Hot Diggity Damn!! The Toadies will be in the mid-Atlantic area for the first time since 2001. They put on one of the most energetic shows you will ever see. Full dates below:
6/20 - San Antonio - Sunset Station Tickets on sale 4/11
Recently reviewed here on Pasta Primavera, Colour Revolt is about to embark on a new tour to support their new album with THE BREEDERS!!!! Then they have a co headlining tour with Snowden!!! Word! Here's the dates:
* with The Breeders ^ with Snowden Fri Apr 4 Oxford, MS - The Library Bar and Grill Sat Apr 5 Jackson, MS - Smith Wills Stadium (Youth Educational Fair) Fri Apr 11 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree Sat Apr 12 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon Sat Apr 26 Oxford, MS - Courthouse Square (Double Decker Arts Festival) Mon Apr 28 San Diego, CA - Cane's Bar and Grill* Wed Apr 30 San Francisco, CA - Slim's* Fri May 2 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues Las Vegas* Sat May 3 Tempe, AZ - Clubhouse* Mon May 5 Austin, TX - Emo's* Tue May 6 Dallas, TX - House of Blues Dallas* Wed May 7 Houston, TX - Meridian - Red Room* Fri May 9 Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck* Sat May 10 - Sauget, IL - Pop's* May 12 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 ^ May 13 - Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel ^ May 14 - Philadelphia, PA @ Northstar ^ May 15 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge ^ May 16 - Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell's ^ May 17 - Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street ^ May 18 - Allston, MA @ Great Scott ^ May 20 - Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place ^ May 21 - Toronto, ON @ Lee's Place ^ May 22 - Akron, OH @ Musica ^ May 23 - Chicago, IL @ Subterranean ^ May 24 - Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity ^ May 26 - Oklahoma City, OK @ The Conservatory ^ May 31 - New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks ^
The LK have recently released their first video for Stop Being Perfect off their recently released Vs. The Snow. Here's the vid:
They also have a US tour just about to get under way. Here are the dates:
03.08.08 - DC - House of Sweden 03.09.08 - DC - The Kennedy Center (free show at 6pm) 03.10.08 - Atlanta - Park Grounds 03.11.08 - Houston - Super Happy Fun Land 03.13.08 - Austin - Homeslice Pizza Day party 03.14.08 - Austin - Justin.TV Day Party at Peacock Lounge 03.15.08 - Austin - official SXSW kora showcase - Habana Calle 6 03.16.08 - Dallas - Good Records 03.17.08 - Little Rock - Easy Street Theater 03.18.08 - Urbana - UC Interactive Media Center 03.19.08 - Chicago - Darkroom 03.20.08 - Detroit - Scrummage University 03.21.08 - Pittsburgh - U of Pitt - W. Pitt Union's Assembly Room 03.22.08 - Cinci - Contemporary Arts Center 03.23.08 - Alfred, NY - Terra Cotta Coffee Shop 03.24.08 - Carlisle, PA - The 25-27 Space 03.25.08 - New York - Club Midway 03.27.08 - Baltimore - tba 03.31.08 - DC - Black Cat
In other news our friends Via Audio just clued us in that they are about to embark on a little spring tour with the amazing Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin. Here are the dates:
04-12 Columbia, MO - The Blue Note 04-15 Indianapolis, IN - Locals Only 04-16 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle 04-18 Toronto, Ontario - El Mocambo 04-19 Montreal, Quebec - TBA 04-20 Allston, MA - Great Scott 04-21 Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall 04-22 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge 04-23 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's 04-24 Washington, DC - Black Cat Backstage 04-26 Charleston, SC - The Map Room 04-27 Atlanta, GA - The Earl 04-29 Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone Cafe
Also a few days ago Apostle of Hustle and Arts & Crafts put up a free download of a remix of 'Chances Are'. The original is off of National Anthem of Nowhere which we've posted about in the past. The remix was done by Jim Eno. Many of you might recognize him as the drummer of Spoon. The remix is pretty nice. I've always found that AOH remixes very well, perhaps due to the fact that the original song structures are so rhythmically sound. Enjoy!
