Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa – 2011 Summer Tour
Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa is hitting the road again this summer/fall… here are the date (so far). More to be added, I’m sure.
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DATE
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CITY
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VENUE
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Thu
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7/28/11 –
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Woodstock, NY
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Bearsville Theater
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Fri
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7/29/11 –
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Bridgeport, CT
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Kline Memorial
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Sat
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7/30/11 –
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Albany, NY
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The Egg
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Sun
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7/31/11 –
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State College, PA
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State Theatre
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Mon
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8/1/11 –
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Tue
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8/2/11 –
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Verona, NY
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Turning Stone
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Wed
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8/3/11 –
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Burlington, VT
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Higher Ground
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Thu
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8/4/11 –
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Portland, ME
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State Theater
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Fri
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8/5/11 –
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Quebec City, QC
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Inter Nation Art
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Sat
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8/6/11 –
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Northampton, MA
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Calvin Theater
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Sun
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8/7/11 –
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Pittsburg, PA
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Stage AE
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Mon
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8/8/11 –
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Buffalo, NY
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UAB Center For The Arts
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Tue
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8/9/11 –
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Wed
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8/10/11 –
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Philadelphia, PA
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Mann Center
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Thu
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8/11/11 –
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Boston, MA
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The Pavilion
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Fri
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8/12/11 –
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New York City, NY
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Beacon Theatre
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Sat
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8/13/11 –
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New York City, NY
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Beacon Theatre
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Sun
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8/14/11 –
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Balltimore, MD
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Merriweather Post
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Mon
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8/15/11 –
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Tue
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8/16/11 –
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Columbus, OH
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Lifestyles Pavilion
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Wed
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8/17/11 –
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Cleveland, OH
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Nautica Pavilion
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Thu
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8/18/11 –
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Cincinnatti, OH
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PNC Pavilion
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Fri
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8/19/11 –
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Detroit, MI
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Meadowbrook
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Sat
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8/20/11 –
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Chicago, IL
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Chicago Theatre
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Sun
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8/21/11 –
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Indianapolis, IN
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The Murat
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Mon
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8/22/11 –
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Tue
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8/23/11 –
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Milwaukee, WI
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Wed
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8/24/11 –
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Minneapolis, MN
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Orpheum
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Thu
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8/25/11 –
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St. Louis, MO
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Fox Theatre
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Fri
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8/26/11 –
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Kansas City, MO
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Midland Theater
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Sat
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8/27/11 –
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Denver, CO
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Paramount Theater
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Sun
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8/28/11 –
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Red Butte Gardens
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Mon
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8/29/11 –
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8/30/11 –
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8/31/11 –
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9/1/11 –
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9/2/11 –
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9/3/11 –
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Sun
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9/4/11 –
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9/5/11 –
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9/6/11 –
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Wed
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9/7/11 –
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Thu
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9/8/11 –
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Atlanta, GA
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Fox Theater
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Fri
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9/9/11 –
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Orlando, FL
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House Of Blues
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Sat
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9/10/11 –
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Boca Raton, FL
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Mizner Park Amph
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Sun
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9/11/11 –
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Clearwater, FL
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Ruth Eckard Hall
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Mon
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9/12/11 –
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Tue
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9/13/11 –
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Austin, TX
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ACL Live @ Moody
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Wed
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9/14/11 –
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Dallas, TX
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Verizon Theatre
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Thu
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9/15/11 –
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Houston, TX
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Verizon Wireless Theater
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Fri
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9/16/11 –
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Telluride, CO
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Blues & Brews Fest
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Sat
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9/17/11 –
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Mesa, AZ
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Mesa Arts Center
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Sun
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9/18/11 –
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Mon
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9/19/11 –
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San Diego, CA
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Hunphrey’s
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Tue
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9/20/11 –
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Los Angeles, CA
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Greek Theatre
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Wed
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9/21/11 –
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Davis, CA
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Mondavi Center
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Thu
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9/22/11 –
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San Francisco, CA
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Warfield
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Fri
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9/23/11 –
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Eugene, OR
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Hult – Silva Concert Hall *changed*
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Sat
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9/24/11 –
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Seattle, WA
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Paramount Theater
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Gaps may or may not be filled in later… I suppose Dweezil and Co need breaks, too. I plan on hitting Portland, OR, if there’s no Eugene date. Update 5/16: the Portland/Newmark date was just changed to Eugene/Hult (per Pollstar).
