Electric Six's Second LP Finally Getting U.S. Release

(The Pitchfork news section would like to start a nuclear war in a gay bar by declaring that the Pitchfork reviews section most definitely hates fun, as they significantly underrated both Electric Six albums. We are currently staging an improper dance-off in protest.)

Set for a February 7 release via industrial powerhouse Metropolis Records, the band's second LP features 15 tracks, including the British single "Radio Ga Ga", a remake of the Queen guilty pleasure. It also includes the immortal line "Mr. President, I don't like you/ YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO ROCK!" in its opening track.

Fire in the disco:

01 Rock & Roll Evacuation
02 Devil Nights
03 Bite Me
04 Jimmy Carter
05 [Pleasing Interlude I]
06 Dance Epidemic
07 Future Boys
08 Dance-A-Thon 2005
09 Be My Dark Angel
10 Vibrator
11 Boy or Girl?
12 [Pleasing Interlude II]
13 Radio Ga Ga
14 Taxi to Nowhere
15 The Future is in the Future

Electric Six will spread the Dance Epidemic across North America with a long-ass tour in February and March.

Fire in the Taco Bell:

02-09 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace *#
02-10 Montreal, Quebec - Petit Campus *#
02-11 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *#
02-12 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *#
02-13 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's *#
02-14 Cambridge, MA - Middle East *#
02-16 Philadelphia, PA - The Khyber *#
02-17 Baltimore, MD - Sonar Lounge *#
02-18 Washington DC - Black Cat *#
02-19 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle *#
02-21 Atlanta, GA - The Earl *#
02-22 Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits *#
02-23 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room *#
02-24 St. Petersburg, FL - The State Theater *#
02-25 Orlando, FL - The Social *#
02-26 Tallahassee, FL - The Beta Bar *#
02-28 Nashville, TN - Exit/In *#
03-01 New Orleans, LA - The Parish @ House of Blues *#
03-02 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington *#
03-03 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room *#
03-04 Austin, TX - Emo's *#
03-06 Tucson, AZ - Plush *#
03-08 San Diego, CA - The Casbah *$
03-09 Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy Theatre *$
03-10 West Hollywood, CA - Key Club *$
03-11 San Francisco, CA - Independent *$
03-13 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *$
03-14 Vancouver British Columbia - Richard's on Richards *$
03-15 Seattle, WA - Neumo's *$
03-16 Boise, ID - Neurolux *$
03-17 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *$
03-18 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge *%
03-20 Oklahoma City, OK - Bricktown Live *%
03-21 Columbia, MO - Mojo's *%
03-22 Kansas City, MO - The Record Bar *%
03-23 Madison, WI - The Annex *%
03-24 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *%
03-25 Milwaukee, WI - Mad Planet *%
03-27 Chicago, IL - Double Door *%
03-28 Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue *%
03-29 Newport, KY - Southgate House*%
03-30 Columbus, OH - Little Brothers *%
03-31 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop *%
04-01 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *%

* with Rock Kills Kid
# with She Wants Revenge
$ with Every Move a Picture
% with the Fever

Electric Six: http://www.electric6.com/
Metropolis Records: http://www.metropolis-records.com/

Morrissey Announces UK Tour

More dates are expected to be announced, provided the Moz isn't detained by the police anytime soon.

Looks like everyday will be like Sunday, at least for Londoners. Alas, no Salford Lads Club gig:

04-18 Salford, England - Lowry
04-19 Llandudno, Wales - North Wales Theatre
04-20 Leeds, England - Town Hall
04-22 Aberdeen, Scotland - Music Hall
04-23 Stirling, Scotland - Albert Halls
04-25 Dundee, Scotland - Caird Hall
04-26 Greenock, Scotland - Town Hall
04-27 Glasgow, Scotland - Academy
04-29 Whitehaven, England - Civic
04-30 Gateshead, England - Sage
05-03 Sheffield, England - City Hall
05-04 Grimsby, England - Auditorium
05-06 Manchester, England - Apollo
05-07 Manchester, England - Opera House
05-08 Manchester, England - Bridgewater Hall
05-10 Halifax, England - Victoria Hall
05-11 Blackburn, England - King Georges Hall
05-12 Liverpool, England - Philharmonic
05-14 London, England - Palladium
05-15 Cardiff, Wales - St David's Hall
05-17 Reading, England - Hexagon
05-19 Portsmouth, England - Guildhall
05-20 Birmingham, England - Symphony Hall
05-21 London, England - Palladium
05-23 Truro, England - Hall For Cornwall
05-24 Cheltenham, England - Town Hall
05-25 Oxford, England - New Theatre
05-27 Kings Lynn - Corn Exchange
05-28 London, England - Palladium

Morrissey: http://www.morrisseymusic.com/

Outkast Set New Release Dates for Film and Soundtrack

Indeed we did. The film, Idlewild, was originally set to arrive last week at a theater near you, and its corresponding Outkast-centric soundtrack was supposed to be in stores over a month ago. Yet all you got in your stocking was coal and that fake Biggie record. So why no Outkast?

In a recent interview with MTV.com, Outkast manager Blue Williams revealed the reason for the hold-up: "You gotta let creative be creative, that's what it is. It ain't always when I want it...even when I'm ready to hit people with the wham-wham, the guys gotta be ready. I might be sitting there with the ill marketing...[but] if they ain't ready, they ain't ready."

So the wham-wham is in limbo for another week or so as Big Boi and Andre 3000 attempt to woo their muses and put the finishing touches on the film's soundtrack, now slated for February 14 release. Expect ill marketing to swell between the album's Valentine's Day release and March 10, when Idlewild the motion picture lands at last in theaters everywhere.

Prior to all this, Outkast plan to release the album's first single, "The Train"--not "Idlewild Blues", as once believed--and shoot a video. "The Train" is apparently a Big Boi solo cut, although Idlewild the record will not be a two-disc diametric affair a la Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. So there.

As previously reported, Idlewild is being directed by video auteur Bryan Barber. It takes place in a 1930s speakeasy and stars Terrence Howard, Macy Gray, Ving Rhames, and Patti LaBelle, in addition to Big Boi and Andre 3000. (We've got an office pool going on how many years it will be before that same list of people becomes the cast of "The Surreal Life".)

And the soundtrack? "It matches the movie," Big Boi told MTV.com. "The movie's set in the 1930s, so there's a lot of piano playing, a lot of ragtime, Cab Calloway, Jelly Roll [Morton]. A lot of different stuff on the album. It's a very mature album, it's rapping and everything else. You've got to expect what you always expect from Outkast, and that's the unexpected."

The Idlewild trailer, as well as stills from the film, are available here. Turns out Bruce Bruce is in it too!

In other news from everyone's favorite pseudo-pariahs, MTV.com reports that Outkast have designs on putting together a tribute to the civil rights activist Rosa Parks. Parks, who passed away last October, actually sued the hip-hop duo a few years ago for using her name as the title of its 1998 hit "Rosa Parks", but apparently there are no hard feelings. In the works are an album paying homage to Parks as well as a television special, but at the rate Outkast is going, nothing will be released until 2010. Said Williams, "I thought it would be a great way to show we always had good intentions." Wham-wham, kids.

Outkast: http://www.outkast.com

Lightning Bolt, Thurston Moore to Play Terrastock 6

This spring, Terrastock will return from a four-year absence to show all the newbies who's boss. Thanks to Ptolemaic Terrascope and the record label Secret Eye, Terrastock 6 will take over the Pell Chafee Performance Center and AS220 in Providence, Rhode Island (home of the first ‘stock, back in 1997) from April 21-23.

