Next Tuesday, September 7 Interpol will be playing an exclusive event in the parking lot of Space 15 Twenty (1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd.) to kick off the release of their new self-titled album which drops that day.
Pre-order now or buy the album on 9/7 at any of the stores listed below* to receive a guaranteed-entry wristband to the event while supplies last.
*If you preorder the album online via the Matador Store, simply put “LA OUTSTORE” in the comments section to receive guaranteed entry while supplies last.Our guaranteed entry list is now full.
But only two of you. Contest details are here, but the gist of it is pretty simple. Our friends at eMusic are giving away two tickets to The Lost Weekend at The Palms, plus they’re springing for flights and hotel rooms. Gambling losses and legal fees are YOUR problem!
I know we keep promising more hard info about the actual event, and guess what…I’m doing it again. Next week we’ll be confirming 4 additional bands, as well as providing further details about the weekend’s schedule. Your patience is deeply appreciated, and if you have further questions, by all means, send ‘em to 21@matadorrecords.com
By truepanthersounds on Thursday, August 26th, 2010
This week Magic Kids released their record, played a symphony accompanied show for 500 of their hometown friends and fans, and left for a week-long instore tour. But the news doesn’t stop here. Happy to share this new video for “Superball” directed by Jack Ferry. Evokes some simple classic vids, faces, instruments, soft-focus lights…eternally into it.
Order Magic Kids “Memphis” HERE (and get an instant mp3 download of the album)
By truepanthersounds on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
Tonight’s Magic Kids show at the Levitt Bandshell was really really special. Thank you to the hundreds of people that came out, the Memphis Youth Symphony who helped realize the ambition of the band’s arrangements, Goner Records for selling (and selling out of) the album, and of course Magic Kids. The city of Memphis is truly a strange and wonderful place and I can’t think of a more strange and wonderful tribute than tonight. Really bowled over.
Also really excited about the response people have been having to the record. Reviews are trickling in little by little but so far so good. Prefix assigned it one of the top 3 scores they’ve given any record so far this year. Thank you. A few nice selections below….
PREFIX- “A truly ineffable pop album. The Magic Kids are going at your heart with every melodic tool in their arsenal — shouts and synths, strings and sugary production — all in an effort to make your summer (or fall, or winter, or old age) that much better.”
Washington Post- “more than a simple exercise in retro charm … a fully realized and immaculately executed pop vision.”
One Thirty BPM- “Memphis is a little record that sounds massive ….Memphis is a truly lovely album, one that can transport even the most cynical of grizzled old folks back to the glory days of their youth, and a very promising start to a band’s career.”
Lincoln Journal Star- “”Magic Kids have created some magical, gorgeous classic pop here, one of the most pleasant and engaging surprises I’ve heard in months.”
By truepanthersounds on Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
Magic Kids’ pop-odyssey MEMPHIS hits the streets today. We’re celebrating the occasion on a few fronts. For those of you all over the world, we pressed up a very limited edition surprise version of the album on Cassette. It’s limited to 250 copies to be sold at a few future shows, but for the time being, you can purchase the tape (along with CD/LP) until it runs out on the True Panther and Matador stores. Get an instant mp3 download of the record with order as well.
For those of you in Memphis, the band are celebrating the album’s release with a really special one-time performance alongside the Memphis Youth Symphony. Memphis is flipping out about the event, a benefit for MYS and a special way for the band to capture the more baroque elements of the record in a way that’s difficult to on the road. You can read about it here, here and here. Supposedly the Levitt Shell is where Elvis played some of his first shows. YES!
For those of you in the rest of the country, the band are embarking on basically a 3-month world tour that starts out with a tour of Southern independent record stores, TOMORROW. Can’t stop wont stop.
