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June 13, 2016
Ziemba - Hope Is Never
Ziemba - Hope Is NeverStreet Date, June 24th, 2016, Lo & Behold
Ziemba is the performance moniker of René Kladzyk, a NYC-based artist and musician. She has performed original and collaborative work at art, music, and dance spaces throughout NYC, including: Issue Project Room, The Museum of Art & Design, Glasslands Gallery, Trans Pecos, Gina Gibney Dance, Panoply Performance Laboratory, Silent Barn, St. Marks Church, Secret Project Robot, and Momenta Art. She was artist-in-residence at the French Institute and Culture Vultures in Fez, Morocco, and is curator of performance art series “Casings and Treatments.” She has composed original scores for Lisa Parra Dance and Karen Harvey Dances, and has recently had several songs featured on season 2 of Comedy Central’s Broad City. Her debut full- length Hope is Never is set for digital/tape/vinyl release via Lo & Behold records on June 24th, 2016.
“Other-worldly” -IMPOSE
“It’s almost like she’s from another planet” -She Does PodcastAlbum info:
Ziemba's debut full length Hope is Never was recorded in upstate NY at Black Dirt Studios* w/ Jason Meagher engineering and mixing (No Neck Blues Band, Steve Gunn, Coachfingers, Pigeons). Jason also played guitar on several tracks. René Kladzyk on piano, synths, vox. Rob Smith of Rhyton (Thrill Jockey) & Pigeons (Soft Abuse) was on drums, and Jimy Seitang of Rhyton, formerly Psychic Ills (Sacred Bones) was on bass. Christian Sawyer of Roya (Burger Recs), formerly Harlem (Matador) also played guitar on a couple tracks. Also featuring Valerie Kuehne on cello and Natalia Steinbach on violin.*Hope is Never was engineered and mixed by Daniel Collas (of Phenomenal Handclap Band), and Phantom See was engineered by Eli Winograd (of Guardian Alien) at Lone Pine Road Studios and mixed by Daniel Collas. All songs written & produced by René Kladzyk, with the exception of "Rapture" written by Jerry Yester and Judy Henske, & "Set Me as a Seal" text from Song of Solomon.TOUR DATES:06/13 – Reno, NV- Holland Project
06/14 – Oakland, CA – The Night Light*
06/15 – San Francisco, CA – Vacation*
06/17 – Los Angeles, CA – Basic Flowers *
06/18 – Flagstaff, AZ – Firecreek
06/19 – Indian Flats, AZ – 61616 Festival
06/21 – Tucson, AZ – Hotel Congress
06/23 – Las Cruces, NM – Art Obscura
06/24 – El Paso, TX – Warszawa
06/26 – Austin, TX – Hotel Vegas
06/28 – Nashville, TN – Fond Object
06/29 – Asheville, NC – The Mothlight
06/30 – Atlanta, GA – Mammal Gallery
07/01 – Athens, GA -Ten Pins Tavern
07/02 – Richmond, VA – The Sour Haus
07/03 – Baltimore, MD – The Crown* = w/ Sam Mickens
Ziemba is the performance moniker of René Kladzyk, a NYC-based artist and musician. She has performed original and collaborative work at art, music, and dance spaces throughout NYC, including: Issue Project Room, The Museum of Art & Design, Glasslands Gallery, Trans Pecos, Gina Gibney Dance, Panoply Performance Laboratory, Silent Barn, St. Marks Church, Secret Project Robot, and Momenta Art. She was artist-in-residence at the French Institute and Culture Vultures in Fez, Morocco, and is curator of performance art series “Casings and Treatments.” She has composed original scores for Lisa Parra Dance and Karen Harvey Dances, and has recently had several songs featured on season 2 of Comedy Central’s Broad City. Her debut full- length Hope is Never is set for digital/tape/vinyl release via Lo & Behold records on June 24th, 2016.
“Other-worldly” -IMPOSE
“It’s almost like she’s from another planet” -She Does PodcastAlbum info:
Ziemba's debut full length Hope is Never was recorded in upstate NY at Black Dirt Studios* w/ Jason Meagher engineering and mixing (No Neck Blues Band, Steve Gunn, Coachfingers, Pigeons). Jason also played guitar on several tracks. René Kladzyk on piano, synths, vox. Rob Smith of Rhyton (Thrill Jockey) & Pigeons (Soft Abuse) was on drums, and Jimy Seitang of Rhyton, formerly Psychic Ills (Sacred Bones) was on bass. Christian Sawyer of Roya (Burger Recs), formerly Harlem (Matador) also played guitar on a couple tracks. Also featuring Valerie Kuehne on cello and Natalia Steinbach on violin.*Hope is Never was engineered and mixed by Daniel Collas (of Phenomenal Handclap Band), and Phantom See was engineered by Eli Winograd (of Guardian Alien) at Lone Pine Road Studios and mixed by Daniel Collas. All songs written & produced by René Kladzyk, with the exception of "Rapture" written by Jerry Yester and Judy Henske, & "Set Me as a Seal" text from Song of Solomon.TOUR DATES:06/13 – Reno, NV- Holland Project
06/14 – Oakland, CA – The Night Light*
06/15 – San Francisco, CA – Vacation*
06/17 – Los Angeles, CA – Basic Flowers *
06/18 – Flagstaff, AZ – Firecreek
06/19 – Indian Flats, AZ – 61616 Festival
06/21 – Tucson, AZ – Hotel Congress
06/23 – Las Cruces, NM – Art Obscura
06/24 – El Paso, TX – Warszawa
06/26 – Austin, TX – Hotel Vegas
06/28 – Nashville, TN – Fond Object
06/29 – Asheville, NC – The Mothlight
06/30 – Atlanta, GA – Mammal Gallery
07/01 – Athens, GA -Ten Pins Tavern
07/02 – Richmond, VA – The Sour Haus
07/03 – Baltimore, MD – The Crown* = w/ Sam Mickens
June 10, 2016
BRONCHO - DOUBLE VANITY
BRONCHO - DOUBLE VANITYOUT TODAY ON DINE ALONE RECORDS
STREAM DOUBLE VANITY*
"Perfection refracted... The hooks are still there, buried under hairpin-bent notes and a blanket of reverb that would make anyone but the Jesus & Mary Chain blush." - SPIN
"Double Vanity is somewhat of a tonal shift from their last album-they've gotten a little smoother, a little slower, and a little sexier... ["Fantasy Boys"] sounds like the romantic final slow dance scene from a sexy late '80s movie." - The Fader
"You know a song is good when it makes you shiver a little and it's not just because the air con is on full blast." - Noisey
"[Evokes] the kind of crushes that make one sweat, melt, and starry-eyed all at once." -Consequence of Sound
"Equal parts psych and blues, 'Señora Borealis' pushes Broncho's sound to the apex, with washes of vocal effects and reverb coating every inch of the track." - AV Club
"A mesmerizing listen." - Harper's Bazaar
Photo credit: Pooneh GhanaBRONCHO - DOUBLE VANITY1. All Time2. Fantasy Boys3. I Know You4. Jenny Loves Jenae5. Highly Unintentional6. Senora Borealis7. New Karma8. Speed Demon9. Soak Up The Sun10. Two Step11. Wanna Wake Up
MORE ON BRONCHO:Blasted grassland, the thin ribbon line of the freeway unspooling beneath wheels, skies stretched wide between mountaintop. It is dream music, foggy, atmospheric, the melodies you hear while you gazing out through fingerprint smeared windows into a constantly moving, metamorphosing landscape....
