Around New York ... March 17 - March 23, 2013

Upcoming Shows in the New York area ...

Mike Farris at Mercury Lounge, 3/22

March 17 -- The Allman Brothers Band at The Beacon Theatre
March 17 -- Wasabasscos St. Patrick's Day For Sinners at The Bell House
March 17 -- Hassle Merchants / Generator Ohm / The Shower Scene / Manbourine at Pianos
March 17 -- Fuck Art, Let's Dance at Mercury Lounge
March 17 -- Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts at City Winery
March 17 -- Hero Jr. / Standard Standard / Delta Routine at Parkside Lounge
March 19 -- Fountains of Wayne / Cruise Elroy at The Bowery Electric
March 20 -- Garbage / IO Echo at The Wellmont Theatre
March 20 -- Highasakite / Tall Ships at Mercury Lounge
March 20 -- Vonda Shepard at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
March 20 -- Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories / The No Fairy Tale / TourSatellite / Anya Marina at Highline Ballroom
March 20 -- Shout Out Out Out Out at Cameo Gallery
March 20 -- The Fearless / Ryan Martin at Spike Hill
March 21 -- Lazyeyes / Remate at Cake Shop
March 21 -- Mother Mother / Born Cages / The Shills at The Studio at Webster Hall
March 21 -- Highasakite / Luxury Liners / Wall at Glasslands
March 21 -- Krief / The Letter Yellow / The Spanish Channel at The Rock Shop
March 21 -- Julia Weldon / BETS / Ginger & The Ghost at Tammany Hall
March 22 -- Heloise & The Savoir Faire / The Mast / TheSwimmingPools at Union Pool
March 22 -- Dara Tucker at Blue Note
March 22 -- Mike Farris at Mercury Lounge
March 22 -- James Cotton at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
March 22 -- Wheeler Brothers at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
March 22 -- Wasabassco Burlesque at Highline Ballroom
March 22 -- Alicia Olatuja at Joe's Pub
March 22 -- Stone Cold Fox / Land of Pines at Glasslands
March 22 -- Velta / Twin Wave / Half Sister at The Bowery Electric
March 22 -- The Shivers / Roses / Matt Longo at The Rock Shop
March 22 - 23 -- Brandy Carlile / The Lone Bellow at The Beacon Theatre
March 23 -- Robbie Gil at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
March 23 -- Brown Girls Burlesque at Joe's Pub
March 23 -- Hundred Waters / Salt Cathedral at Glasslands
March 23 -- Tecla at BAMcafé

Hugh Masekela To Tour US

Trumpeter Hugh Masekela is set to tour the US this April.  He'll be making a stop in New York at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts on April 20.  Show details and North American tour dates are below.

Hugh Masekela
Saturday, April 20
Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts
3 Spruce Street
New York, NY
7:30PM
Tickets $30 - $55
Tour Dates

• 4/3/13 Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
• 4/4/13 Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts-Detroit, Detroit, MI
• 4/6/13 Rialto Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA
• 4/7/13 NC Blumenthal Performing Arts Ctr, Charlotte, NC
• 4/9/13 Weis Performing Arts Center, Lewisburg, PA
• 4/12/13 Lisner Auditorium, Washington, DC
• 4/13/13 Carolina Theatre of Durham, Durham, NC
• 4/14/13 Zellerbach Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
• 4/17/13 Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown, NY
• 4/18/13 Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord, NH
• 4/19/13 Crowell Concert Hall, Middletown, CT
• 4/20/13 Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, New York, NY
• 4/21/13 Berklee Performance Center, Boston, MA
• 4/23/13 Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary, AB, Canada
• 4/24/13 University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
• 4/25/13 Winspear Centre, Edmonton, Canada
• 4/26/13 Carriage House/Montalvo Ctr, Saratoga, CA
• 4/27/13 Marin Center, San Rafael, CA   

OMD Releases Video & Confirms Tour Dates

OMD have released the first video from their upcoming album, English Electric which is scheduled for release on April 9.  The clip is for the single "Metroland".  It was created by animator Garan Rushton and directed by David O'Byrne.  Check out the clip at the bottom of the post.

