out today : Water From Your Eyes - 'Everyone's Crushed'
photo by Ariel Fisher
stream/purchase 'Everyone's Crushed'
Water From Your Eyes have released their new album and Matador debut ‘Everyone’s Crushed’. Across the record's 9 tracks, Rachel Brown (they/them) and Nate Amos (he/him) find silliness and fatalism dancing in a frantic lockstep, using heart palpitating rhythms and absurdist, deadpan lyrics to convey stories of personal and societal unease. Described by Brown as Water From Your Eyes’ most collaborative record ever, it’s a swollen contusion of an album: experimental pop music that’s pretty and violent, raw and indelible.
They are currently supporting Interpol throughout their UK dates. In June, they’ll embark on a run of east coast headline shows, followed in the fall by a west coast run with Melody’s Echo Chamber. The band are also confirmed for Summerstage in Central Park this July, Way Out West, Lowlands, and Greenman Festivals across Europe in August, and Pitchfork Festival in London, Paris and Berlin this November. A complete list of upcoming dates can be found below.
Water From Your Eyes on Tour
tickets
Sunday, May 28 Brighton Dome, Brighton UK ^
Monday, May 29 O2 Academy Leeds, Leeds UK ^
Wednesday, May 31 The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh UK ^
Thursday, June 1 O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol UK ^
Thursday, June 15 Bonk’s Bar, Philadelphia PA
Friday, June 16 Comet Ping Pong, Washington DC
Saturday, June 17 Static Age Records, Asheville NC
Monday, June 19 CINE, Athens GA #
Tuesday, June 20 DRKMTTR, Nashville TN #
Wednesday, June 21 Whirling Tiger, Louisville KY #
Thursday, June 22 Sleeping Village Chicago IL
Saturday, June 24 Sled Island, Calgary AB
Tuesday, June 27 The Baby G, Toronto ON
Thursday, July 20 Central Park Summerstage, New York NY !
Friday, July 28 Real Love Summer Fest, Teulon MB
Saturday, August 12 Way Out West Festival, Gothenberg SE
Friday, August 18 Lowlands Festival, Biddinghuisen NL
Saturday, August 19 Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons UK
Sunday, August 20 MS Dockville Festival, Hamburg DE
Saturday, September 30 L’Escogriffe Bar Spectacle, Montreal QC
Saturday, October 7 The Crocodile, Seattle WA +
Monday, October 9 Rev Hall, Portland OR +
Wednesday, October 11 The Independent, San Francisco CA +
Friday, November 3 Pitchfork Festival, Berlin DE
Friday, November 10 Pitchfork Festival, Paris FR
Saturday, November 11 Pitchfork Festival, London UK
^ w/ Interpol
# w/ Sword II
! w/ Horsegirl, Lifeguard, Iceage
Water From Your Eyes Online
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Out Today : bar italia - 'Tracey Denim'
photo by Simon Mercer
'Tracey Denim', the hotly anticipated new album from London trio bar italia is now streaming everywhere and available on CD at finer record shops or via online retailers (link below). The LP edition of 'Tracey Denim' will be available in September and can be preordered now (see below).
stream / purchase 'Tracey Denim'
‘Tracey Denim’ Tracklist
1. guard
2. Nurse!
3. punkt
4. my kiss era
5. F.O.B
6. Missus Morality
7. yes i have eaten so many lemons yes i am so bitte
8. changer
9. Horsey Girl Rider
10. NOCD
11. best in show
12. Clark
13. harpee
14. Friends
15. maddington
bar italia on Tour
Tickets: https://baritaliaa.com/home/
Saturday, May 20 Cinetol, Amsterdam NE *SOLD OUT*
Monday, May 22 Boule Noire, Paris FR *SOLD OUT*
Tuesday, May 23 Aeronef Club, Lille FR
Wednesday, May 24 Green Door Store, Brighton UK
Thursday, May 25 ICA, London UK *SOLD OUT*
Saturday, June 3 Primavera, Barcelona ES
Sunday, June 4 ZDB, Lisbon PT
Monday, June 5 Primavera, Madrid ES
Tuesday, June 13 TV Eye, Queens NY *SOLD OUT*
Wednesday, June 14 Union Pool, Brooklyn NY *SOLD OUT*
Thursday, June 15 Mercury Lounge, New York NY *SOLD OUT*
Saturday, June 17 Public Records, Brooklyn NY *SOLD OUT*
Monday, June 19 El Cid, Los Angeles CA *SOLD OUT*
Wednesday, June 21 Zebulon, Los Angeles CA *SOLD OUT*
Thursday, June 22 Genghis Tron, Los Angeles CA
Saturday, June 24 Gold Diggers, Los Angeles CA
Tuesday, July 11 London UK, Village Underground
Saturday, September 23 Seanie Buttons, Cork IE
Sunday, September 24 Workman’s Club, Dublin IE
Tuesday, October 31 YES, Manchester UK
Wednesday, November 1 The Fleece, Bristol UK
Friday, November 3 Brudenell Social Club, Leeds UK
Saturday, November 4 Room 2, Glasgow UK
Tuesday, November 7 Village Underground, London UK
Thursday, November 9 Antipode, Rennes FR
Saturday, November 11 Pitchfork Festival, Paris FR
Monday, November 13 Palace, St. Gallen CH
Thursday, November 16 Manufaktur, Schorndorf 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
Monday, December 4 Bowery Ballroom, New York NY
Tuesday, December 5 Brighton Music Hall, Boston MA
Wednesday, December 6 Sala Rossa, Montreal QC
Friday, December 8 Velvet Underground, Toronto ON
Sunday, December 10 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
bar italia Online
band website
Bandcamp
New From King Krule - "If Only It Was Warmth"
photo by Reuben Bastienne-Lewis
stream / download "If Only It Was Warmth"
presave / preorder 'Space Heavy'
King Krule shares a new single and video for “If Only It Was Warmth,” the latest piece of new music from the highly anticipated forthcoming new album 'Space Heavy',
The wistful, stripped-back instrumentation of “If Only It Was Warmth” comes alongside a self-directed music video that sees King Krule journey across vast waters, with a cactus. Along the way, he is confronted by thoughts of love and lost connection that is presented in the form of dark shadows.
“If Only It Was Warmth” follows the announcement of King Krule’s fourth studio album Space Heavy, which was revealed alongside the release of the album’s first single and music video “Seaforth,” directed by Jocelyn Anquetil. Coming 10 years on from his debut album, Space Heavy is a 15-track full-length that inhabits the deepest reaches of the subterranean sonic world that Archy has constructed over the course of his career as King Krule. Written from 2020 to 2022, between London and Liverpool, Space Heavy took shape over the course of commutes between the two cities where Archy Marshall was splitting his time. In this time, Archy found himself fascinated by the notion of “the space between” - the space haunted by dreams of love, touching a narrative of lost connection, losing people and situations to the guillotine of the universe. The result is King Krule at his most articulate; using his years of experience to create a dynamic body of work that reveals something new with every listen.
Recently, King Krule announced an extensive live tour across US, UK, and Europe. Due to popular demand, today he adds additional shows at The Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, London Eventim Apollo, Paradiso in Amsterdam, Vega in Copenhagen, and Trianon in Paris. Tickets for the world tour are on sale now.
