Future Perfect Radio on the iPhone!

Exciting, life-changing news folks: You can now listen to all of the free streaming radio channels from Future Perfect Radio on your iPhone or iPod Touch!

Just download the free app from AccuRadio (Future Perfect Radio's parent radio station) and start listening! Find it right here! The app features all the great features of FPR: over 35 channels, the ability to skip tracks, ban artists and pause the stream, along with album art and info about the current song. Plus, you can select "favorite" channels (like Indie 101 or Best of the Decade for instance), for quick access.

Simply download the app and find "Future Perfect Radio" in the Genres list!

Additionally, you can tap into AccuRadio's hundreds of other radio channels as well from this app! That includes selections of rock, alternative, classic rock, classic indie (Vintage Violence, highly recommended), classical, jazz, hip-hop, country, reggae, Broadway and so so so much more.

It's a must-download for any music fan! Find it here in the iTunes App Store, or search for "AccuRadio" on your iPhone!

Ars Technica: Broadcast radio only relevant in movies; make way for Internet radio

"In the movies, radio is a mythic force: local, rebellious, life-changing. This hardly describes the reality at commercial radio stations today, but it does tell us something about how radio was—and about how we want it to be."

So begins a recent article by Ars Technica on radio and Hollywood. Towards the middle, it includes a very gracious mention of Future Perfect Radio. You can read it here.

"The days of the locally oriented, brick-and-mortar commercial radio station are long gone, replaced by automated playlists, centralized studios, and digitized personalities."

And while it's true Internet radio -- like Future Perfect Radio -- is mostly bereft of local live voices (for now...) it does offer more local, independent and unheard of artists. It can be changed and crafted to better fit the tastes of you -- the listener.

The article goes on to show how movies are a place, perhaps the only place, "where vibrant, daring, local radio lives; where you can walk right into the main studio and hang out with the gurus; where the music comes from down the block, and the on-air monologues touch your soul."

Broadcast radio simply isn't like that anymore. The article goes into many well-stated reasons why, but let me sum it up for you: it's because broadcast radio sucks. It's full of bloated, washed-up artists no one actually likes while the majority of listeners are people stuck in cars with nothing better to listen to.

"That's why an entire generation has turned to Internet sites like AccuRadio's Future Perfect Radio."

Indeed. Welcome to the future, my friends. You're part of something new, something exciting.

Yes, you may not be able to walk into Future Perfect Radio's studios and have a chat, but you can post a comment to me on Facebook. Or shoot me an email (mschmitt@futureperfectradio.com). Or catch me on Google Talk (mlschmitt23). Or send a DM my way on Twitter (@fpradio). I'll chat. I'll listen to your ideas about the station, about the best albums of 2009, about new channels, about the weather or even the Cubs' prospects for 2010.

So yes, Internet radio may not be there yet, but it's brand new. Give us time, help us grow, and we'll turn into the best place to hear music ever.

Japandroids, Sufjan Stevens, Yo La Tengo and more join Pop Montreal line-up

More than a few big names have been added to the roster for the upcoming POP Montreal International Music Festival. They include:

Sufjan Stevens, Yo La Tengo, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Jay Reatard, Micachu & The Shapes, Clues, Slim Twig, Think About Life, Cadence Weapon, Sam Shalabi's Egyptian Light Orchestra , Japandroids, The Dø, Lullaybe Arkestra, Duchess Says, Dragonette, Joel Plaskett, Kid Koala Presents: The Slew, Ariane Moffatt, Young Galaxy, Aids Wolf, Tanlines, Katie Stelmanis and Ninjasonik.

Whew. And the festival assures us that they still have "hundreds" of other artists to announce. Sheesh.

Artists already on the line-up include Fever Ray, Butthole Surfers, Diamanda Galas, Os Mutantes, Roxanne Shante, Krautrock Faust, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Mono, DJ /Rupture, Tobacco, Lemonade, (Ghislain) Poirier, Matt & Kim, Iris Dement, Loudon Wainwright III, Wovenhand, Destroyer, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, Thee Oh Sees, The Intelligence, The Homosexuals, Bajofondo, tUnE-YaRdS, Zombie Disco Squad, Mike Simonetti and more.

