New Video From The Colourist + Video & Tour

The Colourist have released a new video.  The clip is for their track “We Won’t Go Home”.  I’m really enjoying this tune.  The track is from their upcoming, self-titled, debut full-length album. Check out the video below.  

The Colourist, which is scheduled for release on March 25 via Republic Records, is available for pre-order HERE.

They’ll be making a couple of stops in NY.  On Tuesday, March 25 they’ll be in Brooklyn at Rough Trade.  See below for more details plus additional tour dates.  The following night, Wednesday, March 26, they will be on the LES at Mercury Lounge which is sold out.

The Colourist

Night Terrors of 1927 / Wind and the Wave

Tuesday, March 25

Rough Trade NYC

64 N 9th Street

Brooklyn, NY

Doors: 8PM / Show: 8:30

Tickets: $12 adv / $14 dos

21+

Tour Dates

• March 21st – U Street Music Hall – Washington, DC 
• March 22nd – North Star Bar – Philadelphia, PA 
• March 24th – Great Scott – Boston, MA 
• March 25th – Rough Trade – Brooklyn, NY 
• March 26th – Mercury Lounge – New York, NY 
• March 28th – The Met – Providence, RI 
• March 30th – Pike Room – Detroit, MI 
• March 31st – The Basement – Columbus, OH 
• April 2nd – Schubas – Chicago, IL 
• April 4th – 7th St. Entry – Minneapolis, MN
• April 7th – Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, CO
• April 8th – Marquis Theater – Denver, CO
• April 9th – Kilby Court – Salt Lake City, UT
• April 11th – Tractor Tavern – Seattle, WA
• April 12th – Wonder Ballroom – Portland, OR 
• April 14th – Harlow’s – Sacramento, CA 
• April 15th – Bottom of the Hill – San Francisco, CA

New Album + Video From Taking Back Sunday

Taking Back Sunday released their new album, Happiness Is, earlier this week.  Check out the video for the single, “Stood A Chance” below.

Adam Lazzara tells us, "Stood A Chance is a song that anyone who has been with the band and grown with us can relate to.  Also for people who may be new to our band there is something special we hope they enjoy. We had fun making a video that came out a little weird." The video for "Stood A Chance" was directed by Evan Brace (Phantogram) and brings a nice bright departure to the twisted lyrics in the track. 

Taking Back Sunday's new album, Happiness Is, was produced by Marc Jacob Hudson and Mike Sapone, and mixed by Claudius Mittendorfer. With the spirit of resilience and innovation dripping all over the band's sixth full-length, the album addresses some heady concepts, but it simultaneously showcases a new musical and conceptual leap for this band of mainstream misfits that's sure to endear them to fans both new and old.

Tour Dates
* Headlining Dates w/Tonight Alive & Sleepwave

• 3/14             Quiktrip Park - South By So What              Dallas, TX  
• 3/15             Backstage Live                                        San Antonio, TX
• 3/16             Bayou Music Centre - HWHAP Fest           Houston, TX
• 3/18             Marquee Theatre                                       Phoenix, AZ
• 3/19             Palladium                                                 Los Angeles, CA
• 3/21             In The Venue                                            Salt Lake City, UT
• 3/22             In The Venue                                            Salt Lake City, UT
• 3/23             Knitting Factory                                         Boise, ID
• 3/25             Warfield                                                    San Francisco, CA
• 3/27             Palladium                                                  Los Angeles, CA - SOLD OUT
• 3/28             House of Blues                                          San Diego, CA - SOLD OUT
• 3/29             Extreme Thing                                           Las Vegas, NV
• 3/30             Sunshine Theater*                                     Albuquerque, NM
• 4/1               Ogden Theatre                                          Denver, CO
• 4/2               Sokol                                                       Omaha, NE
• 4/4               Eagles Ballroom                                       Milwaukee, WI
• 4/5               Concord Music Hall                                  Chicago, IL - SOLD OUT
• 4/6               Fillmore                                                   Detroit, MI - SOLD OUT
• 4/8               Kool Haus                                                Toronto, ON - SOLD OUT
• 4/9               The Armory                                              Rochester, NY
• 4/10             The Chance*                                            Poughkeepsie, NY 
• 4/11             Webster Theatre                                       Hartford, CT - SOLD OUT
• 4/12             House of Blues                                         Boston, MA - SOLD OUT
• 4/13             Tower Theatre                                           Philadelphia, PA - SOLD OUT
• 4/15             Best Buy Theatre                                      New York, NY - SOLD OUT
• 4/16             Best Buy Theatre                                      New York, NY - SOLD OUT
• 4/17             The State Theater*                                    Portland, ME 

New Video From Neneh Cherry Featuring Robyn

Neneh Cherry released a video for “Out of the Black”.  The clip is for the lead single from her new album, Blank Project, and features Swedish pop singer Robyn.  Check out the video below.

Both artists have been vocal about inspiring each other, with Robyn covering Neneh songs in her live shows. Hearing them harmonise and throw lines back and forth will be a dream come true for some music fans.

 

The video was created by artist Dario Vigorito AKA 241-24-7 and features dissonant cut n’ paste imagery used to unsettling effect. With its ‘no compromise’ style, it stands in the lineage of great Neneh videos like ‘Buffalo Stance’ or ‘Manchild’.

