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Metric Remix Album Announced
Metric have announced the release date of their fan-collaborated effort Fantasies Flashbacks.
The album will be out October 11th, and features a collection of the band’s favorite mixes submitted by their fans.
The remixes will be part of a deluxe vinyl box set, of which all proceeds go to the Center for Addiction and Mental Health.
The vinyl box will have a huge list of goodies. If you order one, this is what you get:
· 10 x 7″ vinyl singles, each containing an original song from Fantasies and the associated winning remix from the Indaba Music contest;
· A PlayButton digital music player pre-loaded with (the same) 10 winning remixes (one of the first new notable commercial releases available on PlayButton);
· A digital download code redeemable for all music from the 7″ singles (20 tracks including the original studio album version of Fantasies), plus an additional 11 of the band’s favorite remixes. In total this is 31 songs or over 80 minutes of music;
· Two 6″ x 6″, two-sided color inserts featuring fan-created artwork/imagery, track listing, credits and information about the genesis of the remix album and the charitable tie-in with CAMH;
· A limited edition 18″ x 24″ glossy METRIC poster;
· A custom box housing everything listed above.
The package is available for immediate pre-order on Metric’s online store which you can find here, the box will be shipped October 11th.
Robbers on High Street Announce West Coast Tour
Four years after the release of their second full length, Robbers on High Street have a new album in the works with a reworked lineup, and they’re hitting the road to celebrate both.
The group’s third album, Hey There Golden Hair, will be arriving September 13th via Rocco Grecco Records and the band will be bringing their unabashed love of the ’60s and ’70s out to the West Coast.
The group will be on the road with the Allah-Lahs throughout the month of September. You can find them:
Sept 14 – San Diego, CA – Bar Pink – w/ Allah-Las
Sept 15 – Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy – w/ Allah-Las, Street & Babe Shadow & DJ Kevin Bronson – LA CD RELEASE PARTY
Sept 17 – San Francisco, CA – Hotel Utah – w/ Allah-Las
Sept 19 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge – w/ Allah-Las
Sept 21 – Seattle, WA – KEXP Live in Studio
Sept 21 – Seattle, WA – Fun House – w/ Allah-Las
Sept 22 – Vancouver, BC – Waldorf w/ Allah-Las
Oct 7 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge – NYC CD RELEASE PARTY
Oct 15 – Pensacola, FL – DeLuna Fest – w/ Cold War Kids, Matt & Kim and more
Neon Indian’s New Album Gets A Release Date
After earning practically universal critical adoration for his first album, Psychic Chasms, Neon Indian mastermind Alan Palomo is finally ready his second offering.
Neon Indian’s sophomore album, Era Extrana, will be released September 13th. Here’s a video for the song “Heart: Decay” off of the upcoming LP.
NEON INDIAN – HEART : DECAY from gorillavsbear.net on Vimeo.
While understandably pressed for time due to performing at massive festivals like South by Southwest and Bonnaroo and touring with the Flaming Lips, Phoenix, and Massive Attack, fans can’t help but be antsy for new material.
To create the newa lbum, Palomo holed up in an efficiency apartment in Finland and cobbled it together from journal entries he made during the time. The album has Neon Indian treading darker waters and exploring a little more somber territory.
Following the album release is a full tour, which has Neon Indian traversing the nation. You can see the new material live here:
9/15 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
9/16 Washington DC – Rock n Roll Hotel
9/17 Carrboro, NC – Moog Festival
9/19 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
9/20 Birmingham, AL – Bottletree *
9/21 New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks *
9/22 Houston, TX – Fitzgeralds *
9/23 Austin, TX – The Mohawk
9/24 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
9/26 Tucson, AZ – Club Congress
9/27 San Diego, CA – Belly Up Tavern *
9/30 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour *
10/1 San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop * ^
10/3 Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge *
10/4 Vancouver, BC – Venue *
10/5 Seattle, WA – Crocodile Cafe *
10/7 Boise, ID – Reef * ^
10/8 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge * ^
10/10 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater *
10/12 Kansas City, MO – The Record Bar * ^
10/13 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry * ^
10/14 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall * ^
10/15 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop * ^
10/16 Detroit, MI – Magic Stick * ^
10/18 Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace * ^
10/19 Montreal, QC – La Sala Rossa
10/20 Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall ^
10/21 New York, NY – Webster Hall ^
* w/ Com Truise
^ w/ Purity Ring
Joy Formidable Support Foo Fighters on Tour
The Joy Formidable scored a very high honor when Foo Fighters’ front man Dave Grohl asked them to tour along side the heavy rock giants for a slew of East Coast tours.
