Tinariwen

We’re 13 days away from this year’s Coachella festival. I’m heading down on Saturday the 18th to enjoy the festivities. I’m looking forward to catching Thenewno2, Tinariwen and Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti’s sets (schedule permitting).

Tinariwen is a band formed in 1982 of Tuareg people who had been drafted into Muammar al-Gaddafi’s army. They play in the Tishoumaren (“music of the unemployed”) style, and sing mostly in the French and Tamashek languages. The group is known for their extraordinary guitar play.

Thenewno2 is a band formed by George Harrison’s son Dhani Harrison and Oliver Hecks. There are definitely vocal and melodic similarities between Dhani and his late father. The group recently performed on Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

Avant-garde musician Ariel Pink was raised in the Pico-Robertson area of Los Angeles and attended Beverly Hills High School. His group Haunted Graffiti opened up several shows for Animal Collective earlier in the year. The band is touring the US in April and May, then they are off to Europe.

Mexican Institute of Sound
Hometown: Mexico City, Mexico
Day: Sunday, April 19th
Album: Soy Sauce (iTunes)
MP3: Mexican Institute of Sound – El Microfono (Nickodemus Remix)

Tinariwen
Hometown: Sahara , Mali
Day: Saturday, April 18th
Album: Aman Iman: Water Is Life (iTunes)
MP3: Tinariwen – Matadjem Yinmixan

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
Hometown: Hollywood, CA
Day: Saturday, April 18th
Album: Scared Famous (iTunes)
MP3: Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – New Trumpets Of Time

Thenewno2
Hometown: Los Angeles/London
Day: Saturday, April 18th
Album: You Are Here (eMusic)
MP3: Thenewno2 – Choose What You’re Watching

The Avett Brothers
Stubbs
Austin, Texas
March 18th, 2009

Setlist:
Colorshow
Go To Sleep
Paranoia in B-Flat Major
Murder In The City
Die Die Die
I & Love & You

The Avett Brothers are playing @ The Music Box at The Fonda – Saturday, May 9th (Buy Tix)

Download:
The Avett Brothers – Emotionalism (iTunes)
The Avett Brothers – The Second Gleam (iTunes)

Michael Arrington of TechCrunch reports:
“Here’s a heck of a rumor that we’ve sourced from two separate people close to the negotiations: Google is in late stage negotiations to acquire Twitter. We don’t know the price but can assume its well, well north of the $250 million valuation that they saw in their recent funding.

Twitter turned down an offer to be bought by Facebook just a few months ago for half a billion dollars, although that was based partially on overvalued Facebook stock. Google would be paying in cash and/or publicly valued stock, which is equivalent to cash. So whatever the final acquisition value might be, it can’t be compared apples-to-apples with the Facebook deal.” Continue Reading

MP3: Adrian Quesada & Ocote Soul Sounds – Tamarindio (Thievery Corporation Remix)
MP3: Billy Martin & John Medeski – Bonfa
MP3: Balmorhea – Coahuila

Download:
Billy Martin & John Medeski – Mago (iTunes)
Adrian Quesada & Ocote Soul Sounds – The Alchemist Manifesto (iTunes)
Balmorhea – All Is Wild, All Is Silent (iTunes)

James Petralli and Steve Terebecki of White Denim – SXSW’09 (Image – Rollo & Grady)

Austin-based band White Denim plan to release a new album this summer. Fits will be released on June 22nd through Full Time Hobby. The band performed several tracks off of the new record this past Wednesday at Spaceland.

Rollo & Grady Interview with James Petralli Click Here)

Fits – Tracklist:
Radio Milk How Can You Stand It
All Consolation
Say What You Want
Hard Attack
I Start To Run
Sex Prayer
Mirrored And Reversed
Paint Yourself
I’d Have It Just The Way We Were
Everybody Somebody
Regina Holding Hands
Sync’n

White Denim – Heart From All of Us

Download:
White Denim – Let's Talk About It – EP
White Denim – Exposion (Download)

The Jayhawks are reuniting for a summer tour. While Gary Louris and Mark Olson have been touring together since 2006 and recorded an album in 2007, they’ve done it only as a duo. Not as the Jayhawks. Original members Karen Grotberg, Tim O’Reagan and Marc Perlman will join Louris and Olson for the reunion tour. Expect an album in late 2009.

Mark Olson & Gary Louris are playing April 11th @ Largo (More Info)

MP3: Gary Louris and Mark Olson – Blue (Live – Chicago 7/9/03)
MP3: Gary Louris and Mark Olson – Waiting For The Sun (Live – Chicago 7/9/03)
*Tracks found on Addicted To Vinyl

Download:
Mark Olson & Gary Louris – Ready for the Flood (iTunes)
The Jayhawks – Hollywood Town Hall (iTunes)

Lucero and Black Joe Lewis are coming to town next month. They will be performing at the Troubadour on Friday, May 15th. Lewis and The Honeybears are touring in support of their new album, Tell 'Em What Your Name Is!.

Tickets: $15 adv/$17 day of // Doors @ 8pm (More Info)

MP3: Lucero – My Best Girl

Download:
Lucero – Tennessee (iTunes)
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears – Tell 'Em What Your Name Is! (iTunes)