It makes sense then, that BRONCHO was born out of out a film project, its initial incarnation sparked when founder Ryan Lindsey was asked to create music "to set to an early 80s punk film." "That's all I knew about it," he remembers, "they were looking for songs that touched this era. And songs kept coming to me and turned something on inside of me artistically." Lindsey found himself in the midst of prolific run of songs and he liked the idea "of starting out there and seeing where it could go."
What's evolved from those first tracks there has been a steady run of success, critical accolades and two full-length albums: 2011's Can't Get Past the Lips and 2014's Just Enough Hip to Be Woman. And beneath it all, the music has been constantly mutating and ceaselessly experimental. From that first inception as a soundtrack in 2010, BRONCHO has taken on a life of its own. The initial inspiration is still there, but now pushing far beyond the stiff confines of score. What began as an ode to ramshackle, high-energy early punk has become something deeper, weirder, and much more nuanced. The undercurrent of early 1980s punk is still there, but The Ramones pogo has been replaced more often by a kind of Love and Rockets-inspired, honeyed, cotton-mouthed drift.
Double Vanity is Lindsey and bandmates Ben King, Nathan Price and Penny Pitchlynn steadily moving ahead, transforming the raw angst of the first record into a sound decidedly more layered and complex. Tracks like "New Karma" or "Two Step" riff off the later explorations of punk, culling up refracted images of John Hughes prom nights, love songs echoing from a boombox held high. "Jenny Loves Jenae" and "Speed Demon" strut with a 80s-meets-50s swagger, discord transformed into a jagged, frenetic pop. "Señora Borealis" is all bad boy sneer - sensual, moody, with a sly and predatory swagger. "I Know You" is simultaneously infectious and brooding, somehow both exalting and heartsick.
The result is a record that veers gleefully from BRONCHO's roots, moving from graffiti sprayed backrooms into a sleeker, plusher sound, a place bright with the polished gleam of chrome and bleached white sunlight. Close your eyes and what you feel is the raw wound pulse of adolescence; what you see behind your lids is suburban shopping mall wastelands, glazed eyes, dead grass, lips glossed in bubblegum pink. There is the burst chest thump of teenage longing, the smell of hairspray and cigarettes. There is glow of neon and the glint of streetlight rolling across hood.
Double Vanity evokes a shared nostalgia for the past and for the unknown future, as BRONCHO takes a turn off the wide freeways and into a world of intimate, intricate - but always universal - emotion.
TOUR DATES:6/10: Chop Suey - Seattle, WA 6/11: Cobalt - Vancouver, BC6/13: Kilby Court - Salt Lake City, UT6/14: Walnut Room - Denver, CO6/16: 7th Street Entry - Minneapolis, MN6/17: Beat Kitchen - Chicago, IL6/18: Wicker Park Green Music Festival - Chicago, IL6/20: Horseshoe Tavern - Toronto, ON6/21: Casa Del Popolo - Montreal, QC6/22: Great Scott - Boston, MA 6/23: Johnny Brenda's - Philadelphia, PA6/24: Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY6/25: DC9 - Washington, DC6/26: Strange Matter - Richmond, VA 6/29: Hi Watt - Nashville, TN6/30: Outland - Springfield, MO8/03: Riot Room - Kansas City, MO8/04: Off Broadway - St. Louis, MO8/05: Cosmic Charlie's - Lexington, KY8/06: Hi Fi - Indianapolis, IN8/07: Zanzabar - Louisville, KY8/08: The Basement - Columbus, OH8/09: Club Cafe - Pittsburgh, PA8/10: Majestic Cafe - Detroit, MI8/11: Mohawk - Buffalo, NY
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STREAM DOUBLE VANITY*"Perfection refracted... The hooks are still there, buried under hairpin-bent notes and a blanket of reverb that would make anyone but the Jesus & Mary Chain blush." - SPIN
"Double Vanity is somewhat of a tonal shift from their last album-they've gotten a little smoother, a little slower, and a little sexier... ["Fantasy Boys"] sounds like the romantic final slow dance scene from a sexy late '80s movie." - The Fader
"You know a song is good when it makes you shiver a little and it's not just because the air con is on full blast." - Noisey
"[Evokes] the kind of crushes that make one sweat, melt, and starry-eyed all at once." -Consequence of Sound
"Equal parts psych and blues, 'Señora Borealis' pushes Broncho's sound to the apex, with washes of vocal effects and reverb coating every inch of the track." - AV Club
"A mesmerizing listen." - Harper's Bazaar
Photo credit: Pooneh GhanaBRONCHO - DOUBLE VANITY1. All Time2. Fantasy Boys3. I Know You4. Jenny Loves Jenae5. Highly Unintentional6. Senora Borealis7. New Karma8. Speed Demon9. Soak Up The Sun10. Two Step11. Wanna Wake UpMORE ON BRONCHO:Blasted grassland, the thin ribbon line of the freeway unspooling beneath wheels, skies stretched wide between mountaintop. It is dream music, foggy, atmospheric, the melodies you hear while you gazing out through fingerprint smeared windows into a constantly moving, metamorphosing landscape....
It makes sense then, that BRONCHO was born out of out a film project, its initial incarnation sparked when founder Ryan Lindsey was asked to create music "to set to an early 80s punk film." "That's all I knew about it," he remembers, "they were looking for songs that touched this era. And songs kept coming to me and turned something on inside of me artistically." Lindsey found himself in the midst of prolific run of songs and he liked the idea "of starting out there and seeing where it could go."
What's evolved from those first tracks there has been a steady run of success, critical accolades and two full-length albums: 2011's Can't Get Past the Lips and 2014's Just Enough Hip to Be Woman. And beneath it all, the music has been constantly mutating and ceaselessly experimental. From that first inception as a soundtrack in 2010, BRONCHO has taken on a life of its own. The initial inspiration is still there, but now pushing far beyond the stiff confines of score. What began as an ode to ramshackle, high-energy early punk has become something deeper, weirder, and much more nuanced. The undercurrent of early 1980s punk is still there, but The Ramones pogo has been replaced more often by a kind of Love and Rockets-inspired, honeyed, cotton-mouthed drift.
Double Vanity is Lindsey and bandmates Ben King, Nathan Price and Penny Pitchlynn steadily moving ahead, transforming the raw angst of the first record into a sound decidedly more layered and complex. Tracks like "New Karma" or "Two Step" riff off the later explorations of punk, culling up refracted images of John Hughes prom nights, love songs echoing from a boombox held high. "Jenny Loves Jenae" and "Speed Demon" strut with a 80s-meets-50s swagger, discord transformed into a jagged, frenetic pop. "Señora Borealis" is all bad boy sneer - sensual, moody, with a sly and predatory swagger. "I Know You" is simultaneously infectious and brooding, somehow both exalting and heartsick.
The result is a record that veers gleefully from BRONCHO's roots, moving from graffiti sprayed backrooms into a sleeker, plusher sound, a place bright with the polished gleam of chrome and bleached white sunlight. Close your eyes and what you feel is the raw wound pulse of adolescence; what you see behind your lids is suburban shopping mall wastelands, glazed eyes, dead grass, lips glossed in bubblegum pink. There is the burst chest thump of teenage longing, the smell of hairspray and cigarettes. There is glow of neon and the glint of streetlight rolling across hood.
