Minor Alps - “Waiting For You”

Minor Alps, the collaboration between Nada Surf's Matthew Caws and Juliana Hatfield, released a video for their track “Waiting For You” about a month ago.  The clip stars Julie Gayet and Philippe Rebbot and was directed by Emilie and Sarah Barbault.  Check it out below.

Minor Alps released their debut album Get There in October 2013.

Over the last two decades, both Caws and Hatfield have carved out long-lasting - and strikingly independent - careers within a dependably fickle music business, Caws with his now 20-year-old New York City group Nada Surf, and Hatfield with the Boston-reared Blake Babies, the Juliana Hatfield Three, Some Girls, as well as a number of releases under her own name.

 

Hatfield and Caws not only share lead vocals and co-writing credit on each of the eleven songs that comprise Get There; aside from some drumming and programming by Parker Kindred (Jeff Buckley, Antony and the Johnsons) and Chris Egan (Solange, Computer Magic), the pair plays every instrument and conjures every sound - from primitive electronic dub pulse ('Buried Plans')-- to straight-up rock hook ('I Don't Know What To Do With My Hands') to stripped-down electric guitar punch ('Mixed Feelings') to eerie trance-allure ('Radio Static') to hypnotic guitar drone ('Waiting For You').

Side Saddle - “Don’t Wait For Him” + Upcoming EP

Side Saddle, the moniker Ian McGuinness writes under, recently released his new single, “Don’t Wait For Him”, from his upcoming debut EP.  The Postcard is scheduled to be released on March 25.  Check it out below.  He also premiered his video for the song on Baeble.

Upcoming: Lily Kershaw at Rockwood Music Hall on 2/25

Lily Kershaw

Tuesday, February 25

Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 3

185 Orchard Street

New York, NY

Doors: 9:15PM / Show: 9:30

Tickets: $12 

$10 drink minimum

21+

Lily Kershaw released her John Fields produced album, Midnight In The Garden in September 2013 via Nettwerk Records.

Neon Trees Announce North American Tour + NY Show

Neon Trees announced their North American tour this week.  They’ll be making a stop in NYC at Central Park Summer Stage on Monday, July 7.  Doors are at 5:30.  Tickets go on-sale tomorrow, Friday, February 21 and it’ll cost you $35.  See below for more details and dates.

Also, Neon Trees will release their new album, Pop Psychology, on April 22.

Neon Trees

Smallpools / Nightmare & the Cat

Monday, July 7

Central Park Summer Stage

69th St At 5th Ave 

Entrance/Rumsey Field, Central Park

New York, NY

Doors: 5:30PM / Show: 6:30PM

Tickets: $35

Rain or Shine Event, General Admission, Standing Room Only

All Ages

Tour Dates
Smallpools and Nightmare and the Cat supporting on all dates

• 5/12 - Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
• 5/14 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
• 5/16 - Atlantic City, NJ @ House of Blues
• 5/19 - Norfolk, VA @ The Norva
• 5/20 - Richmond, VA @ The National
• 5/22 - Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
• 5/23 - Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle
• 5/24 - Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre
• 5/25 - North Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues
• 5/27 - Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
• 5/28 - Tampa, FL @ The Ritz Ybor
• 5/29 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
• 6/1 - Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
• 6/2 - Austin, TX @ Stubb's Waller Creek
• 6/4 - Tucson, AZ @ The Rialto Theatre
• 6/5 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Cosmopolitan
• 6/9 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
• 6/10 - Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
• 6/11 - Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
• 6/13 - Reno, NV @ Knitting Factory
• 6/14 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
• 6/16 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
• 6/17 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
• 6/21 - Louisville, KY @ Fourth Street Live!
• 6/23 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
• 6/24 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
• 6/29 - Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
• 6/30 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
• 7/1 - Dewey Beach, DE @ Bottle & Cork
• 7/3 - Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
• 7/4 - Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre
• 7/7 - New York, NY @ Central Park Summer Stage
• 7/10 - Wallingford, CT @ The Dome at Toyota Presents
• 7/11 - Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live
• 7/13 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

TONIGHT: Prospector at Cameo Gallery, 2/18

This is happening…

The Bowery Riots / Prospector / JM Airis and the Wild Birds

Tuesday, February 18

Cameo Gallery

93 N 6th Street 

Brooklyn, NY

Doors: 8PM

Tickets: $8

21+

...you should definitely go. 

