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In Tall Buildings Announce Headlining North American Spring Tour/Pittsburgh 3/27

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Pittsburgh Event, Pittsburgh Premiere

In Support of New Album 
Akinetic

“… delightfully anomalous compositions….” – CULTURE COLLIDE

“…deftly arranged metropolitan pop…” – STEREOGUM

“…lovely…the perfect soundtrack to your snow-soaked mid-week.” – SPIN

“…expertly crafted…” – PASTE

“Wide-eyed and instantly likable…” – POP MATTERS

Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Erik Hall aka In Tall Buildings is excited to announce his North American Spring tour in support of his new album Akinetic,out March 2nd on Western Vinyl. The two-week run will feature a new, full live band, starting in Milwaukee and hitting major cities in the Midwest and Northeast.

On Akinetic, Hall worked with producer Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine) out of Hall’s home studio in Chicago. The album yields his most intelligent and focused songwriting yet over the course of ten tracks, blending rock, indie-folk, ambient, and electronica to create spacious and textured handmade pop.

Watch video for lead single “Beginning To Fade”

Tour Dates

Friday March 23 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Back Room
Saturday March 24 –  Chicago, IL Album Release Show @ Schubas
Tuesday March 27 –  Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Café
Wednesday 28 –  Washington, DC @ DC9
Thursday March 29 –  Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool
Friday March 30 –  Boston, MA @ Café 939
Saturday March 31 – Burlington, VT @ The Monkey House
Sunday April 1  – Northhampton, MA @ The Parlour Room
Monday April 2 – New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine
Tuesday April 3 – Philadelphia, PA @ Milkboy
Thursday April 5 – Ann Arbor, MI @ The Blind Pig
Friday April 6 – Indianapolis, IN @ Pioneer


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Walk The Moon Press Restart Tour 2018

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Pictorial, Pittsburgh Event, Pittsburgh Premiere
Walk The Moon. You may be reading this and thinking, “oh that’s the band that sings ‘Shut Up And Dance‘, right?” Well, yes, but they are so much more than that. Continue reading to hear all about how they brought the house down at Stage AE on Tuesday night and provided some temporary relief from the cold rainy weather.
On tour with them, Walk The Moon brought along Company of Thieves as their opener. Originally, they’re from Chicago, IL and have since relocated to Los Angeles. Personally, they remind me of a much poppier and mild Tonight Alive… mostly because every member in the band is male aside from the lead singer. Genevieve is the lead singer and she is amazing. She works the stage and has a very powerful voice and can take the attention of everyone in the room. I loved them. Their sound was fitting to the headliner’s genre as well and I felt they meshed well. I hate going to shows and the openers’ genre(s) don’t match or mesh well with who the headliner is. Company of Thieves was the perfect opener and their set was fantastic. Their performance was fun and upbeat and kept the audience’s attention throughout. Their Facebook is linked above and you can follow them on just about every form of social media (and I suggest you check out their music on Spotify as well if Indie/Pop is your thing).
Walk The Moon opened up their set with “Press Restart” from their newest album, ‘What If Nothing’. According to their Facebook page, they are considered Indie/Visual/Lyrical, which is very fitting after having seen them live. Their light show is amazing and rivals The 1975. May not beat it, but it’s up there. They play around with tons of different colors (no pun intended… you’ll understand in a few seconds) and have produced an all around fun production to go along with their crazy talent.
Later in the set, they slowed it down a bit for “Aquaman” and “Surrender” to which the crowd sang every word. “Different Colors” was soon after (see I told you). Before this, lead singer, Nicholas Petricca gave a little speech about equality and our society. Their light show included every different color on the spectrum, with a visual in the background with rainbow colors, the universal representation of equality.
If I could say anything that’s very consistent within their show, it would be to bring ear plugs because it’s very loud and also, don’t be afraid to dance. Have some fun because they make it hard not to. “Shut Up And Dance” really got the crowd moving. Everyone was singing along, dancing, and fist pumping. A few songs later, they got the crowd moving again with “One Foot”, and as I said before, if you’re at a Walk The Moon show, don’t be afraid to dance. Even if you suck at it. They make it so hard to just sit and watch. So, do yourself a favor and give in and dance your socks off.
They continued with “Next In Line” and “Headphones” before leaving the stage and awaiting the screaming crowd, aka their cue to come back and do the encore. Once the crowd was loud enough, they came back and made a point to note that this was the loudest crowd of the tour so far. That of course got the crowd to be even louder. The encore consisted of two hits from the 2014 release, ‘Talking Is Hard‘, “Up 2 U” and finally, “Anna Sun“.
I can honestly say this was one of the most fun shows I’ve been to in a while. Their show is definitely worth the ticket purchase. They have this way of temporarily relieving you of your anxieties for an hour and a half. Some of my favorite photos of the night are showcased below! You can also go check out their latest album, “What If Nothing” on Spotify here!
Story and photos: Abigail McNatt  © 2018
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Anarbor Tour (@Smiling Moose Pittsburgh) 2017: Review and Photos!

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Announcement/News, Pittsburgh Event, Pittsburgh Premiere
words and pix: Abigail McNatt
The local music scene is highly underrated. There are so many different kinds of bands that fall in this scene and are so talented. If I could tell anyone in this city who loves music anything, it would be to attend small shows and listen to bands and artists that don’t have a lot of likes or followers or listens.
One of those bands whose shows I attend quite often (and shoot all the time) is Vertigo. They are a local pop/rock band who play a ton of local shows. They were first on stage at the Smiling Moose on this cold Saturday evening in Pittsburgh. They are a fun band to shoot because you can tell they love what they’re doing and they get the crowd involved as well. I saw a good amount of people in front of the stage bobbing their heads to the groovy music. Overall, their set was very fun and enjoyable. I highly recommend readers to check them out in the link above.
Next on stage was Baltimore pop/rock band, Skyward Story. The previously named band, 3PM, put on a super fun set. Girls went wild for them. Some came from far and wide just to see them play. They interacted well with their crowd and performed many originals but also did Ed Sheeran‘s “Castle on the Hill”. Overall their set was very fun and I enjoyed every second of it. If boy bands are your thing, go check them out!
Going along with the local band theme, next up was pop/punk band from Pittsburgh, Milly. They were pretty cool. Being in the smaller music scene, I was surprised I hadn’t heard of them before. I thought they were pretty good! The crowd was enjoyed it as well it seemed. So if you’re into the local music scene, go check them out in the link above!
The next band, who was also the band touring with Anarbor, was Sundressed. They describe themselves as “emotive punk”. They surprised me because I expected more a more pop/rock sound considering the bands that played prior to them. But they were pretty good. They seemed really into their performance and got the crowd pumped up. So if you’re into the more “emotive punk” type music, go look them up!
Last but not least, the band we were all waiting for… Anarbor. If you haven’t heard of them, they’re considered alternative rock and they’re amazing. They get super into it and the fans were all over the place. They were dancing, singing along, and just enjoying every second they were there. The band had great interaction and put on a wonderful, upbeat performance. So if you haven’t heard of them, go look them up. I provided links to each band above!
Overall, it was a great night and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. Some of the photos are showcased below and the rest are featured here.

Umphrey’s McGee Announce More 2018 Tour Dates/Pittsburgh Jan 11 @StageAE

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Pittsburgh Event, Pittsburgh Premiere
Pre-sale & umVIP On-Sale Begins Wednesday, November 15th
General On-Sale Begins Friday, November 17th
 
New Album it’s not us Out January 12, 2018
(Photo credit: Shervin Lainez)

“it’s not us masterfully incorporates a slew of different genres over 11 tracks, from blues-rock to prog-metal to acoustic balladry. It’s a testament to the band’s willingness to experiment and their desire to write the best songs possible…”– Billboard
 
“…genre distinction was never big enough for what Umphrey’s McGee actually do, which is closer to pop-smart and dance-wise progressive rock, laced with exuberant improvisation and flush with intense, melodic craft.” – Rolling Stone
 
“Umphrey’s McGee stand revealed as consummate musical alchemists, deftly reconfiguring sounds from rock’s vast panoply of styles.”- Entertainment Weekly
 
“Expanding the notion of what a rock band can offer”- Time
Today, Umphrey’s McGee have announced additional dates on their ‘it’s not us’ 2018 Headline Tour. The Spring run will bring the band to Aspen for a triple-header before continuing through Salt Lake City, Missoula, Seattle and Portland. The six-piece will wrap up the tour with four nights in California, including a headlining show at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. Kicking off January 11th in Pittsburgh, PA, the tour will coincide with the release of the band’s 11th studio album entitled it’s not us out January 12th. PRESS HERE to check out the official tour teaser for an exclusive look at what’s to come.
The headlining trek will include a 3-night residency at New York City’s famed Beacon Theatre January 19-21, ending with an epic show marking Umphrey’s McGee’sofficial 20th birthday. Supporting acts throughout the tour include The Marcus King Band, Big Something, Nicole Atkins, Hayley Jane & The Primates, The Russ Liquid Test, and Organ Freeman, who will all join Umphrey’s McGee as they celebrate 20 years together by sharing new music with their fans. The Aspen shows will host a umVIP program, complete with elevated viewing, a pre-show band meet-and-greet, and more. Pre-sale & Aspen umVIP tickets are available beginning Wednesday, November 15th. General on-sale begins Friday, November 17th. Full tour routing is below, and for ticket info and upcoming announcements, please visit http://www.umphreys.com/.
 
Comprised of 11 wide-ranging, vibrant songs it’s not us is a dynamic statement album that showcases the versatility and world-class musicianship that is at the band’s core. PRESS HEREto listen to lead single “The Silent Type,” which premiered via Billboard.com. Powered by a bombastic beat, funkified rhythms, fiery fretwork, and a chantable refrain, the single is an id-provoked reflection on temptation and its potential consequences, showcasing the band’s most succinct and accessible songwriting to date. It was recently synced during the World Series! it’s not us is available NOW for pre-order. In addition to the standard download, CD, and vinyl, this release offers the most robust deluxe package UM has ever created – PRESS HEREfor more information.
UMPHREY’S MCGEE TOUR DATES:
*NEW DATES IN BOLD
December 1-5                  Punta Cana, Dominican Republic @ Dominican Holidaze
December 15                    Chicago, IL @ Park West **NON-UM: 15th Annual Brendan & Jake Holiday Show
December 29                    Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
December 30                    Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
December 31                    Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
January 11                         Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
January 12                         Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
January 13                         Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
January 19                         New York, NY @ The Beacon Theatre
January 20                         New York, NY @ The Beacon Theatre
January 21                         New York, NY @ The Beacon Theatre
January 25                         New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall
January 26                         Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
January 27                         Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
January 28                         Jim Thorpe, PA @ Penn’s Peak
February 1                         Columbus, OH @ Express Live!
February 2                         Kalamazoo, MI @ Wings Event Center
February 3                         Kalamazoo, MI @ Wings Event Center
February 15                      Washington, DC @ The Anthem
February 16                      Asheville, NC @ ExploreAsheville.com Arena
February 17                      Asheville, NC @ ExploreAsheville.com Arena
February 18                      Tampa, FL @ WhigFest Music & Arts Festival
March 7                             Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Aspen
March 8                             Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Aspen
March 9                             Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Aspen
March 10                          Salt Lake City UT @ The Complex
March 14                          Missoula, MT @ The Wilma
March 15                          Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
March 16                          Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
March 17                          Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
March 22                          South Lake Tahoe, CA @ Harrah’s Lake Tahoe
March 23                          Oakland, CA @ The Fox Oakland
March 24                          Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
March 25                          San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
 
ABOUT UMPHREY’S MCGEE:
With a resume of over 2,200 live shows, ten studio albums, and 20 years together as a band, Umphrey’s McGee continues to build a fan base that defies categorization. Attracting followers from across the globe and from different musical backgrounds, the band has devoted its craft to creating a community centered around meticulous attention to fan experience. At the cutting-edge of both music and technology, their live show offers immersive tech-fueled innovations, super-serving their massive following. The music itself also defies categorization. Comprised of six critically acclaimed musicians – Brendan Bayliss [Guitar, vocals], Jake Cinninger [Guitar, vocals], Joel Cummins [Keyboard, piano, vocals], Andy Farag [Percussion], Kris Myers [Drums, vocals] and Ryan Stasik [Bass] – the group blends together multiple genres and sounds to make something very uniquely Umphrey’s McGee.



 
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Mark Lanegan Band Announce “Still Life With Roses” Remix EP Out September 29th on Heavenly Recordings

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Announcement/News, Tour
Mark Lanegan Band Announce Still Life With Roses Remix EP, Out September 29th Via Heavenly Recordings
On US Tour in August
US Tour Dates
Following career-best reviews for his tenth album Gargoyle, and a sold–out UK tour in late June, MARK LANEGAN BAND today announce the release of Still Life With Roses, a 6 track EP of remixes from the LP by various producers whose work he admires. The EP, released 29th September via Heavenly Recordings, will be available as 12” vinyl and download and comprises a brilliant array of remixes by the likes of Andrew Weatherall, Adrian Sherwood and Pye Corner Audio. The Adrian Sherwood remix of Nocturne is available an instant grat and streaming HERE, the track listing is further down the announcement:

Press acclaim for Gargoyle:

“Mark Lanegan makes blues for our time, chopping up sonic tropes, stretching them over handcarved laments, wrenching them from his throat and bleeding badly all over them.” -PASTE

“It features, as always, Lanegan’s smoky, whiskey-soaked baritone singing voice (if you’re unfamiliar, imagining a more soulful Leonard Cohen puts you in the ballpark), and it continues his ongoing explorations of synth music” -Dangerous Minds

“[It] is stunning not only for the music’s scintillating sheen, but also for Lanegan’s excellent performance. His gruff baritone has always been reminiscent of Leonard Cohen, but here he recalls the late great’s iridescent lyrics with a moribund romanticism.” – Stereogum

“The one constant has been Lanegan’s moody, melancholic soul-shaker of a voice.” –The A.V. Club

“Gargoyle is as confident and assured as anything Lanegan has released. It stands up alongside his best work and pushes his method in a few new directions, without trying to break from the paradigm” -Pop Matters

“Gargoyle has an early 80s UK electronic rock feel, with Lanegan’s rough vocal rasp sawing through musical timbres reminiscent of what was being played out at Manchester’s Factory.” – The WIRE
Still Life With Roses tracklist:
1. Nocturne (Adrian Sherwood remix)
2. Blue Blue Sea (Not Waving Remix)
3. Old Swan (Pye Corner Audio remix)
4. Beehive (Andrew Weatherall remix)
5. Beehive (Andrew Weatherall dub)

6. Death’s Head Tattoo (Falling Percussion Dub)
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Liam Gallagher Shares Video For New Track “Chinatown”

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Video
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: https://youtu.be/GWDu-9zHG6Y
 
Debut Solo Album As You Were

Released Globally October 6 on Warner Bros. Records

 
 
Last week Liam Gallagher debuted another new track from his highly anticipated solo album, As You Were. Gallagher continues to build anticipation for theOctober 6 release of his debut solo album by sharing the brand new video for the track “Chinatown.” The video was directed by Charlie Lightening for Lightening Films (Paul McCartney, Paul Weller, Kasabian) and was filmed at several locations in London one of which of course was London’s Chinatown area. Click here to view and share the video.
In contrast to album’s first single “Wall Of Glass,” “Chinatown” is an atmospheric, psychedelic slow burner in which he utilizes a softer side of his inimitable vocal prowess. The two tracks hint at what to expect from As You Were, with Gallagher adding a forward-looking expression of his passion for a wide range of influences from the 60s and 70s.
 
“Chinatown” was produced and written by Andrew Wyatt, the frontman of the band Miike Snow, whose previous credits include collaborations with the likes of Florence + The Machine. In addition to his work on “Chinatown”, Wyatt also co-wrote four other tracks on As You Were the shape of “Wall Of Glass”, “Paper Crown”, “Come Back To Me” and “Doesn’t Have To Be That Way”.
 
Gallagher is already back to his very best. Click here to view and share Gallagher’s performance of his first-ever solo single “Wall Of Glass” from his recent triumphant Glastonbury performance. Click here to view and share an interview with Gallagher also from Glastonbury.
 
As previously announced, tracklisting for As You Were is as follows:
 
  1. Wall Of Glass
  2. Bold
  3. Greedy Soul
  4. Paper Crown
  5. For What It’s Worth
  6. When I’m In Need
  7. You Better Run
  8. I Get By
  9. Chinatown
  10. Come Back To Me
  11. Universal Gleam
  12. I’ve All I Need
Bonus tracks on deluxe album editions:
 
13.   Doesn’t Have To Be That Way
14.   All My People / All Mankind
15.   I Never Wanna Be Like You
As You Were is now available to pre-order from https://l-gx.com/lg_asyouwere with “Wall Of Glass” and “Chinatown” provided as an instant download. It will be released on digital (standard and deluxe), CD (standard and deluxe) and vinyl (standard 12″ and limited edition color 12″ formats).
 

A special boxset is also available from https://wbr.ec/lg-store-dlxboxset. It compiles a color 12″ vinyl of the album, an exclusive 7″ format of “For What It’s Worth,” a print designed by Klaus Voorman (the artist behind The Beatles’ Revolver album cover) and additional collectors’ items. Click here for more information.

 
As previously announced, Liam Gallagher and band will tour North America this fall:
 
Nov 13              San Francisco, CA        Warfield
Nov 18              Denver, CO                   Gothic
Nov 20              Minneapolis, MN           First Avenue
Nov 21              Chicago, IL                   The Riviera
Nov 23              Toronto, ON                  Rebel
Nov 25              Boston, MA                  House of Blues
Nov 27              New York, NY               Terminal 5
Nov 29              Washington, DC            Lincoln Theatre

Nov 30              Philadelphia, PA            Union Transfer

 
Joining Liam Gallagher on the road will be Jay Mehler on guitars, Mike Moore on guitars, Christian Madden on keyboards, Drew McConnell on bass, and Dan McDougall on drums.
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3TEETH @ Rex Theater on July 15th

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Pittsburgh Event, Pittsburgh Premiere
LA based industrial band 3TEETH, who recently released their 2nd full-length album,<shutdown.exe>, via OMF Records. This record is phenomenal and will undoubtedly go down as one of the year’s best industrial metal releases. The band is currently riding a wave of momentum following last year’s tour with TOOL, which sparked a media firestorm of buzz. Now they’re returning to cement their place as the most buzzed about band of 2017 with <shutdown.exe>.
<shutdown.exe> was produced by 3TEETH, mixed by Sean Beavan (Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, A Perfect Circle) and mastered by Howie Wienberg (Deftones, Nirvana, Pantera, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden).
The band will be performing in Pittsburgh at Rex Theater on July 15th.
Formed in 2013, 3TEETH is an L.A.-based transgressive artistic collaborative consisting of Alexis Mincolla (vocals), Xavier Swafford (keys), Andrew Means (drums) and Chase Brawner (guitars). Inspired by the early ‘90s industrial scene and acts like Ministry and NIN, the four-piece boasts a unique amalgam of aggressive sounds and compelling visual art that, combined with their cynical humor and provocative propaganda, ultimately asks fans to join their assault on consensus-based reality.

The group released its self-titled debut album in 2014 and was promptly hailed as a welcome return to the old school industrial sound of the ‘90s that eschewed EBM’s techno beats in favor of grinding grooves, atmospheric keyboards, crunchy guitars and heavily distorted vocals.

Meanwhile, the band developed an intense live show that unleashed the cathartic chaos contained in their studio recordings. On 3TEETH’s stage, the band’s brutal sonics get paired with a dense array of images brought together by the mesmerizing performance of frontman Mincolla. The group saw its creative efforts pay off in a major way when metal giants TOOL handpicked 3TEETH to support them on their 2016 world arena tour with Primus.

Preparation for the band’s next album began in earnest shortly after the tour with new material being written and recorded. Two singles from the album, “Degrade” and “Atrophy,” were released, the latter of which was accompanied by a concept video, and both songs demonstrated that 3TEETH had hit a new creative peak. Sean Beavan, producer and mixer who has worked on albums by NIN, Marilyn Manson, A Perfect Circle, Slayer and more, was brought in to take the band’s recordings to the next level. The final album was then mastered by Howie Weinberg (Pantera, TOOL, Rammstein) resulting in by far the heaviest sounds the band has ever conjured.

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Real Friends Returns to Pittsburgh

by paigeeowens, posted in Music review, Pittsburgh Event, Pittsburgh Premiere

By Paige Elexis Owens

After taking several months off of the road and the stage, Real Friends performed in Pittsburgh’s South Side at the Rex Theater on June 7th.

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The Unlikely Candidates playing Diesel May 6

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Pittsburgh Event, Pittsburgh Premiere

The Unlikely Candidates’ songs have over 10 million listens on Spotify and the band has over 210,000 Monthly Listeners.

“The sonics range from Led Zeppelin to The Strokes, with sleek, infectious riffage and smart, catchy vocals.” – Fort Worth Weekly

“… Unlikely Candidates bring poppy adult alternative that you’ll love if you’re a fan of bands like Imagine Dragons or Grouplove.” – NBC San Diego

“…the Unlikely Candidates was the biggest surprise at last year’s City of Trees shindig at Bonney Field, peddling some ultra sharp, melodically blistering alt-pop rock with just the right amount of roughness around the edges.” – The Sacramento Bee

“…soaring, sing-along-ready earworms with sky-high ambitions. It’s indie rock made for stadium-sized crowds… moving from the Mumford-esque acoustic anthem ‘Just Breathe’ to the electro-pop of ‘Ringer.’” – Aspen Times

“…this new direction finds the band successfully becoming everything Panic! at the Disco tries so hard to be.” – Central Track

“’Ringer’ could be the most fun alternative rock song of the year…The Unlikely Candidates should be household names right now, the band’s always been that good. With their new EP, they get to prove it. Here’s hoping that in 2017 they earn the rep they deserve.” – Alternative Addiction 4.5/5 Star Review

 

  • The Unlikely Candidates are currently playing throughout the US on their “The People’s Choice” headline tour as well as playing other select dates and big radio shows in support of their Bed Of Liars EP that was released on February 17, 2017.

 

  • MySpacerecently named The Unlikely Candidates the “…number one pick for who you must see at SXSW this year.” In the past, they were mentioned in The New York Times and Esquire as a must-see band to see at SXSW as well.

 

  • VEVO premiered the video their song “Ringer.” Watch it HERE.  The video represents a massive global effort by the band who wanted to have people from all over the world participate in playing out all their interesting and weird ideas.  With the help of Fiverr, the world’s largest marketplace for creative and digital services for entrepreneurs and small businesses, they helped the band achieve a first of its kind creation resulting in submissions from over 27 countries, including some as far reaching as Macedonia, Sri Lanka, Egypt and Mozambique.  Other submissions that made it into the video were from the US, France, Jamaica, South Africa, India, Australia, Germany, Philippines, Ukraine, Serbia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Russia, Venezuela, Haiti, Japan, Korea, Switzerland, UK, Ireland, Argentina, and Greece. The video took Singer Kyle Morris over 200 hours over two and a half months piecing it together with director Adam VillaSenor

 

  • The band has played Bonnaroo, Firefly, Riot Fest and have toured with St. Lucia, Nothing But Thieves, Weathers, and The Moth & The Flame. The Unlikely Candidates were selected as part of Taco Bell’s Feed The Beat program, and “Ringer” has enjoyed extensive in-store play with major brands including Whole Foods and Guess Jeans stores nationwide.

