Cat Power Announces More Shows

Treat 'em tentatively:

04-27 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theater
04-29 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella) *
05-01 Seattle, WA - Showbox
05-03 San Francisco, CA - Palace of Fine Arts
05-04 San Francisco, CA - Palace of Fine Arts
06-07 Boston, MA - The Berklee Performance Centre
06-09 New York, NY - Town Hall
06-10 New York, NY - Town Hall
06-11 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
06-14 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
06-16 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo #

* with Depeche Mode, Daft Punk, Franz Ferdinand, Animal Collective, Sigur Rós, Damian Marley, Common, TV on the Radio, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the Walkmen, Deerhoof, etc.
# with Radiohead, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Beck, Elvis Costello, Death Cab for Cutie, etc.

* Cat Power: http://www.catpowerthegreatest.com/
* Matador: http://www.matadorrecords.com/

Exclusive: The Streets to Tour With Lady Sovereign

The jaunt kicks off in Seattle on June 7; perhaps Mr. Skinner will be humbled some by the slightly-smaller crowds that receive him. Or perhaps his ego will shoot sky-high following a UK-spanning trek kicking off later this month? Either way, the boy will entertain. Maybe he'll have tea and brandy on tap onstage again too.

No fake Streets hats here:

04-27 Manchester, England - Apollo
04-28 Glasgow, Scotland - Carling Academy
04-29 Edinburgh, Scotland - Corn Exchange
04-30 Aberdeen, Scotland - Aberdeen Music Hall
05-02 Newcastle, England - Carling Academy
05-03 Nottingham, England - Rock City
05-04 Bristol, England - Colston Hall
05-06 Liverpool, England - Liverpool Academy
05-07 Birmingham, England - Carling Academy
05-08 Southampton, England - Southampton Guildhall
05-10 Exeter, England - Great Hall
05-11 London, England - Brixton Academy
05-12 Leeds, England - Leeds University Union
06-07 Seattle, WA - Showbox *
06-08 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom *
06-09 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore *
06-10 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre *
06-14 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre *
06-16 Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa *
06-18 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
06-21 Boston, MA - Avalon Ballroom *
06-22 Montreal, Quebec - Spectrum de Montreal *
06-23 Toronto, Ontario - The Phoenix *
06-24 Chicago, IL - Intonation Music Festival *
06-27 New York, NY - Webster Hall *
07-01 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival *

* with Lady Sovereign

If you're not quite ready for the live Streets experience, watch Skinner spit serious game on a telly near you: dude hits up "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on June 12, and then "Late Show With David Letterman" on June 30. Just, you know, try not to lose any money in there while you're tuning in.

Lady Sov will release the limited edition CD/DVD Blah Blah EP on Island in the UK on April 17. It contains the following audio tracks:

01 Blah Blah
02 Little Bit of Shhh
03 Public Warning
04 Drunk on Radiation

The DVD features the "Blah Blah" video and a making-of documentary.

The Biggest Midget in the Game also has quite a few festival dates of her own scheduled for this spring and summer. Save the hoodie here:

04-29 Indio, CA - Coachella
07-05 Kristiansand, Norway - Quart Festival
07-30 New York, NY - Central Park Summerstage
08-4-6 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
08-12 Tokyo, Japan - Summer Sonic
08-13 Osaka, Japan - Summer Sonic

The Streets: http://www.the-streets.co.uk/
Lady Sovereign: http://www.ladysovereign.com/

Kanye, Deerhoof, Feist, Tribe to Rock Bumbershoot

Topping the bill is festival-whore Kanye West and the reunited A Tribe Called Quest. Other acts of note include Deerhoof, Feist, Jamie Lidell, Atmosphere, Mates of State, Of Montreal, the Blood Brothers, Bettye Lavette, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, the English Beat (!), the Gossip, Laura Veirs, Nouvelle Vague, Vashti Bunyan, Metric, Dengue Fever, and a triple-threat of pop-punk: Hawthorne Heights, AFI, and Yellowcard.

