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August 1, 2014
Angus & Julia Release Rick Rubin Produced "Angus & Julia Stone"
ANGUS & JULIA RELEASE RICK RUBIN PRODUCED ALBUM WORLDWIDE TODAY
“ANGUS & JULIA STONE”
OUT NOW
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR CONTINUES TO SELL OUT, STARTS OCTOBER, 6TH
Australian duo Angus & Julia released their highly anticipated full-length album “Angus & Julia Stone” today via Republic Records. The Rick Rubin produced full-length is now available on iTunes , Amazon , Spotify and in all good records stores worldwide. In support of their highly anticipated album release, the band recently premiered a new video for their single “ A Heartbreak ” with The New York Times and plan to reveal a brand new official video for their track “Grizzly Bear,” also taken from their “Angus & Julia Stone” album, out today . Currently on a worldwide tour that has taken them across Europe and now on the road Down-under, the siblings will be making a welcomed return to North American shores this fall where they’ll kick things off on October 6that the House of Blues in San Diego, California, winding through the mid-west, north, and ending on the east-coast (dates below). NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
10/06 - House of Blues - San Diego, CA
10/07 - The Regent - Los Angeles, CA – SOLD OUT
10/08 - The Independent - San Francisco, CA – SOLD OUT
10/10 - Vogue Theatre - Vancouver, BC
10/11 - Aladdin Theater - Portland, OR
10/12 - Neumos - Seattle, WA
10/14 - Urban Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT
10/15 - Gothic Theatre - Englewood, CO
10/17 - Majestic Theatre - Madison, WI
10/18 - Cedar Cultural Center - Minneapolis, MN
10/19 - Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL
10/21 - Opera House - Toronto, ON
10/22 - Virgin Mobile Corona Theatre - Montreal, QC – SOLD OUT
10/23 - The Sinclair - Cambridge, MA
10/25 - Sixth & I Historic Synagogue - Washington, DC
10/27 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY – SOLD OUT
10/28 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY – SOLD OUT
10/29 - Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA
“ANGUS & JULIA STONE”
OUT NOW
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR CONTINUES TO SELL OUT, STARTS OCTOBER, 6TH
Australian duo Angus & Julia released their highly anticipated full-length album “Angus & Julia Stone” today via Republic Records. The Rick Rubin produced full-length is now available on iTunes , Amazon , Spotify and in all good records stores worldwide. In support of their highly anticipated album release, the band recently premiered a new video for their single “ A Heartbreak ” with The New York Times and plan to reveal a brand new official video for their track “Grizzly Bear,” also taken from their “Angus & Julia Stone” album, out today . Currently on a worldwide tour that has taken them across Europe and now on the road Down-under, the siblings will be making a welcomed return to North American shores this fall where they’ll kick things off on October 6that the House of Blues in San Diego, California, winding through the mid-west, north, and ending on the east-coast (dates below). NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
10/06 - House of Blues - San Diego, CA
10/07 - The Regent - Los Angeles, CA – SOLD OUT
10/08 - The Independent - San Francisco, CA – SOLD OUT
10/10 - Vogue Theatre - Vancouver, BC
10/11 - Aladdin Theater - Portland, OR
10/12 - Neumos - Seattle, WA
10/14 - Urban Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT
10/15 - Gothic Theatre - Englewood, CO
10/17 - Majestic Theatre - Madison, WI
10/18 - Cedar Cultural Center - Minneapolis, MN
10/19 - Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL
10/21 - Opera House - Toronto, ON
10/22 - Virgin Mobile Corona Theatre - Montreal, QC – SOLD OUT
10/23 - The Sinclair - Cambridge, MA
10/25 - Sixth & I Historic Synagogue - Washington, DC
10/27 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY – SOLD OUT
10/28 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY – SOLD OUT
10/29 - Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA
Operators Announce 'EP1' + Tour With Future Islands
OPERATORS ANNOUNCE DEBUT EPEP1 OUT NEXT TUESDAY, AUGUST 5TH
TOURING WITH FUTURE ISLANDS
LISTEN TO "TRUE" HERE
Operators is Dan Boeckner's (Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs, Divine Fits) brand new analog/electronic/dance project, and we are excited to announce the release of their debut offering, EP1: an upbeat, aggressively melodic collection of synth driven pop songs. The EP will be out this Tuesday, August 5th, and they have released the first track from the EP "True" HERE.
Dan Boeckner has shown his diverse musical taste over the years; consequently, his decision to focus his attention on a new, electronic dance project shouldn't be surprising as it feels like nothing more than a natural progression from the first synth he bought for the debut Wolf Parade EP, to the primarily stark, digital sounds of Handsome Furs, and now the organic, melted, deeply dance driven Operators. Recorded at Montreal's Hotel2Tango, the five track EP1 features "True" and four other new tracks, functioning as the band's defacto mission statement.
Consequence of Sound praised "True", noting "Boeckner emphatically swoons about "one true love" over an '80s-indebted backdrop of shimmering synths and booming bass. Infectious and danceable, "True" is New Wave for 2014."
