Alexander Laurence's Blog, page 175
January 9, 2025
OKC's some fear share devastating album closer "The Faucet Does All The Crying"
SOME FEAR SHARE NEW SINGLE
“THE FAUCET DOES ALL THE CRYING” - LISTEN
SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM
DUE JANUARY 16, 2025, VIA RITE FIELD RECORDS
TOUR DATES ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS BEGIN NEXT WEEK
Photo credit: Alannah Notley
“some fear is producing truly standout textured slowcore sounds. At this point, success feels inevitable.”
- THE LINE OF BEST FIT
“some fear is more locked in than ever”
- ONES TO WATCH
“deeply heartfelt and solemn”
- MELODIC MAGAZINE
Oklahoma City’s some fear, the four-piece band led by Branden “Bran” Palesano, are excited to share the final preview of their self-titled debut album, some fear, arriving January 16, 2025, via Houston’s tastemaking Rite Field Records. Today they are sharing the final song of the record, “The Faucet Does All The Crying,” a heavily emotional track that circles finding a place in the world. some fear was recorded in the band’s home studio and self-produced with mastering from Boone Patrello (Teethe).
“This is one of the first songs I wrote for the album, and it was originally going to be the name for the album,” says Palesano. “I was in a place where I felt numb to everything around me, I needed to feel something, and this song was a cathartic release for me at the time. It’s me at my most vulnerable and because of that I felt very proud of this song.”
LISTEN TO “THE FAUCET DOES ALL THE CRYING”
Today’s release arrives after previously shared previews, “The Road,” “Worm” and “Skin I Can’t Peel.” The first previews of their imminent debut, these tracks served as an introduction to this new, fine-tuned era of the band. Together, these recent singles establish the group as a new force to reckon with, ready to embark into a hazy universe of longing, loss and loneliness.
some fear released their debut EP, Picture, last year onto 7” vinyl in two variants via Rite Field Records. Both variants are available now.
Coming off a busy 2024 filled with local shows with contemporaries like Skirts and They Are Gutting A Body of Water, some fear will appear live across Texas and Oklahoma in next week. For more information, see below or visit ritefieldrecords.com/some-fear.
SOME FEAR LIVE W/ SKIRTS
JANUARY
17 - Resonant Head - Oklahoma City, OK w/ Chelsea Days
18 - Chess Club - Austin, TX w/ Alexalone
19 - Paper Tiger - San Antonio, TX w/ Foster Pettit
20 - Rubber Gloves - Denton, TX w/ My Point of You
SOME FEAR
SOME FEAR
RITE FIELD RECORDS
Release Date: January 16, 2025
some fear artwork by Ray Morgan
1. Worm
2. Skin I Can’t Peel
3. The Road
4. Wake Up
5. Let It Go
6. Game
7. Some Fear
8. The Faucet Does All The Crying
James Brandon Lewis Shares "Eugene" Ahead of New Album 'Apple Cores'
JAMES BRANDON LEWIS SHARES “
PRINCE EUGENE
”
FROM UPCOMING ALBUM ‘APPLE CORES’
OUT FEBRUARY 7
NYC ALBUM RELEASE SHOW AT PUBLIC RECORDS ON MARCH 6
EUROPE & UK TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
Photo Credit: Shervin Lainez
“James Brandon Lewis has one of the fiercest sounds in modern jazz. Hard-blowing and full of declarative melodies, he has released more than 10 records as a bandleader since his 2010 debut.” - The Guardian
“New York's hottest free and spiritual jazz reedsman” - The Wire
“No single recording could capture the breadth of James Brandon Lewis’ recent output. He can be funky and avant-garde at once, or lyrical and pugnacious; his catalog includes intellectually probing concept albums and exuberant jazz-punk throwdowns. What unites these divergent strains is Lewis’ unfailing curiosity and reverence: a sense that there is equal beauty to be found in a simple folk melody or a dissonant squall, as long as you’re willing to give both your close attention.” - Hearing Things
His sixteenth album, James Brandon Lewis Trio’s ‘Apple Cores’ further cements Lewis as one of the provocative and prolific musical voices of his generation. Coming out on February 7, ‘Apple Cores’ follows his breakthrough record ‘Jesup Wagon’ (2021) - named JazzTimes’ Album of the Year and a dreamlike mosaic of gospel, folk-blues, and catcalling brass bands inspired by inventor George Washington Carver, ‘Eye Of I’ (2023), his joyous and exploratory debut for ANTI-, and ‘The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis’ (2024), a collaboration with experimental jazz punk trio the Messthetics which features former members of Fugazi.
Informed by the rhythms and textures of hip-hop and funk while remaining rooted in jazz, ‘Apple Cores’ was recorded with Lewis’s longtime collaborators Chad Taylor (drums/mbira) and Josh Werner (bass/guitar). The recording was a collective compositional process that happened over the course of two intense, entirely improvised sessions.
Today from ‘Apple Cores,’ the trio shares “Prince Eugene,” a hazy ballad that combines a dub-reggae bassline and drums with a Zimbabwean mbira as Lewis’ saxophone sings and guides us through the tune’s heavy yet minimal groove. Listen to it below.
Listen to “Prince Eugene”: https://youtu.be/ArGU4K1vHEw
The album takes its name and intention from the column that poet and jazz theorist Amiri Baraka wrote for DownBeat in the 1960s. “I was first exposed to Amiri Baraka at Howard University [also Baraka’s alma mater],” says Lewis. “Blues People [Baraka’s groundbreaking 1963 study of Black American music], was required reading. I’m always in constant dialogue with his work.”
