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Week of 8/27

Sometimes words are too hard to form in order to create sentences (she should run for president; such linguistic gymnastics has worked at least once):

& this brilliant follow-up:

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Death Before Dishonor with Damnation A.D. supporting:

9/20/07 Buffalo, NY Icon
9/21/07 Wheeling WV Yesterdays
9/22/07 Detroit, MI Hayloft
9/23/07 Chicago, IL Galaxie
9/24/07 Joplin, MO Foundry Music Theatre
9/25/07 Fort Worth, TX Competition
9/26/07 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
9/27/07 McAllen, TX Nikki Rowe
9/28/07 El Paso, TX
9/29/07 Albuquerque, NM Moonlight Louge
9/30/07 Mesa, AZ Papillions Too
10/1/07 Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction
10/2/07 San Diego, CA Salon Fiesta
10/3/07 Bakersfield, CA Jerry's Pizza
10/4/07 Fresno, CA The Exit
10/5/07 Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz Vets Hall
10/6/07 Portland, OR Satyricon
10/7/07 Tacoma, WA Viaduct
10/9/07 Boise, ID The Venue
10/10/07 Salt Lake City, UT Club Vortex
10/11/07 Denver, CO Sox Place
10/12/07 Topeka, KS Static Bar
10/13/07 Omaha, NE American Legion
10/14/07 TBA TBA
10/15/07 Covington, KY Mad Hatter
10/16/07 Erie, PA Lakeshore Social Club
10/17/07 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
10/18/07 New Haven, CT TBA
10/19/07 NYC, NY Bowery Poetry Club (CMJ)

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The uber-cool Icelandic lovelies Sigur Ros are releasing a double CD Hvarf/Heim and a DVD entitled Heima both on November 6th via XL.

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Before everyone associated disappears forever, Rhino will release a double-DVD on the Ramones called It's Alive 1974-1996. Der track listings are below:

IT’S ALIVE 1974-1996
Disc 1

CBGB – New York, NY (9/15/74)

1. “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue”
2. “I Don't Wanna Go Down To The
Basement”
3. “Judy Is A Punk”
Max’s Kansas City – New York, NY (4/18/76)
4. “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend”
5. “53rd & 3rd”
The Club – Cambridge, MA (5/12/76)
6. “Chain Saw”
Max’s Kansas City – New York, NY (10/8/76)
7. “Havana Affair”
8. “Listen To My Heart”
My Father’s Place – Roslyn, NY (4/13/77)
9. “I Remember You”
10. “Carbona Not Glue”
CBGB – New York, NY (6/11/77)
11. “Blitzkrieg Bop”
12. “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker”
13. “Beat On The Brat”
14. “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue”
15. “Rockaway Beach”
16. “Cretin Hop”
17. “Oh Oh I Love Her So”
18. “Today Your Love, Tomorrow The
World”
The Second Chance – Ann Arbor, MI (6/26/77)
19. “Rockaway Beach”
20. “Carbona Not Glue”
The Ivanhoe Theater – Chicago, IL (7/6/77)
21. “Pinhead”
22. “Suzy Is A Headbanger”
The Armadillo – Austin, TX (7/14/77) Early Show
23. “Commando”
24. “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend”
The Armadillo – Austin, TX (7/14/77) Late Show
25. “Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy”
26. “53rd & 3rd”
27. “Today Your Love, Tomorrow The
World”
Liberty Hall – Houston, TX (7/15/77)
28. “Loudmouth”
29. “I Remember You”
30. “Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment”
Liberty Hall – Houston, TX (7/16/77)
31. “Oh Oh I Love Her So”
32. “Today Your Love, Tomorrow The
World”
Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert – L.A., CA (8/9/77)
33. “Loudmouth”
34. “Judy Is A Punk”
35. “Glad To See You Go”
36. “Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment”
The Camera Mart Stages – New York, NY (9/3/77)
37. “Swallow My Pride”
38. “Pinhead”
39. “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker”
It’s Alive, The Rainbow Theatre – London (12/31/77)
40. “Blitzkrieg Bop”
41. “I Wanna Be Well”
42. “Glad To See You Go”
43. “You're Gonna Kill That Girl”
44. “Commando”
45. “Havana Affair”
46. “Cretin Hop”
47. “Listen To My Heart”
48. “I Don't Wanna Walk Around With
You”
49. “Pinhead”
50. “Do You Wanna Dance?”
51. “Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy”
52. “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue”
53. “We're A Happy Family”

