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Hear Sleater-Kinney’s live version of “What’s Mine Is Yours” from Live In Paris
Hear Sleater-Kinney’s live version of “What’s Mine Is Yours” from Live In Paris
Photo credit: Jason WilliamsonSoundcloud: http://u.subpop.com/2k4trQ3
Spotify: http://u.subpop.com/2jaeQlO
Live In Paris available worldwide on January 27th, 2017 from Sub Pop
On January 27th, 2017, Sleater-Kinney will release Live In Paris, the group’s first ever live album. You can hear a live version of The Woods standout “What’s Mine Is Yours” now [link here].
Earlier this month, Sleater-Kinney also released a video for “Surface Envy (Live)” comprised of fan footage from shows the band has played over the years [link here].
Live In Paris features thirteen tracks from the sold-out show which was captured on March 20th, 2015 at the city’s historic La Cigale venue, during the band's celebrated international tour in support of their acclaimed eighth album, No Cities to Love.
The Sleater-Kinney: Live In Paris setlist culls material from No Cities to Love, The Woods, One Beat, The Hot Rock, Dig Me Out, and Call the Doctor. The album and performance was mixed by John Goodmanson at Avast and mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound.
Sleater-Kinney: Live In Paris will be available on CD / LP / DL / CASS worldwide from Sub Pop [preorder here].
Photo credit: Jason WilliamsonSoundcloud: http://u.subpop.com/2k4trQ3Spotify: http://u.subpop.com/2jaeQlO
Live In Paris available worldwide on January 27th, 2017 from Sub Pop
On January 27th, 2017, Sleater-Kinney will release Live In Paris, the group’s first ever live album. You can hear a live version of The Woods standout “What’s Mine Is Yours” now [link here].
Earlier this month, Sleater-Kinney also released a video for “Surface Envy (Live)” comprised of fan footage from shows the band has played over the years [link here].
Live In Paris features thirteen tracks from the sold-out show which was captured on March 20th, 2015 at the city’s historic La Cigale venue, during the band's celebrated international tour in support of their acclaimed eighth album, No Cities to Love.
The Sleater-Kinney: Live In Paris setlist culls material from No Cities to Love, The Woods, One Beat, The Hot Rock, Dig Me Out, and Call the Doctor. The album and performance was mixed by John Goodmanson at Avast and mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound.
Sleater-Kinney: Live In Paris will be available on CD / LP / DL / CASS worldwide from Sub Pop [preorder here].
Cloud Nothings shares new single "Enter Entirely" + Launches North American tour next week
CLOUD NOTHINGS SHARES NEW SINGLE "ENTER ENTIRELY"
LAUNCHES NORTH AMERICAN TOUR NEXT WEEK
LIFE WITHOUT SOUND DUE 1/27 VIA CARPARK RECORDS
Cloud Nothings by Jesse LirolaSTREAM: "Entire Entirely" - https://soundcloud.com/cloudnothings/enter-entirely
After sharing the video for "Internal World" last week, Cloud Nothings are back today to share one more taste of their forthcoming album Life Without Sound before its release on January 27th. New track "Enter Entirely" starts as a slow-burner before bursting into a classic Dylan Baldi chorus.
In addition to the new single, Cloud Nothings will embark on a lengthy tour next week that will see them hit North America in January and February before heading to Europe in March. While supplies last, fans can head to cloudnothings.com to pre-order a limited edition t-shirt & deluxe LP, LP or CD bundle.
Listen to "Enter Entirely" above and see below for full tour routing and album details.
WATCH: "Internal World" - https://youtu.be/gQUcpNi8T_8
About Cloud Nothings:
Dylan Baldi maintains simple, admirable standards in quality. "A thing I like to do with all of my records is drive around with them," the 25-year-old Cloud Nothings frontman says. "In high school, I would listen to music for hours like that: just driving through the suburbs of Cleveland. And if it sounds good to me in that context and I can think of high school me listening to it and saying, 'That's okay,' I feel good about the record. This is the one that's felt best."
"This" is Life Without Sound, the radiant, far-far-better-than-okay fourth full-length his rock outfit has recorded since he began writing and releasing songs on his own under the Cloud Nothings alias in 2008. While its highly acclaimed predecessor - 2014's Here and Nowhere Else - came together spontaneously, in the little time that touring allowed, Life Without Sound took shape under far less frenetic circumstances.
