Guards are currently on tour in Europe but before they make their way back to the US for a few dates at Austin’s South by South West festival, the band is giving out new songs out for free on their bandcamp page. Well, they’re not technically new songs; they are covers, but they are not any less inventive.
Below is one of the tracks you can download: a cover of M.I.A’s “Born Free”. The others (covers of Vampire Weekend and Metallica, no less) can be found HERE.
Earlier this week Gobble Gobble announced that they’re heading out on the road this March. Check out a full list of tour dates down below.
Tour Dates
1-Mar Seattle, WA Chop Suey*^
2-Mar Portland, OR Holocene*^
3-Mar Arcata, CA The Jambalaya*^
4-Mar San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop*^
5-Mar Los Angeles, CA Troubadour*^
10-Mar Houston, TX Jet Lounge^
11-Mar Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon^
12-Mar Little Rock, AR Sticky Fingerz Chicken Shack^
13-Mar Memphis, TN Hi Tone Café^
15-Mar McAllen, TX Ambiente^
*with BRAIDS
^with BATHS
The premise for Empress Hotel’s new music video (for the song “Mach Bach”) started with left-over New Year’s balloons. The video features the band buried in over 1,500 glittery balloons, or enough to completely engulf their practice space.
The song is from the band’s upcoming self-titled EP, which will be out March 8th on Park The Van Records (home of Dr. Dog and the Spinto Band). To back their first EP, Empress Hotel will be touring the East Coast. This includes a couple days at SXSW (which isn’t really the East Coast, but whatever).
Check out the video for “Mach Bach” and if you want to see Empress Hotel, their tour schedule is after the video.
“Mach Bach” by Empress Hotel from drew stubbs on Vimeo.
Sat 2/19 – New Orleans, LA – Blue Nile (Krewe du Vieux)
Tue 2/22 – Nashville, TN – 5 Spot
Wed 2/23 – Charlottesville, VA – Tea Bazaar
Thu 2/24 – New York, NY – Pianos in NY
Fri 2/25 – Brooklyn, NY – Rock Shop
Sat 2/26 – Portland, ME – Empire Dine & Dance
Mon 2/28 – Newark, DE – Mojo Main
Tue 3/1 – Arlington, VA – Iota Club and Cafe
Wed 3/2 – Raleigh, NC – Slim’s Downtown
Thu 3/3- Boone, NC – Black Cat
Fri 3/4 – Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn
Sat 3/5 – Mobile, AL – Alabama Music Box
Fri 3/11-13 – New Orleans, LA – Foburg
Thu 3/17-20 – Austin, TX – SXSW
It’s a curious thing to have a trailer for an album, but when Erland & The Carnival make one for their upcoming full length release, Nightingale, it really works. With images of fleeing children, death and waving scarecrows in an early 20th Century setting, the sinister and ominous music seems ever so fitting for a Hitchcock-esque horror film, adding a great visual companion to the music.
The album is set to be released on March 29th from this English band that is one part dark folk, one part Pulp like Brit-pop and the rest just pure rock. Judging from the album trailer and the music video for “Map of an Englishman” off Nightingale, we’re in for equally exciting aesthetics inspired by the music.
It magically became March without giving people enough time to take notice and summer already seems palpable. What does that mean? FESTIVALS. The music industry is definitely embracing the cash cow that is the summer indie music festival — Coachella has evolved (devolved?) into a clusterfuck with Sasquatch!, Bonnaroo, Outside Lands and Lollapalooza in tow. So many choices, such expensive tickets, increasingly questionable headliners…
Well, at least you know what to expect from the Pitchfork Music Festival, going down July 15-17 at Union Park in Chicago. They haven’t announced the lineup yet, but browse their “Best New Music” page to get a general idea.
Best Coast, Destroyer, Girls, Joanna Newsom, The Radio Dept., Wavves, OFF!, Smith Westerns, Cut Copy, Das Racist, Walkmen, Curren$y, Ariel Pink, Flying Lotus, Tame Impala, Robyn, and James Blake will most likely all be there; throw in some classic post-punk acts like Mission of Burma, Gang of Four, and Wire and you have the initial lineup for the most predictable festival on the circuit. But the best part is, this mock lineup fucking delivers. And tickets are only $45 for single-day passes and $110 for three-day passes. Throw in delicious food from local eateries, a full record store, and various local art, clothes, and trinkets for a well-rounded Chicago experience. Tickets go on sale this Friday, so if this all sounds appealing, schedule! transfer funds! make travel plans!
Brooklyn band Quiet Lights as been quite busy. They have released a new single called “No More Canyons” which can be heard right here:
http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F9484651Quiet Lights – No More Canyons by Jester Jay Music
The band has also released a video for the b-side called “Break Trouble Wait”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVg1p46DnwU
Lastly, they have announced they’re going to play in their hometown, Brooklyn:
3/1: Brooklyn, NY @ The Rock Shop, 8pm
4/1: Brooklyn, NY @ Cameo
Modern Mystery 
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