Summer Camp? I mean summer is OVER. Ok. Not that kind of summer camp. This is Summer Camp, a UK duo who are about to release their first full length effort, Welcome To Condale.  The record doesn’t come out until November 8 on Apricot Records (the band’s own imprint..we love bands who do that).  They have made available their track,
I Want You, for download. You can hear it below or go download HERE.

On September 13 they will digitally release another track, Better Off Without You. The band raised the money for the recording via a website, pledgemusic.com. You can head to the specific Summer Camp page HERE. You can help the band fund the record and they give you all sorts of stuff. Usually I do not post this sort of fundraising stuff…but I am in a mood.

Teeth, who we write about recently have a new single, Flowers, and a new video for their first single, Care Bear. Both are on the London-based electronic punk rockers’ soon to be released (Sept 20) debut, Whatever.

The band is Ximon Takyi, who does the composing, Veronica So, who does the singing and Simon Whybray who does the drumming.

Check out the video for Flowers HERE

If you are a fan of Sims, he wants to say thanks. His method of letting you fans know he appreciates you is  a free ep, Wildlife EP. This is a collection of songs made in 2009-10 during the recording of Bad Time Zoo.

You can download the ep HERE.

Sims are about to head out on the Good Time Zoo Tour. The tour will include other members of the Doomtree Collective--Lazerbeak, Cecil Otter and Paper Tiger. Sims helped found Doomtree—an independent group of hip hop artists.

Tour

9/16 - Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheater "Snowboard on the Rocks*

Sims Good Time Zoo Tour

9/17 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court (early show) / Urban Lounge (late show)
9/19 - Seattle, WA -Crocodile
9/20 - Portland, OR - Branx
9/21 - Reno, NV - Tonic
9/22 - San Francisco CA - Brick and Mortar
9/23 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
9/24 - Los Angeles, CA - The Central
9/26 - Phoenix, AZ - Chasers
9/27 - Albuquerque, NM - Moonlight Lounge
9/29 - Austin, TX - Beauty Bar
9/30 - Dallas, TX - Club Dada
10/1 – Columbia, MO – Mojo’s
10/2 - St. Louis, MO - Cicero's
10/4 - Washington, DC - DC9
10/5 - Philadelphia, PA - North Star Bar
10/6 - Brooklyn, NY - Knitting Factory
10/7 - Boston, MA - O'Brien's
10/8 - Pittsburgh, PA - Smiling Moose
10/9 - Pontiac, MI - Pike Room at Crofoot
10/10 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge (Upstairs)
10/15 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe

* - Full Doomtree Collective

Iceage’s debut record now has a new video. They have just released a video for the track, You’re Blessed.  They also just finished their first national tour of North America. The band played rooms of all sizes and then headed back to Copenhagen before heading to the UK for shows.

Check out the video below and check the UK shows below.

Emile Sornin directed and Jules de Chateleux produced the upcoming video for Cut Copy’s video, Blink And You’ll Miss A Revolution…Dammit! I blinked and we are already into the post revolutionary reign of terror!

A sample of the video can be seen at VIMEO HERE.

Tour
9/13: Montclair, NJ @ Wellmont Theatre *
9/14: Portland, ME @ The State Theater *
9/15: Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom *
9/16: Austin, TX @ Emos, DJ Set - Austin City Limits Official After Show
9/17: Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
9/19: Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue *
9/20: Chicago, IL @ The Riviera Theatre *
9/21: Grand Rapids, MI @ Covenant Fine Arts Center *
9/22: Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall *
9/23: Urbana, IL @ The Canopy Club, Pygmalion Music Festival  *
9/24: Cincinatti, OH @ Midpoint Music Festival *
9/26: Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel *
9/27: Chapel Hill, NC @ Cat's Cradle *
9/28: Athens, GA @ Georgia Theater *
9/30: Miami, FL @ Grand Central *
10/1: Orlando, FL @ Firestone Live *
10/3: Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom*
10/4: Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater*
10/7: Vancouver B.C. @ The Vogue *
10/7: Vancouver B.C. @ The Vogue *
10/9: Portland, OR @ Wonder *
10/12: Hollywood, CA @ Palladium *
10/14: San Diego, CA @ 4th and B *
10/16: Pensacola, Florida @ Deluna Fest

* = w/ Washed Out & Midnight Magic

Dark Dark Dark are heading out on tour in September with A Hawk and A Hacksaw and Pillars and Tongues. The band is supporting their latest, Wild Go.

