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March 30, 2017
DRILL LA w/ Bob Mould, Mikal Cronin, Wire, Julia Holter
Wire Tour Dates 03.28 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom03.29 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah03.30 - Los Angeles, CA - DRILL : LA @ Echo03.31 - Los Angeles, CA - DRILL : LA @ Echo/Echoplex04.01 - Los Angeles, CA - DRILL : LA @ Echo/Echoplex04.03 - San Francisco, CA @ Slims04.05 - Portland, OR @ Dantes04.07 - Vancouver, BC @ Imperial04.08 - Seattle, WA @ Crocodile
Just A Friendly Heads up!
Only about 50 Single day tickets remain for day one of Drill Fest headlined by Bob Mould.
Also only about 50 3 day passes remain!
Grab the last few below:
TICKETS:
3 Day Passes: http://bit.ly/DRILLFEST3Day
Day 1: http://bit.ly/DRILLBobMould
Day 2: http://bit.ly/DRILLMikalCronin
Day 3: http://bit.ly/DRILLWire
Tashaki Miyaki shares new track "Out Of My Head" via Noisey, debut album The Dream out April 7
Tashaki Miyaki shares new track about escaping depression via Noisey, debut album The Dream out April 7
STREAM: "Out Of My Head"
SoundCloud / Noisey
The Los Angeles-based duo Tashaki Miyaki will release their highly anticipated debut album The Dream on April 7 via Metropolis Records (pre-order here). This week the band wrapped up their residency at the Echoplex in LA and today shares the album's third single "
Out Of My Head
" via Noisey. Here's what the band's Paige Stark said about the track:"It's a song about wanting to shut off my mind. I suffer from various anxieties and depression that can become exhausting. As John Milton says in Paradise Lost, 'The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.' Musically I wanted it to feel the opposite, soothing and expansive...like a daydream."
The band would also like to invite you to a special listening party / record release event in LA - see full details on the flyer below.The Los Angeles-based band Tashaki Miyaki have kept it mysterious since their inception. In their early days, the band's members often performed under aliases and even the roots of their moniker remain hazy (though it may or may not have first come from a mispronunciation of Japanese director Takashi Miike's name). The band was born out of a late night jam session in early 2011, when local legend Joel Jerome recorded what would become the band's first original song, "Somethin' is Better Than Nothin" and a cover of the Everly Brothers' classic, "All I have to do is Dream." Within a few weeks of posting the songs to Bandcamp, the band was invited to London where they played their first ever live show to a packed crowd at the legendary 100 Club.
In the six years since, Tashaki Miyaki have released three singles and an EP on UK labels Luv Luv Luv, For Us Records (Rough Trade Imprint), and The Sounds of Sweet Nothing; as well as a single on their own label, Blonde Dog. Influential local label Burger Records also put out a collection of the band's early recordings. These releases received international acclaim in the NME, MOJO, The New York Times, and Pitchfork, among other outlets. The Guardian UK deemed the group a "female Jesus and Mary Chain, whose vocals cut like honey-coated razor blades." Others have compared the band to Mazzy Star, Spiritualized, and The Velvet Underground , but Tashaki Miyaki considers film to be their closest muse. Band members cite David Lynch and his composer Angelo Badalamenti , as well as Sergio Leone's partnership with Ennio Morricone to be as powerful an influence as music like Lou Reed, Neil Young, David Bowie and My Bloody Valentine. Tashaki Miyaki's songs are designed with visual inspiration: seeing the band perform live is a multimedia experience, where their haunting music is paired with ever-changing, curated cinematic backdrops, creating a full sensory experience. Their dream-like aesthetic has been mirrored in stark and alluring music videos created by talented filmmaker and friend, Juan Iglesias. Tashaki Miyaki have toured and played festivals across North America, Europe and the UK. The band has also performed at art museums around the world, including The Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona and MoMA, New York.
Tashaki Miyaki has spent the past couple years writing and recording their debut LP, The Dream ,produced by Singer/Songwriter/Multi-Instrumentalist Paige Stark and engineered by Dan Horne (Cass McCombs, Allah Las). As a writer for The Fader once observed of the band’s hypnotic sound, “It's so pretty I’m afraid saying anything else might diminish it".
SoundCloud / Noisey
The Los Angeles-based duo Tashaki Miyaki will release their highly anticipated debut album The Dream on April 7 via Metropolis Records (pre-order here). This week the band wrapped up their residency at the Echoplex in LA and today shares the album's third single "
Out Of My Head
" via Noisey. Here's what the band's Paige Stark said about the track:"It's a song about wanting to shut off my mind. I suffer from various anxieties and depression that can become exhausting. As John Milton says in Paradise Lost, 'The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.' Musically I wanted it to feel the opposite, soothing and expansive...like a daydream."The band would also like to invite you to a special listening party / record release event in LA - see full details on the flyer below.The Los Angeles-based band Tashaki Miyaki have kept it mysterious since their inception. In their early days, the band's members often performed under aliases and even the roots of their moniker remain hazy (though it may or may not have first come from a mispronunciation of Japanese director Takashi Miike's name). The band was born out of a late night jam session in early 2011, when local legend Joel Jerome recorded what would become the band's first original song, "Somethin' is Better Than Nothin" and a cover of the Everly Brothers' classic, "All I have to do is Dream." Within a few weeks of posting the songs to Bandcamp, the band was invited to London where they played their first ever live show to a packed crowd at the legendary 100 Club.
In the six years since, Tashaki Miyaki have released three singles and an EP on UK labels Luv Luv Luv, For Us Records (Rough Trade Imprint), and The Sounds of Sweet Nothing; as well as a single on their own label, Blonde Dog. Influential local label Burger Records also put out a collection of the band's early recordings. These releases received international acclaim in the NME, MOJO, The New York Times, and Pitchfork, among other outlets. The Guardian UK deemed the group a "female Jesus and Mary Chain, whose vocals cut like honey-coated razor blades." Others have compared the band to Mazzy Star, Spiritualized, and The Velvet Underground , but Tashaki Miyaki considers film to be their closest muse. Band members cite David Lynch and his composer Angelo Badalamenti , as well as Sergio Leone's partnership with Ennio Morricone to be as powerful an influence as music like Lou Reed, Neil Young, David Bowie and My Bloody Valentine. Tashaki Miyaki's songs are designed with visual inspiration: seeing the band perform live is a multimedia experience, where their haunting music is paired with ever-changing, curated cinematic backdrops, creating a full sensory experience. Their dream-like aesthetic has been mirrored in stark and alluring music videos created by talented filmmaker and friend, Juan Iglesias. Tashaki Miyaki have toured and played festivals across North America, Europe and the UK. The band has also performed at art museums around the world, including The Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona and MoMA, New York.
Tashaki Miyaki has spent the past couple years writing and recording their debut LP, The Dream ,produced by Singer/Songwriter/Multi-Instrumentalist Paige Stark and engineered by Dan Horne (Cass McCombs, Allah Las). As a writer for The Fader once observed of the band’s hypnotic sound, “It's so pretty I’m afraid saying anything else might diminish it".
