Alexander Laurence's Blog, page 2475
April 28, 2014
TEEN @ Bootleg Theater
TEEN is playing at the Bootleg Theater tonight, Monday, April 28th 2014.
Photo by Angel Ceballos
Brian Jonestown Massacre: New Album: Austin Psych Fest
BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE RELEASE REVELATION ON MAY 20, 2014
SAT MAY 3 HEADLINING AUSTIN PSYCH FEST
WED MAY 7 Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
THU MAY 8 Oakland, CA @ Fox Theatre
SAT MAY 10 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
"Depending on how you look at it they’re either the Grandaddies of Psych, a bunch of pricks on mind-bending drugs, the stars of Dig!, or maybe you’ve never heard them before. Whatever, who cares. All you need to know is that they’re back, baby." – NOISEY Track Premiere (March 20) “What You Isn’t” Q Magazine Track of The Day (March 24)
photo by Katy Lane
Brian Jonestown Massacre will release their 14th album, Revelation , on May 20, 2014through A Records (Redeye Distribution). Listen to “What You Isn’t” here:https://soundcloud.com/wastedyouthpr/brian-jonestown-massacre-what/s-qA0r2Encompassing all the weirdness that has been discovered in the past 40 years,Revelation advances the traditional Brian Jonestown Massacre sound of mixing eastern influences with western rock. Two-dozen band members later and numerous “ups and downs” (some have been famously sensationalized in the media), the one thing that has always remained consistent for this psychedelic collective, is front man Mr. Anton Alfred Newcombe.
Recorded from late 2012-2014, Revelation is the first album that was fully recorded and produced at Anton’s recording studio in Berlin, Germany. Original band member, Ricky Maymi plays guitar on this album plus features a vocal performance in Swedish byJoachim Alhund (Les Big Byrd/Teddybears) on “Vad Hände Med Dem?” Other special guests include: Constatine Karlis (Dimmer) on drums, Ryan Van Kriedt (Asteroid #4) on guitar, and Anton plays the rest.
Anton also releases music by other bands through his A Records including: Les Big Byrd: The Worshipped Cats (May 20), Blue Angel Lounge: A Sea Of Trees (May 20),The KVB: Out of Body (June 3) who were recently named one of Alternative Press’ 100 Bands You Need To Know This Year.
Brian Jonestown Massacre are confirmed to headline Austin Psych Fest and select live dates on the West Coast in May. The band will then begin a 45-date tour of mainland Europe including the band’s first ever dates in Warsaw, Prague and Athens:http://www.brianjonestownmassacre.com/?news=euro-tour-2014Anton explains why the album is named Revelation:“The simple answer is I love the word. Most of the time I would classify my work " śruti ," i.e. "what is heard" definition of the word “revelation.” But on this album and with these songs, there was nothing. No ideas and no guidance and I was still able to create the record for me. That was a revelation.”
Brian Jonestown Massacre Touring Band Anton Newcombe – guitar, vocalsMatt Hollywood – guitar, vocalsJoel Gion - tambourineCollin Hegna -bassDan Allaire - drumsFrankie Emerson - guitarRicky Maymi - guitarRob Campanella - keyboards
Revelation LP - TracklistingSIDE A – 1) Vad Hände Med Dem? 2) What You Isn't 3) UnknownSIDE B – 1) Memory Camp 2) days, weeks and moths 3) Duck and CoverSIDE C – 1) Food For Clouds 2) Second Sighting 3) MemorymixSIDE D – 1) Fist Full Of Bees 2) Nightbird 3) Xibalba 4) Goodbye (Butterfly)
Revelation CD - Tracklisting1) Vad Hände Med Dem? 2) What You Isn't 3) Unknown 4) Memory Camp5) days, weeks and moths 6) Duck and Cover 7) Food For Clouds 8) Second Sighting9) Memorymix 10) Fist Full Of Bees 11) Nightbird 12) Xibalba 13) Goodbye (Butterfly)
Record Store Day 12” Tracklisting (Release date: April 19, 2014)SIDE A – Brian Jonestown Massacre 1) Goodbye (Butterfly) 2) Lions Ride FreeSIDE B – The Magic Castles 1) Rebecca’s World 2) Trembling Hands* Limited to 3,000 units all individually numbered available on grey splattered 180 gram vinyl.
For more information about Brian Jonestown Massacre visit www.brianjonestownmassacre.com explore http://psychicgrafitti.blogspot.de/ follow https://twitter.com/antonnewcombe
Photo by Angel Ceballos
SAT MAY 3 HEADLINING AUSTIN PSYCH FEST
WED MAY 7 Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
THU MAY 8 Oakland, CA @ Fox Theatre
SAT MAY 10 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
"Depending on how you look at it they’re either the Grandaddies of Psych, a bunch of pricks on mind-bending drugs, the stars of Dig!, or maybe you’ve never heard them before. Whatever, who cares. All you need to know is that they’re back, baby." – NOISEY Track Premiere (March 20) “What You Isn’t” Q Magazine Track of The Day (March 24)
photo by Katy Lane
Brian Jonestown Massacre will release their 14th album, Revelation , on May 20, 2014through A Records (Redeye Distribution). Listen to “What You Isn’t” here:https://soundcloud.com/wastedyouthpr/brian-jonestown-massacre-what/s-qA0r2Encompassing all the weirdness that has been discovered in the past 40 years,Revelation advances the traditional Brian Jonestown Massacre sound of mixing eastern influences with western rock. Two-dozen band members later and numerous “ups and downs” (some have been famously sensationalized in the media), the one thing that has always remained consistent for this psychedelic collective, is front man Mr. Anton Alfred Newcombe.
