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September 2, 2016
Listen to Teenage Fanclub's Here now at NPR Music
Just in time for your labor day picnics! Teenage Fanclub's new album Here will be in stores on September 9, but you can listen to it now at NPR Music.
Listen to & share Here in its entirety now at NPR Music
Check out the video for "I'm in Love" and don't miss Norman Blake's tongue-in-cheek ranking of Teenage Fanclub's albums for Noisey. The band are coming to North America in October for their first tour since 2010. Don't miss your chance to enjoy in person what NPR describes as, "a ringing paean to the power of massive hooks and happy-sad vibes." Press materials are here and the band is available for interviews.
In stores on September 9, you can pre-order Here on CD and limited-edition clear vinyl now in the Merge store, or from your favorite digital outlet. Also in the Merge shop is the option to bundle the album with an exclusive Teenage Fanclub t-shirt.
Teenage Fanclub on tour:
Sep 03 Bristol, UK – Fleece (SOLD OUT)
Sep 04 Dorset, UK – End of the Road Festival
Sep 05 London, UK – Islington Assembly Hall (SOLD OUT)
Sep 06 Edinburgh, UK – Liquid Rooms (SOLD OUT)
Sep 07 Manchester, UK – Gorilla (SOLD OUT)
Oct 12 Toronto, ON – Lee's Palace
Oct 14 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Oct 15 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
Oct 16 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
Oct 17 Boston, MA – The Sinclair
Oct 18 Philadelphia, PA – World Café Live
Oct 20 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
Oct 21 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
Oct 22 Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
Oct 23 Madison, WI – High Noon
Oct 25 Ferndale, MI – Loving Touch
Nov 15 Inverness, UK – Ironworks
Nov 16 Whitley Bay, UK – Playhouse (SOLD OUT)
Nov 17 Sheffield, UK – Leadmill
Nov 18 Manchester, UK – Academy 2
Nov 20 Leeds, UK – University
Nov 21 Norwich, UK – Waterfront
Nov 22 London, UK – Electric Ballroom (SOLD OUT)
Nov 23 Portsmouth, UK – Wedgewood Rooms
Nov 24 Brighton, UK – Concorde 2 (SOLD OUT)
Nov 26 Birmingham, UK – Institute
Nov 27 Cardiff, UK – Glee Club (SOLD OUT)
Nov 28 Nottingham, UK – Rock City
Nov 29 Bristol, UK – Anson Rooms
Nov 30 Cambridge, UK – Junction
Dec 02 Dublin, IR – Academy
Dec 03 Glasgow, UK – Barrowland (SOLD OUT)
Dec 04 Glasgow, UK – ABC (SOLD OUT)
July Talk's new album 'Touch' streaming now on Exclaim!
JULY
TALK TOUCH STREAMING NOW ON EXCLAIM!
ALBUM OUT SEPTEMBER 9 ON ISLAND RECORDS
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES FOR THE FALL
Today, July Talk's sophomore album Touch is streaming now on Exclaim! "The ten new songs hear the band attempting to bring their explosive, visceral live shows into recorded form, offering listeners a sense of real connection and an antidote to a mirror and screen obsessed world," saidExclaim! Touch is out September 9 on Island/Universal (US and UK/Europe) and Sleepless Records(Canada.)
Stream Touch in its entirety on Exclaim! Touch is available for pre-order now on iTunes . The pre-order includes two instant grat tracks - the dynamically soothing and somber album cut Strange Habit and the band's previously released, #1 Alt Radio hit single (in Canada), "Push + Pull". Both tracks are also available for streaming. Last month, July Talk released the visceral video for "Push + Pull. Shot by Nadia Tan, it stayed true to the band's longstanding black and white visual aesthetic. The song and video have received widespread praise and views. Watch the video for "Push + Pull" here.
This fall July Talk will go on tour for several headlining tour dates as well as dates with Nothing But Thieves. The support dates for Nothing But Thieves start on September 26 in Los Angeles at the Fonda Theater and will take the band across U.S. markets and into their Canadian headlining tour with U.S. headlining tour dates to follow. See below for a complete list of tour dates and visithttp://www.julytalk.com/ for tour updates, tickets links and more information. JULY TALK 2016 TOUR DATES September 3 - Sonic Boom Festival - Edmonton, CanadaSeptember 4 - XFest - Calgary, CanadaSeptember 7 - Paradiso (upstairs room) - Amsterdam, NetherlandsSeptember 8 - Vera - Groningen, NetherlandsSeptember 9 - Applepop - Tiel, NetherlandsSeptember 10 - Atak (Saxion Hall) - Enschede, NetherlandsSeptember 11 - Rotown - Rotterdamn, NetherlandsSeptember 13 - King Tuts - Glasgow, United KingdomSeptember 14 - Sound Control Bar - Manchester, United KingdomSeptember 15 - Barfly - London, United KingdomSeptember 17 - Gleis 22 - Munster, GermanySeptember 19 - Lido - Berlin, GermanySeptember 20 - Strom - Munich, GermanySeptember 21 - Schlachthof - Wiesbaden, GermanySeptember 22 - Underground - Cologne, GermanySeptember 23 - Reeperbahn Festival - Hamburg, GermanySeptember 26 - Los Angeles, CA - Fonda *September 27 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar *September 29 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre *October 2 - Austin, TX - Austin City LimitsOctober 3 - Dallas, TX - Cambridge Room *October 5 - New Orleans, LA - Gasa GasaOctober 7 - Houston, TX - Bronze PeacockOctober 9 - Austin, TX - Austin City LimitsOctober 10 - Kansas City, MO - Record Bar *October 11 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line *October 12 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave *October 13 - Grand Rapids, MI - Founders Brewing Co.October 15 - Indianapolis, IN - Deluxe *October 16 - Ferndale, MI - Magic Bag *October 17 - Columbus, OH - A&R Bar *October 25 - Waterloo, ON - Maxwell'sOctober 26 - London, ON - London Music HallOctober 28 - Toronto, ON - Danforth Music HallOctober 29 - Toronto, ON - Danforth Music HallOctober 30 - Montreal, QC - Café CampusOctober 31 - Ottawa, ON - Algonquin TheatreNovember 3 - Washington, DC - DC9November 4 - Pittsburgh, PA - Rex TheatreNovember 5 - Philadelphia, PA - Boot & SaddleNovember 6 - Cleveland, OH - Grog ShopNovember 9 - Chicago, IL - Subterranean November 12 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby CourtNovember 16 - San Diego, CA - The CasbahNovember 17 - Costa Mesa, CA - The WayfarerNovember 19 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the HillNovember 21 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir LoungeNovember 22 - Seattle, WA - Sunset TavernNovember 25 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore BallroomNovember 26 - Victoria, BC - Sugar NightclubDecember 6 - Saskatoon, SK - Louis'December 7 - Winnipeg, MB - Garrick CentreDecember 13 - Burlington, VT - Higher GroundDecember 14 - Boston, MA - Great ScottDecember 16 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom *w/ Nothing But Thieves JULY TALK: WEBSITE | TWITTER | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM
Today, July Talk's sophomore album Touch is streaming now on Exclaim! "The ten new songs hear the band attempting to bring their explosive, visceral live shows into recorded form, offering listeners a sense of real connection and an antidote to a mirror and screen obsessed world," saidExclaim! Touch is out September 9 on Island/Universal (US and UK/Europe) and Sleepless Records(Canada.)
Stream Touch in its entirety on Exclaim! Touch is available for pre-order now on iTunes . The pre-order includes two instant grat tracks - the dynamically soothing and somber album cut Strange Habit and the band's previously released, #1 Alt Radio hit single (in Canada), "Push + Pull". Both tracks are also available for streaming. Last month, July Talk released the visceral video for "Push + Pull. Shot by Nadia Tan, it stayed true to the band's longstanding black and white visual aesthetic. The song and video have received widespread praise and views. Watch the video for "Push + Pull" here.