Double Vanity evokes a shared nostalgia for the past and for the unknown future, as BRONCHO takes a turn off the wide freeways and into a world of intimate, intricate - but always universal - emotion.
TOUR DATES:6/10: Chop Suey - Seattle, WA 6/11: Cobalt - Vancouver, BC6/13: Kilby Court - Salt Lake City, UT6/14: Walnut Room - Denver, CO6/16: 7th Street Entry - Minneapolis, MN6/17: Beat Kitchen - Chicago, IL6/18: Wicker Park Green Music Festival - Chicago, IL6/20: Horseshoe Tavern - Toronto, ON6/21: Casa Del Popolo - Montreal, QC6/22: Great Scott - Boston, MA 6/23: Johnny Brenda's - Philadelphia, PA6/24: Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY6/25: DC9 - Washington, DC6/26: Strange Matter - Richmond, VA 6/29: Hi Watt - Nashville, TN6/30: Outland - Springfield, MO8/03: Riot Room - Kansas City, MO8/04: Off Broadway - St. Louis, MO8/05: Cosmic Charlie's - Lexington, KY8/06: Hi Fi - Indianapolis, IN8/07: Zanzabar - Louisville, KY8/08: The Basement - Columbus, OH8/09: Club Cafe - Pittsburgh, PA8/10: Majestic Cafe - Detroit, MI8/11: Mohawk - Buffalo, NY
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Banks & Steelz release a "Giant"
BANKS & STEELZ RELEASE "GIANT" FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM, ANYTHING BUT WORDS (OUT 8/26)JUNE 10, 2016: BURBANK, CA:
Banks & Steelz -a musical collaboration between Wu Tang Clan's RZA and Interpol's Paul Banks - have released "Giant," the second track and official single from their forthcoming album Anything But Words" : https://soundcloud.com/banksandsteelz/giant-1
Produced by John Hill and Kid Harpoon (Florence + The Machine), "Giant" premiered yesterday after an exclusive interview with Zane Lowe's Beats 1 program: http://apple.co/_BanksSteelz .
"Giant" follows the first look from the August 26th album, "Love and War." Watch the Arms Race-directed video HERE .
Banks & Steelz simultaneously revealed the album's track-listing - which features appearances byFlorence Welch of Florence + The Machine, Kool Keith, and Wu Tan Clan's Ghostface Killah, Method Man, and Masta Killa - in addition to a series of tour and festival dates through October (see below). RZA and Banks first began working on music together in 2013. RZA told Rolling Stone at the time that the idea to collaborate with the Interpol frontman sparked after RZA's manager asked him who he wanted to do an album with. "When I met Paul, I recognized the New York energy he has as a music artist," RZA says. "We got to know each other playing chess and vibing out in the studio. Our talents connected in a unique way and we started writing songs. The outcome was something distinctively different from my previous work, yet with another layer of cool." Anything But Words tracklisting:GiantAna ElectronicSword In The Stone (Feat. Kool Keith)Speedway SonoraWild Season (Feat. Florence Welch)Anything but WordsConcealLove and War (Feat. Ghostface Killah)Can't Hardly FeelOne by OneGonna Make ItPoint of View (Feat. Method Man and Masta Killa) Tour dates: DATESCITY/STATEVENUE/EVENT
Thu 7/21West Hollywood, CAThe Roxy TheatreTICKETSWed 8/24Seattle, WAThe CrocodileTICKETSThu 8/25Portland, ORDoug Fir LoungeTICKETSSat 8/27San Francisco, CAThe IndependentTICKETSSun 8/28Los Angeles, CAFYF FestivalTICKETSWed 8/31Washington, D.C.9:30 ClubTICKETSThu 9/1New York, NYBowery BallroomTICKETSSat 9/3Cambridge, MAThe SinclairTICKETSTue 9/6Toronto, ONTThe Mod Club TheatreTICKETSThu 9/8Chicago, ILLincoln HallTICKETSFri 9/23 - Sun 9/25Las Vegas, NVLife Is BeautifulTICKETSTue 9/27Boulder, COFox TheatreTICKETSFri 9/30 - Sun 10/2Austin, TXAustin City LimitsTICKETSFri 10/7 - Sun 10/9Austin, TXAustin City LimitsTICKETSSun 10/9Phoenix, AZThe Crescent BallroomTICKETS Anything But Words is available now for pre-order at iTunes, Google, and Amazon. "Giant" is available now at Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, Soundcloud and YouTube. For more information on Banks & Steelz visit: http://www.banksandsteelz.com.
ULTRAVOX BOX SET - OUT TODAY
OUT NOW!!! 10th June, 2016. FOUR CD ULTRAVOX BOX SET - THE ISLAND YEARS
The 3 albums - Ultravox!, Ha! Ha! Ha! and Systems Of Romance - plus a 4th CD of B-sides and John Peel sessions and the audio of their performance on the Old Grey Whistle Test. Available from HERE
Meanwhile....
WATCH THE NEW VIDEO FOR JOHN FOXX AND THE MATHS - 'A MAN AND A WOMAN'. FILMED IN TOKYO BY MACOTO TEZKA.
June 9, 2016
The Village Voice Announces Lineup For 6th Annual 4Knots Music Festival
The Village Voice Announces Lineup For6th Annual 4Knots Music Festival Guided By VoicesThe StrumbellasProtomartyrCar Seat HeadrestKirk KnightGirlpoolBayonneDiane CoffeePromised Land SoundMild High ClubAnd More To Be Announced Free, All Ages, Outdoor Festival To Be Held Saturday, July 9At South Street Seaport
RZA and Paul Banks announce new album "Anything But Words" as Banks & Steelz + tracklisting, tour
BANKS & STEELZ ANNOUNCE UPCOMING DEBUT ALBUM TO BE TITLEDANYTHING BUT WORDS AND TOURNEW SONG, "GIANT," OUT TOMORROW 6/10 VIA ALL DIGITAL RETAILERS
ALBUM FEATURES SPECIAL GUESTS FLORENCE WELCH, KOOL KEITH, GHOSTFACE KILLAH, METHOD MAN, AND MASTA KILLA
June 9th, 2016 - (Burbank, CA) - Banks & Steelz - a musical collaboration between Wu Tang Clan'sRZA and Interpol's Paul Banks - have announced that their upcoming debut album will be titled Anything But Words . The duo have also revealed the album's track-listing (see below), plus special guest appearances by Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine, Kool Keith, and Wu Tan Clan'sGhostface Killah, Method Man, and Masta Killa. In addition, Banks & Steelz's new track "Giant" is available tomorrow Friday June 10th via all digital retailers. "Giant," which was produced by John Hill and Kid Harpoon (Florence + The Machine), can be heard in a trailer for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands, a new video game that will be available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. "Giant" follows on the heels of the album's first single "Love and War," feat. Ghostface Killah, which was released last month. Watch the Reservoir Dogs-inspired video, directed by Arms Race,HERE. RZA and Banks first began working on music together in 2013. RZA told Rolling Stone at the time that the idea to collaborate with the Interpol frontman sparked after RZA's manager asked him who he wanted to do an album with. "When I met Paul, I recognized the New York energy he has as a music artist," RZA says. "We got to know each other playing chess and vibing out in the studio. Our talents connected in a unique way and we started writing songs. The outcome was something distinctively different from my previous work, yet with another layer of cool." In addition to previously announced performances at FYF Fest, Life is Beautiful,and Austin City Limits Music Festival, Banks & Steelz will hit the road in August for a series of dates across the country (see below). The track-listing for Anything but Words is as follows: GiantAna ElectronicSword In The Stone (Feat. Kool Keith)Speedway SonoraWild Season (Feat. Florence Welch)Anything but WordsConcealLove and War (Feat. Ghostface Killah)Can't Hardly FeelOne by OneGonna Make ItPoint of View (Feat. Method Man and Masta Killa) Tour dates:
7/21 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy8/24 - Seattle, WA @ Crocodile8/25 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge8/27 - San Francisco, CA @ Independent8/28 - Los Angeles, CA @ FYF8/31 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club9/1 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom9/3 - Boston, MA @ Sinclair9/6 - Toronto, ON @ Mod Club9/8 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall9/23 - 9/25, Las Vegas, NV, Life is Beautiful Festival 9/27 - Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre9/30 - 10/2 - Austin, TX @ ACL10/7- 10/9 - Austin, TX @ ACL10/9 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom Anything But Words is available now for pre-order at iTunes, Google, and Amazon. "Love and War" feat. Ghostface Killah is available now at iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify,Google Play, and Amazon. "Giant" is available now at Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal and YouTube. For more information on Banks & Steelz visit: http://www.banksandsteelz.com.
