The Strange Boys

Recently announced shows.

Bootleg Theater
2/13: West Indian Girl with Pollyn

The Echo
2/14: Dengue Fever
2/16: Magic Kids / Pearl Harbor / Dunnes
2/26: The Strange Boys

El Rey Theatre
March 11th: The New Mastersounds with Trombone Shorty

Largo at the Coronet
1/26: Jenny Lewis and Friends (Haiti Benefit)
3/6: Joe Henry
3/11: The Watson Twins
3/15: She & Him
3/24: Low Anthem with Timbre Timbre

The Music Box @ The Fonda
1/24: Radiohead
6/22: The Brian Jonestown Massacre

Troubadour
5/25: Nada Surf with Telekinesis

MP3: The Strange Boys – This Girl Taught Me a Dance
MP3: The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Anenome
MP3: She & Him – Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?

Woozy Viper – (Myspace)
Location: Queens/Brooklyn, New York
Album: Rock & Roll (Free Download)
Label: Unsigned
Woozy Viper – Alright

Ian Saint Pé of Black Lips

We have a three pair of tickets to give away to see Black Lips at the El Rey Theatre tomorrow – Saturday, January 23rd. Please email us at rollogrady@gmail.com to claim the tickets. For further show info (click here).

MP3: Black Lips – Drugs

Download:
Black Lips – 200 Mil­lion Thou­sand (Buy)

Here’s another installment of Fort Knox Five Funk Friday. If you are in the Washington, D.C. area, please support FK5’s Funkin’ 4 Haiti benefit show at Modern this Sunday, January 24th. For show info click here.

MP3: Fort Knox Five – Right Place, Wrong Time – (Edit)
MP3: Fort Knox Five – I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Edit)
MP3: Fort Knox Five – Blowing Up The Barrio

Fort Knox Five Free Downloads (click here)

Radiohead recently announced from their website that they will be playing the Henry Fonda Theatre this Sunday, Janaury 24th. The last-minute concert is to benefit relief efforts in Haiti. Tickets will be sold only via auction, and bidding starts at 8 p.m tonight. You’ll have a legitimate chance to purchase tickets, but it’s going to expensive – minimum bid is $100 for the show.

Bid on tickets – (click here)

From Dead Air Space: “We’re doing a show this Sunday (24th January) to raise funds for the relief effort in Haiti. The venue is The Music Box Theatre at The Fonda in Los Angeles, doors at 7pm. All proceeds are going to the Oxfam Haiti relief fund. We’re trying to raise as much money as possible, so tickets will be sold by auction at this site from 8pm [PST] tonight until 11am Saturday (PST). We’re in the middle of recording at the moment, so you’ll be catching us on the fly…. but if you’re up for it, then we are too.”

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King Khan and The Shrines recently announced their spring tour dates. No LA show as of yet, but they are confirmed to play Sunday, April 18th at Coachella.

Tour dates:
03-27 Atlanta, GA – The Earl
03-29 Carrboro, NC – Cats Cradle
03-30 Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
03-31 Chattanooga, TN – JJ’s Bohemia
04-01 Nashville, TN – Exit/In
04-02 Memphis TN – Hi-Tone Cafe
04-03 Birmingham AL – Bottletree
04-05 Austin, TX – Emos
04-06 Dallas, TX – Sons of Hermann
04-08 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
04-09 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
04-10 Boise ID – Neurolux
04-11 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
04-12 Vancouver, BC – Venue
04-13 Seattle, WA – Neumos
04-15 San Francisco, CA – Bimbos 365 Club
04-18 Indio, CA – Coachella

Related Articles:
Rollo & Grady Interview with King Khan (click here)

MP3: King Khan and The Shrines – Destroyer

The Avett Brothers make their Austin City Limits television debut this Saturday, January 23rd. For show info, audio clip and pictures click here.

Setlist:
I And Love And You
January Wedding
Murder in the City
When I Drink
Slight Figure of Speech
Die Die Die
Talk on Indolence
– Recorded November 16, 2009

The new Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach, is set for a March 9th release. Guests include Lou Reed, Mark E. Smith, Snoop Dogg, De La Soul, Gruff Rhys, and Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of the Clash. You can stream the new single “Stylo” featuring Mos Def and Bobby Womack here. I like the beat, but I’m not too crazy about the song.

Tracklist:
01 Orchestral Intro (ft. Sinfonia ViVA)
02 Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach (ft. Snoop Dogg and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)
03 White Flag (ft. Kano, Bashy, and the National Orchestra for Arabic Music)
04 Rhinestone Eyes
05 Stylo (ft. Bobby Womack and Mos Def)
06 Superfast Jellyfish (ft. Gruff Rhys and De La Soul)
07 Empire Ants (ft. Little Dragon)
08 Glitter Freeze (ft. Mark E Smith)
09 Some Kind Of Nature (ft. Lou Reed)
10 On Melancholy Hill
11 Broken
12 Sweepstakes (ft. Mos Def and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)
13 Plastic Beach (ft. Mick Jones and Paul Simonon)
14 To Binge (ft. Little Dragon)
15 Cloud of Unknowing (ft. Bobby Womack and Sinfonia ViVA)
16 Pirate Jet