Upcoming Lee Ranaldo Tour Dates
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August 5, Lincoln Center, NYC – Lee joins forces with Brooklyn’s electric guitar quartet Dither for a newly arranged performance of his “Hurricane Transcriptions”, a piece originally written for string orchestra based on wind sounds recorded during the height of the Hurricane Sandy storm in 2012. Lincoln Center Out of Doors Series. FREE.
August 8 North Adams, MA – Lee joins Oneida at Mass MoCA to perform live amidst an enveloping 12-screen video installation of twisting color and light by Clifford Ross that transforms Courtyard D into a twisting world of color and light, part of Ross’ multi-part exhibition, Landscape Seen & Imagined.
August 9 – Storm King Art Center, NY Lee performs as part of Storm King’s Outdoor Summer Series. solo acoustic show.
September 19 – Montreal Pop Festival, Montreal, Canada Lee acoustic show w Raul Refree on second guitar. support: Eleni Mandell. 6pm.
November 6 – San Francisco Lee solo acoustic show at Swedish American Hall.
November 7 – Getty Center, Los Angeles Lee performs solo electric guitar. more info to come!
November 8 – The Echo, Los Angeles Lee acoustic show.
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VIDEO : Lee Ranaldo - "Angles"
(studio version found on 'Between The Time & The Tides' ; shot on the streets of Stoa Eboron for "Stray Songs", a series of web videos featuring bands and musicians playing live in the city of Athens).
Lee Ranaldo - Solo Acoustic Dates In Europe

From Lee :
"While the members of The Dust are scattered to the four winds for a little while, I’m undertaking a solo acoustic tour in Europe. The plan is to play selections from the two albums, some covers and hopefully some of the new songs I’m currently working on, and to play them as most of them originated – on acoustic guitars, in stripped down style. Guitar and voice, little or no fuzz. Anyway that’s the plan right now, this will be a further ‘acoustic experiment’ for me. We’ve sought out small capacity, intimate venues with good acoustics for these shows. Hope to see some of you along the way."
Oct 18 PT Lisbon – St George Church Lisbon – ZDB show
Oct 19 PT Braga – Salão Medieval da Reitoria da UM - GNRation show
Oct 23 UK London – Café Oto
Oct 24 IR Dublin – Bello Bar
Oct 25 IR Waterford – St Patrick’s United Church
Oct 27 GR Athens – Ls Parnas
Oct 28 IT Milano – Biko
Oct 29 IT Roma – Chiesa Evangelica Metodista
Oct 30 FR Vendôme – Rockomotives Festival / Chapelle St Jacques
Oct 31 FR Nantes – Soy Festival / Le Chateau des Ducs de Bretagne
Nov 1 FR Toulouse – Les Abattoirs
Nov 2 FR Grenoble Le Ciel
Nov 3 MC Monaco Villa Paloma at NMNM
THIS WEEKEND: PRIMAVERA SOUND 2014
We have not one, not two but SIX bands on the roster playing at Primavera Sound in Barcelona this weekend. Set times for all below, in CET.
Thursday, May 29th
Glasser 6:35-7:20pm, Pitchfork Stage
Majical Cloudz 8:55-9:45pm Pitchfork Stage
Queens of the Stone Age 11:00pm- 12:05am, Heineken Stage
Friday May 30th
Body/Head 8:45-9:45pm, Auditori Rockdelux Stage
Darkside 1:00-2:00am, Ray Ban Stage
Lee Ranaldo and The Dust 10:25-11:20pm, Vice Stage (streaming live here)
Familiar faces and sounds in the line-up include Spoon, Mogwai, The Mark Eitzel Ordeal and Cold Cave.
Lee Ranaldo & The Dust - "Blackt Out" Short Film Premiere, European Dates This Month & Next
Lee Ranaldo and the Dust: Blackt Out on Nowness.com
Over the weekend, Nowness premiered the above film directed by Fred Riedel and based on Lee Ranaldo's "Blackt Out" (original studio version found on 2013's 'Last Night On Earth') ; here's Lee's take on the 13 minute short :
The basic concept plays off particular images of the Velvet Underground as filmed by Andy Warhol in the late 60s, casually rehearsing at the Factory, performing (as The Exploding Plastic Inevitable) on St Marks Place with projections and dancers, and even Warhol’s famous 'Screen Tests'. The character of “The Projectionist” is played by legendary NYC avant-garde filmmaker Ken Jacobs (with whom both myself and director Fred Riedel studied back in the 70s). Among the dancers can be spotted former SY drummer Bob Bert. Longtime SY associate, director David Markey, is among those behind the camera on this piece. Shot at Sonic Youth studio Echo Canyon West as well as at live gigs in New York City and Los Angeles.
Lee and the Dust return to Europe next Sunday for the following shows :
May 25 Kortrijk, Belgium - De Kreun
May 26 Antwerpen, Belgium - Trix
May 27 Paris, France La Machine du Moulin Rouge
May 29 Nimes, France - This Is Not A Love Song Fest
May 30 Barcelona Primavera Sound
May 31 Lyon, France- Nuits Sonores Fest
June 1 Padova, Italy - Summer Student Fest (Je t'aime)
June 3 Ravenna, Italy - Beaches Brew
June 4 Bolzano, Italy - Sudwerk
June 5 Schorndorf, Germany - Manufaktur
June 6 Arlon, Belgium - Entrepot
June 7 Porto, Portugal - Primavera Optimus
'Last Night On Earth' is available from the Matador Store on 2XLP, compact disc and digital formats.. You can order the album from iTunes here.
VIDEO : Lee Ranaldo & The Dust - In Session at KEXP
from December 8, 2013, footage courtesy KEXP.org
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Lee Ranaldo & The Dust - Scandinavian Tour

