Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Pitchfork has the details on new music from Fleet Foxes.  The album "Helplessness Blues" will be in stores May 2 via Sub Pop.  Listen to the title track here!

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues by subpop

Secret Cities Tour Dates

MFR has tour dates for Secret Cities, including near to Iowa stops in Kansas City, Madison, Chicago and Minneapolis.  
**Update**
Thanks to the poster who pointed out a missing Iowa date!  Feb. 20 at The Mill in Iowa City!
 
Here's the complete list:

02.17 Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar
02.18 Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium
02.19 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry (w/ Tennis & Holiday Shores)
02.20 Iowa City, IA @ The Mill
02.21 Madison, WI @ Der Rathskeller (w/ Wild Nothing & Abe Vigoda)
02.22 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
02.23 Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig
02.24 Cincinnati, OH @ Mayday
02.25 Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop
02.26 Chattanooga, TN @ JJ’s Bohemia
02.27 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
02.28 Tallahassee, FL @ The Farside
03.01 New Orleans, LA @ Howlin Wolf’s Den Room
03.02 Houston, TX @ Mink
03.05 St. Louis, MO @ Cicero’s

Mission Creek Festival - Iowa City

Happening at venues throughout the Iowa City area March 28 - April 4, the Mission Creek Festival features an impressive lineup!  Guided By Voices, Jeff Tweedy (of Wilco), Nathaniel Rateliff, Wye Oak and Kim Gordon & Thurston Moore (of Sonic Youth).  The festival website is here and we'll keep you posted as details become available.

Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival 2011

Official Website

The Schedule

June 9-12, 2011

Manchester, Tennessee (Great Stage Park)

$209.50 (PRE-SALE); $224.50 (GENERAL)

Just some of the Main Stage acts (not the whole list, believe me!)

Tenacious D

Kings of Leon

The National

Flaming Lips

The Black Keys

Mumford & Sons

Weezer

Phoenix

Jay Z

Stevie Wonder

Bright Eyes tour dates in support of The People's Key

02-08 Glasgow, Scotland - Oran Mor

02-09 Nottingham, England - Rescue Rooms

02-14 London, England - Scala

02-16 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser Medis

02-18 Berlin, Germany - Lido

02-21 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso

03-02 Miami, FL - The Fillmore ^

03-03 Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues ^

03-04 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle ^

03-05 Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium ^

03-06 Richmond, VA - The National ^

03-08-09 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall *

03-10 Boston, MA - House of Blues #

03-11 Portland, ME - State Theatre #

03-13 Toronto, Ontario - Sound Academy #

03-14 Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre #

03-15 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre #

03-16 Champaign, IL - Foellinger Auditorium #

03-17 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium #

03-19 Austin, TX - Auditorium Shores $

04-03 Milwaukee, WI - The Riverside Theatre

04-04-05 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue

04-08 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom

04-09 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom

04-12 Oakland, CA - Fox Theater

04-13 Pomona, CA - Fox Theater

06-23 London, England - Royal Albert Hall

^ with Cursive

* with Superchunk, Wild Flag

# with Mynabirds

$ with the Felice Brothers, Middle Brother, Man Man

Abigail Washburn Daytrotter Session

Exceptional talent, Abigail Washburn did Daytrotter recently in support of her new album City of Refuge. I first became aware of her when I witnessed a performance of the group Uncle Earl in Seattle in 2006 at a small reception for the Integrated Media Association Conference. That performance has stayed with me for nearly 5 years because of the tremendous musicianship of the members of Uncle Earl, but also for witnessing John Paul Jones (yes, Led Zeppelin John Paul Jones) playing mandolin on their last song. Talk about a night to remember!

Wilco tour dates, Jeff Tweedy in Iowa City

Wilco added some spring tour dates recently.  Muzzle of Bees has the details on the Southern dates in May, as well as Jeff Tweedy solo dates.  Tweedy will play the Englert Theatre in Iowa City on March 30.

Daytrotter's Best of 2010

Daytrotter picks their favorite songs of 2010!

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti on Jimmy Fallon

The Strokes album information

More has been revealed about the upcoming album from The Strokes.  Pitchfork reports the new album will be called Angels, with the first single being "Under Cover of Darkness".  Here's the article at Pitchfork!

