I love Sinead O’Connor. Probably not as much as she loves Bob Dylan, but I have been obsessed with her songs for a long time now. A few years ago, she released How About I Be Me (and You Be You), and was going to tour the U.S. in support of the album. It was quietly canceled, which did not surprise anyone having read her thoughts on the state of the music industry and how it’s forcing artists to make money the old fashion way: touring. Traveling town to town is harsh on her motherhood nature and she did not want to be apart from her children.

So it’s happening again, a new “The American Kindness” tour this Fall 2013, and as you can see from the dates – they are mostly residencies, giving her some breathing room and giving fans options to see Sinead O’Connor live.

11/04/13 Chicago, IL @ City Winery

11/05/13 Chicago, IL @ City Winery

11/06/13 Chicago, IL @ City Winery

11/08/13 New York, NY @ City Winery

11/09/13 New York, NY @ City Winery

11/10/13 New York, NY @ City Winery

11/12/13 Buffalo, NY @ Riviera Theater

11/13/13 Tarrytown, NY @ Tarrytown Music Hall

11/24/13 Los Angleles, CA @ Luckman Fine Arts Complex

11/26/13 Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up

11/27/13 Santa Barbara, CA @ Granada Theater

11/29/13 Carmel, CA @ Sunset Center

11/30/13 San Francisco, CA @ Nob Hill Masonic

12/02/13 Oakville, Ontario Canada @ Oakville Centre For The Performing Arts

12/03/13 Oakville, Ontario Canada @ Oakville Centre For The Performing Arts

DESAPARECIDOS
desaparecidosband.com

Surely you remember Conor Oberst (aka Bright Eyes)? His Nebraska 5-piece band Desaparecidos is heading out on tour. They also have a new 7″ single “Te Amo Camila Vallejo” (backed with “The Underground Man”) on sale exclusively on their website. I am also assuming you can pick up the 7″ when you see them live:

08/28/13 Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
10/20/13 Englewood, CO @ The Gothic Theatre
10/21/13 Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall
10/22/13 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
10/24/13 St Louis, MO @ The Pageant
10/25/13 Chicago, IL @ Metro
10/26/13 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
10/27/13 Detroit, MI @ The Majestic Theatre
10/28/13 Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom
10/30/13 Austin, TX @ Mohawk
11/01/13 New Orleans, LA @ Voodoo Music
11/03/13 Pomona, CA @ The Glass House
11/04/13 Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre
11/10/13 Melbourne, AUS @ Harvest Festival
11/16/13 Sydney, AUS @ Harvest Festival
11/17/13 Brisbane, AUS @ Harvest Festival

DEF CON 21
www.defcon.org

Even hackers need to listen to music, right? And what do they like? Dubstep????? Yuck. (Please don’t hack me). That’s what Gravitas Recordings will have you believe, as they release the Defcon soundtrack called DEF CON 21: The Official Soundtrack today, August 6th, 2013.

The pricing is the free or pay-what-you-can donation release with any revenue generated will be going straight to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit dedicated to protecting our Internet freedoms and privacy. You can download it at gravitasrecordings.com.

Tracklisting:

1. BT – The Gathering Darkness
2. Dual Core – Fear and Chaos (Dale Chase Remix)
3. ytcracker – Bitcoin Baron
4. BLEO – The Carterfone Decision
5. Swinging Rabbits – Monster (Gunslinger vs Blare Remix)
6. Psymbionic & Great Scott – Computronium
7. Gramatik – Talkbox Intended
8. PANTyRAiD – Jokes from the Backseat
9. DJ RoboRob – The Great Divide ft. Dual Core
10. BREDE – Crush On
11. Karton – Chase It High (Left/Right Remix)
12. Royal Sapien presents No Context – For the Breakers (DEF CON Edit)
13. Son of the Electric Ghost – Beat It Kids
14. Nick Stoynoff presents NOFF – Aryt
15. A.E. Burdick – Room 101
16. Faderhead – Free
17. MDMM – Octopus (Redux)
18. Vigilante – It’s Our Time (Electro Version)
19. BlakOPz – BlakOUt
20. Bud Melvin – Trolling is a Art