Fire Note Staff

Throughout his years of traveling, John Andrews has documented his life with his home recordings. His first record, Bit By The Fang, found him living in the amish country of Lancaster, PA. His latest record, Bad Posture finds him waving farewell to Pennsylvania & greeting the wooded hills of Barrington, NH. Sitting on top of one of these hills, coined Mt. Misery, is the colonial era farmhouse John now calls his home. This is where Bad Posture was born.
John Andrews & The Yawns have a new music video for “Windmill” off their recently released album, Bad Posture on Woodsist Records. This video cretes the perfect vibe for the record! You can go HERE to order.

On April 7th, Guided By Voices is set to launch August By Cake. It represents the 100th studio album that Robert Pollard has released since 1986’s Forever Since Breakfast. To put that in perspective, Bob Dylan has released roughly 39 studio albums since 1959. And that includes the Traveling Wilburys!

This first ever GBV double record has multiple treats, as it contains song contributions from all five band members. From ABC we have a video for the opening track “5° On The Inside.” It is a little snapshot of Rockathon (Pollard’s label) and Dayton, OH. You will also catch some throwback to the “The Official Ironmen Rally Song” video from the Under the Bushes Under the Stars (1996) album which just celebrated its 21st birthday.

The band has some Spring tour dates, including Coachella Festival which are below. You can order the record HERE. Enjoy the video.

TOUR DATES
4/7 – St. Louis, MO – Ready Room
4/8 – Oklahoma City, OK – ACM@UCO’s Metro Music Fest, The Criterion
4/14 – Indio, CA – Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
4/15 – San Francisco, CA – Bimbo’s 365 Club
4/17 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
4/18 – Seattle, WA – Nuemos
4/21 – Indio, CA – Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
4/22 – West Hollywood, CA – The Roxy Theatre
4/28 – Columbus, OH – Skully’s Music Diner
4/29 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Pyramid Scheme
5/5 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
5/6 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop

4/7 with The Brainstems
4/15 with Rogue Wave
4/18 with Sloucher
4/22 with Prism Tats
4/28 with DTCV
4/29 & 5/5 with Deadbeat Beat
5/6 with Mirrors

So you know we are big fans of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard so Pipe-eye is right up our Australian alley. This of course is because their debut album is out April 21st via Flightless and Pipe-eye is the side project of Gizzard rhythm guitarist Cook Craig.

As you can tell from watching the Peter Gabrielish video for single “Sweets & Treats” we all might be in for a trip! If you hurry you can still pre-order a limited copy HERE. No word yet on a US release.

R. Ring is Kelley Deal (The Breeders) and Mike Montgomery (Ampline). Since releasing a 7″ in 2012, the group has slowly been building a catalog of songs that has finally resulted in their forthcoming debut full length titled Ignite The Rest via SofaBurn Records.

The tracks cover a full range of style and volume which will please fans of the members’ previous work. R. Ring will be touring throughout 2017 in support of the release. Ignite The Rest will be available April 28th and R. Ring will be touring (dates below) throughout 2017 in support of the release.

R. Ring Facebook
SofaBurn Records

R.RING 2017 TOUR DATES:
April 19: Newport, KY at Southgate House Revival – w/ Split Single (Jason Narducy) and Bicentennial Bear
April 20: Columbus, OH at Rumba Café – w/ Split Single and Bicentennial Bear
April 21: Detroit, MI at Trinisophes – w/ Split Single
April 22: Chicago, IL at Schubas – w/ Split Single
April 23: Cleveland, OH at Happy Dog – w/ Split Single
April 24: Philadelphia, PA at Everybody Hits – w/ Split Single
April 25: Kingston, NY at BSP Kingston – w/ Split Single
April 26: Brooklyn, NY at Babys All Right – w/ Split Single and Isa Chandra Moskowitz
April 27: Baltimore, MD at Ottobar – w/ Split Single, Post Pink and Quatracetta
April 28: Washington, DC at Comet Ping Pong – w/ Split Single and Flasher
April 29: Chapel Hill, NC at Night Light – w/ Split Single
May 17: Yellow Springs, OH – Live on WYSO
May 18: Louisville, KY – Monnik
May 19: Murray, KY – Terrapin Station
May 20: Lexington, KY – Green Lantern

The Afghan Whigs are back! In Spades, the group’s new album, will be available worldwide on May 5th from Sub Pop. “Demon In Profile,” is the new video and single from the forthcoming record.

Make sure to head over to Sub Pop if you want the vinyl Loser edition of the album! You can find it HERE.

The Afghan Whigs have also announced their first set of dates in support of In Spades in Europe. The band will visit 14 countries this summer including performances at Primavera Sound and Northside Festival. Ed Harcourt will be supporting on all headline shows.

May 26 – Manchester, UK – Cathedral
May 27 – Glasgow, UK – ABC
May 28 – Dublin, IE – Academy
May 30 – London, UK – Koko
Jun. 01 – Barcelona, ES – Primavera Sound Festival
Jun. 03 – Bologna, IT – Zona Roveri
Jun. 04 – Zagreb, HR – Tvornica Kulture
Jun. 06 – Warsaw, PL – Palladium
Jun. 07 – Berlin, DE – Kesselhaus
Jun. 09 – Aarhus, DK – Northside Festival
Jun.10 – Oslo, NO – Vulkan
Jun.12 – Hamburg, DE – Gruenspan
Jun.13 – Frankfurt, DE – Batschkapp
Jun.14 – Antwerp, BE – Trix
Jun.15 – Brussels, BE – Ancienne Belgique
Aug. 04 – Vienna, AT – WUK
Aug. 05 – Prague, CZ – Lucerna Music Bar
Aug. 06 – Zurich, CH – Mascotte
Aug. 08 – Munich, DE – Backstage Halle
Aug. 09 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso

Tobin Sprout has a new video! “Future Boy Today/Man Of Tomorrow” is off his new Headphone Approved record, The Universe And Me, which represents his first solo album in seven years. Pick it up – you won’t be upset with yourself!

Real Estate just announced their new record and video for first single “Darling.” In Mind will be out on March 17th via Domino Records.