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Animal Collective Will Take Their Eccentric Indie Pop on World Tour
San Francisco's eccentric indie group Animal Collective is set to launch their 2007 worldwide tour with shows and gigs in Europe, the U.S., Canada. The group will perform for their cult-like and adoring fans whom enjoy the band's strange, unique, dark and often malformed musical compositions.
You can click on the venues below for more specific information (when available) and to find tickets. Otherwise, check out TicketMaster.com
First Avenue
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Henry Fonda Theatre
Cannery Ballroom
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Variety Playhouse
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Starlight Ballroom
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Webster Hall
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Bronson Centre
The Phoenix Concert Theatre
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Labels: Animal Collective, Animal Collective Music Video, Animal Collective Shows, Indie Rock Concerts, Indie Shows
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Classic Indie Rockers Built to Spill in True Form; Announce 2007 Tour Dates
Indie classic trend-setters Built To Spill are back again in full form with a 2007 summer tour set to begin on Friday, June 29.The band is adorn worldwide by legions of loyal indie rock fans, some who have been following BTS since their early pioneer blazing days into new realms of alternative rock as a counterpart to the grunge movement.
Built to Spill became an eventual substitute for many grunge rock fans after the suicide of Kurt Cobain. Many rockers agree that the death of Nirvana’s front man marked the end of the grunge rock era that exploded out of Seattle in the early 90’s.
Of course some rock critics still debate BTS’s place in indie rock.
In fact, Steve Huey of allmusic.com observes: “Built to Spill were one of the most popular indie rock acts of the '90s, finding the middle ground between postmodern, Pavement-style pop and the loose, spacious jamming of Neil Young.”
However one wants to categorize the band’s exact genre home – they span many – the fact that the aging trio is back to give fans their branded style of indie rock is a treat not to be under appreciated.
Last year, the band’s first album in five years titled “You in Reverse” attracted an
overwhelmingly positive response followed by a delayed, but successful tour.Check out some samples and MP3s and Built to Spill YouTube and AOL music videos at IndieRockSongs.com
Also, you can view the most updated Built to Spill tour and show schedule listings (as of 6/27/07) at IndieRockConcerts.com
Labels: Built to Spill, Built to Spill MP3s, Built to Spill MySpace, Built to Spill Official Website, Built to Spill YouTube, Indie MP3s, Indie Rock Classic Artists, Indie Rock Festivals
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2007 Blast at the Annual Glastonbury Festival of Indie Rock
GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2007 – What a Show! See the official Glastonbury Festival website where you can view the entire and exhaustive list of the dozens of other types of performances like DJ'ing by Fatboy Slim to movies like Pulp Fiction.
The sheer enormity of events at the festival was overwhelming and impossible for anyone to take it all in. Watch this page or sign-up for the IRC feed as we updated this page with photos, videos, music and more from Glastonbury 2007.
Here is the line-up of indie and alternative rock music artists and groups who played at Glastonbury Festival 2007 (or see the long, long line-up):
Friday 22nd June 2007
23.05 Arctic Monkeys
21.15 Kasabian
19.45 The Fratellis
18.15 Bloc Party
16.40 The Magic Numbers
15.10 Amy Winehouse
13.50 Gogol Bordello
12.40 The Earlies
10.40 Adjágas
Saturday 23rd June
22.55 The Killers
21.15 The Kooks
19.30 Paul Weller
18.00 Paolo Nutini
16.30 Lily Allen
15.00 Dirty Pretty Things
13.30 Guillemots
12.15 The Pipettes
11.30 Seasick Steve