Shearwater’s animated lyric video for “Pale Kings” from Jet Plane and Oxbow
Watch: Shearwater’s animated lyric video for “Pale Kings” from Jet Plane and Oxbow
http://u.subpop.com/1PFuKDs
click image to playEuropean tour starts Saturday, June 11thShearwater has delivered an animated lyric video for “Pale Kings,” a highlight from Jet Plane and Oxbow, the band’s internationally acclaimed album. The new visual was directed by Matthew Watkins.
Watch here.
Shearwater’s previously announced European summer tour in support of Jet Plane and Oxbow kicks-off this Saturday, June 11th in Antwerp, BE at Bourla and ends July 2nd in Elsloo, NL at Conincx Pop Festival. Please find complete tour dates below.
Recently while on tour supporting Jet Plane and Oxbow, Shearwater stopped by The Onion’s offices in Chicago to film a session for The A.V. Club’s seventh season of music video series, ‘A.V. Undercover’. In addition to their planned cover (which will air later this season), they surprised The A.V Club with a complete, spot-on performance of David Bowie’s 1979 album Lodger, which includes songs Bowie himself never attempted live.
The A.V. Club says of the performance, ‘Undercover’ veterans Shearwater came by the studio earlier this year to tackle a song from the main list—business as usual, right? But Jonathan Meiburg asked if we might want to film his band covering the entirety of David Bowie's Lodger, too. Why would we say no to that? So as a special pre-season bonus for ‘Undercover 2016,’ here's Shearwater covering Lodger from start to finish, along with an essay by Meiburg explaining his relationship to the classic record (see A.V. Club “Undercover” May 12th).”
Shearwater’s Jet Plane and Oxbow is available now on CD/ 2xLP/ DL [link here] and at an independent retailer near you.
What people are saying about Jet Plane and Oxbow:
“The big-sky rock of tracks like "Pale Kings" and "Glass Bones" are paired with the kind of lofty language that defined mid-'80s albums like U2’s The Unforgettable Fire and A Pagan Place by the Waterboys…They have made something spacious and expansive enough to feel conjured from the costly confines of a million-dollar studio like Abbey Road or Electric Lady. With Jet Plane and Oxbow, Shearwater achieve not only their grandest statement to date, buttheir most grounded as well.” - Pitchfork
“Fussed-over sounds abound — one track finds room for both synthesizer and dulcimer — which helps render Meiburg's songs both unsettling and majestic. The terrific "Quiet Americans" checks many of the band's boxes right away, as the synthspeal through static, while Meiburg's vocals bark, swoop, soar and swoon in tune with the moment. From there, the palette expands and contracts to include booming, stadium-sized urgency ("A Long Time Away"); a persistently rumbling, exploratory epic worthy of Wilco ("Filaments"); and a ballad that sneaks in some of Meiburg's favorite themes ("Wildlife In America"). Of course, that big, elastic voice remains at the center of these songs, but so too does a mandate to fill the surrounding air with big, bold ideas.” [First Listen] - NPR Music
"A defiant moody exploration of the magic and menace of technology." [4/5] - MOJO
"Meiburg's finest album to date." [8/10] - Uncut
“It's refreshing to hear them switch things up on this, their seventh full-length release, by writing more immediate pop songs without sacrificingtheir rich, thoughtfully placed instrumentation.” - Rolling Stone
“Jet Plane and Oxbow can’t be locked into a single place or time, instead patching together its own alternate past. They leave room for their glossy influences and the gritty present to communicate with each other, threading catchy hooks through more complex backgrounds. The prime example is “Quiet Americans”, a dark track that transforms relatively quickly into a comfortable earworm.”- Consequence of Sound
“The sense of velocity and flight, paired with Meiburg's dramatic vocals, delivered with Bowie-like flair here, making Jet Plane and Oxbow a natural progression for Shearwater, and a nice departure from their typical offerings.” - EXCLAIM!
“Jet Plane and Oxbow is a remarkably polished, alluring, and dignified accomplishment.” [8/10] - PopMatters
"The band's punchiest and most populist work to date." [4/5] - The Skinny
Tour Dates
Jun. 11 - Antwerpen, BE - Bourla
Jun. 12 - London, UK - Field Day Festival
Jun. 14 - Rotterdam, NL - Rotown
Jun. 15 - Aachen, DE - Musikbunker
Jun. 16 - Kriens, CH - B-Sides Festival
Jun. 17 - Sion, CH - Le Port Franc
Jun. 18 - Ravenna, IT - Hana B
Jun. 22 - Zagreb, HR - INmusic Festival
Jun. 23 - Ljubljana, SI - Kino Siska
Jun. 24 - Ebensee, AT - Kino Ebensee
Jun. 26 - Budapest, HU - A38
Jun. 27 - Vienna, AT - Arena
Jun. 28 - Munchen, DE - Strom
Jun. 29 - Münster, DE - Gleis 22
Jun. 30 - Groningen, NL - Vera
Jul. 01 - The Hague, NL - Paard van Troje
Jul. 02 - Elsloo, NL - Conincx Pop Festival
http://u.subpop.com/1PFuKDs
click image to playEuropean tour starts Saturday, June 11thShearwater has delivered an animated lyric video for “Pale Kings,” a highlight from Jet Plane and Oxbow, the band’s internationally acclaimed album. The new visual was directed by Matthew Watkins.Watch here.
Shearwater’s previously announced European summer tour in support of Jet Plane and Oxbow kicks-off this Saturday, June 11th in Antwerp, BE at Bourla and ends July 2nd in Elsloo, NL at Conincx Pop Festival. Please find complete tour dates below.
