Friday, October 26th, 2001

Benjamin Johnson reports:
Wilco, America's premiere free-agent rock band, has announced a set of tour dates in support (or is that anticipation?) of their upcoming album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. So venture forth. Gauge the impact of the Internet by seeing how many people are singing along with the new songs! Yell out names of Son Volt numbers and see if you can get Jeff Tweedy to flip you off! And, I mean, come on, Missoula, I can't imagine you're gonna get a better show than this for a long, long time. Seriously, folks, they're awfully talented.

11-23 Chicago, IL - Riviera
11-24 Chicago, IL - Riviera
11-27 Missoula, MT - UC Ballroom
11-28 Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre
11-29 Portland, OR - Roseland
12-01 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
12-02 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
12-03 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
12-06 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
12-08 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre

.: Pitchfork Review: Wilco: Summer Teeth
.: Wilco: http://www.wilcoworld.net

George Pletz reports:
On October 29th, Temporary Residence will release Sybarite's second album, Placement Issues. Sybarite is the alias for Xian Hawkins, the multi-instrumentalist who toured and recorded for the revitalized obscuro proto-electronics duo the Silver Apples in the mid-90s. With the continuation of the Silver Apples in question, Hawkins began writing and recording on his own material.

In a niche between downtempo electronica and a modern chamber ensemble, Placement Issues is said to "combine bass, acoustic and electric guitars, organs, pianos, drums, electronics, horns, and synths" into a giddy concoction both sophisticated and catchy. We get light headed just thinking about it. This follow-up to last year's musicforafilm is a compilation of long out of print singles and unreleased tracks. There are no plans at the moment for a tour in this corner of the galaxy. Considering the dearth of information out there on the mysterious Sybarite, you may wish to consult Miss Cleo about Xian's future activities.

.: Temporary Residence: http://www.temporaryresidence.com

Michael A. Cavagnaro reports:
If there's one good thing about them Kinsella boys, it's the way they keep churning out those records. Yep, current Owl, former Jazz Cap'n, and sometime American Football Mike Kinsella has a new solo project called Owen. And he's not sparing us the tour.

Like any drummer-gone-singer/songwriter project, the live performances are sure to include lots of surly looks back to the drum set area, where he could certainly play a whole lot better than that joker does. Then again, with companions Caithlin de Marrais and Kyle Fischer of Rainer Maria coming along to play, maybe that won't be necessary. All songs played on the tour will be culled from both the Owen project and Fischer's forthcoming Open Ground album, on which all three musicians collaborated.

10-27 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwells (w/Kristin Hersh)
10-29 Buffalo, NY - Broadway Joe's (w/Ivory Coast)
10-30 Hamilton, ON - The Raven
10-31 State College, PA - The Red Light
11-01 Philadelphia, PA - TBA (w/Lois Maffeo & Brendan Canty)
11-02 Washington DC - Black Cat upstairs (w/Lois Maffeo & Brendan Canty)
11-03 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
11-04 Richmond, VA - Hole in the Wall
11-05 Carrboro, NC - Go! Studios Rm 4
11-06 Columbia, SC - New Brookland Tavern
11-07 Atlanta, GA - Echo Lounge
11-08 Tallahassee, FL - Club Down Under
11-09 Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds
11-10 Athens, GA - 40 Watt (w/Spoon)

.: Polyvinyl Records: http://www.polyvinylrecords.com

Brandon Dameshek reports:
Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel, the San Francisco-based husband-and-wife duo better known as Mates of State, are continuing their seemingly neverending tour of the United States. I guess they're just not ready for that honeymoon to end. Having finished several shows with fellow Bay Area faves Beulah (who just released the retro-poppy The Coast Is Never Clear), the Mates are now playing along with the Anniversary, Superdrag, and Mars Volta. The newlyweds just finished recording ten new tracks with ex-Pulsar Dave Trumfio in August, and a new album should see the light of day in early 2002.

10-26 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - The Freeze
10-27 St. Petersburg, FL - State Theater
10-28 Tallahassee, FL - The Cow Haus
10-30 Houston, TX - Engine Room
10-31 Dallas, TX - The Door
11-01 Austin, TX - Emo's
11-02 Fayetteville, AR - Clunk Music Hall
11-03 St. Louis, MO - The Galaxy
11-04 Kansas City, MO - El Torreon
11-06 Boulder, CO - Tulagi's
11-08 Tempe, AZ - Nita's Hideaway
11-09 Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
11-10 San Diego, CA - The Epicentre
11-11 Los Angeles, CA - The Troubadour
11-12 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill

.: Pitchfork Review: Mates of State: My Solo Project
.: Mates of State: http://www.matesofstate.com