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Out Today : Water From Your Eyes - 'Crushed By Everyone'





photo by Nikolas Soelter

Out today, 'Crushed By Everyone' is a song-by-song rework of Water From Your Eyes’ critically-adored Matador debut, 'Everyone’s Crushed'.

Curated by band members Rachel Brown and Nate Amos, the album dips heavily into WFYE’s personal rolodex with contributions that map the duo’s rapidly expanding community – friends, tourmates, and peers. It’s the rare “remix” record where everybody has met in person (or at least shared some DMs). Kassie Krut twists the title track up amid tumbling kick drums and snare pops. Nourished by Time croons atop a chopped up and scrambled “True Life.” The record also finds Water From Your Eyes reinterpreting themselves, with Nate dialing Nu Metal grind and microtonal drone into an undeniably epic update on “Barley".

Earlier this month, Water From Your Eyes appeared as a musical guest on The Best Show, performing a five-song set.

In February, the band will be back on the road supporting Squid on a full US tour, performing in a newly-minted quartet lineup featuring live drums. Water From Your Eyes will conclude their Europe tour tonight with a performance at Primavera Weekender. The run has received rave reviews, with Pitchfork writing "If there’s still such a thing as distinctively New York cool, we were witnessing it."

stream / purchase 'Crushed By Everyone'
stream / purchase 'Everyone's Crushed'

'Crushed by Everyone' Tracklist



1. Structure (The Cradle Version)
2. Crushed Barley



3. Out There (The Dare Version)



4. Open (Sword II Version)



5. Everyone’s Crushed (Kassie Krut Version)
6. True Life (Nourished by Time Version)



7. Remember Not My Name (Mandy, Indiana Version)



8. 14 (Jute Gyte Version)



9. Buy My Product (fantasy of a broken heart Version)

Water From Your Eyes on Tour
new dates in bold (tickets)

Friday November 17 Primavera Weekender, Benidorm ES
Friday, February 2 The Parish, Austin TX *
Saturday, February 3 Dada, Dallas TX *
Monday, February 5 Basement East, Nashville TN *
Tuesday, February 6 Terminal West, Atlanta GA *
Thursday, February 8 9:30 Club, Washington DC *
Friday, February 9 Union Transfer, Philadelphia PA *
Saturday, February 10 Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn NY *
Wednesday, February 14 Paradise Rock Club, Boston MA *
Thursday, February 15 SAT, Montreal QC *
Friday, February 16 Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON *
Sunday, February 18 Thalia Hall, Chicago IL *
Monday, February 19 Fine Line, Minneapolis MN *
Friday, February 23 Revolution Hall, Portland OR *
Saturday, February 24 Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver BC *
Sunday, February 25 The Crocodile, Seattle WA *
Tuesday, February 27 Regency Ballroom, San Francisco CA *
Thursday, February 29 The Observatory OC, Santa Ana CA *
Friday, March 1 The Belasco, Los Angeles CA *


* - with Squid

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25% off everything (including 'Everyone's Crushed' and 'Crushed By Everyone' at The Matador Store and Bandcamp thru November 26 with code BRAINWASHED.

Belle and Sebastian 2024 North American Tour





photo by Anna Isola Crolla

Belle and Sebastian return to North American next Spring for a 21-show tour alongside supports Haley Heynderickx and The Weather Station. All dates on sale November 17  via belleandsebastian.com.

Belle and Sebastian on tour :

Tuesday, April 23 The Eastern, Atlanta GA +
Wednesday, April 24 The National, Richmond VA +
Friday, April 26 Union Transfer, Philadelphia PA &
Saturday, April 27 Orpheum Theatre, Boston MA &
Sunday, April 28 M Telus, Montreal QC &
Monday, April 29 History, Toronto ON &
Wednesday, May 1 Paramount Theater, New York NY &
Thursday, May 2 The Anthem, Washington DC &
Friday, May 3 Royal Oak Music Theatre, Detroit MI &
Saturday, May 4 Salt Shed, Chicago IL &
Monday, May 6 Bell’s Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo MI +
Tuesday, May 7 Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee WI +
Wednesday, May 8 First Avenue, Minneapolis MN +
Friday, May 10 The Fillmore Auditorium, Denver CO &
Monday, May 13 The Bellwether, Los Angeles CA &
Tuesday, May 14 The Bellwether, Los Angeles CA &
Wednesday, May 15 The Theater at Ace Hotel, Los Angeles CA +
Thursday, May 16 Fox Theater, Oakland CA &
Saturday, May 18 Revolution Hall, Portland OR &
Sunday, May 19 Moore Theatre, Seattle WA &

w/ + Haley Heynderickx
w/ & The Weather Station

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25% off everything except pre-orders now through November 26, including Belle and Sebastian’s ‘Late Developers,’ at the Matador Store / Bandcamp using the code BRAINWASH.

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Now Thru November 26 : 25% Off (Nearly) Everything At The Matador Store








Far be it for us to suggest that you, the valued customer, are in any way susceptible to manipulation. It would be an insult for the label to think you’re so weak-willed that our in-house medium (tbh he’s closer to an xtra large) could somehow dupe you into loading up a virtual shopping cart. So maybe a 25% off discount at the Matador Store with code “BRAINWASH” will do the trick ; offer good from now thru November 26 ; entire in-print catalog included save for preorders.

YOU CAN HAVE YOUR MIND BACK LATER

art : Jeffrey Mahannah

25% off sale

2023 New Releases:

Algiers – ‘Shook’
bar italia – ‘Tracey Denim’
bar italia – ‘The Twits
Belle and Sebastian – ‘Late Developers’
King Krule – ‘Space Heavy’
Lifeguard – ‘Dressed In Trenches’ / ‘Crowd Can Talk’
Queens of the Stone Age – ‘In Times New Roman’
Snail Mail – ‘Valentine (Demos)’
Water From Your Eyes – ‘Everyone’s Crushed’
Yo La Tengo – ‘This Stupid World’

Snail Mail - "Valentine West"



(photo: Skyler Barberio)



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Early next year, Snail Mail will travel to California for Valentine Fest West, a series of two-night stands at LA’s Troubadour and San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall. Each evening will feature a slate of friends and special guests, including Cola, Greg Mendez, Narrow Head, The Reds, Pinks and Purples, Softies, Stephen Steinbrink, and Umbrellas. The show will carry on the spirit of the inaugural Valentine Fest, a sold-out five-night hometown residency at Baltimore’s Ottobar that took place last February. Find a complete itinerary below. Both shows at The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco are presented as part of Noise Pop 2024.

Last week, Jordan marked the two year anniversary of her critically acclaimed album ‘Valentine’ with the release of the ‘Valentine Demos’ EP. The record gathers four stripped-down recordings of songs from the 2021 album, including “Adore You” (a working title for “Valentine”) and previously unreleased song “Easy Thing.” Listen to “Easy Thing” HERE.

