Source: morecowbell.net

Camera Obscura will be touring the US for the first time in July:

07.12 * San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
07.13 * Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
07.14 * San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
07.16 * Portland, OR @ Dante’s
07.17 * Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s
07.20 * Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar
07.21 * Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
07.22 * Detroit, MI @ tba
07.23 * Toronto, ON, @ Horseshoe Tavern
07.24 * Montreal, QC, @ La Sale Rossa
07.26 * Cambridge, MA @ Middle East
07.27 * New York, NY @ Knitting Factory
07.28 * Philadelphia, PA @ North Star Bar
07.30 * Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
(Merge 15 Year Anniversary Celebration)
07.31 * Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club
08.02 * Washington, DC, @ tba
08.08 * Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s

thanks to chromewaves for the tip

Source: morecowbell.net

The Cure Announce Festival Tour With Interpol, Rapture, Mogwai, & more

The Curiosa Festival 2004 will feature the Cure headlining a bill that also includes three bands plainly influenced by Robert Smith and company: Interpol, the Rapture and Mogwai.

A second stage will also be part of the traveling road show, with Muse, Thursday, Cursive, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Cooper Temple Clause, AFI and Head Automatica rotating as performers.

Dates for the Curiosa Festival 2004, according to a band spokesperson:

July 24th, 2004 - West Palm Beach, FL (Sound Advice Amphitheatre)
July 25th, 2004 - Tampa, FL (Tampa Bay Amphitheatre)
July 28th, 2004 - Nashville, TN (Starwood Amphitheatre)
July 29th, 2004 - Atlanta, GA (HiFi Buys Amphitheatre)
July 31st, 2004 - New York, NY (Jones Beach? Randalls Island?)
August 1st, 2004 - Camden, NJ (Tweeter Center at the Waterfront)
August 3rd, 2004 - Cincinnati, OH (Riverbend Music Center)
August 4th, 2004 - Cleveland, OH (Blossom Music Center)
August 7th, 2004 - Boston, MA (Tweeter Center)
August 11th, 2004 - Detroit, MI (DTE Energy Music Theatre)
August 12th, 2004 - Chicago, IL (Tweeter Center)
August 14th, 2004 - Dallas, TX (Smirnoff Music Centre)
August 15th, 2004 - Woodlands, TX (C.W. Mitchell Pavilion)
August 17th, 2004 - Denver, CO (Coors Amphitheatre)
August 18th, 2004 - Salt Lake City, UT (USANA Amphitheatre)
August 27, 2004 - Los Angeles, CA

Rumored:

August 6th, 2004 - Washington, D.C.
August 8th, 2004 - Toronto, Canada (Molson Amphitheatre)
August ?, 2004 - Irvine, CA (Verizon Wireless Amphitheater?)
August ?, 2004 - Irvine, CA (Verizon Wireless Amphitheater?)
August ?, 2004 - San Francisco/San Jose, CA
August ?, 2004 - Sacramento, CA (Sleep Train Amphitheatre?)
August 23rd or 24th, 2004 - Vancouver, WA (Clark County Amphitheater?)
August 25th, 2004 - San Diego, CA (Coors Amphitheatre?)
August 28th, 2004 - Phoenix, AZ (Cricket Pavilion?)
August ?, 2004 - Las Vegas, NV
August ? , 2004 - Holmdel, NJ (PNC Bank Arts Center?)

Source: morecowbell.net

with Thee Shams opening from June 22 to July 1

6/18 Norman, OK Opolis
6/19 Lawrence, KS Wakarusa Festival (w/ GBV & others)
6/20 Columbia, MO Blue Note
6/22 Minneapolis, MN 400 Bar
6/23 Madison, WI The Annex
6/24 St. Louis, MO The Duck Room
6/25 Chicago. IL Metro
6/26 Louisville, KY Headliners
6/28 Columbus, OH Little Brothers
6/29 Nashville, TN 12th & Porter
6/30 Memphis, TN Hi- Tone
7/01 New Orleans, LA Howlin Wolf

7/31- Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle
(Merge 15 Yr Anniversary Celebration)

Source: morecowbell.net

some new US Pixies dates for the fall, courtesy of pixiesmusic.com:

JULY 23 Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura, CA (Lollapalooza date)
AUGUST 17 Randall’s Island, New York, NY (Lollapalooza date)
SEPTEMBER 7 Plaza of Nations, Vancouver, BC
SEPTEMBER 26 Greek Amphitheater, Berkeley, CA
OCTOBER 2 Pershing Auditorium, Lincoln, NB
OCTOBER 4 US Cellular Center, Cedar Rapids, IA
OCTOBER 5 Hearnes Center, Columbia, MO
OCTOBER 9 Mizner Amphitheatre, Miami FL
OCTOBER 10 Hard Rock Café, Orlando, FL
NOVEMBER 9 Milwaukee Auditorium, Milwaukee, WI
DECEMBER 6 Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C.

Source: morecowbell.net

rumored lineup for the Austin City Limits Festival:

The Pixies*
Modest Mouse*
Calexico
Sonic Youth
Bright Eyes
Spoon
The Strokes
Franz Ferdinand*
Wilco
The Flaming Lips
My Morning Jacket
Neko Case
Interpol
American Analog Set
Beta Band
Howie Day
Endochine
Sheryl Crow*
Mindy Smith
John Mayer
Dashboard Confessional*
Los Lonely Boys
Big Head Todd
Jack Johnson*
Ben Harper*
Robert Randolph & The Family Band*
Damien Rice
Medeski, Martin, & Wood
Solomon Burke*
Trey Anastasio Band*
Dale Watson
Joe Ely
Terri Hendrix
Terry Allen
Bruce Robison
Reckless Kelly
Kelly Willis
Doyle Bramhall

* confirmed

Source: morecowbell.net

according to wilcoworld.net

Wilco will be playing the 2nd day of Lollapalooza at the following stops:

AUG-03 DETROIT, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
AUG-06 TORONTO, ONT Molson Amphitheatre
AUG-10 CLEVELAND, OH Blossom Music Center

Source: morecowbell.net

had a great time in Chicago on Mon/Tue.

saw The Frames at The Hideout with some friends, and they totally blew my mind. I’d seen them 3 times prior, but all 3 were short 40-50 minute opening sets, and this was an insane 2:15, complete with 2 Pixies covers & 2 Neil Young covers (one during the opener).

how this band is not totally huge in America is beyond me, but for now, i’ll enjoy the small venues

they’ll hopefully be back to the US later this summer/fall, either before or just after their new record comes out (i’d guess after).

Source: morecowbell.net

The Shins & Calexico
First Avenue
June 20th & 21st

sweet.

now i pray that one is 21+ and the other AA, so i can avoid that disaster that was their show last fall.