This fall July Talk will go on tour for several headlining tour dates as well as dates with Nothing But Thieves. The support dates for Nothing But Thieves start on September 26 in Los Angeles at the Fonda Theater and will take the band across U.S. markets and into their Canadian headlining tour with U.S. headlining tour dates to follow. See below for a complete list of tour dates and visithttp://www.julytalk.com/ for tour updates, tickets links and more information. JULY TALK 2016 TOUR DATES September 3 - Sonic Boom Festival - Edmonton, CanadaSeptember 4 - XFest - Calgary, CanadaSeptember 7 - Paradiso (upstairs room) - Amsterdam, NetherlandsSeptember 8 - Vera - Groningen, NetherlandsSeptember 9 - Applepop - Tiel, NetherlandsSeptember 10 - Atak (Saxion Hall) - Enschede, NetherlandsSeptember 11 - Rotown - Rotterdamn, NetherlandsSeptember 13 - King Tuts - Glasgow, United KingdomSeptember 14 - Sound Control Bar - Manchester, United KingdomSeptember 15 - Barfly - London, United KingdomSeptember 17 - Gleis 22 - Munster, GermanySeptember 19 - Lido - Berlin, GermanySeptember 20 - Strom - Munich, GermanySeptember 21 - Schlachthof - Wiesbaden, GermanySeptember 22 - Underground - Cologne, GermanySeptember 23 - Reeperbahn Festival - Hamburg, GermanySeptember 26 - Los Angeles, CA - Fonda *September 27 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar *September 29 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre *October 2 - Austin, TX - Austin City LimitsOctober 3 - Dallas, TX - Cambridge Room *October 5 - New Orleans, LA - Gasa GasaOctober 7 - Houston, TX - Bronze PeacockOctober 9 - Austin, TX - Austin City LimitsOctober 10 - Kansas City, MO - Record Bar *October 11 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line *October 12 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave *October 13 - Grand Rapids, MI - Founders Brewing Co.October 15 - Indianapolis, IN - Deluxe *October 16 - Ferndale, MI - Magic Bag *October 17 - Columbus, OH - A&R Bar *October 25 - Waterloo, ON - Maxwell'sOctober 26 - London, ON - London Music HallOctober 28 - Toronto, ON - Danforth Music HallOctober 29 - Toronto, ON - Danforth Music HallOctober 30 - Montreal, QC - Café CampusOctober 31 - Ottawa, ON - Algonquin TheatreNovember 3 - Washington, DC - DC9November 4 - Pittsburgh, PA - Rex TheatreNovember 5 - Philadelphia, PA - Boot & SaddleNovember 6 - Cleveland, OH - Grog ShopNovember 9 - Chicago, IL - Subterranean November 12 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby CourtNovember 16 - San Diego, CA - The CasbahNovember 17 - Costa Mesa, CA - The WayfarerNovember 19 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the HillNovember 21 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir LoungeNovember 22 - Seattle, WA - Sunset TavernNovember 25 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore BallroomNovember 26 - Victoria, BC - Sugar NightclubDecember 6 - Saskatoon, SK - Louis'December 7 - Winnipeg, MB - Garrick CentreDecember 13 - Burlington, VT - Higher GroundDecember 14 - Boston, MA - Great ScottDecember 16 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom *w/ Nothing But Thieves JULY TALK: WEBSITE | TWITTER | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM
September 1, 2016
The Warlocks Stream New Album Via BlackBook | 'Songs From The Pale Eclipse' Out Tomorrow
The Warlocks Stream New Album 'Songs From The Pale Eclipse' Via BlackBook
Out Tomorrow On Cleopatra Records
LISTEN & SHARE: The Warlocks - "Only You"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQGjGlu4uTk
WATCH & SHARE: The Warlocks - "Lonesome Bulldog" Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwbQZh9QwDc
"The lo-fi camera work and murky lighting are a perfect match for the track, whose jangling rhythm guitars are overpowered by ugly overdriven leads, suggesting Neil Young migrating into and steadily taking over The Byrds" - FLOOD
"Vocals from bandleader Bobby Hecksher weaving wearily through static sonic terrain with the gusto of a jaded vagabond — which is a lot more pleasing than that description may sound."
- SPINPsych-rock mainstays The Warlocks are now streaming their new album via BlackBook. Songs From The Pale Eclipse is out tomorrow on Cleopatra Records. You can pre-order it now on iTunes.Formed in America during 1999, The Warlocks produce a relentless, hypnotic wall of sound that suggests a collision between classic psychedelia, Krautrock and Velvet Underground style rock and roll. It's just what the head doctor orders if you wish to be an underground stateside phenomenon and that's exactly what The Warlocks became. Front man Bobby Hecksher grew up in the swamps of Tampa Bay, Florida where he was practically raised at a radio station owned his grandfather and where his mum also worked as a secretary. As a result Bobby was soon eating and breathing rock'n'roll on a daily basis. Bobby recalls, "My granddad was an inspiration. He created the radio station out of thin air. And from it all these nuggets of rock'n'roll came toward me".At sixteen his family left the swamps and moved to LA where Bobby soon found kindred spirits. He jammed with Beck, playing bass on Stereopathetic Soulmanure, Beck’s second independently released album. He hung out in the decadent atmosphere of the Mad Hatter club and moonlighted in the Brian Jonestown Massacre whilst also attending parties with legendary acid guru Timothy Leary, a potent cultural and creative mix that led to the formation of The Warlocks.Their debut album Rise & Fall (Bomp 2000) set out their template, allowing The Warlocks to build upon their reputation as a forceful live act. But it was the band's signing of a worldwide deal with Mute (in conjunction with City Rockers in the UK and with Birdman in America) that led to the release of Phoenix (2003) a record that raised their profile significantly. The album's varying moods and atmospheres range from the driving power of "Shake the Dope Out" to the 14-minute, hallucinogenic opus "Oh Shadie." International touring in support of the release and the sheer power of Warlock’s gigantic live sound built a worldwide cult following for the band that has only grown and intensified.2005 saw Hecksher and company team up with veteran producer Tom Rothrock (Beck, Elbow, Motörhead) for the band’s third album, the dreamy blissed-out Surgery. After some significant changes in personnel, the band returned just 2 years later with the darker Heavy Deavy Skull Lover released on Tee Pee Records, followed by 2009’s The Mirror Explodes produced by Rod Cervera and Joey Santiago of The Pixies. All the while, the band continued to develop their sound and grow their fanbase, and after a somewhat longer hiatus, the Warlocks returned in 2013 withSkull Worship.For The Warlock’s newest album, Hecksher has dug deep into the demo vault for the most promising, undiscovered musical treasures, which the band then reworked and re-recorded to bring you Songs From The Pale Eclipse. Hecksher explains, “Songs From The Pale Eclipse is a collection I’ve been wanting to get to for the last decade or so. We’ve sifted through stacks of demos, odds and ends on my 8-track…not everything fits like it’s one cohesive album; it’s not supposed to! In this modern age, you can pick and choose as you like!”The first single from Songs From The Pale Eclipse, “Lonesome Bulldog,” features Hecksher’s solemn, yet seductive, raspy voice paired perfectly with melodic guitars that chime and swirl and sharp, tight drums. Hecksher’s poetic lyrics, such as “trying to unwind the time, falling through the mirror, with acid on my mind” from the track “We Took All The Acid” are playful yet articulate. “Drinking Song” is complete with visionary themes of the personification of alcohol and deep moods that reveal the pain of alcoholism, expressed by the line “oh alcohol, you know me too well.” The album’s deft production illuminates the multi-textured instrumentation and harmonically-rich vocals. All together, the effortless sounds of Songs From The Pale Eclipse will leave the listener intoxicated.