 

 

The Unlikely Candidates Tour Dates (More TBA):

April 28 @ Atrium @ Catalyst – Santa Cruz, CA w/ Cemetery Sun & Fame Riot

April 29 @ Goldfield Trading Post – Sacramento, CA

May 1 @ Downtown Artery – Fort Collins, CO

May 4 @ Pike Room – Pontiac, MI

May 6 @ Diesel – Pittsburgh, PA

May 9 @ Fete Music Hall – Providence, RI

May 10 @ Middle East – Boston, MA

May 11 @ Mercury Lounge – New York, NY

May 13 @ BB&T Pavilion / 104.5 Birthday Bash – Camden, NJ (w/Kings Of Leon, 1975, more)

May 14 @ Merriweather Post Pavilion / DC 101 Kerfuffle – Washington, DC (w/Kings Of Leon, Weezer, Fitz and the Tantrums, more)

May 16 @ The Basement – Nashville, TN

May 17 @ Stickyz Rock’n’Roll Chicken Shack – Little Rock, AR

May 19 @ Main at South Side – Fort Worth, TX

May 27 @ Vinoy Park / 97X BBQ – St Petersburg, FL (w/ Grouplove, Milky Chance)

May 28 @ Pompano Beach Amphitheaer – Pomano Beach, FL

June 10 @ Laurel School Campus / Laurelive – Novelty, OH (w/The Head And The Heart, Gary Clark Jr, Young The Giant, more)

 

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LAMB OF GOD Announces Select Headline Tour Dates with Support from BEHEMOTH

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Tour
Four Headline Dates Scheduled Amidst 2017 Summer Tour Supporting SLAYER
 
Tickets for Headline Dates on Sale this Friday, April 7 at 10am Local Time via www.lamb-of-god.com
Internationally-renowned heavy rock leaders LAMB OF GOD recently announced that they will support headlining metal legends Slayer, along with fellow supporting death metal group Behemoth, on what is set to be this summer’s most-anticipated heavy music tour. The six-week expedition will rage across North America beginning July 12 in Bemidji, MN, winding up in Phoenix, AZ on August 20. Tickets are on sale now via www.slayer.net/tour.
In addition to these dates, LAMB OF GOD is announcing select headline one-off dates throughout the Slayer tour. Behemoth will provide direct support during these special performances. Stops include Grand Rapids, MI, Montreal, QC, St. Louis, MO and Salt Lake City, UT. See below for a full listing of confirmed shows and pick up tickets for the LAMB OF GOD headline dates starting this Friday, April 7 at 10am local time via www.lamb-of-god.com.
LAMB OF GOD Summer 2017 Tour Dates:
New headline dates in red
 
JULY
12   Sanford Center, Bemidji, MN
13   Rock Fest 2017, Cadott, WI (Slayer and LAMB OF GOD on this bill)
15   Rock USA 2017, Ford Festival Park, Oshkosh, WI (Slayer and LAMB OF GOD on this bill)
16   Chicago Open Air Festival, Toyota Park, Chicago, IL (Slayer, LAMB OF GOD and Behemoth on this bill)
17   20 Monroe Live, Grand Rapids, MI (LAMB OF GOD headline, Behemoth support, no Slayer)
18   Express Live!, Columbus, OH
20   Red Hat Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC
21   St. Augustine Amphitheater, St. Augustine, FL
23   Electric Factory Outdoors, Philadelphia, PA
24   M TELUS, Montreal, QC (LAMB OF GOD headline, Behemoth support, no Slayer)
25   Blue Hills Bank Pavilion, Boston, MA
27   Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
28   Pier Six Pavilion, Baltimore, MD
30   Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN
31   The Pageant, St. Louis, MO (LAMB OF GOD headline, Behemoth support, no Slayer)
AUGUST
  1   Providence Medical Center Amphitheater, Bonner Springs, KS
  2   1st Bank Center, Denver, CO
  4   The Joint/Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
  5   The Forum, Los Angeles, CA
  8   Vina Robles Amphitheatre, Paso Robles, CA
  9   Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA
11   The Cuthbert Amphitheater, Eugene, OR
12   WaMu Theatre, Seattle, WA
14   Encana Events Center, Dawson Creek, BC CANADA
15   SMS Equipment Stadium, Fort McMurray, AB CANADA
17   KettleHouse Amphitheater, Missoula, MT
18   The Complex, Salt Lake City, UT (LAMB OF GOD headline, Behemoth support, no Slayer)
19   Isleta Amphitheater, Albuquerque, NM
20   Comerica Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
About LAMB OF GOD:
Richmond, VA natives LAMB OF GOD are one of heavy music’s most successful and uncompromising bands.  When the band’s first major release, New American Gospel, was released in 2000 it was immediately touted as a classic within the genre. AllMusic stated it best, “The essential signatures of post-Pantera metal are in abundance on Lamb of God’s inaugural album. New American Gospel provides a mighty oak upon which gritty American metal’s faith is maintained, effectively bridging the ’90s’ insistence upon drill-sergeant technicality and the old school’s determined focus on riff construction.”
Some predicted a sophomore slump – that no band could top a debut album so strong.  They were proven wrong, with the release of 2004’s Ashes of the Wake, an album that not only exploded stateside (certified Gold by RIAA) but also saw the spread of LAMB OF GOD to all corners of the world.  The band’s first DVD, Killadelphia, followed shortly after and was certified Platinum.  Then, with Sacrament (Album, 2006, #8 debut on the US Billboard Hot 200), LAMB OF GOD were honored with a Grammy nomination for the track “Redneck”, which would be the first of five Grammy nominations for the band to date. Next came Walk With Me In Hell (DVD, 2008) and then the band’s fourth album Wrath in 2009, which debuted at #2 on the Billboard Hot 200 Chart, and then Resolution, which debuted at #3. Shortly after the release of Resolution, vocalist Randy Blythe was arrested in Prague, and spent 30 days in jail on a charge for which he was later acquitted (and lead to Blythe’s bestselling memoir, Dark Days, as well as the film As The Palaces Burn).  After regrouping, LAMB OF GOD lost no ground with their latest full-length album, VII: Sturm Und Drang, the album was #3 in the US, #1 in Canada, #2 in Australia, #3 in Finland, #7 in UK, #12 in Germany and #13 in Japan, and #13 in Netherlands. “Overlord“, the first single from VII: Sturm Und Drang, achieved a new milestone for the band when it reached the Top Thirty of US Active Rock Radio Chart (Mediabase).  Most recently, late last year LAMB OF GOD paid tribute to late, longtime fan and friend Wayne Ford with the release of The Duke EP, which raised funds and awareness for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The EP release coincided with a charity campaign offering personal items such as Blythe’s Ashes Of The Wake Gold plaque, signed signature model guitars, handwritten lyrics and more.
Since inception and through it all, LAMB OF GOD‘s consistent and unwavering commitment to their music – and their fans – has kept them a critical and fan favorite worldwide, selling millions of albums and tickets around the world.
LAMB OF GOD is Randy Blythe (vocals), Mark Morton (guitar), Willie Adler (guitar), John Campbell (bass), and Chris Adler (drums).
LAMB OF GOD Online:
www.lamb-of-god.com
www.facebook.com/lambofgod
https://twitter.com/lambofgod
http://instagram.com/lambofgod
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SUNN O))): Northeastern USA/Southeast Canada Tour Begins Sunday/ @TheRex 3/13

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Pittsburgh Event, Pittsburgh Premiere
SUNN O))) will embark on their first series of live excursions of the year in just days, as the outfit prepares to tour through the Northeastern US and Southeast Canada, followed by a performance at Convergence Festival in the UK.
SUNN O))) bring their immense music back to the Northeast USA and Southeastern end Canada with a week of shows, beginning this Sunday, March 12th in Washington, DC followed by shows in Pittsburgh, Toronto, Montreal, Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia through March 18th. Support on all shows will be provided by Southern Lord labelmates, Montreal-based/Southern Lord-signed Big | Brave, who have been seen opening for SUNN O))) on last year’s tours of the Southwest, Southeast and Midwest states and Europe.
Directly on the heels of the North American run, SUNN O))) will make a special appearance at London’s massive performing arts venue, Barbican Centre, as part of this year’s Convergence Festival on March 21st. Support for the performance will come from Icelandic singer and cellist, Hildur Guðnadóttir, who has played and recorded with bands such as Pan Sonic, Throbbing Gristle, and Múm. Guðnadóttir also wrote the arrangements for the Wildbirds & Peacedrums session as part of the Barbican’s Nils Frahm curated Possibly Colliding marathon weekend in July.
SUNN O))) Tour Dates:
3/12/2017 930 Club – Washington, DC w/ Big | Brave [tickets]
3/13/2017 The Rex – Pittsburgh, PA w/ Big | Brave [tickets]
3/14/2017 Queen Elizabeth Theatre – Toronto, ON w/ Big | Brave [tickets]
3/15/2017 La Sat – Montreal, QC w/ Big | Brave [tickets]
3/16/2017 The Coolidge – Boston, MA w/ Big | Brave [tickets]
3/17/2017 Knockdown Center – Brooklyn, NY w/ Big | Brave [tickets]
3/18/2017 Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA w/ Big | Brave [tickets]
3/21/2017 Barbican – London, UK @ Convergence Festival w/ Hildur Guðnadóttir [tickets]
Additional performances and tour dates will be announced in the coming weeks. For coverage of SUNN O))) in North and South America contact dave@earsplitcompound.com and internationally contact lauren@rarelyunable.com.
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CONAN Announce Spring North American Tour/Pittsburgh 5/20 @SmilingMoose

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Pittsburgh Event, Pittsburgh Premiere
CONAN are as heavy as interplanetary thunder amplified through the roaring black hole anus of Azathoth. Remember that sentence, for it is writ large in virgin blood on the walls of the forgotten temple of Bol-Krastor, deep in the steaming forests of forgotten Lemuria. Conan, a monumentally brutal three piece (in the grand tradition of all the hallowed three pieces through time) hold a sinew-tight line and an iron-grip command over the uber-synchronised powerchord changes and tempo-shifts of the anti-holy trio of bass, drums and guitar. Two weary yet defiant men have the task of vocalizing wretched thoughts over the turgid weight of CONAN‘s metalized bombast. They bear it well, for the task is immense.
unnamed-2Now they bring this immense task back to North America this May on tour with North.  In addition to the headline run, CONAN will also take part in this year’s Maryland Death Fest and 71 Grind Fest in Colorado Springs, CO.  A complete list of dates can be found below.
CONAN frontman Jon Davis commented on their return North America:
“We are excited to get back to the USA and Canada to play at Maryland Death Fest, 71 Grind and also the other awesome shows we have lined up. We are also looking forward to sharing the road with our friends in North.”
CONAN W/North
5/10: Glendale, CA at Complex 
5/11: Oakland, CA at Metro
5/12: Portland, OR at Dante’s
5/13: Vancouver, BC at Astoria
5/14: Seattle, WA at Highline
5/16: Minneapolis, MN at Triple Rock
5/17: Chicago, IL at Beat Kitchen
5/18: Indianapolis, IN at 5th Quarter
5/19: Cleveland, OH at Now That’s Class
5/20: Pittsburgh, PA at Smiling Moose
5/21: Toronto, ON at Garrison
5/22: Montreal, QC at TBA 
5/23: Boston, MA at TBA
5/24: Brooklyn, NY at Knitting Factory
5/25: Baltimore, MD at Maryland Death Fest*
5/26: Raleigh, NC at Kings
5/27: Atlanta, GA at 529
5/28: New Orleans, LA at Siberia
5/29: Houston, TX at White Oak
5/30: Austin, TX at Sidewinder
6/1: Denver, CO at Hi-Dive
6/2: Colorado Springs, CO at 71 Grind Fest 
6/3: Albuquerque, NM at Sister
6/4: Tucson, AZ at Club Congress
* = no North 
 

 
More on CONAN:
Way back, in 2006, CONAN formed as a two-piece near the old port of Liverpool, and cut a now mythological demo (‘Battle In The Swamp’). The years dragged by, and fellow warriors came and went (we raise our tankards to their memory). Now they have crystallized into a final configuration – founding member Jon Davis still raging on guitar and vocals, but ably assisted by fellow acolytes of the absurd Chris Fielding on bass and vocals and the dexterous Rich Lewis on drums. Collectively their plans are clear: they seek nothing less than the crushing of a billion skulls.
They have committed their filthy, ocean-sized sound to wax (and the slightly less cool compact disc) several times thus far – with more fetid brooding output always on the reddening horizon. First came the hulking mass of a debut album (in 2010) that was ‘Horseback Battle Hammer’ (Throne, Aurora Borealis), followed by the now much sought after split with like-minded Northern Irish sludge-lords Slomatics (Head of Crom, Burning World) in 2011. In December 2011 CONAN returned to the remote wilderness of Foel Studio, Wales, and into the capable hands of producer Chris Fielding (now their bassmaster) for the next album which was to released on Burning World Records in Spring 2012 – the mighty eardrum-warping ‘Monnos’.
A triumphant recording of their live destruction of the 2012 Roadburn festival was released in 2013 as ‘Mount Wrath’. This was followed by a fearsome 12″ split with Chicago doomfuckers Bongripper in 2013 (Holy Roar Records) and a new devil-deal with Napalm Records, resulting in the evil turgidity of third album proper ‘Blood Eagle’ in 2014. Many tours across the blasted wastelands of Europe and the old lands across the Oceans have resulted in a tight slaying unit that pauses for no weakling and decimates all who will not nod to their titan-riffing. Their latest album ‘Revengeance’ was released in early 2016 – A fourth album of such implausible weight that Azathoth itself threatens to implode in a cosmic super-shower of black death-shit.
Hear the roar of battle. Smell the stench of split blood. A thousand heads piled high like a grim mound of suffering – a blasphemy to nature. Hail CONAN!
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The Devil Wears Prada Joins Anthrax, Killswitch Engage Tour/ Pittsburgh Date April 9