Lee Ranaldo, swiped from his Instagram, photo credit - Leah Singer
Lee and The Dust are back on the road this year, this time taking in a tour of Scandinavia. Tickets on sale now:
LEE RANALDO AND THE DUST
03/04/2014 DK Copenhagen - Vega / Tickets - FB Event
04/04/2014 DK Aalborg - 1000Fryd /
05/04/2014 NO Oslo - BLÅ / Tickets - FB Event
06/04/2014 NO Bergen - Landmark / Tickets
07/04/2014 NO Stavanger - Folken / Ticket
08/04/2014 SWE Stockholm - Kägelbanan – Södra Teatern / Tickets
09/04/2014 FIN Helsinki - Tavastia / Tickets - FB Event
And if you haven't checked it out yet, here's the Late Descent #2 video:
Lee Ranaldo and the Dust share "Late Descent #2" video, tour
Happy New Year everyone. Lee Ranaldo and the Dust are kicking off the Fort (do we like that? for 2014? get back at me) with a Vice Cooler-directed video for "Late Descent #2" from the recent album The Last Night on Earth (available for purchase):Additionally, the band has a few East Cost dates starting this week:
January
Thursday 09 - Hamden, CT - Spaceland Ballroom
Friday 10 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
Saturday 11 - Brooklyn, NY - The Bell House
Saturday 25 - Atlanta, GA - Red Bull Sound Select
For an idea of what you're in for, please check out this Lee + The D session from The Wild Honey Pie:
Lee Ranaldo & The Dust - in session today on WFMU, 3pm
Lee Ranaldo & The Dust --- confusingly enough, shown above performing at another radio station a few months ago --- can be heard today on Brian Turner's WFMU program from a session recorded this past Saturday afternoon in beautiful Jersey City.
Lee Ranaldo and The Dust on Conan tonight!

Lee Ranaldo and The Dust will be performing "Lecce, Leaving" - Rolling Stone's #99 Song Of The Year, from their album Last Night On Earth - on Conan tonight! Also appearing on the show is The Sexiest Man Alive, Tim Conway (humor is sexy, people!), and a nice man named Adam Levine. Conan airs on TBS at 11:00pm.
photo by Markus Thorsen
Lee Ranaldo San Francisco Guitar Clinic
After the success of Lee Ranaldo's first ever Guitar Clinic held over here in NYC, Lee will be hosting a second installation at the venerable Amoeba Music San Francisco.So on Wednesday December 11 at 5pm, head on over to 1855 Haight Street and get yourself schooled by a true master of his trade. And make sure you grab a copy of the new album Last Night On Earth.

