Dawn Landes and Justin Townes Earle recently collaborated on a cover version of Dolly Parton’s “Do I Ever Cross Your Mind.”
MP3: Justin Townes Earle and Dawn Landes – Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
[via – WSJ]
“After nearly a year of review, the Justice Department on Monday set the conditions under which it will permit concert promoter Live Nation Inc. to merge with ticket-selling and artist-management powerhouse Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc., in a deal that could reshape the music industry. As laid out in a briefing in Washington, the conditions appeared relatively straightforward and shouldn’t pose major obstacles, thereby clearing the way for the creation of single entity that will be able to manage artists, book them in venues which it owns and sell tickets to their concerts. It will also be able to sell merchandise, run fan clubs, and in some cases sell recorded music. The Justice Department said in a statement that the conditions would “preserve competition” in the U.S. ticketing business.
“We were prepared to litigate this case, and I told the parties that,” Christine Varney, the head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division, told reporters. (continue reading article at WSJ.com)
The National
The Wiltern
Saturday, May 22nd
*Presale starts tomorrow at 10am. The password is stage
MP3: The National – Halo Chagrin
Balmorhea (Myspace)
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Album: Constellations (Due out 2/23)
Label: Western Vinyl
Balmorhea – Bowsprit
Here’s the set list from Radiohead’s performance at The Fonda last night. The show grossed $572,754 for Oxfam’s Haiti Relief fund.
Set List
01 Faust Arp
02 Fake Plastic Trees
03 Arpeggi
04 National Anthem
05 Nude
06 Karma Police
07 Kid A
08 Morning Bell
09 How To Disappear Completely
10 Wolf at the Door
11 The Bends
12 Reckoner
13 Lucky
14 Body Snatchers
15 Dollars & Cents
16 Airbag
17 Exit Music (For a Film)
1st Encore
18 Everything In Its Right Place
19 You and Whose Army?
20 Pyramid Song
21 All I Need
2nd Encore
22 Lotus Flower
23 Paranoid Android
24 Street Spirit
Fruit Bats – Photo by Annie Beedy
Recommended Los Angeles Shows – January 25th – January 31st
Monday, January 25th
The Steelwells / Dusty Rhodes And The River Band @ Silverlake Lounge
Sarah Silverman, Ed Helms and Aziz Ansari – Haiti Benefit @ Largo
The French Semester / Team Abraham / Le Switch / Wonderground @ The Echo (Free)
Tuesday, January 26th
Jenny Lewis and Friends – Haiti Benefit @ Largo
Olin and The Moon with Henry Clay People @ The Echo (Free)
Wednesday, January 27th
Rev Payton’s Big Damn Band with The Donkeys @ The Echo
Thursday, January 28th
Fruit Bats / Citay / Extra Classic @ Echoplex
Friday, January 29th
Tim Reynolds @ The Mint
Bowerbirds with Julie Doiron @ The Echo (Early Show)
Saturday, January 30th
Tim Reynolds with Jerry Joseph @ The Mint
The Soft Pack @ Several Cali. Locations
Sunday, January 31st
Digable Planets @ Key Club
MP3: Fruit Bats – When U Love Somebody
MP3: Citay – First Fantasy
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?