~Dan – np: Porcupine Tree – Signify 
Radiohead – The Butcher / Supercollider (leaked)
Radiohead’s UK Record Store Day release of “The Butcher / Supercollider” got leaked… find the (vinyl rip) Soundcloud streams here. If you’re crafty, you know how to download the mp3s. The vinyl comes out in the U.S. in June. I shall buy it then…
Update 4/18: If you pre-ordered the “Newspaper edition” of The King of Limbs from Radiohead, check your “Order Tracking” link on the kingoflimbs webpage. Your high-quality, legal download of the songs is available (mp3 or WAV, depending on what format you originally ordered).
~Dan – np: Radiohead – The King of Limbs
File Sharing Policy: There are no free mp3 download or FLAC torrents for any albums on this blog (nor will there ever be). On occasion, there are links for songs for free download (legally provided by the artist). If you like music, support the artists. Buy it!!
‘Speak With Ghosts’ by Anakronic Electro Orkestra (now out on CD)
One of the late releases digitally in 2010… the fantastic Anakronic Electro Orkestra now has their full-length Speak With Ghosts out on CD. It comes with three extra connecting snippets (“ghosts”) and is going to make it on my Best of CDs in 2011. Sure, it made it on the list in 2010, but it’s sooooo good, I’ll break / make my own rules. :)
Do you like jazzy rock-fusion klezmer (great for fans of Beats Antique & Balkan Beat Box)? Of course, you do! Find out more about Anakronic Electro Orkestra with the links below…
- Check out AEO’s webpage.
- Friend AEO on Facebook.
- Follow AEO on Twitter.
- Buy the CD from their Facebook Store.
(Free shipping from France >>> Worldwide) - Buy the digital album from Amazon or iTunes (US).
Read what I wrote last December below… or just take my word for it, and buy this album. You won’t regret it! Per the band, it’s also destined for a vinyl release later in 2011.
REVIEW: Ani DiFranco @ McDonald Theatre (Eugene, OR – 4/12/11)
FYI… PHOTOS of the SHOW at the BOTTOM
Ani DiFranco comes through Eugene on just about every West Coast tour – which is always a delight. The crowd seemed a tad sparse… perhaps due to the lack of new Ani material out there recently. She’s prolific, but hasn’t put out an album since 2008’s Red Letter Year. She hasn’t even put out any new official live bootlegs since 2009. With that lack of apparent new music on the shelves (CD World or iTunes), one might think she’s taking a break. Well, as you’ll see from the setlist below, no break has occurred with her songwriting proliferation…
Super busy week; so I apologize in advance… I didn’t catch the opener Animal Prufrock this time. I saw her back in 2008 with Judy Grahn & Ani D. I enjoyed Animal’s raucous energy, but again… twas an uber-busy week, and I couldn’t make it to the McD for the early opener start time (Animal @ 7:30, Ani D @ 8:30!).
I got into the venue about 30 seconds before Ani and band hit the stage. Whew, perfect timing! Her band this time was the same as her prior Eugene gig… Andy Barger on drums, Mike Dillon on percussion, and Todd Sickafoose on contrabass. Fantastically gelled band… I love watching these guys play. In fact, I’ll be seeing Mike Dillon play again next week in Eugene. At the end of the Ani tour, he’s hitting the road with Skerik and the rest of the guys with Garage A Trois.
Tons of new stuff was played…
Setlist: around 90 minutes pre-encore
- Anticipate
- Angry Any More
- Unworry (newish – she played it at Eugene 2009)
- Paradigm
- Promiscuity (new)
- Gloating (new)
- W.O.W. (new)
- J (new)
- I Know This Bar
- See See “Still in Love with You” (new)
- The Atom
- Everest
- If You’re Not (new)
- Untouchable Face
- Which Side Are You On?
- Encore: Overlap
- Angel from Montgomery
Due to a hectic week, I had to bail right before the encore. Based on other reports from this tour, she also played a few older tunes and maybe the newer tune “Mariachi.” Anyone with a good memory or notes throw a little help on what she played after “Which Side…” for an encore?
As far as the new stuff, I dug it… especially “Gloating,” “Jay,” and “W.O.W.” I will say one of the best things of the night was the main line to “If You’re Not”…
If you’re not getting happier as you get older, you’re fucking up.
