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Take Action! tour raises over $40,000

Congrats to Sub City and all of the bands on the 2009 for raising a bunch of money in support of DoSomething.org

Event: DeXter CD Release Party

A quick note about an exciting show coming up. My friends in the Chicago-based band DeXter have recently announced a CD release party. Come out and join us in celebrating the release of the fantastic new album “Locus Of Control”. There will be several bands playing that evening - Music starts at 8pm. DeXter goes on at 11pm. Eleven Dollar Life hits the stage following DeXter. See you there!

SHOW SPOTLIGHT
DeXter   CD Release Party
4/10/2009 8:00 PM at Red Line Tap
7006 N. Glenwood Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60626
Door: $5.00

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RELATED LINKS

indiePulse: New Music: DeXter "Locus of Control"
http://www.indiepulse.net/2008/11/new-music-dexter-locus-of-control.html

Band Site:
www.myspace.com/dextertheband

Listen and buy from CD baby: 
http://cdbaby.com/cd/dextermusic2

Buy from Insound:
http://www.insound.com/search/results4.jsp?from=23890&query=dexter

Events: The Ting Tings

The Ting Tings played a secret show in Manchester on Feb. 27th for the Adidas Campaign they are a part of. Check out the footage here:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KsR5IOvwzM

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RELATED LINKS

Tour Dates: Ting Tings:
http://www.indiepulse.net/2009/01/tour-dates-ting-tings.html

Buy from Insound:
http://www.insound.com/search/results4.jsp?from=23890&query=ting+tings

Events: Jeff Tweedy playing two Chicago benefit shows next weekend

Tickets just went on sale for two Jeff Tweedy shows next weekend at the Vic. Prceeds will benefit a children's scholarship fund, the Emanuel Congregation, and The Kawasaki Disease Research Fund for Children's Memorial Hospital.

Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster or the Vic box office.

Events: Genius at work

Lou Barlow & Bob Mould are scheduled to give Industry Noise Keynote Conversation 2/27/09
 
From the press release: Industry Noise, a one-day conference that looks at independent music, technology, touring and the transforming industry, will feature a special keynote conversation between Lou Barlow (Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Folk Implosion) and Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü, Sugar). This one of a kind discussion between two of of independent music’s most enduring personalities is part of a program that includes panels that encourage conversation between the digital music industries and the artists that are forging new terrain through its opportunities.
 
Other confirmed panelists include David Hyman, CEO, MOG; artist Penelope Houston; Jordan Kurland, Zeitgeist Artist Management; Kevin Arnold, CEO, IODA; David Katznelson, President, Birdman Recording Group; Corey Denis, VP Digital Marketing, reepandsow; Brian Archer, Railer Entertainment; Aaron Axelson, Music Director, Live 105; Nancy Miller, Wired Magazine; Owen Seitel, Idell & Seitel; Greg Werckman, Ipecac Recordings, Greg Saunier, Deerhoof, with more to be announced.

Industry Noise is a joint venture between Noise Pop Industries and the Bandwidth Music | Technology Conference, an annual gathering of music and technology professionals that brings those industries together for "Music. Technology. Cocktails."

Events: Win tickets to see Annuals

Our friends at Sneak Attack Media are giving you a chance to win a pair of tickets to the show and passes to an art museum in the area:   
http://sneakattackmedia.com/annualssuchfun

Events: Live Expansions Broadcast

If you like acid-jazz, trip-hop, etc. you'll want to check this out.

From the press release: KEXP DJs Riz, Masa and Special Guest Suntzu Sound celebrate MLK Jr. with live Expansions broadcast at Neumo's

KEXP 90.3 FM/KEXP.ORG, Seattle’s eclectic music radio station announces a live broadcast of the long standing electronic music program, Expansions (Sundays, 9pm-midnight).  For the fifth straight year, KEXP Expansions DJs will celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on the weekend of his birthday holiday, Sunday, January 18th with a live broadcast of Expansions from Neumo's at 925 Pike Street on Capitol Hill.

The first year we did this broadcast  “we discovered that the spirit of Dr. King and his vision of people coming together celebrating their own part in his dream, even as an innocuous dance party from three DJs who represent different backgrounds and generations, is vibrant and fluidly alive. People don't just dance, they cheer his words when they hear them, and they embrace each other, even tearfully. It's a marvelous thing to witness.”

