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PLAYING FAST BUT NOT LOOSE

TAKE a breath, blink an eye, drink a beer, and the Tokyo Police Club show at Webster Hall was over. At least that's what it felt like Wednesday at the Canadian band's whirlwind hour-plus concert, in which the quartet's brief set was filled with...

Publicado: 2009-02-27 Proveedor: New York Post Etiquetas: music news, new music, music charts, new music releases, record labels, latest music, music reviews

Short is sweet for Tokyo Police Club

After a two-year wait, Tokyo Police Club releases its full-length debut.

Publicado: 2008-05-14 Proveedor: Canoe

High hopes for Tokyo Police Club

For a band preparing to release their official album debut, Tokyo Police Club has already achieved a lot.

Publicado: 2008-04-21 Proveedor: Canoe

Weezer Announce Tour With Angels and Airwaves, Tokyo Police Club

After hinting at their tour itinerary in a clever YouTube video, Rivers Cuomo and Co. have revealed their Red Album tour dates. Weezer will be bringing along both Angels and Airwaves and Tokyo Police Club this time around, leaving their Hootenanny tour buddy (and “Pork & Beans” subject) Tay Zonday to mull how he’ll follow up “Chocolate Rain.” The band kicks off their new tour with a September 23th show in Boston then circle the country before ending the tour a month later in Atlanta on October 25th. Full dates after the jump. Weezer September 23 - Boston, MA @ Tsongas Arena September 24 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden September 26 - Atlantic City, NJ @ Borgata Casino September 27 - Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Center September 29 - Detroit, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills September 30 - Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Center October 2 - Chicago, IL @ All State Arena October 3 - St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Arena October 5 - Denver, CO @ Broomfield October 7 - Salt Lake City, UT @ E Center October 9 - Portland OR @ Memorial Coliseum October 10 - Vancouver, BC @ GM Place October 11 - Seattle, WA @ Key Arena October 13 - San Jose, CA @ Events Center October 14 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum October 17 - San Diego, CA @ Cox Arena October 18 - Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona State Fair October 20 - Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center October 21 - Dallas, TX @ Nokia Theater October 23 - Houston, TX @ Reliant Arena October 25 - Atlanta, GA @ Gwinnett Arena

Publicado: 2008-08-05 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, On Tour

News Ticker: Voodoo Festival, Velvet Revolver and Live Nation

Death Cab for Cutie, Panic at the Disco, Lupe Fiasco and more acts have been added to New Orleans’ Voodoo Festival on October 24-26. Wyclef and Tokyo Police Club also join a lineup that includes headliners Nine Inch Nails, R.E.M. and Stone Temple Pilots. Unknown singers lobbying to be Velvet Revolver’s new vocalist are campaigning on YouTube to get heard. While VR’s Matt Sorum admitted the band has listened to submissions mailed to the band, it’s unknown if the group is using YouTube to recruit a Scott Weiland replacement. According to reports, Live Nation chairman Michael Cohl is currently negotiating his exit from the concert giant. As we reported last week, Cohl had been feuding with Live Nation over the company’s direction. Cohl’s departure may have affected a potential Rolling Stones deal (a contract the band has denied), as Cohl has promoted every Stones tour since 1989. [Photo: Getty]

Publicado: 2008-06-20 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Morning News Roundup

Beck, Black Crowes to Headline San Diego’s Street Scene

Beck and the Black Crowes will headline the twenty-fourth annual San Diego Street Scene, to be held on September 19-20. Also among the thirty bands that will rock four stages throughout San Diego’s East Village neighborhood are TV On the Radio, Tegan and Sara, Justice, Spoon and Cat Power. Tickets for the festival are on sale now. Check after the jump for the complete Street Scene lineup. The 2008 San Diego Street Scene Beck The Black Crowes Justice STS9 Michael Franti & Spearhead The National Spoon TV on The Radio Atmosphere Cat Power Hot Chip Tegan and Sara The New Pornographers X Vampire Weekend The Hives Cold War Kids Ghostland Observatory Spiritualized Antibalas Man Man The Mother Hips Tokyo Police Club DeVotchKa The Night Marchers Nortec Collective presents Bostich + Fussible Does it Offend You, Yeah? Del The Funky Homosapien Eagles of Death Metal Foals The Muslims Dengue Fever MGMT Sea Wolf West Indian Girl Chester French [Photo: Getty]

Publicado: 2008-06-17 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Festivals

Breaking Artist: Tokyo Police Club

Over at the Breaking blog, this week’s digital spotlight points at Tokyo Police Club, a Canadian quartet whose melodic two-minute jumps built them a ton of buzz before their debut album dropped. Click below for more on Tokyo Police Club, including an exclusive acoustic performance of their song “Graves.” • Breaking Artist: Tokyo Police Club

Publicado: 2008-05-28 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Breaking

