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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

The xx confirm fall U.S. headline dates

Very cool news. The xx was a band that really impressed me at Coachella last month...It is very cool the trio is coming to the relatively intimate Santa Barbara Bowl before performing at the legendary Fabulous Forum a few nights later in September too.


The xx confirm fall U.S. headline dates
To perform on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” Thursday, May 18, 2017
Currently touring North America
On the heels of their wildly successful ongoing U.S. tour, The xx will return stateside to play a very special, limited engagement of select headline dates and festival appearances this fall.
 
The fall dates include shows September 29 in Los AngelesOctober 9 at Colorado’s iconic Red Rocks,Austin City Limits Festival, Life is Beautiful and more. Visit thexx.info/tour for presale and ticket information.
 
Furthermore, the band will perform on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” this Thursday, May 18 ahead of two nights at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, NY this Friday and Saturday, May 19 and 20.
 
Meanwhile, The band has just announced a very special installment of their Night + Day festival, set for July 14-16 at Iceland’s Skogafoss waterfall outside of Reykjavik. The festival, capped at 6,000 tickets, follows a record-breaking seven-day festival in Brixton, London and will feature performances from The xxJamie xxKamasi WashingtonRobynWarpaintSamphaEarl SweatshirtBenji BGillesPetersonJagwar MaFloating Points (DJ set)BjarkiCall SuperHuneeKria BrekkanGanglyKelsey LuOrang VolanteMr SillaHögniPampa Showcase (Axel Boman & Robag Wruhme), JFDR &Marching Church. For full ticket details, head to thexxnightandday.com.
 
The band is currently touring North America to great critical acclaim:
 
“an impressive set…The xx hasn’t sacrificed the sense of intimacy — of two people exchanging confidences — that still defines songs sung in close harmony by
Sim and Madley Croft.”—Los Angeles Times
 
“If fans were introduced to their shadows, it’s clear they’re ready to love them in the light. Much to their joy, the xx finally seems willing to
reveal themselves.”—The Washington Post
 
“The xx is a rare group that appears to be playing for each other, as well as with each other. They reveal their innermost secrets within their music, and turn to each other for reassurance that they aren’t in this alone, while the music helps them try to make sense of it all.”—CityPages
 
“They were masterful in delivering a new sound.”—The Oregonian
 
“The London trio showed off their seasoned stage chops; the hit-packed show was so affecting and crisp it could’ve been a concert film.”—The Current
 
The xx’s universally lauded new album, I See You, was released in January via Young Turks, debuting at #2 in the U.S. and #1 in the U.K. Germany, Portugal, The Netherlands, Ireland, Australia and Belgium.
The xx Live
Newly announced
July 14-16                   Night + Day—Skogafoss, Iceland
September 27             Santa Barbara Bowl—Santa Barbara, CA
September 29             The Forum—Los Angeles, CA
October 3                    Starlight—Kansas City, MO
October 9                    Red Rocks—Morrison, CO
October 10                  The Great Saltair—Magna, UT
October 12                  The Criterion—Oklahoma City, OK
October 13-15             III Points/Wynwood—Miami, FL
October 17                  Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre—Atlanta, GA
October 19                  Champions Square—New Orleans, LA
2017 tour
May 16                       Stage AE—Pittsburgh, PA
May 17                       Skyline Stage at the Mann—Philadelphia, PA
May 19                       Forest Hills Stadium—New York, NY—SOLD OUT
May 20                       Forest Hills Stadium—New York, NY
May 22                       Echo Beach—Toronto, ON
May 23                       Echo Beach—Toronto, ON—SOLD OUT
May 24                       Parc Jean-Drapeau—Montreal, QC
May 26                       Thompson’s Point—Portland, ME
May 27                       Boston Calling—Boston, MA
June 2                         Primavera Sound—Barcelona, Spain
June 9                         Bonnaroo—Manchester, TN
June 21-25                  Glastonbury—Pilton, U.K.
June 29                       Roskilde—Roskilde, Denmark
July 1                           Open’er—Gdynia, Poland
July 6                           NOS Alive—Lisbon, Portugal
July 8                           Firenze Summer Festival—Florence, Italy
July 21                         Splendour in the Grass—North Byron Parklands, Australia
July 25                         Singapore Indoor Stadium—Kallang, Singapore
July 28-30                    Fuji Rock Festival—Niigata, Japan
August 5                      Lollapalooza—Chicago, IL
August 10                    Oya Festival—Oslo, Norway
August 10-12               Way Out West Festival—Gothenburg, Sweden
August 12                    Flow Festival—Helsinki, Finland
August 14                    Sunset Festival—Tallinn, Estonia
August 15                    Sunset Festival—Sigulda, Latvia
August 17                    Pukklepop Festival—Hasselt, Belgium
August 18-20               Lowlands Festival—Biddinghuizen, Netherlands
August 25                    Zürich Openair—Zürich, Switzerland
August 27                    Rock En Seine—St. Cloud, France
August 29                    SWG3 Galvanizers Yard—Glasgow, United Kingdom
August 30                    SWG3 Galvanizers Yard—Glasgow, United Kingdom
September 1              Electric Picnic—Stradbally, Ireland
September 7-10         Bestival—Dorset, United Kingdom
September 10            Lollapalooza Festival—Berlin, Germany
September 24            Life is Beautiful Festival—Las Vegas, NV
October 6-8                Austin City Limits Festival—Austin, TX
October 13-15            Austin City Limits Festival—Austin, TX
November 17-19        Corona Capital Festival—Mexico City, Mexico

