new video: Bad Veins-"Gold and Warm"

Having only played a handful of shows before creating a huge buzz for themselves in 2006, the duo of Benjamin Davis and Sebastien Schultz, Bad Veins will now see their debut disc finally come to fruition. Davis, who was originally shooting for a solo project, kept running into Schultz at shows in their hometown of Cincinnati, OH and was blown away by his drumming, leaving thoughts of his solo dreams behind, as the two quickly started collaborating. Their self titled debut drops July 21st via Dangerbird Records (Silversun Pickups, Sea Wolf). You can get familiar with the band below, as they just came out with a new video for the track, "Gold and Warm."



Tracklisting for Bad Veins
1. Found
2. Gold and Warm
3. Crosseyed
4. You Kill
5. Afraid
6. The Lie
7. Falling Tide
8. Dry Out
9. This Ending
10. Go Home

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Dan Auerbach back on the road this fall

Frontman of The Black Keys, Dan Auerbach who headed out on his own this year, with his solo debut, Keep It Hid will embark on a new Fall tour beginning November 5 in his home state of Ohio. Known for delivering his gritty blues and soul, the new tour will see Dan making stops in cities like NYC, Nashville, New Orleans, Boston and Philadelphia among the dates. The tour will see Auerbach accompanied by openers Justin Townes Earle or Jessica Lea Mayfield (who's debut Auerbach produced, as well as JLM appearing on 'Keep It Hid').
'Keep It Hid' came out this past February on Nonesuch records.

The Prowl - Dan Auerbach

DAN AUERBACH FALL TOUR DATES:
Nov 5 Newport Music Hall* Columbus, OH
Nov 6 The Majestic Theater* Detroit, MI
Nov 7 Phoenix Concert Theater* Toronto, ONT
Nov 8 Le National* Montreal, QC
Nov 9 The Paradise† Boston, MA
Nov 11 Webster Hall† New York, NY
Nov 12 Theater of the Living Arts† Philadelphia, PA
Nov 13 Sonar* Baltimore, MD
Nov 14 Cat’s Cradle† Chapel Hill, NC
Nov 16 The Orange Peel* Asheville, NC
Nov 17 Variety Playhouse* Atlanta, GA
Nov 18 House of Blues* New Orleans, LA
Nov 20 Minglewood Hall* Memphis, TN
Nov 21 Cannery Ballroom† Nashville, TN
Dec 3 Turner Hall* Milwaukee, WI
Dec 4 First Avenue* Minneapolis, MN
Dec 6 The Bluebird* Bloomington, IN
Dec 8 Southgate House* Newport, KY
Dec 9 House of Blues* Cleveland, OH
*with Justin Townes Earle and Jessica Lea Mayfield
†with Jessica Lea Mayfield

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'H.O.T.T.' new track for the Summer

Wheat have been on the indie music scene since their 1998 debut, 'Medeiros', with a major label LP, 'Per Second, Per Second, Per Second-Every Second' scattered in between then and now. After becoming disenchanted with the major label process the band laid low for a number of years, but have now re-emerged in 2009 with their new album, White Ink, Black, Ink which drops next week, July 21 on The Rebel Group. The time away seems to have been well spent as the band has returned with the infectious new track, "H.O.T.T." which you can grab a listen to below.


White Ink, Black Ink

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hear new Times New Viking (download free track)

If lo-fi indie rock is your thing, than you need to hear the new track from Columbus, Ohio's, Times New Viking. The three piece made up of guitarist Jared Phillips, drummer Adam Elliott, and Beth Murphy on keyboards, are prepping their fourth album Born Again Revisited, which is due out September 22nd on Matador Records. If you head on over to the Matador site, they are offering up a free download of the new track, "No Time No Hope" which you can grab here. The forthcoming disc follows up 2008's 'Rip It Off'.