In addition to Baraka, the influence of another jazz giant looms mightily over Apple Cores: trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist, Don Cherry. In a testament to Cherry’s influence over the music that the trio is playing, Lewis designed each song title as a cryptogram of sorts, making subtle references to Cherry’s life and music.
“The record itself is a nod to Amiri but mainly a nod to Don Cherry, using Amiri as a branch to really get the conversation going,” Lewis explains. “It’s not a tribute in the sense that we’re playing Don Cherry compositions, but that the music is commenting on his musical curiosity.”
Next month Lewis embarks on a European tour alongside The Messthetics with shows in Dublin and throughout the UK. A hometown album release show has also been announced in Brooklyn, NY at Public Records on March 6 and following that show his trio returns to Europe in April and May with dates in Austria, Spain the Netherlands and more to celebrate the release of ‘Apple Cores’. All upcoming dates are listed below.
TOUR DATES
February 7 – Dublin, Ireland @ Grand Social
February 8 – Belfast, United Kingdom @ The Black Box
February 10 - Glasgow, United Kingdom @ Nice N Sleazy
February 11 – Manchester, United Kingdom @ Yes
February 12 – Birmingham, United Kingdom @ The Hare And Hounds
February 13 – Nottingham, United Kingdom @ Boat Club
February 14 – Bristol, United Kingdom @ The Lantern
February 15 – Lewes, United Kingdom @ Lewes Con Club
February 16 – London, United Kingdom @ 100 Club
March 3 – Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon
March 6 – Brooklyn, NY @ Public Records
March 7 – Chicago, IL @ Constellation
April 26 – Paris, France @ Maison de la Radio Studio 104
April 27 – Cologne, Germany @ Stadtgarten
April 28 – Brno, Czech Republic @ Cabare des Peches
April 29 – Vienna, Austria @ Porgy & Bess
April 30 – San Sebastian, Spain @ Victoria Eugenia Club
May 2 – Barcelona, Spain @ El Molino
May 3 – London, UK @ Vortex
May 7 – Tilburg, Netherlands @ Paradox
May 8 – Liege, Belgium @ Jazz A Liege Festival
Pre-Order ‘Apple Cores’
1. Apple Cores #1
2. Prince Eugene
3. Five Spots to Caravan
4. Of Mind and Feeling
5. Apple Cores #2
6. Remember Brooklyn & Moki
7. Broken Shadows
8. D.C. Got Pockets
9. Apple Cores #3
10. Don’t Forget Jayne
11. Exactly, Our Music
https://jblewis.com/
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Third Man announces Vault Pkg. #63: The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan XX
THIRD MAN RECORDS
ANNOUNCES VAULT PACKAGE #63:
THE WHITE STRIPES - GET BEHIND ME SATAN XX
BOX SET INCLUDES 2 LPs AND 7” OF SONGWRITING DEMOS,
ALTERNATE TAKES AND LIVE PERFORMANCES OF THE ALBUM’S SONGS,
PLUS A BLU-RAY MINI DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE BAND’S
2005 CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR
SUBSCRIBE BY JANUARY 31, 2025 AT MIDNIGHT CST TO RECEIVE THIS PACKAGE
Third Man Records is proud to announce Get Behind Me Satan XX, the twentieth anniversary companion release to The White Stripes’ fifth album and the 63rd entry of its long-running vinyl subscription service The Vault. Included in this package are songwriting demos, alternate studio takes and live versions of the songs found on the album across two LPs and a 7”, a Blu-ray containing footage from the band’s 2005 Central and South American tour, and more. Sign up is open now through January 31 at midnight CST.
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Get Behind Me Satan is without question the most misunderstood entry in the White Stripes discography. Often mistaken as a break-up album, a treatise on fame, or a “piano” album, the record is most accurately described in Jack White’s own words as focused on the truth. The fact that it was in no way Elephant, Part 2 only further confused, infuriated, and/or beguiled many.
Twenty years later and the album still stands out for how fresh and how timeless it sounds. In the face of newfound worldwide commercial success, no other contemporary rock band had the stones to introduce mandolin, tympani, hand bells and marimba into their arsenal, let alone embark on deep tours of both Central America and Eastern Europe.
But as has long been established, the White Stripes were singular. They were never like anybody else. What enchants now, upon further reflection, is the disparate threads that all came together to make Satan so refreshing.
Third Man Records is proud to announce Get Behind Me Satan XX, the twentieth anniversary companion release to the White Stripes fifth album and the 63rd entry of its long-running vinyl subscription service The Vault.
At the same time both skeletal and enlightening, Jack White’s songwriting demos from 2004 and early 2005 - captured with zero concern for fidelity or thought that anyone else would ever hear them - are of prime excitement here. Listening as he works to find the right chords, to perfect timings, to put voice behind the phrasings, it’s an incredible peek behind the curtain. While songs like “Instinct Blues” and “Red Rain” begin fairly true to their final forms, it’s mind-blowing reveals like “I’m Slowly Turning Into You” starting as a vamp on a wheezy old pump organ or the germ of “Over And Over And Over” beginning as the briefest idea on an overloaded fuzz bass that become the moments that inspire.
