The Knife Release Video for "A Tooth For An Eye"

 

The Knife released a video for their track "A Tooth For An Eye" last week.  The track, available today, is from their upcoming album Shaking The Habitual which is scheduled for release on April 9.  The video was directed by Roxy Farhat and Kakan Hermansson.  Check it out below.

“A Tooth For An Eye” deconstructs images of maleness, power and leadership, Who are the people we trust as our leaders and why? What do we have to learn from those we consider inferior?

 In a sport setting where one would traditionally consider a group of men as powerful and in charge, an unexpected leader emerges. A child enters and allows the men to let go of their hierarchies, machismo and fear of intimacy, as they follow her into a dance. Their lack of expertise and vulnerability shines through as they perform the choreography.

Amateurs and skilled dancers alike express joy and a sense of freedom; there is no prestige in their performance.  

Upcoming: Elephant Stone To Play Pianos, 4/2

Elephant Stone
Tuesday, April 2
Pianos
158 Ludlow Street
New York, NY
6:30PM Door / 7PM Show
$8 21+
Tour Dates

• Apr 02 - New York, NY - Piano's (Headline)
• Apr 04 - Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre*
• Apr 05 - Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel*
• Apr 06 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat *
• Apr 07 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer *
• Apr 08 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall *
• Apr 10 - Brooklyn, NY @ The Bell House*
• Apr 11 - Boston, MA @ Royale Boston *
• Apr 12 -  Montreal, QC @ Le National*
• Apr 13 - Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall*
• Apr 15 - Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick *
• Apr 16 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom *
• Apr 17 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall*
• Apr 18 - Cincinnati, OH @ MOTR Pub
• Apr 19 - Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre*
• Apr 20 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Café*
• Apr 21 - Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room*
• Apr 22 - Lawrence, KS @ Granada*
• Apr 23  - Oklahoma City, OK -  Conservatory
• Apr 24 - Dallas, TX - Dada's
• Apr 25 - Denton, TX -  Rubber Gloves w/ Woodsman
• Apr 26-28 - Austin, TX for Austin Psych Fest*

* w/ The Black Angels and Allah Las

Junip Announce North American Tour Dates

Swedish trio Junip have announced North American tour dates.  The tour is in support of their upcoming album Junip which is scheduled to be released on April 23 via Mute. They'll be taking the stage in New York at Highline Ballroom on Thursday, June 13.  See below for show details and additional tour dates.

Junip
Thursday, June 13
Highline Ballroom
431 W 16th Street
New York, NY
Doors @ 8:00 PM / Show @ 9:00 PM
Tickets $20
All ages
Tour Dates

• 5/30 – Troubadour – Los Angeles, CA
• 5/31 – Rio Theatre – Santa Cruz, CA
• 6/1 – Bimbos – San Francisco, CA
• 6/2 – Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, OR
• 6/4 – Rio Theatre – Vancouver, BC
• 6/5 – Neumos – Seattle, WA
• 6/8 – Cedar Cultural Center – Minneapolis, MN
• 6/9 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
• 6/10 – Great Hall –Toronto, ON
• 6/12 – Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
• 6/13 – Highline Ballroom – New York, NY
• 6/15 - 9:30 Club – Washington DC
• 6/16 – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA

Highasakite To Make NY Debut With Two Shows

Norwegian band Highasakite, whose EP, In and out of weeks, came out last week here in the US, will be making their New York debut with a pair of shows. First, they will be on the LES at Mercury Lounge on Wednesday, March 20 at 8PM and it will cost you $10.  The following night, Thursday, March 21 they will be over in Brooklyn at Glasslands.  It happens at 10PM and will cost you $10.  See below for full details.

Highasakite
Tall Ships
Wednesday, March 20
Mercury Lounge
217 E Houston Street
New York, NY
Doors: 6:30 pm
Tickets $10
21+

Highasakite
Luxury Liners
Thursday March 21
Glasslands Gallery
289 Kent Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
Doors: 8:30 PM
Tickets $10
21+

Highasakite inhabits their own rare musical landscape, a place of long dark shadows, sudden flashes of glittering light, brooding silences and unexpected explosions of fierce percussion. Ingrid Håvik’s surrealistic lyrics and ardent vocals float out of another time and place, drawing you down into the breathless maelstrom created by her band mates. Progressive rock, Norwegian folk music, jazzy tribal drumming, spaced out synthesizers, zither and autoharp come together to create a deep, mysterious resonance, echoing the sounds your hear in the midnight dreams that often seem more real than anything you experience during your waking hours. Imagine Phil Spector producing Cluster, with a dash of Radiohead on the side, and you’ll have the general idea, but Highasakite brings their own singular vision to the party.

