Global touring starts next week, with European and North American festivals filling the schedule for the summer ; all of the relevant dates can be found here.
Following the cryptic surfacing of the likeclockwork.tv and its hazy semi-clues and last night’s Adult Swim ad, Queens Of The Stone Age have unveiled a trailer scored by three minutes of the never-before-heard “I Appear Missing,” which appears in its entirety on the band’s upcoming ‘… Like Clockwork’, out June 4 on Matador Records.
Showcasing disturbingly beautiful (or beautifully disturbing?) images from the boundless imagination of … Like Clockwork visual visionary, enigmatic UK artist Boneface (brought to life by animator Liam Brazier), “I Appear Missing” is a hypnotic journey into a nightmare-scape that adds illustrative dimension to another audio glimpse of the coming storm that is … Like Clockwork. Keep Your Eyes peeled on likeclockwork.tv to see what happens next…
Described by Queens principal Joshua Homme as “an audio documentary of a manic year,” … Like Clockwork is the band’s first full length collection of all new material since 2007’s Era Vulgaris, as well as its debut release on new label partner Matador. The record can be pre-ordered on CD and vinyl now from and from iTunes . All pre-orders will immediately receive “My God Is The Sun,” which has been generating some early heat at:
“(FOUR STARS) the band’s most gloriously motorik chug since those early days… takes off like a trip to the Mushroom Planet as Homme croons about desert roads to nowhere and praises the sun like he never gets tired of staring at it… Breathe deep”–ROLLING STONE
“an appropriately gnarly 4/4 monster, recalling their hardest hitting early material. As Homme gazes in awe at the sun’s omnipresent embrace, rock die-hards have ample time to hail the Queens’ revival”–BILLBOARD
… Like Clockwork was produced by Joshua Homme and QOTSA, recorded by Mark Rankinwith additional engineering by Justin Smith, at Josh’s studio, Pink Duck, in Burbank, California.
Queens of the Stone Age are: Joshua Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Dean Fertita and Michael Shuman. Jon Theodore plays drums live (and on the new record’s title track). See below for tour dates and check back at the following for updates:
qotsa.com
06/13/13 – Interlaken, Swizerland – Greenfield Festival
06/14/13 – Landgraaf, Netherlands – Pinkpop
06/15/13 – Donington, UK – Download Festival
06/21/13 – Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany – Southside Festival
06/22/13 – Berlin, Germany – Zitadelle Spandau
06/23/13 – Scheesel, Germany – Hurricane Festival
06/26/13 – Helsinki, Finland – Rock The Beach Festival
06/28/13 – Borlange, Sweden – Peace & Love Festival
06/30/13 – Herchesfeld Roeser, Luxembourg – Rock a Field Festival
07/02/13 – Vienna, Austria – Wiener Stadthalle D
07/03/13 – Budapest, Hungary – Volt Festival
07/02-05/13 – Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic – Rock For People Festival
07/05/13 – Gdansk, Poland – Heineken Open’er Festival
08/02/13 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
08/03/13 – Bonner Springs, KS – Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
08/09/13 – Squamish, BC – Squamish Valley Music Festival
08/31/13 – Philadelphia, PA – Budweiser Made in America Festival
…or, if you prefer, 8 more days to find great records in real record stores before you risk being trampled to death in a Furby-esque frenzy. Naturally, we think the above LP is worth the hassle.
Queens Of The Stone Age has confirmed June 4 as the release date for its sixth studio album ‘… Like Clockwork’ on Matador Records.
The band has also unveiled the new album’s stunning artwork by UK artist Boneface.
… Like Clockwork’s release is preceded by first single “My God Is The Sun,” which received its recent live debut in Queens Of The Stone Age’s Lollapalooza Brazil set, and has just been unveiled via radio premieres, respectively, in the UK with Zane Lowe and in the U.S. on KROQ.
… Like Clockwork can be pre-ordered on CD and vinyl now from the Matador Store, and, as of midnight Tuesday, April 8, from iTunes . All pre-orders will immediately receive “My God Is The Sun,” which can be heard at QOTSA.com
Described by Queens principal Joshua Homme as “an audio documentary of a manic year,” ‘… Like Clockwork’ is the band’s first full length collection of all new material since 2007′s ‘Era Vulgaris’, as well as the band’s debut release on new label partner Matador. The full track listing for the album is:
1. Keep Your Eyes Peeled
2. I Sat By The Ocean
3. The Vampyre of Time and Memory
4. If I Had A Tail
5. My God Is The Sun
6. Kalopsia
7. Fairweather Friends
8. Smooth Sailing
9. I Appear Missing
10. …Like Clockwork
‘…. Like Clockwork’ was produced by Joshua Homme and QOTSA, recorded by Mark Rankin with additional engineering by Justin Smith, at Josh’s studio, Pink Duck, in Burbank, California.
