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PJ Harvey Confirms Two US Concert Dates

Ahead of the September 25th release of White Chalk (Island), PJ Harvey has confirmed just two US live performances: October 10 at the Beacon Theatre in New York City and October 15 at the Orpheum in Los Angeles. A quiet, unsettling album, but unmistakably our PJ, White Chalk features just her haunting higher register set [...]

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Dragons of Zynth Announce 7″ for Katrina and Debut Album

Cleveland’s Dragons of Zynth (aka Bronx-born twins Aku and Akwetey O.T.) have had a busy year, what with taking part in David Bowie’s curated Highline Festival, and opening for Television & Apples in Stereo at Central Park’s SummerStage. A band described as having the “hottest futuristic/eclectic sounds heard anywhere” our funky Dragons have announced [...]

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Clare & The Reasons to Celebrate Their “Movie” at Joe’s Pub

 You see what Secret Agent Clare is doing in that picture? She’s touching a globe. Why is that significant? Because after the release of The Movie on October 16 (Frog Stand) she might just have the whole world in her hands. Better to practice on an unsuspecting globe now. We described The Movie as “the [...]

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Cary Brothers, Water Mill, NY, 8.30.07: Sentimentalist Magazine Review

The Hamptons played host to music fans looking to get a jump on Labor Day Weekend last Thursday, as Bluhammock Music bussed in a load of city-dwellers to mingle with Hamptonites for a poolside performance by Cary Brothers and his band. Bluhorse Clothing was celebrating the release of its newest line with the “Blu [...]

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Magnet to Hit the Road with Stars

 Starting October 26 in Chapel Hill, NC., Even Johansen aka Magnet, will hit the road with a five-piece band opening for Montreal’s Stars in support of his third album, The Simple Life, due September 18 via Filter US Recordings. The Simple Life was released earlier this year in Europe and Johansen’s native Norway, where he [...]

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Sigur Rós Confirm DVD and Double CD; Heads Explode Worldwide

 On November 6, Iceland’s worshipped Sigur Rós will release both a DVD and double CD via XL. The DVD, entitled, Heima, (meaning “At Home” and “Homeland”) was directed by Dean DeBlois, and is a “series of free concerts Sigur Rós played in their native Iceland over the course of summer 2006,” capturing the largest and [...]

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Nina Nastasia and Jim White Touring for “You Follow Me”

 Embarking on their first tour as a duo, Nina Nastasia (she of extraordinarily lovely pipes) and Dirty Three drummer Jim White will take to the open road in October in support of their new Fat Cat release, You Follow Me. We are told that the debut is, “a fantastically focused record featuring the two incredible musicians in [...]

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