The Walkmen give NME tour update
The Walkmen bassist has talked to NME.COM about their recent weeks on the road with Kaiser Chiefs on the NME Presents tour of North America.
Speaking by phone from a car "somewhere in the middle of rural Washington State", Bauer admitted that although the band have been thoroughly enjoying touring with the massive British exports, they've not had a chance to hang out.
"I haven't met them yet" he revealed. "I've met one of them, the fellow named Peanut. We've been going home (after the show). We're in a little van. We get ourselves hotel rooms. We don't like buses."
And driving themselves has afforded the band the opportunity to sightsee.
"It's been a hell of a drive" said Bauer "We've been driving non stop for 40 hours. It's been great. We stopped at the Grand Coulee Dam yesterday."
And when the tour wraps up this weekend, Bauer says his band will resume work on the follow-up to 2006's 'A Hundred Miles Off'.
"We're going to record our record all summer. We're around half way done, and we're hopefully going to finish it over the summer. We have an idea of putting it out in the fall. But it could come out anytime from fall to winter."
And he says the band are very happy with how it's sounding so far:
"It's sounding really, really great. Fantastic. We've actually recorded half of it. We've been doing it in Hoboken, New Jersey with an engineer called John Agnello. One of the songs is called 'I Lost You'. That's the one the band is most extremely excited about." |
Thom Yorke, Maximo Park guest on Modeselektor album
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke and Maximo Park make guest appearances on Modeselektor's forthcoming album, 'Happy Birthday!'.
The German electronica duo's follow-up to 2005's 'Hello Mum' is due out on September 11 in the US. It includes 17 tracks as well as a CD-only bonus track, 'I Can't Sleep (Without Music)', featuring Maximo Park.
Yorke provides guest vocals on the album's penultimate track, 'The White Flash'.
The album title was inspired by the fact that both Modeskeletor men, Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary, are about to become fathers. |
Ryan Adams announces US autumn tour
Ryan Adams has announced the details of an extensive North American this autumn.
The singer-songwriter is supporting his new album, 'Easy Tiger', and will be joined by his band The Cardinals.
The autumn tour comes on the heels of a successful US jaunt this summer that sold out several venues.
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals will hit the road Stateside once again after a two-week stint in New Zealand and Australia.
The North American tour dates are:
Charlottesville, VA Charlottesville Pavilion (September 13)
Northampton, MA Calvin Theater (16)
Portland, ME Merrill Auditorium (17)
Montreal, QC St. Denis Theatre (19)
Toronto, ONT Massey Hall (21)
Ann Arbor, MI Michigan Theater (22)
Kalamazoo, MI Kalamazoo State Theatre (24)
Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Riverside Theater (25)
Minneapolis, MN State Theater (27)
Madison, WI Barrymore Theatre (28)
Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre (29)
Iowa City, IA Iowa Memorial Union (October 1)
Kansas City, MO Uptown Theatre (2)
Urbana, IL Foelinger Auditorium (4)
St. Louis, MO The Pageant (5)
North Charleston, SC Charleston Performing Arts Center (13)
Birmingham, AL Alabama Theatre (15)
Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theatre (18)
Dallas, TX McFarlin Memorial Auditorium (19)
Lakewood, OH Lakewood Civic Auditorium (27)
Pittsburgh, PA Carnegie Music Hall of Oakland (29)
Washington, DC D.A.R. Constitution Hall (30)
New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom (31) |