Cut Copy >> new track + a few U.S dates

Full length due by January. U.S dates so far:

8/6 – Chicago, IL @ Metro

8/7 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
8/8 – Brooklyn, NY @ Jelly Pool Party at East River State Park

Chief, the latest artist on Domino records, gives

us first song from album due in August 2010.

Formed in New York before returning to their original turf in Caleefornya, Chief's debut album, Modern Rituals, is scheduled for August 17, 2010 on the phenomenal Domino records. First cut "Night and Day" (not the Cole Porter song) bonds like Band of Horses and shines like the Shins. -Kenyon

“Night and Day” - [mp3]

dates with the nite:

May 28 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live (downstairs)
June 2 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
June 5 Brooklyn, NY Union Pool (early show)
June 8 San Francisco, CA Hotel Utah
June 10 Seattle, WA The Crocodile
June 11 Portland, OR Doug Fir Loung
June 13 Santa Barbara, CA Muddy Waters
June 14 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
June 15 San Diego, CA House Of Blues (Salvation Alley Stage)

First album from Versus in ten years out August 3, 2010

Holy wowzer, another 1990s indie rock staple on Merge records has new material. Here's a track from the upcoming On the Ones and Threes.

"Invincible Hero" - [mp3]

Seinking Ships features first vocals from Lush's Miki Berenyi in like ten years.

Mainly instrumental project Seinking Ships is Eric Matthews (ex-Cardinal and at one time signed to Subpop) and Christopher Seink. They convinced 1990s dreampop queen Miki Berenyi to add some vocals and as a result we have "You Didn't Love Me," from the upcoming S-Curve records release Museum Quality Capture. Her soft, enchanting voice always provides solace. -Kenyon

"You Didnt Love Me" [mp3]

Thrill Jockey records> new artist

It is time to give some big big LOVE to Thrill Jockey, cause they've been a big part of the indie music circuit for years now. TJ has supported all kinds of post-rock artists such as Tortoise, Mouse on Mars and Oval. Thrill's latest addition is Lazer Crystal from Chicago. Yes another band with "crystal," can you believe this? The first full album MCMLXXX (1980) just hit the world last week and the band just hit Europe for tour.

"Love Rhombus" - [mp3] - features afterhours electro glossed with a sleepy lead vocal and a youth group vocal hook resembling "Cry Little Sister" from Lost Boys. Some of their other stuff sounds like Joy Division underwater. -Kenyon

Stereo Total > new tracks + tour dates

Euro duo Stereo Total have just released their ninth album through Kill Rock Stars. "Baby Ouh!" is a further sample of ST's lo-fi indie electronic which has been defining cool since the mid-90s. -Kenyon

"Baby Ouh!" - [mp3]

Dates with the nite

August 2010
25 - New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
26 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East
27 - Montreal, QC, Canada @ La Sala Rossa
28 - Toronto, ON, Canada @ El Mocambo
29 - Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
30 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
31 - Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
September 2010
1 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
2 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
3 - Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
4 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk

Rooney > new song > summer tour + tour with Hanson

Rooney's next album, Eureka, will be out June 8, 2010 via California Dreaming Records via Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group. "I Don't Wanna Lose You," another breezy pop rock song from the band--fronted by a nephew of Francis Ford Coppola--is free at their webby site. After their regular headlining tour, which includes a date in LONG ISLAND, they jump onto tour with Hanson. Yes, mmmbop Hanson. -Kenyon

Dates with the nite (with Black Gold and Young Veins):

