Altsounds - News Nugget: 24th September 2009

Welcome to News Nugget. This is a weekly news ticker feature that showcases worthy news that just wasn't sizeable enough to make their own individual news items.

They may be bite-size, but they sure are tasty!

ATREYU Release Second Webisode

Atreyu's second webisode is now online! This clip is a short but dramatic take on the title of their upcoming record, Congregation of the Damned. The band's highly anticipated fifth album will be released on October 27th, with a single coming in late September. Fans can also catch Atreyu on the road with Hollywood Undead beginning on October 16th.

Webisode Link:

Official Page: ATREYU | OFFICIAL WEBSITE | LEAD SAILS PAPER ANCHOR IN STORES NOWTour Dates w/ Hollywood Undead

Oct 16 The Pavilion Lubbock, Texas
Oct 17 Sunset Station San Antonio, Texas
Oct 18 House of Blues Dallas, Texas
Oct 20 Las Palmas Race Park Mission, Texas
Oct 21 Verizon Wireless Theater Houston, Texas
Oct 23 Hard Rock Live Orlando, Florida
Oct 24 The Tabernacle Atlanta, Georgia
Oct 25 House Of Blues Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Oct 26 The Fillmore Charlotte Charlotte, North Carolina
Oct 27The National Richmond, Virginia
Oct 29 Roseland Ballroom NY, New York
Oct 30 Sonar Baltimore, Maryland
Oct 31 Electric Factory Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nov 2 Metropolis E Montreal, Quebec
Nov 3 Sound Academy Toronto
Nov 4 Ches-Arena Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Nov 6 Aragon Ballroom Chicago, Illinois
Nov 7 The Myth Maplewood, Minnesota
Nov 8 Sokol Auditorium Omaha, Nebraska
Nov 10 The Fillmore Auditorium Denver, Colorado
Nov 11 The Great Salt Air Magna, Utah
Nov 13 Knitting Factory ConcertHouse Boise, Idaho
Nov 14 Showbox SoDo South Seattle, Washington
Nov 15 Roseland Theatre Portland, Oregon
Nov 17 Sacramento Memorial Auditorium Sacramento, California
Nov 18 Event Center at San JoseState Univ. San Jose, California
Nov 20 House of Blues Las Vegas, Nevada

THE SWELL SEASON ANNOUNCE 'STRICT JOY' TOUR FOR FALL

The Swell Season will bring their bittersweet and beautiful new album 'Strict Joy' (Oct. 27, Anti-) to a live setting this fall with over two dozen US dates. The tour marks their most extensive run since their sold-out world tour following the success of their Oscar-winning soundtrack 'Once.' The duo's live shows have been described as "cathartic" (Chicago Tribune), "mesmerizing" (Cleveland Plain Dealer) and "magnetic" (Arizona Republic).

In their fall music preview, the Wall Street Journal said 'Strict Joy' "builds on the couple's earthy musical chemistry by adding layers, such as the reserved horns on "Low Rising," a slow burning soul number." You can listen to the track on IFC.com at the link below.

The Swell Season, "Make art, make art!" - Indie Ear - Blogs - IFC.com

The Swell Season Tour
11/01 MILWAUKEE, WI The Pabst
11/02 INDIANAPOLIS, IN Clownes Theatre
11/03 TORONTO, ON Massey Hall
11/04 MONTREAL, QC Olympia
11/06 BOSTON, MA Berklee Performing Arts Centre
11/07 PROVIDENCE, RI Lupo's
11/08 PHILADELPHIA, PA Merriam
11/09 WASHINGTON, DC 9:30 Club
11/12 NEW ORLEANS, LA House of Blues
11/13 HOUSTON, TX Warehouse Live
11/14 DALLAS, TX Palladium
11/15 AUSTIN, TX The Paramount
11/17 MESA, AZ Mesa Arts
11/18 LOS ANGELES, CA The Wiltern
11/20 SAN FRANCISCO, CA The Paramount
11/22 SEATTLE,WA The Paramount
11/24 PORTLAND, OR Crystal Ballroom
11/25 VANCOUVER, BC Centre For the Performing Arts
11/27 BOISE, ID Egyptian
11/28 SALT LAKE CITY, UT Jeanne Wagner Theatre
11/29 DENVER, CO The Ogden
11/30 KANSAS CITY, MO Uptown
12/03 CHICAGO, IL Auditorium Theater
12/04 ST. LOUIS, MO The Pageant
12/05 MINNEAPOLIS, MN The State Theatre

The Swell Season

AIR FRANCE // GOTHENBURG BELONGS TO ME // NEW SINGLE

DOWNLOAD ONLY SINGLE TAKEN FROM AIR FRANCE’S “LOVE AFFAIR IN 3 PARTS” TO GOTHENBURG
OUT 19.10.09

Locked away in their Gothenburg studio making their debut album with a newly minted publishing deal from XL Recordings under their arm, AIR FRANCE offer fans an autumnal gift to tide them over the seasonal come down.

A website, a video, a free download, a tourist guide, a love letter to their Swedish hometown.

Oh yes, and it’s a tantalisingly brilliant POP song too.

