Videos

Mikal Cronin will release Seeker, his fourth full-length to date, on October 25th via Merge Records. In conjunction with today’s announcement, he presents the lead single / video, “Show Me.” In the video, directed by Yasi Salek, Cronin sings as he drives a 1964 Ford Falcon, while frequent collaborators and friends play instruments in the backseat.

“‘Show Me’ is a song about feeling small in an overwhelming world,” says Cronin. “There’s a not-quite-subtle hint of the Heartbreakers in the instrumentation and arrangement, having asked many friends to play or sing. It’s one of my favorite songs from the album, I hope you like it too.”

Following a few rough years of touring, relationships beginning and ending, and writer’s block, Cronin decided to make a change. He packed up and retreated to Idyllwild, a small town in the mountains of southern California, where he spent a month in the cabin, alone. The solitude proved fruitful, with the bulk of Seeker being written and demoed during this time period. “It was so quiet and peaceful. I got weird looks at the store. I got bug bites that didn’t heal for months,” says Cronin. “I walked around a small lake a few times. I wrote. I took literally something that’s usually a hypothetical, something every artist thinks about doing. It worked.”

After a series of fires sparked by an arsonist forced Cronin to evacuate immediately, he returned a few days early to LA and began the recording process at Palmetto Studios. There, engineer Jason Quever and a crew of close friends helped bring the album together. The record was backed by Ty Segall’s Freedom Band. Nature fresh on his mind, he was driven to use organic sounds. “I wanted to bring you into the room. Jason and I talked about the Beatles’ White Album a lot when placing mics,” says Cronin. “I brought a charred pine cone from the woods to the studio, just in case it would help. Fire—specifically its cycle of purging and reseeding the landscape—is a central theme to the record. Death and rebirth.”

Cronin will tour across North America in support of Seeker. All tour dates are on sale and can be found below.
Seeker is available for pre-order in the Merge store HERE.

MIKAL CRONIN TOUR DATES
Fri. Oct. 25 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
Wed. Nov. 6 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
Fri. Nov. 8 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
Sat. Nov. 9 – Vancouver, BC @ Fox Cabaret
Sun. Nov. 10 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
Mon. Nov. 11 – Missoula, MT @ The Badlander
Thu. Nov. 14 – Saint Paul, MN @ Turf Club
Fri. Nov. 15 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
Sat. Nov. 16 – Detroit, MI @ Deluxx Fluxx
Sun. Nov. 17 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
Mon. Nov. 18 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz
Tue. Nov. 19 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott
Wed. Nov. 20 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Fri. Nov. 22 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
Sat. Nov. 23 – Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall
Sun. Nov. 24 – Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
Mon. Nov. 25 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
Tue. Nov. 26 – New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
Wed. Nov. 27 – Austin, TX @ Barracuda
Sat. Nov. 30 – Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole
Sun. Dec. 1 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
Mon. Feb. 10 – Munich, DE @ Milla
Tue. Feb. 11 – Cologne, DE @ Bumann & SOHN
Wed. Feb. 12 – Berlin, DE @ Kantine am Berghain
Thu. Feb. 13 – Aarhus, DK @ TAPE
Fri. Feb. 14 – Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen
Sat. Feb. 15 – Stockholm, SE @ Nalen
Mon. Feb. 17 – Oslo, NO @ Ingensteds
Tue. Feb. 18 – Gothenburg, SE @ Oceanen
Wed. Feb. 19 – Hamburg, DE @ Molotow (SkyBar)
Thu. Feb. 20 – Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoet
Fri. Feb. 21 – Brussels, NE @ Botanique
Sat. Feb. 22 – Paris, FR @ Petit Bain
Mon. Feb. 24 – Bristol, UK @ The Louisiana
Tue. Feb. 25 – London, UK @ Moth Club
Wed. Feb. 26 – Manchester, UK @ Soup Kitchen
Thu. Feb. 27 – Glasgow, UK @ The Hug & Pint
Fri. Feb. 28 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Sat. Feb. 29 – Brighton, UK @ The Hope & Ruin

Angel Olsen will release her fourth full-length album, All Mirrors, on October 4th via Jagjaguwar. Olsen’s All Mirrors comes over three years after the release of MY WOMAN, a top 10 critically praised album of 2016. In conjunction with today’s announcement, Olsen unveils the title track and its video, directed by Ashley Connor and conceived by Olsen.

The Jagjaguwar limited and exclusive All Mirrors bundle includes the album on opaque aquamarine vinyl and the All Mirrors 7” on silver with black splatter vinyl. The 7” includes two versions of the album’s title track: “All Mirrors” album version and “We Are All Mirrors” solo version. You can pre-order HERE.

As previously announced, the All Mirrors tour kicks off on October 28th. A full European leg has been added. All dates are below.

