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September 27, 2016
CONOR OBERST NPR Live Stream - First Listen Live from NYC OCT 14
NPR'S FIRST LISTEN LIVE TO STREAM CONOR OBERST IN CONCERT - PERFORMING NEW ALBUM RUMINATIONSAT NYC'S HOUSING WORKS - ON OCTOBER 14 VIA NPR.ORG, WFUV.ORG AND FACEBOOK LIVE RUMINATIONS STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY VIA NPR MUSIC'S FIRST LISTEN FROM SEPTEMBER 30 OBERST PERFORMS ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! OCTOBER 24
Photo Credit: Julia Brokaw
To mark the release of his new album Ruminations (Nonesuch), Conor Oberst will perform the record in its entirety to an audience of contest winners at New York City'sHousing Works Bookstore Cafe on the album's release day, Friday, October 14, 2016. The performance, co-presented by NPR Music's Bob Boilen and WFUV Radio's Rita Houston, will be simultaneously webcast via NPR Music and NPR Music's Facebook page. WFUV.org will host an on-demand audio stream of the concert in the days to follow. Ruminations will be available to stream exclusively on NPR Music's website beginningSeptember 30 as part of its First Listen series. Oberst also will be the musical guest on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! on October 24th. In the winter of 2016, Conor Oberst found himself hibernating in his hometown of Omaha after living in New York City for more than a decade. He emerged with the unexpectedly raw, unadorned solo album Ruminations. "I wasn't expecting to write a record," says Oberst. "I honestly wasn't expecting to do much of anything. Winter in Omaha can have a paralyzing effect on a person but in this case it worked in my favor. I was just staying up late every night playing piano and watching the snow pile up outside the window. Next thing I knew I had burned through all the firewood in the garage and had more than enough songs for a record. I recorded them quick to get them down but then it just felt right to leave them alone." Oberst then went to ARC, the studio he built with his Bright Eyes bandmate and longtime friend Mike Mogis, to record that music. With the help of engineer Ben Brodin, he recorded all the songs in the span of 48 hours. The results are almost sketch-like in their sparseness, and they ultimately became the songs that comprise Ruminations. These tracks do not have the multi-layered instrumentation of the most recent Bright Eyes and solo albums: This is Oberst alone with his guitar, piano, and harmonica; the songs connect with some of the rough magic and anxious poetry that first brought him to the attention of the world, while their lyrical complexity and concerns make it obvious they could only have been written in the present.
Ruminations
is released Nonesuch Records on October 14th, 2016.
Conor Oberst Live Dates:Sept 28 - San Luis Obispo, CA @ Fremont Theatre (Miwi La Lupa + Anna McClellan supporting)Sept 30 - San Francisco, CA @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass FestOct 1 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore (Jim James + Miwi La Lupa supporting) (SOLD OUT) Oct 2 - Pomona, CA @ The Glass House (Pearl Charles supporting) (SOLD OUT) Oct 3 - Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl (Pearl Charles supporting)Oct 5 - Santa Fe, NM @ The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Company (Pearl Charles supporting)Oct 7 - Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater (Pearl Charles supporting)Oct 8 - Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits FestivalOct 14 - New York City, NY @ NPR First Listen Live @ Housing Works Bookstore CafeOct 24 - Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC - 11.35/10.35c)Nov 3 - Omaha, NE @ 40th Street Theater (SOLD OUT)Nov 6 - Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium (Mark Kozelek supporting)Nov 17 - Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall (Waxahatchee supporting)Nov 23 - New York, NY @ Carnegie Hall (Simon Joyner supporting 11/23)Nov 26 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall (SOLD OUT)Nov 27 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall (SOLD OUT)Dec 9 - Los Angeles, CA @ Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian Church(SOLD OUT)Dec 10 - Los Angeles, CA @ Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian Church(SOLD OUT)
Photo Credit: Julia BrokawTo mark the release of his new album Ruminations (Nonesuch), Conor Oberst will perform the record in its entirety to an audience of contest winners at New York City'sHousing Works Bookstore Cafe on the album's release day, Friday, October 14, 2016. The performance, co-presented by NPR Music's Bob Boilen and WFUV Radio's Rita Houston, will be simultaneously webcast via NPR Music and NPR Music's Facebook page. WFUV.org will host an on-demand audio stream of the concert in the days to follow. Ruminations will be available to stream exclusively on NPR Music's website beginningSeptember 30 as part of its First Listen series. Oberst also will be the musical guest on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! on October 24th. In the winter of 2016, Conor Oberst found himself hibernating in his hometown of Omaha after living in New York City for more than a decade. He emerged with the unexpectedly raw, unadorned solo album Ruminations. "I wasn't expecting to write a record," says Oberst. "I honestly wasn't expecting to do much of anything. Winter in Omaha can have a paralyzing effect on a person but in this case it worked in my favor. I was just staying up late every night playing piano and watching the snow pile up outside the window. Next thing I knew I had burned through all the firewood in the garage and had more than enough songs for a record. I recorded them quick to get them down but then it just felt right to leave them alone." Oberst then went to ARC, the studio he built with his Bright Eyes bandmate and longtime friend Mike Mogis, to record that music. With the help of engineer Ben Brodin, he recorded all the songs in the span of 48 hours. The results are almost sketch-like in their sparseness, and they ultimately became the songs that comprise Ruminations. These tracks do not have the multi-layered instrumentation of the most recent Bright Eyes and solo albums: This is Oberst alone with his guitar, piano, and harmonica; the songs connect with some of the rough magic and anxious poetry that first brought him to the attention of the world, while their lyrical complexity and concerns make it obvious they could only have been written in the present.
