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Watch Chastity Belt's new video for "Stuck"

CHASTITY BELT DEBUT MUSIC VIDEO FOR "STUCK"; TOURING EUROPE RIGHT NOW



WATCH: Chastity Belt - "Stuck" [dir. Leena Joshi]

Today, Noisey premiered Chastity Belt's new music video for "Stuck" as part of a profile on the acclaimed Seattle band. "Stuck" sees Chastity Belt drummer Gretchen Grimm assuming songwriting duties; the accompanying video from director Leena Joshi is a dreamlike diary of a road trip through the American West. Chastity Belt are currently on tour in Europe (full list of dates below).

Last week, Chastity Belt stopped by the studios of BBC 6 Music for an interview and on-air session with Marc Riley that can be streamed here, and lead singer Julia Shapiro recently chatted with her peer and onetime tourmate Courtney Barnett for The Talkhouse Podcast. Their conversation can be streamed here. 

TOUR DATES:

09.12.17 - Nottingham, UK - Bodega *
09.13.17 - Brighton, UK - Green Door Store * (SOLD OUT)
09.14.17 - London, UK - Garage * % (SOLD OUT)
09.15.17 - Brussels, BE - Witloof Bar
09.16.17 - Cologne, DE - King Georg &
09.17.17 - Berlin, DE - Kantine Am Berghain &
09.19.17 - Vienna, AT - Arena &
09.20.17 - Lausanne, CH - La Romandie Club &
09.21.17 - Paris, FR - Espace B &
09.22.17 - Rotterdam, NL - V11
09.23.17 - Utrecht, NL - ACU &
10.18.17 - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey

& - w/ Magic Potion
* - w/ GANG
% - w/ Charly Bliss

Quilt Release F.J. McMahon Cover "Sister Brother"; "Spirit of the Golden Juice" Album Out This Month

QUILT RELEASE F.J. MCMAHON COVER "SISTER BROTHER"
FULL ALBUM COVER OF SPIRIT OF THE GOLDEN JUICEOUT THIS MONTH
EXCLUSIVELY VIA TURNTABLE KITCHEN'S SOUNDS DELICIOUS VINYL SERIES
Photo credit: Daniel Dorsa
LISTEN / SHARE: "SISTER BROTHER"
Quilt have shared their version of F.J. McMahon's "Sister Brother," off their forthcoming full album cover of F.J. McMahon's legendary 1969 record Spirit of the Golden Juice. The record will be out later this month via Turntable Kitchen's Sounds Delicious vinyl series.
"Once in a while you find an album that you can listen to anytime, anywhere and get swept away in the current regardless of your surroundings. Spirit of the Golden Juice is one of those albums, and one that we have all enjoyed together as a band in the van on tour.
Through pure chance, we became friends with F.J. McMahon after he contacted us online three years ago, and we have mutual admiration for each other's music. We decided last year to cover Spirit of the Golden Juice. Our own Keven Lareau engineered and produced it, and it was recorded over the course of several months between New Hampshire and New York.
Earlier this summer we were lucky enough to accompany F.J. in Los Angeles as his backing band, playing the entirety of SOTGJ live for the first time ever! If you like our versions of his songs please be sure to check out the reissue of the original, available now on Anthology Records." - Quilt
Quilt's Spirit of the Golden Juice will feature the below artwork and the previously released track "Black Night Woman" and will be limited to 1000 copies on vinyl only. Pre-orders are available now.

 
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SOUNDS DELICIOUS is a first-of-its-kind monthly vinyl subscription service. SOUNDS DELICIOUS will offer full-length cover albums - exclusively featuring music not available anywhere else - on limited edition vinyl. 
Participating artists were asked to choose any full-length album they love and reimagine it from front to back. SOUNDS DELICIOUS will produce the recordings on limited edition vinyl packaged in beautifully designed jackets and exclusively release them to members of its subscription service every month. 

