Of course your do. Combat Baby (video below), their hit song from 2003? Well, I’m sure if you heard it your remember it. Anyway, they are back with a new album “Best Friends in Love”, due out next year. Metric also released their previously unreleased debut ablum “Grow Up and Blow Away” on June 23 and it currently sits at the
Number Seven position on the U.S. Campus Charts and Number Two in Canada. They are set to tour before the new album is out and are going to preview some of the music form the new album.
Metric’s tour dates are as follows:
September 19: Philadelphia, PA: The Trocadero
September 20: Washington, DC : The 930 Club
September 21: New York, NY: Webster Hall
September 22: Buffalo, NY: Town Ballroom
September 24: Detroit, MI: St Andrews Hall
September 25: Chicago, IL: The Metro
September 26: Minneapolis, MN: First Avenue
September 28: Denver, CO: Bluebird Theatre
October 1: Phoenix, AZ: Martini Ranch
October 2: Pomona, CA: Glass House
October 3: San Diego, CA: House of Blues
October 5: Los Angeles, CA: Henry Fonda Theater
October 6: San Francisco, CA: Download Festival
October 8: Portland, OR: Cafe Wonder
October 9: Seattle, WA: The Showbox
Imperial Teen. A band I’ve seen live 3 or 4 times, loved their records, but I, somehow, always manage to forget their existence. My rediscovering of them usually involves rifling through my pretty large, unorganized CD collection and I’ll stumble upon one of their 3 previous CD’s and go “Oh yeah!” Imperial Teen.
For those not in the know. Imperial Teen is an Indie Pop band from San Francisco and consists of Roddy Bottom, Will Schwartz, Lynn Truell and Jone Stebbins. (Roddy, of course, was in the band Faith No More). Their music reminds me of The Pixies (at least their first two albums) but all four of the band members sing, and their harmonies alone are pretty darn tootin’. The way they create so much within a song by their voices alone always impressed me.
Today, as I was cruising my regular music blogs, I was so pleased to hear a brand spankin’ new Imperial Teen song. With a little click of my mouse, I discovered that they are releasing a new album entitled The Hair the TV the Baby and the Band
which is scheduled for release on August 21, 2007.
This is version 1 on the wedding invite video. The next version will include stills I shot with my other camera, more edits and different music, well it will be longer then so I’ll have to select different music. This music is not quite what I wanted but it will work for this one. Can anyone guess the music in this one, artist and song?
Really great, I love Norah Jones and her doing a Gram Parsons song is really special. I think the biggest artist I missed by not going to the very first Bonnaroo would have to be Norah. Maybe she’ll come back one of these years. She could travel around and play with everybody, kinda like Warren Haynes, Herbie Hancock, Trey Anastasio, Les Claypool, and many others have done.
Man, I’d love to go. Looks like a good start to the lineup. The third annual VEGOOSE Music Festival will take place during the weekend of Oct. 26 - 28 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Rage Against The Machine
Daft Punk
Iggy & the Stooges
performing the album Fun House
Muse
The Shins
Cypress Hill
Queens of the Stone Age
Public Enemy
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Umphrey’s McGee
Thievery Corporation
STS9
Ghostface Killah & The Rhythm Roots Allstars
Blonde Redhead
Gogol Bordello
U.N.K.L.E.
Ghostland Observatory
Pharoahe Monch
Battles
“It’s encouraging to think that something good will come out of rising gas prices.”
OK, not everyone is able to work from home, but according to this CNN article, more people might start. The boss at National Recreation and Park Association has told his staff to work from home one day or work 4 longer days and take the 5th off. Good for them, I have to say. I’d personally take the extra day off if I where still working in an office, but that’s me.
I think it’s great people are starting to become more flexible with working hours and staff. I work from home myself at this time, except when I’m on a shoot. It’s great, I have a studio/office in the basement, and work on my photo research there. Ya, there are bad things, I don’t see very many people, but the good out weigh them, not driving being a big one, I probably save $150 a month not driving the Jeep to and from work. I can also spend more time working on the house, which is a big plus and almost part of my job right now as well. We are not sure how long we are going to stay here and flipping the house is almost a part time job in itself.
So, hopefully more businesses will recognize that most work can be done at home or with flexible hours, saving gas, making employees happier and maybe keeping better talent within companies.
OK, Gretchen and I have been on Netflix for about a month now. I have to say it’s much better then it was when we where on it a few years ago. Why? Community. They got it, finally a company a little ahead of the curve. Basically you can connect with your friends who are on Netflix and see what they have rated high or low and what they have rented, pretty cool. So anyone else on Netflix, join up with us bitch! We are under Gretchen’s account (gretchen@NOSPAMflyingtype.com) Just take out the NOSPAM part, you know cause spam sucks.
$14 a month is so much better then the $9 for 2 movies from Blockbuster, who I hate anyway. Their customer service blows and they have crap for movies sometimes. It partially makes up for not having cable, we are catching up on Battlestar Galactica and Weeds.
OK, new direction for the band. I like it, darker, rocking a little more, I think they will bring in more fans with the new sound. Can’t wait for the album “Under the Blacklight” due out Aug 20. I’ve also included a tracklisting for the new album:
On the heals of a kicking performance at Bonnaroo, Kings of Leon are back on the road for the second half of their North American tour. I have to reccomend seeing them ive, not much of a better show. Plus they have Black Rebel Motorcycle Club with them and they will be at Lollapalooza on Aug 5.
Tour Dates:
August 2 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
August 3 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
August 5 Chicago, IL Grant Park: Lollapalooza
September 2 Seattle, WA Bumbershoot Festival 2007
September 4 San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre
September 7 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
September 8 San Diego, CA SDSU Open Air Theatre
September 10 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
September 11 Las Vegas, NV The Joint- Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
September 14 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
September 15 Council Bluffs, IA Stir Cove at Harrah’s Casino
September 19 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall
September 21 Upper Darby, PA Tower Theatre
September 23 Washington DC 930 Club
September 28 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
September 29 Providence, RI Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
October 4 Detroit, MI The Filmore
October 9 Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre
October 10 Birmingham, AL Alabama Theatre
October 18 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
October 28th New Orleans, LA Voodoo Island City Park
