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El-P is about to rock Plug New York, and then he’s comin atcha Coachella!

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Another incredible week at college radio! Thank you DJs and MDs yet again - but your job is nowhere near done yet - we’re taking this to #1 ! Please keep showing your support on the airwaves - listeners call/write in your requests (with a smile please:)

THIS WEEK’S CHART NUMBERS
CMJ 200 - #7 (from #13) PEAK
CMJ AAA - #6 (from #26) PEAK

KEY STATIONS CHARTING THE RECORD THIS WEEK
Albany, NY - WRPI, WCDB
Asheville, NC - WPVM
Athens, GA - WUOG
Bloomington, IL - WFHB
Boston, MA - WERS
Buffalo, NY - WBNY
Burlington, VT - WRUV
Dartmouth, MA - WUMD
Denver, CO - KVCU
Duluth, MN - KUMD
Durango, CO - KDUR
Edmonton, AB - CJSR
Fargo, ND - KNDS
Grand Rapids, MI - WYCE
Hempstead, NY - WRHU
Irvine, CA - KUCI
Lafayette, LA - KRVS
Lansing, MI - WDBM
Los Angeles, CA - KCRW, KXLU
Miami, FL - WRGP
Minneapolis, MN - KUOM, KFAI
Montreal, PG - CKUT, CISM
New Haven, CT - WNHU
New Orleans, LA - WTUL
Ottowa, CA - CHUO
Paonia, CO - KVNF
Pittsburgh, PA - WPTS
Raleigh, NC - WKNC
Rohnert Park / Bay Area, CA - KRCB
Salt Late City, UT - KUTE, KRCL
San Luis Obispo, CA - KCPR
Santa Cruz, CA - KZSC
Toledo, OH - WXUT
Victoria, BC - CFUV
Winnipeg, MB - CJUM

New Yorkers, mark your calendars for the album release party!

Le One Night Stand - Album release party for The Postmarks!!
The Language Of Love, Valentine’s Celebration
Hosted by Andy Shaw, Amylu, Melody Nelson, Sheila B

Thursday, February 8, 2007
10 pm - 4 am

Guest DJs:
Bob Stanley (Saint Etienne, UK)
Jaiko Suzuki (Mon Mon Mon Amour NYC)

Location:
LOVE - 179 MacDougal Street at 8th Street, New York City
Cover: $5 / 21+ with ID

On Thursday, February 8th, Le One Night Stand brings you the The Language Of Love, Valentine’s celebration, at LOVE nightclub located in the West Village. Guest DJs, Bob Stanley of UK pop group, Saint Etienne and Jaiko Suzuki of the party Mon, Mon, Mon Amour, will be joining the decks with resident DJs, Melody Nelson (Calling All Kids + MelodyNelson.com), Sheila B (ChaChaCharming.com + MTV Japan), and Amylulita (Nacotheque + Shaw Promotion). Spinning rock n’ roll, pop, disco, and ye-ye music in several different languages for sweaty dancing all night long! Le One Night Stand is a unique dance party that travels to different venues throughout NYC, featuring djs exclusively spin rock n’ roll, pop, disco, and ye-ye music in several different languages. Le One Night Stand has hosted after-parties for international musicians including French bossa nova group, Nouvelle Vague, Japanese pop duo, Puffy Ami Yumi, UK pop trio, Saint Etienne.

Directions:
A,C,E, B,D,F & V to West 4th Street stop and exit intersection of W 8th St. and 6th Ave. Turn right on 8th St and walk towards Macdougal St. Take a right at Macdougal St. and look for a black door.

N,Q,R & W to 8th Street stop and walk down 8th St. towards 6th Ave. Take a left at Macdougal St. and look for a black door.

You’ll be singin’ all the way home…

The Postmarks - “Goodbye” [DOWNLOAD]

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Don’t miss the Plug Awards live event in NYC on Feb. 10th. El-P will be throwing down!

El-P rocks Coachella on Friday, April 27th! Stay tuned for details on a worldwide tour in support of the forthcoming opus “I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead”

El-P - “Smithereens” [DOWNLOAD]

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Stanton Warriors:
Check out the Stanton Warriors’ Fabric Live CD
Jan 26 – Vancouver @ Richards
Jan 27 - Salt Lake City @ Sound
Jan 29 – Calgary @ Hifi
Jan 31 – Whistler @ Tommy Africas
Feb 1 – Edmonton @ Starlite
Feb 2 – San Francisco @ 1015
Feb 3 – LA @ Vanguard
Feb 9 – Phoenix - tbc
Feb 10 – Dallas @ Jaguars Gold Club

