Get A Dose of Old Time Relijun at The Talking Head; Stream Catharsis In Crisis

At the newly revived Talking Head Club in Baltimore on 10/29 (next Monday), Old Time Relijun (Arrington de Dionyso, Phil Elvrum, Germaine Baca, Benjamin Hartman) will be deconstructing music as you know it. With grating horns and disjointedly put together vocals ("Indestructible Life"), the spectacle will be worth the cost of admission. Some will scratch their heads while others will get down with an understanding grin.

Stream Old Time Relijun's latest, Catharsis In Crisis

Buy the album from K Records.

Tour Dates:

* w/ AIDS WOLF!
10/24 Asbury, NJ Asbury Lanes*
10/25 Poughkeepsie, NY Vassar College*
10/26 Jamaica Plane, MA The Milky Way*
10/27 Providence, RI as220*
10/28 Philadelphia, PA COPY Gallery*
10/29 Baltimore, MD The Talking Head Club*
10/30 Washington, DC Velvet Lounge*
10/31 Brooklyn, NY Todd P NYC*
11/01 Hudson Valley, NY WFMU Live Performance
11/02 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506
11/03 Charleston, SC Cumberlands
11/04 Athens, GA Secret Squirrel
11/06 Birmingham, AL Bottletree w/ Don Caballero
11/07 New Orleans, LA Circle Bar
11/08 Houston, TX Proletariat
11/09 Austin, TX Emo’s
11/10 Denton, TX Hailey's
11/11 Oklahoma City, OK Conservatory
11/13 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
11/15 Denver, CO Hi-Dive
11/16 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
11/17 Boise, ID Neurolux

Gore Gore Girls Are Go-Go Goodness

The Gore Gore Girls are from Detroit, and like recent Any Given Tuesday reviewees The Go (read a review of Howl On The Haunted Beat You Ride) GGG are hell on wheels, garage rock at its finest. Like Nancy Sinatra all hopped up on greasy food and hard liquor, the Gore Gore Girls take '60s soul, plug it into Gretsch guitars, and the beat hammers on and on. This is Babes In Toyland in the Valley of the Dolls.

Get over to Gore Gore Girl's MySpace and listen to "All Grown Up". It's hip-shaking sham-a-lam-a-go-go and you're going to regret not knowing this band before today.


See the Gore Gore Girls on tour:
Oct 18 2007 Key Club w/ The Electric Six Los Angeles
Oct 19 2007 Galaxy w/ The Electric Six Santa Ana, California
Oct 20 2007 Casbah w/ The Electric Six San Diego, California
Oct 22 2007 Larimer Lounge w/ The Electric Six Denver, Colorado
Oct 24 2007 The Summit Durango, Colorado
Oct 26 2007 Club Red Tempe, Arizona
Oct 27 2007 College of Santa Fe Santa Fe, New Mexico
Oct 28 2007 Jake’s Lubbock, Texas
Oct 30 2007 The Continental Tulsa, Oklahoma
Oct 31 2007 The Atomic Cowboy St. Louis, Missouri
Nov 1 2007 Exit/Inn Nashville, Tennessee
Nov 2 2007 Phoenix Hill Louisville, Kentucky
Nov 3 2007 Rhino’s Youth Center Bloomington, Indiana

Tool To Keep Touring On 10,000 Days

Tool can't give it up: they plan to keep touring in support of 2006's 10,000 Days.

Dates so far:

November 2007
14 - Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center
16 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
17 - New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Arena
19 - Tulsa, OK - Tulsa Convention Center
21 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
23 - Casper, WY - Casper Events Center
24 - West Valley City, UT - E Center
25 - Billings, MT - Metrapark Arena
27 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Credit Union Center
29 - Kelowna, BC - Prospera Place

December 2007
1 - Victoria, BC - Save On Foods Memorial Centre
4 - Everett, WA - Everett Events Center
5 - Portland, OR - Memorial Coliseum
7 - Spokane, WA - Spokane Arena
8 - Nampa, ID - Idaho Center
10 - Los Angeles, CA - Nokia Theatre

The New Amsterdams - At The Foot Of My Rival

On the latest from The New Amsterdams, primary element Matt Pryor (formerly of the Get Up Kids) continues to wow with his adeptness at formulating instantly lovable indie pop songs with a keen mind for lyrical content. Being the third album from The New Amsterdams in two years, not to mention a children's album released by Pryor in the same time period, it is notable that the material hasn't become tiresome or stale.

