Fire Note Staff

We just featured a review of the solo debut from former Smith Westerns frontman Cullen Omori a few days ago. Now you can catch up with Max Kakacek and Julian Ehrlich – both formerly of Smith Westerns – and their new band Whitney.

“Golden Days” is their swaying new catchy single and video from the forthcoming Secretly Canadian debut Light Upon The Lake that is due out June 3rd. If you were a fan of the Smith Westerns, I think both projects will fill your void!

“In Bloom” is the second song released from Sturgill Simpson’s anticipated new album, A Sailor’s Guide To Earth, which will be released April 15 on Atlantic Records. Produced by Simpson, A Sailor’s Guide To Earth was written—beginning to end—as a letter to his first child, who arrived during the summer of 2014, and features eight original songs as well as “In Bloom.”

“The Community of Hope” video was directed by award-winning photojournalist and filmmaker Seamus Murphy, drawing on footage filmed during trips to Washington, D.C. undertaken by Harvey and Murphy. This is the second single taken from PJ Harvey’s forthcoming album The Hope Six Demolition Project, out April 15th on Vagrant Records.

PJ Harvey and her 10-piece band will perform a number of festival dates across Europe this summer, including London’s Field Day on Sunday 12th June, and a return to Glastonbury on Sunday 26th June, twelve years after her last appearance at Worthy Farm.

06/04/16 – Barcelona, Spain‬‬‬‬ – Primavera Sound
06/05/16 – Paris, France‬ – We Love Green Festival
06/07/16 – Athens, Greece – Release Athens
06/08/16 – Istanbul, Turkey – Zorlu Performing Arts Centre
06/10/16 – Porto, Portugal – Primavera Sound
06/12/16 – London, UK‬ – Field Day
06/17/16 – Helsinki, Finland‬ – Sideways Festival
06/18/16 – Moscow, Russia‬ – Ahmad Tea Music Festival
06/20/16 – Berlin, Germany‬ – Zitadelle Spandau
06/22/16 – Zagreb, Croatia‬ – INMusic
06/24/16 – Beuningen, Netherlands‬ – Down The Rabbit Hole
06/26/16 – Somerset, UK – Glastonbury
06/27/16 – Cornwall, UK – Eden Sessions
06/29/16 – Gdynia, Poland‬ – Open’er Festival
06/30/16 – Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival
07/02/16 – Werchter, Belgium‬ – Rock Werchter
07/03/16 – Herouville St Clair, France‬ – Beauregard Festival
07/07/16 – Trenčín, Slovakia‬ – Pohoda Festival
07/08/16 – Vienna, Austria‬ – Harvest of Art Festival
08/11/16 – Oslo, Norway‬ – OYA
08/12/16 – Gothenburg, Sweden‬ – Way Out West
11/06/16 – Reykjavik, Iceland – Iceland Airwaves

Here is the newest Bleached video for their single, “Wednesday Night Melody,” from their forthcoming album, Welcome The Worms, out April 1st on Dead Oceans. The video depicts Bleached band members, Jessie Clavin and Micayla Grace, coming home to find their lead singer, Jennifer Clavin, dead. But the band has an important gig that night at renowned L.A. rock club, The Smell, and the show must go on!

Nada Surf has released a new video for the song “Rushing,” off of their just released album You Know Who You Are. The video was shot in Paris and was written and directed by Emilie and Sarah Barbault and produced by Fastpod. It stars Nada Surf singer/songwriter/guitarist Matthew Caws along with Angelica Sarre and Vincent Paquot.

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

MAY
12 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
13 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
14 – Omaha, NE – Waiting Room
17 – Vancouver, BC – Venue
18 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
19 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
20 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
21 – Los Angeles, CA – Teragram
22 – San Diego, CA – Irenic
24 – Denver, CO – Bluebird
25 – Kansas City, MO – Crossroads
27 – Austin, TX – Parish
28 – Dallas, TX – Granada
29 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall

JUNE
1 – Washington, DC – 930 Club
2 – Philadelphia, PA – World Café Live
3 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
4 – Boston, MA – Paradise

Here is a new video from psych pop trio Museyroom. It is for the single “Ballad” taken from the band’s new full length debut, Pearly Whites (due out March 25th via Grind Select).

The video is a fun psychedelic world of animation so enjoy. The band also has several tour dates coming up that are listed below.

