It’s the greatest thing to hit Pontiac, MI since Wayne Fontes’ hair. Greater, perhaps. Yo La Tengo and Times New Viking hit the road starting today in support of their respective 2009 masterpieces, ‘Popular Songs’ and ‘Born Again Revisited’. While the Jan. 29 show in Austin, TX is a sellout, tickets still remain for the rest of the following shows (prices below include NO ADDITIONAL SERVICE CHARGE) ;
Fri., 1/22 – Pontiac MI – Crofoot Ballroom – $17
Tickets available from Stormy, 13210 Michigan Ave., Dearborn MI 48126
Wazoo, 336 1/2 State St., Ann Arbor MI 48104
Crofoot box office, 1 South Saginaw St., Pontiac MI 48342
Sat., 1/23 – Madison WI – Barrymore Theatre – $20
Tickets available from B Side, 436 State St., Madison WI 53703
Barrymore box office, 2090 Atwood Ave., Madison WI 53704)
Sun., 1/24 – St Louis MO – The Pageant – $19.50
Tickets available from Vintage Vinyl, 6610 Del Mar Ave., St. Louis MO 63130
Euclid, 601 East Lockwood, St. Louis MO 63119
Pageant box office, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis MO 63112-1200 (cash only)
Tue., 1/26 – Lawrence KS – Granada Theatre – $17
Tickets : Love Garden, 822 Massachusetts St., Lawrence KS 66044
Granada box office, 1020 Massachusetts St., Lawrence KS 66044
Adorable photo stolen without permission from Pooneh Ghana’s photostream on Flickr.
Happy New Year everyone, and what a year it should be. Lots of exciting events on the way for 2010. So get your fresh Moleskine diaries out from your pile of gifts and christen them with some hot-off-the-press Times New Viking dates.
Wed 17-Mar-10 UK Manchester Sound Control
Thu 18-Mar-10 UK Glasgow Nice & Sleazy
Fri 19-Mar-10 UK Leeds The Brudenell Social Club
Sat 20-Mar-10 UK London The Dome
Sun 21-Mar-10 UK Cambridge The Portland Arms
Tue 23-Mar-10 Belgium Gent Charlatan
Wed 24-Mar-10 Germany Hamburg Prinzenbar
Thu 25-Mar-10 Denmark Copenhagen Loppen
Fri 26-Mar-10 Sweden Stockholm Debaser
Sat 27-Mar-10 Sweden Umea Umea Open Festival
Mon 29-Mar-10 Norway Oslo Mono
Tue 30-Mar-10 Sweden Gothenburg Parken
Wed 31-Mar-10 Denmark Aarhus Musikcafeen
Fri 2-Apr-10 Czech republic Prague Klub 007 Strahov
Sat 3-Apr-10 Switzerland Lausanne Le Romandie
Sun 4-Apr-10 Austria Vienna B72
Mon 5-Apr-10 Germany Munich 59:01:00
Tue 6-Apr-10 Germany Wurzburg Cairo
Wed 7-Apr-10 Germany Berlin Festsaal Kreuzberg
Thu 8-Apr-10 Germany Leipzig Nato
Fri 9-Apr-10 Germany Hanover Glocksee
Sat 10-Apr-10 Germany Munster Gleis 22
Sun 11-Apr-10 Netherlands Groningen Vera
Mon 12-Apr-10 Netherlands Amsterdam OCCII
Tue 20-Apr-10 Portugal Porto Plano B
Wed 21-Apr-10 Portugal Lisbon ZDB
Thu 22-Apr-10 Spain Madrid Moby Dick
Fri 23-Apr-10 Spain Valencia El Tinglado No 2
Sat 24-Apr-10 Spain Barcelona Nitsa
Tue 27-Apr-10 UK Norwich Arts Centre
Wed 28-Apr-10 UK Liverpool The Masque
Thu 29-Apr-10 UK Nottingham Bodega Social Club
Fri 30-Apr-10 UK York Stereo
Sat 1-May-10 UK Birmingham The Victoria
As the year comes to an end and the spirit of revisiting things takes us over, we’ve come across the following comment that Jared Phillips (Times New Viking) made to Pitchfork back in January 2008 when discussing life on the road:
I don’t know where the best place we’ve played would be. Probably one of those places that we played with Yo La Tengo that we’ll never get to play again [ laughs ]. Those were all pretty fun but, you know, if it ever happens we’ll be 40 years old by the time we play in a place that big again.
So I guess we’d just like to be the first to say happy 40th to TNV because this coming January good times are rolling through towns from Michigan south to Texas. That’s right like any good combination (chocolate and peanut butter immediately comes to mind), Yo La Tengo and Times New Viking have decided to revisit the road and live performance format together this coming January. If you’re in one of the towns below be sure to catch what should be the chocolate and peanut butter of live shows, for the early part of 2010 at the very least. Tickets are on sale now!!!!