June 16 Wave House San Diego, CA

June 17 House of Blues Anaheim, CA

June 19 Henry Fonda Los Angeles, CA

June 20 Canyon Club Agoura Hills, CA

June 22 Slim's San Francisco, CA

June 23 The Boardwalk Orangevale, CA

June 24 Wonder Ballroom Portland, OR

June 26 El Corazon Seattle, WA

June 27 Knitting Factory Boise, ID

June 28 Urban Lounge Salt Lake City, UT

June 29 Marquis Theatre Denver, CO

June 30 Waiting Room Omaha, NE

July 1 Blue Note Columbia, MO

July 2 Juanita's Cantina Ballroom Little Rock, AR

July 3 The Collective Shreveport, LA

July 5 Republic New Orleans, LA

July 6 Seville Quarter Pensacola, FL

July 7 The Social Orlando, FL

July 8 Common Grounds Gainesville, FL

July 9 Crowbar Tampa, FL

July 10 The Loft Atlanta, GA

July 11 Amos' Southend Charlotte, NC

July 12 Handlebar Greenville, SC

July 14 Irving Plaza New York, NY

July 15 Bottle & Cork Dewey Beach, DE

July 16 Chameleon Club Lancaster, PA

July 17 Crazy Donkey Farmingdale, NY

July 18 Toad's Place New Haven, CT

July 19 School of Rock Hackensack, NJ

late July to late August tour with Hanson

Fol Chen new track + tour with Liars

West coast indie art pop ensemble Fol Chen are ready to release the follow up to last year's Part I: John Shade, Your Fortune's Made with Part II: The New December (on Asthmatic Kitty July 6, 2010). The album features members of Liars, who are taking Fol Chen on tour with them. "In Ruins" shows the band proud and confident with their mixture of hard-to-identify sounds and female vocals that bring to mind the best of Luscious Jackson. Also, find their law-defying cover of Pink Floyd's "In the Flesh" at their myspace. -Kenyon

"In Ruins" - [mp3]

dates with LIARS
04/27 San Francisco, CA Slim's
04/29 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
04/30 Vancouver, BC VenueCanada
05/01 Seattle, WA Neumo's
07/13 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
07/14 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
07/15 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall
07/17 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
07/18 Newport, KY The Southgate House
07/20 Nashville, TN Exit / In
07/21 Bloomington, IN Rhino's Youth Center
07/22 St. Louis, MO Firebird
07/23 Lawrence, KS Bottleneck
07/24 Denver, CO Bluebird

into>>the>>future
Norman

The country-folk-rock from this Portland, Oregon band bears striking resemblance to My Morning Jacket on these two songs from their upcoming Hay, Hay, Make A Wish and Turn Away (out May 18, 2010 on Timber Carnival records). "Hell, If I Love" has a big country rock vibration that can fill a large space, while "No Clouds" rides a horse with no name through shuffling percussion and robust harmonies. -Kenyon

"Hell, If I Love" - [mp3]

"No Clouds" - [mp3]

Soundpool >>> new track


"But It's So" - listen here.

Post-shoegaze ambient dance with a canonball of cosmic sounds, including one you will recognize from the Ting Ting's "Great DJ." "But It's So" will be on the upcoming album Mirrors In Your Eyes, the New York groop's third full-length album, expected soon on Killer Pimp records. Track is also on a limited 7" out later this month. -Kenyon

DD/MM/YYYY - new tunes + tour dates

After a few months of being put-off by the absurd band name, this Toronto, Canada act catapulted themselves in front of me, and i was like, whoaaaa, CASSETTE. The jagged left-field experimental rock band is giving us a U.S release of its third album, Black Square, which is gonna be put to the test September 15 via digital and CASSETTE format. Radddd. After originally releasing Black Square in Canada in April, the DD/MM/YYYY was on the roads with Crystal Castles, Japanther and Dan Deacon. So obviously they are hip. I am sorry i ever doubted you, DD/MM/YYYY. -Kenyon

Dates with the nite.

09/08 Hamilton, ONT Rokbar %
09/10 Brooklyn, NY Don Pedro's - Cassette Release Party %*
09/17 Quebec City, QC Le Cercle
09/20 Minneapolis, MN 7th St. Entry #
09/21 East Moline, IL Mixtapes
09/22 Chicago, IL Subterranean #
09/23 Pontiac, MI The Pike Room #
09/24 Rochester, NY Bug Jar #
09/25 Brooklyn, NY Shea Stadium # ????
09/26 New York, NY Mercury Lounge #
09/27 Cambridge, MA TT the Bear's #
09/28 Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie #
09/29 Washington, DC DC9 #
09/30 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506 #
10/01 Atlanta, GA Star Community Bar #
10/02 Tallahassee, FL Club Downunder #
10/03 Orlando, FL Will's Pub #
10/05 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon #
10/06 Austin, TX Red 7 #
10/07 Denton, TX Rubbergloves Rehearsal #
10/09 Tuscon, AZ Plush #
10/10 Los Angeles, CA Knitting Factory #
10/11 San Diego, CA Casbah #
10/13 Visalia, CA Cellar Door #
10/14 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill #
10/16 Portland, OR Rotture #
10/17 Seattle, WA The Vera Project #

* = w/ Anamanaguchi, Graffiti Monsters
% = w/ Spiral Beach
# = w/ These Arms Are Snakes
???? = wtf?

