All photos taken in Los Angeles by Martin Worster
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4/18/2019
THE PARANOYDS Sign to Suicide Squeeze, Announce 7-inch + Share New Song/Video via V Magazine
THE PARANOYDS
SIGN TO SUICIDE SQUEEZE
& ANNOUNCE NEW 7-INCH SINGLE
Listen to / watch the video for A-Side "Hungry Sam" via V Magazine
(Photo Credit: Tony Accosta)
Los Angeles-based gritty, garage rock four-piece The Paranoyds announce today that they have signed to Suicide Squeeze, and they will release a 7-inch this summer. "Hungry Sam" / "Trade Our Sins" will be out on July 12th, but the A-Side and its incredible music video is out now. The new track is a binge-worthy feast of chugging guitars and belly-rounded drums that stands as a live show favorite for the band. The band prefaces its meaning: "It's 2019. Reality TV has shaped the future. People are willing to ingest just about anything, so long as their like-and-subscribed heroes have put their stamp of approval on it." Check out "Hungry Sam" via VMagazine.com HERE. The 7-inch is a one-time pressing of 750, 650 on Orange Crush color vinyl, and 100 on Neon Yellow color vinyl - pre-order it HERE.
The Paranoyds play in LA tomorrow, and embark on a West Coast tour with Tacocat in June. See below to find a show near you, and get your tickets HERE.
The core of The Paranoyds began with Laila Hashemi (keyboardist-vocals) and Lexi Funston (guitars/vocals) whose friendship carried from preschool days to the halls of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. Ditching the playground for the practice space in high school, they caught up with Staz Lindes (bass/vocals) and welcomed David Ruiz (drums, vocals) in 2015. The Paranoyds' mission to craft songs with the gritty spunk and dark playfulness of a cult-classic splatter film is shared equally. Their self-described "sister vocal act" shares the snarling, over-it-but-totally-into-it vocals throughout their songs, moving from dirty surf-pop guitar jams to power-packed garage rock.
Perhaps as rejection of the digital construct in which self-promotion thrives, The Paranoyds have kept a low profile on social media, keeping in the punk traditions of eschewing societal norms. They do what precocious punk bands do best - hit the road and make the world listen. They know the world is watching, from their outings as direct support for DIIV, Albert Hammond Jr., Sunflower Bean, and BRONCHO.
The Paranoyds' debut release on Suicide Squeeze offers a sign of more to come in 2019. Watch this space for more: https://theparanoyds.bandcamp.com/
Cover art
Tour Dates:
04/19/19 - Los Angeles, CA @ House of Machines w/ The Shrine
06/11/19 - Seattle, WA @ Belltown Yacht Club
06/12/19 - Spokane, WA @ The Bartlett w/ Tacocat
06/13/19 - Boise, ID @ Neurolux w/ Tacocat
06/14/19 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court w/ Tacocat
06/15/19 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge w/ Tacocat
06/17/19 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada w/ Tacocat
06/18/19 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall (upstairs) w/ Tacocat
06/19/19 - Austin, TX @ Barracuda (outside) w/ Tacocat
06/21/19 - Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf w/ Tacocat
06/22/19 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar w/ Tacocat
06/23/19 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah w/ Tacocat
06/25/19 - Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theater w/ Tacocat
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Cold Showers unveil new video + single "Shine" - 'Motionless' on Dais Records out May 24
COLD SHOWERS
SHARE NEW VIDEO + SINGLE "SHINE"
MOTIONLESS COMING MAY 24 ON DAIS RECORDS
Photo By: Shannon Cornett
Cold Showers have unveiled their new single and video "Shine" today. Director Travis Waddell describes, "'Shine's' textures are a reverent nod to MTV-era music video etherea. The 16mm footage shot between Bolinas and Point Reyes backdrops Nicola Collie's movements, a performance so immersive she nearly threw her neck out." FLOOD debuted the video who call it, "brighter...sounds more derivative of Spiritualized than any new wave influence they've ever toted." Read more here.
Motionless, wields a more developed pop sound that is familiar to followers, yet more sophisticated and evolved than their previous works. Having traversed the realm of synth-laced post punk expertly for close to a decade, Motionless is the band's ode to their pop forbearers, their goth-like precedent enhanced with ambient narratives, acoustic overlays and compelling guest female vocals. Enlisting long-time collaborator Tony Bevilacqua (The Distillers) to co-write the album, Cold Showers expand their boundaries and let their creative mastery come to the forefront. The result is a warmly melodic, experimental and evocative pop record.
After releasing singles on Mexican Summer and Art Fag Records, Cold Showerssigned with Dais Records and released their debut LP, Love and Regret in the summer of 2012. With driving bass lines, hypnotic guitar riffs, tom-heavy drums, and deep melodic vocals, Love and Regret was met with industry praise and critical acclaim including synchs on hit television series 13 Reasons Why and How to Get Away with Murder.
Motionless sees its release May 24 on Dais Records. For more info or to pre-order, go here. The band have confirmed a hometown record release show July 11 at Echoplex, just after their European tour. See below for a full list of tour dates.
