Badly Drawn Boy @ Troubadour

all photos by Alexander Laurence

Best shows of 2010

Best shows of 2010:



Jan 9th: Sonic Youth @ Wiltern (Photo: Alexander Laurence)



Feb 23rd: Plastic Ono Band + Deerhoof @ Fox Oakland (Photo: AL)



April 10th: Liars @ El Rey (Photo: Angel Ceballos)



April 13th: Public Image Limited @ Club Nokia (Photo: AL)




May 19th Massive Attack @ Wiltern (Photo: AL)



June 1st: First Aid Kit @ Bootleg (Photo: Angel Ceballos)



June 4th: LCD Soundsystem @ Hollywood Palladium (Photo: AL)



June 6th: The XX + Phantogram @ Wiltern (Photo: AL)



June 22nd: BJM @ Henry Fonda (Photo: Angel Ceballos)



Aug 11th: Empire of The Sun @ Henry Fonda (Photo: AL)



Sept 10th: Beak @ Troubadour (Photo: AL)



Oct 13th: Off! @ Club Lingerie (Photo: AL)



Nov 4th: Gary Numan @ El Rey (Photo: Angel Ceballos)

School of Seven Bells @ American Rag tonight

School of Seven Bells @ american rag 8pm tonight

The Watson Twins @ 826LA tonight

The Watson Twins tonight @ 826LA

A Place To Bury Strangers: van stolen

The band's gear was safe in the venue, but 1000 Euros in merch money, all of their suitcases and clothes, a lot of merch (t shirts, etc.) Dion's New Zealand Passport, the band's Macbook Pro laptop and numerous personal items and various other gear were in the van at the time of the theft.

Saturday's show in Pordenone, Italy and Monday's show in Bilbao, Spain have been canceled.

We've rented a new van in Rome and the tour should resume normally in Nantes on Tuesday. Sorry to the people of Pordenone and Bilbao for the cancelled shows. We'd only had to cancel a show one before in three and a half years of round the clock touring, so hopefully this will never happen again.

We've set up a paypal link for donations. The items stolen from the van were worth over 15K and that doesn't include the excess van rental charges, plane fare, Passport fees, cancelled shows, etc.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=AU3QZ2RECTE3E

Here's some press that's come in since the tour started:

London:
http://www.artrocker.tv/features/article/interview-a-place-to-bury-strangers

Haarlem:
http://www.metalrage.com/livereviews/1226/a-place-to-bury-strangers-all-shall-be-well-thrashing-the-equipment-in-haarlem.html

Photos from Haarlem:
http://jchernandez.smugmug.com/Concerts/12012010-A-Place-To-Bury/14906558_6zUPb#1112716628_jgez

Blonde Redhead @ Glasshouse

The Black Angels @ El Rey

Isobel Campbell @ Mark Lanegan @ El Rey

Best Records of 2010

BEST RECORDS 2010
By Alexander Laurence


1. Tame Impala – Innerspeaker
2. Beach House - Teen Dream
3. Brian Eno - Small Craft on A Milk Sea
4. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
5. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
6. First Aid Kit - Big Black and The Blue
7. School of Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire
8. Sleigh Bells - Treats
9. Warpaint - The Fool
10. Liars - Sisterwold

11. Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles
12. Olaf Arnalds - Innundir Skinni
13. MGMT - Congratulations
14. Goldfrapp - Headfirst
15. Sade - Soldier of Love
16. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
17. Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More
18. Surfer Blood – Astrocoast
19. Male Bonding - Nothing Hurts
20. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today

21. Phantogram - Eyelid Movies
22. Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
23. Antony and The Johnsons - Swanlights
24. Marina and The Diamonds - Family Jewels
25. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
26. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
27. Laura Marling - Speak Because I Can
28. Kings & Queens – Jet In Carina
29. Paul Weller - Wake Up The Nation
30. Crocodiles - Sleep Forever

31. The Blue Angel Lounge – Narcotica
32. The Black Keys - Brothers
33. Foals - Total Life Forever
34. Janelle Monae – The ArchAndroid
35. Freelance Whales - Weathervanes
36. Autechre – Move of Ten
37. Trentemoller – Into The Great Wide Yonder
38. Sharon Van Etten - Epic
39. No Age - Everything In Between
40. Los Campesinos! - Romance Is Boring

41. Roky Erickson with Okkervil River - True Love Cast Out All Evil
42. Maximum Balloon - Maximum Balloon
43. Screaming Females - Castle Talk
44. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Hawk
45. Massive Attack - Heglioland
46. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
47. BEAK> - BEAK>
48. The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream
49. Karen Elson – The Ghost Who Walks
50. John Grant – Queen Of Denmark

Adventures in Killing the Radio Star "Pre Trailer"

OFF! @ Club Lingerie

Alessi's Ark: Us Tour 2010