Even before releasing any music, Operators played a handful of shows showcasing all previously unheard songs. This included Toronto Music Week in June, where the band (who had released no music and posted no information about themselves online) sold out a three night residency at the Silver Dollar Room. Huffington Post remarked the band was "an electronic rock group so good that first night I went and saw them again the next two nights, too." Noisey was there too, saying "The performance wasn't just energetic, it was frenetic...Operators' music is all hooks-it's dance pop. It's direct, it's immediately accessible..."
The band's proper North American live debuts will happen courtesy of a largely sold out tour starting August 7 supporting Baltimore's Future Islands, followed by headline performances of their own. On Monday, tune in to KEXP.org to watch Operators' live in studio session at 1pm PST, before their headline set at Barboza that night.
Operators on tour:8/2 -- Happy Valley, OR -- Pickathon8/3 -- Happy Valley, OR -- Pickathon8/4 -- Seattle, WA -- Barboza8/7 -- Brooklyn, NY -- House of Vans*8/8 -- Milvale, PA -- Mr. Small's Theatre*8/9 -- Indianapolis, IN -- The Vogue*8/10 -- Milwaukee, WI -- Turner Hall*8/11 -- Sioux Falls, SD -- Icon Lounge*8/12 -- Fort Collins, CO -- Aggie Theater*8/13 -- Salt Lake City, UT -- Kilby Court8/15 -- Boise, ID -- Egyptian Theatre*8/16 -- Portland, OR -- Doug Fir Lounge*8/18 -- Sacramento, CA -- Harlow's*8/19 -- Fresno, CA -- Star Palace at Warnors Theatre*8/20 -- Los Angeles, CA -- The Fonda Theatre*8/21 -- Los Angeles, CA -- The Fonda Theatre*8/22 -- San Diego, CA -- Irenic*8/24 -- Phoenix, AZ -- The Crescent ballroom8/25 -- Tucson, AZ -- 191 Toole*8/27 -- Denver, CO -- Gothic Theatre*8/28 -- Omaha, NE -- The Waiting Room*8/29 -- Des Moines, IA -- Wooly's*8/30 -- Chicago, IL -- Schuba's^8/31 -- Columbus, OH -- The Big Bang*9/2 -- Montreal, QC -- La Tulipe*9/3 -- South Burlington, VT -- Higher Ground Ballroom*9/4 -- Portland, ME -- Port City Music Hall*9/7 -- Toronto, ON -- Horseshoe Tavern9/13 -- Hamilton, ON -- James Street North Supercrawl10/23 -- Halifix, NS -- The Marquee Club* with Future Islands^ with Tweens
TOURING WITH FUTURE ISLANDS
LISTEN TO "TRUE" HERE
Operators is Dan Boeckner's (Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs, Divine Fits) brand new analog/electronic/dance project, and we are excited to announce the release of their debut offering, EP1: an upbeat, aggressively melodic collection of synth driven pop songs. The EP will be out this Tuesday, August 5th, and they have released the first track from the EP "True" HERE.
Dan Boeckner has shown his diverse musical taste over the years; consequently, his decision to focus his attention on a new, electronic dance project shouldn't be surprising as it feels like nothing more than a natural progression from the first synth he bought for the debut Wolf Parade EP, to the primarily stark, digital sounds of Handsome Furs, and now the organic, melted, deeply dance driven Operators. Recorded at Montreal's Hotel2Tango, the five track EP1 features "True" and four other new tracks, functioning as the band's defacto mission statement.
Consequence of Sound praised "True", noting "Boeckner emphatically swoons about "one true love" over an '80s-indebted backdrop of shimmering synths and booming bass. Infectious and danceable, "True" is New Wave for 2014."
Even before releasing any music, Operators played a handful of shows showcasing all previously unheard songs. This included Toronto Music Week in June, where the band (who had released no music and posted no information about themselves online) sold out a three night residency at the Silver Dollar Room. Huffington Post remarked the band was "an electronic rock group so good that first night I went and saw them again the next two nights, too." Noisey was there too, saying "The performance wasn't just energetic, it was frenetic...Operators' music is all hooks-it's dance pop. It's direct, it's immediately accessible..."
The band's proper North American live debuts will happen courtesy of a largely sold out tour starting August 7 supporting Baltimore's Future Islands, followed by headline performances of their own. On Monday, tune in to KEXP.org to watch Operators' live in studio session at 1pm PST, before their headline set at Barboza that night.