“My Doorbell” run-throughs ruminate back and forth between piano and guitar, with and without trusty Meg White accompaniment, while minor key flirtations in “White Moon” and “The Nurse” tickle a divergent fancy. A standalone exercise we’ve dubbed “Seminole Blues” is a Delta-styled acoustic blues expression with no subsequent existence after this, a one-and-done classic. Across these ten demos, the main takeaway is that all of these songs (some of which would not see a finished release for over a decade) were pouring out of Jack at this point.
So once the studio was ready, the tape was really rolling, that’s when the alternate takes began to take shape. “White Moon” with whisper quiet guide vocals, “The Denial Twist” a skosh fast and excited, a skittish instrumental take on “Over And Over And Over” and a more rudimentary “City Lights” than would eventually see the light of day on Jack White’s Acoustic Recordings album in 2016. All of these are buttressed by a revelatory, vibe-shifted version of “I’m Lonely (But I Ain’t That Lonely Yet).” As the final song on the album it’s a gospel-adjacent progression of simple vocal and piano veering toward the dour. But the example here is fleshed out with drums and mandolin and sounds more like a celebration, the optimism shining through more clearly, more pronounced, forcing the listener to completely rethink the tenor and impact and intent of the song.
Before Get Behind Me Satan could be released, the White Stripes were already full-throttle into touring that would span five continents, more than 100 performances and would eek into 2006. With a majority of these shows recorded for posterity, disc 2 here is a compilation of all the standout live versions of tracks originally released on Satan. So the recording of “The Nurse” comes from Guatemala (where the marimba is the official national instrument) and “Little Ghost” riffs on “Blue Moon Of Kentucky” in Louisville, from Boston to Buenos Aires, Glasgow to Gdynia, the renditions here captivate and enlighten and delight.
Disc one is pressed on opaque red vinyl, disc two is pressed on white vinyl. Because all of the intrigue could not fit on two LPs, we’ve included a 7-inch single with two outlier rehearsal recordings here. Side A is a charming exploration of “Forever For Her (Is Over For Me) starting with Jack guiding Meg along on electric guitar, before transitioning to electric piano, finally settling on an organ accompaniment. All of this belies the song’s eventual released take of acoustic guitar, marimba and piano all buoyed by Meg’s tempered drums.
On the flipside is one of the great white whales in Stripes history, “Spitting Tacks.” Originating at a time when Jack was still a full-time upholsterer and revisited many times over the course of the band’s existence, this hypnotic, repetitive riff structure never really found a place. We’ve yet to uncover any other even halfway decent attempts at the song, so this may be the only insight fans ever get into the one Jack and Meg could never truly tame.
Armed with a mini-DV camera and free reign to capture whatever caught his eye, David James Swanson tagged along on the White Stripes Central and South American tour in 2005. A soundcheck here, rabid fans singing along there, it’s all crystalline visual quality on a handheld scale. While it would be too grandiose to deem this a “film”, the collection of sequences and behind-the-scenes moments captured here are a striking, complimentary statement of the unique and chaotic time that the White Stripes inhabited in this era. And rounding it all together is the impressive, expansive archival booklet, complete with photos, concert posters, a comprehensive list of tour dates and all the exhaustive details fans have come to expect from these anniversary editions.
Go to www.thirdmanrecords.com/vault and order before January 31st, 2025 at midnight central time.
THE WHITE STRIPES
GET BEHIND ME SATAN XX
(2 x LP, 1 x 7-inch, 1 x Blu-Ray)
SIDE A: Songwriting Demos
Instinct Blues - previously unreleased demoRed Rain - previously unreleased demoCity Lights - previously unreleased demoI’m Slowly Turning Into You - previously unreleased demoSeminole Blues - previously unreleased demoThe Denial Twist - previously unreleased demoMy Doorbell - previously unreleased demoThe Nurse - previously unreleased demoOver And Over And Over - previously unreleased demoWhite Moon - previously unreleased demo
SIDE B : Alternate Studio Takes
The Denial Twist - previously unreleased alternate takeWhite Moon - previously unreleased alternate takeCity Lights - previously unreleased alternate takeOver And Over And Over - previously unreleased alternate takeAs Ugly As I Seem - previously unreleased alternate takeI’m Lonely (But I Ain’t That Lonely Yet) - previously unreleased alternate take
SIDE C : Get Behind Me Satan Live
Blue Orchid - Buenos Aires 5-28-05 - previously unreleased live versionThe Nurse - Guatemala City 5-18-05 - previously unreleased live version My Doorbell - Glasgow 11-15-05 - previously unreleased live versionForever For Her (Is Over For Me) - Boston 9-20-05 - previously unreleased live versionLittle Ghost - Louisville 9-13-05 - previously unreleased live versionThe Denial Twist - Tallinn 6-29-05 - previously unreleased live versionWhite Moon - Chicago 8-29-05 - previously unreleased live version
SIDE D : Get Behind Me Satan Live
Instinct Blues - Vancouver 8-8-05 - previously unreleased live versionPassive Manipulation - Rio de Janeiro 6-3-05 - previously unreleased live versionTake Take Take - St. Louis 8-24-05 - previously unreleased live versionAs Ugly As I Seem - Amsterdam 10-31-05 - previously unreleased live versionRed Rain - Barcelona 10-19-05 - previously unreleased live versionI’m Lonely (But I Ain’t That Lonely Yet) - Gdynia 7-9-05 - previously unreleased live version
SIDE E: Forever For Her (Is Over For Me) - previously unreleased tracking rehearsal
SIDE F: Spitting Tacks - previously unreleased tracking rehearsal
For more, please see thirdmanrecords.com
Heaven return with first album in seven years
HEAVEN RETURN WITH FIRST ALBUM IN 7 YEARS
NEW SINGLE WITH VHS-INSPIRED OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
“I NEED YOU MORE SOMEHOW” OUT NOW - WATCH
DREAM ALOUD ARRIVES APRIL 4, 2025
VIA LITTLE CLOUD RECORDS - PRE-ORDER
Photo credit: Liz Lohse
"The self-aware lyrics, paired with droning vocals, kick through the tide
and wade within pulsating synth puddles."
