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The Hourly Radio release new video

The Hourly Radio - "Deaf Ears" [Vid above, mp3 here]

Stream the entire album: History Will Never Hold Me. [buy it]

The Hourly Radio remaining tour dates on this U.S. leg:

02/27 Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks
03/01 Cleveland, OH - Peabody's Downunder
03/02 Cincinnati, OH - Mad Hatter
03/03 Nashville, TN - 12th Porter
03/05 Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits *
03/08 Miami, FL - Studio A *
03/09 Orlando, FL - The Social *
03/10 Tampa, FL - The Orpheum *
03/12 Destin, FL - Club Overboard *
03/13 Jackson, MS - W.C. Don's
03/14 Austin, TX - Mohawk [4:15 pm]
03/14 Austin, TX - Elysium [8:45 pm]
03/15 Austin, TX - SXSW dayshow
03/16 Austin, TX - SXSW dayshow
03/17 Dallas, TX - The Cavern
03/20 Little Rock, AR - Juanitas
03/21 Tulsa, OK - Mooch and Burn

Filter sets their dayshows

FILTER has set their dayshows, and I like to think I helped sway 'em into a couple of the bands (Mew, Youth Group.)

Thursday, March 15th [Hosted by Zach Galifianakis]

• 6:00 Badly Drawn Boy
• 5:00 Youth Group
• 4:00 Kenna
• 3:15 The Besnard Lakes
• 2:30 Midnight Movies
• 1:45 Great Northern
• 1:00 Grand Ole Party

Friday, March 16th

• 5:00 Aqualung
• 4:00 Money Mark
• 3:15 The Panda Band
• 2:30 Architecture in Helsinki
• 1:45 Ra Ra Riot
• 1:00 The Little Ones
• 12:15 Dappled Cities

Saturday, March 17th

• 5:00 The Fratellis
• 4:00 Mew
• 3:00 Mando Diao
• 2:15 The Pipettes
• 1:30 Kate Havnevik
• 12:45 Mohair

Out in the UK on Monday

Here's the decent stuff that's out in the UK on Mon Feb 26th...

Singles:

Voxtrot - "Trouble" [Live vid. Another great single from the Austin indie-pop band. Full-length album out May 22nd.]

The Envy Corps - Story Problems EP [Vid. Debut UK release from Ames, IA 4-piece.]

• Badly Drawn Boy - "Journey From A To Be" [Vid. 3rd single from Born In The UK.]
• Idlewild - "No Emotion" [Vid. By-the-numbers single from the completely forgettable album.]
• Charlotte Heatherly - "I Want You To Know" [Vid. 2nd single from The Deep Blue.]
• Howling Bells - "Low Happening" [Vid. 4th single from their self-titled debut.]
• Polytechnic - "Cold Hearted Business" [Vid. 3rd single from Manchester 5-piece.]
• The Bishops - "Breakaway" [Vid. 2nd single from English trio.]
• The Race - "Comfort, Comfort" [Vid. 4th single from Be Your Alibi.]
• The Maccabees - "About Your Dress" [Vid]
• Harrisons - "Mondays Arms" [Vid]
• The Pigeon Detectives - "The Romantic Type" [Vid]
• The Draytones - "Keep Loving Me" [7"-only.]

Albums:

Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position [Third album from London kid.]

Sarah Nixey - Sing Memory [Solo debut from the voice of Black Box Recorder.]

Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob [Weak follow-up to an overrated debut album.]

Malcolm Middleton - A Brighter Beat [One-half of Arab Strap.]

Cast - BBC Sessions

The Bluetones - BBC Sessions

• My Life Story - Megaphone Theology [b-sides and rarities]

Out in the UK on Monday

Here's the good stuff that's out in the UK on Mon Feb 19th.

SINGLE OF THE WEEK:

Keith - "Hold That Gun" [Vid. 7"-only final single from Red Thread.]

Apartment - "Pressures" [Vid. 3rd single from good new London 4-piece.]

Mumm-Ra - "What Would Steve Do" [Vid. 3rd single from good new Bexhill 5-piece.]

The Early Years - Great Awakening EP [Vid. Follow-up to London band's debut album.]

Guillemots - Of The Night EP [Live vid w/ orchestra.]

The Magic Numbers - "This Is A Song" [2nd single from Those The Brokes.]

