Beach House share Single Finder & Setlist Creator details

Beach House share Single Finder & Setlist Creator details via BeachHouseBaltimore.com .

Beach House’s ‘Depression Cherry’ available August 28th from Sub Pop (North America), Bella Union (Europe) & Mistletone (Australia / New Zealand). World tour begins August 18th Beach House are pleased to announce two new interactive features, a “Single Finder” & “Setlist Creator,”  via their website,BeachHouseBaltimore.com. The “Single Finder” allows Beach House fans to choose 3 of their favorite songs from the group’s extensive catalog and enter them into the device. The "Single Finder" will then use an algorithm to choose a “single” from Depression Cherry that is right for you (more info here). Meanwhile, the “Setlist Creator” allows fans to choose three songs they'd like Beach House to play at a show they're attending on their upcoming tour. The band’s setlist changes nightly, with some songs played a few times per tour. While there are no guarantees Beach House will play each of these fan selections, the “Setlist Creator” will help influence their set lists along the tour (more info here).   ------------ Beach House’s Depression Cherry will be available on CD / LP/ DL August 28th from Sub Pop (North America), Bella Union (Europe) and Mistletone (Australia / New Zealand). The album was produced and recorded over the span of two months by the band and Chris Coady at Studio in the Country in Bogalusa, Louisiana. Beach House will begin their worldwide tour in support of Depression Cherry August 18th in Portland, ME at the State Theatre and end their 2015 dates with a sold-out 3-night stand December 17-19 in San Francisco at The Fillmore. Along the way, Beach House will be joined by Romantic States (August 18th-26th) and Jessica Pratt (September 17th-29th & October 3rd-8th) as direct support. Please find a complete list of dates below. LP and CD versions of Depression Cherry will come packaged in a sumptuous red velvet sleeve. All customers who pre-order the LP version of Depression Cherry from megamart.subpop.com will receive the special, limited, clear vinyl Loser Edition (while supplies last). Additionally, there will be a new T-shirt design, available individually or as part of a bundle with purchase of the new record. What people are saying about Beach House’s Depression Cherry & “Sparks”: “Depression Cherry backs down from the weightier, live-drum take on dream pop that comprised Bloom. Still, it’s the most cinematic work they’ve ever made—both in sound and lyrical imagery—so much so that it borders on sci-fi at times, which makes sense considering one of the band’s only concrete professional ambitions at this point...On Depression Cherry, Legrand not only possesses more range in her vocals, she experiments with spoken-word mind control on Lennon-tinged highlight “PPP” and employs eight singers from Hattiesburg, Mississippi’s Pearl River Community College for a 24-part harmony that makes album closer “Days of Candy” the most dramatic Beach House song to date.” [Feature] - Pitchfork “A winding, reverb-heavy new song” [“Sparks”]  - Spin “Gorgeous.” [“Sparks”]  - Pretty Much Amazing “In typical Beach House fashion, it sounds like if you somehow had a glass of sunshine and poured it over yourself until you melted away into a puddle of shimmering emotion.” [“Sparks”] -Noisey “It's the perfect example of a band searching without losing sight.” [“Sparks”]  - The Line Of Best Fit “Mountains of fuzzed-out guitar riffs, droning synth lines, and infinite vocal layers” [“Sparks”] - FLOOD Magazine “The song is a dreamy, shoegazing pop anthem built on mid-tempo drums and a thick haze of synths and guitars.” [“Sparks”]  -Exclaim! “A dreamy, swirling wall of sound, with the electric guitar providing all the necessary sparks.” [“Sparks”]  - Pigeons & Planes "'Sparks' has the band sounding more distorted, more off-kilter, and maybe more like MBV than they ever have before" [“Sparks”]  -Brooklyn Vegan "Spacious bed of sonic blankets" [“Sparks”]  - Billboard "How masterfully they make the whims and errant sonics of shoegaze conform to their polished, if dreamy, sound "[“Sparks”] -Nerdist "The Baltimore duo tweak their dream-pop