This Week's Nostalgia (5/7-5/12)

by Trista Hou (Bingshu Hou)

[editor's note: Trista sent this to me on Sunday and I just couldn't get it posted in time. But sans Monday, here are the rest of this week's shows you should check out in New York City...]

Tuesday, May 8

Doe Paoro @ Glasslands in April (more here)

Doe Paoro @ Cameo
Florence and the Machine @ Radio City Music Hall
Bear in Heaven @ Bowery Ballroom
The Beach Boys @ Beacon Theatre
Dead Confederate+The Doorbells @The Mercury Lounge

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros+Fool's Gold @ Roseland Ballroom

Chairlift @ Webster Hall

Wednesday, May 9

Aaron Freeman @ Brooklyn Bowl in December (more here)

Aaron Freeman @ 92YTribeca

The Beach Boys @ Beacon Theatre
Awolnation @ Webster Hall
Bear in Heaven+Blouse+Doldrums @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Mike Wexler+Nymph+Future Shuttle @ The Glasslands Gallery
Horse Feathers @ Bowery Ballroom

Rufus Wainwright @ BAM

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros+Fool's Gold @ Roseland Ballroom

Thursday, May 10

Mark Lanegan @ Bowery Ballroom in February (more here)

Mark Lanegan Band@ Webster Hall
Medeski, Martin, & Wood@ Brooklyn Masonic Temple
Flux Pavilion @ Roseland Ballroom

M83 @ Terminal 5

Japanther @ Xpo 929

Friday, May 11

Lee Ranaldo w/ Sonic Youth @ Williamsburg Waterfront last August (more here)

M. Ward+Lee Ranaldo Band @ Webster Hall

Norah Jones @ The Bell House

Saturday, May 12

Neon Indian

Neon Indian @ Terminal 5
Steve Lawler @ Dekalb Market
Reckless Kelly+Gabriel Kelley @ Bowery Ballroom

Sunday, May 13

Patti Smith @ Webster Hall in September (more here)

Patti Smith (Special Mothers Day Acoustic show) @ City Winery
Diane Birch+Rewards+The Amendments @ The Glasslands Gallery

Fred Armisen (does his playlist) @ Union Pool

ATP I'll Be Your Mirror USA 2012 Festival Tickets On Sale Today, You Should Buy Them

Yep. We gave you quite a compelling reason to get psyched for All Tomorrow's Parties (ATP) upcoming I'll Be Your Mirror USA 2012 festival back in December, and in advance of general tickets sales kicking off TODAY (2/27) at 10am ET, ATP gave us a ton more:

"ATP are very pleased to confirm our return to Asbury Park, New Jersey USA with a new I'll Be Your Mirror event, the Saturday night of which will be headlined by The Afghan Whigs (who have reunited after a 13 year hiatus) and curated by their frontman Greg Dulli. Formed in 1986, the bands career from then until 2001 saw them release six acclaimed albums during their career. Fusing classic rock with grunge-era distortion and a heavy soul influence, The Afghan Whigs were one of the most renowned live bands of their time and ATP is excited to be a part of this long awaited reformation.

We are also very excited to present Grammy Award winner LOUIS C.K. (handpicked by Greg Dulli) who will be making a rare festival appearance, the fantastic THE ROOTS, JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ, a show from the reformed THE MAKE-UP and many others, see below for full line-up confirmed so far."

If your credit card's not at the ready, you may want to check your pulse. Go to ATP's website at 9:59:59am and get your window refresh on until you get a ticket. and check out the most recent confirmed line-up. You can also check out a clip of The Afghan Whigs performing "Debonair" for a very young Conan O'Brien.

And hey, if you wanna grab ME a ticket in honor of my 30th birthday that weekend ::cough::, that would be rad indeed.


ATP IBYM USA 2012 Initial Lineup:

Chosen by Greg Dulli (The Afghan Whigs):

THE AFGHAN WHIGS
LOUIS C.K.
THE ROOTS
JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ
MARK LANEGAN BAND
DIRTY THREE
THE ANTLERS
THE DIRTBOMBS performing Ultraglide In Black
SCRAWL
SHARON VAN ETTEN
EMERALDS
VETIVER
QUINTRON AND MISS PUSSYCAT
CHARLES BRADLEY AND THE EXTRAORDINAIRES
DJ QUESTLOVE
REIGNING SOUND

+ more to be confirmed

Chosen by ATP:

THE MAKE-UP
(reforming for IBYM)
HOT SNAKES
THE MAGIC BAND
AUTOLUX
THEE OH SEES
FACTORY FLOOR
DEATH GRIPS
I BREAK HORSES

+ more to be confirmed

Mark Lanegan Announces More Tour Dates (Webster Hall In May)

Mark Lanegan Band @ Bowery Ballroom, 2/7/2012

You didn't think he'd stop at just two US shows, did you? Not at all. Gravelly-voiced Mark Lanegan announced this week that he and his band will return to America for a full-on tour around the excellent new LP Blues Funeral following their current European jaunt.