Ruminations
is released Nonesuch Records on October 14th, 2016.Conor Oberst Live Dates:Sept 28 - San Luis Obispo, CA @ Fremont Theatre (Miwi La Lupa + Anna McClellan supporting)Sept 30 - San Francisco, CA @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass FestOct 1 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore (Jim James + Miwi La Lupa supporting) (SOLD OUT) Oct 2 - Pomona, CA @ The Glass House (Pearl Charles supporting) (SOLD OUT) Oct 3 - Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl (Pearl Charles supporting)Oct 5 - Santa Fe, NM @ The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Company (Pearl Charles supporting)Oct 7 - Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater (Pearl Charles supporting)Oct 8 - Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits FestivalOct 14 - New York City, NY @ NPR First Listen Live @ Housing Works Bookstore CafeOct 24 - Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC - 11.35/10.35c)Nov 3 - Omaha, NE @ 40th Street Theater (SOLD OUT)Nov 6 - Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium (Mark Kozelek supporting)Nov 17 - Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall (Waxahatchee supporting)Nov 23 - New York, NY @ Carnegie Hall (Simon Joyner supporting 11/23)Nov 26 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall (SOLD OUT)Nov 27 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall (SOLD OUT)Dec 9 - Los Angeles, CA @ Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian Church(SOLD OUT)Dec 10 - Los Angeles, CA @ Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian Church(SOLD OUT)
Laura Marling's Reversal Of The Muse Podcast: An Exploration of Femininity in Creativity
Laura Marling's Reversal Of The Muse Podcast: An Exploration of femininity in creativity; New episode with Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris Out Today!
Laura Marling, the 26 year-old BRIT Award winning singer-songwriter, has written and produced a new podcast series Reversal of the Muse in which she talks to female (and some male) recording industry professionals. The latest episode, the tenth in the series released today, features her conversations with musical icons Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris as they get set to re-release their legendary Trio album with Linda Ronstadt.
"Marling's enquiries go beyond indignant cries of foul play. The tone is thoughtful and the discussions cover everything from female friendship and fandom to sexuality and the pleasures and pains of touring" - Financial Times Launched in August, Reversal of the Muse is a new project from Laura in which she seeks to open up the conversation around the lack of feminine presence in the recording studio environment, why that might be, and whether it would ultimately make any difference at all to the creative outcome. With no ulterior motives, nor any preconceived expectations, Reversal of the Muse is as much about the conversation created than divulging or expecting a conclusive answer.
Armed only with her mics and recording equipment, Laura travelled to interview a series of renowned musicians, producers, and studio engineers for a series of podcasts that discuss the questions posed based on first-hand experience.
The series has featured Laura in conversation with LA sisters HAIM, singer-songwriters Marika Hackman, Karen Elson and, Jonathan Wilson, guitar store owner Pamela Cole, producerCatherine Marks, recording engineers Olga Fitzroy and Vanessa Parr and songwriter and label head Amanda Ghost.
Laura Marling: "Reversal Of The Muse began as conversations between friends about female creativity.
"In reversing the muse it became an experiment. As a small part of the global conversation about women in the arts, it became an obsession. It occurred to me that in ten years of making records I had only come across two female engineers working in studios.
"Starting from my experience of being a woman I began to ask myself what difference it might have made had I had more women around, if any. I wanted to know why progress has been so slow in this area and what effect it would have on music."
Sign-up for regular Reversal of the Muse updates over at www.reversalofthemuse.com
www.lauramarling.com
Laura Marling, the 26 year-old BRIT Award winning singer-songwriter, has written and produced a new podcast series Reversal of the Muse in which she talks to female (and some male) recording industry professionals. The latest episode, the tenth in the series released today, features her conversations with musical icons Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris as they get set to re-release their legendary Trio album with Linda Ronstadt.
"Marling's enquiries go beyond indignant cries of foul play. The tone is thoughtful and the discussions cover everything from female friendship and fandom to sexuality and the pleasures and pains of touring" - Financial Times Launched in August, Reversal of the Muse is a new project from Laura in which she seeks to open up the conversation around the lack of feminine presence in the recording studio environment, why that might be, and whether it would ultimately make any difference at all to the creative outcome. With no ulterior motives, nor any preconceived expectations, Reversal of the Muse is as much about the conversation created than divulging or expecting a conclusive answer.
Armed only with her mics and recording equipment, Laura travelled to interview a series of renowned musicians, producers, and studio engineers for a series of podcasts that discuss the questions posed based on first-hand experience.
The series has featured Laura in conversation with LA sisters HAIM, singer-songwriters Marika Hackman, Karen Elson and, Jonathan Wilson, guitar store owner Pamela Cole, producerCatherine Marks, recording engineers Olga Fitzroy and Vanessa Parr and songwriter and label head Amanda Ghost.
Laura Marling: "Reversal Of The Muse began as conversations between friends about female creativity.
"In reversing the muse it became an experiment. As a small part of the global conversation about women in the arts, it became an obsession. It occurred to me that in ten years of making records I had only come across two female engineers working in studios.
"Starting from my experience of being a woman I began to ask myself what difference it might have made had I had more women around, if any. I wanted to know why progress has been so slow in this area and what effect it would have on music."