The two bands will provide quite the contrast to audiences when they take the stage. While the Foo Fighters are touring behind their newest full-length, Joy Formidable is focusing more on the work of others with their new EP Roarities which features covers from The Naked and Famous and Innerparty as well as a couple live tracks.
The band also released their newest video, for the song “A Heavy Abacus” which you can see right here.
You can see the Foo Fighters and Joy Formidable in these cities:
Sept 2 Redmond, WA @ ENDFEST
Sept 4 Edmonton, AB @ Sonic Boom Festival
Sept 8 Portland, OR @ Music Fest NW
Sept 22 Cincinnati, OH @ Midpoint Music Festival
Sept 23 Philadelphia, PA @ Popped Festival!
Sept 24 Atlanta, GA @ Music Midtown
Nov 7 Duluth, GA @ Arena of Gwinnett Center*
Nov 8 Charlotte, NC @ Time Warner Cable Arena*
Nov 10 Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center*
Nov 14 Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center*
Nov 16 Boston, MA @ TD Garden*
*With The Foo Fighters
Pepper Rabbit Release Free EP
In order to get people really psyched about their upcoming full length Red Velvet Snow Ball, Pepper Rabbit has released a free EP into the wild.
The EP, Rose Mary Stretch, features the album’s lead single (sharing the same name as the EP) as well as a Miniature Tigers cover with the song “Gold Skull”.
You can grab the EP right here, or see the real thing as Pepper Rabbit continues their extensive U.S. tour. Dates include:
08/31 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge \
09/07 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church ^
09/08 – Washington, DC @ DC9 ^ !
09/09 – Raleigh, NC @ Hopscotch Music Festival
09/10 – Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn ^ !
09/11 – Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree ^ !
09/12 – Nashville, TN @ The End ^ !
09/13 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle ^ !
09/15 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry ^ !
09/16 – Winnipeg, MB @ The Royal Albert Arms Hotel ^ !
09/19 – Edmonton, AB @ Pawn Shop ^ !
09/20 – Calgary, AB @ Republik ^
09/22 – Victoria, BC @ Rifflandia Festival
09/24 – Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern ^ !
09/25 – Portland, OR @ Holocene ^ !
09/27 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill ^ !
09/28 – Costa Mesa, CA @ Detroit Bar ^ !
09/29 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echo ^ !
09/30 – Tempe, AZ @ Sail Inn ^ !
10/01 – Santa Fe, NM @ Corazon ^ !
10/02 – El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace ^ !
10/04 – Austin, TX @ The Mohawk ^ !
10/05 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada ^ !
10/06 – St. Louis, MO @ Firebird ^
10/07 – Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop ^ !
10/08 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern ^ !
10/09 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick Lounge ^ !
10/10 – London, ON @ Call The Office ^ !
10/14 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern ^
10/15 – Ottawa, ON @ Babylon ^
10/16 – Quebec, QC @ Le Cercle ^ !
10/18 – Halifax, NS @ Paragon Theatre ^
10/19 – Portland, ME @ SPACE ^ !
10/20 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott ^ !
* = w/ Givers
# = w/ 1, 2, 3
$ = w/ Ballyho!
% = w/ Charlie Blacksmoke, Cheyenne Marrs & Sudden Organs, & Royal T
\ = w/ We Barbarians, & ANR
^ = w/ Braids
! = w/ O Danagemen
The Oh Sees Add Festivals To Tour Schedule
Punk rockers Thee Oh Sees just released their newest album, Castlemania to widespread acclaim.
Now the group is taking the album on the road, with a stint in North America that includes stops at several festivals, including Bumbershoot.
The group’s tour spans from June to September, and you can check out their intense live act here:
07/28/2011 Uptown Oakland CA w/Royal Baths, Mike Donovan
07/31/2011 Woodsist Festival Big Sur CA
09/04/2011 Bumbershoot Festival Seattle WA
09/05/2011 Biltmore Cabaret Vancouver BC w/Bare Wires
09/09/2011 Musicfest Northwest Portland OR
02/10/2012 Bruise Cruise Festival Miami and Nassau Bahamas F
Seapony Premiere Shiny New Video
Seapony’s first full-length album, Go With Me is out right now on Hardly Art, and now the group has matched the album with a brand new video.
The group’s new video off of the album is for the song “Where We Go” and features some pretty dramatic scenes that I won’t spoil for you. Check it out here and look for Seapony’s Go With Me wherever you get your music fix.
Yuck Premiere Video Alongside Tour Updates
U.K. band Yuck has updated their touring schedule, alongside dropping a new NSFW (and kind of creepy) music video to accompany the song “Shook Down.”