2023 has seen Snail Mail tour North America and Europe and perform at festivals including Coachella, Rock En Seine, Lowlands, Green Man, and All Points East.

Snail Mail on Tour
Monday, December 4 Club Quattro, Osaka Japan
Tuesday, December 5 Club Quattro, Nagoya Japan
Wednesday, December 6 Spotify O-East, Shibuya Japan (SOLD OUT)
Thursday, December 7 WWW X, Shibuya Japan

Valentine Fest West

Monday, February 26 Troubadour, Los Angeles CA
w/ Narrow Head, Umbrellas

Tuesday, February 27 Troubadour, Los Angeles CA
w/ Cola, Greg Mendez

Friday, March 1 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco CA
w/ Narrow Head, Greg Mendez, Stephen Steinbrink

Saturday, March 2 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco CA
w/ Cola, The Reds Pinks and Purples, Softies

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Yo La Tengo - 'The Bunker Sessions'



"Sinatra Drive Breakdown"



"Aselestine"



"Fallout"



 



photo by Cheryl Dunn

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It’s been a triumphant year in Yo La Tengo-world: Georgia, Ira, and James released a highly-acclaimed new album '(This Stupid World'), performed a sold-out US tour, and traveled throughout the globe. Ira even put a heater straight across home plate at Citi Field. And there’s more to come.

Today, they’ve got a new EP landing on digital services, 'The Bunker Sessions', which collects live performances of four songs from 'This Stupid World',  plus one James McNew-led classic.

As of this week, the band is in Japan for a run of shows which includes two sold out dates in Tokyo. On December 7th, they’ll begin their annual Hanukkah residency at Bowery Ballroom (also sold out!). And in February, Yo La Tengo will hit the road once again, touring from San Francisco back to the east coast. Find a complete itinerary below.

‘The Bunker Sessions’ Tracklist
1. Sinatra Drive Breakdown
2. Aselestine
3. Fallout
4. Apology Letter
5. Stockholm Syndrome

Yo La Tengo on Tour

Wednesday, November 8 Club Quattro, Nagoya JP
Thursday, November 9 Bigcat, Osaka JP
Thursday, December 7 Bowery Ballroom, New York NY (SOLD OUT)
Friday, December 8 Bowery Ballroom, New York NY (SOLD OUT)
Saturday, December 9 Bowery Ballroom, New York NY (SOLD OUT)
Sunday, December 10 Bowery Ballroom, New York NY (SOLD OUT)
Monday, December 11 Bowery Ballroom, New York NY (SOLD OUT)
Tuesday, December 12 Bowery Ballroom, New York NY (SOLD OUT)
Wednesday, December 13 Bowery Ballroom, New York NY (SOLD OUT)
Thursday, December 14 Bowery Ballroom, New York NY (SOLD OUT)
Thursday, February 8 The Fillmore, San Francisco CA
Friday, February 9 The Fillmore, San Francisco CA
Saturday, February 10 Bellwether, Los Angeles CA
Monday, February 12 Belly Up, Solana Beach CA (SOLD OUT)
Tuesday, Feb 13 Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix AZ
Wednesday, February 14 Rialto Theatre, Tucson AZ
Friday, February 16 Boulder Theater, Boulder CO
Saturday, February 17 Washington’s, Fort Collins CO
Monday February 19, The Waiting Room, Omaha NE
Tuesday, February 20 Wave, Wichita KS
Thursday, February 22 Longhorn Ballroom, Dallas TX
Friday, February 23 The Heights Theatre, Houston TX
Saturday, February 24 Mohawk, Austin TX
Sunday February 25 Mohawk, Austin TX
Tuesday, February 27 Tipitina’s, New Orleans LA
Wednesday, February 28 Tipitina’s, New Orleans LA
Friday, March 1 Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw NC
Saturday, March 2 Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw NC

 

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Out Today: Snail Mail - 'Valentine (Demos)'





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Marking the two year anniversary of the release of her critically acclaimed album ‘Valentine,’ Snail Mail (Lindsey Jordan) has released ‘Valentine Demos’ EP today digitally and on vinyl. Purchase HERE. Consisting of four early stripped-down recordings of songs from the 2021 album including the previously shared “Adore You” (a working title for “Valentine”), it also features previously unreleased song “Easy Thing.”

'Valentine Demos' tracklist
1. Automate (Demo)
2. c. et al. (Demo)
3. Headlock (Demo)
4. Easy Thing (Demo)
5. Adore You (Valentine Demo)

Snail Mail on Tour
Monday, December 4 Club Quattro, Osaka Japan
Tuesday, December 5 Club Quattro, Nagoya Japan
Wednesday, December 6 Spotify O-East, Shibuya Japan (SOLD OUT)
Thursday, December 7 WWW X, Shibuya Japan

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Out Today : bar italia - 'The Twits'



The new bar italia album --- their second of 2023 --- 'The Twits' is in stores everywhere today and streaming worldwide.

'The Twits' Tracklisting
01. my little tony
02. Real house wibes (desperate house vibes)
03. twist
04. worlds greatest emoter
05. calm down with me
06. Shoo
07. que suprise
08. Hi fiver
09. Brush w Faith
10. glory hunter
11. sounds like you had to be there
12. Jelsy
13. bibs

  • Steve Gullick photo prints signed by the band will be available with every order of ‘The Twits’ exclusively via the Matador Store / bar italia Bandcamp while supplies last.

  • “worlds greatest emoter” t-shirt is available exclusively on the Matador Store / bar italia Bandcamp.

  • ‘The Twits’ limited clear LP will be available exclusively on the Matador webstore, limited silver LP will be available at record stores in UK/EU.






bar italia On Tour :