Raveonettes new tunes...ALREADY! and EW gets to post it? blech.

The dreamy "Last Dance" is HERE.

Quickly following Lust Lust Lust is the fourth record, In and Out of Control, out October 6.



Dates with the nite-
10/02/09 AUSTIN, TX THE PARISH
10/03/09 AUSTIN, TX AUSTIN CITY LIMITS
10/14/09 NEW YORK, NY WEBSTER HALL
10/15/09 BALTIMORE, MD OTTOBAR
10/16/09 WASHINGTON, DC 9:30 CLUB
10/17/09 PHILADELPHIA, PA TLA
10/18/09 BROOKLYN, NY MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG
10/20/09 BOSTON, MA PARADISE
10/21/09 MONTREAL, QC CLUB SODA
10/22/09 TORONTO, ON PHOENIX
10/23/09 DETROIT, MI MAGIC STICK
10/24/09 NEWPORT, KY SOUTHGATE HOUSE
10/25/09 CHICAGO, IL THE METRO
10/26/09 MINNEAPOLIS, MN FIRST AVENUE
11/05/09 VANCOUVER, BC VENUE
11/06/09 SEATTLE, WA NEUMO’S
11/07/09 PORTLAND, OR DOUG FIR LOUNGE
11/09/09 SAN FRANCISCO, CA BIMBO’S
11/10/09 COSTA MESA, CA DETROIT BAR
11/12/09 SOLANA BEACH, CA BELLY UP
11/13/09 LOS ANGELES, CA HENRY FONDA THEATRE
11/14/09 POMONA, CA GLASSHOUSE

REVOLTING COCKS to tour North America for the first time since the late 1980s. Band will release Sex-O MiXXX-O in late September, a collection of remixes from their 2009 album Sex-O Olympic-O.

Holy crapes, the deliberately offensive RevCo has been re-charged by industrial metal icon Al Jourgensen and co. after Jourgensen ended Ministry this year. Jim Rose will host the shows, plus openers Blownload and Left Spine Down. RevCo started with Jourgensen, Luc Van Acker and Richard 23 from Front 242. The new line-up has Jourgensen joined by singer Josh Bradford, guitarist Sin Quirin, keyboardist/electronicist Clayton Worbeck, drummer Aaron Rossi (Ministry, Prong) and bassist Murv Douglas (Powerman 5000).

Check the new redneck industrial metal noise track "I'm Not Gay"

September 10 - El Paso, TX - Club 101
September 12 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
September 13 - Denver, CO - Gothic Theater
September 14 - Ft Collins, CO - Aggie Theater
September 15 - Salt Lake, UT - Club Vegas
September 17 - Coeur d'Alene, ID - The Grail
September 18 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
September 19 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre
September 20 - Portland, OR - Dante's
September 23 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
September 24 - Orangevale, CA - The Boardwalk
September 25 - San Diego, CA - Brick By Brick
September 26 - Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse
September 27 - Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues
October 1 - San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
October 2 - Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ballroom
October 3 - Kansas City, MO - The Beaumont
October 4 - St. Louis, MO - The Firebird
October 6 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
October 7 - Detroit, MI - Blondie's
October 8 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
October 9 - St. Thomas, ON - Coolz Warehouse
October 10 - Ottawa, ON - Babylon
October 11 - Montreal, QC - Foufounes Electriques
October 12 - Toronto, ON - Reverb
October 14 - Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theater
October 15 - Allentown, PA - Croc Rock
October 16 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
October 17 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
October 18 - Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Live
October 20 - Jacksonville, FL - Jackrabbits
October 21 - Orlando, FL - Firestone
October 22 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
October 23 - St. Petersburg, FL - The State Theatre
October 24 - Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall
October 25 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
October 27- Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
October 29 - Fort Worth, TX - Ridglea Theater
October 30 - Austin, TX - Emo's

