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Toad The Wet What?

I don't know how many people remember Toad The Wet Sprocket but I am a fan. Their music was jangly, thoughtful and melodic -  a staple in my playlist in the early '90s. The band has reformed after about 15 years and is working on a new record. In 2010 they took ownership of their catalog and set out on a massive US tour in 2011. Welcome back, guys. Looking forward to the new material.

http://www.toadthewetsprocket.com/
 
Confirmed dates for Toad The Wet Sprocket are as follows:

May 24     SAN DIEGO, CA                  Anthology
May 25     AGOURA HILLS, CA                  The Canyon Club
May 26     DENVER, CO                           16th St Mall         
May 27     BELLVUE, CO                           Mishawaka Amphitheater
June 23    SOUTH BARRINGTON, IL         Arboretum of S. Barrington
July 13     BROOKLYN, NY                  Brooklyn Bowl
July 27     BOALSBURG, PA                  Tussey Mountain
July 28     WASHINGTON, DC                  The Hamilton
July 29     PITTSBURGH, PA                  Hartwood Acres Amphitheater
July 30     ANNAPOLIS, MD                  Ram’s Head on Stage

Video: R.E.M. "Oh My Heart" Live In Studio

R.E.M. - "Oh My Heart" Video (Live In Studio) from stereogum on Vimeo.

Looking forward to the new record..

 

 

Team Genius on TV and in the studio

Team Genius recently announced some news including one of their songs appearing on ABC TV and progress on recording a new album.

From the recent announcement: 

1)  Our song "ABC" is going to be featured in this weekend's upcoming episode of "The Gates" which coincidentally airs on ABC.  As far as we can tell the show has something to do with vampires living in a gated community.  I'm guessing it's something like Desperate Housewives but with vampires.  Hopefully there's lots of sex.  Hopefully weird vampire sex.  Hopefully we soundtrack some weird vampire sex. 

The episode airs at 10p.m. this Sunday, August 1st.  Just DVR it if you're watching Mad Men.

2)  We are headlining a Mercury Lounge show on Thursday, September 9th.  Thanks to tremendous support from a lot of you back in February the fine folks at Bowery Presents have asked us back and gave us the big kid spot.  While this admittedly makes us a bit nervous we are also extremely, gratuitously excited.  Just wanted to mention it now because we're going to try to get every soul that has ever crossed our paths to attend this show and celebrate with us.  It's going to be a fine time. 

3)  We are recording a long playing record.  It could possibly be pretty good.  We are recording it with our friend Eric Zeiler of the band Xylos.  He is very good.  We should finish recording the requisite sounds in August and finish mixing said sounds in September (hopefully).  Then we'll probably try to get other people to listen to it and say nice things about us.

Dead Confederate studio footage

The Thermals heading into the studio. New record coming in Sept 2010.

Portland, Oregon-based rock band The Thermals are heading back into the studio to record their next album with Chris Walla.

From the KRS release:

Death Cab For Cutie guitarist/Producer Extraordinaire Chris Walla will  record The Thermals' 5th LP in December 2009, at Jackpot Recording 
Studio in Portland, Oregon. Walla will mix the record at his personal studio in Portland in January 2010.  The LP is slated for release on Kill Rock Stars, 
September 7th, 2010.

Walla and The Thermals have a long history together. Chris mixed The 
Thermals 1st LP More Parts Per Million (Sub Pop, 2003) and produced 
their 2nd LP, Fuckin' A (Sub Pop, 2004). The Thermals also supported 
Death Cab For Cutie on a few tours in 2003 and 2004.

Thermals LP5 (Title TBA) will see The Thermals recording as a full 
band for the first time since Fuckin' A, when original drummer Jordan 
Hudson still played in the band. Hutch Harris and Kathy Foster have 
recorded the last two Thermals records - The Body, The Blood, The 
Machine (Sub Pop, 2006) and Now We Can See (Kill Rock Stars, 2009) as 
a duo, with Foster performing all bass and drum tracks. New-ish 
Thermals drummer Westin Glass will join Foster and Harris for a record 
The Thermals promise will be dark, sparse, and melodic, with lyrical 
themes of love and lies.

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Vanderslice tapes

I thought this was an interesting promotion. Don’t think I’ve seen an artist give away master tape before..

In the studio: Bob Mould Readies New Album

How cool is this? We get another Bob Mould record just a year after the last one!

From the Anti records site: 20 years after his first lauded solo album Workbook and 30 years since the formation of Husker Du, Bob Mould is releasing a new record on April 7th. Arguably one of the most influential musicians of the alternative rock era — first for his early work with the aforementioned post-punk rabble-rousers Husker Du, followed by the college-rock-defining pop of Sugar and finally for his solo albums, which range from the quieted ire of Workbook to the electronic experimentation of Modulator – Bob Mould is marking anniversaries with a record filled with his relations to friends, the world at large and himself. It is honest and personal, his voice breaking on “Bad Blood Better,” the electronic twitches of earlier work reappearing under signature blazing guitars on”MM17.” Mould appraises the perils of easy self-distraction on “Wasted World” and is not afraid to get explicit on “Argos.” The emotional and musical centerpiece of the record, “I’m Sorry Baby, But You Can’t Stand In My Light Anymore,” is an unflinching look at the sorrow and regret that comes at the end of love.

A follow up to 2008’s lauded District Line Bob Mould’s yet-untitled new release highlights an artist completing a circle decades in the making, his talent undiminished, his perspective revitalized.

Tracklisting:

1. Life And Times
2. The Breach
3. City Lights (Days Go By)
4. MM 17
5. Argos
6. Bad Blood Better
7. Wasted World
8. Spiraling Down
9. I’m Sorry, Baby, But You Can’t Stand In My Light Any More
10. Lifetime