sound, tumbling down a psychedelic rabbit hole with distorted  guitars and killer industrial loops.” [“Sparks” / Hot Midsummer Jams] -Entertainment Weekly “...For all of its gauzy, dream-pop bliss, Beach House is still the kind of band that deserves a close listen. Fight the temptation to get lost in Legrand's dulcet voice and give this new song from the band's upcoming record, their first since 2012's Bloom, your full attention.” [“Sparks”] - Vulture “Pulling from the past while looking resolutely into the future.” [“Sparks” / Best New Track] - Pitchfork ““Sparks” initiates with indiscernible muttering. Its an intricately woven loop of samples that mimic the moments before waking up, as an echoing voice from the outside pulls you up and out of slumber and into waking consciousness. In this song, that voice comes in the form of an unhurried, steadfast guitar motif that expands what could be a claustrophobic re-introduction of the band into something wide open and incandescent.” [“Sparks” / Song of the Week] - Stereogum Tour Dates Aug. 18 - Portland, ME - State Theatre * Aug. 19 - Northampton, MA  - Pearl Street Nightclub * Aug. 20 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground * Aug. 21 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom * Aug. 22 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Small’s * Aug. 24 - Albany, NY - Upstate Concert Hall * Aug. 25 - Providence, RI - Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel * Aug. 26 - New Haven, CT - College Street Music Hall * Aug. 29 - Baltimore, MD - Windjammer @ Pier Six Pavilion #  [Sold Out] Sep. 17 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall ** Sep. 18 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogart’s ** Sep. 19 - Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Theatre ** Sep. 21 - Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre ** Sep. 22 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue [Sold Out] ** Sep. 23 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue ** Sep. 25 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown ** Sep. 26 - Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall ** Sep. 27 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant ** Sep. 28 - Memphis, TN - Minglewood Hall ** Sep. 29 - Tulsa, OK - Cain’s Ballroom ** Oct. 01 - Houston, TX - House of Blues Oct. 02 - New Orleans, LA - Civic Theatre Oct. 03 - Birmingham, AL - Saturn ** Oct. 04 - Nashville, TN -  The Ryman Auditorium ** Oct. 06 - Atlanta, GA - Buckhead Theatre ** Oct. 07 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel ** Oct. 08 - Saxapahaw, NC - Haw River Ballroom [Sold Out] ** Oct. 24 - Belfast, UK -  Mandela Hall Oct. 25 - Dublin, IE - Vicar Street Oct. 26 - Glasgow, UK - ABC Oct. 27 - Manchester, UK - The Ritz Oct. 29 - Paris, FR - Pitchfork Music Festival Oct. 30 - London, UK - Shepherds Bush Empire Nov. 02 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso Nov. 03 - Brussels, BE - Autumn Falls @ AB Nov. 04 - Koln, DE - Gloria Nov. 05 - Luxemborg, LU - Den Atelier Nov. 07 - Reykjavik, IS - Iceland Airwaves Nov. 10 - Oslo, NO - Sentrum Scene Nov. 11 - Gothenburg, SE - Tradgarn Nov. 12 - Stockholm, SE - Debaser Medis Nov. 13 - Copenhagen DK - Vega Nov. 14 - Hamburg, DE - Kampnagel K1 Nov. 16 - Berlin, DE - Huxley’s Nov. 17 - Munich, DE - Freiheiz Nov. 18  - Lausanne, CH - Les Docks Nov. 20 - Barcelona, ES - Apolo Nov. 22 - Madrid, ES - La Riviera Nov. 23 - Lisbon, PT - Armazén Nov. 24 - Porto, PT - Teatro sa da Bandeira Dec. 09 - Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theatre  [Sold Out] Dec. 10 - Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theatre [Sold Out] Dec. 11 - Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theatre [Sold Out] Dec. 12 - Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theatre [Sold Out] Dec. 17 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore [Sold Out] Dec. 18 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore [Sold Out] Dec. 19 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore [Sold Out] * w/ Romantic States ** w/ Jessica Pratt # w/ Future Islands, Dan Deacon, Ed Schrader’s Music Beat & more For ticket info please visithttp://www.beachhousebaltimore.com/tour.

