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June 21, 2017
St. Vincent Unveils “Fear The Future Tour”
St. Vincent Unveils “Fear The Future Tour”Watch A “Very Special Announcement” From St. VincentSt. Vincent has announced the “Fear the Future Tour,” her first extended run of dates in over two years. The tour begins October 17 in London and concludes December 2 at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre.
Watch a “Very Special Announcement” from St. Vincent here: http://found.ee/StV_TourTeaser2017YT-i
USA pre-sale registration begins today at 10AM ET. Global fan pre-sale begins June 27. General on-sale for the entire tour begins Friday June 30. To pre-register and for more information, go to http://ilovestvincent.com/#tour. Fans will be able to choose from standalone show tickets as well as the “Fear The Future” Enhanced Experience - including tickets plus signed poster, photo with St. Vincent’s guitar, film screening and more. A full list of tour dates is below.
The “Fear The Future Tour” announcement comes in the midst of an eventful year for St. Vincent (nee Annie Clark). The GRAMMY®-winning artist and “bona fide guitar god [and] pop visionary” (Rolling Stone) made her directorial debut in February when ‘The Birthday Party’ from the ‘XX’ horror anthology premiered at the Sundance Film Festival (she also wrote and scored the piece). More recently, she was named ambassador for Record Store Day 2017, recorded a 7” single with John Legend to benefit Planned Parenthood, and unveiled updates to her signature collection of Ernie Ball guitars.
8/19 – Tokyo, Japan – Summer Sonic
10/17 – London, UK – O2 Academy Brixton
10/18 – Manchester, UK – O2 Apollo Manchester
10/20 – Dublin, Ireland – Olympia Theatre
10/23 – Brussels, Belgium – Ancienne Belgique
10/24 – Paris, France – Le Trianon
10/26 – Berlin, Germany – Huxleys
10/27 – Utrecht, Netherlands – TivoliVrendenburg
11/14 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore
11/15 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room
11/17 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theater
11/18 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theater
11/19 – Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theater
11/20 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
11/21 – Louisville, KY – The Kentucky Center
11/22 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
11/24 – Knoxville, TN – Tennessee Theatre
11/25 – Durham, NC – Durham Performing Arts Center
11/27 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
11/28 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
11/30 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
12/1 – Portland, ME – State Theatre
12/2 – Brooklyn, NY - Kings Theatre
http://ilovestvincent.com/
Ice Balloons (Supergroup of TV on the Radio, Samiam, Surfbort, Wild Yaks) Debut New Track/Announce New Record via Stereogum
Ice Balloons Premieres
“Calypso Heartworm”
LISTEN NOW via Stereogum
Fiesta is out on August 11th 2017 via Volar Records
"It’s a droning noise-punk assault that feels both primitive and futuristic, and it’s even better if you picture it being sung by a giant golden fly. "
- Stereogum“...a squally, reverb heavy racket that sounds like 1200 glass planets shattering while a garage punk band plays on a strip of tarmac as Mad Max-style denizens drag race around them.”
- Noisey
Listen to the Track Here
From the minds of mischief makers, no-wave, noise-punk band Ice Balloons - Kyp Malone (TV On The Radio), Sean Kennerly (Samiam), Sean Powell (Fuckemos, Surfbort), Giselle Reiber (Midnight Masses), Dan Scinta (Wild Yaks) and BA Miale- comes the first single “Calypso Heartworm”
Listen to the Track Here Bringing together elements from each of these band members’ pasts - this single shows how diverse this team can get. The dissonance created by the vocals paired with the substantial sounds of washed out drums carries the listeners down a kaleidoscope of noise like never heard before. It’s to be noted that many songs from Fiesta involve inspirations from insects. What that means you’ll have to find out - take “Calypso Heartworm” as your first test.Aiming to highlight the sensation of distance from the driving forces of everyday reality - Ice Balloons are ready to take you anywhere, nowhere and somewhere in between.
Fiesta is out August 11, 2017 on limited color vinyl and all digital formats on Volar Records. Preorders of the vinyl are available at the Volar Bandcamp.
Listen to the Track Here
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“Calypso Heartworm”
LISTEN NOW via Stereogum
Fiesta is out on August 11th 2017 via Volar Records
"It’s a droning noise-punk assault that feels both primitive and futuristic, and it’s even better if you picture it being sung by a giant golden fly. "
- Stereogum“...a squally, reverb heavy racket that sounds like 1200 glass planets shattering while a garage punk band plays on a strip of tarmac as Mad Max-style denizens drag race around them.”
- Noisey
Listen to the Track Here
From the minds of mischief makers, no-wave, noise-punk band Ice Balloons - Kyp Malone (TV On The Radio), Sean Kennerly (Samiam), Sean Powell (Fuckemos, Surfbort), Giselle Reiber (Midnight Masses), Dan Scinta (Wild Yaks) and BA Miale- comes the first single “Calypso Heartworm”
Listen to the Track Here Bringing together elements from each of these band members’ pasts - this single shows how diverse this team can get. The dissonance created by the vocals paired with the substantial sounds of washed out drums carries the listeners down a kaleidoscope of noise like never heard before. It’s to be noted that many songs from Fiesta involve inspirations from insects. What that means you’ll have to find out - take “Calypso Heartworm” as your first test.Aiming to highlight the sensation of distance from the driving forces of everyday reality - Ice Balloons are ready to take you anywhere, nowhere and somewhere in between.
Fiesta is out August 11, 2017 on limited color vinyl and all digital formats on Volar Records. Preorders of the vinyl are available at the Volar Bandcamp.
Listen to the Track Here
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Oakland-based pop-rockers The Tambo Rays to release new EP, Recharge
The Tambo Rays - "Yes and No" - YouTube // SoundCloud
Oakland-based pop-rockers The Tambo Raysto release new EP, Recharge,out July 17th via OIM Records
“Distinguished by the two DaMert’s complimentary vocals and a shimmering, danceable style, they fondly recall the mid-’00s days of Shout Out Louds, Metric and Moonbabies.” - BrooklynVegan“...the band is led by saccharine-voiced Sara DaMert, who lends a cherubic, innocent feel to the Tambo Rays’ bubbly, indie-pop jams.” - SF Weekly
Listen: The Tambo Rays - “Get It Right Now” - https://soundcloud.com/oimrecords/the-tambo-rays-get-it-right-now-1
(Brooklyn, NY) In examining the sound, story and circumstances injected into Oakland-based indie-pop-rock band The Tambo Rays’ new EP, you would be hard pressed to come up with a more fitting title than Recharge.
