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January 23, 2017
Nikki Lane's "Jackpot" Video Premieres At Billboard, Highway Queen To Release Feb 17
NIKKI LANE RETURNS WITH HIGHWAY QUEEN FEBRUARY 17th, 2017 THE STAGECOACH SPOTLIGHT NIKKI LANE HIGHWAY QUEEN TOURKICKS OFF FEBRUARY 22nd BILLBOARD PREMIERES “JACKPOT” VIDEO [image error] “As unapologetic as Johnny Cash’s middle finger.” Rolling Stone Nikki Lane will release her anticipated third album, Highway Queen, via New West Records on February 17th, 2017. The 10-song set sees the young Nashville rebel emerge as one of Outlaw Country and rock’s most gifted songwriters and was co-produced by Lane and fellow singer-songwriter Jonathan Tyler. Recorded in Denton, TX at Matt Pence’s Echo Lab Studio as well as Club Roar in Nashville, TN with Collin Dupuis, Highway Queen features members of the Texas Gentlemen band and blends potent lyrics, unbridled blues guitars and vintage Sixties country-pop swagger. Billboard Magazinepremiered the video for the new single “Jackpot," which can be seen
HERE
. Directed by Chris Phelps, "Jackpot" features the El Cortez Hotel and Casino, as well as a cameo from Jesse Amoroso from Cowtown Guitars and the hit show Pawn Stars. The first video for the album’s title track previously premiered via Rolling Stone Country stating, "It's gritty Southern rock with an extra spike of danger – her guitars always sound like they're running from the law, the drumbeat rolling on the adrenaline of a high-speed chase. Like the vintage she curates for her store, High Class Hillbilly, she's an expert at making relics of the past feel free of any time or place. Somehow, her breed of country is as futuristic as it is Seventies outlaw, probably because she's more intent on invention than emulation." Highway Queen will be available digitally, on compact disc, LP and is available now for pre-order via Nikki Lane’sOfficial Website. Nikki Lane will appear at this year’s Stagecoach Festival on Saturday, April 29th. TheStagecoach Spotlight Nikki Lane Highway Queen Tour kicks off on February 22nd in Birmingham, AL and features special guests Jonathan Tyler, as well as Brent Cobb, and Robert Ellis on select dates (Please see all dates below).
Coming from the tradition of tough-talking women like Loretta Lynn and Wanda Jackson, The Guardianstated, “Lane manages to sound like both Lykke Li and Loretta Lynn, mixing saloon-ready arrangements with vulnerable and confessional lyrics.” Her rapid rise in music is thanks to the critical acclaim of her debut record Walk of Shame and 2014’s Dan Auerbach-produced All of Nothin’. The latter’s sandpaper voice beneath a ten-gallon hat solidified Lane as the new sound and look of outlaw country music.
Lane is poised for a major mainstream breakthrough in 2017 with Highway Queen. The album is a journey through heartbreak that takes exquisite turns. It begins with a whiskey-soaked homage to Lane’s hometown (“700,000 Rednecks”) and ends on the profoundly raw “Forever Lasts Forever,” where Lane belts freely, mourning a failed marriage - the “lighter shade of skin” left behind from her wedding ring. Elsewhere, “Companion” is pure Everly Brothers dreaminess - “I would spend a lifetime, playing catch you if I can.” She goes on a Vegas bender on the rollicking “Jackpot,” fights last-call blues on “Foolish Heart” and tosses off brazen one-liners at a backroom piano on “Big Mouth.” “Love is the most unavoidable thing in the world,” Lane says. “The person you pick could be half set-up to destroy your life with their own habits -- I’ve certainly experienced that before and taken way too long to get out of that mistake.”
