photo credit: Paul Addotta @ Red Rocks
I don’t listen to all that much electronica, but one band that I love seeing live is Sound Tribe Sector 9 (STS9). For those who aren’t familiar with the band, they are basically an electronica jam band that combines live instruments with samples. The first time I saw them perform was Bonnaroo 2007, and I’ve seen them live two times after that… each show being extremely rememberable.
Last Tuesday, the band released a new album Ad Explorata, and they will be going on a nationwide tour in early 2010. If they are rolling through your city, you should definitely check them out… it’s money well spent.
GIVEAWAY:
IndieMuse is taking part in an STS9 Giveaway were you can win some free stuff like an STS9 t-shirt, hat, or the new album. It’s not every day that you can win FREE stuff (right?), so you should take part in this!
Contest rules
In the comments below, write your location (i.e. Chicago, IL) and 3 of your favorite albums of 2009. We could pick the winner out of a hat, but that’s boring, so instead we are going to take out our big U.S. map and randomly point to somewhere. If your location is the closest, you win! And we will be giving away all three prizes separately, so there will be three lucky winners! We will pick the winners on Friday December 18th, so you basically have til the end of the week. And sincere apologies, but we can only ship prizes to the U.S.
Winner Update: So the whole map pointing thing turned out to be kinda a pain in the ass, cause I obviously picked places very close to the middle of two or three contestant locations and literally had to google map the number of miles… but I wanted to do this with integrity!
Winners: The shirt went to Tim (Columbus, OH), the hat went to Will (Atlanta, GA), and the CD went to Katie (Milwaukee, Wi). Thanks for participating!
(mp3) STS9 -Phoneme
tour dates after the jump…
STS9 Tour Dates
12/29/09 Tue Gates Concert Hall Denver, CO
12/30/09 Wed Wells Fargo Theatre Denver, CO
12/31/09 Thu Wells Fargo Theatre Denver, CO
01/02/10 Sat Revolution Live Fort Lauderdale, FL
01/03/10 Sun Jam Cruise Fort Lauderdale, FL
01/04/10 Mon Jam Cruise Fort Lauderdale, FL
01/05/10 Tue Jam Cruise Fort Lauderdale, FL
01/06/10 Wed Jam Cruise Fort Lauderdale, FL
01/07/10 Thu Jam Cruise Fort Lauderdale, FL
01/08/10 Fri Jam Cruise Fort Lauderdale, FL
02/11/10 Thu House of Blues San Diego, CA
02/12/10 Fri The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA
02/13/10 Sat Fox Theater Oakland, CA
02/14/10 Sun Grand Sierra Theatre (Reno Hilton) Reno, NV
02/18/10 Thu The Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR
02/19/10 Fri The Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR
02/20/10 Sat Showbox at the Market Seattle, WA
02/21/10 Sun Showbox at the Market Seattle, WA
02/22/10 Mon The Wilma Theatre Missoula, MT
02/25/10 Thu The Depot Salt Lake City, UT
02/26/10 Fri House of Blues Las Vegas, NV
02/27/10 Sat Marquee Theatre Tempe, AZ
02/28/10 Sun Rialto Theatre Tucson, AZ
03/03/10 Wed George’s Majestic Fayetteville, AR
03/04/10 Thu Lyric Theatre Oxford, MS
03/05/10 Fri Cain’s Ballroom Tulsa, OK
03/06/10 Sat House Of Blues Dallas, TX
03/07/10 Sun House of Blues New Orleans, LA
03/10/10 Wed The Music Farm Charleston, SC
03/11/10 Thu Amos’ Southend Charlotte, NC
03/12/10 Fri The NorVa Norfolk, VA
03/13/10 Sat 9:30 Club Washington, DC
03/14/10 Sun 9:30 Club Washington, DC
03/17/10 Wed Mr. Small’s Theatre Pittsburgh, PA
03/18/10 Thu Madison Theater Covington, KY
03/19/10 Fri The Pageant St. Louis, MO
03/20/10 Sat The Pageant St. Louis, M
Yorktown Heights, NY
1. The Flaming Lips – Embryonic
2. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
3. Andrew Bird – Noble Beast
STS9-10.24.09 at The Electric Factory in Philadelphia, PA
STS9-10.25.09 at Rams Head Live in Baltimore, MD
Calvin Harris-“Ready for the Weekend”
Woops. Washington, DC
Same as above.
St. Louis, MO
1. Emancipator – Soon It Will Be Cold Enough
2. Welder – Vines and Stream
3. Bluetech – The Divine Invasion
Mobile,AL
1. Already Free- Derek Trucks Band
2. Wilco(the album)- Wilco
3. Bela Fleck (banjo), Zakir Hussain ( tabla), Edgar Meyer ( Bass)- The Melody of Rhythm
Columbus, OH
1. Observations – Papadosio
2. Oil on Water/Feather on Wood – Lotus
3. Ad Explorata – STS9
Milwaukee, Wi
1. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
2. Phish – Joy
3. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
La Crosse, WI
1. Avett Brothers — I and Love and You
2. Neko Case — Middle Cyclone
3. Major Lazer — Guns Don’t Kill People, Lazers Do
Nosaj Thing- Drift
Medeski, Martin, and Wood- Radiolarians III
Big Gigantic- Wide Awake EP
sorry, ^^^Springfield, MO
Atlanta, GA
Big Gigantic – Wide Awake
Phish – Joy
311 – Uplifter
Stamford, CT
Radiohead
STS9
Bob Marley
Scotts Valley, CA
Phish – Joy
Dave Davies – Belly Up
Manu Chao – Baionarena
Greenville, SC
Big Gigantic – Wide Awake
Emancipator – Soon it will be cold enough
Nosaj Thing- Drift
Kansas City, MO
Phish- Joy
FlyLo- Precious Cargo EP
Sidney Samson- Riverside
Richmond, Va
1.Grizzly Bear Veckatimest
2. AC Merriweather Post Pavillion
3. Emancipator- Soon it will be cold enough
1. Ben Gibbar / Jay Farrar – One fast move or i’m gone / Big Sur
2. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
3. Dark was the night comp.
Cleveland, OH
1. Ben Gibbar / Jay Farrar – One fast move or i’m gone / Big Sur
2. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
3. Dark was the night comp.
San Francisco, CA
Noble Beast – Andrew Bird
A Mad and Faithful Telling – Devotchka
Vieux Farka Toure – Farfa
Denver, Colorado
Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavillion
Amadou & Mariam- Welcome to Mali
Wilco- Wilco
Big Gigantic – Fire It Up
Big Gigantic – Wide Awake
Wolfmother – Cosmic Egg
St. Louis, Missouri
Sunderland, MA
1. Port O’Brien- Threadbare
2. Sin Fang Bous- Clangour
3. Bombadil- Tarpits and Canyonlands
Claremont, CA
1. Iron and Wine – Around the Well
2. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion
3. Joe Burton – Moon in the Room
CONTEST CLOSED. WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED/CONTACTED SOON!