Free EP Download from Matt Pond PA

A new Matt Pond PA (9 track) EP is available for FREE DOWNLOAD, starting today. Go get a copy at www.mattpondpa.com.

M83 Opens for The Killer in early 2009

M83 will be opening for Kings of Leon in December in the UK and The Killers in the US in 2009. The M83 live setup includes Gonzalez on vocals, guitars and keyboards, Loic Maurin on Drums, Pierre-Marie Maulini on bass and guitar and featured album vocalist Morgan Kibby (of LA-based band The Romanovs) on vocals and keyboards. M83 re-released Digital Shades Vol.1 on CD and LP on October 28th.

The tour dates in support of The Killers are below:

January
17 Denver, CO Magness Arena - Ritchie Center
19 Minneapolis, MN Northrop Auditorium
20 Chicago, IL UIC Pavilion
22 Detroit, MI EMU Convocation Center
23 Toronto, ONT Air Canada Centre
25 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
26 Boston, MA Agganis Arena
28 Washington, DC George Mason University Patriot Center
29 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
30 Atlanta, GA Atlanta Civic Center
31 Nashville, TN Grand Ole Opry House
February
2 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater
3 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
4 Dallas, TX Nokia Theatre

NY Cares Benefit by Nick of Islands

Islands frontman Nick Diamonds hosts a New York Cares Benefit on Monday, December 8th at The Knitting Factory. The line up includes Nick Diamonds himself plus David Cross, Marnie Stern, Conrad of Trail of Dead, Leona Naess, Despot and many more. It costs $20 at the door. Free Pabst Blue Ribbon from 7-9pm.

ATP New York 2009 Partial Line Up Announced

FRIDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER - Don't Look Back/Comedy
DAVID CROSS - curating comedy
SUICIDE performing First LP
DIRTY THREE performing Ocean Songs

SATURDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER - Curated by ATP
PANDA BEAR »
ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM »
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE »
ATLAS SOUND »

SUNDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER - Curated by ATP
TBC

New Bruce Springsteen song

Bruce Springsteen's single "Working on a Dream" will become available in the iTunes Store and on BruceSpringsteen.net today. Free downloads will be available through both sites today. The track will be a paid download in the iTunes Store from tomorrow exclusively through December 9.

Springsteen's new album 'Working on a Dream' has been set for January 27 release on Columbia Records. 'Working on a Dream' was recorded with the E Street Band and features twelve new Springsteen compositions plus two bonus tracks. It is the fourth collaboration between Springsteen and Brendan O'Brien, who produced and mixed the album.

Andrew Bird Tour Dates

Andrew Bird has confirmed dates for the first leg of a North American tour in support of his forthcoming new album Noble Beast. The tour will begin just after Noble Beast's release with Bird's first ever headline engagement at Carnegie Hall on January 28. This run of theater headlines will be opened by LONEY DEAR with the exception of Carnegie Hall, which will feature DOSH as support. Presales with low-fee surcharges for most shows are already underway at www.andrewbird.net. General on sales will be this weekend.

28-Jan CARNEGIE HALL NEW YORK, NY
30-Jan THE ORPHEUM THEATRE BOSTON, MA
3-Feb CLUB 9:30 WASHINGTON, DC
4-Feb THE VARIETY PLAYHOUSE ATLANTA, GA
6-Feb THE PLAZA THEATRE ORLANDO, FL
7-Feb HOUSE OF BLUES NEW ORLEANS, LA
12-Feb THE PARAMOUNT THEATER AUSTIN, TX
13-Feb THE EL REY THEATRE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
14-Feb THE RIALTO THEATER TUCSON, AZ
18-Feb THE ORPHEUM THEATRE LOS ANGELES, CA
19-Feb THE FILLMORE SAN FRANCISCO, CA
20-Feb THE FILLMORE SAN FRANCISCO, CA
21-Feb THE ROSELAND THEATER PORTLAND, OR
23-Feb THE MOORE THEATER SEATTLE, WA
24-Feb THE KNITTING FACTORY BOISE, ID
25-Feb THE MURRAY THEATER MURRAY, UT
26-Feb THE OGDEN THEATER DENVER, CO
27-Feb SLOWDOWN OMAHA, NE

Budos Band NYC Shows

Funk/Afro-beat kings Budos Band will play three shows in NYC.

Nov 13 SOB’s New York, New York
Dec 06 BAMcafe Live Brooklyn, New York
Dec 19 Mercury Lounge New York, New York

Hope is Here . . . Obama is Prez!

Rock the Vote Today - David Byrne eMail

Please get out and vote today. Below is an email I received yesterday from David Byrne.

"Pardon the bulk mailing. I Can't Vote. I am an immigrant with a Green Card and, therefore, I am not eligible to vote in a federal election. FYI - I can get drafted (luckily, Daniel Berrigan burned my draft board's records) and I pay taxes, yet I cannot vote for President. On Election Day, I see my neighbors heading to the nearby elementary school to cast their ballots. The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out in one day.

But most of you can vote. What can I say? The Republicans have made us less safe than before 9/11, bankrupted this economy, started an illegal war they can't - and don't intend to - finish, removed what sympathy (after 9/11) and respect the world had for the US, and have robbed US citizens of many of their basic rights. Global warming? What's that? Science and education? Investment in our future? No, thanks - we'll stick with a good 'ole hockey mom. Ignorant, and fucking proud of it, as is always the case.

Although it looks like a shoo-in, it ain't over 'til Florida. And there are plenty of racists in this country who will vote against their own best interests. So please, get to your local elementary school, post office, town hall, or whatever, and cast your vote and make this a country we can all be proud of. We can get out of this mess, and life can be better than it is."

David Byrne
NYC

The Last Shadow Puppets NYC & LA Shows

Excuss the lateness of the post but The Last Shadow Puppets return to the states for two shows. The band announced that they will be supported by Stephen Fretwell for their already past sold out New York date at the Grand Ballroom on Thursday, October 30th and The Muslims for their LA upcoming date at the Mayan Theatre on Monday, November 3rd 2008. The band consists of Arctic Monkeys lead singer Alex Turner and lead singer of then newly formed The Rascals (ex The Little Flames), Miles Kane. Their debut album The Age Of The Understatement was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Music Prize but lost out to Elbow's, The Seldom Seen Kid. The band played their first ever show earlier this year in Brooklyn, New York at Sound Fix Records on 4 March 2008 and played their second gig at the Lower East Side's Cake Shop the following night.

The Last Shadow Puppets - "My Mistakes Were Made For You"

The Rascals "Freakbeat Phantom"

Arctic Monkeys - "Put Your Dukes Up John" Cover of The Little Flames

The Little Flames - "Isobella"