Operators on tour:8/2 -- Happy Valley, OR -- Pickathon8/3 -- Happy Valley, OR -- Pickathon8/4 -- Seattle, WA -- Barboza8/7 -- Brooklyn, NY -- House of Vans*8/8 -- Milvale, PA -- Mr. Small's Theatre*8/9 -- Indianapolis, IN -- The Vogue*8/10 -- Milwaukee, WI -- Turner Hall*8/11 -- Sioux Falls, SD -- Icon Lounge*8/12 -- Fort Collins, CO -- Aggie Theater*8/13 -- Salt Lake City, UT -- Kilby Court8/15 -- Boise, ID -- Egyptian Theatre*8/16 -- Portland, OR -- Doug Fir Lounge*8/18 -- Sacramento, CA -- Harlow's*8/19 -- Fresno, CA -- Star Palace at Warnors Theatre*8/20 -- Los Angeles, CA -- The Fonda Theatre*8/21 -- Los Angeles, CA -- The Fonda Theatre*8/22 -- San Diego, CA -- Irenic*8/24 -- Phoenix, AZ -- The Crescent ballroom8/25 -- Tucson, AZ -- 191 Toole*8/27 -- Denver, CO -- Gothic Theatre*8/28 -- Omaha, NE -- The Waiting Room*8/29 -- Des Moines, IA -- Wooly's*8/30 -- Chicago, IL -- Schuba's^8/31 -- Columbus, OH -- The Big Bang*9/2 -- Montreal, QC -- La Tulipe*9/3 -- South Burlington, VT -- Higher Ground Ballroom*9/4 -- Portland, ME -- Port City Music Hall*9/7 -- Toronto, ON -- Horseshoe Tavern9/13 -- Hamilton, ON -- James Street North Supercrawl10/23 -- Halifix, NS -- The Marquee Club* with Future Islands^ with Tweens
Whirr shares new single + Tour dates + LP due 9/23 via Graveface
WHIRR SHARES "HEAVY" VIA SPIN
ANNOUNCES TOUR DATES
SWAY LP DUE 9/23 VIA GRAVEFACE
Credit: Ryan McClain STREAM: "Heavy" - https://soundcloud.com/graveface/whirr-heavy
After releasing "Mumble", Whirr are back with the second single from their forthcoming album, Sway. Additionally, the band is bringing their devastating live show to fans across North America at the end of the summer. Stream "Heavy" via the soundcloud above, check out all of the tour dates below, and get ready for the release of Sway on September 23rd via Graveface.
Tour Dates:
ANNOUNCES TOUR DATES
SWAY LP DUE 9/23 VIA GRAVEFACE
Credit: Ryan McClain STREAM: "Heavy" - https://soundcloud.com/graveface/whirr-heavyAfter releasing "Mumble", Whirr are back with the second single from their forthcoming album, Sway. Additionally, the band is bringing their devastating live show to fans across North America at the end of the summer. Stream "Heavy" via the soundcloud above, check out all of the tour dates below, and get ready for the release of Sway on September 23rd via Graveface.
Tour Dates:
8/30/2014 - San Fransisco, CA @ The Rickshaw Shop !
9/1/2014 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar !
9/2/2014 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo !
9/3/2014 - Tempe, AZ @ 51 West !
9/5/2014 - Dallas, TX @ Sons of Herman
9/6/2014 - Austin, TX @ Holy Mountain
9/7/2014 - Houston, TX @ Mangos
9/9/2014 - Orlando, FL, @ Backbooth
9/10/2014 - Savannah, GA @ Graveface HQ #
9/11/2014 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade Purgatory #
9/12/2014 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 503 #
9/13/2014 - Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter #
9/14/2014 - Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery #
9/15/2014 - Philadelphia, PA @The Barbary #
9/16/2014 - New York, NY @ The Studio @ Webster Hall #
9/17/2014 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Upstairs #
9/18/2014 - Hamden, CT @ The Space #
9/19/2014 - Montreal, QC @ Sala Rosa #
9/20/2014 - Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck #
9/21/2014 - Cleveland, OH @ Mahalls #
9/22/2014 - Lansing, MI @ Mac's Bar #
9/23/2014 - Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen #
9/24/2014 - St. Louis, MO @ Fubar
9/26/2014 - Denver, CO @ 7th Circle Collective
9/27/2014 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Shred Shed
9/28/2014 - Boise, ID @ The Crux
9/29/2014 - Seattle, WA @ Vera Project ^9/30/2014 - Vancouver, BC @ The Electric Owl ^ 10/1/2014 - Portland, WA @ Slabtown ^! = w/ Sad Actor# = w/ Cloakroom^ = w/ Special Explosion
Fallon and Lollapalooza Appearances for The Head and the Heart
THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIMMY FALLON TO HOST THE HEAD AND THE HEART ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 5TH
The Head and The Heart's Lollapalooza Saturday Set to be Streamed Live Via Red Bull TV and Sirius Radio
In the midst of a nearly sold out headlining tour (dates below), The Head and the Heart will perform the title track from their sophomore release Let's Be Still on Tuesday, August 5th on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. While the band had been a frequent guest on The Late Show with Jimmy Fallon and performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last December, this will be their first with Jimmy Fallon as host of The Tonight Show.Before heading to NY to film, the band will close out the Lake Shore stage at Lollapalooza this Saturday, August 2nd. For those not able to make it to the Chicago fest, the band's performance will be streamed live via Red Bull TV and SiriusXM's The Spectrum at 7:15 CT and again on Sunday on SiriusXM's Lollapalooza Channel (Alt Nation) channel 36.
