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January 8, 2016
Basia Bulat's "Fool" Premieres Today
BASIA BULAT’S “FOOL” PREMIERES TODAY TO PLAY TIBET HOUSE BENEFIT AT CARNEGIE HALL FEBRUARY 22
GOOD ADVICE OUT FEBRUARY 12 ON SECRET CITY RECORDSPRODUCED BY JIM JAMES OF MY MORNING JACKETNORTH AMERICAN TOUR KICKS OFF FEBRUARY 18 “Bulat has a singular voice, with a confident yet vulnerable tone, and she sings with an impassioned yearning that suggests the vast wilderness of her homeland.”—The New Yorker“The…troubadour combines a shivery grace with a haunting intensity.”—USA Today“Nods to Fleetwood Mac and early Joni Mitchell.”—The New York Times“Fool,” the second track from Juno and Polaris Prize-nominated artist Basia Bulat’s forthcoming Good Advice, premieres today, stream it here and download it here. In addition to her previously announced North American headline tour, Bulat will play the 26th annual Tibet House benefit at Carnegie Hall on February 22. The dates come in the midst of a run celebrating the release of, Good Advice, out February 12 on Secret City Records. Further shows include March 1 in Los Angeles, March 29 in Washington, D.C. and another night in New York April 1.Bulat is set to tape in-studio sessions with tastemaker stations WFUV and WXPN, set to run later this year. “Infamous,” the first single from the new album, has been streamed more than 370,000 times in the weeks since its release. Listen here.Bulat teamed up with friend and collaborator Jim James of My Morning Jacket on the album’s production, driving 600 miles from her home in Montreal to La La Land recording studio in James’ hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. Bulat originally met James backstage at the Austin City Limits music festival; the two reconnected when she toured with him in the summer of 2013 and became friends. Good Advice is a departure from Bulat’s previous work, with her voice backed up by drums, bass, electric guitar and keys. James plays electric guitar, synth, saxophone and bass on the album; further Louisville guests including members of Houndmouth, Twin Limb, Seth Kauffman of Floating Action and more also join Bulat.“Pop songs can take all those big statements and those big feelings that you have,” Bulat says. “You don't need to necessarily have everything so detailed because everybody understands. Everybody understands those feelings.”“Basia has something truly unique,” says James. The duo recorded the album over several visits Bulat made to Kentucky. “I knew immediately that it was the exact right place to be,” says Bulat. “To go so far from home, then to find that it felt like home.” Of the sessions, James recalls, “The entire process was so amazing. Hearing her voice just exploding out of her soul brought us all to tears in the control room. Watching Basia come out of her shell with great power was an extraordinary thing to witness.”Good Advice follows Bulat’s critically acclaimed Juno and Polaris Music Prize-nominated 2013 release, Tall Tall Shadow, which The Line of Best Fit calls “a brilliant and engaging pop record” and the Austin Chronicle praises for its “lovely, spectral musing that balances indulgence with homespun tendencies.” In the two years since, Bulat has played shows across North America and Europe with Sufjan Stevens, Destroyer, Daniel Lanois, Bahamas and more.Since the release of her debut album, Oh My Darling, Bulat has shared the stage with artists including Arcade Fire, The National, Nick Cave, St. Vincent, Beirut, Andrew Bird, Tune-Yards, Sondre Lerche, The Tallest Man on Earth, The Head and the Heart, Owen Pallett, Devotchka and many more. Known for her talents on little-known instruments including the autoharp and charango, Bulat has also been tapped for tributes to Leonard Cohen and The Band. BASIA BULAT LIVEFebruary 18 Montreal, QC Club SodaFebruary 19 Toronto, ON Virgin Mobile Mod ClubFebruary 22 New York, NY Carnegie HallFebruary 26 Seattle, WA BarbozaFebruary 27 Portland, OR Doug Fir LoungeFebruary 29 San Francisco, CA The ChapelMarch 1 Los Angeles, CA Bootleg TheaterMarch 2 San Diego, CA CasbahMarch 3 Phoenix, AZ Rebel LoungeMarch 5 Denver, CO Larimer LoungeMarch 7 Omaha, NE The Waiting RoomMarch 8 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural CenterMarch 9 Madison, WI High Noon SaloonMarch 10 Milwaukee, WI Colectivo CoffeeMarch 11 Chicago, IL Lincoln HallMarch 12 St. Louis, MO Off BroadwayMarch 13 Kansas City, MO Riot RoomMarch 14 Norman, OK The OpolisMarch 21 Dallas, TX Three LinksMarch 22 Birmingham, AL SaturnMarch 23 Decatur, GA Eddie’s AtticMarch 24 Nashville, TN The High WattMarch 26 Asheville, NC Grey EagleMarch 28 Raleigh, NC KingsMarch 29 Washington, D.C. Rock & Roll HotelMarch 30 Philadelphia, PA Boot & SaddleApril 1 New York, NY Bowery BallroomApril 2 Cambridge, MA The SinclairApril 3 Portland, ME One Longfellow Square April 4 South Burlington, VT Higher Ground Lounge
CHAIRLIFT RELEASES THIRD TRACK “CRYING IN PUBLIC” FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM MOTH
CHAIRLIFT RELEASES THIRD TRACK “CRYING IN PUBLIC” FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM MOTH;
PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE NOW
MOTH TO RELEASE VIA COLUMBIA RECORDS ON
JANUARY 22ND
(Columbia Records; New York, NY; January 8, 2016) Chairlift is proud to announce the release of their new song “Crying In Public.” The stunning track showcases Caroline Polachek’s halting vocals over a smooth yet layered beat complete with synth and measured drums. “Crying In Public” serves as the third offering from their forthcoming album Moth, which is now available for pre-order on all digital sales providers.
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/MothAmazon
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/MothAlbum
Spotify: http://smarturl.it/ChairliftSpotify
Says Caroline Polachek, "'Crying In Public' was written about a kind of moment familiar to many New Yorkers, where you’re caught up in all these anxieties that seem huge, and then the smallest gesture from someone who loves you can stop you dead in your tracks, all the bullshit falls away, and you’re suddenly humbled by how overwhelmingly beautiful the world is. It’s the closest Patrick and I have ever come to writing a devotional."
The track, which follows the much-lauded “Ch-Ching” and “Romeo,” both of which were named Best New Music by Pitchfork, was premiered on Rookie and is currently available on all digital sales providers. “Crying In Public,” alongside “Romeo” and “Ch-Ching” can be found on the forthcoming album Moth, which releases both physically and digitally on January 22, 2016 via Columbia Records.
Track list for Moth:
Look Up
Polymorphing
Romeo
Ch-Ching
Crying In Public
Ottawa to Osaka
Moth To The Flame
Show U Off
Unfinished Business
No Such Thing As Illusion
In support of Moth, Chairlift will perform two special concerts during release week. Chairlift will perform in Los Angeles at the Teragram Ballroom on January 23rd and in New York City at the National Sawdust on January 26th. Additionally, Chairlift has added two shows in the Northeast: fans can now see Chairlift perform in Boston, MA on January 20th and in Hamden, CT on January 21st.