- PASTE MAGAZINE
"Traverses a wide swath of territory stylistically, veering from anthemic shoegaze... to ethereal Velvets-esque bleary-eyed lullabies... to Spacemen 3-indebted bombast...rendering what could easily transpose as staid utterly modern and vital."
- UNDER THE RADAR
"Creates music that floats on a narcotized cloud of reverbed guitars and gauzily layered vocals."
- NOISEY
"A staple of the NYC music scene, Heaven play music that sits somewhere between shoegaze and psych sensibilities and produces songs that act as sonic love notes to both genres."
- THE DELI
NYC-based power-popgaze band Heaven are excited to announce their third full-length album, Dream Aloud, out April 4, 2025, via Little Cloud Records. Forming an amalgamation of their influences, the single “I Need You More Somehow,” is out now, pairing timeless melodies with layers of reverb-driven guitar. Grounded by sirens of feedback, today’s single previews an album full of emotional exploration tied up in otherwordly instrumentation.
“Both at home on the beach in California or a seedy underground nightclub in Glasgow or Berlin, the song layers two worlds,” says vocalist and guitarist Matt Sumrow. “The lyrics are purposefully ambiguous, needing more of someone and longing for more connection, but also sounding content and blissful with the present situation at the same time.”
LISTEN TO “I NEED YOU MORE SOMEHOW”
WATCH THE OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR “I NEED YOU MORE SOMEHOW”
PREORDER DREAM ALOUD
Premiering today, the official music video for today’s single was shot and edited to resemble old 1980s/90s video footage, CCTV or Straight-to-Home Video, harkening back to the era of their influences. Shot at New York City’s iconic Mercury Lounge, the band is covered in a blanket of haze, and blue and pink swirling stage light.
Dream Aloud was first teased last year by lead single, “I’ll Let You In.” The record was recorded in New York City, mixed by Jonathan Krienik (The Rapture, Gang Gang Dance), mastered by Christopher Colbert (The Walkmen, Pedro the Lion) and features guest guitar on the title track by Steve Schiltz (Longwave, Wah Together).
LISTEN TO “I’LL LET YOU IN”
WATCH THE OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR “I’LL LET YOU IN”
Heaven ride a massive sonic wave in delivering their introspective yet dreamy tracks. Matt Sumrow and Mikey Jones created the band in the wake of touring and recording with artists such as Dean And Britta, Swervedriver, Ambulance LTD, Caveman, The Comas, The Lemonheads, and others. Now joined by bassist Sonia Manalili, the NYC-based trio is prepping their first album in 7 years, their most somnambulistic to date, the band’s third full-length, Dream Aloud.
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Occurrence Announces New Album, Shares "Feeding Time" Single via Post Punk | 'Real Friend' LP Due February 28th
Shares "Feeding Time" Single via Post Punk
Read Backseat Mafia, Chorus.fm, Spill, V13 and
Psychedelic Baby Features
Real Friend LP Due February 28th
Photo by Valerie TerranovaPRE-SAVE: Occurrence - Real Friend LPPre-save
LISTEN/WATCH & SHARE: Occurrence - "Feeding Time"
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LISTEN & SHARE: Occurrence - Slow Violence LP
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"Fast paced, fluid, and taut"
- New York Times
"Expansive and consuming... unsettling and brilliant all at once."
- Atwood
"Swoon-worthy"
- Jammerzine
"There’s a seedy quality to the music and to Hollyer’s yearning vocals, but it draws you with the promise of something forbidden, something you’ve never experienced before."
- BPM
"Glitch, toned down trip-hip, and strangeness in its most pure forms"
- Glide
"A belligerent charm mixed in with all those low-end synth lines that feel like clenched fists pounding away"
- Joyzine
"Occurrence are thinking big"
- V13
"Ken’s ability to bring parallel universes to life inside one song—the dark co-existing with something light—acted as a perfect backdrop to Johnny’s lyrics."
- Psychedelic Baby Magazine New York City-based indie electronic trio Occurrence are returning to announce their fifth album, Real Friend . Occurrence are Ken Urban (electronics), Cat Hollyer (vocals) and Johnny Hager (vocals), and their newest album, Real Friend , began with a hug.
Bandleader and instrumentalist Ken Urban explains, “We were coming out of the pandemic and finally the band was together again in our recording studio. Some edibles were had. And we were talking about friendship. Cat just hugged me for a long time in the kitchen and said, ‘You’re my real friend.’” While friendship isn’t the first casualty that springs to mind when you think COVID19, the trio all lost friends during that time. “Friends ghosted me, people drifted out of my life,” vocalist Cat Hollyer recalls, “and yet here we were, the three of us still making music.” Rather than fictionalize the experiences, the band went personal. “We wrote these songs about each other, about the people in our lives, without any filters,” according to vocalist Johnny Hager. Ken even sat down at a grand piano and wrote music free of any technology other than a microphone and a cassette recorder: “But please don’t think this is our unplugged album,” Ken jokes.
