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new music: Friendly Fires
Posted by Amy Steele in Music on July 29, 2019
“Run the Flowers” is the latest mesmerizing track off the upcoming album, Inflorescent, from Friendly Fires, eight years after their last album. Childhood friends Ed Macfarlane, Edd Gibson and Jack Savidge, got together in Macfarlane’s parents’ St Albans garage at the end of 2017 and wrote a song based on three scrawled words: “Love. Like. Waves.” They recorded the album at various London studios with co-producers Alongside producers / co-producers Mark Ralph, James Ford and Disclosure. Friendly Fires will be playing New York and Los Angeles in September.
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new album and tour dates: Chelsea Wolfe
Posted by Amy Steele in Music on July 8, 2019
Chelsea Wolfe will release a new album Birth of Violence on September 13, 2019. She’s one of favorite musicians. She writes amazingly beautiful, meaningful, dark and gorgeous songs. She recorded the album in solitude at her home in Northern California. The singer-songwriter said: “I’ve been in a state of constant motion for the past eight years or so; touring, moving, playing new stages, exploring new places and meeting new people-an incredible time of learning and growing as a musician and performer. But after awhile, I was beginning to lose a part of myself. I needed to take some time away from the road to get my head straight, to learn to take better care of myself, and to write and record as much as I can while I have ‘Mercury in my hands,’ as a wise friend put it.”
Catch Chelsea Wolfe on her acoustic tour this fall in support of the album. Dates listed below.
album track listing:
1 – The Mother Road
2 – American Darkness
3 – Birth of Violence
4 – Deranged for Rock & Roll
5 – Be All Things
6 – Erde
7 – When Anger Turns to Honey
8 – Dirt Universe
9 – Little Grave
10 – Preface to a Dream Play
11 – Highway
Chelsea Wolfe Acoustic Tour:
08/31: Pasadena, CA – Pasadena Daydream Festival * (Non Acoustic Set)
10/18: San Diego, CA – Observatory North Park
10/19: Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
10/21: Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall
10/22: Estes Park, CO – Stanley Hotel
10/24: Chicago, IL – Metro
10/25: Detroit, MI – Senate Theater
10/26: Toronto, ONT – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
10/27: Montreal, QC – Le National
10/29: Boston, MA – Royale
10/31: Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
11/01: New York, NY – Brooklyn Steel
11/03: Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
11/04: Charlotte, NC – McGlohon Theater
11/05: Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
11/06: Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge
11/08: Dallas, TX – Texas Theatre
11/09: Austin, TX – Levitation
11/10: Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
11/12: Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf
11/13: Tucson, AZ – Club Congress
11/15: Los Angeles, CA – The Palace Theatre
11/16: San Francisco, CA – Regency Ballroom
11/18: Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
11/20: Seattle, WA – The Showbox
11/21: Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre
* All dates with special guest Ioanna Gika except 8/31
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new music: The Head and the Heart
Posted by Amy Steele in Music on March 14, 2019
Indie folk band The Head and the Heart will release its fourth album, Living Mirage, on May 17, 2019. The Seattle, Washington band recorded the songs in Mojave Desert’s Joshua Tree, Appleton, Wisconsin’s The Refuge Fox Cities, West Seattle, Omnisound in Nashville, and Barefoot Recordings in Los Angeles with the help of Tyler Johnson and Alex Salibian (Harry Styles, Sam Smith, Cam) and engineer Ryan Nasci.
The Head and the Heart is:
Josiah Johnson (vocals, guitar, percussion)
Jonathan Russell (vocals, guitar, percussion)
Charity Rose Thielen (violin, guitar, vocals)
Chris Zasche (bass)
Kenny Hensley (piano)
Tyler Williams (drums)
About the rousing new song “Missed Connection,” drummer Tyler Williams said: “A lot of the beats on that song are quicker, and there are high hats that were never in our music before.”
Living Mirage Tracklisting:
01. See You Through My Eyes
02. Missed Connection
03. People Need a Melody
04. Honeybee
05. Brenda
06. Running Through Hell
07. Up Against The Wall
08. Saving Grace
09. I Found Out
10. Living Mirage
11. Glory of Music
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on tour: Cults
Posted by Amy Steele in Music on November 26, 2018
New York-based duo Cults — one of my favorite bands– released Offering B-Sides & Remixes, a companion release to 2017’s LP Offering that includes three previously unreleased songs and a new remix of “Recovery” by famed producer John Fryer. The band start a U.S. tour in Washington, DC on November 30. Get ready for some dreaminess.