Sign-up for regular Reversal of the Muse updates over at www.reversalofthemuse.com
www.lauramarling.com
The Joy Formidable Release Acoustic EP 'Sleep Is Day;' Announce Pledge Project To Support Orangutan Society
The Joy Formidable Release Acoustic EP "Sleep Is Day", Announce Pledge Project with all proceeds donated to the Sumatran Orangutan Society and Touring with KONGOS and Placebo
On September 26th (yeah, that's today, folks!) The Joy Formidable release a brand new digital EP called 'Sleep Is Day'. The is the first all acoustic EP the band have shared despite a career busy with acoustic performance and album gems like "Silent Treatment" and "The Brook". Singer Ritzy Bryan explains "we had some beautiful live recordings of tracks from 'Hitch' that we'd done acoustically, I think they were the building blocks of this EP. Then things got dangerous when we started dabbling with a few covers." 'Sleep Is Day' pays ode to David Bowie, the Misfits reunion and TJF's current tour buddies, the South African four piece KONGOS. Currently touring together in North America and Canada until late October, Ritzy hints that early next year could bring an acoustic tour. "We're planning on taking a show on the road that's very intimate and features some great guest performers." A track on the EP has also inspired a charity project through Pledge launching on October 3rd with all profits being donated to SOS, the Sumatran Orangutan Society - http://www.orangutans-sos.org. Says Ritzy, "We read a tweet by the naturalist and conservationist Bill Oddie. He was lamenting the destruction of the lianas in the orangutans' natural habitat. We have a song on our EP called "Liana" and once we started reading about the crisis the orangutan was facing, it set the wheels in motion for us wanting to raise some money." Several items are to be sold by the band, including artwork, merchandise and one of Ritzy's Fender guitars. The accompanying video for "Liana" takes you on a journey through tropical rainforests and all its inhabitants. It reminds us how we are all connected, how the "forest of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another." 'Sleep Is Day' EP Track listing1. Liana2. Radio Of Lips (acoustic)3. Angelfuck (the Misfits cover)4. The Last Thing On My Mind (acoustic)5. Ashes To Ashes (David Bowie cover)6. Escape (KONGOS cover)7. Sleep Is Day 2016 Live Dates9/27: Knitting Factory - Spokane, WA*9/29: Union Hall - Edmonton, AB*9/30: Macewan Hall Ballroom - Calgary, AB*10/1: Loui's - Saskatoon, SK*10/2: Garrick Centre - Winnipeg, MB*10/4: Varsity Theater - Minneapolis, MN*10/5: The Vic Theatre - Chicago, IL*10/6: St. Andrews Hall - Detroit, MI*10/8: Metropolis - Montreal, QC*10/9: Danforth Music Hall - Toronto, ON*10/11: Main Street Armory - Rochester, NY*10/12: The Royale - Boston, MA*10/14: The Fillmore - Silver Spring, MD*10/15: PlayStation Theater - New York, NY*10/16: Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA*10/18: The Orange Peel - Asheville, NC*10/20: House Of Blues - New Orleans, LA*10/21: Warehouse Live - Houston, TX*10/22: Emo's - Austin, TX*10/23: Gas Monkey Live! - Dallas, TX*10/24: El Rey Theater - Albuquerque, NM*10/25: Brooklyn Bowl - Las Vegas, NV*10/26: The Music Box - San Diego, CA*10/27: Regency Ballroom - San Francisco, CA*10/28: The Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA*10/29: Crescent Ballroom - Phoenix, AZ*11/7: Mercedes-Benz Arena - Berlin, Germany+11/8: Forum Karlin - Prague, Czech Republic+11/10: KC Drazen Petrovic-Cibona - Zagreb, Croatia+11/11: Budapest Sportarena - Budapest, Hungary+11/13: Stadhalle - Vienna, Austria+11/15: Mediolanumform - Milan, Italy+11/16: Hallenstadion - Zurich, Switzerland+11/18: Zenith Arena - Lille, France+11/19: Sportpaleis Antwerpen - Merksem, Belgium+11/21: Ziggo Dome - Amsterdam, Netherlands+11/23: Festhalle-Messe - Frankfurt, Germany+11/24: Schleyerhalle - Stuttgart, Germany+11/25: Kulturhaus Karlstorbahnhof - Ronneburg, Germany11/26: Galaxie - AmnEville, France+11/28: Zenith Nantes Metropole - Saint Herblain, France+11/29: AccorHotels Arena - Paris, France+11/30: Islington Assembly Hall - London, UK * with KONGOS+ with Placebo https://www.thejoyformidable.com
On September 26th (yeah, that's today, folks!) The Joy Formidable release a brand new digital EP called 'Sleep Is Day'. The is the first all acoustic EP the band have shared despite a career busy with acoustic performance and album gems like "Silent Treatment" and "The Brook". Singer Ritzy Bryan explains "we had some beautiful live recordings of tracks from 'Hitch' that we'd done acoustically, I think they were the building blocks of this EP. Then things got dangerous when we started dabbling with a few covers." 'Sleep Is Day' pays ode to David Bowie, the Misfits reunion and TJF's current tour buddies, the South African four piece KONGOS. Currently touring together in North America and Canada until late October, Ritzy hints that early next year could bring an acoustic tour. "We're planning on taking a show on the road that's very intimate and features some great guest performers." A track on the EP has also inspired a charity project through Pledge launching on October 3rd with all profits being donated to SOS, the Sumatran Orangutan Society - http://www.orangutans-sos.org. Says Ritzy, "We read a tweet by the naturalist and conservationist Bill Oddie. He was lamenting the destruction of the lianas in the orangutans' natural habitat. We have a song on our EP called "Liana" and once we started reading about the crisis the orangutan was facing, it set the wheels in motion for us wanting to raise some money." Several items are to be sold by the band, including artwork, merchandise and one of Ritzy's Fender guitars. The accompanying video for "Liana" takes you on a journey through tropical rainforests and all its inhabitants. It reminds us how we are all connected, how the "forest of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another." 