Image: Newscom
Pete Yorn in Los Angeles, December 2007

Pete Yorn is busy. He has a new CD, Back and Fourth, and is therefore going on tour. Tickets to his Webster Hall shows on July 28 and 29 are still on sale, and tickets will go on sale this Friday for a recently added July 24 show at The Wellmont Theater, but if you want to see him at a more initimate venue, now is your chance. He is playing the Apple Store in Soho TONIGHT at 7 pm (June 16) for free and is having a CD release party at Joe’s Pub on Thursday, June 18 at 11:30 pm. Presale tickets sold out to his fan club, but at  4 pm today, you can get the remaining tickets on the Joe’s Pub website.

Image: Newscom
Peaches in New York in March

Webster Hall has turned into a dance electro Mecca of sorts. Here are some great shows they have coming up:

• May 1: Hercules & Love Affair DJ Set plus Pat Mahoney of LCD Soundsystem. To get on the $10 reduced admission guest list, click here.
• May 7: Junior Boys. Get tickets here.
• May 8, 7 pm: Fischerspooner. Get tickets here.
• May 8, 10 pm: Larry Tee Album Release Party with Fischerspooner DJ set (and After Party), DJ Falcon (Daft Crew) DJs, and Larry Tee and Guests. To get on the $10 reduced admission guest list, click here.
• May 9: Crystal Method. Get tickets here.
• May 16, 7 pm: Peaches. Get tickets here.
• May 15 and 16, 11 pm: Deadmau5. Get tickets here.
• May 22: Girls & Boys and Tiga. Get tickets here.
• June 19: Steve Aoki and Joachim Garraud. To get on the $10 reduced admission guest list, click here.

Image: Amazon

If you haven’t heard of them yet, get ready to be wowed. Amadou & Mariam is a blind couple from Mali whose recent albums have been produced by none other than Manu Chao. They perform super fun and beautiful songs with African rhythms that make you want to shake your booty. Their new album Welcome to Mali has been released in other countries to critical acclaim, but comes out in the US on March 24.

They will be at Webster Hall on June 8. Tickets are on sale now. Get some!!

Lots of tickets on sale or going or presale:

• Israeli band Idan Raichel Project at Town Hall on March 26, tickets here
• The Gaslight Anthem at Webster Hall on March 27, tickets here
• Anathallo at Mercury Lounge on March 4, tickets here
• The Airborne Toxic Event at Bowery Ballroom on March 8, tickets here
• Phosporescent performing their new album of all Willie Nelson covers at Bell House on February 28, tickets here
• Bell X1 at Highline Ballroom on March 14, tickets here
• Goblin Cock with Rob Crow of Pinback at Highline Ballroom on February 11, tickets here
• Black Kids and Mates of State at Music Hall of Williamsburg on April 5 and Webster Hall on April 6 is on AmEx presale now, regular sale Friday at noon
• Cursive at Bowery Ballroom on March 10 is on AmEx presale now and regular sale Friday at noon, their March 9 show at Music Hall of Williamsburg is also still on sale
• Clem Snide at Bowery Ballroom on March 18 is on AmEx presale now and regular sale Friday at noon
• Bloc Party added a second date at Terminal 5 on March 25. Tickets are on AmEx presale now and regular sale on Saturday at noon
• The Oddity Faire featuring Les Claypool with special guest Saul Williams, Secret Chiefs, and O’Death at Terminal 5 on March 28 is on AmEx presale now, regular sale Friday at noon
• The Leonard Cohen presale started today. The password is Fingerprints. (Thx Brookylnvegan)

Image: Amazon

While globalFEST 2009 will go on as planned, Femi Kuti had to cancel that appearance, and his entire tour due to illness. Get Well Soon Femi! He hopes to go on a Canadian and U.S. tour this summer in support of his new album, Day by Day.

globalFEST is happening this Sunday, January 11 at Webster Hall and will feature 12 artists from around the world:

BROOKLYN QAWWALI PARTY - Thunderous jazz-funk tribute to Nusrat
CALYPSO ROSE - The legendary Queen of Calypso
CHICHA LIBRE - Psychedelic surf cumbia from Brooklyn
HOT 8 BRASS BAND - New Orleans street party
KAILASH KHER’S KAILASA - Bollywood’s Sufi pop idol
LA TROBA KUNG-FÚ - Barcelona’s rumba catalana mestizos
L & O - Swinging French chanson
MARCIO LOCAL - Brazil’s samba soul innovator
OCCIDENTAL BROTHERS Dance Band International - Chicago’s Kings of Hightlife
SHANBEHZADEH - Iranian Afro-Asian trance music and dance
TANYA TAGAQ - Canada’s Inuit vocal experimentalist
WATCHA CLAN - Electric Mediterranean diaspora dance party

Tickets are still available, get them here.

