Free shows are the best show. This one is right near Yeah Gates HQ in lovely Arlington, Va. It’s this Sunday, Oct. 2 at 6pm.
In addition to Foul Swoops, our dear friends Plums will be performing.
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I’m really hard on myself. I welcome people challenging what I’ve done on a level of what I’ve done. But I do get embarrassed about adulation that I see when it comes my way, if it comes my way. It’s embarrassing because I recognize it as part of this complete affirmation of the idea of a cool rock band. Of which there can be nothing wrong with them. There can be no question. You can’t mention the second terrible album. No one wants to mention that it’s terrible. No one wants to talk about that. No one wants to talk about, well, maybe they only had one album in them. And the kind of patronization that goes on with Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Mick Jagger on one end, and then the other end as far as adulation for a buzz band — it’s sickening. I just see the baby boomer’s technique is being used by the bloggers.
And I wish the voices of harshness — the fanzines I read like Conflict and Forced Exposure … if you were to actually apply any of the artistic principles that people used to apply and judge standards of music by … there’s a lot of foolishness going on. There’s very little wisdom going on. There’s certainly very little wisdom being communicated. But nobody wants to rain on the parade. And nobody wants to find out they’re not invited to the party. In a way, I think, that we’re going through a period right now where it’s sort of like people have no faith in any institutions other than what’s popular.
” — Yesterday I found audio files from an interview I did with David Berman on March 1, 2008. There’s a lot of great stuff in there and I’ll find a home for it eventually, but this really seemed to be so on point.Four new songs, free for your streaming/downloading pleasure.
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America Hearts are going on tour!!! Help spread the word! They will be bringing their charming and catchy songs to the following cities and venues. Go there and heckle them in my absence, please…
May 13th
The BONEYARD
20 South Virginia Ave
Atlantic City, NJ
7:00
w/ Bill Ridenour, Creepoid, the Courage Pills, Forever Broken
Presented by elephant talk indie music magazine
$5
May 14th
Pianos
158 Ludlow Street
New York City
7:00
w/ WIN WIN, Situation, the Shining Sea, and Jess Kohn
Free
May 15th
AS220
115 Empire St.
Providence, RI
w/ Walri, Diamond Doves, and Kid Mountain
9:00
$6
May 16th
Yes.Oui.Si
Boston
w/ Cotton Candy and the Sneaky Mister
7:00
ACLU Benefit
May 17th
242 Main
Burlington, VT
w/ Forget the Times and FM Drag
7:00
$7
May 19th
Black Eye
1947 East 71st
Cleveland, OH
w/ Jukebox Value
May 20th
Live on WNUR Chicago 89.3
@ 7:30
Beat Kitchen
2100 West Belmont
Chicago, IL
w/ Sleep Out and Coupleskate
10:00
$8
May 21st
The Rudyard Kipling
442 West Oak Street
Louisville, Kentucky
w/ Hal Dolls
9:00
$7
May 22nd
Craig’s (house show)
2702 Laamdale st
Durham, NC
9:00
May 23rd
Winston’s Cafe
1412 Greenbriar Pkwy 133
Chesapeake, Virginia
w/ uglyography
8:00
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Busy day tomorrow. First up is Punk Rock Flea Market II: Spring Cleaning and Skill Sharing at St. Stephen’s Church. This is where you can: 1) Buy stuff (last time there was everything from vegan cookies to vibrators), 2) share a skill (potentially, but not certainly, involving those two things) and 3) enjoy live music from both Foul Swoops and America Hearts, as well as the most-excellent Deleted Scenes. Doors open at 12:30 p.m.; music starts with Foul Swoops at 2 p.m. If Swoops don’t have a cover “Others Way” up their sleeves for this show on the 7th of May, I’ll be disappointed. It costs just $3.
Then later in the evening Foul Swoops will be bringing the rock again, this time at Comet Ping Pong. They will be opening for Apache Dropout, who remind me of Dancing Cigarettes, that kind of weirdo-damaged Indiana post-whatever. Learn more about them in this interview with Marc Masters on Pitchfork. That starts at 10:30, and costs just $10.
And even more news coming soon because America Hearts are going on tour … stay tuned!