Best to get your tickets now when they're cheap ($175, as opposed to $225). More info, special deals and tons more can be found at Pop Montreal's site here!

Nurses release mp3 from upcoming LP "Apple’s Acre"

Portland's Nurses will be releasing their new LP Apple’s Acre on August 4. To satisfy your desire for psychedelic pop in the meantime, however, the band has released "Technicolor" from the LP as a free mp3.

Pick up the free mp3 here.

If you're looking for more about Nurses, be sure to check out Left | Right Hand's video interview with the group below. Additionally, Nurses have a ton of tour dates planned with The Brunettes, Pink Mountaintops, Throw Me The Statue, and many other groups. Find the dates after the break.




08/06 Portland, OR - Holocene w/ The Slaves, Inside Voices
08/23 Spokane, WA - Empyrean Coffee House w/ The Globes, Throw Me The Statue
08/26 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry w/ Throw Me The Statue, the Brunettes
08/27 Urbana, IL - Courtyard Cafe w/ Throw Me The Statue, the Brunettes
08/28 Madison, WI - Annex w/ Throw Me The Statue, the Brunettes
08/29 Chicago, IL - Subterranean w/ Throw Me The Statue, the Brunettes
09/01 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs w/ Throw Me The Statue, the Brunettes
09/02 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge w/ Throw Me The Statue, the Brunettes
09/03 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's w/ Throw Me The Statue, the Brunettes
09/04 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel w/ Throw Me The Statue, the Brunettes
09/05 Durham, NC - Duke Coffeehouse w/ Throw Me The Statue, the Brunettes
09/07 Atlanta, GA - The Drunken Unicorn w/ Throw Me the Statue, The Brunettes
09/08 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder w/ Throw Me the Statue, The Brunettes
09/10 Houston, TX - Rudyard's w/ Throw Me the Statue, The Brunettes
09/11 Austin, TX - The Mohawk w/ Throw Me the Statue, The Brunettes
09/12 Dallas, TX - Cavern Ale House w/ Throw Me the Statue, The Brunettes
09/14 Phoenix, AZ - Modified w/ Throw Me The Statue, the Brunettes
09/15 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo w/ The Brunettes, Devon Williams, Throw Me the Statue
09/16 La Jolla, CA - UCSD - The Loft w/ Throw Me The Statue, the Brunettes
09/18 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge w/ The Old Believers, Pink Mountaintops
09/22 Seattle, WA - The Vera Project w/ The Brunettes
09/23 Vancouver, BC - Media Club w/ The Brunettes

Apse to Release new LP "Climb Up" October 20

Newtown, CT experimental rockers Apse are set to release their sophomore LP Climb Up on October 20 through ATP Records. It's hard to believe the group has been around for around a decade. Through line-up changes, switches in location and relentless exploration in the limits of genre constraints, the group is finally follow-up their triumphant 2006 LP debut Spirit. That album prompted Pitchfork to call Apse a "latter-day Radiohead or Sigur Ros," so you can be sure to expect great things from Climb Up.

The new album has been in production since 2008, recorded entirely by the band in their homes in Cape Cod. The group promises a "greater use of electronics, a range of instruments both modern and classical and – notably – a much stronger emphasis on voices and melodies" in the album. It's going to be a long wait 'til October.

Music for Your Eyes: The Depreciation Guild's "Dream About Me"

Beautiful shoegaze. It's like it's the early '90s and you're hearing My Bloody Valentine for the first time. 'Nuff said.



The Brooklyn group have announced that they will be releasing In Her Gentle Jaws on deluxe vinyl and digital this fall (it was originally released as a free download in 2007). The Depreciation Guild's follow-up LP is in the works this summer, and will be released on the group's new label Kanine.

They'll also be touring with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (who else?). Dates after the break.



07-17 - Chicago IL - The Hideout w/ Coltrane Motion
09-05 Boston, MA - Middle East Downstairs
09-06 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa
09-07 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern
09-08 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium
09-09 Madison, WI - Stage Door at the Orpheum
09-10 Omaha, NE - The Slowdown
09-13 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
09-14 Boise, ID - Neurolux
09-17 Portland, OR – Music Fest North West/Doug Fir
09-21 San Diego, CA - Casbah
09-22 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
09-24 Fort Worth, TX - Lola's
09-25 Austin, TX - The Mohawk
09-26 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks
09-27 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
09-28 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
09-29 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
09-30 Washington, DC - Black Cat
10-01 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
10-05 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church

White Denim sign to Downtown Records, new LP coming in October

Austin's punk and garage inspired outfit White Denim have signed to Downtown Records. Presumably, the new label will release the group's new LP Fits, due for release on October 20. The album follows-up White Denim's debut full-length, Workout Holiday, which helped launch the group to wide recognition last year.