'Sleep Is Day' EP Track listing1. Liana2. Radio Of Lips (acoustic)3. Angelfuck (the Misfits cover)4. The Last Thing On My Mind (acoustic)5. Ashes To Ashes (David Bowie cover)6. Escape (KONGOS cover)7. Sleep Is Day 2016 Live Dates9/27: Knitting Factory - Spokane, WA*9/29: Union Hall - Edmonton, AB*9/30: Macewan Hall Ballroom - Calgary, AB*10/1: Loui's - Saskatoon, SK*10/2: Garrick Centre - Winnipeg, MB*10/4: Varsity Theater - Minneapolis, MN*10/5: The Vic Theatre - Chicago, IL*10/6: St. Andrews Hall - Detroit, MI*10/8: Metropolis - Montreal, QC*10/9: Danforth Music Hall - Toronto, ON*10/11: Main Street Armory - Rochester, NY*10/12: The Royale - Boston, MA*10/14: The Fillmore - Silver Spring, MD*10/15: PlayStation Theater - New York, NY*10/16: Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA*10/18: The Orange Peel - Asheville, NC*10/20: House Of Blues - New Orleans, LA*10/21: Warehouse Live - Houston, TX*10/22: Emo's - Austin, TX*10/23: Gas Monkey Live! - Dallas, TX*10/24: El Rey Theater - Albuquerque, NM*10/25: Brooklyn Bowl - Las Vegas, NV*10/26: The Music Box - San Diego, CA*10/27: Regency Ballroom - San Francisco, CA*10/28: The Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA*10/29: Crescent Ballroom - Phoenix, AZ*11/7: Mercedes-Benz Arena - Berlin, Germany+11/8: Forum Karlin - Prague, Czech Republic+11/10: KC Drazen Petrovic-Cibona - Zagreb, Croatia+11/11: Budapest Sportarena - Budapest, Hungary+11/13: Stadhalle - Vienna, Austria+11/15: Mediolanumform - Milan, Italy+11/16: Hallenstadion - Zurich, Switzerland+11/18: Zenith Arena - Lille, France+11/19: Sportpaleis Antwerpen - Merksem, Belgium+11/21: Ziggo Dome - Amsterdam, Netherlands+11/23: Festhalle-Messe - Frankfurt, Germany+11/24: Schleyerhalle - Stuttgart, Germany+11/25: Kulturhaus Karlstorbahnhof - Ronneburg, Germany11/26: Galaxie - AmnEville, France+11/28: Zenith Nantes Metropole - Saint Herblain, France+11/29: AccorHotels Arena - Paris, France+11/30: Islington Assembly Hall - London, UK * with KONGOS+ with Placebo https://www.thejoyformidable.com
Blonde Redhead box set on Numero Group is out this Friday!
Blonde Redhead - Masculin FémininStreet Date, September 30th, 2016, Numero Group
Teeming with the energy and grit of pre-Giuliani Manhattan, Blonde Redhead’s long out-of-print early recordings have finally crawled their way out of the ’90s basement thanks to Numero Group who will issue a 4LP / 2CD set on Sept. 30. Weighing in at 37 tracks, Masculin Féminin compiles the band’s first two albums for Steve Shelley’s Smells Like Records (self-titled andLa Mia Via Violenta), their period singles, extant demos, and radio performances across four LPs or two CDs. Dozens of previously unpublished photographs illustrate two lengthy essays on this essential New York band’s formative years.
.This is the latest installment in Numero Group’s 200 Line series which has also included releases from Unwound, Bedhead, Codeine, White Zombie and The Scientists.“These songs combine a raw need, a ready access to neediness, with seemingly incongruous cinematic changes reminiscent of ’60s Italian pop music and movie scores. They switch between emotional grandeur and eye scratching immediacy.” -Arto Lindsay
Tour Dates:10/11 – New York, NY – The Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph
10/13 – Washington DC – The Howard TheatrE
10/14 – Durham, NC – RJ Reynolds Industries Theater
Teeming with the energy and grit of pre-Giuliani Manhattan, Blonde Redhead’s long out-of-print early recordings have finally crawled their way out of the ’90s basement thanks to Numero Group who will issue a 4LP / 2CD set on Sept. 30. Weighing in at 37 tracks, Masculin Féminin compiles the band’s first two albums for Steve Shelley’s Smells Like Records (self-titled andLa Mia Via Violenta), their period singles, extant demos, and radio performances across four LPs or two CDs. Dozens of previously unpublished photographs illustrate two lengthy essays on this essential New York band’s formative years.
.This is the latest installment in Numero Group’s 200 Line series which has also included releases from Unwound, Bedhead, Codeine, White Zombie and The Scientists.“These songs combine a raw need, a ready access to neediness, with seemingly incongruous cinematic changes reminiscent of ’60s Italian pop music and movie scores. They switch between emotional grandeur and eye scratching immediacy.” -Arto Lindsay
Tour Dates:10/11 – New York, NY – The Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph
10/13 – Washington DC – The Howard TheatrE
10/14 – Durham, NC – RJ Reynolds Industries Theater
Pretenders share first new video; announce headlining dates
THE PRETENDERS REVEAL BRAND NEW VIDEO FOR"HOLY COMMOTION"
ANNOUNCE HEADLINING SHOWS;TICKETS ON SALE BEGINNING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 NEW ALBUM, ALONE, OUT OCTOBER 21
The Pretenders have revealed a brand new video for "Holy Commotion," the first track to be taken from their new album, Alone, out October 21st through BMG. The part-animated video was shot in Nashville at producer Dan Auerbach's studio, and includes footage of Chrissie Hynde and Auerbach, edited by Director / Animator Luca Monterosso Whittmann. WATCH THE "HOLY COMMOTION" VIDEO HERE Alone is the first Pretenders album for eight years and was recorded in Nashville, TN. Originally intended as a solo follow-up to 2014's Stockholm, it too soon dawned that those driving guitars, ragged-but-righteous arrangements, tough-yet tender lyrics delivered by the most beautifully distinctive voice of a generation, sounded fantastically familiar. The Pretenders were back. Thirty six years after their remarkable first album, Alone could be the older, wiser, badder sister to that exhilarating debut. Hynde recorded the album with Auerbach, from The Black Keys, who stood as captain, producer and multi-instrumentalist on the record, an album which sees Hynde at her searingly honest, most incisive best. The full band joining Hynde and Auerbach on the album features Johnny Cash's former bass player Dave Roe and country rocker Kenny Vaughan on guitar plus sundry members of Dan Auerbach's side project The Arcs: Richard Swift, drums, Leon Michels, keyboards and Russ Pahl providing sly curlicues of pedal steel. The album was mixed by Tchad Blake (Arctic Monkeys, Peter Gabriel, Elvis Costello). Duane Eddy also features on the punchy "Never Be Together." Of the new album Hynde said: "This record is what I love the most -- real people playing real music."