Recently while on tour supporting Jet Plane and Oxbow, Shearwater stopped by The Onion’s offices in Chicago to film a session for The A.V. Club’s seventh season of music video series, ‘A.V. Undercover’. In addition to their planned cover (which will air later this season), they surprised The A.V Club with a complete, spot-on performance of David Bowie’s 1979 album Lodger, which includes songs Bowie himself never attempted live.
The A.V. Club says of the performance, ‘Undercover’ veterans Shearwater came by the studio earlier this year to tackle a song from the main list—business as usual, right? But Jonathan Meiburg asked if we might want to film his band covering the entirety of David Bowie's Lodger, too. Why would we say no to that? So as a special pre-season bonus for ‘Undercover 2016,’ here's Shearwater covering Lodger from start to finish, along with an essay by Meiburg explaining his relationship to the classic record (see A.V. Club “Undercover” May 12th).”
Shearwater’s Jet Plane and Oxbow is available now on CD/ 2xLP/ DL [link here] and at an independent retailer near you.
What people are saying about Jet Plane and Oxbow:
“The big-sky rock of tracks like "Pale Kings" and "Glass Bones" are paired with the kind of lofty language that defined mid-'80s albums like U2’s The Unforgettable Fire and A Pagan Place by the Waterboys…They have made something spacious and expansive enough to feel conjured from the costly confines of a million-dollar studio like Abbey Road or Electric Lady. With Jet Plane and Oxbow, Shearwater achieve not only their grandest statement to date, buttheir most grounded as well.” - Pitchfork
“Fussed-over sounds abound — one track finds room for both synthesizer and dulcimer — which helps render Meiburg's songs both unsettling and majestic. The terrific "Quiet Americans" checks many of the band's boxes right away, as the synthspeal through static, while Meiburg's vocals bark, swoop, soar and swoon in tune with the moment. From there, the palette expands and contracts to include booming, stadium-sized urgency ("A Long Time Away"); a persistently rumbling, exploratory epic worthy of Wilco ("Filaments"); and a ballad that sneaks in some of Meiburg's favorite themes ("Wildlife In America"). Of course, that big, elastic voice remains at the center of these songs, but so too does a mandate to fill the surrounding air with big, bold ideas.” [First Listen] - NPR Music
"A defiant moody exploration of the magic and menace of technology." [4/5] - MOJO
"Meiburg's finest album to date." [8/10] - Uncut
“It's refreshing to hear them switch things up on this, their seventh full-length release, by writing more immediate pop songs without sacrificingtheir rich, thoughtfully placed instrumentation.” - Rolling Stone
“Jet Plane and Oxbow can’t be locked into a single place or time, instead patching together its own alternate past. They leave room for their glossy influences and the gritty present to communicate with each other, threading catchy hooks through more complex backgrounds. The prime example is “Quiet Americans”, a dark track that transforms relatively quickly into a comfortable earworm.”- Consequence of Sound
“The sense of velocity and flight, paired with Meiburg's dramatic vocals, delivered with Bowie-like flair here, making Jet Plane and Oxbow a natural progression for Shearwater, and a nice departure from their typical offerings.” - EXCLAIM!
“Jet Plane and Oxbow is a remarkably polished, alluring, and dignified accomplishment.” [8/10] - PopMatters
"The band's punchiest and most populist work to date." [4/5] - The Skinny
Tour Dates
Jun. 11 - Antwerpen, BE - Bourla
Jun. 12 - London, UK - Field Day Festival
Jun. 14 - Rotterdam, NL - Rotown
Jun. 15 - Aachen, DE - Musikbunker
Jun. 16 - Kriens, CH - B-Sides Festival
Jun. 17 - Sion, CH - Le Port Franc
Jun. 18 - Ravenna, IT - Hana B
Jun. 22 - Zagreb, HR - INmusic Festival
Jun. 23 - Ljubljana, SI - Kino Siska
Jun. 24 - Ebensee, AT - Kino Ebensee
Jun. 26 - Budapest, HU - A38
Jun. 27 - Vienna, AT - Arena
Jun. 28 - Munchen, DE - Strom
Jun. 29 - Münster, DE - Gleis 22
Jun. 30 - Groningen, NL - Vera
Jul. 01 - The Hague, NL - Paard van Troje
Jul. 02 - Elsloo, NL - Conincx Pop Festival
The Mystery Lights Share New Video via NOISEY
THE MYSTERY LIGHTS SHARE "FOLLOW ME HOME" VIDEO VIA NOISEY
ANNOUNCE TOUR DATES WITH NIGHT BEATS
DEBUT LP OUT JUNE 24TH ON WICK (DAPTONE RECORDS)
WATCH & SHARE: The Mystery Lights - "Follow Me Home""Truly trippy throwbacks to a filthier, more hallucinatory era, (...) “Follow Me Home” comes straight out of that garage tradition, all Hammond organs and straightforward, declining riffs." -NOISEY
LISTEN & SHARE: The Mystery Lights - "Follow Me Home"
" rumbles ahead and gleefully teeters on the brink of a full-blown psychedelic freakout. But Brandon's ragged, static-soaked vocals and the song's subtle pop undertones keep it firmly rooted in the tradition of Sixties garage and gritty NYC punk." - Rolling Stone
"The Mystery Lights have been making a name for themselves as one of NYC's best garage rock bands, and certainly as one of the best live shows." - Brooklyn VeganAs The Mystery Lights currently cruise through their first-ever European tour, they are now weeks away from their debut self-titled album, set to release on Daptone Records’ new rock subsidiary, Wick Records, on June 24th.
Fresh off their Euro tour, the band will be throwing their record release show at Mercury Lounge in NYC on June 24th. Not long after, the traction will continue to build as they set off on a recently announced US tour, both on the east coast and west coast, which includes dates as direct support for Nights Beats.
Their “In The Studio with The Mystery Lights” video takes a behind-the-scenes look at what took place at Daptone's House of Soul Studio as the band worked to create Wick's inaugural release and what is now a record that deserves to be raved about.
Next up is their first music video for their debut single, “Follow Me Home,” which Noiseypremiered today - a kitschy take on a group of peace-loving bohemian musicians unknowingly being followed by an undercover agent (played by Ricky Powell) who wants to seriously harsh their mellow. Vivid imagery of singing flowers courtesy of The Mystery Lights members is just one aspect of this video that will drench your screen in a sheath of supreme psych rock superiority.
About the band:
Mike Brandon and L.A. Solano have been in many different versions of The Mystery Lights under assorted monikers since their teens. In a heroic jump from the small town of Salinas, California to NYC, the band solidified its lineup to also include Alex Amini, Kevin Harris, and Noah Kohll.
The explosive live shows gradually became the stuff of legend, as the quintet won their following one fan at a time in dives from Brooklyn to the Bowery. Organically unfolding over the nights months and years, the Lights’ sound has evolved into a fuzz-fueled hopped-up 21st Century take on 60s garage pebbles, and artful 70s punk, that is all their own. 2016 finds these rock’n’roll knights embarking upon the next logical step - unleashing their own brand of kick out the jams on tour and in the studio.
