Tibi PuiuThe legendary alt trio of Dinosaur Jr. are set to embark on a killer fall tour, brining their prehistoric hard rockin’ to the good people of contemporary USA. The band is set to play through out the months of November and December, so you better consider booking yourself a seat or buying a ticket for a show near you. Most likely they’ll perform some of their classics like “Just Like Heaven” or “Start Choppin,” but…
The Cribs set to tour North America
The Franz Ferdinand protégés [tag]The Cribs[/tag] have recently released the dates for their forthcoming trek to the States and Canada. The gigs will kick off next month and if you didn’t know this already, then beware the band is really fierce and wild on their live shows, for a indie band at least, being pretty notorious for chaotic performances and frontman Ryan Jarman in-crowd passing outs. Dates after the jump.
Your only chance to catch Robert Pollard live in 2007
The Guided by Voices mastermind [tag]Robert Pollard[/tag] has just announced the dates for his first tour of the year, that its if you can even call a 2 gig series a tour. Robert and .co, Jason Narducy on bass, David Suycott on drums, and Dag Juhlin and Mitch Marlow sharing guitar duties will unleash their inspiring music upon the unsuspecting fans of Chicago on November 30, and Newport, at Kentucky’s Southgate House the following night.
The Orlando Voodoo Music Experience: details and headliners
The Voodoo Music Experience music festival has always been one of my favorites to watch, since it’s fist edition in ’99. Responsible for this is the top notch headliners and the ever present great crowd, few people are as greeting and open as the good townsfolk of New Orleans. This year is set to be nothing short of spectacular with headliners as [tag]Rage Against The Machine[/tag], [tag]Smashing Pumpkins[/tag], [tag]Wilco[/tag], [tag]Ben Harper[/tag], [tag]Sinead O’Connor[/tag] and many…
Wu Tang Clan have the green light to sample The Beatles
Rap demigods [tag]Wu Tang Clan[/tag] have managed to be the first ever musical group to be allowed to legally sample [tag]The Beatles[/tag]. A mighty feat no doubt. The song in question to be sampled is “As My Guitar Gently Weeps” and as we reported a while back it’s set to feature guitarist John Frusciante from RHCP and George Harrison’s 21 year old son, Dhani Harrison on acoustics. The cover is set to appear on the…
Big Day Out headliners and schedule announced
One my favorite festivals is the Big Day Out Festival, a January/February trek in the Australian and New Zealand outback featuring live shows from the most hip acts at present date. This year’s headliners include: [tag]Arcade Fire[/tag], [tag]LCD Soundsystem[/tag], [tag]Rage Against The Machine[/tag], [tag]Battles[/tag], [tag]Bjork[/tag], Dizzee Rascals just to name a few, with future artist to be announced as the festival dates close in. For now you can have a look at the BDO schedule…
Caribou kicks of North American tour and releases live EP
Daniel Snaith and his synth pop project [tag]Caribou[/tag] are set to kick off their North American tour, this very night (28 September). The tour will see Dan and co. playing through out Canda and the states every day for two months, until they reach Daniel’s hometown of Toronto, Canada. Also Caribous, during gigs, have been selling their latest “2007 Tour EP,” featuring a 30 minute epic mix by Daniel and 6 exclusive tracks. Tracklist for…
Sex Pistols adds ‘Anarchy’ to Guitar Hero soundtrack + more dates
Fathers of punk [tag]Sex Pistols[/tag], reunited and meaner then ever have just re-recorded one of their characteristically controversial tracks, “Anarchy,” to be used in the forthcoming Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. First time in the studio in 30 years and you record for a video game. That’s bad ass. [display_podcast] On a similar note, SP have added 2 more dates to their stellar reforming string of gigs. An extra night at Brixton Academy on…
Paul van Dyk releases new tours dates
Toping the trance charts with this summer’s hit album In Between, the world renowned DJ Paul van Dyk has added a few more North American dates to his album supporting tour, that began back in August. If you don’t have the chance to see the recently #1 DJ, voted by the DJ Mag readers, live, then you can have a sip of the maestro by streaming “In Between” on his MySpace. Tour dates after the…
The Queens extend tour with European dates
A while back we released the tour dates for the [tag]Queens of the Stone Age[/tag] all US tour, now we’ve been informed that a couple of new shows have been announced that will surely delight European Queens fans. Right after they finish their US trek, the band will head to rock it out in Germany, before unleashing they royal rock to the Brits. Dates after the jump.