Links
Website | Facebook | Twitter | Bandcamp | Instagram
Out Tomorrow On Cleopatra Records
LISTEN & SHARE: The Warlocks - "Only You"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQGjGlu4uTk
WATCH & SHARE: The Warlocks - "Lonesome Bulldog" Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwbQZh9QwDc
"The lo-fi camera work and murky lighting are a perfect match for the track, whose jangling rhythm guitars are overpowered by ugly overdriven leads, suggesting Neil Young migrating into and steadily taking over The Byrds" - FLOOD
"Vocals from bandleader Bobby Hecksher weaving wearily through static sonic terrain with the gusto of a jaded vagabond — which is a lot more pleasing than that description may sound."
- SPINPsych-rock mainstays The Warlocks are now streaming their new album via BlackBook. Songs From The Pale Eclipse is out tomorrow on Cleopatra Records. You can pre-order it now on iTunes.Formed in America during 1999, The Warlocks produce a relentless, hypnotic wall of sound that suggests a collision between classic psychedelia, Krautrock and Velvet Underground style rock and roll. It's just what the head doctor orders if you wish to be an underground stateside phenomenon and that's exactly what The Warlocks became. Front man Bobby Hecksher grew up in the swamps of Tampa Bay, Florida where he was practically raised at a radio station owned his grandfather and where his mum also worked as a secretary. As a result Bobby was soon eating and breathing rock'n'roll on a daily basis. Bobby recalls, "My granddad was an inspiration. He created the radio station out of thin air. And from it all these nuggets of rock'n'roll came toward me".At sixteen his family left the swamps and moved to LA where Bobby soon found kindred spirits. He jammed with Beck, playing bass on Stereopathetic Soulmanure, Beck’s second independently released album. He hung out in the decadent atmosphere of the Mad Hatter club and moonlighted in the Brian Jonestown Massacre whilst also attending parties with legendary acid guru Timothy Leary, a potent cultural and creative mix that led to the formation of The Warlocks.Their debut album Rise & Fall (Bomp 2000) set out their template, allowing The Warlocks to build upon their reputation as a forceful live act. But it was the band's signing of a worldwide deal with Mute (in conjunction with City Rockers in the UK and with Birdman in America) that led to the release of Phoenix (2003) a record that raised their profile significantly. The album's varying moods and atmospheres range from the driving power of "Shake the Dope Out" to the 14-minute, hallucinogenic opus "Oh Shadie." International touring in support of the release and the sheer power of Warlock’s gigantic live sound built a worldwide cult following for the band that has only grown and intensified.2005 saw Hecksher and company team up with veteran producer Tom Rothrock (Beck, Elbow, Motörhead) for the band’s third album, the dreamy blissed-out Surgery. After some significant changes in personnel, the band returned just 2 years later with the darker Heavy Deavy Skull Lover released on Tee Pee Records, followed by 2009’s The Mirror Explodes produced by Rod Cervera and Joey Santiago of The Pixies. All the while, the band continued to develop their sound and grow their fanbase, and after a somewhat longer hiatus, the Warlocks returned in 2013 withSkull Worship.For The Warlock’s newest album, Hecksher has dug deep into the demo vault for the most promising, undiscovered musical treasures, which the band then reworked and re-recorded to bring you Songs From The Pale Eclipse. Hecksher explains, “Songs From The Pale Eclipse is a collection I’ve been wanting to get to for the last decade or so. We’ve sifted through stacks of demos, odds and ends on my 8-track…not everything fits like it’s one cohesive album; it’s not supposed to! In this modern age, you can pick and choose as you like!”The first single from Songs From The Pale Eclipse, “Lonesome Bulldog,” features Hecksher’s solemn, yet seductive, raspy voice paired perfectly with melodic guitars that chime and swirl and sharp, tight drums. Hecksher’s poetic lyrics, such as “trying to unwind the time, falling through the mirror, with acid on my mind” from the track “We Took All The Acid” are playful yet articulate. “Drinking Song” is complete with visionary themes of the personification of alcohol and deep moods that reveal the pain of alcoholism, expressed by the line “oh alcohol, you know me too well.” The album’s deft production illuminates the multi-textured instrumentation and harmonically-rich vocals. All together, the effortless sounds of Songs From The Pale Eclipse will leave the listener intoxicated.
Links
Website | Facebook | Twitter | Bandcamp | Instagram
Jack White releases new song
JACK WHITE RELEASES NEW TRACK FROM
JACK WHITE ACOUSTIC RECORDINGS 1998 - 2016
ACOUSTIC MIX OF THE RACONTEURS' "CAROLINA DRAMA"AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER FIRST-EVER SOLO ACOUSTIC TV PERFORMANCE SET FORTHE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON ON SEPTEMBER 9 JACK WHITE ACOUSTIC RECORDINGS 1998 - 2016 TO BE RELEASED SEPTEMBER 9
PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW
SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION COLORED VINYL AVAILABLEEXCLUSIVELY AT THIRD MAN RECORDS NASHVILLE & DETROIT ON RELEASE DAY
Jack White has released a new song from JACK WHITE ACOUSTIC RECORDINGS 1998-2016. The track, a never-before-heard and previously unreleased acoustic mix of the Raconteurs' "Carolina Drama," is available now. "Carolina Drama (Acoustic Mix)," which is featured as today's Zane Lowe "World Record" on Beats1, is also included as an instant download with all digital pre-orders of JACK WHITE ACOUSTIC RECORDINGS 1998-2016, along with previously unreleased White Stripes ballad "City Lights."
LISTEN TO CAROLINA DRAMA HERE
Journalist Greil Marcus writes about "Carolina Drama" in the album's exclusive liner notes: "There's a counterpoint in the sweeping 'Carolina Drama,' from the Raconteurs' 2008 album Consolers of the Lonely, here with the original drum track dropped, so that the uncanny sensation that can make a traditional old-time murder ballad come across as a ghost story stands out. With guitar that sneaks in through banjo and fiddle from the Rolling Stones' 'Sister Morphine,' this is a frighteningly present-day murder ballad, with a shaggy dog punchline-and so musically in tune with the tradition it claims and affirms you don't need to listen to the words to follow the story, which gets bigger, bigger, voices joining from all across the horizon of the song, White's vocal speeding up as if to keep up with the haunts that are already disappearing around the bend of the tune, into a world you'd just as soon not enter." JACK WHITE ACOUSTIC RECORDINGS 1998-2016 (Third Man Records/Columbia) will be released on September 9th, the very same day that White will appear on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform solo acoustic on TV for the first time ever. White and Third Man Records have also announced a special, limited edition colored vinyl version of JACK WHITE ACOUSTIC RECORDINGS 1998-2016. The 180-gram double LP on blue vinyl with black and white whisps will be available exclusively at Third Man Records' Nashville and Cass Corridor, Detroit storefronts on the September 9th release day. This colored pressing will be the only limited edition version of the record that is produced.