No Time, No Hope - Times New Viking

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Paper Route- Live at The Mercury Lounge 7/14

I've been following the Nashville band, Paper Route for awhile now, dating back to their first EP in '06, but for some reason have never caught the bands live show before. With a heavy dose of synth and electronics on their Ep's and debut album I was curious what the band would bring to their live performance at The Mercury Lounge last night. Where some electronic based acts can falter in the live setting, Paper Route dispelled any worries early on in the proceedings, as they hit the stage running, ripping through the first two songs of the set, "American Clouds", and "Wish", proving that not only are they gifted musicians, but they know how to flat out rock. The rhythm section was particularly on point all night, as drummer Gavin McDonald was a monster behind the kit, along side Chad Howat effortlessly switching between bass & synth, as the pair were particularly strong on 'Tiger Teeth", and "Last Time." The two headed monster on vocals of J.T Daly and Andy Smith traded lead and harmonies all night, not missing a step in either case, highlighted by "Empty House" and "You Kill Me" off their "Are We All Forgotten' EP and "Last Time" off their new debut LP, Absence, which showcased the bands tight playing, with it's start and stop break.
If your familiar with Paper Route's music, then you know the band make big ambitious music, with soaring choruses that could easily take to a larger arena or stage, but in the intimate setting at Mercury Lounge the bands music never seemed cramped or lost. The band put on one of the most energetic and intense sets I've seen this year, and if you haven't checked them out yet, you still have some time as the group have select dates left across the US (for all the dates check below).

Setlist:
American Clouds
Wish
Carousel
Are We All Forgotten
Empty House
Last Time
Tiger Teeth
You Kill Me
Thank God The Year is Finally Over
Gutter
Dance on Our Graves

Wish - Paper Route

Upcoming tour dates:
Jul 15 DC9 Washington D.C., Washington DC
Jul 16 Maxwell’s Hoboken, New Jersey
Jul 17 Kungfu Necktie Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jul 18 The Mod Club Toronto, Ontario
Jul 19 Garfield Artworks Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jul 20 Underground Cafe South Bend, Indiana
Jul 21 The Intersection - Grand Rapids, Mi
Jul 22 Schubas Tavern Chicago, Illinois
Jul 23 Firebird St. Louis, Missouri
Jul 24 Mojo’s Columbia, Missouri
Jul 25 Box Awesome Lincoln, Nebraska
Jul 26 Marquis Theatre Denver, Colorado
Jul 27 Club Vegas Salt Lake City, Utah
Sep 18 Pygmalion Music Festival Urbana, Illinois

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Check out new albums from Portugal. The Man & The Dodos (streaming in full)

After a move that saw the band relocate from Alaska to Portland, Oregon, and several line-up changes later, the ecclectic group Portugal. The Man are out with a new full length, The Satanic Satanist. The album isn't in stores until next Tuesday July 21, but is streaming now over on the bands myspace page.


The San Francisco alt-folk group, The Dodos are ready with the follow up to their 2008 breakthrough, The Visitor. The new disc titled, Time to Die comes out digitally on July 28 in the US, and July 27 in the UK, and then physically on Sept. 15 in the US, and August 31 in the UK. The group is currently streaming the whole LP now over at Timetodie.net.

new music from The Wooden Sky this August

I just caught wind of possibly the best news I've heard all Summer. One of my personal favorites, the Toronto band, The Wooden Sky have a new album hitting stores this Summer titled,
If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone. The album is out this August 25th, and if your not familiar with the band now is your chance to get more acquainted with their music. With the plethora of great Americana based music coming out of Canada these days it's easy for some bands to slip under the radar, but were predicting that these guys will be getting some well deserved hype with this release. You might want to go back and check out their 2007 disc, When Lost at Sea also, which was one of the finest albums of '07.

Two new songs off the forthcoming disc, "Something Hiding For Us In The Night", and "Bit Part", are currently streaming over on their myspace page now.

Something Hiding For Us In The Night. - The Wooden Sky

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This Weeks 'New Releases' (WK 7/14)

This weeks short list features new releases from Jack White's latest project, The Dead Weather, along with new singles from Yo La Tengo, and A Fine Frenzy.