Wed. 8/25 Knoxville, TN Disc Exchange 6pm Thu 8/26 Atlanta, GA Criminal Records 7pm Fri 8/27 Charlotte, NC Lunchbox 6pm Sat 8/28 Cincinatti, OH Shake It Records 6pm Sun 8/29 St. Louis, MO Vintage Vinyl 6pm Mon 8/30 Nashville, TN Grimey’s 6pm 09-01 Lubbock, TX – The Foundation * 09-03 Phoenix, AZ – The Trunk Space * 09-04 Los Angeles, CA – FYF Fest 09-05 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill* 09-08 Vancouver, BC – The Media Club* 09-09 Seattle, WA – The Vera Project * 09-10 Portland, OR – Backspace- Music Fest NW * 09-11 Garden City, ID – Visual Arts Collective * 09-13 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court * 09-14 Denver, CO – Hi Dive * 09-16 Lawrence, KS – Replay Lounge * 10-1 London, UK @ Barfly 10-2 London, UK @ Camden Proud Galleries 10-3 Bruges, Belgium @ Botanique/Witloofbar 10-5 Amsterdam, Holland @ Paradiso 10-6 Tilburg, Holland @Tilburg 013/Batcave 10-7 Hamburg, Germany @ Molotow 10-8 Helsingar, Denmark @ Musikhuset Elvaerket 10-9 Oslom, Norway @ Café Mono 10-10 Gothenburg, Sweden @ Pusterviksbaren 10-11 Stockholm, Sweden @ Landet 10-12 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Lades 10-13 Berlin, Germany @ Magnet 10-14 Köln, Germany @ Werkstatt 10-15 München, Germany @ Atomic Cafe 10-16 Zurich, Switzerland @ Club Zukunft 10-17 Milan, Italy Indierocket party @ Rocket (free entry) 10-18 Paris, France @ Point Ephemere 10-19 Oxford, UK @ Jercicho Tavern 10-21 Bristolm UK @ Louisanna 10-22 Bristol, UK @ The Social 10-23 Cardiff, UK @ Swn Festival 10-24 Newcastle, UK @ The Cluny 10-25 Leeds, UK @ Nation of Shopkeepers 10-26 Birmingham, UK @ Hare and Hounds 10-27 London, UK @ TBC 10-28 London, UK @ Lexington Fri 11/05 Dallas, TX @ The Cavern Ω Sun 11/07 Houston, TX @ Numbers Ω Mon 11/08 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon Ω Wed 11/10 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 Ω Fri 11/12 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge Ω Sat 11/13 Brooklyn, NY @ Silent Barn Ω Mon 11/15 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern Ω Tue 11/16 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle Ω Wed 11/17 St. Louis, MO @ Firebird Ω Thu 11/18 Nashville, TN @ The End Ω
* w/Candy Claws
Ω= w/Bosco Delrey
We love “Amplified“, ABC News’s online music show with World News Sunday anchor Dan Harris. Smart, candid interviews with good bands, juiced up with lotsa good music and video. Dan delayed his current Iraq trip (apparently Iraqis say “hello” – in English – to mean “goodbye” – and no one knows why) to yap with AC Newman and Kathryn Calder at Lollapalooza. There are at least two things that even I didn’t know in this interview.
If you’re not able to catch Shearwater at this year’s Austin City Limits Festival, fear not! The band will be back on the road this November playing a cross-country tour with Damien Jurado. Tickets are now on-sale.
On Friday, Ted Leo checked in with a lengthy, illuminating instant-classic of a blog post. In it, our fearless leader looked back on the past, evaluated his present and pondered an evolving future…which, he revealed, would include the second Lookout Records alumni foray into the theeee-a-thah.
Director Tom Scharpling and co outdid themselves, to be sure.
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists’ new album The Brutalist Bricks is available for purchase here.
The band will hit the road shortly:
September
Thursday 02 – La Jolla, CA – Che Cafe Collective (UC San Diego)
Friday 03 – San Diego, CA – Casbah
Saturday 04 – Los Angeles, CA – Fuck Yeah Fest
Monday 06 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theater
Tuesday 07 – Victoria, BC – Element Nightclub
Wednesday 08 – Seattle, WA – The Vera Project
Thursday 09 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
Thursday 23 – Pittsburgh, PA – Diesel
Friday 24 – Newport, KY – Midpoint Music Festival
Saturday 25 – Urbana, IL – Pygmalion Music Festival
Sunday 26 – Columbia, MO – The Blue Note
Tuesday 28 – Lawrence, KS – Jackpot Saloon and Music Hall
Wednesday 29 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theater
October
Monday 04 – Phoenix, AZ – Rhythm Room
Tuesday 05 – Sante Fe, NM – Corazon
Wednesday 06 – Norman, OK – The Opolis
Thursday 07 – Little Rock, AR – Vinos
Sunday 10 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits
Tuesday 12 – Gainesville, FL – Common Grounds
Wednesday 13 – Orlando, FL – The Social (Orlando)
Thursday 14 – St Augustine, FL – Cafe Eleven
Friday 15 – Greenville, SC – The Handlebar
Saturday 16 – Charlottesville, VA – The Southern
October 15, 2010 Girls will be playing their biggest show yet in San Francisco- at the legendary Fillmore. Growing up in SF it sometimes seemed the closest a local band could get to the Fillmore’s stage was a matinee show of The Other Ones (they are from Marin anyways!) so we couldn’t be more excited for this. Show them some love San Francisco!
(Left to Right: Rachel Davies, Daniel Copeman, Thomas Fisher. Photo by Adam Kola)
It’s with considerable excitement that we’re able to reveal the addition of the Brighton trio Esben and the Witch to the Matador roster. Our first UK based signing in over 6 years, a pair of the band’s recordings — the self released ’33′ and the Too Pure Singles Club-issued 7″, “Lucia, at the Precipice” (the latter already trading for excessive sums on eBay) generated no small amount of global curiosity (not the least of which coming from our offices). Hailed by The Quietus for their “opulent mixture of brooding electronics, crackling guitars and mythological rhetoric”, though Esben and the Witch’s early work is equally brooding and beautiful, we’re pretty confident Rachel, Daniel and Thomas had only skimmed the surface of what they’re capable of. Their debut Matador EP, the limited 12″, ‘Marching Song’, is scheduled for release on October 11th (October 12 in North America), augmented by two new songs, ‘Done Because We Are Too Menny’ and ‘Souvenirs’. The band’s first full length album is tentatively scheduled for release in early 2011.
The accompanying video for ‘Marching Song’ was directed by David Procter and Peter King from the The Agenda Collective.
Esben and the Witch will make their US debut this September touring in support of Mercury Prize nominees Foals along with participating in Matador At 21 : The Lost Weekend in Las Vegas. A subsequent UK tour will begin in November.
SEPTEMBER
23 Minneapolis 7th Street Entry *
24 Chicago Lincoln Hall *
25 Detroit Magic Stick *
27 Toronto Lee’s Palace *
28 Montreal La Sala Rossa *
29 Boston Paradise *
30 Philadelphia, Johnny Brenda’s (w/Efterklang)
OCTOBER
1 New York Bowery Ballroom *
3 Las Vegas The Palms Casino & Hotel **
5 Atlanta Masquerade *
6 Tallahassee Club Downunder *
8 Houston Walters on Washington *
9 Austin The Mohawk ***
10 Dallas The Nightmare *
12 Denver Larimer Lounge *
14 San Diego Casbah *
18 Los Angeles El Ray Theatre *
19 San Jose The Blank Club *
20 San Francisco Bottom of the Hill ****
21 Portland Doug Fir Lounge *
22 Vancouver Venue *
23 Seattle Neumos City Arts Music *
26 Brooklyn, NY Knitting Factory (with A Sunny Day In Glasgow)
NOVEMBER
4 Paris Inrockuptibles @ La Boule Noir
10 London Electrowerkz
11 Manchester Deaf Institute
12 Glasgow Captains Rest
14 Leeds Constellations Festival
* with Foals
** Matador At 21 / The Lost Weekend
*** with School of Seven Bells
**** with Scout Niblett
By truepanthersounds on Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
Glasser’s Ring is arriving in our hands September 28th but for now, here is the first taste of Ring entitled “Home”. The song remains in line with the Glasser we’ve heard before, eclectic and beat-driven with instrumental melodies often driven by Cameron’s own voice. But there is a depth to both the arrangement and recording which somehow makes the song simultaneously intimate and explosive.
(because we can never enough of photos that show Kurt tuning. pic taken from C89′s flicker page)
Following the recent release of the ‘Square Shells’ 12″ / digital EP and subsequent recording in NYC with John Agnello, Kurt Vile (accompanied by the Violators on all dates) will be hitting the road this Autumn for dates with San Diego quartet The Soft Pack. They’ll be taking turns on who’s playing last each night — headliner noted with initials following venue name on the schedule below ;
October
21 Atlanta, GA The Earl KV
22 Birmingham, AL The Nick TSP
23 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge KV
26 Cincinnati, OH Mad Hatter’s TSP
27 Columbus, OH Skully¹s KV
28 Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig TSP
29 Indianapolis, IN White Rabbit KV
30 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle TSP
31 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle KV
November
01 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club TSP
04 Seattle, WA Neumos KV
05 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret TSP
06 Portland, OR Berbatis Pan KV
09 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop KV
11 Los Angeles, CA Echoplex TSP
13 San Diego, CA The Casbah TSP
Next Tuesday August 24th, to celebrate the release of Magic Kids’ debut album Memphis, the band will perform selections from the album live with the Memphis Youth Symphony at the legendary Levitt Shell in, you guessed it, Memphis. We’re told Elvis played his first show at the Levitt Shell (but we can’t remember who told us).
This is Memphis the way it was meant to be heard (and you can hear it how it actually sounds at the band’s MySpace where the album is streaming).
Admission to the concert is $5, all of which goes directly to the Memphis Youth Symphony Program. Doors are at 6:30, and the show starts at 7:30.
We’ll be announcing a couple of additions to the lineup for Oct. 1-3 very soon. In the meantime, however, the above photograph of Matador’s Chris Lombardi, shown basking in the Palms’ Hardwood Suite, provides just a hint of what’s in store for those lucky enough to attend this sold-out event. Not shown : Tim Donaghy.
Congrats to our our London-based label manager Natalie Judge, on being named one of Billboard Magazine’s “30 Under 30″. Said list “recognizes rising young executives who are driving our business forward with their artistic and business vision”, and along with recognizes Natalie’s work on behalf of Sonic Youth and Fucked Up, Billboard adds, somewhat ominously, that said list included “Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, then 23, in 2007.” While this might not mean we’re 3 years away from a David Fincher movie about Judge being sued by half the universe (though if we are, I’d like to be played by Fred “The Hammer” Williamson), it does point to the rarefied nature of said acknowledgment. This sort of thing doesn’t happen to the people we like and respect nearly often enough, so an occasion like this, we’ll raise a glass in Natalie’s honor and consider ourselves very lucky she’s making stuff happen for us instead of someone else.
We got together last week with a few gallant lads and lassies, and we recorded the first part of the B&S TV show that we’ve been hinting at. Here’s a clip to get you in the mood. The song is from the new record, and it’s called “I Want The World To Stop”
We had a really nice day that day, thanks to everyone who travelled a variety of distances to be there! London, Manchester, Newcastle, etc, it was a good effort.
And while I’m at it, here’s a look at the real cover of “Belle And Sebastian Write About Love”. Some websites got hold of the wrong end of the stick last week (perhaps not suprisingly), but no harm done!
Hey New York, you’re formally invited to celebrate the release of Magic Kids‘ debut album ‘Memphis‘ on August 26 at Stanton Public (17 Stanton St). We’ll be celebrating the album’s release (it comes out 8/24) with our friends at The Fader with complimentary food and beverages. We’ll also be giving away cassette tapes of the album to a few lucky winners!
By truepanthersounds on Thursday, August 12th, 2010
The 9.28.10 release of Glasser‘s debut album Ring is drawing closer! Glasser put together a full band and will be hitting the road a lot this fall. She’s starting it out this Friday at Glasslands, and afterwards touring the midwest and East Coast with Gayngs! Also, look above…that’s the upcoming cover of FADER. AAAH! It’s real, not one of those novelty photobooth fake covers you make with your family to at amusement parks. ITS REALLY HAPPENING!
FRIDAY 8/13 @ Glasslands. Glasser w/How To Dress Well, Golden Filter, and Soars. Glasser is on at around 10pm
Oct 4 Brooklyn, NY @ The Music Hall of Williamsburg
Oct 5 Washington, DC @ Black Cat
Oct 7 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
FADER is hitting newsstands in a couple of weeks. We’re honored and stoked that they share our love for Glasser, and by putting her on the cover seem to share the sentiment that Ring is going to end up being a special record for a whole lot of people.
Pre-order Ring HERE and get an instant download of the first single, “Home”
Last month, an audience of lucky Austinites was witness to a live performance of favorites both new and old by Shearwater in the Austin City Limits studio, part of the “KUT Live” series sponsored by, you guessed it, Austin’s own KUT. Those both in and out of Austin who missed out at the time can hear the performance when KUT broadcasts it tonight at 9:00PM EDT/8:00PM CDT. KUT is located at 90.5 on your Austin radio dial, and if this whole Internet thing has caught your fancy then you can also listen online in a variety of ways. Sadly, you will have to just imagine the snazzy Texas Capitol Building backdrop, as seen above.
Mon 10/18 Oakland CA Fox Theater
Thu 10/21 San Diego CA Soma
Fri 10/22 Las Vegas NV The Joint
Sat 10/23 Los Angeles CA The Greek Theatre
Mon 10/25 Denver CO Ogden Theatre
Wed 10/27 Dallas TX The Palladium
Thu 10/28 Austin TX Stubb’s
Fri 10/29 Houston TX Verizon Wireless Theater Sun 10/31 New Orleans LA Voodoo Experience
Mon 11/01 Atlanta GA Tabernacle
Wes 11/03 Washington DC Constitution Hall
Thu 11/04 Philadelphia PA Tower Theatre
Fri 11/05 New York NY United Palace Theatre
“We wanted to let you know about our fall tour on-sale dates.
Below notes when all venues will go on sale to the public.
In addition, Ticketmaster will be running a pre-sale so you can purchase tickets before they go on-sale to the public.
And if you’re so inclined, Ticketmaster will be offering a ticket + CD bundle option.
The bundle gets you a ticket plus our new CD along with other stuff like a free “Lights” download, a poster and a chance to meet the band at the venue. Looking forward, Interpol”
PLEASE NOTE:
This offer is not valid if you purchased your ticket(s) through TicketExchange.
Offer only valid for US customers.
Pre-sale begins August 11 and general on-sale August 13 for:
10/27- Dallas, TX – The Palladium
10/29 – Houston, TX – Verizon Wireless Theater
11/1- Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle
11/3 – Washington, DC – Constitution Hall
11/4- Upper Darby (Philly), PA – Tower Theatre
Pre-sales commence August 12 and general on-sale on August 14 for:
10/22 – Las Vegas, NV – The Joint
10/23 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre
Pre-sales start August 19 and general on-sale August 21 for:
10/25 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
Pre-sale start August 20 and general on-sale August 22 for:
10/18 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre
(Ticketmaster Pre-sales do not include San Diego, New Orleans, Austin and NYC ;
If Friday’s webcast of The New Pornographers’ set at Lollapalooza 2010 (above) was your only opportunity to see the band so far this year, prepare your ticket-snatching skills asap, as the band will be hitting select U.S. and Canadian cities again later this Summer and early Autumn.