Opening up with a lo-fi acoustic burner ("Revenge"), At The Foot Of My Rival (Curb Appeal, click the album art above to purchase) quickly turns into an eclectic amalgam of indie rock and pop, with solo acoustics and full-band songs with string and horn The charged "Without A Sound (Eleanor)" is packed with sound and imploding lovers, whereas "Hughes" keeps it lean and "Beacon In Beige" opens up the throttle again with electric guitars, effects pedals, and a band.

Catch The New Amstersdams at The Rock and Roll Hotel in DC on October 18.

Baltimore's San Serac Goes Professional October 9; Free MP3 - "Professional"

On October 9, Baltimore native San Serac releases Professional. Reminiscent of David Bowie with even a smidgen of Nine Inch Nails, San Serac is breaking new ground with his electro-funk/dance music with brilliant vocals. Catch the sound on October 17 at Sonar.

Free MP3: San Serac - "Professional"

Metal Monday (Post 666): Dillinger Escape Plan Tour Dates; Free Throwdown & 3 Inches of Blood MP3s; Concert Review: Hatebreed & Lamb of God

Dillinger Escape Plan tour dates begin to surface along with news of their forthcoming release, Ire Works, due November 13 on Relapse Records.

10/4 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's Down Under
10/5 Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theatre
10/6 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
10/7 St. Paul, MN @ Station 4
10/8 Papillion, NE @ The Rock
10/9 Denver, CO @ The Marquis Theare
10/14 Santa Ana, CA -Galaxy Concert Theatre
10/17 Spring, TX @ Java Jazz
10/20 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
10/21 Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
10/22 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
10/23 Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar
10/25 Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East

So, in a somewhat unique milestone, this is the 666th post on Any Given Tuesday. Seems fitting that some metal would fall into this slot!



Some of you know that I'm really into hardcore. Throwdown are one of my newer favorite hardcore metal bands, with uplifting, positive lyrics a la Hatebreed (Read a review of Hatebreed's Supremacy). Check out "Holy Roller" and get blown away.

Free Metal Monday MP3: Throwdown - "Holy Roller"



And, in the final installment of the Metal Monday Post #666 extravaganza, my show buddy and I caught the Ozzfest off-date show of Lamb of God, Hatebreed, Canada's 3 Inches of Blood, and Poland's Behemoth at Ram's Head Live! last Thursday night. What a show!



3 Inches of Blood are Iron Maiden-influenced Canucks, blending New Wave of British Heavy Metal high-pitched vocals with fantasy-themed lyrics combined with growling backing vocals (often co-vocals as both styles share the spotlight) and a thrash/power metal musical run. The brief set by this band was efficient and fun, bringing some of the old school back and blending it with modern extreme metal trappings.

Free MP3: 3 Inches of Blood - "Goatrider's Horde"



Following up, Poland's Behemoth entered the stage in full death metal regalia, and commenced to unleash their furious black/death sound on this crowd full of hardcore and southern metal fans. The language barrier was minimal as Nergal's between-song commentary was in a moderately-accented English that only once left fans scratching their heads trying to find out just what he was saying. Musically, relentless and theatrical, Behemoth rocked their set with fast thrashed-out death metal in support of their latest album, The Apostasy.

By the time New England hardcore powerhouses Hatebreed took the stage, the whole place was whipped into a frenzy. Hatebreed is one of the hardest-working bands in showbiz, always touring, supporting and promoting their music and the music in their community (singer Jamey Jasta hosts MTV's Headbanger's Ball), and putting out quality music. Still out supporting the awesome 2006 release Supremacy (1 year old tomorrow), Hatebreed never fail to impress, both on record and on stage.

Unleashing "Empty Promises", the opening track from Satisfaction Is The Death of Desire (ten years old as of Veteran's Day this year) early in the set, the band sends a message of respect and appreciation to its older fans and a voracious hunger for new ones by destroying Ram's Head Live! with "Destroy Everything", "Never Let It Die", and the closing "Perseverance". Sweating with positive aggression, every member of this band makes a point to interact with their crowd, mouthing thanks to the adoring masses.

