As everyone will have noticed by now: I’m quiting the mellow music blogging…

Why?
- No time
- Lost interest

If someone wants to take-over … mail me (see Contact)

If you want to look for mellow albums yourself: use the music-search @ http://www.ickstuff.com/ (Free Filehosts)

Peace out,

S

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• Jimmy Eat World has announced a US tour to support the release of ‘Chase This Light’, set to be released on October 16: You can find the dates on their site!
• Tom Mcrae has announced its fall tour dates:
  

  date city venue
  04.10.07 Harleem Patronaat
  05.10.07 Nijmegen Lux
  07.10.07 Rotterdam Lantaren-Venster
  08.10.07 Ghent Vooruit
  09.10.07 Lille, France Splendid
  10.10.07 Rennes, France Antipode
  11.10.07 Nantes, France Olympic
  13.10.07 Caen, France Big Band Café
  15.10.07 Bordeaux, France Theatre Barbey
  16.10.07 Toulouse, France Bikini
  17.10.07 Marseille, France Cabaret Aleatoire
  19.10.07 Lyon, France Ninkasi
  20.10.07 Metz, France Trinitaries
  21.10.07 Eindhoven Effenaar
  22.10.07 Paris, France Noveau Casino
  24.10.07 Copenhagen Loppen
  25.10.07 Stockholm Debaser
  26.10.07 Oslo Rockefeller
  27.10.07 Tromso Driv
  28.10.07 Stavanger Folken
  30.10.07 Bergen Ole Bull
  04.11.07 Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire
  05.11.07 Aberdeen Moshulu
  06.11.07 Greenock Red
  08.11.07 Dundee Westport
  09.11.07 Glasgow King Tut’s
  10.11.07 Glasgow King Tut’s
  12.11.07 Belfast Limelight
  13.11.07 Dublin Whelans
  14.11.07 Galway Roisin Dubh
  15.11.07 Limerick Dolans
  16.11.07 Cork Savoy

• Damien Rice:
  

  Oct 1 England Newcastle Metroradio Arena gigsandtours.com
  Oct 2 England Birmingham National Indoor Arena gigsandtours.com
  Oct 4 Scotland Glasgow S.E.C.C. gigsandtours.com
  Oct 5 England Nottingham Nottingham Arena gigsandtours.com
  Oct 6 England London Wembley Arena gigsandtours.com
  Oct 8 England Plymouth Plymouth Pavilions SOLD OUT
  Oct 9 England Bournemouth International Centre SOLD OUT
  Oct 11 England Manchester Evening News Arena gigsandtours.com
  Oct 12 Wales Cardiff International Arena gigsandtours.com

• Razorlight (source NME):
  

  Cambridge, MA Middle East (November 7)
  New York, NY The Fillmore (9)
  Toronto, ON Phoenix (11)
  Chicago, IL Metro (13)
  Seattle, WA Neumo’s (15)
  San Francisco, CA Mezzanine (17)
  Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda (19)

• The Shins (source Pitchfork):
  

  10-05 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre *
  10-06 Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl *
  10-07 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre *
  10-09 Mesa, AZ - Mesa Amphitheater *
  10-10 Albuquerque, NM - Popejoy Hall (University of New Mexico)
  10-17 Atlanta, GA - Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center
  10-18 Charleston, SC - The Plex #
  10-19 Raleigh, NC - Progress Energy Center (Raleigh Memorial Auditorium)
  10-20 Norfolk, VA - The NorVa #
  10-22 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion #$
  10-23 New York, NY - Terminal Five #
  10-24 New York, NY - Terminal Five #
  10-27 Las Vegas, NV - Sam Boyd Stadium (Vegoose Festival)
  10-28 Las Vegas, NV - The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel
  11-05 Paris, France - La Cigale
  11-07 London, England - Hammersmith Apollo
  11-08 Manchester, England - Academy
  11-09 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowlands
  11-12 Tokyo, Japan - Club Quattro
  11-13 Tokyo, Japan - Club Quattro
  11-14 Nagoya, Japan - Club Quattro
  11-15 Osaka, Japan - Club Quattro

  * with the Shaky Hands
  # with Vetiver
  $ with Spoon

• Andrew Bird (source Pitchfork):
  