Veteran acts like Cul de Sac, Bardo Pond, Charalambides, Damon and Naomi, the Green Pajamas, Windy & Carl, and Tom Rapp of psych godfathers Pearls Before Swine will join upstarts like Lightning Bolt, Black Forest/Black Sea, Larkin Grimm, Marissa Nadler, and Spires That in the Sunset Rise at the festival. Finnish favorites Avarus and Kemialliset Ystävät will play for the first time in the U.S., as will Australia's Brothers of the Occult Sisterhood and England's Thought Forms. (Sadly, Terrastock 6 will also feature the last-ever U.S. performance from Japanese acid-psych monsters Ghost.)

Fursaxa, Glenn Jones, the Kitchen Cynics, Sharron Kraus, Landing, the Magic Carpathians Project, Major Stars, MV/EE Medicine Show, Kinski, Paik, Jack Rose, Salamander, St. Joan, Spacious Mind, Tanakh, and Urdog will all share the good vibes as well.

And what would an experimental festival be without a Sonic Youth side project? Terrastock 6 will also feature a performance from the excellently named College Girls Gone Wild, which is a collaboration between SY's Thurston Moore, Dan Ireton (aka Dredd Foole) of Volcano Suns and Cul De Sac, and Matt Valentine and Erika Elder of Tower Recordings and MV/EE Medicine Show. BYO boobies and beer.

Terrastock 6: http://www.terrascope.co.uk/TerrastockPages/terrastock6.html
Secret Eye: http://www.secreteye.org/

Vetiver, Espers Tour Cali, Prep New Albums

Every show on the tour except one will also include a set from the sprawling Vermont group Feathers, the second signing to Gnomonsong, the label Vetiver main man Andy Cabic runs with his good buddy Devendra Banhart.

California love:

01-17 Davis, CA - University of California Coffeehouse *
01-18 Santa Cruz, CA - The Attic *
01-19 San Francisco, CA - 12 Galaxies *
01-20 Big Sur, CA - Fernwood Camp Resort (Quiet, Quiet Ocean Spell) *#
01-21 Big Sur, CA - Fernwood Camp Resort (Quiet, Quiet Ocean Spell) *#
01-22 San Diego, CA - The Casbah ^
01-23 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo *
01-24 Los Angeles, CA - UCLA Cooperage Hall *

* with Feathers
# with Michael Hurley, Entrance, RTX, Brightblack Morning Light, Daniel Higgs, Mariee Sioux, Women & Children, Little Wings
^ with Nick Castro & the Young Elders

On the tour, Vetiver will preview songs from their forthcoming sophomore album, To Find Me Gone, tentatively due in May on DiCristina. Cabic is joined by a daisy chain of psych-folk luminaries on the LP, including Banhart, Kevin Barker of Currituck Co., and Otto Hauser of Espers.

Espers have a new album in the works, too: Espers II is expected to be released by Drag City in the late spring.

Both bands are also scheduled to play the Devendra Banhart-curated day of the 2006 edition of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival, taking place May 14 at the Camber Sands Holiday Centre in East Sussex, England. Banhart, Vashti Bunyan, Bat for Lashes, Jana Hunter, the Metallic Falcons, Danielle Stech-Homsy, Bert Jansch, and the Watts Prophets will also perform.

Vetiver: http://www.vetiverse.com/
Espers: http://www.espers.org/
Drag City: http://www.dragcity.com/

Radiohead Denied Concert in Chicago Park

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, concert promoters Jam Productions approached the city with a proposal for Radiohead performances at the downtown park on June 19 and 20, but The Man rejected them. Why? Because the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra is scheduled to--get this--rehearse on June 20. WTF? They can't just move to another park for the day?

Guess not. The orchestra can only practice with its own sound system, which apparently isn't one of those portable jobs you can pick up at Sam Ash. "Free public programming is part of the venue's mission," Cultural Affairs Department spokeswoman Karen Ryan explained to the Sun-Times. "We have to support organizations such as the Grant Park Orchestra, but we're open to other events if there are availabilities at other times."

