The 7th Annual Bash, celebrating what would have been Joey Ramone‘s 56th birthday, will be on Saturday, May 19th at The Fillmore NY at Irving Plaza. The New York Dolls will perform along with many other artists.
Vitche, AJ Fosik, and Matt Haber & Andy Kehoe Exhibits
Jonathan LeVine Gallery will have three exhibits showing simultaneously from May 12th through June 9th. Vitche‘s show Equilibrium will be in Gallery I. AJ Fosik‘s At the Edge of Town will be in Gallery II. Matt Haber and Andy Kehoe‘s Trouble, Pass Me By will be held in the Project Room. The opening reception for all three will be on Saturday May 12th from 7 – 9pm.
The Clientele Kick of North American Tour
The London band will begin their tour on the east coast this Sunday in Hoboken, NJ before heading across the country and back again for shows in the south, southwest, northwest, and midwest. The Clientele will also make a few stops north of the border.
Mobile to Release “Tomorrow Starts Today”
The Montreal-based rock band Mobile will release their U.S. debut Tomorrow Starts Today on July 24th.
Big Business Announces U.S. Tour Dates
Hydrahead’s drum-and-bass duo, featured in ALARM’s spring issue, will perform across the United States in June.
Two More Wars!
Though we won’t be treated to more of Darth Vader’s wicked ways, his fans should be drooling. George Lucas, creator of all things Skywalker, has told Fox News that he will make two more Star Wars films.
Aesop Rock to Drop None Shall Pass on August 28
On August 28, Definitive Jux will release None Shall Pass, the first full-length album from distinct hip hopper Aesop Rock in four years.
Metric Writing 4th Album, Emily Haines Issuing New EP
After two years of touring to promote their 2005 album, Live It Out, Metric is working on their fourth album. Frontwoman Emily Haines and The Soft Skeleton are also releasing a follow-up EP to her solo record Knives Don’t Have Your Back. Her new EP is called What is Free to a Good Home? Also, Metric’s first album, Grow Up and Blow Away, will be officially released by Last Gang Records.
The Coup’s Boots Riley Pulls Out of Keynote Speech
The activist MC and Danny Glover will no longer address the graduating class at University of California, Berkeley.
Up The Empire: Light Rides the Super Major
Everyone involved in the creation and composition of music dreams of creating an anthem, a song fraught with power and potency, that enthralls the masses and flings them into ecstatic and inescapable bouts of fist pumping and shouting along with the chorus. Such songs literally hit all the right notes, and exert a magical force over listeners, turning them into lifelong devotees of your music.
Sage Francis: Human the Death Dance
By and large, we know what to expect from a Sage Francis album. Human the Death Dance, his second release on Epitaph, doesn’t stray from his familiar format and flow, mixing witty lyrics with introspective topics and social commentary.