JACK WHITE ACOUSTIC RECORDINGS 1998-2016 is the essential Jack White songwriting collection --a 26-track double-LP and double-CD that features alternate versions, mixes and previously unreleased recordings from The White Stripes, The Raconteurs and solo material all completely remastered. The album is available for pre-order physically and digitally now. JACK WHITE ACOUSTIC RECORDINGS 1998-2016 collects acoustic songs from throughout White's wide-ranging musical career, spanning album tracks, B-sides, remixes, alternate versions, and previously unreleased tracks. The album, arranged in chronological order, includes acoustic songs made famous by The White Stripes, beginning with "Sugar Never Tasted So Good" (originally found on The White Stripes' second-ever 7-inch single) and then lighting upon favorites like "Apple Blossom" and "I'm Bound To Pack It Up" (remixed here from the original recordings on 2000's DE STIJL), "Hotel Yorba" and "We're Going To Be Friends" (from 2001's WHITE BLOOD CELLS), "You've Got Her In Your Pocket" and "Well It's True That We Love One Another" (from 2003's GRAMMY® Award-winning ELEPHANT), "Forever For Her (Is Over For Me)," "White Moon" and "As Ugly As I Seem" (from 2005's GET BEHIND ME SATAN) "Effect & Cause" (from 2007's ICKY THUMP), and the Beck-produced "Honey, We Can't Afford To Look This Cheap," first found on the B-side to The White Stripes' final single, 2007's "Conquest." Also featured are "Never Far Away" (recorded for 2003's COLD MOUNTAIN: MUSIC FROM THE MIRAMAX MOTION PICTURE) and "Love Is The Truth" (written and recorded for Coca-Cola's 2006 What Goes Around campaign) as well as the Bluegrass Version of "Top Yourself" and an acoustic mix of the epic murder ballad, "Carolina Drama," both written by White and Brendan Benson for The Raconteurs' GRAMMY® Award-winning 2008 album, CONSOLERS OF THE LONELY. White's two chart-topping solo albums, 2012's BLUNDERBUSS and 2014's LAZARETTO, are represented by a remarkably diverse range of material including "Love Interruption," "On And On And On," "Blunderbuss," "Entitlement," "Want And Able," and alternative mixes of "Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy," "Just One Drink," "I Guess I Should Go To Sleep," and B-side, "Machine Gun Silhouette." The 26 tracks featured on JACK WHITE ACOUSTIC RECORDINGS 1998-2016 were remastered earlier this year by Andrew Mendelson at Nashville, TN's Georgetown Masters. All songs were written and produced exclusively by Jack White, except "Never Far Away" (produced by T Bone Burnett), "Honey, We Can't Afford To Look This Cheap" (produced by Beck), "Top Yourself (Bluegrass Version)" and "Carolina Drama" (written & produced by White & Brendan Benson), and "Machine Gun Silhouette" (written by White & Rob Jones). The complete track listing is below. # # # JackWhiteIII.com ThirdManRecords.com # # #
JACK WHITE ACOUSTIC RECORDINGS 1998-2016Release Date: September 9, 2016
Jack White has released a new song from JACK WHITE ACOUSTIC RECORDINGS 1998-2016. The track, a never-before-heard and previously unreleased acoustic mix of the Raconteurs' "Carolina Drama," is available now. "Carolina Drama (Acoustic Mix)," which is featured as today's Zane Lowe "World Record" on Beats1, is also included as an instant download with all digital pre-orders of JACK WHITE ACOUSTIC RECORDINGS 1998-2016, along with previously unreleased White Stripes ballad "City Lights."
LISTEN TO CAROLINA DRAMA HERE
Journalist Greil Marcus writes about "Carolina Drama" in the album's exclusive liner notes: "There's a counterpoint in the sweeping 'Carolina Drama,' from the Raconteurs' 2008 album Consolers of the Lonely, here with the original drum track dropped, so that the uncanny sensation that can make a traditional old-time murder ballad come across as a ghost story stands out. With guitar that sneaks in through banjo and fiddle from the Rolling Stones' 'Sister Morphine,' this is a frighteningly present-day murder ballad, with a shaggy dog punchline-and so musically in tune with the tradition it claims and affirms you don't need to listen to the words to follow the story, which gets bigger, bigger, voices joining from all across the horizon of the song, White's vocal speeding up as if to keep up with the haunts that are already disappearing around the bend of the tune, into a world you'd just as soon not enter." JACK WHITE ACOUSTIC RECORDINGS 1998-2016 (Third Man Records/Columbia) will be released on September 9th, the very same day that White will appear on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform solo acoustic on TV for the first time ever. White and Third Man Records have also announced a special, limited edition colored vinyl version of JACK WHITE ACOUSTIC RECORDINGS 1998-2016. The 180-gram double LP on blue vinyl with black and white whisps will be available exclusively at Third Man Records' Nashville and Cass Corridor, Detroit storefronts on the September 9th release day. This colored pressing will be the only limited edition version of the record that is produced. JACK WHITE ACOUSTIC RECORDINGS 1998-2016 is the essential Jack White songwriting collection --a 26-track double-LP and double-CD that features alternate versions, mixes and previously unreleased recordings from The White Stripes, The Raconteurs and solo material all completely remastered. The album is available for pre-order physically and digitally now. JACK WHITE ACOUSTIC RECORDINGS 1998-2016 collects acoustic songs from throughout White's wide-ranging musical career, spanning album tracks, B-sides, remixes, alternate versions, and previously unreleased tracks. The album, arranged in chronological order, includes acoustic songs made famous by The White Stripes, beginning with "Sugar Never Tasted So Good" (originally found on The White Stripes' second-ever 7-inch single) and then lighting upon favorites like "Apple Blossom" and "I'm Bound To Pack It Up" (remixed here from the original recordings on 2000's DE STIJL), "Hotel Yorba" and "We're Going To Be Friends" (from 2001's WHITE BLOOD CELLS), "You've Got Her In Your Pocket" and "Well It's True That We Love One Another" (from 2003's GRAMMY® Award-winning ELEPHANT), "Forever For Her (Is Over For Me)," "White Moon" and "As Ugly As I Seem" (from 2005's GET BEHIND ME SATAN) "Effect & Cause" (from 2007's ICKY THUMP), and the Beck-produced "Honey, We Can't Afford To Look This Cheap," first found on the B-side to The White Stripes' final single, 2007's "Conquest." Also featured are "Never Far Away" (recorded for 2003's COLD MOUNTAIN: MUSIC FROM THE MIRAMAX MOTION PICTURE) and "Love Is The Truth" (written and recorded for Coca-Cola's 2006 What Goes Around campaign) as well as the Bluegrass Version of "Top Yourself" and an acoustic mix of the epic murder ballad, "Carolina Drama," both written by White and Brendan Benson for The Raconteurs' GRAMMY® Award-winning 2008 album, CONSOLERS OF THE LONELY. White's two chart-topping solo albums, 2012's BLUNDERBUSS and 2014's LAZARETTO, are represented by a remarkably diverse range of material including "Love Interruption," "On And On And On," "Blunderbuss," "Entitlement," "Want And Able," and alternative mixes of "Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy," "Just One Drink," "I Guess I Should Go To Sleep," and B-side, "Machine Gun Silhouette." The 26 tracks featured on JACK WHITE ACOUSTIC RECORDINGS 1998-2016 were remastered earlier this year by Andrew Mendelson at Nashville, TN's Georgetown Masters. All songs were written and produced exclusively by Jack White, except "Never Far Away" (produced by T Bone Burnett), "Honey, We Can't Afford To Look This Cheap" (produced by Beck), "Top Yourself (Bluegrass Version)" and "Carolina Drama" (written & produced by White & Brendan Benson), and "Machine Gun Silhouette" (written by White & Rob Jones). The complete track listing is below. # # # JackWhiteIII.com ThirdManRecords.com # # #
JACK WHITE ACOUSTIC RECORDINGS 1998-2016Release Date: September 9, 2016
Hanni El Khatib shares new song "Gun Clap Hero"
HANNI EL KHATIB SHARES NEW SONG "GUN CLAP HERO" VIACONSEQUENCE OF SOUND
SAVAGE TIMES VOL. 1, 2 & 3 AVAILABLE NOW VIA INNOVATIVE LEISURE
Photo credit: Sam MonkarshLISTEN: "Gun Clap Hero" - https://hannielkhatib.bandcamp.com/track/gun-clap-hero
"Hanni El Khatib has been on an unreal creative streak lately" - Noisey
"It's like a maturation of Rae Sremmurd's youthful hedonism wrapped in guitar strings and catchy grooves." - Stereogum
"Sounds somewhat like a happy marriage between The Black Keys and Nirvana" - Interview
2016 has been a prolific year for Hanni El Khatib that has seen him release three collections of new work in Savage Times Vol. 1, 2 & 3. Today he is back to share a new song, "Gun Clap Hero."
