The Indie Music Round-up
Janurary 3rd

well it the begining of the year and that mean that in about two months the Local back to back Girnd will take place where Local Bands will played the hamtramck blow out and they will have to turn around a Fly to austin, TX for the SXSW Festival where almost a 1, 000 bands willl played there as well so we dont know which michigan bands will played there but accroing to the offical brochure by the SXSW people thefirst few bands have been mention, Schuechel to play SXSW will be The Stooges, Interpol, Lily Allen, Bloc Party, Devin the Dude, Hoodoo Gurus, Matt & Kim, Ghostland Observatory, the Watson Twins, Stax 50th Anniversary Soul Review, Ozomatli, Turbonegro and Cold War Kids.

Giving out the all Important Keynotes Speech is the Who Pete Townson, also taking in part in the interview and speakers are Gilberto Gil, Emmylou Harris, Terry McBride, Ricki Lee Jones, Booker T, Joe Boyd and former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne.

The SXSW Conferce take place all over on March 14th to the 18th, Less than a week after the Metrotimes Hamtramck Blowout Ten (or X)

Bad News for everybody waiting for Blur Reunion with Grahma Coxon Forget it, Accoring to a statement from his manger to Plans on a Blur and Coxon (who left in 2002 this after he and Bass Player Alex James met for lunch in November, The Statement also say Quite "Everbody is Working on Individual Project".

Coxon have released his latest " Love traveks at Illegal Speed, Front man Damon Albarn is doing his New project "The Good, The Bad, and the Queen"

The New Modest Mouse with Ex- Smiths Johnny Marry will released there first single off there new album "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank" and it will be called "Dashboard" how do we know about it i leak on the internet, the album will be out in Early 2007.

Speaking about about leaks on the internet The Arcade Fire lable merge records accidentally upload the wrong song of there new album "Neon Bible" they where going to put up the listen by phone track "Intervention" (which can be here at 1-866-NEONBIBLE, Ext. 7777) but they uploaded the song "Black Wave/Bad Vibrations" from Neon Bible both songs are a on Itunes are a benefit for the nonprofit health care group Partners in Health.

the album is slated in Spring of 07, they have posted five more gig but this time at NYC at the Judson Memorial Church on Feburary 13th - 17th and will go on sale on this Friday.

Odd are it will go in about 4 mintues.

and in the we can not make this stuff up Department Paul Westerberg according to a blog posting from Friend and Writer Jim Walsh injury his left hand whied trying to remove wax from Candle.

The Post say "A week or so again he put a screwdriver through his left hand trying to get some wax out of a candle and cut some nerves and ripped some cartilage and hurt himself pretty bad", "He's in a cast. He's seen a couple of doctors who say he won't be able to play guitar for a year."

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No For your stuff from the Gig Gudie

Sparklehorse will og on tour in support whit there Latest album "Dreamt for Lightyears in the Belly of a Mountain" which came out in the Fall and the tour will hit Detroit yes they will play Saint Andrews Hall on Febuary 22nd.

Also making a pit stop in Detroit will be the one and only Sebadoh, it will Feather there classed lind up of Lou Barlow, Eric Gaffney, and Jason Loewenste, they will played Detroit on March 22nd at the Magic Stick.

now here arew alot of bands who are going on Tour but not Cross detroit By 75,94, or 96.

But useing the Six close city to detroit meter(West Michigan, Chicago,Indy,Cincinnati, Colimbus, Cleveland, and Toronto) here where there playing

Under Byen

03-10 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
03-11 Columbus, OH - Wexner Art Center
03-12 Chicago, IL - Abbey Pub

M.Ward

01-27 Toronto, Ontario - Mod Club
01-29 Chicago, IL - Park West

the Thermals

02-28 Chicago, IL - Subterranean
03-01 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom

TV on the Radio

03-04 Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus
03-06 Cleveland, OH - Agora Theatre & Ballroom
03-08 Indianapolis, IN - Vogue Theater
03-10 Columbia, MO - Blue Note
03-12 Chicago, IL - Metro
03-13 Chicago, IL - Metro