If you aren't able to swing the other big festivals going on this year, maybe this one will get you going. The SASQUATCH! Music Festival of Washington State has just announced the line up, the dates, and a pre sale. It's from May 24-26th (Memorial Day Weekend). Here's the line up:
R.E.M. / The Cure / The Flaming Lips U.F.O. Show / Death Cab For Cutie / Modest Mouse / M.I.A. / Flight Of The Conchords / Rodrigo Y Gabriela / Michael Franti & Spearhead / The Breeders / Built To Spill / The Hives / The Kooks / Tegan & Sara / Ghostland Observatory / Ozomatli / The New Pornographers / Blue Scholars / The National / Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / Cold War Kids / Beirut / Rogue Wave / Okkervil River / Fleet Foxes / Kinski / Mates of State / Sera Cahoone / Crudo (featuring Mike Patton & Dan The Automator) / Battles / Destroyer / Dyme Def / The Blakes / Pela / Jamie Lidell / The Cops / Dengue Fever / Siberian / Say Hi / White Rabbits / David Bazan / The Little Ones / "Awesome" / Dead Confederate / The Heavenly States / 65daysofstatic / Grand Archives / Vince Mira with the Roy Kay Trio / Joshua Morrison / Throw Me The Statue / J. Tillman / The Shaky Hands / Thao Nguyen with the Get Down Stay Down / Matt Costa / The Cave Singers
Pretty sweet huh? Pre sale begins on March 8th here. On that weekend single day tickets are only $56.50 and three day packages are $154.50. After the 10th it's $66.50 per day. Or if you've got money simply falling out of your pockets you could buy a pair of VIP super tickets(only sold in pairs) for $750 per person granting you V.I.P. access, beer and wine, a buffet, a poster, a t-shirt, a bag, and private seating next to the sound board. Again this line up is pretty good, and if it were not for the fact that it's on the opposite side of the United States from me, I would definitely consider going.
Finally, our local friends Thrushes recently gave news of a Heartbeats remix album coming out shortly. You can actually go vote for the remix you like the most over at senbaltimore.com. Do it now!
There a number of tours either just starting or launching pre sales.
Iron & Wine have just set up a load of dates for April. Get tickets here.
Apr 9: New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues Apr 10: Tallahassee, FL @ The Moon FSU Apr 11: Orlando, FL @ The Plaza Theatre Apr 12: Ft Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution Live Apr 13: Jacksonville, FL @ Freebird Live Apr 14: Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse Apr 15: Chapel Hill, NC @ Memorial Hall at UNC Apr 16: Richmond, VA @ The Nationa Apr 17: Greensburg, PA @ Palace Theater Apr 18: Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Theater Apr 19: Grand Rapids, MI @ Calvin College Fine Arts Center Apr 20: Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall Apr 21: Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre Apr 22: Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have also announced a tour being supported by The Duke Spirit. Tickets here.
Apr 16 The Intersection Grand Rapids, Michigan Apr 17 Frankie’s Toledo, Ohio Apr 18 Mad Hatter Club Covington, Kentucky Apr 19 The Dame Lexington, Kentucky Apr 22 Visulite Theatre Charlotte, North Carolina Apr 23 40 Watt Athens, Georgia Apr 24 The Valarium Knoxville, Tennessee Apr 25 The Pageant St. Louis, Missouri Apr 26 Liberty Hall Lawrence, Kansas May 1 Canopy Club Urbana / Champaign, Illinois May 2 Turner Hall Milwaukee, Wisconsin May 3 High Noon Saloon Madison, Wisconsin May 19 Antone’s Nightclub Austin, Texas
Taken By Trees (Vivtoria Bergsman of the Concretes) has announced some select east and west coast dates for February and March. Here they are:
Feb 21 Other Music, NY Feb 22 Hiro Ballroom, NY Feb 23 Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston Feb 25 Musee Juste Pour Rire, Montreal Feb 28 The Roxy, LA Mar 01 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco Mar 04 Triple Door, Seattle
Finally, we were pleased to find out that SPOON HAS ANNOUNCED SOME SPRING DATES!!! Oh and they're touring with The Walkmen and White Rabbits!!! Holy crap that's a phenomenal show. Pre-sale tickets are here.
April 2nd Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater April 4th Chicago, IL Vic Theatre April 5th Cincinnati, OH Bogart's April 6th Detroit, MI Emerald Theatre April 7th Pittsburgh, PA Carnegie Music Hall April 9th New York, NY Terminal 5 (w/o The Walkmen & White Rabbits) April 10th Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory (w/The Walkmen) April 12th Norfolk, VA Norva April 14th Atlanta, GA Center Stage Theatre of Atlanta April 16th Fort Lauderdale, FL Revolution April 18th Nashville, TN Vanderbilt Alumni Lawn (w/o Wlakmen & White Rabbits) April 19th Indianapolis, IN Vogue
There's a couple of SXSW shows that feature bands that we enjoy greatly at Pasta Primavera. If you're heading out that way in March, be sure to check out Georgie James, Le Loup, Pash, Middle Distance Runner, These United States, Carol Bui, Jukebox The Ghost, and Exit Clov at the Cream Vintage Store on the 13th. The address is 2532 Guadalupe Street. Another band that we adore playing SXSW is Ravens & Chimes. They hit the SXSW day stage on the 13th and a showcase at Club Deville on the 14th. If you catch either of these shows, please feel free to let us know how it went.
