Aracade Fire members Win Butler, Regine Chassange, Will Butler and Jeremy Gara are gearing up to play two free shows in Ohio in a bid to help Barack Obama win the state in the upcoming March 4th primary. (Win and Will were actually born in the U.S. and Regine has dual citizenship.)
The Lonely H brought their headlining tour to Arlene's Grocery where the Seattle band kicked out some of the laid back rock tunes on their latest album Hair (The Control Group).
Fronted by the taller than tall Mark Fredson (vox/keys), the group delivered on the promise of their recorded tracks. The Lonely H have an easy breezy charisma and just enough of The Band's full-throated twang to make you want to sing and sway along.
The guys will be on the road all spring and are also hitting up SXSW where they'll play three shows (March 13,14,15).
The Providence, RI singer will be playing four area shows:
- February 28 - Maxwell's - Hoboken, NJ - March 1 - Sound Fix - Brooklyn, NY - March 2 - Union Pool - Brooklyn, NY - March 3 - Cake Shop - New York, NY
Her album What I Want From You Is Sweet is available from Language of Stone. It's a stunner so pick it up!
If you're heading down to SXSW, you can also catch Orion at St. David's Church on March 13th.
We all know that Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Madonna is going to rule this year's party like no other and now we know who is going to escort the Material Girl into that hallowed hall of history - her latest boy toy (but only in a musical sense) - Justin Timberlake!
Should be interesting!!!
Mother Madge also just announced the title of her upcoming album. The disc, her 11th studio album will be called Hard Candy and it will be out on April 29th.
Madonna isn't the only one to be honored this year so here's a list of the other inductees followed by their presenters:
Today is the day that more than 15,000 songs from artists like Cat Power, Devendra Banhart and Of Montreal become available on Aime Street - an online music store where fans set the price.
How it works is that all the songs are initially free and then rise in price based on popularity topping out at $0.98. The songs are DRM-free mp3s.
There's a ton of great stuff here - just downloaded St. Vincent's album this morning for $0.32 but you have to get in there early to get the great prices.
In case you were looking for a way to make actress and Woody Allen muse Scarlett Johansson's upcoming album of Tom Waits covers Anywhere I Lay My Head more palatable, this might just do the trick.
David Bowie is adding backing vocals on two songs - "Fallin' Down" and "Fannin' Street".
The jury is still out on the album due May 19th but a little assist from Mr. Bowie can only help!
Music soulmates Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, the duo at the center of the film Once, rode their DIY ethic onto the red carpet and all the way up to the podium where they scored an Oscar for Best Originial Song for "Falling Slowly".
Indie film Once was shot on a shoe string budget and went on to win over audience members with it's simple tale of an Irish busker and a Czech immigrant who meet and make music together.
The night before the Academy Awards, Once also won Best Foreign Film at the Indie Spirit Awards.
Hansard and Irglova are touring under the moniker The Swell Season and you can catch them live in NYC at Radio City Music Hall on May 19th. They are also playing Coachella.
The Swell Season - 2008 Tour Dates:
Wed 04/23 - Phoenix, AZ Orpheum Theatre Fri 04/25 - Indio, CA Empire Polo Field (Coachella) Sat 04/26 - Oakland, CA Paramount Theatre Sun 04/27 - Eugene, OR McDonald Theatre Mon 04/28 - Portland, OR Portland Center For The Arts Wed 04/30 - Seattle, WA Moore Theatre Thu 05/01 - Missoula, MT Wilma Theatre Fri 05/02 - Salt Lake City, UT The Depot Sat 05/03 - Denver, CO Ellie Caulkins Opera House Mon 05/05 - Lawrence, KS Liberty Hall Sat 05/10 - Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre Sun 05/11 - Cleveland, OH Allen Theatre Mon 05/12 - Louisville, KY W.L. Lyons Brown Theatre Tue 05/13 - Atlanta, GA Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre Fri 05/16 - Richmond, VA Toad's Place Of Richmond Sat 05/17 - Baltimore, MD Meyerhoff Symphony Hall Mon 05/19 - New York, NY Radio City Music Hall Tue 05/20 - Upper Darby, PA Tower Theatre Mon 06/16 - Madison, WI Overture Center For The Arts Tue 06/17 - Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre Sun 06/22 - Telluride, CO Town Park (Telluride Bluegrass Festival)
free lancer, festival-goer, wearer of sunglasses at night
I'm the one with ink all over my hands. Hey, that's what happens when you're trying to take notes in the middle of a mosh pit at Bowery!
