This just in, early bird tickets for the 3rd edition of All Tomorrow’s Parties NY (September 3-5, 2010) are available now.

To continue our year-long celebrations of Ten Years of ATP we are thrilled to announce that All Tomorrow’s Parties will return to Kutsher’s Country Club, Monticello for it’s third ATP New York festival over Labor Day weekend, running from Friday 3rd September – Sunday 5th September. Weekend and Day Tickets are available, with a Layaway Ticket option available.

Tickets are available from today on pre-sale via ATP, and will go on general sale this coming Wednesday from ticketsellers via www.atpfestival.com

We are incredibly excited to announce the start of our line-up…

On Friday 3rd September we will present our regular day of Don’t Look Back performances, with a very special list of acts set to perform:

IGGY & THE STOOGES performing Raw Power
SLEEP performing Holy Mountain
MUDHONEY performing Superfuzz Bigmuff + Early Singles
THE SCIENTISTS performing Blood Red River (first ever U.S. Show)
+ more to be confirmed!

Friday will also feature DJs, a Comedy Stage and Cinema curated by the Criterion Collection.

Read the rest of the press release after the jump.

We will be confirming the line-up for Saturday and Sunday over the coming weeks. We can also confirm that this year the bars, food vendors and Djs will continue until 6pm on Monday 6th September so that all guests can enjoy a later check-out and a more relaxing start to their post-ATP week!

Tickets priced at $250 + booking fee for the weekend, or Friday day tickets priced at $110 + booking fee are on pre-sale now via Paypal direct to ATP. To buy tickets email feedback@atpfestival.com with NEW YORK TICKET BUY in the subject line and specifying how many tickets you would like to purchase.

LAYAWAY TICKET OPTION:
To make it easier for some people to pay for their weekend tickets, we will allow them to pay $125 of their weekend ticket price now, with the second $125 payable by 31st March 2010. For more information and to take part email deposit@atpfestival.com with NEW YORK LAYAWAY in the subject line.

Accommodation costs $150 per person for the three nights + room tax. There is also a small transaction fee added to cover paypal fees. All rooms must be paid for with Paypal.

Rooms at Kutshers are available for groups of 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 people. Here is a breakdown of the costs including room tax + paypal transaction fees:

3 Berth Room: $508.50 + paypal fee = $530
4 Berth Room: $678 + paypal fee = $710
5 Berth Room: $847.50 + paypal fee = $885
6 Berth Room: $1017 + paypal fee = $1060
7 Berth Room: $1185.50 + paypal fee = $1235

To order a room please email feedback@atpfestival.com with ATP NEW YORK ROOM BUY in the subject line, and please specify the size of room you want.

Friday November 20, 2009: On Sales
Vampire Weekend at Bowery Ballroom, Jan 19 (Buy Tickets)
Vampire Weekend at Webster Hall, Jan 18 (Buy Tickets)
Vampire Weekend at United Palace Theatre, Jan 17 (Buy Tickets)
Neon Indian at Brooklyn Bowl, Dec 17 (Buy Tickets)
Jonathan Richman at MHOW, Feb 12-14 (Buy Tickets)
Yeasayer at Bowery Ballroom, Feb 8 (Buy Tickets)
Yeasayer at MHOW, Feb 9 (Buy Tickets)
Hot Chip w/ The xx at Terminal 5, Apr 22 (Buy Tickets)
The Magnetic Fields at Town Hall, Mar 10-11 (Buy Tickets)
Lady Gaga at Radio City, Jan 23 (Buy Tickets)
Lady Gaga at Radio City, Jan 24 (Buy Tickets)
Dropkick Murphys at The Wellmont Theatre, Feb 24 (Buy Tickets)

Friday November 20, 2009: Presales
John Mayer at MSG, Feb 26 (Buy Tickets, Password: Unique Fan Club Presale Code)
Cheap Trick at Irving Plaza, Jan 25 (Buy Tickets, Password: RECORD)
English Beat w/ Fishbone at Irving Plaza, Feb 27 (Buy Tickets, Password: RECORD)
Jay-Z at Izod Center, Mar 6 (Buy Tickets, Password: Live Nation/RECORD, Internet/JAYZKTU, or Citi/1st six digits of your Citi Card)
Jay-Z at Nassau Coliseum, Mar 12 (Buy Tickets, Password: Live Nation/RECORD, Internet/JAYZKTU, or Citi/1st six digits of your Citi Card)
U2 at Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI, Jun 30 (Buy Tickets, Password: GREEN or WHITE)

Check out the new video for Vampire Weekend’s “Cousins” after the jump.