King Krule on Tour (new dates in bold)
Tickets available at kingkrule.net
Friday, July 21 First Avenue, Minneapolis MN
Saturday, July 22 Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago IL
Sunday, July 23 Masonic, Detroit MI
Tuesday, July 25 HISTORY, Toronto ON
Wednesday, July 26 Corona Theatre, Montreal QC
Friday, July 28 House of Blues, Boston MA
Saturday, July 29 9:30 Club, Washington DC
Sunday, July 30 Union Transfer, Philadelphia PA
Tuesday, August 1 Kings Theatre, Brooklyn NY
Wednesday, August 2 Kings Theatre, Brooklyn NY
Friday, September 8 Variety, Atlanta GA
Saturday, September 9 Brooklyn Bowl, Nashville TN
Monday, September 11 White Oak Music Hall, Houston TX
Tuesday, September 12 Stubbs, Austin TX
Wednesday, September 13 House of Blues, Dallas TX
Friday, September 15 Ogden, Denver CO
Saturday, September 16 The Depot, Salt Lake City UT
Monday, September 18 Roseland, Portland OR
Tuesday, September 19 Vogue, Vancouver BC
Wednesday, September 20 Paramount, Seattle WA
Saturday, September 23 Fox Theater, Oakland CA
Sunday, September 24 Palladium, Los Angeles CA
Monday, September 25 Palladium, Los Angeles CA (SOLD OUT)
Wednesday, October 4 3Olympia, Dublin IE
Friday, October 6 Barrowland, Glasgow UK
Saturday, October 7 Academy, Manchester UK
Monday, October 9 Eventim Apollo, London UK (SOLD OUT)
Tuesday, October 10 Eventim Apollo, London UK
Monday, October 16 Paradiso, Amsterdam NE (SOLD OUT)
Tuesday, October 17 Paradiso, Amsterdam NE
Wednesday, October 18 De Roma, Antwerp BE
Thursday, October 19 AB, Brussels BE
Saturday, October 21 Carlswerk Victoria, Cologne DE
Monday, October 23 Vega, Copenhagen DK (SOLD OUT)
Tuesday, October 24 Vega, Copenhagen DK
Thursday, October 26 Columbiahalle, Berlie DE
Friday, October 27 Forum Karlin, Prague CZ
Saturday, October 28 Simm City, Vienna AT
Monday, October 30 Akvarium Club, Budapest HU
Tuesday, October 31 Kino Siska, Ljubljana SL
Wednesday, November 1 Tvornica Kultur, Zagreb CR
Friday, November 3 Les Docks, Lausanne CH
Saturday, November 4 Club to Club Festival, Turin IT
Monday, November 6 Trianon, Paris FR
King Krule Online
Website
Interpol - "Passenger" (Jeff Parker Interpolation)
photo by Ebru Yildiz
photo by David Haskell
Last month, Interpol launched ‘Interpolations,’ a series of collaborations that finds songs from ‘The Other Side Of Make-Believe’, reworked by artistsDaniel Avery, Makaya McCraven, Jeff Parker, Jesu, and Water From Your Eyes.
Today, you can hear the second installment, an interpolation of “Passenger” created by guitarist and composer Jeff Parker. “When asked to make a remix for Interpol, I was intrigued and initially excited to make something from the drum breaks on the original version of “Passenger,”” explains. Parker. “However, the muse had other plans for me, and it went in a different direction.”
stream / download 'Interpolations'
stream / purchase 'The Other Side Of Make-Believe'
Interpol On Tour (new dates in bold)
Tickets available at https://www.interpolnyc.com/tour-dates
Thursday, May 18 Pabellon Monterrey MX
Saturday, May 20 Tecate Supremo Festival Juarez MX
Sunday, May 21 Corona Capital, Guadalajara MX
Saturday, May 27 Bearded Theory, Walton Upon Trent UK
Sunday, May 28 Brighton Dome, Brighton UK
Monday, May 29 O2 Leeds Academy, Leeds UK
Tuesday, May 30 O2 Academy Edinburgh, Edinburgh UK
Thursday, June 1 O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol UK
Sunday, June 4 Usina Festival, Luxembourg
Tuesday, June 6 Studio, Krakow PL
Wednesday, June 7 Klub Stodo?a, Warsaw PL
8-10 June Sideways Festival, Helsinki FI
Saturday, June 10 Best Kept Secret, Hilvarenbeek NE
Thursday, June 15 Neue Theaterfabrik, Munich DE
Friday, 16 June Lido Sounds, Linz AT
16-18 June Traumzeit Festival, Duisburg DE
16-18 June Maifeld Derby, Mannheim DE
Tuesday, June 20 Arenele Romane, Bucharest RO
Wednesday, June 21 Park Centre Junak, Sofia BG
Friday, June 23 2023 Release Athens, Athens GR
Saturday, June 24 I Days Coca-Cola, Milan IT
Monday, June 26 Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Turin IT
Wednesday, June 28 Rome Summer Fest, Cavea, Rome IT
Friday June 30 Summer Series at Trinity College Dublin, Dublin IE
Saturday, June 1 Rock Werchter, Rotselaar, Flanders BE
Wednesday, July 5 Days Off, Paris FR
Friday, July 7 Beauregard Festival, Normandy FR
Sunday, July 9 Liverpool Uni Mountford Hall, Liverpool UK
Monday, July 10 Somerset House, London UK SOLD OUT
Tuesday, July 18 Paleo Festival Nyon, Nyon CH
Thursday, July 20 MoM Sport, Budapest HU
Saturday, July 22 Colours of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Monday, July 24 Maximum Uniq, Istanbul, TR
Friday, July 28 2023 Low Festival, Benidorm ES
Friday, August 11 Outside Lands, San Francisco CA
Sunday, August 13 Isleta Amphitheater, Albuquerque NM *
Tuesday, August 15 Dos Equis Pavilion, Dallas TX *
Wednesday, August 16 Walmart AMP, Rogers AR *
Thursday, August 17 The Orion Amphitheater, Huntsville AL *
Saturday, August 19 iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach FL *
Sunday, August 20 MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa FL *
Tuesday, August 22 PNC Music Pavilion, Charlotte, NC, USA *
Thursday, August 24 PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ, USA *
Friday, August 25 Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion, Gilford NH *
Saturday August 26 College Street Music Hall, New Haven CT
Wednesday, August 30 Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh NY *
Thursday, August 31 Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow VA *
Saturday, September 2 Budweiser Stage, Toronto ON *
Monday, September 3 Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa ON *
Tuestday September 4 MTelus, Montreal QC
Wednesday, September 6 Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston MI *
Friday, September 8 FirstBank Amphitheater, Franklin TN *
Saturday, September 9 Ruoff Music Center, Noblesville IN *
* with The Smashing Pumpkins
Interpol Online
Official Site
YouTube Channel
Jeff Parker
Coming June 16 : Queens of the Stone Age - 'In Times New Roman...'
(Production by Worldfare, Directed by Tony Wolski)
(photo by Andreas Neumann)
(presave / preorder 'In Times New Roman...')
(stream / download "Emotion Sickness")
Queens of the Stone Age have announced their long-awaited 8th studio album, 'In Times New Roman…' out June 16th on Matador.
'In Times New Roman..'. is raw, at times brutal and not recommended for the faint of heart. And yet, it’s perhaps the most beautiful and definitely the most rewarding album in their epic discography. Founder Joshua Homme's most acerbic lyrics to date are buoyed by the instantly identifiable QOTSA sonic signature, expanded and embellished with new and unprecedented twists in virtually every song. With 'In Times New Roman…' we see that sometimes one needs to look beneath scars and scabs to see beauty, and sometimes the scabs and scars are the beauty.
Feeling a bit out of place, and having difficulty finding music they could relate to, the members of QOTSA did as they are wont to do: In Times New Roman… is the sound of a band creating the music its own members
want to hear, while giving the rest of us a sonic forum in which to congregate. “The world’s gonna end in a month or two," sings Homme, begging the question: What do you want to do with the time you’ve got left?
Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Dean Fertita, Michael Shuman and Jon Theodore may not be able to save us, but they’re giving us a place to ride it out.
The first offering from 'In Times New Roman…' is “Emotion Sickness,” which wraps listeners in a warm blanket of patented QOTSA hypnotic choruses and off kilter grooves—punctuated by tinges of psychic
turbulence. The past few years have been tough on everyone, and it’s no secret the members of QOTSA have endured their share of heartbreak and loss. But who amongst us hasn’t dealt with a recent bout (or two) of
emotion sickness? A Liam Lynch video for "Emotion Sickness” premieres tomorrow on QOTSA’s YouTube channel.
'In Times New Roman…' was recorded and mixed at Homme’s own Pink Duck (RIP), with additional recording at Shangri-La. The album was produced by Queens of the Stone Age and mixed by Mark Rankin. The album
will be available across all digital platforms and on vinyl and CD on June 16th. Artwork and double LP gatefold packaging designed by long time collaborator Boneface. LP vinyl will be available globally in black, green, red, silver and blue. All formats are available for pre-order here. The track list is as follows:
Obscenery
Paper Machete
Negative Space
Time & Place
Made to Parade
Carnavoyeur
What the Peephole Say
Sicily
Emotion Sickness
Straight Jacket Fitting
Colored vinyl available at the QOTSA / Matador Webstores and at record shops everywhere.
QOTSA ONLINE
WEBSITE
TIKTOK
Water From Your Eyes - "14"
"14" - directed by Rachel Brown
stream / download "14"
presave / preorder 'Everyone's Crushed'
(photo by Eleanor Petry)
Water From Your Eyes have released a new single and video ‘14,’ the latest preview from their forthcoming album and Matador debut ‘Everyone’s Crushed,’ out May 26th.
