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Minus The Bear new album + fall tour dates news

MINUS THE BEAR ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM LOST LOVESOUT OCTOBER 7TH ON DANGERBIRD RECORDS
ANNOUNCE FALL TOUR DATES FOR OCTOBER/NOVEMBERVIP PRE-SALE TICKETS AVAILABLE TODAY AT NOON ETGENERAL ON-SALE FRIDAY, AUGUST 1ST

  Minus The Bear will release their latest LP, Lost Loves, on October 7th via Dangerbird Records. The seasoned Seattle, WA five piece will embark upon a club tour this fall in support of the new album as well as the 10th anniversary re-release of their fan favorite EP, They Make Beer Commercials Like This. For a band that routinely sells out 1000+ cap venues across the country, the small rooms scheduled for the coming dates will provide an intimate setting for fans to experience Lost Loves live. Joining Minus The Bear on the road at various points are O'Brother, Young Widows, and Mansions, and on September 20th they perform at the Sunset Strip Music Festival's main stage. Upcoming tour dates and album tracklist below.
VIP Pre-Sale Tickets Available Today, July 28th at Noon ET (General On-Sale 8/1)https://tickets.artistarena.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=32 
The follow up to Infinity Overhead, which reached #31 on the Billboard 200 as Minus The Bear's highest charting album to date, Lost Loves lives up to its title quite literally as a collection of hard to let go songs pulled from the band's past seven odd years of writing, recording and releasing records. "Inevitably some of your favorite songs are going to be cut in the necessity of creating the right sequence for that particular time," says bassist Cory Murchy. "Regardless of the reason they weren't included, it wasn't for lack of love and appreciation of the songs themselves." Somewhat by chance the black sheep that didn't quite fit in with Planet of Ice, OMNI, and Infinity Overhead coalesce among their once regretfully forsaken peers. "Perhaps it's because they didn't make the past albums that they fit so seamlessly together," muses Murchy.
That each song was out of place on more conceptual releases is a harbinger of what to expect from Lost Loves as a collection of compositions that channel the essential essence of Minus The Bear's songwriting. Over the years the band "has made a name for itself creating music as ear-catching as it is resonant with fans of guitar athletics and progressive structures," wrote Consequence of Sound, and Lost Loves more than delivers on that promise. As the band began metaphorically reaching out to the "ones that got away" from past sessions, additional recording and vocals were completed for select tracks. "As a whole," says Murchy, "this collection of songs offers as strong a package as any other album we've put together."
Formed in 2001, Minus The Bear is comprised of Dave Knudson (guitar), Jake Snider (vocals, guitar), Erin Tate (drums), Cory Murchy (bass), and Alex Rose (synths, vocals). Over the last 13 years the band have cultivated a large and devoted international following, playing countless sold out venues as they tour the globe over, including North America, Europe, U.K., Japan and Australia, in addition to unforgettable performances at every high profile U.S. festival like Bonnaroo, Coachella, Lollapalooza and Sasquatch!. That their past three indie label full-length releases have charted in the top half of the Billboard 200 with steadily increasing success is testament to Minus The Bear's standing as a musically innovative and beloved group with an unyielding fanbase that continues to grow with each album.
Lost Loves Tracklist01 - Electric Rainbow02 - Surf-N-Turf03 - Broken China04 - Walk On Air05 - Patiently Waiting06 - Cat Calls & Ill Means07 - Invented Memory08 - South Side Life09 - Your Private Sky10 - The Lucky Ones
www.minusthebear.com
Photo Credit: Ryan Russell
Upcoming Tour Dates:* = w/ O'Brother# = w/ Young Widows& = w/ Mansions
SEPTEMBER20 - Los Angeles, CA - Sunset Strip Music Festival
OCTOBER14 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe *15 - Brooklyn, NY - Saint Vitus *16 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair *17 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theatre *18 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts *19 - Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel *21 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop #22 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick #23 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge #24 - Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock #25 - Des Moines, IA - Wolly's #27 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre
NOVEMBER01 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile &20 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's &21 - San Diego, CA - Casbah &22 - Pomona, CA - Glasshouse &
23 - San Luis Obispo, CA - SLO Brewing Co. &

Highasakite's Tiny Desk Concert: Watch Now via NPR

Highasakite: Tiny Desk ConcertJuly 25th by Bob Boilen: My first time seeing this Norwegian band was at a fairly soulless convention center in Austin, Texas. They transformed that big, open room into an intimate affair. So having them perform at the Tiny Desk, an already intimate space, was a thrill. It was also the first appearance of a flugabone here. Kristoffer Lo plays that mournful horn and Ingrid Helene Håvik compliments the yearning with words that are mysterious, somewhat dark and contain surprising twists.The song titles on their 2014 album Silent Treatment seem more like chapter headings in a crime novel. "Leaving No Traces," "I, The Hand Grenade," "The Man on the Ferry," "Science & Blood Tests" — you get the picture. But this band has a powerful pop side filled with drama made of drums, synths, guitar and the aforementioned flugabone and voice. So glad I get to turn you on to a new favorite of mine.Set List"The Man on the Ferry""Since Last Wednesday"
Click here to watch and download Highasakite's Tiny Desk Concert via NPR!