Festival organizers opted to hold this year's Bumbershoot on a Saturday-Monday, September 2-4, rather than the Friday-Monday schedule of previous years. Passes for the multi-venue festival go on sale July 15 on the fest's website.

So that's the Music side of things. What about the Arts? The Bumber also boasts two comedy tents, a poster art fair, readings from authors, a film festival, and a freakin' roller-derby. So, like, something for the whole family.

In summation: Bummer-shoot 2006? Hells no!

Bumbershoot: http://www.bumbershoot.org/

Bright Eyes Working With Janet Weiss, M. Ward

Billboard.com also reports that drum goddess Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney, Quasi), John Fahey worshipper M. Ward, and old-timey siren Gillian Welch have been "tapped" for the album. That sounds kinda dirty.

At this point in time, Bright Eyes have but two tour dates scheduled. The first is a set at Bonnaroo on June 16. The second will be a free hometown concert at Omaha, Nebraska's Memorial Park on June 17, according to the Omaha World-Herald. Jason Kulbel of Saddle Creek also told the World-Herald that Bright Eyes have a three-week tour of Canada in the works for this summer. So stay tuned.

As reported earlier this morning, Bright Eyes will be featured on the Coachella documentary DVD, which is set for an April 18 release on Anti- Records.

Saddle Creek: http://saddlecreekrecords.com/

Exclusive: The Boy Least Likely To Announce U.S. Tour

Somehow, the cutesters manage. After wrapping up a month-long tour with chart-topping chick magnet James Blunt last week, the Boy Least Likely To are ready for life on the road once again. After a few shows in England, they'll return to North America for a headlining club tour at the end of May. That means they'll be playing for audiences who actually want to see them, not freaking out people waiting to hear "You're Beautiful".

This is going to be so fun, yes?

04-19 London, England - King's College
04-20 Cardiff, Wales - Barfly Club
04-22 Leicester, England - The Charlotte
04-23 Leeds, England - Joseph Wells
04-29 Barrow-in-Furness, England - Canteen Media & Arts Centre
04-30 Manchester, England - Academy 3
05-30 Vancouver, British Columbia - Plaza Club
05-31 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
06-01 Portland, Or - Doug Fir Lounge
06-02 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
06-03 Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy
06-06 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
06-08 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater
06-09 Chicago, IL - Schubas
06-10 Toronto, Ontario - Revival
06-11 Montreal, Quebec - Cabaret du Musee Juste Pour Rire
06-12 Boston, MA - TT The Bears
06-13 New York, NY - Knitting Factory

The Best Party Ever, the band's 2005 debut album (and Pitchfork's 47th favorite of the year), is now available on iTunes and will hit shelves in American record stores on May 2. The band's own Too Young To Die label will release it, and it will be distributed by the Coalition of Independent Music Stores' Junketboy distro. Just in time for May flowers.

The Boy Least Likely To: http://theboyleastlikelyto.co.uk/
Too Young To Die Records: http://www.tooyoungtodierecords.com/

Jimmy Tamborello Preps James Figurine Album

"This" is Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake, Tamborello's forthcoming LP, to be released by Plug Research on July 25. It's credited to the Ramones-style stage name James Figurine, rather than Dntel, Tamborello's usual solo moniker. Why? Who knows.

Mistake boasts guest spots from King of Convenience Erlend Øye and the unavoidable Jenny Lewis.

Tracklist:

1. 55566688833 (feat. Sonya Westcott)
2. Leftovers
3. Ruining the Sundays
4. Pretend It's a Race and I'm on Your Side
5. You Again (feat. Jenny Lewis)
6. Apologies
7. One More Regret
8. White Ducks
9. All the Way to China (feat. Erlend Øye)
10. Stop

James Figurine's MySpace ("I don't have a website yet"): http://www.myspace.com/dntel
Plug Research: http://www.plugresearch.com/

