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Gateway Drugs share new visual via Flood Magazine

GATEWAY DRUGS SHARES NEW VISUAL FOR "CAVITY CREEPS"
VIA FLOOD MAGAZINE 

MAGICK SPELLS OUT NOW ON COBRASIDE
Photo Credit: Chris GrismerWATCH "Cavity Creeps" - https://youtu.be/S371uSnBt7Q
On the heels of their North American tour with Swervedriver, Gateway Drugs is back to release a new video for "Cavity Creeps". The new visual for the tenth track off their LP premiered on FLOOD Magazine earlier today. Check out the video above and more info on their full album Magick Spellsbelow. 


Gateway Drugs Magick Spells (March 3rd, Cobraside)
1. Anu2. Mommy3. Friday's are for Suckers4. Head5. Faith Healer6. I'm In Love With A Teenage Heartthrob7. Echolalia8. Till You Come Home9. Black Wine of the Owl10. Cavity Creeps11. Magic Spells

Föllakzoid Announce European Tour Nov-Dec 2015

 FÖLLAKZOID ANNOUNCE EUROPEAN & UK TOUR  
III LP / CD
OUT NOW ON SACRED BONES                                                                                                              Föllakzoid began seven years ago as a trance experience between childhood friends Diego, Juan Pablo, and Domingo from Santiago, Chile. Heavily informed by the heritage of the ancient music of the Andes, the band has learned to integrate this influence with contemporary sounds of their times, creating a rich yet minimal atmosphere.
For their most recent album, III, the band wanted to expand their sound while building an atmosphere with mainly monochords and reiteration. After recording and mixing the album on their own at their studio at BYM Records, they partnered with German electronic maestro Atom™ to flesh out the album’s synth parts. Most of the sounds he provided were atonal electronic sounds, aiming for concrete frequencies and sampled organic glitches. The Korg synthesizer Atom™ plays originally belonged to Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk.
 III is a four-part minimal sound voyage in which you can hear Föllakzoid’s musical language developing into something more upbeat, obscure, and sharp, yet even simpler in terms of elements. During the past year, the band played more than 80 gigs, including Primavera Sound Festival, ATP Festival in the UK, Musique Volantes in Lyon, and Lollapalooza Chile. The shows for III, have spread the band’s fog-enshrouded gospel to an even wider audience and the band look forward to getting back on the road in Europe in November. 

WATCH & SHARE: Föllakzoid's - "Electric" (Official Music Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coBQQMxJlSo

THE SKINNY ★★★★ "Masters of the mantric Krautrock groove"
NME 8/10 "III quakes from start to finish"
THE QUIETUS "Föllakzoid have broken through the sound barriers erected by the modern psych/kraut scene...an album that both demands and rewards deep listening."
PITCHFORK "a gateway for a much a deeper dive into altered states."NPR "for something to hold your undivided attention that long these days is a minor miracle" PASTE "Föllakzoid continue to push the genre of psychedelia into never-defined spaces" ROLLING STONE "rather spectacular rendition of contemporary space rock"

TOUR DATES:

19-Nov    FI    Helsinki    Super Massive Festival
21-Nov    BE    Kortrijk    Sonic City Festival
22-Nov    NL    Utrecht    EKKO LGW
24-Nov    NL    Amsterdam    Paradiso
25-Nov    BE    Charleroi    Rockville
26-Nov    CH    Badenhof    Royal
27-Nov    FR    Lyon    Le Sonic
29-Nov    UK    North Wales    ATP Festival
30-Nov    UK    Leeds    Headrow House
2-Dec    DE    Berlin    Urban Spree
3-Dec    SE    Malmo    Plan B
4-Dec    NO    Oslo    Revolver
5-Dec    SE    Gotenborg    Woah Dad HQ!
6-Dec    SE    Stockholm    Fritz Corner
8-Dec    LT    Vilnius    Kablys
9-Dec    IT    Savona    Raindogs
10-Dec    IT    Roma    Monk
11-Dec    IT    Avellino    MEET Club
12-Dec    IT    Ravenna    Bronson
13-Dec    FR    Paris    Point FMR
19-Mar CL Santiago Lollapalooza

BIG GRAMS SHARE VIDEO FOR "FELL IN THE SUN"

BIG GRAMS SHARE VIDEO FOR "FELL IN THE SUN" 

