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Animal Collective Will Take Their Eccentric Indie Pop on World Tour

Saturday, June 30, 2007

San Francisco's eccentric indie group Animal Collective is set to launch their 2007 worldwide tour with shows and gigs in Europe, the U.S., Canada.

The group will perform for their cult-like and adoring fans whom enjoy the band's strange, unique, dark and often malformed musical compositions.

You can click on the venues below for more specific information (when available) and to find tickets. Otherwise, check out TicketMaster.com

Animal Collective's 2007 Tour Show Schedule (updated: June 27th)

Wed, 09/05/07 -8:00 PM
Avalon

Boston, MA
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Tue, 09/11/07 -6:00 PM
First Avenue

Minneapolis, MN
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Tue, 09/18/07 -8:00 PM
Henry Fonda Theatre

Hollywood, CA
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Tue, 09/25/0709:00 PM
Cannery Ballroom

Nashville, TN
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Wed, 09/26/07 -8:30 PM
Variety Playhouse

Atlanta, GA
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Sat, 09/29/07 -8:00 PM
Starlight Ballroom

Philadelphia, PA
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Sun, 09/30/07 -8:00 PM
Webster Hall

New York, NY
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Mon, 10/01/07 -8:00 PM
Webster Hall

New York, NY
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For Fans Outside the U.S., Animal Collective will be playing the following dates abroad. If you have never heard of them, check them out - we love them here at IRC!

Fri, 09/07/07 -8:00 PM

London
Bronson Centre

Sat, 09/08/07 -6:00 PM

Phoenix, AZ
The Phoenix Concert Theatre

Sat, 09/15/07 -8:00 PM

Commodore Ballroom

Vancouver, BC
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Labels: Animal Collective, Animal Collective Music Video, Animal Collective Shows, Indie Rock Concerts, Indie Shows

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Classic Indie Rockers Built to Spill in True Form; Announce 2007 Tour Dates

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Indie classic trend-setters Built To Spill are back again in full form with a 2007 summer tour set to begin on Friday, June 29.

The band is adorn worldwide by legions of loyal indie rock fans, some who have been following BTS since their early pioneer blazing days into new realms of alternative rock as a counterpart to the grunge movement.

Built to Spill became an eventual substitute for many grunge rock fans after the suicide of Kurt Cobain. Many rockers agree that the death of Nirvana’s front man marked the end of the grunge rock era that exploded out of Seattle in the early 90’s.

Of course some rock critics still debate BTS’s place in indie rock.

In fact, Steve Huey of allmusic.com observes: “Built to Spill were one of the most popular indie rock acts of the '90s, finding the middle ground between postmodern, Pavement-style pop and the loose, spacious jamming of Neil Young.”

However one wants to categorize the band’s exact genre home – they span many – the fact that the aging trio is back to give fans their branded style of indie rock is a treat not to be under appreciated.

Last year, the band’s first album in five years titled “You in Reverse” attracted an

overwhelmingly positive response followed by a delayed, but successful tour.

Check out some samples and MP3s and Built to Spill YouTube and AOL music videos at IndieRockSongs.com

Also, you can view the most updated Built to Spill tour and show schedule listings (as of 6/27/07) at IndieRockConcerts.com

Labels: Built to Spill, Built to Spill MP3s, Built to Spill MySpace, Built to Spill Official Website, Built to Spill YouTube, Indie MP3s, Indie Rock Classic Artists, Indie Rock Festivals

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2007 Blast at the Annual Glastonbury Festival of Indie Rock

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2007 – What a Show!

See the official Glastonbury Festival website where you can view the entire and exhaustive list of the dozens of other types of performances like DJ'ing by Fatboy Slim to movies like Pulp Fiction.

The sheer enormity of events at the festival was overwhelming and impossible for anyone to take it all in. Watch this page or sign-up for the IRC feed as we updated this page with photos, videos, music and more from Glastonbury 2007.

