Sure, the show is over (last night) and there are certain inherent problems with that little audio mic on a Flip camera (especially when the music is loud) but you will still get the idea from this new recording of a new song by Tim Larson & The Owner Operators.

Baby, Please Don't Die In Texas was inspired by a phone call from singer Carrie Lilligan's husband as the band headed down to Austin for SXSW in 2011.

Have a listen to the tune. Encourage the release of a single.

Patrick Watson has a new record, Adventures In Your Own Backyard. And guess what there is a tour too. The next show is in Chicago, Friday, June 1 at the lovely Lincoln Hall. Check out the video below.

There are a slew of other dates and you can see those HERE.

Henry Clay People are about the pull the cork on a big tour. The band, out of L.A. are also about to release a new record, Twenty-five for the Rest of Our Lives.  I tried that. It ends badly. The record comes out on June 26, 2012. That is, curiously, the day after my 25th birthday!

The band will not be on tour alone but will share the stage with some other super duper acts (check the tour dates below). Some of the shows are, of course, headlining gigs. 

You can check out and download the album’s title track below. For more on the band head to henryclaypeople.com.

              

Tour (more dates to come)
* With Motion City Soundtrack, ** The Riot Fest & Consequence Of Sound Present, *** With These United States, **** With Futurebirds, ***** With Airborne Toxic Event

June 14          Casbah        San Diego, CA   *                 
June 15          Troubadour   Los Angeles, CA  *              
June 16          Slim's            San Francisco, CA  *          
June 18          Club Sound       Salt Lake City, UT    *          
June 19          Bluebird Theater    Denver, CO  *
June 21          The Firebird          St. Louis, MO *                 
June 22          Lincoln Hall         Chicago, IL   *                        
June 23          Cobra Lounge      Chicago, IL     **               
June 25          Grog Shop            Cleveland, OH    *          
June 26          Water Street Music Hall        Rochester, NY   *                
June 27          Union Transfer        Philadelphia, PA  *                  
June 29          The Gramercy Theatre      New York, NY    *
June 30          Middle East Downstairs      Boston, MA     *
July 01           Ottobar                   Baltimore, MD    *                 
July 02           Brooklyn Bowl           Brooklyn, NY                   
July 05           Local 506                 Raleigh, NC   ***                      
July 06           The Southern            Charlottesville, VA   *** 
July 07           Black Cat                  Washington, DC ***
July 08           Brillobox                    Pittsburgh, PA   ****                
July 09           Ninth Ward                Buffalo, NY    ****
July 10           Deluxe                      Indianapolis, IN   ****              
July 11           Magic Stick                Detroit, MI  ****                       
July 12           Rock Island Brew Co    Rock Island, IL  ****     
July 13           Burnbury Festival - Sawyer Point Park   Cincinnati, OH              
July 14           High Watt (Mercy Lounge)    Nashville, TN                     
July 16           Riot Room                          Kansas City, MO             
July 17           The Conservatory                 Oklahoma City, OK          
July 18           Launch Pad                         Albuquerque, NM           
July 19           Crescent Ballroom                Phoenix, AZ                      
July 20           Sound Waves                      Las Vegas, NV   *****                

Gentlemen of the Road Stopovers are a series of concerts across the USA this August.  One of the bands taking place are Mumford & Sons—who will be headlining the main event. Each event features local vendors and other, anciliary events involving local venues, businesses and people. The Events last one day . There will be four of them and they are listed below.

 Tickets go on sale for Portland and Monterey on Friday June1 at 10 am (local time). The stopover in Dixon goes on sale June 9 at 10 am (Central time). There are “early bird” tickets for $59 and the regular price is $69. You can get tickets at gentlemenoftheroad.com.

