Urban Outfitters Stitch Up A Seamless Lineup
Less surprised by bands choosing to play Urban Outfitters (remember, they're selling Cat Power shirts) than by the quality lineup they've pulled together. The Free Yr Radio tour, to benefit indie radio stations, is touring some of the nation's Urban Outfitter locations, bringing some high-caliber bands to places that probably don't see 'em often (Lawrence, KS!). The lineup includes:
KlaxonsMight wanna time your next apparel-purchasing trip accordingly. But don't forget kids, Urban Outfitters are thieves. Free Yr Radio dates and locations after the jump.
The Ponys
Voxtrot
The Long Winters
Annuals
Man Man
The Rapture
Rogue Wave
Tapes 'N Tapes
Dinosaur Jr
04/15 - Chicago, IL (Klaxons)
04/24 - Lawrence, KS (The Ponys)
04/28 - Houston, TX (Voxtrot)
05/01 - Seattle, WA (The Long Winters)
05/09 - Durham, NC (Annuals)
05/19 - Boulder, CO (Man Man)
05/21 - Philadelphia, PA (The Rapture)
05/25 - Santa Cruz, CA (Rogue Wave)
06/05 - Minneapolis, MN (Tapes 'N Tapes)
06/11 - Cambridge, MA (Dinosaur Jr)
One more TBA.
Posted at 11:12 AM
YOU SUCK DICK! that's right you really do. REALLY! i think its pretty dang silly and rude and mean to label Lawrence as some place that "high caliber" bands wouldn't frequent. that's bull shit. Lawrence is the most lovely liberal hub of the mid west so you can take your ignorance and ferment it, in your ass. hole. plust shitty dance indie bands shouldn't necessarily be labeld as hot commodity good times. im pretty angry. but i feel a little better now. just realize that before you say mean things about a place you better damn well visit it. god you guys suck. also WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU POST THIS 4 DAYS AFTER THEY PLAYED IN WICKER PARK? god you suck so bad. do you have brains? you shitty little college interns. uuughh.
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YOU SUCK DICK! that's right you really do. REALLY! i think its pretty dang silly and rude and mean to label Lawrence as some place that "high caliber" bands wouldn't frequent. that's bull shit. Lawrence is the most lovely liberal hub of the mid west so you can take your ignorance and ferment it, in your ass. hole. plust shitty dance indie bands shouldn't necessarily be labeld as hot commodity good times. im pretty angry. but i feel a little better now. just realize that before you say mean things about a place you better damn well visit it. god you guys suck. also WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU POST THIS 4 DAYS AFTER THEY PLAYED IN WICKER PARK? god you suck so bad. do you have brains? you shitty little college interns. uuughh.
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YOU SUCK DICK! that's right you really do. REALLY! i think its pretty dang silly and rude and mean to label Lawrence as some place that "high caliber" bands wouldn't frequent. that's bull shit. Lawrence is the most lovely liberal hub of the mid west so you can take your ignorance and ferment it, in your ass. hole. plust shitty dance indie bands shouldn't necessarily be labeld as hot commodity good times. im pretty angry. but i feel a little better now. just realize that before you say mean things about a place you better damn well visit it. god you guys suck. also WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU POST THIS 4 DAYS AFTER THEY PLAYED IN WICKER PARK? god you suck so bad. do you have brains? you shitty little college interns. uuughh.
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"you can take your ignorance and ferment it, in your ass. hole." might be the best phrase ever. thank you, gerald.
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Rogue Wave is considered a high-caliber band? Rubbish!
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Didn't mean it pejoratively, Gerald! Just that we don't often see Lawrence on tour date releases. Now we know you get the bands! Sorry 'bout that.
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everyone knows that MINNEAPOLIS is the most lovely liberal hub of the midwest. Lawrence is trashy.
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Amrit, don't apologize to gerald. he sounds like a serious jackass anyway. seriously, do they not teach basic grammar/spelling at 'the most lovely liberal hub of the mid west'? Get over it, douche,
you have to try pretty (or should I say 'purty') hard to be insulted from a mild comment like that.
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boy, them kids sure can get all mad on these here interwebs, can't they?
