Ulrich Schnauss Emerges From Three Years In Studio
After three years holed up in his hometown of Kiel, Germany, shoegaze stalwart and laptop aficionado Ulrich Schnauss recently emerged from the studio for long enough to announce that his newest material will, in fact, see the light of day. On July 10, Domino will release Goodbye, Schnauss' third proper LP under his own name and first since 2003's indietronica masterpiece, A Strangely Isolated Place. Word has it the new record is more spacious, more psychedelic and more, well, awesome than its predecessor. At times, Goodbye boasts more than 100 separate audio tracks playing simultaneously to create a so-called "tower... read more
CocoRosie Takes Ghosthorse On Tour
With its third album set for release on April 10th, avant-sister duo CocoRosie has announced a number of spring tour dates for the US and Canada, including a previously announced appearance at Coachella on April 28th. With The Adventures of Ghosthorse And Stillborn, sisters Bianca and Sierra Casady seem poised to further push the stylistic and lyrical boundaries already considerably nudged on their first two releases, 2004’s La Maison de Mon Rêve and 2005’s Noah’s Ark. Tour stops include: April: 20 - Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Warsaw 28 - Coachella, Calif. @ Coachella Festival 29 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ El... read more
Man Man to Tour with Modest Mouse
Tonight Only: the Capital M tour with Man Man and Modest Modest Mouse Mouse. Okay, sometimes we get carried away. Regardless, indie-rock madmen Man Man will be on the road with indie-rock main men Modest Mouse later this year for a round of shows around the U.S. and Canada. The forever-touring Man Man has just left Chicago’s Shape Shoppe Studios with some new material you can read about here. And for more info on Modest Mouse, check out this month’s Paste cover story. Man Man tour dates (sans Modest Mouse): April 1 - Vancouver, British Columbia @ Richards on Richards... read more
Block Readies The Last Single Guy
Anti-folk survivor Jamie Block has been through thick and thin in Manhattan’s East Village, and thankfully for music fans everywhere, he’s lived to tell the tale. On The Last Single Guy, slated for a June 12 release on sonaBLAST! Records, Block chronicles his trials in 13 largely autobiographical songs based around one acoustic guitar, an array of live instruments and a healthy dose of sampling and vocal effects. No word yet on any touring plans to support the release, but stay tuned for more. Related links: Block’s homepage sonaBLAST! Records’ homepage ... read more
Paste Wants Your Favorite U.S. Music Venue!
Every music lover has one. That dingy hole that gets every act that is about to blow up. The classy theater with perfect sound at each show. That basement room that only fits 30 people at most, but the sweat and stuffy air is worth it. We want to hear about your favorite music venue. Let us know below. Thanks! Click here to take survey ... read more
Art Brut announce new album, mini-tour
In anticipation of their forthcoming sophomore LP, London rockers Art Brut just announced the titles to five tracks from the record, namely “Pump Up The Volume,” “Direct Hit,” “Post Soothing Out,” “Late Sunday” and first single “Nag Nag Nag Nag.” Though only a mini-tour for late April has been announced thus far, expect tons more dates throughout the summer with fellow Brits Maximo Park in tow. Tour dates include: April 17 - New York, N.Y. @ Bowery Ballroom 18 - Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Studio B 19 - Toronto, Ontario @ The Mod Club 20 - Chicago, Ill. @ Subterranean 21... read more
Flaming Lips, Killers To Grace Spidey Soundtrack
The Killers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Wolfmother, The Flaming Lips and Snow Patrol all in the same place? Sounds like the lineup to one of this summer's star-studded festivals...or the tracklist to a killer soundtrack. On May 1, California label Record Collection will release the surprisingly stacked soundtrack to Spider-Man 3, which hits theaters everywhere three days later. On said album, the aforementioned artists join such diverse talents as stoner-rock collective Black Mountain, Aussie import Jet and the duo of Jason Schwartzman and Kirsten Dunst for 15 all-new tracks of indie rock goodness that would do even a superhero proud. Spider-Man... read more
Avett Brothers Tour Like Crazy, Release New LP
Set to release their Emotionalism LP on May 15th, the Avett Brothers will be playing a steady stream of shows around the US throughout the spring and into the summer, including a number of festival dates at events as large as Coachella and not-so-large as Boone, North Carolina’s Appalachian Roots Revival. Artists playing in support of the Avett’s oft-punkish country blues on the tour include Johnson City, Tenn.’s everybodyfields and alternative folkster Langhorne Slim. The band was featured in Paste issue 20 last year. Read it here! Tour dates include: March: 29 - Huntsville, Ala. Crossroads 30 - Nashville, Tenn.... read more
Andrew Bird To Leave Armchair, Tour
In the same week that cover subject Modest Mouse topped the Billboard 200 Chart with We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank, honorary Squirrel Nut Zipper Andrew Bird's new release Armchair Apocrypha debuted at, well...number 76. But that doesn't mean the Chicago resident doesn't have cause to celebrate. With 11,251 copies sold in its first week alone, Bird's seventh LP vaulted him into the Top 100 for the first time ever last week, and he's about to make his network television premiere April 10 on The Late Show with David Letterman before embarking on a two-month tour across the... read more
Joseph Arthur and the Lonely Astronauts to Tour North America
Joseph Arthur writes more songs than you, all of your friends, everyone you’ve ever met and Ryan Adams combined. The above paragraph is probably not at all true, but with the obligatory “Arthur is prolific” junk out of the way, we can tell you about his new tour. Two days before the release of his new album, Let’s Just Be, on April 17 (the first of two new records to be released this year), Arthur heads to Montreal with his band, the Lonely Astronauts, to kick off a 30 date tour with Stars of Track & Field supporting. Arthur and... read more
