World's Fair

Oh snap, you never thought it would come to that, but here we are… thanks to Hip Hop TV and Definitive Jux, don’t miss a stop on the massive El-P tour going on.

Detroit, Boston, Cleveland, Columbus, Toronto, Montreal, step up! Who’s next up? Maybe you in your town?

5/30 New Orleans, LA @ The Parish/HOB
6/1 Orlando, FL @ The Social
6/2 Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds
6/3 Ybor City, FL @ Orpheum
6/4 Atlanta, GA @ Lenny’s Bar and Grill
6/6 Asheville, NC @ Stella Blue
6/7 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
6/8 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
6/9 NYC @ Irving Plaza
6/12 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
6/13 Pittsburgh, PA @ Diesel Club Lounge
6/15 Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo

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El-P is rolling through the Southeast on his “I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead” tour before making his way back up north:

05/30/07 - New Orleans, LA - The Parish House of Blues
06/01/07 - Orlando, FL - The Social
06/02/07 - Common Grounds - Gainsville, FL
06/03/07 - Ybor City, FL - Orpheum
06/04/07 - Atlanta, GA - Lennys Bar and Grill
06/06/07 - Ashville, NC - Stella Blue
06/07/07 - Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle
06/08/07 - Washington, DC - The 9:30 Club
06/09/07 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
06/12/07 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
06/13/07 - Pittsburgh, PA - Diesel Club Lounge
06/15/07 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo

El-P - “Smithereens” [DOWNLOAD]

Purchase “I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead” (with a bonus track) on iTunes

Weathermen crew.

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Hop, skip & jump over to brakesbrakesbrakespace where the band have slyly put up the secret track from the album for your streaming pleasure.

brakesbrakesbrakes - “Witchin’ Hour” [STREAM]

Artist: brakesbrakesbrakes
Album: The Beatific Visions
Label: Rough Trade / World’s Fair
Street Date: May 8th, 2007
Format: CD, digital
Shop: Amazon | eMusic | Insound | & Your Local Record Store!

CONNECT: Website | Myspace | World’s Fair

“Brakes’ terrific debut album, Give Blood, sounded exactly like what a band of refugees from disparate UK rock acts mutually inspired by Roxy Music, Descendents, Trio, and The Flying Burrito Brothers would kick out in a marathon one-week recording session. The follow-up The Beatific Visions (credited to “brakesbrakesbrakes” in the U.S.) is more focused, emphasizing the band’s pop-punk and roots-rock sides in songs that are simultaneously muscular and wide-open… This album is a full-service entertainment machine.” - Onion AV Club [READ MORE]

And more kudos from the LA Times:

“… a collection of occasionally twangy pop-punk, quick-moving and catchy and built on Hamilton’s agitated yelp.” - LA Times [READ MORE]

brakesbrakesbrakes - “Hold Me In The River” [DOWNLOAD]

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Five years in the making, Pela are finally hitting every wayward town and truckstop in promotion of their full-length debut, “Anytown Graffiti”. As everyone knows, 5 years is a long time for an indie band to make a few friends, and thankfully, WOXY.com has been an ardent Pela supporter since day zero. Together, Pela and WOXY.com present to you an All-American band’s All-American journey from May 30 - June 17… via the newfangled online phenomenon known as audioblogging on Hipcast.

Expect drunken tales of drunken nights, sightseeing tips, and high-quality investigative reporting from the latest rock&roll crime scenes across America. CDs, tickets, T-shirts and buttons will be given away on every step of the tour. Tune in or feed in at WOXY.com and their Futurist Blog.

In other news… voting is still in session New York and surrounding areas!

Look out LA - Pela is already there!

… anyone still hungry? Dinner with the Band podcasts still up for grabs!

CONNECT: Website | World’s Fair | Myspace | Pelacard

Surprise California! Pela’s here!

Pela’s blogging their entire tour!

“Danny Bonnadafuckingducci! The fallen angel/urinal mint of Hollywood was there in all his weathered glory at a bustop….. Ok he was walking with his tucked in Lycra shirt and cowboy boots BY a bustop. What are the chances of this? Thirty minutes after we wake after 4 days of driving from Brooklyn and there he was in his glory and ruddy complexion - El Ducci!!!” - find out what that’s all about here.

