Modest Mouse West Coast Tour Dates

Modest Mouse is playing a string of West Coast dates in August!

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August 6 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
August 8 - Sacramento, CA @ Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
August 9 - Bend, OR @ Les Schwab Amphitheater
August 10 - Troutdale, OR @ Edgefield

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Modest Mouse West Coast Tour Dates

Tapes 'n Tapes to play at Fletcher's

I found ou today, in the City Paper, that Tapes 'n Tapes will be coming to Baltimore in June. They will be at Fletcher's Bar on Thursday June 8th. Opening for them will be Figurines & Cold War Kids. When Tapes 'n Tapes first caught my ear I was blown away. From the punchy Insistor to the mellow Omaha I can't find a track to skip on the whole album. I have been meaning to feature them here since I bought their disc, but have not. Upon checking the Fletcher's website tonight I found that another band I currently have heavy in rotation is opening. Cold War Kids. The lead singer has thatr borderline screech that I am kind of into right now and the sound has a retro minimalist sound that lends a sense of purity to a song. Lastly I checked out Figurines tonight for the first time, but was pleased, but more about them at a later post when I am more familiar with them.

	Tapes 'n Tapes - Insistor Tapes ' Tapes - Omaha
	Cold War Kids - Hospital Beds

Tapes 'n Tapes to play at Fletcher's

The Black Angels release Passover

The Black Angels release threir second effort Passover. They are having their releas party tonight at Good Records in Dallas Texas. No I won't be there, but I do want to give some attention to the band. Much in the style of Brian Jonestown Masacare, The Black Angels bring a psychadelic sound with modern nuances. Driving bass with a hint of tambourine compliment the spacy vocals and wah laden guitar. Taking a dip into the past to bring us the future, The Black Angels provide a retro sound with a fresh sound.

Sniper at the Gates of Heaven

Black Grease

The Black Angels release Passover

This Week In Indie #6

So I'm a little behind. Your in it for the free tunes anyway. So here is #6 in a as weekly as I want radio series. Hey its Spring Break so give a guy one. (a break)

The Raconteurs - Store Bought Bones
Tapes 'n Tapes - Omaha
Beiruit - Postcards From Italy
Joe Turner - When Will You Wake Up?
The Jessica Fletchers - Shoot
Bevis Frond - Termination Station Grey
Be Your Own Pet - We Will Vacation You Can Be My Parasol
this busy monster - 3D'd
Cold War Kids - We Used To Vacation
Thee More Shallows - Freshman Thesis
This Week in Indie #6

A weekly broadcast of Indie Sounds

This Week In Indie #6

The Index is Getting a New Camera

I have a nice digital camera, but it is a bit large to carry around at shows. Case in point, I decided not to take it to the Art Brut show this week. When I got home I decided to buy a smaller camera for shows. On amazon I found a camera that looks like a zippo lighter. Perfect for portability and sneaking it in to shows on the off chance they are not allowed. If this gives me a semi-decent picture I'll be more than happy. I hope to go see Wolf Parade this weekend so I got rapid shipping. Either way you will know how it worked as soon as it gets here.

Peter Murphy - I've Got A Miniature Secret Camera

The Index is Getting a New Camera

Art Brut at the Ottobar

Last night I went to see Art Brut at the Ottobar. I was familiar with some of their songs, but not to versed on their music. They went on and played a healthy set and a two song encore. What a show! The lead singer was pretty funny. The band was tight and having a good time. In the midst of the set the singer consulted his imaginary lead singer handbook, took requests from the audience, confessed to sabotaging the bands equipment, and stopped to deal with a wardrobe malfunction in the form of an errant zipper so kindly pointed out by an audience member. Although initially going on the request of a friend, I am glad I went.

Good Weekend
Emily Kane
Formed A Band

Art Brut at the Ottobar

This Week In Indie #5

Here is number 5 in our continuing adventure. One whole month down! This is the first installment posted at mySpace and the first with links to Amazon for all of the albums. I guess I feel better about myself for that.