For more than a year, Baldi was able to write these songs and flesh out them out with his bandmates - drummer Jayson Gerycz and bassist TJ Duke - before they finally joined producer John Goodmanson (Sleater Kinney, Death Cab for Cutie) at Sonic Ranch in El Paso, Texas, for three weeks in March of 2016. The result is Baldi's most polished and considered work to date, an album that speaks to his evolving gift with melody while also betraying the sort of perspective that time provides. You can hear it in the aerodynamic guitar pop of "Modern Act," and feel it in the devastating wisdom of "Internal World," a lullaby-like howler that dwells on "the fact that being yourself can be uncomfortable and even potentially dangerous at times."
"Generally, it seems like my work has been about finding my place in the world," Baldi says. "But there was a point in which I realized that you can be missing something important in your life, a part you didn't realize you were missing until it's there-hence the title. This record is like my version of new age music," he adds. "It's supposed to be inspiring."
It is.
TOUR DATES1/26 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom01/27 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace 01/28 Montreal, QC - Fairmount Theatre 01/30 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer 01/31 Boston, MA - Paradise 02/01 New York, NY - Webster Hall02/03 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar02/04 Columbus, OH - A&R Music Bar02/06 Grand Rapids, MI - Calvin College 02/07 Detroit, MI - El Club 02/09 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon02/10 Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall 02/11 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line02/12 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall02/15 Portland, OR - Doug Fir02/16 Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret02/17 Seattle, WA - Barboza02/18 Seattle, WA - Barboza02/20 San Francisco, CA - The Independent02/22 Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom03/01 Copenhagen - Loppen03/02 Malmo, SE - Babel03/03 Stockholm, SE - Debaser Strand03/05 Oslo, NO - Parkteatret03/06 Hamburg, DE - Knust03/07 Berlin, DE - Bi Nuu03/08 Munich, DE - Kranhalle03/09 Cologne, DE - Luxor03/11 Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso03/12 Brussels, BE - Botanique03/14 Paris, FR - Petit Bain03/16 Bristol, UK - Thekla03/17 Glasgow, UK - Stereo03/18 Manchester, UK - Deaf Institute03/19 Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club03/21 London, UK - Koko03/22 Birmingham, UK - The Hare & Hounds03/23 Brighton, UK - The Haunt05/12-14 Atlanta, GA - Shaky Knees Festival07/30 New York, NY - Panorama Festival
LAUNCHES NORTH AMERICAN TOUR NEXT WEEK
LIFE WITHOUT SOUND DUE 1/27 VIA CARPARK RECORDS
Cloud Nothings by Jesse LirolaSTREAM: "Entire Entirely" - https://soundcloud.com/cloudnothings/enter-entirely
After sharing the video for "Internal World" last week, Cloud Nothings are back today to share one more taste of their forthcoming album Life Without Sound before its release on January 27th. New track "Enter Entirely" starts as a slow-burner before bursting into a classic Dylan Baldi chorus.
In addition to the new single, Cloud Nothings will embark on a lengthy tour next week that will see them hit North America in January and February before heading to Europe in March. While supplies last, fans can head to cloudnothings.com to pre-order a limited edition t-shirt & deluxe LP, LP or CD bundle.
Listen to "Enter Entirely" above and see below for full tour routing and album details.
WATCH: "Internal World" - https://youtu.be/gQUcpNi8T_8
About Cloud Nothings:
Dylan Baldi maintains simple, admirable standards in quality. "A thing I like to do with all of my records is drive around with them," the 25-year-old Cloud Nothings frontman says. "In high school, I would listen to music for hours like that: just driving through the suburbs of Cleveland. And if it sounds good to me in that context and I can think of high school me listening to it and saying, 'That's okay,' I feel good about the record. This is the one that's felt best."
"This" is Life Without Sound, the radiant, far-far-better-than-okay fourth full-length his rock outfit has recorded since he began writing and releasing songs on his own under the Cloud Nothings alias in 2008. While its highly acclaimed predecessor - 2014's Here and Nowhere Else - came together spontaneously, in the little time that touring allowed, Life Without Sound took shape under far less frenetic circumstances.
For more than a year, Baldi was able to write these songs and flesh out them out with his bandmates - drummer Jayson Gerycz and bassist TJ Duke - before they finally joined producer John Goodmanson (Sleater Kinney, Death Cab for Cutie) at Sonic Ranch in El Paso, Texas, for three weeks in March of 2016. The result is Baldi's most polished and considered work to date, an album that speaks to his evolving gift with melody while also betraying the sort of perspective that time provides. You can hear it in the aerodynamic guitar pop of "Modern Act," and feel it in the devastating wisdom of "Internal World," a lullaby-like howler that dwells on "the fact that being yourself can be uncomfortable and even potentially dangerous at times."