My SXSW Schedule

The SXSW schedule has been released, and here's what my nights are looking like...

[Updated on 2/27]

Wednesday March 14th

Stubb's (801 Red River St)

• 8:00 The Sunshine Underground (Leeds UK)
• 9:00 The Automatic (Cardiff UK)

Emo's Jr (603 Red River St)

• 8:15 iLiKETRAiNS (Leeds UK)
• 10:15 The Early Years (London UK)

Beauty Bar Patio (617 E 7th St)

• 8:30 The Comas (Brooklyn NY)

Elysium (705 Red River St.)

• 8:45 The Hourly Radio (Dallas TX)

Emo's Main Room (603 Red River St)

• 9:00 Emma Pollock (Glasgow UK)

Habana Calle 6

• 9:00 Bone-Box (Manchester UK)

Karma Lounge (119 W 8th St)

• 9:00 The KBC (Preston UK)
• 12:00 [Special Guest, Leeds UK]
• 1:00 The Holloways (London UK)

Mohawk Patio (912 Red River St)

• 10:45 The Twilight Sad (Glasgow UK)

Antone's (213 W 5th St)

• 11:00 The Rosebuds (Raleigh NC)

Copa (217 Congress Ave)

• 11:00 The Gentle Good (Cardiff UK)

Buffalo Billiards (201 E 6th St)

• 12:00 IV Thieves (Nottingham UK)
• 1:00 Ours (New York NY)

Creekside EMC at Hilton Garden Inn (500 N IH 35)

• 12:00 Findlay Brown (London UK)
• 1:00 Jeremy Warmsley (London UK)

Habana Calle 6 Annex (708 E 6th St)

• 1:00 The Isles (Long Island NY)

Latitude 30 (512 San Jacinto St)

• 1:00 Daylights For The Birds (New York NY)

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Thursday March 15th

Emo's Jr (603 Red River St)

• 9:00 New Violators (Trondheim NORWAY)

Uncle Flirty's Loft (325 E 6th St)

• 9:00 Funky Nashville (Aarhus DENMARK)
• 10:00 Mammut (Reykjavik ICELAND)
  
• 11:00 moi Caprice (Copenhagen DENMARK)

The Ale House (310 E 6th St - Alley Entrance)

• 9:00 Joan as Police Woman (Brooklyn NY)
• 1:00 Pop Levi (Los Angeles CA)

The Rio (301 San Jacinto Blvd)

• 10:30 Hot Club De Paris (Liverpool UK)
• 11:40 Air Traffic (Bournemouth UK)
• 1:00 The Rumble Strips (Devon UK)

Antone's (213 W 5th St)

• 10:30 Sondre Lerche (Bergen NORWAY)

Blender Bar at the Ritz (320 E 6th St)

• 11:00 Office (Chicago IL)

Friends (208 E 6th St)

• 12:00 The Crash (Turku FINLAND)

Latitude 30 (512 San Jacinto St)

• 12:00 Limbeck (Orange County CA)
• 1:00 The Honorary Title (Brooklyn NY)

The Parish (214B E 6th St)

• 12:00 Aqualung - acoustic (South London UK)

Maggie Mae's Rooftop (323 E 6th St)

• 12:00 Malajube (Montreal QC)

Maggie Mae's (323 E 6th St)

• 12:30 Patrick Watson (Montreal QC)

The Parish II

• 1:00 Asobi Seksu (Brooklyn NY)

Emo's Main Room (603 Red River St)

• 1:00 Voxtrot (Austin TX)

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Friday March 16th

Antone's (213 W 5th St)

• 9:00 Margot & the Nuclear So and So's (Indianapolis IN)

Habana Calle 6 Annex (709 E 6th St)

• 11:00 Amy Millan (Toronto ON)
• 1:00 [Special Guest, Stars?]

