Time Management...

...is a pain in the neck [for lack of a better word]. BAM! I just used a cliche correctly! Sorry lads, I've been having trouble in the cliche world, and perhaps in the writing also, as well as in the music journalism slash blogging aspect of all of this, even though it is summer, and I should have more time, but, things happen for a reason, rite? Rite.

Let's see. Many new things out there.


1. The Stills have a new website, it was downgraded from the awesome site they had years ago. ha! But that's not what I am going to tell ye. Yes, the new site changed when they changed record labels... Okay, here it goes, THEY ARE COMING OUT WITH A NEW ALBUM set to be released on August 19th... go out and buy it, or at least, go out and check this band out. The album is titled Oceans Will Rise. Not only that, but they are also set to tour in the near Fall. Here is the gig list of dates:

10/11/08 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint
10/12/08 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
10/15/08 – Los Angeles, CA @ Nokia Theatre
10/17/08 – San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theatre
10/18/08 – San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theatre
10/20/08 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
10/21/08 – Portland, OR @ Schnitzer Hall
10/23/08 – Denver, CO @ The Fillmore Auditorium
10/25/08 – Austin, TX @ Austin Music Hall
10/26/08 – Oklahoma City, OK@ Bricktown Events Center
10/28/08 – Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Theatre
10/29/08 – Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom
10/31/08 – Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom

Check them out at their myspace or at their website The Stills.


2. Okkervil River is also touring. Check out their website and their myspace! Here is their gig date list:

09/12/2008 - The Bottleneck, Lawrence, Kansas

09/13/2008 - The Slowdown, Omaha, Nebraska

09/14/2008 - Barrymore Theatre, Madison, Wisconsin
w' The Walkmen

09/15/2008 - Aquarium, Fargo, North Dakota

09/17/2008 - Showbox, Seattle, Washington
w' Sea Wolf and Zykos

09/18/2008 - Richard's on Richards, Vancouver, British Columbia
w' Sea Wolf and Zykos
09/19/2008 - Crystal Ballroom, Portland, Oregon
w' Sea Wolf and Zykos

09/20/2008 - McDonald Theatre, Eugene, Oregon
w' Sea Wolf and Zykos

09/21/2008 - Treasure Island Music Festival, San Francisco, California

09/23/2008 - Henry Fonda Theater, Los Angeles, California
w' Sea Wolf and Zykos

09/24/2008 - Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach, California
w' Sea Wolf and Zykos

09/25/2008 - Clubhouse, Tempe, Arizona
w' Sea Wolf and Zykos

09/26/2008 - Club Congress, Tucson, Arizona
w' Sea Wolf and Zykos

09/28/2008 - Austin City Limits Festival, Austin, Texas

09/30/2008 - The Republic, New Orleans, Louisiana
w' Crooked Fingers and Black Joe Lewis

10/01/2008 - Workplay, Birmingham, Alabama
w' Crooked Fingers and Black Joe Lewis

10/02/2008 - 40 Watt, Athens, Georgia
w' Crooked Fingers and Black Joe Lewis

10/03/2008 - Soapbox, Wilmington, North Carolina
w' Crooked Fingers and Black Joe Lewis

10/04/2008 - The National, Richmond, Virginia
w' Crooked Fingers and Black Joe Lewis

10/06/2008 - Webster Hall, New York, New York
w' Crooked Fingers and Black Joe Lewis

10/07/2008 - Webster Hall, New York, New York
w' Crooked Fingers and Black Joe Lewis

10/08/2008 - Pearl Street, Northampton, Massachusetts
w' Crooked Fingers and What Cheer? Brigade

10/09/2008 - Mr. Smalls, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
w' Crooked Fingers and Black Joe Lewis

10/10/2008 - Tralf Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
w' Crooked Fingers and Black Joe Lewis

10/11/2008 - Saints, Montreal, CA
w' Crooked Fingers

10/12/2008 - Phoenix, Toronto, CA
w' Crooked Fingers

10/14/2008 - Metro, Chicago, Illinois
w' Crooked Fingers and Black Joe Lewis

10/27/2008 - Loppen, Copenhagen, DK

10/28/2008 - Mejeriet, Lund, SE

10/29/2008 - Pusterviksbaren, Gothenburg, SE

10/30/2008 - Debaser Medis, Stockholm, SE

10/31/2008 - Storsalen, Oslo, NO

11/01/2008 - Voxhall, Aarhus, DK

11/03/2008 - L'Alhambra, Paris, FR

11/04/2008 - Cactus, Brugge, BE

11/05/2008 - Norwich Waterfront, Norwich, GB

11/06/2008 - Manchester Academy, Manchester, GB

11/07/2008 - Dublin Academy, Dublin, IE

11/09/2008 - Oran Mor, Glasgow, GB

11/10/2008 - Wolverhampton Wulfrun, Wolverhampton, GB

11/11/2008 - Shepard's Bush Empire, London, GB

11/12/2008 - Brighton Concorde 2, Brighton, Other/international

11/14/2008 - Melkweg, Amsterdam, NL

11/15/2008 - Knust, Hamburg, DE

11/17/2008 - Postbahnhof, Berlin, DE

11/18/2008 - Registratur, Munich, DE

11/19/2008 - Magazzini Generali, Milano, IT

11/20/2008 - Circolo Degli Artisti, Roma, IT

11/21/2008 - Estragon, Bologna, IT

11/22/2008 - Blue Bird Festival, Vienna, AT



Alrite, this is all I've got for you. Have fun, and I will keep on posting some other fun stuff for you to read!


-C.S.H.