3/30/2018

LORD HURON’S NEW SONG “WHEN THE NIGHT IS OVER” DEBUTS TODAY

LORD HURON’S NEW SONG “WHEN THE NIGHT IS OVER” DEBUTS TODAY

VIDE NOIR OUT APRIL 20 ON
WHISPERING PINES/REPUBLIC RECORDS

UNRELEASED SONGS STREAMING AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY

EXTENSIVE WORLD TOUR ON SALE NOW



Photo credit: Pamela Littky
When the Night is Over,” a new song from Lord Huron, debuts today. Listen/share it here:https://LordHuron.lnk.to/WTNIOPR. Of the track, singer/songwriter/producer Ben Schneider says, “We wanted this song to feel something like a Raymond Chandler story, a desperate search through a rain-soaked, neon-lit city. The groove section in the middle is one of my favorite passages on the album.” The track appears on the band’s highly anticipated record Vide Noir, out April 20 on Whispering Pines/Republic RecordsVide Noir can be pre-ordered here:https://LordHuron.lnk.to/VideNoirPR

Additionally, the band have made the additional seven songs off Vide Noir available to stream at geo-locations across the US, Canada and UK. Locations include hikes, national parks, beaches and even a volcano. Head to followtheemeraldstar.com for more information. The band has hinted at further immersive experiences to come, crafted to expand upon the album’s narratives and theme. A true multi-media artist, Schneider has once again created a hidden world to inhabit within Vide Noir. Watch the album trailer at http://bit.ly/2FjvWsi

In support of Vide Noir, the band is set for a worldwide tour beginning this spring. Even as the band headlines their largest venues to date, many shows (including New York City, Chicago, Boston, Oakland and Seattle) have sold out months in advance. Every pair of tickets ordered for the U.S. headlining tour includes a copy of Vide Noir. Tickets for the dates are on sale now at http://lordhuron.com.

Most recently, the band performed their lead single “Wait by the River” on “
Jimmy Kimmel Live!” The single is already the subject of widespread critical praise; the Los Angeles Timesproclaims, “It’s a gorgeous song, one with the majesty of a 1950s doo-wop ballad,” while SPINadds, “[‘Wait by the River’] offers a refined, waltz-like sound that can’t quite cover for the sins of a fatalistically obsessed narrator.”

Vide Noir was written and recorded over the past two years at Lord Huron’s Los Angeles studio and informal clubhouse, Whispering Pines, and was mixed by Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips/MGMT). Schneider found inspiration wandering restlessly through his adopted home of L.A. at night: “My nighttime drives ranged all over the city—across the twinkling grid of the valley, into the creeping shadows of the foothills, through downtown’s neon canyons and way out to the darksome ocean. I started imagining Vide Noir as an epic odyssey through the city, across dimensions, and out into the cosmos. A journey along the spectrum of human experience. A search for meaning amidst the cold indifference of The Universe,” he says.


Originally a musical and visual solo project by Michigan-native-turned-Angeleno Schneider, Lord Huron now includes members Mark Barry (percussion), Miguel BriseƱo (bass) and Tom Renaud (guitar). After a pair of independent EPs, Lord Huron released two full-length albums Lonesome Dreams (2012) and Strange Trails(2015) on IAMSOUND Records, followed by extensive touring and prestigious festival appearances both stateside and abroad. After appearing in the hit Netflix show “13 Reasons Why” the band’s song “The Night We Met” (from Strange Trails) was officially certified Platinum in January 2018.



