Times New Viking Announce New Single and Tour Dates

Art school graduates and Columbus, Ohio natives Times New Viking have just released a single called “Ever Falling in Love.” The single is from their album Dancer Equired.  Here’s the single for your listening pleasure:
http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F13158655Ever Falling In Love by Times New Viking

The band is also going on tour.  Catch them at these spots:

May 26 Boston, MA  Great Scott
May 27 Brooklyn, NY Knitting Factory
May 28 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell’s
May 29 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s
May 30 Washington, DC Black Cat
Jun 2 Carrboro, NC Local 506
Jun 3 Atlanta, GA The Earl
Jun 6 Dallas, TX Club Dada
Jun 7 Austin, TX Mohawk
Jun 11 San Diego, CA Casbah
Jun 12 Los Angeles, CA The Satellite
Jun 14 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop
Jun 16 Portland, OR Bunk Bar
Jun 21 Seattle, WA Sunset Tavern
Jun 22 Vancouver, BC Media Club
Jun 24 Calgary, AB Sled Island Fest 
Jun 25 Calgary, AB Sled Island Fest 
Jun 28 Minneapolis, MN 7th St Entry
Jun 29 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
Jun 30 Bloomington, IN The Bishop

Woodsist Festival 2011 Returns to Henry Miller Library in Big Sur

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Woodsist Records, the fan-savvy label run by Woods’ Jeremy Earl, aim to please and they’re always on the mark.  Home to some of the best contemporary guitar bands around, including Real Estate, The Fresh and Only’s, Sun Araw, Thee Oh Sees, and Nodzzz, Woodsist found the best possible venue to showcase their lineup for the Woodsist Festival.  The Henry Miller Library has received heightened attention lately from a couple of Animal Collective shows, highlighting the venue’s intimate location in the heart of gorgeous Big Sur.  Tickets for both Saturday and Sunday, July 30 & 31, went on sale last Friday, so check here to see if you can scoop anymore up before they’re gone.  Weekend passes already sold out.  Check the lineup below!

SAT JULY 30 @ FERNWOOD

doors at 9pm- live music from 9:15pm – 12:30am

NODZZZ

ART MUSEUMS

DUCKTAILS

WOODS / FRESH & ONLYS BIG BAND

SUN JULY 31 @ HENRY MILLER LIBRARY

gates at 1pm- live music from 2pm – 10:30pm outdoors

REAL ESTATE

THEE OH SEES

FRESH & ONLYS

WOODS

SIC ALPS

SUN ARAW

WHITE FENCE

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Plan Race Around America

Detroit indie-pop duo Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. are gearing up for a headlining national tour in May to support their full-length debut, It’s A Corporate World, which will be released on June 7th through Quite Scientific Records. In celebration of the release, they are even offering up the first single off the album, “Morning Thought” as a free download on their website! Get it HERE.

And because good news never come alone, the bad has announced that in select cities during the tour, fans will get to rock out with the band – yes, you read correctly – by coming on stage to sing with them in skeleton costumes. Also, double EPs on vinyl will be made available for the first time and sold on tour. All these tantalizing prospects should make you want to check out if they are coming anywhere near you below!

Here are their upcoming tour dates:

May 10 -Brighton Music Hall-  Allston, MA
May 11 – Mercury Lounge – New York, NY
May 12 – The Rock Shop – Brooklyn, NY
May 13 – The Red Palace – Washington, DC
May 14 – Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA
May 17 – IOTA Club & Cafe – Arlington, VA
May 18 – The Camel – Richmond, VA
May 19 – Local 506 –  Chapel Hill, NC
May 20 – The Earl – Atlanta, GA
May 21 – The Basement – Nashville, TN
May 24 – Bottletree – Birmingham, AL
May 25 – Proud Larry’s – Oxford, MI
May 26 – Fitzgerald’s – Houston, TX
May 27 – Club DaDa – Dallas, TX
May 28 – Emo’s Alternative Lounge – Austin, TX
May 31 – Santa Fe Brewing Company – Santa Fe, NM
Jun 01 – Rhythm Room – Phoenix, AZ
Jun 02 – The Casbah – San Diego, CA
Jun 03 –  The Echo – Echo Park, CA
Jun 04 – Rickshaw Stop – San Francisco, CA
Jun 06 – Mississippi Studios – Portland, OR
Jun 07 – The Tractor Tavern – Seattle, WA
Jun 09 – The Neurolux – Boise, ID
Jun 10 – Kilby Court Gallery – Salt Lake City, UT
Jun 11 – Hi-Dive – Denver, CO
Jun 13 – The Waiting room – Omaha, NE
Jun 14 – The Mill – Iowa City, IA
Jun 15 – 7th Street Entry – Minneapolis, MN
Jun 17- White Rabbit Cabaret – Indianapolis, IN

Sonny And The Sunsets Shares New B-Side, Festival Dates


Sonny Smith’s musical bio sounds a bit like Brian Wilson’s. Smith found his passion for music while a patient in a hospital in Texas. After being released to the care of his brother and wife (who would join the band), he moved to San Francisco, found himself back in psychiatric care, met a girl (Kelley Stoltz) who played drums, asked her to join the band with his brother and wife and voila! Back in 2009, while recording a triple album, a hurricane hit the area they were recording and destroyed most of the tapes. What survives of those tapes was released yesterday, April 12th, as the album Hit After Hit on Fat Possum. Their 7″ featuring the song “I Wanna Do It” comes with the surfy B-Side “Mr. Lucky.”

Sonny and The Sunsets
Hit After Hit
(Fat Possum)
Street Date: April 12, 2011

1. She Plays Yo-Yo With My Mind
2. I Wanna Do It
3. Home and Exile
4. Reflections on Youth
5. Girls Beware
6. The Bad Energy From LA Is Killing Me
7. Teen Age Thugs
8. Heart of Sadness
9. Don’t Act Dumb
10. Acres of Lust
11. Pretend You Love Me

06/04 Sonoma, CA Huichica Festival @ Gundlach
06/22 – 06/25 Calgary, ALB Sled Island Festival
08/05 – 08/07 Happy Valley, OR Pickathon