A deeply personal song for Hanni, the track is a response to the civil struggle that is gripping the country. On the inspiration and meaning behind the song he says, "I wrote this song to help me articulate what's has been running through my mind given the recent events of violence and brutality that seem to keep happening at an alarming rate. Sometimes those that are meant to protect quickly blur the lines of heroism with fear, thus reacting in immediate violence. It's saddening to see this unfold in front of our eyes. This is for anyone who's ever lost someone they love to unjust circumstances."
Listen to "Gun Clap Hero" above now, and find more on Hanni El Khatib and stream Savage Times Vol. 1, 2 & 3 below.
About Hanni El Khatib:
You could call 2015 a breakthrough year for Hanni El Khatib, but it wasn't just an easy breakthrough all at once. Instead, it was step after unexpected step and chance after random circumstance, part of a zig-zag path that now has El Khatib working on the most unexpected project he's come up with yet-a project that doesn't even have a name or even an ending right now.
His album Moonlight, a Sandinista!-style festival of experimentation that hit in January 2015, was where everything started. A recording studio meet-up led to a GZA verse on "Moonlight," and that led to an El Khatib appearance on one of GZA's songs-the cover of Babe Ruth's "The Mexican"-and he followed that up by contributing the ghostly middle break to rapper Freddie Gibbs' bleaked-out "Satin Black." By summer he'd put out a picture disc single of his desolate take on D'Angelo and Premier's brooding "Devil's Pie" and teamed up with a bunch of elementary school kids from Staten Island's P.S. 22 Chorus for a rework of "Moonlight" and "Melt Me," and yes, it was as adorable as you'd think. He'd finish producing the debut album for Parisian psychedelic trio Wall of Death, and he'd make it all the way to Vladivostok, Russia, for a final set of festival appearances that the local U.S. consulate reported "brought artist and audience closer together." Then he'd play his last show of the year-last show to date, really-in September of 2015. And then everything suddenly changed. El Khatib was booked to headline a Paris show with a special one-shot supergroup including drummer Alex Sowinski of BadBadNotGood, bassist Jonny Bell of Crystal Antlers and Dam-Funk collaborator and solo synthesizer wizard Computer Jay. But the Bataclan attacks canceled those plans, and so El Khatib was left with unexpected space in his schedule. He took the time to hole up with his guitar and generate hundreds of ideas-an uninterrupted flow that left dozens of voice-memo song snippets on his phone-and booked a session at Bell's Jazzcats studio in December to see what would happen. The very first day pretty much immediately resulted in "Gonna Die Alone" and "Baby's OK"-the first two new songs he's released so far, by the way-and instantly crystallized a simple new idea: write, record, repeat. Instead of a new album, he'd work on a new state of mind. Although he'd already begun to work behind the mixing board with earlier signees to Innovative Leisure,Moonlight was El Khatib's first full-scale production credit-an experience of deep commitment to every level of making an album, from the first idea to the very last mix. He'd locked himself in an L.A. studio for thirty days, and after a long month of vintage gear, field recordings of funerals, so-crazy-it-might-work sample editing and more than a little whiskey, he walked out on April Fool's Day with his most daring and distinctive album ever. That meant that when he finally finished touring for Moonlight and started at Jazzcats that winter, he truly knew what he could do in a studio. So El Khatib teamed up with Bell and submerged himself completely into recording, this time decamping to Jazzcats for week after week of lockdown improvisation. (And night after night of recovery-or discovery-at some of Long Beach's oldest and least-revitalized bars.) This was a new project, based on turning limitations-limited time, limited instruments, limited knowledge of how exactly to play strange new instruments-into inspiration, and of working non-stop with Bell to chase every idea until it either took flight or cracked into pieces. Although only two songs have materialized so far, there are more coming. In fact, there are more being made right now. Moonlight was when Hanni tested every rule there is about making an album, but now he's not making an album at all. Instead, this is process as public performance: an artist releasing music to the world almost in real time, with nothing to interfere with the purity or intimacy. (If you were in L.A. on Record Store Day, you could've even got a special one-of-a-kind 7" of one of the songs, made especially for you by Bell and his record-cutting lathe.) Normally, at this point in a band bio, you'd get to find out what's coming next. But no one really knows what's coming next-not even El Khatib. All anyone can do for now is just listen.
STREAM: Savage Times Vol. 1 -https://play.spotify.com/album/0zCa6jvHVXCDUtUgJgwaLs
STREAM: Savage Times Vol. 2 - https://play.spotify.com/album/77woQlFhITVsfGtLWIBcaY
STREAM: Savage Times Vol. 3 - https://play.spotify.com/album/7bxWOcExu2SimPbd9ToU7L
SAVAGE TIMES VOL. 1, 2 & 3 AVAILABLE NOW VIA INNOVATIVE LEISURE
Photo credit: Sam MonkarshLISTEN: "Gun Clap Hero" - https://hannielkhatib.bandcamp.com/track/gun-clap-hero
"Hanni El Khatib has been on an unreal creative streak lately" - Noisey
"It's like a maturation of Rae Sremmurd's youthful hedonism wrapped in guitar strings and catchy grooves." - Stereogum
"Sounds somewhat like a happy marriage between The Black Keys and Nirvana" - Interview
2016 has been a prolific year for Hanni El Khatib that has seen him release three collections of new work in Savage Times Vol. 1, 2 & 3. Today he is back to share a new song, "Gun Clap Hero."
A deeply personal song for Hanni, the track is a response to the civil struggle that is gripping the country. On the inspiration and meaning behind the song he says, "I wrote this song to help me articulate what's has been running through my mind given the recent events of violence and brutality that seem to keep happening at an alarming rate. Sometimes those that are meant to protect quickly blur the lines of heroism with fear, thus reacting in immediate violence. It's saddening to see this unfold in front of our eyes. This is for anyone who's ever lost someone they love to unjust circumstances."
Listen to "Gun Clap Hero" above now, and find more on Hanni El Khatib and stream Savage Times Vol. 1, 2 & 3 below.
About Hanni El Khatib:
You could call 2015 a breakthrough year for Hanni El Khatib, but it wasn't just an easy breakthrough all at once. Instead, it was step after unexpected step and chance after random circumstance, part of a zig-zag path that now has El Khatib working on the most unexpected project he's come up with yet-a project that doesn't even have a name or even an ending right now.
His album Moonlight, a Sandinista!-style festival of experimentation that hit in January 2015, was where everything started. A recording studio meet-up led to a GZA verse on "Moonlight," and that led to an El Khatib appearance on one of GZA's songs-the cover of Babe Ruth's "The Mexican"-and he followed that up by contributing the ghostly middle break to rapper Freddie Gibbs' bleaked-out "Satin Black." By summer he'd put out a picture disc single of his desolate take on D'Angelo and Premier's brooding "Devil's Pie" and teamed up with a bunch of elementary school kids from Staten Island's P.S. 22 Chorus for a rework of "Moonlight" and "Melt Me," and yes, it was as adorable as you'd think. He'd finish producing the debut album for Parisian psychedelic trio Wall of Death, and he'd make it all the way to Vladivostok, Russia, for a final set of festival appearances that the local U.S. consulate reported "brought artist and audience closer together." Then he'd play his last show of the year-last show to date, really-in September of 2015. And then everything suddenly changed. El Khatib was booked to headline a Paris show with a special one-shot supergroup including drummer Alex Sowinski of BadBadNotGood, bassist Jonny Bell of Crystal Antlers and Dam-Funk collaborator and solo synthesizer wizard Computer Jay. But the Bataclan attacks canceled those plans, and so El Khatib was left with unexpected space in his schedule. He took the time to hole up with his guitar and generate hundreds of ideas-an uninterrupted flow that left dozens of voice-memo song snippets on his phone-and booked a session at Bell's Jazzcats studio in December to see what would happen. The very first day pretty much immediately resulted in "Gonna Die Alone" and "Baby's OK"-the first two new songs he's released so far, by the way-and instantly crystallized a simple new idea: write, record, repeat. Instead of a new album, he'd work on a new state of mind. Although he'd already begun to work behind the mixing board with earlier signees to Innovative Leisure,Moonlight was El Khatib's first full-scale production credit-an experience of deep commitment to every level of making an album, from the first idea to the very last mix. He'd locked himself in an L.A. studio for thirty days, and after a long month of vintage gear, field recordings of funerals, so-crazy-it-might-work sample editing and more than a little whiskey, he walked out on April Fool's Day with his most daring and distinctive album ever. That meant that when he finally finished touring for Moonlight and started at Jazzcats that winter, he truly knew what he could do in a studio. So El Khatib teamed up with Bell and submerged himself completely into recording, this time decamping to Jazzcats for week after week of lockdown improvisation. (And night after night of recovery-or discovery-at some of Long Beach's oldest and least-revitalized bars.) This was a new project, based on turning limitations-limited time, limited instruments, limited knowledge of how exactly to play strange new instruments-into inspiration, and of working non-stop with Bell to chase every idea until it either took flight or cracked into pieces. Although only two songs have materialized so far, there are more coming. In fact, there are more being made right now. Moonlight was when Hanni tested every rule there is about making an album, but now he's not making an album at all. Instead, this is process as public performance: an artist releasing music to the world almost in real time, with nothing to interfere with the purity or intimacy. (If you were in L.A. on Record Store Day, you could've even got a special one-of-a-kind 7" of one of the songs, made especially for you by Bell and his record-cutting lathe.) Normally, at this point in a band bio, you'd get to find out what's coming next. But no one really knows what's coming next-not even El Khatib. All anyone can do for now is just listen.
