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July 23, 2013
Wavves announces tour dates + shares skydiving video
Watch: Skydiving video - http://youtu.be/1lmdcks-HkM
Wavves has announced new Fall tour dates via the band's website here. To celebrate they are also sharing a skydiving video. The band's 4th album Afraid Of Heights is available now via Mom + Pop/Warner Bros. in North America is available via AWAL in the rest of the world.
North American Tour Dates
08/01/13 @ Paradise Rock Club - Boston, MA
08/02/13 @ Water Street Music Hall - Rochester, NY
08/03/13 @ The Grove - Toronto, ON
08/04/13 @ Lollapalooza - Chicago, IL
08/04/13 @ Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL SOLD OUT
08/05/13 @ Mojo's - Columbia, MO
08/07/13 @ Kilby Court - Salt Lake City, UT
08/09/13 @ Outside Lands - San Francisco, CA
08/10/13 @ Marymoor Amphitheater - Redmond,WA
09/20/13 @ 91X Xfest - San Diego, California
09/23/13 @ Bluebird - Denver, Colorado
09/24/13 @ Sunshine (Scaled) - Albuquerque, New Mexico
09/26/13 @ Conservatory - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
09/27/13 @ KRBZ Radio Show - Kansas City, Missouri
09/28/13 @ Park West - Chicago, Illinois
09/29/13 @ Opera House - Toronto, Ontario
10/02/13 @ The Church - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
10/03/13 @ Irving Plaza - New York, New York
10/05/13 @ Black Cat - Washington, DC
10/07/13 @ Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, North Carolina
10/08/13 @ Masquerade downstairs - Atlanta, Georgia
10/11/13 @ Prophet Bar - Dallas, Texas
10/14/13 @ Observatory - Santa Ana, California
10/15/13 @ Echoplex - Los Angeles, California
10/18/13 @ Commodore - Vancouver, BC
UK/EU Tour Dates
8/23 - Leeds Festival - Leeds, UK
8/24 - Rock En Seine - Boulogne-Billancourt, France
8/25 - Reading Festival - Reading, UK
July 22, 2013
BATHS @ The Greek w/ The Postal Service
All photos by Rachel Robinson
BATHS will be performing at the GREEK w/ The Postal Service, tomorrow night, Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013, and Wednesday, July 24th, 2013.
The Ponderosa Stomp Festival Announces Music History Conference
Ponderosa Stomp Festival Unveils the 2013 Music History Conference Schedule Thursday and Friday, October 3rd and 4th Sponsored by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Ponderosa Stomp Record Show October 3rd-5th The Ponderosa Stomp Foundation is announcing the full schedule for the Music History Conference and details on the accompanying record show, October 3rd-5th at the Wyndam Riverfront Hotel in New Orleans. These daytime events are the perfect compliment to the Festival itself, which will be staged at Rock N Bowl. Record collectors and lovers of music history can shop for music and attend panels including The Standells, Swamp Dogg, Charles Brimmer & Richard Caiton, Maxine Brown and Chris Clark with Lauren Onkey of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Charlie Gracie with Deke Dickerson, Geno Parks with Michael Hurtt, Kent "Boogaloo" Harris and Eddie Daniels with Jake Austen, Chris Montez with Cyril Jordan and the Standells and Sloths with Jason Hanley of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The annual Stomp Record Show has become a destination for crate-digging buyers and sellers, purveying vinyl to discriminating fans of garage, soul, R&B, Rocksteady, Boogaloo, Funk, Jazz, Rockabilly, 70s punk and more. The Ponderosa Stomp is famous for bringing the finest American music to their stage annually - some have described it as "the best music you've never heard". This video provides an overview of this year's incredible line-up! https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OhNom9AJVZA
DAY 1: THURSDAY OCTOBER 3RD
11:00 - 12:15 The Unknown Field Workers: Hudson Marquez and Terry Pattison Moderator: Bunny Matthews Painter Hudson Marquez has long been known as the creator of the world famous art installation the Cadillac Ranch, but his obsession with New Orleans musicians stretches back to his early teenage years hanging out in Bourbon Street strip clubs during the thoroughfare's twilight period of the early '60s. His rediscovery of Professor Longhair brought the New Orleans piano genius out of retirement, according him the revered status he so richly deserved. Meanwhile, longtime New Orleans record collector and blues enthusiast Terry Pattison refers back to those very same years thusly: "Back then, I thought Professor Longhair was some sort of mythological figurehead." But it wasn't long before Pattison would be rediscovering swamp blues men like Silas Hogan, and writing liner notes for some of the earliest New Orleans R&B reissues. Moderator Bunny Matthews, who's cut from the same irascible cloth as his panelists, completes this not-to-be-missed trio of native New Orleans originality. 12:30 - 1:30 Lost New Orleans Soul Men: Charles Brimmer and Richard Caiton Moderator: Matt Sakakeeny Mid '60s soul singers Charles Brimmer and Richard Caiton have recorded with some of the legends of New Orleans R&B, Wardell Quezergue, Dave Bartholomew and Senator Jones, to name a few. Yet both Brimmer and Caiton had a musical approach that took in influences from well outside of the Bayou State. As a result, they've often been overlooked in the New Orleans lexicon. They will discuss the music scenes of the ’60s and ’70s, their brushes with fame, and their experiences waxing tracks for obscure labels such as Hep’Me, ABS and Up-Tight, as well as the famed GNP Crescendo and Malaco. Moderator Matt Sakakeeny serves on the Tulane University music faculty and is a contributor to the American Routes radio show. 1:45 - 2:45 Heroes of the Ponderosa Stomp (Film) Joe Lauro’s annual performance compilation will showcase vintage performance clips from Stomp artists, their legendary peers, and the icons that inspired them. Lauro is a documentarian, musician, 78 rpm collector, and president of the Historic Films archive. 