"Generally, it seems like my work has been about finding my place in the world," Baldi says. "But there was a point in which I realized that you can be missing something important in your life, a part you didn't realize you were missing until it's there-hence the title. This record is like my version of new age music," he adds. "It's supposed to be inspiring."
It is.
TOUR DATES1/26 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom01/27 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace 01/28 Montreal, QC - Fairmount Theatre 01/30 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer 01/31 Boston, MA - Paradise 02/01 New York, NY - Webster Hall02/03 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar02/04 Columbus, OH - A&R Music Bar02/06 Grand Rapids, MI - Calvin College 02/07 Detroit, MI - El Club 02/09 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon02/10 Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall 02/11 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line02/12 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall02/15 Portland, OR - Doug Fir02/16 Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret02/17 Seattle, WA - Barboza02/18 Seattle, WA - Barboza02/20 San Francisco, CA - The Independent02/22 Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom03/01 Copenhagen - Loppen03/02 Malmo, SE - Babel03/03 Stockholm, SE - Debaser Strand03/05 Oslo, NO - Parkteatret03/06 Hamburg, DE - Knust03/07 Berlin, DE - Bi Nuu03/08 Munich, DE - Kranhalle03/09 Cologne, DE - Luxor03/11 Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso03/12 Brussels, BE - Botanique03/14 Paris, FR - Petit Bain03/16 Bristol, UK - Thekla03/17 Glasgow, UK - Stereo03/18 Manchester, UK - Deaf Institute03/19 Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club03/21 London, UK - Koko03/22 Birmingham, UK - The Hare & Hounds03/23 Brighton, UK - The Haunt05/12-14 Atlanta, GA - Shaky Knees Festival07/30 New York, NY - Panorama Festival
Chicano Batman says "FREEDOM IS FREE" - drops live video & returns to Coachella
CHICANO BATMAN SAYS "FREEDOM IS FREE"UPCOMING ALBUM TITLE TRACK OUT TODAY AS INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE LEADING TO TOMORROW'S INAUGURATION"FRIENDSHIP (IS A SMALL BOAT IN A STORM)" ADDED TO
SIRIUS XMU, KCRW, WFUV, WXPN, KCMP (THE CURRENT) AND MORE FREEDOM IS FREE OUT MARCH 3 ON ATO RECORDS
NATIONAL HEADLINING TOUR INCLUDES SXSW & COACHELLALIVE VIDEO FOR "FRIENDSHIP (IS A SMALL BOAT IN A STORM)" RECORDED AT DIAMOND MINE STUDIOS FEATURES TOURMATES 79.5
“Chicano Batman have gone full Gil Scott-Heron on new album”
- Noisey
"It's a preview of groovy things to come… join the party and see what we've been raving about"
- NPR Music
"Their sets are serious business: You can climb into one of them and follow it a long way"
- NY Times
New York, NY (January 19, 2017) – Chicano Batman closed out the year announcing a new album and tour and the LA quartet begin 2017 with the release of "Freedom Is Free", the title track to their upcoming LP, out March 3 onATO Records.
"Freedom Is Free" is an inspirational credo from the psych-soul outfit at an all too apripos time. FLOOD agrees that, "the song’s sweetness, the ease with which it unfolds along that provocative bassline, suggests both the inevitability of its message and the band’s confidence in it."
"Because of the ascendence of capitalism as a dominant form of cultural exchange, freedom (however you choose to define it) has been commodified like any other product," says vocalist Bardo Martinez. "Throughout our history the state has presented the rationale (through propagandistic means and ends) that freedom is not free; that your personal freedom is contingent and dependent on the well being of the state. This logic has explicitly justified war and its atrocities in the name of freedom. This song is an antithesis to that ideological fallacy. Freedom is as free as the spirit, as nature, as the universe itself. No matter how hard man tries to control every nuance of nature's movement, he will not succeed. Freedom is a concept of the feeling of nature itself propelling everything in the universe in motion."
"Freedom Is Free" at Spotify | Soundcloud | iTunes | Apple Music | Amazon
Freedom Is Free is already being lauded by NPR Music, Noisey and more and the Leon Michels (El Michels Affair, The Arcs) produced album foregrounds the soul and R&B elements of the band's sound, truly captuing the band's live energy, bringing their aesthetic goals to life. The organ-driven soul jam “Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm)” has been added to tastemaker stations across the country including SiriusXMU, KCRW, WFUV, WXPN and KCMP (The Current), to name a few.
