9/21/09 – Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, OR
9/22/09 – The Red Room – Vancouver, BC
9/23/09 – The Crocodile – Seattle, WA
9/25/09 – The Arcata Theatre Lounge – Arcata, CA
9/26/09 – The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
9/29/09 – Hollywood Forever Cemetery – Hollywood, CA
10/1/09 – The Bluebird Theatre – Denver, CO
10/4/09 – The Pabst Theatre – Milwaukee, WI
10/5/09 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
10/7/09 – The Mod – Toronto, ON
10/10/09 – The Music Hall Of Williamsburg – Williamsburg, NY
10/12/09 – The Bowery – New York, NY
10/14/09 – Sixth & I – Washington, DC
10/16/09 – The Loft – Atlanta, GA

Comprised of Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval and My Bloody Valentine’s Colm Ó Cíosóig, Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions will visit Sixth & I in DC on October 14th. On September 29th, they will release Through The Devil Softly, their first album since 2001’s Bavarian Fruit Bread.

• Stream: Blanchard (appears on Through The Devil Softly)

9/12/09 – ATP Festival NY 2009 – Monticello, NY
10/1/09 – Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH
10/2/09 – Empty Bottle (Chicago CD Release Party) – Chicago, IL
10/3/09 – Pike Room – Pontiac, MI
10/8/09 – Great Scott – Boston, MA
10/10/09 – Rock and Roll Hotel – Washington, DC

Fluorescent Black, the first new album from Anti-Pop Consortium in seven years, will be released by Big Dada on September 29th. Listen to a five minute mix of tracks from the record below. After a brief U.S. tour in October, Anti-Pop will head to Europe in November and December. Full dates are available on their MySpace.

• Stream: Anti-Pop 5 min mastermix
• MP3: Anti-Pop 5 min mastermix

Photo by J. Yoon.

8/20/09 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection (Front Lounge)
8/21/09 -  Milwaukee, WI – WMSE Radio Summer Camp / Cactus Club
8/22/09 – Madison, WI – University of Wisconsin
8/24/09 -  Chicago, IL – Downtown Sound/Pritzker Pavilion/Millennium Park
8/25/09 – Bloomington, IN – Bear’s Place
8/26/09 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern
8/27/09 – Mount Pleasant, MI – Rubble’s Bar
8/29/09 – Oro-Medonte, ON – Virgin Festival Ontario / Burl’s Creek
9/06/09 – Ithaca, NY – The Positive Jam/Stewart Park
9/22/09 – Columbia, MO – Mojo’s (with The Love Language)
9/23/09 – Urbana, IL – The Canopy Club (Void Room) (with The Love Language)
9/24/09 – Des Moines, IA – Vaudeville Mews (with The Love Language)
9/25/09 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry (with The Love Language)
9/26/09 – Chicago, IL – Schuba’s (with The Love Language)
9/27/09 – Columbus, OH – Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State

Hometowns, the excellent debut from The Rural Alberta Advantage, is out now on Saddle Creek.

• MP3: Don’t Haunt This Place

Image by Joe Fuda.