YOUNG FATHERS Share New Song, Fall Tour Kicks off Next Week

YOUNG FATHERS RELEASE BRAND NEW TRACK "COCOA SUGAR," PART OF NEW BORDER GIRL / COCOA SUGAR SINGLE LISTEN HERE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR KICKS OFF NOV 9 IN LOS ANGELES COCOA SUGAR - ACCLAIMED LATEST ALBUM OUT NOW

photo credit: Julia Noni

HEAR 'BOARDER GIRL / COCOA SUGAR' Young Fathers - "Cocoa Sugar" Young Fathers - "Border Girl (Single Version)"

On March 9, 2018, Young Fathers (Alloysious Massaquoi, Graham 'G' Hastings and Kayus Bankole) released their third album, Cocoa Sugar via Ninja Tune. The record has become Young Fathers' biggest commercial and critical success to date, winning the prestigious Scottish Album of the Year award and featuring the singles 'LORD', 'In My View', 'Holy Ghost' and 'Toy' (which soundtracked the recent global Apple Watch ad). It was heralded by Pitchfork as "full of bravado, cynicism, and wonder in equal measure" and named one of the "Best Albums of the Year So Far..." by Entertainment Weekly, The Ringer and more. Today, Young Fathers reveal brand new song "Cocoa Sugar," a previously unheard song from the 2017 recording sessions for the album of the same name. "Cocoa Sugar" will be released as part of an AA-side single along with a fresh David Wrench mix of Cocoa Sugar album track "Border Girl." Young Fathers' Kayus Bankole describing the new the song as: "A sweet lullaby for my cocoa sugar - my love. Stay warm, stay safe and goodbye." Listen to 'Border Girl / Cocoa Sugar' right now HERE Meanwhile, following sold out tours and festival appearances around the world, Young Fathers will round off 2018 with North American and UK headline tours. This run of shows will feature sould out shows in San Francisco and New York, and the band's biggest headline show to date - at London's legendary 5000 capacity O2 Academy Brixton on December 11th. Full dates below, with further details available via http://www.young-fathers.com.

YOUNG FATHERS LIVE 11/09 Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theatre 11/10 San Francisco, CA - The Independent (SOLD OUT) 11/11 San Francisco, CA - The Independent (SOLD OUT) 11/14 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom 11/16 Seattle, WA - The Showbox 11/17 Vancouver, BC - Venue 11/19 Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge 11/20 Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere (SOLD OUT) 11/21 Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere (SOLD OUT) 11/30 Glasgow, UK - O2 Academy  (SOLD OUT) 12/01 Leeds, UK - Stylus  (SOLD OUT) 12/02 Manchester, UK - Albert Hall 12/04 Newcastle, UK - Boiler Shop 12/05 Bristol, UK - O2 Academy 12/11 London, UK - O2 Academy Brixton

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart share cover of Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'"

THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART SHARE COVER OF TOM PETTY'S "FREE FALLIN'"

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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have shared their version of the Tom Petty classic "Free Fallin'," off their full album cover of Full Moon Fever. Billboard, who premiered the track and interviewed Pains frontman Kip Berman, write, "Pains' take on 'Free Fallin'' sounds absolutely huge. Berman and company lean so far in to the this cavernous song that they sound as though they might never return. The acoustic guitar strums ring out from coast-to-coast, and Pains' proclivity for echo and sparkle let Petty's misty-eyed ballad tap into new levels of beauty."

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Kip Berman on Full Moon Fever:

I grew up loving Tom Petty - thanks to my step dad who played him nearly constantly and scoffed at the "grunge" era of bands that didn't share Petty's classicist reverence for the history of rock music. I've long identified with Petty's celebration of songwriting and his general disregard for most everything else. Yet, he was often seen as a second fiddle to Dylan, Neil Young, Springsteen, Stevie Nicks, The Byrds, George Harrison, and more. But as far as I can tell, all these people (not sure about Springsteen) actually revered Petty - and genuinely liked his company. His greatness was that he didn't seem to be too bothered if people thought he was great or not.  What mattered to him was being part of a lineage of timeless rock songwriting. 

Is it cheesy to say "Tom Petty was all about the music, man?" Maybe. But he wrote so many iconic songs - and is remembered for little else - that it seems apt. There are no lurid Tom Petty scandals, car crashes, stints in jail, public meltdowns or things he had to walk back and make us cringe today (well, maybe "Zombie Zoo"). His legacy is just DECADES of iconic songs. He was an unconventional conventional rock star - his charisma subtle, his voice nasal but effective, and his appearance was - at best - a bit avian. He was probably the least technically gifted performer to ever headline the Super Bowl Halftime show. He wasn't a dancer, guitar virtuoso, crooner or sex symbol - he just got there by wring a lot of great songs that everyone loved. 

