Treadmill Masters OK Go Are At It Again

OK GO TEAMS WITH DESIGNER MORITZ WALDEMEYER AND FENDI

Well folks, "Here It Goes Again." Silly yet genius treadmill dancers OK Go will join with Design Miami/, FENDI and designer Moritz Waldemeyer for a "Design Performance" at Design Miami. This is a fair featuring limited edition designs. The event will be held December 1st through December 5th in the Miami Design District. Waldemeyer has customized Gibson guitars with laser lights and FENDI materials, and OK Go will play them throughout the event.

OK Go vocalist/guitarist Damian Kulash was quoted as saying, "It's such a pleasure to be working with Moritz again. He's one of those rare and wonderful artists who's equally inventive in the domain of minute technological details and broad, open-ended creative ideas. He designed the LED jackets that we wore in our stage show a couple years ago, and it was a perfect match. Our brand of performance - super-saturated, super visual, super fun - is precisely the right arena for his design. We knew right away that we needed to make instruments with him, and ever since we've been looking for the opportunity to realize our dream of playing guitars that are their own light show. We're incredibly excited, and thankful that FENDI and Design Miami/ have made this possible."

The single and video for "WTF?" premiered on the iTunes Music Store this week. The single is the first from OK Go's upcoming album, Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky, produced by ex-Mercury Rev member David Fridmann (Flaming Lips, MGMT). The record will be released January 12, 2010. Those who pre-order the album via iTunes will instantly receive a bonus track, entitled "Back from Katmandu." I hate digital bonus tracks and shake my fist wildly at them. Vinyl and CD damnit!

Here is a blast from the past. It's OK Go on Chic - A - Go Go. I share this with you because it's funny, and because my friend Shana is in the video.

Carole King and James Taylor Announce Troubadour Reunion Tour

James Taylor and Carole King will join together again rekindling their 1970 stage relationship. According to their press agents "The idea for the "Troubadour Reunion" tour came together in 2007 after Taylor and King performed at the famed Los Angeles venue for the first time since 1970 to celebrate the Troubadour's 50th Anniversary. The shows sold out immediately and garnered rave reviews from fans and critics alike. The Los Angeles Times noted "the sense of occasion [and] weight of history in the evening" and Variety said "Taylor and King reminded us about the intensity of song, that the artistically-rich and commercially-viable are not mutually exclusive and how one tiny club continues to be a birthing room for some of this city's most memorable music."

Preliminary dates:
SAT 27-Mar MELBOURNE ROD LAVER ARENA
WED 31-Mar BRISBANE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE
SAT 3-Apr HUNTER HOPE ESTATE
TUE 6-Apr SYDNEY ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE
SAT 10-Apr AUCKLAND VECTOR ARENA
WED 14-Apr TOKYO NIPPON BUDOKAN
FRI 16-Apr TOKYO NIPPON BUDOKAN
FRI 14-May LOS ANGELES HOLLYWOOD BOWL

Additional dates including North America and Europe will be announced.
For more information on the "Troubadour Reunion" please visit www.jamestaylor.com and www.caroleking.com

RJD2 Announce Tour

RJD2 have announced a tour in support of their upcoming album The Colossus
, due January 19, 2010.

Good to know:
If you visit his site, click here, every Monday between now and the release of The Colossus, you can get in on contests and giveaways for mp3s, free records, and other such booty.

RJD2 was recently the subject of an episode of Vice TV’s Motherboard: Electrical Independence. click to view


RJD2 Tour Dates:

Sat. - Jan. 9 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Sun. - Jan. 10 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
Mon. - Jan. 11 - Charlotte, NC @ Visualite Theater
Tue. - Jan. 12 - Savannah, GA @ Live Wire
Wed. - Jan. 13 - Orlando, FL @ The Social
Thu. - Jan. 14 - Tampa, FL @ Crowbar
Fri. - Jan. 15 - Tallahassee, FL @ Club Downunder
Sat. - Jan. 16 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (Heavan Room)
Sun. - Jan. 17 - Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree
Mon. - Jan. 18 - Chattanooga, TN @ Rhythm and Brews
Tue. - Jan. 19 - Knoxville, TN @ Valarium
Wed. - Jan. 20 - Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
Thu. - Jan. 21 - Charlottesville, VA @ Jefferson Theatre
Fri. - Jan. 22 - Morgantown, WV @ 123 Pleasant Street
Fri. - Feb. 5 - Columbus, OH @ Sully's Music Diner
Sat. - Feb. 6 - Newport, KY @ Southgate House
Sun. - Feb. 7 - Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall
Mon. - Feb. 8 - Nashville, TN @ Exit In
Tue. - Feb. 9 - Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone Cafe
Wed. - Feb. 10 - Oxford, MS @ The Lyric Oxford
Thu. - Feb. 11 - New Orleans, LA @ Tipitinas
Fri. - Feb. 12 - Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
Sat. - Feb. 13 - Austin, TX @ Emos
Sun. - Feb. 14 - Denton, TX @ Hailey's
Thu. - Feb. 18 - Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note
Fri. - Feb. 19 - Grinnell, IA @ Grinnell College - Harris Center
Sat. - Feb. 20 - Urbana, IL @ Canopy Club