DMPulse Top 30 - Week of January 24, 2011

TW	LW	Artist	Title	Album	Plays
1	2	The Black Keys	Everlasting Light	Brothers	25
2	14	Crystal Castles	Not In Love	Not In Love	25
3	16	Eels	I Like the Way This Is Going	Tomorrow Morning	25
4	22	Portugal the Man	When The War Ends	American Ghetto	25
5	15	Alexander	Truth	Alexander	24
6	3	Freelance Whales	Generator ^ First Floor	Weathervanes	24
7	7	Wintersleep	New Inheritors	New Inheritors	24
8	8	Arcade Fire	Modern Man	The Suburbs	22
9	18	Freelance Whales	Location	Weathervanes	22
10	4	Maximum Balloon	Communion	Maximum Balloon	22
11	20	Peter Wolf Crier	Hard As Nails	Inter-Be	22
12	1	The Fresh & Onlys	Waterfall	Play It Strange	21
13	--	Klaxons	Echoes	Surfing the Void	14
14	--	Abe Vigoda	Crush	Crush	14
15	--	Dead Confederate	Run From the Gun	Sugar	13
16	29	Deerhunter	Helicopter	Halcyon Digest	13
17	--	Delta Spirit	Golden State	History From Below	13
18	17	Florence & the Machine	Cosmic Love	Lungs	13
19	12	Kids of 88	Everybody Knows	Sugarpills	13
20	11	Interpol	Success	Interpol	13
21	--	The Kissaway Trail	Beat Your Heartbeat	Sleep Mountain	13
22	10	The Malpractice	Boss Stallion	Boss Stallion Single	13
23	6	The Naked & Famous	Punching in a Dream	Passive Me, Aggressive You	13
24	--	Menomena	Tithe	Mines	13
25	--	The National	Terrible Love	High Violet	13
26	--	Tennis	Marathon	Cape Dory	13
27	--	Wintersleep	Weighty Ghost	Welcome to the Night Sky	13
28	25	Arcade Fire	Rococo	The Suburbs	12
29	26	Chromeo	Hot Mess	Business Casual	12
30	--	The Decemberists	Down By The Water	The King is Dead	12

R.E.M. not touring behind Collapse Into Now

Pitchfork reports R.E.M. will not be touring behind the new album Collapse Into Now.  The album drops March 8.  Read more via Pitchfork!

The Antlers discuss their upcoming album

An album that flew under the radar was Hospice by The Antlers.  DMPulse featured "Two" and "Kettering" with "Two" being one of my favorite tracks of 2009.  Pitchfork has an interview about working on a new album.

Rural Alberta Advantage - Stamp video

Black Keys - Tighten Up

From their performance on Austin City Limits!

Watch the full episode. See more Austin City Limits.

The Coachella Valley Music Festival line-up

Running April 15-17 in Indio, California, Coachella is one of the best music festivals going.  Tickets go on sale this Friday, Jan. 21 at 10am PST.  It's another great 2011 line-up features Interpol, Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, Big Audio Dynamite(!), Broken Social Scene, Kings of Leon, Kanye West, The National and The Strokes.  Below is a list of all the artist on DMPulse's playlist that are playing Coachella this year!

Friday, April 15th
!!!
Brandon Flowers
Cee Lo Green
Cold War Kids
Crystal Castles
Cut Copy
Interpol
Kings of Leon
Klaxons
Tame Impala
The Black Keys
The Drums
The Morning Benders
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Rural Alberta Advantage
Titus Andronicus
   
Saturday, April 16th
Animal Collective
Arcade Fire
Big Audio Dynamite
Bright Eyes
Broken Social Scene
Cage the Elephant
Cults
Delta Sprirt
Empire of the Sun
Foals
Freelance Whales
Here We Go Magic
Mumford & Sons
Phosphorescent
The Kills
The Love Language
The New Pornographers
The Radio Dept.
The Tallest Man on Earth
Two Door Cinema Club
Wire

Sunday, April 17th
Best Coast
Chromeo
CSS
Death From Above 1979
Delorean
Foster the People
Jimmy Eat World
Menomena
Neon Trees
Phantogram
PJ Harvey
She Wants Revenge
The National
The Presets
The Strokes
Twin Shadow

View the full line-up here!

