Videos

Leeroy Stagger – “I Want It All” [Video]

We have been following Canadian singer/songwriter Leeroy Stagger for some time, both as a solo artist and as part of the excellent collaboration of Easton Stagger Phillips. Stagger’s new solo album, Love Versus, is out April 7 via True North Records and it represents the first recording made at his home studio in Alberta.

Stagger had Pete Thomas from The Attractions play on the album and Colin Stewart (The New Pornographers, Black Mountain, Dan Mangan), produce it. This album may be his best yet! Check out his great new video for “I Want It All.”

Ryan Adams – Do You Still Love Me? [Video]

Directed and produced by Noah Abrams, and edited by Brook Linder, “Do You Still Love Me?” gives viewers intimate behind-the-scenes glimpses into the creation and recording of the new song from Ryan Adams. The video features live footage from Ryan’s 2016 tour—including airy shots of Red Rocks Amphitheatre—punctuated by fly-on-the-wall scenes of Ryan in the studio.

Prisoner is out February 17th on Pax-Am/Blue Note.

Fred Thomas – Voiceover [Video]

Following the release of his critically-lauded 2015 album All Are Saved, songwriter/producer Fred Thomas entered a period of enormous transition. He quit his job, got married and moved to Canada, all between multiple tours that ran the spectrum from sold out opening slots to sleeping in the car after empty gigs.

At the end of yet another tour he returned to Athens, Georgia, to again work with producer Drew Vandenberg (of Montreal, Mothers) on an album aiming to encapsulate the nonstop changes that had sprung out of this phase of his life.

Naturally, this record is named Changer and is out now on Polyviyl Records.

Cherry Glazerr – “Nuclear Bomb” [Video]

Cherry Glazerr’s forthcoming album Apocalipstick is due out January 20th via Secretly Canadian. To catch the groove you can watch the band’s new music video for “Nuclear Bomb”.

Apocalipstick is the band’s first album for Secretly Canadian and was recorded at Hollywood’s iconic Sunset Sound studio with acclaimed producers Joe Chicarrelli (The Strokes, My Morning Jacket, The White Stripes) and Carlos De La Garza (Bleached, M83, Paramore). Cherry Glazerr is also out on the raod which you can find your town below!

Tour Dates:
1/15 – Washington, DC @ DC9
1/16 – Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMoca
1/18 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
1/20 – Boston, MA @ Middle East
1/21 – Montreal, QC @ The Ritz
1/24 – Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground
1/25 – Detroit, MI @ El Club
1/27 – Cleveland, OH @ The Grog Shop
1/28 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
1/30 – Madison, WI @ Rathskeller at U of Wisconsin Madison
1/31 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
2/1 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
2/3 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
2/4 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
2/7 – Vancouver, BC @ The Cobalt
2/8 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
2/9 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
2/11 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
2/12 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst
2/16 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram
2/22 – Antwerp, BE @ Trix Bar
2/28 – London, UK @ The Camden Assembly
3/20 – Dallas, TX @ Three Links Deep Ellum
3/22 – New Orleans, LA @ Siberia
3/24 – Nashville, TN @ The High Watt
3/25 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (Purgatory Stage)
3/26 – Tallahassee, FL @ Club Downunder (Florida State University)
3/27 – Orlando, FL @ The Social
3/29 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle (Back Room)
3/31 – Columbus, OH @ Rumba Cafe
4/1 – Bloomington, IN @ Blockhouse
4/2 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway Nightclub
4/5 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
4/6 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy and Harriet’s
4/7 – Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
7/28 – New York, NY @ Panorama Festival

American Wrestlers – “Give Up” [Video]

American Wrestlers released their sophomore album Goodbye Terrible Youth (Fat Possum) in the fall and it was a record we just never got to reivew. Solid indie pop is what you get and this simple but catchy video sums up their sound nicely.

The band is starting a US tour today so watch the video then see if they are hitting your town this January.

American Wrestlers Tour Dates
Tue. Jan. 10 || Nashville, TN || The High Watt w/NE-HI
Wed. Jan. 11 || Atlanta, GA || Drunken Unicorn w/ NE-HI
Thu. Jan. 12 || New Orleans, LA || Hi-Ho Lounge w/NE-HI
Fri. Jan. 13 || Houston, TX || Raven Tower w/NE-HI
Sat. Jan. 14 || Austin, TX || Sidewinder (Inside) w/NE-HI
Sun. Jan. 15 || Dallas, TX || Three Links w/ NE-HI
Wed. Jan 18 || Phoenix, AZ || Valley Bar
Thu. Jan. 19 || San Diego, CA || Soda Bar
Fri. Jan. 20 || Los Angeles, CA || Bootleg Theater
Sat. Jan. 21 || San Francisco, CA || Bottom of the Hill
Tue. Jan. 24 || Seattle, WA || The Crocodile
Wed. Jan. 25 || Portland, OR || Bunk Bar
Thu. Jan. 26 || Boise, ID || The Olympic
Fri. Jan. 27 || Salt Lake City, UT || Kilby Court
Sat. Jan. 28 || Denver, CO || Lost Lake Lounge