Friday, March 24, 2017

Aimee Mann's 'Mental Illness' streaming on NPR First Listen; new album out March 31

The wait is over; fans of Aimee Mann can get a listen of her much-anticipated new album 'Mental Illness' on NPR First Listen...



AIMEE MANN’S MENTAL ILLNESS STREAMING NOW ON NPR FIRST LISTEN, OUT MARCH 31, 2017 VIA SUPEREGO RECORDS
TO PERFORM ON “THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT”
SPRING TOUR DATES CONFIRMED

Aimee Mann
Photo credit: Sheryl Nields/Courtesy of the artist

Aimee Mann’s highly anticipated new album Mental Illnessout on March 31 via her own SuperEgo Recordsis exclusively streaming now on NPR First Listen, who proclaim “…these songs are buoyantly catchy in their own way, with calmly dispensed beauty that consistently outweighs their dourness,” while the Los Angeles Times furthers “Every doomed syllable is sacred and every tragic rhyme fits, as though each song were a puzzle to which only Mann knows the solution.” Additionally, Mann will perform her track “Goose Snow Cone” on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Monday, March 27. Mental Illnesscan be pre-ordered now at hyperurl.co/aimeemann.
Mental Illness shows off Mann’s rich, incisive and wry melancholia in an almost all-acoustic format, with a “finger-picky” style inspired by some of her favorite ‘60s and ‘70s folk-rock records, augmented by haunting strings arranged by her longtime producer, Paul Bryan. Additional players includeJonathan Coultonon acoustic guitar and backing vocals, Jay Bellerose on drums, Jamie Edwardson piano, John Roderick as a co-writer and Ted Leo (who recently joined her in a joint side project, The Both) as a background singer.
On this eleven-track album, the Oscar-nominated, Grammy-winning singer remains a student of human behavior, drawing not just on her own experiences to form the characters in the songs but tales told by friends. “I assume the brief on me is that people think that I write these really depressing songs,” Mann says. “I don’t know—people may have a different viewpoint—but that’s my own interpretation of the cliché about me. So if they thought that my songs were very down-tempo, very depressing, very sad and very acoustic, I thought I’d just give myself permission to write the saddest, slowest, most acoustic, if-they’re-all-waltzes-so-be-it record I could…I mean, calling it Mental Illness makes me laugh, because it is true, but it’s so blunt that it’s funny.”
In support of the release, Mann will play a headlining North American tour this spring with stops in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia and more. Tickets can be purchased here: aimeemann.com/tour. See below for complete tour details.
After several albums with Til Tuesday, Mann began her solo career in 1993 with the album Whatever and made a name for herself through her independent success and the founding of her record label, SuperEgo Records. In addition to her solo albums, she has appeared on many film soundtracks, most notably the score for Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia, with “Save Me” landing her Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Original Song.
In 2014, Mann joined up with Ted Leo for a more rock-oriented duo project, releasing a self-titled album under the name The Both. Other extracurricular activities since her previous record Charmer ranged from playing herself on the hit TV series Portlandia to performing for President Obama and the First Lady at the White House. Named one of The Huffington Post’s “13 Funny Musicians You Should Be Following On Twitter,” Mann has gained a diehard social media following for her quick wit and stinging observation.