Lambchop – Live at XX Merge (Cover photo by PJ Sykes)

As Merge fans know, Lambchop has been on the label since 1993, releasing a string of widely varied but consistently brilliant records. But the live Lambchop experience has been somewhat elusive in the U.S. While the band has toured the gilded theaters of Europe and elsewhere for nearly two decades, the Nashville group has seldom toured their home country. Kurt Wagner has performed solo on a recent Yo La Tengo tour, and Lambchop supported their recent album, (OH) Ohio, as an intimately stripped-down quintet in a couple of short bursts over the last year. To help celebrate Merge’s 20th Anniversary the band showed up in one of their largest lineups in recent memory — 11-strong, including multiple guitars, keyboards, piano, and a horn section. Lambchop performing live is always a powerful proposition, but on this night they started quietly with “I Will Drive Slowly” from their first album (I Hope You’re Sitting Down) and accelerated from there, each song seemingly faster and more intensely played than the last, building to a furious finale of “Up With People” and an epic “Give It.” By the end of their set, everyone in the packed Cats Cradle – band and audience both – was levitating a few inches off the ground…

Lambchop’s set at XX Merge was professionally recorded and filmed, and is available now for those who missed it, or for those who want to go back again.

If you’d like to see some more live video from XX Merge, you can check out the treasure trove of exclusive footage from the festival (including The Magnetic Fields, Superchunk, Conor Oberst, Polvo, Spoon, M. Ward, Destroyer, Wye Oak, and She & Him) over at www.babelgum.com/merge.

In honor of this new release, I’m giving away an XX Merge T-shirt, an XX Merge button, and a couple of limited edition XX Merge postcards by PJ Sykes. To enter this contest, fill out the entry form after the jump. US entrants only, one entry per household, contest ends on November 24, 2009.

Pictures of the prize pack goodies, Lambchop Live at XX Merge track listing and a video for Lambchop’s “Give It” after the jump.

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Ltd Edition XX Merge Postcards by PJ Sykes

Pictured: Superchunk (as seen in Spin Magazine) and Lambchop (album cover photo)

XX Merge T-Shirt and Button

Lambchop – “Give It” (Once In A Lifetime)

Lambchop – Live at XX Merge Track Listing
1. Jon Wurster: Introduction 00:51
2. I Will Drive Slowly 05:37
3. The New Cobweb Summer 06:32
4. Grumpus 04:14
5. Sharing a Gibson with Martin Luther King Jr. 04:01
6. What Else Could It Be? 03:15
7. Tony Crow: Joke 01:48
8. National Talk Like a Pirate Day 05:03
9. Hey, Where’s Your Girl? 02:12
10. Your Fucking Sunny Day 03:23
11. Up With People 03:57
12. Give It (Once In a Lifetime) 06:33

XL Recordings is excited to announce the release date and title for HOLLY MIRANDA’s debut full-length album. The Magician’s Private Library will be released on February 23, 2010.

The forthcoming 10-track album was produced by Dave Sitek at Staygold Studio in Brooklyn, NY, and includes contributions from Sitek, Kyp Malone and Jaleel Bunton (TV On The Radio), Eric Biondo and Stuart Bogie (Antibalas), and Holly’s long-time violinist, Marques Toliver.

Holly Miranda officially has made her XL Recordings debut with her “Forest Green Oh Forest Green” single (7″ & digital) out NOW! The track is the first from Holly’s and comes backed with her stunning cover of Yoko Ono’s “Nobody Sees Me Like You Do”.

Holly is about to head out on tour with her XL labelmates The xx and Friendly Fires for a series of west coast dates on the “NYLON Winter Music Tour“. While the tour will eventually make its way to NYC, someone else will be filling the opening slot at Webster Hall on December 5 (Buy Tickets).

More Holly Miranda tour dates and pictures from CMJ after the jump.

Holly Miranda w/ XX and Friendly Fires 2009 Tour Dates
11/20 San Diego CA Casbah
11/21 Los Angeles CA Henry Fonda Theater
11/22 San Francisco CA The Independent
11/23 San Francisco CA The Independent
11/24 Sacramento CA Sacramento St University
11/25 Portland OR Doug Fir Lounge
11/26 Vancouver BC The Commodore
11/27 Seattle WA Neumos

More than 800,000 photos were entered in the Gap Casting Call.
While we’re reviewing all the submissions and selecting the 20 finalists, you can continue to vote daily from now through November 17 for the Fan Favorite. [gap.com/castingcall]

If you haven’t been notified yet if your child is a 2009 Gap Casting Call finalist, chances are pretty slim that you’ll be among the top 20 as all the kids are set to participate in a professional Gap photo shoot sometime this week (Nov 16, 2009). If you look over here, you can see a few of the alleged casting call finalists that have leaked out over the Internet over the past week or so. On December 7, the complete list of finalists will be revealed and then the public will vote (again) to decide the contest winners each category.

Nice looking lineup for John Wesley Harding’s Cabinet of Wonders at Le Poisson Rouge tonight, sadly I don’t think I’ll be able to make it out to this one (again).

John Wesley Harding’s Cabinet of Wonders (Nov 18, 2009)
A.C. Newman
Rhett Miller
Steve Almond
Stephen Elliott
Mike Birbiglia
Eugene Mirman
JWH and The English UK

Renowned singer-songwriter John Wesley Harding, hailed by Rolling Stone as, “a literate and ironic neo-folkie with enough bile to win over a younger, hipper audience not attuned to folk music,” recently released his latest album, Who Was Changed And Who Was Dead, via Popover Corps/Rebel Group. In support of the record Harding will be reviving his three-show residency at Le Poisson Rouge, the last one which takes place tomorrow, November 18: John Wesley Harding’s Cabinet of Wonders. Part variety show and part concert, the Cabinet of Wonders will draw together collaborators from the worlds of music, literature, comedy and even ventriloquism all hand-picked by Harding himself. “I wanted to bring together my novel writing friends (who mostly envy my musician friends) and my musician friends (who mostly envy my novel writing friends) under one flag,” says Harding. “The fact is: I like everyone who’s performing.”