Chicano Batman start a national headlining tour next month, hitting SXSW and ending with a return to Coachella. The tour will feature the vocalists from 79.5 on all dates, who will also open most of the shows. Enjoy a live performance video of "Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm)" with 79.5 on backing vocals recorded at Diamond Mine HERE and feel free to share."Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm)" Live at Diamond Minehttps://youtu.be/Qe8rXtDzYsI
"Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm)" Video
"Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm)" at Spotify | iTunes | Apple Music | Amazon
Pre-order Freedom Is Free from Official Store | iTunes | Amazon
Chicano Batman Tour Dates
Feb 23 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile #
Feb 24 – Portland, OR – Star Theater #
Feb 25 – Eugene, OR – HiFi Music Hall #
Feb 26 – Arcata, CA – Arcata Theatre Lounge #
Mar 01 – Sacramento, CA – Harlow's #
Mar 02 – San Jose, CA – The Ritz #
Mar 03 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore #Mar 11 – Phoenix, AZ – Viva PHX
Mar 13 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad $Mar 16 – Austin, TX – SXSWMar 17 – Austin, TX – SXSW
Mar 19 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live Studio $
Mar 21 – Atlanta, GA – The EARL #
Mar 22 – Asheville, NC – The Mothlight #
Mar 23 – Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506 #
Mar 24 – Charlottesville, VA – The Southern #
Mar 25 – Washington, DC – Rock & Roll Hotel #
Mar 27 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground Showcase Lounge #
Mar 28 – Boston, MA -- The Sinclair #
Mar 31 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom #
Apr 01 – Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry @ The Fillmore #
Apr 02 – Pittsburgh, PA – James Street Ballroom #
Apr 04 – Toronto, ON – The Velvet Underground #
Apr 05 – Detroit, MI – El Club #
Apr 06 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Stache @ The Intersection #
Apr 07 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall #
Apr 08 – St. Louis, MO – The Firebird $
Apr 10 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater $
Apr 11 – Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf $Apr 15 – Indio, CA – Coachella
Apr 22 – Indio, CA – Coachella
# w. 79.5
$ w. The Shacks
All dates w. SadGirl
SIRIUS XMU, KCRW, WFUV, WXPN, KCMP (THE CURRENT) AND MORE FREEDOM IS FREE OUT MARCH 3 ON ATO RECORDS
NATIONAL HEADLINING TOUR INCLUDES SXSW & COACHELLALIVE VIDEO FOR "FRIENDSHIP (IS A SMALL BOAT IN A STORM)" RECORDED AT DIAMOND MINE STUDIOS FEATURES TOURMATES 79.5“Chicano Batman have gone full Gil Scott-Heron on new album”
- Noisey
"It's a preview of groovy things to come… join the party and see what we've been raving about"
- NPR Music
"Their sets are serious business: You can climb into one of them and follow it a long way"
- NY Times
New York, NY (January 19, 2017) – Chicano Batman closed out the year announcing a new album and tour and the LA quartet begin 2017 with the release of "Freedom Is Free", the title track to their upcoming LP, out March 3 onATO Records.
"Freedom Is Free" is an inspirational credo from the psych-soul outfit at an all too apripos time. FLOOD agrees that, "the song’s sweetness, the ease with which it unfolds along that provocative bassline, suggests both the inevitability of its message and the band’s confidence in it."
"Because of the ascendence of capitalism as a dominant form of cultural exchange, freedom (however you choose to define it) has been commodified like any other product," says vocalist Bardo Martinez. "Throughout our history the state has presented the rationale (through propagandistic means and ends) that freedom is not free; that your personal freedom is contingent and dependent on the well being of the state. This logic has explicitly justified war and its atrocities in the name of freedom. This song is an antithesis to that ideological fallacy. Freedom is as free as the spirit, as nature, as the universe itself. No matter how hard man tries to control every nuance of nature's movement, he will not succeed. Freedom is a concept of the feeling of nature itself propelling everything in the universe in motion."
"Freedom Is Free" at Spotify | Soundcloud | iTunes | Apple Music | Amazon
Freedom Is Free is already being lauded by NPR Music, Noisey and more and the Leon Michels (El Michels Affair, The Arcs) produced album foregrounds the soul and R&B elements of the band's sound, truly captuing the band's live energy, bringing their aesthetic goals to life. The organ-driven soul jam “Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm)” has been added to tastemaker stations across the country including SiriusXMU, KCRW, WFUV, WXPN and KCMP (The Current), to name a few.
