Nice Matt Baldwin Review.

Posted on Naturalismo today....
The gents at American Dust records have just released the first album by Matt Baldwin. I gave it a spin last night while eating a plum and staring longingly at the ceiling. First and foremost, Baldwin is a guitarist. And yes, before I go any further: comparisons to John Fahey and Leo Kottke are often tossed around wayyyyy too liberally to acoustic composers. I’m guilty of it myself. But aside from the fact that Baldwin plays longform acoustic-based compositions, his approach is far more atmospheric, far more restrained than his fingerpicking forebears. This is a rare case where “atmosphere” is not a compensation for a lack of talent. His virtuosity simmers beneath the surface; his skill is an unspoken subtext in every song. That’s not to say that he doesn’t let the lions loose to ravage a gazelle once and a while. Sometimes water can only boil so long before it bubbles over the edge of the pot, scalding the hand and sending thoughts racing.

Mr. Baldwin will be playing amongst the redwoods on May 10th at the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur, CA.

DJ Food Mixes A Shit Load Of Ninja Tune Songs.

Later on this year Ninja Tune will be releasing a whopping 3 CD / 49 song compilation box set called You Don't Know: Ninja Cuts. The box covers classic territory along with breaking new ground in the massive Ninja catalog. As a sneak preview DJ Food has made a stand out mix of almost every featured track. Download or stream DJ Food's 'You Don't Know' 1000 Masks mix here.

Cessna-centric Podcast.

In celebration of Slim Cessna's Auto Club's new album Cipher, Alternative Tentacles has whipped up an all Cessna-centric podcast. The session includes snippets of new and old Slim Cessna songs along with related projects Jay Munly & Blackstone Valley Sinners. Stream the podcast in it's entirety here.

Revolver Bands On Tour March 26th 2008

AKIMBO
04/21 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
04/22 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
04/23 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
04/24 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
04/25 Santa Cruz, CA @ Catalyst
04/26 Oakland, CA @ Warehouse show (w/ Triclops)
04/27 Arcata, CA @ The Alibi
04/28 Portland, OR @ East End
04/29 Bellingham, WA @ Wild Buffalo

AKRON/FAMILY
04/20 Las Vegas, NV @ Bunkhouse Saloon
04/26 Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
04/29 Santa Cruz, CA @ Crepe Place
04/30 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
05/01 Visalia, CA @ The Cellar Door
05/16 Nelsonville, OH @ Nelsonville Arts& Music Festival
06/21 Philadelphia, PA @ Popped Festival on Drexel University Campus
07/24 New York, NY @ River to River Festival at Castle Clinton

AMON TOBIN
04/12 Mountain View, CA @ NASA Ames Research Center

BABY DEE
03/26 London, UK @ Bush Hall
03/27 Reading, UK @ South Street
03/28 Bristol, UK @ Cube
03/29 Padova, IT @ Unwound
03/30 Roma, IT @ Circolo Degli Artisti
04/01 Milano, IT @ La Casa 139
04/09 Wroclaw, Poland Energy of Sound (w/ Current 93)
04/12 Moscow , RUS @ Ikra (W/ Current 93)
04/17 Bourges, BEL @ Le Printemps de Bourges (W/ Current 93)
04/20 Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn Festival (W/ Æthenor, Baby Dee)
04/21 London, UK @ Queen Elizabeth Hall (W/ Current 93)
04/28 London, UK @ Wilton's Music Hall (w/ Little Annie)

DEVENDRA BANHART WITH GILBERTO GIL
06/ 29 Los Angeles CA @ Hollywood Bowl

BEIRUT
05/22 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
05/24 Quincy, WA @ Sasquatch Festival
05/25 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
05/27 San Francisco, CA @ Grand Ballroom
05/28 San Francisco, CA @ Grand Ballroom
05/30 Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre
06/26 Paris, FR @ Olympia
06/27 Evreux, FR @ Festival Le Rock dans tous ses
06/28 St. Gallen, CHE @ Openair St. Gallen Festival
06/30 Munich, DEU @ Muffathalle
07/01 Schorndorf, DEU @ Manufaktur
07/02 Koln, DEU @ Live Music Hall
07/03 Werchter, BEL @ Rock Werchter
07/04 Hamburg, DEU @ Fabrik
07/06 Gdynia, POL @ Heineken Opener Festival
07/20 Benicassim, ESP @ International Benicassim Festival
07/24 Sines POR @ Portugal Festival Musicas do Mundo

BLOODHAG
04/25 Spokane, WA @ The Slaughterhouse
04/26 Missoula, MT @ Palace Lounge
04/28 Minneapolis, MN @ Medusa
04/29 Chicago, IL @ Reggie's
04/30 Lansing, MI @ Mac's
05/02 Louisville, KY @ Rudyard Kipling
05/03 Little Rock, AR @ Downtown Music
05/06 Denver, CO @ 3 Kings Tavern
05/07 Salt Lake City, UT @ Broken Record
05/09 Oakland, CA @ Eli's
05/10 Berkeley, CA @ Dark Carnival Books ( Daytime in-store)
05/10 San Francisco, CA @ Annie's
05/11 Arcata, CA @ Alibi
05/12 Portland, OR @ Tube

BLOWFLY
05/17 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
05/19 Eugene, OR @ John Henry's
05/20 Bellingham, WA @ The Old Foundry
05/21 Seattle, WA @ The Funhouse
05/22 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore
05/24 Portland, OR @ Dante's

BLUES CONTROL
05/09 Philadelphia, PA @ Danger Danger Gallery w/Sic Alps
05/18 Baltimore, MD @ Floristree (w/ Daniel Higgs)

BOREDOMS
03/26 Chicago, IL @ Congress Theater
03/29 Boston, MA @ Paradise
03/30 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
04/02 Philadelphia, PA @ Starlight Ballroom
04/03 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

CHEAP TIME ON TOUR WITH JAY REATARD
Upcoming 05/06/08 on In The Red
04/20 Allston, MA @ Harper's Ferry
04/21 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
04/22 Brooklyn, NY @ Europa
04/24 Princeton, NJ @ Terrace Club
04/25 Swarthmore, PA @ Swarthmore College
04/26 Washington, DC @ Black Cat
04/27 Charlotte, NC @ The Milestone
04/28 Atlanta, GA @ Lenny's
04/29 Chattanooga, TN @ JJ's Bohemia
04/30 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
05/01 Memphis TN @ Hi Tone

CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA
04/23 Brooklyn, NY @ Williamsburg Music Hall
04/26 Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts

COLLEEN
05/17 New York, NY @ Merkin Concert Hall
05/18 Philadelphia, PA @ International House (w/Fern Night)

COLOSSAL YES
04/05 Oakland, CA @ 21 Grand
04/11 San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern
04/16 Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar
04/17 Chicago, IL @ Logan Square Auditorium
04/18 Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room
04/19 Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace
04/20 Montreal, QC @ Club Lambi
04/21 Boston, MA @ Middle East
04/22 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
04/23 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

CURRENT 93
04/09 Wroclaw, POL @ Energy of Sound
04/11 Moscow , RUS @ Ikra
04/12 Moscow , RUS @ Ikra (W/ Baby Dee)
04/13 Berlin, DEU @ Volksbühne
04/14 Berlin, DEU @ Volksbühne
04/17 Bourges, BEL @ Le Printemps de Bourges (W/ Baby Dee)
04/20 Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn Festival (W/ Æthenor, Baby Dee)
04/21 London, UK @ Queen Elizabeth Hall, London (special guest vocalist Marc Almond and w/Baby Dee)

DAMON & NAOMI
06/19 Louisville, KY @ Melwood Arts Center (Terrastock 7 Festival)
06/25 Dublin, IRE @ Whelans (Upstairs)
06/26 Galway, IRE @ Roisin Dubh
06/28 Toulouse, FR @ Les Siestes Electroniques Festival

THE DEATH SET
03/28 Brooklyn, NY @ Glasslands Gallery
04/16 Annandale-On-Hudson, NY @ Multi-Purpose Room @ Bard College
04/17 Cleveland, OH @ B Side Liquor Lounge
04/18 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
04/19 Northfield, MN @ The Cave @ Careton College
04/23 Portland, OR @ Holocene
04/28 Tucson, AZ @ Plush
04/30 Austin, TX @ Emo's Jr.
05/01 Dallas, TX @ Palladium Loft
05/02 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
05/03 Tallahassee, FL @ he Beta Bar
05/05 Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds
05/07 Jacksonville, FL @ TSI
05/09 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
05/10 Chapel, NC @ Local 506
05/12 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
05/13 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brendas
05/15 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
05/16 Montreal, QC @ Les Saints
05/17 Toronto, ON @ Anti

DENGUE FEVER
03/26 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
03/28 Austin, TX @ Club Deville
03/29 Houston, TX @ Orange Show Center
03/30 Fort Worth, TX @ Lola's
04/01 Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theater

DIPLO
03/26 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
03/27 San Francisco, CA @ Concourse Design Center
03/29 Toreo, MEX @ Roots Magic Club
03/30 Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
03/31 Los Angeles, CA @ Mayan Theater
04/25 Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts

DIRTBOMBS
03/26 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues- Cambridge Room
03/27 Austin, TX @ Emo's (Indoor)
03/28 Houston, TX @ Rudyard's British Pub
03/29 New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
03/31 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
04/01 Birmingham, AL @ BottleTree
04/02 Atlanta, GA @ E.A.R.L.
04/03 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
04/04 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
04/05 Washington, DC @ The Rock and Roll Hotel
04/06 Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell's
04/07 New York, NY @ Other Music (In-store 8:00 PM)
04/08 New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine
04/10 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
04/11 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
04/12 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East
04/13 Montreal, QC @ Cabaret Music Hall
04/15 Ottawa, ON @ Babylon
04/16 Toronto, ON @ The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
04/18 Toledo, OH @ Franckie's
04/19 Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig
05/01 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom
05/02 Madison, WI @ The High Noon Saloon
05/03 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
05/04 Fargo, ND @ Aquarium
05/05 Winnipeg, MB @ West End Cultural Centre
05/06 Saskatoon, SAS @ Louis' Pub
05/07 Calgary, AB @ The Warehouse
05/08 Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room
05/10 Vancouver, BC @ Richard's On Richards Cabaret
05/11 Victoria, BC @ Sugar Nightclub
05/13 Seattle, WA @ Neumo's
05/14 Portland, OR @ Dante's
05/16 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
05/17 West Hollywood, CA @ Troubadour
05/18 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
05/19 Scottsdale, AZ @ The Rhythm Room
05/20 Tucson, AZ @ Plush
05/22 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
05/23 Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
05/24 St. Louis, MO @ Creepy Crawl
05/25 Columbus, OH @ The Basement

ENABLERS
03/26 Tours, FR @ Le Lilo
03/27 Lyon, FR @ Le Sonic
03/28 Paris, FR @ Le Macanique Ondulatoire
03/29 Fernelmont, BEL @ Rhaaa Lovely festival
03/30 Utrecht, NL @ DB's

FERN KNIGHT
04/27 Philadelphia, PA @ The Tin Angel
05/04 New York, NY @ WNYC (Spinning on Air performance)
05/07 San Diego, CA @ Che Cafe
05/08 Los Angeles, CA @ Silverlake Lounge
05/10 Big Sur, CA @ Henry Miller Library
05/11 San Francisco, CA @ The Hemlock Tavern
05/13 Salem, OR @ The Space
05/14 Portland, OR @ The Someday Lounge
05/18 Philadelphia, PA @ International House (w/ Colleen)
05/30 Washington, DC @ The Velvet Lounge

GRAILS
06/19 Louisville, KY @ Melwood Arts Center (Terrastock 7 Festival)

HOWLIN RAIN
03/27 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
03/28 Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room
03/29 Pittsburgh, PA @ 31st Street Pub
03/30 Philadelphia, PA @ Khyber Pass
03/31 Boston, MA @ Great Scott
04/02 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
04/03 Washington, DC @ DC9
04/04 Chapel, Hill, NC @ Local 506
04/05 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
04/06 Memphis TN @ Hi-Tone
04/07 Bloomington, IN @ Buskirk-Chumley Theatre

JANA HUNTER ON TOUR WITH PHOSPHORESCENT
04/10 Utrecht, NL @ Ekko
04/11 Rotterdam, NL @ Motel Mozaique
04/12 Kortrijk, BEL @ De Kreun
04/13 Paris, FR @ Mains d'Oeuvres
04/14 Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
04/15 Brussels, BEL @ Dominofestival
04/17 London, UK @ Borderline
04/18 Bristol, UK @ The Cube
04/19 Coventry, UK @ Taylor John's House
04/20 York, UK @ Fibbers
04/21 Glasgow, UK @ Captains Rest.
04/22 Newcastle, UK @ The Cumberlands Arms
04/23 Manchester, UK @ Sacred Trinity Chapel
04/24 Leeds, UK @ The Faversham
06/14 Maryland, MD @ Floristree

MICHAEL HURLEY
04/08 Portland, OR @ Holoscene (w/ Rio En Medio)
04/16 Chapel Hill, NC @ Gerrard Hall On UNC Campus
04/17 Silk Hope, NC @ Silk Hope Music Festival
04/19 Charlottesville, VA @ Tea Bazaar
04/20 Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool
04/21 New York, NY @ The Cakeshop
06/01 Boston, MA @ Knave Gallery

SCOTT KELLY
04/18 Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn Festival
04/20 Dortmund, DEU @ Pauluskirche
04/22 Leipzig, DEU @ UT Connewitz
04/23 Jena, DEU @ Rosenkeller
04/24 Hamburg, DEU @ Hafenklang
04/25 Berlin, DEU @ Privatclub

KID 606
04/05 Tyumen,siberia @ dub club
04/25 Manchester, UK @ ruby lounge
04/26 Camber Sands, UK @ Bangface Weekender

KING BROTHERS
04/02 Santa Cruz, CA @ Blue Lagoon
04/03 Oakland, CA @ Stork Club
04/04 Visalia, CA @ Cellar Door
04/05 Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland
04/06 San Diego, CA @ Pink Elephant Bar
04/07 San Pedro, CA @ Dillenger Studios
04/08 Goleta, CA @ Biko Co-op Garage Performance Space
04/09 San Luis Obispo, CA @ San Luis Art Center
04/10 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of The Hill
04/11 Portland, OR @ East End
04/12 Seattle, WA @ Comet Tavern
04/13 Portland, OR @ Reed College
04/14 Eureka, CA @ The Vista

LESBIAN
04/10 Gilford, UK @ The Star Inn
04/11 Sheffield, UK @ The Casbah
04/12 Nottingham, UK @ Old Angel
04/13 Sheffield, UK @ The Casbah
04/14 Glasgow, UK @ Ivory Blacks
04/15 Manchester, UK @ The Star and Garter
04/16 Brighton, UK @ The Engine Room w/Textures
04/17 Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach
04/18 Liege, BEL @ Carlo Levi
04/19 Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn Festival
04/21 London, UK @ Bar Monsta

LICHENS ON TOUR WITH EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY
03/26 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
03/28 Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre
03/29 St. Louis, MO @ Pageant Theatre
03/30 Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theatre
04/01 Chicago, IL @ Congress Theatre
04/02 Grand Rapids, MI @ Calvin College
04/03 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
04/04 Buffalo, NY @ Tralf Music Hall
04/05 Providence, RI @ Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
04/06 Farmingdale, NY @ Crazy Donkey
04/08 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
04/09 Philadelphia, PA @ Starlight Ballroom
04/11 Norfolk, VA @ Norva
04/12 Charleston, SC @ Music Farm
04/13 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse

MALCOLM MIDDLETON
05/07 Sydney, AUS @ The Hopetoun
05/09 Melbourne, AUS @ The Corner
05/10 Brisbane, AUS @ The Zoo

MOCHIPET
03/29 Dublin, IRE @ The Lower Deck, Portobello
04/04 Boston, MA @ Vermin Street Party & Afterparty
04/05 New York, NY @ Barcore @ Pussycat Lounge
04/06 Baltimore, MD @ We Not Men
04/11 Newark NJ @ Machine
04/19 New York, NY @ Roomservice in Manhattan
05/03 Denver, CO @ Jungle Labs
05/09 Seattle, WA @ Broken Disco @ Chop Suey
05/18 Sacramento, CA @ Synthetic Sacramento

MR. SCRUFF
3/28 Chicago, IL @ Smart Bar
3/29 Brooklyn, NY @ Studio B

MUMLERS
03/28 Davis, CA @ KDVS (on air performance)
03/28 Sacramento, CA @ Fox & Goose
04/12 Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place

NADJA
03/27 Denver, CO @ Kingdom of Doom
03/29 Minneapolis, MN @ Belfry
03/30 Chicago, IL @ The Empty Bottle
04/18 Brussels, BEL @ Botanique
04/19 Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn Festival
04/20 Bremen, DEU @ Die Friese
04/22 Hamburg, DEU @ Markthalle
04/24 Aarhus, DK @ Katapult
04/25 Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen
05/17 Victoriaville, QC @ FIMAV
06/13 Montreal, QC @ Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival

NAKED AGGRESSION
03/26 Frankfurt, DEU @ Exzess
03/28 Duesseldorf, DEU @ Ak 44
03/29 Hannover, DEU @ Sprengel

OCTOPUS PROJECT
05/16 Minehead, UK @ All Tomorrow's Parties Music Festival

OM
05/17 Victoriaville, QC @ Festival International de Musique Actuelle
05/30 Barcelona, ESP@ Primavera Festival
06/04 Tokyo, JAP @ Shibuya O Nest
06/05 Nagoya, JAP @Huck Finn
06/06 Osaka, JAP @ Sunsui
06/08 Niigata, JAP @ Z-1
06/10 Tokyo, JAP @ Shibuya O Nest

LA OTRACINA
03/29 New York, NY @ Cakeshop

PAPERCUTS OPENING FOR BEACH HOUSE
03/26 Chicago, IL @ Schubas
03/27 Cleveland Heights, OH @ The Grog Shop
03/29 Montreal, QC @ Casa del Popolo
03/31 Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East
04/02 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
04/03 Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbery
04/04 Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel

PELT
06/19 Louisville, KY @ Melwood Arts Center (Terrastock 7 Festival)