Recorded from late 2012-2014, Revelation is the first album that was fully recorded and produced at Anton’s recording studio in Berlin, Germany. Original band member, Ricky Maymi plays guitar on this album plus features a vocal performance in Swedish byJoachim Alhund (Les Big Byrd/Teddybears) on “Vad Hände Med Dem?” Other special guests include: Constatine Karlis (Dimmer) on drums, Ryan Van Kriedt (Asteroid #4) on guitar, and Anton plays the rest.
Anton also releases music by other bands through his A Records including: Les Big Byrd: The Worshipped Cats (May 20), Blue Angel Lounge: A Sea Of Trees (May 20),The KVB: Out of Body (June 3) who were recently named one of Alternative Press’ 100 Bands You Need To Know This Year.
Brian Jonestown Massacre are confirmed to headline Austin Psych Fest and select live dates on the West Coast in May. The band will then begin a 45-date tour of mainland Europe including the band’s first ever dates in Warsaw, Prague and Athens:http://www.brianjonestownmassacre.com/?news=euro-tour-2014Anton explains why the album is named Revelation:“The simple answer is I love the word. Most of the time I would classify my work " śruti ," i.e. "what is heard" definition of the word “revelation.” But on this album and with these songs, there was nothing. No ideas and no guidance and I was still able to create the record for me. That was a revelation.”
Brian Jonestown Massacre Touring Band Anton Newcombe – guitar, vocalsMatt Hollywood – guitar, vocalsJoel Gion - tambourineCollin Hegna -bassDan Allaire - drumsFrankie Emerson - guitarRicky Maymi - guitarRob Campanella - keyboards
Revelation LP - TracklistingSIDE A – 1) Vad Hände Med Dem? 2) What You Isn't 3) UnknownSIDE B – 1) Memory Camp 2) days, weeks and moths 3) Duck and CoverSIDE C – 1) Food For Clouds 2) Second Sighting 3) MemorymixSIDE D – 1) Fist Full Of Bees 2) Nightbird 3) Xibalba 4) Goodbye (Butterfly)
Revelation CD - Tracklisting1) Vad Hände Med Dem? 2) What You Isn't 3) Unknown 4) Memory Camp5) days, weeks and moths 6) Duck and Cover 7) Food For Clouds 8) Second Sighting9) Memorymix 10) Fist Full Of Bees 11) Nightbird 12) Xibalba 13) Goodbye (Butterfly)
Record Store Day 12” Tracklisting (Release date: April 19, 2014)SIDE A – Brian Jonestown Massacre 1) Goodbye (Butterfly) 2) Lions Ride FreeSIDE B – The Magic Castles 1) Rebecca’s World 2) Trembling Hands* Limited to 3,000 units all individually numbered available on grey splattered 180 gram vinyl.
For more information about Brian Jonestown Massacre visit www.brianjonestownmassacre.com explore http://psychicgrafitti.blogspot.de/ follow https://twitter.com/antonnewcombe
Photo by Angel Ceballos
A Place To Bury Strangers @ Constellation Room
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS are playing in the OC for the first time ina while. It's a pre-party to PSYCHO DE MAYO, on May 10th, 2014. It shouldbe loud and it should be raw. It will be a great show to be at. Thanks to Thief Presentswe are giving away a free pair of tickets. To win, leave a comment below. Or betteryet add The Portable Infinite on Twitter @portinfinite and tweet at me APTBS orif you are old-fashioned like myself email me at alexlaurence (at) aol.com andput APTBS in the subject line and send your full name. I promise no spam.
Photo by Angel CebalosThief Presents would like to offer a pair of free tickets to A Place To Bury Strangers/Cold Showers/Electric Flower Group official pre-show to Psycho De Mayo 2014 to be used as a promotional giveaway on your blog and social media. Tickets to the show are $15 and are available through The Observatory OC at this link: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=4070184&pl=observatory
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Tijuana Panthers share new video + tour dates
TIJUANA PANTHERS SHARE NEW VIDEO VIA SPIN
SHARE NEW TOUR DATES
WAYNE INTEREST OUT JUNE 3RD VIA INNOVATIVE LEISURE
After announcing their new album and sharing the first single, "Cherry Street", Tijuana Panthers are back today with a video for the single. 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 video, European tour dates, more information about the band, and the full album details below.
WATCH: "Cherry Street" - http://youtu.be/XOTR8FEcp8g
PREVIOUSLY:
LISTEN: "Cherry Street" - https://soundcloud.com/innovativeleisure/tijuana-panthers-cherry-street
TOUR DATES:
5/01 - Lacuna Artists Loft Studio - Chicago, IL6/06 - Plissken Festival - Athens, GR6/07 - Aucard de Tours Festival - Tours, FR6/08 - Het Bos, Antwerp, BE6/09 - The Hope - Brighton, UK6/10 - Shacklewell Arms - London, UK6/12 - L'Ecurie - Geneva, CH6/13 - Rock-A-Tiki - Berlin, DE6/14 - Point Ephemere - Paris, FR6/15 - La Peniche - Lille, FR6/17 - Madame Moustache - Brussels, BE6/19 - Vera - Groingen, NL6/20 - Best Kept Secret Festival - Hilvarenbeek, NL
SHARE NEW TOUR DATES
WAYNE INTEREST OUT JUNE 3RD VIA INNOVATIVE LEISURE
After announcing their new album and sharing the first single, "Cherry Street", Tijuana Panthers are back today with a video for the single. 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 video, European tour dates, more information about the band, and the full album details below.