Disc 2
Musikladen – Bremen, Germany (9/13/78)
1. “Rockaway Beach”
2. “Teenage Lobotomy”
3. “Blitzkrieg Bop”
4. “Don't Come Close”
5. “I Don't Care”
6. “She's The One”
7. “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker”
8. “Cretin Hop”
9. “Listen To My Heart”
10. “I Don't Wanna Walk Around With
You”
11. “Pinhead”
The Old Grey Whistle Test – London (9/19/78)
12. “Don't Come Close”
13. “She's The One”
14. “Go Mental”
Top of the Pops – London (9/28/78)
15. “Don't Come Close”
Oakland, CA (12/28/78)
16. “I'm Against It”
17. “Needles And Pins”
San Francisco Civic Center, S.F., CA (6/9/79)
18. “I Want You Around”
19. “I'm Affected”
20. “California Sun”
The Old Grey Whistle Test – London (1/15/78)
21. “Rock 'N' Roll High School”
22. “Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll
Radio?”
Top of the Pops – London (1/31/80)
23. “Baby I Love You”
Sha Na Na – L.A., CA (5/19/80)
24. “Rock 'N' Roll High School”
Mandagsborsen – Stockholm, Sweden (10/26/81)
25. “We Want The Airwaves”
TVE Musical Express – Madrid, Spain (11/17/81)
26. “This Business Is Killing Me”
27. “All Quiet On The Eastern Front”
US Festival – San Bernardino, CA (9/3/82)
28. “Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll
Radio?”
29. “Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment”
30. “Rock 'N' Roll High School”
31. “I Wanna Be Sedated”
32. “Beat On The Brat”
33. “The KKK Took My Baby Away”
34. “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow”
35. “Chinese Rocks”
36. “Teenage Lobotomy”
The Old Grey Whistle Test – London (2/26/85)
37. “Wart Hog”
38. “Chasing The Night”
Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2/3/87)
39. “Blitzkrieg Bop”
40. “Freak Of Nature”
41. “Crummy Stuff”
42. “Love Kills”
43. “I Don't Care”
44. “Too Tough To Die”
45. “Mama's Boy”
Provinssirock Festival, Seinäjoki, Finland (6/4/88)
46. “I Don't Want You Anymore”
47. “Weasel Face”
48. “Garden Of Serenity”
49. “I Just Want To Have Something To
Do”
50. “Surfin’ Bird”
51. “Cretin Hop”
52. “Somebody Put Something In My
Drink”
53. “We're A Happy Family”
R.I.T., Rochester, NY (10/8/88)
54. “Do You Remember Rock ’N’ Roll Radio”
55. “Wart Hog”
Rolling Stone Club – Milan, Italy (3/16/92)
56. “Psycho Therapy”
57. “I Believe In Miracles”
58. “I Wanna Live”
59. “My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes To Bitburg)”
60. “Pet Sematary”
61. “Animal Boy”
62. “Pinhead”
Top of the Pops – London (6/29/95)
63. “I Don't Wanna Grow Up”
River Plate Stadium – Estadio Antonio V. Liverti – Buenos Aires, Argentina (3/16/96)
64. “I Wanna Be Sedated”
65. “R.A.M.O.N.E.S.”

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Filter has quasi-officially launched Filter TV - where there are bits with various bands.

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SoundExchange - the music royalty collection agency - has offered a new deal to small webradio stations (those making less than $1.25 million) for royalties from song play. The new offer is that these stations have to pay 10% of their revenues to SoundExchange. These stations are still not really down, particularly the middle market ones.

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The Bouncing Souls are doing a few East Coast dates around the CMJ festival:

10/16 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
10/17 - Poughkeepsie, NY - The Chance Theater
10/18 - Northampton, MA - Pearl Street Night Club
10/19 - Providence, RI - Living Room
10/20 - New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
10/21 - State College, PA - The Cellblock

Week of 8/20

The Cure has re-scheduled their fall 2007 tour for Spring 2008. Below is a statement from the band with regards:

"With all apologies for any inconvenience or disappointment it may
cause, we have made a decision to move the September/October 2007 North
American Cure shows to April/May 2008.