A crescendo of swelling strings, pizzicato and electronic drone moving around a cyclical vocal refrain of “How many is 14?,” the band describe the song as “a quasi-serial inkblot signifying submission to personal demons and the realization that change is both necessary and inevitable.” Watch the widescreen black & white video directed by the band’s Rachel Brown HERE.
On the video, Brown says:
“I was largely inspired by “Meshes of the Afternoon”, “Last Year in Marienbad”, and “Spirited Away,” as well as the painting “The Triumph of Baccus” by Diego Velázquez, a favorite of Nate’s. I wanted to capture the feeling of being haunted by one’s own inner turmoils and the act of letting those conflicts go.”
Having just concluded a US tour with Snail Mail, Water From Your Eyes will support Interpol on their UK dates in May. In June, they’ll embark on a run of east coast headline shows, followed in the fall by a west coast run with Melody’s Echo Chamber. The band are also confirmed for Pitchfork Festival in London, Paris and Berlin and November. Find a complete list of upcoming dates below.
Water From Your Eyes On Tour :
Sunday, May 28 Brighton Dome, Brighton UK ^
Monday, May 29 O2 Academy Leeds, Leeds UK ^
Wednesday, May 31 The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh UK ^
Thursday, June 1 O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol UK ^
Thursday, June 15 Bonk’s Bar, Philadelphia PA
Friday, June 16 Comet Ping Pong, Washington DC
Saturday, June 17 Static Age Records, Asheville NC
Tuesday, June 20 DRKMTTR, Nashville TN
Wednesday, June 21 Whirling Tiger, Louisville KY
Thursday, June 22 Sleeping Village Chicago IL
Saturday, June 24 Sled Island, Calgary AB
Tuesday, June 27 The Baby G, Toronto ON
Thursday, July 20 Central Park Summerstage, New York NY !
Friday, July 28 Real Love Summer Fest, Winnipeg MB
Saturday, August 12 Way Out West Festival, Gothenberg SE
Friday, August 18 Lowlands Festival, Biddinghuisen NL
Saturday, August 19 Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons UK
Saturday, September 30 Pop Montreal, Montreal QC
Saturday, October 7 The Crocodile, Seattle WA*
Monday, October 9 Rev Hall, Portland OR*
Wednesday, October 11 The Independent, San Francisco CA*
Friday, November 3 Pitchfork Festival, Berlin DE
Friday, November 10 Pitchfork Festival, Paris FR
Saturday, November 11 Pitchfork Festival, London UK
^ w/ Interpol
# w/ Sword II
! w/ Horsegirl, Iceage, Lifeguard
* w/ Melody’s Echo Chamber
Water From Your Eyes Online
TikTok
Bandcamp
Matador Revisionist History Continued : The New Pornographers - 'Electric Version' 20th Anniversary Edition
(photo by Erica Henderson)
"All For Swinging You Around" (directed by Blaine Thurier)
"The Laws Have Changed" (directed by Blaine Thurier)
This week, Matador Records will celebrate the 20th anniversary of The New
Pornographers’ second full-length, 'Electric Version' – first released May 6, 2003 – with a limited-edition opaque blue vinyl reissue out September 22. Today, the band’s era-appropriate rarity “Turn” – originally a Japan-only bonus track – will make its debut on streaming services. Newly pristine remasters of the “All For Swinging You Around” and “The Laws Have Changed” music videos will also be made available on YouTube.
(preorder 'Electric Version' on LP / stream 'Electric Version' and "Turn")
As for the music: no sophomore slumping to be found here. Back then we wrote, “Withmimpossibly huge hooks and an innate understanding of every pop trick in the book, this follow-up to 2000’s breakthrough Mass Romantic is the most exciting pop record we’ve heard in a long while.” For once, tastemakers of the day shared our enthusiasm. “The
New Pornographers mix the pop purism of the Beach Boys, the power charge of Cheap Trick and the gentle psychedelia of Syd Barrett,” wrote the New York Times, who labeled 'Electric Version', “some of the best pop of the year.”
The New Pornographers have dates planned throughout the spring and fall, touring songs from their just-released ninth album, 'Continue as a Guest' (Merge). Regarding the new record, Rolling Stone called it, "an LP that delivers its vivid emotional payoff in subtle gestures...the results can be magisterial." Find a complete itinerary below.
‘Electric Version’ Tracklist
01. The Electric Version
02. From Blown Speakers
03. The Laws Have Changed
04. The End of Medicine
05. Loose Translation
06. Chump Change
07. All For Swinging You Around
08. The New Face of Zero and One
09. Testament to Youth in Verse
10. It’s Only Divine Right
11. Ballad of a Comeback Kid
12. July Jones
13. Miss Teen Wordpower
The New Pornographers on Tour
Tickets:
Thursday, May 4 Turner Hall, Milwaukee WI +
Friday, May 5 Thalia Hall, Chicago IL *SOLD OUT* +
Saturday, May 6 Thalia Hall, Chicago IL *SOLD OUT* +
Monday, May 8 Memorial Hall, Cincinnati OH +
Tuesday, May 9 Newport Music Hall, Columbus OH +
Thursday, May 11 El Club, Detroit MI *SOLD OUT* +
Friday, May 12 Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON +
Saturday, May 13 Higher Ground Ballroom, Burlington VT +
Sunday, May 14 Wall Street Theater, Norwalk CT +
Monday, May 15 Royale, Boston MA +
Wednesday, May 17 Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn NY +
Thursday, May 18 Union Transfer, Philadelphia PA +
Friday, May 19 9:30 Club, Washington DC *SOLD OUT* +
Saturday, May 20 9:30 Club, Washington DC *SOLD OUT* +
Sunday, May 21 Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw NC *SOLD OUT*
Tuesday, November 7 Music Box, San Diego CA &
Wednesday, November 8 The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles CA &
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/ Wild Pink
& w/ Finom
Coming July 7 : Lifeguard - 'Crowd Can Talk / 'Dressed In Trenches'
photo by Mariana Belaval
"17-18 Lovesong"
stream / download "17-18 Lovesong"
presave / preorder 'Crowd Can Talk' / 'Dressed In Trenches'
Formed in 2019, Lifeguard are Asher Case (bass, vocals), Isaac Lowenstein (drums, percussion), and Kai Slater (guitar, vocals). At its core, Lifeguard is a punk band. Their music is loud and energetic. It’s also, at its core, visceral and hypnotic. For the Chicago-based trio that can include repetition and blasts of speaker cone-shredding feedback. Their songs adeptly balance melody and chaos, rhythm and drone. Hooks and noise are held to the same standard. Both have to stick.
They’re a young band, but they’ve already found a place at the forefront of an important emerging music community in their hometown. They are quite prolific. In just three years, Lifeguard has put out a full-length, two EPs, and two 7” singles.
On July 7, Matador will release ‘Crowd Can Talk / Dressed in Trenches’, a
composite of two EPs by Lifeguard. ‘Crowd Can Talk’ was originally released in the summer of 2022 by Chicago label Born Yesterday, while ‘Dressed in Trenches’ features five brand new and unreleased songs. ‘Crowd Can Talk / Dressed in Trenches’ will be made available on vinyl for the first time (A and B-sides of a 12”) and also on CD.
'Crowd Can Talk' and 'Dressed in Trenches' are closely related. They were recorded in separate sessions, but at the same studio (Electrical Audio) and with the same engineer (Mike Lust) and within the space of 12 months. Each finds the band refining its voice –honing songs that are succinct, hooky, and propulsive. There's a newly disciplined attention to detail. Lifeguard write together through collaboration and improvisation, but they’ve learned to streamline their sound, to make each hook, beat, and gesture purposeful.
On each record, there are echoes of underground guitar bands from decades past. This is not record-collector music, though. It’s the product of a present-day community. Lifeguard are, first and foremost, a performing band and the songs are written to stand up in that moment.
“More than old records – before that, before anything – we’re influenced by live shows and people around us,” explains Slater. “The inspiration comes from playing shows with people and having that mind-blown moment of seeing some friend play at Schubas or Book Club,” adds Lowenstein. “It’s happening on these tiny little scales of seeing kids play live and [knowing] this is something new and interesting.”
LP Tracklist :
‘Crowd Can Talk’
1. New Age (I’ve Got A)
2. I Know I Know
3. Fifty Seven
4. Typecast
‘Dressed in Trenches’
1. 17-18 Lovesong
2. Alarm
3. Ten Canisters (OFB)
4. Shutter Shutter
5. Tell Me When
Lifeguard on Tour
Friday, June 9 Genghis Cohen, Los Angeles CA
Thursday, July 6 Summerfest, Milwaukee WI
Thursday, July 20 Central Park Summerstage, New York NY (Free Show) !