Bourbon Rocks (508 E 6th St)

• 11:00 Gruff Rhys (Cardiff UK)
• 12:00 Ron Sexsmith (Toronto ON)

Maggie Mae's Rooftop (323 E 6th St)

• 11:00 Goldrush (Oxford UK)
• 1:00 The Electric Soft Parade (Brighton UK)

18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn (500 N I35H)

• 12:00 Teitur (Faroe Islands DENMARK)

Whisky Bar (303 W 5th St)

• 12:00 WinterKids (Peaslake UK)

Soho Lounge (217 E 6th St)

• 12:00 Maritime (Milwaukee WI)

Stubb's (801 Red River St)

• 8:30 Pete And The Pirates (Reading UK)
• 12:45 The Good The Bad & The Queen (London UK)

Dirty Dog Bar (505 E 6th St)

• 1:00 The Apples in Stereo (Denver CO)

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Saturday March 17th

Buffalo Billiards (201 E 6th St)

• 8:00 My Latest Novel (Glasgow UK)
• 9:00 Stephanie Dosen (Nashville TN)
• 10:00 Fionn Regan (Dublin IRELAND)
• 11:00 Robert Gomez (Denton TX)
• 12:00 Midlake (Denton TX)
• 01:00 The Kissaway Trail (Odense DENMARK)

La Zona Rosa (612 W 4th St)

• 8:00 Mohair (Watford UK)
• 9:00 Mew (Copenhagen DENMARK)
• 10:00 Eisley (Tyler TX)

Beauty Bar Patio (617 E 7th St)

• 11:00 The Pipettes (Brighton UK)

Lambert's (401 W 2nd St)

• 9:00 The Needles (Aberdeen UK)
• 1:00 Marjorie Fair (Los Angeles CA)

Soho Lounge (217 E 6th St)

• 11:30 The Immediate (Dublin IRELAND)

Latitude 30 (512 San Jacinto St)

• 1:00 Youth Group (Australia AUSTRALIA)

Red 7 Patio (611 E 7th St)

• 1:00 Mumm-Ra (Bexhill UK)

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And these bands aren't playing SXSW afterall:

• Infadels (London UK)
• Earlimart (Los Angeles CA)
• The Long Winters (Seattle WA)
• The Enemy (Coventry UK)
• Iain Archer (Bangor UK)
• Little Barrie (London UK)

Out in the UK on Monday

Here's the decent stuff that was released in the UK on Mon Feb 12th.

Singles:

Fanfarlo - "Outsiders" [Vid. 7"-only 2nd single from London 5-piece.]

Liam Frost - "She Paints Pictures" [Vid. 4th single from his debut album.]

UK Chart Report

Here's the decent stuff that entered the UK charts this weekend.

Singles:

• #2 Kaiser Chiefs - "Ruby" [Vid. CD single is out Feb 19th.]
• #37 The Long Blondes - "Giddy Stratosphere" [Vid. From their debut album.]

Albums:

• #1 Mika - Life in Cartoon Motion
• #2 Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
• #47 The Hours - Narcissus Road

Indie-label album chart:

• #13 Aereogramme - My Heart Has a Wish That You Would Not Go

SXSW bands announced, my picks

SXSW finally announced their "preliminary list" of 1300 bands playing. The list is quite underwhelming for my tastes, and it annoys the hell out of me that a ton of the bands playing either...

1. totally don't need the exposure
2. play sxsw every fucking year

That being said, here's who I may see:

1st tier:

• Iain Archer (Bangor UK)
• Findlay Brown (London UK)
• The Crash (Turku FINLAND)
• Earlimart (Los Angeles CA)
• The Hourly Radio (Dallas TX)
• iLiKETRAiNS (Leeds UK)
• The Isles (Long Island NY)
• Joan as Police Woman (Brooklyn NY)
• The Kissaway Trail (Odense DENMARK)
• The KBC (Preston UK)
• Midlake (Denton TX)
• moi Caprice (Copenhagen DENMARK)
• The Rosebuds (Raleigh NC)
• The Rumble Strips (Devon UK)
• The Sunshine Underground (Leeds UK)
• Youth Group (Australia AUSTRALIA)
  

