Where's British Accents?

Ok, so some of you have started to notice the weekly e-mail newsletter hasn't been sent out as of late. The reason behind that? I've been really busy with work and haven't really had the time to keep it up to date. The radio show's still going strong though - tune in Sundays from 2-4pm (though not Sunday July 1 - we're taking a one-week break!).

Want to make your own BA newsletter? Here's a list of sites I check regularly whilst compiling the emails:
www.nme.com
www.excellentonline.com
www.thetripwire.com
www.filter-mag.com
www.cmj.com
www.brooklynvegan.com
www.livenation.com
www.the-wicked.org
www.bradleysalmanac.com
www.pitchforkmedia.com
www.mideastclub.com
www.greatscottboston.com
www.thedise.com
www.ttthebears.com
www.mercuryloungenyc.com
www.boweryballroom.com
www.popscene-sf.com
www.exitfare.blogspot.com
www.strandedinstereo.com

... look there and you'll find most of the info that's found on the weekly newsletters.

Ra Ra Riot's John Pike found dead

British Accents wishes to extend deep condolences to the friends, family and fans of John Pike - drummer for Ra Ra Riot, who we were lucky enough to have grace the stage at the British Accents 8th Anniversary show last month at the Middle East... from NME:

Ra Ra Riot drummer found dead

John Pike's body found after air and sea search

03.Jun.07 9:07pm

The body of Ra Ra Riot drummer John Pike has been found.

Pike, 23, went missing after leaving a party in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The band played a show in Providence, RI on Friday night and afterwards attended the party in Fairhaven, MA. Pike left the party at 3am.

The search began on foot and by air yesterday around 4pm.

Pike's cell phone was later found in shallow water on a beach about half a mile from the house where the party took place, according to local Fire Chief Tim Francis.

This morning the search was extended, with divers searching the waters in the area.

The body was found around 4pm this afternoon (June 3) in seven feet of water in Buzzards Bay, about 200 yards from where his cell phone was discovered.

BA WMFO Playlist June 3

2:00PM	Fujiya & Miyagi	Ankle Injuries	Transparent Things
2:03PM	The Soft.Lighties	The Ballad of Theo and June	Say No To Being Cool...
2:06PM	Echoboy	Kit and Holly	Volume One
2:11PM	Bloc Party	Hunting For Witches	A Weekend in the City
2:15PM	Art Brut	Pump Up The Volume	It's A Bit Complicated
2:18PM	Auteurs	Lenny Valentino	Lenny Valentino
2:20PM	The Nicotines	Mary Wana	Mary Wana
2:24PM	Voxtrot	Firecracker	Voxtrot
2:27PM	Morrissey	Sing Your Life	KROQ EP
2:31PM	Catatonia	You've Got a Lot To Answer For	Way Beyond Blue
2:35PM	The Maccabees	About Your Dress	About Your Dress
2:38PM	Ash	Walking Barefoot	Free All Angels
2:41PM	Manic Street Preachers	Your Love Alone Is Not Enough	Send Away The Tigers
2:45PM	The Clientele	Bookshop Casanova	God Save The Clientele
2:50PM	Boo Radleys	Reaching Out From Here	Wake Up!
2:54PM	Belle & Sebastian	The Blues Are Still Blue	The Life Pursuit
2:57PM	The Veils	Jesus for the Jugular	Nux Vomica
3:02PM	Starsailor	Fever	Love Is Here
3:06PM	The Beta Band	Dry the Rain	The Three EP's
3:12PM	Levy	King James	Glorious
3:16PM	Morrissey	Suedehead	Bona Drag
3:21PM	Dodgy	Easy Way	Easy Way
3:25PM	Idlewild	In Competition For The Worst Time	Make Another World
3:28PM	My Bloody Valentine	When You Sleep	loveless
3:31PM	Blur	Coffee and TV	13
3:36PM	Okkervil River	Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe	The Stage Names
3:41PM	Richard Hawley	Just Like The Rain	Coles Corner
3:44PM	Travis	Selfish Jean	The Boy With No Name
3:48PM	The Automatic	Monster	Not Accepted Anywhere
3:52PM	Cinematics	Sunday Sun	A Strange Education

British Accents Radio Playlist May 6

2:00PM	Graham Coxon	Bittersweet Bundle of Misery	Happiness in Magazines
2:05PM	The Fratellis	Whistle for the Choir	Costello Music
2:08PM	Super Furry Animals	Keep The Cosmic Trigger Happy	Guerrilla
2:11PM	Camera Obscura	Let Me Go Home	Underachievers Please Try Harder
2:15PM	Travis	Selfish Jean	The Boy With No Name
2:19PM	Cinerama	Superman	Disco Volante
2:24PM	French Kicks	Also ran	Two Thousand
2:28PM	Kaiser Chiefs	Everything Is Average Nowadays	Yours Truly, Angry Mob
2:31PM	The Kooks	Ooh La	Inside In/Inside Out
2:33PM	Catatonia	Mulder & Scully	Equally Cursed and Blessed
2:38PM	The Clientele	Bookshop Casanova	God Save The Clientele
2:42PM	The Pastels F/Jarvis Cocker	I Picked A Flower	The Last Great Wilderness
2:46PM	Trash Can Sinatras	The Pop Place	Zebra of the Family
2:49PM	Idlewild	Hidden Ways	Make Another World
2:52PM	Doves	There Goes The Fear	The Last Broadcast
2:58PM	Klaxons	Not Over Yet	Myths of the Near Future
3:02PM	Benzos	Hurt Everybody	Branches
3:06PM	New Order	Ceremony	International
3:12PM	The Good the Bad and The Queen	80s Life	The Good The Bad And The Queen
3:15PM	Pela	The Trouble With River Cities	Anytown Graffiti
3:18PM	Sleeper	Nice Guy Eddie	The It Girl
3:21PM	Belle and Sebastian	Act of the Apostle	the life pursuit
3:25PM	Cinematics	Sunday Sun	A Strange Education
3:28PM	Suede	Trash	Coming Up
3:32PM	Silver Sun	Sunday Gurl	Dad's Weird Dream
3:36PM	The Automatic	Monster	So Nice Say It Twice EP
3:40PM	Ash	Walking Barefoot	Free All Angels
3:43PM	Cold War Kids	Tell Me In The Morning	Robbers and Cowards
3:48PM	The Fall	White Line Fever	Reformation Post TLC
3:50PM	Verve	So It Goes	A Northern Soul
3:56PM	Peter Bjorn & John	Start to Melt	Writer's Block

BA Newsletter 4.27

*The British Accents 8th Anniversary Show is only a week away, on May 4 at the Middle East downstairs featuring THE CRIBS, THE LUXURY and RA RA RIOT. Tickets are selling fast so get them in advance at www.ticketmaster.com or at the Middle East box office to avoid paying
additional fees. Here's a little taste of the opening act, relative unknowns called WHITE RABBITS: http://www.thetripwire.com/reviews/2007/4/26/fort-nightly

*INTERPOL have announced the date and title of their new album - "Our Love To Admire" will be out on July 10 in the US and feature 11 tracks.

*THE PIPETTES have announced a US tour that will surely sell out many dates. They'll be at Great Scott on June 4, Highline Ballroom in NY on June 5, and June 12 at Rickshaw Stop in SF for a "popscene" presented show. Despite the tour, "We Are The Pipettes" doesn't get an official release until August 28.

*A few days after the Pipettes, Great Scott will welcome THE LONG BLONDES as they make their Boston debut. The show is June 8. The band will also play NY twice - Luna Lounge on June 6 and Bowery on June 8, as well as SF's popscene on June 16.

*EDITORS' new album will be titled "An End Has a Start", completing their quest to find the right name for the new album, released on June 25 in the UK. The runner-up, "Smokers Outside Hospital Doors", is the lead single and being released on June 11 digitally and June 18 on CD.

*The best band in America right now, OKKERVIL RIVER, will release the much-anticipated follow-up to "Black Sheep Boy" on August 7 in the US. The album is still untitled. See the Austin-based indie collective in Concord NH on July 14.

*The Virgin Festival in Baltimore, happening at a sticky time to be in Baltimore (early August), with some big names playing this year including SMASHING PUMPKINS, THE POLICE, MODEST MOUSE, TV ON THE RADIO, PETER BJORN & JOHN, CHEAP TRICK, LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, AMY WINEHOUSE, INTERPOL, SPOON, WU-TANG CLAN and many more.

*RAZORLIGHT will play a one-off show at Gramercey Theatre in NY on May 1. NME reports that the band will play a full US tour in the fall.

*Rhino Records is currently combing the ends of the Earth for the ultimate JESUS & MARY CHAIN rarities box set, which they hope to release sometime in the fall.

*THE WHITE STRIPES have made their new single "Icky Thump" available on the web, and will hit the road in July for a series of dates that will cris-cross the eastern US, with shows in Boston, Portland, New York and even Wallingford, CT, that bustling metropolis enclave of
Stripes fans.

*The Shortlist music prize nominees for this year have been announced, although maybe they should call it the Cavalcade of Overrated as nominees include JOANNA NEWSOM, CAT POWER, TOM WAITS, BEIRUT, GIRL TALK, BONNIE PRINCE BILLY and REGINA SPEKTOR. BA is pulling for the more appropriately rated BAND OF HORSES and HOT CHIP.

*Will it be the greatest hits of rehab? BABYSHAMBLES are reportedly trying to get AMY WINEHOUSE and our other favorite crackhead, SHAUN RYDER, to join Doherty & the boys on the next album.

*Did they see this coming? Due to changes in the UK chart rules, the entire ARCTIC MONKEYS "Favourite Worst Nightmare" has appeared on the UK singles chart as fans downloaded individual tracks in high numbers in the past week. They currently hold the following spots: 5
("Brianstorm"), 47, 57, 63, 64, 67, 70, 71, 72, 74, 77, 78, and 114.

*ANDY ROURKE of THE SMITHS will be speaking at Pianos on May 3rd, though we're not exactly sure what the topic of conversation will be, but just be thankful he's not DJing.

*CAMERA OBSCURA will be coming back to the states for at least one show, August 24 at South Street Seaport in NY.

*In other HAPPY MONDAYS news, the band's dancer BEZ will not be joining the band at Coachella this weekend due to visa problems.

*Headed to Coachella? Set times should be up on www.coachella.com very soon if they're not there now.

*Still hoping for a STONE ROSES reunion? Look no further than MANI, who was quoted in NME as saying that he feels he's the one who could get IAN BROWN, JOHN SQUIRE and RENI onstage together again.

*A band that just did the opposite of a reunion (splitting up) - THE COOPER TEMPLE CLAUSE, who call it quits before getting a chance to release their 3rd album in the US.

*The tracklist for an upcoming film on the life of JOE STRUMMER will feature tracks spanning the late guitarist's career, from CLASH classics to a heavy helping of solo material. A track from the 101ERS is also on there, with non-Strummer material from MC5, BOB DYLAN, NINA
SIMONE and others. The CD is out on May 7 in the UK.

Boston area show listings 4.27

BOSTON/NEW ENGLAND EVENTS
Thursdays - "Love Night" 80's w/DJ Brian @ Common Ground
Fridays - "The Pill" w/DJs Ken & Terence @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "The Plan" w/live guests & DJ's Carl & Bethany @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "Soul-le-lu-jah" (northern soul/motown) @ Zuzu FREE
Saturdays - "Heroes" w/DJ Chris Ewen (x-manray) @ Toast
Saturdays - "The Pill vs Love Night" @ Common Ground (every other Sat)
Apr 27 - MODEST MOUSE @ Orpheum
Apr 27 - PELA @ The Pill, Great Scott
Apr 27 - AEREOGRAMME, BISHOP ALLEN @ Middle East upstairs
Apr 28 - SPOON @ Museum of Fine Arts SOLD OUT
Apr 28 - TIGERCITY, THOM MORAN (BON SAVANTS) @ Hennessy's Upstairs 7pm show
Apr 29 - WOLFMOTHER @ Avalon
May 2 - MODEST MOUSE @ Lupo's, Providence
May 2 - THE HERO CYCLE, POLYETHYLENE, COMMON THRILL @ The Basement
(Baseball Tavern)
May 2 - AGE RINGS, EVERYDAY VISUALS @ TT the Bear's
May 4 - PETER BJORN & JOHN @ Paradise SOLD OUT
May 4 - British Accents 8th Anniversary show w/THE CRIBS, THE LUXURY,
RA RA RIOT @ Middle East downstairs
May 4 - TED LEO/PHARMACISTS @ Avalon
May 5 - SUNSET RUBDOWN @ Middle East downstairs
May 7 - BEN GIBBARD @ Somerville Theatre
May 7 - AMY WINEHOUSE @ Paradise
May 9 - FIELDS, BLONDE REDHEAD @ Paradise
May 10 - ARCADE FIRE @ Orpheum
May 11 - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM @ Axis
May 12 - HOORAY FOR EARTH, TAXPAYER, DEMANDER @ Great Scott
May 13 - ARCTIC MONKEYS @ Avalon SOLD OUT
May 13 - THE KOOKS @ Paradise SOLD OUT
May 15 - CINEMATICS, THE CHANGES @ TT the Bear's
May 15 - !!!, HOLY FUCK @ Paradise
May 16 - ELECTRELANE, THE BLOW @ Paradise
May 16 - ANDREW BIRD @ Berklee Performance Center
May 17 - PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES @ Middle East downstairs
May 18 - RICHARD LLOYD (TELEVISION) @ TT the Bear's
May 18 - THE DAILY PRAVDA @ The Pill, Great Scott
May 19 - TAPES N TAPES @ Paradise
May 19 - MANDO DIAO, POP LEVI, THE FILMS @ TT the Bear's
May 19 - THE INFORMATION, SNOWLEOPARDS, THE SHILLS @ Middle East downstairs
May 22 - DAMIEN RICE @ Opera House
May 25 - KEANE @ Pavillion
May 26 - THE FAINT @ Avalon
May 26 - THE ROSEBUDS @ Great Scott
May 29 - BRMC, THE HORRORS @ Avalon
May 30 - THE COMAS, THE BROKEN WEST @ Middle East upstairs
May 31 - MYSTERY JETS, WHITE RABBITS @ Great Scott
May 31 - CLIENT @ TT the Bear's
Jun 2 - JUAN MACLEAN @ Great Scott
Jun 4 - THE PIPETTES @ Great Scott
Jun 8 - THE LONG BLONDES @ Great Scott
Jun 8 - ABERDEEN CITY, BON SAVANTS @ Paradise
Jun 8 - FEIST @ Calvin Theatre, Northampton MA
Jun 9 - THE CLIENTELE, BEACH HOUSE @ MFA
Jun 9 - THE VEILS @ Great Scott
Jun 9 - FEIST @ Berklee Performance Center
Jun 13 - A SUNNY DAY IN GLASGOW @ Great Scott
Jun 14 - VOXTROT, FAVOURITE SONS @ Middle East downstairs
Jun 14 - ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE, PELA, BRAKES (x3), STATIC OF THE GODS @
TT the Bear's
Jun 21 - THE NATIONAL @ Middle East downstairs
Jun 22 - THE TRUCKS @ The Pill, Great Scott
Jun 26 - MORRISSEY @ Pavillion
Jun 27 - MORRISSEY @ Pines Theater, Northampton MA
Jul 8 - SHEARWATER @ TT the Bear's
Jul 9 - FUJIYA & MIYAGI @ Middle East downstairs
Jul 11 - MAXIMO PARK @ Great Scott
Jul 14 - OKKERVIL RIVER @ Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord NH
Jul 22 - WHITE STRIPES @ Cumberland Cty Civic Center, Portland ME
Jul 23 - WHITE STRIPES @ Agganis Arena
Jul 28 - THE POLICE @ Fenway Park

British Accents Radio Playlist April 22

British Accents (Rock) with DJ Dave 04.22.2007 02:00PM to 04:00PM

01:52PM The Fall “Fall Sound” from Reformation Post TLC

01:56PM Bloc Party “Waiting for the 7.18” from A Weekend in the City

02:00PM The Automatic “Monster” from So Nice Say It Twice EP

02:04PM St. Etienne “Say It To The Rain” from This is Tomorrow

02:09PM Doves “Words” from The Last Broadcast (CD, Album, Private, 2002)

02:14PM Charlatans “Try Again Today” from Up at the Lake

02:18PM Art Brut “Pump Up The Volume” from It's A Bit Complicated

02:21PM Kenickie “In Your Car” from At the Club (Rock, 1997) on Warner Bros. (http://www.warnerbrosrecords.com/, USA)

02:24PM Cosmic Rough Riders “Justify The Rain” from Too Close To See Far

02:28PM Air Traffic “Never Even Told Me Her Name” from Never Even Told Me Her Name (Single)

02:31PM The Young Knives “Weekends and Bleak Days” from Voices of Animals and Men

02:33PM Voxtrot “Kid Gloves” from Voxtrot

02:38PM Idlewild “In Competition for the Worst Time” from Make Another World

02:41PM Swervedriver “Never Lose That Feeling” from Never Lose That Feeling (Single)

02:44PM Adorable “Vendetta” from Fake

02:50PM Levy “King James” from Glorious

02:54PM Longpigs “Blue Skies” from Mobile Homes

02:57PM Jarvis Cocker “I Will Kill Again” from Jarvis

03:01PM Manic Street Preachers “Your Love Alone Is Not Enough” from Send Away The Tigers

03:05PM Guillemots “Trains to Brazil” from From The Cities

03:09PM Belle & Sebastian “Legal Man” from legal man (Single)

03:13PM The Pigeon Detectives “Romantic Type” from Wait for Me

03:15PM The Ordinary Boys “Lonely at the Top” from How To Get Everything You Wanted In Ten Easy Steps

03:19PM The Cribs “We Can No Longer Cheat You” from The New Fellas

03:23PM Arctic Monkeys “Flourescent Adolescent” from Favourite Worst Nightmare

03:26PM Beta Band “Assessment” from Assessment (Single)

03:29PM The Jam “That's Entertainment” from That's Entertainment (Single)

03:32PM Electric Soft Parade “If That's The Case Then I Don't Know” from No Need to Be Downhearted

03:35PM Super Furry Animals “Venus and Serena” from Phantom Power

03:39PM Finley Quaye “Sunday Shining” from Sunday Shining (Single)

03:42PM The Klaxons “Gravity's Rainbow” from Myths of the Near Future

03:45PM Hopewell “The Notbirds (Atomic Version)” from The Notbirds EP

03:49PM Cast “Sandstorm” from All Change (CD, Album)

03:52PM Flowered up “Weekender” from Weekender (Single)

BA Newsletter 4/13

*Ok, here's the update on what's been happening with the newsletter. The problem that arose last year and mysteriously vanished has appeared again. Basically what happens is that gmail won't allow the newsletter to be sent for unspecified reasons. There was no newsletter last week, and the week before's was only posted online and not sent out. So while I try to fix the problem, you can read the newsletter on www.britishaccents.blogspot.com and I'll also post it on Myspace - www.myspace.com/britishaccents - so add BA to your friends list if you haven't already.

*The British Accents 8th Anniversary Show is on the way - May 4 at Middle East downstairs with THE CRIBS, THE LUXURY, RA RA RIOT, and WHITE RABBITS. This will be our biggest party yet, so you don't want to miss it - tickets onsale now at the Middle East box office and through Ticketmaster.

*NOEL GALLAGHER told NME that he's written songs for a possible future solo album, but that right now the main focus is working on the follow-up to "Don't Believe The Truth". Most of the album has been written, so I guess all we need now is for them to record it, wait 8 months, and maybe then a new Oasis CD.

*Vote Rowntree! BLUR's longtime drummer Dave Rowntree (the only member of Blur interviewed by British Accents to date) will run as a Labour Party candidate in the district of Marylebone, where Labour traditionally fares poorly. No word on whether a member of Oasis will enter the race for the Tories.

*Quickly becoming a booking agent's enemy #1, THE VIEW have cancelled their US tour once again, though EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS will continue. They're a good band - check 'em out.

*Not to be deprived of "V" bands, THE VEILS have announced some US dates, including June 9 at Great Scott in Boston.

*THE FRATELLIS will play a show at the Irving Plaza aka Fillmore New York, on April 26.

*THE CHANGES have announced a couple of New York shows - they'll be a Knitting Factory on May 11 with THE CINEMATICS and headlining on the 12th at Union Hall.

*Finally - Beggars has stepped forward and will be releasing the LONG BLONDES album sometime this summer, with 4 bonus tracks for those who waited and didn't buy the import.

*AEREOGRAMME have re-scheduled their Boston appearance for April 27 at the Middle East upstairs, with BISHOP ALLEN.

*I can't share with you yet, but the WFNX Best Music Poll concert is coming up and the lineup this year is AWESOME. You won't be disappointed. They'll be announcing most of the lineup on the air on Thursday.

*Upset that Pitchfork gave your favorite band a 5.4 rating last week? Here, cheer yourself up with this nugget from their archives: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21567-it-means-everything

*Want to view the British Accents radio playlist? Identify a song on your podcast or just see what's new and spinning? Here's last Sunday's playlist:
http://www.spinitron.com/public/index.php?station=wmfo&month=Apr&year=2007&plid=4416
...and the week before:
http://www.spinitron.com/public/index.php?station=wmfo&month=Apr&year=2007&plid=4370

Boston shows, 4.13

BOSTON/NEW ENGLAND EVENTS
Thursdays - "Love Night" 80's w/DJ Brian @ Common Ground
Thursdays - DJ Sugar Dandy @ The Independent, Union Sq FREE
Fridays - "The Pill" w/DJs Ken & Terence @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "The Plan" w/live guests & DJ's Carl & Bethany @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "Soul-le-lu-jah" (northern soul/motown) @ Zuzu FREE
Saturdays - "Heroes" w/DJ Chris Ewen (x-manray) @ Toast
Saturdays - "The Pill vs Love Night" @ Common Ground (every other Sat)
Apr 13 - CLOUD CULT, CALLA @ Middle East upstairs
Apr 13 - ALOUD, SILVER LINING, BAKER, PROTOKOLL @ Harper's Ferry
Apr 13 - CASPIAN, ON FIRE @ Paradise
Apr 14 - ELI PAPERBOY REED, AGE RINGS, TOWNSHIP @ Harper's Ferry
Apr 14 - MITTENS, DEAD TREES, KETMAN @ Great Scott
Apr 15 - THE BOOKS @ Somerville Theatre
Apr 15 - SON VOLT @ Paradise
Apr 16 - JESSE MALIN, ELI PAPERBOY REED @ Great Scott
Apr 17 - OURS @ Great Scott
Apr 17 - THE POSTMARKS, HARRY & THE POTTERS @ Middle East downstairs
Apr 18 - THE INFORMATION, EMERGENCY MUSIC, RADKA @ The Basement (Baseball Tavern)
Apr 18 - VNV NATION @ Axis
Apr 19 - GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY @ Great Scott
Apr 20 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Middle East upstairs
Apr 20 - ABERDEEN CITY, HUMANWINE @ Paradise
Apr 21 - FLAMING LIPS, YO LA TENGO @ Brown University, Providence
Apr 21 - KRISTIN HERSH @ Regent Theatre
Apr 21 - DE NOVO DAHL @ tba
Apr 21 - THE CHAINLETTER (final show), THE VERSHOK, BLING KONG, DAILY PRAVDA @ Mideast up
Apr 22 - THE FRAMES @ Somerville Theatre
Apr 22 - FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE, ROBBERS ON HIGH STREET @ Paradise
Apr 24 - BOY IN STATIC @ Great Scott
Apr 26 - DR. DOG @ Great Scott
Apr 27 - MODEST MOUSE @ Orpheum
Apr 27 - PELA @ The Pill, Great Scott
Apr 27 - AEREOGRAMME, BISHOP ALLEN @ Middle East upstairs
Apr 28 - SPOON @ Museum of Fine Arts SOLD OUT
Apr 29 - WOLFMOTHER @ Avalon
Apr 30 - EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS @ TT the Bear's (The View cancelled)
May 2 - MODEST MOUSE @ Lupo's, Providence
May 4 - PETER BJORN & JOHN @ Paradise SOLD OUT
May 4 - British Accents 8th Anniversary show w/THE CRIBS, THE LUXURY, RA RA RIOT @ Middle East downstairs
May 4 - TED LEO/PHARMACISTS @ Avalon
May 5 - SUNSET RUBDOWN @ Middle East downstairs
May 7 - BEN GIBBARD @ Somerville Theatre
May 7 - AMY WINEHOUSE @ Paradise
May 9 - FIELDS, BLONDE REDHEAD @ Paradise
May 10 - ARCADE FIRE @ Orpheum
May 11 - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM @ Axis
May 13 - ARCTIC MONKEYS @ Avalon SOLD OUT
May 13 - THE KOOKS @ Paradise SOLD OUT
May 15 - CINEMATICS, THE CHANGES @ TT the Bear's
May 15 - !!!, HOLY FUCK @ Paradise
May 16 - ELECTRELANE, THE BLOW @ Paradise
May 16 - ANDREW BIRD @ Berklee Performance Center
May 17 - PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES @ Middle East downstairs
May 18 - RICHARD LLOYD (TELEVISION) @ TT the Bear's
May 19 - TAPES N TAPES @ Paradise
May 19 - MANDO DIAO, POP LEVI, THE FILMS @ TT the Bear's
May 22 - DAMIEN RICE @ Opera House
May 25 - KEANE @ Pavillion
May 29 - BRMC, THE HORRORS @ Avalon
May 30 - THE COMAS, THE BROKEN WEST @ Middle East upstairs
May 31 - MYSTERY JETS, WHITE RABBITS @ Great Scott
Jun 2 - JUAN MACLEAN @ Great Scott
Jun 9 - THE CLIENTELE, BEACH HOUSE @ MFA
Jun 9 - THE VEILS @ Great Scott
Jun 14 - VOXTROT, FAVOURITE SONS @ Middle East downstairs
Jun 21 - THE NATIONAL @ Middle East downstairs
Jun 22 - THE TRUCKS @ The Pill, Great Scott
Jun 26 - MORRISSEY @ Pavillion
Jun 27 - MORRISSEY @ Pines Theater, Northampton MA
Jul 11 - MAXIMO PARK @ Great Scott
Jul 28 - THE POLICE @ Fenway Park

NYC & SF shows, 4.13

Lots of updates for NYC, a few for SF...

NYC AREA EVENTS
Wednesdays - "Riot Radio" @ Sutra
Thursdays - "popscene nyc" @ Club Midway (1st & 3rd Thursdays)
Thursdays - "The Gorgeous Undertow" @ Royal Oak, Brooklyn
Fridays - "Crashin In" @ Galapagos
Saturdays - "Misshapes" @ Don Hill's
Saturdays - "Tiswas" @ The Annex
Apr 13 - THE KLAXONS @ Studio B
Apr 14 - FRENCH KICKS @ Maxwell's
Apr 14 - OF MONTREAL karaoke jam @ Studio B
Apr 14 - PAGE FRANCE, HEADLIGHTS @ Union Hall
Apr 15 - CLOUD CULT, YOUNG GALAXY @ Mercury Lounge
Apr 17 - ART BRUT, RA RA RIOT, HOLY HAIL @ Bowery
Apr 18 - ART BRUT @ Studio B
Apr 18 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Maxwell's
Apr 18 - GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY @ Bowery
Apr 19 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Mercury Lounge
Apr 19 - BLING KONG @ 29 Wythe St
Apr 19 - POSTMARKS @ Union Hall
Apr 20 - HOT CHIP @ Webster Hall
Apr 20 - DE NOVO DAHL, THE COMAS @ Luna Lounge
Apr 22-23 - JARVIS COCKER @ Webster Hall
Apr 24 - THE FRAMES @ Town Hall
Apr 24 - PELA @ Mercury Lounge
Apr 24 - FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE, ROBBERS ON HIGH STREET @ Webster Hall
Apr 26 - FRATELLIS @ Irving Plaza
Apr 26 - THE HOLD STEADY, THE THERMALS @ NYU Kimmel Center
Apr 28 - THE KILLERS @ Madison Square Garden
Apr 28 - DEAN & BRITTA @ Maxwell's
Apr 29 - AEREOGRAMME, A NORTHERN CHORUS @ Luna Lounge
Apr 29-30 - MODEST MOUSE @ United Palace
Apr 30 - LOU REED @ Highline Ballroom
May 1-2 - PETER BJORN & JOHN @ Webster Hall
May 1 - THE VIEW @ Bowery CANCELLED
May 2-3 - THE CRIBS, WHITE RABBITS (2nd), RA RA RIOT (3rd), THE RACE (3rd) @ Mercury Lounge
May 2 - THE VIEW @ Luna Lounge CANCELLED
May 2 - BJORK @ Radio City Music Hall
May 4 - SUNSET RUBDOWN @ Bowery
May 5 - TED LEO/PHARMACISTS @ Webster Hall
May 5 - BJORK @ United Palace Theater
May 6 - THE CLIENTELE @ Maxwell's
May 7-9 - ARCADE FIRE @ United Palace Theatre
May 7-8 - BERUIT @ Bowery
May 8 - BJORK @ Apollo Theatre
May 8 - FIELDS, BLONDE REDHEAD @ Webster hall
May 8 - AMY WINEHOUSE @ Highline Ballroom
May 10 - THE KOOKS @ Irving Plaza
May 10 - SLOAN @ Maxwell's
May 11 - CINEMATICS, THE CHANGES @ Knitting Factory
May 11 - SLOAN @ Southpaw
May 11 - POLYPHONIC SPREE @ Hammerstein
May 12 - THE CHANGES @ Union Hall
May 12 - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM @ Studio B
May 12 - DETROIT COBRAS @ Southpaw
May 14 - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM @ Webster Hall
May 14 - MANDO DIAO, POP LEVI, THE FILMS @ Bowery
May 15 - ARCTIC MONKEYS @ Hammerstein
May 15 - SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Webster Hall
May 16 - MANDO DIAO, POP LEVI @ Maxwell's
May 17 - ANDREW BIRD @ Webster Hall
May 18 - FIELDS @ Union Hall
May 18 - THE SPINTO BAND @ Maxwell's
May 19 - FIELDS @ Mercury Lounge
May 19 - SECRET MACHINES @ Highline Ballroom
May 21 - DAMIEN RICE @ Radio City Music Hall
May 24 - ROSEBUDS @ Bowery
May 30 - BRMC, THE HORRORS @ Webster Hall
May 30 - KEANE @ Central Park Summerstage
May 30 - LILY ALLEN @ Roseland
Jun 7 - BLOC PARTY, MACABEES, NOISETTES @ Asbury Park Convention Hall
Jun 7 - THE VEILS @ Mercury Lounge
Jun 7 - DINOSAUR JR @ Irving Plaza
Jun 8 - THE VEILS @ Union Hall
Jun 8 - THE CLIENTELE, BEACH HOUSE @ Bowery
Jun 15 - TELEVISION @ Central Park Summerstage
Jun 30 - MORRISSEY @ Madison Square Garden
Jul 20 - NEKO CASE @ Central Park Summerstage
Aug 1,3 - THE POLICE @ Madison Square Garden
Aug 9 - DAFT PUNK, THE RAPTURE @ Keyspan Park
Sep 14 - UNDERWORLD @ Central Park Summerstage

SAN FRANCISCO/BAY AREA EVENTS
2nd & 4th Tuesdays - "Hold Ya Horses" @ Aunt Charlie's
Wednesdays - "1964" (mod/soul) @ Edinburg Castle FREE (alternating Wednesdays)
Thursdays - "popscene" @ 330 Ritch Street
Thursdays - "1984" 80s @ Cat Club
some Saturdays - "Leisure" @ Annie's Social Club
Apr 16 - SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Independent
Apr 19 - WAR TAPES @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Apr 23 - THE BOOKS @ Great American
Apr 24 - CINEMATICS @ Slim's
Apr 25-26 - DECEMBERISTS, MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND @ Warfield
Apr 26 - KLAXONS, AMY WINEHOUSE @ popscene, 330 Ritch SOLD OUT
Apr 27 - KAISER CHIEFS, THE WALKMEN, LITTLE ONES @ Warfield
Apr 28 - JARVIS COCKER @ Fillmore
Apr 30 - THE KOOKS @ Slim's
Apr 30 - SLOAN @ Independent
Apr 30 - FIELDS @ Cafe du Nord
May 1 - ARCTIC MONKEYS @ Warfield
May 1 - ANDREW BIRD @ Fillmore
May 5 - "Leisure" @ Annie's Social Club
May 10 - THE VIEW @ Slim's CANCELLED
May 15-16 - PETER BJORN & JOHN @ Bimbos
May 19 - BJORK @ Shoreline Ampitheatre
May 29 - ELECTRELANE @ Great American
May 30 - VOXTROT @ Great American
May 30 - THE HOLD STEADY @ Slim's
May 31 - SCISSORS FOR LEFTY @ popscene, 330 Ritch

BA Newsletter 3/30

*No e-mail newsletter this week - gmail is rejecting my outgoing mails for some reason, so for the time being the newsletter will be blog-only.