She Keeps Bees unveil 'Is What It Is' video and announce tour

SHE KEEPS BEES UNVEIL "IS WHAT IT IS" VIDEO
ANNOUNCE FULL US TOUR EIGHT HOUSES OUT SEPT 16TH ON FUTURE GODS RECORDS 

WATCH THE "IS WHAT IT IS" VIDEO HERE
Today She Keeps Bees have unveiled the video for "Is What It Is", the lead single from their new album Eight Houses.  The video, directed by Keith Musil, is a powerful companion to the already stunning song, one of two on the album that feature Sharon Van Etten on back-up vocals.  This haunting song and video are indicative of the beautiful timelessness that She Keeps Bees have created with Eight Houses, out September 16th on Future Gods Records.
Eight Houses finds She Keeps Bees working with an outside producer, Nicolas Vernhes (Deerhunter, The War On Drugs, Dirty Projectors, etc.) for the first time and enlisting guest musicians including Sharon Van Etten and Adam Schatz. 
She Keeps Bees are taking their highly affecting live show on the road this fall on a full US tour, all dates below. 
 EARLY PRAISE FOR EIGHT HOUSES:"Low-key but powerful, trailing wisps of desolation, menace, and regret. Larrabee's moan is a ripple of unease in stale air, occupied only by some keyboard and a drum track." -Pitchfork
"Larrabee's soothing alto murmurs against minimal organ parts and a sparse drumbeat, and the less-is-more effect is powerful." -Stereogum 

ABOUT SHE KEEPS BEES:
Considering how controlled the chaos is on Eight Houses-a record that's ruptured by riffs and rattled by rhythms without leaping straight off the rails-it's tough to imagine a time when Jessica Larrabee and Andy LaPlant didn't finish each other's sentences, creatively and personally. But that's how She Keeps Bees began: with LaPlant bashing a borrowed kit (including a garbage-picked floor tom) atop a step-ladder and Larrabee directing the dark solo recordings she began soon after moving from Philadelphia to Brooklyn.  "It was trial by fire," says LaPlant of their early rehearsals. "Luckily what she wanted out of me at the time wasn't complicated."  "We grew together slowly," adds Larrabee, "like a tree. It felt powerful with him behind me. Nothing really clicked until I met Andy."  That dynamic became more pronounced with each passing record, peaking with the self-produced songs of Nests and Dig On, the latter of which expanded the pair's minimal sound with bass parts and synths. Now joined by an outside producer (Rare Book Room's Nicolas Vernhes) and guest musicians including Sharon Van Etten and Adam Schatz, She Keeps Bees revels in the raw power of subtlety, silence and space, coloring Larrabee's compositions with lean piano lines, hazy horns and warm organ rolls.  "There was definitely a batch of more aggressive songs that got cut from the record," explains LaPlant. "Having a producer was nice in that respect; if things were starting to sound too similar and we didn't hear it, Nicolas wasn't shy about letting us know. We wanted to step outside our comfort zone stylistically, which really gives Jess' songwriting a chance to shine."  It also pushes her dense lyrics to the fore, exploring a wide range of universal emotions (desire, obsession, change) and looking for answers to questions our teachers never addressed, from the blood-splattered war hero status Custer earned during his "last stand" to the forced assimilation of Native Americans on the open roads She Keeps Bees toured for the first time in 2012.  "The reservations left a heartache in me," she explains, "and swarms of questions. I began reading stories. The more I read the history, the more I realized this was a universal story of 'progress': the Western world surrounding indigenous people, taking their natural resources, destroying their sense of self."  And yet there's still a light at the end of the tumultuous tunnel Eight Houses carves over the course of 10 punchy, confident songs. It kicks in as "Raven" collides with its choruses, meeting the human condition head on.  "Let the toxic mimics roll off us all," says Larrabee. "Let the power of your truest self rest in your heart.  Draw strength from below your navel-a place where there is no fear. Honor the gravity of the emotion but do not be consumed." 