Yeesh – “End Results” [Video]

Tiny Engines welcomed Chicago three-piece Yeesh to their roster in 2016 for the release of their sophomore LP, Confirmation Bias. Yeesh have a loaded indie rock cannon and now a video to match with “End Results.”

Marching Church – “2016” [Video]

Over the past weekend, Marching Church released the video for their song, “2016,” off new album, Telling It Like It Is. Elias Bender Rønnenfelt describes the video: “We have reached the very tail end of 2016, the year which also spawns the title of this song. This is our attempt at a testament. Marching Church burns its calendar in a feeble and useless longing to undo the past 365 days marked by consistent atrocity, wronging and slaughter, while also taking us through recent ocular memories from the orient and its dirty pearls.”

This is an album that we still have in the review queue and one TFN recommends checking out. Marching Church also has a string of tour dates over the next few months, which you can check below, so if you are up for a solid live show get it on your calendar!

Marching Church Tour Dates:
Fri. Jan. 13 — Seattle, WA @ The Sunset #
Sat. Jan. 14 — Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios #
Mon. Jan. 16 – Santa Rosa, CA @ Arlene Francis Center #
Tue. Jan. 17 —San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop #
Thu. Jan. 19 — Los Angeles, CA @ Echo #
Fri. Jan. 20 — San Diego, CA @ Hideout #
Sat. Jan. 21 — Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge #
Sun. Jan. 22 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sister #
Tue. Jan. 24 — Austin, TX @ The Mohawk #
Wed. Jan. 25 — San Antonio, TX @ The Monterey #
Thu. Jan. 26 – McAllen, TX @Yerberia Cultura #
Fri. Jan. 27 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall #
Sat. Jan. 28 — New Orleans, LA@ Siberia #
Sun. Jan. 29 — Atlanta, GA @ The Earl #
Mon. Jan. 30 — Nashville, TN @ Third Man #
Tue. Jan. 31 — Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight #
Thu. Feb. 2 — Baltimore, MD @ Metro #
Fri. Feb. 3 — Philadelphia, PA @ Boot and Saddle #
Sat. Feb. 4 – Brooklyn, NY @ Sunnyvale #
Wed. Feb. 15 – Aarhus, DK @ Tape
Thu. Feb. 16 – Aalborg, DK @ Studenterhuset
Fri. Feb. 17 – Copenhagen, DK @ Frost Festival

# = with Bernardino Femminielli

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – “Please Come Home For Christmas” [Video]

The video for Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings’ rendition of “Please Come Home For Christmas” from the holiday album It’s A Holiday Soul Party! was just released. Completed and planned for release before Sharon Jones lost her battle with pancreatic cancer, the song’s heartbreaking sentiment now feels more powerful. Watch the stop-motion claymation video, made in the style of holiday classics like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

This past week saw family, friends and fans gather in Brooklyn, NY and Augusta, GA to celebrate Sharon at memorials in each of her home cities. All fans will soon be able to celebrate Sharon’s strength, courage, humor and talent at home too. The critically acclaimed documentary Miss Sharon Jones! will be available worldwide on Netflix beginning January 7.

The Gift feat. Brian Eno – “Love Without Violins” [Video]

If you get Brian Eno to work on your album I would say you are doing quite well. The Gift have done just that and return with a new single, “Love Without Violins,” featuring Eno, who co-wrote, produced and sings on the track.
The single offers the first taste of The Gift’s newly developed experimental sound with Eno. And, with a new album in the pipeline for next spring, they’re set to be heard in 2017.

OK Go – “The One Moment” [Video]

“The One Moment,” OK Go’s new video, is incredibly intricate and elaborate, but it only took one moment to shoot. Directed by OK Go singer Damian Kulash, Jr., “The One Moment” has short periods of real time at the beginning and end, but the bulk of it was captured in a mere 4.2 seconds. During the film, band members create and interact with hundreds of synchronized, high-speed events, choreographed to the cathartic song about the most important moments in life, those moments when everything changes. Coming at this time of great change around the world, the song underscores the opportunity and need for people to step up, step out and make a difference.