Everyone’s favorite faux African college prep band (and by everyone, I also mean me) have just announced a string of new tour dates in support of their new record Contra which hits the store shelves on January 12, 2010 via XL Recordings. The local album release shows will take place at the cozy Bowery Ballroom (January 18), the bearable Webster Hall (January 19), and the much larger and much further away United Palace Theater (January 17). Tickets for all the New York shows go on sale November 20 at noon EST.

The second single off of the new album entitled “Cousins” is available for digital download now at iTunes and the 7” will be in stores on December 15.

More Vampire Weekend tour dates after the jump.

Vampire Weekend Tour 2009-2010 Dates
Nov 23 Sydney, Australia Notes on Enmore (Triple J Live At The Wireless FREE)
Dec 10 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom (94.7FM “A December To Remember”)
Dec 11 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena (Live 105 “Not So Silent Night 2009”)
Dec 12 La Jolla, CA RIMAC Arena/UC San Diego (FM949 “Holiday Hootenanny”)
Dec 13 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheater (KROQ “Acoustic Christmas”)
Dec 15 Seattle, WA WaMu Theater (KNDD The End’s “Deck The Hall Ball ‘09″)
Jan 12 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theater
Jan 17 New York, NY United Palace Theater (Buy Tickets – 11/20)
Jan 18 New York, NY Webster Hall (Buy Tickets – 11/20)
Jan 19 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom (Buy Tickets – 11/20)

UPDATE: Here’s an RSVP link for the Club Beats thing.

Check out Club Beats with Dr. Dre and will.i.am!

Club Beats at Best Buy is a new in-store sound experience featuring the best in music and sound. Come to Best Buy to be part of the Club Beats nationwide launch event November 19th 4 to 12 a.m. and get your hands on the latest in DJ equipment, learn mixing tips and tricks from the pros and have the chance to win incredible prizes. Don’t miss the following live appearances beginning at 4 p.m. :

Dr. Dre
Jimmy Iovine, Chairman Interscope Geffen A&M
will.i.am
Major Lazer featuring Diplo
David Guetta

For more information, please go to www.BestBuy.com/ClubBeats and check back regularly for updates.

50 Cent Will Be Here!
Please join us at Best Buy Union Square on Friday, November 20th at 9PM to meet 50 Cent and get your picture taken with him! Starting Monday, November 16th, you can buy a copy of his new album “Before I Self Destruct” and receive a wristband to see him on Friday. You must keep your wristband until 11/20! ARRIVE EARLY – TIME AND SPACE ARE LIMITED! [stores.bestbuy.com]

…but wait, there’s more.

Rihanna
Meet Grammy-award winning artist and style fashionista Rihanna on Monday, November 23rd, at Best Buy in Union Square – New York City. Be one of the first customers to purchase her new CD Rated R, beginning at 8:00 AM. She will be signing copies of the album. [Ultimate Rihanna]

In addition to his Best Buy Union Square appearance, 50 Cent will also be appearing at (the new?) Best Buy Jersey City on November 20 at 6 PM. Last but not least, like all the cool kids, 50 will be playing a MySpace Secret Show on November 23rd at an undisclosed NYC location, email hiphoptix@myspacemusic.com to RSVP.

Well, I’m finally getting around to posting some more CMJ pics, so here’s a set from Peggy Sue to coincide with the release of their new 7″/digital single “Yo Mama” which came out yesterday (Nov 16) on the UK’s Chess Club Records. It’s the first single from their forthcoming album entitled Fossils and Other Phantoms which is coming out in early 2010 on Yep Roc. The new album was recorded in Brooklyn with John Askew (The Dodos) at Atlantic Sound Studio and Alex Newport (Death Cab For Cutie, Two Gallants) at Future Shock Studios.

Dearest friends,

The first single from our debut album ‘Fossils and Other Phantoms’ (coming out next year!!!) is out today on iTunes. woo.
Tis called ‘Yo Mama‘ and comes with a brand new b-side called ‘Hatstand Blues.’
Go download it now.
Or if you prefer to hold it in your hands it comes out on Chess Club Records next Monday 23rd November.
You can pre-order it from Rough Trade if you so please.
More importantly. I’m going to watch Beyonce tonight at the 02. it’s probably the best day of my life.
Over and out

Katy
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[Peggy Sue's Facebook Page]

Some UK tour dates and more Peggy Sue photos from the Lit Lounge CMJ show after the jump.

Peggy Sue 2009 UK Tour Dates
Nov 27 2009 Royal Park Cellars Leeds
Nov 29 2009 Deaf Institute Manchester
Nov 30 2009 Unquiet Desperation@Bungalows and Bears Sheffield
Dec 15 2009 ROCKFEEDBACK XMAS PARTY @ Tamesis Dock London

UPDATE: I spoke too soon, Friends of BAM can purchase tickets to the Magnetic Fields Feb 13, 2010 show starting today ($25, $35, general on sale begins Friday, Nov 20).

