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Kicking off the string of shows in Iowa on April 8th, The Black Keys will perform in support of their upcoming album, Brothers, which is number six for those counting. Besides playing at Bonnaroo, they will take the stage with Pearl Jam at MSG and again in Utah, and then cross the pond for gigs in the UK. Tour dates after the jump.
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Symphony Space sits on the corner of 95th Street and Broadway on Manhattan’s posh and progressive Upper West Side. It’s the kind of neighborhood where the conspicuously conscious jog among sidewalk textbook vendors and dusty-wigged doyennes chatting up imaginary friends. Just outside the theater, the city is tearing up the street to upgrade the overcrowded subway station. Inside, it’s so quiet you can hear the dancers’ bare feet patter across the boards. As they move, a man in the shadows twirls knobs, pushes keys, fills the room with the sound of broken breath and disembodied voices looped in harmony with the action. For the second half of the Short Form Weave performance, the shadow is accompanied by yMusic, a small orchestral ensemble. …MORE
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SXSW is known for its excess. So many bands, so many people, so much drinking, such long hours… And if there is a future for the music business, it is somewhere floating around the SXSW Music Festival. With the overbooked schedules and harried journalists and photogs trying to cover as many bases as possible to the wannabe hipsters and their trite costumes, could there be any beauty in minimalism and structure? Twitter is all about limitations, but a short tweet can capture the highs and lows of a packed festival and say more than those 140 characters.
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Reaching the end of SXSW is no easy task. Walking along Sixth Street proves to be a daunting task as attendees are tired, stressed and looking to wrap up their musical journey with a bang. While everyone was looking for a way to get a second wind to move on, Mother Nature provided more wind than anything. With a high temperature in the low 40s, this wasn’t the Austin anyone expected; but they marched forth to continue on the conquest of having a successful SXSW experience.
Starting the day off with ghetto house and heavy (and at times funky) bass, the club Barcelona was the starting point with DJs Jubilee (Nightshifters), L-Vis 1990, (Mad Decent, Night Slugs) Kingdom (Fool’s Gold, Night Slugs) representing …
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Day Three of SXSW was a burner in terms of what could and would happen in terms of pleasant surprises. Starting off with daytime drinking at Carrera’s SXSW haven, the meandering began at the FADER Fort to meet and chat with WARP/LuckyMe wunderkind Hudson Mohawke, we ran into a man in a kilt. The day just got weirder after that; with every obstacle trying to interfere with the continuation of Day Three’s set-in-stone journey. Traffic, cancellations and BBQ were the main reasons. Walking into Stubb’s, there was an expectation that wobbler-extraordinaire Rusko was going to spin a set in the outdoor space. After eating some mac n’ cheese, the twitterverse said otherwise. Rusko couldn’t come to Austin due to layovers in Colorado, and Beats Antique, the headliner, would …
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