Public Image Ltd tour dates + album

Wed	10/3	Orlando, FL	Firestone Live
Fri	10/5	Miami, FL	Grand Central
Sat	10/6	Ybor City, FL	Cuban Club
Mon	10/8	Washington, DC	9:30 Club
Tue	10/9	Brooklyn, NY	Music Hall Williamsburg
Thu	10/11	Philadelphia, PA	Electric Factory
Fri	10/12	Clifton Park, NY	Upstate Concert Hall
Sat	10/13	New York, NY	Hammerstein Ballroom
Mon	10/15	Boston, MA	Royale Boston
Tue	10/16	Montreal, QC	Corona Theatre
Thu	10/18	Toronto, ON	The Opera House
Fri	10/19	Detroit, MI	Royal Oak Music Theatre
Sun	10/21	Chicago, IL	House of Blues
Mon	10/22	Minneapolis, MN	Mill City Nights
Thu	10/25	San Francisco, CA	Regency Ballroom
Fri	10/26	Las Vegas, NV	House of Blues
Sun	10/28	Los Angeles, CA	Club NOKIA
Mon	10/29	San Diego, CA	House of Blues
Tue	10/30	Tempe, AZ	The Marquee
Thu	11/1	Dallas, TX	Granada Theater
Sat	11/3	Austin, TX	Fun Fun Fun Fest

from This is Pil, first new album in 20 years!
 by the way if you don't know who pil is you got some homework to do

Midnight Juggernauts > new video + gigs + album May 28, 2010
Finally something that sounds and looks like it's from 2010, all futuristic and fresh space travel rock n roll. I got dibs to DJ this, i called it! Those twisting liquified people though, geez why are they doing that? Just to show that they CAN? The Crystal Axis blops May 28 digitally and August 31 physically. -Kenyon


dates with the nite

Thursday, July 22 @ Santos - New York, NY
Friday, July 23 @ Voyeur - Philadelphia, PA
Saturday, July 24 @ Brooklyn Bowl - Brooklyn, NY
Monday, July 26 @ The Echo - Los Angeles, CA
Tuesday, July 27 @ Cinespace - Los Angeles, CA

Superchunk announces East Coast tour dates!


One of the backbones of 1990s indie rock and the founders of Merge records, Superchunk is working on their first full-length album since 2001. After a handful of festival dates this summer, they will do the headlining thing in the east. -Kenyon

9/17 Washington, DC- 930 Club
9/18 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
9/19 Brooklyn, NY- Music Hall of Williamsburg
9/21 Boston, MA- Royale
9/22 Philadelphia, PA- Trocadero

The Black Keys > dino-myte video for "Next Girl" from new album out next week + tour kicking off + late night TV May 25, 26.


There are three ways to experience this: read the bottom, look at the pretty girls, or listen to mr. dinosaur sing one of the dirtiest blues-rock songs of 2010. Ahhh snap, i hear some Hendrix in there. The new album, Brothers (out next week on Nonesuch), also includes the Danger Mouse-produced song “Tighten Up." The day after the record release, the Black Keys will play a small gig at the Bookstore Cafe in NYC, with all monies from tickets going to charity. From the end of May to early October they're gonna be all over the place on a HUGE tour, opening for Pearl Jam, the Flaming Lips and Kings of Leon. -Kenyon

New York activity:

May 20 Madison Square Garden (with Pearl Jam)
May 25 Late Show with David Letterman
May 26 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
July 27 Central Park SummerStage
July 28 Central Park SummerStage

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

Primus > tour dates with Gogol Bordello
+ new album planned for 2011.

July 27 Toronto, ONT Sound Academy
July 29 Essex Junction, VT Midway Lawn at Champlain Valley*
July 30 Brooklyn, NY Williamsburgh Waterfront*
July 31 Bridgeport, CT Gathering of the Vibes
Aug 1 Charlottesville, VA Charlottesville Pavillion*
Aug 3 Cleveland, OH Time Warner Cable Amphitheater*
Aug 5 Columbus, OH LC Pavillion *
Aug 6 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
Aug 7 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
Aug 9 Council Bluff, IA Stir Cove at Harrah's *
Aug 10 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater *
Aug 12 Denver, CO Red Rocks *
Aug 13 Salt Lake City, UT The Rail *
Aug 14 Las Vegas, NV The Joint
Aug 15 Santa Barbara, CA County Bowl w/Wolfmother

*with Gogol Bordello

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

Portugal. The Man Signs with Atlantic records. Tour dates in June.