Friday, November 3 Brudenell Social Club, Leeds UK
Saturday, November 4 Room 2, Glasgow UK
Sunday, November 5 Rough Trade, Nottingham UK
Monday, November 6 Rough Trade East, London UK (SOLD OUT)
Tuesday, November 7 Village Underground, London UK (SOLD OUT)
Thursday, November 9 Antipode, Rennes FR
Saturday, November 11 Pitchfork Festival, Paris FR
Sunday, November 12 Le Ciel, Grenoble FR
Monday, November 13 Palace, St. Gallen CH
Wednesday, November 15 B72, Vienna AT
Thursday, November 16 Manufaktur, Schorndorf DE
Friday, November 17 TransCentury Update 2023, Leipzig DE
Saturday, November 18 Molotow Skybar, Hamburg DE
Sunday, November 19 Lido, Berlin DE (SOLD OUT)
Monday, November 20 VEGA, Copenhagen DK
Wednesday, November 22 Tanzhaus West, Frankfurt DE
Thursday, November 23 Rotown, Rotterdam NL
Friday, November 24 Bitterzoet, Amsterdam NL (SOLD OUT)
Saturday, November 25 Trix, Antwerp BE
Sunday, November 26 Botanique, Brussels BE
Friday, December 1 Songbyrd, Washington DC
Saturday, December 2 First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia PA
Sunday, December 3 Elsewhere, Brooklyn NY (SOLD OUT)
Monday, December 4 Bowery Ballroom, New York NY (SOLD OUT)
Tuesday, December 5 Brighton Music Hall, Boston MA
Wednesday, December 6 Sala Rossa, Montreal QC
Friday, December 8 Velvet Underground, Toronto ON
Saturday, December 9 The Loving Touch, Ferndale MI
Sunday, December 10 Empty Bottle, Chicago IL (SOLD OUT)
Monday, December 11 Empty Bottle, Chicago IL
Tuesday, December 12 Turf Club, St. Paul MN
Wednesday, December 13 High Noon Saloon, Madison WI
Friday, December 15 Ace of Cups, Columbus OH
Saturday, December 16 Mahall’s, Cleveland, OH
Sunday, December 17 Club Café, Pittsburgh PA
Wednesday, March 20 The Earl, Atlanta GA
Thursday, March 21 Motorco Music Hall, Durham NC
Friday, March 22 Eulogy, Asheville NC
Monday, March 25 The Blue Room at Third Man Records, Nashville TN
Wednesday, March 27 Toulouse Theatre, New Orleans LA
Thursday, March 28 The Secret Group, Houston TX
Friday, March 29 Mohawk, Austin TX
Saturday, March 30 Sons of Hermann Hall, Dallas TX
Monday, April 1 Sister, Albuquerque NM
Monday, April 8 Mississippi Studios, Portland OR
Tuesday, April 9 Hollywood Theatre, Vancouver BC
Wednesday, April 10 Neumos, Seattle WA
Thursday, May 2 Electric Brixton, London UK

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Out Today: Pretty Girls Make Graves - 'The New Romance' (20th Anniversary Edition)







Pretty Girls Make Graves (2003) photographed by Michael Lavine

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Originally released in September 2003, Pretty Girls Make Graves' Matador debut 'The New Romance' is back in print today on limited white vinyl for the album's 20th anniversary. The LP is accompanied by two music videos from the album newly remastered and available on YouTube, plus two extra tracks on streaming “C-30 C-60 C-90 Go!” and "Magic Lights." Singer Andrea Zollo and guitarist J. Clark guest on the latest installment of our Matador Revisionist History podcast series alongside producer Phil Ek and our host, Matt Sweeney.

‘The New Romance (20th Anniversary Edition)’ Tracklist
01. Something Bigger, Something Brighter
02. The Grandmother Wolf
03. Mr. Club
04. All Medicated Geniuses
05. Blue Lights
06. Chemical, Chemical
07. 7
08. The Teeth Collector
09. Holy Names
10. The New Romance
11. This is Our Emergency
12. A Certain Cemetery
13. C-30 C-60 C-90 Go! (Digital Only)
14. Magic Lights (Digital Only)

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boygenius - 5th Anniversary Gatefold Yellow EP



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On December 8th boygenius (Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus) will release a limited fifth anniversary edition of their debut EP on yellow vinyl with a gatefold sleeve featuring the six songs’ lyrics. Available to pre-order today from the Matador webstore, boygenius site, Bandcamp, and your local record store.





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bar italia - "worlds greatest emoter"







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bar italia have released new single and video “worlds greatest emoter”, a driving and ascending standout from their forthcoming second full length of 2023, ‘The Twits’, out November 3rd.



‘worlds greatest emoter’ follows singles “my little tony” which is currently on the BBC 6 Music playlist and “Jelsy”, which The Times described as “slow-burning eerie bluesy rock with a hint of bossa nova from the celebrated trio”, while The Guardian said, “this mordant cowboy strum becomes hypnotic thanks to the London band's trifecta of vocalists, each sounding nihilistic and freshly released from a dark cupboard".

bar italia will host ‘drawings by bar italia’ on October 27th at the Frieze exhibition space at No.9 Cork Street, London. The public view will be at 6pm-8pm.



The band kick off their UK tour October 31st in Manchester, culminating in sold out shows at Rough Trade East on November 6th and Village Underground on November 7th, followed by European headline and festival shows. They play their their first full North American tour in December, including sold out New York shows at Bowery Ballroom and Elsewhere. A full list of dates can be found below.

bar italia on Tour

 All dates on sale now via baritaliaa.com

Tuesday, October 31 YES, Manchester UK
Wednesday, November 1 The Fleece, Bristol UK
Thursday, November 2 Mutations Festival, Brighton UK
Friday, November 3 Brudenell Social Club, Leeds UK
Saturday, November 4 Room 2, Glasgow UK
Sunday, November 5 Rough Trade, Nottingham UK
Monday, November 6 Rough Trade East, London UK
Tuesday, November 7 Village Underground, London UK (SOLD OUT) &
Thursday, November 9 Antipode, Rennes FR
Saturday, November 11 Pitchfork Festival, Paris FR
Sunday, November 12 Le Ciel, Grenoble FR
Monday, November 13 Palace, St. Gallen CH
Wednesday, November 15 B72, Vienna AT
Thursday, November 16 Manufaktur, Schorndorf DE
Friday, November 17 TransCentury Update 2023, Leipzig DE
Saturday, November 18 Molotow Skybar, Hamburg DE
Sunday, November 19 Lido, Berlin DE
Monday, November 20 VEGA, Copenhagen DK
Wednesday, November 22 Tanzhaus West, Frankfurt DE
Thursday, November 23 Rotown, Rotterdam NL
Friday, November 24 Bitterzoet, Amsterdam NL
Saturday, November 25 Trix, Antwerp BE
Sunday, November 26 Botanique, Brussels BE
Friday, December 1 Songbyrd, Washington DC
Saturday, December 2 First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia PA
Sunday, December 3 Elsewhere, Brooklyn NY
Monday, December 4 Bowery Ballroom, New York NY (SOLD OUT)
Tuesday, December 5 Brighton Music Hall, Boston MA
Wednesday, December 6 Theatre Fairmount, Montreal QC
Friday, December 8 Velvet Underground, Toronto ON
Saturday, December 9 The Loving Touch, Ferndale MI
Sunday, December 10 Empty Bottle, Chicago IL (SOLD OUT)
Monday, December 11 Empty Bottle, Chicago IL
Tuesday, December 12 Turf Club, St. Paul MN
Wednesday, December 13 High Noon Saloon, Madison WI
Friday, December 15 Ace of Cups, Columbus OH
Saturday, December 16 Mahall’s, Cleveland, OH
Sunday, December 17 Club Café, Pittsburgh PA
Friday, March 15 Warsaw, Brooklyn NY
Wednesday, March 20 The Earl, Atlanta GA
Thursday, March 21 Motorco Music Hall, Durham NC
Friday, March 22 Eulogy, Asheville NC
Monday, March 25 The Blue Room at Third Man Records, Nashville TN
Wednesday, March 27 Toulouse Theatre, New Orleans LA
Thursday, March 28 The Secret Group, Houston TX
Friday, March 29 Mohawk, Austin TX
Saturday, March 30 Sons of Hermann Hall, Dallas TX
Monday, April 1 Sister, Albuquerque NM
Monday, April 8 Mississippi Studios, Portland OR
Tuesday, April 9 Hollywood Theatre, Vancouver BC
Wednesday, April 10 Neumos, Seattle WA
Thursday, May 2 Electric Brixton, London UK

