Treasure Island Music Festival

[Treasure Island Festival]

The chances of my fiance saddling up for another music festival after pushing through the dust and heat storm of Manchester, TN is highly doubtful, especially when this thing kicks off the weekend before I start school in LA. However, I've never seen Ghostland Observatory and our good buddy ultra8201 raves about them (I think that's them walking off stage in his header). I also never got around to catching Thievery Corporation in their hometown of DC while I was there. Not to mention the fact that I've never seen Modest Mouse, M.I.A., Spoon, Built to Spill, CYHSY, or M. Ward. If I don't make it, I'll have some reliable sources from the Bay Area in attendance anyway...and we'll let you know how it goes. 1-Day, 2-Day and VIP tickets are still available at TicketBastard.

On a side note, Modest Mouse has one of the most underrated albums of the year thus far. I think I might like it more than any of their previous efforts.


MP3: Ghostland Observatory - "Midnight Voyage"

MP3: Modest Mouse - "Parting of the Sensory"

MP3: Spoon - "Monkey Feelings"

MP3: Built to Spill - "Car"

Trackmarks: Modest Mouse - "Fire It Up"

Sandwiched between the first single, "Dashboard", and the hook-laden "Florida", but some fifty minutes before the epic three-song finale of "Spitting Venom" > "People As Places As People" > "Invisible", "Fire It Up" bats third in the seamless soundscape of Modest Mouse's latest release. Some of the critics aren't buying in (78 at Metacritic), but I was all but hooked when this song gently crashed the party. And then when it all built to the aforementioned finale, I was sold. I can't get this of this album out of my head.

Still no DC date, and I don't see one coming:

15-Apr Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre (SOLD OUT)
16-Apr Vancouver, BC Pacific Coliseum
17-Apr Boise, ID Big Easy Concert House (SOLD OUT)
20-Apr Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre
21-Apr Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre
22-Apr Chicago, IL Auditorium Theatre
24-Apr Toronto, ON Hummingbird Centre
25-Apr Montreal, PQ Metropolis
26-Apr Rochester, NY Main Street Armory
27-Apr Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
29-Apr New York, NY United Palace Theatre
30-Apr New York, NY United Palace Theatre
2-May Providence, RI Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
3-May Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory (SOLD OUT)
4-May Greensbora, NC Greensboro Coliseum
5-May Atlanta, GA Masquerade Music Park
6-May Birmingham, AL BJCC Arena Concet Hall
8-May New Orleans, LA House Of Blues
9-May Austin, TX The Backyard
10-May Grand Prairie, TX Nokia Theatre
12-May Mesa, AZ Mesa Amphitheater
13-May Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
14-May San Diego, CA Cox Arena
16-May San Jose, CA San Jose State University

MP3: Modest Mouse - "Fire It Up"

Modest Mouse: Album Drop, Tour Dates

In support of their new album, Modest Mouse kicked off their 2007 tour last night in Fargo.

We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank [Pitchfork: 7.8 | Metacritic: 83] drops today. It is their fifth studio album (the third with Epic). Pick it up at Insound for $17.99 (on sale) or at Amazon for $9.99 (on sale). Hmmm. Here are their current tour dates:

03-19 Fargo, ND - Playmakers Pavilion
03-21 Seattle, WA - South Lake Union Naval Reserve
04-15 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
04-16 Vancouver, British Columbia - Pacific Coliseum
04-20 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
04-21 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
04-22 Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre
04-26 Rochester, NY - Main Street Armory
04-27 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
04-29 New York, NY - The United Palace
04-30 New York, NY - The United Palace
05-02 Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
05-03 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
05-04 Greensboro, NC - Special Events Center
05-05 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade Music Park
05-06 Birmingham, AL - BJCC Arena Concert Hall
05-08 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
05-09 Austin, TX - The Backyard
05-10 Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Live
05-12 Mesa, AZ - Mesa Amphitheater
05-13 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre
05-14 San Diego, CA - Cox Arena at San Diego State University
05-16 San Jose, CA - San Jose State University
05-20 Somerset, England - Butlins Minehead
05-23 London, England - Royal Albert Hall
06-01 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound

Clipse Tour Dates

From Pitchfork...

02-27 Cambridge, MA - Middle East *
02-28 Baltimore, MD - Sonar *
03-01 Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theatre
03-02 Chicago, IL - Metro *
03-03 Minneapolis, MN - Myth
03-04 Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig
03-05 Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre
03-06 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
03-07 Jackson Hole, WY - Mangy Moose
03-08 Colorado Springs, CO - The Black Sheep
03-10 Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Center
03-11 Bellingham, WA - Nightlight Lounge
03-12 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
03-13 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey *
03-14 San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine *
03-15 Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst *
03-16 Los Angeles, CA - Key Club *
03-17 San Diego, CA - Belly Up
03-18 Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
03-19 Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
03-21 Austin, TX - Emo's
03-23 Miami, FL - I/O
03-24 Orlando, FL - The Club at Firestone
03-25 Atlanta, GA - The Loft
03-26 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
03-27 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
03-28 Richmond, VA - TBA
03-29 Baltimore, MD - TBA
04-26 New York, NY - B.B. King's

* with Low Budget

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