VIDE NOIR TRACKLIST

  1. Lost in Time and Space
  2. Never Ever
  3. Ancient Names (Part I)
  4. Ancient Names (Part II)
  5. Wait by the River
  6. Secret of Life
  7. Back from the Edge
  8. The Balancer’s Eye
  9. When the Night is Over
  10. Moonbeam
  11. Vide Noir
  12. Emerald Star

LORD HURON TOUR DATES 
April 14— Dallas, TX—Old 97s County Fair
April 20— Grand Rapids, MI—20 Monroe Live *  
April 21—Chicago, IL— Riviera Theatre  *
April 22—St. Paul, MN—The Palace Theatre  *
April 23— Milwaukee, WI—Riverside Theatre  *
April 25—Kansas City, MO—Arvest Bank Theatre ^
April 26—Indianapolis, IN—The Vogue  ^
April 27— Royal Oak, MI—Royal Oak Music Theater  ^
April 28—Cincinnati, OH—Homecoming Festival
April 30—Boston, MA— House of Blues  %
May 1—Philadelphia, PA—Electric Factory %
May 3—New York, NY—Beacon Theatre  %
May 4—Washington, DC—The Anthem %
May 4-6—Atlanta, GA—Shaky Knees Festival
May 31—San Diego, CA—House of Blues
June 1—San Diego, CA—House of Blues  
June 2—Los Angeles, CA—Greek Theatre
June 3—Oakland, CA—Fox Theater  
June 5—Portland, OR—Crystal Ballroom  
June 6—Portland, OR—Crystal Ballroom  
June 7—Seattle, WA—Moore Theatre  
June 8—Seattle, WA—Moore Theatre  
June 15-June 17—Dover, DE—Firefly Festival
July 25—Toronto, ON—Sony Centre
July 26—Pittsburg, PA—Stage AE
July 27—Cleveland, OH—House Of Blues   
July 30—Portland, ME—State Theatre
August 1—Brooklyn, NY—Brooklyn Steel   
August 2—Brooklyn, NY—Brooklyn Steel
August 4—Montreal, QC—Osheaga Festival
August 5—Boston, MA—House Of Blues  
September 21—St. Louis, MO—The Pageant
September 25—New Orleans, LA—Civic Theatre
September 27—Houston, TX—Revention Music Center
September 29—Austin, TX—Stubb’s Waller Creek
October 1—Tulsa, OK—Cain's Ballroom
October 3—Omaha, NE—Sokol Auditorium
October 4—Denver, CO—Ogden Theatre   
October 5—Denver, CO—Ogden Theatre 
October 19—Copenhagen, DK—Vega
October 20—Aarhus, DK—Voxhall
October 21—Hamburg, DE—Gruenspan
October 22—Amsterdam, NL—Paradiso
October 23—Brussels, BE—Ancienne Belgique
October 25—Cambridge, UK—The Junction
October 26—London, UK—Roundhouse
October 27—Sheffield, UK—Plug
October 28—Gateshead, UK—Sage Gateshead
October 29—Liverpool, UK—Invisible Wind Factory
October 31—Paris, FR—Le Trianon
November 2—Munich, DE—Technikum
November 3—Koln, DE—Gloria
November 5—Berlin, DE—Columbia Theater


BOLD—sold out 

* with In Tall Buildings
^  with Liz Cooper & The Stampede
% with Midnight Sister

Ministry + Chelsea Wolfe @ Vogue 3/29















All photos taken in Vancouver by BEV DAVIES

Chris Carter (ex-Throbbing Gristle) Releases First New Album in 17 Years; Listen Now

CHRIS CARTER (EX-THROBBING GRISTLE)

RELEASES FIRST SOLO ALBUM IN 17 YEARS

LISTEN TO CHEMISTRY LESSONS VOLUME ONE
Photo: Cosey F Tutti
“… a new electronic masterpiece” – Electronic Sound

“An atmospheric masterclass” – Q Magazine

“…simultaneously looks back over its shoulder and glares straight into the eye of the future” – The Wire

“… one of the most astonishing electronic works…” - PROG

"...each [song is] propelled by percolating, Age Of Tomorrow synthesizers and awash in ghostly, extra-terrestrial voices to conjure late-night adventures in the lab." – AV CLUB

"...an overarching etude on experimental electronic music." – POPMATTERS

CHRIS CARTER has released his eagerly awaited new album – and his first in 17 years – Chris Carter’s Chemistry Lessons Volume One. Listen to the album here.

