Algiers - 'Shook' Deluxe
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(‘Shook’ will be 25% off at the Matador Webstore / Algiers Bandcamp through Friday, October 6th)
(photo by Ebru Yildiz)
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 %
% w/ Black Eyes
Algiers Online
Website
Tardast Online
Bandcamp
Fatboi Sharif Online
Bandcamp
Patrick Shiroishi Online
Mark Cisneros Online
Latoya Kent Online
Big Rube Online
Algiers - Live on KEXP
Purchase / Stream 'SHOOK'
Today KEXP and Algiers have premiered an in-studio live session featuring four songs from the band's 2023 LP 'SHOOK.' Watch performances of "Irreversible Damage," "Out of Style Tragedy," "Cold World," and "Bite Back" below.
Full Performance:
"Irreversible Damage":
"Out of Style Tragedy":
"Cold World":
"Bite Back":
[hate5six] Algiers Presents: Shook Vs. Shook World - Live at National Sawdust (December 15, 2022)
photo by Ebru Yildiz
In December, Algiers performed a special one-off gig at Brooklyn’s National Sawdust. Over two sets, the band debuted material from its new album ‘SHOOK’ alongside many of the guest-artists who appear on the record, including Amani, Big Rube, billy woods, DeForrest Brown Jr., Desde, Dreamcrusher, Elucid, Fatboi Sharif, King Vision Ultra, Latoya Kent, Maassai, Mark Cisneros, and Patrick Shiroishi.
Today you can watch the complete concert film, which was made by Hate5six. It’s a singular document – Algiers’ captured at its most visceral and exploratory in the company of the band’s extended community.
stream / purchase 'Shook'
Algiers at SXSW
Wednesday, March 15
Brooklyn Vegan / Resound presents at Mohawk (1:30pm)
Academy Fight Songs at Mohawk (1:15am)
Thursday, March 16
Stereogum presents at Cheer Up Charlies (12:30pm)
Levitation at Hotel Vegas (7:00pm)
Friday, March 17
In-Store at End of an Ear (2:00pm)
Resound at Parish (5:15pm)
Algiers on tour :
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
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
Algiers Online
Website
Algiers, Lifeguard and Spoon at South By Something Something
Admission / capacity / age restrictions are down to the individual venues and promoters. To quote the Del Fuegos, good luck to all bands (especially these three).
ALGIERS
Wednesday, March 15
Brooklyn Vegan / Resound Showcase at Mohawk (1:30pm)
Academy Fight Songs at Mohawk (1:15am)
Thursday, March 16
Stereogum Showcase at Cheer Up Charlies (12:30pm)
Levitation at Hotel Vegas (7:00pm)
Friday, March 17
In-Store at End of an Ear (2:00pm)
Resound at Parish (5:15pm)
LIFEGUARD
Thursday, March 16
Creem at Chess Club (3:50pm)
Friday, March 17
Resound at Parish (2:15pm)
Hipster Robots at Side Bar (4:20pm)
SXSW Official show at Chess Club (8:00pm)
Saturday, March 18
New Now at Tweedy’s Bar (5:30pm)
SPOON
Thursday, March 16
Luck Reunion (Time TBC)
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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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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Algiers - "I Can't Stand It!" (feat. Samuel T. Herring & Jae Matthews)
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(Algiers, photo: Ebru Yildiz)
(Jae Matthews of Boy Harsher, photo by Yulissa Benitez)
(Samuel T. Herring of Future Islands, photo by Justin Flythe)
Today, Algiers release new single “I Can’t Stand It!”, taken from their forthcoming new album 'SHOOK', released February 24th on Matador. The song features Samuel T. Herring (Future Islands) and Jae Matthews (Boy Harsher). It samples fellow Atlanta artist Lee Moses’ 1971 song, “What You Don’t Want Me To Be”.
“I Can’t Stand It!” was written and produced by frontman Franklin James Fisher, who says: “It’s a very personal song about a devastating loss of someone I believed to be the love of my life which nearly ended in my suicide. I think the song’s narrative arc reflects the sense of dread and the path that led me to that moment. She put on “What You Don’t Want Me To Be” the first time I heard it and I knew immediately that I was going to sample it—I just couldn’t have known the result would be a song about our own end. But every time I sing that song now it feels like I heal a little bit more.”
Jae Matthews says: "I wanted to give Algiers not so much a narrative, but a recollection of a feeling. That abstract evocation that comes when you think about someone who broke yr heart and how that pain still tethers you."
Algiers on tour (new dates in bold) :
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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Boy Harsher Online
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Future Islands Online
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Algiers - 2023 North American Dates
(photo : Ebru Yildiz)
On February 24, Matador Records will release SHOOK, the fourth album by Algiers. This spring, the band will embark on a North American tour, which will kick off in Austin, TX at SXSW and conclude in Toronto.
Last night, Algiers performed a special one-off gig at Brooklyn’s National Sawdust. Over two sets, the band debuted material from SHOOK alongside many of the guest-artists who appear on the album, including Amani, Big Rube, billy woods, DeForrest Brown Jr., Desde, Dreamcrusher, Elucid, Fatboi Sharif, King Vision Ultra, Latoya Kent, Maassai, Mark Cisneros, Nakama, and Patrick Shiroishi.
Stacked with guests spanning icons through to future stars, SHOOK is a lightning rod for an elusive yet universal energy and feeling. A plurality of voices; a spiritual and geographical homecoming; a strategy of communion in a burning world; the story of an end of a relationship; an Atlanta front porch summer party. Ultimately, it's a 17-track set of the most mind-expanding and thrilling music that you are likely to hear anytime soon.
presave / preorder 'SHOOK'
Algiers on tour (new dates in bold) :
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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Coming February 24: Algiers - "Shook," "Irreversible Damage" (ft. Zack De La Rocha) Out Today
(photo: Ebru Yildiz)
Pre-order / Pre-save Shook
Stream "Irreversible Damage" (ft. Zack De La Rocha)
“The world got shook”
So Algiers formed a crew. The band—who have built one of the most exciting catalogs and cult followings of recent years, with 2020’s There Is No Year described as "electrifying and unpredictable" (The Observer) and "precise, thoughtful and powerful" (NME) —gathered a posse of like-minded artists to create their fourth album, Shook, out February 24th on Matador. Stacked with guests spanning icons through to future stars, Shook is a lightning rod for an elusive yet universal energy and feeling. A plurality of voices; a spiritual and geographical homecoming; a strategy of communion in a burning world; the story of an end of a relationship; an Atlanta front porch summer party. Ultimately, it's a 17-track set of the most mind-expanding and thrilling music that you are likely to hear anytime soon.
Today, Algiers shake you with tour-de-force new single ‘Irreversible Damage’ featuring Zack de la Rocha. “This a relapse / what it be god / No rehab for my jihad / A rapture in a grief storm / Time on my neck an’ it be gone” de la Rocha spits to a breakneck climax of clattering beats, snaking guitars and pulsing electronics. “The end of that song is the sound of joy,” says Algiers frontman Franklin James Fisher. “That's what hope sounds like in 2022 when everything's falling apart.” Listen HERE. It follows the recent release of new single/video ‘Bite Back’ featuring billy woods and Backxwash. Watch HERE.
(Matador Webstore / Bandcamp Exclusive Gold Vinyl)
(Standard Black Vinyl)
(Standard CD)
Algiers will perform a special Shook event in at Brooklyn’s National Sawdust on December 15th, which will feature special guests.
The band will also tour Europe in 2023, including a London show March 8th at the Dome. The band are also confirmed for the 2023 edition of SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, with more dates to follow.