The Greenville, South Carolina native and fashion entrepreneur - as owner of the popular vintage clothing boutique High Class Hillbilly - has lived - and been heartbroken in - Los Angeles, New York and Nashville. So, it’s no surprise that her music seamlessly crosses musical genres with lyrics steeped in the doomed perseverance only a true dark horse romantic knows. Like a true wanderer, her sound crisscrosses musical genres with ease, while the lonesome romantic in her remains. Highway Queen Track List:
1. 700,000 Rednecks
2. Highway Queen
3. Lay You Down
4. Jackpot
5. Companion
6. Big Mouth
7. Foolish Heart
8. Send The Sun
9. Muddy Waters
10. Forever Lasts Forever Nikki Lane On Tour:
February 22 – Birmingham, AL @ Saturn*
February 23 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West*
February 24 – Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern*
February 25 – Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle*
February 26 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Cat's Cradle*
February 27 – Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall*
February 28 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts Blackbox*
March 2 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg*
March 3 – Boston, MA @ Sinclair*
March 4 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz*
March 5 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern*
March 7 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom*
March 8 – Louisville, KY @ Headliners*
March 9 – Bloomington, IN @ Bluebird*
March 10 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway*
March 11 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall*
March 13 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom*
March 14 – Minneapolis, MN @ Turf Club*
March 17 – Bozeman, MT @ Filling Station*
March 18 – Boise, ID @ The Olympic*
March 20 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern*
March 21 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir*
March 23 – San Francisco, CA @ Social Hall San Francisco*
March 24 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey*
March 25 – Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar*
March 26 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge*
March 27 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater*
April 6 – Savannah, GA @ Savannah Music Festival
April 9 – Nashville, TN @ 3rd & Lindsley
April 29 – Indio, CA @ Stagecoach Festival
May 19 – Nashville, TN @ Nashville Boogie Vintage Weekender Festival
*Stagecoach Spotlight tour
www.NikkiLane.com
www.NewWestRecords.com
Coming from the tradition of tough-talking women like Loretta Lynn and Wanda Jackson, The Guardianstated, “Lane manages to sound like both Lykke Li and Loretta Lynn, mixing saloon-ready arrangements with vulnerable and confessional lyrics.” Her rapid rise in music is thanks to the critical acclaim of her debut record Walk of Shame and 2014’s Dan Auerbach-produced All of Nothin’. The latter’s sandpaper voice beneath a ten-gallon hat solidified Lane as the new sound and look of outlaw country music.
Lane is poised for a major mainstream breakthrough in 2017 with Highway Queen. The album is a journey through heartbreak that takes exquisite turns. It begins with a whiskey-soaked homage to Lane’s hometown (“700,000 Rednecks”) and ends on the profoundly raw “Forever Lasts Forever,” where Lane belts freely, mourning a failed marriage - the “lighter shade of skin” left behind from her wedding ring. Elsewhere, “Companion” is pure Everly Brothers dreaminess - “I would spend a lifetime, playing catch you if I can.” She goes on a Vegas bender on the rollicking “Jackpot,” fights last-call blues on “Foolish Heart” and tosses off brazen one-liners at a backroom piano on “Big Mouth.” “Love is the most unavoidable thing in the world,” Lane says. “The person you pick could be half set-up to destroy your life with their own habits -- I’ve certainly experienced that before and taken way too long to get out of that mistake.”