The Head and the Heart Digital Assets
Artist Bio:http://www.subpop.com/bio/the_head_and_the_heart
Album Cover: http://assets2.subpop.com/assets/images/13600.jpg
Promo Photo: http://assets2.subpop.com/assets/images/13596.jpg (Photo Credit: Curtis Wave Millard)
The Head and the Heart 2014 Fall Tour Dates
8/2 Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
8/7 Sandpoint, ID @ The Festival At Sandpoint
8/8 Squamish, Canada @ Squamish Valley Music Festival
8/10 Hollywood, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
8/11 San Diego, CA @ North Park Theater
8/12 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee
8/14 Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheater
8/16 Omaha, NE @ Maha Festival
8/28 Salt Lake City, UT @ Twilight Concert Series
8/29 Ketchum, ID @ River Run Lodge
8/30 Troutdale, OR @ Edgefield Amphitheater
8/31 Seattle, WA @ Bumbershoot
9/2 Jacksonville, OR @ Britt Festival Pavilion
9/3 Reno, NV @ Knitting Factory
9/5 Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre
9/6 Toronto, ON @ Riot Fest
9/7 Toronto, ON @ Riot Fest
9/20 Shakopee, MN @ Festival Palomino
9/21 Green Bay, WI @ Meyer Theatre
9/22 Des Moines, IA @ Hoyt Sherman Place
9/24 Kansas City, MO @ Midland Theater
9/25 Louisville, KY @ Iroquois Ampitheater
9/27 Raleigh, NC @ North Carolina Museum of Art
9/28 Atlanta, GA @ Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center
9/30 Tallahassee, FL @ The Moon
10/1 New Orleans, LA @ Civic Theatre
10/3-4 Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
10/5 Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom
10/6 Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall
10/8 Birmingham, AL @ Iron City
10/9 Mobile, AL @ Soul Kitchen
10/10 Jackson, MA @ Hal & Mals
10/10-12 Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
Lizzie and the Yes Men - Watch 'Walk Alone" video
LIZZIE AND THE YES MEN
SINGLE ‘WALK ALONE’ OUT ON AUGUST 11TH 2014 WATCH VIDEO
EP OUT ON SEPTEMBER 8TH ON 100M RECORDS After the release of a series of infectious singles last year, London band Lizzie and the Yes Men are now planning to put out an EP of brand new songs on September 8th though NYC label 100M. A photograph titled ‘Angel Woman’ by Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide and a long road trip through the American desert were the inspirations for ‘Walk Alone EP’. A record on which the band feels it has found its own sound, a sound that is never too far away from a dusty road, a bare landscape or a black and white cinema screen. During this inspiring trip around America, Lizzie filmed a video in the widerness of the Black Canyon in Arizona: WATCH 'WALK ALONE' VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEd4QJJrYJY
Hear the lead track ‘Walk Alone’ here: https://soundcloud.com/lizzieandtheyesmen/walk-alone ‘Walk Alone’ was recorded at Vatican Studios, London and produced by Tom McFall (R.E.M, Bloc Party, Weezer). TRACKLISTING:1. Walk Alone2. Affaire de Coeur3. It's Never Been Easy4. Chrome Youth5. Heard It All Beforehttp://www.lizzieandtheyesmen.com www.facebook.com/LizzieandtheYesMen http://soundcloud.com/lizzieandtheyesmen
July 31, 2014
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Tijuana Panthers share new video
TIJUANA PANTHERS SHARE NEW VIDEO VIA THE FADER
LAUNCH TOUR WITH FUCKED UP NEXT WEEK
WAYNE INTEREST OUT NOW VIA INNOVATIVE LEISURE
After releasing their third album, Wayne Interest, via Innovative Leisure last month and heading out on a European tour, Tijuana Panthers are back today to share the new music video for their single, "Nobo." Next week the band starts a west coast tour with Toronto hardcore outfit Fucked Up. Since 2010 their debut, Max Baker, the Panthers have steadily become SoCal underground legends playing both packed backyard parties and sold out concert halls along the way. For their forthcoming album, Tijuana Panthers collaborated with producer Richard Swift (The Shins, Foxygen). Wayne Interest will be available on June 3rd via Innovative Leisure. Check out the "Nobo" video, the Fucked Up tour dates, more information about the album below.
WATCH: "Nobo" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHtBmIe-aHw
TOUR DATES:
8/15 - Fortune Sound Club - Vancouver, BC *8/16 - Neumos - Seattle, WA *8/17 - Bunk Bar - Portland, OR +8/19 - The Independent - San Francisco, CA*8/20 - The Garage - Ventura, CA *8/21 - El Rey Theatre - Los Angeles, CA *8/22 - Glasshouse - Pomona, CA *8/23 - Casbah - San Diego, CA *
* w/ Fucked Up+w/ Taco Cat About Tijuana Panthers and Wayne Interest:
Live and on record, the Tijuana Panthers are a great band. You could say garage, punk or surf while describing their sound, but they're harder to pin than that. The truth is that they write classic songs that don't depend on tropes from any genre. They craft perfect pop and deliver it with energy and immediacy. However, the real magic of this band is in their weirdness.