A lot of new stuff to digest… I usually need some more time for the new material to kick around my brain. Perhaps with this glut of new material, she’s heading into the studio soon for studio album #18(!). Anyone catch her Crystal Ballroom show in Portland? Any major difference in setlist?
more photos below
The Appropriate Linkage:
- Ani DiFranco’s Site
- Ani DiFranco’s Social Media Links (see below)
- My Other Ani-Related Reviews~
- McDonald Theatre (Eugene – Oct 2009)
- McDonald Theatre (Eugene – Apr 2008)
- McDonald Theatre’s Site / Facebook / Twitter
Next show for me… Skerik, Mike Dillon, Marc Benevento and Stanton Moore are Garage A Trois @ Sam Bond’s 4/21.
~Dan – np: Todd Sickafoose – Tiny Resistors
ANI DIFRANCO PHOTOS
all pictures (cc) 2011 Daniel Temmesfeld,
you may use freely under a creative commons attribution
(click for larger)
Ani DiFranco in Eugene (4/12)
Photos and review of Ani DiFranco’s show at the McDonald Theatre in Eugene coming soon(ish)!
Check back Wednesday evening or Thursday morning for the report from Eugene!
Her Portland show is Wednesday… check it!
~Dan
dredg – Chuckles and Mr. Squeezy
Coming off the amazing The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion album in 2009, a few weeks from now dredg will put out their follow-up entitled Chuckles and Mr. Squeezy:
| 1. | Another Tribe |
| 2. | Upon Returning |
| 3. | The Tent |
| 4. | Somebody is Laughing |
| 5. | Down Without A Fight |
| 6. | The Ornament |
| 7. | The Thought Of Losing You |
| 8. | Kalathat |
| 9. | Sun Goes Down |
| 10. | Where I’ll End Up |
| 11. | Before It Began |
Here’s an mp3 from the album, courtesy of Alternative Press magazine:
More news on pre-ordering the album (digital/CD/LP) will be posted once it’s out there…
~Dan – np: dredg – Chuckles and Mr. Squeezy
REVIEW: Madeleine Peyroux @ the Shedd (Eugene, OR – 4/5/11)
FYI… PHOTOS of the SHOW at the BOTTOM
Madeleine Peyroux has a new album coming out called Standin’ On the Rooftop. The album, coming out June 7th on Decca, features Marc Ribot on guitar/banjo along with Me’shell Ndegeocello on bass. No word on tracklist for the full-length, but she just released a preview EP called The Things I’ve Seen Today, which features the title track co-written by violinist Jenny Scheinman and a delightful cover of The Beatles’ “Martha, My Dear” (click picture to the right for samples).
This show in Eugene was her second time through in as many years. I don’t recall if the band members were the same as last time, but regardless, they were all fantastic musicians. While Ribot/Ndegeocello/Scheinman were not in the live band, all four band members created a vibe conducive to taking in Madeleine’s golden vocal chords.
They played a fairly jazzy set, and Madeleine’s lush vocals bounced around in more of a jazzy singer-songwriter feel than I remembered her from before. As you’ll be able to see from the setlist below, she played a lot of the new material from the forthcoming album – much of it I was unable to unidentify. If you have any assistance on the setlist, let me know in the comments.
Setlist: over 90 minutes
- unknown
- The Things I’ve Seen Today
- Martha, My Dear [The Beatles]
- “Muddy Mississippi”
- You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go [Bob Dylan]
- “seen my reflection underneath the moon”
- “here we are… I’m only human”
- Don’t Wait Too Long
- Don’t Pick a Fight With a Poet
- “Meet me in Rio”
- “involuntary pass/past(?)”
- Dance Me to the End of Love [Leonard Cohen]
- unknown love song
- Instead [with band introductions & solos]
- Encore: J’Ai Deux Amours
- “I hear music” [with band solos]
Fantastic show. Madeleine was fairly chatty and in a great mood. The Eugene crowd was fairly subdued, except for a particular “amateur comedian” named George who interacted a bit with Madeleine – which at one point said she should have him open for her. :)
Be on the lookout for her new album in June. She’s hitting a few more West Coast & Canada dates (as well as a NYC date) between now and the end of June. Check out more tour dates below.
more photos below
The Appropriate Linkage:
- Madeleine Peyroux’s Site
- Madeleine Peyroux’s Social Media Links (see below)
- My Other Related Reviews~
- The Shedd (Eugene – March 2009)
- The Shedd’s Site / Facebook / Twitter
Next show for me… quite possibly Ani DiFranco at McDonald Theatre in Eugene (4/12).