WATCH: "Cherry Street" - http://youtu.be/XOTR8FEcp8g
PREVIOUSLY:
LISTEN: "Cherry Street" - https://soundcloud.com/innovativeleisure/tijuana-panthers-cherry-street
TOUR DATES:
5/01 - Lacuna Artists Loft Studio - Chicago, IL6/06 - Plissken Festival - Athens, GR6/07 - Aucard de Tours Festival - Tours, FR6/08 - Het Bos, Antwerp, BE6/09 - The Hope - Brighton, UK6/10 - Shacklewell Arms - London, UK6/12 - L'Ecurie - Geneva, CH6/13 - Rock-A-Tiki - Berlin, DE6/14 - Point Ephemere - Paris, FR6/15 - La Peniche - Lille, FR6/17 - Madame Moustache - Brussels, BE6/19 - Vera - Groingen, NL6/20 - Best Kept Secret Festival - Hilvarenbeek, NL
Highasakite Premieres Live Video for "Leaving No Traces"
Norway’s Highasakite Hits The Stage In ‘Leaving No Traces’ (Video Premiere)Norwegian band Highasakite filmed a hometown show in February at a sold-out club in Oslo for a new video for their song “Leaving No Traces,” which premieres today on Speakeasy.The indie-pop quintet shows a dramatic flair in the clip, bringing a stadium-sized stage presence to the rather more intimate venue. Beams of light illuminate dry-ice smoke for an ethereal glow as frontwoman Ingrid Helene Håvik, synth players Marte Eberson and Øystein Skar and guitarist Kristoffer Lo blend their voices in layers of rich harmony. The gig was a “big highlight in our career so far,” drummer Trond Bersu told Speakeasy.He continued, “The live production is quite huge and we think that both the massive sound and visuals lift the songs and give the audience something they can’t experience by just listening to the album. We love to play live and give that little extra.”
Click here to read the full piece and watch "Leaving No Traces" via the Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy blog!
Highasakite released their US debut full-length Silent Treatment on April 8th, 2014. They're due back in the States this May for a run of select east coast dates, below!5/16 @ Mercury Lounge in New York, NY
5/17 @ Cafe 939 in Boston, MA
5/18 @ Black Cat in Watshington, DC
5/19 @ Underground Arts in Philadelphia, PA
Philip Glass' Days and Nights Festival returns
PHILIP GLASS’ DAYS AND NIGHTS FESTIVAL RETURNS SEPTEMBER 25–28 
FEATURING:
Ira Glass’ Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host
Brian Greene’s Icarus at the Edge of Time with live Philip Glass score conducted by Michael Riesman
An Evening of Music and Spoken Word with Philip Glass, Jerry Quickley, Tim Fain, Matt Haimovitz, Jaron Lanier
Screening of Godfrey Reggio’s Visitors with audience Q&A
The acclaimed Days and Nights Festival, founded and curated by Philip Glass, returns for its 2014 edition September 25–28 with four days of performances in Big Sur and Carmel, CA. Highlights of the long weekend include public radio host Ira Glass’ new live show, Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host; Brian Greene’s Icarus at the Edge of Time accompanied by a live performance of Glass’ score conducted by Michael Riesman; an evening of music and spoken word with Glass on piano, spoken word artist Jerry Quickley and renowned instrumentalists Tim Fain (vioin), Matt Haimovitz (cello) and Jaron Lanier; and a screening of Visitors , the latest collaboration between Glass and director Godfrey Reggio, accompanied by a live Q&A. Tickets go on sale July 1—see below for schedule and details.
Free film screening events will also take place during the day on Saturday and Sunday at Carmel’s Sunset Cultural Center. Curated by California State University, Monterey Bay faculty member Enid Balder Ryce, the series includes a screening of H20MX. This 2013 Mexican documentary meticulously examines water issues of Mexico City and makes an urgent call for committed action to solve that city’s water woes—a poignant and topical subject for California today. In addition to screenings, the daytime events will include participatory gatherings of visual and sound artists and workshops for children. Full schedule to be announced soon.
Glass envisions the Days and Nights Festival as encompassing and nurturing the arts in a way that welcomes the future while exploring the seminal developments in the arts throughout history. Future seasons will delve ever further into the evolution of the arts across time and space.
The composer has chosen Big Sur and the surrounding area, world famous for its beauty, as the future home of the Philip Glass Center for the Arts, Science and the Environment. Over time, the Center will develop a broad array of interdisciplinary activities including live (filmed and recorded) performance, exhibitions, seminars and publications. “The Days and Nights Festival was my first step towards the establishment of a center,” notes Glass. “The idea was to present a condensed sample of the work intended for the Center.”
For more than five decades, Glass continues to be at the forefront of contemporary music and art. In the early 1960s, Glass spent two years of intensive study in Paris with Nadia Boulanger and while there, earned money by transcribing Ravi Shankar’s Indian music into Western notation. By 1974, Glass had a number of innovative projects, creating a large collection of new music for The Philip Glass Ensemble and for the Mabou Mines Theater Company. This period culminated in Music in Twelve Parts and the landmark opera Einstein on the Beach, for which he collaborated with Robert Wilson. Since Einstein, Glass has expanded his repertoire to include music for opera, dance, theater, chamber ensemble, orchestra and film. His scores have received Academy Award nominations (Kundun, The Hours, Notes on a Scandal) and a Golden Globe (The Truman Show). Several new works have been unveiled, including The Perfect American (2013, Teatro Real Madrid), Book of Longing, a collaboration with Leonard Cohen (2007, Luminato, Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity) and Appomattox (2007, San Francisco Opera), an opera about the end of the Civil War.