The project has been on again off again since its inception in 2012 by founder Brian DaMert (guitar, vox) who soon found an immediately furthered kinship with his sister, Sara (lead vox), who joined with no previous musical experience. Joined by Greg Sellin (bass/ back vox) and Bob Jakubs (drums), The Tambo Rays would soon go on to release their debut EP, Kaleidoscope.
The momentum would be quickly interrupted, however, as the DaMert’s and Sellin found success as members of WATERS with the failing health of Brian and Sara’s father weighing on them through his passing in 2015.
“The past two years have been a healing process,” shares Brian. “Writing music was a form of therapy during these turbulent times, what came out of it was this EP.”
With Recharge, The Tambo Rays craft buoyant, sun-soaked pop-rock as Sara’s infectious vocals and energy spring out like the prismatic light structures their father was famous for creating in the 70s. The EPs five life-affirming tracks respond to the uncertainties we all face with radiant positivity and saccharine, driving pop-rock reminiscent of golden-era Blondie. The EP also marks the band’s first release with Lisa Weiss (keys) who joined in 2016.
Look for Recharge out July 17th via OIM Records and be sure to follow The Tambo Rays on any of their social channels detailed below.
The Tambo Rays links:
Facebook // Twitter // Instagram // Soundcloud // Youtube // Spotify
COLD WAR KIDS ANNOUNCE FREE HEADLINE SHOW IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SOFAR SOUNDS AND METRO ART PRESENTS AT UNION STATION IN LOS ANGELES
COLD WAR KIDS ANNOUNCE FREE HEADLINE SHOW IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SOFAR SOUNDS AND METRO ART PRESENTS AT UNION STATION IN LOS ANGELES ON FRIDAY, JUNE 23rdNew Album LA Divine Out Now On Capitol Records
"The soulful lyrics and sonic reverence of (LA Divine) is overwhelmingly compelling, addictive and even mesmerizing." - The Huffington Post "California rock quartet follows up lead single "Love is Mystical" with the equally enticing "So Tied Up". This one is a fast -paced toe tapper with a stadium-sized arrangement. As far as angsty passionate themes to conflicted love affairs go, this one ticks all the right boxes." - TIME Magazine Cold War Kids will perform a free show at Union Station in Los Angeles on Friday, June 23rd. The show, in partnership with Sofar Sounds, and Metro Art Presents is open to the public on a first come first service basis and fans can visitwww.sofarsounds.com/comp/cold-war-kids-23rd-June to enter to win a limited number of guaranteed entry spots to the show. The band's new album LA Divine - their sixth studio L.P. and first for Capitol Records is out now. The album pays tribute to Los Angeles in all its strange glory, embodying the Long Beach band's endless fascination with their adopted hometown. Produced by their frequent collaborator Lars Stalfors (Health, Local Natives), the album's lead single "Love Is Mystical," was praised by NME for taking the band's "rousing and soulful anthemics to new heights." The single held the No. 1 spot for Most Increased Plays at AAA radio for two consecutive weeks, the No. 1 spot on the Alt 18 Countdown for four consecutive weeks and hit #2 at Alternative and has been in the Top 5 at AAA radio for ten consecutive weeks. The song is approaching 17 million streams worldwide and hit #4 on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart. LA Divine also features the tracks, "Wilshire Protest" which contemplates LA's culture of isolation while the hazy and distorted "LA River" captures a dreamlike desperation. British singer/songwriter Bishop Briggs lends her formidable vocals to the stomping, gospel-infused "So Tied Up," which shines a light on everyday struggle, but burns with the promise of hope. Videos for the tracks "Can We Hang On?" , "So Tied Up" Ft. Bishop Briggs and "Restless" are now streaming on Vevo. Coming on the heels of 2014's Hold My Home - which featured the chart-topping, Gold-certified single "First" - LA Divine is Cold War Kids' most expansive and ambitious effort so far. The band just wrapped a sold out North American headline tour and will also join Young The Giant on the "Home of the Strange Tour," beginning August 2nd in Louisville, KY. The run will include a performance at Central Park SummerStage and continue on through the end of September. Full itinerary and tickets for all shows are available at coldwarkids.com . Formed in 2004 in Fullerton, CA, Cold War Kids released their breakthrough debut Robbers & Cowards to considerable acclaim in 2006. The darker Loyalty To Loyalty followed two years later, while 2011's Mine Is Yours introduced deeper qualities to the eclectic group's catalog. 2013's Dear Miss Lonelyhearts, featuring the hit single "Miracle Mile," was a return to their raw live sound. The band has sold more than 600,000 albums, over two million singles, and racked up over 200 million streams to date. Cold War Kids are Nathan Willett, Matt Maust, Joe Plummer, Matthew Schwartz, and David Quon. About Metro Art PresentsMetro Art Presents showcases an exciting array of arts and cultural programs at historic Union Station. All events are free and open to the public. For more information: unionstationla.com
Friday, June 23rdUnion Station800 North Alameda Street,Los Angeles, CA 90012www.unionstationla.comDoors: 7:45pm Website /Facebook / Twitter / Instagram https://cwk.lnk.to/LADivine
Kali Uchis debuts "Tyrant" video featuring Jorja Smith, touring North America this fall
KALI UCHIS DEBUTS “TYRANT” VIDEO FEATURING JORJA SMITHCONFIRMS NORTH AMERICAN TOUR THIS FALL
“Sultry but slyly argumentative pop R&B (part Erykah Badu,
part Lana Del Rey)”—The New York Times“A voice like an angel, this self-made star is nothing like the rest”—V“Kali’s approach to her art is genuine and refreshing—she is being herself,
baring her soul, and bringing authenticity back to music.”—Teen VogueThe video for breakout vocalist, songwriter and producer Kali Uchis’s “Tyrant,” featuring Jorja Smith, premieres today—watch it here.“Big thank you to Helmi, all the amazing team who worked on this, Jorja andeveryone who watches. Can't wait to keep sharing more music and visuals with you from my first album,” Uchis says of the video, directed by Helmi and shot in Paris with Division.Additionally, Uchis will tour North America this fall, with dates kicking off September 12 in Boston and further shows in Seattle, Los Angeles, Austin, Nashville, Philadelphia, New York and more. Tickets are on sale this Friday, June 23. Visit kaliuchis.com for more information.Raised between Virginia and her parents’ native Colombia, Kali Uchis is a vocalist, songwriter and producer now based in Los Angeles. Uchis’ debut studio project, Por Vida, was released in 2015 to acclaim from the likes of The New York Times, Rolling Stone, NPR, Pitchfork and The FADER. Uchis has collaborated and shared stages with Gorillaz, Diplo, Major Lazer, Tyler The Creator, Snoop Dogg, Kaytranada, Leon Bridges, Daniel Caesar and more. Her debut album is set for release this year.