*It's that time of year - British Accents is another year old. For our 8th anniversary this year, we're once again presenting a show - May 4 at the Middle East downstairs featuring THE CRIBS, RA RA RIOT and THE LUXURY. Tickets are onsale now through ticketmaster or without the fees at the Middle East box office, which is open most days from mid-day til about 7pm.

*MORRISSEY tickets for the Boston Pavillion show in June are onsale now if you're in the fanclub, plus a few select seats are available for auction online now, and the rest will be put onsale on Monday, April 2.

*ART BRUT's new album will be called "It's A Bit Complicated" (ironic title), and will be released in the US on June 19. You can download a few tracks on www.thetripwire.com and will soon be able to hear them on British Accents Radio as well.

*"Jarvis", the debut solo album from PULP's JARVIS COCKER is released next Tuesday, April 3 in the US. He's looking for appropriate local bands in various US cities to open for him during a short tour. No mention of Boston but New York and LA are on the list.

*The finest Britpop band in Texas (maybe even all of the US), VOXTROT, will release their self-titled debut in the US on May 22. Hear the new song "Kid Gloves" on BA Radio this Sunday.

*ASH's new album will be called "Twilight of the Innocents" and be released on July 2 in the UK, with a US release likely to follow.

*MODEST MOUSE have their first #1 US album as "We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank" entered the Billboard albums chart at #1 with 128,000+ copies sold. JOHNNY MARR revealed to NME why he joined the band, which can be read in full at www.nme.com, but here's an excerpt - "It started off just as me writing some songs with Isaac and I wasn't looking beyond that. Then it became about me recording these songs as an album with these musicians. Then when the record started to sound as it did, I felt like I wanted to go out and play my part and show my commitment to what I'd done. And I'm still in that frame of mind."

*Heading to Glastonbury this summer? The first group of bands has just been announced - www.nme.com has em all, but highlights include BLOC PARTY, ARCADE FIRE, ARCTIC MONKEYS, MANIC STREET PREACHERS, KAISER CHIEFS, THE STOOGES, THE KOOKS, THE WHO, SUPER FURRY ANIMALS, THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN, PETE DOHERTY and many more.

*The NYC listings won't reflect it right away, but Irving Plaza is now being called The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza. Should I start calling it Fillmore or stick with Irving?

*Did you know that FRANZ FERDINAND's ALEX KAPRANOS wrote a book? And would you believe it's about food? Apparently the slender Scotsman has eaten enough of it (hard to believe) to write a book that's now available in the US called "Sound Bites".

*MARK E. SMITH of THE FALL has teamed up with MOUSE ON MARS for a new project called VON SUDENDED, which will release a debut CD on May 21 in the UK with a 12" single out on May 7.

*FIELDS are doing a US tour in May, including some dates with BLONDE REDHEAD. Shows in Boston, NY and SF are included and listed below.

*UNDERWORLD will do a handful of US dates in early fall, including September 14 at Central Park Summerstage, also Denver and LA.

*Other NYC club news - Tonic is closing. Guess you'll have to drink $10 beers while watching bands elsewhere.

*It's awhile away, but the new TEGAN & SARA album "The Con" will come out in the states on July 24.

*How do you make BONO even more self important? Call him "Sir Bono"! The world's spokesman for the downtrodden, starving and just hidden under rocks, Bono will be knighted but not take on the title "Sir".

New & upcoming release dates

NEW & UPCOMING ALBUM RELEASE DATES (subject to change)
Mar 19 - THE RAKES/Ten New Messages UK
Mar 19 - THE ALIENS/Astronomy For Dogs UK
Mar 19 - FEEDER/Picuture of Perfect Youth (bsides) UK
Mar 19 - JACK/Pioneer Soundtracks (10th anniv. edition) UK
Mar 20 - MODEST MOUSE/We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank USA
Mar 20 - TED LEO/PHARMACISTS/Living With The Living USA
Mar 20 - IGGY & THE STOOGES/The Weirdness USA
Mar 26 - BRETT ANDERSON/Brett Anderson UK
Mar 26 - COLDPLAY/The Singles 1999-2006 UK
Mar 26 - WEDDING PRESENT/Complete Peel Sessions UK
Mar 26 - THE BEES/Octopus UK
Mar 27 - KAISER CHIEFS/Yours Truly, Angry Mob USA
Mar 27 - KLAXONS/Myths of the Near Future USA
Mar 27 - TV ON THE RADIO/Amoeba live EP USA
Mar - THE VIEW/Hats Off To The Buskers USA
Mar - THE MAGIC NUMBERS/Those The Brakes USA
Mar - RAKES/Ten New Messages UK
Mar - CINEMATICS/A Strange Education USA
Apr 2 - MAXIMO PARK/Our Earthly Pleasures UK
Apr 3 - IDLEWILD/Make Another World USA
Apr 3 - JARVIS COCKER/Jarvis USA
Apr 3 - FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE/Weather and Traffic USA
Apr 10 - BRIGHT EYES/Cassadaga USA
Apr 10 - GOLDRUSH/The Heart is the Place USA
Apr 10 - SHEARWATER/Palo Santo (reissue w/bonus) USA
Apr 17 - THE HOLD STEADY/Live at Fingerprints EP USA
Apr 23 - ARCTIC MONKEYS/Favourite Worst Nightmare UK
Apr 24 - ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE/No Need To Be Downhearted USA
Apr 24 - MIDNIGHT MOVIES/Lion the Girl USA
Apr 24 - MANDO DIAO/Ode to Ochrasy USA
Apr 30 - BRMC/Baby 81
May 1 - DINOSAUR JR/Beyond USA
May 1 - BRMC/Baby 81 USA
May 1 - DUNGEN/Tio Bitar USA
May 7 - TRAVIS/The Boy With No Name UK
May 7 - MANIC STREET PREACHER/Send Away the Tigers UK
May 8 - MAXIMO PARK/Our Earthly Pleasures USA
May 8 - FIELDS/Everything Last Winter USA
May 15 - WILCO/Blue Sky Blue USA
May 21 - VON SUDENFED/Tromatic Reflexxions UK
May 22 - VOXTROT/Voxtrot USA
May 22 - STARS/Do You Trust Your Friends (remixes) USA
May - HOT HOT HEAT USA/UK
Jun 19 - ART BRUT/It's A Bit Complicated USA
Jun - THE CURE USA/UK
Jun - THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS/We Are The Night USA/UK
Jul 2 - ASH/Twilight of the Innocents UK
Jul 24 - TEGAN & SARA/The Con USA
Jul - OKKERVIL RIVER USA

UPCOMING SINGLES (all UK unless noted)
Mar 19 - THE LONGCUT/Idiot Check/You Got The Love
Mar 19 - RAZORLIGHT/I Can't Stop This Feeling I've Got
Mar 19 - GHOSTS/Stay The Night
Mar 19 - THE HOURS/Love You More
Mar 19 - MAXIMO PARK/Our Velocity
Mar 19 - THE RUMBLE STRIPS/Alarm Clock
Mar 19 - MANIC STREET PREACHERS/Underdogs 7" only
Mar 26 - THIRTEEN SENSES/All the Love In Your Hands
Mar 26 - FIELDS/Charming the Flames
Mar 26 - THE LITTLE FLAMES/Isobella
Mar 26 - ILIKETRAINS/Spencer Perceval
Mar 26 - SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO/It's The Beat
Apr 2 - THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN/Green Fields
Apr 9 - KLAXONS/Gravity's Rainbow
Apr 16 - ARCTIC MONKEYS/Brianstorm
Apr 16 - ASH/You Can't Have It All
Apr 16 - BRMC/Weapon of Choice
Apr 23 - TRAVIS/Closer
May 14 - THE CRIBS/Man's Needs

Boston shows, 3/30

BOSTON/NEW ENGLAND EVENTS
Thursdays - "Love Night" 80's w/DJ Brian @ Common Ground
Fridays - "The Pill" w/DJs Ken & Terence @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "The Plan" w/live guests & DJ's Carl & Bethany @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "Soul-le-lu-jah" (northern soul/motown) @ Zuzu FREE
Saturdays - "Heroes" w/DJ Chris Ewen (x-manray) @ Toast
Saturdays - "The Pill vs Love Night" @ Common Ground (every other Sat)
Mar 30 - SEBADOH @ Paradise
Mar 30 - COLD WAR KIDS, TOKYO POLICE CLUB @ Middle East downstairs SOLD OUT
Mar 30 - THE INFORMATION @ The Pill, Great Scott
Mar 30 - ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE VENUS 3 @ TT the Bear's
Mar 30 - BIRDMONSTER @ Middle East upstairs
Mar 31 - WHEAT, PLAIN JANES @ TT the Bear's
Apr 2 - WINTERPILLS, KRISTOFFER RAGNSTAM @ Middle East upstairs
Apr 3 - SCISSORS FOR LEFTY, LOCKSLEY @ PA's Lounge
Apr 4 - AEREOGRAMME, TWILIGHT SAD @ Middle East upstairs
Apr 6 - YOUTH GROUP, AQUEDUCT @ Middle East upstairs
Apr 6 - SONDRE LERCHE, WILLY MASON @ Paradise
Apr 6 - PLACEBO @ Roxy
Apr 7 - IGGY & THE STOOGES @ Orpheum
Apr 7 - LOW @ Somerville Theatre
Apr 7 - LILY ALLEN @ Roxy
Apr 7 - SHEARWATER, XIU XIU, CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE @ TT the Bear's
Apr 7 - EVERYDAY VISUALS, TAXPAYER, BLEU @ Paradise
Apr 9 - KAISER CHIEFS, THE WALKMEN, LITTLE ONES @ Avalon
Apr 10 - CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH @ Lupo's, Providence
Apr 11 - KLAXONS @ Great Scott SOLD OUT
Apr 11 - CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH @ Pearl Street, Northampton MA
Apr 11 - RASPUTINA @ Regent Theatre
Apr 12 - FRENCH KICKS @ Great Scott
Apr 15 - THE BOOKS @ Somerville Theatre
Apr 15 - SON VOLT @ Paradise
Apr 17 - OURS @ Great Scott
Apr 19 - GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY @ Great Scott
Apr 20 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Middle East upstairs
Apr 21 - FLAMING LIPS, YO LA TENGO @ Brown University, Providence
Apr 21 - KRISTIN HERSH @ Regent Theatre
Apr 21 - DE NOVO DAHL @ tba
Apr 22 - THE FRAMES @ Somerville Theatre
Apr 22 - FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE, ROBBERS ON HIGH STREET @ Paradise
Apr 24 - BOY IN STATIC @ Great Scott
Apr 26 - DR. DOG @ Great Scott
Apr 27 - MODEST MOUSE @ Orpheum
Apr 27 - PELA @ The Pill, Great Scott
Apr 28 - SPOON @ Museum of Fine Arts
Apr 30 - THE VIEW, EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS @ TT the Bear's
May 2 - MODEST MOUSE @ Lupo's, Providence
May 4 - PETER BJORN & JOHN @ Paradise
May 4 - British Accents 8th Anniversary show w/THE CRIBS, THE LUXURY, RA RA RIOT @ Middle East downstairs
May 4 - TED LEO/PHARMACISTS @ Avalon
May 5 - SUNSET RUBDOWN @ Middle East downstairs
May 7 - BEN GIBBARD @ Somerville Theatre
May 7 - AMY WINEHOUSE @ Paradise
May 9 - FIELDS, BLONDE REDHEAD @ Paradise
May 10 - ARCADE FIRE @ Orpheum
May 11 - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM @ Axis
May 13 - ARCTIC MONKEYS @ Avalon
May 13 - THE KOOKS @ Paradise
May 15 - CINEMATICS, THE CHANGES @ TT the Bear's
May 16 - ELECTRELANE, THE BLOW @ Paradise
May 16 - ANDREW BIRD @ Berklee Performance Center
May 17 - PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES @ Middle East downstairs
May 18 - RICHARD LLOYD (TELEVISION) @ TT the Bear's
May 19 - TAPES N TAPES @ Paradise
May 19 - MANDO DIAO, POP LEVI, THE FILMS @ TT the Bear's
May 22 - DAMIEN RICE @ Opera House
May 29 - BRMC, THE HORRORS @ Avalon
May 31 - MYSTERY JETS @ Great Scott
Jun 2 - JUAN MACLEAN @ Great Scott
Jun 9 - THE CLIENTELE, BEACH HOUSE @ MFA
Jun 14 - VOXTROT, FAVOURITE SONS @ Middle East downstairs
Jun 21 - THE NATIONAL @ Middle East downstairs
Jun 22 - THE TRUCKS @ The Pill, Great Scott
Jun 26 - MORRISSEY @ Pavillion
Jun 27 - MORRISSEY @ Pines Theater, Northampton MA
Jul 11 - MAXIMO PARK @ Great Scott
Jul 28 - THE POLICE @ Fenway Park

NY & SF shows, 3/30

NYC AREA EVENTS
Wednesdays - "Riot Radio" @ Sutra
Thursdays - "popscene nyc" @ Club Midway (1st & 3rd Thursdays)
Thursdays - "The Gorgeous Undertow" @ Royal Oak, Brooklyn
Fridays - "Crashin In" @ Galapagos
Saturdays - "Misshapes" @ Don Hill's
Saturdays - "Tiswas" @ The Annex
Mar 30 - LONG WINTERS @ Maxwell's
Mar 30 - SAY HI TO YOUR MOM, BISHOP ALLEN, +/- @ Mercury Lounge
Mar 30 - SCISSORS FOR LEFTY, LOCKSLEY @ Galapagos
Mar 30-31 - BLOC PARTY, ALBERT HAMMOND JR @ United Palace Theatre SOLD OUT
Mar 30-31 - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Mar 31 - SEBADOH @ Webster Hall
Mar 31 - BIRDMONSTER @ Gramercey Theatre
Mar 31 - THE SPINTO BAND @ Williamsburg White Room
Mar31-Apr1 - THE LONG WINTERS, STARS OF TRACK AND FIELD @ Mercury Lounge
Apr 1 - SEBADOH @ Maxwell's
Apr 1 - BENZOS, SCISSORS FOR LEFTY, LOCKSLEY @ Knitting Factory
Apr 2 - ALBERT HAMMOND JR @ Bowery
Apr 2 - LONG WINTERS @ Union Hall
Apr 2 - AEREOGRAMME, TWILIGHT SAD, NORTHERN CHORUS @ Knitting Factory
Apr 2-3 - DE NOVO DAHL @ Pianos
Apr 3 - AEREOGRAMME, TWILIGHT SAD, NORTHERN CHORUS @ Luna Lounge
Apr 4 - SONS & DAUGHTERS, 1990'S @ Bowery
Apr 4 - THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES @ Mercury Lounge
Apr 6 - LOW @ Webster Hall
Apr 6 - BANG CAMARO @ Mercury Lounge
Apr 6-7,9 - COLD WAR KIDS, TOKYO POLICE CLUB @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Apr 7 - BENZOS @ Matchless
Apr 8 - SHEARWATER, XIU XIU, CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE @ Bowery
Apr 9 - TOKYO POLICE CLUB, RA RA RIOT SOLD OUT
Apr 9 - IGGY & THE STOOGES @ United Palace Theatre
Apr 10 - KLAXONS @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Apr 10 - YOUTH GROUP, AQUEDUCT @ Mercury Lounge
Apr 12 - KAISER CHIEFS, THE WALKMEN, THE LITTLE ONES @ Roseland
Apr 17 - ART BRUT @ Bowery
Apr 18 - ART BRUT @ Studio B
Apr 18 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Maxwell's
Apr 19 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Mercury Lounge
Apr 20 - HOT CHIP @ Webster Hall
Apr 20 - DE NOVO DAHL @ Luna Lounge
Apr 22-23 - JARVIS COCKER @ Webster Hall
Apr 24 - THE FRAMES @ Town Hall
Apr 29-30 - MODEST MOUSE @ United Palace
May 1-2 - PETER BJORN & JOHN @ Webster Hall
May 1 - THE VIEW @ Bowery
May 2 - THE VIEW @ Luna Lounge
May 2 - BJORK @ Radio City Music Hall
May 4 - SUNSET RUBDOWN @ Bowery
May 5 - TED LEO/PHARMACISTS @ Webster Hall
May 5 - BJORK @ United Palace Theater
May 7-9 - ARCADE FIRE @ tba
May 8 - BJORK @ Apollo Theatre
May 8 - FIELDS, BLONDE REDHEAD @ Webster hall
May 10 - THE KOOKS @ Irving Plaza
May 10 - SLOAN @ Maxwell's
May 11 - SLOAN @ Southpaw
May 12 - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM @ Studio B
May 14 - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM @ Webster Hall
May 15 - ARCTIC MONKEYS @ Hammerstein
May 15 - SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Webster Hall
May 17 - ANDREW BIRD @ Webster Hall
May 18 - FIELDS @ Union Hall
May 19 - FIELDS @ Mercury Lounge
May 30 - BRMC, THE HORRORS @ Webster Hall
May 30 - KEANE @ Central Park Summerstage
May 30 - LILY ALLEN @ Roseland
Jun 15 - TELEVISION @ Central Park Summerstage
Jun 30 - MORRISSEY @ Madison Square Garden
Jul 20 - NEKO CASE @ Central Park Summerstage
Aug 1,3 - THE POLICE @ Madison Square Garden
Aug 9 - DAFT PUNK, THE RAPTURE @ Keyspan Park
Sep 14 - UNDERWORLD @ Central Park Summerstage

SAN FRANCISCO/BAY AREA EVENTS
2nd & 4th Tuesdays - "Hold Ya Horses" @ Aunt Charlie's
Wednesdays - "1964" (mod/soul) @ Edinburg Castle FREE (alternating Wednesdays)
Thursdays - "popscene" @ 330 Ritch Street
Thursdays - "1984" 80s @ Cat Club
some Saturdays - "Leisure" @ Annie's Social Club
Apr 5 - TEDDYBEARS @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Apr 6 - MEW @ Fillmore
Apr 6 - WHITEY, HOME VIDEO @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Apr 7 - THE FRAMES @ Fillmore
Apr 7 - "Leisure" @ Annie's Social Club
Apr 8 - MUSE dj set, IMMIGRANT @ Dark Room
Apr 16 - SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Independent
Apr 19 - WAR TAPES @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Apr 23 - THE BOOKS @ Great American
Apr 24 - CINEMATICS @ Slim's
Apr 25-26 - DECEMBERISTS, MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND @ Warfield
Apr 26 - KLAXONS, AMY WINEHOUSE @ popscene, 330 Ritch SOLD OUT
Apr 27 - KAISER CHIEFS, THE WALKMEN, LITTLE ONES @ Warfield
Apr 28 - JARVIS COCKER @ Fillmore
Apr 30 - THE KOOKS @ Slim's
Apr 30 - SLOAN @ Independent
Apr 30 - FIELDS @ Cafe du Nord
May 1 - ARCTIC MONKEYS @ Warfield
May 1 - ANDREW BIRD @ Fillmore
May 5 - "Leisure" @ Annie's Social Club
May 10 - THE VIEW @ Slim's
May 15-16 - PETER BJORN & JOHN @ Bimbos
May 19 - BJORK @ Shoreline Ampitheatre
May 29 - ELECTRELANE @ Great American
May 30 - VOXTROT @ Great American
May 30 - THE HOLD STEADY @ Slim's
May 31 - SCISSORS FOR LEFTY @ popscene, 330 Ritch

BA Newsletter 3/23

*British Accents radio returns to the airwaves this Sunday with stories from SXSW and new music from ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE, GOLDRUSH, JARVIS COCKER, SILVER SUN and more! Yes, I said Silver Sun, who are back and finally releasing a US album later this year.

*MORRISSEY tour dates are upon us - www.morrissey-solo.com reports that the Mozzer will be in Boston on June 26 at the Pavillion, June 27 at Pines Theater in Northampton, June 30 at Madison Square Garden in NYC, and if you feel like road tripping there's shows in Philly, NJ and elsewhere on the east coast. Sorry, no Providence or Maine this time.

*Moz's former songwriting partner, JOHNNY MARR, will be at Orpheum on April 27 with MODEST MOUSE. Tickets onsale Saturday at noon. The band will also be at United Palace in NY on April 29 & 30 and Lupo's in Providence on May 2.

*While BA was taking spring break at SXSW, THE ARCTIC MONKEYS announced some tour dates. They'll be at Avalon in Boston on May 13, SF's Warfield on May 1, and Hammerstein in NYC on May 15.

*DAMON ALBARN's put something else on his plate that already includes THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN, BLUR, GORILLAZ and his solo work - his opera "The Monkey King" is set to premier this summer in Manchester.

*THE ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE will release a full length in the US for the first time ever on April 24 when "No Need To Be Downhearted" hits the stores. "The Human Body EP" came out last fall, and US label Better Looking Records has plans to release a retrospective of ESP's earlier works in the US later this year.

*Another signee of the Better Looking label, GOLDRUSH, will release their next album in the US on April 10, titled "The Heart is the Place".

*SILVERSUN PICKUPS will play an instore at Newbury Comics on March 29, most likely the Newbury Street store but that could change. In addition to the SNOW PATROL dates, they'll also be at The Independent in SF on April 16 and Webster Hall in NY on May 15.

*THE CHANGES return to Boston with a show at TT's on May 15, with Scotland's CINEMATICS headlining the bill.

*MAXIMO PARK will be in Boston again, but not for awhile - mark your calendars for July 11 when the band returns to town. The club has a slew of great shows this spring - coming to the space will be MYSTERY JETS, GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY, OURS and more!

*MANIC STREET PREACHERS release a new album in the UK in May titled "Send Away The Tigers". No word on a US release, and die-hard Manics fans can pick up a 7" only lead single called "Underdogs".

*THE CLIENTELE return to Boston on June 9 at the MFA with BEACH HOUSE in tow, with tickets onsale now.

*SPOON return to Boston for an intimate performance at the Museum of Fine Arts' Remis Auditorium on Saturday, April 28. Right now this show is not sold out because it hasn't been highly publicized, but get tickets soon if you hope to go.

*TV ON THE RADIO will release a limited edition live EP that will only be available through Amoeba Music, where the band performed live awhile back. If you're not near an Amoeba store, you can buy it online at www.amoeba.com

*ASH release their first new material since 2004 on April 16 when the "You Can't Have It All" single comes out in the UK.

*Great Scott proudly announces the return of THE HORRORS to Boston. Actually, the band is most likely banned from the Allston venue, but they've yet to get on the shit list at the Avalon, where they'll open for BRMC on May 29. Other BRMC/Horrors dates include Webster Hall on May 30.

*Couldn't get DECEMBERISTS tickets for the Friday show at Avalon? Or maybe you just need something to do afterward - "The Pill" is hosting a KLAXONS listening party at Great Scott. And btw, the band's show there on April 11 is now sold out.

*THE CRIBS will release a new single on May 14 in the UK called "Man's Needs". The band will also be playing a handful of US dates, including May 4 at the Middle East downstairs, with openers tba.

*Former members of THE BETA BAND are back in action with a new band called THE ALIENS, whose debut "Astronomy For Dogs" comes out in the UK this week.

*Ten years ago Too Pure released "Pioneer Soundtracks" from JACK, a record heralded in its day but largely forgotten now. Despite that, a tenth anniversary edition with a bonus disc is now being released in the UK.

*THE DARKNESS are no more. Based on the placement of this story hopefully you'll take in the relevance of this fact. The members will continue to make music under other names.

New & Upcoming release dates

NEW & UPCOMING ALBUM RELEASE DATES (subject to change)
Mar 13 - FRATELLIS/Costello Music USA
Mar 13 - AQUALUNG/Memory Man USA
Mar 13 - RA RA RIOT/EP USA
Mar 19 - THE RAKES/Ten New Messages UK
Mar 19 - THE ALIENS/Astronomy For Dogs UK
Mar 19 - FEEDER/Picuture of Perfect Youth (bsides) UK
Mar 19 - JACK/Pioneer Soundtracks (10th anniv. edition) UK
Mar 20 - MODEST MOUSE/We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank USA
Mar 20 - TED LEO/PHARMACISTS/Living With The Living USA
Mar 20 - IGGY & THE STOOGES/The Weirdness USA
Mar 26 - BRETT ANDERSON/Brett Anderson UK
Mar 26 - COLDPLAY/The Singles 1999-2006 UK
Mar 27 - KAISER CHIEFS/Yours Truly, Angry Mob USA
Mar 27 - KLAXONS/Myths of the Near Future USA
Mar 27 - TV ON THE RADIO/Amoeba live EP USA
Mar - THE VIEW/Hats Off To The Buskers USA
Mar - THE MAGIC NUMBERS/Those The Brakes USA
Mar - RAKES/Ten New Messages UK
Mar - CINEMATICS/A Strange Education USA
Apr 2 - MAXIMO PARK/Our Earthly Pleasures UK
Apr 3 - IDLEWILD/Make Another World USA
Apr 3 - JARVIS COCKER/Jarvis USA
Apr 3 - FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE/Weather and Traffic USA
Apr 10 - BRIGHT EYES/Cassadaga USA
Apr 10 - GOLDRUSH/The Heart is the Place USA
Apr 17 - THE HOLD STEADY/Live at Fingerprints EP USA
Apr 23 - ARCTIC MONKEYS/Favourite Worst Nightmare UK
Apr 24 - ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE/No Need To Be Downhearted USA
Apr 24 - MIDNIGHT MOVIES/Lion the Girl USA
Apr 24 - MANDO DIAO/Ode to Ochrasy USA
Apr 30 - BRMC/Baby 81
May 1 - DINOSAUR JR/Beyond USA
May 1 - BRMC/Baby 81 USA
May 1 - DUNGEN/Tio Bitar USA
May 7 - TRAVIS/The Boy With No Name UK
May 7 - MANIC STREET PREACHER/Send Away the Tigers UK
May 8 - MAXIMO PARK/Our Earthly Pleasures USA
May 8 - FIELDS/Everything Last Winter USA
May 15 - WILCO/Blue Sky Blue USA
May 22 - STARS/Do You Trust Your Friends (remixes) USA
May - HOT HOT HEAT USA/UK
Jun - THE CURE USA/UK
Jun - THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS/We Are The Night USA/UK

UPCOMING SINGLES (all UK unless noted)
Mar 12 - HOLLOWAYS/Dancefloor
Mar 12 - BRETT ANDERSON/Love is Dead
Mar 19 - THE LONGCUT/Idiot Check/You Got The Love
Mar 19 - RAZORLIGHT/I Can't Stop This Feeling I've Got
Mar 19 - GHOSTS/Stay The Night
Mar 19 - THE HOURS/Love You More
Mar 19 - MAXIMO PARK/Our Velocity
Mar 19 - THE RUMBLE STRIPS/Alarm Clock
Mar 19 - MANIC STREET PREACHERS/Underdogs 7" only
Apr 2 - THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN/Green Fields
Apr 9 - KLAXONS/Gravity's Rainbow
Apr 16 - ARCTIC MONKEYS/Brianstorm
Apr 16 - ASH/You Can't Have It All
Apr 16 - BRMC/Weapon of Choice
Apr 23 - TRAVIS/Closer
May 14 - THE CRIBS/Man's Needs

Boston area show listings

BOSTON/NEW ENGLAND EVENTS
Thursdays - "Love Night" 80's w/DJ Brian @ Common Ground
Thursdays - DJ Sugar Dandy @ The Independent, Union Sq FREE
Fridays - "The Pill" w/DJs Ken & Terence @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "The Plan" w/live guests & DJ Carl @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "Soul-le-lu-jah" (northern soul/motown) @ Zuzu FREE
Saturdays - "Heroes" w/DJ Chris Ewen (x-manray) @ Toast
Saturdays - "The Pill vs Love Night" @ Common Ground (every other Sat)
Mar 23 - MEW @ Paradise
Mar 23-24 - DECEMBERISTS, MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND @ Avalon
Mar 24 - BON SAVANTS, YOU AM I @ Middle East downstairs
Mar 24 - OPPENHEIMER @ Brandeis University, Waltham
Mar 24 - HALLELUJAH THE HILLS, LADY OF SPAIN @ Great Scott
Mar 27 - PONYS, BLACK LIPS @ TT the Bear's
Mar 27 - FIELD MUSIC, MENOMENA @ Great Scott
Mar 28 - BLOC PARTY, ALBERT HAMMOND JR @ Orpheum
Mar 28 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS, OK GO @ Agganis Arena
Mar 28 - ELECTRIC SIX @ Middle East downstairs
Mar 29 - THE LONG WINTERS, BROKEN WEST, STARS OF TRACK AND FIELD @ Great Scott
Mar 29 - SEBADOH @ Pearl Street, Northampton MA
Mar 29 - SILVERSUN PICKUPS instore @ Newbury Comics FREE (time & loc. tba)
Mar 29 - DECEMBERISTS @ Wellesley College (students only)
Mar 30 - SEBADOH @ Paradise
Mar 30 - COLD WAR KIDS, TOKYO POLICE CLUB @ Middle East downstairs SOLD OUT
Mar 30 - ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE VENUS 3 @ TT the Bear's
Mar 30 - BIRDMONSTER @ Middle East upstairs
Mar 31 - WHEAT, PLAIN JANES @ TT the Bear's
Apr 2 - WINTERPILLS, KRISTOFFER RAGNSTAM @ Middle East upstairs
Apr 3 - SCISSORS FOR LEFTY @ PA's Lounge
Apr 4 - AEREOGRAMME, TWILIGHT SAD @ Middle East upstairs
Apr 6 - YOUTH GROUP, AQUEDUCT @ Middle East upstairs
Apr 6 - SONDRE LERCHE, WILLY MASON @ Paradise
Apr 6 - PLACEBO @ Roxy
Apr 7 - IGGY & THE STOOGES @ Orpheum
Apr 7 - LOW @ Somerville Theatre
Apr 7 - LILY ALLEN @ Roxy
Apr 7 - SHEARWATER, XIU XIU, CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE @ TT the Bear's
Apr 7 - EVERYDAY VISUALS, TAXPAYER, BLEU @ Paradise
Apr 9 - KAISER CHIEFS, THE WALKMEN, LITTLE ONES @ Avalon
Apr 10 - CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH @ Lupo's, Providence
Apr 11 - KLAXONS @ Great Scott SOLD OUT
Apr 11 - CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH @ Pearl Street, Northampton MA
Apr 11 - RASPUTINA @ Regent Theatre
Apr 12 - FRENCH KICKS @ Great Scott
Apr 15 - THE BOOKS @ Somerville Theatre
Apr 15 - SON VOLT @ Paradise
Apr 17 - OURS @ Great Scott
Apr 19 - GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY @ Great Scott
Apr 20 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Middle East upstairs
Apr 21 - FLAMING LIPS, YO LA TENGO @ Brown University, Providence
Apr 21 - KRISTIN HERSH @ Regent Theatre
Apr 21 - DE NOVO DAHL @ tba
Apr 22 - THE FRAMES @ Somerville Theatre
Apr 22 - FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE, ROBBERS ON HIGH STREET @ Paradise
Apr 26 - DR. DOG @ Great Scott
Apr 27 - MODEST MOUSE @ Orpheum
Apr 27 - PELA @ The Pill, Great Scott
Apr 28 - SPOON @ Museum of Fine Arts
Apr 30 - THE VIEW, EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS @ TT the Bear's
May 2 - MODEST MOUSE @ Lupo's, Providence
May 4 - PETER BJORN & JOHN @ Paradise
May 4 - THE CRIBS @ Middle East downstairs
May 4 - TED LEO/PHARMACISTS @ Avalon
May 5 - SUNSET RUBDOWN @ Middle East downstairs
May 7 - BEN GIBBARD @ Somerville Theatre
May 7 - AMY WINEHOUSE @ Paradise
May 9 - BLONDE REDHEAD @ Paradise
May 10 - ARCADE FIRE @ Orpheum
May 11 - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM @ Axis
May 13 - ARCTIC MONKEYS @ Avalon
May 13 - THE KOOKS @ Paradise
May 15 - CINEMATICS, THE CHANGES @ TT the Bear's
May 16 - ELECTRELANE, THE BLOW @ Paradise
May 16 - ANDREW BIRD @ Berklee Performance Center
May 17 - PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES @ Middle East downstairs
May 18 - RICHARD LLOYD (TELEVISION) @ TT the Bear's
May 19 - TAPES N TAPES @ Paradise
May 19 - MANDO DIAO, POP LEVI, THE FILMS @ TT the Bear's
May 22 - DAMIEN RICE @ Opera House
May 29 - BRMC, THE HORRORS @ Avalon
May 31 - MYSTERY JETS @ Great Scott
Jun 2 - JUAN MACLEAN @ Great Scott
Jun 9 - THE CLIENTELE, BEACH HOUSE @ MFA
Jun 14 - VOXTROT, FAVOURITE SONS @ Middle East downstairs
Jun 21 - THE NATIONAL @ Middle East downstairs
Jun 26 - MORRISSEY @ Pavillion
Jun 27 - MORRISSEY @ Pines Theater, Northampton MA
Jul 11 - MAXIMO PARK @ Great Scott
Jul 28 - THE POLICE @ Fenway Park