Tom Petty's first solo album, Full Moon Fever (which featured almost all of his actual band members, cameos from Roy Orbison, George Harrison, and Del Shannon, and was produced by ELO's Jeff Lynne), coincided with an era that was especially inspiring to my own music in The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. Released in 1989, it was weirdly aligned with a lot of the ideas that attracted me to bands like The Pastels, Teenage Fanclub, R.E.M., The Replacements, or Jesus and Mary Chain - jangling guitars, sweet harmonies, classic songwriting (verse, chorus, verse chorus, bridge, chorus chorus) and lyrics that captured a very specific point of view. But unlike those bands, Petty was an arena act, at home and enabled by large record labels and big budget videos, and (by this era at least) had about zero reputation as "cool." So I thought it would be a great tribute to one of my heroes to re-imagine his music in the context of my own - to wonder what it would be like if the songs he wrote sounded a bit more like the artists that were working in the underground at the time he was making this iconic record. 

 

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Watch Low's new video for "Always Trying To Work it Out" from Double Negative

Watch Low’s new video for “Always Trying to Work It Out” from their critically acclaimed new album  Double Negative YouTube: https://youtu.be/1m31A4ZGss0

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North American dates resume on November 2nd    Hot on the heels of the release of their critically acclaimed album, Double Negative, Low have shared a new video for their song “Always Trying to Work It Out.” The visual was co-directed by longtime friend and video collaborator Phil Harder. The band's Alan Sparhawk had this to say about the video, "We present our slightly Halloween-themed video for ‘Always Trying to Work It Out.’ In which… friends and family star in a stroll through the grocery store; familiar fragments from memory appear; masks are filtering light. Thank you National Sawdust, light tech Shane Donohue, and the Food Co-op in Duluth. It's dedicated to our city of Duluth.”[watch here] Low’s North American 2018/19 international headlining tour in support of Double Negative resumes November 2nd in St. Paul at The Fitzgerald Theatre, and runs through November 17th in Madison at High Noon Saloon, with 2019 dates to follow. 2018 Tour Dates Nov. 02 - St. Paul, MN - The Fitzgerald Theatre Nov. 05 - Detroit, MI - El Club Nov. 06 - Toronto, ON - Great Hall Nov. 08 - Montreal, QC - La Sala Rosa Nov. 09 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall Nov. 10 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts Nov. 12 - Washington, DCU Street Music Hall Nov. 13 - Pittsburgh, PA - The Funhouse Nov. 14 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop Nov. 15 - Grand Rapids, MI - Pyramid Scheme Nov. 16 - Chicago, IL - Rockefeller Chapel Nov. 17 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon 2019 Tour Dates Jan. 29 - Glasgow, UK - Tramway Jan. 30 - Birmingham, UK - Birmingham Town Hall Jan. 31 - Brighton, UK - St. George’s Church Brighton Feb. 01 - London, UK - Barbican Feb. 02 - Kortrijk, BE - De Kreun Feb. 04 - Groningen, NL - Vera Feb. 05 - Erlangen, DE - E-Werk (Erlangen) Feb. 06 - Cologne, DE - Kulturkirche Köln Feb. 07 - Frankfurt, DE - Sankt Peter Feb. 08 - Hamburg, DE - Uebel & Gefährlich Feb. 09 - Aarhus, DK - Voxhall Feb. 11 - København, DK - The Koncerthuset - Studie 2 Feb. 12 - Gothenburg, SE - Pustervik Feb. 13 - Oslo - Norway - Parkteatretjo Feb. 14 - Stockholm, SE - Kagelbanan (Small Room) Mar. 08 - Denver, CO - Globe Hall Mar. 09 - Santa Fe, NM - Meow Wolf Mar. 11 -  Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar Mar. 12 - Tustin, CA - Marty’s On Newport Mar. 13 - Tijuana, MX - Moustache Mar. 15 - Los Angeles, CA - Lodge Room Mar. 16 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall Mar. 18 - Portland, OR - Star Theater Mar. 19 - Vancouver, BC - Imperial Mar. 20 - Seattle, WA - Neumos Mar. 23 - Provo, UT -  Velour Live Music Gallery            Low’s Double Negative is available now worldwide from Sub Pop.

Mick Harvey & Christopher Richard Barker Share "Further Down The Line"; New Album Released November 9

MICK HARVEY & CHRISTOPHER RICHARD BARKER SHARE “FURTHER DOWN THE LINE” OFF THE NEW ALBUM THE FALL AND RISE OF EDGAR BOURCHIER AND THE HORRORS OF WAR RELEASED NOVEMBER 9

MICK HARVEY & CHRISTOPHER RICHARD BARKER have released the opening track from their collaboration, The Fall and Rise of Edgar Bourchier and the Horrors of War. The album is available November 9 on vinyl, CD and digital formats. Listen to “Further Down The Line” here. Pre-order The Fall and Rise of Edgar Bourchier and the Horrors of War here. Adapted from the poem “The Haunted Yellow Hours,” “Further Down The Line” describes how a soldier attempts to comfort his dead colleagues, describing how they stare through his “weeping eyes, further down the line…” The song is the very first one that Mick Harvey constructed at the outset of his collaboration with the author Christopher Richard Barker. The album examines the work of a fictitious World War I poet, Edgar Bourchier, through his poetry as put to music in a concept album. The Fall and Rise of Edgar Bourchier and the Horrors of War coincides with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice on November 11 and Veterans Day in the United States. In addition to Mick Harvey and Christopher Richard Barker, the album features contributions from J.P. Shilo, a long-time collaborator of Harvey’s, as well as Jade Imagine, Simon Breed and Alain Johannes as guest vocalists. The album was recorded primarily in Melbourne, Australia with some additional vocal recordings in the UK and Los Angeles.   Listen to “The Lost Bastard Son of War” Listen to “Softly Spoken Bill”   MICK HARVEY: WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | SPOTIFY | APPLE MUSIC