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Pittsburgh Event, Pittsburgh Premiere, Tour
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA TO JOIN ANTHRAX AND KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
ON SPRING NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
L-R:  Kyle Sipress, Andy Trick, Mike Hranica, Jeremy Depoyster
Photo credit:  Anthony Barlich
LOS ANGELES, CA – (Thursday, January 5, 2017) — The Devil Wears Prada will hit the road early in the New Year with a slot on what will be one of the heaviest tours of 2017 – a 27-date North American tour as special support to co-headliners Anthrax and Killswitch Engage.  The trek, presented by SiriusXM, kicks off at the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, NJ on March 29 and will zig-zag the continent, culminating in Boston on May 7.  Tickets are on sale now; log onto http://www.tdwpband.com/tour for purchasing info.
This tour won’t be the first time that TDWP – Mike Hranica (vocals), Jeremy DePoyster (rhythm guitar, vocals), Andy Trick (bass), and Kyle Sipress (lead guitar) – have crossed paths with either band.  Prada toured the U.S. with KsE in 2010, and played with Anthrax on the 2012 Mayhem tour.  Additionally, Adam D., KsE’s lead guitarist, produced two of Prada’s albums – Dead Throne (2011) and 8:18 (2013).
“This tour will be a real treat,” said Prada’s Hranica.  “We have an awesome relationship with Adam, he’s one of the craziest, most fun dudes we know, and when it comes to thrash and metal, you don’t get much bigger names than Anthrax and Killswitch.”
The Devil Wears Prada will be putting together a special set for this tour.  “I love the idea of going to a show and seeing bands whose music is in the same ballpark, but still different from each others’,” Hranica added.  “We have our own personal style on the side of metal, so we’ll do some of our dark, heavy, noisey songs, but probably stay away from interludes inbetween.  We’ll have our own footprint on stage each night.”
These dates will be in support of Prada’s new and sixth full-lenth album, the 11-track, critically-acclaimed Transit Blues (Rise Records).  Produced by Dan Korneff (Pierce The Veil, Motionless in White), Transit Blues examines themes of transition, separation and the toll that constant touring can have on one’s personal life.  Click here to check out the album’s first music video for the song “To The Key Of Evergreen,” inspired by Hranica’s all-time favorite love story, Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita.”
Confirmed dates are as follows:
MARCH
29   The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ
30   Express Live, Columbus, OH
31   The International, Knoxville, TN  (KsE headline date)
APRIL
 1   The NorVa, Norfolk, VA  (KsE headline date)
 3   The Fillmore, Silver Springs, MD
 4   The Dome at Oakdale, Wallingford, CT
 5   Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA
 7   20 Monroe Live, Grand Rapids, MI
 8   The Fillmore, Detroit, MI
 9   Stage AE, Pittsburgh, PA 
11  The Ritz, Raleigh, NC
12  Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA
13  House of Blues, Orlando, FL
15  Texas Independence Festival @ Grizzly Hall, Austin, TX
16  Boggus Ford Events Center, Pharr, TX
17  House of Blues, Houston, TX
18  House of Blues, Dallas, TX
20  The Marquee, Phoenix, AZ
22  The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA
23  The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
25  Showbox SoDo, Seattle, WA
26  Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR
28  The Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO
29  Sokol Auditorium, Omaha, NE
30  Midland Theatre, Kansas City, MO
MAY
 1   The Pageant, St. Louis, MO
 3   Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, ON  CANADA
 5   Paramount Theatre, Huntington, NY
 6   Upstate Concert Hall, Clifton Park, NY
 7   House of Blues, Boston, MA
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Serengeti premieres new video via Tiny Mix Tapes + LP RELEASE DATE CHANGE

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Streaming

Serengeti and Sicker Man share video for “Boy” from Doctor My Own Patience LP

Watch/Share via Tiny Mix Tapes or YouTube
Due to manufacturing delays, LP release date has been pushed to December 16, 2016.
Preorder via Graveface Records HERE.

Serengeti first began in 2003 when Chicago’s David Cohn offered to add his voice to the world of hip hop. Since then, Serengeti has been bringing his Chicago heritage and distinctive take on hip hop to the musical world, where he has been extremely prolific, generating 15+ albums since his origin.

Perhaps most notable of those records is that of Dennehy, on which Cohn drives home his Chicago heritage into his rhymes via a fictional character, Kenny, that he raps as, even rapping in a Chicagoan accent and references the prominent sports teams and regional favorites of the Midwest. But rapping as a character or a personae is nothing out of the ordinary for Cohn, and his vast catalogue shows him changing and progressing his sound constantly. These changes are often accompanied by various collaborations and side projects. Serengeti has collaborated with the likes of Polyphonic, Hi-Fidel, and Odd Nosdam on his own studio albums. In 2014, he also teamed up with Sufjan Stevens and Son Lux to become a member of the project Sisyphus.

Stream:
Serengeti & Sicker Man – “Doctor My Own Patience”
“a song that sees Sicker Man building a soft, sullen piano line atop which Serengeti raps about being ‘too anxious’ and looking for a release from it all.” – A.V. Club

Fast forward to 2013, Cohn met up with Tobias Vethake, aka Sicker Man, in Bonn, Germany, and they collaborated to create Saal. Though they had collaborated before, this album showed a departure for Cohn from his tight knit verse and featured him singing along to the orchestral pop music that Vethake added to the mix.

2016 sees Cohn and Vethake teaming up again, but this time in Berlin, where they recorded their album Doctor My Own Patience, due out December 16 on Graveface Records.
Artist: Serengeti & Sicker Man
Album: Doctor My Own Patience
Label: Graveface Records
Release date: December 16, 2016

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2. Boy
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4. Loose Control
5. Hotelroom
6. Hills
7. Top Up
8. Beltloop
9. Remember
“The eternal paradox of Chicago rapper Serengeti is that his success is more akin to that of a show like Breaking Bad, and totally anomalous in music.” – SPIN

“If the voices on Serengeti’s songs often sound like they don’t belong to a rapper, that’s the idea.” – NPR

“spoken word poet and folk singer chronicling deep emotional despair.” – Pitchfork

“Genre-blurring”
– Stereogum

“Doctor My Own Patience deserves your attention for a few plays, at least.”
– SYFFAL
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Pittsburgh’s own Amy Rigby ‘Diary of a Mod Housewife’ vinyl reissue and tour dates

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Announcement/News

image003Amy Rigby’s ‘Diary of a Mod Housewife’ is a modern classic. It has never been available on vinyl. This will change Nov 18th when this wonderful album finally gets the vinyl release it deserves. To celebrate she’s playing her hometown of Pittsburgh. Let me know if you want to go.

 

Amy Rigby established herself as a solo artist in 1996 with debut album Diary Of A Mod Housewife, but had already been writing and performing her honest, intelligent and instantly-memorable songs for years as a member of early NYC alt-country band Last Roundup and girl group the Shams. Over the last two decades she has toured the US, UK and Europe and released four more acclaimed solo albums, as well as three duo records with her husband Wreckless Eric. Nov 18th, Diary Of A Mod Housewife will be released on vinyl for the first time and Amy is touring to revisit the classics and play new songs from her upcoming solo album due out next year. Here are the dates:

 

Sat 22 Oct 2016 Hudson, NY at Spotty Dog

Sun 23 Oct 2016 Cambridge, MA at Atwood’s Tavern 4pm

Wed 26 Oct 2016, Rochester NY at Abilene Bar & Lounge

Thu 27 Oct 2016 Cleveland, OH at Beachland Tavern

Fri 28 Oct 2016 Champaign, IL at A Sandwich Life House Concert

Sun 30 Oct 2016, Chicago, IL  at Reckless Records In-store 4pm

Sun 30 Oct 2016 – Rockford, IL  at Mary’s Place 8pm

Tue 01 Nov 2016 – Pittsburgh, PA  at Club Café

Thu 03 -06 Nov 2016 – Harbor Springs, MI at Springfed Arts Lambs Retreat

Wed 16 Nov 2016 – New York, NY at The HiFi Bar

Thu 17 Nov 2016 – New York, NY at The HiFi Bar

Sat 19 Nov 2016 – Media, PA at Concerts @ Sixth St.

Sun 20 Nov 2016 – Vienna, VA at Jammin’ Java

Thu 01 Dec 2016 – Glasgow, UK  at Admiral Bar

Sun 04 Dec 2016 – Hull, UK at Furley & Co

Sun 11 Dec 2016 – London, UK at Come Down & Meet the Folks 7pm

Tue 13 Dec 2016 – Brighton, UK at Prince Albert

Wed 14 Dec 2016 – Leicester, UK at The Musician

 

Here is a track from Diary of a Mod Housewife plus a live performance:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN-T8eXl_Cw

 

https://amyrigby.bandcamp.com

 

http://www.nyctaper.com/2015/07/amy-rigby-may-28-2015-hifi-bar-flacmp3streaming/

 

. Here’s what the press has said about it:

 

“..masterful. Funny and enticing, she is up there with the likes of Paul Simon and Randy Newman.”  – New York Times

 

“Rigby’s solo debut remains a classic.”  – Chicago Tribune

 

“An impressive debut. A-“ – Entertainment Weekly

 

“Concept album of the year. A” – Robert Christgau

 

“There are no maybes about Mod—this is a wonderful album” – People Magazine

 

“As liberating as the first Pretenders album” –  Salon

 

“…one of rock’s most distinctive and consistently excellent songwriters.” – Washington Post

 

“…an instant classic” – UNCUT

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SXSW Music Festival Announces Artists Performing at 2017 Event

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Event
SXSW | March 10-19, 2017 | Austin, TX
 

SXSW Music Festival – Connection, Discovery, Surprise
Additional Performing Artists Announced

October 12, 2016 – Austin, Texas – The South by Southwest® Music Festival (SXSW®) has announced additional artists invited to perform at the 2017 event. Each year the SXSW Music Festival hosts an extraordinary mix of new, up-and-coming, international, and legendary artists performing in venues around Austin, Texas. The festival is the destination for industry professionals and influencers, international media, and fans who all share a passion for new music discovery. The 31st annual SXSW Music Festival takes place Monday, March 13 – Sunday, March 19, 2017.

The lineup will continue to inspire and excite as the SXSW Music Festival programmers curate a wholly unique festival experience. A few highlights are Charlotte Day Wilson (Toronto, Canada), The Drums (New York, NY), Girlpool (Los Angeles, CA), Imarhan (Tamanrasset, Algeria), La Dame Blanche (Pinar Del Rio, Cuba), Minus the Bear (Seattle, WA), Roosevelt (Cologne, Germany), and SOHN (London, UK-England).

This is a small sample of the wide array of artists who will be performing for the attending global creative community. Other invitees include:

The 4onthefloor (Minneapolis MN)
Aero Flynn (Eau Claire WI)
Annabel Allum (Guildford UK-ENGLAND)
ALMA (Helsinki FINLAND)
AluviÓn Afrobeat Pacifico (Bogota COLOMBIA)
Aquilo (London UK-ENGLAND)
ARY (Oslo NORWAY)
Autre Ne Veut (Brooklyn NY)
Aye Nako (Brooklyn NY)
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires (Birmingham AL)
The Band of Heathens (Austin TX)
Bash & Pop (Hudson NY)
BeatKing (Houston TX)
Be Charlotte (Dundee UK-SCOTLAND)
Michael Bethany (Dallas TX)
Big Phony (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
BIRTHH (Florence ITALY)
Biznaga (Madrid SPAIN)
David Blanco (La Habana CUBA)
The Blind Pets (Austin TX)
Blue Healer (Austin TX)
Busty and the Bass (Montreal CANADA)
Cardiel (Mexico City MEXICO)
Carnival Youth (Riga LATVIA)
The Ceremonies (Sherman Oaks CA)
Jorge Chafey (San Juan PUERTO RICO)
Chastity Belt (Seattle WA)
CJ Fly (Brooklyn NY)
Closeness (Omaha NE)
Kweku Collins (Evanston IL)
Charlie Cunningham (Leighton Buzzard UK-ENGLAND)
DakhaBrakha (Kiev UKRAINE)
Dardust (Ascoli Piceno ITALY)
Deep State (Athens GA)
Manu Delago Handmade (London UK-ENGLAND)
Delicate Steve (Frendon NJ)
Downtown Boys (Providence RI)
Draper (Sevenoaks UK-ENGLAND)
The Drums (New York NY)
The Dumplings (Zabrze POLAND)
Lincoln Durham (Austin TX)
Elle Exxe (Edinburgh UK-SCOTLAND)
Fastball (Austin TX)
Ripp Flamez (Cleveland OH)
Flamingods (London UK-ENGLAND)
Flasher (Washington DC)
Future Generations (Brooklyn NY)
Future Thieves (Nashville TN)
Ron Gallo (Nashville TN)
Sam Gellaitry (Stirling UK-SCOTLAND)
The Gift (Alcobaca PORTUGAL)
Girlpool (Los Angeles CA)
Giungla (Bologna ITALY)
William Harries Graham (Austin TX)
Gurr (Berlin GERMANY)
Half Waif (Brooklyn NY)
Heat (Montreal CANADA)
Hiccup (New York NY)
High Up (Omaha NE)
Hollerado (Toronto CANADA)
The Hollowbodies (Toronto CANADA)
IDER (London UK-ENGLAND)
Imaginary Tricks (Brooklyn NY)
Imarhan (Tamanrasset ALGERIA)
Joan of Arc (Chicago IL)
Kaiydo (Orlando FL)
Amy Klein (Brooklyn NY)
Kroy (Montréal CANADA)
Kučka (Perth AUSTRALIA)
La Dame Blanche (Pinar Del Rio CUBA)
Ladyhawke (Masterton NEW ZEALAND)
Letting Up Despite Great Faults (Austin TX)
SG LEWIS (Reading UK-ENGLAND)
Lng/SHT (Cancún MEXICO)
Lowell (Toronto CANADA)
LVL UP (Brooklyn NY)
Madame Gandhi (Los Angeles CA)
Mahogany (Philadelphia PA)
Mail The Horse (Brooklyn NY)		 mansionz (Los Angeles CA)
Måntra (London UK-ENGLAND)
Meat Wave (Chicago IL)
Yael Meyer (Santiago CHILE)
Middle Kids (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Raul Midón (Columbia MD)
Minihorse (Ypsilanti MI)
Mint Field (Tijuana MEXICO)
Minus the Bear (Seattle WA)
Missio (Austin TX)
The Moms (Morris Plains NJ)
Moor Mother (Philadelphia PA)
Morenito de Fuego (Monterrey MEXICO)
Mothers (Athens GA)
Moving Panoramas (Austin TX)
Mozart’s Sister (Montreal CANADA)
My Expansive Awareness (Zaragoza SPAIN)
Naked Giants (Seattle WA)
The National Parks (Provo UT)
Native Young (Cape Town SOUTH AFRICA)
The New Respects (Nashville TN)
Brett Newski (Milwaukee WI)
Now, Now (Minneapolis MN)
Oh Honey (Brooklyn NY)
Outer Spaces (Baltimore MD)
Overcoats (New York NY)
Palm (Philadelphia PA)
PAWS (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
Pinact (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
PINES (Adelaide AUSTRALIA)
Plush (San Francisco CA)
Priests (Washington DC)
Michael Prins (Haarlem NETHERLANDS)
Pronoun (Brooklyn NY)
Pure Bathing Culture (Portland OR)
Qawalistan (Islamabad PAKISTAN)
David Ramirez (Austin TX)
Ramirez Exposure (Valencia SPAIN)
Riel (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
River Whyless (Asheville NC)
Roosevelt (Cologne GERMANY)
Whitney Rose (Austin TX)
L.A. Salami (London UK-ENGLAND)
Sammus (Ithaca NY)
Satellite Stories (Oulu FINLAND)
Scotty ATL (Atlanta GA)
Señor Loop (Panama City PANAMA)
Joana Serrat (Vic SPAIN)
Shaded (Los Angeles CA)
She-Devils (Montreal CANADA)
SOHN (London UK-ENGLAND)
Dice Soho (Houston TX)
The Spook School (Edinburgh UK-SCOTLAND)
C.W. Stoneking (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
St. Tropez (Amsterdam NETHERLANDS)
SuperGlu (Colchester UK-ENGLAND)
Supermoon (Vancouver CANADA)
SWEAT (London UK-ENGLAND)
Lucía Tacchetti (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
Tamarron (Austin TX)
Tancred (Minneapolis MN)
Tess & Dave (Huntington Beach CA)
Thigh Master (Brisbane AUSTRALIA)
This Is The Kit (Bristol UK-ENGLAND)
Trill Sammy (Houston TX)
Tristen (Nashville TN)
The Undercover Dream Lovers (Brooklyn NY)
VANT (London UK-ENGLAND)
Anna Von Hauswolff (Gothenburg SWEDEN)
Weird Black (Rome ITALY)
Candy West (Dallas TX)
WhyJae (Houston TX)
The Wild Reeds (Los Angeles CA)
Charlotte Day Wilson (Toronto CANADA)
Frankie C. Wilson Jr. (Dallas TX)
Emily Wolfe (Austin TX)
Yemen Blues (Tel Aviv ISRAEL)

(This list is subject to change. More performers will be announced at a later date.)

To apply to perform or for more information on the SXSW Music Festival, please go to https://www.sxsw.com/festivals/music/. The final deadline to apply is Friday, October 21, 2016.

Listen to the artists that will be performing at SXSW 2017 by tuning in on your mobile device or desktop to SXSWfm® at http://www.sxsw.com/fm.

SXSW dedicates itself to helping creative people achieve their goals. Founded in 1987 in Austin, TX, SXSW is best known for its conference and festivals that celebrate the convergence of the interactive, film and music industries. The event, an essential destination for global professionals, features conference programming, showcases, screenings, exhibitions, and a variety of networking opportunities. SXSW proves that the most unexpected discoveries happen when diverse topics and people come together. SXSW 2017 will take place March 10-19, 2017.

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SXSW Music 2017 is sponsored by Sonicbids, Esurance, Mazda, Monster Energy, Anheuser Busch, Capital One, McDonald’s, and The Austin Chronicle.

 

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Amy Rigby Pittsburgh show and ‘Diary of a Mod Housewife’ vinyl reissue

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Pittsburgh Event

Pittsburgh native Amy Rigby’s ‘Diary of a Mod Housewife’ is a modern classic. It has never been available on vinyl. This will change Nov 18th when this wonderful album finally gets the vinyl release it deserves. Here’s what the press has said about it:

“..masterful. Funny and enticing, she is up there with the likes of Paul Simon and Randy Newman.”  – New York Times

 “Rigby’s solo debut remains a classic.”  – Chicago Tribune

 “An impressive debut. A-“ – Entertainment Weekly

 “Concept album of the year. A” – Robert Christgau

 “There are no maybes about Mod—this is a wonderful album” – People Magazine

 “As liberating as the first Pretenders album” –  Salon

 “…one of rock’s most distinctive and consistently excellent songwriters.” – Washington Post

 “…an instant classic” – UNCUT

 

image003Amy Rigby established herself as a solo artist in 1996 with debut album Diary Of A Mod Housewife, but had already been writing and performing her honest, intelligent and instantly-memorable songs for years as a member of early NYC alt-country band Last Roundup and girl group the Shams. Over the last two decades she has toured the US, UK and Europe and released four more acclaimed solo albums, as well as three duo records with her husband Wreckless Eric. Nov 18th, Diary Of A Mod Housewife will be released on vinyl for the first time and Amy is touring to revisit the classics and play new songs from her upcoming solo album due out next year. Here are the dates:

 

Sat 22 Oct 2016 Hudson, NY at Spotty Dog

Sun 23 Oct 2016 Cambridge, MA at Atwood’s Tavern 4pm

Wed 26 Oct 2016, Rochester NY at Abilene Bar & Lounge

Thu 27 Oct 2016 Cleveland, OH at Beachland Tavern

Fri 28 Oct 2016 Champaign, IL at A Sandwich Life House Concert

Sun 30 Oct 2016, Chicago, IL  at Reckless Records In-store 4pm

Sun 30 Oct 2016 – Rockford, IL  at Mary’s Place 8pm

Tue 01 Nov 2016 – Pittsburgh, PA  at Club Café

Thu 03 -06 Nov 2016 – Harbor Springs, MI at Springfed Arts Lambs Retreat

Wed 16 Nov 2016 – New York, NY at The HiFi Bar

Thu 17 Nov 2016 – New York, NY at The HiFi Bar

Sat 19 Nov 2016 – Media, PA at Concerts @ Sixth St.

Sun 20 Nov 2016 – Vienna, VA at Jammin’ Java

Thu 01 Dec 2016 – Glasgow, UK  at Admiral Bar

Sun 04 Dec 2016 – Hull, UK at Furley & Co

Sun 11 Dec 2016 – London, UK at Come Down & Meet the Folks 7pm

Tue 13 Dec 2016 – Brighton, UK at Prince Albert

Wed 14 Dec 2016 – Leicester, UK at The Musician

Here is a track from Diary of a Mod Housewife plus a live performance:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN-T8eXl_Cw

 

https://amyrigby.bandcamp.com

 

http://www.nyctaper.com/2015/07/amy-rigby-may-28-2015-hifi-bar-flacmp3streaming/

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GOJIRA DEBUT NEW VIDEO FOR ‘THE SHOOTING STAR’

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Announcement/News

image002“French prog-metal giants tap grief to make a game-changing album.”

– Rolling Stone

“…if ever there was a moment that signaled Gojira’s status as leaders in the continuing evolution of the genre, it’s now.”

– SPIN

“The Duplantiers had to make this album for themselves. We are the fortunate witnesses.”

– Consequence of Sound

 

“Magma pulls off the all-too-rare trifecta of being heavy, complex, and catchy, while most of today’s best metal bands are happy to pull off only two of those three things (if that).”

– Stereogum

“With its sixth LP, Gojira defends its status as one of metal’s most elite bands.”

– A.V. Club

 

GOJIRA DEBUT NEW VIDEO FOR ‘THE SHOOTING STAR’

 

NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR WITH TESSERACT GETS UNDERWAY SEPTEMBER 21ST

 

WATCH THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR GOJIRA’S ‘THE SHOOTING STAR’

 

 

Roadrunner Records’ group Gojira have debuted their official music video for ‘The Shooting Star.’ Taken from their acclaimed chart topping new album MAGMA, ‘The Shooting Star’ and its music video are streaming now on Gojira’s official YouTube channel. The mind-bending video was directed and animated by Markus Hofko (www.bowbowbow.co).

 

This past summer Gojira returned with their widely acclaimed new LP MAGMA to take the #1 spot on Billboard’s‘Hard Rock Albums’ chart making them the first French band to hold the #1 spot on the chart in its nine year existence.  The release of MAGMA marked the highest chart debuts of Gojira’s career landing them at #4 onBillboard’s ‘Top Rock Albums’ chart, #6 on Billboard’s ‘Tastemaker Albums’ chart and Top 25 on the ‘Billboard 200.’ Furthermore, Gojira earned career high chart positions around the globe including Top 10’s in France, Canada, Switzerland, Austria, Finland, and Norway with Top 15 debuts in Australia and Germany.

 

Later this month Gojira will embark on a massive North American headline tour.  The nationwide trek will see Gojira joined by Tesseract and is set to kick-off September 21st at Silver Spring, Maryland’s The Fillmore.  From there Gojira will traverse North America through October where the tour will eventually wrap up on October 23rd at New York City’s Terminal 5 (tour itinerary below).  Tickets and VIP packages for all dates are currently on sale. Furthermore, Gojira have announced a very special headline date at Paris, France’s Olympia set for April 1st. For more information please visit, www.Gojira-Music.com.

Touted as one of the “Most Anticipated” albums of 2016 by Rolling Stone, Consequence of Sound and Decibel,MAGMA is currently the #1 album at Metal radio topping CMJ’s ‘Loud Rock’ chart, while earning the eighth highestMetacritic score of all releases thus far in 2016.  MAGMA was also 9th most streamed album in the U.S. on Spotify upon its release on June 17th.   MAGMA is available at all DSPs and at www.Gojira-Music.com in a variety of exclusive bundles.

Recorded at the band’s own Silver Cord Studio in Ridgewood, Queens, MAGMA is produced, mixed and engineered by Gojira. It is the first of Gojira’s albums to be recorded at Silver Cord, their new NYC headquarters which brothers Joe and Mario Duplantier began building out by hand in 2014 as detailed by Rolling Stone.

 

MAGMA has been heralded by two stunning visuals pieces for album tracks “Silvera” and “Stranded.” “Silvera” is accompanied by a Drew Cox directed music video shot in New York City, which has received over 2.7 Million views on Gojira’s official YouTube channel while the official video for “Stranded,” directed by Vincent Caldoni, has already garnered 3.4 Million views and charted in the Top 25 on Spotify’s US Viral 50 chart.

 

GOJIRA

ON TOUR 2016

9/21 – 10/23 NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUESTS TESSERACT

4/1 – Headline date at Olympia Paris

 

Sep-21                  Silver Spring, MD             The Fillmore Silver Spring

Sep-22                  Philadelphia, PA              Electric Factory

Sep-24                  Asheville, NC                    The Orange Peel

Sep-25                  Atlanta, GA                        The Tabernacle

Sep-26                  Orlando, FL                         Plaza Live

Sep-27                  Tampa, FL                            Ritz Ybor

Sep-29                  Austin, TX                           Emo’s

Sep-30                  Houston, TX                       House of Blues

Oct-01                   Dallas, TX                            Gas Monkey Live!