We can expect the group to embark on a U.S. tour in support of the new album in October as well.

Here's what we've been told about the Fits:

When a band’s first album is unpredictable enough to invoke comparisons with artists as wildly diverse as hardcore innovators the Minutemen and professorial idiosyncrasy of Randy Newman, then you can reasonably assume its been made by people who care about music. Lots of it. Jazz, punk, funk, country, acid rock, even piano ballads – all these labels have been used, accurately, to describe White Denim. Their second record is more problematic though. It has to sound like them.

Or, the Whale preps new album for September

Or, the Whale is preparing to release a new album on the heels of 2007's Light Poles and Pines (which featured the band's debut single "Call and Response" and helped earn them a 2008 Hollywood Music Award for Best Americana/Roots Artist as well as a coveted spot on Radio & Records Top 100 Americana Artists of 2008).

Tracks like "Black Rabbit," which features a gale-force chorus above electric feedback and pounding drums, play out as if in an effort to prove just how hard the band can rock. At other times, as on "Never Coming Out" -- a paranoid and agoraphobic rail ride that explodes into a final a capella starburst -- Or, the Whale showcases their ability to present a reflective, stripped-down arrangement (no small feat for a band with seven members). Likewise, the creeping "Keep Me Up" shows how Led Zeppelin's "No Quarter" might sound if re-imagined through the mournful wail of pedal steel.

The San Francisco group's new self-titled album is filled with more complexity and shape, not to mention diversity and emotional impact. It lands on September 22 on Seany.

Yourself and the Air making waves

I wasn't familiar with Yourself and the Air before their EP, Friend Of All Breeds, landed in my Inbox. If you, like I was, are unfamiliar with the group, let me introduce you.

The Chicago group formed in 2006 and released their first EP, Cold Outside Brings Heavy Thoughts to Think, the next year. Now they're back with Friend of All Breeds, an extraordinary blend of post-rock instrumentals, pop-friendly melodies and pained vocals. Yourself and the Air's music captivates -- some tracks are creepy and haunting, others rousing and triumphant.

"Like The Pixies, Yourself and the Air are experts at building songs around distinct guitar movements that shift seamlessly into one another on a smooth rotation. Best of all, they do it without sounding like a shallow imitation." - Tiny Mix Tapes

"Friend Of All Breeds has a worried heart, certain it has been mistreated and desperate to understand why." - Illinois Entertainer

"The delicious music created by suburban Chicago 5-piece Yourself & the Air is urban and jangly, yet spaced-out with a dreamlike quality — akin to the soundtrack to a twisted kids movie delivered with an eerie calm, climactic structures and relentless rhythms." - chicago INNERVIEW

Yeah. So you should be a fan. You can hear Yourself and the Air on Future Perfect Radio now. Get to it.

Yourself on the Air was also recently featured on Daytrotter. Check out their session here.

Tour dates after the break!


7.16 - The Replay Lounge - Lawrence, KS
7.17 - Hi Dive - Denver, CO
7.18 - Bash's - Lubbock, TX
7.20 - Notsuoh - Houston, TX
7.21 - The Mohawk - Austin, TX
7.22 - Rubbergloves Rehearsal - Denton, TX
7.23 - Sticky Fingerz Chicken Shack - Little Rock, AR
7.24 - Spanish Moon - Baton Rouge, LA
7.25 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA
7.26 - The End - Nashville TN
7.27 - Bottletree - Birmingham, AL
7.28 - Southgate House Parlor - Newport, KY
7.29 - Circus - Columbus, OH
7.30 - Vollrath Tavern - Indianapolis, IN
7.31 - Turf Club - St. Paul, MN
8.1 - Subterranean - Chicago, IL

The Rural Alberta Advantage Need Your Help!