Read Any Given Tuesday's review of Hatebreed's last appearance at Ram's Head Live!



After Hatebreed left the venue in a ball of dust and positively sweltering with the body heat from a packed house of aggro pit people, Lamb of God made their rock star entrance and lived up to their title as Revolver Magazine's Best Live Band of the year. Blasting out the technical guitar riffs, Mark Morton and Willie Adler were blowing minds like shooting tin cans off a fence post, backed by Chris Adler's pounding double bass and echoing rimshots, with John Campbell laying down the groove for Randy Blythe's demon-summoning, menacing screaming and growling. Pacing the stage like a caged animal, Blythe stagedives into the crowd about a third of the way into the set, causing a crowd frenzy soundtracked by melting guitar breakdowns. Another set that runs the gamut, from Sacrament's "Redneck", "Pathetic", and the blistering "Walk With Me In Hell", to "Ashes of the Wake" and original Burn The Priest (Lamb of God's former moniker) material. As usual, closing the set with "Black Label" and the signature wall of death crowd antics, Lamb of God rocked the (almost) hometown show and left Baltimore regretting having to wake up on Friday morning.

Bright Eyes Adds North American Tour Dates For Fall 2007

More Bright Eyes tour dates for the fall (including DC and VA):

09-13 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
09-14 Boise, ID - Big Easy Concert House
09-15 Spokane, WA - Big Easy Concert House
09-16 Olympia, WA - Capital Theatre
09-18 Fairbanks, AK - University of Alaska - Fairbanks
09-19 Anchorage, AK - University of Alaska - Anchorage
09-20 Anchorage, AK - University of Alaska - Anchorage
09-22 Seattle, WA - Quest Field (End Fest)
09-23 Eugene, OR - McDonald Theatre
09-24 Chico, CA - Senator Theatre
09-29 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl with M. Ward
10-03 Mexico City, Mexico - Vive Cuervo Salon
10-19 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
10-20 Kalamazoo, MI - State Theatre
10-21 Champaign, IL - Foellinger Auditorium at University of Illinois
10-22 Milwaukee, WI - Riviera Theatre
10-23 Lawrence, KS - Lied Center at University of Kansas
10-24 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room
10-25 Sioux Falls, SD - Ramkota Exhibit Hall
10-27 Billings, MT - Shrine Auditorium
10-28 Missoula, MT - University Theatre
10-30 Edmonton, Alberta - Events Center
10-31 Calgary, Alberta - MacEwan Hall
11-02 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Burton Cummings Theatre
11-03 Fargo, ND - The Venue at Playmakers
11-04 Iowa City, IA - Main Lounge at University of Iowa
11-06 Memphis, TN - Orpheum Theatre
11-07 Birmingham, AL - Alabama Theatre
11-08 Charleston, SC - The Plex
11-09 Winston Salem, NC - Millennium Center
11-10 Norfolk, VA - The NorVa
11-11 Washington, DC - DAR Constitution Hall
11-12 Wilmington, DE - Grand Opera House
11-14 Binghamton, NY - Magic City Music Hall
11-15 Rochester, NY - Main Street Armory
11-16 Portsmouth, NH - The Music Hall
11-17 Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
11-18 Worcester, MA - Palladium
11-19 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall

Van Halen Announce Reunion Tour Dates

It's official: Van Halen will reunite, with Diamond Dave on vox and Wolfgang Van Halen holding down the low end in Michael Anthony's place. Earlier plans for a reunion were tanked by Eddie Van Halen's rehab stint, but he's clean and ready to rock!

Tour Dates:

Sep. 27 - Charlotte, N.C. @ Bobcats Arena
Sep. 29 - Greensboro, N.C. @ Coliseum
Oct. 01 - Philadelphia @ Wachovia Center
Oct. 07 - Toronto @ Air Canada Centre
Oct. 10 - Cleveland @ Quicken Loans Arena
Oct. 14 - Indianapolis @ Conseco Fieldhouse
Oct. 16 - Chicago @ Allstate Arena
Oct. 18 - Chicago @ United Center
Oct. 22 - Auburn Hills, Mich. @ Palace of Auburn Hills
Oct. 24 - Minneapolis @ Target Center
Oct. 26 - Kansas City, Mo. @ Sprint Center
Oct. 28 - St. Louis @ Scottrade Center
Oct. 30 - Boston @ TD Banknorth Garden
Nov. 03 - East Rutherford, N.J. @ Continental Airline Arena
Nov. 13 - New York @ Madison Square Garden
Nov. 20 - Los Angeles @ Staples Center
Nov. 23 - Glendale, Ariz. @ Jobing.com Arena
Nov. 25 - San Diego @ Cox Arena
Nov. 27 - Sacramento, Calif. @ Arco Arena
Nov. 29 - San Jose, Calif. @ HP Pavilion
Dec. 01 - Portland, Ore. @ Rose Garden
Dec. 03 - Seattle @ Key Arena
Dec. 05 - Vancouver @ GM Place
Dec. 09 - Edmonton, Alberta @ Rexall Palace
Dec. 11 - Calgary, Alberta @ Pengrowth Saddledome

Sorry, Baltimore, you'll have to head to New York or Jersey to get your fix.

Source: Reuters

Dashboard Confessional Solo Tour

Dashboard Confessional solo again? You bet:



09/14 - Rochester, MI - O'Rena Athletic Complex

09/28 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live!

09/29 - Nofolk, VA - Norva

09/30 - Raleigh, NC - Meymanid Concert Hall

10/02 - Atlanta, GA - Center Stage

10/03 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium

10/05 - Orlando, FL - House Of Blues

10/08 - Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa

10/09 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live

10/10 - Dallas, TX - Palladium

10/12 - Las Vegas, NV - House Of Blues

10/13 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre

10/14 - San Diego, CA - SOMA

10/16 - Los Angeles, CA - Orpheum Theatre

10/17 - Los Angeles, CA - Orpheum Theatre

10/19 - San Francisco, CA _ Warfiled

10/20 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom

10/25 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre

10/16 - Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theater

10/29 - Chicago, IL - House Of Blues

10/30 - Chicago, IL - House Of Blues

11/01 - Toronto, ON - Kool Haus

11/02 - Pontiac, MI - Clutch Cargo's

11/03 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall

11/05 - New York, NY - Webster Hall

11/06 - New York, NY - Highline Ballroom

11/08 - Worcester, MA - Palladium

11/09 - Worcester, MA - Palladium

11/10 - Atlantic City, NJ - House Of Blues

11/12 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory

11/13 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory

11/14 - New York, NY - Blender Theater At Gramercy

I tried to buy tickets for Ram's Head Live!, but it says they are not available, nor is the show listed on the RHL site. Tickets abound for the Electric Factory shows.

Other shows to see at Ram's Head Live! in the future:

Feist - September 11

Kings of Leon w/ Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - October 3

Rilo Kiley To Release Under The Black Light August 27, Tour Dates

Those of us who adore Rilo Kiley will be happy to know there is a new album coming out on August (Under the Blacklight), and a slew of tour dates (2 nights at 9:30 Club included, $25 apiece):

Thu-Sep-06 San Francisco, CA @ Warfield
Fri-Sep-07 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom - MFNW 2007
Sat-Sep-08 Seattle, WA @ Showbox
Mon-Sep-10 Salt Lake City, UT @ McKay Events Center, w/Modest Mouse
Tue-Sep-11 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
Wed-Sep-12 Columbia, MO @ University of Missouri - Jesse Auditorium
Thu-Sep-13 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium
Fri-Sep-14 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
Sat-Sep-15 Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
Mon-Sep-17 Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
Tue-Sep-18 Toronto, ONT @ Phoenix Theatre
Wed-Sep-19 Montreal, QUE @ La Tulipe
Fri-Sep-21 Boston, MA @Avalon
Sat-Sep-22 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
Sun-Sep-23 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
Tue-Sep-25 Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
Wed-Sep-26 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Thu-Sep-27 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Fri-Sep-28 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
Sat-Sep-29 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
Mon-Oct-01 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution
Tue-Oct-02 Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues
Thu-Oct-04 New Orleans, LA @ Republic
Fri-Oct-05 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
Sat-Oct-06 Dallas, TX @ Palladium
Sun-Oct-07 Austin, TX @ Stubb's BBQ
Tue-Oct-09 Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
Wed-Oct-10 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
Fri-Oct-12 San Diego, CA @ SOMA
Sat-Oct-13 Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint
Mon-Oct-15 Los Angeles, CA @ Santa Monica Civic

Tickets are currently still available for both 9:30 Club shows, which is encouraging since I missed out on Neko Case tickets.