The band just wrapped up playing the Pitchfork Music Festival, along with several other show dates around the midwest region of the country. The band will be touring throughout July.
“All Shook Down” is a very soothing and peaceful song which makes the contrast with the music video much more creepy. Check it out right here
and look for Yuck at Pitchfork and these other dates:
7/28: Cellar Door, Visalia, CA *
7/29: Casbah, San Diego, CA *
7/30: Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA *
10/8 – 10/9: Langerado, Sunrise, FL
* = w/ Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Slow Club Set Release Date For Sophomore Effort
British group Slow Club have finalized the band’s due date for their upcoming sophomore effort. The group’s Paradise on Moshi Moshi Records will be hitting the ‘States on September 13th.
The band has already released a music video for the upcoming album. You can watch a video for the song “Two Cousins” right here. If you dig the single, you can get it as a digital lone release July 26th, which should tide you over until Paradise is released in middle September.
Ted Leo Wraps Up Room 205 Recording Session
Ted Leo (sans Pharamacists) wrapped up his recording series from Room 205 with his classic tune “The Sword and The Stone.” The series was recorded in a bare, stripped down space and emphasized mainly Leo’s voice and sole guitar.
“The Sword and The Stone” comes from Leo’s 2005 EP Tell Balgeary, Balgury Is Dead.
You can watch the video for the recording right here.
Mayer Hawthorne Offers Up Covers EP
Singer/producer Mayer Hawthorne has released a new EP of covers from artists from all over the world.
Impressions features songs from Electric Light Orchestra and Chromeo and was produced by Hawthorne. The artist has generously made the EP available for free for all his fans, you can hear it at Rolling Stone’s website, right here.
Hawthorne provides a little explanation for each of the six tracks, which you can read here. As he explains:
1. Work To Do- Isley Bros
This one features my live band, The County: Quentin Joseph on drums, Topher Mohr on guitar, Quincy McCrary on piano, and Joe Abrams on bass. It was recorded live in a radio station studio somewhere during our Winter 2010 US tour. The tapes recently surfaced, but nobody can remember exactly where we were. The song is originally by The Isley Brothers, and that’s the only version I was familiar with until we started playing it in our live shows and people would come up to us and say “hey, loved your cover of Average White Band!”.
2. Don’t Turn The Lights On- Chromeo
My favorite track from Chromeo’s latest LP. On the surface it’s an electro-funk, dance floor filler, but underneath is a brilliant love ballad with lyrics that reminded me of something from Tyrone Davis. Dave1 (of Chromeo) told me the song is about a guy who falls in love with a ghost, so I wanted my version to have an eerie, ghostly feel to it. Quincy McCrary played the creepy piano solo at the end.
3. You’ve Got The Makings Of A Lover- The Festivals
Textbook Northern Soul from a little known Dallas, Texas group called The Festivals. I was digging for records in NY with my homey DJ Kurse, and the shopkeeper played the 45 in the store. Both of us immediately ran up to the counter and said “yo! what is THAT?!”. The original version was recorded in the late 60s, and the mix isn’t very good. I wanted a version that I could bump. Quentin Joseph played the drums and we recorded them at Sam Beaubien’s studio in Detroit. That’s Sam playing the trumpet as well.
4. Fantasy Girl – Steve Salazar
This song was written and composed by an amazing man from Pasadena named Steve Salazar. He was born with a heart condition and passed away at the young age of 27. Before he died he recorded one incredible album of demos in the mid-70s with a band called Shorty’s Portion. Peanut Butter Wolf found a copy of the album and I loved it so much that he gave it to me (thanks Wolf!). The vinyl had a handwritten note tucked in the sleeve that was addressed to anyone who could help the band with management, a record deal, radio airplay, etc. I’d estimate there were less than 300 copies pressed. That’s my Dad playing pedal steel guitar on my version.
5. Little Person- Jon Brion
Jon Brion is not from this planet. He penned this song for the soundtrack to Charlie Kaufman’s film “Synecdoche, NY”. I didn’t get the film at all, but I really got the soundtrack. The original has only female vocal and piano, but I always heard a larger arrangement. Hubert Alexander played some of the piano and I did everything else.
6. Mr. Blue Sky- ELO
This one also features my band, The County, and was recorded live, in one take, in a tiny makeshift tent, at a festival in Dour, Belgium.
Listen to Sun Araw’s New Song
Sun Araw is preparing to launch their fifth studio album this August, when Ancient Romans drops on Sun Ark Records.
Specifically out August 23rd, the album will be heralded by a brief East Coast tour and a special preview of one of the songs off of the band’s new album, called “Crete.”
You can listen to Sun Araw’s newest song right here.
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