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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Marissa Nadler at Schubas (11.17.09)

Marissa Nadler performed a wide variety of tunes tonight at Schubas. Accompanied by Carter Tanton, of the band Tulsa, on a few tunes, I was surprised that they only played two tunes off the new release, Little Hells, out via Kemado. I guess it doesn't matter too much because all of her tunes are hauntingly beautiful. Marissa, apologetic for the lack of stage banter, had confessed early on that she's terribly shy. Again, not a big deal to me, I was there for her lovely music. Wrapping up her tour with Alela Diane tomorrow at 7th Street Entry, in Minneapolis, Nadler will play a few more shows before beginning work on a new record.

Setlist

01. Diamond Heart
02. Hyacinth
03. Salutations In The Dark
04. I'm On Fire (Bruce Springsteen Cover)
05. Dying Breed
06. Rosary
07. The Whole Is Wide
08. Oh Lonesome Me (Don Gibson Cover)
09. Silvia
10. Fifty Five Falls

[Myspace] Marissa Nadler
[Website] Marissa Nadler

[Count Me Out] Video: Marissa Nadler Acoustic Session at La Route du Rock
[Count Me Out] Marissa Nadler Announces Spring Tour Dates
[Count Me Out] Album Review: Marissa Nadler - Little Hells

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Bowerbirds on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert

Rogue Wave Announce Permalight

Rogue Wave are set to release a new album, Permalight, on 3/2 via Brushfire. Check the tracklist out below, along with some upcoming tour dates. Also, drummer, Pat Spurgeon, suffers from kidney problems and has a documentary, D-Tour, currently streaming on PBS. Take a look at the trailer below.

[VIDEO] D-Tour (trailer)

Tracklist

01. Solitary Gun
02. Good Morning
03. Sleepwalker
04. Stars And Stripes
05. Permalight
06. Fear Itself
07. Right With You
08. We Will Make A Song Destroy
09. I'll Never Leave You
10. Per Anger
11. You Have Boarded
12. All That Remains

Tour Dates

03.01.10 at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA)
03.02.10 at Music Hall of Williamsburg (Brooklyn, NY)
03.03.10 at Bowery Ballroom (New York, NY)
03.04.10 at First Unitarian Church Sanctuary (Philadelphia, PA)
03.05.10 at 9:30 Club (Washington, DC)
03.06.10 at Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
03.08.10 at The Loft (Atlanta, GA)
03.09.10 at Mercy Lounge (Nashville, TN)
03.10.10 at Bottletree (Birmingham, AL)
03.13.10 at The Social (Orlando, FL)
03.15.10 at One Eyed Jacks (New Orleans, LA)
03.16.10 at Warehouse Live (Houston, TX)
03.17.10 at The Loft (Dallas, TX)
04.07.10 at Rio Theatre (Santa Cruz, CA)
04.09.10 at Wonder Ballroom (Portland, OR)
04.10.10 at Neumo's (Seattle, WA)
04.13.10 at Fox Theatre (Boulder, CO)
04.14.10 at The Bottleneck (Lawrence, KS)
04.15.10 at Fine Line Café (Minneapolis, MN)
04.16.10 at High Noon Saloon (Madison, WI)
04.17.10 at Lincoln Hall (Chicago, IL)
04.20.10 at Mojo's (Columbia, MO)
04.21.10 at Cain's Ballroom (Tulsa OK)
04.23.10 at Launchpad (Albuquerque, NM)
04.24.10 at Club Congress (Tucson, AZ)
04.27.10 at Belly Up (Solana Beach, CA)
04.29.10 at El Rey Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
04.30.10 at Fillmore (San Francisco, CA)

[Myspace] Rogue Wave
[Website] Rogue Wave

[Count Me Out] Video: Rogue Wave "Like I Needed"
[Count Me Out] Free Rogue Wave EP
[Count Me Out] Rogue Wave on Fabchannel
[Count Me Out] Video: Rogue Wave "Chicago X 12"
[Count Me Out] Video: Rogue Wave on Letterman

Beach House "Norway"

Beach House have shared a new tune, "Norway," off the forthcoming release, Teen Dream, out 1/26 via Sub Pop. Check it out below, along with the album art and tracklist.