Check Out Soul Cannon; Free MP3 - "What's Real"

With a live show often compared to The Roots (though there are a lot of live instrumental hip hop acts out there, if you stop sleeping!), Soul Cannon is analog indie hip hop that you can get down with no matter your scene. Check out "What's Real" and tell me you disagree. If your spirit isn't lifted by this song, go back to your emo records and keep sleeping.

Soul Cannon is playing a Brooklyn show at the end of the month, and if you're in that area, check it out! Baltimore, don't worry, you can catch the band at a couple upcoming August dates. . .see below. (The backyard bash might be a private show. I take no responsibility for party crashers.)

Free MP3: Soul Cannon - "What's Real"


Upcoming shows for Soul Cannon:

July 29 2007 9:30P Luna Lounge Brooklyn, New York
Aug 3 2007 8:00P Backyard Happening Hyattsville, Maryland
Aug 11 2007 1:00P Rally Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland
Oct 12 2007 8:00P Cafe Bourbon Street Columbus, Ohio
Oct 13 2007 8:00P Antioch College Yellow Springs, Ohio
Oct 19 2007 8:00P The Spazzatorium Galleria! Greenville, North Carolina

Skinny Puppy Tour Dates

Skinny Puppy are currently on tour, for all you industrial fiends out there. They'll be in DC and Baltimore next week.

SKINNY PUPPY MYTHRUS Tour 2007

June 11th Washington DC / 9:30 Club
June 12th Baltimore, MD / Sonar UPDATE: THIS SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELED.
June 14th Atlanta GA / Center Stage
June 15th New Orleans LA / House Of Blues
June 16th Houston TX / Warehouse Live
June 17th Dallas TX / House Of Blues
June 19th Tempe AZ / Marquee Theater
June 21st San Francisco CA / The Fillmore
June 22nd Los Angeles CA / Henry Fonda Theater
June 23rd Los Angeles CA / Henry Fonda Theater
June 24th Anaheim CA / House Of Blues

EUROPE
August 6: Utrecht, Holland ~ Tivoli
August 7: Berlin, Germany ~ Columbia Club
August 8: Krakow, Poland ~ Klub Studio
August 9: Prague, Czech Republic ~ Roxy
August 10: Budapest, Hungary ~ Sziget Festival
August 12: Hildesheim, Germany ~ M'era Luna Festival
August 14: London, United Kingdom ~ Astoria
August 15: Manchester, United Kingdom ~ Academy 2

Pelican Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Summer 2007 Tour Dates

The northeast and mid-atlantic series of dates for Pelican's upcoming U.S. tour have been announced.

7/19 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop w/ Priestbird
7/20 Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place w/ Priestbird
7/21 Toronto, ON @ Lees Palace w/ Priestbird, Nadja
7/22 Montreal, QC @ Main Hall w/ Nadja
7/23 Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East w/ Clouds, Priestbird
7/24 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom w/ Clouds, Priestbird
7/25 Brooklyn, NY @ Luna Lounge w/ Priestbird, Unearthly Trance
7/26 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church w/ Priestbird, Your Black Star
7/28 Washington, DC @ Black Cat w/ Preistbird, Your Black Star
7/29 Richmond, VA @ Alley Katz w/ Clouds, Priestbird

Metal Blade 25th Anniversary Tour

Following up on their celebration of their 25th anniversary, Metal Blade Records is kicking off a 25th anniversary tour. Cannibal Corpse will headline, with support from The Black Dahlia Murder, Aeon, and another band TBA.

Tour dates:
9.6.07 - New Orleans, LA @ The House Of Blues
9.7.07 - Houston, TX @ The Meridian
9.8.07 - San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
9.9.07 - Ft. Worth, TX @ The Rockyard
9.11.07 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre
9.12.07 - Scottsdale, AZ @ Venue Of Scottsdale
9.13.07 - Anaheim, CA @ The House Of Blues
9.14.07 - Hollywood, CA @ The House of Blues
9.15.07 - San Diego, CA @ The House Of Blues
9.16.07 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
9.17.07 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
9.18.07 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
9.19.07 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
9.26.07 - Saint Paul, MN @ Station 4
9.28.07 - Chicago, IL @ The House Of Blues
9.29.07 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
9.30.07 - Cleveland, OH @ The House Of Blues
10.2.07 - Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall
10.3.07 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
10.4.07 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero
10.5.07 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
10.6.07 - Providence, RI @ Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
10.7.07 - Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights
10.9.07 - Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
10.10.07 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
10.11.07 - Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues

NowChild Nation Is About To Turn This Mutha Out!

