Sights and Sounds: Santana, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Of Monsters and Men

Some very exciting news as it relates to a diverse crop of top-tier artists...

SANTANA SHARES EPK FROM HIS FORTHCOMING LP

AFRICA SPEAKS – WATCH HERE

Watch the music video for first single “Breaking Down The Door” here

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Carlos Santana has shared the EPK from his upcoming album, Africa Speaks, out June 7 on Concord Records. Watch here.

Listen here as Santana shares “Breaking Down The Door,” the first single from his highly anticipated new album. To watch the video for the track, click here.

Enlisting legendary producer Rick Rubin, the iconic guitarist and his eight-piece band (which also includes Santana’s wife, Cindy Blackman Santana, on drums), convened at Rubin’s Shangri La Studios in Malibu, and in a joyous and stimulating 10-day period they recorded an astonishing number of tracks, many of them in one take. Spanish singer Buika's heavenly lead vocals cast a magical spell throughout the album. 

Santana, now 50 years into his remarkable career, has succeeded in creating a compelling, energy infused album. A vision that transcends generational, cultural and geographical boundaries. It will rank as one of his most important and memorable works.

Santana on the web:

Official Site: www.santana.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/carlossantana

Instagram: www.instagram.com/carlossantana

Twitter: www.twitter.com/santanacarlos

YouTube: www.youtube.com/santanaofficial

Joanne Shaw Taylor

Releases New Song "All My Love"

PRESS HERE To Listen

New Album Reckless Heart 

Out May 17, 2019 on Silvertone/Sony

Pre-Order Available Now

 

U.S. Tour Kicks Off May 11, 2019

Tickets On Sale Now

British guitar siren and dynamic songwriter Joanne Shaw Taylor has released her new song "All My Love" off her forthcoming studio album Reckless Heart, out on May 17 via Silvertone/Sony. PRESS HERE to listen to the track which finds Joanne deliriously in love. Channeling her inner Tina Turner, "All My Love" accentuates Joanne's soulfully powerful rasp and audacious guitar skills. PRESS HEREto stream/download.

With a singular voice that will stop you in your tracks, Joanne Shaw Taylor will be unleashing her new album in the U.S. where audiences have been discovering her formidable talent that has already blazed a path of overseas acclaim. Both a make-up and a break-up album, which Billboard calls her "most soulful effort to date," Reckless Heart was written by Joanneduring two phases of a relationship: the fall out and getting back together. The album's lead radio single, "The Best Thing" (PRESS HERE to listen/watch), confidently puts a lover on warning for not committing. Reckless Heart is available now for pre-order. PRESS HERE and receive instant downloads of "All My Love" and "The Best Thing," along with "In The Mood," "Break My Heart Anyway," and "Bad Love."

On the heels of playing to packed venues across the UK, Joanne - a powerhouse performer - will bring her enthralling live show to the States for a run of headline dates and festivals across the country. The U.S. tour kicks off May 11th in celebration of the release of Reckless Heartand will continue through the fall. Tickets are on sale now at www.joanneshawtaylor.com. For a taste of what's in store, PRESS HERE to check out Joanne's live performance on BBC 2's Later...with Jools Holland.

Featuring Joanne's smoky rasp that rises from the legend of soul greats, Reckless Heart finds her in glorious form and a mischievous mood, one minute bearing her claws with catty lyrics and the next deliriously in love. Illuminating all the corners of her firecracker personality, Reckless Heart was borne out of a newfound openness and confidence that can only come with life experience. The 11-song collection explores emotions ranging from blaring anger to flirty love, from the rollicking "In The Mood" and the gritty, gospel-tinged "Reckless Heart"to the gorgeous, acoustic guitar-led "Break My Heart Anyway" and the unplugged gem "Jake's Boogie," recorded entirely live.

In several senses, it's an album of firsts for Joanne - the first made in her adopted home town of Detroit, the first produced by her close friend Al Sutton (Greta Van Fleet, Kid Rock), the first largely recorded live (with no guitar pedals, and with some of Detroit's best musicians - among them jazz drummer Ron Otis, bassist James Simonson, and keyboardists Phil Hale and Chris Codish), the first to feature an unplugged solo performance, and the first with her new label home Silvertone/Sony, following in the footsteps of Silvertone artists that she grew up listening to like Buddy Guy, John Mayall and Stone Roses. But it's also an album that pulls the past into the present. The good-time grooves of vintage, British blues-rock are given a modern makeover, while Joanne's cut-to-the-bone vocals take their cue from her soul heroines like Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, and Mavis Staples.