The schedule as it stands only gives us a couple of weeks to finish our
new double album before we hit the road again, and we know this just
isn’t enough time to complete the project to our total satisfaction.

Although this last month’s tour of Australasia showed that a great Cure
show is not dependent on a new Cure album, it has to be remembered that
we hadn’t played Australia for 7 years, New Zealand for 15 years, Japan
for 23 years(!), and Singapore or Hong Kong ever before – so the
absence of ‘new’ songs in the set was not really much of an issue.

However, we want to remodel/rework the live show for North America ,
change things around, incorporate new songs… and we need time and focus
to do this.

So although we can agree it is a great shame to move these dates –
believe us we have been looking forward to them more than anyone! – and
know there will be a lot of disappointed people out there, we honestly
feel that in the bigger picture we are making the right decision.

All tickets held for all 2007 North American Cure shows will be valid
for the re-scheduled 2008 shows, and of course anyone who seeks a
refund will be able to get one.

All validity/refund/rescheduling details will be announced as soon as
we have them.

We are still going to headline the San Francisco Download Festival
October 6th, and we will still be performing at the MTV Latin America
Awards October 18th.

We will also play the three scheduled Sports Palace Mexico City shows
October 20th/21st/22nd, as by this point we feel sure we will have
finished the new album, and will be more than happy to start dropping a
fresh song or three into the set each night…

Once again, our genuine apologies to anyone who is upset by this
announcement - please be encouraged by our promise:

The Spring 2008 Cure shows will be even better than the Fall 2007 ones
would have been!!!

See you all soon…
Love

Robert, Simon, Jason and Porl – The Cure 24/8/07"

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The Decemberists will kick-off a fall tour focusing on major cities with residencies by the name of 'The Long and Short Of It' Tour. They will also release an EP by the name of The Perfect Crime #2 EP to be released on Capitol on September 25th (but only as digital and on vinyl). Tour dates below:

10/28 Chicago , IL Vic Theater (“Long of It”)

10/29 Chicago , IL Vic Theater (“Short of It”)

11/1 New York , NY Terminal 5 (“Long of It”)

11/2 New York , NY Terminal 5 (“Short of It”)

11/3 Boston , MA Orpheum (“Long of It”)

11/4 Boston , MA Orpheum (“Short of It”)

11/6 Winston-Salem , NC Millennium Center (“Long of It”)

11/7 Winston-Salem , NC Millennium Center (“Short of It”)

11/9 Washington , DC 9:30 Club (“Long of It”)

11/10 Washington , DC 9:30 Club (“Short of It”)

11/11 Washington , DC 9:30 Club (“Long of It”)

11/12 Washington , DC 9:30 Club (“Short of It”)

11/15 Columbus , OH Lifestyle Communities Pavilion (“Long of It”)

11/16 Columbus , OH Lifestyle Communities Pavilion (“Short of It”)

11/18 Milwaukee , WI Riverside Theater (“Long of It”)

11/19 Milwaukee , WI Riverside Theater (“Short of It”)

11/23 San Francisco , CA The Fillmore (“Long of It”)

11/24 San Francisco , CA The Fillmore (“Short of It”)

11/25 San Francisco , CA The Fillmore (“Long of It”)

11/26 San Francisco , CA The Fillmore (“Short of It”)

11/29 Los Angeles , CA The Wiltern (“Long of It”)

11/30 Los Angeles , CA The Wiltern (“Short of It”)

12/1 San Diego , CA Spreckels Theatre (“Long of It”)

12/2 San Diego , CA Spreckels Theatre (“Short of It”)

12/5 Portland , OR Crystal Ballroom (“Long of It”)

12/6 Portland , OR Crystal Ballroom (“Short of It”)

12/7 Portland , OR Crystal Ballroom

12/8 Seattle , WA Moore Theatre (“Long of It”)

12/9 Seattle , WA Moore Theatre (“Short of It”)

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Morrissey don't need no cash. It is reported that Morrissey has turned down a $75 million offer for a Smiths' renunion tour - with specification that Johnny Marr is there and that 50 shows are completed. No deal. Instead, Morrissey continues his own amazing solo tour with a smattering of big city dates - including 10 in LA and 5 in NYC. Below are the fall dates:

09-20 Tijuana, Mexico - El Foro
09-21 Las Vegas, NV - The Pearl
09-23 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
09-24 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
09-26 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
09-27 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
09-29 Santa Barbara, CA - County Bowl
10-01 Los Angeles, CA - Palladium
10-02 Los Angeles, CA - Palladium
10-04 Los Angeles, CA - Palladium
10-05 Los Angeles, CA - Palladium
10-06 Los Angeles, CA - Palladium
10-08 Los Angeles, CA - Palladium
10-09 Los Angeles, CA - Palladium
10-11 Los Angeles, CA - Palladium
10-12 Los Angeles, CA - Palladium
10-13 Los Angeles, CA - Palladium
10-15 Salt Lake City, UT - Thanksgiving Point
10-17 Waukegan, IL - Genesee Theatre
10-19 Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre
10-20 Merrillville, IN - Star Plaza
10-22 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
10-23 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
10-26 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
10-27 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
10-28 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
10-30 Boston, MA - Orpheum
10-31 Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live
11-02 Washington, DC - Constitution Hall

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Here's a link to bands that you should boycott - not like you have to try too hard because they all suck, but that's besides the point. These bands, and others not on the page, are inciting and supporting hate speech and intolerance against those who are not born-again, fundamentalist Christians. Battlecry and Aquire the Fire use pop culture in order to convince kids they need to destroy in order for the US to become a Christian nation full of true believers. Or basically a cult teaching intolerance, but by another name.

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The amazing ambient electronic master Ulrich Schnauss will head up a US support tour this fall:

THU SEP 20 - World Cafe - Philadelphia, PA (Echoe's Presents) w/ Mahogany
FRI SEP 21 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY w/ Mahogany, Elika, Soundpool
SAT SEP 22 - Joes Pub - New York, NY
SUN SEP 23 - Museum Of Fine Arts - Boston, MA w/ Gruff Rhys
TUE SEP 25 - La Sala Rossa - Montreal, PQ w/ Millimetrik, This Quiet Army
WED SEP 26 - The Rivoli - Toronto, ON w/ Millimetrik, Madrid
THU SEP 27 - Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL
FRI SEP 28 - Triple Rock Club - Minneapolis, MN w/ Airiel, Salubrious Invertebrae
SAT SEP 29 - Av-aerie - Chicago, IL w/ Manual, Aubrun Lull, Airiel
MON OCT 1 - Crocodile Cafe - Seattle, WA w/ Turn-Ons, High Violets
TUE OCT 2 - Holocene - Portland, OR w/ High Violets, Turn-Ons
WED OCT 3 - Cafe Du Nord - San Francisco, CA w/ Manual, Fleeting Joys
FRI OCT 5 - Troubadour - Los Angeles, CA w/ Manual, Fleeting Joys
SUN OCT 7 - Detroit Bar - Costa Mesa, CA

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William Ocean - not Billy Ocean? - has won the U.S. Air Guitar Competition and will now head to Finland to battle the world. More info, www.airguitarworldchampionships.com.

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Equal Vision Records has signed The Color Fred (stupid name!) which is spearheaded by Taking Back Sunday's Fred Mascherino.

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Madonna may jump to Live Nation for her next album after releasing everything in her career on Warner Bros. Live Nation - who is trying to move from just live entertainment to a label - is apparently offering a deal in the range of $100-180 million, but who's counting.

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In order to drink more alcohol, Amy Winehouse has cancelled her North American Tour.

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Taking a big chance, Astralwerks has signed Babyshambles - the shambling wreck of Pete Doherty. Their new album will be out on October 23 entitled Shotter's Nation.

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Blender has put out the hottest 100 music items of 2007 - and among them #67 Rock-Rap. Not in a million years - wrong on so many levels.

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Loving some Hedwig and the Angry Inch action:

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Bad Religion are about to rock the US for the nth time supporting their new record New Maps of Hell. The Briggs and Gallows are alternating positions as openers. Rock!

