Baltimore band Yukon will headline the show, and is described as progressive rock as well as math rock, and often compared to Genesis, Drive Like Jehu, and Don Caballero.

Fire Don’t Care is a two piece rock outfit from Fayetteville. Just guitar, drums and vocals, these dudes will rock your nuts off.

The Kicker Knot is primarily Fayettevillian Brian Wolfe, formerly of psyche-folk band Wooly Mammoth, with a revolving set of players including his brother and fellow WM collaborator Paul Wolfe. This show will be the release party of his new album “Ghost Mouth of the Clouds”.

Finally, Sister/Brother is a loud synth and drums girl duo from Fayetteville, featuring members of pop group Tippy Canoe and the creative organizer of the New Deli venue.

The music will start at 7:00 on the patio. If you’ve never checked out the patio at ROTC, then you’re in for a treat. It’s pretty awesome out there. We’re just excited that there is a new place off Dickson St. that is having shows. Check it out.

Borrowing from the writing style of Glamor Magazine, I say that Fleet Foxes are a total do!

Stop by their MySpace page to sample the awesomeness.

Do hwa? Did I just write the words “Three 6 Mafia” and “Fayetteville Town Center” in the same sentence?

Um. Well. Let’s see here. Actually, I have no idea what to write next.

Here, I’ll just brainstorm for a minute: Triple Six (666). Tim’s Pizza on the square. Town Center has a stage? Old Post Office. Memphis. Koopsta. Crunchy Black. Academy Award. Hustle & Flow. Smoked Out, Loced Out. Stogie’s.

Uh. Yeah, that’s not helping at all. Howzabout I just let you guys do the talkin’.

For more information including an incredibly bizarre choice of opening acts, head over to Hutch Entertainment”.

[Via Tuned In]

Unlike the folks over at Tuned In, we had not heard any buzz about The Toadies coming to Fayetteville. Nevertheless, it appears as though they’ll be rocking Rubberneck-style at George’s on Wednesday October 8. At least that’s what JamBase is saying. The show is currently not listed on The Toadies’ official website, but that’s probably because the listings don’t seem to extend into October yet.

In case any of ya’ll missed the 1990s, The Toadies had a particular song on the radio about 2 or 3 times an hour throughout most of the decade. In fact, I’m pretty sure I could remind you which song it is with just a couple of lines: “Do you wanna dieeeeee?” or better yet “So help me Jeeeeeesus.” Still confused? Fine. There’s a video below.

Personally, I missed out on any of the band’s other tunes…probably because it was seven years before their next album was released. It looks like the remaining members are back at it and plan to release a third album in August. Cool.

[Via Tuned In

Club Froggy’s (formerly The Gypsy) is featuring Little Rock’s Damn Bullets as well as a couple of local hit makers in Memphis Pencils and The Good Fear.

Let us know what you think of the new club and whether or not it’s gonna successfully take the place of The Gypsy.

Damn Bullets - “Done You Wrong”

In the right corner, from Fayetteville, we have 80’s-influenced pop rockers Molten Lava! And in the left corner, from Searcy, we have vintage rockers Molten Lava!

In what can only be described as an intense, high-speed, MySpace blog, stone-word-tossing battle royale of the early summer, two Arkansas bands are having it out. As tough as each is sounding via their MySpace blogs, though, it appears as if the original, 1998-formed Molten Lava from Searcy has recently upped the anti and possibly sealed its victory.

It all started with a seemingly harmless name-change request but after the 2006-formed upstarters declared themselves “the band people actually go to see”, it quickly became an all-out cage match.

The original Molten Lava fired back by officially referring to their rivals as “Bogus Molten Lava” which prompted “Bogus Molten Lava” to call for a boycott of the original Molten Lava’s October show dates and their album which they referred to as “How to Take my Band Way Too Undeservingly Seriously.”

In a lightening-fast turn of events, however, the gloves were officially removed with the late-June trademark filing for the name “Molten Lava” by the more-experienced Searcy rockers. As a direct result of what seems to have been the final blow, the newcomers from Fayetteville have issued a press release entitled “Arkansas Band Changing Name after Trademark Dispute” and have already decided upon “Boom Kinetic” as their new musical moniker.

“Are we taking ourselves too seriously?” asked the original Molten Lava. “Absolutely. But don’t blame us - blame our robot drummer.”

[Via Rock Candy]

I was thinking about music and music covers after reading The Squidge’s article. What makes a good cover versus a bad cover? Does the song need to be “good” to start with? Can you really improve upon a classic? What if you love the song but hate the artist? I enjoy a good cover and can go into convulsive fits over bad ones.

In my opinion you need a few things to make a truly great cover.

1) Start with some pretty sweet source material.
2) Make it your own. Truly own your version of the song.
3) Don’t wimp out with a remix and call it a cover.