Download it here: Air France Air France>

Crown City Rockers bump Astroshocks

Crown City Rockers emcee Raashan Ahmad has an incredibly smooth delivery for a wordsmith with such tongue twisting rhymes. Listening to "Astroshocks'" percolating beat, it's easy to miss the fact that he's throwing couplets like "Good grief! Gallivantin' gallopin' throwin' up javelins / travelin' that again? That'll blend magic and miracle" like it's nothing. Also remarkable is the fact that this intricate track is comprised of all live instruments... Drummer Max MacVeety lays down a foundation to make any drum machine short circuit with jealousy, while keyboard virtuoso Kat Ouano takes us to outerspace on a collection of 70s analog synthesizers. The band's first album in 5 years, The Day After Forever, drops September 29th on Gold Dust.

Also, don't miss Crown City Rockers performing in CA

9/25- Earthdance Festival (Laytonville, CA)

9/30- UC Riverside (Riverside, CA)

10/1- The Root Down (Los Angeles, CA)

10/2- The Independent (San Francisco, CA)

10/17- Treasure Island Music Festival (San Francisco, CA)

Crown City Rockers- "Astroshocks" (divshare) (mediafire)

The Day After Forever is September 29th

Crown City Rockers - The Day After Forever :: MicroSite :: Golddust Media

Our Brother The Native - UK dates for October

Our Brother The Native's latest LP, ‘Sacred Psalms’ (FatCat, 2009) is a gorgeous, mature, hope-catalysing record that sees the band's combined influences simultaneously increase tenfold and be transcended by their ingenuity and intent. Tangentially connected to the burgeoning freak folk and new noise communities, but perhaps closer to individualists such as High Places or Bird Show, ‘Sacred Psalms’ is a great new album by a band who – amidst an ocean of derivitive/ generic copyists – really are finding their own voices and doing something a little bit different. We believe they fully deserve your attention.

Featuring current core members Josh Bertram (vocals, guitar, saxophone, piano, banjo, organ, synth, drums /percussion, programming/samples/noise) and Chaz Knapp (vocals, guitar, banjo), the band's creative process has been a mixture of working individually in isolation, sending material and ideas back and forth across the internet, and occasionally coming together to rehearse, record and tour.

Our Brother The Native on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

The band are on the road again in October, including UK shows:

16th Oct - 4AD, Diksmuide, Belgium
18th Oct - Trix, Antwerpen, Belgium
19th Oct - TBC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
20th Oct - Ground Zero, Lyon, France
23rd Oct - SWN Festival, Cardiff, United Kingdom
24th Oct - The Croft, Bristol, United Kingdom
25th Oct - The Freebutt, Brighton, United Kingdom
26th Oct - Luminaire, London, United Kingdom w/ ZUN ZUN EGUI + Freeze Puppy
27th Oct - Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
28th Oct - Captain's Rest, Glasgow, United Kingdom
31st Oct - Le Lieu Unique (Soy Festival), Nantes, France

NEON INDIAN PLAY DEBUT UK SHOWS SEPT 26 - 29

Surfing in on a wave of excitement and acclaim Stateside, enigmatic blissed-out pop purveyors Neon Indian finally touch down in the UK for a handful of club dates later this month.

Initially causing a stir in the blogosphere with the songs “Deadbeat Summer” and “Terminally Chill” (indeed, none other than Pitchfork anointed “Deadbeat Summer” one of the Best New Tracks), the mysterious new musical project from Alan Palomo now also have an incredible debut album “Psychic Chasms”, completed and ready for release in the UK imminently. For those unfamiliar with their sound, imagine effervescently offbeat, woozily gorgeous pop songs wrapped in a gauzy haze of nostalgia and warmth; lovingly crafted gems of leftfield beauty like no other. These shows will be unmissable.

UPCOMING SHOWS:

Sept 26 – Cargo w/ Magistrates, Alexander Robotnick, The Chap, Modular DJ’s and more, doors open at 8pm, pay what you wish
Sept 28 – The Harley, Sheffield, doors open at 8pm
Sept 29 – Camden Barfly, doors open at 7pm, £6

THE DRUMS ANNOUNCE UK TOUR

Very hotly tipped New York band The Drums, have announced their first ever UK tour this October:

Upcoming shows:

Friday 16th October – Iceland Airwaves Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland

Tuesday 20th October – In The City Festival @ Night & Day, Manchester

Wednesday 21st October – Deaf Institute, Manchester

Friday 23rd October – Club NME @ Koko, London

Saturday 24th October – SWN Festival @ Dempseys, Cardiff

Tuesday 27th October – Barfly, London

Taking the unlikely templates of 50s surf-rock and Factory Records as inspiration, The Drums release limited edition debut 7” single ‘Let’s Go Surfing” on September 28th, which precedes the brilliant EP ‘Summertime!’ out on October 12th, both will be released through Moshi Moshi Records (Florence & The Machine, Friendly Fires, Hot Chip).

Originally formed in Florida, The Drums are now based in New York City and are currently hard at work on their first LP.

The Drums are:

Jonathan Pierce - Vocals
Jacob Graham - Guitar
Adam Kessler - Guitar
Connor Hanwick - Drums