Chicano Batman start a national headlining tour next month, hitting SXSW and ending with a return to Coachella. The tour will feature the vocalists from 79.5 on all dates, who will also open most of the shows. Enjoy a live performance video of "Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm)" with 79.5 on backing vocals recorded at Diamond Mine HERE and feel free to share."Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm)" Live at Diamond Minehttps://youtu.be/Qe8rXtDzYsI
"Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm)" Video
"Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm)" at Spotify | iTunes | Apple Music | Amazon
Pre-order Freedom Is Free from Official Store | iTunes | Amazon
Chicano Batman Tour Dates
Feb 23 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile #
Feb 24 – Portland, OR – Star Theater #
Feb 25 – Eugene, OR – HiFi Music Hall #
Feb 26 – Arcata, CA – Arcata Theatre Lounge #
Mar 01 – Sacramento, CA – Harlow's #
Mar 02 – San Jose, CA – The Ritz #
Mar 03 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore #Mar 11 – Phoenix, AZ – Viva PHX
Mar 13 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad $Mar 16 – Austin, TX – SXSWMar 17 – Austin, TX – SXSW
Mar 19 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live Studio $
Mar 21 – Atlanta, GA – The EARL #
Mar 22 – Asheville, NC – The Mothlight #
Mar 23 – Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506 #
Mar 24 – Charlottesville, VA – The Southern #
Mar 25 – Washington, DC – Rock & Roll Hotel #
Mar 27 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground Showcase Lounge #
Mar 28 – Boston, MA -- The Sinclair #
Mar 31 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom #
Apr 01 – Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry @ The Fillmore #
Apr 02 – Pittsburgh, PA – James Street Ballroom #
Apr 04 – Toronto, ON – The Velvet Underground #
Apr 05 – Detroit, MI – El Club #
Apr 06 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Stache @ The Intersection #
Apr 07 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall #
Apr 08 – St. Louis, MO – The Firebird $
Apr 10 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater $
Apr 11 – Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf $Apr 15 – Indio, CA – Coachella
Apr 22 – Indio, CA – Coachella
# w. 79.5
$ w. The Shacks
All dates w. SadGirl
Every Wednesday in Feb Perrin Moss of Hiatus Kaiyote a.k.a Clever Austin + friends
CLEVER AUSTIN - FOUND HEADS RESIDENCY
Wednesday's in February at The Evelyn~ Entry by donation ~
Every Wednesday in Feb Perrin Moss of Hiatus Kaiyote a.k.a Clever Austin + friends take over the Evelyn Hotel downstairs from 8pm till close.Weekly Special Guests
Feb 1st – Maria Moles + Lori - Jungle Junket
Feb 8th – Noah Slee + DJ LUEN ‘Kinky Australian dance set’
Feb 15th – Taylor Crawford + DJ Mike Gurrieri ‘Jazz from outta space’
Feb 22nd – Greg Sheehan + DJ Jimi Dawg ‘Crates From Brasil’
RSVP
January 18, 2017
Tim Presley + Cate Le Bon @ Mississippi Studios PDX
All photos taken in Portland by Gene Brunak.
Conor Oberst Announces New Album 'Salutations'
Conor Oberst Announces New Album Salutations for March 17 Release Full band recordings with The Felice Brothers and drummer Jim Keltner; guests include Jim James, Gillian Welch, Blake Mills, Jonathan Wilson and moreVideo for "A Little Uncanny" from Salutations launches today
Spring tour begins in early March
(Photo Credit: Tony Bonacci)Conor Oberst will release a new album, Salutations , on Nonesuch Records, on March 17, 2017.
The album is a companion piece to 2016's lauded Ruminations . When Oberst wrote and recorded the songs on Ruminations, entirely solo - with just voice, piano, guitar and harmonica - he intended to ultimately record them with a full band. In the midst of putting together that band - upstate New York's The Felice Brothers plus the legendary drummer Jim Keltner (Neil Young, Jackson Browne, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, and many more)- the passionate responses Oberst was getting to those first solo recordings, from friends and colleagues, encouraged him to release the songs as-is, in their original sparse form, as his seventh solo album: Ruminations, which was released in October 2016. Pitchfork called it "a record like none other in Oberst's catalog, stunning for how utterly alone he sounds," and the UK's Sunday Times called it, "The rawest album yet from the forever troubled one-time voice of a generation. Political and very, very personal," saying Oberst is "one of the best songwriters around."
Meanwhile, Oberst simultaneously moved ahead with his plans to record with the band, heading to the famed Shangri-la Studios in Malibu to record Salutations - co-produced with Keltner and engineered by long-time musical compadre Andy LeMaster. Guest contributions come courtesy of Jim James, Blake Mills, Maria Taylor, M Ward, Gillian Welch, Gus Seyffert,Pearl Charles, Nathaniel Walcott, and Jonathan Wilson.