Oct-03                   Albuquerque, NM           Sunshine Theatre

Oct-04                   Phoenix, AZ                       Marquee Theatre           

Oct-06                   Los Angeles, CA                The Wiltern

Oct-07                   San Francisco, CA             The Warfield    

Oct-09                   Vancouver, BC                  Vogue Theatre

Oct-10                   Portland, OR                      Roseland Theater

Oct-11                   Seattle, WA                       Showbox SoDo

Oct-13                   Salt Lake City, UT             The Complex

Oct-14                   Denver, CO                         Gothic Theatre

Oct-16                   Minneapolis, MN            Myth Live

Oct-17                   Milwaukee, WI                Turner Ballroom

Oct-19                   Detroit, MI                         The Fillmore Detroit

Oct-20                   Toronto, ON                       Sound Academy

Oct-21                   Montreal, QC                    Metropolis

Oct-22                   Worcester, MA                 The Palladium

Oct-23                   New York, NY                    Terminal 5

 

Apr-1                     Paris, FR                               Olympia

 

 

For more information, visit www.Gojira-Music.com

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In The Whale @ClubCafe 10/11

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Announcement/News, Pittsburgh Event, Streaming

In The Whale, are performing at Club Cafe on Tuesday October 11th as part of their North American tour with Electric Six. The two-piece rock band from Denver, CO recently released their new single “American Eyes”, the first track off their upcoming EP Quicksand, coming out October 21st.

screen-shot-2015-05-27-at-9-41-58-am-3In the Whale’s music resonates with anyone thirsting for the time when bands simply rocked. That nostalgia, and the Denver, CO based duo’s need for a vehicle to figure out a way to navigate a world that’s quick to judge and write-off a book by its cover is the foundation for their alternative-punk-blues sound that is showcased on the band’s new EP, Quicksand.

Celebrating their five year anniversary in 2016, the band has grown significantly from thanks to a relentless tour schedule and a live show that’s likened to a sonic boom.  Artists and festival promoters have caught notice with the band playing Riot Fest, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits and over 400 shows with the likes of Jane’s Addiction, the Toadies, Electric 6 and many more.

Instead of boasting themselves, Nate Valdez (guitar/vocals) and Eric Riley (drums/vocals) said, “the Chicago Tribune described us best, ‘Stripped down to a simple essence, the band’s hard-edged fare scampers, thrusts and giddily thrashes…Dirty, fun and caked in garage grime, the songs are unconcerned with trends.’  Ok, we have a show to play.”

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Cort Guitars Releases AB850F Acoustic Bass Model

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Announcement/News

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA—In the spirit of back-to-school season, Cort Guitars invites you to meet the new acoustic bass in class: the AB850F. The AB850F features the same high-quality craftsmanship as its classmates with the latest Fishman electronics resulting in a big natural acoustic sound with plenty of volume to anchor the low-end in any musical setting.

unnamed (4)A signature feature of Cort acoustic basses is the full-size, jumbo body that measures 110-135mm. This depth produces a huge, full-bodied sound with plenty of bass and volume. Available in natural or black finish, the AB850F body features a dovetail neck joint and Venetian cutaway for easy high-fret access. Advanced scalloped x-bracing provides exceptional sturdiness beneath the surface.

The AB850F’s wood construction is best-in-class and best-in-sound. Spruce is an overwhelmingly popular choice for the acoustic top because of its ability to provide an excellent balance between strength and flexibility. The AB850F’s spruce top has a versatile sonic character that makes it ideal for a variety of musical genres and playing styles. Equally as popular on acoustic models are the AB850F’s mahogany back and sides that are bright, yet natural with a strong and warm midrange.

This quality acoustic bass has a 43mm nut width at the neck and a standard 34’’ scale length that complements the jumbo-size body for an expansive sound with enhanced string vibration. The 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot inlay leads down to an esthetic multiple rosette that complements the rosewood bridge.

The AB850F is equipped with the Fishman ISYS + EQ. Featuring a 2-band equalizer, LED tuner and phase control along with Sonicore pickup, these high-quality electronics deliver the signature Fishman sound as well as excellent amplification.

Competitively priced at $449.99 MSRP, the AB850F provides big sound at big value and comes standard with a gig bag. For more information, and to find a Cort dealer, visit the manufacturer’s website by clicking here.

About Cort Guitars

Cort designs, manufactures, and delivers some of the finest guitars and basses to musicians and music enthusiasts all around the world. Over the past 50 years, the company has worked with some of the largest and most well-recognized guitar companies in the industry as well as artists of international recognition. Cort remains focused on providing instruments that will last generations with the best workmanship possible, the best materials and components, and the best service long after the instruments have been purchased. For more information, visit www.cortguitars.com.

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Green Day Announce U.S. And Canadian Club And European Arena Tour Dates In Support Of Upcoming Album Revolution Radio

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Announcement/News
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and Grammy Award-winning rock band Green Day will hit the road for a series of intimate club shows in the U.S. and Canada in support of their upcoming 12th studio album, Revolution Radio, which will be released by Reprise Records on October 7th. The North American dates kick off on September 20thin St. Louis, MO and conclude with a show on October 20th in Berkeley, CA. Tickets will be available for purchase by Idiot Nation members on Wednesday, September 7th at 9:00 AM local venue time. For more info on the pre-sale, visit www.gdidiotnation.com. A general on-sale will beginFriday, September 9th at 9:00 AM local time. Visit www.greenday.com for ticket info.
In January, Green Day will launch a European arena tour in support of the album. The Interrupters will support all dates in Europe. Please see below for all upcoming dates.
Produced by Green Day and recorded in Oakland, Revolution Radio is a potent 12-track blitz of angst-ridden anthems that unites Green Day’s fully formed stylistic approach with lyrical themes that address the complexities and uncertainties of modern day existence. Musically, the album is raw, visceral, and fearless – solidifying the band’s reign as one of the leading voices in rock music. Inspired by recent events, the first single “Bang Bang” marks a welcome return from a band with more to say than ever.
Revolution Radio is available for pre-order at www.greenday.com. Those who pre-order will receive an instant download of “Bang Bang.”Watch a lyric video for the track HERE.
Green Day’s upcoming tour dates are as follows:
09/20
St. Louis, MO
The Pageant
09/21
09/23
Toronto, ON
World Cup of Hockey
09/24
Deroit, MI
Fillmore
09/26
Columbus, OH
Newport Music Hall
09/28
Sayreville, NJ
Starland Theater
09/29
Philadelphia, PA
Tower Theatre
10/01
Boston, MA
House of Blues
10/03
Washington, DC
9:30 Club
10/08
New York, NY
Webster Hall
10/17
Los Angeles, CA
Palladium
10/20
Berkeley, CA
UC Theatre
01/10
Turin, Italy
Pala Alpitour
01/11
Florence, Italy
Mandela Forum
01/13
Bologna, Italy
Unipol Arena
01/14
Milan, Italy
Mediolanum Forum
01/16
Zurich, Switzerland
Hallenstadion
01/18
Manheim, Germany
SAP Arena
01/19
Berlin, Germany
Mercedes Benz Arena
01/25
Oslo, Norway
Spektrum
01/27
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm Globe
01/28
Malmo, Sweden
Malmo Arena
01/30
Cologne, Germany
Lanxesse Arena
01/31
Amsterdam, Holland
Ziggo Dome
02/02
Brussels, Belgium
Forest National
02/03
Paris, France
Accorhotels Arena
02/05
Leeds, UK
Leeds First Direct Arena
02/06
Manchester, UK
Manchester Arena
02/08
London, UK
London The O2
06/23
Scheeßel, Germany
Hurricane Festival
06/24
Tuttlingen, Germany
Southside Festival
photo: Frank Maddocks
 
ABOUT GREEN DAY
Green Day is an American punk rock band composed of vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tré Cool. Formed in 1986, Green Day was originally part of the punk scene at the DIY 924 Gilman Street club in Berkeley, California. The band’s early releases were with the independent record label Lookout! Records. In 1994, its major label debut Dookie (released through Reprise Records) became a breakout success and eventually sold over 10 million copies in the United States. Green Day was widely credited with popularizing and reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the United States.  Green Day’s follow up albums Insomniac (1995) and Nimrod (1997) each sold over two million albums and were certified Double Platinum, and Warning (2000) was certified Platinum.  2004 brought the band’s rock opera American Idiot which reignited the band’s popularity with a younger generation and sold over six million copies in the United States.  Green Day is one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time, having sold more than 75 million records worldwide. The group has won five Grammy Awards: Best Alternative Album for Dookie, Best Rock Album for American Idiot, Record of the Year for “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”, Best Rock Album for the second time for 21st Century Breakdown and Best Musical Show Album for American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording. In 2010, a stage adaptation of American Idiot debuted on Broadway.  On April 18, 2015, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a part of the 2015 class in what was their first year of eligibility for induction. On October 16, 2015, Green Day released the documentary Heart Like A Hand Grenade, an unprecedented behind the scenes look at the writing and recording of their legendary album American Idiot.
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JAMES BLAKE ANNOUNCES VINCE STAPLES & MOSES SUMNEY AS SUPPORT FOR NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Announcement/News, Tour

GRAMMY® Award-nominated artist JAMES BLAKE has announced that Vince Staples and Moses Sumney will join him for select dates on his recently announced Fall headlining tour. Staples will join the New York and Los Angeles dates while Sumney joins all dates minus Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. Tickets are available nowHERE.

BLAKE hits the road beginning September 23 at House of Blues in Dallas, TX and will then make stops in major cities across the country, wrapping up the tour at The Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on October 20. Full tour routing is below.

BLAKE is no stranger to working with Vince Staples, having recently lent his production talents for two tracks on Staples’ latest EP, “Prima Donna”. Staples also recently appeared at Glastonbury with BLAKE on a version of his track “Timeless” from his critically acclaimed third full-length offering, The Colour In Anything [Republic Records]—which is out now. Get it HERE.

BLAKE’s touch can be felt throughout the modern music landscape. He lent his inimitable voice and production to “Forward” on Beyoncé’s chart-dominating #1 blockbuster Lemonade. In addition, he co-wrote the opener “Pray You Catch Me.” Blake has also recently collaborated with Frank Ocean, both on The Colour In Anything and onOcean’s latest offering Blond.

Following the release of 2013’s Overgrown, BLAKE garnered a “Best New Artist” nomination at the 2014 GRAMMY® Awards, and he received a nod for “British Male Solo Artist” at the 2014 BRIT Awards. He’s graced the stage at Coachella, Bonnaroo, Governors Ball, and countless other festivals as well as performing sold out headline tours.

TOUR DATES:
9/23     Dallas, TX                   House of Blues w/ Moses Sumney
9/24     Houston, TX                House of Blues w/ Moses Sumney
9/25     Austin, TX                   ACL Live at the Moody Theater w/ Moses Sumney
9/27     New Orleans, LA        Orpheum Theatre w/ Moses Sumney
9/28     Atlanta, GA                 Tabernacle w/ Moses Sumney
9/30     Philadelphia, PA          Electric Factory w/ Moses Sumney
10/1     Washington, D.C.        Lincoln Theatre w/ Moses Sumney – SOLD OUT
10/3     New York, NY             Radio City Music Hall w/ Vince Staples & Moses Sumney
10/4     Boston, MA                 House of Blues w/ Moses Sumneys – SOLD OUT
10/5     Montreal, QC              Metropolis w/ Moses Sumney
10/7     Toronto, ON                Massey Hal w/ Moses Sumney
10/8     Royal Oak, MI            Royal Oak Music Theatre w/ Moses Sumney
10/9     Chicago, IL                  Cadillac Palace Theater w/ Moses Sumney
10/12   Seattle, WA                 Moore Theatre w/ Moses Sumney
10/13   Vancouver, BC           Orpheum Theatre w/ Moses Sumney
10/14   Portland, OR               Roseland Theater w/ Moses Sumney – SOLD OUT
10/18   Santa Barbra, CA       Arlington Theatre w/ Moses Sumney
10/20   Los Angeles, CA         Hollywood Palladium w/ Vince Staple – SOLD OUT
10/21   Los Angeles, CA         Hollywood Palladium w/ Vince Staples

THE COLOUR IN ANYTHING Tracklisting:

1.         Radio Silence
2.         Points
3.         Love Me In Whatever Way
4.         Timeless
5.         F.O.R.E.V.E.R
6.         Put That Away and Talk To Me
7.         I Hope My Life
8.         Waves Know Shores
9.         My Willing Heart
10.       Choose Me
11.       I Need A Forest Fire (Ft. Bon Iver)
12.       Noise Above Our Heads
13.       The Colour In Anything
14.       Two Men Down
15.       Modern Soul
16.       Always
17.       Meet You In The Maze

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Majid Jordan to Premiere Tour Documentary on September 6th