DMPulse Top 30 - Week of January 17, 2011

TW	LW	Artist	Title	Album	Plays
1	16	The Fresh & Onlys	Waterfall	Play It Strange	25
2	12	The Black Keys	Everlasting Light	Brothers	24
3	9	Freelance Whales	Generator ^ First Floor	Weathervanes	24
4	8	Maximum Balloon	Communion	Maximum Balloon	24
5	14	British Sea Power	Zeus	Zeus EP	24
6	13	The Naked & Famous	Young Blood	Passive Me, Aggressive You	24
7	15	Wintersleep	New Inheritors	New Inheritors	24
8	7	Arcade Fire	Modern Man	The Suburbs	23
9	2	Florence & the Machine	Kiss With a Fist	Lungs	23
10	17	The Malpractice	Boss Stallion	Boss Stallion Single	23
11	11	Interpol	Success	Interpol	22
12	10	Kids of 88	Everybody Knows	Sugarpills	22
13	6	Sonny & the Sunsets	Too Young To Burn	Tomorrow Is Alright	22
14	18	Crystal Castles	Not In Love	Not In Love	14
15	19	Alexander	Truth	Alexander	13
16	20	Eels	I Like the Way This Is Going	Tomorrow Morning	13
17	21	Florence & the Machine	Cosmic Love	Lungs	13
18	22	Freelance Whales	Location	Weathervanes	13
19	23	Mark Ronson & The Business Intl	Bang Bang Bang	Bang Bang Bang	13
20	24	Peter Wolf Crier	Hard As Nails	Inter-Be	13
21	---	POLLS	The Gate	EP	13
22	26	Portugal the Man	When The War Ends	American Ghetto	13
23	---	Winter Gloves	Plastic Slides	All Red	13
24	---	Adele	Rolling in the Deep	Twenty-One (21)	12
25	25	Arcade Fire	Rococo	The Suburbs	12
26	1	Chromeo	Hot Mess	Business Casual	12
27	---	Common Loon	Dinosaur vs. Early Man	The Long Dream of Birds	12
28	27	The Decemberists	Down By The Water	The King is Dead	12
29	5	Deerhunter	Helicopter	Halcyon Digest	12
30	---	Fitz & the Tantrums	MoneyGrabber	Pickin Up the Pieces	12

The Decemberists - The King is Dead Reviews

Album:  The King is Dead

Artists:  The Decemberists

Release Date: Jan. 18, 2011

-Pitchfork gives is a 7.2

-Four stars from Rolling Stone

-Four stars from Consequence of Sound

-7/10 from Spin

Listen to an interview with the Decemberists from NPR

CoS's Top 50 Most Important Albums of '11

As mentioned in this space, there are tons of great new albums coming in 2011.  Releases start coming fast in the early part of 2011, with The Decemberists, Cold War Kids, Cake, Iron & Wine, and Bright Eyes all having releases in the next four weeks.  Go out only a little further, and you add new music from R.E.M. The Strokes, Death Cab for Cutie and Fleet Foxes.  Other music titans Foo Fighters, Radiohead, U2, Coldplay and Beastie Boys are expected to deliver new material in 2011. 

Consequence of Sound has a fantastic rundown of what's expected with links to listen to tracks already shared online.  Check out their "50 Most Important Albums of 2011"

Black Keys and Vampire Weekend on Colbert

Members of Black Keys and Vampire Weekend battle for Stephen Colbert's Grammy vote. Start this clip around 3:40.  See the video!

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Album Art Look-Alikes

Excellent music site Music For Kids Who Can't Read Good have a great write-up on album covers that look strikingly similar. Check out the really uncanny albums on their site. Here's an example of what they put together!

Parlours - I Dream of Chicago

The Parlours EP Release Party is Friday night at Vaudeville Mews!  Enjoy their beautiful video for "I Dream of Chicago" - the release party is Friday, January 14, with doors open at 9:30pm.