2014 DAYS AND NIGHTS FESTIVAL SCHEDULE:
Tickets on sale July 1. See www.daysandnightsfestival.com for details.
GODFREY REGGIO AND PHILIP GLASS
VISITORS—FILM SCREENING AND Q&AThursday, September 25 at 8 p.m.
Henry Miller Memorial Library, Big Sur
Directed by Godfrey Reggio and scored by Philip Glass, Visitors reveals humanity’s trancelike relationship with technology, which, when commandeered by extreme emotional states, produces massive effects far beyond the human species. The film is visceral, offering the audience an experience beyond information about the moment in which we live. Comprised of only seventy-four shots, Visitors takes viewers on a journey to the moon and back to confront them with themselves. Reggio and Glass will conduct an audience Q&A before the screening.
PHILIP GLASS WITH TIM FAIN, MATT HAIMOVITZ, JERRY QUICKLEY AND JARON LANIER
AN EVENING OF MUSIC AND SPOKEN WORDFriday, September 26 at 8 p.m.
Henry Miller Memorial Library, Big Sur
Acclaimed spoken word artist and musician Jerry Quickley is joined by Philip Glass on piano, violinist Tim Fain, cellist Matt Haimovitz and Jaron Lanier on an array of rare musical instruments for an evening of music and spoken word under the stars.
BRIAN GREENE
ICARUS AT THE EDGE OF TIME—FILM WITH LIVE SCORE BY PHILIP GLASSSaturday, September 27 at 7 p.m.
Sunset Cultural Center, Carmel-by-the-Sea
Leading theoretical physicist Brian Greene is an ardent scientific populariser with a number of best-selling books to his name. This screening of the film version of his Icarus at the Edge of Time features a live performance of Philip Glass’ score conducted by Michael Riesman and Greene himself providing live narration. Glass and Greene will both take part in an audience Q&A.
The program will also include a screening of the Godfrey Reggio/Philip Glass short Anima Mundi.
IRA GLASS
THREE ACTS, TWO DANCERS, ONE RADIO HOSTSunday, September 28 at 7 p.m.
Sunset Cultural Center, Carmel-by-the-Sea
This American Life host Ira Glass presents a live show that combines two art forms that—as he puts it—“have no business being together: dance and radio.” One is all words and no visuals. One is all visuals and no words. The result is a funny, lively and very talky evening of dance and stories that brought down the house in its Carnegie Hall premiere.
FEATURING:
Ira Glass’ Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host
Brian Greene’s Icarus at the Edge of Time with live Philip Glass score conducted by Michael Riesman
An Evening of Music and Spoken Word with Philip Glass, Jerry Quickley, Tim Fain, Matt Haimovitz, Jaron Lanier
Screening of Godfrey Reggio’s Visitors with audience Q&A
The acclaimed Days and Nights Festival, founded and curated by Philip Glass, returns for its 2014 edition September 25–28 with four days of performances in Big Sur and Carmel, CA. Highlights of the long weekend include public radio host Ira Glass’ new live show, Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host; Brian Greene’s Icarus at the Edge of Time accompanied by a live performance of Glass’ score conducted by Michael Riesman; an evening of music and spoken word with Glass on piano, spoken word artist Jerry Quickley and renowned instrumentalists Tim Fain (vioin), Matt Haimovitz (cello) and Jaron Lanier; and a screening of Visitors , the latest collaboration between Glass and director Godfrey Reggio, accompanied by a live Q&A. Tickets go on sale July 1—see below for schedule and details.
Free film screening events will also take place during the day on Saturday and Sunday at Carmel’s Sunset Cultural Center. Curated by California State University, Monterey Bay faculty member Enid Balder Ryce, the series includes a screening of H20MX. This 2013 Mexican documentary meticulously examines water issues of Mexico City and makes an urgent call for committed action to solve that city’s water woes—a poignant and topical subject for California today. In addition to screenings, the daytime events will include participatory gatherings of visual and sound artists and workshops for children. Full schedule to be announced soon.
Glass envisions the Days and Nights Festival as encompassing and nurturing the arts in a way that welcomes the future while exploring the seminal developments in the arts throughout history. Future seasons will delve ever further into the evolution of the arts across time and space.
The composer has chosen Big Sur and the surrounding area, world famous for its beauty, as the future home of the Philip Glass Center for the Arts, Science and the Environment. Over time, the Center will develop a broad array of interdisciplinary activities including live (filmed and recorded) performance, exhibitions, seminars and publications. “The Days and Nights Festival was my first step towards the establishment of a center,” notes Glass. “The idea was to present a condensed sample of the work intended for the Center.”
For more than five decades, Glass continues to be at the forefront of contemporary music and art. In the early 1960s, Glass spent two years of intensive study in Paris with Nadia Boulanger and while there, earned money by transcribing Ravi Shankar’s Indian music into Western notation. By 1974, Glass had a number of innovative projects, creating a large collection of new music for The Philip Glass Ensemble and for the Mabou Mines Theater Company. This period culminated in Music in Twelve Parts and the landmark opera Einstein on the Beach, for which he collaborated with Robert Wilson. Since Einstein, Glass has expanded his repertoire to include music for opera, dance, theater, chamber ensemble, orchestra and film. His scores have received Academy Award nominations (Kundun, The Hours, Notes on a Scandal) and a Golden Globe (The Truman Show). Several new works have been unveiled, including The Perfect American (2013, Teatro Real Madrid), Book of Longing, a collaboration with Leonard Cohen (2007, Luminato, Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity) and Appomattox (2007, San Francisco Opera), an opera about the end of the Civil War.
