Sondre Lerche To Play Bowery Ballroom On April 15 + Video

Sondre Lerche

Saturday, April 15

The Bowery Ballroom

6 Delancey Street

New York, NY

Doors: 8PM / Show: 9PM

Tickets: $20 - $25

18+

Sondre Lerche is set to release his new album Pleasure on March 3. You can pick it up HERE. He released a video for "Soft Feelings" from the upcoming release. The clip was directed by Johannes Greve Muskat. Check it out below as well as a list of US tour dates.

When speaking about "Soft Feelings" Sondre said, "I liked the idea of a man on the verge of an identity crisis, alone in LA. A noir-portrait of the man and the city over the course of a lost weekend of isolation and ambivalence. If the previous video, I'm Always Watching You, was Rear Window, Soft Feelings is Vertigo, with all its clues, symbolism and obsessiveness."

Tour Dates

• 04/12 Boston MA - The Sinclair
• 04/13 Hamden CT - The Ballroom at The Outer Space
• 04/14 Philadelphia PA - The Foundry at The Fillmore
• 04/15 New York City NY - Bowery Ballroom
• 04/17 Washington DC - U Street Music Hall
• 04/19 Detroit MI - Shelter
• 04/20 Toronto ON - The Garrison
• 04/21 Cleveland Heights OH - Grog Shop
• 04/22 Chicago IL - Lincoln Hall
• 04/23 Davenport IA - The Village Theatre
• 04/25 Minneapolis MN - 7th Street Entry
• 04/28 Vancouver BC - Biltmore Cabaret
• 04/29 Seattle WA - Columbia City Theater
• 04/30 Portland OR - Star Theater
• 05/02 San Francisco CA - The Independent
• 05/04 Los Angeles CA - Troubadour
• 05/05 Anaheim CA - The Parish at House of Blues
• 05/06 Phoenix AZ - The Crescent Ballroom
• 05/10 Austin TX - Antone’s
• 05/11 Houston TX - White Oak Music Hall
• 05/12 Dallas TX - Club Dada
• 05/13 New Orleans LA - One Eyed Jacks

The Broadcast Release New Video

(Photo credit Sandlin Gaither)

The Broadcast released a video for their song "Sign It Off". The track is from their latest album From The Horizon. You can pick the album up HERE. Check out the video below as well as upcoming tour dates.

Tour Dates

• February 10 – Boone Saloon – Boone, NC
• April 29 – The Phoenix – Floyd, VA (OTR CONTEST)
• May 11 – NC Brewers & Music Festival – Huntersville, NC
• May 26 – Strangecreek Festival – Camp Keewanee, MA
• May 27 – Strangecreek Festival – Camp Keewanee, MA
• June 8 – Thursday Jams Downtown – Abingdon, VA
• July 22 – Barnstock Festival – Charlotte, NC
• August 3 – Cervantes - The Other Side – Denver, CO
• August 26 – RTE 23 Festival – Wise, VA
• Septemer 15 – Bristol Rhythm & Roots – Bristol TN
• September 16 – Bristol Rhythm & Roots – Bristol, TN
• September 30 – Georgia Blues & Roots Fest – Mableton, GA
• October 20 – The Peace Center – Greenville, SC***

***Supporting Mavis Staples

Valerie June To Release New Album + New York Show

Photo credit: Danny Clinch

Valerie June is set to release her new album, The Order Of Time, on March 10. You can pre-order it HERE. New York, you can catch her live at The Town Hall on Saturday, March 11 at 8PM. See below for more details.

Valerie June

Saturday, March 11

The Town Hall

123 West 43rd Street

(between 6th Ave and Broadway)

New York, NY

Doors: 7:30pm / Show: 8PM

Tickets: $29.50 - $35

All Ages

On this enthralling and illuminating leap forward, the Tennessee-bred, Brooklyn based songwriter weaves electric blues, African rhythms, cosmic atmospherics and delicate soul into an inventive and wholly original rumination on love, family, struggle and the passing of time. Produced by Matt Marinelli (Beck, Bad Brains), The Order of Time features twelve original songs all written by June. 