Portland by way of Alaska artist Portugal. The Man hits the West coast in June. Earlier this month, its creative escapist rock earned them a contract with big wig Atlantic records.

dates with the nite
5/29 - Sasquatch! Festival - George, WA
6/17 - Harlow's Night Club - Sacramento, CA
6/18 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA
6/19 - House of Blues - Anaheim, CA
6/20 - Hotel Congress - Tucson, AZ
6/23 - Club Sound - Salt Lake City, UT
6/25 - Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room - Seattle, WA
6/26 - Roseland Theater - Portland, OR

Phantogram > new video from debut LP Eyelid Movies (Barsuk records) + tour dates that are mostly with the Antlers, who are playing a show at Stony Brook this thursday with me, DJ k3nyon, spinning!

April:

15 Buffalo, NY Soundlab
16 Columbus, OH The Basement *
17 Urbana IL, Canopy Club *
18 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon *
20 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theatre *
21 Iowa City, IA The Blue Moose *
22 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall *
23 Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig *
24 Rock Island, IL Brewing Company *
26 Boulder, CO Fox Theater *
28 San Diego, CA Casbah *
29 Costa Mesa, CA Detroit Bar *
30 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour *

May:
1 San Francisco, CA Independent *
3 Portland, OR Doug Fir *
4 Vancouver, BC The Biltmore Cabaret *
5 Seattle, WA Neumo's *
18 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell’s
19 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
31 George, WA Sasquatch! Music Festival
* w/ The Antlers

Band of Horses > new song + video.
From next album, out May 18. U.S. Tour with Pearl Jam!

April 23 + 24 - Raleigh, NC - Walnut Creek Amphitheater (with Widespread Panic)
April 26 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt

April 28 - Miami, FL - Fillmore
April 29 - Orlando, FL - House of Blues
May 1 - New Orleans, LA - Jazzfest
May 2 - Memphis, TN - Beale St. Music Festival
May 3 - Kansas City, MO -Sprint Center (w/Pearl Jam)
May 4 - St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center (w/Pearl Jam)
May 6 - Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena (w/Pearl Jam)
May 7 - Noblesville, IN - Verizon Wireless Center (w/Pearl Jam)
May 9 - Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena (w/Pearl Jam)
May 10 - Buffalo, NY - HSBC Arena (w/Pearl Jam)
May 13 - Washington, DC - Verizon Center (w/Pearl Jam)
May 15 - Hartford, CT - XL Center (w/Pearl Jam)
May 17 - Boston, MA - TD Garden (w/Pearl Jam)
May 21 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden (w/Pearl Jam)
May 27 - Davis, CA - UC Davis Freeborn Hall
May 30 - Bend, OR - Les Schwab Amphitheater (w/She & Him)
May 31 - George, WA - Sasquatch Festival

Semi Precious Weapons touring with Lady effin GAGA!

Holy cowzer i knew these guys were gonna be huge when i saw them at a show i DJed a couple years ago. Finally, the wild New York City glam rock n' roll band's debut full album You Love You will be out this June. Following dates with Lady Gaga in Japan and Europe through Spring, they will squeeze in some of their own headlining dates in the USA before going back out with the Gaga for a full USA tour in the summer. Now is their time for sure. -Kenyon

SPW headliner dates

04/21: Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy
04/23: Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
04/26: New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
04/27: Boston, MA @ Paradise
04/30 San Diego, CA @ Warren Field/UCSD (Campus)

LCD Soundsystem > new track + tour dates



Next album out May 18, 2010 in the U.S. on DFA/Virgin.

U.S Dates with the nite so far

April 16 Indio CA Coachella Festival
May 20 New York Terminal 5
May 21 New York Terminal 5
May 30 George WA Sasquatch Festival
June 11 Manchester TN Bonnaroo Festival
July 17 Chicago IL Pitchfork Music Festival

The Black Keys are opening for Pearl Jam at Madison Square Garden May 20, 2010.
Band of Horses are opening for Pearl Jam at Madison Square Garden May 21, 2010.