Throughout her career, Joanne has won over fans such as Stevie Wonder, Joe Bonamassa(whose band played on Joanne's 2016's UK Top 20 hit album Wild), Foreigner (whom she opened for at venues like Royal Albert Hall) and Annie Lennox (with whom she performed in front of Buckingham Palace for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee concert in 2012). Discovered at age 16 by Eurythmics co-founder Dave Stewart, she has spent a decade releasing increasingly successful albums, touring the world, headlining festivals, and amassing awards, and 2019 is sure to bring a lot more from Joanne.

Reckless Heart Track Listing:
1. In The Mood
2. Reckless Heart
3. The Best Thing
4. Bad Love
5. I'm Only Lonely
6. Creepin'
7. I've Been Loving You Too Long
8. All My Love
9. Break My Heart Anyway
10. New 89
11. Jake's Boogie

Joanne Shaw Taylor 2019 Tour Dates:

May 11	Phoenix, AZ @ MIM
May 17	Columbus, OH @ Rumba Café
May 18	Westland, MI @ The Token Lounge
May 20	Chicago, IL @ City Winery
May 21	Kent, OH @ Kent Stage
May 23	Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live
May 25	Fall River, MA @ Narrows Center for the Arts
May 26	Boston, MA @ City Winery

May 28	New York, NY @ Iridium
May 30	Alexandria, VA @ Birchmere
May 31	Greenville, NC @ State Theatre
June 1	Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre
June 3	Nashville, TN @ City Winery
June 5	Atlanta, GA @ City Winery
June 6	Chattanooga, TN @ Songbirds North Stage
June 7	Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall

June 22	Lebanon, OH @ Rhythm and Brews
July 8	Montreux, Switzerland @ Montreux Jazz Festival
July 13	Lancashire, United Kingdom @ Lytham Festival
July 20	Sioux Falls, SD @ Sioux Falls JazzFest
July 21	Minneapolis, MN @ The Dakota
July 26	Sisters, OR @ Sisters Rhythm & Brews Fest
August 9	Delafield, WI @ Waukesha Rotary Blues Fest
August 10	Duluth, MN @ Bayfront Blues Festival

August 16-21	Barcelona, Spain @ Keeping the Blues Alive at Sea
September 5-8	Las Vegas, NV @ Big Blues Bender
September 13	Colorado Springs, CO @ Pikes Peak Center
September 14	Telluride, CO @ Telluride Blues & Brews

 

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OF MONSTERS AND MEN ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM FEVER DREAM OUT JULY 26

LIMITED EDITION VINYL AND ALBUM PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE NOW

ANNOUNCE PERFORMANCE ON THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIMMY FALLON ON MAY 15^th

NEW SINGLE “ALLIGATOR” #1 GREATEST GAINER AT ALTERNATIVE AND #1 MOST ADDED AT TRIPLE A RADIO
 
Pre-Order FEVER DREAM HERE

Multiplatinum Icelandic quintet OF MONSTERS AND MEN announce their new album FEVER DREAM to be released on July 26, 2019.

Pre-order FEVER DREAM here and check out albums first single “Alligator” here.

In addition, the band announced the album with a series of exclusive limited-edition vinyl available on their online store. Fans can purchase the first edition at: www.ofmonstersandmenofficialmerch.com.

Finally, in celebration of the new music, the band have confirmed the television debut performance of “Alligator”on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (NBC) on May 15^th.

Released just last week “Alligator” has already turned heads with NME praising it as having “a bombastic and driving sound” and Line of Best Fit calling it “undeniably catchy.” In addition, “Alligator” song was the #1 greatest gainer at alternative and #1 most added at Triple A radio - receiving strong support from those who have long awaited for the band’s return.

On “Alligator” co-vocalist Nanna Bryndis Hilmarsdóttir has taken center stage on the song not only as the lead vocalist, but also wrote the track as well. On the empowering anthem and what is coming next for the band they noted, "We are so excited about Alligator, the first release from our upcoming album. The song very much speaks to the excitement and energy that we feel about being back. We can’t wait to share more music and see everyone again.”
FEVER DREAM was co-produced by Rich Costey (MUSE, Vampire Weekend, Chvrches) and is the band’s third studio album.

OF MONSTERS AND MEN went from the talk of Iceland to the top of the global conversation on their 2011 debut, My Head Is An Animal. Not only did the record go platinum, but it also produced an international smash in the form of “Little Talks.” The breakthrough single earned a quintuple-platinum certification from the RIAA, made history as “the first song by an Icelandic band to cross 1 billion streams on Spotify,” and landed the band a performance on Saturday Night Live. The group appeared on official soundtracks for franchises such asThe Hunger Games, The Walking Dead, and Beat Bugs, to name a few. In addition to performing at festivals such as Coachella, Lollapalooza, Firefly, and beyond, they supported Florence + the Machine on a high-profile arena tour. In the midst of this rapid rise, 2015’s Beneath The Skin bowed in the Top 3 of the BillboardTop 200 and the band starred in an episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones in the same year.