In addition, Carter has launched a series of “chemistry lesson” videos with Chris Carter’s Chemistry Lesson on Artwork. In the lessonCarter explains the process and inspirations behind his self-designed artwork. This will be followed tomorrow by Chris Carter’s Chemistry Lesson on Effects Pedals. Keep checking http://ccclv1.net/ – Chris’s newly launched website featuring an interactive periodic table – for additional lessons in the coming weeks.
Photo: Cosey F Tutti 

Chemistry Lessons Volume One is populated with insistent melodic patterns and a distinct sense of wonderment at the limitless possibilities of science. “If there’s an influence on the album, it’s definitely ‘60s radiophonic,” Carter says. “And over the last few years I’ve also been listening to old English folk music, almost like a guilty pleasure, and so some of tracks on the album hark back to an almost ingrained DNA we have for those kinds of melodies.”

As a founding member of Throbbing Gristle alongside Cosey Fanni Tutti, Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Chris Carter has had a significant role in the development of electronic music – a journey which has continued through his releases as one half of Chris & Cosey and Carter Tutti and a third of Carter Tutti Void – as well as with his own solo and collaborative releases.

He is also credited with the invention and production of groundbreaking electronics – from the legendary Gristleizer home-soldered effects unit through to the Dirty Carter Experimental Sound Generating Instrument and the sold-out TG One Eurorack module (designed with Tiptop Audio, these modules can be heard during Carter’s set at a recent Rough Trade event) and the Future Sound Systems Gristleizer modules – Carter has created the means to make sounds as well as making the sounds themselves.

The 25-track album was recorded in Carter’s own Norfolk, England studio and the artwork and accompanying videos were self-created, taking cues in part from battered old experimental BBC broadcast LPs.

Despite having been worked on over an extended period between various artistic projects in a variety of different moods, situations and circumstances, Chemistry Lessons Volume One’s experiments never feel like Carter noodling around aimlessly in his studio-laboratory. Instead there is an inner coherence and a distinctively Chris Carter approach to sound and execution that showcases the sonic scientist’s restless, questing creative spirit forever scouting for new ideas.
CHRIS CARTER: WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | TWITTER

3/28/2018

The Voidz Announce Support For 3-Night Stand At The Masonic Lodge At Hollywood Forever Cemetery This Week

The Voidz Announce Support For 3-Night Stand At The Masonic Lodge At Hollywood Forever Cemetery This Week - Ho99o9, Pow!, Starcrawler To Open

New Album VIRTUE Out This Friday (3/30) On Cult Records/RCA Records
PERFORMING ON THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN TONIGHT

 
The Voidz have announced support for their upcoming shows at The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery this week, with Ho99o9, POW! and Starcrawler joining the bill to open. All three shows are now sold out, full schedule below.
Wednesday, March 28: The Voidz + Ho99o9
Thursday, March 29: The Voidz + POW!
Friday, March 30: The Voidz + Starcrawler
The 3-night stand in LA rings in the release of the band's new album VIRTUE, out March 30th on Cult Records/RCA Records, which has already earned raves from the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Stereogum, SPIN + more.
Listen to the latest single "ALieNNatioN", which Stereogum calls "the most straight-up gorgeous song ever recorded by Julian Casablancas".
In addition to the shows this week, The Voidz have also confirmed a residency at Brooklyn's Elsewhere every Wednesday in June, following select festival dates this spring. Tickets on sale now, see full tour routing below. More dates to be announced soon.

THE VOIDZ – 2018 TOUR DATES
3/28 – The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever – Los Angeles, CA
3/29 – The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever – Los Angeles, CA
3/30 – The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever – Los Angeles, CA
4/28 – Fortress Festival – Fort Worth, TX
5/06 – Shaky Knees Festival – Atlanta, GA
5/19 – Santa Teresa Festival - Sainte-ThĆ©rĆØse, QC
6/06 – Elsewhere Hall – Brooklyn, NY
6/13 – Elsewhere Hall – Brooklyn, NY
6/20 – Elsewhere Hall – Brooklyn, NY
6/27 – Elsewhere Hall – Brooklyn, NY
7/21 – Super Bock Super Rock – Lisbon, Portugal