KALI UCHIS LIVEAugust 11San Francisco, CAOutside LandsSeptember 12Boston, MAThe SinclairSeptember 13Montreal, QCLe FairmountSeptember 14Toronto, ONMod ClubSeptember 15Detroit, MIEl ClubSeptember 17Minneapolis, MN7th Street EntrySeptember 20Vancouver, BCBiltmore CabaretSeptember 21Seattle, WAThe CrocodileSeptember 22Portland, ORHawthorne TheatreSeptember 24Las Vegas, NVLife Is BeautifulSeptember 28Los Angeles, CAThe FondaSeptember 30San Diego, CAObservatoryOctober 1Phoenix, AZValley BarOctober 4Dallas, TXTreesOctober 5Austin, TXCome and Take It LiveOctober 7Houston, TXWarehouse Live — StudioOctober 8New Orleans, LARepublicOctober 10Nashville, TN3rd & LindsleyOctober 11Atlanta, GAVinylOctober 13Miami, FLIII PointsOctober 14Orlando, FLThe SocialOctober 16Carrboro, NCCat’s CradleOctober 17Washington, D.C.U Street Music HallOctober 18Philadelphia, PAWorld Café LiveOctober 20New York, NYBowery BallroomOctober 21Brooklyn, NYMusic Hall of Williamsburg
“Sultry but slyly argumentative pop R&B (part Erykah Badu,
part Lana Del Rey)”—The New York Times“A voice like an angel, this self-made star is nothing like the rest”—V“Kali’s approach to her art is genuine and refreshing—she is being herself,
baring her soul, and bringing authenticity back to music.”—Teen VogueThe video for breakout vocalist, songwriter and producer Kali Uchis’s “Tyrant,” featuring Jorja Smith, premieres today—watch it here.“Big thank you to Helmi, all the amazing team who worked on this, Jorja andeveryone who watches. Can't wait to keep sharing more music and visuals with you from my first album,” Uchis says of the video, directed by Helmi and shot in Paris with Division.Additionally, Uchis will tour North America this fall, with dates kicking off September 12 in Boston and further shows in Seattle, Los Angeles, Austin, Nashville, Philadelphia, New York and more. Tickets are on sale this Friday, June 23. Visit kaliuchis.com for more information.Raised between Virginia and her parents’ native Colombia, Kali Uchis is a vocalist, songwriter and producer now based in Los Angeles. Uchis’ debut studio project, Por Vida, was released in 2015 to acclaim from the likes of The New York Times, Rolling Stone, NPR, Pitchfork and The FADER. Uchis has collaborated and shared stages with Gorillaz, Diplo, Major Lazer, Tyler The Creator, Snoop Dogg, Kaytranada, Leon Bridges, Daniel Caesar and more. Her debut album is set for release this year.
KALI UCHIS LIVEAugust 11San Francisco, CAOutside LandsSeptember 12Boston, MAThe SinclairSeptember 13Montreal, QCLe FairmountSeptember 14Toronto, ONMod ClubSeptember 15Detroit, MIEl ClubSeptember 17Minneapolis, MN7th Street EntrySeptember 20Vancouver, BCBiltmore CabaretSeptember 21Seattle, WAThe CrocodileSeptember 22Portland, ORHawthorne TheatreSeptember 24Las Vegas, NVLife Is BeautifulSeptember 28Los Angeles, CAThe FondaSeptember 30San Diego, CAObservatoryOctober 1Phoenix, AZValley BarOctober 4Dallas, TXTreesOctober 5Austin, TXCome and Take It LiveOctober 7Houston, TXWarehouse Live — StudioOctober 8New Orleans, LARepublicOctober 10Nashville, TN3rd & LindsleyOctober 11Atlanta, GAVinylOctober 13Miami, FLIII PointsOctober 14Orlando, FLThe SocialOctober 16Carrboro, NCCat’s CradleOctober 17Washington, D.C.U Street Music HallOctober 18Philadelphia, PAWorld Café LiveOctober 20New York, NYBowery BallroomOctober 21Brooklyn, NYMusic Hall of Williamsburg
HUNDRED WATERS ANNOUNCE FALL TOUR IN ANTICIPATION OF NEW FULL LENGTH
HUNDRED WATERS ANNOUNCE FALL TOUR DATES IN ANTICIPATION OF NEW FULL LENGTH NEW DATES ARRIVE ON THE HEELS OF RELEASE OF CURRENCY EP WATCH THE BAND PERFORM "CURRENCY" LIVE AT THEIR SELF-CURATED FORM ARCOSANTI FESTIVAL: https://youtu.be/hSmIUTkuvGo
Hundred Waters by Jasmine Safaeian
Hundred Waters have announced a Fall tour in support of their recently released Currency EP and highly anticipated new full length. The announcement arrives on the heels of their staggering performance at FORM Arcosanti, the festival the band founded and have self-curated for the past four years. Two videos from their affecting performance at the unique festival surfaced last week viaPitchfork (link below). The new tour kicks off in San Diego this September and takes them across the length of the country, ending three weeks later with a performance at Miami's III Points Festival. At various points Hundred Waters will be supported by Lafawndah and Kelsey Lu - full details and tour dates below. The recent EP was self-recorded/produced over the last three years at various shared houses in Los Angeles during the same recording sessions as the band's forthcoming third album. The new album, due later this year on OWSLA, will be the trio's first full length since 2014's critically lauded The Moon Rang Like a Bell , reflects a period of profound change within the band, wherein relationships have shifted into unfamiliar territory. WATCH HUNDRED WATERS PERFORM "TAKEOVER" LIVE AT FORM ARCOSANTI:https://youtu.be/yZE1tGWXLws LISTEN TO THE CURRENCY EP AND READ AN INTERVIEW WITH THE GROUP AT NPR MUSIC:http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/05/12/528055014/hundred-waters-takes-a-village-to-raise-a-festival UPCOMING HUNDRED WATERS TOUR DATES 9/23 - San Diego @ The Casbah *9/24 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom *9/26 - Salt Lake City @ Kilby Court *9/27 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird *9/28 - Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar *9/29 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry *9/30 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle *10/3 - Montreal, QC @ SAT +10/5 - Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall +10/6 - Washington D.C. @ U Street Music Hall +10/7 - New York, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg +10/8 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts +10/10 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl +10/12 - Orlando, FL @ The Social +10/13 - Miami, FL @ iii points festival * w/ Lafawndah+ w/ Kelsey Lu
Hundred Waters by Jasmine SafaeianHundred Waters have announced a Fall tour in support of their recently released Currency EP and highly anticipated new full length. The announcement arrives on the heels of their staggering performance at FORM Arcosanti, the festival the band founded and have self-curated for the past four years. Two videos from their affecting performance at the unique festival surfaced last week viaPitchfork (link below). The new tour kicks off in San Diego this September and takes them across the length of the country, ending three weeks later with a performance at Miami's III Points Festival. At various points Hundred Waters will be supported by Lafawndah and Kelsey Lu - full details and tour dates below. The recent EP was self-recorded/produced over the last three years at various shared houses in Los Angeles during the same recording sessions as the band's forthcoming third album. The new album, due later this year on OWSLA, will be the trio's first full length since 2014's critically lauded The Moon Rang Like a Bell , reflects a period of profound change within the band, wherein