Julia Kent - Asperities (released 30th November)

Julia Kent - Asperities

We're delighted to announce Julia Kent's beautiful new album Asperities, which is released on 30th November. It is the follow up to 2013's Character.  juliakent.com theleaflabel.com/juliakent @juliakent facebook.com/juliakent.music YouTube playlist

artist: Julia Kent title: Asperities label: The Leaf Label formats: CD (BAY 92CD / UPC 843190009220) limited edition vinyl LP (BAY 92V / UPC 843190009213) digital (BAY 92E / UPC 843190009299) release date: Friday 30 November 2015

asperity (æˈspɛrɪtɪ) noun (plural) -ties 1. roughness or sharpness of temper 2. roughness or harshness of a surface, sound, taste, etc 3. a condition hard to endure; affliction 4. (physics) the elastically compressed region of contact between two surfaces caused by the normal force “I was thinking about the concept of difficulty. Whether in life or in nature - of conflict, of being troubled. The idea of friction. Also in geology, an asperity is some part of a fault line that doesn't move that can create an earthquake, which is an evocative concept.” Asperities is the fourth solo album by acclaimed Canadian cellist Julia Kent. As the title suggests, this is a record born of conflict: internal, personal and global. Universal themes. The build of pressure and the threat of violent release. Modern guilt. Modern fears. Kent draws from a rich well of emotion, the pieces deceptively rendered, each feeling like a miniature dramatic epic in its own right – sculpted and self-contained. Her work on recent film scores is very much in evidence. While cinematic in scope, there is nothing as trite as a Hollywood ending here. There is tension and darkness, the edges cracked and frayed. “A lot of the melodic material is based on semitones,” Julia elaborates. “So in the music there is an inherent sense of dissonance; that things are too close for comfort. More generally, it seems like a particularly dark time in the world right now, and I think that definitely had an influence too.” The album was recorded, produced and mixed in its entirety by Julia in her New York studio. This method of working lends the record a sense of isolation that carries a powerful resonance in our modern over-connected world. “I really like the autonomy of working alone,” she says. “I feel that I can transmit something emotionally that I might not be able to if there were someone else involved.” Utilising looped cello, electronics and found sounds, Kent creates a world where the technological and the organic merge in perfect symbiosis, the layers of sound peeling back to reveal a beating, bloody human heart at its centre. “I did quite a lot of processing of the cello sound and used different electronic textures,” she explains of her technique. “I was trying to get away from the acoustic cello sound and find one that was more textural and more expressive of the material.” Throughout the plaintive strains of opener ‘Hellebore’, the prowling grace of ‘The Leopard’, the elegant restraint of ‘Heavy Eyes’ and onto immersive closer ‘Tramontana’, Kent’s cello evokes romance and loss, a yearning for simplicity. This is the soundtrack to the transitory nature of life and the inevitability of death. Vancouver-born and New York-based, Julia Kent rose to prominence with Rasputina and Antony & The Johnsons. Her extensive résumé includes recent work with Swans, Aidan Baker, Rachel Grimes, Rutger Zuydervelt, Barbara Morgenstern, Library Tapes and Khan of Finland. Kent has also composed extensively for film, theatre and dance. Her cinematic work includes the documentaries The Boxing Girls of Kabul and Rwanda, L'Impossible Pardon, American feature A Short History of Decay, short films Doppio Urlo, and the award-winning Oasis. Her music also was used in Paolo Sorrentino's 2011 film This Must Be The Place. As a solo artist she has toured extensively in Europe and North America and performed at festivals including Primavera Sound, Reeperbahn, Unsound, and Meltdown. CD: LP: 1. A1. Hellebore 2. A2. Lac Des Arcs 3. A3. The Leopard 4. A4. Flag Of No Country 5. B1. Terrain 6. B2. Empty States 7. B3. Heavy Eyes 8. B4. Invitation To The Voyage 9. B5. Tramontana

Echo and The Bunnymen @ OC Fair

The Mynabirds Release Lovers Know Via Saddle Creek Today + Tour Dates

The Mynabirds Release Lovers Know
Via Saddle Creek Today 
  
 
  
Band Plays Santa Monica Pier 8/20;
US Tour Kicks Off 9/2 

“a collection of jewels, bright and eclectic... writ larger than anything else Burhenn has done with The Mynabirds.” - NPR

“...the most wonderful independently released all-caps POP album of the year.”
– Drowned In Sound (July 2015)

 “Burhenn’s most honest and personal statement yet." – Consequence of Sound

“Lovers Know heralds the return of a vital yet criminally unfamiliar artist.”
– The Line of Best Fit 
  
The Mynabirds third full-length album,  Lovers Know, is out today via Saddle Creek. Having premiered on NPR Music, the record is now available to purchase via the label’s website and iTunes. The band will be hitting the road next month in support of the release and a full list of tour dates are available below and on The Mynabirds’ official website. 
  