The Greenville, South Carolina native and fashion entrepreneur - as owner of the popular vintage clothing boutique High Class Hillbilly - has lived - and been heartbroken in - Los Angeles, New York and Nashville. So, it’s no surprise that her music seamlessly crosses musical genres with lyrics steeped in the doomed perseverance only a true dark horse romantic knows. Like a true wanderer, her sound crisscrosses musical genres with ease, while the lonesome romantic in her remains. Highway Queen Track List:
1. 700,000 Rednecks
2. Highway Queen
3. Lay You Down
4. Jackpot
5. Companion
6. Big Mouth
7. Foolish Heart
8. Send The Sun
9. Muddy Waters
10. Forever Lasts Forever Nikki Lane On Tour:
February 22 – Birmingham, AL @ Saturn*
February 23 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West*
February 24 – Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern*
February 25 – Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle*
February 26 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Cat's Cradle*
February 27 – Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall*
February 28 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts Blackbox*
March 2 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg*
March 3 – Boston, MA @ Sinclair*
March 4 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz*
March 5 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern*
March 7 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom*
March 8 – Louisville, KY @ Headliners*
March 9 – Bloomington, IN @ Bluebird*
March 10 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway*
March 11 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall*
March 13 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom*
March 14 – Minneapolis, MN @ Turf Club*
March 17 – Bozeman, MT @ Filling Station*
March 18 – Boise, ID @ The Olympic*
March 20 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern*
March 21 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir*
March 23 – San Francisco, CA @ Social Hall San Francisco*
March 24 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey*
March 25 – Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar*
March 26 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge*
March 27 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater*
April 6 – Savannah, GA @ Savannah Music Festival
April 9 – Nashville, TN @ 3rd & Lindsley
April 29 – Indio, CA @ Stagecoach Festival
May 19 – Nashville, TN @ Nashville Boogie Vintage Weekender Festival
*Stagecoach Spotlight tour
www.NikkiLane.com
www.NewWestRecords.com
EX-Girlfriends US Tour 2017
Ex-Girlfriends are releasing an EP (pre-order here https://itun.es/us/un2thb| | https://ex-girlfriends-yourenext.bandcamp.com/al…/youre-next) & we're going on tour with Fruit & Flowers::
2/2 Fruit & Flowers, Ex-Girlfriends, Kino Kimino & The Off White @ Shea Stadium, NYC2/3 The Station, Chapel Hill, NC2/4 Betty's, Nashville, TN2/6 The 806 Amarillo, TX2/9 High Hat LA, CA2/10 Black Light, Long Beach, CA2/11 Tower Bar, San Diego, CA2/12 GNARBURGER Records (in-store), LA, CA2/13 Milk Bar, San Fran , CA2/15, Night Light, Oakland, CA2/17 Lofi, Seattle, WA2/18 TBA, Portland, OR2/19 High Dive, Seattle, WA
2017 Sasquatch! Music Festival
The lineup for the 2017 Sasquatch! Music Festival was just announced, so you can start making plans for another great Memorial Day weekend! Head out to The Gorge Amphitheater, on Friday, May 26th through Sunday, May 28th, to see performances from this stellar lineup:
Frank Ocean, Chance The Rapper, The Head & The Heart, The Shins, MGMT, Phantogram, Twenty One Pilots, Mac Miller, Bonobo, Rüfüs Du Sol, Kaytranada, Big Gigantic, Bleachers, Kiiara, Bomba Estereo, Bob Moses, Aesop Rock, Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, Vulfpeck, Car Seat Headrest, Catfish & The Bottlemen, American Football, Mount Kimbie, Thee Oh Sees, Foxygen, Jagwar Ma, The Strumbellas, Kungs, The Radio Dept., Manatee Commune, Fakear, The Hotelier, Mondo Cozmo, Moses Sumney, White Lung, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Arkells, Cigarettes After Sex, July Talk, Sales, Boogie, Joey Purp, Kaiydo, Corey Harper, Klangstof, Flint Eastwood, IHF, Hoops, Kyle Craft, Courtney Marie Andrews, Saint Mesa, Los Colognes, Porter Ray, Gazebos
There’s more to come! Plus, comedy returns to the festival, featuring Portlandia‘s Fred Armisenalong with Sasheer Zamata, Nate Bargatze, Beth Stelling, Sal Vulcano, Alice Wetterlund, Sam Morril, Emmett Montgomery, and Yogi Paliwal.Festival passes will go on sale Saturday, January 28th, at 10AM PST. Get more information atSasquatchFestival.com.
Wire is back with a new album, Silver/Lead, the group's 16th LP. Hear "Short Elevated Period" now.