2014 DAYS AND NIGHTS FESTIVAL SCHEDULE:
Tickets on sale July 1. See www.daysandnightsfestival.com for details.
GODFREY REGGIO AND PHILIP GLASS
VISITORS—FILM SCREENING AND Q&AThursday, September 25 at 8 p.m.
Henry Miller Memorial Library, Big Sur
Directed by Godfrey Reggio and scored by Philip Glass, Visitors reveals humanity’s trancelike relationship with technology, which, when commandeered by extreme emotional states, produces massive effects far beyond the human species. The film is visceral, offering the audience an experience beyond information about the moment in which we live. Comprised of only seventy-four shots, Visitors takes viewers on a journey to the moon and back to confront them with themselves. Reggio and Glass will conduct an audience Q&A before the screening.
PHILIP GLASS WITH TIM FAIN, MATT HAIMOVITZ, JERRY QUICKLEY AND JARON LANIER
AN EVENING OF MUSIC AND SPOKEN WORDFriday, September 26 at 8 p.m.
Henry Miller Memorial Library, Big Sur
Acclaimed spoken word artist and musician Jerry Quickley is joined by Philip Glass on piano, violinist Tim Fain, cellist Matt Haimovitz and Jaron Lanier on an array of rare musical instruments for an evening of music and spoken word under the stars.
BRIAN GREENE
ICARUS AT THE EDGE OF TIME—FILM WITH LIVE SCORE BY PHILIP GLASSSaturday, September 27 at 7 p.m.
Sunset Cultural Center, Carmel-by-the-Sea
Leading theoretical physicist Brian Greene is an ardent scientific populariser with a number of best-selling books to his name. This screening of the film version of his Icarus at the Edge of Time features a live performance of Philip Glass’ score conducted by Michael Riesman and Greene himself providing live narration. Glass and Greene will both take part in an audience Q&A.
The program will also include a screening of the Godfrey Reggio/Philip Glass short Anima Mundi.
IRA GLASS
THREE ACTS, TWO DANCERS, ONE RADIO HOSTSunday, September 28 at 7 p.m.
Sunset Cultural Center, Carmel-by-the-Sea
This American Life host Ira Glass presents a live show that combines two art forms that—as he puts it—“have no business being together: dance and radio.” One is all words and no visuals. One is all visuals and no words. The result is a funny, lively and very talky evening of dance and stories that brought down the house in its Carnegie Hall premiere.
The Hold Steady Release Video
THE HOLD STEADY RELEASE NEW VIDEO FOR "I HOPE THIS WHOLE THING DIDN'T FRIGHTEN YOU"
ANNOUNCE NEW TOUR DATES
The Hold Steady have released a new video for the song "I Hope This Whole Thing Didn't Frighten You," the first track from their recently released album, Teeth Dreams (Positive Jams/Washington Square). The high-energy clip directed by Brooks Jones was shot at the already legendary 10th anniversary show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in February and shows the band on stage in full-throttle, and cuts in exclusive behind-the-scenes footage.
Watch: The Hold Steady - "I Hope This Whole Thing Didn't Frighten You" Video
The band are announcing a slew of summer tour dates that begin in Asbury Park, NJ, on June 27 and end in Santa Fe on August 6. The first two shows will be co-headlining dates with Drive-By Truckers, with festival stops in Milwaukee (SummerFest), East Lansing, MI (Common Ground), Telluride, CO )The Ride Festival, Philadelphia (XPoNential Festival), Edmonton, AB, Canada (Interstellar Rodeo), Richmond, VA (Fall Line Festival) and Boston, MA (Boston Calling). Cheap Girls will serve as support July 14 - August 6. The complete list of The Hold Steady tour dates is below A presale via the band's fanclub and theholdsteady.net begins Wednesday at 10am local time. More dates will be announced soon.
Teeth Dreams is the New York band's sixth album and first on its own Positive Jams imprint via new label Washington Square, itself a newly established imprint formed by Razor & Tie. The album was produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Alice in Chains, Rush, Evanescence) at Rock Falcon Studios in Franklin, TN.
Teeth Dreams has been receiving raves from the press. The New York Times claimed, "The Hold Steady has boldly rebuilt its music from within. The band's essence is still the voice and words of Craig Finn, an elliptical storyteller who sings (and talk-sings) with a robust grit," while Rolling Stone said, "The Brooklyn crew's punked-up bar-band rock is more streamlined now. But the addition of a second guitarist makes for a big sound that gives Finn more room for detail and nuance." The Associated Press exclaimed, "The Hold Steady's New Album Is Classic," and USA Today gave the record three and a half out of four stars saying, "Blue-collar rock and gritty story-songs of desperation and sketchy connections infuse the Brooklyn band's powerful sixth album. Ferocious, chiming guitars frame Craig Finn's half-spoken narratives of lives on the edge." In their A- review, the AV Club enthused, "The Hold Steady as a whole has at last jelled into a rock band-nothing more, nothing less, and nothing held back," and Stereogum hailed, "The Hold Steady is back to being one of our great working rock bands, a force that we should not take for granted."
The Hold Steady is: Bobby Drake (Drums), Craig Finn (Vocals), Tad Kubler (Guitar, vocals), Galen Polivka (Bass) and Steve Selvidge (Guitar, vocals).
The complete list of Hold Steady tour dates is below and more dates will be announced soon.