Dates

August 4 - Portland, ME (The Eastern Promenade) - Mumford & Sons + St. Vincent, Dawes, The Maccabees, Apache Relay, Simone Felice, Haim

August 11 -  Bristol, VA/TN (Off State Street in Downtown Bristol) - Mumford & Sons + Dawes, JEFF The Brotherhood, The Very Best, Justin Townes Earle, Apache Relay, Simone Felice, Haim

August 18 - Dixon, IL (Page Park) - Mumford & Sons + Gogol Bordello, Dawes, Abigail Washburn, The Very Best, Apache Relay, Haim

August 25 -  Monterey, CA (Monterey County Fairgrounds) - Mumford & Sons + Gogol Bordello, The Very Best, Grouplove, Two Gallants, Apache Relay, Haim

   

Legendary ambient musician and producer, Robert Rich, is heading out on a tour this June. Rich creates soundscapes--and his style varies far and wide within the genre.

Of particular note are the interesting venues Rich will be performing at on this tour.

As a chronic insomniac I am fond of not only telling people I am a chronic insomniac but that Rich's wonderful double record, Trances/Drones, actually put me to sleep. That is not an insult. It was what it was supposed to do.

Tour
Saturday June 16: Denver, CO     House concert (in Parker, CO 80134)
 Pre-paid reservation only, $25    contact: [email protected]

Tues. June 19: Dallas, TX   Loft concert at SouthSide on Lamar, Blue Room
Pre-paid reservation only, $25     Doors open 7:00, Performance 8:00
 contact: [email protected], [email protected]

Friday June 22: Kansas City MO   Gottlieb Planetarium at Union Station with skydome visuals
 $15, 8:00 PM, doors at 7:30   30 W. Pershing Rd., Kansas City, MO  64108
 Tickets through http://www.unionstation.org

Sunday June 24: Louisville KY   Rauch Planetarium - Gheens Science Center with skydome visuals
 8:00 PM, $15   University of Louisville  108 W. Brandeis Ave. Louisville KY 40208
 Advance Tickets: http://rrich.eventbrite.com/    (502) 852-6664 (Planetarium Info)

June 28-July 1: Rothbury, MI   Electric Forest Festival    Paxahau Stage, Sherwood Forest
http://www.electricforestfestival.com

Sunday July 22: San Jose, CA    Mexican Heritage Plaza Theater   With guest musicians and visuals
 7:30 PM, $20 advanced, $25 day of show    1700 Alum Rock Ave. (corner S. King Rd.) 
Advanced tickets direct from us, no service charge:  https://dxc.securesites.com/2012tixs.html

Silver Jews have a new record, Early Times, coming on Drag City Records June 19, 2012. You can listen to the track, Secret Knowledge of Back Roads, below. The music is a amalgamation of tracks off a 7 inch EP (Dime Map of the Reef) and a 12 inch EP (The Arizona Record).

These recordings come from an earlier DIY period in the band’s existence. This was apparently right out of college and without all that knowledge and experience to get in the way. Lo-fi perhaps? But that might conjure inaccurate aural images.

More on Silver Jews HERE.

And you can pre-order HERE.

Kasper Bjørke, adj and producer out of Denmark, has a video for his single, Deep is the Breath. The track features vocals from Jacob Bellens (Murder, I Got You On Tape). The track is from Bjørke’s third solo record, Fool, which is out now.

Video is below. Bjørke will also be making some DJ dates in New York City this summer.

Summer Camp have a U.K tour going on now. They also have a new single, Always. You can hear it, and their previous single, below. Their latest EP,also titled Always, comes out July 10 in North America and July 9 in Europe. The EP comes out on Apricot Recording Company/ Moshi Moshi Records.

Last year saw the release of Welcome to Condale about an imaginary American suburb. This new record was written on the piano but expanded after that.

Total Warr, from Paris, play dancy, pop with electro beats. The band’s EP, Corbay, comes out June 11.  They just released  a live video for the track xxx Hate xxx. You can check it out below.

Corbay has two new songs from Total Warr as well as remixes from Is Tropical, XXX Change, Myd and Alixander III.

Keep an eye open for more on Total Warr.

The Chevin are named after the hill that overlooks their hometown of Otley. The band, based in Yorkshire, have a new video for their track, Drive. The video was directed by Tyler Oliver who also directed the video for The Bravery’s Unconditional.

The band’s music has its basis in the landscapes of their homeland—moorlands as far as the eye can see. The band has an EP out now (November EP). Their debut full-length comes out later this year.