An evolution from their last album, 2012’s Something, Moth proves to be an emotionally uninhibited and markedly stronger, more pop inspired body of work. A very New York City inspired album, listeners can expect to be led through an aural mix of big, rich pop inspired hooks, vibrating bass, lively brass and sensuous R&B inspired vocals, all anchored in the duo’s meticulously crafted instrumentation.
Visit http://chairlifted.com for additional album and show information.
Credit: Tim Barber
PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE NOW
MOTH TO RELEASE VIA COLUMBIA RECORDS ON
JANUARY 22ND
(Columbia Records; New York, NY; January 8, 2016) Chairlift is proud to announce the release of their new song “Crying In Public.” The stunning track showcases Caroline Polachek’s halting vocals over a smooth yet layered beat complete with synth and measured drums. “Crying In Public” serves as the third offering from their forthcoming album Moth, which is now available for pre-order on all digital sales providers. Amazon: http://smarturl.it/MothAmazon
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/MothAlbum
Spotify: http://smarturl.it/ChairliftSpotify
Says Caroline Polachek, "'Crying In Public' was written about a kind of moment familiar to many New Yorkers, where you’re caught up in all these anxieties that seem huge, and then the smallest gesture from someone who loves you can stop you dead in your tracks, all the bullshit falls away, and you’re suddenly humbled by how overwhelmingly beautiful the world is. It’s the closest Patrick and I have ever come to writing a devotional."
The track, which follows the much-lauded “Ch-Ching” and “Romeo,” both of which were named Best New Music by Pitchfork, was premiered on Rookie and is currently available on all digital sales providers. “Crying In Public,” alongside “Romeo” and “Ch-Ching” can be found on the forthcoming album Moth, which releases both physically and digitally on January 22, 2016 via Columbia Records.
Track list for Moth:
Look Up
Polymorphing
Romeo
Ch-Ching
Crying In Public
Ottawa to Osaka
Moth To The Flame
Show U Off
Unfinished Business
No Such Thing As Illusion
In support of Moth, Chairlift will perform two special concerts during release week. Chairlift will perform in Los Angeles at the Teragram Ballroom on January 23rd and in New York City at the National Sawdust on January 26th. Additionally, Chairlift has added two shows in the Northeast: fans can now see Chairlift perform in Boston, MA on January 20th and in Hamden, CT on January 21st.
An evolution from their last album, 2012’s Something, Moth proves to be an emotionally uninhibited and markedly stronger, more pop inspired body of work. A very New York City inspired album, listeners can expect to be led through an aural mix of big, rich pop inspired hooks, vibrating bass, lively brass and sensuous R&B inspired vocals, all anchored in the duo’s meticulously crafted instrumentation.
Visit http://chairlifted.com for additional album and show information.
Credit: Tim Barber
7 Year BItch Share 'Live at Moe' Album Stream
7 Year Bitch
Hear First Album In Nearly 20 Years Live at Moe Streaming In Full w/ PAPER Magazine , Released January 15th via MOE Recordings
Seattle’s EMP Museum Hosts Live Interview & Signing, Jan 17
Photo Credit: Tanya Nixx
" ...12 tracks that demonstrate their guttural, pummeling sound in an intimate, divey live setting."– Billboard
“Stacked amongst contemporaries, L7, Babes in Toyland and Jack Off Jill, 7 Year Bitch was heavy, no-bullshit punk. Live at Moe provides a documentation of their intensity, their inescapable rage and undeniable, blood-curdling sludge.”– BUST
“Fast, funny and never completely satisfied, 7 Year Bitch epitomize their genre and make a noise like no one else.” – Rolling Stone, 1994
“The four-piece stops sexist shitheads cold with a double shot of super sharp riffs and extra-large egos that doesn’t leave any room for sniveling about male superiority in the scene or anywhere else.” – SPIN Magazine, 1994
“Hollywood’s best screenwriters couldn’t invent a more perfect punk band for the ‘90s than Seattle’s 7 Year Bitch.” – The Los Angeles Times, 1994
“7 Year Bitch is a band that will outlast the current ‘girl with guitar’ chic” – The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1994
Seattle's legendary punk band, 7 Year Bitch will release their first album in nearly 20 years next Friday, January 15 via MOE Recordings. Live at Moe is a live concert recorded in 1996 at Seattle’s Club MOE. The record rips through a career-spanning set which includes ferocious live renditions of audience favorites “The Scratch”, “Lorna”, and “M.I.A.”, as well as deeper cuts such as “Crying Shame” and “The Midst”. Today, the band is thrilled to share the Live at Moe full album stream which premiered with PAPER Magazine . We encourage you to post & share.
7 Year Bitch was, from the very beginning, hell bent on carving their own distinct path. For an intimate experience with the feminist trailblazers, 7 Year Bitch joins EMP for a live interview and Live at Moe album signing on Sunday, January 17th. The event is free and all ages. Full details here .
Recently discovered in the vaults, the never before heard Live at Moe recordings not only serves as a testament to the band’s riveting, raw and electric energy, but also to the diversity of the 7 Year Bitch catalog. Formed by drummer Valerie Agnew, vocalist Selene Vigil-Wilk, guitarist Stefanie Sargent and bassist Elizabeth Davis- Simpson, the album features the classic 7 Year Bitch lineup with Roisin Dunne on guitar, and was produced by Scott Blum.
Live at Moe will be released on CD, digitally and limited edition 180 gram red & black split vinyl. Pre-Order is available now.
Hear First Album In Nearly 20 Years Live at Moe Streaming In Full w/ PAPER Magazine , Released January 15th via MOE Recordings
Seattle’s EMP Museum Hosts Live Interview & Signing, Jan 17
Photo Credit: Tanya Nixx" ...12 tracks that demonstrate their guttural, pummeling sound in an intimate, divey live setting."– Billboard
“Stacked amongst contemporaries, L7, Babes in Toyland and Jack Off Jill, 7 Year Bitch was heavy, no-bullshit punk. Live at Moe provides a documentation of their intensity, their inescapable rage and undeniable, blood-curdling sludge.”– BUST
“Fast, funny and never completely satisfied, 7 Year Bitch epitomize their genre and make a noise like no one else.” – Rolling Stone, 1994
“The four-piece stops sexist shitheads cold with a double shot of super sharp riffs and extra-large egos that doesn’t leave any room for sniveling about male superiority in the scene or anywhere else.” – SPIN Magazine, 1994
“Hollywood’s best screenwriters couldn’t invent a more perfect punk band for the ‘90s than Seattle’s 7 Year Bitch.” – The Los Angeles Times, 1994
“7 Year Bitch is a band that will outlast the current ‘girl with guitar’ chic” – The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1994
Seattle's legendary punk band, 7 Year Bitch will release their first album in nearly 20 years next Friday, January 15 via MOE Recordings. Live at Moe is a live concert recorded in 1996 at Seattle’s Club MOE. The record rips through a career-spanning set which includes ferocious live renditions of audience favorites “The Scratch”, “Lorna”, and “M.I.A.”, as well as deeper cuts such as “Crying Shame” and “The Midst”. Today, the band is thrilled to share the Live at Moe full album stream which premiered with PAPER Magazine . We encourage you to post & share.
