Neil Young + Promise of the Real Release New Song and Music Video "Children of Destiny" Today

NEIL YOUNG + PROMISE OF THE REAL RELEASE NEW SONG AND MUSIC VIDEO "CHILDREN OF DESTINY" TODAY

 

NEIL YOUNG AND MICAH NELSON WILL BE ON FACEBOOK LIVE TODAY

AT 11:00 A.M. PT

 

 

June 30, 2017 (Burbank, CA) - Neil Young + Promise Of The Real have recorded a brand new Young composition titled "Children of Destiny," which is available beginning today via all digital music retailers. Click here to order. The video, a Shakey Pictures / DHNY production, will accompany the song and also launches today at 11:00 a.m. PT. Click here to view and share the video.

Today, Neil Young and Micah Nelson will premiere the song and video on Facebook Live at 11:00 a.m. PT.  

"Children of Destiny" was recorded and mixed at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA, and produced by The Volume Dealers: Neil Young and Niko Bolas. Young, along with Promise Of The Real, and a 56 piece orchestra - 62 musicians in all - played together on the final piece. Al Schmitt recorded and mixed, while strings were arranged, orchestrated, conducted and co-produced by Chris Walden.

JOHN MELLENCAMP RELEASES “DARK AS A DUNGEON” COVER IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY “FROM THE ASHES”

JOHN MELLENCAMP RELEASES “DARK AS A DUNGEON” COVER IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY “FROM THE ASHES”
“FROM THE ASHES” AVAILABLE FOR FREE ONLINE UNTIL JULY 3^rd

(New York, NY June 30^th, 2017) - Today, John Mellencamp journeys into the darkness of coal mining life in his reverent cover of Merle Travis' 1946 song "Dark as a Dungeon,"recorded in support of National Geographic's acclaimed documentary about the mining industry, “From The Ashes.” See link to the song here and official music video featuring Mellencamp here. 

"From the Ashes,” an official selection at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival, explores the legacy and future of the U.S. coal industry. The film premiered June 25th on National Geographic. The film will be available commercial-free and unauthenticated via YouTube, Facebook, Hulu, Amazon, Google Play and VOD and unauthenticated on Natgeotv.com and Nat Geo TV Apps (iOS and Android devices, Apple TV, Roku and Samsung Connected TVs). See a link to the full-length film here.

Throughout the folk tune – which Johnny Cash popularized on his iconic 1968 live album, At Folsom Prison – Mellencamp strums an acoustic guitar and sings in his signature baritone, "It's dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew, where danger is double and pleasures are few," backed by an accordion and tambourine tap. "Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines/ And it's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines."

In 1946, singer-songwriter Merle Travis wrote “Dark as a Dungeon” to describe the harsh and dangerous conditions that coal miners experienced every day. John Mellencamp recorded a special version of the song in support of the From the Ashes, a new documentary presented by National Geographic Documentary Films about the legacy and future of the coal industry in the U.S. To learn more about the film and how you can support coal dependent communities visit www.fromtheashesfilm.com

Mellencamp released his 23rd studio album, Sad Clowns & Hillbillies in April which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Americana/Folk Albums Chart, #3 on Top Rock Albums Chart and #5 on the Top Albums Chart. Don’t miss John Mellencamp on tour this summer as he heads to 22 stops across North America for his all-new Sad Clowns & Hillbillies tour kicking off on June 5th in Denver, Colorado with special guests, Emmylou Harris, tour-mate Carlene Carter and Lily & Madeleine. See the full tour itinerary and purchase tickets here.

On The CrowdRise Campaign:  America’s transition away from coal and towards cleaner energy is bringing health and economic benefits to communities across the country, with nearly 350,000 Americans working in the solar and wind industries alone. And while new jobs in clean energy are dispersed around the country, coal-dependent regions face acute job losses that harm families and depress local economies as the industry shrinks. Rather than relying on empty promises from Washington, communities are coming together to create new jobs and a sustainable future that does not rely on coal. Let’s help coal communities as America makes the transition to cleaner energy.

Join Bloomberg Philanthropies in supporting organizations working with communities and workers left behind by the coal industry to create local solutions to economic diversification. Local organizations creating diverse, resilient and sustainable economies in coal regions deserve your support. When you make a donation on CrowdRise to Coalfield Development Corporation, the Just Transition Fund, and the Western Organization of Resource Councils, Bloomberg Philanthropies will match a portion of the donation and cover all transaction fees.

