To mark the release of his new solo full-length, ‘Demolished Thoughts‘, Thurston Moore is playing Brooklyn’s Williamsburg Hall Of Music on May 20, with tickets going on sale this Friday, April 8 via Ticketmaster.com (American Express cardholders will have an opportunity to purchase tickets on Wednesday, April 6).
In addition to the full-priced ticket option ($20), you’ll have your choice of ticket(s) + ‘Demolished Thoughts’ bundles ;
a) one ticket + a copy of “Demolished Thoughts” on CD ($30)
b) one ticket + a copy of “Demolished Thoughts” on LP (colored vinyl, with download code) ($35)
The CD or limited edition colored vinyl copies of ‘Demolished Thoughts’ can be collected at the merch table on the night of the show – four days before the official release date of May 24,
Having just arrived back from a string of North American dates, including several well-recieved shows at SXSW festival, Esben and The Witch embark on a second UK & Ireland tour in support of their debut album, Violet Cries. Starting tonight, the Brighton 3-piece are playing towns and cities that they haven’t visited for some time ahead of their Record Store Day release of the Chorea EP, a limited edition 12″ record featuring 3 new and exclusive tracks, including a remix of album track ‘Eumenidies’ remixed by Mogwai.
Following the wild success of Yo La Tengo’s Spinning Wheel tour of North America earlier this year, additional dates, (wheel-spinners are marked *) have been scheduled, with a smatter of festival dates thrown in.
Tue, May 10 – Brooklyn, NY – Bell House * (tickets on sale, Friday, April 1, or at Other Music for no service charge)
Wed, May 11 – Brooklyn, NY – Bell House * (tickets on sale, Friday, April 1, or at Other Music for no service charge)
Sat, May 14 – Nelsonville, OH – Nelsonville Music Festival
Sat, June 18 – Denver, CO – Westword Music Showcase
Mon, June 20 – Columbia, MO – Blue Note * (tickets available at the box office with no service charge)
Tue, June 21 – Iowa CIty, IA * – Englert Theater (on sale Mon, 4/4 at the box office with no service charge)
Thu, June 23 – Minneapolis, MN – 400 Bar * (tickets available at Down In The Valley with no service charge)
Fri, June 24 – Minneapolis, MN – 400 Bar * (tickets available at Down In The Valley with no service charge) *
Sat, June 25 – Chicago, IL – Green Music Festival
Sun, June 26 – Chicago, IL – Subterranean *
as mentioned in this space, a tour dubbed “Reinventing The Wheel” is taking place in the UK in early June :
June, 6th Edinburgh Queens Hall
June 7th The Sage Gateshead
June 8th Leeds Cockpit
June 9th Birmingham O2 Academy 2
June 10th Oxford O2 Academy
June 12th London Royal Festival Hall (as part of the Meltdown Festival)
To celebrate the release of the second of four singles from their upcoming album David Comes To Life, Fucked Up will be playing a midnight show at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs on Friday, April 15. This is of course during the weekend of the Coachella Festival. The digital single is called “A Little Death” and will be available both here on the Matablog and on iTunes on that Friday.
Around the release date for ‘Cherish The Light Years’ (still available for pre-order with a 15% discount) and ahead of their North American Spring tour, Cold Cave take a little time out to visit Europe for a few dates around the UK, followed by a couple in mainland Europe. These will be their first European dates in almost a year and their first with their new 5-piece line up, consisting of Wes Eisold, Dominick Fernow, Jennifer Clavin, Tonie Joy andAlex Garcia-Rivera. Get yourself along to one of the following shows ready to witness their stupendous new sounds at one of the following dates:
March
29th – Start The Bus, Bristol, UK
30th – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK
31st – Stereo, Glasgow, UK
April
1st – Ruby Lounge, Manchester, UK
2nd – Ifor Bach, Cardiff, UK
4th-Rough Trade East, London, UK – free in-store show. On stage @ 7pm, wristbands available from 6pm/when purchasing album.