Queens of the Stone Age are: Joshua Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Dean Fertita and Michael Shuman
Jon Theodore will play drums on the upcoming tour, which is not exactly upcoming as dates began with last weeks Lollapalooza Brazil and Chile appearances. See below for confirmed dates and check back at the following for updates:
13-15 June 13 Greenfield Festival, Interlaken, Switzerland
14 June 13 Pinkpop, Landgraaf, Netherlands
14-16 June 13 Download Festival, Donington, UK
21-23 June 13 Southside Festival, Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany
22 June 13 Zitadelle Spandau, Berlin, Germany
21-23 June 13 Hurricane Festival, Scheesel, Germany
26 June 13 Rock The Beach Festival, Helsinki, Finland
28 June 13 Peace & Love Festival, Borlange, Sweden
30 June 13 Rock a Field Festival, Herchesfeld Roeser, Luxembourg
2 July 13 Wiener Stadthalle Halle D, Vienna, Austria
3 July 13 Volt Festival, Budapest, Hungary
2-5 July 13 Rock For People Festival, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
2 August 13 Lollapalooza, Chicago IL
As mentioned earlier in this space, in May (the 21st to be exact) we’re reissuing one of the most important debut albums in rock/Matador/human history, Come’s ’11:11′. To coincide with our deluxe, double LP/double CD version of this landmark title, the original Come quartet of Thalia Zedek, Chris Brokaw, Sean O’Brien and Arthur Johnson are playing select shows overseas and in the US, as listed below.
5/17-19 Orange Blossom Special Festival Beverungen DM
5/20 Bitterzoet Amsterdam NL
5/22 The Ruby Lounge Manchester UK
5/23 Dingwalls London, UK
5/24 Instant Chavires, Paris FR
5/26 Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona ES
5/27 Le Romandie Lausanne, Switzerland
5/28 Jubez Karlsruhe, Germany
5/30 Locomotiv, Bologna IT
5/31 Kino, Ebensee AT
6/01 Pilot, Prague CZ
6/02 Festaal Kruezberg, Berlin DE
6/19 Bootleg Theater Los Angeles CA
6/20 The Independent San Francisco CA
6/21 Mississippi Studios Portland OR
6/22 The Crocodile Seattle WA
6/27 The Sinclair Cambridge, MA
6/28 Bowery Ballroom New York NY
7/12 Empty Bottle Chicago, IL
(EDITOR’S NOTE : in the early days of 2012, our esteemed colleague Natalie Judge was (loudly) signing the praises of a London band called Savages. In the months since, we’ve become equally obsessed with the quartet, partially on the back of a stunning debut 7″ and followup live EP on their own Pop Noire label, but also via a succession of performances in the UK and US that were as visceral and exciting as anything we’ve witnessed in this label’s history. The resulting debut album, ‘Silence Yourself”, doesn’t merely fulfill the promise of Savages’ initial releases, but serves as stark notice we’re dealing with a band uniquely inspired, uncannily confident and fully realized in a manner that belies their relatively brief existence. – GC)
“SAVAGES is not trying to give you something you didn’t have already, it is calling within yourself something you buried ages ago, it is an attempt to reveal and reconnect your PHYSICAL and EMOTIONAL self and give you the urge to experience your life differently, your girlfriends, your husbands, your jobs, your erotic life and the place music occupies in your life. Because we must teach ourselves new ways of POSITIVE MANIPULATIONS, music and words are aiming to strike like lightning, like a punch in the face, a determination to understand the WILL and DESIRES of the self.”
This album is to be played loud in the foreground.”
SAVAGES, 2013
Savages will release their debut album, ‘Silence Yourself’ on 6th May 2013 on Matador Records / Pop Noire. (May 7 in North America). Available on LP, CD and digital formats, the album was recorded in Northwest London’s Fish Factory during December 2012, and is produced by Johnny Hostile and Rodaidh McDonald.
Clocking in at 38 minutes, Silence Yourself opens with an excerpt from the John Cassavetes film ‘Opening Night’, and features new recordings of ‘Husbands’, ‘I Am Here’ and ‘City’s Full’ – first heard on the debut single “Husbands” b/w “Flying To Berlin” and the ‘I Am Here’ live EP – both previously released on singer Jehnny Beth’s record label Pop Noire.
The first song from the album available for public perusal is ‘She Will’, which can be heard via the above YouTube clip.
