Perfume Genius announces tour dates - 08.02.2012


Perfume Genius has announced another lengthy round of tour dates in support of new album Put Your Back N 2 It. PG, aka Mike Hadreas, will be in North America in October, but first, he's doing a trek around Europe, and will play All Tomorrow's Parties in the UK in December.

Tour:

8/28 Cambridge, England - The Junction (with Grizzly Bear)
8/29 Nottingham, England - Albert Hall (with Grizzly Bear)
8/30 Leeds, England - Brudenell Social Club
8/31 Cardiff, England - The Globe
9/1 North Dorset, England - End of the Road
9/4 Glasgow, Scotland - SWG3
9/5 Birmingham, England - Glee Club
9/6 London, England - Union Chapel
9/7 Vlieland, Netherlands - Into the Great Wide Open Festival
9/8 Groningen, Netherlands - Vera Euser
9/10 Luxembourg, Germany - Luxembourg Rochkal Hussong
9/11 Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne Belgique De Clippelier
9/13 Paris, France - Cafe de la Danse
9/14 Kriens, Switzerland - Sudpol Club Gallery
9/15 Dudingen, Switzerland - Bad Bonn
9/17 Prague, Czech Republic - Meetfactory
9/18 Warsaw, Poland - Hydrozagadka Minta
9/20 Berlin, Germany - Magnet Club
9/21 Hamburg, Germany - Reeperbahn Festival Linnartz
9/22 Frankfurt, Germany - Zoom
9/23 Nuremburg, Germany - K4
10/2 Minneapolis, MN - Bryant Lake Bowl
10/3 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium
10/5 Toronto, Ontario - 918 Bathurst Space
10/6 Montreal, Quebec - Il Motore
10/7 Somerville, MA - Johnny D's
10/8 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
10/9 New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge
10/11 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
10/12 Washington, DC - The Hamilton
10/13 Carrboro, NC - The ArtsCenter
10/15 Nashville, TN - The High Watt
10/17 Fort Worth, TX - Fort Worth Modern Art Museum
10/18 Austin, TX - Central Presbyterian Church
10/20 Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom
10/21 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
10/22 San Diego, CA - Irenic
10/23 Los Angeles, CA - The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood
10/24 San Francisco, CA - Swedish American Hall
10/26 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
12/7-9 Camber Sands, England - All Tomorrow's Parties

Listen: Grizzly Bear - "Yet Again" - 08.02.2012


Grizzly Bear have just unveiled another track from Shields, their upcoming follow-up to Veckatimest, which is out Sept. 18 via Warp. The new track is called "Yet Again," and you can listen to it below.

Lollapalooza 2012: Treble's picks - 08.02.2012


Lollapalooza begins tomorrow, Friday Aug. 3, and there's a good chance if you're reading this, you plan on making the trek to Chicago to watch more live music in one weekend than you've probably seen all year. That's the beauty of the festival experience. But if you're not quite sure where to begin, given the ridiculous amount of artists performing, here's our handy guide for who to see and when.

Friday, Aug. 3
1:30 Yellow Ostrich (Sony Stage)
2:15 The War on Drugs (Google Play Stage)
3:15 Tame Impala (Sony Stage)
4:15 Afghan Whigs (Red Bull Soundstage)
4:45 SBTRKT (Google Play Stage)
6:00 Passion Pit (Bud Light Stage)
7:30 M83 (Sony Stage)
8:00 Black Sabbath (Bud Light Stage)

Saturday, Aug. 4
12:45 Doomtree (Red Bull Soundstage)
1:30 Bear In Heaven (Sony Stage)
2:15 Aloe Blacc (Red Bull Soundstage)
3:30 Chairlift (Google Play Stage)
4:15 Alabama Shakes (Bud Light Stage)
5:00 tUnE-yArDs (Sony Stage)
6:00 The Weeknd (Red Bull Soundstage)
7:15 Twin Shadow (Google Play Stage)
8:45 Frank Ocean (Google Play Stage)

Sunday, Aug. 5
12:00 Bowerbirds (Sony Stage)
1:30 Polica (Sony Stage)
2:30 White Rabbits (Bud Light Stage)
3:00 The Walkmen (Sony Stage)
4:00 Sigur Ros (Red Bull Soundstage)
5:15 Amadou & Mariam (PlayStation Stage)
6:00 At the Drive-In (Red Bull Soundstage)
8:15 Jack White (Red Bull Soundstage)

Kill Rock Stars celebrates Elliott Smith's birthday with rare tracks, reissues - 08.02.2012


Aug. 6 would have been Elliott Smith's 43rd birthday, and in honor of the late singer-songwriter, Kill Rock Stars is releasing some unreleased material from Smith's vault, as well as reissuing his classic album either/or on 180 gram vinyl this month.

On Aug. 6, the compilation An Introduction To... will be available for $4.99 all day, and for the entire month, Smith's full KRS catalog will be available on Bandcamp for $49. If you don't have it yet, we suggest you take advantage of the offer. Listen to an alternate version of "Alameda" below.