relationships have shifted into unfamiliar territory. WATCH HUNDRED WATERS PERFORM "TAKEOVER" LIVE AT FORM ARCOSANTI:https://youtu.be/yZE1tGWXLws LISTEN TO THE CURRENCY EP AND READ AN INTERVIEW WITH THE GROUP AT NPR MUSIC:http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/05/12/528055014/hundred-waters-takes-a-village-to-raise-a-festival UPCOMING HUNDRED WATERS TOUR DATES 9/23 - San Diego @ The Casbah *9/24 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom *9/26 - Salt Lake City @ Kilby Court *9/27 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird *9/28 - Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar *9/29 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry *9/30 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle *10/3 - Montreal, QC @ SAT +10/5 - Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall +10/6 - Washington D.C. @ U Street Music Hall +10/7 - New York, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg +10/8 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts +10/10 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl +10/12 - Orlando, FL @ The Social +10/13 - Miami, FL @ iii points festival * w/ Lafawndah+ w/ Kelsey Lu
Ariel Pink announces new album and tour, debuts new video
ARIEL PINK TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM,
DEDICATED TO BOBBY JAMESON,
SEPTEMBER 15 ON MEXICAN SUMMERVideo for Album’s First Single, “Another Weekend,” Out Today North American Tour Begins October 13Pre-order Dedicated to Bobby Jameson Here
Ariel Pink will release his new album, Dedicated to Bobby Jameson, on September 15. The recording is his first solo album since his highly acclaimed 2014 prog-pop opus pom pom, and first full-length release with the Brooklyn-based independent label Mexican Summer. Today, Pink also announces a fall tour of North America (see dates below), in which he will perform songs from Dedicated to Bobby Jameson and the singular body of work he has created over the first two decades of his career, and debuts a video for “Another Weekend” directed by Grant Singer, the first single from the new album.
The new release’s title makes a direct and heartfelt reference to a real-life Los Angeles musician, long presumed dead, who resurfaced online in 2007 after 35 reclusive years to pen his autobiography and tragic life story in a series of blogs and YouTube tirades. “His book and life resonated with me to such a degree that I felt a need to dedicate my latest record to him,” Pink states.
Dedicated to Bobby Jameson begins at the end and ends at the beginning. “We follow the protagonist through a battery of tests and milestones, the first of which sees him reborn into life out of death,” Pink explains, referencing the opening track, “Time to Meet Your God.” “From there, he seesaws his way between the innocent love and the rock-solid edifice of childhood-worn trauma that together constitute his lifelong initiation into the realm of artifice and theatrical disposability.”
Ariel Pink’s previous solo release, pom pom, received a Best New Music designation fromPitchfork; The New York Times described it as “a delightful, typically schizophrenic collection: wickedly dark and funny one moment, sweet and sentimental the next, and at other times as gleefully unhinged as Pink has ever been.” SPIN noted that it’s a record “full of unforgettably kaleidoscopic melodies.” Pink has prolifically written, recorded and released his singular brand of pop music for well over two decades. Dedicated to Bobby Jameson sees Ariel Pink returning to the setting of his first recordings: his bedroom.Raised in Beverly Hills, Ariel Pink started out as a visual artist before becoming a recording artist in the late ‘90s while attending Cal Arts. Though critically misunderstood at the time, Pink’s early, lo-fi recordings wielded an enormous influence with insiders and outsiders, including Animal Collective who signed him to their Paw Tracks imprint in 2003. In the late 2000s, Pink’s fortunes with critics began to reverse, and his resulting single, “Round and Round” (off Before Today), was named the #1 Record of 2010 by Pitchfork.
Dedicated to Bobby Jameson Track Listing: 1. Time to Meet Your God
2. Feels Like Heaven
3. Death Patrol
4. Santa's in The Closet
5. Dedicated to Bobby Jameson
6. Time to Live
7. Another Weekend
8. I Wanna Be Young
9. Bubblegum Dreams
10. Dreamdate Narcissist
11. Kitchen Witch
12. Do Yourself a Favor
13. Acting (feat. Dam-Funk)
Ariel Pink North American Tour Dates Oct. 13 - Joshua Tree, CA @ Desert Daze
Oct. 14 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
Oct. 15 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
Oct. 16 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
Oct. 19 - Portland, OR @ Revolution
Oct. 20 - Vancouver, BC @ The Venue
Oct. 21 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos
Oct. 23 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall
Oct. 24 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
Oct. 26 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Cafe
Oct. 28 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
Oct. 29 - Detroit, MI @ El Club
Oct. 30 - Toronto, ONT @ Phoenix
Oct. 31 - Montreal, QC @ Le National
Nov. 2 - Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
Nov. 3 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Nov. 4 - New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
Nov. 5 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Nov. 7 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
Nov. 8 - New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina’s
Nov. 10 - San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
Nov. 11 - Dallas, TX @ Tree’s
Nov. 12 - Austin, TX @ Sound on Sound Festival
Nov. 14 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
Nov. 15 - Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole
Nov. 16 - San Diego, CA @ Belly Up
Nov. 17 - Los Angeles, CA @ TBD, more info soon
DEDICATED TO BOBBY JAMESON,
SEPTEMBER 15 ON MEXICAN SUMMERVideo for Album’s First Single, “Another Weekend,” Out Today North American Tour Begins October 13Pre-order Dedicated to Bobby Jameson Here
Ariel Pink will release his new album, Dedicated to Bobby Jameson, on September 15. The recording is his first solo album since his highly acclaimed 2014 prog-pop opus pom pom, and first full-length release with the Brooklyn-based independent label Mexican Summer. Today, Pink also announces a fall tour of North America (see dates below), in which he will perform songs from Dedicated to Bobby Jameson and the singular body of work he has created over the first two decades of his career, and debuts a video for “Another Weekend” directed by Grant Singer, the first single from the new album.The new release’s title makes a direct and heartfelt reference to a real-life Los Angeles musician, long presumed dead, who resurfaced online in 2007 after 35 reclusive years to pen his autobiography and tragic life story in a series of blogs and YouTube tirades. “His book and life resonated with me to such a degree that I felt a need to dedicate my latest record to him,” Pink states.