The Pretenders begin a North American tour with Stevie Nicks on October 25 at Phoenix, AZ's Talking Stick Arena, ending December 18 at The Forum in Inglewood, CA. They have also just announced their own headlining shows in Austin, TX, Durham, NC, Red Bank, NJ, Akron, OH and Portland, OR. The complete tour dates are below. Tickets for the headline shows go on sale starting Friday, September 30 via http://thepretenders.com/.
Alone will be available on CD/LP/Digital and can be pre-ordered now. THE PRETENDERS ALONE OCTOBER 21, 20161. Alone Song2. Roadie Man3. Gotta Wait4. Never Be Together5. Let's Get Lost6. Chord Lord7. Blue Eyed Sky8. Be The Man That You Are9. One More Day10. I Hate Myself11. Death Is Not Enough12. Holy Commotion
# # # THE PRETENDERS NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
OCTOBER25 - Phoenix AZ - Talking Stick Arena27 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center29 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center30 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center31 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits - HEADLINING NOVEMBER2 - Tampa, FL - Amalie Arena4 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - BB&T Center6 - Atlanta, GA - Phillips Arena7 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena10 - Charlotte, NC - Time Warner Cable Arena12 - Columbia, SC - Colonial Life Arena13 - Durham, NC - Durham Performing Arts Center - HEADLINING14 - Washington, DC - Verizon Center15 - Boston, MA - TD Garden17 - Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Theater - HEADLINING19 - Bethlehem, PA - Sands Bethlehem Event Center20 - Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center23 - Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena25 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena26 - Akron, OH - EJ Thomas Hall - HEADLINING27 - Detroit, MI - The Palace of Auburn Hills29 - Toronto, ONT - Air Canada Centre DECEMBER1 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden3 - Chicago, IL - United Center5 - Lincoln, NE - Pinnacle Bank Arena6 - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center9 - Vancouver, BC - Pepsi Live at Rogers Center11 - Seattle, WA - Key Arena12 - Portland, OR - Roseland - HEADLINING13 - Sacramento, CA - Golden 1 Center14 - San Jose, CA - SAP Center17 - Las Vegas, NV - Park Theatre18 - Inglewood, CA - The Forum
All dates with Stevie Nicks except where noted as headlining.
ANNOUNCE HEADLINING SHOWS;TICKETS ON SALE BEGINNING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 NEW ALBUM, ALONE, OUT OCTOBER 21
The Pretenders have revealed a brand new video for "Holy Commotion," the first track to be taken from their new album, Alone, out October 21st through BMG. The part-animated video was shot in Nashville at producer Dan Auerbach's studio, and includes footage of Chrissie Hynde and Auerbach, edited by Director / Animator Luca Monterosso Whittmann. WATCH THE "HOLY COMMOTION" VIDEO HERE Alone is the first Pretenders album for eight years and was recorded in Nashville, TN. Originally intended as a solo follow-up to 2014's Stockholm, it too soon dawned that those driving guitars, ragged-but-righteous arrangements, tough-yet tender lyrics delivered by the most beautifully distinctive voice of a generation, sounded fantastically familiar. The Pretenders were back. Thirty six years after their remarkable first album, Alone could be the older, wiser, badder sister to that exhilarating debut. Hynde recorded the album with Auerbach, from The Black Keys, who stood as captain, producer and multi-instrumentalist on the record, an album which sees Hynde at her searingly honest, most incisive best. The full band joining Hynde and Auerbach on the album features Johnny Cash's former bass player Dave Roe and country rocker Kenny Vaughan on guitar plus sundry members of Dan Auerbach's side project The Arcs: Richard Swift, drums, Leon Michels, keyboards and Russ Pahl providing sly curlicues of pedal steel. The album was mixed by Tchad Blake (Arctic Monkeys, Peter Gabriel, Elvis Costello). Duane Eddy also features on the punchy "Never Be Together." Of the new album Hynde said: "This record is what I love the most -- real people playing real music."
The Pretenders begin a North American tour with Stevie Nicks on October 25 at Phoenix, AZ's Talking Stick Arena, ending December 18 at The Forum in Inglewood, CA. They have also just announced their own headlining shows in Austin, TX, Durham, NC, Red Bank, NJ, Akron, OH and Portland, OR. The complete tour dates are below. Tickets for the headline shows go on sale starting Friday, September 30 via http://thepretenders.com/.
Alone will be available on CD/LP/Digital and can be pre-ordered now. THE PRETENDERS ALONE OCTOBER 21, 20161. Alone Song2. Roadie Man3. Gotta Wait4. Never Be Together5. Let's Get Lost6. Chord Lord7. Blue Eyed Sky8. Be The Man That You Are9. One More Day10. I Hate Myself11. Death Is Not Enough12. Holy Commotion
# # # THE PRETENDERS NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
OCTOBER25 - Phoenix AZ - Talking Stick Arena27 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center29 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center30 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center31 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits - HEADLINING NOVEMBER2 - Tampa, FL - Amalie Arena4 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - BB&T Center6 - Atlanta, GA - Phillips Arena7 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena10 - Charlotte, NC - Time Warner Cable Arena12 - Columbia, SC - Colonial Life Arena13 - Durham, NC - Durham Performing Arts Center - HEADLINING14 - Washington, DC - Verizon Center15 - Boston, MA - TD Garden17 - Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Theater - HEADLINING19 - Bethlehem, PA - Sands Bethlehem Event Center20 - Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center23 - Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena25 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena26 - Akron, OH - EJ Thomas Hall - HEADLINING27 - Detroit, MI - The Palace of Auburn Hills29 - Toronto, ONT - Air Canada Centre DECEMBER1 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden3 - Chicago, IL - United Center5 - Lincoln, NE - Pinnacle Bank Arena6 - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center9 - Vancouver, BC - Pepsi Live at Rogers Center11 - Seattle, WA - Key Arena12 - Portland, OR - Roseland - HEADLINING13 - Sacramento, CA - Golden 1 Center14 - San Jose, CA - SAP Center17 - Las Vegas, NV - Park Theatre18 - Inglewood, CA - The Forum
All dates with Stevie Nicks except where noted as headlining.