TOUR DATES:

03/09 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Gateway *
03/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Ortlieb’s *
03/11 – Baltimore, MD @ The Crown *
03/13 – Atlanta, GA @ The Sewing Room *
03/16 – New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa
03/19 – Nashville, TN @ Glass Menagerie
04/08 – Brooklyn, NY @ Palisades (LP RELEASE SHOW)

Baltimore’s Teen Suicide are back with a new double LP, It’s the Big Joyous Celebration, Let’s Stir the Honeypot, out April 1, 2016 via Run For Cover Records. The first for the group since 2012, Teen Suicide began as the solo project of Sam Ray (Ricky Eat Acid, Julia Brown) with a rotating cast of musicians.

Here is a taste from the record with their new video for “Alex.” They have a very cool indie basement sound which I think comes out perfectly in this video. Tracklisting and Tour Dates below.

Tracklist:
01) Living Proof
02) The Big Joyous Celebration
03) Alex
04) Violets
05) Obvious Love
06) It’s Just A Pop Song
07) V.I.P.
08) Wild Thing Runs Free
09) Bright Blue Pickup Truck
10) Big Mistake
11) What You Want
12) God
13) Neighborhood Drug Dealer
14) Have A Conversation
15) Beauty
16) Pavement
17) America
18) Devotion
19) The Things I Love Are Killing Me
20) Falling Out Of Love With Me
21) I Don’t Think It’s Too Late
22) Long Way Down
23) My Little World
24) The Hurricane
25) The Stomach of the Earth
26) If I Don’t See You Before You Leave

Tour Dates (w/ Say Anything, mewithoutYou & Museum Mouth):

Apr 20 – Dallas TX @ Gas Monkey
Apr 22 – Tempe AZ @ The Marquee
Apr 23 – San Diego CA @ House of Blues
Apr 24 – Anaheim CA @ House of Blues
Apr 26 – Los Angeles CA @ Echoplex
Apr 27 – San Francisco CA @ Slim’s
Apr 29 – Portland OR @ Wonder Ballroom
Apr 30 – Seattle WA @ The Showbox
May 2 – Salt Lake City UT @ Club Sound
May 3 – Denver CO The @ The Summit Music Hall
May 5 – St. Louis MO @ The Ready Room
May 6 – Chicago IL @ Concord Music Hall
May 7 – Milwaukee WI @ The Rave
May 8 – Pontiac MI @ The Crofoot Ballroom
May 10 – Cleveland OH @ House of Blue
May 11 – Pittsburgh PA @ Stage AE – Indoor
May 12 – Philadelphia PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
May 13 – New York NY @ Webster Hall
May 14 – Worcester MA @ The Palladium
May 15 – Sayreville NJ @ Starland Ballroom
May 17 – Washington DC @ 9:30 Club
May 19 – Carrboro NC @ Cat’s Cradle
May 20 – Wilmington NC @ Ziggy’s By The Sea
May 21 – Atlanta GA @ The Masquerade
May 22 – Nashville TN @ Marathon Music Works
May 24 – Orlando FL @ Beacham Theater
May 25 – Tampa FL @ The Ritz Ybor
May 27 – Houston TX @ House of Blues
May 28 – Austin TX @ Scoot Inn

I wish I could kick off every Monday with a new PJ Harvey video. This acoustic rocker is for “The Wheel,” the first track to be taken from her forthcoming album The Hope Six Demolition Project, which will be released on April 15th via Vagrant Records.

This is her first record since 2011’s Let England Shake. PJ Harvey and her band will be perform at the below festivals across the summer. Let’s all hope for a fall full tour!

06/04/16 – Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound
06/04-05/16 – Paris, France – We Love Green Festival
06/12/16 – London, UK – Field Day
06/17-18/16 – Helsinki, Finland – Sideways Festival
06/18/16 – Moscow, Russia – Ahmad Tea Music Festival
06/20/16 – Berlin, Germany – Zitadelle Spandau
06/22/16 – Zagreb, Croatia – INMusic
06/24-26/16 – Beuningen, The Netherlands – Down The Rabbit Hole
06/29/16 – Gdynia, Poland – Open’er Festival
06/29-07/02/16 – Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival
07/02/16 – Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter
07/03/16 – Herouville St Clair, France – Beauregard Festival
07/07/16 – Trenčín, Slovakia – Pohoda Festival
07/08/16 – Vienna, Austria – Harvest of Art Festival
08/11/16 – Oslo, Norway – OYA
08/11-13/16 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Way Out West