I’m no less devastated to have missed this taping seeing the session now. It’s just, seriously, sick. Steve SHREDS, Jake Jogger brings it home, and the sun is setting pre-Irene (asshole). Buy Mirror Traffic, I can’t believe I have to say this.

Dates, we’ve got dates:

September
Friday 30 – Charlottesville, VA – Jefferson Theater

October
Saturday 01 – Saxapahaw, NC – Haw River Ballroom
Sunday 02 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
Tuesday 04 – Nashville, TN – The Mercy Lounge
Wednesday 05 – Indianapolis, IN – Earth House
Thursday 06 – Chicago, IL – Vic Theatre
Friday 07 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall
Saturday 08 – Minneapolis, MN – Pantages Theatre
Tuesday 11 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
Wednesday 12 – Vancouver, BC – The Biltmore Cabaret
Thursday 13 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
Sunday 16 – San Francisco, CA - Treasure Island Music Festival
Wednesday 19 – Los Angeles, CA – The Music Box At The Henry Fonda
Thursday 20 – Solano Beach, CA – Belly Up Tavern

Animal Man – “Do You Feed? (The Curry Song)” from ‘David’s Town’, directed by Lance Ludwig.

With just a few dates left in his current touring schedule, Kurt Vile has taken time out of his schedule to perform a live session with our friends at KEXP this afternoon. Join Kurt and the Violators at 4:30PM EDT/1:30PM PDT, either by tuning your Seattle-area radio to 90.3FM or by listening online at KEXP.org.

Still a few more chances to catch some live Vile:

Wed – 9/28 – Seattle WA – Paramount Theatre – Bright Eyes
Fri – 9/30 – San Francisco CA – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Mon – 10/24 – Portland ME – State Theater – The Flaming Lips
Tue – 10/25 – Rochester NY – Main Street Armory – The Flaming Lips
Thu – 10/27 – Norfolk VA – The NorVa – The Flaming Lips
Fri – 11/11 – New York NY – Webster Hall
Sat – 11/12 – Philadelphia PA – Union Transfer

In preparation for a BRAND NEW FULL LENGTH coming in 2012, Perfume Genius will be debuting new songs (as well as favorites from ‘Learning‘) across North America with none other than Beirut in November/December. Seattle, catch a hometown show with EMA and Wild Beasts next week.

Friday 10/7 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre (with EMA + Wild Beasts)

Saturday 11/26 – Providence, RI – Lupo’s (with Beirut)
Monday 11/28 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues (with Beirut)
Wednesday 11/30 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall (with Beirut)
Friday 12/02 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue (with Beirut)
Sunday 12/04 – Knoxville, TN – Bijou Theatre (with Beirut)
Monday 12/05 – Asheville, NC – Orange Peel (with Beirut)
Wednesday 12/07 – Athens, GA – The Georgia Theatre (with Beirut)
Thursday 12/08 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle (with Beirut)
Saturday 12/10 – Pittsburgh, PA – Altar (with Beirut)
Tuesday 12/13 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club (with Beirut)

*photo grabbed from SuperColorSuper‘s flickr

Photo credit Fucking Nostalgic

After taking NYC by storm this weekend, Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks continue their tour across this fine land. And to the good folks of Nashville, you’re in for a double-shot of Malkmus And The Jicks who play the Mercy Lounge on Tuesday, 10/4 AND will also be hanging out at Grimey’s doing a signing earlier that day at 3PM. Be there!

Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks Tour Dates here.

Listen to Senator. Watch the No One Is (As I Are Be) video.

www.stephenmalkmus.com

(photo by Larry Hirshowitz)

It seems like only yesterday that Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks wowed New York City’s Webster Hall with a collection of old favorites and instant classics from their new album, Mirror Traffic. Before they say goodbye to the Big Apple, they’ll be appearing live on WNYC’s popular Soundcheck program to play some tunes and chat with host John Schaefer (no word yet on whether SM will be asked to participate in today’s “Smackdown” discussion of the later years of R.E.M.). The fun starts at 2:35 EDT, and can be experienced on New York’s radio waves at 93.9FM or online at WNYC.org.