One of the albums I've been most excited about this year is The Rural Alberta Advantage's Hometowns. I got a tease of the Canadian group when they were first signed to Saddle Creek alongside UUVVWWZ, and I was hooked from the first 20 seconds of "Don't Haunt This Place."

I finally got the whole album yesterday, and boy does it live up to my expectations. A wonderful blend of twee, indie pop and folk -- like smooshing Sea Wolf and The Shins together. Every song offers something different, no two sound alike but every one is addictive.

And to add to the group's coolness, they're raising money to release a 7" single. You can pledge your support (and receive really cool goodies!) on KickStart. Check these guys (and gal) out, you will not be disappointed!

Pitchfork Music Fest schedule posted

The schedule for this year's Pitchfork Music Fest in Chicago, July 17-19, has been announced. Check out the full listing after the break. Additionally, it sounds like tickets for Sunday have been sold out. So, if you were hoping to catch The Vivian Girls, Grizzly Bear, M83, or The Flaming Lips, you're out of luck.

Of course, you can hear all of those acts, and indeed the whole Pitchfork line-up, on Future Perfect Radio's Pitchfork Music Fest channel. Tune in by clicking on the button below!



FRIDAY, JULY 17
8:40 (A) Built to Spill
7:20 (C) The Jesus Lizard
6:10 (A) Yo La Tengo...

5:00 (C) Tortoise

SATURDAY, JULY 18
8:40 (A) The National
8:30 (B) The Black Lips
7:30 (B) Matt and Kim
7:25 (C) Beirut
6:30 (B) Lindstrøm
6:15 (A) Doom
5:30 (B) Wavves
5:15 (C) Yeasayer
4:30 (B) Ponytail
4:15 (A) Final Fantasy
3:35 (B) Bowerbirds
3:20 (C) The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
2:40 (B) The Antlers
2:30 (A) Fucked Up
1:45 (C) Plants and Animals
1:45 (B) The Dutchess & The Duke
1:00 (A) Cymbals Eat Guitars
1:00 (B) Disappears

SUNDAY, JULY 19
8:40 (A) The Flaming Lips
8:30 (B) The Very Best
7:30 (B) Mew
7:25 (C) Grizzly Bear
6:30 (B) Vivian Girls
6:15 (A) M83
5:30 (B) Japandroids
5:15 (C) The Walkmen
4:30 (B) DJ/Rupture
4:15 (A) The Thermals
3:35 (B) Women
3:20 (C) Pharoahe Monch
2:40 (B) The Killer Whales
2:30 (A) Blitzen Trapper
1:45 (C) Frightened Rabbit
1:45 (B) Dianogah
1:00 (A) The Mae Shi
1:00 (B) Michael Columbia

A=Aluminum Stage, B=Balance Stage, C=Connector Stage

The Veils on tour

Add to our previous list of dream artist duos The Veils and The Faunts. Oh yeah. Well, at least The Veils are hitting some venues this summer (even if they're Faunts-less). Check out the dates after the break.


Thu, Jul 9 Vancouver BC Canada Media Club
Fri, Jul 10 Seattle WA US Chop Suey
Sat, Jul 11 Portland OR US Mississippi Studios
Mon, Jul 13 San Francisco CA US Bottom of the Hill
Tue, Jul 14 Costa Mesa CA US Detroit Bar
Wed, Jul 15 Los Angeles CA US Spaceland
Fri, Jul 17 Tucson AZ US Plush
Sun, Jul 19 Ausitn TX US Mohawk
Mon, Jul 20 Norman OK US Opolis
Wed, Jul 22 Minneapolis MN US 7th street entry
Thu, Jul 23 Chicago IL US Empty Bottle
Fri, Jul 24 Cleveland OH US Beachland Ballroom Tavern
Sat, Jul 25 Pontiac MI US Pike Room @ Crofoot
Mon, Jul 27 Toronto ON Canada Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
Tue, Jul 28 Montreal QUE Canada La Sala Rossa
Wed, Jul 29 Cambridge MA US TT THe Bears
Thu, Jul 30 New York NY US The Mercury Lounge
Fri, Jul 31 philadelphia PA US Johnny Brenda’s
Sat, Aug 1 Washington DC US Rock and Roll Hotel
Mon, Aug 3 Brooklyn NY US The Bell House

Match made in heaven: Asobi Seksu tour with Loney, Dear

You can say that again. Glitzy shoegaze connoisseurs Asobi Seksu will be touring with Sweden's electro-influenced rocker Loney, Dear. Dates are below.

