Funeral Party is on a roll. The LA trio is picking up steam in the UK. Q Magazzine gave Golden Age of Knowhere 4 stars. Mojo Magazine says: “each track spills out with fist-in-the-air energy.” They are also getting rave reviews here in the US. the Los Angeles Times calls Funeral Party: “a ravenously physical, technically precise and impossibly fun live act”; and NME named Funeral Party one of the top 50 Best New Bands of 2010.
Their new BBC EP comes out Tuesday. Here is their single, Finale.
Los Angeles native Holly Conlan has carved out a distinct niche in Hollywood’s expansive music community. Her musical journey from a child pawing her father’s grand piano, to classical composition student, to surefooted indie-pop artist has led to the sort of burgeoning career that few independent artists enjoy. Holly creates syncopated piano-driven songs with simple, but incredibly meaningful lyrics. With an affecting alto voice, Holly uses her training in classical composition to write unusual string voicings and surprising rhythms. Her unique sound has earned her gigs with performers such as Colbie Caillat, Katy Perry, Ingrid Michaelson and Butch Walker. She’s currently on a National tour opening up for Sara Bareilles. Here’s a sample from her new album ‘Fascinator’ which was released on October 3rd (Cloverbird) -
2 of my heros, Sylvain Sylvain of The New York Dolls and Cheetah Chrome of The Dead Boys have announced the West Coast Tour Dates for their new project Batusis.
The dynamic duo–backed by former Blackhearts bassist Sean Koos and drummer Lez Warner from The Cult will be playing some select dates in Oct, including Thee Parkside in San Francisco!
Batusis U.S. Tour Itinerary (all dates may be subject to change)
Friday, 10/15 at Hensley’s Flying Elephant in Carlsbad, CA
Saturday, 10/16 at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach, CA
Sunday, 10/17 at Thee Parkside in San Francisco, CA
Tuesday, 10/19 at Lola’s Room at Crystal Ballroom in Portland, OR
Wednesday, 10/20 at Funhouse in Seattle, WA
Friday, 10/22 at Tonic Lounge in Reno, NV
Saturday, 10/23 at Blue Lamp (w/ The Secretions) in Sacramento, CA
Sunday, 10/24 at Viper Room in Los Angeles, CA
Tuesday, 10/26 at Brick By Brick in San Diego, CA
Wednesday, 10/27 at Rhythm Room in Phoenix, AZ
The ridiculously prolific Bay Area band Thee Oh Sees are back with another full-length long-player. Warm Slime is guaranteed to please fans of their whacked-out garage / psych / punk jams.
Recorded by Sacramento sultan of sound Chris Woodhouse, Warm Slime carries on in the same tradition as the group’s previous In The Red release, Help, showcasing their more electrified and rocking side, in comparison to other recent home-recorded releases. The centerpiece is undoubtedly the mind-bending title track, which clocks in at nearly 14 minutes and takes up the entirety of the album’s first side. It’s a psychedelic epic of “Inna Gadda Da Vida” proportions! John Dwyer’s guitar playing is at its quadra- spazzed best here, and the vocal interplay with Brigid Dawson gives it an X-crossed-with-the-Troggs vibe. The results are stunning.
