The Luyas Announce New Tour Dates

The Luyas have announced some new tour dates for the summer and fall. Check them out below, along with the new release, Too Beautiful To Work, out now via Dead Oceans.


Tour Dates

06.16.11 at Legendary Horseshoe Tavern (Toronto, ON)
06.17.11 at The Garrison (Toronto, ON)
06.20.11 at Jazz Winnipeg Festival (Winnipeg, MB)
06.22.11 at Sled Island Festival - The Distillery (Calgary, AB) *^
06.25.11 at Vogue Theatre (Vancouver, BC) *
06.28.11 at Healthy Times Fun Club (Seattle, WA)
06.30.11 at The Independent (San Francisco, CA) *
07.01.11 at Echoplex (Los Angeles, CA) *
07.02.11 at El Rey Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) *
07.03.11 at Henry Miller Theatre (Big Sur, CA) *
07.31.11 at Osheaga Music Festival (Montreal, QC)
08.26.11 at Henry Miller Library (Big Sur, CA) #
08.27.11 at Heritage Court - The Autry (Los Angeles, CA) #
08.28.11 at Detroit Bar (Costa Mesa, CA) #
08.31.11 at Oklahoma Memorial Union (Norman, OK) #
09.01.11 at The Loft (Dallas, TX) #
09.02.11 at Antone's (Austin, TX) #
09.03.11 at Fitzgerald's (Houston, TX) #
09.04.11 at One Eyed Jacks (New Orleans, LA) #
09.06.11 at Club Downunder (Tallahassee, FL) #
09.07.11 at The Bottletree (Birmingham, AL) #
09.10.11 at Clementine (Harrisonburg, VA) #
09.11.11 at Sonar (Baltimore, MD) #
09.13.11 at Webster Hall (New York, NY) #
09.15.11 at Club Metronome (Burlington, VT) #
09.16.11 at Le Cercle (Quebec City, QC) #
09.17.11 at Mavericks (Ottawa, ON) #
09.18.11 at Casbah (Hamilton, ON) #
09.20.11 at The Blind Pig (Ann Arbor, MI) #
09.23.11 at Channing - Murray Foundation (Urbana, IL) #
09.24.11 at Off Broadway (St. Louis, MO) #
09.25.11 at Bottleneck (Lawrence, KS) #
09.27.11 at Fox Theatre (Boulder, CO) #

* w/ Blonde Redhead
^ w/ Dum Dum Girls
# w/ The Dodos


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[Count Me Out] Video: The Luyas "Too Beautiful To Work"
[Count Me Out] Album Review: The Luyas - Too Beautiful To Work
[Count Me Out] The Luyas "Too Beautiful To Work"
[Count Me Out] Video: The Luyas "Tiny Head"

Video: Blonde Redhead "Love Or Prison" (4AD Session)

Blonde Redhead have a new (4AD Session) video for "Love Or Prison," a tune off the new release, Penny Sparkle, out now via 4AD. Check it out below, along with the rest of the session, here.




[VIDEO] Blonde Redhead - Love Or Prison (4AD Session)


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[Count Me Out] Video: Blonde Redhead "Not Getting There"
[Count Me Out] Album Review: Blonde Redhead - Penny Sparkle

Video: Blonde Redhead "Not Getting There"

Blonde Redhead have a new video for "Not Getting There," a tune off the new release, Penny Sparkle, out now via 4AD. Check it out below, along with some upcoming tour dates and an mp3 of another tune, "Here Sometimes."




[VIDEO] Blonde Redhead - Not Getting There


[MP3] Blonde Redhead - Here Sometimes


Tour Dates

09.18.10 at Ancienne Belgique (Brussels, BE)
09.19.10 at Melkweg (Amsterdam, NL)
09.21.10 at Vega (Copenhagen, DK)
09.22.10 at Rockefeller (Oslo, NO)
09.23.10 at Debaser (Stockholm, SE)
09.24.10 at Virgin Oil Co (Helsinki, FI)
09.26.10 at Festsaal Kreusberg (Berlin, DE)
09.29.10 at Shepherd's Bush Empire (London, UK)
10.02.10 at The Wall Taipei, TW)
10.04.10 at Modern Sky Festival (Beijing, CN)
10.15.10 at Electric Factory (Philadelphia, PA)
10.16.10 at Metropolis (Montreal, QC)
10.17.10 at Phoenix Concert Theatre (Toronto, ON)
10.18.10 at Magic Stick (Detroit, MI)
10.20.10 at Southgate House (Newport, KY)
10.22.10 at Vic Theatre (Chicago, IL)
10.23.10 at Turner Hall Ballroom (Milwaukee, WI)
10.24.10 at First Avenue (Minneapolis, MN)
10.25.10 at The Pageant (St. Louis, MO)
10.27.10 at Mercy Loung (Nashville, TN)
10.29.10 at Variety Playhouse (Atlanta, GA)
10.30.10 at Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
10.31.10 at 9:30 Club (Washington, DC)
11.01.10 at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA)
11.03.10 at Webster Hall (New York, NY)
11.14.10 at House of Blues (San Diego, CA)
11.15.10 at The Glass House (Pomona, CA)
11.16.10 at The Music Box (Los Angeles, CA)
11.19.10 at Warfield Theatre (San Francisco, CA)
11.20.10 at Roseland Theatr (Portland, OR)
11.21.10 at Commodore Ballroom (Vancouver, BC)
11.24.10 at Showbox at the Market (Seattle, WA)
11.26.10 at The Depot (Salt Lake City, UT)
11.27.10 at Ogden Theatre (Denver, CO)
11.29.10 at Warehouse Live Studio (Houston, TX)
11.30.10 at Granada Theater (Dallas, TX)
12.01.10 at La Zona Rosa (Austin, TX)


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[Count Me Out] Album Review: Blonde Redhead - Penny Sparkle

Album Review: Blonde Redhead - Penny Sparkle

Blonde Redhead - Penny Sparkle


01. Here Sometimes
02. Not Getting There
03. Will There Be Stars
04. My Plants Are Dead
05. Love Or Prison
06. Oslo
07. Penny Sparkle
08. Everything Is Wrong
09. Black Guitar
10. Spain





Standout Tracks: Not Getting There / Here Sometimes / Will There Be Stars


Penny Sparkle is out today via 4AD.


* Album reviews are composed only after a few listens. Yes, opinions may change over time, but most first impressions (un)fortunately seem to hold true. I wish I was creative enough to write a proper review, but I've failed miserably in the past. Here's the next best thing, I hope.


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