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Stars of the Lid Touring Europe & North America

Posted on | October 2, 2007 | No Comments

Stars of the Lid

Ambient Music Blog favorites Stars of the Lid have announced tour dates, their first in over 5 years, for Europe this fall.

Whats even more exciting is that the duo is planning to add North American dates beginning in April 2008. I’m definitely looking forward to this! More news available on their official site.

Wordless Music Series Schedule Firmed Up

Posted on | September 17, 2007 | No Comments

Wordless Music Series

I’ve posted about this before, but for the New Yorkers reading, you should know that it looks like the fall program for the Wordless Music Series has firmed up. I’ve got tickets for the November 11th performance of Múm, Hauschka, and Bing and Ruth/David Moore. Quite a few other great performances are scheduled, including shows featuring Colleen and Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood.

New Amiina Web site & Tour Dates

Posted on | August 22, 2007 | No Comments

Kurr, Amiina

Amiina have updated their Web site, and announced some North American tour dates for the fall.

Video: Fennesz & Mike Patton (Part III)

Posted on | July 26, 2007 | No Comments

Fennesz & Mike Patton

Posted on | July 25, 2007 | No Comments

Christian Fennesz and Mike Patton

My brief blogging vacation is just about over, and so it seems like a good time to mention an interesting collaboration. Christian Fennesz and Mike Patton are doing a brief European tour together. I’m certainly hoping to hear a recording of some of this at some point.

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Official Christian Fennesz Web site

Epic Instrumental Night on Now Like Photographs

Posted on | June 10, 2007 | No Comments

I mentioned them the other day, and so it’s appropriate to let you know that tonight, June 10th 2007 at 9pm CST, is the first installment in a live event that Now Like Photographs is calling “Epic Instrumental Night.” The music will be recorded live from St. Paul, MN and looks to feature the bands Empires, Dreamless, History, and Box Elder.

This is a good chance to listen to some bands and music you might not otherwise have heard of.

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Now Like Photographs
Now Like Photographs MySpace profile

Six Parts Seven Tour Dates Announced

Posted on | June 5, 2007 | No Comments

The Six Parts Seven, photo by Russell Lee

Ambient Music Blog favorites Six Parts Seven have announced some tour dates for this summer. If you’re interested in instrumental or post-rock rock music, you owe it to yourself to see these guys at a venue near you.

Six Parts Seven Tour Dates at Myspace
Six Parts Seven MySpace Profile

Mutek Festival, Loscil Webcast

Posted on | May 29, 2007 | No Comments

Mutek Festival

I can’t really suss out exactly when it will be, or how to listen, firstly because the Web sites are a bit obtuse, and secondly because my Francaise is un peu rough, but tomorrow at the Mutek Festival in Montreal Loscil is performing and there is an alleged webcast. Check out the links for more info, and if you can figure anything out, let me know!

Mutek Festival
BANDE À PART
Official Loscil site

The Wordless Music Series

Posted on | May 28, 2007 | No Comments

Wordless Music Series

Sadly, I remember hearing about the most recent of edition of The Wordless Music Series, “An Evening in Honor of the Kranky Label,” but I missed it anyway. Ambient Music Blog favorites Loscil and Brian McBride, along with The Caleb Burhans String Quartet performed.

I’ll definitely be paying attention next time around in the fall when the 2007-2008 series gets under way. In the meantime, Good Vibrato, the blog of The Wordless Music Series, has a nice selection of tracks for download.

Touring Bands

Posted on | April 30, 2007 | No Comments


Photo by msmail at Flickr.com.

I don’t get out to shows much these days, but some of you probably do. Here’s a list of tour dates I’ve come across from bands I talk about here.

The Six Parts Seven
TUE MAY 1 Greensboro NC, Two Art Chicks w/ Trouble Books
WED MAY 2 Washington DC, Rock and Roll Hotel w/ Sunset Rubdown
THU MAY 3 Norfolk VA, the Boot w/ Trouble Books
FRI MAY 4 New York NY, Union Hall w/ Trouble Books
SAT MAY 5 Providence RI, AS220 w/ Trouble Books
More info at suicidequeeze.net.

Explosions in the Sky
May 1 @ Slim’s, San Francisco, CA w/ Eluvium
May 3 @ WOW Hall, Eugene, OR w/ Eluvium
May 4 @ Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR w/ Eluvium
May 5 @ Croatian Centre, Vancouver, BC
May 6 @ Neumo’s, Seattle, WA w/ Eluvium
May 7 @ Neumo’s, Seattle, WA w/ Eluvium
May 20 @ All Tomorrow’s Parties, Somerset, UK w/ Modest Mouse, Shellac
May 22 @ John Dee, Oslo, NORWAY w/ Eluvium
May 23 @ Kagelbanan, Stockholm, SWEDEN w/ Eluvium
May 24 @ Debaser, Malmo, SWEDEN w/ Eluvium
May 25 @ Uebel & Gefaehrlich, Hamburg, GERMANY w/ Eluvium
May 26 @ Feierwerk, Munich, GERMANY w/ Eluvium
May 27 @ Le Romandie, Lausanne, SWITZERLAND w/ Eluvium
May 28 @ Covo, Bologna, ITALY w/ Eluvium
May 29 @ Flex, Vienna, ITALY w/ Eluvium
May 30 @ Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg, GERMANY w/ Eluvium
May 31 @ Primavera Sound, Barcelona, SPAIN
Jun 1 @ Immergut Festival, Neustrelitz, GERMANY
More info at temporaryresidence.com.

Eluvium
May 1 @ Slim’s, San Francisco, CA w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 3 @ WOW Hall, Eugene, OR w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 4 @ Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 6 @ Neumo’s, Seattle, WA w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 7 @ Neumo’s, Seattle, WA w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 22 @ John Dee, Oslo, NORWAY w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 23 @ Kagelbanan, Stockholm, SWEDEN w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 24 @ Debaser, Malmo, SWEDEN w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 25 @ Uebel & Gefaehrlich, Hamburg, GERMANY w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 26 @ Feierwerk, Munich, GERMANY w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 27 @ Le Romandie, Lausanne, SWITZERLAND w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 28 @ Covo, Bologna, ITALY w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 29 @ Flex, Vienna, AUSTRIA w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 30 @ Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg, GERMANY w/ Explosions In The Sky
More info at temporaryresidence.com.

Mono
May 2 @ Hailey’s, Denton, TX w/ World’s End Girlfriend
May 3 @ Emo’s Jr., Austin, TX w/ World’s End Girlfriend, Grails
May 4 @ Mink, Houston, TX w/ World’s End Girlfriend, Grails
May 5 @ Spanish Moon, Baton Rouge, LA w/ World’s End Girlfriend, Grail
More info at temporaryresidence.com.

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