We advise local authorities to enter Ryan into the Witness Protection Program immediately.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Radiohead won't be performing in Chicago in June. It just won't be happening in Millennium Park.

And there is quite a big upside to all this: Radiohead is planning a summer American tour. Yay!

Radiohead: http://www.radiohead.com/

Maserati at Work on Third Album

In a recent e-mail interview with Pitchfork, guitarist Coley Dennis said the new material is "a bit different than the other records. It's a bit more psychedelic, but definitely holding on to the hooks we like to keep in the songs." He also mentioned that the band has been listening to a lot of Can and early Pink Floyd as of late. If the songs that have been played live are any indication, expect a lot of up-tempo, hypnotic rhythms and ethereal guitars.

Unfortunately, the band is still in the search for a label, as their former home, Kindercore Records, went under several years ago. However, CD and vinyl versions of the band's 2002 debut album, The Language of Cities, as well as and their 2003 split with the Mercury Program, Confines of Heat, have been reissued by Athens' Hello Sir Records, the same label responsible for the 2004 Maserati/ Cinemechanica/We Versus the Shark three-way split. Unfortunately, no bonus material graces either release, but since both of the albums had gone out of print, straight reissues will do just fine for now. We'll just have to wait a decade or so for this stuff to receive "lost classic" status and the deluxe treatment it deserves.

Hello Sir: http://www.hellosirrecords.com/

Built to Spill Return With New Album in April

After an excruciatingly long wait, details have finally emerged regarding the band's new album, You in Reverse. Due April 11 on Warner Bros. (can't believe they haven't been dropped!), the record was self-produced by the band, and made without the input of longtime producer Phil Ek.

In an interview with Billboard last year, Martsch said, "We just wanted to try something new to spark us to do something different." The result, evidently, is the most collaborative expression in the band's fourteen-year history.

Says the band's MySpace page, "To a large extent, each musician wrote his own parts. Half of the finished material incorporates segments the band wrote together during jam sessions...Rather than Doug's former reliance on extensive overdubs, the group tried to capture loose and live moments, letting each individual musician's talents be more accurately represented. Instead of a broad, atmospheric sweep, this record sounds natural. It resonates with relationships, the way the band as a whole responds to music and to each other."

On You in Reverse (which, now that we think of it, is "ouY"), BTS return with the core lineup of Martsch, bassist Brett Nelson, and drummer Scott Plouf augmented by touring guitarist Jim Roth, formerly of the Delusions, and frequent contributor Brett Netson (not to be confused with Brett Nelson). Quasi's Sam Coomes also puts in some keyboard work on the album.

Perfect from now on:

01 Goin' Against Your Mind
02 Traces
03 Liar
04 Saturday
05 Wherever You Go
06 Conventional Wisdom
07 Gone
08 Mess With Time
09 Just a Habit
10 The Wait

As of right now, the only shows Built to Spill have scheduled are a pair of dates at Chicago's Metro on April 14 and 15. But we assume an album-supporting tour will be announced soon.

Built to Spill: http://www.builttospill.com/

Sonic Youth Prepare New Album, Reissues

First and foremost is a new album: according to the band's official website, recording is currently taking place at Sear Sound in New York City, where the SY albums Sister and Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star, as well as Thurston Moore's solo pop effort, Psychic Hearts, were created. Potential song titles include "Pink Steam", "Do You Believe in Rapture?", "Or", and "Sleepin Around". The album will be out "sometime in 2006."

Back in October, guitarist Lee Ranaldo spoke about the forthcoming album to Billboard.com. "Some of it seems to be an extension of the last couple of records, but some hearkens forward into territory and also back to earlier, more dissonant and atonal stuff we've done," he said. "There's definitely some rocking songs and also some sound piece-y kind of things that are pretty interesting as well."

In other words, he has no idea what the hell the thing is going to sound like.