John Digweed: Diamonds07 tour with MSTRKRFT
Check out John Digweed’s Fabric CD
March 1: Portland, Ore. (Roseland Theatre)
March 2: San Francisco (Ruby Skye)
March 3: Los Angeles (Vanguard)
March 4: San Diego (Belo)
March 7: Phoenix (Axis/Radius)
March 8: Las Vegas (Jet)
March 9: Minneapolis (Myth)
March 10: Denver (Vinyl)
March 13: St. Louis (Dante’s)
March 15: Houston (Warehouse Live)
March 16: Austin, Texas (Spin)
March 17: Dallas (Karma)
March 18: New Orleans (Ampersand)
March 20: Miami (Pawn Shop)
March 27: Atlanta (Blue)
March 28: Nashville (Club Play)
March 29: Charlotte, N.C. (the Forum)
March 30: Washington, D.C. (9:30 Club)
March 31: New York (Pacha)

[READ MORE @ BILLBOARD]

Meat Katie:
Check out the Meat Katie Fabric Live CD
March 16th @ Spy Bar Chicago
March 17th @ venue TBA, but prob Mighty San Francisco
March 22nd @ Lot 49 Party at Laundry Bar, Miaimi
March 24th @ Ultra Music Festival, Miami

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Robert Gomez - “Closer Still” [DOWNLOAD]

Drowned In Sound - 8/10 [READ MORE]

Four stars @ Guardian UK [READ MORE]

CD of the week @ Metro UK [READ MORE]

Artist: Robert Gomez
Album: Brand New Towns [LISTEN]
Label: Bella Union
Street Date: March 20th, 2006
Formats: CD, mp3

Robert Gomez will be touring UK in April supporting Midlake just as praise starts flowing in from across the Atlantic! US fans of Bella Union should also rejoice as a couple of shows beforehand have been confirmed and rest assured a tour is in the works for when Rob gets home from Brittania!

Jan 26 2007, 7:45pm @ The Bend Studio (Acoustic Solo Show), Dallas, Texas

Mar 17 2007, 8:00pm @ SXSW Music Festival (TBA), Austin, Texas

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We are so So SO excited to announce Springtime release dates for the first slew of Rough Trade releases in USA brought to you by World’s Fair! All albums will be *domestically priced*. Read more @ Pitchfork

Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis
April 3rd release date
Enhanced with 1 bonus Video for Don’t Let Him Waste Your Life
Watch the Jarvis EPK! [STREAM]

The Veils - Nux Vomica
Release Date April 24th
Featuring 1 bonus track Night Thoughts of a Tired Surgeon
+ Enhanced with 1 bonus video for Advice for young mothers

brakesbrakesbrakes - The Beatific Visions
Release Date May 8th

Stay tuned for more Rough Trade: British Sea Power and 1990s will rock you through the summer!

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“… You need records like The Postmarks in your collection. It’s absolutely perfect company for the times when you need to shut yourself away from the world, pull the covers over your head, and try to believe in beauty again.” - Tim Sendra ,AllMusic.com [READ MORE]

Artist: The Postmarks
Album: s/t [LISTEN]
Label: Unfiltered
Street Date: Feb 6th, 2006
Formats: CD, mp3
Buy: Amazon | iTunes

The Postmarks - “Goodbye” [DOWNLOAD]

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Bowery and Schubas SOLD OUT! Word on the streets is that Midlake is setting up an early show for Chicago - everyone everywhere else, snap up your tickets while you can!

Melbourne!

Utrecht!

Brussels!

Meredith, where art thou?

… the song that started it all:

Midlake - “Roscoe” [DOWNLOAD]

btw… #7 in Paste Magazine’s Best of 2006: “Van Occupanther is a modern classic, crafted with care, refreshingly devoid of pretense or trend-surfing.”

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It’s finally official boys & girls! Tentative street date for Pela’s tour-de-force full-length debut is April 24th - when the long wait ends! Pitctured below are Pela with Great Society / World’s Fair co-founders Amaechi Uzoigwe and Kevin Wortis…

Read the announcement on Pela’s myspace…

“We signed a record deal! Alright, Alright. We are glad to inform you we have signed a record contract today with a label called Great Society. They are a new, vibrant company full of very enthusiastic people. Which means a lot of things. But immediately it means we are getting our album, Anytown Graffiti, out to the whole world. In the U.S it will be released on April 24, 2007.
It’s been a long year for this album. We’ve recorded, re-recorded and written new songs to make this album what it is. And we are proud of it. Which means now we can come and play shows in lots of towns and cities around this world.

We want to thank everyone of you for all of the support over the years. Please keep in touch. We’ll have a lot of news in the next few months. xo -Pela”

Pela are included in Music for Robots excellent 2nd compilation. The song “This Song Writes Itself” is from Pela’s upcoming album “Anytown Grafitti” on Great Society.

Pela’s sophomore EP “Exit Columbia Street”, featuring a number of other songs that will be on the upcoming full-length, is available now exclusively at iTunes.

Pela - “Lost to the Lonesome” (Cassettes Won’t Listen to this Remix) [DOWNLOAD]

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January, 27 2007 at Blow Up LA

Rolling Stone knows wassup:

Check out The Gray Kid’s Pilgrimage Mixtape, featuring cracked out cuts like this one…

5. The Gray Kid - “EH MAN”

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