Dedicated to Bobby Jameson begins at the end and ends at the beginning. “We follow the protagonist through a battery of tests and milestones, the first of which sees him reborn into life out of death,” Pink explains, referencing the opening track, “Time to Meet Your God.” “From there, he seesaws his way between the innocent love and the rock-solid edifice of childhood-worn trauma that together constitute his lifelong initiation into the realm of artifice and theatrical disposability.”
Ariel Pink’s previous solo release, pom pom, received a Best New Music designation fromPitchfork; The New York Times described it as “a delightful, typically schizophrenic collection: wickedly dark and funny one moment, sweet and sentimental the next, and at other times as gleefully unhinged as Pink has ever been.” SPIN noted that it’s a record “full of unforgettably kaleidoscopic melodies.” Pink has prolifically written, recorded and released his singular brand of pop music for well over two decades. Dedicated to Bobby Jameson sees Ariel Pink returning to the setting of his first recordings: his bedroom.Raised in Beverly Hills, Ariel Pink started out as a visual artist before becoming a recording artist in the late ‘90s while attending Cal Arts. Though critically misunderstood at the time, Pink’s early, lo-fi recordings wielded an enormous influence with insiders and outsiders, including Animal Collective who signed him to their Paw Tracks imprint in 2003. In the late 2000s, Pink’s fortunes with critics began to reverse, and his resulting single, “Round and Round” (off Before Today), was named the #1 Record of 2010 by Pitchfork.
Dedicated to Bobby Jameson Track Listing: 1. Time to Meet Your God
2. Feels Like Heaven
3. Death Patrol
4. Santa's in The Closet
5. Dedicated to Bobby Jameson
6. Time to Live
7. Another Weekend
8. I Wanna Be Young
9. Bubblegum Dreams
10. Dreamdate Narcissist
11. Kitchen Witch
12. Do Yourself a Favor
13. Acting (feat. Dam-Funk)
Ariel Pink North American Tour Dates Oct. 13 - Joshua Tree, CA @ Desert Daze
Oct. 14 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
Oct. 15 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
Oct. 16 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
Oct. 19 - Portland, OR @ Revolution
Oct. 20 - Vancouver, BC @ The Venue
Oct. 21 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos
Oct. 23 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall
Oct. 24 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
Oct. 26 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Cafe
Oct. 28 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
Oct. 29 - Detroit, MI @ El Club
Oct. 30 - Toronto, ONT @ Phoenix
Oct. 31 - Montreal, QC @ Le National
Nov. 2 - Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
Nov. 3 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Nov. 4 - New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
Nov. 5 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Nov. 7 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
Nov. 8 - New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina’s
Nov. 10 - San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
Nov. 11 - Dallas, TX @ Tree’s
Nov. 12 - Austin, TX @ Sound on Sound Festival
Nov. 14 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
Nov. 15 - Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole
Nov. 16 - San Diego, CA @ Belly Up
Nov. 17 - Los Angeles, CA @ TBD, more info soon
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HARD ROCK EXTREMES AND POP SENSIBILITIES COLLIDE ON NINTH OPUS OUT SEPTEMBER 15 ON ROSWELL RECORDS / RCA RECORDS
CAL JAM 17 – OCT 7th GLEN HELEN REGIONAL PARK
FOO FIGHTERS BRING A GANG OF THE WORLD’S BEST ROCK N ROLL BANDS TOGETHER FOR 12 HOURS OF NON-STOP 100% LIVE MUSIC:Including QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, CAGE THE ELEPHANT, LIAM GALLAGHER, THE KILLS, ROYAL BLOOD, BABES IN TOYLAND, JAPANDROIDS, BOB MOULD & MANY MORE
For More Information Visit Caljamfest.comOctober-December U.S. Tour Dates On Sale To The Public June 29 at 10am Local TimeVisit https://www.foofighters.com/ For Information On How To Sign Up For Pre-Sale Access“I wanted it to be the biggest sounding Foo Fighters record ever. To make a gigantic rock record but with Greg Kurstin’s sense of melody and arrangement… Motorhead’s version of Sgt. Pepper… or something like that.”So speaks Dave Grohl of the mission statement made manifest inFoo Fighters’ ninth epic, the aptly-titled Concrete and Gold, due outSeptember 15 worldwide on Roswell Records / RCA Records and available for preorder now.Just as Foo Fighters’ anthem of the summer “Run” “opens as a dreamy, slow burner then… quickly turns heavy as thunder” (BILLBOARD) with its “huge triumphant chorus” (STEREOGUM), Concrete and Gold marries some of the most insanely heavy FF riffs ever with lush harmonic complexities courtesy of a first time team-up with producer Greg Kurstin (Adele, Sia, Pink).This unlikely alliance came about through a bizarre sequence of surprise musical obsessions and chance encounters: Listening to the radio during a drive roughly four years ago, Grohl first heard “Again and Again” by Kurstin’s band The Bird & The Bee—“It blew my mind… it was so much more sophisticated than anything I’d ever heard and I became obsessed.”Some months later, Grohl would randomly spot and fanboy out over “the guy from The Bird & The Bee!” a/k/a Greg Kurstin. The two became fast friends over common musical loves with Grohl learning that his new favorite band had been on hiatus due to Kurstin’s workload as a producer.While Foo Fighters recorded and released Sonic Highways, broke some bones and packed stadiums and arenas on one of the top five grossing tours of 2015, and gifted fans with the St. Cecilia EP, “Greg was becoming one of the biggest producers in the world,” Grohl recalls.With the writing and recording of the next Foo Fighters album on the horizon, Grohl was eager as always to find fresh challenges for the band: “So I think maybe Greg is the guy that we ask to be our producer because he’s never made a heavy rock record before and we’ve never worked with a pop producer.” Darrel Thorp (Beck, Radiohead) was soon enlisted to mix and engineer. This collective conceived a blueprint of the new record as “Motorhead’s version ofSgt. Pepper… or something like that,” secretly booking into Hollywood’s esteemed EastWest studios to consummate this marriage of extremes… or as Grohl puts it: “Our noise and Greg’s big brain and all of his sophisticated arrangements and composition.”Months, sounds and stories (more on those soon, promise) and so many guitars later, the 11-Grammy-winning, 25+ million-record-selling, last great American stadium rock band had completed its most ambitious album ever—which naturally begat another insane challenge: How to celebrate music & throw the ultimate “backyard party for 50,000 people”…What came to Grohl in that vision will become reality October 7 when Foo Fighters’ CAL JAM 17 takes over Glen Helen Regional Park in San Bernardino, CA. In addition to being Foo Fighters’ biggest ever one-day U.S. headline, in the spirit of the original California Jam, this daylong marathon of eating, drinking and rocking features an absolutely unfuckwithable lineup: Queens of the Stone Age, Cage The Elephant, Liam Gallagher, The Kills, Royal Blood, Japandroids, Wolf Alice, Bob Mould, The Struts, Bully, Circa Waves, Babes in Toyland, Adia Victoria, Fireball Ministry, The Obsessed, Pinky Pinky, Starcrawler, White Reaper… And in addition to 12 hours of rock and roll good times, Cal Jam 17 offers camping, carnival rides, a water park, attractions, a mobile recording studio & so much more. On Friday night, October 6, campers will also experience the world’s best Go-Go band Big Tony & Trouble Funk, an outdoor movie theater and many other surprises. Camping space is limited, so act fast.