Robert Plant joins Lampedusa tour on select dates
ROBERT PLANT JOINS LAMPEDUSA TOUR ON SELECT DATES
ELEVEN-CITY TOUR SUPPORTING EDUCATION FOR REFUGEES
features:
EMMYLOU HARRIS, STEVE EARLE, PATTY GRIFFIN, BUDDY MILLER, THE MILK CARTON KIDS and others
OCTOBER 6 - 21, 2016
Robert Plant has confirmed that he will join Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Patty Griffin, Buddy Miller, The Milk Carton Kids, and more for select dates on the Lampedusa tour. Lampedusa is an 11-stop concert tour intended to raise awareness of the unprecedented worldwide refugee crisis. Funds raised by Lampedusa will support educational programs for refugees around the world. "This is a humanitarian issue - it is not a political issue," says Griffin. "These are real people with real needs and it's not going to go away and we have to deal with these issues in a realistic way, and realism has to do with compassion." Plant offered this statement about joining the tour. "I'm taking a break from recording the new Sensational Space Shifters record to be a part of this very important and worthwhile cause. When I watch the news and see people from these places being displaced by hatred and ignorance, I know that these people are just like you and me. All they want is to live in peace and have their children grow up loved, fed and educated.That seems a million miles away for many people at the moment. They are living in refugee camps, in conditions that are far below sustenance levels. When I heard that some of my friends were rallying to do a series of concerts to help raise funds and awareness, to help address the basic needs of food, shelter and medical care, I wanted to help, in whatever way I could.One thing that I want to make clear: as with all the other members of this tour, I will be performing two or three songs a night and no more.I'm not making a political statement. The organization that is receiving these funds is a religious one. This appeal is trying to help on the ground wherever it can. I hope that my voice, along with my friends, helps bend the arc of the universe a little more toward the loving and helps with the work of getting the basic essentials of life to those who are without." The complete tour dates are below. The shows featuring Plant are noted. October 6, 2016 - Boulder Theater - Boulder, ColoradoOctober 8, 2016 - Helzberg Hall - Kansas City, MissouriOctober 9, 2016 - Rococo Theater - Lincoln, NebraskaOctober 11, 2016 - Sheldon Concert Hall - St. Louis, MissouriOctober 12, 2016 - Pabst Theater - Milwaukee, Wisconsin w/Robert PlantOctober 13, 2016 - Vic Theater - Chicago, Illinois w/Robert PlantOctober 14, 2016 - Massey Hall - Toronto, Ontario w/Robert PlantOctober 16, 2016 - Berklee Performance Center - Boston, Massachusetts w/Robert PlantOctober 18, 2016 - Town Hall - New York City, New York w/Robert PlantOctober 19, 2016 - Merriam Theater - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania w/Robert PlantOctober 21, 2016 - Lisner Auditorium - Washington, DC w/Robert Plant
Robert Plant has confirmed that he will join Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Patty Griffin, Buddy Miller, The Milk Carton Kids, and more for select dates on the Lampedusa tour. Lampedusa is an 11-stop concert tour intended to raise awareness of the unprecedented worldwide refugee crisis. Funds raised by Lampedusa will support educational programs for refugees around the world. "This is a humanitarian issue - it is not a political issue," says Griffin. "These are real people with real needs and it's not going to go away and we have to deal with these issues in a realistic way, and realism has to do with compassion." Plant offered this statement about joining the tour. "I'm taking a break from recording the new Sensational Space Shifters record to be a part of this very important and worthwhile cause. When I watch the news and see people from these places being displaced by hatred and ignorance, I know that these people are just like you and me. All they want is to live in peace and have their children grow up loved, fed and educated.That seems a million miles away for many people at the moment. They are living in refugee camps, in conditions that are far below sustenance levels. When I heard that some of my friends were rallying to do a series of concerts to help raise funds and awareness, to help address the basic needs of food, shelter and medical care, I wanted to help, in whatever way I could.One thing that I want to make clear: as with all the other members of this tour, I will be performing two or three songs a night and no more.I'm not making a political statement. The organization that is receiving these funds is a religious one. This appeal is trying to help on the ground wherever it can. I hope that my voice, along with my friends, helps bend the arc of the universe a little more toward the loving and helps with the work of getting the basic essentials of life to those who are without." The complete tour dates are below. The shows featuring Plant are noted. October 6, 2016 - Boulder Theater - Boulder, ColoradoOctober 8, 2016 - Helzberg Hall - Kansas City, MissouriOctober 9, 2016 - Rococo Theater - Lincoln, NebraskaOctober 11, 2016 - Sheldon Concert Hall - St. Louis, MissouriOctober 12, 2016 - Pabst Theater - Milwaukee, Wisconsin w/Robert PlantOctober 13, 2016 - Vic Theater - Chicago, Illinois w/Robert PlantOctober 14, 2016 - Massey Hall - Toronto, Ontario w/Robert PlantOctober 16, 2016 - Berklee Performance Center - Boston, Massachusetts w/Robert PlantOctober 18, 2016 - Town Hall - New York City, New York w/Robert PlantOctober 19, 2016 - Merriam Theater - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania w/Robert PlantOctober 21, 2016 - Lisner Auditorium - Washington, DC w/Robert Plant