7 Year Bitch was, from the very beginning, hell bent on carving their own distinct path. For an intimate experience with the feminist trailblazers, 7 Year Bitch joins EMP for a live interview and Live at Moe album signing on Sunday, January 17th. The event is free and all ages. Full details here .
Recently discovered in the vaults, the never before heard Live at Moe recordings not only serves as a testament to the band’s riveting, raw and electric energy, but also to the diversity of the 7 Year Bitch catalog. Formed by drummer Valerie Agnew, vocalist Selene Vigil-Wilk, guitarist Stefanie Sargent and bassist Elizabeth Davis- Simpson, the album features the classic 7 Year Bitch lineup with Roisin Dunne on guitar, and was produced by Scott Blum.
Live at Moe will be released on CD, digitally and limited edition 180 gram red & black split vinyl. Pre-Order is available now.
January 7, 2016
The Dandy Warhols share new song "You Are Killing Me". Sign to Dine Alone Records
The Dandy Warhols Share New Track "You Are Killing Me"
Sign To Dine Alone Records
Today The Dandy Warhols announce they've signed with Dine Alone Records and have unveiled "You Are Killing Me" - their first taste of new music since 2012's This Machine.
We dare you not to play this on repeat all day.
LISTEN / SHARE "You Are Killing Me"
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Signing to Dine Alone Records was a highlight of 2015 for The Dandy Warhols. Added to that the band closed out the year with a packed-to-capacity tour of the West Coast and South which included a three-night stint at Los Angeles' Teregram Ballroom.
Formed in Portland, Oregon, The Dandy Warhols consist of members Courtney Taylor (vocals, guitar), Zia McCabe (keyboards), Peter Holmstrom (guitar), and Brent DeBoer (drums).
"You Are Killing Me" will be available on iTunes, Spotify and all digital retailers Friday, January 8th.
The Dandy Warhols Live Dates:
1/7: Niceto Club - Buenos Aires, AR1/9: Festival en Orbita - Santiago, CL5/29: Sound City - Liverpool, UK
....More to come.
Sign To Dine Alone Records
Today The Dandy Warhols announce they've signed with Dine Alone Records and have unveiled "You Are Killing Me" - their first taste of new music since 2012's This Machine.
We dare you not to play this on repeat all day.
LISTEN / SHARE "You Are Killing Me"
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Signing to Dine Alone Records was a highlight of 2015 for The Dandy Warhols. Added to that the band closed out the year with a packed-to-capacity tour of the West Coast and South which included a three-night stint at Los Angeles' Teregram Ballroom.
Formed in Portland, Oregon, The Dandy Warhols consist of members Courtney Taylor (vocals, guitar), Zia McCabe (keyboards), Peter Holmstrom (guitar), and Brent DeBoer (drums).
"You Are Killing Me" will be available on iTunes, Spotify and all digital retailers Friday, January 8th.
The Dandy Warhols Live Dates:
1/7: Niceto Club - Buenos Aires, AR1/9: Festival en Orbita - Santiago, CL5/29: Sound City - Liverpool, UK
....More to come.
DANGER MOUSE’S “30TH CENTURY RECORDS COMPILATION VOLUME I” AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE NOW
DANGER MOUSE’S“30TH CENTURY RECORDS COMPILATION VOLUME I”
AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE NOW
DOWNLOAD
(for review only)iTUNES | SPOTIFY
World-renowed artist, songwriter and producer Danger Mouse has introduced his eclectic new label, 30th Century Records (an imprint in collaboration with Columbia Records), with the release of 30th Century Records Compilation Volume I . The album, which was compiled by Danger Mouse and features eleven tracks of guitar-based brilliance from the likes of Dan Auerbach’s The Arcs, Autolux, Sam Cohen and more, is available everywhere now.
Says Danger Mouse: There are lots of under the radar bands making great modern, psychedelic music. For this first compilation, I selected artists I’ve recently discovered and wanted to spotlight right now.
MORE ABOUT 30TH CENTURY RECORDS ARTISTS…
This week, Autolux announced performances at this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The enigmatic Los Angeles-based trio will release their third album and embark on a headline tour this spring, more details will be revealed later this month.
Today, Sam Cohen (formerly of Apollo Sunshine and Yellowbirds) announced he will joinWhite Denim on their upcoming tour, kicking off March 24 in Denver, CO.
30th Century Records is home to Autolux, Sam Cohen, Waterstrider, Maybird, Nine Pound Shadow, and Apache Sun.
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LISTEN/WATCH…
NPR’s All Songs +1: Danger Mouse Is Starting His Own Record Label
Apple Beats 1 with Zane Lowe
KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic
Nine Pound Shadow’s “Melody” Official Music Video
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PRESS ARE SAYING…
On the dusty, fuzzed-out rocker, the Black Keys singer guides his new project through the atmospheric, Morricone-inspired landscapes that are staples of Danger Mouse's work, as the track marches along toward a pulverizing guitar solo.
–Rolling Stone, on The Arcs’ “Fools Gold”
A dreamy slice of pop, built on subtle guitar moans groaning underneath piano chords slowly plinking out like a barroom pianist at the end of the night.
–Consequence of Sound, on Autolux’s “Change My Head”
A scuzzy, lovely track.
-FADER, on Nine Pound Shadow’s “Melody”
Fuzzed-out soulful psych with beats.
-DJ Mag on Sam Cohen’s “Loose Your Illusion”
A spaghetti-western swagger that already feels authentic and smartly observer.
-Uncut, on Apache Sun’s “Club Noir”
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30th Century Records Compilation Volume I:
1. Apache Sun - Club Noir
2. Maybird - Big Sun Explosion
3. Autolux - Change My Head
4. Paper Morning - Mad As A Hat
5. Waterstrider - Soundless Sea
6. Sam Cohen - Lose Your Illusion
7. The Arcs - Fools Gold
8. Nine Pound Shadow - Melody
9. Bike - Enigma Do Dente Falso
10. Big Search - Please Do Not Explain
11. Jock Gang - Tell Me About It
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Yeasayer Announces New Album, Watch "I Am Chemistry" Video
YEASAYER
ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM
AMEN & GOODBYE
LISTEN + WATCH LEAD TRACK “I AM CHEMISTRY”
Photo credit: Eliot Lee HazelMute is ecstatic to announce that Amen & Goodbye, the fourth studio album from Brooklyn-based band Yeasayer, will be released worldwide on April 1, 2016.
Today, Yeasayer offers a peek into the world of Amen & Goodbye with ‘I Am Chemistry,’ the first track to be heard from their highly anticipated forthcoming album. Featuring guest vocals from the legendary folk singer Suzzy Roche of The Roches, ‘I Am Chemistry’ is a linear psychedelic journey proving Yeasayer still has the knack for writing very odd pop songs.
