We've been running circles trying to keep up with groups lately. With the summer tours and festivals about to jump full steam this coming week, we present to you one of our showcase groups, Russian Circles.
As a fan of ambient and progressive rock alike, the announcement of Russian Circle's June tour throughout the U.S. nabbed our fancy once more. The three guys who claim their home in Chicago, don't sing and don't want anyone listening to them expecting that either. Their second full-length album, Station (5/07), is off of Suicide Squeeze Records and features six tracks all rigged with their own firepower, whether it be through a lonely guitar or a rock ballad.
MP3: Russian Circles - Youngblood (buy)
MP3: Russian Circles - Death Rides A Horse (buy)
For everyone's enjoyment, we went to Yahoo!Maps and provided a taste of what their tour looks like as well as the tour dates below.
6/3 Picador Iowa City, Iowa
6/4 The Bluebird St. Louis, Missouri
6/5 The Riot Room Kansas City, Missouri
6/6 Marquis Denver, Colorado
6/7 Burt’s Tiki Lounge Salt Lake City, Utah
6/8 Neurolux Boise, Idaho
6/9 Neumo’s Seattle, Washington
6/10 Doug Fir Lounge Portland, Oregon
6/11 Cafe Coda Chico, California
6/12 Slim’s San Francisco, California
6/13 Dance Unlimited Morgan Hill, California
6/14 Glass House Pomona, California
6/15 Troubador West Hollywood, California
6/16 The Casbah San Diego, California
6/18 The Clubhouse Phoenix, Arizona
6/20 Red 7 Austin, Texas
6/21 Lola’s Ft. Worth, Texas
6/22 Rudyards Houston, Texas
6/23 Spanish Moon Baton Rouge, Louisiana
6/24 Bottletree Birmingham, Alabama
6/25 The Drunken Unicorn Atlanta, Georgia
6/26 Local 506 Chapel Hill, North Carolina
6/27 Harmony Grange Wilmington, Delaware
6/28 Middle East Upstairs Cambridge, Massachusetts
6/29 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York
6/30 The Ottobar Baltimore, Maryland
7/1 Mohawk Place Buffalo, New York
7/2 Magic Stick Detroit, Michigan
7/3 The Ravari Room Columbus, Ohio
7/5 Schubas - 2 Shows Chicago, Illinois
On to the rest of the pack. You may be intrigued to hear the "baroque harmonic pop jams" that Fleet Foxes boast. Their latest Sun Giant released on Subpop is making some noise this week. A few weeks after we were able to see them live, Kansas City's The Republic Tigers just released their debut album, Keep Color. With the experimental folk of Tim Fite, listeners should find comfort with Fair Ain't Far. The Last Shadow Puppets' managed to sound like an instant classic with The Age Of The Understatement.
MP3: No Age - Eraser (buy)
MP3: Nik Freitas - Sun Down (buy)
MP3: Lykke Li - Dance Dance Dance (buy)
MP3: Gentleman Auction House - The Book Of Matches (buy)
MP3: Still Lost Bird Music - Chocolate Heart (buy)
((Sounder)) - Good Things Come and Go (MySpace)
3 Doors Down - 3 Doors Down (Official) (MySpace)
Akissforjersey - Victims (Official) (MySpace)
Animal Collective - Water Curses EP (Official) (MySpace)
Armin van Buuren - Imagine (Official) (MySpace)
Barenaked Ladies - Snacktime kids album (Official) (MySpace)
Black Moth - Super Rainbow Zodiac Girl 7" (Official) (MySpace)
Carney - Nothing Without Your Help EP (Official) (MySpace)
Charlotte Sometimes - Waves and the Both of Us (Official) (MySpace)
Dosh - Wolves and Wishes (Official) (MySpace)
Elvis Costello - Momofuku (Official) (MySpace)
Firewater - The Golden Hour (Official) (MySpace)
Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant (Official) (MySpace)
From First to Last - From First to Last (Official) (MySpace)
Gavin DeGraw - Gavin DeGraw (Official) (MySpace)
Gentleman Auction House - The Book of Matches EP (Official) (MySpace)
Greeley Estates - Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East (Official) (MySpace)
IAMX - The Alternative (Official) (MySpace)
Ja Rule - The Mirror (Official) (MySpace)
Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward (Official) (MySpace)
Keith Sweat - Just Me (Official) (MySpace)
Long Blondes - Couples (Official) (MySpace)
Lucky Dragons - Dream Island Laughing Language (Official) (MySpace)
Lykke Li - Little Bit EP (Official) (MySpace)
Matmos - Supreme Baloon (Official) (MySpace)
Meho Plaza - Meho Plaza (Official) (MySpace)
Men Women & Children - Ultra Hot Volcano (Official) (MySpace)
Millencolin - Machine 15 (Official) (MySpace)
Mint Condition - e-Life (Official) (MySpace)
Moral Crux - Moral Crux (Official) (MySpace)
Motion City Soundtrack - Acoustic EP (Official) (MySpace)
mr. Gnome - Deliver This Creature (Official) (MySpace)
Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark (Official) (MySpace)
Nik Freitas - Sun Down (Official) (MySpace)
No Age - Nouns (Official) (MySpace)
Pattern is Movement - All Together (Official) (MySpace)
Peter Walker - Echo My Soul (Official) (MySpace)
Rob GEE - Says (Official) (MySpace)
Russian Circles - Station (Official) (MySpace)
Serena-Maneesh - SM Backwards (Official) (MySpace)
Setting Sun - To The Next Place (Official) (MySpace)
Shawn Lee & The Ping Pong Orchestra - Miles of Styles (Official) (MySpace)
Shy Child - Noise Won't Stop (Official) (MySpace)
Simon Joyner - The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll (Official) (MySpace)
Sinkane - Color Voice (Official) (MySpace)
Socratic - Spread the Rumors (Official) (MySpace)
Spark Is A Diamond - Try This On For Size (Official) (MySpace)
The Dreamscapes Project - Pity In A Heartbeat (Official) (MySpace)
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement (Official) (MySpace)
The Republic Tigers - Keep Color (MySpace)
Tim Fite - Fair Ain't Fair (Official) (MySpace)
Tokio Hotel - Scream (MySpace)
Wolftron - Flesh & Fears (Official) (MySpace)