UPCOMING SHOWS:8/21 - Brooklyn, NY @ Cameo Gallery
8/24 - Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
8/25 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry
8/26 - Grand Forks, ND @ NDMOA
8/28 - Spokane, WA @ Jones Radiator
8/29 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
8/30 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre Lounge
9/3 - San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
9/6 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Satellite
9/7 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
9/8 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Rhythm Room
9/10 - Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar
9/11 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
9/12 - Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
9/13 - Kansas City, MO @ Czar bar
9/14 - Lincoln, NE @ Duffy's Taver
9/15 - Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
9/16 - Milwaukee, WI @ Club Garibaldi
9/17 - Detroit, MI @ PJ's Lager House
9/19 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern
9/20 - Athens, OH @ The Union
9/25 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Upstairs
9/26 - Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
9/27 - Washington, DC @ The Lot (Atlantic Plumbing)   
SHE KEEPS BEES EIGHT HOUSES FUTURE GODS RECORDSSEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Wormwood shares single via IMPOSE + EP

WORMWOOD SHARES SINGLE VIA IMPOSE
MICRODOT EP OUT NOW ON PUNCTUM RECORDS


STREAM: "268"Wormwood is an anthemic electronic duo comprised of multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Christina Willatt and multi-instrumentalist/producer Andrew Wenaus. Originally from Saskatchewan, Canada, the band is currently situated in London, Ontario. Their sound is perhaps best described by Jim DiGioia of Quick Before It Melts who stated “if 18th century ghosts haunted 21st century dance clubs, they'd probably sound exactly like Wormwood." The duo's striking sound combines elements of pop, post-rock, folk, punk, noise, classical, electronica, bebop, avant-garde, IDM, and film sound design. The impetus for the group stems from the members’ ambivalence towards the overwhelming sense of ubiquity and simultaneity in contemporary pop culture: beauty and mystery, simplicity and chaos, pleasure and angst, responsibility and fantasy, group heterarchy and the haunting of celebrity hierarchy. These tensions are expressed in both the form and content of the songs. The result is a combination of melodic lyricism with bursts of rapid-fire rhythmic precision, a conflation of traditional song writing combed through and capturing bursts and bits from the excessive mediascape. This is not simply the representation of eclecticism and syncretism in contemporary recording arts, but rather an affective response to the anxiety and ecstasy of the acceleration of pop art and information.

Wormwood's debut album Sunfloating (2013) received positive reviews on No Fear of Pop, ChartAttack, Quick Before It Melts, Greyowl Point, The Green Majority, and Open Til Midnight. Sunfloating won the "Forest City Fan Favourite Award" at the 2013 CHRW Local Album of the Year Awards in London, Ontario. The album was included in the Top 30 Albums of 2013 in the Toronto electronic indie magazine Silent Shout, and the song "Leaves Like Lemons" was included on the magazine's Top 100 Songs of 2013. Their recent EP Microdot, released on Punctum Records, is the first in a series of Microdot EPs. The band is currently working on a second full-length album.
 
 Wormwood Microdot (Punctum Records)
May 27, 2014
 1. Softly Light Limbs
2. 268
3. Dark
4. Spherecube
5. Sunrise
6. Morning

Nikki Lane to Perform on Conan!

NIKKI LANE TO MAKE TV DEBUT ON
CONAN AUGUST 4



WORLD CAFE PERFORMANCE
AND INTERVIEW AIRING TODAY

KCRW “MORNING BECOMES ECLECTIC” CONFIRMED FOR JULY 31 FOLLOWED BY KCRW’S “COUNTRY IN THE CITY” CONCERT SERIES WITH WYNONNA JUDD
ON AUGUST 2 IN LOS ANGELES

Sounds Like: “If Kris Kristofferson and Loretta Lynn had a baby; raised her on Motown, Leslie Gore, and the Clash; then let her join an all-girl hotrod gang at 15 (not that she would have asked permission.)” – Rolling Stone/ 10 New Aritsts You Need To Know This July

“She's country by virtue of her places of origin as much as anything else; aside from a slight twang and a tendency toward wordplay, Lane just as readily resides in the worlds of rock 'n' roll, confessional singer-songwriters, and impeccably groomed girl-group throwbacks.” – NPR First Listen
 
Nikki Lane is thrilled to announce she will make her television debut on  Conan  Monday, August 4. The Nashville-based musician, recently singled out in both  Rolling Stone’s summer and July “10 New Artists You Need To Know” features as well as a breaking artist print profile, will proceed the late night bow with a performance at KCRW’s “Country in the City” free all-ages outdoor concert series at Century Park in Century City, Calif. on Saturday, August 2 where she will perform alongside Wynonna Judd and The Big Noise in conjunction with the Annenberg Space for Photography’s newest exhibit, “Country: Portraits of an American Sound.” 
RSVP here: http://www.kcrw.com/events/country-in-the-city-2014-rsvp
 