Check out “Dark as a Dungeon” Here

About John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp’s career in music, spanning more than 35 years, has seen him transition from pop star to one of the most highly respected singer/songwriters of a generation.  Mellencamp is incredibly acclaimed; he is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a Grammy winner, a recipient of the John Steinbeck Award, ASCAP Foundation’s Champion Award, The Woody Guthrie Award and Americana Music Association's Lifetime Achievement Award and more recently, the Founders Award, the top honor assigned by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. He is also one of the most successful live concert performers in the world. In 1985, Mellencamp, together with Willie Nelson and Neil Young, created Farm Aid. The social activism reflected in his songs helped catalyze Farm Aid, the concert series and organization that has addressed the struggle of American family farmers for more than 25 years. John also wrote the title song for the upcoming film, The Yellow Birds, an American war film directed by Alexandre Moors and based on the novel The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers. The film stars Tye Sheridan, Jack Huston, Alden Ehrenreich, Jennifer Aniston, and Toni Collette.  John continues to focus on another facet of his artistic expression: painting. His style has progressed over the years as evidenced by several gallery shows and published portfolios, and in recent years he has increased his output by completing over 100 new works. His pieces were shown in 2012 at the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville under the title “Nothing Like I Planned: The Art Of John Mellencamp” and, more recently at the Butler Institute of American Art in an exhibition entitled “The Paintings Of John Mellencamp.”  “The Paintings of John Mellencamp” traveled to the Museum of Art-DeLand, Florida and John’s art was showcased at the ACA Gallery in New York. The unique instrumentation of his band and his poignant songs about everyday life in the American heartland, are widely credited with being the forbearer of the Americana/No Depression genre of rural-inflected music.  An extraordinary collaboration performed by an ensemble cast of 15 actors and a four-piece live band, comprised of members of John Mellencamp’s band is The Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, a musical with music and lyrics by John Mellencamp, a libretto by author Stephen King and production by T Bone Burnett. The show is being further developed in London, though King and Mellencamp are no longer as actively involved.  Mellencamp continues his journey as the walking embodiment of heartland rock; passionate, plain-spoken, and a self-proclaimed rebel.  John Mellencamp continues to live and work in Bloomington, Indiana.

Check out Sad Clowns and Hillbillies Here: https://republic.lnk.to/SadClownsHillbilliesPR
Listen to “Grandview” featuring Martina McBride Here:https://republic.lnk.to/MellencampGrandviewPR

Pinact Shares "Separate Ways," New LP Out 8/25 via Kanine Records & Summer Tour Dates

Pinact Shares New Single "Separate Ways" & Announces Summer Tour Dates via BrooklynVegan Sophomore LP The Part That No One Knows Out 8/25 via Kanine Records (pre-order) Scotland's Pinact will release its sophomore LP, The Part That No One Knows, on August 25th via Kanine Records. A follow-up to the band's 2015 debut, it's their first release as a three-piece -- with original members Corrie Gillies (vocals, guitar) and Lewis Reynolds (drums) now joined by bassist Jon Arbuthnott -- and features plenty of fuzzed-out guitar hooks and razor-sharp melodies.  The band previously released lead single "Seams," and now they've shared a second taste of the new album with "Separate Ways," another fuzzy, hook-filled track with driving bass and wailing guitars that culminate in an epic, sing-along chorus. You can stream the track where it premiered with BrooklynVegan or on Spotify. Pinact is touring this summer, kicking things off in Brooklyn on July 27th. See below for a full list of upcoming shows, with more TBA. Pinact on Tour: 7/27: Brooklyn, NY @ Alphaville 7/28: Philadelphia, PA @ The Fire 7/29: Baltimore, MD @ The Bun Shop 7/30: Flemington, NJ @ Flemington DIY 8/1: New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine 8/3: Plattsburgh, NY @ The Monopole 8/4: Albany, NY @ Pauly's Hotel 8/5: Trenton, NJ @ Millhill Basement 8/11: Glasgow  - Flying Duck (Vegan Connections Festival) 8/25: Glasgow - TBA (album release show) 9/7: Perth - Twa Tams 9/8: Inverness - Mad hatters 9/9: Aberdeen - Aberdeen Tunnels 9/10: Edinburgh - Sneaky Pete's 9/12: Newcastle - Jumping jacks 9/13: Manchester - The Peer Hat  (Aatma basement) 9/14: Birmingham - The Flapper 9/16: London - The Victoria

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Kasabian Announces North American Tour Dates + New LP Release

Kasabian Announce North American Tour Dates

Their 5th UK #1 For Crying Out Loud To Be Released On LP On September 1st

Album Available NOW On DSPs

WATCH the Video for "You're In Love With A Psycho" HERE

WATCH the Video for "Bless This Acid House" HERE

 

Photo Credit: Phil Knott

Kasabian, one of the UK's most successful and beloved bands, have revealed plans for a run of North American live dates in September -including stops in New York City, DC, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and more. 