DESERT DAZE phase one @desert_daze #DesertDaze2018



Tame Impala
Mercury Rev Perform Deserter’s Songs
Warpaint
Ty Segall & White Fence
Chelsea Wolfe
Malcolm Mooney of Can
Connan Mockasin
Preoccupations
A Place To Bury Strangers
King Khan & The Shrines
Shannon & The Clams
Pond
Kevin Morby
Dahkabrahka
Earthless
Kikagaku Moyo
All Them Witches
The Holydrug Couple
Ex-Cult
True Widow
Cut Worms
JJUUJJUU
Here Lies Man
Mary Lattimore
Tropa Magica
Gladys Lazer
Cat Scan
+ many more to be announced in Phase Two, including more headliners

Tom Waits Elektra Asylum Catalog Available On Vinyl

 Tom Waits' entire 1970's Elektra Asylum catalog available on Vinyl.

Tom Waits
Tom Waits’ entire 1970s Elektra Asylum catalog, newly restored by Waits/Brennan and re-released by ANTI-, is now available digitally and on CD.Closing Time is currently available on vinyl, and the remaining titles are available for pre-order on vinyl.
Additionally, the Tom Waits Web Store will exclusively offer limited editions of 1,000 clear 180-gram vinyl per title in the US and 1,000 180-gram moss green vinyl in Europe. All CDs and Vinyl include lyrics. Select orders qualify for free shipping. All info at tomwaitsstore.com.
Tom Waits has curated a 76 song playlist spanning his entire career. You can explore the decades of Waits' many styles of storytelling and heartbreak melodies. Listen now on Spotify. If you have Apple Music you can listen here.
Tom Waits - Closing Time
CLOSING TIME
AVAILABLE NOW
Tom Waits - The Heart Of Saturday Night
THE HEART OF SATURDAY NIGHT
MAY 11, 2018
Tom Waits - Nighthawks At The Diner
NIGHTHAWKS AT THE DINER
MAY 11, 2018
Tom Waits - Small Change
SMALL CHANGE
JUNE 08, 2018
Tom Waits - Foreign Affairs
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
JULY 13, 2018
Tom Waits - Mule Variations
BLUE VALENTINE
AUGUST 10, 2018
Tom Waits - Heart Attack and Vine

HEART ATTACK AND VINE
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

 

The Melvins Debut "Embrace The Rub" Video; North American Tour Begins April 26

THE MELVINS DEBUT “EMBRACE THE RUB” VIDEO FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM, PINKUS ABORTION TECHNICIAN (APRIL 20, IPECAC RECORDINGS)

PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW; TOUR BEGINS APRIL 26
 
 
 
 
March 28, 2018 – Fullerton, Calif. – The Melvins, who recently announced the April 20 release of Pinkus Abortion Technician (Ipecac Recordings), have debuted the Mackie Osborne directed video for “Embrace The Rub” (https://youtu.be/cnbeRJGygtg).

“’Embrace The Rub’ is a Steven McDonald penned, punker tune throwback to his days as a young Hawthorne, CA punk hanging out with Black Flag,” explained Dale Crover. “For some reason, I decided that this tune really needed a piano part.”

The eight-song album is the band’s first to feature two bass tracks on every song, with the bass players being Steve McDonald (Redd Kross, OFF!) and Jeff Pinkus (Butthole Surfers). The Melvins previously shared the song “Stop Moving To Florida” (https://youtu.be/zqj1c_DrYBY) from the forthcoming release. Pinkus Abortion Technician pre-orders are available now (http://smarturl.it/MelvinsPinkus) with digital pre-orders including an instant download of both “Stop Moving To Florida” and “Embrace The Rub.”

The band embarks on a 10-week North American tour on April 26. The trek will feature the Melvins as a four-piece with both Pinkus and McDonald joining Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover.