Kansas pride, bitch!
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Damn, I wish Columbus was on the list... Yes, there is an Urban in Columbus, Ohio.
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Will Urban Outfitters sell those HI-larious "Only Old People Vote" t-shirts that they had in their stores a couple of years ago? Dickheads.
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Is it true that the president of Urban Outfitters, Richard Hayne, contributed over $10,000 to Republican Senator Rick Santorum? How the f@#! is that liberal? That's just evil.
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LK
Don't overlook the the great musical celebration that is ComFest! Legend has it GMPD has outperformed both Man-Man AND the Rapture. Word on the urban street is they are the headliners.
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http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/17902/index.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Outfitters
http://griffin.vox.com/library/post/the-problem-with-urban-outfitters.html
http://designsponge.blogspot.com/2005/07/urban-outfitters.html
I am completely shocked that these bands would associate themselves in any way with Urban Outfitters. Wait, no I'm not, they are getting paid or using UO to leapfrog their cd on the CMJ charts. Yawn. Really, very very shocked. These bands should know better. I know some of them.
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http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/17902/index.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Outfitters
http://griffin.vox.com/library/post/the-problem-with-urban-outfitters.html
http://designsponge.blogspot.com/2005/07/urban-outfitters.html
I am completely shocked that these bands would associate themselves in any way with Urban Outfitters. Wait, no I'm not, they are getting paid or using UO to leapfrog their cd on the CMJ charts. Yawn. Really, very very shocked. These bands should know better. I know some of them.
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http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/17902/index.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Outfitters
http://griffin.vox.com/library/post/the-problem-with-urban-outfitters.html
http://designsponge.blogspot.com/2005/07/urban-outfitters.html
I am completely shocked that these bands would associate themselves in any way with Urban Outfitters. Wait, no I'm not, they are getting paid or using UO to leapfrog their cd on the CMJ charts. Yawn. Really, very very shocked. These bands should know better. I know some of them.
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Damn I'm really sorry that guy Gerald went off like that. He really misrepresents what Lawrence is all about but I'm sure he had good intentions. Anyway, Lawrence does get some really great acts despite it's small size. If you're interested in our music scene you should check out www.beatlawrence.com or just www.lawrence.com
For instance we've had Dirty on Purpose, Besnard Lakes, Yo La Tengo, Neko Case and The Shins in the last month or so just to name a few that I remember. Last year we had 'gum favorites The Hold Steady and other Urban Outfitter favorites like The Secret Machines, Broken Social Scene, and Death Cab and that's really just the tip of the iceberg.
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O ya and I just saw that Lawrence was getting the Ponys. Nothing against The Ponys but man I'd give a digit off my left hand to see Voxtrot here - even at Urban Outfitters.
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Lawrence is a FANTASTIC town! Great music scene, great community, great girls, and a conducive atmosphere for the arts.
How dare you Stereogum for bashing one of America's great, small town, rock towns!
Don't bash something you know nothing about.
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I saw dino jr. last summer at Liberty Hall. Yeah, most "high caliber" bands that get mentioned on this little old blog play Lawrence. To quote BIG, "If you don't know, now you know. . . "
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I've never heard of Lawrence, KS in my 19 years of life.
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I just read the comment about Lawrence and had to chime in... I wasn't going to bash you but you should really go to a place, or learn about it before stereotyping only because it is in Kansas. I am KU grad and it is one of the great, great cities in the country. Music scene is fantastic, and it is a very liberal place. So next time be more careful.
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why didn't I hear about this before? I missed the klaxons in chicago. damnit!
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are you f'in kidding me, broons? i don't see how KS was bashed! YOU should be more careful. look, i live in a big city, and you just don't get as many shows as we do. i went to school in a small town, so i know. and i don't hate. i just mean, good fucking god. no one slammed the music scene. they just said you probably don't get these kind of bands as often. and they're right. get over yourselves.
ok. i'm better now.
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I bet you didn't expect this comment section to turn into the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, did you?
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Lawrence is a great place for music in the midwest and will continue to be. The people there are proud of what the have going (and have had going for quite some time), and that is wonderful.