& w/ Water From Your Eyes

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Coming November 17: Water From Your Eyes - 'Crushed by Everyone'





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Pre-save 'Crushed by Everyone' / Stream 'Crushed Barley'

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On November 17, Water From Your Eyes will release 'Crushed by Everyone,' a song-by-song rework of the duo’s critically-adored Matador debut, 'Everyone’s Crushed.'



Curated by band members Rachel Brown and Nate Amos, the album dips heavily into WFYE’s personal rolodex with contributions that map the group’s rapidly expanding community – friends, tourmates, and peers. It’s the rare “remix” record where everybody has met in person (or at least shared some DMs).



“It’s amazing to live at a time in which so many incredible musicians have the ability not only to inspire us, but to envision our existing works in their own unique practices,” writes Water From Your Eyes. “We are so grateful that all of these talented artists spent their invaluable time and energy on this project. We hope that you enjoy listening to these remixes as much as we have.”



Today, you can hear four tracks including Mandy, Indiana’s spaced-out deconstruction of “Remember Not My Name,” Sword II’s electro-tinged pass at “Open,” and fantasy of a broken heart’s chopped and spliced take on “Buy My Product.” This batch also finds Water From Your Eyes reinterpreting themselves, with Nate dialing Nu Metal grind and microtonal drone into an undeniably epic update on “Barley.” Listen HERE.



This week, Water From Your Eyes will perform at the Levitation Festival in Austin, TX. In November, the band will return to the UK and Europe for a run of headline shows, appearances at Pitchfork (Paris, London, and Berlin) and the Mutations, Sonic City, and Primavera Weekender festivals.

'Crushed by Everyone' Tracklist
1. Structure (The Cradle Version)
2. Crushed Barley
3. Out There (The Dare Version)
4. Open (Sword II Version)
5. Everyone’s Crushed (Kassie Krut Version)
6. True Life (Nourished by Time Version)
7. Remember Not My Name (Mandy, Indiana Version)
8. 14 (Jute Gyte Version)
9. Buy My Product (fantasy of a broken heart Version)

Water From Your Eyes on Tour
October 25-26 Levitation, Austin TX
Monday, October 30 The Deaf Institute, Manchester UK
Tuesday, October 31 The Hug and Pint, Glasgow UK
Wednesday, November 1 Brudenell Social Club, Leeds UK
Friday, November 3 Pitchfork Berlin, Berlin DE
Sunday, November 5 Where Else, Margate UK
Tuesday, November 7 The Village Underground, LondonUK #
Wednesday, November 8 Dareshack, Bristol UK
Friday November 10 Pitchfork Paris, Paris FR
Saturday, November 11 Pitchfork London, London UK
Sunday, November 12 Sonic City, Kortrijk BE
Monday, November 13 Rotondes, Luxembourg LU
Wednesday, November 15 PAARD, Den Haag NL
Thursday, November 16 Bitterzoet, Amsterdam NL
Friday November 17 Primavera Weekender, Benidorm ES

# w/ bar italia

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Tour Announce: Queens of The Stone Age - Australia and New Zealand 2024



Queens of The Stone Age announce 'The End Is Nero' tour of Australia and New Zealand for February & March next year.

Tickets go on general sale this Monday, October 30th at 13:00 local times.

More information available here - qotsa.ffm.to/tour

Stream / purchase 'In Times New Roman' here

Saturday, 10 Feb - Perth Red Hill Auditorium, Australia
Tuesday, 13 Feb - Adelaide The Drive, Australia
Friday 16 Feb - Hobart Mona Lawns, Australia
Sunday, 18 Feb - Torquay Torquay Commons - Lookout, Australia
Monday, 19 Feb - Melbourne Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Australia
Wednesday, 21 Feb - Sydney Hordern Pavilion, Australia
Saturday, 24 Feb - Gold Coast Broadwater Parklands - Lookout, Australia
Sunday, 25 Feb - Brisbane Fortitude Music Hall, Australia
Monday, 26 Feb - Brisbane Fortitude Music Hall, Australia
Thursday, 29 Feb - Auckland Spark Arena, New Zealand
Friday, 1 Mar - Wellington TSB Arena, New Zealand
Sunday, 3 Mar - Christchurch Wolfbrook Arena, New Zealand

All Tour Dates

Saturday, November 4 Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam NL & (SOLD OUT)
Sunday, November 5 Rockhal, Esch-sur-Alzette LU &
Tuesday, November 7 Accor Arena, Paris FR &
Wednesday, November 8 Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt DE & (SOLD OUT)
Thursday, November 9 Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin DE & (SOLD OUT)
Saturday, November 11 Mitsubishi Electric Halle, Dusseldorf DE & (SOLD OUT)
Sunday, November 12 Sportpaleis, Antwerp BE &
Tuesday, November 14 AO Arena, Manchester UK &
Wednesday, November 15 The O2, London UK &
Saturday, November 18 OVO Hydro, Glasgow UK &
Sunday, November 19 Resorts World Arena, Birmingham UK &
Monday, November 20 Globe Theatre, Stockton-on-Tees UK & (SOLD OUT)
Wednesday, November 22 3Arena, Dublin IE &
Tuesday, December 5 Arizona Financial Theatre, Phoenix AZ **
Wednesday, December 6 Abraham Chavez Theatre, El Paso TX **
Friday, December 8 Moody Center, Austin TX **
Saturday, December 9 713 Music Hall, Houston TX **
Sunday, December 10 The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory, Irving TX **
Tuesday, December 12 Revel, Albuquerque NM **
Friday, December 15 Viejas Arena, San Diego CA **
Saturday, December 16 Kia Forum, Los Angeles CA **
Saturday, 10 Feb - Perth Red Hill Auditorium, Australia
Tuesday, 13 Feb - Adelaide The Drive, Australia
Friday 16 Feb - Hobart Mona Lawns, Australia
Sunday, 18 Feb - Torquay Torquay Commons - Lookout, Australia
Monday, 19 Feb - Melbourne Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Australia
Wednesday, 21 Feb - Sydney Hordern Pavilion, Australia
Saturday, 24 Feb - Gold Coast Broadwater Parklands - Lookout, Australia
Sunday, 25 Feb - Brisbane Fortitude Music Hall, Australia
Monday, 26 Feb - Brisbane Fortitude Music Hall, Australia
Thursday, 29 Feb - Auckland Spark Arena, New Zealand
Friday, 1 Mar - Wellington TSB Arena, New Zealand
Sunday, 3 Mar - Christchurch Wolfbrook Arena, New Zealand

*Viagra Boys and Jehnny Beth support
& The Chats and Deep Tan
** Spirtualized support

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Out Today : DARKSIDE - 'Psychic' (Expanded)



 



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Today, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of DARKSIDE’s debut album, 'Psychic', originally released on October 4th, 2013. To mark the occasion, we have assembled an expanded digital edition of the record with three bonus tracks. This includes two era-appropriate b-sides – “Gone Too Soon” and “What They Say” – and a live version of “Paper Trails” recorded during the group’s 2023 European tour.

