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Mister Heavenly’s new album ‘Out of Love’ is streaming in full on Spinner. You can find it here

Sub Pop‘s press release on Mister Heavenly’s album

Mister Heavenly’s Out of Love out today! 
Mister Heavenly, the originators of Doom-Wop, will release their debut full-length, Out of Love, today August 16. The band will then kick off a 14-date tour of the westerly portion of the United States. The first date of this tour is in Portland on August 18^th and the last is September 3^rd at the FYF Festival in Los Angeles. Complete list of tour dates below. We are offering a download of a second song from Out of Love: “Bronx Sniper.” Click here to listen and download. The first mp3 from Out of Love, “Pineapple Girl,” is still up, still available and still great here.

If you’re among the first 500 people to pre-order Out of Love on CD or LP via Subpop.com, you’ll receive TWO really cool gifts from the guys of Mister Heavenly. First is a Nick Thorburn two-sided, signed/numbered print and second is a Mister Heavenly stencil! Also, if you’re among the first 350 people to order the album on vinyl, you’ll it on a limited edition mustard-colored LP! Click here to order this release.

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In September of this year Vetiver and the Fruit Bats are declaring to the world (or many parts of North America) what may very well be a profound affection for one another by touring together! Both bands have fantastic new records:

Vetiver’s The Errant Charm was released on June 14^th of this year and
the Fruit Bats Tripper will be out on August 2^nd.

Vetiver’s The Errant Charm is available to you here.
And Tripper, the new Fruit Bats album can be pre-ordered here. Oh, and here’s a little teaser to pump you up for the bands upcoming release. Check post above for that sweet sneak peak.

See below for a full list of dates.

Fruit Bats mp3: Tangie and Ray
Vetiver mp3: Wonder Why
Vetiver mp3: Can’t You Tell

Vetiver and the Fruit Bats Totally on Tour Together
Sep 6                        First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
Sep 7                        The Mill, Iowa City, IA
Sep 8                        Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL
Sep 9                        Southgate House, Newport, KY
Sep 10                        Mr. Smalls Theater, Pittsburg, PA
Sep 11                        Tiger Mountain & Truck Festival, Big Indian, NY
Sep 12                        Middle East, Cambridge, MA
Sep 13                        Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
Sep 14                        First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA
Sep 15                        Black Cat, Washington DC
Sep 17                        Motorco, Durham, NC
Sep 19                        Off Broadway, St. Louis, MO
Sep 20                        Jackpot, Lawrence, KS
Sep 22                        Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO
Sep 24                        Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT

Plus, also there are…
Fruit Bats Dates: 
Jul 29                        A Club, Spokane, WA
Jul 30                        BellTower, Pullman, WA
Aug 02                        Easy Street (Queen Anne), Seattle, WA (FREE IN-STORE PERFORMANCE)
Aug 05                        Pickathon Festival, Happy Valley, OR
Aug 06                        Pickathon Festival, Happy Valley, OR
Aug 14                        Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR
Aug 22                        Marymoor Park, Redmond, WA
Aug 23                        Malkin Bowl, Vancouver, Canada
Aug 24                        Malkin Bowl, Vancouver, Canada
Sep 03                        Gorge Ampitheatre, Gorge, WA

And…
Vetiver Dates:
July 10                                    Bell House, Brooklyn, NY
August 6                        Pickathon Festival, Happy Valley, OR
August 7                        Pickathon Festival, Happy Valley, OR
August 10                        Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
August 11                        Sophia’s Thai Kitchen, Davis, CA
August 12                        Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, CA
August 13                        Outsidelands Festival, San Francisco, CA
September 3                   Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, WA

Warning: Nakey ass and booby alert. NSFW

The new single from Still Corners album “Creatures of an Hour” (due out October 2011). Drops today! Check below for a free download.

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The new Avi Buffalo album drops TODAY! Download a free single here.

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Handsome Furs album ‘Sound Kapital’ is out TODAY!

CNN.com presents a travel series featuring the band Handsome Furs on tour in
Asia. Check it out here.

Here’s an excerpt from their press release….

Mister Heavenly Out of Love out August 16th Mister Heavenly is… comprised of indie rock veterans Nick Thorburn (Islands/The Unicorns), Ryan Kattner (Man Man), and Joe Plummer (Modest Mouse). The band is at the forefront of “doom wop,” which is a state of mind rather than a nitpicky micro-genre. It is born from a shared love of 1950s vocal-based R&B classics by ensembles like the Penguins, the Platters, and the Moonglows, and also a fascination with ill-fated romance. The album title, Out of Love, is both a nod to passion as a motivator (“I did it out of love”) and also the absence or dissolution of same (“She fell out of love with me”): two seminal lyrical themes in the annals of pop music. As it happens, the actual Mister Heavenly song “Doom Wop” owes as much to grunge and art-punk as it does ’50s pop. When you mint your own style you can take such liberties.