Fri, Jan 22 / Pontiac, MI / Crofoot Ballroom
Sat, Jan 23 / Madison, WI / Barrymore Theatre
Sun, Jan 24 / St. Louis, MO / The Pageant
Tue, Jan 26 / Lawrence, KS / Granada Theatre
Wed, Jan 27 / Tulsa, OK / Cain’s Ballroom
Thu, Jan 28 / Houston, TX / Warehouse Live
Fri, Jan 29 / Austin, TX / Antone’s
Sat, Jan 30 / Dallas, TX / Granada Theatre
Today we offer the excellent new video for “Born Again Revisited” from Times New Viking’s like-titled fourth full-length album (buy it here, do it right now, it’s their best yet. In this season of opinions and assholes – everybody’s got ‘em – I’ll say it’s EASILY one of the best records of the year).
The band just finished an adult-sized US tour (take note pretenders to the pavement), with more dates to follow in the new year.
Directed by Pelham Johnston and Brandon Reichard, without further ado – “Born Again Revisited”:
As seen in the above clip, Times New Viking always bring their best to the good people of the Twin Cities, and just because it’s a Sunday doesn’t mean they plan on resting. Today they play not just their show at the 7th St. Entry but a live session at the esteemed Radio K at 5 PM Eastern, 4 PM Central.
Radio K can be found on the dial at a veritable plethora of locations: 104.5 FM (Minneapolis-St. Paul), 100.7 FM (St. Paul), 106.5 FM (Minneapolis) & 770 AM (Metro area). If none of those locations coincides with your own, or if all that was just too confusing, you can always listen online.
Times New Viking’s stunning new album, Born Again Revisited, can be had for your very own right here.
Today we’re pleased to bring you the (thus far) definitive Times New Viking visual document, “Do Not Do It Yourself”, a short documentary by Winston Case which premieres today on Pitchfork TV and covers most of the bases:
TNV started their US tour yesterday, and I would not miss them – reports from their recently completed UK and European dates include mention of flamethrowers and scattered brain matter.
The unbelievable Born Again Revisited can be purchased here. Those US dates:
Wed-Oct-14 Columbus, OH The Summit
Thu-Oct-15 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
Fri-Oct-16 Urbana, IL The Courtyard Café
Sat-Oct-17 Grinnell, IA Grinnell College
Sun-Oct-18 Minneapolis, MN 7th St Entry
Mon-Oct-19 Fargo, ND The Aquarium
Wed-Oct-21 Missoula, MT The Palace
Thu-Oct-22 Seattle, WA Vera Project
Fri-Oct-23 Olympia, WA The Northern
Sat-Oct-24 Portland, OR Berbati’s Pan
Tue-Oct-27 Sacramento, CA Luigi’s Fungarden
Thu-Oct-29 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
Fri-Oct-30 Santa Cruz, CA Crepe Place
Sun-Nov-01 Los Angeles, CA Echo (Part Time Punks)
Mon-Nov-02 Irvine, CA Acrobatics Everyday / UC Irvine
Tue-Nov-03 Phoenix, AZ Modified Arts
Fri-Nov-06 Dallas, TX The Lounge on Elm St.
Sat-Nov-07 Austin, TX Fun Fun Fun Fest
Mon-Nov-09 Memphis, TN Hi-Tone
Tue-Nov-10 Florence, AL The Black Owl
Wed-Nov-11 Birmingham, AL Bottletree
Thu-Nov-12 Atlanta, GA Star Bar
Fri-Nov-13 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506
Sat-Nov-14 Baltimore, MD Sonar
Sun-Nov-15 Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
Wed-Nov-18 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
Thu-Nov-19 Brooklyn, NY Union Pool
Fri-Nov-20 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell’s
Sat-Nov-21 Boston, MA Great Scott
Mon-Nov-23 Morgantown, WV 123 Pleasant Street
Today we celebrate the release of Born Again Revisited, the fine fourth album by the great Times New Viking. Buy it here, and then buy it for a friend.
Pitchfork is lending a hand, today premiering the brand new video for BAR standout “No Time, No Hope”, directed by Pelham Johnston and Brandon Reichard.
Today is a very exciting day for Matador Records and True Panther Sounds, as our little family officially unveils two of the most exciting albums we (or anyone else) are releasing this year. Both album-previews are fully embeddable, so please share with the people you love.
First, Times New Viking’s outstanding “Born Again Revisited” is streaming in its entirety. Listen first, then buy it (priced-to-own, with two free 7″s and a poster to boot):
And then we have Girls’ “Album”, a powerhouse statement-of-intent. Dean Bein of True Panther Sounds said it better than I could. Whether you live in San Francisco or Mars, you can hear (and buy it):