For more information, visit Caljamfest.com.CAL JAM 17 will be the first chance for Foo Fighters fans in the U.S. to experience the sonic majesty of songs from Concrete and Gold in their full live glory—and will be followed by a full scale October through December U.S. headline tour. Public on sales for all dates will be June 29 at 10am local time. For information on how to sign up for pre-sale access visit https://www.foofighters.com/.As a sponsor of Cal Jam 17 and the 2017 Concrete and Gold Tour, Capital One cardholders will have early access to tickets. The Capital One presale starts Monday, June 26 at 9am local time. To find out more, visit foofighters.com/capitalone.The full track listing for Concrete and Gold is:1. T-Shirt
2. Run
3. Make It Right
4. The Sky Is A Neighborhood
5. La Dee Da
6. Dirty Water
7. Arrows
8. Happy Ever After (Zero Hour)
9. Sunday Rain
10. The Line
11. Concrete and GoldConcrete and Gold was written and performed by Foo Fighters, produced by Greg Kurstin and Foo Fighters, and mixed by Darrell Thorp.Foo Fighters are Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear and Rami Jaffee.FOO FIGHTERS
Concrete and Gold U.S. Tour 2017
Dates in BOLD On Sale June 29 10am Local TimeOCTOBER 7 – San Bernardino, CA – CAL JAM 17 @ Glen Helen Regional Park with Queens of the Stone Age, Cage The Elephant, Liam Gallagher, The Kills, Royal Blood, Japandroids, Wolf Alice, Bob Mould, The Struts, Bully, Circa Waves, Babes in Toyland, Adia Victoria, Fireball Ministry, The Obsessed, Pinky Pinky, Starcrawler, White Reaper, Big Tony & Trouble Funk and moreOCTOBER 12 – Washington DC – The Anthem (SOLD OUT)OCTOBER 14 – Richmond, VA – Richmond ColiseumOCTOBER 15 – Greensboro, NC – Greensboro ColiseumOCTOBER 17 – Columbia, SC – Colonial Life ArenaOCTOBER 18 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson-Boling ArenaOCTOBER 20 – Cincinnati, OH – U.S. Bank ArenaOCTOBER 21 – Lexington, KY – Rupp ArenaOCTOBER 23 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone ArenaOCTOBER 24 – Memphis,TN – FedExForumOCTOBER 26 – Birmingham, AL – Legacy Arena at The BJCCOCTOBER 28 – New Orleans, LA – Voodoo Music + Arts ExperienceNOVEMBER 7 – Madison, WI – Kohl CenterNOVEMBER 8 – Champaign, IL – State Farm Arena (* Public On Sale Thursday, July 13 10am Local)NOVEMBER 10 – Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo ArenaNOVEMBER 11 – Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford PREMIER CenterNOVEMBER 13 – Wichita, KS – INTRUST Bank ArenaNOVEMBER 15 – Tulsa, OK – BOK CenterDECEMBER 1 – Fresno, CA – Save Mart CenterDECEMBER 2 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 CenterDECEMBER 4 – Spokane, WA – Spokane ArenaDECEMBER 5 – Eugene, OR – Matthew Knight ArenaDECEMBER 7 – Nampa ID – Ford Idaho CenterDECEMBER 9 – Billings MT – Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraParkDECEMBER 10 – Casper WY – Casper Events CenterDECEMBER 12 – Salt Lake City UT – Vivint Smart Home Arena
CONCRETE AND GOLD
AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW
HARD ROCK EXTREMES AND POP SENSIBILITIES COLLIDE ON NINTH OPUS OUT SEPTEMBER 15 ON ROSWELL RECORDS / RCA RECORDS
CAL JAM 17 – OCT 7th GLEN HELEN REGIONAL PARKFOO FIGHTERS BRING A GANG OF THE WORLD’S BEST ROCK N ROLL BANDS TOGETHER FOR 12 HOURS OF NON-STOP 100% LIVE MUSIC:Including QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, CAGE THE ELEPHANT, LIAM GALLAGHER, THE KILLS, ROYAL BLOOD, BABES IN TOYLAND, JAPANDROIDS, BOB MOULD & MANY MORE
For More Information Visit Caljamfest.comOctober-December U.S. Tour Dates On Sale To The Public June 29 at 10am Local TimeVisit https://www.foofighters.com/ For Information On How To Sign Up For Pre-Sale Access“I wanted it to be the biggest sounding Foo Fighters record ever. To make a gigantic rock record but with Greg Kurstin’s sense of melody and arrangement… Motorhead’s version of Sgt. Pepper… or something like that.”So speaks Dave Grohl of the mission statement made manifest inFoo Fighters’ ninth epic, the aptly-titled Concrete and Gold, due outSeptember 15 worldwide on Roswell Records / RCA Records and available for preorder now.Just as Foo Fighters’ anthem of the summer “Run” “opens as a dreamy, slow burner then… quickly turns heavy as thunder” (BILLBOARD) with its “huge triumphant chorus” (STEREOGUM), Concrete and Gold marries some of the most insanely heavy FF riffs ever with lush harmonic complexities courtesy of a first time team-up with producer Greg Kurstin (Adele, Sia, Pink).This unlikely alliance came about through a bizarre sequence of surprise musical obsessions and chance encounters: Listening to the radio during a drive roughly four years ago, Grohl first heard “Again and Again” by Kurstin’s band The Bird & The Bee—“It blew my mind… it was so much more sophisticated than anything I’d ever heard and I became obsessed.”Some months later, Grohl would randomly spot and fanboy out over “the guy from The Bird & The Bee!” a/k/a Greg Kurstin. The two became fast friends over common musical loves with Grohl learning that his new favorite band had been on hiatus due to Kurstin’s workload as a producer.While Foo Fighters recorded and released Sonic Highways, broke some bones and packed stadiums and arenas on one of the top five grossing tours of 2015, and gifted fans with the St. Cecilia EP, “Greg was becoming one of the biggest producers in the world,” Grohl recalls.With the writing and recording of the next Foo Fighters album on the horizon, Grohl was eager as always to find fresh