Here is the line-up of indie and alternative rock music artists and groups who played at Glastonbury Festival 2007 (or see the long, long line-up):

Friday 22nd June 2007

23.05 Arctic Monkeys

21.15 Kasabian

19.45 The Fratellis

18.15 Bloc Party

16.40 The Magic Numbers

15.10 Amy Winehouse

13.50 Gogol Bordello

12.40 The Earlies

10.40 Adjágas

Saturday 23rd June

22.55 The Killers

21.15 The Kooks

19.30 Paul Weller

18.00 Paolo Nutini

16.30 Lily Allen

15.00 Dirty Pretty Things

13.30 Guillemots

12.15 The Pipettes

11.30 Seasick Steve

10.30 Liz Green

Sunday 24th June

22.05 The Who

20.00 Kaiser Chiefs

18.30 Manic Street Preachers

17.20 Dame Shirley Bassey

15.55 James Morrison

14.10 Marley Brothers Present The 30th Anniversary Of Exodus

12.40 The Waterboys

12.00 Corb Lund

10.20 National Youth Orchestra

Other Stage

Friday 22nd Jun 2007

23.05 Bjork

21.20 Arcade Fire

19.50 Rufus Wainwright

18.20 The Coral

16.50 Super Furry Animals

15.35 Bright Eyes

14.30 The Automatic

13.30 Modest Mouse

12.30 The Cribs

11.30 Reverend And The Makers

10.30 Mr Hudson And The Library

Saturday 23rd June

23.00 Iggy And The Stooges

21.30 The Editors

20.00 Maximo Park

18.30 Babyshambles

17.00 Klaxons

15.50 CSS

14.40 Biffy Clyro

13.40 The Long Blondes

12.40 Brakes

11.40 El Presidente

10.40 The Switches

Sunday 24th June

22.40 The Chemical Brothers

21.00 The View

19.30 The Go! Team

18.00 Mika

16.40 The Rakes

15.40 Get Cape Wear Cape Fly

14.40 Coldwar Kids

13.40 Sunshine Underground

12.40 The Enemy

11.40 The Holloways

10.40 Kharma 45

John Peel Stage

Friday 22nd June 2007

23.10 Hot Chip

22.00 Maccabees

20.40 Mum Ra

19.25 Jack Penate

18.10 Hold Steady

17.00 The New Pornographers

16.00 Tokyo Police Club

15.00 Good Shoes

14.00 Annuals

13.00 Disco Ensemble

12.00 Fear of Music

11.00 Look See Proof

Saturday 23rd June

23.10 The Twang

22.00 Get Cape Wearcape Fly

20.40 Patrick Wolf

19.25 Bat for Lashes

18.10 Pigeon Detectives

17.00 Calvin Harris

16.00 You Say Party We Say Die

15.00 Holy Fuck

14.00 The Heights

13.00 The Rushes

12.00 The Hours

11.10 Grim Northern Social

10.20 Blue Bullet

Sunday 24th June

22.55 Gossip

21.25 Jamie T

20.10 Just Jack

18.55 Mark Ronson

17.45 Scott Mathews

16.45 Young Knives

15.45 Rumble Strips

14.45 The Horrors

13.45 Noisettes

12.45 Tiny Dancers

11.45 Aqualung

10.55 Shoot The Moon

JazzWorld Stage

Friday 22nd June 2007

23.00 Damian Marley

21.15 Amy Winehouse

