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Arcade Fire confirm more European Festivals

2010-03-12T02:13:35Z

Arcade Fire have been confirmed as headliners for the Hove Festival in Norway on July 2nd and Rock Werchter festival in Belgium on July 4th, where they'll go on before Pearl Jam. It's also more or less confirmed that Arcade Fire will also be one of the headliners at this summer's Lollapalooza Festival, their only rumored North American tour date of 2010, so far.

SPIN turns 25, planning major parties

2010-03-12T02:09:21Z

According to the press release, expect to see a whole of SPIN magazine sponsored shows as they celebrate their 25th anniversary.

SPIN, America's premier music resource, today announced the elements that will form the brand's 25th anniversary celebration. Starting in March and continuing throughout the year, SPIN will develop a series of live events, editorial features, products, and promotions that will showcase the excitement and relevance that have defined the brand for a quarter century. Starting at March's South by Southwest music conference in Austin, Texas, SPIN will produce a series of 25 music events that will run through the rest of the year. The inaugural show will be the annual "SPIN@STUBB'S" party on March 19th. It's always the hottest ticket at SXSW, and headlining this year's concert will be five-time cover artist Courtney Love and Hole. Also appearing on the bill are Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Miike Snow, and more. Sponsors for "SPIN@STUBB'S" include Rock Band, MySpace Music, Chevy, VTech, Pepsi, SESAC,TIGI, Mike's Hard Punch, and UV Vodka. The pinnacle of the 25th anniversary events will be a marathon week of music programming in July, called "SPIN's 25 Hours of Music." In partnership with the Bowery Presents, SPIN will produce five consecutive nights of concerts throughout New York City, featuring artists that have made the greatest music of the past 25 years. These ticketed events are being sponsored by VTech and Vitamin Water.

LCD Soundsystem drop new song at fashion show, playing festivals

2010-03-12T01:56:07Z

LCD Soundsystem dropped an unnamed instrumental new tune to soundtrack a recent fashion show from designer Yves Saint Laurent. The beats are pretty dope. Live, the band continue to roll out more festival appearances, including stops at Coachella, Sasquatch, Pitchfork and the hippified Camp Biscuit. A rumor is swirling that LCD Soundsystem will play a surprise warm-up show for Coachella at NYC's (Le) Poisson Rouge, but that's just a little rumor....

SAADI release "Bad City" EP, record release show

2010-03-12T01:42:31Z

DOWNLOAD: SAADI - "Bad City (Serious Business Remix)" On Saturday, March 13th, SAADI will celebrate the release of their "Bad City" EP, out on Serious Business Records, with a special record release show at Dead Herring (141 S. 5th St. #5E @ Bedford Ave) in Brooklyn. The five-song EP is the work of Boshra AlSaadi, formerly of the band Looker, and is a great mix of psychedlic-indie dance pop. SAADI will also be playing two shows at SXSW, then doing a little West Coast tour. Here are the dates: SAADI TOUR DATES 03/13 – Brooklyn, NY @ Showpaper Benefit / Dead Herring 03/20 – Austin, TX @ Paper Garden Records Showcase 03/20 – Austin, TX @ Right on Rainey Showcase 5/13 - Northwest (TBD) 5/14 – Northwest (TBD) 05/15 – Bellingham, WA @ Western Washington University

Bowery Presents takes in Boston

2010-03-12T00:19:09Z

The Bowery Present kind-of own live music in NYC (and Montclair, New Jersey). They've put on some shows in other cities, but now they're opening their first club outside the tri-state area.

The Bowery Presents, the company that puts on concerts at the Bowery Ballroom, Terminal 5 and other spaces in New York, has signed a long-term deal with the Royale club in Boston to be the exclusive presenter of live music there. The Royale — which until recently was called the Roxy — is a 1,000-capacity space on Tremont Street with an open floor and a U-shaped balcony. Known to Boston clubgoers as a late-night dance haunt, the Royale will be outfitted for live music and have about 100 concerts a year, said Jim Glancy, a partner in The Bowery Presents. The Royale will be the company’s first space outside the New York area. (It also helps run the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, N.J.) The Bowery will open a small office in Boston to run the Royale shows and book events for larger spaces. “It’s a fantastic market,” Mr. Glancy said. “The type of music we book totally lends itself to Boston.” That music is mainly rock, but as at Webster Hall in New York, the Royale will continue to put on its own dance events independently of the rock shows. (After renovations, the Royale will have its official reopening on Saturday, a dance night.) The first announced concert booking for the Royale is the reunited Public Image Limited on May 4 and 5, but Mr. Glancy and another Bowery partner, John Moore, said they expected to book others in April.

Faith No More announce Brooklyn show

2010-03-11T23:50:12Z

Faith No More's Roddy Bottum took to twitter to announce the band's first East Coast date in over a decade.