A list of sweet covers that follows the rules:

Turn the Page - Metallica This is big for me because I don’t like those angry Napster-hating dudes and I love Bob Seger. Metallica took a song that was pretty much woe is me and turned it into an angry anthem about life on the road. And the video was crazy ridiculous.
Goldigger - Kanye West and Jaime Foxx Do you still find this song catchy as hell? Do you love Ray Charles anyway? Yes and yes. Hell,even the edited version is sweet. A rare feat in hip-hop.
All is Full of Love - Death Cab for Cutie Mopey poppy rockers decide to take on ultra weirdo and ultra badass Bjork? Wow. This is so odd it works.
Just Like Heaven - Dinosaur Jr. I love the Cure and hate this song. However when J.Mascis and company cover this song I suddenly think it’s top notch. Maybe it’s his scratchy voice. Maybe it’s the decidely Un-Cureness of Jr’s version. I don’t know but I like it.
Stairway to Heaven - Dolly Parton This is one of the songs that shouldn’t be covered. It’s a joke. It’s too long. We all like it, but god how many times have we heard it? And Dolly Parton? Really? Really. This is the sweeping finale on Parton’s perfect bluegrass album Halos and Horns. She even got Plant and Page approval.

What makes a bad cover?
1) Not following rules 1 - 3.
2) Unnecessary or gratuitous (read you need a hit or are promoting something)

Now for the bad. The truly bad.

It’s My Life - No Doubt Why was this song covered? Was this for a movie for Gwen’s career? The Talk Talk version is really good. This is so far removed from No Doubt and Ms.Stefani that I cannot understand why it was done. Maybe they are big Talk Talk fans.
I love Rock ‘n Roll - Britney Spears Why is this awful? Besides the obvious, there is also this. No further explanantion required.
Take My Breath Away/These Boots Are Made For Walking - Jessica Simpson A double offender. Breath is cheesy at best, the worst hit for a good band. And why the Boots for Dukes of Hazard? I don’t care for your breathy singing anyway.
Imagine - A Perfect Circle - An explicit version of a song about peace, brotherhood and hope. Ummmmmm ok. FAIL.
Burning Down the House - Tom Jones and The Cardigans This pains me in many ways. I am a big fan of The Cardigans and I enjoy some Tom Jones. But this is awful. Unnecessary, silly and just plain bad. What a weird match while we’re at it. How did these two get together?
911 Is a Joke - Duran Duran No comment needed here.

And honorable mention goes to:
ANY SONG DONE IN EUROTRASH STYLE WITH SYNTH BEATS I work at the mall and walk by Abercrombie & Fitch several times a day. Pick a song, any song. It has been covered and synthed up to a pulsing beat and played ad nauseam and so loudly you can hear it at the Cookie Company.

Flyers, care to add to best or worst?

Stacy Liles & Cody Russell from Charliehorse, Brock Mitchell from Holy Ghost Children, Dustin Bartholomew from The Good Fear, Joe Katzbeck of the Boston Mountain Playboys, Matt Kesner from Wade’s former band the Delta Spacemen all contributed their talents to the record.

Doors open at 8:00 tonight, and Paul Boatright, formerly of Punkinhead, The Good Fear, and the Majesty will open the show. Admission is $5.

Gregory Smith of Fort Smith, who currently operates a farming business on the proposed property has a vision for a “rustic setting” amphitheater not unlike Denver’s Red Rocks or LA’s Hollywood Bowl. If built, the Osage Creek Performing Arts Pavilion will have 7,500 fixed seats and a grassy area for more than 8,000 people.

“This is for the biggest bands and the biggest stuff - Jimmy Buffett, the Rolling Stones,” Smith said. “It’s going to be wonderful.”

Here’s hoping this $12-$14 million “rustic setting” amphitheater doesn’t end up being a portable tent in the parking lot of the Pinnacle Hills Promenade.

Why should you give a damn? Because he’s stopping at George’s Majestic Lounge on September 23. And he’s bringing Rilo Kiley frontgal Jenny Lewis with him.

In what seems to be an effort to bring the two single most attractive young talents in indie rock together on one stage, select dates of this tour are sure to pack the house and leave thousands of hipsters drooling for weeks. If I had dollar for every time I’ve heard the phrase, “Conor Oberst is soooo hot” I’d have…well…a bunch of dollars. And hell, Jenny Lewis has been breaking hearts since 1989’s The Wizard.

This is sure to be the show of the summer for those of you who don’t fancy yourselves as patrons of the AMP. Fortunately there’s a Tulsa date a couple of days later so you might even be able to get into George’s that night on what would otherwise be a sold-out show full of out-of-towners.

Check out a couple of really, really good Conor Oberst tracks from his forthcoming album at conoroberst.com.

UPDATE: Looks like Tuned In has received word that tickets could go on sale as early as this Friday, June 20.has complete ticket information: “Tickets to the Sept. 23 show at George’s are $25 and go on sale at 9 a.m. June 20 (Friday) through George’s Web site.”

I forgot to remind you that The Whigs were playing at George’s last night and for that I am truly sorry. The reason, however, is because somehow I completely forgot about it myself. That is, until 9:30pm when I promptly put my pants back on and left the house to hurry down to Dickson St.

I had just come back from an all-ages show out at ROTC (which was awesome) and was ready to settle down into a video game or two (or 20) when I noticed the folks over at TDKK had posted a reminder about the show. Thanks, guys. The show was absolutely badical-ass-tastic.

Did any of ya’ll make it? If so, can someone please explain to me how in the hell The Whigs can make that full of a sound just being a 3-piece? Cause it was unbelievable.

Sorry again. Sort of. Happy Friday the 13th, by the way.