10.30 Liz Green
Sunday 24th June
22.05 The Who
20.00 Kaiser Chiefs
18.30 Manic Street Preachers
17.20 Dame Shirley Bassey
15.55 James Morrison
14.10 Marley Brothers Present The 30th Anniversary Of Exodus
12.40 The Waterboys
12.00 Corb Lund
10.20 National Youth Orchestra
Other Stage
Friday 22nd Jun 2007
23.05 Bjork
21.20 Arcade Fire
19.50 Rufus Wainwright
18.20 The Coral
16.50 Super Furry Animals
15.35 Bright Eyes
14.30 The Automatic
13.30 Modest Mouse
12.30 The Cribs
11.30 Reverend And The Makers
10.30 Mr Hudson And The Library
Saturday 23rd June
23.00 Iggy And The Stooges
21.30 The Editors
20.00 Maximo Park
18.30 Babyshambles
17.00 Klaxons
15.50 CSS
14.40 Biffy Clyro
13.40 The Long Blondes
12.40 Brakes
11.40 El Presidente
10.40 The Switches
Sunday 24th June
22.40 The Chemical Brothers
21.00 The View
19.30 The Go! Team
18.00 Mika
16.40 The Rakes
15.40 Get Cape Wear Cape Fly
14.40 Coldwar Kids
13.40 Sunshine Underground
12.40 The Enemy
11.40 The Holloways
10.40 Kharma 45
John Peel Stage
Friday 22nd June 2007
23.10 Hot Chip
22.00 Maccabees
20.40 Mum Ra
19.25 Jack Penate
18.10 Hold Steady
17.00 The New Pornographers
16.00 Tokyo Police Club
15.00 Good Shoes
14.00 Annuals
13.00 Disco Ensemble
12.00 Fear of Music
11.00 Look See Proof
Saturday 23rd June
23.10 The Twang
22.00 Get Cape Wearcape Fly
20.40 Patrick Wolf
19.25 Bat for Lashes
18.10 Pigeon Detectives
17.00 Calvin Harris
16.00 You Say Party We Say Die
15.00 Holy Fuck
14.00 The Heights
13.00 The Rushes
12.00 The Hours
11.10 Grim Northern Social
10.20 Blue Bullet
Sunday 24th June
22.55 Gossip
21.25 Jamie T
20.10 Just Jack
18.55 Mark Ronson
17.45 Scott Mathews
16.45 Young Knives
15.45 Rumble Strips
14.45 The Horrors
13.45 Noisettes
12.45 Tiny Dancers
11.45 Aqualung
10.55 Shoot The Moon
JazzWorld Stage
Friday 22nd June 2007
23.00 Damian Marley
21.15 Amy Winehouse
19.45 Toumani Diabaté & Symmetric Orchestra
18.15 AIM
16.45 Gus Gus
15.15 Alex Wilson Salsa Orchestra
13.45 Soweto Kinch
12.30 Midival Punditz feat. Karsh Kale & special guests
10.45 Guilty Pleasures Featuring The Tor Dogs & Special Guests
Saturday 23rd June 2007
23.15 Rodrigo y Gabriela
21.30 John Fogerty
19.55 Guillemots
18.35 Mr Hudson and the Library
17.05 K`Naan
13.35 Hiromi's Sonicbloom
14.15 The Bees
12.45 Soil & 'Pimp' Sessions
11.25 Ganga Giri
10.10 Forty Thieves Orkestar
Sunday 24th June 2007
23.00 Corinne Bailey Rae
21.30 Fat Freddys Drop
20.00 Amp Fiddler
18.40 Beirut
17.10 Tinariwen
15.40 Seth Lakeman
14.30 Koop
13.10 Mahala Rai Banda - Electric Gypsyland
11.40 Babyhead
10.25 Feluka
Acoustic Stage
Friday 22nd June 2007
22.45 Damien Rice
21.10 Hothouse Flowers
19.45 Sandi Thom
18.30 Jack L
17.15 Julie Fowlis
16.05 The Dylan Project
13.05 Pauline Scanlon
14.10 Emmy the Great
13.15 Newton Faulkner
12.30 Martha Tilston
Saturday 23rd June
23.00 The Waterboys
21.45 Nick Lowe
20.10 Eric Bibb
18.55 Jerry Fish
17.40 The Men They Couldn't Hang
16.00 Liam O'Maonlai
14.55 The Storys
13.50 Catherine Feeny
12.50 Liz Green
12.00 Hayley Hutchinson
Sunday 24th June
22.30 The Bootleg Beatles
20.55 KT Tunstall
19.30 Moya Brennan
18.15 London Community Gospel Choir
17.00 Steve Forbert
15.50 Songs of Nick Drake By Keith James
14.45 David Saw
13.40 Winding Stair
12.40 Hummingbirds
12.00 The Epstein
The Park Stage
Friday 22nd June 2007
23.40 Spiritualized - Acoustic Mainline
22.30 Aliens
21.30 M.I.A.
20.50 Shlomo
19.50 Cajun Dance Party
18.50 Martha Wainwright
17.50 Charlotte Hatherly
16.30 Chas 'n' Dave
15.20 Amy Macdonald
14.20 Kate Nash
13.20 Los Campesionos!
12.20 Remi Nicole
11.30 The Ralfe Band
10.30 Peter & the Wolf
Saturday 23rd June
19.00 Africa Express
17.40 Lou Rhodes
16.30 Ed Harcourt
15.20 Cherry Ghost
14.20 Piney Gir
13.20 Josh Pyke
12.20 Get Well Soon
11.30 The High Wire
10.30 Sargeant
Sunday 24th June
23.45 Gruff Rhys
22.40 Circulus
21.30 King Creosote
20.30 Adem
19.35 The Little Ones
18.30 Willy Mason
17.30 Micah P Hinson
16.20 Pete Doherty
15.20 Euros Childs
14.20 Fionn Regan
13.30 Richard Swift
12.40 Gravenhurst
11.50 Laura Marling
11.00 The Young Republic
The Dance Village...