To visually interpret the album, Yeasayer collaborated with renowned sculptor David Altmejd (whose artwork is a major influence on the band) to create the gatefold artwork. The teasers released prior to ‘I Am Chemistry’ contained some of the sculptures Altmejd created while listening to the bands new album. This was a dream come true for the band and the full artwork (to be revealed later) is utterly spectacular. Watch the teasers here: http://www.yeasayer.xyz/
"I Am Chemistry" Single ArtworkMelding the song and vision of Yeasayer and Altmejd, director group New Team Ltd have created the music video for ‘I Am Chemistry.’ Yes, it’s as odd and fantastic as you’d expect from a Yeasayer music video. Viewers will enjoy a cosmonaut giving birth, dancing statue children, landscapes strewn with disfigured monuments, poisonous pod plants, and neon caves.
Watch the video for ‘I Am Chemistry’ here: http://po.st/YeasayerIAmChemYT
Amen & Goodbye is the follow up to 2012’s Fragrant World. Moving away from a digital-heavy approach, Yeasayer recordedAmen & Goodbye to tape at Outlier Inn Studio in upstate New York, then brought on board Joey Waronker (drummer - Atoms For Peace / Beck) to deconstruct everything to make the final document.
Amen & Goodbye features Yeasayer’s trademark sound, without sounding like anything the band has done before. They have created a collection of strange fables from the Bible of a universe that does not yet exist.
Amen & Goodbye Album Artwork AMEN & GOODBYE TRACKLISTING
1 Daughters Of Cain
2 I Am Chemistry
3 Silly Me
4 Half Asleep
5 Dead Sea Scrolls
6 Prophecy Gun
7 Computer Canticle 1
8 Divine Simulacrum
9 Child Prodigy
10 Gerson's Whistle
11 Uma
12 Cold Night
13 Amen & GoodbyeYeasayer will tour in support of Amen & Goodbye - live dates to be announced.
Yeasayer is: Chris Keating, Ira Wolf Tuton and Anand Wilder
ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM
AMEN & GOODBYE
LISTEN + WATCH LEAD TRACK “I AM CHEMISTRY”
Photo credit: Eliot Lee HazelMute is ecstatic to announce that Amen & Goodbye, the fourth studio album from Brooklyn-based band Yeasayer, will be released worldwide on April 1, 2016.
Today, Yeasayer offers a peek into the world of Amen & Goodbye with ‘I Am Chemistry,’ the first track to be heard from their highly anticipated forthcoming album. Featuring guest vocals from the legendary folk singer Suzzy Roche of The Roches, ‘I Am Chemistry’ is a linear psychedelic journey proving Yeasayer still has the knack for writing very odd pop songs.
To visually interpret the album, Yeasayer collaborated with renowned sculptor David Altmejd (whose artwork is a major influence on the band) to create the gatefold artwork. The teasers released prior to ‘I Am Chemistry’ contained some of the sculptures Altmejd created while listening to the bands new album. This was a dream come true for the band and the full artwork (to be revealed later) is utterly spectacular. Watch the teasers here: http://www.yeasayer.xyz/
"I Am Chemistry" Single ArtworkMelding the song and vision of Yeasayer and Altmejd, director group New Team Ltd have created the music video for ‘I Am Chemistry.’ Yes, it’s as odd and fantastic as you’d expect from a Yeasayer music video. Viewers will enjoy a cosmonaut giving birth, dancing statue children, landscapes strewn with disfigured monuments, poisonous pod plants, and neon caves.Watch the video for ‘I Am Chemistry’ here: http://po.st/YeasayerIAmChemYT
Amen & Goodbye is the follow up to 2012’s Fragrant World. Moving away from a digital-heavy approach, Yeasayer recordedAmen & Goodbye to tape at Outlier Inn Studio in upstate New York, then brought on board Joey Waronker (drummer - Atoms For Peace / Beck) to deconstruct everything to make the final document.
Amen & Goodbye features Yeasayer’s trademark sound, without sounding like anything the band has done before. They have created a collection of strange fables from the Bible of a universe that does not yet exist.
Amen & Goodbye Album Artwork AMEN & GOODBYE TRACKLISTING
1 Daughters Of Cain
2 I Am Chemistry
3 Silly Me
4 Half Asleep
5 Dead Sea Scrolls
6 Prophecy Gun
7 Computer Canticle 1
8 Divine Simulacrum
9 Child Prodigy
10 Gerson's Whistle
11 Uma
12 Cold Night
13 Amen & GoodbyeYeasayer will tour in support of Amen & Goodbye - live dates to be announced.
Yeasayer is: Chris Keating, Ira Wolf Tuton and Anand Wilder
Cullen Omori to release 'New Misery' on March 18th + listen to "Cinnamon" (via Pitchfork)
Cullen Omori announces debut record
New Misery
Available worldwide on March 18th
via Sub Pop
Shares 2016 Tour Dates
Watch: “Cinnamon”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0VhpguxyFEOn March 18th, former Smith Western frontman Cullen Omori will release his debut long-player, New Misery, worldwide on CD / LP / DL through Sub Pop Records. The album, which features the highlights “Cinnamon” and “Sour Silk” was recorded by Shane Stoneback (Sleigh Bells, Fucked Up, and Vampire Weekend) at the now defunct Treefort Studios, and was mastered by Emily Lazar (Sia, HAIM, Vampire Weekend, Arcade Fire, and Bjork) at The Lodge.
You can watch the debut video for “Cinnamon” which was directed by Abigail Briley Bean (see Pitchfork News Story January 7th).
Omori began working on solo material in early 2014 which has now fully materialized as New Misery, a collection of 11 songs building upon his own musical past while reaching towards the future of what guitar rock could be. His songs marry dark yet blissful pop with vocal melodies and hooks that are at once immediate yet demand to be heard again and again.
Cullen and his band have scheduled a 4-week spring tour in support of New Misery, which begins March 24th in Chicago, IL at Lincoln Hall and currently ends April 24th in Toronto, ON at the Horseshoe. Preceding the tour is a string of midwestern dates that run from February 3rd in Indianapolis at The Hi Fi through February 5th in Champaign, IL at The Accord. Additionally, Cullen will appear at the 2016 edition of SXSW in Austin, Texas. Please find a list of current tour dates below.
You can now pre-order New Misery through Sub Pop Mega Mart,iTunes, Google Play, Amazon and Bandcamp. LP pre-orders though megamart.subpop.com will receive the limited “Loser” edition on clear vinyl with black, white and gold swirls (while supplies last).
More on Cullen Omori:
Cullen Omori knows it’s a false cliche to say there are no second acts in American lives, but after the 2014 breakup of his acclaimed band the Smith Westerns, living that cliche was his greatest fear. His solo debut New Misery, out March 18 on Sub Pop Records, is a direct challenge to that anxiety: an album that goes beyond the glam punch of the Smith Westerns to new sounds, new sources of inspiration, and greater self-awareness.