June27 - Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony Summer Stage *28 - Huntington, NY @ Paramount Theatre *July2 - Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall5 - Minneapolis, MN @ Weesner Amphitheatre8 - Lansing, MI @ Common Ground Music Festival10 - Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room12 - Telluride, CO @ The Ride Festival / Telluride Town Park14 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge15 - Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory Concert House17 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom18 - Seattle, WA @ The Neptune19 - Vancouver, BC @ River Rock Casino21 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall23 - Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's25 - 26 - Camden NJ @ WXPN / Wiggins Park / River stage27 - Edmonton, AB @ Interstellar Rodeo29 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey31 - Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up TavernAugust1 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory2 - Las Vegas, NV @ Vinyl4 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom5 - El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace6 - Santa Fe, NM @ Sol Santa Fe30 - Highmount, NY/Brooklyn @BelleayreSeptember5 - Richmond, VA @ Fall Line Fest / The National6 - 7 - Boston, MA - Boston Calling Festival
* co-headline with Drive-By Truckers
The Hold Steady Links:
http://theholdsteady.nethttps://itunes.apple.com/us/album/teeth-dreams/id806282916http://facebook.com/theholdsteadyhttp://twitter.com/theholdsteadyhttp://instagram.com/theholdsteadyhttp://youtube.com/theholdsteadyband
ANNOUNCE NEW TOUR DATES
The Hold Steady have released a new video for the song "I Hope This Whole Thing Didn't Frighten You," the first track from their recently released album, Teeth Dreams (Positive Jams/Washington Square). The high-energy clip directed by Brooks Jones was shot at the already legendary 10th anniversary show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in February and shows the band on stage in full-throttle, and cuts in exclusive behind-the-scenes footage.
Watch: The Hold Steady - "I Hope This Whole Thing Didn't Frighten You" Video
The band are announcing a slew of summer tour dates that begin in Asbury Park, NJ, on June 27 and end in Santa Fe on August 6. The first two shows will be co-headlining dates with Drive-By Truckers, with festival stops in Milwaukee (SummerFest), East Lansing, MI (Common Ground), Telluride, CO )The Ride Festival, Philadelphia (XPoNential Festival), Edmonton, AB, Canada (Interstellar Rodeo), Richmond, VA (Fall Line Festival) and Boston, MA (Boston Calling). Cheap Girls will serve as support July 14 - August 6. The complete list of The Hold Steady tour dates is below A presale via the band's fanclub and theholdsteady.net begins Wednesday at 10am local time. More dates will be announced soon.
Teeth Dreams is the New York band's sixth album and first on its own Positive Jams imprint via new label Washington Square, itself a newly established imprint formed by Razor & Tie. The album was produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Alice in Chains, Rush, Evanescence) at Rock Falcon Studios in Franklin, TN.
Teeth Dreams has been receiving raves from the press. The New York Times claimed, "The Hold Steady has boldly rebuilt its music from within. The band's essence is still the voice and words of Craig Finn, an elliptical storyteller who sings (and talk-sings) with a robust grit," while Rolling Stone said, "The Brooklyn crew's punked-up bar-band rock is more streamlined now. But the addition of a second guitarist makes for a big sound that gives Finn more room for detail and nuance." The Associated Press exclaimed, "The Hold Steady's New Album Is Classic," and USA Today gave the record three and a half out of four stars saying, "Blue-collar rock and gritty story-songs of desperation and sketchy connections infuse the Brooklyn band's powerful sixth album. Ferocious, chiming guitars frame Craig Finn's half-spoken narratives of lives on the edge." In their A- review, the AV Club enthused, "The Hold Steady as a whole has at last jelled into a rock band-nothing more, nothing less, and nothing held back," and Stereogum hailed, "The Hold Steady is back to being one of our great working rock bands, a force that we should not take for granted."
The Hold Steady is: Bobby Drake (Drums), Craig Finn (Vocals), Tad Kubler (Guitar, vocals), Galen Polivka (Bass) and Steve Selvidge (Guitar, vocals).
The complete list of Hold Steady tour dates is below and more dates will be announced soon.
June27 - Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony Summer Stage *28 - Huntington, NY @ Paramount Theatre *July2 - Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall5 - Minneapolis, MN @ Weesner Amphitheatre8 - Lansing, MI @ Common Ground Music Festival10 - Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room12 - Telluride, CO @ The Ride Festival / Telluride Town Park14 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge15 - Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory Concert House17 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom18 - Seattle, WA @ The Neptune19 - Vancouver, BC @ River Rock Casino21 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall23 - Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's25 - 26 - Camden NJ @ WXPN / Wiggins Park / River stage27 - Edmonton, AB @ Interstellar Rodeo29 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey31 - Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up TavernAugust1 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory2 - Las Vegas, NV @ Vinyl4 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom5 - El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace6 - Santa Fe, NM @ Sol Santa Fe30 - Highmount, NY/Brooklyn @BelleayreSeptember5 - Richmond, VA @ Fall Line Fest / The National6 - 7 - Boston, MA - Boston Calling Festival
* co-headline with Drive-By Truckers
The Hold Steady Links:
http://theholdsteady.nethttps://itunes.apple.com/us/album/teeth-dreams/id806282916http://facebook.com/theholdsteadyhttp://twitter.com/theholdsteadyhttp://instagram.com/theholdsteadyhttp://youtube.com/theholdsteadyband
King Dude's "Fear" LP streaming in it's entirety via Pitchfork Advance
STREAM KING DUDE'S FEAR LP
VIA PITCHFORK ADVANCE
OUT NEXT WEEK ON NOT JUST RELIGIOUS MUSIC
PRE-ORDER HERE
ON TOUR NOW WITH GHOST
King Dude's latest album, entitled Fear is out next week on Not Just Religious Music it was produced by the legendary Bill Rieflin (Ministry, Swans, Pigface, etc) and today T.J. is streaming the record in it's entirety via Pitchfork Advance.