Wolfmother @ Observatory 10/30

All photos taken in Santa Ana CA by Bradley Dupray

{Sharkmuffin} EURO TOUR DATES ANNOUNCEMENT

EURO TOUR DATE ANNOUNCEMENT TOP Sharkmuffin MOMENTS OF 2018 **** OUR FIRST PRESSING OF TSUKI SOLD OUT & WE CELEBRATED A REISSUE OF IT ON CD & CASSETTE WITH TWO NEW SONGS + A VIDEO FOR SPACE GLOW *** HAD AN AMAZING RETURN TOUR IN THE U.K. (we miss you!!) ** SHARED BILLS WITH SOME OF OUR FAV ARTISTS LIKE A ERYKAH BADU, PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS & HINDS <3 br="" nbsp=""> * ONE OF OUR SONGS WAS FEATURED ON SHOWTIMES' SHAMELESS Huge thanx to everyone who supported us this year (we love youuu) and we are so excited to make our first BIG 2019 announcement:: We're going to ITALY, FRANCE & SWITZERLAND for the first time ever!! DATES BELOW ...

More info HERE poster by Liz Emirzian tour by YUMMY TRUFFLES COLLECTIVE

SUNFLOWER BEAN Announce New EP + Interpol Tour Dates, Share New Song

ANNOUNCE NEW EP & SUPPORT TOUR WITH INTERPOL Listen to “Come For Me” now via Rolling Stone King of the Dudes out January 25th via Mom + Pop

(Credit: Andy DeLuca) New York trio Sunflower Bean released their critically acclaimed sophomore albumTwentytwo in Blue earlier this year, and today they announce a new EP entitled King Of The Dudes. The EP’s first single “Come For Me” is out now, premiered via BBC Radio 1’s Annie Mac as “Hottest Record In The World” and a conversation withRolling Stone. “This song was inspired by inner strength, power, and sexual freedom,” explain Sunflower Bean. “In 2018 there is no time to waste and no time for shame. This song is a declaration of that. Do you really want to come for me? Do you really want to waste my time? The song is a dare, a threat, and a beckoning.” Read the interview and listen to the powerful song HERE. Pre-order King of the Dudes, produced by Justin Raisen (Sky Ferreira, Charli XCX, Angel Olsen) and out January 25th, 2019via Mom + Pop, HERE. Pre-save the album HERE. Sunflower Bean also reveal today that they will open for Interpol throughout the U.S. in early 2019. See below to find a show near you, and get your tickets HERE. Sunflower Bean began recording King of the Dudes this past summer in Los Angeles following the release of Twentytwo in Blue earlier this year. The band explain, “This EP does not give a fuck. It’s reactionary, and a sharpened response to our times. Death, birth, aggression, addiction, and power. Twentytwo In Blue allowed us to find our strength and on King Of The Dudes we use it, no holds barred.” Tour dates: 11/11/18 – Hong Kong, China @ Clockenflap Festival 11/12/18 – Osaka, Japan @ Shangrila Festival 11/13/18 – Toyko, Japan @ Space Odd 11/17/18 – Bangkok, Thailand @ Live Park Rama 9 11/19/18 – Cardiff, Wales @ The Globe 11/20/18 – Leeds, England @ The Church 11/21/18 – Brighton, England @ The Old Market 11/22/18 – London, England @ Hackney Arts Centre 11/23/18 – Leicester, England @ Dryden Street Social 11/25/18 – Oxford, England @ The Bullingdon 11/26/18 – Glasgow, Scotland @ The Art School 11/27/18 – Manchester, England @ Academy 11/28/18 – Portsmouth, England @ Wedgewood Rooms 11/29/18 – Bristol, England @ SWX 11/30/18 – Cambridge, England @ The Junction 12/01/18 – Birmingham, England @ Castle & Falcon 12/07/18 – Brooklyn, NYC @ Warsaw 01/31/19- Vancouver, BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theater # 02/01/19 - Portland, OR @ Keller Auditorium # 02/02/19 - Seattle, WA @ Moore Theater # 02/05/19 - Minneapolis, MN @ Palace Theater # 02/07/19 - Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theater # 02/08/19 - Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater # 02/09/19 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant # 02/11/19 - Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works # 02/14/19 - Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz # 02/15/19 - Washington D.C. @ The Anthem # # = with Interpol Artwork:

Tracklisting: King Of The Dudes Come For Me Fear City The Big One Praise for Sunflower Bean + Twentytwo in Blue: “Twentytwo in Blue offers a warm embrace to anyone making their way through life’s uncertainties” -Billboard

Fidlar @ Vogue 10/29

All photos taken in Vancouver by Bev Davies