5th – The Lexington, London, UK (The Quietus Night)
6th – De Kreun, Kortrijk, Belgium
9th – Jack Daniels Music Day, Barcelona, Spain
You can also stream ‘Cherish The Light Years’ ahead of its release next week right here, at KCRW, The Quietus and myriad supporters’ sites around the web.
Following a terrific performance at last October’s Matador 21/ Lost Weekend in Las Vegas, Come are again returning to the stage, playing Brooklyn’s Bell House on Saturday, April 16, along with Chicago’s Eleventh Dream Day (whose new Thrill Jockey album, ‘Riot Now’ is available at better record shops). Tickets are available here.
(ADDENDUM : Come are also playing Cambridge, MA’s Oberon Theatre on April 14).
This May will see Perfume Genius returning to Europe to play dates, which will be the first of the year for Mike. It’ll see them playing their biggest venues in the UK to date and will end at Primavera Sound festival (where you’ll also catch Glasser and Kurt Vile).
Bring on the May (touring madness). Dates listed below.
May
14 – Sheffield City Hall (Grand Ballroom), Sheffield
GOOD NEWS: Kurt Vile & the Violators will headline the Bowery Ballroom in NYC (June 11) First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia (June 12), headlining both venues with Philly-buds Pissed Jeans opening (EDIT: Meg Baird has been added as an opener to both shows!).
March
Thursday 24 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge w/J Mascis
Friday 25 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg w/J Mascis
Saturday 26 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall w/J Mascis
Monday 28 – Red Hook, NY – Bard College
Tuesday 29 – Pittsburgh, PA – Andy Warhol Museum
Wednesday 30 – Cleveland Heights, OH – Grog Shop w/J Mascis
Thursday 31 – Ann Arbor, AL Blind Pig w/J Mascis
April
Friday 01 – Chicago, IL – Subterranean w/J Mascis
Saturday 02 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry w/J Mascis
Sunday 03 – Iowa City, IA – The Mill
Tuesday 05 – Gambier, OH – Kenyon College
Wednesday 06 – Nashville, TN – The End
Thursday 07 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl w/J Mascis
Friday 08 - Athens, GA – Melting Point w/J Mascis
Saturday 09 – Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle Music Hall w/J Mascis
Sunday 10 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle w/J Mascis
Monday 11 – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
Thursday 21 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
Friday 22 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
Saturday 23 – Portland, OR – Bunk Bar
Sunday 24 – Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern
Monday 25 – Vancouver, BC – The Waldorf Hotel
May
Sunday 08 – Koln, DE – King Georg
Monday 09 – Munich, FR – Feierwerk
Tuesday 10 – Vienna, AT – Chelsea Club
Wednesday 11 - Berlin, DE – Festaal Kreuzberg
Thursday 12 – Copehagen, DK - Vega
Friday 13 – Aarhus, DK – Voxhaul
Saturday 14 – Minehead, UK – ATP Nightmare b4 Xmas
Sunday 15 – Utrecht, NL – Tivoli
Monday 16 – Amsterdam, NL – Bitterzoet
Tuesday 17 – Brussel, BE – Les Nuits de Botanique
Wednesday 18 – Gent, BE – Charlatan
Thursday 19 – London, UK – Corsica Studios
Friday 20 – Liverpool, UK – Sound City @ Kazimier
Saturday 21 – Glasgow, UK – Stagg & Dagger Festival
Monday 23 – Paris, FR – La Maroquinerie
Wednesday 25 – Bordeaux, FR - Place Saint Michel
Thursday 26 – Rennes, FR – Top of the Folk @ L’antipode
Saturday 28 – Barcelona, ES – Primavera Sound Festival
Sunday 29 – Istanbul, TR – Ghetto
JUNE Saturday 11 – New York, NY — Bowery Ballroom (on sale: April 1) Saturday 12 – Philadelphia, PA — First Unitarian Church
(there’s not really a good reason for the above jpeg, but if you happen to own one of these tapes and don’t want it anymore, DON’T KEEP THE MONEY)
Yo La Tengo are playing a benefit this coming Wednesday night, March 23, at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, NJ, with all proceeds going to Peace Winds Japan. The show starts at 9pm — there may or may not be a support band (this is all coming together rather fast). Tickets are $50 and go on sale tomorrow morning at 10am eastern, exclusively through Ticketfly, who’ve agreed to donate their fees to the cause in question. If you can’t attend and would like to help out, Peace Winds Japan accepts donations here.