Fri Dec 06 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
Sat Dec 07 – Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret
Sun Dec 08 – Seattle, WA – Barboza
Tue Dec 10 – San Jose, CA – The Blank Club
Wed Dec 11 - San Francisco - Amoeba Music Free All Ages Guitar Clinic
Wed Dec 11 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
Fri Dec 13 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
Sat Dec 14 – San Diego, CA – The Casbah
Wed Jan 8 – Philadelphia, PA – Boot & Saddle
Thurs Jan 9 - Hamden, CT - Spaceland Ballroom
Fri Jan 10 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
Sat Jan 11 – Brooklyn NY – The Bell House
Sat Jan 25 - Atlanta, GA - Red Bull Sound Select
Lee Ranaldo (with The Dust) Talks Set Listing
On SuperGlued's curiously enthralling new series "The Set List", Lee Ranaldo talks about how he puts together a set list:Watch his brilliant set-listage, featuring songs (like THIS and THIS) from his brilliant new album Last Night On Earth, in action in the following cities:
NOVEMBER
10 - Groningen, NL
11 - Hamburg
12 - Berlin
13 - Cologne
14 - Metz, FR
15 - Metz, FR
17 - Lausanne, FR
18 - Feyzin, FR
20 - Villeneuve D'Asq, FR
21 - London
22 - ATP, baby
23 - Pais
25 - Poitiers, FR
26 - Tours, FR
DECEMBER
6 - Portland, OR
7 - Vancouver, BC
8 - Seattle
10 - San Jose
11 - SF
13 - LA
14 - San Diego
JANUARY
8 - Philadelphia
9 - Hamden, CT
10 - Boston
11 - Brooklyn
Happy Lee Ranaldo + The Dust, DARKSIDE & Glasser release day

It's a big day over here at Matador/True Panther HQ as we welcome new albums from Lee Ranaldo And The Dust, DARKSIDE & Glasser into the world.

Lee Ranaldo & The Dust - Last Night On Earth (Matador Records)
"Ranaldo sounds like he’s indeed having the best time of his life." Tiny Mix Tapes
Get 'Last Night On Earth' at the Matador Store,iTunes, Amazon or at your favorite indie retailer. Lee Ranaldo & The Dust kick off a lengthy tour tonight in Hudson, NY - check out the dates here. Tonight, the band's session airs on WNYC Soundcheck at 9pm EDT on 93.9FM and WNYC.org

DARKSIDE - Psychic (Other People/Matador)
"translucent and dense, electrified and organic, holding a form while constantly being prodded into new shapes." Pitchfork (9.0 Best New Music)
Get 'Psychic' at the Matador Store, iTunes, Amazon and as Rough Trade's Album of the Month. Don't miss DARKSIDE at Pitchfork Paris & Mountain Oasis Festival.

Glasser - Interiors (True Panther Sounds)
"Interiors is an expansive, fiercely intelligent investigative work" Clash
Get 'Interiors' at the True Panther Store, iTunes, Amazon or at your favorite indie retailer. This week, Glasser kicks off a pre-tour run of shows in LA (10/10), Toronto (10/13) and Brooklyn (10/15, True Panther CMJ showcase). All dates here - see you out!
Coming October 8 : Lee Ranaldo & The Dust - 'Last Night On Earth' LP/CD/digital album