Friday, July 21 Ukie Club, Philadelphia PA ^
Saturday, July 22 House of Independents, Asbury Park NJ ^
Sunday, July 23 Ottobar, Baltimore MD ^
Tuesday, July 25 DC9, Washington DC ^
Thursday, July 27 The Pinhook, Durham NC ^
Friday, July 28 The Grey Eagle, Asheville NC ^
Saturday, July 29 Third Man Records, Nashville TN ^
Sunday, July 30 Masquerade, Atlanta GA ^
Tuesday, August 1 Saturn, Birmingham AL
Wednesday, August 2 Toulouse Theatre, New Orleans LA ^
Thursday, August 3 White Oak Music Hall, Houston TX ^
Friday, August 4 The Gremlin, McAllen TX
Saturday, August 5 Paper Tiger, San Antonio TX ^
Monday, August 7 Parish, Austin TX ^
Tuesday, August 8 Sons of Hermann Hall , Dallas TX ^
Wednesday, August 9 George’s Majestic Lounge, Fayetteville AR ^
Friday, August 11 The Bottleneck, Lawrence KS ^
Sunday, August 13 Thalia Hall, Chicago IL ^
! w/ Horsegirl, Water From Your Eyes, Iceage
^ w/ Horsegirl
Lifeguard online :
Bandcamp
Interpol - 'Interpolations' / "Big Shot City" (Makaya McCraven)
photo by Ebru Yildiz
Makaya McCraven photo by Sulyiman Stokes
Interpol have announced ‘Interpolations’, a project to be released over the coming months, which sees songs from the band’s latest album, ‘The Other Side Of Make-Believe’, reworked by a group of artists encompassing Daniel Avery, Makaya McCraven, Jeff Parker, Jesu and Water From Your Eyes. The first installment of the series is released today, with Makaya McCraven’s interpolation of “Big Shot City”.
(stream / download "Big Shot City" (Makaya McCraven interpolation))
In addition, a mini documentary by photographer and frequent collaborator Atiba Jefferson, "Making 'The Other Side of Make-Believe'" filmed during the band’s recording of 'The Other Side Of Make Believe' in November 2021 in London’s Battery Studio, sees its first wide release today, following its initial debut as part of the Big Shot City album release event in LA.
In a statement on the Interpolations project, the band said:
“We are proud to unveil the ‘Interpolations’ project, a collaborative series wherein 5 talented artists were invited to reimagine tracks from our latest album, 'The Other Side Of Make-Believe' - and the results are truly inspired.
From the Latin drum and bass rhythms applied to “Big Shot City” by Makaya McCraven to the esoteric and propulsive soundscape created by Water From Your Eyes for “Something Changed,” Interpolations is an exotic journey that reframes our songs and joins them to the vision of talented artists we admire.
Daniel Avery completely strips “Greenwich” down to only a few of its component parts - allowing Juliet Seger’s angelic backing vocal to float hypnotically over driving electronic currents.
And the reimaginings of “Passenger” and “Toni” by Jeff Parker and Jesu respectively round out this collection with flare, with recontextualized arrangements underlining and often deepening the emotion, drama and excitement of the originals.
We are so excited that such a great collection of artists were able to connect with our music and we hope these songs connect with you.”
Stream / Purchase The Other Side of Make-Believe
Interpol On Tour
Tickets available at https://www.interpolnyc.com/tour-dates
Thursday, May 18 Pabellon Monterrey MX
Saturday, May 20 Tecate Supremo Festival Juarez MX
Sunday, May 21 Corona Capital, Guadalajara MX
Saturday, May 27 Bearded Theory, Walton Upon Trent UK
Sunday, May 28 Brighton Dome, Brighton UK
Monday, May 29 O2 Leeds Academy, Leeds UK
Tuesday, May 30 O2 Academy Edinburgh, Edinburgh UK
Thursday, June 1 O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol UK
Sunday, June 4 Usina Festival, Luxembourg
Tuesday, June 6 Studio, Krakow PL
Wednesday, June 7 Klub Stodo?a, Warsaw PL
8-10 June Sideways Festival, Helsinki FI
Saturday, June 10 Best Kept Secret, Hilvarenbeek NE
Thursday, June 15 Neue Theaterfabrik, Munich DE
Friday, 16 June Lido Sounds, Linz AT
16-18 June Traumzeit Festival, Duisburg DE
16-18 June Maifeld Derby, Mannheim DE
Tuesday, June 20 Arenele Romane, Bucharest RO
Wednesday, June 21 Park Centre Junak, Sofia BG
Friday, June 23 2023 Release Athens, Athens GR
Saturday, June 24 I Days Coca-Cola, Milan IT
Monday, June 26 Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Turin IT
Wednesday, June 28 Rome Summer Fest, Cavea, Rome IT
Friday June 30 Summer Series at Trinity College Dublin, Dublin IE
Saturday, June 1 Rock Werchter, Rotselaar, Flanders BE
Wednesday, July 5 Days Off, Paris FR
Friday, July 7 Beauregard Festival, Normandy FR
Sunday, July 9 Liverpool Uni Mountford Hall, Liverpool UK
Monday, July 10 Somerset House, London UK SOLD OUT
Tuesday, July 18 Paleo Festival Nyon, Nyon CH
Thursday, July 20 MoM Sport, Budapest HU
Saturday, July 22 Colours of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Monday, July 24 Maximum Uniq, Istanbul, TR
Friday, July 28 2023 Low Festival, Benidorm ES
Friday, August 11 Outside Lands, San Francisco CA
Sunday, August 13 Isleta Amphitheater, Albuquerque NM *
Tuesday, August 15 Dos Equis Pavilion, Dallas TX *
Wednesday, August 16 Walmart AMP, Rogers AR *
Thursday, August 17 The Orion Amphitheater, Huntsville AL *
Saturday, August 19 iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach FL *
Sunday, August 20 MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa FL *
Tuesday, August 22 PNC Music Pavilion, Charlotte, NC, USA *
Thursday, August 24 PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ, USA *
Friday, August 25 Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion, Gilford NH *
Wednesday, August 30 Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh NY *
Thursday, August 31 Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow VA *
Saturday, September 2 Budweiser Stage, Toronto ON *
Monday, September 3 Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa ON *
Wednesday, September 6 Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston MI *
Friday, September 8 FirstBank Amphitheater, Franklin TN *
Saturday, September 9 Ruoff Music Center, Noblesville IN *
* with The Smashing Pumpkins
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Coming May 19 : bar italia - 'Tracey Denim'
"Punkt" (camera : Mario Suardiaz)
photo by Simon Mercer
stream / download "Punkt"
presave / preorder 'Tracey Denim'
bar italia, the London trio of Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi and Sam Fenton, have announced details of their new album ‘Tracey Denim’, which will be released digitally and on CD May 19th. The album will be available on vinyl September 8.
‘Tracey Denim’ was recorded and produced by bar italia with mixing from Marta Salogni.
bar italia will play a headline UK and European tour in May, including a sold out album release show at London’s ICA on May 25th. The band will also make its US debut in June with dates scheduled in New York and Los Angeles.
‘Tracey Denim’ Tracklist
1. guard
2. Nurse!
3. punkt
4. my kiss era
5. F.O.B
6. Missus Morality
7. yes i have eaten so many lemons yes i am so bitte
8. changer
9. Horsey Girl Rider
10. NOCD
11. best in show
12. Clark
13. harpee
14. Friends
15. maddington
bar italia on Tour (new dates in bold)
Wednesday, May 10 Kazimier Stockroom, Liverpool UK
Thursday, May 11 Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh UK
Friday, May 12 Hare and Hounds, Birmingham UK
Saturday, May 13 Sidney & Matilda, Sheffield UK
Sunday, May 14 Jericho Tavern, Oxford UK
Tuesday, May 16 Jaki, Cologne DE
Wednesday, May 17 Meetfactory, Prague CZ
Thursday, May 18 Urban Spree, Berlin DE
Saturday, May 20 Cinetol, Amsterdam NE
Monday, May 22 Boule Noire, Paris FR
Tuesday, May 23 Aeronef Club, Lille FR
Wednesday, May 24 Green Door Store, Brighton UK
Thursday, May 25 ICA, London UK
Saturday, June 3 Primavera, Barcelona ES
Sunday, June 4 ZDB, Lisbon PT
Monday, June 5 Primavera, Madrid ES
Tuesday, June 13 TV Eye, Queens NY
Thursday, June 15 Mercury Lounge, New York NY
Monday, June 19 El Cid, Los Angeles CA
Wednesday, June 21 Zebulon, Los Angeles CA
Tuesday, July 11 Village Underground, London UK
bar italia Online
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Coming June 9 : King Krule - 'Space Heavy'
"Seaforth".