All Mirrors Tracklist:
1. Lark
2. All Mirrors
3. Too Easy
4. New Love Cassette
5. Spring
6. What It Is
7. Impasse
8. Tonight
9. Summer
10. Endgame
11. Chance

Angel Olsen Tour Dates:
Mon. Oct. 28 – Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom &
Wed. Oct. 30 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes *
Thu. Oct. 31 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall *
Fri. Nov. 1 – Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre *
Mon. Nov. 4 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse *
Tue. Nov. 5 – New Orleans, LA @ Civic Theatre *
Thu. Nov. 7 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s (Levitation) *
Fri. Nov. 8 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater *
Sat. Nov. 9 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Criterion *
Sun. Nov. 10 – Lawrence, KS @ The Granada *
Tue. Nov. 12 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue *
Wed. Nov. 13 – Madison, WI @ The Sylvee *
Thu. Nov. 14 – Chicago, IL @ The Riviera Theatre *
Fri. Nov. 15 – Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre *
Sat. Nov. 16 – Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre *
Mon. Nov. 18 – Montreal, QC @ mTelus *
Tue. Nov. 19 – Boston, MA @ Royale *
Fri. Nov. 22 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel *
Sat. Nov. 23 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel ^
Mon. Dec. 2 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren *
Tue. Dec. 3 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park *
Thu. Dec. 5 – Los Angeles, CA @ Palace Theater *
Fri. Dec. 6 – Los Angeles, CA @ Palace Theater #
Sat. Dec. 7 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater *
Mon. Dec. 9 – Portland, OR @ Roseland *
Tue. Dec. 10 – Vancouver, BC @ The Orpheum Theatre *
Wed. Dec. 11 – Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre *
Fri. Dec. 13 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot *
Sat. Dec. 14 – Denver, CO @ The Gothic Theatre *
Sun. Dec. 15 – Denver, CO @ The Gothic Theatre *
Thu. Jan. 23 – Lisbon, PT @ Capitólio
Fri. Jan. 24 – Porto, PT @ Hard Club
Sat. Jan. 25 – Madrid, ES @ Sala BUT
Sat. Jan. 26 – Barcelona, ES @ Sala Razzmatazz
Tue. Jan. 28 – Geneva, CH @ Festival Antigel
Wed. Jan. 29 – Munich, DE @ Kammerspiele
Thu. Jan. 30 – Berlin, DE @ Huxleys Neue Welt
Fri. Jan. 31 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
Sat. Feb. 1 – Oslo, NO @ Rockefeller
Mon. Feb. 3 – Stockholm, SE @ Vasateatern
Tue. Feb. 4 – Gothenburg, SE @ Pustervik
Wed. Feb. 5 – Hamburg, DE @ Gruenspan
Thu. Feb. 6 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
Fri. Feb. 7 – Antwerp, BE @ De Roma
Sat. Feb. 8 – Paris, FR @ La Cigale
Mon. Feb. 10 – Bristol, UK @ SWX
Tue. Feb. 11 – London, UK @ Eventim Apollo
Thu. Feb. 13 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Ritz
Fri. Feb. 14 – Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland Ballroom

* = w/ Vagabon
^ = w/ Madi Diaz
#= w/ Rodrigo Amarante
&= w/ Lean Year

Florist has released a stunning V Haddad-directed video for “M,” from their album, Emily Alone which is out now via Double Double Whammy. The video features 2 previously unreleased ambient pieces composed by the band’s Emily Sprague, one of them composed exclusively for the video that features a vocal sample of an old recording she made years ago of her mom singing.

Florist has also announced a summer tour that kicks off in Los Angeles on 7/26. All dates below.

TOUR DATES:
7/29 – Portland, OR @ Lola’s Room (Crystal Ballroom)
7/30 – Seattle, WA @ Fremont Abbey Arts Center
8/3 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
8/5 – Cambridge, MA @ The Great Scott
8/6 – Burlington, VT @ Arts Riot
8/8 – Troy, NY @ The Church
8/10 – Ft. Wayne, IN @ B-Side (One Lucky Guitar)
8/11 – Chicago, IL @ Schuba’s
8/12 – Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups
8/13 – Allentown, PA @ Soft Machine Gallery
8/14 – Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA
8/15 – Washington, DC @ Songbyrd
8/16 – Richmond, VA @ Gallery 5
8/17 – Durham, NC @ The Pinhook
8/19 – Atlanta, GA @ 529

Whitney, the Chicago-based band led by vocalist/drummer Julien Ehrlich and guitarist Max Kakacek, presents a new single/video “Valleys (My Love),” from their forthcoming album, Forever Turned Around, out August 30th via Secretly Canadian. “Valleys (My Love)” describes the anxiety of being away from a loved one, and was inspired by a particularly scenic drive in Montana. The accompanying video by Kamp Grizzly, directed by Nick Woytuk and shot in Portland, Oregon, documents the life of a commercial truck driver, and illustrates the connection between traveling for work and the band’s own personal experiences.

Whitney will appear at the Mo Pop Festival this weekend before embarking on a lengthy European and North American tour. The live band is comprised of Ehrlich and Kakacek, plus keyboardist Malcolm Brown, guitarist Print Chouteau, bassist Josiah Marshall, trumpeter Will Miller, and Ziyad Asrar who makes his return to the group on this upcoming tour. All upcoming dates are below.