Algiers have always been unflinching, but Shook is at the same time notably joyous and celebratory. It was born when Fisher and Mahan found themselves back in their native Atlanta for several months, reeling from growing pressures and burnout as touring musicians. This triggered an intense period of beatmaking, reconnecting as friends over hours immersed in episodes of Rhythm Roulette and Against the Clock and descending deep into alt-rap YouTube rabbit holes. A revisit of DJ Grand Wizard Theodore’s 1970s punk-infused New York City rap masterpiece ‘Subway Theme’ served as a spiritual moodboard for the album’s cross-pollination of urban and counter-culture styles. Across the seamlessly flowing set, including spoken vignettes and ambient instrumental segues, the band pay respect to a sprawling lineage of rap and punk iconoclasts from DJ Premier, DJ Screw and Dead Boys to Lukah, Griselda and Dïat – chopping and screwing beats on a dusty SP-404 and a Sequential Circuits Tempest, building imagined sample libraries from scratch.
While community and collaboration has always been integral to Algiers’ ethos, Shook brings this to its fullest manifestation. The liner notes read like a who’s who of ground-breaking and contemporary underground music, featuring Zack de la Rocha, Big Rube (The Dungeon Family), billy woods, Samuel T. Herring (Future Islands), Jae Matthews (Boy Harsher), LaToya Kent (Mourning [A] BLKstar), Backxwash, Nadah El Shazly, DeForrest Brown Jr. (Speaker Music), Patrick Shiroishi, Lee Bains III, and Mark Cisneros (Hammered Hulls, The Make-Up, Kid Congo Powers). Their contributions throughout deftly reshape and recontextualize the notion of being Shook from a variety of perspectives, occupying shifting roles as oracles and narrators. “It very much deepens and broadens the world of Algiers”, says drummer Matt Tong.
Atlanta, where the genesis of this record took place, is ultimately at its heart. Field recordings and original samples created by the band emphasize throughout a sense of place, collectivist, imagined community and home, all building a world that evokes the elusive sensory experience of growing up in the urban South. “We were working in an environment that we were used to”, says guitarist Lee Tesche. “It feels like the most Algiers record that we've ever made.”
The accomplishment of this record is made all the more impressive by the fact it was made by a band who were falling apart and on the verge of breaking up. But instead they have produced an extraordinary, transformative record born from a shared sense of place and experience. “I think this record is us finding home,” says Mahan, with Fisher adding: “It was a whole new positive experience— having a renewed relationship with the city we're from and having a pride in that. I like the idea that this record has taken you on a voyage but it begins and ends in Atlanta.”
Algiers on Tour, New Date in Bold
(Tickets)
Thursday, December 15 National Sawdust, Brooklyn NY
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
Algiers Online
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Algiers - "Bite Back" (featuring billy woods & Backxwash)
"Bite Back", directed by Murat Gökmen
stream / download "Bite Back"
(photo by Ebru Yildiz)
Algiers are back with the new track "Bite Back", featuring Backxwash and billy woods.
Born in the band’s hometown of Atlanta, the six-minute opus sees Algiers frontperson Franklin James Fisher trading verses with Backxwash, aka Montreal Zambian-Canadian rapper & producer Ashanti Mutinta, and NYC's billy woods, on Black resistance, PsyOps and police oppression.
Multi-instrumentalist/producer Ryan Mahan said: “Shit’s been so real the past few years, we really needed to grow our community of collaborators and make solid the bonds we’ve always felt, particularly with rap heads. And to have the two best rappers around, billy woods AND Backxwash, on the same Algiers-produced track? Pinch me, for real.”
Singer Franklin James Fisher said: "Ryan showed up one day with this beautifully epic instrumental and said, “I’ve got this song and I want to call it ‘Bite Back’. It immediately reminded me why I joined this band and the rest of the song seemed to write itself. It's a classic example of our Lenin-McCartney dynamic.”
Backxwash said: "This feels like the soundtrack to revolutionary struggle. I am honored to participate side by side with an incredible array of artistry.”
billy woods said: "Working with Algiers was a dope experience on many levels, and I was even more excited when they said they were shooting a video. Plus knowing Backxwash was involved, I had to do it.”