NYC & SF show listings

NYC AREA EVENTS
Wednesdays - "Riot Radio" @ Sutra
Thursdays - "popscene nyc" @ Club Midway (1st & 3rd Thursdays)
Thursdays - "The Gorgeous Undertow" @ Royal Oak, Brooklyn
Fridays - "Crashin In" @ Galapagos
Saturdays - "Misshapes" @ Don Hill's
Saturdays - "Tiswas" @ The Annex
Mar 23 - THE FRATELLIS @ Mercury Lounge SOLD OUT
Mar 23 - GOLDRUSH, HOPEWELL @ Union Hall
Mar 23 - DJ Del @ Loop Lounge
Mar 23 - RHETT MILLER @ Hiro ballroom
Mar 23 - THE YOUNG KNIVES @ Annex
Mar 24 - ELECTRIC SIX @ Bowery
Mar 24 - LOCKSLEY @ Delancey
Mar 25 - YOU AM I, BON SAVANTS @ Bowery
Mar 25 - OURS @ Maxwell's
Mar 26 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS, OK GO @ Theater at Madison Sq Garden
Mar 26 - PONYS, BLACK LIPS @ Bowery
Mar 26 - OPPENHEIMER @ Knitting Factory
Mar 27-28 - ROBYN HITCHCOCK @ Knitting Factory
Mar 28 - FIELD MUSIC, MENOMENA @ Bowery
Mar 28 - DO MAKE SAY THINK @ Southpaw
Mar 29 - DO MAKE SAY THINK @ Bowery
Mar 30 - LONG WINTERS @ Maxwell's
Mar 30 - SAY HI TO YOUR MOM, BISHOP ALLEN, +/- @ Mercury Lounge
Mar 30 - SCISSORS FOR LEFTY, LOCKSLEY @ Galapagos
Mar 30-31 - BLOC PARTY, ALBERT HAMMOND JR @ United Palace Theatre SOLD OUT
Mar 30-31 - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Mar 31 - SEBADOH @ Webster Hall
Mar 31 - BIRDMONSTER @ Gramercey Theatre
Mar 31 - THE SPINTO BAND @ Williamsburg White Room
Mar31-Apr1 - THE LONG WINTERS, STARS OF TRACK AND FIELD @ Mercury Lounge
Apr 1 - SEBADOH @ Maxwell's
Apr 1 - SCISSORS FOR LEFTY @ Knitting Factory
Apr 2 - ALBERT HAMMOND JR @ Bowery
Apr 2 - LONG WINTERS @ Union Hall
Apr 2 - AEREOGRAMME, TWILIGHT SAD, NORTHERN CHORUS @ Knitting Factory
Apr 2-3 - DE NOVO DAHL @ Pianos
Apr 3 - AEREOGRAMME, TWILIGHT SAD, NORTHERN CHORUS @ Luna Lounge
Apr 4 - SONS & DAUGHTERS, 1990'S @ Bowery
Apr 4 - THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES @ Mercury Lounge
Apr 6 - LOW @ Webster Hall
Apr 6 - BANG CAMARO @ Mercury Lounge
Apr 6-7,9 - COLD WAR KIDS, TOKYO POLICE CLUB @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Apr 8 - SHEARWATER, XIU XIU, CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE @ Bowery
Apr 9 - TOKYO POLICE CLUB, RA RA RIOT SOLD OUT
Apr 9 - IGGY & THE STOOGES @ United Palace Theatre
Apr 10 - KLAXONS @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Apr 10 - YOUTH GROUP, AQUEDUCT @ Mercury Lounge
Apr 12 - KAISER CHIEFS, THE WALKMEN, THE LITTLE ONES @ Roseland
Apr 17 - ART BRUT @ Bowery
Apr 18 - ART BRUT @ Studio B
Apr 18 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Maxwell's
Apr 19 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Mercury Lounge
Apr 20 - HOT CHIP @ Webster Hall
Apr 20 - DE NOVO DAHL @ Luna Lounge
Apr 22-23 - JARVIS COCKER @ Webster Hall
Apr 24 - THE FRAMES @ Town Hall
Apr 29-30 - MODEST MOUSE @ United Palace
May 1-2 - PETER BJORN & JOHN @ Webster Hall
May 1 - THE VIEW @ Bowery
May 2 - THE VIEW @ Luna Lounge
May 2 - BJORK @ Radio City Music Hall
May 4 - SUNSET RUBDOWN @ Bowery
May 5 - TED LEO/PHARMACISTS @ Webster Hall
May 5 - BJORK @ United Palace Theater
May 7-9 - ARCADE FIRE @ tba
May 8 - BJORK @ Apollo Theatre
May 10 - THE KOOKS @ Irving Plaza
May 10 - SLOAN @ Maxwell's
May 11 - SLOAN @ Southpaw
May 12 - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM @ Studio B
May 14 - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM @ Webster Hall
May 15 - ARCTIC MONKEYS @ Hammerstein
May 15 - SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Webster Hall
May 17 - ANDREW BIRD @ Webster Hall
May 30 - BRMC, THE HORRORS @ Webster Hall
May 30 - KEANE @ Central Park Summerstage
Jun 30 - MORRISSEY @ Madison Square Garden
Jul 20 - NEKO CASE @ Central Park Summerstage
Aug 1,3 - THE POLICE @ Madison Square Garden
Aug 9 - DAFT PUNK, THE RAPTURE @ Keyspan Park

SAN FRANCISCO/BAY AREA EVENTS
2nd & 4th Tuesdays - "Hold Ya Horses" @ Aunt Charlie's
Wednesdays - "1964" (mod/soul) @ Edinburg Castle FREE (alternating Wednesdays)
Thursdays - "popscene" @ 330 Ritch Street
Thursdays - "1984" 80s @ Cat Club
some Saturdays - "Leisure" @ Annie's Social Club
Mar 22 - THE BRAVERY @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Mar 23 - BADLY DRAWN BOY @ Great American
Mar 23 - CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE, PAGE FRANCE, HEADLIGHTS @
Cafe du Nord
Mar 29 - CALLA @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Apr 5 - TEDDYBEARS @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Apr 6 - MEW @ Fillmore
Apr 6 - WHITEY, HOME VIDEO @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Apr 7 - THE FRAMES @ Fillmore
Apr 7 - "Leisure" @ Annie's Social Club
Apr 8 - MUSE dj set, IMMIGRANT @ Dark Room
Apr 16 - SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Independent
Apr 19 - WAR TAPES @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Apr 23 - THE BOOKS @ Great American
Apr 24 - CINEMATICS @ Slim's
Apr 25-26 - DECEMBERISTS, MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND @ Warfield
Apr 26 - KLAXONS, AMY WINEHOUSE @ popscene, 330 Ritch SOLD OUT
Apr 27 - KAISER CHIEFS, THE WALKMEN, LITTLE ONES @ Warfield
Apr 28 - JARVIS COCKER @ Fillmore
Apr 30 - THE KOOKS @ Slim's
Apr 30 - SLOAN @ Independent
May 1 - ARCTIC MONKEYS @ Warfield
May 1 - ANDREW BIRD @ Fillmore
May 5 - "Leisure" @ Annie's Social Club
May 10 - THE VIEW @ Slim's
May 15-16 - PETER BJORN & JOHN @ Bimbos
May 19 - BJORK @ Shoreline Ampitheatre
May 29 - ELECTRELANE @ Great American
May 30 - VOXTROT @ Great American
May 31 - SCISSORS FOR LEFTY @ popscene, 330 Ritch

BA Newsletter 2/23

*British Accents Radio returns this Sunday from 2-4pm with band new music from THE HOURS, THE BLUETONES, THE VIEW and much more. Tune in around Boston on 91.5 FM and online at www.wmfo.org and iTunes radio - WMFO is under "public".

*MORRISSEY is planning a huge spring US tour slated to start on April 27, although no dates have been announced just yet.

*The two non-famous members of THE JAM are re-uniting under the name of their old band, even though PAUL WELLER will not be involved. As of right now the pair (plus a ringer on lead vocals) are only planning UK dates.

*IDLEWILD's new album "Make Another World" will be released on April 3 in the US on Sanctuary.

*JARVIS COCKER has added another NYC show - he'll be at Webster Hall on April 22 in addition to the 23rd.

*THE PIPETTES have added another NYC date, playing on March 11 at Luna Lounge, where they'll also be on the 12th.

*RUBICKS will be coming over to the US for a handful of shows in March, including South By Southwest plus March 12 at Pianos in NY.

*PLACEBO will play a show in Boston on April 6 at Roxy, so enjoy rocking out to "Infra-Red" with a $7 Budweiser in your hand.

*THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH have called it a career after many albums and a long successful run on the UK charts. The band cited "musical similarities" as one of the reasons behind their split. Perhaps this will pave the way for a HOUSEMARTINS reunion?

*ASH will release their new album in July in the UK, described in NME as being musically poppier but lyrically darker. The lead single from the album will be "You Can't Have It All", which is expected to be released in May or June. In the meantime, download a brand new song called "I Started a Fire" here: myfreedownload.co.uk/ash

*Staying in on Saturday? Got DV-R or Tivo? Then you can catch ARCADE FIRE on Saturday Nigh Live this weekend.

New & Upcoming release dates

NEW & UPCOMING ALBUM RELEASE DATES (subject to change)
Feb 5 - THE HOURS/Narcissus Road UK
Feb 6 - APPLES IN STEREO/New Magnetic Wonder USA
Feb 6 - BLOC PARTY/A Weekend in the City USA
Feb 6 - PETER BJORN & JOHN/Writer's Block USA
Feb 6 - AEREOGRAMME/My Heart Has a Wish That You Would Not Go USA
Feb 6 - SONDRE LERCHE/Phantom Punch USA
Feb 6 - ARAB STRAP/Ten Years of Tears USA
Feb 6 - SUN KIL MOON/Ghosts of the Great Highway (reissue w/bonus) USA
Feb 12 - THE FALL/Reformation UK
Feb 13 - THE BLUETONES/The Bluetones USA
Feb 13 - SEAFOOD/Paper Crown King USA
Feb 13 - SOFT LIGHTIES/Say No To Being Cool USA
Feb 20 - THE FRAMES/The Cost USA
Feb 20 - THE ONE AM RADIO/This Too Will Pass USA
Feb 20 - CALLA/Strength in Numbers USA
Feb 20 - HIGH LLAMAS/Can Cladders USA
Feb 20 - FIELD MUSIC/Tones of Town USA
Feb 23 - various/Songs for the Young At Heart USA
Feb 26 - KAISER CHIEFS/Yours Truly, Angry Mob UK
Feb 27 - THE FEELING/Twelve Steps and Home USA
Mar 5 - IDLEWILD/Make Another World UK
Mar 5 - CHARLOTTE HATHERLEY/The Deep Blue UK
Mar 5 - various/Ballads of the Book comp. by Roddy Woomble UK
Mar 5 - PETER BJORN & JOHN/reissues of first 2 albums UK
Mar 5 - THE HORRORS/Strange House UK
Mar 6 - ALBERT HAMMOND JR/Yours To Keep USA
Mar 6 - AIR/Pocket Symphony USA
Mar 13 - FRATELLIS/Costello Music USA
Mar 13 - AQUALUNG/Memory Man USA
Mar 19 - THE RAKES/Ten New Messages UK
Mar 20 - MODEST MOUSE/We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank USA
Mar 20 - TED LEO/PHARMACISTS/Living With The Living USA
Mar 20 - IGGY & THE STOOGES/The Weirdness USA
Mar 26 - BRETT ANDERSON/Brett Anderson UK
Mar 26 - COLDPLAY/The Singles 1999-2006 UK
Mar 27 - KAISER CHIEFS/Yours Truly, Angry Mob USA
Mar 27 - KLAXONS/Myths of the Near Future USA
Mar - THE VIEW/Hats Off To The Buskers USA
Mar - THE MAGIC NUMBERS/Those The Brakes USA
Mar - RAKES/Ten New Messages UK
Mar - CINEMATICS/A Strange Education USA
Apr 3 - IDLEWILD/Make Another World USA
Apr 3 - JARVIS COCKER/Jarvis USA
Apr 3 - FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE/Weather and Traffic USA
Apr 9 - BRIGHT EYES/Cassadaga USA
Apr 23 - ARCTIC MONKEYS/Favourite Worst Nightmare UK
Apr 24 - MIDNIGHT MOVIES/Lion the Girl USA
Apr 24 - MANDO DIAO/Ode to Ochrasy USA
Apr 30 - BRMC/Baby 81
Apr - KLAXONS USA
May 1 - DINOSAUR JR/Beyond USA
May 1 - BRMC/Baby 81 USA
May 1 - DUNGEN/Tio Bitar USA
May 7 - TRAVIS/The Boy With No Name UK
May 15 - WILCO/Blue Sky Blue USA
May - HOT HOT HEAT USA/UK
Jun - THE CURE USA/UK

UPCOMING SINGLES (all UK unless noted)
Feb 5 - LONG BLONDES/Giddy Stratospheres (reissue)
Feb 12 - SNOW PATROL/Open Your Eyes
Feb 12 - FORWARD RUSSIA/Don't Be a Doctor
Feb 19 - KAISER CHIEFS/Ruby
Feb 19 - KEITH/Hold That Gun
Feb 19 - APARTMENT/Pressures
Feb 19 - GUILLEMOTS/Of the Night
Feb 19 - MAGIC NUMBERS/This is a Song
Feb 26 - IDLEWILD/No Emotion
Mar 5 - BIFFY CLYRO/Saturday Superhouse
Mar 12 - HOLLOWAYS/Dancefloor
Mar 12 - BRETT ANDERSON/Love is Dead
Mar 19 - THE LONGCUT/Idiot Check/You Got The Love
Mar 19 - RAZORLIGHT/I Can't Stop This Feeling I've Got
Apr 2 - THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN/Green Fields
Apr 16 - BRMC/Weapon of Choice
Apr 23 - TRAVIS/Closer

Boston show listings

BOSTON/NEW ENGLAND EVENTS
Thursdays - "Love Night" 80's w/DJ Brian @ Common Ground
Thursdays - DJ Sugar Dandy @ The Independent, Union Sq FREE
Fridays - "The Pill" w/DJs Ken & Terence @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "The Plan" w/live guests & DJ's Carl & Bethany @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "Soul-le-lu-jah" (northern soul/motown) @ Zuzu FREE
Saturdays - "Heroes" w/DJ Chris Ewen (x-manray) @ Toast
Saturdays - "The Pill vs Love Night" @ Common Ground (every other Sat)
Feb 23 - EMERGENCY MUSIC @ Great Scott
Feb 23 - THE SLIP @ Paradise
Feb 23-24 - THE LUXURY CD release @ TT the Bear's
Feb 24 - BANG CAMARO, DAMONE @ Paradise
Feb 24 - REV. GLASSEYE, HALLELUJAH THE HILLS, PORSCHES ON THE AUTOBAHN, HO-AG @ Middle East downstairs
Feb 25 - RAZORLIGHT, MOHAIR @ Middle East downstairs
Feb 26 - ROB DICKINSON @ Paradise Lounge
Feb 27 - LEMONHEADS @ Paradise
Feb 27 - ELVIS PERKINS @ Great Scott
Feb 28 - BRIGHT EYES @ Somerville Theatre
Feb 28 - ASOBI SEKSU @ Middle East downstairs
Feb 28 - ROB CROW of PINBACK @ TT the Bear's
Mar 1 - TV ON THE RADIO @ Lupo's
Mar 2 - TV ON THE RADIO @ Avalon
Mar 2 - ESSEX GREEN @ TT the Bear's
Mar 3 - THE THERMALS, THE BIG SLEEP @ TT the Bear's
Mar 4 - YOUNG KNIVES, FOREIGN ISLANDS @ Great Scott
Mar 5 - BADLY DRAWN BOY @ Somerville Theatre
Mar 6 - GOMEZ, BEN KWELLER @ Avalon
Mar 8 - SHOUT OUT OUT OUT OUT, CASSETTE @ Paradise Lounge
Mar 9 - BRITTA PHILLIPS & DEAN WAREHAM @ MFA
Mar 9 - 10 - THE POGUES @ Avalon
Mar 10 - CLINIC @ Middle East downstairs
Mar 10 - THE FIGGS @ Middle East upstairs
Mar 11 - OF MONTREAL @ Avalon
Mar 11 - CINEMATICS @ Axis
Mar 11 - POP LEVI, THE DAILY PRAVDA, ILASH (x-LEVY) @ Great Scott
Mar 13 - THE HORRORS @ Great Scott
Mar 14 - THE BROTHER KITE @ Great Scott
Mar 15 - THE SHINS @ Orpheum
Mar 15 - RAVEONETTES @ TT the Bear's
Mar 15 - RATATAT @ Paradise
Mar 16 - TAXPAYER, MITTENS @ TT the Bear's
Mar 22 - THE VIEW, EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS @ TT the Bear's POSTPONED
Mar 23 - MEW @ Paradise
Mar 23-24 - DECEMBERISTS, MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND @ Avalon
Mar 24 - BON SAVANTS, YOU AM I @ Middle East downstairs
Mar 24 - OPPENHEIMER @ Brandeis University, Waltham
Mar 27 - PONYS, BLACK LIPS @ TT the Bear's
Mar 27 - FIELD MUSIC, MENOMENA @ Great Scott
Mar 28 - BLOC PARTY, ALBERT HAMMOND JR @ Orpheum
Mar 28 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS, OK GO @ Agganis Arena
Mar 28 - ELECTRIC SIX @ Middle East downstairs
Mar 29 - THE LONG WINTERS @ Great Scott
Mar 29 - SEBADOH @ Pearl Street, Northampton MA
Mar 29 - DECEMBERISTS @ Wellesley College (students only)
Mar 30 - SEBADOH @ Paradise
Mar 30 - COLD WAR KIDS, TOKYO POLICE CLUB @ Middle East downstairs SOLD OUT
Mar 30 - ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE VENUS 3 @ TT the Bear's
Mar 30 - BIRDMONSTER @ Middle East upstairs
Mar 31 - WHEAT @ TT the Bear's
Apr 4 - AEREOGRAMME, TWILIGHT SAD @ Middle East upstairs
Apr 6 - YOUTH GROUP, AQUEDUCT @ Middle East upstairs
Apr 6 - SONDRE LERCHE, WILLY MASON @ Paradise
Apr 6 - PLACEBO @ Roxy
Apr 7 - IGGY & THE STOOGES @ Orpheum
Apr 7 - LOW @ Somerville Theatre
Apr 7 - LILY ALLEN @ Roxy
Apr 7 - SHEARWATER, XIU XIU, CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE @ TT the Bear's
Apr 7 - EVERYDAY VISUALS, TAXPAYER, BLEU @ Paradise
Apr 9 - KAISER CHIEFS, THE WALKMEN, LITTLE ONES @ Avalon
Apr 10 - CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH @ Lupo's, Providence
Apr 11 - KLAXONS @ Great Scott
Apr 11 - CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH @ Pearl Street, Northampton MA
Apr 12 - FRENCH KICKS @ Great Scott
Apr 15 - THE BOOKS @ Somerville Theatre
Apr 15 - SON VOLT @ Paradise
Apr 20 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Middle East upstairs
Apr 21 - FLAMING LIPS, YO LA TENGO @ Brown University, Providence
Apr 22 - THE FRAMES @ Somerville Theatre
Apr 26 - DR. DOG @ Great Scott
May 4 - PETER BJORN & JOHN @ Paradise
May 4 - TED LEO/PHARMACISTS @ Avalon
May 5 - SUNSET RUBDOWN @ Middle East downstairs
May 9 - BLONDE REDHEAD @ Paradise
May 10 - ARCADE FIRE @ Orpheum SOLD OUT
May 11 - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM @ Axis
May 13 - THE KOOKS @ Paradise
May 16 - ELECTRELANE, THE BLOW @ Paradise
May 16 - ANDREW BIRD @ Berklee Performance Center
May 17 - PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES @ Middle East downstairs
May 19 - TAPES N TAPES @ Paradise
May 19 - MANDO DIAO, THE FILMS @ TT the Bear's
Jun 14 - VOXTROT @ Middle East downstairs
Jul 28 - THE POLICE @ Fenway Park SOLD OUT

NY & SF show listings

NYC AREA EVENTS
Wednesdays - "Riot Radio" @ Sutra
Thursdays - "popscene nyc" @ Club Midway (1st & 3rd Thursdays)
Thursdays - "The Gorgeous Undertow" @ Royal Oak, Brooklyn
Fridays - "Crashin In" @ Galapagos
Saturdays - "Misshapes" @ Don Hill's
Saturdays - "Tiswas" @ The Annex
Feb 22 - STELLASTARR* @ Gramercy Theatre
Feb 23 - LEMONHEADS @ Southpaw
Feb 23 - DJ Del @ Loop Lounge
Feb 23 - NEKO CASE @ Lincoln Center - 2 shows
Feb 23 - THE LAST GRAND, THE PERFECTS @ Pianos
Feb 24 - LEMONHEADS @ Maxwell's
Feb 24 - EMERGENCY MUSIC @ Piano's
Feb 26 - RAZORLIGHT @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Mar 1 - EL PERRO DEL MAR @ Bowery
Mar 1 - ILASH @ Pianos
Mar 2-3 - BRIGHT EYES @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Mar 2 - YOUNG KNIVES @ Mercury Lounge (late)
Mar 2 - ROB DICKINSON @ Mercury Lounge (early)
Mar 3 - YOUNG KNIVES, THE VIEW, FOREIGN ISLANDS @ Luna Lounge
Mar 3 - SCISSOR SISTERS @ Theater at Madison Sq Garden
Mar 4 - THERMALS, BIG SLEEP @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Mar 4 - ESSEX GREEN @ Mercury Lounge
Mar 5 - THERMALS, BIG SLEEP @ Studio B
Mar 6-7 - GRIZZLY BEAR, BEACH HOUSE, PAPERCUTS @ Bowery (6th SOLD OUT)
Mar 7 - BADLY DRAWN BOY @ Webster Hall
Mar 8 - WALKMEN @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Mar 9 - CLINIC @ The Gramercey
Mar 9 - DJ Del @ Loop Lounge
Mar 9-10 - OF MONTREAL @ Irving Plaza
Mar 10 - THE HORRORS, THE FILMS @ Bowery
Mar 10 - 120 DAYS, SHOUT OUT OUT OUT OUT @ Mercury Lounge
Mar 12 - THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN @ Webster Hall SOLD OUT
Mar 12 - RUBICKS @ Pianos
Mar 12 - THE BRAVERY @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Mar 11-12 - PIPETTES @ Luna Lounge
Mar 12 - RAVEONETTES @ Mercury Lounge
Mar 13 - PIPETTES, AMY WINEHOUSE @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Mar 13 - CINEMATICS @ Gramercey Theatre
Mar 13 - THE HOLLOWAYS, POP LEVI @ Mercury Lounge
Mar 14 - THE SHINS @ Theater at Madison Sq Garden
Mar 18,20 - FUJIYA & MIYAGI @ Mercury Lounge
Mar 19 - FUJIYA & MIYAGI @ Barnard College
Mar 19 - CLINIC, HOLY FUCK @ Gramercey Theatre
Mar 20 - THE CHANGES @ Pianos
Mar 20 - THE VIEW, EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS @ Bowery POSTPONED
Mar 21-22 - DECEMBERISTS @ Loews Theatre, Jersey City
Mar 22 - MEW @ Irving Plaza
Mar 22-23 - THE FRATELLIS @ Mercury Lounge SOLD OUT
Mar 23 - DJ Del @ Loop Lounge
Mar 24 - ELECTRIC SIX @ Bowery
Mar 25 - YOU AM I, BON SAVANTS @ Bowery
Mar 26 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS, OK GO @ Theater at Madison Sq Garden
Mar 26 - PONYS, BLACK LIPS @ Bowery
Mar 26 - OPPENHEIMER @ Knitting Factory
Mar 27-28 - ROBYN HITCHCOCK @ Knitting Factory
Mar 28 - FIELD MUSIC, MENOMENA @ Bowery
Mar 30 - LONG WINTERS @ Maxwell's
Mar 30 - SAY HI TO YOUR MOM, BISHOP ALLEN, +/- @ Mercury Lounge
Mar 30-31 - BLOC PARTY, ALBERT HAMMOND JR @ United Palace Theatre SOLD OUT
Mar 30-31 - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Mar 31 - SEBADOH @ Webster Hall
Mar31-Apr1 - THE LONG WINTERS @ Mercury Lounge
Apr 1 - SEBADOH @ Maxwell's
Apr 4 - SONS & DAUGHTERS, 1990'S @ Bowery
Apr 4 - THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES @ Mercury Lounge
Apr 6 - LOW @ Webster Hall
Apr 6 - BANG CAMARO @ Mercury Lounge
Apr 6-7,9 - COLD WAR KIDS, TOKYO POLICE CLUB @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Apr 9 - TOKYO POLICE CLUB, RA RA RIOT SOLD OUT
Apr 10 - KLAXONS @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Apr 12 - KAISER CHIEFS, THE WALKMEN, THE LITTLE ONES @ Roseland
Apr 17 - ART BRUT @ Bowery
Apr 18 - ART BRUT @ Studio B
Apr 18 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Maxwell's
Apr 19 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Mercury Lounge
Apr 20 - HOT CHIP @ Webster Hall
Apr 22-23 - JARVIS COCKER @ Webster Hall
Apr 24 - THE FRAMES @ Town Hall
May 1-2 - PETER BJORN & JOHN @ Webster Hall
May 4 - SUNSET RUBDOWN @ Bowery
May 5 - TED LEO/PHARMACISTS @ Webster Hall
May 7-9 - ARCADE FIRE @ tba
May 10 - THE KOOKS @ Irving Plaza
May 12 - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM @ Studio B
May 14 - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM @ Webster Hall
May 17 - ANDREW BIRD @ Webster Hall
Aug 1,3 - THE POLICE @ Madison Square Garden

SAN FRANCISCO/BAY AREA EVENTS
2nd & 4th Tuesdays - "Hold Ya Horses" @ Aunt Charlie's
Wednesdays - "1964" (mod/soul) @ Edinburg Castle FREE (alternating Wednesdays)
Thursdays - "popscene" @ 330 Ritch Street
Thursdays - "1984" 80s @ Cat Club
some Saturdays - "Leisure" @ Annie's Social Club
Feb 23 - COLD WAR KIDS @ Great American SOLD OUT
Feb 26 - NELS CLINE AND GLENN KOTCHE OF WILCO @ Cafe du Nord
Feb 28 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Slim's
Feb 28 - SEBADOH @ Great American
Feb 28 - WILL SHEFF (OKKERVIL RIVER), JOSH RITTER @ Swedish American Hall
Feb 28 - POP LEVI @ Bottom of the Hill
Feb 29 - FRENCH KICKS @ Slim's
Mar 1 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Bill Graham Auditorium
Mar 1 - ANNUALS @ Cafe du Nord
Mar 1 - TED LEO guest DJ @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Mar 2 - AUTOLUX @ Independent
Mar 2 - GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY @ Mezzanine
Mar 3 - THE CHANGES, DIOS (MALOS), SPINTO BAND @ Rickshaw Stop
Mar 3 - TED LEO/PHARMACISTS, SO MANY DYNAMOS @ Great American
Mar 3 - CLINIC, EARLIMART @ The Independent
Mar 3 - THE PONYS @ Bottom of the Hill
Mar 3 - "Leisure" @ Annie's Social Club
Mar 4 - MIDLAKE @ Bottom of the Hill
Mar 8 - YOUNG KNIVES, ALBERT HAMMOND JR @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Mar 9 - MOUNTAIN GOATS, PONY UP @ Bottom of the Hill
Mar 9-10 - BRIGHT EYES @ Great American SOLD OUT
Mar 10 - THE LONG WINTERS @ The Independent
Mar 11 - THE VIEW @ Slim's POSTPONED
Mar 12 - EL PERRO DEL MARK @ Great American
Mar 13 - FUJIYA & MIYAGI @ Mint
Mar 15 - DR. DOG @ Cafe du Nord
Mar 17 - BLOC PARTY @ Concourse Exhibition
Mar 22 - THE BRAVERY @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Mar 23 - BADLY DRAWN BOY @ Great American
Mar 23 - CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE, PAGE FRANCE, HEADLIGHTS @ Cafe du Nord
Mar 29 - CALLA @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Apr 5 - TEDDYBEARS @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Apr 6 - MEW @ Fillmore
Apr 7 - THE FRAMES @ Fillmore
Apr 23 - THE BOOKS @ Great American
Apr 24 - CINEMATICS @ Slim's
Apr 25-26 - DECEMBERISTS, MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND @ Warfield
Apr 26 - KLAXONS, AMY WINEHOUSE @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Apr 27 - KAISER CHIEFS, THE WALKMEN, LITTLE ONES @ Warfield
Apr 28 - JARVIS COCKER @ Fillmore
Apr 30 - THE KOOKS @ Slim's
May 1 - ANDREW BIRD @ Fillmore
May 15-16 - PETER BJORN & JOHN @ Bimbos
May 29 - ELECTRELANE @ Great American
May 30 - VOXTROT @ Great American

BA Newsletter 2.8.07

*British Accents once again has a new time slot - the show will return to a former time slot of 2-4pm (eastern) on Sunday afternoons, in a familiar place following "Galactic Fractures". The new schedule takes effect for this weekend, so tune in to hear new music from CHARLOTTE HATHERLEY, THE BLUETONES and much more.