Shout Out Louds >> U.S tour dates
supporting third album Work, produced by Phil Ek (Shins, Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses) and out now on Merge!

with Freelance Whales
02 May Washington, 9:30 Club
03 May Philadelphia, First Unitarian Church
05 May New York, Webster Hall
06 May Boston, Paradise
07 May Montreal, Cabaret Music Hall
08 May Toronto, Mod Club
10 May Chicago, Lincoln Hall
11 May Minneapolis, Varsity Theater
14 May Vancouver, Commodore Ballroom
15 May Seattle, Neumos
16 May Portland, Doug Fir
18 May San Francisco, Great American Music Hall
20 May Los Angeles, El Rey
21 May Los Angeles, El Rey (Sold Out!)
22 May San Diego, House of Blues

The Postelles > tour dates with Hockey > new EP

This young NYC group harnesses the feel-goodness of early 60s pop along with the modern age of such bands as Locksley and the Strokes. Check out the innocence of "123 Stop" and "Boy's Best Friend" at their myspacey. Their White Night EP, produced with the Strokes' Albert Hammond Jr, is available March 2, 2010 via (Astralwerks / Capitol). These brave souls are gigging tonite (snowstorm?) and next wednesday at Bowery Electric NYC and then the WHO tribute and down the road for them is Bonnaroo, wooooo. -Kenyon

www.myspace.com/thepostelles

2/10/10 - Bowery Electirc - New York, NY
2/17/10 - Bowery Electric - New York, NY
3/2/10 - Carnegie Hall (The Who Tribute) - New York, NY

and then they got all these dates with the band HOCKEY

March 11th- 7th Street Entry (Minneapolis)
March 13th- Outland on Liberty (Ohio)
March 15th- Bowery Ballroom (NYC)
March 16th- Johnny Brendas (Philadelphia)
March 17th- Rock and Roll Hotel (DC)
March 18th- 21st- SXSW (Details TBA)
March 23rd- Mercy Lounge (Nashville)
March 24th- Drunken Unicorn (Atlanta)
March 25th- Cafe 11 (St. Augustine, Florida)
March 26th- Club Downunder (Tallahassee)
March 27th- Bottletree (Alabama)
March 29th- Thirsty Hippo (Mississippi)
March 30th- Spanish Moon (Louisiana)
April 1st- Warehouse Live (Houston)
April 2nd- Emo's Alternative (Austin)
April 3rd- The Loft (Dallas)
April 6th- Larimer Lounge (Denver)
April 8th- The Neurolux (Idaho)
April 10th- Wonder Ballroom (Portland)

a-ha final tour! May 6 + 7, 2010 at Nokia Theater, NYC


a-ha continued to exist after 1986. And they had other good songs besides "Take on Me." But that still doesn't justify $42 ticket! boooo. They are actually only playing a few dates in the U.S, which i don't blame them for since they're better known elsewhere (they have dates in Brazil next month). $42 + fees + $15 train = not worth it for this particular show. Hunting High and Low remains a new wave touchstone. The latest album, from 2009, can be heard at the a-ha.com. -Kenyon

Casxio: new video + CMJ junk

me cannot wait to spin this at the clubs! a neato transgender transfusion of Scissor Sisters, La Roux, MGMT and disco-era MJ.

Dates with the nite aka CMJ junk

October 7 - The Shore - Hermosa Beach, CA
October 18 - Cinespace - Official Release Party
October 20 - Piano's - Music Slut CMJ Party
158 Ludlow St. NY 10002
(Casxio @ 6:00pm)
October 21 - Southpaw - The Rumble CMJ Party
125 5th Ave. 11217 (Brooklyn)
(Casxio @ 9:30pm)
October 22 - ASCAP Official CMJ Showcase
285 West Broadway 10013
(Casxio @ 8:30pm)

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?

Lou Barlow - new tunes + tour. Goodnight Unknown out October 5, four years since his last solo album and following the Dinosaur Jr reunion.

"Don't Apologize" from Goodnight Unknown.


Lou Barlow and the Missingmen dates with the nite.

10/02 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East
10/03 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East
10/04 - Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights
10/06 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
10/07 - New Haven, CT @ Toad's Place
10/08 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
10/09 - Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of the Living Arts
10/10 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
10/11 - Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot
10/13 - Madison, WI @ The Majestic Theatre
10/14 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
10/15 - Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
10/16 - Louisville, KY @ Headliner's Music Hall
10/17 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
10/26 - Kansas City, MO @ The Beaumont Club
10/27 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
10/29 - Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater
10/30 - Fort Collins, CO @ Aggie Theatre
11/03 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
11/04 - Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern
11/06 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore