SHE'S GOING STEADY

Steve Lam gave me a birthday present which you can all share: download "Going Steady", the b-side to Death From Above 1979's new single, "Blood On Our Hands" (which I suggest seeking out if you can; it's amazing). I would write more about this band but I don't want this turning into a fan site. Just listen.

Pitchfork interviews The Walkmen

Pete Doherty in court. Kid cleans up well! Not. News from NME, too.

Franz Ferdinand had to remove a b-side from the "Michael" single, so they put it up for download. Franz Ferdinand - "Tell Her Tonight (Paul Sings)"

Stream the new Bjork album, Medulla, here.

From CatbirdSeat: Self-Starter has some great mp3s up for download; get them while you can.
Also, StarTime posted an Ambulance Ltd. non-album track for download: "Country Gentleman".

Liars are going on tour with Blonde Redhead. I'm not sure how the dynamic between the two bands is going to work, but this is a must-see show. Dates:

OCTOBER

4th Cat's Cradle Carboro,NC
5th Echo Lounge Atlanta,GA
6th The Social Orlando,FL
8th H.O.B. New Orleans,LA
9th Engine Room Houston,TX
10th Emo's Austin,TX
12th Tree's Dallas,TX
13th Granada Lawrence,KS
15th Blue Note Columbia,MO
16th High Dive Champaign,IL
18th The World Pittsburgh,PA
19th Little Brother's Columbus,OH
21st Magic Stick Detroit,MI
22nd Opera House Toronto,ONT
23rd Club Soda Montreal,QUE
27th Irving Plaza New York,NY
28th Irving Plaza New York,NY

NOVEMBER

4th Dionysius (Oberlin College) Oberlin,OH
5th Southgate House Newport,KY
6th Metro Chicago,IL
8th Barrymore Theatre Madison,WI
9th Fine Line Cafe Minneapolis,MN
12th Showbox Seattle,WA
13th Commodore Ballroom Vancouver,B.C.
14th Aladdin Theatre Portland,OR
16th Bimbo's San Francisco,CA
17th Bimbo's San Francisco,CA
19th Henry Fonda Theatre Los Angeles,CA
20th Henry Fonda Theatre Los Angeles,CA
21st Glass House Pomona,CA
22nd Cane's San Diego,CA

DECEMBER

1st Theatre Of Living Arts Philadelphia,PA
2nd Recher Theatre Towson,MD
3rd 9:30 Club Washington,D.C.
4th Paradise Club Boston,MA

Interpol has a new website up for the forthcoming Antics. It's really poorly redesigned. Hopefully they'll fix it. Does anyone remember the pre-Turn on the Bright Lights Interpol website? I really dug that.

T-Mobile sucks, apparently.