Lust, Cubed

Vice will be distributing The Raveonettes long-awaited album Lust Lust Lust on Feb. 19th in North America. Early press has suggested a bit of deviation from the aesthetic found on Pretty in Black, saying that the instrumentation strays farther from 50's and 60's rock and roll into more fuzzed out 80's territory. This progression has been greatly exaggerated, however, and though songs like "You Want the Candy" are certainly louder than what the band's put out, tracks like "Dead Sound" or more common and sound similar to what we're used to from the band. Check the tour in a town near you or take the family on a road trip to Hoboken, New Jersey, what the heck!

January
19 New York, NY @ Terminal 5 (with Blonde Redhead)
February
29 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
March
1 Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse
2 Costa Mesa, CA @ Detroit Bar
4 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theater
5 San Francisco, CA @ The Independant
7 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
8 Vancouver, BC @ The Plaza Niteclub
9 Seattle, WA @ Neumos
12 Austin, TX @ SXSW
13 Austin, TX @ SXSW
14 Austin, TX @ SXSW
15 Austin, TX @ SXSW
16 Austin, TX @ SXSW
17 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
18 Chicago, IL @ Double Door
19 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
21 Toronto, ON @ Opera House
22 Montreal, QC @ Les Saint
23 Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwells
24 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
27 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brendas
28 Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar
29 Washington, DC @ Black Cat

The Raveonettes - Dead Sound
The Raveonettes - You Want the Candy

- B.A.

A Date with the Night - and the YYY's

So the Yeah Yeah Yeahs came to Toronto last week, performing at an exclusive party put on by Vice Magazine and CKIN2U. 3000+ people requested guest list spots. Only a fraction of these people actually fit into Berkeley Church, with the solid majority going home YYY-less after waiting in the mile-long line for hours.

I, on the other hand, had more than my fair share of "Karen, Nick, and Brian" time. I got to be their temporary friend all day long.

Through partial luck, but mostly just a good friend with good contacts, I was hired for the day to be the band's hospitality dude - making sure they are well-fed, on time, and drunk. And though it was a tough job, I feel I executed aptly. By midway through the day, they even knew my name.

In between running across the city for whole white young uncut coconuts, driving the band wherever desired, and facilitating rock icon sing-a-longs to the Stones' Sticky Fingers, I somehow managed to catch one of the most raucous and sweaty live performances in the history of the world.

The very second the enigmatic Karen O stepped on stage, the electricity in the old church was unlike anything truly describable. I'd seen the band at V-Fest in Baltimore back in August, where they totally stole the show on Day 2, but this was just... different. The most energetic, honest, and riotous performance I can manage to remember.

And then I got drunk with Karen and the rest of the team. And ate their pizza.

I could probably go on forever about how unbelievable these folks are as musicians as well as people. But instead, check below for some youtube-age from the show, which doesn't come close to doing justice to the show. For those who weren't there - you can at least take solace in the fact that your brain didn't simultaneously explode with the rest of us during Honeybear.

Also - Chromewaves took some rad photos.







Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Kiss Kiss
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Bang
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control (Faint Remix)

- bbbykmbrly.