DARKSIDE is an American rock band formed in Providence, Rhode Island in 2011 by Chilean electronic musician Nicolás Jaar and American multi-instrumentalist Dave Harrington. 'Psychic' met with critical acclaim upon release, with The New York Times labeling it “the soundtrack to a lost David Lynch sci-fi movie” and Pitchfork calling the album, “a declaration of psychedelic liberation.” The record was a springboard for the duo’s immersive and improvisatory live shows, which toured throughout the globe until a hiatus beginning in 2014. Six years later, DARKSIDE resumed activity, releasing a second album, 'Spiral'
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Today, the band has expanded to a trio, featuring Harrington, Jaar, and drummer Tlacael Esparza. In June, DARKSIDE released 'Live From Spiral House', a set of recordings documenting rehearsals for the group’s return to the stage. In the coming months, the complete run of 2023 concerts will be made available to stream and download. More to come.

‘Psychic’ (Expanded) Tracklist

  1. Golden Arrow
    2. Sitra
    3. Heart
    4. Paper Trails
    5. The Only Shrine I’ve Seen
    6. Freak, Go Home
    7. Greek Light
    8. Metatron
    9. Gone Too Soon
    10. What They Say
    11. Paper Trails - Live in Paris, June 5, 2023

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Coming December 8 : Car Seat Headrest - 'Faces From The Masquerade'







"Bodys" (Live)



(photo by Emilio Herce)

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‘Faces From The Masquerade’ Tracklist:
1. Crows (Live at Brooklyn Steel)
2. Weightlifters (Live at Brooklyn Steel)
3. Fill in the Blank (Live at Brooklyn Steel)
4. Hymn (Live at Brooklyn Steel)
5. Hollywood (Live at Brooklyn Steel)
6. Bodys (Live at Brooklyn Steel)
7. Something Soon (Live at Brooklyn Steel)
8. 1937 State Park (Live at Brooklyn Steel)
9. Sober to Death (Live at Brooklyn Steel)
10. Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales (Live at Brooklyn Steel)
11. It's My Child (I'll Do What I Like) (Live at Brooklyn Steel)
12. Can’t Cool Me Down (Live at Brooklyn Steel) (VINYL ONLY)
13. Beach Life-In-Death (Live at Brooklyn Steel)
14. Deadlines (Live at Brooklyn Steel)

On March 28th-30th 2022, Car Seat Headrest played three consecutive sold out nights at Brooklyn Steel in New York. An air of celebration, community and showmanship was present, made all the more palpable as the shows were far from a certainty - they took place amidst a year which saw the band having to postpone or cancel a large swath of their North American tour dates due to ongoing health issues.

The three night residency is captured on 'Faces From The Masquerade' - a double album’s worth of live performances that finds Car Seat Headrest at their most playful, exuberant, and precision honed.

The album title is a nod to the band’s original tour announcement, which kindly asked audiences to mask up (for obvious reasons) and also invited fans to “accoutre yourself in whatever further costumery you please” for an evening of “music, dancing, and identity loss.” It also alludes to the by now familiar custom-made gas mask worn by frontman Will Toledo at shows, complete with an expressive LED display for eyes. In addition to the group’s four core members - Toledo, guitarist/backing vocalist Ethan Ives, bassist Seth Dalby and drummer Andrew Katz - they were joined on the tour by keyboard player Ben Roth.

From the slow burning and atmospheric ‘Crows’ (“It always felt like the right track to start off the Masquerade tour,” Toledo notes in the album liner notes on the 8-minute opener, “it was gloomy, it was dancey, and in ten years we’d never played it live”) to the mosh-pitting and anthemic ‘Fill In The Blanks’ (“We went back to a big, fat rendition similar to the original for this tour, not the funky version we’d been rolling on the Twin Fantasy tour”) to the sprawling and epic ‘Beach Life-In-Death’ ("We re-arranged this one to have a bit more restraint up until the breaking point on “-dooooooggssss?” You wanna keep things dynamic with a 13+ minute song”), to the revisionist ‘Deadlines’ (“After experiencing various mutations throughout the recording process of Making a Door Less Open, this song got ANOTHER revamp for the live show to turn it into the climactic dance monster it always wanted to be”), Faces From The Masquerade is simultaneously a joyride through the greatest hits and a conversation with the devoted and ever-growing following that has formed around the band, their songs and live communions.

Elsewhere, Ethan Ives takes the lead on the fevered ‘It’s My Child (I’ll Do What I Like)’, a track originating from his side project Toy Bastard before joining the CSH fold. “As far as simply getting to ball out as a band, ‘It’s My Child’ always felt like the highlight of the whole show to me”, says Toldeo.

'Twin Fantasy' favorite 'Sober To Death' became something of a focal point as well as a mini-TikTok trend throughout the tour, with the song receiving reverential singalongs night after night wherever it was played. “Another track not originally slated to be a part of this tour - it came up often enough in the polls that it soon got locked in. I think this hushed version gave everyone a welcome chance to breathe, especially this night in New York, where people were getting so wild it felt necessary to dial things down for a few minutes.“







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bar italia - "Jelsy"



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bar italia have released new single and video “Jelsy”, taken from their forthcoming second full length of 2023, ‘The Twits’, out November 3rd. Led by the group’s three-way vocal dynamic, “Jelsy” plays out like a conversation between friends over over wistful, buzzing country blues, the alternating voices at points comforting, wry and hopelessly yearning.



Additionally, bar italia have announced a group show of drawings to take place October 27th at the Frieze exhibition space at No.9 Cork Street, with the public view at 6pm-8pm.

Later today, the band will perform live in session on BBC 6 Music’s New Music Fix Daily show which airs between 7-9pm BST.