This Weeks 'New Releases' (WK 7/14):

A Fine Frenzy- Blow Away (single)
Baby Teeth- Hustle Beach
Cassius- Youth, Speed, Trouble, Cigarettes EP
Dandy Warhols- The Dandy Warhols Are Sound
Daughtry- Leave This Town
The Dead Weather- Horehound
Fink- Sort of Revolution EP
Ingrid Michaelson- Maybe (single)
Junior Boys- Hazel
The Killer and The Star- self titled
Lightning Dust- I Knew (single)
Love is All- Last Choice EP
Magnolia Electric Co.- Josephine
Martin Carr- Ye Gods
The Minus 5-Killingsworth
The Most Serene Republic- ... And The ever Expanding Universe
Neko Case- iTunes originals
New Roman Times- On the Sleeve
Nurses- Caterpillar Playground (single)
Owl City- Ocean Eyes
The Penelopes- Stuck in Lalaland
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Heads Will Roll (remixes EP)
Yo La Tengo- Periodically Double or Triple (single)

'Song of the Week': We Were Promised Jetpacks- "Roll Up Your Sleeves"

You can't read an article about the Glasgow band, We Were Promised Jetpacks without hearing the names of their fellow countrymen Frightened Rabbit, and The Twilight Sad mentioned in the same breathe. I'm sure they wouldn't mind the comparisons as long as they see the same success and impact that both those bands have had in Europe and overseas. WWPJP just released their full length debut, These Four Walls, which features the track, "Roll Up Your Sleeves."

Roll Up Your Sleeves - We Were Promised Jetpacks

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new video: Blitzen Trapper-"Black River Killer"

Having released one of the finest albums of 2008 (Furr), Portland band, Blitzen Trapper have many including us looking forward to new material from the group. Anxious fans got a bit of good news a few weeks back when the band announced plans for a new EP, Black River Killer which drops August 25th via Sub Pop Records. The forthcoming EP will feature six unreleased songs plus the title track, which is taken from the aforementioned '08 disc, 'Furr'. Besides appearing on the EP, the band just released a new video for the track "Black River Killer" that was directed by Daniel Elkayam.



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More than 'Once'-Swell Season prep new album

With an Oscar now in their back pocket, the duo of Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, The Swell Season, are readying their follow up to their critically acclaimed soundtrack for the movie, 'Once'. The new 12 song LP, titled, Strict Joy hits store shelves on Sept 29 on Anti- Records, and was co-produced by Hansard and hot producer, Peter Katis, who seems to be everywhere lately (The National, Frightened Rabbit, Fanfarlo), with recording taking place at Katis’ Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, CT. In addition to the pair, the album features Hansards Frames bandmates Colm Mac Iomaire (violin), Joe Doyle (bass), Rob Bochnik (guitar), Graham Hopkins (percussion) plus guitarist Javier Mas (Leonard Cohen), and pianist Thomas Bartlett (Doveman) among the group. The duo is currently touring across Europe, with more dates expected to follow shortly.

‘STRICT JOY’ track listing:
1. Low Rising
2. Feeling the Pull
3. In These Arms
4. The Rain
5. Fantasy Man
6. Paper Cup
7. High Horses
8. The Verb
9. I Have Loved You Wrong
10. Love That Conquers
11. Two Tongues
12. Back Broke

When Your Minds Made Up - Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova

get to know- The Rural Alberta Advantage

Canadian band, The Rural Alberta Advantage just saw the re-release of their album, Hometowns this week, after signing on with indie label, Saddle Creek. The album, which has been floating around since as early as 2008, being sold at their live shows is finally out to the masses. RAA was born out of singer/songwriter Nils Edenloff's exodus from Edmonton, Alberta to Toronto, Ontario in 2003 that inspired the band's name, and his dealing with his homesickness and loneliness after the move.
The odes to his former hometown have been earning rave reviews since it's initial self-release, with the bands biggest break coming in late '08, when the digital music retailer eMusic.com selected the RAA from a fan recommendation as an eMusic Selects artist, later earning the band new publicity and exposure to over 400,000 music fans and subscribers. 'Hometowns' went on to became the highest-selling Selects album in history and a critical darling overnight. The band also had a breakthrough performance at SXSW in Austin this year, that helped set up more buzz for the discs re-release. Get familiar with the track "Frank,AB" from 'Hometowns' below.