“I had this overwhelming feeling that perhaps the apex of my life both as a musician and as an individual would be relegated to five years in my late teens/early 20s,” says Omori, who was launched into the music industry when the Smith Westerns, who started in high school in Chicago, became fast-rising indie stars. “This fear really forced me to work hard as to not see the Smith Westerns as an end but as a point along a bigger trajectory.”
While New Misery grew out of a difficult personal and professional time for Omori, he says the title reflects “not so much the distress that comes with failure, but the troubles and complexities that come with any type of success. No matter what you get you're going to want more, you're going to want something different. That’s the catch.”
The title track is a dreamy, resonant reflection on these feelings, but is also a guidepost for Omori’s musical evolution. “The song starts slow and then builds with two solos,” he says. “There's the guitar solo which is very much a Smith Westerns thing. The next solo is on the keyboard, which is a shift to a lot of what I’m trying to do.” Synths play a much larger role in Omori’s new music than in the Smith Westerns’ guitar-fueled rock, as do a wide range of influences including Roxy Music, INXS, Spiritualized, Wilco, Garbage, Hall & Oates, Kate Bush, U2, and Sparks. There’s also a more deliberate pop streak, inspired by the top-40 radio that would play while Omori worked at a medical supply company cleaning stretchers and wheelchairs.
“There is so much dirt in hospitals and fuzz and lint and dried blood on these things. We’d clean them down, which in a way is kind of therapeutic, and listen to the radio. Then we'd go back to Adam's (Adam Gil, current live band member) house and record demos for what was to become the skeleton of New Misery. I can’t sit down and say I'm going to write a Sam Smith or an Adele song or whatever. The closest I can get to that is making like this weird hybrid of what I think is a pop song.” The strongest example of this is the new wave-tinged single “Cinnamon,” which Omori describes as “dark pop--it's poppy, it's fast, but it also has all the colors and tones that are kind of dark. It’s self-deprecating, which was kind of where I was at emotionally. That, you know, I could have this poppy song or whatever but I don't think I'm a pop star. I'm closer to thinking I'm a piece of shit than I am a pop star.”
Along with Omori, New Misery features additional bass and keyboards from Ryan Mattos, drums from Loren Humphrey, and James Richardson on guitar. But unlike with the more distributed roles within the Smith Westerns, Omori wrote, played, and oversaw nearly every part of the new album, beginning a true new chapter of his long-term creative growth.
“People would be like, ‘Oh man, your band is doing really well. I saw you on the internet.’ But seeing you on the internet isn't equivalent with making hundreds let alone thousands of dollars or being really successful. When I was younger I believed that happiness came from success and now that I’m older, more seasoned I find myself believing that stability over a long time is also its own type of success. I came out of Smith Westerns at 25 with no real job experience, I only knew how to play music. Writing and recording these songs for myself was cathartic, and I didn’t know my destination or future, but picking up my guitar and playing was the only way I knew I’d get close to figuring it out.
Tour Dates
Feb. 03 - Indianapolis, IN - The Hi-Fi
Feb. 04 - Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club
Feb. 05 - Champaign, IL - The Accord
Mar. 24 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
Mar. 25 - Madison, WI - High Noon
Mar. 26 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St. Entry
Mar. 28 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
Mar. 29 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
Mar. 30 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
Apr. 01 - Seattle, WA - Barboza
Apr. 02 - Vancouver, BC - Fortune Sound Club
Apr. 03 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir
Apr. 05 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
Apr. 07 - Los Angeles, CA - Telegram Ballroom
Apr. 08 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
Apr. 09 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
Apr. 11 - Austin, TX - Stubb’s Jr
Apr. 12 - Dallas, TX - Prophet Bar
Apr. 13 - Houston, TX - Raven Tower
Apr. 15 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
Apr. 16 - Nashville, TN - High Watt
Apr. 17 - Columbus, OH - The Basement
Apr. 18 - DC, Washington - DC9
Apr. 19 - Philadelphia, PA - Boot & Saddle
Apr. 21 - Boston, MA - Great Scott
Apr. 22 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
Apr. 24 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
New Misery
Available worldwide on March 18th
via Sub Pop
Shares 2016 Tour Dates
Watch: “Cinnamon”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0VhpguxyFEOn March 18th, former Smith Western frontman Cullen Omori will release his debut long-player, New Misery, worldwide on CD / LP / DL through Sub Pop Records. The album, which features the highlights “Cinnamon” and “Sour Silk” was recorded by Shane Stoneback (Sleigh Bells, Fucked Up, and Vampire Weekend) at the now defunct Treefort Studios, and was mastered by Emily Lazar (Sia, HAIM, Vampire Weekend, Arcade Fire, and Bjork) at The Lodge.
You can watch the debut video for “Cinnamon” which was directed by Abigail Briley Bean (see Pitchfork News Story January 7th).
Omori began working on solo material in early 2014 which has now fully materialized as New Misery, a collection of 11 songs building upon his own musical past while reaching towards the future of what guitar rock could be. His songs marry dark yet blissful pop with vocal melodies and hooks that are at once immediate yet demand to be heard again and again.
Cullen and his band have scheduled a 4-week spring tour in support of New Misery, which begins March 24th in Chicago, IL at Lincoln Hall and currently ends April 24th in Toronto, ON at the Horseshoe. Preceding the tour is a string of midwestern dates that run from February 3rd in Indianapolis at The Hi Fi through February 5th in Champaign, IL at The Accord. Additionally, Cullen will appear at the 2016 edition of SXSW in Austin, Texas. Please find a list of current tour dates below.
You can now pre-order New Misery through Sub Pop Mega Mart,iTunes, Google Play, Amazon and Bandcamp. LP pre-orders though megamart.subpop.com will receive the limited “Loser” edition on clear vinyl with black, white and gold swirls (while supplies last).
More on Cullen Omori:
Cullen Omori knows it’s a false cliche to say there are no second acts in American lives, but after the 2014 breakup of his acclaimed band the Smith Westerns, living that cliche was his greatest fear. His solo debut New Misery, out March 18 on Sub Pop Records, is a direct challenge to that anxiety: an album that goes beyond the glam punch of the Smith Westerns to new sounds, new sources of inspiration, and greater self-awareness.
“I had this overwhelming feeling that perhaps the apex of my life both as a musician and as an individual would be relegated to five years in my late teens/early 20s,” says Omori, who was launched into the music industry when the Smith Westerns, who started in high school in Chicago, became fast-rising indie stars. “This fear really forced me to work hard as to not see the Smith Westerns as an end but as a point along a bigger trajectory.”
While New Misery grew out of a difficult personal and professional time for Omori, he says the title reflects “not so much the distress that comes with failure, but the troubles and complexities that come with any type of success. No matter what you get you're going to want more, you're going to want something different. That’s the catch.”