‘Bite Back’ is the first new music from Algiers – the four-piece of Franklin James Fisher, Ryan Mahan, Lee Tesche and Matt Tong – since their critically acclaimed third album 'There Is No Year' in 2020.
There's more Algiers news to follow soon
Algiers on Tour, New Dates in Bold
(Tickets)
Wednesday, September 14 Mahall’s, Lakewood OH
Friday, September 16 Riot Fest, Chicago IL
Saturday, September 17 Rozz Tox, Rock Island IL
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
Algiers Online :
There Is No Year
Website
Algiers - "TV Party"
(directed by Ian Cone)
At this very moment, Algiers are halfway through a full U.S. tour – the band’s first since the release of its third full-length, 'There Is No Year', in January of 2020.
For those seeking to preview the group’s current on-stage energies, we bring you “Algiers: TV Party.” It’s a 20-minute live set, which was filmed last fall and includes performances of “Void,” “Cleveland,” “Losing is Ours,” and “Death March.”
"This set was loosely inspired by the music performances on Glenn O'Brien's famed late 70s/early 80s NYC public access television show,” explains Lee Tesche. “It was filmed in a TV studio using the same analogue equipment."
Algiers on tour :
Thursday, September 23 Substation, Seattle WA
Friday, September 24 Polaris, Portland OR
Saturday, September 25, Treefort Music Fest, Boise ID
Monday, September 27 Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco CA
Wednesday, September 29 Constellation, Santa Ana CA
Thursday, September 30 Zebullon, Los Angeles CA
Friday, October 1 Casbah, San Diego CA
Saturday, October 2 Club Congress, Tuscon AZ
Sunday, October 3 Sister, Albuquerque NM
Tuesday, October 5 Empire Control Room, Austin TX
Wednesday, October 6 White Oak Music Hall, Houston TX
Thursday, October 7 Gasa Gasa, New Orleans LA
Saturday, October 9 The Earl, Atlanta GA
Tuesday, May 10 ISC, Bern, CH
Wednesday, May 11 Cirolo, Turin, IT
Thursday, May 12 Biko, Milan, IT
Saturday, May 14 Bogen F, Zurich, CH
Monday, May 16 Strom, Munich, DE
Tuesday, May 17th Manufaktur, Schorndorf, DE
Wednesday, May 18 Lido, Berlin, DE
Friday, May 20th Nalen Klubb, Stockholm, SE
Saturday, May 21st Revolver, Oslo, NO
Sunday, May 22nd Stengade, Copenhagen, DK
Monday, May 23rd Knust, Hamburg, DE
Wednesday, May 25th Forum, Bielefeld, DE
Thursday, May 26th Club Volta, Cologne, DE
Friday, May 27th Doornroosje, Nijmegen, NL
stream/purchase 'There Is No Year'
Algiers Online :
There Is No Year
Website
Algiers announce rescheduled European tour dates for 2022
Credit: Christian Högstedt
Algiers have announced a batch of rescheduled European dates for 2022. The band will play their first live dates in 17 months when their US tour kicks off on September 10th in Kingston, NY, with the newly rearranged EU dates following for May 2022.