PORT O'BRIEN
03/27 Washington, DC @ DC 9
03/28 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506

JAY REATARD
03/27 Tuscon, AZ @ Rialto Theater
03/28 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theater
03/29 San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues
03/30 Pomona, CA @ The Glasshouse
04/01 Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theater
04/02 San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theater
04/04 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
04/05 Seattle, WA @ SoDo Lounge
04/06 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
04/09 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater
04/10 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
04/11 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
04/12 Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theater
04/13 Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
04/15 Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Theater
04/16 Ottawa, ON @ Babylon
04/17 Toronto, ON @ Silver Dollar
04/18 Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
04/19 Ithaca, NY @ Cornell University
04/20 Allston, MA @ Harper's Ferry (w/Cheaptime)
04/21 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom (w/Cheaptime)
04/22 Brooklyn, NY @ Europa (w/Cheaptime)
04/24 Princeton, NJ @ Terrace Club (w/Cheaptime)
04/25 Swarthmore, PA @ Swarthmore College (w/Cheaptime)
04/26 Washington, DC @ Black Cat (w/Cheaptime)
04/27 Charlotte, NC @ The Milestone (w/Cheaptime)
04/28 Atlanta, GA @ Lenny's (w/Cheaptime)
04/29 Chattanooga, TN @ JJ's Bohemia (w/Cheaptime)
04/30 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge (w/Cheaptime)
05/01 Memphis TN @ Hi Tone (w/Cheaptime)

RIO EN MEDIO
03/29 Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland
04/04 San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern
04/08 Portland, OR @ Holoscene (w/ Michael Hurley)

JACK ROSE
04/19 Brooklyn, NY @ Monkeytown
04/20 New Haven, CT @ Bar
04/22 Athens, OH @ Casa Cantina
04/23 Detroit, MI @ Bohemian National Home
04/25 Saint Paul, MN @ Turf Club
04/26 Iowa City, IA @ Picador
04/27 St Louis, MO @ Open Lot
04/29 Lexington, KY @ The Dame
04/30 Pittsburgh, PA @ Modern Formations Gallery
05/01 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
06/19 Louisville, KY @ Melwood Arts Center (Terrastock 7 Festival)

SAPAT
06/19 Louisville, KY @ Melwood Arts Center (Terrastock 7 Festival)

TONY SCHERR
04/05 New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine
04/14 Portland, OR @ Berbati's Pan
04/19 San Francisco, CA @ Independent
04/20 San Francisco, CA @ Independent

SECRET CHIEFS
04/03 Brookedale, CA @ Brookdale Lodge
04/04 Los Angeles CA @ Wiltern
04/05 San Francisco CA @ Warfield

SON LUX
04/05 Grand Rapids, MI @ Calvin College

SONIC YOUTH
04/25 Nashville, TN @ City Hall
04/26 Fayetteville, AR @ Walton Arts Center Parking Lot

SPANK ROCK
04/18 New York, NY @ Knitting Factory
04/25 Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts

SUISHOU NO FUNE
05/17 Minneapolis, MN @ Heliotrope festival at the Ritz Theater
05/19 Albuquerque, NM @ Lotus Sound Label Showcase at the Stove Gallery
05/22-25 Jacumba, CA @ Telemagica 2008 Art & Music Festival
05/26 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
05/27 Oakland, CA @ 21 Grand
05/30 Brooklyn, NY @ Death By Audio

MARK SULTAN
04/19 Toronto, ON @ Rancho Relaxo
05/15 New Haven, CT @ Cafe 9
05/16 Boston, MA @ The Abbey
05/17 Brooklyn, NY @ Don Pedro's
05/19 Asheville, NC @ The Admiral
05/22 Denton TX @ Rubber Gloves
05/23 Austin, TX @ Emo's
05/24 Baton Rouge, LA @ The Spanish Moon
05/25 Atlanta, GA @ The E.A.R.L.
05/26 Chapel Hill, NC @ Cat's Cradle
05/27 Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
05/28 Washington, DC @ The Black Cat
05/29 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
05/30 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
05/31 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

TELEPHONE JIM JESUS
04/12 Visalia, CA @ The Cellar Door
04/19 San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern

MIA DOI TODD OPENING FOR JOSE GONZALEZ
03/27 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore Auditorium
03/28 Portland, OR @ The Aladdin Theatre
03/29 Seattle, WA @ The Triple Door
03/30 Seattle, WA @ The Triple Door
03/31 Vancouver, BC @ St. Andrew's Wesley United

TRICLOPS!
03/21 San Francisco, CA @ Annie's Social Club (Record release show)
04/26 Oakland, CA @ Warehouse show (w/ Akimbo)
05/02 Berkeley, CA @ 924 Gilman
06/17 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill

VETIVER SUPPORTING & PERFORMING WITH GARY LOURIS
03/29 Pittsburgh, PA @ 08 Mr Small's Theater
03/30 Toronto, ON @ Mod Club Theatre
04/01 Somerville, MA @ Somerville Theater
04/20 New York, NY @ Town Hall
04/04 Chapel Hill, NC @ Cats Cradle
04/05 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse

VETIVER HEADLINING TOUR
05/01 Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's
05/02 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater Grill
05/03 Vancouver, BC @ Media Club
05/04 Seattle, WA @ High Dive
05/06 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
05/07 Hollywood, CA @ The Troubadour
05/08 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
05/09 Santa Cruz, CA @ Crepe Place
05/10 Visalia, CA @ Howie & sons Pizza & Beer Parlor

TONY JOE WHITE
03/27 Massy, FR @ Massy Théatre
03/28 Saint Etienne, FR @ Le Triomphe
03/29 Arles, FR @ Le Cargo
03/30 Compiegne, FR @ Zicodrome

WHY?
03/26 Montreal QC @ La Sala Rossa
03/27 Toronto, ON @ Silver Dollar
03/28 Ann Arbor, MI @ Pierpoint at University Of Michigan
03/29 Newport, KY @ Southgate House
03/30 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland
04/01 Columbus, OH @ Cafe Bourbon Street
04/02 Bloomington, IN @ Bear's Place
04/03 Chicago, IL @ The Abbey Pub
04/04 Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
04/05 Madison, WI @ Cafe Montmartre
04/06 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
04/07 Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium
04/08 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
04/09 Columbia, MO @ Mojo's
04/10 Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot
04/11 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
04/12 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
04/14 Missoula, MT @ Badlander
04/15 Spokane, WA @ Big Easy
04/16 Vancouver, BC @ Media Club
04/17 Seattle, WA @ Vera Project
04/18 Portland, OR @ Holocene
04/19 Eugene, OR @ Indigo District

DEVON WILLIAMS OPENING FOR DESTROYER
05/13 Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room
05/14 Calgary, AB @ Royal Canadian Legion Hall
05/16 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
05/18 Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room
05/19 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
05/20 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
05/21 San Francisco, CA @ Independent
05/23 Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater

WOODEN SHJIPS
05/09 Camber Sands, UK @ All Tomorrow's Parties Festival
06/19 Louisville, KY @ Melwood Arts Center (Terrastock 7 Festival)

A Message From The Rebel.

B.R. Wallers accompanied by three of his Country Teaser mates will be performing on WFMU tomorrow under The Rebel moniker. More deets straight from the man himself below.

"Guys, hurry, tune in! wfmu.org, tomorrow (Tuesday March 25) between 3 and 6pm, the Brian Turner show, yeah! The Rebel has AT LAST been recorded in such a way that not only us serious music fans can love it but also those people who can't hear music unless it's, you know, and i don't want to put down lo-fidelity here, but ... well... SHARP. I'm not saying the Rebel can't produce himself perfectly , I'm just saying that this live session featuring Country Teasers' Sophie Politowicz, Alastair Mackinven and Robert McNeill is what is probably going to rocket The Rebel into the space from which Country Teasers was holding him back for 15 years, no offence guys, none taken. Great group and all that, but we're int the Future Now, as Kool Keith so wrightly sed: the past is in a bic lighter: Foget It!"

Free Mochipet Tour Mixes .

Download two shredding Mochipet tour mixes here.

Mochipet is still on tour.
03/28 Tarbes, FR @ Celtic @ Crack Party
03/29 Dublin, IRE @ The Lower Deck, Portobello
04/02 Philadelphia, PA @ Sal's on 12th
04/04 Boston, MA @ Vermin Street Party & Afterparty
04/05 New York, NY @ Barcore @ Pussycat Lounge
04/06 Baltimore, MD @ We Not Men
04/11 Newark NJ @ Machine
04/17 Brooklyn, NY @ Beats Pure Fire Monthly @ APT
04/19 New York, NY @ Roomservice in Manhattan
05/03 Denver, CO @ Jungle Labs
05/09 Seattle, WA @ Broken Disco @ Chop Suey
05/14 Los Angeles, CA @ Low End Theory Club
05/18 Sacramento, CA @ Synthetic Sacramento

The Warehouse Knows Best.

Dozens upon dozens of amazing and not-so-amazing new releases arrive at the doorstep of Revolver USA each week. The onslaught of vinyl, plastic, and shrink wrap never seems to cease. For the most part variety and quantity are good things, but the downside is that occasionally a gem or two will get lost in the fray. Today is the maiden voyage in what will hopefully be weekly instalments of top picks from the folks in the Revolver warehouse. Who know's inventory better than the people who unload and pack up the boxes? Enjoy.

Kyle (warehouse manager):
Wrath of the Weak "Alogon" CD
Cloudland Canyon "Lie In Light" LP
Dirtbombs "Play Sparks" 7"
Anna Järvinen "Jag Fick Feeling" CD

Jacob (king box stuffer):
MRR ADM "Untitled"
Factums "New Album Thingy"
Black Milk "Caltroit"
The guitar "playing" old skeleton cowboy man@ 16th st & Van Ness.

Revolver Bands On Tour March 20th 2008

AKIMBO
04/21 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
04/22 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
04/23 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
04/24 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
04/25 Santa Cruz, CA @ Catalyst
04/26 Oakland, CA @ Warehouse show (w/ Triclops)
04/27 Arcata, CA @ The Alibi (w/ Triclops)
04/28 Portland, OR @ East End (w/ Triclops)
04/29 Bellingham, WA @ Wild Buffalo (w/ Triclops)
04/30 Seattle, WA @ King Cobra (w/ Triclops)

AKRON/FAMILY
04/26 Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
04/29 Santa Cruz, CA @ Crepe Place
04/30 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
05/01 Visalia, CA @ The Cellar Door
06/21 Philadelphia, PA @ Popped Festival on Drexel University Campus
07/24 New York, NY @ River to River Festival at Castle Clinton

APES
03/20 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
03/21 Akron, OH @Musica
03/22 Wilkes Barre, PA @ Cafe Metropolis
03/23 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY @ Bard College

BABY DEE
03/20 Newcastle, UK @ The Cluny
03/22 Dublin, IRE @ Whelan's
03/24 Coventry, UK @ Taylor John's
03/25 Norwich, UK @ Arts Centre
03/26 London, UK @ Bush Hall
03/27 Reading, UK @ South Street
03/28 Bristol, UK @ Cube
03/29 Padova, IT @ Unwound
03/30 Roma, IT @ Circolo Degli Artisti
04/01 Milano, IT @ La Casa 139
04/09 Wroclaw, Poland Energy of Sound (w/ Current 93)
04/12 Moscow , RUS @ Ikra (W/ Current 93)
04/17 Bourges, BEL @ Le Printemps de Bourges (W/ Current 93)
04/20 Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn Festival (W/ Æthenor, Baby Dee)
04/21 London, UK @ Queen Elizabeth Hall (W/ Current 93)
04/28 London, UK @ Wilton's Music Hall (w/ Little Annie)

BEIRUT
05/22 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
05/24 Quincy, WA @ Sasquatch Festival
05/25 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
05/27 San Francisco, CA @ Grand Ballroom
05/28 San Francisco, CA @ Grand Ballroom
05/30 Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre
06/26 Paris, FR @ Olympia
06/27 Evreux, FR @ Festival Le Rock dans tous ses
06/28 St. Gallen, CHE @ Openair St. Gallen Festival
06/30 Munich, DEU @ Muffathalle
07/01 Schorndorf, DEU @ Manufaktur
07/02 Koln, DEU @ Live Music Hall
07/03 Werchter, BEL @ Rock Werchter
07/04 Hamburg, DEU @ Fabrik
07/06 Gdynia, POL @ Heineken Opener Festival
07/20 Benicassim, ESP @ International Benicassim Festival
07/24 Sines POR @ Portugal Festival Musicas do Mundo

BLACK LIPS WITH QUINTRON & MISS PUSSYCAT SUPPORT
03/20 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
03/21 Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone
03/22 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl

BLOODHAG
04/25 Spokane, WA @ The Slaughterhouse
04/26 Missoula, MT @ Palace Lounge
04/28 Minneapolis, MN @ Medusa
04/29 Chicago, IL @ Reggie's
04/30 Lansing, MI @ Mac's
05/02 Louisville, KY @ Rudyard Kipling
05/03 Little Rock, AR @ Downtown Music
05/06 Denver, CO @ 3 Kings Tavern
05/07 Salt Lake City, UT @ Broken Record
05/09 Oakland, CA @ Eli's
05/10 Berkeley, CA @ Dark Carnival Books ( Daytime in-store)
05/10 San Francisco, CA @ Annie's
05/11 Arcata, CA @ Alibi
05/12 Portland, OR @ Tube

BLOWFLY
05/17 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
05/19 Eugene, OR @ John Henry's
05/20 Bellingham, WA @ The Old Foundry
05/21 Seattle, WA @ The Funhouse
05/22 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore
05/24 Portland, OR @ Dante's

BOREDOMS
03/20 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
03/21 Seattle, WA @ Neumo's
03/25 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
03/26 Chicago, IL @ Congress Theater
03/29 Boston, MA @ Paradise
03/30 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
04/02 Philadelphia, PA @ Starlight Ballroom
04/03 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA
04/23 Brooklyn, NY @ Williamsburg Music Hall
04/26 Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts

COLLEEN
05/17 New York, NY @ Merkin Concert Hall
05/18 Philadelphia, PA @ International House (w/Fern Night)

COLOSSAL YES
04/05 Oakland, CA @ 21 Grand
04/11 San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern
04/16 Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar
04/17 Chicago, IL @ Logan Square Auditorium
04/18 Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room
04/19 Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace
04/20 Montreal, QC @ Club Lambi
04/21 Boston, MA @ Boston Museum Of Fine Arts
04/22 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
04/23 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

CURRENT 93
04/09 Wroclaw, POL @ Energy of Sound
04/11 Moscow , RUS @ Ikra
04/12 Moscow , RUS @ Ikra (W/ Baby Dee)
04/13 Berlin, DEU @ Volksbühne
04/14 Berlin, DEU @ Volksbühne
04/17 Bourges, BEL @ Le Printemps de Bourges (W/ Baby Dee)
04/20 Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn Festival (W/ Æthenor, Baby Dee)
04/21 London, UK @ Queen Elizabeth Hall, London (special guest vocalist Marc Almond and w/Baby Dee)

DAMON & NAOMI
06/19 Louisville, KY @ Melwood Arts Center (Terrastock 7 Festival)
06/25 Dublin, IRE @ Whelans (Upstairs)
06/26 Galway, IRE @ Roisin Dubh
06/28 Toulouse, FR @ Les Siestes Electroniques Festival

THE DEATH SET
03/28 Brooklyn, NY @ Glasslands Gallery
04/16 Annandale-On-Hudson, NY @ Multi-Purpose Room @ Bard College
04/17 Cleveland, OH @ B Side Liquor Lounge
04/18 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
04/19 Northfield, MN @ The Cave @ Careton College
04/23 Portland, OR @ Holocene
04/28 Tucson, AZ @ Plush
04/30 Austin, TX @ Emo's Jr.
05/01 Dallas, TX @ Palladium Loft
05/02 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
05/03 Tallahassee, FL @ he Beta Bar
05/05 Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds
05/07 Jacksonville, FL @ TSI
05/09 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
05/10 Chapel, NC @ Local 506
05/12 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
05/13 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brendas
05/15 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
05/16 Montreal, QC @ Les Saints
05/17 Toronto, ON @ Anti

DENGUE FEVER
03/21 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
03/22 Seattle, WA @ Neumos
03/23 Bellingham, WA @ Nighlight Lounge
03/25 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
03/26 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
03/28 Austin, TX @ Club Deville
03/29 Houston, TX @ Orange Show Center
03/30 Fort Worth, TX @ Lola's
04/01 Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theater

DIPLO
03/19 Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Hall
03/20 Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theater
03/22 Denver, CO @ Ogden
03/24 Seattle, WA @ Showbox Sodo
03/25 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore
03/25 Vancouver, BC @ Caprice Nightclub
03/26 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
03/27 San Francisco, CA @ Concourse Design Center
03/29 Toreo, MEX @ Roots Magic Club
03/30 Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
03/31 Los Angeles, CA @ Mayan Theater
04/25 Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts

DIRTBOMBS
03/21 Bloomington, IN @ Jake's Nightclub
03/22 Nashville, TN 2 Mercy Lounge
03/24 Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone Cafe
03/25 Little Rock, AR @ Revolution Music Room
03/26 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues- Cambridge Room
03/27 Austin, TX @ Emo's (Indoor)
03/28 Houston, TX @ Rudyard's British Pub
03/29 New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
03/31 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
04/01 Birmingham, AL @ BottleTree
04/02 Atlanta, GA @ E.A.R.L.
04/03 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
04/04 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
04/05 Washington, DC @ The Rock and Roll Hotel
04/06 Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell's
04/07 New York, NY @ Other Music (In-store 8:00 PM)
04/08 New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine
04/10 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
04/11 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
04/12 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East
04/13 Montreal, QC @ Cabaret Music Hall
04/15 Ottawa, ON @ Babylon
04/16 Toronto, ON @ The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
04/18 Toledo, OH @ Franckie's
04/19 Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig
05/01 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom
05/02 Madison, WI @ The High Noon Saloon
05/03 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
05/04 Fargo, ND @ Aquarium
05/05 Winnipeg, MB @ West End Cultural Centre
05/06 Saskatoon, SAS @ Louis' Pub
05/07 Calgary, AB @ The Warehouse
05/08 Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room
05/10 Vancouver, BC @ Richard's On Richards Cabaret
05/11 Victoria, BC @ Sugar Nightclub
05/13 Seattle, WA @ Neumo's
05/14 Portland, OR @ Dante's
05/16 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
05/17 West Hollywood, CA @ Troubadour
05/18 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
05/19 Scottsdale, AZ @ The Rhythm Room
05/20 Tucson, AZ @ Plush
05/22 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
05/23 Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
05/24 St. Louis, MO @ Creepy Crawl
05/25 Columbus, OH @ The Basement

