Tears For Fears release new single “Break The Man”

Tears For Fears have just released their wonderful new single "Break The Man." Learn more!...Robert Kinsler

TEARS FOR FEARS RELEASE NEW SINGLE 

“BREAK THE MAN”

LISTEN HERE

FIRST NEW ALBUM IN 17 YEARS 

THE TIPPING POINT 

ARRIVING FEBRUARY 25TH, 2022 VIA CONCORD RECORDS

THE TIPPING POINT WORLD TOUR BEGINS MAY 2022

January 13th, 2021 - Today, iconic British duo Tears For Fears have released “Break The Man,” the third single off their highly anticipated first studio album in seventeen years, THE TIPPING POINT, arriving February 25th, 2022 via Concord Records. Co-written by Curt Smith and Charlton Pettus, and co-produced by Curt, Roland, and Charlton the band has crafted an empowering yet groovy track, with the overarching message being to break the patriarchy.  Of the song Curt says, “‘Break The Man’ is about a strong woman, and breaking the patriarchy. I feel that a lot of the problems we’ve been having as a country and even worldwide to a certain degree has come from male dominance. It’s a song about a woman who is strong enough to break the man. For me, that would be an answer to a lot of the problems in the world – a better male-female balance.” THE TIPPING POINT is one of 2022’s most anticipated albums according to Pitchfork, Vulture, Stereogum and many more. Listen to “Break The Man '' now HERE and pre-order THE TIPPING POINT now HERE. Also, starting today a limited edition cassette is available for pre-order only through the band’s exclusive web store and independent retail. Pre-order HERE. In October the pair released the first single & title track, “The Tipping Point," capturing the grief of watching someone you love lose their long-standing battle with disease. Their second single “No Small Thing” was a meeting of the minds as the pair went back to the drawing board and found the heart and soul that would complete the album. The accompanying video was made using solely found footage showing the conflict between individual freedoms and collective responsibility. The Tipping Point is the bold, beautiful and powerful sound of Tears For Fears finding themselves together, once again.   In November, the band also announced THE TIPPING POINT WORLD TOUR, with support from Garbage on the U.S. leg. Kicking off in Cincinnati, OH on May 20th, 2022, these dates will see the band performing in over twenty cities across North America before capping off with their last show in Wantagh, NY on June 25th, 2022. These dates will mark the band’s first U.S. tour since 2017. See below for a full list of dates, and for tickets and more information, visit the band's website HERE.    TEARS FOR FEARS - 2022 US TOUR DATES Friday, May 20, 2022 - Riverbend Music Center - Cincinnati, OH Saturday, May 21, 2022 - Blossom Music Center - Cleveland, OH Tuesday, May 24, 2022 - The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory - Dallas, TX Friday, May 27, 2022 - Ak-Chin Pavilion - Phoenix, AZ  Sunday, May 29, 2022 - Levitt Pavilion - Denver, CO Wednesday, June 01, 2022 - Concord Pavilion - Concord, CA Thursday, June 02, 2022 - Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA Saturday, June 04, 2022 - The Forum - Los Angeles, CA Sunday, June 05, 2022 - North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre - San Diego, CA Thursday, June 09, 2022 - iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre - West Palm Beach, FL Friday, June 10, 2022 - MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheater - Tampa, FL Sunday, June 12, 2022 - Ameris Bank Amphitheatre - Atlanta, GA Monday, June 13, 2022 - PNC Music Pavilion - Charlotte, NC  Wednesday, June 15, 2022 - DTE Energy Music Theatre - Detroit, MI Thursday, June 16, 2022 - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre - Chicago, IL Friday, June 17, 2022 - Ruoff Music Center - Indianapolis, IN Sunday, June 19, 2022 - Merriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia, MD Tuesday, June 21, 2022 – TD Pavilion at The Mann - Philadelphia, PA  Wednesday, June 22, 2022 - Leader Bank Pavilion - Boston, MA Friday, June 24, 2022 - P.N.C. Bank Arts Center - Holmdel, NJ Saturday, June 25, 2022 - Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater - Wantagh, NY   ABOUT TEARS FOR FEARS Tears For Fears - Roland Orzabal (vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Curt Smith (vocals, bass, keyboards) formed in Bath, England 1981. With 30 million albums sold worldwide, performing to countless sold-out audiences, and winning various awards, the band represent an inimitable intersection of pop palatability, clever and cognisant lyricism, guitar bombast, and new wave innovation. Their 1983 debut The Hurting yielded anthems such as “Mad World,” “Change,” and “Pale Shelter,” reaching RIAA Gold status in the United States. 1985’s Songs from the Big Chair became a watershed moment for the group and music at large. Boasting the signature BRIT Award-winning “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” “Shout,” “Head over Heels,” “Mothers Talk” and “I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording),” it went quintuple-platinum and captured #1 on the Billboard Top 200. Slant dubbed it one of, “The Best Albums of the 1980s,” it was featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, and Consequence of Sound awarded it a rare A+ rating in a 20-year retrospective.1989’s Seeds of Love proved to be Orzabal and Smith’s last collaboration together until Everybody Loves A Happy Ending in 2004, which rekindled the creative fire between them. The band engaged in a three-year touring whirlwind across North America, Japan, South Korea, Manila, and South America beginning in 2010. 2013 saw them return with their first recorded music in a decade: a cover of Arcade Fire’s “Ready to Start.” The band returned once more in 2017 with the Rule The World best of collection which once more catapulted the band back to the upper echelon of the UK album charts. The duo’s DNA remains embedded within three generations of artists on both subtle and overt levels. Quietly casting a shadow over rock, hip-hop, electronic dance music, indie, and beyond, Kanye West interpolated “Memories Fade” on “The Coldest Winter” from the seminal 808s & Heartbreak, The Weeknd infused “Pale Shelter” into Starboy’s “Secrets,” David Guetta sampled “Change” for “Always,” and Drake utilized “Ideas as Opiates” as the foundation for “Lust For Life,” while Ally Brooke Hernandez, Adam Lambert, and Gary Jules recorded popular covers of “Mad World” and Disturbed took on “Shout,” and that’s only to name a few. Lorde cut a haunting cover of “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” for the Soundtrack of the blockbuster The Hunger Games – Catching Fire, which Tears For Fears gleefully would use as intro music live and thus bring everything full circle. In 2021 the band was honored with the Outstanding Song Collection Award at the Ivor Novello Awards.  Meanwhile, classic songs figure prominently everywhere from The Wire and Donnie Darko to Straight Outta Compton and Mr. Robot. Long before they became a cultural cornerstone Tears For Fears simply consisted of two school friends growing up in Bath, Somerset UK. With The Tipping Point and a comprehensive tour on the horizon Orzabal and Smith remain as loud as ever, while yet another generation gets ready to “Shout” with them all over again.