03/01 Boston, MA – Newbury Comics (Newbury Street store)
03/02 Washington, DC – Red Onion Records and Books
03/02 Baltimore, MD – Sound Garden
03/04 Philadelphia, PA – AKA Music
03/08 Brooklyn, NY – Academy LPs (with Northampton Wools)
03/08 New York, NY – Generation Records
03/08 New York, NY – Other Music
03/10 Ithaca, NY – Castaways (with J Mascis)
03/11 Toronto, Ontario – The Great Hall (Canadian Music Fest) (with J Mascis)
03/12 Kingston, Ontario – The Mansion
03/13 Burlington, VT – Monkey House
03/14 Milford, CT – Daniel Street
03/19 Austin, TX – Ground Control Showcase at Auditorium Shores (SXSW)
03/22 Brattleboro, MA – Headroom Stages (with J Mascis)
03/23 Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live (with J Mascis)
03/24 New York, NY – Mercury Lounge (with J Mascis)
03/25 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg (with J Mascis)
03/26 Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall (with J Mascis)
03/28 Red Hook, NY – Bard College
03/29 Pittsburgh, PA – Andy Warhol Museum
03/30 Cleveland Heights, OH – Grog Shop (with J Mascis)
03/31 Ann Arbor, MI – Blind Pig (with J Mascis)
04/01 Chicago, IL – Subterranean (with J Mascis)
04/02 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry (with J Mascis)
04/03 Iowa City, IA – The Mill
04/05 Gambier, OH – Kenyon College
04/06 Nashville, TN – The End
04/07 Atlanta, GA – The Earl (with J Mascis)
04/08 Athens, GA – Melting Point (with J Mascis)
04/09 Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle (with J Mascis)
04/10 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle (with J Mascis)
04/21 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
04/22 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
04/23 Portland, OR – Bunk Bar
04/24 Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern
04/25 Vancouver, British Columbia – Waldorf Hotel
05/11 Berlin, Germany – Festaal Kreuzberg
05/15 Utrecht, Netherlands – Tivoli
05/19 London, England – Corsica Studios
05/20 Liverpool, England – Sound City Festival
05/21 Glasgow, Scotland – Stag & Dagger Festival @ Captains Rest
05/25-29 Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound Festival
06/30-7-3 Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival
Later this week Fucked Up will be needing to change up their winter wear for something a little cooler as they head down to the summery southern hemisphere as they join the Soundwave Festival around Australia. Seeing as they’re going to be around that neck of the woods they’ll also be heading over to Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore to sample to sites and play some shows.
After completing a whole load of north american dates, Kurt Vile (and the Violators) will be heading over to Europe for 3 weeks worth of shows, starting early May and taking in headline shows and festivals, including Primavera Sound, Stag & Dagger and Liverpool Sound City festivals.
Ahead of the release of the new album ‘Smoke Ring For My Halo’ Pitchfork have previewed the album track ‘Ghost Town’ naming it best new music – you can head there now to hear it for yourself.
In anticipation of the release of his upcoming ‘Smoke Ring For My Halo’ (out 3/8), Kurt Vile will be running around the northeast and stopping in some of our favorite independent record shops playing a series of solo acoustic (and one full-band) instores. Some very special guests are in the works, with Northampton Wools (Thurston Moore + Bill Nace) already confirmed for one of the three NYC engagements.