3:00 - 4:00 Total destruction of Your Mind: Swamp Dogg Explains the Synthetic World Moderator: Michael Shelley Raunchy, satirical, political, and profane, Swamp Dogg is one of the great cult figures of 20th century American music. Despite landmark careers sidelines like penning the Johnny Paycheck hit "She's All I Got" and producing the great Irma Thomas LP Take A Look, the Dogg's brand of gritty, graphic country soul is what fascinates the most. Album after album will tell you: there's no one even remotely like him. Swamp Dogg shares the methods of his madness with Michael Shelley, a New York singer-songwriter (“Goodbye Cheater”) and WFMU DJ. 4:15 - 5:15 The Girls Go Uptown: Maxine Brown and Chris Clark Moderator: Lauren Onkey Soul and R&B powerhouse Maxine Brown first hit with the classics “All in My Mind” and “Funny” and later with the Goffin-King-penned “Oh No, Not My Baby” for New York's Wand Records, where she partnered with Chuck Jackson. A favorite of Northern Soul fans for songs such as "Do Right Baby Do Right and "Love's Gone Bad," Chris Clark blazed a trail at Motown as a 6-foot, blue-eyed platinum blonde vocalist nicknamed “The White Negress.” The singers reminisce about their careers with rock historian Lauren Onkey.
DAY 2: FRIDAY OCTOBER 4TH
11:00 - 12:00 I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter: Oral History with Charlie Gracie Moderator: Deke Dickerson Hailed as a “brilliant” guitarist by Beatle George Harrison, Philadelphia rock ‘n’ pioneer Charlie Gracie had a No. 1 smash with "Butterfly" on the Cameo label after cutting trailblazing sides for Cadillac and 20th Century. Gracie recalls his appearances on legendary television shows American Bandstand and The Ed Sullivan Show as well as his towering influence on future British Invasion stars, with fellow guitar hero Deke Dickerson. 12:15 - 1:15 Last Night I Cried: Oral History with Gino Parks Moderator: Mike Hurtt Alabama-born gospel singer Gino Parks recorded two major songs for Motown kingpin Berry Gordy: “Same Thing” and “Fire.” Possessed of a blues-drenched style rarely heard on Grand Boulevard, he started his career by partnering with R&B wildman Andre Williams at Detroit's legendary Fortune label, where the pair waxed such gut-bucket classics as "Jail Bait," "Don't Touch," "Please Pass the Biscuits," and "Put a Chain on It." His own blues-drenched Fortune outing, the cascading "Last Night I Cried" backed with the relentless New Orleans-styled chanter, "Just Go" followed in short succession, paving the way for for the aforementioned Motown favorites as well as the stupendous "That's No Lie." His work at Detroit's Golden World imprint reunited him with Williams and he later recorded “Help Me Somebody” and “Nerves of Steel” for Crazy Horse Records. Parks discusses his career with Detroit writer, musician, and musicologist Michael Hurtt. 1:30 - 2:30 Down on Central Avenue: Kent “Boogaloo” Harris and Eddie Daniels Moderator: Jake Austen Central Avenue has been hailed as “the 52nd Street of Los Angeles.” Its golden age is recalled by music pioneers Kent “Boogaloo” Harris and Eddie Daniels. Harris’s 1956 composition “Clothesline” for Crest Records was adopted by the Coasters as “Shopping for Clothes,” while the great Bo Diddley hit with his “Cops and Robbers” in 1957. He's written, produced and recorded for countless labels since then. Eddie Daniels, a teenage Creole rocker with roots in Lafayette, La., blazed a white-hot trail to Los Angeles's Ebb Records, where he hooked up with Bumps Blackwell's band to cut a batch of excellent original rockers and a scorching rendition of Professor Longhair's "Go To The Mardi Gras." Daniels' Ebb sides have long been considered some of the finest in the rockabilly canon. Jake Austen, the publisher of Chicago's esteemed Roctober magazine and author of the book Flying Saucers Rock 'n' Roll, presides. 2:45 - 3:45 Let`s Dance: Oral History with Chris Montez Moderator: Cyril Jordan Growing up in California under the spell of Ritchie Valens and Chan Romero, Chris Montez's organ-driven sound added a new dimension to chicano rock 'n' roll, paving the way for groups like Thee Midniters, ? and the Mysterians and the Sir Douglas Quintet, to say nothing of latter-day practitioners Los Lobos. His 1962 Monogram single “Let’s Dance” hit No. 4 on the national Billboard charts, followed up by the equally infectious “Some Kinda Fun.” His seamless Monogram discography is rife with doo-wop styled ballads as well, such as the great "All You Had to do was Tell Me.” He continued his success in the latter '60s with a stream of Herb Alpert produced hits for A&M Records. And the ultimate feather in his cap? The Beatles opened for him on three UK dates in the early ‘60s. Artist, guitarist, and founding member of the Flamin’ Groovies Cyril Jordan conducts the interview. 4:00 - 5:30 Riot on the Sunset Strip Members of the Standells and the Sloths with Ty Wagner Moderator: Jason Hanley Proto-punk garage rocker Ty Wagner is joined by members of the Standells (“Dirty Water,” "Try It," "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White") and the Sloths (“Makin’ Love”) to discuss how their angry, primitive sounds sprang forth from the Sunset Strip during the mid ‘60s and, in stark contrast to the folkie flower-power psychedelia of the day, helped spawn the punk and new wave scenes of the '70s and the urgent, underground rock 'n' roll of today. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum education director Jason Hanley will lead the discussion.