If this video would have been released during the MTV days, OK Go would be an unstoppable phenomenon as a band right now just based on the incredible detail within “The One Moment.” Even if you are not a big fan of OK Go or the song, you should check out the video becuase it is a true art.

Young Mammals – “Jaguar” [Video]

Houston, TX’s Young Mammals have been a band since they were a middle school group in the early 2000s.
Fast-forward to 2016 and the Young Mammals have just released their new record, Jaguar, on Odd Hours Records and have shared dates with Parquet Courts and Ringo Deathstarr.

The group also has this new video for the title track and it gives you a good sense of their upbeat jangle. Dancing in the bar and the beach has never hurt anyone!

Brother O’ Brother – “Wolf In Sheeps Clothing” [Video]

Brother O’ Brother’s live performance has been dubbed some of the best live shows in all of Indianapolis by multiple press outlets. Mix MC5 with early Black Keys and you’ve got it.

Based out Indianapolis, Indiana, Brother O’ Brother has toured heavily to the tune of about 100 shows in 2016 including Festivals, played at both Third Man Records locations, and opened for AWOLNATION, Kongos, and Blue October among larger nationals.

This is their new video for “Wolf In Sheeps Clothing,” which you can find on their excellent 2015 record Show Pony. The band always has some great looking vinyl pressings with quality labels like Fonoflo, Shedhouse, Grimtale, Romanus, and Jett Plastic so make sure to search them out. The band is set to release a new full length LP in 2017.

Until then – check out the new video and heed caution – never answer a business card left on your car at a gas station!

Pixies – “Classic Masher” [Video]

Pixies’ bassist Paz Lenchantin has directored the band’s newest music video, “Classic Masher” from the new album Head Carrier.

The clip was shot in Los Angeles earlier this month and features Lenchantin’s father Mario Merdirossian as the pianist as well as three friends – Hannah Vandermolen (driver), Adelaide Crocker (middle seat) and Virginia Rand (red lips). Graffiti was created by Jules Muck “MuckRock.”

Pixies just wrapped a four-date “warm up” run in Southern California and will head to Europe on November 15 for a three-week tour, Leg One of the band’s 2016-2017 global trek. Dates are below.

NOVEMBER
15 Gasometer, Vienna, Austria
16 Hala Arena, Poznan, Poland
17 Forum Karlin Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
18 Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
20 Sant Jordi Club, Barcelona, Spain
21 Coliseum, Porto, Portugal
23 Zenith, Paris, France
24 Palladium, Koln, Germany
25 Lotto, Antwerp, Belgium
27 HMH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
28 Brixton Academy, London, UK SOLD OUT
29 Brixton Academy, London, UK SOLD OUT
30 O2 Academy, Leeds, UK SOLD OUT

DECEMBER
2 Barrowland, Glasgow, UK – SOLD OUT
3 O2 Academy, Newcastle, UK – SOLD OUT
4 Apollo, Manchester, UK – SOLD OUT
6 Brixton Academy, London, UK – SOLD OUT
7 Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, UK
8 Birmingham Academy, Birmingham, UK – SOLD OUT

Froth – “Contact” [Video]

Froth is back in 2017 with a new album called Outside that is set to release February 10th via Wichita Recordings. “Contact” is your first listen and view of the band since last year’s solid LP Bleak.
“Contact” shows their progression with a moodier and more atmospheric bend to their shoegazing melodicism and pop sensibilities. Their full length will be something to look forward to in early 17′.

Company Man – “Cheap Boots Of Leather” [Video]

Millionaires are the new Middle Class. Trillionaires who own their own island nation and know the **power of synergy** are the new cool kids. Company Man can show you how $5 x 5 years = $5,000,000,000,000 *guaranteed* The math is simple!

Seems easy, right? Seems a little crazy, right? Are you asking yourself – what the hell is this? Is there a timeshare involved? All legitimate questions but there is only one answer.

Company Man is an upcoming rock n roll band comprised of some veteran artists out of Dayton, Ohio. If this track doesn’t get you a little excited, your 401(k) might be in the toilet! Start screaming now “All she wants is cheap boots of leather” and you are well on your way to Trillionaire status!

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M Ross Perkins – “Ever Ever Ever” [Video]

Dayton, OH native M Ross Perkins has a new self-titled debut via Sofaburn Records that if full of effortless California psych grooves seasoned with British invasion guitars. Perkins warm vintage sound will take you back but his timeless approach works perfect for today.

Perkins plays every instrument on this new record which gives the album a very personal vibe and is easy to connect with. We recommend that you pick up a limited gold vinyl at Sofaburn HERE and catch M Ross on tour at the dates below.