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The Record Company's new album 'Play Loud' is out now

I've been listening to The Record Company's new album and will be reviewing in my next column. Check out details about this highly anticipated release via the media release posted below...Robert Kinsler

THE RECORD COMPANY’S
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW FULL LENGTH ALBUM PLAY LOUD OUT NOW ON CONCORD RECORDS

32-CITY TOUR KICKS OFF OCTOBER 10

Album artwork

Photo credit: Travis Shinn

★★★★

“The Record Company mean business…”

“Impressive stuff…”


“[of “How High”] precisely the antidote we need to combat them covid blues.”


"Play Loud is proof that the Record Company have grown...the result is a record
that should be played loud, as the title suggests."

October 8, 2021—The Record Company’s highly anticipated new album Play Loud is out today on Concord Records. Listen/stream HERE.

On Sunday, the GRAMMY-nominated rock band will kick off their 32-City tour in Milwaukee with support from JJ Wilde on select dates. See below for a complete list of dates; additional info and tickets are HERE.

Listen to an interview with SPIN/Lipps Service Podcast HERE and watch the band’s Chris Vos on Premier Guitar “Hooked” HERE.

“How High,” the first single released from the LP, is currently #3 at AAA Radio. The track has also reached Top 3 on the Americana Singles Chart while Play Loud has been Top 3 on the Non-Comm Albums Chart in advance of its street date.