Welcome To The Machine: An inside look at the music industry
WELCOME TO THE MACHINEA documentary detailing the 12 commandments of music industry as revealed by a multitude of stars, experts and professionals Coming to DVD on August 6th
"Welcome to the Machine" is a documentary analysis of the functionality in music business. This automatically makes the film a 100% documentary with comedy and drama, as well as 100% semi-investigative. In 12 chapters we're trying to answer the question what the every day work life of a music star looks like.
What do you have to consider when starting a band? What is a manager actually doing? How do music media, band contests and other promotion strategies work? But most of all: Is there a formula for success? The film gives a clear answer to that, although that is to say that there are as many formulas for success as there are artists/bands. This is clearly shown in all the interviews, which have been taken with national and international stars during the production of "Welcome to the Machine".
Interviews with artists: Adam Green (US), A.F.I. (US), The Album Leaf (US), Amorphis (FL), Asaf Avidan & The Mojos (IL), Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (US), Bloodhound Gang (US), Blood Red Shoes (UK), Blumentopf (DE), Buckcherry (US), Bullet For My Valentine (UK), Bunny Lake (AT), Chilly Gonzalez (CA), Coldcut (UK), Combichrist (NO), Gabriella Cilmi (AU), Cypress Hill (US), Dälek (US), Danko Jones (CA), Disturbed (US), Donots (DE), Eight Legs (UK), Fatboy Slim (UK), Fehlfarben (DE), Fettes Brot (DE), Gentleman (DE), Die Goldenen Zitronen (DE), Halestorm (US), The Heavy (UK), Helloween (DE), The Hidden Cameras (CA), HIM (FL), Infected Mushrooms (IL), Jan Vogler (DE), Japanese Popstars (IE), Kim Wilde (UK), Kool And The Gang (US), Lacuna Coil (IT), Lordi (FI), Lydia Lunch (US), Marina and the Diamonds (UK), Maximilian Hecker (DE), Megadeth (US), Melissa auf der Maur (CA), Morcheeba (UK), Nada Surf (US), Natalia Ushakova (AT), Nazareth (UK), New Model Army (UK), New Young Pony Club (UK), One Republic (US), Oomph! (DE), Papa Roach (US), Paradise Lost (UK), The Parlotones (ZA), Peaches (CA), Helen Feng (CN), Das Pop (BE), Otis Taylor (US), Shantel (DE), Die Sterne (DE), Steve Aoki (US), Sunrise Avenue (FI), Suzie Quatro (US), Texas Terri Bomb (US), Thomas Anders (DE), Timid Tiger (DE), The Reverend Peyton´s´ Big Damn Band (US), TV Buddhas (IL), Uriah Heep (UK), You Love Her Coz She´s Dead (UK), Xiu Xiu (US), Yaron Herman (IL), The New Vitamin (AT) etc etc ...
Interviews with music business professionals:
Anton Corbijn (Director), Ray Cokes (MTV Legend), Marie Clausen (Senior Product Manager K7 Records NY), Rupert Hine (Producer), Thorsten Schliesche (Napster Vice President Sales & Marketing Europe), Jim Mahoney (Vice President American Association of Independent Music), Prof. Felix Oberholzer-Gee (Harvard Business School), Hannes Eder (General Manager Universal Music Austria), Joachim Hentschel (Rolling Stone), Mag. Thomas Böhm (Amadeus Awards), Prof. Stan J. Liebowitz (School of Management University of Texas), Georg Spatt (Head Of Radio Station Ö3), Jörg Timp (Manager Starkult Promotion Berlin), Sasha Saedi (Senior A&R Manager, Universal), Klaus Totzler (Musicjournalist, ORF), Thomas Rabitsch (Produzent), Walter Gröbchen (Monkey Music), Josef Schartner (PR), Anna Katzdobler (PR), Michael Gaissmeier (PR)
Website: www.welcometothemachine.at
Pre-order: http://www.seeofsound.com/p.php?s=MVD5776D
Hi Res Cover Art: http://mvdb2b.com/i/300dpi/MVD5776D.jpg More info and images: https://www.facebook.com/WelcomeTTMachine
"Welcome to the Machine" is a documentary analysis of the functionality in music business. This automatically makes the film a 100% documentary with comedy and drama, as well as 100% semi-investigative. In 12 chapters we're trying to answer the question what the every day work life of a music star looks like. What do you have to consider when starting a band? What is a manager actually doing? How do music media, band contests and other promotion strategies work? But most of all: Is there a formula for success? The film gives a clear answer to that, although that is to say that there are as many formulas for success as there are artists/bands. This is clearly shown in all the interviews, which have been taken with national and international stars during the production of "Welcome to the Machine".