~Dan – np: Platypus – When Pus Comes to Shove
MADELEINE PEYROUX PHOTOS
all pictures (cc) 2011 Daniel Temmesfeld,
you may use freely under a creative commons attribution
(click for larger)
Madeleine Peyroux Spring/Summer 2011 Tour Dates:
3/31-4/02 – Seattle, WA @ Jazz Alley
4/03 – Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater
4/05 – Eugene, OR @ Shedd Institute for Arts
4/06 – Santa Rosa, CA @ Wells Fargo Center
4/08 – San Francisco, CA @ Palace of Fine Arts
4/09 – Los Angeles, CA @ Luckman Theater
4/11 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Lobero Theatre
4/13 – Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater
6/17-19 – New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom
6/22 – Toronto, Ontario, Canada @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
6/24 – Victoria, British Columbia, Canada @ Royal Theatre (Victoria
International Jazzfest)
6/25 – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada @ Centre for the Performing Arts
(Vancouver International Jazz Festival))
6/26 – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada @ Winspear Centre for Music (Edmonton Int’l
Jazz Festival)
6/28 – Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada @ Theatre Granada
6/29 – Montreal, Quebec, Canada @ Theatre Maisonneuve (Fest Int’l De Jazz De
Montreal)
6/30 – Quebec, Canada @ Raoul-Jobin Hall (Palais Montcalm)
Toad the Wet Sprocket – ‘All You Want’ (2011)
Toad the Wet Sprocket broke up in 1998. In its ashes, Glen Phillips‘ solo career and Lapdog was born. Glen has put out a number of solo albums and side-projects, Lapdog put out two great albums, and “Toad” has since gotten back together on occasion to tour. Well, due to being signed to a major label, they never really owned those recordings that they made back in the day. Enter… All You Want…
ALL YOU WANT is us reclaiming our past for ourselves. While making this album, we got to look under the hood at the parts we’d written so long ago, pull apart some of the magic of the originals, and in some cases, update arrangements, tempos or attitudes that we thought we could improve upon with the benefit of a little hindsight.
The process of recording this music again brought us closer together as a band, and closer to the songs that we’ve lived with for so long. These songs still mean a lot to us, and we hope our fans enjoy listening to them as much as we enjoyed making them.
-Dean, Glen, Randy, and Todd
The album will be available for sale exclusively at the band’s website and shows prior to a formal release date later this spring via both physical and digital retail outlets.
Download a FREE MP3 of “Brother” NOW at www.toadthewetsprocket.com
~Dan – np: Placebo – Meds
Oakshire’s Hellshire I (5/7/2011)
My favorite local Eugene brewery Oakshire has been delving into single batches and barrel-aged beers lately. One of my favorites so far is the Heart-shaped Box… a barrel-aged espresso stout with cherries, cocoa nibs and vanilla beans. Freakin’ wondrous. Well, they’re going to start bottling and releasing some of their barrel-aged creations under the moniker “HELLSHIRE.” The first one hits May 7th at 8am, the morning after the Sasquatch Brewer’s Dinner:
Hellshire I – barleywine aged in bourbon barrels
The official press release on Hellshire I…
For 10 months, it has rested quietly and now it is time for it’s triumphant unveiling!!
Our new line of barrel aged beers, dubbed The Hellshire Series, will have it’s first release with a grand party on Saturday May 7th beginning at 8AM. A limited number of bottles will be sold in 22 ounce, wax dipped bottles for $15 each. Along with live, local music, we’ll have complimentary coffee and we will have a local food cart on site cooking up breakfast sandwiches. Oakshire beers will be sampled and sold along with the last of the Heart Shaped Box and any other goodies we can dig out of the cooler. Come and have brunch at Oakshire Brewing!
Hellshire I is a bourbon barrel aged barleywine. It is 10% abv and spent 10 months in Heaven Hill Bourbon Barrels. Notes of vanilla, coconut and bourbon intertwine with the complex malt and hop flavors. We’ve bottle conditioned it, so enjoy it now, or store it in your beer cellar for months.
