Some favorite things about these last few days:
-getting to hear some of the songs really taking shape now that the mixing’s underway;
–Anton Corbijn arriving and watching him work– guy has an amazing eye, and more, and his new movie, THE AMERICAN, opens tonight, 9/1/10, nationwide
-eating
As we announced last week, our friends at Air Traffic Control have released a fantastic, digital-music benefit compilation called Dear New Orleans to mark the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and in response to the Gulf Oil Disaster also deeply affecting the region. Proceeds from
Tired Pony will release the second single from their debut album The Place We Ran From next month. The single, “Get On The Road,” will be available as a download in an exclusive iTunes bundle (including a non-album track “Silver Atoms,” plus a video for “Get On The
We’re excited to report that the Gulf Coast recovery benefit compilation Dear New Orleans is #1 in the Amazon mp3 top 100! As we reported at the end of last week, Mike’s version of “Ohio” is included on the compilation. We’ve also been informed
To mark the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina — and in response to the Gulf Oil Disaster also deeply affecting the region — Air Traffic Control (a nonprofit resource for activist and philanthropic musicians) has produced DEAR NEW ORLEANS, a digital music benefit compilation for the people of
Tired Pony has added a second date in the USA for the band’s west coast fans. The second show will take place on October 4th at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles. Tickets go on sale to the general public this Saturday at 10AM (PDT).
EXCLUSIVE PRESALE
The Baseball Project’s jam-packed northeastern weekend was a wild success. Last Thursday night’s show in Hoboken was a complete rave-up. I was thrilled to see my old pal Dennis Diken (of Smithereens fame) open the show with his band The Bell Sound. If you’re a fan of
As Athens transforms from sleepy summer hamlet into bustling college town virtually overnight, here’s the end of the summer weekend update:
BASEBALL PROJECT SHOWS AND BROADSIDE BALLADS
The Baseball Project (this time it’s Scott McCaughey/Steve Wynn/Linda Pitmon/Mike Mills) will be in North Adams, MASS, on Saturday where they’ll play the SolidSoundFestival (with
Scott McCaughey reports:
To those in the New York City area, and the great Northeast (the rest of you please pardon the intrusion):
The Baseball Project (this time it’s Scott McCaughey/Steve Wynn/Linda Pitmon/Mike Mills) performs:
Thursday Aug. 12 – Maxwell’s, Hoboken NJ (with super special guest DENNIS DIKEN & BELL
A few brief notes to pass along from another torrid Friday in the deep South at REMHQ:
The Baseball Project, with special pinch-hitter Mike Mills guaranteed a spot in the starting rotation in place of the normally Cal Ripken-like Peter Buck, will play two huge shows next week.
Tired Pony will play their debut American show at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City on October 1st.
The band, spearheaded by Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody, is a collaborative project featuring R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, Belle and Sebastian’s Richard Colburn, Troy Stewart, singer songwriter Iain Archer, acclaimed producer
As we head into a hot Georgia weekend, we wanted to do a quick wrap-up of the latest news from REMHQ:
BERLIN STUDIO NEWS
Rolling Stone has a nice write up of the band’s studio time in Berlin. You can read it here.
RECLAIM THE COAST BENEFIT CONCERTS
As part of Michael’s
Sen. Al Franken devoted his keynote address at Netroots Nation Saturday night,to the single most important issue for preserving the future of the First Amendment: the corporate takeover of free speech and preserving net neutrality.
You can watch his speech here.
Reclaim The Coast Benefit Concerts – Friday July 23rd, Sunday July 25th & Friday July 30th.
On Friday, City Winery will welcome the legendary folk singer and environmental activist Pete Seeger to kick off three nights of fundraising efforts for the Gulf Coast. Mr. Seeger who has penned a number of
Check out this interview Peter and Gary Lightbody did with BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat earlier today and have a look at Tired Pony’s performance of “Dead American Writers” at the HMV Forum in London on July 14th: