Nu Rave Brain Wave

Merry Christmas to you and yours. Thanks for reading NRBW!

mp3 | The Raveonettes - The Christmas Song
mp3 | The Dandy Warhols - Little Drummer Boy
mp3 | Jerry Tropicano (feat. Luke Lust) - Christmas Line
mp3 | Chuck Berry - Merry Christmas Baby

12/03/10 Seattle, WA – Showbox Market
12/07/10 Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up
12/08/10 Las Vegas, NV – Hard Rock Cafe
12/10/10 Los Angeles, CA – Club Nokia
12/11/10 San Francisco, CA – Regency Ballroom
12/12/10 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom

Click here for presale tickets!

(photo by our own Miss Saraceno)

10. The Kills, The Horrors and The Magic Wands @ The Glass House, 5/21
Seriously, all 3 bands killed it. I’m not sure when The Horrors traded in their Haunted Mansion organs for HEAVILY Loveless-inspired fuzz, but the makeover works. And if any girl, hell maybe even a few guys, left not wanting to be Alison Mosshart, they weren’t paying enough attention.

(photo by _shade_of_blue on flickr)

9. Spectrum @ The Echo, 5/08
I can’t help it. I adore anything related to Spacemen 3. I can sit and stare into space for hours listening to them. But since seeing them live is apparently never going to happen, Sonic Boom’s Spectrum can help fill that void. This was awesome. He played Ecstasy Symphony/Transparent Radiation AND the MGMT dudes came on stage for a Devo cover. It was bizarre but I loved it.

(photo by donteatmeatnow! for reals! on flickr)

8. A Place to Bury Strangers + Darker My Love @ The Echoplex, 10/16
Loud, loud, loud, fuzz, reverb, loud, distortion, awesome, hearing loss.

(photo by rist photography on flickr)

7. Fitz and the Tantrums @ The Echo, 11/6
I don’t usually buy into the whole soul throwback thing, but something about F & the T’s really appeals to me. I mostly love the dynamic between the male and female singer, both equally talented vocalists that bounce vindictive words off each other with such convincing spite that you’re left wondering if you’re intruding on a private conversation. Throw in a talented horn section and totally danceable rhythms and you’ve got yourself a really, really fun show.

6. The Morning After Girls + Sweaters @ Hotel Cafe, 7/27
The members of these two bands probably weren’t too happy about playing the same night as Jarvis Cocker, but I was. Let’s just say it was a very… intimate performance. That sounds a little raunch, okay the place was practically empty. But neither band let that sway them! Sweaters are so much fun and never fail to bring joy into my little heart. Have you seen Sweaters? Do it. We love them. The Morning After Girls definitely slowed it down for a semi-acoustic performance of songs from their self-titled debut and (incredible) new album Alone. It was beautiful!


(both photos by Brianna)

5. The Growlers + Xu Xu Fang @ The Echo, 8/17
The Growlers and the Fang were easily my two favorite musical discoveries of the year. I saw both bands an embarrassing amount of times. And since the rock and roll gods love me, the two of them happened to play together at my favorite venue on a lovely late summer evening. So good.

(photo by slates81 on flickr)

4. The Sonics @ Echoplex, 8/21
Oh damn. THE SONICS!!! Duhhhh. What else do I really need to say? These dudes are decades older than us, and rock way harder than 99% of the bands around today. Legends.

(photo by benjamin hoste on flickr)

3. The Dandy Warhols + The Meek @ The Glass House, 6/5
I love Dandy Warhols shows because there are never any fair-weather fans there. If you like the Dandys, you probably LOVE them, know all the songs and dance like a moron (I definitely did this). Stage banter from Courtney Taylor-Taylor is ALWAYS hilarious, so you get comedy and music all in one. And I could not have been happier for my pals in The Meek opening for them. It was a perfect fit.