The band took flight when Håvik and drummer Trond Bersu met while studying jazz at the Trondheim Jazz Conservatory. They started as a duo, with Bersu on drums and Håvik singing and playing zither. After a few gigs, they enlisted producer Thomas Dahl (Krøyt) to help them capture the sounds they were hearing in their heads. “We wanted to combine the rhythm patterns I was composing with 60s American pop, Norwegian folk music and synthesizers,” Bersu says. With Dahl producing and playing bass and guitar, and their friend Øystein Skar contributing his synthesizer wizardry, they worked for six months to produce a collection of songs cryptically titled All that floats will rain. This was an immediate success and Highasakite was named the best new act of 2012 by many Norwegian magazines and newspapers.

With their reputation in Norway secure, Highasakite is setting their sights on the American market with In and out of weeks. The five-song mini-album will introduce America to the band’s highly emotional music and their distinctive approach to songwriting and arranging. Tribal drums and throbbing, euphoric synthesizer open “Son of a Bitch,” a mid tempo rocker that alternates between Håvik’s propulsive, tongue twisting verses and wordless trills, underscored by Dahl’s swooping bass. “In and out of weeks” is a tense, moody ballad full of long sustained guitar notes, vast washes of spacey keyboards and dense layers of skittering percussion. Håvik’s somnambulant vocals capture the muzzy feeling of a sleepless night.

Aimee Mann Announces Spring Tour Dates

Aimee Mann is hitting the road.  She'll be taking the stage at Webster Hall on Saturday, April 20.  Doors are at 7PM and it will cost you $35.  Also on the bill is, Ted Leo.  We can only assume they will play some of the songs they've written together under the moniker #BOTH.  See below for full details and additional tour dates.

Aimee Mann
Ted Leo
Saturday, April 20
Webster Hall
125 E 11th Street
New York, NY
Doors: 7PM
Tickets $35
18+
Tour Dates

• 03/26  #BOTH (Aimee Mann & Ted Leo) at Bottom of the Hill     San Francisco, CA
• 03/27  #BOTH (Aimee Mann & Ted Leo) at Bottom of the Hill     San Francisco, CA
• 04/18  Club Helsinki Hudson     Hudson, NY
• 04/19  The Paramount     Huntington, NY
• 04/20  Webster Hall     New York, NY
• 04/21   Portsmouth Singer Songwriter Festival     Portsmouth, NH
• 04/23   Union County Performing Arts Center     Rahway, NJ
• 04/24   World Cafe Live at the Queen     Wilmington, DE
• 04/25   Maryland Hall For The Creative Arts     Annapolis, MD
• 04/27   Mauch Chunk Opera House     Jim Thorpe, PA 

Hero Jr. & The Delta Routine to Play Two NY Shows

 

Hero Jr.

The Delta Routine & Hero Jr. are out on tour together supporting their recent albums.  The Delta Routine recently released their third studio record, Cigarettes & Caffeine Nightmares while Hero Jr. recently released their debut full-length album, Back-up Plan.

They will play two shows in the area, both on the LES.  Friday, March 15, they'll be down at Fontana's. It all happens at 8PM and it will cost you $8.  Then, they'll be down at Parkside Lounge on Sunday, March 17 at 8PM.  See below for full details, tour dates and some tunes.

Hero Jr. & The Delta Routine
Friday, March 15
Fontana's
105 Eldridge Street
New York, NY
8PM
$8
21+

Hero Jr. & The Delta Routine
Sunday, March 17
Parkside Lounge
317 E Houston Street
New York, NY
21+
Tour Dates

• Mar. 10 - Wooley Bully’s-  Pittsburgh, PA
• Mar. 11 - The Record Exchange In-Store - Fredrick, MD
• Mar. 14 - The Brighton Bar - Long Branch, NJ
• Mar. 15 - Fontana’s - New York, NY
• Mar. 16 - Legendary Dobbs - Philadelphia, PA
• Mar. 17 - Parkside Lounge - Brooklyn, NY
• Mar. 19 - Scully’s - Columbus, OH
• Mar.  21- Cactus Club - Milwaukee, WI
• Mar.  22 - Mitchell’s-  Whitewater, WI
• Mar.  23 - Willi’s -  Decorah, IA
• Apr. 6 - Radio Radio -  Indianapolis, IN
• Apr. 12 - The Brink Lounge - Madison, WI [The Delta Routine only]
• Apr. 12 - Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH [Hero Jr. only]
• Apr. 19 - Victory’s Live - Columbus, OH [Hero Jr. only]
• Apr. 20 - Old Haunts, Akron - OH [Hero Jr. only]
• Apr. 26 - Hard Rock Café - New Buffalo, MI [Hero Jr. only]

Around New York ... March 10 - March 16, 2013

Upcoming Shows in the New York area ...

