Pixies - More Dates, New Video, New Touring Bass Player

PIXIES ANNOUNCE SPRING/SUMMER FESTIVAL TREK, NEW MUSIC VIDEO Bassist Paz Lenchantin will Tour with Pixies on Upcoming North/South American and European Dates

LOS ANGELES, CA - Monday, December 9, 2013 - Pixies' 2013 - 2014 global tour schedule continues to escalate with a series of major South American and European festival performances now confirmed for next Spring and Summer.  The band - Black Francis/vocals, guitar, Joey Santiago/guitar, backing vocals, and David Lovering/drums, backing vocals - will kick off the festival season in late March in South America with headline appearances at Lollapalooza Chile, Lollapalooza Argentina, and Lollapalooza Brazil, as well as Colombia's Festival Estereo Picnic.  Pixies will then head to Europe for a series of major festivals that begin May 30 when they headline the Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona, Spain.  Tickets for all of these festivals are on sale now - visit pixiesmusic.com for more information. Today, Pixies also unveil a brand new music video for EP-1'strack "Another Toe In the Ocean."  Completely different from the band's recent music videos, "ATITO" is a 2-D animated clip that was written, directed and animated by Liviu Boar of the Romania-based ReeAnimation.  Check out the video here. Joining the Pixies as touring bassist for the North American, South American and European summer concerts will be Paz Lenchatin (A Perfect Circle, ZWAN, The Entrance Band).   "We are really looking forward to playing with her on these dates," said Lovering.  "Working with different bass players is very new for the band, but we're having a great time doing it."  Pixies inaugurate the New Year with a 33-city headline tour of North America, starting January 15 in Toronto, Canada.  With many more dates to be announced, follows is the Pixies' confirmed tour schedule for 2014: JANUARY 15        Massey Hall, Toronto, ON  CANADA  (Fidlar) 16        Metropolis, Montreal, QC  CANADA  (Fidlar) 18        Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA  (Fidlar) 19        Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY  (Fidlar) 21        New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ  (Fidlar) 22        Shubert Theatre, New Haven, CT  (Fidlar) 24        Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA  (Fidlar) 25        Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh, PA  (Fidlar) 26        Strathmore, Washington, DC  (Fidlar) 29        National Theatre, Richmond, VA  (Fidlar) 31        Durham PAC, Durham, NC  (Cults) FEBRUARY  1         Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville, NC  (Cults)  2         Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN  (Cults)  4         Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA  (Cults)  6         Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, MO  (Cults)  7         LC Pavilion, Columbus, OH  (Cults)  8         The Fillmore, Detroit, MI  (Cults)  9         Rivera Theatre, Chicago, IL  (Cults) 11        Midland Theatre, Kansas City, MO  (Cults) 13        Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO  (Best Coast) 14        Belly Up, Aspen, CO  (Best Coast) 15        The Great Salt Air, Salt Lake City, UT  (Best Coast) 17        Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC  CANADA  (Best Coast) 18        Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA  (Best Coast) 19        Schnitzer Auditorium, Portland, OR  (Best Coast) 21        Fox Theatre, Oakland, CA  (Best Coast) 22        San Jose Civic, San Jose, CA  (Best Coast) 23        The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV  (Best Coast) 24        Comerica Theatre, Phoenix, AZ  (Best Coast) 25        Kiva Auditorium, Albuquerque, NM  (Best Coast) 27        Bayou Music Center, Houston, TX  (Best Coast) 28        South Side Ballroom, Dallas, TX  (Best Coast) MARCH  1         Austin Music Hall, Austin, TX  (Best Coast) 29/30   Lollapalooza Chile, Santiago, Chile APRIL  1         Rock'n'Fall, Montevideo, Uruguay 1/3       Lollapalooza Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina 3/5       Festival Estereo Picnic, Bogota, Colombia 5/6       Lollapalooza Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil MAY 29/30   Primavera Sound, Barcelona, Spain JUNE  6/7      Primavera Sound, Porto Portugal  8         Field Day, Victoria Park, London, UK 15        Northside, Arhus, Denmark 20        Best Kept Secret, Hilvarenbeek, Holland 20/22   Hurricane, Schessel, Germany 20/22   Southside, Neuhausen, Germany 25        Inmusic, Zagreb, Croatia 29        Marley Park, Dublin, Ireland  (with Arcade Fire) 30        Live at the Marquee, Cork, Ireland JULY  5         Rock Werchter, Werchter, Belgium  6         Beauregard, Herouville-St. Clair, France

Vum @ The Echo

VUM plays at the Echo every monday in December 2013.