Play Loud is produced by GRAMMY-winning producer Dave Sardy (Oasis, Wolfmother, Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem.) On the album, the group stretches out artistically and explores their far-flung influences. “We totally flipped the process on this record to allow for every idea and possibility, so it wasn’t just the three of us, closed off in our bubble. It was like, ‘Let’s take some risks and see what we can really do,’” describes bassist Alex Stiff.

The Record Company—consisting of guitarist/lead vocalist Chris Vos, bassist Alex Stiff and drummer Marc Cazorla—most recently released their EP Side Project (also via Concord Records), which finds the band reimagining and reconstructing some of their favorite tracks by a wide range of artists including Big Mama Thornton, Cypress Hill, INXS and Willie Dixon. Listen HERE.

Play Loud is the follow-up to the band’s critically lauded sophomore album All of This Life. Upon its release, Rolling Stone noted that the single “Life to Fix” “isn’t so much a return to form as it is taking that form to a big new level,” while NPR Music raved that the track “breathes new life into a style of music.”

The band’s debut, Give It Back to You, earned them a GRAMMY nomination for Best Contemporary Blues Album. The critically acclaimed record produced three Top Ten hits at Triple-A radio, including lead single “Off the Ground,” which reached #1 on Billboard’s Adult Alternative Songs chart. Entertainment Weekly describes their debut album as a “soul scorcher.” The Record Company has appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” CBS “This Morning,” NPR’s “World Café” and SiriusXM, and has shared bills with John Mayer, My Morning Jacket, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Zac Brown Band.

The Record Company—Play Loud

1. Never Leave You

2. How High

3. Gotta Be Movin’

4. Out Of My Head

5. Live As One

6. Today Forever

7. Get Up And Dance!

8. Paradise
9. Awake
10. Lady Lila
11. Midnight Moon
12. Ain’t Going Home

 

TOUR DATES

October 10—Turner Hall Ballroom—Milwaukee, WI
October 12—Mercury Ballroom—Louisville, KY
October 13—St. Andrews Hall—Detroit, MI
October 14—Metro—Chicago, IL
October 15—Elevation—Grand Rapids, MI
October 16—A&R Music Bar—Columbus, OH
October 18—Town Ballroom—Buffalo, NY
October 19—The Axis Club—Toronto, ON
October 21—Higher Ground Ballroom—
South Burlington, VT
October 22—Aura—Portland, ME
October 24—Paradise Rock Club—Boston, MA
October 25—Irving Plaza—New York, NY
October 27—Theatre of the Living Arts—Philadelphia, PA
October 28—Lincoln Theatre—Washington, DC
October 29—XL Live—Harrisburg, PA
October 30—Cat’s Cradle—Carrboro, NC
October 31—The Underground—Charlotte, NC
November 2—Bijou Theater—Knoxville, TN
November 4—The Orange Peel—Asheville, NC
November 5—Georgia Theatre—Athens, GA
November 6—Brooklyn Bowl—Nashville, TN
November 7—Delmar Hall—St. Louis, MO
November 9—The Sylvee—Madison, WI
November 10—Varsity Theater—Minneapolis, MN
November 11—Wooly’s—Des Moines, IA
November 13—Fox Theatre—Boulder, CO
November 14—Gothic Theatre—Englewood, CO
November 16—Knitting Factory—Boise, ID
November 17—Neptune Theatre—Seattle, WA
November 18—Roseland Theater—Portland, OR
November 20—Fillmore—San Francisco, CA
November 22—Teregram Ballroom—Los Angeles, CA

The Record Company's 'Side Project' EP out today via Concord Records, debuts cover of Willie Dixon's "Spoonful"

 Ready for some rock 'n' blues? Check out the latest news on super great The Record Company...Robert Kinsler

The Record Company rocking the Backporch stage at the 2016 Doheny Blues Festival.
Photo: Bob Steshetz

The Record Company's 'Side Project' EP out today via Concord Records

COVER OF WILLIE DIXON’S “SPOONFUL” DEBUTS ALONGSIDE RECONSTRUCTIONS OF SOME OF THE GROUP’S FAVORITE TRACKS
FULL LENGTH ALBUM COMING THIS FALL

   

        Photo credit: Kimberly Zsebe/ZBimages

May 19, 2021—Today, GRAMMY-nominated Los Angeles-based rock band The Record Company release their new covers EP, Side Project, via Concord Records. In celebration of the new EP the band is debuting their cover of the Willie Dixon classic “Spoonful,” made famous by both Howlin’ Wolf and Cream. Watch/share the video for “Spoonful” HERE and listen to the full EP HERE.