Video directed by Jocelyn Anquetil
photo by Frank Lebon
stream / download "Seaforth"
presave / preorder 'Space Heavy'
Following a run of sold-out intimate shows as part of his recent SHHH Tour, Archy Marshall announces 'Space Heavy', the fourth studio album under his King Krule alias, due June 9th . Coming 10 years on from his debut album, 'Space Heavy' presents King Krule at his most articulate; using his years of experience to create a dynamic body of work that reveals something new with every listen.
The album’s first single, “Seaforth,” arrives today with an endearing music video directed by visual artist and previous collaborator Jocelyn Anquetil and starring King Krule. The dreamlike, stripped-back melody of “Seaforth” soundtracks a visual that transports us into the sleeping mind of King Krule to be immersed in the adventures of two golden retrievers; a father and his puppy.
Written from 2020 to 2022, between London and Liverpool, 'Space Heavy' took shape over the course of commutes between the two cities where Archy Marshall was splitting his time. Befitting an album quite literally written on the commute between the two places he called home, Archy found himself fascinated by the notion of “the space between” - the space haunted by dreams of love, touching a narrative of lost connection, losing people and situations to the guillotine of the universe. Once written by Archy, the music was developed by frequent collaborator and producer Dilip Harris and long-time band mates Ignacio Salvadores (saxophonist), George Bass (drummer), James Wilson (bass guitarist) and Jack Towell (guitarist).
The result is a 15-track full-length by the musical polymath that inhabits the deepest reaches of the subterranean sonic world that Archy has constructed over the course of his career as King Krule. In it you hear a generational artist stepping into the height of their artistic powers – the auteurism apparent on his debut '6 Feet Beneath The Moon', the shapeshifting sonic palette of 'The OOZ', the primality of 'Man Alive!' and the raw vulnerability expressed on 'You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down' all coalesce into a wizened, dynamic body of work that reveals new elements with each listen. In line with Archy’s interest in the space between, it is an album wherein the negative space demands the same attention as the positive space. If one is willing to wade into the mire the reward is rich.
‘Space Heavy’ Tracklist
1. Flimsier
2. Pink Shell
3. Seaforth
4. That Is My Life, That Is Yours
5. Tortoise Of Independency
6. Empty Stomach Space Cadet
7. Flimsy
8. Hamburgerphobia
9. From The Swamp
10. Seagirl
11. Our Vacuum
12. Space Heavy
13. When Vanishing
14. If Only It Was Warmth
15. Wednesday Overcast
Clear vinyl, available at the King Krule / Matador Webstores and at independent record stores
Standard black vinyl, available everywhere
T-shirt, available separately and as a bundle on the King Krule / Matador Webstores
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Water From Your Eyes - "True Life"
"True Life", video by Sabrina Nichols
photo by Eleanor Petry
Out May 26, ‘Everyone’s Crushed’ is the Matador Records debut from Brooklyn duo Water From Your Eyes. Today, watch the animated video for the album’s second single, "True Life," which teams ping-ponging guitar riffs with drop-tuned bass and an unexpected shoutout to Neil Young.
“‘True Life’ is our Neil Young-inspired quasi-nu metal stomp,” explains the band. “It is also intended to be our ‘Short Skirt / Long Jacket.’ The bridge was initially meant to contain lyrics from ‘Cinnamon Girl,’ but Neil Young’s lawyers wouldn’t let us use them. Now they are about how Neil Young wouldn’t let us use his words. The rest of the song deals with life and assorted complications of the material world.”
stream/download "True Life"
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Poster art by Nicole Keiser
Water From Your Eyes on Tour
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Wednesday, April 12 Soundwell, Salt Lake City UT #
Thursday, April 13 AREA15, Las Vegas NV #
Saturday, April 15 Coachella, Indio CA
Sunday, April 16 Fremont Theatre, San Luis Obispo CA #
Tuesday, April 18 Cargo Concert Hall, Reno NV #
Wednesday, April 19 Goldfield Trading Post, Roseville CA %
Thursday, April 20 Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz CA %
Saturday, April 22 Coachella, Indio CA
Sunday, April 23 Yucca North, Flagstaff AZ #
Monday, April 24 The Lowbrow Palace, El Paso TX #
Tuesday, April 25 Sister, Albuquerque NM #
Thursday, April 27 The Jones Assembly, Oklahoma City OK #
Friday, April 28 George’s Majestic Lounge, Fayetteville AR #
Saturday, April 29 Black Lodge, Memphis TN #
Monday, May 1 The Vogue, Indianapolis IN #
Tuesday, May 2 Woodward Theater, Cincinnati OH #
Thursday, May 4 123 Pleasant Street, Morgantown WV #
Saturday, May 6 The Ramkat, Winston-Salem NC #
Sunday, May 7 Shaky Knees Festival , Atlanta GA
Sunday, May 28 Brighton Dome, Brighton UK ^
Monday, May 29 O2 Academy Leeds, Leeds UK ^
Wednesday, May 31 The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh UK ^
Thursday, June 1 O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol UK ^
Thursday, June 15 Bonk’s Bar, Philadelphia PA
Friday, June 16 Comet Ping Pong, Washington DC
Saturday, June 17 Static Age Records, Asheville NC
Tuesday, June 20 DRKMTTR, Nashville TN
Wednesday, June 21 Whirling Tiger, Louisville KY
Thursday, June 22 Sleeping Village Chicago IL
Saturday, June 24 Sled Island, Calgary AB
Tuesday, June 27 The Baby G, Toronto ON
Saturday, August 12 Way Out West Festival, Gothenberg SE
Friday, August 18 Lowlands Festival, Biddinghuisen NL
Saturday, August 19 Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons UK
# w/ Snail Mail + Dazy
* w/ Dazy
% w/ Snail Mail
^ w/ Interpol
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OUT NOW: Algiers - 'Shook' + New UK/EU Dates For May
Photo: Ebru Yildiz
Algiers' monumental fourth record 'Shook' is released today. A sprawling call-to-action as tight and angular as it is soul-borne. Boasting a canonical crew of collaborators reaching far beyond preconceived genre divisions, 'Shook' is the sound of Algiers at their most urgent and deadly.
Listen / purchase here
Alongside today's album release the group have announced a new run of dates for the UK and Europe in May:
Wednesday, May 10th Hard Club, Porto Portugal
Friday, May 12th Future Yard Birkenhead UK
Saturday, May 13th In Colour, Leeds UK
Monday, May 15th Mono, Glasgow UK
Tuesday, May 16th Canvas, Manchester UK
Wednesday, May 17th 02 Institute 2, Birmingham UK*
Thursday, May 18th Elsewhere, Margate UK
Friday, May 19th Chalk, Brighton UK
Saturday, May 20th Esquires Bedford UK
Sunday, May 21st 02 Academy 2, Oxford UK*
Monday, May 22nd Fleece, Bristol UK
Tuesday, May 23rd Merleyn, Nijmegen NL
Thursday, May 25th Voxhall, Aarhus DK
Friday, May 26th Loppen, Copenhagen DK
Saturday, May 27th Mejeriet, Lund SE
Sunday, May 28th Slaktkyrkan, Stockholm SE
Tuesday, May 30th BLA, Oslo NO
^ New dates on-sale now
* General on-sale Monday
Other Algiers dates:
Friday, February 24 Lucerna, Prague CZ
Saturday, February 25 Niebo, Warsaw PL
Wednesday, March 1 Beatpol, Dresden DE
Thursday, March 2 Hole44, Berlin DE
Friday, March 3 Forum, Bielefeld DE
Saturday, March 4 Manufaktur, Schorndorf DE
Sunday, March 5 Club Volta, Cologne DE
Tuesday, March 7 Petit Bain, Paris FR
Wednesday, March 8 The Dome, London UK
Thursday January 26 Washington’s Foco, Fort Collins CO
March 15-17 SXSW, Austin TX
Sunday, March 19 Rebel Lounge, Phoenix AZ
Monday, March 20 Soda Bar, San Diego CA
Tuesday, March 21 Knitting Factory NOHO, Los Angeles CA
Thursday, March 23 Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco CA
Saturday, March 25 Show Bar at Revolution Hall, Portland OR
Sunday, March 26 Madame Lou’s, Seattle WA
Wednesday, March 29 7th St Entry, Minneapolis MN
Thursday, March 30 Sleeping Village, Chicago IL
Friday, March 31 Whirling Tiger, Louisville KY
Sunday, April 2 Big Ears Festival, Knoxville TN
Monday, April 3 The Pinhook, Durham NC
Tuesday, April 4 DC9, Washington DC
Wednesday, April 5 PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia PA
Thursday, April 6 Racket, New York NY
Friday, April 7 Casa del Popolo, Montreal QC
Saturday, April 8 The Garrison, Toronto ON
Algiers Online
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Lifeguard - Newly Signed To Matador, On Tour With Horsegirl This Summer
(photo by Mariana Beleval)
It is with great pride that we announce that Chicago trio Lifeguard have joined the Matador Records roster.