When Daptone Records launched their Wick Records rock imprint, they wasted no time approaching Mystery Lights as their inaugural act. Hot on the heels of the "Too Many Girls"/"Too Tough To Bear" single, Wick officially rolls out the Mystery Lights’ debut LP, recorded at Daptone Records' House of Soul studio, on June 24. Are you ready?TOUR DATES6.18 - Coney Island, NY @ Burger Beach Bash NYC/MCU Park6.20 - Boston, MA @ Great Scott TI6.22 - Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie 6.24 - New York City, NY @ Mercury Lounge 6.26 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat
7.07 - San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger *7.08 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk *7.09 - Houston, TX @ Raven Tower *7.10 - New Orleans, LA @ Hi Ho Lounge *
7.11 - Atlanta, GA @ 529 *7.12 - Durham, NC @ Pinhook *7.19 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz P.D.B. *7.20 - Toronto, ON @ Silver Dollar *7.21 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic Cafe *7.22 - Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen *
* w/ Night Beats7.25 - Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern 7.26 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir 7.29 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar 7.30 - Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg 7.31 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop 8.1 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst Atrium
8.3 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge
The Mystery Lights - TRACKLISTING01. Intro
02. Follow Me Home
03. Flowers In My Hair, Demons In My Head
04. Too Many Girls
05. Without Me
06. Melt
07. Candlelight
08. 21 & Counting
09. Too Tough To Bear
10. Before My Own
11. What Happens When You Turn The Devil Down
LINKS
Facebook
Twitter
Soundcloud
Bandcamp
Instagram
ANNOUNCE TOUR DATES WITH NIGHT BEATS
DEBUT LP OUT JUNE 24TH ON WICK (DAPTONE RECORDS)
WATCH & SHARE: The Mystery Lights - "Follow Me Home""Truly trippy throwbacks to a filthier, more hallucinatory era, (...) “Follow Me Home” comes straight out of that garage tradition, all Hammond organs and straightforward, declining riffs." -NOISEY
LISTEN & SHARE: The Mystery Lights - "Follow Me Home"
" rumbles ahead and gleefully teeters on the brink of a full-blown psychedelic freakout. But Brandon's ragged, static-soaked vocals and the song's subtle pop undertones keep it firmly rooted in the tradition of Sixties garage and gritty NYC punk." - Rolling Stone
"The Mystery Lights have been making a name for themselves as one of NYC's best garage rock bands, and certainly as one of the best live shows." - Brooklyn VeganAs The Mystery Lights currently cruise through their first-ever European tour, they are now weeks away from their debut self-titled album, set to release on Daptone Records’ new rock subsidiary, Wick Records, on June 24th.
Fresh off their Euro tour, the band will be throwing their record release show at Mercury Lounge in NYC on June 24th. Not long after, the traction will continue to build as they set off on a recently announced US tour, both on the east coast and west coast, which includes dates as direct support for Nights Beats.
Their “In The Studio with The Mystery Lights” video takes a behind-the-scenes look at what took place at Daptone's House of Soul Studio as the band worked to create Wick's inaugural release and what is now a record that deserves to be raved about.
Next up is their first music video for their debut single, “Follow Me Home,” which Noiseypremiered today - a kitschy take on a group of peace-loving bohemian musicians unknowingly being followed by an undercover agent (played by Ricky Powell) who wants to seriously harsh their mellow. Vivid imagery of singing flowers courtesy of The Mystery Lights members is just one aspect of this video that will drench your screen in a sheath of supreme psych rock superiority.
About the band:
Mike Brandon and L.A. Solano have been in many different versions of The Mystery Lights under assorted monikers since their teens. In a heroic jump from the small town of Salinas, California to NYC, the band solidified its lineup to also include Alex Amini, Kevin Harris, and Noah Kohll.
The explosive live shows gradually became the stuff of legend, as the quintet won their following one fan at a time in dives from Brooklyn to the Bowery. Organically unfolding over the nights months and years, the Lights’ sound has evolved into a fuzz-fueled hopped-up 21st Century take on 60s garage pebbles, and artful 70s punk, that is all their own. 2016 finds these rock’n’roll knights embarking upon the next logical step - unleashing their own brand of kick out the jams on tour and in the studio.
When Daptone Records launched their Wick Records rock imprint, they wasted no time approaching Mystery Lights as their inaugural act. Hot on the heels of the "Too Many Girls"/"Too Tough To Bear" single, Wick officially rolls out the Mystery Lights’ debut LP, recorded at Daptone Records' House of Soul studio, on June 24. Are you ready?TOUR DATES6.18 - Coney Island, NY @ Burger Beach Bash NYC/MCU Park6.20 - Boston, MA @ Great Scott TI6.22 - Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie 6.24 - New York City, NY @ Mercury Lounge 6.26 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat
7.07 - San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger *7.08 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk *7.09 - Houston, TX @ Raven Tower *7.10 - New Orleans, LA @ Hi Ho Lounge *
7.11 - Atlanta, GA @ 529 *7.12 - Durham, NC @ Pinhook *7.19 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz P.D.B. *7.20 - Toronto, ON @ Silver Dollar *7.21 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic Cafe *7.22 - Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen *
* w/ Night Beats7.25 - Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern 7.26 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir 7.29 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar 7.30 - Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg 7.31 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop 8.1 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst Atrium
8.3 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge
The Mystery Lights - TRACKLISTING01. Intro
02. Follow Me Home
03. Flowers In My Hair, Demons In My Head
04. Too Many Girls
05. Without Me
06. Melt
07. Candlelight
08. 21 & Counting
09. Too Tough To Bear
10. Before My Own
11. What Happens When You Turn The Devil Down
LINKS
Soundcloud
Bandcamp
The Devil Makes Three Announces 'Redemption & Ruin' Out Aug 26th + Tour
THE DEVIL MAKES THREE ANNOUNCEREDEMPTION & RUINOUT AUGUST 26TH ON NEW WEST RECORDS
Featuring Emmylou Harris, Tim O'Brien, Jerry Douglas, Darrell Scott & Duane Eddy
Fresh off a sold-out headlining show at Red Rocks Amphitheater, The Devil Makes Three is proud to announce their new album, Redemption & Ruin set for release August 26th on New West Records. The album, alongside pre-sale tickets for the dates listed below, will be available digitally, on CD, and on vinyl. Click here to purchase. Today the band shares the first track off the forthcoming record, "Drunken Hearted Man" by Mississippi blues ghost Robert Johnson. "As the title suggests, the new album features songs with a dark, gospel tinge and tracks about vice and heartbreak," said the Wall Street Journal.
LISTEN TO "DRUNKEN HEARTED MAN" HERECLEARED TO POST
Redemption & Ruin is a concept project of 12 hand-picked songs that bring fans in on the repertoire and legacy that have inspired The Devil Makes Three from before they founded the band. Divided in to two sides, the subjects of "redemption" and "ruin" are explored through various works by Muddy Waters, Tampa Red, Townes Van Zandt, Tom Waits, Hank Williams, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson to name a few and The Devil Makes Three's interpretations of these songs also feature an all-star cast of guest stars like Emmylou Harris, Tim O'Brien, Jerry Douglas, Darrell Scott and guitar great Duane Eddy. Pete, Cooper and Lucia's mutual love of these songs, their exploration of the human condition and the therapeutic keening of the blues melodies has been found throughout their albums of original material but here onRedemption & Ruin their bringing listeners directly to the source point of their inspiration. A very special Redemption & Ruin themed Pandora Mixtape will launch mid-next week. The mixtape is comprised not only of the original versions of the songs covered on Redemption and Ruin, but also the will shed light on some of the band's other influences and songwriting heroes.