Interviews with artists: Adam Green (US), A.F.I. (US), The Album Leaf (US), Amorphis (FL), Asaf Avidan & The Mojos (IL), Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (US), Bloodhound Gang (US), Blood Red Shoes (UK), Blumentopf (DE), Buckcherry (US), Bullet For My Valentine (UK), Bunny Lake (AT), Chilly Gonzalez (CA), Coldcut (UK), Combichrist (NO), Gabriella Cilmi (AU), Cypress Hill (US), Dälek (US), Danko Jones (CA), Disturbed (US), Donots (DE), Eight Legs (UK), Fatboy Slim (UK), Fehlfarben (DE), Fettes Brot (DE), Gentleman (DE), Die Goldenen Zitronen (DE), Halestorm (US), The Heavy (UK), Helloween (DE), The Hidden Cameras (CA), HIM (FL), Infected Mushrooms (IL), Jan Vogler (DE), Japanese Popstars (IE), Kim Wilde (UK), Kool And The Gang (US), Lacuna Coil (IT), Lordi (FI), Lydia Lunch (US), Marina and the Diamonds (UK), Maximilian Hecker (DE), Megadeth (US), Melissa auf der Maur (CA), Morcheeba (UK), Nada Surf (US), Natalia Ushakova (AT), Nazareth (UK), New Model Army (UK), New Young Pony Club (UK), One Republic (US), Oomph! (DE), Papa Roach (US), Paradise Lost (UK), The Parlotones (ZA), Peaches (CA), Helen Feng (CN), Das Pop (BE), Otis Taylor (US), Shantel (DE), Die Sterne (DE), Steve Aoki (US), Sunrise Avenue (FI), Suzie Quatro (US), Texas Terri Bomb (US), Thomas Anders (DE), Timid Tiger (DE), The Reverend Peyton´s´ Big Damn Band (US), TV Buddhas (IL), Uriah Heep (UK), You Love Her Coz She´s Dead (UK), Xiu Xiu (US), Yaron Herman (IL), The New Vitamin (AT) etc etc ...
Interviews with music business professionals:
Anton Corbijn (Director), Ray Cokes (MTV Legend), Marie Clausen (Senior Product Manager K7 Records NY), Rupert Hine (Producer), Thorsten Schliesche (Napster Vice President Sales & Marketing Europe), Jim Mahoney (Vice President American Association of Independent Music), Prof. Felix Oberholzer-Gee (Harvard Business School), Hannes Eder (General Manager Universal Music Austria), Joachim Hentschel (Rolling Stone), Mag. Thomas Böhm (Amadeus Awards), Prof. Stan J. Liebowitz (School of Management University of Texas), Georg Spatt (Head Of Radio Station Ö3), Jörg Timp (Manager Starkult Promotion Berlin), Sasha Saedi (Senior A&R Manager, Universal), Klaus Totzler (Musicjournalist, ORF), Thomas Rabitsch (Produzent), Walter Gröbchen (Monkey Music), Josef Schartner (PR), Anna Katzdobler (PR), Michael Gaissmeier (PR)
Website: www.welcometothemachine.at
Pre-order: http://www.seeofsound.com/p.php?s=MVD5776D
Hi Res Cover Art: http://mvdb2b.com/i/300dpi/MVD5776D.jpg More info and images: https://www.facebook.com/WelcomeTTMachine
Paul Weller Begins US Tour This Thursday At The Apollo
PAUL WELLER
SUMMER US TOUR STARTS THIS THURSDAY
New York City, Brooklyn, Boston,
Washington D.C. & Philadelphia
July 22, 2012 - New York, NY – Paul Weller returns to the US for a brief tour of the east coast beginning this Thursday at The Apollo in New York City. Weller, will perform three shows in the New York City area (The Apollo, Webster Hall and the Music Hall Of Williamsburg) along with shows in Boston, Washington D.C. and Philadelphia.
Weller’s US tour follows several upcoming high profile performances overseas including The Isle Of Wight and Hard Rock Calling in London. On his east coast tour of the US, he’ll be performing a wide range of songs from his entire illustrious career.
Weller latest album, Sonik Kicks, debuted in March of 2012 at #1 on the UK charts.
For Record Store Day, Weller has made available: Sonik Kicks The Singles Collection (Yep Roc). This box set contains all 4 of the previously released 7” singles from Sonik Kicks on colored vinyl and in their original sleeves. In addition, this box set contains a 5th seven-inch on orange colored vinyl with two songs previously unreleased anywhere in the world: “That Dangerous Age (Live Acoustic)” and “Be Happy Children (Live Acoustic)”. These two tracks were recorded live in Weller’s Black Barn Studio. The box will contain a poster autographed by Paul Weller. This package will have a limited edition run of just 600 copies. You can see the package here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtZnR0...
