Kitten will release their new album, simply titled Kitten. The album is scheduled for a June 24 release. For a little taste of what’s to come, check out their new song “Why I Wait” below.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Monday, March 24, 2014
Jake Lewis & The Clergy To Play Pete’s Candy Store on 3/27 + Video
Jake Lewis & The Clergy will be in Brooklyn this Thursday, March 27. They’ll be taking the stage at Pete’s Candy Store at 11PM. See below for more details. Also, they just released a video for their song “Dark Mistakes”. Footage from the video was taken from their winter tour. The track is from their album Gossip which was released in October 2013.
Thursday, March 27
709 Lorimer Street
Brooklyn, NY
11PM
Smoke Fairies To Release Album In May + Video
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UK Duo Smoke Fairies (Jessica Davies and Katherine Blamire) will release their album Smoke Fairies on May 6 via Full Time Hobby here in the US (April 14 in Europe). This is their fourth album and the follow up to their 2012 release Blood Speaks. Check out the video for the track “We’ve Seen Birds” and stream the track “Eclipse Them All” below.
Smoke Fairies’ new album, the eponymously titled Smoke Fairies, shows the band in top form, combining their classic approach whilst exploring new forms of musical expression – but it is an album that they nearly didn’t make. There was a moment after the release of Blood Speaks (2012) when Jessica Davies turned to musical partner Katherine Blamire and told her she was no longer sure whether Smoke Fairies should continue. The suggestion of not playing music together would potentially impact more than just their band - theirs was a friendship forged by music, by a shared ambition that had carried them from their schooldays and on to songwriting and performing together.
“We started considering what would we do if we didn’t do music,” recalls Davies, “and it was just a massive void.” Deciding that giving up on the band was “not an option,” Davies wrote a musical apology to Blamire that would become the opening track of the new album. “I just wanted to say sorry to her, " Davies explains, "sorry I scared you like that.”
- We've Seen Birds
- Eclipse Them All
- Shadow Inversions
- Hope Is Religion
- Waiting for Something to Begin
- Your Own Silent Movie
- Misty Versions
- Drinks and Dancing
- Koto
- Want It Forever
- The Very Last Time
- Are You Crazy
Friday, March 21, 2014
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.
Night Terrors of 1927 / Wind and the Wave
Tuesday, March 25
64 N 9th Street
Brooklyn, NY
Doors: 8PM / Show: 8:30
21+
- 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
Thursday, March 20, 2014
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.
Thursday, April 3
218 Bowery Street
New York, NY
Doors: 8PM / Show: 8:30PM
Tickets: $5
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
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.
Wednesday, April 9
66 North 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY
Doors: 7PM / Show: 8PM
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.
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.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
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.”
- 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
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