Behind their picturesque portraits of daily life is an aching despair. This subtle contrast creates an eerie tension between the ideal, the real and the surreal. You suddenly realize they're not the happy-go-lucky beach boys you tried to pin them as, but more akin to sexually frustrated soda jerks in a David Lynch film. And this all makes sense with the fact that they come from Southern California's shadier city of Long Beach, not exactly the fun in the sun that California dream- ers might expect.
For Wayne Interest, the Panthers team up with producer Richard Swift. The recordings took place at Swift's studio in Oregon where the band decidedly took risks in performance and production. The risks paid off. With Swift's direction and upgrade in fidelity, Wayne Interest sounds just as compelling in headphones as it would at a house party in East LA. It also gives the listener a closer look at the idiosyncrasies of the Tijuana Panthers, only making it clearer that there's something off about these creeps. Their weirdness, or bold- ness to be whoever they may be, is what makes this band great. It's a rare quality. The more you listen to the Tijuana Panthers the more you wonder about them.
LAUNCH TOUR WITH FUCKED UP NEXT WEEK
WAYNE INTEREST OUT NOW VIA INNOVATIVE LEISURE
After releasing their third album, Wayne Interest, via Innovative Leisure last month and heading out on a European tour, Tijuana Panthers are back today to share the new music video for their single, "Nobo." Next week the band starts a west coast tour with Toronto hardcore outfit Fucked Up. Since 2010 their debut, Max Baker, the Panthers have steadily become SoCal underground legends playing both packed backyard parties and sold out concert halls along the way. For their forthcoming album, Tijuana Panthers collaborated with producer Richard Swift (The Shins, Foxygen). Wayne Interest will be available on June 3rd via Innovative Leisure. Check out the "Nobo" video, the Fucked Up tour dates, more information about the album below.
WATCH: "Nobo" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHtBmIe-aHw
TOUR DATES:
8/15 - Fortune Sound Club - Vancouver, BC *8/16 - Neumos - Seattle, WA *8/17 - Bunk Bar - Portland, OR +8/19 - The Independent - San Francisco, CA*8/20 - The Garage - Ventura, CA *8/21 - El Rey Theatre - Los Angeles, CA *8/22 - Glasshouse - Pomona, CA *8/23 - Casbah - San Diego, CA *
* w/ Fucked Up+w/ Taco Cat About Tijuana Panthers and Wayne Interest:
Live and on record, the Tijuana Panthers are a great band. You could say garage, punk or surf while describing their sound, but they're harder to pin than that. The truth is that they write classic songs that don't depend on tropes from any genre. They craft perfect pop and deliver it with energy and immediacy. However, the real magic of this band is in their weirdness.
Behind their picturesque portraits of daily life is an aching despair. This subtle contrast creates an eerie tension between the ideal, the real and the surreal. You suddenly realize they're not the happy-go-lucky beach boys you tried to pin them as, but more akin to sexually frustrated soda jerks in a David Lynch film. And this all makes sense with the fact that they come from Southern California's shadier city of Long Beach, not exactly the fun in the sun that California dream- ers might expect.
For Wayne Interest, the Panthers team up with producer Richard Swift. The recordings took place at Swift's studio in Oregon where the band decidedly took risks in performance and production. The risks paid off. With Swift's direction and upgrade in fidelity, Wayne Interest sounds just as compelling in headphones as it would at a house party in East LA. It also gives the listener a closer look at the idiosyncrasies of the Tijuana Panthers, only making it clearer that there's something off about these creeps. Their weirdness, or bold- ness to be whoever they may be, is what makes this band great. It's a rare quality. The more you listen to the Tijuana Panthers the more you wonder about them.
FOXYGEN ... And Star Power
PRE-ORDER: DIRECT | ITUNES | AMAZON | INDIES
Foxygen Tour Dates07/31/14 Seattle, WANeumos Crystal Ball Reading Room w/ Woods, Steve Gunn (tix)08/01/14 Happy Valley, ORPickathon (tix)08/02/14 Happy Valley, ORPickathon (tix)08/03/14 Happy Valley, ORPickathon (tix)08/04/14 Petaluma, CALagunitas Brewing Co w/ Steve Gunn (tix)08/06/14 Big Sur, CAWoodsist Festival @ Henry Miller Library (tix)08/07/14 Sonoma, CAGundlach Bundschu Winery: Old Redwood Barn w/ Steve Gunn (tix)08/08/14 Visalia , CACellar Door w/ Dub Thompson (tix)08/12/14 Las Vegas, NVBrooklyn Bowl (tix)08/13/14 Solana Beach , CABelly Up Tavern w/ Gary Wilson (tix)08/14/14 Los Angeles, CAThe Fonda Theatre w/ Gary Wilson, Dub Thompson (tix)08/15/14 Santa Ana, CAThe Observatory w/ Gary Wilson (tix)08/16/14 Pioneertown, CAWoodsist Festival at Pappy & Harriet's w/ Woods (tix)09/27/14 Dallas, TXINDEX Festival10/31/14 London, UKVillage Underground (tix)11/01/14 Paris, FrancePitchfork Music Festival Paris (tix)11/09/14 Austin, TXFun Fun Fun Fest (tix)
Wampire announces new LP + shares first single
WAMPIRE ANNOUNCES SOPHOMORE ALBUM
BAZAAR DUE OCTOBER 7TH VIA POLYVINYL
SHARES FIRST SINGLE "WIZARD STAFF" VIA STEREOGUM
Wampire photo by Andy De SantisLISTEN: "Wizard Staff" - https://soundcloud.com/polyvinyl-records/wampire-wizard-staff-1
Following the release of their debut album Curiosity in 2013, Wampire went from a duo most accustomed to playing house parties around their hometown of Portland to a five-piece band performing in venues all over the world with groups such as Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Foxygen, and Smith Westerns.