PAUL WELLER US SUMMER TOUR
July 25th New York, NY The Apollo
July 26th New York, NY Webster Hall
July 27th Brooklyn, NY Music Hall Of Williamsburg
July 28th Boston, MA Boston Royale
July 30th Washington D.C. 9:30 Club
July 31st Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
www.paulweller.com
SUMMER US TOUR STARTS THIS THURSDAY
New York City, Brooklyn, Boston,
Washington D.C. & Philadelphia
July 22, 2012 - New York, NY – Paul Weller returns to the US for a brief tour of the east coast beginning this Thursday at The Apollo in New York City. Weller, will perform three shows in the New York City area (The Apollo, Webster Hall and the Music Hall Of Williamsburg) along with shows in Boston, Washington D.C. and Philadelphia.
Weller’s US tour follows several upcoming high profile performances overseas including The Isle Of Wight and Hard Rock Calling in London. On his east coast tour of the US, he’ll be performing a wide range of songs from his entire illustrious career.
Weller latest album, Sonik Kicks, debuted in March of 2012 at #1 on the UK charts.
For Record Store Day, Weller has made available: Sonik Kicks The Singles Collection (Yep Roc). This box set contains all 4 of the previously released 7” singles from Sonik Kicks on colored vinyl and in their original sleeves. In addition, this box set contains a 5th seven-inch on orange colored vinyl with two songs previously unreleased anywhere in the world: “That Dangerous Age (Live Acoustic)” and “Be Happy Children (Live Acoustic)”. These two tracks were recorded live in Weller’s Black Barn Studio. The box will contain a poster autographed by Paul Weller. This package will have a limited edition run of just 600 copies. You can see the package here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtZnR0...
PAUL WELLER US SUMMER TOUR
July 25th New York, NY The Apollo
July 26th New York, NY Webster Hall
July 27th Brooklyn, NY Music Hall Of Williamsburg
July 28th Boston, MA Boston Royale
July 30th Washington D.C. 9:30 Club
July 31st Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
www.paulweller.com
July 20, 2013
July 18, 2013
HUGH CORNWELL ADDS MORE NORTH AMERICAN SHOWS
HUGH CORNWELL ADDS MORE NORTH AMERICAN SHOWS
DISCUSSES CONTROVERSIAL 'GOD IS A WOMAN' VIDEO NEW ALBUM 'TOTEM AND TABOO' OUT NOWVIA RED RIVER ENTERTAINMENT AND THROUGH RED/SONY DISTRIBUTIONENGINEERED AND MIXED BY STEVE ALBINI
LISTEN TO THE ALBUM HERE READ THE INTERVIEW/WATCH THE VIDEO HERE
Photo: Kevin Nixon
Followng rave reviews in the UK, Hugh Cornwell’s new studio album TOTEM AND TABOO is out now in the US via Red River Entertainment and through Red/SONY Distribution. Recorded at Electrical Audio Studios in Chicago, the album was engineered and mixed by the legendary Steve Albini. Hugh recently released a new video for the track 'God Is A Woman' which caused quite a stir with it's content. Click on the link above to read the interview with Louder Than War and watch the video to decide for yourself!
Hugh Cornwell is one of the UK's finest songwriting talents and accomplished live performers. The original guitarist, singer and main songwriter in the British rock band The Stranglers, he’s enjoyed massive UK and European success with 10 hit albums and 21 Top Forty singles, etching himself into the UK and Europe's musical psyche with classic songs, including Peaches, No More Heroes, Golden Brown, Always the Sun, Grip, Nice N Sleazy, Duchess and Skin Deep. Cornwell’s last studio album, the critically acclaimed Hooverdam, produced and mixed by Grammy award winner Liam Watson, is available as a free download from his official website - www.hughcornwell.com.
Hugh will embark on a full North American tour later this year and will feature the new songs, as well as classic Stranglers material.
NORTH AMERICAN DATES (MORE FORTHCOMING):
Oct. 4th - Hotel Congress - Tucson ,AZOct. 5th - Soda Bar - San Diego, CAOct. 6th - Echo - Los Angeles, CAOct. 8th - Café Du Nord - San Francisco, CAOct. 10th - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
Dec 3rd - Smiths Olde Bar - Atlanta, GA
Dec 4th - Casbah at Tremont Music Hall - Charlotte, NC
Dec 5th - Black Cat - Washington, DCDec 6th - Record Collector - Bordentown, NJ (Solo Acoustic Show)Dec 7th - Brighton Bar - Long Branch, NJ
Dec 8th- Highline Ballroom - New York, NY
Dec 10th - Sellersville Theatre - Philadelphia, PADec 11th - Church Of Boston - Boston, MA
Dec 12th Tralfamadore Cafe (Tralf Music Hall) - Buffalo, NY (Solo Acoustic Show)Dec 15th - Small's - Detroit, MIDec 17th - Beachland Ballroom - Cleveland, OHDec 18th - Reggie's Rock Club - Chicago, IL
Track by track description by Hugh Cornwell:
TOTEM AND TABOOStrangely enough this was the last track I wrote for the album, but it's become one of my favourites. A hint of 'Rebel, Rebel' with some Marc Bolan glam thrown in. I've always liked songs with the marching 4's on the snare, and that's what it is supposed to be, a rallying call for like-minded souls. I was playing this live most of last year so it went down easily enough in the studio. THE FACEMy favourite guitar bits on the album. I was stretched a bit to keep the solo going for that long, but Steve Albini liked it, which is praise indeed. Based on a funny story about Madonna. I WANT ONE OF THOSEI was very excited when I wrote this. After the melody came together I went for a walk in the country and wrote the lyric whilst I was walking in my head. Had to rush back to write it all down before I forgot it! We've all become slaves to a consumer society and its spread into all aspects of our lives unfortunately. STUCK IN DAILY MAIL LANDConceived in a hotel in the Midlands about 5 years ago, over breakfast, alone, over a copy of - of course - the Daily Mail. Not that it's an attack on it; some of my best friends read it.