The evening promises to provide an electric and inspirational atmosphere with a joyous crowd. The party begins at 8pm with the live broadcast running from 9pm through midnight. All three DJs will continue with the celebration until 2 am.  Admission is $5 at the door, but free to KEXP Card Carying Members .

Events: MYSPACE MUSIC SECRET SHOW WITH THE CURE

Sounds like it was quite an evening.

Full set list from the show:
Underneath the Stars
Pictures of You
Lullaby
The Perfect Boy
Alt End
The Reasons Why
The Walk
The End of the World
Love Song
The Real Snow White
The Hungry Ghost
Fteotdgs
The Only One
Wrong Number
Sleep When I'm Dead
Push
Friday I'm in Love
In Between Days
Just like Heaven
Primary
The Scream
One Hundred Years
Its Over

From the press release:
MySpace Music held a special Secret Show concert by The Cure (http://www.myspace.com/thecure) on Saturday, December 13 at the Troubadour Club in Los Angeles. The performance took place exclusively for the MySpace users, in which the community was notified via MySpace of the free concert only 24 hours before the show occurred. Many of the band's most avid followers came out for the incredible event! In addition to the hundreds of fans that lined up to see The Cure, celebrities in attendance included Kirsten Dunst, Ryan Gosling, Jared Leto, Eliza Dushku, Lukas Haas, The Killers, All American Rejects, AFI, Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance), Hayley Williams (Paramore) and Trey Parker (South Park).

CASBAH 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

The Casbah first opened its doors in 1989 and like they say, the rest is history. Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Liz Phair, Morphine, Weezer, Jesus Lizard, Mudhoney, Rollins, X, The Cult, MGMT, White Stripes, Death Cab For Cutie, The Arcade Fire and Rocket From The Crypt have all rocked the Casbah. The San Diego landmark is an underground staple, embraced by rock-n-roll advocates from coast to coast.

This January, Casbah celebrates 20 years with a month-long, much anticipated string of anniversary shows. Bands whose early Casbah gigs infiltrated an entire movement will reunite to pay homage to the local institution. Tickets and full calendar listings can be found at www.casbahmusic.com

Aesthetic Apparatus Studio Warming Extravaganza

WHAT: Aesthetic Apparatus Studio Warming Extravaganza
WHEN:  Saturday, November 15, 2008 - 6PM
WHERE: 2215 Snelling Ave, Minneapolis MN. 55404
WTF: FOOD, DRINKS, AESTHETIC APPARATUS PEOPLES

As some of you may or may not know, we moved the  Aesthetic Apparatus corporate headquarters over the summer and although the space is still not anywhere near presentable we have to as least christen this  new space with a party or we never will. So we are going to have a studio warming party next weekend, Saturday November 15th. Honestly, you're probably just as excited to hear about this as we are as we've just now decided what time we're going to have it at. Oh, you want to know? How about you show up around 6:00PM. How does that sound?

We will have:
pony rides, go kart racing, power-wash-the-hobo prize games, zombie strippers, a
Scientologist cake walk, a finger puppet show, free invisible ipods, free
phantom TVs, free Nelson Mandela (dolls), fecal face painting, stickers,
caricature artists (non union), survival craft projects, magnetic poetry slams,
French Karaoke, Twizzler fights, a screening of Apocalips Now & Laters II,
Broken Orca rides, free handshakes (vanilla only), tour of Santa's Village and
we've also invited all your parents to come too so you can do all this AND catch
up with mom and dad, because we know you never call them enough. OH, THERE WILL
BE FOOD AND DRINKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

The new studio is at 2215 Snelling Avenue in Minneapolis. For you twin citizens
do please note, this is NOT Snelling Ave in St. Paul. This is the Snelling
Avenue in Minneapolis behind Coastal Seafood in Seward. Oh, you didn't know
there was a Snelling Avenue in Seward? Neither did we until we moved here!
Standing in front of our building you will feel like you're in the middle of
nowhere but really you can come by car (there's actually parking here) you can
take the light rail (we're two blocks from the Franklin Ave station), you can
come by bicycle (we're two blocks from the greenway), you could even stumble
over here from Tracy's Saloon over on Franklin Ave (we're two blocks from them
too.) The possibilities are endless. Just make sure you're here.

Dan, Michael  & Jonathan | Aesthetic Apparatus
2215 Snelling Ave | Minneapolis, MN | 55404
www.aestheticapparatus.com