The Smashing Pumpkins announced their first U.S. date today. They will be playing the Virgin Festival in Baltimore, MD the weekend of August 4 - 5, along with the recently re-united Police. Full lineup will be announced soon.
I smell Road Trip! (Or maybe that’s the smell of my wallet getting thinner?)
iConcertCal is a wonderful iTunes plugin for both Mac and PC that shows you which artists in your libarary are playing in your city. It’s free and an absolute must-download for any live music fan.
Download iConcertCal here.
Everyone’s favorite Death Cab For Cutie and Postal Service frontman Ben Gibbard will embark on a solo tour starting in May. Members of the DCFC fanclub will have early access to tickets starting Monday (2/26) with the public onsale during the first week of March.
Tour Dates:
5-3-07 First Avenue (Minneapolis, MN)
5-4-07 Metro (Chicago, IL)
5-7-07 Somerville Theatre (Sommerville, MA)
5-8-07 Town Hall (New York, NY)
5-9-07 Theatre Of Living Arts (Philadelphia, PA)
5-10-07 9:30 Club (Washington, DC)
5-11-07 Cat’s Cradle (Carboro, NC)
5-12-07 Center Stage (Atlanta, GA)
5-14-07 Granada Theater (Dallas, TX)
5-15-07 Emo’s [Outside Stage] (Austin, TX)
5-17-07 Royce Hall (Los Angeles, CA)
5-18-07 The Fillmore (San Francisco, CA)
5-19-07 Roseland Theater (Portland, OR)
5-20-07 Showbox (Seattle, WA)
And so it begins…the first announcement of scheduled shows for the re-united Smashing Pumpkins!
*****OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT*****
The Smashing Pumpkins have made their first official announcement of an appearance in 2007. The band will headline both Rock am Ring (6/2/07) and Rock im Park (6/3/07) Festivals in Germany. Tickets are available beginning on Saturday, January 27, 2007.
Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.tickets-per-post.de/tickets-per-post/Main.php.
Check out the festival website for more information http://www.rock-am-ring.com.
Stay tuned for many more announcements…
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Can you feel the excitement building? 
From Regina’s MySpace Bulletin:
Come down to
Tower Records (4th & Broadway) beginning at 9am on Tuesday, June
13th and be one of the first to buy Regina’s new album and get a
wristband for this exclusive performance and signing.
I’ve been praising this album for months now. Even if you don’t like Regina’s earlier work, give this record a chance. It’s much more “accessible” than her previous stuff and continues to be one of my favorite albums of the year.
Mates of State is celebrating the release of their latest masterpiece Bring It Back with a free show at the Virgin Megastore in Union Square tonight at 7:00 PM.
Thanks Jess:
8/10 Devotchka, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - South Street Seaport (Free Show)
8/11 Need New Body, Pit Er Pat – Knitting Factory
8/12 Meneguar, Captain Ahab – Tommy’s Tavern
8/12 Smog – Bowery
8/12 Au Revoir Simone – Rothko
8/13 Mobius Band, Elkland, Charles Bissel (of The Wrens) – Secret Location
8/13 Brian Wilson – Jones Beach
8/13 The Pernice Brothers – Bowery
8/13 Oxford Collapse – Glasshouse Gallery
8/13 Diplo – Knitting Factory
8/13 Silver Mt. Zion – Southpaw
8/14 My Best Fiend – Cake Shap
8/14 Oxford Collapse, Mommy and Daddy – Scenic
8/15 Prepwar Yardsale, Chris Richards (of Q and not U) – 169 Bar
8/15 Kimya Dawson – Scenic
8/16 Dirty Projectors – Glasshouse Gallery
8/16 Holly Go Lightly – North Six
8/16 Elk City – Pianos
8/17 Smoosh- Knitting Factory
8/18 Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, Stars – Central Park Summerstage (Sold out)
8/18 Magnolia Electric Co., Grand Buffet – South Paw
8//18 Holly Golightly, Syd Matters – Mercury Lounge
8/19 Sufjan Stevens,, Smoosh, Half-Handed Cloud – Bowery (sold out)
8/19 Hockey Night – South Street Seaport
8/19 Magnolia Electric Co., Grand Buffet – Knitting Factory
8/19 J+J+J – Lit
8/19 Enon – Mercury Lounge
8/20 Sufjan Stevens, The Castanets – Bowery (sold out)
8/20 Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice, Akron/Family – East River Ampitheater
8/20 Hockey Night, The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up, Hopewell, the High Dials, Syd Matters – Mercury Lounge
8/20 Gil Mantera’s Party Dream - Southpaw
8/21 Sufjan Stevens, Liz Janes, Bunky – Bowery (sold out)
8/22 Sufjan Stevens, Bunky – Bowery (sold out)
8/22 Langhorne Slim – Knitting Factory
8/23 Sufjan Stevens , Danielson Famile – Bowery
8/24 Kinski – Mercury Loung
8/24 The Double, Cass McCombs – South Street Seaport
8/25 Jesse Malin – Bowery
8/25 Mosquitos, Palomar – Mercury Lounge
8/26 Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, I Am Kloot – South Street Seaport
8/26 Les Savy Fav, Thunderbirds Are Now! – Bowery
8/26 Burmese – Flight of the Buffalo
8/26 Bobby Conn – Rothko
8/27 Of Montreal – North Six
8/28 Skeletons and the Girl-Faced Boys – Knitting Factory (old office)
8/30 American Analog Set – Joe’s Pub
8/30 Koufax – Knitting Factory
8/30 Langhorne Slim – Rothko
8/31 Measles Mumps Rubella, Old Haunts - Northsix
Looking for something to do on Tuesday, July 19th? Head on over to Rothko (116 Suffolk St.) and check out some of the finest NYC bands around celebrate the VICIOUS 2nd anniversary party: PS, The Harlem Shakes, Surefire, The Soft Explosions and The IO’s.
