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Tour Tracker: The Hold Steady & Drive-By Truckers, R.E.M. and Scars on Broadway

The Hold Steady and Drive-By Truckers storm November with a co-headlining tour, R.E.M. return to North America with a trio of shows and System of a Down off-shoot Scars on Broadway announce their first-ever tour. Full dates for all three treks, after the jump. The Hold Steady & Drive-By Truckers October 30 - Louisville, KY Coyotes October 31 - Nashville, TN Ryman Theater November 1 - Atlanta, GA Tabernacle November 2 - Tallahassee, FL The Moon November 3 - Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theater November 5 - State College, PA The State Theatre November 6 - New York, NY Terminal 5 November 7 - New York, NY Terminal 5 November 8 - Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory November 9 - Boston, MA Orpheum Theater November 11 - Toronto, ON Phoenix Theater November 12 - Pittsburgh, PA Carnegie Music Hall November 13 - Bloomington, IN Bluebird November 14 - Chicago, IL Riviera Theater November 15 - Minneapolis, MN First Avenue November 16 - Minneapolis, MN First Avenue November 19 - Boise, ID Big Easy November 20 - Seattle, WA Showbox November 21 - Seattle, WA Showbox November 22 - Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom November 23 - San Francisco, CA The Fillmore November 24 - San Francisco, CA The Fillmore November 25 - Los Angeles, CA Wiltern R.E.M. October 24 - Grand Prairie, TX @ Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie October 26 - New Orleans, LA @ Voodoo Music Experience November 18 - Mexico City, Mexico @ Auditorio Nacional Scars on Broadway October 19 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade October 20 - Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues October 22 - Philadelphia, PA @ TLA October 23 - Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live October 25 - New York, NY @ The Fillmore October 26 - Boston, MA @ Paradise October 28 - Montreal, QC @ Le Medley October 29 - Toronto, ONT @ Phoenix October 31 - Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews November 1 - Chicago, IL @ Metro November 2 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Eagles Club November 4 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue November 5 - Kansas City, MO @ Beaumont November 7 - Denver, CO @ Ogden November 8 - Salt Lak

Published: 2008-08-18
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, On Tour

Serj Tankian: “We Haven’t Decided If the Future Contains System or Not”

Ten months after releasing Elect the Dead, his solo debut, System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian isn’t taking time to look back. After settling into the role of sole songwriter and the name on the marquee (”I guess people have to get used to my funny name”), Tankian is finding he can’t stop. After a set on Ozzfest’s main stage last weekend and staring a slate of impending European festivals in the face, he’s looking to wind down the Elect the Dead cycle and push on not only with another solo record, but a handful of other projects. “I have five hundred recorded songs that are unreleased,” he said. “I’ve been composing for a play with Steven Sater, who did Spring Awakening. I just did a track with Mike Patton for a film called Body of Lies, and there are other films that I’m composing or co-composing.” With that mischievous smile on his face that makes it hard to tell if he’s on the level, Tankian elaborated on his plans for his second album. “I’m structuring the next record kind of like a jazz orchestral,” he said. “I’ve got a full orchestra interested, so I want this giant electric guitar in the air to be played by a full orchestra. I want the orchestra to be the electric guitar. I want to make an orchestra do what it’s never done before, like a GG Allin type orchestra. Think of that.” As far as the future of System of a Down, Tankian isn’t thinking too hard about what is next for his platinum-selling, arena-filling other band. Two of his cohorts — guitarist Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan — released their debut as Scars on Broadway last month (Serj has the record, but hasn’t listened to the whole thing yet), and Tankian says the timing just made sense to take an indefinite breather. “You shouldn’t have to wait until people are not buying your records or your tickets for you to stop, I think that’s ridiculous,” he said. “So I think you should do it when it’s the right time, when it makes sense artistically and personally. It’s a hiatus, we’re all friends

Published: 2008-08-14
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Keywords: Rock News

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Scars on Broadway Show Off “Crazy Energy” at Los Angeles Train Station

On Monday night, singer-guitarist Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan of System of a Down gave fans another vivid glimpse of their new band, Scars on Broadway, at a special show at Los Angeles Union Station, a 1930s-era landmark in the band’s hometown. On the eve of today’s release of their self-titled Interscope debut, Scars on Broadway performed a 40-minute set in the monumental north wing of the train station, as fans moshed on a dancefloor of polished marble and clay. It was only the band’s ninth show ever, following a brief promotional tour of Europe and sets at Coachella, KROQ’s Weenie Roast, a benefit in L.A. with Metallica, and its unannounced April debut at the Whisky a-Go-Go. In the band’s trailer before the show, drummer John Dolmayan said, “We’ve got something special. We’ve got a good live vibe. The energy is crazy. We’re playing with three guys that are very hungry, and we’re very hungry.” The show-closing rocker “They Say” was well-known to the crowd after months of local radio airplay, but the set also introduced several contemplative, angry hard rock songs from the new album. The crowd clapped along to the anxious beat of “Chemicals,” and Malakian opened his arms wide during “Universe,” looking up and singing, “Mother, are we flying through the universe? Are we dying in the universe?” After a driving, dreamy “Enemy,” Malakian’s floppy hat and mirrored shades flew off during the headbanging instrumental “Scars on Broadway,” which is not on the new album and can only be heard live (and maybe on YouTube) as the band riffs through some thundering, Sabbath-like gloom. Malakian’s eyes widened as he wailed the high-tension “Whoring Streets,” and one fan held up an Armenian flag of red, blue and orange. He then began an impromptu take on “China Girl” (the David Bowie/Iggy Pop standard), singing and playing alone on guitar and adjusting the lyrics: “I’ll give you a man who wants to fuck the world!” He was soon joined by guitarist Franky Perez doing his

Published: 2008-07-29
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Coachella Day Two: Mark Ronson, Cold War Kids, Hot Chip, Kate Nash and More

“Things could be much worse,” sang Cold War Kids frontman Nathan Willett as a sizable hometown California crowd assembled in front of the main stage in the height of the Saturday heat, and he meant it. The band finished up “We Used to Vacation” with guitarist Jonnie Russell slapping a cymbal with a yellow maraca, tested out some new material and performed their stellar cover of “Hang Me Up to Dry,” with Willett breaking away from the mike to pound away at his keyboard. Meanwhile at the Gobi tent, Bonde de Role was stirring up a Brazilian dance party, dropping rhymes over the music from Grease’s “Summer Nights” and filling in for any language gaps with “bah bah bah”s and “chi chi cha”s. An hour later and a tent away, Kate Nash and a tight four-piece band wowed a massive crowd that ranged from teenage girls to muscle-bound men. Perched a keyboard decorated with a drape of red fabric, Nash gently tipped out of her chair with excitement, crooning witty tracks like her single “Foundations” in her endearing British accent and ending nearly every song with mini rave-ups that transformed her neat little tunes into something refreshing and wild. An even bigger (and more aggressive) crowd was busy cramming itself into the Sahara tent for British electro outfit Hot Chip. Despite the 100-degree temperatures, singer Alexis Taylor emerged in a shirt, tie and light-colored jacket to the sounds of “Shake a Fist,” as the group gave the song a clubby overhaul, packing the track with loopy keyboards. Crazed fans climbing the sides of the tent gyrated madly as the band delivered nearly an hour of melodic, smart dance music. At the exact same time, just a day after singer Serj Tankian performed a solo Coachella set, his System of a Down bandmates Daron Malakian (singer-guitarist) and John Dolmayan (drums) debuted their new band, Scars on Broadway. Few outside the obsessive SOAD fan co

Published: 2008-04-27
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Keywords: Rock News