!!! (Chk Chk Chk) Announce Tour Exclusive EP, Premiere New Song "The Long Walk"

!!! (CHK CHK CHK) PREMIERE NEW SONG "THE LONG WALK"
ANNOUNCE EXCLUSIVE 12" EP  SHAKE THE SHUT UP  AVAILABLE ONLY ON TOUR

Just before their extensive fall tour, !!! (Chk Chk Chk) have announced a limited edition hand-stamped white label 12" EP titled  Shake The Shut Up  and from it, released "The Long Walk." The six-track collection echoes the excitement of its critically adored predecessor Shake The Shudder while celebrating the dance-punk band's ever evolving energy.  Shake The Shut Up  is available only on the road. 
Stereogum premiered "The Long Walk," calling the song "a deliciously dirty disco-house groove elevated to celestial heights by gospel-tinged backing vocals." 
STREAM "THE LONG WALK" 
!!! have an eventful tour in store, beginning tomorrow. The frenzy-prone performers have sustained a culture-shifting career for over two decades, and continue to ignite audiences with inimitable flare. According to Billboard, !!!'s recently released music video "proves that you can never really expect what will happen at a !!! show." 

!!! On Tour:September 13 | The Hollow - Albany, NY*September 15 | Spirit Hall - Pittsburgh, PA*September 16 | Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH*September 18 | Mercy Lounge - Nashville, TN*September 19 | The Earl - Atlanta, GASeptember 21 | Saturn - Birmingham, AL*September 22 | Hi-Ho Lounge - New Orleans, LA*September 23 | White Oak Music Hall - Houston, TX*September 24 | Three Links - Dallas, TX*September 25 | Empire Garage - Austin, TX*September 26 | Paper Tiger - San Antonio, TX*September 28 | Meow Wolf - Santa Fe, NM*September 29 | The Crescent Ballroom - Phoenix, AZ*September 30 | SoHo Music Club - Santa Barbara, CA*October 1 | Music Tastes Good Festival - Long Beach, CAOctober 2 | The Constellation Room - Santa Ana, CAOctober 6 | Aragon Ballroom - Chicago, IL**October 19 | Lisbon Live - Lisbon, PortugalOctober 20 | Octogono - Fundao, PortugalOctober 21 | Hard Club - Porto, PortugalOctober 25 | Apolo - Barcelona, SpainOctober 26 | Donostia Intxaurrondo - San Sebastian, SpainOctober 27 | Capitol - Santiago, SpainOctober 28 | Joy Eslava - Madrid, SpainOctober 29 | Brudness Social Club - Leeds, UKOctober 31 | Stereo - Glasgow, UKNovember 1 | Manchester Gorilla - Manchester, UKNovember 2 | Electric Ballroom - London, UKNovember 3 | REC Festival - Rotterdam, NetherlandsNovember 4 | Botanique - Brussels, BelgiumNovember 5 | Luxor - Cologne, GermanyNovember 6 | Festaal Kreuzberg - Berlin, GermanyNovember 7 | Futurum Music Bar - Prague, Czech RepublicNovember 9 | Strom - Munich, GermanyNovember 10 | Locomotiv Club - Bologna, ItalyNovember 11 | Monk - Rome, ItalyNovember 12 | Magnolia - Milan, ItalyNovember 13 | MKC - Skopje, Macedonia
November 14 | Dom Omladine - Belgrade, Serbia
* with support from Algiers** supporting Thievery Corporation 

ALEXANDRA SAVIOR SHARES NEW VIDEO FOR “GIRLIE”

ALEXANDRA SAVIOR SHARES NEW VIDEO FOR “ GIRLIE ”Portland native Alexandra Savior has shared her newest video for standout track “Girlie.” The video, written and directed by Alexandra herself, was shot on a Leicina Special Super 8 camera in Cannon Beach and Sauvie Island, both in Oregon. Watch “Girlie” here: http://smarturl.it/GirlieVideo.