FNM play NY!!!! Williamsburg Waterfront, Brooklyn, July 5! special presale March 16/10amET, we'll tweet a special password that morning. 9:00 AM Mar 10th via web

This marks the first (announced) pay show at the Williamsburg Waterfront, the same venue that JellyNYC will throw their 5th annual free summer Sundays concerts.

Conan O'Brien touring (Radio City, Bonnaroo)

2010-03-11T20:49:31Z

MSG Entertainment and Metropolitan Talent Presents are proud to welcome Conan O’Brien to Radio City Music Hall on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 and Wednesday, June 2 at 8pm. Conan O’Brien will headline a live comedy/music revue that begins a two-month, 30-city tour on April 12th. The aptly titled “Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television” tour kicks off in Eugene, Oregon, and will take Conan and a cast that will include longtime sidekick Andy Richter and the former Tonight Show band to theaters in at least 20 states and two Canadian provinces. It promises to be a night of music, comedy, hugging, and the occasional awkward silence. American Express is sponsoring the tour and tickets are available now at www.TeamCoco.com http://www.teamcoco.com/, www.Ticketmaster.com http://www.ticketmaster.com/ and www.radiocity.com http://www.radiocity.com/.

The Strokes confirm Lollapalooza, new album (video)

2010-03-11T20:43:36Z

Greg Kot at the Chicago Tribune has the scoop.

Just got off the phone with Julian Casablancas and he confirms that the Strokes will indeed be headlining Lollapalooza this summer as first reported here a few weeks ago. He says he’s pretty stoked about the band’s string of festival dates this summer. “We’re getting the biggest offers of our career,” he says. “It feels great, because I remember people writing things like ‘We’ll see if they’re still around in 10 years’ when we first came out.” Besides preparing for his solo tour, which lands at the Vic Theatre on April 6, Casablancas says the Strokes are wrapping up their fourth studio album, and first since 2006. “I think it’ll be out in September,” he says. “I’ve written a lot of melodies for it, but the other guys have also contributed a lot more: melodies, choruses, parts. It’s way more collaborative. So it’ll have a different feel than our other albums.” The Strokes are likely to be joined by Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire, a reunited Soundgarden and Green Day as Lollapalooza headliners Aug. 6-8. Time Out Chicago is reporting that Phoenix will be the sixth headliner.

Pearl Jam touring with Band of Horses, Black Keys (MSG)

2010-03-11T20:39:23Z

Pearl Jam are touring following their headlining slot at the New Orleans Jazz Festival. Band of Horses have been enlisted to serve as the opening act on the trek, with the Black Keys subbing in for the May 20th MSG show. Tickets go on sale to Pearl Jam’s Ten Club members on March 15th, with a public on-sale to follow on March 19th. PEARL JAM TOUR DATES May 1 – New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Jazz Festival May 3 – Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center May 4 – St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center May 6 – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena May 7 – Noblesville, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Center May 9 – Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena May 10 – Buffalo, NY @ HSBC Arena May 13 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live May 15 – Hartford, CT @ XL Center May 17 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden May 18 – TBD @ TBD May 20 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden May 21 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

MGMT release new single, free mp3

2010-03-09T20:36:09Z

MGMT are giving away "Flash Delirium," the first single off their sophomore album, Congratulations. The song is a trippy little ditty that has a Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd vibe. Also, can we talk about how the album cover to Congratulations may be the worst cover of the decade to come.

Kate Nash announces new album, video for "Do Waa Doo"

2010-03-09T15:47:54Z

Kate Nash's "Do Wah Doo" is the first single from her sophomore effort, My Best Friend Is You, which comes out on April 20th.....

Sarah Silverman releases an album, takes on jam bands

2010-03-08T19:20:07Z

This week saw the release of Songs Of The Sarah Silverman Program: From Our Rears, To Your Ears!, a 99 track compilation of the best songs and bits from the comedians hit Comedy Central show. Additionally, Comedy Central also released a new Sarah Silverman game called Jam Banned: Your Music Sucks. You can play it here.

Arcade Fire book first show of 2010

2010-03-08T16:20:21Z

Exciting news for Arcade Fire fans. The Montreal outfit have booked their first show since 2008's mini concert in support of Barack Obama's presidential run. The band is slated now slated to headline Dublin's Oxegen Festival, along with Jay-Z and Muse. The festival goes down July 8-11th. Is this a sign that we'll be hearing more tour dates and album news soon?

More soldiers committed suicide than died in combat this January

2010-03-08T02:51:11Z

This just horrifying news...

The Army said 24 soldiers are believed to have committed suicide in January alone -- six times as many as killed themselves in January 2008, according to statistics released Thursday. The Army said it already has confirmed seven suicides, with 17 additional cases pending that it believes investigators will confirm as suicides for January. If those prove true, more soldiers will have killed themselves than died in combat last month. According to Pentagon statistics, there were 16 U.S. combat deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq in January.

Vampire Weekend return to SNL

2010-03-08T00:48:08Z