March 7 will bring the reissue of several out-of-print Sonic goodies, including the band's 1982 self-titled debut EP, the wacky 1988 Ciccone Youth record The Whitey Album, and Moore's Psychic Hearts. At last!

And what would a Sonic Youth news story be without an update on the band's galaxy of side and solo projects? Ranaldo's latest collaboration with drummer William Hooker, The Celestial Answer, is due out January 24 on Table of the Elements. Diskaholics, Moore's band with O'Rourke and Swedish sax player Mats Gustafsson, will release two albums this year: Live in Japan, v.1 on February 21 through Load Records and Weapons of Ass Destruction on February 27 via Smalltown Superjazzz. Just in time for Presidents' Day.

Sonic Youth: http://www.sonicyouth.com/

Velvet Underground Reunion Show Coming to DVD

Although it proved that you can only spark a revolution one time per career, the reunion was justly documented, spawning both single- and double-disc live CDs, as well as a concert video. The latter, previously only available on good ol' VHS tape, will receive the DVD treatment courtesy of Rhino on January 24.

Velvet Redux: Live MCMXCIII features new liner notes and remastered audio of footage recorded during a trio of performances at the Olympia Theatre in Paris on June 15, 16, and 17, 1993. All four original VU members were present: John Cale, Moe Tucker, the late Sterling Morrison, and Lou muthafuckin Reed. Alas, Nico couldn't make it, as she died in 1988.

A disappointingly mixed bag in terms of quality, the film reveals a strangely bored Lou Reed sleepwalking his way through most of the tunes, with only a gorgeous "Pale Blue Eyes" and spirited "Beginning to See the Light" really catching fire. But the rest of the band is still sharp and if nothing else, at least the document is historically significant. Now if only Rhino had re-inserted John Cale's creepily sexy reading of "The Gift", which graces the 2xCD version, we would have already pre-ordered the thing.

European songs:

01 Venus in Furs
02 White Light/White Heat
03 Beginning to See the Light
04 Some Kinda Love
05 Femme Fatale
06 Hey Mr. Rain
07 I'm Sticking With You
08 I Heard Her Call My Name
09 I'll Be Your Mirror
10 Rock 'n' Roll
11 Sweet Jane
12 I'm Waiting for the Man
13 Heroin
14 Pale Blue Eyes
15 Coyote

Reed and Cale will both head out on European tours in a few weeks, unfortunately not together. Reed will play a pair of February dates in New York before jetting to Turin, Italy to play a gig at-- we kid you not-- the Winter Olympics. Hopefully he'll wear a gigantic dress, just like Björk. A 15-date trek follows. Dates:

02-11 Poughkeepsie, NY - Bardavon Opera House
02-13 New York, NY - Crobar
02-23 Turin, Italy - Piazza Castello (Winter Olympics)
02-24 Florence, Italy - Teatro Verdi
02-25 Mantua, Italy - PalaBam
02-27 Milan, Italy - Teatro Nazionale
02-28 Piacenza, Italy - Palabanca
03-01 Rome, Italy - Parco della Musica
03-03 Perugia, Italy - Teatro Comunale
03-04 Ravenna, Italy - Pala De Andrè<br> 03-05 Teramo, Italy - Teatro Comunale
03-07 Catania, Italy - Teatro Metropolitan
03-09 Naples, Italy - PalaPartenope
03-11 Crans-Montana, Switzerland - Caprices Festival
03-12 Pordenone, Italy - Teatro Verdi
03-13 Ljubljana, Slovenia - Hala Tivoli
03-15 Belgrade, Serbia - Sava Centre
03-17 Prague, Czech Republic - Concert House

Cale will support his solid 2005 solo album blackAcetate with a tour kicking off Wednesday in peaceful Tel Aviv, Israel. Organizers for the 2008 Beijing Olympics are advised to book Cale early, as he's a busy man. Or they could always get Moe Tucker to accompany the torch lighting with a drum solo.

