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[on the road] MAGIC KIDS

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(images courtesy of Victim of Time)


Magic Kids are hitting the road for a huge world tour. The trek kicks off at the end of this month in Knoxville, TN, and wrap it up mid-November in Memphis, TN.


AUGUST
25 Knoxville, TN – Disc Exchange
26 Atlanta, GA – Criminal Records
27 Charlotte, NC – Lunchbox Records
28 Cincinnati, OH – Shake It Records
29 St. Louis, MO – Vintage Vinyl
30 Nashville, TN – Grimey’s

SEPTEMBER
01 Lubbock, TX – Foundation (w/ Candy Claws)
03 Phoenix, AZ – Trunk Space (w/ Candy Claws & Titus Andronicus)
04 Los Angeles, CA – FYF Fest
05 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill (w/ Candy Claws)
08 Vancouver, British Columbia – Media Club (w/ Candy Claws)
09 Seattle, WA – Vera Project
10 Portland, OR – MFNW (w/ Candy Claws & Titus Andronicus)
11 Garden City, ID – Visual Arts Collective (w/ Candy Claws)
13 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court (w/ Candy Claws)
14 Denver, CO – Hi Dive (w/ Candy Claws)
16 Lawrence, KS – Reply Lounge (w/ Candy Claws)

OCTOBER
01 London, England – Barfly
02 London, England – Camden Proud Gallery
03 Bruges, Belgium – Botanique/Witloofbar
05 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
06 Tilburg, Netherlands – 013
07 Hamburg, Germany – Molotow
08 Helsingar, Denmark – Musikhuset Elvaerket
09 Oslom, Norway – Cafe Mono
10 Gothenburg, Sweden – Pusterviksbaren
11 Stockholm, Sweden – Landet
12 Copenhagen, Denmark – Lades
13 Berlin, Germany – Magnet
14 Cologne, Germany – Werkstatt
15 Munich, Germany – Atomic Cafe
16 Zurich, Switzerland – Club Zukunft
17 Milan, Italy – Rocket
18 Paris, France – Point Ephemere
19 Oxford, England – Jericho Tavern
21 Bristol, England – Louisiana
22 Bristol, England – The Social
23 Cardiff, Wales – SWN Festival
24 Newcastle, England – Cluny
25 Leeds, England – Nation of Shopkeepers
26 Birmingham, England – Hare and Hounds
27 London, England – TBA
28 London, England – Lexington

NOVEMBER
05 Dallas, TX – The Cavern
06 Austin, TX – Fun Fun Fun Fest
07 Houston, TX – Numbers
08 Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon
10 Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506
12 New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
13 Ridgewood, NY – Silent Barn
15 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern
16 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
17 St. Louis, MO – Firebird
18 Nashville, TN – The End
19 Memphis, TN – Hi-Tone

Magic Kids debut LP, Memphis, is out August 24th, thanks to True Panther Sounds


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ON THE ROAD: ARCADE FIRE

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During their recent stop on The Daily Show, Arcade Fire announced the dates for their highly anticipated North American tour. Not sure when tickets go on sale yet, but according to the band’s website, tickets will be “on sale soon”.


Arcade Fire is on my “bucket list” of live shows, so you can definitely expect to see me at one (at least) of the LA shows.

SEPTEMBER
22 St. Paul, MN – Roy Wilkins Arena
23 Winnipeg, MB – MTS Centre
25 Saskatoon, SK – Credit Union Centre
26 Calgary, AB – Stampede Corral
28 Vancouver, BC – Pacific Coliseum
29 Seattle, WA – Key Arena
30 Portland, OR – Memorial Coliseum

OCTOBER
2 Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre
5 Big Sur, CA – Henry Miller Library
7 Los Angeles, CA – Shrine Auditorium
8 Los Angeles, CA – Shrine Auditorium
10 Mexico City, Mexico – Palacio de los Deportes
12 Monterrey, Mexico – Banamex Theater

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SNOW & VOICES at HOTEL CAFE 8.11.10

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Snow & Voices, the collaborative duo of Lauri Kranz and Jebin Bruni, are playing at Hotel Cafe (one of absolute favorite venues in LA) this coming Wednesday night. Sharing a bill with Frazey Ford of The Be Good Tanyas, this is definitely a show you’ll want to check out if you aren’t busy…and let’s be honest, it’s a Wednesday night in the Summer, I doubt you have anything better to be doing.