Alongside the announcement of Real Friend, they are sharing the album's lead single, "Feeding Time." The rock sound of this track was achieved with the help of guitarist Damian Baldet, a friend of Ken's that he hadn't spoken with in ages: “I wrote that song about calling myself out on my bullshit, but I kept hearing a proper guitar solo, so I reached out and Damian brought the riffs.” Johnny still can’t believe he belted it out, calling it “a special night in the studio when we tracked the vocals on that one.”
"Feeding Time" is out today. Real Friend is due for release on February 28th.
Occurrence - "Feeding Time"
Real Friend - TRACK LISTING
Real FriendSensual FlowerFeeding TimeOpportunity WindowLost DadDisco NapAmbient CapitalImperfect RobotsHope SpaceBallad Element
Occurrence Bio:
Occurrence are Ken Urban (electronics), Cat Hollyer (vocals) and Johnny Hager (vocals). Based in New York City’s neighborhood of Washington Heights, the band formed in 2015 when Ken reached out to his college friend Cat on social media after not seeing each other for almost twenty years. Ken was working on new music and he wanted to know if Cat would sing on them. They collaborated remotely on their first release, 2016’s The Past Will Last Forever, which featured contributions from Kip Berman of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Alejandro Necochea of Bang Camaro. When they began to perform the album live, they invited Ken’s boyfriend Johnny Hager to join as an additional vocalist. Johnny officially joined the band and they began work on new music at the band’s NYC studio The Berkshire Arms.
Everyone Knows the Disaster is Coming was released in 2018 and was quickly followed up by a companion mini-album, If He Were Here, featuring new songs and remixes by the likes of Conelrad, H1987, and Assembled Minds. All proceeds from that release were donated to anti-gun violence campaigns.
In 2020, the trio released a third album, I Have So Much Love to Give, which radically expanded their sound to include guitars and strings. The album’s twelve tracks charted the start and end of a romantic relationship, inspired by French writer Roland Barthes’s A Lover’s Discourse. The album featured Christian Frederickson of Rachel’s, actor Peter Mark Kendall (from TV’s The Americans) and TONY-nominated composer Daniel Kluger.
Inspired by their post-pandemic reunion, the trio followed that album up with 2023’s Slow Violence, a double album released in April, hailed by Plastic Magazine as “a sonic tapestry that blends elements of indie pop, electronic music and shoegaze into a seamless whole.”
After an intensive period of writing and recording, the band will unveil three new releases in 2025.
OCCURRENCE LINKS
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January 8, 2025
Ethel Cain's "Perverts" out today
Photo credit Silken WeinbergJanuary 8, 2025—
Perverts
, the new project from Ethel Cain, is out today, listen here. The official video for “Vacillator” will debut tomorrow.Cain says, “Poke a hole in yourself and see what comes out. Don’t tell anybody what it is but keep a little in a tiny glass jar under your bed. Cover all the windows and walls with dark fabric and slice yourself into a circle, multiple circles in the middle of the room. Make it hot and suffocate yourself. Go into the woods and look at how many lines there are. The entire world is about lines and where they intersect. There is still time to go into the room where there is nothing and stay there forever but know that while you retain freedom of action, so does the world retain freedom of retaliation. You are not immune to consequence. You can do whatever you want if you can handle the return. And if you cannot, then you should hide away so no one sees how hard you cry if you can’t. It’s ok to be weak. You were born like this for a reason.”Cain’s first body of work since her groundbreaking debut album
Preacher’s Daughter
, the 90 minutes of music on Perverts explores Cain’s furthest afield inspirations and sonic negative space, mining drone, noise, slowcore, ambient and beyond. Cain wrote, produced and recorded the project between Coraopolis, PA and Tallahassee, FL over the past year. Late last year she shared “Punish” alongside a music video co-directed with Silken Weinberg, watch it here.Ethel Cain is the creation of Florida-born multidisciplinary artist Hayden Anhedönia. After years spent teaching herself to produce at home in the Florida panhandle and releasing various projects, Cain moved to Indiana and singlehandedly wrote, produced, recorded and mixed her acclaimed 2021 EP Inbred from the basement of the old church where she lived. Cain’s debut album Preacher’s Daughter, a multimedia work that took more than four years to assemble, was released in May 2022 to praise from The New York Times, NPR, Vogue, W Magazine, V Magazine and more, with many critics naming the album one of the best of the year. Cain has spent the years since playing sold out shows and packed festival sets around the world; walking in New York and Paris fashion weeks and collaborating with Givenchy, Miu Miu and Calvin Klein; and collaborating and sharing stages with Florence + the Machine, Mitski and more. ETHEL CAIN—PERVERTS
Artwork by Ethel Cain, photo credit Marlee Kula1. Perverts2. Punish3. Housofpsychoticwomn4. Vacillator5. Onanist6. Pulldrone7. Etienne8. Thatorchia9. Amber Waves
070 Shake shares live performance film 'A Night at the Ballet'
070 SHAKE SHARES LIVE PERFORMANCE FILM A NIGHT AT THE BALLET
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR LAUNCHING JANUARY 21ST
NEW ALBUM PETRICHOR OUT NOW
070 Shake by Gianni Gallant
A Night at the Ballet
WATCH: https://070Shake.lnk.to/ANightAtTheBallet
Petrichor
LISTEN: https://070Shake.lnk.to/Petrichor
(January 8th, 2024) — 070 Shake kicks off the new year by sharing the live performance film A Night at the Ballet. Filmed in front of a live audience at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on November 7th, the special one-off performance previewed Shake’s new album Petrichor just a few days prior to its release on November 15th. The black-tie affair featured a string ensemble, piano interludes by Johan Lennox, choreography by Zoi Tatopoulous (FKA Twigs), and a special guest appearance from dancer Violetta Komyshan to bring Shake’s vision of a modern ballet to life.