WATCH NOW EXCLUSIVELY VIA WETRANSER ATWE.TL/FELLINTHESUN

LIVE APPEARANCE NOV 7th AT ATLANTA HAWKS GAME, BIG GRAMS VINYL OUT NOW + NEW ITEMS AT BIGGRAMSCLOTHING.COM
PRESS PRAISE FOR BIG GRAMS
"Big Grams are the best of both worlds: Big Boi's instantly recognizable verses and Phantogram's magic behind the synthesizers bolstered by Sarah Barthel's iconic voice." - SPIN 

"From the feel-good "Fell in the Sun" to "Goldmine Junkie," which features Barthel premiering a rapping style that Big has coined as "smokin' word," Big Grams is a testament to the relationship-forging qualities of music and the creative output those relationships can spark. " - NYLON

"Big Grams is the party put on by the affable and cool kids"- ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

"a surprisingly seamless collaboration" - PASTE
"the matchup seems inspired, as Big Boi's sonic mainstays - big horns, hard-hitting snares - combine with the Phantogram sound to form something new and exciting." - USA TODAY

Big Grams, the stellar collaboration of Big Boi + Phantogram, have shared the video for "Fell In The Sun" off their debut album  BIG GRAMS . The video comes today exclusively via innovative file-sharing site WeTransfer. The striking video features the group performing amongst an array of elaborate lighting schemes and clever cinematography, simulating the trippy visual effect one often feels after staring into the sun for too long.  Additionally, Big Grams debut album on Epic Records is now available on vinyl! 
2015 has been a whirlwind year for Big Boi, Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter, the trio known as Big Grams.  After dropping a celebrated debut in late September, Big Grams received over 4.3 millions streams on Spotify, performed on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel Live!, starred on the fall cover of FLOOD and had a pop-up shop in LA, made their live debut at Treasure Island Music Festival and are set to perform at the Atlanta Hawks game on November 7th, to be live-streamed via FOX.
Stay tuned for more live announcements and exciting news to come!
WATCH BIG GRAMS PERFORM "DRUM MACHINE" ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLWarOqQyX8
WATCH BIG GRAMS PERFORM "GOLDMINE JUNKIE" ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9nBUD4VSX0
PLAY SUPER GRAMS 
http://supergrams.biggrams.com/game
READ THE BIG GRAMS COVER STORY IN FLOOD
http://floodmagazine.com/23257/freaky-stylin-getting-into-bed-with-big-grams/

STREAM BIG GRAMS
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PURCHASE BIG GRAMS
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BIG GRAMS TRACKLISTING
1. Run for Your Life
2. Lights On
3. Fell In the Sun
4. Put It On Her
5. Goldmine Junkie
6. Born to Shine f. Run the Jewels
7. Drum Machine f. Skrillex
www.biggrams.com
twitter.com/biggrams
facebook.com/biggramsmusic
instagram.com/biggrams
www.epicrecords.com

Noisey premieres new video from Winter! Single out now on Burger Records!

DREAM POP BAND

WINTER 

PREMIERES NEW VIDEO ON NOISEY"ALL THE THINGS YOU DO"NEW SINGLE OUT NOW ON BURGER RECORDS!"All The Things You Do" :: MP3 / SoundCloud (approved for posting)

 Los Angeles-based Dream Pop/Shoegaze group Winter just released an all-new single on Burger Records and last week premiered the video for it on Noisey. The video is for the track "All The Things You Do" which was recorded by Matt Hogan and the video was directed by Kevin Kearney. The band is currently on a nationwide tour opening for Allison Weiss with Mal Blum and Kid In The Attic.  

The group began in Boston, MA when Samira Winter began writing songs and with the help of Nolan Eley produced the Daydreaming EP in 2012. After moving to Los Angeles, the group added more members and started playing live shows alongside Thee Oh Sees, Bleached, and Ought. With Winter relocating to Los Angeles and Eley moving to New York, they continued to make music together remotely and they finished their debut full-length album, Supreme Blue Dream. Touching on not one, but two languages (English and Portuguese), this bi-lingual group of dreamers do their part to lay us down softly while keeping listeners eager for each tune.

After their own month-long residency at The Echo in Los Angeles and brushing shoulders on bills with acts like Luna, Iceage and Craft Spells, the group made themselves a home in the California scene while honing their distinct, East Coast brand of ethereal vocals layered over melodic guitars.