That 12-month span saw Wampire play more shows in more cities, countries, and continents than in all their previous years together combined -- a nearly non-stop barrage of new and memorable experiences that, above all else, forced the band members to become more fully immersed in music than at any other time in their lives.
As a result, when founding members and primary songwriters Rocky Tinder and Eric Phipps returned home at the tail end of the year, they immediately dove into the process of working on a new album in order to capitalize on the creative energy that had been steadily amassing during their days, weeks, and months on the road.
Says Phipps of that moment in time, "I holed up in a tiny room within a friend's warehouse and began knocking out as many different songs as I could. I tried not to look back, just wanting to explore everything I could possibly create. I started to feel like I was becoming a Kafka-esque insomniac musical novelist at one point."
The reference to the German writer is an apt one for a band that has always imbued its disarmingly off-kilter pop with tinges of paranoia and surrealism (both lyrically and musically), but even more fitting is the title of Wampire's new record: Bazaar.
Like the tantalizing blend of exotic treasures and captivating sensations its namesake suggests,Bazaar continually offers listeners a variety of unexpected and alluring sonic flavors over the course of its nine tracks -- ranging from raucous riffs ("Bad Attitude") to seductive sax ("Wizard Staff") to charmingly catchy choruses ("The Amazing Heart Attack").
As with their previous full-length Curiosity, Wampire recorded Bazaar with trusted producer Jacob Portrait (of Unknown Mortal Orchestra), though this time around the sessions took place at The Museum, a studio in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood, and were done directly to tape.
Far from home once again, Tinder and Phipps used the city to their advantage -- writing lyrics on the 40-minute bus ride to and from their temporary residence in Bed-Stuy and rushing to a shop down the street to buy a guitar -- one that looked and felt like it had been buried in dust for decades and had just the right analog sound -- as their allotted studio time was winding down.
Another important change was the addition of touring drummer Thomas Hoganson to the recording and songwriting process. Though Tinder and Phipps had previously sought to minimize distractions in the studio by just working with each other, Hoganson's diverse musical abilities (in addition to drums, he also plays piano and saxophone on Bazaar) made him an ideal collaborator.
And so, after a year spent in vans and on planes, in European clubs, Australian beaches, and everywhere in between, Wampire emerged with more confidence, a stronger vision, and what is undeniably their best batch of songs to date.
For evidence of this, check out the album's first single "Wizard Staff" above now and see below for all of the band's upcoming tour dates, including a September run with Temples. Bazaar will be available on CD, LP (Polyvinyl e-store limited edition of 300 on 180-gram clear purple, black), cassette and digitally.
Tour Dates08/22 Rock Creek, BC (CAN) - Ponderosa Arts & Music Festival09/19 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom09/20 Seattle, WA - Neptune Theatre09/21 Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater09/22 Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst Atrium09/24 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore09/25 Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda09/26 Pomona, CA - The Glasshouse09/27 Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern09/29 Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom10/01 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
09/19 - 10/01 with Temples
Wampire
Bazaar
(Polyvinyl)10/07/14
1. The Amazing Heart Attack2. Bad Attitude3. Fly on the Wall4. Wizard Staff5. Too Stoned6. Millennials7. Sticking Out8. Life of Luxury9. People of Earth
BAZAAR DUE OCTOBER 7TH VIA POLYVINYL
SHARES FIRST SINGLE "WIZARD STAFF" VIA STEREOGUM
Wampire photo by Andy De SantisLISTEN: "Wizard Staff" - https://soundcloud.com/polyvinyl-records/wampire-wizard-staff-1
Following the release of their debut album Curiosity in 2013, Wampire went from a duo most accustomed to playing house parties around their hometown of Portland to a five-piece band performing in venues all over the world with groups such as Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Foxygen, and Smith Westerns.
That 12-month span saw Wampire play more shows in more cities, countries, and continents than in all their previous years together combined -- a nearly non-stop barrage of new and memorable experiences that, above all else, forced the band members to become more fully immersed in music than at any other time in their lives.
As a result, when founding members and primary songwriters Rocky Tinder and Eric Phipps returned home at the tail end of the year, they immediately dove into the process of working on a new album in order to capitalize on the creative energy that had been steadily amassing during their days, weeks, and months on the road.
Says Phipps of that moment in time, "I holed up in a tiny room within a friend's warehouse and began knocking out as many different songs as I could. I tried not to look back, just wanting to explore everything I could possibly create. I started to feel like I was becoming a Kafka-esque insomniac musical novelist at one point."
