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[on the road] Japandroids

11/05 Dallas, TX Trees *
11/07 Scottsdale, AZ Martini Ranch *
11/08 Los Angeles, CA Fonda *
11/10 San Diego, CA Porters Pub *
11/12 San Francisco, CA Fillmore *
11/13 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom *
11/15 Seattle, WA Neumos *
11/17 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
11/18 Denver, CO Bluebird ^
11/20 St. Louis, MO Firbird ^
11/21 Nahsville, TN Exit / In ^
11/23 Birmingham, AL Bottletree ^
11/24 Memphis, TN Hi/Tone ^
11/25 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks ^
11/27 Orlando, FL The Social ^
11/28 Tampa, FL Crowbar ^
11/29 Gainesville, FL High Dive ^
12/01 Atlanta, GA The Earl ^
12/02 Asheville, NC Grey Eagle Tavern ^
12/04 New York, NY Webster Hall #
12/05 New York, NY Webster Hall #
12/07 Washington, DC Black Cat #
12/08 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer #
12/09 Boston, MA Paradise #
12/10 Montreal, Quebec Cabaret Mile End #
12/11 Toronto, Ontario Phoenix #
12/13 Chicago, IL Metro %
12/14 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock %
12/15 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock %
12/17 Winnipeg, Manitoba Pyramid
12/18 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Louis Pub
12/19 Edmonton, Alberta Starlite
12/20 Calgary, Alberta Republik
12/22 Vancouver, British Columbia Rickshaw
[* with Bleached,  ^ with Swearin’,  # with DIIV]

Japandroids’ latest, Celebration Rock, is available now on Polyvinyl.  In honor of the tour, Joyful Noise is releasing a limited edition cassette of the album.  The cassette edition is limited to 500 hand-numbered copies on black cassettes. Purchase includes an instant MP3 download, and ships immediately (Order here).

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[on the road] Passion Pit

Photo by Denise Chambers via heyreverb.com

11-06 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
11-11 Dublin, Ireland – Olympia
11-13 Glasgow, Scotland – QMU
11-15 Leeds, England – O2 Academy
11-16 Manchester, England – Academy 1
11-18 Cambridge, England – Junction
11-19 Birmingham, England – HMV Institute
11-20 London, England – Forum
11-23 Puebla, Mexico – Piramides De Cholula
11-24 Zapopan, Mexico – Club Hipico Los Alamitos
11-25 Queretaro, Mexico – Estadio Municipal
11-28 Providence, RI – Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel (WBRU radio show)
11-29 Philadelphia, PA – Liacouras Center
11-30 Wilmington, NC – North Point Park (WRMR radio show)
12-03 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom (KNRK radio show)
12-04 Seattle, WA – Key Arena (KNDD radio show)
12-06 Las Vegas, NV – The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel (KXTE radio show)
12-07 San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena (91x radio show)
12-08 Oakland, CA – Oracle Arena (Live 105 radio show)
12-13 Tulsa, OK – Brady Theater (KMYZ radio show)
12-14 Grand Prairie, TX – Verizon Theatre (KDGE radio show)
12-16 Kansas City, MO – Midland (The Night the Buzz Stole Xmas)
02-05 Norfolk, VA – NorVa *
02-08 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden *
02-09 Boston, MA – Agganis Arena *
02-12 Portland, ME – State Theater *
02-15 Montreal, Quebec – Metropolis *
02-16 Toronto, Ontario – Kool Haus *
02-18 Rochester, NY – Main Street Armory *
02-23 Madison, WI – Orpheum *
02-25 Columbia, MO – Jesse Auditorium *
02-28 Ames, IA – Hilton Coliseum at Iowa State University *
03-01 Denver, CO – First Bank Center *
03-02 Salt Lake City, UT – Complex *
03-31 Sao Paulo, Brazil – Lollapalooza Brazil
04-06 Santiago, Chile – Lollapalooza Chile
[* with Matt and Kim]

Passion Pit’s latest, Gossamer, is available now.

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[on the rise] Teen Mom

Chris Kelly started crafting fuzzed out pop tunes while studying abroad in Ireland. Meanwhile, Tom MacWright and Sean Dalby, who met at college in Virginia, played in a series of bands as a ‘hired gun’ rhythm section. The three came together when Chris Kelly crashed their July 4th party, and over time, began sharing the material he’d been experimenting with.  Eventually, the skeletons became songs and the friends became a band, and in March 2011, the three hunkered down and began refining the material that would become Mean Tom and several singles-in-waiting.

Teen Mom will release their debut for Analog Edition Records on November 27th.  Mean Tom pre-orders are now being collected for the six-track EP, available in an edition of 300 on 12″ vinyl – 250 in black and 50 in coke bottle clear.  Stream and download two tracks below — “I Wanna Go Out” and “You and Me”.  [source: Goldest Egg]

 

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[on the road] Ra Ra Riot

11-14 Syracuse, NY – Setnor Auditorium at Syracuse University
11-28 Providence, RI – Lupo’s #*
11-29 Philadelphia, PA  – Liacouras Center #
12-08 Lancaster, PA – Chameleon ^
12-09 Hartford, CT – Arch Street Tavern ^
12-11 Clifton Park, NY – Upstate Concert Hall ^
12-12 Buffalo, NY – Mohawk Place ^
12-13 Ithaca, NY – Haunt ^
01-23 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
01-25 New York, NY – Webster Hall
01-26 Boston, MA – Paradise
02-02-03 Tokyo, Japan – Hostess Club Weekender %
02-07 Vancouver, British Columbia – Venue
02-08 Seattle, WA – Neptune Theater
02-09 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
02-11 San Francisco, CA – Fillmore
02-12 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey
02-15 Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up
02-16 Tucson, AZ – Club Congress
02-17 El Paso, AZ – Lowbrow Palace
02-19 Dallas, TX – Kessler Theater
02-20 Austin, TX – The Belmont
02-21 Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s
02-23 Oxford, MS – Proud Larry’s
02-24 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
02-25 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
02-26 Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle
02-28 Columbus, OH – A&R Music Bar
03-01 Chicago, IL – Metro
03-02 Madison, WI – Der Rathskeller
03-03 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock
03-05 Ann Arbor, MI – Blind Pig
03-06 Toronto, Ontario – Lee’s Palace
03-07 Montreal, Quebec – Il Motore
03-08 S. Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
03-09 Northampton, MA – Pearl Street
(* with The Joy Formidable,  # with Passion Pit,  ^ with Guards,  % with Vampire Weekend & Ultraista)

Ra Ra Riot’s new record, Beta Love, will be released Jan. 22 via Barsuk Records.

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[watch] Vampire Weekend//Unbelievers

Vampire Weekend performed a brand new track, “Unbelievers”, on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night (they also performed “Oxford Comma” as a web exclusive).   Though they’ve been laying low for the last year or so, it looks like some new stuff is in the works.  According to Ezra Koening, “We’ve been working like maniacs for a long time. The time is not so far away, we promise.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSeKa8VVWdM&feature=player_embedded&noredirect=1

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