See below for new dates in bold alongside ticket links. New dates are on sale now
Tour dates [new in bold]
Friday, September 10 Tubby's, Kingston NYC
Saturday, September 11 Black Cat, Washington D.C
Sunday, September 12 Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia PA
Tuesday, September 14 Saint Vitus, Brooklyn NYC
Wednesday, September 15 Saint Vitus, Brooklyn NYC
Thursday, September 16 Spirit Lodge, Pittsburgh PA
Friday, September 17 Rumba Café, Columbus OH
Saturday, September 18 Empty Bottle, Chicago IL
Sunday, September 19 Cactus Club, Milwaukee W
Monday, September 20 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis MN
Thursday, September 23 The Crocodile, Seattle WA
Friday, September 24 Polaris, Portland OR
Saturday, September 25, Treefort Music Fest, Boise ID
Monday, September 27 Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco CA
Wednesday, September 29 Pappy & Harriet's, Pioneertown CA
Thursday, September 30 Zebulon, Los Angeles CA
Friday, October 1 Casbah, San Diego CA
Saturday, October 2 Club Congress, Tuscon AZ
Sunday, October 3 Sister, Albuquerque NM
Tuesday, October 5 Empire Control Room, Austin TX
Wednesday, October 6 White Oak Music Hall, Houston TX
Thursday, October 7 Gasa Gasa, New Orleans LA
Saturday, October 9 The Earl, Atlanta GA
Tuesday, May 10 ISC, Bern, CH
Wednesday, May 11 Cirolo, Turin, IT
Thursday, May 12 Biko, Milan, IT
Saturday, May 14 Bogen F, Zurich, CH
Monday, May 16 Strom, Munich, DE
Tuesday, May 17th Manufaktur, Schorndorf, DE
Wednesday, May 18 Lido, Berlin, DE
Friday, May 20th Nalen Klubb, Stockholm, SE
Saturday, May 21st Revolver, Oslo, NO
Sunday, May 22nd Stengade, Copenhagen, DK
Monday, May 23rd Knust, Hamburg, DE
Wednesday, May 25th Forum, Bielefeld, DE
Thursday, May 26th Club Volta, Cologne, DE
Friday, May 27th Doornroosje, Nijmegen, NL
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Algiers - Fall 2021 USA Dates
After a 17 month live performance shutdown ALGIERS are back in action this September, kicking off a full US tour in Kingston, NY and concluding in Atlanta, GA a month later. The complete itinerary can be found below. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10am local time.
Friday, September 10 Tubby's, Kingston NYC
Saturday, September 11 Black Cat, Washington D.C
Sunday, September 12 Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia PA
Tuesday, September 14 Saint Vitus, Brooklyn NYC
Wednesday, September 15 Saint Vitus, Brooklyn NYC
Thursday, September 16 Spirit Lodge, Pittsburgh PA
Friday, September 17 Rumba Café, Columbus OH
Saturday, September 18 Empty Bottle, Chicago IL
Sunday, September 19 Cactus Club, Milwaukee W
Monday, September 20 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis MN
Thursday, September 23 The Crocodile, Seattle WA
Friday, September 24 Polaris, Portland OR
Saturday, September 25, Treefort Music Fest, Boise ID
Monday, September 27 Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco CA
Wednesday, September 29 Pappy & Harriet's, Pioneertown CA
Thursday, September 30 Zebulon, Los Angeles CA
Friday, October 1 Casbah, San Diego CA
Saturday, October 2 Club Congress, Tuscon AZ
Sunday, October 3 Sister, Albuquerque NM
Tuesday, October 5 Empire Control Room, Austin TX
Wednesday, October 6 White Oak Music Hall, Houston TX
Thursday, October 7 Gasa Gasa, New Orleans LA
Saturday, October 9 The Earl, Atlanta GA
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Algiers - Adult Swim Festival, November 13 and 14
Algiers are taking part in the 2020 edition of the Adult Swim Festival (above) taking place this coming Friday and Saturday, November 13 and 14, available to watch (for free) on YouTube. Algiers are on at 5:10 pm eastern, Friday.
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Algiers - "Cleveland 20/20"
"Cleveland 20/20"
"Cleveland 20/20" (vocal mix)
Today, ALGIERS have released “Cleveland 20/20” a 50-minute expansion and re-imagining of their song “Cleveland.” Listen HERE.
In the original version – included on The Underside of Power (2017) – vocalist Franklin James Fisher used the track’s middle section to invoke the names of Black people killed by police or who died in extraordinarily suspicious circumstances and whose deaths were explained away as “suicide.”