NowChild Nation is a funk rock band based in Baltimore and is comprised of former members of the legendary Parliament-Funkadelic and active members of the P-Funk family. Their shows have been known to feature surprise appearances by other former P-Funkers, so watch out!

Just another example of Baltimore's awesome history and even more awesome present!

NowChild Nation has two Baltimore shows coming up:

Friday, June 1, 2007
First Friday Music Series
Reginald F. Lewis Museum
7:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 30, 2007
The Patterson Theatre
7:30 p.m.

Tippy Canoe and The Paddlemen Paddle Into Baltimore In June

Tippy Canoe, the Neko Case meets Tiny Tim, ukelele-strumming songstress from Oakland, CA, is about to hit Baltimore for the first time with the Paddlemen, Don Peyton and Chris Ciattei.

Thursday, June 14
DC9 - Washington DC
with The Parlor Scouts
and The Chaos of Birds

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Friday, June 15
The 14Kt Cabaret - Baltimore, MD
with Citizen Rahne,
Secret Crush Society
and special guests

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Saturday, June 16
Sangha - Takoma Park, MD
with
The Fleastompers
and Skizz Cyzyk

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Sunday, June 17
The Stolen Heart Cabaret - Baltimore, MD

Rock N Roll Triple Play Balpark Tour with Live, Counting Crows, and Collective Soul

As a huge baseball fan, it is really cool to me to see fairly local York, PA band Live, Counting Crows, and Collective Soul (is it 1994 again?) touring for The Rock 'N Roll Triple Play Ballpark Tour, which will hit 23 East Coast and Midwest cities, first stepping to the plate July 22 in Wilmington, DE (go Delaware! Go Blue Rocks!) and ultimately sliding home Sept. 2 in Fargo, ND.

Live has been together for 20 years, still in their original lineup, and still sell out small nightclub venues regularly when they tour. I am reasonably confident these three bands can sell out minor league ballparks.

The tour will hit minor league ballparks all over, including the Aberdeen Ironbirds and Frederick Keys here in Maryland.

July 22: Wilmington, DE, Daniel S. Frawley Stadium/ Home of the Blue Rocks
July 24: Eastlake, OH, Classic Park / Home of the Lake County Captains
July 25: Washington, PA, Consol Energy Park /Home of the Wild Things
July 27: Dayton, OH, Fifth Third Field / Home of the Dragons
July 28: Comstock Park, MI, Fifth Third Ballpark / Home of the West Michigan Whitecaps
July 31: Erie, PA, Jerry Uht Park / Home of the Seawolves
August 1: Buffalo, NY, Dunne Tire Park/Home of the Bisons
August 3: Louisville, KY, Louisville Slugger Field/Home of the Bats
August 4: Indianapolis, IN, Victory Field/ Home of the Indians
August 7: Sauget, IL, GCS Ballpark/ Home of the Gateway Grizzlies
August 8: Tulsa, OK, Drillers Stadium/ Home of the Drillers
August 11: Des Moines, IA, Principal Park/ Home of the Iowa Cubs
August 14: Aberdeen, MD, Ripken Stadium/ Home of the Ironbirds
August 15: Frederick, MD, Harry Grove Stadium/ Home of the Keys
August 17: Manchester, NH, MerchantsAuto.com Stadium/Home of the NH Fisher Cats
August 18: New Britain, CT, New Britain Stadium/ Home of the Rock Cats
August 21: Altoona, PA, Blair County Ballpark/ Home of the Curve
August 22: Lakewood, NJ, First Energy Park/ Home of the BlueClaws
August 24: Pawtucket, RI, McCoy Stadium/ Home of the Paw Sox
August 25: Wappingers Falls, NY Dutchess Stadium/Hudson Valley Renegades
August 30: Ft. Wayne, IN, Memorial Stadium/ Home of the Wizards
September 1: St. Paul, MN, Midway Stadium/ Home of the Saints
September 2: Fargo, ND, Newman Outdoor Field/ Home of theRedhawks

Monsters of Mayhem Tour II: Hatebreed, Terror, God Forbid, The Acacia Strain, more

Ah, Hatebreed. They're touring with Ozzfest, doing shows on the side with Lamb of God, and headlining Monsters of Mayhem in its second running. Terror, God Forbid, The Acacia Strain, Evergreen Terrace and After the Burial will assist.