Following sold out shows in Europe and America, including a recent gig at London’s 1200 capacity Electric Ballroom, Savages will continue to tour throughout 2013. Here’s the spring and summer schedule thus far :
March
19th Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, USA (tickets)
22nd Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, Canada
23rd Lee’s Palace, Toronto, Canada
April
11th The Echo, LA, USA
13th Coachella Festival, Indio, California, USA
15th Bunk Bar, Portland, USA
16th Neumo’s, Seattle, USA
18th The Independent, San Francisco, USA
20th Coachella Festival, Indio, California, USA
May
1st Queen’s Social Club, Sheffield, UK (tickets)
2nd SWG3, Glasgow, UK (tickets)
3rd Liverpool Sound City, UK (tickets)
4th Live at Leeds Festival, UK (tickets)
5th Arts Centre, Norwich, UK (tickets)
7th Bodega, Nottingham, UK (tickets)
8th Old Fire Station, Bournemouth. UK (tickets)
13th Botanique-Orangie, Brussels, Belgium (tickets)
15th Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands (tickets)
16th Geb9, Cologne, Germany (tickets)
17th Lido, Berlin, Germany (tickets)
19th Zoom, Frankfurt, Germany (tickets)
20th Kinski, Zurich, Switzerland (tickets)
21st Magnolia Club, Milan, Italy (tickets)
23rd Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona, Spain
25th Field Day Festival, London, UK
June
1st Primavera Sound Festival, Porto, Portugal
6th Pop Noire night, La Maroquinerie, Paris
8th Manchester Parklife Festival, UK
I hope you’ll excuse my weary tone — it’s not that I don’t look forward to South By Southwest or the plethora of free, unaffiliated events (especially those that take place in glorified jello-shot emporiums masquerading as music venues for one week out of the year). It’s just that I’m really pissed off someone told all of the bands below they’re staying at my place.
CHELSEA LIGHT MOVING
Tue 3/12 Austin TX Queue Day Party 3 pm Mohawk (w/ Delorean)
Wed 3/13 Austin TX Waterloo Records 12 pm (parking lot performance)
Wed 3/13 Austin TX Consequence of Sound 5 pm The Parish
Thu 3/14 Austin TX KEXP Session 12:30 pm Mellow Johnny’s
Thu 3/14 Austin TX Thrasher/Converse party 4 pm Scoot Inn
Fri 3/15 Austin TX Rolling Stone Party 2 pm La Zona Rosa
Fri 3/15 Austin TX Ground Control Touring, 12:15 am Mohawk* (w/ Trash Talk, Merchandise and more)
DELOREAN
Tue 3/12 Austin TX Queue Day Party 4 pm Mohawk
Tue 3/12 Austin TX Fader Fort 8 pm Fader Fort
Thu 3/14 Austin TX Pitchfork Day Party 1:40 pm 1100 Warehouse
Thu 3/14 Austin TX Filter Party 11 pm Clive Bar*
Sat 3/16 Austin TX True Panther 1 am Mohawk* (with Majical Cloudz, Empress Of, XXYYXX , Silent Diane and more)
MAJICAL CLOUDZ
Thu 3/14 Austin TX Spin Party 4 pm Easy Tiger
Fri 3/15 Austin TX Urban Outfitters 2 pm Urban Outfitters Lot
Fri 3/15 Austin TX M For Montreal 9 pm Swan Dive
Sat 3/16 Austin TX True Panther Presents 9:30 pm Mohawk* (with Delorean, Empress Of, XXYYXX, Silent Diane and more)
THE YOUNG
Fri 3/15 Austin TX “Our Heart Aches For Syria” / Red Cross benefit 8 pm Long Center (w/ The Black Lips, White Lung and more)
Sat 3/16 Austin TX Ground Control Touring 2 pm Beerland (w/ Merchandise, Spider Bags and more)
(* – denotes an official SXSW event ; wristband or badge required for admission. There’s public admission if venues aren’t at capacity SOMETIMES, but we can’t guarantee it)
For the past few years, Devon Welsh’s been recording solo material composed between rural Ontario and Montreal, and collaborating in production & performance with Matthew Otto under the guise Majical Cloudz. This spring, we at Matador have the distinct pleasure to bring his next full-length to record stores worldwide.
It’s been written of Majical Cloudz: Their performance is deeply expressive — strong vocals sit on top of washes of white noise, filtered synths and sparse thuds. The songs are intensely lyrical, oriented around themes of death, patience, family and desire. The live show celebrates the joy in sadness and the value of a shared musical experience.
We’ll have more details on a full-length release set for this spring shortly, but we can tell you that you’ll be hearing this song on it. Download “Turns Turns Turns” (as previously heard on a 2012 Arbutus/Merok EP) HERE.
Watch Majical Cloudz perform the track live via Yours Truly.
Majical Cloudz will be on tour with Autre Ne Veut at the end of the month, followed by a few performances at SXSW
February 26 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brendas *
February 27 New York, NY – Santos Party House *
February 28 Montreal, Quebec – Le Belmont *
March 01 Toronto, Ontario – Wrongbar *
March 02 Chicago, IL – Schubas *
March 04 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock *
March 07 Vancouver, British Columbia – Electric Owl *
March 08 Seattle, WA – Barboza *
March 09 Portland, OR – Bunk Bar *
March 11 San Francisco, CA – The Independent *
March 12 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour *
March 13-18 Austin, TX – SXSW *