Led by Laura Burhenn and produced by Bradley Hanan Carter of Black English, the album explores influences of 80s, 90s, and futuristic soundscapes, while recalling Kate Bush, Sinead O’Connor, Jesus and Mary Chain, and My Bloody Valentine. The result is arguably one of Burhenn’s most personal and confessional works to date, yet also her most accessible, delving deep into universal themes of love, loss, and seeking connection. The first two singles from the album are “ Semantics” and “ Wildfire” which are now available to hear and share on  YouTube. 

“Love – or the lack of it – is the thing we all have in common,” notes Burhenn about the themes weaving together the new album. “It can destroy us. It can break us open and let the light in. And it’s also the thing that can make us sing.”  
  
 
Photo Credit: Jessica Ewald 

US Tour Dates 
8/20 Los Angeles @ Santa Monica Pier w/Ariel Pink 
9/2 San Diego @ Soda Bar 
9/10 Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern w/ Bad Bad Hats 
9/11 Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar w/ Bad Bad Hats 
9/12 Boise, ID @ Neurolux w/ Bad Bad Hats 
9/14 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court w/ Bad Bad Hats 
9/15 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive w/ Bad Bad Hats 
9/17 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown w/ Bad Bad Hats 
9/18 Minneapolis, MN @ 7 th Street Entry w/ Bad Bad Hats 
9/19 Chicago, IL @ Schubas w/ Bad Bad Hats 
9/20 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland w/ Bad Bad Hats 
9/23 Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle w/ Bad Bad Hats 
9/25 Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade w/ Bad Bad Hats & Stranger Cat 
9/26 Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall w/ Bad Bad Hats & Stranger Cat 
9/28 Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter 
9/29 Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5 
10/1 Austin, TX @ Mohawk 
10/2 Dallas, TX @ Three Links 
10/5 Tucson, AZ @ Flycatcher 
10/6 Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar 
10/7 Las Vegas, NV @ Sayers Club 
10/8 San Francisco, CA @ Swedish American Hall 
10/9 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo 
  

Sharkmuffin Exclaims "Tampons are for Sluts" on Jezebel, Debut LP Out Today!

Sharkmuffin Exclaims “Tampons Are for Sluts” on Jezebel

LP Chartreuse Out Today 
   
  
  
“Badass New York punks…” - Jezebel 
  
“On their debut LP Chartreuse, Brooklyn power-punk band Sharkmuffin show that they have mastered the craft of heavy, unapologetic, sharp-pop songs.” – Impose 
  
“It’d leave you breathless if you weren’t humming along.” - NPR 
  
“…catchy garage rock jams with a pop edge” – Noisey 
  
“Brash and unapologetic…this is a vicious band with plenty of teeth.” – Consequence of Sound 
  
“…visceral, explosive, sharp and a little dangerous” –WNYC's  Soundcheck 
  
“ Draws inspiration from bands like The White Stripes, The Ronettes, Nirvana, and Hole.” -Flavorwire 
  
The “no good lush[es]” of Sharkmuffin have released a new video for their debut album   Chartreuse today on Jezebel . The Brooklyn noise punk duo’s new video for the song, “Tampons Are for Sluts,” involves balloons, a lot of booze, and karaoke. Through its deliberately ironic title, Tarra Thiesson slurs about the voyage of a party queen struggling with the type of romance that can only thrive in those dark, thumping cellars called bars. 
  
Sharkmuffin’s debut album Chartreuse is out now on State Capitol Records and Little Dickman. The album features drumming from Patty Schemel (Upset, Death Valley Girls, Hole) and marks a whole new era in their style of music. The noise-punk-meets-psychedelic power pop group has evolved their sound on the new album, and the result is a full length filled with ten tracks of commanding hits. 
  