Hear Giant Drag's Annie Hardy Solo Debut 'Rules' via NPR First Listen, ft. Petra Haden (That Dog), Don Bolles (The Germs), DJ Bonebrake (X)
Annie Hardy (Giant Drag)
Solo Debut Album Rules Streaming In Full via NPR First Listen
ft. Don Bolles (The Germs), Stephen McBean (Pink Mountaintops,
Black Mountain) and Petra Haden (That Dog), DJ Bonebrake (X)
Out 4/7 on Full Psycho/American Primitive Records
" ...she's crafted one of the most moving pieces of music likely to be released this year." - NPR
“edgy pop” - The New Yorker
“If Kurt Cobain and PJ Harvey had a daughter she might write fuzzy quaalude-rock
tunes like this duo’s charismatic Annie Hardy” - SPIN
“The austerely funereal, organ-pumped ode “Batman” (named after the superhero onesie Silvio was wearing the day he died) echoes the fragile, childlike yearning of Daniel Johnston” - LA Weekly
“After my son died, it all had to come back out. … Writing these songs saved me.” - Annie Hardy
“It’s Mazzy Star for perverts, basically.” - Rolling Stone, Rob Sheffield
“Annie Hardy packs a punch, from her gauzy guitar tones to her arresting stage
presence to her potty mouth.” - The Los Angeles Times
photo credit Lulu Potts
Annie Hardy began her illustrious career as lead singer, songwriter and guitarist ofGiant Drag over a decade ago and she has returned to the public eye with her critically acclaimed debut solo debut, Rules, set for release on April 7. Fans can hear the art-punk masterpiece a week early, streaming with NPR First Listen today. We encourage you to post and share!
Rules features contributions from Don Bolles (The Germs), Stephen McBean (Pink Mountaintops, Black Mountain), Petra Haden (That Dog), DJ Bonebrake (X) and Joe Cardamone (The Icarus Line). Crafted during a period of time during which she lost both her baby to SIDS at 17 days old as well as the baby’s father, her boyfriend Robert Paulson, the record is simultaneously beautiful and tragic. The honesty of the record envelops listeners inviting them to engage with the extreme tragedy in an almost voyeuristic capacity.
Produced by Joe Cardamone of LA post-hardcore band The Icarus Line, on RulesAnnie trades in the grunge-pop grooves of Giant Drag for experimental art-punk, exposing her fragility in a way she never has before. Often compared to bands such as My Bloody Valentine and PJ Harvey, Giant Drag played Coachella and the Reading and Leeds festivals as well as touring with Scissor Sisters, Pretty Girls Make Graves, The Jesus and Mary Chain and many more. After surviving two years of incredible personal loss, Annie Hardy returns to release a powerful poignant solo debut. Stay tuned for more opportunities to catch her live coming soon.
Pre-order Rules
Solo Debut Album Rules Streaming In Full via NPR First Listen
ft. Don Bolles (The Germs), Stephen McBean (Pink Mountaintops,
Black Mountain) and Petra Haden (That Dog), DJ Bonebrake (X)
Out 4/7 on Full Psycho/American Primitive Records
" ...she's crafted one of the most moving pieces of music likely to be released this year." - NPR
“edgy pop” - The New Yorker
“If Kurt Cobain and PJ Harvey had a daughter she might write fuzzy quaalude-rock
tunes like this duo’s charismatic Annie Hardy” - SPIN
“The austerely funereal, organ-pumped ode “Batman” (named after the superhero onesie Silvio was wearing the day he died) echoes the fragile, childlike yearning of Daniel Johnston” - LA Weekly
“After my son died, it all had to come back out. … Writing these songs saved me.” - Annie Hardy
“It’s Mazzy Star for perverts, basically.” - Rolling Stone, Rob Sheffield
“Annie Hardy packs a punch, from her gauzy guitar tones to her arresting stage
presence to her potty mouth.” - The Los Angeles Times
photo credit Lulu Potts
Annie Hardy began her illustrious career as lead singer, songwriter and guitarist ofGiant Drag over a decade ago and she has returned to the public eye with her critically acclaimed debut solo debut, Rules, set for release on April 7. Fans can hear the art-punk masterpiece a week early, streaming with NPR First Listen today. We encourage you to post and share!
Rules features contributions from Don Bolles (The Germs), Stephen McBean (Pink Mountaintops, Black Mountain), Petra Haden (That Dog), DJ Bonebrake (X) and Joe Cardamone (The Icarus Line). Crafted during a period of time during which she lost both her baby to SIDS at 17 days old as well as the baby’s father, her boyfriend Robert Paulson, the record is simultaneously beautiful and tragic. The honesty of the record envelops listeners inviting them to engage with the extreme tragedy in an almost voyeuristic capacity.
Produced by Joe Cardamone of LA post-hardcore band The Icarus Line, on RulesAnnie trades in the grunge-pop grooves of Giant Drag for experimental art-punk, exposing her fragility in a way she never has before. Often compared to bands such as My Bloody Valentine and PJ Harvey, Giant Drag played Coachella and the Reading and Leeds festivals as well as touring with Scissor Sisters, Pretty Girls Make Graves, The Jesus and Mary Chain and many more. After surviving two years of incredible personal loss, Annie Hardy returns to release a powerful poignant solo debut. Stay tuned for more opportunities to catch her live coming soon.
Pre-order Rules
Pharmakon shares video for "Somatic", announces U.S. & EU tour dates
PHARMAKON SHARES VIDEO FOR "SOMATIC"
WATCH IT HERE
ANNOUNCES U.S. & EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
CONTACT OUT TOMORROW, MARCH 31 ON SACRED BONES RECORDS (LP / CD / DIGITAL)
photo courtesy of Caroline Schub
"The music hammers with industrial heft, vibrates with nervous pulse, and envelops with tactile atmosphere. Even when her songs achieve moments of transcendence, they still strike you directly in the gut." - Pitchfork
On the eve of the release of Contact , the third full length LP from Pharmakon, a boundary collapsing
new video emerges for album track "Somatic", created by Latex Lucifer and Pharmakon.
About the video Latex Lucifer comments:
"Somatic is our interpretation of the mind attempting to leave its vessel. An infusion of latex, viscous fluids and bodies shown in its raw and simple form."
Watch it and find Pharmakon's U.S. / EU tour dates below!
WATCH: Pharmakon - "Somatic" (dir. Latex Lucifer & Pharmakon)YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaxmYOjNXzQ&t=3s
LISTEN: Pharmakon - Contact (full album stream)
https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/03/27/pharmakon-contact-interview/
PRE-ORDER: Pharmakon - Contact
hyperurl.co/Contact
TOUR DATES
04/1/17 - The Hague, NL @ Rewire Festival
04/14/17 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bazaar (Record Release Show)
04/20/17 - Paris, FR @ Instantes Chavires
04/22/17 - Berlin, DE @ Ausland
04/23/17 - Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
04/25/17 - London, UK @ ELECTROWERKZ
04/26/17 - Brighton, UK @ The Haunt with Blanck Mass
04/27/17 - Nottingham, UK @ Chameleon
04/28/17 - Manchester, UK @ Soup Kitchen
04/29/17 - Bristol, UK @ The Exchange
05/3/17 - Lisbon, PT @ ZDB
05/4/17 - Madrid, ES @ La Boite
05/5/17 - Barcelona, ES @ Upload
05/6/17 - Krems, AT @ Donau Festival
5/18/17 - Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA
5/19/17 - Baltimore, MD @ The Crown
5/20/17 - Durham, NC @ Moogfest
5/21/17 - Durham, NC @ Moogfest (Transfiguration screening)
5/22/17 - Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter
5/23/17 - Pittsburgh, PA @ The Shop
5/24/17 - Cincinnati, OH @ The Mockbee
5/25/17 - Chicago, IL @ The Metro
5/26/17 - Detroit, MI @ El Club/Trip Metal Fest
5/27/17 - Toronto, ON @ The Music Gallery
5/31/17 - Cleveland, OH @ Now That's Class
6/1/17 - Buffalo, NY @ Sugar City
6/2/17 - Montreal, QC @ La Vitrola
6/3/17 - Hamilton, ON @ Strangebarn
6/4/17 - Rochester, NY @ Bugjar
6/5/17 - Hudson, NY @ The Halfmoon
6/6/17 - Boston, MA @ TBD
6/7/17 - Providence, RI @ AS220
WATCH IT HERE
ANNOUNCES U.S. & EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
CONTACT OUT TOMORROW, MARCH 31 ON SACRED BONES RECORDS (LP / CD / DIGITAL)
photo courtesy of Caroline Schub"The music hammers with industrial heft, vibrates with nervous pulse, and envelops with tactile atmosphere. Even when her songs achieve moments of transcendence, they still strike you directly in the gut." - Pitchfork
On the eve of the release of Contact , the third full length LP from Pharmakon, a boundary collapsing
new video emerges for album track "Somatic", created by Latex Lucifer and Pharmakon.
About the video Latex Lucifer comments:
"Somatic is our interpretation of the mind attempting to leave its vessel. An infusion of latex, viscous fluids and bodies shown in its raw and simple form."
Watch it and find Pharmakon's U.S. / EU tour dates below!
WATCH: Pharmakon - "Somatic" (dir. Latex Lucifer & Pharmakon)YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaxmYOjNXzQ&t=3s
LISTEN: Pharmakon - Contact (full album stream)
https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/03/27/pharmakon-contact-interview/
PRE-ORDER: Pharmakon - Contact
hyperurl.co/Contact
TOUR DATES
04/1/17 - The Hague, NL @ Rewire Festival
04/14/17 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bazaar (Record Release Show)
04/20/17 - Paris, FR @ Instantes Chavires
04/22/17 - Berlin, DE @ Ausland
04/23/17 - Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
04/25/17 - London, UK @ ELECTROWERKZ
04/26/17 - Brighton, UK @ The Haunt with Blanck Mass
04/27/17 - Nottingham, UK @ Chameleon
04/28/17 - Manchester, UK @ Soup Kitchen
04/29/17 - Bristol, UK @ The Exchange
05/3/17 - Lisbon, PT @ ZDB
05/4/17 - Madrid, ES @ La Boite
05/5/17 - Barcelona, ES @ Upload
05/6/17 - Krems, AT @ Donau Festival
5/18/17 - Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA
5/19/17 - Baltimore, MD @ The Crown
5/20/17 - Durham, NC @ Moogfest
5/21/17 - Durham, NC @ Moogfest (Transfiguration screening)
5/22/17 - Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter
5/23/17 - Pittsburgh, PA @ The Shop
5/24/17 - Cincinnati, OH @ The Mockbee
5/25/17 - Chicago, IL @ The Metro
5/26/17 - Detroit, MI @ El Club/Trip Metal Fest
5/27/17 - Toronto, ON @ The Music Gallery
5/31/17 - Cleveland, OH @ Now That's Class
6/1/17 - Buffalo, NY @ Sugar City
6/2/17 - Montreal, QC @ La Vitrola
6/3/17 - Hamilton, ON @ Strangebarn
6/4/17 - Rochester, NY @ Bugjar
6/5/17 - Hudson, NY @ The Halfmoon
6/6/17 - Boston, MA @ TBD
6/7/17 - Providence, RI @ AS220
Reptilians share video for "Olive Boy" New single "Prequel" b/w "Olive" Out 3/31 via Captured Tracks
REPTALIENS RELEASING FIRST SINGLE FOR CAPTURED TRACKS
"PREQUEL" B/W "OLIVE BOY" OUT TOMORROW, MARCH 31
VIDEO FOR "OLIVE BOY" PREMIERES ATUNDER THE RADAR
As previously announced, Portland, Oregon's dream pop purveyors Reptaliens have signed to Captured Tracks. Tomorrow, March 31, the band release their first single for the label "Prequel," b/w "Olive Boy." Today the video for "Olive Boy" premiered at Under The Radar who noted, "A lovely ennui flows naturally from Portland, Oregon's Reptaliens and their melancholic pop has the kiss of a quiet breeze." The band told the magazine that the video, directed by their drummer Tyler Vergian, is "about the life and making of a serial killer. It takes you through the Olive Boy's childhood, his adult life, and into a frenzy of his uncontrollable urge to kill. It was inspired by the beautiful olive groves of SoCal. After our last tour we came home and went straight into Julian's basement to write the song instead of celebrating our return. Doug Russel plays the olive boy and was cast as soon as the video concept was created. We all laughed about how he was the first and obvious choice for the part because he looks like a serial killer, but he's actually one of the sweetest and kindest humans we know- and he conveniently had a super creepy trap door on his back deck."
Watch the video for "Olive Boy" here and streaming links for both tracks below.
Stream Prequel via Soundcloud hereStream "Olive Boy" via Soundcloud here Stream "Prequel" b/w "Olive Boy" via Soundcloud here
Pre-order "Prequel" b/w "Olive Boy" here.
"'Prequel' is a beautifully off-kilter wisp of dream pop bliss, with fizzing melodies and Bambi Browning's gorgeously affecting vocals." Line Of The Best Fit
"An...innocence presents itself amid the lo-fi instrumentation and angelically comforting vocals from Bambi, allowing their songs to easily sway from flirty bedroom pop songs to surrealistic dream daze productions." Deli Magazine
Reptaliens is the husband and wife team of Bambi and Cole Browning. The couple met on a basketball court while filming a music video for a mutual friend's band that didn't exist. After dating for six months, the two married under a blanket of smoke from the season's forest fires.
Named in reverence for their interests in cult mentality, transhumanism, and conspiracy theories, Reptaliens quickly evolved from a bedroom-recording project to a full-fledged band that explores fringe pop culture through analog synthesizers, electric guitars, melodic bass lines, and Bambi's lulling vocals. Inspired by science fiction writers like Philip K. Dick and FM-2030 and music ranging from Paul McCartney and Wings to African artists Francis Bebey and Nahawa Doumbia, the band creates lo-fi chameleonic dreamscapes that fall sonically and visiually somewhere between abstract expressionism and surrealism.
As long time, active participants in the Portland music scene, Bambi and Cole call on a number of talented musicians for Reptaliens' recordings and live performances, including Julian Kowalski (guitar), Bryson Hansen (synth), and Tyler Vergian (drums). The band enraptures audiences with their sincere and theatrical performances.
Photo: Salina Ladha
Find Reptaliens here:Instagram -- Facebook -- Twitter
"PREQUEL" B/W "OLIVE BOY" OUT TOMORROW, MARCH 31
VIDEO FOR "OLIVE BOY" PREMIERES ATUNDER THE RADAR
As previously announced, Portland, Oregon's dream pop purveyors Reptaliens have signed to Captured Tracks. Tomorrow, March 31, the band release their first single for the label "Prequel," b/w "Olive Boy." Today the video for "Olive Boy" premiered at Under The Radar who noted, "A lovely ennui flows naturally from Portland, Oregon's Reptaliens and their melancholic pop has the kiss of a quiet breeze." The band told the magazine that the video, directed by their drummer Tyler Vergian, is "about the life and making of a serial killer. It takes you through the Olive Boy's childhood, his adult life, and into a frenzy of his uncontrollable urge to kill. It was inspired by the beautiful olive groves of SoCal. After our last tour we came home and went straight into Julian's basement to write the song instead of celebrating our return. Doug Russel plays the olive boy and was cast as soon as the video concept was created. We all laughed about how he was the first and obvious choice for the part because he looks like a serial killer, but he's actually one of the sweetest and kindest humans we know- and he conveniently had a super creepy trap door on his back deck."
Watch the video for "Olive Boy" here and streaming links for both tracks below.
Stream Prequel via Soundcloud hereStream "Olive Boy" via Soundcloud here Stream "Prequel" b/w "Olive Boy" via Soundcloud here
Pre-order "Prequel" b/w "Olive Boy" here.
"'Prequel' is a beautifully off-kilter wisp of dream pop bliss, with fizzing melodies and Bambi Browning's gorgeously affecting vocals." Line Of The Best Fit
"An...innocence presents itself amid the lo-fi instrumentation and angelically comforting vocals from Bambi, allowing their songs to easily sway from flirty bedroom pop songs to surrealistic dream daze productions." Deli Magazine
Reptaliens is the husband and wife team of Bambi and Cole Browning. The couple met on a basketball court while filming a music video for a mutual friend's band that didn't exist. After dating for six months, the two married under a blanket of smoke from the season's forest fires.
Named in reverence for their interests in cult mentality, transhumanism, and conspiracy theories, Reptaliens quickly evolved from a bedroom-recording project to a full-fledged band that explores fringe pop culture through analog synthesizers, electric guitars, melodic bass lines, and Bambi's lulling vocals. Inspired by science fiction writers like Philip K. Dick and FM-2030 and music ranging from Paul McCartney and Wings to African artists Francis Bebey and Nahawa Doumbia, the band creates lo-fi chameleonic dreamscapes that fall sonically and visiually somewhere between abstract expressionism and surrealism.
As long time, active participants in the Portland music scene, Bambi and Cole call on a number of talented musicians for Reptaliens' recordings and live performances, including Julian Kowalski (guitar), Bryson Hansen (synth), and Tyler Vergian (drums). The band enraptures audiences with their sincere and theatrical performances.
Photo: Salina LadhaFind Reptaliens here:Instagram -- Facebook -- Twitter
Lift to Experience Shares New Video, Wows SXSW
LIFT TO EXPERIENCE
SHARE NEW VIDEO
DEFINITIVE BOX SET OUT NOW
SXSW PERFORMANCES RECEIVE CRITICAL ACCLAIM
Photo by Breanne TrammellPRAISE FOR LIFT TO EXPERIENCE AT SXSW
“Lift to Experience was an ocean of sound: monumental guitar drones, leviathan bass riffs, drums creating titanic surges. The lyrics sketched storms and revelations…” – Jon Pareles, New York Times
“Lift to Experience still deliver a heaven that deserves more time on earth.” – David Fricke, Rolling Stone
Fresh off the heels of their critically acclaimed live performances at SXSW, Lift to Experience are pleased to share their definitive box set reissue of The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads is out now, re-mixed and re-mastered as God intended.
With rejuvenated artwork, an homage to the Texas-based graphics design studio Pen & Pixel, The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads is available on double red and blue colored vinyl, 2CD crucifix packaging, as well as a deluxe 4-piece vinyl box set with foil blocking, limited to 1000 copies.
The box set includes the original and new mix of the album, the first EP (available for the first time on vinyl), the legendary 2001 Peel session (previously unreleased) as well as a large format photo and lyric book and a digital copy of all the audio.
Watch a short film that shows Lift to Experience’s history as well an inside look into the reformation of this cult status band HERE .
The band will perform at the legendary Green Man Festival this August 17-20 in Wales. Click HERE for more information.
Lift To Experience formed in Denton, Texas, at the end of the last millennium by Josh T. Pearson, Andy Reginald Young and Josh 'Bear' Browning. Their rise was fast and their reign was short. Following the release of their long-form masterpiece, the band imploded at the peak of their career due to a series of cruel tragedies. In this short time, however, Lift To Experience achieved high critical acclaim and were so beloved by John Peel that he invited them to record three Peel sessions in just five months, and the band were included in the Best 125 Peel Sessions of all time.
The full-tracklisting:
The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads Double LP
LP1 - Texas
1. Just As Was Told
2. Down Came The Angels
3. Falling From Cloud 9
4. With Crippled Wings
5. Waiting To Hit
6. The Ground So Soft
LP2 - Jerusalem
1. These Are The Days
2. When We Shall Touch
3. Down With The Prophets
4. To Guard And To Guide You
5. Into The Storm
VINYL BOX SET EXTRAS:
- Peel Session:
Side A
1. Falling From Cloud 9
2. The Ground So Soft
Side B:
1. Just As Was Told (7.52)
2. With The World Behind (3.57)
- EP:
Side A:
1. Falling From Cloud 9
2. With The World Behind
Side B:
3. Arise and Shine
4. Liftin On Up Listen to The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads here
ORDER LINKS
Digital | Physical
LIFT TO EXPERIENCE: FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER
SHARE NEW VIDEO
DEFINITIVE BOX SET OUT NOW
SXSW PERFORMANCES RECEIVE CRITICAL ACCLAIM
Photo by Breanne TrammellPRAISE FOR LIFT TO EXPERIENCE AT SXSW
“Lift to Experience was an ocean of sound: monumental guitar drones, leviathan bass riffs, drums creating titanic surges. The lyrics sketched storms and revelations…” – Jon Pareles, New York Times
“Lift to Experience still deliver a heaven that deserves more time on earth.” – David Fricke, Rolling Stone
Fresh off the heels of their critically acclaimed live performances at SXSW, Lift to Experience are pleased to share their definitive box set reissue of The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads is out now, re-mixed and re-mastered as God intended.
With rejuvenated artwork, an homage to the Texas-based graphics design studio Pen & Pixel, The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads is available on double red and blue colored vinyl, 2CD crucifix packaging, as well as a deluxe 4-piece vinyl box set with foil blocking, limited to 1000 copies.
The box set includes the original and new mix of the album, the first EP (available for the first time on vinyl), the legendary 2001 Peel session (previously unreleased) as well as a large format photo and lyric book and a digital copy of all the audio.
Watch a short film that shows Lift to Experience’s history as well an inside look into the reformation of this cult status band HERE .
The band will perform at the legendary Green Man Festival this August 17-20 in Wales. Click HERE for more information.
Lift To Experience formed in Denton, Texas, at the end of the last millennium by Josh T. Pearson, Andy Reginald Young and Josh 'Bear' Browning. Their rise was fast and their reign was short. Following the release of their long-form masterpiece, the band imploded at the peak of their career due to a series of cruel tragedies. In this short time, however, Lift To Experience achieved high critical acclaim and were so beloved by John Peel that he invited them to record three Peel sessions in just five months, and the band were included in the Best 125 Peel Sessions of all time.
The full-tracklisting:The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads Double LP
LP1 - Texas
1. Just As Was Told
2. Down Came The Angels
3. Falling From Cloud 9
4. With Crippled Wings
5. Waiting To Hit
6. The Ground So Soft
LP2 - Jerusalem
1. These Are The Days
2. When We Shall Touch
3. Down With The Prophets
4. To Guard And To Guide You
5. Into The Storm
VINYL BOX SET EXTRAS:
- Peel Session:
Side A
1. Falling From Cloud 9
2. The Ground So Soft
Side B:
1. Just As Was Told (7.52)
2. With The World Behind (3.57)
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Side A:
1. Falling From Cloud 9
2. With The World Behind
Side B:
3. Arise and Shine
4. Liftin On Up Listen to The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads here
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Norwegian Indie-Folk Songbird Siv Jakobsen Shares Single ft. Andrew Davie of Bear’s Den
Norwegian Indie-Folk Songbird Siv Jakobsen
Shares “ Like I Used To ” Single
ft. Andrew Davie of Bear’s Den Today
New Album Coming In 2017, Details Coming Soon
photo credit: Jørgen Nordby
"...ruthlessly emotive to the point it should come with a warning label" – The Line of Best Fit
“The songwriter strips down barriers… a rare sense of intimacy” – CLASH
“Hypnotizing” – Earmilk
The new single from Siv Jakobsen, ”Like I Used To”, is the first offering from the new full-length debut LP, slated for release later this year. Both the single and album were recorded over the summer at London’s Urchin Studios, under the masterful hand of producer Matt Ingram (Laura Marling, The Staves) and engineer Dan Cox (Thurston Moore, Lianne La Havas). With a warmth disparate to the sub-zero climate from which she hails, “Like I Used To” embraces the pending Spring bloom. Featuring Andrew Davie of Bear’s Den, the strikingly intimate single is a testament to Siv’s bold lyricism and stunning vocal-ability, transporting the listener into her world from the very first note.
“Like I Used To” is available HERE .
Jakobsen was raised in Asker, just outside of Oslo and went on to attend the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. An international commodity, her 2015 debut The Lingering EP, was earned accolades from BBC Radio 6 Music, The Line of Best Fit, Clash & Paste Magazine and has been streamed over seven million times on Spotify alone. Siv has performed at prestigious festivals such as The Great Escape (UK) & Eurosonic (NL), and has announced a UK Spring tour including an appearance at Live At Leeds on April 29.Stay tuned for opportunities to experience Siv Jakobsen live in the US.
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UK/EU 2017 Tour
31 Mar, Tallinn Music Week, Tallinn
22 Apr, Ancienne Belgique Huis 23, Brussels
24 Apr, Tuinzaal Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam
26 Apr, The Garage Attic Bar, Glasgow
29 Apr, Live at Leeds, Leeds
1 May, Gulliver’s, Manchester
3 May, St. Pancras Old Church, London
4-7 May, SPOT Festival, Aarhus
Shares “ Like I Used To ” Single
ft. Andrew Davie of Bear’s Den Today
New Album Coming In 2017, Details Coming Soon
photo credit: Jørgen Nordby
"...ruthlessly emotive to the point it should come with a warning label" – The Line of Best Fit
“The songwriter strips down barriers… a rare sense of intimacy” – CLASH
“Hypnotizing” – Earmilk
The new single from Siv Jakobsen, ”Like I Used To”, is the first offering from the new full-length debut LP, slated for release later this year. Both the single and album were recorded over the summer at London’s Urchin Studios, under the masterful hand of producer Matt Ingram (Laura Marling, The Staves) and engineer Dan Cox (Thurston Moore, Lianne La Havas). With a warmth disparate to the sub-zero climate from which she hails, “Like I Used To” embraces the pending Spring bloom. Featuring Andrew Davie of Bear’s Den, the strikingly intimate single is a testament to Siv’s bold lyricism and stunning vocal-ability, transporting the listener into her world from the very first note.
“Like I Used To” is available HERE .
Jakobsen was raised in Asker, just outside of Oslo and went on to attend the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. An international commodity, her 2015 debut The Lingering EP, was earned accolades from BBC Radio 6 Music, The Line of Best Fit, Clash & Paste Magazine and has been streamed over seven million times on Spotify alone. Siv has performed at prestigious festivals such as The Great Escape (UK) & Eurosonic (NL), and has announced a UK Spring tour including an appearance at Live At Leeds on April 29.Stay tuned for opportunities to experience Siv Jakobsen live in the US.
Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Website
UK/EU 2017 Tour
31 Mar, Tallinn Music Week, Tallinn
22 Apr, Ancienne Belgique Huis 23, Brussels
24 Apr, Tuinzaal Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam
26 Apr, The Garage Attic Bar, Glasgow
29 Apr, Live at Leeds, Leeds
1 May, Gulliver’s, Manchester
3 May, St. Pancras Old Church, London
4-7 May, SPOT Festival, Aarhus
String Cheese Incident's SPRING CHEESE 2017 Tour | Kyle's Brew Fest | BELIEVE out April 14 via SCI Fidelity
STRING CHEESE INCIDENT
SPRING CHEESE 2017 TOUR STARTS NEXT WEEK
JERRY HARRISON (TALKING HEADS) PRODUCED ALBUM BELIEVE OUT APRIL 14
VIA SCI FIDELITY RECORDS
LAST CHANCE FOR EXCLUSIVE PLEDGEMUSIC CAMPAIGN ITEMS
New York, NY (March 30, 2017) – The String Cheese Incident will release Believe , their seventh studio album, on April 14 via SCI Fidelity Recordings. The album is the first to come out of the band's recently-opened Sound Lab Studio and was produced by Talking Heads keyboardist Jerry Harrison.
SCI has teamed up with PledgeMusic to offer fans access to exclusive bonus content, limited edition items and VIP experiences available only to “pledgers” who pre-order the record. A single $10 pre-order gets you an instant download of six tracks off the album, an unreleased, non-circulated soundboard from 10/30/99 in Hamilton, NY, the Sedona Sessions demo tapes, an acoustic VIP set from NYE 2016 and an opportunity to win two tickets and a chance to meet the band! That's over five hours of music with the Pledge pre-order as well as a slew of video updates from the band. Pre-order Believe at PledgeMusic HERE.
“My One And Only”, penned by keyboardist Kyle Hollingsworth, is slated to hit radio on April 3rd. The lead track from the album is a long-distance letter to a loved one and features Bonnie Paine of Elephant Revival on vocals. Both "My One And Only" and sing-along single, "Sweet Spot" are available for sharing below.
Hear / Share
“My One And Only” @ Soundcloud
"Sweet Spot" @ Soundcloud
In addition to the enthusiasm that the members of SCI share surrounding the recording process and hitting the road, there is also a strong collective desire to explore other forms of artistic, intellectual and creative expression, which finds the guys constantly engaged in a variety of outside but closely tied projects.
In addition to releasing studio albums via their own label, SCI Fidelity, SCI also curates and produces annual festivals like Electric Forest (featuring My Morning Jacket, Thievery Corporation, Odesza, Bassnectar and more) in the Summer and Hulaween in the Fall, interspersed by assorted Incident collaborations with the likes of Lauryn Hill, the Doobie Brothers, Big Gigantic and the Zac Brown Band.
Hollingsworth is a longtime homebrewer and loves to blend his passions of brewing and music. Over the past decade, Kyle has brewed with more than 25 breweries across the country, releasing three nationally distributedcollaborative beers and hosting 15 of his own beer festivals. Last year, he hosted the first-ever major craft beer cruise from Miami to the Caribbean and every year Kyle looks forward to joining an all-star panel of brewers and musicians at Great American Beer Festival in Denver, one of the most prominent beer events in the U.S.
We are excited to announce that the 8th annual Kyle’s Brew Fest will live as the pre-compression party for the band’s Red Rocks dates this Summer, benefiting SCI's longtime charitable partner Conscious Alliance, and taking place on July 20th in Denver, CO.
The April Spring Cheese 2017 shows start next week with festivals running through the summer along with a three night stand at Red Rocks. A full list of tour dates can be found below.
SCI Tour Dates
Apr 05 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre
Apr 06 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre
Apr 07 – Madison, WI – Orpheum Theatre **Sold Out**
Apr 08 – Madison, WI – Orpheum Theatre **Sold Out**
Apr 13 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s
Apr 14 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s **GA Tix Sold Out**
Apr 15 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s **GA Tix Sold Out**
Jun 16 - 18 – Hunter, NY – Mountain Jam
Jun 22 - 25 – Rothbury, MI – Electric Forest Festival
Jun 29 - Jul 02 – Rothbury, MI – Electric Forest Festival
Jul 07 – Atlanta, GA – Chastain Park Amphitheatre
Jul 08 – Atlanta, GA – Chastain Park Amphitheatre
Jul 21 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks
Jul 22 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks
Jul 23 – Morrison, CO – Red RocksAug 04 - 06 – Princeton, BC – Element Music Fest
Aug 10 - 13 – Darrington, WA – Summer Meltdown
Aug 17 - 23 – Crook County, OR – Oregon Eclipse
Aug 24 - 27 – Arrington, VA – Lockn’ Festival
SPRING CHEESE 2017 TOUR STARTS NEXT WEEK
JERRY HARRISON (TALKING HEADS) PRODUCED ALBUM BELIEVE OUT APRIL 14
VIA SCI FIDELITY RECORDS
LAST CHANCE FOR EXCLUSIVE PLEDGEMUSIC CAMPAIGN ITEMS
New York, NY (March 30, 2017) – The String Cheese Incident will release Believe , their seventh studio album, on April 14 via SCI Fidelity Recordings. The album is the first to come out of the band's recently-opened Sound Lab Studio and was produced by Talking Heads keyboardist Jerry Harrison.
SCI has teamed up with PledgeMusic to offer fans access to exclusive bonus content, limited edition items and VIP experiences available only to “pledgers” who pre-order the record. A single $10 pre-order gets you an instant download of six tracks off the album, an unreleased, non-circulated soundboard from 10/30/99 in Hamilton, NY, the Sedona Sessions demo tapes, an acoustic VIP set from NYE 2016 and an opportunity to win two tickets and a chance to meet the band! That's over five hours of music with the Pledge pre-order as well as a slew of video updates from the band. Pre-order Believe at PledgeMusic HERE.
“My One And Only”, penned by keyboardist Kyle Hollingsworth, is slated to hit radio on April 3rd. The lead track from the album is a long-distance letter to a loved one and features Bonnie Paine of Elephant Revival on vocals. Both "My One And Only" and sing-along single, "Sweet Spot" are available for sharing below.
Hear / Share
“My One And Only” @ Soundcloud
"Sweet Spot" @ Soundcloud
In addition to the enthusiasm that the members of SCI share surrounding the recording process and hitting the road, there is also a strong collective desire to explore other forms of artistic, intellectual and creative expression, which finds the guys constantly engaged in a variety of outside but closely tied projects.
In addition to releasing studio albums via their own label, SCI Fidelity, SCI also curates and produces annual festivals like Electric Forest (featuring My Morning Jacket, Thievery Corporation, Odesza, Bassnectar and more) in the Summer and Hulaween in the Fall, interspersed by assorted Incident collaborations with the likes of Lauryn Hill, the Doobie Brothers, Big Gigantic and the Zac Brown Band.
Hollingsworth is a longtime homebrewer and loves to blend his passions of brewing and music. Over the past decade, Kyle has brewed with more than 25 breweries across the country, releasing three nationally distributedcollaborative beers and hosting 15 of his own beer festivals. Last year, he hosted the first-ever major craft beer cruise from Miami to the Caribbean and every year Kyle looks forward to joining an all-star panel of brewers and musicians at Great American Beer Festival in Denver, one of the most prominent beer events in the U.S.
We are excited to announce that the 8th annual Kyle’s Brew Fest will live as the pre-compression party for the band’s Red Rocks dates this Summer, benefiting SCI's longtime charitable partner Conscious Alliance, and taking place on July 20th in Denver, CO.
The April Spring Cheese 2017 shows start next week with festivals running through the summer along with a three night stand at Red Rocks. A full list of tour dates can be found below.
SCI Tour Dates
Apr 05 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre
Apr 06 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre
Apr 07 – Madison, WI – Orpheum Theatre **Sold Out**
Apr 08 – Madison, WI – Orpheum Theatre **Sold Out**
Apr 13 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s
Apr 14 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s **GA Tix Sold Out**
Apr 15 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s **GA Tix Sold Out**
Jun 16 - 18 – Hunter, NY – Mountain Jam
Jun 22 - 25 – Rothbury, MI – Electric Forest Festival
Jun 29 - Jul 02 – Rothbury, MI – Electric Forest Festival
Jul 07 – Atlanta, GA – Chastain Park Amphitheatre
Jul 08 – Atlanta, GA – Chastain Park Amphitheatre
Jul 21 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks
Jul 22 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks
Jul 23 – Morrison, CO – Red RocksAug 04 - 06 – Princeton, BC – Element Music Fest
Aug 10 - 13 – Darrington, WA – Summer Meltdown
Aug 17 - 23 – Crook County, OR – Oregon Eclipse
Aug 24 - 27 – Arrington, VA – Lockn’ Festival
INVSN Unleashes Video for "Immer Zu" via Stereogum
INVSN
“IMMER ZU”
WATCH NOW via STEREOGUM
THE BEAUTIFUL STORIES OUT JUNE 9 VIA DINE ALONE RECORDS
“…a rhythmically charged rock track with verses that swagger and sway and a chorus that tips over into punk-rock intensity.”
-- Stereogum
“There’s darkness in INVSN that is seemingly spawned by the barren Scandinavian landscapes of their rural base.”
– Clash Music
“… the bursts of noise and bits of electronica provided by the band give INVSN a punchy edge that keeps us from becoming too comfortable.”
– Pop Matters
“…a mean & thunderous storm of sound that keeps things neat while making no apologies & pulling no punches.”
-- Impose
“INVSN once again shows why they’re the vanguard of Swedish post-punk. It pulses of repressed anger and frustration and is a targeted punch in the face of our mendacious society.”
– Woah Dad!
WATCH "IMMER ZU" HERE
INVSN releases the video for “Immer Zu,” a track featuring Sara Almgren and Christina Karlsson on lead vocals and acting as a sonic totem for the band’s forthcoming LP, The Beautiful Stories .
The video, shot in black and white film, is the perfect accompaniment to the song’s angsty theme and pounding rhythm. Frontman Dennis Lyxzén is no stranger to incorporating political themes like feminism into his work, from his days fronting Refused to (international) Noise Conspiracy to INVSN.
Lyxzén has frequently been quoted speaking out about feminism. “We try to do whatever we can and we try to talk about it every night and make people aware of the problem with the patriarchal system,” he stated. "Music for us has always been rooted in the idea of resistance. [It] always worked as a soundtrack to a different kind of life,” Lyxzén spoke of the band.
Explains frontwoman Sara Almgren, "Since we had written a song about what power and especially patriarchal power means to women, we wanted the video to represent that idea. We asked two friends who never done videos before to come up with an idea and a representation of strong women. We wanted the whole process, from idea to finished video, to be an empowering process with only women involved! The guys had to stay at home, and we made a video with women, for women, by women, about what it means to be a woman in this world."
“Immer Zu” serves as the opening track for the band’s sophomore album The Beautiful Stories, set to be released June 9th via Dine Alone Records.
WATCH "IMMER ZU" HERE
About INVSN:
Few other bands than INVSN have better conducted the heritage of the now legendary 90’s hardcore scene in Umeå.
Its members have come together from a wide variety of influential Swedish bands. Sara Almgren hails from Masshysteri, Christina Karlsson from Tiger Forest Cat, Anders Stenberg alongside playing with Lykke Li is also a member of Deportees, André Sandström was in DS-13 and Dennis Lyzxén started out in the seminal punk outfit Refused before playing in The (International) Noise Conspiracy with longtime collaborator Almgren.
INVSN has always had a political message, but few other songwriters have the ability to add additional dimensions of existential struggle and soul-searching like Dennis Lyxzén. In our time, when many moral and deeply humanistic values are being challenged by right-wing movements all over the world, INVSN is a necessary outcry from a counter-culture that has far from given up. Their music might be rich in anger, but the belief that a change could be carried out is never far away. Recorded by Adam "Atom" Greenspan (Nick Cave, The Veils) at Svenska Grammofonstudion in Gothenburg, the album, which buzzes with eclecticism, wherein catchy indie rock with pop sensibilities exists alongside industrial electronics. This is post-punk underpinned by repressed anger and frustration serving as a punch in the face of a mendacious society.
Of The Beautiful Stories, Dennis Lyxzén says,
"Music is in many ways a young person's game. That first debut-record. The youthful exuberance and violence. But there are other things that might matter as much. Experience and hard work. Putting in the miles.
The collective effort of this band is beyond anything I've witnessed before.
I can't even begin to fathom the hours we spent record music, playing live and just living this life. Somehow it feels like it lead to this; this glorious piece of music that I have to say is one of the most exciting and experimental and genuine works of art I ever been a part of.
The process of writing and creating is often harder than we would like to admit and it doesn't really get easier with age. But when the end result comes out as thrilling as this all those hours spent rehearsing and playing, all those hours on the road and all those records that came before, are totally worth it!"
Preorder the Album Here
Facebook | Soundcloud | Twitter | Instagram
“IMMER ZU”
WATCH NOW via STEREOGUM
THE BEAUTIFUL STORIES OUT JUNE 9 VIA DINE ALONE RECORDS
“…a rhythmically charged rock track with verses that swagger and sway and a chorus that tips over into punk-rock intensity.”
-- Stereogum
“There’s darkness in INVSN that is seemingly spawned by the barren Scandinavian landscapes of their rural base.”
– Clash Music
“… the bursts of noise and bits of electronica provided by the band give INVSN a punchy edge that keeps us from becoming too comfortable.”
– Pop Matters
“…a mean & thunderous storm of sound that keeps things neat while making no apologies & pulling no punches.”
-- Impose
“INVSN once again shows why they’re the vanguard of Swedish post-punk. It pulses of repressed anger and frustration and is a targeted punch in the face of our mendacious society.”
– Woah Dad!
WATCH "IMMER ZU" HERE
INVSN releases the video for “Immer Zu,” a track featuring Sara Almgren and Christina Karlsson on lead vocals and acting as a sonic totem for the band’s forthcoming LP, The Beautiful Stories .
The video, shot in black and white film, is the perfect accompaniment to the song’s angsty theme and pounding rhythm. Frontman Dennis Lyxzén is no stranger to incorporating political themes like feminism into his work, from his days fronting Refused to (international) Noise Conspiracy to INVSN.
Lyxzén has frequently been quoted speaking out about feminism. “We try to do whatever we can and we try to talk about it every night and make people aware of the problem with the patriarchal system,” he stated. "Music for us has always been rooted in the idea of resistance. [It] always worked as a soundtrack to a different kind of life,” Lyxzén spoke of the band.
Explains frontwoman Sara Almgren, "Since we had written a song about what power and especially patriarchal power means to women, we wanted the video to represent that idea. We asked two friends who never done videos before to come up with an idea and a representation of strong women. We wanted the whole process, from idea to finished video, to be an empowering process with only women involved! The guys had to stay at home, and we made a video with women, for women, by women, about what it means to be a woman in this world."
“Immer Zu” serves as the opening track for the band’s sophomore album The Beautiful Stories, set to be released June 9th via Dine Alone Records.
WATCH "IMMER ZU" HERE
About INVSN:
Few other bands than INVSN have better conducted the heritage of the now legendary 90’s hardcore scene in Umeå.
Its members have come together from a wide variety of influential Swedish bands. Sara Almgren hails from Masshysteri, Christina Karlsson from Tiger Forest Cat, Anders Stenberg alongside playing with Lykke Li is also a member of Deportees, André Sandström was in DS-13 and Dennis Lyzxén started out in the seminal punk outfit Refused before playing in The (International) Noise Conspiracy with longtime collaborator Almgren.
INVSN has always had a political message, but few other songwriters have the ability to add additional dimensions of existential struggle and soul-searching like Dennis Lyxzén. In our time, when many moral and deeply humanistic values are being challenged by right-wing movements all over the world, INVSN is a necessary outcry from a counter-culture that has far from given up. Their music might be rich in anger, but the belief that a change could be carried out is never far away. Recorded by Adam "Atom" Greenspan (Nick Cave, The Veils) at Svenska Grammofonstudion in Gothenburg, the album, which buzzes with eclecticism, wherein catchy indie rock with pop sensibilities exists alongside industrial electronics. This is post-punk underpinned by repressed anger and frustration serving as a punch in the face of a mendacious society.
Of The Beautiful Stories, Dennis Lyxzén says,
"Music is in many ways a young person's game. That first debut-record. The youthful exuberance and violence. But there are other things that might matter as much. Experience and hard work. Putting in the miles.
The collective effort of this band is beyond anything I've witnessed before.
I can't even begin to fathom the hours we spent record music, playing live and just living this life. Somehow it feels like it lead to this; this glorious piece of music that I have to say is one of the most exciting and experimental and genuine works of art I ever been a part of.
The process of writing and creating is often harder than we would like to admit and it doesn't really get easier with age. But when the end result comes out as thrilling as this all those hours spent rehearsing and playing, all those hours on the road and all those records that came before, are totally worth it!"
Preorder the Album Here
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Wilco Announces New Tour Dates, Solid Sound lineup
NEW WILCO SUMMER TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
SOLID SOUND FESTIVAL LINEUPS FOR MUSIC, COMEDY REVEALED
photo by Zoran OrlicEasthampton, MA – March 30, 2017 – Wilco has announced an early summer tour in the lead up to the band’s own Solid Sound Festival, which takes place at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA on June 23-25. Newly announced dates include concerts in Rochester Hills, MI, Pittsburgh, Louisville, KY, Indianapolis, Rockford, IL and Milwaukee. The band also headlines Eaux Claires on June 17. Tickets for upcoming shows are on sale Friday via wilcoworld.net. Three-day passes for Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival are also available now via solidsoundfestival.com.
Created by Wilco in 2010, Solid Sound features three days of music, comedy, art and family programming and takes place at MASS MoCA - the largest contemporary art museum in America - located in the scenic Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts. Wilco headlines two nights and are joined by Television, Kurt Vile and the Violators, Robert Glasper Experiment, Dawn of Midi, Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin with the Guilty Ones, Kevin Morby, Joan Shelley, Big Thief, Peter Wolf & the Midnight Travelers, Deep Sea Diver, Andy Shauf, Alloy Orchestra, Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids, Kacy & Clayton, Daniel Bachman, Nancy and Beth, Jeff Parker Trio, The Shaggs, and Max Hatt & Edda Glass. Wilco member’s side projects including Tweedy, The Autumn Defense, On Fillmore, The Nels Cline Four and Quindar will also perform.
Solid Sound’s always-popular comedy stage features three distinct sets on Saturday, June 24 from MASS MoCA’s Hunter Center. Hosted by John Hodgman in production with Pretty Good Friends, performers include Michael Ian Black, Eugene Mirman, Aparna Nancherla and Nick Offerman plus Jean Grae's The Show Show with DJ Quelle Chris.
For more information on Wilco:
visit wilcoworld.net, facebook.com/wilcohq or follow on Twitter @Wilco.
For more information on Solid Sound:
visit solidsoundfestival.com, facebook.com/solidsoundfestival, follow the festival on Twitter @solidsoundfestival, Instagram @solidsoundfestWilco Tour DatesJune 7Meadow Brook AmphitheatreRochester Hills, MIJune 8Stage AEPittsburgh, PAJune 11Iroquois AmphitheaterLouisville, KYJune 13White River State ParkIndianapolis, INJune 14Coronado Performing Arts CenterRockford, ILJune 16-17Eaux Claires Eau Claire, WIJune 18 Riverside TheaterMilwaukee, WIJune 23-25Solid Sound Festival North Adams, MA
SOLID SOUND FESTIVAL LINEUPS FOR MUSIC, COMEDY REVEALED
photo by Zoran OrlicEasthampton, MA – March 30, 2017 – Wilco has announced an early summer tour in the lead up to the band’s own Solid Sound Festival, which takes place at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA on June 23-25. Newly announced dates include concerts in Rochester Hills, MI, Pittsburgh, Louisville, KY, Indianapolis, Rockford, IL and Milwaukee. The band also headlines Eaux Claires on June 17. Tickets for upcoming shows are on sale Friday via wilcoworld.net. Three-day passes for Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival are also available now via solidsoundfestival.com.Created by Wilco in 2010, Solid Sound features three days of music, comedy, art and family programming and takes place at MASS MoCA - the largest contemporary art museum in America - located in the scenic Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts. Wilco headlines two nights and are joined by Television, Kurt Vile and the Violators, Robert Glasper Experiment, Dawn of Midi, Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin with the Guilty Ones, Kevin Morby, Joan Shelley, Big Thief, Peter Wolf & the Midnight Travelers, Deep Sea Diver, Andy Shauf, Alloy Orchestra, Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids, Kacy & Clayton, Daniel Bachman, Nancy and Beth, Jeff Parker Trio, The Shaggs, and Max Hatt & Edda Glass. Wilco member’s side projects including Tweedy, The Autumn Defense, On Fillmore, The Nels Cline Four and Quindar will also perform.
Solid Sound’s always-popular comedy stage features three distinct sets on Saturday, June 24 from MASS MoCA’s Hunter Center. Hosted by John Hodgman in production with Pretty Good Friends, performers include Michael Ian Black, Eugene Mirman, Aparna Nancherla and Nick Offerman plus Jean Grae's The Show Show with DJ Quelle Chris.
For more information on Wilco:
visit wilcoworld.net, facebook.com/wilcohq or follow on Twitter @Wilco.
For more information on Solid Sound:
visit solidsoundfestival.com, facebook.com/solidsoundfestival, follow the festival on Twitter @solidsoundfestival, Instagram @solidsoundfestWilco Tour DatesJune 7Meadow Brook AmphitheatreRochester Hills, MIJune 8Stage AEPittsburgh, PAJune 11Iroquois AmphitheaterLouisville, KYJune 13White River State ParkIndianapolis, INJune 14Coronado Performing Arts CenterRockford, ILJune 16-17Eaux Claires Eau Claire, WIJune 18 Riverside TheaterMilwaukee, WIJune 23-25Solid Sound Festival North Adams, MA
