Inflight At Night

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have finally announced their entire Spring touring schedule, LA included…too bad it’s already sold out.

02.23.06 Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s
02.24.06 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
02.25.06 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
02.27.06 Chicago, IL @ Logan Square Auditorium
03.01.06 San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo’s 365 Club
03.02.06 San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo’s 365 Club
03.04.06 West Hollywood, CA @ Troubadour
03.05.06 West Hollywood, CA @ Troubadour
04.03.06 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
04.05.06 Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
04.07.06 Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
04.10.06 Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus
04.11.06 Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
04.12.06 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre
04.14.06 Chicago, IL @ Riviera
04.15.06 Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theatre
04.16.06 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
04.18.06 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium
04.19.06 St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
04.21.06 Denver, CO @ Filmore Auditorium
04.22.06 Salt Lake City, UT @ University Of Utah
04.24.06 Vancouver, BC @ Orpheum Theatre
04.25.06 Seattle, WA @ Paramount Ballroom
04.26.06 Portland, OR @ Roseland Ballroom
04.28.06 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
04.30.06 Indio, CA @ Coachella
05.02.06 New York, NY @ Roseland

02/25/06 Division Day @ La Cave
03/11/06 Goldfrapp @ The Wiltern
03/20/06 Belle & Sebastian @ Amoeba Music

From the mind of Sean Carlson who put together the Fuck Yeah Fest and the LA Scavenger Hunt, has put together a new event, the LA Treasure Hunt, similar to the scavenger hunt, but this time using bicycles instead of cars as the mode of transportation taking place on March 12th. Hoping to raise over $10,000 in material goods for the Union Rescue Mission, the Treasure Hunt will consist of clues similar to the one below and will have tresure hunts racing around the city on their bikes:

Clue #2
Collect 25 cans of food. Cannot have meat or diary.
Bring the canned food to this location.
1053 Laguna Ave.
LA, CA (Echo Park)

Many of the clues will have canned food, children’s clothes & shoes, and toiletries mixed into them and the team to solve the ten clues the fastest will be given the grand prize, which is well over $2,500 in swag from dozens of record labels, clothing lines and gift certificates to different restaurants and stores in Los Angeles (sponsor list to be announced shortly).

The first clue for the Treasure Hunt will be given out at 1:00pm but from noon until 1:00pm there will be a BBQ at the north side of the Echo Park Lake and an after party will be taking place at the Echo with performances from The Joggers, We Are Wolves, plus a few special guest.

Head over to http://thelatreasurehunt.com for more information and instructions on how to sign up for the the Treasure Hunt.

Was going to try and catch Wolfmother at Spaceland on Monday after my meetings were finished, but as I drove by at 8:50 and saw a line down the block, I decided it wasn’t worth the effort and later heard that by 8:30 the venue was full. Couldn’t make it to any of their performances on Tuesday either, but had a bunch of friends who caught them Cinespace and said they were great and that it was packed there as well (of course).

Been seeing some critics calling Wolfmother unoriginal and while it is easy to see how they can come to that conclusion, given they are obivously influenced by Led Zepplin, Black Sabbath, Cream, Blue Cheer, I don’t think it is a fair critique since today there is very little truely “original” music. Wolfmother write great “sounding” songs that ape their influences, what’s wrong with that, it’s not like anyone born in the last two decades ever got a chance to experience any of the above mentioned bands live. Let the stoners and rockers enjoy, we don’t bother all you soaking up the 80’s synth revival.

All We Are Saying is a compelling, personal look at what makes musicians tick. Rosanna Arquette follows up her critically acclaimed documentary directorial debut, Searching for Debra Winger, with a look into the psyches of some of the top musical artists of the day.

Through a series of intimate conversations, over fifty musical legends, hot new artists [”new” as in didn’t start releasing albums until the 90’s - .ed] and music industry insiders reveal what inspires them, their personal struggles of balancing relationships and family while working on the road and the state of the music business in the 21 st Century. Presented as an ongoing, casual conversation, the film offers a unique insight into the artists most candid and personal thoughts.

Featuring: B-Real, Burt Bacharach, André 3000 Benjamin, Mary J. Blige, Boy George, Elvis Costello, David Crosby, Sheryl Crow, Dj Muggs, Dean Deleo, Robert Deleo, Perry Farrell, Flea, Bob Forrest, Peter Gabriel, Amanda Ghost, Alison Goldfrapp, Kim Gordon, Macy Gray, Will Gregory, Merle Haggard, Ben Harper, Debbie Harry, Don Henley, Mark Hudson, Chrissie Hynde, Iggy Pop, Jimmy Iovine, Elton John, Rickie Lee Jones, Maynard James Keenan, Anthony Kiedis, Sean Lennon, Annie Lennox, Los Lonely Boys, Shelby Lynne, Marilyn Manson, Joni Mitchell, Thurston Moore, Graham Nash, Willie Nelson, Stevie Nicks, Yoko Ono, Tom Petty, Chris Robinson, Patti Scialfa, Patti Smith, Gwen Stefani, Sting, Serj Tankian, Steven Tyler, Will.I.Am, Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Thom Yorke

Premiering on Showtime March 8th at 8pm with multiple replays over the rest of the month.

View the trailer on www.allwearesaying.net

The Sounds will be doing a 40 date headlining tour in support of their upcoming release, Dying to Say This to You, that will be out March 21st, one day before the tour kicks off at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles on March 22nd. Tapped for support on the tour are Morningwood and Action Action.

Also, head over to Jax’s Rock Insider blog for another new track from Dying to Say This to You.

03/22/06 The Sounds @ Henry Fonda Theatre