Hellshire, our barrel aged beer program, is currently underway and growing. With an inventory of 50 barrels, we’ve got plans for wild (sour) beers, bourbon aged beers, gin barrel aged beers and more. We expect someday to be able to release 3-4 unique barrel aged beers per year, but for now we’ll wait until the beer tells us it is ready. All of the Hellshire beers will be released in bottles in limited quantities at the brewery.
I’ll be camped out at 8am… despite the brewer’s dinner the night before. It’ll be a fun morning… I’m looking forward to more bottled goodness, and maybe the Heart-shaped Box bottles will rise up one of these days.
Related Sidenote: Love Oakshire’s beers? Wanna try a warm weather treat? How about an Overcast espresso stout float. Yum!
~Dan – np: Radiohead – The King of Limbs
Nellie McKay on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts
Nellie McKay stopped by for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert with Bob Boilen / All Songs Considered…
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/04/135019502/nellie-mckay-tiny-desk-concert
Download the podcast (FREE on iTunes):
~Dan – np: Placebo – Sleeping With Ghosts
Incubus – Adolescents
So what was this all about on EnjoyIncubus.com?
The next Incubus album is done (see post), and they posted the first song from it on Soundcloud… “Adolescents.” Click the image above to hear the streaming track.
Update 4/6… the album art from Brandon Boyd’s FB page…
Update 4/15… Album Title, Tracklist, Release Date
If Not Now, When? is the name of the album, and it will come out on July 12th, 2011.
Tracklisting:
1. If Not Now, When?
2. Promises, Promises
3. Friends And Lovers
4. Thieves
5. Isadore
6. The Original
7. Defiance
8. In The Company Of Wolves
9. Switchblade
10. Adolescents
11. Tomorrow’s Food
~Dan – np: Madeleine Peyroux – Bare Bones
Gary Cherone – HURTSMILE 2011 Tour
One of the tragically timed bands in existence… Extreme. They were too good to be lumped in with the “hairband” era, yet with their power ballads as their primary radio coverage – that’s what they got labeled. Then grunge came along and washed well-produced, melodic art-rock out to sea…
I was lucky enough to catch their Saudades de Rock tour in Cincinnati a few years ago (with King’s X, too!). Extreme’s power duo of Gary Cherone (vocals for Extreme & one-time Van Halen) and Nuno Bettencourt (guitars) are one of my favorite duos to watch – period. They work sooo well together. Well, Nuno is now a hired gun on tour (currently Rihanna); so Gary is heading out on the road with his side-band: Hurtsmile. It also has Gary’s brother Markus on guitars (who I saw in 1995 with the band FLESH with Nuno’s brother Paulo on vocals… incestuous Boston music scene – for sure!).
I shant be lucky enough to catch this tour… but if you’re in one of these spots in the U.S. or Japan, check it out. Gary is an impressive performer. 
Their self-titled debut album came out in February (see link to the right for sound samples).
Hurtsmile 2011 Tour
- May 13 – the Cube Club – Newark, DE
- May 14 – M3 Rock Festival – Columbia, MD
- June 3 – Club Red – Phoenix, AZ
- June 4 – Casino Del Sol – Tuscon, AZ
- June 24th – The Bottom Line / NAGOYA
- June 25th – Red Box / KURASIKI
- June 26th – Caravan Sary / KOCHI
- June 27th – Bigcat / OSAKA
- June 29th – Live House enn 2nd / SENDAI
- June 30th – OEast / TOKYO
- July 1st – Live Space C-moon FUKUSHIMA
- July 2nd – STB139 / TOKYO
- July 21 – B.B. Kings – New York, NY
- July 22 – Showcase Live – Foxboro, MA
http://www.hurtsmile.com/
~Dan – np: Placebo – Sleeping With Ghosts
Thom Yorke added to Eddie Vedder solo tour
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke was a last minute adjustment to Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder’s upcoming solo tour. The Swell Season’s Glen Hansard will be the opener, and Thom and Eddie will share co-headlining duties.
Per Thom Yorke’s publicist (press release link below)…
[Thom] will play a mix of tunes from The Eraser, some The King of Limbs songs, a few solo piano tunes and share some songs with Eddie. [Thom] and Eddie have been mutual admirers of one another’s work, and the timing was right as Radiohead didn’t have any summer touring plans for 2011.