2017 marks Wire's 40th year as a band, and not ones to indulge in nostalgia, they have announced a brand new album, entitled Silver/Lead. Above, you can check out lead single 'Short Elevated Period', which captures the band in as strong form as ever, providing a somewhat accessible introduction to the new album.Silver/Lead is the band's 15th studio album and will be followed by an extensive set of tour dates to be announced later in the year. It is out on March 31 via the band's own pinkflag label.
Goldfrapp Announces New Album, Silver Eye Out March 31
SILVER EYE
OUT MARCH 31, 2017
FIRST ALBUM IN FOUR YEARS
LISTEN TO NEW SINGLE “ANYMORE”
Self PortraitGoldfrapp will release their seventh studio album
Silver Eye
on March 31st through Mute.The band, consisting of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory, also reveal their new single “Anymore.” Featuring strident strands of underground electronica, sensual melody and metal machine pop at its core, the new track is an assertive return from the uncompromising duo.
Listen HERE. Pre-order HERE.
Goldfrapp follow up 2013’s album Tales of Us with the deep, dark and electronic musical palette of Silver Eye, their brand new studio album, made with an eclectic collection of new collaborators. Alison and Will spent 10 days in Dallas with John Congleton, Grammy-winning producer of St. Vincent, John Grant and Wild Beasts. In London they teamed up with electronic composer Bobby Krlic, aka The Haxan Cloak. Brian Eno collaborator Leo Abrahams added abstract guitar textures, and the album was mixed by David Wrench (The xx, fka Twigs, Caribou).
On the making the album, Alison Goldfrapp says:
“We’ve never liked repeating ourselves. Often we react to things we’ve just done. We like the spontaneity of not knowing. It’s only through the process that we start to figure out what it is. The fans who have stuck with us are the ones who embrace that idea and are excited by the thought that they don’t know quite what to expect next.”
Will Gregory added:
“I think writing an album is like being lost in a wood. You’re trying to figure out an interesting path. You don’t know whether it’s going to be a dead end or somewhere interesting and you never know when to stop because around the corner some beautiful vista might open up.”
Alison headed to Fuerteventura, a volcanic island in the Canary Islands, to produce the remarkable visuals for the record, all of which were devised and shot by her. The black sands, stark cliffs, rolling dunes and blazing blue skies, captured in her own photographs, are a total complement to the elemental drama of the music on the album. Working with stunning twins who she spotted on the street in London, Alison created and shot a set of visuals that are as arresting as they are idiosyncratic. In demand more and more as a photographer, Alison has been commissioned for other projects in the past including shooting Laura Mvula live at Somerset House in London.
Goldfrapp will be performing a very special show at London’s Roundhouse on March 27th where they will showcase new music from Silver Eye. Tickets go on sale this Friday with a special fan pre-sale from Wednesday March 25th. Fans should sign up to the mailing list at www.goldfrapp.com to get early access to the tickets.
Silver Eye is released March 31st and is available to pre-order now HERE .
Silver Eye artwork Silver Eye tracklisting:
AnymoreSystemagicTigermanBecome The OneFaux Suede DrifterZodiac BlackBeast That Never WasEverything Is Never EnoughMoon in Your MouthOcean
GLITTER ROCKERS GLAM SKANKS ANNOUNCE THEIR NORTH AMERICAN TOUR AS DIRECT SUPPORT FOR POP ICON ADAM ANT
FOLLOWING A SHOW WITH ALICE COOPER AND A WEST COAST TOUR, GLITTER ROCKERS GLAM SKANKSANNOUNCE THEIR NORTH AMERICAN TOUR AS DIRECT SUPPORT FOR POP ICON ADAM ANT
(LOS ANGELES) Following their performance as an opener for Alice Cooper and recent West Coast tour, Hollywood glitter-rockers Glam Skanks (www.GlamSkanks.com) have announced their North American tour in January/February, 2017 as direct support for pop icon Adam Ant for his 35thanniversary “Kings Of The Wild Frontier” tour.