The EP finds the band reimagining and reconstructing some of their favorite tracks, including previously released covers of Cypress Hill’s “I Wanna Get High,” INXS’ “Devil Inside” and Big Mama Thornton’s “Ball and Chain.”

“We wanted to put a new twist on Willie Dixon's shadowy blues classic,” the band explains, “Bring our love of the deep lyrics and lonely melody and collide it with some dark, eerie, pulsating Plastikman-style rhythms to explore some new boundaries we've never tried before. It may be our favorite of the Side Project series and a good way to close the set.”

“Side Project is what happens when three guys who have always been in bands finish their record, are locked away from each other, and are told they need to make more ‘content,’” they add. “So, we took songs we love, fucked them up, cut them up and twisted them around, until we loved it and felt like a band again.”

The group—consisting of guitarist/lead vocalist Chris Vos, bassist Alex Stiff and drummer Marc Cazorla—has wrapped recording on a new studio full-length, set for release later this year. The album is the follow-up to their critically lauded sophomore album All of This Life. Upon its release, Rolling Stone noted that the single “Life to Fix” “isn’t so much a return to form as it is taking that form a big new level,” while NPR Music raved that the track “breathes new life into a style of music.”

The band’s debut, Give It Back to You, earned them a GRAMMY nomination for Best Contemporary Blues Album. The critically acclaimed record produced three Top Ten hits at Triple-A radio, including lead single “Off the Ground,” which reached #1 on Billboard’s Adult Alternative Songs chart. Entertainment Weekly describes their debut album as a “soul scorcher.” The Record Company has appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” CBS “This Morning,” NPR’s “World Café” and SiriusXM, and has shared bills with John Mayer, My Morning Jacket, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Zac Brown Band.

The Record Company cover Cypress Hill's "I Wanna Get High," covers EP 'Side Project' out May 19 reimagining the groups favorite tracks

 Nice to see Los Angeles-based rockers The Record Company are returning with new music next month.

Today the band has unveiled a new track from their forthcoming covers EP. Watch the video for "I Wanna Get High" (Cypress Hill) HERE.

 

Side Project EP is out May 19 via Concord Records. The band has already released covers of INXS’ “Devil Inside” and Big Mama Thornton’s “Ball and Chain.”

 

“The mighty Cypress Hill's records are always under the turn table at our pad, because their albums raise the party vibes,” the band explains, “Last year we posted a video on our Instagram of us doing this tune live in our living room and Cypress Hill reposted it." More info below via the official media release...Robert Kinsler

 

 

THE RECORD COMPANY COVERS CYPRESS HILL’S “I WANNA GET HIGH”

SIDE PROJECT EP OUT MAY 19 VIA

CONCORD RECORDS SEES THE GROUP RECONSTRUCT SOME OF THEIR

FAVORITE TRACKS

        Photo credit: Kimberly Zsebe/ZBimages

May 5, 2021—GRAMMY-nominated Los Angeles-based rock band The Record Companyare sharing a new track from Side Project, their forthcoming EP of covers of some of their favorite and most influential songs/artists. Listen to their reimagining of Cypress Hill’s classic mission statement “I Wanna Get High” HERE and watch the video HERE. 

“The mighty Cypress Hill's records are always under the turn table at our pad, because their albums raise the party vibes,” the band explains, “Last year we posted a video on our Instagram of us doing this tune live in our living room and Cypress Hill reposted it.  We were f*cking so honored that we decided we'd do a proper take on it on Side Project. It's high time we all elevate and start to come back together.” 

The track follows previously released covers of INXS’ “Devil Inside” and Big Mama Thornton’s “Ball and Chain.” Side Project is set for release May 19 via Concord Records. 