What duos would you like to see roll into town? Here are a few of ours:

Bat for Lashes and Black Moth Super Rainbow
Yeasayer and The Builders and the Butchers
Sea Wolf and the Portland Cello Project
Foals and Coldplay (just kidding)

Sep 16 - Joe’s Pub (special acoustic performance) - New York, NY
Sep 23 - Local 506 - Chapel Hill, NC
Sep 24 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA

Sep 26 - The Mohawk - Austin, TX
Sep 27 - Hailey’s - Denton, TX
Sep 29 - Plush - Tucson, AZ
Sep 30 - Casbah - San Diego, CA*
Oct 1 - Troubador - Los Angeles, CA*
Oct 2 - Slims - San Francisco, CA*
Oct 3 - Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR*
Oct 4 - Chop Suey - Seattle, WA*
Oct 6 - Biltmore Cabaret - Vancouver BC*
Oct 9 - 7th Street Entry - Minneapolis, MN*
Oct 10 - Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL*
Oct 11 - Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH*
Oct 12 - Horseshoe Tavern - Toronto ON*
Oct 13 - Il Motore - Montreal QC*
Oct 14 - Great Scott - Boston, MA*
Oct 15 - Maxwells - Hoboken, NJ*
Oct 16 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY*
Oct 17 - Johnny Brendas - Philadelphia, PA*

*w/Loney Dear

Deastro releases "Live at Lime With Deastro" EP

Can somebody tell Deastro he doesn't need to keep releasing music? He's got an LP coming out for pete's-sake, and yet he continues to put out EPs. First it was Grower, now Live at Lime with Deastro. Randolph Chabot is like some kind of awesome music machine! Okay though, this is a live EP, so it's not like Chabot had to give up a week in the studio or whatever. The music comes from a March 29 performance at Dubway Studios in New York. The EP can be yours for a whopping $4 at LimeWire's store here.

Check out our interview with Chabot here. Remember, Deastro's full-length Moondagger lands June 23 on Ghostly International. You can hear it now on Future Perfect Radio.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart announce new tour dates

Being the blog-buzz band of the year, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are by now familiar to all. (If not, they're the unholy love child of My Bloody Valentine, Jesus Mary Chain and the some idea of what the '80s were from 30 years down the road). The group has announced a slew of late summer/fall shows. Check them out below and after the break (where you're also find a PoBPaH vid, delightful).


Jun 18 2009 Cake Shop New York, New York #
July 10 2009 South Street Seaport New York, New York % (FREE)
July 18 2009 Pitchfork Fest Chicago, Illinois
July 20 2009 The Echo Los Angeles, California *
July 21 2009 The Rickshaw Stop San Fransisco, California *

July 23 2009 Backspace Portland, Oregon *
July 24 2009 Biltmore Cabaret Vancouver, BC *
July 25 2009 Capitol Hill Block Party Seattle, Washington
Sep 05 2009 Middle East Downstairs, Boston, Massachusetts &+
Sep 06 2009 La Sala Rossa Montreal, Quebec &+
Sep 07 2009 Horeshoe Tavern Toronto, Ontario &+
Sep 08 2009 Logan Square Auditorium Chicago, Illinois &+
Sep 09 2009 Stage Door at the Orpheum Madison, Wisconsin &+
Sep 10 2009 The Slowdown Omaha, Nebraska &+
Sep 12 2009 Monolith Festival Morrison, Colorado
Sep 13 2009 Kilby Court Salt Lake City, Utah &+
Sep 14 2009 Neurolux Boise, Idaho &+
Sep 17 2009 MFNW / Doug Fir Portland, Oregon &+
Sep 21 2009 Casbah San Diego, California &+
Sep 22 2009 Club Congress Tucson, Arizona &+
Sep 24 2009 Lola's Fort Worth, Texas &+
Sep 25 2009 The Mohawk Austin, Texas &+
Sep 26 2009 One Eyed Jacks New Orleans, Louisiana &+
Sep 27 2009 Club Downunder Tallahassee, Florida &+
Sep 28 2009 The Earl Atlanta, Georgia &+
Sep 29 2009 Local 506 Chapel Hill, North Carolina &+
Sep 30 2009 Black Cat, Washington DC &+
Oct 01 2009 Ottobar Baltimore, Maryland &+
Oct 05 2009 First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, Pennsylvania &+