With Samira Winter at the helm, the live band features the talents of Matt Hogan (guitar), David Yorr (bass), and Garren Orr (drums) - a group whose passionate connection has flourished since the four were students together in Boston. Winter aspires to connect people with their inner child by making blissful, beautiful and ethereal pop music.

Check out the tour dates below and be sure to watch the new video for "All The Things You Do". 
TOUR DATES11/2 - Toronto, ON @ The Drake Hotel
11/3 - Montreal, QC @ Bar La Ritz PDB
11/4 - Sommerville, MA @ Cuisine en Locale
11/5 - Hamden, CT @ The Space
11/6 - Philadelphia, PA @ Voltage Lounge
11/7 - Harrisburg, PA @ Milworks
11/8 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
11/9 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat Backstage
11/10 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
11/12 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade - Purgatory
11/13 - Jacksonville, FL @ Burro Bar
11/14 - Tampa, FL @ Epic Problem
11/16 - Houston, TX @ The Studio at Warehouse Live
11/17 - San Antonio, TX @ Korova Basement
11/18 - Austin, TX @ Hotel Vegas
11/19 - Lubbock, TX @ Jake’s Backroom
11/21 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Rebel Lounge
11/22 - San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
11/24 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo

Miranda Lee Richards "Echoes Of The Dreamtime"

November 2, 2015Album Release Date and Tour!!!


I am VERY excited to announce that the official release date for my forthcoming album, Echoes of the Dreamtime, is now January 29, 2016! As you know, this has been a long time coming -- truly a labor of love -- and it is news that I am so happy to finally bring to you.

In anticipation of the release on  Invisible Hands Music , I will be opening for long time friends the  Dandy Warhols  on their upcoming West Coast, Northwest, and Southwest dates!!! I start with them (as an acoustic trio) November 5th in Santa Cruz, CA, and finish December 12th in Portland, OR. I will also be playing two (acoustic duo) East Coast New York shows, one at the Rockwood Music Hall November 16th, and one at the Living Room November 17th. I will have new t-shirts for sale at all the shows, pre-order capabilities of the CD and LP at the November shows, and CD and LP copies of the album available at the December shows! Please click  HERE  for all tour dates and ticket buy links. If you don't see your city this time around, we will be doing more touring nationally and internationally in 2016; we hope to see you then.

Also, please check out the epic twenty page interview I did for Art Decades Magazine, scheduled to hit stands in mid November. Click  HERE  for more info.

Joanna Newsom video "Divers"

What a fuckin' wave!  Joanna Newsom 's astounding and enriching new dual LP (and CD! And CS!) was finally unleashed to the world last Friday, and this sweet beast cannot be tamed - Divers  ripples turned tidal leading up to and through its release! So simply enjoy the ride, why don't you? We're already fully on board, wearing floaties with a cocktail in our finest evening attire, and from our view, more succulent surprises lie straight ahead! Finally, after two long weeks of knowing a new Joanna Newsom vid existed that was, for many, just out of reach, the Paul Thomas Anderson-directed video for the song, "Divers," is available for all! 
Once exclusively found within the dark confines of movie theaters across the USA and Europe, homebodies the world over can now repeatedly revel in all the splendor and wonder provided by Joanna and PTA's collaborative efforts (within the walls of  Divers  cover artist Kim Keever's studio, no less). 
What's next,   Divers -heads? North American, European, (and now) Australian tour dates are in. Will  Divers ' momentum alter the Earth's axis? Nevermind all that - keep gazing forward into the screen, eyes affixed to the video for "Divers." WATCH THE OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR "DIVERS" Joanna Newsom Tour Dates:Sat. Oct. 31 - Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall #Sun. Nov. 1 - Brighton, UK @ Dome #Wed. Nov. 4 - Barcelona, ES @ Barts #Thu. Nov. 5 - Berlin, DE @ Admiralspalast #Sat. Nov. 7 - Utrecht, NL @ Tivoli #Sun. Nov. 8 - Paris, FR @ Salle GaveauMon. Nov. 9 - London, UK @ Eventim Apollo #Sun. Dec. 6 - Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre*Mon. Dec. 7 - Brooklyn, NY @ Kings Theatre*Wed. Dec. 9 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer*Thu. Dec. 10 - Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre*Sat. Dec. 12 - Munhall, PA @ Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall*Sun. Dec. 13 - Buffalo, NY @ Asbury Hall @ Babeville*Mon. Dec. 14 - Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre*Tue. Dec. 15 - Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre*Wed. Dec. 16 - Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre*Thu. Dec. 17 - St. Paul, MN @ The Fitzgerald Theater*Fri. Dec. 18 - Madison, WI @ Orpheum Theatre*Tue. Jan. 19 - Melbourne, AU @ Hamer HallThu. Jan. 21 - Sydney, AU @ Sydney Opera HouseSat. Jan. 23 - Brisbane, AU @ Concert Hall, QPAC# = with Alasdair Roberts* = with Alela Diane & Ryan Francesconi