The Devil Makes Three have been simplistically tagged as everything from punk to bluegrass to rockabilly, but one sweaty show will dispel and clarify; They know their tradition, but really what they do is throw down. In the bands nearly 15 years together they've played just about every well worn bar and theatre in America and have quietly built such a massive following that they now headline amphitheaters and festivals and sell thousands of tickets a night. They'll head back out on the road this fall in support of the new album with over 40 North American shows planned. Highlights include a return to the Wiltern in Los Angeles on January 6th and multiple night stints in Seattle, Portland, Santa Cruz and San Diego.
TDM3 at Red Rocks Amphitheater on May 27th. Photo Credit: David Novin
The Devil Makes Three will be conducting an exclusive pre-sale for all the dates bolded below beginning Monday, June 13 @ 10 AM Central Time. Be sure to check thedevilmakesthree.com to snap up tickets as early as two weeks prior to the general on-sale.
TOUR DATESJun 24 - Southside Festival - Neuhausen, GermanyJun 25 - Hurricane Festival - Scheefsel, Germany Jun 26 - Pijnackerplein Festival - Rotterdam, NetherlandsJun 27 - Paradiso - Amsterdam, NetherlandsJun 29 - Divan Du Monde - Paris, FranceJun 30 - Exil - Zurich, SwitzerlandJul 01 - Strom - Munich, GermanyJul 03 - Just Like Heaven Festival - Padova, ItalyJul 04 - Lo Fi - Milan, ItalyJul 05 - B72 - Vienna, AustriaJul 06 - Futurmn - Prague, Czech RepublicJul 08 - La Peniche - Lilli, FranceJul 09 - SJOCK Festival - Anstwerp, BelgiumJul 11 - Luxor - Cologne, GermanyJul 12 - Lido - Berlin, GermanyJul 13 - Schlaschthof - Wiesbaden, GermanyJul 15 - Garage - London, UKJul 16 - The Deaf Institute - Manchester, UKJul 17 - King Tut's Wah Wah Hug - Glasgow, UKJul 18 - Whelan's - Dublin, IrelandSept 18-18 - Freshgrass Festival - North Adams, MASept 22 - The Warehouse - Fairfield, CTSept 23 - Lupos Heartbreak Hotel - Providence, RISept 24 - State Theater - Portland, MESept 25 - Virgin Mobile Corona Theatre - Montreal, QB CanadaSept 28 - Opera House - Toronto, ON CanadaSept 29 - Newport Music Hall - Columbus, OHSept 30 - The Bluebird - Bloomington, INOct 01 - Roots N Blues BBQ Fest - Columbia, MOOct 02 - Wooly's - Des Moines, IAOct 05 - The Wilma - Missoula, MTOct 06 - Shadowbox SoDo - Seattle, WAOct 07 - Shadowbox SoDo - Seattle, WAOct 08 - Roseland Theater - Portland, OROct 09 -Roseland Theater - Portland, OROct 12 - Knitting Factory - Boise, IDOct 13 - Pink Garter Theatre - Jackson Hole, WYOct 14 - The Depot - Salt Lake City, UTOct 15 - Riverwalk - Breckenridge, CODec 28 - Veteran's Memorial Amphitheater - Grass Valley, CADec 30 - The Catalyst - Santa Cruz, CADec 31 - The Catalyst - Santa Cruz, CAJan 04 - Observatory North Park - San Diego, CAJan 05 - Observatory North Park - San Diego, CAJan 06- The Wiltern Theater - Los Angeles, CAJan 07 - The Marquee Theatre - Tempe, AZJan 08 - Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque, NMJan 11 - ACM at UCU - Oklahoma City, OKJan 12 - Granada - Dallas, TXJan 13 - Emo's - Austin, TXJan 14 - White Oak Music Hall - Houston, TXJan 15 - House of Blues - New Orleans, LAJan 18 - 20th Century - Cincinnati, OHJan 20 - Orpheum Theater - Madison, WIJan 21 - Riviera Theatre - Chicago, ILJan 22 - St. Andrew's Hall - Detroit, MIJan 25 - Anthology - Rochester, NYJan 26 - House of Blues - Boston, MAJan 27 - Terminal 5 - New York, NYJan 28 - Theatre of The Living Arts - Philadelphia, PAJan 29 - Jefferson Theater - Charlottesville, VAFeb 01 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NCFeb 02 - Music Farm - Charleston, SCFeb 03 - Venue TBA - Atlanta, GAFeb 04 - Cannery Ballroom - Nashville, TN
Featuring Emmylou Harris, Tim O'Brien, Jerry Douglas, Darrell Scott & Duane Eddy
Fresh off a sold-out headlining show at Red Rocks Amphitheater, The Devil Makes Three is proud to announce their new album, Redemption & Ruin set for release August 26th on New West Records. The album, alongside pre-sale tickets for the dates listed below, will be available digitally, on CD, and on vinyl. Click here to purchase. Today the band shares the first track off the forthcoming record, "Drunken Hearted Man" by Mississippi blues ghost Robert Johnson. "As the title suggests, the new album features songs with a dark, gospel tinge and tracks about vice and heartbreak," said the Wall Street Journal.
LISTEN TO "DRUNKEN HEARTED MAN" HERECLEARED TO POST
Redemption & Ruin is a concept project of 12 hand-picked songs that bring fans in on the repertoire and legacy that have inspired The Devil Makes Three from before they founded the band. Divided in to two sides, the subjects of "redemption" and "ruin" are explored through various works by Muddy Waters, Tampa Red, Townes Van Zandt, Tom Waits, Hank Williams, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson to name a few and The Devil Makes Three's interpretations of these songs also feature an all-star cast of guest stars like Emmylou Harris, Tim O'Brien, Jerry Douglas, Darrell Scott and guitar great Duane Eddy. Pete, Cooper and Lucia's mutual love of these songs, their exploration of the human condition and the therapeutic keening of the blues melodies has been found throughout their albums of original material but here onRedemption & Ruin their bringing listeners directly to the source point of their inspiration. A very special Redemption & Ruin themed Pandora Mixtape will launch mid-next week. The mixtape is comprised not only of the original versions of the songs covered on Redemption and Ruin, but also the will shed light on some of the band's other influences and songwriting heroes.
The Devil Makes Three have been simplistically tagged as everything from punk to bluegrass to rockabilly, but one sweaty show will dispel and clarify; They know their tradition, but really what they do is throw down. In the bands nearly 15 years together they've played just about every well worn bar and theatre in America and have quietly built such a massive following that they now headline amphitheaters and festivals and sell thousands of tickets a night. They'll head back out on the road this fall in support of the new album with over 40 North American shows planned. Highlights include a return to the Wiltern in Los Angeles on January 6th and multiple night stints in Seattle, Portland, Santa Cruz and San Diego.
TDM3 at Red Rocks Amphitheater on May 27th. Photo Credit: David NovinThe Devil Makes Three will be conducting an exclusive pre-sale for all the dates bolded below beginning Monday, June 13 @ 10 AM Central Time. Be sure to check thedevilmakesthree.com to snap up tickets as early as two weeks prior to the general on-sale.
