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Arcade Fire – Shrine Auditorium, LA – 10.08.10

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One of the small pleasures in life is live music. There’s just something about the energy swirling around as you sing-a-long with one of your favorite bands and everyone around you is there for the same reason—love of music.

Describing Arcade Fire as energetic during the bands 2nd show in LA at the Shrine is an understatement. They had more energy than an iron man triathlete…and then some. To put it quite simply, the show was amazing. Arcade Fire has been on my bucket list of shows, pretty much from the first time I heard Wake Up, back when Funeral was first released. Needless to say, I enjoyed the show immensely and would see them again in a heartbeat. And if you get a chance to see them, definitely do!
Opener:
Colin Stetson, very cool solo saxophonist from NY. He has a really interesting sound. More about Colin here.
Set List:
Ready to Start
Keep the Car Running
No Cars Go
Haiti
Empty Room
Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
Modern Man
Rococo
In the Backseat
The Suburbs
Month of May
Rebellion (Lies)
We Used to Wait
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
Encore:
Intervention
Wake Up
My Personal Favorites:
Ready to Start, Haiti, Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains), In the Backseat, Wake Up

Songs I wish they would have also played:
Crown of Love, Black Wave_Bad Vibrations, Half Light I, Half Light II (No Celebration), Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)

Videos From the Show: (much thanks to ConcertConfessions.com, kidnapstyles, and synthetikz for taking such great video and uploading it for all of us to enjoy!)





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Crayon Fields Kick Off 1st US Tour

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Australian euphoric pop quartet, Crayon Fields, are kicking off their first ever US tour tonight at Soda Bar in San Diego (the tour ends in LA at one of my favorite venues, Hotel Cafe, Oct 29th). They’ll be playing songs from their two full-length albums, All the Pleasures of the World and Animal Bells, as well as new material, up and down both coasts (plus a stop in NY for CMJ 2010). Along for the ride will be Air Waves, Karl Blau, Magic Bullets, and Reports. Check out the tour dates below.

If that’s not enough, the band has also made a free tour EP, Make Peace With Love, available on Bandcamp, with previously vinyl-only B-side How Loved You Are, a live version of Pleasures track Graceless, a remix of All the Pleasures of the World by Dan Block, and a surprise – a sultry cover of the Roxette classic, It Must Have Been Love. Grab the EP here.
MORE
Crayon Fields are featured on the Hype Machine radio show (October). Check that out here.
Crayon Fields played SXSW 2010 and KEXP has some videos from the performance here.
CRAYON FIELDS US TOUR DATES
Monday October 11
San Diego – Soda Bar, 3615 El Cajon Blvd
with Heavy Hawaii, Scruffles and DJ Rchrd Oh

Wednesday October 13
Santa Barbara – Muddy Waters Cafe, 508 East Haley State
with the Spires and Watercolor Paintings

Thursday October 14
San Francisco – Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell Street
with Magic Bullets and Old Fashioned Way

Saturday October 16
Olympia – Northern, 321 4th Ave
with Karl Blau and Generifus

Sunday October 17
Portland – Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi
with Karl Blau and Archeology

Monday October 18
Seattle – Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave NW
< span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">with Karl Blau and Exohxo

Thursday October 21
New York – Glasslands Gallery, 289 Kent Ave Brooklyn
Chapter Music/Underwater Peoples CMJ showcase
with Fabulous Diamonds, Guy Blackman, Andrew Cedermark, Air Waves and La Big Vic

Friday October 22
New York – Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen St
Windish Agency CMJ showcase
with Lower Dens, First Aid Kit, Sun Airway and Apache Beat


Sunday October 24
Washington DC – Black Cat Backstage, 1811 14th St
with Family Portrait

Tuesday October 26
Philadelphia – The Fire, 412 Girrard Avenue
with Air Waves

Wednesday October 27
Boston – TT The Bears, 10 Brookline St
with Air Waves and Reports

Friday October 29 8pm
Los Angeles – Hotel Cafe, 1623 N. Cahuenga Blvd
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October Show List

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(Arcade Fire @ the Shrine 10/8/10)

