The Dodos Cancel For Tomorrow

The show scheduled to take place in Northampton, Mass. tomorrow has been canceled. Same goes for the secret show they planned on playing tonight at Death by Audio in Brooklyn. One of them is sick, it seems. Sad face.

The Dodos won't be found in our neck of the woods until December 16th in Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple opening up for The Walkmen. The Walkmen just released (Aug. 19) their fourth full-length, You & Me. The track "Red Moon" is one of my favorites off the album and is currently on their MySpace so definitely check that one out to gauge interest.

Walkmen Release New Single, "In the New Year"

The Walkmen's new single, "In the New Year," is streaming right now, at their MySpace. But more importantly, it has been on the receiving end of praise claiming that the song embodies the same as "The Rat" from 2004 off the band's second album Bows and Arrows. Is it really so unusual that a band sounds like itself?

The Walkmen are pushing their new LP, You & Me, slated for release Sept. 16. Tell All Your Friends wants you to know this (but they can't spell "buses").

"Writing and recording of You and Me happened over a vibrant and rigorous 2-year period, during which the members of The Walkmen were split between Philadelphia and New York. The band rode China Town busses five days a week to work in two small rehearsal spaces (an old nightclub in Chelsea, New York and a warehouse in Fish Town, Philadelphia) to freeze by the kerosene heater in the winter, and sweat it out in the summer. By the time of the record’s pressing there were over four hundred cast-off 8-track tapes littering both spaces."

Also, they apparently really like their producers:

"The album was recorded in two installments - the first at Sweet Tea studios in Oxford, Mississippi (where they had worked on Bows and Arrows) with engineer John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr., Hold Steady, Sonic Youth) and in a couple of sessions in New York's Gigantic Studios (built by Phillip Glass) with engineer Chris Zane (who the boys consider "the best fucking engineer in the world" and a "fucking god-send")."

Sorry I didn't use the #$@^& symbols, TAYF.

Busy Day Tomorrow

We haven't seen a Thursday this packed with quality music in a while. There's really something for everyone and in all price ranges. (Free being my personal favorite).

We mentioned some of this in the podcast, so there's not too much to say. Actually, shit, there really is nothing else to say besides check the calendar to your right and pick one. I'll be in New Haven seeing The Walkmen and Titles. I thought about going to see the Black Lips but I did a little math and it didn't work out.

My Desire to See the Black Lips - $12 - the Drive to Cambridge > My Desire to See The Walkmen + FREE - the Drive to New Haven.

As usual, if you go to any of these shows please let us know how they go and if you have any photos send them are way and we'll post them up here, giving you credit of course.

Sunday is busy too, but we'll look at that later.

PS: A big thanks to Lori for giving us the lowdown on the Ghastly City Sleeps show.