ENABLERS
03/20 Belfast, IRE @ The Bunker
03/22 Liverpool, UK @ Leaf Cafe/Static Gallery
03/23 Birmingham, UK @ Hare and Hounds
03/25 Le Havre, FR @ Mac Daids
03/26 Tours, FR @ Le Lilo
03/27 Lyon, FR @ Le Sonic
03/28 Paris, FR @ Le Macanique Ondulatoire
03/29 Fernelmont, BEL @ Rhaaa Lovely festival
03/30 Utrecht, NL @ DB's

GRAILS
06/19 Louisville, KY @ Melwood Arts Center (Terrastock 7 Festival)

HOWLIN RAIN
03/27 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
03/28 Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room
03/29 Pittsburgh, PA @ 31st Street Pub
03/30 Philadelphia, PA @ Khyber Pass
03/31 Boston, MA @ Great Scott
04/02 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
04/03 Washington, DC @ DC9
04/04 Chapel, Hill, NC @ Local 506
04/05 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
04/06 Memphis TN @ Hi-Tone
04/07 Bloomington, IN @ Buskirk-Chumley Theatre

JANA HUNTER ON TOUR WITH PHOSPHORESCENT
04/10 Utrecht, NL @ Ekko
04/11 Rotterdam, NL @ Motel Mozaique
04/12 Kortrijk, BEL @ De Kreun
04/13 Paris, FR @ Mains d'Oeuvres
04/14 Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
04/15 Brussels, BEL @ Dominofestival
04/17 London, UK @ Borderline
04/18 Bristol, UK @ The Cube
04/19 Coventry, UK @ Taylor John's House
04/20 York, UK @ Fibbers
04/21 Glasgow, UK @ Captains Rest.
04/22 Newcastle, UK @ The Cumberlands Arms
04/23 Manchester, UK @ Sacred Trinity Chapel
04/24 Leeds, UK @ The Faversham
06/14 Maryland, MD @ Floristree

MICHAEL HURLEY
04/08 Portland, OR @ Holoscene (w/ Rio En Medio)
04/16 Chapel Hill, NC @ Gerrard Hall On UNC Campus
04/17 Silk Hope, NC @ Silk Hope Music Festival
04/19 Charlottesville, VA @ Tea Bazaar
04/20 Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool
04/21 New York, NY @ The Cakeshop
06/01 Boston, MA @ Knave Gallery

INDIAN JEWELRY
04/18 Houston, TX @ The Mink
04/19 Austin, TX @ Emos
04/21 Tucson, AZ @ Solar Culture
04/22 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
04/23 Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place
04/24 San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern
04/25 Eureka, CA @ The Vista
04/26 Portland, OR @ Someday Lounge
04/27 Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern
04/29 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
04/30 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
05/01 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown Jr.
05/02 Saint Paul, MN @ Turf Club
05/03 Chicago, IL @ The Hideout
05/04 Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room
05/05 Akron, OH @ Matinee
05/06 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland
05/08 New York, NY @ Cake Shop
05/09 Hanover, NH @ Fuel Rocket Club
05/10 Providence, RI @ AS 220
05/11 New Haven, CT @ Sundazed @ Bar
05/12 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brendas
05/14 Washington, DC @ The Red and The Black
05/15 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
05/16 Knoxville, TN @ Pilot Light
05/17 Birmingham, AL @ Bottle Tree

SCOTT KELLY
04/18 Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn Festival

KID 606
03/21 Antwerp, BEL @ dissonant festival
03/22 Pren di feltre,italy @ maggazzini prensili
04/05 Tyumen,siberia @ dub club
04/25 Manchester, UK @ ruby lounge
04/26 Camber Sands, UK @ Bangface Weekender

KING BROTHERS
04/02 Santa Cruz, CA @ Blue Lagoon
04/03 Oakland, CA @ Stork Club
04/04 Visalia, CA @ Cellar Door
04/05 Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland
04/06 San Diego, CA @ Pink Elephant Bar
04/07 San Pedro, CA @ Dillenger Studios
04/08 Goleta, CA @ Biko Co-op Garage Performance Space
04/09 San Luis Obispo, CA @ San Luis Art Center
04/10 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of The Hill
04/11 Portland, OR @ East End
04/12 Seattle, WA @ Comet Tavern
04/13 Portland, OR @ Reed College
04/14 Eureka, CA @ The Vista

LESBIAN
04/10 Gilford, UK @ The Star Inn
04/11 Sheffield, UK @ The Casbah
04/12 Nottingham, UK @ Old Angel
04/14 Glasgow, UK @ Ivory Blacks
04/15 Manchester, UK @ The Star and Garter
04/16 Brighton, UK @ The Engine Room w/Textures
04/17 Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach
04/19 Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn Festival

LICHENS ON TOUR WITH EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY
03/21 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
03/22 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
03/24 Salt Lake City, UT@ In the Venue
03/25 Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Tavern
03/26 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
03/28 Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre
03/29 St. Louis, MO @ Pageant Theatre
03/30 Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theatre
04/01 Chicago, IL @ Congress Theatre
04/02 Grand Rapids, MI @ Calvin College
04/03 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
04/04 Buffalo, NY @ Tralf Music Hall
04/05 Providence, RI @ Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
04/06 Farmingdale, NY @ Crazy Donkey
04/08 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
04/09 Philadelphia, PA @ Starlight Ballroom
04/11 Norfolk, VA @ Norva
04/12 Charleston, SC @ Music Farm
04/13 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse

MALCOLM MIDDLETON
05/07 Sydney, AUS @ The Hopetoun
05/09 Melbourne, AUS @ The Corner
05/10 Brisbane, AUS @ The Zoo

MOCHIPET
03/20 Geneva, CH @ Electron Festival
03/21 Antwerp, BEL @ Dissonant Festival
03/29 Dublin, IRE @ The Lower Deck, Portobello
04/04 Boston, MA @ Vermin Street Party & Afterparty
04/05 New York, NY @ Barcore @ Pussycat Lounge
04/06 Baltimore, MD @ We Not Men
04/11 Newark NJ @ Machine
04/19 New York, NY @ Roomservice in Manhattan
05/03 Denver, CO @ Jungle Labs
05/09 Seattle, WA @ Broken Disco @ Chop Suey
05/18 Sacramento, CA @ Synthetic Sacramento

MR. SCRUFF
3/20 Portland, OR @ Holocene
3/21 San Francisco, CA @ Mighty
3/22 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre (Presented by KCRW)
3/23 Los Angeles, CA @ Hopscotch/Custom Hotel
3/28 Chicago, IL @ Smart Bar
3/29 Brooklyn, NY @ Studio B

MUMLERS
03/28 Davis, CA @ KDVS (on air performance)
03/28 Sacramento, CA @ Fox & Goose
04/12 Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place

NAKED AGGRESSION
03/23 Berlin, DEU @ Koepi
03/24 Dresden, DEU @ Chemiefabrik
03/26 Frankfurt, DEU @ Exzess
03/28 Duesseldorf, DEU @ Ak 44
03/29 Hannover, DEU @ Sprengel

OCTOPUS PROJECT
05/16 Minehead, UK @ All Tomorrow's Parties Music Festival

PAPERCUTS OPENING FOR BEACH HOUSE
03/21 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
03/22 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
03/24 Omaha, NE @ The Slowdown
03/25 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
03/26 Chicago, IL @ Schubas
03/27 Cleveland Heights, OH @ The Grog Shop
03/29 Montreal, QC @ Casa del Popolo
03/31 Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East
04/02 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
04/03 Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbery
04/04 Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel

PELT
06/19 Louisville, KY @ Melwood Arts Center (Terrastock 7 Festival)

PORT O'BRIEN
03/27 Washington, DC @ DC 9
03/28 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506

JAY REATARD
03/27 Tuscon, AZ @ Rialto Theater
03/28 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theater
03/29 San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues
03/30 Pomona, CA @ The Glasshouse
04/01 Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theater
04/02 San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theater
04/04 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
04/05 Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
04/06 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
04/09 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater
04/10 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
04/11 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
04/12 Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theater
04/13 Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
04/15 Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Theater
04/17 Toronto, ON @ Silver Dollar
04/18 Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
04/19 Ithaca, NY @ Cornell University
04/20 Allston, MA @ Harper's Ferry
04/21 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
04/22 Brooklyn, NY @ Europa
04/24 Princeton, NJ @ Terrace Club
04/25 Swarthmore, PA @ Swarthmore College

RIO EN MEDIO
03/29 Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland
04/04 San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern
04/08 Portland, OR @ Holoscene (w/ Michael Hurley)

JACK ROSE
03/20 Braga, PRT @ Teatro Circo
03/23 Paris, FR @ Les Voûtes
03/25 The Hague, NL @ Helbaard
04/19 Brooklyn, NY @ Monkeytown
04/20 New Haven, CT @ Bar
04/22 Athens, OH @ Casa Cantina
04/23 Detroit, MI @ Bohemian National Home
04/25 Saint Paul, MN @ Turf Club
04/26 Iowa City, IA @ Picador
04/27 St Louis, MO @ Open Lot
04/29 Lexington, KY @ The Dame
04/30 Pittsburgh, PA @ Modern Formations Gallery
05/01 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
06/19 Louisville, KY @ Melwood Arts Center (Terrastock 7 Festival)

SAPAT
06/19 Louisville, KY @ Melwood Arts Center (Terrastock 7 Festival)

TONY SCHERR
03/20 Toronto, ON @ The Dakota Tavern
03/25 New York, NY @ Joe's Pub (record release show)
04/05 New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine
04/14 Portland, OR @ Berbati's Pan
04/19 San Francisco, CA @ Independent
04/20 San Francisco, CA @ Independent

SECRET CHIEFS
04/03 Brookedale, CA @ Brookdale Lodge
04/04 Los Angeles CA @ Wiltern
04/05 San Francisco CA @ Warfield

SON LUX
03/22 New York, NY @ The Knitting Factory
04/05 Grand Rapids, MI @ Calvin College

SONIC YOUTH
04/25 Nashville, TN @ City Hall
04/26 Fayetteville, AR @ Walton Arts Center Parking Lot

SPANK ROCK
04/18 New York, NY @ Knitting Factory
04/25 Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts

MARK SULTAN
04/19 Toronto, ON @ Rancho Relaxo
05/15 New Haven, CT @ Cafe 9
05/16 Boston, MA @ The Abbey
05/17 Brooklyn, NY @ Don Pedro's
05/19 Asheville, NC @ The Admiral
05/22 Denton TX @ Rubber Gloves
05/23 Austin, TX @ Emo's
05/24 Baton Rouge, LA @ The Spanish Moon
05/25 Atlanta, GA @ The E.A.R.L.
05/26 Chapel Hill, NC @ Cat's Cradle
05/27 Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
05/28 Washington, DC @ The Black Cat
05/29 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
05/30 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
05/31 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

MIA DOI TODD OPENING FOR JOSE GONZALEZ
03/20 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground
03/21 Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
03/22 Salt Lake City, UT @ Union Ballroom
03/24 San Diego, CA @ San Diego Women's Club
03/25 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
03/27 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore Auditorium
03/28 Portland, OR @ The Aladdin Theatre
03/29 Seattle, WA @ The Triple Door
03/30 Seattle, WA @ The Triple Door
03/31 Vancouver, BC @ St. Andrew's Wesley United

TRICLOPS!
03/21 San Francisco, CA @ Annie's Social Club (Record release show)
04/11 Portland, OR @ O'Malley's Pub
04/12 Seattle, WA @ Vera Project
04/26 Oakland, CA @ Warehouse show (w/ Akimbo)
04/27 Arcata, CA @ The Alibi (w/ Akimbo)
04/28 Portland, OR @ East End (w/ Akimbo)
04/29 Bellingham, WA @ Wild Buffalo (w/ Akimbo)
04/30 Seattle, WA @ King Cobra (w/ Akimbo)
05/02 Berkeley, CA @ 924 Gilman
06/17 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill

VETIVER SUPPORTING & PERFORMING WITH GARY LOURIS
03/20 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
03/21 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theater
03/25 Minneapolis, MN @ State Theater
03/29 Pittsburgh, PA @ 08 Mr Small's Theater
03/30 Toronto, ON @ Mod Club Theatre
04/01 Somerville, MA @ Somerville Theater
04/20 New York, NY @ Town Hall
04/04 Chapel Hill, NC @ Cats Cradle
04/05 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse

VETIVER HEADLINING TOUR
05/01 Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's
05/02 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater Grill
05/03 Vancouver, BC @ Media Club
05/04 Seattle, WA @ High Dive
05/06 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
05/07 Hollywood, CA @ The Troubadour
05/08 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
05/09 Santa Cruz, CA @ Crepe Place
05/10 Visalia, CA @ Howie & sons Pizza & Beer Parlor

TONY JOE WHITE
03/21 Abbeville, FR @ Abbeville Theatre
03/24 Paris, FR @ Olympia Theatre
03/27 Massy, FR @ Massy Théatre
03/28 Saint Etienne, FR @ Le Triomphe
03/29 Arles, FR @ Le Cargo
03/30 Compiegne, FR @ Zicodrome

WHY?
03/20 Charlottesville, VA @ Outback Lodge
03/21 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
03/22 New York, NY @ The Knitting Factory
03/23 New Haven, CT @ Sundazed At BAR
03/24 Northampton, MA @ The Iron Horse
03/25 Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East
03/26 Montreal QC @ La Sala Rossa
03/27 Toronto, ON @ Silver Dollar
03/28 Ann Arbor, MI @ Pierpoint at University Of Michigan
03/29 Newport, KY @ Southgate House
03/30 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland
04/01 Columbus, OH @ Cafe Bourbon Street
04/02 Bloomington, IN @ Bear's Place
04/03 Chicago, IL @ The Abbey Pub
04/04 Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
04/05 Madison, WI @ Cafe Montmartre
04/06 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
04/07 Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium
04/08 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
04/09 Columbia, MO @ Mojo's
04/10 Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot
04/11 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
04/12 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
04/14 Missoula, MT @ Badlander
04/15 Spokane, WA @ Big Easy
04/16 Vancouver, BC @ Media Club
04/17 Seattle, WA @ Vera Project
04/18 Portland, OR @ Holocene
04/19 Eugene, OR @ Indigo District

DEVON WILLIAMS OPENING FOR DESTROYER
05/13 Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room
05/14 Calgary, AB @ Royal Canadian Legion Hall
05/16 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
05/18 Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room
05/19 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
05/20 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
05/21 San Francisco, CA @ Independent
05/23 Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater

JOHN WOLFINGTON
03/24 New York, NY @ Googies' Lounge
03/31 New York, NY @ Googies' Lounge

WOODEN SHJIPS
05/09 Camber Sands, UK @ All Tomorrow's Parties Festival
06/19 Louisville, KY @ Melwood Arts Center (Terrastock 7 Festival)

Dusted Understands 水晶の舟 / Suishou No Fune.

Artist: Suishou no Fune
Album: Prayer For Chibi
Label: Holy Mountain
Review date: Mar. 19, 2008
Original Dusted review

Formed in 1999 by guitarists Pirako Kurenai and Kageo, Suishou no Fune has pursued a pretty singular cause in their nine years. Working a rich vein that picks up the Velvet Underground’s influence right where Les Rallizes Denudes left it, these two play slow-motion ballads, plying thick, droning guitars with hefty doses of feedback and distortion. That much of the material on their handful of releases has been captured live in concert is hardly surprising; after all, these lengthy, languid pieces are truly of the moment, tumbling forth with a voluminous presence that was obviously created to fill voids both spiritual and physical.

Though recorded in the studio, there’s hardly a thin or underworked moment throughout both discs of Suishou no Fune’s Prayer for Chibi, their latest long player (and a sprawling, two-disc behemoth of an album at that). Created as a memorial to their dearly departed cat, Prayer is tonally split across its two discs; the first focuses on gauzy, almost transparent guitar tones and textures, while the second digs much deeper to unearth more harrowing performances. In keeping with the theme of memorial, it’s almost as if the first half focuses on remembrance, allowing the second half to confront the void of loss head-on.

While unmistakably possessed by the same demons that can make Fushitsusha such a harrowing experience, there’s still a certain levity to Prayer for Chibi’s front half that grants each track an almost indisputable weightlessness. Here, the guitars are diffuse, stretching out into gauzy streams of consciousness that mesh with the lofting, intertwined vocals of Kurenai and Kageo. While the idea of corporeal transience plays out again and again in the lyrics, the sounds that accompany them make for some of the sweetest moments the band has ever committed to tape. The mammoth “Prayer” opens the album by shaking off shackled percussion, gradually granting a slow blues the freedom to roam across the stratosphere. Later, “Till We Meet Again” plots a similar course, matching simple, melodic guitar lines against a backdrop of steadily darkening drone.

Dealing in altogether different shades, Prayer for Chibi’s second disc opens on far more tempestuous ground, with the leads of “Resurrection Night” launching headlong into a constantly encroaching din. It’s a stark contrast to the almost genteel nature of grief explored earlier, and one that cuts to the core with an ever-sharpening blade. Most harrowing of all here is undoubtedly “The Stars Know All,” and eviscerated blues that pitches notes and chords into the black against forlorn vocals, breaking only for some hard strums towards the close of the piece.

Out of the whole of Japan’s modern wave of psychedelic acts, none choose to explore the exquisite possibilities of the endless bummer with as much intensity as Suishou no Fune. Even still, while their material pursues an almost unmatched heaviness in both tone and aesthetic execution, Prayer for Chibi shows the band developing into a formidably spare ensemble, one that’s capable of highlighting the sheer transformational power of grief and loss. More so than any of their other releases to date, Prayer for Chibi finds the band confidently leaving behind solid ground for all that the sky above has to offer, for better and for worse. By Michael Crumsho

Suishou No Fune will be performing at the Telemagica Art and Music Festival in Jacumba, CA this May. Additional US dats TBA.

