Archive for June, 2009

  • Wilco – Wilco (the album) – Nonesuch Records

    Wilco – Wilco (the album) – Nonesuch Records

    My name is Rock & Roll Ghost and I am a Wilcoholic. I first got hooked on all things Wilco and Jeff Tweedy late into his previous band, Uncle Tupelo’s time. From there it was AM, then Being There, then the Mermaid Avenue albums with...

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  • Be @ The Hideout In Chicago Tonight Or Be Square – Wilco (the album) Release Party

    Be @ The Hideout In Chicago Tonight Or Be Square – Wilco (the album) Release Party

    Laurie’s Planet of Sound presentsa release party forWilco (the album)featuringlive band Wilco karaoke played by The Late Greats Wilco Ensemblefrom theOld Town School of Folk MusicThe new Wilco album will be onsale at midnight! $5  Rock & Roll Ghost will be there and will do...

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  • Spoon “Got Nuffin’” But New Songs

    Spoon “Got Nuffin’” But New Songs

    Spoon fans rejoice!  Tomorrow the band, via Merge Records, will release the three-song single, “Got Nuffin’” on CD and digital download, with a 12″ vinyl version to follow sometime in July. “Got Nuffin” was recorded by Nicolas Vernhes at Rare Book Room. B-sides “Tweakers” and...

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  • Mew Release iTunes EP Tomorrow; Get Shout Out From Trent Reznor via Twitter

    Mew Release iTunes EP Tomorrow; Get Shout Out From Trent Reznor via Twitter

    MP3 (download): Mew – “Repeaterbeater”  Mew’s upcoming album No More Stories Are Told Today I’m Sorry They Washed Away No More Stories the World Is Grey I’m Tired Let’s Wash Away, is due out on Columbia on August 25th. Just as I was about to...

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  • Justin Townes Earle Unveils Slew Of Tour Dates; New Video Inside

    Justin Townes Earle Unveils Slew Of Tour Dates; New Video Inside

    Justin Townes Earle Tour Dates:Thu-Jul-09      Louisville, KY  Forecastle Festival Kick-off at Headliner’sFri-Jul-10     Snowbird, UT     Snowbird Mountain Music FestivalSat-Jul-11     Seattle, WA     No Depression Festival 5PMFri-Jul-17     New Haven, CT     Café NineSat-Jul-18     Greenfield, MA     Green River FestivalWed-Jul-29     North...

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  • MGMT Open 2 of Paul McCartney’s August Shows In Boston

    MGMT Open 2 of Paul McCartney’s August Shows In Boston

    Psych-Rockers MGMT will be freaking out the old people when they open for Paul McCartney for two shows at Boston’s Fenway Park on August 5th & 6th.  McCartney, a big fan of MGMT, handpicked the band best known for their crazy cool mesh of rock,...

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  • Sunny Day Real Estate Bring It All Back This Fall

    Sunny Day Real Estate Bring It All Back This Fall

    After more than 10 years apart, all four original members of Seattle’s Sunny Day Real Estate will get back together for 20 shows in the US beginning September 17th in Vancouver, BC.  The band’s longtime label, Sub Pop, will re-issue Diary as well as LP2...

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  • Charlie Mars Takes Off On “Like A Bird, Like A Plane”

    Charlie Mars Takes Off On “Like A Bird, Like A Plane”

    If there’s one thing Charlie Mars and I have in common it’s an extreme love for Emmylou Harris’ classic, Daniel Lanois- produced album Wrecking Ball.  Listening back to the interview and hearing the two of us gush about the record brought a smile to my...

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  • The Warlocks Tour Heavily Behind “The Mirror Explodes”; “Red Camera” MP3 Inside

    The Warlocks Tour Heavily Behind “The Mirror Explodes”; “Red Camera” MP3 Inside

    MP3: The Warlocks – “Red Camera” The Warlocks’ new album, The Mirror Explodes, is out now on Tee Pee Records and the band has announced a slew of tour dates to support it including a headlining US tour beginning at the end of July in...

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  • The Airborne Toxic Event Tour As If Their Lives Depended Upon It

    The Airborne Toxic Event Tour As If Their Lives Depended Upon It

    I’m still finding my way into the whole album, but The Airborne Toxic Event’s “Sometime Around Midnight” is a pretty terrific song.  I know it’s been done before and all, but how you pull something off in music oftentimes negates lack of originality, in my...

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  • Art Brut – Art Brut Vs. Satan (Downtown/Cooking Vinyl)

    Art Brut – Art Brut Vs. Satan (Downtown/Cooking Vinyl)

    “I can’t believe /I’ve only just discovered/The Replacements!” – Eddie Argos on Art Brut’s song “The Replacements” off of their new album Art Brut Vs. Satan. Full disclosure: I wrote off Art Brut after initially loving their debut single “Formed A Band” (thanks to Seattle’s...

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  • A Whole Mess Of Merge Records News – Take A Look!!!

    A Whole Mess Of Merge Records News – Take A Look!!!

    To celebrate Merge Records’ 20th Anniversary, the Triangle Youth Ballet will present Merge with Motion, a dance performance in a rock setting at the Carolina Theatre in Durham, NC on July 18th. There will be dance works set to the tunes of Merge artists (Arcade...

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  • OM To Release Drag City Debut, “God Is Good”, September 8th

    OM To Release Drag City Debut, “God Is Good”, September 8th

    The first album by OM featuring drummer Emil Amos, God Is Good, will see release by Drag City on September 08th.  OM recorded the album this past March with Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago. God Is Good Tracklisting: Thebes  Meditation is the Practice...

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  • The Daredevil Christopher Wright On Tour Now; MP3 Posted

    The Daredevil Christopher Wright On Tour Now; MP3 Posted

    The Daredevil Christopher Wright are currently on tour supporting their new album In Deference To a Broken Back out now on Amble Down Records.Listen to The Daredevil Christopher Wright’s “The East Coast” The Daredevil Christopher Wright Tour Dates:06/10 – Cafe Montmartre – Madison, WI06/11 –...

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  • Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse & David Lynch Reveal “Dark Night…”

    Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse & David Lynch Reveal “Dark Night…”

    Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse & David Lynch have joined together to create Dark Night Of the Soul, a collectable, 100+ page book packaged with a blank, recordable CD-R.  Visit Dark Night Of the Soul.com to order it now. With only 5,000 hand-numbered copies available (at $50)...

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