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Mae has posted a new song titled "Boomerang" on their website. Proceeds from the song will go towards Habitat for Humanity.

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I read on AngryApe.com that Dove has announced 17 concert dates for the spring. Unfortunately, for people here in the US all the shows are being offered in the UK and Ireland. But hey, if you can find a cheap vacation spot maybe you can include Dove on your itinerary.

April Tour Dates:

Cambridge Corn Exchange (15)
Brighton Dome(16)
Birmingham O2 Academy (17)
Belfast Ulster Hall (19)
Dublin Olympia (20)
Glasgow Barrowland (22)
Edinburgh Picture House (23)
Leeds O2 Academy (24)
Manchester O2 Academy (26)
Newcastle Academy (27)
Sheffield Academy (28)
Reading Hexagon (30)

May Tour Dates:

London Brixton Academy (1)
Southampton Guildhall (4)
Nottingham Rock City (5)
Norwich UEA (6)
Bristol O2 Academy (7)

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And word on the street is that the upcoming Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs album is going to be a smash! Except for the album's first single cover art which makes me feel gross to look at it. You can read all about the New York trio's adventures on a Texas pecan orchard where they recorded most of the April 14th disc in the current issue of Rolling Stone.

This is their third studio album and it will have ten new songs. It was produced by Nick Launay and Dave Sitek and will be released on April 13. The first single from It's Blitz!, is called "Zero." The single will be available in shops on April 6 and on iTunes on February 24.

The album was apparently inspired by Joy Division as well as Italo Disco great Giorgio Moroder's work with Donna Summer.

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I'd also like to quickly introduce Fanfarlo. For some of you it might not be an introduction, the band formed in 2006. There were six members, but as of this year there are only five, and they are already quite popular in Europe, specifically their home base of London.

On February 14, 2009, they released their debut full-length album, Reservoir. Prior to Reservoir, Fanfarlo released four singles on four different labels. Two of the most recent, "Harold T. Wilkins" and "Fire Escape", appear on Reservoir.

Listen:
Fanfarlo - "Ghosts" (mp3)

Enjoy!

Labels: dove, fanfarlo, Mae, yeah yeah yeahs

This track is so great, I personally think it's physically impossible to stay still while this song is playing. I have to bob my head or do a little chair dancing while I'm listening. (No nothing naughty!)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "All I Want For Christmas" (mp3)

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have a new album coming out which we are told will release in early 2009 and will be completely different than what we have heard from them before. So that's something exciting to look forward to for the new year.

Also on an unrelated note I just want to remind you about the 19th Annual Tibet House Benefit concert at Carnegie Hall on February 3rd, 2009. It's going to be awesome and if you don't believe me just check out the artist list below.

The full artist list:
Andrew Bird
Antony + Bryce Dessner
Arcade Fire
Beach House
Beirut
Blonde Redhead + Devastations
Bon Iver
Bon Iver & Aaron Dessner
The Books featuring Jose Gonzalez
Buck 65 Remix (featuring Sufjan Stevens and Serengeti)
Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues
The Decemberists
Dirty Projectors + David Byrne
Kevin Drew
Feist + Ben Gibbard
Grizzly Bear
Grizzly Bear + Feist
Iron & Wine
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Kronos Quartet
Stuart Murdoch
My Brightest Diamond
My Morning Jacket
The National
The New Pornographers
Conor Oberst & Gillian Welch
Riceboy Sleeps
Dave Sitek (TV On The Radio)
Spoon
Sufjan Stevens
Yeasayer
Yo La Tengo

Labels: tibet house benefit, yeah yeah yeahs