Caribou just put out a new video for the song 'She's The One' off of last years hit Andorra. They're also in the midst of a crazy extensive European/Canadien/US tour. They're playing everywhere, so there's no reason not to go see them. Here's the video:
There's one show worth mentioning tonight in Virginia. IOTA plays host to a stellar folk line up (perfect vibe for a Monday if you ask me) in Peter And The Wolf (not to be confused with Peanut Butter Wolf---same amount of syllables---way different sound), Nat Baldwin, and the ver touring These United States. Go have a listen.
In other news, this past weekend The New Pornographers announced a thirteen date US spring tour with Okkervil River. Tickets are on sale HERE.
The New Pornographers Tour Dates: April 9 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre 10 Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot Ballroom 11 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall 12 Munhall, PA @ Carnegie Music Hall in Homestead 13 Ithaca, NY @ The State Theater of Ithaca 14 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club 16 Richmond, VA @ Toad's Place 17 Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre 18 Nashville, TN @ The Cannery 19 St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant 20 Chicago, IL @ Riviera 21 Madison, WI @ Orpheum 22 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
Colin Meloy of The Decemberists has announced the dates for his upcoming solo tour, set to coincide with the release of his album, Colin Meloy Sings Live!. Pre-sale has already started, so go gets those tix Pasta Peeps. Pre-sale link is HERE.
Laura Gibson will be the supporting act for the tour.
COLIN MELOY - SPRING 2008 SOLO TOUR
4/7 - Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa 4/8 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater 4/10 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse 4/11 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel 4/12 - Charlottesville, VA - The Satellite Ballroom 4/13 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club 4/15 - Somerville, MA Somerville Theatre 4/16 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall Of Williamsburg 4/17 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall Of Williamsburg 4/21 - Chicago, IL - Park West 4/22 - Milwaukee, WI - The Pabst Theater 4/23 - Madison, WI - Barrymore Theater 4/25 - Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall 4/26 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre 4/28 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre 4/29 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Rio Theatre 4/30 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore 5/2 - Seattle, WA - Showbox 5/3 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
Lot's of news to report and not a lot of time to do it. So here we go. Destroyer, everyone's fave, has just released the dates for a spring tour! Here they are:
03.14.2008 Austin TX The Parish (Merge Records SXSW Showcase) 04.16.2008 Minneapolis MN 400 Bar* 04.17.2008 Chicago IL Logan Square Auditorium* 04.18.2008 Detroit MI Pike Room* 04.19.2008 Toronto ON Lee's Palace* 04.20.2008 Montreal QC Club Lambi* 04.22.2008 Brooklyn NY Music Hall of Williamsburg*^ 04.23.2008 New York NY Bowery Ballroom^ 04.24.2008 Philadelphia PA North Star Bar^ 04.25.2008 Washington DC Black Cat^ 04.26.2008 Asheville NC Grey Eagle^ 04.27.2008 Carrboro NC Cat's Cradle^ 04.28.2008 Atlanta GA The Earl^ 04.29.2008 Nashville TN Mercy Lounge^ 04.30.2008 St. Louis MO Blueberry Hill^ 05.01.2008 Kansas City MO Record Bar^ 05.02.2008 Omaha NE Waiting Room^ 05.03.2008 Denver CO Walnut Room^ 05.13.2008 Edmonton AB Starlite Room$ 05.14.2008 Calgary AB #1 Royal Canadian Legion Hall$ 05.16.2008 Salt Lake City UT Urban Lounge$ 05.18.2008 Phoenix AZ Rhythm Room$ 05.19.2008 Los Angeles CA Troubadour$ 05.20.2008 San Diego CA Casbah$ 05.21.2008 San Francisco CA The Independent$ 05.23.2008 Portland OR Aladdin Theater$ 05.31.2008 Vancouver BC The Commodore
* with Colossal Yes ^ with Andre Ethier $ with Devon Williams
Speaking of tours, Shout Out Louds are pitching in with a couple of dates to go along with their new EP, Impossible. Here's the dates and the track listing:
03.09.2008 Big Cypress Indian Reservation, Florida Langerado Festival 03.11.2008 New York, NY Joe's Pub (2 shows! 9:30 and 11:30) 03.14.2008 Austin, TX The Parish (Merge SXSW Showcase)
Track listing: Impossible (radio edit) Impossible ("It's Possible" remix by Studio) Impossible (Van Rivers & Subliminal Kid remix) Hard Rain (live from Haldern Festival) December (b-side) Video: "Impossible" directed by Ted Malmros
In other tour news, Nada Surf announced today that the supporting bands for their US tour has completely changed. Sea Wolf will be opening from March 17-April 3. Brooklyn's, The Jealous Girlfriends (www.myspace.com/thejealousgirlfriends) support from April 3-April 12 (except for April 11). Illinois support on April 13.