Salutations includes full band versions of the ten songs from Ruminations, plus seven additional songs, some from an additional session at Five Star Studiosin Echo Park in fall 2016 (complete track list below). Oberst, with The Felice Brothers as his backing band, will tour in celebration of Salutations beginning March 9 in his hometown of Omaha, with stops at LA's Greek Theater in May and Celebrate Brooklyn Festival in July (full schedule below). Oberst has partnered with Plus 1 so that $1 from every ticket sold will go to supportPlanned Parenthood and their work delivering vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of women, men, and young people in the US and worldwide.
Pre-orders of Salutations at iTunes and the Nonesuch store will come with immediate downloads of "A Little Uncanny," "Tachycardia," and "Napalm." For a limited time, pre-orders at nonesuch.com also include an exclusive print autographed by Conor Oberst.
A video for "A Little Uncanny," directed by Josh Rawson (The Felice Brothers), may be viewed here.
Oberst says of the Salutations sessions: "Jim was really the captain of the ship and the spiritual leader of the project. We leaned heavy on his fifty-plus years of musical insight to get us to where we needed to be. He brought such depth and dignity to the proceedings that made everyone else involved rise to the occasion. It was a true stroke of luck that he got involved when he did."
Conor Oberst Tour Dates:
February27 Sydney, AUS @ Sydney Opera HouseMarch9 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room Lounge10 Kansas City, MO @ Madrid Theater11 Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall12 Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom14 San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger16 Spicewood, TX @ Luck Reunion17 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live18 New Orleans, LA @ The Civic Theatre19 Macon, GA @ Cox Capitol Theatre 21 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel22 Chattanooga, TN @ Track 2923 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse24 McMinnville, TN @ Bluegrass Underground25 St Louis, MO @ The Pageant26 Iowa City, IA @ The Englert TheaterMay12 Oakland, CA @ The Fox13 Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theater19 Austin, TX @ ACL Live at The Moody TheaterJuly14-16 Louisville, KY @ Forecastle Festival20 Brooklyn, NY @ Celebrate Brooklyn21 Boston, MA @ The House of Blues
March dates go on sale starting January 21 at noon ESTMay and July dates go on sale starting January 27 at noon EST
Sharkmuffin plays Knitting Factory
Sharkmuffin plays Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY on 1/31If you subscribe to us on bandcamp, you'll get a lot of exclusive content + other rewards!!
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3/3 @The Footlight, Brooklyn, NY
3/4 @Ortiebs, Philadelphia, PA
3/5 @TBA, DC
3/6 @Reggie’s 42nd Street Tavern, Willmington, NC
3/7 @Snug Harbour, Charlotte, NC
3/8 @Tin Roof, Charleston, SC
3/9 @World Famous, Athens, GA
3/10 @TBA Atlanta, GA
3/11 @The Blind Mule, Mobile, AL
3/12 @Thirsty Hippo, Hattiesburg, MS
3/13 @Lola's, Fort Worth, TX
3/14 – 3/18@SXSW, Austin, TX
3/19 @TBA, Oklahoma City, OK
3/20 @Governor’s Mansion, Iowa City, IA
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3/22@Mickey’s, Madison, WI
3/23 @Melody Inn, Indianapolis, IN
3/24 @Bourbon Street, Columbus, OH
3/25 @Hucklebucks, Pottsville, PA
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Alexandra Savior Confirmed To Play Bonnaroo Festival, SXSW Music and Boston Calling. Debut Album Drops April 7th, 2017
ALEXANDRA SAVIOR CONFIRMS PERFORMANCES AT SXSW MUSIC, BONNAROO FESTIVAL AND BOSTON CALLINGNORTH AMERICAN TOUR WITH HAMILTON LEITHAUSER UNDERWAYDEBUT ALBUM “BELLADONNA OF SADNESS” OUT FRIDAY, APRIL 7TH 2017 (Columbia Records)
WATCH"MYSTERY GIRL"Apple Music | iTunes | Spotify
Portland based artist Alexandra Savior is gearing up for an exciting 2017. She was previously announced as support for the revered singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Hamilton Leithauser on his North American tour. This run started on Sunday with a sold out show in Phoenix followed by two nights of sold out shows in Los Angeles. Savior is set to appear at this year’s SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas.In addition, she will be dipping her toes into the American festival circuit, joining impressive bills at both Bonnaroo Festival ( tickets) and Boston Calling ( tickets). For a full list of tour dates and ticket information, go to www.alexandrasavior.com Late last year, the 21-year old rising star unveiled a brand new track, “Mystery Girl,” written by Saviorand Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys, Last Shadow Puppets) which was lifted from her highly anticipated forthcoming debut album, “Belladonna