Tony Scherr NY Times Review

Tony Scherr is principally an electric guitarist, and his style is full of boiled-down facility and squirrelly, transformative ideas. At first it’s clear how much specific knowledge he has learned from jazz and blues and country-music languages. After that it’s clear how much he has willed himself to forget it.

Visually, he’s a singer-songwriter in a bar band, not a jazz musician. But his trio’s set on Monday night — a regular gig at Marion’s Marquee Lounge, on the Bowery, with the bassist Rob Jost and the drummer Anton Fier — included huge amounts of improvisation. Not just flat-out soloing, but also improvising with melody lines and with the form of a song.

Some of Mr. Scherr’s songs started as if in the middle, suggested by a few chords and a scrap of a lyric; some seemed chopped off after a chorus or two. Singer-songwriters usually don’t treat their babies this way.

He has played with Willie Nelson on and off, as well as with Bill Frisell and Norah Jones, and, a much longer time ago, jazz bandleaders like Woody Herman and Dakota Staton. Mr. Nelson comes through with special clarity as an influence, especially in the phrasing Mr. Scherr uses to make a pinched, fairly average voice worth listening to.

But his guitar playing has a lot more than that. Mr. Scherr plays on a big scale, from delicate strings of passing chords to blaring, splintery rackets. It’s all dramatic and quite beautiful, and the group breathes together. Like the best late-1960s power trios in rock, it has a constant flexibility, with everyone free to add fills as they want, or leave space open.

The overriding theme in his songs — and those by others, like Cheap Trick’s “I Want You to Want Me” (done at a crawl) or Fleetwood Mac’s “Over & Over” — is deep loneliness, being on the losing end of a communication breakdown. And this sense of isolation somehow carried through to the whole band’s performance: it was a kind of tunnel-vision session, a deep and rambling dream. (Dreams figure into Mr. Scherr’s songs a lot too.)

His sets usually run to two hours, a stretch for a small band in a small club. But the music never grows dispiriting: it’s a coherent and invigorating two hours, suggesting much about how seemingly disparate pieces of American music can be recombined.

Upcoming Scherr live dates:
03/20 Toronto, ON @ The Dakota Tavern
03/25 New York, NY @ Joe's Pub (Record release party)
04/05 New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine
04/14 Portland, OR @ Berbati's Pan
04/19 San Francisco, CA @ Independent
04/20 San Francisco, CA @ Independent

Vinyl Is The Future (At Least To A Certain Group Of People).

Between partying his ass off and shoveling BBQ down his gullet Revolver's salesvasary Mike Doyle joined a SXSW panel of like-minded "industry" folks to discuss the future of the vinyl format. It was quite a meeting of the minds, Patrick Amory of Matador Records, John Kunz of Waterloo Records and Video, Eric Levin of Criminal Records / AIMS, Kevin Pedersen of What's Your Rupture, and Doug Mosurock staff writer of dustedmagazine.com. As you can imagine it was a wild 1:10 minute ride of opinion and knowledge. Download audio of the whole shebang here. Viva La Vinyl!

A Revolver Guide To SXSW 2008.

AKRON/FAMILY
03/12 Austin Convention Center (SXSW showcase 4:30 PM)
03/15 Emo's Inside Room (SXSW showcase12:00 AM)

APES
03/14 Flamingo Cantina (SXSW label showcase 10:30 PM)
03/15 Typewriter Museum (SXSW party 2:10 PM)

GREG ASHLEY
03/15 American Apparel (SXSW day party)
03/15 Club 710 (SXSW label showcase 8:45 PM)

BLUES CONTROL
03/13 Soho Lounge (SXSW label showcase 8:40 PM)
03/14 (((Nicehouse))) - 1500 E. 2nd St. (SXSW party 7:30 PM)
03/15 American Apparel (SXSW party 1:00 PM)
03/15 Sound on Sound Records (SXSW in-store)

CLIPD BEAKS
03/13 Children's Museum (SXSW party)
03/14 The Side Bar (SXSW daytime party)
03/14 Flamingo Cantina (SXSW label showcase 8:40)

THE DEATH SET
03/12 Emo's JR (SXSW party 4:00 PM)
03/13 Trophy's (SXSW party outdoor stage 2:30 PM)
03/13 Ms. Bea's (SXSW party 8:00 PM)
03/13 Elysium (SXSW label showcase 12:00 PM)
03/14 7th & San Jacinto parking garage (SXSW party)
03/14 Victory Grill (SXSW party 5:15 PM)

DEMON'S CLAWS
03/12 Lamberts (SXSW label showcase 10:00 PM)
03/13 Austin Convention Center (SXSW day show 2:00 PM)
03/14 Cheapo Discs (SXSW in-store)
03/15 Beerland (SXSW unofficial showcase 5:30 PM)
03/16 Sherry's BBQ (SXSW party)

DICKS
03/12 Flamingo Cantina (SXSW 1:00 AM)
03/13 Gallery Lombardi (SXSW party unplugged set)

DIPLO
03/13 Barcelona (SXSW label showcase 11:10 PM)
03/14 7th & San Jacinto parking garage (SXSW party)
03/14 Stubb's (SXSW party invite only DJ set)

EATS SKULL
03/13 Soho Lounge (SXSW label showcase 10:00 PM)
03/15 Taproom (SXSW label showcase 11:20 PM)

EX-COCAINE
03/12 Opera House (SXSW party)
03/13 Soho Lounge (SXSW label showcase)

HALF JAPANESE
03/14 Spiro's (SXSW lWFMU showcase 11:00 PM)
03/15 Waterloo Records (SXSW in-store 6:00 PM)
03/15 Counter Café (SXSW party 9:00 PM)

THE HEAVY
03/13 Elysium (SXSW label showcase 8:30 PM)
03/13 Raw Space "301" (SXSW party invite only 11:30 PM)
03/15 KCMP Live-To-Air (tent stage - Red River St. & 7th St. 12:00 PM)

HOWLIN RAIN
03/13 The French Legation museum (SXSW party - acoustic stage 5:30 PM)
03/13 Emo's (SXSW showcase 9:00 PM)
03/14 Vice Outdoor Stage (1106 East 11th St, 1:15 PM)
03/14 United States Art Authority @ Spiderhouse café (SXSW party)
03/15 Waterloo Park (SXSW day party)
03/15 Club 710 (SXSW label showcase 11:15 PM)

JANA HUNTER
03/14 Prague (SXSW label showcase 9:00 PM)

STEVEN WRAY LOBDEL
03/15 Taproom (SXSW label showcase 10:30 PM)

MODEY LEMON
03/12 Emos Annex (SXSW party 1:30 PM)
03/14 Furniture Residence - 1009 E. 44th St. (SXSW party 3:00 PM)
03/15 Club 710 (SXSW label showcase 10:15 PM)

NAKED ON THE VAGUE
03/13 Soho Lounge (SXSW label showcase 9:20 PM)

OCTOPUS PROJECT
03/12 Red Eyed Fly (SXSW day show)
03/13 Emo's (SXSW showcase 12:00 AM)
03/15 Salvage Vanguard Theater (SXSW fee show 2:00 AM))

PEEL
03/12 Maggie Mae's (SXSW showcase)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Hole In The Wall (SXSW party 5:45 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Salvage Vanguard Theater (SXSW fee show 2:00 PM)

PINK REASON
03/13 Soho Lounge (SXSW label showcase 12:40 PM)
03/14 (((Nicehouse))) - 1500 E. 2nd St. (SXSW party 3:30 PM)
03/15 Sound on Sound Records (SXSW in-store)
03/15 Blind Pig Rooftop (SXSW showcase 8:50 PM)

GHISLAIN POIRIER
03/12 Brush Square Park (SXSW Canadian Blast BBQ 6:20 PM)
03/13 Trophy's (SXSW party outdoor stage DJ set 5:30 PM)
03/13 Elysium (SXSW label showcase 12:45 AM)
03/14 Levi's Fader Fort - 204 E. 4th St. (SXSW party DJ set 3:00 PM)

PORT O'BRIEN
03/13 La Luz Home & Fashion (SXSW party)
03/14 Urban Outfitters - 2406 Guadalupe (SXSW party)
03/14 The French Legation museum (SXSW party - acoustic stage 5:30 PM)
03/15 Flamingo Cantina (SXSW Showcase 2:00 PM)
03/15 Bourban Rocks (SXSW Showcase 5:00 PM)

PSYCHEDELIC HORSESHIT
03/13 Soho Lounge (SXSW label showcase)
03/14 Longbranch Inn (SXSW party 6:00 PM)
03/14 Spiro's (SXSW showcase)

RAHDUNES
03/15 Taproom (SXSW label showcase 8:50 PM)

JAY REATARD
03/13 The French Legation museum (SXSW party 4:00 PM)
03/13 Stubbs (SXSW Vice showcase 10:30 PM)
03/14 Emo's (SXSW Party 1:30 PM)
03/14 Vice Outdoor Stage (SXSW Party 4:15 PM)
03/15 Waterloo Park (SXSW party)
03/15 Vice Late Night Party

SLIM CESSNA'S AUTO CLUB
03/13 New Belgium Brewing (SXSW party 1:00 PM)
03/14 Emo's (SXSW showcase 8:00 PM)
03/15 Bull McCabes (SXSW party 1:00 PM)
03/15 Scoot Inn (SXSW showcase 6:00 PM)

SON LUX
03/12 Spiderhouse (SXSW day party)
03/15 Okay Mountain Gallery (SXSW party 3:15 PM)
03/15 Lambert's (SXSW label showcase 10:00 PM)

SPANK ROCK
03/15 Levi's/FADER Fort - 204 E. 4th St. (SXSW party)

SPIDER BAGS
03/15 710 Club (SXSW label showcase 1:00 AM)

TIMES NEW VIKING
03/12 La Zona Rosa (SXSW label showcase 10:30 PM)
03/13 The French Legation museum (SXSW party 5:00 PM)
03/13 Soho Lounge (SXSW showcase 1:20 AM)
03/14 Emo's (SXSW Party 4:00 PM)
03/14 Waterloo Records (SXSW in-store 3:00 PM)

WHITE WILLIAMS
03/12 Peacock Lounge (SXSW party 1:45 PM)
03/12 Antone's (SXSW label showcase 8:00 PM)
03/14 Emo's (SXSW party 1:00 PM)

WHY?
03/12 Emo's (SXSW party 4:30 PM)
03/14 Emo's Annex (SXSW party 5:30 PM)
03/13 Austin Convention Center (SXSW day show 4:00 PM)
03/15 Lambert's (SXSW label showcase 12:00 AM)

DEVON WILLIAMS
03/12 Maggie Mae's downstairs stage (SXSW showcase 8:00 PM)
03/12 Red 7 (SXSW showcase 8:30 PM)
03/14 The French Legation museum (SXSW party - acoustic stage 1:30 PM)
03/15 KVRX 91.7 (in-studio performance 12:00 PM)
03/15 The Opera House (SXSW party 3:00 PM)

WOODEN SHJIPS
03/14 Longbranch Inn (SXSW party 5:15 PM)
03/15 Taproom (SXSW label showcase 12:10 PM)

WOODS
03/12 Apartment 336 (early show)
03/13 Ms Bea's Free Agency afternoon show/bbq
03/14 Natrix House (3222 John Campbell's Tr.)
03/15 Mohawk (SXSW showcase 9:00 PM)

XNO BBQX
03/13 Soho Lounge (SXSW label showcase 9:30 PM)
03/14 Broken Neck (SXSW party)

YPPAH
03/13 Elysium (SXSW label showcase 9:00 PM)

Cinematic Orchestra Burst Bubbles For Schweppes!

Upcoming Cinematic Orchestra live shows:
04/23 Brooklyn, NY @ Williamsburg Music Hall
04/26 Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts

Free Daedelus Download!

Score a free download of Daedelus' new single 'Hrs:Mins:Secs' HERE. This is a great track and an excellent way to warm up for the forthcoming album, Love To Make Music To, out June 2008.

Akron/Family's Live Show Praised By The Washington Post.

With Help From Friends, Akron/Family Soars
Tuesday, March 11, 2008; Page C04
By Patrick Foster
Original post

"We care a lot!" Faith No More sang sometime during the 1980s; since then, few bands have shouted, stomped and seemed to care as much as Akron/Family. During its kaleidoscopic two-hour set at Jammin' Java on Sunday night, the Brooklyn outfit was unwaveringly passionate. The trick was figuring out just what it was the band was caring so much about.

Start with an extra emphasis on family. The three core Akrons were joined by North Carolina trio Megafun to create a six-piece group (keyed by dual drummers and Seth Olinksy's lithe guitar) able to take full advantage of a dizzying array of flutes and percussion instruments and give sung/chanted interludes an impressive gravity. Those vocal anchor points were welcome during a set that was heavy on new material.

Familiar songs such as "Phenomena" and "There's So Many Colors" were distended and splayed to fit an ever-shifting template encompassing gently rippling folk, unabashed hippie jamming, blissful harmonic drones, African pop and springs-sprung improv. So when the Family steered the nearly 40-minute concluding piece into "Turn on Your Lovelight," it was un-ironically digging on both Bobby "Blue" Bland and the Dead. That stunning final piece climaxed with the Akron's best song, "Ed Is a Portal," which threw the band's startling inventiveness into high relief but didn't shed much light on the roots of its passion. Mystery, however, is what the Akron/Family really digs, and mantras like the one chanted Sunday are explanation enough: "We've gone where we've gone."

Catch the "experience" for yourself:
03/15 Austin, TX @ Emo's Inside Room (SXSW showcase12:00 AM)
04/26 Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
04/29 Santa Cruz, CA @ Crepe Place
04/30 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
05/01 Visalia, CA @ The Cellar Door
06/21 Philadelphia, PA @ Popped Festival on Drexel University Campus
07/24 New York, NY @ River to River Festival at Castle Clinton

Revolver Bands On Tour March 12th 2008

AKRON/FAMILY
03/12 Austin, TX @ Austin Convention Center (SXSW showcase 4:30 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Emo's Inside Room (SXSW showcase12:00 AM)
04/26 Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
04/29 Santa Cruz, CA @ Crepe Place
04/30 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
05/01 Visalia, CA @ The Cellar Door
06/21 Philadelphia, PA @ Popped Festival on Drexel University Campus
07/24 New York, NY @ River to River Festival at Castle Clinton

APES
03/13 Houston, TX @ Mink Backroom
03/14 Austin, TX @ Flamingo Cantina (SXSW label showcase 10:30 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Typewriter Museum (SXSW party 2:10 PM)
03/16 Denton, TX @ Rubbergloves
03/17 Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar
03/18 St. Louis, MO @ 2 Cents Plain
03/19 Minneapolis, MN @ The Uptown Club
03/20 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
03/21 Akron, OH @Musica
03/22 Wilkes Barre, PA @ Cafe Metropolis
03/23 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY @ Bard College

GREG ASHLEY
03/15 Austin, TX @ American Apparel (SXSW day party)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Club 710 (SXSW label showcase 8:45 PM)

BABY DEE
03/06 Leon, ESP @ Teatro El Albeitar, Universidad de Leon
03/08 Santiago de Compostela, ESP @ Salon Teatro
03/10 Madrid, ESP @ Teatro Calderon
03/12 Zaragoza, ESP @ Sala Oasis
03/13 Tarragona, ESP @ Groove Bar
03/14 Barcelona, ESP @ Sala Apolo
03/20 Newcastle, UK @ The Cluny
03/22 Dublin, IRE @ Whelan's
03/24 Coventry, UK @ Taylor John's
03/25 Norwich, UK @ Arts Centre
03/26 London, UK @ Bush Hall
03/27 Reading, UK @ South Street
03/28 Bristol, UK @ Cube
03/29 Padova, IT @ Unwound
03/30 Roma, IT @ Circolo Degli Artisti
04/01 Milano, IT @ La Casa 139
04/09 Wroclaw, Poland Energy of Sound (w/ Current 93)
04/12 Moscow , RUS @ Ikra (W/ Current 93)
04/17 Bourges, BEL @ Le Printemps de Bourges (W/ Current 93)
04/20 Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn Festival (W/ Æthenor, Baby Dee)
04/21 London, UK @ Queen Elizabeth Hall (W/ Current 93)
04/28 London, UK @ Wilton's Music Hall (w/ Little Annie)

BEIRUT
03/13 Auckland, NZ @ Kings Arms Tavern
03/14 New Plymoth, NZ @ Womad NZ Festival
03/16 Wellington, NZ @ San Francisco Bath House
05/22 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
05/24 Quincy, WA @ Sasquatch Festival
05/25 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
05/27 San Francisco, CA @ Grand Ballroom
05/28 San Francisco, CA @ Grand Ballroom
05/30 Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre
06/26 Paris, FR @ Olympia
06/27 Evreux, FR @ Festival Le Rock dans tous ses
06/28 St. Gallen, CHE @ Openair St. Gallen Festival
06/30 Munich, DEU @ Muffathalle
07/01 Schorndorf, DEU @ Manufaktur
07/02 Koln, DEU @ Live Music Hall
07/03 Werchter, BEL @ Rock Werchter
07/04 Hamburg, DEU @ Fabrik
07/06 Gdynia, POL @ Heineken Opener Festival
07/20 Benicassim, ESP @ International Benicassim Festival
07/24 Sines POR @ Portugal Festival Musicas do Mundo

BLACK LIPS WITH QUINTRON & MISS PUSSYCAT SUPPORT
03/13 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East
03/14 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
03/15 Washington, DC @ Black Cat
03/16 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
03/20 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
03/21 Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone
03/22 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl

BLOWFLY
05/17 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
05/19 Eugene, OR @ John Henry's
05/20 Bellingham, WA @ The Old Foundry
05/21 Seattle, WA @ The Funhouse
05/22 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore
05/24 Portland, OR @ Dante's

BLUES CONTROL
03/13 Austin, TX @ Soho Lounge (SXSW label showcase 8:40 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ (((Nicehouse))) - 1500 E. 2nd St. (SXSW party 7:30 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ American Apparel (SXSW party 1:00 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Sound on Sound Records (SXSW in-store)