Says Alexandra: The video was sort of an emblem to the innocence and awareness of a young girl. I had originally envisioned a very light color palette of pastels, and as the image sat with me I began to develop the concept of Olivia's character and her dilemma. I saw her as child-like and pensive. The concept became that she would be haunted by these angelic figures, three characters I wanted to represent as purely feminine. She is never a part of their figuration but they seem to be focused on her, which is really a part of her imagination and that concept lends to the lyrics of Girlie. I added some symbols of vanity to the three characters such as jewelry, mirrors and brushes to represent their purpose in Olivia's psyche. My main influence visually was Peter Weir's 1975 portrayal of "Picnic at Hanging Rock", so it was important to find a stunning landscape for the shots, I chose Cannon Beach, Oregon because I am very familiar with it from childhood. Shooting on Super 8 proved to be a challenge, but overall the flaws ended up granting a warmth to the video, which is something I was hoping for.

Alexandra Savior made her mark last summer, following the release of her debut single “Shades,” which left Noisey “completely hooked” on the then 21-year old singer/songwriter. Her debut album  Belladonna of Sadness  was released earlier this year to critical praise and was co-written by Alexandra and British rock frontman Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys/Last Shadow Puppets) and co-produced by James Ford (Haim/Florence and the Machine) and Alex Turner.
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Grandaddy announces 'Under The Western Freeway' reissue with unreleased tracks

FRIENDSHIP FEVER ANNOUNCES 20th ANNIVERSARY REISSUE OF GRANDADDY'S UNDER THE WESTERN FREEWAY FEATURING PREVIOUSLY-UNRELEASED TRACKS & DEMOS 

REVEALS PREVIOUSLY-UNRELEASED TRACK
"HAWAIIAN ISLAND WRANGLERS"
UNDER THE WESTERN FREEWAY (20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION)DUE OCTOBER 20, 2017


STREAM // EMBED "HAWAIIAN ISLAND WRANGLERS"


Sacramento label Friendship Fever is thrilled to announce the 20th Anniversary edition of Grandaddy's now-classic debut,  Under The Western Freeway , due October 20, 2017 (just a day before the album's original release date of October 21, 1997). The deluxe vinyl reissue comes with a separate LP featuring eight previously-unreleased tracks and demos, and the first 250 orders will receive an exclusive bonus cassette titled Practice 97 (which features eight unreleased recordings from a 1997 Grandaddy band practice). To ring in the announcement, Friendship Fever has shared " Hawaiian Island Wranglers ," one of the reissue's previously-unreleased tracks. The song is available to stream or embed  HERE , and the album is available for pre-order  HERE .
Under The Western Freeway is one of the quintessential albums to escape California's Central Valley, and Friendship Fever couldn't be happier to be the ones bringing it back to you. It begs the sunset listen, with the volume at 11. The windows open, bugs sneaking in, the night air cooling off the day's demands.

This vinyl-only re-release features two pieces of beautiful colored vinyl: one featuring the original record, as it was intended, and the other an eight-song collection of demos from 1997, never before released. The demo LP includes sketches of songs that became fan favorites, like "Bjork ELO Xanadu and the Birth of Chartsengrafs" (which would make its debut on the band's groundbreaking follow-up, The Sophtware Slump) and the fan-favorite "For The Dishwasher." The deluxe package is complete with a booklet of personal band photographs, flyers from the era, and liner notes by Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals.

To truly understand how we got here, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Under The Western Freeway, it's important to shed some light on the shadows from which this record emerged. The summer of '97 was marked by the awakening from the woozy post-Cobain slumber that indie rock was mired in. 1997 was a mishmash of various top 10 genres -- from Bjork to Ween to Save Ferris -- and the scene seemed poised for bigger and better things. (Just take a look at the top 10 indie records of 1998 to get an idea of what Under The Western Freeway helped kick off.)

The importance of Under The Western Freeway is further exemplified by how the record grew in its importance among those who stumbled upon it. Zines ruled the day in 1997. Reading about a release, finding that release in stores, and then having the unique pleasure of telling a friend how great a record was exponentially propelled the word-of-mouth growth of this record. Grandaddy seemed to be everyone's unique discovery, everyone's favorite band they whispered the lyrics to, the band they found themselves gravitating toward after they saw what was supposed to be great just wasn't.

