Tuesday Linkage

Here are some of the MP3's burning a hole in my inbox...

[MP3] Elvis Perkins | All The Night Without Love
Elvis just played Bonnaroo and is doing a short West Coast tour at the end of the month. Here's his homepage.

[MP3] The National | Fake Empire
The show at the 9:30 Club on Wednesday is now sold out, so come celebrate my birthday at DC9 beforehand and see if you can scam a ticket while you're there.

[MP3] Voxtrot | Kid Gloves
Yes, this is old. But they're out on tour. Go see them.

[MP3] Calla | Bronson
Touring in late July - early August. Check their website for details.

[MP3] Scout Niblett | Dinosaur Egg (live)
Also touring in July. At the Rock n Roll Hotel on July 14th.

Watch the new Polyphonic Spree video for “Running Away.”

The Cribs just announced a US tour for July and August. Watch the censored version of the video for "Men's Needs," or you can watch the uncensored and NSFW version. Not listed in the link to said tourdates, an August 11th show at the Black Cat here in D.C.

Check out the 1990's eCard. I have the album and find it decidedly meh after one listen.

Records I'm digging but can't seem to find the time to write a proper review for:

Mystery Jets / Zootime - Didn't bore me after two listens. Liked the vocals and all the tempo changes.

BRMC/Baby 81 - Love this record although most everyone else seems to hate it. I don't have any of their previous work, so it's not derivative to me. Sounds a lot like the JAMC. If rock radio had any taste, they'd be playing half of these songs. Some serious cross-over appeal here.

Spoon / Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - If you don't like Spoon by now, there's not much I can do for you. I love this record. No killer single like "2 Sides of Monsenior Valentin" but the album as a whole is better. Reminds me of Girls Can Tell (aka the best Spoon record).

Art Brut / It's A Bit Complicated - More of the same but I doubt anyone is complaining. Less singing and more talking from Eddie this time, but the wit and the hits are still there. Nicely sidestepping the sophomore slump.

Editors - An End Has A Start - I LOVE this record. It's like they've been listening to Snow Patrol and said "We can do better than those poncey geezers" and went out and made a bonafide arena rock record. Holy Christ, this record is hugehugehuge. The guitars soar and the choruses are right on their tail. Great stuff.

The Bravery - The Sun and The Moon - A big, flaming pile of meh. As bad as everyone thought the last record was, this is worse. All the hooks and guilty pleasure-ness is nowhere to be found. Between this record and the last effort from The Music, if I was a young band, I would stay the fuck away from Brendan O'Brien.