US Fall Tour
Thu 9/2/10 SF Eagle San Francisco CA w/Arab on Radar
Sat 9/4/10 Fuck Yeah Fest Los Angeles CA
Sun 9/5/10 DAM House Davis CA
Thu 9/9/10 Crocodile Cafe Seattle WA w/Tyvek and Love Tan
Fri 9/10/10 Music Fest NW Portland OR w/The Gories
Sat 9/11/10 Northern Olympia WA
Sun 9/12/10 BSMT Missoula MT
Tue 9/14/10 Turf Club St. Paul MN
Wed 9/15/10 Lincoln Hall Chicago IL w/Hot Machines and Paul Cary
Thu 9/16/10 Magic Stick Detroit MI
Fri 9/17/10 The Bug Jar Rochester NY
Sat 9/18/10 Firehouse 13 Providence RI
Sun 9/19/10 Magic Room Gallery Brighton MA
Tue 9/21/10 Central Park Summer Stage New York NY w/Pavement
Tue 9/21/10 Santos Party House New York NY w/Sex Beet
Thu 9/23/10 Goner Fest Memphis TN
Fri 9/24/10 Jack Pot Saloon Lawrence KS
Sat 9/25/10 Bender’s Denver CO
Wed 9/29/10 Bimbo’s 365 Club San Francisco, CA w/Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Fri 10/1/10 Fox Theater San Francisco CA w/Flaming Lips
Sat 10/2/10 Scion Garage Rock Festival Lawrence, KS w/The Gories, The Oblivions, Cola Freaks, Sex Beat & more
12/3-5/10 All Tomorrow’s Parties England
Fri 2/25/11 Bruise Cruise Miami FL w/Black Lips, Vivian Girls, Ty Segall &more
The Saratoga Springs, NY duo of Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel, known collectively as Phantogram, released their debut LP Eyelid Movies on Barsuk Records earlier this year. The band recently capped a spring touring season consisting of a national run with The Antlers, a West Coast tour with The xx, and Canadian dates with Metric and Passion Pit with a huge co-headlining show at Governor’s Island in New York with Caribou on July 16th. August will have them back home in their studio writing and getting surprises ready for the fall tour.
Tour Dates:
September:
05 Chicago, IL – North Coast Music Festival
09 Portland, OR – Music Fest Northwest
22 Boston, MA – Paradise
24 Columbus, OH – The Basement *
25 Cincinnati, OH – Midpoint Music Festival *
27 Greensboro, NC – Artistica +
28 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle *
29 Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn *
30 Tallahassee, FL – Club Downunder *
October:
01 Orlando, FL – Backbooth *
02 Miami, FL – Electric Pickle
04 Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon *
05 Austin, TX – Mohawk *
08 Phoenix, AZ – Sanctum *
06 Dallas, TX – The Loft *
09 San Diego, CA – Casbah *
10 Los Angeles, CA – Filter’s Culture Collide Festival #
11 Sacramento, CA – Blue Lamp *
14 Seattle, WA – Neumo’s *
16 San Francisco, CA – Treasure Island Festival %
18 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court *
19 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theatre *
21 Iowa City, IA – The Blue Moose *
22 Minneapolis, MN – Fineline *
23 Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon *
25 Akron, OH – Musica *
26 Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Small *
28 Washington, DC – Black Cat *
29 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg *
30 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s *
* w/ Josiah Wolf
+ w/ Tobacco
# w/ Klaxons, Black Lips, Monotonix
% w/ LCD Soundsystem, Miike Snow, !!!
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It’s that time of year. The time of the Best Of list. In this week’s Top 5 Music Countdown, we’re revealing the best albums of 2009, IHHO (In Heather’s Humble Opinion), NATCH.
Gothic vocals + gorgeous instrumentation. Florence (speaking about her music) says: “I want my music to sound like throwing yourself out of a tree, or off a tall building, or as if you’re being sucked down into the ocean and you can’t breathe.”
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Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley will release his fifth solo album, “Anomaly”, on September 15 via his own Bronx Born Records.
The CD was produced and recorded in Westchester County, New York between 2007 and 2009 and was mixed in Los Angeles.
Ace claims that the new record will be a lot like his first solo album.
In an early 2008 interview with Billboard, Frehley stated about the CD, “Basically, I’m trying to get back into the mindset I was in when I did my first solo record [1978's 'Ace Frehley']. That record seemed to have all the elements everybody liked — a real cool instrumental, a hit single, some real heavy rockers, a nice variety of different genres of music.”
Thousands of lucky idiots are expected to descend upon the Staples center in Los Angeles today to pay their respects to the self proclaimed King of Pop today. According to sources close to the Jackson family, Michael Jackson’s body will be brought to the memorial service at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles today. A long motorcade of black vehicles left the home of Jackson’s mother, Katherine, a short while ago and drove through the gates of Forest Lawn cemetery. Jackson’s family and friends are attending a private gathering at the cemetery before the public memorial.
