Bodega Girls remix track by The Static Jacks

Check out a new extended remix of The Static Jacks' single, "Girl Parts" by Bodega Girls. Listen to the track here to see what music blog RCRD Label had to say about the Bodega remix. Also, don't miss the chance to submit your own "Girl Parts" remix in The Static Jack's official remix context held to promote their upcoming album, If You're Young, due out August 30th. The contest is open through July 15th. Check out The Static Jack's Facebook page for contest information.

Mission of Burma to play free outdoor NYC show!

Mission of Burma announces new show as part of the “Free Summer Sunday” Beach Party Music Series in NYC on August 7th. Presented in association with the Seaport Music Festival on Pier 17 and the RiverRocks Series on Pier 54, this six-week concert series, booked for July 10th through August 14th, will include musical acts such as The Ravonettes, Swirlies, and more. Mission of Burma will take the stage at 3pm at the Beekman Beer Garden Beach Club along the East River in lower Manhattan. The concert is free and will take place on Beekman’s 200-ton sandy beach overlooking the Brooklyn Bridge. The show is limited to 1,100 people so get there early when doors open at 11:30 am. 21 and older only. More information here.  

Bodega Girls win Best Live Act at the 2011 Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll Awards!

Yesterday Bodega Girls took home a Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll Award for Best Live Act!  The award was the result of an online poll as voted on by readers of the Boston Phoenix.  Bodega Girls received their BMPA last night at Brighton Music Hall where they also played as the resident house band for the awards ceremony.  They were joined by a myriad of musical heroes including Bill Janovitz of Buffalo Tom, Dom, Amanda Palmer and the one and only, Peter Wolf of J. Geils Band for a series of classic Beantown covers.  Click here for the official award announcement.

MGMT adds two more shows in California

MGMT will be playing in Santa Margarita and Big Sur in August, leading up to their appearance at the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in San Francisco on August 12th! Show Information:

08/07/11 Pozo Saloon, 90 W. Pozo Rd., Santa Margarita, CA

08/10/11 Henry Miller Library, Highway One, Big Sur, CA

Tickets for Santa Margarita & Big Sur go on sale Wednesday (6/15) at 9AM PST and can be purchased for presale here.

The Cribs to be Honored With Commemorative Pavement Plaque in their Hometown of Wakefield, England

The council of The Cribs' home town of Wakefield, West Yorkshire announced that the band would be honoured with a commemorative plaque. The plaque is to be installed in the pavement of the town center, and will be located near the city's cathedral.This award is said to recognize the contribution of a band that the Wakefield Express newspaper dubbed "Wakefield's greatest ambassadors," having galvanized the now-thriving music scene in the area, and their overall contribution to the cultural regeneration of the city, which this week also saw the opening of the new Hepworth Gallery. The award ceremony will take place on June 8th, in the form of a meet and greet with fans at a location yet to be determined, then a photo shoot with the plaque at the Hepworth Gallery.

Faces on Film to Digitally Re-Release "Some Weather" July 19th; Announce Tour w/ Marissa Nadler

Already a favorite amongst Boston critics and fans upon its limited release late last year, Boston-based Faces on Film’s hauntingly beautiful sophomore album, Some Weather, will receive the proper release it deserves when it is re-released digitally by Nice Music Group (Ed Harcourt, Idlewild) on July 19.  The reissue, which will also include several previously unreleased songs, will coincide with a tour with dream-folk songstress Marissa Nadler.  The two-week jaunt, which will kick off in Montreal on July 18, will zig-zag across the east coast and mid-west with shows in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and Chicago, where Faces on Film, the musical alias of multi-instrumentalist Mike Fiore, will be accompanied by a full band to bring his sepia-toned songs to life.  Following the tour, he will play a hometown show with Mirah at Calderwood Courtyard at the Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston on August 17. FACES ON FILM ON TOUR WITH MARISSA NADLER July 18 - Montreal, QC @ Il Motore

July 19 - Toronto, ON @ Supermarket

July 21 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas

July 22 - Minneapolis, MN @ Turf Club

July 23 - Madison, WI @ Frequency

July 25 - Pontiac, MI @ Pike

July 27 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge

July 28 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Chapel

July 29 - Washington, DC @ Red Palace

July 30 - Brooklyn, NY @ Littlefield

August 17 - Boston, MA @ Calderwood Courtyard at the MFA Boston w/ Mirah * *without Marissa Nadler

IVY Set to Release New Album This Fall; First Single, "Distant Lights" Out Jun. 7

IVY will release their long-awaited fifth studio album this fall, title/release date TBA, on Nettwerk Records. The upcoming release -- written, produced and mixed by the band in their own Manhattan studio -- is their first in six years and the follow up to 2005’s critically acclaimed In The Clear. Fans will get a taste of the new album when Ivy releases their first single, “Distant Lights,” on June 7, 2011. A slow-building, hypnotic and danceable track, “Distant Lights” manages to sound simultaneously like classic Ivy and like nothing they've ever quite done before. Singer Dominique Durand says, "This record feels like a new beginning for Ivy. We have never been as excited about one of our records as we are about this one."

Dove's Jimi Goodwin scoring documentary; The Bird Effect

The Bird Effect, a documentary directed by Ceri Levy focuses on the issue of extinct bird species. The film will be shown at the Liverpool School of Art & Design along with memorials to extinct bird species created by artists including Ralph Steadman, Jamie Hewlett, Billy Childish, Charming Baker, Kai & Sunny, Olly & Suzi and Marcus Coates. The show will raise money and awareness for BirdLife International’s Preventing Extinctions Program. Ghost of Gone Birds.