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and now, an editorial: has anyone else noticed the over-use which verges on abuse of the glockenspiel? for those unfamiliar, the glockenspiel is like a little xylophone which is often the instrument behind the high-pitched twinkling sounds in tunes throughout time. the glockenspiel has made its presence known in loads of pop songs over the decades ranging from Jimi Hendrix to The Velvet Underground to The Beatles to Radiohead and even to, yes, The Backstreet Boys. Not to mention a tour de force performance in The Boy Least Likely To's The Best Party Ever and numerous [...]

4.10.07 San Diego, CA @ SOMA 4.11.07 Tempe, AR @ Marquee Theatre 4.12.07 Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues 4.13.07 Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues 4.14.07 Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse 4.15.07 Frisco, TX @ Edgefest 2007 - 2nd Stage 4.16.07 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre 4.17.07 Seattle, WA @ Neumos 4.19.07 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue 4.20.07 Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre 4.21.07 Kansas City, MO @ Beaumont Club 4.22.07 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium 4.23.07 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue 4.25.07 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues 4.26.07 Chicago, IL @ Metro 4.27.07 Pontiac, MI [...]

Well folks, I'm procrastinating, as any college student is apt to do. Can you blame me though, when I have to write a 15 page paper on Seabiscuit? So let's play a fun-filled game of what am I listening to (aka wow I'm so scene). Last 5 Tracks Played on Shuffle 5. "When It Started" The Strokes 4. "Avenues and Alleyways" Rancid 3. "Static on Channel 4" Elefant 2. "Saeglopur" Sigur Ros 1. "Anna (Go To Him)" The Beatles Gee that was fun. Okay back to the paper I suppose.

Sorry there hasn't been a post in awhile, but as a consolation, it's spring! "Seasons Change" Corinne Bailey Rae "The Coming of Spring" The Rapture

Smoosh opened the show and were well received by the audience. They played some of their hits, like "Find a Way" and "Le Pump" and also showcased some new songs that featured Asya branching from the keyboard to the guitar, and the newest addendum to Smoosh, 9-year-old Maia on bass. The girls were so cute and the audience loved them and showed their support after every song. The next band was Final Fantasy , which is basically this guy, Owen Pallet, looping violin and singing along to images on an overhead projector. I can't say I was [...]

Wincing the Night Away The Shins 01 Sleeping Lessons 02 Australia 03 Pam Berry 04 Phantom Limb 05 Sea Legs 06 Red Rabbits 07 Turn on Me 08 Black Wave 09 Spilt Needles 10 Girl Sailor 11 A Comet Appears Poor Shins. The pressure to perform was too much for them and they came out sounding weak and defeated. Dammit Zach Braff, why'd you have to go and corrupt the boys? Where Chutes Too Narrow and Oh, Inverted World were happy and innocent, Wincing the Night Away presents a mellow, [...]

Announced last week, Andrew Bird's upcoming tour in support of Armchair Apocrypha , which drops March 20th, will be bio-diesel fueled and carbon neutral along with selling eco-friendly merch. a couple tunes from Armchair to whet your whistle (just try and match his) HERETICS PLASTICITIES Dates! 03-14 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room 03-16 Austin, TX - SXSW 03-19 Dublin, Ireland - CrawDaddy 03-20 Galway, Ireland - Roisin Dubh 03-21 Dublin, [...]

What did I tell you, Al Gore is everywhere. Not only presenting an award and being lauded by actors and actresses left and right, but also winning for best documentary. I think the biggest snub was on Dreamgirls for best song. The movie was nominated for three songs, and none of them one. Instead the winner was "I Need to Wake Up" by Melissa Etheridge for An Inconvenient Truth. Best Supporting Actor Alan Arkin / Little Miss Sunshine Best Supporting Actress Jennifer Hudson / [...]

2007 Sasquatch Music Festival lineup has been announced! The Gorge Ampitheatre, George, WA May 26-27, 2007 Saturday, May 26th : Arcade Fire, Aqueduct, Bjork, The Blow, Citizen Cope, Electrelane, Gabriel Teodros, Ghostland Observatory, Grizzly Bear, The Hold Steady, Loney, Dear, Manu Chao Radio Bemba Sound System, M.I.A., Neko Case, The Slip, The Thermals, Two Gallants, Viva Voce. Sunday May 27th : Bad Brains, The Black Angels, Beastie Boys, Common Market, Dandy Warhols, Helio Sequence, Interpol, Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Minus the Bear, Mirah, Money Mark, [...]

