World's Fair

British Sea Power needs your answers! Click here for a crafty exercise where you can choose between ROCK and NON-ROCK, and if you choose rightly, you will be rewarded…[check it out and pass it along!]

If you haven’t grabbed BSP’s FREE On The Road Tour EP (Split 4 Ways), featuring British Sea Power, Film School, Jeffrey Lewis and Colourmusic, then you best get to it [download here]

The guys continue to work audiences into a frenzy with their raucous energy and onstage antics… here are PHOTOS c/o AUSTINIST.

“If Arcade Fire merely teases, British Sea Power hits you in the mouth; Rock Music is moody but lacks debilitating melodrama. Similar bands such as Doves and Arcade Fire seem to be playing from some higher plane, but British Sea Power’s sound rises from a subterranean morass of soil, blood and distortion, enabling them to connect with their audience on a truly visceral level.” - [read more @ Dallas Observer]

“For the first time catching them live, I was immediately surprised and ultimately pleased with their throwback look. I knew they were an intelligent, literate group but to carry on with such an outward aesthetic really warmed my heart… British Sea Power showed up and performed with a zest mine eyes hadn’t seen in quite some time…” [see the full recap @ TheTripwire.com]

Artist: British Sea Power
Album: Do You Like Rock Music?
Label: Rough Trade / World’s Fair
Street Date: Feb. 12th, 2008
CD: Amazon | Newbury Comics | Insound
MP3: iTunes | eMusic | Amazon
2xLP: Insound

CONNECT: Website | World’s Fair | Myspace

Big week for BSP! Tune in to Late Show w/ David Letterman on CBS this Wednesday - grab the now-or-never ticket giveaway to be in the audience for this show @ The Tripwire!

Then tune in to Fuel TV’s Daily Habit on Friday, for another live session with the band… who also recently stopped by KEXP as well (pic below)… and will soon be on their way down to SXSW - show schedule below.

Peep the latest live reviews here and rowdy fun photos too!

Mar 13 SXSW - Rhapsody Rocks Austin @ Mohawk Bar (12:30pm) - RSVP Required
Mar 13 SXSW - XFM UK acoustic session/interview @ venue TBA (3:30p)
Mar 14 SXSW Hot Freaks! @ Mohawk - Outside (5pm) - RSVP Required
Mar 15 SXSW DMX / Sonic Tap @ North Tent, Brush Square Park
Mar 15 SXSW World’s Fair Showcase @ Maggie Mae’s Outdoor Patio (late night)

Mar 19 Omaha, NE @ Waiting Room (Colourmusic supports)
Mar 20 Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews (Colourmusic supports)
Mar 21 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock (Colourmusic supports)
Mar 22 Urbana, IL @ Canopy Club (1900’s support)
Mar 24 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle (1900’s support) [Early and Late Show ****]
Mar 25 Pontiac, MI @ Eagle Theatre (1900’s support)
Mar 26 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop (1900’s support)
Mar 27 Columbus, OH @ The Basement (1900’s support)
Mar 28 Louisville, KY @ Phoenix Hill Tavern (1900’s support)
Mar 29 St. Louis, MO @ Billiken Club (1900’s support) Apr 11 Dallas, TX @ The Loft (Film School support)
Apr 12 Austin, TX @ Club Deville (Film School support)
Apr 13 Houston, TX @ Numbers (Film School support)
Apr 15 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon (Film School support)
Apr 16 New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
Apr 17 Tallahassee, FL @ Club Downunder - Florida State University (Film School support)
Apr 18 Orlando, FL @ The Social (Film School support)
Apr 19 Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits (Film School support)
Apr 20 Mount Pleasant, SC @ CANCELLED
Apr 21 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl (Film School support)
Apr 22 Birmingham, AB @ Bottletree (Film School support)
Apr 23 Memphis, TN @ Hi Tone (Film School support)
Apr 26 Norman, OK @ Norman Music Festival w/The Polyphonic Spree

May 1 Columbia, MO @ Mojo’s (Rosebuds support)
May 2 Oxford, MS @ Proud Larry’s (Rosebuds support)
May 3 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge (Rosebuds support)
May 4 Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle (Rosebuds support)
May 6 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle (Rosebuds support)
May 7 Charlottesville, VA @ Satelite Ballroom (Rosebuds support)
May 8 Washington, DC @ Black Cat (Rosebuds support)
May 9 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s (Rosebuds support)
May 10 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom (Rosebuds support)
May 11 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg (Rosebuds support)
May 13 Boston, MA @ Paradise (Rosebuds support)
May 15 Montreal, QUE @ La Sala Rossa (Rosebuds support)
May 16 Toronto, ONT @ Lee’s Palace (Rosebuds support)
May 17 Buffalo, NY @ The Tralf (Rosebuds support)
May 18 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre (Rosebuds support)

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El-P sweeps up nominations in the categories:
Album Of The Year
Album Of The Year - Hip Hop
Tour Award
MVP Of The Year
The Dilla Award - Producer Of The Year

Aesop Rock picks up nomination honor for:
Album Of The Year - Hip Hop

but its YOUR VOTE that will be the clincher so hop to it!