Well, at least I can now name one big name “rock” act who will be headlining the Sounds Like Brooklyn Festival at BAM this year, Stephin Merritt and The Magnetic Fields will be holding court at the Howard Gillman Opera House on February 13, 2010 as part of the festival of Brooklyn’s finest (BAM General On Sale Date TBA 11/20/09). A limited number of presale tickets for that show and the rest of their upcoming US tour dates (including two nights at The Town Hall NY on March 10-11, 2010) are available right now (Nov 17) at magneticfields.musictoday.com. The BAM show and the ensuing tour is in support of their new record entitled Realism which will be hitting the store shelves on January 26, 2010 via Nonesuch Records.

The Magnetic Fields’ Realism will be released by Nonesuch Records on January 26, 2010. The band’s ninth album is the follow-up to 2008’s Distortion, which was hailed by Rolling Stone as “one of the best records of [their] career.” Whereas Distortion was an album of power-pop songs with heavily distorted guitars, in homage to the Jesus and Mary Chain’s Psychocandy, Realism finds front man and songwriter Stephin Merritt drawing inspiration from late 1960s / early 70s orchestral and psychedelic folk. Realism’s all-acoustic recording line up featured no electronic instruments, and used untraditional percussion instruments, ranging from tabla to tree leaves. The Magnetic Fields will tour the U.S. in support of the album beginning February 4.

As the album title implies, Realism finds Merritt examining what “real” really means in recorded music, exploring the sincerity (or lack thereof) of folk lyrics and their delivery, along with non-electronic instrumentation, “realistic” production values, and even a plain brown paper sack background used for the album’s artwork.

In addition to the usual ensemble of Merritt on ukulele, Claudia Gonson (keyboard, vocals), John Woo (guitar), and Sam Davol (cello), and Shirley Simms (vocals, autoharp), The Magnetic Fields are joined by friends and longtime collaborators Daniel Handler, a.k.a Lemony Snicket (accordion), as well as
Johnny Blood (tuba) and Ida Pearle (violin).

View all Magnetic Fields tour dates after the jump.

Magnetic Fields 2010 Tour Dates
February 4 Lisner Auditorium @ George Washington Univ. Washington, DC
February 6 Corona Theatre Montreal, QC
February 8 Queen Elizabeth Theatre Toronto, ON
February 10 Wilbur Theatre Boston, MA
February 11 Wilbur Theatre Boston, MA
February 13 Howard Gilman Opera House @ BAM Brooklyn, NY
February 21 Aladdin Theater Portland, OR
February 22 Aladdin Theater Portland, OR
February 23 Town Hall Seattle, WA
February 24 Town Hall Seattle, WA
February 27 Fox Theater Oakland, CA
March 1 Herbst Theatre San Francisco, CA
March 2 Wilshire Ebell Theatre Los Angeles, CA
March 4 Pabst Theatre Milwaukee, WI
March 5 Buskirk Chumley Theater Bloomington, IN
March 6 The Pageant St. Louis, MO
March 7 Harris Theater @ Millenium Park Chicago, IL
March 10 Town Hall New York, NY
March 11 Town Hall New York, NY

Today (Nov 17) marks the release of Good Evening New York City the new live CD/DVD set by Paul McCartney documenting his stadium inaugurating three night stand at New York’s CitiField in July of 2009. Here’s a little press blurbage about the latest release from The Beatles former bass player:

Paul McCartney’s historic three-night musical christening of New York’s Citi Field, witnessed by 120,000-plus attendees and universally hailed as a concert experience for the ages, will be immortalized November 17 when Hear Music/Concord Music Group releases “Good Evening New York City”.

This momentous musical experience will be available in two formats: a 3-disc (2 CD + 1 DVD) standard edition and a 4-disc (2 CD + 2 DVD) deluxe version featuring expanded packaging and a bonus DVD including McCartney’s traffic-stopping, headline-making July 15 performance on the Ed Sullivan Theater marquee (including bonus numbers not aired on the Late Show with David Letterman broadcast).

Apparently wowing North American audiences wasn’t enough, because before the year is out, Sir Paul will embark on his first European tour in five years entitled “Good Evening Europe”. The 8 night trek will commence in historic Hamburg (where The Beatles cut their cut their teeth as a young band) and finish off before his hometown crowd in London, England.

This is my chance to bring our current show home to where it all began. Starting in Hamburg, ending in London and rocking everywhere in between. I’m very much looking forward to ending the year on a high. [TheTelegraph.co.uk]

Paul McCartney 2009 European Tour Dates
12/02/2009 Hamburg, Germany
12/03/2009 Berlin, Germany
12/09/2009 Arnhem, Netherlands
12/10/2009 Paris, France
12/16/2009 Cologne, Germany
12/17/2009 Cologne, Germany Lanxess Arena
12/20/2009 Dublin, Ireland
12/22/2009 London, United Kingdom

If you’d like to win a copy of Good Evening New York City standard edition (2 CD+ 1 DVD), you can fill out the entry form after the jump or follow me on Twitter and Tweet the following:

RT this for a chance to win a copy of Paul McCartney’s “Good Evening New York City” from @bumpershine http://bit.ly/2lVkHh

US entrants only please, contest ends on November 23, 2009. One entry per household please (IP checking enforced).