Ahead of the concert, KCRW has invited Lane and her band to perform live on “Morning Becomes Eclectic” Thursday, July 31 and give a glimpse of what to expect for their big show. Yesterday, the chanteuse made her World Cafe debut where she played a rousing four-song set and had a conversation with host David Dye about music, fashion and their intersection. Listen here: http://www.npr.org/blogs/world-cafe/2014/07/24/334484149/nikki-lane-on-world-cafe
 
Since Lane’s record, All Or Nothin’ (New West Records), produced by Dan Auerbachof the Black Keys, was released in May, she’s steadily been on the rise as her “bold, idiosyncatic sound” ( NPR ) has struck a big chord. The album has garnered raves from the press with  Salon  hailing it one of “the best of 2014 – so far,”  Paste  exclaiming she “defies convention,” and  Bust  calling her “nothing short of sensational, adding “Lane has the ability to effortlessly mix and showcase different genres through her skillful songwriting and artistry.” American Songwriter declared: “Lane is a firecracker, strutting her sweet, sultry yet spunky vocals over tight country rockers that exude a self-assurance –both sexual and artistic—on a dozen tracks that feed on the past but are in no way locked into it,” Boston Globe called the album “the sound of a strong woman asserting herself in music and not giving a damn how you feel about it,” and Elle said Lane “hits that sweet spot between country-music earnestness and muddy rock grit.” About a recent show,  Hollywood Reporter  remarked: “With echoes of Jackie DeShannon and Dusty Springfield, this emerging Queen of Outlaw Country made timlessness real.”

Lane is currently impacting at radio across a variety of formats. She’s been top 10 at non-comm for the last six weeks and is steadily climbingly at commercial Triple A radio. She was #1 on  the Americana radio chart for four consecutive weeks and was one of just five artists to reach the #1 spot this year.
 
Lane has been on the road since the album’s release, having most recently completed a headline tour and support runs with the Old 97’s and The Whigs. She will continue to tour extensively through the end of the year and will announce a tour soon. In Octobershe will play both weekends of the Austin City Limits Music Festival and make her first trip to Australia for the Out on the Weekend Festival in Melbourne. 
 
NIKKI LANE ON TOUR
August 2 – Century City, CA @ Century Park – KCRW’s Country in the City
with Wynonna Judd
August 9 – Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
October 5 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Music Festival
October 12 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Music Festival
October 18 – Melbourne, AUS @ Out on the Weekend Festival

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CROPPED OUT 2014 Announced, September 26-27

"Wherever we are, what we hear is mostly noise. When we ignore it, it disturbs us. When we listen to it, we find it fascinating."
- John Cage, 1937



EARLY BIRD WEEKEND PASSES - NOW AVAILABLE
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 WE'RE BACK. Mark your calendars. Water your plants. Buy a top hat for your newborn. Cropped Out 2014 is upon us, and with artists ranging from the Marshall Allen (born Louisvillian)-led Sun Ra Arkestra -- also known as one of the greatest musical groups to have ever walked this planet, or any other for that matter -- to the raw-nerve nuances of LA's minimalist punk legends, the Urinals...there's just really no way of turning back now.

Cropped Out is a 100% DIY, independently-developed gathering of musicians occurring annually in Louisville, KY, USA. Now in its fifth straight year (time flies when you're lacking funds), this charmingly strange and truly unique event highlights the creative efforts of Louisville natives and fellow thinkers from the backwoods of Kentucky to neon glow of international metropolises. Since the earliest baby-breaths of punk from within the walls of the now-defunct Louisville School of Art, recalling echoes of late-'70s proto-punks like No Fun, Babylon Dance Band, and our very own Cropped Out veterans The Endtables (not to mention the embryonic Squirrel Baits, Bastros, and Slints to come), it’s no secret that Louisville’s cultural contributions have long served as a significant influence on national underground art and music scenes. What our "festival" (for lack of a better word) intends to define is a renewed sense of enthusiasm about Kentucky’s cultural offerings by pairing some of our favorite acts in the Bluegrass State with similarly progressive and expressive examples from alternate alleys of the world. The result? Well, one wild, wonderful weekend on the banks of the Ohio River, filled with food trucks, cheap drinks, vinyl vendors, art installations, merchant booths, tattoo artists, horseshoes, basketball, an idyllic backdrop of birds, boats, and barges, all while witnessing one-of-a-kind, intimate performances from artists like Jandek, Scratch Acid, Neil Hamburger, Lil B, Pissed Jeans, Wolf Eyes, Angel Olsen, Endless Boogie, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Mayo Thompson & so many more. Cropped Out exists solely as a celebration of contemporary musicians, artists, and artisans whom we feel reflect a greater undercurrent of sonic, visual, and conceptual exploration. These are the minds most interesting to us, the minds most capable of emerging from and quickly returning to their lightlessness, to be briefly met by a niche appreciation if not a decade-spanning career. We're the ones who are listening. We'll be waiting on the boat dock with open beers, open ears, and open arms. Now you know where to find us... Friday & Saturday, September 26th and 27th 2014
American Turners River Road3125 River RoadLouisville, KY 40207 
Sunday, September 29th 2014
Closing Party w/ White Reaper, Protomartyr, Tropical Trash, and Wishgift
at Fresh Start Growers' Supply
1007 E. Jefferson St
Louisville, KY 40206