*This week's bounty - a prize pack for THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN, courtesy of The Fader and Cornerstone. 1 winner will receive a copy of the new album, a band poster, some stickers AND a rare, limited-pressing (500 only) 7" single from the Fader/Southern Comfort series. To win, be the first to respond with your full name, mailing address and answer to this question - what was the peak chart position of the "Herculean" single when it was released in the UK last fall?
While you're at it, check out the brand new Fader Magazine download and Podcast here: http://www.thefader.com/blog/articles/category/podcasts

*The full lineup for this year's South By Southwest music festival has been announced - check it out at www.sxsw.com - there's so many bands playing I couldn't possibly list them all. It would be easier to print a list of who's NOT playing.

*Speaking of THE BLUETONES, they'll release their first US album since 1996 on February 13 - the self-titled effort that came out in the UK last year. Cooking Vinyl is the label bringing us our first non-import taste of the band in 11 years, and will also be releasing SEAFOOD's latest effort on the same day.

*MORRISSEY fans are taking advantage of the UK chart authority's new rules on downloaded tracks counting toward the charts by making a push for the Moz track "Life is a Pigsty", from his album released last year. www.getmozinthecharts.vze.com to check it out or participate.

*THE KLAXONS will tour the US this spring, stopping at Great Scott in Boston on April 11, Bowery Ballroom on April 10, and in SF at popscene on April 26. The band's album will be released March 27 in the US.

*THE ARCTIC MONKEYS have announced details for their second album. "Favourite Worst Nightmare" will be released on April 23 in the UK, with the US date tba.

*ROB DICKINSON, the velvety voice behind CATHERINE WHEEL and now a solo act, will play a show at the Paradise Lounge on February 26.

*TRAVIS are back with their first album since 2003, titled "The Boy With No Name". It'll be released on May 7 in the UK with no US release date announced yet. The lead single "Closer" hits import bins on April 23.

*Want to join THE WRENS? Got pro chops, pro gear, and a pro 'tude? The legendary New Jersey indie rock band is looking for a fifth member to join them on some songs, which will allow the band to play songs they're unable to do live because there are too many parts for a quartet to pull off. Email 5th_wren@wrens.com and then head over to the band's website www.wrens.com and learn some songs.

*VOXTROT return to Boston, but not until June 14, when they play the Middle East downstairs. The best Britpop Texas has ever given us...

*Catch PAUL WELLER on Conan O'Brien this Thursday, and pick up his new DVD in stores this week.

*Don't feel like driving down to Providence to catch TV ON THE RADIO? Well, by popular demand, the band has announced a Boston show the following day - they'll be at Avalon on March 2.

*CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH have announced a new US tour, but it's skipping most of the major cities in favor of places like Providence (Lupo's on April 10) and Northampton, MA (Pearl Street on April 11).

*The newly re-formed KULA SHAKER have hopped on the podcast bandwagon, which can be downloaded at http://www.kulashakermusic.com/media/kulashakerpodcast01.mp3

*STELLASTARR* have parted ways with their label, RCA, after two albums together. The band is quoted as saying the management structure of the label has changed drastically since they joined the roster, but I'm sure that weak sales of the band's second album had something to do with it too.

*Missed out on tickets THE PIPETTES at Bowery Ballroom? The band is doing another show in New York the night before (March 12) - check 'em out at the Luna Lounge.

*HOT HOT HEAT will release a new album in May, says the NME.

BA Newsletter 2.1.07

*WMFO is rescheduling this week so stay tuned for an update on the future possible show time of British Accents Radio.

*THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN have announced a handful of US dates,
including March 12 at Webster Hall in NYC. The band will also be at South By Southwest in Austin.

*JARVIS COCKER has announced a handful of North American dates. In addition to Coachella, he'll be at Webster Hall in NYC on April 23 and The Fillmore in SF on April 28. No word on a Boston show right now.

*Wondering why the CAMERA OBSCURA show at the Paradise in Boston last weekend took awhile to get started? Reports from a reliable source point to this as the reason: the club manager apparently had to run down to the local police precinct to bail out one of the band members, who was reportedly caught shoplifting at the Shaw's down the street. They didn't make any mention of it onstage and the story hasn't leaked to the press, so for now it's a BA exclusive in the unsubstantiated rumor mill.

*Congrats to THE SHINS, who came in at #2 on the Billboard charts in their first week of release. For one week anyway, indie rock reigns supreme over corporate rock. We'll see about next week.

*Tickets for the May 13 KOOKS show at the Paradise in Boston go onsale at noon on February 3 through Ticketmaster.

*A new photography exhibition in New York called "Irregular Regulars" focuses on MORRISSEY and a photographer who trailed the reclusive mope rocker for several years. The show will run until February 10 at Team Gallery in Soho. For west coast Moz fans, he's playing 3 shows in Pasadena at the Civic Auditorium on February 1, 2 and 3.

*PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES have announced they're splitting up after their drummer gave his notice. No word on whether the band will complete their final tour or not.

*Apparently THE TEARS either flopped or was just meant to be a one time deal, because BRETT ANDERSON is doing the solo thing now. His new single "Love is Dead" is out in early March and the self-titled debut is due on March 26 in the UK.

*THE CINEMATICS will tour the US this spring, stopping by Axis in Boston March 11, The Gramercey Theatre in NY on March 13, and out to Slim's in SF on April 24. The debut "A Strange Education" is out in March.

*THE LONG BLONDES' debut album "Someone To Drive You Home" finally gets a US release this week.

*Glasgow's SONS & DAUGHTERS return to the states for a date at Bowery on April 4.

*THE HORRORS will make another attempt at playing Boston on March 13 when they're expected at Great Scott. They'll also be at Bowery Ballroom on March 10 with the FILMS.

*Catch a cool Scottish twin bill on April 4 at the Middle East upstairs with AEREOGRAMME and TWILIGHT SAD.

*Irish rockers THE FRAMES release their new album "The Cost" on February 20 in the US. Some tour dates have been announced too - Fillmore on April 7, Somerville Theatre on April 22, and Town Hall on April 24.

*ALEX KAPRANOS of FRANZ FERDINAND has joined THE CRIBS in the studio as the band works on their major label debut. The Cribs, as you might recall, opened for FFF on a US tour last year.

*THE DANDY WARHOLS have been added to the lineup of this year's Noise Pop Festival in SF.

*BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB will release their next album, "Baby 81" on May 1.

*THE KLAXONS debut album "Myths of the Near Future" will be released in late April here in the US, around the time of their Coachella appearance.

*Last Sunday's British Accents Radio playlist can be viewed online here:
http://www.spinitron.com/public/index.php?station=wmfo&month=Jan&year=2007&plid=3954
...and, if you go to www.wmfo.org to the schedule page and click on "last show" for British Accents, you can download the most recent show in case you missed it on Sunday.

New & upcoming release dates

NEW & UPCOMING ALBUM RELEASE DATES (subject to change)
Jan 15 - SCISSORS FOR LEFTY/Underhanded Romance UK
Jan 16 - STRANGLERS/Suite XVI USA
Jan 22 - FIELD MUSIC/Tones of Town UK
Jan 22 - THE VIEW/Hats Off To The Buskers UK
Jan 22 - THE COOPER TEMPLE CLAUSE/Make This Your Own UK
Jan 23 - THE GOOD THE BAND AND THE QUEEN USA
Jan 23 - OF MONTREAL/Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? USA
Jan 23 - THE SHINS/Wincing the Night Away USA
Jan 23 - CLINIC/Visitation USA
Jan 23 - PAUL WELLER/Hit Parade USA
Jan 23 - ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN/Very Best Of USA
Jan 23 - MEW/Frengers USA
Jan 29 - THE KLAXONS/Myths of the Near Future UK
Jan 29 - LITTLE MAN TATE/About What You Know UK
Jan 30 - CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY HEAH/Some Loud Thunder USA
Jan 30 - THE LONG BLONDES/Someone To Drive You Home
Jan 30 - GRUFF RHYS/Candylion USA
Jan 30 - LITTLE BARRIE/Stand Your Ground USA
Feb 6 - APPLES IN STEREO/New Magnetic Wonder USA
Feb 6 - BLOC PARTY/A Weekend in the City USA
Feb 6 - PETER BJORN & JOHN/Writer's Block USA
Feb 12 - THE FALL/Reformation UK
Feb 13 - THE BLUETONES/The Bluetones USA
Feb 13 - SEAFOOD/Paper Crown King USA
Feb 13 - ARAB STRAP/best of USA
Feb 20 - THE FRAMES/The Cost USA
Feb 23 - various/Songs for the Young At Heart USA
Feb 26 - KAISER CHIEFS/Yours Truly, Angry Mob UK
Feb 27 - THE FEELING/Twelve Steps and Home USA
Mar 5 - IDLEWILD/Make Another World UK
Mar 5 - CHARLOTTE HATHERLEY/The Deep Blue UK
Mar 5 - various/Ballads of the Book comp. by Roddy Woomble UK
Mar 5 - PETER BJORN & JOHN/reissues of first 2 albums UK
Mar 5 - THE HORRORS/Strange House UK
Mar 6 - ALBERT HAMMOND JR/Yours To Keep USA
Mar 6 - AIR/Pocket Symphony USA
Mar 13 - FRATELLIS/Costello Music USA
Mar 13 - AQUALUNG/Memory Man USA
Mar 19 - THE RAKES/Ten New Messages UK
Mar 20 - MODEST MOUSE/We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank USA
Mar 20 - IGGY & THE STOOGES/The Weirdness USA
Mar 26 - BRETT ANDERSON/Brett Anderson UK
Mar 26 - COLDPLAY/The Singles 1999-2006 UK
Mar 27 - KAISER CHIEFS/Yours Truly, Angry Mob USA
Mar - THE VIEW/Hats Off To The Buskers USA
Mar - THE MAGIC NUMBERS/Those The Brakes USA
Mar - RAKES/Ten New Messages UK
Mar - CINEMATICS/A Strange Education USA
Apr 3 - JARVIS COCKER/Jarvis USA
Apr 3 - FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE/Weather and Traffic USA
Apr 9 - BRIGHT EYES/Cassadaga USA
Apr 24 - MIDNIGHT MOVIES/Lion the Girl USA
Apr 24 - MANDO DIAO/Ode to Ochrasy USA
Apr - KLAXONS USA
May 1 - DINOSAUR JR/Beyond USA
May 1 - BRMC/Baby 81 USA
May 15 - WILCO/Blue Sky Blue USA
Jun - THE CURE USA/UK

UPCOMING SINGLES (all UK unless noted)
Jan 15 - GUILLEMOTS/Annie, Let's Not Wait
Jan 15 - THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN/Kingdom of Doom
Jan 15 - FIELD MUSIC/A House is Not a Home
Jan 15 - THE ORDINARY BOYS/I Luv U
Jan 15 - THE VIEW/Same Jeans
Jan 22 - LITTLE MAN TATE/Sexy in Latin
Jan 22 - KEANE/A Bad Dream
Jan 22 - CLIENT/Zerox
Jan 22 - THE HOURS/Back When You Were Good
Jan 22 - KLAXONS/Golden Skans
Jan 22 - BOBBY COOK/Gone So Far
Jan 23 - FRATELLIS/Flathead EP
Jan 29 - BLOC PARTY/The Prayer
Jan 29 - CAMERA OBSCURA/If Looks Could Kill
Jan 29 - THE LITTLE ONES/Oh Mj
Jan 29 - KASABIAN/Me Plus One
Jan 29 - COLD WAR KIDS/Hang Me Out To Dry
Jan 29 - FINDLAY BROWN/Come Home
Feb 5 - LONG BLONDES/Giddy Stratospheres (reissue)
Feb 12 - SNOW PATROL/Open Your Eyes
Feb 12 - FORWARD RUSSIA/Don't Be a Doctor
Feb 19 - KAISER CHIEFS/Ruby
Feb 26 - IDLEWILD/No Emotion
Mar 5 - BIFFY CLYRO/Saturday Superhouse
Mar 12 - HOLLOWAYS/Dancefloor
Mar 12 - BRETT ANDERSON/Love is Dead

Boston show listings

BOSTON/NEW ENGLAND EVENTS
Thursdays - "Love Night" 80's w/DJ Brian @ Common Ground
Thursdays - DJ Sugar Dandy @ The Independent, Union Sq FREE
Fridays - "The Pill" w/DJs Ken & Terence @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "The Plan" w/live guests & DJ's Carl & Bethany @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "Soul-le-lu-jah" (northern soul/motown) @ Zuzu FREE
Saturdays - "Heroes" w/DJ Chris Ewen (x-manray) @ Toast
Saturdays - "The Pill vs Love Night" @ Common Ground (every other Sat)
Feb 2 - CAMPAIGN FOR REAL-TIME, TINY WHALES, BLANKES, FACES ON FILM,
SHORE LEAVE, MAD MAN FILMS, READ YELLOW, more @ Middle East downstairs
Feb 3 - PAOLO NUTINI @ Paradise
Feb 9 - EMERGENCY MUSIC @ The Pill, Great Scott
Feb 9 - DEAR LEADER, TAXPAYER, HALLELUJAH THE HILLS @ Paradise
Feb 10 - MIDLAKE @ Middle East upstairs
Feb 10 - THE RAPTURE, LOCKSLEY @ Pearl Street, Northampton
Feb 16 - STELLASTARR*, RA RA RIOT, MONSTERS ARE WAITING @ Middle East downstairs
Feb 18 - LILY ALLEN @ Axis
Feb 21 - THE HOURLY RADIO, THE STERNS, THE GLASS SET @ Great Scott
Feb 23 - EMERGENCY MUSIC @ Great Scott
Feb 23 - THE SLIP @ Paradise
Feb 23-24 - THE LUXURY CD release @ TT the Bear's
Feb 24 - BANG CAMARO, DAMONE @ Paradise
Feb 24 - REV. GLASSEYE, HALLELUJAH THE HILLS, PORSCHES ON THE
AUTOBAHN, HO-AG @ Middle East downstairs
Feb 25 - RAZORLIGHT, MOHAIR @ Middle East downstairs
Feb 27 - LEMONHEADS @ Paradise
Feb 28 - BRIGHT EYES @ Somerville Theatre
Feb 28 - ASOBI SEKSU @ Middle East downstairs
Feb 28 - ROB CROW of PINBACK @ TT the Bear's
Mar 1 - TV ON THE RADIO @ Lupo's
Mar 2 - ESSEX GREEN @ TT the Bear's
Mar 3 - THE THERMALS, THE BIG SLEEP @ TT the Bear's
Mar 4 - YOUNG KNIVES, FOREIGN ISLANDS @ Great Scott
Mar 5 - BADLY DRAWN BOY @ Somerville Theatre
Mar 6 - GOMEZ, BEN KWELLER @ Avalon
Mar 8 - SHOUT OUT OUT OUT OUT, CASSETTE @ Paradise Lounge
Mar 9 - BRITTA PHILLIPS & DEAN WAREHAM @ MFA
Mar 9 - 10 - THE POGUES @ Avalon
Mar 10 - CLINIC @ Middle East downstairs
Mar 10 - THE FIGGS @ Middle East upstairs
Mar 11 - OF MONTREAL @ Avalon
Mar 11 - CINEMATICS @ Axis
Mar 11 - POP LEVI, THE DAILY PRAVDA @ Great Scott
Mar 13 - THE HORRORS @ Great Scott
Mar 15 - RAVEONETTES @ TT the Bear's
Mar 15 - RATATAT @ Paradise
Mar 16 - TAXPAYER, MITTENS @ TT the Bear's
Mar 22 - THE VIEW, EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS @ TT the Bear's
Mar 23-24 - DECEMBERISTS, MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND @ Avalon
Mar 27 - PONYS, BLACK LIPS @ TT the Bear's
Mar 27 - FIELD MUSIC, MENOMENA @ Great Scott
Mar 28 - BLOC PARTY, ALBERT HAMMOND JR @ Orpheum
Mar 28 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS, OK GO @ Agganis Arena
Mar 28 - ELECTRIC SIX @ Middle East downstairs
Mar 29 - THE LONG WINTERS @ Great Scott
Mar 29 - SEBADOH @ Pearl Street, Northampton MA
Mar 29 - DECEMBERISTS @ Wellesley College (students only)
Mar 30 - SEBADOH @ Paradise
Mar 30 - COLD WAR KIDS, TOKYO POLICE CLUB @ Middle East downstairs
Mar 30 - ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE VENUS 3 @ TT the Bear's
Mar 30 - BIRDMONSTER @ Middle East upstairs
Mar 31 - WHEAT @ TT the Bear's
Apr 4 - AEREOGRAMME, TWILIGHT SAD @ Middle East upstairs
Apr 6 - YOUTH GROUP, AQUEDUCT @ Middle East upstairs
Apr 7 - LOW @ Somerville Theatre
Apr 7 - SHEARWATER, XIU XIU, CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE @ TT the Bear's
Apr 9 - KAISER CHIEFS, THE WALKMEN, LITTLE ONES @ Avalon
Apr 15 - THE BOOKS @ Somerville Theatre
Apr 15 - SON VOLT @ Paradise
Apr 20 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Middle East upstairs
Apr 22 - THE FRAMES @ Somerville Theatre
Apr 26 - DR. DOG @ Great Scott
May 4 - TED LEO/PHARMACISTS @ Avalon
May 5 - SUNSET RUBDOWN @ Middle East downstairs
May 9 - BLONDE REDHEAD @ Paradise
May 13 - THE KOOKS @ Paradise
May 16 - ELECTRELANE, THE BLOW @ Paradise
May 17 - PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES @ Middle East downstairs
May 19 - TAPES N TAPES @ Paradise

NYC & SF show listings

NYC AREA EVENTS
Wednesdays - "Riot Radio" @ Sutra
Thursdays - "popscene nyc" @ Club Midway (1st & 3rd Thursdays)
Thursdays - "The Gorgeous Undertow" @ Royal Oak, Brooklyn
Fridays - "Crashin In" @ Galapagos
Saturdays - "Misshapes" @ Don Hill's
Saturdays - "Tiswas" @ The Annex
Feb 2 - THE LUXURY @ Mercury Lounge
Feb 3 - AVENGERS, THE INFORMATION @ Bowery
Feb 4 - JONATHAN RICHMAN @ Knitting Factory
Feb 7 - ALEXI MURDOCH, MIDNIGHT MOVIES @ Mercury Lounge
Feb 9 - MIDLAKE @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Feb 10 - Plug Awards w/STEPHEN MALKMUS, SILVERSUN PICKUPS, DEERHOOF,
more @ Irving Plaza
Feb 10 - LILY ALLEN @ Webster Hall SOLD OUT
Feb 10 - BON SAVANTS, UP THE EMPIRE @ Mercury Lounge
Feb 11 - STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS @ Maxwell's SOLD OUT
Feb 12 - SILVERCHAIR @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Feb 12 - TUNDE of TV ON THE RADIO @ White Rabbit
Feb 13 - SPARROW HOUSE (membs of VOXTROT) @ Mercury Lounge
Feb 15 - APPLES IN STEREO @ Bowery
Feb 13-17 - ARCADE FIRE @ Judson Memorial Church SOLD OUT
Feb 16 - SONIC YOUTH @ Webster Hall
Feb 16 - PELA @ Mercury Lounge
Feb 17 - OXFORD COLLAPSE @ Grasslands
Feb 18 - SNOWDEN @ Mercury Lounge
Feb 19 - RA RA RIOT, SNOWDEN @ Southpaw
Feb 22 - STELLASTARR* @ Gramercy Theatre
Feb 23 - LEMONHEADS @ Southpaw
Feb 23 - NEKO CASE @ Lincoln Center - 2 shows
Feb 24 - LEMONHEADS @ Maxwell's
Feb 26 - RAZORLIGHT @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Mar 1 - EL PERRO DEL MAR @ Bowery
Mar 2-3 - BRIGHT EYES @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Mar 2 - YOUNG KNIVES @ Mercury Lounge (late)
Mar 2 - ROB DICKINSON @ Mercury Lounge (early)
Mar 3 - YOUNG KNIVES @ Luna Lounge
Mar 3 - SCISSOR SISTERS @ Theater at Madison Sq Garden
Mar 4 - THERMALS, BIG SLEEP @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Mar 4 - ESSEX GREEN @ Mercury Lounge
Mar 6-7 - GRIZZLY BEAR, BEACH HOUSE, PAPERCUTS @ Bowery (6th SOLD OUT)
Mar 7 - BADLY DRAWN BOY @ Webster Hall
Mar 8 - WALKMEN @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Mar 9 - CLINIC @ The Gramercey
Mar 9-10 - OF MONTREAL @ Irving Plaza
Mar 10 - THE HORRORS, THE FILMS @ Bowery
Mar 10 - 120 DAYS, SHOUT OUT OUT OUT OUT @ Mercury Lounge
Mar 12 - THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN @ Webster Hall
Mar 12 - THE BRAVERY @ Bowery
Mar 12 - RAVEONETTES @ Mercury Lounge
Mar 13 - PIPETTES, AMY WINEHOUSE @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Mar 13 - CINEMATICS @ Gramercey Theatre
Mar 13 - THE HOLLOWAYS, POP LEVI @ Mercury Lounge
Mar 18 - FUJIYA & MIYAGI @ Mercury Lounge
Mar 19 - FUJIYA & MIYAGI @ Barnard College
Mar 19 - CLINIC, HOLY FUCK @ Gramercey Theatre
Mar 20 - THE VIEW, EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS @ Bowery
Mar 21-22 - DECEMBERISTS @ Loews Theatre, Jersey City
Mar 22-23 - THE FRATELLIS @ Mercury Lounge SOLD OUT
Mar 24 - ELECTRIC SIX @ Bowery
Mar 26 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS, OK GO @ Theater at Madison Sq Garden
Mar 26 - PONYS, BLACK LIPS @ Bowery
Mar 27-28 - ROBYN HITCHCOCK @ Knitting Factory
Mar 28 - FIELD MUSIC, MENOMENA @ Bowery
Mar 30 - LONG WINTERS @ Maxwell's
Mar 30 - SAY HI TO YOUR MOM, BISHOP ALLEN, +/- @ Mercury Lounge
Mar 30-31 - BLOC PARTY, ALBERT HAMMOND JR @ United Palace Theatre SOLD OUT
Mar 30-31 - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Mar 31 - SEBADOH @ Webster Hall
Mar31-Apr1 - THE LONG WINTERS @ Mercury Lounge
Apr 4 - SONS & DAUGHTERS, 1990'S @ Bowery
Apr 6 - LOW @ Webster Hall
Apr 6-8 - COLD WAR KIDS, TOKYO POLICE CLUB @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Apr 12 - KAISER CHIEFS, THE WALKMEN, THE LITTLE ONES @ Roseland
Apr 18 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Maxwell's
Apr 19 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Mercury Lounge
Apr 23 - JARVIS COCKER @ Webster Hall
Apr 24 - THE FRAMES @ Town Hall
May 4 - SUNSET RUBDOWN @ Bowery
May 5 - TED LEO/PHARMACISTS @ Webster Hall
May 10 - THE KOOKS @ Irving Plaza

SAN FRANCISCO/BAY AREA EVENTS
2nd & 4th Tuesdays - "Hold Ya Horses" @ Aunt Charlie's
Wednesdays - "1964" (mod/soul) @ Edinburg Castle FREE (alternating Wednesdays)
Thursdays - "popscene" @ 330 Ritch Street
Thursdays - "1984" 80s @ Cat Club
last Saturdays - "Leisure" @ Annie's Social Club
Feb 1 - OF MONTREAL @ Bottom of the Hill
Feb 1 - MOVING UNITS @ Cafe du Nord
Feb 2-3 - OF MONTREAL @ Great American
Feb 2-3 - JAMES BROWN @ Bimbo's CANCELLED
Feb 3 - THIS CHARMING BAND @ Leisure, Annie's Social Club
Feb 6 - LILY ALLEN @ Great American
Feb 8 - STELLASTARR* @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Feb 8 - BIRDMONSTER, DIVISION DAY @ Bottom of the Hill
Feb 10 - STELLASTARR*, MONSTERS ARE WAITING @ Bottom of the Hill
Feb 10 - SPARKLEHORSE @ Fillmore
Feb 13 - AQUALUNG @ Fillmore
Feb 19 - BEN KWELLER @ Great American
Feb 23 - COLD WAR KIDS, THE DUKE SPIRIT @ Great American
Feb 26 - NELS CLINE AND GLENN KOTCHE OF WILCO @ Cafe du Nord
Feb 28 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Slim's
Feb 28 - SEBADOH @ Great American
Feb 28 - WILL SHEFF (OKKERVIL RIVER), JOSH RITTER @ Swedish American Hall
Feb 28 - POP LEVI @ Bottom of the Hill
Feb 29 - FRENCH KICKS @ Slim's
Mar 1 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Bill Graham Auditorium
Mar 1 - ANNUALS @ Cafe du Nord
Mar 2 - AUTOLUX @ Independent
Mar 2 - GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY @ Mezzanine
Mar 3 - TED LEO/PHARMACISTS, SO MANY DYNAMOS @ Great American
Mar 3 - CLINIC, EARLIMART @ The Independent
Mar 3 - THE PONYS @ Bottom of the Hill
Mar 4 - MIDLAKE @ Bottom of the Hill
Mar 8 - YOUNG KNIVES @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Mar 9 - MOUNTAIN GOATS, PONY UP @ Bottom of the Hill
Mar 9-10 - BRIGHT EYES @ Great American
Mar 10 - THE LONG WINTERS @ The Independent
Mar 11 - THE VIEW @ Slim's
Mar 12 - EL PERRO DEL MARK @ Great American
Mar 13 - FUJIYA & MIYAGI @ Mint
Mar 15 - DR. DOG @ Cafe du Nord
Mar 17 - BLOC PARTY @ Concourse Exhibition
Mar 23 - BADLY DRAWN BOY @ Great American
Mar 23 - CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE, PAGE FRANCE, HEADLIGHTS @
Cafe du Nord
Apr 7 - THE FRAMES @ Fillmore
Apr 23 - THE BOOKS @ Great American
Apr 24 - CINEMATICS @ Slim's
Apr 25-26 - DECEMBERISTS, MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND @ Warfield
Apr 27 - KAISER CHIEFS, THE WALKMEN, LITTLE ONES @ Warfield
Apr 28 - JARVIS COCKER @ Fillmore
Apr 30 - THE KOOKS @ Slim's

Coachella Festival lineup

The lineup for this year's Coachella Festival in Indio, CA in late April has just been announced.

The highlights:
The Happy Mondays, Jarvis Cocker, The Good The Bad and The Queen, Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire, Travis, Kaiser Chiefs, Kooks, Klaxons, The Fratellis, Decemberists, New Pornographers, Of Montreal, Silversun Pickups, Air, Bjork, Crowded House, The Cribs, The Fields, The Feeling, The Frames, Girl Talk, Hot Chip, Lily Allen, Placebo, Peter Bjorn & John, Sonic Youth, We Are Scientists, Tapes N Tapes, Andrew Bird, !!!, The Rapture and more.

The lowlights:
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine

The whatthefucklights:
Willie Nelson (???)

Tickets onsale this weekend.

See the full lineup at www.thetripwire.com and www.coachella.com

BA Newsletter 1.18

*This year's nominees for the Brit Awards have been announced, and they can be viewed at www.nme.com, www.thetripwire.com and likely a number of blogs as well. As expected, ARCTIC MONKEYS, MUSE, LILLY ALLEN, and ROBBIE WILLIAMS lead this year's nominees.

*You may have noticed that the www.britishaccents.org website is no longer active - it is no more, replaced by the already-operating www.britishaccents.blogspot.com. The former site was too expensive to host and too difficult to maintain, so it's gone the way of
britishaccents.net and paved the way for the more user-friendly blog site.

*Depending on the scheduled, British Accents radio may air this Sunday at 4pm, but could possibly also be back to the 6-7pm slot - depending on whether the students have returned or not. But new music from SEAFOOD, THE HOLLOWAYS, THE KLAXONS, JARVIS COCKER and much more awaits.

*KAISER CHIEFS will guest DJ "Loaded" at Lotus on January 26 to promote their fothcoming album "Yours Truly, Angry Mob", due out on March 27 in the US. Legendary producer STEPHEN STREET tweaked the knobs this time around, and lead single "Ruby" is already being played on some US radio stations and appearing on some blogs.

*THE DECEMBERISTS, still reeling from their defeat in the shredding competition with STEVEN COLBERT, hit the road this spring on an extensive US tour that includes multiple dates in Boston, SF, and the NYC area - check in the show listings for specific dates.

*THE FRATELLIS' excellent debut "Costello Music" gets a US release on March 13 in the US.

*Expect a full-on KOOKS tour this spring for the US, after waiting for months for something beyond a handful of NY & LA showcases.

*THE RAKES will release their sophomore album on March 19 in the UK, titled "Ten New Messages".

*Scottish newcomers FRIGHTENED RABBIT play a handful of US shows concentrated mostly in NYC over the next week. They're at Cake Shop on the 19th, at Sin-e on the 20th with THE BROTHER KITE, and on the 22nd at Mercury Lounge.

*Seattle's THE LONG WINTERS return to Boston March 29 with a show at Great Scott.

*ELECTRELANE have teamed up with THE BLOW for a US tour that comes through Boston on May 16 with a show at the Paradise.

*It seems that the LILY ALLEN Axis date posted here last week isn't happening. It was on the Axis website with ticket info, but apparently the show was pulled before tickets went onsale.

*GORILLAZ are working on a b-sides album to be released later this year. This will be their second such CD, after "G-Sides", which followed the self-titled debut.

*NYC has another celestial-themed club, the Luna Lounge, which is situated at 360 Metropolitan Ave in Brooklyn. Their grand opening party is this Friday, January 19 with THE COMAS.

*On the downside, R&R has already closed and word is that Sin-e will close its doors in April.

*Want to download the new CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH early because you don't feel like waiting to buy the CD? Head to www.insound.com and pre-order the CD. Then you'll be allowed to download the tracks to the album and the disc will be sent to you in time for its release date.

*Hey Chicago - want to share the love this summer? The city is slated to have no less than 4 large-scale music festivals - Lollapalooza, Pitchfork, Intonation, and Wicker Park. How bout sending a bit of that our way, huh?

*V2 Records' US operation is no more - the label has folded. WHITE STRIPES, GANG OF FOUR, MARGOT & THE NUCLEAR SO AND SO's, THE ADORED and a number of others are now without labels but expected to find new homes soon.

*Hard-partying rocker BOBBY GILLESPIE (PRIMAL SCREAM) is championing an unexpected cause - petitioning to prevent a local pub from keeping later hours due to the loud music that emanates from the venue late at night. Apparently Bobby gets cranky after 11pm.

*THE POSTAL SERVICE will reportedly release their long-awaited second album in April of this year.

*FORWARD RUSSIA will release a new single on February 12, a 10" vinyl one-off for a song not named for a number - "Don't Be a Doctor".

*THE CRIBS have signed a US deal with Warner Brothers to release their next album.

*In other label news, MYSTERY JETS have signed to Dim Mak and BRIGHT EYES has reportedly signed with Polydor, in the Universal family.

*WILCO's new album "Blue Sky Blue" will be released on May 15 in the US.

