Shuggie Otis To Play Three NY Shows

Shuggie Otis will be doing three shows in New York this April.  On Thursday, April 18, he will play the first of two shows at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill.  He'll then head over to Brooklyn for a show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Friday, April 19.  Then finally on Saturday, April 20, he'll be back in Manhattan for another show at B.B. King's.  See below for more details.

Shuggie Otis
Jesca Hoop
Thursday, April 18
B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
237 West 42 Street
New York, NY
Doors: 6:00PM / Showtime: 8:00PM
Tickets $42.00 in advance, $50.00 day of show
Shuggie Otis
Jesca Hoop
Friday, April 19
Music Hall of Williamsburg 66 North 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY
Doors: 8:00 pm / Show: 9:00 pm
$35 advance / $40 day of show
18+

Shuggie Otis
Jesca Hoop
Saturday, April 20
B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
237 West 42 Street
New York, NY
Doors: 6:00PM / Showtime: 8:00PM
Tickets $42.00 in advance, $50.00 day of show

Otis will release his upcoming album, Inspiration Information/Wings Of Love, on April 16th.

Chrome Pony Releases New Single

Chrome Pony released their debut full-length album, Lazy Bones, a couple of weeks ago. The record was released via Blacktooth Records on cassette and digital only ... guess I'd better bust out my Walkman for that cassette.  Check out the first single from the record, "Ciggy Stardust" below.

The duo have just released their debut single for “Ciggy Stardust,” which will surely stop you in your tracks. Reminiscent of early Waaves, with their pure energy blended with the perfect taste of garage rock meets indie, brothers Kyle and Tyler Davis are ready to take you on quite the musical ride. Having just released their first full length album last week, Lazy Bones (Blacktooth Records), on cassette and digital only, the group is in full gear this Spring with more tour dates to follow.

Everything Everything To Play The Bowery Ballroom on 3/25

Everything Everything
Dinowalrus
Monday, March 25
The Bowery Ballroom
6 Delancey St
New York, NY
Doors: 8:00 pm / Show: 9:00 pm
Tickets: $15
18+

Their EP Cough Cough was released a couple of weeks ago via Julian Casablancas' Cult Records.

Julia Weldon To Play Tammany Hall on 3/21

Julia Weldon
BETS
Ginger & The Ghost
Thursday, March 21
Tammany Hall
152 Orchard Street
New York, NY
Doors 7PM
$10  

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…