BAD VIBRATIONSPeople who are familiar with what I've done over the years will be familiar with a habit I have of appropriating titles and changing them perversely to my own evil ends. 'Good Vibrations' is a classic pop song from the 60's that needed to be backdoored. GOD IS A WOMANProbably my favourite track on the album. First few notes may remind some people of 'Badge', but I think this is an improvement. The voice is unusually very dry and in your ear, in contrast to the bass and guitar. Hopefully people will consider, as I do, that this is a modern day 'Peaches'. LOVE ME SLENDERAnother one of my favourites. It would take too long to go into what it's about. But it is another misappropriation, this time from Presley's 'Love Me Tender' of course. GODS GUNS AND GAYSA song about the United States of America and the obsessions you find there. The word 'gays' is only meant to represent the power of Freedom Of Speech they enjoy in that wonderful country of contradictions. No wonder so many of the Surrealists flocked there in the 1930's. Another one of my tributes to Arthur Lee and his band Love, God rest his soul. Amen. A STREET CALLED CARROLL Los Angeles. Silverlake. Overlooking downtown. A street called Carroll. The most unusual wooden houses. It's where they shot the 'Thriller' video. Quite enigmatic. Not at all what you'd expect in LA. On a hill. Old style street lamps. Not quite sure what it's got to do with Totem & Taboo, but it was the time when the whole idea of the album became clear to me. IN THE DEAD OF NIGHTI thought it was about time to write a long epic track, rather like we used to do when I was in The Stranglers. It had to be at the end of the album, and I wanted it to feature an extra instrument, rather like 'Banging On At The Same Old Beat' did on 'Hooverdam', my last album. Steve (bass & keyboards) obliged perfectly, bless him. Bass riff came to me in the middle of the night and sat around for a while before I realised what was going on.
"His gnarliest record in over 30 years....Hugh and Steve: a marriage madeinblack." MOJO
“Thanks to a gloriously raw and vibrant sound, courtesy of the ever reliable Steve Albini, Cornwell’s endearingly sardonic observations on freedom, consumerism and Madonna Louise Ciccone crackle with energy. He sounds more engaged and intense than he has in years. It ends with the menacing sprawl of ‘In The Dead Of Night’ Cornwell’s finest and most unashamedly epic moment since the Punk Era” Classic Rock
For press inquiries/interviews, please contact Jo Murray at:jo.murray@gmail.com or 917 450 4387
http://www.hughcornwell.com/ https://www.facebook.com/hughcornwellofficial?ref=ts&fref=tshttps://twitter.com/hughcornwell
DISCUSSES CONTROVERSIAL 'GOD IS A WOMAN' VIDEO NEW ALBUM 'TOTEM AND TABOO' OUT NOWVIA RED RIVER ENTERTAINMENT AND THROUGH RED/SONY DISTRIBUTIONENGINEERED AND MIXED BY STEVE ALBINI
LISTEN TO THE ALBUM HERE READ THE INTERVIEW/WATCH THE VIDEO HERE
Photo: Kevin NixonFollowng rave reviews in the UK, Hugh Cornwell’s new studio album TOTEM AND TABOO is out now in the US via Red River Entertainment and through Red/SONY Distribution. Recorded at Electrical Audio Studios in Chicago, the album was engineered and mixed by the legendary Steve Albini. Hugh recently released a new video for the track 'God Is A Woman' which caused quite a stir with it's content. Click on the link above to read the interview with Louder Than War and watch the video to decide for yourself!
Hugh Cornwell is one of the UK's finest songwriting talents and accomplished live performers. The original guitarist, singer and main songwriter in the British rock band The Stranglers, he’s enjoyed massive UK and European success with 10 hit albums and 21 Top Forty singles, etching himself into the UK and Europe's musical psyche with classic songs, including Peaches, No More Heroes, Golden Brown, Always the Sun, Grip, Nice N Sleazy, Duchess and Skin Deep. Cornwell’s last studio album, the critically acclaimed Hooverdam, produced and mixed by Grammy award winner Liam Watson, is available as a free download from his official website - www.hughcornwell.com.