White Fence @ The Echo

White Fence is playing at THE ECHO tonight Thursday July 24th 2014.

photo: Angel Ceballos

Wire Document And Eyewitness re-issue out August 18th

Wire Document And Eyewitness Re-issue Out August 18th On Pink Flag
Stream "Revealing Trade Secrets" at The AV Club   Listen: "Revealing Trade Secrets" via AV Club or SoundCloudListen: "12XU" (Fragment) via SoundCloud  Wire's Document And Eyewitness will be released on August 18 on Pink Flag and the album is available for pre-order here. The AV Club premiered "Revealing Trade Secrets," and described the track by saying "twitchy, icy and obliquely melodic, it never appeared on any of Wire's studio recordings - but it would have been right at home on masterpieces like 1979's 154." The track is also available to post and share via SoundCloud. When informed that Wire were planning to reissue  Document and Eyewitness , Rough Trade bossGeoff Travis (who released the original vinyl version in 1981) commented that the band were "completely mad."  Such is the reputation of  Document and Eyewitness  - an entry in Wire's discography that has had as many vehement detractors as enthusiastic supporters.  For those unfamiliar with  Document and Eyewitness , it really doesn't do the album justice todescribe it simply as a collection of live recordings from three turn-of-the-80s Wire gigs. What makes it more than that is the unorthodox nature of the main performance and the way it was presented on record.  The centrepiece of the original vinyl release was a recording of the final gig of Wire's 70s phase (albeit one that took place in February 1980). This was a concert at the Electric Ballroom that grewout of the band's performance art-based residency at the Jeannetta Cochrane Theatre the previous November.  Delivering a traditional rock gig - or even fully realized songs, for that matter - was not a priority at theElectric Ballroom, and Wire's set was composed of largely new (and often under-rehearsed) work, accompanied by a series of artistic actions and interventions. The annotated track list gave some indication of the band's broader approach to performance and entertainment on the night: this included such delights as an individual beating a gas cooker with a hammer, a woman pulling two bound men across the stage, an illuminated goose and massed percussionists sporting newspaper headdresses. One band member donned an exaggerated beekeeper's veil, while others wore morris-dancing bells. Veering back and forth between the playful and the unsettling, this was a combination of performance art and absurdist farce, in more or less equal measure.  The evening was memorable, above all, for the unusually hostile reaction from sections of the audience, which has perhaps elevated it beyond a simple passing moment. If the crowd was expecting a standard gig, the level of outrage, expressed in vociferous abuse - and with the odd thrown bottle - suggested that the band's intentions were lost on those in attendance, who were instead confounded, bored and exasperated by the apparent artistic pretensions on display. What is beyond doubt is the fact that the documentation and presentation of the spectacle has lent an air of seriousness and intentionality to something that was considerably more about experimentation than deliberate career choice.   