Smoke Fairies release seasonally-themed "Wild Winter" on Full Time Hobby Nov. 20, Stream title track

SMOKE FAIRIES RELEASE
SEASONALLY-THEMED ALBUM WILD WINTEROUT NOVEMBER 20 ON FULL TIME HOBBY, STREAM TITLE TRACK

“Smoke Fairies appear to have tapped into this mid-Winter noir. It’s an intriguing return, one which allies their soft, folk-hued vocals to some rather distorted effects.”—Clash Music “Smoke Fairies rely on intertwining…their two voices move in close harmonies,
with timbres blending almost like sisters.”—New York Times Smoke Fairies are set to release a holiday-themed collection of 10 songs entitled  Wild Winter.  Last year, the LP sold out entirely when it was released in limited edition run and sold exclusively Rough Trade Record Storein the U.K as the December Album of the Month. On November 20, Full Time Hobby will release the album via all digital and physical retailers. Stream title track HERE. In the very hot summer of 2014, Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies of Smoke Fairies holed themselves up in the house that they share with the curtains drawn and started writing a collection of songs focusing on wintertime, Christmas, blizzards, isolation and presents. The process took the duo on a journey through Christmas past, present and future, sometimes touching on family tradition and the role religion plays in their yearly celebrations and even imagined themselves as the three kings. They then took their band into a recording studio in Kent, stayed in a local youth hostel and for a week and set about recording most of the tracks live. With the help of producer Kristofer Harris they finished Wild Winter and the autumn had not even set in!When asked why they chose to focus on a seasonally-themed record, the band explained, “We have a love/hate relationship with winter and the Christmas holiday. When it was suggested Smoke Fairies make a Christmas album the last thing we wanted to do was make a classic, jolly, celebratory album that can only be played once a year. Sometimes winter provides us with a sense of togetherness and love and sometimes it leaves us feeling alienated, cold and playing a glockenspiel alone in a darkened room. It’s part of the year that will always be bittersweet and wild. This was the inspiration behind the record.” The duo said for the song “Bad Good” they “cast our minds back to out childhood selves in the ‘80s” and went on to say “that we nearly drove ourselves to the brink of insanity” trying to bring order to a cover of Captain Beefheart’s “Steal Softly Thru Snow.” 
In the six years together since entering a recording studio for the first time, Smoke Fairies have self-released several singles and were first introduced to American audiences with their 7” Gastown/River Song via Third Man Records, which Jack White produced and play drums on. The band has toured the world with the likes of Brian Ferry, Richard Hawley and Laura Marling. Time Out New York noted they were one of the “Top 5 Must See Bands” at the 2010 CMJ Festival while their 2011 album Through Low Light and Trees was named one ofAmerican Songwriter’s Top 50 albums of 2011. Wild Winter follows the bands’ 2012 release Blood Speaks of which Pitchfork said that Blamire and Davies “don’t trade vocal duties so much as appear to sing from the same body, their voices nearly indistinguishable, shifting between smoky moans and toe-curling trills” and their eponymously titled album was released in 2014 of which For Folks Sake said “Smoke Fairies are attempting to creatively push themselves into and beyond the ether.”

Republic Records to Release 'AMY' Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

  REPUBLIC RECORDS TO RELEASE AMY ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK

DVD & BLU-RAY AVAILABLE DECEMBER 1st 



NEW YORK, NY (October 30, 2015) – Republic Records will release the AMY Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album in stores and through all digital retailers this Friday, October 30th. The critically acclaimed documentary about multiplatinum Grammy Award®-winning icon Amy Winehouse arrives at retailers everywhere on DVD and Blu-Ray December 1.

It’s available HERE.
 
The album includes music from the film such as “Stronger Than Me” by Amy herself and various previously unreleased live performances throughout her storied career. In between these selections, the rest of the album is comprised of an original score by Golden Globe Award®-nominated composer Antônio Alves Pinto. The complete tracklisting is unveiled below.
 