The Hansard/Yorke/Vedder tour kicks off in Providence, RI on June 15th and wraps up a month later in Seattle. For a promo video about the upcoming tour, check here:
Or, read the Press Release HERE.
~Dan – np: Tres Mts – Three Mountains
Mike Patton’s Mondo Cane – North American Tour
Update July 2011: it looks as though funding fell short for a North American Mondo Cane tour for 2011.
Mike Patton’s Mondo Cane was one of the absolute best albums of 2010… and by far the best packaged piece of musical art. He took it on the road for a few European dates and a San Francisco date in 2010, but sadly nothing else. Well, just announced on Cyro Baptista’s Facebook page and confirmed on Patton’s PR firm The Agency Group’s bio page (quote below), Mondo Cane will be at New York City’s Lincoln Center (in August – no specific date yet) with a North American tour as well:
Upcoming appearances include a concert at Lincoln Center with John Zorn, presented by New York City Opera, and a North American tour of Mondo Cane.
I’m hoping there is a good West Coast date or two… Portland? Seattle? Vancouver? Hell, I’ll even hit San Francisco if I can. No word on dates yet, but once they’re announced, be sure I’ll post them! Note: There is already a confirmed date in Buenos Aires, Argentina on September 17, 2011.
If you don’t know about Mondo Cane – it’s not like Mike Patton’s other work (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, Tomahawk, et cetera). It’s his 50s Italian pop big band group… listen to some samples over on the Amazons:
~Dan – np: Blackfield – Welcome to My DNA
John Zorn’s Masada Marathon 2011 (via Aural Addict)
Great review from Jeff from AuralAddict of the recent John Zorn Masada Marathon in New York City… CLICK BELOW…
via Aural Addict
David Bazan – Strange Negotiations (2011) & Tour
David Bazan (Pedro the Lion) has a new solo album coming out… it now has album art, a release date, and a summer tour planned…
Strange Negotiations
May 24, 2011
Bazan & Band 2011 Summer Tour
- 06/01 Wed – Salt Lake City UT @ Kilby Court
- 06/02 Thu – Denver CO @ Hi Dive
- 06/03 Fri – Kansas City MO @ Record Bar
- 06/04 Sat – Council Bluffs IA @ Westfair Amphitheater w/ Bright Eyes
- 06/06 Mon – St Paul MN @ Turf Club
- 06/08 Wed – Chicago IL @ Lincoln Hall
- 06/10 Fri – St Louis MO @ Old Rock House
- 06/11 Sat – Columbus OH @ The Basement
- 06/12 Sun – Akron OH @ Musica
- 06/13 Mon – Pontiac MI @ Pike Room
- 06/14 Tue – Toronto ON @ Lee’s Palace
- 06/15 Wed – Ottawa ON @ Maverick’s
- 06/17 Fri – Ithaca NY @ The Haunt
- 06/18 Sat – Hamden CT @ The Space
- 06/19 Sun – Cambridge MA @ TT the Bears
- 06/22 Wed – New York NY @ Bowery Ballroom
- 06/23 Thu – Philadelphia PA @ TBD
- 06/24 Fri – Washington DC @ Black Cat
- 06/25 Sat – Chapel Hill NC @ Local 506
- 06/27 Mon – Orlando FL @ The Social
- 06/28 Tue – Atlanta GA @ The Earl
- 06/29 Wed – Birmingham AL @ The Bottletree
- 06/30 Thu – New Orleans LA @ One Eyed Jacks
- 07/01 Fri – Baton Rouge LA @ Spanish Moon
- 07/02 Sat – Houston TX @ Fitzgerald’s
- 07/03 Sun – Dallas TX @ TBD
- 07/05 Tue – Austin TX @ ACL Satellite Sets
- 07/07 Thu – Phoenix AZ @ Sail Inn
- 07/08 Fri – San Diego CA @ Casbah
- 07/09 Sat – Long Beach CA @ TBD
- 07/10 Sun – Los Angeles CA @ Troubadour
- 07/12 Tue – Visalia @ Cellar Door
- 07/13 Wed – San Francisco CA @ The Independent
- 07/15 Fri – Portland OR @ Mississippi Studios
~Dan – np: B Lan 3 – Music for Hunting and Mapping
Sneak peak at OSI #4? New My Brightest Diamond album?