Fri, 8/27 – Burlington VT – Higher Ground Ballroom
Sat, 8/28 – Canadaigua NY – Marvin Sands Performing Arts
Sun, 8/29 – Kingston ON – The Ale House
Fri, 10/1 – Sun, 10/3 – Las Vegas NV – The Pearl at The Palms Hotel & Casino, Matador 21, The Lost Weekend
Wed, 10/13 – Bloomington IN – Buskirk-Chumley Theatre
Thu, 10/14 – Chicago IL – Riviera Theatre
Fri, 10/15 – Grand Rapids MI – Calvin College Chapel
Sat, 10/16 – Baltimore MD – Ram’s Head Live
Sun, 10/17 – Washington DC – 9:30 Club
Mon, 10/18 – Richmond VA – The National
Tue, 10/19 – Cheswick PA – Ches Arena
Wed, 10/20 – Halifax NS – Halifax Forum
(‘Together’, available on LP, CD or digital download from The Matador Store)
Harlem’s touring madness continues this month with a stint of island hopping shows taking in some more of the countries they didn’t manage to reach on their last outing. Rounding up the tour will be sets at Reading and Leeds festivals at the end of August before heading back stateside to hit more southern states.
The all important dates are:
August 11th – Oya Festival – Norway
August 12th – Way Out West – Sweden
August 13th – The Gun Club – Denmark
August 14th – Dockville Festival – Hamburg – Germany
To celebrate the 8/24 release of their debut album Memphis, Magic Kids are going on an epic in-store tour to visit all of their favorite Southern independent records stores. Each store will host a free in-store performance and have some goodies to share with people that show up. All this will be benchmarked by a really really really special Memphis release-date performance that we can’t quite tell you about yet….but it is gonna be amazing. Ok, come say hello!!! MEMPHIS EVERYWHERE!!!!!
After a summer playing the enormodomes of America with the Dead Weather, Harlem follow a pair of Chicago shows this weekend (Sat. afternoon at Lollapalooza, Saturday evening at the Empty Bottle) with a mix of headlining and festival dates this September. Our attempts to classify ‘Hippies’ as “the party record of the summer” have been slightly stymied by the album’s spring release date, but do you really wanna be exercising seasonal discrimination during a new era of openness and understanding?
Sunday, September 05, 2010 New Orleans, LA Saturn Bar
Tuesday, September 07, 2010 Chattanooga, TN JJs Bohemia
Friday, September 10, 2010 Raleigh, NC Hopscotch Festival
Sunday, September 12, 2010 Lexington, KY Boomslang Festival
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 Nashville, TN The End
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 Memphis, TN Hi-Tone
Thursday, September 16, 2010 Little Rock, AR Sticky Fingers
Friday, September 17, 2010 Dallas, TX The Nightmare
Fri, Oct 1 – Sun, Oct 3, 2010 Las Vegas, NV Matador @ 21, The Palms Hotel & Casino
(order ‘Hippies’ on LP, CD or digital download from The Matador Store)
By truepanthersounds on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. Magic Kids are serious about the craft and composition of rock music. Superball, off of their debut record Memphis out 8/24, demonstrates this incredibly. Using the tools they sharpened in their old D.I.Y. bands, The Barbaras and Girls of the Gravitron, they set out to do something classic: take the simple and skeletal structures of rock and garage songs and build into pop epics. The horns, strings and synths are not trim or embellishments but crucial components of their unique compositions. You may have heard an early demo of this song on the 7″ split with the Smith Westerns but this is the version that defines it. We hope you find it as immediate and enthralling as we do.
Pre-order Memphis and get an instant mp3 download of the WHOLE ALBUMHERE
Magic kids also have more new tour dates that will take them across the country with their neighbor and friend, Bosco Delrey. Memphis isn’t about mourning an era of music that is gone, rather, adding another chapter to the story and Bosco is a perfect companion for this mission. MEMPHIS EVERYWHERE!