Tracklist

01. Zebra
02. Silver Soul
03. Norway
04. Walk In The Park
05. Used To Be
06. Lover Of Mine
07. Better Times
08. 10 Mile Stereo
09. Real Love
10. Take Care

[MP3] Beach House - Norway

[Myspace] Beach House
[Website] Beach House

[Count Me Out] Beach House Announce Teen Dream
[Count Me Out] Video: Beach House Live At Nouveau Casino
[Count Me Out] Beach House Sign With Sub Pop
[Count Me Out] Beach House "Play The Game (Queen Cover)"
[Count Me Out] Video: Beach House "Used To Be"
[Count Me Out] Beach House on Shoot The Player
[Count Me Out] Beach House "Used To Be"
[Count Me Out] Video: Beach House From Juan's Basement
[Count Me Out] Beach House Black Cab Session
[Count Me Out] Beach House Announce Used To Be 7"
[Count Me Out] Video: Beach House "Norway?"
[Count Me Out] Video: Beach House "Gila"
[Count Me Out] Beach House at Schubas (03.26.08)
[Count Me Out] Video: Beach House "Heart Of Chambers"
[Count Me Out] Video: Beach House "You Came To Me"
[Count Me Out] Beach House "Gila"

Video: Passion Pit "Little Secrets"

Passion Pit have a new video for "Little Secrets," an excellent tune off the new release, Manners, out now via Columbia/Frenchkiss. Check it out below.

[VIDEO] Passion Pit - Little Secrets

[Myspace] Passion Pit
[Website] Passion Pit

[Count Me Out] Video: Passion Pit From Juan's Basement
[Count Me Out] Video: Passion Pit on Jimmy Fallon
[Count Me Out] Video: Passion Pit "To Kingdom Come"
[Count Me Out] Album Review: Passion Pit - Manners
[Count Me Out] Passion Pit "Moth's Wings"
[Count Me Out] Video: Passion Pit "The Reeling"

Album Review: Norah Jones - The Fall

Norah Jones - The Fall

01. Chasing Pirates
02. Even Though
03. Light As A Feather
04. Young Blood
05. I Wouldn't Need You
06. Waiting
07. It's Gonna Be
08. You've Ruined Me
09. Back To Manhattan
10. Stuck
11. December
12. Tell Yer Mama
13. Man Of The Hour

Standout Tracks: Chasing Pirates / Even Though / You've Ruined Me

Not your usual jazzy pop sounding Norah Jones with this apparent break up album, featuring some darker tunes, but it's still pretty good. The Fall is out today via Blue Note.

* Album reviews are composed only after a few listens. Yes, opinions may change over time, but most first impressions (fortunately or unfortunately) seem to stick/hold true

[Myspace] Norah Jones
[Website] Norah Jones

[Count Me Out] Video: Norah Jones "Chasing Pirates"
[Count Me Out] Norah Jones Announces The Fall
[Count Me Out] Norah Jones on NPR

Monday, November 16, 2009

Video: Record Club "Little Hands" (Skip Spence Cover)

Record Club is a new project that Beck has started, where he collaborates with artists to cover and record an album in a day. The third installment features Wilco, Feist, Jamie Lidell, Spencer Tweedy, and more, working on the Skip Spence album, Oar. Take a look at the first video below, for "Little Hands."

[VIDEO] Record Club: Skip Spence "Little Hands"

[Website] Record Club

Saturday, November 14, 2009

School Of Seven Bells Black Cab Session

School Of Seven Bells had a Black Cab Session posted recently. Check it out below, along with the new deluxe edition of Alpinisms, out now via Vagrant/Ghostly International.