Angel Olsen's "Forgiven/Forgotten" Video

WATCH NEW VIDEO FOR ANGEL OLSEN'S "FORGIVEN/FORGOTTEN"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PinTAGbIsV4

NEW ALBUM, BURN YOUR FIRE FOR NO WITNESS, OUT FEBRUARY 18TH ON JAGJAGUWAR

  

"On 'Forgiven/Forgotten' the explosive lead-off single from her second album, Burn Your Fire for No Witness, the instruments around her finally match the intensity of her voice."

- Pitchfork [Best New Track]

"Her new album doesn't come out till February, but it's an early frontrunner for one of Bob Boilen's favorites in 2014." - NPR Music's "All Songs Considered"

"[Angel Olsen] has gone ahead and plugged in, with a full rock band sound that seems like it's rearing to overwhelm everything in its path." - The FADER

"For anyone who knows Olsen-a melancholy folkie credited with a gripping presence in concert-these two chugging minutes (counting the wailing micro-solo) will come as a surprise. But when you yourself are ready to forgive and forget a slight, you'd do well to keep this song's unhurried economy in mind." - Entertainment Weekly

As announced last month, Angel Olsen will release her ethereal and powerful new album, Burn Your Fire for No Witness, on February 18, 2014 via Jagjaguwar. Throughout this "collection of songs, grown in a year of heartbreak, travel, and transformation," Olsen sings with full-throated exultation, admonition, and bold, expressive melody. And, with the help of producer John Congleton, her music now crackles with a churning, rumbling low end and a brighter energy. With Burn Your Fire for No Witness, a more revealing and self-assured Olsen is opening up, allowing us to be in the room with her at the very genesis of these songs, when the thread of creation is most vulnerable and least filtered.

After sharing Burn Your Fire for No Witness's first single, "Forgiven/Forgotten," Olsen now offers a visual representation with the song's brand new video directed by creative partner, Zia Anger. Olsen and Zia's collaborative trajectory continues following their work together on videos for 7" single,"Sweet Dreams," and Half Way Home's "Tiniest Seed."

WATCH ANGEL OLSEN'S "FORGIVENFORGOTTEN" VIDEO (DIR. ZIA ANGER) -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PinTAGbIsV4

"I traveled to Asheville with a couple rolls of 16mm film and a Bolex camera. The only idea Angel and I had decided on was that she should be given a chance to act - to perform in a way most people have never seen her perform. Upon arriving I was immediately struck by the beautiful and unruly area of Malvern Hills. Suburbia had never spoken to me like that before. Our idea morphed into a suburban fantasy just as lawless as its backdrop. It is complete with a 'Freaks and Geeks'-inspired lovers quarrel that ends with the male character physically being hand-scratched out of the film." - Zia Anger 

 "FORGIVEN/FORGOTTEN" STREAM - http://bit.ly/1fE0CSU

Angel will continue to enthrall audiences around the world as she and her band embark on another year of endless touring on the album's release date. A bunch of new European dates have been added below.

ANGEL OLSEN TOUR DATES:

Thu. Dec. 5 - Oxford, MS @ Lamar Lounge

Thu. Dec. 12 - London, UK @ The Forum w/ Neko Case

Tue. Feb. 18 - Charlottesville, VA @ The Southern

Thu. Feb. 20 - New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge

Sat. Feb. 22 - Nashville, TN @ The Stone Fox

Sun. Feb. 23 - Fayetteville, AR @ JR's Lightbulb Club

Mon. Feb. 24 - Dallas, TX @ Three Links

Tue. Feb. 25 - Austin, TX @ Red 7

Sat. March 1 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar

Sun. March 2 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echoplex

Mon. March 3 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall

Wed. March 5 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios

Thu. March 6 - Vancouver, BC @ Media Club

Fri. March 7 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza

Sat. March 8 - Moscow, ID @ Mikey's Gyros

Mon. March 10 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge

Sun. March 23 - Manchester, UK @ Soup Kitchen

Tue. March 25 - London, UK @ Dingwalls

Wed. March 26 - Paris, FR @ Divan Du Monde [LFSM Festival]