The band released their sixth studio album For Crying Out Loud in the UK on May 5th, landing them their 5th UK #1 album. For Crying Out Loud is available on all DSPs in the US now via RED. The band will release a physical version of the LP in the US via Third Man Records on September 1st. Lead singles "You're In Love With A Psycho" and "Bless This Acid House" are buoyant, spirited sing-a-longs, bursting with the band's renowned swagger and brilliant knack for rousing choruses.

Kasabian have firmly established themselves as British national treasures, with a flawless discography and legions of fans. In the space of their previous five album releases they've pocketed a UK GRAMMY-equivalent BRIT Award, seven NME awards and four Q Awards. Their euphoric live sets have taken them to the headline spots at multiple music festivals, including the world's biggest: England's legendary Glastonbury Festival. It's been three years since North American fans were treated to a tour. 

 

Watch the band perform "Bless This Acid House" live on the BBC's Later With Jools Holland. 

Following the more electronic direction of 2014's acclaimed 48:13, Kasabian were keen to make a truly great guitar album. Serge Pizzorno says about For Crying Out Loud, "We wanted to make a very positive album full of hope with guitars to remind people that it's still relevant." The result is one of the most energetic and dynamic rock records of the year. 

Kasabian are: Serge Pizzorno (guitar and vocals), Tom Meighan (vocals), Chris Edwards (bass), Ian Matthews (drums) and Tim Carter (Guitars).

Tour Dates:

Sept 14    New York, NY @ Terminal 5*

Sept 15    Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero Theatre

Sept 16    Boston, MA @ Royale Nightclub

Sept 18    Toronto, ON @ Rebel Complex*

Sept 19    Chicago, IL @ House of Blues *

Sept 23    Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern*

Sept 24    San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom*

Sept 27    Mexico City, MX @ Pabellon Cuervo Palacio Del Los Deportes*

* Support from Slaves

 

www.kasabian.co.uk

Teragram Ballroom Founders Expand To LA's Arts District: Announce The Moroccan Lounge: A New Live Music Venue Coming Fall 2017

  

TERAGRAM BALLROOM FOUNDERS EXPAND TO THE ARTS DISTRICT:

ANNOUNCE THE MOROCCAN LOUNGE:

A NEW LIVE-MUSIC VENUE COMING FALL OF 2017

DUNCAN SMITH APPOINTED AS TALENT BUYER

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The principal owners of Downtown-LA's acclaimed music venue, the Teragram Ballroom, announce their latest addition to the LA live-music scene, The Moroccan Lounge. The new venue will open its doors in the LA Downtown Arts District in the fall of 2017.

The Moroccan Lounge is located at one of the oldest liquor-licensed sites in LA, which has housed many businesses over the years-including a well-known diner, Little Pedro's, and according to popular rumor, a brothel. Now the storied location has been transformed into The Moroccan Lounge, an intimate live-music venue with unimpeded sight lines, exceptional acoustics and an environment that caters to both artists and audiences.

"It was important for me to open a little brother to the Teragram Ballroom - a fresh, sound-strong venue that supports bands, giving them that first step up to performing in a first rate, state-of-the-art venue," says co-founder Michael Swier, likening this venue's raison d'etre to that of his revered New York venue, the Mercury Lounge. "A venue the size and quality of The Moroccan Lounge develops bands with the kind of professional attention and treatment they will come to expect as their careers gain speed and they play the larger, more venerable venues."   

The Moroccan Lounge accommodates approximately 275 people, and offers a large, static stage in an acoustically conditioned music room with adjacent green room, a comfortable lounge with a large bar and a restaurant.

"I feel very fortunate to have found this gem, with its perfect bones for music, in the Arts District," says Swier. "It's a vibrant neighborhood, new and familiar at the same time, acreative sense of place."

