Nu Rave Brain Wave

…are going on tour again!

Starting with a show in their spiritual hometown of Pioneertown at, you guessed it, Pappy & Harriet’s. Bring a jacket. It gets cold up there.

The dates:
2.07.09 Pioneertown CA, Pappy And Harriet’s
3.02.09 Fresno, Audie’s Olympic
3.04.09 Portland, Dante’s with The Upsidedown
3.14.09 Flagstaff, Hotel Monte Vista
3.18.09 Ft. Worth, The Chatroom
3.25.09 Greensboro, NC, The Tremont
3.26.09 DC, The Velvet Lounge
4.03.09 Chicago, Cobra Lounge

Are YOU ready to take a ride through the niiiiiiiight?

New Musical Failexpress unvailed their list of the “20 hottest men in music” fucking lol and of course like 1% are actually attractive – but let’s see what we got here:

OMG! You read right! The first rounds of SXSW 2009 bands have been announced. Bands I am looking forward to see have been bolded.

For those of us in LA who would prefer not to ring in 2009 with a) Scott Weiland or b) Pink Martini, I offer you two much cooler options.

1) Run On The Bank 2009 presented by Little Radio

(the party takes place inside this building)

Beachwood Sparks, Crystal Antlers, Port O’brien, Restaurant
Dj Sets from Kutmah, Dj J-Logic,

$20, Full Bar/21+
8:30-…
Money Drop @ Midnight
401 Main Street
DOWNTOWN Los Angeles 90013

2) Club Underground New Years Eve

Ignore the ugly poster, it’s EDDIE ARGOS! Sweet! And The Blood Arm got a few good songs in em. Not so sure about these We Are the World cats, though.

The new album “200 Million Thousand” will be released stateside on February 24th! The album will hit the UK/EU on the 2nd of March. The album will be preceeded by the single “Starting Over” which was released as a free download via their mailing list. The artwork is to the left -> I’m not sure how I feel about the artwork but then again it is 10:30am and I have to be at work soon. The single is REALLY GOOD but different, but obviously I love it most especially because of the lack of attempting to do actual harmonizing. Also, they released a video to wish you happy holidays and you can view that here.

That right, you read that correctly. Adam Ficek is playing a 2nd show in Los Angeles as Roses Kings Castles. The first is, again, at SPACELAND on DECEMBER 29th. IT IS FREE so you better be there. The second is at Check One Tuesdays which is at the ECHOPLEX and is also FREE BEFORE 1030 OR SOMETHING SIMILAR.

So, its been the holidays for quite a long time at my work and I am fucking sick of having to hear Kylie Minogue’s version of Santa Baby and an assortment of other failed holiday recordings (Rhianna, just stop). And it seems the closer to the ACTUAL holiday (or Day of the Apocalypse, as its known to me) the fewer normal songs I get to hear in between the fucking holiday songs. Thankfully, they still play 1990s and MGMT so I will survive. So anyway, every time this one rendition of “Little Drummer Boy” comes on it puts a fucking huge smile on my face. I love that song for whatever reason – maybe it has something to do with the Office. So I open my email today to an email from Worlds Fair and there is a download for “Little Drummer Boy” by the Dandy Warhols. So I give it a download and then BAM! It’s the version from work that I love so much. It is truly a Christmas Miracle!

Hell yeah

02-28 Boca Raton, FL – Mizner Park
03-01 Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
03-03 Jacksonville, FL – Florida Theater
03-04 St Petersburg, FL – Jannus Landing
03-06 Myrtle Beach SC – House of Blues
03-07 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
03-09 Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
03-11 Durham, NC – Durham Performing Arts Center
03-13 Richmond, VA – The National
03-14 Washington, DC – Warner Theater
03-16 Montclair, NJ – Wellmont Theater
03-17 Pittsburgh, PA – Carnegie Music Hall
03-19 Buffalo, NY – University of Buffalo Center for the Arts
03-21 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
03-22 Philadelphia, PA – Academy of Music
03-25 New York, NY – Webster Hall
03-26 New York, NY – Carnegie Hall
03-28 Mashantucket, CT – Foxwoods
03-29 Boston, MA – House of Blues
03-31 Ann Arbor, MI – Michigan Theater
04-01 Columbus, OH – Palace Theater
04-03 Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom
04-04 Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
04-06 Minneapolis, MN – State Theater
04-07 Kansas City, MO – Midland Theater
04-08 St Louis, MO – Pageant Theater
04-10 Dallas, TX – Palladium Ballroom
04-11 Houston, TX – Jesse H Jones Hall
04-12 Austin, TX – Bass Concert Hall
04-14 El Paso, TX – Chavez Theater
04-15 Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater

The Duke Spirit and The Little Ones are set to play a benefit concert in support of a Los Angeles-area elementary school this weekend.

The bands will perform at the Daniel Webster School in Pasadena, California on Saturday (December 20).

Tickets will be sold for $10 on the day of the show, with all proceeds going toward music and art education for the school’s underserved children.