Stream new Woods, "Sun and Shade".

(probably the 1000th time this picture's been on this blog)

Woods' 6th album Sun and Shade, drops today, but if you want to try before you buy you can stream the whole thing courtesy of Altered Zones.  I think it's one of their best so far.  Enjoy!

Woods: Sun and Shade by alteredzones

Modest Mouse debut 2 songs.

Modest Mouse has been mostly off the radar in terms of new material since 2007's We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.  They put out No One's First and You're Next in 2009, but it was b-sides from the two albums preceding and was, in my opinion, passable.  Now we've got two new songs as the band goes to work on a new full length.  Enjoy.

New Woods song, "Any Other Day".

The release of the newest entry by Woods, Sun and Shade is nearly upon us.  They've released the lead off track "Pushing Onlys" and now have released the 2nd track off the album, "Any Other Day".  Take a listen.  I'm actually about halfway through my first listen of the new album, and for anyone that likes Woods out there, get excited.  I think so far this is just as good if not better than Songs of Shame.  It goes in a few new directions that feel truly like growth as opposed to gimmicks or anxious attempts to not be boring.  Anyway...  here's that song. And get the dang album when it comes out y'hear?

Woods, "Any Other Day" by The FADER

Stream new Black Lips album: Arabia Mountain.

Black Lips teamed up with Grooveshark to give an advanced stream of their new album Arabia Mountain which was produced by Mark Ronson.  Check it out here.

New WU LYF, "Dirt".

Manchester kids WU LYF put out a new song/video.  Apparently they're debut album is coming out in June too!  Here you go.

New The Sandwiches, "Sirens & Bells".

I just heard of these guys recently and wouldn't you know it that the fine folks at Gorilla vs Bear posted a new track by them.  Funny how things work out.  Listen to it here.

Stream White Denim's new album, "D".

While NPR usually takes the cake for having the best advanced streams of upcoming albums, but surprisingly (to me at least) AOL beat them to it.  You can stream it all here.

Those Darlins add dates.

Those Darlins are hitting the road this summer and recently added a ton of dates to an already lengthy tour.  We got one at Johnny Brenda's Philly people!  Also, here's a video of a recent session they did for The Noise Coalition.  Enjoy!

Jun. 2 - Wakarusa Festival - Ozark, AR
Jun. 3 - Rustic Cowboy - Keithville, LA 
Jun. 4 - Free Press Summer Fest - Houston, TX 
Jun. 5 - One Eyed Jacks - New Orleans, LA 
Jun. 9 - Casbah Room at the Tremont Music Hall - Charlotte, NC @
Jun. 10 - Jammin' Java - Vienna, VA  #
Jun. 11 - Maxwell's - Hoboken, NJ  #
Jun. 12 - Big Apple BBQ - New York, NY  !
Jun. 14 - Johnny Brenda's - Philadelphia, PA #
Jun. 15 - Kennedy Center - Washington, DC
Jun. 16 - Le Poisson Rouge - New York, NY  %
Jun. 17 - Brillobox - Pittsburgh, PA #
Jun. 18 - Campout East - Charlottesville, VA
   
Jul. 8 - Mercy Lounge - Nashville, TN  $
Jul. 9 - Mercy Lounge - Nashville, TN  $
Jul. 15 - Radio Radio - Indianapolis, IN
Jul. 16 - Lebowski Fest - Louisville, KY
Jul. 21 - Crossroads - Kansas City, MO $
Jul. 22 - Stickyz's Rock'n'Roll Chicken Shack - Little Rock, AR
Jul. 23 - Spanish Moon - Baton Rouge, LA
Jul. 24 - Jack's Patio Bar - San Antonio, TX
Jul. 26 - Low Spirits - Albuquerque, NM
Jul. 27 - The Rhythm Room - Phoenix, AZ
Jul. 28 - Pappy & Harriet's Pioneertown Place - Pioneertown, CA
Jul. 29 - The Echo - Los Angeles, CA
Jul. 30 - Bottom of The Hill - San Francisco, CA
   
