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Jimmie’s Chicken Shack Playing Free Show at Jersey Shore
A favorite alternative band of the ‘90s is making their way to the Seaside Music Festival in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, next week. Jimmie’s Chicken Shack, best known for their fun, upbeat MTV hits, “High,” and “Do Right,” will be making their appearance at the festival on Saturday, May 21st, and all events during this 3-day music-lover’s fest are free admission.
Jimmie’s Chicken Shack hails from Annapolis, MD and has been rocking stages across the US since 1994. Originally signed to Elton John’s Rocket Records, they releasedPushing the Salmanilla Envelope, and are currently signed to their own label, Fowl Records. The band could be described as a staple for the emergence of post-grunge music in the ‘90s through their involvement with MTV. Jimmie’s Chicken Shack’s style can be compared to funky acts such as The Bloodhound Gang and Insane Clown Posse, for the band is known for putting on captivating shows.
Jimmie’s Chicken Shack will be playing on the Beach Stage, on the sands outside the Aztec Bar and boardwalk in Seaside Heights. Admission is free and all-ages at this stage, and a map of the festival, band lineup, and more information can be found here.
Watch: Kanye West and Jay-Z Perform in NYC
On Tuesday, Kanye West and Jay-Z performed at NYC’s MOMA. The two are currently working on their joint album Watch the Throne, out sometime this year via Def Jam Recordings.
You can see the performance below, courtesy of NYClout.
Watch: No Age – “Common Heat”
No Age‘s “Common Heat”, off of 2010’s Everything In Between, now has an animated music video, courtesty of French directors Weirdettes. The video features a constantly changing inkblot and pencil sketches. Check it out below.
Arcade Fire Deluxe Edition
Arcade Fire will release a deluxe CD/DVD version of its Album of the Year Grammy Award-winning third album The Suburbs August 2nd on Merge Records in the U.S.
The CD has an extended version of “Wasted Hours (A Life We Can Live)” and two previously unreleased songs. The DVD includes the entire half-hour short film Scenes From The Suburbs, which is directed by Spike Jonze. It also includes a Behind the Scenes for the album and a music video for the track “The Suburbs”. A booklet is included with the package featuring lyrics and 80 pages of photos taken during the shooting of the short film.
Listen: Manchester Orchestra’s ‘Simple Math’
Manchester Orchestra‘s highly anticipated new album, Simple Math, is set to be released today, May 10 via Favorite Gentlemen/Sony Music Entertainment. The record is, according to frontman Andy Hull, a concept album: “It’s a story about a 23-year old who questions everything from marriage to love to religion to sex. Sometimes even for myself, it’s difficult to decipher which one I’m actually talking to. Everything I’ve written in the past has been about those things. This album is the most realized form of my questioning.” If you have yet to listen to the album, you can stream the album in its entirety below.
Chadwick Stokes Announces Solo Album
Chad Stokes Urmston of indie-rock acts Dispatch and State Radio will be releasing his first solo record this summer, choosing to use the moniker Chadwick Stokes. His new album, titled Simmerkane II, will be released on June 28th via Ruff Shod/Nettwerk Records. The deluxe version of the album includes two discs, including a second disc consisting of three tracks recorded with Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, a band formed by Sierra Leone refugees who were displaced to Guinea during the Sierra Leone Civil War.
Once he rounds up a two-month long tour with State Radio, Stokes will be embarking on the Dispatch reunion tour during the month of June and then beginning a solo tour in support of Simmerkane II. You can check out the tracklisting for the album after the break.
Tracklisting:
Disc 1
1. Adelaide
2. Crowbar Hotel
3. Back To The Races
4. Rainsong
5. Insulin
6. Religion On The Rails (I Saw You There)
7. Black Bottle
8. Ichabod and Abraham
9. I Love Your Army
10. Spider And Gioma
Disc 2 (Deluxe) (with Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars):
1. Coffee And Wine
2. All My Possessions (Ode To Troy)
3. Don’t Have You
New Sam Means Demo
Download a demo of a new song by Sam Means (guitarist of The Format) at his Bandcamp here. The new song is called “Bigger Heart” and features similar styles of classic mellowed-out by The Format songs.
Sublime with Rome Premiere First Single “Panic”
The new incarnation of Sublime, known as Sublime with Rome, are currently preparing for the release of their debut release Yours Truly, which is scheduled for a July 12 release via Fueled By Ramen. The album’s lead single, “Panic” can be heard at 107.7 The End.