Under The Western Freeway didn't start its own scene. No, what made this record and this band unique was that they took their interpretation from many different scenes, as viewed from their skewed perch of Modesto, California, and made their own way into indie rock's top echelon. From the trucker hats to Lytle's hand tattoo that says "skate," to the taking of the best bits of ELO and dropping it into a blender - all of this made for a powerful record released just at the right time. Just enough guitar and keyboards, just enough sadness, just enough ironic, manic-driven happiness that captured what so many were thinking and feeling in the fall of '97.

Under The Western Freeway (20th Anniversary Edition)    track list: 





LP 1: Under The Western Freeway



01A.  Nonphenomenal Lineage
02A.  A.M. 18003A.  Collective Dreamwish of Upperclass Elegance04A.  Summer Here Kids05A.  Laughing Stock06A.  Under the Western Freeway07B.  Everything Beautiful Is Far Away08B.  Poisoned at Hartsy Thai Food09B.  Go Progress Chrome10B.  Why Took Your Advice11B.  Lawn & So OnLP 2: Unreleased 1997 demos
01A.  Hawaiian Island Wranglers 02A.  For the Dishwasher (Slow Demo)03A.  Dying Brains (Early Demo)04A.  Summer Here Kids (Early Demo)05B.  Le symphonique d'HeeHaw06B.  Street Bunny (Fluffy Distortion Demo)07B. Bjork ELO Xanadu and The Birth of Chartsengrafs08B.  Laughing Stock (Revelation Demo) 


Grandaddy: 
Practice '97 01A. I'm Not Alright02A. Summer Here Kids03A. Taster04A. I'm In Love WIth No One05B. Everything Beautiful is Far Away06B. Street Bunny07B. Lawn & So On08B. Levitz

Music Tastes Good schedule announced!

You can now use our festival app & website to build your personal schedule, discover new artists and more!Hope you're having a good Monday. We've got just 19 days to go until Music Tastes Good! The most eclectic and delicious party that Long Beach has to offer. We're excited to finally be able to share our festival schedule with you! View & build your schedule now! → Find out what time your favorite bands are playing, plan your Taste Tent excursions. With headliners like Ween and Sleater-Kinney, the recently added tUnE-yArDs,Juana Molina, and Diane Coffee, full album sets by of Montreal, and Los Lobos; electrifying dance parties with Bomba Estéreo, Big Freedia, Peaches, and !!!; indie rockers such as RIDE, Alvvays, Protomartyr, hip-hop legends like Digable Planets and the original Dr. Octagon lineup, and local favorites like Joyce Manor,Rufrano, and The Natives, there's no doubt these two days are going to be insanely fun!We can't wait for you to join us.
The list above doesn't do it justice. Music Tastes Good features:Over 40 bands from around the worldThe new Taste Tent, featuring: 16 amazing chefs from New Orleans & Long Beach!dozens of curated food vendorslocal visual artists30 arts and crafts vendorsa vinyl village (record swap)and plenty of pleasant surprises!all set in Downtown Long Beach at Marina Green Park, on the Shoreline.We highly recommend downloading our mobile app and building your schedule today.
Turn on push notifications and stay up to date with schedule changes, and important festival updates!Get our app on:iOS + Android      

Roni Size & Reprazent Announce 20th Anniversary Re-Issue of "New Forms"

RONI SIZE & REPRAZENT ANNOUNCE DELUXE REISSUE OF THE MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE WINNING ALBUM

NEW FORMS



PRE-ORDER
https://RoniSize.lnk.to/NewForms20PR

Label: Mercury Records / Universal Music
Release Date: November 10th, 2017

“We never set out to make a crossover” – Roni Size

This November,  New Forms  by Roni Size & Reprazent celebrates its 20th anniversary with a deluxe 4CD / 2LP reissue. To commemorate this era-defining drum ‘n’ bass album, the package will feature a New Forms 20th anniversary live hardware mixprogrammed by Roni featuring previously unreleased remixes and re-edits, remixes from drum ‘n’ bass legends such as Grooverider, Source Direct and Krust (previously only released on vinyl) and the 2017 remaster of the original 2CD / LP.

