the next movement

It's official. Chi-Town is gonna be amazing.

oh Pitchfork

So I head to Pitchfork after work today and am greeted with the headline "Sunset Rubdown, Voxtrot, Joggers to Play Pitchfork Fest Pre-Party, More Events Announced" and I'm thinking please be while I'm there. I open up the page and find out that tix are on-sale and that it is the night I get into Chicago. The only problem is that I've already purchased Dashboard Confessional tickets for that evening. DC is supposed to start @ 7pm while Pitchfork is slated for 9pm. Do I try and catch both? I have a reeling Pitchfork will go alot later into the evening. DC does have two openers and could stretch long. The venues are 5 miles apart. Do I try and do two shows in one night on my first night in a city I've never been to? I'm leaning yes, my travel companion will make the final call. Oh, and BV says that The Roots may be playing the Windy City July 31st. If that's true I think I'll have to hit that up. This trip is shaping up to even more kickass than I imagined. Cubs game anyone?

Chulahoma

Wow!
Check this ep out.
The Black Keys are amazing.

i waited

A couple of days ago Pitchfork revealed some tour dates for Neko Case. Edmonton made the list. July 5 @ Myer Horowitz Theatre. On her homepage the date is not listed & ticketmaster has nothing. I'm thinking about maybe checking the show out if it indeed takes place.

Dashboard Confessional has scheduled a bunch of summer dates south of the border. They will be playing Chicago July 28. The same day I will be arriving. I'm thinking about picking up some tickets.

I guess I wasn't the only one that got screwed by Apple over the pre-sale code for Chili Pepper tickets. I'm glad that I splurged for a fan club membership or I would be in a rock and a hard place for good tix to the show. With service charges tickets came to $82 a pop. That doesn't include the fanclub membership factored in to get the tix. Crazy. I might end up selling them. I've seen them before and have a chance at Lolla to see them again.

I was able to get a pair of tickets to see Radiohead in Toronto & New York. I was in utter shock. I sold the New York pair immediately. The chance of me attending that show was financially impossible. The Toronto show is possible. I'm seeing Bright Eyes the night before in Edmonton and it would be feasable to catch a flight to the T.O the following morning. The financial reality will probably force me to unload them...still it is nice to dream.

The Strokes play on Monday. I have put little to no thought into that show. I read that the opener will be The Most Serene Republic. A complete disappointment for me. Nothing against the group, it's just that they've played Edmonton at least a half dozen times in the last 6-8 months. I saw them twice in the fall of last year. I liked how on The Strokes homepage they linked to the myspace page of the Most Serene Republic. Too bad it hasn't been updated since Feb. I was hoping for an act that normally wouldn't play the markets on this tour. I haven't really listened extensively to The Strokes in awhile now. I'll have to get them into the playlist over the next couple days.

Check out the Puffin for a Muffin site to see the results of last weekends run. If you look closely you'll see yours truely had a nice day.

Waste :(

Yesterday, Waste held a pre-sale for all the June Radiohead shows. Before I even knew it existed the bloody thing was sold-out. Most of the shows go on-sale Friday & Saturday. The Canadian dates are insanely priced. With the exchange rate at levels not seen since the 70s this makes no sense. $70+ CDN for Canadian shows while all the American gigs are around $40 USD. $1USD=$1.10CDN. Crazy. Pitchfork reveals openers for the tour. I'd love to see the Black Keys followed up by Radiohead. I don't know who Willy Mason is and Deerhoof would be alright. Friday & Saturday will be interesting.

RHCP album leaked yesterday. Flea isn't pleased. In today's world, if your at a level that the Peppers are at and your album only leaks a week before it's supposed to hit stores you should be thanking your stars.

I got my hands on some great tix for Dashboard. I had great Wilco tickets in my shopping cart through the pre-sale but, I couldn't bring myself to pay for $23USD in shipping & service charges. I'll wait till Friday to go through Canadian TicketMaster where I won't have to pay as steep service charges.

Dashboard info

Dashboard Confessional are coming to town w/ City and Colour Thursday July 6.
The emos will be out in full force. I expect a quick sell-out.
Pre-sale begins tomorrow (Wed.) @ 10am with HOB, Sonic?, & DC all offering shots at tickets.
Show is at Rexall with a Theatre Bowl setup.
Regular on-sale hits Friday. Check here for more info.
HOB & Sonic will probably be sending passwords sometime today, when I get 'em I'll post 'em.
more to come...

Update:
Sonic password is amission waiting on HOB

wet snow

I guess mother nature got confused today. The white stuff is supposed to fall in January not May.

Congrats to the Oilers. Great effort. Crossing fingers for the battle of Alberta - Playoff Edition.

The Chili Peppers unveiled tour info. I believe fan club sales begin on Sunday May 7th while pre-sale iTunes people (me included) get a shot on Tuesday May 9th with the general on-sale starting next Saturday May 13th. Look forward to the album. The Edmonton show is slated for September 17th with Calgary taking place the night before. A dreaded Sunday night show. I'm still not sure if I'm gonna go to this one. I'll snatch up tickets and make a final decision after Lollapalooza.

Radiohead finally revealed their tour itenerary. This has been painful for me to follow. Most of these dates have been locked up for awhile. Fairly small venues, tickets will sell-out in micro seconds.

Wilco pre-sale begins tomorrow through there homepage. Friday brings general sale. Thankfully tickets are fairly priced. It's looking like I'll check out this one. Never been to a show at the Jubilee before.

Coachella round-ups for all. MTV, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Spin

still in love...

Nice article about the Pitchfork founder in the Washington Post yesterday. via BV, Coolfer, & Yeti Don't Dance.

I posted some pics from Saturday's Stills show. The new version of the group really put's on a rockin' good time. The old stuff come's across great, the new stuff...well, I can't really get behind most of it. When the album finally drops I'm curious what kind of reaction it will get, if any. To my untrained eye the show didn't seem to be sold-out and from the stage the group hinted that this was one of the better turnouts of the tour.