Glam Skanks will hit the road in support of their new album, “Glitter City”, featuring their new single, “Bad Bitch”.
On “Glitter City”, produced by Bruce Witkin and Ryan Dorn, Glam Skanks create a technicolor audiovisual feast using familiar tints from T Rex, The Runaways, David Bowie and The Sweet with the genuine rock sensibility of Aerosmith wrapped in a full-blown cosmetic Rocky Horror show meets Hedwig androgyny. Like a rock and rollercoaster ride in a blazing cloud of feather-boa glitter with a swagger that screams Sunset Strip dreams and Hollywood nights, the album is Drag Rock for the masses.
“Glitter City” is available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon and Bandcamp.
In addition to the “Glitter City” album, their “Miss Androgynous” single is also featured in directorKevin Smith’s new movie “Yoga Hosers” starring Lily-Rose Depp and Harley Quinn Smith withNatasha Lyonne, Austin Butler and Adam Brody.
Smith recently invited the band to contribute a version of “The Hockey Song” in the movie and both tracks, along with “This Dead Man”, are included on the “Yoga Hosers” soundtrack. The band recently performed the songs during the East Coast “Yoga Hosers” premiere at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ.
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See Glam Skanks on the road as direct support for Adam Ant’s Kings of the Wild Frontier 2017 North American Tour:
Monday, January 23, Washington DC, Lincoln Theatre, SOLD OUTTuesday, January 24, Boston, MA, The Wilbur TheatreThursday, January 26, Philadelphia, PA, The Keswick Theatre SOLD OUTFriday, January 27, New York, NY, Webster Hall, SOLD OUTSunday, January 29, Toronto, ON, The Danforth Music HallTuesday, January 31, Chicago, IL, Vic Theatre SOLD OUTThursday, February 2, Portland, OR, Revolution Hall, SOLD OUTFriday, February 3, Seattle, WA, Neptune Theatre, SOLD OUTSaturday, February 4, Vancouver, BC, Vogue TheatreTuesday, February 7, San Francisco, CA, The Fillmore, SOLD OUTThursday, February 9, Los Angeles, CA, The Fonda Theatre, SOLD OUTFriday, February 10, Las Vegas, NV, Brooklyn BowlSaturday, February 11, Tucson, AZ, The Rialto TheatreTuesday, February 14, Dallas, TX, The Majestic TheatreWednesday, February 15, San Antonio, TX, The Empire Theatre, SOLD OUTFriday, February 17, Santa Ana, CA, The Observatory, SOLD OUTSaturday, February 18, San Diego, CA, The Observatory North Park, SOLD OUT
TINARIWEN SING SONGS OF FREEDOM FOR THE WOMEN OF THE SAHARA IN "ASSAWT"
TINARIWEN SING SONGS OF FREEDOM FOR THE WOMEN OF THE SAHARA IN "ASSAWT"
LISTEN VIA Flood Magazine
New Album Elwan Out February 10th
The Grammy winning Saharan band Tinariwen, described as “desert blues practitioners” by The Guardian, have just premiered a song from their forthcoming album Elwan which arrives on February 10th via Anti-.
The track is called “Assawt” and it features everything listeners throughout the world have come love about Tinariwen, virtuosic and soulful guitar playing, intricate yet irresistible rhythm and some truly evocative vocal harmonies.
Listen to “Assawt” here care of Flood Magazine .
An English translation of the song’s lyrics
That’s the voice
of the Tamashek women
Searching for their freedom.
Those are the thoughts
of the old women
Living in a Sahara devoid of water,
Desiccated and miserable,
My wish is for it
to stop being subservient.
This is a message for those
Who toil for the revolution.