Check out their tour dates below: 
8/7 at Shea Stadium in Brooklyn, NY 
8/8 at Yacht Club in Asbury Park, NJ 
8/9 at Kill Kenny, Newark, NJ 
8/10 at TROMAVILLE, New Brunswick, NJ 
8/11 at Trap, South Philly, PA 
8/12 at Maudie’s in Cincinnati, OH 
8/13 at Happy Dog in Cleveland, OH 
8/14 at Joyful Noise in Indianapolis, IN 
8/15 at TBA, Chicago, IL 
8/16 at The Triple Rock in Minneapolis, MN 
8/17 at Gabe’s in Iowa City, IA 
8/18 at O’Leavers in Omaha, NE 
8/19 at The Vega in Lincoln, NE 
8/20 1:30PM guest DJs on X-Rated Women in Music Lincoln, NE 
8/21 at Moe’s in Denver, CO 
8/22 @ The Blind Tiger, Kansas City, MO 
8/23 @ The Firebird St. Louis, MO 
8/25 @ TBA, Richmond, VA 
8/26 @ WCWM radio station on the campus of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 

ADULT. @ Great American Music Hall SF

Tijuana Panthers share new single + announce release show

TIJUANA PANTHERS SHARES NEW SINGLE VIA SPIN ANNOUNCES LOS ANGELES ALBUM RELEASE SHOW  POSTER OUT 8/28 VIA INNOVATIVE LEISURE

photo courtesy of Innovative Leisure

After announcing their fourth studio album earlier this summer the Long Beach trio Tijuana Panthers are back today with a new single from the album. The second offering from POSTER, "Set Forth", is an immediately gratifying ride through surf punk waves of a funky bass line and crunchy guitar riff. The band is also excited to announce their album release show at The Regent in Los Angeles on September 4th. For the show the Panthers will be joined by fellow SoCal-based acts The Garden and Adult Books.  POSTER will arrive on at the end of the month, right in time to reflect on this summer and summers past. Look out for the album, which is now available for pre-order, on 8/28 via Innovative Leisure. Check out the stream of "Set Forth" and full album details below.  LISTEN: "Set Forth" -  https://soundcloud.com/innovativeleisure/tijuana-panthers-set-forth/ Album Release Show -  9/4 - The Regent - Los Angeles, CA w/ The Garden & Adult Books  PREVIOUSLY:  "Front Window Down"  https://youtu.be/cUKA--hrIsY More about Tijuana Panthers and POSTER:  The Tijuana Panthers are from Long Beach, a great band, staring at the sea, staring at the sand...POSTER is their latest album. POSTER? As in Post Punk? Post Surf? Post Cowpunk? How about post any wave that has come and gone and will come back and go again? Post all that. How about putting the 'post' back in posterity?POSTER is another great record by the TijuanaPanthers! Not just for posterity's sake - for RIGHT NOW! Earlier Tijuana Panthers albums were urgent - as if cranking out the hits was objective number one. They cranked out the hits and they did it true. From point A to point B. But POSTER is the Tijuana Panthers now, at their most confident and present minded. They have arrived. They've stepped out of the past or future and into the now. Go back if you must to revisit the hits, butPOSTER is now, I say! There is no longer a race against time. On this album the hit feeling is all around you. They are exploring the time and space of that feeling. Sounds come and go, maybe to return, maybe not. This is the Tijuana Panthers freed from the tried and true structure. They have freed themselves only to be trapped again and again, in this moment, making noise, stretching out, letting odds and ends fall where they may. After all, this album was recorded in just two days! No time for fallacy! No time for façade! POSTER is but a moment to be lived and continually re-lived! What else do we have? Truth itself?! All I know - and can ever know - is this moment now, POSTER, apartment windows opening and closing, lyrics passing like ads on buses, tones swelling and crashing through breezeways... Tijuana Panthers  POSTER (Innovative Leisure) 8/28/15 Pre-order 1. Foolish 2. Church Bell 3. Set Forth 4. Send Down the Bombs 5. Power Plant 6. Miss You Hardly Know Me 7. Gated Patio 8. I Hate Saturday Nights 9. Front Window Down 10. Monitor 11. Right and Wrong 12. Trujillo