Friday, January 1, 2010

Communique #006

I hope this posting finds you happy and healthy in the new year! Good riddance 2009 and hello new decade! I'm very optimistic that this decade will have some big things in store and I'm making it my mission to track it down and bring it to your awareness. So I'm going to try to actually make and stick to a new years resolution for the first time in my life by posting here at least once a month (among other things). So keep checking in every so often to get the latest scoop and rumors on your favorite artists. Into the next decade, like the last, we're always gonna want it sonic.

Upcoming Releases:
Pitchfork has posted an impressive list of upcoming releases for the first four months of 2010. I did a little bit of trimming to point out the highlights since there are quite a few albums to be excited about. Some are follow-ups to incredibly popular debuts and some, signs of life from dormant major players in the music world. You can bet that having a major (read: hyped) release during this period makes for high chances of that band making an appearance at Coachella; David Bowie has two(!!!). For a full list from pitchfork, go here.

January
01-05
Joker: "City Hopper" b/w "Output 1-2" [Tectonic]
01-12
Final Fantasy: Heartland [Domino]
Vampire Weekend: Contra [XL]
01-18
These New Puritans: Hidden [Angular/Domino] [UK Release]
Various Artists: Pop Ambient 2010 [Kompakt]
01-19
Cold War Kids: Behave Yourself EP [Downtown]
01-26
Animal Collective: Campfire Songs [Paw Tracks] [reissue]
Beach House: Teen Dream [Sub Pop]
David Bowie: A Reality Tour [ISO/Columbia/Legacy]
Los Campesinos!: Romance Is Boring [Arts & Crafts]
Pit Er Pat: The Flexible Entertainer [Thrill Jockey]
Spoon: Transference [Merge]

February
02-02
Blind Man's Colour: Wooden Blankets [Kanine]
02-09
David Bowie: David Bowie: Deluxe Edition [Decca/Universal]
Hot Chip: One Life Stand [Astralwerks]]
Massive Attack: Heligoland [Virgin]
Yeasayer: Odd Blood [Secretly Canadian]

March
03-01
New Young Pony Club: The Optimist [The Numbers]
03-02
Groove Armada: Black Light [Om]
These New Puritans: Hidden [Domino] [U.S. Release]
03-09
Alberta Cross: Broken Side of Time [Ark Recordings/ATO]
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Beat the Devil's Tattoo [Abstract Dragon/Vagrant]
Broken Bells: Broken Bells [Columbia]
Frightened Rabbit: The Winter of Mixed Drinks [Fat Cat]
jj: jj no 3 [Sincerely Yours/Secretly Canadian]
Liars: Sisterworld [Mute]
Titus Andronicus: The Monitor [XL]
03-16
White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights CD/DVD [Third Man]
03-23
Goldfrapp: Head First [Mute]
Jónsi Birgisson: Go [XL]
She & Him: Volume Two [Merge]

April
04-20
Flying Lotus: Cosmogramma [Warp]

Other releases expected in the first quarter of 2010
Battles: TBA [Warp]
!!!: TBA [Warp]
The Drums: TBA [TBA]
Gorillaz: Plastic Beach [Virgin]
Interpol: TBA [Capitol]
Javelin: TBA [Luaka Bop]
LCD Soundsystem: TBA [DFA]
MGMT: Congratulations [Columbia]


Upcoming Shows
Vivian introduced me to a website called Ohmyrockness.com which has an amazing aggregated list of LA are shows from the Avalon, Disney Concert Hall, the Echo(plex), Spaceland and the Smell, to Fox theater Pomona and the Glass House. Here are some highlights to kick off the new decade right.