STREAM: Savage Times Vol. 1 -https://play.spotify.com/album/0zCa6jvHVXCDUtUgJgwaLs
STREAM: Savage Times Vol. 2 - https://play.spotify.com/album/77woQlFhITVsfGtLWIBcaY
STREAM: Savage Times Vol. 3 - https://play.spotify.com/album/7bxWOcExu2SimPbd9ToU7L
Yael Naim Shares New Single "Make A Child" w/ Elle Magazine + LP Out This Friday
YAEL NAIM
Shares New Single “Make A Child” via ELLE
Off Critically Acclaimed New LP Older
Out This Friday September 2nd via Thirty Tigers // Tot-Ou Tard
“Older is anchored in the personal... The songs are sharp, but still playful and poppy”
– ELLE Magazine
“Ms. Naïm has gone on to a prestigious artistic career.”
– The New York Times
"Powerful vocals"
– Paste
"Yael Naim is pretty much the textbook definition of a world citizen"
– Consequence of Sound
French Israeli singer/songwriter Yael Naim shares “Make A Child” with ELLE Magazine . The track - which ELLE hails as “an upbeat ditty replete with high, sweet bells and layered harmonies” comes off of her forthcoming third studio album Older , slated for release tomorrow, Friday September 2nd via Thirty Tigers // Tôt Ou Tard.
Mixed by Grammy winning producer Michael Brauer (Coldplay, Grizzly Bear, M Ward), Older is a collaborative effort by Naim and producer David Donatien and was recorded in their home on the outskirts of Paris. It paints the picture of a woman who has grown and come into herself, having become a mother for the first time and lost a beloved grandparent.
The 2016 French “Artist Of The Year” winner and “Album Of The Year” nominee sets her sites on the U.S. with the stateside release of the new album (certified Gold in France) and series of upcoming tour dates below!
Yael Naim Tour Dates
9/12: San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
9/13: Palo Alto, CA @ Oshman Family JJC
9/15: Los Angeles, CA @ Hotel Cafe
9/16: Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theatre
9/17: Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
12/7: New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom
12/8: New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom
Website // Facebook // Twitter // YouTube
Shares New Single “Make A Child” via ELLE
Off Critically Acclaimed New LP Older
Out This Friday September 2nd via Thirty Tigers // Tot-Ou Tard
“Older is anchored in the personal... The songs are sharp, but still playful and poppy”
– ELLE Magazine
“Ms. Naïm has gone on to a prestigious artistic career.”
– The New York Times
"Powerful vocals"
– Paste
"Yael Naim is pretty much the textbook definition of a world citizen"
– Consequence of Sound
French Israeli singer/songwriter Yael Naim shares “Make A Child” with ELLE Magazine . The track - which ELLE hails as “an upbeat ditty replete with high, sweet bells and layered harmonies” comes off of her forthcoming third studio album Older , slated for release tomorrow, Friday September 2nd via Thirty Tigers // Tôt Ou Tard.
Mixed by Grammy winning producer Michael Brauer (Coldplay, Grizzly Bear, M Ward), Older is a collaborative effort by Naim and producer David Donatien and was recorded in their home on the outskirts of Paris. It paints the picture of a woman who has grown and come into herself, having become a mother for the first time and lost a beloved grandparent.
The 2016 French “Artist Of The Year” winner and “Album Of The Year” nominee sets her sites on the U.S. with the stateside release of the new album (certified Gold in France) and series of upcoming tour dates below!
Yael Naim Tour Dates
9/12: San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
9/13: Palo Alto, CA @ Oshman Family JJC
9/15: Los Angeles, CA @ Hotel Cafe
9/16: Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theatre
9/17: Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
12/7: New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom
12/8: New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom
Website // Facebook // Twitter // YouTube
of Montreal shares new video for "let's relate"
OF MONTREAL SHARES NEW VIDEO FOR "LET'S RELATE" VIA STEREOGUM
LAUNCHES US TOUR TOMORROW
INNOCENCE REACHES OUT NOW VIA POLYVINYL
of Montreal by Ben RouseWATCH: "let's relate" - https://youtu.be/dplJMfOTZDkFollowing the release of their new album Innocence Reaches last month, of Montreal are back today to share a new video for album highlight "let's relate".
Speaking about the video's inspiration, of Montreal's Kevin Barnes says, "In a concupiscent spirit-rebellion against the discriminatory policies being championed by Right Wing / Christian Wrong politicians against the LGBTQ community as of late, we present an altogether inclusive and decidedly love-addled message to the world, Let's not hate! LET'S RELATE!"
The video's release comes as the band prepares to launch their US tour tomorrow, which launches in their hometown of Athens, GA. Watch the video for "let's relate" above now and see below for all upcoming of Montreal tour dates.
Tour Dates: 9/2 - Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club9/3 - Charleston, SC @ Charleston Pour House9/4 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle9/5 - Norfolk, VA @ Work Release9/6 - Charlottesville, VA @ The Jefferson9/7 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club9/8 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer9/9 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall9/10 - Boston, MA @ Paradise9/11 - New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall9/12 - Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street Ballroom9/13 - South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground9/14 - Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt9/15 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom9/16 - Detroit, MI @ The Majestic Theatre9/17 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme9/18 - Kalamazoo, MI @ Bells Eccentric Café9/19 - Chicago, IL @ Metro9/20 - Madison, WI @ The Majestic Theatre9/21 - Cincinnati, OH @ The Woodward Theater9/22 - St. Louis, MO @ Ready Room9/23 - Memphis, TN @ The Hi Tone Café9/24 - Chattanooga, TN @ Revelry Room10/12 - Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle10/13 - Louisville, KY @ Headliner's Music Hall10/14 - Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall10/15 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Cedar Cultural Center10/16 - Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room10/17 - Denver, CO @ The Bluebird10/18 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge10/19 - Boise, ID @ El Korah Shrine10/20 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos10/21 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom10/22 - Arcata, CA @ The Kate Buchanan Room at Humbolt State University10/23 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore10/24 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent10/25 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent10/26 - Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf10/27 - Dallas, TX @ Trees10/28 - Austin, TX @ The Mohawk10/29 - Houston, TX @ Walter's Downtown10/30 - Mobile, AL @ Soul Kitchen10/31 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
LAUNCHES US TOUR TOMORROW
INNOCENCE REACHES OUT NOW VIA POLYVINYL
of Montreal by Ben RouseWATCH: "let's relate" - https://youtu.be/dplJMfOTZDkFollowing the release of their new album Innocence Reaches last month, of Montreal are back today to share a new video for album highlight "let's relate".