They also did a live soundtrack for the Fritz Lang film, Spies, at the Walker Art Center’s Music & Movies series in Minneapolis. This is pretty neat really. Especially since they were not asked to score Metropolis, which gets entirely too much attention at the expense of Lang’s other films.

After this gigantic tour the band will start working on a follow up to Wild Go.

Tour

9/16 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue $
9/17 - Chicago, IL - Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusement !
9/18 - St Louis, MO - Off Broadway !@
9/19 - Bloomington, IN - The Bishop !@
9/20 - Cleveland, OH - The Grog Shop !@
9/21 - Columbus, OH - Wexner Center for the Arts !@
9/22 - Toronto, ON - Rivoli !@
9/23 - Montreal, QC - Quai Des Brumes (Pop Montreal)
9/24 - Northampton, MA - Iron Horse !@
9/25 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground !@
9/26 - Portland, ME - SPACE Gallery !@
9-27 - Hamden, CT - The Space !#
9/28 - Brooklyn, NY - Bell House !@
9/29 - New York, NY - Drom !@
9/30 - Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live @#
10/01 - Providence, RI - The Met !@#
10/02 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall !@
10/03 - Baltimore, MD - Golden West Cafe @
10/04 - Washington, DC - Red Palace !@
10/05 - Durham, NC - The Pinhook !@
10/06 - Knoxville, TN - The Pilot Light !@
10/07 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl !@
10/08 - Birmingham, AL - Bottletree !@
10/09 - New Orleans, LA - AllWays Lounge !@
10/10 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live [Studio] !@
10/11 - Denton, TX - Dan's Silverleaf !@
10/12 - Austin, TX - The Mohawk !@
10/14 - Albuquerque, NM - John Lewis Theatre !@
10/15 - Denver, CO - The Walnut Room @

$ w/ Caroline Smith & The Goodnight Sleeps
! w/ A Hawk and a Hacksaw
@ w/ Pillars and Tongues
# w/ Brown Bird

Christopher Paul Stelling, of currently storm battered Brooklyn, has just released a video for a cover of , Goodnight, Irene. I don’t know, as a native Floridian I do not taunt hurricanes. He had time to record this because his NYC shows were canceled. There will be other shows, not to worry. A schedule is below.



Shows

8/30 - NEW WILMINGTON, PA - Chaseland Barn (Daytrotter Barnstormer Tour)
9/08 - PHILADELPHIA, PA - Johnny Brenda's (w/ James Vincent McMorrow)
9/09 - NEW YORK, NY - Bowery Ballroom (w/ James Vincent McMorrow, Marissa Nadler)
10/18 - NEW YORK, NY - Rockwood Music Hall Stage 1 (7pm - CMJ)
10/20 - BROOKLYN, NY - Spike Hill (2pm - CMJ)
11/1 - BROOKLYN, NY - Cameo Gallery

Brooke White and Jack Matranga have a free track for you. And I mean YOU, specifically. They totally think you are awesome. The song is an acoustic version of the title track to their new record, Gemini. You can also get it by going to their website, jackandwhite.com.

Another track, Double Trouble, is also the iTunes single of the week. The ep comes out August 30 but you can get it (only at iTunes) now.

Rise Against  is featured on the new google music site (a beta site called Magnifier). It is like AOL Spinner but later and more cumbersome to use. You can, however, download the new Rise Against single, Make it Stop (September’s Children) for free for a week. Go HERE request an invitation. Google are big on invitations. They want all that juicy info on you. It is to be hoped this is less useless than Google +

After you get your invite you can download the song, and future songs. Sound clunky and unusable? Of COURSE it is. It’s Google! But you do get this song, and future ones free.

For more on Rise Against head to the band website www.riseagainst.com .

Matisyahu, that purveyor of Judaic Reggae, will be at Uncle Sams, 1141 Washington Ave., Miami Beach at 4 p.m. (they flyer does say 3)Wednesday, August 24 to do a live acoustic appearance. He will be playing four songs and signing CDs for the first 75 people who buy one.

There are also limited edition T-shirts for those who purchase the CD (somewhere around 60 of those).

This is in advance of Matisyahu's show August 25 at the Fillmore Miami Beach with Trevor Hall opening. You can get more info on Matisyahu, and free downloads at his website, matisyahuworld.com.