Artist: James

capturedunderhypnosis : Interview with Trish and James in 1998 for the German Wah² music program.

James are a relic from the era when a band's name didn't need to be searchable on the internet. Sure, they're currently at the top of a Google search for "James", but back when the World Wide Web was still in diapers, locating information about the band was tricky. Even now, remnants of this internet stone-age problem exist; good luck trying to get a complete list of James memorabilia on eBay - you'll first have to sort out all of the Etta James, James Blunt, Rick James, James Taylor, and James Brown (etc, etc, ad nauseum), and [...]

Pond at Buffalo Billiards during SXSW / photo by Jim Bennett Another busy schedule of shows this week. On Monday, Hot Snakes are at Neumos with The Bangs and Spider Fever , and Kelly Hogan is at the Triple Door with Puddles Pity Party . On Tuesday, there's a free performance by The Lumineers at Sonic Boom Records in Ballard, Rodrigo y Gabriela are at Paramount, Kathleen Edwards is at Neumos, and Bowerbirds are at Crocodile with Dry The River [...]

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Still flying mostly under-the-radar, the 2012 Sacramento Electronic Music Festival will feature a healthy showing of the Bay Area's best electronic musicians including Raleigh Moncrief , San Francisco producer and multi-instrumentalist Giraffage , the electro-pop of James & Evander , and Oakland-based producer Yalls . Sounds like a pretty good excuse to get out of the city and enjoy some of that beautiful, hot Sacramento spring weather. The festival takes place May 3, 4, and 5 [...]

I got the opportunity a couple weeks ago to see M. Ward in an intimate studio setting at Apogee Studio in Santa Monica, hosted by KCRW as part of their Berkeley Street Studio Sessions . With a capacity of 150, the studio is probably the best venue I have ever witnessed live music at: the sound was excellent, and you had no choice but to have a great up-close view. M. Ward was fantastic, with an excellent backing that included a pedal steel guitar (a weakness of mine). He started off with a [...]

Feeling good? No? Well you will do after this 'I Feel Good' flip by Tall Black guy. A track to celebrate 5000 Soundcloud followers, and man he serves up the eat. Tall Black Guy: Twitter • Bandcamp • Facebook ~lork Tags: beat , black , brown , chop , dope , feel , flip , good , guy , hip , [...]

James & Evander have teamed up with Shortcircles to form the new group Hoodcats , and they've just dropped a new EP through Mapzzz . The EP's three songs have all of the shimmering electronics and skittering beats you've come to expect from the East Bay's future pop auteurs, plus a chopped and screwed sample of "Return Of The Mack" thrown in for good measure. Don't even act like that's not intriguing. Stream the whole thing below, or [...]

On March 20th, Oakland's electro-pop-disco duo James & Evander will release a new 73 on Gold Robot Records , Let's Go/Welcome to Planet Dance . You can listen side A's "Let's Go" and side B's "Welcome to Planet Dance" below. Let's Go 7in. by James & Evander The vinyl is currently available for pre-order over at Gold Robot (just $5), and each early bird purchase comes with a five track digital download before the official release date. Along with "Let's Go" and [...]

Didn't score a ticket to Coachella ? Plenty of the big names playing the festival are scheduling other southern California shows, including Pulp, Bon Iver, M83 (pictured), James, Kasabian, Miike Snow, Band of Skulls and Wild Flag . Downtown Lobby has a roundup, with ticket info, right here . Photo by Laurie Scavo

Sometimes, when I look deep in your eyes I swear I could see your soul

Artwork by Luke Judd The Bay Bridged Presents: A Noise Pop Happy Hour Jel James & Evander Raleigh Moncrief Friday, February 24th, 2012 Bender's 5pm, FREE, 21+ RSVP on Facebook About the bands: Jel 's resume speaks for itself: he co-founded Anticon, is [...]

Gorillaz, Andre 3000 & James Murphy - Do Ya Thing Bit of promo for the (pretty dope) Converse collab with Gorillaz . These three giants of the music world get together to do their thang. We're always good for an Andre 3000 verse and Gorillaz' beats are well underrated I think. ~lork http://play.converse.com/blog/ 2012/02/23/doyathing/ Tags: 3000 , ANDRE , beats , collaboration , converse , gorillaz , hip , [...]

• Gorillaz featuring Andre 3000 and James Murphy - DoYaThing

Converse treats you to the catchy, not-quite-classic, romp from Gorillaz featuring James Murphy and Andre 3000. Download at Converse.com

Artwork by Luke Judd In addition to a full slate of concerts around the City, Noise Pop 20 also features the return of the nightly series of free Happy Hour concerts at Bender's , one of the Mission's finest establishments. We're excited to present the Happy Hour show on Friday, February 24th, featuring a slate of talented local electronic pop performers. It'll be the perfect way to kick off your Friday night! The Bay Bridged Presents: A Noise Pop Happy Hour [...]

La banda inglesa de rock alternativo James confirmó su visita a Buenos Aires para el próximo 2 de mayo a través de su página web . "La primavera (boreal) del 2012 verá al grupo regresar a los Estados Unidos para una serie de fechas en la costa oeste y su presentación en el festival Coachella, antes de dirigirse hacia México y América Latina" , expresó el frontman Tim Booth . En este sentido, Booth agregó que "no dejen de [...]

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Comienza la temporada fuerte de conciertos en Latinoamérica y la verdad las noticias no podrían ser mejores. Entre los grupos que tendremos el placer de escuchar en los siguientes meses está James , quienes confirmaron hoy, a través de su sitio oficial , que estarán llegando a este lado del continente americano con su nuevo tour , todavía como parte de la promoción de sus dos mini-discos, The Night Before y The Morning After , editados en el 2010. Después de presentarse en el Festival Coachella, sin duda uno de los eventos [...]

Catch 'em at: Apr 7 Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom Apr 8 Seattle, WA – Neumos Apr 9 Portland, OR – Roseland Theatre Apr 11 San Francisco, CA – The Independent Apr 13 Indio, CA – Coachella Apr 15 Las Vegas, NV – Hard Rock Cafe Apr 16 Tempe, AZ – The Marquee Apr 18 Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre Apr 19 San Diego, CA – The House Of Blues Apr 20 Indio, CA – Coachella James recently dropped by KEXP. [...]

UK rock band James has scheduled their first U.S. tour dates since 2010. The leg kicks off in Vancouver on April 7th, and has the band hitting cities along the West coast, as well as Coachella . Check out the tour's docket below; due to "economics," the band is planning no additional U.S. tour dates. James is also gearing up for the release of a new limited-edition deluxe box set, The Gathering Sound , which comprises three CDs, a DVD, a 12" vinyl record, and a unique j-shaped USB stick. The USB stick packs the [...]