Ninja Tune, Big Dada, and Counter Records are all hitting the road this summer with US and Canadian dates. Be sure to check them out when they come to your town.
Amon Tobin July 17 - Drayton Valley, AB - Motion Bent River Ranch July 24 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre Aug 6 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater Aug 7 - Seattle, WA - Neumos Aug 30 - Montreal, QC - Piknic Electronik
The Bug July 2 - Montreal, PQ - Club Soda, Montreal Jazz Fest July 4 - Toronto, ON - The Social, Toronto Jazz Fest
Kid Koala July 16 - Quebec City, QC - Dagobert July 17 - Halifax, NS - Paragon Theater July 25 - Calgary, AB - Calgary Folk Music Festival Aug 9 - Trout Lake, WA - Trailhead Bed and Breakfast
Thunderheist July 4 - Montreal, QC - Club Soda (part of Montreal Jazz Fest) July 9 - Quebec, QC - Le Cercle (Part of Festival D'ete de Quebec) July 12 - Ottawa, ON - Cisco Systems Bluesfest
Ape School July 24 - Brooklyn NY - The New Littlefield w/Malajube
The Heavy July 3 - Regina - The Exchange July 4 - Winnipeg - Jazz Winnipeg Festival July 6 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe July 7 - Chicago, IL - Double Door July 8 - Hamilton, ON - Casbah July 9 - Ottawa - Cisco Systems Bluesfest
Bonobo North American Tour
Bonobo is heading across the pond to play a month of shows in North America. Along for the ride is his fantastic band who he just filmed a DVD with, "Bonobo: Live At Koko"
7/10- Montreal, QC- Club Soda (Jazz Fest)
7/11- Atlanta, GA- 595North
7/12- Chicago, Il- Logan Square Auditorium
7/12- Chicago, Il- Sonotheque
7/14- Los Angeles, CA- King King Hollywood
7/17- Pattersonville, NY- Camp Bisco 8
7/18- San Francisco, CA- Mighty
7/20- Vancouver, BC- Richards On Richards
7/21- Portland, OR- Roseland Theatre
7/22- Seattle, WA- Meumos
7/23- Denver, CO- Ogden Theatre
7/24- Aspen, CO- Belly Up Aspen
7/25- Boulder, CO- Fox Theatre
06.07.09Solid Steel Radio Show - Strictly Kev & The Broken Keys
Solid Steel in association with Serato (3rd July) This week Strictly Kev celebrates a rare occurrence - the release of a new DJ Food record! To mark the occasion he's put together a selection of songs that inspired and helped form the EP, together with the tracks themselves to give it a bit of context until the second part drops in the autumn. All the artists who feature on the record are present from The Dragons, Ken Nordine, Dr. Rubberfunk, Natural Self and Bundy K Brown as well a teaser for the next installment - it's a One Man's Weird Is Another Man's World reader if you will. This is neatly followed in the second hour with a a fantastic mix from The Broken Keys - aka Natural Self and Nostalgia 77 - called ‘Engine Oil and Elbow Grease’, stuffed to the brim with old funk, rock breaks and psyche, with tracks from Vanilla Fudge, Colosseum and Serge Gainsbourg and Rock Workshop.
02.07.09Bridge Burner 2009!
Last Wednesday was Saint-Jean-Baptiste day, and in true Quebec fashion there was a giant party. Poirier, Speakerbruiser Rob (Megasoid), and Khiasma put on the Bridge Burner once again and it was completely insane. Check out the great footage from that night below.
25.06.09Speech Debelle 'Better Days' Video Premiere on Pitchfork
Speech Debelle kicks off the festival season with a cracking video for her new single, "Better Days," a harder hitting, more beat-led piece of hip hop than some of her earlier releases, but losing none of their emotional charge.
Produced by Plutonic Lab during Speech’s stay in Australia, Ms Debelle returned to Blighty without a chorus in place. After various ideas for singers were mooted she settled on Micachu, who could add a distinctive and distinctly British soul to proceedings. The result is blazing – swinging, snapping drums contrasted with deep double bass and acoustic guitar, Speech’s clever, incisive, real lyrics and the unexpected twists of Micachu’s melancholy chorus. As NME has already put it, it’s “a slow-burning slice of pop that’s both unsettlingly gloomy and joyously uplifting.”
19.06.09Anti-Pop Consortium On Pitchfork
Check out Pitchfork to hear a new Anti-Pop Consortium track from their forthcoming album on Big Dada, Fluorescent Black.