Release Date: March 6th Track Listing 01 Black Mirror 02 Keep the Car Running 03 Neon Bible 04 Intervention 05 Black Wave/ Bad Vibrations 06 Ocean of Noise 07 The Well and the Lighthouse 08 (Antichrist Television Blues) 09 Windowsill 10 No Cars Go 11 My Body Is a Cage The Arcade Fire suffer from what afflicts many bands following an overhyped birth into the world: the sophomore slump. They don't bring anything new to the table with their second album, Neon Bible. "Ocean of Noise" was exactly that, a slow, painful cacophony of high-pitched twitter. [...]

Al Gore's most recent contribution to the global war on climate change is 7 concerts in 7 countries on 7/7/07. The global project, called Live Earth, has over 100 artists from Bon Jovi to Ray LaMontagne to Snoop Dogg to Kelly Clarkson on the bill already, with more sure to join. While not all of the cities have been named yet, Sydney, London, Shanghai, and Johannesburg are already pinned. The US city is still TBD (as is Antarctica) so cross your fingers and hold your breath and hope its one near you. Gore anticipates that the [...]

Ben and Jerry of Vermont ice cream fame have added a new flavor to their lineup. The flavor, called Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream, is vanilla ice cream with bits of fudge-coated waffle cone swirled with caramel. Colbert's take? "I'm not afraid to say it. Dessert has a well-known liberal agenda. What I hope to do with this ice cream is bring some balance back to the freezer case."

Kill Rock Stars is set to release a two-disc compilation from Elliott Smith in early May. The album, titled New Moon, will be mostly rarities and b-sides taken from Smith's sessions recording '95s self-titled album and '97s Either/Or (both of which were released through KRS). New Moon will be Elliott Smith's second posthumous. From a Basement on a Hill was released in 2004 following Smith's death/suicide in 2003. The tenative track list Disc 1 Angel In The Snow Talking To Mary High Times New Monkey Looking Over My Shoulder Going Nowhere Riot Coming All [...]

In honor of the holiday, we hear at 2scene4thescene have whipped together two mixes for you folks. Valentine's Day Mix rg's picks : " Ambulance " TV on the Radio: heartfelt and haunting " Thirteen " Ben Kweller: the song you wish BK wrote about you, and not about Lizzy " Trouble " Ray Lamontagne: to spend a snowy evening in Maine with this man... gk's picks : "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" Ella Fitzgerald: cos [...]

Peter Bjorn and John just released tour dates ! Get 'em while they're hot cos they're sure to sell out!

Sorry for the lateness of this post, but last week one of Motown's brightest passed away. Joe Hunter was the first keyboardist for the Funk Brothers, Motown Records universal backing band and the subject of book and later film Standing in the Shadows of Motown . Read more about him in the NYTimes article from last Thursday Hunter in the NYTimes

The 49th annual Grammy Awards opened with the reuniting of the Police. They brought their A game, rocking to "Roxanne", though I think Sting's choice of a sleeveless black shirt was a tad overzealous. I don't usually watch the Grammys because I am always disappointed by the fakeness of the show and this time was no different. Case in point: they have this thing, "My Grammy Moment" where three girls vie for the chance to perform with Justin Timberlake at the Grammys. It is pretty much the fakest thing I've ever seen. They apparently traveled around the [...]

Apples, Beatles settle trademark dispute "Try to see it my way, do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on" sang Paul McCartney forty years ago, never knowing that these words would be so pertinent today. Unfortunately, he can't go on. Last week, Apple Computer and Apple Corps, the Beatles publishing company, ended litigation concerning the trademark dispute between the two companies. The settlement grants Apple Computer ownership of the name and logo as long as they agree to let the Beatles keep using the trademarks for their Apple Corps. The decision [...]

Okay you have to admit, JT is pretty talented. This song has the sitar! Last big artist to do that was George Harrison! And besides, Scarlett Johansson is really hot. I want to be her.

The Arcade Fire is soon to release neon bible . You can probably catch some new tracks when they play live on NPR next weekend. 830 PM EST on the 17th. check your local station or online for the stream