The title track is a dreamy, resonant reflection on these feelings, but is also a guidepost for Omori’s musical evolution. “The song starts slow and then builds with two solos,” he says. “There's the guitar solo which is very much a Smith Westerns thing. The next solo is on the keyboard, which is a shift to a lot of what I’m trying to do.” Synths play a much larger role in Omori’s new music than in the Smith Westerns’ guitar-fueled rock, as do a wide range of influences including Roxy Music, INXS, Spiritualized, Wilco, Garbage, Hall & Oates, Kate Bush, U2, and Sparks. There’s also a more deliberate pop streak, inspired by the top-40 radio that would play while Omori worked at a medical supply company cleaning stretchers and wheelchairs.
“There is so much dirt in hospitals and fuzz and lint and dried blood on these things. We’d clean them down, which in a way is kind of therapeutic, and listen to the radio. Then we'd go back to Adam's (Adam Gil, current live band member) house and record demos for what was to become the skeleton of New Misery. I can’t sit down and say I'm going to write a Sam Smith or an Adele song or whatever. The closest I can get to that is making like this weird hybrid of what I think is a pop song.” The strongest example of this is the new wave-tinged single “Cinnamon,” which Omori describes as “dark pop--it's poppy, it's fast, but it also has all the colors and tones that are kind of dark. It’s self-deprecating, which was kind of where I was at emotionally. That, you know, I could have this poppy song or whatever but I don't think I'm a pop star. I'm closer to thinking I'm a piece of shit than I am a pop star.”
Along with Omori, New Misery features additional bass and keyboards from Ryan Mattos, drums from Loren Humphrey, and James Richardson on guitar. But unlike with the more distributed roles within the Smith Westerns, Omori wrote, played, and oversaw nearly every part of the new album, beginning a true new chapter of his long-term creative growth.
“People would be like, ‘Oh man, your band is doing really well. I saw you on the internet.’ But seeing you on the internet isn't equivalent with making hundreds let alone thousands of dollars or being really successful. When I was younger I believed that happiness came from success and now that I’m older, more seasoned I find myself believing that stability over a long time is also its own type of success. I came out of Smith Westerns at 25 with no real job experience, I only knew how to play music. Writing and recording these songs for myself was cathartic, and I didn’t know my destination or future, but picking up my guitar and playing was the only way I knew I’d get close to figuring it out.
Tour Dates
Feb. 03 - Indianapolis, IN - The Hi-Fi
Feb. 04 - Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club
Feb. 05 - Champaign, IL - The Accord
Mar. 24 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
Mar. 25 - Madison, WI - High Noon
Mar. 26 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St. Entry
Mar. 28 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
Mar. 29 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
Mar. 30 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
Apr. 01 - Seattle, WA - Barboza
Apr. 02 - Vancouver, BC - Fortune Sound Club
Apr. 03 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir
Apr. 05 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
Apr. 07 - Los Angeles, CA - Telegram Ballroom
Apr. 08 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
Apr. 09 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
Apr. 11 - Austin, TX - Stubb’s Jr
Apr. 12 - Dallas, TX - Prophet Bar
Apr. 13 - Houston, TX - Raven Tower
Apr. 15 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
Apr. 16 - Nashville, TN - High Watt
Apr. 17 - Columbus, OH - The Basement
Apr. 18 - DC, Washington - DC9
Apr. 19 - Philadelphia, PA - Boot & Saddle
Apr. 21 - Boston, MA - Great Scott
Apr. 22 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
Apr. 24 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
JOHN FOXX Ltd Edition 'Burning Car' Vinyl
JOHN FOXX - BURNING CAR John Foxx - Burning Car is a limited edition (750 copies only) gatefold LP release on John's own Metamatic Records label. Catalogue Number : META59LP Release Date : 28 January 2016Pre-order your copy from Townsend Records...
http://johnfoxx.tmstor.es/Each copy is individually numbered and features new artwork created by Jonathan Barnbrook.Inspired by a rare Japanese six-track mini-album of the same name which included singles and B-Sides from the Metamatic -era that weren't on the original album. This new release expands that concept into a full twelve-track album featuring tracks such as This City, My Face, Mr No, Glimmer and the title track, all mastered and cut for this rare and exclusive release thirty-six years after the January 1980 release of Metamatic. This is the first time that Like A Miracle (Alternative Version) and Young Love have appeared on vinyl.Side One
01. Film One
02. This City
03. No-One Driving (Single Version)
04. He's A Liquid (Alternative Version)
05. Young Love
06. Like A Miracle (Alternative Version)Side Two
01. A New Kind Of Man (Alternative Version)
02. Burning Car
03. 20th Century
04. My Face
05. Mr No
06. Glimmer
Michael Jackson's Off the Wall Album and Documentary Out February 26
OFF THE WALL
: MICHAEL JACKSON’S ORIGINAL ALBUM AND THE DOCUMENTARY “MICHAEL JACKSON’S JOURNEY FROM MOTOWN TO OFF THE WALL” SET FOR RELEASE AS A CD/DVD BUNDLE ON FEBRUARY 26, 2016
JACKSON’S OFF THE WALL “INVENTED MODERN POP AS WE KNOW IT”
LOS ANGELES, Calif., January 7, 2016 - On February 26, during Black History Month, the Estate of Michael Jackson and Sony Music’s Legacy Recordings will release exclusive CD/DVD and CD/Blu-ray editions of Michael Jackson’s revolutionary 1979 recording,
Off The Wall
. The package will include the original version of the album bundled with the new documentaryMichael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall, directed by Spike Lee. The documentary make its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2016, and its broadcast premiere on SHOWTIME® on Friday, February 5 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on-air, on demand and over the Internet. After its first SHOWTIME airing, it will be broadcast in territories around the world. THE ALBUM – The importance of Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall cannot be overstated. Recorded when he was just 20-years-old, the album heralded Michael’s stunning emancipation as a singular musical force and creative visionary. It smashed the ceiling on record sales for black artists, ushering in an exciting new era of R&B-to-pop crossover airplay, chart, marketing and sales trends not seen before in modern pop music. It’s the record that “invented modern pop as we know it,” wrote Rolling Stone. For fellow black artists of the day, Michael served as an illuminating inspiration.
To Black America, Off The Wall transcended music and entertainment altogether. The success of the album marked a level of national and international achievement that conjured pride in a culture that as late as the end of the 1970s was still fighting for the kind of social acceptance that Michael’s album received. Because of Off the Wall’s indelible influence, 21st century artists as disparate as Beyoncé, Pharrell, Kendrick Lamar and The Weeknd all have a blueprint they turned to for creating their superstardom.
Written by Michael Jackson, the first single from Off The Wall, “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough,” was Michael’s first Grammy and first single to hit No. 1 in the U.S. and internationally as a solo artist. With the singles “Rock With You,” “Off the Wall” and “She’s Out of My Life,” Jackson became the first solo artist in history to have four singles from the same album peak inside the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. The album was an enormous commercial success; as of 2014 it is certified eight times platinum in the United States and has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.
The Music: “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough”; “Rock With You”; “Workin’ Day and Night”; “Get on the Floor”; “Off the Wall”; “Girlfriend”; “She’s Out of My Life”; “I Can’t Help It”; “ It’s the Falling in Love”; “Burn This Disco Out.”