Meanwhile, pick up or download the latest issue of XLR8R for more kudos! El wins Best Artist honors - “This guys as a manic and serious multi-tasker, but above all, he is obviously super-smart”, while Aes is hailed for being an “unfathomable mindwarp”! [READ MORE]

& don’t forget to vote for both jukies @ the Plug Awards too! Time is tricking out, act now, get yours, get ours, let the haters get theirs!

Artist: El-P
Album: I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead [E-CARD]
Label: Definitive Jux
Street Date: March 20th, 2007
Formats: CD, vinyl, mp3

Artist: Aesop Rock
Album: “None Shall Pass”
Label: Definitive Jux
Street Date: August 28th, 2007
Formats: CD, vinyl, mp3

CONNECT: Definitive Jux | El-Meem | El-space | Aes-Meem | Aes-Space

Brooklyn songbird Sharon Jones strutted onstage like a woman done wrong, taking time to groove with no less than five audience members plucked from the packed crowd at the Phoenix last night (Nov. 13). “I gotta get my mojo working!” she testified, tossing her long braids and cocking a hip as concertgoers sashayed in the aisles… As fans begged for an encore, Jones sang her guts out to a cover of James Brown’s “It’s a Man’s, Man’s World.” A wicked dose of retro joy steeped in experience, you couldn’t help but wonder, Aretha who? - Spin.com [MUCH MUCH MORE]

Photos c/o Carrie Musgrave

“You’ve got to feel music,” explains our favorite soul singer of the moment, Sharon Jones. “In your bones, your heart, in everything and everywhere!” - Gen Art Pulse has free CD giveaways! [MORE]

Get your remixes, super-fresh remixes @ AOL Spinner! [GET 'EM!]

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Keep On Looking (Kenny Dope Remix) [DOWNLOAD]

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Stranded In Your Love (Cool Calm Pete - Sweet Nothing Mix) [DOWNLOAD]

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - How Long Do I Have To Wait For You? (Ticklah Remix) [DOWNLOAD]

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - My Man Is A Mean Man (DJ Spinna Remix) [DOWNLOAD]

CONNECT: Website | World’s Fair | Myspace | iMeem | YouTube

Vote now for many of our awesomest videos this year on MTV2 Subterranean’s best of 2007 countdown! See the results on 12/17 on MTV2 at 1AM EST

CONNECT: WorldTube

Get ‘em while you can! More World’s Fair giveaways coming up @ Culture Bully so get yr RSS on!

Artist: Pela
Album: Anytown Graffiti
Label: Great Society / World’s Fair
Street Date: April 24th, 2007
Format: CD, digital
Shop: Insound | Amazon | iTunes | eMusic

CONNECT: Website | World’s Fair | Myspace

Chicago!

Courtesy of Radio Free Chicago:

Courtesy of Scenestar Webzine:

Courtesy of Sixeyes:

Sixeyes has definitely taken the lead on breaking “Nux Vomica” on the blogosphere; and indeed introduced us all to the fabulous Black Sessions recordings, the most notable track of which is that popular cover that our dear British friends seem to particularly enjoy playing…

The Veils - “State Trooper” [DOWNLOAD]

And finally, just in case you haven’t had your fill yet…

Our friends over at Lost At Sea got the giveaway for ya, and you can even pick up that record by that other Brit who loves rocking the Springsteen cover!

CONNECT: Website | Myspace | World’s Fair

Gimme gimme gimme!

Pela prizepack @ Rock Sellout

brakesbrakesbrakes & Pela tickets (Toronto) & CDs @ Chromewaves (TBA)

Pela & brakesbrakesbrakes tickets (Mineapolis) @ More Cowbell

Veils @ Sixeyes (TBA)

Lots & lots of Pela @ WOXY / the Futurist

p.s. note if you don’t see the giveaway up just yet, it’s definitely on the way so stay tuned to our favorite blogs all weekend!

Definitive Jux has launched an ongoing multi-phased contest at , built on code-cracking, covert operations and airplane explosions.

PHASE ONE: If you can crack a code on the www.definitivejux.net splash page, you could win a $150 Definitive Jux shopping spree.

PHASE TWO: Stay tuned for more mind-numbing number-juggling and the chance to win a trip to New York City!

If you get hungry while waiting for Phase Two, click here to watch El and his buddies whip up a batch of bagels and lox (from scratch!) on the ON Networks show Dinner with the Band. You have capers in your kitchen, don’t you?

Bring the man some food before he cannibalizes turntable legend Mr. Dibbs!

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]

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