Thu. March 27 - Amiens, FR @ La Lune des Pirates [LFSM Festival]

Fri. March 28 - Koeln, DE @ King George

Sat. March 29 - Berlin, DE @ Hau 1

Sun. March 30 - Copenhagen, DK @ Vega

Mon. March 31 - Stockholm, SE @ Scandic Grand Central

Tue. April 1 - Oslo, NO @ Cafe Mono

Wed. April 2 - Goteborg, SE @ Pustervik

Thu. April 3 - Hamburg, DE @ Haus 73 / Kleiner Donner

Fri. April 4 - Leuven, BE @ Stuk

Sat. April 5 - Rotterdam, NL @ Motel Mozaique

Sun. April 6 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso

Joan as Police Woman "The Classic"

JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN DETAILS RELEASE OF NEW ALBUM

WATCH "THE CLASSIC" NOW

WATCH: The Classic

The Classic, the much anticipated new album from the supremely talented JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN, will be released March 11^th, 2014 on Play It Again Sam.

 "I'm in the best place I've ever been in my life," declares Joan Wasser, and she's just recorded the album that proves it. The Classic, the fourth album of originals by the uniquely charismatic artist known as Joan As Police Woman, builds on the creative impetus and success of its 2011 predecessor The Deep Field. As ever Joan strives to create music rooted in an intimate, elemental and uplifting brand of soul combined with her own unique serene, torch-singing temperament, this time with a more liberated feel than ever before.

The title track is the first song to be released from the new album and it includes a street-corner doo-wop bass vocal from fellow singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur and a human beat-box backing from none other than US comedian extraordinaire Reggie Watts, which gives the track's classic 1950's/60's vibe a more contemporary slant. It is accompanied by a life-affirming video featuring some of the albums main contributors and was shot in the streets of New York last month.

THE BLACK ANGELS ANNOUNCE WINTER TOUR WITH ROKY ERICKSON

THE BLACK ANGELS ANNOUNCE WINTER TOUR WITH ROKY ERICKSON

IN SUPPORT OF LATEST ALBUM INDIGO MEADOW

  

Blue Horizon is excited to announce that The Black Angels will head out on a winter tour in support of their latest record, Indigo Meadow. The tour begins on January 31st at Granada in Lawrence, KS and wraps up on March 1st at the Granada Theater in Dallas, TX. Throughout most of the dates, the Austin-based quintet will be joined by psychedelic rock legend Roky Erickson. Full tour dates are below.

  

Recently, the band appeared on PBS's renowned Austin City Limits, performing songs from Indigo Meadow. Additionally, the album has already been included on early best of 2013 lists such as Rough Trade and Waterloo Records. Upon Indigo Meadow's release, iTunes selected the album as an Editors' Choice. The Associated Press said, "Imagine tossing bands from the pantheon of American psychedelia like The Electric Prunes, Count Five, 13th Floor Elevators and The Seeds into your blender, adding a splash of Sabbath and a dollop of early Soundgarden or Mudhoney, and you've got Austin's The Black Angels.On Indigo Meadow, these Texans keep this elixir swirling. Their fourth album is modern psychedelia, true to the earlier form, with all the weird, hypnotic, fuzzy guitar sounds and dirgelike keyboards, only really well produced." Relix hailed, "Hyperinventive when it counts, the Angels aren't just mimicking a late '60s garage sound - they're bending, stretching and molding it in their own image."