Tysson Debut New Single: “Lost”

Tysson, the new project from John Michael Rouchell with Joe Dyson, Alvin Ford, Jr., Max Moran and Joe Shirley released their debut single “Lost” recently.  If memory serves me correctly, the last time JM played NYC, these were the cats that played with him ... all but Ford.  They were seriously tight.  Judging by this track, there are good things to come from this project.  I’m looking forward to more tunes from these gents.  For now, we’ll have to settle for “Lost” which they are offering as a free download.  Check it out below and enjoy.

Miss Shevaughn & Yuma Wray To Release New Album + Tour

Miss Shevaughn & Yuma Wray are set to release their sophomore studio album Lean Into The Wind on March 25th via Seven Dead Arson Records.  Check out a sneak peak of one of the tracks, "Drifter's Compass", at the bottom of the post. You'll get caught up in Miss Shevaughn's voice; once that happens, there's no turning back and why would you want to?

They’ll be hitting the road in support of the record in what is dubbed the “Honeymoon Tour” aptly named because Miss Shevaughn & Yuma Wray will be tying the knot on March 1st.  Congratulations!  There will be a stop in NY over in Brooklyn at The Grand Victory on April 11.  Doors are at 7PM and it will cost you $8.  See below for more details & dates.

Miss Shevaughn & Yuma Wray

Friday, April 11

The Grand Victory

Brooklyn, NY

245 Grand Street

Doors: 7PM

Tickets: $8

21+

Lean Into the Wind, the second full-length album from hard touring rock band Miss Shevaughn & Yuma Wray is the product of a year plagued by the chaos of friends passing, illness, depression and self-doubt, but also one of adventure, travel, friendship and the kinds of life events that ultimately help us to cut through the noise. 

“We had a pretty emotional year, I don’t think you can assign one emotion to something as complex as a series of songs, emotion shouldn’t be a stylistic choice. Unless you’re sedated, no one exists like that. Sometimes you feel happy or angry or inadequate, this album captures every nuance of what we were feeling last year,” explains Yuma Wray. 

For the two songwriters settling, for the moment, in California seems to have had more than just a slight effect on their music. Many of the dreamy guitar and vocal textures harken back to the days of the Flying Burrito Brothers or the Byrds Sweetheart Of The Rodeo period. Lean Into The Wind is as twangy as it is fuzzy - striking a perfect balance between the jittery, noisy heyday of the late sixties and the more subdued, experimental sounds of the early seventies.  

The album opens with a nod to those sounds, and introduces the rich three-part vocal harmonies that are woven into the fabric of the album. “Drifter’s Compass” is a manifesto of sorts. “It’s a kind of defiant anthem for the underdogs and artists who create outside of the mainstream because they just simply must, “ says Miss Shevaughn.    

This record, that celebrates those who travel the outskirts and explores the push and pull between creativity and destruction, hope and despair, ends much as it started, with a statement of defiance, spirit and perseverance. Lean Into the Wind invites the adventurous to time travel with the band through the past, present and several imagined futures. Whispers and roars fill these songs - yet each tune, in it's own way, has a thin veneer of that California sunlight that streams golden just before the sun sets over the mountains.