BOREDOMS
03/15 San Diego, CA @ Canes
03/16 Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theater
03/18 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore Auditorium
03/20 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
03/21 Seattle, WA @ Neumo's
03/25 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
03/26 Chicago, IL @ Congress Theater
03/29 Boston, MA @ Paradise
03/30 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
04/02 Philadelphia, PA @ Starlight Ballroom
04/03 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA
04/23 Brooklyn, NY @ Williamsburg Music Hall
04/26 Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts

CLIPD BEAKS
03/12 Lubbock, TX @ Bash Riprocks
03/13 Austin, TX @ Children's Museum (SXSW party)
03/14 Austin, TX @ The Side Bar (SXSW daytime party)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Flamingo Cantina (SXSW label showcase 8:40)

COLLEEN
05/17 New York, NY @ Merkin Concert Hall
05/18 Philadelphia, PA @ International House (w/Fern Night)

COLOSSAL YES
03/15 Santa Rosa, CA @ Toad In The Hole Pub
04/05 Oakland, CA @ 21 Grand
04/11 San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern
04/16 Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar
04/17 Chicago, IL @ Logan Square Auditorium
04/18 Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room
04/19 Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace
04/20 Montreal, QC @ Club Lambi
04/21 Boston, MA @ Boston Museum Of Fine Arts
04/22 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
04/23 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

CURRENT 93
04/09 Wroclaw, POL @ Energy of Sound
04/11 Moscow , RUS @ Ikra
04/12 Moscow , RUS @ Ikra (W/ Baby Dee)
04/13 Berlin, DEU @ Volksbühne
04/14 Berlin, DEU @ Volksbühne
04/17 Bourges, BEL @ Le Printemps de Bourges (W/ Baby Dee)
04/20 Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn Festival (W/ Æthenor, Baby Dee)
04/21 London, UK @ Queen Elizabeth Hall, London (special guest vocalist Marc Almond and w/Baby Dee)

DAMON & NAOMI
06/19 Louisville, KY @ Melwood Arts Center (Terrastock 7 Festival)

THE DEATH SET Worldwide LP/CD - Upcoming release on Counter Records
03/12 Austin, TX @ Emo's JR (SXSW party 4:00 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Trophy's (SXSW party outdoor stage 2:30 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Ms. Bea's (SXSW party 8:00 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Elysium (SXSW label showcase 12:00 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ 7th & San Jacinto parking garage (SXSW party)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Victory Grill (SXSW party 5:15 PM)
03/16 Little Rock, AR @ Rad Rad Rad
03/17 Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
03/18 Lexington, KY @ Skateshop
03/19 Greenville, NC @ Spazzatorium
03/28 Brooklyn, NY @ Glasslands Gallery
04/16 Annandale-On-Hudson, NY @ Multi-Purpose Room @ Bard College
04/17 Cleveland, OH @ B Side Liquor Lounge
04/18 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
04/19 Northfield, MN @ The Cave @ Careton College
04/23 Portland, OR @ Holocene
04/28 Tucson, AZ @ Plush
04/30 Austin, TX @ Emo's Jr.
05/01 Dallas, TX @ Palladium Loft
05/02 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
05/03 Tallahassee, FL @ he Beta Bar
05/05 Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds
05/07 Jacksonville, FL @ TSI
05/09 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
05/10 Chapel, NC @ Local 506
05/12 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
05/13 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brendas
05/15 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
05/16 Montreal, QC @ Les Saints
05/17 Toronto, ON @ Anti

DEMON'S CLAWS
03/12 Austin, TX @ Lamberts (SXSW label showcase 10:00 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Austin Convention Center (SXSW day show 2:00 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Cheapo Discs (SXSW in-store)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Beerland (SXSW unofficial showcase 5:30 PM)
03/16 Austin, TX @ Sherry's BBQ (SXSW party)

DENGUE FEVER
03/12 Los Angeles, CA @ Royce Hall
03/21 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
03/23 Bellingham, WA @ Nighlight Lounge
03/25 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
03/26 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
03/28 Austin, TX @ Club Deville
03/29 Houston, TX @ Orange Show Center
03/30 Fort Worth, TX @ Lola's
04/01 Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theater

DICKS
03/12 Austin, TX @ Flamingo Cantina (SXSW showcase 1:00 AM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Gallery Lombardi (SXSW party unplugged set)

DIPLO
03/13 Austin, TX @ Barcelona (SXSW label showcase 11:10 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ 7th & San Jacinto parking garage (SXSW party)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Stubb's (SXSW party invite only DJ set)
03/19 Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Hall
03/20 Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theater
03/22 Denver, CO @ Ogden
03/24 Seattle, WA @ Showbox Sodo
03/25 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore
03/25 Vancouver, BC @ Caprice Nightclub
03/26 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
03/27 San Francisco, CA @ Concourse Design Center
03/29 Toreo, MEX @ Roots Magic Club
03/30 Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
03/31 Los Angeles, CA @ Mayan Theater
04/25 Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts

DIRTBOMBS
03/21 Bloomington, IN @ Jake's Nightclub
03/22 Nashville, TN @ Grimey's Preloved Music (in-store 1604 8th Ave. S.)
03/22 Nashville, TN 2 Mercy Lounge
03/24 Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone Cafe
03/25 Little Rock, AR @ Revolution Music Room
03/26 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues- Cambridge Room
03/27 Austin, TX @ Emo's (Indoor)
03/28 Houston, TX @ Rudyard's British Pub
03/29 New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
03/31 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
04/01 Birmingham, AL @ BottleTree
04/02 Atlanta, GA @ E.A.R.L.
04/03 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
04/04 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
04/05 Washington, DC @ The Rock and Roll Hotel
04/06 Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell's
04/07 New York, NY @ Other Music (In-store 8:00 PM)
04/08 New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine
04/10 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
04/11 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
04/12 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East
04/13 Montreal, QC @ Cabaret Music Hall
04/15 Ottawa, ON @ Babylon
04/16 Toronto, ON @ The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
04/18 Toledo, OH @ Franckie's
04/19 Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig
05/01 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom
05/02 Madison, WI @ The High Noon Saloon
05/03 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
05/04 Fargo, ND @ Aquarium
05/05 Winnipeg, MB @ West End Cultural Centre
05/06 Saskatoon, SAS @ Louis' Pub
05/07 Calgary, AB @ The Warehouse
05/08 Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room
05/10 Vancouver, BC @ Richard's On Richards Cabaret
05/11 Victoria, BC @ Sugar Nightclub
05/13 Seattle, WA @ Neumo's
05/14 Portland, OR @ Dante's
05/16 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
05/17 West Hollywood, CA @ Troubadour
05/18 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
05/19 Scottsdale, AZ @ The Rhythm Room
05/20 Tucson, AZ @ Plush
05/22 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
05/23 Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
05/24 St. Louis, MO @ Creepy Crawl
05/25 Columbus, OH @ The Basement

EATS SKULL Sick To Death LP - upcoming 05/27/08 on Siltbreeze
03/13 Austin, TX @ Soho Lounge (SXSW label showcase 10:00 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Taproom (SXSW label showcase 11:20 PM)

EX-COCAINE
03/12 Austin, TX @ Opera House (SXSW party)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Soho Lounge (SXSW label showcase)

GRAILS
06/19 Louisville, KY @ Melwood Arts Center (Terrastock 7 Festival)

HALF JAPANESE
03/13 Austin, TX @ Obsolete Industries Inc. ( plus Jad Fair art exhibition 8:00 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Spiro's (SXSW WFMU showcase 11:00 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Waterloo Records (SXSW in-store 6:00 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Counter Café (SXSW party 9:00 PM)

THE HEAVY
03/13 Austin, TX @ Elysium (SXSW label showcase 8:30 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Raw Space "301" (SXSW party invite only 11:30 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ KCMP Live-To-Air (tent stage - Red River St. & 7th St. 12:00 PM)

HOWLIN RAIN
03/13 Austin, TX @ The French Legation museum (SXSW party - acoustic stage 5:30 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Emo's (SXSW showcase 9:00 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Vice Outdoor Stage (1106 East 11th St, 1:15 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ United States Art Authority @ Spiderhouse café (SXSW party)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Waterloo Park (SXSW day party)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Club 710 (SXSW label showcase 11:15 PM)
03/27 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
03/28 Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room
03/29 Pittsburgh, PA @ 31st Street Pub
03/30 Philadelphia, PA @ Khyber Pass
03/31 Boston, MA @ Great Scott
04/02 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
04/03 Washington, DC @ DC9
04/04 Chapel, Hill, NC @ Local 506
04/05 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
04/06 Memphis TN @ Hi-Tone
04/07 Bloomington, IN @ Buskirk-Chumley Theatre

JANA HUNTER ON TOUR WITH PHOSPHORESCENT
03/14 Austin, Texas @ Prague (SXSW label showcase 9:00 PM)
04/10 Utrecht, NL @ Ekko
04/11 Rotterdam, NL @ Motel Mozaique
04/12 Kortrijk, BEL @ De Kreun
04/13 Paris, FR @ Mains d'Oeuvres
04/14 Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
04/15 Brussels, BEL @ Dominofestival
04/17 London, UK @ Borderline
04/18 Bristol, UK @ The Cube
04/19 Coventry, UK @ Taylor John's House
04/20 York, UK @ Fibbers
04/21 Glasgow, UK @ Captains Rest.
04/22 Newcastle, UK @ The Cumberlands Arms
04/23 Manchester, UK @ Sacred Trinity Chapel
04/24 Leeds, UK @ The Faversham
06/14 Maryland, MD @ Floristree

SCOTT KELLY
04/18 Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn Festival

LESBIAN
04/10 Gilford, UK @ The Star Inn
04/11 Sheffield, UK @ The Casbah
04/12 Nottingham, UK @ Old Angel
04/14 Glasgow, UK @ Ivory Blacks
04/15 Manchester, UK @ The Star and Garter
04/16 Brighton, UK @ The Engine Room w/Textures
04/17 Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach
04/19 Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn Festival

LICHENS ON TOUR WITH EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY
03/14 Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
03/15 San Diego, CA @ SOMA
03/17 Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre
03/21 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
03/22 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
03/24 Salt Lake City, UT@ In the Venue
03/25 Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Tavern
03/26 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
03/28 Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre
03/29 St. Louis, MO @ Pageant Theatre
03/30 Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theatre
04/01 Chicago, IL @ Congress Theatre
04/02 Grand Rapids, MI @ Calvin College
04/03 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
04/04 Buffalo, NY @ Tralf Music Hall
04/05 Providence, RI @ Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
04/06 Farmingdale, NY @ Crazy Donkey
04/08 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
04/09 Philadelphia, PA @ Starlight Ballroom
04/11 Norfolk, VA @ Norva
04/12 Charleston, SC @ Music Farm
04/13 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse

STEVEN WRAY LOBDELL
03/15 Austin, TX @ Taproom (SXSW label showcase 10:30 PM)

MALCOLM MIDDLETON
05/07 Sydney, AUS @ The Hopetoun
05/09 Melbourne, AUS @ The Corner
05/10 Brisbane, AUS @ The Zoo

MOCHIPET
03/14 London, UK Bangface
03/15 Emmenbrücke, CH @ Substrakt Party Lucerne
03/20 Geneva, CH @ Electron Festival
03/21 Antwerp, BEL @ Dissonant Festival
03/29 Dublin, IRE @ The Lower Deck, Portobello
04/04 Boston, MA @ Vermin Street Party & Afterparty
04/05 New York, NY @ Barcore @ Pussycat Lounge
04/06 Baltimore, MD @ We Not Men
04/11 Newark NJ @ Machine
04/19 New York, NY @ Roomservice in Manhattan
05/03 Denver, CO @ Jungle Labs
05/09 Seattle, WA @ Broken Disco @ Chop Suey
05/18 Sacramento, CA @ Synthetic Sacramento

MODY LEMON
03/12 Austin, TX @ Emos Annex (SXSW IODA Opening Bash 1:30 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Furniture Residence - 1009 E. 44th St. (SXSW party 3:00 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Club 710 (SXSW label showcase 10:15 PM)

MR. SCRUFF
3/20 Portland, OR @ Holocene
3/21 San Francisco, CA @ Mighty
3/22 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre (Presented by KCRW)
3/23 Los Angeles, CA @ Hopscotch/Custom Hotel
3/28 Chicago, IL @ Smart Bar
3/29 Brooklyn, NY @ Studio B

MUMLERS
03/28 Davis, CA @ KDVS (on air performance)
03/28 Sacramento, CA @ Fox & Goose
04/12 Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place

NAKED AGGRESSION
03/15 Oulo, FIN @ Park 57
03/16 Jyväskylä, FIN @ Lutakko
03/17 Tampere, FIN @ Vastavirta
03/18 Turku, FIN @ Tvo
03/19 Helsinki, FIN - factory
03/23 Berlin, DEU @ Koepi
03/24 Dresden, DEU @ Chemiefabrik
03/26 Frankfurt, DEU @ Exzess
03/28 Duesseldorf, DEU @ Ak 44
03/29 Hannover, DEU @ Sprengel

NAKED ON THE VAGUE
03/13 Austin, TX @ Soho Lounge (SXSW label showcase 9:20 PM)

OCTOPUS PROJECT
03/12 Austin, TX @ Red Eyed Fly (SXSW Little Radio/Noisepop day show 5:30 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Emo's (SXSW showcase 12:00 AM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Salvage Vanguard Theater (SXSW fee show 2:00 AM))
05/16 Minehead, UK @ All Tomorrow's Parties Music Festival

PAPERCUTS OPENING FOR BEACH HOUSE
03/12 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
03/13 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
03/14 San Luis Obispo, CA @ Steynberg Gallery
03/15 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
03/17 Portland, OR @ Holocene
03/18 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile Cafe
03/19 Vancouver, BC @ Media Club
03/21 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
03/22 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
03/24 Omaha, NE @ The Slowdown
03/25 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
03/26 Chicago, IL @ Schubas
03/27 Cleveland Heights, OH @ The Grog Shop
03/29 Montreal, QC @ Casa del Popolo
03/31 Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East
04/02 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
04/03 Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbery
04/04 Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel

PEEL
03/12 Austin, TX @ Maggie Mae's (SXSW showcase)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Hole In The Wall (SXSW party 5:45 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Salvage Vanguard Theater (SXSW fee show 2:00 PM)

PELT
06/19 Louisville, KY @ Melwood Arts Center (Terrastock 7 Festival)

PINK REASON
03/13 Austin, TX @ Soho Lounge (SXSW label showcase 12:40 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ (((Nicehouse))) - 1500 E. 2nd St. (SXSW party 3:30 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Sound on Sound Records (SXSW in-store)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Blind Pig Rooftop (SXSW showcase 8:50 PM)

GHISLAIN POIRIER
03/12 Austin, TX @ Brush Square Park (SXSW Canadian Blast BBQ 6:20 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Trophy's (SXSW party outdoor stage DJ set 5:30 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Elysium (SXSW label showcase 12:45 AM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Levi's Fader Fort - 204 E. 4th St. (SXSW party DJ set 3:00 PM)
03/15 Annandale-On-Hudson, NY @ Bard College

PORT O'BRIEN
03/13 Austin, TX @ La Luz Home & Fashion (SXSW party)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Urban Outfitters - 2406 Guadalupe (SXSW party)
03/14 Austin, TX @ The French Legation museum (SXSW party - acoustic stage 5:30 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Flamingo Cantina (SXSW Showcase 2:00 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Bourban Rocks (SXSW Showcase 5:00 PM)
03/19 St. Louis, MO @ The Bluebird
03/27 Washington, DC @ DC 9
03/28 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506

PSYCHEDELIC HORSESHIT
03/13 Austin, TX @ Soho Lounge (SXSW label showcase)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Longbranch Inn (SXSW party 6:00 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Spiro's (SXSW showcase)

RAHDUNES
03/15 Austin, TX @ Taproom (SXSW label showcase 8:50 PM)
03/16 Denton, TX @ House Of Tinnitus

JAY REATARD
03/13 Austin, TX @ The French Legation museum (SXSW party 4:00 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Stubbs (SXSW Vice showcase 10:30 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Emo's (SXSW Party 1:30 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Vice Outdoor Stage (SXSW Party 4:15 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Waterloo Park (SXSW day show)
03/15 Austin, TX @ (Vice Late Night Party)
03/27 Tuscon, AZ @ Rialto Theater
03/28 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theater
03/29 San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues
03/30 Pomona, CA @ The Glasshouse
04/01 Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theater
04/02 San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theater
04/04 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
04/05 Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
04/06 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
04/09 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater
04/10 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
04/11 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
04/12 Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theater
04/13 Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
04/15 Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Theater
04/17 Toronto, ON @ Silver Dollar
04/18 Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
04/19 Ithaca, NY @ Cornell University
04/20 Allston, MA @ Harper's Ferry
04/21 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
04/22 Brooklyn, NY @ Europa
04/24 Princeton, NJ @ Terrace Club
04/25 Swarthmore, PA @ Swarthmore College

JACK ROSE
03/13 Coventry, UK @ Taylor Johns
03/15 Bristol, UK @ Cube
03/16 Falmouth, UK @ Miss Peapods
03/19 Lisbon, PRT @ Cabaret Maxime
03/20 Braga, PRT @ Teatro Circo
03/23 Paris, FR @ Les Voûtes
03/25 The Hague, NL @ Helbaard
04/19 Brooklyn, NY @ Monkeytown
04/20 New Haven, CT @ Bar
04/22 Athens, OH @ Casa Cantina
04/23 Detroit, MI @ Bohemian National Home
04/25 Saint Paul, MN @ Turf Club
04/26 Iowa City, IA @ Picador
04/27 St Louis, MO @ Open Lot
04/29 Lexington, KY @ The Dame
04/30 Pittsburgh, PA @ Modern Formations Gallery
05/01 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
06/19 Louisville, KY @ Melwood Arts Center (Terrastock 7 Festival)

SAPAT
06/19 Louisville, KY @ Melwood Arts Center (Terrastock 7 Festival)

SECRET CHIEFS
03/12 Salt Lake City UT @ The Depot
03/14 Seattle WA @ The Showbox SoDo
03/15 Portland OR @ Roseland Theatre
04/04 Los Angeles CA @ Wiltern
04/05 San Francisco CA @ Warfield

