Broken Bells, that new band fronted by James Mercer of The Shins and Danger Mouse of everything cool released in new music over the past few years, just announced their first tour following up their highly successful introduction down at SXSW this year. I really only caught this video from Spinner but it was enough for me. I immediately went out and got their eponymous release and it’s been on steady rotation ever since. I’d highly recommend it.
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Remember that new upstate NY festival we mentioned a few weeks back, called the Big Up? Well, in a pragmatic response to Phish’s recent summer tour announcement which includes shows at SPAC in upstate NY, the festival organizers have re-scheduled The Big Up from its original June 17-19 weekend to August 5-7. It looks like they don’t want to deal with the uphill battle of competing against Phish in upstate NY.
It’s probably a wise move not to go head-to-head against Phish, but they’ve not yet announced how the change will affect their initial artist lineup. We’ll see, but let’s hope their luck improves from here on out.
Wilco just posted the following update to their Facebook page: “An Evening with WILCO. Live webcast next Tuesday from The Orpheum in Boston.” Good times. As with previous webcasts, the show will be available at their website on the Roadcase page.
The Bear Creek Music Festival has announced another round of additions to its 2010 lineup, including: Umphrey’s McGee (two sets), The London Souls (two sets), Saltwater Grass, The Soular System, Curious Circus, Lingo, and Papadosio. They’ve also added Pee Wee Ellis and Jans Ingber (formerly of the Motet) as “artists-at-large.” The addition of Pee Wee Ellis — along with Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley already on the bill — brings together the JB Horns, from James Brown’s legendary horn section. This might get a little funkaaaay.
Marco Benevento just announced a large set of tour dates that support the release of his new album entitled, Between The Needles & Nightfall. I’ve personally been a huge fan of everything Marco Benevento over the past few years and his solo work continues to impress me beyond my impressed baseline that formed when I first saw him sitting opposite Joe Russo. He’s truly a musician’s musician, with his approach, his touring schedule, his pitch-bending toys and his prolific release schedule all being continually inspiring for me and many of my friends. We just can’t say enough good things about this weirdo.
I know these aren’t the only dates we’ll see from this crew in the near future, because they all need to find themselves a way to High Sierra Music Festival just like they do every year. I’ve already heard they’ll be there and the Surprise Me Mr. Davis dates support that by showing some time in San Francisco right after the festival. I imagine Marco will be hanging along with them the whole time.
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The promoters at Sasquatch Music Festival just announced that they’ve sold out this year’s festival, while at the same time announcing that both They Might Be Giants and Aziz Ansari will be in attendance to help round out the lineup. You’re a lucky fan if you already got your tickets…