Tour Dates

• 3/6 - Alex's Bar - Long Beach, CA
• 3/7 - The Press Restaurant - Claremont, CA
• 3/8 - TBA - Phoenix, AZ
• 3/9 - The Lost Leaf - Phoenix, AZ
• 3/11 - Cowgirl BBQ - Santa Fe, NM
• 3/12 - Adobe Bar - Taos, NM
• 3/14 - Bufalo Bob's Chalupa Wagon - Austin, TX
• 3/15 - Cherrywood Coffee - Austin, TX
• 3/21 - The Nick - Birmingham, AL
• 3/23 - Hendershot's - Athens, GA
• 3/24 - Eddie's Attic open mic - Decatur, GA
• 3/25 - The Basement (new faces showcase) - Nashville, TN
• 3/27 - Emerald Lounge - Asheville, NC
• 3/28 - Slim's Downtown - Raleigh, NC
• 3/29 - Common Market - Charlotte, NC
• 4/2 - IOTA - Arlington, VA
• 4/11 - Grand Victory - Brooklyn, NY
• 4/12 - The Bus Stop Music Cafe - Pitman, NJ
• 4/16 - Bossy Grrl's Pinup Joint - Columbus, OH
• 4/17 - TBA - Dayton, OH
• 4/18 - Southgate House - Newport, KY
• 4/19 - TBA - Louisville, KY
• 4/20 - Melody Inn - Indianapolis, IN
• 4/22 - Acorn Theater - Three Oaks, MI
• 4/24 - Woodruff's - Ypsilanti, MI
• 4/26 - Kingman Island Folk & Bluegrass Festival - Washington DC
• 4/30 - The Frequency - Madison, WI
• 5/02 - Frank's Power Plant - Milwaukee, WI
• 5/3 - Ritual Cafe - Des Moines, IA
• 5/9 - The Pioneer Inn - Nederland, CO
• 5/14 - Cowgirl BBQ - Santa Fe, NM
• 5/19 - Pappy & Harriet's - Pioneertown, CA
• 5/23 - Trillium Cafe - Hood River, OR 

Little Brother Eli - “Injection of Blue”

There's a new video from UK based band Little Brother Eli.  Check out “Injection of Blue” below.

Upcoming: Those Darlins at Music Hall of Williamsburg on 2/16 + New Single

Need plans for Sunday, February 16?  Well, head on over to the Music Hall of Williamsburg and see Those Darlins.  Doors are at 8PM and it will cost you $15.  See below for more details.

They’ve unleashed a new single from the Blur The Line sessions. “Why Can’t I” was released about a week and a half ago via their Oh Wow Dang Records.  You can pick it up here and here. They performed the new single for Nashville Cream’s “Live In The Morgue” series.  Check that out below as well as a clip for “That Man”.

Those Darlins

Diarrhea Planet / Desert Sharks

Sunday, February 16

Music Hall of Williamsburg

66 North 6th Street

Brooklyn, NY

Doors: 8PM / Show: 9PM

Tickets: $15

18+

Rodrigo y Gabriela To Release New Album + North American Tour

Acoustic duo Rodrigo y Gabriela are scheduled to release their new album, 9 Dead Alive on April 29.  It’s their first record of new material in five years.  Check out the video featuring two songs from the new record below.

North American tour dates have been announced. They will make a stop in NYC for two shows at the Beacon Theatre on Thursday, May 1 and Friday, May 2.  Doors are at 8PM and it will cost you $40 - $75.

Rodrigo y Gabriela 

Thursday, May 1 & Friday, May 2

The Beacon Theatre

2124 Broadway 

(between West 74th and 75th streets)

New York, NY

Doors: 8PM

Tickets: $40 - $75

Tour Dates

May

• 1 - New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
• 2 - New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
• 6 - Los Angeles, CA - Orpheum
• 7 - Los Angeles, CA - Palladium
• 9 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
• 11 - Seattle - The Paramount

August

• 17 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks w/Nathaniel Rateliff

Gabriela says: "My idea was to record it as if we were to playing a live gig in your living room."

 

The end result is a thrilling explosion of rhythm and melody, capturing Rodrigo y Gabriela at their most inventive and exuberant.

 

9 Dead Alive sees Rodrigo y Gabriela playing face to face, guitar versus guitar, bursting with melodic energy and rhythmic invention. Recorded at their Pacific Coast hideaway in late summer, the album captures the warmth and spontaneity of two great musicians locked in together; perfectly distilled into nine new songs teeming with desire, elegance and gusto.