Co-founder Joe Baxley, who scouted the location, agrees. "The Downtown Arts District has become a real center of culture and entertainment, a place with a lot of activity. I can't think of a better location for The Moroccan Lounge," he says.

Located at 901 East 1th Street, The Moroccan Lounge is just off the 101. It is on the gold line near the Little Tokyo/Arts District Station.

"We were inspired by the building's existing Moorish style, which kindled memories of Tangier, and the iconic Café Baba, notorious haunt of rock legends," says project architect and co-founder, Brian Swier, who also designed the Teragram Ballroom, the Bowery Ballroom, the Mercury Lounge, among others. "While rock n' roll was my primary design mode, visitors can expect unusual details here -- some new, some vintage -- like unique wall coverings, exposed masonry, and salvaged ephemera."

Industry-veteran and LA resident, Duncan Smith, is The Moroccan Lounge's talent buyer. Smith was most recently a talent buyer at LA's The Resident and prior to that he worked at LA's Spaceland Presents. Both Scott Simoneaux, talent buyer for the Teragram Ballroom, and Johnny Beach, long time talent buyer for the Bowery Ballroom and partner in the Teragram Ballroom, will assist in the launch and oversight of The Moroccan Lounge's talent-buying department.

Acoustical Consultant: Jim Falconer

Sound System Designer: Jeff DelBello of db Sound Design

Lighting System Designer: Luciano Savedra

Website: themoroccan.com

Twitter: @moroccan_lounge

Facebook: Moroccan Lounge

Instagram: @moroccanlounge

Seminal Southern California Punks CH3 Drop New Video On The Hard Times

Seminal Southern California Punks CH3 Drop New Video On The Hard Times; 'Put 'Em Up', First Full Album Of New Music in Over 15 Years Out August 18

Band Performing at It's Not Dead Festival on August 26

Photo credit: John Gilhooley

Seminal Southern California punk rock band CH3 are debuting a new "lyric" video today on The Hard Times. Check out "The God That You Deserve" here: http://thehardtimes.net/music/doctor-advises-musician-seek-help-band-lasts-longer-three-decades/ In detailing the clip for the band's politically-charged track, video producer Jay Lansford explains, "The idea was to create a promo clip to enhance the lyrics to the song without using written text. Proper signed language uses a combination of hands, arms, and body movements, as well as facial expressions. This is more of a choreographed performance using elements of signing, mime and commonplace hand gestures set to music, as opposed to a word for word translation. One camera, one shot - no cuts." Lansford adds, "The song begins with the two pairs of hands showing their obvious similarities before their differences become noticeable and struggle ensues. As the story develops, both pairs discover that they have much in common and by the end they undress and copulate. Love your neighbor as yourself." Last month, in tandem with an appearance at Punk Rock Bowling, the band announced an August 18th release for 'Put 'Em Up', their first complete album of news songs in over 15 years. CH3 will be playing a series of shows this summer and fall, including a stint at It's Not Dead Festival 2 on August 26, alongside Rancid, Dropkick Murphys, Buzzcocks and many more. "The God That You Deserve," and a second track ("Not That It Matters") are currently available for purchase on all DSPs, while the full album is now available for pre-order at: https://channelthree.bandcamp.com/album/put-em-up-2 Contemporaries of fellow So Cal punks Social Distortion, Bad Religion, T.S.O.L., Circle Jerks, etc., CH3 has been steadily touring the world since first forming in Cerritos, CA in 1980. With 'Put 'Em Up', CH3 has delivered a career-defining album. Written and recorded in the wary post-election days of 2017, the collection of 10 songs are connected as a tightly focused novella, a ‘concept album’ by nature of the timeframe and frame of mind that it was recorded in. A timely and urgent commentary on current events, with lyrics inspired by the clean, visceral, and cinematic writings of Jim Harrison ("Legends Of The Fall"), some of the songs reference back to the band's earlier political works such as "Manzanar", as those concerns seem more relevant than ever. Other songs deal with the politics of the heart and themes that have become a trademark of the bittersweet CH3 songbook. The music remains refined punk with traces of classic '77 Brit to 80's hardcore, power pop rock, which combined, make up the CH3 sound. 'Put 'Em Up' was produced by Jay Lansford (Agent Orange) and features artwork by esteemed artist Lucky Nakazawa. The album will be released via all digital retailers and on vinyl through TKO Records. Upcoming shows: Aug 26 Glen Helen Amphitheater formerly San Manuel Amphitheater San Bernardino, CA (It's Not Dead) Oct 21 Remember The Punks 2 Festival San Antonio, TX More dates to be announced.

