New Thrushes Tour Dates, Including Lo-Fi Social Club Grand Re-Opening

Lovers of Baltimore shoegaze titans Thrushes rejoice, as the band has announced some upcoming tour dates for August, including a kickin' grand opening show for the Lo-Fi Social Club in its new digs (which I got to see the groundwork for this week, and it looks very promising):


8/9/07 @ The Manhattan Room w/ Music For Headphones, Stellarscope, The Clamor
15 W Girard Ave, Philadelphia PA

8/10/07 @ All Asia w/ Sanguine Drone
334 Massachusets Ave, Cambridge MA

8/11/07 Loveless Music Group show
location TBA w/ Brief Candles, Dead Leaf Echo
Brooklyn NY

8/22/07 @ The Ottobar w/Stereo Total (Berlin) & The Octopus Project
2549 N. Howard St, Baltimore MD

9/7/07 Lo-Fi Social Club w/ Squaaks, Heroin UK, more tba
Grand Opening!
1827 N. Charles St, Baltimore MD

9/22/07 @ Walls of Soundfest, Central Station
Fredericksburg VA

10/13/07 @ Automatic Dance Party , Ottobar
2549 N. Howard St, Baltimore MD

Wednesday News

This is Joe from IA here on this hot and humid Wednesday. After carefully checking every dark corner of the Internet, here is today's news...

- DC tickets for The Cure go on presale tomorrow. I already got mine for the Philly date and now you can get yours too. Here is the information...

THE CURE
w/ 65daysofstatic
September 19
@ G.M.U. Patriot Center • Fairfax, VA

Presale is Thursday, July 12 from 10am-10pm
Password is 5TS4U9X
There is a 4 ticket limit.

Public On Sale is Saturday, July 14 at 10am

click here for the presale

- Apparently The Police are still fighting. Stewart Copeland admits that him and Sting are at each other's throats every couple of days. I don't think this comes as a shock to anyone. This thing has been a ticking time bomb since they reunited. It's obvious that they are only tolerating each other for the paycheck. I think it's just a matter of time before this thing blows and they have it out on stage. Personally, I think that getting to witness that is the one thing that would justify their ridiculous ticket prices.

Alright,that seriously is the only "news" that I can find today. Since you really do not want to see me make shit up, I'll leave you with a video. Baltimore's Thrushes had this recorded at a show earlier in the year. Enjoy!

Thrushes - Heartbeats

Thrushes Live at with A Sunny Day In Glasgow, Monarch, The Offering, Pianowire

Thrushes are playing The Metro Gallery (1700 N. Charles Street, Baltimore) on July 3 with A Sunny Day In Glasgow, Monarch, The Offering, and Pianowire.

If you haven't seen Thrushes live yet, this is your chance. And is that show poster not the most radical thing you've ever seen?

Read a review of Thrushes' Sun Come Undone.

Reminder: Lord Baltimore Grand Opening Tomorrow w/ Thrushes, Death Set, Baby Aspirin

If you're in Baltimore and skipping Bonnaroo this weekend like me, here's a friendly reminder that Lord Baltimore Recording's grand opening is this weekend. Print out your invitation to guarantee access to this free event featuring Thrushes, The Death Set, and Baby Aspirin. Free music and food for everyone!

**Update: Gary B have been added to the lineup.**

Any Given Tuesday's review of Gary B & The Notions - Get Those Crazy Notions!

Any Given Tuesday's review of Thrushes - Sun Come Undone

Lord Baltimore Recording Grand Opening, Saturday June 16: Print This Page For Priority Access

Lord Baltimore Recording, home of Thrushes and WZT Hearts, is about to celebrate its Grand Opening! And what better way to do so than with an awesome party? Sets from Baby Aspirin, Thrushes, The Death Set, and one more band TBA, not to mention free food! The sets will all be recorded live, so your screaming voice will make itself part of the permanent record of the event.

If you are interested in attending this FREE event, print this page and bring it to the event as your invitation to ensure priority access. And shoot me an email (blawk359 at gmail dot com) or leave a comment so I know to say hello to you there!