Whitney Tour Dates:
Sun. July 28 – Detroit, MI @ Mo Pop Festival
Thu. Aug. 1 – Luhmühlen, DE @ A Summer’s Tale
Sat. Aug. 3 – Diepholz, DE @ Appletree Garden Festival
Mon. Aug. 5 – Stockholm, SE @ Debaser Strand
Tue. Aug. 6 – Gothenburg, SE @ Pustervik
Wed. Aug. 7 – Aarhus, DK @ VoxHall
Fri. Aug. 9 – Rees-Haldern, DE @ Haldern Pop Festival
Sat. Aug. 11 – Castelbuono, IT @ Ypsigrock Festival
Tue. Aug. 13 – Bergen, NO @ Landmark
Thu. Aug. 15 – Trondheim, NO @ Pstereo
Fri. Aug. 16 – Brecon Beacons, UK @ Green Man
Sat. Aug. 17 – Mechelen, BE @ Pukkelpop
Sun. Aug. 18 – Biddinghuizen, NL @ Lowlands Festival
Mon. Sept. 9 – Bloomington, IN @ Bluebird
Tue. Sept. 10 – St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall
Wed. Sept. 11 – Kansas City, MO @ The Truman
Thu. Sept. 12 – Dallas, TX @ Canton Hall
Fri. Sept. 13 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk – SOLD OUT
Sat. Sept. 14 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
Sun. Sept. 15 – Houston, TX @ Satellite
Tue. Sept. 17 – New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina’s
Wed. Sept. 18 – Birmingham, AL @ Saturn
Fri. Sept. 20 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
Sat. Sept. 21 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
Sun. Sept. 22 – Richmond, VA @ The National
Mon. Sept. 23 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Thu. Sept. 26 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre
Fri. Sept. 27 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Sat. Sept. 28 – Accord, NY @ Woodsist Festival
Sun. Sept. 29 – Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
Tue. Oct. 1 – Portsmouth, NH @ 3S Artspace
Wed. Oct. 2 – Boston, MA @ Royale
Thu. Oct. 3 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
Fri. Oct. 4 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel – SOLD OUT
Thu. Oct. 17 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
Fri. Oct. 18 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
Sat. Oct. 19 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
Mon. Oct. 21 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
Wed. Oct. 23 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro
Thu. Oct. 24 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
Fri. Oct. 25 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
Sat. Oct. 26 – Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre
Sun. Oct. 27 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
Wed. Oct. 30 – Chico, CA @ The Big Room at Sierra Nevada Brewery
Thu. Oct. 31 – Sonoma, CA @ Sonoma Redwood Barn
Fri. Nov. 1 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield Theatre
Sun. Nov. 2 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
Sun. Nov. 3 – San Diego, CA @ Observatory San Diego
Mon. Nov. 4 – Santa Ana, CA @ Yost Theater
Fri. Nov. 8 – Reykjavik, IS @ Iceland Airwaves
Sun. Nov. 10 – Cologne, DE @ Luxor
Tue. Nov. 12 – Zurich, CH @ Bogen F
Thu. Nov. 14 – Munich, DE @ Strom
Fri. Nov. 15 – Berlin, DE @ Lido
Sun. Nov. 17 – Copehagen, DK @ Store Vega
Mon. Nov. 18 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
Thu. Nov. 21 – Paris, FR @ Trabendo
Sat. Nov. 23 – Bristol, UK @ SWX
Mon. Nov. 25 – Cambridge, UK @ The Junction
Tue. Nov. 26 – Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms
Wed. Nov. 27 – Glasgow, UK @ QMU
Thu. Nov. 28 – Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
Fri. Nov. 29 – London, UK @ Roundhouse
Sun. Dec. 1 – Dublin, IE @ The Academy

Tropical Fuck Storm release their sophomore album, Braindrops, on Aug. 23 via Joyful Noise Recordings and Flightless Records, with a North American tour launch a few days later. In advance of what will be the start of a lengthy campaign supporting the nine-song album, the Australian band share a glimpse of their recent European tour via this video for “Who’s My Eugene?.”

Guitar player Erica Dunn said of the song, “I had a dream that I was served Brian Wilson’s face at a restaurant and it tasted good and I woke thinking that I had to write about the doomed facade of the American dream cos the famous beach boy couldn’t swim and Dennis drowned but that idea has been so over cooked by acid casualty hippies that I decided to write about my fear of falling in love with anybody because of the anxiety that they could either help me express myself or keep me locked in psychological torment a la Eugene Landry and Brian.”

Album pre-orders, are available via Joyful Noise Recordings HERE and Flightless HERE. Tropical Fuck Storm’s tour dates are below.