New & upcoming release dates

NEW & UPCOMING ALBUM RELEASE DATES (subject to change)
Jan 9 - SLOAN/Never Hear The End Of It USA
Jan 15 - SCISSORS FOR LEFTY/Underhanded Romance UK
Jan 16 - STRANGLERS/Suite XVI USA
Jan 22 - FIELD MUSIC/Tones of Town UK
Jan 22 - THE VIEW/Hats Off To The Buskers UK
Jan 22 - THE COOPER TEMPLE CLAUSE/Make This Your Own UK
Jan 23 - THE GOOD THE BAND AND THE QUEEN USA
Jan 23 - OF MONTREAL/Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? USA
Jan 23 - THE SHINS/Wincing the Night Away USA
Jan 23 - CLINIC/Visitation USA
Jan 23 - PAUL WELLER/Hit Parade USA
Jan 29 - THE KLAXONS/Myths of the Near Future UK
Jan 29 - LITTLE MAN TATE/About What You Know UK
Jan 30 - CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY HEAH/Some Loud Thunder USA
Jan - GRUFF RHYS/Candylion USA
Feb 6 - APPLES IN STEREO/New Magnetic Wonder USA
Feb 6 - BLOC PARTY/A Weekend in the City USA
Feb 6 - PETER BJORN & JOHN/Writer's Block USA
Feb 12 - THE FALL/Reformation UK
Feb 13 - THE BLUETONES/The Bluetones USA
Feb 13 - SEAFOOD/Paper Crown King USA
Feb 13 - ARAB STRAP/best of USA
Feb 23 - various/Songs for the Young At Heart USA
Feb 26 - KAISER CHIEFS/Yours Truly, Angry Mob UK
Feb 27 - THE FEELING/Twelve Steps and Home USA
Feb - CINEMATICS USA
Mar 5 - IDLEWILD/Make Another World UK
Mar 5 - CHARLOTTE HATHERLEY/The Deep Blue UK
Mar 5 - various/Ballads of the Book comp. by Roddy Woomble UK
Mar 5 - PETER BJORN & JOHN/reissues of first 2 albums UK
Mar 5 - THE HORRORS/Strange House UK
Mar 6 - ALBERT HAMMOND JR/Yours To Keep USA
Mar 6 - AIR/Pocket Symphony USA
Mar 13 - FRATELLIS/Costello Music USA
Mar 13 - AQUALUNG/Memory Man USA
Mar 19 - THE RAKES/Ten New Messages UK
Mar 20 - MODEST MOUSE/We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank USA
Mar 20 - IGGY & THE STOOGES/The Weirdness USA
Mar 27 - KAISER CHIEFS/Yours Truly, Angry Mob USA
Mar - THE VIEW/Hats Off To The Buskers USA
Mar - THE MAGIC NUMBERS/Those The Brakes USA
Mar - RAKES/Ten New Messages UK
Apr 2 - FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE/Weather and Traffic USA
Apr 9 - BRIGHT EYES/Cassadaga USA
Apr 24 - MIDNIGHT MOVIES/Lion the Girl USA
Apr 24 - MANDO DIAO/Ode to Ochrasy USA
May 15 - WILCO/Blue Sky Blue USA
Jun - THE CURE USA/UK

UPCOMING SINGLES (all UK unless noted)
Jan 15 - GUILLEMOTS/Annie, Let's Not Wait
Jan 15 - THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN/Kingdom of Doom
Jan 15 - FIELD MUSIC/A House is Not a Home
Jan 15 - THE ORDINARY BOYS/I Luv U
Jan 15 - THE VIEW/Same Jeans
Jan 22 - LITTLE MAN TATE/Sexy in Latin
Jan 22 - KEANE/A Bad Dream
Jan 22 - CLIENT/Zerox
Jan 22 - THE HOURS/Back When You Were Good
Jan 22 - KLAXONS/Golden Skans
Jan 29 - BLOC PARTY/The Prayer
Feb 5 - LONG BLONDES/Giddy Stratospheres (reissue)
Feb 12 - SNOW PATROL/Open Your Eyes
Feb 12 - FORWARD RUSSIA/Don't Be a Doctor
Feb 19 - KAISER CHIEFS/Ruby
Feb 26 - IDLEWILD/No Emotion

Boston area show listings

BOSTON/NEW ENGLAND EVENTS
Thursdays - "Love Night" 80's w/DJ Brian @ Common Ground
Thursdays - DJ Sugar Dandy @ The Independent, Union Sq FREE
Fridays - "The Pill" w/DJs Ken & Terence @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "The Plan" w/live guests & DJ's Carl & Bethany @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "Soul-le-lu-jah" (northern soul/motown) @ Zuzu FREE
Saturdays - "Heroes" w/DJ Chris Ewen (x-manray) @ Toast
Saturdays - "The Pill vs Love Night" @ Common Ground (last Saturday of
the month only)
Jan 18 - DECEMBER SOUND, ASTEROID #4, A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS @ Great Scott
Jan 18 - THE PICTURE @ TT the Bear's
Jan 18 - MITTENS @ Plough & Stars
Jan 18 - SELF-RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS @ Middle East upstairs
Jan 20 - MISSION OF BURMA @ Paradise SOLD OUT
Jan 20 - FREEZEPOP, AD FRANK @ TT the Bear's
Jan 20 - THE BIG SLEEP, BLANKETEER @ Great Scott
Jan 25 - THE CHANNELS, OKAY THURSDAY @ TT the Bear's
Jan 26 - CAMERA OBSCURA @ Pearl Street, Northampton
Jan 27 - CAMERA OBSCURA @ Paradise
Jan 27 - BLEU, SNOWLEOPARDS, EVERYDAY VISUALS @ TT the Bear's
Feb 3 - PAOLO NUTINI @ Paradise
Feb 9 - EMERGENCY MUSIC @ The Pill, Great Scott
Feb 9 - DEAR LEADER, TAXPAYER, HALLELUJAH THE HILLS @ Paradise
Feb 10 - MIDLAKE @ Middle East upstairs
Feb 16 - STELLASTARR* @ Middle East downstairs
Feb 21 - THE HOURLY RADIO, THE STERNS, THE GLASS SET @ Great Scott
Feb 23 - EMERGENCY MUSIC @ Great Scott
Feb 23 - THE SLIP @ Paradise
Feb 23-24 - THE LUXURY CD release @ TT the Bear's
Feb 24 - BANG CAMARO @ Paradise
Feb 28 - BRIGHT EYES @ Somerville Theatre
Feb 28 - ASOBI SEKSU @ Middle East downstairs
Mar 1 - TV ON THE RADIO @ Lupo's
Mar 3 - THE THERMALS, THE BIG SLEEP @ TT the Bear's
Mar 4 - YOUNG KNIVES, FOREIGN ISLANDS @ Great Scott
Mar 5 - BADLY DRAWN BOY @ Somerville Theatre
Mar 6 - GOMEZ, BEN KWELLER @ Avalon
Mar 9 - BRITTA PHILLIPS & DEAN WAREHAM @ MFA
Mar 10 - CLINIC @ Middle East downstairs
Mar 11 - OF MONTREAL @ Avalon
Mar 11 - POP LEVI @ Great Scott
Mar 15 - RATATAT @ Paradise
Mar 16 - TAXPAYER @ TT the Bear's
Mar 22 - THE VIEW @ TT the Bear's
Mar 23-24 - DECEMBERISTS, MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND @ Avalon
Mar 27 - PONYS, BLACK LIPS @ TT the Bear's
Mar 27 - FIELD MUSIC, MENOMENA @ Great Scott
Mar 28 - BLOC PARTY, ALBERT HAMMOND JR @ Orpheum
Mar 28 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS, OK GO @ Agganis Arena
Mar 28 - ELECTRIC SIX @ Middle East downstairs
Mar 29 - THE LONG WINTERS @ Great Scott
Mar 29 - SEBADOH @ Pearl Street, Northampton MA
Mar 29 - DECEMBERISTS @ Wellesley College (students only)
Mar 30 - SEBADOH @ Paradise
Mar 30 - COLD WAR KIDS, TOKYO POLICE CLUB @ Middle East downstairs
Mar 30 - ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE VENUS 3 @ TT the Bear's
Mar 31 - WHEAT @ TT the Bear's
Apr 6 - AQUEDUCT @ Middle East upstairs
Apr 7 - LOW @ Somerville Theatre
Apr 15 - THE BOOKS @ Somerville Theatre
Apr 20 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Middle East upstairs
Apr 26 - DR. DOG @ Great Scott
May 9 - BLONDE REDHEAD @ Paradise
May 16 - ELECTRELANE, THE BLOW @ Paradise

NYC show listings

NYC AREA EVENTS
Wednesdays - "Riot Radio" @ Sutra
Thursdays - "popscene nyc" @ Club Midway (1st & 3rd Thursdays)
Thursdays - "The Gorgeous Undertow" @ Royal Oak, Brooklyn
Fridays - "Crashin In" @ Galapagos
Saturdays - "Misshapes" @ Don Hill's
Saturdays - "Tiswas" @ The Annex
Jan 18 - SLOAN @ Bowery
Jan 18 - JUAN MACLEAN DJ set @ Hiro Ballroom
Jan 18 - THE HOLD STEADY @ Northsix
Jan 18 - MARK EITZEL @ Tonic
Jan 19 - THE DEARS, ANNUALS @ Webster Hall
Jan 19 - MISSION OF BURMA @ Irving Plaza
Jan 19 - THE WRENS @ Knitting Factory
Jan 19 - THE COMAS @ Luna Lounge
Jan 19 - FRIGHTENED RABBIT @ Cake Shop
Jan 20 - THE BROTHER KITE, FRIGHTENED RABBIT @ Sin-e
Jan 22 - THE SHINS instore @ Virgin Megastore, Union Sq FREE @ midnight
Jan 22 - FRIGHTENED RABBIT @ Mercury Lounge
Jan 23 - CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH @ Bowery (benefit show)
Jan 24 - CAMERA OBSCURA @ Warsaw
Jan 24 - "The All England Club" @ Lolita Bar
Jan 24 - COLD WAR KIDS @ Mercury Lounge SOLD OUT
Jan 25 - DEAN AND BRITTA (x-LUNA) @ Union Hall
Jan 26 - DEERHOOF @ Irving Plaza
Jan 26 - TED LEO @ Northsix
Jan 26 - KAISER CHIEFS DJ set @ Lotus
Jan 27 - THE BOOKS @ Webster Hall
Jan 29-31 - PAUL WELLER @ Irving Plaza
Jan 29 - PETER BJORN & JOHN @ Mercury Lounge SOLD OUT
Jan 30 - PETER BJORN & JOHN @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Jan 31 - RADIO 4 @ Northsix
Feb 4 - JONATHAN RICHMAN @ Knitting Factory
Feb 9 - MIDLAKE @ Bowery
Feb 10 - Plug Awards w/STEPHEN MALKMUS, SILVERSUN PICKUPS, DEERHOOF,
more @ Irving Plaza
Feb 11 - STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS @ Maxwell's SOLD OUT
Feb 15 - APPLES IN STEREO @ Bowery
Feb 13-17 - ARCADE FIRE @ Judson Memorial Church SOLD OUT
Feb 17 - OXFORD COLLAPSE @ Grasslands
Feb 18 - SNOWDEN @ Mercury Lounge
Feb 19 - RA RA RIOT, SNOWDEN @ Southpaw
Feb 22 - STELLASTARR* @ Gramercy Theatre
Feb 23 - LEMONHEADS @ Southpaw
Feb 23 - NEKO CASE @ Lincoln Center - 2 shows
Feb 24 - LEMONHEADS @ Maxwell's
Mar 2-3 - BRIGHT EYES @ Bowery
Mar 3 - SCISSOR SISTERS @ Theater at Madison Sq Garden
Mar 4 - THERMALS, BIG SLEEP @ Bowery
Mar 7 - BADLY DRAWN BOY @ Webster Hall
Mar 8 - WALKMEN @ Bowery
Mar 9 - CLINIC @ The Gramercey
Mar 9-10 - OF MONTREAL @ Irving Plaza
Mar 19 - CLINIC, HOLY FUCK @ Gramercey Theatre
Mar 21-22 - DECEMBERISTS @ Loews Theatre, Jersey City
Mar 24 - ELECTRIC SIX @ Bowery
Mar 26 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS, OK GO @ Theater at Madison Sq Garden
Mar 26 - PONYS, BLACK LIPS @ Bowery
Mar 27-28 - ROBYN HITCHCOCK @ Knitting Factory
Mar 30 - LONG WINTERS @ Maxwell's
Mar 30-31 - BLOC PARTY @ United Palace Theatre
Mar 31 - SEBADOH @ Webster Hall
Apr 6 - LOW @ Webster Hall
Apr 6-7 - COLD WAR KIDS, TOKYO POLICE CLUB @ Bowery
Apr 13 - KAISER CHIEFS @ Roseland
Apr 18 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Maxwell's
Apr 19 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Mercury Lounge

SF & LA show listings

SAN FRANCISCO/BAY AREA EVENTS
2nd & 4th Tuesdays - "Hold Ya Horses" @ Aunt Charlie's
Wednesdays - "1964" (mod/soul) @ Edinburg Castle FREE (alternating Wednesdays)
Thursdays - "popscene" @ 330 Ritch Street
Thursdays - "1984" 80s @ Cat Club
last Saturdays - "Leisure" @ Annie's Social Club
Jan 20 - RHETT MILLER @ Swedish American Hall
Jan 21 - THE CHANGES, DIVISION DAY, GREAT NORTHERN @ Cafe du Nord
Jan 22 - EMILY HAINES & SOFT SKELETON @ Great American
Jan 25 - ROBBERS ON HIGH STREET @ Cafe du Nord
Jan 27 - KEANE @ Berkeley Community Theatre
Jan 30 - DEERHOOF @ Great American
Feb 1 - OF MONTREAL @ Bottom of the Hill
Feb 1 - MOVING UNITS @ Cafe du Nord
Feb 2-3 - OF MONTREAL @ Great American
Feb 2-3 - JAMES BROWN @ Bimbo's CANCELLED
Feb 3 - THIS CHARMING BAND @ Leisure, Annie's Social Club
Feb 8 - STELLASTARR* @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Feb 8 - BIRDMONSTER, DIVISION DAY @ Bottom of the Hill
Feb 10 - STELLASTARR*, MONSTERS ARE WAITING @ Bottom of the Hill
Feb 10 - SPARKLEHORSE @ Fillmore
Feb 13 - AQUALUNG @ Fillmore
Feb 19 - BEN KWELLER @ Great American
Feb 23 - COLD WAR KIDS, THE DUKE SPIRIT @ Great American
Feb 26 - NELS CLINE AND GLENN KOTCHE OF WILCO @ Cafe du Nord
Feb 28 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Slim's
Feb 28 - SEBADOH @ Great American
Feb 28 - WILL SHEFF (OKKERVIL RIVER), JOSH RITTER @ Swedish American Hall
Feb 28 - POP LEVI @ Bottom of the Hill
Feb 29 - FRENCH KICKS @ Slim's
Mar 1 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Bill Graham Auditorium
Mar 1 - ANNUALS @ Cafe du Nord
Mar 2 - AUTOLUX @ Independent
Mar 2 - GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY @ Mezzanine
Mar 3 - TED LEO/PHARMACISTS, SO MANY DYNAMOS @ Great American
Mar 3 - CLINIC, EARLIMART @ The Independent
Mar 3 - THE PONYS @ Bottom of the Hill
Mar 4 - MIDLAKE @ Bottom of the Hill
Mar 9 - MOUNTAIN GOATS, PONY UP @ Bottom of the Hill
Mar 9-10 - BRIGHT EYES @ Great American
Mar 12 - EL PERRO DEL MARK @ Great American
Mar 15 - DR. DOG @ Cafe du Nord
Mar 17 - BLOC PARTY @ Concourse Exhibition
Mar 23 - BADLY DRAWN BOY @ Great American
Mar 23 - CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE, PAGE FRANCE, HEADLIGHTS @
Cafe du Nord
Apr 23 - THE BOOKS @ Great American
Apr 25-26 - DECEMBERISTS, MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND @ Warfield
Apr 27 - KAISER CHIEFS @ Warfield

LA-AREA EVENTS
Jan 19 - COLD WAR KIDS @ Silverlake Lounge
Jan 23 - BIRD & THE BEE @ Troubadour
Jan 24 - DEERHOOF @ El Rey
Jan 26 - COLD WAR KIDS @ Spaceland
Jan 26 - BLACK LIPS @ The Echo
Jan 26 - KEANE @ The Wiltern
Jan 28 - OF MONTREAL @ Troubadour
Feb 3 - LILLY ALLEN @ Henry Fonda
Feb 3 - PAUL WELLER @ Avalon
Feb 4 - PAUL WELLER @ Avalon
Feb 7 - STELLASTARR* @ Troubadour
Feb 14 - ALBERT HAMMOND JR. @ Troubadour
Feb 17 - CAMERA OBSCURA @ El Rey
Feb 21 - GRIZZLY BEAR @ Troubadour
Feb 28 - FRENCH KICKS @ Troubadour
Mar 2 - CLINIC @ Troubadour
Mar 3 - MIDLAKE @ Troubadour
Mar 22 - BADLY DRAWN BOY @ El Rey
Mar 30 - TV ON THE RADIO @ Henry Fonda
Mar 31 - TV ON THE RADIO @ Henry Fonda
Apr 26 - 28 COACHELLA @ Empire Polo Fields

BA Year-End Poll Results - Part 1

Top 30 albums
1) MUSE Black Holes and Revelations
2) ARCTIC MONKEYS Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
3) PLACEBO Meds
4) DECEMBERISTS The Crane Wife
5) SILVERSUN PICKUPS Carnavas
6) DIRTY PRETTY THINGS Waterloo to Anywhere
7) BELLE & SEBASTIAN The Life Pursuit
8) THE HOLD STEADY Boys and Girls in America
9) ASOBI SEKSU Citrus
10) EDITORS The Back Room
11) MYLO Destroy Rock & Roll
12) SECRET MACHINES Ten Silver Drops
13) BAND OF HORSES Everything All The Time
14) LONG BLONDES Someone To Drive You Home
15) MORRISSEY Ringleader of the Tormentors
16) CAT POWER The Greatest
17) MOGWAI Mr. Beast
18) CAMERA OBSCURA Let's Get Out of This Country
19) ART BRUT Bang Bang Rock & Roll
20) TWILIGHT SINGERS Powder Burns
21) BLACK ANGELS Passover
22) THE KOOKS Inside In/Inside Out
23) PERNICE BROTHERS Live a Little
24) THE KNIFE Silent Shout
25) NEKO CASE Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
26) FIELD MUSIC Write Our Own Music
27) JAMES DEAN BRADFIELD The Great Western
28) JARVIS COCKER Jarvis
29) TV ON THE RADIO Return to Cookie Mountain
30) MATES OF STATE Bring It Back

Top 30 songs
1) MUSE Starlight
2) RACONTEURS Steady As She Goes
3) GUILLEMOTS Trains to Brazil
4) DECEMBERISTS Sons & Daughters
5) FORWARD RUSSIA Twelve
6) GNARLS BARKLEY Crazy
7) CAT POWER The Greatest
8) TWILIGHT SINGERS Forty Dollars
9) CAMERA OBSCURA Let's Get Out of This Country
10) THOM YORKE Black Swan
11) PIPETTES Pull Shapes
12) THE KOOKS Naive
13) ARCTIC MONKEYS Perhaps Vampires is a Bit Strong
14) SILVERSUN PICKUPS Future Foe Scenarios
15) MEW The Zookeeper's Boy
16) MATES OF STATE Like U Crazy
17) THE KOOKS Ooh La
18) PETER BJORN & JOHN Young Folks
19) MUSE Knights of Cydonia
20) ALBERT HAMMOND, JR Back to the 101
21) JARVIS COCKER Running The World
22) SCISSOR SISTERS I Don't Feel Like Dancing
23) THE RIFLES She's Got Standards
24) LONG WINTERS Fire Island, AK
25) ELECTRIC SIX I Buy The Drugs
26) THE HOURLY RADIO Deaf Ears
27) ARCTIC MONKEYS Dancing Shoes
28) BUILT TO SPILL Goin Against Your Mind
29) THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN Herculean
30) MORRISSEY In The Future...

Bloc Party Dates

03.28.07 - Boston, MA (Orpheum Theatre)
03.30.07 - New York, NY (United Palace Theatre)
03.31.07 - New York, NY (United Palace Theatre)

Note - if you have tickets to the Snow Patrol/Ok Go/Silversun Pickups show at Agganis Arena, you've got a choice to make.

No ticket information yet, but Orpheum sells tickets at their box office and through Ticketmaster.

BA newsletter 1.3.07

*British Accents Radio returns this Sunday, this week only at the old
time slot of 4-6pm eastern. Some of the BA poll results will be
unveiled, as well as the yearly tradition of playing b-sides at the
beginning of the year. You'll also hear new music from SEAFOOD, THE
MAGIC NUMBERS, BLOC PARTY and much more. Tune in via iTunes radio,
www.wmfo.org or 91.5 FM in the Boston/Medford area.

*If you still plan on submitting your picks for the British Accents
poll, send them now and they'll count. Deadline is this weekend.

*THE ARCADE FIRE will play a 5-night residency in New York at Judson
Memorial Church from February 13-17, with tickets onsale January 5. A
song called "Intervention" is now available on iTunes for download,
but only after Merge loaded the wrong song onto the mp3 service,
allowing fans to check out "Black Wave/Bad Vibrations" for a short
time. NME has April or May listed for the UK release, with the North
American release at that time or before.

*Pitchfork reports that GRAHAM COXON will not be part of any upcoming
BLUR reunion, and that a recent meeting with ALEX JAMES was merely
friendly and personal in nature. The remaining 3 members of the band
are expected to make the follow-up to to "Think Tank" this year.

*MORRISSEY was recently quoted as saying he doubts he'll ever be
knighted, due to past anti-royal lyrics. But at a recent show in
Manchester we declared that he was more deserving than some recipients
of the honor. Sir Morrissey, we never knew thee.

*A handful of South By Southwest performers have been announced,
including BLOC PARTY, THE STOOGES, LILY ALLEN, INTERPOL, COLD WAR KIDS
and GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY. Many more will be announced over the coming
weeks. This year's installment happens March 14-18 in Austin.

*STEREOPHONICS will reissue their debut album "Word Gets Around" with
a bonus CD of b-sides and unreleased tracks, and it's quite likely
that the bonus disc will be better than anything the band has released
this decade.

*Check out a video for IDLEWILD's new single here:
http://www.thetripwire.com/news/2007/1/2/video-idlewild-if-it-takes-you-home

*In other Idlewild news, RODDY WOOMBLE's solo album will get a US
release in 2007, and he is also compiling a CD called "Ballads of the
Book", out on March 5 in the UK and featuring Scottish poets teamed up
with various musicians, including MALCOLM MIDDLETON, SONS & DAUGHTERS,
TRASHCAN SINATRAS, AEREOGRAMME and more.

*OASIS have accused GREEN DAY of ripping them off for "Boulevard of
Broken Dreams". "They should have the decency to wait until I am dead.
I, at least, pay the people I steal from that courtesy" is what Noel
had to say on the subject.

*PETER BJORN & JOHN will release their critically acclaimed debut
"Writer's Block" in the US on February 6. The release will also
feature a 6-track bonus disc featuring some new (and old) versions
plus b-sides.

*THE WRENS return to Knittng Factory, the club they damaged in 2004
during CMJ, to play a benefit for Planned Parenthood on January 19,
the 34th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and a time when individual
liberties and reproductive freedom are under attack in America.

*CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH are also on the benefit bandwagon. They'll
be at the tiny (for them) Bowery Ballroom on January 23 to benefit
Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls.

*While various news sources declared that PETE DOHERTY had married
Kate Moss, NME reports that Doherty has denied that such a marriage
took place. In other surprising news, Doherty has survived the year
2006.

*Brooklyn venue Northsix is closing at the end of this month after a
RADIO 4 show on January 31, but the venue will re-open as The Music
Hall of Williamsburg a few months later.

*CLIENT release a new single January 22, a cover of the ADAM & THE
ANTS classic "Zerox", available only on vinyl and as a download.

New & upcoming releases

NEW & UPCOMING ALBUM RELEASE DATES (subject to change)
Jan 9 - SLOAN/Never Hear The End Of It USA
Jan 22 - FIELD MUSIC/Tones of Town UK
Jan 22 - THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN UK
Jan 22 - THE VIEW/Hats Off To The Buskers UK
Jan 23 - OF MONTREAL/Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? USA
Jan 23 - THE SHINS/Wincing the Night Away USA
Jan 23 - CLINIC/Visitation USA
Jan 23 - PAUL WELLER/Hit Parade USA
Jan 29 - THE KLAXONS/Myths of the Near Future UK
Jan 29 - LITTLE MAN TATE/About What You Know UK
Jan 30 - CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY HEAH/Some Loud Thunder USA
Jan - GRUFF RHYS/Candylion USA
Jan - THE MAGIC NUMBERS USA
Jan - THE CINEMATICS USA
Feb - IDLEWILD/Make Another World UK
Feb 6 - APPLES IN STEREO/New Magnetic Wonder USA
Feb 6 - BLOC PARTY/A Weekend in the City USA
Feb 6 - PETER BJORN & JOHN/Writer's Block USA
Feb 12 - THE FALL/Reformation UK
Feb 23 - various/Songs for the Young At Heart USA
Mar 5 - CHARLOTTE HATHERLEY/The Deep Blue UK
Mar 5 - various/Ballads of the Book comp. by Roddy Woomble UK
Mar 20 - MODEST MOUSE/We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank USA
Mar 20 - IGGY & THE STOOGES/The Weirdness USA
Mar - THE VIEW/Hats Off To The Buskers USA
Mar - RAKES/Ten New Messages UK
Jun - THE CURE USA/UK

UPCOMING SINGLES (all UK unless noted)
Jan 15 - GUILLEMOTS/Annie, Let's Not Wait
Jan 15 - THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN/Kingdom of Doom
Jan 15 - THE VIEW/Same Jeans
Jan 22 - LITTLE MAN TATE/Sexy in Latin
Jan 22 - KEANE/A Bad Dream
Jan 22 - CLIENT/Zerox
Jan 22 - KLAXONS/Golden Skans
Jan 29 - BLOC PARTY/The Prayer
Feb 5 - LONG BLONDES/Giddy Stratospheres (reissue)
Feb 19 - IDLEWILD/No Emotion
Feb 19 - KAISER CHIEFS/Ruby

Boston area shows

BOSTON/NEW ENGLAND EVENTS
Thursdays - "Love Night" 80's w/DJ Brian @ Common Ground
Thursdays - DJ Sugar Dandy @ The Independent, Union Sq FREE
Fridays - "The Pill" w/DJs Ken & Terence @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "The Plan" w/live guests & DJ's Carl & Bethany @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "Soul-le-lu-jah" (northern soul/motown) @ Zuzu FREE
Saturdays - "Heroes" w/DJ Chris Ewen (x-manray) @ Toast
Saturdays - "The Pill vs Love Night" @ Common Ground (last Saturday of
the month only)
Jan 3 - KAY HANLEY @ TT the Bear's
Jan 5 - BLANKETEER @ Plough & Stars
Jan 7 - Hot Stove, Cool Music w/JOE PERNICE, KAY HANLEY, more @ Paradise
Jan 8 - EMILY HAINES (METRIC) @ Paradise
Jan 16 - THE DEARS, ANNUALS @ Paradise
Jan 16 - SLOAN @ Middle East downstairs
Jan 18 - A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS @ Great Scott
Jan 18 - THE PICTURE @ TT the Bear's
Jan 20 - MISSION OF BURMA @ Paradise
Jan 20 - FREEZEPOP, AD FRANK @ TT the Bear's
Jan 20 - THE BIG SLEEP, BLANKETEER @ Great Scott
Jan 25 - THE CHANNELS, OKAY THURSDAY @ TT the Bear's
Jan 26 - CAMERA OBSCURA @ Pearl Street, Northampton
Jan 27 - CAMERA OBSCURA @ Paradise
Jan 27 - BLEU, SNOWLEOPARDS, EVERYDAY VISUALS @ TT the Bear's
Feb 9 - EMERGENCY MUSIC @ The Pill, Great Scott
Feb 9 - DEAR LEADER, TAXPAYER @ Paradise
Feb 10 - MIDLAKE @ Middle East upstairs
Feb 16 - STELLASTARR* @ Middle East downstairs
Feb 23 - THE SLIP @ Paradise
Feb 24 - BANG CAMARO @ Paradise
Mar 1 - TV ON THE RADIO @ Lupo's
Mar 5 - BADLY DRAWN BOY @ Somerville Theatre
Mar 9 - BRITTA PHILLIPS & DEAN WAREHAM @ MFA
Mar 10 - CLINIC @ Middle East downstairs
Mar 11 - OF MONTREAL @ Avalon
Mar 15 - RATATAT @ Paradise
Mar 27 - PONYS, BLACK LIPS @ TT the Bear's
Mar 28 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS, OK GO @ Agganis Arena
Mar 29 - SEBADOH @ Pearl Street, Northampton MA
Mar 30 - SEBADOH @ Paradise
Mar 30 - COLD WAR KIDS, TOKYO POLICE CLUB @ Middle East downstairs
Apr 7 - LOW @ Somerville Theatre
Apr 20 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Middle East upstairs
Apr 26 - DR. DOG @ Great Scott

NYC area shows

NYC AREA EVENTS
Wednesdays - "Riot Radio" @ Sutra
Thursdays - "popscene nyc" @ Club Midway (1st & 3rd Thursdays)
Thursdays - "The Gorgeous Undertow" @ Royal Oak, Brooklyn
Fridays - "Crashin In" @ Supreme Trading
Saturdays - "Misshapes" @ Don Hill's
Saturdays - "Tiswas" @ The Annex
Jan 3 - THE VIEW, FAVORITE SONS @ Mercury Lounge SOLD OUT
Jan 4 - PETER HOOK DJ Set @ Hiro Ballroom
Jan 5 - FIERY FURNACES @ Northsix
Jan 6 - BANG CAMARO @ Mercury Lounge
Jan 9 - EMILY HAINES & THE SOFT SKELETON @ Webster Hall
Jan 10 - COLD WAR KIDS @ Pianos
Jan 11 - A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS, DECEMBER SOUND, ASTEROID #4 @ Europa
Jan 13 - THE DB'S @ Bowery
Jan 17 - ANDREW BIRD @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Jan 17 - COLD WAR KIDS @ Union Hall
Jan 18 - SLOAN @ Bowery
Jan 19 - THE DEARS, ANNUALS @ Webster Hall
Jan 19 - MISSION OF BURMA @ Irving Plaza
Jan 19 - THE WRENS @ Knitting Factory
Jan 20 - THE BROTHER KITE @ Sin-e
Jan 23 - CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH @ Bowery (benefit show)
Jan 24 - CAMERA OBSCURA @ Warsaw
Jan 24 - COLD WAR KIDS @ Mercury Lounge SOLD OUT
Jan 26 - DEERHOOF @ Irving Plaza
Jan 27 - THE BOOKS @ Webster Hall
Jan 29-31 - PAUL WELLER @ Irving Plaza
Jan 29 - PETER BJORN & JOHN @ Mercury Lounge SOLD OUT
Jan 30 - PETER BJORN & JOHN @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Jan 31 - RADIO 4 @ Northsix
Feb 4 - JONATHAN RICHMAN @ Knitting Factory
Feb 9 - MIDLAKE @ Bowery
Feb 13-17 - ARCADE FIRE @ Judson Memorial Church
Feb 17 - OXFORD COLLAPSE @ Grasslands
Feb 23 - LEMONHEADS @ Southpaw
Feb 24 - LEMONHEADS @ Maxwell's
Mar 3 - SCISSOR SISTERS @ Theater at Madison Sq Garden
Mar 4 - THERMALS, BIG SLEEP @ Bowery
Mar 7 - BADLY DRAWN BOY @ Webster Hall
Mar 9 - CLINIC @ The Gramercey
Mar 9-10 - OF MONTREAL @ Irving Plaza
Mar 26 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS, OK GO @ Theater at Madison Sq Garden
Mar 31 - SEBADOH @ Webster Hall
Apr 13 - KAISER CHIEFS @ Roseland
Apr 18 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Maxwell's
Apr 19 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Mercury Lounge

SF & LA shows

SAN FRANCISCO/BAY AREA EVENTS
2nd & 4th Tuesdays - "Hold Ya Horses" @ Aunt Charlie's
Wednesdays - "1964" (mod/soul) @ Edinburg Castle FREE (alternating Wednesdays)
Thursdays - "popscene" @ 330 Ritch Street
Thursdays - "1984" 80s @ Cat Club
last Saturdays - "Leisure" @ Annie's Social Club
Jan 4 - THE VIEW @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Jan 5 - ORANGER @ Great American
Jan 5 - STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS @ Bimbo's
Jan 7 - PETER HOOK DJ set @ Supper Club
Jan 17 - ROB DICKINSON @ Cafe du Nord
Jan 22 - EMILY HAINES & SOFT SKELETON @ Great American
Jan 27 - KEANE @ Berkeley Community Theatre
Jan 30 - DEERHOOF @ Great American
Feb 1 - OF MONTREAL @ Bottom of the Hill
Feb 2-3 - OF MONTREAL @ Great American
Feb 2-3 - JAMES BROWN @ Bimbo's CANCELLED
Feb 28 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Slim's
Feb 28 - SEBADOH @ Great American
Feb 28 - WILL SHEFF (OKKERVIL RIVER) @ Swedish American Hall
Feb 28 - POP LEVI @ Bottom of the Hill
Feb 29 - FRENCH KICKS @ Slim's
Mar 1 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Bill Graham Auditorium
Mar 2 - AUTOLUX @ Independent
Mar 2 - GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY @ Mezzanine
Mar 3 - TED LEO/PHARMACISTS, SO MANY DYNAMOS @ Great American
Mar 3 - CLINIC, EARLIMART @ The Independent
Mar 4 - MIDLAKE @ Bottom of the Hill
Mar 23 - BADLY DRAWN BOY @ Great American
Apr 27 - KAISER CHIEFS @ Warfield

LA-AREA EVENTS
Jan 6 - MY MORNING JACKET @ Wiltern
Jan 12 - COLD WAR KIDS @ Silverlake Lounge
Jan 12 - STEVEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS @ Glass House
Jan 13 - GIRL TALK @ Echo
Jan 13 - RHETT MILLER @ Troubadour
Jan 19 - COLD WAR KIDS @ Silverlake Lounge
Jan 23 - BIRD & THE BEE @ Troubadour
Jan 24 - DEERHOOF @ El Rey
Jan 26 - COLD WAR KIDS @ Spaceland
Jan 26 - BLACK LIPS @ The Echo
Jan 26 - KEANE @ The Wiltern
Jan 28 - OF MONTREAL @ Troubadour
Feb 3 - LILLY ALLEN @ Henry Fonda
Feb 3 - PAUL WELLER @ Avalon
Feb 4 - PAUL WELLER @ Avalon
Feb 7 - STELLASTARR* @ Troubadour
Feb 14 - ALBERT HAMMOND JR. @ Troubadour
Feb 17 - CAMERA OBSCURA @ El Rey
Feb 21 - GRIZZLY BEAR @ Troubadour
Feb 28 - FRENCH KICKS @ Troubadour
Mar 2 - CLINIC @ Troubadour
Mar 3 - MIDLAKE @ Troubadour
Mar 22 - BADLY DRAWN BOY @ El Rey
Mar 30 - TV ON THE RADIO @ Henry Fonda
Mar 31 - TV ON THE RADIO @ Henry Fonda
Apr 26 - 28 COACHELLA @ Empire Polo Fields

BA Newsletter 12.14

*This week on British Accents radio - the final show of the year with a recap of some of the year's notable releases, BA favorites, as well as a few new things, including the new IDLEWILD single "If It Takes You Home". Tune in Sunday at 6pm eastern on WMFO 91.5, www.wmfo.org and iTunes radio.

