That Ghost Releases Second Single Off Latest Album

Santa Rosa, CA’s That Ghost has just released the second single off their latest album, Songs Out Here.  Their fifth full-length album will be released in its entirety on March 1st.  Frontman Ryan Thomas Schmale has mentioned the band’s Bay Area location has provided inspiration as they wrote the album while at author Jack London’s estate in Sonoma County.  Here is the latest single, “Calls:”

http://alteredzones.com/posts/881/that-ghost-calls/

Damon & Naomi Celebrate 25 Years With a New Album

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Damon & Naomi have been performing together for 25 years, or more years than some of us have been alive. A new album, a fitting way to celebrate the occasion, has been recorded and will be out May 9th.

False Beats and True Hearts is the first album from the group in four years, although the group has seen the re-release of several albums in that time including their very first More Sad Hits.

With all of the group’s re-releases, it’s appropriate that False Beats’ first single “Walking Backwards” is a celebration of the art of reflection. You can hear the single right here, and look for False Beats and True Hearts when it’s released May 9th

Middle Brother Plans Tour

After several on-stage collaborations, Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes, John McCauley of Deer Tick and Matthew Vasquez of Delta Spirit announced late last year that they were heading into the studio to record an album under the moniker Middle Brother. Since then, we’ve heard whispers concerning how the album might sound. Finally, with their album’s March 1st release date quickly approaching, Middle Brother has unveiled a single and slew of tour dates. Check them out down below.

 

Middle Brother – Middle Brother by WesleyAmbrecht

 

MARCH
02 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club  *
03 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club  *
04 – Providence, RI – Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel *
05 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg *
06 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom  *
09 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts *
10 – Rochester, NY – Water Street Music Hall *
11 – Toronto, ON – Opera House (w/ Deer Tick)
12 – Chicago, IL – Metro  *
13 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre  *
14 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue  *
15 – Lawrence, KS – The Granada Theater *
17 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada  *
18 – Austin, TX –  Brooklyn Vegan, Partisan Records, and KF Records Present: A Free SXSW Day Party at Swan Dive / Barbarella (SXSW)
19 – Austin, TX – Auditorium Shores/Ground Control Touring Showcase (SXSW)

APRIL
03 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent  #
04 – Santa Cruz, CA – Moe’s Alley  #
05 – Santa Barbara, CA – Soho  &
06 – Costa Mesa, CA – Detroit Bar  &
07 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo  &
08 – San Diego, CA – The Loft  &

* = w/ Dawes and Deer Tick
# = w/ Blake Mills
& = w/ Jonny Corndawg

Kisses Plan West Coast Tour

“Great pop music is about escape. Kisses is about entering into another world,” says the band’s lead singer Jesse Kivel. “I used to go to indie clubs where people would only dance to song if they knew who it was by. It was so cliquey and lacking genuine emotion. I wanted to get away from false sentiment and use a different aesthetic” he explains. This March, Kivel’s hoping that fans will come out and experience Kisses firsthand, when the band embarks on a West Coast tour. Below we have the dates of said tour and a new remix of Kisses’ “Midnight Lover.”

 

West Coast Tour Dates

03/04 Portland, OR – Peter’s Room

03/05 Vancouver, BC – Biltmore

03/06 Seattle, WA – Vera Project

03/08 San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop

03/09 San Diego, CA – Soda Bar

 

 

Kisses – Midnight Lover (Clancy Remix) by WesleyAmbrecht

Small Sins Return To The States

Toronto based quartet Small Sins released their third LP, Pot Calls Kettle Black in October, before heading out on Canada wide tour. Now, they’re readying to return to America for the first time since 2007. Peep the video for their new single, “Why Don’t You Believe Me,” and a full list of dates down below.

 

 

Small Sins Tour Dates

3/2/11 – Chicago, IL @ Schuba’s
3/3/11 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Founders Brewery Co.
3/4/11 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe
3/5/11 – Montreal, PQ @ Casa del Popolo w/ Say Hi
3/7/11 – Halifax, NS @ The Seahorse
3/9/11 – Boston, MA @ O’Briens Pub
3/10/11 – New York, NY @ Santo’s Party House
3/11/11 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Rock Shop
3/12/11 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
3/13/11 – Washington, DC @ The Red Palace
3/14/11 – Knoxville, TN @ The Pilot Light
3/16/11 – Austin, TX @ Maggie Mae’s Gibson, 12am (SXSW)
3/17/11 – Austin, TX @ The Trophy Room, 4:30pm (SXSW)
3/18/11 – Austin, TX @ The Mohawk, 12pm (SXSW)


James Murphy is Pissed.

In a development conspiracy theorists could whet their palates over, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem has announced four shows at Manhattan’s Terminal 5 leading up to their final hurrah at Madison Square Garden on April 2nd.  Tickets for the MSG show sold out fast — much to the surprise of pretty much everyone except some bloodsucking scalpers.  Now that tickets are going up for obscene amounts of cash on craiglist and ebay, Murphy has decided to channel his frustration into more gigs – this time hoping he can actually get tickets to the real fans.  In a tirelessly long post on the band’s website titled “fuck you, scalpers”, Murphy vents directly to the fans, who have been affected most.  It’s an honest and at times hilarious account from the band’s side of things, with Murphy describing a failed attempt to buy a ticket off a scalper himself.

Anyway, the Terminal 5 shows are going down March 28-31 — only fans pure of heart may wield a ticket.  Or so Murphy hopes.