01/08
Sonic Youth, Sic Alps @ the Fox Theater Pomona $28
Atlas Sound, tUnE-YaRds @ LA County Natural History Museum $5 (5PM)
01/09
Sonic Youth, Sic Alps @ the Fox Theater Pomona $28
01/12
Vampire Weekend @ Henry Fonda Theater $28
01/14
Alberta Cross @ Troubadour $12
I Am A Laser (Daedelus, Gaslamp Killer) Live art and visuals @ Club Nokia $5 adv./10 door (21+)
01/16
Hockey, Asa Ransom, Eastern Conference Champions @ Spaceland $8 adv./10 Door (21+)
Asobi Seksu (acoustic set) @ the Hotel Cafe $13 (21+)
01/19
The Hot Rats (feat. Gaz Coombes and Danny Goffey of Supergrass) @ Spaceland $15 (21+)
White Denim, Brazos @ Troubadour $12 adv./14 door
01/20
Har Mar Superstar, Little Red Radio
@ Spaceland $10 21+
The Hot Rats (feat.Gaz and Dan of Supergrass), Lemon Sun @ Troubadour $15
As Tall As Lions @ the Glass House $12
01/22
The Black Lips
, Nobunny, Jemina Pearl @ The Glass House $12
Cold War Kids, Alec Ounsworth (of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah) @ the Wiltern $25
01/23
The Black Lips, Nobunny, Jemina Pearl @ El Ray Theater $17
01/26
The Cribs, Jemina Pearl, (Be Your Own Pet) @ the Glass House $15
01/27
The Airborne Toxic Event @ Troubadour $45
01/30
Moving Units, Rumspringa, Casxio @ the Glass House $20
02/01
Do Make Say Think @ Troubadour $16
02/05
Dave Davies (of The Kinks), Year Long Disaster @ El Ray Theater $33
Yeasayer @ LA County Natural History Museum $9 (5PM)
Daedelus @ the Echo $13 adv./$15 door (18+)
02/06
Vivian Girls, Best Coast, Pearl Harbour, Dunes @ the Smell $5
They Might Be Giants @ Largo $25 (2PM/8PM)
02/09
St. Vincent, Wildbirds and Peacedrums @ El Ray Theater $18
02/11
Editors, the Antlers @ Wiltern $tba
the Thermals, Thao w/ the Get Down Stay Down @ Troubadour $16
02/12
Chicago Underground Duo, Pit Er Pat @ Bootleg $12
02/13
Alice In Chains @ Hollywood Palladium $tba
02/16
Alkaline Trio, Cursive @ the Glass House $21 adv/$24 doors
02/19
Vitalic @ Avalon Hollywood $tba
02/20
Tinariwen @ Royce Hall (UCLA) $24
02/25
Cheap Trick @ House of Blues Sunset Strip $52.50
02/26
We Were Promised Jet Packs, The Lonely Forest, Bear Hands @ Troubadour $15
02/27
Dirty Projectors w/ LA Philharmonic @ Walt Disney Concert Hall $32
03/02
The Magnetic Fields @
Wilshire Ebell Theatre $30
03/03
El Perro Del Mar @ Troubadour $13 adv./15 door
03/05
The Clientele, The Wooden Birds @ Spaceland $12 (21+)
03/06
The Clientele, The Wooden Birds @ Spaceland $12 (21+)
03/09
The Big Pink, A Place To Bury Strangers @ El Ray Theater $18
03/10
Delta Spirit @ Bootleg $12 (21+)
03/11
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ Echoplex $25 (18+)
03/12
The Cave Singers, The Dutchess and the Duke, The Moondoggies @ The Echo $10
03/13
HARD 13: Fake Blood, Jack Beats, Boy 8 Bit, Destructo + more @ Club Nokia $13
03/14
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ the Echo $25 (18+)
03/20
Beyond Wonderland: Paul Van Dyk, Groove Armada, Caspa, +much more @ NO
S Events Center $45
03/23
Acid Mothers Temple @ Spaceland $10 (21+)
03/24
Cymbals Eat Guitars, Bear In Heaven @ the Echo $8 (18+)
03/25
She & Him @ El Ray Theater $23
Copeland (Farewell Tour) @ the Glass House $16
03/26
Copeland (Farewell Tour) @ El Ray Theater $15
03/28
Air @ Walt Disney Concert Hall $35 adv/$55 door
04/06
RJD2, Busdriver, Happy Chichester @ El Ray Theater $20
04/23
Norah Jones @ Orpheum Theater $34
04/24
The Bloody Beetroots (first live performance) @ Hollywood Palladium $tba


Coachella
That's right, the new years arrived and it means that we can start looking forward to the kick off of the summer festival season and what better way to soak up some color in the sun than by doing it desert style at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival? It's still another month away until the line-up is announced, but the Coachella site is being updated and is already posting dates (April 16-18), new rules and a guide on purchasing lay-away tickets. Already dreaming of the summer sun like me? Check it out now. Otherwise, here's a list of rumored and "confirmed" artists for 2010. Sources Here

Bold = "confirmed", everything else = heavily rumored

  1. A Place To Bury Strangers
  2. As Tall As Lions
  3. Aeroplane
  4. Avett Brothers
  5. Bad Lieutenant
  6. Baroness
  7. Band of Skulls
  8. Bassnectar
  9. Beastie Boys
  10. Bloody Beetroots
  11. Bonobo
  12. Boys Noize
  13. Buraka Som Sistema
  14. Citizen Cope
  15. Cornelius
  16. Craze and Klever
  17. Deerhunter
  18. Delorean
  19. Devo
  20. Dirty Projectors
  21. Echo and the Bunnymen
  22. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
  23. El Gran Silencio
  24. Faith No More
  25. Florence and the Machine
  26. Fool's Gold
  27. Free Energy
  28. Gary Numan
  29. Girls
  30. Gorillaz
  31. Hockey
  32. Hot Chip
  33. Iglu & Hartly
  34. Imogen Heap
  35. jj
  36. Kevin Devine
  37. Little Boots
  38. Major Lazer
  39. Mayer Hawthorne
  40. Mew
  41. MGMT
  42. Micachu & The Shapes
  43. Miike Snow
  44. Muse
  45. No Age
  46. Orbital
  47. Panda Bear
  48. Pavement
  49. Perry Farrell
  50. Phoenix
  51. Pretty Lights
  52. Proxy
  53. Public Image Ltd
  54. Quantic
  55. Steel Train
  56. Sleepy Sun
  57. Smashing Pumpkins
  58. Soundgarden
  59. Spoon
  60. Sunny Day Real Estate
  61. Tallest Man on Earth
  62. Tegan and Sara
  63. The Antlers
  64. The Big Pink
  65. The Cribs
  66. The Dead Weather
  67. The Rolling Stones
  68. The xx
  69. Them Crooked Vultures
  70. Tiesto
  71. Vampire Weekend
  72. Vieux Farka Touré
  73. Vitalic
  74. Yeasayer
  75. Zoé

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