What: Lord Baltimore Grand Opening w/ live music and free food
When: Saturday, June 16 at 5:30 PM
Where: 100 E. 23rd Street, Baltimore, MD (Home of Lord Baltimore Recording)
Cost: FREE (if you print this page and bring it as your invitation to make sure you get in)

Thrushes to play The Annex in Baltimore this Saturday

Thrushes will be playing a new Baltimore venue this weekend, since the Lo-Fi Social Club is in the midst of finding out its fate (good luck to the club, everyone is pulling for you!). The details:

The Annex

419 E. Oliver Street, 3rd Floor (use outside stairs).

Starts at 9pm

Check out Any Given Tuesday's review of Sun Come Undone, Thrushes' debut album, and download Episode 1 the Any Given Tuesday podcast, featuring an interview with the band.

Thanks to everyone who checked out the first episode of Any Given Tuesday; Download the MP3

The first Any Given Tuesday podcast went down last night. A big thanks to Michael Nguyen at SEN Baltimore for producing, and another tip of the hat to Thrushes for sitting down with us and talking about everything from taking time off work for touring to obsessing about gear and even baseball. Way cooler was letting Any Given Tuesday premiere their new demo, "Trees" before it hit the blogosphere for mass download. Even though this was the first episode, and we had some technical issues, things came out well. If you weren't able to listen last night, or had trouble hearing the live stream, you can download Episode 1 here.

I'm starting work on Episode 2 today, which will be available next Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. This will be more of a radio format show. It won't be live, and it will be just me and a few songs by Baltimore bands that you need to hear. Drop me an email or leave a comment, let me know what you think of the first show, and what you want to hear in the future!

Any Given Tuesday Podcast Tonight!

Be sure to check out the first Any Given Tuesday podcast in collaboration with SEN Baltimore tonight at 9:30 Eastern with Thrushes! Click here for more details.

**UPDATE**: The podcast was a great time. We did have some technical difficulties, but Mike at SEN Baltimore is going to load up a better recording for download tomorrow. I'll get the link up as soon as I can. Thanks to Thrushes for participating!

"Any Given Tuesday" Podcast Featuring Thrushes: Details

Any Given Tuesday's podcast is about to be in full effect. Make sure you have the Talkshoe link ready when the show premieres on Tuesday, May 22 at 9:30 Eastern. If you want to listen live or call in to the show and talk to Thrushes, you'll need to download the Talkshoe client. If you aren't around for the actual broadcast, you will have the opportunity to download the show to your computer or MP3 player, more on that later.

To call in: (724) 444.7444 and enter in ID# 31860

Any Given Tuesday Podcast In Collaboration With SEN Baltimore

I am very excited to announce that Any Given Tuesday is working with SEN Baltimore to produce a podcast all about Baltimore music. The podcast will be named after this site, Any Given Tuesday, and is hosted by yours truly. The first episode will broadcast live on Tuesday, May 22, at 9:30 Eastern Time and will feature an interview with Thrushes and will deliver a demo of their latest song, "Trees", to the masses. Listeners will have the opportunity to call in and speak with the band.

Download the Press Release and help spread the word or read below:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SĒN Baltimore and Any Given Tuesday Announce Baltimore Music Podcast
First Episode Featuring Breakout Band Thrushes will be Broadcast Live Online

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 15, 2007—Building upon the powerful media content of Baltimore entertainment magazine SĒN Baltimore (www.senbaltimore.com) and the expansive music coverage of music blog Any Given Tuesday (www.anygiventuesday.info), the two organizations have joined forces to create an “Any Given Tuesday” podcast covering the latest and hottest sounds in the Baltimore music scene.

“Any Given Tuesday” will premiere May 22, 2007 at 9:30 PM Eastern as a live internet broadcast on Talkshoe.com, kicking off a series of podcast media from The SĒN Baltimore Network. Hosted by Barrett King, creator of Any Given Tuesday, the first episode will feature an interview with Baltimore’s own Thrushes (www.thrushesrule.com), who have been setting the indie rock scene aflame with their debut album, Sun Come Undone. Thrushes will play a song from the album as well as a newly-recorded track that has yet to take over the blogosphere. Listeners will be able to listen live online and have the opportunity to call in and talk to the band.

“What Any Given Tuesday and SĒN Baltimore are doing here could become essential to Baltimore artists. Current traditional outlets like print and word-of-mouth are important, but a downloadable podcast with interviews, songs, and the ability to call in on some episodes and participate with the artists in real time is going to change the way we find new music in this town," King said. "This isn’t big media jumping on late in the game and trying to break news that fans already know about; this is the scene breaking itself. The trendsetters get to beat the suits to the punch. Working with SĒN Baltimore, 'Any Given Tuesday' wants to keep music trends with those who actually shape them: the artists and fans.”