Featuring guest performances from Kurt Vile, Matt Sweeney, Alain Johannes, Mark Lanegan and more, Elwan was recorded in both the California desert of Joshua Tree and in Southern Morocco. It is unquestionably a “road record” with each song evoking a land that can no longer be found, with all that this implies in terms of emotional range, from nostalgia for a joyous past to the tragic recent loss of a territory, and of the dream that it nourished.
Tinariwen have announced dates for their 2017 headline tour of North America, beginning on March 30th in Solana Beach, CA.
Tour Dates:
30 MARCH – SOLANA BEACH, CA : BELLY UP TAVERN
31 MARCH – LOS ANGELES, CA : THE FONDA THEATRE
01 APRIL – BERKELEY, CA : THE UC THEATRE
02 APRIL – PORTLAND, OR : REVOLUTION HALL
04 APRIL – SEATTLE, WA : BENAROYA HALL
05 APRIL – VANCOUVER, BC : CHAN CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
7 APRIL – SALT LAKE CITY, UT : THE STATE ROOM
08 APRIL – DENVER, CO: SWALLOW HILL MUSIC ASSOCIATION
10 APRIL – MINNEAPOLIS, MN : CEDAR CULTURAL CENTER
11 APRIL – CHICAGO, IL : OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC
12 APRIL – TORONTO, ONT : MASSEY HALL
13 APRIL – MONTREAL, QC : PLACE DES ARTS
14 APRIL – BOSTON, MA : ROYALE
15 APRIL – BROOKLYN, NY : BROOKLYN BOWL
16 APRIL – BROOKLYN, NY : BROOKLYN BOWL
18 APRIL – PHILADELPHIA, PA : UNION TRANSFER
19 APRIL – WASHINGTON, DC : BARNS AT WOLF TRAP
21 APRIL – PITTSBURGH, PA : CARNEGIE OF HOMESTEAD HALL
The Proper Ornaments share "Memories" video, new album 'Foxhole' out now
The Proper Ornaments share "Memories" video, new album 'Foxhole' out now-'Foxhole' out now via Slumberland Records (US) + Tough Love Records (ROW)VIDEO: "Memories"
YouTube / BrooklynVegan
Photo by Alain BibThe Proper Ornaments – the project of James Hoare (Ultimate Painting, Veronica Falls) and Max Oscarnold (Toy) released their sophomore album 'Foxhole' on January 20 via Slumberland Records (US) and Tough Love Records (ROW).This week the band premieres the video for "Memories." Watch it over at BrooklynVegan and onYouTube. You can catch the band on their current UK/European tour, full list of tour dates listed below.James and Max started out writing Foxhole, the follow up to the bands 2014 released debut album ‘Wooden Head’, in January 2015. On ‘Foxhole’ they’ve sliced away a whole stratum of their sound, removing some distortion and lowering the frequency of plectrum strokes to allow more nuanced, piano-led ideas to emerge. The title isn’t a reference to Television’s jaunty proto-punk record but seems to be more of a dark, protective interior, a head space sketched out on ‘Jeremy’s Song’. While their particularly recognizable production style remains, three things stand out as likely reasons for the shift in mood. By the time they got around to recording again in James’ bedroom in Finsbury Park that Summer, the instability around the recording of ‘Wooden Head’ (and the five years before) had slid into a deep and seething acrimony. Second, they both bought pianos. Third, when the band, with Daniel Nellis and Bobby Syme joining on bass and drums went to record at Tin Room in Hackney in June, the pinch wheel on the 8 track machine was broken and somehow no one noticed. All but one recording, ‘The Frozen Stare,’ was hopelessly warped, so they went and did it all again from scratch back at James’.“We ended up doing the whole thing there as the atmosphere suited the direction of the foxhole and we were more comfortable working on it in our own time,” says James, “We wanted to move in a slightly different direction from ‘Wooden Head’, away from the distorted guitars and into a more peaceful area.” The mechanical blow out that had wasted weeks of their time and money coincided with a thaw in their friendship, and by the time they were re-recording they were both being treated conspicuously gentler by life. “That’s why the record has a laid back, conversational, not imposing or anxious feel in my opinion,” Max says about their rapprochement, “There’s also the technical limitation of doing it on an 8 track which gives the songs a sparser sound.”
