Monsters of Folk + more

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Conor Oberst has announced a series of new solo shows leading up to his headlining slot at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island. The East Coast-centered run of shows happens to include a date in Fairfield, Connecticut… Does anyone know who’s putting this on? I kind of want to see if I can open for it…

In other Oberst news, his recently reunited punk band Desaparecidos has announced some more dates as well, mostly centered around their performance at Omaha’s Maha Festival in August. It’s good to see that he’s not resting on his laurels after finishing Bright Eyes’ The People’s Key tour last year. Check out both sets of dates below.

Conor Oberst 2012 Tour Dates:
05/09 – New York, NY @ Sweet Relief Musician Fund Benefit
06/06 – Ottawa, ON @ Ottawa Bluesfest
07/24 - Bethlehem, PA @ Musikfest Cafe at ArtsQuest Center 
07/25 – Albany, NY @ Swyer Theatre at The Egg
07/26 – Fairfield, CT @ StageOne
07/27 – Newport, RI @ Jane Pickens Theater
07/29 – Newport, RI @ Newport Folk Fest

Desaparecidos Tour Dates:
08/09 - Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar
08/11 - Omaha, NE @ Maha Music Festival
08/25 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox at The Market   
08/26 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
08/29 - San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom

Desaparecidos will play this years Maha festival and by the looks of it (their new Twitter and website) they will likely be doing more than just that.

Conor Oberst and fellow Omaha musician Phil Schaffart have leased space at 5004 Dodge St., where they are planning to open a cocktail lounge.

The space was formerly occupied by Pageturners Used Books. Schaffart said the two are planning to call the space Pageturners Lounge.

Schaffart declined to give many details when reached by phone in Palm Springs, Calif., where he’s on tour with M. Ward.

He said the space would be a bar, not a live music venue. He anticipated it would be several months before the lounge was open for business.

“But I will say Conor and I are opening a bar,” he said.

Oberst could not be reached for comment.

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Schaffart said the two had discussed opening a bar in Omaha for “a long time — years” and had considered several locations. They both like the Dundee neighborhood, which drew them to the old Pageturners location.

“This was the right opportunity,” he said.

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From now on, on all of Olliges/James/Yames’ projects where his hair length reaches between his shoulder and the bottom lobe of his right ear, he will be officially credited as #?^ In a statement, Yames explained that “#?^ feels just right to me—You are where you’re at and I am here. Yim Yames is just so stiff and formal. It lacked whimsy.” The Yim Yames moniker will still be utilized for corporate gigs and when Olliges flies business class. Meanwhile, #?^ plans to tour with members of NIN, GnR and others as part of a new super group the Arena-Size Acronyms.

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A Very She & Him Christmas! 

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She & Him will release a Christmas themed holiday record later this year, Zooey Deschanel broke the news via her Twitter account, later adding that the album is to be called A Very She & Him Christmas.

The singer, songwriter and actress wrote:

“Exciting news! @sheandhim will be releasing our first holiday record later this year! Been working on it a while! I’m super pumped about it!”

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On July 17th My Morning Jacket will play at Somerset House, with support from The Head and The Heart, and you can still get tickets! Just follow the link!

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Bright yes have revealed that they will release their new single ‘Jejune Stars’ on July 4.

Bright Eyes are preparing a limited edition live EP. Available through HMV, ‘Live Recordings’ was compiled on their recent tour and features ‘Firewall’, ‘Shell Games’ and ‘Ladder Song’ (from ‘The People’s Key’), ‘Arc of Time’ (from 2005’s ‘Digital Ash In A Digital Urn’) and ‘Bowl of Oranges’ and ‘Lover I Don’t Have To Love’ (from 2002’s ‘Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground’).

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Time for the final showdown featuring Perpetual Groove’s cover of Live and Let Die squaring off against My Morning Jacket’s performance of It Makes No Difference.

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Zooey Deschanel and Winnie the Pooh!

While not formally billed as She & Him, Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward have teamed up again for a brand new tune: “So Long,” a song written by Zooey Deschanel and performed with M. Ward for the closing credits in this summer’s Winnie the Pooh animated feature film.

In addition to “So Long,” Deschanel performs the movie’s theme song, “A Very Important Thing to Do,” as well as guest vocals on “Everything is Honey” and “Pooh’s Finale” alongside cast member Jim Cummings, Avenue Q’s Robert Lopez, and others.

Winnie the Pooh hits the big screen on July 15!

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