Aphex Twin, B&S, Silver Jews Play Triptych Festival

Spanning five days (April 26-30) and three cities (Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Aberdeen), Triptych presents over 100 jaw-dropping artists-- seriously, it looks like a bunch of top ten lists exploded all over the place. Past performers have included Wire, Super Furry Animals, Chuck D, Fairport Convention, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Franz Ferdinand, LCD Soundsystem, and Herbie Hancock, just to name a few. This year features A Certain Ratio (!), Belle and Sebastian, Mogwai, the Fire Engines (!!), Long Blondes, Arab Strap, Aphex Twin (!!!), Silver Jews, Vashti Bunyan, Roxanne Shante (!!!!), and all of the following people:

1990s, Actress, Adem, Aidan John Moffat, Akron/Family, Alexander Tucker, Andrea Parker, Andrew Divine, Andy Votel, Balanescu Quartet, Battles, Belle and Sebastian, Bettye LaVette, Big Daddy Kane, Bill Wells, Biz Markie, Blindfold, Bob Stanley, Bricolage, Buck 65, Carl Craig, Cherrystones, Christ., Coldcut, Colditz, the Concretes, Cool V, Daniel Ray, David Holmes, Dee J A'La Fu & Quid Pro Quo, Derek Martin, Dfrnt Drum, DJ Kuni, DJ Mo, DJ N>e>d, DJ Pierre, Dom Thomas, Edan with Dagha, Found, Fourcorner DJs, Freakmenoovers, Funky Transport, Future Pilot AKA, Galchen, Gav Grant, Gene Farris, Gilles Peterson, Grant Campbell, Gravenhurst, Harri & Domenic (Sub Club), Hookers Green No.1, How to Swim, Jackson and His Computer Band, James Blood Ulmer, Jerry Dammers, Juana Molina, JD Twitch & JG Wilkes, Jerry Dammers, Juana Molina, Karim, Keith Money, Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) and Steve Reid, King Creosote, Kitchen Cynics, Kool Keith, Kutmasta Kurt, Kwaing Creasite, Magic Daddy, Magnétophone, Martin & Euan (Rub-a-Dub), Max Richter, Mellow Sub Machine, Mikey Collins, Miso DJs, Mungo's Hi-Fi, Music & Movement, My Latest Novel, Odetta, Paul Cawley, Philippe Zdar, Po-ski DJ, Port Sulphur DJs, Pro Vinylist, Quid Pro Quo, Radio Clit, Radioactive Man, Rankin Joe, Root 8 Recordings, Rose & Sandy (Stuff), Schneider TM, Simon Hodge, Soil and "Pimp" Sessions, Sonic Boom, Sun Ra Arkestra, Tape, Tarwater, Tells, The Bug feat. Ras B & Warrior Queen, The Rebel, Tom Churchill, Top Cat, Tunng, U-Roy, Voice of the Seven Woods, Wolf Eyes, Xvectors

Countrymen Belle and Sebastian and Arab Strap will curate special events, and if all that wasn't enough, Triptych will also screen films. Titles include "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey," the Charles Mingus documentary "Triumph of the Underdog," and the appropriate "Festival!" which showcases the performances of Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Joan Baez, and Triptych performer Odetta, among others, at the Newport Folk Festival in the 1960s. To cap off Triptych, three film crews will create and screen a documentary of the festival itself.

Damn, we sure wish we lived in Scotland right now.

Triptych Festival: http://www.triptychfestival.com/

Aloha Tour America Again

Today is no exception, as the four-piece are once again on the road in support of their latest record, Some Echoes, which dropped on Polyvinyl just yesterday. As usual, they'll be performing with a laundry list of artists along the way. We're just thankful that there were enough symbols on the keyboard to denote everyone this time around.

Aloha, aloha:

04-12 Cambridge, MA - The Middle East *!
04-13 Cromwell, CT - Cromwell Knights of Columbus *!
04-14 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church *!
04-15 Brooklyn, NY - Northsix *!
04-16 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar *!
04-17 Wilmington, NC - The Soapbox Laundrolounge *!
04-18 Chapel Hill, NC - Wetlands Dance Hall *!
04-19 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn *!
04-20 Tampa, FL - Transitions Art Gallery *
04-21 Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds *
04-22 Orlando, FL - Will's Pub *
04-23 St. Augustine, FL - Café Eleven *
04-24 Athens, GA - Caledonia Lounge *
04-25 Nashville, TN - The End *
04-26 St. Louis, MO - Hi Pointe *
04-28 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre #
04-29 Lawrence, KS - Granada Theatre #
04-30 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium #
05-02 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
05-06 Seattle, WA - The Paradox ^
05-07 Portland, OR - Holocene
05-10 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
05-11 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland @
05-12 San Diego, CA - Casbah
05-13 Phoenix, AZ - Modified
05-14 Tucson, AZ - Solar Culture
05-15 Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
05-16 Oklahoma City, OK - Conservatory %
05-17 Columbia, MO - Mojo
05-18 Newport, KY - Southgate House $
05-19 Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig
05-20 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop +
05-21 Rochester, NY - Bug Jar &=