Pre-order ‘Foxhole’ here.
Tour Dates:
01/22 Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club (Games Room)
01/23 Glasgow, UK - Mono
01/24 Birmingham, UK - The Hare & Hounds
01/25 Brighton, UK - The Joker
01/26 London, UK - Moth Club
01/28 Lille, FR - Le BiPlan
01/29 Lyon, FR - Sonic
01/30 Luzern, CH - Gewerbehalle
01/31 Lausanne, CH - Le Romandie
02/01 Winterthur, CH - Albani Music Club
02/02 Heidelberg, DE - Karlstorbahnhof
02/03 Berlin, DE - Marie Antoinette
02/04 Copenhagen, DK - Loppen
02/05 Hamburg, DE - MS Stubnitz
02/07 Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso
02/08 Utrecht, NL - ACU
02/09 Rotterdam, NL - V11
02/10 Paris, FR - La Mecanique Ondulatoire
YouTube / BrooklynVegan
Photo by Alain BibThe Proper Ornaments – the project of James Hoare (Ultimate Painting, Veronica Falls) and Max Oscarnold (Toy) released their sophomore album 'Foxhole' on January 20 via Slumberland Records (US) and Tough Love Records (ROW).This week the band premieres the video for "Memories." Watch it over at BrooklynVegan and onYouTube. You can catch the band on their current UK/European tour, full list of tour dates listed below.James and Max started out writing Foxhole, the follow up to the bands 2014 released debut album ‘Wooden Head’, in January 2015. On ‘Foxhole’ they’ve sliced away a whole stratum of their sound, removing some distortion and lowering the frequency of plectrum strokes to allow more nuanced, piano-led ideas to emerge. The title isn’t a reference to Television’s jaunty proto-punk record but seems to be more of a dark, protective interior, a head space sketched out on ‘Jeremy’s Song’. While their particularly recognizable production style remains, three things stand out as likely reasons for the shift in mood. By the time they got around to recording again in James’ bedroom in Finsbury Park that Summer, the instability around the recording of ‘Wooden Head’ (and the five years before) had slid into a deep and seething acrimony. Second, they both bought pianos. Third, when the band, with Daniel Nellis and Bobby Syme joining on bass and drums went to record at Tin Room in Hackney in June, the pinch wheel on the 8 track machine was broken and somehow no one noticed. All but one recording, ‘The Frozen Stare,’ was hopelessly warped, so they went and did it all again from scratch back at James’.“We ended up doing the whole thing there as the atmosphere suited the direction of the foxhole and we were more comfortable working on it in our own time,” says James, “We wanted to move in a slightly different direction from ‘Wooden Head’, away from the distorted guitars and into a more peaceful area.” The mechanical blow out that had wasted weeks of their time and money coincided with a thaw in their friendship, and by the time they were re-recording they were both being treated conspicuously gentler by life. “That’s why the record has a laid back, conversational, not imposing or anxious feel in my opinion,” Max says about their rapprochement, “There’s also the technical limitation of doing it on an 8 track which gives the songs a sparser sound.”
Pre-order ‘Foxhole’ here.
