Sorry about the slow blog lately. One of us just got married (on honeymoon now) and the other was on antibiotics and in a fragile state for the past fifteen days. Back to new music...
This week I'm quite excited for The Wombats' U.S. release. The UK trio satisfies my ears every time and this time should be no exception. Also along the indie rock forefront, Cute Is What We Aim For are releasing their much-hyped Rotation album. Sigur Ros is finally here. To check out their crazy running around naked video, go here. *mature audiences only*
On a different note, Calico Horse and Saturday Knights have caught my attention, so their stuff is below. Enjoy.
MP3: Calico Horse - Awake In The Clouds
MP3: The Watson Twins - Sky Open Up (buy)
MP3: The Wombats - Let's Dance To Joy Division (buy)
Alejandro Escovedo - Real Animal (Official) (MySpace)
Angels & Airwaves - Start The Machine DVD (Official) (MySpace)
The Anniversary - The Devil Is On Our Side: B-Sides & Rarities (Official) (MySpace)
Au - Verbs (Official) (MySpace)
Babyshambles - Oh What a Lovely Tour (DVD & CD) (Official) (MySpace)
BBQ - Tie Your Noose (vinyl) (Official) (MySpace)
Be Your Own Pet - Get Damaged EP (Official) (MySpace)
Black Lips - We Did Not Know The Forest Spirit (LP) (Official) (MySpace)
Buffalo Killers - Buffalo Killers (vinyl) (Official) (MySpace)
Calico Horse - Mirror (Official) (MySpace)
Cute Is What We Aim For - Rotation (Official) (MySpace)
Damiera - Quiet Mouth Loud Hands (Official) (MySpace)
Die So Fluid - Spawn of Dysfunction (Official) (MySpace)
Dropout Year - On a Lighter Note (Acoustic EP) (MySpace)
Go Crash Audio - Dear, Song In My Head (MySpace)
Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair (MySpace)
IAMX - Kiss+Swallow (Official) (MySpace)
Joseph Arthur - Vagabond Skies EP (Official) (MySpace)
Less Than Jake - GNV FLA (Official) (MySpace)
Lou Lou & Guitarfish - Lou Lou & Guitarfish (Official) (MySpace)
Love as Laughter - Holy (Official) (MySpace)
Mugison - Mugiboogie (Official) (MySpace)
Paul Weller - 22 Dreams (Official) (MySpace)
Safari So Good - Every Fight is a Food Fight When You're A Cannibal (MySpace)
Sam Sparro - Sam Sparro (Official) (MySpace)
Saturday Knights - Mingle (Official) (MySpace)
Seun Kuti & Egypt - 80 Disorient Records (Official) (MySpace)
Sigur Rós - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust (Official) (MySpace)
Superchick - Rock What You Got (MySpace)
Steve Tyrell - Back to Bacharach (Official)
Take it Back! - Can't Fight Robots (MySpace)
Thriving Ivory - Thriving Ivory (Official) (MySpace)
The Watson Twins - Fire Songs (Official) (MySpace)
The Wombats - A Guide To Love, Loss and Desperation (Official) (MySpace)
Iceland's Sigur Rós (si-ur rose) begins yet another tour in anticipation of their June 23rd release of með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (With a Buzz in Our Ears We Play Endlessly).
This tour, marked the Summer Tour, starts in Mexico today (June 5) and eventually ends up in the U.K. for the third time on August 31. Overall, the tour will hit 22 countries over 87 days.
Sigur Rós' almost experimental approach and their laid-back sound somehow fits with any album they release. Over the course of the past 10+ years, the group has continued to improve upon a clean bass drums, melodic keyboards, eloquent vocals and wavy cinematic strumming of the guitar that they have produced so flawlessly.
The group is also a superb supporter of UNICEF through their time spent spreading awareness and fundraising throughout the world. We like that.
From the vault of Sigur Rós, we have a few of our personal favorites for your listening pleasure as well as a "Gobbledigook" off the soon-to-be-released album. What a fun name. Tour dates are also below.
MP3: Sigur Rós - Starálfur (buy)
MP3: Sigur Rós - untitled#4 (buy)
MP3: Sigur Rós - Gobbledigook
Mexico
June 05 • teatro degollado, guadalajara
June 07 • festival la colmena, tepoztlan, mexico city
June 08 • multikulti, tijuana (cancelled)
United States
June 11 • orpheum theatre, omaha city, nebraska
June 12 • uptown theatre, kansas city, missouri
June 14 • bonnaroo festival, manchester, tennessee
June 16 • the grand ballroom, the manhattan center, new york city, new york
June 17 • moma, new york city, new york
Germany
June 20 • southside festival, neuhausen ob eck
June 22 • hurricane festival, scheeßel
United Kingdom
June 24 • westminister methodist central hall, london
Iceland
June 28 • venue to be confirmed, reykjavík
Belgium
July 05 • rock werchter, werchter
France
July 06 • main square festival, arras
Austria
July 08 • arena, vienna
Switzerland
July 09 • les docks, lausanne
Italy
July 11 • giardino di boboli, florence
July 12 • cavea auditorium, rome
July 13 • arena civica, milano
Switzerland
July 14 • volkshaus, zürich
Spain
July 17 • fib festival, benicassim
United Kingdom
July 19 • lattitude festival, suffolk
Australia
August 01 • festival hall, melbourne
August 02 • hordern pavilion, sydney
August 03 • splendour in the grass festival, bryon bay
Norway
August 07 • øya festival, oslo
Sweden
August 08 • way out west festival, gothenburg
Denmark
August 09 • beatday festival, copenhagen
Germany
August 11 • palladium, cologne
August 12 • schlachthof, wiesbaden
August 13 • tempodrom, berlin
France
August 15 • la route du rock festival, saint malo
Netherlands
August 17 • a campingflight to lowlands paradise, biddinghuizen
Germany
August 18 • alter schlachthof, dresden
Czech Republic
August 19 • arena hc sparta praha, praha
Poland
August 20 • palladium, warsaw
Latvia
August 22 • arena riga, riga
Finland
August 24 • kulttuuritalo, helsinki
Russia
August 26 • tyuz, st. petersburg
August 27 • b1, moscow
Ireland
August 29 • electric picnic, stradbally estate, county laois
United Kingdom
August 31 • hydro connect festival, scotland