One of the definitive electronic albums of the 90s, New Forms brought drum ‘n’ bass into the mainstream. Fighting off industry heavyweights including the Spice Girls, The Prodigy, Suede, Radiohead, Primal Scream and The Chemical Brothers, Roni Size & Reprazentwon the 1997 Mercury Music Prize, going on to sell 300,000 units in the UK with its release on BBC Radio 1 DJ Gilles Peterson’s Talkin’ Loud records.

Reprazent were a Bristol-based collective brought together by Roni that included DJsDie, Suv and Krust as well as Dynamite MC and vocalist Onallee. Akin to their fellow Bristolians Massive Attack, they grew up on a diverse diet of influences including street soul, hip hop, electro, reggae and dub. They weaved elements of each with the new electronic sounds of jungle and break-beats to create drum ‘n’ bass - of which New Forms is one of the defining masterpieces.

20 years since being propelled into the mainstream, drum ‘n’ bass continues to thrive with artists including Chase and Status, Sigma, and Wilkinson dominating the charts, all of whom acknowledge Roni Size & Reprazent as forefathers of the scene. Whilst Grime, a genre with a similarly unique cultural heritage, enjoys its moment – it feels like perfect timing to honourNew Forms as the seminal milestone in British music as it is.

This Autumn to further celebrate 20 years of New Forms, Roni Size will take his ground breaking audio-visual live show to Hospitality in the Park, London on Saturday 23rd September before widely touring throughout the world (full schedule TBA). Having debuted earlier this year at the Oval Space and since showcased at Moovin Festival andThe Downs, the combined live instrument and hardware show features state of the art production and 3D effect projection mapping in the form of the “light box;” and marks the first time Roni has performed the Mercury Prize winning album New Forms as a solo performer.New Forms will be reissued November 10th, 2017.

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New Forms  Deluxe Reissue Track Listing
 LP1

A1 Railing
A2 Brown paper bag
A3 Heroes
A4 Matter of fact
B1 New forms
B2 Digital
B3 Watching windows

New Forms - Disc 1 (Remastered)

01. Railing
02. Brown paper bag
03. New forms
04. Lets get it on
05. Digital
06. Matter of fact
07. Mad cat
09. Share the fall (Full vocal mix)
10. Watching windows
11. Beatbox
12. Morse code




Reforms - Disc 3

01. Brown paper bag (Roni Size full vocal mix)
02. Heroes (Origin Unknown remix)
03. Watching Windows (DJ Die gnarly vocal mix)
04. New forms (Krust’s wide screen version)
05. Share the fall (Grooverider’s jeep style mix)
06. Brown paper bag (Photek remix)
07. Down (Bel Air remix)
08. Heroes (Kruder’s long loose bossa)
09. Watching windows (Roni Size meets Nuyorican Soul)
10. Brown paper bag (Roni Size sound is the music remix)LP2

C1 Share the fall (Full vocal mix)
C2 Beatbox
C3 Trust me
C4 Destination
D1 Morse code
D2 Let’s get it on
D3 Change my life

New Forms – Disc 2 (Remastered)

01. Into
02. Hi-potent
03. Trust me
04. Change my life
05. Share the fall
06. Down
07. Jazz
08. Hot stuff
09. Ballet dance
Bonus Forms
10. Electricks (B-side of Heroes)
11. Western (B-side of Brown paper bag)
12. Sounds fresh (Reasons for sharing EP)