*The British Accents 8th Annual Year-End Poll can be viewed on the BA blog - www.britishaccents.blogspot.com, or on the Myspace site - www.myspace.com/britishaccents. The poll will be emailed out shortly, and results announced in January.

*CAMERA OBSCURA has announced Boston and NYC dates for their January tour - they'll be at Warsaw in Brooklyn on the 24th and Paradise on the 27th.

*NME has unveiled their Top 50 albums of 2006, with ARCTIC MONKEYS topping the list. Surprisingly, THE KOOKS "Inside In/Inside Out" barely makes the list at #50. View those and all the records in between here: http://www.nme.com/news/nme/25389

*A handful of shows for 2007's Noise Pop Festival in SF have been announced. Most peculiar among them is a listing for February 29th, a date that will not exist in 2007. Artists playing on days that do exist include CLINIC, SEBADOH, FRENCH KICKS, AUTOLUX, WILL SHEFF (of OKKERVIL RIVER), TED LEO/PHARMACISTS, GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY and more. This year's installment, the 15th annual, will run from February 27 - March 4.

*The Grammy Award nominees were announced last week, with the usual heavy dose of musical drivel dominating many categories. A few highlights include: DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE and KEANE for Best Pop Performance, but they'll have to defeat "My Humps" and The Fray to win. DEPECHE MODE, GOLDFRAPP and PET SHOP BOYS get the nod for Best Dance Performance, with GOLDFRAPP, ZERO 7 and PSB also nominated for Dance Album. COLDPLAY and THE RACONTEURS are up for Best Rock Performance. ARCTIC MONKEYS get a surprise nomination for Best Rock Instrumental, up against THE FLAMING LIPS and others. Rock Song nominees include "Chasing Cars" and "When You Were Young". Alternative Album is between ARCTIC MONKEYS, THOM YORKE, FLAMING LIPS, YEAH YEAH YEAHS and GNARLS BARKLEY (who are also nominated for Record of the Year for "Crazy"). A newer category called Urban Alternative features OUTKAST, GNARLS, and PRINCE, among others. GORILLAZ and DEATH CAB are both in for Long For Music Video. And finally, OK GO and THE KILLERS both get nominations for Short Form Music Video. For a full list, head to www.grammy.com

*IGGY & THE STOOGES will release their first album together in 33 years on March 20, titled "The Weirdness". As far as BA knows, all of the tracks on the disc are brand new recordings - nothing old has been resurrected.

*THE RAKES are finishing up their sophomore release with ARCTIC MONKEYS producer JIM ABBISS. The disc is due out in March in the UK and is titled "Ten New Messages". No word on a US release or lead single release yet.

*BRITISH SEA POWER have finished recording their third album, which should be out in the first half of 2007. No album titles or release dates are available at this time.

*ROB DICKINSON has announced a handful of west coast dates, including January 17 at Cafe du Nord in SF and January 20 at Hotel Cafe in LA.

*IDLEWILD embark on a UK tour early next year, and the band's next single from the forthcoming "Make Nother World" album will be released on February 19, titled "No Emotion".

*GOLDFRAPP will "release" a new 4-track live EP in the US on December 19, available only as a download for the time being. The tracks will be available on iTunes, as well as other popular mp3 sites.

*CMJ magazine reports that THE WRENS long out print "Secaucus" album will finally be re-released with some slight tweaks through Wind-Up Records, the successor to the label that shitcanned their career in the mid-90s. There's no mention of the reissues on the Wrens website, www.wrens.com, so this could be an unauthorized release. No street date could be found on CMJ or Wind-Up's website.

*Download some THOM YORKE solo remixes on www.theeraser.net - but they're only available until December 18.

*Download a holiday song from THE KNIFE here: http://www.silentshout.co.uk/christmasreindeer/

*After reaching a price of greater than $155,000 on ebay, a very rare and possibly one-of-a-kind acetate VELVET UNDERGROUND record is still up for grabs, after the winning bid was revealed to be a fake.

*June 14-17 has been confirmed as the date for 2007's Bonnaroo Festival in Tennesse, which has attracted everyone from RADIOHEAD to FLAMING LIPS to MY MORNING JACKET in the past.

*Attention parents: a new kids album is on the way, featuring childrens' songs by artists like JARVIS COCKER, STUART MURDOCH (BELLE & SEBASTIAN), BONNIE PRINCE BILLY and more. The album is out on February 23 in the US, and called "Songs for the Young at Heart".

*Canadian outfit THE ORGAN has announced their own demise after 5 years together.

*Last week's British Accents radio playlist can be viewed by clicking here:
http://www.spinitron.com/public/index.php?station=wmfo&month=Dec&year=2006&plid=3744

new & upcoming releases

NEW & UPCOMING ALBUM RELEASE DATES (subject to change)
Dec 4 - BABYSHAMBLES/The Blinding EP UK
Dec 5 - various/The OC mix vol. 6 USA
Dec 5 - UNDERWORLD/Breaking and Entering soundtrack USA
Dec 11 - ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN/Live in Liverpool UK
Dec 12 - SONIC YOUTH/The Destroyed Room USA
Dec 19 - GOLDFRAPP/live EP USA (download only)
Jan 9 - SLOAN/Never Hear The End Of It USA
Jan 22 - FIELD MUSIC/Tones of Town UK
Jan 22 - THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN UK
Jan 22 - THE VIEW/Hats Off To The Buskers UK
Jan 23 - OF MONTREAL/Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? USA
Jan 23 - THE SHINS/Wincing the Night Away USA
Jan 23 - CLINIC/Visitation USA
Jan 23 - PAUL WELLER/Hit Parade USA
Jan 29 - THE KLAXONS/Myths of the Near Future UK
Jan 29 - LITTLE MAN TATE/About What You Know UK
Jan 30 - CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY HEAH/Some Loud Thunder USA
Jan - GRUFF RHYS/Candylion USA
Jan - THE MAGIC NUMBERS USA
Jan - THE CINEMATICS USA
Feb - IDLEWILD/Make Another World UK
Feb 7 - APPLES IN STEREO/New Magnetic Wonder USA
Feb 7 - BLOC PARTY/A Weekend in the City USA
Feb 12 - THE FALL/Reformation UK
Feb 23 - various/Songs for the Young At Heart USA
Mar 5 - CHARLOTTE HATHERLEY/The Deep Blue UK
Mar 20 - MODEST MOUSE/We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank USA
Mar 20 - IGGY & THE STOOGES/The Weirdness USA
Mar - RAKES/Ten New Messages UK
Jun - THE CURE USA/UK

UPCOMING SINGLES (all UK unless noted)
Dec 4 - IDLEWILD/If It Takes You Home 7" ltd. edition
Dec 4 - KUBICHEK!/Outwards
Dec 4 - GRUFF RHYS/Candylion
Dec 4 - RICHARD ASHCROFT/Why Not Nothing/Sweet Brother Malcolm
Dec 4 - EMBRACE/I Can't Come Down
Dec 4 - PRIMAL SCREAM/Sometimes I Feel So Lonely
Dec 4 - PALACE FIRES/Never Gonna Get Away (x-Gene) 7" only
Dec 4 - BLUETONES/Head on a Spike
Dec 5 - THE KILLERS/A Great Big Sled (download)
Dec 11 - LILLY ALLEN/The Littlest Things
Dec 25 - BIFFY CLYRO/Semi Mental (download)
Jan 15 - GUILLEMOTS/Annie, Let's Not Wait
Jan 15 - THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN/Kingdom of Doom
Jan 15 - THE VIEW/Same Jeans
Jan 22 - LITTLE MAN TATE/Sexy in Latin
Jan 22 - KEANE/A Bad Dream
Jan 22 - KLAXONS/Golden Skans
Jan 29 - BLOC PARTY/The Prayer
Feb 19 - IDLEWILD/No Emotion

Boston show listings

BOSTON/NEW ENGLAND EVENTS
Thursdays - "Love Night" 80's w/DJ Brian @ Common Ground
Thursdays - DJ Sugar Dandy @ The Independent, Union Sq FREE
Fridays - "The Pill" w/DJs Ken & Terence @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "The Plan" w/live guests & DJ's Carl & Bethany @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "Soul-le-lu-jah" (northern soul/motown) @ Zuzu FREE
Saturdays - "Heroes" w/DJ Chris Ewen (x-manray) @ Toast
Saturdays - "The Pill vs Love Night" @ Common Ground (last Saturday of
the month only)
Dec 16 - LEMONHEADS @ Avalon
Dec 16 - THE CHANNELS, FACES ON FILM @ Great Scott
Dec 16 - SEAN LENNON @ Paradise
Dec 23 - TT's Christmas Party w/AGE RINGS, HALLELUJAH THE HILLS, many more @ TTs FREE
Dec 27 - MEN WOMEN & CHILDREN, DJ Ken @ TT the Bear's
Dec 29 - Mad For It - All-90s-Britpop edition of "The Pill" @ Great Scott
Dec 31 - SILVER JEWS @ Pearl Street, Northampton CANCELLED
Dec 31 - THE CAMPAIGN FOR REAL-TIME, BIG DIGITS, B.L.O.W.W. @ Great Scott
Dec 31 - BANG CAMARO, SNOWLEOPARDS, HOORAY FOR EARTH @ Middle East downstairs
Dec 31 - PORSCHES ON THE AUTOBAHN, CASSETTE @ TT The Bear's
Jan 3 - KAY HANLEY @ TT the Bear's
Jan 7 - Hot Stove, Cool Music w/JOE PERNICE, KAY HANLEY, more @ Paradise
Jan 8 - EMILY HAINES (METRIC) @ Paradise
Jan 16 - THE DEARS, ANNUALS @ Paradise
Jan 16 - SLOAN @ Middle East downstairs
Jan 18 - A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS @ Great Scott
Jan 18 - THE PICTURE @ TT the Bear's
Jan 20 - MISSION OF BURMA @ Paradise
Jan 20 - FREEZEPOP, AD FRANK @ TT the Bear's
Jan 20 - THE BIG SLEEP, BLANKETEER @ Great Scott
Jan 25 - THE CHANNELS, OKAY THURSDAY @ TT the Bear's
Jan 26 - CAMERA OBSCURA @ Pearl Street, Northampton
Jan 27 - CAMERA OBSCURA @ Paradise
Jan 27 - BLEU, SNOWLEOPARDS, EVERYDAY VISUALS @ TT the Bear's
Feb 10 - MIDLAKE @ Middle East upstairs
Mar 10 - CLINIC @ Middle East downstairs
Mar 11 - OF MONTREAL @ Avalon
Mar 28 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Agganis Arena
Apr 26 - DR. DOG @ Great Scott

NYC show listings

NYC AREA EVENTS
Wednesdays - "Riot Radio" @ Sutra
Thursdays - "popscene nyc" @ Club Midway (1st & 3rd Thursdays)
Thursdays - "The Gorgeous Undertow" @ Royal Oak, Brooklyn
Fridays - "Crashin In" @ Supreme Trading
Saturdays - "Misshapes" @ Don Hill's
Saturdays - "Tiswas" @ The Annex
Dec 14 - Filter/Ben Sherman holiday party w/RA RA RIOT @ Ben Sherman Store
Dec 15 - LEMONHEADS @ Irving Plaza
Dec 15 - WE ARE SCIENTISTS, OXFORD COLLAPSE @ "Club NME", The Annex
Dec 15 - MONUMENT, VIRGO LOVES CANCER, AMERICAN WATERCOLOR MOVEMENT, DJ Del @ Loop Lounge
Dec 15-16 - LOU REED performers BERLIN @ St. Ann's Warehouse
Dec 16 - The Onion xmas party w/SLOAN, DAVID CROSS, more @ Union Hall
Dec 16 - BRITTA PHILLIPS & DEAN WAREHAM, HONORARY TITLE, more @ Abrons Art Center
Dec 16 - THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS @ Southpaw (2 shows) SOLD OUT
Dec 16 - RAINER MARIA (farewel show), PELA @ Bowery
Dec 16 - ABERDEEN CITY, RASPUTINA @ Maxwell's
Dec 20 - THE NEIN @ Cake Shop
Dec 21 - THE BOGMEN (reunion) @ Webster Hall SOLD OUT
Dec 21 - Save Darfur benefit w/MARTHA WAINWRIGHT, RHETT MILLER, more @ Living Room
Dec 22-23 - THE BOGMEN (reunion) @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Dec 29 - DJ Del @ Loop Lounge
Dec 29 - THE BLACK LIPS @ Maxwell's
Dec 30 - SILVER JEWS @ Webster Hall CANCELLED
Dec 30 - LONGWAVE @ Knitting Factory
Dec 30 - ELECTRIC SIX @ Maxwell's
Dec 31 - RADIO 4, OXFORD COLLAPSE @ Mercury Lounge
Dec 31 - CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH @ Hammerstein
Dec 31 - SPOON @ Webster Hall
Dec 31 - A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS, REAL KIDS, more @ Club Midway
Dec 31 - ELECTRIC SIX, DANSETTES @ Maxwell's
Dec 31 - THE SLIP @ Northsix
Jan 3 - THE VIEW @ Mercury Lounge
Jan 5 - FIERY FURNACES @ Northsix
Jan 6 - BANG CAMARO @ Mercury Lounge
Jan 9 - EMILY HAINES & THE SOFT SKELETON @ Webster Hall
Jan 11 - A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS, DECEMBER SOUND, ASTEROID #4 @ Europa
Jan 13 - THE DB'S @ Bowery
Jan 17 - ANDREW BIRD @ Bowery
Jan 17 - COLD WAR KIDS @ Union Hall
Jan 18 - SLOAN @ Bowery
Jan 19 - THE DEARS, ANNUALS @ Webster Hall
Jan 19 - MISSION OF BURMA @ Irving Plaza
Jan 24 - CAMERA OBSCURA @ Warsaw
Jan 24 - COLD WAR KIDS @ Mercury Lounge SOLD OUT
Jan 26 - DEERHOOF @ Irving Plaza
Jan 27 - THE BOOKS @ Webster Hall
Jan 29-31 - PAUL WELLER @ Irving Plaza
Feb 9 - MIDLAKE @ Bowery
Feb 17 - OXFORD COLLAPSE @ Grasslands
Mar 3 - SCISSOR SISTERS @ Theater at Madison Sq Garden
Mar 9 - CLINIC @ The Gramercey
Mar 9-10 - OF MONTREAL @ Irving Plaza
Mar 26 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Theater at Madison Sq Garden

SF & LA show listings

SAN FRANCISCO/BAY AREA EVENTS
2nd & 4th Tuesdays - "Hold Ya Horses" @ Aunt Charlie's
Wednesdays - "1964" (mod/soul) @ Edinburg Castle FREE (alternating Wednesdays)
Thursdays - "popscene" @ 330 Ritch Street
Thursdays - "1984" 80s @ Cat Club
last Saturdays - "Leisure" @ Annie's Social Club
Dec 16 - THROWING MUSES @ Great American
Dec 21 - SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Dec 30 - CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN, CRACKER @ Independent
Dec 30 - GNARLS BARKLEY @ Bill Graham Auditorium
Dec 31 - THE LOVEMAKERS, ROCK KILLS KID @ Great American
Dec 31 - popscene's Disco 2007 w/BLONDE REDHEAD, SCISSORS FOR LEFTY, SHINY TOY GUNS, PERSEPHONE'S BEES @ Mezzanine
Jan 4 - THE VIEW @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Jan 5 - ORANGER @ Great American
Jan 5 - STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS @ Bimbo's
Jan 17 - ROB DICKINSON @ Cafe du Nord
Jan 22 - EMILY HAINES & SOFT SKELETON @ Great American
Jan 27 - KEANE @ Berkeley Community Theatre
Jan 30 - DEERHOOF @ Great American
Feb 1 - OF MONTREAL @ Bottom of the Hill
Feb 2-3 - OF MONTREAL @ Great American
Feb 2-3 - JAMES BROWN @ Bimbo's
Feb 28 - JOHN VANDERSLICE @ Slim's
Feb 28 - SEBADOH @ Great American
Feb 28 - WILL SHEFF (OKKERVIL RIVER) @ Swedish American Hall
Feb 28 - POP LEVI @ Bottom of the Hill
Feb 29 - FRENCH KICKS @ Slim's
Mar 1 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Bill Graham Auditorium
Mar 2 - AUTOLUX @ Independent
Mar 2 - GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY @ Mezzanine
Mar 3 - TED LEO/PHARMACISTS, SO MANY DYNAMOS @ Great American
Mar 3 - CLINIC, EARLIMART @ The Independent
Mar 4 - MIDLAKE @ Bottom of the Hill

LA-AREA EVENTS
Dec 16 - SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Troubadour
Dec 17 - SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Troubadour
Dec 31 - MARC ALMOND @ El Rey
Dec 31 - FLAMING LIPS/GNARLS BARKLEY @ Usc Galen Center
Jan 6 - MY MORNING JACKET @ Wiltern
Jan 12 - COLD WAR KIDS @ Silverlake Lounge
Jan 13 - GIRL TALK @ Echo
Jan 19 - COLD WAR KIDS @ Silverlake Lounge
Jan 24 - DEERHOOF @ El Rey
Jan 26 - COLD WAR KIDS @ Spaceland
Jan 28 - OF MONTREAL @ Troubadour
Apr 27-29 COACHELLA @ Empire Polo Fields

The 8th Annual British Accents Year-End Poll

Here it is, the categories for this year's British Accents Year-End Poll, the 8th annual (since 1999!). Many die-hard music fans make year-end lists to post on blogs, Myspace, or just for personal enjoyment - this is your chance to have your picks included amongst those of other like-minded music fans. And it's fun!

The categories are pretty much the same as last year. Feel free to fill out the survey as extensively or sparsely as you wish - whatever you have time for. The results will be unveiled around New Year's, and British Accents will accept submissions to the poll until at least Christmas this year.

IMPORTANT - don't post your results on this blog. E-mail them to britishaccents@gmail.com or britishaccents@hotmail.com (but not both, please) and they'll be counted into the final tally.


TOP 10 ALBUMS
-any album released in the US or the UK in 2006 is eligible. So technically, you could vote for some of the same albums that you voted for last year. Please rank them as #'s 1-10, as your #1 will be ranked higher than your #10.

TOP 10 SONGS
-to qualify, the song must be from an album released in the US or the UK in 2006, or released as a single in either country in 2006. This means that a song from an older album could be eligible if it was given a single release this year. Like the albums category, your picks will be weighted from 1-10, so please number them.

WORST 5 ALBUMS
-do what you wish with this category. pick 5 albums from acts you hate, or you could pick 5 disappointing albums from artists you otherwise enjoy.

WORST 5 SONGS
-these can be either those grating, annoying songs that you heard on the radio a few times, or simply a weak or disappointing song from an artist you ordinarily love.

BEST COMPILATION (various artists)
-soundtracks, label comps, tribute albums, box sets... any collection that contains various artists

"BEST BEST OF" (single artist)
-best of CD's, live albums, b-sides collections, remix albums, box sets... any collection featuring a single artist that's not a new studio album or a reissue.

BEST REISSUE
-any re-mastered, re-released, or re-packaged CD.

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
-what artist had a career year in 2006?

BEST NEW ARTIST
-who stands out among 2006's newcomers?

PERSONAL FAVORITE ARTIST
-who are your current personal favorites, among bands still active and solo artists still alive? they don't have to have been active in 2006, as long as they're a favorite of yours.

BEST LIVE SHOW
-name up to 3 concerts or festivals that blew you away this year. Shows can be from anywhere, not just in your city.

MUSICAL HIGHTLIGHT OF 2006
-what was the most exciting thing to happen musically in 2006 - pretty much anything you can think of counts.

MUSICAL LOWLIGHT OF 2006
-what was the biggest disappointment for you musically? Could be a death, breakup of a band, closing of a club, a bad record, a disappointing tour...anything negative that happened in the musical realm in 2005.

BEST DVD
-can be the DVD release of a movie or a musical DVD of video clips, live shows, etc.

BEST FILM
-that opened in theaters in 2006

BEST MUSIC PUBLICATION
-any print magazine or newspaper that you go to for music news, reviews, articles, etc.

BEST MUSIC WEBSITE OR BLOG
-where do you go online for news, downloads, reviews, interviews, etc?

BEST RECORD STORE
-do I need to explain this one?

BEST CLUB NIGHT
-any night that ran during some part of 2006 in any city is eligible.

BEST RADIO STATION (broadcast)
-what's your favorite terrestrial radio station that you listen to with a radio?

BEST RADIO STATION (online)
-what's your favorite radio station that you listen to online? Can be a terrestrial station if you listen to the web stream more often.

BEST REASON TO LOOK FORWARD TO 2007
-here's where you get to predict who will break out next year.

BA Newsletter 12.7

*Sometime later this week, the 8th annual British Accents Year-End
Poll will be posted online at www.britishaccents.blogspot.com, and
will eventually be emailed out to mailing list subscribers and Myspace
friends. Here's your chance to voice your opinions on the best and
worst music of 2006.

*CAMERA OBSCURE have announced more US tour dates, including January 27 @
The Paradise in Boston, and January 24 at Warsaw in Brooklyn.

*Members of RAZORLIGHT and COOPER TEMPLE CLAUSE have been tested for
radiation after the bands flew on planes implicated in the recent
poisoning of a Russian spy in London.

*After 10 years as a San Francisco institution, "popscene" is
expanding to NYC. While the SF original will not be affected,
"popscene nyc" will debut this Thursday, December 7 at Club Midway and
continue on the first and third Thursdays of each month. Original
popscene DJ Jeremy is at the helm, spinning the Britpop and indie hits
and hosting live bands (tba) and guest DJ's (also tba).
www.popscene-nyc.com for more info.

*Three of Britpop's best-known bassists, PETER HOOK of NEW ORDER, MANI
of THE STONE ROSES and ANDY ROURKE of THE SMITHS, are coming together
to form a new band called FREEBASS. No idea what the music will sound
like, but the band has written some songs and is seeking a lead singer
and possibly other musicians as well.

*NME reports that ALEX JAMES has suggested the return of BLUR,
possibly even including GRAHAM COXON, may happen in the near future.
The band is believed to have been writing and working on new songs,
but has not recorded anything new since "Think Tank".

*Could this be the most tounge-in-cheek feud in recent memory - THE
DECEMBERISTS vs tv comedian STEPHEN COLBERT. Apparenty Colbert and The
Decemberists have both shot videos of themselves in front of a green
screen and invited fans to finish the video. When Colbert, who had
done something similar on his show before, learned of the Decemberists
plan, he tried to "get back" at the band by asking Colbert viewers to
dub him into the Decemberists video. Pitchfork has a nice piece, full
of links, that you can see here:
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/39928/Exclusive_Decemberists_Counterchallenge_Colbert#39928

*Expect a new album from THE CURE sometime around May 2007, as ROBERT
SMITH & company are hard at work on the new disc after Smith overcame
a bout of writer's block, which seems to explain what happened with
2004's "The Cure".

*Want to catch a glimpse of THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN? Myspace is
offering fans a chance to see the band's first gig live, all by going
to the band's page and befriending them.
www.myspace.com/thegoodthebadandthequeen - my that's a long one!

*SUPER FURRY ANIMALS are planning to release a new album later this
year on Rough Trade, referred to as "speaker blowing" by GRUFF RHYS to
NME. He also said the band has enough material for 3 new albums.

*MODEST MOUSE (now featuring JOHNNY MARR on guitar) have pushed back
their new album "We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank" to March 20
in the US.

*Despite appearing as the title track in a recent OASIS documentary,
the song "Lord Don't Slow Me Down" is not expected to see a UK single
release, the band told NME.

*Anyone remember NORTHSIDE? The flash in the pan Madchester band is
back, and playing a handful of dates in the UK. Better yet, the band
is trying to organize a US tour for sometime next year. Some of you
guys want to make this happen? (The Pill, popscene - I'm looking your
way). Contact the band through their Myspace page -
http://www.myspace.com/northsidesilentpartners

*Check out BLOC PARTY's new video for "The Prayer" here, courtesy of
BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/zanelowe/blocparty_video.shtml

*SPOON will play a one-off New Year's show at NYC's Webster Hall.

*Newcomers THE VIEW will make their US debut on January 3 at Mercury Lounge.

*UNDERWORLD have a new release out this week, sort of - they've
contributed to the soundtrack to "Breaking and Entering", which debuts
in NY & LA this weekend and in 2007 most everywhere else.

*PETE DOHERTY, who will likely defy odds by seeing the year 2007, has
been issued a fine for drug possession, but the wayward singer did
avoid jail time in the case.

*THE DEARS are coming to Boston on January 16, when they'll play the
Paradise. Unfortunately it's the same night SLOAN are at the Middle
East, so there's a choice to make.

*CLINIC have added a handful of dates to their North American tour -
they'll be at The Independent in SF on March 3 and The Gramercey in NY
on March 9, in addition to the Middle East show on March 10.

*KEANE have begun rescheduling shows from their cancelled fall US
tour. So far only a handful of west coast dates have been announced,
including January 27 at Berkeley Community Theatre.

*The makers of UK zombie cult hit "Shaun of the Dead" have a new movie
out next year called "Hot Fuzz". It's about cops... but not really.

*CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH will release their second album "Some Loud
Thunder" on January 30 in the US, first making it available as a
download.

*The good news - THE ARCADE FIRE are playing live again. The bad news
- all of the current shows are in the UK.

