2 posts tagged “wild sweet orange”

 07/29/2008 09:12:20  ♥ written by vu ()

Wild Sweet Orange - Ten Dead Dogs Wild Sweet Orange Tour Dates 07/31/08 Ear X-tacy in-store Louisville, Kentucky 08/01/08 Crofoot Pontiac, Michigan 08/03/08 Lollapalooza 2008 @ Grant Park Chicago, Illinois 08/04/08 Slowdown Omaha, Nebraska 08/06/08 The Varsity Minneapolis, Minnesota 08/10/08 Stubbs Jr Austin, Texas 08/11/08 Warehouse Studio Houston, Texas 08/12/08 House of Blues- Pontiac Garage Dallas, Texas 08/13/08 The Rustic Cowboy Shreveport, Louisiana 08/14/08 The High Tone Memphis, Tennessee 08/20/08 The Belcourt Theater Nashville, Tennessee 08/27/08 The Social Orlando, Florida 08/28/08 Common Ground Gainsville, Florida 08/29/08 40 Watt Athens, Georgia 08/30/08 5 Points Club Columbia, South Carolina 08/31/08 Village Tavern Charleston, South Carolina 09/02/08 Neighborhood Theatre Charlotte, North Carolina 09/03/08 The Gravity Lounge Charlottesville, North Carolina 09/04/08 Khyber Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 09/05/08 Southpaw Brooklyn, New York 09/06/08 Maxwells Hoboken, New Jersey 09/08/08 Fletchers Baltimore, Maryland 09/09/08 Canal Room Richmond, Virginia 09/10/08 Greene Street Greensboro, North Carolina 09/11/08 The Earl Atlanta, Georgia 09/12/08 Jack Rabbits Jacksonville, Florida 09/13/08 WMNF Birthday Bash Tampa, Florida 09/14/08 Real Big Deal Festival Gainesville, Florida

Wild Sweet Orange are really popular among selected group of fans, of mostly younger people (it didn't hurt their popularity when they made an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman on June 27^th). They even sold out the night they played at the Fine Line Cafe in Minneapolis earlier this year (which I suppose, looking back, is not a surprise as that cafe has very limited seating), but the good news is that they are coming back here on August 6^th at a larger venue.

Their long awaited debut album, We Have Cause To Be Uneasy comes out today, July 29^th, on Canvas Back Music (which also released the wildly popular Once Soundtrack).

I do get the impression that this Alabama band are a Christian band, or are heavily influenced by religion, based on their lyrics: "I woke up in water... I spoke in tongues, I took all my clothes off and oh my God..." on "Ten Dead Dogs", "your soul was coming out your eyes" on "Tilt", "I pray for an Angel on its way to comb her hair on "Seeing & Believing", etc.

That doesn't matter, because I think if you like sweet harmony and a beautiful, clear voice of Preston Lovinggood (what a name, right?), you'll like this album.  Take a listen to "Ten Dead Dogs" and you'll know what I mean.

By the way, I did read that the band, when played live, are "emotional" and "powerful", and on songs like "Either/Or" and "House Of Regret", I feel that these songs are going to be a favorite live as it really cut loose... so check them out on tour. Be sure to check out their debut album, We Have Cause To Be Uneasy.

Links: wildsweetmusic.com myspace.com/wildsweetorange

RZA as Bobby Digital - B.O.B.B.Y RZA Tour Dates June 10-Houston, TX@Warehouse Live June 11-Austin, TX@Emo's June 12-Dallas, TX@Palladium Ballroom June 14-Denver, CO@ Cervantes Ballroom June 15-SLC, UT@ Urban Lounge June 17-Tucson, AZ@ Rialto Theater June 18-Phoenix, AZ@The Brickhouse June 20-LA, CA@Henry Fonda Theater June 21-San Francisco, CA@1015 June 23-Portland, OR@Hawthorne Theater June 24-Seattle, WA@Showbox June 25-Vancouver, CAN@Richards June 27-Calgary, CAN@Sled Island Fest June 30-Minneapolis, MN@First Avenue July 01-Chicago, IL@House of Blues July 02-Pontiac, MI@Crofoot Ballroom July 04-Ottawa, CAN@New Capital Hall July 05-New York, NY@Webster Hall July 07-Philadelphia, PA@Trocadero July 08-Washington, DC@9:30 Club

Before Deltron^[W♥M], there was RZA as Bobby Digital. RZA is obviously influenced by genre movies (from Blaxploitation to oldschool Kung Fu movies) and he uses that as a character called "Bobby Digital".