Below are some of TJ's thoughts on Fear and what it really means to terrify people through song.
When I set out to write the follow up record to my last record Burning Daylight I hadn't quite realized what I was going to do for it's themes and overall concept. Although I had one crystal clear intention - To make the most horrifying music I could. So with that in mind I began to write what would later become Fear.
Now writing a record that is horrifying to me is one thing, writing a record that is horrifying to everyone in the whole world is some other thing altogether. So I really had to begin to think about what inner fear every single person possibly could have. Of course the most common fear everyone on Earth shares would be the fear of dying. But that seemed too obvious to write a record called "Fear" and have it be about the fear of death. There are already way too many songs written about being afraid to die (or not afraid to die for that matter) in fact I have written a few of them myself.
So I chose the next most obvious fear I felt everyone shared. And that is the fear felt during early adolescence. As we move away from our childhood towards our adulthood we (in a sense) watch helplessly from the confides of our own slowly deforming, prepubescent bodies as the "child-mind" is ripped away only (or buried deeply into our subconscious) only to be replaced by the cruel, maniacal, sex crazed "adult-mind" also known as the ultimate product of a civilized adult world reality.
The two other themes that I chose for this record are static in nature, or how shall I say, more tangible. And those two themes are "mirrors" and "telephones". Mirror reflections are often associated in the subconscious with our relationship to our physical bodies but they serve another hidden terrifying purpose which is to remind us that we are in fact separated from the reality conjured in our minds. Another sort of reflection we cast of ourselves is that one of which we cast upon those around us and at times very far away from us through communication. Advanced communication came about recently with the advent of the telephone and the concept of "separation of the mind and body" reveals itself to our subconscious every time we "reach out and touch someone" The mirrored image plays an integral role in the concept of Fear, a concept that will be revealed to the listener when the record is finally in their hands.
Pulling together the biblical sound and isolation of the bygone days of revelation with an atmosphere filled with hope and salvation, King Dude has woven his own unique brand of purely American music. He brandishes many varied influences in his songwriting... Everything from British Folk, Americana, Country and Blues can be heard in his songs. Even Heavy Metal tends to slither it's way into the King Dude canon. The resulting songs are much more of a modern day hymn then your average pop song.
Stream Fear below and make sure to pre-order a copy. He is on tour right now with Ghost and will be headed to Europe at the end of the month!
STREAM: King Dude - Fear LP
http://pitchfork.com/advance/413-fear/
PRE-ORDER: Fear LP
http://notjustreligiousmusic.bandcamp.com/album/njrm-003-king-dude-fear
KING DUDE TOUR DATES
4/28 The Observatory (Santa Ana, CA) w/ Ghost
5/1 Emo’s East (Austin, TX) w/ Ghost
5/2 House of Blues (Houston, TX) w/ Ghost
5/3 House of Blues (Dallas, TX) w/ Ghost
5/4 Civic Theatre (New Orleans, LA) w/ Ghost
5/6 The Beacham Theater (Orlando, FL) w/ Ghost
5/7 Revolution Live (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) w/ Ghost
5/9 Center Stage (Atlanta, GA) w/ Ghost
5/10 Track 29 (Chattanooga, TN) w/ Ghost
5/11 Lincoln Theater (Raleigh, NC) w/ Ghost
5/12 The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC) w/ Ghost
5/14 The Fillmore (Silver Spring, MD) w/ Ghost
5/15 Trocadero Theatre (Philadelphia, PA) w/ Ghost
5/16 The Chance (Poughkeepsie, NY) w/ Ghost
5/17 Best Buy Theater (New York, NY) w/ Ghost5/22 Death Disco (Berlin, Germany)
5/23 King George (Köln, Germany)
5/24 Vera (Groningen, Holland)5/25 DNA (Bruxellles, Belgium)5/26 The Macbeth (London, England)5/27 Escape B (Paris, France)5/28 DB S (Utretch, Holland)5/29 Market Halle (Aurich, Germany)5/30 Loppen (Copenhagen, Denmark)5/31 Muskelrock Festival (Tyrolen, Sweden)6/02 Pussy A Go Go (Stockholm, Sweden)6/03 Revolver (Olso, Norway)6/04 Truck Stop Alaska (Gothenburg, Sweden)6/07 Manifest Club (Moscow, Russia)6/08 TBA (Odessa, Ukraine)6/09 Chemiefabrik (Dresden, Germany)6/10 Die Bäckerei (Linz, Austria)6/11 Freakout (Bologna, Italy)6/12 Lazzaretto (Ancona, Italy)6/13 Cox18 (Milano, Italy)6/14 Impetus Festival (Lussane, Switzerland)6/23 Bar Del Fico (Rome, Italy) *Solo Performance
KING DUDE
FEAR
NOT JUST RELIGIOUS MUSIC
5/6/14
1. Open The Door
2. Fear Is All You Know
3. Maria
4. Devil Eyes
5. Cloven Hooves (Of Fear)
6. Demon Caller Number 9
7. Bloody Mirror
8. Lay Down In Bedlam
9. Bottomless Pit
10. Never Run
11. Miss September
12. Empty House
13. Watching Over You
VIA PITCHFORK ADVANCE
OUT NEXT WEEK ON NOT JUST RELIGIOUS MUSIC
PRE-ORDER HERE
ON TOUR NOW WITH GHOST
King Dude's latest album, entitled Fear is out next week on Not Just Religious Music it was produced by the legendary Bill Rieflin (Ministry, Swans, Pigface, etc) and today T.J. is streaming the record in it's entirety via Pitchfork Advance.Below are some of TJ's thoughts on Fear and what it really means to terrify people through song.