 

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Tedeschi Trucks Band releases new album 'Signs' today via Fantasy/Concord

I can't wait to get a listen to the new Tedeschi Trucks Band album Signs, out today. I have caught the band several times and their genre-blending sound of blues, soul, R&B and rock is just stellar. You can read a review of their 2017 live album Live From The Fox Oakland here. The Tedeschi Trucks Band was incredible in a headlining turn at the Doheny Blues Festival in 2013; read my review of that performance here. Also, check out my review (co-written with Orange County Register writer Ben Wener) of the troupe's amazing performance at the Doheny Blues Festival in 2011 here.

LEAD SINGLE “HARD CASE” CURRENTLY #1 AT AMERICANA RADIO; ALBUM HOLDS #5 SPOT AND BREAKS TOP 10 AT NON-COMM RADIO

Tedeschi Trucks Band at 2013 Doheny Blues Festival in Dana Point.
Photo: Bob Steshetz

PRAISE FOR ‘SIGNS’ “Uplifting...electrifying” -Rolling Stone "[A] potent mix of diverse styles...sits at the heart of the Tedeschi Trucks stew." -Forbes “Instant classic.” -NPR Music

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 15th, 2019 – Today, Tedeschi Trucks Band releases 'Signs' (Fantasy/Concord), their first new album in three years. ‘Signs’ has earned accolades from Rolling Stone and NPR Music, who praised the album’s “ripping...mercurial guitar playing" and Tedeschi's "soulful vocals.” Listen to ‘Signs’ here:http://smarturl.it/TTBSigns ‘Signs’ confronts loss, heartbreak, and politically troubled times with a credence and conviction that puts the group’s undying world-class musicianship and collaborative spirit on full display. It’s a genre-defying collection that runs the gamut from uplifting soulful anthems to bittersweet ballads and driving rock and roll. Read more about the making of ‘Sings’ in Derek and Susan’s recent Relix Magazine cover story: https://bit.ly/2X1vgkP Lead single “Hard Case” stands at the #1 spot at Americana Radio charts and the album holds the #5 spot. Watch the official video for “Hard Case” here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSUYngnt-D0 Susan Tedeschi, left, with Derek Trucks at the Doheny Blues Festival in May 2011. Photo: Robert Kinsler To celebrate the release of Signs, Tedeschi Trucks Band will play an intimate show at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on February 20th. They'll continue to bring their “refreshingly unscripted" (Forbes) live show on tour throughout 2019, including a 4-night, 2-weekend residency at DC's Warner Theater, kicking off tonight. Many dates are already sold out; full tour routing below. BUY/STREAM ‘SIGNS’ HERE TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND 2019 TOUR DATES 2/15/19 - Washington, D.C - Warner Theatre SOLD OUT           2/16/19 - Washington, D.C. - Warner Theatre SOLD OUT               2/17/19 - Hershey, PA - Hershey Theatre SOLD OUT         2/20/19 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Academy of Music Howard Gilman Opera House SOLD OUT 2/22/19 - Washington, D.C - Warner Theatre                 2/23/19 - Washington, D.C. - Warner Theatre SOLD OUT               2/26/19 - Philadelphia, PA - The Met Philadelphia SOLD OUT      2/28/19 - Birmingham, AL  Alabama Theatre 3/1/19 - Augusta, GA - William B. Bell Auditorium 3/2/19 - Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium SOLD OUT 4/2/19 - Paris, FR - L'Olympia 4/4/19 - Eindhoven, NL - Muziekgebouw 4/5/19 - Winterbach, DE - Salierhalle Winterbach 4/7/19 - Copenhagen, DK - Amager Bio 4/8/19 - Stockholm, SE - Cirkus SOLD OUT 4/10/19 - Oslo, NO - Sentrum Scene 4/11/19 - Copenhagen, DK - Amager Bio SOLD OUT 4/12/19 - Randers, DK - Vaerket 4/14/19 - Bochum, DE - Rurhcongress 4/15/19 - Hamburg, DE - Mehr! Theater 4/17/19 - Milan, IT - Teatro degli Arcimboldi 4/18/19 - Trieste, IT - Politeama Rossetti 4/20/19 - Zurich, CH - Theater 11 4/23/19 - Brussels, BE - Ancienne Belgique 4/24/19 - Utrecht, NL - Tivoli Vredenburg 4/26/19 - London, UK - The London Palladium SOLD OUT 4/27/19 - London, UK - The London Palladium SOLD OUT 5/10/19 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater 5/11/19 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater SOLD OUT 5/12/19 - San Diego, CA - San Diego Civic Theatre      5/14/19 - Tucson, AZ - Tucson Convention Center 5/16/19 - Los Angeles, CA - Orpheum Theatre 5/17/19 - Los Angeles, CA - Orpheum Theatre SOLD OUT 5/18/19 - Mesa, AZ - Mesa Amphitheatre 5/21/19 - Sacramento, CA - Memorial Auditorium of Sacramento 5/23/19 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theater of Seattle 5/24/19 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theater of Seattle 5/25/19 - Salem, OR - LB Day Comcast Amphitheatre       6/11/19 - Osaka, Japan - Osaka Archaic Hall 6/12/19 - Nagoya, Japan - Zepp Nagoya 6/14/19 - Tokyo, Japan -  Tokyo Dome City Hall 6/15/19 - Tokyo, Japan -  Tokyo Dome City Hall 6/16/19 - Tokyo, Japan -  Tokyo Dome City Hall 6/28/19 - Jacksonville, FL - Daily’s Place * 6/29/19 - Boca Raton, FL - Mizner Park Amphitheater * 6/30/19 -St. Petersburg, FL - Al Lang Stadium * 7/03/19 - Orange Beach, AL - Wharf Amphitheater * 7/05/19 - Charleston, SC - Volvo Car Stadium * 7/06/19 - Simpsonville, SC - Heritage Park Amphitheater * 7/07/19 - Charlotte, NC - PNC Music Pavilion * 7/09/19 - Raleigh, NC - Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek * 7/10/19 -  Philadelphia, PA - The Mann Center * 7/12 - Marshfield, MA - Levitate Music Festival * 7/13/19 - Gilford, NH - Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion * 7/14/19 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center * 7/16/19 - Canandaigua, NY - CMAC * 7/17/19 - Vienna, VA - Wolf Trap * 7/19/19 - Cincinnati, OH - PNC Pavilion * 7/20/19 - Huber Heights, OH - Rose Music Center at the Heights * 7/21/19 - Aurora, IL -  Riveredge Park * 7/23/19 - Rochester Hills, MI - Meadow Brook Amphitheatre * 7/24/19 - Indianapolis, IN - Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park * 7/26/19 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks * 7/27/19 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks * 7/30/19 - St. Louis, MO - Fox Theatre * 7/31/19 - Brandon, MS - Brandon Amphitheater * 8/02/19 - Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre * 8/03/19 - Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre * * 5th Annual Wheels of Soul tour with Blackberry Smoke and Shovels & Rope (Additional dates to be announced) MORE INFO ON TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND Website Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube

Sights & Sounds:Elvis Costello, Young the Giant, Neil Diamond, Cold War Kids, Iron Maiden

Plenty and plenty of news in the music world! In addition to updates on Elvis Costello and Young the Giant (both artists have new releases out today!), there are announcements as it relates to Neil Diamond, Cold War Kids and Iron Maiden...

Elvis Costello releases new album 'Look Now' today on Concord Records

Elvis Costello has released Look Now, his first new album in five years and first with The Imposters since the 2008 release of Momofuku. Recorded in Hollywood, New York City and Vancouver, British Columbia, most of the new titles were written solely by Costello, although the album does feature co-writes with Burt Bacharach ("Don't Look Now," "Photographs Can Lie," "He's Given Me Things") and Carole King ("Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter").

Listen to ‘Look Now’: http://found.ee/ElvisCostello_LookNow

In advance of ‘Look Now,’ Elvis Costello discussed the album with Carole King in a historic artist-on-artist conversation for the New York Times:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/arts/music/elvis-costello-carole-king.html

Costello also sat down with NPR’s All Things Considered to chat about this “uptown pop record” twenty years in the making:https://www.npr.org/2018/10/11/656195169/elvis-costello-doesnt-want-your-nostalgia-he-wants-you-to-look-now

Watch a video interview with Rolling Stone diving into the songwriting process behind the album’s “Under Lime”: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/elvis-costello-new-album-look-now-735312/

PRAISE FOR ‘LOOK NOW’:

“Sharp, sophisticated…effortlessly tuneful…the kind of wry, well-observed pop classicism that’s been the hallmark of his genius.” – Rolling Stone

“Costello has made a great cake of an album that doesn’t really sound much like any of the 30 before it.” – Variety

“These are very human songs with elegant melodies and arrangements… expertly applied in Costello’s superlative songwriting.” – Associated Press

“His deft pen provides sharp studies of romance and murky motives…lush, sophisticated pop.” – Billlboard 

“There are plenty of moments here reaffirming Costello’s position at the forefront of his generation’s most gifted composers.” – USA Today

“There’s a swanky, sophisticated cool coursing through ‘Look Now… an intricately detailed, meticulously crafted affair.” – Consequence of Sound

‘LOOK NOW’ Full Track-listing:

1. Under Lime
2. Don’t Look Now
3. Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter
4. Stripping Paper
5. Unwanted Number
6. I Let The Sun Go Down
7. Mr. & Mrs. Hush
8. Photographs Can Lie
9. Dishonor The Stars
10. Suspect My Tears
11. Why Won’t Heaven Help Me?
12. He’s Given Me Things

Deluxe Special Edition Tracks:

13. Isabelle In Tears
14. Adieu Paris (L’Envie Des Étoiles)
15. The Final Mrs. Curtain
16. You Shouldn’t Look At Me That Way

The band's "Look Now And Then ... It's Elvis Costello & The Imposters" tour will kick off this November in the United States. Find a full list of tour dates here: http://found.ee/ElvisCostello_tour

Capitol/UMe to release 'Neil Diamond – 50TH Anniversary Collector's Edition' on November 30, 2018

Diamond Celebrates A Half-Century Of Music With A 6CD Retrospective

Featuring 115 Tracks, Hard Cover Book, Demos, Rarities

And 15 Previously Unreleased Tracks

On November 30, Capitol/UMe will celebrate a half-century of top-shelf music-making with the release of Neil Diamond’s 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition, a 6CD retrospective that spans the singer/songwriter’s entire storied career. This fully loaded collection contains 115 tracks overall set in a hard-cover book, featuring scores of Diamond’s most beloved hits alongside demos, rarities and 15 previously unreleased tracks.

Diamond’s unique connection with audiences the world over is evident all throughout the breadth of material presented on this box set. Witness the folk-rock reverie of “Solitary Man,” the unbridled exuberance of “Cherry Cherry,” the sweet acoustic twang of “Forever in Blue Jeans,” the pure Americana swing of “Kentucky Woman,” the eternal sing-along sunshine of “Sweet Caroline,” the raw emotionality of “I Am…I Said,” the welcoming arms of “America,” and the deeply expressive heartlight that’s on full display in his chart-topping duet with Barbra Streisand, “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers,” for just the tip of the iceberg of Diamond’s artistic achievements.

A full disc containing 12 unreleased songs, including recently unearthed gems such as “Sunflower,” (written and recently updated by Neil Diamond, originally recorded by Glen Campbell), “Before I Had a Dime” and  “C’est La Vie” a song that Neil co-wrote with friendGilbert Bécaud. Meanwhile, the original demos of two of Diamond’s most indelible tracks, “I Am…I Said” and “America,” give listeners further insight into the creative process behind a pair of his most iconic songs.

Throughout his illustrious and wide-ranging career, Neil Diamond has sold over 130 million albums worldwide and has dominated the charts for more than five decades with 38 Top 40 singles and 16 Top 10 albums. He has achieved record sales with 40 Gold albums, 21 Platinum albums, and 11 Multi-Platinum albums.

A Grammy Award-winning artist, Diamond is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall Of Fame, and has recently received The Johnny Mercer Award, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award, three of the highest honors bestowed upon songwriters and artists. Diamond’s many other achievements include a Golden Globe Award, 13 Grammy nominations, ASCAP Film and Television Award, Billboard Icon Award, American Music Award and 2009’s NARAS’s MusiCares Person of the Year Award. In 2011, Diamond received the prestigious Kennedy Center Honor for his lifetime of contributions to American culture.

For the past 50 years and counting, Neil Diamond has been on top of the winds of change in popular music every step of the way. Experience the triumphant drive of his career arc in full with this most inclusive 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition.

Preorder Neil Diamond’s 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition here: https://NeilDiamond.lnk.to/50CollectorsEdition

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Neil Diamond 50TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTOR’S EDITION [6CD, Digital Download]

DISC ONE

1. SOLITARY MAN – Mono
2. CHERRY, CHERRY – Mono
3. I GOT THE FEELIN’ (Oh No No) – Mono
4. DO IT – Mono
5. THE BOAT THAT I ROW – Mono
6. YOU GOT TO ME – Mono
7. GIRL, YOU’LL BE A WOMAN SOON – Mono
8. I’M A BELIEVER – Mono
9. THANK THE LORD FOR THE NIGHT TIME – Mono
10. KENTUCKY WOMAN – Mono
11. RED, RED WINE – Mono
12. BROOKLYN ROADS
13. GLORY ROAD
14. HOLLY HOLY
15. AND THE GRASS WON’T PAY NO MIND
16. SHILO
17. SUNDAY SUN
18. BROTHER LOVE’S TRAVELLING SALVATION SHOW
19. DIG IN
20. SWEET CAROLINE
21. CRACKLIN’ ROSIE
22. SOOLAIMON
23. CRUNCHY GRANOLA SUITE
24. LORDY (Live)

