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photo: Sam Lare

Oppenheimer, a duo from Belfast, cross the big pond to convince the people in the USA that leftfield dance music is alive and well in Northern Ireland. Rocky O'Reilly (guitar, keys, percussion, mac) Shaun Robinson (vocals, drums, keys, guitars) sound like the soundtrack of an underground movie that you can't remember the name of. Their new album is called Take the Whole Midrange and Boost It, which is an adequate description indeed.

• 09/10 Boston, MA, ­ Great Scott
• 09/12 New Haven, CT, Lily Pad @ Toad's Place
• 09/13 State College, PA, ­ Chronic Town
• 09/14 Charlottesville, VA, ­ Gravity Lounge
• 09/15 Richmond, VA ­, Toad's Place (w/ Hot Lava)
• 09/16 Washington, DC, ­ DC9
• 09/17 Philadelphia, PA, ­ Khyber
• 09/18 NYC, NY, ­ Mercury Lounge
• 09/19 Brooklyn, NY, ­ Union Hall
• 09/20 Albany, NY, ­ WEQX LarkFest

MP3: Oppenheimer - Straight Out Of Comp'in'

» oppenheimermusic.co.uk
» myspace.com/oppenheimer

Hector Zazou has left the planet:

French composer Hector Zazou died yesterday (September 8), aged 60.
Zazou, who fell seriously ill earlier this year, was a producer and collaborator who fused classical influences with electronic music.
He worked with the likes of Bjork, Siouxsie Sioux and Japan's David Sylvian during his thirty-two-year career.
His most recently completed album, 'In The House Of Mirrors', is due for release imminently.
A spokesperson from his label Crammed, said: "He will be hugely missed."

And of course he worked with John Cale who did the vocals First Evening on the Sahara Blue album( 1994) and The Long Voyage - a duet with Suzanne Vega on the album Songs From the Cold Seas (1995).

» NME.com | worldmusiccentral.org
» en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Zazou

(Thanks: Dresden Black)

Pennsylvania-based country rock band The Youngers don't sound young at all. No wonder that their named their sophomore album Heritage. They follow the traditional arrangements and sing about love affairs that end up in misery and driving along lonesome roads. They have mastered their instruments creating a warm down home sound, the kind of album you will be listening to on the porch with your friends, watching the sun go down.

The bulk of the material on Heritage was composed by band leader Todd Bartolo, with the exception of The Ride and Our Little Secret by bass player Randy Krater (whose vocals sounds a lot like Brett Sparks of the Handsome Family).

The Youngers:
Todd Bartolo: vocals, guitar, lap steel, mandolin
Randy Krater: vocals, bass
Dax Bryan: guitars
Justin Schaefer: drums, percussion

Heritage is released on Obuck Records.

1. Heartbreaker
2. Heritage
3. Highway 9
4. Truck Driving Man
5. The Ride
6. In the Morning
7. Seat 24
8. Middle of the Night
9. Right All the Wrongs
10. The Wild Ones
11. Our Little Secret
12. Big Ol' Freight Train
13. Downtown

• 09/11 The Purple Fiddle, Thomas, WV
• 09/12 WGWG Radio Station (live on air interview), Boiling Springs, NC
• 09/12 WNCW On Air Performance - listen online, Spindale, NC
• 09/12 The Watershed, Black Mountain, NC
• 09/13 The Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte, NC
• 09/14 WMLB Radio Station - Live On Air Interview/Performance, Atlanta, GA
• 09/15 Eddie’s Attic, Decatur, GA
• 09/16 WDVX Blue Plate Special, Knoxville, TN
• 09/16 The Manhattan Club, Knoxville, TN
• 09/17 Americana Music Conference, Nashville, TN
• 09/19 The Nashville Palace (Gram Parson’s Petition Party), Nashville, TN
• 09/23 Off Broadway, St. Louis, Missouri
• 09/24 WGN TV out of Chicago - Live National TV Appearance, Chicago, Illinois
• 09/24 The Red Line Tap, Chicago, Illinois
• 09/25 The Constant Spring, Goshen, Indiana
• 09/26 Canal Street Tavern, Dayton, OH
• 09/27 Humane Society Benefit - Walk For Paws, Reading, PA
• 09/27 Iota Club and Cafe, Arlington, VA
• 10/10 Sellersville Theater, Sellersville, PA

MP3: The Youngers - Heartbreaker
MP3: The Youngers - Heritage

» theyoungers.com
» myspace.com/theyoungers

photo: Lindsay McWilliams

After taking on Aerosmith's Toys In The Attic for their NYE shows in 2007 Rose Hill Drive has upped the ante by announcing that this years special treat will be Led Zeppelin II.

• 12/30 The Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO
• 12/31 The Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO

MP3: Rose Hill Drive - Trans-Am

» rosehilldrive.com
» myspace.com/rosehilldrive
» archive.org/details/RoseHillDrive

photo: © 2008 Lynn Goldsmith

Pictured above an HCTF exclusive photo of rock guitar master and album producer extraordinaire Todd Rundgren with his new bass player Rachel Haden. The Arena tour includes four shows in the UK in November.

Confirmed dates:

• 10/01 Triple Door, Seattle, Washington
• 10/04 Cohn Charity Music Festival, Glen Ellen, CA
• 10/06 Park West, Chicago, Illinois
• 10/09 Community Theater, Morristown, NJ
• 10/10 The Rex, Pittsburgh, PA
• 10/11 Music Hall, Tarrytown, NY
• 10/13 Bijou Theater, Knoxville, TN
• 10/15 Orange Peel, Asheville, NC
• 11/06 Academy 2, Manchester, UK
• 11/07 Picture House, Edinburgh, UK
• 11/09 Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 11/10 House of Culture, Helsinki, Finland
• 11/12 Traddgaarn, Gothenburg, Sweden
• 11/13 Kulturbolaget, Malmo, Sweden
• 11/15 TROMP International Music Festival and Competition, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
• 11/16 Harmonie, Bonn, Germany
• 11/18 Rolling Stone, Milan, Italy
• 11/20 Trabendo, Paris, France
• 11/22 Norwich, Waterfront, UK
• 11/23 London, Kentish Town Forum, UK
• 12/26 The Blender Theater @ Gramercy, New York. NY
• 12/30 Rams Head On Stage, Annapolis, MD

His new album Arena drops September 29th on Cooking Vinyl (September 30th in the USA on Hi-Fi Recordings). The Arena Tour band will consist of Jesse Gress (guitar), Rachel Haden (bass), Kasim Sulton (guitar, keyboards vocals), Prairie Prince (drums), and Todd Rundgren (guitar and vocals).

» tr-i.com
» myspace.com/toddrundgrenmusic
» Press release

Mike Gordon
2008/09/07
Paradise Rock Club
Boston, MA, USA

1. Another Door
2. Crumblin' Bones
3. Midnight
4. She Said, She Said >
5. River Niger >
6. She Said, She Said
7. Walls Of Time
8. Meat
9. I Got Loaded *

1. Cruel World
2. Radar Blip ** >
3. Voices >
4. No One Receiving ^ >
5. Voices >
6. Traveled Too Far
7. (encore break)
8. On A Bad Day
9. Andelmans' Yard

Show Notes:
* with Neil Cleary on vocals
** with Jenny Hill, Alex Toth and Kal Traver on horns, with audience leading jam
^ Brian Eno original

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