Cale dates:

01-18 Tel Aviv, Israel - Zappa Club
01-19 Tel Aviv, Israel - Hanger 11 *
01-20 Thessaloniki, Greece - Mylos #
01-21 Athens, Greece - Gagarin #
01-24 Manchester, England - Academy 3
01-25 London, England - The Garage
01-27 Bristol, England - Academy
01-28 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC
01-29 Gateshead, England - The Sage
01-30 Leicester, England - De Montfort Hall
02-01 Eindhoven, Holland - Club Effenaar
02-02 Gent, Belgium - De Handelsbeurs
02-03 Turnhout, Belgium - De Warande
02-05 Cologne, Germany - Prime Club
02-06 Leipzig, Germany - Werk 2
02-07 Munich, Germany - Backstage
02-09 Verona, Italy - Teatro Camploy
02-10 Florence, Italy - Teatro Aurora
02-11 Bologna, Italy - Link Club
02-13 Rome, Italy - Auditorium
02-15 Barcelona, Spain - Apollo
02-17 Vitoria, Spain - Azkena
02-18 Madrid, Spain - Arena Club

* with Minimal Compact
# with Bob Mould

Lou Reed: http://www.loureed.com/
John Cale: http://www.john-cale.com/

Rye Coalition Talk Label Woes, New Releases

It's been four looong years since the release of their last record, On Top, and now Rye is back in action and ready to rock your face. They've returned to their original record label, Gern Blandsten, with a brand new EP, Chariots on Fire, due out tomorrow, and a full-length, Curses, due in April--both produced by Mr. Dave Foo Fightin' Grohl. The EP will only be available on CD in Europe, but Yanks, Canadians, Africans, Asians, South Americans, and Antarcticans will be able to download a digital version from online music stores.

Pitchfork had the pleasure of speaking via e-mail with Coalition member Jon Gonnelli, windmill guitarist extraordinaire, about the new album and the recording process. "Working with Dave Grohl was a great experience," said Gonnelli. "There was a good chemistry and we shared a similar sense of humor and work ethic which eventually turned into a genuine friendship."

But it wasn't all warm and fuzzy, as Grohl cracked the whip and taught the band "how to tighten a song's structure" while they rehearsed and recorded in Los Angeles. "Some people think minimal means easier or less. But as a musician, most times the hardest thing is learning how to lay back and actually focus on what you're playing. Grohl spent time individually with every member of the group discussing what their rhythmic or melodic role on a certain song should be before we set foot inside the studio to track the album." Gonnelli said that the experience with the taskmastering Foo Fighter actually served to make the band better musicians, as he shared his ample production knowledge with them.

Now that's all well and good, but why did it take so long for their labors to bear fruit? As some readers may be aware, Rye signed with the now-defunct record label arm of DreamWorks back in June of 2003. "It seemed that the label was truly an artist-friendly major in that they allowed us to make our record entirely unfettered by their suggestions," recalled Gonnelli.

But when DreamWorks was sold to Vivendi/Universal, the band was left out in the cold. "All the people who were enthusiastic about Rye Coalition were no longer with the company and basically the band no longer had any link or connection to what became of DreamWorks. We were surprised that we even got to finish making the record."

The same old story of the suits wanting hit singles commenced, and Rye didn't quite fit into that formula. "We, of course, thought every song was a goddamn hit," enthused Gonnelli. But the label's president didn't agree. After Rye Coalition made a lateral move to Interscope, also part of the Universal fold, nothing seemed to change in terms of support for the band.

The label heads then suggested licensing the record to an indie, getting a buzz going, and then reaping the rewards. The Coalition wasn't having it. Said Gonnelli, "This sounded absurd to us since we came from an indie label. We would rather cut out the middleman and just be on an indie on our own."

Fortunately, when Rye Coalition asked to leave Interscope, the label gave the band full ownership of the record, and they didn't have to pay a damn cent back. Eventually, the "Hard Luck 5" found their way back to their old friends, Gern Blandsten.