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Announcement/News, Tour, Video
Majid Jordan NA Tour 2016 Follows Toronto Duo Throughout Their First-Ever North American Tour
August 31st, 2016 – (Burbank, CA) – Majid Jordan NA Tour 2016 – a tour documentary that follows OVO Sound‘s Majid Jordan as they embark on their very first North American tour in Spring 2016 – will premiere on Tuesday, September 6th. The film will stream on the Toronto duo’s websitewww.majidjordan.com and on www.redbull.tv.
The film reveals Majid Al Maskati and Jordan Ullman dedication to artistry, their close friendship, and the bond and commitment they shared on and off-stage with family, friends, and the team around them. A striking mix of backstage moments and intimate conversations, Majid Jordan NA Tour 2016 also includes live performances from San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin (SXSW), Miami, and New York City, and concludes with their first hometown show in Toronto.
WATCH THE TRAILER
Majid Jordan recently finished their sold-out first headlining tour following the February 5 release of their self-titled debut album.
The duo will hit the road for their fall headlining run in late September. Majid Jordan are touring in support of their self-titled debut album. Visit https://www.facebook.com/majidjordanmusic/events for all upcoming tour dates.
FRI 9/30           Montreal, QC              The Metropolis                         TICKETS
SAT 10/1          Boston, MA                 Royale Night Club                   TICKETS
MON 10/3         New York, NY            Webster Hall                            TICKETS
TUE 10/4         Brooklyn, NY               Warsaw                                   TICKETS
THU 10/6         Baltimore, MD             Baltimore Soundstage               TICKETS
SAT 10/8          Philadelphia, PA          Theatre of the Living Arts          TICKETS
SUN 10/9         Washington, D.C.        930 Club                                 TICKETS
MON 10/10       Atlanta, GA                 Center Stage                           TICKETS
WED 10/12      Fort Lauderdale, FL       Revolution                              TICKETS
THU 10/13       Orlando, FL                  Social                                     TICKETS
SUN 10/16       Austin, TX                    Emo’s                                    TICKETS
MON 10/17      Houston, TX                  Warehouse Live                     TICKETS
TUES 10/18     Dallas, TX                    South Side Music Hall             TICKETS
FRI 10/21         San Diego, CA             Observatory North Park           TICKETS
SAT 10/22        Santa Ana, CA             The Observatory                      TICKETS
MON 10/24      Los Angeles, CA           The Fonda Theatre                  TICKETS
TUE 10/25       Los Angeles, CA           The Fonda Theatre                   TICKETS
WED 10/26      San Francisco, CA        Regency Ballroom                   TICKETS
FRI 10/28         Portland, OR                Wonder Ballroom                     TICKETS
SAT 10/29        Seattle, WA                  The Showbox                          TICKETS
SUN 10/30       Vancouver, BC             Commodore Ballroom               TICKETS
WED 11/2        Denver, CO                  Gothic Theatre                         TICKETS
FRI 11/4           Minneapolis, MN          First Avenue                             TICKETS
SAT 11/5          Madison, WI                Majestic Theatre                       TICKETS
SUN 11/6         Chicago, IL                  Metro                                       TICKETS
WED 11/9        Detriot, MI                   St. Andrew’s Hall                       TICKETS
THU 11/10       Toronto, ON                 Sound Academy                        TICKETS
FRI 11/11         Toronto, ON                 Sound Academy                        TICKETS
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For more on Majid Jordan, please visit http://press.wbr.com/majidjordan
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CRX, New Band Founded By The Strokes’ Nick Valensi, Makes Debut Album Produced By Josh Homme

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Announcement/News, Tour

On October 28, Columbia Records will release New Skin, the debut album from the new Los Angeles-based band CRX, which is fronted by Nick Valensi, guitarist for The Strokes. New Skin was produced by Queens of the Stone Age‘s Joshua Homme, who recently produced Iggy Pop’s Post Pop Depression, and mixed by Andrew Scheps (Johnny Cash, Green Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Adele).
 
CRX will preview songs from New Skin at a special headline show at the historic Troubadour in West Hollywood, CA on Saturday, September 17. Tickets will go on sale Friday, September 2, at1:00 PM PDT here. The band will also headline Schubas in Chicago on September 19 and supportBeck on several upcoming dates.  Visit http://www.crxmusic.com for further details.
 
The band, which has only played a handful of shows thus far, has been praised by Stereogum for its”muscular and melodic form of garage-rock.” CRX is: Richie James Follin (Guards and Willowz -keyboards), Ralph Alexander (drums), Jon Safley (bass), Nick Valensi (lead vocals, guitar) and Darian Zahedi (guitar).
CRX – Upcoming Tour Dates
9/17 – West Hollywood, CA @ The Troubadour (headline show)
9/19 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas (headline show)
9/20 – Columbus, OH @ Express Live (supporting Beck)
9/22 – Bloomington, IN @ IU Pavilion (supporting Beck)
9/23 – St. Louis, MO @ Peabody Opera House (supporting Beck)
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Grouplove Premieres “Traumatized” on RollingStone.com

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Announcement/News, Streaming, Tour
August 25, 2016 – (Los Angeles, CA) – Grouplove today unleashed “Traumatized” onRollingStone.com. “Traumatized” is the third song off their highly anticipated third album Big Mess, due for release on September 9th via Canvasback Music/Atlantic Records. In its premier Rolling Stone praised the band’s “thunderous” new song. Fans who preorder the album HERE will receive the song and previously released tracks “Welcome To Your Life” and “Do You Love Someone” as instant grat downloads.
Grouplove also announced The Big Mess Around NY & LA. To celebrate the release of Big Mess, the band will perform a marathon three shows a day in New York City on September 9th, and Los Angeles on September 14th. To kick things off, Grouplove have revealed two intimate record store performances at Rough Trade NYC in Brooklyn at 7:00pm on September 9th, and Amoeba Music in LA at 6:00pm on September 14th. Fans who purchase the album at the stores will receive guaranteed admission to the show + a limited-edition poster. Stay tuned for more information from The Big Mess Around NY and LA. Grouplove will also be treating fans who are in New York City to the premiere listen of Big Mess on September 8th at 6:00pm at the Sonos Store at 101 Greene Street.
“Traumatized” is preceded by “Do You Love Someone” and lead single, “Welcome To Your Life,” which was the number one most added song at alternative radio for three consecutive weeks. Watch the video for “Welcome To Your Life”, directed by Iouri Philippe Paille, HERE. The band recently performed the song to a packed house on the outdoor stage on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Recorded in Los Angeles and Seattle with producers Captain Cuts (Grouplove’s own Ryan Rabin) and Phil Ek (Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses, The Shins), Big Mess features the signature choruses and infectious hooks that first brought the Los Angeles quintet to prominence. No stranger to the worldwide festival circuit, Grouplove has made an album that showcases their richly narrated songs.
To celebrate the release of Big Mess, Grouplove is hosting a fan-generated music video contest through Genero.tv. The band will select its favorite submission for each track on the album and reward $3,000 to each of the 11 winners. Fans can currently submit their music videos for “Welcome To Your Life” and “Do You Love Someone” HERE.
Grouplove was honored by the Recording Industry Association of America earlier this summer when tracks “Colours” and “Ways To Go” were both certified as Gold Digital Singles for exceeding 500,000 units sold. Grouplove was previously honored by the RIAA when their breakout single “Tongue Tied” was certified platinum for exceeding 1,000,000 units sold.
This fall, Grouplove will embark on their Big Mess World Tour. One dollar for every ticket sold will be donated to the organization charity: water to help fund water projects like drilled wells, spring protections, and BioSand filters that help provide clean water to communities around the world. More info can be found here:https://my.charitywater.org/grouplove/tour. Muna and Dilly Dally will support on select U.S. shows. Please see below for Grouplove’s upcoming tour dates:
BIG MESS WORLD TOUR
EUROPE
9/21 – Amsterdam Paradiso – Netherlands
9/22 – Hamburg Reeperbahn Fest – Germany
9/23 – Cologne Luxor – Germany
9/24 – Paris Les Etoiles – France
9/26 – Manchester Academy 3 – United Kingdom
9/27 – London Electric Ballroom – United Kingdom
NORTH AMERICA
10/5 – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl*+
10/6 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater*+
10/7 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium*+
10/10 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom*+
10/13 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theatre*+
10/14 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile Café*
10/17 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex – Grand Room*+
10/18 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre*+
10/21 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theatre+
10/22 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue*+
10/23 – Madison, WI – Orpheum Theater*+
10/25 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre*+
10/27 – Columbus, OH – Express Live!*
10/29 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre*+
10/30 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall*
10/31 – Montréal, QC – Corona Theatre*
11/1 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore*+
11/3 – Boston, MA – House of Blues*+
11/5 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom+
11/9 – Washington, DC – Echostage*+
11/10 – Norfolk, VA – The Norva*+
11/12 – Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom*+
11/13 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues*+
11/15 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues*+
11/16 – Houston, TX – House of Blues*+
11/18 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater*+
*with MUNA
+with Dilly Dally
BIG MESS TRACKLISTING
1. Welcome To Your Life
2. Do You Love Someone
3. Standing in The Sun
4. Enlighten Me
5. Good Morning
6. Spinning
7. Cannonball
8. Traumatized
9. Heart Of Mine
10. Don’t Stop Making It Happen
11. Hollywood
 
Grouplove first came together in 2009 and were quickly hailed for their standout live performances, both as headliners and at such international festivals as Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, Reading + Leeds Festivals, and Glastonbury.  A year after releasing a self-titled EP in 2010, the band returned with their debut full length “NEVER TRUST A HAPPY SONG” featuring a trio of breakout singles – “Colours,” “Itchin’ On A Photograph,” and the RIAA-certified platinum hit “Tongue Tied” which spent 3 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Alternative radio chart. The quintet’s second full length album – 2013’s “SPREADING RUMOURS” – was met with a raft of acclaim from the likes of Rolling Stone, USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, Los Angeles Times, NYLON, and National Public Radio who called it “ludicrously easy to love.”  As with all of Grouplove’s recorded material, the collection was produced by the band’s own Ryan Rabin, and was highlighted by singles “Ways To Go” and “Shark Attack.”  In 2014, Grouplove contributed the original song “Let Me In” to  “The Fault in Our Stars – Music From the Motion Picture,” the musical companion to the blockbuster film based on The New York Times bestseller. That same year, the band was tapped to create the theme song to the Netflix Original Series “BoJack Horseman.” Last year, vocalist/keyboardist Hannah Hooper collaborated with Volcom for a Lady Grouplove capsule collection of clothing inspired by her personal style and artwork.
Grouplove is: Christian Zucconi (vocals, guitar), Hannah Hooper (vocals, keys), Andrew Wessen (guitar, vocals), Ryan Rabin (drums), and Daniel Gleason (bass).
feature photo: James Marcus Haney
 
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GWAR Announce October Tour Dates/Pittsburgh date 10/28 @MrSmalls

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Announcement/News, Pittsburgh Event, Tour
Following another extremely successful GWAR B-Q, your Lords and Masters are GWAR pleased to announce another round of tour dates for this October.  Joining them on the tour are Darkest Hour and Mutoid Man.  This run kicks off October 27th in Norfolk, VA and runs through October 30th in Washington, DC.  Tickets for the Washington DC show go on sale August 25th while Norfolk and Millvale shows go on sale this Friday August 26th.  Details on the Brooklyn show will be announced soon.
These new dates are in addition to their previously announced dates with Crowbar and Mutoid Man as well as their appearance at Riot Fest Chicago.  A completed list of dates can be found below.  It has also been confirmed that Sleazy P. Martini will be accompanying the band on all of these dates, who had the following to say:
“As manager of GWAR and America’s benevolent deep state dictator Sleazy P. Martini. I want to encourage as many Americans as possible to shun the false left-right dichotomy that is politics and make their voices heard by coming out to see GWAR defend their belts on tour this year. And while your vote will have no effect on the Presidential election this year you can take pleasure in watching Trump and Clinton fight to the death. So come out and support democracy by watching GWAR take on all comers in a political death match knowing that at least it’s not rigged… this time.”
 
GWAR W/ Crowbar and Mutoid Man:
 
GWAR W/Darkest Hour, Mutoid Man
10/29: Brooklyn, NY – Venue TBA
10/30: Washington, DC @ 930 Club
 
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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Announce US Tour Dates

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Announcement/News, Tour

From DEP Facebook:

The end is near party peoplllllllllllle. But not yet… not yet. So we had all of the fun getting up close and personal with some of you in the tiny saunas… I mean venues… that we played over the last couple of weeks. There was no better way we could’ve chosen to start the beginning of the end than by getting back in the van and getting down to the slimy nitty gritty with some of y’all in some of our favorite cities. Thanks to everyone who came out and screamed and sweat and bled with us and checked their fucks at the door. So invigorating to play such feral explosive small shows after being dormant for a while. Sad to know they will be our last shows in venues that small and intimate but very meaningful to say the least. Full body chills/goosebumps every night to see you all go into a frenzy and scream along to the end of Limerent Death so soon after we released it. So, because we’re kinda hooked on this whole intimate show thing now, we’re doing another in the UK this week at Old Blue Last. This place holds 150 people….tickets go on sale today at 3pm. Not bothering to post a link, you guys’ll figure it out.