“Side Project is what happens when three guys who have always been in bands finish their record, are locked away from each other, and are told they need to make more ‘content,’” they add. “So, we took songs we love, fucked them up, cut them up and twisted them around, until we loved it and felt like a band again.”

The group—consisting of guitarist/lead vocalist Chris Vos, bassist Alex Stiff and drummer Marc Cazorla—has wrapped recording on a new studio full-length, set for release later this year. The album is the follow-up to their critically lauded sophomore album All of This Life. Upon its release, Rolling Stone noted that the single “Life to Fix” “isn’t so much a return to form as it is taking that form a big new level,” while NPR Music raved that the track “breathes new life into a style of music.”

The band’s debut, Give It Back to You, earned them a GRAMMY nomination for Best Contemporary Blues Album. The critically acclaimed record produced three Top Ten hits at Triple-A radio, including lead single “Off the Ground,” which reached #1 on Billboard’s Adult Alternative Songs chart. Entertainment Weekly describes their debut album as a “soul scorcher.” The Record Company has appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” CBS “This Morning,” NPR’s “World Café” and SiriusXM, and has shared bills with John Mayer, My Morning Jacket, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Zac Brown Band.

The Record Company to release 'Early Songs and Rarities' digitally tomorrow

Amidst all the tough news lately, one good thing to look forward to is the release of a new digital release from The Record Company tomorrow, April 3, 2020...

The Record Company to release Early Songs and Rarities 

The sold out 12” special edition vinyl LP from Record Store Day Black Friday 2019

Los Angeles, CA (April 2, 2020) – Grammy-nominated trio The Record Company will release Early Songs and Rarities, a SOLD OUT 12” special edition vinyl LP of 11 previously unreleased recordings that was available exclusively for Record Store Day Black Friday 2019, digitally this Friday, April 3rd 2020.

The RSD Black Friday sell out LP followed another huge year for the Los Angeles-based band – Chris Vos (vocals, guitars, harmonica), Alex Stiff (bass, guitars, vocals) and Marc Cazorla (drums, piano, organ, vocals) – who released their sophomore album All Of This Life in June 2018 via Concord Records. The album debuted in the top 5 on multiple Billboard charts, including Top New Artists and Top Alternative Artists, and lead single, “Life To Fix” hit #1 on the Billboard AAA charts, the FMQB Top 200, and the Americana radio chart.

In 2019, The Record Company was featured on Bob Seger’s Farewell Tour, earning standing ovations each night while playing to packed arenas. Last summer their headline All Of This Life tour included performances at more than a dozen American cities, with stops at Red Rocks Amphitheater, Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, and Firefly Music Festival. 

More info on The Record CompanyWebsite: http://therecordcompany.net/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/therecordcompany
Twitter: https://twitter.com/therecordcomp
Instagram: https://instagram.com/therecordcompany/

Sights and Sounds: Grace Potter, The New Pornographers, Waylon Jennings & Merle Haggard

The 50th Anniversary deluxe reissue of The Beatles' Abbey Road is obviously grabbing lots of attention in the music universe today, but there are some other notable news items worthy of your attention too.


Make sure to check out Grace Potter's great new song "Release," just out today. The song is off her forthcoming album Daylight set for release next month...Robert Kinsler

New Grace Potter Track 'Release' Out Today 

Forthcoming album DAYLIGHT

due on October 25, 2019

 

TICKETS FOR POTTER'S 2020 NORTH AMERICAN 

TOUR ON-SALE TODAY

Grace Potter
Photo Credit : Pamela Neal

LOS ANGELES, CA - September 27^th, 2019 - Grace Potter's stark and powerful new piano ballad "Release" is available today. The new song off her forthcoming album Daylight "can only be described as holy," says ESQUIRE in a recent interview with the acclaimed singer/songwriter. Daylight, Potter's first new album in four years, is due for release via Fantasy Records on October 25th, 2019. Tickets for Potter's recently announced North American headlining tour are on-sale starting today. The tour kicks off January 8th, 2020 in Charleston, South Carolina and will hit theatres in major cities nationwide. Full routing below. For ticket information, head to https://www.gracepotter.com/.

