Backseat Sandbar

Tobacco (feat. Aesop Rock)- Dirt

Tobacco Spring Tour:
Fri. Mar. 12 – Toledo, OH @ Mickey Finn’s Pub
Sat. Mar. 13 — Cincinnati, OH @ Northside Tavern
Sun. Mar. 14 – Nashville, TN @ Exit In w/ DJ Kidsmeal, Blastoids
Wed. Mar. 17 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s Annex (IODA’s Opening Day Bash) – SXSW
Fri. Mar. 19 – Austin, TX @ Barbarella (Anticon Showcase) – SXSW
Sat. Mar. 20 – Austin, TX @ Vice (Noise Problem Party) – SXSW
Sat. Mar. 20 – Austin, TX @ Longbranch Inn (The Imposition Party) – SXSW
Wed. Mar. 24 — San Diego, CA @ Casbah w/ The Hood Internet, Nice Nice
Thu. Mar. 25 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo w/ The Hood Internet
Fri. Mar. 26– Costa Mesa, CA @ Detroit Bar w/ The Hood Internet
Sat. Mar. 27 — San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill w/ The Hood Internet
Sun. Mar. 28 — Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall w/ The Hood Internet
Mon. Mar. 29 — Portland, OR @ Holocene w/ The Hood Internet, Small Black
Tue. Mar. 30 — Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey w/ The Hood Internet
Fri. Apr. 2 — Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club w/ High Places, The Hood Internet
Sat. Apr. 3 — Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle w/ The Hood Internet
Sat. Apr. 24 – Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory

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Boomslang ended up being kind of a long weekend.  There was so much going on and so much great music that kept me out until ridiculous hours of the night, that I was downright exhausted on Sunday.  I decided to take it easy for most of the day until the last band at Buster’s which I was expecting (correctly) to be the highlight of the whole festival.  That band is the irrepressible Brazilian band Os Mutantes.

Originally formed in the mid-60s by the Baptista brothers (Arnaldo and Sergio Dias), (more…)

Gig Posters: The Art of Contemporary Music Promotion, a Concert Poster art show at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, opens with this Friday’s Gallery Hop and goes on until May 16th.  The exhibit is free if you go during the first Gallery Hop.

Many of the artists’ works are local or are somehow connected to the Louisville music scene ad have done posters for the community.  One of my personal favorites, Ron Jansin (of MadPixel – above), will be presenting his work and will be available to meet and chat, and will also be screen printing one-of-a-kind posters for the opening night.  Other artists include Alana Twelmeyer, Anna Martine Nilsen, Bangout, Bill Green, Christian Peters, Cricket Press, Brian Turner, Sarah Turner, Dan McCarthy, David Brooks, Gary Houston, Ian Gordon, Jake Early, Jason Munn, Julie Hill, Kraken, Kristen Thiele, Lars Privat, Michael Fluckigeiger, Miles Tsang, Patrick Jones, Remi, Rhys Cooper, Rokitmul Design Studios, Ron Lilberti, Sean Higgins, Stephano Manzi, Steve Mockensturm, The Farm Barn, Tiny Little Horses and some of the gig posters include Calexico, Moonstompers, Caven, Cojones, Skywise, Zippo, Stonebride, Earlimart, Fleet Foxes, Manjongg, Mates of State, Mission of Burma, Rosebuds, Dagobah, Built To Spill, Cat Power, Bonnie Prince Billy, Death Cab for Cutie, Doves, My Morning Jacket, Gillian Welch, Neko Case, Old, Crow Medicine Show, Patty Smith, Ringo Starr, Dashboard Confessional, The Aquabats, The Elected, Cake, Neil Young, The Mother Hips, Beck, Deerhunter, Modest Mouse, Forget Cassettes, Nire, Jimmy Eat World, Esquizitos, Thursday, Arcade Fire, Super chunk, Feist, GirlTalk, GWAR, Kings of Leon, Murder By Death, Radiohead, The Black Keys, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Breeders, British Sea Power, Sterolab, Black Diamond Heavies, Mars Volta, Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Tom Waits, Yonder Mountain String Band, Flaming Lips and Butthole Surfers.

If you’re uncertain just how incredible show posters can be, I strongly advise you to check out GigPosters.com (many of the links above are directly into those artist’s GigPosters portfolio)

My Morning Jacket’s Evil Urges ablum was nominated yesterday for “Best Alternative Music Album.”  Also nominated in the category were the following:

• Modern Guilt
  Beck
  [DGC Records/XL Recordings/Interscope]
• Narrow Stairs
  Death Cab For Cutie
  [Atlantic]
• The Odd Couple
  Gnarls Barkley
  [Downtown/Atlantic]
• In Rainbows
  Radiohead
  [TBD Records] * Also nominated for “Album of the Year”

Past winners include The White Stripes (x3), Radiohead (x2), Gnarls Barkley, Wilco, Tom Waits, U.2., REM, Green Day, Beck, The Beastie Boys and Nirvana.  Not a bad group to be included with.

For a full list of the nominees, go here.

My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges [audio=http://wakeupandsmellthemusic.com/files/8/8/8/7/4/157257-147888/My_Morning_Jacket___Evil_Urges.mp3]