The Flaming Lips "I Can Be A Frog"


This is an odd choice to release as a "single" or a video. It's short (more like an interlude or teaser) and wacky and the human-produced animal sounds are annoying. But it IS the Flaming Lips, afterall. New album out next month.

Sally Shapiro : new video: "Miracle"

Sally Shapiro "Miracle" from the album "My Guilty Pleasure" from Paper Bag Records on Vimeo.

surreal drama!

Lymbyc Systym : new track + album

Mush records is gonna blop the next full-length from Lymbyc System (Jared and Michael Bell) on November 3, 2009. Very futuristic. The first cut made public from new album Shutter Release follows their previous magical instrumental indie rock. The duo is living separately in Brooklyn and Austin, but are on tour this month with the Books. Shutter Release was mixed by John Congleton (Modest Mouse, St. Vincent, Explosions in the Sky) and if you've never heard of Lymbyc Systym before and need more credentials, they've toured with Broken Social Scene, Crystal Castles, The Album Leaf and Her Space Holiday. -Kenyon

"Ghost Clock" [mp3]

DD/MM/YYYY - new tunes + tour dates

After a few months of being put-off by the absurd band name, this Toronto, Canada act catapulted themselves in front of me, and i was like, whoaaaa, CASSETTE. The jagged left-field experimental rock band is giving us a U.S release of its third album, Black Square, which is gonna be put to the test September 15 via digital and CASSETTE format. Radddd. After originally releasing Black Square in Canada in April, the DD/MM/YYYY was on the roads with Crystal Castles, Japanther and Dan Deacon. So obviously they are hip. I am sorry i ever doubted you, DD/MM/YYYY. -Kenyon

Dates with the nite.

09/08 Hamilton, ONT Rokbar %
09/10 Brooklyn, NY Don Pedro's - Cassette Release Party %*
09/17 Quebec City, QC Le Cercle
09/20 Minneapolis, MN 7th St. Entry #
09/21 East Moline, IL Mixtapes
09/22 Chicago, IL Subterranean #
09/23 Pontiac, MI The Pike Room #
09/24 Rochester, NY Bug Jar #
09/25 Brooklyn, NY Shea Stadium # ????
09/26 New York, NY Mercury Lounge #
09/27 Cambridge, MA TT the Bear's #
09/28 Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie #
09/29 Washington, DC DC9 #
09/30 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506 #
10/01 Atlanta, GA Star Community Bar #
10/02 Tallahassee, FL Club Downunder #
10/03 Orlando, FL Will's Pub #
10/05 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon #
10/06 Austin, TX Red 7 #
10/07 Denton, TX Rubbergloves Rehearsal #
10/09 Tuscon, AZ Plush #
10/10 Los Angeles, CA Knitting Factory #
10/11 San Diego, CA Casbah #
10/13 Visalia, CA Cellar Door #
10/14 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill #
10/16 Portland, OR Rotture #
10/17 Seattle, WA The Vera Project #

* = w/ Anamanaguchi, Graffiti Monsters
% = w/ Spiral Beach
# = w/ These Arms Are Snakes
???? = wtf?

Lou Barlow - new tunes + tour. Goodnight Unknown out October 5, four years since his last solo album and following the Dinosaur Jr reunion.

"Don't Apologize" from Goodnight Unknown.


Lou Barlow and the Missingmen dates with the nite.

10/02 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East
10/03 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East
10/04 - Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights
10/06 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
10/07 - New Haven, CT @ Toad's Place
10/08 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
10/09 - Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of the Living Arts
10/10 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
10/11 - Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot
10/13 - Madison, WI @ The Majestic Theatre
10/14 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
10/15 - Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
10/16 - Louisville, KY @ Headliner's Music Hall
10/17 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
10/26 - Kansas City, MO @ The Beaumont Club
10/27 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
10/29 - Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater
10/30 - Fort Collins, CO @ Aggie Theatre
11/03 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
11/04 - Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern
11/06 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore

Raveonettes new tunes...ALREADY! and EW gets to post it? blech.

The dreamy "Last Dance" is HERE.

Quickly following Lust Lust Lust is the fourth record, In and Out of Control, out October 6.



Dates with the nite-
10/02/09 AUSTIN, TX THE PARISH
10/03/09 AUSTIN, TX AUSTIN CITY LIMITS
10/14/09 NEW YORK, NY WEBSTER HALL
10/15/09 BALTIMORE, MD OTTOBAR
10/16/09 WASHINGTON, DC 9:30 CLUB
10/17/09 PHILADELPHIA, PA TLA
10/18/09 BROOKLYN, NY MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG
10/20/09 BOSTON, MA PARADISE
10/21/09 MONTREAL, QC CLUB SODA
10/22/09 TORONTO, ON PHOENIX
10/23/09 DETROIT, MI MAGIC STICK
10/24/09 NEWPORT, KY SOUTHGATE HOUSE
10/25/09 CHICAGO, IL THE METRO
10/26/09 MINNEAPOLIS, MN FIRST AVENUE
11/05/09 VANCOUVER, BC VENUE
11/06/09 SEATTLE, WA NEUMO’S
11/07/09 PORTLAND, OR DOUG FIR LOUNGE
11/09/09 SAN FRANCISCO, CA BIMBO’S
11/10/09 COSTA MESA, CA DETROIT BAR
11/12/09 SOLANA BEACH, CA BELLY UP
11/13/09 LOS ANGELES, CA HENRY FONDA THEATRE
11/14/09 POMONA, CA GLASSHOUSE