Concert Notes: Tickets for Rodriguez, The Black Angels, Sky Ferreira, & More on Sale Friday

Rodriguez, the subject of the acclaimed documentary "Searching for Sugar Man," continues his incredible true-story comeback ride with a show at the Beacon Theatre in April, that that's just one of the shows going on sale Friday, Jan. 25th.

The recently rediscovered musician Rodriguez is back on tour, and playing the Beacon on April 8th.

Below are some of the more notable concerts, listed in order of show date. All of these gigs go on sale at 12 Noon, except where indicated.

* Lord Huron at Music Hall of Williamsburg, Sun., Feb. 24th (2nd show added; Feb. 23rd show sold out).
* Sky Ferreira at Bowery Ballroom, Wed., March 20th, and at Music Hall of Williamsburg, Thurs., March 21st.
* Little Green Cars at Music Hall of Williamsburg, Tues., March 26th.
* The Black Angels at Webster Hall, Mon. April 8th.
* Rodriguez at the Beacon Theatre, Mon., April 8th. On sale Friday at 11 a.m.
* The Joy Formidable at Music Hall of Williamsburg, Wed., April 17th. and at Bowery Ballroom, Thurs., April 18th.
* Akron/Family at Bowery Ballroom, Wed., April 23rd.
* Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers at Town Hall, Tues., June 25th.

And here are a few shows at City Winery that should be of interest to readers of this blog (all are currently on sale):
* Kathleen Edwards with Sera Cahoone, Wed., Jan. 30th and Thurs,. Jan. 31st.
* Southside Johnny and the Poor Fools, Thurs., Feb. 7th.
* Ian Hunter, Sun., Feb. 9th and Mon., Feb. 10th.
* Richard Shindell, Mon., Feb. 18th.
* Sara Watkins, Tues., March 26th.

Music Notes: Replacements Reunion, Amazon's AutoRip Service, Maura Johnston's New Gig, & More

Here are some interesting recent pieces of news on various aspects of the music scene:

* Longtime Replacements manager Peter Jesperson talks about the band's reunion and its guitarist Slim Dunlap, who suffered a stroke last year, at Consequence of Sound. It was Dunlap's medical condition that got the band members back together to record an EP to raise money funds for his care.

* Amazon has thrown down another gauntlet in its battle with iTunes by introducing AutoRip, a feature that, when you buy certain music CDs, instantly gives you the MP3 version to download (and store in your Amazon Cloud Player, of course). The deal is good only on eligible AutoRip CDs; there seem to be over 37,000 listed now (the company says it is starting with 50,000, with many more to be added).

* Pioneering music blogger Maura Johnston, let go from the Village Voice a few months back, has launched her own publication, Maura Magazine, for the iPhone and other iOS devices on a subscription basis. The Columbia Journalism Review took a look at Johnston's new venture a few weeks ago.

No doubt contributing to her decision to start her own magazine was her thinking on the state of music writing, as expressed in a blog post on NPR last month.

* Finally, here are a couple of good recent TV music performances: The Joy Formidable on Jimmy Fallon, and The Lumineers on last week's Saturday Night Live.



The Joy Formidable, "This Ladder is Ours"


The Lumineers, "Hey Ho"


The Lumineers, "Stubborn Love"

See/Hear New Songs/Videos from Joey Ramone, Soundgarden, Grizzly Bear, & More

If you're looking for new music to listen to, there have been a number of new tunes (and some videos) dribbling out in the last week or so. And there's a great new video of one of Joey Ramone's last songs, with appearances by Tommy Ramone, Andrew W.K., Matt and Kim, and even TV foodie Anthony Bourdain. See it all below.

* Watch the video for Joey Ramone's "New York City" below.

Video for Joey Ramone's "New York City" (via Rolling Stone)

* Soundgarden will release its first album in 15 years "King Animal") in November. The song below is titled, appropriately, "Been Away Too Long." (via Consequence of Sound)


* Listen to Heart's new song, "Rock Deep (Vancouver)," from their forthcoming album "Fanatic" (to be released Oct. 2nd). (via Spinner)

* Watch Grizzly Bear's video for "Yet Again" below. (via Brooklyn Vegan)


* Hear the new Joy Formidable tune "This Ladder Is Ours," from their forthcoming album "Wolf's Law." (via Consequence of Sound)

* See the premiere of the new video for "Picture Me" by Susanna Hoffs (of the Bangles) (via Rolling Stone)

* Listen to "Stompa" by Serena Ryder, the first single from her new album, "Harmony." (via CBC)

* Watch the video premiere for Eleni Mandell's "Bun in the Oven" below. (via Paste)

Live SXSW Audio on NPR Starting Sat. afternoon: Bright Eyes, Felice Bros., Kurt Vile, & More

There's more live audio from South by Southwest (SXSW) coming at you right now from NPR Music. Head to their SXSW website for webcasts starting at 4:30 p.m.:

• Kurt Vile - 3:30 Central Time/4:30 Eastern
  
• Man Man - 4:35 CT/5:35 ET
  
• Middle Brother - 5:30 CT/6:30 ET
  
• The Felice Brothers - 6:15 CT/7:15 ET
  
• Bright Eyes - 7:30 CT/8:30 ET

Their previous webcasts are available online for streaming or, in most cases, podcast download (through iTunes and other podcast programs). You can watch SXSW sets from:

• The Head and the Heart
  
• The Antlers
  
• Raphael Saadiq
  
• Smith Westerns
  
• The Joy Formidable
  
• Wild Flag
  
• Khaira Arby
  
• Colin Stetson
  
• James Blake
  
• Yuck
• tUnE-yArDs

… and Jack White's impromptu set played in a parking lot.