Great month of shows for you to choose from (FYI, green = recommended)
10/09/10
Culture Collide: White Lies & more @ EchoPlex
Klaxons @ The Troubador
Kaskade @ The Hollywood Palladium
Tom Tom Club @ The Getty Museum
Bassnectar @ The Wiltern

10/10/10

Dntel, The Long Lost, Ana Caravelle @ Bootleg Theater
Tom Tom Club @ EchoPlex
Filter’s Cutlure Collide Block Party w/ White Lies, Jenny & Johnny, Tokyo Police Club & more @ Reservoir Street
The Weepies @ the El Rey
10/11/10
Fran Healy, Carina Round @ Bardot
Teenage Fan Club, Radar Brothers @ the El Rey
Crayon Fields @ Soda Bar (San Diego)
10/12/10
Eels @ the Music Box
Remy Zero @ Spaceland
The 88 @ the Troubadour
Punch Brothers @ the El Rey
The Script @ Wiltern
10/13/10
Frightened Rabbit, Plants and Animals @ Mayan Theatre
Bettie Serveert @ Spaceland
James, Ed Harcourt @ the Music Box
Gogol Bordello @ Club Nokia
Matt Costa @ the Troubadour
The Corin Tucker Band @ the El Rey
10/14/10
Mike Snow, Mark Ronson & the Business Intl, MNDR @ Club Nokia
The Morning Benders, Twin Sister, Cults @ The Music Box
Shadow Shadow Shade @ EchoPlex
K-OS @ the El Rey
John West @ the Troubadour
Devin Townsend @ the Key Club
10/15/10
LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip, Sleigh Bells @ Hollywood Bowl (see you there!)
Mike Snow @ the Wiltern
Four Tet @ the Music Box
David Bazan @ Spaceland
Tilt 3 Year Anniversary @ EchoPlex
Slant @ the Troubadour
10/16/10
DJ Quik @ the Key Club
Gaelic Storm @ the Troubadour
Negrita + @ the El Rey
The Legendary Pink Dot @ the Echo
Ron White @ the Wiltern
The National, Owen Pallett @ Pomona Fox Theater
10/17/10
Jonsi @ the Wiltern
Holy Fuck @ EchoPlex
Mountain Men @ Amoeba Music
T. Mills @ the Troubadour
The Spazmatics @ the Key Club
10/18/10
Foals @ the El Rey
Mumford & Sons @ the Hollywood Palladium
Griffin House @ the Troubadour
Steel Panther @ the Key Club
Jonsi @ the Pomona Fox Theater
10/19/10
Broken Social Scene @ the Wiltern
Superchunk, The Vaselines, Telekinesis @ the Music Box
Deer Tick @ the El Rey
Spencer Day @ the Troubadour
Interpol @ the Pomona Fox Theater
Ra Ra Riot @ the Glass House
Sleigh Bells @ Detroit Bar
10/20/10
Ra Ra Riot @ the Music Box
Envy @ the Troubadour
10/21/10
Slayer, Megadeath, Anthrax @ the Gibson
Born Ruffians @ the Troubadour
Four Year Strong @ the Glass House
10/22/10
Recoil @ the El Rey
Owen Pallett @ EchoPlex
Minus the Bear @ the Wiltern
Azure Ray @ the Troubadour
Electric Six @ the Key Club
The Temper Trap, Delphic, The Hundred in the Hands @ the Pomona Fox Theater
10/23/10
Interpol @ the Greek
The Temper Trap, Delphic, The Hundred in the Hands @ Club Nokia
Starfucker, The Octopus Project, Strength @ EchoPlex
Azure Ray @ the Glass House
Sufjan Stevens @ the Wiltern
10/24/10
Sufjan Stevens @ the Wiltern
Triptykon @ the El Rey
Spazmatics @ the Key Club
10/25/10
Boom Boom Satellites @ the Troubadour
Steel Panther @ the Key Club
10/26/10
Lights @ the El Rey
Seabear @ the Troubadour
Nevershoutnever @ the Wiltern
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros @ the Grove of Anaheim
10/27/10
Gorillaz, Little Dragon, N.E.R.D. @ the Gibson (see you there!)
10/28/10
Built to Spill, Revolt Revolt @ the El Rey
Fun., Steel Train @ the Music Box
All Hallows Eve @ Spaceland
Kate Nash @ the Music Box
Starfucker @ Detroit Bar
10/29/10
Kate Nash @ the Music Box
Moving Units @ the Troubadour
All Hallows Eve @ Spaceland
The Crayon Fields @ the Hotel Cafe
10/30/10
Of Montreal @ Hollywood Palladium
Ladytron (DJ Set) @ Supper Club LA
Potrugal. The Man @ the El Rey