The band is composed of Sublime founding members Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh and singer/guitarist Rome Ramirez. You can check out a list of upcoming shows below.
Sublime With Rome 2011 Tour Dates:
05/07 – Tucson, AZ @ KFMA Day
05/11 – Buenos Aires, AR @ Micro Stadium Malvinas
05/13 – Sao Paolo, BR @ Via Funchal
05/14 – Curitiba, BR @ Lupaluna Fest
05/15 – Brazil, BR @ Opera Hall
05/18 – Porto Alegre, BR @ Pepsi On Stage
05/19 – Belo Horizonte, BR @ Chevrolet Hall
05/20 – Fortaleza, BR @ Barraca Biruta
05/21 – Recife, BR @ Club Portugues
05/22 – Rio De Janeiro, BR @ Circo Voador
06/05 – Brantford, ON @ Hockeyfest
06/09 – Lisbon, PR @ Estoril Open Air
06/11 – Interlaken, CH @ Greenfield Festival
06/12 – Nicklesdorf, AT @ Rock Ness
06/18 – Scheessell, DE @ Hurricane Festival
06/19 – Neuhausen ob Eck, DE @ Southside Festival
07/02 – Gibbons, AB @ Boonstock Festival
07/06 – Wichita, KS @ Orpheum Block Party
07/08 – Bonner Springs, KS @ Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone Amphitheater #
07/09 – St. Louis, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater #
07/12 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE #
07/13 – Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theater #
07/14 – Chicago, IL @ Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island #
07/16 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center #
07/17 – Columbus, OH @ Lifestyles Community Pavilion #
07/19 – Omaha, NE @ Red Sky Festival
07/21 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Art Center #
07/22 – Wantagh, NY @ Nikon at Jones Beach Amphitheater #
07/23 – Boston, MA @ Comcast Center #
07/25 – Bethel, NY @ Bethel Woods Center of the Arts #
07/26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Penn’s Island #
07/28 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Farm Bureau Live at VA Beach Amphitheater #
07/29 – Washington, DC @ Jiffy Lube Live #
07/30 – Atlanta, GA @ Aaron’s Amphitheater at Lakewood #
08/01 – Charlotte, NC @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater #
08/02 – Raleigh, NC @ Time Warner Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek #
08/05 – Live Oak, FL @ 311 Pow Wow Festival
08/11 – Lake Charles, LA @ L’Auberge Du Lac Casino #
08/12 – Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion #
08/13 – Dallas, TX @ GEXA Energy Pavilion #
08/14 – Austin, TX @ The Backyard #
08/16 – Denver, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheater #
08/17 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Usana Amphitheater #
08/19 – San Diego, CA @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheater #
08/20 – Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater #
08/21 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl #
08/22 – Lancaster, CA @ Antelope Valley Fair
08/23 – San Francisco, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheater at Mountain View #
08/25 – Eugene, OR @ Cuthbert Amphitheater #
08/26 – Seattle, WA @ Marymoor Amphitheater #
# = w/ 311
Radiohead to Perform ‘The King of Limbs’ Live on TV
Radiohead will be playing their new album, The King of Limbs, in it entirety on TV, with the BBC internationally distributing the broadcast on July 1st. According to a press release, the 55-minute program will be entitled Radiohead – The King of Limbs: Live From the Basement and include additional behind-the-scenes footage.
As the show’s title suggests, the live performance will be a part of Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich’s “From The Basement” series. “The programme is filmed in HD, will have no audience and no presenter – just a rare opportunity to see an intimate performance from one of the greatest bands in the world.”
Odd Future Debut New Songs “Analog” and “65” On BBC
Tyler, the Creator and Hodgy Beats of OFWGKTA dropped by the Maida Vale Studios earlier today with BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe. While there, they performed “Sandwitches” and debuted MellowHype‘s new song “65”, as well as “Analog”, a brand new song from Tyler’s forthcoming album Goblin. The new song features Hodgy Beats and is the latest song to surface from the rapper’s second album and the collective’s first official release. You can listen to the entire session here or check out “Analog” below, courtesy of Some Kind of Awesome.
Goblin is set for a May 10th release via XL Recordings. Check out the tracklisting below.
Goblin Tracklist:
01. Goblin
02. Yonkers
03. Radicals
04. She
05 Transylvania
06. Nightmare
07. Tron Cat
08. Her
09. Sandwitches
10. Fish
11. Analog
12. BSD
13. Window
14. AU79
15. Golden
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