* with the Appleseed Cast
! with Victory at Sea
# with Pinback
^ with Rainer Maria
@ with Crystal Skulls, the Helio Sequence
% with Shoplifting
$ with Ghostman & Sandman
+ with Laura Viers, Tall Pines
& with Carbonic
= with Sleeping Kings of Iona

* Pitchfork News: Aloha Share Some Echoes, Tour

Aloha: http://www.musicofaloha.com/
Polyvinyl: http://www.polyvinylrecords.com

Red Krayola to Introduce Introduction

The Red Krayola band/concept has never been retired by Thompson, and he continues to ramble through the decades. The next entry in the Red Krayola lexicon is Introduction, due out on April 18 on Drag City. It isn't a primer, though; it's all new tunes.

Backing Thompson on the LP are Charlie Abel, Noel Kupersmith (Brokeback, Sin Ropas, Chicago Underground Trio/Quartet), Stephen Prina, Tom Watson, and John McEntire (the Sea and Cake, Tortoise), who recorded and mixed the album at his Soma Electronic Music Studios.

Tracklist:

01 Introduction
02 Breakout
03 Cruise Ship
04 Note to Selves
05 L.G.F.
06 A Tale of Two...
07 Psy Ops
08 It Will Be (Delivered)
09 Puff
10 Greasy Street
11 Vexations
12 Elegy
13 When She Went Swimming
14 Swerving
15 Bling Bling

The Red Krayola have three gigs booked in support of the record. And they are:

04-29 Los Angeles, CA - The Getty Center
04-30 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
05-01 San Francisco, CA - Café du Nord

Drag City is also busy preparing a Red Krayola documentary, and they've asked for the public's help in collecting "archival live footage, audio recordings, photos, handbills, posters, and anything Red Krayola-related that might be useful." If you're able to help out, contact Amy Cargill at rkmovie@dragcity.com.

The Red Krayola: http://www.theredkrayola.com/
Drag City: http://www.dragcity.com/

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Tour U.S.

The Springfield, Missouri quartet are also fighting for the love of kids across America, or at least the ones on the West Coast. That's right, they're coming to a campus or a coffee shop (and maybe even a campus coffee shop) near you. In fact, they've already started!

So tonight, Tulsans, don't be discouraged by the name of the Deadtown Tavern (Note to management: You want to attract customers, not crush their dreams). Show Boris some love...still. The band will be supporting their 2005 self-released album Broom, which is just the kind of nice, short name we've been wanting you to bring home for some time.

Everybody Loves Yeltsin:

04-12 Tulsa, OK - Deadtown Tavern
04-13 Midland, TX - Cafe Revolution
04-14 Tucson, AZ - Vaudeville Cabaret
04-15 San Diego, CA - Che Cafe
04-16 Los Angeles, CA - Ground Zero at USC *
04-17 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
04-18 Los Angeles, CA - Tangiers
04-19 San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine ^#
04-20 Redding, CA - Serendipity Cafe
04-21 Tacoma, WA - Club SOTA
04-22 Portland, OR - TBA
04-23 Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern %
04-24 Spokane, CA - Rock Coffee
04-25 Missoula, MT - The Raven
04-26 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
04-27 Denver, CO - Lion's Lair
04-28 Omaha, NE - O'Leaver's

* with Division Day
^ with Birdmonster
# with Seventeen Evergreen
% with Dutch Elms

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin: http://www.morawk.com/boris/

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