Reigen - “Play It Cool” + NYC Show

Brooklyn based musician Reigen released his new single, “Play It Cool”, last month.  Check out the video at the bottom of the post.  And should you want to show him some love live, he will be at R Bar on Thursday, April 3.  See below for more details.

Reigen

Thursday, April 3

R Bar

218 Bowery Street

New York, NY

Doors: 8PM / Show: 8:30PM

Tickets: $5

PHOX Set To Play NYC Show

Wisconsin based band PHOX are set to play a show in NY.  They’ll be over in Brooklyn at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on April 9 supporting Laura Mvula.  See below for more details and tour dates.

We’ve got our calendars marked to catch them this summer at the Newport Folk Festival on Friday, July 25.  Tickets are still available for the Friday show (Saturday & Sunday are already sold out).  But, you should be quick like a bunny, Friday is sure to sell out soon. 

Laura Mvula / PHOX

Wednesday, April 9

Music Hall of Williamsburg

66 North 6th Street

Brooklyn, NY

Doors: 7PM / Show: 8PM

Tickets: $25

18+

To whet your appetite check out the handy widget below.  And if that’s not enough for you, they were recently featured on World Cafe which can be heard HERE.

PHOX will release their self-titled debut album in late June 2014 via Partisan Records.

New Video From Nicole Atkins

Nicole Atkins dropped a new video for the masses to enjoy.  The clip is for “Girl You Look Amazing”. The track from her terrific new album Slow Phaser.  If you haven’t had a chance to check out the album, I recommend you do.  Check out the video below.

Alice BrightSky - “Up Up and Away”

Check out “Up Up and Away” from singer-songwriter Alice BrightSky.  The track is from her debut solo album Box of Me which was released independently in April 2013.

The composing and release of the album was a cathartic process for Brightsky, who completed Box of Me after a three-year hiatus from her music.  After walking away from the music business in 2009, feeling “overwhelmed by creative and logistical roadblocks to completing her solo debut”, Brightsky completed the album in 2012 with friend/producer Brandon Wilde who helped her finish “Up Up and Away”, the last track she was struggling with.

 

“The songwriting for this album was a way of pulling out those emotions that I would otherwise have tucked away,” says Brightsky.  “I dove into the box to deal with those things and I’m in a good place right now because of it. I’m the happiest I’ve ever been.”

Track List

• Enter This World
• Pry Me Away
• Lover’s Fate
• I Am
• Up Up and Away
• Troubled Upbringing
• Girl You Hold Onto
• Tie and Untie
• Canopy
• Hold Me Down
• Dry
• Box of Me

Mount Carmel To Release New Album On 3/25 + NYC Show

Ohio trio Mount Carmel are scheduled to release their new album, Get Pure, on March 25 via Alive Naturalsound Records.  Get Pure will be available on CD, digital formats and limited edition vinyl

Mount Carmel will be doing shows in support of the new record which will bring them to NYC.  They’ll be at Cake Shop on April 18.  I caught them a few years back and they put on a seriously tight set.

Tour Dates

• 3/28 Woodlands Tavern ~ Columbus, OH (Hometown Record Release Show!)
• 4/17 31st Street Pub ~ Pittsburg, PA
• 4/18 Cake Shop ~ NYC, NY
• 4/20 Kung Fu Necktie ~ Philadelphia, PA

Amid the current industry of cool, MOUNT CARMEL’s lack of gimmick is a welcome anachronism. The Columbus, OH-based trio’s third album Get Pure is full of swagger, packed with great songs and inspired performances. This is true rock music like you haven’t heard in years. Crank it up!

Track List

• Gold (listen via GhettoBlaster Magazine)
• Back On It (listen via PopMatters) 
• Whisper
• No Pot To Piss
• Swallow Me Up
• Bridge To Nowhere
• One More Morning
• Will I
• Hangin' On
• Fear Me Now
• Yeah You Mama

The Milk Carton Kids, Mavis Staples, J Roddy Walston & More Set To Play Newport Folk Festival

The Newport Folk Festival, which takes place July 25 - 27, 2014 at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, RI, announced yesterday that The Milk Carton Kids will be returning to the festival this summer.  They were one of the highlights of the festival for me last year.  Their set is on Saturday, July 26.

The festival is mostly sold out.  Tickets still remain for the Friday show. You should probably hurry if you want tickets for that day as those are sure to sell out soon as well.

The Newport Folk Festival has been rolling out their line-up via social media since the beginning of February.  See below for a list of who has been announced so far.

Update: The festival announced this morning, 3/14, that Dawes and Conor Oberst (w/Dawes as his supporting band) will be returning to the Fort.

The Newport Folk Festival Line-Up (as of March 13)

Listed in the order they were announced from last to first

• The Milk Carton Kids
• Caitlin Rose
• Lucero
• Robert Hunter
• Gregory Alan Isakov
• J Roddy Walston And The Business
• Phox
• Trampled By Turtles
• Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
• Shakey Graves
• The Devil Makes Three
• Band of Horses
• The Oh Hellos
• Benjamin Booker
• Death Vessel
• Nickel Creek
• Shovels and Rope
• Hurray for the Riff Raff
• Jenny Lewis
• Houndmouth
• Mavis Staples

Upcoming: Antoinette Montague at Dorthaan's Place on 3/23

This is happening…

For more information and to buy tickets click HERE.