| MP3 Minute: Tigercity “Fake Gold” Posted: 21 Aug 2009 02:28 PM PDT Popwreckoning friends Tigercity are releasing a new LP this fall entitled Ancient Lover and we’re happy to offer you the record’s first single, “Fake Gold.” Though darker than what we’re used to from these Brooklyn boys, this track is just a silky and slinky, rife with pounding beats, slick synths, backing falsettos and that sexy 80s-esque feel that Tigercity does so well. Tigercity – “Fake Gold” Having spent most of their time touring since the release of their critically and commercially successful 2007 EP, Pretend not to Love, Tigercity has been bringing their brand of pop escapism to the masses. The new LP, Ancient Lover, utilizes a new arsenal of vintage synthesizers and layers of beautiful ambient guitar to support songs about the ups and downs of rock life and is a testament that Tigercity is poised for mass recognition. Possessing a sound of the likes of un-ironic Hall and Oates meets Prince, Tigercity etches out accessible songs but with a little more darkness than the usual popper. Tour Dates:
Sep 03 – Great Scott / Boston
Sep 04 – Mercury Lounge / New York City
Sep 05 – Beachland Ballroom / Cleveland
Sep 06 – Magic Stick / Detroit
Sep 08 – Schubas / Chicago
Sep 09 – Vaudeville Mew / Des Moines
Sep 10 – Billiken Club / St. Louis
Sep 11 – The Brick / Kansas City
Sep 13 - Red Rocks Amphitheater (Monolith Festival) / Morrison, Co.
Sep 15 – Burt’s Tikki Lounge / Salt Lake City
Sep 16 – Neurolux / Boise
Sep 17 – Nectars / Seattle
Sep 18 – East End (Music Fest North West) / Portland
Sep 20 – Bottom Of The Hill / San Francisco
Sep 22 – Cinespace / Los Angeles
Sep 24 – Viper Room / Los Angeles
Sep 25 – Beauty Bar / San Diego
Sep 26 – Beauty Bar / Las Vegas
Sep 27 – Club Congress / Tucson
Sep 29 – Emo’s Inside / Austin
Sep 30 – Rock Bottom Lounge / San Antonio
Oct 02 – Engine Room / Tallahasee
Oct 03 – New World Brewery / Tampa
Oct 04 – Backbooth / Orlando
Oct 07 – TSI / Jacksonville
Oct 09 – The Boot / Norfolk, Va.
Oct 13 – DC9 / Washington DC Tigercity: myspace | interview with | @ the m room | @ sxsw 2009 Photo: Ryan Muir
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| Why? – Eskimo Snow Posted: 21 Aug 2009 10:33 AM PDT The quirkiness factor of Oakland based, Why? is through the roof. Operating in a strange space between indie hip-hop and folk, they’re a band with a rich sense of craftsmanship. Their lyrics are abstract, concentrating more on a feeling than communicating a tangible story, and the hip-hop inspired vocal delivery of lead singer, Jonathan “Yoni” Wolf is genuine and memorable. The upcoming release, Eskimo Snow is a much more subdued and restrained effort than the previous release, Alopecia. The songs on Eskimo Snow are described by Wolf as “the least hip-hop out of anything I’ve ever been involved with.” Sure, the hip-hop elements are nearly gone, but the songs are also simpler, less bombastic and lighter on the over-the-top imagery that they have evoked in the past. I have no problems with this subdued approach and I can see the appeal in this kind of exploration, however, Eskimo Snow lacks that devious vitality that I cherished in their previous efforts. Still, there are a few of those cherished lines that stay with you such as Yoni’s declaration of “no flash photography” on “Even The Good Wood Gone,” or “looks like a sky for shoeing horses under” on “One Rose” which really give the album a pulse. Why?’s newest offering is a solid album that flows well from beginning to end with a few songs that resonate such as “The Blackest Purse,” and “Berkeley By Hearseback.” There is a strong piano and xylophone presence on this album, culminating in a particularly nice sound on “Into the Shadows Of My Embrace.” While, overall, I’d say that the restrained approach on Eskimo leaves me with a disappointing feeling, its still remarkably compelling and some of the most unique bit of music out there. Why? – “The Blackest Purse” Tracklisting:
01. These Hands
02. January Twenty Something
03. Against Me
04. Even the Good Wood Gone
05. Into the Shadows of My Embrace
06. One Rose
07. On Rose Walk, Insomniac
08. Berkeley By Hearseback
09. This Blackest Purse
10. Eskimo Snow Check out their cover of the Cure’s “Close To Me” on their myspace page. Why?: website | myspace Related Posts - April 29, 2009 — Under Cover : The Get Up Kids collection, Part I (1)
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| AFI release “Crash Love” and tour this Fall! Posted: 21 Aug 2009 08:39 AM PDT AFI is set to release their eighth studio album, Crash Love, on September 29th. Crash Love, produced by Joe McGrath (Alkaline Trio, Green Day) and Jacknife Lee (U2, Weezer), is AFI’s most focused and ambitious record to date. “I am so proud of this record. I really believe it’s the best AFI record. It honestly feels like we’ve made our first truly timeless record. We didn’t set out to do that–you can’t set out to do something like that–but it definitely feels like that’s what we’ve achieved: created the album by which we’ll be remembered.” -Davey Havok.