Those of you who will accept no substitute for the live experience can take solace in the fact that there are plenty more upcoming Jicks shows happening this month and next.

Time to wind your calendar forward a few months and book in some time with Mr Moore as he returns for his second trip to Europe in support of his latest album, Demolished Thoughts.

He’ll be performing with the same band who played shows here in May, consisting of Samara Lubelski and Mary Lattimore whilst Tall Firs from Thurston’s Ecstatic Peace label also support on a few shows.

Tickets go on sale Thursday at 10am (unless stated otherwise).

(pic culled from Balrogskill’s Flickr stream, used sans permission)

It’s been nearly a year since Matador’s recently announced signing from Austin, TX, The Young played somewhere within shouting distance of label HQ.  As such, some ofus  thought it was an appropriate time to force the reclusive quartet * into playing 4 shows in 3 days.  Details can be found below ;  The Young’s first Matador full-length and 2nd album overall is tentatively scheduled for the first half of 2012.   (also – they’re playing Austin’s Emo’s inside room on October 22 with Pierced Arrows and Don’t)

Friday, Nov. 11 – Cake Shop, NYC NY
Saturday, Nov. 12 – Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ, 3pm matinee (with The Sonics)
Saturday, Nov. 12 – Union Pool, Brooklyn, NY, 10pm (with Endless Boogie)
Sunday, Nov. 13 – Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia, PA (with Office Of Future Plans, Bells)

(* – this is the first and last time we’ll ever refer to this band — or anyone else — as a “reclusive quartet”)

Hey NYC’ers. Don’t forget to join us this weekend for the Webster Hall rock block of Fucked Up (Saturday night) AND Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks (Sunday night).

Saturday, September 24 – Fucked Up at Webster Hall (with Wavves). Tix here.

Sunday, September 25 – Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks at Webster (playing their first NYC show off the release of Mirror Traffic). Tix here.

Get those tickets before they’re gone and we’ll see you at the shows!

Fucked Up North American Dates:

09-23 Boston, MA – Royale % – tickets

09-24 New York, NY – Webster Hall % – tickets

09-25 Washington, DC – Black Cat % – tickets

09-26 Charlottesville, VA – Jefferson Theatre % – tickets

09-27 Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506 % – tickets

09-28 Columbus, OH – Outland Live %

09-29 Chicago, IL – Logan Square Auditorium %

09-30 Detroit, MI – Magic Stick % – tickets

10-02 Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom % – tickets

10-11 Toronto, ON – Mod Club – tickets

10-22 Halifax, Nova Scotia – Halifax Pop Explosion (two shows)

Fri-Feb-10    Miami, FL – Nassau, Bahamas    Bruise Cruise Festival
Sat-Feb-11    Miami, FL – Nassau, Bahamas    Bruise Cruise Festival
Sun-Feb-12    Miami, FL – Nassau, Bahamas    Bruise Cruise Festival
Mon-Feb-13    Miami, FL – Nassau, Bahamas    Bruise Cruise Festival

% shows with Wavves

Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks North American Dates:

9/23 – Montreal, QC, Corona Theatre – tickets

9/24 – Boston, MA, Royale – tickets

9/25 – New York, NY, Webster Hall – tickets

9/28 – Philadelphia, PA , Theatre of Living Arts – tickets

9/29 – Baltimore, MD, Ram’s Head Live – tickets

9/30 – Charlottesville, VA, Jefferson Theater – tickets

10/1 — Saxapahaw, NC, The Haw River Ballroom – tickets

10/2 – Atlanta, GA, Variety Playhouse – tickets

10/4 – Nashville, TN, Mercy Lounge – tickets

10/5 – Indianapolis, IN, Earth House – tickets

10/6 – Chicago, IL, Metro – tickets

10/7 – Milwaukee WI, Turner Hall – tickets

10/8 – Minneapolis, MN, Pantages Theatre – tickets

10/11- Seattle, WA, Neptune Theatre – tickets (with Ty Segall)

10/12 – Vancouver, BC, The Biltmore Cabaret – tickets (with Ty Segall)

10/13 – Portland, OR, Crystal Ballroom – tickets (with Ty Segall)

10/16 – San Francisco, CA, Treasure Island Music Festival – tickets

10/19 – Los Angeles, CA, The Music Box – tickets (with Ty Segall)

10/20 – Solana Beach, CA, Belly Up Tavern – tickets (with Ty Segall)

Hey ‘Cago!