Tour dates:
April 26 San Diego, CA Casbah
April 27 Tucson, AZ The Rock
April 29 Dallas, TX Tree’s
April 30 Austin, TX Mohawk
May 1 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall
May 3 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
May 4 Birmingham, AL Zydeco
May 5 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
May 6 Charlotte, NC Visulite Theater
May 7 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
May 9 Baltimore, MD Ottobar
May 10 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts
May 11 Brooklyn, NY Warsaw
May 12 Hamden, CT Space Ballroom
May 13 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
May 14 Montreal, QC Corona Theatre
May 16 Toronto, ON Velvet Underground
May 18 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
May 19 Pittsburgh, PA Rex Theater
May 20 Louisville, KY Headliner’s Music Hall
May 22 Nashville, TN 3rd & Lindsley
May 23 Memphis, TN Hi-Tone
May 24 St. Louis, MO The Ready Room
May 25 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
May 26 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom
May 27 Norman, OK Opolis
May 29 Santa Fe, NM Meow Wolf
May 30 Flagstaff, AZ The Green Room
May 31 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom
July 12 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
July 13 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
July 14 Fresno, CA Strummer’s
July 16 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
July 17 Sacramento, CA Holy Diver
July 19 Seattle, WA Neumo’s
July 20 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
July 21 Vancouver, BC Venue Nightclub
July 24 Edmonton, AB Union Hall
July 25 Calgary, AB Marquee Room
July 27 Winnipeg, MB Pyramid Cabaret
July 28 Fargo, ND The Aquarium (Dempsey’s Upstairs)
July 29 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
July 30 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
July 31 Chicago, IL Park West
August 2 Grand Rapids, MI The Pyramid Scheme
August 3 Detroit, MI El Club
August 4 Columbus, OH A&R Music Bar
August 5 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue Theatre
August 6 Rock Island, IL Rock Island Brewing Company
August 7 Des Moines, IA Wooly’s
August 8 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room
August 10 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
August 11 Ft. Collins, CO Aggie Theatre
August 13 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
August 14 Las Vegas, NV The Bunkhouse Saloon
August 16 Los Angeles, CA The Echo


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Indie-Pop Songstress Charlotte Lawrence Announces US Tour Dates & Debut EP Set for May!

CHARLOTTE LAWRENCE

ANNOUNCES TOUR DATES IN SELECT CITIES ACROSS THE U.S.
SET TO KICK OFF IN JUNE

DEBUT EP TO BE RELEASED IN MAY

RECENTLY PARTNERED WITH SPOTIFY ON THEIR “LOUDER TOGETHER” SPOTIFY SINGLES CAMPAIGN ALONGSIDE NINA NESBITT AND SASHA SLOAN

Los Angeles, CA-March 28, 2018—Today, acclaimed Los Angeles indie-pop songstress Charlotte Lawrence announces tour dates set to kick off in June across select cities in the U.S. The run will hit San FranciscoLos AngelesNew York andChicago. Tickets will go on sale tomorrow, March 29th at 10AM local time. See below for routing!

Last week, Spotify launched “Louder Together,” a campaign bringing artists together to collaborate on original Spotify Singles songs in the spirit of community, empowerment and inspiration. Coinciding with Women’s History Month, “Louder Together’s” debut single partnered with Charlotte and other emerging female artists, Sasha Sloan and Nina Nesbitt, who have come together for the first time to create and record an original Spotify Singles song titled, “Psychopath.” The track garnered over 1 million streams in just 4 days, click HERE to listen!

Recently, Charlotte released her newest single “Just The Same.” The track expands on the singer’s shimmering, slick, and sharp style. Over airy production and glitchy beats, a hypnotic croon takes hold before Charlotte serves up the surprisingly sassy and irresistibly catchy falsetto chant, “I fucking hate you, but I love you just the same.”
 
The song arrived hot on the heels of Charlotte’s 2017 viral smash hit “Sleep Talking.The track has generated over 12 million Spotify streams and counting, in addition to gracing coveted playlists such as “Mood Booster,” “Daily Lift,” “Fresh & Chill,” and many more. Wonderland Magazine fittingly dubbed it, “an electro-pop banger that you’re not going to be able to stop listening to, and the track heralded her arrival as a genuine musical phenomenon. 