A recording (marred by technical issues) was made for posterity, and by spring Newman, Lewis, Gilbert and Grey had begun to pursue their own projects beyond Wire. A year on from the Electric Ballroom gig, however, Rough Trade came to the band with a proposal to commit something of that night's events to vinyl. The approach was to couple selected live tracks with a spoken commentary on the proceedings by long-term Wire fans Adrian Garston and Russell Mills. Hence the title, Document and Eyewitness .   For the album, the Electric Ballroom material was supplemented with recordings from a July 1979 show at the Notre Dame Hall (a straightforward band performance), along with one track ("Heartbeat") from a March 1979 gig in Montreux, during Wire's stint as the support act on Roxy Music's Manifesto tour.      This release-cycle provides a wider view of the period, bringing in as much additional material as can be accommodated within the confines of the media. It takes as its core the Electric Ballroom, Notre Dame Hall and Montreux shows (remastered from the original tapes and pitch-corrected where necessary) and adds further texture with studio and rehearsal room recordings. 
Document And Eyewitness Cover Art      DOCUMENT AND EYEWITNESS (DOUBLE VINYL) PF21 LP: Packaged in a gatefold sleeve. Disc 1 is the same as the original vinyl, albeit remastered and re-edited. Disc 2 features the original selection from the Notre Dame Hall show on side one and the two singles and B-sides on side two. Disc 1
Side One: 01. 5/10 / 02. 12XU (Fragment) / 03. Underwater Experiences / 04. Everything's Going to Be Nice / 05. Piano Tuner (Keep Strumming Those Guitars) / 06. We Meet Under Tables
Side Two: 07. ZEGK HOQP / 08. Eastern Standard / 09. Instrumental (Thrown Bottle) / 10. Eels Sang Lino / 11. Revealing Trade Secrets / 12. And Then... Coda
Tracks 01-12 from Electric Ballroom   Disc 2
Side One: 13. Go Ahead / 14. Ally in Exile / 15. Relationship / 16. Underwater Experiences / 17. Witness to the Fact / 18. 2 People in a Room / 19. Our Swimmer / 20. Heartbeat Side Two: 21. Our Swimmer / 22. Midnight Bahnhof Cafe / 23. Second Length (Our Swimmer) / 24. Catapult 30Tracks 01-12 from Electric Ballroom. Tracks 13-19 from Notre Dame Hall. Track 20 from Montreux. Tracks 21-22 from "Our Swimmer" (1981) single. Tracks 23-24 from an unreleased 1981 single. 
LEGAL BOOTLEG SERIES: To complete the second legal bootleg series, the full, unedited gig recording of each show will be released (digital only). These will be: 09th March 1979, Pavilion Montreux (PFB 708) 
01. Another the Letter / 02. Practice Makes Perfect / 03. 2 People in a Room / 04. I Feel Mysterious Today / 05. Being Sucked In / 06. Blessed State / 07. A Question of Degree / 08. Mercy / 09. A Touching Display / 10. Former Airline / 11. French Film Blurred / 12. Men 2nd / 13. Heartbeat
19th July 1979, Notre Dame Hall, London (PFB 707) 
01. Go Ahead / 02. Ally in Exile / 03. Being Sucked In / 04. Relationship / 05. Midnight Bahnhof Cafe / 06. Underwater Experiences / 07. Blessed State / 08. Witness to the Fact / 09. I Should Have Known Better / 10. Safe / 11. Lorries / 12. 2 People in a Room / 13. A Question of Degree / 14. Our Swimmer / 15. I Am the Fly / 16. Heartbeat / 17. Strange
29th February 1980, Electric Ballroom, Document and Eyewitness Naked (PFB 806)  00. Eyewitness Accounts / 01. 5/10 / 02. Request Spot/12XU / 03. Underwater Experiences / 04. Everything's Going to Be Nice  / 05. Piano Tuner (Keep Strumming Those Guitars) / 06. We Meet Under Tables / 07. Inventory / 08. ZEGK HOQP / 09. Eastern Standard / 10. Instrumental (Thrown Bottle) / 11. Ritual View / 12. Part of Our History / 13. Eels Sang Lino / 14. Revealing Trade Secrets 15. And Then... Coda  For more info, please visit:   http://www.pinkflag.com