9/29 – Schnepf Farms – Queen Creek , AZ (Edgefest 2007)

9/30 – Club 101 – El Paso , TX (w/The Briggs)

10/01 – House of Blues – Dallas , TX (w/The Briggs)

10/04 – Clutch Cargo’s – Pontiac , MI (w/The Briggs and Gallows)

10/05 – House of Blues – Chicago , IL (w/Gallows and The Briggs)

10/06 – First Avenue – Minneapolis , MN (w/The Briggs and Gallows)

10/07 – The Eagles Club – Milwaukee , WI (w/Gallows and The Briggs)

10/09 – Newport Music Hall – Columbus , OH (w/The Briggs and Gallows)

10/10 – Madison Theatre – Covington , KY (w/Gallows and The Briggs)

10/11 – Agora Theatre – Cleveland , OH (w/The Briggs and Gallows)

10/12 – Town Ballroom – Buffalo , NY (w/Gallows and The Briggs)

10/14 – 9:30 Club – Washington , DC (w/The Briggs and Gallows)

10/15 – Nokia Theatre Times Square – New York , NY (w/Gallows and The Briggs)

10/16 – Roxy – Boston , MA (w/The Briggs)

10/17 – Electric Factory Ballroom – Philadelphia , PA (w/The Briggs)

10/19 – Crocodile Rock Café – Allentown , PA (w/The Briggs)

10/20 – Starland Ballroom – Sayreville , NJ (w/The Briggs)

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The Chemical Brothers are doing several US dates in support of their July release of We Are the Night:

Sept 21 New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom
Sept 22 Brooklyn, NY McCarren Pool
Sept 24 Chicago, IL Riviera
Sept 26 Denver, CO The Fillmore
Sept 28 San Francisco, CA The Concourse
Sept 29 Los Angeles, CA Nocturnal

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Explosions in the Sky have rescheduled their cancelled European dates and will now do a bunch in January 2008 in the UK and Ireland; and Eluvium will be supporting. This is after their tour with the Smashing Pumpkins.

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Pete Doherty has gotten off of the drug offense mentioned below due to the fact that he wasn't brought to court within 24 hours, thus all charges are dropped. Sort of a cool rule in some circumstances.

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Lily Allen had to cancel a score of US dates because the US revoked her visa to rock because she says dirty words in music.

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Epitaph Records has added Our Last Night to their punk rock roster.

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Chris Carrabba (aka, Dashboard Confessional) will release a new record focusing on his acoustic skills. The new record is called The Shade of Poison Trees out on October 2nd on Vagrant Records.

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Ben Lee has covered Against Me!'s new album New Wave and provided a free copy of it on his website - myspace page and his blog.

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Check out this story on CMJ about ticket scalping law in Missouri.

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Yes, more news on Pete Doherty. Doherty was arrested today for drug possession after playing a show on Sunday at the V Festival in Staffordshire.

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Shadows Fall fall tour (with a cadre of heavy bands in tow & part of the The Operation Annihilation Tour):

SEPTEMBER

9 Mansfield, MA Locobazooka!

12 Burlington, VT Higher Ground

13 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance

14 Lancaster, PA The Chameleon Club

15 Virginia Beach, VA FM99's Lunatic Luau

16 Springfield, VA Jaxx

OCTOBER

5 Ft. Wayne, IN Piere's

7 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre

9 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue

10 Milwaukee, WI Rave Ballroom

12 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom

14 Hartford, CT Webster Theater

16 Wantagh, NY Mulcahy's

18 Norfolk, VA Norva Theatre

19 N. Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues

20 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues

22 Houston, TX Warehouse Live

23 Dallas, TX The Palladium

25 Denver, CO The Fillmore Auditorium

26 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater

27 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues

29 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre

30 Hollywood, CA Avalon

31 Anaheim, CA House of Blues

NOVEMBER

2 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre

3 Spokane, WA The Big Easy

4 Seattle, WA The Fenix

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In support of his new record Trees Outside the Academy on his Ecstatic Peace Records, Thurston Moore is hitting up some East and West coast dates in September and October.

Week of 8/13

When you're bending it like Beckham and you are Beckham, well that's just awesome. Finally, Beckham gives the US something to justify all the hype with this free kick goal:

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Universal Republic has signed Florida indie punkers Anberlin and a record is expected in 2008.