Tropical Fuck Storm tour dates:
August 28 Los Angeles, CA Bootleg
August 29 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
August 30 Arcata, CA Richard’s Goat Tavern
August 31 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios

September 1 Vancouver, BC Static Jupiter
September 3 Seattle, WA Barboza
September 6 Washington, DC Comet Ping Pong
September 7 Raleigh, NC Hopscotch Festival
September 8 Atlanta, GA The Earl
September 10 Austin, TX Hotel Vegas
September 11 Dallas, TX Three Links
September 13 St. Louis, MO Duck Room
September 14 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
September 15 Cleveland, OH Now That’s Class
September 17 Toronto, ON Baby G
September 18 Montreal, QC Le Ritz
September 19 Boston, MA Great Scott
September 20 Brooklyn, NY Elsewhere

November 4 Limerick, Ireland Dolans
November 5 Dublin, Ireland Whelan’s
November 6 Manchester, UK Soup Kitchen
November 7 Brighton, UK The Hope and Ruin
November 8 London, UK Islington Assembly Hall
November 11 Berlin, Germany Berghain Kantine
November 13 Warsaw, Poland Poglos
November 14 Prague, Czech Republic Café V Lese
November 15 Brno, Czech Republic Kabinet Muz

Oh Sees have shared the video for their new track “Heartworm.” The band also announced that their 8/9 show in Pioneertown will benefit the East L.A. Women’s Center.

“Heartworm” is another track from the band’s forthcoming new double LP titled Face Stabber which is out 8/16 via Castle Face Records. The band also announced new dates as part of their lengthy North American tour this fall. Dates are below.

Tour Dates:

August
9 Pioneertown, CA Pappy and Harriet’s *
17 Omaha, NE Maha Festival
23 Charleville Cabaret Vert festival
24 Guéret Check-in Festival
27 Ravenna Hana-Bi (Free)
29 Vienna Arena
30 Munich Strom
31 Berlin Kreuzberg Festsaal

September
1 Brussels Les Botaniquesen
3 Bordeaux BT 59
4 Toulouse Le Bikini
5 Paris Le Bataclan
6 London Troxy
7 Amsterdam Paradiso
30 San Francisco, CA The Chapel

October
1 San Francisco, CA The Chapel
2 San Francisco, CA The Chapel
4 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
5 Seattle, WA Neumos
6 Seattle, WA Neumos
7 Vancouver, BC Rickshaw Theatre
10 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue Ballroom
11 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall
12 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall
13 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom
14 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall
15 Montreal, QC Le National
16 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair
18 Brooklyn, NY Warsaw
19 Brooklyn, NY Warsaw
20 Brooklyn, NY Warsaw
22 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
23 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
24 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge
25 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks
26 Austin TX Hotel Vegas
27 Austin, TX Hotel Vegas
29 Albuquerque, NM Sister Bar
31 Los Angeles, CA Teragram Ballroom

This is the official video for “Instant Pace,” from B Boys’ sophomore LP Dudu, out July 26th, 2019 via Captured Tracks. The video was directed by Jon Campolo and Josie Keefe. You can pre-order the record HERE and check out their tour dates below.

TOUR DATES:

07/24 – San Diego, CA – Whistle Stop*

07/25 – Santa Ana, CA – Con Room*

07/26 – Los Angeles, CA – Hotel Figueroa*

07/27 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Crepe Place*

07/28 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop*

07/31 – Seattle, WA – Chop Suey*

08/01 – Vancouver, BC – Fortune Sound Club*

08/02 – Olympia, WA – Cryptatropa*

08/03-08/04 – Happy Valley, OR – Pickathon Festival

08/11 – Brooklyn, NY – Summer Thunder @ Union Pool

09/09 – Boston, MA – The Great Scott

09/10 – Winooski, VT – The Monkey House

09/11 – Portsmouth, NH – The Press Room

09/12 – Montreal, QC – Brasserie Beaubien

09/13 – Toronto, ON – The Baby G

09/15 – Northamption, MA – Flywheel

10/01 – Washington D.C. – Songbyrd

10/02 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle Backroom

10/03 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl

10/04 – Gainesville, FL – The Atlantic

10/05 – Miami, FL – Gramps

10/06 – Orlando, FL – Will’s Pub

10/08 – Hattiesburg, MS – Thirsty Hippo

10/09 – Houston, TX – Satelite

10/10 – Austin, TX – Hotel Vegas

10/11 – Dallas, TX – The Foundry

10/12 – Oklahoma City, OK – 89th Street OKC

10/13 – Lawrence, KS – White Schoolhouse

10/15 – Chicago, IL – The Empty Bottle

10/16 – Detroit, MI – Deluxx Fluxx

10/17 – Columbus, OH – The Spacebar

10/18 – Pittsburgh, PA – Black Forge Coffee House

10/19 – Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live
* w. Bodega

Longstanding California band Strung Out have released their music video for their new single “Under The Western Sky.” Directed by vocalist Jason Cruz, the clip for “Under The Western Sky” gives a generous nod to David Lynch which Cruz feels is one of the great American filmmakers of our time.

The track is from the band’s forthcoming album, Songs of Armor and Devotion which is due out August 9th via Fat Wreck Chords. You can pre-order the record HERE.