Check out the full album press release and official track listing after the jump.

“It was three great nights for the band and for me personally it was very exciting to be back opening a new stadium on the site of the old Shea Stadium where we had played 44 years previously. Even more exciting because this time round you could hear us!”

Paul McCartney’s historic three-night musical christening of New York’s Citi Field, witnessed by 120,000-plus attendees and universally hailed as a concert experience for the ages, will be immortalized November 17 when Hear Music/Concord Music Group releases Good Evening New York City. This momentous musical experience will be available in two formats: a 3-disc (2 CD + 1 DVD) standard edition and a 4-disc (2 CD + 2 DVD) deluxe version featuring expanded packaging and a bonus DVD including McCartney’s traffic-stopping, headline-making July 15 performance on the Ed Sullivan Theater marquee (including bonus numbers not aired on the Late Show with David Letterman broadcast). The set will also be made available in high quality vinyl. In any configuration, the 30+ songs and nearly 3 hours of music comprising Good Evening New York City are a must-have for attendees wishing to relive the July 17, 18 & 21 shows, those who couldn’t get tickets and/or anyone interested in an audiovisual document of a living legend. Good Evening New York City marks McCartney’s 2nd release for Hear Music. The first was 2007’s highly acclaimed Memory Almost Full. The standard version of Good Evening New York City will be available at participating Starbucks company-operated locations in the U.S. and Canada and wherever music is sold.

As the inaugural musical event at Citi Field, the site of the former Shea Stadium, the July 2009 shows held special significance not only for McCartney but for generations of his fans. The shows were performed on the same hallowed ground that The Beatles, in 1965, played the 34-minute show that would set the precedent for the modern day stadium rock show–and where in 2008 McCartney joined Billy Joel for the final rock show before the original stadium’s demolition. As documented on Good Evening New York City, “I’m Down” from the 1965 set list was revived for the Citi Field shows, albeit this time played through a PA that was not overpowered by screaming fans (though there were still several thousand who tried). Other highlights of Good Evening New York City include faithful takes on Beatles classics “Drive My Car,” “Got To Get You Into My Life,” “The Long And Winding Road,” “Blackbird,” “Eleanor Rigby,” “Back In The USSR,” “Paperback Writer,” “Let It Be,” “Hey Jude,” “Helter Skelter” and more, plus “Something” rendered on ukulele gifted to Paul by George Harrison, and a tribute to John Lennon in the form of a medley of “A Day In The Life” and “Give Peace A Chance.” Wings era chestnuts include “Band On The Run,” “My Love,” “Let Me Roll It” and the pyrotechnic tour de force of “Live And Let Die,” while timeless McCartney solo material ranges from “Here Today” to the upbeat “Flaming Pie” and “Dance Tonight” to a pair of numbers from Electric Arguments, the 2008 album released under the alias of The Fireman.

The concert footage featured on Good Evening New York City standard edition features concert footage directed by Paul Becher, who has overseen live visuals for McCartney for some 200 performances and counting. The 33-song 2 hour 40 minute performances were shot in High Definition using 15 cameras and digital footage incorporated from 75 Flipcams handed out to fans over the course of the three night stand. The audio mix, in both stereo and 5.1, was handled by longtime McCartney engineer Paul Hicks, whose credits include the recent Beatles remasters, The Beatles Anthology, Let It Be… Naked and two Grammy awards for his mixing work on the Beatles’ Love album.

The deluxe edition bonus DVD will feature footage of McCartney’s July 15 performance on the outdoor marquee of the Ed Sullivan Theater, previously available only as a webcast on the Late Show with David Letterman website. The marquee set, which marked McCartney’s return to the site of The Beatles U.S. television debut, generated front page headlines and literally stopped traffic as word of mouth generated a crowd that packed Broadway from Columbus Circle to Times Square.

Paul McCartney’s July 17-21 Citi Field stand has already been unanimously hailed by critics and audiences alike as the concert experience of a lifetime. On November 17, Good Evening New York City will document it for the ages.

Good Evening New York City Track Listing:
DISC 1 (Audio CD)
1. Drive My Car
2. Jet
3. Only Mama Knows
4. Flaming Pie
5. Got To Get You Into My Life
6. Let Me Roll It
7. Highway
8. The Long And Winding Road
9. My Love
10. Blackbird
11. Here Today
12. Dance Tonight
13. Calico Skies
14. Mrs Vandebilt
15. Eleanor Rigby
16. Sing The Changes
17. Band On The Run

DISC 2 (Audio CD)
1. Back In The USSR
2. I’m Down
3. Something
4. I’ve Got A Feeling
5. Paperback Writer
6. A Day In The Life / Give Peace A Chance
7. Let It Be
8. Live And Let Die
9. Hey Jude
10. Day Tripper
11. Lady Madonna
12. I Saw Her Standing There
13. Yesterday
14. Helter Skelter
15. Get Back
16. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band / The End