On January 21st, Shake will launch her headline tour in Atlanta before taking Petrichor along with highlights from her extensive catalog across North America. Following stops in Chicago, Washington D.C, Los Angeles, New York and more, Shake will begin her EU/UK leg in March which will see live dates in Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, and London. Tickets are available at www.070shake.com/tour.
Official 2025 headline tour poster
Upcoming Live Dates:
North American Tour Dates:
1/21 - Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
1/24 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
1/25 - Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
1/27 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
1/28 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
1/29 - Boston, MA @ Citizens House of Blues
2/1 - Brooklyn, NY @ Kings Theatre
2/4 - Montreal, QC @ MTELUS
2/5 - Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
2/7 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
2/8 - Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
2/9 - Minneapolis, MI @ First Avenue
2/13 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
2/14 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
2/15 - Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
2/16 - Sacramento, CA @ Hard Rock Live
2/19 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
2/21 - Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl
2/22 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
2/23 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
2/26 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
2/28 - Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Expo Hall
UK/EU Tour Dates:
3/25 - Paris, FR @ Le Trianon
3/26 - Paris, FR @ Le Trianon
3/27 - Berlin, DE @ Metropol
3/29 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
3/31 - London, UK @ KOKO
4/1 - London, UK @ KOKO
Petrichor was executive-produced by 070 Shake and longtime collaborator Dave Hamelin. It includes a wide range of guests who lend their voices to the album's epic narrative, including Courtney Love on Shake’s cover of the 1970 Tim Buckley song “Song to the Siren,” with contributions from Melissa Auf der Maur which marks the first recording they’ve shared since Hole. JT of City Girls on the mystical track “Into Your Garden,” and Nashville singer-songwriter Cam on the euphoric “Never Let Us Fade.” Lily-Rose Depp appears on the emotionally charged “Blood On Your Hands,” on which Shake recites a spoken-word passage of devotion to a “fatal lover.” Then Depp enters, reading aloud from a letter she had originally written to Shake that begins with the words: “I cannot begin to untangle myself from you.” The album also includes the previously released single “Winter Baby / New Jersey Blues,” which arrived alongside a music video starring the boundaryless artist and her partner Lily-Rose Depp.
Since her breakout year in 2018, the New Jersey native has become known for her emotional vocal delivery and futuristic production, combining elements of hip-hop, pop and electronic. Shake released her critically acclaimed debut album Modus Vivendi in 2020, followed by You Can’t Kill Me in 2022. In 2023, she appeared on RAYE's hit single “Escapism,” which hit No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100, and went double platinum in the US and multiple other countries. Petrichor is an ambitious step forward for the artist who exposes the most intimate parts of her heart while incorporating rich orchestral arrangements including live piano, string ensembles, acoustic guitar, hip hop and dembow rhythms into her experimental sound palette.
What the press is saying about Petrichor:
“a boldly experimental album marked by arena-rock grandiosity and sudden switch-ups”
Pitchfork
“a masterful demonstration of Danielle Balbuena’s inherent knack for experimentation”
Billboard
“not just Shake’s best work – it’s a classic in the making…a testament to Shake’s boundless creativity and vision”
Line of Best Fit (UK)
“delivers deep, philosophical songs ruminating on her state of being, her desire for her partner and the exhilarating freefall of young love”
Crack, The Top 50 Albums of 2024
“a brave and surprising album”
The Times (UK), The 25 Best Albums of 2024
Petrichor album artwork
Photography by Bennett Watanabe, Design by Eddie Mandell and Chase Shewbridge
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Bob Mould Returns With 'Here We Go Crazy'
BOB MOULD RETURNS WITH HERE WE GO CRAZY
LEGENDARY SINGER-SONGWRITER ANNOUNCES 15TH SOLO LP
AND FIRST NEW ALBUM IN OVER FOUR YEARS
LEAD SINGLE AND TITLE TRACK, “HERE WE GO CRAZY,” PREMIERES TODAY – LISTEN
US HEADLINE TOUR BEGINS APRIL 1 IN SAN DIEGO
HERE WE GO CRAZY ARRIVES VIA GRANARY MUSIC/BMG RECORDS ON FRIDAY, MARCH 7
PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW
Bob Mould is celebrating the new year with the announcement of a long-awaited new studio album. Here We Go Crazy arrives via Granary Music/BMG Records on Friday, March 7. Pre-orders are available now for standard vinyl, limited-edition colored vinyl, limited-edition t-shirts, CD, bundles, and more.
Mould’s 15th solo album and first full-length new album in more than four years, Here We Go Crazy – which follows 2020’s critically acclaimed Blue Hearts – is heralded by today’s premiere of the lead single and title track, “Here We Go Crazy,” available everywhere now. An official music video directed by Gus Black is streaming now via YouTube.
“I’ve been spending time in the Southern California desert over the past few years, and the video was shot there. Chilly wilderness atop a mountain, expansive vistas below the hills, distant places to escape life’s routines,” Mould says, “’Going crazy’ can be many different things. The joy of reckless abandon, the uncertainty of the world's future, the silence of solitude.”
