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Out in the UK on Monday

Here's the good stuff that's out in the UK on Mon April 14th...

Singles:

The School - "All I Wanna Do" [Vid above. Debut from female-fronted Cardiff 7-piece.]

The Last Shadow Puppets - "The Age Of The Understatement" [Vid. 1st single from Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys) & Miles Kane (The Rascals); debut album out next week.]

Clocks - "Old Radio Valve" [Vid. 2nd single from Epsom 4-piece.]

Albums:

I Am Kloot - Play Moolah Rouge [A return-to-form for the Manchester trio on this, their 4th album.]


Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight [2nd album from Selkirk 4-piece.]

U.S. SoundScan Chart Report

Here's the notable stuff that entered the U.S. Billboard SoundScan charts on Wed April 9th...

Billboard 200:

• #2 REM - Accelerate  [116,138]
• #27 Moby - Last Night [21,266]
• #46 Muse - HAARP [14,309]
• #127 Sun Kil Moon - April [6,527]

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

• #45 Los Campesinos - Hold on Now, Youngster  [3,930]
• #65 The Apples In Stereo - Electronic Projects for Musicians [1,152]
• #72 Foals - Antidotes [3,339 on downloads alone.]
• #91 Air Traffic - Fractured Life [re-entry. 3,913 to-date.]

Alternative Heatseekers chart:

• #49 David Ford - Songs for the Road [1,317]
• #50 The New Frontiers - Mending [1,169]

These releases, sadly, did not chart:

• Dragons - Here Are the Roses
• The Billionaires - Really Real for Forever
• Annuals - Wet Zoo EP [mp3. 3 songs as Annuals, and 2 songs as Sunfold.]

Air Traffic announce first-ever full U.S. tour

Bournemouth 4-piece Air Traffic have announced their first-ever full U.S. tour. The first 6 dates will be supporting Elbow, while the rest of the dates are headlining. I saw Air Traffic live here in LA last year and they were really good, so I recommend checking 'em out.

The band's debut album, Fractured Life, was released in the U.S. last year via Astralwerks and is a nicely varied affair. It's got Keane-like piano balladry ("Shooting Star"), Blur-like guitar pop ("Charlotte"), and there's even a song that sounds like Morten Harket of A-ha fronting Elbow ("No More Running Away", vid below.)

• Air Traffic - Fractured Life [album sampler]

Air Traffic North American tour dates:

May 2 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre [w/ Elbow]
May 3 Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot [w/ Elbow]
May 5 Seattle, WA - Showbox [w/ Elbow]
May 6 Vancouver, BC - St. Andrews Wesley Church [w/ Elbow]
May 8 San Francisco, CA Bimbo's 365 [w/ Elbow]
May 9 Los Angeles, CA Avalon [w/ Elbow]
May 10 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
May 11 San Diego, CA - Soma
May 12 Phoenix, AZ - Brickhouse
May 14 Dallas, TX - House of Blues Cambridge Room
May 15 Tulsa, OK - Bob at Cain's
May 17 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
May 18 Chicago, IL - The Bottom Lounge
May 19 Columbus, OH - The Basement
May 20 Detroit, MI - Shelter
May 22 Cambridge, MA - TT The Bears
May 23 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
May 24 New York, NY - Knitting Factory [8pm show]

The Mary Onettes announce first-ever U.S. tour!

I'm excited to announce that my new favorite Swedish band, The Mary Onettes, have announced their first-ever U.S. tour! If you ever liked Jesus & Mary Chain, The Cure, New Order, A-ha etc. you will love this band, I promise.

• The Mary Onettes - "Lost" [mp3]
• The Mary Onettes - "Void" [mp3]

Their brilliant self-titled debut album was released in Scandinavia last year via Labrador Records; and is on the U.S. iTunes now. No word on when it will get a proper U.S. release on CD.

The Mary Onettes U.S. tour dates:

05.07  Los Angeles, CA - Vertigos
05.08  San Francisco, CA - Popscene
05.09  Reno, NV - Satellite Lounge
05.10  Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern
05.12  Denver, CO - Hi Dive
05.13  Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
05.14  St Louis, MO - The Bluebird
05.15  Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen
05.16  Indianapolis, IN - Radio Radio
05.21  Washington, DC - DC9
05.23  Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall
05.24  Boston, MA - Middle East

Out in the U.S. on Tuesday

Here's the good stuff that's out in the U.S. on Tues April 8th...

Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours [album stream. 2nd album from Melbourne trio. "So Haunted" live vid above. I never paid attention to their first album, but then they were one of the best surprises at SXSW last month. A few tracks on this new album sound a hell of a lot like New Order/Electronic, and that's a good thing. Enjoy!]

The Duke Spirit - Neptune [2nd album from female-fronted London 5-piece. "The Step And The Walk" vid above. Another band who I never paid any attention to their first album, but now this new album turns out to be really quite good!]

also out this week:

• The Long Blondes - Couples [album stream]
• Peter Moren - The Last Tycoon [album stream]
• Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Pershing [album stream]
• Tapes 'N Tapes - Walk It Off [album stream]
• Clinic - Do It! [album stream]
• Jim Noir - self-titled [album stream]
• Wye Oak - If Children ["Warning" mp3]
• Foals - Antidotes ["Balloons" mp3]
• Colin Meloy - Sings Live! ["We Both Go Down Together" mp3]
• Shout Out Louds - Impossible EP [Vid]

UK Chart Report

Here's the notable stuff that entered the UK charts on Sun April 6th...

Morrissey's new favorite band The Courteeners go in at number nineteen with "Not Nineteen Forever", it was meant to be!

Singles:

• #19 The Courteeners - "Not Nineteen Forever" [Vid above. Their debut album is out this week.]

Indie-label singles chart:

• nothing of interest

These singles, sadly, did not chart:

• Elle Milano - "Meanwhile In Hollywood" [Vid. Debut album is out soon.]
• The Locarnos - "Give It To Me Straight" [Vid. Debut / Tauton 4-piece.]
• Soapbox Story - "Lost And Found" [Vid. Debut / London solo artist.]
• My Sad Captains - "All Hat..." [Vid. 2nd single / London 5-piece.]
• The Sonic Hearts - "To Be Someone" [Vid. 2nd single / Liverpool 5-piece.]

Albums:

• #1 REM - Accelerate

Indie-label album chart:

• #26 Sun Kil Moon - April

Boy Kill Boy's new album Stars and the Sea didn't chart, bummer!