Live Forms – Roni Size's New Forms 20thAnniversary Live Hardware Set - Disc 4

01. Morse code 2017 remix
02. Railing 2008 remix
03. Brown paper bag 2017 remix
04. New forms 2008 remix
05. Lets get it on 2017 remix
06. Trust me 2017 remix + 2017 VIP remix
07. Elecrics 2017 remix
08. Heroes Kruder’s long loose bossa + 1997 album version + 2008 remix
09. Down 2017 re-edit
10. Western 2017 remix
11. Watching windows 1997 radio edit + 1997 instrumental + DJ Die gnarly instrumental mix
12. Sounds fresh 2017 re-edit
13. Digital 2008 remix
14. Hold the front page
15. Hi-potent 2017 re-edit
16. Share the fall 2017 remix + Grooverider’s jeep style mix (Roni Size re-edit)
17. Destination 2017 re-edit
18. Share the fall (Full vocal mix) 2017 remix

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Wolf Alice release video for new track "Beautifully Unconventional"

WOLF ALICE PREMIERES MUSIC VIDEO FOR NEW TRACK "BEAUTIFULLY UNCONVENTIONAL" TODAY-CLICK HERE TO WATCH DECEMBER NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES ON SALE NOW SOPHOMORE ALBUM VISIONS OF A LIFE SET FOR RELEASE SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2017PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE NOW 
(Los Angeles, CA)-Today, London-based rock band Wolf Alice release the music video for their new track "Beautifully Unconventional".  The video, which was directed by Stephen Agnew, premiered on The FADER. "This song is a celebration of all your non-conforming friends," Ellie Rowsell explained to The FADER. "A celebration of individuality and the adventures that come with embracing that. For me personally I imagined me and my mate Hannah as Christian Slater and Winona Rider in Heathers albeit looking nothing like them. The video has nothing to do with the song - I just didn't want to have a mullet anymore, seeing as lots of people tore me to pieces in our last video, so it was an excuse to wear a wig!"
"Beautifully Unconventional" will be included on the band's upcoming sophomore album entitledVisions Of A Life, which is set for release September 29th, 2017 via Dirty Hit/RCA Records and is available for pre-order now. Click HERE to watch.Wolf Alice also revealed the track listing for Visions Of A Life. See full track listing below. 1. Heavenward2. Yuk Foo3. Beautifully Unconventional4. Don't Delete The Kisses5. Planet Hunter6. Sky Musings7. Formidable Cool8. Space & Time9. Sadboy10. St. Purple & Green11. After The Zero Hour12. Visions Of A Life Additionally, the foursome will be hitting the road throughout the month of December for a short North American tour. The tour will be kicking off in Toronto and will be hitting cities like Brooklyn, Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia.  Tickets are on sale now and can purchased here. See full list of tour dates below. FRI12/1Danforth Music HallToronto, ONSAT12/2L'AstralMontreal, QBMON12/4Brooklyn SteelBrooklyn, NYTHU12/7The MetPawtucket, RIFRI12/89:30 ClubWashington, D.C.SAT12/9Trocadero TheatrePhiladelphia, PAMON12/11Terminal WestAtlanta, GA 