PRE-ORDER HERE WE GO CRAZY
LISTEN TO “HERE WE GO CRAZY”
WATCH “HERE WE GO CRAZY” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
Produced by Mould at Chicago, IL’s famed Electrical Audio in early 2024 and then finished and mixed at Oakland, CA’s Tiny Telephone with longtime engineer Beau Sorenson, Here We Go Crazy once again features backing by the crack rhythm section of drummer Jon Wurster and bassist Jason Narducy, and together the trio bring a bracing attack to eleven new Bob Mould songs.
“On the surface, this is a group of straightforward guitar pop songs. I’m refining my primary sound and style through simplicity, brevity, and clarity, “Mould says, “Under the hood, there’s a number of contrasting themes. Control and chaos, hypervigilance and helplessness, uncertainly and unconditional love.”
Mould and band (drummer Jon Wurster and bassist Jason Narducy) will mark the arrival of Here We Go Crazy with US headline dates getting underway April 1 at San Diego, CA’s Music Box and then traveling through mid-May. Highlights include stops at venues including Pioneertown, CA’s Pappy & Harriet’s (April 2), San Francisco, CA’s The Fillmore (April 5), Seattle, WA’s Neptune Theatre (April 7), St. Paul, MN’s Palace Theatre (April 19), Chicago, IL’s Metro (April 25-26), Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club (May 2), New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge (May 3), and Washington, DC’s Black Cat (May 7). For complete details and ticket information, please visit https://bobmould.com/tour/.
BOB MOULD BAND: HERE WE GO CRAZY
TOUR 2025
APRIL
1 – San Diego, CA – Music Box*
2 – Pioneertown, CA – Pappy & Harriet’s*
4 – Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom*
5 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore*
7 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre*
8 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom*
9 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory*
11 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theater*
12 – Fort Collins, CO – Washington’s*
14 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room*
15 – Maquoketa, IA – Codfish Hollow Barn*
16 – Madison WI – Majestic Theatre*
18 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall*
19 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre+
25 – Chicago, IL – Metro%
26 – Chicago, IL – Metro%
27 – Detroit, MI – El Club%
29 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop%
30 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre%
MAY
2 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club%
3 – New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge%
4 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer%
7 – Washington DC – Black Cat%
9 – Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall%
10 – Indianapolis, IN – HI–FI Indy%
11 Kalamazoo, MI – Bell’s Beer Garden#
* = support from Craig Finn
+= support from Poster Children
%= support from J. Robbins
#= support from Winged Wheel
# # #
BOB MOULD
HERE WE GO CRAZY
(Granary Music/BMG Records)
Release Date: Friday, MARCH 7
Tracklist:
Here We Go Crazy
Neanderthal
Breathing Room
Hard To Get
When Your Heart Is Broken
Fur Mink Augurs
Lost Or Stolen
Sharp Little Pieces
You Need To Shine
Thread So Thin
Your Side
# # #
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SPELLLING (aka Chrystia Cabral) announces her new album, Portrait of My Heart, out March 28th via Sacred Bones, and shares a video for the lead single, “Portrait of My Heart.”
SPELLLING (aka Chrystia Cabral) announces her new album, Portrait of My Heart, out March 28th via Sacred Bones, and shares a video for the lead single, “Portrait of My Heart.” On Cabral’s fourth album as SPELLLING, the Bay Area artist transforms her acclaimed avant-pop project into a mirror, as her lyrics for Portrait of My Heart tackle love, intimacy, anxiety, and alienation, trading the allegorical approach of much of her previous work for something she says is “pointed into my human heart.” The result is the sharpest, most direct SPELLLING album to date, and its immediacy emphasizes the essential mutability of Cabral’s practice. From the dark minimalism of her earliest music to the lavishly orchestrated prog-pop of 2021’s The Turning Wheel to this newly energetic expression of her creative spirit, Cabral has proved again and again that SPELLLING can be whatever she needs it to be.
In what became the genesis for the rest of Portrait of My Heart, the title track, with its propulsive drum groove and anthemic chorus of “I don’t belong here,” is the most potent embodiment of the album’s turn toward emotional directness. Once Cabral came up with the main melody, she found herself using the song as a tool to work through the anxiety she sometimes struggles with as a performer: “If this is what I’m supposed to be doing, and that I’ve chosen this life path, why does it cause me so much discomfort all the time?”
“When the lyrics for the title track came together, it really started to morph everything in this more energetic direction, instead of this more whimsical landscape that I’ve worked with before. It started to become more driven, higher energy, more focused,” Cabral explains. “And I have a big affection for it because of that. I love that it feels like it withstood transformation, which is something I always want to aspire to with things that I make. I want them to have this sense of timelessness. It could exist like this, or like that, or like this, but this is the one for right now.”
The accompanying video directed by Ambar Navarro explores the obsession that comes with making art when you’re deep in the hole of creativity and it consumes you.
Before undertaking her tour for The Turning Wheel, Cabral assembled a band including core members Wyatt Overson (guitar), Patrick Shelley (drums), and Giulio Xavier Cetto (bass), and their ongoing collaboration has uncovered new contours of the SPELLLING sound. Cabral still writes and demos in isolation, but presenting the songs for Portrait of My Heart to her bandmates, named the Mystery School, helped her discover their eventual lively, organic forms. So did working with a trio of producers—The Turning Wheel mixing engineer Drew Vandenberg, SZA collaborator Rob Bisel, and Yves Tumor producer Psymun.