Hugh will embark on a full North American tour later this year and will feature the new songs, as well as classic Stranglers material.
NORTH AMERICAN DATES (MORE FORTHCOMING):
Oct. 4th - Hotel Congress - Tucson ,AZOct. 5th - Soda Bar - San Diego, CAOct. 6th - Echo - Los Angeles, CAOct. 8th - Café Du Nord - San Francisco, CAOct. 10th - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
Dec 3rd - Smiths Olde Bar - Atlanta, GA
Dec 4th - Casbah at Tremont Music Hall - Charlotte, NC
Dec 5th - Black Cat - Washington, DCDec 6th - Record Collector - Bordentown, NJ (Solo Acoustic Show)Dec 7th - Brighton Bar - Long Branch, NJ
Dec 8th- Highline Ballroom - New York, NY
Dec 10th - Sellersville Theatre - Philadelphia, PADec 11th - Church Of Boston - Boston, MA
Dec 12th Tralfamadore Cafe (Tralf Music Hall) - Buffalo, NY (Solo Acoustic Show)Dec 15th - Small's - Detroit, MIDec 17th - Beachland Ballroom - Cleveland, OHDec 18th - Reggie's Rock Club - Chicago, IL
Track by track description by Hugh Cornwell:
TOTEM AND TABOOStrangely enough this was the last track I wrote for the album, but it's become one of my favourites. A hint of 'Rebel, Rebel' with some Marc Bolan glam thrown in. I've always liked songs with the marching 4's on the snare, and that's what it is supposed to be, a rallying call for like-minded souls. I was playing this live most of last year so it went down easily enough in the studio. THE FACEMy favourite guitar bits on the album. I was stretched a bit to keep the solo going for that long, but Steve Albini liked it, which is praise indeed. Based on a funny story about Madonna. I WANT ONE OF THOSEI was very excited when I wrote this. After the melody came together I went for a walk in the country and wrote the lyric whilst I was walking in my head. Had to rush back to write it all down before I forgot it! We've all become slaves to a consumer society and its spread into all aspects of our lives unfortunately. STUCK IN DAILY MAIL LANDConceived in a hotel in the Midlands about 5 years ago, over breakfast, alone, over a copy of - of course - the Daily Mail. Not that it's an attack on it; some of my best friends read it.
BAD VIBRATIONSPeople who are familiar with what I've done over the years will be familiar with a habit I have of appropriating titles and changing them perversely to my own evil ends. 'Good Vibrations' is a classic pop song from the 60's that needed to be backdoored. GOD IS A WOMANProbably my favourite track on the album. First few notes may remind some people of 'Badge', but I think this is an improvement. The voice is unusually very dry and in your ear, in contrast to the bass and guitar. Hopefully people will consider, as I do, that this is a modern day 'Peaches'. LOVE ME SLENDERAnother one of my favourites. It would take too long to go into what it's about. But it is another misappropriation, this time from Presley's 'Love Me Tender' of course. GODS GUNS AND GAYSA song about the United States of America and the obsessions you find there. The word 'gays' is only meant to represent the power of Freedom Of Speech they enjoy in that wonderful country of contradictions. No wonder so many of the Surrealists flocked there in the 1930's. Another one of my tributes to Arthur Lee and his band Love, God rest his soul. Amen. A STREET CALLED CARROLL Los Angeles. Silverlake. Overlooking downtown. A street called Carroll. The most unusual wooden houses. It's where they shot the 'Thriller' video. Quite enigmatic. Not at all what you'd expect in LA. On a hill. Old style street lamps. Not quite sure what it's got to do with Totem & Taboo, but it was the time when the whole idea of the album became clear to me. IN THE DEAD OF NIGHTI thought it was about time to write a long epic track, rather like we used to do when I was in The Stranglers. It had to be at the end of the album, and I wanted it to feature an extra instrument, rather like 'Banging On At The Same Old Beat' did on 'Hooverdam', my last album. Steve (bass & keyboards) obliged perfectly, bless him. Bass riff came to me in the middle of the night and sat around for a while before I realised what was going on.
"His gnarliest record in over 30 years....Hugh and Steve: a marriage madeinblack." MOJO
“Thanks to a gloriously raw and vibrant sound, courtesy of the ever reliable Steve Albini, Cornwell’s endearingly sardonic observations on freedom, consumerism and Madonna Louise Ciccone crackle with energy. He sounds more engaged and intense than he has in years. It ends with the menacing sprawl of ‘In The Dead Of Night’ Cornwell’s finest and most unashamedly epic moment since the Punk Era” Classic Rock
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TRAAMS Debut Album Grin Out September 24 On FatCat Records
TRAAMS Debut Album Grin Out September 24 On FatCat RecordsSpin Premieres "Flowers" MP3 
"Stu Hopkins' flat, nasal honk is fetching enough from a melodic standpoint, yet it's those brief pockets where the guitars go silent amidst the steady drums that are just as hooky." - Pitchfork
"a noisy, joyous racket" - This Is Fake DIY
Listen: "Flowers" via SPIN Magazine or SoundCloud
SPIN has premiered "Flowers" from TRAAMS debut album, Grin, out September 24 on FatCat. Grin is the follow-up the recently released Ladders EP and was recorded throughout 2012 and 2013 with producers Rory Atwell and MJ from Hookworms, the aptly-titled Grinis eleven tracks of pure distorted joy. The album successfully captures the raw energy of TRAAMS' frenzied and sweaty live performances, as witnessed supporting bands like Parquet Courts, Fildar, Hooded Fang, Dope Body and many others.