THE DAMNED ANNOUNCE TONY VISCONTI TO PRODUCE NEW ALBUM & REJOINS WITH BASSIST PAUL GRAY

 BRITISH PUNK ROYALTY THE DAMNED REVEALUPCOMING ALBUM DETAILS AND MORE TONY VISCONTI SET TO PRODUCE NEW DAMNED ALBUM SET FOR RELEASE 2018  FORMER BASSIST PAUL GRAY REJOINS BAND    Photos: Dod Morrison As reported in early spring, legendary punk band The Damned signed a new label deal with Search & Destroy and announced plans for their 11th studio album. Now the band is pleased to announce that preparations are underway. 
The band’s raw, primal and macabre energy will see its match in the studio this October in Brooklyn, NY with famed ProducerTony Visconti who for over five decades has produced some of the world’s most influential artists and their greatest albums (David Bowie, T.Rex, Morrisey, U2, The Stranglers, Iggy Pop and Thin Lizzy). On Engineer duties is four time Grammy-winning Producer /Engineer/Mixer Kevin Killen, who has also worked with Bowie and has spent the last several decades compiling an impressive list of credentials featuring premiere pop artists Peter Gabriel, Elvis
Costello, Burt Bacharach, Bryan Ferry and Brandon Flowers. The New York Observer proclaimed, "The Damned are a band of infinite depth and a wide variety of pleasures… high-quality blurs of melodic punk, Beach Boys-ish flowery psych-pop, chiming, bittersweet post-punk, Moody Blues-ish bombastmopherics, spiraling goth and soaring faux soul, all brilliantly executed...” It’s rather fitting that the band who in 1976 launched an alchemic, heady new British rock sound collaborates with one of the most important and influential producers in the history of rock.  “We want to do the unexpected,” noting that the new album will offer some of the old and a lot of the new. “We’ve never been predictable and well, neither has Tony. There will be a measure of experimentation and we know he’ll do his best to artistically challenge us. He’s been at the top of our producer list since we first started thinking about recording the album, dream come true he’s on board!” The as-yet-unnamed new album will be their first new album for nearly ten years and is the follow up to, ‘So, Who’s Paranoid?’ which came out in 2008. This news also comes with a change in The Damned’s line up: the band announce the bitter sweet news of the departure of bassist Stu West. “We had a great time with Stu on this long journey. We have infinite respect for him and are forever grateful for his contributions to The Damned. As a result of this mutual understanding, we respect his decision, support him wholeheartedly and wish him the best of luck and success." Furthermore, The Damned reveal that once again they will reunite with their former bass player Paul Gray (Eddie and the Hot Rods/Johnny Thunders (New York Dolls, Rob Tyner (MC5)/UFO), who was an essential part of the Damned during the 80s and who played bass on previous Damned albums “The Black Album” and “Strawberries”. Gray will be joining the Damned in the studio this fall. 
A dizzying mix of dedication, creativity and stubborn will continue to fuel Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible, Monty Oxymoron,and Andrew "Pinch" Pinching.  While The Damned’s 40 year journey has been challenging, rewarding and shocking at best, they continue to reign as Punk’s original connoisseurs and feel very positive about what lies ahead in the future. That evidence will be heard on their new album and in venues worldwide as the blitz continues on their Evil Spirits Tour set to rock intimate venues through out the UK this January. The Damned ‘Evil Spirits’ 2018 UK Tour Dates: 26 January Newcastle O2 Academy27 January Dundee Caird Hall28 January Glasgow O2 Academy30 January Leeds O2 Academy Leeds31 January Manchester Academy 11 February Birmingham O2 Academy3 February Leicester O2 Academy4 February Nottingham Rock City6 February Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall7 February Southend Cliffs Pavilion9 February Cardiff Great Hall10 February Bristol O2 Academy Bristol11 February Bournemouth O2 Academy13 February Southampton O2 Guildhall14 February Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion17 February London O2 Forum 

