April Fool's Day: feat. Tally Hall and Adam Green

Today is the day, well, the night of April Fools. I hope you spent it well. As for me, I am somewhat angered because a lame, satirical article I wrote for today's paper--I work for my college's paper--was not bloody published. Oh well, let's put all of this aside and focus on the good news...:

Tally Hall, a band from Ann Arbor, Michigan re-released their album today. They classify their music as: Rock, Hip Hop, and Classical.

They posted a bulletin, and it goes like this:

The new and improved Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum is available TODAY! To get your copy you have several options.
You can either:

1.
Order a physical CD to be sent to your door through Newbury Comics (and it will include a signed booklet!) Do that HERE

2. Order the Deluxe Bundle on iTunes which includes 2 bonus tracks, the ’Good Day’ music video, PLUS a 12 minute documentary about Marvin and why his Mechanical Museum is so Marvelous.

3.
Drive / Walk / Run / Skip to your local music store and pick up your very own copy immediately!


Tally Hall is currently touring. Here's their list of dates:

04.05.08
Mac's (Lansing, MI)

04.06.08
Rubble's Bar (Mt. Pleasant, MI)
All ages show.

04.08.08
Jack Rabbit Slim's (Albany, NY)

04.09.08
Kirkland Art Center (Clinton, NY)

04.10.08
Iron Horse Music Hall (Northampton, MA)

04.11.08
Toquet Hall Coffeehouse (Westport, CT)

04.12.08
Toad's Place (New Haven, CT)

04.13.08
Great Scott (Allston, MA)

04.14.08
Southpaw (Brooklyn, NY)

04.15.08
Bowery Ballroom (New York, NY)

04.16.08
North Star Bar (Philadelphia, PA)

04.17.08
DC Nine (Washington, DC)

04.19.08
Salem High School (Canton, MI)

04.25.08
Blue Note (Columbia, MO)


(I will write about Tally Hall later on, just wait, and see!)
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On another note, here's some information concerning Adam Green. I know all of you are looking forward to see him live, I know that I am; I am yet to make up my mind, though. The date that I can see him seems somewhat hectic, I will have to see what's going on. Okay...


If you're in Europe, you're in for some good ol' Adam Green. Green released his newest album "Sixes & Sevens" on March 18th in the States. Green is part of the anti-folk movement. I personally did not know about this movement until I searched this genre, and found out that he falls under it.

Anti-folk is a movement established in New York. It takes the original folk sound and puts satirical lyrics or just nonsensical lyrics to it. This, of course, is the simplest explanation that I can muster. You can always search "anti-folk" on the net, and find out what it truly means.

The one great song that put Green on my music list, is, of course, "Jessica." It is one of Green's funniest songs, I believe.

For other funny songs check out Oh No! Oh My! Funny lads, lyrics are hilarious.

Now, more about Green. Adam is on a European tour as of now. He will be playing in the States in late May. If you have time, you should make time to see him. Here are his tour dates:

April

Sat 5 Birmingham Academy 2 - (Noah and the Whale are supporting)
Sun 6 Leeds Faversham - (Noah and the Whale are supporting)
Mon 7 off
Tues 8 London Koko - (Noah and the Whale are supporting)
Wed 9 Sheffield Plug - (Noah and the Whale are supporting)
Thurs 10 Glasgow Oran Mor - (Noah and the Whale are supporting)
Fri 11 Manchester Club Academy - (Tom and Josh from Paddingtons are supporting)


Sun 13 Cologne Live Music Hall - (Turner Cody is supporting)
Mon 14 Paris Le Trabendo - SOLD OUT- (Turner Cody is supporting)
Tues 15 Bourges Festival
Wed 16 off
Thurs 17 Domino Festival
Fri 18 Amsterdam Melkweg
Sat 19 Copenhagen Loppen
Sun 20 off
Mon 21 Hamburg Grosse Freiheit
Tues 22 Berlin Huxleys - (Laura Marling is supporting)
Wed 23 Frankfurt Mosontur
Thurs 24 Munich Elsehalle -
Fri 25 off
Sat 26 Vienna WUK - (Laura Marling is supporting)
Sun 27 Luzern Konzertau - (Laura Marling is supporting)
Mon 28 Fribourg, Fri-sson - (Laura Marling is supporting)
Tues 29 Zurich Kaufleutern - (Laura Marling is supporting)
Wed 30 off