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The Shout Out Louds' upcoming tour:

October 8th – Los Angeles, CA – LA Weekly Detour Festival**#
October 9th - San Francisco CA - The Independent
October 10th - Portland OR - Berbati's Pan
October 12th - Vancouver BC - Richards On Richards
October 13th - Seattle WA - Chop Suey
October 15th - Salt Lake City UT- Urban Lounge
October 16th - Denver CO - Bluebird Theatre
October 17th - Lawrence KS – Jackpot
October 18th - Minneapolis MN - Fine Line Music Cafe
October 19th - Chicago IL - Logan Square Auditorium
October 20th - Columbus OH - The Basement
October 22nd - Toronto ON - The Mod Club
October 23rd - Montreal QC - Caberet
October 24th - Boston MA - Paradise Rock Club
October 25th - New York NY - Bowery Ballroom
October 26th – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg #
October 27th - Hoboken NJ - Maxwell's
October 28th - Washington DC - 9.30 Club
October 29th - Philadelphia PA - First Unitarian Church
October 30th - Carrboro NC – Cats Cradle
October 31st - Atlanta GA - The Loft
November 2nd - Austin TX - The Parish
November 3rd - Dallas TX - Granada Theatr
**Not being presented by TankFarm Future Sounds
# Nico Vega will not perform, other support to be announced

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The Volcom Tour is contuining with a billion dates from now until late September with bands switching in and out including Valient Thorr, Riverboat Gamblers, and Birds of Avalon.

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Coheed and Cambria's new record - fourth overall - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World For Tomorrow will be released on October 23 on Columbia Records. The purposed tracklisting is the following:

01. The Reaping
02. No World For Tomorrow
03. The Hound (Of Blood And Rank)
04. Feathers
05. The Running Free
06. Mother Superior
07. Gravemakers & Gunslingers
08. Justice In Murder
The End Complete:
09. I - The Fall Of House Atlantic
10. II - Radio Bye Bye
11. III - The End Complete
12. IV - The Road And The Damned
13. V - On The Brink

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New Andrew Bird Dates:

Sep 1 - Vancouver, BC - Richard's On Richards
Sep 2 - Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot 2007 (Mural Stage)
Sep 8 - Chicago, IL - 11th Annual Hideout Block Party
Sep 10 - Knoxville, TN - The Bijou Theater
Sep 11 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
Sep 12 - Durham, NC - The Carolina Theatre
Sep 13 - Atlanta, GA - The Variety Playhouse
Sep 15 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
Sep 17 - Lawrence, KS - The Granada (solo show)
Sep 18 - Louisville, KY - WL Lyons Brown Theatre (solo show)
Sep 19 - Bloomington, IN - Buskirk Chumley Theater (solo show)
Sep 20 - Madison, WI - Wisconsin Union Theater
Sep 21 - Urbana, IL - 2007 Pygmalion Music Festival at Tryon Festival
Theatre, Krannert Center (solo show)
Sep 22 - Iowa City, IA - The Englert Theatre (solo show)
Sep 24 - Buffalo, NY - Asbury Hall at The Church (solo show)
Sep 25 - Toronto, ONT - The Opera House
Sep 26 - Montreal, QUE - La Tulipe
Sep 28 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
Sep 29 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar
Sep 30 - Richmond, VA - Toad's Place Richmond
Oct 1 - State College, PA - State Theatre
Oct 2 - Pittsburgh, PA - Carnegie Music Hall

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Against Me! singer Tom Gabel was arrested in Tallahassee, FL for a scruffle with someone at All Saints Cafe. Now that's punk.

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The oddly-appealing video for 'Alfie' from Lily Allen

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John From Cincinnati - after taking a massive downturn in interest or sanity - has been cancelled by HBO. There could have been magic here, but David Milch took things to bizarre.

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Al Gore and Co. Current TV will begin a daily music blog starting on August 15, 2007. The blog will focus on music news and emphasizing up-and-comers like fellow Babylonite Dan Deacon.

Dan Deacon's vide for Crystal Cat.

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Downtown/Atlantic Records are releasing 'Entourage - Music from and Inspired by the Hit HBO Series' featuring such artists as Saigon, TI, Paul Wall, and the Cold War Kids.

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The Echo Project show in Atlanta on October 12-14, 2007 continues to add names with recent additions from the Flaming Lips, The Album Leaf, Son Volt, MSTRKRFT, among others. Check it out at www.the-echoproject.com.

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Conor Oberst has cancelled a spate of UK tour dates due to illness from rocking to hard.