Pineapple Girl MP3

Upcoming tour dates:

8/18            Portland, OR @ Branx
8/19            Vancouver, BC @ The Bilmore Cabaret
8/20            Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
8/22            San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
8/24            Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
8/25            Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
8/26            Omaha, NE @ Toyota Antics Block Party
8/27            Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
8/28            Norman, OK @ Opolis
8/29            Denton, TX @ Hailey’s
8/30            Austin, TX @ Mohawk
9/1            Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room
9/2            San Diego, CA @ Bar Pink
9/3            Los Angeles, CA @ FYF Festival

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ON TOUR:

COLLEEN GREEN

05.17.11 – Brooklyn, NY – 285 Kent ^
05.21.11 – Charlestown, MA – Tavern at the End of the World $
05.27.11 – Brooklyn, NY – Glasslands *
06.03.11 – Long Island, NY – Fardom Gallery %

^ – w/ Vivian Girls, Widowspeak
$ – w/ Streight Angular
* – w/ Dum Dum Girls, Crocodiles, Woven Bones – all acoustic
% – w/ Uzi Rash

HUNX & HIS PUNX

05.13.11 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore *
06.16.11 – Costa Mesa, CA – The Detroit Bar
06.17.11 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
06.18.11 – Los Angeles, CA – Show Cave
06.22.11 – Seattle, WA – Crocodile Cafe $
06.24-25.11 – Calgary, AB – Sled Island Festival
06.27.11 – Vancouver, BC – Waldorf Cabaret $ !
06.28.11 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir $

$ – w/ Shannon & the Clams
* – w/ Of Montreal, Painted Palms
! – w/ Sonny & the Sunsets, The Sandwitches

JACUZZI BOYS

05.11.11 – Gainesville, FL – Common Grounds
05.12.11 – Atlanta, GA – 529
05.13.11 – Birmingham, AL – The Wine Loft (Secret Stages Pub Crawl)
05.14.11 – New Orleans, LA – Siberia
05.15.11 – Mobile, AL – Alabama Music Box
05.16.11 – Tallahassee, FL – Mocking Bird Cafe

LA SERA

06.10.11 – San Diego, CA – The Casbah *
06.11.11 – Los Angeles, CA – The Music Box *

* – w/ Jenny and Johnny

THE MOONDOGGIES

05.27.11 – Spokane, WA – Empyrean Coffee House
05.28.11 – Missoula, MT – The Palace
05.29.11 – George, WA – Sasquatch Fest
07.09.11 – Stanwood, WA – Slack Fest ^
07.10.11 – Seattle, WA – Ballard Seafood Fest, 2:45pm
07.16.11 – Moscow, ID – Rendezvous in the Park (early)
07.16.11 – Moscow, ID – John’s Alley
08.03.11 – Bellingham, WA – Downtown Sounds fest
09.02-04.11 – George, WA – DMB Caravan Fest @ Gorge Amphitheatre

^ – w/ The Maldives

SEAPONY

05.21.11 – Portland, OR – The Woods @
05.28.11 – Santa Cruz, CA – 105 Pioneer St.
05.29.11 – San Francisco, CA – Hemlock Tavern % !
05.30.11 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
05.31.11 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo %
06.01.11 – Davis, CA – Sophia’s Thai Kitchen &
06.02.11 – Seattle, WA – The Vera Project $
06.15.11 – Brooklyn, NY – Glasslands *
06.16.11 – Brooklyn, NY – Burar Falls +
06.17.11 – New York, NY – Pianos

@ – w/ Swim Swam Swum, Ghost Animal
% – w/ Eternal Summers, The Beets
! – w/ Catwalk
& – w/ Little Scream
$ – w/ 14 Iced Bears, Ghost Animal, all-ages
* – w/ Idiot Glee, Holiday Shores, TEEN
+ – w/ Eternal Summers, The Secret History – Northside Popfest Showcase

UNNATURAL HELPERS

06.24.11 – Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern %
06.25.11 – Portland, OR – Dante’s %
07.22.11 – Oakland, CA – The New Parish #

% – w/ Mudhoney, Tom Price Desert Classic
# – 1-2-3-4 Go! Anniversary Fest

WOVEN BONES

05.27.11 – Brooklyn, NY – Glasslands *

* – w/ Dum Dum Girls, Crocodiles, Colleen Green – all acoustic

Hardly Art has signed some great bands lately, be sure to check out their other artists at: Hardly Art

Video’s by Sub Pop artists all found in one place? Yes, please! I said it before and I’ll say it again…Sub Pop has the best artists.

Sup Pop has also just signed their first Hip Hop artist, Shabazz Palaces. Check out their video on their new page on Vimeo below.

Sub Pop Video Archive

KEXP and Sub Pop just released this great video of “The Head and the Heart” performing on Record Store Day.

“Fans lined up and filled both locations to capacity, (800 fans at Easy Street and 450 at Sonic Boom) with lines outside both stores to eager to see Seattle’s fastest rising band. Working closely with the folks at KEXP to capture these performances we now present you an insider look into a day in the life of Seattle’s own The Head and the Heart.”

This young band has hit the ground running and are taking over the Seattle scene. The band is still in its toddler stage at 2 years but they’ve been a whirlwind and it won’t be stopping anytime soon. From the get-go when my buddies at Sub Pop sent me their first single I was hooked. Check out this concert review I did from last winters performance at The Electric Factory in Philadelphia.

The Head and the Heart in Philly

This band is blowing up quickly, don’t miss the ride.