ADAM ANT announces North American tour to coincide w/ the 35th anniversary/reissue of his landmark "Kings of the Wild Frontier" album
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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
9/27 at 10 am to 9/29 at 10 pm local time: VIP presale tickets are on sale9/30 at 10 am local time: Tickets are on sale to the general public
(LOS ANGELES) September 26, 2016 - 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
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
9/27 at 10 am to 9/29 at 10 pm local time: VIP presale tickets are on sale9/30 at 10 am local time: Tickets are on sale to the general public
(LOS ANGELES) September 26, 2016 - 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
Midge Ure Returns To USA This Week - West Coast Dates Announced for 2017
Midge Ure Returns to N. America For Fall Tour This WeekNew West Coast Dates Added for 2017'Live and Electric' Featuring Songs from His Solo Catalogue, Ultravox, Visage, and More Richard Lloyd of Television Supports on Select Dates
"A true unsung hero." Boston Globe
"Ure combines elegant melodies, eloquent lyrics and pure, exceptionally expressive vocals, all enhanced by lush and imaginative production." San Jose Mercury News
September 27th, 2016, New York, NY: Grammy and Brit Award winning musician Midge Ure returns to North America this week, playing with a full band for the first time since the Retro Futura Tour in 2014. Playing along with Midge will be former Right the Stars drummer BC Taylor and L.A. based keyboard player Tony Solis "I have been fortunate enough to meet up with some brilliant American musicians over the last few years and will be working with a couple of them on this tour. Both are multi instrumentalists and will cover drums, bass and electronics" Richard Lloyd from Television will support on select dates. This run of dates will be mosty East Coast with West Coast dates planned for early 2017. Last year saw Ure playing acoustic on the Fragile Troubadour Tour not only playing but traveling completely solo and recording the whole experience himself for a documentary released late last year. The film highlights the realities facing the modern touring musician. Ure explains how the idea came to be: "After I was asked to do a masterclass at Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts I realised that talking about multi album record deals and world tours would be something most of the students would never experience so I set about doing the six week tour completely alone. No crew. No tour manager. No musicians. I wanted to show the reality of what they might face, if they pursue a career in the current music industry." Watch the trailer here (Press screenings available):
Midge will be performing Ultravox, Visage and solo material as well as playing songs from his highly acclaimed album
Fragile
, released in 2014. Listen here via Billboard Magazine. Very much plugged in, this tour features Ure on electric guitar and synthesizer recalling the groundbreaking, innovative sound he is known for. Ure is constantly in the studio when breaks in touring allows working on new material with hopes for a new full-length album to be done by late next year. He has also contributed a song for the accompanying album to the movie ‘Fly’ about the Olympic ski underdog Eddie the Eagle released in the UK and US earlier this year. The song
Touching Hearts and Skies
while contemporary is steeped in the essence of the early 80’s Ultravox/Visage sound. Listen here (Cleared for posting.)
Midge has also just appeared in a new highly acclaimed BBC TV show looking for ‘part time’ bands, exploring unsigned bands who perform just for the she joy of it. He travelled across Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales with a film crew choosing artists to perform at a concert in Manchester where the audience would select their favorite band. New Order's Peter Hook and Soul to Soul's Jazzy Bcovered other parts of the UK. Unlike other ‘talent shows’ there is no record deal, music equipment or blank cheques awarded. The prize is appearing on the show and the platform it gives them. Another recent UK happening saw Midge reunite with some old friends...After meeting up with old Rich Kids bandmate ex Sex Pistol Glen Matlock at the prestigious Q Awards the pair decided to get together with drummer Rusty Egan and do a ‘one off’ show to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the birth of UK punk. The band performed the London show with Spandau Ballets Gary Kemp helping out on guitar. Midge Ure Tour Dates: *with Special Guest - Richard Lloyd of TelevisionSeptember 30 - Amityville, NY - Revolution*October 01 - Pawling, NY - Daryl's House*October 02 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theater*October 04 - Bethesda, MD - Bethesda Blues & Jazz*October 05 - Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe*October 06 - Northampton, MA - Iron HorseOctober 07 - Rochester, NY - Montage Music HallOctober 08 - Toronto, ON - Opera HouseOctober 09 - Ferndale, MI - Magic BagOctober 10 - Cleveland, OH - Music Box Supper ClubOctober 12 - Chicago, IL - MartyrsOctober 13 - Milwaukee, WI - Shank HallOctober 14 - Louisville, KY - The New VintageOctober 15 - Atlanta, GA The Earl Leg 2 - 2017January 5 - Vancouver, BC - RickshawJanuary 6 - Seattle, WA - Triple DoorJanuary 7 - Portland, OR - Doug FirJanuary 9 - Sacramento, CA - Harlow’sJanuary 10 - Petaluma, CA - Mystic TheaterJanuary 11 - San Francisco, CA - Social HallJanuary 12 - Orange County, CA - Coach HouseJanuary 13 - Los Angeles, CA - The RoxyJanuary 14 - San Diego, CA - The RoxyJanuary 16 - Salt Lake City, UT - Grand at The ComplexJanuary 18 - Denver, CO - Soiled DoveJanuary 20 - Austin, TX - 3TenJanuary 21 - Denton, TX - Dan’s Silver LeafJanuary 23 - Nashville, TN - City Winery
