Manchester Orchestra Upcoming US Tour Dates

Columbia Records and Favorite Gentlemen are excited to announce more tour dates to Manchester Orchestra's upcoming US tour.  Starting March 19, the second leg of the tour kicks into gear.  The Features, Chris Staples, and labelmates O'Brother will join Manchester Orchestra February 26 - March 4 and starting March 6 through the end of the tour, the band will be joined by
The Features, Biffy Clyro, and O'Brother.

Tickets were made available to the public Thursday, January 21 at 1pm local time.

2.26.10 - House of Blues - Orlando, FL ^
2.27.10 - Freebird Live - Jacksonville Beach, FL ^
2.28.10 - Revolution - Ft. Lauderdale, FL ^
3.2.10 - House of Blues - Houston, TX ^
3.3.10 - Emo's - Austin, TX ^
3.4.10 - The Palladium Showroom - Dallas, TX ^
3.6.10 - The Marquee - Tempe, AZ **
3.7.10 - House of Blues - San Diego, CA **
3.9.10 - Troubadour - West Hollywood, CA **
3.10.10 - Troubadour - West Hollywood, CA **
3.12.10 - Hawthorne Theater - Portland, OR **
3.13.10 - The Showbox at The Market - Seattle, WA **
3.15.10 - The Knitting Factory - Boise, ID **
03.19.10 - The Beaumont Club - Kansas City, MO **
03.20.10 - The Slowdown - Omaha, NE **
03.21.10 - The Varsity Theater - Minneapolis, MN **
03.23.10 - Metro - Chicago, IL **
03.24.10 - St. Andrews Hall - Detroit, MI **
03.25.10 - Mr. Small's Theatre - Pittsburgh, PA **
03.26.10 - Water Street Music Hall - Rochester, NY **
03.27.10 - The Mod Club Theatre - Toronto, ON **
03.29.10 - Northern Lights - Clifton Park, NY **
03.30.10 - Paradise Rock Club - Boston, MA **
03.31.10 - Chameleon - Lancaster, PA **
04.01.10 - Toad's Place - New Haven, CT **
04.02.10 - The Fillmore New York @ Irving - New York, NY **
04.03.10 - The Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA **
04.05.10 - The Recher Theatre - Towson, MD **
04.06.10 - The NorVa - Norfolk, VA **
04.07.10 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC **
04.08.10 - The Music Farm - Charleston, SC **
04.09.10 - Jillian's - Columbia, SC **

^ with The Features, Chris Staples, and O'Brother
** with The Features, Biffy Clyro, and O'Brother

www.themanchesterorchestra.com
www.myspace.com/manchesterorchestra

The New Limb - Free Acoustic version of "Cycle Mother Earth Cycle" and Interview

I got a tweet sent to us via our twitter account @PopRockIndie to check out a band called The New Limb. And after listening to a couple tracks on their MySpace, got in touch with them to post about them on this blog!

Spotlight: THE NEW LIMB

"Costa Mesa based indie rock band The New Limb will be releasing their FIRST full-length album in late March. This past year has been insane for the band. They came out of hiding early last year and surprised everyone at the OC Music Awards Best Live Band Showcase and were chosen as one of five bands to play in the finals. Though they did not win, OC Weekly named them Best Live Band of 2009. And The New Limb are in it again this year with new music that everyone is pumped up about. They will be playing in the OC Music Awards Best Live Band showcase on Feb. 16 at The Gypsy Lounge in Lake Forest, where the band just finished up a December residency and toy drive for Orangewood Children's Foundation. The New Limb are a fun, corky bunch of musicians who live in a house together in Costa Mesa. The band is Joey Chavez (lead vocals and guitar), Adam Chavez (drums and vocals), Lauren Salamone (keys and vocals and Dan Perez (lead guitar and vocals)."

The song was recorded live for 88.9 FM KUCI @ University of California, Irvine




DOWNLOAD via Entertonement [link]


Links:  
www.myspace.com/thenewlimb
www.thenewlimb.com

Below is an article written in the OC Music Awards newsletter that includes a transcribed interview from when they were on KUCI 88.9 FM.

You guys always make cookies for your shows. Do you guys make cakes too?

L: No, that's too much of a commitment.

J: Yellow cake with chocolate frosting is my favorite but it has to be out of the box and made by my mom.

Well that's good to know for all you ladies out there who want to win Joey's heart. That's the cake he likes.

J: I think that's most mens hearts.

D: I prefer steak. Breakfast sausage would be the alternative.

Lets address the whole living together. Isn't there a rule that you shouldn't live with your bandmates? Do you guys fight a lot?