 

The Black Angels' (Christian Bland - guitar, drone machine/organ; Alex Maas - vocals, bass, organ, drone machine; Stephanie Bailey - drums, percussion; Kyle Hunt - keyboards, percussion, bass, guitar; Jake Garcia - guitar, bass) most revelatory collection thus far, Indigo Meadow marks the Austin, Texas-based band's fourth full-length release, following 2010's acclaimed Phosphene Dream. Once again The Black Angels prove themselves the undisputed avatars of contemporary psychedelic rock, simultaneously exalting the genre's kaleidoscopic past as they thrust it ever further into the future.

 

The Black Angels tour dates:

1/31 - Granada - Lawrence, KS *

2/1 - The Firebird - St. Louis, MO *

2/3 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN *

2/4 - Majestic Theatre - Madison, WI *

2/5 - Park West - Chicago, IL

2/7 - Southgate House - Newport, KY *

2/8 - Beachland Ballroom - Cleveland, OH *

2/9 - Magic Stick - Detroit, MI *

2/11 - Phoenix Concert Theatre - Toronto, ON *

2/12 - Corona Theatre - Montreal, QC *

2/14 - Black Cat - Washington, DC *

2/15 - The Met - Pawtucket, RI *

2/16 - Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA *

2/20 - The Grey Eagle - Asheville, NC *

2/21 - Mercy Lounge - Nashville, TN *

2/22 - Terminal West - Atlanta, GA *

2/24 - The Social - Orlando, FL *

2/25 - Grand Central - Miami, FL *

2/26 - State Theatre - St. Petersburg, FL *

2/28 - Fitzgerald's Upstairs - Houston, TX *

3/1 - Granada Theater - Dallas, TX *

* - w/ Roky Erickson

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Beach House & Friends Perform Gene Clark's 'No Other'

Beach House & Friends to Perform Gene Clark's Lost Classic No Other Note for Note January 22nd-25th, 2014 These special performances will feature Alex Scally & Victoria Legrand of Beach House, Robin Pecknold (Fleet Foxes), Daniel Rossen (Grizzly Bear), Hamilton Leithauser (The Walkmen), Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak), Iain Matthews (Plainsong/ Fairport Convention), and more. Ticket links available here: http://beachhousebaltimore.com/ Watch the trailer for The Byrd Who Flew Alone: The Triumphs and Tragedy of Gene Clark http://foursunsproductions.com/Home/ “How could a record this good, this gorgeous, this inspired exist for almost 20 years without you even having heard of it?”—Melody Maker (1995) “I really consider [No Other] a great album myself, I'm very proud of it. But I was very disappointed and let down after its release that it didn't go any further than it did—and I don't even know all the reasons.”—Gene Clark Gene Clark was a founding member of The Byrds, one of the most influential bands of the 1960s. After leaving The Byrds, he released numerous solo albums throughout the ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s, before his death in 1991. Though we generally love all of his music, we are most infatuated with his 1974 record, No Other. It feels like a special moment in Gene Clark's songwriting. At first, the overdone, studio nature of the album feels overbearing: the electric violin, the female chorus, the bass riffs, the layered guitar sequences. However, with more listens, Gene Clark's very unique lyrics, voice and spirit become the central focus. It's one of those records where each time you listen, you love a different song the most. Every song is nuanced and amazing in its own way. When No Other was released in September of 1974, it received a lot of bad reviews, most criticizing its studio excess. There was also a general lack of support from the label as they saw the record as not having any “hits.” Ultimately, the album came to be seen as a critical and commercial failure. Therefore, a lot of people of its generation don't really know the record. Throughout the years since, many have dug the record up and fallen in love with it. We are certainly two of those people and we hope that the tour we are organizing to play the record live will spread awareness of the album even more. The show will consist of the entire record played, note for note, from start to finish. Gene Clark's lead parts will be sung by four singers that we admire very much: Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes, Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear, Iain Matthews of Plainsong/Fairport Convention, and Hamilton Leithauser of The Walkmen. To be able to play each part on the album, we are assembling a ten-person band and chorus comprised of musicians we know in Baltimore, including members of Lower Dens, Wye Oak, Celebration, and Mt. Royal. We feel incredibly excited and lucky to be working with such a stellar group of singers, friends and musicians (listed below), without whose help, this complicated and unconventional tour would never be possible. A special edit of Four Sons Productions’ new documentary, The Byrd Who Flew Alone, focussing on No Other, will precede these performances, providing more insight into the story of the making of No Other. DJ BLT, aka Brad Truax (Soldiers of Fortune, Black Mountain, Spiritualized), will open the night with a set of No Other-related ‘70s music. Thanks for reading, BEACH HOUSE The singers: Iain Matthews (Fairport Convention / Plainsong) Robin Pecknold (Fleet Foxes) Daniel Rossen (Grizzly Bear) Hamilton Leithauser (The Walkmen) Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak) Victoria Legrand (Beach House) The band: Steve Strohmeier (Chris Cohen, Cass McCombs, Beach House) - Lead Guitar Walker Teret (Lower Dens, Cass McCombs, Celebration) - Acoustic Lead Geoff Graham (Lower Dens, 13 Falls) - Acoustic Two Alex Scally (Beach House) - Bass Dominic Matar (Carloman) - Piano Sean Antanaitis (Celebration) - Organ/Synths/Guitar Mike Lowry (Mt. Royal) - Drums Vocal Chorus:   Victoria Legrand Jenn Wasner Tony Drummond (Celebration)   Tour Dates: Jan. 22 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer Jan. 23 - Baltimore, MD - Floristree Jan. 24 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club Jan. 25 - New York, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg Purchase tickets here: http://beachhousebaltimore.com/