Fri 11/05 Dallas, TX @ The Cavern Ω
Sun 11/07 Houston, TX @ Numbers Ω
Mon 11/08 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon Ω
Wed 11/10 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 Ω
Fri 11/12 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge Ω
Sat 11/13 Brooklyn, NY @ Silent Barn Ω
Mon 11/15 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern Ω
Tue 11/16 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle Ω
Wed 11/17 St. Louis, MO @ Firebird Ω
Thu 11/18 Nashville, TN @ The End Ω
Ω= w/Bosco Delrey
Current Dates:
09-01 Lubbock, TX – The Foundation *
09-03 Phoenix, AZ – The Trunk Space *
09-04 Los Angeles, CA – FYF Fest
09-05 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill*
09-08 Vancouver, BC – The Media Club*
09-09 Seattle, WA – The Vera Project *
09-10 Portland, OR – Backspace- Music Fest NW *
09-11 Garden City, ID – Visual Arts Collective *
09-13 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court *
09-14 Denver, CO – Hi Dive *
09-16 Lawrence, KS – Replay Lounge *
09-17 Memphis, TN – Hi Tone Cafe *
10-1 London, UK @ Barfly
10-2 London, UK @ Camden Proud Galleries
10-3 Bruges, Belgium @ Botanique/Witloofbar
10-5 Amsterdam, Holland @ Paradiso
10-6 Tilburg, Holland @Tilburg 013/Batcave
10-7 Hamburg, Germany @ Molotow
10-8 Helsingar, Denmark @ Musikhuset Elvaerket
10-9 Oslom, Norway @ Café Mono
10-10 Gothenburg, Sweden @ Pusterviksbaren
10-11 Stockholm, Sweden @ Landet
10-12 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Lades
10-13 Berlin, Germany @ Magnet
10-14 Köln, Germany @ Werkstatt
10-15 München, Germany @ Atomic Cafe
10-16 Zurich, Switzerland @ Club Zukunft
10-17 Milan, Italy Indierocket party @ Rocket (free entry)
10-18 Paris, France @ Point Ephemere
10-19 Oxford, UK @ Jercicho Tavern
10-21 Bristolm UK @ Louisanna
10-22 Bristol, UK @ The Social
10-23 Cardiff, UK @ Swn Festival
10-24 Newcastle, UK @ The Cluny
10-25 Leeds, UK @ Nation of Shopkeepers
10-26 Birmingham, UK @ Hare and Hounds
10-27 London, UK @ TBC
10-28 London, UK @ Lexington
* w/Candy Claws
“Perfume Genius’s debut album ‘Learning’ is a bruised and suggestive affair; one of catharsis and rare, redemptive beauty, which ranks as one of the most uniquely endearing and quietly forceful debut albums of recent years.” –Drowned In Sound
Perfume Genius, the alias of Seattle songwriter Mike Hadreas, will be making eight rare live appearances this fall. His debut album “Learning” (Matador) was released in June and has been quietly accumulating a fanatical audience. The album puts harrowing personal stories to unshakable minor-key melodies that prove oddly hopeful despite the dark, painful tone. Recorded in his mother’s suburban home during a time of emotional and physical recovery, these gorgeous songs are as unaffected and memorable as you’re likely to hear all year.
Hadreas rarely plays live; as the New York Times noted, “memory is etched on the body…Hadreas squeezes out the words when singing, his neck tense, his muscles taut. It must hurt.” These shows will feature Hadreas and Alan Wyffels on just piano and vocals, with occasional guitar. For a glimpse of what to expect, check out the live video session here:
Sep 22 Seattle – Crocodile
Sep 23 Portland – Mississippi Studios
Sep 27 San Francisco – Bottom Of The Hill
Sep 28 Los Angeles – Masonic Lodge At Hollywood Forever
Oct 5 Chicago – Schuba’s
Oct 7 Toronto – Drake Hotel
Oct 10 Brooklyn – Knitting Factory
Oct 11 Philadelphia – First Unitarian Church
