Bear In Heaven
“Lovesick Teenagers” (mp3)
from “Beast Rest Forth Mouth”
(Hometapes)

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Bear in Heaven have trapped echos, tremors, winds, and fading light. They’ve redefined time, and folded it. They’ve unbuttoned sound, and realigned it. Within four walls in Brooklyn, Jon Philpot, Adam Wills, Sadek Bazaara, and Joe Stickney mined the democracy of their collaboration, plus the endless hours of stream-of-consciousness recorded documentation of rehearsals over the past years, to conceive the crystalline form of Beast Rest Forth Mouth, their second album, their exaltation. Catch them on tour on the following dates:
Sep 7 – Cannery Ballroom : Nashville, TN
Sep 8 – Masquerade Music Park : Atlanta, GA
Sep 9 – Club at Firestone : Orlando, FL
Sep 11 – Lincoln Theatre : Raleigh, NC
Sep 12 – Rock and Roll Hotel : Washington, DC
Sep 29 – Castaways : Ithaca, NY
Sep 30 – La Salla Rossa : Montréal, Québec, CANADA
Oct 9 – Austin City Limits : Austin, TX
Oct 26 – Brillobox : Pittsburgh, PA
Oct 27 – Magic Stick : Detroit, MI
Oct 28 – The Bishop : Bloomington, IN
Oct 29 – Lincoln Hall : Chicago, IL
Oct 30 – Grinnell College : Grinnell, IA
Nov 2 – Crocodile : Seattle, Washington
Nov 3 – Doug Fir Lounge : Portland, OR
Nov 5 – The Independant : San Francisco, CA
Nov 7 – Troubadour : West Hollywood, CA
Nov 9 – Casbah : San Diego, CA
Nov 10 – Club Congress : Tucson, AZ
Nov 13 – Spanish Moon : Baton Rouge, LA
Nov 16 – The Southern : Charlottesville, VA
Nov 17 – Johnny Brenda’s : Philadelphia, PA
Nov 18 – The Middle East Downstairs : Boston, MA
Nov 19 – Music Hall of Williamburg : Brooklyn, NY

Ra Ra Riot
“Boy” (mp3)
from “The Orchard”
(Arts & Crafts)

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Ra Ra Riot is Milo Bonacci, Alexandra Lawn, Wesley Miles, John Pike, Mathieu Santos, and Rebecca Zeller. The Orchard is 10 bittersweet, endearing and ultimately stunning offerings. The Orchard follows the band’s debut full-length, The Rhumb Line, which was hailed by such publications as Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly and Exclaim! They are currently on tour, so go see them at the following shows:
Aug 27 – Funk ‘n Waffles : Syracuse, NY
Aug 28 – Molson Canadian Amphitheater (w/ Tegan & Sara) : Toronto, Ontario , CA
Sep 5 – Bumbershoot Festival @ The Seattle Center : Seattle, WA
Sep 9 – MUSICFESTNW : Portland, OR
Sep 12 – End of the Road Festival @ Larmer Tree Gardens : Salisbury, Wilts, UK
Sep 18 – The Cracker Factory : Geneva, New York
Sep 21 – Bowery Ballroom : New York, NY
Sep 22 – Bowery Ballroom : New York, NY
Sep 23 – Music Hall of Williamsburg : Brooklyn, NY
Sep 24 – Music Hall of Williamsburg : Brooklyn, NY
Sep 27 – Pearl Street : Northampton, MA
Sep 28 – Toad’s Place : New Haven, CT
Sep 29 – The Met : Providence, Rhode Isla
Oct 1 – Royale : Boston, Massachusetts
Oct 2 – Trocadero : Philadelphia, PA
Oct 3 – Diesel : Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Oct 4 – Blind Pig : Ann Arbor, Michigan
Oct 5 – Metro : Chicago, Illinois
Oct 7 – Varsity Theatre : Minneapolis, MN
Oct 8 – Waiting Room : Omaha, Nebraska
Oct 9 – The Granada Theatre :Lawrence, Kansas
Oct 11 – Bluebird Theatre : Denver, CO
Oct 12 – In The Venue : Salt Lake City, UT
Oct 13 – Crystal Bay Club : Crystal Bay, Nevada
Oct 17 – Treasure Island Festival : San Francisco, CA
Oct 19 – Glass House : Pomona, CA
Oct 20 – The Music Box : Los Angeles, CA
Oct 21 – Belly Up Tavern : Solana Beach, CA
Oct 22 – The Clubhouse : Tempe, Arizona
Oct 24 – White Rabbit : San Antonio, TX
Oct 26 – Emo’s : Austin, TX
Oct 27 – Warehouse Live : Houston, TX
Oct 28 – Granada Theatre : Dallas, Texas
Oct 29 – Rev Room : Little Rock, AR
Oct 30 – EXIT/IN : Nashville, TN
Nov 1 – WorkPlay Theatre : Birmingham, AL
Nov 2 – Masquerade : Atlanta, GA
Nov 3 – Orange Peel : Asheville, NC
Nov 4 – Cat’s Cradle : Carrboro, NC
Nov 5 – 9:30 Club : Washington D.C.
Nov 13 – The Commodore (w/ Wintersleep) : Vancouver, CANADA
Nov 17 – MacEwan Hall (w/ Wintersleep) : Calgary
Nov 19 – Louis’ Pub (w/ Wintersleep) : Saskatoon
Nov 20 – The Garrick Centre (w/ Wintersleep) : Winnipeg, CANADA

Les Shelleys
“The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise” (mp3)
from “Les Shelleys”
(Fat Cat Records)

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Les Shelleys are an acoustic guitar/vocal duo from Los Angeles, consisting of FatCat’s folk asset Tom Brosseau and his singing partner Angela Correa, better known as the indie-pop singer/songwriter Correatown. Their debut album together, is a collection of tracks taken from a vast body of recorded works – beautiful, harmony-heavy voice and guitar arrangements of American standards and folk traditionals from various points of the last century. Catch them at these shows in the United Kingdom:
Sep 9 – Slaughtered Lamb : London, UK
Sep 10 – Fairtrade Gallery : Brighton, UK
Sep 12 – End of the Road Festival/The Local Stage : Salisbury, UK
Sep 14 – Bush Hall : London, UK
Sep 15 – Tin Angel special low dough night : Coventry, UK
Sep 16 – The Cluny : Newcastle, UK
Sep 18 – Twyford Swiss Cottage : Winchester, UK

Artist: Kirk Whalum
Title: Everything Is Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway
Label: Rendezvous Music
Genre: Jazz : Smooth Jazz
UPC: 881284514526
Territory: World
Release Date: 08.31.10
There could be no better standard bearer for Donny Hathaway’s work than eight-time Grammy® nominee. tenor saxophonist Kirk Whalum. Highlights include “You Had To Know,” featuring a heartfelt performance by Donny’s daughter, Lalah, and neo-soul crooner Musiq Soulchild’s retro take on “We’re Still Friends.” Catch him at these shows:
Sep 5 – Pattengill Middle School : Lansing, MI
Sep 11 – Jackie Robinson Stadium : Los Angeles, CA
Oct 23 – Capital Jazz Super Cruise IV : Miami, FL (Caribbean)
Nov 5 – Kick Back Café : Tokyo Japan
Dec 4 – Odyssey Grand Ballroom : Tinley Park, IL
Dec 12 – Mississippi Blvd. Church : Memphis, TN