TRAAMS formed in summer 2011 in Chichester, West Sussex after meeting at a club night that vocalist and guitarist Stu Hopkins started as a reaction to the city's limited nightlife. The only options previously available to him and his friends were "boring clubs and bars which only played boring club music." At his club night Hopkins would mainly play records by Wire, New Order and Le Tigre, supplemented with mainstream pop and hip-hop. Similarly, there is a pop immediacy coexisting with an expansive, experimental element inside the music they make themselves. Incorporating the two sides are vital when writing a TRAAMS song, as Hopkins elaborates; "we really want to push both those areas as far as we can. We like seeing people dance and having fun but we also want to be noisy and aggressive. It's fun trying to strike a balance and seeing how far we can push it." The band claim Mclusky, Abe Vigoda, Pavement, Television, and Women as influences. Hopkins specifically cites Stephen Malkmus, Iggy Pop, and Tom Verlaine as songwriters he admires because they all make what he calls "skewed pop", a term that fits TRAAMS' sound snuggly.
The band's debut full-length, Grin, is the sound of a band finding true solace in music as a driving force. Bassist Leigh Padley has noted that the three members of the band felt compelled towards music as the only means to escape the mundanity of their hometown; "We had to start a band."he says, "It was all we had." As such, the album is bristling and vital - a sonic escape. The band has both a both a pop immediacy and a more expansive, experimental element and incorporating the two sides is essential when writing a TRAAMS song. Hopkins elaborates, "We really want to push both those areas as far as we can. We like seeing people dance and having fun but we also want to be noisy and aggressive."
That tenuous balance is what keeps TRAAMS' music endlessly exciting and keeps us coming back so often to dig into each new song with anticipations high.
Grin Tracklisting:
1. Swimming Pool2. Demons3. Flowers4. Head Roll5. Fibbist6. Reds7. Sleep8. Grin9. Hands10. Loose11. Klaus
For more info, please visit:
http://traams.tumblr.comhttp://www.fatcat-usa.com/ ;
"Stu Hopkins' flat, nasal honk is fetching enough from a melodic standpoint, yet it's those brief pockets where the guitars go silent amidst the steady drums that are just as hooky." - Pitchfork"a noisy, joyous racket" - This Is Fake DIY
Listen: "Flowers" via SPIN Magazine or SoundCloud
SPIN has premiered "Flowers" from TRAAMS debut album, Grin, out September 24 on FatCat. Grin is the follow-up the recently released Ladders EP and was recorded throughout 2012 and 2013 with producers Rory Atwell and MJ from Hookworms, the aptly-titled Grinis eleven tracks of pure distorted joy. The album successfully captures the raw energy of TRAAMS' frenzied and sweaty live performances, as witnessed supporting bands like Parquet Courts, Fildar, Hooded Fang, Dope Body and many others.
TRAAMS formed in summer 2011 in Chichester, West Sussex after meeting at a club night that vocalist and guitarist Stu Hopkins started as a reaction to the city's limited nightlife. The only options previously available to him and his friends were "boring clubs and bars which only played boring club music." At his club night Hopkins would mainly play records by Wire, New Order and Le Tigre, supplemented with mainstream pop and hip-hop. Similarly, there is a pop immediacy coexisting with an expansive, experimental element inside the music they make themselves. Incorporating the two sides are vital when writing a TRAAMS song, as Hopkins elaborates; "we really want to push both those areas as far as we can. We like seeing people dance and having fun but we also want to be noisy and aggressive. It's fun trying to strike a balance and seeing how far we can push it." The band claim Mclusky, Abe Vigoda, Pavement, Television, and Women as influences. Hopkins specifically cites Stephen Malkmus, Iggy Pop, and Tom Verlaine as songwriters he admires because they all make what he calls "skewed pop", a term that fits TRAAMS' sound snuggly.
The band's debut full-length, Grin, is the sound of a band finding true solace in music as a driving force. Bassist Leigh Padley has noted that the three members of the band felt compelled towards music as the only means to escape the mundanity of their hometown; "We had to start a band."he says, "It was all we had." As such, the album is bristling and vital - a sonic escape. The band has both a both a pop immediacy and a more expansive, experimental element and incorporating the two sides is essential when writing a TRAAMS song. Hopkins elaborates, "We really want to push both those areas as far as we can. We like seeing people dance and having fun but we also want to be noisy and aggressive."
That tenuous balance is what keeps TRAAMS' music endlessly exciting and keeps us coming back so often to dig into each new song with anticipations high.
Grin Tracklisting:
1. Swimming Pool2. Demons3. Flowers4. Head Roll5. Fibbist6. Reds7. Sleep8. Grin9. Hands10. Loose11. KlausFor more info, please visit:
http://traams.tumblr.comhttp://www.fatcat-usa.com/ ;