The tour includes a stop at our own Webster Hall on May 10. Tickets for that inevitable awesomeness are on sale TODAY (2/24) at noon ET, so definitely get on that. Check out the other North American tour dates below to see when Lanegan will be rocking your town.

Review: Mark Lanegan Band @ Bowery Ballroom

Mark Lanegan Band @ Bowery Ballroom - February 7, 2012

Review: James M. Graham, Photo: Debbie Chou

Mark Lanegan and his band performed Tuesday night at Bowery Ballroom for the first show on the Blues Funeral tour, and easily his first solo show in NYC in at least ten years. The only other US date for the tour is Los Angeles, so the tickets for the Bowery show went fast.

Lanegan has been notorious for canceling shows and his unmoving hands-on-the-mic stage fright as a front man, but he seemed to get a second wind playing sideman to Queens of the Stone Age, The Soulsavers, Isobel Campbell, Greg Dulli's The Twilight Singers and the Dulli/Lanegan project The Gutter Twins. His last solo release was 2004's Bubblegum, a masterpiece that has let fans wondering for seven years if he would ever record solo again and if his new release would live up to his last one.

When I first heard that the name of the record was going to be Blues Funeral, I was relieved and when I first heard it streaming on MOJO last week, I was ecstatic. The song cycle is much more languid and plodding and less frenetic than Bubblegum, but in typical Lanegan style, the songs set a mood - dark, sinister and elegiac - and once the listeners allow Lanegan to take them by the hand, the only way out is to wait for the end credits.

When the band took the stage on Tuesday, the lights were lowered to a barely visible (and unphotographable) candlelight orange, Lanegan and band dressed entirely in black to thunderous applause. Without any acknowledgment, they immediately launched into Bubblegum's "Can't Come Down" belting the opening line "Don't give a damn for money..." in his trademark baritone. Consider the mood locked and loaded.

Lanegan performed eight out of twelve songs from Blues Funeral for the first time ever without a glitch or a hitch. The band was extremely tight and effective, impressive since this was their first show ever. The rest of the set-list hit Bubblegum hard, with songs from Field Songs, I'll Take Care of You and the EP Here Comes That Weird Chill, which were basically B-sides.

Personal highlights included "Wedding Dress," "Creeping Coastline of Lights" (a Leaving Trains cover!!!) and "When Your Number isn't Up."

The band ended with a wonderful rendition of "One Way Street" and after the applause and screaming died down, Lanegan said, "Thank you very much, good night," which is as much as I've ever heard him say in the myriad other times I've seen him - except this time, and I swear to god - he smiled.

Unpredictably, Lanegan planted himself down at the merch table and greeted a long line of fans for pictures and autographs. He seemed genuinely elated. How could he not?

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Check out some videos from the show in addition to the full setlist below...

Stream Mark Lanegan Band's "Blues Funeral" In Full

Well we've got ourselves a good old-fashioned STREAM-OFF today! You've already listened to and watched the video for leadoff single "The Gravedigger's Song," and now thanks to MOJO you can stream eternal badass Mark Lanegan's new album Blues Funeral in full.

It's all exclusive-like for now, so check it out over here. Be sure to pick the album up on February 6 and do what you gotta do to get into his sold-out Bowery Ballroom show the next night. Or in LA or Europe. Go for it.

Watch: Mark Lanegan Band -- "The Gravedigger's Song" (Official Video)

We've already shared the stomping, appropriately sinister leadoff single from rock 'n roll badass Mark Lanegan upcoming album Blues Funeral, and now "The Gravedigger's Song" has an awesome official video to go along with it. Check it out in all of its creepy horror-film-homage goodness below, thanks to Consequence of Sound, and be sure to pick up Blues Funeral when it's released on February 6 via 4AD.

Listen: Mark Lanegan -- "The Gravedigger's Song"

Gravelly-voiced Screaming Trees frontman and eternal badass Mark Lanegan has a new solo album, Blues Funeral, on deck for release on February 6 via 4AD, but you don't have to wait that long for a taste. Check out the album's first single, "The Gravedigger's Song," and the full tracklist after the jump - the song sounds like an unearthed cut from his work with Queens of the Stone Age, which is totally cool by me.

Screaming Trees' "Lost" Album To Arrive In August

Possibly having seen my grunge-related post from earlier today, one of the true acknowledged "Godfathers of Grunge," Screaming Trees, announced that they'll be releasing the fruits of a secret session they held back in 1998 and 1999 at Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard's studio, just before they broke up in 2000 (about a decade before badass frontman Mark Lanegan became a bobblehead doll). 

As reported by Pitchfork and The A.V.Club, these tracks will comprise a new "lost" album called Last Words: The Final Recordings, to be released on August 2nd. The record is produced by Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin and features some especially legit guest stars including R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck and Queens of the Stone Age frontman / former Screaming Trees touring guitarist / general rock hero Josh Homme. No tour dates are planned in support of the album, however, so give it multiple spins when it drops and enjoy the video for "Nearly Lost You" below in the meantime (we agree with Pitchfork that it is, in fact, awesome).