Fresh off their US tour with The Hold Steady, Halifax rockers Wintersleep have released a video for their single “Preservation” off their fourth album, New Interiors. The band is currently on tour through November with Ra Ra Riot, before hitting the road with The Hold Steady again, this time through the UK.
Dates with Ra Ra Riot
Wed-Nov-17 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall
Thu-Nov-18 Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room
Fri-Nov-19 Saskatoon, SK Louis’ Pub
Sat-Nov-20 Winnipeg, MB The Garric
The one-man-band just went out of work. That novelty has been worn off in favor of the power of electronics, namely, really cool MIDI devices. Glasser is a one-woman project coming off a record release and trying to adapt her studio work to a live performance. The process has been as innovative as it is a spectacle to witness. Using a MIDI pick-up on a guitar, Glasser’s live band has crafted a limitless supply of instruments without the breaking of a sweat (or stepping on of a pedal). The “band” consists of Glasser on vocals, a drummer, a “guitarist” slash everything, and what could be described as a human switchboard. On a laptop interface, this human switchboard is able to implement and construct any sound he likes and key them to specific guitar strings. Basically, the guitarist plays a riff, and a Glasser song comes out.
If you want to get an in-depth look, Glasser has made a succinct video of the process that concludes with a live performance of “Treasury of We.” Look for Glasser in the eastern half of the States on these few dates she just announced:
11/12- Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room #
11/13- Chicago, IL @Lincoln Hall #
11/15- Washington D.C. @ Black Cat #
11/16- Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg w/Blood Orange, ARP
11/19- Hartford, CT @ Arch Street Tavern
11/20- Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery
#= w/Twin Shadow
After several months of heavy touring in support of their latest EP, Anatomy, Ohio’s Vanity Theft are pleased to announce a release date for their next LP, Get What You Came For. The LP will be released digitally on February 1, with physical copies available in stores on March 1 via Vigilante Music/Adamant Records.
Get What You Came For finds the group enjoying a new line-up (former Disney Channel star Lalaine joined the group earlier in the year,) and creating what Vanity Theft does best: music that is catchy, edgy, and dancey as hell, in the tradition of The Runaways and Sleater-Kinney.
Vanity Theft is also bracing for a nationwide tour next year, traveling alongside Hunter Valentine. Full tracklist and tour dates below:
Get What You Came For
1. Trainwreck
2. Limb from Limb
3. My Cup Runneth Over
4. Rattle Rattle
5. Bit By Bit
6. Textbook Answer
7. Anatomy
8. End Scene
9. Dead Battery
10. Missing Teeth
2011 Tour (All dates with Hunter Valentine)
February 2 – New York, NY – The Knitting Factory
February 4 – Washington, DC – U Street Music Hall
February 5 – Charlotte, NC – The Milestone
February 7 – Atlanta, GA – Purgatory
February 9 – Webster, TX – Club Eden
February 10 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
February 11 – San Antonio, TX – Korova
February 12 – Dallas, TX – Sue Ellen’s
February 13 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Conservatory
February 17 – Scottsdale, AZ – The Rogue Bar
February 18 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
February 20 – San Francisco, CA – Milk Bar
February 24 – Seattle, WA – Studio Seven
February 25 – Boise, ID – Neurolux
February 26 – Salt Lake City, UT – Burts Tiki
March 1 – Kansas City, MO – The Riot Room
Mar 2 – St. Louis, MO – Ciceros
Their sound may be rock, soul and a little bit of Americana, but all the five piece San Diego outfit Delta Spirit is making listeners hear in their latest EP, The Waits Room, is melancholy sadness.
How could we not feel this way, when on the album the “short list” of the things we lose include “our youth, our safety, our comfort, our innocence…” and this goes on and on. But Delta Spirit’s music thrives on this tone, as critics and fans have agreed.
The band’s new tour begins next week to promote the release of the EP, dropping TODAY, and their last LP, History From Below, which is out now on Rounder Records.
Tour Dates
11/16/10 Mojo’s Columbia, Missouri
11/18/10 High Noon Saloon Madison, Wisconsin
11/19/10 Turner Hall Milwaukee, Wisconsin
11/20/10 Legends of Notre Dame South Bend, Indiana
11/21/10 Mountain Stage Radio Show Charleston, West Virginia
11/22/10 Tralf Music Hall Buffalo, New York
11/23/10 Webster Hall New York, New York
11/26/10 Paradise Rock Club Boston, Massachusetts
11/27/10 The Met Cafe Pawtucket, Rhode Island
11/29/10 OttoBar Baltimore, Maryland
11/30/10 Brillobox Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
12/01/10 The Mad Hatter Covington, Kentucky
12/02/10 Grey Eagle Tavern & Music Hall Asheville, North Carolina
12/03/10 Mercy Lounge Nashville, Tennessee
12/04/10 Metro Chicago, Illinois
12/07/10 Fillmore San Francisco, California
12/08/10 The Music Box Hollywood, California
12/09/10 SOHO Music Club Santa Barbara, California
12/10/10 House of Blues San Diego, California
Anya Marina has been quite busy the last couple years. With the release of her second record Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II (2009), Marina gained mainstream attention, along with a song on the New Moon Soundtrack. While working on a new full length album, Marina gives fans something to chew on with a new EP titled The Spirit School.
A slight departure from previous work, School Spirit features five tracks, including a remix of her New Moon song “Satellite Heart” by Sam Fogarino of Interpol. A more stripped down and “less fussed over” approach to recording and songwriting than previous efforts, Spirit School features Marina “having fun with songwriting again.”
Spirit School also touts Dandy Warhols frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor on the song “Whatsit.” “Busrider” and “You Are Invisible” are home demos made pretty by producer Ken Andrews (Pete Yorn, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, etc).
Look for Spirit School out TODAY on Chop Shop Records/Atlantic Records.
“Whatsit” featuring Courtney Taylor-Taylor of The Dandy Warhols.
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