For everyone stateside, we’ve got a ton of dates coming up, that we’re gonna tell you about right NOW:

Wed 10/12 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage
Thu 10/13 Providence, RI Fete Music Hall
Fri 10/14 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance Theater
Sat 10/15 New York, NY Webster Hall
Mon 10/17 Pontiac, MI The Crofoot Ballroom
Tue 10/18 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
Wed 10/19 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue
Thu 10/20 Sauget, IL Pop’s Nightclub
Fri 10/21 Lawrence, KS Granada
Sat 10/22 Denver, CO Marquis Theater
Sun 10/23 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
Tue 10/25 Seattle, WA El Corazon
Wed 10/26 Portland, OR Dante’s
Thu 10/27 Berkely, CA The UC Theatre
Fri 10/28 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick
Sat 10/29 Las Vegas, NV Beauty Bar
Sun 10/30 Los Angeles, CA The Regent
Mon 10/31 Phoenix, AZ The Marquee
Tue 11/1 El Paso, TX Tricky Falls
Thu 11/3 San Antonio, TX Paper Tiger
Fri 11/4 Dallas, TX Trees
Sat 11/5 Austin, TX Sound On Sound Festival
Sun 11/6 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall
Mon 11/7 New Orleans, LA Southport Hall
Wed 11/9 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution
Thu 11/10 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre
Fri 11/11 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
Sat 11/12 Wilmington, NC The Throne Theatre
Sun 11/13 Knoxville, TN The Concourse
Tue 11/15 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
Wed 11/16 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
Thu 11/17 Burlington, VT Club Metronome
Fri 11/18 Huntington, NY The Paramount
Sat 11/19 Hartford, CT The Webster

All shows go on sale this Friday 8/26. Support comes from O’ Brother, Cult Leader, Car Bomb, Entheos, and Bent Knee, depending on where you are on those last three.

UK, we’re headed your way. Old Blue Last, Reading and Leeds, bring it all on. We are gonna chew you the fuck up.

See you soon.

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GALLANT JOINS MADE IN AMERICA AND AFROPUNK FESTIVALS AND SELLS OUT MULTIPLE CITIES

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Announcement/News
Powerhouse vocalist and eclectic songwriterGallant recently announced his fall tour supporting his debut album OLOGY. With his unique writing style and magnetic live performances, Gallant is heading up an R&B resurgence. During this tour he will join the festival circuit with performances at Made In America and Afropunk Festival.
Gallant made his television debut on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon with his single “Weight in Gold”, and has continued to garner appreciation from Entertainment Weekly, FADER, Pitchfork, and others. The upcoming tour will also feature Prince protégé Eryn Allen Kane and has already sold out in New York, Washington D.C., and Los Angeles.
 
OLOGY features Gallant’s classic falsetto and a collaboration with Jhene Aiko, incorporating sounds from the past and future. By considering each of his musical influences and where he stands within them, Gallant has placed himself on the cutting edge of alternative R&B. The press has embraced Gallant and his distinctive style:
 
“The voice that will redefine R&B” – NME
“The R&B game changer” – LA Times
Tickets are on sale at http://www.gallant.space/.
Gallant’s upcoming tour dates are as follows:
Aug 23             Washington, DC          U Street Music Hall *Sold Out*
Aug 25             Atlanta, GA                 Chastain Park Amphitheatre w/ Jill Scott
Aug 27             Montauk, NY               The Surf Lodge
Aug 28             New York, NY             Afropunk Festival
Aug 30             Brooklyn, NY              Music Hall of Williamsburg *Sold Out*
Aug 31             New York, NY             Bowery Ballroom *Sold Out*
Sept 2              Philadelphia, PA          The Foundry
Sept 3              Philadelphia, PA          Made In America Festival
Sept 6              Cambridge, MA          The Sinclair *Sold Out*
Sept 7              Montreal, Canada       Theatre Fairmount
Sept 9              Toronto, Canada         The Mod Club *Sold Out*
Sept 10            Holland, MI                  Hope College
Sept 11            Chicago, IL                  Lincoln Hall
Sept 12            St Paul, MN                Turf Club
Sept 14            Denver, CO                Bluebird Theater
Sept 21            Los Angeles, CA         The Fonda Theatre
Sept 22            Los Angeles, CA         The Fonda Theatre *Sold Out*
Sept 25            Long Beach, CA         Music Tastes Good Festival
Oct 2               Houston, TX                White Oak Music Hall
Oct 4               Dallas, TX                   Trees
Oct 21             San Francisco, CA     Great American Music Hall *Sold Out*
Oct 22              San Francisco, CA     Great American Music Hall *Sold Out*
Oct 24              Portland, OR               Wonder Ballroom
Oct 25              Seattle, WA                 Crocodile *Sold Out*
Oct 26              Vancouver, Canada    Fortune Sound Club
Nov 13            Los Angeles, CA         Camp Flog Gnaw
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Temple Of The Dog Premieres Previously Unreleased Track “Black Cat” Via Rolling Stone

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Announcement/News, Tour
SPECIAL 25TH ANNIVERSARY REISSUE COLLECTION TO BE RELEASED BY UME ON SEPTEMBER 30TH
Temple of the Dog – the Seattle supergroup featuring Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell, Pearl Jam’sJeff Ament, Stone Gossard, and Mike McCready, and drummer Matt Cameron (who plays drums with both Soundgarden and Pearl Jam) – has reunited and will tour for the first time ever since forming in 1990. Read Cornell’s interview with Rolling Stone and listen to the band’s previously unreleased track “Black Cat” HERE.
On September 30th UMe will release a special Temple of the Dog 25th anniversary reissue collection of their landmark album, newly mixed by Brendan O’Brien. The collection will be available in four configurations, including a four disc Super Deluxe, a double LP, a two CD Deluxe, and a single CD. Physical pre-orders are available today along with a detailed list of the contents of each configurationHERE.
Temple of the Dog came together from the ashes of Mother Love Bone following the death from a drug overdose of its frontman Andrew Wood, Cornell’s close friend and roommate. Cornell wrote future TOTD songs “Say Hello 2 Heaven” and “Reach Down” to help process his grief, “but the songs didn’t have any destination,” he says. “I was compelled to write them and there they were – written in a vacuum as a tribute to Andy. My thought was that maybe I could record these songs with the remaining members of Mother Love Bone and that maybe we could release them as a tribute.”
Mother Love Bone’s Gossard and Ament began playing with McCready, and they brought in Soundgarden’s Cameron to drum on demos. Because this was a collaboration, and a tribute, there was no commercial expectation for the Temple of the Dog album. It would be, Gossard would later observe, “the easiest and most beautiful record that we’ve ever been involved with.” Adds Cornell: “Temple was about making an album simply for the joy of doing it. We weren’t concerned what anyone outside of our group of friends would think of it. It was the first and maybe only stress-free album that we all made.”
Gossard, Ament, and McCready were also simultaneously forming a new band, which more than six months later would be known as Pearl Jam. A singer from San Diego named Eddie Vedder, who was vying to lead the project, came into the studio to sing background vocals on three of the Temple songs. When Cornell thought another song, “Hunger Strike,” needed a duet, Vedder was enlisted. “Hunger Strike” became a hit single, peaking at No. 4 on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
Temple of the Dog performed live only a handful of times, most notably in Seattle, in November and December of 1990. Those shows have become some of the most legendary Seattle concerts of all-time. Their 2016 shows mark the first time the band has ever toured. (Cornell joined Pearl Jam in 2014 at the Bridge School show and for two nights at PJ20 in Alpine Valley, WI, and the Temple line-up played “Reach Down” and “Call Me a Dog” at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall in January 2015.)
“This is something no one has ever seen,” Cornell says of the official reunion. “We wanted to stop and recognize that we did this and pay homage.”
Temple of the Dog’s upcoming tour dates are as follows:
11/04  Philadelphia, PA      Tower Theater
11/07  New York, NY           Madison Square Garden
11/11  San Francisco, CA  Bill Graham Civic Center
11/14  Los Angeles, CA      The Forum
11/20  Seattle, WA               Paramount Theater
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The Shondes play Most Wanted Fine Art on 8/26, new single at SPIN

by Alan D. Welding, posted in Announcement/News, Pittsburgh Event

Event Page | Tickets at door
7:30 p.m. | $10 | All ages

“A badass love song that begs to be belted out.” – SPIN

Brighton Fall Tour

August 25 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
August 26 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Most Wanted Fine Art
August 27 – Louisville, KY @ The Cure
August 28 – Nashville, TN @ The East Room
August 29 – Denton, TX @ Dan’s Silver Leaf
August 31 – Tucson, AZ @ The Flycatcher
September 1 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Silverlake Lounge
September 2 – San Francisco, CA @ El Rio
September 3 – Portland, OR @ The Know
September 4 – Seattle, WA @ The Lo Fi
September 7 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Kitty Cat Klub
September 8 – Madison, WI @ University of Wisconsin Memorial Union Terrace
September 9 – Chicago, IL @ The Hideout
September 17 – Brooklyn, NY @ Shea Stadium (Record Release Show)
September 24 – Boston, MA @ Make Shift
BRIGHTON -- New Record by THE SHONDES -- 9.16.16
The Shondes – Brighton album trailer
When The Shondes released The Garden (Exotic Fever 2013), frontwoman Louisa Solomon said it was “an album about growing up,” and she had no idea how right she was.Rolling Stone’s 4-star review dubbed it “Riot-grrrl furor, arena bombast and klezmer stomp,” while The Washington Post said: “Every time I’ve seen The Shondes, a hurricane has touched down. Violinist Elijah Oberman rocks his instrument like the world is ending. Louisa Solomon sings like her soul is leaping out of her mouth. Every time I wondered when the band would break big.” With this game-changing wave of critical praise, followed by a national tour with punk legends Against Me!, the scrappy, heart-on-their-sleeves New Yorkers were truly coming into their own, and they set right to work on their follow-up, Brighton (Exotic Fever 2016).

On this record we find the band delivering their signature power hooks, charming group harmonies, and clap-along breakdowns with a new ease and sophistication. It feels lighter, more confident, less forced; where they once fought for hope, willed anthems into being, they now sound effortlessly alive. This is in no small part due to the founding pair (best friends Oberman and Solomon) alighting on the right lineup. Drummer Alex Smith and guitarist Courtney Robbins were both recruited in 2015, with Robbins relocating from Tucson. There is an unmissable and even magical cohesion among the four, as though with this level of musicianship, a burden has lifted and the music can finally bloom into the satisfying, spirited pop-rock it always wanted to be. They have been described as “Bruce Springsteen-meets-Bikini Kill,” and on Brighton they add serious pop appeal to the formula that will have you punching your fist in the air despite yourself.

With Smith’s cracking snare rousing any listener to full attention, her rock-solid drumming anchors the absolute powerhouse that is Robbins’s guitar. Un-ironically revelling in a wailing solo on one track and creating a tapestry of delicate, twinkling overlays on the next, it dramatically amplifies each song’s emotional pay-off. Springsteen biographer Peter Ames Carlin said Solomon has “better-stand-back vocals…one of the biggest voices in pop,” and she has been compared to the likes of Chrissie Hynde and Corin Tucker, but on Brighton the band provides a foundation for both her signature belt and a gentler head voice rarely utilized on past records. Oberman’s alternatingly keening and raucous violin is its perfect complement, shining in solos and skillful counterpoint. The overall effect is a more dynamic version of a beloved rock band; losing none of their anthemic power, they have crafted eminently joyful, emotionally complex rock songs.

In 2015 Solomon married poet Miller Oberman (yes, much to fans’ delight, he is violinist Elijah’s brother), and many of these songs are in some sense “love songs,” though the most consistent theme of the record is transformation, steering it away from the pitfalls of pop cliché, and toward something much more interesting. The Shondes have always prided themselves on their ability to get a cynic singing along, and they’ve never been in finer form than on this collection in which love, neglect, survival, despair, and hope are inescapably bound. Brighton is a record about turning toward possibility and building beautiful things out of wreckage, and it offers a much-needed soundtrack for the broken and broken-hearted among us who are trying to do just that.
Artist: The Shondes
Album: Brighton
Record Label: Exotic Fever Records
Release Date: September 16, 2016

01. Everything Good
02. True North
03. The Clearing
04. Carrion Crow
05. My Ghost
06. Wrong Kind
07. The House
08. Holding Out
09. Unstill Ones
10. Nightwatch
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