The reference to the German writer is an apt one for a band that has always imbued its disarmingly off-kilter pop with tinges of paranoia and surrealism (both lyrically and musically), but even more fitting is the title of Wampire's new record: Bazaar.
Like the tantalizing blend of exotic treasures and captivating sensations its namesake suggests,Bazaar continually offers listeners a variety of unexpected and alluring sonic flavors over the course of its nine tracks -- ranging from raucous riffs ("Bad Attitude") to seductive sax ("Wizard Staff") to charmingly catchy choruses ("The Amazing Heart Attack").
As with their previous full-length Curiosity, Wampire recorded Bazaar with trusted producer Jacob Portrait (of Unknown Mortal Orchestra), though this time around the sessions took place at The Museum, a studio in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood, and were done directly to tape.
Far from home once again, Tinder and Phipps used the city to their advantage -- writing lyrics on the 40-minute bus ride to and from their temporary residence in Bed-Stuy and rushing to a shop down the street to buy a guitar -- one that looked and felt like it had been buried in dust for decades and had just the right analog sound -- as their allotted studio time was winding down.
Another important change was the addition of touring drummer Thomas Hoganson to the recording and songwriting process. Though Tinder and Phipps had previously sought to minimize distractions in the studio by just working with each other, Hoganson's diverse musical abilities (in addition to drums, he also plays piano and saxophone on Bazaar) made him an ideal collaborator.
And so, after a year spent in vans and on planes, in European clubs, Australian beaches, and everywhere in between, Wampire emerged with more confidence, a stronger vision, and what is undeniably their best batch of songs to date.
For evidence of this, check out the album's first single "Wizard Staff" above now and see below for all of the band's upcoming tour dates, including a September run with Temples. Bazaar will be available on CD, LP (Polyvinyl e-store limited edition of 300 on 180-gram clear purple, black), cassette and digitally.
Tour Dates08/22 Rock Creek, BC (CAN) - Ponderosa Arts & Music Festival09/19 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom09/20 Seattle, WA - Neptune Theatre09/21 Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater09/22 Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst Atrium09/24 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore09/25 Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda09/26 Pomona, CA - The Glasshouse09/27 Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern09/29 Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom10/01 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
09/19 - 10/01 with Temples
Wampire
Bazaar
(Polyvinyl)10/07/14
1. The Amazing Heart Attack2. Bad Attitude3. Fly on the Wall4. Wizard Staff5. Too Stoned6. Millennials7. Sticking Out8. Life of Luxury9. People of Earth
Peter Matthew Bauer Announces Fall Tour With Delta Spirit
Peter Matthew Bauer Announces Fall Tour With War On Drugs + Delta Spirit
Debut LP Liberation Out Now On Mexican Summer
Stream Liberation On Brooklyn VeganListen To Latin "American Ficciones" On PitchforkListen To "Philadelphia Raga" On SPINTour Dates:10/02 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg#10/03 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club #10/04 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer#10/07 - Boston , MA - Paradise Rock Club#10/09 - Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace#10/11 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre#10/12 - St. Louis, MO - The Ready Room*10/13 - Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Works*10/15 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel*10/16 - Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle*
# w/ Delta Spirit* w/ The War On Drugs
About Peter Matthew Bauer:
Peter Matthew Bauer is a rock & roll singer and musician with a debut record called "Liberation!" out everywhere now on Mexican Summer and Memphis Industries. It's been called a "cult classic in waiting" by UNCUT magazine and has been universally embraced in the press. As an album, Bauer uses Liberation! as an opportunity to welcome the rest of the world into his personal history of a childhood spent living in ashrams, and a life shaped by the constant presence of religion and mythology amidst uncertainty. What Peter has learned, and what he imparts both on the title track and across the eleven songs that make up Liberation!, is a riot of experiential notions. "Liberation, as the idea of the record, relates to belief in its various incarnations. In a way I'm trying to poke fun at it; this Western idea of heaven, this Eastern idea that it will take a hundred lifetimes, or a thousand lifetimes to get somewhere better. You can be mad about these things, but you can also arrive at some sort of strange, joyful experience right now without believing anything."
At whatever level you choose to listen, the record stands proudly on its own, a roundabout life story couched in a dynamic blend of soulful balladry, folk-tinged meditations, and full-bore rock & roll. Written and realized in Utrecht during a bout of insomniac wanderlust, a song like "Latin American Ficciones," the album's first single, could take on any number of interpretations, with lyrics that become more descriptively vicious by turns as its two-chord riff grows in intensity, all dimed amps and deafening mantra. The first song on the record, "I Was Born In An Ashram," addresses his teenage years, summers spent in an Ashram in upstate New York, set to a shambolic percussion, acoustic guitar, and choral background vocals, which culminate in a spiritual euphoria. "After awhile, a lot of unsavory business rose up around the ashram. So some of the songs relate to that, these whispers you'd hear as a teenager, of all these dark shadows and characters hanging around. I think it's very unusual that all this negative stuff arises, and yet, so many of these people are having these very strange, authentic spiritual experiences," Peter recalls. "That's the sort of energy I was trying to get at - that paradox, which as you investigate it more, really seems to make more and more sense. Life is jubilant and joyous even through the shadows." Album closer "You Are The Chapel" builds off a heart-soaring piano melody, skipping across an even wider array of life lived, from conversations about Richard Dawkins and genetics with strangers in the Basque countryside, to the absurdity of lad behavior from inside the facilities at a Savages concert in Leeds, to the life of a shoeless French hippie in Barcelona.