DISC 3 (DVD)
1. Drive My Car
2. Jet
3. Only Mama Knows
4. Flaming Pie
5. Got To Get You Into My Life
6. Let Me Roll It
7. Highway
8. The Long And Winding Road
9. My Love
10. Blackbird
11. Here Today
12. Dance Tonight
13. Calico Skies
14. Mrs Vandebilt
15. Eleanor Rigby
16. Sing The Changes
17. Band On The Run
18. Back In The USSR
19. I’m Down
20. Something
21. I’ve Got A Feeling
22. Paperback Writer
23. A Day In The Life / Give Peace A Chance
24. Let It Be
25. Live And Let Die
26. Hey Jude
27. Day Tripper
28. Lady Madonna
29. I Saw Her Standing There
30. Yesterday
31. Helter Skelter
32. Get Back
33. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band / The End

See The Roots and Jane Krakowski perform live!
When: Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009
Location: New York, NY
Arrival Time: 8:30 PM
Request Tickets

More info after the jump.

TICKET NOTES:
You will be notified by e-mail if we can accommodate your ticket request. So, check your email frequently or login and click the “my etickets” tab to check the ticket request status.
Tickets can NOT be sold! Do not buy tickets from any source because they will not be valid. These tickets are FREE and non-transferable (unless otherwise noted).

AGE:
Everyone must be at least 16 years old and have a valid state/government issued ID or passport (with a visible date-of-birth) to attend the concert.

DRESS:
Please dress as if you are going out to a nice dinner or a club. Please do not wear a solid white shirt, shorts, baseball hats, elaborate patterns or large logos, as they are not camera-friendly.

SECURITY:
All concert attendees will go through a security screening. We will not check any items.

John Mayer
Madison Square Garden
February 25, 2010

American Express cardmembers have access to a limited number of advance tickets Monday, November 16 at 10AM – Friday, November 20 at 10PM before they go on sale to the general public on Saturday, November 21 at 9AM. (Buy Tickets)

Malajube at Arlene’s Grocery | “M for Montreal” Showcase at CMJ (10/21/09)

Photos: Jon Klemm

M for Montreal 2009 Schedule (Nov 19-21, 2009)

Beast, Malajube and Think About Life were three of the bands I caught at the M for Montreal Showcase at CMJ ‘09 (Oct 21) and two of them will be playing the full on M for Montreal Festival which starts this week (Nov 19-21, 2009) in Montreal, Quebec. Here are some of my thoughts on that night:

Even though they went on a little early, Beast put on highly energized set for the small but attentive crowd at Arlene’s and in the end, they won me over as a fan of their live show (I’m gonna go back and revisit the record now). Think About Life took the stage after Beast and they whipped the full capacity room into a frenzy with their electrified dance tunes. Personally, I think it was probably the most unexpected and enjoyable set I witnessed at CMJ this year. After leaving the club for We Are Wolves, I came back to Arlene’s for Malajube, probably the biggest Francophone indie rock act to cross-over into the US market. After heavily imbibing in their 2006 debut Trompe-L’oeil over the years, I was pretty excited to finally see these guys live and in person. Unfortunately, I’m not sure if it was my high expectations or the band being a bit off, but their performance seemed a little underwhelming to me that night (especially compared to TAL who had torn the place up earlier). Their guitars seemed washed out in the mix, and my favorite riff from the beginning of “Montreal -40″ seemed to lack any of the bite that it has on the album. Since it was CMJ, I’ll give them a pass this time because you never know what head space a band is in during the marathon, a lot of times bands are dealing with multiple shows and no sound-check situations, so things can be hit and miss. I’ll be sure to try and check out Malajube next time they headline a “proper show” somewhere in NYC before I pass final judgment.

Full press release for M for Montreal 2009 plus more Think About Life and Malajube pics after the jump.

Think About Life at Arlene’s Grocery (10/21/09)

Malajube at Arlene’s Grocery (10/21/09)

M for Montreal unveils the line-up for its 4th edition
Tickets on sale tomorrow, Wednesday, at 3:00PM

Montreal, Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 – 2009 was the year that M for Montreal established its reputation as a promoter of exportable networking showcases, including the mini-M nights, where 500 to 700 people came out to discover up and coming artists every month at Foufounes Électriques and the M on the Quays outdoor festival, which brought out more than 10,000 curious music fans to the Quays of the Old-Port over the Labour Day weekend. On the other hand, the M on the road showcases attracted a large number of international delegates at festivals abroad (South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, The Great Escape in Brighton, United Kingdom, and the next one will be a part of the CMJ Music Marathon in downtown New York), a nomination for Event of the Year at the next ADISQ awards… M for Montreal will close off the year – which was filled with wonderful encounters and unexpected success – with its big showcase event, happening November 19th to 21st. The fourth edition is presented by Astral Media and will offer still more opportunities for the public and international delegates to discover the best artists out of Montreal and the rest of Canada that are the most likely to represent us on the international scene next year. We’ve also afforded the bands maximum visibility by making sure that none of the shows overlap!