Parking lots in the area of the Staples center have reportedly raised their prices today as high as $30. Bootleg t-shirt vendors are also expected to be out in full force as well to try and capitalize on Michael Jackson’s tragic passing. Tickets to the event are reportedly selling on Craigslist for $1000
Airports in Southern California saw a spike in bookings. And several movie theaters in the area announced special screenings of the event, which also will be carried live by some television networks and Web sites.
UPDATE! MICHAEL JACKSON TO BE BURIED WITHOUT HIS BRAIN!
According to the Daily Mirror
Michael Jackson will be buried this week– without his brain. As his family tries to finalise details for the King of Pop’s funeral on Tuesday they have been told it will be held back for tests.
They faced the grim choice of waiting up to three weeks for Jackson’s brain to be returned to them or go ahead and bury him without it – which they have decided to do.
Los Angeles Coroner’s spokesman Craig Harvey confirmed that neuropathology tests will be carried out to see if it holds any clues to the exact cause of his death.
But the examination cannot begin until at least two weeks after the death when the brain has hardened sufficiently to slice it open.
Jackson died from a cardiac arrest at his Beverly Hills mansion on June 25 after a suspected overdose of painkillers.
Sources at the coroner’s office revealed that his brain was removed before his body was released to relatives the next day.
A forensic neuropathologist will test Jackson’s brain for, among other things, past drug use and whether he has suffered overdoses in the past.
The brain can also show any past abuse of alcohol or if the deceased had suffered from any one of a number of diseases. The source said that removing the brain is the “only way to carry out the tests”.
“The tissue has to be examined,” he said. “I can’t tell you how long that is going to take.”
One expert explained that the Jackson family could decide to wait and bury the brain with the rest of the body. But it is far more common for the lab to burn the remains once they’ve been examined or for them to be placed into the grave at a later date.
“It’s up to the family. They can bury him and then bury the brain later on,” said Dr Cyril Wecht, a former coroner and one of America’s foremost forensic pathologists.
But he added: “It’s rare for the body to be held back for two weeks or more.”
Jackson’s body was handed over to his family soon after the three-hour autopsy was completed and the Jacksons went on to order a second forensic examination.
But Dr Wecht said: “The brain cannot be properly examined at the time of the autopsy. You cannot test it while it is in the body. So it is cut off at the spinal cord and removed.”
The brain would usually be placed in a plastic bucket, suspended in formaldehyde fluid, and put in a refridgerator at 4C to preserve it.
Dr Wecht went on: “People don’t realise how soft the brain is. To do the type of detailed examination required you need to have the brain much harder – and for that you have to wait for at least 10 days to two weeks.”
Dr Wecht, who was not involved in the Jackson autopsies, has reviewed and been consulted on many high-profile deaths, including John F. Kennedy, Elvis Presley and Anna Nicole Smith.
“In Los Angeles they have a neuropathologist they work with, and he will be looking at the brain,” he said.
It is cut into sections of less than half-an-inch thick and reviewed first by the naked eye and then through a microscopic. “That all takes 17 to 18 days,” Dr Wecht added in an exclusive interview.
Dr Wecht, who chronicles his career dissecting more than 16,000 bodies in his best- selling memoir A Question Of Murder, added: “In the 47 years I have been doing this I reckon only about one per cent of families say they want the brain back so they can bury it. In most cases it is incinerated.”
The autopsy is expected to show that the 50-year-old singer had drugs in his system when he died.
At various times, he is said to have been taking Demerol and Oxycontin for pain from old back and leg injuries and Diprivan, a hospital anaesthetic, to help him sleep.
- MICHAEL Jackson starred as the Scarecrow in The Wiz, the 1978 musical version of The Wizard of Oz – playing the character without a brain opposite Diana Ross as Dorothy.
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