2nd tier

• Air Traffic (Bournemouth UK)
• A Band of Bees (Ventnor UK)
• The Apples in Stereo (Denver CO)
• Aqualung (South London UK)
• Asobi Seksu (Brooklyn NY)
• The Automatic (Cardiff UK)
• Bone-Box (Manchester UK)
• The Comas (Brooklyn NY)
• Daylights For The Birds (New York NY)
• The Early Years (London UK)
• The Electric Soft Parade (Brighton UK)
• The Enemy (Coventry UK)
• Funky Nashville (Aarhus DENMARK)
• The Gentle Good (Cardiff UK)
• The Hazey Janes (Dundee UK)
• The Holloways (London UK)
• Hot Club De Paris (Liverpool UK)
• IAMX (London UK)
• Infadels (London UK)
• The Immediate (Dublin IRELAND)
• Sondre Lerche (Bergen NORWAY)
• Little Barrie (London UK)
• The Long Winters (Seattle WA)
• Malajube (Montreal QC)
• Margot & the Nuclear So and So's (Indianapolis IN)
• My Latest Novel (Glasgow UK)
• The Needles (Aberdeen UK)
• OFFICE (Chicago IL)
• Ours (New York NY)
• The Pipettes (Brighton UK)
• Emma Pollock (Glasgow UK)
• Pop Levi (Los Angeles CA)
• Teitur (Faroe Islands DENMARK)
• The Twilight Sad (Glasgow UK)
• Voxtrot (Austin TX)
• Jeremy Warmsley (London UK)
• Patrick Watson (Montreal QC)
• WinterKids (Peaslake UK)

Wristband info after the jump.

Out in the U.S. on Tuesday

Here's the stuff I like that's out this week in the U.S.

Sondre Lerche - Phantom Punch [His most rockin' album ever and much better than that god awful Duper Sessions!]

Aereogramme - My Heart Has a Wish That You Would Not Go [I've never liked 'em before but this album is mellow and good!]

Peter Bjorn And John - Writer's Block [I saw 'em at The Roxy the other day and it dawned on me that I only like about half the album.]

The Apples in Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder [Not bad if you program out all the interludes.]

Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City [I've always just thought they were just okay, and this has done nothing to change that,]

Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts Of The Great Highway (w/ Bonus CD) [Still a great album, though I'm not sure what the point of the re-release is.]

Loney, Dear - Loney, Noir [Good new Scandinavian guy who I've mentioned a few times before.]

For a full list of this week's releases check out the FILTER blog which I have a part in maintaining.

Moz in Pasadena

[A nice close-up video "Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice" from the 2nd night.]

I only got to see the last night of Moz's three night stand at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Here's the setlist, plus lyric changes and inbetween song banter:

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Gong drum said "Don't Cry For Me Pasadena" on it.

• How Soon Is Now
• You Have Killed Me ["What hell is my body for" / "Diana Doors you'll never be"]

"It's great to be back in St. Louis, Missouri" [a reference to where the awful opener is from]

• In The Future When All's Well ["Every day I play a pointless game."]
• Dissapointed ["Rather die than have to sleep with you"]

"Hello, my name is Chester Bennigton"?

• Ganglord ["Get your fat ass to the ghetto"]

"Are you saying misery? Because that I would understand." [In response to crowd chanting "Morrissey, Morrissey"]

• Let Me Kiss You

Throws shirt into the crowd.

• Girlfriend In A Coma
• Irish Blood English Heart

"This next song is called I Keep Mine Hidden...kidding"

• The Youngest Was The Most Loved ["A strange wife beside him"]

"As for the game tomorrow, I put my money on the Denver Omlettes"

• Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice

An inflated condom reaches the stage right as Moz sings "and it comes from the strangest direction."

• Panic

"It must be nice living here in Pasadena, you have your very own Bristol Farms, your own Rite Aid."

• National Front Disco

Throws shirt into the crowd.

• I'll See You In Far Off Places ["And if Bush Bush Bush doesn't kill you"]

Thanks the Pasadena Civic Center staff for putting up with his voice for three nights.

• Dear God Please Help Me

"Here's a song to cheer you on to Lucky Baldwins"

• I've Change My Plea To Guilty

"We're going to have a... what do you call it? A party? at the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens at midnight tonight"

• William, It Was Really Nothing
• I Just Want To See The Boy Happy [Boz on sax outro]
• Life Is A Pigsty [Piano outro of "Auld Lang Syne"]
• Everyday Is Like Sunday ["Dear Mum, how I dearly wish I had not been born."]
• Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want ["Let me have whom i want"]

Encore:

• The First Of The Gang To Die

"Pasadena, you have thrilled me"

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My 23rd time to see him play live and one of the best yet. Check out the great nine minute video someone put together of songs from the first Pasadena show.