Appleseed Cast moved there on purpose from LA afterall.
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Did you know the late great writer William S. Burroughs lived in Lawrence? People of the likes like Kurt Cobain would even visit him there as well. I had a friend who worked in a record shop there who used to see people like David Byrne or even Henry Rollins sitting and meditating on Mass Street.
You would be amazed the people who show up there...
Great town!
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i work in college radio in los angeles and i can tell you that the last one in LA is going to be FUCKING MASSIVE and super disappointing for those of you who don't live here.
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Lawrence is where artists go to skip St. Louis. There, or Columbia, MO (if not Chicago). Every other month, a great venue (or not-so-great, even) closes here. It's pathetic.
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it's official. arcade fire are more legendary than dinosaur jr have ever been. those fucks sold their souls to urban outfitters just for some rigged cash, a luxurious tourbus because they're too pussy to stay in a tourvan, and some food because these pussies are tired of being starving artists that they would sell their souls and cred just for a fucking loaf of bread. boo-hoo-hoo-fucking-hoo! arcade fire would never do shit like this, and they're still selling more records than any other so-called "indie" bands wished they did. klaxons, voxtrot, annuals, man man, the rapture, rogue wave, tapes n tapes, and all those other bands who sold their integrity, dignity, and soul to urban outfitters are dead to me now too, even though most of them were fakes and full of trl suck to begin with.
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fuck cat power as well. fucking goddamn whore, giving her dignity away for free to urban outfitters.
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Jesus, don't take it personally, Stereogum. I'm a KU grad and think people in Lawrence can't take a freakin joke.
I love Lawrence and the music scene there, but I also don't get offended at Kansas jabs. Mix the two, it's fine with me.
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Holy fuck have Tapes 'n Tapes sold out quick. First a tour sponsored by a video game company, now this? Wankers
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I live in Lawrence. No hate here, I understand the misconceptions about Kansas, but we are a great city. We have a fantastic music scene and, while we don't get as many bands as say Chicago, we do get a fair amount of fantastic bands. Next week I'm seeing Ted Leo on something like his 4th visit to this town. Don't let the people getting all pissy throw you off, but don't shit on the town if you don't know it (Not you stereogum, you're fine).
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I can't even begin to count all the times I've heard artists mention Lawrence, KS as one of their favorite tour stops.
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"i work in college radio in los angeles and i can tell you that the last one in LA is going to be FUCKING MASSIVE and super disappointing for those of you who don't live here."
Sorry gwenstefani, I'd have to say this wins the award for Best Phrase Ever.
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what, no ann arbor?!
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Hey fratster, Voxtrot played at The Jackpot around this time last year. It was fun, but not terribly memorable.
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No hard feelings, Armit! Lawrence is a best kept secret.
Fratster and Shanti, a couple of months before Voxtrot played the Jackpot, they played the Replay. All of 30 people showed up, and it was actually a really good show.
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It just goes to show you can find ignorance in NY the so-called pinnacle of forward thinking. Karma is a bitch… People who go around thinking they are superior will piss off the wrong person one day, and they will be sorry...
http://beatlawrence.com/ is a great music blog… and dare I say it… it doesn’t look down on anyone! Good Job Snob… You just turned a fan or your blog into an ex-fan! See Ya! Ass!
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good thing i'm seeing two of those bands this weekend alone in austin.
we dont need lame ass urban outfitters shows, we have MTV thankyouverymuch
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shanti -
just moved to lawrence from nyc in july so missed that one : (
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i mean, yeah, lawrence is a pretty shitty place. sonic youth played at liberty hall last summer, and i think franz ferdinand was in lawrence, also. and yeah, some guy named sufjan stevens? and some hip-hop musician named talib kweli. iron & wine and q and not u played on the same night once, god, what was that about? and i mean, i vaguely remember wolf parade playing at the granada...and jens lekman... and clap your hands say yeah? who are they? the shins? the decemberists? who are all of these bands that play in a dumb place like lawrence, kansas? jeeeez...
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My ass gets more indie bands then lawrence, kansas. In fact, The Rapture played it last week.
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