DISC TWO

1. I AM…I SAID* – Original Demo
2. I AM…I SAID
3. DONE TOO SOON
4. STONES
5. MORNINGSIDE
6. PLAY ME
7. WALK ON WATER
8. LONELY LOOKING SKY
9. SKYBIRD
10. BE
11. I’VE BEEN THIS WAY BEFORE
12. THE LAST PICASSO
13. ROSEMARY’S WINE
14. SONG SUNG BLUE
15. LONGFELLOW SERENADE
16. THE GIFT OF SONG
17. BEAUTIFUL NOISE
18. JUNGLETIME
19. LADY-OH
20. STREET LIFE
21. SIGNS
22. SURVIVING THE LIFE
23. STARGAZER
24. IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

DISC THREE

1. DRY YOUR EYES
2. DESIRÉE
3. ONCE IN A WHILE
4. I’M GLAD YOU’RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT
5. AMERICA* – Original Demo
6. AMERICA
7. HELLO AGAIN
8. LOVE ON THE ROCKS
9. AMAZED AND CONFUSED
10. SONGS OF LIFE
11. YESTERDAY’S SONGS
12. I’M ALIVE
13. HEARTLIGHT
14. ON THE WAY TO THE SKY
15. HEADED FOR THE FUTURE
16. YOU DON’T BRING ME FLOWERS – Duet with Barbra Streisand
17. FOREVER IN BLUE JEANS
18. SEPTEMBER MORN

DISC FOUR

1. THE STORY OF MY LIFE
2. IT’S A TRIP (Go For The Moon)
3. HOOKED ON THE MEMORY OF YOU
4. BABY CAN I HOLD YOU* – Live in Dublin R.D.S. 1989
5. HARD TIME FOR LOVERS
6. ALL I REALLY NEED IS YOU
7. IF THERE WERE NO DREAMS
8. SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN YOU
9. THE WAY
10. ONE GOOD LOVE – Duet with Waylon Jennings
11. BLUE HIGHWAY – Featuring Chet Atkins
12. OPEN WIDE THESE PRISON DOORS
13. EVERYBODY
14. NO LIMIT
15. I HAVEN’T PLAYED THIS SONG IN YEARS
16. YOU ARE THE BEST PART OF ME
17. DELIRIOUS LOVE
18. I BELIEVE IN HAPPY ENDINGS
19. MAN OF GOD
20. WE

DISC FIVE

1. I’M ON TO YOU
2. WHAT’S IT GONNA BE
3. SAVE ME A SATURDAY NIGHT
4. CAPTAIN OF A SHIPWRECK
5. ANOTHER DAY (THAT TIME FORGOT) – Duet with Natalie Maines
6. DON’T GO THERE
7. HOME BEFORE DARK
8. FORGOTTEN
9. PRETTY AMAZING GRACE
10. MELODY ROAD
11. NOTHING BUT A HEARTACHE
12. SOMETHING BLUE
13. IN BETTER DAYS
14. SEONGAH AND JIMMY
15. SUNNY DISPOSITION
16. THE ART OF LOVE
17. HELL YEAH

DISC SIX

1. SUNFLOWER*
2. C’EST LA VIE*
3. GIRLS GO FISHIN’*
4. MAYBE*
5. CARIBBEAN CRUISE*
6. YOU ARE*
7. EASY (TO BE IN LOVE)*
8. BEFORE I HAD A DIME*
9. THE BALLAD OF SAVING SILVERMAN*
10. IT DON’T SEEM LIKELY*
11. LONG NIGHTS, HOLD ON*
12. MOONLIGHT RIDER*

*Previously Unreleased

Young the Giant release new full-length album 'Mirror Master' today; features introspective new single "Superposition"

STREAM/BUY MIRROR MASTER:
https://lnk.to/mirrormaster

WATCH RECENT PERFORMANCES ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!:

"Superposition": https://youtu.be/Fjw2n8-jpL0

 "Simplify": https://youtu.be/X8yCT19yRJM

Today, Young the Giant return with their newest full-length album Mirror Master via Elektra Records, which includes the recently shared tracks "Simplify" and "Call Me Back", along with the musing, buzzworthy new single "Superposition". Mirror Master is available to stream or purchase athttps://lnk.to/mirrormaster.

Last week, Young the Giant delivered "soaring" (Billboard) performances of "Superposition" and "Simplify" on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and earlier this summer they also appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, with a powerful rendition of "Simplify".

Describing the overall thesis for Mirror Master, vocalist Sameer Gadhia explains, "Within one single day, we're all so many different people. Especially with the use of social media, we're not just living in the now-we're living on several different timelines simultaneously. A lot of the album came from thinking about how we have all these separations within ourselves that allow us to go about our day. At a time when everyone wants to put each other in a box-culturally, socially, musically-we wanted to show that there are a multitude of reflections inside everything. We don't have to be a certain thing; we can contradict ourselves and show all these different sides of who we are."