Strung Out will be making the following appearances this fall. Dates below.

09/18 – Crowbar – Tampa, FL
09/19 – The Wooly – FYF – Gainesville, FL
09/20 – Respectable Street – West Palm Beach, FL
09/21 – 1904 Music Hall – Jacksonville, FL
09/22 – The Earl – Atlanta, GA
09/24 – Reggie’s 42nd St. Tavern – Wilmington, NC
09/25 – The Bunker Brewpub – Virginia Beach, VA
09/26 – Ottobar – Baltimore, MD
09/27 – Asbury Lanes – Asbury Park, NJ
09/28 – Le Poisson Rouge – NYC, NY
09/29 – Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
10/01 – Port City Music Hall – Portland, ME
10/02 – Club Soda – Montreal, QC, Canada
10/03 – La Source – Quebec City, QC, Canada
10/04 – The 27 Club – Ottawa, ON, Canada
10/05 – The Opera House – Toronto, ON, Canada
10/06 – Rum Runners – London, ON, Canada
10/08 – The Crafthouse Stage & Grill – Pittsburgh, PA
10/09 – Small’s – Detroit, MI
10/10 – Cobra Lounge – Chicago, IL
10/11 – Turf Club – St. Paul, MN
10/12 – The Waiting Room – Omaha, NE
10/13 – Gothic Theatre – Englewood, CO
10/31 – Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR
11/01 – Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC, Canada
11/02 – El Corazon – Seattle, WA
11/03 – The Olympic – Boise, ID
11/04 – Metro Music Hall – Salt Lake City, UT
11/08 – Three Links – Dallas, TX
11/09 – House Of Rock – Corpus Christi, TX
11/10 – Come and Take It Live – Austin, TX
11/12 – Pub Rock Live – Scottsdale, AZ
11/13 – Dive Bar – Las Vegas, NV
11/14 – Irenic – San Diego, CA
11/15 – Soho Club – Santa Barbara, CA
11/16 – Holy Diver – Sacramento, CA
11/17 – Slim’s – San Francisco, CA
11/19 – Strummer’s – Fresno, CA
11/20 – The Siren – Morro Bay, CA
11/21 – American Legion – Lancaster, CA
11/22 – Garden Amphitheatre – Garden Grove, CA
11/23 – El Rey Theatre – Los Angeles, CA

“Some Mutts (Can’t Be Muzzled)” is taken from the pounding Amyl and The Sniffers’ self-titled debut album which is out now on ATO Records and Flightless Records. The video for “Some Mutts (Can’t Be Muzzled)” was shot & Edited by Dikayl Rimmasch and produced by Leyden Pavlova.

Dikayl Rimmasch is a filmmaker based in the Mojave Desert who has worked with musicians including Blondie, Beyoncé, Jay Z, Adele, The Raconteurs, El Michels Affair, & Lenny Kravitz.

“Our salivating makes it all taste worse,” croons Ty Segall in “Taste,” the video from his forthcoming album, First Taste, due August 2nd via Drag City. You can pre-order a copy of the new record HERE.

If you have been on the King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard train for any amount of time now you know that they don’t make the same record twice. Well, check out the new video for “Organ Farmer” off their newly released record Infest The Rats’ Nest which is due out August 16th via Flightless/ATO Records. You can pre-order a copy of the Flightless vinyl HERE. ATO is putting their vinyl variant for sale on July 9th.

“Organ Farmer” is the final installment of a 3 part series by director John Angus Stewart in which the band are surrounded by a loving and devoted cult of fans ready to leave the experiment.

Way Out is the 4th studio full length by Columbus Ohio’s Good Shade, and it is out now via Dirtnap Records. The band has unveiled the video for the track “Must Have Been” from their new album and have announced tour plans. You can check out the review dates below.

Tour Dates:
7/5: Indianapolis, IN @ State Street Pub w/ Wampus Milk Daddies and Village Mut
7/6: Chicago, IL @ The Burlington w/ Canadian Rifle, Richard Vain and Human Errors
7/7: Madison, WI @ Mickey’s Tavern w/ Big Eyes
7/8: Milwaukee, WI @ The High Dive
7/9: Duluth, MN @ BLUSH w/ Hard Feelings, Big Kiss and Siamese Eels
7/10: Minneapolis, MN @ Pork! w/ Constant Insult and Siamese Eels
7/11: Fargo, ND @ Red Raven Espresso
7/12: Minot, ND @ Blue Rider
7/13: Billings, MT @ Confirmed but details TBA
7/14: Kalispell, MT @ Eagles 234 w/ Cat’s Game
7/15: Spokane, WA @ The Pin
7/16: Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project
7/17: Portland, OR @ The High Water Mark Lounge
7/18: Corvallis, OR – Confirmed but details TBA
7/19: Bend, OR @ The Brown Owl
7/20: Boise, ID @ High Note Café w/ James Plane Wreck
7/21: Provo, UT @ Bill’s Warehouse
7/22: Laramie, WY @ Ruffed Up Duck
7/23: Ft. Collins, CO @ Pinball Jones West Campus
7/24: Denver, CO @ Nude City Relief Center
7/25: Omaha, NE @ Lookout Lounge
7/26: Topeka, KS @ The Trap
7/27: St. Louis @ Confirmed but details TBA
7/28: Murray, KY @ Terrapin Station

On September 6th, Sub Pop will release Frankie Cosmos’ fourth studio album, Close It Quietly. This album is a manifestation of the band’s collaborative spirit: Greta Kline and longtime bandmates Lauren Martin (synth), Luke Pyenson (drums), and Alex Bailey (bass) luxuriated in studio time with Gabe Wax, who engineered and co-produced the record with the band.