Remember those Morrissey NYC and NJ dates? Well they are going on sale on Friday. The Bowery Ballroom, Webster Hall, and Wellmont Theater tickets all go on sale at noon and the Carnegie Hall show goes on sale at 11 am.

If you haven’t heard of Glasvegas, the hottest band to come out of Scotland in a while, then read this post carefully! Their debut, self-titled album is being released January 6 in the U.S. But, the band has also just recorded a 6-song Christmas EP, A Snow Flake Fell (And It Felt Like A Kiss), which you can now get for free with a pre-order of the album!

Here’s how:

Visit your local indie retail store (see locations: http://www.previewnewmusic.com/Glasvegas/) and pre-order the album and get a physical copy of the EP for free.

OR

You can purchase Glasvegas’ debut album along with the Christmas EP in a bundle deal for $10.99. Tracks are also available a la carte if you have already purchased the album and would just like to purchase the tracks from the Christmas album. iTunes Buy link: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=295874429&s=143441

But wait, there’s more! Glasvegas are going on tour and will be at Bowery Ballroom on January 6. Get your tickets here. But wait, there’re more! Glasvegas will be playing a FREE show at Virign Megastore in Union Square on January 5. But wait, there’re more! Glasvegas will return to NYC on March 30 to play Webster Hall. Tickets for that are here. Phew!

Oh, one more thing, check out their video for “Please Come Back Home” here.

Images: Angela Wolf, Filter Magazine

CSS at All Points West Festival 2008
Image: Devorah Klein

Brazilian group that is oh so much, CSS, will be in NY tonight. First they will play a live show at Webster Hall, which still has tickets available and then they will DJ the after party at The Studio at Webster Hall, which you can check out for just $5 with an RSVP. How fantastic!

No, not together. But still, exciting news nonetheless. Morrissey will release Years of Refusal on February 17 and then head out on tour, bringing him to NY/NJ to play a host of shows. First he will be at the Wellmont Theater in NJ on March 16. Then he will be at the Bowery Ballroom (!!) on March 21, at Webster Hall March 25, and at Carnegie Hall on March 26. Phew! Tickets for these shows are not on sale yet, but “Fans can pre-order Years of Refusal and get the opportunity to buy tickets through Ticketmaster 24 hours before they go on sale to the general public.” Complete tour dates below.

Also coming to the US, for the first time in over five years, are Tindersticks, led by the inimitable Stuart Staples. They released a new album, The Hungry Saw, this year and will now be going on tour. They will be at Brooklyn Masonic Temple on March 6 and tickets are on sale now. See complete tour dates below.

Morrissey - 2009 Tour Dates
2/28 Boca Raton, FL Mizner Park
3/1 Orlando, FL Hard Rock live
3/3 Jacksonville, FL Florida Theater
3/4 St. Petersburg, FL Jannus Landing
3/6 Myrtle Beach. SC House of Blues
3/7 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
3/9 Asheville, NC Orange Peel
3/11 Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts Center
3/13 Richmond, VA The National
3/14 Washington, DC Warner Theater
3/16 Montclair, NJ Wellmont Theater
3/17 Pittsburgh, PA Carnegie Music Hall
3/19 Buffalo, NY University of Buffalo Center
for the Arts
3/21 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
3/22 Philadelphia, PA Acadmy of Music
3/25 New York, NY Webster Hall
3/26 New York, NY Carnegie Hall
3/28 Mashantucket, CT Foxwoods
3/29 Boston, MA House of Blues
3/31 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan Theater
4/1 Columbus, OH Palace Theater
4/3 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom
4/4 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
4/6 Minneapolis, MN State Theater
4/7 Kansas City, MO Midland Theater
4/8 St. Louis, MO Pageant Theater
4/10 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom
4/11 Houston, TX Jesse H. Jones Hall
4/12 Austin, TX Bass Concert Hall
4/14 El Paso, TX Chavez Theater
4/15 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater

Feel like dancing tonight? Well you have a few options to choose from:

• There will be great dance music in all rooms at Webster Hall. The Main Room has Switch, D.I.M., A.C. Slater, and  The Captain. The Marlin Room has Grandmaster Flash and Dimitry!!!. The Studio has The Asteroids Galaxy Tour (11:30), The Mood (10:30), and Soulshaker DJs (TKOmri + DJ Baron). To get advance $10 tickets click here.
• One Step Beyond returns for its monthly show at The Museum of Natural History and tonight Nick Catchdubs and Michna will be there. For tickets and info click here.
• Get Down! is at Studio B with Todd Terry and Junior Sanchez, along with UK producer Chewy Chocolate Cookies and resident djs Alexander Technique and Van Scott.