 

An acclaimed songwriter and electrifying performer, Potter has been described by SPIN as "one of the greatest living voices in rock today." Over the course of her career, the Burlington, VT native has commanded stages around the world including Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Rock in Rio and her own thriving music festival, Burlington's Grand Point North, which just celebrated its ninth year. 

 

The major touring throughout 2020 will support the release of Daylight. Produced by her husband Eric Valentine, (Keith Urban, Gwen Stefani, Maroon 5) Daylight is a soul-inflected, deeply personal collection of songs that capture a particularly tumultuous period in her life - from the breakup of her band and a divorce - to more joyful events like a new marriage and the birth of her first child.

 

Grace wrote the album's 11 tracks with the help of renowned songwriter Mike Busbee (Pink, Maren Morris) who co-wrote the powerful first single "Love is Love," which PASTE asserted is "the kind of song that'll stop you dead in your tracks," "Everyday Love," and "Release." The gorgeous new track "Release" was written while Potter was in the process of moving out of her home. The song transmits a quiet sorrow but ultimately finds its resolution in a lyric supplied by Busbee ("I hope that someday/The sun will shine again/And you'll release me too").

Longtime collaborators Benny Yurco and Matt Musty contribute guitar and drums respectively with Benmont Tench and Larry Goldings on keys as well as Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig from Lucius providing background vocals.

 

In addition to "Love Is Love", Potter recently released another brand-new track from the album called "Back To Me," which ESQUIRE called in a feature length profile, "a triumphant soul-burner." Watch her mesmerizing 3-song acoustic performance for PASTE HERE.

Pre-order Daylight  HERE

Grace Potter - 2020 Tour Dates

January 08                  Charleston, SC @ Charleston Music Hall

January 09                  St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live

January 10                  Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues

January 11                  Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution

January 12                  Key West, FL @ Sunset Green Lawn

January 15                  Jacksonville, FL @ Florida Theatre

January 16                  Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz

January 17                  Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore

January 18                  Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle

January 19                  Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel

January 22                  Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre

January 23                  McKees Rocks, PA @ Roxian Theatre

January 24                  Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore

January 25                  Washington, DC @ Anthem

January 28                  New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall

January 29                  Portland, ME @ State Theatre

January 30                  Albany, NY @ The Egg

January 31                  Boston, MA @ House of Blues

February 01                New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre

February 04                Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue Theatre

February 05                Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection

February 06                Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater

February 07                Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre

February 08                St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre

February 09                Des Moines, IA @ Hoyt Sherman Place

February 12                Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom

February 13                Oklahoma City, OK @ The Jones Assembly

February 14                Houston, TX @ House of Blues

February 15                Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Live at Moody Theater

February 18                Birmingham, AL @ Iron City

February 19                Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium

February 20                St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant

March 12                     Vancouver, BC Canada @ Commodore Ballroom

March 13                     Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom

March 14                     Seattle, WA @ Showbox

March 15                     Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theatre

March 18                     San Diego, CA @ Observatory NorthPark

March 19                     Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre

March 20                     Stateline, NV @ MontBleu Resort Showroom

March 21                     Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater

March 24                     Missoula, MT @ The Wilma

March 25                     Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot

March 26                     Aspen, CO @ Belly Up

March 27                     Aspen, CO @ Belly Up

March 28                     Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom

The New Pornographers’
In The Morse Code of Brake Lights out today via Collected Works/Concord Records 

BAND ADDS WEST COAST DATES TO U.S. TOUR

Photo credit: Ebru Yildiz

In The Morse Code Of Brake Lights, the highly anticipated new album from critically acclaimed group The New Pornographers, is out now via the band’s own Collected Work Records imprint in partnership with Concord Records.

In celebration of the album, the band is adding a number of dates to their U.S. tour, kicking off their west coast run January 30 at Seattle’s Neptune Theater. The band is also adding a second date in Washington, D.C. following their sold-out show at the 9:30 Club. See below for a complete itinerary, tickets are available for purchase at thenewpornographers.com.

