FREE Advance Music Peek :Matt Von Roderick

While I am eager for Matt's return to the East Coast to play, my left coast friends are in for a night of amazing music. Matt is playing the DaKota Music Lounge this Tuesday.

Everyone, east or west, is welcome to the free peek....see the press release below for details.

Enjoy the music everyone, everywhere.




For Immediate Release:

FROM NEWYORK’S CUTTING EDGE TO LOS ANGELES COOL:
MATT VON RODERICK TO SHOWCASE SONGS FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
TUESDAY OCTOBER 6, 8:00PM AT SANTAMONICA’S DAKOTAMUSIC LOUNGE

Jazz singer/trumpeter Matt Von Roderick is rolling out a revolution in his sound at his Los Angeles
showcase performance Tuesday October 6, 8:00pm at Santa Monica’s Dakota Music Lounge (formerly
Temple Bar).

The album is slated for a Spring 2010 release through Jaggo Records, distributed by Universal Music Group.

Currently based in Los Angeles, Matt possesses a rare combination of commercial and progressive
aesthetics, having toured internationally, recorded and/or collaborated with (such )diverse artists.


His work as a performer has been featured on NBC's Saturday Night Live, the nationally
syndicated presidential race coverage on MSNBC, and as both soloist and composer at Lincoln Center and
the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.


Dakota Music Lounge is considered by many to be among the best sounding venues in Los Angeles.


Dakota Music Lounge is located at 1026 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, California 90401. Cover charge
is $5.00 at the door. Doors open at 7:00pm.


Listeners can get an advance-music peak at tracks from Matt Von Roderick’s upcoming album by visiting
www.myspace.com/mattvonroderick -- including the Lou Reed/Beck-influenced “Believe”, the intimate “A
Girl Like That” and the “punk-jazz” rocker, “Cash Money”.
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For additional information, please contact:
Chris Martin
Jaggo Records, LLC
10061 Riverside

Matt Von Roderick /Carina Round

Why are those two artists in the same by-line? For no other reason than my personal anecdote that follows. Although as an aside, they would make a heck of a "cute" couple.
An evening planned to see the fabulous Carina Round afforded me a chance encounter with Matt from Matt Von Rodereick. I did get to hear Carina rock it while Matt was one hour late....hence our chance encounter.
Having introduced himself as a Jazz musician, I am pretty sure my friend had minimalized my ability to engage with him as she said something like "she does not know anything about Jazz". Or did she minimalize my Grandmother's relationship with her Jazz musician friend? Or her ethnicity? Or am I oversensitive and did she not do any of that? To be fair, I really do not know a lot about Jazz and despite Grandma's relationship, my knowledge never grew in the area, so it is an honest assessment. I believe I in turn referred to her political party in a knee jerk reaction but I may be wrong...what came first the chicken or the egg? Who cares...back to the music.
I bring this to light for the sake of a continued "bee in my bonnet". What is the value of pure adherence to a category/label/name? Is anything pure? These really are not questions for debate. They are not a means to an end. They do not need to be addressed at the start of a Yale debate club event which leaves one with points. Either you win or you lose.
These questions rather should leave one with more questions. Keep digging, keep searching, keep growing. Keep your mind open to ideas and especially to music. I've found it to have enriched my life greatly.
All this to say, thank G-d, with labels aside, we chatted about music in general and his music more specifically. After listening to his sample, I must say to anyone out there who hangs on to categories for dear life to guide them through life: You are doing yourself a disservice.
I would have missed out on experiencing this amazing new sound if the Jazz wall was put up. I hesitate to give this music a name. I don't dare do it a disservice. It speaks for itself. Give it a listen, you will be glad you did.
www.myspace.com/mattvonroderick

Aunte Ange

Check it out..................

We have just entered the song Fall from Apathia into the Toyota Rock the Space competition. If you have the time and desire, please visit the link below and spread the word. We need all the help we can get. The winner gets the opportunity for a record deal, so it's definitely an amazing opportunity for us. We truly appreciate any help.

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With Gratitude and Love

-Aunt Ange

Peter Bjorn and John Setlist Webster Hall

As for the setlist below, I can not really vouch for the acuracy or lack there of.
Perchance one of my peeps out there can correct if wrong...............

Setlist:

Just the Past
Starts to Melt
It Beats Me Every Time
Amsterdam
It Don't Move Me
Lay It Down
Living Thing
Young Folks
Let's Call It Off
Objects Of My Affection
Stay This Way
Nothing To Worry About
Up Against the Wall

Encore...it was late, I was sleepy...Did I hear some Joy Division mix????

FREE Conor Oberest Concert

Details Below;


07.04.09

New York, NY The Lawn @ Battery Park US


Admission: FREE. w/ Jenny Lewis

Killers Keep on Killin' Into The Fall

More dates to come but here goes the dates/updates thus far:
April 2009
17 - Las Vegas - The Joint
18 - Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music Festival
19 - San Jose, CA - San Jose Event Center
22 - Seattle, WA - Wamu Theatre at Qwest Field Events Center
23 - Victoria, British Columbia - Save On Foods Memorial Centre
24 - Vancouver, British Columbia - UBC Thunderbird Arena
26 - Calgary, Alberta - Pengrowth Saddledome
27 - Edmonton, Alberta - Rexall Place
30 - Milwaukee, WI - The Eagles Club

May 2009
1 - Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theatre
2 - Bonner Springs, KS - Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone
4 - St. Louis, MO - Fox Theatre
5 - Columbus, OH - Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
6 - Cleveland, OH - Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre at Tower City
8 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center
9 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena

August 2009
8 - Elizabeth, IN - Horseshoe Casino

September 2009
22 - Sacramento, CA - ARCO Arena
25 - Boise, ID - Qwest Arena
28 - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theater

Simon and Garfunkel Tour Announced

Billboard reports:

Simon and Garfunkel Reunites, Confirms Australasian Tour
April 06, 2009 - Global | Touring | Rock and Pop

By Lars Brandle, Brisbane

Simon and Garfunkel have crossed their personal bridge over troubled water and will reunite for a rare concert tour, kicking off in New Zealand and Australia.

Veteran Australian promoter Michael Chugg has confirmed the music industry's worst kept secret with the news that Paul Simon and his long-time running mate Art Garfunkel will return to the stage for a string of Australasian dates mid-year.

However, fans of the hit-making singers and songwriters will have to sit tight on international dates, which so far have yet to be announced.

The enduring duo will first visit New Zealand for a June 13 concert at Auckland's Vector Arena, before traveling west for seven shows in Australia, beginning June 17 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre and concluding July 2 at the Burswood Dome in Perth. It will mark the pair's first Australasian visit since their 1983 Summer Evening Tour.

"It's been 25 years since they've been here and I'd put money on the table this will likely be the last time for us with these two legends together," comments Chugg, executive chairman of Sydney-based Chugg Entertainment. "This is probably a twice in a lifetime chance, but the last time you'll get to take it I'd say."

General tickets go on sale April 17 in Australia via Ticketek, and through Ticketmaster in New Zealand. A special Visa Entertainment pre-sale for all shows began today at 12 noon local time and runs until 5pm this Wednesday.

Speculation on a reunion tour has ramped up since the partnership played a surprise reunion gig Feb. 13 at New York's Beacon Theatre, which was hosting its first event after a seven-month renovation by Madison Square Garden Entertainment.

The pair performed "The Sound of Silence," "The Boxer" and "Old Friends" during the encore, in what was understood to be just their third appearance together since concluding a 2004 U.S. and European reunion run, entitled Old Friends In Concert Tour.