challenges for the band: “So I think maybe Greg is the guy that we ask to be our producer because he’s never made a heavy rock record before and we’ve never worked with a pop producer.” Darrel Thorp (Beck, Radiohead) was soon enlisted to mix and engineer. This collective conceived a blueprint of the new record as “Motorhead’s version ofSgt. Pepper… or something like that,” secretly booking into Hollywood’s esteemed EastWest studios to consummate this marriage of extremes… or as Grohl puts it: “Our noise and Greg’s big brain and all of his sophisticated arrangements and composition.”Months, sounds and stories (more on those soon, promise) and so many guitars later, the 11-Grammy-winning, 25+ million-record-selling, last great American stadium rock band had completed its most ambitious album ever—which naturally begat another insane challenge: How to celebrate music & throw the ultimate “backyard party for 50,000 people”…What came to Grohl in that vision will become reality October 7 when Foo Fighters’ CAL JAM 17 takes over Glen Helen Regional Park in San Bernardino, CA. In addition to being Foo Fighters’ biggest ever one-day U.S. headline, in the spirit of the original California Jam, this daylong marathon of eating, drinking and rocking features an absolutely unfuckwithable lineup: Queens of the Stone Age, Cage The Elephant, Liam Gallagher, The Kills, Royal Blood, Japandroids, Wolf Alice, Bob Mould, The Struts, Bully, Circa Waves, Babes in Toyland, Adia Victoria, Fireball Ministry, The Obsessed, Pinky Pinky, Starcrawler, White Reaper… And in addition to 12 hours of rock and roll good times, Cal Jam 17 offers camping, carnival rides, a water park, attractions, a mobile recording studio & so much more. On Friday night, October 6, campers will also experience the world’s best Go-Go band Big Tony & Trouble Funk, an outdoor movie theater and many other surprises. Camping space is limited, so act fast.
For more information, visit Caljamfest.com.CAL JAM 17 will be the first chance for Foo Fighters fans in the U.S. to experience the sonic majesty of songs from Concrete and Gold in their full live glory—and will be followed by a full scale October through December U.S. headline tour. Public on sales for all dates will be June 29 at 10am local time. For information on how to sign up for pre-sale access visit https://www.foofighters.com/.As a sponsor of Cal Jam 17 and the 2017 Concrete and Gold Tour, Capital One cardholders will have early access to tickets. The Capital One presale starts Monday, June 26 at 9am local time. To find out more, visit foofighters.com/capitalone.The full track listing for Concrete and Gold is:1. T-Shirt
2. Run
3. Make It Right
4. The Sky Is A Neighborhood
5. La Dee Da
6. Dirty Water
7. Arrows
8. Happy Ever After (Zero Hour)
9. Sunday Rain
10. The Line
11. Concrete and GoldConcrete and Gold was written and performed by Foo Fighters, produced by Greg Kurstin and Foo Fighters, and mixed by Darrell Thorp.Foo Fighters are Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear and Rami Jaffee.FOO FIGHTERS
Concrete and Gold U.S. Tour 2017
Dates in BOLD On Sale June 29 10am Local TimeOCTOBER 7 – San Bernardino, CA – CAL JAM 17 @ Glen Helen Regional Park with Queens of the Stone Age, Cage The Elephant, Liam Gallagher, The Kills, Royal Blood, Japandroids, Wolf Alice, Bob Mould, The Struts, Bully, Circa Waves, Babes in Toyland, Adia Victoria, Fireball Ministry, The Obsessed, Pinky Pinky, Starcrawler, White Reaper, Big Tony & Trouble Funk and moreOCTOBER 12 – Washington DC – The Anthem (SOLD OUT)OCTOBER 14 – Richmond, VA – Richmond ColiseumOCTOBER 15 – Greensboro, NC – Greensboro ColiseumOCTOBER 17 – Columbia, SC – Colonial Life ArenaOCTOBER 18 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson-Boling ArenaOCTOBER 20 – Cincinnati, OH – U.S. Bank ArenaOCTOBER 21 – Lexington, KY – Rupp ArenaOCTOBER 23 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone ArenaOCTOBER 24 – Memphis,TN – FedExForumOCTOBER 26 – Birmingham, AL – Legacy Arena at The BJCCOCTOBER 28 – New Orleans, LA – Voodoo Music + Arts ExperienceNOVEMBER 7 – Madison, WI – Kohl CenterNOVEMBER 8 – Champaign, IL – State Farm Arena (* Public On Sale Thursday, July 13 10am Local)NOVEMBER 10 – Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo ArenaNOVEMBER 11 – Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford PREMIER CenterNOVEMBER 13 – Wichita, KS – INTRUST Bank ArenaNOVEMBER 15 – Tulsa, OK – BOK CenterDECEMBER 1 – Fresno, CA – Save Mart CenterDECEMBER 2 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 CenterDECEMBER 4 – Spokane, WA – Spokane ArenaDECEMBER 5 – Eugene, OR – Matthew Knight ArenaDECEMBER 7 – Nampa ID – Ford Idaho CenterDECEMBER 9 – Billings MT – Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraParkDECEMBER 10 – Casper WY – Casper Events CenterDECEMBER 12 – Salt Lake City UT – Vivint Smart Home Arena
Chad VanGaalen’s Light Information available on Sep. 8th + shares 2017 dates + new track "Old Heads"
Sub Pop to release Chad VanGaalen’s
Light Information on September 8th
Photo credit: Marc RimmerListen: "Old Heads"YouTube: https://youtu.be/eGjGa_2S1Yw
Spotify: http://u.subpop.com/2rOCih7
Shares 2017 international tour dates
Light Information will be available in Canada from Flemish Eye and the rest of the world from Sub Pop
Chad VanGaalen will release Light Information, the creative polymath’s sixth album, on CD / LP / DL / CS on September 8th in Canada via Flemish Eye and the rest of the world through Sub Pop.