*Last week's British Accents radio playlist can be viewed by clicking here:
http://www.spinitron.com/public/index.php?station=wmfo&month=Dec&year=2006&plid=3699

New release listings

NEW & UPCOMING ALBUM RELEASE DATES (subject to change)
Nov 28 - DAMIEN RICE/9 Crimes USA
Nov 28 - FAITHLESS/To All New Arrivals USA
Nov 28 - CROWDED HOUSE/Farewell to the World USA
Dec 4 - BABYSHAMBLES/The Blinding EP UK
Dec 5 - various/The OC mix vol. 6 USA
Dec 5 - UNDERWORLD/Breaking and Entering soundtrack USA
Jan 9 - SLOAN/Never Hear The End Of It USA
Jan 22 - FIELD MUSIC/Tones of Town UK
Jan 22 - THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN UK
Jan 22 - THE VIEW/Hats Off To The Buskers UK
Jan 23 - OF MONTREAL/Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? USA
Jan 23 - THE SHINS/Wincing the Night Away USA
Jan 23 - CLINIC/Visitation USA
Jan 23 - PAUL WELLER/Hit Parade USA
Jan 29 - THE KLAXONS UK
Jan 29 - LITTLE MAN TATE/About What You Know UK
Jan 30 - CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY HEAH/Some Loud Thunder USA
Jan - GRUFF RHYS/Candylion USA
Jan - THE MAGIC NUMBERS USA
Jan - THE CINEMATICS USA
Feb - IDLEWILD/Make Another World UK
Feb 7 - APPLES IN STEREO/New Magnetic Wonder USA
Feb 7 - BLOC PARTY/A Weekend in the City USA
Feb 12 - THE FALL/Reformation UK
Mar 5 - CHARLOTTE HATHERLEY/The Deep Blue UK
Mar 20 - MODEST MOUSE/We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank USA
Jun - THE CURE USA/UK

UPCOMING SINGLES (all UK unless noted)
Nov 21 - THE SHINS/Phantom Limb USA
Nov 27 - THE ZUTONS/It's The Little Things We Do
Nov 27 - THE FRATELLIS/Whistle for the Choir
Nov 27 - MUSE/Knights of Cydonia
Nov 27 - THE KILLERS/Bones
Nov 27 - THE ISLES/Summer Loans
Dec 4 - IDLEWILD/If It Takes You Home 7" ltd. edition
Dec 4 - KUBICHEK!/Outwards
Dec 4 - GRUFF RHYS/Candylion
Dec 4 - RICHARD ASHCROFT/Why Not Nothing/Sweet Brother Malcolm
Dec 4 - EMBRACE/I Can't Come Down
Dec 4 - PRIMAL SCREAM/Sometimes I Feel So Lonely
Dec 4 - PALACE FIRES/Never Gonna Get Away (x-Gene) 7" only
Dec 4 - BLUETONES/Head on a Spike
Dec 5 - THE KILLERS/A Great Big Sled (download)
Dec 25 - BIFFY CLYRO/Semi Mental (download)
Jan 15 - GUILLEMOTS/Annie, Let's Not Wait
Jan 15 - THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN/Kingdom of Doom
Jan 15 - THE VIEW/Same Jeans
Jan 22 - LITTLE MAN TATE/Sexy in Latin
Jan 22 - KEANE/A Bad Dream
Jan 29 - BLOC PARTY/The Prayer

Boston area show listings

BOSTON/NEW ENGLAND EVENTS
Thursdays - "Love Night" 80's w/DJ Brian @ Common Ground
Thursdays - DJ Sugar Dandy @ The Independent, Union Sq FREE
Fridays - "The Pill" w/DJs Ken & Terence @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "The Plan" w/live guests & DJ's Carl & Bethany @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "Soul-le-lu-jah" (northern soul/motown) @ Zuzu FREE
Saturdays - "Heroes" w/DJ Chris Ewen (x-manray) @ Toast
Saturdays - "The Pill vs Love Night" @ Common Ground (last Saturday of
the month only)
Dec 6 - LIFESTYLE, 8MM FUZZ, APPOMATTOX @ Great Scott
Dec 7 - WE ARE SCIENTISTS, THE GRATES @ Middle East downstairs
Dec 8 - THE GLASS SET @ The Pill, Great Scott
Dec 9 - TAXPAYER, THE INFORMATION, DAILY PRAVDA @ Great Scott
Dec 10 - PERNICE BROTHERS, ARCHER PREWITT @ TT the Bear's
Dec 11 - DAMIEN RICE @ Orpheum
Dec 16 - LEMONHEADS @ Avalon
Dec 16 - THE CHANNELS, FACES ON FILM @ Great Scott
Dec 27 - MEN WOMEN & CHILDREN, DJ Ken @ TT the Bear's
Dec 29 - 1996 New Year's Britpop party @ The Pill, Great Scott
Dec 31 - SILVER JEWS @ Pearl Street, Northampton CANCELLED
Dec 31 - THE CAMPAIGN FOR REAL-TIME, BIG DIGITS @ Great Scott
Dec 31 - BANG CAMARO, SNOWLEOPARDS, HOORAY FOR EARTH @ Middle East downstairs
Dec 31 - PORSCHES ON THE AUTOBAHN, CASSETTE @ TT The Bear's
Jan 7 - Hot Stove, Cool Music w/JOE PERNICE, KAY HANLEY, more @ Paradise
Jan 8 - EMILY HAINES (METRIC) @ Paradise
Jan 16 - THE DEARS, ANNUALS @ Paradise
Jan 16 - SLOAN @ Middle East downstairs
Jan 20 - MISSION OF BURMA @ Paradise
Jan 20 - FREEZEPOP, AD FRANK @ TT the Bear's
Jan 26 - CAMERA OBSCURA @ Pearl Street, Northampton
Jan 27 - CAMERA OBSCURA @ Paradise
Feb 10 - MIDLAKE @ Middle East upstairs
Mar 10 - CLINIC @ Middle East downstairs
Mar 11 - OF MONTREAL @ Avalon
Mar 28 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Agganis Arena

NYC show listings

NYC AREA EVENTS
Wednesdays - "Riot Radio" @ Sutra
Thursdays - "popscene nyc" @ Club Midway (1st & 3rd Thursdays)
Thursdays - "The Gorgeous Undertow" @ Royal Oak, Brooklyn
Fridays - "Crashin In" @ Supreme Trading
Saturdays - "Misshapes" @ Don Hill's
Saturdays - "Tiswas" @ The Annex
Dec 7 - NEW MODEL ARMY @ Mercury Lounge
Dec 8 - PERNICE BROTHERS @ Mercury Lounge
Dec 8 - THE DAILY PRAVDA, AGE RINGS @ Pianos
Dec 9 - ICE CUBE @ Irving Plaza
Dec 11 - LOCKSLEY, ORANGE PARK @ Mercury Lounge
Dec 12 - PORSCHES ON THE AUTOBAHN, HOORAY FOR EARTH @ Sin-e
Dec 13 - DIRTY ON PURPOSE @ Delancey FREE
Dec 14 - Filter/Ben Sherman holiday party w/RA RA RIOT @ Ben Sherman Store
Dec 15 - LEMONHEADS @ Irving Plaza
Dec 15 - MONUMENT, VIRGO LOVES CANCER, AMERICAN WATERCOLOR MOVEMENT,
DJ Del @ Loop Lounge
Dec 16 - The Onion xmas party w/SLOAN, DAVID CROSS, more @ Union Hall
Dec 16 - BRITTA PHILLIPS & DEAN WAREHAM, HONORARY TITLE, more @ Abrons
Art Center
Dec 16 - THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS @ Southpaw (2 shows)
Dec 16 - RAINER MARIA (farewel show), PELA @ Bowery
Dec 21 - THE BOGMEN (reunion) @ Webster Hall SOLD OUT
Dec 21 - Save Darfur benefit w/MARTHA WAINWRIGHT, RHETT MILLER, more @
Living Room
Dec 22-23 - THE BOGMEN (reunion) @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Dec 29 - DJ Del @ Loop Lounge
Dec 30 - SILVER JEWS @ Webster Hall CANCELLED
Dec 31 - tba special guest, RADIO 4, OXFORD COLLAPSE @ Mercury Lounge
Dec 31 - CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH @ Hammerstein
Dec 31 - SPOON @ Webster Hall
Jan 3 - THE VIEW @ Mercury Lounge
Jan 5 - FIERY FURNACES @ Northsix
Jan 6 - BANG CAMARO @ Mercury Lounge
Jan 9 - EMILY HAINES & THE SOFT SKELETON @ Webster Hall
Jan 13 - THE DB'S @ Bowery
Jan 17 - ANDREW BIRD @ Bowery
Jan 18 - SLOAN @ Bowery
Jan 19 - THE DEARS, ANNUALS @ Webster Hall
Jan 19 - MISSION OF BURMA @ Irving Plaza
Jan 24 - COLD WAR KIDS @ Mercury Lounge SOLD OUT
Jan 26 - DEERHOOF @ Irving Plaza
Jan 29-31 - PAUL WELLER @ Irving Plaza
Mar 9 - CLINIC @ The Gramercey
Mar 9-10 - OF MONTREAL @ Irving Plaza
Mar 26 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Theater at Madison Sq Garden

SF & LA show listings

SAN FRANCISCO/BAY AREA EVENTS
2nd & 4th Tuesdays - "Hold Ya Horses" @ Aunt Charlie's
Wednesdays - "1964" (mod/soul) @ Edinburg Castle FREE (alternating Wednesdays)
Thursdays - "popscene" @ 330 Ritch Street
Thursdays - "1984" 80s @ Cat Club
last Saturdays - "Leisure" @ Annie's Social Club
Dec 7 - NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB, JIM NOIR @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Dec 7 - ANNUALS @ Bottom of the Hill
Dec 8 - Live 105 Not So Silent Night w/THE SHINS, KILLERS, MODEST
MOUSE, SILVERSUN PICKUPS, RACONTEURS @ Bill Graham Arena
Dec 8 - LILY ALLEN, STARSAILOR (acoustic), SHINY TOY GUNS @ Mighty (starts @ 11)
Dec 11-12 - Michael Ian Black & Michael Showalter (x-The State) @ Independent
Dec 16 - THROWING MUSES @ Great American
Dec 21 - SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Dec 30 - CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN, CRACKER @ Independent
Dec 30 - GNARLS BARKLEY @ Bill Graham Auditorium
Dec 31 - THE LOVEMAKERS, ROCK KILLS KID @ Great American
Dec 31 - popscene's Disco 2007 w/BLONDE REDHEAD, SCISSORS FOR LEFTY,
SHINY TOY GUNS, PERSEPHONE'S BEES @ Mezzanine
Jan 4 - THE VIEW @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Jan 5 - ORANGER @ Great American
Jan 5 - STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS @ Bimbo's
Jan 22 - EMILY HAINES & SOFT SKELETON @ Great American
Jan 27 - KEANE @ Berkeley Community Theatre
Jan 30 - DEERHOOF @ Great American
Feb 1 - OF MONTREAL @ Bottom of the Hill
Feb 2-3 - OF MONTREAL @ Great American
Feb 2-3 - JAMES BROWN @ Bimbo's
Mar 1 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Bill Graham Auditorium
Mar 3 - CLINIC @ The Independent

LA-AREA EVENTS
Dec 7 - AMY MILLAN @ Troubadour
Dec 7 - FAINT/LADYTRON @ Palladium
Dec 7 - LILY ALLEN @ Avalon
Dec 8 - FAINT @ Vault 350
Dec 8 - DAMIEN RICE @ Orpheum
Dec 9 - DAMIEN RICE @ Orpheum
Dec 9 - WOLMOTHER @ Gibson amphitheatre
Dec 10 - BECK,KILLERS,RACONTEURS @ Gibson amphitheatre
Dec 12 - WOLFMOTHER @ Palladium
Dec 12 - COLD WAR KIDS/THE LIKE @ Roxy
Dec 16 - SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Troubadour
Dec 17 - SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Troubadour
Dec 31 - MARC ALMOND @ El Rey
Dec 31 - FLAMING LIPS/GNARLS BARKLEY @ Usc Galen Center
Jan 6 - MY MORNING JACKET @ Wiltern
Jan 12 - COLD WAR KIDS @ Silverlake Lounge
Jan 13 - GIRL TALK @ Echo
Jan 19 - COLD WAR KIDS @ Silverlake Lounge
Jan 24 - DEERHOOF @ El Rey
Jan 26 - COLD WAR KIDS @ Spaceland
Jan 28 - OF MONTREAL @ Troubadour
Apr 27-29 COACHELLA @ Empire Polo Fields

BA Newsletter 11.29

*After more than 25 years together (over 30 if you count JOY DIVISION and WARSAW), NEW ORDER may be finally calling it quits. The Tripwire reports that PETER HOOK says the band is probably done, but STEPHEN MORRIS says no, and BERNARD SUMNER isn't saying anything. The band is also in a quarrel with director ANTON CORBIJN, who is working on the new Ian Curtis/Joy Division bio-pic "Control", over, well, control of the project.

*Want to hear IDLEWILD's new song? Head to the British Accents myspace site - www.myspace.com/britishaccents and wait for the song to start playing. The band's new album "Make Another World" is due out in the UK in February, and the new single "If It Takes You Home" will be sold as a limited edition 7" on December 4 and later as a download.

*THE EDITORS are hard at work on their second album, but to tie over die-hard fans, the band has made an EP of 4 remixes available on iTunes - there you can download remixes of "Munich", "All Sparks", "Camera" and "Blood". The band's new LP is due out next year.

*CAMERA OBSCURA have announced a show on January 26 at Pearl Street in Northampton, so hopefully Boston and New York shows will be announced soon. Head to www.bradleysalmanac.com to download the band's set at Great Scott last summer.

*While ASH prepare to release their new album, former guitarist CHARLOTTE HATHERLEY will release her second solo album on March 5 in the UK, titled "The Deep Blue". A limited edition EP featuring the new single "Behave" will hit shelves on December 17.

*THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN will release their second UK single, "Kingdom of Doom", on January 15 in the UK.

*BIS are re-uniting for a handful of UK shows, but unfortunately for American fans, the reunion is expected to be short lived - too short-lived to produce any new material or a US tour.

*THE SHINS will play a handful of west coast dates this December, including the 8th at Bill Graham Arena in SF.

*ARCTIC MONKEYS lead singer ALEX TURNER apparently has enough free time on his hands to start another band, called THE RASCALS. So far they don't have much out, but you can check out a demo on their myspace site - www.myspace.com/rascalmusic

*KULA SHAKER are so far gone from the public conciousness that I heard a DJ last week call them "Koala Shakur", but that's not stopping the band from returning to the studio to work on some new material. Sorry to disappoint all of you JEEVAS fans out there.

*CLINIC have rescheduled some of their cancelled dates from this fall, but in typical Clinic fashion, the dates are a long way away - mark your calendars for March 10 in Boston.

*Newcomers LITTLE MAN TATE will release their UK debut on January 29, titled "About What You Know". The album is expected to get a US release, since the band has already toured here.

*OF MONTREAL have announced an ambitious tour for next year that includes 3 SF dates, 2 stops at Irving Plaza in NY, and one at Boston's cavernous Avalon on March 11. The band's new album "Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?" is out on January 23.

*Anyone remember the mid-90s post-WONDER STUFF project called WE KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE? The band released 2 singles before splitting in 1996, but recorded more than 2 full albums' worth of material in the process. Earlier this year former band member MARTIN GILKS died following a road accident, and now those unreleased recordings will be seeing the light of day as a way to raise money. The unofficial Wonder Stuff fansite, www.room512.com will be releasing the songs through the site.

*2007's edition of the Coachella Festival will be a 3-day affair, running from April 27-29. No bands have been announced yet, so start up the rumour mill. Let's see how well this rumour spreads - I heard MORRISSEY is going to be there. Run with it, people!

*Want to go to that FREE show on December 4 at the Paradise with VON BONDIES? You just need to get yourself on the list, which you can do by emailing contests@thefader.com and giving them your name.

*THE SILVER JEWS have cancelled their year-end shows in New York and Northampton.

*If you're not going out tonight, or if you have Tivo or DV-R, you can check out SILVERSUN PICKUPS on David Letterman this Friday night.

*Coming soon - the 8th annual British Accents years-end poll - so start thinking about your favorite songs, albums, and shows of 2006!

*Last week's British Accents radio playlist can be viewed by clicking here:
http://www.spinitron.com/public/index.php?station=wmfo&month=Nov&year=2006&plid=3648

New release listings

NEW & UPCOMING ALBUM RELEASE DATES (subject to change)
Nov 13 - JARVIS COCKER/Jarvis UK
Nov 13 - OASIS/Stop the Clocks EP UK
Nov 13 - DEPECHE MODE/Best Of UK
Nov 14 - DIVINE COMEDY/Victory for the Comic Muse USA
Nov 14 - SUFJAN STEVENS/Christmas album USA
Nov 21 - OASIS/Stop The Clocks USA
Nov 21 - THE BEATLES/LOVE USA
Nov 28 - DAMIEN RICE/9 Crimes USA
Nov 28 - FAITHLESS/To All New Arrivals USA
Nov 28 - CROWDED HOUSE/Farewell to the World USA
Dec 4 - BABYSHAMBLES/The Blinding EP UK
Dec 5 - various/The OC mix vol. 6 USA
Dec 19 - MODEST MOUSE/We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank USA
Jan 9 - SLOAN/Never Hear The End Of It USA
Jan 22 - FIELD MUSIC/Tones of Town UK
Jan 22 - THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN UK
Jan 22 - THE VIEW/Hats Off To The Buskers UK
Jan 23 - OF MONTREAL/Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? USA
Jan 23 - THE SHINS/Wincing the Night Away USA
Jan 23 - CLINIC/Visitation USA
Jan 23 - PAUL WELLER/Hit Parade USA
Jan 29 - THE KLAXONS UK
Jan 29 - LITTLE MAN TATE/About What You Know UK
Jan - GRUFF RHYS/Candylion USA
Feb - IDLEWILD/Make Another World UK
Feb 7 - APPLES IN STEREO/New Magnetic Wonder USA
Feb 7 - BLOC PARTY/A Weekend in the City USA
Mar 5 - CHARLOTTE HATHERLEY/The Deep Blue UK

UPCOMING SINGLES (all UK unless noted)
Nov 13 - SNOW PATROL/Set Fire To The Third Bar
Nov 13 - CHARLATANS/You're So Pretty, We're So Pretty 2006
Nov 13 - BOY KILL BOY/Shoot Me Down
Nov 13 - CAPTAIN/Frontline
Nov 13 - DOGS/Soldier On
Nov 13 - THE FLAMING LIPS/It Overtakes Me
Nov 20 - THE SHINS/Phantom Limb
Nov 20 - DAMIEN RICE/9 Crimes
Nov 21 - THE SHINS/Phantom Limb USA
Nov 27 - THE ZUTONS/It's The Little Things We Do
Nov 27 - THE FRATELLIS/Whistle for the Choir
Nov 27 - MUSE/Knights of Cydonia
Nov 27 - THE KILLERS/Bones
Nov 27 - THE ISLES/Summer Loans
Dec 4 - IDLEWILD/If It Takes You Home 7" ltd. edition
Dec 4 - KUBICHEK!/Outwards
Dec 4 - GRUFF RHYS/Candylion
Dec 4 - RICHARD ASHCROFT/Why Not Nothing/Sweet Brother Malcolm
Dec 4 - EMBRACE/I Can't Come Down
Dec 5 - THE KILLERS/A Great Big Sled (download)
Jan 15 - GUILLEMOTS/Annie, Let's Not Wait
Jan 15 - THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN/Kingdom of Doom
Jan 15 - THE VIEW/Same Jeans
Jan 22 - LITTLE MAN TATE/Sexy in Latin
Jan 29 - BLOC PARTY/The Prayer

Boston show listings

BOSTON/NEW ENGLAND EVENTS
Thursdays - "Love Night" 80's w/DJ Brian @ Common Ground
Thursdays - DJ Sugar Dandy @ The Independent, Union Sq FREE
Fridays - "The Pill" w/DJs Ken & Terence @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "The Plan" w/live guests & DJ's Carl & Bethany @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "Soul-le-lu-jah" (northern soul/motown) @ Zuzu FREE
Saturdays - "Heroes" w/DJ Chris Ewen (x-manray) @ Toast
Saturdays - "The Pill vs Love Night" @ Common Ground (last Saturday of
the month only)
Nov 29 - DINOSAUR JR @ Paradise
Nov 29 - ROBBERS ON HIGH STREET, ALOUD, THE SHILLS @ Middle East downstairs
Nov 30 - DINOSAUR JR @ Pearl Street, Northampton
Dec 1-2 - BON SAVANTS cd release, CASSETTE (1st only) AARON PERRINO (2nd only) @ Great Scott
Dec 1-2 - THE FIGGS cd release @ TT the Bear's
Dec 1 - HARRIS, FURVIS, STATIC OF THE GODS, VERSHOK, MEDICATED KISSES @ Bill's Bar
Dec 4 - VON BONDIES @ Paradise FREE
Dec 4 - BON SAVANTS @ Red Door, Portsmouth NH
Dec 5 - NEW MODEL ARMY @ Middle East upstairs
Dec 6 - LIFESTYLE, 8MM FUZZ, APPOMATTOX @ Great Scott
Dec 7 - WE ARE SCIENTISTS, THE GRATES @ Middle East downstairs
Dec 8 - HALLELUJAH TO THE HILLS, BLANKETEER, RYAN LEE CROSBY @ Bill's Bar CANCELLED
Dec 9 - TAXPAYER, THE INFORMATION, DAILY PRAVDA @ Great Scott
Dec 10 - PERNICE BROTHERS, ARCHER PREWITT @ TT the Bear's
Dec 11 - DAMIEN RICE @ Orpheum
Dec 16 - LEMONHEADS @ Avalon
Dec 16 - THE CHANNELS, FACES ON FILM @ Great Scott
Dec 27 - MEN WOMEN & CHILDREN, DJ Ken @ TT the Bear's
Dec 31 - SILVER JEWS @ Pearl Street, Northampton CANCELLED
Dec 31 - THE CAMPAIGN FOR REAL-TIME, BIG DIGITS @ Great Scott
Dec 31 - BANG CAMARO, SNOWLEOPARDS, HOORAY FOR EARTH @ Middle East downstairs
Dec 31 - PORSCHES ON THE AUTOBAHN, CASSETTE @ TT The Bear's
Jan 7 - Hot Stove, Cool Music w/JOE PERNICE, KAY HANLEY, more @ Paradise
Jan 8 - EMILY HAINES (METRIC) @ Paradise
Jan 16 - SLOAN @ Middle East downstairs
Jan 20 - MISSION OF BURMA @ Paradise
Jan 26 - CAMERA OBSCURA @ Pearl Street, Northampton
Mar 10 - CLINIC @ Middle East downstairs
Mar 11 - OF MONTREAL @ Avalon
Mar 28 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Agganis Arena

NYC show listings

NYC AREA EVENTS
Wednesdays - "Riot Radio" @ Sutra
Thursdays - "The Gorgeous Undertow" @ Royal Oak, Brooklyn
Fridays - "Crashin In" @ Supreme Trading
Saturdays - "Misshapes" @ Don Hill's
Saturdays - "Tiswas" @ The Annex
Nov 29 - THE BRAVERY @ Webster Hall
Nov 29 - ROGER O'DONNELL (x-Cure) @ Joe's Pub
Nov 30 - ABERDEEN CITY, THE HEAD SET @ Mercury Lounge
Nov 30 - MERCURY REV @ Irving Plaza
Nov 30 - DAMIEN DEMPSEY (former Morrissey opener) @ Sin-e
Dec 1 - LEVY @ Union Pool
Dec 1 - DJ Del @ Loop Lounge
Dec 1 - THE PICTURE @ Pianos
Dec 1-2 - THE STILLS @ Bowery
Dec 1-2 - DINOSAUR JR @ Rebel
Dec 2 - THE LOVELY FEATHERS @ Pianos
Dec 3 - MATT POND PA, STRAYLIGHT RUN @ Bowery
Dec 5-6 - LOW @ Bowery
Dec 7 - NEW MODEL ARMY @ Mercury Lounge
Dec 8 - PERNICE BROTHERS @ Mercury Lounge
Dec 8 - THE DAILY PRAVDA, AGE RINGS @ Pianos
Dec 9 - ICE CUBE @ Irving Plaza
Dec 11 - LOCKSLEY, ORANGE PARK @ Mercury Lounge
Dec 12 - PORSCHES ON THE AUTOBAHN, HOORAY FOR EARTH @ Sin-e
Dec 14 - Filter/Ben Sherman holiday party w/RA RA RIOT @ Ben Sherman Store
Dec 15 - LEMONHEADS @ Irving Plaza
Dec 15 - MONUMENT, VIRGO LOVES CANCER, AMERICAN WATERCOLOR MOVEMENT, DJ Del @ Loop Lounge
Dec 16 - THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS @ Southpaw (2 shows)
Dec 16 - RAINER MARIA (farewel show), PELA @ Bowery
Dec 21 - THE BOGMEN (reunion) @ Webster Hall SOLD OUT
Dec 22-23 - THE BOGMEN (reunion) @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Dec 29 - DJ Del @ Loop Lounge
Dec 30 - SILVER JEWS @ Webster Hall CANCELLED
Dec 31 - tba special guest, RADIO 4, OXFORD COLLAPSE @ Mercury Lounge
Dec 31 - CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH @ Hammerstein
Jan 9 - EMILY HAINES & THE SOFT SKELETON @ Webster Hall
Jan 13 - THE DB'S @ Bowery
Jan 17 - ANDREW BIRD @ Bowery
Jan 19 - MISSION OF BURMA @ Irving Plaza
Jan 26 - DEERHOOF @ Irving Plaza
Jan 29-31 - PAUL WELLER @ Irving Plaza
Mar 9-10 - OF MONTREAL @ Irving Plaza
Mar 26 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Theater at Madison Sq Garden

SF & LA show listings

SAN FRANCISCO/BAY AREA EVENTS
2nd & 4th Tuesdays - "Hold Ya Horses" @ Aunt Charlie's
Wednesdays - "1964" (mod/soul) @ Edinburg Castle FREE (alternating Wednesdays)
Thursdays - "popscene" @ 330 Ritch Street
Thursdays - "1984" 80s @ Cat Club
last Saturdays - "Leisure" @ Annie's Social Club
Nov 29 - HIDDEN CAMERAS @ Independent
Nov 29 - NIGHTMARE OF YOU, INNAWAY @ Bottom of the Hill
Nov 30 - NIGHTMARE OF YOU @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Dec 1 - THE DEARS @ Independent
Dec 5 - AMY MILAN (STARS/BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE) @ Independent
Dec 5 - LITTLE ONES, SMALL SINS, PANTS PANTS PANTS @ Bottom of the Hill
Dec 6 - WOLFMOTHER, SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Fillmore
Dec 6 - JONATHAN RICHMAN @ Great American
Dec 6 - ROGER O'DONNELL (x-Cure) @ Cafe du Nord
Dec 6 - DAMIEN RICE @ Paramount Theatre
Dec 7 - NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB, JIM NOIR @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Dec 8 - Live 105 Not So Silent Night w/THE SHINS, KILLERS, MODEST MOUSE, SILVERSUN PICKUPS, RACONTEURS @ Bill Graham Arena
Dec 8 - LILY ALLEN, STARSAILOR (acoustic), SHINY TOY GUNS @ Mighty (starts @ 11)
Dec 16 - THROWING MUSES @ Great American
Dec 21 - SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Dec 30 - CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN, CRACKER @ Independent
Dec 30 - GNARLS BARKLEY @ Bill Graham Auditorium
Dec 31 - THE LOVEMAKERS, ROCK KILLS KID @ Great American
Dec 31 - popscene's Disco 2007 w/BLONDE REDHEAD, SCISSORS FOR LEFTY, SHINY TOY GUNS, PERSEPHONE'S BEES @ Mezzanine
Jan 4 - THE VIEW @ popscene, 330 Ritch
Jan 5 - ORANGER @ Great American
Jan 22 - EMILY HAINES & SOFT SKELETON @ Great American
Jan 30 - DEERHOOF @ Great American
Feb 1 - OF MONTREAL @ Bottom of the Hill
Feb 2-3 - OF MONTREAL @ Great American
Mar 1 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Bill Graham Auditorium

LA-AREA EVENTS
Nov 30 - TRAIL OF THE DEAD/BLOOD BROTHERS @ Henry
Fonda
Dec 1 - "Cafe Bleu" 10-year anniversary party @ El Rey
Dec 2 - THE DEARS @ El Rey
Dec 2 - SEA WOLF @ Troubadour
Dec 2 - THE SOUNDS @ Wiltern
Dec 5 - TRALALA @ Safari Sam's
Dec 5 - ROGER O'DONNELL @ Spaceland
Dec 6 - TRALALA, JIM NOIR, ANNUALS @ Spaceland
Dec 7 - AMY MILLAN @ Troubadour
Dec 7 - FAINT/LADYTRON @ Palladium
Dec 7 - LILY ALLEN @ Avalon
Dec 8 - FAINT @ Vault 350
Dec 8 - DAMIEN RICE @ Orpheum
Dec 9 - DAMIEN RICE @ Orpheum
Dec 9 - WOLMOTHER @ Gibson amphitheatre
Dec 10 - BECK,KILLERS,RACONTEURS @ Gibson amphitheatre
Dec 12 - WOLFMOTHER @ Palladium
Dec 12 - COLD WAR KIDS/THE LIKE @ Roxy
Dec 16 - SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Troubadour
Dec 17 - SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Troubadour
Dec 31 - MARC ALMOND @ El Rey
Dec 31 - FLAMING LIPS/GNARLS BARKLEY @ Usc Galen Center
Jan 6 - MY MORNING JACKET @ Wiltern
Jan 12 - COLD WAR KIDS @ Silverlake Lounge
Jan 13 - GIRL TALK @ Echo
Jan 19 - COLD WAR KIDS @ Silverlake Lounge
Jan 24 - DEERHOOF @ El Rey
Jan 26 - COLD WAR KIDS @ Spaceland
Jan 28 - OF MONTREAL @ Troubadour
Apr 27-29 COACHELLA @ Empire Polo Fields

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BA Newsletter 11.16

*Planning to suffer through an evening with Panic At The Disco fans for your chance to see BLOC PARTY? Well head to Craigslist or Ebay with those tickets, because Bloc Party ain't gonna be there. Drummer MATT TONG collapsed during a set in Atlanta and the band has postponed all dates until he's well.

*SNOW PATROL have announced a US tour for March 2007, which starts on the west coast and includes dates in SF on March 1, NY on March 26, and and March 28 in Boston. SILVERSUN PICKUPS will open all dates.

*On November 21 at 7pm local time in theatres across the US, the new OASIS documentary "Lord Don't Slow Me Down" will run with special screenings. In the Boston area it's at Kendall Square (oasisrsvp.boston@gmail.com), in New York it's at Sunshine Cinema (oasisrsvp.nyc@gmail.com), and in SF it's at Embarcadero (oasisrsvp.sanfran@gmail.com). Send an email to the appropriate address for your city to be placed on the list.

*THE FALL, who aborted their recent NYC gig after 6 or so songs, have a new album due out in 2007 called "Reformation", as well as a pair of books - one an autobiography by Mark E. Smith and the other a collection of short stories inspired by Fall songs.

*PAUL WELLER is releasing a 4-disc career retrospective titled "Hit Parade" in January. To promote the collection he'll play 3 dates at Irving Plaza in NY - January 29 will focus on THE JAM, January 30 on THE STYLE COUNCIL, and the 31st will be career-spanning.

*Filter Magazine have teamed up with Urban Outfitters to release a charity compilation called "Give. Listen. Help.", which will be available at UO locations and online at www.urbanoutfitters.com. Unlike the chain's clothing the CD won't be offered at 3 times its value, but rather $9.99, with more than 90% of the proceeds going to charity. The tracklisting is impressive - included are the UK single version of FRANZ FERDINAND's "Eleanor Put Your Boots On", THOM YORKE b-side "Harrowdown Hill", KAISER CHIEFS b-side "Sink That Ship", YEAH YEAH YEAHS "Cheated Hearts" - the Peaches mix, plus tracks from THE WALKMEN, SNOWDEN, THE RAPTURE, FEIST and more.

*The Tripwire is reporting that THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN will release their self-titled debut in the US, but the date they gave was January 22 - a Monday and the UK release date, so I'm not sure if that piece of info is accurate or not.

*NME reports that a recent JARVIS COCKER solo gig turned into a PULP reunion of sorts, as former bandmates RICHARD HAWLEY, CANDIDA DOYLE, and STEVE MACKAY joined Cocker onstage at various times to perform tracks from the "Jarvis" album. No Pulp songs were played, though he did finish with a cover of "Space Oddity".

*DAMIEN RICE is back on the road, playing a show at Hiro Ballroom tonight (Thursday November 16). Other dates in the brief tour include December 6 at Paramount Theatre in Oakland and December 11 at Orpheum in Boston.

*THE VIEW, whose singles "Superstar Tradesman" and "Wasted Little DJ's" have gotten early play on British Accents, will release their debut on January 22 in the UK. The album is titled "Hats Off to the Buskers", and features the band's first two singles in addition to the January-released "Same Jeans" single.

*Hot newcomers THE FRATELLIS will release two limited edition live recordings via www.concertlive.co.uk - both discs will be limited to 1,000 pressings, so act now if you want them.

*According to a Myspace bulletin British Accents received this week, THE UPPER ROOM have split. But upon further inspection, it appears as if two of the members have left the band, including the one who controls the band's Myspace profile. So the band may continue under the current name with a new lineup - stay tuned.

*Also found on Myspace this week - Madchester one-hit-wonders NORTHSIDE have reformed and are looking to play a handful of US shows. They've already done a few UK dates.

*BERUIT have cancelled all upcoming dates due to illness, hopefully rescheduling in the new year.

*ROBERT POLLARD's shows in Boston and Northampton have been cancelled due to a leg injury.