Premiering at Cannes and screening at Glastonbury this summer,  AMY , directed by BAFTA-winning director Asif Kapadia, became the highest grossing British documentary of all time.
 
Tracklisting:
Antônio Alves Pinto – “Opening”Amy Winehouse – “Stronger Than Me”Antônio Alves Pinto – “Poetic Finale”Amy Winehouse – “What Is It About Men” [Live @ North Sea Jazz Festival]Antônio Alves Pinto – “Walk”Amy Winehouse – “Some Unholy War” [Downtempo version]Antônio Alves Pinto – “Holiday Texts”Antônio Alves Pinto – “Kidnapping Amy”Amy Winehouse – “Like Smoke” [Demo]Amy Winehouse – “Tears Dry On Their Own”Antônio Alves Pinto – “Seperacao Fotos”Strange Cargo – “The Name of the Wave”Amy Winehouse – “Back to Black” [Acapella/Album Medley]Antônio Alves Pinto – “Cynthia”Amy Winehouse – “Rehab” [Live on Jools Holland]Antônio Alves Pinto – “In the Studio”Amy Winehouse – “We’re Still Friends” [Live @ Union Chapel]Antônio Alves Pinto –“Amy Lives”Amy Winehouse – “Love is a Losing Game” [Live @ Mercury Awards]Antônio Alves Pinto – “Arrested”Amy Winehouse & Tony Bennett – “Body and Soul”Antônio Alves Pinto – “Amy Forever”Amy Winehouse – “Valerie” [Live @ BBC]

BadBadNotGood featured on lead single from Daniel Caesar

BADBADNOTGOOD FEATURED ON LEAD SINGLE FROM DANIEL CAESAR
VIA FADER AND BEATS 1 RADIO DEBUT AS EBRO'S WORLD PREMIERE #BEATS1BANGER
ALBUM III OUT NOW VIA INNOVATIVE LEISURESTREAM: Daniel Caesar's "Paradise" featuring BadBadNotGood -https://soundcloud.com/danielcaesar/paradise-ft-badbadnotgood-sean-leon 
BADBADNOTGOOD is featured on Daniel Caesar's new single release "Paradise" off his upcoming EP, Pilgram's Paradise, due this November. The track premiered, simultaneously on the FADER and Ebro Darden's Beats 1 Radio show as his #Beats1Banger. BADBADNOTGOOD & Jordan Evans / Matthew Burnett also did the production on the track.  The band will be playing Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin on November 6th. Check out the single above and more info on BADBADNOTGOOD'S junior LP titled III here. 

About BadBadNotGood:
BadBadNotGood is a young supremely talented trio of musicians made up of Matthew Tavares on keys, Chester Hansen on bass, and Alex Sowinski on drums. Since their inception at Humber College's Music Performance program in 2011, the three have challenged the rule book on improvised instrumental music and taken jazz tradition into the future. With early champions including acclaimed BBC broadcaster Gilles Peterson and Tyler The Creator who helped fuel their discovery with a series of live jams that instantly went viral and dubbed them the "Odd Trio", the band released their first EPBBNG in June 2011 to wide praise. 
The marriage of jazz virtuosity and hip hop source material offered a fresh take on the traditional "standard" applied to hip hop classics by taking on choice cuts from the golden era rap cannon and writing inspired arrangements for them instead of one-dimensional covers. The band hit a landmark by introducing original material into their compositions with BBNG2 in 2012. New songs like "Rotten Decay", "Vices" or "UWM" carried on the proud heritage of musical juxtaposition by bringing together jazz, hip hop, punk, and dance music into vigorous balance. 
Since then, they've won praise from the four corners of the globe and collaborated with Frank Ocean, Earl Sweatshirt, MF Doom, Pharaoh Monch and RZA among many. Their notorious live performances have brought fans across the whole musical spectrum together, taking the band around the world from Coachella to Glastonbury. In 2014, the inseparable friends released their biggest project to date III on prodigious young label Innovative Leisure, a highly-anticipated project ushering in the group's newest explorations which are proving to be limitless. 

