Look Out! mp3 Peter Case Whig! … buy it!
The great Peter Case has belted out a new record, Wig!, and Chicago, he’s bringing himself to FitzGeralds’ in the Side Bar Music Room in Berwyn, on Sept. 18. Recorded in only three days, Whig! features dirty, electric blues, really sassy lyrics, the stuff that younger artists work hard to copy. If you don’t already know who Peter Case is, get out there and do your homework. He’s one of the best songwriters of our time, hugely influential, and still going strong! Check his site for full tour details.
Little Brown Haired Girls mp3 Frankie Rose and The Outs …. pre-order it at Insound
This girl group evokes a kind of nostalgic Phil Spector-like feel and yet I know there’s a whole lot more under the surface. What else would you expect from Frankie Rose (Crystal Stilts, Vivian Girls)? I’ve never hid my love for the Jesus and Mary Chain and there’s more than a whiff of that in this track. The tour, as it’s presented so far, ends here in Chicago. And we all know that the last show on a tour is always the best.
Tour Dates
08/27 New York, NY – Cake Shop / Dance Magic Night
09/15 Brooklyn, NY – Glasslands # – RECORD RELEASE SHOW
09/20 San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop ! $
09/21 Oakland, CA – Sugar Mountian ! $
09/22 Santa Barbara, CA – Muddy Waters ! $
09/24 San Diego, CA – Tin Can Ale House !
09/25 Los Angeles, CA – The Smell ! $
09/26 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo – Part Time Punks !
10/18 Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506 *
10/19 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar *
10/20 Philadelphia, PA – Kungfu Necktie *
10/21 – 10/23 – New York, NY – CMJ
10/24 Cambridge, MA – TT The Bear’s Place *
10/26 Rochester, NY – Bug Jar *
10/27 Cleveland, OH – The Spot at Case Western *
10/28 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle *
! = w/ Hunx and his Punx
$ = w/ Lilac
# = w/ Light Asylum, Minks and Mirror Mirror
* = w/ Woven Bones
Movin’ On To Avalon mp3 Eagle Winged Palace Where We’re Coming From … buy it!
Eagle Winged Palace wrote me, describing themselves as “a weird little folk group” and after listening to their new album, Where We’re Coming From, you might find yourself in agreement. There’s a lot of quavering vocals and shaking, sandy, shimmery beats to this. Aside from the obvious Californian, bohemian exterior there’s a real sub-surface of textured etherealness to what Eagle Winged Palace brings to this album. And that is their strength. Strumming guitars and singing a catchy melody isn’t so difficult. It’s layering that onto this other, more interesting thing that caught my ear, and just might catch yours as well.
Matthew and The Atlas comes to us from the UK with a voice you will not forget and a melody that softens that memory enough to make you not want to. He’s recorded an EP, released last April, on Mumford & Sons’ label, Communion, called To The North. I don’t know how it’s passed me by, but I aim to snatch that up very soon. The only US source I’ve found for it is itunes.
Matthew & The Atlas // Deadwood by Stayloose
And last, but not least, Anberlin gives away a track off their new album, Dark is the Way, Light is a Place, which I previewed here. Go pre-order it now, it’s great! And they’re coming your way, check their site for tour dates. (Chicago, it’s Oct. 23 at the House of Blues)
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