Crash Love’s first taste of single “Medicate” lands on airwaves and the Internet on August 25th. “Medicate” will be made available for sale digitally on 8/25 and Crash Love will also be available for pre-order on the same day at iTunes. Fans who pre-order the album from iTunes will also receive the exclusive bonus track, “Breathing Towers to Heaven,” an unreleased demo from the Crash Lovesessions. In support of the forthcoming album AFI will head out on the road beginning this October in the United States (dates below). Tracklisting:
01. Torch Song
02. Beautiful Thieves
03. End Transmission
04. Too Shy To Scream
05. Veronica Sawyer Smokes
06. OK, I feel Better Now
07. Medicate
08. I Am Trying Very Hard To Be Here
09. Sacrilege
10. Darling, I Want To Destroy You
11. Cold Hands
12. It Was Mine Tour Dates:
Oct 02 – Epic / Minneapolis *
Oct 04 – Newport Music Hall / Columbus *
Oct 05 – Bogart’s / Cincinnati *
Oct 07 – Town Ballroom / Buffalo *
Oct 08 – Northern Lights / Clifton Park, NJ *
Oct 10 – Starland Ballroom / Sayreville, NJ *
Oct 11 – Club Zoo / Pittsburgh *
Oct 13 – The Webster / Hartford, Ct. *
Oct 14 – Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel / Providence *
Oct 19 – The National / Richmond, Va. *
Oct 21 – Scranton Cultural Center / Scranton, Pa.
Oct 25 – House of Blues / Boston
Nov 03 – Cain’s Ballroom / Tulsa
Nov 04 – The Pageant / St. Louis
Nov 06 – Uptown Theatre / Kansas City
Nov 07 – Riviera Theatre / Chicago * w/ Gallows AFI: website | myspace Related Posts - July 27, 2008 — Spin releases their Top 25 Live Bands Now: (25)
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| Camera Obscura Announce North American Fall Tour Posted: 21 Aug 2009 08:01 AM PDT  Stop the presses! Here’s your chance to hear Traceyanne Campbell’s dulcet tones on this side of the pond. Scottish band Camera Obscura have just announced dates for a North American fall tour. The tour begins at Tipitina’s in New Orleans on November 18 and concludes on December 3 at the 40-Watt Club in Athens, Georgia.
The set lists on this tour will sure be filled with songs from the band’s fabulous fourth album, My Maudlin Career. Tour dates
Nov 18 – Tipitina’s / New Orleans
Nov 19 – Bottletree / Birmingham, Al.
Nov 20 - Variety Playhouse / Atlanta
Nov 21 – Attucks Theatre / Norfolk, Va.
Nov 22 – Music Hall of Williamsburg / Brooklyn
Nov 24 – Pear Street Ballroom / Northampton, Ma.
Nov 25 – German House / Rochester
Nov 26 – Phoenix / Toronto
Nov 27 – Crofoot Ballroom / Pontiac
Nov 28 – Turner Hall / Milwaukee
Nov 30 – Bluebird / Bloomington, In.
Dec 01 – Off Broadway / St. Louis
Dec 02 – Lyric Oxford / Oxford, Ms.
Dec 03 – 40 Watt Club / Athens Camera Obscura: website | myspace | My Maudlin Career review | @ Central Presbyterian Church, SXSW | @ 9:30 club Photo: Mary Chang
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