Due to an unfortunate injury to Justin Townes Earle, that renders him unable to play this weekend, Elvis Perkins in Dearland will be performing at the historical Newport Folk Festival on Sunday, Augus...

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WHAT: Twilight Concert Series
WHEN: July 8 - August 26
WHERE: Salt Lake City, UT
WHO: Modest Mouse, Big Boi, She & Him, the New Pornographers, Beirut, Girl Talk, Dum Dum Girls, Memory Tapes, Avi Buffalo, Twin Sister, the Dodos, Jamie Lidell, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Chromeo

WHAT: Quebec City Summer Festival
WHEN: July 8-18
WHERE: Quebec City, Quebec
WHO: Arcade Fire, Andrew Bird, Passion Pit, Caribou, Konono N°1, Fool's Gold, Think About Life, Besnard Lakes, Holy Fuck, Ethiopiques, Kid Koala, Staff Benda Bilili, Iron Maiden, Poirier, Phantogram, Born Ruffians, Land of Talk, Elvis Perkins in Dearland

WHAT: Gilles Petersen's Worldwide Festival
WHEN: July 8-11
WHERE: Sete, France
WHO: Gil Scott-Heron, Flying Lotus, Gonjasufi, Joy Orbison, the Gaslamp Killer, Floating Points featuring Fatima, Josh Wink

WHAT: Les Ardentes Festival
WHEN: July 8-11
WHERE: Liege, Belgium
WHO: Pavement, Erykah Badu, Broken Social Scene, Julian Casablancas, Crystal Castles, Missy Elliott, Drake, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jamie Lidell, Public Image Ltd., HEALTH, Janelle Monae, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Pantha Du Prince, Here We Go Magic, Matthew Herbert, School of Seven Bells, YACHT

What: Hopscotch
When: September 9-11
Where: Raleigh, NC
Who: Panda Bear, Broken Social Scene, Public Enemy, Fucked Up, No Age, Atlas Sound, Washed Out, Bear in Heaven, Best Coast, Marissa Nadler, Javelin, Active Child, Harvey Milk, Tortoise, and more. (Full disclosure: Pitchfork contributor Grayson Currin serves as curator.)

What: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
When: April 23 - May 2
Where: New Orleans, LA

Who: My Morning Jacket, the Dead Weather, Band of Horses, Pearl Jam, Aretha Franklin, Elvis Costello and the Sugarcanes, Drake, Gil Scott-Heron, George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic, Juvenile & DJ Mannie Fresh, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, and more.

What: Electronica en Abril
When: April 16-18 and April 22-24
Where: Madrid and Barcelona, Spain
Who: High Places, Hudson Mohawke, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Hauschka, Emeralds, Oneohtrix Point Never, and more.

What: WIUX Culture Shock
When: April 17
Where: Bloomington, IN
Who: Best Coast, Light Pollution, and more.

THURSDAY APRIL 1st @ 2 Headed HorseFRIENDS (AND FRIENDS OF FRIENDS) of 2023!As you may know, our friend, artist/2023 mastermind Tommy Mose Abbott broke his leg over a month ago. He has been unable to ...

Elvis is going on tour with Norah Jones on the following dates. He will be playing these shows solo:March 20 Chicago, IL Chicago TheatreMay 06 Mobile, AL Saenger TheatreMay 08 Memphis, TN Orphe...

Elvis Perkins in Dearland are proud to announce two shows at the Bell House in Brooklyn. Details below:
April 23+24$18Dawn Landes supports on April 23rd
THE BELL HOUSE
149 7th Street
Brooklyn NY 1...

Elvis recorded a beautiful version of the Chilean poet Violetta Parra's 'Teneme en tu Corazon' (Keep Me In Your Heart) for the Starbucks Sweetheart 2010 compilation. Also appearing are Jose Gonzalez, ...

In 2005, Starbucks' Hear Music label released Sweetheart, a compilation of indie-leaning artists covering love songs for Valentine's Day. Last year, the label released a sequel. Today, Starbucks dropped yet another Sweetheart album.

This time around, the Shins' James Mercer collaborates with his brother Robert on a version of Bob Dylan's "Spanish Harlem Incident", Spoon take on the Damned's "Love Song", Yo La Tengo try out the Zombies' "You Make Me Feel Good", and Jose Gonzalez contributes his version of Kylie Minogue's "Hand on Your Heart". Elvis Perkins, Grand Archives, Mate of State, the Long Winters, and the Avett Brothers also make appearances. The compilation is for sale on iTunes right now, and we've got the tracklist below.

Sweetheart 2010:

01 Jose Gonzalez: "Hand on Your Heart" (Kylie Minogue cover)
02 Grand Archives: "Cupid" (Sam Cooke cover)
03 James Mercer & Robert Mercer: "Spanish Harlem Incident" (Bob Dylan cover)
04 Spoon: "Love Song" (The Damned cover)
05 Elvis Perkins: "Teneme en Tu Corazon (Keep Me in Your Heart)" (traditional)
06 The Long Winters: "Give Me All Your Lovin'" (ZZ Top cover)
07 Yo La Tengo: "You Make Me Feel Good" (The Zombies cover)
08 Ceu: "Eu Amo Voce (I Love You)" (Tim Maia cover)
09 Diane Birch: "I Go Crazy" (Paul Davis cover)
10 Jason Collett and Zeus: "Every Night"...

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-- Improvised solo piano albums: So hot right now. Former Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle has recorded his own solo piano album, Merry X-Mas 2009, and he's giving it away for free on his website. Sample song title: "Wild Animals Slowly Approaching the Lovely Country Funeral".

-- On December 11, Danny Tamberelli and Mike Maronna, stars of the beloved Nickelodeon show "The Adventures of Pete & Pete", will reunite at the New Haven, Connecticut club Toad's Place. The occasion: A benefit show for former Miracle Legion frontman and tribute album beneficiary Mark Mulcahy, whose wife recently died. (Mulcahy's band Polaris was responsible for the "Pete and Pete" theme song.) Maronna will play with Jounce, Tamberelli's band, and the bill also features Elvis Perkins, Chris Harford, and Fountains of Wayne's Chris Collingwood.

-- It's so hard to find full-time work as a whale these days. Luckily for them, Brooklyn orch-poppers Freelance Whales have signed to Frenchkiss/Mom & Pop Records. Their debut album is due next spring.

-- London psychedelic garage band Wolf People has signed to Jagjaguwar. The label will release Tidings,...

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