 

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Saturday, September 23 Seanie Buttons, Cork IE
Sunday, September 24 Workman’s Club, Dublin IE
Thursday, September 28 Monk Club, Rome IT
Friday, September 29 Covo Club, Bologna IT
Saturday, September 30 Spazio 211, Turin IT
Sunday, October 1 Biko, Milan IT
Tuesday, October 31 YES, Manchester UK
Wednesday, November 1 The Fleece, Bristol UK
Thursday, November 2 Mutations Festival, Brighton UK
Friday, November 3 Brudenell Social Club, Leeds UK
Saturday, November 4 Room 2, Glasgow UK
Sunday, November 5 Rough Trade, Nottingham UK
Monday, November 6 Rough Trade East, London UK
Tuesday, November 7 Village Underground, London UK (SOLD OUT)
Thursday, November 9 Antipode, Rennes FR
Saturday, November 11 Pitchfork Festival, Paris FR
Sunday, November 12 Le Ciel, Grenoble FR
Monday, November 13 Palace, St. Gallen CH
Wednesday, November 15 B72, Vienna AT
Thursday, November 16 Manufaktur, Schorndorf DE
Friday, November 17 TransCentury Update 2023, Leipzig DE
Saturday, November 18 Molotow Skybar, Hamburg DE
Sunday, November 19 Lido, Berlin DE
Monday, November 20 VEGA, Copenhagen DK
Wednesday, November 22 Tanzhaus West, Frankfurt DE
Thursday, November 23 Rotown, Rotterdam NL
Friday, November 24 Bitterzoet, Amsterdam NL
Saturday, November 25 Trix, Antwerp BE
Sunday, November 26 Botanique, Brussels BE
Friday, December 1 Songbyrd, Washington DC
Saturday, December 2 First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia PA
Sunday, December 3 Elsewhere, Brooklyn NY
Monday, December 4 Bowery Ballroom, New York NY (SOLD OUT)
Tuesday, December 5 Brighton Music Hall, Boston MA
Wednesday, December 6 Theatre Fairmount, Montreal QC
Friday, December 8 Velvet Underground, Toronto ON
Saturday, December 9 The Loving Touch, Ferndale MI
Sunday, December 10 Empty Bottle, Chicago IL (SOLD OUT)
Monday, December 11 Empty Bottle, Chicago IL
Tuesday, December 12 Turf Club, St. Paul MN
Wednesday, December 13 High Noon Saloon, Madison WI
Friday, December 15 Ace of Cups, Columbus OH
Saturday, December 16 Mahall’s, Cleveland, OH
Sunday, December 17 Club Café, Pittsburgh PA
Friday, March 15 Warsaw, Brooklyn NY
Wednesday, March 20 The Earl, Atlanta GA
Thursday, March 21 Motorco Music Hall, Durham NC
Friday, March 22 Eulogy, Asheville NC
Monday, March 25 The Blue Room at Third Man Records, Nashville TN
Wednesday, March 27 Toulouse Theatre, New Orleans LA
Thursday, March 28 The Secret Group, Houston TX
Friday, March 29 Mohawk, Austin TX
Saturday, March 30 Sons of Hermann Hall, Dallas TX
Monday, April 1 Sister, Albuquerque NM
Monday, April 8 Mississippi Studios, Portland OR
Tuesday, April 9 Hollywood Theatre, Vancouver BC
Wednesday, April 10 Neumos, Seattle WA
Thursday, May 2 Electric Brixton, London UK

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Fucked Up - 'The Chemistry of Common Life' (15th Anniversary)





(Fucked Up, 2008. Credit: David Waldman)

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Originally released October 7th, 2008, The Chemistry of Common Life is the second album by Toronto punk band Fucked Up.

Today, we celebrate the record’s 15th anniversary with the promise of a fresh-looking orange vinyl reissue due out February 23rd. Pre-order it HERE.

The band has also completed a new video for the song “Black Albino Bones,” which is assembled from era-appropriate tour photos, videos, and ephemera. And, finally, Matador’s hardworking archivists have unearthed a never-before-seen 30-minute clip from The Chemistry of Common Life’s still-much-discussed 12-hour-long NYC record release show – an event that somehow roped-in members of The Vivian Girls, Vampire Weekend, and The Cro-Mags, as well as J. Mascis and, very briefly, Michael Stipe.



(Video created by Tiff Pritchett)



Today, The Chemistry of Common Life remains as conceptually ambitious as it is musically adventurous, pushing through and far beyond the accepted boundaries of punk and hardcore. At the time, we called it “an expansive epic about the mysteries of birth, death, and the origins of life (and re-living). Merging elements of hardcore songwriting with up to 70 tracks of guitars, organs, winds and vocals the music remains iconoclastic and startling.”





Fucked Up drummer Jonah Falco writes:

“After Hidden World it felt like all of the musical impulses of Fucked Up condensed and turned into this musical dew, which inexplicably settled in this heavier, condensed place. The layering became way more intentional and focused, and instead of just making things long for the sake of being long, dense for the sake of being dense, the length and weight of our songs was necessary to house new found compositional moves. Development, tension, narrative, and space in song.

In some ways it felt like mockery – putting bongos on ‘Crooked Head’ and French horn on ‘Days of Last,’ ‘Royal Swan’ having about 1% punk involved, etc. – but in other ways opened the door for us moving forward to give these outlying ideas about our music precedence in our songwriting. Chemistry was unchained and free creativity from inexperienced and raw, but demanding and developing musicians.”

Next week, Fucked Up will play a special one-off show, performing The Chemistry of Common Life in its entirety at Toronto’s Horshoe Tavern.

The group will also tour throughout North America, the UK, and the EU this fall, with appearances at Pitchfork Music Festival in London and the Primava Weekender in Benidorm. Find the complete itinerary below.

Fucked Up On Tour
October 14 Toronto, ON @ The Horseshoe Tavern
October 25 Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
October 26 Stroudsburg, PA @ The Sherman Theater
October 27 Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony
October 28 Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music Hall
October 29 Philadelphia, PA @ Brooklyn Bown
October 30 Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
October 31 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
November 10 Leeds, UK @ Temple of Boom
November 11 London, UK @ Pitchfork Music Festival
November 12 Bournemouth, UK @The Bear Cave
November 13 Lille, FR @ L’Aeronef (Club Room)
November 14 Paris, FR @ Petit Bain
November 15 Reims, FR @ La Cartonnerie
November 17 Benidorm, ES @ Primavera Weekender
November 18 Malaga, ES @ Paris 15
November 19 Barcelona, ES @ La Nau
November 21 Milan, IT @ Legend
November 22 Wiesbaden, DE @ Kesselhaus
November 23 Cologne, DE @ MTC

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Algiers - 'Shook' Deluxe







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Today, Algiers are making a deluxe edition of their new album, ‘SHOOK,’ available digitally. The expanded album features six additional tracks – b-sides, alternate versions, and live cuts recorded with an expanded lineup at December’s one-off “SHOOK WORLD” concert in NYC. The previously unreleased "Spook" can be heard above.