SLIM CESSNA'S AUTO CLUB
03/13 Austin, TX @ New Belgium Brewing (SXSW party 1:00 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Emo's (SXSW showcase 8:00 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Bull McCabes (SXSW party 1:00 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Scoot Inn (SXSW showcase 6:00 PM)
03/17 Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre (record release show)

SON LUX
03/12 Austin, TX @ Spiderhouse (SXSW day party)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Okay Mountain Gallery (SXSW party 3:15 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Lambert's (SXSW label showcase 10:00 PM)
03/22 New York, NY @ The Knitting Factory
04/05 Grand Rapids, MI @ Calvin College

SPANK ROCK
03/15 Austin, TX @ Levi's/FADER Fort - 204 E. 4th St. (SXSW party)
04/18 New York, NY @ Knitting Factory
04/25 Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts

SPIDER BAGS
03/15 Austin, TX @ 710 Club (SXSW label showcase 1:00 AM)

TIMES NEW VIKING
03/12 Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa (SXSW label showcase 10:30 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ The French Legation museum (SXSW party 5:00 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Soho Lounge (SXSW showcase 1:20 AM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Emo's (SXSW Party 4:00 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Waterloo Records (SXSW in-store 3:00 PM)

MIA DOI TODD OPENING FOR JOSE GONZALEZ
03/12 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple
03/13 Boston, MA @ Paradise
03/14 Montreal, QC @ Musée Juste Pour Rire
03/15 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix
03/17 Chicago, IL @ Lakeshore Theater
03/18 Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theatre
03/19 St. Louis, MO @ Vintage Vinyl (In-store 6:00 PM)
03/19 St. Louis, MO @ Graham Chapel
03/20 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground
03/21 Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
03/22 Salt Lake City, UT @ Union Ballroom
03/24 San Diego, CA @ San Diego Women's Club
03/25 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
03/27 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore Auditorium
03/28 Portland, OR @ The Aladdin Theatre
03/29 Seattle, WA @ The Triple Door
03/30 Seattle, WA @ The Triple Door
03/31 Vancouver, BC @ St. Andrew's Wesley United

TRICLOPS!
03/21 San Francisco, CA @ Annie's Social Club (record release show)
05/02 Berkeley, CA @ 924 Gilman
06/17 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill

VETIVER SUPPORTING & PERFORMING WITH GARY LOURIS
03/16 Seattle, WA @ Showbox
03/17 Vancouver, BC @ Richards on Richards
03/18 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
03/20 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
03/21 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theater
03/25 Minneapolis, MN @ State Theater
03/29 Pittsburgh, PA @ 08 Mr Small's Theater
03/30 Toronto, ON @ Mod Club Theatre
04/01 Somerville, MA @ Somerville Theater
04/20 New York, NY @ Town Hall
04/04 Chapel Hill, NC @ Cats Cradle
04/05 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse

VETIVER HEADLINING TOUR
05/01 Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's
05/02 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater Grill
05/03 Vancouver, BC @ Media Club
05/04 Seattle, WA @ High Dive
05/06 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
05/07 Hollywood, CA @ The Troubadour
05/08 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
05/09 Santa Cruz, CA @ Crepe Place
05/10 Visalia, CA @ Howie & sons Pizza & Beer Parlor

TONY JOE WHITE
03/21 Abbeville, FR @ Abbeville Theatre
03/24 Paris, FR @ Olympia Theatre
03/27 Massy, FR @ Massy Théatre
03/28 Saint Etienne, FR @ Le Triomphe
03/29 Arles, FR @ Le Cargo
03/30 Compiegne, FR @ Zicodrome

WHITE WILLIAMS
03/12 Austin, TX @ Peacock Lounge (SXSW party 1:45 PM)
03/12 Austin, TX @ Antone's (SXSW label showcase 8:00 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ KCMP Live-To-Air (tent stage - Red River St. & 7th St. 11:00 AM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Emo's (SXSW party 1:00 PM)

WHY?
03/12 Austin, TX @ Emo's (SXSW party 4:30 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Austin Convention Center (SXSW day show 4:00 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Emo's Annex (SXSW party 5:30 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Lambert's (SXSW label showcase 12:00 AM)
03/16 Houston, TX @ Rudyard's Pub
03/17 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
03/18 Atlanta, GA @ The Drunken Unicorn
03/19 Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle
03/20 Charlottesville, VA @ Outback Lodge
03/21 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
03/22 New York, NY @ The Knitting Factory
03/23 New Haven, CT @ Sundazed At BAR
03/24 Northampton, MA @ The Iron Horse
03/25 Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East
03/26 Montreal QC @ La Sala Rossa
03/27 Toronto, ON @ Silver Dollar
03/28 Ann Arbor, MI @ Pierpoint at University Of Michigan
03/29 Newport, KY @ Southgate House
03/30 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland
04/01 Columbus, OH @ Cafe Bourbon Street
04/02 Bloomington, IN @ Bear's Place
04/03 Chicago, IL @ The Abbey Pub
04/04 Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
04/05 Madison, WI @ Cafe Montmartre
04/06 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
04/07 Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium
04/08 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
04/09 Columbia, MO @ Mojo's
04/10 Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot
04/11 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
04/12 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
04/14 Missoula, MT @ Badlander
04/15 Spokane, WA @ Big Easy
04/16 Vancouver, BC @ Media Club
04/17 Seattle, WA @ Vera Project
04/18 Portland, OR @ Holocene
04/19 Eugene, OR @ Indigo District

DEVON WILLIAMS Carefree CD - upcoming 04/22/08 on Ba Da Bing
03/12 Austin, TX @ Maggie Mae's downstairs stage (SXSW showcase 8:00 PM)
03/12 Austin, TX @ Red 7 (SXSW showcase 8:30 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ The French Legation museum (SXSW party - acoustic stage 1:30 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ KVRX 91.7 (in-studio performance 12:00 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ The Opera House (SXSW party 3:00 PM)
05/13 Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room
05/14 Calgary, AB @ Royal Canadian Legion Hall
05/16 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
05/18 Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room
05/19 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
05/20 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
05/21 San Francisco, CA @ Independent
05/23 Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater

WOODEN SHJIPS
03/14 Austin, TX @ Longbranch Inn (SXSW party 5:15 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Taproom (SXSW label showcase 12:10 PM)
05/09 Camber Sands, UK @ All Tomorrow's Parties Festival
06/19 Louisville, KY @ Melwood Arts Center (Terrastock 7 Festival)

WOODS
03/12 Austin, TX @ Apartment 336 (SXSW early show)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Ms Bea's (SXSW afternoon show)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Natrix House (3222 John Campbell's Tr.)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Mohawk (SXSW showcase 9:00 PM)
03/18 Richmond, VA @ House show (622 South Pine St.)
03/19 Philadelphia, PA @ Big Jar

XNO BBQX
03/12 New York, NY @ Cake Shop
03/13 Austin, TX @ Soho Lounge (SXSW label showcase 9:30 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Broken Neck (SXSW party)

YPPAH
03/13 Austin, TX @ Elysium (SXSW label showcase 9:00 PM)

Why?'s Alopecia Gets A 8.2 Recommendation By Pitchfork!

Why?
Alopecia
[Anticon; 2008]
Rating: 8.2
Original Review

Eyebrows raised when Why? were chosen to support the Silver Jews on a 2005 tour, but that seemingly incongruous bill made more sense when considering one of Berman's better lines: "All my favorite singers couldn't sing." Likewise on Alopecia, Yoni Wolf doesn't seem to know he isn't a diva on "Simeon's Dilemma", that he isn't a New Pornographer on "Fatalist Palmistry", or that he's not a grizzled battle-rapper on "The Fall of Mr. Fifths", and he won't let any of it get in his way. He's got too much to say to be concerned about it.

"Unclassifiable" is usually lazy shorthand for albums featuring both guitars and keyboards. Alopecia is a liquid in the sieve of genre: put it on headphones and it begs to bump; recite lyrics aloud and people will look at you with loathing usually reserved for religious leaflet canvassers and slam poets; try and decode the words in your head and you'll only hear the melodies behind them. As for his lyrics, it's wrong to call them stream-of-consciousness, since that implies Wolf is a poor self-editor; nothing about Alopecia is lazy. It's more like 5 a.m. journal entries cut up and turned to collage. Clearly, every line won't be pure gold, but they all add up to something.

Alopecia opens with the chain-gang lurch of "The Vowels Pt. 2", its slow claps and big, watery bass hits rubbing against Wolf's most insistent rap/sing delivery, and the unlikely hook of "Cheery-ay, Cheery-ee..." somehow becoming the record's most ingratiating. Funnily, the first two lines ("I'm not a ladies man, I'm a landmine, filming my own fake death...") reveal most of the record's preoccupation. No matter what he's on about on Alopecia-- although most of the time, he's pretty easy to follow, especially compared to his Anticon brethren-- sex and death are never far from Wolf's mind. The former is pretty evident on "Good Friday", a crisper revisiting of the acoustic plucking-plus-beats of Why?'s earlier work, and an uncomfortable litany of perversions Wolf "wouldn't admit to his head-shrinker" that includes forgetting Elton John lyrics in karaoke. Wolf's voice is (putting it delicately) distinctive, but his monotone murmur here is just one example of his ability to change up his delivery.

Not that he needs to-- while Wolf fearlessly splays open his head for all to see its contents, the band is the real star (the core of Yoni, brother Josiah Wolf, Doug McDiarmid, and here fleshed out by Fog's Andrew Broder and bassist Mark Erickson). They're what make "The Hollows" work as both tentative and propulsive guitar-rock under Wolf's paranoia, and make "Palmistry" cheerful and memorable pop under the sobriety of his lyrics. "These Few Presidents" is stiff indie rock, with drum-machines and the polite blurt of an organ, until the bottom drops out and cascades of clattering percussion and yawning low frequencies soundtrack the most sincere Hallmark card ever: "Even though I haven't seen you in years, yours is a funeral I'd fly to from anywhere."

"Mr. Fifths" returns to bouncy, rap-minded delivery, with tongue-twisting lines about syphilis and the sound of high heels on marble. But they've got some nerve here, making us wait until the record's last third for its best songs: "A Sky for Shoeing Horses Under" is some strange, sublime triangulation of Steve Reich, deadpan rap swagger, and blustery multi-tracked choruses you could link to Alice in Chains. But trainspotting is beside the point-- the band creates a musical landscape so vivid that every cryptic line doesn't seem inscrutable, but more like puzzles worth unlocking.

The stalker's serenade, "Simeon's Dilemma", is creepy, sure, but then Wolf busts out the falsetto like he's a supporting character in a boy band getting his big solo moment-- you can almost hear him pointing at notes on the invisible scale with his hand. Then there's the disorienting and dreamy behind-the-beat thump of "By Torpedo or Crohn's", featuring what I guess you might expect from underground white-guy rap: cryptic lyrics about throwing up behind Whole Foods, the admission that as a kid he "didn't shit his pants much," and hoping for health food in hell. It's contrasts with the rest of Alopecia, but even as a portrait of a medium existence, it's still a complicated one, and its most lasting impression after the lulling sing-song of the chorus is pervasive anxiety. It's weird to think that 2008 could be a year of reaffirmation for Anticon, but along with Subtle, they just won't adhere to the boxes we've tried to stuff them into.

If there's anything that drags down Alopecia, it's that "Fatalist Palmistry" is the only real sigh of relief on a very sober record (and even that song begins and ends on thoughts of death). Even as it charted a difficult breakup, 2005's Elephant Eyelash had a few more moments of relative sunshine. Here, Wolf's exhaustively catalogued his sins and imperfections as on "Good Friday", and even the stalker in "Simeon's Dilemma" has no release or acknowledgment to look forward to; he braces for the fall, and prepares to "deny, deny, deny." Wolf seems doomed to feel too much here-- to take in everything, and take it all very, very seriously. -Jason Crock, March 11, 2008

Anticon in Austin this week / weekend:
Anticon and Tomlab SXSW Showcase @ Lambert's: (401 W 2nd Street)
01:00 Hey Willpower
12:00 WHY?
11:00 Thee Oh Sees
10:00 Son Lux
09:00 No Kids
08:00 Misha

WHY? and Son Lux will also be playing at various day parties:

03/12/2008
WHY? - Force Field PR & Terrorbird Media SXSW Day Party @ Emo's (4:30pm)

03/13/2008
WHY? - Brooklyn Vegan Party @ Emo's Annex (2:30pm)
Son Lux - Soundcheck/Spiderhouse Presents @ Spiderhouse (7pm)

03/14/2008
WHY? - Soundcheck Magazine's 2nd Birthday Party presented by Dewar's @Emo's Annex (5:30pm)

03/15/2008
Son Lux - Okay Mountain Presents Asthmatic Kitty and Friends @ Okay Mountain Gallery (4pm)

Tiny Mix Tapes Dares To Explain The New Why? Album.

WHY?
Alopecia
Anticon 2008
Styles: a true amalgamation: let’s call it “hip-pop”
Others: cLOUDDEAD, Emperor X, Aqueduct, Fog
Original review

Picture it: a mass of energy is floating through space at an accelerated rate. The energy, when decoded by the complex circuitry of our ear canals, resembles something we recognize as musical notes. This energy, in a brilliant flash of nothing, seems to implode in on itself, wholly disappearing from the black void of space and time. It’s been sucked into the gravitational field of a black hole so immense that it dwarfs our very conception of enormity. This so-decoded musical energy is, seemingly, lost.

Oakland, California. The year is 2008. Note this. A crackle of electricity lights up the sky, and while the residents of the eighth-largest Californian metropolitan area fail to notice it, a wormhole opens up above their fair city for the slightest fraction of a millisecond, releasing the once-lost musical energy. At its constant rate of descent, the invisible mass quickly impacts the ground and spreads in a horizontal trajectory until the whole of the city is engulfed. From there, the fluent mass continues across the continent.

Sound far-fetched? Fine; you try explaining how a group like WHY? can exist in this rudimentary world.

Answering the question, nay, even making an attempt at answering “So, what do they sound like?” is deserving of a gold star. WHY? is a three-piece from Oakland, composed of beat- and word-smith Yoni Wolf, his brother Josiah, and Doug McDiarmid, joined on Alopecia by bassist Mark Erickson and Fog’s Andrew Broder. They’re really less of a black hole and more of a modified vacuum cleaner. They suck up everything along with the dirt: experimental hip-hop, indie rock, sugar-loaded pop, minimalist balladry, etc. And then, once the components are all bundled together, they flip the switch and send it all tumbling back out again and into the recording studio. More plainly, WHY? is the alphabet soup of independent music. Clever, biting, creative, intense, storied, and lurid. There’s really nothing else like it.

Alopecia, their third full-length release and second as a full band, is a darkly tinged juggernaut. 2005’s supremely wonderful but admittedly melancholic Elephant Eyelash is downright cheery in relation. The songs of Alopecia find a renewed interest from Yoni Wolf in delivering straight-up beats and rhymes alongside his more sing-songy efforts. Unsurprisingly, his styles of old and new fit together like it ain’t no joke.

Wolf isn’t in a rush to spit out his verse in a song like “Good Friday,” instead letting the lazy beat lead him through some seriously down-and-out lyrical content. At the same time, it’s considerate that Wolf plays it so that we can get a few laughs from it alongside the cringes. “The Hollows” is a masterpiece, the band’s efforts fully coalescing into a totally monstrous sound that keeps building until it bursts. The sublime opening of “A Sky For Shoeing Horses Under” is a testament to WHY?’s tendency to include every type of sound imaginable and actually make it work. “Fatalist Palmistry” is the only track even approaching the bouncy demeanor of Elephant Eyelash, but with an opening tercet like “I sleep on my back/ ’Cause it’s good for the spine/ And coffin rehearsal,” you know where you’re at.

Alopecia is therapeutic for everyone involved. Wolf is bearing the darkest parts of his soul here. Sometimes they just sound so good that it’s easy to forget that. He’s asking big questions without answers, and when one gets stuck in a rut like that, well, the chances of coming out with a cheerier outlook are slim. But that’s where these songs come in. They’re a total release for Wolf, his band, and anyone who happens to listen and can’t help but be washed over in that wave of understanding. It’s not inaccurate to say that the album seriously considers mortality. Living and dying are weighed on equal scales for the first two-thirds, each seeming as peaceful and viable as the other. But there’s a dilemma in that. That black hole shows up again and Yoni Wolf stares into the very depths of it hoping to take some answer, any answer, away from it. It’s here that Alopecia finds its unified harmony.

Listening to his warbly plea in “Simeon’s Dilemma,” it’s clear Wolf has found what he was looking for. Maybe by the time the recurring refrain (“While I’m alive/ I’ll feel alive”) shows up again in “By Torpedo or Crohn’s,” even those slow to the draw will have picked up on the hints. Rest assured that it hits you in the chest like a mass of energy torpedoing through space and time: “WHY?” was a damn good question to ask.

1. The Vowels Pt. 2 2. Good Friday 3. These Few Presidents 4. The Hollows 5. Song of the Sad Assassin 6. Gnashville 7. Fatalist Palmistry 8. The Fall of Mr. Fifths 9. Brook & Waxing 10. A Sky for Shoeing Horses Under 11. Twenty Eight 12. Simeon’s Dilemma 13. By Torpedo or Crohn’s 14. Exegesis

by Jeffrey Canino

Great Interview & Live Footage Of White Williams At Other Music.

Live at Other Music: White Williams (Episode #8)
Filed under: Other Music News, In-Store Performances, Live at Other Music Episodes
Related: concert film, dig for fire, in store, other music live, white williams

Joe “White” Williams started to make a name for himself late last year with a couple of high-profile tours with Girl Talk and Dan Deacon, and the release of his stellar Smoke album on Tigerbeat6 (soon picked up by Domino). His music comes off as an updated electro take on the classic ’70s-era glam of T-Rex and Eno, but other than that, we didn’t know much about him. Turns out the reason why is that he recorded and mixed his debut album in the isolation of his home studio, and had never played a single live show as White Williams until after the album was released. A scant few months into the band’s career they dropped by the store for a short set and a few questions on music history and the band’s future. Enjoy! -Josh Madell

Ninja Tune Party Planner For SXSW 2008.