MENTAL ILLNESS TRACKLIST 
  1. Goose Snow Cone 
  2. Stuck In The Past
  3. You Never Loved Me
  4. Rollercoasters
  5. Lies Of Summer
  6. Patient Zero
  7. Good For Me
  8. Knock It Off
  9. Philly Sinks
  10. Simple Fix
  11. Poor Judge


AIMEE MANN LIVE
April 20—Washington, DC—Lincoln Theatre
April 21—Philadelphia, PA—Keswick Theatre
April 22—New York, NY—The Town Hall
April 23—Boston, MA—The Wilbur Theatre
April 25—Albany, NY—The Egg Center For The Performing Arts
April 26—Toronto, ON—Danforth Music Hall 
April 28—Ann Arbor, MI—The Ark
April 29—Chicago, IL—Park West
April 30—Milwaukee, WI—Pabst Theater
May 2—Madison, WI—Barrymore Theatre
May 3—Saint Paul, MN—Fitzgerald Theater
May 5—Boulder, CO—Boulder Theater
May 6—Salt Lake City, UT—The State Room
May 8—Missoula, MT—The Wilma
May 9—Seattle, WA—Neptune
May 10—Portland, OR—Revolution Hall
May 12—San Francisco, CA—The Fillmore
May 13—Los Angeles, CA—The Theatre at Ace Hotel

Monday, April 18, 2016

DMA'S impress at Coachella Weekend #1 - set to perform again this week

Of the many artists who I caught via the Coachella live web stream this weekend, a new artist who really caught my ear was Australian outfit DMA's. Here is the latest release I have on the band, and I really look forward to catching them in person on Saturday, April 23...


DMA'S MAKE LATE NIGHT TV DEBUT PLAYING THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT


DEBUT LP HILLS END OUT NOW ON MOM+POP MUSIC



DMA's perform at Coachella on April 23, 2016.
DMA'S impressive debut was released last month and the band haven't stopped since. Last week they made their Late Night TV Debut with Stephen Colbert delivering an intense and commanding performance of "Delete" and this week they'll embark on their first ever SXSW. It will be a busy week for the band playing 5 shows in total and are set to blow music fans in Austin away with their infectious and stadium ready live show, all dates are listed below.

Today (March 14, 2016) DMA'S have released the video for "In The Moment", a collaboration between the band and director Rhett Wade-Ferrell. It follows them through several locations of their hometown of Sydney, including Johnny Took's apartment where they wrote and recorded their debut self-titled EP and Hills EndConsequence of Sound write the song "... deals out arrangements both sweeping and wistful. "Is it your smell?" frontman Tommy O'Dell wonders, calling out to someone who may or may not be in the picture anymore".
After SXSW DMA'S will tour the US including playing Coachella in April. All tour dates are listed below. Do not miss them.


Acclaim for Hills End:

"DMA's seem poised to make their own distinctive musical mark beyond being seen as '90s revivalists-ironically at a time when most bands from that decade have reunited....Hills End is an impressive debut for a group that originally began mostly as a songwriting collective than a performance act." Paste Magazine

"That difference is what makes the DMA's so intriguing. They're hip without trying to be hip. They're moody without reaching for Xanax. They're nostalgic without having to pay anyone royalties.  From the very get-go, staring with roller coaster opener "Timeless", the outfit exudes an assured knack for melody that whips through each of the ensuing 11 tracks." Consequence of Sound

"Hills End is so good that in 20 years the discussion about the hot new indie guitar band might well focus on how much they look and sound like DMA's. It's an outstanding debut." Pop Matters


World Tour Dates


04.18.16 - The Echo - Los Angeles, CA
4.22 - 4.24.16 - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival - Indio, CA
5.27.16 - The Zoo - Brisbane, AUS
5.28.16 - Big Pineapple Festival - Sunshine Coast, AUS
6.03.16 - Fat Controller - Adelaide, AUS
6.04.16 - Rosemount Hotel - Perth, AUS
6.10.16 - The Metro - Sydney, AUS
6.11.16 - The Corner - Sydney, AUS

*North American tickets are on sale now.


Hills End Tracklisting

1. Timeless
2. Lay Down
3. Delete
4. Too Soon
5. In The Moment
6. Step Up The Morphine
7. So We Know
8. Melbourne
9. Straight Dimensions
10. Blown Away
11. The Switch
12. Play It Out

Sunday, December 09, 2012

Music Worth Buying: Week 2 of 'The 4 Weeks of Christmas'

Check out the latest episode of our special "The 4 Weeks of Christmas" on Music Worth Buying where TJR and I each discuss one of our favorite under-the-radar Christmas songs.