Best Albums of 2013

BEST albums of 2013

1. DAFT PUNK “Random Access Memories”

2. My Bloody Valentine “MBV”

3. Foxygen “We Are The 21^st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic”

4. Wire “Change Becomes Us”

5. The Knife “Shaking The Habitual”

6. David Bowie “The Next Day”

7. Cate Le Bon “Mug Museum”

8. Savages “Silence Yourself”

9. Sam Amidon “Bright Sunny South”

10. White Fence “Cyclops Reap”


FOXYGEN

WIRE


CATE LE BON


WHITE FENCE

11. Washed Out “Paracosm”

12. Jacco Gardner “Cabinet of Curiosities”

13. Gliss “Langsom Dans”

14. CHVRCHES “The Bones of What You Believe”

15. Kurt Vile “Wakin on a Pretty Daze”

16. Death Grips “Government Plates”

17. Ty Segall “Sleeper”

18. Chelsea Wolfe “Pain Is Beauty”

19. No Joy “Wait To Pleasure”

20. Smith Westerns “Soft Will”

GLISS

CHELSEA WOLFE

SMITH WESTERNS

21. Toro Y Moi “Anything In Return”

22. Courtney Barnett “The Double EP”

23. Adult. “The Way Things Fall”

24. Suuns “Images du Futur”

25. Zola Jesus “Versions”

26. Parquet Courts “Tally All The Things That You Broke”

27. Chastity Belt “No Regerts”

28. William Basinski “Nocturnes”

29. Of Montreal “Lousy With Sylvianbriar”

30. Alessi's Ark "The Still Life"

ZOLA JESUS


ALESSI'S ARK

31. Joanna Gruesome “Weird Sister”

32. Laura Veirs “Warp and Weft”

33. The Warlocks "Skull Worship"

34. Unknown Mortal Orchestra “II”

35. Crystal Antlers “Nothing Is Real”

36. Tennis “Small Sound”

37. Caveman “Caveman”

38. John Grant “Pale Green Ghosts”

39. Fidlar “Fidlar”

40. Weekend “Jinx”

UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA


CAVEMAN


WEEKEND

41. Pure Bathing Culture “Moon Tides”

42. Surfer Blood “Pythons”

43. Anna Calvi “One Breath”

44. Still Corners “Strange Pleasures”

45. MGMT “MGMT”

46. Jonathan Rado “Law and Order”

47. Io Echo “Ministry of Love”

48. Goldfrapp “Tales of Us”

49. Dean Blunt “The Redeemer”

50. Wampire “Curiosity”

STILL CORNERS


WAMPIRE

All photos by Angel Ceballos