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The Friday Fire Track: Ron Gallo – “Always Elsewhere”

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Stardust Birthday Party is the follow up to Ron Gallo’s debut album, Heavy Meta, which was a fantastic garage rock album that we missed out on in 2017. Well, we are not missing this one as Gallo storms back with today’s Friday Fire Track, “Always Elsewhere.” The track is from Stardust Birthday Party which is out October 5, 2018 via New West Records.

Gallo’s energy sounds like a modern Talking Heads as the track has a very pop backbone under its excited guitar playing and call out type vocal delivery. The song just has all the components to make your Friday better!

Ron Gallo Website
Ron Gallo Facebook
New West Records

Death Valley Girls – “Disaster (Is What We’re After)” [Video]

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Los Angeles punk glam rockers Death Valley Girls have announced their third studio album Darkness Rains, out October 5th via Suicide Squeeze Records. The announcement arrives with this fantastic Iggy Pop-starring video for the new single “Disaster (Is What We’re After).” It really will have you wanting a hamburger!

The band also has a 30-date US tour scheduled this fall which you can see all the dates below.

Death Valley Girls Tour Dates:
08-26 – Long Beach, CA @ Happy Sundays (FREE)
09-13 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy and Harriets *
10-03 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom **
10-04 – Tustin, CA @ Marty’s on Newport **
10-05 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah **
10-18 – Riverside, CA @ Aurea Vista
10-19 – Las Vegas, NV @ Bunkhouse Saloon
10-20 – Phoenix, AZ @ Yucca Tap Room
10-21 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
10-23 – Austin, TX @ Hotel Vegas
10-24 – Dallas, TX @ Regal Room
10-25 – Norman, OK @ Opolis
10-26 – Memphis, TN @ The Hi Tone
10-29 – Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery #
10-30 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie #
11-01 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge #
11-02 – Cleveland, OH @ The Winchester #
11-03 – Detroit, MI @ Deluxx Fluxx #
11-04 – Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen #
11-05 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club #
11-07 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge #
11-08 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge #
11-09 – Boise, ID @ The Olympic #
11-11 – Chico, CA @ Duffy’s #
11-13 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios #
11-14 – Vancouver, BC @ Fox Cabaret #
11-15 – Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown #
11-16 – Seattle, WA @ Freakout Festival
11-17 – Eugene, OR @ Old Nicks #
11-20 – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop #

* w/ L.A. Witch
** w/ Roky Erickson
# w/ Gymshorts

The Joy Formidable – “The Wrong Side” [Video]

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Earlier this summer, The Joy Formidable announced that they would be returning with yet another huge step forward, in the shape of new album AAARTH. The band is now unveiling a video for their latest single “The Wrong Side”.

Bassist and vocalist Rhydian Davies comments on the visuals; “This is our second collaboration with [Boston-based creative studio] TRLLM. We love their imagination and, like all our favourite artists, they’re not afraid to make it weird. They had the background to the song, how lyrically it’s pieced like a collage from memories and snippets of time, and they used that, along with the album artwork to create this experimental, multi-coloured dream sequence that we think captures the essence beautifully.”

AAARTH is released on September 28th via Hassle Records on CD, download and LP, as well as an extremely limited boxset, Indie retail exclusive vinyl, and Rough Trade exclusive vinyl, which will be supported by in-stores at Nottingham, Bristol and London East.

Clean Spill – “Rolling” [Video]

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Santa Barbara’s garage rock band, Clean Spill, have a new single and official video for “Rolling.” The song is the second release from the band’s forthcoming EP, Nothing’s On My Mind, due out soon before summer ends.

In an interview, Clean Spill told Consequence of Sound: “This song is the essence of Clean Spill, a happy song with sad lyrics that emulates the paradox of our band name. If all the lyrics were happy, the song would be cheesy.”

Clean Spill Website
Clean Spill Facebook

Fred Thomas – “Good Times Are Gone Again” [Video]

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Fred Thomas has been making music nonstop for years. He has continually evolved but gained notice with 2015’s critically hailed album All Are Saved, then last years Changer and now a new long player titled Aftering.

“Good Times Are Gone Again” is taken from Fred Thomas’ new album, Aftering, which is out September 14, 2018 via Polyvinyl Records. You can pre-order the record HERE.