Most recently the band premiered the tracks “One Kind of Solomon” (Listen HERE), “The Surprise Knock” (listen HERE) and “Falling Down The Stairs Of Your Smile” (listen HERE and watch the Mitchell deQuilettes-directed video HERE). Upon the album’s announcement, Stereogum raved that the “power-pop all-star team are back in action” while hailing the “long-running power-pop army of melodically gifted mostly-Canadians.” SPIN praised “One Kind of Solomon” as “a chaotic arena-rock number, with heavy drums immediately reminiscent of bands like U2 and Arcade Fire. Soon enough, shimmering guitars and keyboards peak through a wall-of-sound mix mostly composed of multi-tracked drums and vocals.”

Album art and track list follow below, and the record is available for purchase HERE.

“I was about two-thirds of the way through the record when I began to notice that lyrically so much of it was pointing toward car songs,” notes Newman. “The opening track is ‘You’ll Need a Backseat Driver,’ and that was a metaphor that seemed to be running through other songs, too. Next to the love song, I feel like the car song is one of the most iconic kinds of songs in pop music, from Chuck Berry to the present. There was so much of that throughout it that I started thinking: ‘Oh, no, there’s too many references to cars on this record!’ And then I thought, ‘No, that's good—people might think it’s a concept album.’”

The New Pornographers have released seven studio albums to date including their most recent, Whiteout Conditions. The first album released on their own imprint, Collected Works Records, in partnership with Concord Records, the album received widespread acclaim and was hailed as “rich with new wave synths and closely blended harmonies” by Pitchfork, while Rolling Stone praised its “uplifting three to four minute indie-pop numbers, imbued with lush vocals.”

THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, IN THE MORSE CODE OF BRAKE LIGHTS 1. You’ll Need A Backseat Driver 2. The Surprise Knock 3. Falling Down The Stairs Of Your Smile 4. Colossus Of Rhodes 5. Higher Beams 6. Dreamlike And On The Rush 7. You Won’t Need Those Where You’re Going 8. Need Some Giants 9. Opening Ceremony 10. One Kind Of Solomon 11. Leather On The Seat

THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS LIVE

September 27	Madison, WI	Majestic Theatre
September 28	Urbana, IL	Pygmalion Music Festival
September 29	Columbia, MO	Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival
October 1	Minneapolis, MN	First Avenue
October 2	Chicago, IL	Vic Theatre
October 3	Detroit, MI	Majestic Theatre
October 5	San Francisco, CA	Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
November 4	Boston, MA	Royale
November 5	Washington, DC	9:30 Club (SOLD OUT)
November 6	Washington, DC	Lincoln Theatre
November 7	Brooklyn, NY	Brooklyn Steel
November 8	Philadelphia, PA	Union Transfer
November 10	Saxaphaw, NC	Haw River Ballroom
November 11	Asheville, NC	The Orange Peel
November 12	Atlanta, GA	Buckhead Theatre
November 14	North Adams, MA	Mass MoCA
January 30	Seattle, WA	Neptune Theatre
January 31	Portland, OR	Roseland Theater
February 3	Los Angeles, CA	The Fonda Theatre
February 4	San Diego, CA	The Observatory North Park
February 5	Phoenix, AZ	The Crescent Ballroom
February 6	Santa Fe, NM	Meow Wolf
February 8	Dallas, TX	Canton Hall
February 9	Houston, TX	White Oak Music Hall
February 10	Austin, TX	Emo's
February 11	Oklahoma City, OK	Tower Theatre
February 12	Kansas City, MO	The Truman
February 13	Omaha, NE	Slowdown
February 15	Englewood, CO	Gothic Theatre
February 16	Salt Lake City, UT	The Depot

New West Records to release Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard performances as part of its 'Live From Austin, TX' series on November 15, 2019

Available on vinyl for the very first time 

New West Records will release two separate archival performances from Country music legends Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard as a part of its acclaimed Live From Austin, TX series on November 15th, 2019. Both live recordings were originally filmed for the legendary PBS television series Austin City Limits and will be issued on vinyl for the very first time.  The recordings have been remastered from original sources and feature liner notes from Austin City Limits producer Terry Lickona.  

