Marching Up

 

Field Music – Each Time Is A New Time

Field Music

What’s coming up:

I asked to cover Field Music (official / myspace) because they are supporting The Clientele on this upcoming tour. Since I liked Clientele, it’s assumed that I will enjoy Field Music.

Field Music are two brothers, Peter and David Brewis, out of Sunderland, England and just released a double album this year. I’m almost positive that they’ll be playing quite a bit of those 20 new tracks on this tour, which they are kicking off in Minneapolis. If you’re going to this show, come say hi!

03/15 – Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN *
03/16 -High Noon Saloon, Madison, WI *
03/17 – Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL *
03/18 – Blind Pig, Ann Arbor MI *
03/19 – Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ONT *
03/20 – Il Motore, Montreal, QC *
03/21 – Great Scott, Allston, MA *
03/23 – Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY *
03/26 – Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco, CA
03/27 – Bootleg Theatrer, Los Angeles, CA
03/29 – Casbah, San Diego, CA
04/01 – KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic performance, Los Angeles, CA

* = w/ The Clientele

Las Rubias del Norte – Porque Te Vas

Las Rubias del Norte

Las Rubias del Norte (official / myspace) is a band based out of New York, and generally known for their Latina-music.

Co-found of Las Rubias del Norte (the blondes from the north), Olivier Conan explains: “We use Latin music a little bit like the rest of the world uses rock’n’roll, because before rock’n’roll, there was the clave.” (the rhythmic pattern that is the heart of Afro-Cuban/Latin music)

It should be interesting to hear “the clave” in their songs, as they are on a tiny tour promoting their third album, Ziguala.

March 12, 2010 7:30 pm
Joe’s Pub – CD Release Party – New York, New York

March 31, 2010 8:00 pm
University of Dayton – Dayton, Ohio

April 1, 2010 8:00 pm
Morseland – Chicago, Illinois

April 2, 2010 8:00 pm
Legion Arts – Cedar Rapids, Iowa

April 3, 2010 8:00 pm
Cedar Cultural Center – Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Depreciation Guild – 7th Street, Minneapolis 10-13-09

The Depreciation Guild (myspace) are coming back to Minneapolis. I hope this time they turn up the lights….

They are promoting their new album, Spirit Youth to be out on May 18^th on Kanine Records, which singer Kurt Feldman explains is “is heavy but it’s not very shoegaze. The influence is there, but if you hear an actual ‘shoegaze record’, it doesn’t sound like us at all.”

I’ll keep that in mind at 7th Street.

3.17 – 3.20 SXSW
3.22 – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
3.23 – SF, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
3.25 – Portland, OR @ Berbati’s Pan
3.26 – Seattle, WA @ Triple Door
3.27 – Vancouver, BC @ Media Club
3.30 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
3.31 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
4.1 – Detroit @ Majestic Theatre
4.2 – Toronto, ON @ The Great Hall
4.3 – Montreal, QC @ Il Motore
4.4 – Cambridge, MA @ TT The Bears
4.5 – Milford, CT @ Daniel Street
4.6 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
4.7 – Washington, DC @ DC9
4.8 – New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge

With Serena Maneesh

Zechs Marquise (myspace) is described as a “The Mars Volta sibling band”. And fans of Mars Volta, and probalby At The Drive-In, should take note about this North American tour with RX Bandits and The Builders And The Butchers.

03/12 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre
03/13 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
03/14 Austin, TX @ Emo’s
03/16 New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
03/18 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
03/19 Orlando, FL @ The Social
03/20 Orlando, FL @ The Social
03/21 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
03/23 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
03/24 Washington D.C. @ Rock and Roll Hotel
03/25 New York, NY @ The Gramercy Theatre
03/26 New York, NY @ The Gramercy Theatre
03/27 New York, NY @ The Gramercy Theatre
03/28 Philadelphia, PA @ The TLA
03/29 New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place
03/30 Allston, MA @ Harper’s Ferry *
03/31 Allston, MA @ Harper’s Ferry
04/01 Montreal, QC @ Underworld
04/02 Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club
04/03 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
04/04 Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge
04/05 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
04/06 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
04/08 Denver, CO @ The Marquis Theatre
04/09 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
04/10 Boise, ID @ The Venue
04/11 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
04/12 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
04/14 Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
04/15 San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
04/22 Long Beach, CA @ Alex’s Bar (w/ Lisa Papineau, Technology, Cast Spells) *
04/23 Pomona, CA @ The Glass House *
04/25 San Luis Obispo, CA @ Downtown Brewing Co. *

* Without The Builders And The Butchers

Here We Go Magic

Here We Go Magic (myspace) is celebrating their self-titled debut album on Western Vinyl by doing a national tour.

Secretly Canadian liked them so much that they’ve signed the band on their label, with a pending sophomore album coming soon. I have agreed to see them in Minneapolis, to hear their “unique sound”.

I am going to see if we can attempt an interview, but judging from my busy schedule and the lack of time to listen to their album… we’ll see how it goes.

In the meantime, they are touring all across the country, plus the UK later on: