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March 15, 2017
POWERS PREMIERES NEW SONG “MAN ON THE MOON”TODAY
POWERS PREMIERES NEW SONG “MAN ON THE MOON”TODAY
HEADLINING THE NYLON MUSIC TOUR THIS SPRING WITH JAMES HERSEY
Check out “Man On The Moon” HERE
Watch the Visualizer for “Man On The Moon” HERE
Critically acclaimed alt-pop duo POWERS—Mike Del Rio and Crista Ru—share “Man On The Moon” from their anticipated debut full-length. Watch the visualizer for “Man On The Moon” HERE. This follows up the recent release of the infectious singles “DANCE” and “Heavy” , also to be featured on the upcoming debut full-length album.
This spring, POWERS headline the NYLON MUSIC Tour alongside newly added electropop singer-songwriter, James Hersey. It kicks off March 20 in Atlanta, GA at Vinyl @ Center stage before hitting major markets across North America through April 7 at Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco, CA. Check out the full itinerary below.
ABOUT POWERS:
POWERS is Mike Del Rio and Crista Ru. If you haven't heard their names, rest assured, you've heard their tunes. After Del Rio inked a publishing deal with Alex Da Kid (Rihanna, Imagine Dragons), his eclectic writing and productions started popping up on TVs, playlists and radios everywhere. Working with top artists such as The Chainsmokers and Kylie Minogue, Del Rio most recently made waves by producing the international hit "Lost on You" by LP, the anthemic "Jungle" for X Ambassadors[feat. Jamie N Commons & Jay-Z] and executive producing The Knocks’ So Classic EP (on which POWERS wrote and featured on the title track "Classic"). On the flip side of this creative powerhouse is songwriter and bassist Crista Ru. Aside from lending her distinct vocals and unique top lining to POWERS, her credits read like a “who's who” of the recent pop landscape . From penning the lead tune from Selena Gomez's Stars Dance album to working with Swedish duo Icona Pop, Ms. Ru has a poignant knack as an artistic muse and a searing-hot songstress, stirring the two together to push forward the sound of alternative pop. Previously, their infectious romper, “Beat of My Drum” shot up to the top of the Spotify Global Viral Chart and was featured as a lead song on campaigns for Garnier & Sprint. Following up with an equally impactful "Loved by You" and “Sunshine,” the band has reached over 60 million cumulative streams on Spotify, topped Hype Machine several times and received the coveted Emerging Artists Spotlight on iTunes.
Tour Dates
3/20 in Atlanta, GA at Vinyl @ Center Stage; tickets available here
3/21 in Carrboro, NC at Cat’s Cradle Back Room; tickets available here
3/23 in New York, NY at Marlin Room @ Webster Hall; tickets available here
3/24 in Philadelphia, PA at The Foundry @ The Fillmore; tickets available here
3/25 in Washington, DC at U Street Music Hall; tickets available here
3/27 in Allston, MA at Brighton Music Hall; tickets available here
3/28 in Montreal, QUE at La Sala Rossa; tickets available here
3/29 in Toronto, ON at Adelaide Hall; tickets available here
3/31 in Chicago, IL at Lincoln Hall; tickets available here
4/1 in Minneapolis, MN at 7th Street Entry; tickets available here
4/4 in Seattle, WA at Chop Suey; tickets available here
4/5 in Portland, OR at Holocene; tickets available here
4/7 in San Francisco, CA at The Rickshaw Stop; tickets available here
POWERS Links
www.givemepowers.com
www.twitter.com/givemepowers
www.facebook.com/powers
www.instagram.com/powers
HEADLINING THE NYLON MUSIC TOUR THIS SPRING WITH JAMES HERSEY
Check out “Man On The Moon” HERE
Watch the Visualizer for “Man On The Moon” HERE
Critically acclaimed alt-pop duo POWERS—Mike Del Rio and Crista Ru—share “Man On The Moon” from their anticipated debut full-length. Watch the visualizer for “Man On The Moon” HERE. This follows up the recent release of the infectious singles “DANCE” and “Heavy” , also to be featured on the upcoming debut full-length album.
This spring, POWERS headline the NYLON MUSIC Tour alongside newly added electropop singer-songwriter, James Hersey. It kicks off March 20 in Atlanta, GA at Vinyl @ Center stage before hitting major markets across North America through April 7 at Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco, CA. Check out the full itinerary below.
ABOUT POWERS:
POWERS is Mike Del Rio and Crista Ru. If you haven't heard their names, rest assured, you've heard their tunes. After Del Rio inked a publishing deal with Alex Da Kid (Rihanna, Imagine Dragons), his eclectic writing and productions started popping up on TVs, playlists and radios everywhere. Working with top artists such as The Chainsmokers and Kylie Minogue, Del Rio most recently made waves by producing the international hit "Lost on You" by LP, the anthemic "Jungle" for X Ambassadors[feat. Jamie N Commons & Jay-Z] and executive producing The Knocks’ So Classic EP (on which POWERS wrote and featured on the title track "Classic"). On the flip side of this creative powerhouse is songwriter and bassist Crista Ru. Aside from lending her distinct vocals and unique top lining to POWERS, her credits read like a “who's who” of the recent pop landscape . From penning the lead tune from Selena Gomez's Stars Dance album to working with Swedish duo Icona Pop, Ms. Ru has a poignant knack as an artistic muse and a searing-hot songstress, stirring the two together to push forward the sound of alternative pop. Previously, their infectious romper, “Beat of My Drum” shot up to the top of the Spotify Global Viral Chart and was featured as a lead song on campaigns for Garnier & Sprint. Following up with an equally impactful "Loved by You" and “Sunshine,” the band has reached over 60 million cumulative streams on Spotify, topped Hype Machine several times and received the coveted Emerging Artists Spotlight on iTunes.
Tour Dates
3/20 in Atlanta, GA at Vinyl @ Center Stage; tickets available here
3/21 in Carrboro, NC at Cat’s Cradle Back Room; tickets available here
3/23 in New York, NY at Marlin Room @ Webster Hall; tickets available here
3/24 in Philadelphia, PA at The Foundry @ The Fillmore; tickets available here
3/25 in Washington, DC at U Street Music Hall; tickets available here
3/27 in Allston, MA at Brighton Music Hall; tickets available here
3/28 in Montreal, QUE at La Sala Rossa; tickets available here
3/29 in Toronto, ON at Adelaide Hall; tickets available here
3/31 in Chicago, IL at Lincoln Hall; tickets available here
4/1 in Minneapolis, MN at 7th Street Entry; tickets available here
4/4 in Seattle, WA at Chop Suey; tickets available here
4/5 in Portland, OR at Holocene; tickets available here
4/7 in San Francisco, CA at The Rickshaw Stop; tickets available here
POWERS Links
www.givemepowers.com
www.twitter.com/givemepowers
www.facebook.com/powers
www.instagram.com/powers
March 14, 2017
Feist To Release New Album — Pleasure — On April 28th
FEIST TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM —
PLEASURE
— ON APRIL 28TH
PLEASURE
IS GRAMMY-NOMINATED SINGER-SONGWRITER’S FIRST ALBUM SINCE 2011’S
METALS
March 14, 2017 — (Santa Monica, CA) — Feist will release a new album, entitled Pleasure , on April 28th via Interscope Records.
Feist’s first album in six years reflects on secrets and shame, loneliness and tenderness, care and fatigue and is at its core a study on self-awareness . As the fourth full-length from the Canadian singer/songwriter born Leslie Feist, Pleasure builds off the warm naturalism of the Polaris Prize-winning Metals and emerges as her most formally defiant and expansive work so far. And while each album is a departure from the next, Pleasure finds the four-time Grammy Award nominee again showing the extraordinary depth of her artistry.
Recorded over the course of three months—in Stinson Beach, Upstate New York, and Paris — Pleasure was co-produced by Feist with longtime collaborators Renaud Letang and Mocky. In addition to reaffirming Feist as a cagily inventive guitar player, the album threads her shape-shifting and often haunting vocals into sparse and raw arrangements.
In 2004 Feist made her U.S. debut with Let It Die (featuring “Mushaboom”) which won the Juno Award for Best Alternative Rock Album, and garnered major critical acclaim. Her 2007 follow-up The Reminder debuted in the Top 20 in the U.S. and was hailed by The Village Voice as a “great batch of simple, precisely arranged love songs — expertly produced, delectably sung.” The single “1234” boosted the album’s sales to more than a million units internationally. Also including lead single “My Moon My Man,” The Reminder won Feist the 2007 Shortlist Music Prize (making her only the second woman to ever win the award).
After a several-year hiatus — during which she co-created Look At What The Light Did Now , a documentary about the making of The Reminder and her subsequent tour — Feist returned with Metals in 2011. Metals was her highest charting album, debuting at #9 onBillboard. It was named Album of the Year by the New York Times and won the Polaris Prize and four more Juno Awards. To date, Feist’s music has sold over three million units worldwide and amassed more than 500 million streams.
TracklistingPleasureI Wish I Didn’t Miss YouGet Not High,Get Not LowLost DreamsAny PartyA Man Is Not His SongThe WindCenturyBaby Be Simple I’m Not Running Away Young Up For more about Feist:
www.listentofeist.com
www.facebook.com/feist
www.twitter.com/feistmusic
www.instagram.com/feistmusic
March 14, 2017 — (Santa Monica, CA) — Feist will release a new album, entitled Pleasure , on April 28th via Interscope Records.
Feist’s first album in six years reflects on secrets and shame, loneliness and tenderness, care and fatigue and is at its core a study on self-awareness . As the fourth full-length from the Canadian singer/songwriter born Leslie Feist, Pleasure builds off the warm naturalism of the Polaris Prize-winning Metals and emerges as her most formally defiant and expansive work so far. And while each album is a departure from the next, Pleasure finds the four-time Grammy Award nominee again showing the extraordinary depth of her artistry.
Recorded over the course of three months—in Stinson Beach, Upstate New York, and Paris — Pleasure was co-produced by Feist with longtime collaborators Renaud Letang and Mocky. In addition to reaffirming Feist as a cagily inventive guitar player, the album threads her shape-shifting and often haunting vocals into sparse and raw arrangements.
In 2004 Feist made her U.S. debut with Let It Die (featuring “Mushaboom”) which won the Juno Award for Best Alternative Rock Album, and garnered major critical acclaim. Her 2007 follow-up The Reminder debuted in the Top 20 in the U.S. and was hailed by The Village Voice as a “great batch of simple, precisely arranged love songs — expertly produced, delectably sung.” The single “1234” boosted the album’s sales to more than a million units internationally. Also including lead single “My Moon My Man,” The Reminder won Feist the 2007 Shortlist Music Prize (making her only the second woman to ever win the award).
After a several-year hiatus — during which she co-created Look At What The Light Did Now , a documentary about the making of The Reminder and her subsequent tour — Feist returned with Metals in 2011. Metals was her highest charting album, debuting at #9 onBillboard. It was named Album of the Year by the New York Times and won the Polaris Prize and four more Juno Awards. To date, Feist’s music has sold over three million units worldwide and amassed more than 500 million streams.
TracklistingPleasureI Wish I Didn’t Miss YouGet Not High,Get Not LowLost DreamsAny PartyA Man Is Not His SongThe WindCenturyBaby Be Simple I’m Not Running Away Young Up For more about Feist:
www.listentofeist.com
www.facebook.com/feist
www.twitter.com/feistmusic
www.instagram.com/feistmusic
Arroyo Seco Weekend Announces Inaugural Festival Lineup
ARROYO SECO WEEKEND Announces Inaugural Festival Lineup
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Mumford & Sons, Alabama Shakes, The Shins, Weezer, and More Set to Perform!
Featuring Curated Menus, Food, and Wine from LA's Celebrated Chefs and Restaurants including Walter Matzke, Jason Neroni, and Ray Garcia
JUNE 24 & 25, 2017 BROOKSIDE AT ROSE BOWL // PASADENA, CAPASSES ON SALE MONDAY MARCH 20th at 11:00 am PDT
Pasadena, CA - March 14th, 2017 - Goldenvoice presents Arroyo Seco Weekend. Coming June 24th and 25th to the shady oaks and parkland of Brookside next to the iconic Rose Bowl Stadium, Arroyo Seco Weekend is a world class culture event featuring three stages of live music along with curated menus from LA's celebrated restaurants and chefs plus craft beer & wine. Free day parking will be available at the festival, plus easy access from surrounding areas by Metro Gold Line, or rideshare/taxi to a pick-up and drop-off lot. Festival venue is accessible to pedestrians, and a Bike Valet will be offered.
The festival will include performances by:
SATURDAY JUNE 24:Tom Petty & The HeartbreakersAlabama ShakesThe MetersDawesLiveBroken Social SceneCharles Bradley & The ExtraordinairesPreservation Hall Jazz BandJeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer OrchestraRoy AyersWilliam BellJohn MayallThe Bennie Maupin EnsembleSUNDAY JUNE 25:Mumford & SonsWeezerThe ShinsFitz & the TantrumsAndrew BirdLukas Nelson & Promise of the RealGalacticThe RevivalistsAndy GrammarZZ WardLettuceJamtown (ft.. G. Love, Donavon Frankenreiter & Cisco Adler)Alice SmithThe Mowgli'sDavid LindleyCon BrioNK Band
Little Dragon Announce Show At London's Roundhouse
LITTLE DRAGON ANNOUNCE SHOW ATLONDON'S ROUNDHOUSE ON OCTOBER 27THNEW ALBUM 'SEASON HIGH' RELEASED APRIL 14TH [BECAUSE MUSIC]
WATCH NEW VIDEO FOR 'SWEET' HERE
BreakGrammy-nominated Little Dragon today announce a headline show at London's Roundhouse on Friday 27th October. The show is the band's first UK headline date to be announced in support of their forthcoming new album 'Season High', released 14th April via Because Music; the first new music from the band since their acclaimed 2014 album 'Nabuma Rubberband'. Tickets for the Roundhouse show are on sale at 10am on Friday 17th March and can be found here: http://bit.ly/2nzmOXH Having previously shared a first taste of the new material in the form of 'High', last week the band shared a second visual from 'Season High'; 'Sweet', a saccharine-induced dance floor number framed by lead singer Yukimi's lush vocals, can be viewed HERE.Break
Details of the band's forthcoming European tour dates can be found below;27/05/17 Bristol, UK @ Love Saves The Day Festival10/06/17 Manchester, UK @ Parklife Festival16/06/17 Barcelona, Spain @ Sonar Festival08/09/17 Dorset, UK @ Bestival27/10/17 London, UK @ Roundhouse
WATCH NEW VIDEO FOR 'SWEET' HERE
BreakGrammy-nominated Little Dragon today announce a headline show at London's Roundhouse on Friday 27th October. The show is the band's first UK headline date to be announced in support of their forthcoming new album 'Season High', released 14th April via Because Music; the first new music from the band since their acclaimed 2014 album 'Nabuma Rubberband'. Tickets for the Roundhouse show are on sale at 10am on Friday 17th March and can be found here: http://bit.ly/2nzmOXH Having previously shared a first taste of the new material in the form of 'High', last week the band shared a second visual from 'Season High'; 'Sweet', a saccharine-induced dance floor number framed by lead singer Yukimi's lush vocals, can be viewed HERE.Break
Details of the band's forthcoming European tour dates can be found below;27/05/17 Bristol, UK @ Love Saves The Day Festival10/06/17 Manchester, UK @ Parklife Festival16/06/17 Barcelona, Spain @ Sonar Festival08/09/17 Dorset, UK @ Bestival27/10/17 London, UK @ Roundhouse
Legendary Kinks guitarist Dave Davies & son Russ Davies collaborate on new album 'Open Road' and stream new track
Dave Davies & son Russ Davies collaborate on new album 'Open Road'and stream new track Slow Down
Listen to Slow Down here
Dave Davies & Russ Davies Open Road 31st Marchvia Red River Entertainment
Legendary guitarist and songwriter Dave Davies has announced the upcoming release of Open Road, a new full-length album written and produced in collaboration with his son, Russ Davies. A sonic testament of two musicians coming from different eras and backgrounds in music and fusing their mutual experience into a deeply honest and inspiring LP, Open Road will be released on 31st March, via Red River Entertainment.
Dave Davies is a musician who needs little introduction, as a founder member of legendary rock group The Kinks; his guitar sound, unique style and songwriting has shaped the landscape of rock and pop music across generations. The pioneering rock guitarist singlehandedly changed rock-n-roll when he sliced his little green Elpico amp speaker with a razor blade, creating the first heavy metal guitar tone and riff. This revolutionary guitar sound propelled the Kinks into stardom with the global smash hits You Really Got Me and All Day and All of the Night, followed by numerous other classics over the next decades. Davies’ music is as relevant today as it was in the 60s, having released in recent years several critical acclaimed albums on Sony’s Red River Entertainment.
"As lead guitarist and co-founder of the Kinks, Dave Davies is one of the most unpredictable and original forces in rock,” enthuses writer Bill Crowley, “His distinctive guitar style went on to have major impact on several key guitar-rock styles, including heavy metal and punk. A Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Dave's massive guitar sounds have inspired bands from Van Halen to Green Day."
Russ Davies is well known in the global electronic dance music scene, having produced over 15 albums and toured the world over with his alter-egos Abakus and Cinnamon Chasers, gaining significant notoriety with the track and music video for Luv Deluxe which won the SXSW Award for Best Music Video and subsequently became a viral hit.
On working with his son on Open Road, Dave Davies observes that "Working with my son was a delight and he made me realize a lot about myself. I feel an almost strange magnetic loving energy pervading through the whole work. I found it very demanding emotionally and I wanted it to have integrity. Even though Russ is my son we happened to both gel with the ideals, stories and motives of the work; the honesty, the purity of it, and its deceptive simplicity and wonder of it."
Russ Davies concurs, "Working with Dave is a fluid process and we both seem to share some kind of psychic connection and understanding of how the song is forming and where we want it to go. With this album I really had the desire to produce this record in the most organic way I could, and try to capture some of the old rock spirit whilst bringing some new energy to the table. I feel we've created an honest and natural sound, un-perfectionist and rough at the edges, but with plenty of character and vibe - we are both proud of how the record turned out."
UK tour dates to be announced.
Tracklisting:
Path Is LongOpen RoadDon’t Wanna Grow UpKing of DiamondsForgivenessSleep On ItSlow DownLove Has Rules of its OwnChemtrailshttps://www.facebook.com/davedaviesofficial/https://twitter.com/davedavieskinks
Listen to Slow Down here
Dave Davies & Russ Davies Open Road 31st Marchvia Red River Entertainment
Legendary guitarist and songwriter Dave Davies has announced the upcoming release of Open Road, a new full-length album written and produced in collaboration with his son, Russ Davies. A sonic testament of two musicians coming from different eras and backgrounds in music and fusing their mutual experience into a deeply honest and inspiring LP, Open Road will be released on 31st March, via Red River Entertainment.
Dave Davies is a musician who needs little introduction, as a founder member of legendary rock group The Kinks; his guitar sound, unique style and songwriting has shaped the landscape of rock and pop music across generations. The pioneering rock guitarist singlehandedly changed rock-n-roll when he sliced his little green Elpico amp speaker with a razor blade, creating the first heavy metal guitar tone and riff. This revolutionary guitar sound propelled the Kinks into stardom with the global smash hits You Really Got Me and All Day and All of the Night, followed by numerous other classics over the next decades. Davies’ music is as relevant today as it was in the 60s, having released in recent years several critical acclaimed albums on Sony’s Red River Entertainment.
"As lead guitarist and co-founder of the Kinks, Dave Davies is one of the most unpredictable and original forces in rock,” enthuses writer Bill Crowley, “His distinctive guitar style went on to have major impact on several key guitar-rock styles, including heavy metal and punk. A Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Dave's massive guitar sounds have inspired bands from Van Halen to Green Day."
Russ Davies is well known in the global electronic dance music scene, having produced over 15 albums and toured the world over with his alter-egos Abakus and Cinnamon Chasers, gaining significant notoriety with the track and music video for Luv Deluxe which won the SXSW Award for Best Music Video and subsequently became a viral hit.
On working with his son on Open Road, Dave Davies observes that "Working with my son was a delight and he made me realize a lot about myself. I feel an almost strange magnetic loving energy pervading through the whole work. I found it very demanding emotionally and I wanted it to have integrity. Even though Russ is my son we happened to both gel with the ideals, stories and motives of the work; the honesty, the purity of it, and its deceptive simplicity and wonder of it."
Russ Davies concurs, "Working with Dave is a fluid process and we both seem to share some kind of psychic connection and understanding of how the song is forming and where we want it to go. With this album I really had the desire to produce this record in the most organic way I could, and try to capture some of the old rock spirit whilst bringing some new energy to the table. I feel we've created an honest and natural sound, un-perfectionist and rough at the edges, but with plenty of character and vibe - we are both proud of how the record turned out."
UK tour dates to be announced.
Tracklisting:
Path Is LongOpen RoadDon’t Wanna Grow UpKing of DiamondsForgivenessSleep On ItSlow DownLove Has Rules of its OwnChemtrailshttps://www.facebook.com/davedaviesofficial/https://twitter.com/davedavieskinks
Downtown Boys new track “Somos Chulas (No Somos Pendejas)” + 2017 SXSW / Spring tour dates underway
Listen to Downtown Boys infectious new track “Somos Chulas (No Somos Pendejas)”
http://u.subpop.com/2mU5S0M
Spring tour underway, SXSW shows start today
Downtown Boys are thrilled to share “Somos Chulas (No Somos Pendejas)” [link here], an infectious new punk track released in celebration of their current 2017 spring tour and their new union with Sub Pop. “Somos Chulas” is sung entirely in Spanish. The chorus – “Somos chulas, no somos pendejas!” or, in English, “I’m elegant/intelligent, I’m not dumb!” – is a declaration of one’s ability to decolonize one’s mind, and the importance of fearlessly unlearning the ways white supremacy conditions people to think and exist. “Somos Chulas” was recorded during their recent sessions with Guy Picciotto and Greg Norman at Electrical Audio in Chicago.
SOMOS CHULAS (NO SOMOS PENDEJAS)
Yo vuelo con mi head
Yo vuelo con mis veins
Yo vuelo con mi tongue
x2
Yo vuelo con mis fingers
Soy la misma
Soy la misma
Pero llevo otra corona
Soy la misma
Soy la misma
Y yo no soy tu madona
Dame la opcion
Somos chulas
No somos pendejas
Tengo la instruccion
Cuando encontro, me enojo
Dame la opcion
Somos chulas
No somos pendejas
Cuando lo saben, cuando
Tienen comodo?
No tiene, no comodo
Y cuando lo saben, cuando
se Sacan?
No, no saca no
Yo no seguro money
Yo no seguro land
Yo no seguro ticket
x2
Yo no seguro ticket
x2
ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
I fly with my head
I fly with my veins
I fly with my tongue
x2
I fly with my fingers
x2
I'm the same
I'm the same
But I wear a different crown
I'm the same
I'm the same
But I'm not your virgin madonna
So give me an option
Because I'm elegant / intelligent, I'm
Not dumb!
I have the instructions
When I find out why, I'll get angry
Give me an option
Because I'm elegant/intelligent, I'm
Not dumb!
When they find it, when are they comfortable?
Let's not be comfortable.
And when they take it all for themselves
They take themselves
Don't take me no
I don't got no money
I don't got no land
I don't got no ticket
I don't got no ticket
Downtown Boys on tour
Mar. 14 - Austin, TX - SXSW / Hotel Vegas (5:45PM)
Mar. 15 - Austin, TX - SXSW / Fader Fort (4:30PM)
Mar. 15 - Austin, TX - SXSW / GCT Showcase @ The Sidewinder (1:15AM)
Mar. 16 - Austin, TX - SXSW / Pitchfork x French Legation Museum (12:00PM)
Mar. 16 - Austin, TX – SXSW / Brooklyn Vegan x SOS Lost Weekend (3:30pm)
Mar. 17 - Austin, TX - SXSW / Laneway @ The Mohawk (1:30PM)
Mar. 17 - Austin, TX - SXSW / South By San Jose @ Hotel San Jose (6:00PM)
Mar. 18 - Dallas, TX - Not So Fun Weekend @ Club Dada
Mar. 19 - Hot Springs, AR - Valley of Vapors
Mar. 20 - Chattanooga, TN - JJ's Bohemia
Mar. 21 - Asheville, NC - The Mothlight
Mar. 22 - Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
Mar. 23 - Philadelphia, PA - Everybody Hits
Mar. 24 - Brooklyn, NY- Baby's All Right
Apr. 15 - Indio, CA - Coachella
Apr. 22 - Indio, CA - Coachella
3/6-3/13, 3/19-3/24 w/ Sneaks
3/14 w/ Alex Cameron, Hovvdy and more
3/15 evening w/ Girlpool, Allison Crutchfield and the Fizz and more
3/16 w/ Julie Byrne, Priests, Vagabon and more
3/17 afternoon w/ Chastity Belt, Alex Cameron and more
3/17 evening w/ Hurray for the Riff Raff, Spiral Stairs and more
3/18 w/ Chastity Belt, Weaves, Priests, and Flasher
4/14 + 4/21 w/ Lady Gaga, Bon Iver, Future and more
http://u.subpop.com/2mU5S0M
Spring tour underway, SXSW shows start todayDowntown Boys are thrilled to share “Somos Chulas (No Somos Pendejas)” [link here], an infectious new punk track released in celebration of their current 2017 spring tour and their new union with Sub Pop. “Somos Chulas” is sung entirely in Spanish. The chorus – “Somos chulas, no somos pendejas!” or, in English, “I’m elegant/intelligent, I’m not dumb!” – is a declaration of one’s ability to decolonize one’s mind, and the importance of fearlessly unlearning the ways white supremacy conditions people to think and exist. “Somos Chulas” was recorded during their recent sessions with Guy Picciotto and Greg Norman at Electrical Audio in Chicago.
SOMOS CHULAS (NO SOMOS PENDEJAS)
Yo vuelo con mi head
Yo vuelo con mis veins
Yo vuelo con mi tongue
x2
Yo vuelo con mis fingers
Soy la misma
Soy la misma
Pero llevo otra corona
Soy la misma
Soy la misma
Y yo no soy tu madona
Dame la opcion
Somos chulas
No somos pendejas
Tengo la instruccion
Cuando encontro, me enojo
Dame la opcion
Somos chulas
No somos pendejas
Cuando lo saben, cuando
Tienen comodo?
No tiene, no comodo
Y cuando lo saben, cuando
se Sacan?
No, no saca no
Yo no seguro money
Yo no seguro land
Yo no seguro ticket
x2
Yo no seguro ticket
x2
ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
I fly with my head
I fly with my veins
I fly with my tongue
x2
I fly with my fingers
x2
I'm the same
I'm the same
But I wear a different crown
I'm the same
I'm the same
But I'm not your virgin madonna
So give me an option
Because I'm elegant / intelligent, I'm
Not dumb!
I have the instructions
When I find out why, I'll get angry
Give me an option
Because I'm elegant/intelligent, I'm
Not dumb!
When they find it, when are they comfortable?
Let's not be comfortable.
And when they take it all for themselves
They take themselves
Don't take me no
I don't got no money
I don't got no land
I don't got no ticket
I don't got no ticket
Downtown Boys on tour
Mar. 14 - Austin, TX - SXSW / Hotel Vegas (5:45PM)
Mar. 15 - Austin, TX - SXSW / Fader Fort (4:30PM)
Mar. 15 - Austin, TX - SXSW / GCT Showcase @ The Sidewinder (1:15AM)
Mar. 16 - Austin, TX - SXSW / Pitchfork x French Legation Museum (12:00PM)
Mar. 16 - Austin, TX – SXSW / Brooklyn Vegan x SOS Lost Weekend (3:30pm)
Mar. 17 - Austin, TX - SXSW / Laneway @ The Mohawk (1:30PM)
Mar. 17 - Austin, TX - SXSW / South By San Jose @ Hotel San Jose (6:00PM)
Mar. 18 - Dallas, TX - Not So Fun Weekend @ Club Dada
Mar. 19 - Hot Springs, AR - Valley of Vapors
Mar. 20 - Chattanooga, TN - JJ's Bohemia
Mar. 21 - Asheville, NC - The Mothlight
Mar. 22 - Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
Mar. 23 - Philadelphia, PA - Everybody Hits
Mar. 24 - Brooklyn, NY- Baby's All Right
Apr. 15 - Indio, CA - Coachella
Apr. 22 - Indio, CA - Coachella
3/6-3/13, 3/19-3/24 w/ Sneaks
3/14 w/ Alex Cameron, Hovvdy and more
3/15 evening w/ Girlpool, Allison Crutchfield and the Fizz and more
3/16 w/ Julie Byrne, Priests, Vagabon and more
3/17 afternoon w/ Chastity Belt, Alex Cameron and more
3/17 evening w/ Hurray for the Riff Raff, Spiral Stairs and more
3/18 w/ Chastity Belt, Weaves, Priests, and Flasher
4/14 + 4/21 w/ Lady Gaga, Bon Iver, Future and more
Waxploitation Releases Limited Edition Narrated Stories on Vinyl Exclusively for Record Store Day
Waxploitation
Releases Limited Edition Narrated Stories from
Stories For Ways & Means
on Vinyl Exclusively for
Record Store Day
Narrators include Zach Galifianakis, Danny Devito, Nick Offerman, D.R.A.M., Lizzo, Gary Numan, Alison Mosshart
and others reading stories by Laura Marling, Nick Cave, Frank Black, Jim James, Devendra
Banhart and more.
Waxploitation Records founder Jeff Antebi asked his favorite artists from the worlds of music and the visual arts to collaborate on original children’s stories for a benefit project.
Those pairings make up the 350 page book project called Stories For Ways & Means available at SFWAM.org. The book includes stories from Nick Cave, Frank Black, Justin Vernon, Laura Marling, Devendra Banhart, Alison Mosshart as well as paintings/illustrations from Anthony Lister, Dan Baldwin, Swoon, Will Barras, James Jean, Ronzo, Kai & Sunny, and more.
On Record Store Day, artists, musicians and other personalities are providing narrations of these stories. It will be available on 12” colored vinyl with an insert containing an excerpt from the book. There will only be 2,000 made available.
Track List
Side A
1. The Next Big Thing by Gibby Haynes (Excerpt Narrated by Zach
Galifianakis)
2. Doug the Bug by Frank Black (Narrated by Danny Devito)
3. The Old Oak Tree by Laura Marling (Narrated by Lauren Lapkus)
4. Fishing with Music by Amadou Bagayoko (Narrated by D.R.A.M.)
5. Right on Rosie by Spencer Krug (Narrated by Spencer Krug)
6. Me and Matt’s Golden Husks by Justin Vernon (Narrated by Nick
Offerman)
Side B
1. The Chickadees of Highway 3 by Jason Lytle (Narrated by Jason Lytle)
2. Penelope and the Succulent by John Vanderslice (Narrated by Lauren
Mayberry)
3. La Bañerita by Devendra Banhart (Narrated by Lizzo)
4. A Boy Named Tim by Elliphant (Narrated by Kumail Nanjiani)
5. How to Escape from a Wasp by Micachu (Narrated by King Krule)
6. The Lonely Giant by Nick Cave (Narrated by Andre Royo)
7. The Very Tall Tree by Gary Numan (Narrated by Gary Numan)
8. Marglytta (Jellyfish) by Örvar Smárason (Narrated by Örvar Smárason)
9. Little Hollywood by Satomi Matsuzaki (Narrated by Satomi Matsuzaki)
10. Wishing Well Fountain by Alison Mosshart (Narrated by Alison Mosshart)
11. Oslo and Plum by Jim James (Narrated by Phil LaMarr)
Releases Limited Edition Narrated Stories from
Stories For Ways & Means
on Vinyl Exclusively for
Record Store Day
Narrators include Zach Galifianakis, Danny Devito, Nick Offerman, D.R.A.M., Lizzo, Gary Numan, Alison Mosshart
and others reading stories by Laura Marling, Nick Cave, Frank Black, Jim James, Devendra
Banhart and more.
Waxploitation Records founder Jeff Antebi asked his favorite artists from the worlds of music and the visual arts to collaborate on original children’s stories for a benefit project.
Those pairings make up the 350 page book project called Stories For Ways & Means available at SFWAM.org. The book includes stories from Nick Cave, Frank Black, Justin Vernon, Laura Marling, Devendra Banhart, Alison Mosshart as well as paintings/illustrations from Anthony Lister, Dan Baldwin, Swoon, Will Barras, James Jean, Ronzo, Kai & Sunny, and more.
On Record Store Day, artists, musicians and other personalities are providing narrations of these stories. It will be available on 12” colored vinyl with an insert containing an excerpt from the book. There will only be 2,000 made available.
Track List
Side A
1. The Next Big Thing by Gibby Haynes (Excerpt Narrated by Zach
Galifianakis)
2. Doug the Bug by Frank Black (Narrated by Danny Devito)
3. The Old Oak Tree by Laura Marling (Narrated by Lauren Lapkus)
4. Fishing with Music by Amadou Bagayoko (Narrated by D.R.A.M.)
5. Right on Rosie by Spencer Krug (Narrated by Spencer Krug)
6. Me and Matt’s Golden Husks by Justin Vernon (Narrated by Nick
Offerman)
Side B
1. The Chickadees of Highway 3 by Jason Lytle (Narrated by Jason Lytle)
2. Penelope and the Succulent by John Vanderslice (Narrated by Lauren
Mayberry)
3. La Bañerita by Devendra Banhart (Narrated by Lizzo)
4. A Boy Named Tim by Elliphant (Narrated by Kumail Nanjiani)
5. How to Escape from a Wasp by Micachu (Narrated by King Krule)
6. The Lonely Giant by Nick Cave (Narrated by Andre Royo)
7. The Very Tall Tree by Gary Numan (Narrated by Gary Numan)
8. Marglytta (Jellyfish) by Örvar Smárason (Narrated by Örvar Smárason)
9. Little Hollywood by Satomi Matsuzaki (Narrated by Satomi Matsuzaki)
10. Wishing Well Fountain by Alison Mosshart (Narrated by Alison Mosshart)
11. Oslo and Plum by Jim James (Narrated by Phil LaMarr)
Leopold and His Fiction Announce Spring Tour + SXSW Performances
Leopold and His Fiction Announce Spring Tour
Supporting New Album Darling Destroyer, Out Now
Performing at SXSW at Hotel Vegas Annex + More
"A thrilling listen, Leopold and company unleash the fury of arena rock from the sensibilities of a basement outfit that even exits on a furious Bob Dylan cover."
New Noise Magazine
"Songs like, “Saturday” and “I’m Caving In” are perfect examples of Daniel Leopold’s ability to be the coolest rocker you have ever seen by also being the most vulnerable."
Diandra Reviews It All
Austin’s Leopold and His Fiction have announced new spring tour dates, co-headlining with Wild Adriatic. The band is supporting their latest album Darling Destroyer , out now on ILA.
Leopold and his Fiction will be performing at SXSW this year as part of the Hotel Vegas Annex showcase and more. See below for full SXSW schedule.
The fourth full-length from Leopold and His Fiction, Darling Destroyer echoes that urgency with a savage yet soulful sound testifying to Daniel’s Detroit heritage. “I hear my upbringing in this album more than anything I’ve ever done in my life,” Daniel says. “The songs were telling me, ‘This is what you’re made of, so trust it.’” Equally rooted in dingy garage punk and Motown’s pop-minded R&B, Darling Destroyer burns with a frenzied intensity true to its emotional origins. “Looking back, these songs came from a place of fear and vulnerability,” says Daniel, who wrote much of the album while awaiting the birth of his now-five-year-old daughter. “It was my first time ever dealing face-to-face with the severity of that type of emotion and translating it into words. Harnessing its power in the studio pushed me in a way I’ve never been pushed before.”
Throughout Darling Destroyer, Leopold and His Fiction reveal their gritty ingenuity by merging delicately crafted lyrics with blistering guitar work. Co-produced by Daniel, Vance Powell and Chris “Frenchie” Smith (...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Ringo Deathstarr, Jet), Darling Destroyer proves Daniel’s easy prowess as a frontman, his vocals endlessly shifting from brutal wail to tender serenade.
See below for tour dates. More dates to be announced.
SXSW Dates
3/13 - 6th Annual Strange Brew Party @ Hotel Vegas, 5:30pm
3/14 - Hot Burrito Booze Cruise. Loading Dock: Hyatt Regency Hotel on Lady Bird Lake
3/16: ILA @ Lambert's, 2:30pm
3/17 - SXSW OFFICIAL SHOWCASE @ Hotel Vegas Annex, 12:30am
3/17 - Black Fret SXSW Showcase @ North Door, 3:45pm
3/18 - OutboundEngine Office, 3pm
3/18 - Future of Music Showcase @ Shiner's Saloon (Unofficial), 5:15pm
Tour Dates
4/7 - Austin, TX - KUTX Live @ Mueller Park
4/11 - Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right
4/13 - Pawling, NY - Daryl's House
4/14 - Ithaca, NY - The Haunt
4/15 - Rehoboth Beach, DE - Dogfish Head Brewery
4/16 - Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Baltimore
4/18 - Richmond, VA - Broadberry
4/19 - Durham, NC - MotorCo
4/20 - Charlotte, NC - The Evening Muse
4/21 - Valdosta, GA - Ashley Street Station
4/22 - Decatur, GA - Eddie's Attic
4/26 - Dallas, TX - Gas Monkey
4/27 - Corpus Christi, TX - House of Rock
4/29 - San Antonio, TX - Limelight
Supporting New Album Darling Destroyer, Out Now
Performing at SXSW at Hotel Vegas Annex + More
"A thrilling listen, Leopold and company unleash the fury of arena rock from the sensibilities of a basement outfit that even exits on a furious Bob Dylan cover."
New Noise Magazine
"Songs like, “Saturday” and “I’m Caving In” are perfect examples of Daniel Leopold’s ability to be the coolest rocker you have ever seen by also being the most vulnerable."
Diandra Reviews It All
Austin’s Leopold and His Fiction have announced new spring tour dates, co-headlining with Wild Adriatic. The band is supporting their latest album Darling Destroyer , out now on ILA.
Leopold and his Fiction will be performing at SXSW this year as part of the Hotel Vegas Annex showcase and more. See below for full SXSW schedule.
The fourth full-length from Leopold and His Fiction, Darling Destroyer echoes that urgency with a savage yet soulful sound testifying to Daniel’s Detroit heritage. “I hear my upbringing in this album more than anything I’ve ever done in my life,” Daniel says. “The songs were telling me, ‘This is what you’re made of, so trust it.’” Equally rooted in dingy garage punk and Motown’s pop-minded R&B, Darling Destroyer burns with a frenzied intensity true to its emotional origins. “Looking back, these songs came from a place of fear and vulnerability,” says Daniel, who wrote much of the album while awaiting the birth of his now-five-year-old daughter. “It was my first time ever dealing face-to-face with the severity of that type of emotion and translating it into words. Harnessing its power in the studio pushed me in a way I’ve never been pushed before.”
Throughout Darling Destroyer, Leopold and His Fiction reveal their gritty ingenuity by merging delicately crafted lyrics with blistering guitar work. Co-produced by Daniel, Vance Powell and Chris “Frenchie” Smith (...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Ringo Deathstarr, Jet), Darling Destroyer proves Daniel’s easy prowess as a frontman, his vocals endlessly shifting from brutal wail to tender serenade.
See below for tour dates. More dates to be announced.
SXSW Dates
3/13 - 6th Annual Strange Brew Party @ Hotel Vegas, 5:30pm
3/14 - Hot Burrito Booze Cruise. Loading Dock: Hyatt Regency Hotel on Lady Bird Lake
3/16: ILA @ Lambert's, 2:30pm
3/17 - SXSW OFFICIAL SHOWCASE @ Hotel Vegas Annex, 12:30am
3/17 - Black Fret SXSW Showcase @ North Door, 3:45pm
3/18 - OutboundEngine Office, 3pm
3/18 - Future of Music Showcase @ Shiner's Saloon (Unofficial), 5:15pm
Tour Dates
4/7 - Austin, TX - KUTX Live @ Mueller Park
4/11 - Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right
4/13 - Pawling, NY - Daryl's House
4/14 - Ithaca, NY - The Haunt
4/15 - Rehoboth Beach, DE - Dogfish Head Brewery
4/16 - Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Baltimore
4/18 - Richmond, VA - Broadberry
4/19 - Durham, NC - MotorCo
4/20 - Charlotte, NC - The Evening Muse
4/21 - Valdosta, GA - Ashley Street Station
4/22 - Decatur, GA - Eddie's Attic
4/26 - Dallas, TX - Gas Monkey
4/27 - Corpus Christi, TX - House of Rock
4/29 - San Antonio, TX - Limelight
Mary Lattimore Announces Collected Pieces, Shares "Wawa By The Ocean" Single
Mary Lattimore announces Collected PiecesShares "Wawa By The Ocean", a love letter to her favorite seaside convenience store
Out April 14 on limited cassetteMary Lattimore "Wawa By The Ocean"
[Stream]
https://soundcloud.com/ghostly/mary-lattimore-wawa-by-the-ocean
Last year, Mary Lattimore’s At The Dam marked a watershed moment for the classically trained harpist. While over the past decade she had recorded and performed with notable talents like Kurt Vile, Sharon Van Etten, Steve Gunn, Jarvis Cocker, Meg Baird, and Thurston Moore, Mary’s acclaimed third solo full-length (her first long-player for Ghostly International) saw her own music deservedly embraced by a wider audience. It was certainly no small feat coming from a beguiling album of improvised, processed harp pieces that had been recorded during stops along a road trip across America – all funded by an esteemed fellowship that she received from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.
Out April 14 on cassette and digital, Collected Pieces is a gorgeous counterpart to At The Dam, featuring six tracks previously available only as a download and/or streaming off Mary’s Bandcamp and SoundCloud pages. Recorded at her old home in Philadelphia between 2011 and 2016 and mixed by longtime collaborator Jeff Zeigler, Mary is reflective when describing this album-length compilation. “It’s me opening a box filled with 12 years worth of memories made while living there, with lots of beauty and sorrow, as well as total sunshine, blurriness, and some darkness all housed within.”
Throughout Collected Pieces, she conjures a mesmerizing range of colors and emotions from her 47-string Lyon & Healy harp along with subtle augmentations of effects and processed electronics. Dedicated to Mary’s favorite beach town, Ship Bottom, NJ, 10-and-a-half-minute opener “Wawa by the Ocean” gently unfolds like a daydream, with the song’s delicate refrain slowly dissolving into a light wash of delayed plucks and sun-kissed countermelodies. “We Just Found Out She Died,” however, takes a more celestial turn as her airy vocal harmonies shimmer underneath the meditative flutter of her harp. (The chimeric atmosphere is befitting of the song’s inspiration: Twin Peaks actress Margaret Lanterman, a/k/a the Log Lady, who sadly passed away shortly after Mary had seen her speak at a library in Philadelphia.) From the sweet yearn of “The Warm Shoulder” to the flickering drift of “Your Glossy Camry,” Mary’s music is all at once intimate and inviting as she effortlessly balances her exquisite sense of melodicism with an inventive ear for experimentation.
“It’s only in looking back that you realize how impermanent stuff always was, even though 12 years felt really long,” Mary explains. “The songs here have always been really special to me, and more so after bringing together these scraps and odes to memories of a burning motel, people from high school who are old now, or that Wawa convenience store on the Jersey shoreline which will probably always be there but is now so far away.”
A new transplant from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, Mary hasn’t had much time to settle into her new hometown. Following a recent tour with Waxahatchee and Kevin Morby, the coming months ahead will find her on the road again with Real Estate, playing synth in the New Rain Duets with Mac McCaughan, taking on a two-month residency at the Headlands in Sausalito, CA (May through July), and recording a duo record with Meg Baird for Three Lobed Recordings.
Phono del Sol Returns on Saturday, June 17th!
Phono del Sol Returns on Saturday, June 17th!
Phono del Sol — the Bay’s beloved community-centered nonprofit music and food festival — is back for amazing seventh year in Potrero del Sol Park.
Come hang with music fans of all ages on Saturday, June 17, and take in the summer vibes with an incredible lineup of indie rock, punk and hip-hop sounds that’s sure to keep your ears happy all day long.
Phono del Sol 2017 features a ton of national and local heavy hitters, including the return of garage-punk giants Thee Oh Sees, Atlanta noise-punks The Coathangers, Oakland-based indie favorite Jay Som, acclaimed SF singer-songster Sean Hayes, hella good funk-wave rapper DUCKWRTH and many other earbombs sure to get you moving.
Ten bands. Food trucks. Booze. Skate park. Forget heaven because this year Phono has got it all.
Tickets are on sale right now for Phono del Sol 2017! General admission is just $29; VIP passes are only $60. Also online-only: buy five tickets to the fest, get one free!
Phono del Sol — the Bay’s beloved community-centered nonprofit music and food festival — is back for amazing seventh year in Potrero del Sol Park.Come hang with music fans of all ages on Saturday, June 17, and take in the summer vibes with an incredible lineup of indie rock, punk and hip-hop sounds that’s sure to keep your ears happy all day long.
Phono del Sol 2017 features a ton of national and local heavy hitters, including the return of garage-punk giants Thee Oh Sees, Atlanta noise-punks The Coathangers, Oakland-based indie favorite Jay Som, acclaimed SF singer-songster Sean Hayes, hella good funk-wave rapper DUCKWRTH and many other earbombs sure to get you moving.
Ten bands. Food trucks. Booze. Skate park. Forget heaven because this year Phono has got it all.
Tickets are on sale right now for Phono del Sol 2017! General admission is just $29; VIP passes are only $60. Also online-only: buy five tickets to the fest, get one free!