Musically, June has refined and expanded her sound on the new album finding space from her previous work in its artful, self-assured restraint and overall cohesion. The collection’s finely sketched character studies brim with richness and detail while June’s ethereal, wide-open soundscapes provide a sterling backdrop for her remarkable Southern gospel and honey voice.  Lyrical touch points such as ‘dancing shadows,’ ‘hot suppers,’ ‘curious neighbors,’ and ‘holy water’ draw the listener in and root these songs with density and weight.

Lee Fields Releases New Video + Tour Dates

Credit: Sesse Lind

Check out the new video from Lee Fields & The Expressions. The video, below, is for the track "Special Night" and was directed by Nick Walker.

He is set to embark on a tour next week. If you haven't witnessed Lee Fields & The Expressions live, well, now is a good time. See below for dates.

The soul legend released his newest album, Special Night, in November 2016. You can pick it up HERE.

Tour Dates:

• Feb 16 - Boston, MA - Royale *
• Feb 17 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer *
• Feb 18 - Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel *
• Feb 23 - Burlington, VT - ArtsRiot
• Feb 24 - Montreal, QC - L'Astral
• Feb 25 - Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace
• Feb 26 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Café
• Feb 28 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
• Mar 01 - Bloomington, IN - Buskirk-Chumley Theater
• Mar 03 - Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
• Mar 04 - St. Louis, MO - 2720 Cherokee Performing Arts Center
• Mar 05 - Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
• Mar 09 - Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre
• Mar 10 - Savannah, GA - Savannah Stopover Music Festival
• Mar 11 - Atlanta, GA - Terminal West
• Mar 12 - Durham, NC - Motorco Music Hall
• Apr 16 - Indio, CA - Coachella
• Apr 23 - Indio, CA - Coachella

* w/ The Shacks

The Lego Batman Movie Opens This Friday

The Lego Batman Movie opens this Friday, February, 10. Lego stories have grown on me; I look forward to catching this one.

Cast: Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson and Ralph Fiennes. It's directed by Chris McKay.

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue To Play The Capitol Theatre, February 16

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue

The Funky Dawgz Brass Band

Thursday, February 16

The Capitol Theatre

149 Westchester Avenue

Port Chester, NY

Doors: 7PM / Show: 8PM

Tickets: $35 - $50 adv / $55 dos

18 +

Up for a little road trip? Trombone Shorty and gang will make their return to the Newport Jazz Festival on Friday, August 4 at 8PM at The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, RI. Rhiannon Giddens is also on the bill. You can get tickets HERE. Tickets for the rest of the festival are still available on the festival website.

The New Respects - "Money"

Photo credit: David Bean

Check out "Money" from Nashville group The New Respects.

The single was released earlier this month. You can pick it up HERE.

The New Respects is a family affair, made up of three siblings, twins Alexis (bass) and Zandy Fitzgerald (guitar), along with their brother Darius (drums) and cousin Jasmine Mullen (vocals/guitar).

Upcoming: The Staves To Play Rough Trade NYC, March 11

Photo credit: Graham Tolbert Photography

The Staves

Mikaela Davis

Saturday, March 11

Rough Trade NYC

64 N 9th Street

Brooklyn, NY

Doors: 8PM / Show: 9PM

Tickets: $20

21+

Their show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on March 10 is sold out.

The Staves released their EP Sleeping In A Car in May 2016. You can pick it up HERE.

Upcoming: Natalie York at Rockwood Music Hall

Natalie York

Friday, February 3

Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3

185 Orchard Street 

New York, NY

Doors: 9:45PM / Show: 10PM

Tickets: $10

21+

Goldfrapp To Release New Album, March 31

Goldfrapp are set to release their new album Silver Eye on March 31 via Mute Records. The album is their seventh studio album and their first in four years. Pre-order the album HERE.

Check out the audio for "Anymore" below.

On the making the album, Alison Goldfrapp says:

 

“We’ve never liked repeating ourselves. Often we react to things we’ve just done. We like the spontaneity of not knowing. It’s only through the process that we start to figure out what it is. The fans who have stuck with us are the ones who embrace that idea and are excited by the thought that they don’t know quite what to expect next.”

 

Will Gregory added:

 

“I think writing an album is like being lost in a wood. You’re trying to figure out an interesting path. You don’t know whether it’s going to be a dead end or somewhere interesting and you never know when to stop because around the corner some beautiful vista might open up.”