TOUR DATESJun 24 - Southside Festival - Neuhausen, GermanyJun 25 - Hurricane Festival - Scheefsel, Germany Jun 26 - Pijnackerplein Festival - Rotterdam, NetherlandsJun 27 - Paradiso - Amsterdam, NetherlandsJun 29 - Divan Du Monde - Paris, FranceJun 30 - Exil - Zurich, SwitzerlandJul 01 - Strom - Munich, GermanyJul 03 - Just Like Heaven Festival - Padova, ItalyJul 04 - Lo Fi - Milan, ItalyJul 05 - B72 - Vienna, AustriaJul 06 - Futurmn - Prague, Czech RepublicJul 08 - La Peniche - Lilli, FranceJul 09 - SJOCK Festival - Anstwerp, BelgiumJul 11 - Luxor - Cologne, GermanyJul 12 - Lido - Berlin, GermanyJul 13 - Schlaschthof - Wiesbaden, GermanyJul 15 - Garage - London, UKJul 16 - The Deaf Institute - Manchester, UKJul 17 - King Tut's Wah Wah Hug - Glasgow, UKJul 18 - Whelan's - Dublin, IrelandSept 18-18 - Freshgrass Festival - North Adams, MASept 22 - The Warehouse - Fairfield, CTSept 23 - Lupos Heartbreak Hotel - Providence, RISept 24 - State Theater - Portland, MESept 25 - Virgin Mobile Corona Theatre - Montreal, QB CanadaSept 28 - Opera House - Toronto, ON CanadaSept 29 - Newport Music Hall - Columbus, OHSept 30 - The Bluebird - Bloomington, INOct 01 - Roots N Blues BBQ Fest - Columbia, MOOct 02 - Wooly's - Des Moines, IAOct 05 - The Wilma - Missoula, MTOct 06 - Shadowbox SoDo - Seattle, WAOct 07 - Shadowbox SoDo - Seattle, WAOct 08 - Roseland Theater - Portland, OROct 09 -Roseland Theater - Portland, OROct 12 - Knitting Factory - Boise, IDOct 13 - Pink Garter Theatre - Jackson Hole, WYOct 14 - The Depot - Salt Lake City, UTOct 15 - Riverwalk - Breckenridge, CODec 28 - Veteran's Memorial Amphitheater - Grass Valley, CADec 30 - The Catalyst - Santa Cruz, CADec 31 - The Catalyst - Santa Cruz, CAJan 04 - Observatory North Park - San Diego, CAJan 05 - Observatory North Park - San Diego, CAJan 06- The Wiltern Theater - Los Angeles, CAJan 07 - The Marquee Theatre - Tempe, AZJan 08 - Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque, NMJan 11 - ACM at UCU - Oklahoma City, OKJan 12 - Granada - Dallas, TXJan 13 - Emo's - Austin, TXJan 14 - White Oak Music Hall - Houston, TXJan 15 - House of Blues - New Orleans, LAJan 18 - 20th Century - Cincinnati, OHJan 20 - Orpheum Theater - Madison, WIJan 21 - Riviera Theatre - Chicago, ILJan 22 - St. Andrew's Hall - Detroit, MIJan 25 - Anthology - Rochester, NYJan 26 - House of Blues - Boston, MAJan 27 - Terminal 5 - New York, NYJan 28 - Theatre of The Living Arts - Philadelphia, PAJan 29 - Jefferson Theater - Charlottesville, VAFeb 01 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NCFeb 02 - Music Farm - Charleston, SCFeb 03 - Venue TBA - Atlanta, GAFeb 04 - Cannery Ballroom - Nashville, TN
Wimps share music video for "Old Guy" and West Coast tour dates
WIMPS RELEASE VIDEO FOR “OLD GUY”,
ANNOUNCE WEST COAST TOUR DATES
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “OLD GUY” AT TINY MIX TAPES
STREAM WIMPS ALBUM SUITCASE AT BANDCAMP
“Almost-catchier-than-the-Beatles” - The Stranger
“Seattle trio Wimps channel all of the soul-crushing minutiae of our everyday
lives into deceptively sad, yet infectious punk rock.” - Noisey
Seattle, WA punks WIMPS are following up appearances at this year’s Sasquatch Music Festival andBridgetown Comedy Festival by releasing the Marcy Stone-Francois directed video for the song “Old Guy” off of their 2015 album Suitcase . Join them as they embark on an adventurous evening of leaving the house that culminates in a dance-off between Rachel and her inner old-guy. Who will bust the most moves and receive the night life crown? Can people under 30 be trusted? Watch and discover for yourself!
In other Wimps news, the band's recent live performance on WFMU's Evan "Funk" Davies show is now available to download at the Free Music Archive! Wimps tour dates
06/24 Portland, OR @ American Legion Post 134 w/ Mope Grooves, Honey Bucket, Marcy’s Band
06/25 Reno, NV @ Holland Project w/ Arizona Young, Moons of Vega tickets
06/26 Sacramento, CA @ Press Club w/ Grave Lake, Boy Romeo
06/27 Los Angeles, CA @ The Virgil Hot Tub w/ Kurt and Kristen w/ Kurt Braunohler, Kristen Schaal, more tickets
06/28 Los Angeles, CA @ Ham & Eggs
06/29 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar w/ Katie Von Schlieicher tickets
06/30 Hanford, CA @ Fatte Alberta’s Pizza w/ Sci-Fi Caper
07/01 San Francisco, CA @ Thee Parkside w/ Violence Creeps, Baus, Mane tickets
07/02 Eugene, OR @ The Boreal w/ VCR, Critical Shakes
07/11 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile w/ Boss Hog tickets
ANNOUNCE WEST COAST TOUR DATES
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “OLD GUY” AT TINY MIX TAPES
STREAM WIMPS ALBUM SUITCASE AT BANDCAMP
“Almost-catchier-than-the-Beatles” - The Stranger
“Seattle trio Wimps channel all of the soul-crushing minutiae of our everyday
lives into deceptively sad, yet infectious punk rock.” - Noisey
Seattle, WA punks WIMPS are following up appearances at this year’s Sasquatch Music Festival andBridgetown Comedy Festival by releasing the Marcy Stone-Francois directed video for the song “Old Guy” off of their 2015 album Suitcase . Join them as they embark on an adventurous evening of leaving the house that culminates in a dance-off between Rachel and her inner old-guy. Who will bust the most moves and receive the night life crown? Can people under 30 be trusted? Watch and discover for yourself!
In other Wimps news, the band's recent live performance on WFMU's Evan "Funk" Davies show is now available to download at the Free Music Archive! Wimps tour dates
06/24 Portland, OR @ American Legion Post 134 w/ Mope Grooves, Honey Bucket, Marcy’s Band
06/25 Reno, NV @ Holland Project w/ Arizona Young, Moons of Vega tickets
06/26 Sacramento, CA @ Press Club w/ Grave Lake, Boy Romeo
06/27 Los Angeles, CA @ The Virgil Hot Tub w/ Kurt and Kristen w/ Kurt Braunohler, Kristen Schaal, more tickets
06/28 Los Angeles, CA @ Ham & Eggs
06/29 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar w/ Katie Von Schlieicher tickets
06/30 Hanford, CA @ Fatte Alberta’s Pizza w/ Sci-Fi Caper
07/01 San Francisco, CA @ Thee Parkside w/ Violence Creeps, Baus, Mane tickets
07/02 Eugene, OR @ The Boreal w/ VCR, Critical Shakes
07/11 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile w/ Boss Hog tickets