M ROSS PERKINS TOUR DATES:
11/04 – Lexington, KY – Common Ground
11/05 – Louisville, KY – The New Vintage
11/11 – Dayton, OH – Yellow Cab Tavern
11/12 – Columbus, OH – Big Room Bar
01/28 – Nashville, TN – The 5 Spot
(more dates to be announced soon)

Priests – “JJ” [Video]

Washington, DC’s Priests have announced their first full-length, Nothing Feels Natural, which will be released January 27th via their own label Sister Polygon Records. Following the release of Bodies and Control and Money and Power, Priests began to tweak their songwriting process – concentrating more deeply on melody, dialing down the distortion, and experimenting with dynamics.

Today, you can hear some new material off the full length with the lean and melodic “JJ.” It is a song that erupts as it moves forward. We think you will like it!

Ani DiFranco – “Play God” [Video]

Ani DiFranco continues to advocate for women as the November election approaches. Today she released her powerful new song “Play God” off her forthcoming full-length, the first new music from DiFranco since 2014’s Allergic To Water.

The official video for the track was shot and edited by Shervin Lainez and features clips from women’s rights protests around the country shot by women’s rights organization Lady Parts Justice, founded by comedian, political writer, and producer Lizz Winstead, co-creator of The Daily Show and Air America Radio.

In light of the current political climate in the United States, DiFranco is using her 2016 VOTE DAMMIT! tour and her music to encourage fans to vote on Election Day and have their voices be heard. The tour dates are below.

Ani DiFranco VOTE DAMMIT! tour schedule:
10/7 – Berkeley, CA – The UC Theatre*
10/8 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore*
10/9 – Arcata, CA – John Van Duzer Theatre*
10/11 –Redding, CA – Cascade Theatre*
10/12 – Sacramento, CA – Crest Theatre*
10/14 – Garden City, ID – Revolution Concert House*
10/15 -Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot*
11/8 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground*
11/9 – Albany, NY – The Egg*
11/11 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg*
11/12 – Port Washington, NY – Landmark on Main Street*
11/14 –Boston, MA – Berklee Performance Center*
11/15 –Portland, ME – State Theater*
11/17 – Northampton, MA – Calvin Theatre*
11/18 – NYC – Concert Hall at NY Society for Ethical Culture (w/ Lizz Winstead)
11/19 – NYC – Concert Hall at NY Society for Ethical Culture (w/ Lizz Winstead)

* with Chastity Brown

The Dandy Warhols – “Catcher In The Rye” [Video]

The Dandy Warhols have a new video for their single “Catcher In The Rye.” The video was directed by Mike Bruce whose upcoming film Treasure Of The Black Jaguar is being released in January. The video stars Duke Nicholson (Jack Nicholson’s grandson) as Holden Caulfield and Caitlin Carmichael as the young woman. The Dandy Warhols currently are on tour to support Distortland.

The Dandy Warhols Live Dates:
October 6: Atlanta, GA – Terminal West *
October 7: Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge *
October 8: St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall *
October 10: Birmingham, AL – Saturn *
October 11: New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s Uptown *
October 12: Dallas, TX – Granada Theater *
October 13: Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall *
October 14: Austin, TX – The Scoot Inn *
October 15: Austin, TX – The Scoot Inn *
December 6 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
December 7 – Seattle, WA – Showbox at the Market
December 10 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
December 13 – Petaluma, CA – Mystic Theater
December 14 – San Luis Obispo, CA – The Fremont Theater
December 15 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up Tavern
December 16 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre
Devember 17 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore

AUSTRALIA
October 26 – Perth – Metro City
October 27 – Adelaide – HQ
October 29 – Brisbane – Eatons Hill Hotel
October 30 – Gold Coast – Parkwood Tavern
November 3 – Canberra – ANU Bar
November 4 – Sydney – Big Top
November 5 – Melbourne – Palais Theatre

EUROPE
February 10 – Madrid – Joy Eslava
February 11 – Barcelona – Sala Apolo
February 13 – Clermont-Ferrand – La Cooperative de Mai
February 14 – Lyon – Epicerie Moderne
February 15 – Geneva – Festival Antigel
February 17 – Rome – Monk Club
February 18 – Milan – Magnolia
February 19 – Lucerne – Schuur
February 20 – Strasbourg – La Laiterie
February 22 – Prague 1 – Lucerna Music Bar
February 23 – Dresden – Beatpol
February 24 – Berlin – Lido
February 25 – Copenhagen – Amager Bio
February 27 – Den Haag – Paard van Troje
February 28 – Nijmegen – Doornroosje
March 2 – Caen – Le BBC
March 3 – Angers – Le Chabada
March 4 – London – Roundhouse