% = w/ Zaza
# = w/ Crystal Stilts
* = w/ Girls
& = w/ The Depreciation Guild
+ = w/ Cymbals Eat Guitars

Castanets to release new album in September

It may not feel that long since we were enjoying the rough folk of Castanets' City of Refuge, but that was actually a whopping 8 months ago. Let's get with it people. Ray Raposa, never one for lengthy breaks in between albums, is prepping the release of Castanets' newest effort Texas Rose, The Thaw, and The Beasts for September 22.

The new album will be released on Castanets' home label Asthmatic Kitty. I've been assured the new album is "a whopper of a totally accessible pop record." Which kind of made me groan. What the hell?

There are plenty of "totally accessible" folk acts out there, and they're not that hard to find either. Don't get me wrong, I love me some Iron & Wine and Sea Wolf, but if I wanted something a little grittier, a little harder, a little odder, I had Castanets. And now I'm hearing the new album is "catchy," "well-defined" and "clean"?

Whatever. We get to judge for ourselves in September.

The Vivian Girls' sophomore album due in fall

What? What's this? A new Vivian Girls album? I thought we were all just getting tired of their first LP, and here they come along with something new to look forward to! Sure puts those bands that need 2+ years (or 3+, I'm looking at you Muse) in between albums to shame. So congrats to The Vivian Girls for this, as if we needed more reasons to love them.

The punchline? Apparently the band "took their time" with this album, where the last one was really rushed -- at least, according to guitarist Cassie Ramone. Wait, it gets better. That means, this new album took a whopping 6 days to record instead of the 3 needed to record their self-titled debut.

The album, titled Everything Goes Wrong, is scheduled for release on September 8 through In The Red. That's the artwork above. It'll pack 13 tracks and clock in at no longer than 45 minutes -- that's double the length of their debut which was 22 minutes. Indeed, "the songs are longer," said drummer Ali Koehler. "I think it's moodier. I think we have basically the same influences as on our first album, but with more influences added."

So to sum up, The Vivian Girls took an amazingly long time (6 days; 1 year since debut LP) to record a really long (44 minutes) album. What's not to love?

The Builders and the Butchers embark on summer U.S. tour

After a few weeks of listening to The Builders and the Butchers' Salvation Is a Deep Dark Well, I'm absolutely in love with the group's darkly-tinged folk rock. It's The Decemberists plus a strain of Great Depression sadness, or horror-flick fright, or Blood Meridian southwestern gore. Or maybe all of the above. There's something intrinsically uncomfortable about listening to the Portland group's unique melodies, but it's entrancing.

I recently drove south through Indiana on a camping trip, choosing local roads over interstate highways. The Builders and the Butchers provided the soundtrack as I passed by abandoned truck stops, collapsed barns and the ominous Benton County wind farm. Everything takes on a more sinister look with Salvation Is a Deep Dark Well playing, even in the sunshine of a fine early summer day. I highly recommend checking them out.

The Builders and the Butchers will be embarking on a U.S. summer tour in support of their new album, which is scheduled for release on June 30 through Gigantic Music. Dates found after the break.

* Illinois Supporting
Thursday 06/18 Portland Wonder Ballroom
Friday 06/19 Seattle Neumos
Wednesday 07/15 San Francisco Bottom of the Hill
Thursday 07/16 Visalia Cellar Door
Friday 07/17 Los Angeles Spaceland
Saturday 07/18 San Diego Casbah
Monday 07/20 Salt Lake Urban Lounge
Tuesday 07/21 Denver Larimer Lounge
Wednesday 07/22 Wichita Fischhaus
Thursday 07/23 Lawrence Replay Outside
Friday 07/24 St Louis Off Broadway with those darlins
Saturday 07/25 Cincinnati Mad Hatter
Monday 07/27 Cleveland Beachland
Tuesday 07/28 DC DC 9
Wednesday 07/29 Philadelphia Johnny Brendas
Thursday 07/30 Brooklyn Bell House
Friday 07/31 New York Pianos
Saturday 08/01 Boston TT the Bears
Monday 08/03 Detroit Pike Room
Tuesday 08/04 Pittsburgh Brillobox
Wednesday 08/05 Columbus Skully's
Thursday 08/06 Indianapolis Vollrath
Friday 08/07 Chicago Lollapalooza
Sunday 08/09 Madison High Noon TBA
Monday 08/10 Minneapolis 400 Bar
Wednesday 08/12 Missoula Palace