5/18  Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall (2 stage mini fest)
5/19  Hartford, CT @ Webster Theater (2 stage mini fest)
5/20 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
5/21  Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
5/22  Columbia, SC @ Headliners
5/23  North Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues
524  Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
5/25  Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
5/26  Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues
5/28  Knoxville, TN @ Blue Cats
5/29  Memphis, TN @ New Daisy Theater
5/30  Little Rock, AR @ Juanitas'Cantina Ballroom
5/31  Houston, TX @ Scout Bar
6/1  Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom
6/2  San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
6/3  El Paso, TX @ Club 101
6/5  Tulsa, OK @ Cains Ballroom
6/6  Kansas City, MO @ The Beaumont
6/7  Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium
6/8  Waterloo, IA @ The Pepsi Pavilion
6/9  Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theatre

Lamb of God, Hatebreed Tour Dates (side dates on Ozzfest tour)

Lamb of God and Hatebreed will be playing twenty off-Ozzfest dates this summer, with Behemoth and 3 Inches of Blood supporting:

7/13 Vancouver, BC @ Croatian Cultural Center
7/15 Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theatre
7/16 Sparks, NV @ New Oasis
7/20 Bakersfield, CA @ Stramler Park (Outdoors)
7/22 San Diego, CA @ Soma
7/23 Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
7/27 Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theatre
7/29 Wichita, KS @ The Cotillion
8/1 Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
8/3 Lubbock, TX @ Lonestar Events Center
8/5 Dallas, TX @ Clear Channel Metroplex
8/13 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre
8/17 Niagara Falls, NY @ The Dome Theater
8/19 Johnson City, NY @ Magic City Music Hall
8/23 Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live! (tix on sale tomorrow 5/19)
8/25 Toronto, ONT @ Kool Haus
8/29 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
8/31 Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues
9/1 North Charleston, SC @ The Plex
9/2 Richmond, VA @ Toad's Place

See Any Given Tuesday's review of Hatebreed's last visit to Baltimore here.

Album Review: Brian Adam Ant - Separation Celebration; Free MP3s from the album

Brian Adam Ant is Baltimore's answer to Jeff Mangum, AKA Neutral Milk Hotel. Obtuse lyrics bordering on psychedelic, warbling vocals, and hypnotic instrument experimentation blending folk, blues, indie, and alternative sounds, Brian Adam Ant is either going to strike you as utterly deranged or fanatically dedicated to musical revolution.

"Rainy Winter Weather" is a guitar-strumming blues track, dismissing love as a "rat race baby, and there ain't no f****** prize." The track forces humor with hieroglyphic lyrics sung over jaunty guitar with a quavering voice. The hallucinatory lyrics of "Our Artillery" can be sung along to, while "Crushed Up Pills" is an apparent reinterpretation of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb", with a monotone, underwater vocal effect and a chorus that screams David Gilmour.

On "The Other Side of the Street", over a reverberating guitar, Brian Adam Ant appears to be singing about unrequited love. Love gone bad is a recurring theme in the album, muddled in tales of a chemically dependent hero who could be quite picaresque after a bout with detox (which it appears our hero is undergoing, according to his MySpace blog).

Separation Celebration is the first solo album from Brian, who also plays bass in Baltimore alt-rock outfit Evolve, as well as the Dirty Marmaduke Flute Squad, another uniquely "Baltimore" project.

Catch Brian Adam Ant with Private Eleanor (read Any Given Tuesday's review of Sweethearting, their latest) and Wailing Wall at Lo-Fi Social Club in Baltimore May 31.

Buy the album from CD Baby, or at Sound Garden in Fells Point or Atomic Books in Hampden.

Free MP3 Downloads from Separation Celebration:

Brian Adam Ant - "Rainy Winter Weather"
Brian Adam Ant - "Our Artillery"