I have the first two episodes of Season 2 of Flight of the Conchords DVR’d and ready to go, about which I am very excited. I think tonight is the night. Even more exciting is the fact that Bret and Jemaine are taking the show on the road this spring. I had a chance to […]
Entries Tagged as 'touring'
Flight of the Conchords plan spring tour, second album
January 30th, 2009
Explorer’s Club
January 29th, 2009
Quick shout out to low country South Cackalacky kids made good, Charleston’s Explorer’s Club. Interview, live session, myspace, and coming to a town near you. Maybe soon! 3 Feb 2009 20:00 DC 9 District of Columbia, Washington DC 4 Feb 2009 20:00 Student Union @ Messiah College Grantham, Pennsylvania 5 Feb 2009 20:00 Mercury Lounge […]
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Cursive tweaks new record, stretches legs
December 5th, 2008
Cursive is about 99% through with its follow-up to 2006’s Happy Hollow, posting this update on its website Monday: "We are all done mixing and have been for a bit but have been working on tweaks and sequence and other fun stuff that no one will ever notice or care about." The band has posted […]
School of Seven Bells
October 30th, 2008
I’ve been enjoying the new album from Brooklyn’s School of Seven Bells lately and figured I should mention it here on the Drawer, seeing as they’re on tour and playing with Drawer B faves, M83. Speaking of M83, that’s a good starting off point for comparison. Lush, gauzed ethereal vocals, electronic walls of noise, lap-pop […]
M83 vinyl reissues + tour
October 28th, 2008
Mute Records is planning a deluxe reissue series for all five M83 albums on vinyl, which will be double gatefold editions with the exception of Digital Shades, previously only available digitally. Each of the LP’s will be coupled with bonus discs. Anthony Gonzalez is preparing for a month-long US tour before a strangely incongruous opening […]
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Playing Pretend with Microphones, Mountains, and Death
October 14th, 2008
Phil Elverum is a recorder of unorthodox sounds. An analog archivist. A singer of strange, dark, and heart-wrenchingly beautiful songs about the simplest fundamentals: water, air, space, mountains. He hails from the boondocks of the upper Northwest in a small town called Anacortes in Washington State, the population of which is less than 15,000. He’s […]
Andy Taylor reveals why he quit Duran Duran twice in autobiography
October 10th, 2008
Erstwhile Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor has written a book, Wild Boy: My Life in Duran Duran, about his meteoric rise to stardom and the ensuing debauchery that took place at the height of 1980’s Duran Duran pandemonium as well as his return to the fold 15 years later. His take on the action is […]