Gonnelli had much to say about the sound of Curses. "Rye Coalition is an amalgamation of different sounds and styles," he said. "Even On Top had its raw deviations from the classic rock genre. Being different is always what has set Rye apart from other bands that merely mimic one specific style or genre of music."

He described the sound of the new record as "polished." The band spent three months recording this album, more than they had ever spent on a record before, and their recording style reflected a larger budget and more time spent on individual components of the band.

"It's always tough to comment on your own music. I think Curses is a crushing rock record. I think it will appeal to a broader range of people than previous Rye Coalition records because it was made with the intention of making sure that any listener would have the ability to play air drums to it."

The celebration will continue as the band hits the road this month for a European tour, part of which will be spent opening for new BFFs Foo Fighters.

Hee Saw Dhuh Dates:

01-18 Nuremberg, Germany - K4
01-19 Saarbrücken, Germany - Kleiner Club Garage
01-20 Yverdon, Switzerland - Club Amalgame
01-21 Geneva, Switzerland - Usine
01-22 Milan, Italy - Transilvania
01-23 Milan, Italy - Mazdapalace *
01-24 Bologna, Italy - Estragon
01-25 Winterthur, Switzerland - Eishalle Deutweg *
01-26 Munich, Germany - Zenith *
01-27 Darmstadt, Germany - 603 + #
01-28 Paris, France - Le Zénith *
01-29 Brussels, Belgium - Forest National *
01-30 Cologne, Germany - Blue Shell $
01-31 Amsterdam, Holland - Heineken Music Hall *
02-01 Tilburg, Holland - 013
02-02 Hamburg, Germany - Alsterdorfer Sporthalle *
02-04 Stockholm, Sweden - Hovet *
02-05 Copenhagen, Denmark - Huset
02-06 Berlin, Germany - NBI
02-07 Munster, Germany - Gleis 22 %

* with Foo Fighters
# with the Data Break, AM Thawn
$ with Neighbour Rosicky
% with Maplewood

Three of Rye Coalition's five members--Gonnelli, bassist Justin Angelo Morey, and guitarist Herbert Joseph Wiley V--also play together in the garage rock band the Black Hollies. They have a new single, "Tell Me What You Want" b/w "Tired of Being Lonely", out now on Ernest Jenning, with a full-length album, Crimson Reflections, out on that same label in March.

Rye Coalition: http://www.ryecoalition.com/
The Black Hollies: http://www.theblackhollies.com/
Gern Blandsten: http://www.gernblandsten.com/

Lilys Return With New Album, Shows

On March 21, Manifesto will release Everything Wrong Is Imaginary, the first Lilys album since 2003's Precollection. And it blooms a little something like this:

01 Black Carpet Magic
02 With Candy
03 A Diana's Diana
04 Knocked on the Fortune Teller's Door
05 Where the Night Goes
06 The Night Sun Over San Juan
07 Still in All the Glitter
08 Everything Wrong Is Imaginary
09 O.I.C.U.R.
10 Scott Free

Heasley and his current band, which apparently includes a guy named Mario Lopez (Saved by the Bell!), will play a smattering of shows in the coming months, including an appearance at the Dinosaur Jr.-curated day of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival in England in May.

Bliss out:

02-01 Philadelphia, PA - Standard Tap
02-03 Washington, DC - Black Cat *#
02-04 Brooklyn, NY - Magnetic Field *
03-04 Richmond, VA - Virginia Commonwealth University *%
05-19 East Sussex, England - Camber Sands Holiday Centre (All Tomorrow's Parties) $

* with (The Sounds of) Kaleidoscope
# with French Toast
% with Measles Mumps Rubella
$ with Dinosaur Jr., Dead Meadow, Bevis Frond, Broken Social Scene, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Magik Markers

Manifesto: http://www.manifesto.com/

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