Snow & Voices newest album, Anything That Moves, is out now courtesy of Elastic Ruby Records. Along with Kranz and Bruni, a stellar collective of LA area musicians lend their talents, both live and in the studio. Anything That Moves, the band’s third album to date, is a multi-layered aural landscape that further solidifies the moody dream-pop sound they’ve become known for (check out my favorite track, mistress, below).
Snow & Voices is scheduled to go on at 10pm (get there at 7pm if you want to check out Frazey Ford).
Hotel Cafe is located at 1623 1/2 N. Cahuenga Blvd. Los Angeles, CA (between Hollywood and Sunset Blvd.)
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ON THE ROAD: WAVVES

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Wavves is bringing it’s lo-fi, noise pop sound across North America this Summer and Fall. With plenty of stops all over the country (including 8 shows in California!), there really isn’t any reason to miss out.

AUGUST
12 San Diego, CA – Museum of Contemporary Art
13 Pomona, CA – The Glass House (w/ Abe Vigoda, Crystal Antlers, & the Growlers)
14 Portland, OR – Berbati’s Pan (w/ the Cool Kids)
16 Santa Barbara, CA – Soho
17 Santa Cruz, CA – Crepe Place
18 San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
25 Seattle, WA – Neumos
26 Vancouver, British Columbia – Biltmore
27 Victoria, British Columbia – Sugar
30 Sacramento, CA – Sol Collective
31 Visalia, CA – Howie and Sons Pizza


SEPTEMBER
04 Los Angeles, CA – FYF Fest
10 Memphis, TN – Hi-Tone Cafe
11 St. Louis, MO – Billiken Club
14 Bloomington, IN – Rhinos
15 Columbus, OH – Skully’s
16 Buffalo, NY – Mohawk Place
17 Northampton, MA – Pearl Street Nightclub
18 Waltham, MA – Brandeis University
20 Providence, RI – Met Cafe
24 Kingston, NY – 323 Wall Street
25 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
27 Washington, DC – Rock and Roll Hotel
28 Greensboro, NC – Guilford College
29 Charlotte, NC – Milestone
30 Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn

OCTOBER
01 Nashville, TN – Exit / In
02 Oxford, MS – Proud Larrys
20 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden (w/ Phoenix & Dirty Projectors)
21 Montreal, Quebec – CEPSUM (w/ Phoenix & Dirty Projectors)
22 Toronto, Ontario – Ricoh Colliseum (w/ Phoenix & Dirty Projectors)
26 Orlando, FL – House of Blues (w/ Phoenix & Dirty Projectors)

NOVEMBER
06 Austin, TX – Fun Fun Fun Fest


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ON THE ROAD: BEST COAST

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(Best Coast live @ the Echoplex 3.27.10)


Best Coast is heading out this Fall to sing her “songs about summer and the sun and the ocean and being a lazy creep”. She’ll be making stops all over America (including 2 stops in SoCal) and one stop in London.


SEPTEMBER
04 Los Angeles, CA – F Yeah Fest
07 Philadelphia, PA – 1st Unitarian Church
08 Washington, DC – Rock & Roll Hotel
09 Raleigh, NC – Hopscotch Fest
10 Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn (w/ Cults)
11 Knoxville, TN – Pilot Light (w/ Cults)
12 Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge (w/ Cults)
14 St. Louis, MO – Gargoyle (w/ Male Bonding)
15 Appleton, WI – Lawrence University (w/ Male Bonding)
16 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock (w/ Male Bonding)
18 Chicago, IL – Metro (w/ Male Bonding, Titus Andronicus, & Free Energy)
21 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop (w/ Male Bonding)
22 Columbus, OH – Summit (w/ Male Bonding)
23 Cincinnati, OH – MPMF (w/ Male Bonding)
24 Detroit, MI – Magic Stick (w/ Male Bonding)
25 Toronto, Ontario – Lee’s Palace (w/ Male Bonding)
27 Montreal, Quebec – La Sala Rossa (w/ Male Bonding)
28 Boston, MA – Middle East (w/ Male Bonding)
29 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom (w/ Male Bonding)
30 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg (w/ Male Bonding)

OCTOBER
26 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall (w/ Sonny & the Sunsets)
28 Portland, OR – Holocene (w/ Sonny & the Sunsets)
29 Vancouver, British Columbia – Cobalt (w/ Sonny & the Sunsets)
30 Seattle, WA – Neumo’s (w/ Sonny & the Sunsets)
31 Spokane, WA – Stage 54

NOVEMBER
02 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge (w/ Sonny & the Sunsets)
03 Denver, CO – Bluebird (w/ Sonny & the Sunsets)
05 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater (w/ Sonny & the Sunsets, Deerhunter, & Casino Versus Japan)
06 Houston, TX – Mango’s (w/ Sonny & the Sunsets)
07 Austin, TX – Fun Fun Fun Fest
09 Phoenix, AZ – Rhythm Room (w/ Sonny & the Sunsets)
10 San Diego, CA – Casbah (w/ Sonny & the Sunsets)

DECEMBER
01 London, England – Scala