May

Thurs 1 Rome Circolo degli Artisti - (Laura Marling is supporting)
Fri 2 Ravenna The Bronson - (Laura Marling is supporting)
Sat 3 off
Sun 4 Barcelona Razzmatazz 2 - (Laura Marling is supporting)
Mon 5 Madrid Sala Heineken - (Laura Marling is supporting)

Sat 10 New York, Town Hall

Tue 20 San Francisco, Rick Shaw Stop
Wed 21 Los Angeles, Troubadour


JUNE

Tue 3 DC, Black Cat - (Lightspeed Champion is supporting)
Wed 4 Philadelphia, PA First Church - (Lightspeed Champion)
Thu 5 Boston, MA Great Scott
Fri 6 Montreal, QUE Tulipe
Sat 7 Toronto, ONT Horseshoe Tavern
Sun 9 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
Mon 10 Chicago, IL Lake Shore Theatre



I am out. Hope your day was full of excitement, unlike mine. Oh, I forgot.


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Thanks.

-C.S.H.

Die Romantik: Another Round

I am in dire need of a new band to expose your ears to, but I do not know what band this might be.

After much consideration, I have realized that I do not have a band that veers from what I have posted, so, I will introduce thee to the band Die Romantik. No, they do not sing in Deutsch, though, they do seem to have a song in French. They are a three man band consisting of: Dominic Matar (keyboards), Olivier Bernard (guitar), and Eric Hagemann (drums). I have no idea who the lead singer is; it does not say so on their website.

Paris, 1996, as high school students, they met. The band was formed in August 2005.

They released, Narcissist's Waltz, their debut album, on June 6, 2007.

What genre do they fall in? They are indie alternative rock, perhaps, to my best recollection.


-C.S.H.

Here comes Die Romantik with "Another Round":

Kasabian

For various reasons, of which I hope are not personal, I was not able to update my posting earlier today, I apologize for that. I also apologize if I have some mechanical errors, as well as some diction problems--I have not been writing as well as I should be, today, and I haven't been a good editor this day, either. So, there goes another apology; this apology only goes for this post, not for any previous or future posts, and now I will leave thee with what is important!

Now, referring to what we all want to read about: music...

For this post, I was thinking of introducing you to Mott the Hoople, but, I will not, considering that I haven't listened to any of their albums in months, so, instead, I will bring you one of my favorite British Bands: Kasabian.

The band consists of four members: Serge Pizzorno (guitar, synthesizers, backing vocals), Tom Meighan (lead vocals), Ian Matthews (drums), and Christopher Edwards (bass). They are a British rock band from Leicester. Their name is derived from Linda Kasabian who was a member of the Charles Manson cult.

They are often compared to Oasis and to The Verve, the exception being that they haven't yet arrived at a good U.S. music chart standing, which is a good thing because then they are not mainstream here, and I can post them, and not feel bad that they are signed to a major label.

Their sound, well, I could describe it to you, but all that I will say, is that they are a good live band, even if they do not use live synths. Their sound is a mesh of electronic, alternative rock, and some powerpop inserted somewhere. I think, perhaps I am wrong, and if I am, then, I apologize. Don't let this description be the judge of them, they have some nice components like strings, and other instruments that I cannot recollect as of now. I apologize once more.

Here is the video, the song is "Club Foot" off their first album "Kasabian," which was released September 2004. Their most recent album was released a year ago, on August, "Empire."



I give you this video, even though it is old--if you do your research, you will see that the blokes look a little different--because it is the best video of them on youtube.com, possibly because it is from a television show. Ha!

Alrite, have a good nite, and listen to KASABIAN!!!

-C.S.H.