Ah summer: the warm weather, the barbecues, the tan, and last (but not least) the new tours that come through your town. Get pumped to wear skirts and shorts (or skorts for the sheepish) to one of the upcoming tours featuring our beloved IODA artists!

-Black Moth Super Rainbow + School of Seven Bells

On BMSR:

They’ve got a new album, Eating Us, coming out 5/26 on Graveface.  Can’t wait? Check out the mind numbing video for “Dark Bubbles” here and download a pre-released track from Eating Us below:

Black Moth Super Rainbow
“Twin Of Myself” (mp3)
from “Eating Us”
(Graveface Records)

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On School of Seven Bells:

“School of Seven Bells know exactly what they want to achieve, and do it gracefully and with style to spare. 8/10. ‘Recommended!’” – Pitchfork

School of Seven Bells
“Half Asleep” (mp3)
from “Alpinisms”
(Ghostly International)

Buy at iTunes Music Store
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Black Moth Super Rainbow/School of Seven Bells  - 2009 Tour Dates
05/20 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
05/21 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
05/22 – Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
05/25 – George, WA @ Sasquatch Festival
05/26 – Portland, OR @ Holocene
05/28 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
05/29 – Los, Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
05/30 – Costa Mesa, CA @ Detroit Bar
05/31 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room
06/02 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk (outside)
06/03 – Denton, TX @ Hailey’s
06/04 – Little Rock, AR @ Sticky Fingerz
06/05 – Nashville, TN @ Exit In
06/06 – Columbus, OH @ Skully’s
06/12 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom (only SVIIB)
10/02-04 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Festival (only SVIIB)

-Pattern is Movement opening for St. Vincent

On Pattern:

“Their music is best described as modular, building complete songs from sub-units of melody and beat. The result is out there, but it doesn’t seem pretentious because of the giddy singlemindedness with which the band attacks the concept…It takes special musicians to make a sound like this work, but three LPs into their career, Thiboldeaux and Ward seem to have it figured out, creating an accessible album that nonetheless sounds unlike anything any other band is doing…7.9″ -Pitchfork

Pattern Is Movement / St. Vincent  - 2009 Tour Dates
5/19 – Somerville, MA @ Somerville Theatre
5/20 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
5/21 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
5/25 – Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater
5/27 – San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo’s 365 Club
5/28 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
5/30 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
5/31 – Phoenix, AZ @ Modified Arts
6/02 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
6/03 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown Jr.
6/04 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
6/05 – Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater
6/06 – Rock Island, IL @ Huckleberry’s Pizza Parlor*
6/07 – Chicago, IL @ Epiphany
6/09 – Newport, KY @ Southgate House
6/10 – Lexington, KY @ The Dame
6/11 – Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
6/13 – Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club
6/14 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
6/16 – Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree
6/18 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre
6/19 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
6/23/09 Charlotte, NC @ Dugg Dugg Gallery*
6/24/09 Charlottesville, VA @ Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar*
* Pattern Is Movement only

Pattern is Movement
“Bird” (mp3)
from “All Together”
(Hometapes)

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-Here We Go Magic opening for Grizzly Bear

On Here We Go Magic’s song “Tunnelvision”:

“Rarely have a band name and a song title both been so appropriately chosen: In ‘Tunnelvision,’ Luke Temple’s new project Here We Go Magic quickly establishes that nothing is as it seems. Anyone coming in cold, not knowing about Temple’s involvement, would assume that the voice repeating the words ‘Tunnelvision / Strange decision’ is a woman, for one thing. At the same time, it’s hard not to get lost in Here We Go Magic’s guitars, which provide a steady pulse at the same time they drench the song in reverb and delay. By roughly the three-minute mark — around the time Temple sings, ‘Anything is possible’ – ‘Tunnelvision’ has become engrossing to the point of hypnosis. Which, given the band’s name, makes a lot of sense” – NPR’s Song of the Day

Here We Go Magic
“Fangela” (mp3)
from “Here We Go Magic”
(Western Vinyl)

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On Grizzly Bear:

“…awe-inspiringly huge and intimate at the same time… Yellow House is a beautiful album in its own right, and required listening not just for fans of Horn of Plenty, but for anyone who enjoys ambitious, creative music with an emotional undercurrent. 4.5 out of 5 Stars!” – Allmusic.com

Grizzly Bear
“A Good Place” (mp3)
from “Horn Of Plenty (The Remixes)”
(Kanine Records LLC)

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Here We Go Magic/Grizzly Bear – 2009 Tour Dates
05/28 – New York, NY Town Hall
05/29 – New York, NY Town Hall
06/01 – Washington, DC 9:30 Club
06/02 – Philadelphia, PA Trocadero Theatre
06/03 – Boston, MA Berklee Performance Center
06/04 – Mont real, QC Le National
06/05 – Toronto, ON Phoenix
06/07 – Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center
06/08 – Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theatre
06/09 – Bloomington, IN Buskirk – Chumley Theater
06/11 – Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
06/15 – Dallas, TX Granada Theater
06/16 – Austin, TX The Parish
06/19 – Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
06/21 – San Francisco, CA The Fillmore