19.45 Toumani Diabaté & Symmetric Orchestra

18.15 AIM

16.45 Gus Gus

15.15 Alex Wilson Salsa Orchestra

13.45 Soweto Kinch

12.30 Midival Punditz feat. Karsh Kale & special guests

10.45 Guilty Pleasures Featuring The Tor Dogs & Special Guests

Saturday 23rd June 2007

23.15 Rodrigo y Gabriela

21.30 John Fogerty

19.55 Guillemots

18.35 Mr Hudson and the Library

17.05 K`Naan

13.35 Hiromi's Sonicbloom

14.15 The Bees

12.45 Soil & 'Pimp' Sessions

11.25 Ganga Giri

10.10 Forty Thieves Orkestar

Sunday 24th June 2007

23.00 Corinne Bailey Rae

21.30 Fat Freddys Drop

20.00 Amp Fiddler

18.40 Beirut

17.10 Tinariwen

15.40 Seth Lakeman

14.30 Koop

13.10 Mahala Rai Banda - Electric Gypsyland

11.40 Babyhead

10.25 Feluka

Acoustic Stage

Friday 22nd June 2007

22.45 Damien Rice

21.10 Hothouse Flowers

19.45 Sandi Thom

18.30 Jack L

17.15 Julie Fowlis

16.05 The Dylan Project

13.05 Pauline Scanlon

14.10 Emmy the Great

13.15 Newton Faulkner

12.30 Martha Tilston

Saturday 23rd June

23.00 The Waterboys

21.45 Nick Lowe

20.10 Eric Bibb

18.55 Jerry Fish

17.40 The Men They Couldn't Hang

16.00 Liam O'Maonlai

14.55 The Storys

13.50 Catherine Feeny

12.50 Liz Green

12.00 Hayley Hutchinson

Sunday 24th June

22.30 The Bootleg Beatles

20.55 KT Tunstall

19.30 Moya Brennan

18.15 London Community Gospel Choir

17.00 Steve Forbert

15.50 Songs of Nick Drake By Keith James

14.45 David Saw

13.40 Winding Stair

12.40 Hummingbirds

12.00 The Epstein

The Park Stage

Friday 22nd June 2007

23.40 Spiritualized - Acoustic Mainline

22.30 Aliens

21.30 M.I.A.

20.50 Shlomo

19.50 Cajun Dance Party

18.50 Martha Wainwright

17.50 Charlotte Hatherly

16.30 Chas 'n' Dave

15.20 Amy Macdonald

14.20 Kate Nash

13.20 Los Campesionos!

12.20 Remi Nicole

11.30 The Ralfe Band

10.30 Peter & the Wolf

Saturday 23rd June

19.00 Africa Express

17.40 Lou Rhodes

16.30 Ed Harcourt

15.20 Cherry Ghost

14.20 Piney Gir

13.20 Josh Pyke

12.20 Get Well Soon

11.30 The High Wire

10.30 Sargeant

Sunday 24th June

23.45 Gruff Rhys

22.40 Circulus

21.30 King Creosote

20.30 Adem

19.35 The Little Ones

18.30 Willy Mason

17.30 Micah P Hinson

16.20 Pete Doherty

15.20 Euros Childs

14.20 Fionn Regan

13.30 Richard Swift

12.40 Gravenhurst

11.50 Laura Marling

11.00 The Young Republic

The Dance Village...

East

Friday 22nd June 2007

Fat Boy Slim

The Klaxons

Gus Gus

Simian Mobile Disco

Max Sedgley

Hyper

Cagedbaby

!!!

Buraka Som Sistema

XX Teens (Formerly Xerox Teens)

