue-Sep-25, Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre
Wed-Sep-26, Solana Beach, CA, Belly Up Tavern
Thu-Sep-27, San Francisco, CA, Great American Music Hall
Fri-Sep-28, Arcata, CA, Humboldt State University
Sat-Sep-29, Portland, OR, Doug Fir
Sun-Sep-30, Seattle, WA, Crocodile Café
Tue-Oct-02, Denver, CO, Bluebird Theatre

9/25-10/2 with Midlake

New Song from The Like

New song loaded on The Like MySpace that we think is pretty fan-fablous. Check out (Before I Break Your Heart) Release Me preformed live for Indie 103.1. We love it, and we thought you would too.