Revolver Bands On Tour March 5th 2008

AKRON/FAMILY
03/05 Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell's
03/06 New York, NY @ NYU Kimmel Center-Eisner & Lubin Auditorium
03/07 Pittsburgh, PA @ The Andy Warhol Museum
03/08 Princeton, NJ @ Terrace club at Princeton University
03/09 Vienna, VA @ Jammin Java
03/13 Austin, TX @ Austin Convention Center (SXSW day show 4:30 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Emo's Inside Room (SXSW label showcase 12:00 AM)
04/26 Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
04/29 Santa Cruz, CA @ Crepe Place
04/30 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
05/01 Visalia, CA @ The Cellar Door
06/21 Philadelphia, PA @ Popped Festival on Drexel University Campus
07/24 New York, NY @ River to River Festival at Castle Clinton

APES
03/07 Richmond, VA @ The Camel
03/08 Raleigh, NC @ Downtown Event Center
03/09 Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern
03/10 Athens, GA @ Caledonia Lounge
03/11 Chattanooga, TN @ JJs Bohemia
03/13 Houston, TX @ Mink Backroom
03/14 Austin, TX @ Flamingo Cantina (SXSW label showcase 10:30 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Typewriter Museum (SXSW party 2:10 PM)
03/16 Denton, TX @ Rubbergloves
03/17 Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar
03/18 St. Louis, MO @ 2 Cents Plain
03/19 Minneapolis, MN @ The Uptown Club
03/20 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
03/21 Akron, OH @Musica
03/22 Wilkes Barre, PA @ Cafe Metropolis
03/23 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY @ Bard College

GREG ASHLEY
03/15 Austin, TX @ Club 710 (SXSW label showcase 8:45 PM)

BABY DEE
04/12 Moscow , RUS @ Ikra (W/ Current 93)
04/17 Bourges, BEL @ Le Printemps de Bourges (W/ Current 93)
04/20 Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn Festival (W/ Æthenor, Baby Dee)
04/21 London, UK @ Queen Elizabeth Hall (W/ Current 93)

BEIRUT
03/05 Sydney, AUS @ Manning Bar
03/06 Brisbane, AUS @ The Zoo
03/07 Adelaide, AUS @ Womadelaide Festival
03/09 Melbourne, AUS @ Golden Plains Festival
03/11 Melbourne, AUS @ The Corner Hotel
03/13 Auckland, NZ @ Kings Arms Tavern
03/14 New Plymoth, NZ @ Womad NZ Festival
03/16 Wellington, NZ @ San Francisco Bath House
05/22 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
05/24 Quincy, WA @ Sasquatch Festival
05/25 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
05/27 San Francisco, CA @ Grand Ballroom
05/28 San Francisco, CA @ Grand Ballroom
05/30 Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre
06/26 Paris, FR @ Olympia
06/27 Evreux, FR @ Festival Le Rock dans tous ses
06/28 St. Gallen, CHE @ Openair St. Gallen Festival
06/30 Munich, DEU @ Muffathalle
07/01 Schorndorf, DEU @ Manufaktur
07/02 Koln, DEU @ Live Music Hall
07/03 Werchter, BEL @ Rock Werchter
07/04 Hamburg, DEU @ Fabrik
07/06 Gdynia, POL @ Heineken Opener Festival
07/20 Benicassim, ESP @ International Benicassim Festival
07/24 Sines POR @ Portugal Festival Musicas do Mundo

BLACK LIPS WITH QUINTRON & MISS PUSSYCAT SUPPORTING
03/05 Oberlin, OH @ Club Dionysus
03/06 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
03/07 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small's
03/08 Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
03/10 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
03/11 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
03/13 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East
03/14 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
03/15 Washington, DC @ Black Cat
03/16 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
03/20 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
03/21 Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone
03/22 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl

BLOWFLY
05/17 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
05/19 Eugene, OR @ John Henry's
05/20 Bellingham, WA @ The Old Foundry
05/21 Seattle, WA @ The Funhouse
05/22 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore
05/24 Portland, OR @ Dante's

BLUES CONTROL
03/09 Cincinnati, OH @ Art Damage Lodge (w/ Woods)
03/10 Memphis, TN @ Odessa (w/ Woods)
03/11 Denton, TX @ 715 Panhandle (w/ Woods)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Soho Lounge (SXSW label showcase 8:40 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ (((Nicehouse))) - 1500 E. 2nd St. (SXSW party 7:30 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ American Apparel (SXSW party 1:00 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Sound on Sound Records (SXSW in-store)

BOREDOMS
03/15 San Diego, CA @ Canes
03/16 Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theater
03/18 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore Auditorium
03/20 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
03/21 Seattle, WA @ Neumo's
03/25 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
03/26 Chicago, IL @ Congress Theater
03/29 Boston, MA @ Paradise
03/30 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
04/02 Philadelphia, PA @ Starlight Ballroom
04/03 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA
04/23 Brooklyn, NY @ Williamsburg Music Hall
04/26 Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts

CLIPD BEAKS
03/08 Los Angeles, CA @ The Smell
03/09 Mexicali, Baja California, MEX @ Velouria
03/10 Phoenix, AZ @ Trunk Space
03/11 El Paso, TX @ Ramblin Gallery
03/12 Lubbock, TX @ Bash Riprocks
03/13 Austin, TX @ Children's Museum (SXSW party)
03/14 Austin, TX @ The Side Bar (SXSW daytime party)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Flamingo Cantina (SXSW label showcase 8:40 PM)

COLLEEN
05/17 New York, NY @ Merkin Concert Hall
05/18 Philadelphia, PA @ International House (w/Fern Night)

COLOSSAL YES
03/11 San Francisco, CA @ Hotel Utah
04/05 Oakland, CA @ 21 Grand
04/11 San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern
04/16 Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar
04/17 Chicago, IL @ Logan Square Auditorium
04/18 Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room
04/19 Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace
04/20 Montreal, QC @ Club Lambi
04/21 Boston, MA @ Boston Museum Of Fine Arts
04/22 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
04/23 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

CURRENT 93
04/09 Wroclaw, POL @ Energy of Sound
04/11 Moscow , RUS @ Ikra
04/12 Moscow , RUS @ Ikra (W/ Baby Dee)
04/13 Berlin, DEU @ Volksbühne
04/14 Berlin, DEU @ Volksbühne
04/17 Bourges, BEL @ Le Printemps de Bourges (W/ Baby Dee)
04/20 Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn Festival (W/ Æthenor, Baby Dee)
04/21 London, UK @ Queen Elizabeth Hall, London (special guest vocalist Marc Almond and w/Baby Dee)

DAMON & NAOMI
06/19 Louisville, KY @ Melwood Arts Center (Terrastock 7 Festival)

THE DEATH SET
Worldwide LP/CD - 04/22/08 on Counter Records
03/06 Raleigh, NC @ Downtown Events Center
03/07 Athens, GA @ Secret Squirrel
03/08 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
03/09 Pensacola, FL @ Sluggos
03/10 New Orleans, LA @ Dragon's Den
03/11 Houston, TX @ Boondocks
03/12 Austin, TX @ Emo's JR (SXSW party 4:00 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Trophy's (SXSW party outdoor stage 2:30 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Ms. Bea's (SXSW party 8:00 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Elysium (SXSW label showcase 12:00 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ 7th & San Jacinto parking garage (SXSW party)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Victory Grill (SXSW party 5:15 PM)
03/16 Little Rock, AR @ Rad Rad Rad
03/17 Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
03/18 Lexington, KY @ Skateshop
03/19 Greenville, NC @ Spazzatorium
03/28 Brooklyn, NY @ Glasslands Gallery
04/16 Annandale-On-Hudson, NY @ Multi-Purpose Room @ Bard College
04/17 Cleveland, OH @ B Side Liquor Lounge
04/18 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
04/19 Northfield, MN @ The Cave @ Careton College
04/23 Portland, OR @ Holocene
04/28 Tucson, AZ @ Plush
04/30 Austin, TX @ Emo's Jr.
05/01 Dallas, TX @ Palladium Loft
05/02 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
05/03 Tallahassee, FL @ he Beta Bar
05/05 Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds
05/07 Jacksonville, FL @ TSI
05/09 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
05/10 Chapel, NC @ Local 506
05/12 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
05/13 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brendas
05/15 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
05/16 Montreal, QC @ Les Saints
05/17 Toronto, ON @ Anti

DEMON'S CLAWS
03/09 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
03/12 Austin, TX @ Lamberts (SXSW label showcase 10:00 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Austin Convention Center (SXSW day show 2:00 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Cheapo Discs (SXSW in-store)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Beerland (SXSW unofficial showcase 5:30 PM)
03/16 Austin, TX @ Sherry's BBQ (SXSW party)

DENGUE FEVER
03/05 Brooklyn, NY @ Southpaw
03/06 Princeton, NJ @ Terrace F. Club
03/07 Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
03/08 Toronto, ON @ Sneaky Dee's
03/12 Los Angeles, CA @ Royce Hall
03/21 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
03/23 Bellingham, WA @ Nighlight Lounge
03/25 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
03/26 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
03/28 Austin, TX @ Club Deville
03/29 Houston, TX @ Orange Show Center
03/30 Fort Worth, TX @ Lola's
04/01 Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theater

DIPLO
03/13 Austin, TX @ Barcelona (SXSW label showcase 11:10 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ 7th & San Jacinto parking garage (SXSW party)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Stubb's (SXSW party invite only DJ set)
03/19 Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Hall
03/20 Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theater
03/22 Denver, CO @ Ogden
03/24 Seattle, WA @ Showbox Sodo
03/25 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore
03/25 Vancouver, BC @ Caprice Nightclub
03/26 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
03/27 San Francisco, CA @ Concourse Design Center
03/29 Toreo, MEX @ Roots Magic Club
03/30 Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
03/31 Los Angeles, CA @ Mayan Theater
04/25 Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts

DIRTBOMBS
03/05 Brisbane, AUS @ Phoenix
03/06 Hobart, AUS @ The Brisbane
03/07 Melbourne, AUS @ East Brunswick Club
03/08 Sydney, AUS @ Oxford
03/09 Melbourne, AUS @ Golden Plains Festival
03/21 Bloomington, IN @ Jake's Nightclub
03/22 Nashville, TN 2 Mercy Lounge
03/24 Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone Cafe
03/25 Little Rock, AR @ Revolution Music Room
03/26 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues- Cambridge Room
03/27 Austin, TX @ Emo's (Indoor)
03/28 Houston, TX @ Rudyard's British Pub
03/29 New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
03/31 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
04/01 Birmingham, AL @ BottleTree
04/02 Atlanta, GA @ E.A.R.L.
04/03 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
04/04 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
04/05 Washington, DC @ The Rock and Roll Hotel
04/06 Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell's
04/07 New York, NY @ Other Music (In-store 8:00 PM)
04/08 New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine
04/10 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
04/11 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
04/12 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East
04/13 Montreal, QC @ Cabaret Music Hall
04/15 Ottawa, ON @ Babylon
04/16 Toronto, ON @ The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
04/18 Toledo, OH @ Franckie's
04/19 Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig
05/01 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom
05/02 Madison, WI @ The High Noon Saloon
05/03 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
05/04 Fargo, ND @ Aquarium
05/05 Winnipeg, MB @ West End Cultural Centre
05/06 Saskatoon, SAS @ Louis' Pub
05/07 Calgary, AB @ The Warehouse
05/08 Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room
05/10 Vancouver, BC @ Richard's On Richards Cabaret
05/11 Victoria, BC @ Sugar Nightclub
05/13 Seattle, WA @ Neumo's
05/14 Portland, OR @ Dante's
05/16 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
05/17 West Hollywood, CA @ Troubadour
05/18 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
05/19 Scottsdale, AZ @ The Rhythm Room
05/20 Tucson, AZ @ Plush
05/22 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
05/23 Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
05/24 St. Louis, MO @ Creepy Crawl
05/25 Columbus, OH @ The Basement

EAT SKULL
Sick To Death LP - upcoming 05/27/08 on Siltbreeze
03/13 Austin, TX @ Soho Lounge (SXSW label showcase 10:00 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Taproom (SXSW label showcase 11:20 PM)

EX-COCAINE
03/12 Austin, TX @ Opera House (SXSW party)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Soho Lounge (SXSW label showcase 8:00 PM)

GOLDEN BOYS
03/08 Austin, TX @ Club de Ville

GRAILS
06/19 Louisville, KY @ Melwood Arts Center (Terrastock 7 Festival)

HALF JAPANESE
03/14 Austin, TX @ Spiro's (SXSW WFMU showcase 11:00 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Waterloo Records (SXSW in-store 6:00 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Counter Café (SXSW party 9:00 PM)

THE HEAVY
03/13 Austin, TX @ Elysium (SXSW label showcase 8:30 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Raw Space "301" (SXSW party invite only 11:30 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ KCMP Live-To-Air (tent stage - Red River St. & 7th St. 12:00 PM)

HOWLIN RAIN
03/05 Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland
03/06 Hollywood, CA @ Amoeba Music (in-store 7:00 PM)
03/09 Juarez, MEX @ The Line Bar
03/10 El Paso, TX @ Zeppelin's
03/13 Austin, TX @ The French Legation museum (SXSW party - acoustic stage 5:30 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Emo's (SXSW showcase 9:00 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Vice Party (1106 East 11th St, 1:15 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ United States Art Authority @ Spiderhouse café (SXSW party)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Waterloo Park (SXSW day party)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Club 710 (SXSW label showcase 11:15 PM)
03/27 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
03/28 Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room
03/29 Pittsburgh, PA @ 31st Street Pub
03/30 Philadelphia, PA @ Khyber Pass
03/31 Boston, MA @ Great Scott
04/02 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
04/03 Washington, DC @ DC9
04/04 Chapel, Hill, NC @ Local 506
04/05 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
04/06 Memphis TN @ Hi-Tone
04/07 Bloomington, IN @ Buskirk-Chumley Theatre

JANA HUNTER ON TOUR WITH PHOSPHORESCENT
03/14 Austin, Texas @ Prague (SXSW label showcase 9:00 PM)
04/10 Utrecht, NL @ Ekko
04/11 Rotterdam, NL @ Motel Mozaique
04/12 Kortrijk, BEL @ De Kreun
04/13 Paris, FR @ Mains d'Oeuvres
04/14 Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
04/15 Brussels, BEL @ Dominofestival
04/17 London, UK @ Borderline
04/18 Bristol, UK @ The Cube
04/19 Coventry, UK @ Taylor John's House
04/20 York, UK @ Fibbers
04/21 Glasgow, UK @ Captains Rest.
04/22 Newcastle, UK @ The Cumberlands Arms
04/23 Manchester, UK @ Sacred Trinity Chapel
04/24 Leeds, UK @ The Faversham

SCOTT KELLY
04/18 Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn Festival

LESBIAN
04/19 Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn Festival

LICHENS ON TOUR WITH EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY
03/14 Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
03/15 San Diego, CA @ SOMA
03/17 Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre
03/21 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
03/22 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
03/24 Salt Lake City, UT@ In the Venue
03/25 Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Tavern
03/26 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
03/28 Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre
03/29 St. Louis, MO @ Pageant Theatre
03/30 Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theatre
04/01 Chicago, IL @ Congress Theatre
04/02 Grand Rapids, MI @ Calvin College
04/03 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
04/04 Buffalo, NY @ Tralf Music Hall
04/05 Providence, RI @ Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
04/06 Farmingdale, NY @ Crazy Donkey
04/08 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
04/09 Philadelphia, PA @ Starlight Ballroom
04/11 Norfolk, VA @ Norva
04/12 Charleston, SC @ Music Farm
04/13 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse

STEVEN WRAY LOBDELL
03/15 Austin, TX @ Taproom (SXSW label showcase 10:30 PM)

MALCOLM MIDDLETON
05/07 Sydney, AUS @ The Hopetoun
05/09 Melbourne, AUS @ The Corner
05/10 Brisbane, AUS @ The Zoo

MOCHIPET
03/07 Bern, CH @ FormBar
03/08 Delemont, CH @ SAS
03/14 London, UK Bangface
03/15 Emmenbrücke, CH @ Substrakt Party Lucerne
03/20 Geneva, CH @ Electron Festival
03/21 Antwerp, BEL @ Dissonant Festival
03/29 Dublin, IRE @ The Lower Deck, Portobello
04/04 Boston, MA @ Vermin Street Party & Afterparty
04/05 New York, NY @ Barcore @ Pussycat Lounge
04/06 Baltimore, MD @ We Not Men
04/11 Newark NJ @ Machine
04/19 New York, NY @ Roomservice in Manhattan
05/03 Denver, CO @ Jungle Labs
05/09 Seattle, WA @ Broken Disco @ Chop Suey
05/18 Sacramento, CA @ Synthetic Sacramento

MODY LEMON
03/12 Austin, TX @ Emos Annex (SXSW party 1:30 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Furniture Residence - 1009 E. 44th St. (SXSW party 3:00 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Club 710 (SXSW label showcase 10:15 PM)

MR. SCRUFF
3/20 Portland, OR @ Holocene
3/21 San Francisco, CA @ Mighty
3/22 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre (Presented by KCRW)
3/23 Los Angeles, CA @ Hopscotch/Custom Hotel
3/28 Chicago, IL @ Smart Bar
3/29 Brooklyn, NY @ Studio B

MUMLERS
03/28 Davis, CA @ KDVS (on air performance)
03/28 Sacramento, CA @ Fox & Goose
04/12 Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place

NAKED AGGRESSION
03/06 Hamburg, DEU @ Lobusch
03/07 Aalborg, DNK @ 1000 fryd
03/09 Oslo, NOR @ Barikaden
03/10 Linkoping, SWE @ Skylten
03/11 Stockholm, SWE @ Fulersta
03/15 Oulo, FIN @ Park 57
03/16 Jyväskylä, FIN @ Lutakko
03/17 Tampere, FIN @ Vastavirta
03/18 Turku, FIN @ Tvo
03/19 Helsinki, FIN - factory
03/22 Luebeck, DEU @ Veb
03/23 Berlin, DEU @ Koepi
03/24 Dresden, DEU @ Chemiefabrik
03/26 Frankfurt, DEU @ Exzess
03/27 Aachen, DEU @ AZ
03/28 Duesseldorf, DEU @ Ak 44
03/29 Hannover, DEU @ Sprengel

