The Middle East "Jesus Came To My Birthday Party"

If you believe in Jesus you would believe that he is ALWAYS at ALL of your birthday parties right? And also your "shooting heroin parties" I guess.

New Music Tuesday: Washed Out, The Monarchs, Radical Dads,Thomas Dybdahl

You should at least be getting The Middle East's and Washed Out's new albums today. And who doesn't need another copy of Pretty Hate Machine? Nobody, that's who. Now if you are feeling a little frisky, pick up The Last Place from Army Navy... it will do your body soooo good!

Army Navy: The Last Place
Basement Jaxx: Basement Jaxx Vs. Metropole Orkest
Dead Kennedys: Mutiny on the Bay [vinyl]
Dirty Mittens: Heart of Town
Eleanor Friedberger: Last Summer
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals: Grace Potter & The Nocturnals [vinyl]
Grooms: Prom [vinyl]
Hollie Cook: Hollie Cook [vinyl]
Interpol: Try It On Remixes
John Zorn: Enigmata
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Now I Got Worry (reissue) [vinyl]
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Orange (reissue) [vinyl]
Kalup Linzy featuring James Franco: Turn It Up
Luther Russell: The Invisible Audience
Mellowhype: Blackenedwhite
The Middle East: ''I Want That You Are Always Happy''
Monarchs: The Rise and Fall
Nikki Jean: Pennies in a Jar
Nine Inch Nails: Pretty Hate Machine (reissue)
Oax: This Distance
R.E.M.: Life's Rich Pageant (25th Anniversary Edition) (remastered with bonus CD)
Radical Dads: Mega Rama
Sons and Daughters: Mirror Mirror
Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs: Alone in This Together
Thomas Dybdahl: Songs
Toots and The Maytals: Pressure Drop: The Golden Tracks
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: Lost And Found
Ultravox: The New Frontier (reissue)
Washed Out: Within and Without
William Elliott Whitmore: Field Songs
Zomby: Dedication

Photos: Beach House, Bachelorette & The Middle East @ The Clubhouse 4/19/2010

People love Beach House so much that the show could have easily been in a larger venue than The Clubhouse, and I wish it was. I still hate The Clubhouse. Teen Dream is still at the top of my list for album of the year and their performance didn't do anything to change my mind. But... I found it hard to enjoy myself there. Either you smash yourself up in the front in the hot mess of underage kids or you have to stand BEHIND the bar and not see shit. WTF? I know Ami Johnson feels the same as me, but she is pregnant, so I guess I have the same tolerance for shitty situations as pregnant women. What does that say about me? It says awesome things about me!

BTW I DO blame this all on Bjork and her volcano conjuring blood lust. But my old man sensibilities aside Beach House was amazing and I will definitely see them anytime anywhere I can, I just cross my fingers for the Orpheum or Mesa Arts Center, they deserve the best... around, nothing gonna keep them down.

Check out some pictures after the break and some more on our Flickr page HERE.

All photos Shawn Anderson | Electric Shots

Tonight In The Valley: Beach House Bachelorette & The Middle East | Japandroids & Avi Buffalo

Well tonight's "BIG NIGHT" isn't as big as it was going to be but it's still pretty big. As I am sure everybody has already heard Frightened Rabbit is stuck in Europe due to the Icelandic volcano (that I am sure was caused by Bjork's bloodlust for our eyes) and obviously won't be playing at The Clubhouse. SOOOO Stateside moved the Beach House show from The Rhythm Room to The Clubhouse, keeping previous Frightened Rabbit support The Middle East on to open for Beach House. Then since The Rhythm Room was available Japandroids & Avi Buffalo were moved from The Trunk Space. This has had the bonus effect of opening up more tickets to the previously sold out Beach House show and even though the Japandroids weren't yet sold out if last weeks turnout for Deer Tick at The Trunk Space was any indication I bet it would have gotten pretty crowed. So a move to The Rhythm Room will give a lot more people a better view and a slightly better sound situation ;-)

All of this shuffling totally crushes my plan of heading to The Trunk Space to see Avi Buffalo before heading to The Rhythm Room to see Beach House so I will just have to take this out on those goddamn Frightened Rabbits if they even decide to come back. But until then I will see you at The Clubhouse, don't mind the fat bearded dude with the camera shoving his way to the front... That's just me.

Video: The Middle East "Blood"

This is a good little ditty from The Middle East... the band not the region. I can't wait for the ambiguous band name thing to stop.