They are hitting the road and will be taking the stage at Terminal 5 on July, 17.  More details on that show as well as a listing of tour dates are below.

OMD
Diamond Rings
Wednesday, July 17
Terminal 5
610 W 56th St
New York, NY
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
Tickets: $30 advance / $35 day of show  

English Electric was written, recorded, produced and mixed by OMD - McCluskey and Paul Humphreys. The record is a 12-track letter to technology, space, love and a grand return to form for a band whose 1980 hit "Enola Gay" occupied the world's stage at last year's Olympics Opening Ceremony.

The album is being released on standard CD format, as a deluxe edition - with media book and bonus DVD - vinyl format - ltd edition die cut sleeve on heavyweight vinyl, as a limited edition deluxe tin boxset, as well as digitally.   

The original four-piece - Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Malcolm Holmes and Martin Cooper - will be reunited once again this spring for a string of must-see shows, which commemorate the band's 35th anniversary.

Tour Dates
April

• 5 - Vancouver - Commodore Ballroom
• 6 - Seattle, WA - The Showbox @ The Market
• 7 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
• 10 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
• 12 - San Francisco, CA - The Regency Ballroom
• 14 - Indio, CA - Coachella
• 15 - Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theatre
• 18 - Mexico City, DF - Teatro Metrpolitan
• 21 - Indio, CA - Coachella

July

• 11 - Toronto, ONT - Danforth Music Hall
• 12 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
• 13 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
• 15 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
• 17 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
• 19 - Toronto, ONT - Daforth Music Hall
• 20 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall
• 22 - Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater
• 23 - Chicago, IL - Metro

Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line To Play The Living Room on 4/19

Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line
Friday, April 19
The Living Room
154 Ludlow Street
New York, NY
7PM
$10
All Ages
Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line will release their album Carnival on April 16.

“When you go to a carnival, you go into a sideshow tent, and on every stage you find a different person with a different story,” says Nora Jane Struthers. “That’s why I’m trying to do with this album – craft vignettes, and in some cases more developed narratives, about imaginary people’s lives.” Struthers’ album Carnival, which will be issued on the singer-songwriter’s own label on April 16th, is an ambitious and literate follow-up to the Nashville performer’s much-praised 2010 solo debut.

Produced by Brent Truitt (Dolly Parton, Alison Krauss, Dixie Chicks), who also helmed Struthers’ self-titled bow, Carnival comprises 14 fresh original compositions in her “Classic Americana” vein that richly show off her skills as a sensitive and intelligent tune-weaver and a warm and persuasive vocalist. Recorded at Truitt’s East Nashville studio, the album marks the recording debut of Struthers’ touring band the Party Line. The gifted group of instrumentalists includes Struthers’ longtime collaborator P. J. George, Joe Overton, Aaron Jonah Lewis and Drew Lawhorn.

Clementine & The Galaxy To Play Mercury Lounge, 4/16 + New Video

  Clementine & The Galaxy
Cold Blood Club
Tuesday, April 16 Mercury Lounge
217 E Houston Street
New York, NY
Doors: 9:30PM / Show: 10:30PM
Tickets $10
21+

Clementine & The Galaxy will release their self-titled debut EP on April 9.  Check out the video of the first single, "Robot", and grab the download using the handy widget when you're done.

PYYRAMIDS To Play Mercury Lounge on 4/10

PYYRAMIDS
MisterWives
Wednesday, April 10
Early Show
Mercury Lounge
217 E Houston Street
New York, NY
Doors: 6:30 pm
Tickets $10 advance / $12 dos
21+

PYYRAMIDS will release their album Brightest Darkest Day on April 9 via Paracadute.

PYYRAMIDS (Tim Nordwind from OK Go and Drea Smith from He Say, She Say) will be playing The Mercury Lounge in New York, NY on Wednesday, April 10. On April 9, OK Go's label Paracadute will release the band’s full-length debut, Brightest Darkest Day.

Tim and Drea first bonded over dark British pop from the early '80s like The Smiths and Joy Division, as well as stranger more modern fare like Micachu and the Shapes…

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.