Speaking about the video's inspiration, of Montreal's Kevin Barnes says, "In a concupiscent spirit-rebellion against the discriminatory policies being championed by Right Wing / Christian Wrong politicians against the LGBTQ community as of late, we present an altogether inclusive and decidedly love-addled message to the world, Let's not hate! LET'S RELATE!"
The video's release comes as the band prepares to launch their US tour tomorrow, which launches in their hometown of Athens, GA. Watch the video for "let's relate" above now and see below for all upcoming of Montreal tour dates.
Tour Dates: 9/2 - Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club9/3 - Charleston, SC @ Charleston Pour House9/4 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle9/5 - Norfolk, VA @ Work Release9/6 - Charlottesville, VA @ The Jefferson9/7 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club9/8 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer9/9 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall9/10 - Boston, MA @ Paradise9/11 - New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall9/12 - Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street Ballroom9/13 - South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground9/14 - Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt9/15 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom9/16 - Detroit, MI @ The Majestic Theatre9/17 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme9/18 - Kalamazoo, MI @ Bells Eccentric Café9/19 - Chicago, IL @ Metro9/20 - Madison, WI @ The Majestic Theatre9/21 - Cincinnati, OH @ The Woodward Theater9/22 - St. Louis, MO @ Ready Room9/23 - Memphis, TN @ The Hi Tone Café9/24 - Chattanooga, TN @ Revelry Room10/12 - Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle10/13 - Louisville, KY @ Headliner's Music Hall10/14 - Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall10/15 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Cedar Cultural Center10/16 - Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room10/17 - Denver, CO @ The Bluebird10/18 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge10/19 - Boise, ID @ El Korah Shrine10/20 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos10/21 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom10/22 - Arcata, CA @ The Kate Buchanan Room at Humbolt State University10/23 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore10/24 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent10/25 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent10/26 - Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf10/27 - Dallas, TX @ Trees10/28 - Austin, TX @ The Mohawk10/29 - Houston, TX @ Walter's Downtown10/30 - Mobile, AL @ Soul Kitchen10/31 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
Public Access T.V. Share New Track 'Never Enough', Debut Album Out 9.30.16
PUBLIC ACCESS T.V. SHARE NEW TRACK 'END OF AN ERA', DEBUT ALBUM NEVER ENOUGHOUT 9.30.16 ON CINEMATIC Public Access T.V. is excited to share their new track 'End of an Era', which premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 show yesterday (August 31st.) The track, off forthcoming album Never Enough, is out September 30, 2016 on Cinematic. The garage band successfully nabbed the attention of NME early on, with the outlet singing their praises after uploading just one song to SoundCloud. The quartet was later declared "New York City's hottest new band" by the extremely influential outlet. Consequence of Sound also raves about the band admitting "every once in a while, an impossibly young band still manages to rocket their way to festival slots and massive praise by virtue of being kickass. That's Public Access T.V." Check out the track here. The band is hot off of Bonnaroo and Governor's Ball Festivals- all before even releasing their first album. In addition, both NME, and Entertainment Weekly declared the group one of the "buzziest" bands at SXSW this past year. Extremely high praise for a festival boasting thousands of artists! Then, in March 2015, while on tour in California, the band flicked on the TV to see live pictures of their Manhattan loft on every single news channel. Their home was on fire from a gas explosion and had collapsed into rubble. "We wrote there, rehearsed, recorded, lived, everything," says John. "It was home...and then it was completely gone." Demoralized and thousands of miles from NYC, PATV did the only thing they could think of. They stayed out on the road. As John says: "We told our agent to book as many gigs as possible - because we didn't want to deal with the reality of the situation. We actually had nowhere to go." That chain of events set PATV on an entirely new and fruitful path. Among those frantic gig bookings were slots on European festivals, UK house parties, and dates with The Strokes, FIDLAR, Palma Violets, and Hinds, with many more big things to come for the group! Check out the band at one of the live dates listed below! Public Access T.V. Live:Friday, September 23, 2016 @ Mercury Lounge - New York, NY Track Listing:1. In Our Blood 2. Evil Disco3. Summertime4. I Don't Wanna Live in California5. End of an Era6. Patti Peru7. Careful8. In Love and Alone9. Remember10. Sudden Emotion11. On Location12. Sell You on a Lie
RUN THE JEWELS DEBUT NEW SONG FROM RTJ3 IN GEARS OF WAR 4 HORDE 3.0 TRAILER
RUN THE JEWELS DEBUT NEW SONG FROM RTJ3IN GEARS OF WAR 4 HORDE 3.0 TRAILER SEE THE TRAILER AT RUNTHEJEWELS.COM
Indie hip hop phenoms Run the Jewels have just offered up a preview of "Panther Like a Panther,"a new song from their highly-anticipated third studio album, Run the Jewels 3 . The track is exclusively featured in the Horde 3.0 debut trailer in support of the upcoming Gears of War 4 , which launches on Xbox One and Windows 10 platforms Oct. 11. The game's trailer makes its debut on the group's website: runthejewels.com "Run the Jewels was on heavy rotation when we started laying the groundwork for the next era of Gears back in 2014, and has been there ever since." said Rod Fergusson, Studio Head at The Coalition. "The fact that two career artists came together as a group to create something so special - a rarity in modern hip-hop - are things that Gears fans will immediately recognize and appreciate. We're proud to have Run the Jewels as a part of the Gears of War family." Later this year, Killer Mike and El-P will forever become part of the Gears family by appearing as multiplayer characters in the game. The duo will bring their brutal intensity and 'can't nobody save us but us' attitude to "Gears of War 4" multiplayer. Fans in the Seattle area can meet Killer Mike and El-P from Run the Jewels and Gears of War co-creator Rod Fergusson and score some exclusive collaboration giveaways at BAIT at 915 E Pike St, Seattle, WA from 2-3pm on Saturday, September 3rd, or catch Run the Jewels in concert during their mainstage performance at the Bumbershoot Music and Arts festival at 7:20pm in downtown Seattle.
Indie hip hop phenoms Run the Jewels have just offered up a preview of "Panther Like a Panther,"a new song from their highly-anticipated third studio album, Run the Jewels 3 . The track is exclusively featured in the Horde 3.0 debut trailer in support of the upcoming Gears of War 4 , which launches on Xbox One and Windows 10 platforms Oct. 11. The game's trailer makes its debut on the group's website: runthejewels.com "Run the Jewels was on heavy rotation when we started laying the groundwork for the next era of Gears back in 2014, and has been there ever since." said Rod Fergusson, Studio Head at The Coalition. "The fact that two career artists came together as a group to create something so special - a rarity in modern hip-hop - are things that Gears fans will immediately recognize and appreciate. We're proud to have Run the Jewels as a part of the Gears of War family." Later this year, Killer Mike and El-P will forever become part of the Gears family by appearing as multiplayer characters in the game. The duo will bring their brutal intensity and 'can't nobody save us but us' attitude to "Gears of War 4" multiplayer. Fans in the Seattle area can meet Killer Mike and El-P from Run the Jewels and Gears of War co-creator Rod Fergusson and score some exclusive collaboration giveaways at BAIT at 915 E Pike St, Seattle, WA from 2-3pm on Saturday, September 3rd, or catch Run the Jewels in concert during their mainstage performance at the Bumbershoot Music and Arts festival at 7:20pm in downtown Seattle.
