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End Of Week Update: June 6th, 2009

Taylor
  • New shows added this week:

    7/16 – Ken Stringfellow DJs Arola Nights @ Arola Restaurant @ Hotel Arts. Barcelona, SPAIN
    10/28 – Ken Stringfellow @ Club Castro, Skopje, MACEDONIA

  • Ken has joined Twitter – follow his updates @KenStringfellow.
  • Magnet asks artists to name their favorite American power pop songs, and Chris Walla (of Death Cab for Cutie) chose “Solar Sister.” Here’s what he had to say:

    It’s their finest moment, the perfect balance of bombastic, tricky cheapness and vocal creme fraische. I can’t understand half the words, but it doesn’t seem to matter that much. I learned more about singing harmonies with this record in my car than I did in three years of choir.

  • Also in Magnet: ‘Frosting On The Beater’ makes their list of Top 15 American Power-Pop Albums, and they’ve republished a 2002 article on the subject of power pop, with comments from Ken.
  • Press for next weekend’s shows in NY: The New Yorker & Ken is interviewed by the Brooklyn blog 24/Seven.
  • Not Lame and American Songwriter review ‘Smoking Kills’.
  • Lastly – Ken is playing with The Sad Knights in Lauzerte, France tonight, and the show will be streamed online at La Grosse Tambouille, 23h France time.

Upcoming Spanish Shows

Taylor

APRIL 19, 2009
Jon @ Sala La Lata de Bombillas, Zaragoza, Spain. Opening band: Muy Fellini.

APRIL 22, 2009
Jon @ Sala La Botie, Madrid, Spain. With Cheap Star.

APRIL 23, 2009
Jon @ Sala Due, Don Benito (Badajoz), Spain. With Cheap Star.

APRIL 24, 2009
THE DiSCiPLiNES @ Joy Eslava, Madrid, Spain.

APRIL 25, 2009
Jon @ Sala Tropicana, Santoña, Spain. With Cheap Star.

APRIL 25, 2009
THE DiSCiPLiNES @ Wah Wah Club, Valencia, Spain.

APRIL 28, 2009
Big Star @ Teatro Cervantes, Malaga, Spain. Tickets and more info availble here.

APRIL 29, 2009
Jon & Ken acoustic duo show @ Planta Baja, Granada, Spain.

APRIL 30, 2009
Jon & Ken acoustic duo show @ El Greco, Jerez, Spain.

MAY 1, 2009
Jon & Ken acoustic duo show @ Sala Porta Caeli, Valladolid, Spain. Opening band: Muy Fellini.

MAY 2, 2009
Jon & Ken acoustic duo show @ Sala Azkena, Bilbao, Spain. Opening band: Muy Fellini.

MAY 3, 2009
Jon & Ken acoustic duo show @ Birabay Jazz Club, Logroño, Spain. Opening band: Muy Fellini.

Posies Spanish Tour Kicks Off This Week, + Disciplines Shows

Taylor

The Posies will be touring Spain beginning this week playing ‘Frosting on the Beater’ in its entirety. Dates are as followed:

10/2: Posies @ Greenspace, Valencia SPAIN
10/3: Posies @ Oasis, Zaragoza SPAIN (w/Backyard Babies)
10/4: Posies @ Mondo Club, Vigo SPAIN
10/5: Posies @ Sala Breton, El Astillero SPAIN
10/6: Posies @ La [2], Barcelona SPAIN
10/7: Posies @ Sala Heineken, Madrid SPAIN
10/8: Posies @ Aulario La Bomba, Cadiz SPAIN
10/9: Posies @ Teatre Lloseta, Lloseta de Mallorca SPAIN
10/10: Posies @ Donostikluba, San Sebastian SPAIN
10/11: Posies @ Bilborock, Bilbao SPAIN

Here is a list of dates the Disciplines will be playing in Norway this fall, as well as a solo Ken show in October.

10/17/18: KS @ Lemon N Lime Pub, Marsascala Bay, MALTA

11/7: The Disciplines @ Meiereit, Sogndal, NORWAY
11/8: The Disciplines @ Folken, Stavanger NORWAY
11/13: The Disciplines @ Driv, Tromsø NORWAY
11/14: The Disciplines @ Studentkroa, Harstad NORWAY
11/15: The Disciplines @ Bingo’N, Lillehammer NORWAY
11/21: The Disciplines @ Garage, Bergen NORWAY
11/22: The Disciplines @ Parkteatret, Oslo NORWAY
11/28: The Disciplines @ Blaest, Trondheim NORWAY
11/29: The Disciplines @ Union Scene, Drammen NORWAY

Posies Touring Spain, Playing ‘Frosting on the Beater’

Taylor

To further celebrate 20 years of the Posies, and 15 years since the release of Frosting on the Beater, and 10 years of the label Houston Party Records (who released Success, Alive Before the Iceberg and Nice Cheekbones and a PhD in Spain) The full band lineup of the Posies will tour Spain next month, playing the Frosting on the Beater in its entirety… plus the usual Posies classics.

October 3rd – Zaragoza – Casa del Loco
October 4th – Santiago de Compostela – Sala Capitol
October 5th – Santander – Conservatorio Jesús de Monasterio
October 6th – Barcelona – La [2]
October 7th – Madrid – Sala Heineken
October 8th – Cádiz – Aulario La Bomba
October 9th – Mallorca – Teatre Lloseta
October 10th – San Sebastian – Donostikluba
October 11th – Bilbao – Bilborock

Posies Touring Spain in October

Taylor

The Posies will be touring Spain in October – these are the only full band shows they will be doing this year.

Oct. 25 The Posies @ Sidecar, Barcelona SPAIN
Oct. 26 The Posies @ Tropicana, Santoña SPAIN
Oct. 27 The Posies @ In Somni Festival, Tarragona SPAIN
Oct. 28 The Posies @ Plaza Central, Girona SPAIN {FREE}
Oct. 30 The Posies @ Gruta 77, Madrid SPAIN
Oct. 31 The Posies @ Kafe Antzokia, Bilbao SPAIN

Two new Disciplines shows have been added as well:

August 17 The Disciplines @ Sixty Clothing Party, Oslo NORWAY *Oslo
Fashion Week Party*
Dec. 7 The Disciplines @ ‘Fucking Pop, Ey!?’ @ Bang Bang Club, Berlin GERMANY

Tour Update

Taylor

The Posies will play the Festival Rock Alaquas in Alaquas, Spain on Sept. 2nd, and the Ebrovision Festival, in Miranda del Ebro, Spain, on Sept. 23. On the tour page, you can find a new Big Star festival date in Spain for September, and a show Ken is playing as part of The Disciplines (featuring Bjorn, Baard, and Claus of Briskeby) in Norway at the end of December.

Also, Ken is now on Myspace – click here to check out his page and add him to your friends.

Posies to play Benicassim Festival

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From Billboard.com:

A host of top rock and electronic acts will descend on Spain’s Benicassim Festival this summer. The event will be held Aug. 4-7 and feature performances by Oasis, Keane, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, the reunited Dinosaur Jr., Doves, Polyphonic Spree, the Raveonettes, Athlete, Kaiser Chiefs and Kasabian.

Also on the Benicassim bill are Kings Of Convenience (group member Erlend Oye will perform an additional solo set), the Posies, the Tears, Mylo, the Glimmers, Jeans Team, Lori Meyers and Matthew Herbert.