Campdogzz – “Run Wild” [Video]

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Campdogzz have a video for “Run Wild,” off their forthcoming new album In Rounds which will be released on August 3, 2018 via Cursive’s label, 15 Passenger, and is available for pre-order HERE.

The Chicago-based Campdogzz are out on the road tonight in support of In Rounds and plenty of dates to come in August. You can find the current tour itinerary below.

Campdogzz tour dates:
July 20 – Appleton, WI @ Refuge Lounge
Aug 2 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Founders Brewing Co.
Aug 3 – Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi
Aug 4 – Chicago, IL @ Hungry Brain
Aug 5 – Cleveland, IL @ Beachland Tavern
Aug 8 – Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool
Aug 9 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
Aug 10 – Washington, DC @ DC9
Aug 11 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe
Sept 14 – Davenport, IA @ The Raccoon Motel

Mitski – “Nobody” [Video]

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Mitski now has a video for “Nobody” which was directed by Christopher Good. This track is off her new album, Be The Cowboy, which will be released on August 17th via Dead Oceans.

Mitski will tour North America surrounding its release, including five newly announced August shows. You can catch all of the dates below.

Mitski Tour Dates:
Sun. Aug. 12 – Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre ^
Mon. Aug. 13 – Portsmouth, NH @ 3S Artspace ^
Tue. Aug. 14 – Portland, ME @ Space Gallery ^
Wed. Aug. 15 – Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Showcase Lounge ^
Thu. Aug. 16 – Holyoke, MA @ Gateway City Arts ^
Wed. Sep. 19 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester Gorilla *
Thu. Sep. 20 – Glasgow, UK @ Saint Luke’s *
Sat. Sep. 22 – Dublin, IE @ Tivoli Theatre *
Mon. Sep. 24 – Leeds, UK @ Brudnell Social Club *
Thu. Sep. 25 – Bristol, UK @ Trinity Arts Centre *
Wed. Sep. 26 – London, UK @ O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire *
Fri. Sep. 28 – Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie *
Sat. Sep. 29 – Antwerp, BE @ TRIX *
Mon. Oct. 1 – Cologne, DE @ Gebäude 9 *
Tue. Oct. 2 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Noord (Tolhuistuin) *
Thu. Oct. 4 – Berlin, DE @ Musik & Frieden *
Fri. Oct. 5 – Vesterbro, DK @ Vega *
Sat. Oct. 6 – Hamburg, DE @ Uebel & Gefährlich *
Fri. Oct. 19 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer &
Sat. Oct. 20 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues &
Sun. Oct. 21 – Montreal, QC @ L’Astral &
Mon. Oct. 22 – Toronto, ON @ Opera House &
Tue. Oct. 23 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick &
Thu. Oct. 25 – Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre &
Fri. Oct. 26 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue &
Tue. Oct. 30 – Vancouver, BC @ Imperial &
Wed. Oct. 31 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox &
Thu. Nov. 1 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom &
Sat. Nov. 3 – San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theatre &
Wed. Nov. 7 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern &
Thu. Nov. 8 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom &
Sat. Nov. 10 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s Austin &
Sun. Nov. 11 – Dallas, TX @ Trees &
Tue. Nov. 13 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement East &
Wed. Nov. 14 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade: Hell Stage &
Fri. Nov. 16 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club &
Fri. Nov. 30 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
Sat. Dec. 1 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel

% = w/ Caroline Rose
^ = w/ Sidney Gish
* = w/ EERA
& = w/ Jessica Lea Mayfield

The Ophelias – “Lunar Rover” [Video]

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Here is a new video from Cincinnati’s Ophelias. “Lunar Rover” can be found on Almost which is due to release on July 13, 2018 via Joyful Noise Recordings.

The album was produced by Yoni Wolf (WHY?) and you can catch the band on tour at the dates below.

TOUR DATES:
07/12 Kansas City, MO – Uptown Arts Bar
07/16 Los Angeles, CA – Moroccan *
07/19 Seattle, WA – Fremont Abbey *
07/20 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios *
07/22 San Francisco, CA – Swedish American Hall *
07/23 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
07/27 – Cincinnati, OH – We Have Become Vikings

* = w/ The Low Anthem

MxPx – “Let’s Ride” [Video]

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After crowdfunding an entire new LP project, Washington punk band MxPx have shareed their new video for “Let’s Ride” which was directed and written by Bryan Buchelt. It is the first track off the new record and takes you through the band exploring themes they felt from various times in their lives.

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