BADBADNOTGOOD shares "Chompy's Paradise" video + IV out now via Innovative Leisure
BADBADNOTGOOD SHARES "CHOMPY'S PARADISE" VIDEO
IV OUT NOW VIA INNOVATIVE LEISURE
BADBADNOTGOOD by Connor Olthius"kicking the jazz world's ass back into relevancy."- VICE
"a brash attitude and youthful energy winning out over technique."- NPR
"...even given the fairly proud lineage of wild musical juxtaposition, these kids are making waves."- The Guardian
"Jesus Christ... the new BADBADNOTGOOD album is unbelievably amazing..." - Gilles Peterson
Today, BADBADNOTGOOD are sharing the video for "Chompy's Paradise" from their recently released and critically-acclaimed album IV. Their latest album sees BADBADNOTGOOD exploring new sonic terrain and expanding their songwriting to include collaborators such as Future Islands' Samuel T. Herring, newcomer Charlotte Day Wilson, Arcade Fire and Bon Iver collaborator Colin Stetson, Chicago rapper Mick Jenkins, and widely-heralded Canadian producer Kaytranada.
The Connor Crawford-directed visual for "Chompy's Paradise" nods to Film Noir yet takes a comedic approach to the genre. Watch as saxophonist Leland "Chompy" Whitty works to diffuse a bomb strapped to his instrument, only to realize that the saxophone may be the duplicitous perpetrator.
WATCH: "Chompy's Paradise" -https://youtu.be/xf6aq2XPwkI
Tour Dates:9/28 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel
About BADBADNOTGOOD:
Like musical theatre and scripted television, jazz and hip-hop are uniquely, undeniably North American art forms. Though the latter genre was born out of funk and disco in the late 1970s, many of its landmark artists embody the ethos of jazz: loose, visceral, instinctive. Some hip-hop acts--A Tribe Called Quest, or more recently Kendrick Lamar--have successfully repurposed jazz, but the older genre has seldom made successful inroads into new generations of rap fans. And that's what makes BADBADNOTGOOD, the four-piece, Toronto-bred jazz outfit that has melded jazz and instrumental hip-hop into something elusive, something altogether their own, so unique.
On their latest full-length effort, IV (due out via Innovative Leisure on July 8th), BBNG decide to expand their universe, which was already one of the most compelling, labyrinthine worlds in pop music today. Saxophonist Leland Whitty, a long-time collaborator, joins Chester Hansen, Matthew Tavares, and Alexander Sowinski on a full-time basis; for the first time, guest vocalists are welcomed into the fold. Some artists find collaboration stressful and cluttering, but BBNG simply seems freer to chase down creative rabbit holes than ever before.
The effect is apparent immediately. See "Lavender," a collaboration with the Montreal-based producer Kaytranada, which pairs delicate, skittering production with a punishing low end. Or take the virtuosic closer, which underscores superb performances by Whitty and Tavares with a grand swell of strings. On "Hyssop of Love," upstart Chicago rapper Mick Jenkins moves languidly, stretching out taunts ("I heard your plug was drrrrry") before he snaps upright ("Never needed no dollars to prove worth"). The result is not just BBNG's most expansive, most dynamic effort to date, but their best. Lest anyone think the group is only concerned with blurring genre lines, the title track alone is enough to ensure the most discerning jazz purists will have to respect BBNG's technical chops.
IV is a master class in mood. The opening three-song suite ("And That, Too.," "Speaking Gently," and the Samuel T. Herring-assisted "Time Moves Slow") is a slow, slinking creep, like moving uneasily through an abandoned house. And while BBNG explores different tones on subsequent tracks, that feeling--the search, the push for the unknown--is the prevailing theme. "Chompy's Paradise" is peaceful and serene, but ends on an uncertain note, unresolved. Like most great artists before them, the quartet understands that it's more important to raise questions than to answer them.
BADBADNOTGOOD
IV
(July 8th, Innovative Leisure)
1. And That, Too2. Speaking Gently3. Time Moves Slow (Feat. Samuel T. Herring)4. Confessions Pt. II (Feat. Colin Stetson)5. Lavender (Feat. Kaytranada)6. Chompy's Paradise7. IV8. Hyssop of Love (Feat. Mick Jenkins)9. Stucture No. 310. In Your Eyes (Feat. Charlotte Day Wilson)11. Cashmere
IV OUT NOW VIA INNOVATIVE LEISURE
BADBADNOTGOOD by Connor Olthius"kicking the jazz world's ass back into relevancy."- VICE
"a brash attitude and youthful energy winning out over technique."- NPR
"...even given the fairly proud lineage of wild musical juxtaposition, these kids are making waves."- The Guardian
"Jesus Christ... the new BADBADNOTGOOD album is unbelievably amazing..." - Gilles Peterson
Today, BADBADNOTGOOD are sharing the video for "Chompy's Paradise" from their recently released and critically-acclaimed album IV. Their latest album sees BADBADNOTGOOD exploring new sonic terrain and expanding their songwriting to include collaborators such as Future Islands' Samuel T. Herring, newcomer Charlotte Day Wilson, Arcade Fire and Bon Iver collaborator Colin Stetson, Chicago rapper Mick Jenkins, and widely-heralded Canadian producer Kaytranada.
The Connor Crawford-directed visual for "Chompy's Paradise" nods to Film Noir yet takes a comedic approach to the genre. Watch as saxophonist Leland "Chompy" Whitty works to diffuse a bomb strapped to his instrument, only to realize that the saxophone may be the duplicitous perpetrator.
WATCH: "Chompy's Paradise" -https://youtu.be/xf6aq2XPwkI
Tour Dates:9/28 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel
About BADBADNOTGOOD:
Like musical theatre and scripted television, jazz and hip-hop are uniquely, undeniably North American art forms. Though the latter genre was born out of funk and disco in the late 1970s, many of its landmark artists embody the ethos of jazz: loose, visceral, instinctive. Some hip-hop acts--A Tribe Called Quest, or more recently Kendrick Lamar--have successfully repurposed jazz, but the older genre has seldom made successful inroads into new generations of rap fans. And that's what makes BADBADNOTGOOD, the four-piece, Toronto-bred jazz outfit that has melded jazz and instrumental hip-hop into something elusive, something altogether their own, so unique.
On their latest full-length effort, IV (due out via Innovative Leisure on July 8th), BBNG decide to expand their universe, which was already one of the most compelling, labyrinthine worlds in pop music today. Saxophonist Leland Whitty, a long-time collaborator, joins Chester Hansen, Matthew Tavares, and Alexander Sowinski on a full-time basis; for the first time, guest vocalists are welcomed into the fold. Some artists find collaboration stressful and cluttering, but BBNG simply seems freer to chase down creative rabbit holes than ever before.
The effect is apparent immediately. See "Lavender," a collaboration with the Montreal-based producer Kaytranada, which pairs delicate, skittering production with a punishing low end. Or take the virtuosic closer, which underscores superb performances by Whitty and Tavares with a grand swell of strings. On "Hyssop of Love," upstart Chicago rapper Mick Jenkins moves languidly, stretching out taunts ("I heard your plug was drrrrry") before he snaps upright ("Never needed no dollars to prove worth"). The result is not just BBNG's most expansive, most dynamic effort to date, but their best. Lest anyone think the group is only concerned with blurring genre lines, the title track alone is enough to ensure the most discerning jazz purists will have to respect BBNG's technical chops.
IV is a master class in mood. The opening three-song suite ("And That, Too.," "Speaking Gently," and the Samuel T. Herring-assisted "Time Moves Slow") is a slow, slinking creep, like moving uneasily through an abandoned house. And while BBNG explores different tones on subsequent tracks, that feeling--the search, the push for the unknown--is the prevailing theme. "Chompy's Paradise" is peaceful and serene, but ends on an uncertain note, unresolved. Like most great artists before them, the quartet understands that it's more important to raise questions than to answer them.
BADBADNOTGOOD
IV
(July 8th, Innovative Leisure)1. And That, Too2. Speaking Gently3. Time Moves Slow (Feat. Samuel T. Herring)4. Confessions Pt. II (Feat. Colin Stetson)5. Lavender (Feat. Kaytranada)6. Chompy's Paradise7. IV8. Hyssop of Love (Feat. Mick Jenkins)9. Stucture No. 310. In Your Eyes (Feat. Charlotte Day Wilson)11. Cashmere
