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Pretty Lights live up to their name on new video


With a band name like Pretty Lights, a video with interesting imagery is a must. The band actually succeed with "We Must Go On," which you can view above. Yes, lights do start it off, but it quickly focuses on people.

Pretty Lights tour dates:
3/23 - ULTRA Music Festival - Miami, FL
3/31 - Lollapalooza Chile - Santiago, Chile
4/8 - Lollapalooza Brazil - São Paulo, Brazil
5/25-5/27 - Summer Camp Music Festival - Chillicothe, Illinois
5/31-6/3 – Wakarusa Music Festival - Ozark, Arkansas




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Mates of State take a short trip

One of indie rock's favorite boy-girl duos, Mates of State, are tour warriors. They hit the road regularly to support their albums (in this latest case, the album is called Mountaintops). It looks like the latest batch of shows isn't very long, but the New York City comes out pretty good on the schedule. The band first play the City on February 17 at Le Poisson Rouge. They cross the river into New Jersey the next night to play Maxwell's. The full list of dates is below.

Mates of State tour dates:
Feb 16 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Feb 17 - New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
Feb 18 - Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell's
Feb 20 - Richmond, VA @ Canal Club
Feb 21 - Norfolk, VA @ Jewish Mother Backstage
Feb 22 - Durham, NC @ Casbah
Feb 25 - Vestal, NY @ Binghamton University




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To Do List: Friday, January 27, 2012

Recommended Show:
FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2012
AIMEE MANN

@ MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG
66 N 6th St
Brooklyn, NY 11211
$35, 8PM

Aimee Mann's concert tonight at the Music Hall of Williamsburg is a little pricey, but she is still a singer-songwriter darling who managed to carve out mainstream success. It's totally worth it.

The Gories @ Maxwell's
Too Short @ Knitting Factory
Cowboy Mouth @ B.B. King Blues Club
Moon King, Eola, & Peter Fonda @ Big Snow
Muscles of Joy & Remote Burial @ New Museum
Slow Country, Averkiou, & Guy Harvey @ Cake Shop
Great Lakes, Lou-is, & Glass Anchors @ Union Hall
Unstoppable Death Machines @ Present Company Gallery
Blonde Valhalla, Bermuda Bonnie, & Crinkles @ Union Pool
Ancient Sky, EXITMUSIC, & Face Blindness @ Death By Audio
Hundred In The Hands, Bikini, & My Best Fiend @ Glasslands
Xenia Rubinos, In One Wind, & Live Footage @ Cameo Gallery
Violent Bullshit, Steel Phantoms, & Total Babes @ 285 Kent Avenue
Skeleton Head, Little Victory, Horoscope, & Glass Hands @ Fontana's
Black Pus, Matter Waves, & Weasel Walter Trio @ Secret Project Robot
SHAPES, Devin Therriault, Static Jacks, Le Rug, & Newport Reds @ Shea Stadium
Bridges and Powerlines, The Aye Ayes, The Well-Informed, & Color Bars @ Pianos


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Jane's Addiction go "Underground"


It's been many, many years since anything Jane's Addiction has been involved with could be called "Underground," but the band appear to be clinging to a long forgotten past with their new song and accompanying video. We do see the irony of this song's popularity on radio. The video is above.



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Phenomenal Handclap Band have got "The Right One"


The Phenomenal Handclap Band have got a new video for "The Right One." It sort of strikes us as a black and white version of that White Stripes video from a few years back (no, not the Lego one). You'll probably know it when you view "The Right One" above.



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To Do List: Thursday, January 26, 2012

Recommended Show:
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012
XYLOS
@ HIRO BALLR
OOM
363 West 16th St
New York, NY 10011
$15, 7:00PM

It's been a while since Hiro Ballroom has made it onto our radar, but it looks like Xylos are ready to help put it back on for us! They play there tonight!