Riot Fest Chicago Announces Single Day Tickets On Sale

Chicago’s Riot Fest and Carnival AnnouncesSingle Day Tickets On Sale Now,Daily Band Schedules


(Chicago, IL) –The much anticipated single day tickets to Chicago’s Riot Fest and Carnival are now on sale, and organizers have released the daily band schedules. The Cure, The National, Jane’s Addiction, Weezer, Flaming Lips, Slayer, Social Distortion, Descendents, Tegan and Sara, The Offspring, Wu-Tang Clan, Metric, Samhain and Cheap Trick (among a slew of other incredible bands) on 7 stages at Humboldt Park September 12-14.
Riot Fest celebrates its 10th anniversary this year with an expanded footprint in Humboldt Park and more bands than ever before. The Carnival will also be expanded and food options will range from funnel cakes to gourmet food trucks. The circus will be staged daily and there are more features to be announced soon. Green space, killer food and drink and a wonderfully diverse line-up combine for maximum fun! Watching bands from the top of the Ferris Wheel while looking out on the gorgeous Chicago skyline makes Riot Fest a truly unforgettable experience.
RIOT FEST CHICAGO DAILY SCHEDULES:
Friday:Jane's Addiction, Rise Against, Slayer, The Offspring, P*ssy Riot (Nadya Tolokonnikova & Masha Alekhina), NOFX, Gogol Bordello, Of Mice & Men, Mastodon, The Murder City Devils, Failure, Circa Survive, Clutch, GWAR, Stiff Little Fingers, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, We Came as Romans, Senses Fail, All, Title Fight, Emarosa, Pity S*x, From Indian Lakes, The Hotelier, Radkey, Pianos Become The Teeth, Red City Radio, Baby Baby, Wounds, Plague Vendor, Somos, Ughh, My Parents Are Here
Saturday:The National, The Flaming Lips, Wu-Tang Clan, Samhain, Descendents, Metric, Taking Back Sunday, Die Antwoord, City and Colour, Paul Weller, The Used, The Afghan Whigs, C*ck Sparrer, Dashboard Confessional, Saosin w/ Anthony Green, Say Anything, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Tokyo Police Club, The Dandy Warhols, The Get Up Kids, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Streetlight Manifesto, Buzzc*cks, Face To Face, Marky Ramone w/ Guests, Wavves, The Orwells, RX Bandits, Samiam, 7 Seconds, Anti-Flag, Frnkiero And The Cellabration, Citizen, The World Is A Beautiful Place..., Lemuria, The Pizza Underground, Nostalghia, Skaters, The Unlikely Candidates, Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas, The Bots, Broncho, The American Scene, Restorations, The Picturebooks, Rose's Pawn Shop, The Crombies, Ex Friends
Sunday:The Cure, Weezer, Social Distortion, Primus, Tegan and Sara, Cheap Trick, Patti Smith, Bring Me The Horizon, Dropkick Murphys, Naked Raygun, Superchunk, Billy Bragg, The Hold Steady, Blue Meanies, Lucero, New Found Glory, Mudhoney, Hot Snakes, Thurston Moore, Motion City Soundtrack, Andrew W.K., Bouncing Souls, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Mineral, La Dispute, Only Crime, The Menzingers, The Front Bottoms, Silverstein, The Whigs, In The Valley Below, Modern Baseball, I Am the Avalanche, Laura Stevenson, Cerebral Ballzy, PUP, Dads, Show You Suck, Lucki Eck$, My Gold Mask, Tiny Moving Parts, Team Spirit, Survay Says!, Chumped, Archie Powell & The Exports, Ur Lineup Sux, Bro
On top of the flagship festival in Chicago, Riot Fest will also take over Toronto (September 6-7), and Denver (September 19-21). Tickets for all 3 fests are on sale now at www.ticketfly.com and lineups can be viewed at www.riotfest.org. As previously promised, more news and announcements are coming soon, so stay tuned!
Toronto's Riot Fest & Expo (9/6-9/7) at  Downsview Park Chicago's Riot Fest & Carnival (9/12-9/14) in  Humboldt Park Denver's Riot Fest & Sideshow (9/19-9/21) at  Sports Authority Field at Mile High
TORONTO:City and Colour * Metric * The National * Billy Talent * Rise Against * The Flaming Lips * Social Distortion * Death Cab for Cutie * Death from Above 1979 * Brand New * Paul Weller * AWOLNATION * Stars * The Head and the Heart * Dropkick Murphys * Die Antwoord * Tokyo Police Club * The New Pornographers * Taking Back Sunday * Bring Me the Horizon * The Afghan Whigs * Alkaline Trio * Glassjaw * Bob Mould * Thurston Moore * Buzzc*cks * Clutch * New Found Glory * Circa Survive * Manchester Orchestra * Lucero *  Title Fight * Bad Suns * Citizen * Lemuria * Mounties * PUP * Nostalghia * Radkey * Rubblebucket * Pentimento * Broncho * The Hotelier * Laura Stevenson * The Beaches * Somos * Restorations * Say Yes * Seaway * Wounds  * Little Big League
DENVER:The Cure * The National * Rise Against * Weezer * Social Distortion * The Flaming Lips * Primus * Slayer * Sublime with Rome * Wu-Tang Clan * TV on the Radio * Descendents * A Day To Remember  * NOFX * Die Antwoord * Dropkick Murphys * Bring Me the Horizon * Gogol Bordello * Violent Femmes * City and Colour * The Used * Taking Back Sunday * Manchester Orchestra * New Found Glory * Lucero * Failure * Hot Snakes * Me First and the Gimme Gimmes * Clutch * Bouncing Souls * Face to Face * Glassjaw * Buzzc*cks * Dum Dum Girls * Bob Mould * Stiff Little Fingers * All * La Dispute * Mineral * We Came As Romans * The Expendables * 3OH!3 * The Menzingers * Big Freedia * The Orwells * Passafire * Larry and his Flask * Nostalgia * Skaters * In the Valley Below * Dads * Pianos Become the Teeth * I Am The Avalanche * Radkey * Cerebral Ballzy * Red City Radio * Wounds * The Unlikely Candidates * Sole and DJ Pain 1 * The Bots * Tiny Moving Parts * Plague Vendor * My Body Sings Electric
Toronto: http://www.ticketfly.com/search/?q=riot+fest+torontoDenver: http://www.ticketfly.com/search/?q=riot+fest+denverChicago: http://www.ticketfly.com/search/?q=riot+fest+humboldt+park