Formed in 2019, Lifeguard is Asher Case (bass, vocals), Isaac Lowenstein (drums, percussion), and Kai Slater (guitar, vocals). The trio is young – they met in junior high – but have already found a place at the forefront of an important emerging music community in their hometown.
They are also prolific. In just three years, the trio have put out a full-length, two EPs, and two 7” singles – on their own and also through the labels Chunklet Industries and Born Yesterday. Each release has been sharper than the last, with the band honing a distinct balance of melody and noise, rhythm and drone. You can listen to their most recent EP, 'Crowd Can Talk' (2022) here.
In July, Lifeguard will embark on a US tour with labelmates and fellow Chicagoans, Horsegirl. New music is expected in the spring.
Lifeguard on Tour
Saturday, March 4 Beat Kitchen, Chicago IL %
Saturday, April 29 The Metro, Chicago IL #
Friday, July 21 Ukie Club, Philadelphia PA ^
Saturday, July 22 House of Independents, Asbury Park NJ ^
Sunday, July 23 Ottobar, Baltimore MD ^
Tuesday, July 25 DC9, Washington DC ^
Thursday, July 27 The Pinhook, Durham NC ^
Friday, July 28 The Grey Eagle, Asheville NC ^
Saturday, July 29 Third Man Records, Nashville TN ^
Sunday, July 30 Masquerade, Atlanta GA ^
Tuesday, August 1 Saturn, Birmingham AL
Wednesday, August 2 Toulouse Theatre, New Orleans LA ^
Thursday, August 3 White Oak Music Hall, Houston TX ^
Friday, August 4 The Gremlin, McAllen TX
Saturday, August 5 Paper Tiger, San Antonio TX ^
Monday, August 7 Parish, Austin TX
Tuesday, August 8 Sons of Hermann Hall , Dallas TX ^
Wednesday, August 9 George’s Majestic Lounge, Fayetteville AR ^
Friday, August 11 The Bottleneck, Lawrence KS ^
Sunday, August 13 Thalia Hall, Chicago IL ^
% w/ June of 44
# w/ Eleventh Dream Day
^ w/ Horsegirl
Lifeguard online :
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Horsegirl On Tour
Friday, March 10 Irving Plaza, New York NY +
Thursday, March 23 Riviera Theatre, Chicago IL *
Saturday, March 25 Riviera Theatre, Chicago IL *
Sunday, March 26 Riviera Theatre, Chicago IL *
Thursday, March 30 The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester NY *
Friday, March 31 The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester NY *
Saturday, April 1 The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester NY *
Saturday, April 15 Coachella Music and Arts Festival, Indio CA
Saturday, April 22 Coachella Music and Arts Festival, Indio CA
Friday, July 21 Ukie Club, Philadelphia PA ^
Saturday, July 22 House of Independents, Asbury Park NJ ^
Sunday, July 23 Ottobar, Baltimore MD ^
Tuesday, July 25 DC9, Washington DC ^
Thursday, July 27 The Pinhook, Durham NC ^
Friday, July 28 The Grey Eagle, Asheville NC ^
Saturday, July 29 Third Man Records, Nashville TN ^
Sunday, July 30 Masquerade, Atlanta GA ^
Tuesday, August 1 Saturn, Birmingham AL
Wednesday, August 2 Toulouse Theatre, New Orleans LA ^
Thursday, August 3 White Oak Music Hall, Houston TX ^
Friday, August 4 The Gremlin, McAllen TX
Saturday, August 5 Paper Tiger, San Antonio TX ^
Monday, August 7 Parish, Austin TX
Tuesday, August 8 Sons of Hermann Hall , Dallas TX ^
Wednesday, August 9 George’s Majestic Lounge, Fayetteville AR ^
Friday, August 11 The Bottleneck, Lawrence KS ^
Sunday, August 13 Thalia Hall, Chicago IL ^
+ w/ Unwound
* w/ Wilco
^ w/ Lifeguard
stream / purchase 'Versions Of Modern Performance'
Horsegirl Online
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Algiers - "73%"
On February 24th, Algiers will release their fourth album, ‘SHOOK.’ It’s a record that’s deeply informed by collaboration and community, with almost every track including a guest or feature. Today, you can hear “73%,” one of the album’s most raw and explosive moments and also one of a handful of songs that highlights Algiers’ core lineup.
stream / download "73%"
presave/purchase 'Shook'
Algiers on tour :
Thursday, February 9 Workman’s Dublin IE
Wednesday, February 15 Botanique, Brussels BE
Thursday, February 16 Salzhaus, Winterthur CH
Friday, February 17 Bronson, Ravenna IT
Saturday, February 18 Capitol, Pordenone IT
Monday, February 20 Kino Siska, Ljubjana SL
Tuesday, February 21 Flex, Vienna AT
Wednesday, February 22 Posthof, Linz AT
Friday, February 24 Lucerna, Prague CZ
Saturday, February 25 Niebo, Warsaw PL
Wednesday, March 1 Beatpol, Dresden DE
Thursday, March 2 Hole44, Berlin DE
Friday, March 3 Forum, Bielefeld DE
Saturday, March 4 Manufaktur, Schorndorf DE
Sunday, March 5 Club Volta, Cologne DE
Tuesday, March 7 Petit Bain, Paris FR
Wednesday, March 8 The Dome, London UK
Thursday January 26 Washington’s Foco, Fort Collins CO
March 15-17 SXSW, Austin TX
Sunday, March 19 Rebel Lounge, Phoenix AZ
Monday, March 20 Soda Bar, San Diego CA
Tuesday, March 21 Knitting Factory NOHO, Los Angeles CA
Thursday, March 23 Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco CA
Saturday, March 25 Show Bar at Revolution Hall, Portland OR
Sunday, March 26 Madame Lou’s, Seattle WA
Wednesday, March 29 7th St Entry, Minneapolis MN
Thursday, March 30 Sleeping Village, Chicago IL
Friday, March 31 Whirling Tiger, Louisville KY
Sunday, April 2 Big Ears Festival, Knoxville TN
Monday, April 3 The Pinhook, Durham NC
Tuesday, April 4 DC9, Washington DC
Wednesday, April 5 PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia PA
Thursday, April 6 Racket, New York NY
Friday, April 7 Casa del Popolo, Montreal QC
Saturday, April 8 The Garrison, Toronto ON
Algiers Online
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Yo La Tengo - "Sinatra Drive Breakdown"
video by Curtis Godino / Drippy Eye Projections
(photo by Cheryl Dunn)
Ahead of Friday's release of the new album, ‘This Stupid World’, Yo La Tengo have released the sprawling album opener “Sinatra Drive Breakdown”. Referencing the Hoboken waterfront boulevard, “Sinatra Drive Breakdown” is driven by hypnotic rhythm and spontaneous bursts of guitar, as the band intones, “I see clearly how it ends / I see the moon rise as the sun descends”.