'Put 'Em Up' Track Listing 1. Model Citizen 2. Water & Time 3. Put 'Em Up 4. She Never Wanted 5. Half The Day 6. Not That It Matters 7. God You Deserve 8. Blue Skies 9. All The Night 10. Take Me To Your Leader

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The Mynabirds Announce New Album BE HERE NOW Today + Share Track

The Mynabirds Announce New Album BE HERE NOW  Today



Listen + Share First Single “Cocoon” Here

Three Song EP Bundle Available with Pre-Order Here

LA Show at Bootleg Theater on August 25, 
On Sale Tomorrow (June 30) Here
 
The Mynabirds have announced their new album BE HERE NOW which will be released over the course of the summer on three EPs each featuring three songs, and out in full on August 25 via Saddle Creek. To celebrate, Billboard has premiered the first track“Cocoon,” which appears on the first EP release out June 30. Listen and share “Cocoon” here and Pre-Order BE HERE NOW here.
 
Billboard describes “Cocoon” as “cosmological, as if its twinkling production and Burhenn’s voice could transport the listener to another planet far away from Earth.”
 
BE HERE NOW is a collection of 9 songs written and recorded in just 2 weeks in January 2017 following the Inauguration and the Women’s March. Singer Laura Burhenn worked with producer Patrick Damphier in his Nashville studio (which he was being evicted as the neighborhood began to gentrify, old warehouses turning to tech offices and luxury condos) to document the news and peoples’ intense emotional responses to it all in real time. No stranger to politics in her songwriting, Laura aimed to speak from the voice of the collective consciousness in a work of “Emotional Journalism,” singing the heartbreak, anger, exhaustion and resolute hope she witnessed during the Muslim travel ban, the final stand at Standing Rock, and every other news story that rattled America in that period. The album vacillates in style and feel to reflect a frayed nation, featuring a Burundian refugee choir on one song, and a cacophony of dissonant saxophones in a new national anthem on another. It is the last recording made in that space.
 
BE HERE NOW is being released very quickly as 3 digital EPs over 3 months to emphasize the immediacy of the songs. It will culminate in an official full album release on Saddle Creek on August 25, 2017.

The Mynabirds will be performing at Los Angeles’ Bootleg Theater on August 25. Tickets will be available tomorrow (June 30) at 10am PST here.


Photo credit: Alysse Gafkjen
 
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Samantha Urbani Shares New Track and Video, "Go Deeper"

SAMANTHA URBANI 'GO DEEPER' NEW TRACK & SELF DIRECTED VIDEO

WATCH VIDEO HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPmtNhDuUs "dripping in syrupy soul and potent bass lines." Pitchfork "an understated bastion of New York's coolest of the cool art kids" Stereogum Samantha Urbani may be best known as the front-woman for conceptual punk pop chart crashers Friends but, now with her long awaited solo project, she is about to cut her own unique swathe through the music landscape all over again. Previous, online-only tracks, "1 2 3 4" and "U Know I Know" have provided tantalizing tasters of what to expect but, with new full single "Go Deeper", Urbani now cements her position as unparalleled pop contrarian bar none. On first listen it is a deliciously infectious homage to 80s Jam & Lewis Janet Jackson sprinkled with the gold dust of vintage 90s Max Martin productions - but scratch beneath its surface and you may hear nods to everyone from 90s boybands to melodramatic auteurs such as Jim Steinman and Vangelis. Similarly, the pristine sheen of the track belies Urbani's determinedly DIY production. Writing, recording and co-producing the track with a number of key collaborators, including co-producers Daniel Aged and Sam Mehran, in several different bedrooms and basements in LA and NYC, Urbani has somehow managed to make something that wouldn't sound out of place on Jackson's "Velvet Rope" - sleek and assured, poised and incisive. And beneath the instantly hummable choruses and pop hooks is a deeper meditation on themes of power dynamics and communication. In Urbani's own words, "Go Deeper" is about "how necessary visibility and accountability are - getting to the bottom of things, transformatively: the harder it is, the more worth it. The only way out is to go through". "Go Deeper" will be digitally available from Friday 30th June. Further information and physical and digital release details for Samantha's debut EP are to follow.  The EP will be released by Lucky Number, in-conjunction with Samantha's label URU. Facebook / Twitter / Instagram