East
Friday 22nd June 2007
Fat Boy Slim
The Klaxons
Gus Gus
Simian Mobile Disco
Max Sedgley
Hyper
Cagedbaby
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Buraka Som Sistema
XX Teens (Formerly Xerox Teens)
Uncle Buck
Saturday 23rd June
Mr Scruff
Mika
Mark Ronson
Yoda
Sugadaddy
Infadels
Tim Deluxe
Black Ghosts
Devils Gun
Phil Kieran
Sunday 24th June
Carl Cox
Pendulum Live
Dave Clarke
Vitalic
The Glimmers
Shitdisco
Kissy Sellout
Elektrons
Zero DB
Dragonette
Polichinelle
West
Friday 22nd June
Trentemoller Live
Danny Howells
System 7
Surgeon A/V Show
Eatstatic
Jim Masters
A Guy Called Gerald
Ralph Myerz and The Jack Herren Band
Alloy Mental
Subgiant
Kava Kava
Marc Vedo
James Gill
Saturday 23rd June
Sasha
Hybrid
Mr C
Meat Katie and VJ Anyone
Uberzone
DJ Hal
The Bays
The Neville Staple Band
Pama International
Kenji Williams
Will Saul
Breakfast With Howard Marks
Sunday 24th June
Krafty Kuts
Coldcut
Steve Lawler
Dreadzone
Bitesize
Crazy P
Stanton Warriors
Phil Hartnoll Presents Long Range
Future Funk Squad
The Whip
DJ Monkey Pilot
G Stage
Friday 22nd June
The Plump DJ's
Rennie Pilgrem & MC Chickaboo
Adam Freeland
General Midi & MC Jakes
D. Rameriz
Dumb Blonde
Timo Maas
Tom Real V's The Rogue Element
Quest
Atomic Hooligan & Jay Cunning
The Breakfastaz
Ben & Lex
Plaza De Funk
Saturday 23rd June
Andy C
Bong Ra
Freq Nasty
Radioactive Man Live
Adam F
Scotch Egg Band (Drumize)
Shitmatt
Noisia
Mr Nice
Jungle Drummer DJ Fu and Rodney P
F**k Me USA
Vexd
Aural Imbalance
Sunday 24th June
Allaby
Tristan
Tron
Beardy
Hydrophonic
Shpongle
Ott
Gaudi
Labels: 2007 Indie Festivals, 2007 Shows, Alternative Rock Festivals, Best of Indie Rock, Glastonbury Festival, Indie Music Festivals, Indie Rock Concerts, Indie Rock Festivals, Indie Rock Videos, Live Music
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Tragic Cat Power Wins Major Music Prize
The melancholy voice and hauntingly beautiful lyrics of Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall) have proved strong enough to earn her the title of this year's Shortlist Music Prize for her popular 2006 album The Greatest, a culmination featuring highlights from her impressive body of sombre songs laden with heartache and expressed sincerely and tragically through aching vocals and emotive piano playing.No matter who is chosen for the prize, there will always be fans of the other nominees that think their favorite artist's album should take the honor.
According to the press release today by the Los Angeles-based Shortlist Organization, “Cat Power's album quickly got under my skin. She has one of the most beguiling voices around. 'The Greatest' is an immediate classic that will never age."
Despite her unquestionable talent and important contributions to indie music, it may have some music fans scratching their heads, considering the line-up of intial nominees picked by the Shortlist Organization panel of judges.
In addition, the winning album is not a release of new, original music - it's a compilation of Marshall's 'greatest'. Is that fair to the other artists and their fans?
The announcement of the Shortlist Music Prize was late this year by a couple of weeks at the least. The organization said in March that it would announced the winner in May after shaving down the list of nominees to the top ten. Speculation that a deal with iTunes to feature the winning album on the store's homepage is what caused the delay.
This year's nine listmakers including last year's winner Sufjan Stevens, Franz Ferdinand, KT Tunstall, Panic at the Disco, The Killers, Snow Patrol and Flaming Lips.
Drummer Ronnie Vannucci of the Killers said "the finalists are the backbone of what makes music special in the first place. They are each doing their own thing and it’s beautiful."