Frank, AB - The Rural Alberta Advantage

Upcoming tour schedule:
Jul 9 The Bottom of the Hill San Francisco, California
Jul 10 The Echo Los Angeles, California
Jul 11 Modified Phoenix, Arizona
Jul 13 Kilby Court Salt Lake City, Utah
Jul 14 Hi-Dive Denver, Colorado
Jul 15 Slowdown Omaha, Nebraska
Jul 25 Hillside Festival Guelph, Ontario
Jul 26 Hillside Festival Guelph, Ontario
Jul 30 Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, Ontario
Aug 1 Osheaga Music Festival Montreal, Quebec
Aug 3 Kungfu Kecktie Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Aug 4 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
Aug 5 The Middle East Cambridge, Massachusetts
Aug 6 Mavericks Ottawa, Ontario
Aug 8 Wolfe Island Musicfest Wolfe Island, Ontario
Aug 20 The Intersection Grand Rapids, Michigan
Aug 21 WMSE Radio Summer Camp Cactus Club Milwaukee, Wi
Aug 22 Memorial Union Terrace, U. of Wisconsin Madison, Wi
Aug 24 Pritzker Pavilion Chicago, Illinois
Aug 25 Bear’s Place Bloomington, Indiana
Aug 27 Rubble’s Bar Mount Pleasant, Michigan

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Au Revoir Simone live session

All casio's and bangs, Au Revoir Simone recently stopped by the studios of the popular Seattle indie radio station, KEXP, where the dream pop trio performed some tracks off their excellent new disc, Still Night, Still Light. Two tracks included in the brief set were new numbers, "All or Nothing", and "Anywhere You Looked."
'Still Night, Still Life' was released in May via Our Secret Record Company.





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Win an autographed Paper Route tour poster (contest extended)

If you didn't enter yet, you still have a chance to win and autographed tour poster from the Nashville band Paper Route (image to your right). The contest we were running had an original end date of Weds. July 8th, but now got extended to this Monday the 13th.
All you have to do to enter to win is, submit to us your full name, mailing address, and email address, and two winners will be chosen at random to receive the posters, and they will be mailed out to you ASAP. The (new end date for the contest is Mon. July 13). You can send all your info to burnthebowery@gmail.com to win. Good luck to all!!

Upcoming Tour Dates:
Jul 9 The Basement - Columbus, Ohio*
Jul 10 Mohawk Place - Buffalo, New York*
Jul 11 Jerky’s Live Music Hall - Providence, Rhode Island*
Jul 12 Middle East Upstairs - Cambridge, Massachusetts*
Jul 14 The Mercury Lounge - New York, New York*
Jul 15 DC9 - Washington D.C., Washington DC*
Jul 16 Maxwell’s - Hoboken, New Jersey*
Jul 17 Kungfu Necktie - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*
Jul 18 The Mod Club - Toronto, Ontario*
Jul 19 Garfield Artworks - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania*
Jul 20 Underground Café- South Bend, Indiana
Jul 21 The Intersection - Front Lounge - Grand Rapids, Michigan
Jul 22 Schubas Tavern - Chicago, Illinois*
Jul 23 Firebird - St. Louis, Missouri*
Jul 24 Mojo’s - Columbia, Missouri*
Jul 25 Box Awesome - Lincoln, Nebraska*
Jul 26 Marquis Theatre - Denver, Colorado*
Jul 27 Club Vegas - Salt Lake City, Utah*
Sep 18 Pygmalion Music Festival - Urbana, Illinois

*All dates with Audrye Sessions

The Raveonettes announce new album news

The wall of sound that is the Danish duo of Sune Rose Wagner (guitar, instruments, vocals) and Sharin Foo (guitar and vocals), The Raveonettes, announced on their myspace page yesterday that they will be releasing their new album, In And Out Of Control this October 6th via Vice Records. The band wrapped recording on the album and are currently in NYC mastering the disc.
Earlier in the year the band was offering up fans free downloads of some of the albums demos and was asking for feedback during the recording process. You can download the free demos here.

From 2008's Beauty Dies EP:

Young and Beautiful - The Raveonettes

Upcoming dates:
Jul 18 SIREN FESTIVAL Coney Island, NY
Aug 9 LOLLAPALOOZA FESTIVAL Chicago, Ill.
Aug 9 Empty Bottle (Lollapalooza Afterparty) Chicago, Ill.
Aug 15 BEATDAY FESTIVAL Copenhagen
Oct 3 AUSTIN CITY LIMITS, Austin, TX

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