When I set out to write the follow up record to my last record Burning Daylight I hadn't quite realized what I was going to do for it's themes and overall concept. Although I had one crystal clear intention - To make the most horrifying music I could. So with that in mind I began to write what would later become Fear.
Now writing a record that is horrifying to me is one thing, writing a record that is horrifying to everyone in the whole world is some other thing altogether. So I really had to begin to think about what inner fear every single person possibly could have. Of course the most common fear everyone on Earth shares would be the fear of dying. But that seemed too obvious to write a record called "Fear" and have it be about the fear of death. There are already way too many songs written about being afraid to die (or not afraid to die for that matter) in fact I have written a few of them myself.
So I chose the next most obvious fear I felt everyone shared. And that is the fear felt during early adolescence. As we move away from our childhood towards our adulthood we (in a sense) watch helplessly from the confides of our own slowly deforming, prepubescent bodies as the "child-mind" is ripped away only (or buried deeply into our subconscious) only to be replaced by the cruel, maniacal, sex crazed "adult-mind" also known as the ultimate product of a civilized adult world reality.
The two other themes that I chose for this record are static in nature, or how shall I say, more tangible. And those two themes are "mirrors" and "telephones". Mirror reflections are often associated in the subconscious with our relationship to our physical bodies but they serve another hidden terrifying purpose which is to remind us that we are in fact separated from the reality conjured in our minds. Another sort of reflection we cast of ourselves is that one of which we cast upon those around us and at times very far away from us through communication. Advanced communication came about recently with the advent of the telephone and the concept of "separation of the mind and body" reveals itself to our subconscious every time we "reach out and touch someone" The mirrored image plays an integral role in the concept of Fear, a concept that will be revealed to the listener when the record is finally in their hands.
Pulling together the biblical sound and isolation of the bygone days of revelation with an atmosphere filled with hope and salvation, King Dude has woven his own unique brand of purely American music. He brandishes many varied influences in his songwriting... Everything from British Folk, Americana, Country and Blues can be heard in his songs. Even Heavy Metal tends to slither it's way into the King Dude canon. The resulting songs are much more of a modern day hymn then your average pop song.
Stream Fear below and make sure to pre-order a copy. He is on tour right now with Ghost and will be headed to Europe at the end of the month!
STREAM: King Dude - Fear LP
http://pitchfork.com/advance/413-fear/
PRE-ORDER: Fear LP
http://notjustreligiousmusic.bandcamp.com/album/njrm-003-king-dude-fear
KING DUDE TOUR DATES
4/28 The Observatory (Santa Ana, CA) w/ Ghost
5/1 Emo’s East (Austin, TX) w/ Ghost
5/2 House of Blues (Houston, TX) w/ Ghost
5/3 House of Blues (Dallas, TX) w/ Ghost
5/4 Civic Theatre (New Orleans, LA) w/ Ghost
5/6 The Beacham Theater (Orlando, FL) w/ Ghost
5/7 Revolution Live (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) w/ Ghost
5/9 Center Stage (Atlanta, GA) w/ Ghost
5/10 Track 29 (Chattanooga, TN) w/ Ghost
5/11 Lincoln Theater (Raleigh, NC) w/ Ghost
5/12 The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC) w/ Ghost
5/14 The Fillmore (Silver Spring, MD) w/ Ghost
5/15 Trocadero Theatre (Philadelphia, PA) w/ Ghost
5/16 The Chance (Poughkeepsie, NY) w/ Ghost
5/17 Best Buy Theater (New York, NY) w/ Ghost5/22 Death Disco (Berlin, Germany)
5/23 King George (Köln, Germany)
5/24 Vera (Groningen, Holland)5/25 DNA (Bruxellles, Belgium)5/26 The Macbeth (London, England)5/27 Escape B (Paris, France)5/28 DB S (Utretch, Holland)5/29 Market Halle (Aurich, Germany)5/30 Loppen (Copenhagen, Denmark)5/31 Muskelrock Festival (Tyrolen, Sweden)6/02 Pussy A Go Go (Stockholm, Sweden)6/03 Revolver (Olso, Norway)6/04 Truck Stop Alaska (Gothenburg, Sweden)6/07 Manifest Club (Moscow, Russia)6/08 TBA (Odessa, Ukraine)6/09 Chemiefabrik (Dresden, Germany)6/10 Die Bäckerei (Linz, Austria)6/11 Freakout (Bologna, Italy)6/12 Lazzaretto (Ancona, Italy)6/13 Cox18 (Milano, Italy)6/14 Impetus Festival (Lussane, Switzerland)6/23 Bar Del Fico (Rome, Italy) *Solo Performance
KING DUDE
FEAR
NOT JUST RELIGIOUS MUSIC
5/6/14
1. Open The Door
2. Fear Is All You Know
3. Maria
4. Devil Eyes
5. Cloven Hooves (Of Fear)
6. Demon Caller Number 9
7. Bloody Mirror
8. Lay Down In Bedlam
9. Bottomless Pit
10. Never Run
11. Miss September
12. Empty House
13. Watching Over You
April 27, 2014
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