Saturday, August 27, 2011

watch: rare short Smiths documentary from 1992

The following documentary, which was made in 1992 but never got a proper release, has currently resurfaced in light of the new Smiths box set due for an October release (pricey, too...250 British pounds)
it's seventeen minutes long but has some cool clips and info and context into what The Smiths really did to the world of music. watch below:

watch: trailer for Martin Scorsese's "George Harrison: Living In The Material World"



the documentary is set for a release via HBO and dvd in October

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

The Dodos give away free live album + tour dates


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Tour Dates:
08/26 – Big Sur, CA @ Henry Miller Library #
08/27 – Los Angeles, CA @ Heritage Court at The Autry
08/28 – Costa Mesa, CA @ Detroit Bar #
08/31 – Norman, OK @ Oklahoma Memorial Union #
09/01 – Dallas, TX @ The Loft #
09/02 – Austin, TX @ Antone’s #
09/03 – Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s #
09/04 – New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks #
09/06 – Tallahassee, FL @ Club Downunder #
09/07 – Birmingham, AL @ The Bottletree #
09/08 – Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre !%
09/09 – Raleigh, NC @ Hopscotch Festival
09/10 – Harrisonburg, VA @ Clementine #
09/11 – Baltimore, MD @ Sonar #
09/12 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg #
09/15 – Burlington, VT @ Club Metronome #
09/16 – Quebec City, QC @ Le Cercle #
09/17 – Ottawa, ON @ Mavericks #
09/18 – Hamilton, ON @ Casbah #
09/20 – Ann Arbor, MI @ The Blind Pig #
09/21 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theate *
09/22 – Cincinnati, OH @ MidPoint Music Festival
09/23 – Champaign-Urbana, IL @ Pygmalion Music Festival
09/24 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway #
09/25 – Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck #
09/27 – Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre #
12/09-11 – Minehead, UK @ ATP’s Nightmare Before Christmas

# = w/ The Luyas
! = w/ Times New Viking
% = w/ Superchunk
* = w/ The Felice Brothers

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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Sunday Morning Covers



Nirvana - Lake of Fire (Meat Puppets cover) [mp3]
you know when you meet someone new and they have great taste in music and they make you listen to brilliant things you never knew existed? that's how I heard this Nirvana track.

Vampire Weekend - I'm Going Down (Bruce Springsteen cover) [mp3]

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