THE DOCUMENTARY – Produced by Spike Lee, John Branca and John McClain. For Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall, director Spike Lee assembles a wealth of archival footage, including material from Michael’s personal archive, interviews with contemporary talents and family members, and Michael’s own words and image to create this insightful chronicle from the star’s early rise to fame through the release of this seminal album. A look at a chapter of his career that is rarely examined, Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall allows audiences to travel with Michael as he gets his start at Motown, strikes a new path with CBS Records, and forges a relationship with legendary producer Quincy Jones. An illuminated portrait emerges of how an earnest, passionate, hard-working boy would become the “King of Pop.”
Partial list of interviews: Lee Daniels; The Weeknd; Pharrell Williams; Misty Copeland; Kobe Bryant; Mark Ronson; John Legend; Questlove; Katherine Jackson; Joe Jackson; Marlon Jackson; Jackie Jackie; L.A. Reid and more. # # #
For future Michael Jackson and Off the Wall news, including upcoming pre-order information:
MICHAEL JACKSON:Website / Facebook / Twitter / Newsletter
JACKSON’S OFF THE WALL “INVENTED MODERN POP AS WE KNOW IT”
LOS ANGELES, Calif., January 7, 2016 - On February 26, during Black History Month, the Estate of Michael Jackson and Sony Music’s Legacy Recordings will release exclusive CD/DVD and CD/Blu-ray editions of Michael Jackson’s revolutionary 1979 recording,
Off The Wall
. The package will include the original version of the album bundled with the new documentaryMichael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall, directed by Spike Lee. The documentary make its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2016, and its broadcast premiere on SHOWTIME® on Friday, February 5 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on-air, on demand and over the Internet. After its first SHOWTIME airing, it will be broadcast in territories around the world. THE ALBUM – The importance of Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall cannot be overstated. Recorded when he was just 20-years-old, the album heralded Michael’s stunning emancipation as a singular musical force and creative visionary. It smashed the ceiling on record sales for black artists, ushering in an exciting new era of R&B-to-pop crossover airplay, chart, marketing and sales trends not seen before in modern pop music. It’s the record that “invented modern pop as we know it,” wrote Rolling Stone. For fellow black artists of the day, Michael served as an illuminating inspiration. To Black America, Off The Wall transcended music and entertainment altogether. The success of the album marked a level of national and international achievement that conjured pride in a culture that as late as the end of the 1970s was still fighting for the kind of social acceptance that Michael’s album received. Because of Off the Wall’s indelible influence, 21st century artists as disparate as Beyoncé, Pharrell, Kendrick Lamar and The Weeknd all have a blueprint they turned to for creating their superstardom.
Written by Michael Jackson, the first single from Off The Wall, “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough,” was Michael’s first Grammy and first single to hit No. 1 in the U.S. and internationally as a solo artist. With the singles “Rock With You,” “Off the Wall” and “She’s Out of My Life,” Jackson became the first solo artist in history to have four singles from the same album peak inside the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. The album was an enormous commercial success; as of 2014 it is certified eight times platinum in the United States and has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.
The Music: “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough”; “Rock With You”; “Workin’ Day and Night”; “Get on the Floor”; “Off the Wall”; “Girlfriend”; “She’s Out of My Life”; “I Can’t Help It”; “ It’s the Falling in Love”; “Burn This Disco Out.”
THE DOCUMENTARY – Produced by Spike Lee, John Branca and John McClain. For Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall, director Spike Lee assembles a wealth of archival footage, including material from Michael’s personal archive, interviews with contemporary talents and family members, and Michael’s own words and image to create this insightful chronicle from the star’s early rise to fame through the release of this seminal album. A look at a chapter of his career that is rarely examined, Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall allows audiences to travel with Michael as he gets his start at Motown, strikes a new path with CBS Records, and forges a relationship with legendary producer Quincy Jones. An illuminated portrait emerges of how an earnest, passionate, hard-working boy would become the “King of Pop.”
Partial list of interviews: Lee Daniels; The Weeknd; Pharrell Williams; Misty Copeland; Kobe Bryant; Mark Ronson; John Legend; Questlove; Katherine Jackson; Joe Jackson; Marlon Jackson; Jackie Jackie; L.A. Reid and more. # # #
For future Michael Jackson and Off the Wall news, including upcoming pre-order information:
MICHAEL JACKSON:Website / Facebook / Twitter / Newsletter
Father John Misty shares 2016 tour dates + performs on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Jan. 14th
Father John Misty shares 2016 tour dates in support of I Love You, Honeybear
Performs on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Thursday, January 14th
Father John Misty has scheduled a North American spring tour in support of the internationally acclaimed I Love You, Honeybear, which begins March 30th in Santa Ana, CA at the Observatory and ends April 30th in Orlando, FL at the Beacham. Support for these dates comes from Tess & Dave.
Tickets go on sale Friday, January 15th at 12PM (local time), but Pandora listeners can get early access to tickets beginning Monday, January 11th at 12PM (local time).
Additionally, Father John Misty’s previously announced European tour runs May 11th - May 31st. Please find a current list of tour dates below (see Pitchfork News Story January 7th).
I Love You, Honeybear is one of the best albums of 2015, earning placement on over 70 “year-end” lists, including:#1 Drowned In Sound (UK)
#1 Double J Radio (AU)
#1 GQ (UK)
#1 Loud & Quiet (UK)
#1 Music OMH (UK)
#1 Paste Magazine (US)
#1 Shindig Magazine (UK)
#1 Time Out New York (US)
#1 Under The Radar (US)
#2 MOWNO (FR)
#2 Rough Trade (UK)
#3 BBC (UK)
#3 Exclaim! (CA)
#3 CMJ (US)
#3 The Guardian (UK)
#3 Gigwise (UK)
#3 MAGNET (US)
#3 NOW (CA)
#3 PopMatters (US)
#3 Stereogum “Gummy Awards / Readers Poll”
#3 The Sunday Times (UK)
#4 Diffuser (US)
#4 No Ripcord (UK)
#5 The AV Club (US)
#5 NPR Music “Readers Poll”(US)
#5 Pitchfork “Readers Poll” (US)
#5 Slant (US)
#5 State (UK)
#5 Uncut (UK)
#6 Irish Times (UK)
#7 The Daily Beast (US)
#7 Treble Zine (US)
#8 Clash (UK)
#8 Complex (US)
#8 Entertainment Weekly (US)
#8 FasterLouder (AU)
#8 Newsweek (US)
#8 Pretty Much Amazing (US)
#8 The Skinny (UK)
#8 Time Out London (UK)
#8 Urban Outfitters (US)
#9 Billboard (US)
#10 Denver Post (US)
#10 Macleans (CA)
#11 Consequence of Sound (US)
#11 Q Magazine (UK)
#12 Pitchfork (US)
#13 SPIN (US)
#12 Stereogum (US)
#15 Rolling Stone (US)
#16 NME (UK)
In further exciting news, Father John Misty will perform on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Thursday, January 14th, on CBS at11:35pm / 10:35 CT.