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In the ever-changing landscape of NYC music clubs - some last forever and some crash in no time - Bowery Presents is opening up Terminal 5 at 610 W. 56th St. (well west near 11th ave). To open things right for the 3000 person venue, the National, Justice, MIA, Ween and the Shins are among the groups performing at the first few shows in October and November of this year.

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Arcade Fire's fall tour with LCD Soundsystem supporting:

September 15 - Austin TX - Austin City Limits festival
September 17 - Morrison CO - Red Rocks
September 20 - Los Angeles CA - Hollywood Bowl
September 21 - Mountain View CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
September 24 - Seattle WA - Bank Of America Arena
September 26 - Lehi UT - Waterfall Amph. at Thanksgiving Point
September 28 - Kansas City MO - Starlight Theatre
September 30 - St. Paul, MN - Roy Wilkins Auditorium at RiverCent
October 3 - Louisville KY - Waterfront Park
October 5 - Columbus OH - LC Pavilion
October 6 - New York NY - Randall's Island

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Dan Deacon tour:

09/02 - Brooklyn, NY - New York New York Scavenger Hunt
09/06 - Seattle, WA - The Vera Project
09/07 - Portland, OR - Holocene
09/08 - Chicago, IL - Hideout Block Party
09/12 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix
09/13 - Montreal, QC - La Tulipe
09/14 - Boston, MA - Avalon Ballroom
09/15 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
09/17 - Philadelphia, PA - Starlite
09/18 - Baltimore, MD - 2640 Space
09/19 - Washington, D.C. - Black Cat
09/20 - Charlottesville, VA - Satellite Ballroom
09/21 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
09/22 - Atlanta, GA - MJQ Concourse
09/23 - Hattiesburg, MS - Thirsty Hippo
09/24 - Houston, TX - Waters On Washington
09/25 - Austin, TX - The Mohawk
09/27 - San Diego, CA - Epicentre
09/28 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
09/29 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore Auditorium
10/04 - Oberlin, OH - Dionysus Disco
10/05 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
10/06 - Iowa City, IA - The Picador
10/11 - Saint Louis, MO - The Billiken Club
10/12 - Grinnell, IA - Gardner Lounge
10/19 - Bennington, VT - Bennington College
10/20 - Alfred, NY - Alfred University Knight Club

Week of 8/6

For the film Dedication, a bunch of cool indie noise bands are on the soundtrack - like Deerhoof, Lightning Bolt - plus some just good indie acts like Cat Power. In other Deerhoof news, the ballet based on their record Milk Man is back performed by the North Haven Community School.

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Against Me! video for Unreal:

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Ryan Adams' Fall Tour:

Sept 13 - Charlottesville VA - Charlottesville Pavilion
Sept 16 - Northampton MA - Calvin Theater
Sept 17 - Portland ME - Merrill Auditorium
Sept 19 - Montreal QC - St. Denis Theatre
Sept 21 - Toronto ONT - Massey Hall
Sept 22 - Ann Arbor MI - Michigan Theater
Sept 24 - Kalamazoo MI - Kalamazoo State Theatre
Sept 25 - Milwaukee WI - Milwaukee Riverside Theater
Sept 27 - Minneapolis MN - State Theater
Sept 28 - Madison WI - Barrymore Theatre
Sept 29 - Chicago IL - Chicago Theatre
Oct 1 - Iowa City IA - Iowa Memorial Union, main lounge
Oct 2 - Kansas City MO - Uptown Theatre
Oct 4 - Urbana IL - Foelinger Auditorium
Oct 5 - St. Louis MO - The Pageant
Oct 13 - North Charleston, SC - N. Charleston Performing Arts Center
Oct 15 - Birmingham AL - Alabama Theatre
Oct 18 - Houston TX - Verizon Wireless Theatre
Oct 19 - Dallas TX - McFarlin Memorial Auditorium
Oct 27 - Lakewood OH - Lakewood Civic Auditorium
Oct 29 - Pittsburgh PA - Carnegie Music Hall of Oakland
Oct 30 - Washington DC - D.A.R. Constitution Hall
Oct 31 - New York NY - Hammerstein Ballroom

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CMJ has announced their first round of named performers for the 2007 CMJ Music Marathon in NYC in October. Among the scores of bands are Coheed and Cambria, Spoon, Justice, Xiu Xiu, and MSTRKFT.