  09-18 Louisville, KY - WL Lyons Brown Theatre
  09-19 Bloomington, IN - Buskirk Chumley Theater
  09-20 Madison, WI - Wisconsin Union Theater
  09-21 Urbana, IL - Pygmalion Music Festival
  09-22 Iowa City, IA - The Englert Theatre
  09-24 Buffalo, NY - Asbury Hall at the Church
  09-25 Toronto, Ontario - The Opera House
  09-26 Montreal, Quebec - La Tulipe
  09-28 South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
  09-29 Baltimore, MD - Sonar
  09-30 Richmond, VA - Toad’s Place
  10-01 State College, PA - State Theatre
  10-02 Pittsburgh, PA - Carnegie Music Hall
  10-06 Kent, OH - The Mac Center
  10-08 Plymouth, WI - Bradley Theatre
  10-09 Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom ^
  10-10 Minneapolis, MN - Northup Auditorium ^
  10-11 Omaha, NE - Orpheum ^
  10-13 Kansas City, MO - Crossroads ^
  10-14 Iowa City, IA - Main Lounge ^
  10-15 Nelsonville, OH - Stuart’s Opera House
  10-16 Columbus, OH - Wezner Center ^
  10-17 Detroit, MI - Fox Theater ^
  10-19 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theater *
  10-20 Kalamazoo, MI - State Theatre *
  11-03 Dublin, Ireland - Tripod $
  11-04 Belfast, Ireland - Speakeasy $
  11-05 Glasgow, Scotland - Oran Mor %
  11-06 Birmingham, England - Glee Club %
  11-08 Manchester, England - Academy 3 %
  11-09 London, England - Koko %
  11-11 Rennes, France - L’Antipode %
  11-12 Paris, France - Olympia (Les Inrocks Festival)
  11-13 Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie %
  11-14 Zurich, Switzerland - Rote Fabrik Clubraum %
  11-16 Belfort, France - La Podriere %
  11-18 Lausanne, France - Le Romandie %
  11-20 Lille, France - Le Splendide %
  11-22 Leuven, Belgium - Stuk
  11-24 Den Haag, Netherlands - Crossing Border Festival
  11-29 Providence, RI - Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
  11-30 New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
  12-07 Los Angeles, CA - The Orpheum Theatre
  12-08 San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
  12-15 Minneapolis, MN - TBA

  ^ with Wilco
  * with Bright Eyes
  $ with Dosh
  % with Loney, Dear

• Athlete (source NME):
  

  New York, NY Highline Ballroom (November
  Chicago, IL Empty Bottle (10)
  Los Angeles, CA Troubadour (14)

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• Raised By Swans is an indie rock band that makes great music! Convince yourself:

  Raised By Swans - Capable of Cruelty
  

  Raised By Swans - Relentless
  

  Raised By Swans - Violet Light
  

• The new album of Jimmy Eat World is already to be found on the dark side of the Internet, but in bad quality. For a decent leak, you all will have to wait a bit longer! To ease the waiting, listen to their first single ‘Big Casino’:
  Jimmy Eat World - Big Casino
  
• I’m not so into remixes, but if you like them, you can find the remix-album of Feist on Debaser!
• The drummer of Placebo, Steve Hewitt, has left the band after 11 years. The split is described as “amicable”

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Tracklist
1. Marching Bands of Manhattan
2. Soul Meets Body
3. Summer Skin
4. Different Names For the Same Thing
5. I Will Follow You Into The Dark
6. Your Heart Is An Empty Room
7. Someday You Will Be Loved
8. Crooked Teeth
9. What Sarah Said
10. Brothers on a Hotel Bed
11. Stable Song

Review
This is one of the albums that you múst have if you love mellow (indie) music! Plans, the fifth full-length release of Death Cab for Cutie, dates back from 2005 already, but I still listen to it every week. Gorgeous lyrics together with little warm melodies result in 11 simple though great songs. With love and death as the two major themes you expect dark songs, but they are surprisingly bright and light. Death Cab for Cutie provides us with perfect emo - without the whiny attention-whorey side -, Indie popsongs that are perfect on a warm autumn evening with an orange yellow sun, or on a nighttrain home after a nice warm holiday. It suits every feeling from pain to hope, from love to happiness. Enjoy!

My favorite song: 2. Soul Meets Body, 5. I Will Follow You Into The Dark

Similar Artists: The Shins, Ben Gibbard, Postal Service, Bright Eyes

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