Wild Moccasins (Houston, Texas)

i can't say that Wild Moccasins are one of my favoritest indie pop bands of the year, but i can confidently say that they are a perfect 10 for funtime indie pop band press photos. In this one they look like they just stepped out of the J Geils Band video for "Freeze Frame," which came out before any of these kids were born. The Moccasins' album Microscopic Metronomes is out there now. -Kenyon

www.myspace.com/thewildmoccasins

"My Favorites Die" - [mp3]

into>>the>>future. Papercuts

"Future Primitive" [mp3]
from You Can Have What You Want, out April 14, 2009. Leader Jason Quever flosses his teeth with organic spacious pop dripping with 1960s/70s soft psychedelia. The matured songwriting for "Future Primitive" is nearly up there with the new Animal Collective. -Kenyon

Starsailor >> new song >>
"Boy in Waiting" (live at Hard Rock Cafe, London) [mp3]
All The Plans releases March 9, 2009 in the UK.

The first Starsailor album was super melancholy and slow-paced before the band got some Leonard Cohen in them for the vibrant songs on the partially Phil Spector-produced Silence is Easy. "Boy in Waiting" (at least live) is less showy, as All the Plans is "closer in spirit to the first album."

into>>the>>future
Like Bells

similar: Dirty Three, Do Make Say Think, Japancakes
This instrumental trio is the latest addition to the Exit Stencil label. Instrumental aside from the Sigur Ros-like calling at the end of "Yeti." And you know what a Yeti is, right? Unlike Sigur Ros or Explosions in the Sky, these two samplings are of a shorter length. The violin acts as the subtle counterpart to the intricating guitar. Album out May 19, 2009. Very future.

Atlas: http://exitstencil.org/MP3/LikeBells/01_Atlas.mp3
Yeti: http://exitstencil.org/MP3/LikeBells/02_Yeti.mp3

Because one band isn't enough.
Perhapst >> audio

John Moen of the Decemberists and previously and currently of a ton of other bands and peoples fronts Perhapst. His self-titled debut stays close to the home of his primary band. Although Moen plays most of the instruments for Perhapst, guests include Stephen Malkmus. Did i mention Moen is also the drummer for Robert Pollard's Boston Spaceships? god dammit! you know, some of us have ZERO BANDS.

[mp3] - "Quote"
[mp3] - "Incense Cone"
[mp3] - "Aren't You Glowing"

new audio>>>the Faunts

"Feel.Love.Thinking.Of." [mp3]
from album out February 17, 2009

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new audio>>>The Raveonettes - "Come On Santa" [mp3]
do the Raveonettes really need a photo right now? come on, you should KNOW they look cool!

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new audio>>>Frank Hoier

"Jesus Don't Give Tax Breaks to the Rich" (mp3)
This folk porched Hoier is hitting the road with The Weber Brothers. "Jesus Don't" is from his Lovers & Dollars, issued November 11, 2008.

Talkdemonic set fall tour; new music from Eyes at Half Mast,
available today from Arena Rock.

"March Movement" [mp3]
Although it is vocal-less and brief (almost criminally so), this track is reason enough to find more from this Portland, OR duo.

tour dates
9/20: Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
9/30: Seattle, WA - High Dive
10/1: Missoula, MT - Crystal Theater
10/3: Fargo, ND - The Aquarium
10/4: Minneapolis, MN - 400
10/7: Chicago, IL - Schubas
10/9: Somerville, MA - PA's Lounge
10/10: Philadelphia, PA - Khyber
10/11: New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
10/12: Washington, DC - The Red and the Black
10/13: Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
10/14: Mt. Pleasant, SC - Village Tavern
10/15: Atlanta, GA - The Earl
10/17: Tampa, FL - Crowbar
10/18: Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds
10/21: Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon *
10/22: Austin, TX - Mohawk
10/24: Tucson, AZ - Plush
10/27: San Diego, CA - Casbah #
10/28: Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
10/29: San Francisco, CA - Cafe du Nord

* = w/ Born Ruffians and Plants & Animals
# = w/ Jeffrey Lewis