Tour Dates:01/22 Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club (Games Room)
01/23 Glasgow, UK - Mono
01/24 Birmingham, UK - The Hare & Hounds
01/25 Brighton, UK - The Joker
01/26 London, UK - Moth Club
01/28 Lille, FR - Le BiPlan
01/29 Lyon, FR - Sonic
01/30 Luzern, CH - Gewerbehalle
01/31 Lausanne, CH - Le Romandie
02/01 Winterthur, CH - Albani Music Club
02/02 Heidelberg, DE - Karlstorbahnhof
02/03 Berlin, DE - Marie Antoinette
02/04 Copenhagen, DK - Loppen
02/05 Hamburg, DE - MS Stubnitz
02/07 Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso
02/08 Utrecht, NL - ACU
02/09 Rotterdam, NL - V11
02/10 Paris, FR - La Mecanique Ondulatoire
January 22, 2017
An Evening with Keith Morris and Other Punk Rock Survivors
Wednesday, February 15th @ Cal State Long Beach.............Charlotte Caffey of The Eyes and Go Gos, Jack Grisham, the big tall guy who fronts TSOL, Chris D who is responsible for the Flesh Eaters and Divine Horsemen and Keith Morris, Black Flag, Circle Jerks and OFF! will be doing what the people at this campus call a lecture. IT'S FREEE!!!!
https://www.facebook.com/events/591869004493846/
ADAM ANT North American tour to coincide w/ the 35th anniversary/reissue of his landmark "Kings of the Wild Frontier" album
FOLLOWING HIS SOLD OUT UK TOUR, POP ICON ADAM ANT CELEBRATES THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS LANDMARK “KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER”ALBUM WITH A NEWLY-REMASTERED ALBUM REISSUE AND NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
Following his recent sold out UK tour, pop icon Adam Ant is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the release of his landmark “Kings of the Wild Frontier” album with a newly-remastered reissue (Sony Legacy UK) and North American tour. Adam will play the classic album in its entirety, and in sequence, including the first-ever live performance of the track “Feed Me To The Lions”. For ticket information, visit http://www.adam-ant.com/.
"I'm really looking forward to performing the 'Kings of the Wild Frontier' album live and in sequence plus my other favorite songs from the repertoire, in the USA,” Adam said.
“Kings of the Wild Frontier” introduced the Burundi Beat style of thundering, infectious, Central African drumming to a pop-music audience. Adam captured the live sound by incorporating two drummers into his band, a musical signature that remains to this day.
In addition to remastering the classic album, Adam personally designed the deluxe box set that includes items from his extensive personal archive and a bonus DVD of the out-of-print “Ants In Japan” concert video.
The platinum album, originally released in 1980, crowned the UK Album Chart and spent more time in the top position than any other album at the time. The album went on to achieve worldwide recognition and produced massive chart-topping singles including the classic “Antmusic”, the breakthrough tribal onslaught of “Dog Eat Dog” and the epic title track.
The original USA version of the album replaced the track "Making History" with the classics "(You're So) Physical" and "Press Darlings". The album climbed the Billboard Top 200 chart and produced three Top 20 hits for “Antmusic”, “Dog Eat Dog” and “(You’re So) Physical”.
For more information, visit www.Adam-Ant.com. To order the “Kings of the Wild Frontier” boxset, visit Amazon.
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Kings of the Wild Frontier 2017 North American Tour
Monday, January 23, Washington DC, Lincoln TheatreTuesday, January 24, Boston, MA, The Wilbur TheatreThursday, January 26, Philadelphia, PA, The Keswick TheatreFriday, January 27, New York, NY, Webster HallSunday, January 29, Toronto, ON, The Danforth Music HallTuesday, January 31, Chicago, IL, Vic TheatreThursday, February 2, Portland, OR, Revolution HallFriday, February 3, Seattle, WA, Neptune TheatreSaturday, February 4, Vancouver, BC, Vogue TheatreTuesday, February 7, San Francisco, CA, The FillmoreThursday, February 9, Los Angeles, CA, The Fonda TheatreFriday, February 10, Las Vegas, NV, Brooklyn BowlSaturday, February 11, Tucson, AZ, The Rialto TheatreTuesday, February 14, Dallas, TX, The Majestic TheatreWednesday, February 15, San Antonio, TX, The Empire TheatreSaturday, February 18, San Diego, CA, The Observatory North Park