Offering B-Sides & Remixes Tracklisting:
1.) Not Impossible
2.) Hope You Found What You’ve Been Missing
3.) An Echo
4.) Offering (Mike Simonetti Remix)
5.) I Took Your Picture (Etienne de Crecy Remix)
6.) Recovery (John Fryer Remix)
U.S. TOUR DATES:
11/30/18 – DC9 – Washington, DC
12/1/18 – DC9 – Washington, DC
12/2/18 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA
12/3/18 – Great Scott – Allston, MA
12/8/18 – Baby’s All Right (Early Show) – Brooklyn, NY
12/8/18 – Baby’s All Right (Late Show) – Brooklyn, NY
12/15/18 – Barboza – Seattle, WA
12/16/18 – Barboza – Seattle, WA
12/17/18 – Mississippi Studios – Portland, OR
12/19/18 – The Chapel – San Francisco, CA
12/20/18 – Gundlach Bunschu Winery – Sonoma, CA
12/22/18 – Echo – Los Angeles, CA
12/23/18 – Echo – Los Angeles, CA
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Dandy Warhols 25th Anniversary TOUR and new album
Posted by Amy Steele in Music on November 26, 2018
It’s The Dandy Warhols’ 25th anniversary and the band will release its 10th studio album ‘Why You So Crazy‘ (Dine Alone Records) and embark on a tour in 2019. A 360° short film for the song ‘Be Alright,’ was done in a single shot and filmed at the band’s space, Odditorium, which includes a bar owned by vocalist/guitarist Taylor-Taylor who has a deep passion for the wine world. Taylor-Taylor also directed the film which stars Jessica Pare (Mad Men).
The Dandy Warhols are:
Courtney Taylor-Taylor (vocals, guitar)
Zia McCabe (keyboards, vocals)
Peter Holmström (guitar)
Brent DeBoer (drums)
‘WHY YOU SO CRAZY’ tracklisting:
1. Fred N Ginger
2. Terraform
3. Highlife
4. Be Alright
5. Thee Elegant Bum
6. Sins Are Forgiven
7. Next Thing I Know
8. Small Town Girls
9. To The Church
10. Motor City Steel
11. Forever
12. Ondine
U.S. TOUR DATES
May 3 – 5 – Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Festival (on sale 11.14)
May 6 – Washington, D.C. – 9.30 Club
May 7 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair
May 8 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
May 10 – Toronto, ON – CMW
May 11 – Chicago, IL – Metro
May 12 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
May 14 – Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre
May 16 – Los Angeles, CA – Theatre at the Ace Hotel
May 17 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory at North Park
May 18 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
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show preview: Screaming Females at ONCE Somerville on Saturday, July 7
Posted by Amy Steele in Music on July 2, 2018
if you’re looking to rock out this holiday weekend, indie punk trio Screaming Females will be playing in Somerville in support of their seventh studio album, All at Once, which came out earlier this year. The New Jersey band worked with producer Matt Bayles (Pearl Jam, Mastodon) and modeled the album after a salon-style gallery show. They wanted the new album to capture the spontaneity and energy of one of their live shows.
Drummer Jarrett Dogherty said: “When you’ve been a band for 12 or 13 years, the resources can dry up and you just go back to what feels comfortable. The other option is that you develop stuff that a younger band would not have been able to do.”
$15, Saturday, July 7, 8:30 p.m., ONCE Lounge and Ballroom, 160 Highland Avenue, Somerville, https://www.oncesomerville.com/.
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on tour: La Luz
Posted by Amy Steele in Music on March 8, 2018
“California Finally” is the Los Angeles band’s dreamy tribute to the “weird golden paradise” of the place they call home. The new album, Floating Features, will be out May 11, 2018. The indie surf-rock band will be on tour this spring after SXSW. See dates below.
La Luz is:
Shana Cleveland [singer/guitar]
Marian Li Pino [drums]
Alice Sandahl [keyboards]
Lena Simon [bass]
Floating Features Track listing:
- Floating Features
- Cicada
- Loose Teeth
- Mean Dream
- California Finally
- The Creature
- My Golden One
- Golden Dozer
- Greed Machine
- Walking into the Sun
- Don’t Leave Me on the Earth
TOUR DATES:
03.18.18 – Dallas, TX – Not So Fun Wknd
03.20.18 – Tucson, AZ – 191 Toole
04.26.18 – Austin, TX – Levitation Festival
05.11.18 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop $
05.12.18 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop $
05.13.18 – Arcata, CA – The Miniplex $
05.14.18 – Eugene, OR – Wow Hall $
05.16.18 – Vancouver, BC – The Biltmore Cabaret $
05.17.18 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile $ *
05.18.18 – Seattle, WA – The Vera Project $ * &
05.19.18 – Portland, OR – The Aladdin Theater *
05.22.18 – Boise, ID – The Olympic *
05.23.18 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court *
05.24.18 – Ft. Collin’s, CO – Hodi’s Half Note *
05.25.18 – Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge *
05.28.18 – Omaha, NE – O’Leavers !
05.30.18 – St. Louis, MO – The Ready Room !