Daniel Knox @ 92YTribeca
Too Short @ Knitting Factory
The Biters @ Bowery Electric
Antony and The Johnsons @ Radio City Music Hall
Mr. Dream, Make Out, & Lantern @ 59 Canal Street
Rhyton, Woodsman, 1129, & Electroputas @ Shea Stadium
Fabric, Plastic Flowers, & Weird Rivers @ Cameo Gallery
MEN, Making Friendz, & Claire's Diary @ 285 Kent Avenue
Endless Boogie, Call Of The Wild, & Bogan Dust @ Union Pool
Brian Bonz, Great Elk, & Bucky Hayes and The Radio @ Littlefield
Sam Kulik, People, Hi Red Center, & Opsivik and Jennings @ Cake Shop
The So So Glos, The Pharmacy, Sundelles, & Liquor Store @ Glasslands
Minerva Lions, Dead Sands, & Paul and the Tall Trees @ Mercury Lounge
Shark?, Life Size Maps, I'm Turning Into, & Great American Canyon Band @ Big Snow
Cloud Nothings, Bleeding Rainbow, & Jump Into The Gospel @ The Studio at Webster Hall


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Neptune announces new album and touring plans

Creating an album is hard. Creating your own instruments in insurmountably harder. But Neptune have never been a band to shy away from a challenge. The Boston band take scraps of metal to construct homemade instruments for a very unique sound. Their new album, msg rcvd, will be out on February 9. To support the record, Neptune will be touring. Most of the shows are (unfortunately) in Europe, but New York fans will get their chance to see the band on February 24 at 285 Kent Ave (currently their only scheduled US show).

Neptune tour dates:
02/24 - Brooklyn, NY @ 285 Kent
03/07 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Occii
03/08 - Utrecht, Netherlands @ dB’s Studio
03/09 - Kortrijk, Belgium @ De Kreun
03/10 - Lille, France @ La Malterie
03/11 - Paris, France @ Batofar
03/15 - Nantes, France @ University of Nantes (Pôle Etudiant)
03/16 - Allonnes, France @ L’excelsior - Péniche Excelsior
03/17 - San Sabastian, Spain @ MOGAMBO
03/18 - Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain @ Ibu Hots
03/19 - Madrid, Spain @ Rock Palace
03/20 - Barcelona, Spain @ Moog
03/21 - Pau, France @ La Centrifugeuse studio-scène de la Maison de l’Etudiant
03/23 - Marseille, France @ L’Embobineuse
03/24 - Clermont Ferrand, France @ Chez Raymond
03/25 - Toulouse, France @ Emergence
03/28 - Lyon, France @ Sonic Lyon
03/29 - Torino, Italy @ Cripta747
03/30 - Lausanne, Switzerland @ Le Bourg
03/31 - Strasbourg, France @ Stimultania
04/03 - Berlin, Germany @ Marie-Antonette
04/05 - Brussels, Belgium @ magasin4
04/06 - Den Haag, Netherlands @ 330 Live




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Vice Cooler directs La Sera video


Vice Cooler may be one of the last people we'd expect to direct the new video for La Sera entitled "Please Be My Third Eye." However, we certainly aren't complaining about the collaboration! Check it out above!



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Sharon Van Etten adds shows

With Sharon Van Etten's Tramp scheduled to be released by Jagjaguwar shortly (February 7 to be exact), she's added more shows to her already full touring lineup. Though we already knew a good number of these (including two of those New York City dates), there's still plenty more added (including a third NYC show). Check the entire tour schedule below.



Sharon Van Etten tour dates:
02/10/12 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
02/11/12 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat
02/12/12 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
02/14/12 - Columbus, OH @ Wexner Center
02/15/12 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Ladies Literary Club for Calvin College
02/16/12 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
02/17/12 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
02/18/12 - Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center
02/21/12 - Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace
02/22/12 - Montreal, QC @ Il Motore
02/23/12 - Boston, MA @ Paradise
02/24/12 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
02/25/12 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
02/26/12 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
03/14/12 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
03/15/12 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
03/20/12 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Avalon
03/21/12 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
03/23/12 - Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater
03/24/12 - Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
03/25/12 - Seattle, WA @ The Neptune
03/27/12 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Room
03/28/12 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
03/30/12 - Iowa City, IA @ Mission Creek Festival
03/31/12 - St. Louis, MO @ Luminary Center for the Arts
04/01/12 - Bloomington, IN @ Rhino's
04/19/12 - Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
04/20/12 - Charlottesville, VA @ Jefferson Theatre
04/21/12 - Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle
04/22/12 - Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree Cafe
04/24/12 - Knoxville, TN @ The Square Room
04/25/12 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
04/26/12 - Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
04/27/12 - Cincinnati, OH @ Mayday Northside
04/28/12 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Carnegie Lecture Hall




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