Michael Nguyen, director of SĒN Baltimore, is equally enthusiastic. “The goal of The SĒN Baltimore Network is to cover all the bases by reaching out via multiple media formats. SĒN Baltimore magazine is visually aggressive and so is its companion website, senbaltimore.com," Nguyen said. "The 'Any Given Tuesday' podcast, and future podcasts from SĒN, will push the envelope even further with an internet audio presence that can be downloaded to an MP3 player and listened to while driving or walking to work, browsing stacks at the record store, and so on.”

“Any Given Tuesday” is planned to become a regular feature, with flexible programming formulas to spotlight bands of various genres all over the Baltimore region. “We aren’t necessarily locked in to Baltimore proper,” King said, “but the band has to have a tie to the area. I’m from Delaware, and Baltimore reaches out that far with respect to the small venue crowd. If a band is willing to do shows in the area and be a part of our community, that’s close enough for me.”

“Driving to D.C. for a show once felt like a necessity for Baltimoreans," Nguyen said. "Our scene is changing, and as it grows, so will the scenes of the surrounding areas. We have to break the news that there is much more to this region than D.C. suburbs.”

About Any Given Tuesday
Any Given Tuesday (www.anygiventuesday.info) is a music blog featuring album reviews, concert reviews, tour dates and legal MP3s from artists both local and national.

About SĒN Baltimore
SĒN Baltimore (www.senbaltimore.com) is published by RETROFORWARD, LLC and offers both print and online editions of its magazine with free information on Baltimore trends and nightlife.

Contact:
Barrett King, Creator, Any Given Tuesday, http://blawk359.blogspot.com, blawk359@gmail.com or +1-443-955-5382

Michael Nguyen, owner of RETROFORWARD, LLC, mike@retroforward.com. 1.888.507.8289

Thrushes CD Release Party Tonight at Ottobar

As previously announced, tonight is the release party for Thrushes' Sun Come Undone at Ottobar. Doors open at 9.

To check out Any Given Tuesday's review of Sun Come Undone and to get a free MP3, head here.

Thrushes - Sun Come Undone Album Review and Free MP3 - "Aidan Quinn"

Hitting streets March 13 is Thrushes' Sun Come Undone. This Baltimore-based band is on a mission to make reverb a household word. Luscious and saccharine, Thrushes' sound replicates the 'wall of sound' like it's a full-time job, and on tracks like "Into The Woods", guitarist Casey Harvey presents a case study in why Rickenbackers and reverb have more in common than simply beginning with "r". The Thrushes sound is never cloying, however; in fact, Harvey's distinctive sound plays perfectly into the simply elegant vocals of Anna Conner, a vocal minimalist who manages to thread her singing into the woven texture of each song.

Complementing the guitar/vocal combination of Conner and Harvey are Matt Davis on drums and Rachel Tracy on bass. Throughout the better part of Sun Come Undone, Davis reveals that he understands the quality that percussion has as a complement to the group's overall sound, while still managing to steal his moments without too much bombast on "Aidan Quinn" and "Heartbeats". Rachel Tracy's bass is often subtly wound into the band's graceful noise pop, but leaves its indelible footprint clearly visible in the introduction to tracks like "Roy" and "The Hardest Part", setting the path for the band's foray into the ensuing song.

On the latter half of the album, tracks such as the patient and instrumental "New Years Kiss" and "Roy", build up to a sustainable crescendo while earlier tracks like "Ghost Train" and "Into The Woods" come on strong much faster, delivering an unforgiving shoegaze sound that can often be as much compared to Jesus & Mary Chain as it can Sonic Youth in the "Bull in the Heather" days.

Worth more than just a listen, Thrushes could find their way into your CD player for quite some time.

Rating: 4 out of 5.

Download "Aidan Quinn" by Thrushes.

And don't forget about the Thrushes release party at The Ottobar on March 10.

Thrushes Release Party For Sun Come Undone March 10 At Ottobar

Local Baltimore shoegaze/noisepop band Thrushes are releasing their debut full-length LP Sun Come Undone on March 13. They are hosting an album release party at The Ottobar on March 10 along with Palomar, Water School, and Squaaks.

Casey from Thrushes was kind enough to send me a copy of the album, which I just grabbed out of the mailbox yesterday, packed with awesome promo material (love their buttons). I'm really digging it so far, so definitely check the band out at the link above, or listen to some songs on MySpace. Expect a review in the near future.