Released in February of this year , ‘SHOOK’ was championed by critics. “Throughout the album, Algiers lashes out at injustice, exults in its sonic mastery and insists on the life forces of solidarity and physical impact,” wrote the New York Times.

The band is currently on tour in Europe and will perform at Brooklyn’s Pioneer Works on December 16th

‘Shook (Deluxe)’ Tracklist
01. Everybody Shatter feat. Big Rube
02. Irreversible Damage feat. Zack De La Rocha
03. 73%
04. Cleanse Your Guilt Here
05. As It Resounds feat. Big Rube
06. Bite Back feat. billy woods & Backxwash
07. Out of Style Tragedy feat. Mark Cisneros
08. Comment #2
09. A Good Man
10. I Can’t Stand It! Feat. Samuel T. Herring & Jae Matthews
11. All You See Is…
12. Green Iris
13. Born feat. LaToya Kent
14. Cold World feat. Nadah El Shazly
15. Something Wrong
16. An Echophonic Soul feat. DeForrest Brown Jr. & Patrick Shiroishi
17. Momentary feat. Lee Bains
18. Spook
19. Can the Sub_Bass Speak (Shook Sessions Version)
20. Cold World (Alternate Version) feat. Tardast
21. Cleanse Your Guilt Here (Live From National Sawdust) feat. Fatboi Sharif
22. Out of Style Tragedy (Live From National Sawdust) feat. Patrick Shiroishi & Mark Cisneros
23. Liberation (Live From National Sawdust) feat. LaToya Kent & Big Rube

Algiers on Tour

Tuesday, October 3 Flying Circus, Cluj-Napoca RO
Wednesday, October 4 Control Club, Bucuresti RO
Thursday, October 5 Club Live & Loud, Sofia BG
Friday, October 6 Eightball Club, Thessaloniki GR
Saturday, October 7 Gagarin 205, Athina GR
Sunday, October 8 Cafe Santan, Volos GR
Tuesday, October 10 Youth Cultural Center, Skopje MKD
Wednesday October 11 Elektropionir, Belgrade RS
Thursday, October 12 A38 Hajo, Budapest HU
Saturday, October 14 New Cvernovka, Bratislava III SK
Monday, October 16 Vintage Industrial Bar, Zagreb HR
Tuesday, Oct 17 Azimut, Sibenik HR
Wednesday, October 18 Orpheum Extra, Graz AT
Thursday, October 19 Treibhaus, Innsbruck AT
Friday, Oct 20  Kino Ebensee, Ebensee AT
Saturday, October 21 Gannet, Basel CH
Sunday, October 22 L’Usine, Geneva CH
Tuesday, October 24 Circolo Arci Bellezza, Milan IT
Wednesday, October 25 Monk Club, Rome IT
Thursday, October 26 Spazio211, Turin IT
Friday, October 27 Le Molotov, Marseille FR
Saturday, October 28 Les Caves Du Manoir, Martigny CH
Saturday, December 16 Pioneer Works, Brooklyn NY %

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Out Today : The New Pornographers - 'Electric Version' (20th Anniversary Edition) LP / The New Pornographers On The Matador Revisionist History Podcast





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In May, The New Pornographers’ sophomore album ‘Electric Version’ (2003) celebrated its 20th anniversary. A limited blue vinyl reissue hits stores today and we’ve also dedicated this latest episode of our Matador Revisionist History podcast to the record, with the band’s A.C. Newman joining longtime Matador publicist Nils Bernstein for a stroll down memory lane with our host, Matt Sweeney.

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They discuss how ‘Electric Version’ defied the un-follow-up-able-ness of ‘Mass Romantic,’ how LA neo-hippies Beachwood Sparks inspired the record’s title, and supply a complete track-by-track walkthrough.

“As much as it’s this hard-driving record with these exciting songs that have a lot of information, there’s still a lot of ups and downs and emotional twists and turns,” recalls Bernstein. “It’s just hook after hook after hook.”

The era-appropriate rarity “Turn” – originally a Japan-only bonus track – is now available on streaming services. Newly pristine remasters of the “All For Swinging You Around” and “The Laws Have Changed” music videos are also now on YouTube.

The New Pornographers have dates planned throughout the fall, touring songs from their just-released ninth album, ‘Continue as a Guest’ (Merge). Find a complete itinerary below.

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Tuesday, November 7 Music Box, San Diego CA &
Wednesday, November 8 The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles CA &
November 9—San Francisco, CA—Bimbo’s 365 Club &
Friday, November 10 Bimbo’s 365 Club, San Francisco CA &
Saturday, November 11 Ace of Spaces, Sacramento CA &
Sunday, November 12 McDonald Theatre, Eugene OR &
Tuesday, November 14 The Commodore, Vancouver BC &
Wednesday, November 15 Revolution Hall, Portland OR &
Thursday, November 16 The Showbox, Seattle WA &
Friday, November 17 Knitting Factory, Boise ID &
Saturday, November 18 The Commonwealth, Salt Lake City UT &

& w/ Finom

Coming November 3 : bar italia - 'The Twits'




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"My Little Tony"

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bar italia are the London based three-piece of Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi and Sam Fenton. They will release their second full length of 2023, ‘The Twits’, on November 3rd, less than six months after their acclaimed Matador debut, Tracey Denim.

‘The Twits’ was recorded by the trio over eight weeks from February 2023 in a makeshift home studio in Mallorca, and was mixed by Marta Salogni. It finds bar italia’s economical yet evocative songcraft taking raucous, mystic, unkempt, occasionally sinister, and wholly committed turns. Songs like “my little tony”, with its in-the-red riff and excitable hooks, the cathartic four-on-the-floor of ‘world’s greatest emoter’ and the festival tent psychedelia of “Hi-fiver” need little in the way of exposition – these are
exhilarating rock songs, if wayward and strange. Other moments see the band’s increasingly signature, three-act mini-dramas moving into previously uncharted territory. Cristante, Fehmi and Fenton can each manifest a different melody, mood, and cadence – at times overlapping and linear, at others unexpectedly divergent – often within the space of thirty seconds, a tag team rooted in shared language and kinship. “Jelsy”, for instance, plays out like a conversationnbetween friends over wistful, buzzing country blues, the alternating voices at points comforting, wry and hopelessly yearning. The sinuous, slow-burning waltz of “twist” stands out in its bare lyricism and seems to invite each band member’s individual take on a confessional.