Jessica Lea Mayfield’s “Offa My Hands” premieres at LENNY

JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD’S “OFFA MY HANDS” PREMIERES AT  LENNY SORRY IS GONE DUE SEPTEMBER 29 ON ATO RECORDSFALL TOUR NOW ON-SALE   photo credit: Ebru Yildiz, album cover“Sorry Is Gone is clamorous and dynamic, reflective of Mayfield’s rare gift of seeming equally steady and chameleonic from album to album.”
Jessica Lea Mayfield’s new song “Offa My Hands” is premiering today at  LENNY . Listen to and share the track HERE.“Offa My Hands” is the third song unveiled from Mayfield’s anticipated new album,  Sorry Is Gone , which will be released September 29 on ATO Records and is now available for pre-order. Of the new music, LENNY asserts, “Mayfield seems primed to enjoy not only another strong album but to harness its moment in the service of others.”Already receiving widespread acclaim, Stereogum recently debuted the official music video for “Meadow” calling it, “…appealing in its blend of melancholy resignation and defiant self-will” (watch/share HERE.), while NPR Music premiered the video for the title track declaring, “Jessica Lea Mayfield is taking back her life. ‘Sorry Is Gone,’ the title track to her next album, is a song of empowerment that finds the singer moving past a difficult period in her life…Despite the weight of that, the song feels breezy, flowing and freeing” (watch/share HERE).The 11-track record was recorded at Water Music and Electric Lady studios with producer John Agnello (Kurt Vile, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Phosphorescent). In addition to Mayfield, the album features a variety of world-renowned musicians including Seth Avett on backing vocals and keys, drummer Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth, Sun Kil Moon), bassist Emil Amos (Grails, Holy Sons) and guitarist Cameron Deyell (Sia, Streets of Laredo.) with additional production from Patrick Damphier (The Mynabirds).Of the record, Mayfield comments, “The whole record is about me taking my life back, without really realizing it. I realized I’m the only person that is going to look out for me. I have to be my main person. No one else.” She continues, “I have to sing about things and write about things that have happened to me as therapy. That’s what connects me to other music I listen to. I want music to make me feel things. This is my inner dialogue, and my chance to get the last word.”In support of the release, Mayfield will embark on an extensive tour this fall including shows at NYC’s Baby’s All Right, DC’s Songbyrd, Nashville’s The Basement East and Chicago’s The Empty Bottle among many others. All tickets are now on-sale viahttps://site.jessicaleamayfield.com/tour. See below for complete details.Sorry Is Gone is Mayfield’s first solo album since 2014’s Make My Head Sing…, which was released to widespread acclaim. Of the album, Rolling Stone asserted, “…Mayfield’s echo-laden bluegrass vocals mesh with scorching electric guitar lines to render remarkable results,” while Pitchfork praised, “There’s something certainly compelling about this raw, minimalist sound” and NPR’s Fresh Air proclaimed, “The music is heavy, but it soars.” Additionally Interview Magazinedeclared, “Mayfield sounds like she’s finally arrived” and USA Today affirmed, “Her evolution as an artist has been fascinating to hear.” Most recently, in 2015, Mayfield collaborated with Seth Avett on Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliott Smith. SORRY IS GONE  TRACK LISTING1. Wish You Could See Me Now2. Sorry Is Gone3. Meadow4. Maybe Whatever5. Soaked Through6. Safe 2 Connect 27. Bum Me Out8. WTF9. Offa My Hands10. World Won’t Stop11. Too Much TerribleJESSICA LEA MAYFIELD TOUROctober 12—Columbus, OH—Rumba Café*October 13—Lakewood, OH—Mahall’s 20 Lanes*October 14—Pittsburgh, PA—Club Café*October 15—Toronto, ON—The Rivoli*October 17—New York, NY—Baby’s All Right*October 19—Boston, MA—Great Scott†October 20—Philadelphia, PA—Boot & Saddle†October 21—Washington, DC—Songbyrd†October 23—Charlottesville, VA—The Southern†October 24—Carrboro, NC—Cat’s Cradle Back Room†October 25—Knoxville, TN—The Open Chord†October 26—Asheville, NC—The Altamont†October 27—Atlanta, GA—The Earl†October 28—Charlotte, NC—Stage Door Theater†November 3—Nashville, TN —The Basement East‡November 8—Indianapolis, IN—Hi-Fi†November 9—Chicago, IL—The Empty BottleNovember 10—Milwaukee, WI—The Back Room at ColectivoNovember 11—Minneapolis, MN—7th Street EntryNovember 12—Madison, WI—The Frequency†November 14—Davenport, IA—The Raccoon Motel†November 15—Des Moines, IA—Vaudeville Mews†November 16—Kansas City, MO—The Riot Room†November 17—St. Louis, MO—Off Broadway†November 18—Louisville, KY—Zanzabar†*with support from Mal Blum†with support from Blank Range‡with support from Idle Bloom  www.jessicaleamayfield.com