“Cleveland 20/20” serves as a further meditation on the original in the context of the June uprisings and upcoming elections, ruminating on the tragic and perpetual violenc exacted upon Black people in the United States. It updates the recording to include the names of 232 additional victims who have been murdered subsequent to the song’s release as well as the victims of the Atlanta Child Murders which took place from 1979-1981. To accommodate the extension of this memorial, the song's newly re-imagined middle section spirals into a multi-movement collage of rhythm, noise, and sub-bass. Fisher concludes the recitation amid a spare and haunting 15-minute "vocal mix.” All together, “Cleveland 20/20” clocks in at just under an hour. Even with this extended memorial sonic space, the song points to the fact that many more people have been and continue to be killed by police or white supremacist citizens in America than can be said in 50 minutes or recognized in official statistics, including Elijah McClain, Ahmaud Arbery, Rayshard Brooks and scores others murdered at the intersections of race, gender and class.
In 2018, critic Greil Marcus praised the original version of “Cleveland” as a “monument.” “It has that size and that immovability to it. And these names are being chiseled on that monument. And the community that Algiers are creating in this song is a community of the dead, but a community in a song big enough and good enough – because this is a great song when you listen to all of it –- that in 10 or 20 or even 100 years when all of the people whose names Franklin Fisher chants are forgotten, and when Algiers is forgotten, and when this song is forgotten, and when somebody comes upon it, stumbles upon it and speaks to them as something absolutely new … they begin to go ‘Who are these people? What is this sound? Why does this person sound the way he does? What is being told?’. And that story will continue.”
The band will once again take over Adult Swim’s Instagram account on Tuesday, November 10th at 2pm ET.
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2020's Albums Of The Year (And Almost Everything Else) ; 25% Off At The Matador Store
so there's another (possibly less important) campaign happening and we'll be damned if Matador's not gonna figure squarely in the album of the year results. So here's your chance to stuff the (virtual) ballot box and save 25% on any of our vaunted 2020 releases. We're so intent on buying your affections, you can save 25% on anything from the label catalog except preorders.
Algiers - EU Tour Dates 2021 + 'Animals (Redux)' Live Version
Photo by Christian Hölgstedt
Today Algiers announce a batch of rescheduled European tour dates for quarter one of 2021. Nary ones to shy away from hitting the road, the band will be performing twenty seven shows across twenty different territories throughout February and March next year. Tickets go on-sale at 10:00 local times on Friday, July 17th.
Accompanying today's announce, the band have released a live and improvised version of 'Animals' - a track that featured on their second studio record 'The Underside of Power'. 'Animals (Redux)' was performed and recorded in Atlanta last month, and you can watch that new transmogrified take below:
Tour Dates
Monday, February 1st - Knust - Hamburg, DE
Tuesday, February 2nd - Stengade - Copenhagen, DK
Thursday, February 4th - Revolver - Oslo, NO
Friday, February 5th - Nalen Klubb - Stockholm, SE
Saturday, February 6th - Mejeriet - Lund, SE
Tuesday, February 9th - Lido - Berlin, DE
Wednesday, February 10th - Drizzly Grizzly - Gdansk, PO
Saturday, February 13th - Morze club - St. Petersburg, RU
Sunday, February 14th - Shagi Club - Moscow, RU
Wednesday, February 17th - Brugge club - Minsk, BY
Friday, February 19th - Caribbean club - Kiev, UA
Sunday, February 21st - Bandabar - Chisinau, MD
Tuesday, February 23rd - Control Club - Bucharest, RO
Wednesday, February 24th - Terminal 1 - Sofia, BG
Friday, February 26th - ?ightball Club - Thessaloniki, GR
Saturday, February 27th - Temple - Athens, GR
Monday, March 1st - MKC - Skopje, MK
Tuesday, March 2nd - Elektropionir club - Belgrade, RS
Wednesday, March 3rd - Form Space - Cluj, RO
Thursday, March 4th - Dürer Kert - middle room - Budapest, HU
Saturday, March 6th - Nova Cvernovka - Bratislava, SK
Sunday, March 7th - Vintage Industrial - Zagreb, HR
Monday, March 8th - Pogon culture - Rijeka, HR
Tuesday, March 9th - Posthof - Linz, AU
Thursday, March 11th - ISC - Bern, CH
Friday, March 12th - Bogen F - Zurich, CH
Saturday, March 13th - Serraglio - Milan, IT
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Algiers - "Can The Sub Bass Speak?" b/w "It All Comes Around Again" 7"
Today, ALGIERS will release a special edition 7” to support the struggle to end state violence against Black people and destroy white supremacy.