NAKED ON THE VAGUE
03/13 Austin, TX @ Soho Lounge (SXSW label showcase 9:20 PM)

OCTOPUS PROJECT
03/12 Austin, TX @ Red Eyed Fly (SXSW day show)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Emo's (SXSW label showcase 12:00 AM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Salvage Vanguard Theater (SXSW fee show 2:00 AM)
05/16 Minehead, UK @ All Tomorrow's Parties Music Festival

PAPERCUTS OPENING FOR BEACH HOUSE
03/05 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
03/06 Houston, TX @ Walter's on Washington
03/07 Austin, TX @ Emo's
03/08 Denton, TX @ Hailey's
03/10 Tucson, AZ @ Solar Culture
03/11 Phoenix, AZ @ Modified
03/12 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
03/13 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
03/14 San Luis Obispo, CA @ Steynberg Gallery
03/15 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
03/17 Portland, OR @ Holocene
03/18 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile Cafe
03/19 Vancouver, BC @ Media Club
03/21 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
03/22 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
03/24 Omaha, NE @ The Slowdown
03/25 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
03/26 Chicago, IL @ Schubas
03/27 Cleveland Heights, OH @ The Grog Shop
03/29 Montreal, QC @ Casa del Popolo
03/31 Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East
04/02 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
04/03 Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbery
04/04 Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel

PEEL
03/12 Austin, TX @ Maggie Mae's (SXSW label showcase)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Hole In The Wall (SXSW party 5:45 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Salvage Vanguard Theater (SXSW fee show 2:00 PM)

PELT
06/19 Louisville, KY @ Melwood Arts Center (Terrastock 7 Festival)

PINK REASON
03/13 Austin, TX @ Soho Lounge (SXSW label showcase 12:40 AM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ (((Nicehouse))) - 1500 E. 2nd St. (SXSW party 3:30 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Sound on Sound Records (SXSW in-store)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Blind Pig Rooftop (SXSW showcase 8:50 PM)

GHISLAIN POIRIER
03/07 New York, NY @ Love
03/08 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
03/09 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
03/10 Boston, MA @ Enormous Room
03/12 Austin, TX @ Brush Square Park (SXSW Canadian Blast BBQ 6:20 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Trophy's (SXSW party outdoor stage DJ set 5:30 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Elysium (SXSW label showcase 12:45 AM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Levi's Fader Fort - 204 E. 4th St. (SXSW party DJ set 3:00 PM)
03/15 Annandale-On-Hudson, NY @ Bard College

PORT O'BRIEN
03/06 San Luis Obispo, CA @ Steynberg Gallery
03/07 West Hollywood, CA @ The Troubador
03/08 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
03/10 Phoenix, AZ @ Modified Arts
03/13 Austin, TX @ La Luz Home & Fashion (SXSW party)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Urban Outfitters - 2406 Guadalupe (SXSW party)
03/14 Austin, TX @ The French Legation museum (SXSW party - acoustic stage 5:30 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Flamingo Cantina (SXSW Showcase 2:00 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Bourban Rocks (SXSW Showcase 5:00 PM)
03/19 St. Louis, MO @ The Bluebird
03/27 Washington, DC @ DC 9
03/28 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506

PSYCHEDELIC HORSESHIT
03/13 Austin, TX @ Soho Lounge (SXSW label showcase 11:20 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Spiro's (SXSW WFMU showcase 12:00 AM)

RAHDUNES
03/15 Austin, TX @ Taproom (SXSW label showcase 8:50 PM)
03/16 Denton, TX @ House Of Tinnitus

JAY REATARD
03/06 Sydney, AUS @ The Annadale
03/07 Melbourne, AUS @ E. Brunswick Club
03/08 Brisbane, AUS @ Club Phoenix
03/09 Meredith, AUS @ Golden Plains Festival
03/10 Melbourne, AUS @ The Tote
03/13 Austin, TX @ The French Legation museum (SXSW party 4:00 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Vice - 302 E. 6th (SXSW label showcase 10:30 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Emo's (SXSW Party 1:30 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ (Vice Day Party)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Waterloo Park (SXSW party 4:00 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ (Vice Late Night Party)
03/27 Tuscon, AZ @ Rialto Theater
03/28 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theater
03/29 San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues
03/30 Pomona, CA @ The Glasshouse
04/01 Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theater
04/02 San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theater
04/04 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
04/05 Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
04/06 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
04/09 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater
04/10 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
04/11 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
04/12 Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theater
04/13 Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
04/15 Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Theater
04/17 Toronto, ON @ Silver Dollar
04/18 Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
04/19 Ithaca, NY @ Cornell University
04/20 Allston, MA @ Harper's Ferry
04/21 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
04/22 Brooklyn, NY @ Europa
04/24 Princeton, NJ @ Terrace Club
04/25 Swarthmore, PA @ Swarthmore College

JACK ROSE
03/06 Birmingham, UK @ The Hare & Hounds
03/07 Newcastle, UK @ Retreat
03/08 Edinburgh, UK @ Henry Cellar Bar
03/09 Glasgow, UK @ Admiral Bar
03/11 Manchester, UK @ Sacred Trinity Church
03/13 Coventry, UK @ Taylor Johns
03/15 Bristol, UK @ Cube
03/16 Falmouth, UK @ Miss Peapods
03/19 Lisbon, PRT @ Cabaret Maxime
03/20 Braga, PRT @ Teatro Circo
03/23 Paris, FR @ Les Voûtes
03/25 The Hague, NL @ Helbaard
04/19 Brooklyn, NY @ Monkeytown
04/20 New Haven, CT @ Bar
04/22 Athens, OH @ Casa Cantina
04/23 Detroit, MI @ Bohemian National Home
04/25 Saint Paul, MN @ Turf Club
04/26 Iowa City, IA @ Picador
04/27 St Louis, MO @ Open Lot
04/29 Lexington, KY @ The Dame
04/30 Pittsburgh, PA @ Modern Formations Gallery
05/01 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
06/19 Louisville, KY @ Melwood Arts Center (Terrastock 7 Festival)

SAPAT
06/19 Louisville, KY @ Melwood Arts Center (Terrastock 7 Festival)

SECRET CHIEFS
03/06 Athens GA @ The 40 Watt
03/07 Birmingham AL @ The Bottletree
03/08 New Orleans LA @ House of Blues
03/09 Houston TX @ Walter's
03/11 Ft. Collins CO @ Aggie Theatre
03/12 Salt Lake City UT @ The Depot
03/14 Seattle WA @ The Showbox SoDo
03/15 Portland OR @ Roseland Theatre
04/04 Los Angeles CA @ Wiltern
04/05 San Francisco CA @ Warfield

SJ ESAU
03/08 Trowbridge, UK @ Sonic Sanctuary

SLIM CESSNA'S AUTO CLUB
03/05 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
03/06 Boise, ID @ Neurolux
03/08 Portland, OR @ Dante's
03/09 San Francisco, CA @ 12 Galaxies
03/10 Los Angeles, CA @ Safari's Sam's
03/11 Tucson, AZ @ Plush
03/13 Austin, TX @ New Belgium Brewing (SXSW party 1:00 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Emo's (SXSW showcase 11:00 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Bull McCabes (SXSW party 1:00 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Scoot Inn (SXSW showcase 6:00 PM)
03/17 Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre (Record release show!)

SOLE AND THE SKYRIDER BAND ON TOUR WITH TELEPHONE JIM JESUS
03/06 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill
03/07 Visalia, CA @ Howie and Sons Pizza

SON LUX
03/12 Austin, TX @ Spiderhouse (SXSW day party)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Okay Mountain Gallery (SXSW party 3:15 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Lambert's (SXSW label showcase 10:00 PM)
03/22 New York, NY @ The Knitting Factory
04/05 Grand Rapids, MI @ Calvin College

SPANK ROCK
03/15 Austin, TX @ Levi's/FADER Fort - 204 E. 4th St. (SXSW party)
04/18 New York, NY @ Knitting Factory
04/25 Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts

SPIDER BAGS
03/15 Austin, TX @ 710 Club (SXSW label showcase 1:00 AM)

TIMES NEW VIKING
03/12 Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa (SXSW label showcase 10:30 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ The French Legation museum (SXSW party 5:00 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Soho Lounge (SXSW showcase 1:20 AM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Emo's (SXSW Party 4:00 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Waterloo Records (SXSW in-store 3:00 PM)

MIA DOI TODD OPENING FOR JOSE GONZALEZ
03/05 Washington, DC @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
03/07 Tarrytown, NY @ The Tarrytown Music Hall
03/08 Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live
03/09 Morgantown, WV @ WVU Creative Arts Center
03/11 New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom
03/12 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple
03/13 Boston, MA @ Paradise
03/14 Montreal, QC @ Musée Juste Pour Rire
03/15 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix
03/17 Chicago, IL @ Lakeshore Theater
03/18 Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theatre
03/19 St. Louis, MO @ Vintage Vinyl (In-store 6:00 PM)
03/19 St. Louis, MO @ Graham Chapel
03/20 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground
03/21 Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
03/22 Salt Lake City, UT @ Union Ballroom
03/24 San Diego, CA @ San Diego Women's Club
03/25 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
03/27 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore Auditorium
03/28 Portland, OR @ The Aladdin Theatre
03/29 Seattle, WA @ The Triple Door
03/30 Seattle, WA @ The Triple Door
03/31 Vancouver, BC @ St. Andrew's Wesley United

VETIVER SUPPORTING & PERFORMING WITH GARY LOURIS
03/16 Seattle,WA @ Showbox
03/17 Vancouver, BC @ Richards on Richards
03/18 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
03/20 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
03/21 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theater
03/25 Minneapolis, MN @ State Theater
03/29 Pittsburgh, PA @ 08 Mr Small's Theater
03/30 Toronto, ON @ Mod Club Theatre
04/01 Somerville, MA @ Somerville Theater
04/20 New York, NY @ Town Hall
04/04 Chapel Hill, NC @ Cats Cradle
04/05 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse

TONY JOE WHITE
03/21 Abbeville, FR @ Abbeville Theatre
03/24 Paris, FR @ Olympia Theatre
03/27 Massy, FR @ Massy Théatre
03/28 Saint Etienne, FR @ Le Triomphe
03/29 Arles, FR @ Le Cargo
03/30 Compiegne, FR @ Zicodrome

WHITE WILLIAMS
03/12 Austin, TX @ Peacock Lounge (SXSW party 1:45 PM)
03/12 Austin, TX @ Antone's (SXSW label showcase 8:00 PM)
03/13 Austin, TX @ Austin Convention Center (SXSW day show 4:00 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Emo's (SXSW party 1:00 PM)

WHY?
03/06 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
03/07 Los Angeles, CA @ Natural History Museum
03/08 Tucson, AZ @ Solar Culture
03/09 Phoenix, AZ @ Modified Arts
03/11 Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves
03/16 Houston, TX @ Rudyard's Pub
03/12 Austin, TX @ Emo's (SXSW party 4:30 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Emo's Annex (SXSW party 5:30 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Lambert's (SXSW label showcase 12:00 AM)
03/17 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
03/18 Atlanta, GA @ The Drunken Unicorn
03/19 Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle
03/20 Charlottesville, VA @ Outback Lodge
03/21 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
03/22 New York, NY @ The Knitting Factory
03/23 New Haven, CT @ Sundazed At BAR
03/24 Northampton, MA @ The Iron Horse
03/25 Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East
03/26 Montreal QC @ La Sala Rossa
03/27 Toronto, ON @ Silver Dollar
03/28 Ann Arbor, MI @ Pierpoint at University Of Michigan
03/29 Newport, KY @ Southgate House
03/30 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland
04/01 Columbus, OH @ Cafe Bourbon Street
04/02 Bloomington, IN @ Space 101
04/03 Chicago, IL @ The Abbey Pub
04/04 Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
04/05 Madison, WI @ Cafe Montmartre
04/06 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
04/07 Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium
04/08 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
04/09 Columbia, MO @ Mojo's
04/10 Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot
04/11 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
04/12 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
04/14 Missoula, MT @ Badlander
04/15 Spokane, WA @ Big Easy
04/16 Vancouver, BC @ Media Club
04/17 Seattle, WA @ Vera Project
04/18 Portland, OR @ Holocene
04/19 Eugene, OR @ Indigo District

DEVON WILLIAMS
Carefree CD - upcoming 04/22/08 on Ba Da Bing
03/12 Austin, TX @ Maggie Mae's downstairs stage (SXSW showcase 8:00 PM)
03/12 Austin, TX @ Red 7 (SXSW showcase 8:30 PM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ The French Legation museum (SXSW party - acoustic stage 1:30 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ KVRX 91.7 (in-studio performance 12:00 PM)
03/15 Austin, TX @ The Opera House (SXSW party 3:00 PM)
05/13 Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room
05/14 Calgary, AB @ Royal Canadian Legion Hall
05/16 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
05/18 Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room
05/19 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
05/20 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
05/21 San Francisco, CA @ Independent
05/23 Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater

WOODEN SHJIPS
03/15 Austin, TX @ Taproom (SXSW label showcase 12:10 PM)
05/09 Camber Sands, UK @ All Tomorrow's Parties Festival
06/19 Louisville, KY @ Melwood Arts Center (Terrastock 7 Festival)

WOODS
03/09 Cincinnati, OH @ Art Damage Lodge (w/ Blues Control)
03/10 Memphis, TN @ Odessa (w/ Blues Control)
03/11 Denton, TX @ 715 Panhandle (w/ Blues Control)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Mohawk (SXSW showcase 9:00 PM)

XNO BBQX
03/08 San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern
03/09 Los Angeles, CA @ The Smell
03/10 Boston, MA @ PAs Lounge
03/11 Philadelphia, PA @ Big Jar Books
03/12 New York, NY @ Cake Shop
03/13 Austin, TX @ Soho Lounge (SXSW label showcase 12:00 AM)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Broken Neck (SXSW party)

YPPAH
03/13 Austin, TX @ Elysium (SXSW label showcase 9:30 PM)

Birds Of Maya Reviewed By Dusted's Vinyl Connoisseur.

Birds of Maya
Vol. 1 LP
(Holy Mountain)
Original review

Raw, back-to-basics ‘70s basement proto-metal/hard rock pummel. Dirty recording and practice-space dynamics recall some of the best late examples of this kinda sound (High Rise, Monoshock, Comets on Fire). Some might be put off by the loose, jammy nature of most of the tracks, but these guys have a great sense of how far they can hold that shit out there before it gets old. This comes at a cost, however, as some tracks don’t have a solid beginning or end, leading me to wonder how this all plays out live. Nevertheless, this is a great combo of electric blues, Southern rock, and blown-out, handheld Led Zep bootleg played through a boombox, putting most of the recent crop of hard rock revivalists to shame. Power moves all over the place, vocals merely a suggestion of harmony rather than lyrical suggestion due to their choices in production. Nearly flawless, and righteous where it could have been corny, and legitimately sounds like a product of a prior time. Just a great, great record; a shining example of dedication to playing as it is to nostalgia.

Dustedmagazine.com Still Single / Doug Mosurak

PETER AND RAYMOND -- NOW DOWNLOADABLE!

Shut Up Little Man features the belligerent rants, hateful harangues, drunken soliloquies, and audible fistfights of Raymond and Peter-- two booze-swilling homicidal roommates in a low-rent area of San Francisco. These real-life recordings were made by their frustrated and much-bereaved next door neighbors, Eddie Lee Sausage and Mitchell D.

Warning: The CD contains nothing but profane language-- as do the downloaded tracks.

Yes, that's right. For the first time you can legally download Shut Up Little Man; as of today it's digitally available exclusively at iTunes.

The Shut Up Little Man recordings were initially made surreptitiously as proof of the booze-laden threats and murderous exploits of Peter and Raymond. The recordings then circulated in a subterranean manner for several years before being officially released in 1992 as a series of tapes issued by Seymour Glass and Tedium House. Subsequently, Shut Up Little Man was officially released by a subsidiary of Matador Records in 1993.

Due to the outlandish vitriol and darkly humorous exchanges between Raymond and Peter, the recordings quickly became regarded as a classic of the audio verite phenomenon (along with the Tube Bar tapes and the Jerky Boy prank calls). Shut Up Little Man has been featured in The Wire, Vanity Fair, Spin, Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Playboy, Washington Post and many underground zines. Shut Up Little Man has also been the subject of an episode of “This American Life” by Ira Glass, and the inspiration for several theatrical plays, short films, a song by Devo, and graphic depictions by several great comic book artists, including Dan Clowes, Ivan Brunetti, Dame Darcy, and M. Flinn.

For further information, please visit

The Official Shut Up Little Man website.

(watch this space for a relaunch-- with new URL-- in late March!)

The Complete Recordings of Shut Up Little Man-- in seven volumes-- will be issued one by one in March and April of 2008. Yes, they'll be available for download and yes, we will warn you (and link you) here first.

Track listing for the original Shut Up Little Man CD/download:

1. Introducing Peter: the crucifixion of dinner
2. Introducing Ray: I am ready now!
3. You wanna stick me with that fork?
4. Go to bed: Fist fight #1
5. Someday I will kill you
6. Sorry Darling
7. I despise all queers
8. What did you do during the war?
9. Don’t call me Goodnight!
10. Introducing Tony: I seen them potheads
11. On the floor again: Fist fight #2
12. You always giggle falsely
13. Ray, you are just fucking up!
14. I was a mean motherfucker in my time
15. Ray’s soliloquy: I am the human race!
16. Toenails
17. I know how to use any weapon
18. Vodka
19. This time I attack!
20. I don’t wanna watch queer shit: Fist fight #3
21. Tony stripped her down!
22. Nova Express Times survey on alcoholism
23. Queers giggle
24. Where are the police?
25. A night in the Stony Lonesome
26. I am a killin’ motherfucker
27. You don’t have friends
28. Go live south of Market
29. The killing of 14 people
30. Ray mewls at the cops
31. We’ll set your hair on fire
32. Cheap little bitch
33. A liar, a cheat, and a thief
34. I am a man
35. I tried to make this a home
36. If you wanna talk to me, then shut your fuckin’ mouth