The Hold Steady’s new album, Boys and Girls in America hits stores today. Vagrant Records has provided a full album stream HERE.
Craig, Tad, Galen, Bobby, Franz and sometimes Peter on tour:
October 4 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl
October 5 – Birmingham, AL – The Bottle Tree
October 6 – Memphis, TN – Hi-Tone Café
October 7 – Denton, TX – Hailey’s
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The Cars Unlocked, the new live DVD/live CD will hit stores on October 17th. This DVD was produced by RIC OCASEK, and chronicles the group’s multi-platinum heyday and unearths over twenty never-before-seen performances. Unlocked also features candid behind-the-scenes footage, and a bonus live CD featuring an additional fourteen performances.
Be the first to email usounds at gmail dot com with ‘CARS’ in the subject line, and all this could be yours. (US and Canada only please.)
Stream Portastatic’s 9th full-legnth, Be Still Please on the Merge website. Here is what Merge says about the new record (in stores October 10th):
”Be Still Please continues the full-on rock band sound of 2005’s Bright Ideas but with more of an emphasis on the orchestration featured in McCaughan’s recent soundtrack work.”
In related news, Superchunk was asked to play live at The Daily Show Presents: Ten Fucking Years (The Concert) on November 16th in NYC with The Mountain Goats, Clem Snide, and The Upper Crust. Tickets available for $30 at Ticketmaster outlets.
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San Fran band Scissors For Lefty have been actively touring the US with bands like Dirty Pretty Things, Panic! At The Disco, and The Arctic Monkeys. No plans for a US release date for the new album Bruno yet, but here are a few tracks:
There is no easy way to say this… Jon Spencer is fucking hot! Not only is he hot, but so is his music, and Heavy Trash is a shining example of his repertoire. I managed to catch this show when it blew through town, and I am glad I did, because Jon Spencer is HOT!
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Check out the new Black Keys steam for You’re The One. The guys slow it down a lot in this song making the track fantastic background music for a slo-mo flock of flying wild geese.
TVOTR released Return to Cookie Mountain on September 12. The US release has three extra tracks you can stream here:
Snakes And Martyrs
Hours (El-P Remix)
Things You Can Do
TV on the Radio on the Tour:
September 25 – San Diego, CA – Soma
September 26 – Pomona, CA – The Glasshouse
September 27 – Santa Barbara, CA – Soho Music Club
September 29 – Sacramento, CA – The Library
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