Tour dates for the upcoming Explosions in The Sky world tour were recently announced. The foursome kicks off a five-month global circuit starting in Brighton, England and ending in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Creature Feature: The Greatest Show Unearthed
Creature Feature, a horror-themed duo from Los Angeles, channels ’70s/’80s new wave outfit Oingo Boingo and composer Danny Elfman on The Greatest Show Unearthed.
Gogol Bordello Celebrate New Year’s Eve with NYC Performance
After playing more than 110 shows in 2007, Gypsy rockers Gogol Bordello are wrapping up a prodigious year with one final bang. The band is scheduled to perform live on New Year’s Eve at Terminal 5 in New York City.
Agnostic Front Confirmed for Stillborn Fest 2007
Hardcore outfit Agnostic Front are scheduled to perform at Stillborn Records’ Stillborn Fest 2007 alongside Hatebreed and God Forbid. The ten-day tour, beginning in Springfield, Virginia on December 20, will extend up the East Coast to include dates in New York, Connecticut, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
Meredith Bragg: Silver Sonya
When Elliott Smith died in 2003, some listeners wondered whether his brand of Nick Drake-influenced folk rock might die with it. Not to worry — Meredith Bragg earns comparisons to Smith with Silver Sonya, Bragg’s newest album.
Autechre Returns with Quaristice
The always-unclassifiable Autechre have announced the release of their ninth album, Quaristice, early next year through their long-running home-label, Warp Records.
Russian Circles, These Arms are Snakes Play Free Dates
Count your blessings, Chicago and Austin: Volume 2 of the Fresh Picked Music Showcase is spotlighting post-metal favorites Russian Circles with free shows this weekend in both cities.
Ghostigital Release Performance Album Radium
Unconventional Icelandic group Ghostigital and artist Finnbogi Petursson have announced the release of their unique performance record, Radium, which was recorded earlier this year at the Reykjavik Arts Festival.
Aliens: Head First
The cover art to Aliens’ album Head First is an apt visual description of their music. Much like the doomed diver smacking her head against the board, listeners may feel a little brain damaged after listening to this album.
The Cool Kids to Preside Over Tonight’s Style Wars
Landing in Chicago tonight is House of Diehl’s Style Wars Battle. The event incorporates elements of haute couture juxtaposed against the concept of the MC battle, creating an intense hip-hop-flavored fashion creation competition.
Mirah
Sitting in a bustling coffee shop in Seattle, it occurs to me that Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn — simply Mirah for the purposes of her records — has nothing to prove.
Since her full-length solo debut, You Think It’s Like This but Really It’s Like This, she’s carved out a niche for herself as a much loved and respected member of the Northwest indie elite, winning accolades for a series of lo-fi albums that have met with broad critical acclaim.
I’m also talking with cellist Lori Goldston and accordionist Kyle Hanson. They don’t have much to prove either. They’ve made their marks in Northwest art music as founding members of Black Cat Orchestra, Spectratone International, and the duo The Shifting Light; they’ve scored silent films and collaborated on dance, music, and theatre projects. Goldston has played with artists like Nirvana, David Byrne, and John Doe.
Though Goldston and Hanson have, in fact, already once collaborated with Mirah by way of Black Cat Orchestra — on To All We Stretch the Open Arm, a collection of politically-minded covers of works by Kurt Weill, Stephen Foster, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, and others — Share This Place is a whole other animal.
Jimmy Eat World: Chase This Light
For the past fourteen years, Mesa, Arizona natives Jimmy Eat World have made a career out of their own angst-ridden youth.