Recording close to home — at Brooklyn’s Figure 8 Studios— grounded the band, and their process was enriched by working closely with Wax, whose intuition and attention to detail made the familiar unfamiliar and allowed the band to reshape their own contexts. Close It Quietly is a continual reframing of the known, taking the band’s trademark micro-universe and upending it, spilling outwards into a swirl of referentiality that’s a marked departure from earlier releases, imagining and reimagining motifs and sounds throughout the album.

Frankie Cosmos has announced a World Tour, splitting these shows into three legs. The first leg of dates will begin on September 18 in Boston, MA, and end on Sep. 29 in their hometown of New York City. They will then head overseas beginning on Oct. 8th in Munich, Germany with shows in Prague, Amsterdam, and Paris, ending on Oct. 22nd in London. The final leg of dates will run from Oct 31st – Nov 16th with shows in Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Los Angeles, and Berkeley. See below for a full list of shows.

Close It Quietly is now available for preorder from Sub Pop HERE.

Tour dates:
Sep. 18 – Boston, MA – Royale
Sep. 19 – Burlington, VT – Arts Riot
Sep. 20 – Montreal, QC – L’Astral
Sep. 21 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern
Sep. 22 – Detroit, MI – Deluxx Fluxx
Sep. 23 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
Sep. 25 – Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups
Sep. 26 – Pittsburgh, PA – Spirit Hall
Sep. 27 – Washington, DC – Black Cat
Sep. 28 – Philadelphia, PA – PhilaMOCA
Sep. 29 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
Oct. 08 – Munich, DE – Heppel & Ettlich
Oct. 09 – Vienna, AT – Chelsea
Oct. 10 – Prague, CZ – Underdogs’
Oct. 11 – Cologne, DE – MTC
Oct. 12 – Luxembourg, LU – Rotondes
Oct. 13 – Amsterdam, NL – Bitterzoet
Oct. 14 – Paris, FR – Badaboum
Oct. 15 – Reims, FR – La Cartonnerie
Oct. 16 – Brighton, UK – The Haunt
Oct. 17 – Bristol, UK – Exchange
Oct. 19 – Leeds, UK – Belgrave Music Hall
Oct. 20 – Sheffield, UK – Delicious Clam
Oct. 21 – Manchester, UK – Night & Day
Oct. 22 – London, UK – Islington Assembly Hall
Oct. 31 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
Nov. 01 – Tacoma, WA – Alma Mater
Nov. 02 – Vancouver, BC – Hollywood Theatre
Nov. 03 – Seattle, WA – Laser Dome @ Pacific Science Center
Nov. 07 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
Nov. 08 – Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
Nov. 10 – Tucson, AZ – Hotel Congress
Nov. 12 – Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction
Nov. 13 – San Diego, CA – Che Cafe
Nov. 15 – Los Angeles, CA – 1720
Nov. 16 – Berkeley, CA – The UC Theatre

Flightless Records, Cook Craig returns with his first music as Pipe-eye since 2017’s cult release Laugh About Life. Appearing in more Flightless line-ups then any of his label contemporaries (King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, The Murlocs and Pipe-eye) Cook’s new Pipe-eye album, Inside/Outside is out now and available for order at Flightless HERE.

Kishi Bashi has shared an animated video for his song “Violin Tsunami,” off his new Headphone Approved album Omoiyari and directed by Julia and Mike McCoy.

“The inspiration for the song that came from a violin that was gifted to me called ‘Tsunami.’ The luthier, who is Japanese-Brazilian and an ordained buddhist priest, told me he embodied his prayers for the victims and survivors of the Fukushima tsunami tragedy into the making of the instrument,” explains Kishi Bashi. “I immediately began to play it and was inspired to create a piece of music about the injustice of the Japanese-American Incarceration of WWII. In the video, the spirits are ultimately transformed into a peaceful bed of lanterns that embody the spirit of healing and the transmission of memory.”

Kishi Bashi has also announced an extensive fall North American headline tour. The dates will begin September 26th in Atlanta, GA, and continue through November 9th in Charlottesville, VA, and include an October 14th show in Los Angeles and a November 2nd show in Brooklyn. A current itinerary is below and tickets are on sale at 10am local time today HERE.

