Whigs to hit the road again

The Whigs, the hard rocking trio from Athens, GA are prepped for yet another run on the road. This time they'll be hitting a few hotspots around the US and across Canada with the biggest band in Europe and former southern rock outfit, Kings of Leon.

Pumped for the band, should be great exposure opening for the likes of KOL. Wish the boys the best on the tour.

Here's a little taste.

TOUR DATES:

06-05-09: Enterprise, AL - BamaJam Music & Arts Festival
06-20-09: Birmingham, AL - City Stages Festival
07-10-09: Louisville, KY - Forecastle Festival

NEW DATES....
08-09-09: Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre w/ Kings of Leon
08-12-09: Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place w/ Kings of Leon
08-13-09: Calgary, AB - Saddledome w/ Kings of Leon
08-15-09: Vancouver, BC - GM Place w/ Kings of Leon
08-16-09: Vancouver, BC - GM Place w/ Kings of Leon
08-19-09: Sacramento, CA - ARCO w/ Kings of Leon
08-21-09: San Diego, CA - Cox Arena w/ Kings of Leon
08-22-09: Los Angeles, CA - The Forum w/ Kings of Leon

La La Land

Here's a Little cross section of what went down in Cha-town.

...I hate I miss all of these things, anyone wanna give ACL or Vegoose a whirl?




Kings of Leon with Eddie Vedder - Slow Night, So Long

Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Phenomena

Elvis Perkins in Dearland - Weeping Pilgrim

Daft Punk - Highlights from the 'set of the wknd'


Interesting things to come this week...

Giant Day for Humans, Kings Have their Night and the Bird Takes Flight

Human Giant day on MTV was a success!...I guess, I was at work and missed it and 24hrs of DVR'd material is not worth watching to find the good stuff.

Lucky for us those crazy kids at MTV put the best on the web. Here is some footage of Tapes 'N Tapes, The National, Mastodon and others gettin' Giant.

The comedic stuff is here.


Speaking of The National, Boxer was released yesterday and I must say its one of the best albums I have heard all year. I have a few reviews I'll crank out this week to catch up; for now here is the video for Mistaken for Strangers:


KINGS OF LEON
Despite a lackluster third album, the Kings still rock.

Concert streaming from Hammersmith Apollo in London (April 18th show) tonight at 9pm.

Catch these Tennessee wildones streaming here.


ANDREW BIRD
This bird takes to streams as well. Looping, whistling, plucking, bowing and singing his way through an NPR broadcast of Washington D.C.'s 9:30 Club performance...which usually end up on emusic.

Catch the show without getting out of your Armchair.



HOOD INTERNET: Awesome website that does mash ups of Hip-Hop and Indie Rock

FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS
The hilarious first episode is available on their MySpace page.

...you're so hot you could be a part time waitress, but you should probably keep your day job.





We'll talk soon....