You like pizza. You like Girls. You like the respite that your lunch break provides. Why not combine all three at your other favorite thing… A RECORD STORE!

Next Thursday, September 29 Girls are playing a free, all ages, lunch hour instore at Reckless Records’ Broadway store with those Chicago-style pizzas and drinks for you hard workers out there. What better way to spend a lunch hour?

And if you just can’t tear yourself away from the desk at 2pm next Thursday, be sure to catch Girls that night at Lincoln Hall. But let’s face it, you’ve probably just been playing Snood all morning. Amirite?!

The New York Times brings us the second video from Father, Son, Holy Ghost, just about the best record anyone has heard this year (it’s available for purchase).

On the heels of the excellent and epic “Vomit” video, this is the other side of the Christopher Owens coin, as conceived by Girls’ own Chet JR White, who co-directed the video with Ivan Shumaker (Stu Barnes produced):

Girls are on the road as we speak, and reports are unanimous: un-miss the current lineup when it hits your town, cuz the shit is unmissable:

September
Monday 19 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Tuesday 20 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts
Thursday 22 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
Friday 23 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
Saturday 24 – Boston, MA – Paramount Center
Sunday 25 – Montreal, AL – Corona Theatre
Tuesday 27 – Toronto, ON – The Mod Club
Thursday 29 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
Friday 30 - Madison, WI – Majestic Theater

October
Saturday 01 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
Tuesday 04 – Vancouver, BC – The Biltmore Cabaret
Wednesday 05 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
Thursday 06 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
Saturday 08 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
Sunday 09 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall

(funny, when you type “Boston the band” into Google Image Search, the above Negative FX jpg comes up pretty close to the top of the entries)

Though I have MORE THAN A FEELING (sorry) we’ve not seen the last of this dispute, the Boston Herald’s Joe Dwinell reported yesterday a Superior Court judge rejected claims by Boston guitarist/founder Tom Scholz the Herald had defamed the one-time AOR radio fixture.

Scholz is suing the Herald over three 2007 Inside Track columns that he claims imply he drove fellow band member Brad Delp to commit suicide in March 2007. In May of 2010, the Herald published several articles reporting on Scholz’s lawsuit and the parties’ respective litigation positions in it. Scholz claimed that the Herald’s May 2010 articles had defamed him and caused him emotional distress.

Massachusetts Superior Court Judge John C. Cratsley previously ruled that the Herald’s articles accurately reported on the litigation. After the case was reviewed by an Appeals Court judge, Scholz argued that the articles were “unfair” and published with “malice.”

However, after review, Judge Cratsley reiterated that the articles were not only accurate, but that Scholz had “come up empty handed” in presenting evidence that the articles were unfair or published for a reason other than to inform the public.

Amateur rock historians will recall that Scholz is no stranger to litigation, and a few years back, Boston sued the now-defunct Artemis label alleging the band’s ‘Corporate America’ album was poorly marketed and promoted. Had any legal precedent been established, there’s no telling how many Matador artists from the early 1990′s would have a case.

As GIRLS trace their way up the east coast in a tour supporting the much-lauded ‘Father, Son, Holy Ghost’ they’ll be stopping at Nashville’s Grimey’s New & Preloved Music where they’ll be performing a live in-store performance airing HERE and on the websites of over 100 of our favorite independent record shops (find a list beneath the pagebreak).

[EDIT: It was GREAT -- watch an archive of the performance below now, for a limited time!]
This might be many of your first chances to check out GIRLS’ new 8-piece line up (with gospel singers!) transmitted via a hi-quality multi-camera setup.

TUNE IN tonight at 6PM EDT/5PM CDT to catch the full set, of all your favorites from ‘Father, Son, Holy Ghost’ as well as the classics

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