The constant changes in scenery that inspired Peter Bauer to write this record highlight a greater truth about the songs on Liberation! - that they exist on multiple levels, they take on meanings other than their intention the moment they left the studio, joined by what he's phrased in the record's finale as "the mystery of of it all." Conceived largely on a sojourn all across Europe, Liberation! was recorded at a factory space in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia with friends Quentin Stoltzfus, Christopher Colbert, Matt Oliver, and Matthew Barrick taking part in the recording and mixing. All of this work accounts for Liberation's saturated, homemade feel, as Peter's music fuses a wide swath of influences and technique into an assured, anthemic statement in the palette of rock 'n' roll. Liberation! is the soundtrack of one man's journey inside himself, in preparation for the rest of the world to follow.
http://www.petermatthewbauer.com/https://www.facebook.com/petermatthewbauerhttps://twitter.com/pmbauermusic
Debut LP Liberation Out Now On Mexican Summer
Stream Liberation On Brooklyn VeganListen To Latin "American Ficciones" On PitchforkListen To "Philadelphia Raga" On SPINTour Dates:10/02 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg#10/03 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club #10/04 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer#10/07 - Boston , MA - Paradise Rock Club#10/09 - Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace#10/11 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre#10/12 - St. Louis, MO - The Ready Room*10/13 - Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Works*10/15 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel*10/16 - Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle*# w/ Delta Spirit* w/ The War On Drugs
About Peter Matthew Bauer:
Peter Matthew Bauer is a rock & roll singer and musician with a debut record called "Liberation!" out everywhere now on Mexican Summer and Memphis Industries. It's been called a "cult classic in waiting" by UNCUT magazine and has been universally embraced in the press. As an album, Bauer uses Liberation! as an opportunity to welcome the rest of the world into his personal history of a childhood spent living in ashrams, and a life shaped by the constant presence of religion and mythology amidst uncertainty. What Peter has learned, and what he imparts both on the title track and across the eleven songs that make up Liberation!, is a riot of experiential notions. "Liberation, as the idea of the record, relates to belief in its various incarnations. In a way I'm trying to poke fun at it; this Western idea of heaven, this Eastern idea that it will take a hundred lifetimes, or a thousand lifetimes to get somewhere better. You can be mad about these things, but you can also arrive at some sort of strange, joyful experience right now without believing anything."
At whatever level you choose to listen, the record stands proudly on its own, a roundabout life story couched in a dynamic blend of soulful balladry, folk-tinged meditations, and full-bore rock & roll. Written and realized in Utrecht during a bout of insomniac wanderlust, a song like "Latin American Ficciones," the album's first single, could take on any number of interpretations, with lyrics that become more descriptively vicious by turns as its two-chord riff grows in intensity, all dimed amps and deafening mantra. The first song on the record, "I Was Born In An Ashram," addresses his teenage years, summers spent in an Ashram in upstate New York, set to a shambolic percussion, acoustic guitar, and choral background vocals, which culminate in a spiritual euphoria. "After awhile, a lot of unsavory business rose up around the ashram. So some of the songs relate to that, these whispers you'd hear as a teenager, of all these dark shadows and characters hanging around. I think it's very unusual that all this negative stuff arises, and yet, so many of these people are having these very strange, authentic spiritual experiences," Peter recalls. "That's the sort of energy I was trying to get at - that paradox, which as you investigate it more, really seems to make more and more sense. Life is jubilant and joyous even through the shadows." Album closer "You Are The Chapel" builds off a heart-soaring piano melody, skipping across an even wider array of life lived, from conversations about Richard Dawkins and genetics with strangers in the Basque countryside, to the absurdity of lad behavior from inside the facilities at a Savages concert in Leeds, to the life of a shoeless French hippie in Barcelona.
The constant changes in scenery that inspired Peter Bauer to write this record highlight a greater truth about the songs on Liberation! - that they exist on multiple levels, they take on meanings other than their intention the moment they left the studio, joined by what he's phrased in the record's finale as "the mystery of of it all." Conceived largely on a sojourn all across Europe, Liberation! was recorded at a factory space in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia with friends Quentin Stoltzfus, Christopher Colbert, Matt Oliver, and Matthew Barrick taking part in the recording and mixing. All of this work accounts for Liberation's saturated, homemade feel, as Peter's music fuses a wide swath of influences and technique into an assured, anthemic statement in the palette of rock 'n' roll. Liberation! is the soundtrack of one man's journey inside himself, in preparation for the rest of the world to follow.
http://www.petermatthewbauer.com/https://www.facebook.com/petermatthewbauerhttps://twitter.com/pmbauermusic