TOUR DATES
June 14           Baby’s Alright           Brooklyn, NY
June 17           Beat Kitchen             Chicago, IL
June 19           Moroccan Room        Los Angeles, CA
June 20           CafĆ© Du Nord             San Francisco, CA

Watch Jo Passed’s surreal, nightmarish official video for “Millennial Trash Blues” from 'Their Prime'

Watch Jo Passed’s surreal, nightmarish official video for “Millennial Trash Blues”
a standout from Their Prime, their forthcoming album
Jo Passed - Millennial Trash Blues [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
Click image to play
YouTube (video): https://bit.ly/2pHBeaO
Spotify (audio): https://spoti.fi/2GxHkos
Apple Music (audio): https://apple.co/2pHBEOq
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Premiere via The Grey Estates

Their Prime will be available May 25th worldwide from Sub Pop Records with the exception of Canada through 
Royal Mountain Records
Jo Passed and director Justin Gradin have delivered a new, surreal visual for Their Prime standout “Millennial Trash Blues” [watch here].” Director Gradin offers this of the video: "A nightmare on the tip of an eyelash. An astrological garbage dump with burning snowflakes and a trap door.  A wild teen awake in someone else's dream."

The Grey Estates premiered the video, and said, “The dream world created in Jo Passed's video for "Millennial Trash Blues" is as dynamic, colorful and unsettled as its single counterpart. The visuals...are unusual and outlandish, the costumed characters and eye-popping imagery inspired by the act of stepping into someone's dream. And while the brightly painted faces and monster under the bed that appear in the video are memorable, it's the single that holds it all together; a perfect soundtrack for the nearly four minutes of unexpected and delightful terrors (see premiere March 28th).”

Jo Passed has just announced headlining dates in support of Their Prime beginning May 25th in Vancouver, BC at Red Gate Arts Society and ending June 29th in Seattle at Barboza. Highlights include: Canadian Music Week in Toronto on May 12th; co-headline dates with Hardly Art’s Dick Stusso (June 6th-18th); and Calgary’s Sled Island Festival (June 21-23).

Apr. 14 - Victoria, BC - Lucky Bar
May 12 - Toronto, ON - The Garrison / CMW (Royal Mtn. Records showcase)
May 25 - Vancouver, BC - Red Gate Arts Society
May 27 - Oakland, CA - Starline Social Club
May 28 - Los Angeles, CA - Moroccan Lounge
May 30 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
May 31 - El Paso, TX - Lowbrow Palace
Jun. 01 - Austin, TX - The Sidewinder
Jun. 02 - Fort Worth, TX - MASS
Jun. 04 - Nashville, TN - The End
Jun. 05 - Durham, NC - The Pinhook
Jun. 06 - Washington, DC - DC9*
Jun. 07 - Philadelphia, PA - Boot & Saddle*
Jun. 09 - Allston, MA - Great Scott*
Jun. 10 - Providence, RI - Fete Music Hall*
Jun. 11 - Montreal, QC - Bar Le Ritz*
Jun. 12 - Ottawa, ON - Makerspace North*
Jun. 13 - Detroit, MI - Marble Bar*
Jun. 14 - Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups*
Jun. 15 - Cincinnati, OH - TBC*
Jun. 16 - Chicago, IL - Sleeping Village*
Jun. 17 - Milwaukee, WI - The Cactus Club*
Jun. 18 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club*
Jun. 19 - Winnipeg, MB - The Good Will Social Club
Jun. 20 - Saskatoon, SK - Amigos
Jun. 21-23 - Calgary, AB - Sled Island Festival
Jun. 27 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
Jun. 29 - Seattle, WA - Barboza
*w/ Dick Stusso

Newport Folk Festival Announces Stewardship Program, Names Nathaniel Rateliff As First Appointee

 NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM, NAMES  NATHANIEL RATELIFF AS FIRST APPOINTEE FIRST ARTIST APPOINTED TO SUCH A ROLE SI...