In the meantime, check out “Vena Cava” (mp3) by PS and revel in its beauty.
Thanks as usual to Jess!
7/4 Yo La Tengo, Stephen Malkmus, Laura Cantrell – The Law of Battery Park
7/5 Death Vessel - Scenic (Ave B btw 2nd and 3rd)
7/5 Erik Friedlander – Knitting Factory Old Office
7/7 Clem Snide – Castle Clinton
7/7 Panthers – Northsix
7/7 Von Bondies, World Leader Pretend – Pier 54
7/8 The Double, Cass McCombs – South Street Seaport
7/8 Vietnam, The Winter pageant – Tonic
7/8 The Constantines, Oxford Collapse - Tonic
7/9 The Constantines, Oxford Collapse – Southpaw
7/9 The Winter Pageant – Tonic
7/9 Cass McCombs, Love as laughter – North Six
7/9 The Peppermints – Llano Estacado
7/9 Bishop Allen, We are Scientists – Mercury Lounge
7/10 The Peppermints, Grizzly Bear, Excepter - Rothko
7/10 Sir Richard Bishop (of Sun City Girls), Akron/Family – Glasshouse Gallery
7/10 Emperor X – Cake Show
7/10 Eames Era – Pianos
7/11 Hockey Night, Detachment Kit – 169 Bar
7/12 Son Volt – Bowery
7/12 Erik Friedlander – Knitting Factory Old Office
7/13 The Bravery – Webster Hall
7/13 Royksopp – Irving Plaza
7/14 Dinosaur Jr., Broken Social Scene, Radio 4 – Central park Summerstage
7/14 Tegan and Sara – Webster Hall
7/14 Calexico – Castle Clinton
7/14 Wovenhand, Brother Danielson – Knitting Factory
7/14 Son Volt – South Street Seaport
7/14 Ceasars, The Sights – SouthPaw
7/14 Dungen – Maxwells (SOLD OUT)
7/14 ps / Morning Theft - North Six
7/15 Japanther – Tonic
7/15 The Ponys, Chin Up Chin Up – Rothko
7/15 Hidden Cameras, Dressy Bessy, Say Hi To Your Mom – Bowery
7/16 DUNGEN @ Mercury Lounge (Listed as TA DET LUGNT)
7/16 Sir Richard Bishop (of Sun City Girls), Akron/Family – Tonic
7/16 My Robot Friend – Sin-e
7/16 Spoon, Mates of State, Brendan Benson, VHS or Beta, Dungen, Q and Not U, The Dears, etc. – SIREN FESTIVAL @ CONEY ISLAND
7/16 Controller.Controller – Rothko
7/17 Brazilian Girls – Central Park Summerstage
7/17 Nicolai Dunger – joe’s Pub
7/17 Washington Social Club – Mercury Lounge
7/19 Erik Friedlander – Knitting Factory Old Office
7/19 PS - Rothko
7/20 Dirty on Purpose, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Saints and Lovers - Southpaw
7/20 Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice, Castanets - Tonic
7/20 Maria Taylor of Azure Ray, Statistics – Knitting Factory
7/20 Keren Ann – Bowery
7/21 Kaiser Chiefs – Bowery
7/21 M. Ward – Castle Clinton
7/21 Shout Out Louds – Webster Hall
7/22 Teenage Fanclub, The Rosebuds – Bowery
7/22 Lightning Bolt – Tonic
7/22 Shout Out Louds – Webster Hall
7/23 Teenage Fanclub, The Rosebuds – Bowery
7/25 Gravy Train – Knitting Factory
7/27 Coco Rosie – Joe’s Pub
7/27 Regina Spektor – Tonic
7/27 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Mercury Lounge (SOLD OUT)
7/28 Antony and the Johnsons – Town Hall
7/28 Cheeseburger – Mercury Lounge
7/28 Other Passengers – Cake Shop
7/29 Skeletons & the Girl-Faced Boys - Tonic
7/29 Oneida – Tonic
7/29 The Dirtboms, The Flesh, The Tralala – knitting Factory
7/30 MC5 – Central park Summer Stage
7/30 Oxford Collapse, Bishop Allen, Oneida – East River Ampitheater
7/30 Brian Jonestown Massacre – Bowery Ballroom
7/30 Jason Lowenstein (of Sebadoh) – North Six
7/31 Brian Jonestown Massacre – Bowery Ballroom
Our neighbors up north have decided to get in on the Live 8 action by holding a concert of their own. Some of those scheduled to perform are Barenaked Ladies, Bryan Adams, Deep Purple, Motley Crue, Our Lady Peace, Simple Plan, Tegan & Sara, The Tragically Hip and Tom Cochrane.
Free health care, mounted police and now a better show then us?! What’s going on here?