Wild Light & The Wallflowers to Stop in CT in August

Wild Light.

Just all kinds of nostalgia this summer. I didn't even know The Wallflowers were still together.

Wild Light and The Wallflowers are embarking on a 3-date mini tour in August, and they're stopping last at the Ridgefield Playhouse in Ridgefield, Conn. Apparently VIP passes are available to attend the pre-show cocktail party and meet and greet with the artists.

They play Aug. 16, 8 p.m. and tickets are $65.

Indie-pop band Wild Light released debut album Adult Nights not that long ago and they've been touring for most of 2009, supporting The Killers more recently and touring with Tapes 'n Tapes back in January.

Discovery: 4 Tracks Streaming

While they already have "Osaka Loop Line" and "Orange Shirt" on their MySpace, Rostam Batmanglij and Wes Miles' Discovery has "So Insane" and "Swing Tree" posted at dscvry.net. Go there.

Beck Starts a Record Club

Something that sounds like a pretty awesome record club.

As part of his Web site's renovations, Beck has decided to add a new feature to it, his Record Club. The idea is, he's going to invite other musicians and producers, such as already chosen Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker, Brian Lebarton, Bram Inscore, Yo, Giovanni Ribisi, Chris Holmes and Thorunn Magnusdottir, to come and cover one whole album with him in one day. His note on the Web site says that nothing is going to be rehearsed and the album will be re-interpreted. One track from these sessions is going to be posted to the Web site each week.

He added:

For this first edition, after lengthy deliberation and coming close to covering Digital Underground's Sex Packets, all present voted in favor of the 'other' Underground's The Velvet Underground & Nico.

No time frame was given as to when this would be happening, but I'll post as soon as I find out.

New Dates on the Calendar

Check out The Decemberists @ Mountain Park in Holyoke, Mass. The $30 ticket is kind of steep, but I heard their performance of new material off The Hazards of Love is pretty good. The show is August 16 at 7 p.m.

Also, Manic Productions managed to pull ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead out here and into Daniel Street. Tickets are $14. Kind of makes me want to go re-download So Divided.