photograph by John Von Pamer
“A solo record works best when you feel like you’re opening a window into somebody’s life, experiencing the things they’re going through or thinking about, places they’re seeing, through their eyes. At its best, you find a universality in it.”
– Lee Ranaldo
(below : Lee discusses the album with WNYC "Soundcheck"'s John Schaefer)
PREORDER 'Last Night On Earth' on double LP or single CD from the Matador Store
PREORDER 'Last Night On Earth' from iTunes here
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Upcoming dates after the jump :
North America :
Tue-Oct-08 Hudson, NY Club Helsinki
Wed-Oct-09 Buffalo, NY Tralf Music Hall
Fri-Oct-11 Toronto, ONT Horseshoe Tavern
Sat-Oct-12 Detroit, MI Trinosophes
Sun-Oct-13 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
Mon-Oct-14 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
Tue-Oct-15 Minneapolis, MN The Triple Rock
Thu-Oct-17 Iowa City, IA Gabe's
Fri-Oct-18 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room
Sat-Oct-19 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck
Sun-Oct-20 St. Louis, MO The Firebird
Tue-Oct-22 Nashville, TN Exit/In
Wed-Oct-23 Asheville, NC The Grey Eagle
Fri-Oct-25 Brooklyn, NY The Bell House
Europe :
sun 10-Nov-2013 NL GRONINGEN - VERA
Mon 11-Nov-2013 DE HAMBURG - KAMPNAGEL
Wed 13-Nov-2013 DE COLOGNE - GEBAUDE 9
Thu 14-Nov-2013 FR METZ - acoustic show at le musée de la cour d'or
Fri 15-Nov-2013 FR METZ - CAVEAU DES TRINITAIRES - MUSIQUE VOLANTE FESTIVAL
sun 17-Nov-2013 CH LAUSANNE - LE ROMANDIE
Mon 18-Nov-2013 FR FEYZIN - Epicerie Moderne
Wed 20-Nov-2013 FR VILLENEUVE D'ASQ - FESTIVAL TOUR DE CHAUFFE AT LA FERME D'EN HAUT
Thu 21-Nov-2013 UK LONDON - THE GARAGE
Fri 22-Nov-2013 UK CAMBER SANDS - ATP FESTIVAL at Camber Sands
Sat 23-Nov-2013 FR PARIS - Boulogne Billancourt BB MIX FESTIVAL
Mon 25-Nov-2013 FR POITIERS - CONFORT MODERNE
Tue 26-Nov-2013 FR TOURS - TEMPS MACHINE
North America again:
Fri-Dec-06 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
Sat-Dec-07 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret
Sun-Dec-08 Seattle, WA Barboza
Wed-Dec-11 San Francisco, CA The Chapel
Fri-Dec-13 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
New Lee Ranaldo and The Dust Tour Dates; Album Due In October

Lee Ranaldo and The Dust will be touring the US and Canada this fall and winter in support of a new album to be released in October, the followup to 2012's Between The Times and The Tides. The album will technically be the debut release from Lee Ranaldo and The Dust [Alan Licht, Steve Shelley, Tim Luntzel], reflecting its more band-oriented approach and sound. The first round of dates is below, more dates coming soon (including UK/Europe), and full album details will be released in August.
Check out Lee's site, Facebook, and Twitter!
All US dates on sale this Friday, July 26.
Oct 8 -- Hudson, NY -- Club Helsinki
Oct 9 -- Buffalo, NY -- Tralf Music Hall
Oct 11 -- Toronto, ON -- Horseshoe Tavern
Oct 12 -- Detroit, MI -- Trinosophes
Oct 13 -- Chicago, IL -- The Empty Bottle
Oct 14 -- Madison, WI -- High Noon Saloon
Oct 15 -- Minneapolis, MN -- Triple Rock
Oct 17 -- Iowa City, IA -- Gabe's
Oct 18 -- Omaha, NE -- The Waiting Room*
Oct 19 -- Lawrence, KS -- The Bottleneck*
Oct 20 -- St. Louis, MO -- The Firebird*
Oct 22 -- Nashville, TN -- Exit/Inn
Oct 23 -- Asheville, NC -- The Grey Eagle
Oct 25 -- New York, NY -- The Bell House
Dec 6 -- Portland, OR -- Doug Fir Lounge
Dec 7 -- Vancouver, BC -- Biltmore Cabaret
Dec 8 -- Seattle, WA -- Barboza
Dec 11 -- San Francisco, CA -- The Chapel
Dec 13 -- Los Angeles, CA -- The Echo
* = with Built To Spill
European dates - on sale at different times, please watch this space:
Sun 10-Nov-2013 NL GRONINGEN - VERA
Mon 11-Nov-2013 DE HAMBURG - KAMPNAGEL
Tue 12-Nov-2013 DE BERLIN - TBC
Wed 13-Nov-2013 DE COLOGNE - GEBAUDE 9
Thu 14-Nov-2013 FR METZ - acoustic show at le musée de la cour d'or
Fri 15-Nov-2013 FR METZ - CAVEAU DES TRINITAIRES - MUSIQUE VOLANTE FESTIVAL
Sun 17-Nov-2013 CH LAUSANNE - LE ROMANDIE
Mon 18-Nov-2013 FR FEYZIN - Epicerie Moderne
Wed 20-Nov-2013 FR VILLENEUVE D'ASQ - FESTIVAL TOUR DE CHAUFFE AT LA FERME D'EN HAUT
Thu 21-Nov-2013 UK LONDON - THE GARAGE
Fri 22-Nov-2013 UK CAMBER SANDS - ATP FESTIVAL at Camber Sands
Sat 23-Nov-2013 FR PARIS - Boulogne Billancourt BB MIX FESTIVAL
Mon 25-Nov-2013 FR POITIERS - CONFORT MODERNE
Tue 26-Nov-2013 FR TOURS - TEMPS MACHINE
Photo by Stefano Giovannini
Lee Ranaldo and The Dust - South American dates