I Love You, Honeybear is available now on CD / LP / 2xLP / Deluxe 2xLP in Europe from Bella Union and everywhere else from Sub Pop to purchase via Father John Misty's webstore, Sub Pop Mega Mart, iTunes, Google Play, and Amazon.
Tour Dates
Mar. 30 - Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory*
Apr. 01 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theatre*
Apr. 05 - Vancouver, BC - Orpheum Theatre*
Apr. 06 - Seattle, WA - The Paramount*
Apr. 08 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot*
Apr. 09 - Denver, CO - Ellie Caulkins Opera House*
Apr. 12 - Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theatre*
Apr. 14 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre*
Apr. 16 - Minneapolis, MN - Northrop Auditorium*
Apr. 17 - Urbana, IL - Foelinger Auditorium @ University of Illinois*
Apr. 20 - Toronto, ON - Massey Hall*
Apr. 21 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis*
Apr. 22 - Boston, MA - House of Blues*
Apr. 23 - Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore*
Apr. 25 - Washington, DC - Lincoln Theatre*
Apr. 27 - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore*
Apr. 29 - Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle*
Apr. 30 - Orlando, FL - The Beacham*
May 11 - Leeds, UK - O2 Academy
May 12 - Glasgow, UK O2 Academy
May 13 - Manchester, UK - Albert Hall [Sold Out]
May 14 - Gateshead, UK - The Stage Gateshead
May 15 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City
May 17 - Bristol, UK - Colston Hall
May 18 - London, UK - The Roundhouse [Sold Out]
May 19 - London, UK - The Roundhouse
May 20 - London, UK - The Roundhouse
May 21 - Southampton, UK - O2 Guildhall
May 23 - Paris, FR - Alhambra
May 24 -Utrect, NL - Tivoli Vredenburg - Ronda
May 25 - Berlin, DE - Postbanhof
May 27 - Aarhus, DK - Train [Sold Out]
May 28 - Copenhagen, DK - Falconer Theatre [Sold Out]
May 29 - Copenhagen, DK - Falconer Theatre
May 30 - Gothenburg, SE - Pustervik
May 31 - Oslo, NO - Sentrum Scene
* w / Tess & Dave
Performs on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Thursday, January 14th
Father John Misty has scheduled a North American spring tour in support of the internationally acclaimed I Love You, Honeybear, which begins March 30th in Santa Ana, CA at the Observatory and ends April 30th in Orlando, FL at the Beacham. Support for these dates comes from Tess & Dave.
Tickets go on sale Friday, January 15th at 12PM (local time), but Pandora listeners can get early access to tickets beginning Monday, January 11th at 12PM (local time).
Additionally, Father John Misty’s previously announced European tour runs May 11th - May 31st. Please find a current list of tour dates below (see Pitchfork News Story January 7th).
I Love You, Honeybear is one of the best albums of 2015, earning placement on over 70 “year-end” lists, including:#1 Drowned In Sound (UK)
#1 Double J Radio (AU)
#1 GQ (UK)
#1 Loud & Quiet (UK)
#1 Music OMH (UK)
#1 Paste Magazine (US)
#1 Shindig Magazine (UK)
#1 Time Out New York (US)
#1 Under The Radar (US)
#2 MOWNO (FR)
#2 Rough Trade (UK)
#3 BBC (UK)
#3 Exclaim! (CA)
#3 CMJ (US)
#3 The Guardian (UK)
#3 Gigwise (UK)
#3 MAGNET (US)
#3 NOW (CA)
#3 PopMatters (US)
#3 Stereogum “Gummy Awards / Readers Poll”
#3 The Sunday Times (UK)
#4 Diffuser (US)
#4 No Ripcord (UK)
#5 The AV Club (US)
#5 NPR Music “Readers Poll”(US)
#5 Pitchfork “Readers Poll” (US)
#5 Slant (US)
#5 State (UK)
#5 Uncut (UK)
#6 Irish Times (UK)
#7 The Daily Beast (US)
#7 Treble Zine (US)
#8 Clash (UK)
#8 Complex (US)
#8 Entertainment Weekly (US)
#8 FasterLouder (AU)
#8 Newsweek (US)
#8 Pretty Much Amazing (US)
#8 The Skinny (UK)
#8 Time Out London (UK)
#8 Urban Outfitters (US)
#9 Billboard (US)
#10 Denver Post (US)
#10 Macleans (CA)
#11 Consequence of Sound (US)
#11 Q Magazine (UK)
#12 Pitchfork (US)
#13 SPIN (US)
#12 Stereogum (US)
#15 Rolling Stone (US)
#16 NME (UK)
In further exciting news, Father John Misty will perform on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Thursday, January 14th, on CBS at11:35pm / 10:35 CT.
I Love You, Honeybear is available now on CD / LP / 2xLP / Deluxe 2xLP in Europe from Bella Union and everywhere else from Sub Pop to purchase via Father John Misty's webstore, Sub Pop Mega Mart, iTunes, Google Play, and Amazon.
Tour Dates
Mar. 30 - Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory*
Apr. 01 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theatre*
Apr. 05 - Vancouver, BC - Orpheum Theatre*
Apr. 06 - Seattle, WA - The Paramount*
Apr. 08 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot*
Apr. 09 - Denver, CO - Ellie Caulkins Opera House*
Apr. 12 - Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theatre*
Apr. 14 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre*
Apr. 16 - Minneapolis, MN - Northrop Auditorium*
Apr. 17 - Urbana, IL - Foelinger Auditorium @ University of Illinois*
Apr. 20 - Toronto, ON - Massey Hall*
Apr. 21 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis*
Apr. 22 - Boston, MA - House of Blues*
Apr. 23 - Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore*
Apr. 25 - Washington, DC - Lincoln Theatre*
Apr. 27 - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore*
Apr. 29 - Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle*
Apr. 30 - Orlando, FL - The Beacham*
May 11 - Leeds, UK - O2 Academy
May 12 - Glasgow, UK O2 Academy
May 13 - Manchester, UK - Albert Hall [Sold Out]
May 14 - Gateshead, UK - The Stage Gateshead
May 15 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City
May 17 - Bristol, UK - Colston Hall
May 18 - London, UK - The Roundhouse [Sold Out]
May 19 - London, UK - The Roundhouse
May 20 - London, UK - The Roundhouse
May 21 - Southampton, UK - O2 Guildhall
May 23 - Paris, FR - Alhambra
May 24 -Utrect, NL - Tivoli Vredenburg - Ronda
May 25 - Berlin, DE - Postbanhof
May 27 - Aarhus, DK - Train [Sold Out]
May 28 - Copenhagen, DK - Falconer Theatre [Sold Out]
May 29 - Copenhagen, DK - Falconer Theatre
May 30 - Gothenburg, SE - Pustervik
May 31 - Oslo, NO - Sentrum Scene
* w / Tess & Dave