   BadBadNotGood III (Innovative Leisure)May 6, 2014
1. Triangle2. Can't Leave The Night3. Confessions4. Kaleidoscope5. Eyes Closed6. Hedron7. Differently, Still8. Since You Asked Kindly9. CS60

Glen Hansard's "My Little Ruin" video premieres at The Daily Beast + Colbert Nov 6

GLEN HANSARD’S “MY LITTLE RUIN” VIDEO PREMIERES AT THE DAILY BEAST
SET TO PERFORM ON“THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT” NOVEMBER 6
DIDN’T HE RAMBLE OUT NOW VIA ANTI-RECORDS
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR KICKS OFF IN NOVEMBER
   Acclaimed singer-songwriter Glen Hansard’s new video for “My Little Ruin” is premiering now at The Daily Beast: http://thebea.st/1Sd0tZx. The footage was captured the week of release at an impromptu house show organized by Hansard through a series of tweets. Set in a crumbling Georgian town house on Dublin’s northside, the setting was made all the more intimate given there was no amplification—just the glow of instruments and voices. “My Little Ruin” is taken from Hansard’s latest album Didn’t He Ramble, out now via Anti- Records.
Didn’t He Ramble continues to receive critical acclaim:
“The central ingredient remains Hansard’s worn but wonderfully flexible voice,
which sounds as kind and expressive as ever, with warmth to match
the songs he sings.”—NPR Music
 “Didn’t He Ramble evokes a feeling similar to one of Van Morrison’s Celtic-soul fever dreams, burnishing the prevailing sense of romantic fatalism with some low-key bravado on the standout track ‘Winning Streak’ (a kissing cousin to Bob Dylan’s early-Seventies’ chestnut ‘Forever Young’).”—Rolling Stone
“If his instrumentation feels calmer than earlier, perhaps more spontaneous work, it’s because he’s now concentrating on turning up the volume of his words. Lyrics are pointed as Hansard’s often require more than an acoustic guitar.”—Paste
“Didn’t He Ramble offers up prayers to friends and family—and not with mere platitudes, but surges of white-hot honesty delivered in Hansard’s spoonful of sugar timbre.”—Consequence of Sound
In addition, Hansard is set to perform on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on November 6.
Hansard will support the new album on tour throughout North American this fall including stops at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Chicago Theatre in Chicago, the new Kings Theatre in Brooklyn and the Beacon Theater in New York City. See details below.
Didn’t He Ramble was produced by Thomas Bartlett (The National, Sufjan Stevens), a frequent collaborator of Hansard’s, and Grammy winner and former Frames band-mate David Odlum(Paloma Faith, Tinariwen). The album, which was recorded in New York, Dublin, Chicago and France, is Hansard’s most intimate and elegant record since his work in Once and features guest appearances by John Sheahan (Dubliners), Sam Beam (Iron and Wine) and Sam Amidon. 
Glen Hansard is the celebrated principal songwriter and vocalist/guitarist for the influential Irish group The Frames. Whether busking the streets of Dublin, where he got his start, or headlining a gig, Hansard has garnered a reputation as an unparalleled frontman. Hansard is also one half of the acclaimed duo The Swell Season. In 2007, he and Czech songstress Markéta Irglová took home the Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Falling Slowly” off the Once soundtrack. In 2013, the Broadway adaptation, Once, The Musical, won eight Tony Awards including the top musical prize itself. His debut solo album Rhythm & Repose was released in 2012.
GLEN HANSARD LIVENovember 9                                        Los Angeles, CA               Walt Disney Concert Hall*November 10                                     San Francisco, CA                                  The Masonic*November 12                                        Vancouver, BC                             Orpheum Theatre*November 13                                           Portland, OR                               Crystal Ballroom*November 14                                            Seattle, WA                                   Moore Theatre*November 16                                            Denver, CO                             Paramount Theatre*November 17                                       Kansas City, MO                              Uptown Theater*November 19                                          Madison, WI                                Orpheum Theatre*November 20                                      Minneapolis, MN                                    State Theatre*November 21                                           Chicago, IL                                   Chicago Theatre*November 23                                         St. Louis, MO                                        The Pageant*November 24                                        Cincinnati, OH                                        Taft Theatre*November 25                                           Atlanta, GA                                 Buckhead Theatre*November 27                                          Durham, NC          Durham Performing Arts Center† November 28                                       Washington, DC                     DAR Constitution Hall† November 30                                          Brooklyn, NY                                     Kings Theatre† December 1                                           New York, NY                                   Beacon Theatre‡                                                   *supported by Aoife O’Donovan†supported by Richard Thompson‡supported by August Wells