Comin’ to getcha:

Wed - May 30 Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
Thu - May 31 Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
Sat - Jun 02 Dante’s, Portland, OR
Sun - Jun 03 Media Club, Vancouver, BC
Mon - Jun 04 Chop Suey, Seattle, WA
Wed - Jun 06 Kilby Court, Salt Lake City, UT
Thu - Jun 07 Hi-Dive, Denver, CO
Fri - Jun 08 Waiting Room, Omaha, NE
Sat - Jun 09 400 Bar, Minneapolis, MN
Sun - Jun 10 Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
Tue - Jun 12 Lee’s Palance, Toronto, ON
Wed - Jun 13 Club Lambi, Montreal, PQ
Thu - Jun 14 TT the Bears, Cambridge, MA
Fri - Jun 15 Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ
Sat - Jun 16 Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
Sun - Jun 17 Mercury Lounge, New York, NY

Pela - “Lost to the Lonesome” [DOWNLOAD]

CONNECT: Website | World’s Fair | Myspace | Pelacard

“Ten years ago, John McKeown was a Glaswegian secret: leader of a clever, puckish post-punk band called the Yummy Fur. He never became a rock star, but a couple of his bandmates did, when they formed a group called Franz Ferdinand. Now Mr. McKeown (known these days as Jackie) is getting a second chance. He has a new band, 1990s, and a new approach: instead of delivering lyrics in a thick Scottish burr, he delivers them in his version of an American drawl, which still sounds pretty Scottish (at least in America). The debut 1990s album, “Cookies” (Rough Trade), puts Mr. McKeown and his ultratrebly guitar alongside the bassist Jamie McMorrow (another Fur alumnus) and the singing drummer Michael McGaughrin (formerly of V-Twin), who spend much of their time playing as little as possible. Everything is bare-bones, even the lyrics, and in “Enjoying Myself” Mr. McKeown turns moronic party banter into a perfectly paradoxical couplet: “Some people ask, Am I enjoying myself?/I say, I haven’t decided yet — I’m just enjoying myself.” American listeners can wait for the July 31 domestic release, find songs online (start at 1990s.tv) or just turn on the television: one song, “You’re Supposed to Be My Friend,” features prominently in an unusually hummable Nissan commercial.” - New York Times

Elsewhere, Jackie confesses that all the rock star attention hasn’t gone to his head yet…

“Girlfriends always like our music… Girlfriends always tell their boyfriends about out music…” - John “Jackie” McKeown [HEAR MORE]

1990s - “You’re Supposed to be my Friend” [DOWNLOAD]

1990s - “You Made Me Like It” [STREAM]

1990s - “See You At the Lights” [STREAM]

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“I’m listening to this Midlake record quite a bit. I had their first record which I really liked, then this really blew me away.” - Adam Goldberg, interviewed in USA Today.com Pop Candy blog [READ MORE]

Meanwhile, we’re excited to inform everyone that Midlake’s touring plans are shaping up for the rest of the year! Midlake will be co-headlining the Friday at End of the Road Festival with Yo La Tengo. Other confirmed dates include (but not limited to!)

Jul 4 BATTERY PARK New York, New York
Jul 7 ROCK DANS TOUS SES ETATS Evreux
Jul 8 CORNBURY FESTIVAL CHARLBURY
Jul 9 SAGE GATESHEAD
Jul 10 IRISH CENTER LEEDS
Jul 11 ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL LONDON
Jul 13 LATITUDE FESTIVAL SOUTHWOLD
Jul 14 INDIAN SUMMER FESTIVAL GLASGOW
Jul 15 DOUR FESTIVAL DOUR
Jul 16 OPEN AIR FESTIVAL OLDENBURG
Jul 18 LITTLE VEGA COPENHAGEN
Jul 20 BUKTA FESTIVAL TROMSO
Jul 24 E-WERK ERLANGEN
Jul 25 PALEO FESTIVAL NYON
Jul 26 CLUB MANCUSO TUBINGEN
Jul 27 BERLIN FESTIVAL BERLIN
Jul 28 STORAASFESTIVALEN STORASS
Sep 16 AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Austin, Texas

Meanwhile, anticipation is heating up for US street date of that Chemical Brothers album!, just as word of Midlake’s double nominations @ Mojo Awards begins to spread!

Looking forward to this again

Artist: Midlake
Album: The Trials Of Van Occupanther
Label: Bella Union
Street Date: July 25, 2006
Shop: Amazon | Insound | eMusic | iTunes | & beyond…

Midlake - “Roscoe” [DOWNLOAD]

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“…This is the best thing out of Staten Island since Christina Aguilera. Seriously.” [READ MORE]

The Budos Band - “Chicago Falcon” [DOWNLOAD]

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El-P & co.’s DWTB episode is up now on ON Networks! Watch ‘em make bagels & lox with Sam & the DWTB crew and then rock out with his you-know-what out. You better tell somebody!

Download the podcasts here.

Pela was in on the fun & food too!

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