Michael Franti - All Rebel Rockers Streaming @ Imeem
Michael Franti's new album All Rebel Rockers hits shelves on September 9th. For those of us who can't wait that long, the entire album is currently streaming at Imeem so be sure to check it out.
This past weekend, Neko Case played at Bumbershoot in Seattle and happened to debut a few new songs. We've included the first video here, but head over to StereoGum to check out the story and the rest of the videos.
JamBase is currently featuring a Xavier Rudd contest, giving you the opportunity to win a copy of Dark Shades of Blue and a Xavier Rudd poster. Click Here to head to JamBase to enter the contest!
If you haven't already, pick up Dark Shades of Blue at iTunes or Amazon today!
After months touring Europe, Man Man, the band the New York Times called a "delirious, scrapheap-eclectic Philadelphia outfit," are back in the states and set to take their famously infamous show on the road here. A number of headlining shows are interspersed between festival appearances at the Download festival in New Jersey, Bumbershoot in Seattle, the Street Scene in San Diego and the Austin City Limits festival in Texas, among others.
Non-stop touring in support of their Anti- Records debut Rabbit Habits has seen Man Man crisscrossing the US, sleeping on floors across Europe and winning fans at each show. The legend of the Man Man live experience – which includes a whirlwind of songs that flow one into the other amidst a jumble of swapped instruments and found objects – grows exponentially as reports of ardent fans in all-white, wearing war paint and fake mustaches, increase.
For their part, the critics are sold:
• "A vaudevillian clash of sinfully delicate doo wop, virtuosic free jazz, heart-ripping, gut-crunching, intense punk rock energy, free flowing danceable funk, and above all, Eastern European tinged two step polka…love them or hate them, Man Man is a band you have to respect for their live show. " --Aquarian • "This is not just a rock show – more like a séance or an offering of upheaval and melody to the heavens. " --Denver Post • "Their live show is truly where the band's genius is revealed. " --OC Weekly • "Aesthetically a bit kooky, at once intensely focused and unhinged. " –Chicago Tribune
08.14. 08 Pasaguero, Mexico City 08.27. 08 Hawthorne Theatre, Portland OR 08.28. 08 Richard's on Richards, Vancouver BC 08.29. 08 Rifflandia Fest - Lucky Bar, Victoria BC 08.30. 08 Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle WA 09.19. 08 Echoplex, Los Angeles CA 09.20. 08 Street Scene, San Diego CA 09.25. 08 40 Watt Club, Athens GA 09.27. 08 Austin City Limits Festival, Austin TX 10.10. 08 Webster Hall, New York NY 10.11. 08 Pearl Street Ballroom, New York NY 10.12. 08 Heirloom Arts Theatre, Danbury CT 10.14. 08 Grog Shop, Cleveland Heights OH 10.15. 08 The Crofoot, Pontiac MI 10.16. 08 Canopy Club, Urbana IL 10.17. 08 Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee WI 10.18. 08 Bottom Lounge, Chicago IL 10.19. 08 The Picador, Iowa City IA 10.20.08 The Bluebird, St. Louis MO 10.22. 08 Mercy Lounge, Nashville TN 10.23. 08 Thirsty Hippo, Hattiesburg MS 10.24. 08 Voodoo Music Experience, New Orleans LA 10.25. 08 Beta Bar Tallahassee FL 10.26. 08 The Social, Orlando FL 10.27. 08 Jack Rabbits, Jacksonville FL 10.28. 08 Headliners, Columbia SC 10.29. 08 Visulite Theatre, Charlotte NC 10.30. 08 The National, Richmond VA
Islands will be playing a full set at this one-of-a-kind party! This awesome event is taking place August 23rd in Manhattan, featuring a four hour feast including BBQ cooked up by former contestants from the Bravo TV show "Top Chef."
After everyone has stuffed themselves with delicious BBQ and FREE BEER(awesome!), Islands will be the icing on the cake!
The self-titled debut EP from One Day As A Lion, the on-going creative collaboration between Zack de la Rocha (Rage Against the Machine) and Jon Theodore (The Mars Volta), hits stores today.
One Day As A Lion (Zack de la Rocha, Jon Theodore) have released "Wild International," the first song off their upcoming self-titled debut EP (out July 22nd on Anti). The track is streaming on the band's myspace page. Listen here.
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Release date: 2008-07-22
One Day As A Lion are: Zack de la Rocha Jon Theodore
Anti- Records is pleased to announce the signing of One Day As A Lion. An on-going creative collaboration between two like-conscioused individuals, One Day As A Lion will release their eponymous debut EP worldwide on July 22nd.
The band writes:
"One Day As A Lion is both a warning delivered and a promise kept."
"A defiant affirmation of the possibilities that exist in the space between kick and snare. It's a sonic reflection of the visceral tension between a picturesque fabricated cultural landscape, and the brutal socioeconomic realities it attempts to mask. One Day As A Lion is a recorded interaction between Zack de la Rocha and Jon Theodore from Los Angeles, California."
"The name taken from the infamous 1970 black and white, captured by legendary Chicano photographer George Rodriguez featuring a center framed tag on a white wall in an unspecified section of Boyle Heights. It reads: 'It's better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb.' This record is a stripped down attempt to realize this sentiment in sound."
One Day As A Lion: Zack de la Rocha (vocals / keyboards) Jon Theodore (drums)
The songs: 01 - Wild International 02 - Ocean View 03 - Last Letter 04 - If You Fear Dying 05 - One Day As A Lion
The details: Recorded by Robert Carranza at Ocean Way Recording Mixed by Mario C at MCJ Studio
Video Premiere: Michael Franti & Spearhead - "Remote Control"
Go to Spinner.com now to check out Michael Franti & Spearhead's new video for "Remote Control" off his upcoming album, All Rebel Rockers, out 09/09/08! Buy 'Remote Control' on iTunes