05.31.18 – Chicago, IL – Subterranean ^
06.02.18 – Grand Rapids, MI – Pyramid Scheme ^
06.03.18 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern ^
06.04.18 – Montreal, QC – L’Esco ^
06.05.18 – Portland, ME – SPACE Gallery ^
06.06.18 – Boston, MA – Once Ballroom ^
06.08.18 – New York, NY – Public Arts ^
06.09.18 – Brooklyn, NY – Northside Festival at Baby’s All Right &
06.10.18 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts Black Box %
06.11.18 – Washington, D.C. – Songbyrd %
06.12.18 – Raleigh, NC – The Pinhook %
06.13.18 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl %
06.14.18 – Jacksonville, FL – Root %
06.15.18 – New Orleans, LA – Santos %
06.19.18 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger #
06.20.18 – El Paso, TX – Monarch #
06.21.18 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress #
06.22.10 – Los Angeles, CA – Teregram Ballroom #
& – All-Ages
$ – w/ Ancient Forest
* – w/ Savila
! – w/ The Whiffs
^ – w/ Gymshorts
% – w/ Timothy Eerie
# – w/ Summer Twins
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new music: Eleanor Friedberger; Danielle Duval
Posted by Amy Steele in Music on February 20, 2018
“In Between Stars,” Eleanor Friedberger
vigorous, edgy and catchy new synth-pop, goth pop. Eleanor Friedberger will release her new album Rebound [Frenchkiss Records] on May 4, 2018. instead of live instrumentation, she utilized programmed drums, a Juno synthesizer, and muted guitars for a different sound. She recently spent some extended time in Greece, where she has family. She said: “After a month in Athens I asked my friend, the Greek musician Σtella, “What’s one thing I have to do before I leave?” After some long and careful consideration she smiled and said, “you have to go to Rebound. It’s a time warp; kind of an 80s goth disco where everyone does the chicken dance; you’ll love it… but it’s only open on Saturdays after 3:00 AM.” Rebound proved to be a revelation in terms of finding the sound and energy for my fourth album. The club was very dark and despite the no smoking signs, like everywhere in Athens, it was very smoky. The “chicken dance” Stella mentioned was a solitary one. I copied the slouchy strut, moving back and forth in line, swinging my arms in time to the music that at first sounded like Joy Division or maybe The Cure, but never revealed itself– one could only assume it to be knock-off by an unknown Baltic band. It was alienating and exhilarating. “In Between Stars” is an attempt at a song you could hear at Rebound. It’s a dark and disorienting; my warped version of 80s goth disco.”
“Whenever You Want It,” Danielle Duval
Supercharged and empowering indie rock song with super cool guitar riffs from the sophomore album LOSE IT which is out now. About the song, Danielle Duval says: “It’s a song about no fear; being open, ready, and up for anything. The quest to find, cash in, and go for what or who you’re after. It’s a song about the recognition of love when it comes, and to go for it no holds barred, no reservations, no apologies.”
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new music: Robert Earl Thomas
Posted by Amy Steele in Music on January 24, 2018
–“What Am I Gonna Do” is a beautiful, wistful song from Widowspeak guitarist Robert Earl Thomas. The song sets a particular mood of options and choices with its dreamy and winding melody and soothing vocals. This song reminds me of “Watching the Wheels” by John Lennon. The vocals also make me think Daniel Ash of Love and Rockets. The new black and white video finds Robert wandering alone around lower Manhattan at night, the vast skyline flush with opportunity behind him.
Robert said: “’What Am I Gonna Do’ is more about an era of my life than any particular relationship, although some really concrete endings had me scrambling during that time. I was sort of lost without any obvious sense of self, either as a lover or as the person I thought I moved to New York to become. The song’s central question still dogs me, but what am I gonna do? I mean everyone has those moments of doubt. For the video, it made sense to shoot in lower Manhattan because a lot of those memories are set against that part of the city; and to do it with Otium who has been a friend since I was that other me.”
His solo debut, Another Age [Captured Tracks] will be released on February 16, 2018.
Another Age
Track listing:
1 – Another Age
2 – I Remember
3 – Cryin’
4 – The Weather
5 – Wednesday Morning
6 – Winona Forever
7 – My Fault
8 – What Am I Gonna Do
9 – Word of Mouth
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new music: Dizzy
Posted by Amy Steele in Music on December 16, 2017
Dizzy, “Swim”
How did I miss this Canadian band play Boston earlier this month? Vocals are a little bit Lily Allen, a little bit Lorde; melody is a little bit xx. a little bit Cults. Overall cool, dreamy and a song to play on repeat for hours. It’s that intensely infectious. what an amazingly talented young band. I look forward to hearing more and seeing them play out live. Dizzy is: Charlie, Alex and Mackenzie Spencer and Katie Munshaw
Munshaw said: “Making music always stemmed from my being overly sensitive about everything, so when you’re that close to so many people you’re bound to meet the essential characters that screw you up enough to start writing about them.”
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