Uncle Buck

Saturday 23rd June

Mr Scruff

Mika

Mark Ronson

Yoda

Sugadaddy

Infadels

Tim Deluxe

Black Ghosts

Devils Gun

Phil Kieran

Sunday 24th June

Carl Cox

Pendulum Live

Dave Clarke

Vitalic

The Glimmers

Shitdisco

Kissy Sellout

Elektrons

Zero DB

Dragonette

Polichinelle

West

Friday 22nd June

Trentemoller Live

Danny Howells

System 7

Surgeon A/V Show

Eatstatic

Jim Masters

A Guy Called Gerald

Ralph Myerz and The Jack Herren Band

Alloy Mental

Subgiant

Kava Kava

Marc Vedo

James Gill

Saturday 23rd June

Sasha

Hybrid

Mr C

Meat Katie and VJ Anyone

Uberzone

DJ Hal

The Bays

The Neville Staple Band

Pama International

Kenji Williams

Will Saul

Breakfast With Howard Marks

Sunday 24th June

Krafty Kuts

Coldcut

Steve Lawler

Dreadzone

Bitesize

Crazy P

Stanton Warriors

Phil Hartnoll Presents Long Range

Future Funk Squad

The Whip

DJ Monkey Pilot

G Stage

Friday 22nd June

The Plump DJ's

Rennie Pilgrem & MC Chickaboo

Adam Freeland

General Midi & MC Jakes

D. Rameriz

Dumb Blonde

Timo Maas

Tom Real V's The Rogue Element

Quest

Atomic Hooligan & Jay Cunning

The Breakfastaz

Ben & Lex

Plaza De Funk

Saturday 23rd June

Andy C

Bong Ra

Freq Nasty

Radioactive Man Live

Adam F

Scotch Egg Band (Drumize)

Shitmatt

Noisia

Mr Nice

Jungle Drummer DJ Fu and Rodney P

F**k Me USA

Vexd

Aural Imbalance

Sunday 24th June

Allaby

Tristan

Tron

Beardy

Hydrophonic

Shpongle

Ott

Gaudi

Labels: 2007 Indie Festivals, 2007 Shows, Alternative Rock Festivals, Best of Indie Rock, Glastonbury Festival, Indie Music Festivals, Indie Rock Concerts, Indie Rock Festivals, Indie Rock Videos, Live Music

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Tragic Cat Power Wins Major Music Prize

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

The melancholy voice and hauntingly beautiful lyrics of Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall) have proved strong enough to earn her the title of this year's Shortlist Music Prize for her popular 2006 album The Greatest, a culmination featuring highlights from her impressive body of sombre songs laden with heartache and expressed sincerely and tragically through aching vocals and emotive piano playing.

No matter who is chosen for the prize, there will always be fans of the other nominees that think their favorite artist's album should take the honor.

According to the press release today by the Los Angeles-based Shortlist Organization, “Cat Power's album quickly got under my skin. She has one of the most beguiling voices around. 'The Greatest' is an immediate classic that will never age."

Despite her unquestionable talent and important contributions to indie music, it may have some music fans scratching their heads, considering the line-up of intial nominees picked by the Shortlist Organization panel of judges.

In addition, the winning album is not a release of new, original music - it's a compilation of Marshall's 'greatest'. Is that fair to the other artists and their fans?

The announcement of the Shortlist Music Prize was late this year by a couple of weeks at the least. The organization said in March that it would announced the winner in May after shaving down the list of nominees to the top ten. Speculation that a deal with iTunes to feature the winning album on the store's homepage is what caused the delay.

This year's nine listmakers including last year's winner Sufjan Stevens, Franz Ferdinand, KT Tunstall, Panic at the Disco, The Killers, Snow Patrol and Flaming Lips.

Drummer Ronnie Vannucci of the Killers said "the finalists are the backbone of what makes music special in the first place. They are each doing their own thing and it’s beautiful."

Greg Spotts, the Shortlist co-founder, said: "this is the year of the storyteller. More than half of our ten finalists are wordsmiths who create unique characters and narratives, interpreting our complex world in new ways."

Many of these artists employ unusual instruments and sounds, from the harp of Joanna Newsom to the accordion of Beirut to the secondhand percussion of Tom Waits.

Nine of the ten nominated albums were released by independent labels, marking the indie sector’s largest share of the finalists in the award’s six-year history.

Check the entire list. Entries in bold are the top ten Shortlist nominees. Those in italics are my own choices for the top ten.

Background Information on the Shortlist Organization

Anyone who wants a fast track introduction to indie and alternative rock should definitely take a browse of the nominated albums by the little-known Shortlist Organization.

Each year since 2001, the organization, comprised of rock musicians, producers and others from the independent rock music scene, has gone about selecting their favorite albums for the past year.

The only restrictions are that album nominated must have been for sale in the U.S. and could not have sold more than 500,000 units.

Once all the “listmakers” have turned in their nominees, they are all collected and collated into a “long list” of the past year’s best album and artists, which usually comprises about 55 to 70 nominees on average.

For example, this year there were a total of 60 albums nominated for the year of 2006.

The list itself reads like a rooster of the best indie artists and albums of the past year - enough to make any rock fan want to check and double-check their music collection again just to make sure they have everything.