TNL: YES we do.

L: It's actually wise to not live with your band but I love it. There are a lot of great things that come from it but it makes things really difficult. You really have to love each other.

A: That's it, you guys don't have to talk more.

J: It's like the people that you love the most, you treat the crappiest. You know what I mean?

L: especially since there are two brothers and Dan grew up with them so he's basically their adopted brother.

A: We're going on like 12 years.

You guys are like a family.

J: Yeah, we're a family band.

A: We've been to Europe together. We've gone cross country to Florida together in the little Corolla. 

J: We went swimming the other day together. We went on a big fan boat on the everglades. 

A: We went to a coffee shop together. We came here together...

L: And next week we are playing a show together.

D: I think we swam in three oceans together.

You guys have done a lot together. I don't really want to know what else you guys have done together just in case it's a little too private. 

Do you guys have nicknames for each other?

D: Mainly just Lauren.

J: They're awesome though.

D: Scotch tape

Is there a nice once?

L: The first one.

D: The first one is the best one. We were tracking her in the studio for the first time, and we were doing one of her keyboards first where she plays the right hand. So we called the track right hand. Then the track where she plays left hand, we called right hand too. So she's right hand.

J: Right hand Salomony

L: Yep!

D: Simple bird is a good one too.

How did The New Limb name come about? 

L: There's a different story every time they (Joey and Adam) tell it.

D: You're not supposed to say that.

A: There is one story and it's true and Joey will tell it.

J: My cousin Josh Edgar, it's ironic because we went to Joshua Tree. We went camping one time and we were hanging out, climbing on the rocks and doing whatever. He was stoked because he had just got this newthe tip of his pinky off of his hand. Like litterally. So we all freaked out and it was crazy because we were in Joshua Tree and we don't know where the nearest hospital is. I didn't know what to do. It was just us. I was the oldest guy there and I don't know what is going on with fingers or pinkies, whatever. So I was like ughhhhh put it in some milk. So we threw it in a cup of milk and we went to the nearest emergency room. and they sewed it back on. It looks good now. It does whatever it's supposed to do. machetti or whatever and he's in boys scouts so that's a badge. If you get enough badges, you get a machetti or something. He ends up playing with it and falls off of this rock. He fell in a way that he cut

So that's the real story?

L: Yeah, that's the real story.

J: Yeah, that's it.

Alcoholic Faith Mission - “We All Have Our Shortcomings” MP3 [soft electronic/pop]

“…beautiful alloys of muted electronica and pop” – RCRD LBL

Alcoholic Faith Mission - We All Have Our Shortcomings sound bite  Free MP3 Downloads sound bites

www.myspace.com/alcoholicfaithmission 

Shout Out Louds New Video for "Fall Hard" and Free mp3 of "Walls"

Merge Records is excited to announce that Sweden's Shout Out Louds will be embarking on a North American tour during the month of May. In addition to the tour, the band has just released a music video (embedded below) for the first commercial single from Work titled "Fall Hard" (single being released digitally on February 2).

Shout Out Louds are also still offering the album track "Walls" as a free download at www.shoutoutlouds.com. (or play it in the player below)

Shout Out Louds - Walls sound bite  Free MP3 Downloads sound bites

Pre order their album here

Shout Out Louds will be bringing their engaging live show to the following North American venues throughout May:
 
01 March   Brooklyn, Music Hall of WIlliamsburg SOLD OUT
 
02 May   Washington, 9:30 Club
03 May   Philadelphia, First Unitarian Church
05 May   New York, Webster Hall
06 May   Boston, Paradise
07 May   Montreal, Cabaret Music Hall
08 May   Toronto, Mod Club
10 May   Chicago, Lincoln Hall
11 May   Minneapolis, Varsity Theater
14 May   Vancouver, Commodore Ballroom
15 May   Seattle, Neumos
16 May   Portland, Doug Fir
18 May   San Francisco, Great American Music Hall
20 May   San Diego, House of Blues
21 May   Los Angeles, El Rey

Drew Danburry - "Religion of Me" [soft, indie acoustic rock]

Sorry from the posting break - back on track and coming close to the end of our contest! New music time!

From his site: "Drew Danburry is a singer-songwriter who has toured and released records independently for approximately eight years now. It is debated whether this itinerantly musical lifestyle began in high school under the small but groundbreaking rap career he supposedly chartered or if it really started when a band was formed in college with some friends in the summer of 2002."

www.drewdanburry.com
http://drewdanburry.blogspot.com/

The first single is called "Religion of Me"and is available to download via his blog (linked above). Take a listen to it below!