Archive for February, 2008

  • Yep Roc Artists The Golden Dogs Downloads, Videos & Tour Dates

    Yep Roc Artists The Golden Dogs Downloads, Videos & Tour Dates

    Canada’s high-energy, pop-tastic The Golden Dogs are heading to SXSW next month and are looking for new recruits to their brand of giddy, fun rock ‘n roll. In addition to the SXSW appearance, the band will open for Roky Erickson and the Explosives and Thurston...

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  • Singer Norah Jones Stars In “My Blueberry Nights” April 04th

    Singer Norah Jones Stars In “My Blueberry Nights” April 04th

    Blue Note Records will release My Blueberry Nights, the soundtrack to Wong Kar Wai’s first-ever English film. The movie, a romantic drama starring Norah Jones in her acting debut, along with Jude Law, David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz and Natalie Portman. My Blueberry Nights will be...

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  • Chicago Sensation Kid Sister Signs To Downtown Records

    Chicago Sensation Kid Sister Signs To Downtown Records

    Chicago’s Kid Sister has already played major festivals (SXSW, Coachella, Pitchfork and Lollapalooza) and has shared a stage with some music giants (Kanye West, Akon, A-Trak, Flosstradamus and Chromeo) West was so taken with Kid Sister’s A-Trak produced “Pro Nails” that he rhymed over it...

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  • “Once” Stars Hansard & Irglova Perform On Ovation’s “Artists Den”

    “Once” Stars Hansard & Irglova Perform On Ovation’s “Artists Den”

    Once stars Glen Hansard and Market Irglova (who together comprise The Swell Season), hot on the heels of winning the 2008 Academy Award for “Best Original Song” for the film’s “Falling Slowly”, will be featured on Ovation TV’s “Live from the Artists Den” this Thursday,...

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  • Sea Wolf Tours With Nada Surf March/April

    Sea Wolf Tours With Nada Surf March/April

    Sea Wolf On Tour With Nada Surf:March 15 – Austin, Texas @ Buffalo Billiards/SXSW Filter Magazine Party *March 17 – Tempe, Ariz. @ The ClubhouseMarch 18 – San Diego, Calif. @ House of BluesMarch 19 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Henry Fonda TheaterMarch 21 –...

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  • Audio: Tapes ‘n Tapes – “Hang Them All”

    Audio: Tapes ‘n Tapes – “Hang Them All”

    Audio: Tapes ‘n Tapes – “Hang Them All” from their April 08th release Walk It Off. For tour dates and more information on Walk It Off, click here. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about...

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  • The Brian Jonestown Massacre To Release “My Bloody Underground” April 15th

    The Brian Jonestown Massacre To Release “My Bloody Underground” April 15th

    13. This number is typically thought of as “unlucky”. And in the Tarot, the 13th card is the “death card”. Not exactly a chit in 13′s favor, for sure. But for Anton Newcombe and his band The Brian Jonestown Massacre, it may prove to be...

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  • Tim Fite Tours Ahead Of “Fair Ain’t Fair”

    Tim Fite Tours Ahead Of “Fair Ain’t Fair”

    Tim Fite has followed up his 2005 Anti- release Gone Ain’t Gone and several web releases in 2007 with Fair Ain’t Fair again for Anti-. Fite will begin a three week tour with Primus frontman Les Claypool. The Fite/Claypool tour kicks off on March 18th...

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  • Low’s Sparhawk Returns With Retribution Gospel Choir’s Debut

    Low’s Sparhawk Returns With Retribution Gospel Choir’s Debut

    Retribution Gospel Choir’s debut self-titled LP will be released by producer Mark Kozelek’s (Sun Kil Moon, Red House Painters) Caldo Verde label on March 18th. Kozelek and RGC will perform at SXSW in Austin, TX on March 13th at Central Presbyterian Church (11PM show). RGC...

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  • What Made Milwaukee Famous To Tour With Louis XIV

    What Made Milwaukee Famous To Tour With Louis XIV

    What Made Milwaukee Famous are back with their sophomore album, What Doesn’t Kill Us due out on March 4th. Listen to What Made Milwaukee Famous’ “Resistance St.” now The band will also be touring with Louis XIV in March/April. What Made Milwaukee Famous On Tour:...

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  • Rock & Roll Ghost’s Audio Jukebox (02/25/08)

    Rock & Roll Ghost’s Audio Jukebox (02/25/08)

    MP3: The Mountain Goats – “Sax Rohmer #1″ The Mountain Goats’ Heretic Pride (4AD) is out now and the band is currently on tour (dates below). Goats’ leader John Darnielle is supported on Heretic Pride by many of his collaborators and some new ones. Peter...

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  • Audio/Video: R.E.M. – “Supernatural Superserious”

    Audio/Video: R.E.M. – “Supernatural Superserious”

    R.E.M.’s new album, Accelerate, is due out April 01st on Warner Bros. Records. Accelerate is said to be the band’s return to form, a “rock” record. And sure, the guitars are turned up a little louder than on the band’s last effort, 2004′s career-nadir Around...

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  • Wilco – Riviera Theater – Chicago, IL (#4 of 5 Night Residency)

    Wilco – Riviera Theater – Chicago, IL (#4 of 5 Night Residency)

    All Photos by Joshua Mellin – The Ghost extends a hearty thank you to Joshua. Jeff Tweedy may not have been born in Chicago or even grown up here, but this is the city he has called home for more than 15 years now and...

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  • Bubbapalooza Comes To Chicago…er…Merrillville, IN: April 19th

    Bubbapalooza Comes To Chicago…er…Merrillville, IN: April 19th

    Radio’s (terrestrial in FL. and on Sirius Satellite’s channel 101) Bubba the Love Sponge® show will take their live show, Bubbapalooza, to Merrillville, Indiana’s Star Plaza Theatre for One-Show Only April 19th. Bubbapalooza is billed as a: live, multi-media production featuring some of the Bubba...

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  • Rock & Roll Ghost’s Audio Jukebox (02/20/08)

    Rock & Roll Ghost’s Audio Jukebox (02/20/08)

    The B-52′s – “Funplex” from their February 26th Astralwerks release of the same name. ___________________________________________ The Wombats – “Kill The Director” from their self-titled April 08th KIDS In America/Bright Antenna EP. The Wombats Upcoming Tour Dates:March11 Los Angeles, CA – Spaceland13 SXSW Austin, TX –...

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