(photo by Chris Molina for the Scenestar)

2. Echo and the Bunnymen @ Nokia Theater, 10/24
Okay, might’ve shed a tear at this one. And that generally only happens to me at Oasis concerts. But Ocean Rain played in its entirety with a small orchestra? Wow wow wow. It was breath-taking. And there are few things in this life more enjoyable than dancing to “Bring on the Dancing Horses” in the aisles with a bunch of drunk strangers.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAND THE BEST CONCERT OF 2009 WAS

MY BLOODY VALENTINE AT THE EL REY

I don’t think I even need to explain this one.

THE DANDY WARHOLS
ROBBIE KRIEGER
GRAM RABBIT
THE MORNING AFTER GIRLS
SPINDRIFT
JAY ASTON (Of Gene Loves Jezebel)
LOWER HEAVEN
ASTEROID #4
THE QUARTER AFTER
THE MORLOCKS
NICK JAGO (of BRMC)
SKY PARADE
UPSIDEDOWN
DISSOLVER
BEN STARSHINE
HI-HOS
BLACK NITE CRASH
THE MOON UPSTAIRS
WAR CHILDREN
LES BLANKS
TSK TSK
CANDY APPLE
MAGIC MIRROR
THE TENDER BOX
1776
EVAN B HARRIS

Well, The Dandys aren’t one to break a promise.

SEPT 01 The Vogue Indianapolis, IN
SEPT 03 Beaumont Kansas City, MO
SEPT 04 Pop’s St. Louis
SEPT 05 Diamond Ballroom Oklahoma City, OK
SEPT 07 Warehouse Live Houston, TX
SEPT 08 Granada Theatre Dallas, TX
SEPT 09 Emo’s Austin, TX
SEPT 11 Sunshine Theatre Albuquerque, NM
SEPT 12 Belly Up Aspen, CO
SEPT 13 Monolith Festival Red Rocks @ Morrison, CO

Tickets on sale tomorrow at noon.

Seriously AWESOME lineup. If you live near any of these places, please go.

Here are all the Dandy-related events to watch out for this coming week:

Wednesday, June 3rd: Zia DJing at 3 Clubs along with live performances by Lower Heaven and The Shine Brothers (Nate of the Black Angels)

Thursday, June 4th: Dandy Warhols performing live at the Playboy Mansion (yep) for the fourth annual Marijuana Policy Project. Also a DJ set from David J of Bauhaus/Love and Rockets. If you have the $800 to spend, check it out.

Friday, June 5th: Dandys at the good ol’ Glass House with support from one of my favorites, THE MEEK. Tickets are still available and are considerably cheaper than the Playboy Mansion show.

See ya in the 909…

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!

First of all, its called Perfect as Cats which obviously I approve of and some of me and Colette’s bands are on it – the Muslims and the Dandy Warhols. But there are a whole lot of nobodies – or well, in my humble opinion they are…. so I give you the two tracks to download that I am loving right now…

mp3 | Primary by the Dandy Warhols
mp3 | Grinding Halt by the Muslims

Sep 09 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue*
Sep 10 – Madison, WI @ Barrymore*
Sep 12 – Chicago, IL @ Vic Theater*
Sep 13 – Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus*
Sep 14 – Montreal, QC @ Club Soda*
Sep 16 – Boston, MA @ Wilbur Theatre*
Sep 17 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5*
Sep 20 – Philadelphia, PA @ TLA*
Sep 22 – Washington, DC @ 930 Club*
Sep 23 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse*
Sep 26 – Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall*
Sep 27 – Denver, CO @ Gothic Theater
Sep 28 – Aspen, CO @ Belly Up*
Oct 03 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern &
Oct 04 – San Francisco, CA @ Warfield %
Oct 05 – PDX @ The Roseland Theater (No Pre-Sale)

All shows with the Upsidedown (our amigos)
*With Darker My Love
& With A Place to Bury Strangers
% With the Charlatans (yeah i dont get it either)