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ON THE ROAD: PASSION PIT

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OCTOBER

01 Albuquerque, NM – Santa Ana Star Center (w/ MUSE)
02 Denver, CO – Pepsi Center (w/ MUSE)
04 Des Moines, IA – Val Air Ballroom
05 Minneapolis, MN – Target Center (w/ MUSE)
06 Milwaukee, WI – Bradley Center (w/ MUSE)
08 Oklahoma City, OK – The Ford Center (w/ MUSE)
14 Durham, NH – Field Room (University of New Hampshire)
15 State College, PA – Penn State University
16 Philadelphia, PA – Liacouras Center (Temple University)
18 East Lansing, MI – MSU Auditorium
20 Champaign, IL – Assembly Hall (University of Illinois)
21 DeKalb, IL – Northern Illinois University
22 Nashville, TN – Vanderbilt University
23 Bloomington, IN – Assembly Hall (Indiana University)
29 Chapel Hill, NC – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
30 Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum (University of North Carolina)


NOVEMBER
18 Buenos Aires, Argentina – Groove
20 Barra Funda, Brazil – Planeta Terra Festival
29 Vancouver, British Columbia – Vogue Theatre
30 Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre

DECEMBER
01 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
03 Santa Cruz, CA – Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
04 Pomona, CA – The Fox Theatre
05 San Diego, CA – Soma
07 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
09 Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
11 Honolulu, Hi – Pipeline Cafe

Way back (Feb 2009), Passion Pit recorded a live studio session for the late WOXY (RIP). You can download the tracks for free here.


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ON THE ROAD: MATT & KIM

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The Brooklyn duo, Matt & Kim, are going to be super busy this Fall. They’r shipping out on a huge Fall tour and their latest record, Sidewalks, is scheduled for November 2nd release (rumor has it we’ll get a taste of the new stuff Aug. 31st!).


I definitely recommend catching one of the shows if you get a chance. Even if you don’t care for their musical stylings, I guarantee you will still enjoy the show. I just recently saw them this Summer and it was super fun.

Be there!

(@ make music pasadena, june 21, 2010)


SEPTEMBER
15 Syracuse, NY – Westcott Theater
16 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
17 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
18 Detroit, MI – Majestic Theater
19 Chicago, IL – Metro
21 Madison, WI – Majestic Theater
22 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
23 Lawrence, KS – Granada
24 Denver, CO – Ogden Theater
25 Columbia, MD – Virgin Mobile FreeFest
27 Vancouver, British Columbia – The Rickshaw Theater
28 Seattle, WA – Showbox
29 Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
30 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore

OCTOBER
01 San Diego, CA – House of Blues
02 Los Angeles, CA – Henry Fonda Theater
03 Los Angeles, CA – Henry Fonda Theater
06 Tempe, AZ – The Clubhouse
08 Dallas, TX – House of Blues
09 Austin, TX – Austin City Limits
11 Oxford, MS – The Lyric
12 New Orleans, LA – House of Blues
13 Tallahassee, FL – Club Downunder
14 Fort Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room
15 St. Petersburg, FL – State Theater
16 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
17 Nashville, TN – Exit/In
19 Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
20 Carrboro, NC – Cats Cradle
21 Richmond, VA – The Canal Club
22 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
23 Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live
24 Philadelphia, PA – Starlite Ballroom
26 New York, NY – Webster Hall
27 New York, NY – Webster Hall
28 Rochester, NY – Water St. Music Hall
29 Toronto, Ontario – Phoenix Theater
30 Montreal, Quebec – Le National
31 Clifton, NY – Northern Lights

NOVEMBER
02 Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
03 Portland, ME – Port City Music Hall
04 Boston, MA – House of Blues
05 New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place
06 Northampton, MA – Pearl Street

(@ make music pasadena, june 21, 2010)