While alienation has always been a theme of VanGaalen’s music, Light Information draws on a new kind of wisdom--and anxiety--gained as he watches his kids growing up. “Being a parent has given me a sort of alternate perspective, worrying about exposure to a new type of consciousness that's happening through the internet,” he says. “I didn’t have that growing up, and I’m maybe trying to preserve a little bit of that selfishly for my kids.”
Light Information features the standouts “Old Heads” [listen here], “Pine & Clover,” and Mind Hijacker’s Curse.” As always, VanGaalen wrote, played, and produced all of the music on the album (save Ryan Bourne’s bass part on “Mystery Elementals” and vocals on “Static Shape” from his young daughters Ezzy and Pip), and designed the cover art. Light Information emerged from the experimental instruments that fill VanGaalen’s Calgary garage studio. Among them is a beloved Korg 770 monosynth, which VanGaalen coveted for years before fixing one up and devoting a lot of recent energy to recording “duets” with it. One of these, “Prep Piano and 770,” is the lone instrumental on Light Information, more atmosphere and chord bursts than the rest of the album’s hooky rock narrative.
“If I was going to go out and buy a record, I would probably want it to sound only like that,” says VanGaalen. “That one’s for me.”
Throughout the dark-wave reverb of Light Information are stories of paranoia, disembodiment, and isolation--but there’s also playfulness, empathy, and intimacy.
Light Information is available for preorder now from Sub Pop and Flemish Eye. LP preorders of the album frommegamart.subpop.com and select independent retailers will receive the limited Loser edition on crystal clear vinyl (while supplies last). There will also be a new T-shirt design available.
Chad VanGaalen has also scheduled fall 2017 international tour dates in support of Light Information. The dates currently span October 15th in Utrecht, Netherlands at EKKO through December 8th in Montreal, Quebec at The Fairmount. The 30-city trek will include stops in London, Copenhagen, Berlin, Paris, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, and Brooklyn. Support for the North American shows (select dates) will come from NE-HI (November 11th-19th) and Un Blonde (December 1st-8th). Please find a complete list of dates below.
Europe
Oct. 15 - Utrecht, NL - EKKO
Oct. 16 - Rotterdam, NL - Rotown
Oct. 17 - London, UK - Oslo
Oct. 18 - Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
Oct. 20 - Hamburg, DE - Molotow (Sky Bar)
Oct. 21 - Copenhagen, DK - Stengade
Oct. 22 - Berlin, DE - Kantine am Berghain
Oct. 24 - Düdingen, CH - Bad Bonn
Oct. 25 - Lyon, FR - Le Sonic
Oct. 26 - Amiens, FR - La Lune des Pirates
Oct. 27 - Paris, FR - Point Ephemere
Oct. 28 - Nantes, FR - SOY Festival
Oct. 29 - Tourcoing, FR - Le Grand Mix
Oct. 30 - Luxemburg, LU - Rotondes
Oct. 31 - Gent, BE - BIB
North America
Nov. 09 - Vancouver, BC - The Biltmore Cabaret
Nov. 10 - Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern *
Nov. 12 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir *
Nov. 14 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel *
Nov. 15 - Los Angeles, CA - Satellite Club *
Nov. 16 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar *
Nov. 17 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar *
Nov. 19 - Denver, CO - Hi Dive *
Nov. 20 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
Nov. 30 - Toronto, ON - Lee’s Palace
Dec. 01 - Detroit, MI - El Club **
Dec. 02 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle **
Dec. 03 - Indianapolis, IN - The Hi Fi **
Dec. 05 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe **
Dec. 06 - Brooklyn, NY - Rough Trade NYC **
Dec. 07 - Allston, MA - Great Scott **
Dec. 08 - Montreal QC - Fairmont**
*w/ NE-HI
**w/ Un Blonde
Sevdaliza drops new video ft. iconic gay adult film actor
One of the most innovative artists in recent years, Iranian-born Dutch artist Sevdaliza shares a remarkable new video for her track "Bluecid" today, which premiered on Harper's Bazaar. Featuring one of France's most iconic gay porn stars, François Sagat, as Sevdaliza's smoldering partner, they run through a powerfully seductive dance routine over the haunting song. It was written and directed by Sevdaliza and her longtime collaborator, Zahra Reijs. It's off her new self-released ISON album that debuted at #1 on the iTunes Electronic charts in the US, Poland, the Netherlands and landed in the top #5 in several other regions, including France, Canada, Germany and the UK.
She also performs at Webster Hall in New York tonight, wrapping up her first-ever headlining US shows, all of which sold out immediately.
https://youtu.be/X23G5K-Dyrc
From Sevdaliza:
'And i could only have you in my dreams, so it seems.'
My sage cried out to him: "You think, perhaps, this is the Duke of Athens, who in the world put you to death. Get away, you beast, for this man does not come tutored by your sister; he comes to view your punishments."
STREAM / BUY ISON:
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/1QVdHImfz9bh1slzqUTsGFApple Music - http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1225257798iTunes - http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1225257798?ls=1&app=itunes
She also performs at Webster Hall in New York tonight, wrapping up her first-ever headlining US shows, all of which sold out immediately.
https://youtu.be/X23G5K-Dyrc
From Sevdaliza:
'And i could only have you in my dreams, so it seems.'
My sage cried out to him: "You think, perhaps, this is the Duke of Athens, who in the world put you to death. Get away, you beast, for this man does not come tutored by your sister; he comes to view your punishments."
STREAM / BUY ISON:
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/1QVdHImfz9bh1slzqUTsGFApple Music - http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1225257798iTunes - http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1225257798?ls=1&app=itunes