Since the band's 2010 inception, Young the Giant has made a name for itself in rock as the 'thinking man's band,' winning over fans, radio, and press with their incendiary live shows, strong musicianship, and poignant lyrics. Following 2016's critically-acclaimed Home of the Strange, Mirror Master promises to continue ascending into consciousness, though this time with a heavy focus on personal self-awareness and growth.

Mirror Master finds Young the Giant in a transitional period for America, not only as a culture (for their former album Home of the Strange, NPR's Alisa Chang had an in-depth conversation with Gadhia about the 'modern immigration story', available to read here), but also technologically. The band members have become increasingly aware of society's attachment to social media, cellphones, and elevated, sometimes fabricated, self-portrayals on the internet.

With the new album, the band forgoes the technological obsession and, in an almost meditative way, examines one's relationship with the "self" to instead express a genuine identity.

"Something we want to get across with the album is the idea of taking authorship of your life," continues Gadhia. "Even though it may all be an illusion, there's solace in that illusion. Because if you have control of anything at all, it's your own reflection, how you treat people and how you walk through this life. So if you're an Indian kid and your parents want you to be a doctor or lawyer or engineer, and you just want to make music with your friends, then do that. Don't let people feed you what they want you to think. Do what makes you happy, and realize and that all is good and all is horrible, and everything else in between."

Young the Giant is composed of Gadhia (vocals), Jacob Tilley (guitar), Eric Cannata (guitar/vocals), Payam Doostzadeh (bass), and Francois Comtois (drums/vocals). They are on tour this fall across the US with LIGHTS as main support. For more information and concert tickets, visit youngthegiant.com.

MIRROR MASTER TRACKLISTING:
1) Superposition
2) Simplify
3) Call Me Back
4) Heat of the Summer
5) Oblivion
6) Darkest Shade of Blue
7) Brother's Keeper
8) Glory
9) Tightrope
10) Panoramic Girl
11) You + I
12) Mirror Master

To see Young the Giant's upcoming fall tour dates and get concert tickets visit youngthegiant.com/tour.

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Cold War Kids to release double disc career-spanning anthology, 'This Will All Blow Over In Time,' collecting together all of their radio singles and an assortment of rare and unreleased tracks

PRE-ORDER LAUNCHES TODAY WITH INSTANT GRAT DOWNLOAD OF UNRELEASED LIVE SONG “VACATION IN CHICAGO”

AVAILABLE DECEMBER 7 VIA DOWNTOWN RECORDS/UMe

In their impressive, steadily rising career, soulful, blues-tinted rockers Cold War Kids have proven to be one of the most prolific commercially successful bands around. Never ones to rest, from the beginning they’ve utilized all manners of getting their music out to their fans, releasing a steady stream of EPs and digital singles between their full-length studio albums. As they peer over the horizon at their 15-year anniversary next year and reflect on how far they’ve come since forming in Southern California’s burgeoning indie rock scene in 2004, the band, now signed to Capitol Records, has collected together all of their radio singles spanning their tenure on Downtown Records from 2005 to 2015 along with some of their best unreleased and rare tracks for a double disc collection titled This Will All Blow Over In Time. The anthology will be released December 7 via Downtown Records/UMe on 2CD and digital with a double LP on translucent yellow vinyl to follow in February. The pre-order kicked off today with an instant grat download of the unreleased track “Vacation In Chicago,” a live version of fan favorite “We Used To Vacation,” appropriately recorded in Chicago. Pre-order This Will All Blow Over In Time now: https://UMe.lnk.to/ColdWarKids

Led by rousing frontman Nathan Willett (vocals/piano/guitar), Cold War Kids exploded onto the national spotlight in 2006 with their first single, “Hang Me Up To Dry,” which led to appearances on “Letterman” and “Conan” and prompted RollingStone to dub it one of “The 100 Best Songs Of The Year,” enthusing: “Indie rock with a little sex: Nathan Willett howls like a country bluesman as the other three Kids elbow their way through a mess of art-damaged funk.” Originally released on their third independently released EP Up In Rags, the song was included on the band’s breakout debut full-length Robbers & Cowards along with fellow radio hits “We Used To Vacation” and “Hospital Beds.” This Will All Blow Over In Timeincludes these songs as well as all their radio singles from their first five records.

Sequenced in chronological order from year of full-length album release, the first half of the retrospective, aptly titled Singles Worked At Radio, ranges from the soulful urgency of tracks “I’ve Seen Enough” and “Something Is Not Right With Me,” from Loyalty to Loyalty, the band’s first album to reach the top 50 on the Billboard 200, to “Louder Than Ever” and “Royal Blue” from 2011’s bigger and bolder Jacquire King-produced Mine Is Yours, to the funky, anthemic “Audience Of One” from their 2009 EP Behave Yourself, to the driving piano stomper “Miracle Mile,” their fifth top 40 hot in Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart, and the electro-tinged “Lost That Easy” from 2013’s Dear Miss Lonelyhearts.Their final record for Downtown, 2014’s Hold My Home, is represented with the infectious, dramatic rocker “All This Could Be Yours” and the clap-along anthem “First,” which peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart earning the band their highest charting single which has since been certified Gold.