Yesterday, Kevin Moore (Chroma Key, OSI, ex-Dream Theater) posted on his twitter a video that based on the sound seems like it may be a sneak peak at the fourth OSI album:
(twitvid opens in new window)
Also, an unrelated twitter news blast as well…
Shara Worden (aka My Brightest Diamond) noted that she’s going into the studio on Friday to record her next album, and then shortly thereafter hinted to the name of said album – Everything is in Line.
Score two for new media…
~Dan – np: Derek Webb – Fuck You (by Cee-Lo Green)
Derek Webb – Democracy Vol 2 #1
One a month, from March to December 2011…
Derek Webb’s Democracy Vol 2… This month, it is “F**k You” by Cee-Lo Green (from Gnarls Barkley). I’m at work; so I haven’t had a chance to listen yet… but I’m looking forward to it! Part of me thinks Derek is solely doing this for the “Christian singer-songwriter singing ‘Fuck You’” aspect of it, but whatever… that aspect has no bearing on my views. I like Cee-Lo’s unconventional pop song, and I like Derek Webb. The combo should prove interesting – even if he recently tweeted that he muted the F-word, since he couldn’t sing an asterisk.
If Derek covers the song live on his current tour with Jars of Clay… well, that would be excellent… but unlikely.
Update: listening to it now… personal preference would be for it to not be self-censored. Vocals also sound kinda muddy, weirdly buried in the mix. Keyboards don’t seem synched up with the guitars & drums. I applaud his moxy, just perhaps not the execution. Still enjoyable, though – all things considered.
For those not in the know, Democracy Vol 2 is a continuation of the covers project Derek started last year. The fans get to nominate songs and then vote once the nominations are tallied. Here’s what he did back in 2010 (you can still go back and buy this volume):
- January 2010: The Beatles – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- February: Coldplay – Fix You
- March: Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changin’
- April: Gnarls Barkley – Who’s Gonna Save My Soul
- May: Sufjan Stevens – Chicago *a personal fave*
- June: U2 – Where the Streets Have No Name
- July: Huey Lewis & the News – Power of Love
- August: The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby *a personal fave*
- September: Simon & Garfunkel – The Sound of Silence
- October: Radiohead – Karma Police *a personal fave*
- November: Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah
- December: Robert Robinson – Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Fans of Derek may also want to check out his contribution (amongst other great covers) of Sufjan Stevens’ Seven Swans. The tribute album put out by On Joyful Wings is called Seven Swans Reimagined. Derek does In Devil’s Territory. Other musicians include some Asthmatic Kitty favorites, and some newbies to the fold – including the Gregory Brothers (autotune the news) and Inlets.
~Dan – np: On Joyful Wings (various artists) – Sufjan Stevens’ Seven Swans Reimagined
Democracy Vol. 2 is a series of subscription based albums of cover songs that Derek will be recording annually, starting January 2010. Those who participate will not only receive the exclusive album, but will democratically decide what songs Derek will record.
Ever wished you could hear Derek cover your favorite Beatles song? Or Backstreet Boys song? Or even re-record your favorite old Caedmon’s Call song? Here’s your chance. Songs will be nominated and voted down to 10. Derek will record them (demo quality) and deliver them digitally (320kbps MP3s), one song per month for 10 months (March to December). Don’t miss your chance to be part of this unique collaborative project with Derek Webb!
Medeski Martin & Wood – 20 Download (reblog)
Today is the day… the first two songs are available for download. Go to the original post (below) for info on how to get Medeski Martin & Wood’s “Me2” and “Shackman“…
Radiohead – The Universal Sigh (PDF)
Today in the UK, Radiohead released their newspaper art-piece that is in conjunction with The King of Limbs CD & LP. Tomorrow it hits the US (check here for where to get the FREE newspaper).
At Ease reported that Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood were handing out the newspaper outside London’s Rough Trade East record store (photo below).
If you aren’t in a place where the newspaper is available… fret not, it’s HERE as a FREE download (PDF format):
Radiohead – The Universal Sigh newspaper (PDF) (16M)
Also, more news today, Radiohead will be releasing a two track 12″ vinyl on the worldwide Record Store Day (April 16th, 2011). The two tracks are “Supercollider” and “The Butcher”…
April 16th…
~Dan – np: Pink Floyd – A Saucerful of Secrets
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