of Sadness,” due out worldwide April 7th, 2017 via Columbia Records. The song was accompanied by an eerily stunning video directed by New Zealander Sam Kristofski. Watch the video here and get “Mystery Girl” now on Apple Music, iTunes and Spotify.Be sure to catch Alexandra Savior and her full band on the road! Tour dates below.NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES1/18 - The Independent - San Francisco, CA* - SOLD OUT1/20 - Star Theater - Portland, OR* -SOLD OUT1/21 - Tractor Tavern - Seattle, WA (2 shows)* - SOLD OUT1/23 - The State Room - Salt Lake City, UT*1/25 - Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO*1/27 - Constellation Room - Santa Ana, CA*1/28 - The Casbah - San Diego, CA* - SOLD OUT3/15 – 3/18 – SXSW – Austin, TX5/26 – 5/28 – Boston Calling – Boston, MA6/8 – 6/11 – Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival - Manchester, TN * Supporting Hamilton Leithauser
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CRX PERFORMS “SLOW DOWN” ON 'GOOD MORNING AMERICA' TOMORROW, JANUARY 19; NICK VALENSI SITS IN WITH THE ROOTS
CRX PERFORMS “SLOW DOWN”
ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA TOMORROW, JANUARY 19
FRONTMAN NICK VALENSI SITS IN WITH THE ROOTS
ON THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON TONIGHT
Photo Credit: Magdalena WosinskaCRX—the new band fronted by Nick Valensi, guitarist for The Strokes—will visit Good Morning America tomorrow morning, January 19, for the television debut performance of their song “Slow Down.” The track is featured on the band’s Josh Homme-produced debut album New Skin, available everywhere now via Columbia Records:http://smarturl.it/NewSkin.
Tonight, Valensi sits in with The Roots on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he’ll perform a selection of songs from both CRX and The Strokes throughout the broadcast. This week’s appearances follow the band’s performances on The Late Late Show with James Corden (“Broken Bones”) and Jimmy Kimmel Live! (“Ways To Fake It”) this past fall.
CRX is: Nick Valensi (lead vocals and guitar), Richie James Follin (of Guards and Willowz - keyboards), Ralph Alexander (of The Dose - drums), Jon Safley (of People On People - bass) and Darian Zahedi (of People On People - guitar).
Praise for New Skin Valensi more than proves himself on an album that at times suggests a harder-hitting version of his main band's bright concision – power pop with a bracing metal edge, or an all-night rager in Elvis Costello's ‘Imperial Bedroom.’
–Rolling Stone
Mr. Valensi’s new pursuit looks to slick ’80s New Wave and power-pop bands like the Cars and Cheap Trick, with catchy, fist-pumping results.
–The New York Times
Valensi clings to the crisp tick-tock guitars he favors in his day job. But CRX juices those tidy riffs with ’80s-style synths that give tunes like “Anything” and “Ways to Fake It” a serious Cars vibe.
–Los Angeles Times
You can immediately tell what Valensi’s aims for the record were. This isn’t stadium rock with an eye on the lighters-in-the-air crowd. It’s dirty, sludgy rock’n’roll, that sounds best when rambling around a dive bar. It’s heavier and harder than The Strokes, but his guitar lines have that familiar complexity and finesse.
–NME
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ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA TOMORROW, JANUARY 19
FRONTMAN NICK VALENSI SITS IN WITH THE ROOTS
ON THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON TONIGHT
Photo Credit: Magdalena WosinskaCRX—the new band fronted by Nick Valensi, guitarist for The Strokes—will visit Good Morning America tomorrow morning, January 19, for the television debut performance of their song “Slow Down.” The track is featured on the band’s Josh Homme-produced debut album New Skin, available everywhere now via Columbia Records:http://smarturl.it/NewSkin. Tonight, Valensi sits in with The Roots on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he’ll perform a selection of songs from both CRX and The Strokes throughout the broadcast. This week’s appearances follow the band’s performances on The Late Late Show with James Corden (“Broken Bones”) and Jimmy Kimmel Live! (“Ways To Fake It”) this past fall.
CRX is: Nick Valensi (lead vocals and guitar), Richie James Follin (of Guards and Willowz - keyboards), Ralph Alexander (of The Dose - drums), Jon Safley (of People On People - bass) and Darian Zahedi (of People On People - guitar).
Praise for New Skin Valensi more than proves himself on an album that at times suggests a harder-hitting version of his main band's bright concision – power pop with a bracing metal edge, or an all-night rager in Elvis Costello's ‘Imperial Bedroom.’
–Rolling Stone
Mr. Valensi’s new pursuit looks to slick ’80s New Wave and power-pop bands like the Cars and Cheap Trick, with catchy, fist-pumping results.