Good news! Lee Ranaldo & The Dust will make their way to South America in a few weeks.
July
Sunday 14 Sanitiago, CLEz OZ
Monday 15 Monteviedo, UY La Trastienda
Tuesday 16 Buenos Aires, AR Teatro Vorteriz
Thursday18 Araraquara, BR SESC Araquara
Friday19 Pompeia, BR SESC Pompeia
Saturday 20 Pompeia, BR SESC Pompeia
Tuesday 23 Pompeia, BR SESC Pompeia
Wednesday 24 Pompeia, BR SESC Pompeia
Sunday28 Guelph, ON Hillside Festival
Tuesday30 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell's
photo lifted from PhotoCowbell's flickr
Lee Ranaldown Under
I should probably apologise to the human race for that horrendous attempt at 'wit of the week', but first and foremost, here are the details for Lee Ranaldo's upcoming Australian tour.
Lee Ranaldo on WNYU today

Today on WNYU's New Afternoon Show, Lee Ranaldo plays a solo set of songs from Between The Times And The Tides before taking the stage with his band to open for Wilco in Prospect Park. Tune in from 4:00PM to 7:30PM at 89/1FM or on wnyu.org.
Plenty of dates remaining to catch Lee and company live, as seen below:
Tue, July 24 – Brooklyn, NY – Celebrate Brooklyn @ Prospect Park*
Fri, July 27 – Hudson, NY – Basillia Hudson
Sat, July 28 – Cooperstown, NY – Brewery Ommegang*
Sun, July 29 – Essex Junction, VT – Midway Lawn @ Champlain Valley Expo*
Mon, July 30 – Portland, ME – SPACE Gallery
Tue, July 31 – New London, CT – Hygenic Art Park
Wed, Aug 1 – Hartford, CT – Bushnell Theatre*
Fri, Aug 3 – Rochester, NY – Highland Bowl @ Highland Park*
Sat, Aug 4 – Columbus, OH – Lifestyle Communities Pavillion*
* = supporting Wilco
Lee Ranaldo on tour, online, and on our mind

Because the haze of summer dayz has taken hold, it's time to remind everyone that Lee Ranaldo starts up an East Coast tour with Wilco tomorrow night at Wolf Trap in Virginia. This summer tour has Lee in NYC next week for a Celebrate Brooklyn show at Prospect Park and a spot on the line-up at WXPN's XPoNential Festival in Philly (technically Camden), among a number of other shows listed below.
We're also happy to be able to share with you a brand new Rolling Stone session that Lee did with his full band (Steve Shelley, Alan Licht, and Irwin Menken). It launched today, and it's definitely worth checking out! CLICK HERE TO DO SO
Tue, July 17 - Vienna, VA - Wolf Trap*
Wed, July 18 - Vienna, VA - Wolf Trap*
Thu, July 19 - Charlottesville, VA - nTelos Wireless Pavillon*
Sat, July 21 - Camden, NJ - XPoNential Music Festival*
Tue, July 24 - Brooklyn, NY - Celebrate Brooklyn @ Prospect Park*
Fri, July 27 - Hudson, NY - Basillia Hudson
Sat, July 28 - Cooperstown, NY - Brewery Ommegang*
Sun, July 29 - Essex Junction, VT - Midway Lawn @ Champlain Valley Expo*
Mon, July 30 - Portland, ME - SPACE Gallery
Tue, July 31 - New London, CT - Hygenic Art Park
Wed, Aug 1 - Hartford, CT - Bushnell Theatre*
Fri, Aug 3 - Rochester, NY - Highland Bowl @ Highland Park*
Sat, Aug 4 - Columbus, OH - Lifestyle Communities Pavillion*
* = supporting Wilco