Deastro adds (even more) tour dates

Jeez, is there anything Deastro can't do? Deastro, also known as Randolph Chabot -- an electronica producer from Sterling Heights, MI -- has somehow found time to record a full-length full-band debut(Moondagger, out June 23 on Ghostly International), record and release a free EP (Grower) and tour like nobody's business. And here he goes, adding even more tour dates. Makes a normal person feel downright lazy.

Check out the tour dates after the break.



05.23 Detroit, MI @ Ghostly 10 Year Anniversary
06.05 Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot Ballroom
06.10 New York City, NY @ Mercury Lounge
06.12 Brooklyn, NY @ Studio B
06.13 Montreal, QC @ Le Divan Orange
06.15 Cleveland, OH @ B-Side Lounge
06.16 Toronto, ON @ The Drake
06.17 Chicago, IL @ Double Door
06.18 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
06.21 Vancouver, BC @ Media Club
06.22 Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project
06.23 Portland, OR @ Holocene
06.24 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
06.25 Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland
06.28 - Indianapolis IN @ The Vollrath (MOKB)
06.30 - Detroit MI W/ Black Moth Super Rainbow @ The Magic Stick

Black Dice kick off their summer tour

Brooklyn's Black Dice kicked off their tour in Chicago last night and will eventually bring their hard-core noise rock to every corner of the country. Check after the break to see if your locale is included in their campaign in support of new album Repo. Video for "Glazin" is also below.





Wed 05/20/09 Empty Bottle Chicago, IL #
Thu 05/21/09 Triple Rock Minneapolis, MN #
Sat 05/23/09 Palace Missoula, MT #
Sun 05/24/09 Holy Mountain Seattle, WA #
Mon 05/25/09 Biltmore Vancouver, BC #
Tue 05/26/09 Backspace Portland, OR #
Thu 05/28/09 Retrofit Studios Sacramento, CA #
Fri 05/29/09 OCD Warehouse San Francisco, CA #%
Sat 05/30/09 F Yeah Fest presents at Gilbert's Los Angeles, CA #~^
Sun 05/31/09 Rialto Theater Tucson AZ *
Mon 06/01/09 Sunshine Theater Albuquerque NM *
Tue 06/02/09 Boulder Theatre Boulder CO *
Wed 06/03/09 Opolis Norman, OK
Thu 06/04/09 House Of Blues Dallas TX *
Fri 06/05/09 Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater Austin TX *
Sat 06/06/09 The Library Oxford MS *
Sun 06/07/09 Bottletree Birmingham, AL
Mon 06/08/09 State Theatre St. Petersburg FL *
Tue 06/09/09 Culture Room Fort Lauderdale FL *
Wed 06/10/09 Club Firestone Orlando FL *
Thu 06/11/09 The Earl Atlanta, GA $
Fri 06/12/09 Local 506 Chapel Hill, NC $
Sat 06/13/09 Sonar Baltimore, MD $@+
Sun 06/14/09 Bowery Ballroom New York, NY $!
Mon 06/15/09 Outside The Lines Boston, MA $
Tue 06/16/09 Il Motore Montreal, QC $
Wed 06/17/09 Gladstone Hotel Toronto, ONT $
Thu 06/18/09 MOFA Detroit, MI $#
Fri 06/19/09 Garfield Art Works Pittsburgh, PA $
Sat 06/20/09 Kung Fu Necktie Philadelphia, PA $

# = w/ Wolf Eyes
* = w/ Animal Collective
$ = w/ Awesome Color
! = w/ Soft Circle
@ = w/ Dan Deacon
% = w/ Sic Alps
~ = w/ Richard Bishop
+ = w/ Dat Politics
^ = w/ Earthless