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The Faint Announce Dates

Here they are:
November 2006
28 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theater
29 - Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue

December 2006
1 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards
2 - Seattle, WA - Showbox
3 - Portland, OR - Roseland Ballroom
5 - San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine
6 - San Diego, CA - 4th and B
7 - Los Angeles, CA - Palladium
8 - Long Beach, CA - The Vault
9 - Pomona, CA - Glass House
10 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
12 - Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
13 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
15 - Lawrence, KS - Granada Theatre
16, 17 - Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium

CMJ Festival Kicks Off

Tomorrow should be a big day as The Knife, Cold War Kids and Tapes 'N Tapes roll in.

Pitchfork has a full look here

Another Recap On The Vegoose Festival

Read the highlights here

Happy Hallo-WEEN

Ween-Dr. Rock mp3 from Paintin' The Town Brown

Ween-Even If You Don't mp3 from White Pepper

Ween-Fat Lenny mp3 from GodWeenSatin-The Oneness

Ween-I Don't Want It mp3 from Quebec

Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees Announced

REM, Van Halen, Stooges, Grandmaster Flash make the cut.

See the others who will be inducted here

New Tenacious D Video

Check out "Classico" at Stereogum 

Q Awards Handed Out

Oasis was named Best Act in the World, today at the Q Awards.
Arctic Monkeys scored a couple of gongs as they took the People's Choice Award and Best Album.

Check out the full recap here 

The Hold Steady/Springsteen Connection

What can I say. I can't get enough of this band. The Hold Steady are marching all over the country, converting people who aren't already fans, into fans.

The Boston Herald just did a write up discussing the parallels between Bruce Springsteen and The Hold Steady. Listen to "Stuck Between Stations," the opening cut on the new record, and it sounds reminiscent of something the E Street band has done.

The band is well aware of the comparisons, but don't necessarily agree with them. As guitarist Tad Hubler says,

“It’s a comparison we’re used to hearing by now, but I think the comparison ends with the guitars. I’m trying to come from a more Led Zeppelin, Thin Lizzy place.”

Continue to read more here

The Hold Steady-Most People Are DJ's mp3 from Almost Killed Me

The Thermals

The Thermals weren't out to make a concept record, more like a religious record. Not one where you cringe at a Christian Rock label. More like policies mixed with the Christian Right. There's a lot of bands writing political songs these days, even politically themed albums-see Greenday.

The latest album from The Thermals The Body, The Blood and The Machine is a worst case scenario blueprint of this country. Singer/guitarist Hutch Harris says he loves the country he lives in, but wanted to take his fears to the extreme.

At only 36 minutes, it's a loud, solid piece of machinery. One of the years better albums.

The Thermals-Here's To Your Future (live) mp3

The Thermals-I Might Need You To Kill (KEXP Version) mp3

More live stuff from KEXP

Buy The Thermals The Body, The Blood, The Machine

The Thermals on Myspace

....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

The band from Austin, Texas, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead are back next month with their new album So Divided. It's been pushed back three times now, but looks like it will finally be released November 14th.

Conrad Keely has decided to move to New York. The bands last album was a critical goldmine in Worlds Apart. However, the public didn't fall in love with the record, as it struggled to sell 50,000 copies. That failure is spread out throughout the new album. In fact the second track, "Stand In Silence" opens with the line-"I had a band/I had a song/Where has my vision gone"

The vision now seems to be more of what the band has been known for. Riding on the experimental tip, yet not going to far to alienate future fans.

The track "Wasted State of Mind" again deals with career failers, as it uses a Polynesian drum sample. "Naked Sun" is the first song Keely wrote when he arrived in Austin. It's a tribute to indie greats Beat Happening. Then you have the bands first cover, and why not have it be from one of the greats, Guided By Voices. The track "Gold Heart Mountain Top Queen Directory," employs a wall of sound, loaded with piano and strings. Also, take note of the track "Witches Web" which features Grammy award violinist Hilary Hahn and Dresden Dolls Amanda Palmer on background vocals.

Look for more mayhem with broken everything, on tour with the Blood Brothers. 

..Trail of Dead-Stand In Silence mp3

..Trail of Dead-Naked Sun mp3 both from So Divided due November 14th