The band embark on a tour of the US next week, followed by UK and European shows in April and May, with many of the dates sold out. The full itinerary is below.
stream / download "Sinatra Drive Breakdown"
presave/preorder 'This Stupid World'
Yo La Tengo on Tour
Wednesday, February 15 Neptune Theatre, Seattle WA
Thursday, February 16 Neptune Theatre, Seattle WA
Friday, February 17 Wild Buffalo, Bellingham WA - SOLD OUT
Sunday, February 19 Wonder Ballroom, Portland OR - SOLD OUT
Monday, February 20 Wonder Ballroom, Portland OR - SOLD OUT
Wednesday, February 22 The Fillmore, San Francisco CA - SOLD OUT
Friday, February 24 The Fillmore, San Francisco CA - SOLD OUT
Saturday, February 25 Teragram Ballroom, Los Angeles CA - SOLD OUT
Sunday, February 26 Teragram Ballroom, Los Angeles CA - SOLD OUT
Monday, February 27 Teragram Ballroom, Los Angeles CA - SOLD OUT
Thursday, March 9 Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro NC - SOLD OUT
Friday, March 10 Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro NC - SOLD OUT
Saturday, March 11 Orange Peel, Asheville NC
Monday, March 13 The Basement East, Nashville TN
Tuesday, March 14 The Basement East, Nashville TN
Thursday, March 16 Jefferson Theater, Charlottesville VA - SOLD OUT
Friday, March 17 Union Transfer, Philadelphia PA
Saturday, March 18 Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn NY
Sunday, March 19 9:30 Club, Washington DC - SOLD OUT
Tuesday, March 21 Mr. Smalls, Pittsburgh PA
Wednesday, March 22 Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland OH - SOLD OUT
Friday, March 24 Metro, Chicago IL
Saturday, March 25 Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee WI
Sunday, March 26 First Avenue, Minneapolis MN
Monday, April 10 3Olympia, Dublin IE
Wednesday, April 12 New Century Hall, Manchester UK
Thursday, April 13 SWX, Bristol UK
Friday, April 14 The London Palladium, London UK
Sunday, April 16 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels BE
Tuesday, April 18 Paradiso, Amsterdam NE
Wednesday, April 19 LantarenVenster, Rotterdam NE - SOLD OUT
Thursday, April 20 Uebel & Gefaehrlich, Hamburg DE
Friday, April 21 Bremen Teater, Copenhagen DK - SOLD OUT
Sunday, April 23 Gloria Theatre, Cologne DE
Monday, April 24 Meetfactory, Prague CZ
Tuesday, April 25 Huxley's, Berlin DE
Thursday, April 27 La Cigale, Paris FR
Saturday, April 29 Sala Apolo, Barcelona ES
Sunday, April 30 Warm Up Festival, Murcia ES
Tuesday, May 2 Warner Music The Music Station Pricipe Pio, Madrid ES
Wednesday, May 3 Santana 27 Bilbao ES
Thursday, May 4 Rockschool Barbey, Bordeaux FR
Yo La Tengo online
Out Today : Belle and Sebastian - 'Late Developers'
(photo : Anna Isola Crolla)
stream / purchase 'Late Developers'
Four days following its announcement, Belle and Sebastian today release new album Late Developers. Listen/purchase HERE. Single “I Don’t Know What You See In Me” (“a chorus so smilingly catchy it sounds like they could be thinking of following John Lydon to the Eurovision song contest” – Evening Standard) had its radio debut on Zoe Ball’s Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2, and the track “When We Were Very Young” is currently on the BBC 6 Music A-List.
The band will be hosting an album listening party on YouTube at 1pm GMT today, with members taking part in the live chat
Watch the video for “I Don’t Know What You See In Me” HERE.
'Late Developers' has already been described as, “full of unexpected moments that bring out their best" (Uncut).
Arriving almost back-to-back to 2022’s Top Ten album ‘A Bit of Previous’, ‘Late Developers’ comes on like its predecessor’s sun-kissed cousin. It is a full-hearted embrace of the band's brightest tendencies that is not only fresh and immediate but possessing of that Belle and Sebastian je ne sais quoi of a group that will always be there for you with the perfect word or melody for the moment, while admitting tunefully that “Every girl and boy / each one is a misery” (“When The Cynics Stare Back From The Wall”).
orange vinyl edition available at the Matador webstore, Belle and Sebastian webstore, Bandcamp and Independent record stores.
Belle and Sebastian on Tour :
Tuesday, April 25 Metropolitan Theatre, Mexico City MX
Friday, April 28 Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee WI
Saturday, April 29 Majestic Theatre, Detroit MI
Sunday, April 30 The Athenaeum Theatre, Columbus OH
Tuesday, May 2 History, Toronto ON
Wednesday, May 3 Bronson Centre, Ottawa ON
Thursday, May 4 Higher Ground, Burlington VT
Friday, May 5 The State Theatre, Ithaca NY
Saturday, May 6 College Street Music Hall, New Haven CT
Monday, May 8 Basilica Hudson, Hudson NY
Tuesday, May 9 White Eagle Hall, Jersey City NJ
Wednesday, May 10 The National, Richmond VA
Friday, May 12 The Eastern, Atlanta GA
Saturday, May 13 St. Augustine Amphitheatre, St. Augustine FL
Sunday, May 14 Culture Room, Ft. Lauderdale FL
Monday, May 15 Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg FL
Wednesday, May 17 Saturn, Birmingham AL
Thursday, May 18 The Pageant, St. Louis MO
Friday, May 19 Bell’s Brewery, Kalamazoo MI
Sunday 2 July: 3Olympia, Dublin
Monday 3 July: Limelight1, Belfast
Wednesday 5 July: Newcastle, O2 City Hall
Thursday 6 July: Hull, University Union Asylum
Saturday 8 July: Liverpool, Olympia
Sunday 9 July: Edinburgh, Usher Hall
Monday 10 July: Aberdeen, Beach Ballroom
Wednesday 12 July: Sheffield, O2 Academy
Thursday 13 July: Oxford, O2 Academy
Friday 14 July: Birmingham, O2 Institute
Saturday 15 July: Cardiff, Great Hall
Monday 17 July: London, Roundhouse
Tuesday 18 July: London, Roundhouse
Wednesday 19 July: Brighton Dome
Friday 21 July: Manchester Academy
Saturday 22 July: Cambridge, Corn Exchange
Belle and Sebastian online:
Official site
Coming January 13 - Belle and Sebastian - 'Late Developers'
Belle and Sebastian hit the ground running in 2023 with the new album 'Late Developers',released this Friday, January 13th . The first single "I Don’t Know What You See In Me" can be heard now. One of the band’s most unabashedly infectious pop offerings to date, it is also their first co-write, featuring young pop composer Wuh Oh (Peter Ferguson).
Says frontman Stuart Murdoch: "I was bicycling across Scotland last summer, listening to a mix of this song. It was written and produced for us by our friend Pete ‘Wuh Oh’ Ferguson. As I listened to it, I felt lucky to be the first person to get to sing this song. I let my voice swoop and soar in ways that it maybe hasn’t before. And as I continued through fields of gold and green I allowed myself to forget it was Belle And Sebastian,
and pretend it was the latest hit on some random radio station. All music is escape, and perhaps we managed to escape a little further than usual with this unexpected tune.Thanks Pete!"
Arriving almost back-to-back to 2022’s Top Ten album ‘A Bit of Previous’, ‘Late Developers’ comes on like its predecessor’s sun-kissed cousin. It is a full-hearted embrace of the band's brightest tendencies that is not only fresh and immediate but possessing of that Belle and Sebastian je ne sais quoi of a group that will always be there for you with the perfect word or melody for the moment, while admitting tunefully that “Every girl and boy / each one is a misery” (“When The Cynics Stare Back From
The Wall”). “Juliet Naked” channels frantic Billy Bragg-energy with rugged electric guitar and a football stadium worthy chant from Stuart Murdoch. The aforementioned “When The Cynics Stare Back From The Wall” is an unearthed 1994-era pre-Belle and Sebastian gem, with help from Camera Obscura’s Tracyanne Campbell. " So In The Moment” is
breathless psychedelic pop that is arguably one of Stevie Jackson’s best ever songs. “When We Were Very Young” is Smiths-esque jangle rock that is bittersweet, devotional and yearning: “I wish I could be content / With the football scores / I wish I could be content with my daily chores / With my daily worship of the sublime”.
(photograph : Anna Isola Crolla)
presave / preorder 'Late Developers'
stream / download "I Don't Know What You See In Me"
"I Don't Know What You See In Me" - video
‘Late Developers’ Track List
- Juliet Naked
- Give A Little Time
- When We Were Very Young
- Will I Tell You A Secret
- So In The Moment
- The Evening Star
- When You’re Not With Me
- I Don’t Know What You See In Me
- Do You Follow
- When The Cynics Stare Back From The Wall
- Late Developers
Do you love Belle and Sebastian?
When you look at the cover of one of their records do you instantly get transported to a much-improved state of mind?
Have you found yourself in a dimly lit bar screaming at the top of your lungs over the DJ that YES, “STARS OF TRACK AND FIELD” IS AN ALL-TIME ALBUM OPENER BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT “I DIDN’T SEE IT COMING” MIGHT BE EVEN BETTER???? to your friends who don’t know why the fuck you’re getting so worked up about Belle and Sebastian right now, man?
Do you get a little spring in your step every time you picture them playing the title track from The Boy With The Arab Strap to a room packed like a sardine tin with smiling faces and dancing bodies?