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AT&T cut Anti-Bush lyrics and banter from Pearl Jam during the web simulcast from Lollapoolza over the weekend. The reason is that AT&T supports dictatorships that allow them to make money without any government interference.

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After Avenged Sevenfold's previous trying to be metal album, they're plotting on releasing their new record on October 16th on Warner Bros.

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Indie label Smog Veil Records are doing the right thing and created a green workspace for the label in Chicago will all the recycled stuff plus net metering.

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Metalcore initiators Coalesce are back with a tour and a 7" on Second Nature Recordings.

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Motion City Soundtrack are out headlining another tour:

Oct 17th Orbit Room Grand Rapids, MI

19th Reif Center Duluth, MN

20th Sokol Auditorium Omaha, NE

21st Beaumont Club Kansas City, MO

23rd Verizon Wireless Theater Houston, TX

24th Stubbs B-B-Q Austin, TX

26th House of Blues Dallas, TX

27th VooDoo Island/City Park New Orleans, LA

29th Jannus Landing St. Petersburg, FL

30th Revolution Fort Lauderdale, FL

31st House of Blues Lake Buena Vista, FL

Nov 2nd Tabernacle Atlanta, GA

3rd Amos’ Southend Charlotte, NC

4th House of Blues Myrtle Beach, SC

6th The Norva Norfolk, VA

7th 9:30 Club Washington, DC

9th Roseland Ballroom New York City, NY

10th Starland Ballroom Sayreville, NJ

11th The Palladium Worcester, MA

13th Rams Head Live Baltimore, MD

14th Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA

18th Kool Haus Toronto, ONT

20th Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH

21st The Fillmore (The State Theater) Detroit, MI

23rd Eagles Ballroom Milwaukee, WI

24th Myth Maplewood, MN

28th Showbox Seattle, WA

29th The Roseland Theater Portland, OR

30th Warfield Theatre San Francisco, CA

Dec 1st SOMA San Diego, CA

3rd House of Blues Anaheim, CA

4th The Wiltern LG Los Angeles, CA

5th Marquee Theater Tempe, AZ

7th House of Blues Las Vegas, NV

8th In the Venue (Bricks) Salt Lake City, UT

9th The Fillmore Auditorium Denver, CO

11th The Pageant St. Louis, MO

13th Bogarts Cincinnati, OH

14th Agora Theater Cleveland, OH

16th House of Blues Chicago, IL

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And you thought you had a rough life - how about a pencil stuck in your head for 55 years - read here.

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Bridge Nine Records have announced that Crime in Stereo's third full-length Is Dead will be released on October 23, 2007. Super rocktastic.

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On the same day that the Weakerthans' new record, Reunion Tour, comes out, September 25, 2007, the band will also begin their fall tour. Below are the dates:

The Weakerthans 2007-09-25 Triple Rock Club Minneapolis MN

The Weakerthans 2007-09-26 The Bottleneck Lawrence KS

The Weakerthans 2007-09-27 Marquis Theater Denver CO

The Weakerthans 2007-09-28 Launch Pad Albuquerque NM

The Weakerthans 2007-09-29 The Clubhouse Tempe AZ

The Weakerthans 2007-09-30 Casbah San Diego CA

The Weakerthans 2007-10-02 El Rey Theater Los Angeles CA

The Weakerthans 2007-10-03 Slim's San Francisco CA

The Weakerthans 2007-10-04 Hawthorne Theater Portland OR

The Weakerthans 2007-10-05 Neumos Seattle WA

The Weakerthans 2007-10-24 Magic Stick Detroit MI

The Weakerthans 2007-10-25 Metro Chicago IL

The Weakerthans 2007-10-26 Grog Shop Cleveland Heights OH

The Weakerthans 2007-10-27 Mr. Smalls Theatre Pittsburgh PA

The Weakerthans 2007-10-28 9:30 Club Washington DC

The Weakerthans 2007-10-29 Trocadero Philadelphia PA

The Weakerthans 2007-10-30 Webster Hall New York NY

The Weakerthans 2007-11-01 The Roxy Boston MA

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After their previous record Crimson came out on Vagrant, Alkaline Trio has now signed on with Epic Records for the next album - recording beginning this fall.

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