While 'Tracey Denim' was notable for its compact 2-3 minute compositions, horizontal and open-ended tracks like “Shoo” ebb and flow, moving from reptilian dive-bar soloing to a palpitating two-note piano coda. ‘glory-hunter’ takes playful twists and turns before ending up somewhere entirely different from where it started. “Real house wibes (desperate house vibes)” and “que surprise” imply sleepless, noirish misadventure, while at the other end of the light spectrum, “sounds like you had to be there” features some of the band’s most sweetly optimistic musical gestures yet. Closer “bibs” is a rare instance where all three can be heard in unison, as a procession of ghostly chords and lacerating feedback bookends the group’s most adventurous and rich set to date.

'The Twits' Tracklisting
01. my little tony
02. Real house wibes (desperate house vibes)
03. twist
04. worlds greatest emoter
05. calm down with me
06. Shoo
07. que suprise
08. Hi fiver
09. Brush w Faith
10. glory hunter
11. sounds like you had to be there
12. Jelsy
13. bibs

bar italia on Tour, Newly Announced Dates in Bold

 All dates on sale now via baritaliaa.com

Saturday, September 23 Seanie Buttons, Cork IE
Sunday, September 24 Workman’s Club, Dublin IE
Thursday, September 28 Monk Club, Rome IT
Friday, September 29 Covo Club, Bologna IT
Saturday, September 30 Spazio 211, Turin IT
Sunday, October 1 Biko, Milan IT
Tuesday, October 31 YES, Manchester UK
Wednesday, November 1 The Fleece, Bristol UK
Thursday, November 2 Mutations Festival, Brighton UK
Friday, November 3 Brudenell Social Club, Leeds UK
Saturday, November 4 Room 2, Glasgow UK
Sunday, November 5 Rough Trade, Nottingham UK
Monday, November 6 Rough Trade East, London UK

Tuesday, November 7 Village Underground, London UK (SOLD OUT)
Thursday, November 9 Antipode, Rennes FR
Saturday, November 11 Pitchfork Festival, Paris FR
Sunday, November 12 Le Ciel, Grenoble FR
Monday, November 13 Palace, St. Gallen CH
Wednesday, November 15 B72, Vienna AT
Thursday, November 16 Manufaktur, Schorndorf DE
Friday, November 17 TransCentury Update 2023, Leipzig DE
Saturday, November 18 Molotow Skybar, Hamburg DE
Sunday, November 19 Lido, Berlin DE
Monday, November 20 VEGA, Copenhagen DK
Wednesday, November 22 Tanzhaus West, Frankfurt DE
Thursday, November 23 Rotown, Rotterdam NL
Friday, November 24 Bitterzoet, Amsterdam NL
Saturday, November 25 Trix, Antwerp BE
Sunday, November 26 Botanique, Brussels BE
Friday, December 1 Songbyrd, Washington DC
Saturday, December 2 First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia PA
Sunday, December 3 Elsewhere, Brooklyn NY
Monday, December 4 Bowery Ballroom, New York NY (SOLD OUT)
Tuesday, December 5 Brighton Music Hall, Boston MA
Wednesday, December 6 Sala Rossa, Montreal QC
Friday, December 8 Velvet Underground, Toronto ON
Saturday, December 9 The Loving Touch, Ferndale MI
Sunday, December 10 Empty Bottle, Chicago IL (SOLD OUT)
Monday, December 11 Empty Bottle, Chicago IL
Tuesday, December 12 Turf Club, St. Paul MN
Wednesday, December 13 High Noon Saloon, Madison WI
Friday, December 15 Ace of Cups, Columbus OH
Saturday, December 16 Mahall’s, Cleveland, OH
Sunday, December 17 Club Café, Pittsburgh PA
Wednesday, March 20 The Earl, Atlanta GA
Thursday, March 21 Motorco Music Hall, Durham NC
Friday, March 22 Eulogy, Asheville NC
Monday, March 25 The Blue Room at Third Man Records, Nashville TN
Wednesday, March 27 Toulouse Theatre, New Orleans LA
Thursday, March 28 The Secret Group, Houston TX
Friday, March 29 Mohawk, Austin TX
Saturday, March 30 Sons of Hermann Hall, Dallas TX
Monday, April 1 Sister, Albuquerque NM
Monday, April 8 Mississippi Studios, Portland OR
Tuesday, April 9 Hollywood Theatre, Vancouver BC
Wednesday, April 10 Neumos, Seattle WA
Thursday, May 2 Electric Brixton, London UK


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Queens of the Stone Age - December 2023 Tour Announcement



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Queens of the Stone Age have announced eight new tour dates in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California to cap off a massive 2023 in support of their new album 'In Times New Roman...' Tickets on sale this Friday, September 22nd at 10am local time.

Queens of the Stone Age – “The End is Nero” Tour
Tuesday, September 19 Steelhouse, Omaha NE *
Wednesday, September 20 Starlight Theatre, Kansas City MO *
Friday, September 22 TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park, Indianapolis IN *
Saturday, September 23 Saint Louis Music Park, St. Louis MO *
Sunday, September 24 Louder Than Life, Louisville KY
Tuesday, September 26 Walmart AMP, Rogers AR *
Wednesday, September 27 The Criterion, Oklahoma City OK *
Friday, September 29 Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre, Denver CO *
Saturday, September 30 The Great Saltair, Salt Lake City UT *
Monday, October 2 Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Portland OR *
Tuesday, October 3 Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver BC *
Wednesday, October 4 Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle WA *
Friday, October 6 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco CA * (SOLD OUT)
Sunday, October 8 Aftershock, Sacramento CA
Saturday, November 4 Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam NL & (SOLD OUT)
Sunday, November 5 Rockhal, Esch-sur-Alzette LU &
Tuesday, November 7 Accor Arena, Paris FR &
Wednesday, November 8 Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt DE & (SOLD OUT)
Thursday, November 9 Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin DE & (SOLD OUT)
Saturday, November 11 Mitsubishi Electric Halle, Dusseldorf DE & (SOLD OUT)
Sunday, November 12 Sportpaleis, Antwerp BE &
Tuesday, November 14 AO Arena, Manchester UK &
Wednesday, November 15 The O2, London UK &
Saturday, November 18 OVO Hydro, Glasgow UK &
Sunday, November 19 Resorts World Arena, Birmingham UK &
Monday, November 20 Globe Theatre, Stockton-on-Tees UK & (SOLD OUT)
Wednesday, November 22 3Arena, Dublin IE &
Tuesday, December 5 Arizona Financial Theatre, Phoenix AZ **
Wednesday, December 6 Abraham Chavez Theatre, El Paso TX **
Friday, December 8 Moody Center, Austin TX **
Saturday, December 9 713 Music Hall, Houston TX **
Sunday, December 10 The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory, Irving TX **
Tuesday, December 12 Revel, Albuquerque NM **
Friday, December 15 Viejas Arena, San Diego CA **
Saturday, December 16 Kia Forum, Los Angeles CA **

*Viagra Boys and Jehnny Beth support
& The Chats and Deep Tan
** Spirtualized support

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