Top Ten Songs - January 8, 2011

1. Chromeo - Hot Mess

2. Florence & The Machine - Kiss With A Fist

3. Wintersleep - Weighty Ghost

4. Best Coast - When I'm With You

5. Deerhunter - Helicopter

6. Sonny & the Sunsets - Too Young To Burn

7. Arcade Fire - Modern Man

8. Maximum Balloon - Communion

9. Freelance Whales - Generator ^ First Floor

10. Kids of 88 - Everybody Knows

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart tour dates

MFR has a list of tour dates for The Pains of Being Pure At Heart.  Close shows to Des Moines are Minneapolis and Chicago in late April.

Here's the complete list from MFR:

03.31 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church

04.01 - Washington, DC - Black Cat

04.02 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle

04.04 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club

04.05 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl

04.06 - Birmingham, AL - Bottletree Cafe

04.07 - New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks

04.08 - Houston, TX - Fitzgerald’s

04.09 - Austin, TX - Emo’s

04.12 - Santa Fe, NM - VFW*

04.18 - Visalia, CA - The Cellar Door

04.19 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall

04.20 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge

04.22 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile

04.25 - Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club

04.26 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall

04.27 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall

04.28 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall

04.29 - Bloomington, IN - Rhino’s

04.30 - Columbus, OH - The Basement

05.02 - Milford, CT - Daniel Street

05.03 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club

05.06 - New York, NY - Webster Hall

NPR First Listen - Smith Westerns

Chicago's Smith Westerns really caught my ear when I heard "Weekend" for the first time.  Much to my surprise, DMPulse listeners didn't seem to care for that track.  Perhaps there's something else on their upcoming album, Dye It Blonde?  NPR music has the album as a "first listen", so check it out before it hits stores next Tuesday, January 18.

Link to listen to the album!

Late Night TV with Iron & Wine and The Walkmen

Pitchfork share performances by Iron & Wine from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and a song from The Walkmen on Letterman.

Parlours - EP Release Party

Celebrate and congratulate Parlours at their EP release party January 14th at Vaudeville Mews in Des Moines.  The fun starts at 9:30pm with other locals Cashes Rivers and The River Monks. $5, 21+.  For more on Parlours, check out a nice write-up here or follow them on facebook!

2011 looks to be a great year!

It is good to take a moment and look at the upcoming releases we are expecting this year.  2011 looks to be another awesome year!

New music is expected from:

Radiohead

My Morning Jacket

The Strokes

The Shins

Beck

Bon Iver

Explosions In The Sky

Fleet Foxes

M83

Noah & The Whale

Peter, Bjorn And John

And releases are already scheduled from:

The Decemberists – The King Is Dead (Jan. 18)

Iron & Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean (Jan. 25)

R.E.M. – Collapse Into Now (March 8)

Here's a nice list of upcoming releases for the new year!

Twin Shadow on Daytrotter

Twin Shadow has a new Daytrotter session up.  Go here to check it out!  Twin Shadow made quite a few 'best of' lists in 2010 and DMPulse listners will be familiar with "Yellow Balloon" and "Castles in the Snow" on the DMPulse playlist!

Top Ten Songs - January 1, 2011

1. Bombay Bicycle Club - Rinse Me Down
2. Wintersleep - New Inheritors
3. Maximum Balloon - Communion
4. Chromeo - Hot Mess
5. The Naked & Famous - Young Blood
6. Freelance Whales - Generator ^ First Floor
7. Best Coast - When I'm With You
8. Sonny & the Sunsets - Too Young To Burn
9. Interpol - Success
10. Kids of 88 - Everybody Knows

MGMT on Daytrotter

Quite a bit of buzz about MGMT's Daytrotter session from earlier this week.  Click here to check it out!

Red Sky Festival coming to Omaha

A new 6 day(!) music festival is coming to Omaha.  The Red Sky Music Festival was announced in December, and is slated to feature 50 bands over six days.  Dates announced were July 19-24.  Here's the original announcement.

The Red Sky Music Festival will be held at Omaha's new TD Ameritrade Park, and will have space for 20,000 fans a day. The headlining act each night will perform at the stadium. This has the potential to be a great addition to the summer festival line-up.  That part of Omaha has a great neighborhood vibe.  I was really impressed with the area when I saw a show at the Slowdown, which is near the stadium.  As of now, no bands have been announced and there isn't an official website, but stay tuned!