Aug. 2 - Bunk Bar - Portland, OR 
Aug. 3 - Tractor Tavern - Seattle, WA
Aug. 5 - Neurolux - Boise, ID  @
Aug. 6 - Urban Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT @
Aug. 8 - High Dive - Denver, CO @
Aug. 10 - The Record Bar - Kansas City, MO
Aug. 13 - The Tiger Room - Fort Wayne, IN 
   
Sep. 15 - Hangar 9 - Carbondale, IL
Sep. 16 - Off Broadway Nightclub - St. Louis, MO 
Sep. 17 - Hi-Tone Cafe - Memphis, TN 

#   w/ Natural Child
%  w/ Best Coast
$   w/ Old 97s
!    w/ Black Joe Lewis 
@  w/Motopony


Here's those videos

Woods to tour with Kurt Vile, White Fence, and Fresh and Onlys.

Two of my current favorites, Woods and Kurt Vile, are hitting the road together.  Unfortunately, no Philly dates seem to be listed, but good news for most of you, anyway.  Here's the dates and a few songs:

05-28 Hartford, CT - Comcast Theatre (BOMB Fest)
07-11 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall *
07-12 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa *
07-13 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace *
07-14 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop *
07-15 Bloomington, IN - Russian Recording *
07-16 Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Music Festival
07-18 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry ^
07-19 Fargo, ND - The Aquarium ^
07-23 Vancouver, British Columbia - Electric Owl ^
07-24 Bellingham, WA - The Shakedown ^
07-25 Portland, OR - Doug Fir ^
07-27 Sacramento, CA - Sol Collective ^
07-29 San Francisco, CA - The Independent ^
07-30-31 Big Sur, CA - Woodsist Festival
08-02 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex ^#
08-03 Phoenix, AZ - Rhythm Room #
08-05 Austin, TX - The Mohawk #
08-07 Oxford, MS - Cats Purring Dude Ranch #
08-08 Atlanta, GA - The Earl #
08-09 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle #
08-13 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom #%
09-02 Dorset, England - End of the Road Festival
09-05 Manchester, England - Manchester Sound Control *
09-06 Glasgow, Scotland - Stereo *
09-07 Bristol, England - The Fleece *
09-08 London, England - The Scala *

* with Kurt Vile and the Violators
^ with the Fresh and Onlys
# with White Fence
% with Ducktails


Woods: "Pushing Onlys" Live from the First Unitarian Church





Kurt Vile: "Jesus Fever"

New James Blake video, "Lindisfarne".

New jj video, "Angels".

White Fence and Strange Boys tour and other blog notes.

According to the Woodsist blog, White Fence will be joining Strange Boys on a small, mostly northeastern tour.  Good news for my fellow Pennsylvanians in saying that we get 2 dates, one in Allentown and one in Philly.  Here's the complete list of dates plus a few notable tracks from the bands:

06-17 Washington, DC - Comet Pizza %

06-18 New York, NY - Knitting Factory %

06-19 Rochester, NY - The Bug Jar %

06-21 Toronto, Ontatio - Wrong Bar %!

06-22 Montreal, Quebec - Il Motore %@

06-23 Boston, MA - Church of Boston %

06-24 New York, NY - 92YTribeca %

06-25 Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie %

06-26 Allentown, PA - Good Weekend %

06-28 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom %

06-29 Detroit, MI - Lager House %

06-30 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle %

07-30-31 Big Sur, CA - Woodsist Festival



% with Strange Boys

! with JEFF the Brotherhood

@ with Sic Alps, Purling Hiss
 
That Montreal date is stacked! White Fence, Strange Boys, Sic Alps, and Purling Hiss? Lucky.
 

 

 

So my senior thesis is over and most of my essays are handed in which means I'll start posting a little more regularly again/have time to actually listen to sounds that aren't my alarm clock.  Soon enough I'll post a PDF of the How to Paint Sunlight magazine for y'all to see (a few typos were discovered that I'd like to fix up before unleashing it to the interweb).  It's been a little harder to track down the individual MP3s for the songs on the Summer Music Playlist than I thought, so pretty soon I'll probably post the abridged version that was playing around my magazine display and post a longer one at a later time.

Considering how well the first playlist played out, I'm considering doing it as maybe a monthly thing.  If any of y'all are interested, post a comment saying so and maybe we'll put another one together.