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One hell of a dayshow

I'll be posting my list of SXSW dayshows (1-2-3) soon, but until then, here's the heads-up on what looks to be one of the best...

NY2LON at SXSW 2006
Saturday March 18th (12-6pm)
The Velvet Spade @ 912 Red River St.

Editors, Boy Kill Boy, The Kooks, The Rakes, The Morning After Girls, Tapes N Tapes, Two Gallants, and The Charlatans.

RSVPs will be honored in the order they are received.

Reasons To Stay Indoors

Mon:
David Letterman: The Strokes
Late Late Show: Jenny Lewis

Wed:
Conan O'Brien: Belle & Sebastian
Last Call: Supergrass
Colbert Report: Arianna Huffington
Jimmy Kimmel: OK Go

Thurs:
Extra: The Cloud Room
Jay Leno: Rhett Miller

Fri:
David Letterman: The Subways
Jay Leno: Jamie Cullum

Out in the U.S. on Tuesday

The decent stuff that's out in the U.S. on Tuesday:

       
Rhett Miller - The Believer [e-card. 2nd solo album from Old 97's singer. Cheesiest album cover of the year!]

• Tresspassers William - Having [2nd album from SoCal dreampoppers.]
• Dave Doobinin - One Station Away [2nd album NY-based pop-rocker.]
• Nine Black Alps - Everything Is [Debut album from Nirvana-lovers.]
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Gold Lion" / "Let Me Know" [single, only $1.99!]
• The Honorary Title - Anything Else But the Truth [Re-release of debut album w/ bonus tracks.]
• Smoking Popes - At Metro [Live album recorded at '05 reunion show.]
• Elvis Presley: Rock, Country, Inspirational and Love Me Tender [DVD]
• Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984 [paperback]
• Cash [paperback]
• Network (Two-Disc Special Edition) [DVD]
• Dog Day Afternoon (Two-Disc Special Edition) [DVD]

UK chart report

The good stuff that entered the UK charts this weekend:

Singles:

#19 Morning Runner - "Burning Benches" [Clip. 3rd single from debut album.]

#21 Maximo Park - "I Want You To Stay" [e-card. Last single from debut album.]

#23 Delays - "Valentine" [e-card. 1st single from You See Colours.]

#29 We Are Scientists - "It's A Hit" [3rd single from their debut album.]

#59 Shout Out Louds - "Please Please Please" [Clip. 3rd single from their debut album]

Indie-label singles chart:

• #19 My Latest Novel - "Reputation of Ross Francis"
• #25 The Knife - "Silent Shout"

Both of these good singles did not chart:

• The Alps - "Last Dance" [Debut single from London 4-piece] 
• Sine Star Project - "Strange Girl" [1st single from debut album of English 4-piece.]

Out in the UK on Monday

The decent stuff that's out in the UK on Monday Feb 27th...

SINGLE OF THE WEEK!

The Upper Room - "All Over This Town" [Vid. Orginally released 2 years ago!]

Graham Coxon - "Standing On My Own Again" [Vid. 1st single from his new album.]

Mystery Jets - "Boy Who Ran Away" [Vid. Precedes their debut album.]

The Rakes - "All Too Human" [Vid. 1st new single since their debut album.]

Howling Bells - "Wishing Stone" [1st UK single from female-fronted Aussie 4-piece.]

• Stellastarr - "Sweet Troubled Soul" [Vid. 1st single from their 2nd album.]
• Jim Noir - "Key Of C" [Vid. 1st single from his debut album.]
• Teddy Thompson - "Everybody Move It" [1st single from his 2nd album.]
• The Young Knives - "Here Comes The Rumour Mill" [Vid. 2nd single from English 3-piece.]
• The Feeling - "Sewn" [Debut single from English 5-piece.]
• CYHSY - "In This Home on Ice"

Albums:

The Fallout Trust - In Case of the Flood [Debut album from London-based 6-piece. Ignore the ugly sleeve!]

Re-post: Moz's YHKM vid

I thought I'd re-post Moz's "You Have Killed Me" video since the other link has gone dead. It's the first single from Ringleader Of The Tormentors.

Stipe, Rufus set for benefit gig

On March 20th Michael Stipe, Rufus Wainwright, Fisherspooner and others will join together for a concert at New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom to mark the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Proceeds will be donated to Iraq Veterans Against the War and Veterans for Peace.

Air America Radio's The Majority Report will broadcast live from the show and will feature interviews with the performers. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.

At least 2,286 American soldiers have died since the war began three years ago, and more than 16,700 troops have been injured. It is estimated that more than 30,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed.

Fun Torr-fact: The only time I've ever been to NYC was when I saw Moz at that venue in '97.

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U.S. chart report

The good stuff that entered the U.S. charts today...

Heatseekers chart (artists who've never had a release in the top 100 of the big-chart):

• #14 The Subways - Young for Eternity [Album stream] 4,442 copies sold.

And surprisingly, sales of Beth Orton - Comfort Of Strangers (w/ bonus disc) were actually up 11% to 14,466 this week, bringing it's two week total to 27,546

However these albums did not chart:

• Magnet - The Tourniquet [Clips]
• Sing Sing - Sing-Sing and I
• Young & Sexy - Panic When You Find It

The Killers ex-manager sues for $16 million

[FN] - The Killers are being sued for $16 million by their ex-manager. Braden Merrick, the man who discovered and guided The Killers to fame and fortune — including selling six million copies of their album, Hot Fuss — filed suit late Tuesday in federal court in Las Vegas.

Merrick says The Killers —- Brandon Flowers, Ronnie Vannucci Jr., Dave Keuning and Mark Stoermer, kicked him to the curb and breached their contract with him. All of them are named as defendants as well as an attorney named Robert Reynolds, whom Merrick says interfered in his relationship with the group and encouraged them to sever ties with him.