*Last week's British Accents radio playlist can be viewed by clicking here:
http://www.spinitron.com/public/index.php?station=wmfo&month=Nov&year=2006&plid=3563

New release calendar

NEW & UPCOMING ALBUM RELEASE DATES (subject to change)
Nov 3 - various/The Cake Sale charity comp IRE
Nov 6 - THE MAGIC NUMBERS/Those the Brokes UK
Nov 6 - MANIC STREET PREACHERS/Everything Must Go (reissue) UK
Nov 6 - LONG BLONDES/Someone to Drive You Home UK
Nov 6 - BRAKES/The Beatific Visions UK
Nov 6 - DAMIEN RICE/9 UK
Nov 6 - CHARLATANS/Forever: The Singles
Nov 7 - BON SAVANTS/Post-Rock Defends The Nation USA
Nov 7 - various/Stranger Than Fiction soundtrack USA
Nov 13 - JARVIS COCKER/Jarvis UK
Nov 13 - OASIS/Stop the Clocks EP UK
Nov 13 - DEPECHE MODE/Best Of UK
Nov 14 - SUFJAN STEVENS/Christmas album USA
Nov 21 - OASIS/Stop The Clocks USA
Nov 21 - THE BEATLES/LOVE USA
Dec 4 - BABYSHAMBLES/The Blinding EP UK
Dec 5 - various/The OC mix vol. 6 USA
Dec 19 - MODEST MOUSE/We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank USA
Jan 9 - SLOAN/Never Hear The End Of It USA
Jan 22 - FIELD MUSIC/Tones of Town UK
Jan 22 - THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN UK
Jan 22 - THE VIEW/Hats Off To The Buskers UK
Jan 23 - OF MONTREAL/Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? USA
Jan 23 - THE SHINS/Wincing the Night Away USA
Jan 23 - CLINIC/Visitation USA
Jan 23 - PAUL WELLER/Hit Parade USA
Jan 29 - THE KLAXONS UK
Jan - GRUFF RHYS/Candylion USA
Feb - IDLEWILD UK
Feb 7 - APPLES IN STEREO/New Magnetic Wonder USA
Feb 7 - BLOC PARTY/A Weekend in the City USA

UPCOMING SINGLES (all UK unless noted)
Nov 6 - ART BRUT/Nag Nag Nag
Nov 6 - KASABIAN/Shoot the Runner
Nov 6 - PEACHES/Boys Wanna Be Her
Nov 6 - MIDLAKE/Head Home
Nov 6 - MOJAVE 3/Puzzles Like You
Nov 6 - GOODBOOKS/Leni
Nov 6 - WINTERKIDS/Tape It
Nov 13 - SNOW PATROL/Set Fire To The Third Bar
Nov 13 - CHARLATANS/You're So Pretty, We're So Pretty 2006
Nov 13 - BOY KILL BOY/Shoot Me Down
Nov 13 - CAPTAIN/Frontline
Nov 13 - DOGS/Soldier On
Nov 13 - THE FLAMING LIPS/It Overtakes Me
Nov 20 - THE SHINS/Phantom Limb
Nov 20 - DAMIEN RICE/9 Crimes
Nov 21 - THE SHINS/Phantom Limb USA
Nov 27 - THE ZUTONS/It's The Little Things We Do
Nov 27 - MUSE/Knights of Cydonia
Dec 4 - KUBICHEK!/Outwards
Dec 4 - GRUFF RHYS/Candylion
Dec 4 - EMBRACE/I Can't Come Down
Jan 15 - GUILLEMOTS/Annie, Let's Not Wait
Jan 15 - THE VIEW/Same Jeans
Jan 29 - BLOC PARTY/The Prayer

Boston area shows

BOSTON/NEW ENGLAND EVENTS
Thursdays - "Love Night" 80's w/DJ Brian @ Common Ground
Thursdays - DJ Sugar Dandy @ The Independent, Union Sq FREE
Fridays - "The Pill" w/DJs Ken & Terence @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "The Plan" w/live guests & DJ's Carl & Bethany @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "Soul-le-lu-jah" (northern soul/motown) @ Zuzu FREE
Saturdays - "Heroes" w/DJ Chris Ewen (x-manray) @ Toast
Saturdays - "The Pill vs Love Night" @ Common Ground (last Saturday of
the month only)
Nov 16 - OK GO, SCAMPER @ Avalon
Nov 16 - THE LOT SIX final show w/MITTENS, AGE RINGS @ Middle East downstairs
Nov 17 - BRIAN WILSON performs "Pet Sounds" @ Orpheum
Nov 18 - DETROIT COBRAS @ TT the Bear's
Nov 18 - ABERDEEN CITY, FACES ON FILM @ Great Scott
Nov 19 - BERUIT @ Middle East downstairs CANCELLED
Nov 20 - TAHITI 80 @ Paradise Lounge
Nov 20 - NEW YORK DOLLS @ Axis
Nov 21 - NEW YORK DOLLS @ Lupo's, Providence
Nov 24 - PORSCHES ON THE AUTOBAHN, BAD JAMIE @ Bill's Bar
Nov 27 - FORWARD RUSSIA, SNOWDEN @ Great Scott
Nov 27 - ROGER O'DONNELL (x-CURE) @ TT the Bear's
Nov 27 - AMANDA PALMER (DRESDEN DOLLS) @ Paradise
Nov 27-28 - DINOSAUR JR @ Big Easy, Portland ME
Nov 29 - DINOSAUR JR @ Paradise
Nov 29 - ROBBERS ON HIGH STREET, ALOUD, THE SHILLS @ Middle East downstairs
Nov 30 - DINOSAUR JR @ Pearl Street, Northampton
Dec 1-2 - BON SAVANTS cd release, AARON PERRINO (2nd only) @ Great Scott
Dec 1-2 - THE FIGGS cd release @ TT the Bear's
Dec 1 - HARRIS, FURVIS, STATIC OF THE GODS, VERSHOK, MEDICATED KISSES @ Bill's Bar
Dec 4 - VON BONDIES @ Paradise FREE
Dec 4 - BON SAVANTS @ Red Door, Portsmouth NH
Dec 5 - NEW MODEL ARMY @ Middle East upstairs
Dec 7 - WE ARE SCIENTISTS, THE GRATES @ Middle East downstairs
Dec 8 - HALLELUJAH TO THE HILLS, BLANKETEER, RYAN LEE CROSBY @ Bill's Bar CANCELLED
Dec 9 - TAXPAYER, THE INFORMATION, DAILY PRAVDA @ Great Scott
Dec 10 - PERNICE BROTHERS @ TT the Bear's
Dec 11 - DAMIEN RICE @ Orpheum
Dec 16 - LEMONHEADS @ Avalon
Dec 16 - THE CHANNELS, FACES ON FILM @ Great Scott
Dec 31 - SILVER JEWS @ Pearl Street, Northampton
Jan 7 - Hot Stove, Cool Music w/JOE PERNICE, KAY HANLEY, more @ Paradise
Jan 8 - EMILY HAINES (METRIC) @ Paradise
Mar 28 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Agganis Arena

NYC show listings

NYC AREA EVENTS
Wednesdays - "Riot Radio" @ Sutra
Thursdays - "The Gorgeous Undertow" @ Royal Oak, Brooklyn
Fridays - "Crashin In" @ Supreme Trading
Saturdays - "Misshapes" @ Don Hill's
Saturdays - "Tiswas" @ The Annex
Nov 16 - DAMIEN RICE @ Hiro Ballroom
Nov 17 - UNIFORM, THE ROPES, MOTEL CREEPS, DJ Del @ Loop Lounge
Nov 17-18 - MODEST MOUSE @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Nov 17-18 - MUDHONEY @ Knitting Factory
Nov 20 - LITTLE ONES, SMALL SINS @ Mercury Lounge
Nov 20 - THE ARK @ Bowery
Nov 21 - BRIAN WILSON peforms "Pet Sounds" @ Beacon Theatre
Nov 21 - TAHITI 80 @ Mercury Lounge
Nov 21-22 - BERUIT @ Bowery SOLD OUT CANCELLED
Nov 22 - DJ Del @ Loop Lounge
Nov 22 - NEW YORK DOLLS @ Irving Plaza
Nov 24 - PEACHES @ Irving Plaza
Nov 24 - THE SOUNDS @ Webster Hall
Nov 25 - BON SAVANTS, STAND @ Mercury Lounge
Nov 27 - PERE UBU, BUSH TETRAS @ Knitting Factory
Nov 28 - FORWARD RUSSIA, SNOWDEN @ Bowery
Nov 29 - THE BRAVERY @ Webster Hall
Nov 29 - ROGER O'DONNELL (x-Cure) @ Joe's Pub
Nov 30 - ABERDEEN CITY, THE HEAD SET @ Mercury Lounge
Dec 1 - LEVY @ Union Pool
Dec 1 - DJ Del @ Loop Lounge
Dec 1-2 - THE STILLS @ Bowery
Dec 1-2 - DINOSAUR JR @ Rebel
Dec 5-6 - LOW @ Bowery
Dec 7 - NEW MODEL ARMY @ Mercury Lounge
Dec 8 - PERNICE BROTHERS @ Mercury Lounge
Dec 15 - LEMONHEADS @ Irving Plaza
Dec 15 - MONUMENT, VIRGO LOVES CANCER, AMERICAN WATERCOLOR MOVEMENT, DJ Del @ Loop Lounge
Dec 16 - THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS @ Southpaw (2 shows)
Dec 16 - RAINER MARIA (farewel show) @ Bowery
Dec 21-22 - THE BOGMEN (reunion) @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Dec 29 - DJ Del @ Loop Lounge
Dec 30 - SILVER JEWS @ Webster Hall
Dec 31 - CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH @ Hammerstein
Jan 9 - EMILY HAINES & THE SOFT SKELETON @ Webster Hall
Jan 29-31 - PAUL WELLER @ Irving Plaza
Mar 26 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Theater at Madison Sq Garden

SF & LA shows

SAN FRANCISCO/BAY AREA EVENTS
2nd & 4th Tuesdays - "Hold Ya Horses" @ Aunt Charlie's
Wednesdays - "1964" (mod/soul) @ Edinburg Castle FREE (alternating Wednesdays)
Thursdays - "popscene" @ 330 Ritch Street
Thursdays - "1984" 80s @ Cat Club
last Saturdays - "Leisure" @ Annie's Social Club
Nov 9 - ISLANDS @ Great American
Nov 9 - TAHITI 80 @ Cafe du Nord
Nov 9 - THE KLAXONS @ popscene, 330 Ritch POSTPONED
Nov 11 - Riott Festival f/ASOBI SEKSU, more tba @ Bill Graham
Nov 11 - ROGER O'DONNELL @ Apple Store FREE
Nov 13 - BON SAVANTS @ Elbo Room
Nov 14 - THE DAMNED, THE ADORED @ Slim's
Nov 15 - SCISSORS FOR LEFTY @ Cafe du Nord
Nov 15 - ROONEY, BEN LEE @ Slim's
Nov 15 - THE GRATES @ Hemlock
Nov 21 - PERNICE BROTHERS @ Cafe du Nord
Nov 21-22 - MATES OF STATE, ASOBI SEKSU (22 only) @ Great American
Nov 24 - THE PRODIGY @ Fillmore
Nov 24-25 - LEMONHEADS @ Independent
Nov 26 - MARGOT & THE NUCLEAR SO AND SO'S @ Cafe du Nord
Nov 29 - HIDDEN CAMERAS @ Independent
Nov 29 - NIGHTMARE OF YOU, INNAWAY @ Bottom of the Hill
Dec 1 - THE DEARS @ Independent
Dec 5 - AMY MILAN (STARS/BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE) @ Independent
Dec 5 - LITTLE ONES, SMALL SINS, PANTS PANTS PANTS @ Bottom of the Hill
Dec 6 - WOLFMOTHER, SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Fillmore
Dec 6 - JONATHAN RICHMAN @ Great American
Dec 6 - ROGER O'DONNELL (x-Cure) @ Cafe du Nord
Dec 6 - DAMIEN RICE @ Paramount Theatre
Dec 16 - THROWING MUSES @ Great American
Dec 30 - CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN, CRACKER @ Independent
Dec 30 - GNARLS BARKLEY @ Bill Graham Auditorium
Dec 31 - THE LOVEMAKERS, ROCK KILLS KID @ Great American
Mar 1 - SNOW PATROL, SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Bill Graham Auditorium

LA-area show dates (complied by www.amateurchemist.blogspot.com)
Nov 16 - SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ OCAMA
Nov 17 - THE SLITS @ Troubadour
Nov 18 - LEMONHEADS @ Galaxy
Nov 18 - SEAN LENNON @ El Rey
Nov 18 - HOT CHIP @ Henry Fonda
Nov 20 - RAPTURE/THE PRESETS @ Henry Fonda
Nov 24 - ASOBI SEKSU @ El Rey
Nov 25 - PRODIGY @ National Orange Show
Dec 2 - THE DEARS @ El Rey
Dec 2 - SEA WOLF @ Troubadour
Dec 5 - TRALALA @ Safari Sam's
Dec 5 - ROGER O'DONNELL @ Spaceland
Dec 6 - BLOC PARTY @ Long Beach Arena CANCELLED?
Dec 7 - AMY MILLAN @ Troubadour
Dec 12 - WOLFMOTHER @ Palladium
Dec 16 - SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Troubadour
Dec 31 - MARC ALMOND @ El Rey
Jan 13 - GIRL TALK @ Echo

BA Newsletter 11.8

*There was no radio show last week, but British Accents returns this Sunday from 6-7pm with new music from THE VIEW, THE FRATELLIS and more. To check out the playlist for the last BA show 2 weeks ago, the playlist is posted on the BA blog - www.britishaccents.blogspot.com

*ALEX JAMES told the NME that he hopes GRAHAM COXON will re-join the band at some point, revealing that he's on good terms with the now solo former guitarist who is set to release a new solo disc.

*Former BOO RADLEYS and BRAVE CAPTAIN leader MARTIN CARR is in the states for a handful of Northeast shows in November. Catch him November 10 at "The Pill" at Great Scott, November 11 at 2pm for a free instore at Soundfix in Brooklyn with SCRITTI POLITTI and later that evening at Union Hall with SAY HI TO YOUR MOM, AD FRANK and CORIN ASHLEY. He'll also play at the "Death Disco" night at the Annex in Manhattan on November 15.

*THE HORRORS lead singer FARIS BADWAN was attacked onstage at a NYC gig on Halloween. The two wrestled to the floor before security ejected the attacker and the band finished their set. The band also bailed on a scheduled Boston show on Saturday, saying they were tired and didn't feel like making the trip.

*THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN, DAMON ALBARN's latest project, release their UK debut on January 22.

*Yearning for new SNOW PATROL material? Download an aol sessions recording on iTunes, available now. GARY LIGHTBODY is also singing on a track called "Some Surprise" for a charity compilation called "The Cake Sale", which is available first in Ireland on November 3, and also features tracks from DIVINE COMEDY, THE THRILLS, GEMMA HAYES and more.

*ROB DICKINSON, formerly of THE CATHERINE WHEEL, has recorded a live album titled "Live and Alone", which will be released at a date to be revealed later. The disc is heavy on CW classics like "Black Metallic", "Heal", and "Eat My Dust...".

*LA ROCCA are the latest of many bands to have a full van's worth of gear ripped off in Philadelphia. Something has me thinking that it's the same people who keep doing it - possibly connected to organized crime through a club. For a list of La Rocca's stolen gear, head to the BA blog - www.britishaccents.blogspot.com

*THE CURE will release a 30-track live DVD shot by fans on December 5. A handful of lucky fans were allowed to film the band's 2005 tour stops, and the best of that footage will be included.

*In other Cure-related news, former keyboardist ROGER O'DONNELL is playing a show at TT the Bear's on November 27. He'll be at Joe's Pub in NY on November 29, Cafe du Nord in SF on December 6, and he's starting off the tour in SF for a free show at the Apple Store on November 11.

*THE SHINS' new single "Phantom Limb" can be streamed now at www.pitchforkmedia.com, and you can buy it off iTunes starting November 14. The CD single is out on November 21, with a 7" single out in December.

*Apparently THE STREETS' MIKE SKINNER attempted to run the NYC marathon last weekend. He didn't make it very far, according to Brooklyn Vegan.

*Want to own original artwork by GRAHAM COXON or JOHN SQUIRE? Check out www.rca.ac.uk to purchase postcard-sized pieces by a series of anonymous artists. Who exactly created which piece will be revealed when the sale is complete, so you'll have to guess which one was created by a 90's Britpop star as opposed to Christo, who also submitted a piece.

*Canadian power poppers SLOAN release their next album "Never Hear The End Of It" on January 9 in the US.

*THE BRAVERY are planning to release a new album next year, and they're doing a handful of "secret" shows, including November 13 @ TT the Bear's, November 14 @ Century Lounge in Providence, and November 29 at Webster Hall in NYC.

*RAINER MARIA are splitting up, but not before a farewell show at Bowery Ballroom on December 16.

New & upcoming release list

NEW & UPCOMING ALBUM RELEASE DATES (subject to change)
Oct 23 - BATTLE/Back to Earth UK
Oct 23 - PULP/Complete Peel Sessions UK
Oct 23 - ORDINARY BOYS/How To Get Everything You Ever Wanted In Ten Easy Steps UK
Oct 23 - NEW RHODES/Songs From The Lodge UK
Oct 23 - ARAB STRAP/Ten Years of Tears UK
Oct 23 - GENE/Peel Sessions UK
Oct 23 - MERCURY REV/Back To Mine comp UK
Oct 30 - THE OTHERS/Inward Parts UK
Oct 30 - I AM KLOOT/Peel Sessions UK
Oct 30 - LUKE HAINES/Off My Rocker at the Art School Bop UK
Oct 30 - various/Never Lose That Feeling Volume 2 UK
Oct 31 - THE WHO/Endless Wire USA
Oct 31 - PJ HARVEY/Peel Sessions USA
Nov 3 - various/The Cake Sale charity comp IRE
Nov 6 - THE MAGIC NUMBERS/Those the Brokes UK
Nov 6 - MANIC STREET PREACHERS/Everything Must Go (reissue) UK
Nov 6 - LONG BLONDES/Someone to Drive You Home UK
Nov 6 - BRAKES/The Beatific Visions UK
Nov 6 - DAMIEN RICE/9 UK
Nov 6 - CHARLATANS/Forever: The Singles
Nov 7 - BON SAVANTS/Post-Rock Defends The Nation USA
Nov 7 - various/Stranger Than Fiction soundtrack USA
Nov 13 - JARVIS COCKER/Jarvis UK
Nov 13 - OASIS/Stop the Clocks EP UK
Nov 13 - DEPECHE MODE/Best Of UK
Nov 14 - SUFJAN STEVENS/Christmas album USA
Nov 21 - OASIS/Stop The Clocks USA
Nov 21 - THE BEATLES/LOVE USA
Dec 4 - BABYSHAMBLES/The Blinding EP UK
Dec 5 - various/The OC mix vol. 6 USA
Dec 19 - MODEST MOUSE/We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank USA
Jan 9 - SLOAN/Never Hear The End Of It USA
Jan 22 - FIELD MUSIC/Tones of Town UK
Jan 22 - THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN UK
Jan 23 - OF MONTREAL/Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? USA
Jan 23 - THE SHINS/Wincing the Night Away USA
Jan 23 - CLINIC/Visitation USA
Jan 29 - THE KLAXONS UK
Jan - THE GOOD THE BAND AND THE QUEEN UK
Jan - GRUFF RHYS/Candylion USA
Feb - IDLEWILD UK
Feb 7 - APPLES IN STEREO/New Magnetic Wonder USA
Feb 7 - BLOC PARTY/A Weekend in the City USA

UPCOMING SINGLES (all UK unless noted)
Oct 23 - THE KOOKS/Ooh La
Oct 23 - LONG BLONDES/Once and Never Again
Oct 23 - GRAHAM COXON/Bloody Annoying
Oct 23 - THE MACCABEES/First Love
Oct 23 - COOPER TEMPLE CLAUSE/Make This Your Own
Oct 23 - THE MAGIC NUMBERS/Take a Chance
Oct 23 - THE VIEW/Superstar Tradesman
Oct 23 - THE ROMANCE/Brannigan Brawl
Oct 23 - SHITDISCO/Reactor Party
Oct 23 - THE OTHERS/The Truth That Hurts
Oct 23 - MILBURN/What You Could Have Won
Oct 30 - THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE QUEEN/Herculean
Oct 30 - STRUMMERVILLE/Janie Jones
Oct 30 - THE KLAXONS/MagicK
Oct 30 - SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND/Commercial Breakdown
Oct 31 - THOM YORKE/Analyse USA
Nov 6 - ART BRUT/Nag Nag Nag
Nov 6 - KASABIAN/Shoot the Runner
Nov 6 - PEACHES/Boys Wanna Be Her
Nov 6 - MIDLAKE/Head Home
Nov 6 - MOJAVE 3/Puzzles Like You
Nov 6 - GOODBOOKS/Leni
Nov 6 - WINTERKIDS/Tape It
Nov 13 - SNOW PATROL/Set Fire To The Third Bar
Nov 20 - THE SHINS/Phantom Limb
Nov 20 - DAMIEN RICE/9 Crimes
Nov 21 - THE SHINS/Phantom Limb USA
Nov 27 - THE ZUTONS/It's The Little Things We Do
Nov 27 - MUSE/Knights of Cydonia
Dec 4 - KUBICHEK!/Outwards
Dec 4 - GRUFF RHYS/Candylion
Dec 4 - EMBRACE/I Can't Come Down
Jan 15 - GUILLEMOTS/Annie, Let's Not Wait
Jan 29 - BLOC PARTY/The Prayer

Boston area show listings

BOSTON/NEW ENGLAND EVENTS
Thursdays - "Love Night" 80's w/DJ Brian @ Common Ground
Thursdays - DJ Sugar Dandy @ The Independent, Union Sq FREE
Fridays - "The Pill" w/DJs Ken & Terence @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "The Plan" w/live guests & DJ's Carl & Bethany @ Great Scott
Saturdays - "Soul-le-lu-jah" (northern soul/motown) @ Zuzu FREE
Saturdays - "Heroes" w/DJ Chris Ewen (x-manray) @ Toast
Saturdays - "The Pill vs Love Night" @ Common Ground (last Saturday of
the month only)
Nov 10 - MARTIN CARR (x-BOO RADLEYS) @ The Pill, Great Scott
Nov 11 - L.E.O. (BLEU), EVERYDAY VISUALS, SNOWLEOPARDS @ TT the Bear's
Nov 11-12 - CAMPAIGN FOR REAL TIME @ Great Scott
Nov 12 - SCRITTI POLITTI @ Paradise
Nov 12 - MARTIN CARR @ Ralph's, Worcester MA
Nov 13 - MY VITRIOL, THE STRAYS, RUN RUN RUN @ Middle East upstairs CANCELLED
Nov 13 - THE BRAVERY, IV THIEVES @ TT the Bear's
Nov 14 - HIDDEN CAMERAS @ Middle East upstairs
Nov 14 - TWILIGHT SINGERS, STARS OF TRACK AND FIELD @ Paradise
Nov 14 - THE BRAVERY, IV THIEVES @ Century Lounge, Providence
Nov 15 - AMY MILAN (STARS/BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE) @ Paradise
Nov 16 - OK GO, SCAMPER @ Avalon
Nov 17 - BRIAN WILSON performs "Pet Sounds" @ Orpheum
Nov 18 - DETROIT COBRAS @ TT the Bear's
Nov 18 - ABERDEEN CITY @ Great Scott
Nov 18 - BLOC PARTY, shitty emo @ Tsongas Arena, Lowell
Nov 19 - BERUIT @ Middle East downstairs
Nov 20 - TAHITI 80 @ Paradise Lounge
Nov 20 - NEW YORK DOLLS @ Axis
Nov 21 - NEW YORK DOLLS @ Lupo's, Providence
Nov 24 - PORSCHES ON THE AUTOBAHN @ Bill's Bar
Nov 27 - FORWARD RUSSIA, SNOWDEN @ Great Scott
Nov 27 - ROGER O'DONNELL (x-CURE) @ TT the Bear's
Nov 27 - AMANDA PALMER (DRESDEN DOLLS) @ Paradise
Nov 27-28 - DINOSAUR JR @ Big Easy, Portland ME
Nov 29 - DINOSAUR JR @ Paradise
Nov 29 - ROBBERS ON HIGH STREET, ALOUD, THE SHILLS @ Middle East downstairs
Nov 30 - DINOSAUR JR @ Pearl Street, Northampton
Dec 1-2 - BON SAVANTS cd release @ Great Scott
Dec 1-2 - THE FIGGS cd release @ TT the Bear's
Dec 1 - HARRIS, FURVIS, STATIC OF THE GODS, VERSHOK, MEDICATED KISSES @ Bill's Bar
Dec 4 - VON BONDIES @ Paradise FREE
Dec 4 - BON SAVANTS @ Red Door, Portsmouth NH
Dec 5 - NEW MODEL ARMY @ Middle East upstairs
Dec 7 - WE ARE SCIENTISTS, THE GRATES @ Middle East downstairs
Dec 8 - HALLELUJAH TO THE HILLS, BLANKETEER, RYAN LEE CROSBY @ Bill's Bar CANCELLED
Dec 9 - TAXPAYER, THE INFORMATION, DAILY PRAVDA @ Great Scott
Dec 10 - PERNICE BROTHERS @ TT the Bear's
Dec 16 - LEMONHEADS @ Avalon
Dec 16 - THE CHANNELS, FACES ON FILM @ Great Scott
Dec 31 - SILVER JEWS @ Pearl Street, Northampton
Jan 7 - Hot Stove, Cool Music w/JOE PERNICE, KAY HANLEY, more @ Paradise
Jan 8 - EMILY HAINES (METRIC) @ Paradise

NYC show listings

NYC AREA EVENTS
Wednesdays - "Riot Radio" @ Sutra
Thursdays - "The Gorgeous Undertow" @ Royal Oak, Brooklyn
Fridays - "Crashin In" @ Supreme Trading
Saturdays - "Misshapes" @ Don Hill's
Saturdays - "Tiswas" @ The Annex
Nov 8-9 - DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, TED LEO/PHARMACISTS @ Theater at Madison Sq Garden (8th SOLD OUT)
Nov 9 - SOFT, ASTEROID #4, MY BEST FRIEND @ Union Pool
Nov 9 - LES SAVY FAV, BIG SLEEP @ NYU
Nov 10 - SCRITTI POLITTI @ Bowery
Nov 11 - MARTIN CARR, SCRITTI POLITTI instore @ Soundfix FREE 2pm
Nov 11 - MARTIN CARR, SAY HI TO YOUR MOM, CORIN ASHLEY, AD FRANK @ Union Hall
Nov 11 - HEAVENS, DARKER MY LOVE @ Mercury Lounge SOLD OUT
Nov 11-12 - TRAIL OF DEAD, BLOOD BROTHERS @ Irving Plaza
Nov 13 - MODEST MOUSE @ Nokia Theatre SOLD OUT
Nov 13-14 - BLOC PARTY, emo crap @ Madison Square Garden Theatre
Nov 14 - DETROIT COBRAS @ Mercury Lounge
Nov 14-15 - MODEST MOUSE @ Webster Hall SOLD OUT
Nov 15 - MARTIN CARR @ "Death Disco", The Annex
Nov 15 - "The All England Club" w/OASIS CD release party @ Lolita Bar
Nov 17 - UNIFORM, THE ROPES, MOTEL CREEPS, DJ Del @ Loop Lounge
Nov 17-18 - MODEST MOUSE @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Nov 17-18 - MUDHONEY @ Knitting Factory
Nov 20 - LITTLE ONES, SMALL SINS @ Mercury Lounge
Nov 20 - THE ARK @ Bowery
Nov 21 - BRIAN WILSON peforms "Pet Sounds" @ Beacon Theatre
Nov 21 - TAHITI 80 @ Mercury Lounge
Nov 21-22 - BERUIT @ Bowery SOLD OUT
Nov 22 - DJ Del @ Loop Lounge
Nov 22 - NEW YORK DOLLS @ Irving Plaza
Nov 24 - PEACHES @ Irving Plaza
Nov 24 - THE SOUNDS @ Webster Hall
Nov 25 - BON SAVANTS, STAND @ Mercury Lounge
Nov 27 - PERE UBU, BUSH TETRAS @ Knitting Factory
Nov 28 - FORWARD RUSSIA, SNOWDEN @ Bowery
Nov 29 - THE BRAVERY @ Webster Hall
Nov 29 - ROGER O'DONNELL (x-Cure) @ Joe's Pub
Nov 30 - ABERDEEN CITY, THE HEAD SET @ Mercury Lounge
Dec 1 - LEVY @ Union Pool
Dec 1-2 - THE STILLS @ Bowery
Dec 1-2 - DINOSAUR JR @ Rebel
Dec 5-6 - LOW @ Bowery
Dec 7 - NEW MODEL ARMY @ Mercury Lounge
Dec 8 - PERNICE BROTHERS @ Mercury Lounge
Dec 15 - LEMONHEADS @ Irving Plaza
Dec 16 - THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS @ Southpaw (2 shows)
Dec 16 - RAINER MARIA (farewel show) @ Bowery
Dec 21-22 - THE BOGMEN (reunion) @ Bowery (22 SOLD OUT)
Dec 30 - SILVER JEWS @ Webster Hall
Dec 31 - CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH @ Hammerstein
Jan 9 - EMILY HAINES & THE SOFT SKELETON @ Webster Hall

SF & LA show listings

SAN FRANCISCO/BAY AREA EVENTS
2nd & 4th Tuesdays - "Hold Ya Horses" @ Aunt Charlie's
Wednesdays - "1964" (mod/soul) @ Edinburg Castle FREE (alternating Wednesdays)
Thursdays - "popscene" @ 330 Ritch Street
Thursdays - "1984" 80s @ Cat Club
last Saturdays - "Leisure" @ Annie's Social Club
Nov 9 - ISLANDS @ Great American
Nov 9 - TAHITI 80 @ Cafe du Nord
Nov 9 - THE KLAXONS @ popscene, 330 Ritch POSTPONED
Nov 11 - Riott Festival f/ASOBI SEKSU, more tba @ Bill Graham
Nov 11 - ROGER O'DONNELL @ Apple Store FREE
Nov 13 - BON SAVANTS @ Elbo Room
Nov 14 - THE DAMNED, THE ADORED @ Slim's
Nov 15 - SCISSORS FOR LEFTY @ Cafe du Nord
Nov 15 - ROONEY, BEN LEE @ Slim's
Nov 15 - THE GRATES @ Hemlock
Nov 21 - PERNICE BROTHERS @ Cafe du Nord
Nov 21-22 - MATES OF STATE, ASOBI SEKSU (22 only) @ Great American
Nov 24 - THE PRODIGY @ Fillmore
Nov 24-25 - LEMONHEADS @ Independent
Nov 26 - MARGOT & THE NUCLEAR SO AND SO'S @ Cafe du Nord
Nov 29 - HIDDEN CAMERAS @ Independent
Nov 29 - NIGHTMARE OF YOU, INNAWAY @ Bottom of the Hill
Dec 1 - THE DEARS @ Independent
Dec 5 - AMY MILAN (STARS/BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE) @ Independent
Dec 5 - LITTLE ONES, SMALL SINS, PANTS PANTS PANTS @ Bottom of the Hill
Dec 6 - WOLFMOTHER, SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Fillmore
Dec 6 - JONATHAN RICHMAN @ Great American
Dec 6 - ROGER O'DONNELL (x-Cure) @ Cafe du Nord
Dec 16 - THROWING MUSES @ Great American
Dec 30 - CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN, CRACKER @ Independent
Dec 31 - THE LOVEMAKERS, ROCK KILLS KID @ Great American

LA-area show dates (complied by www.amateurchemist.blogspot.com)
Nov 9 - NOEL GALLAGHER @ Wadsworth Theatre
Nov 8-9 - PET SHOP BOYS @ Wiltern
Nov 9 - DEFTONES @ Avalon
Nov 10 - RAPTURE/ THE PRESETS @ Glass House
Nov 11 - SPARTA/THE HOLD STEADY/OK GO @ 4th & B
Nov 12 - DEFTONES @ Soma
Nov 13 - SPARTA/THE SOUND TEAM @ Avalon
Nov 15 - LADY SOVEREIGN @ El Rey
Nov 16 - SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ OCAMA
Nov 17 - THE SLITS @ Troubadour
Nov 18 - LEMONHEADS @ Galaxy
Nov 18 - SEAN LENNON @ El Rey
Nov 18 - HOT CHIP @ Henry Fonda
Nov 20 - RAPTURE/THE PRESETS @ Henry Fonda
Nov 24 - ASOBI SEKSU @ El Rey
Nov 25 - PRODIGY @ National Orange Show
Dec 2 - THE DEARS @ El Rey
Dec 2 - SEA WOLF @ Troubadour
Dec 5 - TRALALA @ Safari Sam's
Dec 5 - ROGER O'DONNELL @ Spaceland
Dec 6 - BLOC PARTY @ Long Beach Arena
Dec 7 - AMY MILLAN @ Troubadour
Dec 12 - WOLFMOTHER @ Palladium
Dec 16 - SILVERSUN PICKUPS @ Troubadour
Dec 31 - MARC ALMOND @ El Rey
Jan 13 - GIRL TALK @ Echo