After the long list is released, the committee goes to work to pair the list down, ultimately giving birth to the name “Shortlist”.

Anyone who has been an indie fan since, let’s say roughly 1999, knows that it is a daunting task to create a “short” list of the best albums in any one year because there are so many great releases. Look at 2006 alone.

The long list is itself a microcosm of a much longer list of fantastic music released by indie and alternative rock, pop, hip hop, trance and others in the past year, but just as the iPod Nano teaches, you need to begin to limit your music collection somewhere – there’s simply not enough time.

This is yet another purpose of the Shortlist Music Prize – that is, to basically do all the work finding the best music out there for you, packaging it up really nice, offering a streaming jukebox of songs from the list nominees (located on the site’s homepage) and essentially writing up your list of CDs to go buy or request for your birthday or other occasion.

Labels: Cat Power, Chan Marshall, Indie Music Awards, Rock Music Awards, Shortlist Music Prize

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Live 105 BDF Bloc Party Rock Festival Countdown to June 9 "Mini-Cochella"

Friday, June 08, 2007

Did you miss Coachella? Well, there’s good news for alternative and indie rock fans in the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere who did.

There's a "mini-Cochella" (what's Coachella?) without the searing heat of the central southern California desert.

On Saturday, June 9, San Francisco rock station 105 Live FM is hosting an impressive line-up of artists from the indie rock scene, including Bloc Party, Interpol, Social Distortion, Kaiser Chiefs, Cold War Kids, CSS, Shiny Toy Guns and many more (full listing below).

The all-day festival begins at 11:30 am at the famous Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mt. View, California, approximately 30 miles south of San Francisco. The Shoreline has both enclosed and lawn seating (see below for ticket information)

The all-day concert is expected to sell out, so get your tickets now. You can subscribe to IRC and get updates on the show, including an MP3 podcast special that will include great rock songs from the various artists scheduled for the Live 105 concert.

While the line-up is always subject to change, as of May 22, 2007, here is the official rooster of artists billed for the Live 105 Bloc Party BDF:

*Note: My aim is to provide websites, profiles and MP3s of each artist appearing at the Live 105 festival. Sign up for the IRC feed or check back to this page often for updated information, links, free music and even a free ticket contest. http://www.live105.com/pages/547604.php

Bloc Party
- Official website
- Bloc Party mp3s

Interpol
- Official website
- Interpol mp3s
- Interpol videos

Queens of the Stone Age
- Official website
- Queens of the Stone Age mp3s

(These links below will be filled in throughout the night and tomorrow and hopefully we'll have some live clips to share!)

Social Distortion
–Official website
-Social Distortion mp3s

The Faint
–Official website
-The Faint mp3s

The Bravery
-Official website
-The Bravery mp3s

Kaiser Chiefs
-Official website
-Kaiser Chiefs mp3s

Silversun Pickups
-Official website
-Silversun Pickups mp3s

Cold War Kids
-Official website
Cold War Kids mp3s

Shiny Toy Guns
-Official website_
-Shiny Toy Guns: Le Disko(mp3)

Sum 41
-Official website
-Sum 41 mp3s

CSS
-Official website
(mp3)

The Lovemakers
-Official website
-The Lovemakers mp3s

Street to Nowhere
-Official website
-Street to Nowhere mp3s

Scissors for Lefty
-Official website
-Scissors for Lefty mp3s

The Matches
-Official website
-The Matches mp3s

Every Move A Picture
official website

Tiger Army
official website

Honeycut
official website

Minipop
official website

Audrye Sessions
official website

Immigrant
official website

Poor Bailey
official website

- Live 105 Bloc Party page
- Review of last year’s Live 105 BDF – Spin.com

Labels: Alternative Rock Festivals, Cold War Kids, CSS, Indie Rock Festivals, Interpol, Kaiser Chiefs, Live 105 BDF Bloc Party, Queens of the Stone Age, Shiny Toy Gun, Social Distortion, Sum 41, The Bravery