Kishi Bashi 2019 Tour Dates:
06/11 – Los Angeles, CA @ Masonic Lodge SOLD OUT
06/12 – San Francisco, CA @ August Hall SOLD OUT
06/14 – Portland, OR @ The Old Church SOLD OUT
06/16 – Seattle, WA @ Washington Hall SOLD OUT
06/18 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club SOLD OUT
06/19 – Brooklyn, NY @ Murmrr Theatre SOLD OUT
06/20 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club SOLD OUT
6/22 – Santa Fe, NM @ Inn of the Five Graces
9/26 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
9/27 – New Orleans, LA @ Republic NOLA
9/28 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
9/29 – Houston, TX @ The Heights Theater
9/30 – Dallas, TX @ Trees
10/2 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
10/3 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall
10/5 – Vancouver, BC @ Imperial Theatre
10/6 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SODO
10/7 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
10/8 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
10/10 – Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall
10/11 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
10/12 – San Luis Obispo, CA @ SLO Brew
10/13 – San Diego, CA @ Music Box
10/14 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theater
10/24 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
10/25 – Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom
10/26 – St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall
10/27 – Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
10/28 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
10/29 – Chicago, IL @ Metro
10/30 – Pittsburgh, PA @ The Rex Theater
11/1 – Norwalk, CT @ Wall Street Theater
11/2 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
11/3 – Boston, MA @ Royale
11/4 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
11/6 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
11/7 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
11/8 – Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre
11/9 – Charlottesville, VA @ Jefferson Theater
11/23 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique
11/24 Brighton – Brighton, UK @ Hope & Ruin
11/25 – London, UK @ Omeara
11/26 – Bristol, UK @ Hy Brasil
11/27 – Glasgow, UK @ Nice N Sleazy
11/28 – Manchester, UK @ Yes
11/29 – Paris, FR @ 1999
12/1 – Berlin, DE @ Gretchen
12/3 – Munich, DE @ Milla
12/4 – Wien, AT @ Chelsea
12/5 – Zürich, CH @ Bogen F
12/7 – Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoet
12/8 – Copenhagen, DK @ Huset KBH

Kyle Craft and his band, Showboat Honey, has delivered an official video for “Broken Mirror Pose.” The track is from Showboat Honey, the group’s forthcoming album, out July 12th worldwide from Sub Pop. The performance-based visual was directed by the band.

Craft had this to say of the visual, “We shot “Broken Mirror Pose” at Moonbase Studios, which is where we tracked the entire record ourselves! This one was 95% DIY, much like the album. I built out a room inside of the main studio room and my pal, Bryson Cone, showed me how to edit afterward, letting me take the wheel once I had a little know how.”

Kyle Craft & Showboat Honey are also announcing new headlining dates for 2019 in support of the album, which begins July 11th in Portland at Mississippi Studios and currently ends on August 24th in San Francisco at Cafe Du Nord. Catch all the dates below.

Jul. 11 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
Jul. 13 – Seattle, WA – Ballard Seafood Fest
Jul. 14 – Spokane, WA – The Bartlett
Jul. 15 – Billings, MT – Pub Station Taproom
Jul. 17 – St. Paul, MN – Turf Club
Jul. 18 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
Jul. 19 – Louisville, KY – Jimmy Can’t Dance
Jul. 20 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
Jul. 22 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern
Jul. 23 – Northampton, MA – Iron Horse
Jul. 24 – Allston, MA – Great Scott
Jul. 30 – Woodstock, NY – Colony
Aug. 01 – Brooklyn, NY – Baby’s All Right
Aug. 02 – Philadelphia, PA – Boot & Saddle
Aug. 04 – Washington, DC – Pearl Street Warehouse
Aug. 05 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
Aug. 06 – Athens, GA – Georgia Theater Rooftop
Aug. 07 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl
Aug. 08 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn
Aug. 09 – Nashville, TN – The Basement
Aug. 10 – Oxford, MS – Proud Larry’s
Aug. 11 – New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks
Aug. 14 – Shreveport, LA – Minicine
Aug. 15 – Dallas, TX – Three Links
Aug. 16 – Austin, TX – The Mohawk
Aug. 18 – Phoenix, AZ – The Valley Bar
Aug. 19 – Tucson, AZ – 191 Toole
Aug. 22 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
Aug. 23 – Los Angeles, CA – The Moroccan
Aug. 24 – San Francisco, CA – Cafe Du Nord

Hailing from Manchester UK, Fruit Tones will offer up one steam-rolling-mondo-garage thud on their debut Natural Selection. Straight forward garage rock bliss on 14 tracks knocked out in just over 30 minutes.

The album is set to release mid June via Greenway Records and you can pre-order a copy HERE.

With her new album, Midnight, arriving this Friday, June 7th, on Saddle Creek, Detroit’s Stef Chura is back today with “Scream.” It serves as further proof of Stef’s singular knack for merging melody and tumult – made even clearer on this record as a result of her collaboration with producer Will Toledo of Car Seat Headrest.

Behind its punchy veneer, it’s a track that Stef describes as being “partly about the loneliness of social media. How being popular online doesn’t equate to feeling whole in your real life, projecting a persona of an ideal ‘you’ online.”