Danielia Cotton at Bowery Electric, 3/15

March 10 -- Girls Names/Lazyeyes/Sapphire Mansions at Cameo Gallery
March 10 -- D-A-D/Streetlight Circus/Panzie at The Studio at Webster Hall
March 10 -- Devon Allman Band at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
March 10 -- Kestrels/Soccer Mom/Relations at Cake Shop
March 11 -- Lily & The Parlour Tricks/Alice & The Glass Lake at Mercury Lounge
March 11 -- Clara Lofaro at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
March 11 -- Adult Dude/Kestrels/Graveyard Lovers/Sweethearts at Public Assembly
March 11 -- Big Daddy Kane Las Supper Album Release at Blue Note
March 12 -- Lelia Broussard at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
March 12 -- The Whigs/Bad Girlfriend at Mercury Lounge
March 12 -- Tristan Prettyman/Anya Marina at Bowery Ballroom
March 12 - 13 -- The Allman Brothers Band at The Beacon Theatre
March 12 - 13 -- Dropkick Murphys at Terminal 5
March 13 -- Aaron Comess at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1
March 14 -- Ari Hest at Union Hall
March 14 -- Hockey/The Midnight Hollow/Young Unknowns at Glasslands
March 15 -- Danielia Cotton/Devil's Backbone/Julia Weldon/Mariko at The Bowery Electric
March 15 -- Starfucker/Blackbird Blackbird at Webster Hall
March 15 -- Dark Carnival Burlesque at The Delancey
March 15 -- Emily King at BAMcafé Live
March 15 -- Rhinestone Gorilla Burlesque at Parkside Lounge
March 15 - 16 -- The Allman Brothers Band at The Beacon Theatre
March 16 -- Shelley Nicole’s blaKbüshe at BAMcafé Live
March 16 -- Drive-By Truckers/Old 97s at The Wellmont Theatre
March 17 -- Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts at City Winery

Frank Turner & More Added to Newport Folk Festival Line-up

It was announced yesterday, that Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls will be taking the stage at this year's Newport Folk Festival.  He'll be performing on Saturday, July 27 joining Langhorne Slim, Trombone Shorty, Iris DeMent among other recently announced artists who will take a stage that day. 

Turner has a new album, Tape Deck Heart, scheduled to be released on April 23 and is available for pre-order.  Check out the video for the single "Recovery" below.

The Newport Folk Festival takes place July 26 - 28 at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, RI.  Saturday and Sunday tickets are sold-out but, you can still get Friday tickets, HERE.   

*The line-up so far...

Friday, July 26, 2013

• JD McPherson
• Kingsley Flood
• The Last Bison
• The Mountain Goats

Saturday, July 27, 2013

• Father John Misty
• Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls
• Houndmouth
• Hurray for the Riff Raff
• Iris DeMent
• Jason Isbell
• Jim James
• Langhorne Slim & The Law
• Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers
• Rayland Baxter
• Shovels and Rope
• The Lone Bellow
• Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue

Sunday, July 28

• Andrew Bird
• Black Prairie
• Bombino
• Hey Marseilles
• Michael Hurley
• Michael Kiwanuka
• Spirit Family Reunion
• The Felice Brothers
• The Lumineers
• Tift Merritt

*Artists listed in alphabetical order, by day.

Miss Guy Releases Groovy New Video

It's no secret that we like Miss Guy here at QNYC. He's one of our music crushes.  Well, he's back with a brand new video.  The clip is for the track "Magic" from his Dumb Blonde EP. 

"Magic" has that 70's pop, feel good, vibe going on. It's the kind of song that would have had little bell-bottomed girls squealing, "he's so dreamy!"  The video follows suit with bright groovy graphics. The whole thing just inspires me to smile.  I'm not sure if it's the bright and colorful nod to my time in front of the television as a child or if I just want to smile back at Miss Guy's smiling disembodied head.  Check out the clip below.




Directed by B. G. Kuchta
Song by Barbara Jean Morrison, Charles W. Nieland, and Miss Guy

Lily and the Parlour Tricks To Play Mercury Lounge, 3/11

   

Lily and the Parlour Tricks will be taking the stage at Mercury Lounge on Monday, March 11.  Doors are at 9PM and it will cost you $10.  Head on down and show them some love.

Lily and the Parlour Tricks
Alice & the Glass Lake
Monday, March 11
Mercury Lounge
217 E Houston Street
New York, NY 9PM
Tickets $10
21+

The band started off like many others: while finding her niche in writing music, Lily Claire (lead vocals) met and instantly connected with Terry Moore (drums), Brian Kesley (bass) and Angelo Spagnolo (guitar) and formed a band. But it wasn't until Morgane Moulherat and Darah Golub joined the group to create the amazing three part harmonies Lily had dreamed about, that Lily and the Parlour Tricks were finally whole.

"When you play well with others, you know it instantly and you don't want to stop. It was just evolution from there on out," says Lily.

After the band was fully developed, their live show transformed into something truly one-of-a-kind.

With influences such as Elvis Presley, Tom Waits and T.Rex, it's no surprise Lily and the Parlour Tricks' ooze the sexiest retro rock to come out of New York in a long time. The band draws from all of their musical backgrounds to create a sound unique to only them. And with the band members hailing from New York City to Pittsburgh and Detroit to Paris, France - they are just as eclectic as the music they create.