Menthol - Danger: Rock Science!
Elefant - Lolita
Like Knives - Unlincoln Tunnel
John Wilkes Booze - Sweetback's Gonna Make It
Mates of State - Fraud in the 80's
LandSpeedRecord! - Accident
Islands - Abominable Snow
Umberto - Yellow Cardigan
Poster Children - The Leader
superfallingstars - I'm Not Really Sure


This Week in Indie #6

A weekly broadcast of Indie Sounds

This Week In Indie #5

You In Reverse stream at VH1

Vh1 has a stream of the entire album here. This is a small consolation to the fact that Doug Martsch is in the hospital with a detached retina. The tour that was scheduled has been postponed. I had tickets to see them at the 9:30 club in DC, and now I'll have to wait.

Although it is not live built to spill, I had some fun playing video basketball aginst Doug. Try it out it's kind of fun.

Here are the new tour dates

Fri	Jun-09	MacEwan Ballroom--small room	Calgary , AL
Sat	Jun-10	Reds	Edmonton , AL
Mon	Jun-12	Commodore Ballroom	Vancouver , BC
Tue	Jun-13	The Showbox	Seattle , WA
Wed	Jun-14	The Showbox	Seattle , WA
Thu	Jun-15	The Showbox	Seattle , WA
Fri	Jun-16	Cryatal Ballroom	Portland , OR
Sat	Jun-17	Cryatal Ballroom	Portland , OR
Sun	Jun-18	Domino Room	Bend , OR
Mon	Jun-19	WOW Hall	Eugene , OR
Wed	Jun-21	Slim's	San Francisco, CA
Thu	Jun-22	Slim's	San Francisco, CA
Fri	Jun-23	Slim's	San Francisco, CA
Sat	Jun-24	Slim's	San Francisco, CA
Sun	Jun-25	The Catalyst	Santa Cruz , CA
Tue	Jun-27	House Of Blues	San Diego , CA

Wed Jun-28 The Troubadour Los Angeles , CA
Thu Jun-29 The Troubadour Los Angeles , CA
Fri Jun-30 The Troubadour Los Angeles , CA
Sat Jul-01 The Troubadour Los Angeles , CA
Fri Jul-07 venue TBD Tempe , AZ
Sat Jul-08 Launch Pad Albuquerque , NM
Mon Jul-10 Fox Theatre Boulder , CO
Tue Jul-11 Fox Theatre Boulder , CO
Wed Jul-12 venue TBD Salt Lake City , UT
Sat Aug-05 Lollapalooza @ Grant Park Chicago , IL
Tue Sep-12 First Avenue Minneapolis , MN
Wed Sep-13 First Avenue Minneapolis , MN
Thu Sep-14 Barrymore Theatre Madison , WI
Fri Sep-15 Metro Chicago , IL
Sat Sep-16 Metro Chicago , IL
Sun Sep-17 Mississippi Nights St. Louis , MO
Mon Sep-18 The Blue Note Columbia , MO
Wed Sep-20 The Bottleneck Lawrence , KS
Thu Sep-21 Cain's Ballroom Tulsa , OK
Fri Sep-22 Vinos Little Rock , AR
Sat Sep-23 Young Ave. Deli Memphis , TN
Sun Sep-24 City Hall Nashville , TN
Tue Sep-26 The Vogue Indianapolis , IN
Wed Sep-27 Newport Music Hall Columbus , OH
Thu Sep-28 St. Andrews Hall Detroit , MI
Fri Sep-29 Mr. Smalls Pittsburgh , PA
Sat Sep-30 Town Ballroom Buffalo , NY
Sun Oct-01 Higher Ground Burlington , VT
Mon Oct-02 The RoxyBoston , MA
Wed Oct-04 Irving PlazaNew York , NY
Thu Oct-05 Irving Plaza New York , NY
Fri Oct-06 Irving Plaza New York , NY
Sat Oct-07 Trocadero Philadelphia , PA
Sun Oct-08 Trocadero Philadelphia , PA
Mon Oct-09 9:30 Club Washington , DC
Tue Oct-10 9:30 Club Washington , DC
Wed Oct-11 Cat's Cradle Carborro , NC
Thu Oct-12 Cat's Cradle Carborro , NC
Fri Oct-13 Variety Playhouse Atlanta , GA
Sat Oct-14 40 Watt Club Athens , GA
Sun Oct-15 Zydeco Birmingham , AL
Tue Oct-17 venue TBD New Orleans , LA
Wed Oct-18 Warehouse Live Houston , TX
Thu Oct-19 Gypsy Tea Room Dallas , TX
Fri Oct-20 Stubb's Austin , TX
Sat Oct-21 Jake's Backroom Lubbock , TX

You In Reverse stream at VH1