The video for “Scream” was directed by Ambar Navarro – that plays on these themes of duality, popularity and personality. Stef Chura will embark on a North American tour, kicking off at Empty Bottle in Chicago. All tour dates are below.

STEF CHURA TOUR DATES
Wed. June 19 – Sun. June 23 – Calgary, AB @ Sled Island
Fri. July 5 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Sat. July 6 – Detroit, MI @ Deluxx Fluxx
Sun. July 7 – Toronto, ON @ The Drake
Mon. July 8 – Montreal, QC @ Casa del Popolo
Tue. July 9 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott
Fri. July 12 – Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade
Sat. July 13 – Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA
Mon. July 15 – Washington, DC @ Comet Ping Pong
Tue. July 16 – Durham, NC @ The Pinhook
Wed. July 17 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
Fri. July 19 – New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa
Sat. July 20 – Houston, TX @ The Satellite
Sun. July 21 – Austin, TX @ The Mohawk
Mon. July 22 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
Thu. July 25 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
Fri. July 26 – San Diego, CA @ Sodabar
Sat. July 27 – Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theatre
Sun. July 28 – San Francisco, CA @ Cafe du Nord
Tue. July 30 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
Wed. July 31 – Seattle, WA @ Barboza
Thu. Aug. 1 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
Fri. Aug. 2 – Spokane, WA @ Lucky You Lounge
Sat. Aug. 3 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux
Mon. Aug. 5 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
Tue. Aug. 6 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
Wed. Aug. 7 – Omaha, NE @ Reverb
Fri. Aug. 9 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
Sat. Aug. 10 – Milwaukee, WI @ Backroom at Colectivo

The Figgs are looking to release their 14th studio album, Shady Grove, a six sided behemoth of a record featuring a slew of the catchy, harmony drenched tunes which they’ve become attached to their whole career.

Shady Grove is a very special album to The Figgs. Since they began cutting the tracks that would become “Shady Grove”, losses would hit the band in profound ways. A few months into the tracking of the album, their longtime musical associate and touring keyboardist, Ted Collins, died in early 2017. Ted had originally played in the band from which Gent and Donnelly had poached Hayes! He had been a dear friend to the band since the very early days. Needless to say, it was a heartbreaking loss.

Later in 2017, another long time friend and roadie, Eric Harmon, passed away. The Figgs met Eric on one of their first National tours when he was playing drums for the Chainsaw Kittens. Harmon would later join The Figgs on dozens of headlining tours working as their road manager, drum tech, merchandise handler and therapist. Other people close to the band left them in 2018 and 2019 making death a constant in their recent lives.

The Figgs soldiered on with the new album allowing some of the more experimental numbers on the record to be tributes to these lost comrades. You can help finish the project HERE at Indiegogo.

Tiny Engines recently announced the new album from Portland’s Summer Cannibals. The label will release Can’t Tell Me No on June 28th which you can pre-order HERE. The title track is out today and here is the video!

The band just finished up shows with Hop Along in April and Slothrust in May. Summer Cannibals recently announced June & July West Coast tour dates and now have more shows for August added. Full list of dates below.

The Ocean Blue have announced the release of their first new album in over 6 years – Kings and Queens / Knaves and Thieves. The record is out June 21 on Korda Records.

Now you can watch the Seventh Seal-esque video for first single “Kings and Queens.” The band will be hitting the road starting in June and you can find the current dates below.

Tour Dates
6/22: Lancaster, PA @ Tellus360
6/23: Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade
6/27: Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
6/28: Portland, OR @ Holocene
7/26: Minneapolis, MN @ The Fine Line
7/27: Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
8/23: Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
8/24: Norfolk, VA @ NorVa
9/5: Lima, PERU @ Coco’s Club
9/6: Arequipa, PERU @ El QuinQué
10/4: Washington, DC @ Union Stage
10/5: Vienna, VA @ Jammin Java
11/1: Detroit, MI @ The Magic Bag
11/3: Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
11/17: Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
12/6: Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall

Seattle trio Dude York have returned with the new full-length Falling, their tribute to adolescent romance and the pop-punk that clogged up FM radio wavelengths of yesteryear. To celebrate the announcement, the band has shared a new animated music video for the album’s title track. Falling will be out Friday, July 26th on LP, CD, Digital, and Cassette via Hardly Art. You can pre-order a copy HERE. First-run LP copies come on frosting-colored vinyl.

Dude York TOUR DATES
Fri, May 17 – Hawthorne Theater, Portland OR (w/ The Frights)
Sat, May 18 – Chop Suey, Seattle WA (w/ The Frights)
Sat, May 18 – Bothell Block Party and Brew Fest, Seattle WA
Wed, May 22 – Strummer’s, Fresno CA (w/ The Frights)
Thu, May 23 – Fremont Theater, San Luis Obispo CA (w/ The Frights)
Fri, May 24 – The Catalyst, Santa Cruz CA (w/ The Frights)