Astral Media, a partner for the next three years

M for Montreal president founder and artistic director, Mr. Sébastien Nasra, is proud to officially announce that Astral Media will be the new main presenter of M for Montreal for the next three years. “Given that Astral Media had already co-presented the event last year, this partnership arrived at an opportune time, as it allowed for M for Montreal to keep existing, even though our event had seen itself threatened in early 2009 by the drastic cuts made by the Harper government into programs that help fund our cultural exports,” explains Mr. Nasra. “This is a perfect partnership for an event like us, which is focused on the quality of the music we promote. We couldn’t have found a better partner and we are proud of this new synergy.”

“Astral Media Radio is a strong supporter of up and coming Canadian musicians and we see M for Montreal as a great vehicle for achieving international recognition for our new acts,” adds Mr. Rob Braide from Astral Media Radio. “Touring has become such a vital part of an artist’s ability to make a living, and M for Montreal offers a vital showcase for the international community as well as a window to the world for the bands that will perform this week. Here’s to another amazing year of music and a great party!”

M for Montreal would also like to mention the participation of its other important partners: NRJ, CHOM, SIRIUS Satellite Radio Canada, Exclaim!, NIGHTLIFE Magazine, MusiquePlus, CISM, Gigwise, The Fly, Avalanche Productions, Opus Hotel Montreal, Apartments Hotel Trylon, Solotech, Joli-Coeur Lacasse Avocats, NEON, HIGH FOOD, Molson, the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN), The Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent on Recordings (FACTOR), Government of Canada, Radio Starmaker Fund, MUSICACTION, the Ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine and the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC).

Three showcases destined to impress the delegates and the public

Seventeen (17) Montreal and Canadian bands were selected this year for the M for Montreal’s fourth edition. Presented by Exclaim!, the official selection on Thursday, November 19th will feature the decadent music of Think About Life, Miracle Fortress, You Say Party! We Say Die!, The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Luyas and Final Flash on the NRJ and CHOM stages at the Cabaret and Studio Juste pour rire (2109-2111 Saint-Laurent boulevard), as of 8:30PM. The pattern will be repeated the next day, November 20th, at the same venues, this time with Silly Kissers, Parlovr, Le Matos, Two Hours Traffic, DD/MM/YYYY and Silver Starling.

Finally, M for Montreal will be closing its series of showcases with an exclusively French afternoon, Saturday, November 21st, as of 3:00PM, at Café Campus and Petit Campus (57 Prince-Arthur street East). Delegates and the public will have the chance to appreciate performances by La patère rose, Géraldine, Marie-Pierre Arthur, Orange Orange and Caracol at this showcase presented by SIRIUS Satellite Radio Canada. “SIRIUS is excited to be associated with M for Montreal for a third year in a row and to support the talented local francophone artists,” said Andreanne Sasseville, Director of Canadian Content Development and Industry Relations, SIRIUS Canada inc. “SIRIUS and M for Montreal share the same will to encourage the talented Quebec artists and have a real passion for music. This association was a must!”

An M for Martini cocktail party that’s open to the public

Previously for delegates only, this year M for Montreal will open its doors to holders of three-days passes for its M for Martini cocktail. The Inuk artist, Elisapie Isaac, whose album, There Will Be Stars, was praised by the critics, and Mark Berube and The Few will ignite the intimacy of the eXcentris with their latest folk compositions, Friday, November 20th, as of 4:00PM. The cocktail party will also feature photographer Valérie Jodoin Keaton (ex-The Dears), who will share the occasion to release her book, Backstage, a collection of photographs of local and international artists getting prepared a few minutes before their performance, or when they’ve just left the stage.

An eclectic M for Metropolis closing event

M for Montreal’s fourth edition will end Saturday, November 21st, at 8:00PM with the comeback of its M for Metropolis closing event. The Toronto hardcore band Fucked Up, winner of the 2009 Polaris Music Prize for its album, The Chemistry of Common Life, will have the honour of headlining this high energy show. The Metropolis stage will also shake under the heavy decibels of Champion & his G-Strings, who is currently one of the best-selling artists in Quebec, thanks to his new album, Resistance; Malajube, who just won the Indie Rock Album of the Year prize for Labyrinthes at the Quebec Indie Music Awards (GAMIQ); the big return of singer-bassist, Melissa Auf der Maur, who will soon release her second solo album; and the international DJ-turned-singer, Misstress Barbara, with her band Girls On A Ducati.

An all-electro M for Midnight after party at the SAT

For those who have some energy left over after three frenzied days of music and the M for Metropolis closing event, M for Montreal is organizing an after party on Saturday, November 21st, as of 11:00PM, which promises to be worthy of the craziest urban nightlife events in Montreal. Presented by NIGHTLIFE Magazine, in collaboration with NEON and HIGH FOOD, at the Society for Arts and Technology (SAT), the night, known as M for Midnight, has a lot of surprises in store with Meilleuremusiquedumonde.com, Jordan Dare, Peer Pressure DJs A-Rock & Hatchmatik and Seb Diamond & Phil AD (from Night Trackin’).