Did you also first fall in love with Belle and Sebastian in 2015 wandering around Belfast in the freezing rain listening to If You’re Feeling Sinister on repeat, only removing your hand from the warmth of your pocket to bring the second track back because the lyric “If I remain passive and you just want to cuddle then we should be okay and we won’t get in a muddle” is killing you and you can’t understand how you haven’t been listening to this band your entire life? No, but something like that maybe?
If you love Belle and Sebastian, 2022’s A Bit of Previous was a surprise gift that felt earned in the midst of some tough-ass times. Belle and Sebastian have already given us a bounty of classic records, so with the previous half-decade’s output – scattered EP’s, soundtracks, and a live record that doubles as a greatest hits collection – you would be forgiven for assuming there was nothing left in the tank and it was time to fire up the tour bus for some album anniversary shows. But you’d be wrong. Turns out the band spent the bleakest parts of peak pandemic times with each other, harnessing the magnitude of an unthinkable situation and the solitude of rides on an empty train car to distant areas of a beautiful snow-covered city. They transmogrified that energy into beams of joy, heartbreak, truth, hope, spirituality, loss and love shining through every moment. It was as if we had been wandering through a cold, dark, seemingly infinite forest until out of nowhere Belle and Sebastian appeared, waiting in the doorway of a warm and familiar space. A space that was previously designated for rehearsal and mail-order, but is currently wallpapered with A4 paper bearing potential song titles. As bass and kick drum patterns pump through the wall, the band invites you in from the cold – not to lie and tell you everything is going to be okay, but to let you know that you are not alone.
SO HOW LUCKY ARE WE THAT THEY WERE MAKING TWO RECORDS ALL ALONG?!
Recorded in the same sessions as A Bit of Previous, Late Developers doesn’t feel like a collection of lesser-than songs that weren’t good enough to go on the “real” record (I’m looking at you, System of a Down’s Hypnotize!). Rather, it’s an embrace of the freedom that comes with a jumbo-sized canvas, skilled students left unsupervised to paint whatever picture they feel like.
While I shudder to do the thing in a bio where I try to describe music to you with words, Late Developers takes you on a journey as the band floats through genres with ease – from the frantic Billy Bragg-with-hella-flute-energy of the opening track, “Juliet Naked,” and what I think might be Stevie Jackson’s best song (“So in the Moment”), into a legit all-out radio-ready dance party in the third quarter of the record (“When You’re Not With Me,” “Do You Follow”) which includes a Belle & Sebastian first, a co-write with young pop composer Pete Ferguson (“I Don’t Know What You See in Me”). They then unearth a 1994-era pre-Belle and Sebastian tune, “When the Cynics Stare Back From the Wall” with the help of Camera Obscura’s Tracyanne Campbell right before they bring you home at the end with a true fuckin' bop (“Late Developers”).
This sunny musical disposition is regularly confronted by the reality that sometimes life and love do not feel good. Major chords on a harpsichord and plucked guitar breeze by as Stuart Murdoch and Sarah Martin lament in harmony, “the world is killing me / I’m out to sea” (“Will I Tell You a Secret”). Belle and Sebastian have always had a knack for juxtaposing the music and lyrics to express the chaotic washing machine of emotion that accompanies being alive. And there’s an effortlessness to Late Developers that reminds you that you are listening to the experts on this. Shit, on “Evening Star” Stuart casually shows off his two-plus-octave vocal range within the first stanza as if it’s nothing. Keep in mind though, no one is flexing and there’s no pretentiousness here. It always feels like friends in a room together communicating through music and enthusiastically encouraging each other to explore every possible path with fervor and love.
It is beyond remarkable and inspiring that a band 600 years or so into their career can make music that not only feels immediate and effective, but two back-to-back albums that feel like Belle and Sebastian are at the top of their game and will always be there for you, while admitting tunefully that yes, “Every girl and boy, each one is a misery.” But it’s not like their goal is to drag you down into the doldrums of despair. They schemed away in the darkness to create something to be brought into the light. Late Developers makes a convincing argument that Belle and Sebastian will eternally be coaxing you towards inner peace with the perfect word for the moment or a melody that lifts you out of the murk of all that terrifying truth and into a world where you can allow yourself to look at the sun, take a deep breath and exist within that truth, living happy in the best way you can.
- Jeff Rosenstock
orange vinyl edition available at the Matador webstore, Belle and Sebastian webstore, Bandcamp and Independent record stores.
Belle and Sebastian on Tour :
Tuesday, April 25 Metropolitan Theatre, Mexico City MX
Friday, April 28 Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee WI
Saturday, April 29 Majestic Theatre, Detroit MI
Sunday, April 30 The Athenaeum Theatre, Columbus OH
Tuesday, May 2 History, Toronto ON
Wednesday, May 3 Bronson Centre, Ottawa ON
Thursday, May 4 Higher Ground, Burlington VT
Friday, May 5 The State Theatre, Ithaca NY
Saturday, May 6 College Street Music Hall, New Haven CT
Monday, May 8 Basilica Hudson, Hudson NY
Tuesday, May 9 White Eagle Hall, Jersey City NJ
Wednesday, May 10 The National, Richmond VA
Friday, May 12 The Eastern, Atlanta GA
Saturday, May 13 St. Augustine Amphitheatre, St. Augustine FL
Sunday, May 14 Culture Room, Ft. Lauderdale FL
Monday, May 15 Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg FL
Wednesday, May 17 Saturn, Birmingham AL
Thursday, May 18 The Pageant, St. Louis MO
Friday, May 19 Bell’s Brewery, Kalamazoo MI
Sunday 2 July: 3Olympia, Dublin
Monday 3 July: Limelight1, Belfast
Wednesday 5 July: Newcastle, O2 City Hall
Thursday 6 July: Hull, University Union Asylum
Saturday 8 July: Liverpool, Olympia
Sunday 9 July: Edinburgh, Usher Hall
Monday 10 July: Aberdeen, Beach Ballroom
Wednesday 12 July: Sheffield, O2 Academy
Thursday 13 July: Oxford, O2 Academy
Friday 14 July: Birmingham, O2 Institute
Saturday 15 July: Cardiff, Great Hall
Monday 17 July: London, Roundhouse
Tuesday 18 July: London, Roundhouse
Wednesday 19 July: Brighton Dome
Friday 21 July: Manchester Academy
Saturday 22 July: Cambridge, Corn Exchange
Belle and Sebastian online:
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Queens Of The Stone Age - '...Like Clockwork' & 'Villains' Independent Retail Editions
Opaque Red LP at independent record stores.
Opaque white at independent record stores.
OUT TODAY : reissues of Queens Of The Stone Age’s 2 more recent studio full-lengths --- 2013’s multiple-GRAMMY-nominated, Billboard 200 #1 charting magnum opus …Like Clockwork and 2017’s redefining Villains will both be reincarnated: …Like Clockwork returns newly recut from its original master tapes with alternate artwork and obi-strip from Boneface with a limited opaque aqua vinyl pressing available direct from Queens Of The Stone Age, Matador Records, and a limited opaque red vinyl pressing available at finer independent retailers. Villains is reissued in a special 5th Anniversary package featuring etching, obi-strip, and a brand new poster by Boneface, and as on limited edition leaf-green transparent vinyl available exclusively via Queens Of The Stone Age and/or Matador Records.
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Out Today : Perfume Genius Live at Electric Lady Spotify Session
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Today, in conjunction with Spotify and Electric Lady Studios, Perfume Genius releases 'Live at Electric Lady'. The four-track EP features “Whole Life,” “Photograph,” and “On the Floor” - re-imagined versions of tracks off his most recent albums 'Ugly Season' and 'Set My Heart On Fire Immediately', as well as a cover of Radiohead’s “4 Minute Warning.”
(photos by Noel McGrath)
As part of the Live at Electric Lady series, participating artists were invited to record their own compositions as well as cover songs by artists connected to the history of the legendary recording studio, resulting in truly unique recordings that showcase each artist’s creativity and musical style. The high-quality live audio recordings are distributed exclusively on Spotify.
“Touring over the last year has been really inspiring after so long away. I am happy to have a document of the new vibrancy and rousing spirit my band brings to the live versions of our most recent albums. "4 Minute Warning" became a favorite of mine during lockdown, something I would sit and sing over and over on the piano in my room. I'm happy to be out of that room now and sharing again." - Mike Hadreas
Tracklist
- Whole Life
- Photograph
- On the Floor
- 4 Minute Warning (Radiohead Cover)
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25% off at The Matador Store with code "AUTOMATON" thru November 22
Perfume Genius on Tour
Friday, December 9 Knockdown Center, Queens NY
Perfume Genius Online
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