News for the Week of 3/9/2008
First of all, the editors at blogged.com discovered us and gave us a 9.0 rating as an entry in their music directory. According to the note I got:
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I’m very happy to see that, if you’d like to vote us up (or down), you can click on the link above.
Rilo Kiley (rilokiley.com) announces North American tour. Check out the dates: Minneapolis! So maybe you may see me at First Ave…
Dates In Full:
04/19/08 Portland, OR @ Roseland
04/20/08 Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
04/23/08 Santa Cruz, CA @ Rio Theatre
04/24/08 Pomona, CA @ The Glasshouse
04/26/08 Indio, CA @ Coachella Arts & Music Festival
05/15/08 San Diego, CA @ Concerts in the Park
05/19/08 Denver. CO @ Ogden Theatre
05/20/08 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
05/21/08 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
05/22/08 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
05/23/08 Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theatre
05/24/28 Chicago, IL @ The Riviera
05/25/08 Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
05/26/08 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
05/28/08 Toronto, ONT @ Phoenix Theatre
05/30/08 Worcester, MA @ Palladium
05/31/08 Providence, RI @ Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
06/01/08 Northampton, MA @ Calvin Theater
06/02/08 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
06/05/08 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
06/06/08 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
06/07/08 Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live
06/08/08 Richmond, CA @ Toads Place
06/10/08 Norfolk, VA @ The Norva
06/11/08 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
06/12/08 Charleston, SC @ Charleston Music Farm
06/13/08 Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
06/15/08 Dallas, TX @ Palladium
06/16/08 Austin, TX @ Stubbs BBQ
| Tour Dates
03/13/08 Acadia Cafe Minneapolis, MN
03/14/08 Bailey’s Pub Taylorville, Illinois 03/15/08 Meadlowlark Bar Denver, CO 03/25/08 Vincennes University Indiana 03/27/08 Defiance College Defiance,OH 03/28/08 Augustana Rock Island, IL 03/29/08 Regular Joe’s Coffeehouse, IL 03/31/08 Heidelberg College Tiffin, Ohio 04/01/08 University of Akron Akron, Ohio 04/05/08 The Soiled Dove Underground w/ Jen Korte – DENVER CD RELEASE PARTY!!!! Denver, Colorado 04/07/08 Plymouth State Plymouth, NH 04/08/08 New England College NH 04/09/08 SUNY Plattsburg Plattsburg,NY 04/10/08 St. Anselm College NH 04/11/08 Curry College Milton, Massachusetts 04/14/08 Colby-Sawyer College New London, New Hampshire 04/15/08 Ursinus College – Wismer Hall – Lower Lounge Collegeville, Pennsylvania 04/16/08 East Stroudsburg University East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 04/26/08 North Central College Naperville, Illinois 04/30/08 University of Massachusetts North Dartmouth, Massachusetts |
Speaking of Minneapolis, Jessica Sonner (jessicasonner.com) is playing here at the Acadia Cafe in Minneapolis.
Unlike Rilo Kiley who doesn’t need an introduction, I’ll have to mention that Sonner is a folk singer from Chicago, Illinois, but originally from Denver, Colorado. She released an album (note: album) called The EP in December 2005, and I haven’t seen that she’s released anything else.
Her myspace has some songs that’s not available on The EP, so I would hazard a guess that they are demos for a future album.
Oh yes, I just read that she has a new album coming out “March 2008” (although a “CD release party” is slated for April in her hometown of Denver), perhaps you can pick it up on one of her tour dates.
So, erm, stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before: more tour dates! This time Alice Smith (alicesmith.com) is about to set out on tour. She recently appeared on Jimmy Kimmel.
Click on the link for all the details, there’s not much I can add to this, except also check out Dave’s review on For Lovers, Dreamers & Me.
Regarding “Dreams”:
How Smith approaches this song is interesting. It starts sounding like a relative of Foreigner’s “Cold as Ice.” But then like a prime athlete waiting to excel, Smith starts to deliver her lyrics with a pop-like libretto. And as the song continues, she let’s her phrases expand deeper and longer but still holding back, waiting, letting the moment build until the end when she lets it all go, giving a hint of what she’s capable of.
My last news is that Spiritualized (spiritualized.com) is releasing Songs In A&E in 2008. Who knew they were still around?
Dude, their last album was released in 2003, although I thought they broke up in the early 00s when they released Let It Come Down. At least that’s the last time that I heard from this band.
Read more about it Songs in A&E on our press page. I don’t have any songs to represent them, so apologies.
Update: here’s a late-breaking news update. I know this person, so it’s cool to see the video and a capella singing.
I’ve known him for a while, we finally met a few years ago when I was in Canada.
Add him as a friend or subscribe to his videos: Kartaller
03/13/2008 02:33:52 vu my♥posts 
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