Orenda Fink shares new track "Holy Holy"

Orenda Fink Shares New Track "Holy Holy" With American Songwriter
New Album Blue Dream Out August 19 via Saddle Creek      Photo credit: Bill Sitzmann  "Blue Dream floats in a state of meditative weightlessness suspended by plentiful pop hooks. Fans of Kate Bush should be pleased by the results." - Entertainment Weekly  "Orenda Fink embraces spirituality and mysticism along with more challenging songwriting." - Pitchfork   "Fink's voice is lush, full, seductive, vulnerable, mature, and innocent at various times, and on rare occasions, all of those qualities at once." - Pop Matters

"Lovely and visceral all at once." - Paste

Listen: "Holy Holy" via American Songwriter or SoundCloud  Orenda Fink will release her new album, Blue Dream on August 19 via Saddle Creek. American Songwriter has premiered "Holy Holy" from the album. Orenda said, "I wrote 'Holy Holy' when I was mournfully struggling over themes of mortality. How can we love so deeply when we know that all relationships will end in death? And what happens to that love then? These were the questions on my mind, driving me to search my heart for an ounce of transcendence. I literally wept while I was writing it. I feel like the production of the song is an extension of those emotions. Ben Brodin's swimmy guitars and the angelic voices of Christine Fink and Pearl Boyd perfectly expressed my feelings musically." Blue Dream can be pre-ordered now on CD and LP in the Saddle Creek online store. Fans that order the deluxe LP (Blue and Coke Bottle vinyl) will also receive a bonus Blue DreamDream Journal handmade and inscribed by Orenda Fink. The blank journals, limited to 100, are hand screen printed originals made from vintage re-purposed books. Orenda is guest editing Magnet Magazine all week. Topics have included dreams, Alejandro Jodorowsky, tropical islands & the perfect martini. Check in for daily updates and read their feature here.

Throughout her time with Azure Ray and over the course of her solo career, Orenda Fink has never shied from exploring the darker edges of spirituality and the human condition. On her debut solo album Invisible Ones, Orenda explored traditional Haitian ritual and mysticism. She then followed that up with an examination of the Southern Gothic subconscious on Ask the Night. Needless to say, death has been visible in much of her music. On her latest album, Blue Dream, she looks deeply at the subject, reflecting upon a year-long meditation on death that started with a dog named Wilson and the words of Laurie Anderson.

"Just look at yesterday, and what you were doing, and how important it was, and how nonexistent it is now! How dreamlike it is! Same thing with tomorrow. So where are we living? Tibetans have unbelievably fascinating answers to that. This is what I'm studying because my dog died."  - Laurie Anderson Orenda was sent this quote by her friend Nina Barnes after Wilson, Orenda's dog of 16 years, died. That year she found herself on a deeply personal search for the meaning of death. Pieces of answers, coded in riddle, came to her in dreams. Her dreams began to tell a story - about life and death and the afterlife, reality, and the fine line between the conscious and subconscious world. She then spent the next year understanding the experience and filtering it through the musical inspirations of Smog, Violetta Parra, and Kate Bush to craft Blue Dream. The album truly came together at ARC in Omaha, NE with the help of producers Ben Brodin and Todd Fink (The Faint), along with drummer Bill Rieflin (Ministry, Swans, R.E.M., King Crimson).

Lead single "Ace of Cups" starts the album off by using the Tarot symbol of attunement and spirituality to explore the interconnectedness with the world and humanity that even death cannot undo. The haunting "Holy Holy" examines them directly with lines "We come into this world all alone/and we leave with not much more" and "I lay in bed/collect all my dreams/then I pay/someone to read them to me/the simple ones are just as they seem/but open your eyes/and they say so much more." Whereas "All Hearts Will Beat Again" displays ideas Orenda came to understand upon reflection in lines "It's a sign in the eyes/something in your smile/it's a nod and a wave from the darkness/but our hearts will beat again/and the love we gave will come back/but I don't know where or when."

Writing the album allowed Orenda to contemplate the experiences that precipitated it and explore new perspectives gained over the past year. This process left her with the belief that we can only be truly healed if we find our "interior God." How do you find your interior God? There are many ways, but she believes one of them is through dreams. Dreams being the closest way to have a direct experience with the all-knowing past, present, and future.


   1. Ace of Cups (stream)2. You Can Be Loved (stream)3. This Is a Part of Something Greater4. You Are a Mystery5. Holy Holy (stream)6. Blue Dream6. Sweet Disorder7. Poor Little Bear8. Darkling9. All Hearts Will Beat Again  
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