Artwork By: Robbie Simon
Cold Showers
Motionless
Dais Records
May 24, 2019
Pre-order Here
1 - Untitled
2 - Tomorrow Will Come
3 - Shine
4 - Measured Man
5 - Motionless
6 - Sinking World
7 - Faith
8 - Dismiss
9 - Black Sidewalk
10 - Every Day On My Head
Cold Showers Live Dates:
05/11: Los Angeles, CA - Catch One
05/23: Antwerp, BE - Kavka
05/25: London, UK - The Shacklewell Arms
05/27: Glasgow, UK -Broadcast
05/28: Manchester, UK - Night People
05/29: Bristol, UK - The Lanes
05/30: Paris, FR -Supersonic
05/31: Trier, DE - villaWuller
06/01: Berlin, DE - Urban Spree
06/03: Hamburg, DE - Hafenklang
06/05: Gothenborg, SWE - Musikhuset
06/06: Stockholm, SWE - Slaktkyrkan
06/07: Malmo, SWE -Plan B
06/09: Leipzig, DE - WGT
06/10: Brno, CZ - Kabinet Muz
06/11: Krakow, PL - Klub RE
06/12: Warsaw, PL - Poglos
06/13: Prague, CZ - Underdogs
06/14: Jena, DE - Café Wagner
06/15: Cottbus, DE - zum faulen august
07/11: Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex (Record Release Show)
7/12: San Diego, CA - Whistle Stop
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Billie Eilish x Murakami Video Available On YouTube Now. Wows At Coachella. Album Reaches Number 1
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Judy Collins Celebrates 80th Birthday On May 1, Forecasts Another Prolific Year
Judy Collins Celebrates 80th Birthday On May 1, Forecasts Another Prolific Year
Two Albums And Touring Through 2019
Judy Collins will celebrate her 80th birthday on May 1. Collins, the iconic singer, songwriter, activist and author, has remained incredibly prolific in the past five years and that trend will continue in 2019. She’s slated to release two new albums and will tour well into the fall, with special summer appearances to be announced.
In the past four years, Collins has released three albums and a tremendous amount of accolades. 2016’s Silver Skies Blue, a duets record with Ari Hest, was nominated for a GRAMMY Award, and led to a performance at the GRAMMY Premiere Ceremony. In 2017 she released Everybody Knows her first album with Stephen Stills after a decades-long friendship that of course yielded the classic song “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes.” Judy and Stephen were profiled by CBS Sunday Morning, the New Yorker, NPR and more. 2015’s Strangers Again featured duets with Jackson Browne, Willie Nelson, Jeff Bridges and marked Judy’s highest Billboard 200 debut in decades.
She also released “Dreamers” last summer, an incisive a capella protest song written and recorded by Judy as a response to the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Collins has long been an advocate and activist: she testified at the Chicago Seven trial, marched in Mississippi for Civil Rights and in opposition of the Vietnam War. Her recording of “Amazing Grace” became part of the soundtrack to the opposition of the Vietnam War and remained on the charts for over 70 weeks after it was released in 1970. Listen to “Dreamers” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyok_k_n1AE
The venerable NYC venue Joe’s Pub also honored Judy as recipient of the 2019 Vanguard Award & Residency – a yearlong celebration of the career of a singular artist that will include her own concerts to be announced, along with artist concerts that she’s curated. More information here: https://publictheater.org/en/Programs--Events/Joes-Pub/Artist-Development/Judy-Collins/
Judy will be performing on tour across the U.S., from May into November, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC on June 14. More appearances and concerts will be announced in the coming months.
Making her album debut in 1961, Collins has released over 55 albums (four of which have gone Gold, and two Platinum), a number of live concert DVDs, and has published several books including a novel and two memoirs. She is a GRAMMY Award winner and has multiple GRAMMY nominations, has performed at a presidential inauguration, appeared on everything from Sesame Street to HBO’s Girls and continues to play nearly 100 concerts a year.
Tour dates:
May 11 – Frederick, MD – Weinberg Center for the Arts
May 12 – Kilmarnock, VA – Auditorium, Lancaster Middle School
May 17 – Midland, ON, Canada – Midland Cultural Centre
May 18 – Toronto, ON, Canada – Hugh’s Room Live
May 24 – Ogunquit, ME – Jonathan’s
May 25 – Brownfield, ME – Stone Mountain Arts Center
May 26 – Barnstable, MA – Tilden Arts Center
May 31 – Shipshewana, IN – Shipshewana Event Center (Blue Gate Theatre)
June 1 – Cincinnati, OH – Memorial Hall
June 8 – Petoskey, MI – Great Lakes Center for the Arts
June 13 – Newton, NJ – The Newton Theatre
June 14 – New York, NY – Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, Metropolitan Museum of Art
June 15 – Plymouth, NH – The Flying Monkey
July 11 – Washburn, WI – Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua
July 13 – Williams Bay, WI – Music by the Lake
July 18 – Margate, NJ – Milton & Betty Katz JCC
July 19 – Amagansett, NY – The Stephen Talkhouse
July 28 – Stowe, VT – Spruce Peak Performing Art Center
August 1 – Whitchurch (Hampshire), UK – Wickham Festival
August 10 – Cleveland Heights, OH – Cain Park
August 12 – Denver, CO – Denver Botanic Gardens at York Street
August 16 – Salisbury, MA – Blue Ocean Music Hall
October 11 – Spring, TX – Dosey Doe
October 12 – Las Vegas, NV – Santa Fe Station Casino
October 13 – San Juan Capistrano, CA – The Coach House
October 17 – Philadelphia, PA – Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
October 19 – Skokie, IL – North Shore Center for the Performing Arts
November 8 – Agoura Hills, CA – The Canyon Montclair
November 10 – Pasadena, CA – The Rose
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Fujiya & Miyagi Share "Flashback" Video On Under The Radar | 'Flashback' LP Out 5/31 On Impossible Objects Of Desire
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Nina Nesbitt Releases Official Video For 'Love Letter'
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