Two panels with an international flavour

M for Montreal is expanding again this year with two panels scheduled to be held Friday, November 20th, at the Foyer Godin of the Opus Hotel Montreal, and hosted by journalist Patrick Baillargeon. The first panel (11:00AM to 12:30PM) will draw a portrait of the German Music Industry. Germany is a European country that can’t be ignored when it comes to touring abroad and it has a lot of similarities with Canada. In order to shed some light on this mysterious market, M for Montreal has invited Mr. Klaus Bönisch, KBK Konzert’s booker/concert promoter, Mr. Thomas Müller, Motor Radio’s co-founder, Mr. Daniel Pieper, consultant in artist management as part of his own company, Starfish Music Management, Mr. Stefan Reichmann, Haldern Pop Festival programmer, and Mr. Reinhard Bärenz, journalist for Radio Sputnik.

The second panel (2:00PM to 3:30PM) will focus on the role of the producer during the recording of an album and the importance of this role in regards to the end result of a song. M for Montreal has invited these producers to talk about their work: Andy Gill (Red Hot Chili Peppers’ first album, Futureheads’ self-titled album), Valgeir Sigurdsson (Camille’s Music Hole, Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s The Letting Go, Björk’s Medúlla and Vespertine), Arthur Baker (Afrika Bambaataa’s Planet Rock, New Order’s Confusion and Thieves Like Us), Greg Haver (Super Furry Animals’ Mwng, Manic Street Preachers’ Lifeblood) and the Montreal Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire’s Funeral, Bell Orchestre’s Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light). Mr. Stephen Budd, founder of Stephen Budd Management, an agency that specializes in producer management, will also be part of the panel.

An interesting international delegation

More than 60 international delegates – festival music programmers, journalists, venue bookers, label A&R, music supervisors, etc., from the United Kingdom, United States, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands and Australia, will attend the 4th edition of M for Montreal. Martin Elbourne (programmer, Glastonbury Festival, and co-founder, The Great Escape, United Kingdom), Tom Windish (founder, Tom Windish Agency, United States), Rebecca Wedlake (agent, Creative Artists Agency, United Kingdom), Thomas Burgel (journalist, Les Inrockuptibles, France), Alex Stevens (programmer, Dour Festival, Belgium) and finally, Seb Webber (vice-president of A&R, XL Recordings, United Kingdom) will participate again this year, and they’ll be just as curious to hear and discover the artists coming out of Montreal and the rest of Canada who are most likely to represent us next year on the international scene. Let’s not forget Anthony Von Pervieux (director-music creative, ABC-TV Studios, United States), Jacques Monnier (programmer, Paléo Festival, Switzerland), Amy Butterer (agent, Billions Corporation, United States), Rob Challice (agent, Coda Agency, United Kingdom), Hedi Hassouna (programmer, Rock dans tous ses états, France) and Geoff Trio (agent, Code One, Australia), who’ll be among those attending M for Montreal for the first time.

Tickets and passes on sale as of tomorrow, 3:00PM

Tickets for M for Montreal’s activities will be on sale on Admission and Ticketpro outlets as of tomorrow, Wednesday, October 21st, at 3:00PM. A three-day pass, which grants access to the three showcases, the M for Martini cocktail party, the M for Metropolis closing event, the M for Midnight after party, and the two panels will also be available for $60 (plus taxes and service fees).

About M for Montreal

Founded in 2006 by Sébastien Nasra (Avalanche Productions), in collaboration with the legendary British festival programmer Martin Elbourne (Glastonbury Festival, The Great Escape and cofounder, along with Peter Gabriel, of the WOMAD Festival), M for Montreal presents various showcases, aside from its main event in November, all around the world (South by Southwest in Austin, TX, The Great Escape in Brighton, UK) and in Quebec (mini-M, M on the Quays) that put Montreal and Canadian music in the spotlight. For more information, please visit our website at www.mformontreal.com.

On Sunday, November 15th from 4 pm – 1:00 am (Today!), WUSB 90.1 FM, Stony Brook, Long Island’s leading non-commercial community radio station will present its sixth annual Elvis Costello Marathon. The marathon, with WUSB deejays John O, Mr. Edison and others spinning, will feature music from the entire 32 year career of Mr. Costello. There will be a wide variety of music featured mirroring the eclectic output of the artist from his early post-punk period and including classical, jazz, country, rock, ballads, Americana and roots music. Other highlights include:

• An exclusive interview with Attractions drummer Pete Thomas who will talk about the 32 years he has worked with Elvis.
• Hundreds of rare and live tracks from the WUSB vaults and the personal collections of the deejays.
• Requests and dedications from around the world as Elvis Costello fans from around the globe listen via the web at www.WUSB.fm
• Lots of great Elvis Costello premiums for those pledging during WUSB’s annual Fall Radiothon fundraiser. Pledges can be made at 631-632-6901 or www.WUSB.fm.

Listen in at 90.1 FM, WUSB Stony Brook, L.I. or on our live stream at www.WUSB.fm.

In other Elvis news, the man himself will be at Barnes & Noble Tribeca on Tuesday, November 17 for a signing of the new Spectacle: Elvis Costello With… DVD box set which comes out the same day.