Titled Songs From All Over The Place, the second half brings together an exciting mix of 11 unreleased songs and rarities to give a fuller picture of the band’s eclectic and prolific output over the last decade and a half. Kicking off with the aforementioned “Vacation In Chicago,” it includes the demo for “First,” a cover of Nick Cave’s “Opium Tea,” previously only available to stream online only, and “Goodnight Tennessee,” originally released as an iTunes bonus track for Mine Is Yours. Some of the many other highlights include the dubby remake of “Minimum Day” titled “Minimum Mistake,”produced by the late Richard Swift and originally only available as a download, “Coffee Spoon,” a standout from their seventh EP Behave Yourself, and “In Harmony In Silver” and “Quiet Please” from their long-out-of-print debut EP Mulberry Street released in 2005 on Monarchy Music. The set closes with “Fashionable,” a sprawling track released on the deluxe edition of Mine Is Yours.

This Will All Blow Over Time serves as both the first collection of the band’s many hits and a gift to longtime fans who will revel in the unreleased songs and rare tracks from their hard to find early releases. It also chronicles the band’s trajectory and showcases their continued artistic evolution as they get ready to celebrate a milestone anniversary.

This Will All Blow Over In Time Track Listing

Disc 1 – Singles Worked At Radio

1. Hang Me Up To Dry

2. We Used To Vacation

3. Hospital Beds

4. I’ve Seen Enough

5. Something Is Not Right With Me

6. Louder Than Ever

7. Royal Blue

8. Audience of One

9. Miracle Mile

10. Lost That Easy

11. All This Could Be Yours

12. First

Disc 2 – Songs From All Over The Place

1. Vacation In Chicago

2. First (Demo)

3. Opium Tea

4. Goodnight Tennessee

5. Coffee Spoon

6. Minimum Mistake

7. In Harmony In Silver

8. Quiet, Please

9. Expensive Tastes

10. Romance Languages #1

11. Fashionable

Iron Maiden's 'The Studio Collection – Remastered'

  

Band's acclaimed remasters get the CD Digipak treatment

BMG will continue their reissues series of the IRON MAIDEN catalog with The Studio Collection – Remastered, covering the band’s sixteen-strong studio albums across their career to date.

Following on from 2014/2017’s black vinyl releases and 2015’s Mastered for iTunesproject, The Studio Collection – Remastered will be released on the Digipak CD format, with the track listing matching the original U.K. releases. The recordings are taken from the same remasters as the 2015 hi-res digital releases. The albums will be released chronologically in batches of four, across a nine-month period superseding the previously available studio catalog and all titles will also be made available on streaming platforms. As a bonus for collectors, one CD from each batch of releases will also be optionally available in a specially artworked box featuring a 1:24 scale figurine and exclusive patch. In the November 16^thbatch, this will be The Number Of The Beast. 

Maiden founder member and bassist Steve Harris says, “We’ve wanted to revisit these for a long time and I was delighted with the remastering we did in 2015. I thought it was the best that our albums have ever sounded and it was only right that we made them available on CD now too.”

All four albums in this first batch are available for pre-order now from https://666.ironmaiden.com/music.   

1st batch: November 16th

Iron Maiden/ Killers/ The Number Of The Beast (option of standard or collectors boxset edition including TNOTB Eddie figurine and patch) / Piece Of Mind

2nd batch: Feb 2019 date TBC

Powerslave/ Somewhere In Time(standard/collectors) / Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son/ No Prayer For The Dying

3rd batch April 2019 date TBC

Fear Of The Dark (standard/collectors) / The X Factor/ Virtual XI/ Brave New World 

4th batch June 2019 date TBC

Dance Of Death/ A Matter Of Life And Death(standard/collectors) / The Final Frontier/ The Book Of Souls*

*not remastered but appearing in Digipak for the first time 

IRON MAIDEN recently completed the first leg of their Legacy Of The Beast tour, playing sold-out stadium, arena and headline festival shows across Europe to over 750,000 fans. The tour, which was hailed by fans and media alike as the must-see show of the summer, will continue into 2019 with a headline show at Brazil’s Rock In Rio festival recently announced and more dates to follow. See www.ironmaiden.com for updates.

   

Iron Maiden - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J3KHVJ8

Killers - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J35G5M7

The Number of the Beast - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J34NSW8

The Number of the Beast Deluxe - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JVF7R6X 

Piece of Mind - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JVF89RS