 

Waylon Jennings Live From Austin, TX ‘84 documents his first ever appearance on the legendary program, recorded in August of 1984.  The 14-song set features seven Top 10 singles, including two #1 singles, “I’ve Always Been Crazy,” and “I Ain’t Living Long Like This.”  From his liner notes to Waylon Jennings’ Live From Austin, TX ‘84, Terry Lickona states, “Looking back, why did it take ten years to finally lure Waylon Jennings to the Austin City Limits stage for his first performance? Like everything else about the man, he did things his own way - when he was damn good and ready.”

 

Waylon Jennings Live From Austin, TX ‘84 will be released on 180g Standard Black Vinyl, 150g Blue Splatter Colored Vinyl Limited to 500 copies available at Independent Retail, and Limited 150g ‘“Outlaw Swirl” Colored Vinyl available exclusively from Vinyl Me Please.  Waylon Jennings Live From Austin, TX '84 is available for Pre-Order Now Via New West Records. 

 

Merle Haggard Live From Austin, TX ‘78 also documents his very first Austin City Limits performance, recorded in January of 1978.  The 14-song set features five #1 Country singles including “I’m A Lonesome Fugitive,” “Sing Me back Home,” “Cherokee Maiden,” “Farmer’s Daughter,” and “Workin’ Man’s Blues.”  It also features classic Bob Wills songs with Merle on fiddle. 

 

From his liner notes to Merle Haggard Live From Austin, TX ‘78, Lickona offers, “When he stepped onto the Austin City Limits stage for the very first time on that brisk January day in 1978, Merle Haggard was at the top of his game. It had been over a decade since his first national hit, ‘Sing A Sad Song,’ and not that long after ‘Okie from Muskogee’ had firmly planted his music in the public consciousness. He had already been declared ‘Entertainer of the Year’ by both the Country Music Awards and Academy of Country Music – in the same year (1970). He had just released A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (Or My Salute to Bob Wills), which sparked a revival of interest in western swing. And with his band, The Strangers, it’s no stretch to say that he had the best live show in country music of his day.”

 

Merle Haggard Live From Austin, TX ‘78 will be released on 180g Standard Black Vinyl, 150g Red Splatter Colored Vinyl Limited to 500 copies available at Independent Retail, and Limited 150g “Orange Blossom” Colored Vinyl available exclusively from Vinyl Me Please.  Merle Haggard Live From Austin, TX '78 is available for Pre-Order Now Via New West Records. 

 

The Austin City Limits archives hold more than 400 concerts, many of them one-of-a-kind performances of rare television appearances by some of the world’s most acclaimed artists. In Addition to DVDs, separate live, audio-only CDs are also available for many of the performances.  New West Records’ Live From Austin, TX series, presenting more than 50 critically acclaimed titles and multiple Gold and Platinum-certified releases, continues its impressive run. Previous releases include Merle Haggard, Jerry Lee Lewis, R.E.M., Steve Earle, Guided By Voices, Widespread Panic, Dwight Yoakam, Fats Domino and many more. 

 

 

Waylon Jennings Live From Austin, TX ‘84 Track Listing 

 

1. Are You Ready For The Country

2. Clyde

3. I Can Get Off On You

4. People Up In Texas

5. It's Not Supposed To Be That Way

6. Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out Of Hand

7. You Asked Me To

8. Dreaming My Dreams With You

9. Good Hearted Woman

10. I May Be Used (But Baby I Ain't Used Up)

11. Let’s Turn Back The Years

12. Honky Tonk Heroes

13. I Ain't Living Long Like This

14. I've Always Been Crazy

 

Merle Haggard Live From Austin, TX ‘78 Track Listing 

 

1. Working Man Can’t Get Nowhere Today 

2. Silver Wings 

3. I’m A Lonesome Fugitive 

4. Sing Me Back Home 

5. Orange Blossom Special 

6. Old-Fashioned Love 

7. Brain Cloudy Blues 

8. Ramblin’ Fever 

9. Long Black Limousine 

10. Cherokee Maiden 

11. San Antonio Rose 

12. Misery 

13. The Farmers Daughter 

14. Workin’ Man Blues 

 

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