I got a press release that he's going to release a new Bobby Digital CD called Digi Snacks in July 2008 (Wikipedia lists this as Digi Snax).

Excerpt from press release:

Described by his colleagues, admirers, and even haters alike as a "mad scientist," Robert Diggs, aka RZA, comes across more like a relentless warrior. And like any good warrior, he's on a mission...an honorable quest to infect all he comes across with a positive polarity. "You taste everything every day. You go through these different shifts of positives and negatives throughout your whole day," he explains. "I just make more of a fiction thing around it, metaphors in all different ways. That's all I'm doing. You get the Manga, you get the Martial Arts, you get the Sci-Fi, you get the Blaxploitation, but you still get your real life because I'm a real person."

There's also a tour date listing to promote the album in June to mid-July. I am including the tour information here.

PS, you have to give props to RZA for commissioning comic book artist, Bill Sienkiewicz, as cover artist for his debut album, Bobby Digital in Stereo. I am a big fan of Sienkiewicz's art style, from his Stray Toasters series to his more famous work, Elektra: Assassin, with Frank Miller.

Black Kids - Hit the Heartbreakes Black Kids 2 comments Tour Dates May 5 - Omaha, NE at Waiting Room* May 6 - Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry* May 7 - Chicago, IL at The Abbey Pub* May 8 - Detroit, MI at Magic Stick* May 9 - Toronto, ON at Lees Palace* May 12 - Boston, MA at Paradise* May 13 - Brooklyn, NY at Studio B* May 15 - Washington, DC at Black Cat* May 16 - Philadelphia, PA at Pure* May 17 - Baltimore, MD at Sonar* May 18 - New York, NY Bowery Ballroom *with CUT COPY

I also noticed that Black Kids is releasing Partie Traumatic on Columbia Records on July 22^nd in the US (although the album will be released July 7^th elsewhere else on Almost Gold Records).

We've previously mentioned Black Kids here on W♥M, so I am excited to see that they've signed to Columbia Records.

According to the press release, they are "currently being recorded in London by Bernard Butler".

That's the Bernard Butler from Suede. Britpop fans should have known that.

Apparently, they are getting a lot of attention in the UK, where they've been living lately:

So far, in 2008 Black Kids have been included in the 2008 BBC Sounds Poll and tipped as Ones To Watch by the NME (amongst others.) They have headlined a Vice Tour with Ipso Facto and Friendly Fires, done support tours with Kate Nash and Sons & Daughters, and sold out shows at London's Water Rats and two ICA headline dates – all before releasing a single.

Catch them on tour with Cut Copy in April through May, before they become too famous and then you can say, "oh I knew them when..."

I wanted to quickly mention that I'll be at random concerts in Minneapolis - so if you want to meetup and say hi, send me an email!

I'll be checking out: Wild Sweet Orange (myspace.com/wildsweetorange) are from Alabama and are on a long tour from May to mid-June. They're stopping in Minneapolis at the Fine Line Cafe, which is a pretty quaint place.

I was told that if you get the $75 (prices probably varies?) ticket deal, you're also served dinner with a table with a nice view of the show. Although I don't know how distracting that would be, eating, talking to the waitress, and trying to watch the show...

I'm also trying out this widget for Wild Sweet Orange, let me know if it works out. If you are interested, there's actually some tour information and stuff about the band.

Oh, also, Japan's Boris is on tour in the States, with their recent release of Smile... See press release for more information.

Excerpt:

With major features in North American mags such as Alarm, Metal Maniacs, Decibel, Exclaim, Metal Edge, Pitchfork, Outburn, Crustcake, PaperThinWalls, Thrasher, Unrestrained and more hitting, not to mention the countless amazing online reviews from all styles and genres of webzines, the massively-viewed "Statement" video and wide array of other glowing coverage, this is easily the most well-received Boris release to date, and shows the ever-morphing musical diversity of the band spreading thousands of listeners more than their doom metal beginnings.

That's it for now, more news next Sunday!

 05/04/2008 12:46:48  vu my♥posts weheartmusic.com