Indie Music News Report
From The Detroit Culture City Office

Well here some news from the Indie Rocks Circles and it look like there will be the battle of the ax between "The Colbert Report" Host Stephen Colbert and Decemberest Front man Colin Meloy, On thursday Night on Comedy Central "The Colbert Report", Host Stephen Colbert accepts the band Counter Channgel to a battle of the Solo Gitars in respond to the the host upset over the Band asking fans to do there video "O Valencia!" using a green Screen for a contest for MTVU.

Colbert say they ripped off the idea form his "Green Screen Challenge" i which his Colbert Nation edit some off a green Screen of him doing battle as he is Hans Solo after that Meloy told colbert "put down the pen and pick up the axe," for a "Decemberists vs. Colbert Guitar Solo Challenge."

Which He have accepted and told them on his show on Thursday "The Decemberists may be thieves, but they're not cowards,", Band Member multi-instrumentalist Chris Funk will repesent the band which may have walk in to his trap as he show his Chop as seen in this video:



The Battle on his show will aired on Tuesday December 20th.

Mean wheild the Scissor Sisters will show up on the TV Sopa Oprea "Passions for a two Show ark on Feburay 8th, Jake Shears and Company will be Appaer Magicial by Tabtia young Which Endora, one in her bedroom and Once in the blue Note a hot spot in the show fictional town of Harmony.

Jake Shears said on the band’s website “You may want to laugh at us for getting talked into doing a soap opera,”, “But the truth is that [singer] Ana [Matronic] has been lobbying for a chance to do the show since the band started.”

No wonder the Album is called "Tah Da"
You can seee picture of the shoot here.

And The Band have just book a gig for State Theaher for March 8th.

and Speaking of gigs the dates for Bonnaroo 07 have been have been set, the Big Mult-day, Mult-bands festival set in 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee(just 65 Miles SE of Nashville) that have book the like of Bob Dylan to Radiohead and Modest Mouse will take placed on June 14-17, 2007, on Wednesday info will be out on a Early Birds Special for tickets to the Big Shoe.

One Band that will likely show up is the Arcade Fire who is buzy wraping up the finshing touches to there self-produce Follow-Up album, and to get ready for the long road ahead the bands book last week Five shows in london (Three Shows at St John's Church, Smith Square, and two show at Porchester Hall) For Late Januray and Early Feburay, all the ticket for thouse show was sold out in Two Mintues, and Now the band have book show for there home town of Montreal, they will take place at the Ukrainian National Federation From February 6 through 10, and who know thouse ticket will sell out as well.

who know they will played detroit soon in the New Year when the yet untitled album is out in the spring of 2007.

spaking of released, The Rapture have From a lable, Look at us we From A lable (Art Burt Song) the NYC Band who released Pieces of the People We Love early this year have from Throne of Blood Records to house there Single, remixed and the Vinly Copy of the Album and in the furture they will released album from other artist.

And a coulpe of bands notes to know about

The Vancouver Alternative New Wave band The Organ who say three times Opening up for the likes of The New Pornographers, controller.controller, Wolf Parade and who i was very frienly to Front woman Katie Sketch and Drummer Shelby Stocks(Who is the Most Frienly Musician you ever meet) announced last weeks that the Band Are no Longer toget her, Nobody in the band said what was the cause, but in the last few months Katie have move from the bands home base of Vancouver to up the 401 in Toronto.

And Kate who have a good side Jobs, she is a fashtion Modle, she include in a recent twelve page spread in the London edition of Vogue.

The Band Have recorded three song For there Next album but now will never know what they will sound like

CBC Radio 3 hosted Grant Lawrence did his best to get answers from From organist Jenny Smyth
You can Click here

i think it right to follow up to last week report the the Band Ginat Drag was going to break up, well to clear the picture there not breaking up but the Guy from the Two Peice band is Leaving

Founding member and drummer/keyboardist Micah Calabrese has departed the band for rson not know (maybe running away from annie (Hardy, Front woman) potty mouth), he will go back to his other band which you may neaver hear of it called the Summer in Between(Web: tsib.kittnet.com/, My Space: www.myspace.com/thesummerinbetween) There not doing any music right now the Lovely and Filty Clean Annie Hardy can be here doing a duet with Chino Moreno and some F***ing spoken word in the new Deftones disc Saturday Night Wrist.

As she do get back together as Giant Drag as she said on bands Members it going to be annie and who ever feel like doing it.
as For the band looking for a the Drummer aMy space page say the Band Member will be "annie and whoever else feels like doing it"-- so, folks, start lining up!, If i know how to play drum and the Keys i would do Ginat drag hey i still single, How much that hurt.