Morrissey Announces 2007 U.S. Tour
Morrissey is returning to the U.S. for a full tour for the first time in three years. Besides two isolated shows in Chicago and Pasadena, his nearly sold-out 2006 world tour skipped the states entirely. The trek will include music from the latest album, Ringleader of the Tormentors, and stops in iconic venues such as Hollywood Bowl and Madison Square Garden. London piano and drums duo KRISTEENYOUNG will support Morrissey for the entire tour. The group recently completed its fourth album, The Orphans. Official Morrissey 2007 U.S. Tour Dates: April: 27 - Stockton, Calif. @ Bob Hope Theater 28 –... read more
Wu Tang, RATM To Headline Rock The Bells
Tickets go on sale this Saturday, March 31st for Rock the Bells 2007, which in a few short years has become one of the preeminent hip-hop festivals in the country. With three core dates already scheduled and fifteen more to be announced soon, the one-day concert events will feature artists such as The Roots, Mos Def, MF Doom, and Sage Francis, among others. Headliners for the currently scheduled shows in New York and California are Rage Against the Machine (whose recent reunion now seems certain to last beyond Coachella) and Wu-Tang Clan (who reunited for Rock the Bells in 2004).... read more
Smashing Pumpkins To Tour For Zeitgeist
The Smashing Pumpkins will play their first show in six and a half years on May 22nd, 2007, at the Grand Rex in Paris, France, kicking off what is now a mostly-European tour with a few stops currently planned for North America (and more US dates in the works). After cementing their position as an alternative music powerhouse in the 1990s with albums like Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, the Pumpkins have proven to be less prolific in the new millennium, releasing their last proper LP and playing their last show to date in 2000. In... read more
The Hold Steady Take It to the Bars
She said, “It's good to see you back in a bar band, baby.” I said, “It's great to see you're still in the bars.” And if you’re still in the bars, the world’s best bar band is coming for you. Those hard-rocking, hard-working dudes in the Hold Steady hit the road again in May for more support of 2006’s Boys and Girls in America. A trip across America and back also includes performances at both Sasquatch! and Bonnaroo festivals, with more dates promised “to come.” This is the latest in a steady flow of news flooding the news desk recently... read more
The Onion To Launch 24-Hour Newscast
As reported by Variety, The Onion will soon launch a 24-hour, ad-supported, fake-news videocast called Onion News Network, or ONN. Unlike obvious competitors “The Colbert Report” and “The Daily Show,” whose owner Viacom recently demanded that all clips from the shows be expunged from YouTube, ONN will encourage fans to post clips from its newscasts anywhere and everywhere online. Content will also be available for download as free podcasts via iTunes. For the full story, click here. Related links: The Onion’s homepage Variety.com ... read more
Elvis Costello Enters Digital Age
Even at the ripe age of 52, Declan Patrick MacManus (a.k.a. Elvis Costello) is a very busy man. May 1 will see the release of a career-spanning retrospective as well as the digital premiere of his first 11 albums. These early recordings will be on sale exclusively via iTunes for 30 days before being made available to other online music vendors. The two-disc Best of Elvis Costello compilation will occupy two discs, one titled The First Ten Years and the other Rock and Roll Music. Both 22-song collections were compiled by Costello himself and signal the start of his work... read more
Artists and Dates Announced for moe.down
This year, New York jamband moe. is throwing its annual festival/fan party over the weekend of August 31-September 2. So far, the confirmed artists are: Ryan Adams, Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood, J.J. Grey & Mofro, Amos Lee, Meat Puppets, Ryan Montbleu and The Brakes. Of course, the festival’s namesake will also perform six different shows throughout the weekend. More moe.down bands are expected to be announced soon. Over the past eight years, the festival lineup has included Flaming Lips, They Might Be Giants, Matisyahu, MMW, Ani DiFranco, Blues Traveler, Leo Kottke, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Nellie McKay, Cracker... read more
OK Go Wins Inaugural YouTube Video Awards
Earlier this week, Chicago rockers OK Go were crowned "Most Creative" in the first-ever YouTube Video Awards. More than 13 million people have tuned in to their video for "Here It Goes Again," which also won a Grammy for "Best Short-Form Music Video." The jaw-dropping clip was captured in one continuous shot, a feat both of choreography and of sheer endurance. Click here to check out "Here It Goes Again" (warning: not for the treadphobic) or here to view all the other winning entries. Related links: OK Go's homepage YouTube ... read more
Paste’s Jay Sweet Interviewed on Fox 25 in Boston
Paste editor-at-large, Jay Sweet, was invited to appear on “FOX Rocks in the Morning” on FOX 25 in Boston to give a rundown of SXSW as well as his own insider perspective on the music scene. The first question the news anchor asked him was, “Explain South by Southwest,” to which Sweet replied, “It’s a right of passage” for every musician that’s “hovering between making it and not making it.” Out of more than 1,200 bands and singer/songwriters that made their way through the festival this year, Sweet mentioned Amy Winehouse’s performance, comparing her to Norah Jones and Corinne... read more
Rodrigo y Gabriela Get Visa, Prepare For Tour
Mexico’s hottest acoustic metal guitar duo is now free to embark on its upcoming tour of the States after Rodrigo Sanchez successfully obtained his Entertainment Working Visa from the American Embassy in Mexico City on Friday. Rodrigo y Gabriela will play 16 dates across America in the next four months, or until said visa expires — whichever comes first. Tour dates include: April 14 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Gibson Amphitheatre 16 - New York, N.Y. @ Webster Hall 17 - Boston, Mass. @ Roxy Theatre 18 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ Electric Factory 20 - Washington, D.C. @ Grosvenor Auditorium... read more