"Can the Sub_Bass Speak" b/w "It All Comes Around Again" will be available physically only through Bandcamp during the 24-hour period that the site is waiving its revenue share on June 5th. The songs will remain available online indefinitely.
All proceeds from the single will be donated to Metro Atlanta Mutual Aid Fund, As They Lay and Black Alliance for Just Immigration.
“This release has been created to support, in a small way, those who continue to struggle under life and death circumstances to end the miserable condition that exists for Black and other oppressed people in this country and its colonial world," writes the band." “We dedicate this to the families of those who have been murdered by the police state in America and encourage our supporters to continue to donate in their memory.”
The A-side -- previously released as a standalone single -- is drawn from the band's audiovisual collaboration of the same name and features contributions from saxophonics pioneer Skerik and drummer D’Vonne Lewis. "It All Comes Around Again" is an unreleased track available here for the first time.
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Algiers - Live On KEXP From Home
On Tuesday, Algiers' Franklin Fisher and Ryan Mahan performed a set for KEXP's "Live From Home" series.
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Algiers - "Liberation" (Outkast) Live In Conklin Metals
A day prior to the start of their North American tour in support of 'There Is No Year', Algiers have released a live video of their cover of Outkast's "Liberation" (above). Though the recent cancelation of SXSW has seen official events wiped from the band's scheduled, Algiers will be hitting Austin in two weeks' time (see below) with an additional show likely to be added.
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(limited edition cloudy clear LP available from the Matador Store and select independent retailers)
Algiers on tour :
Wednesday, March 11 Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia PA
Thursday, March 12 Black Cat, Washington DC
Friday, March 13 Mothlight, Asheville NC
Saturday, March 14 529, Atlanta GA
Tuesday, March 17, Cheer Up Charlies, Austin TX (1pm)
Tuesday, March 17, End Of An Ear, Austin TX (4pm)
Thursday, March 19, Hotel Vegas, Austin TX (2:45pm)
Friday, March 20 Club Congress, Tucson AZ
Saturday, March 21 Casbah, San Diego CA
Tuesday, March 24 The Echo, Los Angeles CA
Wednesday, March 25 Slim’s, San Francisco CA
Saturday, March 28 Polaris Hall, Portland OR
Sunday, March 29 The Crocodile, Seattle WA
Wednesday, April 1 Turf Club, St. Paul MN
Thursday, April 2 Cactus Club, Milwaukee WI
Friday, April 3 Empty Bottle, Chicago IL
Saturday, April 4 Rumba Club, Columbus OH
Sunday, April 5 Deluxx Fluxx, Detroit MI
Monday, April 6 The Baby G, Toronto ON
Tuesday, April 7 Bar Le Ritz, Montreal QC
Thursday, April 9 Saint Vitus, Brooklyn NY (SOLD OUT)
Friday, April 10 Saint Vitus, Brooklyn NY
Tuesday, April 21 Knust, Hamburg DE
Friday, April 24 Nalen Klubb, Stockholm SE
Saturday, April 25 Mejeriet, Lund SE
Monday, April 27 Lido, Berlin DE
Wednesday, April 29 Morze, St. Petersberg RU
Thursday, April 30 Aglomerat, Moscow RU
Sunday, May 3rd ISC, Bern CH
Monday, May 4th Bogen F, Zurich CH
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