Lil Wayne, Death Cab For Cutie Highlight Full Voodoo Festival Lineup

New Orleans’ Voodoo Festival, set to hit the Big Easy October 24-26, has revealed its full performer line-up. In addition to the headliners R.E.M., Nine Inch Nails and Stone Temple Pilots, Death Cab for Cutie, Panic at the Disco, Erykah Badu and N’Awlins prodigal son Lil Waynein will play in the more mainstream Le Ritual section of the festival. Much like the city itself, the Voodoo Festival is split into three distinct sections. The Le Flambeau area will feature music more in tune with the hometown sounds of New Orleans with sets by Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Dirty Dozen Brass Band and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra. The third section, Le Carnival, will feature a bunch of Big Easy indie bands, burlesque shows and circus acts. It’s like a three-day Mardi Gras over in that Le Carnival section. Hit the jump for the complete list of all the performers playing Voodoo. New Orleans Voodoo Festival 2008 R.E.M. Nine Inch Nails Stone Temple Pilots Lil Wayne Erykah Badu Dashboard Confessional Shudder to Think Death Cab For Cutie DeVotchKa The Gutter Twins Cold War Kids Wyclef Jean Panic At the Disco King Britt Tribute to Sister Gertrude Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings Reverend Horton Heat Lupe Fiasco Joss Stone Man Man Thievery Corporation Ghostland Observatory Manchester Orchestra Old 97’s Joseph Arthur Colour Revolt Tokyo Police Club Innerpartysystem The Vettes Big Blue Marble Sons of Willia Walter Wolfman Washington Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers Marc Broussard Ozomatli Reunited w/ Chali 2na Rebirth Brass Band Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk Blind Boys of Alabama Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Marva Wright New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Cowboy Mouth The Iguanas Bonerama Big Sam’s Funky Nation Deacon John’s Tribute to New Orleans R&B featuring Wardell Quezerque Marva Wright Soul Rebels Dirty Dozen Brass Band Treme Brass Band DJ Soul Sister John Boutte Rockie

Publicado: 2008-07-10 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Festivals

Elephant Shell by Tokyo Police Club

The Canadian indie rock band releases its first full-length album after two well-received EPs. [Rock, Indie]

Publicado: 2008-04-24 Proveedor: Metacritic

Silverchair, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Cold War Kids Rock the Early Shift at Lollapalooza’s Day Two

Before any band even begins playing, Saturday is off to a promising start. Overcast skies and lower temperatures are a welcome relief from the heat, and the hand-sanitizer dispensers have actually been refilled.Boy-girl Brooklyn synth-pop duo Matt & Kim are equally enthused. Neither can believe the size of the stage or the throng of people awaiting them. “Look how my boobs look up there. That is so not to size!” exclaims drummer Kim Schifino upon seeing her body up on the projection screen. Her partner, keyboardist Matt Johnson, is downright giddy. Their pastel tunes belong in a basement, not on a bandshell, though that doesn’t prevent “Grand” and “Yea Yeah” from registering cute-factor points. Later, Matt & Kim pull double duty, subbing for the cancelled CSS. Tokyo Police Club also express shock at attracting a decent crowd. Sonically, the Toronto quartet doesn’t stay in the same place for too long, and its approach borders on train-wreck looseness, yet somehow everything gels. The group punctuates its hectic garage-cum-indie rock with red-throat yelps and spiky bursts of sound. A few fans wave Canadian flags as keyboardist Graham Wright flails about and tambourines fly through the air during a forty-five-minute set that lives up to the hype. Speaking of expectations, 2006 buzz band Tapes ‘n Tapes take the stage next, and despite similarities between the two acts — herky-jerky motions, disjointed new-wave synthesizers, staggered tempos — the Minneapolis foursome is far artier. Maybe the group is distracted by the wafting pot smoke, but they threaten their set’s momentum with an overabundance of pauses and tempo changes. A few stages away, Silverchair is performing in the area for the first time in recent memory. Shirtless and sporting a headband, leader Daniel Johns embraces his inner rock star. The stadium-directed anthems are proudly populist and carried by falsetto vocals. Thanks to the band’s ringing chords, basic structures, showy

Publicado: 2007-08-06 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Festivals, Lollapalooza

Cold War Kids, Roots, Hold Steady, Tokyo Police Club Heat Up Lollapalooza's Day Two

Lollapalooza's second day has a threat of rain, but the crowd was rocked by early sets from Cold War Kids, the Roots and others.

Publicado: 2007-08-04 Proveedor: VH1 Etiquetas: Vacation, Artist, Album, Cold, Kids, Used, VH1, War, to, We, Lollapaloozas, Lollapalooza, Nocturnal, Lineup, Movies, Police, Steady, April, Roots, State, Tokyo, 2007, Club, Heat, Hold, June, News, Rock, A-Z, Day, May, Two, on, TV, Up,

Tokyo Police Club Pay a Visit to Wisteria Lane

In case you were busy watching last night’s TRL finale, you missed a strange collision of cultures over on ABC, as Canadian indie rockers Tokyo Police Club guested on Desperate Housewives. The plot of the episode centered around a “Battle of the Bands” night at a club somewhere close to Wisteria Lane. The TPC boys appeared as a group called Coldsplash but played one of their originals “In a Cave.” Two of the band members even had lines in the episode, but those were apparently edited out of the final version. “”I walked past Eva Longoria at one point but I didn’t say hi,” said keyboardist Graham Wright. “You know how it is, they probably had better things to do than talk to us.” Related Stories: • Breaking: Tokyo Police Club • Tokyo Police Club Rock With Weezer, Angels & Airwaves on Tour • Album Review: Tokyo Police Club: Elephant Shell

Publicado: 2008-11-17 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News