Local favorite, Orion Rigel Dommisse has also scheduled a bunch of dates including one at Maxwell's in NJ with THE LISPS!!!!
2-2 Recess Coffee Syracuse, New York 2-3 liz’s house 116 w clinton st Ithaca, New York 2-5 SUNY Purchase 2-6 PA’s Lounge Somerville, Massachusetts 2-8 Chris Sadlers's house in providence, rhode island 2-9 Teahaus at Sarah Lawrence Bronxville, New York 2-10 a house in New Milford, Connecticut 2-12 The Chicken Coop 120 s manheim st Annville, Pennsylvania 2-20 The Boot Norfolk, Virginia 2-22 Twisted Tea Bazaar Charlottesville, Virginia 2-28 Maxwell’s (with The Lisps) Hoboken, New Jersey 3-2 Union Pool Brooklyn, New York 3-3 Cake Shop New York, New York 3-6 house show Nashville, Tennessee 3-13 SXSW at St. David’s Church Austin, Texas
Stars, the Montreal crew who like to blast us with amazing vocal harmonies, will be gracing the US with another tour, starting on March 19th right here in Baltimore. They kick some proverbial ass live, as noted HERE. So you might want to get some tickets. Good thing they are available HERE.
Superdrag will be playing at Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia on April 12, 2008. Its not up on the bands website yet, but tickets are already available HERE. This is the night after the amazing co-headlining gig with Nada Surf at Terminal 5 in NYC.
Overload.....pleasure overload.....2008 sooooo good already.
From At Ease, Radiohead have announced the US and Canadian cities that will be blessed with the best live band in the world. Still no dates or venues, but good news......especially for anyone on the east coast. Heres the list, in alphabetical order:
Atlanta Boston Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Dallas Houston Indianapolis Los Angeles Miami Montreal New York Philadelphia San Diego San Francisco Santa Barbara Seattle St Louis Tampa Toronto Vancouver Washington DC
Update: Apparently some of the shows will precede the European tour, with others to follow.
I've really been diggin these guys since I picked up their new release, entitled April. Vast offers complex, beautiful songs driven by strong melodies and powerful vocals provided by front man Jon Crosby. April, released in October on Crosby's own label, 2blossoms Records and Media is extremely well produced and sucks you in on the first listen. Vast will be setting out on a US tour on November 30th, with a stop in Baltimore on February 16th at the 8x10. Should be a good time.
Hey there folks. I've got a little friday info for y'all. First Caribou has announced that they've made an entire concert(at the pink room) available for free at youtube along with some other videos of theirs. Check it out here.
November is a busy month for shows. Now its busier. I come to find out today that Menomena and Illinois are playing the Black Cat in Washington DC on November 6th...a Tuesday. Why oh why is the weekend only two friggin' days!Hmm...unless...hehehe. Anyway I was talking about something, wasn't I? Oh yes! Good music! Listen. Buy. Go to the show. Maybe I'll see you there. Illinois - Screendoor more Illinois --> website --> buy Menomena - Wet and Rusting more Menomena --> website --> buy
While temporarily engulfed with the beautiful music of Radiohead, I some how managed to come up to the surface and remember that there is some other music being produced these days. And hey this music ain't half bad either. Sea Wolf's frontman Alex Brown Church is mysterious fellow it seems. Or at least that's what comes across in Sea Wolf's music for me. This is music to sit on the porch of an old cabin by the mountainside while gazing into the light fog hanging there down in the valley. Not really Friday music, but quite possibly good Sunday morning music.
Also Sea Wolf is currently on tour with NADA SURF! Check their myspace page for the dates. If you're in the Baltimore area they will be at the 8x10 on November 2nd.
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To coincide with the release of their new LP, Wolf Parade has announced the following tour dates :