Greg Spotts, the Shortlist co-founder, said: "this is the year of the storyteller. More than half of our ten finalists are wordsmiths who create unique characters and narratives, interpreting our complex world in new ways."
Many of these artists employ unusual instruments and sounds, from the harp of Joanna Newsom to the accordion of Beirut to the secondhand percussion of Tom Waits.
Nine of the ten nominated albums were released by independent labels, marking the indie sector’s largest share of the finalists in the award’s six-year history.
Check the entire list. Entries in bold are the top ten Shortlist nominees. Those in italics are my own choices for the top ten.
Background Information on the Shortlist Organization
Anyone who wants a fast track introduction to indie and alternative rock should definitely take a browse of the nominated albums by the little-known Shortlist Organization.
Each year since 2001, the organization, comprised of rock musicians, producers and others from the independent rock music scene, has gone about selecting their favorite albums for the past year.
The only restrictions are that album nominated must have been for sale in the U.S. and could not have sold more than 500,000 units.
Once all the “listmakers” have turned in their nominees, they are all collected and collated into a “long list” of the past year’s best album and artists, which usually comprises about 55 to 70 nominees on average.
For example, this year there were a total of 60 albums nominated for the year of 2006.The list itself reads like a rooster of the best indie artists and albums of the past year - enough to make any rock fan want to check and double-check their music collection again just to make sure they have everything.
After the long list is released, the committee goes to work to pair the list down, ultimately giving birth to the name “Shortlist”.
Anyone who has been an indie fan since, let’s say roughly 1999, knows that it is a daunting task to create a “short” list of the best albums in any one year because there are so many great releases. Look at 2006 alone.
The long list is itself a microcosm of a much longer list of fantastic music released by indie and alternative rock, pop, hip hop, trance and others in the past year, but just as the iPod Nano teaches, you need to begin to limit your music collection somewhere – there’s simply not enough time.
This is yet another purpose of the Shortlist Music Prize – that is, to basically do all the work finding the best music out there for you, packaging it up really nice, offering a streaming jukebox of songs from the list nominees (located on the site’s homepage) and essentially writing up your list of CDs to go buy or request for your birthday or other occasion.
Labels: Cat Power, Chan Marshall, Indie Music Awards, Rock Music Awards, Shortlist Music Prize
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Live 105 BDF Bloc Party Rock Festival Countdown to June 9 "Mini-Cochella"
Did you miss Coachella? Well, there’s good news for alternative and indie rock fans in the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere who did. There's a "mini-Cochella" (what's Coachella?) without the searing heat of the central southern California desert.
On Saturday, June 9, San Francisco rock station 105 Live FM is hosting an impressive line-up of artists from the indie rock scene, including Bloc Party, Interpol, Social Distortion, Kaiser Chiefs, Cold War Kids, CSS, Shiny Toy Guns and many more (full listing below).
The all-day festival begins at 11:30 am at the famous Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mt. View, California, approximately 30 miles south of San Francisco. The Shoreline has both enclosed and lawn seating (see below for ticket information) - Official website
- Bloc Party mp3s
Interpol
- Official website
- Interpol mp3s
- Interpol videos
Queens of the Stone Age
- Official website
- Queens of the Stone Age mp3s
–Official website
-Social Distortion mp3s
The Faint
–Official website
-The Faint mp3s
The Bravery
-Official website
-The Bravery mp3s
Kaiser Chiefs
-Official website
-Kaiser Chiefs mp3s
Silversun Pickups
-Official website
-Silversun Pickups mp3s
Cold War Kids
-Official website
Cold War Kids mp3s
Shiny Toy Guns
-Official website_
-Shiny Toy Guns: Le Disko(mp3)
Sum 41
-Official website
-Sum 41 mp3s
CSS
-Official website
(mp3)
The Lovemakers
-Official website
-The Lovemakers mp3s
Street to Nowhere
-Official website
-Street to Nowhere mp3s
Scissors for Lefty
-Official website
-Scissors for Lefty mp3s
The Matches
-Official website
-The Matches mp3s
Every Move A Picture
official website
Tiger Army
official website
Honeycut
official website
Minipop
official website
Audrye Sessions
official website
Immigrant
official website
Poor Bailey
official website
- Live 105 Bloc Party page
- Review of last year’s Live 105 BDF – Spin.com
Labels: Alternative Rock Festivals, Cold War Kids, CSS, Indie Rock Festivals, Interpol, Kaiser Chiefs, Live 105 BDF Bloc Party, Queens of the Stone Age, Shiny Toy Gun, Social Distortion, Sum 41, The Bravery
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