September 26, 2016
ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN tour 2016
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN201623rd Sept – Seattle – Moore Theatre – TICKETS 24th Sept – Vancouver – Commodore Ballroom – SOLD OUT25th Sept – Portland – Crystal Ballroom – TICKETS 27th Sept – San Francisco – Regency Ballroom – TICKETS28th Sept – Sacramento – Ace of Spades – TICKETS 30th Sept – Santa Ana – The Observatory – TICKETS 1st Oct – Los Angeles – Theatre at The Ace Hotel – SOLD OUT2nd Oct – San Diego – Humphreys by The Bay – TICKETS 9th Oct – Ventura – Majestic Theatre – TICKETS 10th Oct – Tempe – Marquee Theatre – TICKETS 11th Oct – Tucson – Rialto Theatre – TICKETS 13th Oct – Austin – Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheatre – TICKETS 14th Oct – Houston – House of Blues – TICKETS 15th Oct – Dallas – House of Blues – SOLD OUT17th Oct – Nashville – Marathon Music Works – TICKETS 18th Oct – Atlanta – Variety Playhouse – SOLD OUT2nd Nov – o2 ABC, Glasgow – TICKETS 3rd Nov – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – TICKETS 5th Nov – Leuven – The Depot – TICKETS 6th Nov – Eindhoven – Effenaar – TICKETS 7th Nov – Den Haag – Paard Von Troje – TICKETS 9th Nov – The Engine Rooms – Southampton – TICKETS 10th Nov – O2 – Bristol – TICKETS 11th Nov – Shiine On Festival – Minehead – INFO
THE GROWLERS PREMIERE NEW TRACK "NIGHT RIDE"
"NIGHT RIDE", FROM THE GROWLERSNEW ALBUM, CITY CLUB, PRODUCED BY JULIAN CASABLANCAS ON CULT RECORDS (9/30/16)
GRIMES, UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA, AND ERIC ANDRE ADDED TO THE GROWLERS' BEACH GOTH FESTIVAL
Photo by Pamela Littky / Artwork & Design by Warren Fu and Liz HirschIn anticipation of the new album, City Club, next week by The Growlers, VICE/Noisey has premiered the new song, "Night Ride".
Editor Kim Taylor Bennett states: "One of the tasters from their imminent, most excellent fifth album City Club (out September 30th): A delicious, 13 track collection that weds a pack-a-day gruffness with deft pop hooks. There's a hypnotic, give-a-fuck 70s street swagger to it, thanks to the muscular basslines, but also a surfy swoon to Neilson's casual-cool croon. "
The album was co-produced by Julian Casablancas (The Strokes / Founder of Cult Records) and Shawn Everett (this year's Grammy Award winner for his work with Alabama Shakes). City Club was recorded earlier this year in Everett's studio in downtown Los Angeles, which served as inspiration for the album title and cover art.Known for their relentless touring schedule and DIY work ethic, the band is one of the most exciting independent success stories of recent years.
Casablancas states: "The Growlers may be the most interesting band in the world, certainly one of the coolest. Nor gypsy, nor goth, nor surfer, nor punk, yet somehow all of them."
From the disco skronk of title track "City Club" to the William Onyeabor-inspired Afrogroove of "I'll Be Around," the record marks a twist on their Beach Goth sonics. It's still a swirl of reggae, punk, ragged country, and twangy psychedelia, but now with prominent synthesizers, danceable beats and some serious anthems.
Lead singer/songwriter Brooks Nielsen states: "I was really into Afrofunk when we made this record," says Brooks, "and a lot of English 70s punk I listened to as a kid, particularly when Jamaica was mixing in with all the punk kids."The Growlers just kicked off their fall tour last week with multiple sellouts along the way to New York for release day at Webster Hall. The 20 date US trek culminates with a return home to headline their 5th Annual Beach Goth Festival on October 22and 23in Orange County, California.
THE GROWLERS FALL WORLD TOUR 2016Friday, September 16 @ Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, NV- SOLD OUTSaturday, September 17 @ The Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO- SOLD OUTSunday, September 18 @ Waiting Room, Omaha, NE- SOLD OUTMonday, September 19 @ Riot Room, Kansas City, MO- SOLD OUTWednesday, September 21 @ Thalia Hall, Chicago IL- SOLD OUTThursday, September 22 @ Majestic Theatre, Detroit, MIFriday, September 23 @ Opera House, Toronto, ON- SOLD OUTSaturday, September 24 @ Tralf Music Hall, Buffalo, NYSunday, September 25 @ The Basement, Columbus, OH- SOLD OUTTuesday, September 27 @ Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PAWednesday, September 28 @ The Paradise, Boston, MAThursday, September 29 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY- SOLD OUTFriday, September 30 @ Webster Hall, New York, NYSaturday, October 1 @ 9:30 Club, Washington, DCMonday, October 3 @ Terminal West, Atlanta, GATuesday, October 4 @ Music Farm, Charleston, SCWednesday, October 5 @ Orange Peel, Asheville, NCThursday, October 6 @ Exit/In, Nashville, TNFriday, October 7 @ Headliners Music Hall, Louisville, MOSaturday, October 8 @ Off Broadway, St. Louis, MOSaturday, October 22 @ Beach Goth, Orange County, CASunday, October 23 @ Beach Goth, Orange County, CAFriday, November 4 @ Lunario Del Audiorio Nacional, Mexico City, MEXSaturday, November 5 @ Festival Catrina, Puebla, MEX Tuesday, November 8 @ Krust, Hamburg, GERWednesday, November 9 @ Zoom, Frankfurt, GERThursday, November 10 @ Strom, Munich, GERFriday, November 11 @ Beatpol, Dresden, GERSaturday, November 12 @ Columbia Theatre, Berlin, GERMonday, November 14 @ Paradiso, Amsterdam, NETHTuesday, November 15 @ Brixton Electric, London, ENGThursday, November 17 @ Cabaret Sauvage, Paris, FR
Tickets for all fall tour dates, including Europe, Mexico and Beach Goth Festival are available now via: http://www.thegrowlers.com