All Ages Night - The Film / Os Mutantes Documentary

Okay, so that's an awkward introduction. But a while ago I ran across a clip from a documentary about Os Mutantes. I couldn't find any further information, so I wrote the film company. The documentary has not been completed or released due to lack of funds. However, the completed project by the same folks is about to rin on cable. Perhaps you can spread the word and it might help them fund the completion of their Os Mutantes film?

A clip from the untitled Os Mutantes Film:


Here is a trailer for the new teen film All Ages Night, featuring Billy Evans, Django Stewart, Katherine Carlsberg, and Elizabeth Nicole. According to the directer it's about "a teenage rock band who believe one night on stage will change their life." It will be running on the STARZ cable channel beginning Jan 2010. It seems like the target age is far under mine, but I'm willing to give it a chance. And the music, though not my taste seems extremely marketable.

A Clip From the Upcoming Mogwai Live Film

ALL To Perform Select Live Shows

The Descendents created ALL who will be hitting the stage in 2010.
ALL will be joined by Off With Their Heads and Shot Baker for the following shows:




WED JAN 6 CAMBRIDGE, MA THE MIDEAST
THU JAN 7 PHILADELPHIA, PA FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH
FRI JAN 8 BALTIMORE, MD THE OTTOBAR
SAT JAN 9 BROOKLYN, NY MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG

Line Up:
Scott Reynolds – Vocals
Bill Stevenson – Drums
Karl Alvarez – Bass
Stephen Egerton – Guitar

Neil Young Releases Dreamin' Man

Neil Young is releaseing a live performance of his album Harvest Moon. The live album,Dreamin' Man, Neil Young Archives Performance Series #12, will be released December 8, and January 12 on vinyl.

Dreamin’ Man Live ’92 track listing:

“Dreamin’ Man”
“Such A Woman”
“One Of These Days”
“Harvest Moon”
“You And Me”
“Hank To Hendrix”
“Unknown Legend”
“Old King”
“Natural Beauty”
“War Of Man”

Stream "Dreamin' Man" click here

MP3 Scanners / New Album

London based Scanners are comprised of Matt Mole (guitar, vocals, synths), Sarah Daly (vocals, bass, violin), Amina (guitar, keys) and Tom (drums). Their new album Submarine , was produced by Stephen Hague (New Order), and will be released in February 2010 through Dim Mak.

Download the new single "Salvation" click here

And here is the video for an older track "Lowlife"



"Scanners was the kind of happy accident that makes SXSW such an awesome adventure. Fronted by a raucous female lead singer (Sarah) and a scorching female lead guitarist (Amina), they were a refreshingly feminine jolt of London pop in a festival of bands that can sometimes be dominated by the boys." -Spin.com

"Since the days of Joy Division and the like, nobody has really grabbed the Moog and run with it as well as these two gals and guys." - LA Weekly

Freelance Whales Announce US Fall Tour With Fanfarlo

US Tour Dates

11/11 - Triple Rock Club - Minneapolis, MN
11/13 - Moe's - Englewood, CO
11/14 - The State Room - Salt Lake City, UT
11/16 - The Knitting Factory - Boise, ID
11/17 - Crocodile Cafe - Seattle, WA
11/18 - Media Club - Vancouver, BC
11/19 - Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR
11/22 - Rickshaw Shop - San Francisco, CA
11/23 - The Echo - Los Angeles, CA
11/24 - The Casbah - San Diego, CA
11/27 - Muddy Waters - Santa Barbara, CA
11/29 - Club Congress - Tucson, AZ
11/30 - Santa Fe Brewing Co - Santa Fe, NM
12/02 - The Independent - Austin, TX
12/03 - The Loft - Dallas, TX
12/04 - Walter's on Washington - Houston, TX
12/06 - The Bottletree - Birmingham, AL
12/09 - Metro Gallery - Baltimore, MD
12/10 - Johnny Brenda's - Philadelphia, PA
12/11 - Iota Cafe - Arlington, VA
12/12 - Brillobox - Pittsburgh, PA
12/14 - Majestic Cafe - Detroit, MI
12/15 - El Mocambo Club - Toronto, ON
12/16 - Il Motore - Montreal, QB
12/17 - TT the Bears - Cambridge, MA
12/18 - Webster Hall - New York, NY


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