However, Portrait of My Heart is also shaped significantly by its guest musicians. The original plan was to have a featured artist on every track; that idea was scrapped when Cabral realized some of the material was too personal to put in someone else’s mouth. But a few key features help shape the album. Chaz Bear (Toro y Moi) sings on “Mount Analogue,” the first true duet in the SPELLLING discography. Turnstile guitarist Pat McCrory turns Cabral’s original piano demo for “Alibi” into the crunchy, riff-y version that appears on the record, while Zulu’s Braxton Marcellous gives “Drain” its sludgy heft. These parts aren’t just incorporated seamlessly into the album; they feel like an integral part of its universe.
Ultimately, though, Portrait of My Heart is nobody’s record but Cabral’s. She fearlessly draws the curtain back on parts of herself that she’s never included in SPELLLING before—her feelings of being an outsider, her overly guarded nature, the way she can throw herself recklessly into intimate relationships and then cool on them just as quickly. “It’s very much an open diary of all those sensations,” she says. There’s a real generosity in that, as listeners may recognize themselves in Portrait of My Heart in a way they haven’t on past albums.
Apr 04, 2025San Francisco, CAGreat American Music Hall
Apr 24, 2025Los Angeles, CATeragram Ballroom
Apr 25, 2025Tuscon, AZ191 Toole
Apr 26, 2025Albuquerque, NMSister Bar
Apr 28, 2025Austin, TXParish
Apr 29, 2025Houston, TXWhite Oak Music Hall
Apr 30, 2025New Orleans, LASantos
May 02, 2025Atlanta, GAThe EARL
May 03, 2025Asheville, NCThe Grey Eagle
May 04, 2025Washington, DCUnion Stage
May 06, 2025Philadelphia, PAUnderground Arts
May 09, 2025Brooklyn, NYMusic Hall of Williamsburg
May 10, 2025Amherst, MAThe Drake
May 12, 2025Detroit, MIEl Club
May 13, 2025Chicago, ILLincoln Hall
May 14, 2025Minneapolis, MNFine Line
May 15, 2025Omaha, NEThe Waiting Room
May 17, 2025Denver, COBluebird Theater
May 19, 2025Reno, NVHolland Project
Sophie Jamieson Debuts "Vista" w/ Under The Radar | 'I still want to share' LP out next Friday via Bella Union
Sophie Jamieson
Under The Radar Debuts New Single/Video “ Vista ”
I still want to share LP out next Friday, Jan. 17 via Bella Union
I still want to share album preorder
"beautiful, orchestral" - BrooklynVegan
"I Still Want to Share follows Jamieson’s acclaimed debut and continues her exploration of raw and introspective storytelling through music." - Under The Radar
“Enthralling... a remarkable match of intimacy and intensity... consistently startling and affecting.”
- Uncut: 9/10
“A raw, intimate, brilliant debut, falling somewhere between Sharon Van Etten, Lisa Germano and PJ Harvey... Her torch-song voice is often exposed by spare arrangements, but songs also burst into euphoric life, like exorcisms... every second is disarming and beautiful.” - MOJO: 4*
Singles: “ I don’t know what to save ” “ Camera ” “ How do you want to be loved? ” “ Vista ”
Credit: Tatjana Rüegsegger
London-based songwriter Sophie Jamieson will release her highly anticipated second album I still want to share next Friday, January 17 via Bella Union. Earning acclaim spanning The Needle Drop, BrooklynVegan, Under The Radar, Guitar Girl Magazine, Northern Transmissions, Mystic Sons, The Line Of Best Fit and more, the album was co-produced in London by Sophie Jamieson with the Grammy Award-winning Guy Massey (Spiritualized, Manic Street Preachers, The Beatles’ back-catalogue remastering).
Throughout I still want to share, Sophie takes the enormity of the word ‘love’ and peels back its layers. New single “Vista,” is a woozy ballad and a sweeping reflection of what it can mean to fall in love. It chronicles the dizzying intensity while also reflecting on how easy it is to lose yourself to it all, when you are constantly seeking footing in another person. She shares, "Written in the midst of falling in love, I think I sensed the danger in my own emotions. It was intense and rapid, and though I didn’t realise it at the time, this song seems to reveal my awareness of losing myself very quickly. I felt like a child, in good and bad ways. Everything felt electrified, but also lonely. I found myself painting this picture of a long car drive along cliffs under empty skies, constantly ruining everything, always asking for too much."
If Sophie’s debut LP Choosing explored the self-destructive urge that swells from running away from one’s whole self, I still want to share muscles through, song by song, doing its best to face it. It lifts the lid on the roots of how we love and digs in even deeper, leaning into our deficiencies but doing so from a stronger, healthier place that is much less afraid of the pain that inevitably comes with feeling everything.
I still want to share also feels more exploratory, playful, and detailed with a richer palette. All the raw emotion of Sophie’s songwriting and vocal delivery is joined by some new characters: twinkly, toy-like omnichord, brooding layers of harmonium and sub-bass, as well as rich string arrangements - courtesy of Josephine Stephenson (Daughter, Ex:Re, Lisa Hannigan) - that weave a yearning connection through the beating heart of the record. “There’s a lot of warm autumnal colors, and then more glittery, dark, starry skies. Something about it all has really come together to illustrate some things that I didn't know I needed to articulate in this way”, Sophie explains.
