Entries Tagged as ‘News’

January 31, 2010

Breaking: Midlake announces tour with Matthew and The Arrogant Sea

Midlake announced the second leg of their US tour, an they’re taking Denton’s MATAS out with them. Dates are as follows.

Mar 1 2010
8:00P

Plush 
Tucson, Arizona

Mar 2 2010
8:00P

Belly Up Tavern 
Solana Beach, California

Mar 3 2010
8:00P

El Ray Theater 
Los Angeles, California

Mar 4 2010
8:00P

Great American Music Hall 
San Fransisco, California

Mar 5 2010
8:00P

Van Duzer Theater 
Arcata, California

Mar 6 2010
8:00P

Wonder Ballroom 
Portland, Oregon

Mar 7 2010
8:00P

Nightlight Lounge 
Bellingham, [...]

January 25, 2010

Breaking: NX35 adds more bands

Word just hit the NX35 blog that L.A. noise act HEALTH would be playing this year’s festival, along with 45 other new acts. Check after the jump for the list (highlights are *).

January 19, 2010

Breaking: NX35 lineup

by Jesseca Bagherpour
On Sunday night the volunteers for the NX35 gathered at Dan’s Silverleaf to discuss logistics and scheduling. Shannon Goleman, director of volunteers for the conferette, and Chris Flemmons took the stage to give the group an overview of their paperwork and thank everyone involved in making the festival possible. He said volunteer retention [...]

January 14, 2010

St. Vincent announces tour

Saw this on the A.V. Club today, figured we’d pass it along.
St. Vincent Tour Dates
1/29 New York, NY Lincoln Center’s Allen Room (American Songbook Series)
2/5 Seattle, WA Neumos
2/6 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge (2 shows, 6pm + 10pm)
2/8 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
2/9 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theater
2/10 Solana Beach, CA Belly [...]

January 13, 2010

Jay Reatard dead at 29

Spinner has put up a post saying that Goner Records has confirmed an earlier Brooklyn Vegan report that Memphis Garage-Rocker Jay Reatard passed away last night in his sleep. We here at DBB are troubled by this news, and wish the best to those close to the artist.
Update: In honor of the man’s great talent we give [...]

December 18, 2009

Breaking: Flaming Lips and Midlake to play NX35

We’re happy to confirm that the The Flaming Lips & Midlake will play a tandem show for free as part of the NX35 festival on Saturday, March 13th. Check the NX35 website tomorrow for full details.

November 24, 2009

First round of SXSW bands Announced

Highlights in italics.
Aa (Brooklyn NY)
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO (Osaka JAPAN)
A Classic Education (Bologna ITALY)
Alpha Rev (Austin TX)
Amaral (Madrid SPAIN)
And So I Watch You From Afar (Belfast IRELAND)
Apostle of Hustle (Toronto ON)
Arms (Brooklyn NY)
Ólöf Arnalds (Reykjavik ICELAND)
Art vs Science (Surry Hills NSW)
A Shoreline Dream (Denver CO)
Nicole Atkins and The Black Sea (Asbury [...]

November 17, 2009

BONUS Track of the Day! Beach House- Norway

(huge hat tip to Gorillavs.Bear for having this up first)
Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand wrote this song last year while on a train going through the Norwegian mountains, at the behest of a group of journalists who were on the train with them (thanks to stereogum for the history of the song). They then played [...]

November 12, 2009

Why I love The Hidden Cameras

When I noticed The Hidden Cameras would be playing Hailey’s a few months ago, I knew I had to do everything I could to associate the site with it. When explaining this to friends, the question of “Why?” kept coming up, and I found myself fully unable to communicate the greatness [...]

November 3, 2009

Headlights