[VIDEO] School Of Seven Bells - White Elephant Coat

[Myspace] School Of Seven Bells
[Website] School Of Seven Bells

[Count Me Out] School Of Seven Bells "Iamundernodisguise (Alternate Version)"
[Count Me Out] Video: School Of Seven Bells "My Cabal"
[Count Me Out] Video: School Of Seven Bells "Half Asleep"
[Count Me Out] School Of Seven Bells on Stereogum's Decomposed
[Count Me Out] School Of Seven Bells on Morning Becomes Eclectic
[Count Me Out] Album Review: School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms

Friday, November 13, 2009

Surfer Blood "Swim (To Reach The End)"

Surfer Blood, a band I played a show with back in September, has been getting a crazy amount of blog hype as of late. Check out a tune, "Swim (To Reach The End)," below, as well as some upcoming tour dates. The forthcoming debut, Astro Coast, is out 1/19 via Kanine.

[MP3] Surfer Blood – Swim (To Reach The End)

Tour Dates

11.03.09 at Brooklyn Bowl (Brooklyn, NY) *
11.14.09 at Ottobar (Baltimore, MD) *
11.15.09 at Garfield Artworks (Pittsburgh, PA)
11.17.09 at Now That's Class (Cleveland, OH)
11.18.09 at Cafe Bourbon Street (Columbus, OH)
11.19.09 at The Bishop (Bloomington, IN)
11.20.09 at Billiken Club (St Louis, MO) ^
11.21.09 at Slowdown (Omaha, NE) ^
11.25.09 at Casbah (San Diego, CA) ^
11.27.09 at Echo (Los Angeles, CA) ^
11.29.09 at Rickshaw Stop (San Francisco, CA) ^
11.30.09 at Holocene (Portland, OR) ^
12.01.09 at Chop Suey (Seattle, WA) ^
12.07.09 at Trunk Space (Phoenix, AZ)
12.09.09 at Bash Riprock's (Lubbock, TX)
12.10.09 at Granada Theatre (Dallas, TX) #
12.12.09 at Alabama Music Box (Mobile, AK)
12.13.09 at BackBooth (Orlando, FL)

* w/ Art Brut
^ w/ Japandroids
# w/ Jay Reatard

[Myspace] Surfer Blood

[Count Me Out] Album Review: Surfer Blood - Astro Coast

Video: Blakroc Webisode 9

This weeks webisode from the Blakroc project features Pharoahe Monch. Check it out below, along with the forthcoming self-titled debut, Blakroc, out 11/27 via Blakroc. Also, if you were unaware, The Black Keys are playing a New Years Eve show at The Riv, here in Chicago and Kurt Vile has recently been announced as the supporting act. Due to popular demand, they have scheduled a second show on January 1st and tickets will go on sale tomorrow. I suppose I should also mention that Dan Auerbach will be playing a Chicago show as well, on December 5th at The Vic.

[VIDEO] Blakroc Webisode 9

[Website] Blakroc

[Count Me Out] Video: Blakroc "Ain't Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo)" + Webisode 8
[Count Me Out] Video: Blakroc Webisode 7
[Count Me Out] Video: Blakroc Webisode 6
[Count Me Out] Video: Blakroc Webisode 5
[Count Me Out] Video: Blakroc Webisodes 3 & 4
[Count Me Out] Video: The Blakroc Sessions

DM Stith "I Heart Wig (feat. I Heart Lung)"

Here's a new tune, "I Heart Wig (feat. I Heart Lung)," from the forthcoming DM Stith EP, Braid Of Voices, out 12/8 via Asthmatic Kitty. Read a little more about it here and grab another tune, "Abraham's Song (Bibio Remix)," from the EP, below, thanks to Pitchfork. I caught David a few weeks back at Schubas and his performance was quite stunning, especially with the help from Osso on strings. Unfortunately an upcoming winter tour with Odawas has been postponed.

[MP3] DM Stith - I Heart Wig (feat. I Heart Lung)
[MP3] DM Stith - Abraham's Song (Bibio Remix)

[Myspace] DM Stith
[Website] DM Stith

[Count Me Out] DM Stith "Pigs (feat. Jefferson St. Band)"
[Count Me Out] DM Stith To Release 2 New EP's
[Count Me Out] DM Stith Touring This Fall
[Count Me Out] Video: DM Stith "Pity Dance" (SXSW)
[Count Me Out] Album Review: DM Stith - Heavy Ghost
[Count Me Out] Video: DM Stith "BMB (Alternate Version)"