–The New York Times
Valensi clings to the crisp tick-tock guitars he favors in his day job. But CRX juices those tidy riffs with ’80s-style synths that give tunes like “Anything” and “Ways to Fake It” a serious Cars vibe.
–Los Angeles Times
You can immediately tell what Valensi’s aims for the record were. This isn’t stadium rock with an eye on the lighters-in-the-air crowd. It’s dirty, sludgy rock’n’roll, that sounds best when rambling around a dive bar. It’s heavier and harder than The Strokes, but his guitar lines have that familiar complexity and finesse.
–NME
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Mega Bog Releases "London" Video + Announces U.S. Tour
MEGA BOG RELEASES "LONDON" VIDEO
ANNOUNCES U.S. TOUR DATES HAPPY TOGETHER OUT FEBRUARY 3
NYC SHOW WITH CHERRY GLAZERR TONIGHT
Photo credit: Adam Gundersheimer
Mega Bog -- Brooklyn's Erin Birgy -- shared the video for her supernatural single "London" today. Brooklyn Vegan premiered the clip, which Birgy created, calling her music"beautiful, otherworldly."
Previous praise for "London":
"Imagine an adventure game quest with Yoko Ono as your guide, or Laurie Anderson doing her best David Attenborough impression: a deep, joyful abstraction that draws to a pure, human conclusion." - Pitchfork
"A jazzy experimental rock track - spacious, warm, and eerie, with brass, guitar, and vocal melodies weaving in the ether." - Stereogum
WATCH "LONDON"
"London" appears on Mega Bog's forthcoming new album Happy Together, out February 3 via Nicey Music.
Mega Bog will open for Cherry Glazerr tonight at the Bowery Ballroom. Mega Bog is also pleased to announce three release shows in Montreal, Brooklyn, and Los Angeles, followed by a West Coast tour with Hand Habits.
2/25: Drones Club - Montreal, QC ^2/26: The Glove - Brooklyn, NY ^3/07: House show - Los Angeles, CA3/10: Holland Project - Reno, NV *3/11: Firecreek - Flagstaff, AZ *3/12: Trunk Space - Phoenix, AZ *3/13: Club Congress - Tucson, AZ *3/15-3/19: SXSW - Austin, TX *3/22: Hi Dive - Denver, CO *3/26: Timbre Room - Seattle, WA *3/27: High Water Mark - Portland, OR *3/29: Richard's Goat - Arcata, CA *3/30: The Chapel - San Francisco, CA *3/31: Crepe Place - Santa Cruz, CA *4/01: Basic Flowers - Los Angeles, CA*
^ w/ Sheer Agony* w/ Hand Habits
ANNOUNCES U.S. TOUR DATES HAPPY TOGETHER OUT FEBRUARY 3
NYC SHOW WITH CHERRY GLAZERR TONIGHT
Photo credit: Adam GundersheimerMega Bog -- Brooklyn's Erin Birgy -- shared the video for her supernatural single "London" today. Brooklyn Vegan premiered the clip, which Birgy created, calling her music"beautiful, otherworldly."
Previous praise for "London":
"Imagine an adventure game quest with Yoko Ono as your guide, or Laurie Anderson doing her best David Attenborough impression: a deep, joyful abstraction that draws to a pure, human conclusion." - Pitchfork
"A jazzy experimental rock track - spacious, warm, and eerie, with brass, guitar, and vocal melodies weaving in the ether." - Stereogum
WATCH "LONDON"
"London" appears on Mega Bog's forthcoming new album Happy Together, out February 3 via Nicey Music.Mega Bog will open for Cherry Glazerr tonight at the Bowery Ballroom. Mega Bog is also pleased to announce three release shows in Montreal, Brooklyn, and Los Angeles, followed by a West Coast tour with Hand Habits.
2/25: Drones Club - Montreal, QC ^2/26: The Glove - Brooklyn, NY ^3/07: House show - Los Angeles, CA3/10: Holland Project - Reno, NV *3/11: Firecreek - Flagstaff, AZ *3/12: Trunk Space - Phoenix, AZ *3/13: Club Congress - Tucson, AZ *3/15-3/19: SXSW - Austin, TX *3/22: Hi Dive - Denver, CO *3/26: Timbre Room - Seattle, WA *3/27: High Water Mark - Portland, OR *3/29: Richard's Goat - Arcata, CA *3/30: The Chapel - San Francisco, CA *3/31: Crepe Place - Santa Cruz, CA *4/01: Basic Flowers - Los Angeles, CA*
^ w/ Sheer Agony* w/ Hand Habits
