Posts tagged ‘Mystery Jets’
MYSTERY JETS CARE ABOUT THE CHILDREN
Yesterday, I ever-so-subtlety mentioned that Mystery Jets will be returning to Chicago in January as part of the Tomorrow Never Knows music festival. But before we get to enjoy the sights and sounds of Serotonin, the band will play a special gig on November 16th benefiting the Variety Club Children’s Charity, an organization that has been helping sick, disabled and disadvantaged children and young people for more than sixty years.
The show will take place at London’s Blues Kitchen and will feature an acoustic (!!) set from Mystery Jets with support from Rodeo Massacre. The Maccabees’ Orlando Weeks and Hits Don’t Hurt will also be on site spinning some tunes.
SOUNDS LIKE AN AMAZING TIME, RIGHT?! Well, loads of people thought so too and the show is already sold out. But don’t be too sad, it’s sold out FOR A GREAT CAUSE!
In the meantime, you can catch Mystery Jets as they finish up their current tour around the UK:
Nov 3 Academy 2 Dublin – Dublin
Nov 5 HMV Institute – Birmingham
Nov 6 Anson Rooms – Bristol
Nov 7 The Glee Club – Cardiff
Nov 9 Trent Uni – Nottingham
Nov 10 Brighton Concorde – Brighton
Nov 11 The Roundhouse – London
Nov 16 Blues Kitchen – London
TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS 2011: EPIC TIMES AHEAD
Every year, hundreds of bands trek from all over the world to play SXSW and CMJ in hopes of becoming the latest and greatest blog darling. And every year, the person currently typing these words on her bruised and battered sony vaio** complains about the lack of love the Midwest receives in terms of touring bands and festivals*.
But for the last five years, Schubas (and now sister venue Lincoln Hall too!) have presented TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS, a winter music festival showcasing some of the best up-and-coming bands from around the world. This year, one particular blogger hit bank with the lineup. Many have been using the old phrase “happy as a clam” to describe her feelings about TNK 2011.
TNK 2011 will take place Wednesday January 12th through January 16th at Schubas and Lincoln Hall. For the first time ever, the festival has also partnered with the Metro to bring Chicago even more good times! Initial lineup below!
Chicago Reader & Threadless present TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS 2011
JANUARY 12th
Schubas: Special Guest / Generationals / Drink Up Buttercup / Pet Lions
Lincoln Hall: The Helio Sequence / Special Guests
JANUARY 13th
Lincoln Hall: The Besnard Lakes / Special Guest / Lia Ices / A Lull
Schubas: Markéta Irglová / Sam Amidon / Jeremy Messersmith / Special Guest
JANUARY 14th
Lincoln Hall: MYSTERY JETS / Title Tracks / Special Guests
Schubas: Special Guest / Fol Chen / BRAHMS / Special Guest
Metro: Freddie Gibbs / Rita J / Special Guests
JANUARY 15th
Schubas: The Boogers (early show)
Schubas: The Concretes / The Red River / special guest (late show)
Lincoln Hall: Handsome Furs / Special guest
January 16th
Schubas: Human Tim And Robot Tim (early show)
Schubas: S. Carey / Darwin Deez / Young Man / Sea of Bees (late show)
Lincoln Hall: Little Dragon / Alex Winston
FOR SHOW TIMES, AGE RESTRICTIONS and MORE INFO about the bands, the venues or TNK, please visit the official page on SCHUBAS.COM
TO PURCHASE TICKETS (INCLUDING 5-DAY PASSES), CLICK HERE!!!!
January 14th, see you home slices there.
**if people can namedrop their macs, why can’t i namedrop my vaio?
* i guess it’s all very subjective
Mystery Jets overloaaaad!
First things first, visit Mystery Jets’ official Myspace and listen to Serotonin bonus track “Make Up Your Mind”!! It’s fantastic and guaranteed to get stuck in your head. But you have to hurry because it will only be available until MONDAY. You’ve been warned.
Second, watch the M’jets perform “Serotonin” from a recent Serotonin Session they recorded in London. Three more videos from the session will be released soon.
Third, if you’re in a country that Pocket TV does not hate, you can head on over here and watch an interview, performance of “Dreaming of Another World” and a cover of Gorillaz’ “On Melancholy Hill.” If you’re like me and Pocket TV hates your country and you’ve been trying to find a loophole for the last two days but nothing’s come up, then you’re shit out of luck. (If you *have* found a loophole, let a girl know mkay?)
Fourth, Mystery Jets are part of a crazy new ad campaign for Stella Artois. Watch their advert HERE!
Fifth, there’s apparently a world tour in the works that includes dates in America. Whether “America” means Chicago is yet to be determined. Watch this space.
NEW MYSTERY JETS VIDEO!!
If the embedding is being wonky, just head on over to http://www.myspace.com/mysteryjets and hit PLAY!
Kapil is a dance machine, Y/Y?
Mystery Jets session with Steve Lamacq
This week, some of my favorite people in the world stopped by the BBC’s Maida Vale studios to record a session for Steve Lamacq’s 6 Music show. Those people were, of course, Mystery Jets.
The boys had a fun chat with Lamacq about recording their new album Serotonin (released July 5th UK/July 13th US via Rough Trade) and performed stellar versions of ‘Flash a Hungry Smile’ and ‘Dreaming of Another World’.
LISTEN TO THE SESSION ONLINE NOW
(starts around 02:07:00)
The broadcast will be available for free online streaming until Monday May 31st, so go listen before you miss out! And not to worry fellow North American fans, the online player works for us too!
You can expect a video shortly for their upcoming single ‘Dreaming of Another World’. In the meantime, check out some sweet video stills here, listen to the tune online, and pre-order the album because you know it’s going to be AMAZING.
